– is indebted to “Man of Aran,” “Nosferatu,” Harold Pinter, Bela Tarr, Samuel Beckett, and old sea shanty tales while still being very much its own thing. The film is by all accounts a chilling and impeccably assembled two-hander starring Pattinson and Willem Dafoe as two crusty sea dogs who take turns manning a remote lighthouse off the coast of New England. Pattinson plays Ephraim Winslow: the younger and more inexperienced of the two men. Winslow is a shifty-eyed, distrustful grunt, whose behavior suggests a troubled past and a life spent on the run. He’s troubled by disturbing visions of lusty mermaids and creatures of the briny deep, and his mounting disdain for Tom Wake, the flatulent, bossy old coot played by Dafoe, manifests in a sequence whereKhalifeh Kamal

Khalifeh Kamal (, also Romanized as Khalīfeh Kamāl) is a village in Kolah Boz-e Gharbi Rural District, in the Central District of Meyaneh County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 28, in 4 families.

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Policy Blog: Trump Taps Zinke for Interior Post

In a surprise announcement, President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Congressman Ryan Zinke, At-Large Republican representative for Montana, as his nominee to be Secretary of the Department of the Interior.

Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) and OIAPAC endorsed Zinke in the 2016 election citing his understanding of the outdoor recreation economy and his support for investment in and the protection of America’s public lands and waters. Specifically, Zinke was a co-sponsor of the Outdoor REC Act in the House of Representatives, supports reauthorization and full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and co-sponsored the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act (WDFA), a fix for the fire suppression budgeting issues that dry up federal agencies in years of increasingly devastating forest fires. Zinke alsoA note on the time spent on the journey to work.
The notions that most people travel to the center of the city to work and that the farther out they live the longer it takes are only appropriate for middle-sized cities. In larger urban areas, many people work outside the center, and it is the speed of travel which most affects the time that it takes to get to work. As a result, those who live in the central cities of the twelve largest metropolitan areas spend the longest time getting to work and back, because the closer one is to the center and the larger the urban area, the slower the travel speeds.


launching electric models in China, the biggest auto market. The government has the world's most aggressive goals for electric vehicles, which it sees as a way to clean up smog-choked cities and take an early lead in an emerging technology industry.

Ford Motor Co., Volkswagen AG and other global brands also have announced plans this year to launch electric or gasoline-electric hybrids in China, where the market is dominated by lower-cost Chinese brands led by BYD Auto, the world's biggest seller of electric models by units sold.

"It's clear that China wants to take a leading role globally in terms of the regulatory environment and electrification," said David Schoch, Ford's president for the Asia-Pacific.

Almost every global and Chinese auto brand is displaying at least one electric concept vehicle, if notengine extending that to 768 kilometers (480 miles), GM said. It said the Velite 5 will be the Chinese market's most energy-efficient hybrid to date and the first able to travel 100 kilometers (60 miles) on the equivalent of less than 1 liter of gasoline.

"Buick is committed to expanding its portfolio of new energy vehicles," a GM statement said. "It will introduce additional new energy vehicles in China in the next two years, including hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and pure electric vehicles."

Buick also sells a hybrid version of its LaCrosse sedan in China.

On Tuesday, Volkwagen AG announced plans to launch a pure-electric car in China next year with a state-owned partner. The head of VW's China unit, Jochem Heizmann, said it would be the first


think she is intrigued by the potential to serve as an envoy from President Trump to skeptical blue America. She has, after all, already brokered meetings between her father and Gore and Leonardo DiCaprio, two of the country’s most visible environmental activists. She was already a powerful voice in the campaign, and before that she was the most visible representative of the Trump brand, next to her father.

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She’s already participated in calls and meetings between Trump and heads of state, including Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Argentine President Mauricio Macri — signaling that her father trusts her diplomatic instincts, but also raising questions about conflicts of interest between her role as a member of the first family and her post in the Trump Organization, which has businesswife. Melania made only two big speeches during the campaign — including her embarrassing remarks at the Republican National Convention when it appeared that she had cribbed from Michelle Obama’s 2008 Democratic National Convention speech. By contrast, Ivanka was a constant presence, traveling the country to places that wouldn’t automatically be seen as likely campaign stops for a glamorous New Yorker, avoiding major gaffes and being widely viewed by political observers as an asset to her father’s political operation.

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Other presidential daughters who’ve waded into politics have had to make tremendous personal sacrifices. As Vietnam War protests raged in the spring of 1970, the head of Julie Nixon’s Secret Service detail warned her against attending her own graduation from Smith College. She had been one of her father’s fiercest


militant energy was lightened instantly. He was hip-hop’s jester and yet he was representative of the “everyman.” But he is also well represented as an artist with “Cold Lampin With Flavor,” as well as playing hype man to Chuck D. Flav truly helped spread the gospel to the hood.

When you mix in players like Prof. Griff, the military styled soldiers The S1Ws, The Bomb Squad and DJ Terminator X, who never spoke, you have all the makings of a perfect sonic storm.

All in all, it is impossible to quantify what this album meant to people. It Takes A Nation Of Millions encapsulated dreams, rage, hopes and the possibilities of real social change. In hindsight, some have attempted to dismiss the album and the movement as cartoonish and unrealseason, and I believe in these guys more than anything in the world.”

In his first and hopefully last season as a solo act, Westbrook binged on triple-doubles and raged against the mundane, scowling his way to personal acclaim and recognition that had previously eluded him. But the records and ridiculous stat lines were what he had to accept because little else was available with a team lacking the talent to actually contend. Westbrook wanted team success with a side of triple-doubles, not the other way around. So when general manager Sam Presti made the offseason moves for George and Anthony to reassure Westbrook that his faith in the organization was justified, the fiery franchise cornerstone felt personally responsible to make it work.

“I think at first it was hard


that the track was going to get resurfaced, went kind of dark when told. He couldn’t understand it. Big mistake he said. Jeff Gordon, among others, said about the same thing.

Drivers had waited six years for the Kansas surface, which had debuted in 2001, to come in and when it finally did, when it finally started producing wonderfully exciting races, the decision was made to tear it up. The opinions of the people who had to drive the track were fairly unanimous in their disapproval.

News that Kansas would introduce progressive banking – so popular at Homestead-Miami – failed to stem the criticism. Assurances by track officials and engineers that the old surface was being dangerously undermined by sub-surface flaws also failed to change drivers’ minds.

Even when large chunksdespite the efforts of many supporters, including Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio. While the circumstances of his deportation are heartbreaking, one facet of his story is particularly troublesome because it seems to reflect a new level of cruelty on the part of ICE.

Mr. Adi had been told last September that he would be deported on January 7. According to news accounts, Mr. Adi and his wife sold their home in preparation to depart the country on January 7. ICE was to meet them at the airport and cut off Mr. Adi’s ankle monitor before he boarded a plane to Jordan. But then ICE told Mr. Adi told that the deportation order had been cancelled. However, just days later, Mr. Adi was detained without warning when he went for


The son of Harry Adrian and Leta Mae (Shelton) Jones, he was born November 11, 1957 in Poplar Bluff, MO. On June 26, 1982 in Kirksville, MO he was united in marriage to Merrili Belzer.

Michael is survived by his wife, Merrili; one sister, Patricia Gail Shinofield and husband Alan of Oskaloosa, IA; and several nieces, nephews, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, aunts, uncles cousins and friends.

He was preceded in death by his father on May 14, 2001 and his mother on March 24, 2017.

Michael moved to Kirksville in 1969 and graduated from Kirksville High School in 1975. He received a vocational degree in electronics. He worked for Kirksville Hy-Vee for 4 years, for PAMCO as a purchasing agent and parts department manager for 22 ½ years, he worked various retail jobsSumter DART assists The ASPCA and The HSUS in seizing dogs in Alabama,Mississippi, Georgia in caseled by Auburn Police, FBI, U.S. Attorney’s Office

MONTGOMERY, AL, August 28, 2013— Sumter DART (Disaster Animal Response Team), at the request of The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®), and in conjunction with The Humane Society of the United States and the United States Attorney’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, assisted in seizing 367 dogs in Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia in what is believed to be the second-largest dog fighting raid in U.S. history.

