When Peter Tedeschi stepped in as president and CEO of Tedeschi Food Shops four years ago, complete unification was his first mission. The convenience store brand – with 190 stores in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire – has family roots planted in a company that began in 1923. Angelo Tedeschi, Peter Tedeschi’s grandfather, built the business from his basement and then from the back of a delivery truck, selling imported Italian meats and cheeses. His sons joined in the trade and opened a string of supermarkets before selling the brand to Stop & Shop. But the entrepreneurial spirit remained.

The family soon re-entered the supermarket business with the opening of their first Angelo’s supermarket in 1964. The acquisition of the Curtis supermarket chain in 1972 moved theEach side can now come with a fresh and objective eye and offer suggestions. It’s made us a better company because of it.”

Tedeschi himself came with a fresh, objective eye. While building a successful career in the financial services industry, Tedeschi was approached by his family to lead Tedeschi Food Shops because Charlie Fitzgibbons, its president at the time, was planning his retirement. The two cousins spent nine months transitioning Peter in as the new leader. The rebranding program was already underway, and the corporate and franchisee support consolidation effort was next on his list. The other big change was a capital program to upgrade and renovate the stores that were less-than-stellar in appearance.

“When we looked at growing the company, we decided that before we could grow externally


to surprise my followers," Stucchi told 9Kitchen.

The scenes certainly capture the imagination, with the mostly edible dioramas taking their cues from the fictional miniature town of Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels. Here, life-sized desserts are seemingly built by teeny-tiny plastic people, sometimes captured mid-construction, or frozen dramatically, mid-action.

"To create each scene [takes] at least an hour," Stucchi said. Of course, that's excluding the hours of baking and prep that goes into making the skillful pastries and treats that feature in each of the adorable scenes.

The young pastry gun told us he only created the Instagram account last summer as a hobby, and within months had amassed tens of thousands of followers—@idolcidigulliver currently boasts more than 104,000 fans.

There's a certain whimsy and playfulness to the miniature scenes that echo withVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has alleged US involvement in a plot to oust his government and assassinate him. The South American leader said there are hundreds of emails that prove members of the State Department were part of the conspiracy.

Venezuela has opened an investigation into a supposed plot to overthrow the government and assassinate President Maduro, reports Venezuelan state news broadcaster TeleSur. Authorities have alleged the plot was hatched by members of the Venezuelan far right with the support of the US State Department.

“We will ask the State Department for an explanation of the evidence that implicates high-level functionaries in a plan to assassinate the president of the Bolivarian Republic,” said Maduro during his weekly radio show ‘En Contacto con Maduro’.

Maduro went on to say the investigation had


of basic foodstuffs. The massive streets protests spiraled into violence which saw over 40 dead in the most protracted unrest in the country in over a decade.

Harvard-educated opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, who spearheaded many of the street protests, handed himself in to police at the end of February and is now awaiting trial. The Venezuelan government had put out a warrant for his arrest, accusing him of homicide and terrorism.

Throughout the course of the unrest, Maduro has maintained the violence was caused by right-wing groups who hijack peaceful protests with a view to triggering a coup d’etat. He has also alleged State Department involvement, something Washington has categorically denied.

At the end of May, the Venezuelan opposition broke off talks with Maduro’s government after it refused to release 200horseback from the beautiful Ganaraska Forest, Southern Ontario’s largest forest, covering over 11,000 acres of beautiful scenery with over 400 miles of trails for horseback riding, cycling, snowmobiling, four-wheeling and hiking.

The quaint town of Millbrook, almost unchanged from the original 19th century village, is only five kilometers north, and offers many tourist attractions as well as modern amenities.


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"This is the life," my son opined Sunday (July 21), as we positioned our lawn chairs, spooned our Italian ices (from Joey's) and settled back on the lawn facing the bandstand at Endicott's George W. Johnson Park. Our family foray into the arts this past weekend was EPAC's delightful outdoor presentation of the classic musical Damn Yankees. Kudos all around to the leads and supporting performers.
How about you? What did you do in the arts?...

Reviewed by George BaslerThe Taming of the Shrew is one of William Shakespeare's more controversial plays, as well as one of his best known. If taken seriously, the misogynistic tone and message of female submissiveness can be grating, even offensive, to modern audiences.
Thankfully, the Endicott Performing Artsinternational relations, comparative politics, foreign policy analysis, and Asia-Pacific security. His current research focuses on the Sino-US-Japan strategic triangle and the impact of Japan’s so-called dual hedge on regional security. Nathan would like to thank Romi Jain, Vice President of the Indian Journal of Asian Affairs, and Andi Kao and Luh Nyoman Ratih Wagiswari, Master’s students in the Institute of China and Asia-Pacific Studies at the National Sun Yat-sen University, for their comments on earlier drafts.


South Australia's Environment Protection Authority is investigating another case of interstate cans and bottles being brought into the state to take advantage of the 10-cent recycling refund.

Police pulled over a truck and trailer on the Sturt Highway at Willaston, north of Adelaide, this morning after noticing it had a blown tyre and its load of 125 bales of beverage containers were poorly secured.

Police became more suspicious when inquiries revealed the truck and driver had come from Victoria.

Environment Protection Authority officers also attended the scene.

The driver — a 38-year-old Seaford man — was reported for driving unregistered and uninsured and for loading offences.

His truck was impounded.

The EPA has seized the cans and bottles and is investigating offences relating to the deposit of cans purchased interstate.

Kramer and Newman celebrate asthey load cans into a truck destined for Michigan. ( Source: YouTube )

Just last month, a Broken Hill man was convicted and fined for attempting to bring drink cans into SA to reap the financial rewards of the state's container deposit scheme.

He was fined $4,800 for attempting to bring 45,000 drink containers into SA from NSW.

The offence was reminiscent of an episode of the American sitcom Seinfeld, where the characters Kramer and Newman collected tens of thousands of drink containers and drive from New York to Michigan to reap the financial rewards of their paid container deposit scheme.

But in the 1996 episode, the cans never make it to the depot, leaving the two men stranded deep in midwestern America dodging bullets from an angry farmer.

Scheme in SA for


jumped at the chance. Having Marsilia invite me would have given me a slight advantage over inviting myself, as I had planned. But with Adam and the pack back safely, we didn't need the vampires anymore. "I think I'll play it prudent. Tell Marsilia that I'll have the car repaired to her satisfaction and give her a few months to get over it before I visit."

Hao looked at his feet and pursed his lips. "Marsilia is worried, Ms. Hauptman. We know about the abduction of the pack. The one behind the incident is a danger to everyone in the Tri-Cities and not just to the Columbia Basin Pack. At a different time, the damage to the car would, I am certain, have just the effect you are concernedhave closed my eyes. I got my left arm up and between her mouth and my neck.

But she didn't try to attack again.

"Hunger"—her voice sounded lost—"you have the sword. Where is my Sliver if you have his Hunger?"

She kept talking, but she'd forgotten to breathe, and I couldn't see her mouth, just feel her jaw moving against my arm. She could have been cursing me or telling me she loved me for all that I understood. I bet on the first rather than the last.

As she tried to say something, I'd realized that the strange double image I was seeing wasn't the result of a concussion. I was seeing her ghost, almost completely severed from her body but still connected to the dead body with greasy ties.

My left


Cress

By Marissa Meyer

Cress

By Marissa Meyer

What's The Scoop

Cinder has contacted a girl named Crescent Moon, who is spying for the Evil Queen Levana who locked her up in a satellite circling earth. Cinder goes to save Cress but end up running into trouble were Scarlet is kidnapped, Wolf starting to lose his mind, and Thorne is plummeting to earth.

" It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up " -Vince Lombard

"This is a story of (or about) Intentions"

"Actions speak louder than words"

Cinder

Cinder is part cyborg, human, and Lunar. Also loves Earth

Her character traits: hotheaded, confused, leader

Conflits

Man vs. Supernatural

Cinder and her friends are facing the Evil Queen Levana with supernatural power

Crescent Moon

Cress is short, once had super long hair, and a Lunar shell

Her character traits: curious, gentle,academic study at every step, and in its final reflex, was set to become a public "toolbox" encouraging people to create their own digital comics on the platform.

When Electricomics launched on September 2nd, it brought with it "Big Nemo", by Alan Moore and Colleen Doran, "Sway", by Leah Moore, John Reppion, and Nicola Scott, "Cabaret Amygdala" by Peter Hogan and Paul Davidson , and "Red Horse" by Garth Ennis and Frank Victoria. Each of the comics hailing from a different genre, also utilized different features possible for comics storytelling on the new platform, and are meant to suggest potential areas for developing new comics features among app users. With just enough time to download the app and have a gander at Alan Moore and Colleen Doran's "Big Nemo",


decided that, rather than doing a computer game that was about The Show and Jimmy's End, we would do a computer game that was actually a feature of the world in Jimmy's End, and it would, in some ways, be part of the plot. Then we would design this computer game, and at some point, we would export it into the real world. Rather than doing a graphic novel of the show, I thought it would be more interesting to come up with a different form of comic book that people read in this world, and then export it into reality. I thought, "This is setting up an interesting principle". The idea of creating things within a completely imaginary environment, then making them real.

