arrives.

The same can be said for highly skilled white European players. The NBA had virtually none for almost 50 years, not until the early 90's. I believe these foreign players increased NBA fan interest when that dam burst. The WNBA has had European, Australian and other foreign players since its inception. Therefore, WNBA has never had the potential for an additional fan attendance boost attributable to an influx of foreign players, as the NBA did.

The NBA and WNBA have had very different histories in very different times. As I and others have said, they are almost different sports. The attendance will never be comparable.

Just one note here: The NBA is routinely dissed on this board as being a one-on-one, isolation league, but the Golden State Warriors are farfrom that, and so is one of the other elite teams, the San Antonio Spurs.

Carmelo Anthony, the classic iso player who dribbles around for 10 seconds and fires up (and often makes) a contested midrange jumper is considered a dinosaur and has limited value (in part due to his age).

There are teams built around one-on-one players (OKC and Russell Westbrook) but James Harden became more of a team player this year, and Houston improved dramatically.

Holding on to old and outdated cliches about the men's game is the same as doing so for the women's game. The best teams in the NBA pass the ball, are fundamentally sound and defend with intensity.

I'm one of those who thinks the comparison in the original post is virtually meaningless, but I also


League even among weak teams.

The lack of team ball, at least in my perception, is one reason I got tired of the NBA in the 90's. I'm glad to hear that may have turned around.

I was immediately attracted to the better team ball played in WCBB, but that turned out to be mostly an illusion. What I really liked was the team Wooden commented on -- UConn. No one in WBB, at any level, really plays sophisticated Nat Holman, Red Holtzman, Bob Knight or Pete Carril team ball like Geno Auriemma.

Still, I find better team ball in some of the other top college coaches much more consistently than anything I've seen in the WNBA since 2000. I like the teamwork I've seen from the Lynx in several gamesthis season, from Laimbeer's Shock in years past, and from one year of Cooper's Sparks and the Comets. I never saw the early year Comets.

Militating against practiced teamwork sophistication in the WNBA is the short season, the merry-go-round of players going in and out of foreign leagues, and the low quality of coaches.

The WNBA-apathy gripe I hear most from sophisticated fans of men's college and NBA ball is that the WNBA not only lacks the explosive athletes to make the individual WOW moves they like, but also lacks crisply executed and consistent teamwork to make up for this lack of individual player aerobatics. Their argument is that too many WNBA games end up being disjointed street ball, with hardly any exciting iso athletes and many players who often


Directed by Academy Award winner Vanessa Roth (THE THIRD MONDAY IN OCTOBER) and produced by Dave Eggers (AWAY WE GO), AMERICAN TEACHER aims to address the difficult questions about the broken public school system through honest dialogue with the people who strive to give our children a proper education. Every day, Jamie Fidler, Jonathan Dearman, Erik Benner, and Rhena Jasey each preside over a classroom full of children with unbound potential. But due to the fact that funds are in short supply and the hours can be grueling, it's a constant uphill battle. Perhaps even more troubling is the revelation that over three million American teachers will be eligible for retirement in the next decade, and that the current crop of college graduates are turning away from theSpalding provided equipment including the official game ball, with AND1 supplying team apparel and New Era headwear.

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NBL Sunshine State Challenge, a round robin competition with a final series, involving all nine sides, was held between September 22–24, 2011 in Rockhampton, Ipswich, on the Gold Coast and Brisbane. Perth Wildcats were pre-season champions for the second year in a row.

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All because Pappy wanted a whirlybird.

Pitcher shook his head. It had seemed like a good idea at the time. Unfortunately, Manny and Jerry had no experience flying and, more importantly, landing a Blackhawk.

The bird was obviously powerful and touchy.

The result had been disastrous.

Pitcher had grown up under Pappy’s tutelage. They weren’t related by blood, but there were times when swamp water was thicker than blood. Pitcher’s maternal grandfather had died of complications from an alligator attack. He had lost a portion of his arm. Infection had set in and the tough old codger had been taken down by sepsis. Pitcher had never met his father or any of the members


of the paternal side of his family. His mother had left the swamp for the city, met a man, gotten pregnant and watched that man simply walk out of her life.

Raised by Pappy and the rest of the swamp community, Pitcher had the utmost respect for the elder statesman of their group … right up until he sent them off on a wild goose chase for a helicopter. Pitcher had argued briefly with the older man, but had learned long ago that it didn’t pay to push Pappy too far.

Pappy was stern and loving but he also had a mean streak and every now and then he would get a wild hair, like his helicopter scheme, that didn’t seem to fit with the rest of his fairly stoiccharacter. This time that wild hair had cost men lives and limbs. This time Pitcher couldn’t forgive Pappy.

The two men had not spoken since the fateful day of the crash months earlier. Pitcher had been focused on his recovery and Pappy had been focused on establishing their new living arrangements deep in the Chattahoochee Forest.

Today was different. Pitcher was ready … ready to tell Pappy what he thought of the botched mission and ready to tell Pappy that he was leaving. Pitcher inhaled through his nose and exhaled through his lips as he stretched his neck in the opposite direction. He closed his eyes and tried to imagine his conversation with Pappy.

It wasn’t going to be pretty.

There had been another, similar conversation years ago when Pitcher was thinking


about getting out of the Army. He had been given a choice by his command – stay in and complete an elite school to get a promotion or get out. The Army was reducing its forces and there was little room for soldiers like Pitcher with a low-demand military specialty and average test scores. Pitcher had made the mistake of asking Pappy his opinion and telling Pappy that he was thinking about getting out and returning to the swamp. Pappy had lit into him as if Pitcher had insulted Pappy’s mother.

Of course, Pappy had been right … that time. Pitcher had re-upped, completed Ranger school and become one of America’s sharpest instruments in the fight against terrorism.

That was the last time. Things were different this time.

Pitcher summoned upthe image of the wrecked helicopter in his mind to steel himself for the inevitable tirade when he told Pappy that he and six other Rangers planned to leave. As a part of his recovery, Pitcher had first walked, then jogged and finally run to the site of the crash. The chopper was still there – a crumpled mass of steel. Pitcher thought of Manny and his ever-present communications specialist, Jerry. The two were nearly inseparable. What a team they had made!

As his eyes welled briefly with tears, Pitcher stood and took the first step of the next phase of his life’s journey. Only the slightest hint of his injuries remained. There was a spot in the midst of his stride where he experienced a split second of


numbness. His left leg would falter ever-so-slightly and then he would complete the step in a normal fashion. Each step required an exercise of willpower to push through the numbness.

With that same unyielding will, Pitcher was about to leave behind people he had known all of his life, including his mother. He had pleaded with her to come with them, but she was unwilling to even entertain the thought of leaving her swamp family. They had taken her in when her man had cast her out. She figured she owed them her life in exchange for that generosity.

It was April. Flowers bloomed. Their fragrance ebbed and flowed on the late spring breeze. The forest shimmered in luxuriant green.

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''I think one of the perceptions from the east is that we're all living in a well-buttered world at the moment,'' Blevin says. ''That's not the case.''

Still, WOMA remains a success story - unlike the hundreds of Perth companies that called in the administrators last year. In the 12 months to the end of October, 755 WA companies entered administration, a figure almost 30 per cent higher than for the previous 12 months. According to Cameron Belyea, a partner in Clayton Utz's Perth office, companies linked to mining - especially small and mid-sized mining services operators - make up a decent proportion of those going under. Often, they have borrowed to gear up for the boom, only to be felled by the long lead times in the resourcesitself has a two-speed, or patchwork, economy - a painful experience for those stuck in the slow lane. And despite the much-talked-about skill shortage, there are deep-seated fears that WA businesses and workers are missing out to foreigners when it comes to mining industry tenders and jobs - especially fabricators (like WOMA) and other manufacturers.

