complete so Pierre Trudeau took a prolonged vacation with his sons to the Nova Scotia summer home of his friend, MP Don Johnston, and later sent his sons to stay with their maternal grandparents in North Vancouver for the rest of the summer while he slept at his friend's Ottawa apartment. Justin and his brothers returned to Ottawa for the start of the school year, but lived only on the top floor of Stornoway while repairs continued on the bottom floor.[45] His mother purchased and moved into a new home nearby at 95 Queen Victoria Avenue in Ottawa's New Edinburgh in September 1979.[46][47] The Trudeaus returned to the prime minister's official residence in February 1980 after the election that returned his father to the Prime Minister's Office.[48]

After hisfather's retirement, in June 1984, his mother remained at her New Edinburgh home while the rest of the family moved into his father's home at 1418 Pine Avenue, Montreal known as Cormier House[57] where the following autumn he began attending the private Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, his father's alma mater. The school had begun as a Jesuit school but was non-denominational by the time Justin matriculated.[58][59] In 2008, Trudeau said that of all his early family outings he enjoyed camping with his father the most, because "that was where our father got to be just our father – a dad in the woods."[60] During the summers his father would send him and his brothers to Camp Ahmek, on Canoe Lake, in Algonquin Provincial Park, where he would later work in


his first paid employment as a camp counselor.[56][61][62][63][64]

University and early career

Trudeau, then 28, emerged as a prominent figure in October 2000, after delivering a eulogy at his father's state funeral.[65][66][67] The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) received numerous calls to rebroadcast the speech after its initial transmission, and leading Quebec politician Claude Ryan described it as "perhaps [...] the first manifestation of a dynasty."[68] A book issued by the CBC in 2003 included the speech in its list of significant Canadian events from the past fifty years.[69]

Advocacy

Trudeau has used his public status to promote various causes. He and his family started the Kokanee Glacier Alpine Campaign for winter sports safety in 2000, two years after his brother Michel Trudeau died in an avalanche during a ski trip.[80] In 2002,Trudeau criticized the British Columbia government's decision to stop its funding for a public avalanche warning system.[81]

In October 2006, Trudeau criticized Quebec nationalism by describing political nationalism generally as an "old idea from the 19th century", "based on a smallness of thought" and not relevant to modern Quebec. This comment was seen as a criticism of Michael Ignatieff, then a candidate in the 2006 Liberal Party leadership election, who was promoting recognition of Quebec as a nation.[98][99] Trudeau later wrote a public letter on the subject, describing the idea of Quebec nationhood as "against everything my father ever believed."[100][101]

Trudeau announced his support for leadership candidate Gerard Kennedy shortly before the 2006 convention and introduced Kennedy during the candidates' final speeches.[102] When Kennedy dropped off after the second ballot,


Trudeau joined him in supporting the ultimate winner, Stéphane Dion.[103][104]

Rumours circulated in early 2007 that Trudeau would run in a by-election in the Montreal riding of Outremont. The Montreal newspaper La Presse reported despite Trudeau's keenness, Liberal leader Stéphane Dion wanted Outremont for a star candidate who could help rebuild the Liberal Party. Instead, Trudeau announced that he would seek the Liberal nomination in the nearby riding of Papineau for the next general election.[105][106][107] The riding, which had once been held for 26 years by André Ouellet, a senior minister under his father, had been in Liberal hands for 53 years before falling to the Bloc Québécois in 2006.[108]

Trudeau faced off against Mary Deros, a Montreal city councillor and Basilio Giordano, the publisher of a local Italian-language newspaperfor the Liberal nomination. On April 29, 2007, he easily won the party's nomination, picking up 690 votes to 350 for Deros and 220 for Giordano.[109]

In Opposition, 2008–15

Prime Minister Stephen Harper called an election for October 14, 2008, by which time Trudeau had been campaigning for a year in Papineau. On election day Trudeau narrowly defeated Bloc Québécois incumbent Vivian Barbot.[110] Following his election win, Edward Greenspon, editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail, noted that Trudeau would "be viewed as few other rookie MPs are—as a potential future prime minister—and scrutinized through that lens".[60]

The Conservative Party won a minority government in the 2008 election, and Trudeau entered parliament as a member of the Official Opposition. Trudeau was the first member of the 40th Parliament of Canada to introduce


a private member's motion, in which he called for a "national voluntary service policy for young people". The proposal won support from parliamentarians across party lines.[111] He later co-chaired the Liberal Party's April 2009 national convention in Vancouver, and in October of the same year he was appointed as the party's critic for multiculturalism and youth.[112]

In September 2010, he was reassigned as critic for youth, citizenship, and immigration.[113] He was critical of the Harper government's legislation targeting human smuggling, which he argued would penalize the victims of smuggling.[114]

He encouraged an increase of Canada's relief efforts after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and sought more accessible immigration procedures for Haitians moving to Canada in the time of crisis. His own riding includes a significant Haitian community.[115]

Trudeau was re-elected in Papineauin the 2011 federal election, as the Liberal Party fell to third-party standing in the House of Commons with only thirty-four seats. Ignatieff resigned as party leader immediately after the election, and rumours again circulated that Trudeau could run to become his successor. On this occasion, Trudeau said, "I don't feel I should be closing off any options ... because of the history packaged into my name, a lot of people are turning to me in a way that ... to be blunt, concerns me."[116][117] Weeks after the election Toronto MP Bob Rae was selected to serve as the interim leader until the party's leadership convention, which was later decided to be held in April 2013. Rae appointed Trudeau as the party's critic for Post Secondary Education, Youth


and Amateur Sport.[118] After his re-election, he traveled the country hosting fundraisers for charities and the Liberal Party.[119][120][121][122]

Trudeau wanted to take part in a charity boxing match on behalf of the cancer research fundraising event Fight for the Cure, but was having difficulty finding a Conservative opponent until Conservative senator Patrick Brazeau agreed when asked on Trudeau's behalf by their mutual hairdresser Stefania Capovilla.[123][124] The fight on March 31, 2012 in Ottawa at the Hampton Inn was broadcast live on Sun News with commentary by Ezra Levant and Brian Lilley and Trudeau won in the third round, the result considered an upset.[123][125]

Liberal Party leadership

Earlier speculation

After Dion's resignation as Liberal leader in 2008, Trudeau's name was mentioned as a potential candidate to succeed him, with polls showing him asa favourite among Canadians for the position.[126][127]

However, he did not enter the race and Ignatieff was later acclaimed as leader in December 2008.[128] After the party's poor showing in the 2011 election, Ignatieff resigned from the leadership and Trudeau was again seen as a potential candidate to lead the party.[129]

Following the election, Trudeau said he was undecided about seeking the leadership;[130] months later on October 12 at Wilfrid Laurier University, he announced he would not seek the post because he had a young family.[131] When interim leader Rae, who was also seen as a frontrunner, announced he would not be entering the race in June 2012, Trudeau was hit with a "tsunami" of calls from supporters to reconsider his earlier decision to not seek the leadership.[132]

Opinion polling conducted


by several pollsters showed that if Trudeau were to become leader the Liberal Party would surge in support, from a distant third place to either being competitive with the Conservative Party or leading them.[133] In July 2012, Trudeau stated that he would reconsider his earlier decision to not seek the leadership and would announce his final decision at the end of the summer.[134][135]

2013 leadership election

On September 26, 2012, multiple media outlets started reporting that Trudeau would launch his leadership bid the following week.[136][137] While Trudeau was seen as a frontrunner for the leadership of the Liberal Party, he was criticized for his perceived lack of substance.[138][139] During his time as a member of parliament he spoke little on policy matters and it was not known where he stoodon many issues such as the economy and foreign affairs.[140][141] Some strategists and pundits believed the leadership would be the time for Trudeau to be tested on these issues; however, there was also fear within the party that his celebrity status and large lead might deter other strong candidates from entering the leadership race.[142][143][144]

On October 2, 2012, Trudeau held a rally in Montreal to launch his bid for the leadership of the Liberal Party.[145] The core people on his campaign team were considered longtime friends, and all in their 30s and 40s. His senior advisor was Gerald Butts, the former President of WWF-Canada who had previously served as principal secretary to former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty. Other senior aides included campaign manager Katie Telford, and policy advisors Mike


McNeir and Robert Asselin, who had all worked for recent Liberal Party leaders.[146] His brother Alexandre also took a break from his documentary work to be a senior advisor on Trudeau's campaign.[147]

During the leadership campaign three by-elections were held on November 26, 2012. The riding Calgary Centre was expected to be a three-way race between the Conservatives, Liberals and Green Party. A week before by-election day Sun Media reported on comments Trudeau had made in a 2010 interview with Télé-Québec, in which he said, "Canada isn't doing well right now because it's Albertans who control our community and socio-democratic agenda." Trudeau's campaign advisor said that the comments were being brought up now because of the close race in Calgary Centre.[148] The following day, Trudeau apologized, saying he waswrong to use "Alberta" as "shorthand" in referring to Stephen Harper's government.[149] The Conservatives held onto Calgary Centre in the by-election by less than 1,200 votes. Liberal candidate Harvey Locke said he lost the by-election on his own and that comments made by Trudeau did not influence the outcome.[150]