After a three-year investigation initiated by the Auburn Police, 13 search warrants wereexecuted Friday morning, Aug. 23, throughout Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Texas. Ten suspects were arrested and indicted on felony dog fighting


light-sensitive receiver. The spacing of the scanned location of the wheel with respect to a reference location is determined based on the directions of the emitted beam and the reflected beam.
This disclosure describes methods and apparatus for comprehensively ascertaining the nature of the pneumatic tire of a motor vehicle wheel with improved efficiency. A vehicle wheel under test is mounted rotatably to a measuring shaft of a wheel balancing machine. At least one light beam, such as a laser beam, is directed from a light source disposed at a given position on to the surface of the pneumatic tire. The at least one light beam is reflected from the surface of the pneumatic tire and received by a light-sensitive receiver disposed at a given position. A sensor deviceField
Exemplary embodiments relate to a curtain airbag apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same. More particularly, exemplary embodiments relate to a curtain airbag apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same, in which a diffuser pocket for distributing gas generated by an inflator into an airbag is installed in the airbag.
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In general, an automobile is provided with an airbag apparatus, which may be a safety apparatus inflated by gas that flows into the airbag, to protect an occupant at the time of an accident. An airbag apparatus may be installed at various portions of an automobile as necessary. An airbag apparatus may include a driver airbag apparatus mounted on a steering wheel to protect a driver seated in a driver seat, a passenger airbag


apparatus mounted at an upper side of a glove box to protect a passenger seated in a front passenger seat, and curtain airbag apparatuses mounted at both sides in the automobile to protect heads of the occupants.
Among the airbag apparatuses, a curtain airbag apparatus is installed to be elongated in a front and rear direction of the automobile, inside an A-pillar and a C-pillar, which are disposed at upper sides of a front door and a rear door, through which the occupants get in and out of the automobile. The curtain airbag apparatus may include an inflator, which is a gas generator, and an airbag, which is deployed from the upper sides of the front door and the rear door while covering window glasses of the doors likea curtain, when gas generated by the inflator flows into the airbag. The curtain airbag apparatus may be disposed between the head of the occupant and the front door and the rear door, thereby protecting the head of the occupant at the time of a broadside collision of the automobile.
The inflator may be installed at a front upper end of the airbag, a rear upper end of the airbag, or a central upper end of the airbag. When the inflator is installed at the front upper end of the airbag, gas generated by the inflator is discharged toward the rear side in the airbag, such that the airbag is gradually inflated from the front side to the rear side. When the inflator is installed at the rear upper


A group of teenage boys went to school wearing skirts in protest at a uniform policy forbidding them from wearing shorts during the summer.

The year 9 pupils chose to wear a skirt after they were punished for wearing shorts on the hottest day of the year so far.

As a result Michael Parker, Kodi Ayling, George Boyland and Jesse Stringer, all 14, chose cooler clothing which is part of the official uniform - a pleated navy skirt.

George, Jesse, Kodi and Michael, all 14, chose cooler clothing which is part of the official uniform - a pleated navy skirt

Despite not being allowed to wear the school's branded shorts, the boys were allowed to wear skirts which are part of the agreed school uniform.

The students at Longhill High School in Brighton,East Sussex, donned the skirts in protest of the school's decision to punish boys who wore school-issued PE shorts rather than trousers on Tuesday.

Pupil Michael Parker said: 'It's not fair for boys to be roasting in black trousers on the hottest day of the year while the girls can wear skirts.'

His mother Angela, added: 'We're fully in support of the boys.

'I think what the headmistress is doing is discrimination and I'm extremely proud of Michael and his fellow protesters.'

Wesley Allen, whose son Kodi was part of the protesting group, said the school's decision to punish the boys for wearing shorts was 'madness'.

He added: 'The shorts he had on have the school logo on them and I think should be allowed to wear them on hot days.

'The school say


and my mother said I did it on purpose and I said I didn’t and that was talking back. I was seven. Just to give you an idea of what life was like.

But the thing is, as an adult, I came to talk to my father, and he honestly apologized and tried to make it up to me, and admitted that after his career in the military he had some anger issues, and that he tended to treat me the way he would treat a combat situation, that it was completely inappropriate, and that he hoped I could forgive him. And he changed, as a person, as he matured. Until the stroke damaged his brain I could honestly say that he is one of the wisest and mostmind was railroaded to a retirement community 1500 miles from her hometown. Her husband and kids conspired in this action and sold off or gave away all her most precious possessions including most of her clothes, cookbooks and hobby items like her knitting supplies. We visited her when we could but she spent the last 5 years of her life mostly alone, totally miserable, cutoff from her friends, and never got too see her grandkids and great grandkids. Money was not the issue. Her networyh along with her husband was over 2 million and one of her sons was worth at least 50 million.

With her passing, my wife and I would like to buy a book in her honor on how to respect the wishes of elderly parents


and Wilson reached out to the Oregon Department of Corrections and found there was a lot of interest in having them play. So they put together Folsom50, a show that interweaves small narratives about Cash's iconic performance with the full concert's setlist (including songs that got cut from the original album, like "Busted"), and Schlapp, who is a printmaker, created a program with art and essays about Cash's songwriting and his history with poverty, addiction and prisons. (Counter to popular myth, Cash never served more than a night in jail.)

The name of their band: Luther’s Boots, after a comment Cash makes about how the muddy color of Folsom’s water looks like it ran off the boots of his guitarist, Luther Perkins.

The band Luther's Boots rolls its gear intoBarcelona, 8 February 2019- In recent decades, Europe has experienced a downward trend in the annual number of deaths. Not only was this trend not arrested by the economic recession that started in 2008, in fact, the rate of decline increased during the recession years. This acceleration has been evidenced by the results of a study published in Nature Communications and led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by "la Caixa".

The objective of the study was to ascertain whether the pattern of mortality in Europe was procyclical or countercyclical, that is, whether the downward trend in the death rate accelerates or slows down during periods of economic recession. The researchers analysed data on daily mortality and variations in per capita gross domestic product


(GDP) across 140 regions in 15 European countries for the period 2000-2010.

Statistical analysis of the dataset not only showed an acceleration in the decline in mortality during the recession years, but also revealed that the tendency towards a reduction in mortality was more marked in the countries and regions where the recession was most severe.

The authors cite several factors to explain this correlation between economic recession and a faster decline in mortality. In the opinion of Joan Ballester, ISGlobal researcher and first author of the study, "Periods of macroeconomic recession are associated with lower levels of pollution and fewer accidents in the workplace and on the roads. These are the factors most likely to have the greatest influence on accelerating the decline in mortality. Alcohol and tobacco consumptionThere are some people that seem to have a knack for being at the right place at the right time. Kenneth Whalum is one of them. Growing up surrounded by music in Memphis, Tennessee with an uncle who was a professional saxophone player, Whalum got his start playing the drums, then moved on to the saxophone with encouragement from a band teacher. He later relocated to New York, where he managed to link up with Diddy, which eventually led to him playing saxophone on JAY-Z’s “Bam” from the rap mogul's most recent album 4:44.

Known primarily for his more behind the scenes work as a saxophonist and arranger, Whalum is now breaking out on his own as a solo artist, exploring a vast array of genres including hip-hop, R&B,


Henri Saivet

French newspaper L'Equipe have reported that Montpellier are in 'advanced negotiations' over a move for the Senegal midfielder.

The report states that Saivet would move on loan to the end of the season ahead of a 5million Euro switch in the summer.

Saivet, who cost Newcastle £5.5million when he signed from Bordeaux two years ago, has made just seven first-team appearances for the club.

He spent last season on loan at Saint-Etienne but started this campaign with the Magpies, playing in the EFL Cup against Nottingham Forest in September.