In March, at a union-organised rally outside WA Parliament House, 5000 protesters demanded government action to boost the local content of major resource projects. WOMA's Ian Blevin is convinced he has lost out to Asian firms on some contracts - ''absolutely,'' he says. ''We follow up and we know, from looking at the type of equipment they buy, where it's come from.'' It's just one way in which the boom has proved to be


the boom in the years to come. Ensuring WA businesses win more work out of the mining boom is one way in which its benefits could be more widely and sustainably spread, he says. ''When the mining runs out, which it inevitably will, will there be something left for future generations?''

Despite WA's vast size, 75 per cent of the state's population lives in its capital city - a greater concentration than in any other state. This has not changed despite the massive projects under way up north, and has arguably made the city's growing pains worse. The Committee for Perth - a five-year-old think tank modelled on the Committee for Melbourne - is advocating several ''big picture'' projects - including a massive remodelling of Perth's riverfront, which thestate government is pushing ahead with, and the construction of a light rail system through the CBD. But what Perth really needs, says Marion Fulker, the chief executive of the Committee for Perth, is a plan. ''We don't know where we're heading,'' she says. ''If Perth was a business we'd have a plan.'' Not long ago, the committee asked a group of residents what kind of city they wanted to live in. Replied one woman: ''I want to live in a city where the east gazes jealously west.'' This is closer to reality than it ever has been before.

Australia's fastest-growing capital city, Perth's population has surged from 1.44 million in 2006 to 1.69 million. Its ''corporate power'' has also increased in that time; between 2005 and 2009, the


number of ASX300 companies based in Perth rose by 19 to 63, as the numbers based in Sydney and Melbourne dropped in the wake of the GFC and a series of mergers and acquisitions.. In recent years, Perth's CBD has rarely been without cranes, with at least four office skyscrapers and several big apartment complexes helping to reshape its skyline. Another two office towers are under way - including the 44-storey City Square, the new home of BHP Billiton. Since 2006, luxury retailers Prada, Gucci, Bally and Burberry have opened lavish boutiques in the city, and Burswood Casino gained a Nobu and a Rockpool. Perth has a ''revitalised'' cultural precinct and a soon-to-be-opened new arena (dramatically over budget and behind schedule). Even a fledgling small bar scene hasthe independent website Numbeo.com, which tracks the cost of living in cities around the world, places Perth well ahead of Sydney and Melbourne in terms of consumer prices - on that measure, it rates Perth as the world's most expensive city outside of Scandinavia. But the biggest stress is housing. Perth is still recovering from a boom-fuelled real estate craze that saw the median house price double between 2001 and 2006 to more than $400,000. Even last year, the Perth median house price surged to $505,000, but has since dropped back to $460,000. It has led to a dearth of affordable properties - especially rentals. An Anglicare study in April of 2629 WA online and print rental ads uncovered just 12 that could be considered affordable and suitable.


you are on a low and fixed income in some of the lower-paid industries often occupied by women, you struggle.'' It points to another emerging problem in Perth - a growing gap between those earning mining industry wages, and those not. ''In a resources boom, people who don't have access to the resources incomes can simply see their cost of living substantially increase,'' says Eric Ripper, the Leader of the Opposition and state treasurer in the previous Labor government, which lost power in 2008. ''[In terms of] average incomes, WA is better off, but the average hides a huge divide between those in the resources sector and those not.''

This is another sign of the times for Perth, which - as research from the Committee for Perth shows -and high-income earners all make more money in WA than elsewhere in the country - an effect he says is not cancelled out by the higher costs. ''Low, high or middle incomes, the best place is WA,'' he says. WACOSS, however, says that for low-income working families in WA, the cost of living rose faster this year than their incomes. THANKS to the development booms of the 1960s and the notorious WA Inc era of the 1980s, Perth has few heritage buildings left to protect. Instead, residents passionately defend less tangible aspects of the city's character - its open spaces, its family-friendly feel, and above all, its much-cherished ''lifestyle''. This lifestyle, part reality, part nostalgic ideal, involves a melange of sand and sunshine, barbecues and Sunday sessions, big


backyards and cars, beach cricket with the kids after work and a job that ends at 5pm.

Four times in 34 years, WA voters rejected daylight saving, and in 2005 said ''no'' to deregulated shopping hours. Pokies are restricted to Burswood Casino. Perth's famous beaches remain largely unshaded by high-rise development, due to determined public opposition - one exception being Scarborough Beach with its Alan Bond-era cement behemoth, the Observation City Hotel. Perth's vast suburbs have resisted infill, and are still filled with space and light. Perth's population density, at 310 people per square kilometre, is the lowest of any Australian capital city other than Darwin and Hobart. This, coupled with the lure of the beach, means that the city edges further north and south along the coast eachyear. From Mandurah in the south to Butler in the north, Perth now stretches 110 kilometres. The Committee for Perth argues that greater housing density is part of the solution to traffic congestion. As for its regulated shopping hours - ''let's just get over ourselves,'' Fulker says.

Some fear that, as Perth expands and changes, the city's character is irrevocably changing - that the Perth lifestyle is slipping away. The problem, Fulker says, is that the thousands of interstate and international workers arriving in Perth to work and live don't necessarily want the Perth lifestyle. ''The people who were raised here are feeling the sense that Perth is changing, and they are trying to get a handle on what that means,'' she says. ''The people who come are frustrated


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Sarnia, Ontario - Hundreds of dead fish that washed up on shore in the north end of the St. Clair River is a natural occurrence and not the result of a chemical spill, a government officials say.

Only one species was affected, further supporting the idea it was a natural occurrence, she said.

"There was nothing to indicate that it was man-made."

January 4th:

Thousands of dead fish are floating in Volusia County Tuesday. They were all in Spruce Creek in Port Orange. The fish kill is unusual, according to people who live along the creek, because it's warm.

It's been a week since there were freezing temperatures, but there are fish lining the banks. Some said it's the worst kill they've ever seen; thousands of fish lined the twists and turnsof Spruce Creek.

The sheer number of fish and the smell were both overwhelming.

Most of the fish were mullet, ladyfish and catfish, and not the valuable sporting fish called snook that died in mass during a cold spell last year.

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Hundreds of dead snapper have washed up on Coromandel beaches on the North Island of New Zealand, leaving holidaymakers perplexed.

The mysterious incident came as the southern United States was hit with a second unexplained mass bird death within a week.

People at Little Bay and Waikawau Bay, on the north-east of the peninsula, were stunned when children came out of the sea with armfuls of the fish and within minutes the shore was littered with them.

Charlotte Pearsall, whose family have lived at Little Bay for the last 30 years,


found has now been blocked for a veterinary inspection of the birds. Emergency services had cordoned off the area earlier on Wednesday.

January 5th:

More than 40,000 of the crabs - Britain's largest swimming crab - are littering beaches around Thanet, along with smaller numbers of whelks, sponges and anemones.

Coastal warden Tony Sykes said: 'We suspect that climate change and warmer weather has lured the crabs towards the shoreline.

'They could also be attracted to these waters looking for kelp, to feed on.

'We believe the sudden temperature drop causes the crabs to suffer from hypothermia and die.'

It is the second year in a row that icy temperatures have killed sea creatures in such large numbers.

For the first thirty-three years of the modern UFO epoch (1947-1970) the notion that those mysterious lightsand objects belonged to "the vessels of explorers, or voyagers, from somewhere else" was the most popular theory. A handful of cranks and wishful thinkers spread propaganda that extraterrestrial visitants were flocking to this mudball. But the great UFO wave of 1964-68 attracted a new generation of investigators and scientists. They soon realized that the extraterrestrial hypothesis was untenable for many reasons. So they fell back on the explanation that the objects came "from somewhere else in our existence." That "somewhere else" could be as elusive as the fabled fourth dimension, or the "other planes" of psychic lore. Fort himself had realized early in the game that the events he was studying were not unusual. They happened year after year, century after century. More importantly, they tended to


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It's raining fish in Australia, again

February 28th, 2010

While the Top End and Central Australia have been battered by torrential rains, a Territory town has had fish falling from the sky.