Fellow leadership candidate Marc Garneau, seen as Trudeau's main challenger in the race, criticized Trudeau for not releasing enough substantial policy positions. Garneau called on him to release more detailed policies before members and supporters begin to vote.[151] Garneau later challenged Trudeau to a one-on-one debate, and said that if Trudeau could not defend his ideas in a debate against him, he wouldn't be able to do so against Prime Minister Harper.[152] Trudeau clashed in debates with challenger Joyce Murray,


who was the only Liberal leadership candidate to speak out strongly in favour of electing the House of Commons with a system of proportional representation. She challenged Trudeau over his support for a preferential ballot voting system.[153]

On March 13, 2013, Garneau dropped out of the leadership race, saying that polling conducted by his campaign showed he would be unable to defeat Trudeau.[154][155]

With Joyce Murray the last challenger receiving significant press time, more Liberal politicians and public figures declared themselves for Trudeau. Trudeau was declared the winner of the leadership election on April 14, 2013, garnering 80.1% of 30,800 votes.[156] Joyce Murray finished in second place with 10.2% points, ahead of Martha Hall Findlay's 5.7%.[157] Trudeau had lost only five ridings, all to Murray and all in BC.[158]

Leadership, 2013–15

Pollslogjam: Liberals 29.1%, Conservatives 28.5%, NDP 27.2%.[162]

During the leadership campaign Trudeau pledged to park all his assets, exclusive of real estate holdings, into a blind trust which is atypical for opposition MPs, including leaders. According to documents obtained by the Ottawa Citizen, he fulfilled the pledge in July 2013 when the blind trust was set up by BMO Private Banking.[164]

On January 27, 2014, Trudeau and MP Carolyn Bennett escorted Chrystia Freeland into the House of Commons, as is traditional for by-election victors.[165] Trudeau launched an internet video the week before the 2014 Liberal party convention titled "An economy that benefits us all" in which he narrates his economic platform. He said that Canada's debt to GDP ratios have come down in recent years and now it's time for


Ottawa to "step up".[166]

2015 federal election

On October 19, 2015, after the longest official campaign in over a century, Trudeau led the Liberals to a decisive victory in the federal election. The Liberals won 184 of the 338 seats, with 39.5% of the popular vote, for a strong majority government;[167][168] a gain of 150 seats compared to the 2011 federal election.[167]

This was the second-best performance in the party's history. The Liberals won mostly on the strength of a solid performance in the eastern half of the country. In addition to taking all of Atlantic Canada and Toronto,[167] they won 40 seats in Quebec—the most that the Liberals had won in that province since Trudeau's father led them to a near-sweep of the province in 1980, and also the firsttime since then that the Liberals won a majority of Quebec's seats in an election. The 150-seat gain was the biggest numerical increase for a single party since Confederation, and marked the first time that a party had rebounded from third place in the Commons to a majority government.

In addition to the appeal of his party's platform, Trudeau's success has been credited to his performance both on the campaign trail and televised election debates exceeding the lowered expectations created by Conservative advertisements and conservative media outlets.[169][170][171]

Trudeau declared victory shortly after CBC News projected that he had won a majority government. He began his speech with a reference to Wilfrid Laurier's "sunny ways" (French: voies ensoleillées) approach to bringing Canadians together despite their differences. According to Trudeau, Laurier "knew


that politics can be a positive force, and that's the message Canadians have sent today".[172] Harper announced his resignation as the head of the Conservative Party that night.[173][174]

Prime Minister of Canada

Trudeau and the rest of the Cabinet were sworn in by governor generalDavid Johnston on November 4, 2015. He said that his first legislative priority was to lower taxes for middle-income Canadians and raise taxes for the top one per cent of income earners after parliament was reconvened on December 3, 2015.[175] Trudeau also issued a statement promising to rebuild relations with indigenous people and run an open, ethical and transparent government.[176] On November 5, 2015, during the first Liberal caucus meeting since forming a majority government, the party announced that it would reinstate the mandatory long-form censusbills.[181] This stance was in line with a resolution passed by a majority of Liberal party members at its 2012 policy convention.[181] Trudeau's stance was criticized by conservative Catholics, with former MP Jim Karygiannis saying it will "definitely hurt the party",[182] and Toronto cardinal Thomas Collins writing to Trudeau urging him to reverse his ruling,[183] leading Trudeau to defend the position.[184]

Marijuana

Trudeau first publicly expressed an interest in the legalization of marijuana while speaking at a rally in Kelowna, B.C. on July 24, 2013. He told a crowd, "I'm actually not in favour of decriminalizing cannabis. I'm in favour of legalizing it. Tax it, regulate. It's one of the only ways to keep it out of the hands of our kids because the current war on drugs, the current


model is not working. We have to use evidence and science to make sure we're moving forward on that."[185]

In an interview in August 2013, Trudeau said that the last time he had used marijuana was in 2010, after he had become a Member of Parliament: "We had a few good friends over for a dinner party, our kids were at their grandmother's for the night, and one of our friends lit a joint and passed it around. I had a puff."[186][187][188] After analysing the results of the legalization of marijuana in Colorado, Trudeau reiterated his position in favour of the legalization in Canada, saying that Canadians would benefit from analysing the experiences of both Colorado and the state of Washington.[189]

After the Liberal party formed the government in NovemberCanada's Parliamentary Budget Officer.[193] Until then, cannabis in Canada remains illegal (except with a physician's prescription, for medical purposes) Trudeau reminded police forces across the country. He insisted that they “enforce the law”: criminally charge illegal storefront dispensaries. Trudeau also explained that the intent of the legislation is not to encourage recreational use of cannabis. The intent is "to better protect our kids from the easy access they have right now to marijuana [and] to remove the criminal elements that were profiting from marijuana," he told the Toronto Star on December 2, 2016.[194]

Religion

Trudeau's father was a deeply devout Roman Catholic and his mother converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism just prior to their wedding, although she studied Buddhism and considers herself an Anglican now. As a child, he attended


mass each Sunday and said his prayers each night before bedtime. He became a lapsed Catholic at age 18, as he felt that much of his day-to-day life was not addressed by the formality and structure of the church.[54][195] Trudeau described his faith during this period as "like so many Catholics across this country, I said, 'OK, I’m Catholic, I’m of faith, but I’m just not really going to go to church. Maybe on Easter, maybe midnight mass at Christmas.'"[54][195] After the death of his brother Michel in 1998, Trudeau was persuaded by a friend to participate in an Alpha course, during which he regained his faith.[54][195]

He has expressed opposition towards the proposed Quebec Charter of Values, a controversial charter in that province and elsewhere that among otherthings prohibited public sector employees from wearing or displaying "conspicuous" religious symbols, justifying that it would make the people of Quebec "choose between their freedom of religion and freedom of expression, freedom of conscience and their economic well-being and their acceptance in the workplace. That for me is a real concern."[196] The Charter was dismissed after the Quebec Liberal Party won in the 2014 provincial election.

Women's rights

Trudeau identifies as a feminist,[197] having stated, "I am a feminist. I'm proud to be a feminist." Trudeau has also stated that "the Liberal Party is unequivocal in its defence of women's rights. We are the party of the Charter." After being sworn in as Prime Minister, when asked by a reporter why he felt gender parity was important when naming his


cabinet, he replied simply, "Because it's 2015."[198] More recently, he has similarly answered to feminist organizations on social media that "On behalf of the Government of Canada, I am writing back to let you know that I wholeheartedly agree: Poverty is Sexist".[199]

Senate reform

Trudeau has long advocated changes that would make the Senate of Canada a less partisan house. In January 2014, he announced a step that began reducing Senate partisanship by removing Liberal senators from the Liberal caucus.[200]

On December 5, 2015, after his appointment as prime minister, the new government's democratic institutions minister, Maryam Monsef, with House leader Dominic LeBlanc, announced a major overhaul of the appointment process, as Trudeau had promised during the election campaign. The new system consists of five board members—three federal appointees and twofrom the relevant province—who will pick independent candidates, not officially affiliated with any political party, based on merit,[201] a similar concept to the Advisory Committee on Vice-Regal Appointments.