A midfield injury crisis saw him handed his first Premier League start under Rafa Benitez at West Ham on December 23, and after his mistake cost Newcastle a goal after just four minutes, he then equalised with a stunning free kick soonmyriad of schools came in to see him. Marquette, Xavier, Michigan State, Michigan, Notre Dame, Central Michigan, Vanderbilt, Illinois, Richmond, Purdue and The Ohio State University all stopped by.

All of this attention is pretty new to Herzog. It's not exactly like he put in an entire year of big time work as a sophomore but he did finish strong. "In the beginning of the season I wasn't averaging very much. In the first 10 games I averaged 9 points a game and the rest of the season I averaged about 18 points a game. Rebounds were like 15 rebounds and 8 blocks."

Herzog is a fine student and academics are going to factor into his decision at some point. "The school that I go to is probably going to


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  and their officers individually and in their official capacity;
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  and their officers individually and in their official capacity;
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        On Appeal from the United States District Court
                  for the District of New Jersey
            (D.C. Civil Action No. 3-17-cv-06482)
          District Judge: Honorable Peterthe facts necessary

for our discussion. Policastro is a public school teacher who launched an unsuccessful

bid in 2017 for a leadership position in his union, the New Jersey Education Association

(NJEA). After losing the election and filing a dispute with the NJEA, Policastro filed a

complaint with the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”). Policastro alleged that

the NJEA engaged in election irregularities that violated the Labor-Management

Reporting and Disclosure Act (“LMRDA”), as amended at 29 U.S.C. §§ 481-83, as well

as federal law. After conducting an investigation, the DOL provided Policastro a written

statement wherein it declined to pursue his claims. The DOL explained that Title IV of

the LMRDA – which gives the DOL authority to monitor certain union elections – does

not give it jurisdiction over elections conducted by unions like the NJEA, which


It had to be organized quickly. Just three weeks before the opening of the "Great German Art Exhibition" in Munich in 1937, which had been declared a top priority by Adolf Hitler, another exhibition was also to be prepared to demonstrate the contrast with the new national art.

The defamatory show was to present so-called "degenerate art." That included works that didn't conform to the Nazis' views about art: Expressionism, Surrealism, Dadaism, Cubism, New Objectivity and Fauvism - basically all modern art was to be pilloried and ridiculed.

Artworks were collected throughout Germany. A confiscation commission ordered by Hitler was launched on June 30, 1937, to collect the "appropriate" exhibits from different museums.

"Purging art was not a new idea. Certain lists had already been prepared by museums," explains Meike Hoffmann,project coordinator for the research center "Degenerate Art" at Berlin's Freie Universität. "Museums had already been brought into line; museums directors who refused to comply were replaced."

Nevertheless, the request took museums - and especially the smaller ones - by surprise. After all, the "Degenerate Art" exhibition was to open on July 19, 1937 - just a day after the "Great German Art Exhibition" started.

Expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. "Dunes and Sea" (1913) is now on show at the Kunstmuseum Bern

Some 650 modern paintings, drawings and sculptures were hastily confiscated from 32 museums, including works by important masters such as Wassily Kandinsky, Emil Nolde, Lyonel Feininger, Ernst Barlach or Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.

"There was a certain amount of leeway. For example, no one checked if the initial lists were complete," says


Hoffmann. "The works had to be surrendered no matter who owned them. Some local politicians deliberately looked the other way, while others would vehemently require museum directors to hand over a specific painting."

The confiscations therefore took place arbitrarily and a certain degree of insecurity ruled, which is why some museum directors obediently handed over the works even before they were called upon to do so, explained Hoffman.

A turning point in Nazi cultural policy

Few of them, however, realized that the works were not just loaned for a short term for an exhibition in Munich. Along the way, they were contributing to the process of fundamentally "purging" the German art world.

"Many museum directors saw the confiscation of the works as a loan, and obtained insurance coverage for them," says MeikeHoffmann, who has been researching the period since 2006 at the Freies Universität Berlin.

The paintings, sculptures and drawings would never be returned. On the contrary, the Munich touring exhibition "Degenerate Art" marked a turning point in the Nazis' cultural policy.

Read more: Why Hitler stole paintings - and hid in one

By August 1937, modern art had already been thoroughly plundered in Germany. Over 20,000 works from about 1,400 artists were later seized during a second, more comprehensive round of confiscations. They were stored in a Berlin depot, burned or auctioned abroad.

Hitler and Propaganda Minister Goebbels visiting the Munich exhibition "Degenerate Art" in 1937

Yet some of those works were on show in Munich. To make sure visitors understood the intentions of the exhibition correctly, the walls were smeared with slogans


and snide comments. "We see outbursts of madness, of insolence, botched work and degeneracy all around us," the exhibition's director, Adolf Ziegler, is said to have declared at the time. He was a painter himself and, as the president of the Reich Chamber for the Visual Arts, he personally oversaw the purge of undesirable artworks.

The exhibition, which was shown in 12 other cities afterwards, became a crowd puller. Over two million people went to see it. To this day, it remains the most-visited modern art show ever.

Many artworks lost forever

Many visitors presumably shared the ideology of the exhibition. Contemporary witnesses remember how some visitors would spit at the images. "Others, however, certainly went to the exhibition to see these works one last time," said Ulrich Wilmes, head curatorof the Haus der Kunst in Munich.

His museum has to deal every day with the legacy of the "Great German Art Exhibition," as it was specifically built in 1937 to house it. To underline its 80th anniversary, the Haus der Kunst is presenting an exhibition on its own history and presenting a reworked version of the "Degenerate Art" show, with historical photos, film archives and exhibits on the construction of the building.

The Museum Kunstpalast Dusseldorf was particularly affected by the purges

The Nazis' destructive cultural policy is also currently remembered in Dusseldorf's Kunstpalast. On July 13, an exhibition opened that reconstructs art treasures that disappeared from its collection. Very few works have been saved: After Berlin and Essen, Dusseldorf was particularly affected by the purges. Over 1,000 paintings, sculptures


and drawings were confiscated.

"We are showing an exhibition about a collection that no longer exists," said Kathin DuBois from the museum Kunstpalast. It was downright eradicated, she added.

Through a loan from Sydney, the large-format painting "Three Bathers" by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner can be shown in Dusseldorf for the first time since the seizure. The rest of the exhibition features the museum's own sparse inventory.

"After 1945, not much could be recovered. Some works are still considered missing, such as the painting 'The Beautiful Gardener' by Max Ernst, which was on show at the 'Degenerate Art' exhibition. Many were destroyed, especially the paintings from local and then still unknown painters," said DuBois.

Read more: 'Suspicious' art from Nazi dealer to go on show in Germany

Impact of art purges still felt tothis day

Meike Hoffmann also deplores this huge loss: "Young artists who were only at the beginning of their careers have been completely forgotten, unlike the painters who were already renowned at the time."

Basically, the German art world has not only lost a number of its most valuable paintings through the Nazis' purges, but the entire development of the country's arts is still affected by them, according to Hoffmann.

"The Nazis fortunately did not manage to completely eliminate modern art; there was an intensive reparation process after 1945," she says. But that also created new problems, as the focus was on an already outdated understanding of modern art, the expert adds.

It would also be difficult to clearly separate the art created under the Nazis in black-and-white categories - as "degenerate"


or promoting the party's ideology. "Turning Nazi propaganda the other way around would mean succumbing to it," believes the researcher. For example, the Expressionist painter Emil Nolde was a Nazi party member and anti-Semite, but he was nevertheless indexed by the Nazis.

Expressionist painter Emil Nolde's Nazi party membership didn't prevent him from landing on the list of undesirable artists

Eighty years after the events, several exhibitions, panel discussions and public debates are being held. Significant headway was made with the discovery in 2012 of the art trove that once belonged to Hildebrand Gurlitt, Hitler's art dealer who traded the banned artworks abroad.