So, back to the caryou leaned backward, you would be leaning into the past.

She said it was a really interesting little dream, though it didn't totally make sense. She began to think, "What if we could actually connect that up with swaying the screen?"

HMS: Yes. I remember hearing about that feature at the Electricomics panel at Thought Bubble.

AM: She thought that maybe it could trigger something. So she and John built the story up around that.

With "Big Nemo", the whole pitch is basically within the two word title. I was thinking, "What would have happened to Little Nemo if he had grown up? Would he still have the same relationship with dreams? The America around him, how would that have changed?" Of course, if he had grown up at any kind of


here. Find the team on Twitter here.

Credits:

All photographs are copyright Mitch Jenkins/Orphans Of The Storm

Screengrabs are copyright Orphans Of The Storm

All art copyright Orphans Of The Storm

Sway is written by Leah Moore and John Reppion, art by Nicola Scott, with colours by Jose Villarrubia and letters by Simon Bowland

Big Nemo is written by Alan Moore with art by Colleen Doran, colours by Jose Villarrubia and letters by Erica Schultz

Red horse is written by Garth Ennis with Art and colours by Frank Victoria and letters by Erica Schultz

Cabaret Amygdala Presents: Second Sight is written by Peter Hogan, art by Paul Davidson, colours by Jose Villarrubia and letters by Simon Bowland

All animation and enhancement of the art in the app was done by Ocasta, namely Giulia Alfonsi, with assistance fromtook place between March 13 and March 27.

On the form, Fitbit answers yes to the following question: “Is this offering being made in connection with a business combination transaction, such as a merger, acquisition or exchange offer?”

Form D is typically used by companies to report funding rounds, but it is sometimes used to report mergers or acquisitions.

Fitbit last raised money in 2013 — a $45 million round led by Softbank Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, and SAP Ventures, with existing shareholders like Foundry Group and True Ventures throwing in.

The San Francisco-based company is said to be moving toward an IPO, possibly in late 2015.


p.m., whereupon the new arrivals will be greeted by the incumbent Expedition 42 crew of U.S. astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Russian cosmonauts Aleksandr Samokutyayev and Yelena Serova, who have been aboard the orbital outpost since 25 September.

Making its 124th piloted flight since the ill-fated mission of Vladimir Komarov, way back in April 1967, the Soyuz spacecraft comprises three main segments: from the base, a cylindrical instrument and propulsion module, a bell-shaped descent module, and a spheroidal orbital module. Soyuz TMA-15M arrived at Baikonur in mid-August 2014 to commence pre-flight inspections, firstly in the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility and subsequently in the vacuum chamber for leak checks and radio interference tests. On 13 November, it was loaded with approximately 1,760 pounds (800 kg) of unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazineand nitrogen tetroxide propellants for its attitude-control and propulsion systems, together with helium pressurant and oxygen and nitrogen for its environmental controls. It was then transferred back to the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility for final processing, ahead of integration with its mammoth Soyuz-FG booster. Over the next several days, it was encapsulated within its aerodynamic payload shroud and the State Commission met today (Thursday, 20 November), to review the status of the mission. Rollout of the vehicle to Site 31/6 at Baikonur is expected early Saturday.

Concurrently, the two groups of astronauts and cosmonauts assigned to Soyuz TMA-15M—the prime crew of Shkaplerov, Virts, and Cristoforetti and their backups, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, U.S. astronaut Kjell Lindgren, and Japan’s Kimiya Yui—traveled from the Star City training center, on the


periods. It is a minor record, perhaps, but with Cristoforetti also becoming the 59th female spacefarer and the first from Italy, it is surely an indicator that the presence of women in space is steadily being taken seriously by the International Partners. Since the pioneering mission of Valentina Tereshkova, back in June 1963, women from Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, France, Iran, and China have ventured into orbit, 11 of whom have embarked on spacewalks. With the possibility of several EVAs during the Expedition 42/43 increment, there remains a distinct possibility that Cristoforetti may don a U.S.-built Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) and perform work outside the ISS, which would make her the first non-U.S. and non-Russian female spacefarer in history to perform a spacewalk.

WithWilmore, Samokutyayev, and Serova expected to remain aboard the station until March, and Shkaplerov, Virts, and Cristoforetti anticipated to return to Earth in May, the impending joint mission promises to be a busy one, with scientific research, a handful of visiting vehicles, and several EVAs planned. Speaking in September 2014, Virts remarked that some 240 experiments—about 170 provided by the United States, including academic and commercial payloads, and 70 others by international scientists—will be undertaken in the U.S. Orbital Segment (USOS), whilst Shkaplerov added that his role in the Russian Orbital Segment (ROS) would encompass medical and biological studies, in addition to around 50 other investigations already in work aboard the ISS. “It would take a long time to list all the experiments,” he told an audience at


monitor blood flow to his eyes. Bone loss experiments will also be performed, with Virts noting that regular exercise has helped crews—including the Expedition 40 team, who returned in September 2014, with a virtually insignificant 0.3 percent of bone tissue loss—to maintain their health and physical strength during lengthy missions.

Aside from the dedicated experiments, the crew has also trained extensively to handle unexpected medical contingencies, which Virts described as “a diverse job.” On his STS-130 shuttle flight, back in February 2010, the crew included a dedicated medical officer, but for ISS expeditions each member of the team has to assume the mantle of the scientist, the mechanic, the doctor, the sewage worker, the cook, and the cleaner. In readiness for their six months in space, Shkaplerov, Virts, andback in December 2008. It requires the company to fly 12 dedicated Dragons to deliver 44,000 pounds (20,000 kg) of equipment and critical supplies to the ISS crews by 2016.

Assuming an on-time launch, Dragon will rendezvous and be grappled by the station’s 57.7-foot-long (17.6-meter) Canadarm2 robotic arm about two days later and berthed at the Earth-facing (or “nadir”) port of the Harmony node. It is expected to remain in place until early January 2015, whereupon it will be loaded with items for return to Earth and robotically unberthed and released into space. The capsule will then descend to a parachute-assisted splashdown, off the California coast. Another Dragon (SpX-6) is currently scheduled to launch in early February and will follow a similar protocol, remaining at the ISS until the


grease on it.”

The “core” Expedition 42 crew of Wilmore, Samokutyayev, and Serova are expected to undock from the ISS in their Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft on 12 March and return to Earth after 168 days in orbit. Wilmore will hand command of the station to Virts, who will lead the new Expedition 43 until mid-May. Two weeks later, on 27 March, the second half of Virts’ crew—Russian cosmonauts Gennadi Padalka and Mikhail Kornienko, together with U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly—will arrive aboard Soyuz TMA-16M. Of the new crew, Kelly and Kornienko will remain aboard the ISS until March 2016, becoming the first astronauts or cosmonauts since Sergei Avdeyev in 1998-1999 to spend a whole year, continuously, in orbit. They will also become the first pair of spacefarers to spend aSevere necrosis due to paclitaxel extravasation.
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stay in a hotel in Ottawa, another one-third rent an apartment and the rest tend to buy a house or condo. He’s decided to stay in a hotel.

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Kate Young, Liberal, London West

Before MP: Public affairs manager at Thames Valley District school board, former TV news anchor.

Learning curve: There’s something new to learn every day, and new legislators all received a 10-centimetre-thick book of procedures. A briefing session this week included must-do and never-dos while the Commons is in session. In the latter category: never, ever walk between the mace and House Speaker.

New job: Named parliamentary secretary to Transport Minister Marc Garneau.

First impressions: “You can tell we’re new MPs because we’re looking around at the architecture.” The beauty and history of Parliament Hill, where so many legislators havemade a mark on the country, leave her wide-eyed at times and she hopes her sense of awe at the place and the task never grows old.

Starting work: As soon as she received her new email password from Hill staff, she discovered she already had 350 messages. She was told not to worry — that number would soon double.

Hitches: With so many former MPs moving out at virtually the same time as others are moving in, “the logistics of that are quite amazing,” she said.

New riding office: She set it up five days after Preston closed his old office, and weeks before some colleagues even found a location. Her office is in part of the CASO railway station, at 750 Talbot St. in downtown St. Thomas.

Living: Has found


an apartment only a seven-minute walk to the Hill.

