his trial accompanied by Keshia Knight Pulliam, who played his daughter Rudy Huxtable on 'The Cosby Show' and has defended him for two years. Matt Slocum, AP

Attorney Gloria Allred represents dozens of Cosby accusers, including a witness who testified at the trial that he drugged and assaulted her in 1996. Allred has been at the trial every day since Day 1, on June 5, 2017. Mark Makela

Some Cosby accusers are attending the trial even though they are not involved in the proceeding, including Therese Serignese, a nurse from Florida who has accused Cosby of drugging and raping her in a Las Vegas hotel in about 1975. She is now suing him in civil court. LUCAS JACKSON, AFP/Getty Images

Two other Bill Cosby accusers also are attending his trial: LiliBernard, (L), who says Cosby drugged and raped her in a Las Vegas hotel in about 1975, and Victoria Valentino, who says Cosby drugged and raped her in 1970, outside the courtroom on Day 4 of the trial, June 8, 2017. EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ, AFP/Getty Images

Locked out of the courthouse, media cameras gathered outside to capture Bill Cosby arriving for the first day of his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., June 5, 2017. Matt Rourke, AP

The Allegheny County Courthouse in Pittsburgh where jury selection began in the Bill Cosby sex-assault trial. Lawyers will spend the week picking a dozen jurors and six alternates who will be taken to suburban Philadelphia and sequestered for the duration of the trial starting June 5. DON


as he arrived at the Montgomery County Courthouse for another hearing on the aggravated indecent assault charges against him, on Sept. 6, 2016. Dominick Reuter, AFP/Getty Images

Accompanied by lawyers and bodyguards, Bill Cosby arrives for the latest pretrial hearing in his criminal sex-assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., July 7, 2016. Cosby is appealing a decision to send the case to trial before his lawyers can question the accuser under oath. Matt Rourke, AP

Cosby is accused of drugging and molesting Andrea Constand, a former Temple University employee now living in Canada. Constand, here in December 2015, did not testify in person at the preliminary hearing for Cosby on May 24. Marta Iwanek, AP

Starting in the fall of 2014, comedian Bill Cosby, 78, has beenaccused by about 60 women of drugging and sexuallyassaultingthem in episodesdating as far back as the 1960s. On Dec. 30, 2015, he was officially charged in Norristown, Pa., for an alleged assault in 2004. KENA BETANCUR, AFP/Getty Images

Cosby arrives on Dec. 30, 2015, to the Court House in Elkins Park, Pa. to face charges of aggravated indecent assault. Cosby was arraigned over an incident that took place in 2004 -- the first criminal charge filed against the actor after dozens of women claimed abuse. Kena Betancur, AFP/Getty Images

Bill Cosby walks past the press upon arrival for his arraignment, Wednesday, in Elkins Park, Pa. Cosby was charged Wednesday with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago. Matt Rourke, AP

Bill Cosby leaves the Court House


in the retrial of Cosby's sexual assault case in Norristown, Pa., on April 26, 2018.(Photo: DOMINICK REUTER/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

Much was made in the media and outside the courtroom about the fact the retrial took place in a dramatically different environment from last year — after the dawning of the Me Too movement that began in October 2017.

What happens outside a criminal courtroom is supposed to stay outside. But human nature is what it is, says Yeretsian. Few jurors could escape the cultural revolution of the Me Too movement, she says.

"Jurors don’t live in a vacuum, and they could be responding sympathetically to the movement, even on a subconscious level," Yeretsian says. "The diligent juror will do his or her best to only rely on the evidence presented in theFitness club inks lease at prime NYC location

SL Green Realty Corp. on Tuesday announced it has signed Equinox Fitness Clubs to a new lease for 52,120 square feet at One Park Ave. in Manhattan, N.Y. The value of the transaction was not disclosed. Located between 32nd and 33rd Streets, this 20-story office building, containing 926,921 square feet, was built in 1925, and SL Green recently renovated its lobby, elevators and facade. Equinox was attracted to the building quality, convenience to all major transportation, and the many high-end restaurants of Park Avenue South and Union Square, as well as the neighborhood's residential and corporate demographics, according to a press statement. Equinox will occupy a portion of the ground and the entire second floor of the building following the conversion


of former office space into retail space. Under the terms of the 16-year lease, Equinox will construct a private entrance for Equinox on the 33rd Street side of the building. Equinox Fitness Club is slated to open at One Park Ave. i...A document accessed by ESPNcricinfo states that the decision to sack Steven Taylor as USA vice-captain was made after the player and at least two of his team-mates turned up visibly drunk for a team meeting the night before an ODI in the UAE. Of the three, Taylor's condition was the most severe, and it allegedly led to a verbal confrontation between him and head coach James Pamment, according to multiple sources.

A report submitted by Pamment to USA Cricket administrators at the conclusion of the tour says that Taylor and others, including Monank Patel, had been drinking prior to arriving to a team meeting on December 13, the night before USA's last ODI against Scotland on the December tour of the UAE. They lost that match by four


wickets after having won the first three ODIs on tour against UAE and Scotland. In the report, Taylor is described by Pamment as turning up "more than half pissed" and that after the team meeting ended, the player headed straight back to the hotel bar.

"His behavior at the meeting was extremely disrespectful and in total contempt to everything that the group had been striving to achieve," Pamment wrote. The report is also critical of Taylor's overall work ethic and approach to training, stating that "his athletic conditioning is something he clearly doesn't value" and that Taylor is "the lowest recorded athlete in the group" when it comes to assessments conducted by the team's strength and conditioning coach.

Monank also came in for a scathing assessment in the report. Accordingto Pamment, he "turned up half pissed for the Scouting and Team meetings, which is hard to understand given his role in the Leadership group and even harder to understand, he decided to return to the bar for an evening session after the meetings had been concluded." Monank was out second ball the following morning, his second duck of the tour. Taylor managed to top score with 56 from No. 3 in the loss, having entered the match with scores of 0, 17 and 16 in the three earlier wins.

Nisarg Patel was another player to come in for criticism, with Pamment writing in the report that "he had little regards for the team's culture by joining others on the piss the day before the game". However, the report


does not make any explicit claim that Nisarg went back to the bar in the same manner as Taylor and Monank once team meetings had ended. Nisarg made 38 off 52 balls against Scotland after entering at No. 7.

Monank Patel drives over mid-off Peter Della Penna

USA Cricket did not publicly disclose any information about the incident until after the touring squad for the upcoming series in Nepal was named in the third week of January, more than five weeks after the incident occurred. When asked why the vice-captain designation was no longer listed next to Taylor's name in the squad press release, a USA Cricket spokesperson stated that Taylor was reprimanded for "failing to display the high standards of behavior and professionalism that are expected of all USANational Team cricketers on last month's tour of the UAE."

Separately, Monank and Nisarg were not named at all by USA Cricket in their statement. That statement said: Taylor "was not the only player to have acted in a manner which was inconsistent with the team's values and, after a review, was found to have broken team rules. All players involved have acknowledged their error of judgment and apologised to their team-mates and support staff and have committed to responding positively."

Like Taylor, Monank was a member of the team's senior leadership circle, intended to support captain Saurabh Netravalkar. Though Taylor was stripped of the vice-captaincy, it was unclear if Monank continued to hold a role in the leadership group in the wake of the incident in the UAE. Sources


have indicated that at least one and possibly two other players were involved in the same incident, though none of them were explicitly implicated in the document obtained by ESPNcricinfo.

This is the second time in Taylor's career that he has fallen afoul of the USA management in an alcohol-related incident. He was stripped of the USA men's captaincy in 2013 before he had even led the team on to the field for that summer's Auty Cup series against Canada after USACA reprimanded him for breaking team rules after going out beyond curfew for a night of drinking with one of his team-mates while he served as USA Under-19 captain in Canada.

USA's squad is currently in the middle of a warm-up tour of India, playing three trial matches indischarge in which deposition can occur is much larger.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Ethiopia's defense minister on Saturday ruled out a military takeover a day after the East African nation declared a new state of emergency amid the worst anti-government protests in a quarter-century ... He also ruled out a transitional government ... functioning, with a new special court established to try them....

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Mexico City – A military helicopter carrying officials assessing damage from a powerful earthquake crashed Friday in southern Mexico, killing 13 people and injuring 15, all of them on the ground. The Oaxaca state prosecutor’s office said in a statement that five women, four men and three children were killed at the crash site and another person died later at the hospital ...Alejandro Murat, neither of whom had serious injuries ... The U.S ... ....

MEXICOCITY. A strong earthquake shook southern and central Mexico Friday, causing panic less than six months after two devastating quakes that killed hundreds of


innings the previous day, junior left-handed pitcher Kris Bubic gave the Cardinal five quality innings, where he allowed one earned run and struck out four batters ... “He had a little tweak in his ankle coming out of Christmas ... Junior second baseman Duke Kinamon was again out due to an oblique injury according to Coach Esquer....

The first openly gay male athlete at a Winter Olympics was British figure skater John Curry, in 1976. He won gold in Innsbruck, Austria, and the following morning, unbeknownst to him, he was outed in a newspaper story from a pre-Games interview in which he privately discussed his sexuality – not... ....