The stated goal of the December, 2015, reform, was to improve the effectiveness of the Senate which had been, according to Monsef, "hampered by its reputation as a partisan institution". She indicated that this reform would not require an amendment to the constitution. The advisory board was expected to have been appointed by the end of December, 2015. The criteria for appointment to the Senate would be "outstanding personal qualities that include integrity and ethics and experience in public life, community service or leadership in their field of expertise". At the time of the announcement, there were 17 Senate vacancies and


these were expected to be filled by the end of 2016.[202]

Indigenous people

Trudeau met with hundreds of chiefs at the Assembly of First Nations on December 7, 2015, and laid out his philosophy and commitments to Canada's indigenous people, to assure their "constitutionally guaranteed rights ... a sacred obligation". In brief,[203] he promised to rescind government policies that are in conflict with their rights, make a significant investment in education programs, increase general funding, and launch an enquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women. Trudeau also indicated that the new government would implement all of the recommendations made by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.[204][205]

Electoral reform

During the campaign prior to the 2015 federal election, Trudeau promised to eliminate the current voting system by the next federal election.[206] Called "first-past-the-post" or"single-member plurality",[207] this system awards the House of Commons seat in any electoral district to the candidate who received the most votes in that electoral riding, and the party with the most seats forms government.[208] Consequently, it is possible for a political party to form a majority government with around 40 percent of the popular vote across Canada.[206]

In December 2015, the government announced that an all-party parliamentary committee would be formed in early 2016 to consider other options. During a discussion of the plan, Minister of Democratic InstitutionsMaryam Monsef referred to it as "an open and robust process of consultation". However, she refused to commit to the Conservative Party's demand for a public referendum that would allow Canadians to vote on their preferred electoral system, indicating that she


does not want to "prejudice the outcome of that consultation process".[210]

There was some controversy regarding the government's initial plans for the Special Committee on Electoral Reform, as the Liberals announced that they would have a majority of the committee's ten seats. Trudeau and Monsef subsequently altered their plans, ceding a majority of the seats to the opposition. Trudeau acknowledged the opposition's concerns that "we were perhaps behaving in a way that was resembling more the previous government than the kind of approach and tone that we promised throughout the electoral campaign", and stated they changed course to show otherwise.[211]

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

Trudeau thinks that Canada needs to study the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement before Canada makes a final decision on ratification.[212] Trudeau said that Canadians should know what effectsTPP would have on different industries, adding that he would hold an open and serious discussion with Canadians.[213]

Foreign policy

On October 22, 2015, Trudeau stated that, once prime minister, he would end Canada's airstrike mission against ISIL.[214][215] In his mandate letter to Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, he also called for increased focus on Canadian trainers for local troops and humanitarian aid for the region.[216]

On November 13, 2015, Trudeau was asked whether his plans to change Canada's contribution to the fight against ISIS and to repeal parts of Bill C-51 would change following the terrorist attacks in Paris. Trudeau responded "It's too soon to jump to conclusions, but obviously governments have a responsibility to keep their citizens safe, while defending our rights and freedoms, and that balance is something the


Canadian government, and indeed all governments around the world, will be focusing on."[217][218][219]

On June 14, 2016, Trudeau refused to recognize ISIS's atrocities as genocide, instead waiting for an official position from the UN Security Council. He switched his position once the UN Commission released its inquiry on Syria.[220][221]

Trudeau supported the Harper-negotiated arms deal with Saudi Arabia,[222] believed to be the largest arms sale in Canadian history.[223]

Fidel Castro's death

Upon hearing the news of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro's death, Trudeau released a statement that described Castro as a "remarkable leader" and a "larger than life leader who served his people." [224] Trudeau was criticized by political observers in Canada and United States for the statement.[225] United States Senator Marco Rubio called the statement "shameful and embarrassing," while Canadian MP MaximeBernier called his remarks "repugnant."[225]The Washington Post questioned many of the claims made in Trudea's statements, saying that Trudeau "appears to accept outdated Cuban government spin as current fact."[226]

Personal life

Trudeau first met Sophie Grégoire when they were both children growing up in Montreal; Grégoire was a classmate and childhood friend of Trudeau's youngest brother, Michel.[227] They reconnected as adults in June 2003, when Grégoire, by then a Quebec television personality, was assigned as Trudeau's co-host for a charity ball; they began dating several months later. Trudeau and Grégoire became engaged in October 2004, and married on May 28, 2005, in a Roman Catholic ceremony at Montreal's Sainte-Madeleine d'Outremont Church.[228] They have three children: Xavier James (born October 18, 2007),[229] Ella-Grace Margaret (born February 5, 2009)[230][231] and Hadrian Grégoire


(born February 28, 2014).[232][233]

In June 2013, two months after Trudeau became the leader of the Liberal Party, the couple sold their home in the Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood of Montreal.[234] They began living in a rented home in Ottawa's Rockcliffe Park, the neighbourhood near where Trudeau resided as a child during his father's time as prime minister.[234]

On August 18, 2014, an intruder broke into the house while Grégoire and the couple's three children were sleeping and left a "threatening note";[attribution needed] however, nothing was stolen and there was no damage to the property. Following the incident, Trudeau, who was in Winnipeg at the time of the break-in, stated his intention to inquire with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police about his home security.[235] After his 2015 electoral victory, Trudeau opted tolive at Rideau Cottage, on the grounds of Rideau Hall, until necessary repairs are completed at 24 Sussex to make it comfortable for his family.[236]

^Wong, Jan (March 28, 2003). "Mr. Conflict of Interest". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved November 20, 2015. Indeed, Levine represented Margaret Trudeau when she got her shows on CJOH television in Ottawa in the early 1980s and later during her divorce from Pierre. And then he represented the former prime minister when he auctioned off his memoirs.

^Brooker, Deborah (February 9, 1983). "Margaret Trudeau today: a TV career, a new man – and her kids". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved November 30, 2015. Q: I understand you insisted that the children attend a public school. A: Pierre wanted them from the beginning to go to a French


Lycée to get a very academic education. I held out, and was able to give good arguments. Pierre has certainly agreed that they've done very well in school. They are all in French immersion, and are quite bilingual. They attend a local public school, and they're just normal little kids doing all the fun things of elementary years.

^Staff (January 12, 1979). "Schreyer children to get bodyguards". Montreal Gazette. Canadian Press. Retrieved November 15, 2015. A team of plainclothes RCMP officers spring into action the moment Trudeau's two oldest boys leave 24 Sussex Drive and hop on the school bus. The officers do not rest until their charges are returned home.

^"TSC History". The Taylor Statten Camps. Retrieved October 25, 2015. Prime Minister Trudeau, a former Ahmek camper himself (andyes, we taught him the "Ahmek J-stroke"), sent Justin, Alexandre (Sasha) and Michel (Mike) to Ahmek. Both Justin and Mike eventually became counsellors.

^McCabe, Daniel (October 22, 2015). "Portrait of the PM-designate as a young man". McGill News. Retrieved November 19, 2015. Trudeau joined the McGill Debating Union at the invitation of a new acquaintance, Butts, then the debating union's vice-president. The two forged a close friendship at McGill that endures today...

^Staff (March 10, 2015). "Canadian Liberty and the Politics of Fear". Liberal Party of Canada. Retrieved November 19, 2015. You know, I dabbled in the Debating Union at McGill. I even debated Ted Cruz once at a tournament at Yale. He hasn’t changed very much.

^Perreaux, Les (October 27, 2006). "Eldest Trudeau son takes poke at Ignatieff stand, nationalism:


'Unfortunately, some people these days are wrapped up in this idea of nation for Quebec'". The Gazette. Montreal. p. A12.

^Macpherson, Son (November 2, 2006). "Pass the peanut butter, it looks like Ignatieff is toast: His 'nationhood' proposal has stirred political heavies to line up against him". The Gazette. Montreal. p. A23.

^Blaze Carlson, Kathryn (May 9, 2012). "Meet Stefania Capovilla, the hairstylist behind these Parliament Hill 'dos". National Post. Retrieved November 3, 2015. Mr. Trudeau had, while sitting in her Somerset salon, lamented his inability to find a formidable Conservative opponent. Ms. Capovilla, who is a stylist for the SunNewsNetwork, recalled the conversation as she did Mr. Brazeau's make-up before an on-camera interview about aboriginal policy. She looked down, saw "those arms," and asked if he would square offInverted papilloma of the lacrimal sac, the paranasal sinuses and the cervical region.
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extremist ideology militate against efforts to eradicate the disease in northwestern Pakistan.Authorities suspended a UN-supported polio vaccination campaign on the outskirts of the city of Peshawar after gunmen attacked two female polio workers on May 28, killing one and injuring another. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.Polio workers have increasingly come under deadly attack in Pakistan, where militants have suggested the vaccine is a plot to sterilize Muslims and accused health workers of spying for the United States.In 2011 Pakistan recorded 198 polio cases, the highest figure for more than a decade, according to the WHO. Last year, 58 polio cases were recorded.until he found someone who knew someone, who knew someone, who lived next door to Tommy. The music executive was impressed enough to encourage Maggie to pursue her music, but since country wasn’t his forte, he equipped the aspiring star with a handful of contacts and enough information to make her way to Nashville. It didn’t take any persuading though. Singing was her dream. She stepped away from Clemson University, where she performed with a Bruce Springsteen cover band, and into her career with encouragement of her parents and Natelli.

Why? The singer-songwriter smiles and simply says, “You can hear the story.” It’s that mindset and a healthy dose of diligence that kept Maggie in Nashville since the age of 19. Starry-eyed and a bit naïve, her first run


to me by a three-year-old marplot and
a hideous rag-doll!

That merciful and ennobling dispensation by which Providence enables us
to temper the severity of our own sufferings by alleviating those of
others, came soon to my rescue. Under my stern glance Toddie gradually
lost interest in his doll and its cradle, and began to thrust forth and
outward his piteous lower lip and to weep copiously.

"Dee Lord, not make me sho bad," he cried through his tears. I doubt
his having had any very clear idea of what he was saying, or whom he
was addressing; but had the publican of whose prayer Toddie made so
fair a paraphrase worn such a face when he offered his famous petition,
it could not have been denied for a moment. Toddie even retired to a
corner and hid his facedon't see what ze angels ever turns out for if 'tis."

"Uncle Harry," said Budge, "when the leaves all go up and down and
wriggle around so, are they talking to the wind?"

"I--I guess so, old fellow."

"Who are you making that bouquet for, Uncle Harry?" asked Budge.