On assignment: She’s been named the Opposition critic for the families, children and social development portfolio and took part in her first meeting of the shadow cabinet Tuesday.

At work: Her first constituency call was a concern about the child-tax benefit. She’s also been inundated with calls, pro and con, about Canada’s commitment to bring in 25,000 Syrian refugees.

Highlight so far: Being sworn in as an MP this week and swearing an oath to be loyal to the Queen and country, was “comparable” to promising herself in marriage to her husband. “You’re giving your life and soul to that . . . (Monday) was the first time in four months, since I got here, that I teared up.”

Toughest part: Saying farewellto her five children, her husband and her mother, who returned home from Ottawa after the swearing-in ceremony.

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ELSEWHERE IN THE REGION

Two other rookies are Ottawa-bound, from ridings that changed MPs but not parties.

Sarnia-Lambton: Conservative Marilyn Gladu replaces the retired Patricia Davidson and — in a district that almost always votes the way the country does, but did not this time — becomes the riding’s first Opposition MP in 52 years.

Perth-Wellington: Conservative John Nater takes over from former MP Gary Schellenberger, who retired with the distinction of being the last Progressive Conservative MP that Canadian voters sent to Ottawa. He was elected as a PC in 2004, but became a Conservative after Canada’s right-leaning parties merged.


Canada Border Services Agency officials used documents found in a garbage bin to begin unravelling what they allege was a sprawling immigration fraud scheme led by a couple from White City, Sask., involving fraudulent job offers, hundreds of Chinese nationals and dozens of Saskatchewan business people.

CBC News has obtained a search warrant application that alleges a wide range of businesses — including a motel in Fort Qu'Appelle, an advertising agency in Estevan and an insurance company in Regina co-owned by the city's former mayor, Doug Archer — were caught up in the scheme.

As part of its investigation, CBSA filed an information to obtain a search warrant (ITO) in March 2014. The agency sought and received authority from the court to access the banking records of Qi Wang andYujuan Cui, who are accused in the case.

The ITO details peculiar bits of evidence for CBSA's allegations, including an accidentally recorded conversation, a sheet of paper where someone was practising forging a signature, and an email in which the owner of a small computer company expresses surprise when he learns his company was offering jobs to 21 Chinese nationals.

In December 2015, the Crown filed a series of charges against Wang and Cui, accusing the married couple of receiving payments from Chinese nationals seeking permanent residency in Canada in exchange for securing them job-offer letters, often for positions that didn't actually exist.

The Crown also alleges Wang and Cui offered money to legitimate business owners in Saskatchewan in exchange for fraudulent job offers. In some cases, authorities say, the couple


simply forged job-offer documents without the business owner's explicit consent.

In a fact summary filed in court, the Crown says CBSA investigators found more than 1,200 names of Chinese nationals in records seized from Wang and Cui's home, with 641 of those names showing up in the federal or provincial immigration system.

Seventy-eight of those people had become permanent residents in Canada.

The Crown alleges the couple "illegally received approximately $600,000 from Chinese nationals" in exchange for job offers and "paid out approximately $95,000 to 17 different Saskatchewan business owners."

CBSA says it's the largest immigration case the agency has investigated in Saskatchewan since it took over responsibility for prosecuting criminal immigration offences from the RCMP in 2006.

In an email, Wang and Cui's lawyer, Aaron Fox, said his clients are not guiltyand will prove it at trial.

"They expect that all of the story will come out at that time and that they will be exonerated accordingly."

Though charges were laid 3 ½ years ago, Wang and Cui, who now have an address in Roberts Creek, B.C., are still awaiting trial. A pretrial hearing is set for September.

None of the allegations have been proven in court.

From suspicion to dumpster diving

According to the ITO, the investigation began in April 2012, when a provincial immigration official saw Wang walk into the department's Regina office carrying what the official believed was a stack of immigration applications.

It was particularly curious because Wang, who is also known as Chee, was in the midst of two-year suspension from participating in the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP). According


to the Crown, he was suspended from September 2008 to September 2010, "as he had been offering jobs from Saskatchewan companies that were not in existence and offering positions from a company for which authorization had not been received."

A SINP official did some digging around and discovered 19 active immigration applications that were suspicious, at least six of which appeared to be directly connected to Wang.

Isn't that kinda being sneaky? - Dave Moscaliuk, owner of Impact Printers

She sent the list to CBSA, where an investigator noticed something odd.

"All the businesses and employers/representatives exist, but the contact email addresses provided with the applications appear to belong to someone else," the ITO says.

While the legitimate businesses appeared to have real websites and corporate email accounts, the immigration applications in theirname were being submitted from Hotmail accounts.

The investigator decided this was worth a deeper dive. In May 2012, they emptied the garbage bin in front of Wang and Cui's home in White City, east of Regina, and started sifting through it.

What they found helped them crack open what they say was a massive immigration fraud scheme.

Former mayor's business involved

According to an information to obtain a search warrant (ITO) filed by the Canada Border Services Agency, Doug and Gloria Archer's business, Knight Archer Insurance, was allegedly paid in exchange for providing job offers to Chinese nationals. (Fine Lifestyles magazine)

The ITO alleges that for more than a decade, Wang and Cui were actively recruiting Saskatchewan businesses willing to offer jobs to Chinese nationals.

As part of its evidence, CBSA pointed to


Regina-based Knight Archer Insurance, which is owned by former Regina mayor Doug Archer and his wife, Gloria.

The ITO contains a database of 1,200 names of Chinese nationals. Beside many of those names is the name of a Saskatchewan business and a contact person.

Knight Archer Insurance and Gloria Archer's name appear by the names of 16 Chinese nationals.

CBSA's ITO contains a list of names of Chinese nationals who officers suspect were offered jobs, 16 of which appear to have been offered by Knight Archer Insurance. (CBSA's ITO)

Doug Archer acknowledged in an interview with CBC that his company hired two to three "very good staff" using Wang's services. But he said he's not too familiar with the details.

"I wasn't really very involved in that at all. That was Gloria thatone, he'll find one for them," Moscaliuk recalled. "So he was just trying to bring them into the country."

Dave Moscaliuk says in 2012 he considered hiring Chinese nationals for his printing business using Qi Wang's services. (LinkedIn)

The ITO indicates Impact made job offers to four Chinese nationals.

The documents say that on May 29, 2012, an official with SINP called Moscaliuk to ask some questions about one of those offers.

Moscaliuk told SINP that the email Wang had used for the immigration application wasn't an official Impact Printers address, and that it was set up by Wang.

According to the ITO, Wang quickly did some damage control by emailing an explanation to SINP.

He said Moscaliuk is a friend and let him find some skilled workers for his business.

"I helped him to


submit all information for him," Wang's email says.

He apologized for any inconvenience, explaining that he was just helping Moscaliuk.

Recorded conversation accidentally becomes evidence

Then some unexpected evidence dropped into CBSA's lap after a conversation between Wang and Moscaliuk was accidentally recorded.

According to the ITO, on June 15, 2012, Moscaliuk left a phone message with SINP looking for the password to access his online SINP application.

"When Mr. Moscaliuk finished leaving his message, it seems that he tried to hang up his phone but was unsuccessful," the ITO says.

The voice mail recorded a discussion between Moscaliuk and a man CBSA believes is Wang.

According to CBSA's summary of the recording, the other man's voice is inaudible at times, but it is still possible to understand much of the discussion.

What's clear, the agencynever hired anyone using Wang's services. He said he ended his relationship with Wang after he discovered Wang had put his name on immigration paperwork from a competitor's business.

Workers in the midst of a boom

According to CBSA's account, Moscaliuk wasn't the only business person Wang claimed to be helping.

In an interview, Mike Fritzler told CBC that Wang first reached out to him back in 2012, when Fritzler was the owner of Regina-based Fact Computer. The company has since been sold.

Fritzler said at that time, the province was in the midst of a jobs boom and it was tough to find workers.

According to CBSA's ITO, Mike Fritzler was surprised to learn Qi Wang issued 21 job offers to Chinese nationals on Fritzler's behalf. (LinkedIn)

He said he needed a few


originally said he needed just two or three workers when he seemed to have been expecting nine.

"We were growing very significantly at the time. So, could we have used all nine? Possibly. Could I have used two? Definitely. Could have used five? Maybe."

CBSA's ITO quotes an email Mike Fritzler sent to Qi Wang expressing concern that officials believe he's offering 21 jobs to Chinese nationals. (CBSA's ITO)

According to the ITO, Fritzler told Wang he was put in an awkward position during a conversation with an immigration official.

"You have to tell me this stuff," he told Wang. "I sounded like an idiot when she asked me about each position and how many people."