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|style="font-size:88%"|4-4
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=1|2018-10-21
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2018 World Wrestling Championships
|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| Budapest, Hungary
|-
|Loss
|22-5
|align=left| Zaurbek Sidakov
|style="font-size:88%"|2-3
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2018-10-20
|-
|Win
|22-4
|align=left| Bolat Sakayev
|style="font-size:88%"|6-1
|-
|Win
|21-4
|align=left| Gong Byung-min
|style="font-size:88%"|5-1
|-
|Win
|20-4
|align=left| Gamid Dzhalilov
|style="font-size:88%"|9-0
|-
! style=background:white colspan=7 |
|-
|Win
|19-4
|align=left| James Green
|style="font-size:88%"|8-0
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2017-08-26
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2017 World Wrestling Championships
|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| Paris, France
|-
|Win
|18-4
|align=left| Yakup Gor
|style="font-size:88%"|5-2
|-
|Win
|17-4
|align=left| Akzhurek Tanatarov
|style="font-size:88%"|12-0
|-
|Win
|16-4
|align=left| Elaman Dogdurbek Uulu
|style="font-size:88%"|12-0
|-
|Win
|15-4
|align=left| Ikhtiyor Navruzov
|style="font-size:88%"|9-5
|-
! style=background:white colspan=7 |
|-
|Win
|14-4
|align=left| Frank Molinaro
|style="font-size:88%"|5-3
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2016-08-19
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2016 Summer Olympics
|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
|-
|Loss
|13-4
|align=left| Toghrul Asgarov
|style="font-size:88%"|4-7
|-
|Win
|13-3
|align=left| Zurabi Iakobishvili
|style="font-size:88%"|4-3
|-
|Win
|12-3
|align=left| David Safaryan
|style="font-size:88%"|3-1
|-
! style=background:white colspan=7 |
|-
|Win
|11-3
|align=left| Ikhtiyor Navruzov
|style="font-size:88%"|4-3
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2015-09-12
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2015 World Wrestling Championships
|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| Las Vegas, Nevada
|-
|Win
|10-3
|align=left| Ahmad Mohammadi
|style="font-size:88%"|Fall
|-
|Win
|9-3
|align=left| Toghrul Asgarov
|style="font-size:88%"|10-5
|-
|Win
|8-3
|align=left| Kim Ju-Song
|style="font-size:88%"|5-2
|-
|Win
|7-3
|align=left| Magomedmurad Gadzhiev
|style="font-size:88%"|4-3
|-
! style=background:white colspan=7 |
|-
|Loss
|6-3
|align=left| Mihran Jaburyan
|style="font-size:88%"|3-7, 7-0, 2-3
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2011-09-18
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2011 World Wrestling Championships
|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4| Istanbul, Turkey
|-
|Loss
|6-2
|align=left| Viktor Lebedev
|style="font-size:88%"|0-1, 1-1
|-
|Win
|6-1
|align=left| Sarunas Jurcys
|style="font-size:88%"|1-1, 6-0
|-
|Win
|5-1
|align=left| Rahul Aware
|style="font-size:88%"|1-2, 7-2, 4-1
|-
! style=background:white colspan=7 |
|-
|Win
|4-1
|align=left| Kim Hyo-Sub
|style="font-size:88%"|1-0, 2-3, 5-1
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2010-09-10
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2010 World Wrestling Championships
|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| Moscow, Russia
|-
|Loss
|3-1
|align=left| Viktor Lebedev
|style="font-size:88%"|0-1, 0-1
|-
|Win
|3-0
|align=left| Hassan Rahimi
|style="font-size:88%"|1-0, 2-0
|-
|Win
|2-0
|align=left|Prophet (saas) has revealed in the hadiths that people will follow Hazrat Mahdi (as), a very valuable person who will be instrumental in their salvation in this world and the Hereafter, and refers to all the goodness that will take place in that time:

... He [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] will rule the Earth and he will fill the Earth, that was full of oppression and torture before him, with justice instead. Whoever of you lives to see him must come to him and join him, even by crawling over snow. Because he is the Mahdi. (Portents of the Mahdi of the End Times, Jalaladdin Suyuti, p. 14)

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...even though the associaters hate it.

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Colombia’s army on Tuesday walked back part of a contentious policy to step up attacks in the country, saying it would change its pledge forms in which officers are required to list the number of criminals and militants they plan to kill, capture or force to surrender in battle.

The change came only days after The New York Times revealed the army’s new orders instructing top commanders to “double the results” of their combat operations against guerrilla, paramilitary and criminal organizations in Colombia.

The orders had unnerved some senior army officers, who said the intense pressure to carry out attacks was heightening the risk of civilian casualties and had already led to suspicious deaths by overzealous soldiers.

Colombia endured as many as 5,000 illegal killings in the mid-2000s after soldiers wereRecently I watched The Pagemaster, a movie from the 1990s that I hadn't seen since I was 12 years old. It starred Macaulay Culkin, who was then riding on a wave of publicity following his success as Kevin McCallister in Home Alone. As a kid, I loved The Pagemaster, watching it in those spare time moments between playing Command & Conquer and trying in vain to be the next Jurgen Klinsmann. Unfortunately, as is usually the case when revisiting something from your youth: The Pagemaster is not as good as I remembered it.

Game details Developer: Dino Dini

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Leadership and governance

Boards of trustees

Boards of trustees are at the heart of Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako. Their responsibities include employing the 3 Community of Learning teaching and leadership roles, and representing the views of parents, families, whānau and iwi.

Boards of trustees can combine voluntarily if they believe this is a way to strengthen governance. When two or more boards combine, they keep their own identity but can choose to employ several principals or a single principal.

Stewardship

Some Communities of Learning have chosen to move from working as individual entities to taking a stewardship approach, developing structures that best suit their context. This approach could involve setting up a stewardship group with representatives that match the needs of the Community of Learning as well as its parents andImage 1 of 15 Leigh Howard (Orica-GreenEdge) wins stage 2 of the Tour of Britain (Image credit: Rob Lampard) Image 2 of 15 Sky leads the peloton on the first climb (Image credit: Chris Lees Photography) Image 3 of 15 The leaders on stage 2's Alstonfields KOM (Image credit: Chris Lees Photography) Image 4 of 15 Team Sky leads the peloton on stage 2 of Tour of Britain (Image credit: Chris Lees Photography) Image 5 of 15 The Tour of Britain heads up the first KOM on stage 2 (Image credit: Chris Lees Photography) Image 6 of 15 Bernhard Eisel (Sky) leads the bunch (Image credit: Chris Lees Photography) Image 7 of 15 Richard Handley (Rapha Condor) attacks on the Morridge climb (Image credit: Rob Lampard) Image 8


15 of 15 Boy Van Poppel (United Healthcare) on the podium at Tour of Britain (Image credit: Rob Lampard)

Leigh Howard (Orica-GreenEdge) won stage two of the Tour of Britain, beating Mark Cavendish (Sky) in a bunch sprint, with Boy Van Poppel (UnitedHealthcare) taking third place on the stage from Nottingham to Knowsley Safari Park in Liverpool.

After some confusion, including a podium ceremony where Luke Rowe (Sky) was awarded the race leaders gold jersey, it was determined that the general classification lead actually went to Van Poppel. The UnitedHealthcare rider took second on stage 1, and with 10 seconds of time bonuses, he drew equal with Howard but got the gold jersey on countback. Rowe finished the stage in a group one second behind, and dropped to third overall.

Onthe morning of stage two of the Tour of Britain some British newspapers carried a front page warning that a hurricane was heading this way. As it turned out there was no repeat of the strong winds which led to the cancellation of stage two of last year’s Tour. Last year Mark Cavendish (Sky) was favourite to win that stage and this year, assuming he got over the three first category climbs, he was favourite to win the slight downhill finish into Knowsley Safari Park in Liverpool.

Cavendish seemingly had no trouble, following his crash yesterday, of cresting the days ‘mountains’ with his Sky teammates taking care of business as they did yesterday. But, while Cavendish was delivered perfectly for the last 500 metres, Australian Howard proved too canny


for the Manxman as he sat on his wheel before unleashing a powerful sprint, joking afterwards, "I had the best lead out man in the world!"

Apart from being thankful for the wheel of the World Champion, 22-year-old Howard was full of praise for his team mates.

"I got a lot of help from my teammate Aidis Kroupis. I’ve taken him to a few wins in the lead-out in the last three races and I could see he was working really hard today to pay me back."

"Coming into the final kilometre we entered the park with one and half kilometres to go and knew we had to be top 5 or 6 going onto the park. I had Cavendish’s wheel which was handy (laughs), and he played an interesting tacticby dropping off Luke Rowe’s wheel with 600m to go and fortunately I came round fourth wheel with 250m to go and from there it was a formality, and fortunately I had enough on him (Cavendish) in the end. To do it on his (Cavendish’s) home soil is extra special."

It was a good day all round for Aussies and their Orica-GreenEdge team, as Jack Bobridge won the Combativity Award after being active in a day long break on the 180km (112 mile) stage that traversed the beautiful Peak District of Derbyshire.

The six man break set off soon after the start proper and while the peloton was admiring the gothic splendour of Wollaton Hall (used in the filming of Batman – The Dark Knight Rises) the sextet gained time.


The break consisted of: Matthias Krizek (Liquigas-Cannondale), Jack Bobridge (Orica-GreenEdge), Pete Williams (Node4-Giordana Racing), Richard Handley (Rapha Condor), Russell Hampton (Team Raleigh-GAC) and Pablo Urtasun (Euskaltel Euskadi).

When they got to the top of Morridge, the final first category climb of the day the lead group had a lead of over three minutes but that got eaten into as the race headed to its conclusion, leaving Bobridge and Williams to vainly tough it out to the finish.

Howard concluded the press conference by saying, ‘We had Jack Bobridge in the breakaway, so we could sit on the back all day and let Sky sit on the front."

Talking of his team mate Bobridge, the rider from Geelong, Australia, concluded, "I thought he might stay away but I knew it was goingTaliban kill 15 Afghan police in highway ambush

Insurgents fled unharmed after they attacked about 40 officers in the convoy driving on the main trade route through the province, Farah provincial spokesman Abdul Rahman Zhawandai said Thursday.