"For a lady--for Miss Mayton--that lady that saw us all muddy yesterday
afternoon," said I.

"Oh, I like her," said Budge. "She looks so nice and pretty--just like
a cake--just as if she was good to eat--Oh, I just love her, don't YOU?"

"Well, I respect her very highly, Budge."

"'Spect? What does 'spect mean?"

"Why, it means that I think she's a lady--a real pleasant lady-just the
nicest sort of lady in the world--the sort of person I'd like to see
every day, and like to see her better than any


cheeks, and a brighter sparkle than
usual in her eyes. Whatever was the cause, she looked queenly, and I
half imagined that I detected in her face a gleam of satisfaction at
the involuntary start which her unexpected appearance caused me to
make. She accepted my apology for Toddie with queenly graciousness, and
then, instead of proposing that we should follow the other ladies, as a
moment before I had hoped she would, she dropped into a chair. I
accepted the invitation; the children should have been in bed half an
hour before, but my sense of responsibility had departed when Miss
Mayton appeared. The little scamps were safe until they should perform
some new and unexpected act of impishness. They retired to one end of
the piazza, and busied themselves in experiments upon a large
Newfoundland dog, while I,people not used to story-making, my progress was not
very rapid; in fact, I had got no farther than the plot indicated above
when an angry snarl came from the children's room.

"What's the matter, Budge?" I shouted, dressing myself as rapidly as
possible.

"Ow--oo--ya--ng--um--boc--gaa," was the somewhat complicated response.

"What did you say, Budge?"

"Didn't say noffin'."

"Oh--that's what I thought."

"DIDN'T thought."

"Budge,--Budge,--be good."

"Don't WANT to be good--YA--A--A."

"Let's have some fun, Budge--don't you want to frolic?"

"No; I don't think frolic is nice."

"Don't you want some candy, Budge?"

"No--you ain't GOT no candy, I bleeve."

"Well, you sha'n't have any if you don't stop being so cross."

The only reply to this was a mighty and audible rustling of the bedding
in the boys' room, followed by a sound strongly resembling that caused
by a slap; then came a prolonged wail, resembling


along with Toddie's wardrobe.

"Where's the button-hook, Budge?" said I.

"It's--I--oh--um--I put it--say, Tod, what did you do with the
button-hook yesterday?"

"Didn't hazh no button-hook," asserted Toddie.

"Yes, you did; don't you remember how we was a playin' draw teef, an'
the doctor's dog had the toofache, and I was pullin' his teef with the
button-hook, an' you was my little boy, an' I gived the toof-puller to
you to hold for me? Where did you put it?"

"I'D no," replied Toddie, putting his hand in his pocket and bringing
out a sickly-looking toad.

"Feel again," said I, throwing the toad out the window, where it was
followed by an agonizing shriek from Toddie. Again he felt, and his
search was rewarded by the tension screw of Helen's sewing-machine.
Then I attempted some research myself, and speedily found my fingers
adhering tolap and began at
once to make payment.

"Bless your dear little heart!" exclaimed Mrs. Mayton; "you're of the
same blood, and it IS good, if it IS rather hasty."

As I arose the next morning, I found a letter under my door.
Disappointed that it was not addressed in Alice's writing, I was
nevertheless glad to get a word from my sister, particularly as the
letter ran as follows:--

"JULY 1, 1875.

"DEAR OLD BROTHER,--I've been recalling a fortnight's experience WE
once had of courtship in a boarding-house, and I've determined to cut
short our visit here, hurry home, and give you and Alice a chance or
two to see each other in parlors where there won't be a likelihood of
the dozen or two interruptions you must suffer each evening now. Tom
agrees with me, like the obedient old darling


The Israeli navy has opened fire on a group of Palestinian fishing boats that sailed off the shore of Gaza to break the years-long siege on the coastal enclave.

The incident took place on Monday after some 55 boats set sail from the Gaza port in the northern Gaza Strip and headed towards the nearest point of the sea border with the occupied territories to challenge the Israeli blockade.

There have been no reports available on casualties yet.

The picture shows Israeli troops firing tear gas canisters at Palestinian protesters on the Gaza beach on September, 10, 2018. (Photo via social media)

Dozens of Palestinians also clashed with Israeli forces on the Gaza beach, prompting the Tel Aviv regime’s troops to fire a barrage of tear gas to disperse the Palestinians.

The pictureshows medics treating injured Palestinian protesters on the Gaza beach on September, 10, 2018. (Photo via social media)

Palestinian Health Ministry reported that at least 49 Palestinians sustained gunshot wounds during the violence or suffered respiratory problems due to inhalation of tear gas. Among the injured was Palestinian reporter, Atieh Hejazi (pictured below), who was covering the event for Iran's Arabic-language Al Alam television news network.

The Gaza Strip has been under an inhumane Israeli siege since 2007 and witnessed three wars since 2008. The blockade has also caused a decline in living standards as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment and poverty.

Tensions have been running high near the Gaza fence since March 30, which marked the start of a series of protests, dubbed “The Great March of Return.” Palestinian


Washington (CNN) Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Republican Rep. Francis Rooney proposed a Constitutional amendment on Thursday that would impose term limits on members of both houses of Congress.

The amendment, co-sponsored by Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and David Perdue (R-Ga.), would restrict senators to two six-year terms and House members to three two-year terms. A similar amendment was proposed by Cruz in January of 2017.

"For too long, members of Congress have abused their power and ignored the will of the American people," Cruz said. "Term limits on members of Congress offer a solution to the brokenness we see in Washington, D.C. It is long past time for Congress to hold itself accountable. I urge my colleagues to submit this constitutional amendment to the states forspeedy ratification."

The concept of term limits has gained traction in both parties -- notably, former Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke, a potential 2020 hopeful who ran against Cruz for the Senate, has called for term limits for Congress earlier this year.

President Donald Trump has voiced his support for term-limits for members of Congress, tweeting in April of last year that he met with a bipartisan group of lawmakers and he endorsed their efforts.

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Patterns of marine bacterioplankton biodiversity in the surface waters of the Scotia Arc, Southern Ocean.
Spatial patchiness in marine surface bacterioplankton populations was investigated in the Southern Ocean, where the Antarctic Circumpolar Current meets the islands of the Scotia Arc and is subjected to terrestrial input, upwelling of nutrients and seasonal phytoplankton blooms. Total bacterioplankton population density, group-specific taxonomic distribution and six of eight dominant members of the bacterioplankton community were found to be consistent across 18 nearshore sites at eight locations around the Scotia Arc. Results from seven independent 16S rRNA gene clone libraries (1223 sequences in total) and fluorescent in situ hybridization suggested that microbial assemblages were predominantly homogeneous between Scotia Arc sites, where the Alphaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria and the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroidetes cluster were the dominant bacterial groups. OfFormer Clinton staffer and Pennsylvania attorney general Kathleen Kane has been sentenced to 10 to 23 months in jail for perjury, false swearing, obstruction of justice, official oppression and conspiracy.

Kane worked on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and was considered a “rising star” before being forced to resign in shame earlier this year.

The former AG had targeted a Republican prosecutor, Frank Fina, who she thought had leaked information about her decision to drop charges against six black Democratic legislators in Philadelphia.

Kane, 50, was the first Democrat and first woman elected attorney general in Philadelphia. She was endorsed for the role by Bill Clinton in 2012.

Now she’s a convicted felon with a string of guilty charges serving 10 to 23 months jail time plus 8 years probation.

WTAE Pittsburgh reports:

Kane didn’t


pass legislation of this nature, back in 2006.

The issue of bullfighting was also brought up by the opposition.

“If they are now ‘sentient beings,’ does a bull not feel?” wondered Sergi Miquel, a deputy in Spanish Congress for the European Democratic Party of Catalonia (PDeCAT) – the party of ousted Catalan premier Carles Puigdemont.

From a legal standpoint, animals are currently considered assets, just like a refrigerator or a television set

Catalonia banned bullfighting in 2011, although it did not ban other controversial forms of entertainment with bulls that are popular during local fiestas. In 2016, Spain’s Constitutional Court struck down the Catalan ban on bullfighting.

A deputy for Unidos Podemos, Juan López de Uralde – a former head of Greenpeace Spain – reminded the PP that it once defended amputating huntingright past her and thudded into a tree trunk, startling several shiny blue frogs.

"It's me!" Sunny shouted, twisting to wave her claws at the leaves around her. "It's Sunny! I'm Queen Glory's friend!" She held out her talons and spread her wings wide, hoping one of the hidden RainWings would remember her.

A face materialized on a nearby branch, his scales shifting from brown and green to dark purple. The dragon blinked a few times, looking more wary than most RainWings Sunny had ever met.

"The queen was looking for a little gold dragon," said a voice behind Sunny, and another dragon emerged, this one shifting to the clementine orange of the flowers. "This could be her."

"Shouldn't we knock her out anyway?" asked the purple dragon. "Just to be safe?


head. The spines on her back moved slowly up and down as she breathed.

Clustered around her were four other dragons, all smaller than her, all glittering with gems and sleeping as well.

"Her brothers and sisters?" Sunny guessed. They stopped well out of sight of the guards, studying the royal camp.

Clay nodded. "I think so." He grinned. "If Starflight were here, he could tell us all their names and personal histories and what they each eat for breakfast every day."