Fritzler told Wang an immigration officer was digging into his files because Wang had forged and misspelledsaid. She also pointed out that the address listed on the letter offering the sales manager's position was not KO's.

Bill Singh, who runs the Indian Head Motel Bar and Grill, says he and his wife have been the only full-time employees for years.

He said he was surprised when CBC told him CBSA found evidence his motel had issued six job-offer letters.

In Wang and Cui's trash, CSBA investigators found a completed job offer for a Chinese national dated Feb. 17, 2012, to work at Singh's motel.

Singh insists it's fake and CBSA officials appear to back him up.

The ITO notes that the document has "Indian Head Bar & Grill" taped on the top of the page and a small piece of paper taped to the bottom with the signature "Bill


Singh."

CBSA also says it found a sheet containing a bunch of handwriting, including evidence that someone was "attempting to practise or replicate the signature of Bill Singh."

In Wang and Cui's dumpster, CBSA officials found a sheet of paper that they believe is evidence someone was practising business owner Bill Singh's signature. (CBSA'S ITO)

Singh says he never signs with his English first name "Bill" but only with his Indian first name.

He hasn't been called as a witness to the pending trial, but more than 40 others have, including 20 Saskatchewan business people. None of them has been charged in this matter.The daughter of murdered Kremlin critic Nikolai Glushkov has said she found his body in a "trashy set-up of a suicide".

Natalia Glushkova also said her father's death and the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury - the week before her father was killed - may be linked.

"Skripal's case was very loud," she said. "If you want something to go unnoticed you make a firework."

It is possible her father's murder may have been a targeted hit, she said, but would not comment on who might be responsible.

Ms Glushkova, who is in her 30s, said that when she discovered her father at his home in New Malden, southwest London last March, she could "see some traces of physical harm done to him".

Image: A murder investigation was launched but


no one has ever been arrested

Whoever killed Mr Glushkov, 68, entered his home without breaking or damaging the door, and his large ridgeback dog appears not to have barked.

Ms Glushkova said that was "weird", adding: "The dog was extremely protective of Dad."

There have been no arrests since Scotland Yard launched a murder inquiry four days after the businessman's body was discovered.

When Ms Glushkova found her father, who had apparently been strangled, "the picture was so trashy", she told The Guardian.

She added: "It looked like a cheap set-up of a suicide. My father was a kind soul, always positive, and a very refined person. I had never seen any sort of depression in him."

Mr Glushkov, 68, a former deputy director of Russian airline Aeroflot, was a close friend ofVladimir Putin critic Boris Berezovsky.

Mr Berezovsky was found dead with a ligature around his neck in the bathroom of a mansion in Ascot, Berkshire, in 2013.

Mr Glushkov accused the Kremlin of being behind his death.

The Russian had fled his home country and claimed political asylum in the UK after being accused of fraud during his time with Aeroflot.

Image: Mr Glushkov fled Russian after being accused of stealing millions from Aeroflot

After a trial was held without him, Mr Glushkov was convicted in 2004 of stealing £87m from the airline and sentenced to eight years in jail.

On the day his body was discovered, 12 March 2018, he had been due to attend the commercial court in London to defend himself.

Miss Glushkova told the Press Association it was "literally devastating" not


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A combined Pacific Islands team could be launched as a Super Rugby franchise based in Hawaii in 2020 after a group of American football players from the region offered USD$4.5m to make the concept a reality.

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The Super Rugby team, made up of players from Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, would be designed to counter the constant drain of talent from the Islands to other rugby playing nations and Fiji coach John McKee believes entering Super Rugby or even the Rugby Championship could be a game changer for the region’s players.

Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi ,Chairman of the Samoa Rugby Union, has revealed that a group of Pacific Islanders involved in the United States National Football League (NFL) are to offer to finance the combined Pacific Islandsshareholders in the North American Soccer League, where the team plays at the moment.

Meanwhile, NASL Commissioner Bill Peterson said earlier this year that the league would not block the Canadian teams from going to CanPL if they felt it was in their best interests to move on. (Now, it needs to be said that a lot is going on with NASL; WRAL reported that Fort Lauderdale will need league support to keep making payroll. Rayo OKC had an ownership split and cleared out the front office. As well, the league — driven by spending by Minnesota, Miami FC and the New York Cosmos — is becoming a have-and-have-not circuit.)

Toronto FC told the Toronto Sun earlier this week that it might be interested in putting a reserve side of


enough time drawing a national TV audience as is. According to the piece Chris Zelkovich wrote in our latest issue of Plastic Pitch (10, out now), for the first half of the 2016 MLS season, Toronto FC average a TV audience of 38,000 per game on Sportsnet. If the big club does so poorly in national ratings, how would its reserve team be perceived?

As well, placing a reserve team in a national league that’s selling itself as “1A,” well, it’s parochial and arrogant. Put yourself in the shoes of someone living in Edmonton, Calgary or Winnipeg. These cities have NHL teams. They see themselves as major league. In the case of the two Alberta cities, the metro populations are well in excess of one million each. The reactionScientists have reported the discovery of two new species of toothed electric knifefishes that live under rafts of unrooted grasses and water hyacinth along the margins of the Amazon River called floating meadows.

These species – Brachyhypopomus bennetti and Brachyhypopomus walteri – are weakly electric relatives of South America’s famous electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) that can produce strong electric discharges of up to 600 volts.

By contrast, the new species produce pulses of only a few hundred millivolts from an organ under the body that extends out onto a filamentous tail.

Nearby objects in the water create distortions to the electric field that are sensed by receptor cells on the fishes’ skin. In this way, they are able to electrolocate through their complex aquatic environment at night. Their short electric pulses,


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Niger-Delta Leaders Split over Demands on Federal Government

Leaders of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, a coalition of monarchs, leaders and stakeholders of the coastal states of the Niger Delta region, led by former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, were dumbfounded, Tuesday, by the action of the co-chairman of the forum’s Central Working Committee, CWC, His Royal Majesty, King Alfred Diete-Spiff, who led a separate group to make fresh demands on the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, in Abuja.

Chief Clark nominated HRM Diete-Spiff, the Amanayabo of Twon-Brass in Bayelsa State to read PANDEF’s 16-point demand when the leaders met President Muhammadu Buhari on November 1 in Abuja and due to his position as co-chairman, questions are being asked on his new group, NigerUSS La Salle

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interests, to the detriment of Germany and the EU.

Wagenknecht called into question Merkel's position on "spheres of influence" and international law, citing numerous instances in the course of which Merkel's great ally the United States has trampled over international law... Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya... to name a few.

The indented excerpts beneath are from Wagenknecht's speech. They are taken from the English translation that accompanies the video.

In your speech in Sydney Ms Merkel you are terribly outraged by the fact that 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall there continues to exist an old way of thinking of "spheres of influence" which tramples on international law... That begs the question: "Mrs Merkel, where on earth do you live? And whereregard to Europe, Brzezinski argues for a decisive NATO expansion eastward: first in Central Europe, then in the South, then in the Baltic States and, finally, in the Ukraine. Because as the author [Brzezinski] convincingly justifies: "every step of expansion automatically expands the immediate sphere of influence of the United States." This is an old way of thinking in terms of "spheres of influence" which was very successfully implemented, and you really, never, ever noticed it Mrs Merkel? On the contrary, you belonged to those who further implemented and supported that in Europe! You were just one of the "vassals" to use Brzezinski's words, which endorsed this strategy.

Mrs Merkel, now you've driven Germany to a renewed "Cold War" with Russia, poisoned the political climate and jeopardized


/>Steinberg's take on the situation in Eastern Europe addresses a reality that is rarely discussed in any depth on MSM, in part because it is a reality that demonstrates the failure of the capitalist free market on a number of key levels.

Across Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the former Soviet Union, tens of millions face social ruin following 25 years of the restored capitalist free market. Unemployment is rampant and the social welfare systems that existed under the former Stalinist regimes have been smashed up. This process was already well advanced six years ago, but has accelerated since the financial crash of 2008. The result has been the rapid spread of poverty among young and old. The political structures across the region are dominated bygirl, the Daily Mail lauded the spectacle as an act of heroism. The accompanying article claimed the footage was believed to have been shot in Yabroud, a countryside town 50 miles from Damascus.

The Daily Telegraph also published the same story under the title: Watch: Syrian 'hero boy' appears to brave sniper fire to rescue terrified girl in dramatic video.

Both the Mail and Telegraph cited dubious claims while providing themselves an out along the lines of 'not verified as yet.' To hear them tell it you would have thought it was real breaking news.

The Mail noted that the video quickly got 500,000 views and was republished on YouTube by the Shaam News Network... "sham" being the operative word. The video was in fact


an elaborate hoax put together by a Norwegian film crew on the vacation island of Malta.