Before dawn Wednesday near the ambush site, rockets were fired at a fuel truck parking, and one truck full of gasoline exploded after being hit. The raging fire destroyed about 35 of the 40 trucks in the lot and killed six of the drivers, who spend the night there because the threat of insurgent attacks on highways makes it too dangerous for them to drive after dark.

The Taliban have escalated attacks in recent months as they try to take advantage of the withdrawal of foreign troops, who handed over security for the country


to Afghan forces two months ago.

Insurgents also managed to kill a U.S. soldier and wound 10 Polish soldiers in a car bomb attack at a coalition base in eastern Afghanistan, but officials said the Taliban failed in their attempt to take over parts of the facility and kill more people.

Two car bombs driven by insurgents wearing bomb vests detonated at the base located in a populated part of Gahzni city, but Afghan forces managed to prevent two more from being blown up. Afghan officials said Thursday the casualty count would have been much higher if the Taliban had managed to carry out one of their complex attack plans to date.

One of the Polish soldiers was in serious condition, and the Gahzni hospital said 35 civilians and Afghan securityforce personnel were wounded.

"The Afghan army prevented huge casualties among civilian and military personnel," said Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi.

A total of 35 people were killed and 73 were wounded on Wednesday in the ambush, the base assault, and in three other attacks around the country.


to identify endophenotypes and risk factors that can assist in the early detection and prevention of ADHD.[@b5-cpn-15-009],[@b6-cpn-15-009] One of the most extensively researched areas in this domain concerns the sleep problems associated with ADHD. Complexities of the relationship between ADHD and sleep have been well delineated in the previous literatures, and numerous excellent reviews have been published, including papers elucidating sleep disorders in ADHD, pharmacological strategies, potential underlying neurobiological mechanisms of ADHD and sleep.[@b7-cpn-15-009]--[@b9-cpn-15-009] However, much more evidence is needed to validate propositions that sleep problems may be a potential causative factor of ADHD. Moreover, relatively few review papers have been published on the functional consequences of sleep problems in patients with ADHD, despite the clinical importance. Finally, there is relative paucity of data on treatment modalities otherthan conventional psychotropics for patients with concurrent ADHD and sleep problems.

The present article reviews studies supporting the role of sleep problems, especially sleep deprivation, sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), and circadian rhythm disturbance, as causative factors of ADHD. Additionally, previous reports regarding the consequences of sleep problems in ADHD as well as several recent studies on novel treatment approaches are discussed.

SLEEP PROBLEMS AS PREDICTORS OF ADHD
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Numerous previous studies have demonstrated the effects of sleep problems on inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity, which are core symptoms of ADHD.[@b10-cpn-15-009]--[@b12-cpn-15-009] Indeed, the aforementioned studies have implicated sleep problems as potential causative factors of ADHD. Extant research has focused primarily on the impact of three sleep problems on ADHD symptoms, examining their potential role as predictive factors: sleep deprivation, SDB, and circadian rhythm disturbances.

Sleep Deprivation
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early diagnosis of ADHD by measuring salivary dim light onset melatonin has also been studied.[@b67-cpn-15-009] Moreover, genetic variability of circadian rhythm across individuals have been well documented in previous reports,[@b68-cpn-15-009] and morningness-eveningness preferences have been explained at a genetic level in one study.[@b69-cpn-15-009] Possible epigenetic mechanisms with the modulation of sirtuin 1 gene involved in human circadian rhythm have also been reported.[@b70-cpn-15-009] Given its possible relationship to the subsequent development of ADHD symptoms, the elucidation of genetic susceptibility to circadian rhythm disturbances may assist clinicians in the early detection of circadian rhythm problems and the prevention of ADHD symptoms.

CONSEQUENCES OF SLEEP PROBLEMS IN ADHD PATIENTS
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Considering a large portion of ADHD patients are in their childhood and adolescence, problems regarding school performances, obesity, psychiatric comorbidities, and parent-children interactions warrantSon leaves dad’s ashes in taxi after day in the pub

A GRIEVING son is asking for help to find his dad’s ashes after he left them in the back of a taxi after spending a day in the pub.

By PETER MCGLONE Tuesday, 19th May 2015, 8:24 pm

James Rice forgot the ashes after celebrating his father's memory at a pub in Dundee. Picture: Gordon Fraser

James Rice was collecting his dad’s ashes from an aunt who brought them from London in order to honour his dad’s wishes to bury him with his mother in Balgay Cemetery in Dundee.

However, after getting a taxi home having spent a day in town drinking with his family, 23-year-old James left his father’s ashes in the back of the cab – only to realize what


agency season or to add Draft pick assets. Each year during Draft weekend, there are dozens of trade proposals bandied about -- some that are new proposals, some that are continuations of previous discussions -- although only a minority will culminate in actual trades.

The National Hockey League's Entry Draft weekend is one of the pivotal events on the sport's calendar. First and foremost, the Entry Draft itself represents the game's future; the picks will shape the long-term depth of teams' rosters.

2007: Four days before the 2007 Draft, at which the Flyers selected James van Riemsdyk with the second overall pick, Philly made a major trade with the Nashville Predators. The Flyers flipped the 2007 first-round acquired from the Predators a few months earlier in the Peter Forsberg dealback to the Predators in exchange for impending free agents Kimmo Timonen and Scott Hartnell. The Flyers then immediately signed Timonen and Hartnell to respective six-year contracts. Later, over Draft weekend proper, the Flyers traded a 2007 third-round pick and 2008 second-round pick to trade up into the second round in order to select defenseman Kevin Marshall.

2008: Facing a salary cap crunch, the Flyers traded R.J. Umberger to the Columbus Blue Jackets on the day of the 2008 Draft's first round in exchange for Colorado's 2008 first-round pick (defenseman Luca Sbisa at 19th overall) and a 2008 third-round pick (defenseman Marc-Andre Bourdon). Additionally, in an ill-fated move, the Flyers traded their own 2008 first-round pick (27th overall) to the Washington Capitals in exchange for 25-year-old NHL roster defenseman


Steve Eminger; himself a former first-round pick. The Capitals used the acquired pick to select offensive-minded defenseman John Carlson. Eminger struggled in 12 games with the Flyers and then was traded to Tampa Bay along with Steve Downie in exchange for defenseman Matt Carle.

2009: The Flyers pulled off a blockbuster trade over Draft weekend: the team acquired veteran superstar defenseman Chris Pronger from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for power forward Joffrey Lupul, 19-year-old defenseman Sbisa, Philadelphia's 2009 first-round pick (John Moore), Philadelphia's 2010 first-round pick (Emerson Etem) and a 2011 third-round pick. Along with Pronger, the Flyers acquired minor league forward Ryan Dingle.

2010: The Flyers made some minor prospect/pick deals at the 2010 Draft. More notable were three discussions involving veteran goalies that did not culminate inwash with Gagne. Secondly, Gagne was unwilling at the time to waive the no-movement clause in his contract. Weeks later, Gagne agreed to waive his NMC for one team and one team only: Tampa Bay.

2011: The 2011 Draft weekend was a monumental one in Flyers history. On June 23, the team traded Jeff Carter to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for young forward Jakub Voracek, Columbus' 2011 first-round pick (the Flyers chose Sean Couturier at 8th overall) and Columbus' 2011 third-round pick (Philly picked center Nick Cousins). The same day, the Flyers traded Mike Richards to the LA Kings in exchange for NHL roster right winger Wayne Simmonds, top LA prospect Brayden Schenn and a 2012 second round pick (traded by the Flyers to Dallas near the


2012 trade deadline in exchange for defenseman Nicklas Grossmann). Earlier in the day, the Flyers announced a nine-year contract for goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov, whose rights had been acquired from the Phoenix Coyotes on June 7.

2012: After an unhappy 2011-12 season spent as Bryzgalov's backup, Flyers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky demanded a trade under threat of returning to Russia to play in the KHL as soon as he became a restricted free agent the next summer. In exchange for not going public with the trade demand (which would have decreased Philly's leverage), the Flyers traded Bobrovsky to Columbus for a 2012 second-round pick. The Flyers used the pick on goaltender Anthony Stolarz. Additionally, after months of bandying about trade proposals with the Toronto Maple Leafs that involved left winger Jamesvan Riemsdyk going to Toronto and defenseman Luke Schenn coming to Philly (and being reunited with brother Brayden), the two sides finally agreed to do the deal as one-for-one exchange. The trade was announced shortly after the end of the Draft. The premature end of Pronger's career in the first half of the 2011-12 season due to a severe eye injury and post-concussion syndrome was a key factor in why the Flyers were in the market for Schenn. The defenseman's right-handed shot also factored into the deal after New Jersey exploited the lack of a RH defenseman in their forechecking strategy against Philly in the playoffs.

2013: The Flyers discussed various trade ideas over Draft weekend in Newark that year but none came close to fruition.

2014: The 2014 Draft


was hosted by the Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center. Philly made a push to acquire the first overall pick of the Draft from Florida (which the Panthers used on Aaron Ekblad) but the deal was unable to be consummated.

2015: After selecting defenseman Ivan Provorov with the seventh overall pick of the 2015 Draft, the organization made a move to trade up later in the first round from 29th to 24th to ensure they could draft forward Travis Konecny while he was still on the board. The Flyers sent the 29th overall pick (Gabriel Carlsson) and a 2015 second-round pick (Jeremy Bracco) to the Maple Leafs for the pick that Philadelphia used for Konecny. After the draft, the Flyers traded Grossmann and the remainder of Pronger's contract tothe Coyotes in exchange for forward Sam Gagner and a 2017 fourth-rounder (later traded to in a three-for-one pick swap at the 2017 Draft that enabled the Flyers to move up in the second round). Subsequently, on the day after the Draft, Boston agreed to another deal that had been discussed over the weekend. The Flyers traded agitating forward Zac Rinaldo to the Bruins in exchange for a 2017 third-round pick (goaltender Kirill Ustimenko).