Sunny grinned back, although inside, her stomach felt as though it was trying to eat itself. "I remember one thing I read," she said. "It said that no MudWing queen has ever been challenged by a sister — only daughters. I didn't understand it then, but I do now. Inreunite the family." She bared her teeth at the palace entrance and Sunny spotted Smolder just inside the doorway, where she'd first seen him.

"Aha," Burn snarled. "That was from you. Smolder, bring me the box."

"Now?" he said.

"Don't argue with me," she growled, and he vanished into the palace.

A gift? A gesture of peace — reuniting the family? That doesn't sound like Blister. Sunny flicked her tail anxiously. Or is she really willing to stand down and let Burn be queen?

Smolder returned a few moments later, carrying the box that Sunny had seen on the top floor of the weirdling tower, when she'd been chained up there. As he set it down in front of Burn, it let out a malevolent hiss.

"Burn, be careful," Sunny said. She had a


This blog draws on current affairs, local history, politics, international relations (esp. Africa, the Carribean and the Middle East). My work as a School Governor will creep in and my interest in genealogy and the poet Robert Bloomfield. I live in NW6 Kilburn/West Hampstead so that features too. I co-ordinate and administer the Historic Kilburn Plaque Fund as well as being a Trustee of the Kilburn Festival. Contact: ed.fordham@gmail.com facebook page: ed fordham twitter: edfordham

Friday, 6 May 2011

The Kilburn Watchmaker whom time forgot

On eBay I found a Victorian pocket watch which was made by Dorey Lester and Co, of Kilburn. This was not a name I recognised, so I asked Dick Weindling, a local historian, to see if he could find anything.

He found that Dorey Lester was bornin Snaresbrook (then in Essex), on 1 August 1853 with the wonderful name of Lancelot Dorey Lester. His father, a gardener, was also called Lancelot and was living in Camden Town. Initially, Dorey worked as a company clerk but then he decided to be a clock maker.

On 9 September 1874 at St Mary Willesden, Lancelot Dorey Lester, a clock merchant of Canterbury Road, married Emily Beazant, whose father was a publican. Between 1876 and 1882 they had five children.

In 1871 Dorey was living with his father at 6 Rudolph Road, Paddington. The censuses show that he moved several times; 20 Cambridge Terrace, Kilburn (1881), 31 Kenliworth Road (1891), 25 Winchester Avenue (1901 ) and 33 Oakington Road, Paddington (1911), when he was still married but living alone. So


the circular. He found this was a private house in Kilburn with a brass name plate on the door. Lester was very polite and apologised. He said the offer made it clear that these were only imitation watches and that the demand had been so great that his stock had run out, but my friends were next on the list. When the New Zealand gentleman pointed out the money had been sent over two years earlier, Lester promised to send the watches to his London hotel. He did receive the watches which were only worth the money they had sent, and he returned these to his friends.

But things were not so straightforward. The Times for 28 June 1907 had a report from the Old Bailey when Dorey Lester,the cost of appellate proceedings.
In February 2005, the Debtor replaced George as a personal guarantor of payment of the Promissory Note. The Debtor's acceptance of guarantee obligations was documented by a First Addendum to Promissory Note and Personal Guaranty (the "Replacement Guarantee"), dated February 18, 2005, and signed by the Debtor "as an Individual and Member of SGBD . . . and Guarantor." Appellant and SGBD agreed in the Replacement Guarantee that the Promissory Note and Guarantee would "remain in full effect" subject to the modifications set forth in the Replacement Guarantee. The Replacement Guarantee further provided that,
[The Debtor and Zebny] agree to act as responsible parties for all liability under the [Promissory] Note as members of [SGBD] and under the [Guarantee] as individuals. [The Debtor] has been


a member of [SGBD] since its inception.
Following a default by SGBD of its payment obligations under the Promissory Note, Appellant began collection efforts against SGBD and Zebny, resulting in collection of part of the balance owed on the Promissory Note. However, by late 2008, Zebny ceased communicating with Appellant, and Appellant received notice that SGBD had filed for bankruptcy protection. At that point, Appellant contacted the Debtor to collect under the Replacement Guarantee, without success. On or about May 6, 2009, Appellant filed a complaint in Marin County, California Superior Court against the Debtor for collection of the outstanding balance under the Promissory Note. The Debtor filed his chapter 7 bankruptcy petition on or about June 10, 2009.
On or about August 17, 2009, Appellant filed its complaint ("Complaint")© Getty Images Enlarge England won a thrilling friendly 3-2 against Scotland at Wembley in August

UEFA is working on a potential 'Nations League' competition that would see international friendlies replaced by competitive matches.

The plans, revealed in Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, remain vague but there is a "concrete proposal" to introduce the concept, which may see teams separated into divisions based on their seeding and then competing for promotion and relegation. The season would, theoretically, be played out over ten matchdays between August and June, and the winners of the top division would be crowned champions.

Yngve Hallen, president of the Norwegian Football Association (NFF), told the newspaper: "It is true that this series of games is one of the models being discussed."

Karl-Erik Nilsson, of the Swedish Football Association (SvFF), told


when we receive the final draft. But the first reaction is that creating more interest would not be a bad thing."

The Guardian reports that the European game's governing body is seeking ways to increase TV revenue after "promising large underwritten guarantees to the biggest countries", having taken control of TV rights for its member nations' qualifying matches.

Hallen told Dagbladet: "The success of the Champions League has already inspired the Europa League. This is also something they are trying to look at in connection with the Nations League - how this can sharpen the market. That's what this is largely about."

However, he stressed that the new competition - which may feature nine divisions in total - would feature all member nations. Some have argued that the likes of Sanhe has and advice from his department, it is clear the dam would have "unacceptable impacts on matters of national environmental significance".

"I have based my proposed decision on the science presented to me, and the science shows that this project would have serious and irreversible effects on nationally listed species such as the Australian lungfish, the Mary River turtle and the Mary River cod," Mr Garrett said.

"The area that would be flooded by this proposal is critical habitat for populations of these species. The evidence before me showed that flooding this habitat would have serious consequences for those species, including on their ability to breed and maintain population numbers."

Mr Garrett said that throughout the assessment process, people suggested ways to better protect the Mary River environment and the


of motherhood comments upon and stands in stark contrast to Sophie's loving desire to bring her daughter Brigitte into the welcoming" (79) [viii]

Diasporic politics
Scholars agree that Danticat manages her relationship with her Haitian history and her bicultural identity through her works by creating a new space within the political sphere. In Breath, Eyes, Memory, Danticat employs the "idea of mobile traditions" as a means of creating new space for Haitian identity in America, one that is neither a "happy hybridity" nor an "unproblematic creolization" of Flatbush Brooklyn (28) [ix]. Danticat's open reference to and acceptance of her Caribbean predecessors, especially through the "grand narratives of the dead iconic fathers of Haitian literature," creates a "new community [...] in luminal extra-national spaces" that "situates her narrative" in a placeHer Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

On 2nd June 1953 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II walked towards her throne, dressed in a robe that was as unique as the coronation ceremony itself.

Her Majesty’s robe followed the strict design guidelines of previous coronations:

“ A six yard train in best quality handmade purple silk velvet, trimmed with best quality Canadian ermine 5" on top and underside and fully lined with pure silk English Satin, complete with ermine cape and all being tailed ermine in the traditional manner, and including embroidery by the Royal School of Needlework.”

His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh also had robes made for the coronation. Ede & Ravenscroft’s ledger entry for 21st August, 1952 reads: “A Royal Duke’s Coronation Robe in the best handmade silk velvet trimmed with


finest Canadian ermine. Coronet in metal gilt with airtight case with name inscribed. A page’s uniform complete.”

Ede & Ravenscroft worked closely with the Earl Marshal’s office to ensure that the peers and knights of the orders of chivalry were also correctly dressed.

His Majesty King George III (credit: National Portrait Gallery)

His Majesty King George IV

His Majesty King George IV’s coronation was particularly lavish. Twenty-seven tailors worked around the clock to fulfil orders. William Webb, the forerunner of Ede & Ravenscroft, was the only tailor named as ‘robemaker’ for the event.

Webb worked on robes for knights, officers of the orders of chivalry, mantles for forty-eight Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath and 100 Knights Commander of the Bath. He also supplied clothing for the kings of arms,heralds and pursuivants and many more coronation guests. The result was a coronation unlike anything previously seen.

His Majesty King Edward VII

Her Majesty Queen Alexandra

Ede & Ravenscroft made the robes worn by Queen Alexandra at her husband Edward VII’s coronation.

The Queen was thrilled with the results and presented Rosa with a much treasured, signed engraving of herself in her coronation robes.

“His Majesty King Edward VII and Her Majesty Queen Alexandra's robes were made of magnificent purple silk velvet, embroidered in gold and fully lined with best ermine.”

Royal Coronations

Ede & Ravenscroft has had the privilege of acting as robe maker to the Sovereigns since 1689. A royal coronation is steeped in tradition that has barely changed in 1,000 years.

The coronation robes featured precious materials including silk, mantua, satin, damask, sarsnet,


cloth-of-gold and ermine. Needlework is of the finest detail.An encyclopaedic knowledge of the symbolism and history of previous coronations ensures that the coronation robe embraces modernity whilst paying respectful homage to centuries of tradition.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

His Majesty King George III

In addition to supplying robes for His Majesty King George III’s coronation, in 1761, Ede & Ravenscroft was commissioned to clothe 16 dukes, 46 earls and over 100 peers.