The freak phenomena happened not once, but twice, on Thursday and Friday afternoon about 6pm at Lajamanu, about 550km southwest of Katherine.

Christine Balmer, who took these photos of the fish on the ground and in a bucket, had to pinch herself when she was told "hundreds and hundreds" of small white fish had fallen from the sky.

"It rained fish in Lajamanu on Thursday and Friday night," she said, "They fell from the sky everywhere.

"Locals were picking them up off the footy oval and onthe ground everywhere.

"These fish were alive when they hit the ground."

Mrs Balmer, the aged care co-ordinator at the Lajamanu Aged Care Centre, said her family interstate thought she had lost the plot when she told them about the event.

"I haven't lost my marbles," she said, reassuring herself. "Thank god it didn't rain crocodiles."

Lajamanu sits on the edge of the Tanami Desert, hundreds of kilometres from Lake Argyle and Lake Elliott and even further from the coast. But it's not the first time the remote community has been bombarded by fins from above.

In 2004 , locals reported fish falling from the sky, and in 1974 , a similar incident captured international headlines.

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Earth's Magnetic Field Is Fading

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Earth's magnetic field is fading. Today it is


unreliable. In the 1950s specially equipped planes of the U.S. Geological Survey made geomagnetic maps of a large part of the country, pinpointing all the anomalies and aberrations. Interestingly, many of the most spectacular UFO events of the past decade have centered around these anomalies. [...]

Magnetism is measured in units called gauss, named after Karl Gauss, a German astronomer. The earth's natural magnetism and its many effects are important to our understanding of the overall phenomenon. Magnetic gauss appear below the Hertzian waves on our electromagnetic spectrum. An intense magnetic field has, of course, characteristics similar to a VLF wave. At this point we will start constructing what is known as the superspectrum. This is a hypothetical spectrum of energies that are known to exist but that cannot"open up the field" ?While the colder climes may be a factor in these mass deaths, we need to account for the sudden global surge in reports. It's summertime now in New Zealand, and the residents of Spruce Creek noted that warm weather has returned to Florida (where it's not difficult to imagine that the ecocide of certain greedy dwarves is at least a contributing factor). As RyanX pointed out , loud booms were reported in Arkansas shortly before the birds began to fall from the sky, so intense and petrifying sound does appear to a plausible factor in that case. Fireworks, however, simply do not fly with me! Besides, most of these events have happened since New Year's Eve. Who lights fireworks several days into the new


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Former Lexington woman hurt in 10-story fall shows improvement

Bryan Station High School and Eastern Kentucky University graduate Ciara Williams was critically injured in fall from the 10th floor of an Atlanta hotel.

Bryan Station High School and Eastern Kentucky University graduate Ciara Williams was critically injured in fall from the 10th floor of an Atlanta hotel.

Family and friends have created a Facebook support page for a former Lexington resident who survived a fall from a 10th-story window at a luxury Atlanta hotel Saturday.

Bryan Station High School graduate Ciara Williams, 25, and her friend LaShawna Threatt, 30, fell through the window while "play fighting," police have said. Threatt died after landing on a slanted glass ceiling above a sunroom below; Williams rolled off the sunroom and fell further to apatio on the ground.

The Facebook group "Ciara Williams Support" will be updated frequently by friends and family, who have been by Williams' side since she was admitted to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, said Dallas Wright, a close friend of Williams.

Wright said the family didn't want to discuss the specific injuries Williams sustained but said she was showing improvement Monday night.

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"She's in the recovery process," Wright said. "She's responsive to questions and she's aware of her surroundings."

According to an update to the Facebook page, she is able to move her legs, arms and head. Wright said she opens her eyes and looks around — she hasn't spoken, but she has mouthed words.

Williams and Threatt were both models, and Williams had been a dancer for Lexington


The Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016 has passed all stages in the Dáil.

There were cheers and TDs signed to the public gallery in the chamber as it passed.

Leas-Ceann Comhairle Pat 'The Cope' Gallagher said that it was "an historic bill".

The bill is set to be signed into law within days by President Michael D Higgins.

Sign language is used by 5,000 members of the deaf community and thousands of others to communicate with them.

BREAKING: Joyous scenes in #Dail as the Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill passes @IrishDeafSoc @rtenews pic.twitter.com/ssEg0ApSf3 — Conor McMorrow (@ConorMcMorrow) December 14, 2017

Opening the debate, Minister of State Finian McGrath said he was delighted that it had been possible to achieve a consensus in the Seanad onthe bill so it could now be passed by the Dáil.

He said the Government's approach to amending the bill was to keep and strengthen the three key features that need to be in legislation.

These are to ensure the important recognition by the State of Irish sign language (ISL) and the right of users to use it is retained, to place a duty on public bodies to provide ISL interpretation at no cost to the user when access to statutory entitlements is sought by the person, and to provide a clear statutory right to use ISL in court proceedings.

Mr McGrath said he accepted the argument that sign language users suffer social isolation, which has been made by the deaf community and Senator Mark Daly, who initiated the legislation.

The minister


said he expected there would be a transition period of a number of years as there were not enough sign language interpreters available in Ireland.

"What we are doing is making sure there is a register of interpreters available," he added.

He said situations of having "not up-to-scratch interpreters" has happened in Ireland in the past and this bill will make sure there is a list of interpreters who are up to standard.

He said until now many people in the deaf community have been left isolated as they have had no right of access to Government services.

Meanwhile the Government has narrowly lost a vote in the Dáil on a Fianna Fáil bill aimed at tackling the rise of phoney accounts and orchestrated online campaigns on social media.

Deputy James Lawless' OnlinePhotographer Ekant Veer captured this timelapse footage of an aurora over Canterbury's Lake Ellesmere on Thursday night.

A rare and dazzling night-time spectacle has been photographed above Canterbury.

The southern lights made an appearance on Thursday night, filling the dark sky with purple and green waves.

It is uncommon for aurorae to be visible so far north. They are typically seen near the north and south poles.

EKANT VEER/SUPPLIED The aurora over Lake Ellesmere. It bleeds into the lights from Christchurch, right.

Photographer and academic Ekant Veer ventured out to Lake Ellesmere to capture the lights, successfully returning with a panorama and a timelapse.

He said his panorama was stitched together with 12 photos, and was carefully composed – it shows the aurora on one side of the Milky Way and the lights of


NEWCASTLE, Ont. -- An Ontario community is rallying around the family of a 13-year-old autistic boy after his grandmother received an anonymous letter telling them to either leave the neighbourhood or have the boy euthanized.

Brenda Millson, of Newscastle, Ont., said she was shocked when she read the letter, which arrived in her mailbox on Friday.

The author of the typed one-page letter claimed to be a mother who lived in the neighbourhood and was upset at the noises Millson's grandson Max made when he was outside.

The letter went on to say the boy's "noise polluting whaling," scared the author's "normal children."

It also included statements such as "he is a hindrance to everyone and will always be that way" and "do the right thing and move or euthanize him."

Millson saidshe immediately reported the letter to police.

She said Max lives with his parents and older brother in Oshawa, Ont., but he had been visiting her home in Newcastle.

She said the author of the letter may have assumed she is Max's mother.

"At first I couldn't believe what I was reading," she said, adding that she was shaking in disbelief.

"It's just so sick."

Durham regional police said they have been investigating since Friday and that they are taking the letter seriously.

Max's mother, Karla Begley, 44, who is in a wheelchair with multiple sclerosis, said police told her they had never seen a letter "that despicable."

The only hostility the family had sensed in the Newcastle neighbourhood was four years ago, she said.

At the time, Max loved to throw a ball in the


backyard and as he often threw it over fences, Millson had written her name and address on it, Begley said.