The director, Lars Klevberg, admitted that "The little boy and girl are professional actors from Malta. The voices in the background are Syrian refugees living in Malta."  These extras can be heard yelling "Allahu Akbar"(God is Great) on the audio track, as they play act the part of excited onlookers watching a rescue drama unfold before their eyes.

Klevberg has attempted to justify the hoax by claiming that he was interested in highlighting the plight of children caught in a war zone. But in common with a lot of the other digital fabrications and outright lies coming from Syrian opposition sources, the underlying purpose is invariably to generatethe national-security apparatus, including the military; placed large sections of downtown Ottawa under lockdown for ten hours; and ordered Canadian Armed Forces’ bases across the country to go on high alert."

During a televised address a grim looking Harper used the terms "terrorist" and "terrorist attack" and was clearly intent on conveying the impression of Canada under siege. He also appeared to use the incident in an effort to channel public outrage behind support for Canada's role in the US-led bombing campaign in the Middle East.

Speaking in parliament on Thursday Harper made clear the government's determination to use the incident to increase the powers of the security apparatus: “Our law and police powers need to be strengthened in the area of surveillance, detention and arrest...


than less likely. In the process Harper has badly damaged Canada's long-standing reputation as a fair broker and peace keeper, once widely respected in the broader international community for exactly those qualities.

Harper's determination to drag Canada into another bombing war in the Middle East alongside Uncle Sam, Sunni dictatorships and former colonial powers is a big mistake. But it goes hand-in-glove with the Tories beefed-up-vision of Canada that includes reviving attachments to the British monarchy and attaching the word  "Royal" to the Canadian Navy and Air Force. Militarism has become more and more of a priority for Ottawa.

As with many similar incidents mislabeled "terrorism" a close look at the facts of these recent cases reveal a very different backstory... less to do with terrorism/>In a letter to Postmedia News, Zehaf-Bibeau's mother - a senior official with the Immigration and Refugee Board - said that her son wanted to travel to Saudi Arabia, not Syria as originally claimed by police. RCMP Deputy Commissioner, Mike Cabana, has acknowledged the mistake on the part of the police.

His mother also made the point that Zehaf-Bibeau went to Ottawa to try and convince officials to give him clearance to travel. She believes that the inability to obtain a passport caused him to snap and lash out at what she describes as "symbols of government." She also said that  “Most will call my son a terrorist, I don’t believe he was part of an organization or acted on behalf of some grand ideology or for


United States wanted to make Russia a capitalist country, sending its experts, so-called Harvard boys, who advised and freed up the economy. And the result was a gangster economy.

How do you see the role of Putin in this context?

I think, though many feel different, that Vladimir Putin has played a very important role to stop the slide in Russia. He said "no" to Yeltsin's policies and put the new state in order and the new authoritarianism. I think it gave Russians a sense of certainty, consistency and pride back. In the 1990s Russia's economy shrank to the size of the economy of the Netherlands, which is very small for such a big country. Taking back the state from the hands of the gangsters wasof Kiev forces the true extent of the crimes is being quite literally unearthed with reports of the discovery of mass graves. Three of the graves were uncovered in the vicinity of the village of Nizhnaya Krynka. The bodies exhumed to date show signs of torture and execution-style killings.

A World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) report states that: "OSCE observers monitoring the ceasefire between the Ukrainian army and the separatist forces in the region confirmed the existence of two of the graves. Two graves were allegedly found on the grounds of the Komunar coal mine and another in the village itself."

The WSWS report notes that: "The OSCE and the Russian Foreign Ministry have called for an international investigation from the EU and others. There


war effort is ironic given the American contribution to the actual crisis. The disastrous fall-out from the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and Washington's covert involvement in the Syrian conflict were key factors behind the growth of ISIL and like-minded groups. This angle was of course downplayed as Obama and Gulf autocrats worked to undermine Syria, the only secular state in the region.

Imperialist war making and interference has been instrumental in unleashing a tidal wave of sectarianism and Islamist radicalization. There is no reason to suppose that this war will be any different. Even though it is ostensibly being directed at ISIL over time it could be perceived quite differently, especially if the impetus shifts toward the targeting of Syrian regime forces and assets in anof it must seem clueless or outright offensive but such "insights" add to a tabloid narrative that gets very little critical scrutiny. The tendency to caricature Russia also shows up in the commentary of politicians in sometimes surprising ways.

Obama and his speech writers could use some remedial assistance when it comes to Russian history. During a brief stop-over in Estonia en-route to the Wales summit Obama gave a keynote speech in which he made a historical gaffe that has come under criticism from Russia's foreign ministry and media. He informed his hosts that Russia is "reaching back to the days of the tsars, trying to reclaim lands lost in the 19th century -- this is surely not the way to secure Russia's greatness in the 21st


The Traveling Wilburys were a supergroup active at the end of the eighties. It was composed of prominent members of the folk-rock scene: Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne. This is the song that opened the first album.by Student Pledge Against Gun Violence, this book follows the history of a rifle.

For High School

Twelve Shots: Outstanding Short Stories About Guns Edited by Harry Mazer, grades 9-12…Though the book is an older one, it has a fantastic set of stories, exposing the realities of guns

Give a Boy a Gun By Todd Strasser, grades 7-12…This highly controversial book tells the story about guns in schools, told from several different points of view.

In The Line of Fire By Joseph F. Sheley, grades 9 &up…This is written in a textbook style, talking about youths, guns, and violence in America

A Good Fight By Sarah Brady, grades 9&up…A memoir written by Sarah Brady, leader of the Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence. Her husband, James Brady, press secretary to Reagan, was shot


and paralyzed in 1981 during the assassination attempt on the President. The book tells of the Brady family’s ongoing fight against gun violence

Fist Stick Knife Gun By Geoffrey Canada, mature high school students&up…Subtitled “A Personal History of Violence in America”

Gone Boy By Greg Gibson, mature high school students&up…This is a true story of Gibson’s son, Galen, who was killed by a gun as a sophomore in college. He explores individual and collective responsibility for gun violence

Inside the NRA: An Expose By Jack Anderson, adult…Anderson takes a deep look into the gun rights stronghold, the National Rifle Association, and comes up with some disturbing discoveries about NRA leaders, policies, and just how far the NRA will go to protect its interpretation of the Second Amendment

A Well-Regulated Militia: The FoundingAs the world laps up the glamorous aspects of Singapore this August 2018, nothing beats a story from the heartlands that happens to represent what Singapore truly is.

Multi-religious cooperation by Bukit Batok community

It has been a rainy day for most parts of Singapore on Aug. 22, which was also Hari Raya Haji.

This day marks the end of pilgrimage for Muslims.

Murali Pillai, a Member of Parliament for the Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency, shared on Facebook about how a Chinese temple in his area built a tentage three days ahead of their Saturday event, and proceeded to share the sheltered space with Muslims for their prayers.

Here's what the post said:

Our Muslim friends celebrate Hari Raya Haji today to mark the completion of Haj (pilgrimage) at Mekkah. About 1000 people


The Daily Beast finds something untoward about the energy and intelligence of Ron Paul fans in the Republican Party, with a headline "How Ron Paul's Minions Plan to Hijack the GOP Convention." Shocking details of the crime-in-progress, from Georgia where Ron Paul people know the GOP rules in ways others do not:

The Paul campaign has rigorously organized its volunteers to attend the mass precinct meetings that took place all over Georgia. It has been instructing supporters on parliamentary procedure and state Republican rules. It is also giving advice on convention etiquette….

A Paul supporter in my hometown of Warner Robins, GA described how the strategy played out at Houston County's mass precinct meeting last Saturday. (Video of the meeting is available here.) The story he tells, and one I'vecaucusing it became known that names were being nominated as delegates who were not present at the meeting. This practice was encouraged by the Ron Paul campaign which has made it clear that they are running a delegate strategy. When the chairperson caught word of this, confusion ensued. He instructed everyone that this was not permissible under the rules and the crowd shouted back. However this is acceptable and the Ron Paul campaign had even directed its delegates to the state rulebook for proof.

… Members of the county leadership, especially those with "Newt Gingrich 2012" stickers, did not have a pleasant and supportive attitude during this process. It also became clear to me at this point that the people who knew the rules were Ron Paul supporters. There


as well as how it started in 2007, by watching the video below:

Aaron Colter is a freelance writer and marketing consultant in Portland, Oregon. A graduate of Purdue University, he has worked for the NCAA, Dark Horse Comics, Willamette Week, AOL, The Huffington Post, Top Shelf Productions, DigitalTrends, theMIX agency, SuicideGirls, EarthTechling, d'Errico Studios and others. He is also the co-founder of BananaStandMedia.com, a free record label, recording studio, and distribution service for independent musicians.Image copyright AP Image caption China is enforcing a security crackdown in Xinjiang and Uighur activists say that in doing so its is fuelling the violence

At least 15 people have been killed and 14 others injured during an attack in the far western Chinese region of Xinjiang, state media has reported.