His Majesty King George IV

His Majesty KING EDWARD VII

Her Majesty Queen Victoria’s wonderful 60 year reign meant that by the time her son Edward VII was enthroned a coronation would have been a novel experience for most people.

Rosa Ede, the head of Ede & Son, was granted permission to make the Coronation Robes for His Majesty the King. Asalways, only the finest materials were used including magnificent purple silk velvet, gold thread and best ermine for the coronation robes, the best white cambric for the Colobium Sindonis (the sleeveless tunic) and crimson silk lining for the cloth-of-gold dalmatic and imperial mantles.

Sadly His Majesty King Edward died nine years later. It was decided to adjust his robes for the coronation of His Majesty King George V.

Her Majesty Queen Alexandra

His Royal Highness Prince Charles

Other Royal Robes

The Coronation of His Majesty King George VI and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth

In 1937 Ede & Ravenscroft was honoured to lend its centuries of experience to the coronation of His Majesty King George VI and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.

Specially designed robes were made for a young Princess Elizabeth and her sister, Princess Margaret


Rose.

The Investiture of His Royal Highness Prince Charles

In 1969, Ede & Ravenscroft made the robe for the investiture of His Royal Highness Prince Charles. The robe was crafted from hand-woven purple velvet lined with ermine, and finished with an ermine cape and collar fully lined with white silk. It was similar to the robe made for the previous Prince of Wales, including original solid gold clasps.equipment in the idle New Albany Woolen Mills factory.

The factory buildings were two and three stories in height, located on a six-acre tract on Vincennes Street in New Albany. The factory was reported in 1914 to be "one of the very largest factories in the state of Indiana... and is equipped with machinery, tools, raw materials, parts and accessories for the manufacture of motor cars." In 1911, Ferdinand N. Kahler, founder of the Kahler Co., won a contract to build the frames and other wood components of the American Automobile Manufacturing Company automobiles being assembled in New Albany, Indiana.

Large advertisements were placed in “Popular Mechanics” in April 1911 advertising the sale of American Automobile Co. stock, stating it required additional capital to fulfill existing orders for $450,000 worth


Akihabara / 秋葉原

Akihabara situates in central Tokyo,
and known for its many shops along the streets selling electronic device / Electric Town.
They offer everything from the newest computers, cameras, televisions, i-phones to electronic parts.
Chain store such as Sofmap and Laox are along the main roads,
and Yodobashi Camera complex is on the east side of the Akihabara Station.
In addition, also known as the Holy Land of the geek / OTAKU.
Enthusiastic fans gathered from all over the world.

Geek Holy Land / OTAKU

Akihabara is also famous as a center of Japanese otaku,
meaning a nerd of anime culture in Japanese.
Maid cafes where waitresses dress up and act like maids
or anime characters are popular even among the foreign tourists.

The Akihabara Crossfield complex consists of the Akihabara Dai Building and the UDX building.
The second floorof the UDX Building houses the Akiba Info Center
and the fourth floor is home to the Tokyo Anime Center.

AKB48 Cafe and shop is very close to Akihabara station. Akihabara48 Thheater is,
Don Quijote Building 8F, opposite of UDX Building.
The location is memorable for AKB48 group.
It began from this theater with the concept to say
" Girls Idol that you can meet if you go there. " on December 8, 2005.
From the JR electric town exit,
you can see Radio Kaikan Building.
In 5th floor of this building, Kaiyodo gallery “ Hobby Lobby Tokyo “ is famous.
This shop is the Japan's only retail shop of the model manufacturer.
Many elaborated figurines from popular characters to Buddhist statues, can be found here.

Traditional Japanese buckwheat noodle Restaurants

In the south, There are two Japanese soba restaurants that


this shrine.
People believe that they will bring luck in business and family,
find a future spouse, protect from bad luck and competition.
As " Edo total tutelar / 江戸総鎮守 " through the Edo period,
it had been received a los of reverence from the Shogunate family and Edo people.

In 2015,
the Kanda Festival was held as a large festival to commemorate the sitting 400 years.
Originally celebrated the victory in the " Battle of Sekigahara ",
was said to have been popularized as a festival of the Tokugawa family luck.
In the Edo period,
it was one of the only three festival that parades had been allowed to enter inside the Edo Castle
and referred to as " Tenka Maturi / 天下祭り ".

Tokyo station Marunouchi side (Header picture)

It is a terminal station which should also be calledagency to do to attract activities of foreign travelers,
the major countries of the world has a government tourist office,
fierce outside has developed a customer attract competition.

東京観光財団 / Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau

東京観光情報センター / Tokyo Tourist Information Desk

To facilitate travel for visitors in Tokyo,
the Tokyo Metropolitan Government operates Tourist Information Desks in 150 locations
to offers a lot of tourist information,
including free guidebooks and maps in Tokyo,
in cooperation with local municipalities, accommodations,
transportation facilities and such.

Tokyo Taxi Center operates in the 23 wards of Tokyo, as well as the Musashino City and Mitaka City areas.
In order to ensure your safety and convenience,
we are working with the Minister of Transportation to improve our services so you can have a pleasant taxi experience.


The development of left ventricular torsion and its clinical relevance.
Left ventricular torsion is a measurement derived from the twisting or wringing motion of the heart around its long axis. The calculation is made by measuring the magnitude of rotation at the apex of the heart, and subtracting the rotation at the base. Although the phenomenon of left ventricular twisting was first described in the 17th Century, it wasn't until the 1960s that the first invasive method of measurement was demonstrated. Silver tantalum clips were sutured into the epicardium during cardiac surgery and viewed using cineradiography. Non-invasive torsion measurement has been subsequently developed, adopting Magnetic Resonance Imaging and 2D echocardiography. Interest in the changes of different components of torsion, during various cardiac disease states has developed with the adventpresident! The 2001–2008 period might have been boring as hell.

In a 2001 campaign memoir, Bruni half-sheepishly confessed that Bush had charmed him. (“He often seemed content to get by on as little as possible, and we perhaps focused less on this than we might have in the fall of 1999.”) Yet his memoir explains this as the by-product of Bush’s irresistible charm and comes nowhere close to grappling with what turned out to be one of the most important and consequential failures in the history of American journalism. That Bruni now accuses other journalists of crying wolf about Republican nominees is nothing short of astonishing. Bruni is like the boy who was in charge of spotting wolves, and assured everybody that it was just a bunch of adorable


Saturday, January 30, 2010

Jools Watsham's Developer Diary: New Proposals & New Game

Saturday, Jan 30, 2010: It has been a busy week. We wrapped up a playable demo of a DSiWare game that we've been working on for a couple of months now - let's call that Jack. I sent the demo out to a few publishers for their review. With that project now parked - awaiting a greenlight - we have started the development of a new original project, which is one of the DS retail titles I mentioned last week - let's call that Spirit. It is a very different genre for us, which is very exciting. In addition to some publishers showing interest in its original form, one of the publishers we're in talks with has2014 the air district approved permits for the Bakersfield Crude Terminal to construct an oil water separator and sump system to collect oily water runoff from the facility. Up to two 100-car trains per day can be processed by the terminal.

The lawsuit brought by Communities for a Better Environment, and by Earthjustice on behalf of the Center for Biological Diversity, the Association of Irritated Residents, Stand and Sierra Club, challenged the air district’s permits.

“The San Joaquin Valley region has the highest rate of childhood asthma in the state,” said Maya Golden-Krasner, a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity. “This agreement will help curb diesel pollution and these improvements will go a long way in protecting communities along the rail lines.”

"These safeguards represent a victory for Californians


TOKYO -- When Miho Otani was a college student, she felt the urge to change her "lukewarm" life. Now she is tasked with defending Japanese waters at a time when regional tensions are heating up.

Otani is a Maritime Self-Defense Force commander. In February, she became the first female captain of a Japanese destroyer. On the missile- and torpedo-equipped Yamagiri, Otani and her crew of 200 are responsible for guarding against intrusions by foreign vessels.

Miho Otani

The threat was underscored in early June, when a Chinese naval ship entered a contiguous zone bordering Japan's territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Beijing claims the uninhabited islets, which it calls Diaoyu.

As a skipper, the 45-year-old finds shut-eye is hard to come by. "I don't get enough sleep,as I receive reports day and night," she said with a smile, sitting in the captain's seat on the Yamagiri's bridge.

A mother at sea

It was after watching coverage of the Gulf War that Otani decided to leave college to pursue her calling. She went on to graduate from the National Defense Academy of Japan in 1996 -- one of the first women to do so.

After joining the MSDF, she was assigned to duty afloat for more than a month at a time. This was no small sacrifice: As a divorced mother, Otani had no choice but to ask her parents to look after her daughter for long stretches.

"My daughter grew out of diapers and started talking before I knew it," she said.

When her daughter was in elementary school,


Otani was assigned to sea for six months. In explaining why she would be away for so long, she told her daughter, "I need to take this assignment to become a destroyer captain."

Her daughter is now in junior high school, and stays in a dorm. When Otani became a captain, her daughter said she was happy that her mother's dream had come true.