One day it arrived in the yard tattered, she said.

"They took the time to shred the ball with scissors and throw it back over."

Begley added the family did not know what yard the ball was thrown into.

Millson said Max is a wonderful, sweet and lovable boy with a 16-year-old brother who was "infuriated" and "disgusted" by the letter.

Millson said the letter is "pretty gutless."

On Sunday night, at least 120 people waited outside the home for more than an hour in order show their support, Begley said. Families with autistic children drove in from Oshawa to show their support.

"Max was high-fiving everyone. He didn't understand but knew it was forThe world's rivers are so badly affected by human activity that the water security of almost 5 billion people, and the survival of thousands of aquatic species, are threatened, scientists warned .

The study, conducted by institutions across the globe, is the first to simultaneously look at all types of human intervention on freshwater – from dams and reservoirs to irrigation and pollution. It paints a devastating picture of a world whose rivers are in serious decline.

While developing countries are suffering from threats to both water security and biodiversity, particularly in Africa and central Asia, the authors were surprised by the level of threat posed to wildlife in rich countries.

"What made our jaws drop is that some of the highest threat levels in the world are in the United


States and Europe," said Prof Peter McIntyre, one of the lead authors, who began the project as a Smith Fellow at the University of Michigan.

"Americans tend to think water pollution problems are pretty well under control, but we still face enormous challenges."

Some of the worst threats to aquatic species in the US are in the south-eastern states. Prof Charles Vörösmarty of the City University of New York, lead author and an expert on global water, said the impact on wildlife in developed countries was the result of river systems that had been heavily engineered and altered by man. "With all the protection the EU has in place, it was surprising to see it was a hotspot for biodiversity loss. But for a long time Europeans have altered theirlandscapes, including the removal of 90% of wetlands and floodplains, which are crucial parts of river ecosystems," he said.

The team behind the report, published in the journal Nature, examined datasets to produce a map of how 23 different human influences – such as dams, the introduction of alien non-native fish, and pollution – affect water security and biodiversity. Previous studies have tended to look at just one influence at a time.

Even the world's great rivers, such as the Yangtze, the Nile and the Ganges, are suffering serious biodiversity and water security stress.

Despite their size, more than 30 of the 47 largest rivers showed at least moderate threats to water security, due to a range of human impacts such as pollution and irrigation. Even the Amazon, considered to be


relatively pristine, still has human fingerprints on it, said Vörösmarty.

"While the Amazon is in generally good shape, in the upstream regions, such as Peru, there are many high density areas of people that inject threat into the system.

"The legacy of that human threat passes downstream into the remote forested areas of the river."

Globally between 10,000 and 20,000 aquatic wildlife species are at risk or face extinction because of the human degradation of global rivers, the report said. The world's least affected rivers, the authors found, were those furthest from populated areas, such as remote parts of the tropics, Siberia and elsewhere in the polar regions.

Vörösmarty said he hoped the global report would highlight the need to address the root causes of the degradation of rivers. "We're spending trillionsDer Biergarten is a restaurant located in Atlanta, Georgia at 300 Marietta Street. They are open every day of the week. Garden Terrace: This outdoor area captures the true essence of German beer gardens with beautiful landscaping, complete with a fountain, and is great for activities (beer tasting, cigar rolling, corn hole etc). Majolique Room: A traditional German dining room with a full bar,...

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The 21-year-old's remarkable rise to becoming Tottenham's record signing all began in Colombia, and Osorio - the former manager of Atletico Nacional - told Sky Sports about how he first came across Sanchez.

Davinson Sanchez in action against Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo in the Champions League

"I know him very well," Osorio said. "I was coaching Nacional in Colombia, who are from Medellin. After winning a title we moved to Cali and I was invited to play football - which enjoy to do so with my friends - and I noticed this guy, and I really liked what I saw.

"So at the end of the day and I asked him, that was Davinson, if he wanted to join National. He was 17. The only thing was he was playingas a central midfielder, and I said to him, 'I can see you have the qualities to play as a central defender'.

"He accepted the challenge and then he went to Medellin. We trained him for two years with the first team and at 19 we gave him his debut.

Davinson Sanchez broke into Atletico Nacional's first-team in 2016

"He ended up winning the Copa Libertadores and from then he went to Ajax."

Osorio also went on to reveal the advice he gave when Sanchez was tasked between choosing between Ajax and Barcelona during the summer of 2015, while still at Nacional.

"I remember him calling me and asking if he should go to Ajax or Barcelona, who were also interested. I just thought the best thing for him was to play football,


and maybe in Barcelona he would not get playing time, he would be a sub," Osorio added.

Davinson Sanchez in action against Manchester United's Marouane Fellaini during last season's Europa League final

"That is what he decided to do and then he went to Holland. He played a very good season and Tottenham decided to go for him.

"That's fantastic to see. When a player can have such an improving career in such a short period of time."

Following the injury to Toby Alderweireld, Spurs' reliance on Sanchez will likely increase as they look towards the festive period.

Osorio believes both Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen have already helped Sanchez's progress, while he sees no need for the defender to be dreaming of moves to Barcelona and Real Madrid when he is at aclub like Tottenham.

Injury to Toby Alderweireld will see Davinson Sanchez relied on more going into the festive period

"[We have called] a couple of times. We still have a good relationship. He is very happy at the club, and the playing has made him a better player already.

"With Vertonghen and Alderweireld, two central defenders of that calibre, they have made him improve as well, so I think he's enjoying all that.

"He's at a very top club as it is. In the future I think it will all depend on him and how serious he trains from now on. Based on his age the future is bright. He can play at a very high level."


in halos above a critical mass and the perturbation of the density distribution of the dark matter by the infalling baryons (Kochanek and White 2001). Kochanek and White (2001) succeeded in replicating the lensing statistics that then existed, although the baryon density to dark-matter density required in the centres of halos, while in agreement with the ratio measured in cosmological experiments, was higher than the ratios measured for local galaxies. We will leave for later attempts to reproduce the lensing statistics using detailed models that incorporate baryonic physics. Here we point out that the statistics for Herschel lenses is already much better than existed at the end of the radio lensing era, and will soon get much better because of the rapidly increasing number of lenses and becauseby the district court as follows:

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Audra Carson (Carson) claimed she was the victim of racial discrimination in the manner in which her application for a mortgage loan was handled. She did not close with Flagstar.

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Paquita Davis-Friday (Davis-Friday) claimed she was the victim of racial discrimination in the manner in which her application for a mortgage loan was handled. She did not close with Flagstar.

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Heath Thomas (Thomas) claimed he was the victim of racial discrimination in the manner in which his application for a mortgage loan was handled. He did not close with Flagstar.

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David Edwards and E. Stephanie Edwards, his wife, (the Edwards[es]) claimed they were the victims of racial discrimination in the manner in which their efforts to refinance their mortgage loan with Flagstar was handled. The Edwards[es]


Second, the Paschals contend that "Flagstar forced Investaid to withdraw its offer to the Paschals." Third, the Paschals allege that, on September 24, 1992, "Investaid... changed the approval terms to the outrageous 16.490% interest rate...." (Emphasis added.) Fourth, the Paschals claim that they were discriminated against at a meeting on that date, during which a Flagstar loan officer allegedly told them about Investaid's latest loan offer.

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Of these four events, the first, third, and fourth cannot possibly constitute a continuing violation. The first and third events clearly involve actions by Investaid, not Flagstar, and thus cannot be considered "wrongful conduct" by Flagstar. As for the fourth occurrence, the act of Flagstar allegedly telling the Paschals about Investaid's latest loan offer would at most be a continual ill effect offor a home in a neighborhood, Rosedale Park, that is approximately 75 percent African-American. Taylor, the Caucasian tester, was directed to a neighborhood that is approximately 70 percent Caucasian. Furthermore, the loan officer gave the African-American tester the name of an African-American real estate agent and the Caucasian tester the name of a Caucasian real estate agent.

