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Fire began on November 27 and spread to 17,000 acres

(CNN) Two juveniles face charges of aggravated arson in connection with a deadly Tennessee wildfire that began in late November and spread to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, according to Mark Gwyn, director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

Additional charges are being considered, 4th District Attorney General James Dunn said, including the possibility of seeking a transfer to adult criminal court.

He said the youths were from Tennessee, but not from Sevier County, where the fires started. Neither their ages nor genders were released.

Fourteen people lost their lives in the fires and more than 175 more were injured, according to officials. Residents and visitors to the resort-heavy area were amongMedia playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Alex Salmond speaking outside court said: "Let me say at the outset, I am innocent of any criminality whatsoever."

Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has appeared in court charged with attempted rape and sexual assault.

He faced a total of 14 charges at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, also including breach of the peace and indecent assault.

The 64-year-old made no plea during the hearing and was released on bail.

Outside court, Mr Salmond said he was "innocent of any criminality" and added that he would defend himself "to the utmost".

Police had been investigating following a Scottish government inquiry into complaints of sexual harassment against Mr Salmond.

Mr Salmond, who was first minister from 2007 to 2014, was interviewed by police on Wednesday.

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Image caption Alex Salmond arrived at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday to hear the charges made against him

He arrived at the court shortly before 14:00 on Thursday for a short hearing, which took place in private.

Mr Salmond was accused of two charges of attempted rape, nine of sexual assault, two of indecent assault and one breach of the peace.

Speaking outside the court following the hearing, the former MP and MSP said: "Now that these proceedings, criminal proceedings, are live it is important to respect the court.

"And therefore, the only thing I can say is I refute absolutely these allegations of criminality and I'll defend myself to the utmost in court."

Judicial review

No date has yet been fixed for the next hearing in the case.

The news comes two weeks afterMr Salmond was at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, where the Scottish government conceded that its internal investigation of complaints against him was flawed.

The former first minister had launched a judicial review against the government he once led over how it had handled its inquiry, saying he had been treated unfairly.

That case was focused on the government's processes, not the substance of the complaints - which Mr Salmond has denied.

Alex Salmond's political career

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Salmond was twice leader of the SNP, but quit the party in 2018 after taking legal action against the government


Norwich radio station WNUB will celebrate 50 years on air this December

Students do a show at Norwich’s radio station WNUB, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary this December. Evan Bowley Photo

WNUB has clearly been able to stand the test of time as Dec. 8, 2017, marks its 50th anniversary at Norwich University. A celebration of its 50 years will take place on the 8th in the Mill located in the Wise Campus Center.

Professor Doug Smith has been the manager of the station since 1999, and teaches classes that teach students the fundamentals of running a radio station, as well as how to run their own show.

“The experience is really good for them in terms of understanding how radio stations and radio broadcasting really works,” said Smith.

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The court conducted Pack's sentencing hearing on October 28, 1983 and November 9, 1983, and, on November 14, 1983, the court entered its findings of fact and conclusions of law.  The court found Pack to be a dangerous special offender within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 3575 and sentenced Pack to a ten-year term of imprisonment.  Pack appealed his sentence, and, on October 22, 1984, this court affirmed.

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On February 22, 1985, Pack filed a motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2255 arguing that he was denied effective assistance of counsel because:


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Relying on Solina v. United States, 709 F.2d 160 (2d Cir.1983),1 Pack argues that because he was primarily represented by an individual not licensed to practice law he was denied effective assistance of counsel.

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While Pack's argument might have had merit had Coiner actually rendered legal assistance to Pack, the record amply supports the district court's conclusion that Coiner did not represent or render legal assistance to Pack.  Specifically, at the hearing before the Magistrate, Coiner testified that he was hired by the law firm of McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland as a law clerk in December of 1982, while he was completing his third year of law school.  He added that he was first introduced to Pack in August of 1983, in name only andnot as an associate of the firm.  He states that he was primarily a fact finder for the law firm and had interviewed Pack to ascertain the facts of the case.  He testified further that he had given Pack copies of the possession of a firearm and dangerous special offender statutes but never interpreted the law, advised Pack of his options, or suggested a course of action.  Coiner further testified that he remembered discussing with Pack the fact that he had taken the bar examination but had not yet received the results.

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Terry McBrayer then testified at the hearing that Coiner was employed by the firm primarily as a "runner" and a "handholder" to appease both Pack and his family.  He added that he personally


gathered most of the information in Pack's case and interviewed numerous witnesses.  He testified further that Pack was well aware that the firm was awaiting Coiner's bar results.

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Moreover, Pack testified that he thought Coiner had introduced himself as a member of the firm, but Pack admitted that he could not fully remember what Coiner had told him.  Pack also admitted that McBrayer had represented him in court on September 30, 1983, when he pleaded guilty although Coiner also had attended that hearing.

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The record thus amply supports the district court's conclusion that Pack was not represented by an individual not licensed to practice law, and, accordingly, was not denied effective assistance of counsel on this basis.

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B. Failure to Raise Defenses and Failure to Challenge Presentence Investigation Report

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Packstrategy rather than one of error.  Defense counsel Kirkland testified at the hearing that he considered but rejected the possibility of raising diminished capacity defenses such as intoxication and insanity.  He believed that such defenses were not sustainable and advised Pack to plead guilty so as not to inflame the sentencing judge and risk a lengthier sentence.  Additionally, defense counsel McBrayer testified that he considered raising intoxication as a defense because he was aware Pack was intoxicated at the time he held a handgun to a deputy sheriff's head.  He stated that he abandoned such defense, however, after he interviewed numerous eyewitnesses, Pack, and Pack's family and found the evidence lacking.  Counsel's decision not to develop the defense of intoxication was therefore apparently


impose a more lenient sentence.

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We first note that the record is devoid of any supporting evidence that an agreement had been effected between the court and defense counsel.  Defense counsel McBrayer testified at the hearing before the Magistrate that he most probably told Pack that the firm had a rapport with the trial court because Kirkland had worked as an assistant United States Attorney for six years.  He added, however, that the firm was also aware of the trial court's strict view of defendants who had committed crimes involving police officers.  In an affidavit, defense counsel Kirkland stated that he told Pack he would make the best possible effort to convince the trial court that, at age 41, Pack was no longer dangerous.  Headded, however, that he never guaranteed Pack a successful outcome.  The record further indicates that Pack, at his sentencing hearing, indicated to the court that he was freely and voluntarily pleading guilty and that his plea was not entered as the result of any representation or promise made or extended to him by any person.  The record thus fails to support Pack's contention.