"That was spectacular," says Hoffmann, who also worked as a consultant on the Gurlitt case. "All of a sudden, works reappeared that we long believed to have disappeared."

Alongwith the exhibition in Dusseldorf and the reworked presentation in Munich, different related shows will be held this year, among others at the Zentrum für verfolgter Künste (Center for persecuted arts) in Solingen and an exhibition of the Gurlitt collection in Bern, Switzerland. Other persecuted artists will also be honored through solo exhibitions, including Rudolf Belling at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin, Max Pechstein at the Bucerius Kunst Forum in Hamburg and Otto Freundlich at the Kunstmuseum Basel.


Holiday plans are in limbo for thousands of Australians after the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade issued a new travel warning for Bali because of fears of a volcano eruption on the popular tourist island.

Indonesian authorities have raised the alert level for the Mount Agung volcano to the highest classification, meaning an eruption could be imminent.

On Saturday, the Indonesian Department of Meteorology, Climate and Geophysics said there had been five small eruptions detected coming from the mountain, and an ash column as high as 1000 metres had been observed.

There had been a “tremendous increase” in volcano activity.

They said locals and tourists should be 12 kilometres away from the crater in some areas.

A spokesman for Jetstar said all flights to Bali were going ahead as scheduled, but theairline was monitoring the situation.

Jetstar flies direct to Bali about 60 times a week, with room for more than 10,000 passengers.

Qantas, which flies to Bali once a week, said its meteorologists were monitoring activity but services were still going ahead as scheduled.

School holidays are under way in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and the ACT, and the number of travellers visiting the island usually booms during this period.

Holidays start next week for schools in South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory.

About 1.2 million Australians visited Indonesia in 2016, second only to New Zealand as Australia’s favourite destination.

Mount Agung is in the Karangasem Regency in East Bali, about 75 kilometres from the tourist hub of Kuta.

Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told travellers to reconfirm their


1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a vehicle seat assembly, and in particular, a seat assembly including an air bag. The seat assembly includes a tear seam which upon rupturing facilitates egress of the air bag during deployment.
2. Background Art
Vehicles and associated seating systems are designed to protect an occupant from injury after the vehicle sustains a hit having longitudinal and lateral force components. The side air bags offer protection from the adverse consequences of a blow having primarily a lateral component. Such devices may be in the form of a side air curtain disposed in a headliner of the vehicle, or an air bag disposed within a vehicle seat assembly. One limitation of air bags that are located within a seat assembly is thatThe acting chief constable of South Yorkshire Police, who replaced David Crompton yesterday following the Hillsborough inquest findings, has offered to step down after it emerged she was being investigated over her conduct with a previous force.

Dawn Copley has "offered to step back to her substantive role" while another temporary chief constable was sought.

Ms Copley was one of several officers accused of "corrupt practice" by another officer, who was later sacked, while she worked for Greater Manchester Police.

South Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner Dr Alan Billings said the decision was due to her not wanting "any further negative publicity or criticism to be levelled at the force".

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Dr Billings said he had been made fully aware of the allegations when Ms Copley was originally appointed as deputy chief constable.

"As this matter has not yet been concluded I am unable to comment publicly on the allegations and the outcome but as soon as I am able, I will do so," he said.

"In the meantime Mrs Copley has my full support. However, Mrs Copley has made clear to me that she does not want any further negative publicity or criticism to be levelled at the force.

"In the interests of the force and the workforce she has therefore offered to step back to her substantiveFounded in 1826, the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore is the oldest accredited art school in the United States. MICA has educated artists for almost two centuries, from the Industrial Revolution—it was first called the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts—to the current era of digital innovation. To commemorate this incredible heritage, the school has published Making History / Making Art / MICA, a lavishly produced illustrated history designed by Pentagram’s Abbott Miller, who is a member of the school’s graphic design faculty. Written by Douglas L. Frost, MICA’s Vice President for Development Emeritus, the highly readable book follows the evolution of the school’s educational program in the context of historical, technological and cultural change, and spotlights the school’s transformative role in the


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I visited the North Korea-China border zone in May, at the same time Kim Jong-il was visiting China. While there, I got in contact with Kim Dong-cheol, one of the Rimjin-gang reporters who continue to make undercover reports from inside North Korea. Kim, who lives in North Pyongan Province, secretly crossed the Tumen River to come and see me. He had made undercover videos in different places in North Korea between January and April. The footage showed a harsh reality. Many children wandering, begging in the market. Many had lost parents, or been abandoned.

If you're an American journalist thinking of trying this method yourself, don't. Given the apparent slipping of control, it's a top priority for the North Korean regime toshow the semblance of prosperity to outside nations. In fact, Laura Ling and Euna Lee of Current TV hoped to catch a glimpse of the real story when they illegally crossed into North Korea in 2009, and after being caught by border patrols, were sentenced to 12 years hard labor for their "hostile acts against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea." Only after Bill Clinton flew to Pyongyang and pleaded for the journalists' amnesty did Kim Jong-Il pardon the two.

On a very well-funded venture aided immensely by their Canadian passports, the founders of the culture magazine Vice actually managed to make it in and out of Pyongyang with a camera in 2008. Though less brutal than the footage recovered by Rimjin-Gang, the depiction of life in North Korea


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The Dublin bicycle program is part of an effort by the council to reduce carbon emissions and make the Irish capital a green city. A government bike-to-work tax incentive program introduced last year has also increased the number of bicycles on the road. It allows employers to buy bikes for up to a maximum of 1,000 euros, and sell them to their workers tax-free, which reduces the price by about 40 percent.

Alas, the shiny new bikes bought under the bike-to-work scheme have created a bigger turnover for bicycle thieves. According to the Irish Central Statistics Office, the number of private bicycles reported stolen in Dublin in the first nine months of last year rose by nearly one-third, to 3,136, compared to the same period


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To encourage cyclists, the council has also dropped the Dublin speed limit in the city center to 20 miles an hour. At that rate the cyclist is just as likely as the motorist to get a speeding ticket.

Incidentally, the image of a rainy Dublin is not quite accurate. The city gets 29 inches of rain a year. This compares to 42 inches a year in Boston and 45 inches in New York. According to the Irish meteorological office, Metto AI,
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An extensive government review has revealed poor management and questionable spending practices at Red River College in Winnipeg.

In particular, former president Stephanie Forsyth's expense claims revealed "weaknesses in compliance and integrity," according to the report, made public on Wednesday.

Some of her claims were not approved by the colleges board of governors, some were not signed by her, and others were missing supporting documentation, the review found, noting Forsyth circumvented the board approval process for expenses by reviewing and authorizing some of her own expenses, which were claimed by other staff.

The review — taking aim at executive expense claims, contract management practices, financial reporting and human resource management practices at the college — was done after revelations Forsyth had filed expense claims for golf shoes, ballet tickets and otheritems.

"It is quite concerning to see how the expense accounts had been used and, quite frankly, abused. It's a misuse of public trust." Education and Advanced Learning Minister Peter Bjornson told reporters.

Police investigating marble matter

In October, it was also reported that Forsyth installed some of the marble from the renovation of the Union Bank Tower into her private home.

On Wednesday, Red River College officials said they have forwarded that matter to the police.

“As of yesterday, the board made the decision to engage Winnipeg Police to undertake a review of the allegations," Lloyd Schreyer, chair of the RRC board of governors, stated in a news release.

Stephanie Forsyth stepped down as Red River College president in August after four years at the helm and just as the provincial review was


in light of the report.

"I'm just glad that not even the president is immune to investigation," Tyago Furtado, a graphic design student, said Wednesday evening.

"It was one bad egg, I guess," said Erin Debooy, a creative communications student.

Meals, entertainment and a trip to France

The review of Forsyth's expense claims covered the period of September 2010 to April 2014, during which time she claimed $14,047 in meals and entertainment.

Out of 52 meal claims, 42 did not include a list of attendees or any detail of the topic discussed during the meal. That includes $514 of food and beverages for five events hosted at the president’s home, where the specific business purpose was not documented, the report states.