It said that the violence started when a group of "terrorists" attacked civilians in Shache county, 200km from the regional capital of Kashgar.

Xinjiang is home to the Muslim Uighur minority group.

There has been a wave of violence in the region, with more than 150 people being killed so far this year.

China has blamed the unrest on Uighurs pushing for the region's independence.

China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported that the attackers on Friday threw bombs out of a vehicle


before they stabbed people on a street lined with food stalls.

Eleven of the dead are reported to be the attackers.

An attack in the same region in July left nearly 100 people dead, including 59 assailants, state media said.

Confirming reports about incidents in Xinjiang is difficult, because access is tightly controlled and information flow restricted.

China is enforcing a security crackdown in Xinjiang, and Uighur activists say that the government's repression of Uighur culture and religious customs is fuelling the violence.

Earlier this week, the authorities announced plans to hire 3,000 former soldiers to patrol residential areas in the region.

Uighurs and Xinjiang

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Uighurs are ethnically Turkic Muslims and make up about 45% of the region's population; 40% are Han Chinese

China re-established control in 1949 after crushing the short-lived state ofCRIMINAL OFFENSE THAT ALLEGELY OCCURRED SEVERAL MONTHS PRIOR TO THE OFFENSE CHARGED IN THE CRIMINAL INFORMATION.
The state's witnesses testified the alleged offense occurred sometime in December 1975 or January 1976. The information alleged the offense was committed in October or November of 1975. Witness Cox testified relative to a transaction wherein appellant sold him marijuana in June of 1974. This date was about 18 months prior to the offense for which appellant was being tried. Cox further stated he never did see appellant with marijuana but others had told him about it. The court sustained the objection to the hearsay but overruled the objection about the alleged offense in 1974 as going to show intent. This witness also testified he worked for appellant and was promised some marijuana


for it and subsequently found marijuana in the glove compartment of his car. This incident apparently took place about July 1976. There were several other questions put to this witness relating to prior dealings of appellant in marijuana trade but no definite dates were given. The prosecuting attorney also asked the following questions:
Q. Do you recall telling me and these investigators in the Lawrence County Law Library in the Courthouse, Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, on August 15, 1976, that in the spring of that year Winfred Moser, when he would be drinking or would be high, that he would brag to you about how much money he was making selling marijuana, and that he would tell you that he wasn't about to get caught because he was too smartHastings fire: Three tried to catch jumping woman Published duration 26 May 2014

image copyright Eddie Mitchell image caption The buildings are a mixture of houses and converted flats

Three people tried to catch a 66-year-old woman using a sheet or duvet as she jumped 40ft from a burning building in Hastings, Sussex Police said.

The blaze at the properties in Marine Parade in the Old Town, was reported at about 00:30 BST on Sunday.

Six properties were seriously damaged by the fire, with about 35 people escorted from the buildings.

The woman remains in a critical condition in hospital after suffering spinal, pelvic and ankle injures.

She jumped from a second-floor window and fell into an alleyway below.

Det Sgt Suzy Joseph said: "We would like to speak to any witnesses, and in particular


to three people, believed to be men, who held out a bed sheet or duvet the woman had thrown down, to try to break her fall.

"They left the scene without giving us their details."

Those evacuated were initially taken to the Boat House on Hastings seafront and then transferred to the East Hastings Sea Angling Association.

Hastings Borough Council said those affected will be rehomed.

The cause of the fire is not yet known.Nandi Award for Best Special Effects

The Nandi Award for Best Special Effects instituted since 2003 is given after the Nandi Awards committee selects a film from all the films that released in that particular year, which has the best visual effects.

The award is usually given to the special effects supervisor or the special effects company that worked for the selected film. Anji, Magadheera, Eega, and Baahubali: The Beginning are the films which won both the Nandi Award for Best Special Effects and National Film Award for Best Special Effects for that year.

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The first representative of the genus Rhopalophthalmus in European waters, Rhopalophthalmus tartessicus sp. nov., is described from specimens sampled in the Guadalquivir estuary (southwestern Spain). At first identified as the Algerian species Rhopalophthalmus mediterraneus Nouvel, 1960, the new mysid species can be distinguished from its closest relative by its higher number of articles on the carpopropodus of the third to seventh thoracic endopods, by the well hook-shaped eighth thoracic endopod of the male, by the slender eighth thoracic endopod of the female, and by the smaller antennal scale and telson. Its geographical distribution appears restricted to estuarine habitats in southwestern Spain. Its swimming behaviour, with the ventral side facing upwards, is unusual in mysids. An updated identification key for the 19 known species in the genus, including informationbearing a small seta (Fig. 5C). Distal part bent and crumpled in another specimen (Fig. 5B). Pleopods small, in the form of single plates, increasing in size posteriorly. Sympod of first pleopod armed with seven long plumose setae along inner margin, three setae on outer margin, and two apical plumose setae. Second pleopod bearing eight long plumose setae on inner margin, four setae on outer margin, and two long setae at apex (Fig. 6C). Remaining pleopods similar in form to second pair, with 10 long plumose setae along inner margin in third and fourth pleopod, 12 long plumose setae and two proximal shorter ones along inner margin in fifth pleopod, four setae on outer margin in all of them (Fig. 6D).

Remarks: As mentioned above, R. tartessicus sp. nov.


all about the great outdoors. It's best explored on foot, where you'll cover lakes and mountains, coasts and glaciers.

Europe

From the windswept Atlantic coast to the vast taiga forests in the east, and from the polar tundra to the sun-kissed Mediterranean, Europe's variety is second to none. The diversity of its cuisine, culture and climate mirrors that of its landscape.

Middle East

The Middle East is a heady concoction of welcoming people, ancient sites, stunning desert scenery and delicious food. Uncover history that spans millenia in colossal archaeological sites and sleep under starlit skies in the Arabian desert.

North America

North America is home to dynamic cities, rich cultural diversity and inspiring National Parks. From the canyons and deserts of the USA to Canada's Rocky Mountains and Alaska's wildlife, North America's charms arethe building appears to float on the water and the reflections, coupled with the background of forest make it worthy of its place on many Japanese postcards. We'll enjoy a traditional tea ceremony too, and there is also time to stroll along Kyoto's charming streets and tree-lined canal, simply soaking up its unique atmosphere.

Accommodation:

Ibis Styles Kyoto Station (or similar)

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Standard Hotel

Single room available

Meals Provided: Breakfast

Day 6 - Visit Hiroshima and Miyajima

An early morning train takes us to Hiroshima, where we will spend the morning exploring this thought-provoking city in our own time. Completely destroyed on 6th August 1945, when it was the target of the first atomic bomb to be used in wartime, Hiroshima has literally risen from the ashes, and is now a thriving, friendly city. We visit


the Peace Memorial Park and the well-presented museum on the site of the 1945 A-bomb hypocentre. Whilst serving as poignant reminders of the nuclear holocaust, their over-whelming message is of hope that such horrors will never reoccur. Travel around the city is easy, thanks to the provision of colourful street trams, brought in from all over Japan after the war. Just off the coast of Hiroshima is the tiny island of Miyajima. The relaxed feel of this island is enhanced by the deer that roam freely through the streets. As we arrive on the ferry we can take in the famous view of the floating torii gate. Considered to be one of the most beautiful sights in Japan, these red gates appear to float on the water withthe hills of the island forming a spectacular backdrop. We take time to explore some of the islands many shrines before we take the ferry back to the mainland.

Accommodation:

Ibis Styles Kyoto Station (or similar)

Grade:
Standard Hotel

Single room available

Meals Provided: Breakfast

Day 7 - Discover Himeji’s ancient castle

Today we travel to the city of Himeji in Hyogo Prefecture. The city is known for its original castle. Known as the 'White Egret' owing to the brilliant white walls and winged roof, the castle is unlike others in the country having escaped damage by war, earthquake or fires which often destroy these traditional wooden structures. Listed as a World Heritage Site, the castle complex is made up of over 80 buildings and an impressive spiral maze leading up to the entrance which deterred


intruders and allowed residents to open fire if the visitors were unwelcome. Close to the castle are Kokoen Gardens where we can try green tea and wander through the relaxing bamboo groves.

Accommodation:

Ibis Styles Kyoto Station (or similar)

Grade:
Standard Hotel

Single room available

Meals Provided: Breakfast

Day 8 - Tour ends in Kyoto

Our tour ends after breakfast this morning.