2016: The Flyers traded down in the first round of the 2016 Draft. Philly sent the 18th overall pick (Logan Stanley) to Winnipeg in exchange for the 22nd overall pick (choosing Russian center German Rubtsov) and the 36th overall pick (Pascal Laberge). Philadelphia also included a 2016 third-round pick (Luke Green) in the deal to


make a 2-for-2 swap of picks with the Jets.

2017: After the Flyers selected Nolan Patrick with the second overall pick of the 2017 Draft, they made a major trade with St. Louis. The Blues received forward Brayden Schenn and sent the Flyers a 2017 first-round pick (Morgan Frost at 27th overall), a 2018 first-round pick (Joel Farabee at 14th overall) and veteran forward Jori Lehterä. On the second day of the Draft, Philly made a three-for-one pick swap with the Coyotes to move up to the 35th overall pick and select left wing Isaac Ratcliffe. In return, Philly sent the 44th (Filip Westerlund), 75th (Nate Schnarr) and 108th (Noel Hoefenmayer) picks to Arizona. The pick that the Coyotes used on Hoefenmayer was originally acquired by the Flyers inFrontiers Music Srl has announced the upcoming debut album from Ardours, the new alternative gothic metal band featuring lead vocalist Mariangela Demurtas (Tristania), together with multi-instrumentalist and producer Kris Laurent. Entitled Last Place On Earth, the album will be released on August 9th.

BraveWords is premiering the video for the single, "Last Moment". Watch below, and pre-order the album here.

The lineup on the album is rounded out by Mariangela's fellow Tristania member Tarald Lie on drums, who also wrote the lyrics for the songs. The end result is an exciting and creative album with a fresh sound straddling the lines between rock, metal, and gothic atmospheres with prominent vocal melodies and hooks. In the words of singer Mariangela Demurtas, "The album is a carousel of fatalism, confusion, insight, enlightenment,


Use of free flaps for reconstruction in head and neck surgery: a retrospective study of 182 cases.
In order to clarify the factors affecting the survival of flaps, we performed a retrospective study on free flaps (187) used for reconstruction in head and neck surgery in 182 patients. Free jejunum flaps were used on 68 occasions, rectus abdominus myocutaneous flaps on 67, radial forearm flaps on 49, scapular osteocutaneous flaps on 2 and latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap on ones occasion, during the period from May 1996 to April 2003. Post-operative circulatory complications at the recipient site were analyzed mainly in relation to a history of previous surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Circulatory crisis was observed in seven cases and circulation was restored in two of them after emergency exploration, whereasRadioactive Water From Fracking Found In Pennsylvania Streams (Duke University Research)

October 7th, 2013 by James Ayre

A number of important Pennsylvanian streams — many of which feed into the water supplies of large cities in the state — have become significantly contaminated with radioactive water from fracking operations, new research from Duke University has found.

Radium levels 200 times higher than normal were measured in water downstream of the Josephine Brine Treatment Facility — a facility that processes wastewater from natural gas fracking operations in the state. As well as the extremely high levels of radioactive radium, the tested water contained high levels of bromide — a chemical that when exposed to commonly used water-treatment chemicals creates cancer-causing compounds.

The Smithsonian provides more:

Between 10 and 40 percent of fluid sent down


on the Spanish government to pass the new law. The public outcries were quite strong -- as even the head of the Spanish Film Academy quit to protest the bill -- and the law was initially voted down , as economists explained how bad it would be for the economy. Of course, with continued US pressure and threats of economic retaliation, a brand new government rushed through approval of the bill at the beginning of 2012.Now that the US and the legacy entertainment companies knew that the Spanish government could be so easily pushed around, they waited barely a year before demanding even more draconian changes . And, it looks like they got them . New measures were put in place that will include the potential ofincluding upTottenham are among a group of clubs battling to sign Reims defender Axel Disasi, according to reports in France.

Disasi, a 22-year-old centre-back, made 32 appearances across all competitions in 2019/20 before the French season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Reims were in sixth place before the campaign ended prematurely.

French outlet RMC Sport claims Spurs, Arsenal and Southampton are all interested in signing Disasi this summer. It is believed Sevilla and some German clubs are also keen on the France Under-20 international.

The report suggests Reims will ask for €15 million (around £13.3m) excluding bonuses for their star defender, whose contract expires at the end of next season. The club has already apparently received offers, though none have met their valuation.

Knowing Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy, he will not


Country

This article describes country as a type of geographical or political entity. Country may also refer to the countryside or the country music genre, or the 1984 film of that name.

In political geography and international politics a country is a geographical territory. A dictionary definition would be "the land of a person's birth, residence, or citizenship; a political state or nation or its territory". In common usage, it is used casually in the sense of both nation (a cultural entity; see below) and state (a political entity; see below). Definitions may vary. It is sometimes used to refer to both states and some other political entities., while in some occasions it refers only to State. It is not uncommon for general information or statistical publications to adopt thewider definition for purposes such as illustration and comparison.

This disparity is also reflected in general English usage. Usage within the United Kingdom tend to adopt a wider definition of the word country. Furthermore, the word is also used to refer to the constituent parts of the United Kingdom (see below). In most usages outside the UK, however, the term country carries with it strong connotations of political independence, and it may be considered politically incorrect by neutral observers to refer to Tibet as a country, for example.

There are dozens of non- sovereign territories which constitute geographical countries, but are not sovereign states. Several States have overseas dependencies, with territory and citizenry separate from their own. They are sometimes listed together with States on lists of countries.

Characteristics

A country usually


has its own government, administration and laws; and often a constitution, police, military, tax rules, and a population who are referred to as one another's countrymen. Together they form what Benedict Anderson has referred to as an imagined community.

Types

State

A State is an independent territory with a government, a population and sovereignty over these. The entire landmass of the Earth (excluding Antarctica), along with coastal seas is considered to be divided among such countries. There are currently 193 States (countries) recognised by the United Nations — its 192 members and the Vatican City.

In addition to these, there are other non sovereign territories which, under the philosophy of self-determination, wish to be considered countries in this sense. Some of these have de facto control over their population and territory, suchare not States) have aimed to identify themselves on the same terms as sovereign States. Others, including nationalists, may consider their single nation (or country) to be divided between different States.

Constituent countries

Four of the constituent parts of the United Kingdom, which itself may be considered a country in the sense of this article, are also called countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales (see constituent countries of the United Kingdom). Northern Ireland is also sometimes referred to as a province of the United Kingdom.

Nation, country and state: a comparison

The casual use of 'country', 'State' and 'nation' as synonyms leads to confusion. Confounding this is the often confused official use: for example, the United Nations is actually a body made of 'States'; and the countries constituting the United Kingdom


are often called the home nations.

In the English language, the terms nation (cultural), country (geographical) and State (political) do have precise meanings, but in daily speech and writing they are often used interchangeably, and are open to different interpretations. For example, Cornwall is considered by some to be a nation in England which is a constituent country, or home nation, of the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom is an internationally recognised sovereign state, which is also referred to as a country and whose inhabitants have British nationality. The terminology can be further complicated by the use of the word state to mean a non-sovereign sub-entity of a sovereign state, as is done in the United States of America (many of which, however, maintain that they are sovereign anda southern Rhône red at a very attractive price. I appreciate the rustic grip and honest savoury-fruity profile without artifice or adjuncts.

Domaine Les Grands Bois Cuvée Maximilien Côtes Du Rhône Villages Cairanne 2012, Rhone Valley, France ($22.95)Sara d’Amato – The sundrenched southern Rhone wines of Cairanne have a charming, rustic appeal and the best examples, such as this, relay the beautiful aromas of Provence – those of thyme, rosemary and lavender. Due to the heat and the fact that the village is located in one of the sunniest places on earth, grenache dominates these wines with syrah and mourvedre playing secondary but important roles. The small, family-owned Domaine of Les Grand Bois is widely regarded as one of the finest properties of the southern village appellations.

Rotllán Torra 2010,


shows the view from orbit on September 7, before the flooding. The second was captured yesterday, Sept. 14, when the clouds parted for a while to reveal what several days of unprecedented rain have wrought. In the false-color scheme, water is black or dark blue; sediment-laden water or muddy ground appears pale blue; vegetation is green; and bare earth is tan. In the before image, water is barely detectable in the South Platte River and the tributaries leading into it. In the after image, the river's flood plain has filled in with a turquoise blue color. Here's a map of what that flooding likely looks like in a portion of that image, as well as the impact on roads:

Road closures in Weld County are shown in red. Theblue shows the extent of water in a 100-year flood. The city at the confluence of two rivers is Greeley. (Source: Weld County Office of Emergency Management) This map shows the 100-year flood extent for creeks and rivers in Weld County. (In other words, the extent of a once-in-a-hundred year flood, in light blue.) The South Platte River comes in from the south and is joined by the Cache La Poudre River by the city of Greeley.

An interactive online map that allows you to determine the actual flood extent is not working right now, so I'm not sure whether flooding has equaled the 100-year level on these waterways. But given that early this morning, at least one river gauge downstream of Greeley registered flows that surpassed the previous


colours after a nuclear agreement and become more helpful on all regional security issues. Why would it? Despite years of tough sanctions and economic stagnation, Iran is now a rising power in the Middle East. Its population is young, well-educated and large; second only to Egypt in the region. It has a strong sense of national identity and culture; huge hydrocarbon reserves, and a regional network of allies and militant groups, such as Hezbollah. Iran’s influence in the region has increased since the fall of Saddam Hussein. With a hand in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen, its reach stretches from the Eastern Mediterranean to the southern entrance of the Red Sea and the Straits of Hormuz. Riyadh, highly insecure and deeply suspicious of Iranian intent, feels encircled. Evenin the Persian Gulf, a vital international waterway, Iran is flexing its muscles: on April 28th the Iranian navy forced a Danish container ship to divert its course and two weeks later it fired warning shots at a Singaporean cargo ship. The Sunni Arab world and Israel are rightly concerned about Iran unshackled from its sanctions; it will make Iranian assertiveness in the region more likely.