More than 90% of SDF officials are men, but Otani said she no longer feels discrimination. Still, she does feel pressure to perform well, to help ensure that other women get similar opportunities. In her view, when it comes to national defense, there is no distinction between men and women.limited.
Moreover, we are not here confronted with a conflict in penalties imposed on the one hand by the legislature and by a city council on the other. The general assembly in § 5-21-1 has neither provided for the obtaining of a license nor fixed a penalty for the operation of a secondhand shop without first having obtained a license. Rather, it has left the determination of both questions to the legislative discretion of the town and city councils, foregoing its constitutionally exclusive right to pre-empt the field. In thus delegating its authority, however, the general assembly has placed a limit within which the towns and cities are restricted in their actions.
Nor was the city council empowered to adopt sec. 1.4 by virtue of the authority purportedly conferred on


Assessing Collembola biodiversity under human influence at Three Gorges Area, China.
In this study we comprehensively assessed Collembola biodiversity at Three Gorges Area, one of most diverse habitat regions in China. In total, 3,796 Collembola specimens comprising 9 families, 45 genera, and 103 species (including 14 new species and new records in China) were collected from three primary sampling areas: one nature reserve and two rural and urban areas representing different degrees of human influence. Each sampling area was further divided into nine sampling sites associated with different habitats and altitudes. Analyses of biodiversity data showed that individual abundance was highest in the nature reserve followed by mildly human influenced areas, and then highly influenced areas, and species richness was lowest in highly influenced areas. Hence, we suggest Collembolabiodiversity is systematically lost after urbanization. In the nature reserve, altitude significantly influenced both the species richness and individual abundance, whereas in rural and urban areas, both altitude and the human-altered environmental gradient were influential. We also measured sampling efficiency and estimated potential species richness in these areas. This study serves as both a fundamental survey of Collembola biodiversity, as well as an assessment of human/environmental influence on the Collembola community, and can provide further insight into protecting the soil integrity of the Three Gorges Area.


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There aren’t many singer-songwriters who also know their way around a film score. Classically-trained pianist-turned jingle composer-turned touring rock chick Cheryl B. Engelhardt harnesses a traditional scoring education (thanks, Cornell & Juilliard) and songwriting sensibilities (thanks, bandmates), with a side of intricately lush harmonies. Playful on the piano and a magician with vocals, the New Yorker blends poignant melodies with pop production, and technical proficiency with clever yet soul-touching lyricism. Cheryl is known for her love for partnering with, listening to, and enhancing whatever story she can get her hands on, whether a documentary on eco-tourism, a comedy series, a song collaboration or a commercial for dog food (oh yes she loves her basset hound).

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After years working as a dressmaker in Paris, Tilly returns home to a town in the Australian outback to reconcile with hermother, Molly. Armed with her sewing machine, Tilly transforms the women of the Town, exacting sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.

‘This movie is like a patchwork, little by little you get a really fine piece of work.’

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the County Court at Law No. 6
                   of Hidalgo County, Texas.
____________________________________________________________

                          MEMORANDUM OPINION
                  Before Justices Rodriguez, Vela, and Perkes
                       Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

       Appellant, Savannah Robinson, attempts to appeal a judgment entered on May

25, 2011. On July 7, 2011, theto pass major legislation since Trump took office after their attempts to repeal and replace ObamaCare in the Senate collapsed this week.

Controversies have plagued the Trump administration since Election Day, with key figures like son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner and Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsGOP set to release controversial Biden report Trump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status MORE becoming embroiled in the investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia in that country's efforts to influence the presidential election.

Donald Trump Jr. and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort will publicly testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday about their meeting with a Russian lawyer last year, and Kushner will testify


Today is Thursday, Jan. 30, the 30th day of 2014. There are 335 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On Jan. 30, 1964, the United States launched Ranger 6, an unmanned spacecraft carrying television cameras that crash-landed on the moon, but failed to send back images.

On this date:

In 1649, England’s King Charles I was executed for treason.

In 1862, the ironclad USS Monitor was launched from the Continental Iron Works in Greenpoint, N.Y., during the Civil War.

In 1882, the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was born in Hyde Park, N.Y.

In 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. The first episode of the “Lone Ranger” radio program was broadcast on station WXYZ in Detroit.

In 1939, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Tennessee Electric Power Co. v.Tennessee Valley Authority, upheld the right of the federally-owned TVA to compete with private utilities.

In 1948, Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, 78, was shot and killed in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist. (Godse and a co-conspirator were later executed.)

In 1962, two members of “The Flying Wallendas” high-wire act were killed when their seven-person pyramid collapsed during a performance at the State Fair Coliseum in Detroit.

In 1968, the Tet Offensive began during the Vietnam War as communist forces launched surprise attacks against South Vietnamese provincial capitals.

In 1972, 13 Roman Catholic civil rights marchers were shot to death by British soldiers in Northern Ireland on what became known as “Bloody Sunday.”

In 1974, President Richard Nixon delivered what would be his last State of the


years ago: Michael Steele was elected the first black chairman of the Republican National Committee. President Barack Obama signed a series of executive orders that he said should “level the playing field” for labor unions in their struggles with management. Ingemar Johansson, who stunned the boxing world by knocking out Floyd Patterson to win the heavyweight title in 1959, died in Kungsbacka, Sweden. Former Alabama Gov. Guy Hunt died in Birmingham at age 75.

One year ago: In a dramatic appeal before the Senate Judiciary Committee, wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords urged Congress to enact tougher curbs on guns, saying, “too many children are dying” without them. Israel conducted a rare airstrike on a military target inside Syria amid fears President Bashar Assad’s regime could provide powerful weapons toresentful of the west.

In the early days of his presidency, Barack Obama was bubbling over with messages for the Iranian people. In comparison, today’s silence is deafening. The west has become so involved in its political brinkmanship with the mullahs that it has lost sight of how its actions play out internally in Iran. But public sentiment should not be ignored, as what unfolds in Iran will have as much to do with Iranians as it does with Iranian politicians.

The west must outline that sanctions are not designed to target the people of Iran, but Iranian officials and the Revolutionary Guard elite who now control large swaths of the economy. Iranians need to hear that the west is applying sanctions as a means to avoid a worse confrontation,


The west is losing goodwill among the secular-minded Iranians who in 2009 demonstrated in the streets carrying placards asking Obama for his help.

The US and its allies in Europe must take to television, and resume their conversation with the Iranian people. Most Iranians watch TV news religiously, and an audience of millions tunes in to satellite broadcasts by BBC Persian and Voice of America’s Persian network.

BBC Persian is emerging as an especially influential voice among Iranians, and the platform offers an easy means for American and European officials to complement sanctions with public diplomacy. With news quick to reverberate across Iran’s voluminous blogosphere, there are myriad ways for Iranians to hear what the west has to say. It is a grim task, explaining to Iranians precisely who issequences of finite groups. [III]{}. , 25(2):142–144, 1978.

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USA kicks out Syrian diplomats

The State Department on Tuesday announced the official closing of the Syrian Embassy in Washington and said that Syrian diplomats there and in consulates elsewhere in the United States must leave by the end of this month.

Daniel Rubinstein, the Obama administration’s special envoy for Syria, tied the decision to this week’s three-year anniversary of the beginning of the Syrian upheaval.

“In consideration of the atrocities [Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s] regime has committed against the Syrian people, we have determined it is unacceptable for individuals appointed by that regime to conduct diplomatic or consular operations in the United States,” Mr Rubinstein said in a statement.

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In the early hours of Saturday, Aug. 8, Amber Monroe of Detroit became the 12th transgender woman of color to be killed in 2015—and that number is a conservative estimate.

“[Amber] loved to dance,” Bre Campbell told Fusion. Campbell is a trans activist from Detroit living in Washington, D.C., where she’s a fellow at the National LGBTQ Taskforce. She knew Monroe from the Horizons Project, which specializes in HIV/AIDS prevention and care for adolescents at Wayne State University.

“She would always come to my groups," Campbell said of Monroe, who was 20 at the time she was killed. "She kind of looked up to me a little. She told me a lot about her life. She was just funny, really funny.”

Campbell recently started


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Dark
Paladin has a review of the Pharonic Guardian set
today. DP also has "Finalists: Round 1 of Dark
Paladin's Create a Card Contest".

Mofox
stops by with Part 2 of his journey from Newbie to the UK
Nationals.

Our Card of the Day
is a Yu-Gi Twofer. A "Two-Gi" if you will. We look at the
combo cards of
Silent Magician Lv. 4 and Lv. 8. EMoD, Dark Paladin and
Dark Maltos combine their knowledge.

Thursday,
February 23, 2006JaeLove
has another new Featured Article for you guys today.
That's two days in a row! Today's
article is titled: "Assessing the Forbidden List" Check out
JAELOVE's Smooth
Journey today.

We have another new Featured Writer to introduce to you
today: Mofox. He's married, in his twenties, &
has a kid ... pretty much not your typical Yu-Gi-Oh fan.
However he is a HUGE Yu-Gi-Oh fan. He's doing a seriesof
articles of his progress from utter newbie to eventually
dueling at the National Championships in the UK. Check
out "Mofox’s
journey from Newbie to the UK National Tournament".
Part 2 will go up tomorrow, with more to follow.

Tebezu checks in with a new Featured Article
today as well. Today he's building an Elemental Heroes
Deck.