Meals Provided: Breakfast

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Climate

Japan's climate is mostly temperate, with five distinct seasons. Summer is from June to September with temperatures reaching 30°c, although it can vary from warm to very hot. after mid-July. July and August can be humid. Spring and Autumn are mild throughout Japan. Winter, October to April, is cold with snowfall. The main rainy season is June. Japan can be prone to short, tropical cyclones in August to October. October NovemberA disturbing two-minute video from Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district shows an adult tigress being beaten to death with sticks by villagers this week.

The village is close to the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, about 240 km from state capital Lucknow. The mobile video, shot by a resident of the Mataina village on Thursday afternoon, captures the assault by the villagers and even has a background commentary by a witness who says they are assaulting the tigress because she had attacked and injured a villager in the morning.


Peterson won't play in Vikings' preseason games

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Adrian Peterson’s hopes of seeing at least some action in a preseason game have been dashed. The Vikings have decided to take the safe route with their star running back, opting to hold him out of their final two preseason contests.

The Vikings’ next game comes Friday at Mall of America Field against the Chargers. They’ll close the preseason Aug. 30 at Houston.

According to an NFL source, Peterson will not see work in either of those games. But his big picture goal of being on the field for the regular season opener Sept. 9 against Jacksonville remains very realistic.

Peterson tore the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his left knee last Christmas Eve and hadBut here at Firstpost, we are not afraid to belabour the obvious, and therefore, Mr Laxman, here's why your statement on Sania Mirza is just plain dumb.

In a statement that could almost have been designed to reclaim the 'pointlessly offensive' tag from Shiv Sena MP Rajan Vichare, Telangana BJP leader K Laxman on Wednesday slammed the TRS government's decision to appoint tennis star Sania Mirza as brand ambassador of Telangana, terming her a "daughter-in-law of Pakistan".

"Sania was born in Maharashtra and settled in Hyderabad only later and, hence, is a non-local", he told reporters, pointing out that she is married to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik. "If 1956 is the criteria for deciding the nativity of Telangana, where was Sania born and when did she come to Hyderabad? And


a sleeveless top and mini skirt? And choosing Israeli player Shahar Pe’er as a doubles partner? Nah, all Laxman can see when he looks at Sania is a Muslim with a big M.

* Was she Pakistan's daughter-in-law when she won the French Open doubles?*

Sania Mirza is without doubt the biggest Indian tennis star in recent decades. She is the first Indian female player to surpass US$1m in career earnings; first Indian to win a WTA Tour title of any kind; and, by winning the Mixed Doubles trophy in 2009 Australian Open, she became the third Indian, male or female, to win a Grand Slam title (the first two being Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes). Mirza also won the 2012 French Open in the Mixed Doubles category.

The entire countrycelebrated these achievements as a national triumph -- including the last even though she was married to Shoaib at the time. And more than any other part of India, Hyderabad has cheered her on through every match and every tournament. She may not have been born in Hyderabad, but she has been certainly raised there, and it is the place she continues to call home. It certainly makes her far more qualified to be Telengana's brand ambassador than say Shah Rukh Khan who represents Bengal or Big B who is the face of Gujarat.

"I will remain an Indian till the end of my life," said Sania Mirza in response to this tasteless controversy. And it is her birth right. No one, be it Laxman or anyone else, can


Democrat raises $450K in eight weeks to challenge Culberson

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WASHINGTON – With a half-dozen Democrats lined up to challenge Houston Republican John Culberson for his Houston congressional seat, the money chase is on.

Democratic candidate Alex Triantaphyllis announced Monday that he raised over $450,000 from more than 1,100 contributors since he entered the race for Texas's 7th Congressional District this spring.

After expenses, that leaves him with $400,000 cash on hand more nearly 16-months out from the 2018 election.

His campaign said that in his first eight weeks of fundraising, Triantaphyllis nearly matched Culberson's best quarter over his nine terms ascongressman.

Triantaphyllis is director of immigration and economic opportunity at BakerRipley, a community development non-profit.

Other Democrats vying in next year's primary include Dr. Jason Westin, a cancer research doctor at MD Anderson, as well as assistant Houston city attorney James Cargas, who has mounted several previous challenges to Culberson.

Two other Democrats are Debra Kerner, an educator who served on the board of the Harris County Department of Education, and Joshua Butler, an administrator at the University of Texas' Health Science Center.

Also in the hunt are Laura Moser, a Democratic activist and writer who recently moved back to her native Houston from Washington, D.C., and Houston trial lawyer Lizzie Pannill Fletcher.


A new genetic study has confirmed that members of the Parsi community indeed migrated to India from ancient Persia, which is present-day Iran

New Delhi: Parsis are among the smallest ethno-religious minority in India. Now a new genetic study has confirmed that members of this community indeed migrated to India from ancient Persia, which is present-day Iran.The study involved analysis of genetic data of Parsis in India and Pakistan as well as biological remains of members of the community excavated from Sanjan in Gujarat which had early settlements of Parsis in India.

The study involved analysis of genetic data of Parsis in India and Pakistan as well as biological remains of members of the community excavated from Sanjan in Gujarat which had early settlements of Parsis in India.

The results haveshown that Parsis are genetically closer to ancient Neolithic Iranians, followed by present-day Middle Eastern populations (Iranian and Caucasian). This provides evidence of sex-specific admixture and prevailing female gene flow from South Asians to the Parsis, according to results of the study published in journal Genome Biology on Wednesday. The international team of scientists was led by Dr Kumarasamy Thangaraj from Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad and scientists from India, Estonia, United Kingdom and Pakistan.

“We have done extensive analysis using mitochondrial, Y-chromosomal and autosomal DNA markers to trace the origin of the Parsi population of the Indian subcontinent and found that they have genetically admixed with the Indian population about 1200 years ago, suggesting that the first Zoroastrian might have arrived India about the same time


period,” explained Dr Kumarasamy Thangaraj.

The results are consistent with the suggested migration of the Parsi populations to South Asia 8 to 10 centuries ago and in agreement with their assimilation with the local South Asian population. It also shows that Parsis of both India and Pakistan come from the same original group who landed in Sanjan.

“This is the first successful ancient DNA study from India which has analysed maternal DNA composition of ancient remains excavated in Sanjan. Interestingly, 48 percent South Asian indigenous lineages among the ancient Parsi samples was observed, which is likely due to the assimilation of local females during the initial settlement,” pointed out Dr Gyaneshwer Chaubey, first author and a senior researcher at the Estonian Biocentre, Tartu, Estonia.

Historical evidence shows that Parsis — whoseGet The App

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ore. During its maximum production, Treece and Picher combined had a population of over 20,000 and produced $20 billion worth of ore mainly during World War I and World War II. After the 1970s, ore production declined rapidly as did the city's population.

It is located less than a mile north of Picher, Oklahoma, a town which has been closed due to lead pollution, and its residents' property bought out by the Environmental Protection Agency.  Residents of Treece were also demanding a buy-out, but at first were not certain of receiving one.
As of September 2009, it was reported that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wanted to clean up the soil in Treece, instead of moving its residents away.  Congress, however, passed an environmental appropriations bill on October29, 2009, that authorizes the EPA to buy out the town.  Residents had until August 31, 2010 to apply for a Federal buyout and offers are to be made to the 80 residents who applied in December. As of May 2, 2012 only one couple has rejected the buyout offer and remain in Treece living in a double-wide trailer. Other than their location all other facilities in the former city have been sold, moved, or demolished.

In 2012, the State of Kansas officially disincorporated the city of Treece.

Geography
Treece is located in southeast Kansas adjacent to the Kansas-Oklahoma border just west of U.S. Route 69. Picher, Oklahoma lies one mile to the south.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total area of , all of


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About the Director

Elliot Caplan

Education

Emmy award-winning producer Elliot Caplan served as filmmaker in residence at the Cunningham Dance Foundation from 1983 until January 1998, collaborating with Merce Cunningham and John Cage in the production of films and videos. Together, their work has aired nationally on PBS, Bravo, Arts & Entertainment, and internationally to thirty-five countries. Beach Birds For Camera, a 35mm wide- screen film was first shown at L'Opera de Paris Garnier. Cage/Cunningham, a feature-length documentary on the life-long collaboration of Merce Cunningham and John Cage, was released theatrically by October Films, translated into six languages for international distribution, and distributed on home video by Kultur Video. Points In Space, commissioned by BBC-Television was distributed to more than 400 libraries in the United States through a grant fromthe MacArthur Foundation. Changing Steps, filmed at the Sundance Institute with an introduction by Robert Redford was produced in association with La Sept and distributed by Éditions a Voir.