Viewed from the region, the nuclear deal is another sign of US withdrawal from the Middle East. Just as in Syria, where the West pushed to rid Syria of chemical weapons but did little to end the civil war, Sunni Arab states – including Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Kuwait – think that the West is negotiating with Iran about weapons, while doing


little to challenge Tehran’s ambitions. Over the past two years, countries around the world have sought assurances from Washington. In areas of intensive geopolitical competition from East Asia to Eastern Europe, countries like Japan and Poland have asked questions about US commitment to their security, and received some reassuring answers from the US. Now it should be the turn of America's allies in the Middle East. At a Camp David summit on May 14th, President Obama made his case for an Iran nuclear deal to several Gulf leaders. The success of his efforts remains uncertain.

Paradoxically, an agreement that was meant to avoid another war in the Middle East may add to the region’s turbulence, unless a balance of power can be maintained. The Gulf countries and Israel primarilyits uranium stockpile or disabling its enrichment cycle. Importantly, if needed, the EU should be willing to reactivate the sanctions unilaterally (or with the US), even without a UN resolution.

Paris, London and Berlin will actively promote their defence exports, seeking to persuade countries in the Middle East that stronger forces are necessary to keep Iran at bay. In May, France announced the sale of fighter jets to Qatar, and negotiations on a similar military package continue with the UAE. Germany has sold four advanced submarines to Israel. Saudi Arabia is the UK’s largest defence technology export market. But alongside selling more kit, Europe should help improve the ability of Arab militaries to counter threats from Iran by improving their professionalism and skills.

The UK, in co-operation with allies, should


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Abstract:

In an embodiment, a bearing apparatus comprises a first bearing assembly
including a plurality of circumferentially-spaced first bearing elements
each of which includes a first bearing surface. The bearing apparatus
further includes a second bearing assembly including a plurality of
circumferentially-spaced second bearing elements each of which includes a
second bearing surface oriented to engage the first bearing surfaces of
the first bearing assembly during operation. At least one of the second
bearing elements may be circumferentially spaced from an adjacent one of
the second bearing elements by a lateral spacing greater than a lateral
dimension of the at least one of the second bearing elements.

Claims:

1. A bearing apparatus, comprising: a first bearing assembly including a
plurality of circumferentially-spaced first bearing elements eachof
which includes a first bearing surface, each of the plurality of
circumferentially-spaced first bearing elements circumferentially spaced
from a circumferentially adjacent one of the plurality of
circumferentially-spaced first bearing elements by a respective first
lateral spacing less than a respective first lateral dimension of the
circumferentially adjacent one of the plurality of
circumferentially-spaced first bearing elements; and a second bearing
assembly including a plurality of circumferentially-spaced second bearing
elements each of which includes a second bearing surface oriented to
engage the first bearing surfaces of the first bearing assembly during
operation, each of the plurality of circumferentially-spaced second
bearing elements circumferentially spaced from a circumferentially
adjacent one of the plurality of circumferentially-spaced second bearing
elements by a respective second lateral spacing greater than a respective
second lateral dimension of the circumferentially adjacent one of the
plurality of circumferentially-spaced second bearing elements, the second
lateral


are generally radially oriented.

14. The bearing apparatus of claim 1 wherein each of the first and second
bearing surfaces comprises polycrystalline diamond.

15. A bearing apparatus, comprising: a first bearing assembly including a
plurality of circumferentially-spaced first bearing elements each of
which includes a first bearing surface, each of the plurality of
circumferentially-spaced first bearing elements circumferentially spaced
from an immediately circumferentially successive one of the plurality of
circumferentially-spaced first bearing elements by a respective first
lateral spacing less than a respective first lateral dimension of the
immediately circumferentially successive one of the plurality of
circumferentially-spaced first bearing elements; and a second bearing
assembly including a plurality of circumferentially-spaced second bearing
elements each of which includes a second bearing surface oriented to
engage the first bearing surfaces of the first bearing assembly during
operation, each of the plurality of circumferentially-spaced second
bearing elementsThe bearing apparatus of claim 15 wherein each of the first and
second bearing surfaces comprises polycrystalline diamond.

23. A motor assembly for use in a drilling system, the motor assembly
comprising: a motor operable to apply torque to a rotary drill bit, the
motor operably coupled to a bearing apparatus, the bearing apparatus
including: a first bearing assembly including a plurality of
circumferentially-spaced first bearing elements each of which includes a
first bearing surface, each of the plurality of circumferentially-spaced
first bearing elements circumferentially spaced from a circumferentially
adjacent one of the plurality of circumferentially-spaced first bearing
elements by a respective first lateral spacing less than a respective
first lateral dimension of the circumferentially adjacent one of the
plurality of circumferentially-spaced first bearing elements; and a
second bearing assembly including a plurality of circumferentially-spaced
second bearing elements each of which includes


a second bearing surface
oriented to engage the first bearing surfaces of the first bearing
assembly during operation, each of the plurality of
circumferentially-spaced second bearing elements circumferentially spaced
from a circumferentially adjacent one of the plurality of
circumferentially-spaced second bearing elements by a respective second
lateral spacing greater than a respective second lateral dimension of the
circumferentially adjacent one of the plurality of
circumferentially-spaced second bearing elements, the second lateral
spacing greater than the first lateral spacing.

24. The motor assembly of claim 23 wherein the number of the second
bearing elements is less than the number of the first bearing elements,
and wherein at least some of the plurality of circumferentially-spaced
second bearing elements are more thermally stable than the plurality of
circumferentially-spaced first bearing elements.

25. The motor assembly of claim 23 wherein the respective second lateral
spacing is at leastThe Carolina Hurricanes made a multitude of changes to their hockey operations department on Tuesday afternoon as the team prepares for the 2012-13 season. Here’s a quick run down of the moves that took place:

-Former player Ron Francis, who has served as a member of the Canes front office for six years, has been promoted to Vice President of Hockey Operations.

-Jason Karmanos, who will be entering his 15th year with the Hurricanes, has become the franchise’s Executive Vice President and Assistant General Manager.

-Rod Brind’Amour, another former player and the captain of the 2006 Stanley Cup championship team, has been promoted to a full-time assistant coach for the 2012-13 season.

-Another member of that ’06 Cup championship team, Cory Stillman, was hired as the Director of Forwards Development—the position Brind’Amour


'Never Gonna Snow' is one of several original tracks co-written and produced by the team here at Music 4 for 'Chris Moyles - The Parody Album'. To see the fantastic video for this track, click here.

This video has been airing on many TV music channels including 4Music, Viva and Magic TV.

The Parody Album has now gone 'Gold' selling well over 100,000 copies in just four weeks. The album is still available in stores or on iTunes. If you get the album on iTunes, you also get a full length 'making of the album' video too!.caiman research project at Caiman House Field Station since 2011. Dr. Rosenblatt has worked on wildlife research projects all over the globe, including projects in Guyana, Belize, New Zealand, Australia, Hawaii, Florida, Ohio, and New England.

Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle

Podocnemis unifilis: Community Monitoring and Head-start

This is an on-going village project founded 2011 in partnership with Lesley University graduate and Caiman House Intern Jeff Slocum.

Goal: To reduce the annual losses of adults, hatchlings and nests; to found a community-based management strategy; to build on strong local interest in and enthusiasm for turtle conservation in Guyana.

Jaguar

(Panthera onca) Population Survey

To establish baseline population densities of jaguar and their prey in the Kanuku Mountains via camera-trapping techniques and capture-recapture analyses; to build capacity for community-based monitoring; to support identification of a critical corridor


linking regional jaguar populations.

Matt Hallett, Principal Investigator

Matt Hallett earned his PhD in the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida, where his research focuses on participatory monitoring of large mammals in southwestern Guyana. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from the College of Charleston and Master's in Zoology and Environmental Science from Miami University. Matt continues to work in Guyana estimating jaguar populations in one of Guyana's newest protected areas, assisting communities with wildlife management planning, leading the Rupununi Wildlife Research Unit, managing biodiversity assessments, facilitating field courses for Miami University and supporting community-based conservation and research at Caiman House Research Station. Matt got his start in the zoo and aquarium industry, working at North Carolina Zoo, South Carolina Aquarium and theJohn G. Shedd Aquarium, gaining field experiences in Kenya, the Great Lakes, South Africa, the Bahamas and Malaysian Borneo during stops in between.