We launch into our Card of the Day
-
VW-Tiger Catapult. Dark Paladin, ExMinion
Of Darkness, Rj and Dark Maltos check out this cards stripes.

We have a nice sized pile of new reader submitted
TCG Card Tips
to keep you busy.

Wednesday,
February 22, 2006JaeLove
has a new Featured Article for you guys. Today's
article is titled: "Fixing the Game Part Three: Champions of
Yu-Gi-Oh!" Check out
JAELOVE's Smooth
Journey today.

Our Card of the Day
is
Orca Mega-Fortress of Darkness. Dark Paladin, ExMinion
Of Darkness, Dark Maltos
and RJ have reviews.

We have another new Featured Writer


to introduce to you
together -
Tebezu. Check out today's article on a VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult
Cannon deck.

Jordan Romig has a
tournament report from dueling action with his Speed
Control Beatdown deck that he played at The Toy Chest in
North Carolina.

Tuesday,
February 21, 2006Rune J°rgensen
sent us an email this morning letting us know that the
Japanese Banned & Restricted List came out today in Japan.
Here's a
link to the Japanese site, with an English "filter" on
it so you can see the list that goes into effect March 1st
in Japan.

Our Card of the Day
is
Trap Jammer. Dark Paladin, Dark Maltos, TheDungeonMaster
and Otaku all jam on this card.

YamiBakuraFan
has a new Featured
Article for you. He
went to Katsucon (an anime convention) this past weekend and
wrote up a full report of his search for Yu-Gi-Oh! at Kastsu! Check out
YamiBakuraFan's Little
Shop of Horrors for"YamiBakuraFan invades Katsucon.".

Dark
Paladin has an small update on his Create a Card
Contest. DP also has his thoughts on the upcoming
April Ban List in a detailed article.

Ryoga has another new puzzler
for you, and the solution to the last puzzler in When Cards
Collide! Check out "#58: Succession".
Can you win the game in 1 turn?

ss4giel stops by for the first time in 2006 with a
new Featured Article for you. Today he has a detailed
look at the "Merchant Pot Turbo deck". Check out ss4giel
ssays...

Friday,
February 17, 2006 Our Card of the Day
is
Dragon Seeker. Dark Paladin, Dark Maltos, Ryoga, EMoD,
Rj and Dawn Yoshi attempt
to seek out a reason why for this card.

Deathjester
is back with a
huge Featured Article in
Deathjester's Dojo. Today's article is
titled: "New Ideas and Innovations: The “Best YuGiOh
Player in Jacksonville, FL” Tournament".
Deathjester analyzes


Leon's
South Wall Corner Club.

Dark Paladin
has a new article today. It's "Spellcasters--the
Forgotten Decktype Part 3."

Deathjester
is back with a new Featured Article in
Deathjester's Dojo. Today's article is
titled: "Burn/Stall: A New Type".

Dark Maltos has a new Featured Article today titled:
"The Bluffer".

Today's Card of the Day
is
Swords of Revealing Light. Dark Paladin has a review.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Double Pack Announced - An announcement was
made by Konami of Europe, stating that the Yu-Gi-Oh license
will be seeing a double pack release for the GBA. The double
pack includes Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards, and Yu-Gi-Oh!
Reshef of Destruction. Though the double pack is a classic
"double dip" for the GBA, it does include three limited
official trading cards, making it a must-buy for collectors
and card-battlers alike. -
Full Story from IGN

Friday,
February 3, 2006YamiBakuraFan
has a new Featured
Article for you. Today he's looking at strategiesinvolving the
"Kuriboh" cards.
Check out
YamiBakuraFan's Little
Shop of Horrors for "The Trouble With Tribbles".

Rj has a
small update for you in his Featured Article section on what
he has planned for you coming up.

Wednesday,
February 1, 2006JaeLove
has a status update to let everyone know what he's been up
to. He has an update on the East vs. West Team Battle,
the status of Team Savage, and what's been keeping him so
busy. Check out
JAELOVE's Smooth
Journey today.

Today's Card of the Day
is
Nightmare Steelcage. EMoD, Otaku, Dark Paladin, Rj,
Ryoga, Dark Maltos and Coin Flip uncage some reviews on
this card.

SeaCoastOnline (NH) has a fun article about YuGiOh
today. "Mastering the Art of Yugioh".

Shonen Jump's Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Championship Hits Durham,
North Carolina - On February 25–26, Upper Deck
Entertainment and Star City Games will welcome duelists from
around the world to compete in a Shonen


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New York (CNN Business) Chicago just got a major caffeine jolt from Starbucks.

The coffee chain opened its world's largest Roastery location on Friday. The five-story location is 35,000 square feet, overtaking the Tokyo Roastery as Starbucks' biggest location. Located in the city's Magnificent Mile neighborhood , the new Roastery is replacing a former Crate and Barrel location. It was first announced in 2017.

Starbucks SBUX said the Chicago Roastery is a tribute to the city and region, where it has nearly 800 Starbucks stores and employs more than 18,000 people. The Roastery itself has 200 employees.

Roasteries are intended to be tourist attractions . They feature specialty coffees and teas, on-premise roasters and massive coffee casks where freshly roasted beans are held. They also have bars with craft cocktails andserve fancier food than a normal Starbucks location.

The interior of the Starbucks Roastery in Chicago.

The Chicago location has all of that and a unique design that emphasizes the building's natural light from the massive windows. Centrally located in the store is a 56-foot steel cask that stores coffee beans. Surrounding it is the region's first-ever curved escalator that gives customers a 360-degree view of the store.

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Utah (12-0, 8-0 MWC) wrapped up their second perfect regular season in five years after handling rival BYU (10-2, 6-2) 48-24. The victory over the Cougars essentially assures the Utes an automatic berth in a BCS game sometime in January. The lone obstacle in Utah's way would be if somehow an undefeated Boise State overtakes the Utes in the human polls and makes up enough ground in the polls to overcome the large deficit in the computer rankings.

It was obvious from the early going that the Utes skill players were just too fast for BYU's defense and the outcome would be determined on the other side of the ball. Utah's offense ripped through the Cougars zone defense, piling up yards, first downs and points. In the first half,it appeared BYU's offense was up to the challenge of matching the Utes point for point in a shootout. That impression drastically changed midway though the third quarter.

Utah's defense dominated the second half, forcing turnovers on BYU's final five drives and allowing the offense to put the game away. BYU's efficient offense, which had converted nearly 60% of their third downs on the season, stalled when they needed to make plays to keep drives going. BYU was just 4 for 12 on third downs against Utah's fast, aggressive defense. Utah's effort and execution on both sides of the ball put the game away and put the Utes in the BCS.

Regardless of where the Utes end up, this team will have the chance to do something that has never


been done at Utah, not even during the 2004 season: win 13 games in one season. Perfection has never been sweeter up on the Hill, with the 2008 Utes overcoming pre-season rankings, predictions, and several tight games along the way to becoming possibly the most beloved team in Utah football history.

Picked before the season started to finish a distant second to BYU and just ahead of TCU, Utah found themselves unranked and largely overshadowed by their conference brothers on the national scene. Taking the season game by game, week by week, Utah prevailed and found themselves in position to mark themselves as the premier non-BCS team and a name college football fans throughout the country will know and respect. All Utah has to do is heed the adviceMountain West commissioner Craig Thompson gave as he handed over the conference trophy, "Remember you have one more bowl game left."

In addition to wrapping up the conference title, Utah quarterback Brian Johnson might have wrapped up the conference offensive Player of the Year award, as he directed Utah's offense to near perfection, completing an unbelievable 30 of 36 passes for 303 yards and 4 touchdowns. The Utes might sweep the conference awards, with Louie Sakoda a virtual lock to win the Special Teams Player of the Year while Paul Kruger and Derrick Shelby have outside shots of defensive and freshman player of the year respectively.

Bowl reps from the Fiesta, Sugar, and Orange Bowls were in attendance, as were reps for the Las Vegas Bowl. The Utes represented well


on the field and in the stands in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl, defeating Pittsburgh 35-7 in front of more than 65,000 Ute fans. Will the Utes travel as well for Utah's January 2008 destination? Johnson believes so. "Miami, New Orleans, Phoenix, it doesn't matter," Johnson said to the thousands of Utah fans gathered around him at midfield, "We'll be there!"

Game Balls:

Utah: Brian Johnson, Paul Kruger. Johnson's outstanding day has already been mentioned, but his cool demeanor and leadership skills were on full display last night as well. Kruger made the play of the game in the third quarter, dropping into an unconventional zone-blitz, coming across the formation to intercept a pass that he returned to the BYU 4 yard line. Utah scored on the next play to goup 17 points and the game was over.

BYU:Harvey Unga. Unga capped a somewhat disappointing year by playing with the heart and tenacity he displayed a year ago. Unga ran for 116 yards and 2 touchdowns on just 15 carries, running either around or through Utah defenders on every carry.


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Cape Town narrowly misses the Top 10, ousted by big names like the Great Barrier Reef, Paris and Bora Bora, which places in first, second and third spots respectively.

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef ecosystem in the world, and, alongside Table Mountain, is named one of seven natural wonders of the world.

Erin Shields, travel editor for US News says the Great Barrier Reef is a once in a lifetime vacation, and it's been in the news recently because of coral bleaching. "Travellers need to see it soon, because there might not be as much left."

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