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Second, Jordan and Kisch presented similar financial qualifications, and each told the Flagstar loan officer that they wanted a house in Ann Arbor, a predominantly Caucasian community. The loan officer, however, encouraged Jordan, the African-American tester, to consider instead Ypsilanti, which has approximately a 50 percent African-American population. No such suggestion was made to the Caucasian tester.

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The list is led by Ingrid Levavasseur, a 31-year-old auxiliary nurse and one of the main figures of the street movement | Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images Yellow Jackets protesters announce candidates for European election List includes an accountant, a forklift driver and a housewife.

Members of France's Yellow Jackets movement announced the first names on a list of candidates to run in May's European Parliament election, according to French media.

The list so far has 10 names and is led by Ingrid Levavasseur, a 31-year-old auxiliary nurse and one of the main figures of the street movement, which began in response to an increase in fuel taxes but has since morphed into a bigger — largely anti-Emmanuel Macron — cause.

The candidates have formed their own group called "Citizens' InitiativeRally" — a reference to one of the main demands of the movement: allowing for a so-called "citizens' initiative referendum," which would let citizens trigger a referendum by collecting 700,000 signatures, or 1.5 percent of registered voters.

The group ultimately hopes to have a total of 79 candidates. The list also includes an accountant, a forklift driver and a housewife.

"We want to create a list that resembles the citizens and shows that we are independent, non-partisan from the first day," campaign manager Hayk Shahinyan told BFMTV.

Political groups on the right and left have been hoping to attract support from the Yellow Jackets movement in the European election, including the far-right leader of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen, and the French Communist Party.

A poll last month showed 13 percent


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During the procedure, the legion is heated by the high-frequency current and affects healthy tissue around the legion. To avoid this, a perfusion tube for cooling the legion extends along an inner side of one elongated portion. The tube is connected to a perfusate container, which contains saline, and has an outlet that opens near the electrode of the associated elongated portion. Saline is supplied to the legion from the outlet of the perfusate tube when performing hemostasis or incision on the legion with the tweezers. This cools the


pair of elongated portions that extend from a base of the tweezers in a forked manner, and an electrode is located on a distal end of each elongated portion. The procedure comprises a step of supplying a high-frequency current to the electrodes while a legion is held between the distal ends of the elongated portions for performing hemostasis or incision on the legion, and a step of blowing a perfusate mist toward the electrodes from an outlet of a perfusate tube attached to the tweezers for cooling the legion and the vicinity of the legion, wherein the perfusate mist blows away the perfusate between the electrodes.
The present invention further provides a surgical procedure with electric bipolar tweezers. The tweezers include a pair of elongated portions that extend froma base of the tweezers in a forked manner, and an electrode is located on a distal end of each elongated portion. The procedure comprises a step of supplying a high-frequency current to the electrodes while a legion is held between the distal ends of the elongated portions for performing hemostasis or incision on the legion, a step of discharging a perfusate toward the electrodes from an outlet of a perfusate tube attached to the tweezers for cooling the legion and the vicinity of the legion, and a step of blowing a gas toward the electrodes from a gas outlet of a gas line attached to the tweezers for blowing away the perfusate between the electrodes.
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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama honoured 21 individuals and organizations on Thursday for works that he says have helped Americans connect and understand each other a little better through the arts and humanities.

The honorees included actress Sally Field, author Stephen King and chef Alice Waters. And to paraphrase one of Field's most famous lines, when she accepted her second Oscar for best actress, the president told the group: "We like you. We really like you."

Field, of Los Angeles, received the 2014 National Medal of Arts for showing dignity, empathy and fearlessness in performances that have touched audiences worldwide, as well as for showing those same qualities in her off-screen advocacy for women, LGBT rights and public health.

King, of Bangor, Maine, also received an arts medal for combining storytellingwith analysis of human nature. His works include "Christine," `'Cujo" and "The Shining."

Waters, chef-owner of the organic restaurant Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California, received a National Humanities Medal for her work as a champion of a holistic approach to eating and health.

The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities were created by Congress in 1965 to provide grants to support artistic excellence and creativity, and to advance the understanding and appreciation of history, literature, philosophy and language. Both independent agencies are celebrating their 50th anniversaries this year.

Obama said he loves to celebrate the brilliance of artists, innovators and thinkers.

"They deepen and broaden our great American story and the human story," Obama said.

In all, Obama awarded the National Medal of Arts to 11 people


Guardians of the Galaxy – Awesome Mix Live! show debuted earlier this month at Epcot – and guests are loving it!

In the show at the America Gardens Theatre in World Showcase, Star-Lord and Gamora from the “Guardians of the Galaxy” join forces with a live band visiting from the planet Xandar to take guests on a musical journey through the cosmos. Guardians of the Galaxy – Awesome Mix Live! features hits from Star-Lord’s Awesome Mixtapes – fun and favorite tunes from the two movie soundtracks. You can catch the show daily through Aug. 19 as a part of Walt Disney World Resort’s Incredible Summer offerings.

Check out the video above for a look inside the show.the facts about the steps that the two states have taken over the course of the year.

In the Spirit of Parity

One year ago, on September 1, the Russian Consulate General in San Francisco was closed under order from US authorities. The order came after Moscow had demanded that "parity" must be reached in the respective numbers of diplomatic personnel between the two states and required that the US reduce its presence in Russia to 455 employees. The demand came in response to the US expelling 35 Russian diplomats half a year earlier.

Washington didn't hesitate to respond and, also citing "parity," demanded that Russia reduced the number of its consulates in the US so that both countries would be equal in that regard, too. The US ordered the Russian


Consulate in San Francisco and trade missions in New York and Washington to cease their activities and shut down. Spokeswoman for the US Embassy in Russia Maria Olson expressed hope that it would help prevent the negative trend in relations and would facilitate restoring good relations.

US authorities gave the staff of the Russian Consulate General in San Francisco a two days' notice to move out, which was hardly enough time for the employees to gather documents, so a significant portion was left behind. Despite the constant flow of protest notes from the Foreign Ministry, Russian diplomats were not allowed to collect the archive themselves; it was only returned two months later.

Moscow heavily lambasted the move, accusing Washington of violating the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations as diplomatic documentsare inviolable and the host country can't seize them under any circumstances.

Sweep Up of the West Coast

The next blow to diplomatic relations between the countries came in March 2018, when the US expelled 60 diplomats and closed the general consulate in Seattle, the last consulate on the American West Coast, in response to Moscow's alleged involvement in the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, UK. This time, however, Russian diplomats were prepared for the tight schedule to move out.

Russia responded reciprocally by expelling the same number of American diplomats (including Olsen, who had hoped for an improvement in relations) and closed the US Consulate in Saint-Petersburg. But one difference remained — US consulates were still present in all parts of Russia,


but residents of the US West Coast in need of the services of Russian consulates were left without a choice but to take an expensive trip to East Coast.

What's Happening to the Closed Consulates?

Despite the fact that the US revoked the consular status of the San Francisco and Seattle buildings, they still legally belong to Russia. However, its diplomats are barred from entering the buildings and are only allowed to check the state of the structures from outside. However, US representatives freely entered the buildings in Seattle and San Francisco just days after Russian diplomats had abandoned them. They claimed that they were merely checking if they had actually been evacuated.

The Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman slammed the searches as yet another violation of the Vienna Convention, as consulateHis father said he had seen stills of the video and was unable to confirm the man was his 20-year-old son, but feared it was. He said his son should face a death sentence if proven to be a killer.


Kevin Brandes enjoys leading an active lifestyle. An expert skier, Kevin Brandes has taken on black diamond trails at Vail, Steamboat Springs, and a number of additional mountains.