Makushi Ethnobotany Project

Since June 2012, Lewis Daly earned his PhD and is a teaching Fellow in Social Anthropology at the University of London. He has been conducting anthropological research into indigenous plant knowledge in Yupukari. Working in collaboration with villagers and local experts, Lewis has been recording data relating to varietal diversity of crops, the cultivation and processing of cassava, local fermentation technologies, medicinal plants, and the use of plant charms in shamanic ritual. Research outputs include a doctoral thesis, a number of academic papers and journalistic articles, linguistic materials, ecological lists, and - in the future - a published monograph on Makushi ecological knowledge. More


bag containing $640. He opened the car door, threw the bank bag on the seat and started to enter the car. He heard a noise at the front of the automobile and got out of the car, at which time he saw a black man standing on the other side of the open car door. The man was facing Clough, with the car door between them, and was a foot and a half to three feet away.
Clough testified that the man "had something orange in his hands," which Clough thought was "either a can of mace or a pistol or some type of weapon." The man pointed this object at Clough's face and said, "Hey man, be cool. Stay here." At that time Clough turned and ran tosome gasoline pumps about 50 to 100 feet from the car. Clough stated that he did this because he "figured that [the robber] had a weapon and that he would shoot me or spray me, cause some type of harm to me." When Clough reached the pumps, he glanced back and saw the man bending over in Clough's car. When he returned to his car later with a police officer, the money bag was missing.
Clough stated that during this confrontation he was able to view the robber's face for at least 10 seconds. There was light in the alley where the incident occurred from a streetlight across the street on *540 the corner and from the lights of the Dairy Queen across the street from the station. In


addition, a little light came from the windows of a trailer located on the edge of the parking lot and from a couple of lights that were left on in the station itself.
Later that night, Clough gave a statement to the police in which he described the man who had confronted him at the station as being about 22 years of age and a little taller than 5' 7". Clough further stated that the robber had "a little bit of a beard" and was wearing a red or orange sock-hat and bluish-gray mechanic's overalls. Clough also told the police that the man had something orange in his hands that "could have been a can of mace or a pistol."
On November 27, three days after the incident, Clough selectedabout 6:40 p.m. on November 24, he saw two "average" size black men run to a 1979, 1980, or 1981 "rusty red" AMC Spirit automobile that was parked in the vicinity of the robbery in Murphysboro. The car's license plate number was tentatively noted by Brown as UB 1995. The two men entered the vehicle and drove off rapidly without turning on the car's headlights. Brown could not identify the two men but stated that he could tell by the way they were running that they were not old. At least one of the men was carrying a paper bag, and one of them had a "stocking" hat on.
Later that evening, Brown reported what he had seen to the police because he thought it "looked funny." While driving


around with a Carbondale police officer at about 10 that night, he again saw this AMC Spirit automobile parked on Washington Street in the northeast part of Carbondale. At trial, Brown identified photographs of the defendant's AMC Spirit automobile as the car he had seen in Murphysboro on the evening of the robbery.
Carbondale police detective Don Strom testified that at 7 p.m. on November 24 he received a radio dispatch relating that an armed robbery *541 had just occurred in Murphysboro. The suspects' getaway car was described as a dark-colored AMC Spirit, possibly bearing Illinois registration of UB 1995. Strom proceeded to the 200 block of North Washington Street in Carbondale, an area known as the "Square," in search of the described vehicle. He remained in that vicinitythat he had given his car keys to a friend during the course of the evening but that the keys had been returned to him at most 12 minutes later. He also stated that when he went to his car at 11:15 that night, it was parked in the same spot where he had parked it earlier.
The defendant's car was towed to the police department and searched with his consent. On the floor in front of the passenger seat, the police found an orange and white towel with a 12-gauge sawed-off shotgun in it. A loaded revolver was found inside the pouch of the door on the driver's side of the defendant's automobile.
Strom testified further that the defendant was 42 years of age and 5' 10" tall. At


the time of his arrest, the defendant had a beard and was wearing a blue shirt and blue pants, a tan leather jacket and a cowboy hat. Strom stated that the defendant told him he was carrying the three shotgun shells in his pocket "in case his brother-in-law asked him to go rabbit hunting."
Sandra Coleman, the defendant's wife, was the last prosecution witness. She testified that on the evening of November 24 her husband left home about 6 or 6:15 p.m. and did not return home again that night. The prosecutor at this point claimed surprise and asked to have Sandra Coleman declared a hostile witness. The court so ruled, and the State questioned the witness regarding a statement she had made to the police that the defendanthad returned home at 7:40 p.m. on the night of the robbery and then had left again at 8 or 8:30 p.m. to return to the Square. Sandra Coleman acknowledged having made *542 this statement but disavowed its truth, saying that at the time she made the statement, it had been less than 24 hours after her husband's arrest and she "was upset" and "had no idea of really what was going on."
The defendant presented a number of alibi witnesses who testified to the effect that the defendant had been in the Palms Lounge in Carbondale at the time the robbery occurred. Florence Blythe, a patron of the bar, stated that she saw the defendant in the Palms at 6:30 p.m. and did not see him leave before


she left around 10 p.m. About 7 p.m., she saw the defendant hand some keys to a black man she did not know. William Cook stated that he saw the defendant's car leaving the Square when he (Cook) arrived in the area shortly before 7 p.m. He did not see who was in the vehicle, but he went into the Palms, where he talked with the defendant between 6:55 and 7:15 p.m. Cook admitted on cross-examination that he had been fined for theft a few years previously. David Cavitt, a friend of the defendant's, recounted that he was in the Palms between 3:30 and 11 p.m. on the date in question. He saw the defendant in the lounge around 6 p.m. and did not see him leave duringthe evening. Cavitt had previously served a sentence for armed robbery.
Edna Bradsfield, a barmaid at the Palms, testified that she saw the defendant when she arrived at work about 6 p.m. on November 24 and did not see him leave before about 10 or 11 p.m. She stated that she probably would have noticed if the defendant had gone from the bar for an hour. Bradsfield stated that the defendant "ran a tab" for his drinks that night, which was approved by the lounge owner and signed by the defendant about 7 p.m. The owner, Russell Branch, testified that he saw the defendant in the Palms around 6 p.m. and approved his request to "run a tab" at that time.
The final defense witness was Charles Fenderson, who had


been charged along with the defendant with the armed robbery of a nearby Derby station in Murphysboro on the same evening as the Texaco station robbery. After pleading guilty to the armed robbery of the Derby station, Fenderson testified that he and another man named Larry Parker had left the Square in the defendant's car "a little before six" on November 24 on their way to Murphysboro. In Murphysboro the two robbed the Derby gas station but did not commit a second robbery. They then returned to Carbondale and parked the defendant's car on a side street across from the Palms. Upon entering the Palms, Fenderson saw the defendant, who appeared to be drunk.
Fenderson stated that between 8 and 8:30 that night he saw Parker carrying "an orangeand white striped towel concealing something." *543 Parker took the item to the defendant's car and put it inside on the passenger side.
On cross-examination, Fenderson stated that, at about 7:30 p.m. on November 24 he left the Square with the defendant, Parker and another individual. The four drove to a neighborhood in Carbondale, where they discussed committing a burglary. After deciding that the break-in was not well planned, the group returned to the Palms.
At the close of the evidence, the jury found the defendant guilty of the armed robbery of James Clough. A sentencing hearing was held at which the State presented evidence that the defendant had been convicted of three previous armed robberies in 1964, 1969, and 1975. Based upon this evidence, the court found that the


witness to make a detailed description of the defendant. With the exception of his age, the defendant's physical characteristics matched the description given by Clough, and even this discrepancy was understandable given the fact that the defendant's face was covered by a beard and *544 was not illuminated by direct lighting. Further, while Clough's description of the robber's clothing varied from what the defendant was wearing when he was arrested, the defendant could very well have changed his clothing after the robbery before going to the Palms Lounge later that evening.
 1 Despite Clough's initial hesitancy in identifying the defendant's photograph from those shown him, it was Clough who contacted the police a few hours later to inform them that his identification was positive. This identification occurred onlystated that the defendant confronted him with "something orange" that he was holding in both hands. The defendant pointed the orange object at the victim's face while ordering him to stay put and remain calm. The victim's belief that the defendant was threatening him with "some type of weapon" was substantiated by the later recovery from the defendant's car of a sawed-off shotgun wrapped in an orange towel. Thus, although no weapon was actually viewed by the victim during the confrontation with the robber, it may be concluded from the manner in which the orange object was held during the robbery and from the later discovery of an object matching that description in the defendant's car, that the "something orange" used in the robbery was in fact the


sawed-off shotgun wrapped in an orange towel.
The facts of the instant case make it distinguishable from People v. Fiala and People v. Dunivant, cited by the defendant, in which there was insufficient evidence as to the presence of a weapon during the robberies in question. In People v. Dunivant, the victim saw nothing in the robber's hand nor anything indicating a concealed weapon, and the defendant, who was later found with a gun, was not observed at the scene of the robbery. By contrast, the defendant here was identified as the perpetrator of the robbery, and the evidence showed his possession of an object that seemed to be a weapon and that was, indeed, later found to be so. In People v. Fiala, there was not evidence ofa concealed weapon, and a witness testified that no gun was seen in the defendant's hands, which were both visible at one point in the robbery. Further, there was evidence that the defendant could have obtained the gun in his possession upon arrest after the robbery had been completed. The instant case, however, is more like People v. Elam, where the victim's belief that the defendant possessed a *546 weapon at the time of the robbery was borne out by the later discovery of a knife in his pocket. In affirming the defendant's conviction for armed robbery, the court stated that "the actual existence of a dangerous weapon in the possession of the accused at the time of the robbery was sufficient to fulfill the [statutory requirement of


a dangerous weapon] even though the weapon itself was neither seen nor accurately described by the victim." (People v. Elam (1972), 50 Ill.2d 214, 220, 278 N.E.2d 76, 77.) Similarly, the presence of a weapon here was established by circumstantial evidence of something pointed at the victim like a weapon that matched the description of the dangerous weapon found in the defendant's car. This, along with evidence that the defendant's car was observed near the scene of the robbery shortly before its occurrence and that the shotgun and towel were found in the car when Detective Strom located it less than an hour and a half after the offense, was sufficient evidence from which the presence of the gun during the robbery could be inferred. For this reason,Astrid Holleeder is a household name here in the Netherlands. If you have never heard of her, that is about to change.

Holleeder’s memoir, Judas: How a Sister’s Testimony Brought Down a Criminal Mastermind, has just been released in the United States and Britain. It tells the story of her life as an unwilling confidante to her brother, Willem Holleeder, a notorious Dutch crime boss, with flashbacks to their childhood in a home with an alcoholic and abusive father.

The book opens in 1996, when her brother-in-law, Cor van Hout, was shot several times in an attempted murder, while her sister, Sonja, and their 2-year-old son, Richie, were in the car. They all survived, but van Hout was murdered in 2003, gunned down while standing outside a Chinese restaurant.