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Second, there is also no support for Pack's contention that his counsel failed to inform him of the maximum possible sentence he could receive under the penalty enhancement provision of the dangerous special offender statute.  Defense counsel McBrayer testified at the hearing before the Magistrate that he discussed the dangerous special offender statute with Pack and that Pack never told him that he


The 10 Best Chinese Restaurants in Singapore

From michelin-star meals to bustling family restaurants, here are the 10 best Chinese restaurants in Singapore.

The Chinese diaspora form the major ethnic group in Singapore, at over 70% of the population. Largely descended from Southern Chinese immigrants who sailed over to seek their fortune in foreign lands, these early Singaporeans brought their food and culture along with them. This had a heavy influence on the local culinary scene, resulting in the wide variety of Chinese restaurants in Singapore that can be found today.

This Taiwanese Dim Sum restaurant chain has over 20 outlets all over Singapore, with the outlet in the basement of Paragon Shopping Centre was the first to open in Singapore back in 2003. The consistency of good food across themore. While its sister Teochew Cuisine outlet has the coveted Michelin Star, we prefer Super Peking Duck located at Paragon Shopping Centre for its excellent Beijing-style roasted duck with crispy non-oily skin, carved and served in the traditional manner right at your table. You need to pre-order the duck when you book your table. Other signature items include the sautéed crab claw and the salted egg yolk baby lobster.

Chui Huay Lim Teochew Cuisine

The Teochews were one of the founding Chinese dialect groups in Singapore, and Chui Huay Lim Teochew Cuisine is housed in one of their most historical spots – the Chui Huay Lim Club, a 170-year old organisation set up to facilitate business between Teochew businessmen. The restaurant is known for its authentic cuisine, and favourites include


at the East Coast Seafood Centre right along the coastline was the first, opened in 1987. Jumbo is well known for chilli crab, a must-eat for seafood lovers looking for a taste of the local fare. The chilli crab sauce at Jumbo is a rich thick gravy that’s sweeter than it is spicy, perfect to mop up with a few steamed buns. The black pepper crab is an equally good alternative, and other must-eat dishes include the salted egg prawns and crispy fried baby squid.

PUTIEN – Kitchener Road, Singapore

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How does reducing global poverty create U.S. jobs? When people in developing nations transition from barely surviving, to middle and upper-class, they go from consumers of basic needs, like food or toothpaste, to consumers of more luxurious items like clothing, travel and technology. Reducing poverty opens giant, untapped markets for the United States. Luxury items like these are primarily operated by American companies, and an increase in demand for product stimulates more American jobs.

One in five American jobs is related to international trade in some way. In the last forty years, the impact that trade has on the U.S. economy has tripled.

The fastest-growing markets in the world are in developing countries, and 45 percent of the United States exports go to these areas. Foreign Policy Magazine states that


the world’s poor is the largest untapped market on earth. “By building new markets overseas for American products, the International Affairs budget creates jobs and boosts the economy here at home,” says Governor Tom Ridge, former secretary of homeland security.

In fact, the majority of the U.S.’s top trading partners (the countries who buy our products, pouring money into our economy and providing jobs to thousands of Americans) used to benefit from U.S. foreign aid that helped them reduce poverty.

This is shown by the Marshall Plan. Implemented after World War II, the United States invested the equivalent of 110 billion dollars in both ally and enemy countries across Europe, helping them rebuild and reduce poverty.

Today, 240 billion dollars of American goods are exported to EU countries each year. TheUnited States has made back double what their initial investment was in just one year of trade. What if this same principle is applied to developing countries?

The largest corporations in America understand the economic potential of untapped markets throughout the developing world, the subsequent boost in American jobs that accessing these markets could provide and the dire need for the United States’ foreign policy to invest in developing countries through aid.

In July 2012, over 50 major companies collaborated and sent a letter to Congress in support of the International Affairs Budget. It is in the economic interest of Google, IBM, CitiBank, Coca-Cola, Campbell Soup Company, Cargill, John Deere, Land O’ Lakes, PepsiCo, Walmart, Kraft, Johnson & Johnson and others to alleviate global poverty.

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Making music in the military

In Israel, joining the amy doesn’t mean the end of your musical career, in fact for many of the country’s most talented musicians, it’s just the start.

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Members of the IDF Education and Youth Corps Band record a song.

Twenty-year-old Leah Korchemny has been playing the viola since she was seven. Two years ago, when she graduated from the Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts in the Tel Aviv suburb of Givatayim, she was considered one of the top teen musicians in Israel.

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of ultra-Orthodox protesters who attempted to block the main highway near Modiin were removed from the area by police. The protesters began praying along the highway shoulders, Walla reported.

Near Bnei Brak, demonstrators blocked the Geha highway and caused massive traffic jams, Israel Radio reported. Demonstrators also threw a police motorcycle, driverless, onto the street.

Police also reported gatherings of ultra-Orthodox demonstrators near Beit Shemesh.

Overall, nearly thirty demonstrators were arrested in different locations throughout the country and three policeman suffered light injuries, Ynet reported.

Rabbi David Zicherman, one of the organizers of the Jerusalem protests, called on the ultra-Orthodox public to start a civil disobedience movement and stop paying taxes.

“You are pushing us into a corner,” he said of the government. “We will start a war with the State of Israel,been reached by committee members on a formula for enforcing the eventual law by imposing criminal penalties on those who try to evade their service.

In an interview with the ultra-Orthodox Kol Hai radio Thursday, Shaked said the committee was still working on a text for the controversial bill that will be acceptable to all parties.

Earlier in the day media reports claimed that four senior members of the committee, representing the Jewish Home, Hatnua, and Labor parties, had secretly reached an agreement on the nature of criminal charges that would be brought against ultra-Orthodox men who try to dodge the draft.

On Thursday, Yedioth Ahronoth published details from a proposed version of the bill that is to be voted on by the committee next week. The newspaper said that the


bill will lay out quotas for the coming few years, based on an increasing percentage of the total number of ultra-Orthodox eligible for national service.

Israeli men and women are usually drafted into the army at the age of 18. However, ultra-Orthodox Israeli men were mostly exempt from army or national service until July 2012, when the Tal Law, under which the exemptions were granted, was declared unconstitutional. The dissolution of the law has forced parliamentarians to draw up new legislation that would conscript ultra-Orthodox and Israeli-Arab men into the military.