The four most common ski trail ratings are green circles, blue squares, black diamonds, and double black diamonds. Trails marked with a green circle represent the least challenging courses on a mountain and are ideal for novice skiers who have only recently transitioned from the bunny slopes. Slope gradients on these trails range from 6 percent to 25 percent, or three to 12.5 degrees.

Blue square ski trails are slightly more intense than green circle trails. As slope gradients can extend to the 40 percent range, blue square runs are best suited to skiers of intermediate skill. Black diamonds, meanwhile, represent someof the most difficult courses on a mountain. Not only are black diamond trails steeper than green circles and blue squares, but their inaccessibility also means they are more likely to feature ice or undergrowth. The most challenging ski trails are labeled with double black diamond trail markers. Only the most advanced skiers should attempt these runs.

A lifelong skier, Kevin Brandes skis at an expert level and is particularly fond of big mountain skiing and skiing moguls, or bumpy trails. Although he has skied at a number of mountains around the United States, Kevin Brandes counts Vail Mountain Resort in Vail, Colorado, as one of his favorite spots.

Covering over 5,200 acres of snowboard and ski terrain, Vail is home to one of the world’s largest ski resorts. The


area has been a popular winter destination for over five decades, offering a huge range of lodging and dining options for all budgets. Part of the resort’s appeal is its dedication to creating an excellent experience for all visitors. Vail is constantly improving its lifts and facilities and adds new events regularly to keep visitors entertained.

The mountain also features a wide range of terrain that makes the area popular for skiers of all levels. Vail is primarily known for its seven Back Bowls, but the mountain also contains terrain parks and areas for kids. Ski and snowboard professionals are on hand to assist beginners and help them become familiar with the mountain. The 2015-16 winter dates for Vail Mountain Resort run from November 20 to April 10, andpasses for the season are already on sale.

An avid game fisher, Kevin Brandes enjoys the challenge that fishing for sailfish, marlin, and roosterfish provides. Kevin Brandes especially enjoys deep sea fishing in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Baja Peninsula.

An extremely popular area for recreational anglers, the Mexican state of Baja California hosts several fishing tournaments annually. The area has a wide range of sea life, but is particularly known among fishers for its snapper, sailfish, and striped marlin. Depending on the season, the types of fish found along the Baja Peninsula will vary. In general, the best fishing time is during the summer and fall months. However, some fish, including sierra, cabrilla, and yellowtail, are more prevalent during the winter. Even during general seasons, most fish


always rely on fellow skiers to pay attention. In addition to looking uphill, practicing basic skiing etiquette, such as giving the right of way to the skier below you and not stopping in the middle of a trail, also limit your risk of injury.

Kevin Brandes is a deep sea fisher who enjoys fishing for such species as marlin, rooster fish, and sail fish. Frequently visiting the Gulf of Mexico and coast of Florida for fishing excursions, Kevin Brandes enjoys the sport for the thrill it provides and the effort required to successfully pull in a game fish.

While reeling in small fish is pretty simple, larger fish, including game fish, often require more effort and strategy. Without proper technique, fishers can lose their catch, and they may never getin the action were The City of Topeka Police and Fire Civil Service Commission; the five individual members of the Commission; Brenden J. Long, Secretary of the Commission; and Mayor Doug Wright. The defendants collectively will be referred to as the "Commission" or appellants except where necessary to specifically identify individual defendants.
Tew applied for appointment to the Topeka Fire Department as a firefighter. He took and passed the civil service examination and, on May 25, 1983, appeared before the Commission for an interview. May 26, 1983, the Commission sent Tew a letter stating in part:
"[Y]ou did not qualify as an acceptable candidate for appointment to the Topeka Fire Department at this time. You were not certified by the Civil Service Commission after your oral interview.
"The decision of the


board is final and there is [sic] no review or appeal provisions in the Topeka City Ordinances."
On June 3, 1983, Tew wrote the Commission requesting a statement of the reasons underlying the Commission's decision. In response the Commission stated simply that neither the city ordinances nor the Commission's rules provided for review or appeal of its decisions regarding the acceptability of candidates, and that "[a]s stated in the Commission's May 26, 1983, letter to you, you did not qualify as an acceptable candidate for the Topeka Fire Dept. at this time." That response was authorized in a meeting of the Commission held June 8, 1983. The minutes of that meeting read, inter alia:
"Moved to recognize the letter from Mr. James R. Tew dated June 3, 1983, and tothe Commission's own rules and regulations it had a duty to state the "cause of rejection" and place it in the applicant's file. The court concluded this requirement had not been met and accordingly ordered the Commission to "fulfill the clear mandate" of its own rules. On the question of Tew's access to the records of other applicants, the court found that under the statutes in effect at the time of Tew's request (K.S.A. 45-201 et seq.), the other applicants' files constituted "official public records" for which the Commission failed to meet its burden of preventing disclosure. The court ordered the Commission to first delete confidential ("personally identifiable") information from these records and then provide Tew with the opportunity for inspection. Lastly, finding no evidence of bad faith


Tew "... did not qualify as an acceptable candidate for appointment" denotes merely its conclusion Tew lacked the qualities sought in candidates. The argument Tew was "rejected" because he was "unacceptable" is a tautology, because the former clearly implies the latter. The Commission's decision to reject Tew as a candidate must have been based on a set of particular characteristics in the man's presence, personality and/or background. Assuming legitimate reasons underlay the Commission's conclusion Tew was "unacceptable," those reasons (the factors on which they based their conclusion) are capable of expression in writing. That they be expressed with specificity is the "clear mandate" of Section 22 of the Commission's rules. There was no error in the trial court ordering that mandate be carried out.
The next issue on appealTHE ITALIAN MUAYTHAI FEDERATION

The Italian Muaythai Federation the only one recognized in Italy by IFMA, and operates independently and autonomously throughout the national and international territory without any type of institutional contribution.

The Italian Muaythai Federation

The IMTE / FIMT (hereinafter FIMT) was born in 1996 as a reference for Muay Thai in Italy; present in almost all Italian regions, has about 100 companies registered with over 3000 members and 18 regional committees, as well as about 100 technicians and 50 arbitrators also recognized internationally. FIMT is the only and only Muay Thai Federation in Italy recognized by the International Federation of Muaythai Amateurs, the only World Federation recognized by GAISF today SPORTACCORD.

Since 1997, FIMT has been organizing regional, national, gala events and events, as well as participating in the


United Kingdom Approves Leases for 15 Offshore Wind Power Projects

The United Kingdom's Crown Estate announced in late December that it
had accepted bids for 15 wind energy projects off the U.K. coast. The
Crown Estate owns the seabed surrounding the United Kingdom and is
offering to lease the offshore property to the wind energy developers
for 40 to 50 years. The 15 projects still need to pass environmental
assessments and obtain approval and financing for their projects, but
if all are built, their peak generating capacity could total
7,200 megawatts, equal to 7 percent of Britain's electricity load. The
developers have until January 20th to accept the lease offers. See the
announcements from the Crown Estate and the British Wind Energy Association. Maps of the proposed wind facility sites are available online on the Crown Estate Web“Lives of the Aces in Pictures – Part 14: Lieutenant Werner Voss” by Eugene Frandzen

Starting in the May 1932 issue of Flying Aces and running almost 4 years, Eugene Frandzen’s “Lives of the Aces in Pictures” was a staple of the magazine. Each month Frandzen would feature a different Ace that rose to fame during the Great War. This time around we one of Germany’s greatest Aces—Lieutenant Werner Voss!

Voss infront of his prototype Fokker DR.I Triplane with a face painted on the engine cowling.

Werner Voss began his military career as a Hussar in November 1914 while still 17 years old. Turning to aviation, he proved to be a natural pilot and after flight school he spent six months in a bomber unit. Moving on he joined a newly


formed fighter squadron—Jagdstaffel 2 on 21 November 1916. It was here he became friends with Manfred von Richthofen.