The review also found Forsyth and two other staff visited France — atseparations of employment (terminations with severance packages) that cost the college more than $639,000.

There were also six retirements, one resignation and one person whose contract ended.

In the five years prior to Forsyth being hired, there was just one mutual separation of employment for a staff member in an executive/excluded position.

Union Bank Tower

The review also found poor management of the multi-million-dollar renovation to the Union Bank Tower, which RRC converted into the Paterson GlobalFoods Institute — a culinary school, restaurant and student residence.

The cost of the project went from $22.5 million to $37.5 million and the opening date of September 2011 was delayed to January 2013.

The review of Red River College took aim at executive expense claims, contract management practices, financial reporting and human resource management practices. (CBC) "Government


Another perspective on spring football practice

Last week, Joe Paterno and Dave Wannstedt threw their considerable clout behind a movement to institute a spring practice period for high school football teams.

The idea, backed by the Pennsylvania State Football Coaches Association (PSFCA), has come up before, but has never gathered serious steam. Once again, the PIAA has moved quickly to shoot down the idea.

Is spring football a good thing for Pennsylvania? That's up for debate. There would certainly be positives: It would offer players increased exposure during a contact period for college coaches, and would obviously give athletes more reps and the chance to improve.

But those pros would come with a cost. And the movement against spring football isn't limited to PIAA administrators and spring sports coaches scared of losingThe family moved to South America while Castillo was still a small child. He started playing for Uruguayan side Danubio's youth team. While playing in a Brazilian tournament, Castillo was spotted by scouts from European clubs. He went on to trials with Manchester United,[2] but failed to obtain a work permit and the transfer did not materialise.[3][4]

At the age of 16, Castillo's father and agent accepted an offer from the Greek club Olympiacos. Three years after he joined Olympiacos, Castillo became a regular starter in both domestic and European competitions. He became a fan favourite with the Gate 7Ultras and was even given the number 7 shirt in deference to them.[5] Castillo was part of the Olympiacos squad that won the next three consecutive league titles. He was


the club's leading scorer during the preparatory phase for the 2006–07 season, accumulating seven goals in friendly games. He finished the season second to Rivaldo in goals scored and assists for the club, with three goals scored in five Champions League games.

In early 2006, his father and agent began negotiations with the Mexico club Chivas de Guadalajara, but talks were suspended because Olympiacos weren't interested in selling the player at the time.

Subsequently, in 2007, Olympiacos accepted Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk's offer of €20 million for Castillo's services. Before this, in what Castillo correctly anticipated would be his last game for Olympiacos, he scored with a free kick shot, after "stealing" the kick from the team mate who was preparing to take it. He celebrated by running the lengthof the field on his own and throwing his shirt over to the fans at Gate 7.[citation needed]

On 31 July 2007, Castillo joined Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk on a five-year contract for a fee of €20 million.[6] This became the most expensive transfer for a Ukrainian club to date.[7]

Castillo scored his first goal for Shakhtar while playing against SV Salzburg in the Champions League. He had only played in a few games for Shakhtar when, in a league match versus FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka, Shakhtar won a penalty kick. Castillo refused to give the ball to designated penalty kick-taker Cristiano Lucarelli and took the penalty himself, which was saved by the goalkeeper.[8] Castillo was immediately substituted from the game. Coach Mircea Lucescu commented "What Castillo did, from a professional


Shakhtar or sell. And the price could be 20, or 30, or 40, or 50 million euros."[11]

On 18 December 2007, it was announced that Castillo had signed a one-year loan agreement with Manchester City,[12] commencing on 1 January 2008. Reportedly Castillo was keen to make the move happen and, in a highly unusual move, paid half of the loan fee himself.[2]Sven-Göran Eriksson commented "He was desperate to come to us, desperate to come to England, desperate to come to the Premier League", and said he had never seen a player pay for half the transfer deal himself before.[2]

Castillo played his first game for Manchester City on 5 January 2008 in the third round of the FA Cup, away to West Ham United. However, in the replay on 16January 2008, his first home appearance for the club, he was stretchered off after 32 minutes with a broken shoulder.[13]

He ended the season with nine appearances, seven of them coming in the Premier League. Failing to secure a place at Manchester City, Castillo returned to Shakhtar Donetsk at the end of his loan in January 2009.

After Shakhtar Donetsk had failed to even include Castillo on the bench for the first two matches of the 2009/2010 season he was loaned to Ukrainian league rivals Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk for a year on 30 July 2009.

On 17 July 2010, the Chicago Fire announced the signing of Castillo as their newest designated player. He arrived on loan with Chicago holding the option to make the transfer from Shakhtar Donetsk permanent. In being signed


as a designated player, he became the second youngest designated player in Major League Soccer history.[14]

Castillo joined Aris on a six-month loan on 19 January 2011.[15] He played his first game for Aris on 30 January 2011, against local rivals PAOK.

Castillo terminated his contract with Shakhtar Donetsk and signed a two-year contract with Aris on 1 July 2011.[16]

He scored his first league goal for Aris of the 2011/12 season on 8 January 2012 in a 1–0 win over PAS Giannina. He scored his first brace in a 3–1 victory over Doxa Drama on 22 January. He scored his second consecutive brace seven days later in a 2–1 win over Levadiakos. Castillo scored again on 5 February in a 2–0 win over Xanthi, bringing his goal tally to six.

Castillowas eligible for citizenship in four countries; Uruguay because his father is from there; Italy due to his maternal grandparents; Greece because he resided there for more than six years and Mexico where he was born.[18]

His first experience of international football came when he was called up to a Uruguay U-17 training camp. However, he was released after playing a few friendly games.[18] Next the Greek coach Otto Rehhagel tried to secure his services for the Greece national football team.[19] Greece were reportedly willing to pay Castillo $800,000, including fast-tracked citizenship as part of the offer.[18]

He scored again against Ecuador, as Mexico secured a place in the knockout stages,[21] and scored a brace in the quarter-final against Paraguay, the first goal from the penalty spot.[22] Overall, Castillo was


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Rehearsal: In Refluent Waters (book 4 of the epic rock saga serial), was released in November 2016. I've also been breaking the long books into shorter pieces -- one per section -- and putting


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Press Briefing | The White House

Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
February 12, 2010
Briefing by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 2/12/10
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room

* The President will depart the White House to Camp David mid-afternoon on Sunday.

** On Thursday in Denver, Colorado, the President will deliver remarks at a fundraiser to benefit Senator Bennet. He will then travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he will attend a DNC fundraiser on Thursday night.

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MR. GIBBS: Let’s do a couple -- one announcement and the week ahead before we get started.

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ISIS has issued a chilling new video warning that countries taking part in air strikes against Syria will suffer the same fate as Paris and claimed they will attack Washington D.C. next.

The specific threat against the US capital emerged as CIA director John Brennan warned that more atrocities will be committed against the West by the Islamist terror group.

In the film an armed fighter addresses the camera to say in Arabic: 'We say to the states that take part in the crusader campaign that, by God, you will have a day God willing, like France's and by God, as we struck France in the centre of its abode in Paris, then we swear that we will strike America at its centre in Washington.'

ISIS has already claimed responsibility for


the coordinated terror attacks in Paris which killed at least 129 people.

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Chilling: ISIS has issued a new video warning that countries taking part in air strikes against Syria would suffer the same fate as Paris

Militants threatened an attack on the US capital Washington in the video which emerged as France paused for a minute's silence to remember victims of Friday's massacre

Warning: The film appeared on a site used by ISIS to post its messages and begins with news footage of the aftermath of Friday's Paris shootings

The video emerged as CIA Director Brennan told the Center for Strategic and International Studies' annual Global Security Forum on Monday that he hoped the attacks were a wake-up call for security services and warned that ISIS will attempt moreterror atrocities.

'I would anticipate that this is not the only operation that ISIS has in the pipeline,' he said.