According to the report in Yedioth Ahronoth, in 2014 the planned quota is 3,800 men, or about 47.5% of all ultra-Orthodox men eligible for army service. Of that number, 2,300 are to inducted into the army and 1,500 willinadvertent overcharges since Sept. 1, the new operator of the city’s parking system said.
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On June 15, 1923, they received their charter - No. 417 - and 30 prominent business and professional women of Scranton became the first members of the Scranton Business and Professional Women's Club. They elected Mary Tripp as their president.

The group had already existed as the Scranton Branch of the National Women's Association of Commerce. But when they discovered that a national federation existed, they decided to become affiliated with it. The National Federation was organized in St. Louis in 1919. According to the Business and Professional Women's Foundation, as the nation mobilized to join the First World War, the federation grew out of a movement to organize women and their various skills.

1923


was a big year for the Scranton club. It was represented for the first time at a state convention. Five members journeyed to Philadelphia to attend. There were just two other business and professional women's clubs in the state at the time - in Hazleton and Stroudsburg. From that time on, so many members of the Scranton club attended state and national conventions that they earned a reputation as "the goingest club in the state."

At home, they were just as active. In 1925, the club established a Milk Fund, which gave either a quart or a pint of milk per day, according to need, to families all over the city. The fund continued until 1927, when it became the Memorial Education Fund. The new fund was first usedto pay for music lessons for a girl who had a promising voice but no money to fund her musical education. The following year, the fund was made into an educational loan fund for girls who wished to attend business schools. The first loan was given to a girl to pay for tuition at the Powell School of Business. Charles Powell took an interest and furnished $25 worth of books and supplies to the girl. Later, the fund expanded to include girls who sought education to prepare for a professional career.

The Great Depression brought attention to the economic realities of women's lives. "The present crisis for women is one of economic security," Mrs. Beulah Manley told a gathering of the club at the Hotel Casey in May 1937.


The international relations chairwoman of the Business and Professional Women's Clubs was also a supervisor of home economics in Williamsport public schools. The status of women had reached its apex during the war, she explained. But it had decreased legally, economically and politically since then.

For women, that meant a struggle to feed and clothe their children. These difficult years found members of the Scranton club giving their own money many times to assist the area's families in need. They gave clothes and financial assistance. They donated generously to the Soup Fund that provided nutrition to children. A special fund assisted local high school girls, several of whom were given eyeglasses so they could continue their studies.

During World War II, the women rallied to the cause, purchasing a totalof 20 $100 defense bonds and later cashing them in to help several girls complete their college education. In 1943, at the 20th anniversary celebration of the club, guest speaker Mrs. Harold Case said that, in the past, women's contributions were made without benefit of spotlight and were discredited by men as being of secondary importance.

But all that was changing. Women could now accomplish anything they wished to accomplish, Mrs. Case declared. "Woman is taking a more prominent place of responsibility than she has ever known or dreamed about before," she said. And the Business and Professional Women's Club was there to help make it happen.

CHERYL A. KASHUBA is a freelance writer specializing in local history. Visit her at scrantonhisto ry.com. Contact the writer: localhistory@timesshamrock.com.

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caregivers often choose to use infant formula. Promoting food safety in infants requires safe preparation and use.

Use infant formula within two hours of preparation. If the infant does not finish the entire bottle, the remainder is thrown away. If the prepared feed is not used right away, refrigerating it immediately will slow the growth of microorganisms, however it must be used within 24 hours.

Cronobacter, formerly known as Enterobacter sakazakii, is a group of bacteria that can be found in the environment. The germs can also live in dry foods, such as powdered infant formula. Anybody can get sick from Cronobacter, but the infection occurs most often in infants. Cronobacter infections are rare, but they can be deadly in newborns. Infections in infants usually occur in the first daysMan who was 17 at time of crime was sentenced to three years in a reform facility in August 2013 over fatal attack that triggered outrage

The youngest convict in a fatal gang-rape in New Delhi has been released from a youth correctional facility, sparking street protests and condemnation from the victim’s parents.

The rape and murder of 23-year-old student Jyoti Singh on a bus in Delhi in 2012 caused global outrage and triggered reform of legislation relating to sexual offences. Her family allowed her to be named in an attempt to end the stigma facing sex attack victims in India.

The freed man, who was 17 at the time of the crime and cannot be named, was sentenced to three years in a reform facility in August 2013 and finished


his term this weekend. Under Indian law, regardless of the crime, under-18s can be imprisoned for a maximum of three years.

On Friday Delhi’s high court rejected a petition to extend the sentence, saying that the man had served the maximum under the law. Several activists and politicians demanded that he not be released until it could be proven that he had reformed. The supreme court rejected an appeal against his release on Monday.

Days after the third anniversary of the attack, Indian police confirmed that the rapist, now 20, had completed his spell behind bars. He is now being supervised by a non-governmental agency, which will help him to receive training to become a tailor.

“The convict was handed over to an NGO. He is no longer under the jurisdictionof the object, in a post-2008 art market.

Cultural critic Steven Shaviro has criticized object-oriented ontology as too dismissive of process philosophy. According to Shaviro, the process philosophies of Alfred North Whitehead, Gilbert Simondon, and Gilles Deleuze account for how objects come into existence and endure over time, in contrast to the view that objects "are already there" taken by object-oriented approaches. Shaviro also finds fault with Harman's assertion that Whitehead, Simondon, and Iain Hamilton Grant undermine objects by positing objects as manifestations of a deeper, underlying substance, saying that the antecedence of these thinkers, particularly Grant and Simondon, includes the "plurality of actually existing objects", rather than a single substance of which objects are mere epiphenomena.

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Friday, January 25, 2008

The 20th of January, the distinguished Swedish consul in Vancouver, Anders Neumüller, arranged a screening of the film “The Black Pimpernel”, about the Swedish diplomat Harald Edelstam, who saved numerous lives in Chile in 1973. It was the Raoul Wallenberg Day. Before the screening two speeches were held, one small from me, Erik Edelstam, about the film and my father( held by Anders) and the other, a fantastic speech, by Ana Policzer, a daughter from a Holocaust survivor. Read the invitation:

(Vancouver, January 2, 2008) - On Sunday January 20, the Swedish, Jewish and Chilean communities will pay tribute to the Swedish hero Raoul Wallenberg with a first time showing in Canada of The Black Pimpernel at the Vancity Theatre, the cinema of the Vancouver FilmFestival. The movie, that premiered in Europe and South America this fall, is about the Swedish Ambassador HaraldEdelstam who emerged as a hero during the 1973 military coup in Chile - in the spirit of Wallenberg - when he saved innocent people from execution while calling for humanity, justice and dignity to prevail.

Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat who saved the lives of as many as a hundred thousand people condemned to certain death by the Nazis during World War II. He disappeared on January 17, 1945, in Hungary and was subsequently imprisoned in the Soviet Union. The fate of Wallenberg, who is an honorary citizen of Canada, USA and Israel and who would have celebrated his 96th birthday this year, remains in a cloud of mystery. In


Vancouver Raoul Wallenberg has been honoured with a plaque in Queen Elizaberth Park and the City of Vancouver has followed the example of so many places around the world by proclaiming a "Raoul Wallenberg Day" in January, around the time of his disappearance.

The speech by Erik Edelstam

The Swedish consul and my old schooltime friend, Anders Neumüller, asked me to write something about my father, Harald Edelstam, who is going to appear in the film you will see this evening. Since Anders is not only a good friend, but a very, very, good friend, I naturally jumped on the bandwagon to help him out to explain a little about the film, called The Black Pimpernel.

This nickname was given to Harald Edelstam during the war, by the distinguished Norwegian painterHenrik Sørensen, who thought about the film of the Red Pimpernel with Leslie Howard, that had had come out just before the war and became a success. The Black Pimpernel, referred to his very dark hair, a reminder of our “arrière grand mere”, who came from Kerala in India, a connection that we, in the Edelstam family, are immensely proud of.

My father Harald, let’s call him that, for all the simplicity, was a very modest man, who hated to show off and to be pretentious, except when there was something very urgent, like the brutality of the Pinochet Junta in Chile. He wanted to wake up the world and spread the information what really happened there. At the time nobody really knew what was going on in the


some research about the personality of Harald. The result is a stiff person talking and moving like a robot, with very bad relations with his staff- completely wrong! My father was a very lively, energetic person, full of jokes and laughs. Chileans who have seen the movies are outraged.

We must never forget that my father fought for justice in an active way. Most people prefer to talk and hide away when reality is at the doorstep. My father took action and was the first to take in fugitives, jumping over the Embassy fence. He contacted his old friend Olof Palme, the Swedish Prime Minister, by phone, and got his OK. The Foreign Office tried to get him recalled but never succeeded, until the Chilean Junta declared him “PersonaI'd like to thank Consul Anders Neumueller and the Vancouver HolocaustEducation Centre for co-sponsoring this event.My father, Adam, was born in Miskolc, Hungary, a few months before WWII broke out. InAugust 1939, my grandfather, Janos (Janci), fearing what was to come, left Hungary in search of a safe haven for his growing family. He arrived in Chile in late August or early September 1939.

My grandmother, Anna, didn't want to travel with a young baby, and stayed behind until Janci was settled in the New World. But because the war began within days of Janci’s arrival in Chile, Anna and her baby were forced to remain in Hungary.The first few years of the war were relatively peaceful for the Jews of Miskolc – my father has memories of a


fairly normal childhood in those early years living in his aunt and uncle's house.But that all changed in the spring of 1944. The Nazis invaded Hungary, and the deportation of Jews began on a massive scale. 12,000 were deported daily. In a few months, over 400,000 Hungarian Jews were deported; most of them perished in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Of the morethan 10,000 Jews deported from Miskolc, only 105 returned. One in three Jews who died in Auschwitz were Hungarian citizens.

We've heard about Wallenberg's heroic efforts to save thousands of Hungarian lives. There are people in this room today who would not be here were it not for his great humanitarian work.And yet, it is a travesty that he could have saved so many thousands, but they seem so few whencompared to the hundreds of thousands, the millions, who died. It is a testament to his humanity, and a scar on all those who stood by.

My grandmother and her family didn't have the good fortune to be among those saved byWallenberg. Some of Anna’s family died before the deportations even began – in air raid bombings, or murdered by the fascist Hungarian commandos. By the time the Jews of Miskolc were deported, only three women in our family remained in Miskolc – and my father.Anna asked a Christian family across the street to care for her little boy, which they did, at times risking their own lives to save him. Anna, her sister and her teenaged niece were deported to Auschwitz, then Stutthof, and then to a tiny


forced-labour camp in the middle of Poland where they died in the fall or early winter of 1944.

In the meantime, Janci, my grandfather, was beginning to make a life for himself in Chile. A good friend of his from university had immigrated to Chile many years before, so it was an obvious destination when it came time to leave Hungary. By the time he left Europe in August 1939, Chile was also one of the last countries in the world accepting Jews.Canada and the U.S. were turning Jews away; in fact, Canada only took in somewhere around5,000 European Jews before WWII. In contrast, Chile welcomed Jewish refugees with open arms. It was among the last safe havens remaining in a world gone mad.No doubt Janci spent those yearsdesperate for news of his young family. After the War ended, my father – now aged six – made the long journey to Chile and met his father for what was essentially the first time.

My father grew up in Chile, became an architect, and became involved in the social rights movement that swept the world in the 1960s. He and my mother were supporters of Salvador Allende, a socialist who was elected as the president of Chile in 1970.The challenges for Allende's minority Socialist government were extreme. The United States government led a concerted campaign to topple the democratically elected government. On September 11, 1973, the U.S. backed the military coup d'état that ended Chile's long-standing democratic history and began a long reign of terror headed by General


Pinochet. It was a chaotic time in Chile. People were rounded up by the thousands and sent to concentrationcamps. Many were tortured, many disappeared.

My father spent a year and a half as a political prisoner. How he came to be arrested leads me to tell you a bit about the man whose story we're about to see.The early weeks and months of the military government were the worst. The country wasunder siege. There was a strictly enforced curfew – anyone caught on the street after curfew could be shot. Those who had supported Allende's government were declared enemies of the state. Many thousands of people fled the country fearing for their lives.Chile had a safe passage agreement with other Latin American countries, but not with Europe. Nevertheless, inthe early months Chile had an informal agreement with most embassies to allow those who had taken refuge in an embassy to leave the country.