Voss was chalking up the victories one after another until that fateful day in September 1917. On the 23rd, Leutnant Werner Voss, commanding officer of Jagdstaffel 10 and flying his prototype Fokker DR.I Triplane, encountered the renowned ‘B’ Flight of British 56 Squadron in the skies north of Frezenberg. B Flight was comprised of some of britain’s finest Aces—James McCudden and Arthur Rhys Davids among them.

The odds stacked against him—Voss managed to hold his own against the seven S.E.5s of B Flight. Somehow hitting each plane in a dogfight that lasted ten minutes before his own was hit by fire from at least two of the British airplanes. Voss himself, wasstruck by three bullets. His plane went into a steep dive and crashed north of Frezenberg, Belgium. Voss was killed. He was 20 years old.

In the ten short months Voss was in the air he was confirmed to have 48 victories (which practically matched the great von Richtofen plane for plane during the same time) and was awarded the Pour le Mérite, House Order of Hohenzollern and the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class.

(Editor’s Note: These early installments of Frandzen’s “Lives of the Aces in Pictures” that were published in the pulp-sized issues have been reformatted from a two page spread into a one page feature.)


I'm oversimplifying massively, but the arbitrary division of Korea by the allies after second world war is certainly a contributing factor to what we're confronted with today. It's kind of like Saddam Hussein-era Iraq, another gift bestowed on the world by the greed of western powers. And the American involvement in using North Korea as a pawn in their Cold War jousting with Soviet Russia means that the Kims have been caricatured an enemy to use for propaganda purposes.

A celebration in Pyongyang to mark late president Kim Il Sung's birthday on 15 April, known in North Korea as the Day of the Sun. Portraits in the background show Kim Il Sung, left, and his son Kim Jong Il. ( Photograph: Jon Chol Jin/AP

I'm not saying that North Koreadeserves our respect, far from it. The Guardian's comparison of North and South Korea is revealing about what a terrible place North Korea is. And it's true that the North Korean Kims have actually bumped Ms Kardashian off the number one spot on the popular "Ten Kims That Make Global Extinction A Not Entirely Tragic Thought" list that National Geographic's magazine compiles every year.

According to the data, a South Korean lives 10 years longer than a North Korean, 79.3 years versus 69.2. For every 1 000 live births in South Korea, 4.08 of the infants die on average. In the North, a tragic 26.21 die. And the homicide rate per 100 000 people is 2.6 in the South, and 15.2 in the North. And the stat that means


79 F.Supp.2d 714 (1999)
UNITED STATES of America
v.
Terry SPARGER.
No. MO-98-113M.
United States District Court, W.D. Texas, Midland-Odessa Division.
December 30, 1999.
Adelaide G. Few, Assistant United States Attorney, Tampa, FF, Harold Atkinson, Assistant United States Attorney, San Antonio, TX, for United States.
*715 Glen D. Aaron, II, Midland, TX, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING GOVERNMENT'S MOTION TO DIRECT CLERK TO PAY PARTIAL AMOUNT OF DEFENDANT'S RESTITUTION FROM COURT REGISTRY
PLATT, United States Magistrate Judge.
BEFORE THE COURT is the Motion by the United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, requesting an order from this Court directing the Clerk to remit the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), plus interest, from the Court Registry to the United States of America as partial payment towards defendant's criminal restitution, filed October 29,for Mr. Sparger, which included an appearance bond in the amount of $5,000 to be deposited with the Clerk of the Court. Mr. Aaron posted Mr. Sparger's bond by depositing $5,000 in cash in the Clerk's Office in Midland, Texas. This is corroborated from the receipt issued by the Clerk's office. The money used by Mr. Aaron was part of the $20,000 retainer fee paid by defendant Sparger. Mr. Sparger made all of his required bond appearances, and he ultimately pled guilty to the charge(s).
On October 1, 1999, a judgment was entered against the defendant, Terry Sparger, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. As part of the judgment, the defendant was required to pay restitution to the United States in the amount


the United States is entitled to the $5,000, which was posted as a cash bond by the defendant's attorney. The statute provides:
On motion of the United States attorney, the court shall order any money belonging to and deposited by or on behalf of the defendant with the court for the purposes of a criminal appearance bail bond (trial or appeal) to be held and paid over to the United States attorney to be applied to the payment of any assessment, fine, restitution, or penalty imposed upon the defendant. The court shall not release any money deposited for bond purposes after a plea or a verdict of the defendant's guilt has been entered and before sentencing except upon a showing that an assessment, fine, restitution or penalty cannot bebonds when the defendant has satisfied the conditions of the bond.
In Jones, the defendant's wife posted a ten thousand dollar ($10,000) cash bond for *717 release of her husband pending trial. The defendant later pled guilty to his charged offense, and the district court imposed sentence and fined him fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). Several days before the sentencing, however, the defendant's wife assigned the cash bail to defendant's lawyer, who later applied for return of the bail money. The government filed a motion stating that the purpose of defendant's bond had been served, but the bail money should be used as partial payment of the outstanding $15,000 fine. The district court agreed and granted the government's motion, and the defendant appealed. Id. at 687.
On appeal, the Fifth Circuit


"Even with the recent story about the nurse killing herself in King Edward Hospital, there's no blame placed on Kate Middleton, who was in the hospital as far as I could see for absolutely no reason. She feels no shame about the death of this woman, she's saying nothing about the death of this poor woman. The arrogance of the British royals is staggering, absolutely staggering. And why it's allowed to be I really don't know... It wasn't because of two DJs in Australia that this woman took her own life, it was the pressure around her."

-- Morrissey's hatred for the British Royal Family continues. (New Zealand's 3News, via Spinner)church
and state as it has evolved in the United States political
tradition. It is Luther's attempt to translate his law and
gospel distinction to the public realm featuring the complex life
of society - the province of government, commerce, and cultural
life. For Luther, law is the common coin by which corporate
life is governed and facilitated, in contrast to the realm of
gospel marked by the gentle persuasion of love rather than the
coercion of legal action.

[2] This theological distinction in Luther, however, has some
weighty implications for the political principle that we tend to
describe in terms of church-state separation. Both recognize
that political power and authority are not to be placed in the
hands of those whose exercise of that power is intended to serve
religious interests. For Luther the challenge came from a
politically powerful church, while


Both ranked among the 10 most popular U.S. baby names in 1940, finds the study conducted by family history website findmypast.co.uk to mark the release of the 1940 Census records 2nd April. Today they top the endangered list.

Yet, they are also now suddenly again both the names of the moment, since Donald (“Don”) and Betty Draper have just returned to our screens in Mad Men, Series 5, on Tuesday 26th March.

Plus, Donald Sutherland plays the villain in ‘The Hunger Games’, (released on 23rd March), while Betty White has just been named America’s favorite Hollywood star and the latest recruit into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

Their namesakes, however, are now dying breeds. Donald was the ninth most popular name for American boys born in 1940 but now ranks justJames topped the U.S. rankings for baby names. But Betty and Donald were both close behind, while Donald Duck, Betty Boop and Betty Crocker were all American cultural icons.

In the years since 1940, however, Betty has fallen farther and faster from favor than any other name, male or female. Ranked the fifth most popular girl’s name in 1940, it was the first of the 1940 top 10 to drop entirely from the top 1,000, which it did in 1997. Carol followed in 2007 and Shirley in 2009.

Yet, in the Forties themselves, Betty’s flourished.

Betty White spent the decade working in radio, eventually getting her own show. This was despite the disruption to her career from World War II, when she joined the American Women’s Voluntary Service. Now 90, she


is more popular than ever – the last of the red hot Betty’s.

1940 was also the heyday of Betty Grable, who was about to become America’s favourite pin-up girl in World War II, between starring in a string of hit musicals.

Meanwhile, the cartoon character Betty Boop made her debut in 1930, going on to enjoy a glorious decade.