This comes as thousands lined the streets of Paris for a minute's silence to remember those killed in a wave of attacks which included suicide bombs at the Stade de France, a massacre at the Bataclan theatre and mass shootings at bars and restaurants across the city.

In Paris, President Francois Hollande and his cabinet, all dressed in black, bowed their heads at the Sorbonne University, surrounded by scores of students.

And at Place de la Republique near the site of many of Friday's attacks, hundreds more stood still to remember the 129 people who were killed in the bloodbath.

Meanwhile, in the chilling film, which appeared on a site used by ISIS


to post its messages, the video begins with news footage of the aftermath of Friday's Paris shootings.

A message to countries involved in what it called the 'crusader campaign' was delivered by a man dressed in fatigues and a turban, and identified in subtitles as Al Ghareeb the Algerian.

It was not immediately possible to verify the authenticity of the video, which purports to be the work of ISIS fighters in the Iraqi province of Salahuddine, north of Baghdad.

The video was released by a group which dubs itself 'Wilayah Kirkuk' or 'State of Kirkuk' -- a city in north Iraq which is currently under ISIS control.

'Al Ghareeb the Algerian' also warned Europe in the video that more attacks were coming.

'I say to the European countries that we are coming, comingthe attacks in Paris on Friday

Apparently referring to international talks to end the Syrian war, another man identified in the video as Al Karrar the Iraqi tells French President Francois Hollande 'we have decided to negotiate with you in the trenches and not in the hotels.'

This morning French police identified one of the Bataclan bombers as homegrown terrorist Samy Amimour, 28, who was known to anti-terror officers in 2012 when he was prosecuted for trying to flee France to join Al Qaeda terrorists in Yemen. A year later he slipped out of France to join ISIS in Syria.

French police have said another homegrown terrorist, Omar Ismaël Mostefai , 29, from Courcouronnes, Paris, was also one of the Bataclan suicide bombers.

Meanwhile, Paris terrorist fugitive Salah Abdeslam - dubbed the


world's most wanted man - appears to have escaped police for a second time in three days.

Belgian special forces stormed a Brussels apartment in a district known as the 'jihadi capital of Europe' believing the 26-year-old was hiding inside.

In a scene similar to the famous Iranian embassy siege in London in 1980, soldiers clambered across the roof and were seen firing tear gas through a Velux-style window to flush out a suspect who witnesses claimed came out on to a balcony with his arms up.

A hooded man was handcuffed and put in a car by plain-clothes police but the Mayor of Molenbeek has insisted that there were no arrests and the wanted man is still on the run.

Abdeslam is one of three 'blood brothers' believed to be atthe heart of French massacres where 132 people died on Friday and incredibly he was stopped and then released by French police guarding the Belgian border hours after the attacks.

It appears the terror suspect, believed to be a getaway driver and potential shooter, may be hiding in Molenbeek, where the eight-strong ISIS terror cell may have met before the Paris raids to gather automatic weapons and suicide vests.

Jubilant fans are seen smiling and waving at the Eagles Of Death Metal gig moments before 89 of them were massacred by ISIS gunmen

Shocking pictures emerged after the massacre showing bodies littered across the floor where those happy fans had once stood

Moments before the attack: The massacre happened as the Californian band were launching into one of their favourites, Kiss The


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PARIS ATTACKS: WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE MASSACRE SUSPECTS DEAD ATTACKERS: Ismail Omar Mostefai, 29, a Frenchman of Algerian descent was involved in Bataclan concert hall attack. He was a known terror suspect in in 2010 and arrived in Turkey heading for Syria in 2013 and vanished. Samy Amimour, 28, was involved in Bataclan attack. French, from Drancy, Saint Denis, north of Paris. Subject of international arrest warrant since late 2013. Had been under official investigation since October 2012 on suspicion of terrorism-related activity over a plan to go to Yemen. Ibrahim Abdeslam, 31, brother of wanted man Salah Abdeslam, a key suspect still at large. French, resident of Belgium. Blew himself up at Comptoir Voltaire cafe in Paris. Bilal Hadfi, 20, was involved in Stade de Franceattack. Belgian national who previously fought in Syria with ISIS. Ahmad Almohammad, 25, is a suicide bomber involved in Stade de France attack. Passport found beside dead body of kamikaze bomber carries his name. Believed to have entered Europe posing as a migrant. KEY SUSPECTS AT LARGE: Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, Belgian, suspected brains behind the attacks, apparently in Syria. Abaaoud is from yje Molenbeek district of Brussels and encouraged a 13-year-old boy who left Belgium to become a fighter in Syria. Salah Abdeslam, 26, French, born in Brussels. Suspected of having rented black VW Polo car used in attacks in Paris. Could also be a shooter ARRESTED: Mohammad Abdeslam: brother of Salah and Brahim, arrested in Belgium. Now released. Advertisement

It came as police in Turin appealed for witnesses


who may have seen a black Seat drive into Italy from France at Ventimiglia near Nice on Saturday because they believe it may be linked to the Paris attacks.

The car had a number plate containing GUT 18053 and it may have had three potential suspects inside the car, including a 32-year-old believed to be a gunman.

French police also carried more than 168 raids the country, seizing a rocket launcher, a huge cache of weapons and arresting 23 suspects.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said 104 people have also been placed under house arrest.

He said: 'It's just a start, these operations are going to continue, the response of the Republic will be huge, will be total. The one who targets the Republic, the Republic will catch him, will be implacable.'

Theraids come just hours after French fighter jets carried out a series of 'massive' air strikes on Raqqa, destroying a key ISIS command centre and a training camp in Syria.

The latest ISIS video follows an earlier statement released by the extremist group which said it masterminded the horrifying attacks on the French capital in revenge for 'insulting' the prophet Muhammad.

The terror group singled out France for its involvement in the bombing campaign against ISIS territory in Iraq and Syria and said it murdered French citizens because the nation 'boasted' about its military contribution.

On the run: Different areas in the French capital were attacked simultaneously on Friday night by three teams of terrorists

Keeping warm: A medic tends to a man after the attack near the Boulevard des Filles-du-Calvaire in


Paris on Friday

In a rush: Rescuers evacuate an injured person on Boulevard des Filles-du-Calvaire, close to the Bataclan concert hall in central Paris

Victims: Former LSE student Valentin Ribet, left, Mathieu Hoche, centre, and Marie Lausch, right, all died in the attacks

Dead: Marie Mosser, left, Francois-Xavier Prevost, centre, and Lola Salines, right, were named as three of the victims of the attacks in Paris

Elodie Breuil (left), 23, Thomas Ayad (centre), 32, and Guillaume B. Decherf, 43, (right) - all from France - were among the many victims

Djamila Houd, 41, from Paris (left) and Elsa DelPlace San Martin (centre), also from France, were also among those killed. Caroline Prenat, (right) 24, was also killed on a night out with friends

The statement, released on Saturday morning as horror continued to mountat the slew of killings, said the bombing attack on the Stade de France was aimed specifically at French President Francois Hollande.

It said an attack at the Bataclan Theatre, during a rock concert, was aimed at 'idolaters' who were 'together in a party of perversity' and said the French are ISIS's 'principal targets'.

The statement, in French and Arabic, condemned France, saying they are at risk 'as long as they dare to insult our Prophet, and as long as they boast about their war against Islam in France and their strikes against Muslims in the lands of the Caliphate with their jets, which were of no avail to them in the filthy streets and alleys of Paris'.

Explaining its targets, the statement said: 'eight brothers equipped with explosive belts and


assault rifles attacked precisely chosen targets in the centre of the capital of France.

'These targets included the Stade de France stadium during a soccer match - between the teams of Germany and France, both of which are crusader nations - attended by the imbecile of France (Francois Hollande).

'The targets included the Bataclan theatre for exhibitions, where hundreds of idolaters gathered for a concert of prostitution and vice. There were also simultaneous attacks in the tenth, eleventh and eighteenth districts, and elsewhere.