But in early December 1973, a diplomatic event took place that had deep repercussions across the country, and for my family in particular. A young woman from Uruguay who had sought refuge in the Swedish embassy needed emergency care. The Swedish ambassador to Chile, Harald Edelstam, made an agreement with the military to allow her to go to the hospital without being arrested. However, while she was in the hospital, soldiers came to arrest her.Edelstam was with her as she lay on a stretcher. The captain in charge held a gun to Edelstam's head and demanded that he hand the young woman over. A


fight ensued between 15 soldiers and 3 Swedish diplomats; Edelstam ended up on the floor hanging on to the young woman's stretcher, declaring it to be Swedish territory.The next day, the military government ordered Edelstam to leave the country. It also ordered all embassies closed to prevent any more people from seeking refuge. The embassies didn't close immediately, however – it took a few days to fully implement this new policy. In the interim, the military ordered all access roads to Santiago's embassies to be blocked and heavily guarded.This wasn't highly publicized.

Meantime, my parents had a friend who was in danger. My dad offered to drive him to the French embassy, where my parents had a close contact.They weren't expecting the roadblocks.My dad and his friend never madesafe haven. Perhaps one of the last safe havens for European Jews at that time. Chile was a model democracy, the longest standing democracy in Latin America. Its armed forces were disciplined and honourable.Immigrants settled in quickly, and their children soon became full-fledged Chileans. At the same time, Canada actively discouraged European Jews from immigrating here. You've likely heard of the SS St. Louis, the infamous ship full of Jewish refugees that left Hamburg in May 1939, was turned away from Cuba, from the U.S., and from Canada; it eventually returned to Europe. We also know all too well about Canada's less than inclusive immigration policies early last century.

Chile's standing as a model democracy, as a safe haven, was overturned in the blink of an eye. Civil liberties


Edelstams, more Wallenbergs, more people willing to take a stance against the inhumanity?30 years before his time in Chile, Edelstam was a Swedish diplomat in Norway. There, he helped members of the Norwegian resistance escape the Nazis. He would drive people in the middle of the night to the Swedish border where they could escape to safety.

Today's film about Edelstam on Raoul Wallenberg Day is a reminder that anyone can rise above the insanity around them and do what is morally right and just. Wallenberg was not alone. His country mate, Harald Edelstam, helped in his own way. We also know about the people saved by Oskar Schindler; and there have been many other righteous people not only during WWII, but throughout history, willing to risk their livesEntertainer and activist Rory O'Neill thought nothing of his appearance on the Saturday Night Show three weeks ago. In fact, he thought it went quite well. Little did he know, from sitting on that couch, Rory would begin a national debate on the definition of homophobia.

RTE paid out €85,000 in damages over remarks made by Mr O'Neill, arguably better known as his drag queen alter ego Panti.

Since the incident took place, Mr O'Neill has received messages of support from the likes of television host Graham Norton and illusionist Derren Brown.

Last weekend, the Saturday Night show held a debate on the definition of homophobia and who gets to use it. Mr O'Neill was not in attendance.

Despite, the furore, a number of very positive things have come out of the


whereas the foliage of the two plants is similar, the goatsbeard's plumes are much larger and more airy.

To complicate matters further, goatsbeard is also known as Aruncus sylvester. The designation "sylvester," in Latin a term for growing in the woods or forest-loving, refers to the plant's preference for a somewhat shaded environment. "Dioicus" describes the goatsbeard's sexual makeup of male and female organs occurring on separate plants.

Its height and spread to about 3 feet in diameter require situating goatsbeard at the back of a border. Or it could be tucked into a ground cover as a specimen in front of shrubs, the way I featured it in my garden. Its commanding presence enables aruncus to create its own display with no help from other quarters.

Despite its size, itsituated 20 metres from her house. She says that once, in middle of the night, she went to the toilet and someone knocked the toilet door so hard she thought they were going to break the door down. She got very scared and since then, she has been too scared to use the toilet after 9pm In pictures: World Toilet Day Haiti Martine is 27 years old. She lives near a river in Cayimithe. "I don't have an enclosed toilet. My toilet is a hole in the ground by my house, which is now full and has become really dangerous. I only use it at night when I can have some privacy. In the day time, I use a community toilet which is about 15 minutes away from


my house" In pictures: World Toilet Day Belgium Rosalie, 9, goes to school in Brussels. "At my school we have separate toilets for girls and boys on every floor. My classroom is on the 3rd floor. We have 22 toilets, which are shared between 230 pupils and 20 adults. The teachers at school let us go to the toilet whenever we need to" In pictures: World Toilet Day India Saritadevi lives in Ittava village in Uttar Pradesh. She has no access to a toilet in her house and so uses a local field. She suffers from a lack of dignity and privacy when she visits the toilet. She says she is humiliated by men, enduring people throwing stones at her, shouting abuse, making vulgar gestures, and playing offensivesongs In pictures: World Toilet Day Australia Renee is an artist who left her former home in the densely populated suburbs of Sydney to live a quieter life in bush surrounds, a one-hour drive north of the city. She has built a shed on ten acres of land and has included an outside toilet and bathroom. Ironically, Renee is able to enjoy total privacy out in the open as she is surrounded by wild bush and forest, far from other houses In pictures: World Toilet Day Ghana Ima, 47, is a public toilet attendant in Kumasi, Ghana’s second largest city. She lives in a rented room with her husband and four children aged 14-22. She is a very dedicated worker and relies on the income from her job


to fund her children's education. She does not have a toilet at home. During the day, she uses the public toilet where she works, but at night she is forced to use plastic bags as it is not safe to walk long distances in the dark In pictures: World Toilet Day UK June is the Allotment Secretary at Gordon Road Allotments in Finchley, North London. "We used to have a portable toilet, which had to be emptied every so often. It was very smelly and not very nice. Now we have a waterless compost loo, which enables women to stay down at the allotment all day if they wish. It also makes a big difference when we have Open Days. This year, for the first time, we werein the National Gardens Scheme book and had an open day with 170 visitors. We wouldn’t have been allowed to host this event without the compost loo" In pictures: World Toilet Day Thailand Sineha, 71, uses a public toilet which is inside the temple she visits. "They are convenient and cleaned daily by the maid. It is a safe place because we have security guards here 24 hours a day and separate toilets for men and women" In pictures: World Toilet Day Mozambique Assucena, 14, is a Grade 8 student who loves to study and play football. She lives with her mother, grandmother, sister and two cousins. Her grandmother sells beer to provide for her extended family. Assucena shares a toilet with more than 30 other people from