As the


story unfolds, it becomes clear to Holleeder that her brother, Willem, whom she calls Wim, ordered the hit. She is roiled by emotion as she comes to this understanding, especially because their sister and nephew were in the car. Van Hout was Wim’s best childhood friend, and his co-conspirator in the 1983 kidnapping of the Dutch beer millionaire Freddy Heineken and his driver, for which they were both sentenced to 11 years in prison.

But the murder of Van Hout is only one of many betrayals Holleeder narrates in the book, whose title has multiple meanings. It also refers to her decision, in 2013, to testify against her brother for the Dutch Justice Department.

A criminal defence lawyer, Holleeder chronicles how she advised Wim on legal matters, and secretly recordedhundreds of hours of conversations with him, including many whispered confessions about various killings. In her book, which she described as a kind of “last will and testament”, she explores the conflicting emotions of both hating and loving, wanting to protect and then turning against, her brother.

Judas first hit the Dutch best-seller list in 2016 and stayed there for 70 consecutive weeks, 10 of them at No 1, according to the CPNB, a Dutch group that tracks book sales in the Netherlands. It has been translated into 11 languages; Steven Spielberg’s entertainment company is creating a US television series based on Holleeder’s life; and it has now been adapted into a play, which will tour the Netherlands starting in late August.

Holleeder (right) with Cor van Hout during their


kidnapping trial in 1987 (Creative commons/Holleeder family) (courtesy of Holleeder family)

Holleeder may be a household name in the Netherlands, but her face is unknown to the public. She has been in hiding since 2017, when she discovered that her brother had put a contract out on her life, along with those of Sonja and the Dutch journalist Peter de Vries, who are all testifying in the case. Holleeder has been diligent in making sure she is never photographed; she wears a bulletproof helmet, neck guard and vest when she leaves her apartment.

When I met up with her a few weeks ago in a secret location in Amsterdam for an interview, she arrived early. Her hair was in a ponytail, and her blue eyes looked exhausted. (Although I interviewedeverything is cut off. It’s the social context you have that makes your life interesting.”

I had to write the first book for my daughter, so she would know the truth. I had to write the second book because I was so angry about the treatment by the government Astrid Holleeder

Wim has been in prison since he was arrested in December 2014 based on testimony from a contract killer. (The other Holleeder child, Gerard, has stayed silent and is not involved in the trial.)

Holleeder, who was the closest to Wim, is the key witness for the Justice Department, which hopes to convict him on six counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder. When she appears in court – as she has seven times already since February –


she is concealed in a protective witness box, seen only by the three judges in the case.

Holleeder’s second book, Dagboek van een getuige (Diary of a Witness), which was published last autumn but has not been translated into English yet, covers her work with the state to convict her brother, and her disappointment, she writes, when the state failed to provide her with witness protection. Renewed media attention to her case because of the new book led to an inquiry by the Dutch Ministry of Justice, which has now given her and the other key witnesses in the case hiding places and security.

“The books have saved my life in many ways,” she said. “I had to write the first book for my daughter, so she would know theSpecial Report: Mexico's Cartels Will Continue to Erode in 2016

Mexican authorities have recaptured Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, and the media have had a field day, but, as with his escape, Mexico's cartel landscape remains pretty much unchanged. Fissures and infighting among drug cartels are redefining the drug trade — and the fight against it. As indicated in our 2015 Cartel Annual update, Stratfor categorizes Mexican organized criminal groups by the distinct geographic areas from which they emerged, and it is clear that the trajectories of Mexico's three regional organized crime umbrellas — Sinaloa state, Tamaulipas state and Tierra Caliente — are set.

Since the demise in the late 1980s of the Guadalajara cartel, which controlled drug trade routes into the United States through most of


resist fracturing even further, and have even been able to grow because of the phenomenon, they have not been able to stop the divisions altogether, and the trend will continue into 2017. In fact, no criminal group will be immune to downsizing and decentralization.

Tierra Caliente's Rise

Before 2012, Sinaloa- and Tamaulipas-based crime groups completely dominated Mexican organized crime, but since then this polarization has given way to the Balkanization of the cartel landscape. Still, until 2015, organized crime derived from the two main rival camps dominated drug-trafficking and other criminal pursuits. But this has changed with the rise of Tierra Caliente-based crime, particularly the CJNG, and has completely changed the security dynamic in Mexico, shifting the focus to the southwest. Mexico's security forces have responded by targeting their effortsfor power since 2012. CJNG continues to fight against both Los Zetas and Gulf cartel factions in Veracruz, Tabasco and Guanajuato states.

The CJNG is particularly adept at leveraging the breakdown of other crime groups, and Mexico's security forces have taken notice. In 2015, Mexico City renewed its efforts to combat the criminal organization, but these efforts were initially stymied by the wave of unrest in Mexico's southern states spurred by a protesting teachers' union, rampant criminal violence and the September 2014 forced disappearances of students in Guerrero state. After Mexico's June elections, when the unrest began to settle, however, federal troops achieved notable successes by capturing high-level leaders of the CJNG, including Ivan Cazarin Molina, a lieutenant of CJNG top leader Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes, and Ruben


Oseguera Cervantes, El Mencho's son and an important lieutenant.

Despite the arrests, Mexico City still faces a challenging battle against CJNG in 2016. CJNG's expansion and territorial conflicts with other crime groups have not slowed since the start of 2016. Because of CJNG's cohesion and its particular affinity for coordinated attacks over a wide geographic area — a tactic shared by other Tierra Caliente groups — confrontations between federal troops and CJNG gunmen tend to escalate violently. In May, CJNG gunmen shot down an army helicopter during an operation to capture El Mencho in Jalisco state, killing six federal soldiers on board.

As with all organized crime networks facing persistent law enforcement pressure, the CJNG is bound to one day decentralize. Although the CJNG has so far been largely unmovedby Mexico City's campaign, the group will likely continue to face leadership losses in 2016, such as the Jan. 2 arrest of Elvis Gonzalez Valencia, a financial operator and brother of the now-detained top leader of the CJNG-aligned Los Cuinis, Abigael "El Cuini" Gonzalez Valencia.

The CJNG could continue to expand and remain a cohesive criminal organization throughout 2016, but at least some indicators of internal rivalries and other organizational splits should emerge by the end of 2016 if federal troops continue to successfully target the group's leadership. Nevertheless, the CJNG's expansion along the Gulf coast into Mexico's northwest will result in a lasting legacy, just as the geographic expansion of the Gulf cartel up until 2008 left territories for Los Zetas to inherit after it split from the


group in 2010. So while we expect a decline in CJNG power in 2016, Tierra Caliente-based crime groups can be expected to collectively expand into 2017.

Sinaloa's Continual Decentralization

When Guzman escaped prison for the second time in July 2015, international attention on the Sinaloa cartel was certainly raised, placing considerable pressure on Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto to recapture the crime boss and to clamp down on violence in the country. However, Guzman's escape was just one issue facing Mexico's security forces and was eclipsed by widespread unrest, including teacher protests in southern Mexico and by the expansion of CJNG outside of Jalisco and Michoacan states. The fact is, Guzman's sudden freedom had little effect on the continued breakdown of Sinaloa-based organized crime, and his recapture on Jan. 11will likewise not alter the existing criminal trends in 2016.

In fact, before his recapture, organized crime-related violence in Sinaloa state suggested that internal conflicts were emerging within Sinaloa-based crime groups, including in Guzman's own criminal network. A firefight in December between rival gunmen in Badiraguato, Sinaloa state — the municipality where Guzman was raised — resulted in the deaths of eight people, one of whom was identified as a lieutenant for Guzman's brother, Aureliano Guzman Loera. Uncorroborated reports from Sinaloan media outlets say the conflict resulted from a familial dispute involving Guzman, though the information cannot be verified. Regardless, Guzman's freedom clearly has not slowed the internal divisions that continue to arise within Sinaloa-based organized crime.

Tamaulipas' Loss of Leadership

Los Zetas began 2015 with efforts to consolidate territory lost


to the Velazquez network (also known as Los Talibanes) in several areas, including Zacatecas state. However, losses at the hands of Mexico's military and other law enforcement bodies have apparently triggered new organizational splits within Los Zetas, contributing to internal fighting in Veracruz, Tabasco and Oaxaca states that will likely persist into 2016. Although the exact breakdown of these divisions is murky, the violence is real, and the disunity makes it unlikely that Tamaulipas-based organized crime will expand into any areas not already dominated by its various associated groups.

Mexico City began its latest campaign against Tamaulipas-based organized crime in May 2014, taking out several leaders of Los Zetas and the other various Gulf cartel gangs based in the state. Mexican security forces successfully captured numerous Los Zetas leadersthroughout the year, including top leader Omar "Z-42" Trevino Morales in March. While many of the group's crime bosses captured during the first half of 2015 were based out of northeast Mexico (such as Trevino), federal troops later shifted their focus to Los Zetas crime bosses based farther south, particularly in Veracruz and Tabasco. In November, authorities in Queretaro captured Alejandro "El Picoreta" Castro Alfonso, a Los Zetas regional crime boss overseeing Los Zetas operations in Veracruz, Oaxaca, Puebla, Chiapas, and Campeche states.

Federal troops have also continued to pressure Los Zetas' parent organization, the Gulf cartel, with arrests. In April, authorities in Cancun captured Juan Daniel "El Talibancillo" Velazquez Caballero, one of the top leaders of the widest operating Gulf cartel group, the Velazquez network, and brother of


Velazquez network founder Ivan Velazquez Caballero. On Oct. 16, authorities captured Angel Eduardo "El Orejon" Prado Rodriguez in Matamoros, Tamaulipas state. Prado Rodriguez was the top leader of the dominant Gulf cartel group in Matamoros that suffered considerable losses from rival Gulf cartel groups aligned with the Velazquez network during the first half of 2015.