The worst terror attack in French history comes less than 11 months after jihadists struck satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket, killing 17.

After Hollande promised a 'merciless' response to the attacks, French jets hit an IS command post, a recruitment centre, a munitions depot and a'terrorist' training camp in Raqa late Sunday, the defence ministry said.

Flushed out: Special forces climbed across a roof before they fired tear gas (pictured) through a Velux-type window to flush out a suspect who came out on to a balcony with his arms up. Belgian media claimed this man was Salah Abdeslam

Wanted man: Salah Abdeslam, 26, may have been arrested during an arrest on a Belgian safehouse this morning and is one of three brothers believed to be at the very centre of the Paris terror attacks

Suspect: Belgian Bilal Hadfi, 20, left, detonated his suicide vest at the Stade de France, French bomber Omar Mostefai, centre, killed himself at the Bataclan and Samy Amimour, 28, was also involved in the gig attack

Wanted man: Serbian media says this is


25-year-old Ahmed Almuhamed, left and right, whose Syrian passport is pictured, who blew himself up at the Stade de France in Paris, and is believed to have sneaked into France with another terrorist by posing as refugees from Syria

ISIS CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY: THE TERROR GROUP'S STATEMENT IN FULL 'In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent. Allah said: They thought that their fortresses would protect them from Allah, but Allah came upon them from where they had no expected, and He cast terror into their hearts so they destroyed their houses by their own hands and the hands of the believers. So take warning, O people of vision. In a blessed battle whose causes of success were enabled by Allah, a group of believers from thesoldiers of the Caliphate (may Allah strengthen and support it) set out targeting the capital of prostitution and vice, the lead carrier of the cross in Europe - Paris. This group of believers were youth who divorced the worldly life and advanced towards their enemy hoping to be killed for Allah's sake, doing so in support of His religion, His Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him) and His allies. They did so in spite of His enemies. Thus, they were truthful with Allah - we consider them so - and Allah granted victory upon their hands and cast terror into the hearts of the crusaders in their very own homeland. And so eight brothers equipped with explosive belts and assault rifles attacked precisely chosen targets in the


centre of the capital of France. These targets included the Stade de France stadium during a soccer match - between the teams of Germany and France, both of which are crusader nations - attended by the imbecile of France (Francois Hollande). The targets included the Bataclan theatre for exhibitions, where hundreds of idolaters gathered for a concert of prostitution and vice. There were also simultaneous attacks in the tenth, eleventh and eighteenth districts, and elsewhere. Paris was thereby shaken beneath the crusaders' feet, who were constricted by its streets. The result of the attacks was the deaths of no less than two hundred crusaders and the wounding of even more. All praise, grace and favour belong to Allah. Allah blessed our brothers and granted them what they desired.the filthy streets and alleys of Paris. Indeed, this is just the beginning. It is also a warning for any who wish to take heed. Allah is the greatest.' Advertisement

The operation was coordinated with US forces by a dozen aircraft which took off from Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.

ISIS claimed it had attacked Paris in revenge for the French campaign of air strikes in Syria and threatened further violence in France 'as long as it continues its Crusader campaign'.

The prime minister said authorities have so far identified 103 of the dead, who included journalists, lawyers, students, parents of small children. Most are under 40.

More than 25 foreigners from over a dozen countries were among the victims.

The first attacker to be named by investigators was Omar Ismail Mostefai,


a 29-year-old French citizen, who was identified from a severed finger found among the carnage at the Bataclan.

Meanwhile, the discovery of a Syrian passport near the body of one suicide attacker has raised fears that some of the assailants might have entered Europe as part of the huge influx of people fleeing Syria's civil war.

Greek and Serbian authorities have confirmed the passport was issued to a man who registered as a refugee in October on the island of Leros and applied for asylum in Serbia a few days later.contributes to saving behaviour theory with evidence that psychological and behavioural factors significantly influence a student’s ability and willingness to save, with similarities and differences drawn to the literature on the saving behaviour of adults and children. This study considers the topic within the banking sector because by understanding student saving behaviour and financial needs, the ANZ Bank could significantly improve the success rate of customer acquisition of the student market and begin to support healthy consumptive practices, along with encouraging regular saving behaviour. This would enable the ANZ to retain these customers with a high potential customer lifetime value. The conceptualisation of this study draws on literature from consumer behaviour, psychology and economic psychology.

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A:

The phrase was introduced in TNG "Sins of the Father", which was written by Drew Deighan, Ron Moore, and W. Reed Moran.

WORF: It is a good day to die, Duras, and the day is not yet over.

Ron Moore also wrote "Pegasus" and co-wrote "Descent" — the USS Crazy Horse appears in these two episodes (and only in these ones).  He also wrote the episode "Journey's End", introducing the idea of Native Americans settling on the Federation frontier, at the edge of Cardassian space.
Also, in Ron Moore's DS9 episode "Paradise Lost", he introduces the USS Lakota.  In that same episode, its captain is named "Benteen".  Historically, there was a cavalry captain by the name of Benteen who


was charged with keeping a Lakota Sioux village occupied so that they couldn't halt Custer's advance before the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
In fact, Ron was asked about these references in "Paradise Lost" during an AOL chat in 1998, to which he responded,

Ira is a student of the Battle of the Little Big Horn and the references were deliberate.

(Source)
Ira Steven Behr was the showrunner for DS9, but Moore wrote the episode, and this directly confirms that they explicitly inserted references to the Lakota Sioux.
From this, I suspect that Ron Moore brought the good day to die phrase into Star Trek in "Sins of the Father" via Lakota Sioux — something he is clearly deeply interested in.
Finally, as for the in-universe aspect, the only reference to human andKlingon cultures using the same sayings is the dinner scene in Star Trek VI, where General Chang quotes "to be or not to be" and tells the dinner party that Shakespeare is best read...

...in the original Klingon.

A:

Praxis has given an excellent answer to the latter part of the question, regarding the Sioux origin of the phrase.
With regard to the first part of the question, on for whom it is a good day to die:
In universe, the phrase may originate with tales of Kahless and Lukara. In DS9: Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places, Worf and Jadzia are teaching Quark lines attributed to these two lovers-in-arms:
Lukara: MoVas ah-kee rustak. ("Today was a good day to tie.")
Kahless: Kosh tomah ehpaq Lukara kaVeir. ("The day is not yet


statement: One of the two will inevitably die, and Worf has accepted both outcomes. He will either win, or die for a righteous cause. He will later use the phrase to echo a similar sentiment while brawling against Jem'Hadar in DS9: "In Purgatory's Shadow".
In DS9: "The Way of the Warrior", Sisko is trying to convince Gowron to call back his troops, stating that they are no match for DS9's defenses. Martok, meanwhile, is insisting that the DS9 is fooling their sensors to exaggerate their own capacity.
Sisko: "It is no illusion."
Gowron: "We shall see... Heghchu' jajvam jaj QaQ!"
Worf: "He said, 'Today is a good day to die.'"
Like Worf before him, Gowron appears to be entertaining two outcomes, but in either case, whoever dies shall die well.
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Director: Carleton Ranney

Jackrabbit film poster Actors: Ryan Dailey (Max) & Josh Caras (Simon)

Jackrabbit brings together an amazing low-tech 80's aesthetic with a pulsing hypnotic soundtrack and adds in fresh new actors to boot. Unfortunately, the slow pacing can make it hard to hook your attention sometimes.

Jackrabbit is set in a future where technological progress and seemingly civilisation itself has been stunted by an event known as the Reset. What the reset actually was is never really explained.

After the suicide of a mutual friend. Simon and Max are brought together to hack into their friend's hard drive and solve the reason behind his death.

The relationship between these two unlikely allies is really what the film is about. Simon works for VOPO, a tech film that is the


unofficial government in what is presumed the last city on Earth. Max, on the other-hand, is a drug-addled anarchist hacker.

The mood of the film is really sombre.

Official suicide rates are rattled off by the government as if they are reporting on the weather. Dialogue is sparse, with silence playing a strong role.