different families. "When it rains, the toilet floods. It really smells bad" In pictures: World Toilet Day Ecuador Fabiola, 69, lives in Cumbayá, a valley near Quito. Between the ages of seven and 21, she shared a toilet with 20 other people, who lived in her condominium. Now she lives in a large apartment, which has five bathrooms. Her bathroom is the biggest one and she is very proud of it as her current situation contrasts vividly with her childhood In pictures: World Toilet Day Brazil Lorena, 16, is a student. She has just moved into one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas. "I don’t have a toilet but I am working hard to try and build one. In the meantime, I have to use my mother's. We onlyget water on Thursdays and Sundays, when the taps are opened. One day I would like to have a bathroom with running water. I am very vain, I like to have my hair and nails done and use perfume. Some people around here have been in poor health, partly due to the poor sanitation situation in the area" In pictures: World Toilet Day USA Mary is a writer who lives in New York City. "Living with two housemates, it is important to schedule our bathroom time and take turns cleaning it. I used to live in Beijing, where I had to use a public bathroom as my apartment didn't have a private toilet. While it was safe and relatively clean, I used to hate putting my coat on


just to go to bathroom in the middle of night during winter. That experience made me really appreciate the privacy and comfort of having a clean toilet at home" In pictures: World Toilet Day Ethiopia Meseret, a restaurant manager in Addis Ababa, shares a one bedroom government house with her two children, two sisters and mother. She was widowed nine years ago when her husband was shot during the aftermath of the 2005 elections. Her shared toilet is a long way away so at night, for safety, the family use the side yard next to their house In pictures: World Toilet Day Japan Eiko, 61, lives in Tokyo. "Since this department store is close to my home, I often come here for shopping. When I was a child,home. When she first moved to Khayelitsha in 2005, she did not have a toilet so she had to go in the bush, across a main road. "It was terrible in the bush, the cars hit you. When we were given a Porta Potty in 2009, it was much better than going in the bush. Flush toilets are first class compared to the Porta Potty though. My dream is to have a flush toilet" In pictures: World Toilet Day Zambia Susan, 46, is the founder of a community school for children with physical and mental disabilities. "It makes me proud and happy to teach disabled children so that in the future they can have a better life and not just stay at home. I was attacked by Polio


at the age of two. It’s not easy being disabled in Lusaka. Using the toilet is a challenge, especially in the rainy season, as I have to crawl to the toilets on my hands" In pictures: World Toilet Day Kenya Eunice is the Co-Founder of Kasarani Academy in Naivasha. Previously, the school only had two toilets which were used by 250 pupils. Tenants living nearby used the toilets as well and left them in a poor condition. Because of this, Eunice found that the children preferred to practice open defecation in the grounds around the school, which quickly became a public health issue. Eunice and her husband Paul have now invested in child-friendly toilets. These tiny toilets have prevented adults using them as they cannot fit through thedoors. "Parents will enrol their children here because of our child friendly toilets" In pictures: World Toilet Day Romania Ghita, 48, from Buzescu village, says she is the proud owner of one of the biggest bathrooms in the village. It is 20 square meters. 35% of the population of Buzescu village are Romas who are prosperous and proud to show it off. However, there is no running water or sewerage in the village so toilets are on-site In pictures: World Toilet Day Madagascar Vanessa, 17, is a student who lives in Antananarivo. She says she worries when she is on her period at school. "At home, I have a shower outside my house and I can keep clean but when I’m at school, I feel embarrassed during my


28, 2015

The Illunse word for lip is laber. Laber is an uncommon last name. Laber is a usually masculine rare first name. The Schwarze Laber is a river in Bavaria, Germany. Laber is the name of places in France and Germany.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for lip, weler, and the Latin word for lip, labium. Another Old English word for lip is lippa.

labera : lips

The Illunse word for lips (nominative plural) is labera. Labera is a rare last name. Labera is a usually feminine very rare first name. Labera is the name of place in South Africa.

Saturday, March 21, 2015

The Illunse word for buckle is fibleng. Similar Fabling is an unusual last name.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word oferfeng(fibula, buckle, clasp), and the Latin word for buckle, fibula (clasp, buckle, brooch). There are other Old English words that could be used for buckle.

Sunday, March 15, 2015

The Illunse word for belt is fengel. Fengel is an unusual to uncommon last name. In Tolkien's Middle-earth, Fengel was a king of Rohan. In Old English fengel means prince, and similar feng means a grasp.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for belt, fetel, and the Latin word for belt, cingulum (belt, a girdle which encircles the hips). Another Old English word for belt is belt (belt, girdle). Another Latin word for belt is balteus (belt; shoulder-band / baldric).

fengelas : belts

The Illunse word for belts (nominative plural) is fengelas. Similar Fengalas is a World of Warcraft gaming


character name.

Saturday, February 28, 2015

The sceat was a small, thick, silver Anglo-Saxon coin minted circa 675-750 AD. Sceattas pre-date Anglo-Saxon pennies. The modern English term sceat comes from the Old English word sceatt.

The Illunse word for sceat is sceter. Sceter is a rare last name. Sceter looks somewhat similar to the Modern English word sceptre.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word sceatt (property; money; payment), and the Latin word sesterius (a large brass coin minted during the Roman Empire; a small silver coin minted during the Roman Republic; worth 1/4 denarius).

The sceat and the sesterius were coins from completely different time periods, although both were, in their time, in everyday use. I'm not claiming that they are in any way equivalent. This Illunse word isas) (which I transliterate to cwadrans).

The Greek word for quadrans was translated in the King James Version of the Bible as farthing. (Picture shown is of an Roman quadrans coin).

cwadringas : farthings

The Illunse word for farthings (nominative plural) is cwadringas.

The Latin plural of quadrans is quadrantes. Farthings in Old English is féorðlingas or féorðlunga.

Saturday, February 07, 2015

The Illunse word for penny (small coin of little value) is dening. Dening is a unusual to uncommon last name. Dening is a rare first name. Dening is a place in Arunachal Pradesh, India.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for penny, pening (a penny coin, in Anglo-Saxon England a silver coin worth 240th of a pound), and the Latin word denarius (a small silver coin issued during the


Roman Empire). Neither of these were the smallest coin denomination of their time. (Picture shown is of an Æthelred the Unready penny from around 1000 AD.)

This is a new word. My first Illunse word for some time.

deningas : pennies

The Illunse word for pennies (nominative plural) is deningas. Deningas is a rare last name.

The Latin plural of denarius is denarii. Pennies in Old English is peningas.