As expected, the fighting among competing Gulf cartel groups in Tamaulipas state has not resulted in significant consolidation of territory by one Gulf cartel group over the others. In fact, the efforts of the various groups in Tamaulipas diminished toward the end of 2015 as measured by violent conflict. However, the considerable number of leadership losses Los Zetas experienced throughout 2015 and the rumored organizational splits that have emerged within the group could fuelconflicts between Los Zetas and rival Gulf cartel gangs in 2016, as Los Zetas' rivals attempt to leverage emerging weaknesses.

As forecast in our second cartel quarterly update, the substantial number of Los Zetas leaders captured in the first quarter of 2015 did give rise to organizational splits in Los Zetas' southern area of operations, including in Veracruz and Oaxaca states, rather than in Nuevo Laredo, the area most often cited when talking about infighting in Los Zetas. The violence in these southern states indicates a likely internal conflict for control of Los Zetas' southern operations.

On Nov. 28 in Cosolapa, Oaxaca state, an area controlled by Los Zetas, authorities discovered the dead bodies of eight people accompanied by a message denouncing a Los Zetas crime boss operating in central


the various Gulf cartel groups, particularly the Velazquez network, given its more recent organizational ties to Los Zetas. An expansion of Tierra Caliente-based crime, particularly Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion, into Los Zetas territory is more certain in 2016. Given CJNG's continued expansion and its existing foothold in Los Zetas territories, including Veracruz, Los Zetas will likely face more violent conflict with CJNG in 2016 in their long-standing strongholds.

From Drugs to Fuel

In 2016 organized crime-related violence will remain a significant issue, albeit somewhat less severe. At the same time, the continued expansion of fuel theft nationwide will be an increasingly pressing concern for Mexico City. In November 2015, Petroleos Mexicanos reported a 55 percent increase in the number of illegal taps on its pipelines between January and Novemberout the transportation of finished gasoline through its pipelines to deter fuel theft. Meanwhile the Mexican government has increased its efforts to crack down on crime groups responsible for stealing and selling stolen fuel. Since May 2014, federal troops have pursued crime bosses regardless of their involvement in organized crime-related violence and regardless of their criminal affiliation throughout Tamaulipas state. (Tamaulipas-based groups are still the primary offenders in fuel theft.) Most recently, in December, Mexico's lower house approved changes to laws regarding the theft and sale of fuel, extending the possible prison sentence for fuel theft to up to 25 years.

But current efforts are unlikely to slow organized crime's expansion into fuel theft, at least through most of 2016, because there is still considerable incentive for further expansion.


Additionally, combating organized crime's fuel theft activity is as challenging as combating organized crime as a whole. Nevertheless, Mexico City is being pressured to ramp up its efforts to reverse the trend. In 2016, Mexico City will likely further focus its federal troops on targeting crime bosses overseeing criminal activities in the energy sector, particularly those operating in Veracruz, Tabasco and Guanajuato states. However, budgetary constraints will limit its options.

Mexico City's Plan

Although Mexico's many transnational criminal organizations and powerful street gangs continued to wage violent conflict against one another in 2015, nationwide the number of homicides in 2015 was largely comparable to 2014. And homicides have dropped each year since 2012. In 2014, there were 29,828 homicides from January to November compared to 29,920 in 2015. The lackto fade as turf wars become more isolated in smaller geographic areas. In other words, apparent divisions and subsequent turf wars in areas such as northern Baja California and southern Baja California Sur states do not necessarily serve as indicators of escalating violence elsewhere. In Chihuahua state, for instance, there has been a substantial drop in homicides each year as turf wars have significantly diminished in former focal points of violence, including in Juarez. Violent turf wars between La Linea and the Sinaloa cartel in rural areas of western Chihuahua continue, but security has improved, and there has been a reduction in violence in places such as Juarez despite persistent competition between crime groups. Partly because of the decline in turf wars in urban areas, homicide figures for


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Karl Lagerfeld has reportedly offered to design Keira Knightley's wedding dress. A Chanel spokesperson declined to comment on the rumours this morning.

The pairing would not be an unlikely one - the 27-year-old actress is currently the face of the label's Coco Mademoiselle fragrance. She first became one of Lagerfeld's muses in 2006, replacing Kate Moss as the scent's campaign star.

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The present invention is an enema apparatus, including a container for liquid, an inlet situated within the container, a first conduit connected to the inlet and passing outside the container, a hand pump connected to the first conduit, a second conduit connected to the hand pump and passing inside the container, an outlet connected to the second conduit, the outlet being situated in and passing through a side of the container, and a third conduit, having a first end connected to the outlet, and a second end connected to a syringe. When a user activates the hand pump, liquid passes from the container, through the inlet to the first conduit, through the first conduit to the hand pump, through the hand pump to the second conduit, through


If you're lucky, you'll be able to find out what Elvis was doing on your birthday in this new title by favorite Elvis people Peter Guralnick and Ernst Jorgensen.

'Elvis Day By Day' covers almost every day from the mid-fifties up to Elvis's death on 16 August, 1977, and then some. Significant dates before 1954 (back to Aril 25, 1912, Gladys's date of birth) and just a few after August 77 are also included, so I am one of the lucky ones whose birthday is actually mentioned, though it is unfortunately in the earlier section, rather than the later!

A few years ago, a book with a similar title appeared from the hand of Patricia Joe Pierce ('The Ultimate Elvis: Elvis Presley Day By Day'), but its execution was poor,to say the least, being riddled with errors. Given the pedigree of the authors of this latest tome, the same problem is unlikely to be encoutered and the book continues a generally upward trend in the quality of Elvis books in the last few years, a trend owing much, it has to be said, to other titles from both Guralnick and Jorgensen.

As the subtitle of 'Elvis Day By Day' (The Definitive Record of His Life and Music) suggests, the book attempts to give a day by day account of what Elvis did and where he was on almost every day of his career, and this in almost 400 pages, including an extensive index. As a result, each page of text contains references to several days and much of


In October 1876, an intense young man with vague but fervent dreams of becoming an urban missionary went to preach a sermon—his debut in the pulpit—at a Methodist church in Richmond, on the southwestern fringes of London. This foreign drifter, still unsure of his path in life, walked from his nearby lodgings along the River Thames on a day of radiant autumn colors. He adored long contemplative walks, and wrote wonderfully about what he saw and felt on them. In a letter, he captured for his beloved younger brother the river as it “reflected the large chestnut trees with their load of yellow leaves and the clear blue sky, and between the treetops the part of Richmond that lies on the hill, the houses with their red roofsand windows without curtains and green gardens… and below, the grey bridge with tall poplars on either side.” He also transcribed to his brother his homily in church, with its message that “We are pilgrims in the earth and strangers—we come from afar and we are going far.”

Vincent van Gogh had, at that point, made no more art than a few crude sketches. Four more years would pass before the Dutch pastor’s son, who had already tried his hand at picture-dealing, school-teaching, book-selling, and evangelism, would pursue his vocation as an artist. Yet, from his teenage years, he had painted in words, with all the rhapsodic power of a voracious reader steeped in the fiction and poetry of three languages: Dutch, English, and French. The sixty or so


surviving letters that Vincent wrote to his brother Theo or, less often, to his anxious parents during the three years he spent in England (from 1873 to 1876) sparkle with scenes that, you feel, only Van Gogh could have honored in paint, from the light of the street-lamps “reflected in the wet street” of a rain-soaked seaside town to the twilit view from a muddy hillside “covered with gnarled elm trees and shrubs” toward “a beautiful little wooden church with a kindly light at the end of that dark road.”

Van Gogh never stopped conjuring in words the landscapes, portraits, and interiors that he had painted or planned to paint. Later letters, especially during his period in Provence after 1888, intersperse striking verbal evocations of trees, skies, fields, faces,even a humble bed or chair, with inset sketches—“croquis,” he called them. They would bloom into many of the best-known, and deeply-cherished, pictures in the canon of Western art. Posterity has adored the image-maker but ignored the writer and thinker behind them. The glamour of those paintings defines the Van Gogh most admirers still know best, the figure recycled most recently by Willem Dafoe in Julian Schnabel’s 2018 movie At Eternity’s Gate.

In contrast, Van Gogh’s spells living in South London, in the Thames-side suburb of Isleworth, and in Kent, at the Channel port of Ramsgate, belong to his prehistory as an artist. With a job secured through family connections, he came to work for the London branch of the leading print-dealers Goupil and Co., and stayed on after


the firm fired him, to teach in small schools. Increasingly impassioned in his Christian faith, he then hatched a scheme to occupy “a situation somewhere between minister and missionary, in the suburbs of London among working folk.” We know of only around twenty drawings completed in England—the best of them an earnest but still plodding sketch of the Dutch church at Austin Friars in the City of London, where the would-be evangelist sometimes worshipped.

Young Vincent often felt a failure. He endured loneliness and dejection—though nothing like the bouts of anguish and panic that would seize him in Provence—but he also felt the bittersweet melancholy of a dreamy, wandering outsider. He could go into raptures about autumn days in London, “especially in the streets in the evening, when it’sa bit foggy and the street-lamps are lit,” while fading elm-leaves turn “the colour of bronze.” His letters from England crackle with the descriptive and affective force of what, should he have chosen another fork on that pilgrim road, we would surely now call a born writer. Foggy Victorian London, where literature far outshone in status both the visual arts and music, helped make Van Gogh the artist he became and remained, even when the golden fields and cobalt skies of Provence blazed across his canvases.

“He was a writer before he was a painter,” insisted Carol Jacobi, as crowds flowed around us on the first day of public access to “Van Gogh and Britain,” the exhibition she has curated at the Tate Britain in London, next to the