What I Liked

The acting in the film is pretty good. Max (Ryan Dailey) was the stand out for me but Simon (Josh Caras) was well played too.

What could be better

The story of Jackrabbit was too jilted to really love it. The pacing was very slow and often introduced new characters for only a single scene.

It's clear the director was going for atmospheric. But a little more focus on story would have made Jackrabbit a better film.

If youNew deal linked for rebels to exit from Syrian town: State news agency

Vastavam web: Syrian state media today reported that rebels from the Jaish al-Islam faction would quit another town east of Damascus, just days after evacuating their main bastion outside the capital.State news agency SANA said a new deal had been inked for the rebels to exit the town of Dumayr, around 50 kilometres east of Damascus.Jaish al-Islam had maintained control over the town since 2016 under a “reconciliation” agreement with regime forces, whereby they would not fire at each other.

Rebels had already begun handing over heavy weapons as part of the agreement, it said. Jaish al-Islam has not commented on the deal.It comes three days after Jaish al-Islam evacuated the last opposition-held town in the onetime


A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 35-year-old was stabbed to death as he slept in what detectives believe was a targeted attack.

Ebrima Cham, known as Brim, was attacked after three men broke into his friend’s flat in Hounslow, west London, where he was staying.

The man was arrested at his London home on Sunday morning on suspicion of murder.

Metropolitan police officers were called to the scene on Grove Road at about 11.30am on Thursday, but despite the efforts of the emergency services, Cham was pronounced dead a short time later.

His family said in a statement: “You read about murders in the news and you think ‘It will never be us,’ let alone when Brim should have been safe in a flat.

“We haven’t slept sincechance, he was asleep before this ferocious attack. There will naturally be a lot of talk on the street about Brim’s murder and your call could be the missing link to get justice for his family.”

A 44-year-old man was previously arrested on suspicion of murder and has since been released. He was not one of the three men who forced their way into the house, police said.

Cham was one of seven men stabbed to death in London in as many days.


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Will there be a new wave of Muslim state schools opening?

Is the best way to guard against radicalisation to make sure Muslim pupils are in religious state schools that are robustly regulated?

When the government unveiled its plans for schools in England, the headlines were taken by the controversy over grammars.

But there was another shift in policy which would make it easier for an increase in faith-based free schools.

This was presented in the context of allowing more Catholic schools, with Prime Minister Theresa May commending them for high achievement often in areas of deprivation.

And, she said, "there is growing demand for them".

But expanding faith schools will not be limited to one religion or denomination.

And


"missing from the system".

Mr Adam says Muslim state schools are able to provide a bridge between parents who want a religious ethos and the need for a good quality education in a place that is safe.

Image caption The former education secretary, Nicky Morgan, visited Madani school in Leicester

Within a state school, he says teachers can make sure that young people have a proper understanding of their religion and how it is compatible with living in a diverse, modern society.

The threat of radicalisation comes from young people going online by themselves and getting a "warped version", he says.

Ghulam Abbas, an education consultant and former Department for Education official, says there is a need for more Muslim state schools - but the quality is more important than the quantity.

He saysthat in the past, applications for Muslim free schools have been turned down because too much attention was paid to the religious aspect and not enough to the quality of education.

The lack of Muslim schools so far has been about a lack of expertise in the community in running successful schools, he says.

Image copyright iStock Image caption Is integration better served by incorporating religions or by a secular approach?

But he says a new generation of outstanding and outward looking Muslim state schools could be a positive answer to the problem of Muslim youngsters with a "poor understanding of their faith" and who are vulnerable to radicalisation.

The east London schoolgirls who headed off to Syria were not in faith schools and the schools caught up in the Trojan Horse


prefer to send their children to a non-religious school.

It's also the case that some Muslim families choose to send their children to other types of faith school. There are Catholic schools where changing demographics mean that a majority of pupils are Muslim.

There is a big philosophical dividing point here. England's education system has traditionally had strong links with religious groups and been open to incorporating the religions of new arrivals. This is very unlike a system such as France, which has remained staunchly secular.

But which works for integration?

By international standards, measured by the OECD, England's schools are successful. In fact, they're very unusual in that the children of migrants are more likely to go to university than children of native parents.

The OECD has also measured how much the testified that on March 10, 2016, around 2:30 a.m.,
      he was driving back to the police station in his police
      cruiser. While driving, he saw a vehicle on a side street
      that was not moving and was partially blocking the road-
      way. The vehicle was situated at an angle, with the front
      end by the curb and the back end blocking part of the
      street. Drager thought maybe there had been an accident.
      He turned down the street and saw an individual stand-
      ing by the driver’s


     Cite as 299 Neb. 806

   Drager testified that he decided he should remain at the
location because Botts’ vehicle was blocking the roadway
and could cause an accident. Drager then stood back by
his cruiser and watched Botts push the vehicle back and
forth. Drager stated that Botts became “verbally abusive”
toward him after he said he could not help him, so Drager
decided to ask other officers to come to the location “for
safety purposes.” Three other officers responded.
   One of the officers who responded, Officer Phillip
Tran, advised Drager that he had stopped Botts a couple
hours earlier that night for traffic violations. Drager testi-
fied that Tran told him he had detected an odor of alco-
hol on Botts at the time of the earlier stop. Basedon the
information from Tran, Drager decided to approach Botts
and ask him if he had been drinking. Drager testified
that when he asked Botts if he had been drinking, Botts
became angry, started yelling, and started backing up
away from him.
   Drager testified that Botts’ demeanor led him to believe
Botts was under the influence of “some kind of alcohol or
drug.” However, Drager testified that he did not believe
alcohol or drugs were affecting Botts’ ability to answer
questions. Drager did not recall Botts’ stating that he had
been drinking.
   Drager testified that Botts backed up to the other side
of the street and stopped with his back against a light
pole. When he was backing up, he was not coming at
the officers and was not making threats. The four offi-
cers surrounded Botts by


was under arrest for being in possession of a con-
cealed weapon.
   Tran also testified at the motion to suppress. He testi-
fied that he had contact with Botts around midnight on
March 10, 2016, a couple hours before Drager made con-
tact with him. Tran testified that he stopped Botts for not
having his headlights on and for driving erratically. Tran
testified that during that contact, he noticed a “slight odor
of alcohol,” and that Botts “and another person in the
vehicle had just purchased some alcohol.” Botts was the
driver of the vehicle, and there was more than one passen-
ger. Tran testified that he did not initiate a driving under
the influence investigation because he did not see enough
signs to believe that Botts was intoxicated.
   Tran testified that he and another officer    around Botts. One of the officers asked Botts to put his
         hands behind his back, and Botts responded that he was
         not doing anything wrong. Tran testified that during that
         time, Lopez had his Taser out. Botts eventually put his
         hands behind his back and was handcuffed.
            Tran testified that as soon as Botts was handcuffed, he
         walked over to Botts’ vehicle and looked inside the driv-


     It was not until Tran arrived at the scene and told
         Drager about the earlier stop that Drager decided to
         approach Botts face to face and ask him if he had been
         drinking. At this point, all Drager knew was that Tran
         had smelled an odor of alcohol on Botts and that there
         was alcohol in the vehicle at the time Tran stopped him.
         Neither Drager nor any of the officers testified that they
  Cite as 299 Neb. 806

   The State contends that the Court of Appeals erred in find-
ing that Botts was arrested for Fourth Amendment purposes
when he was standing by the light pole surrounded by four
officers, one with his Taser drawn. The State argues instead
that Botts was seized for purposes of the Fourth Amendment
when Officer Jason Drager approached Botts and asked if he
had been drinking—a tier-two investigatory stop for purposes
of a driving under the influence (DUI) investigation.
   The State’s characterization is supported by the record.
Drager found Botts attempting to push his vehicle, which had
stalled on the side of the road. Botts explained that he had run
out of gas, but at the time, Drager had no independent con-
firmation of that fact. Upon his arrival on the