Sunday, June 15, 2014

The Illunse word for flour (powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains) is melfar. Melfar is a very rare last name. Melfar is the local dialect shortened name of the town Middelfart in Denmark.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for flour, melu (meal, flour), and the Latin word for flour, farina (flour, meal).

This is a newmasterpieces

Taj Mahal is the major tourist attraction of Agra, built byMughal Emperor Shah Jehan, in the memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz. One of thewonders of the world Taj Mahal is the symbol of love.

Agra Fort (Agra)

Sikandar Lodi (1487-1517), Sultan of Delhi made it as his second capital,originally it was a brick fort and its existence was mentioned in the historyin 1080 AD. UNESCO has declared itas a World Heritage.

India Gate (Delhi)

It is the national monument and one of the largest war memorials of India located at New Delhi. India Gatewas designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens to commemorate the 90,000 soldiers of theerstwhile British Indian Army who lost their livesfighting for the British Indian Empire in World War I.

Jantar Mantar (Delhi)

Jantar Mantar (English meaning: Instrument and Formula) of


NewDelhi is one of the five such astronomical observatories made by Maharaja jayShing II of Jaipur constructed in the year 1724.

Birla Mandir (Delhi)

It was built by the Birla Family, the famous industrialist ofIndia in 1938 and was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi (Father of the IndianNation) on the condition that people irrespective of their castes includinguntouchables would be allowed in.

Lotus Temple (Delhi)

This is actually a Bahai temple but popularly known as the Lotus Temple due to its flowerlike shape. It was completed in 1986 and servesas the Mother Temple of Bahai society in the Indian subcontinent.

Red Fort (Delhi)

The Red Fort or Lal Qila was constructed bythe Mughal emperor Shahjahan in 17th century and was being used as the capital of the Mughals until 1857. Lateron when Mughal emperor BahadurShah Zafar was exiled by the British Indian government they used it as a military camp until India was madeindependent in 1947.

Qutub Minar (Delhi)

This is a 72.5 meters tall, the world's tallest brick minaret. The construction of the minar was started in 1193by the India's first Muslim ruler Qutb-ud-dinAibak and completed in 1386 by FiruzShah Tughluq. The Qutb Minar is notable for being one of the earliest and mostprominent examples of Indo-Islamicarchitecture.

There are severalother ancient and medieval structures and ruins around the Qutub Minar and collectivelyknown as Qutub complex which hasbeen recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Gwalior Fort (State: MP)

It is an eighth century fort located at Gwalior city of MadhyaPradesh and known as one of the biggest forts of India. This is the place wherethe great


rebellion queen of Jhansi Maharani Lakshmi Bai sacrificed her lifeduring a battle with British army in the year 1858.

Khajuraho Temples (State:MP)

The Khajuraho Group of Monuments islocated in Khajuraho, a small town of Madhya Pradesh. Khajuraho has thelargest group of medieval Hindu and Jain temples, famous for their erotic sculpture. It has also beenlisted as a UNESCO World HeritageSite.

Golden Temple (Punjab)

Guru Ram Das, the fourth Guru of Sikhism, excavated a tank in 1577which subsequently became known as Amritsarand the city which was grew around it was also known as Amritsar.Harmandir Sahib (Temple of God), was constructed in the middle of this tank which became thesupreme centre of Sikhism and became famous as golden temple or Swarn Mandir.

Jaisalmer (Rajasthan)

Jaisalmer city lies in the heart of the Thar Desert and hasa populationof about 78,000. It is called the golden city of India. The town stands on a creaseof yellowish sandstone, crowned by a fort, which containsthe palace and several ornate Jain temples. Most of the houses and temples arefinely sculptured. The massive sandstone walls of Jaisalmer fort are having a tawny lion color during theday and turn to a magical honey-gold as the sun sets. The famous Indian filmdirector Satyajit Ray wrote a detective novel and later turned it into a film – Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress)which was based on this fort.

Meenakshmi Temple (Tamilnadu)

Meenakshi SundareswararTemple or Meenakshi Amman Temple commonly knownas Meenakshi Temple is an historic Hindu temple located in the city ofMadurai, Tamil Nadu. The temple complex houses 14 magnificent towers including twogolden towers for the


main deities that are ornately sculptured and painted.The temple is a momentous symbol for the Tamil people, and has been mentionedsince ancient times in Tamil literature, though the present structure is believedto have been built in 1600. The tallest temple tower is 51.9 meters(170 ft) high.

Vivekanada Rock (Tamilnadu)

Vivekananda Rock is a sacred shrine aswell as a popular tourist attraction in Kanyakumari of TamilNadu. The memorial stands on one of two rocks located about 500 meters offmainland India's southernmost tip. It was built in 1970 by the Vivekananda RockMemorial Committee in honor of the visit of the great spiritual teacher Swami Vivekananda to Shripada Parai in the month ofDecember 1892 for deep meditation and enlightenment. He swam to this rock andmeditated about the past, present and future of India.It is said that heattained enlightenment on the rock, and henceforth became a reformer andphilosopher.

Howrah Bridge (WestBengal)

The Howrah Bridge, a cantilever truss bridge of a single 450 m span, constructed entirely by riveting without nutsor bolt was built between 1937 and 1943. It is the connection between the twincity Kolkata (previously known as Calcutta) and Howrah. Currently it is used asa road bridge, but previously had a tram route as well.

Victoria Memorial (WestBengal)

The Victoria Memorial, located at Kolkata of West Bengal is a memorial of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Itcurrently serves as a museum and a tourist attraction.

Cellular Jail (Andaman)

The Cellular Jail is situated in the Andaman and NicobarIslands and was built in 1906. The prison was known to house many notableIndian activists during the struggle


is one of the finest bird parks in the world. In the parkthere are around 365 different species of birds to be seen. The most awaitedout of them are the endangered Siberian Cranes.

Kaziranga National park (Assam)

It is the place where one of the last creatures of thepre-historic age , the Rhinoceros , lives. Kaziranga Park also attracts largenumbers of migratory as well as resident birds

Sunderban (West Bengal)

The vast swampy delta of the two great Indianrivers, the Brahmaputra and the Ganga, extends over a vast area. Mangroveforests, swamps and forested islands are interwoven with a network of smallrivers and rivulets. The Sundarban covering about 1330.10 sq. km., forms the coreof this area. This mostly estuarine mangrove forest is the habitat of nearly200 Royal Bengal tigers. Bangladesh lies to theCruise | AlleppeyA journey to the Gods own country (As local people used to call it) Alleppe is a small town of Kerala (India). It has been remain a most desirable spot to visit for its backwater. The Kerala...