“In 1945”, says Wikipedia, “Fortune magazine named Betty Crocker the second most popular American woman.” Eleanor Roosevelt was first, but then she had the advantage of actually existing, while Betty Crocker was an invented character, whose first name was originally chosen in 1921 because it had seemed to its parent company “a cheery, all-American name” (while Crocker was the surname of one of the firm’s directors).

In fact, Betty was already indecline by 1940. It ranked second only to Mary during the first half of the 1930s, slipping to fourth for most of the late 30s and then fifth in 1940.

Over 23,000 American babies born in 1940 were named Donald. Donald Trump was a forties baby (born 1946), who these days styles himself “The Donald”. Yet, as a boy he would merely have been “a Donald” – one of several in his school, all growing up hooked on the antics of their near contemporary, Donald Duck (born 1934).

These days, on the other hand, a boy named Donald would be an oddity.

The best-known “Donalds’ in American life were born in the decades either side of 1940: Donald Rumsfeld in 1932, Donald Duck in 1934, actor Donald Sutherland in 1935 (albeit


in Canada) and Donald Trump in 1946.

Almost the only exception is Donald (“Don”) Draper, fictional hero of Mad Men, who was born in 1926. But then Donald Draper is, of course, only an alias. His given name at birth was ‘Richard’ (as in Richard Whitman), which has also plummeted in popularity. In 1940, it was the fifth most popular name for baby boys. In 2010, it ranked 127.clean water, health care and schools in the West Bank and Gaza won’t make us safer. Instead it only emboldens extremist groups like Hamas and pushes peace further out of reach,” she added.

Along with Feinstein, the resolution was introduced by Sen. Jeff Merkely of Oregon along with Sens. Chris Coons of Delaware, Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada.

Since 2018, the US has cut aid to the Palestinian Authority, both by congressional action (including passage of the Taylor Force Act) and changes in policy by the Trump administration.

In August of that year, Trump's administration decided to completely halt its funding for the UN agency for “Palestinian refugees” (UNRWA), which had previously stood at around $350 million a year.

Later, it announced


After an extreme right-wing activist was arrested for violating an administrative house arrest order that was issued even though he could not comply with it, the Jerusalem District Court ordered his release and berated the police for its conduct in this affair.

The Shin Bet security services arrested prominent activist Hanoch Rabin last month along with several others. While most of the others were suspected only of breaking administrative prohibitions on making contact with each other, Rabin and another activist were also suspected of committing violent acts against Palestinians.

At the security forces' request, the military issued an administrative order banning Rabin from Jerusalem and the occupied territories and an additional order restricting him to nighttime house arrest at his grandmother's house in a moshav near Ashdod.

However, no one hadasked for the grandmother’s consent before issuing the ruling. According to Rabin’s friends, security forces verified his presence at her house occasionally, but after some time she refused to host him there. Rabin offered the authorities several alternatives to his grandmother’s house, including the houses of relatives in the territories or his parents’ house in Jerusalem.

The army rejected these offers, arguing that his parents’ house was unacceptable since he was not allowed into Jerusalem. They did not approve any changes to the initial ruling. According to his lawyer, Rabin left his grandmother’s house and was arrested shortly thereafter for violating the administrative order.

The Jerusalem Magistrate's Court rejected the conditions of Rabin's detention and released him to house arrest at his parents’ house as he had requested, over the


on him, including a nighttime house arrest. The place where he was meant to spend nights was chosen in accordance with the level of risk he poses. If Mr. Rabin wants to change the place, he is welcome to bring his suggestions to the GOC Home Front Command, with whom his lawyer has been in continuous touch."'We can be Heroes!' Lady Gaga rattles through eight David Bowie songs in Grammys tribute to late British rock icon

Lady Gaga worked her way through a sample of David Bowie's seminal songs as she performed a tribute to late and great British rock star at the Grammys.

Having arrived at the awards show in Los Angeles on Monday channeling Ziggy Stardust, in an orange wig and elaborate eye make-up, the 29-year-old changed it up and started her on-stage performance in close-up as Aladdin Zane.

As she sang the opening lines to Bowie's 1969 hit Space Oddity, a large black spider emerged from one eye socket and crawled across her face in deference to Ziggy's band Spiders From Mars.

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Montage: Lady Gaga worked her way through eight signature David


Bowie tracks as she paid tribute to the late rock icon at the Grammys Monday night in Los Angeles

Gaga began her performance as Aladdin Zane mimicking Bowie's iconic 1973 album cover

In a nod to Ziggy Stardust's nod Spiders From Mars, a computer-generated black spider emerged from her eye socket and crawled across her face as she sang the opening lines to Bowie's Space Oddity

The camera then pulled back to reveal the singer wearing a full-length cape and a short flame-colored wig as she sang Changes.

Pay tribute to a legend in a Bowie-inspired embellished jacket

David Bowie influenced so many trends in music and fashion that we'll be indebted to him forever.

His style, both personal and on stage, was iconic and it looks like Lady Gaga did him proud withI started to live my life like him,' she said. 'I began to consume art and fashion and art history and a combination of those things, performance technique ... and I only hung out with people that were artists and that was the way that he was and I learned that from him.'

She said she never met Bowie but that they had been 'pen pals.'

Chameleon: Lady Gaga channeled Ziggy Stardust as she arrived at the Grammys in Los Angeles ready to honor the late David Bowie

Bowie created Ziggy for his 1972 album centered around a flame-haired, androgynous alien rock-star who brings messages of hope to youth on Earth; Gaga recreated the look for the Grammys


The Impact also announced that forward Anthony Jackson-Hamel has successfully undergone sports hernia surgery, Tuesday, in Philadelphia. The recovery period will be approximately six to eight weeks.

Jackson-Hamel joined the Impact’s first team on August 1 after spending four years (2010-2014) with the club’s Academy. In his first season in MLS, he took part in four games, including one start, adding three goals and five assists in MLS reserve league play.TURN PAGES by clicking the arrows at the side of the page, or by using the toolbar.ZOOM IN by clicking anywhere on the page.READ by dragging the page around when zoomed in.ZOOM OUT by clicking anywhere on the page when zoomed in.VISIT web sites or send emails by clicking on hyperlinks.

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One of the good things about
Cardinal Clancy as a bishop was
that you could argue with him. You
didn't necessarily win, mind you, but there
was tacit permission to disagree with him,
at least for a while. I vividly remember
sitting at the opposite end of a board table
from him, years ago, fighting vigorously for
a certain point, with the other members
of the meeting ranged down either side of
the table and mimicking the behaviour of a
tennis crowd, looking first to one


Police were called to East Sooke Park on Wednesday for reports that a body had washed up on shore, but it turned out to be a military training dummy.

Sooke RCMP were called by a boater who saw what looked like a body clad in an orange survival suit washed up on the rocks at Beechy Head, near Aylard Farm, said detachment commander Sgt. Jeff McArthur. Due to the conditions on the water and rugged shoreline, the boater couldn’t get close to look at the body.

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The boater took Sooke RCMP officers to the shore nearby and they hiked to the area. When they reached the rocks, officers found a Department of National Defence training mannequin, which presumably went adrift during an exercise.

The dummy “was suffering only minorWorld Cup: TONGA 22 COOK ISLANDS 16 at Leigh Sports Village

By STEVE MASCORDCOOK Islands winger Jordan Rapana wrote himself into international rugby league folklore with a spectacular bombed try – and then told his coach he would have converted it to tie an epic World Cup battle with Tonga.
It took 23 years for Great Britain winger Martin Offiah’s in-goal fumble in Christchurch to be challenged – by Sonny Bill Williams in Warrington – and only nine more days for a gaffe that arguably eclipsed them both.
Searching for the first ever win in a World Cup match, David Fairleigh’s side roared back against the more favoured Tongans at Leigh Sports Village and by the 68th minute trailed by just six points.
After play broke down briefly, causing the Tonga defence