From 1996-2000, Caplan served as segment producer for PBS's national series on art in America, "EGG," and received an Emmy Award and Cine Golden Eagle for "Outstanding Cultural Programming." His work includes segments on Richard Serra and The Whitney Biennial 2000. As producer for City Arts, WNET/THIRTEEN, Caplan's work included, the making of Carmen Backstage at The Metropolitan Opera with James Levine, Plácido Domingo, Waltraud Meier and Franco Zeffirelli; Jackson Pollack @ MoMA; the restoration of the Rose Reading Room at The New York Public Library, Reading Room Restored; and a segment profiling architect/sculptor, Maya Lin.

Caplan's other work includes theater


design and direction. In collaboration with Tony award winning performer Bill Irwin, Caplan designed an evening of theater and video, which was presented at The Roundabout Theatre in New York, June 1999. Caplan designed pieces that were performed by the Cunningham Company at the Next Wave Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music, October 1997 and in Paris at the Opera Garnier, January 1998. Together with composer Michael Gordon and the orchestra ENSEMBLE RESONANZ, Caplan produced the twenty-six screen video opera Weather, sponsored by the Siemens Foundation Kultur Program and Oper Bonn, which toured five cities in Europe through 2001. In 1991, Caplan and Gordon made Van Gogh Video Opera, first performed at the Bang On A Can Festival and then at the Akademie der Bildenden Kunst, Vienna. With Germanchoreographer Sasha Waltz, Caplan designed a sixteen-screen multi-monitor projection for live performance. Alle der Kosmonauten has been the recipient of numerous awards including, "Berliner Theatertreffen", 1996 and the National Theater Festival selection 1997, Seoul, Korea. Caplan produced the film, One To Four with British choreographer, Robert Poole, which features Poole as performer. Additional film collaborations include works with Bruce Baillie, Richard Foreman, Yvonne Rainer and Susan Seidelman.

Caplan's work has received numerous awards, including: 1999-2000 Emmy Award for Outstanding Cultural Programming, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences; 2000 Cine Golden Eagle Award, Outstanding Cultural Series; 1996 Gold Award, Dance On Camera Festival at Lincoln Center, Best Documentary; 1995 Bessie Award for Best New Video Work; "Grand Prix International Video Danse 1994", and the "Categorie Captation de Spectacle Prix


Academie des Beaux Arts", Stockholm, Sweden; 1993 Grand Prize, New York Dance on Camera Festival; 1993 IMZ Dance Screen Award Grand Prix; 1992 IMZ Dance Screen Award for Best Documentary for Cage/Cunningham. Points In Space, commissioned by BBC-Television was awarded the "Golden Prague" at the 25th International Television Festival, Czech Republic. Changing Steps received The New York Times Critics Choice, 1990 Gold Award Dance On Camera Festival, and the 2nd Grand Prix International Video-Danse Festival, France. Caplan's documentary art film on painter, Robert S. Zakanitch won the Chicago International Film Festival and the International Art Film Biennale at Centre George Pompidou, Paris.

Film and video retrospectives have been presented in Portugal, Holland, Japan and the United States. Video installations were exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires(1999); Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York; The Jewish Museum, Vienna (1997); Whitney Museum of American Art, Philip Morris Gallery, New York (1995); and the Cartier Foundation, Paris (1996). Caplan's work is included in the following permanent collections: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre George Pompidou and Cinematheque Francais, Paris, the National Institute of the Arts, Taiwan; Tanzfilm Institute, Cologne and the Munich Filmmuseum, Germany, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel, the Instituto Itaú Cultural, Brazil, and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

He has taught courses, lectured and been in residence at colleges and universities in the United States and abroad including co-direction with Michael Kidd of the Dance/Film/Video Workshop at the Sundance Institute. Caplan has served


as a panel member and juror for the National Endowment for the Arts, Mellon Foundation, Jacob's Pillow, IMZ Dance Screen, British Arts Council, Fulbright Fellowships, and the Sundance Film Festival.

In 1998, Elliot Caplan founded Picture Start Films to produce artistic and commercial media projects. Current projects include Hidden Things: A Children's Story, a feature documentary film funded in part by the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture and selected by NYFA for 2004-6 Special Projects, UTANGO, a performance film currently screening throughout the U.S. and Europe, and Steel Work, an experimental visual symphony on DVD with music by Philip Glass, David Bowie and Brian Eno.

American Ballet Theatre rehearsing.

In 2004, Caplan was appointed Professor in the Department of Media Study and Artistic Director of the Center for the Moving Image,a Center of Excellence at the University at Buffalo. The CMI supports collaborative, interdisciplinary projects that exemplify a unique artistic vision that integrate traditional performing arts into the syntaxes of emerging media technology. Through the generous support of the Robert and Carol Morris Fund, current projects include a documentary of the dance-making process with choreographer Brian Reeder and American Ballet Theatre, a three-part video/music work, Shamayim, in collaboration with composer David Felder, and The Bridge Project: An International Art Initiative created by Richard Foreman and Sophie Haviland.


are from an earlier batch.

MaryEllen Kirkpatrick goes through the steps of making melomel - a variation of ancient, legendary mead, but with fruit rather than just honey-sweetened water. It must sit for many months before it's drinkable;

The Yeast for making Plum Melomel in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, July 31st, 2012.

The Yeast for making Plum Melomel in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, July 31st, 2012.

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MaryEllen Kirkpatrick mixes yeast with water for making Plum Melomel at her home in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, July 31st, 2012.

MaryEllen Kirkpatrick mixes yeast with water for making Plum Melomel at her home in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, July 31st, 2012.

Photo: John Storey, Special To The Chronicle

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MaryEllen Kirkpatrick measures watertemperature for yeast rehydration at her home in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, July 31st, 2012. She is making Plum Melomel from fermented honey and plums.

MaryEllen Kirkpatrick measures water temperature for yeast rehydration at her home in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, July 31st, 2012. She is making Plum Melomel from fermented honey and plums.

Photo: John Storey, Special To The Chronicle

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MaryEllen Kirkpatrick pours yeast into a bucket with crushed plums and honey at her home in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, July 31st, 2012. She is making Plum Melomel from fermented honey and plums.

MaryEllen Kirkpatrick pours yeast into a bucket with crushed plums and honey at her home in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, July 31st, 2012. She is making Plum Melomel from fermented honey


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Is it curtains for Central Park Theatre?

The Central Park: Historic movie palace in distress

A look at the historic Central Park Theatre, now a church on Chicago's West Side, which was recently closed after being cited for over 100 city building code violations. This 1917 building is said to be the first-ever air-conditioned movie theatre.

A look at the historic Central Park Theatre, now a church on Chicago's West Side, which was recently closed after being cited for over 100 city building code violations. This 1917 building is said to be the first-ever air-conditioned movie theatre.

John Owens, Chicago Tribune reporter

In a sea of empty lots in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood sits a faded relic that is one of the most historically significant American movie theaters still standing.

When it opened in1917, the red-brick, three-story Central Park Theatre was hailed as a revolutionary entertainment venue — the first of the large "movie palaces" built by Balaban & Katz, and quite possibly the first movie theater in the world to feature air conditioning.

The Central Park, created by Chicago theater entrepreneurs A.J. Balaban, Barney Balaban and Sam Katz and Chicago architects C.W. and George L. Rapp, became the template for hundreds of movie palaces, from the Chicago and Uptown in Chicago to the Paramount in New York City.

"Before the Central Park, movie theaters were all like nickelodeons, uncomfortable boxes with folding chairs," said David Balaban, author of "The Chicago Movie Palaces of Balaban and Katz" and grandson of one of the five Balaban brothers who ran the B&K theater empire for


decades. "The Central Park was different — it had the feeling of a European opera house. There wasn't an interest in how movie theaters looked until Balaban & Katz built the Central Park."

Today, however, the theater in the 3500 block of West Roosevelt Road is facing an uncertain future.

For 42 years, the 1,780-seat facility has been owned and operated by the Rev. Lincoln Scott's House of Prayer, Church of God in Christ, a Pentecostal congregation. Scott has used the building not only for services, but also as an adjunct facility for the almost 200 homeless men and women living at his shelter, Hope House, whose main facility is just west of the theater.

But Scott was forced to close the theater to his congregation of about 300 people inthe code violations became apparent as the church began to restore the building after it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Last year, a maintenance crew pulled down a drop ceiling that had covered the theater's balcony for decades. "There was six feet of standing water from a hole in the roof," said Fernando Gonzalez, maintenance chief for the church.

But financing building repairs and operating the homeless shelter have been daunting for Scott, who has paid for much of the work with church donations and from his own pocket.

To make matters worse, Scott and his church have been sued over the past few years by creditors alleging non-payment of credit-card and car-payment bills. Scott said he fell behind on payments for improvements to the