Cruise At ChilikaChilika is a brackish water lagoon on the east coast of India. It consists of 35 rivers including Bhargavi, Daya, Makra, Malaguni and Nuna flowing into bay of Bengal. It is approximately 65 Km long covering...

Lakshmi Bai The Queen Of JhansiHolding the horses reins in her teeth, flashing the sword with both the hands, the valiant firebrand, legendary heroine, the Goddess of war, and the epitome of female bravery in India, Maharani Lakshmi...

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A magnet fisherman sparked a bomb scare after pulling an unexploded Second World War device from a riverbed.

Aaron Lewis, 22, was magnet fishing on a quiet stretch of thRiver Severn in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, on Sunday morning when he discovered the shell.

Police set up a 160ft (50 metre) cordon around the area before the bomb was destroyed in a controlled blast by an Army explosive ordnance disposal team.

The find was the latest in a string of discoveries linked to magnet fishing, a hobby which involves using powerful, specially-designed magnets to sweep bodies of water for treasure.

Other recent finds have included a rusty sub-machine gun and unexploded hand grenades. In June, Martin Andrews, 43, and his son, Jack, 19, died while magnet fishing in Huddersfield after they fell into aGENDER: MasculineUSAGE: Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, MacedonianOTHER SCRIPTS: Владимир (Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)PRONOUNCED: vlah-DEE-meer (Russian), VLAH-dee-meer (Croatian) [key]Meaning & HistoryMeans "to rule with greatness", derived from the Slavic element volod "rule" combined with mer "great, famous". The second element has also been associated with mir meaning "peace" or "world". This was the name of an 11th-century Grand Prince of Kiev who is venerated as a saint because of his efforts to Christianize Russia. It was also borne by the founder of the former Soviet state, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924).


down for his doubles match at Wimbledon in 2008 was to stop out in a local bar until 3am the night before. And yet despite the constant compulsion to hit the tiles, Evans marshalled the better parts of his character to break into the world’s top 50. Now, in one senseless moment of stupidity, he has thrown all that good work away. His contrition on Friday appeared genuine, even if there were inescapable parallels with Maria Sharapova’s disclosure of her own doping violation.

There is nothing like an antiseptic function room, clearly, to convey sackcloth and ashes on the confessor’s part. Where Sharapova chose the LA Hotel Downtown, Evans plumped for the Novotel Hammersmith. Mercifully, he had the foresight to avoid dressing head to toe in shimmering black ormaking disobliging remarks about the carpet.

Life on the tennis hamster-wheel always seemed an inversion of the real Dan Evans. While he belatedly realised that he ought to put his talent to proper use, he often let slip that he hankered to let his hair down back in Solihull. In a Telegraph interview in 2014, he sounded as if the ascetic lifestyle of a top-rank player, interspersing monotonous training sessions with sparrow-sized portions of sushi, was making him thoroughly unhappy. “All I do is watch television and FaceTime my girlfriend,” he said.

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But there was also a precious artlessness about him. For a start, he was not cut from starchy Home Counties tennis cloth, instead making his way as the son of an electrician and a nurse, pursuing tennis


not because of family expectation but pure natural aptitude. He was also refreshingly connected to his roots. While his peers in the tennis stratosphere were perpetual wanderers, making their bed in Monaco or the Swiss cantons, Evans was a West Midlands boy to his bones. He lived there, had a partner there and, yes, did his fair share of socialising there.

It feels peculiar to be writing about Evans in the past tense. He is 27, not dead, although in the short term his career prospects might as well be. Quite apart from the doping suspension to be imposed, there is a real danger that British tennis will now seek to excommunicate him altogether.

The Lawn Tennis Association has withdrawn his funding over his out-of-hours antics before, and this bustfor cocaine suggests a return to the caricature of Evans – the incorrigible wild child, the feckless tattooed renegade – that he has struggled to escape.

Dan Evans had worked hard to get his career back on track credit: Getty Images

Disowning him, though, would be a mistake. Tennis in this country needs a working-class hero in the Evans mould, a figure who has made it to the upper echelons despite none of the traditional privileges, who has warded off the temptations of youth to be a serious international contender. There is no performance-enhancing motive at play here, which limits the reacceptance of Sharapova into the fold. Evans took cocaine in the same month that he competed in the Davis Cup against France. It was a staggeringly half-witted thing to


Most people stay in the region. And now it is up to the AU, because African problems must be solved by an African leadership, that is of great importance."

The UN refugee agency UNHCR recorded a total of 30 million Africans in need on the continent in 2018. This figure includes almost 7.5 million refugees, 630,000 asylum-seekers, one million stateless persons and around half a million returned refugees. But the largest group is still made up of internally displaced persons (IDPs). Over 18 million Africans have had to leave their homes but are unable or unwilling to leave their country.

The deceptive hope of a speedy return

The situation is most critical in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Nearly 4.5 million Congolese were driven from their homes in 2017 butare currently many IDPs, especially in East African countries. In the last two years, the problem seems to be spreading to West Africa: While in 2017 Mali still had comparatively few IDPs (38,000), one year later the figure had almost tripled. A similar development can be seen in Burkina Faso. This is no surprise, says Yayboke. In his opinion, this is due to the steadily growing presence of terrorist groups such as al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Newland points out that returning refugees often become internally displaced persons as soon as they arrive back in their country of origin. For many, it is out of the question to resettle in their home town, so people move to other places. Only a small proportion of 400,000 refugees returned


country. Their main destination: neighboring Sudan. The South Sudanese refugee crisis is the largest in Africa and the third largest in the world, after Syria and Afghanistan. Many South Sudanese refugees are children.

Where do African refugees go? A long way to go The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the most ethnically diverse nations in the world. This remains a cause of tension and contributes to ongoing violence, which drives the displacement of people. Civilians suffer under the attacks of armed groups as well as from intercommunal clashes. Most are reported in North and South Kivu, Ituri, Tanganyika, Haut-Katanga, and Haut-Lomami.

Where do African refugees go? DR Congo Hundreds of thousands of people fled the country up until 2019. While DR Congo has to deal with millionsKenya. The Dadaab camp, a complex of three settlements, is one of the world's largest refugee camps. It was built to house 90,000 people but is now home to more than 200,000 people.

Where do African refugees go? One of the world's largest refugee camp Across Africa, migrants are seeking a safe haven. Some find it in refugee camps like the world's biggest refugee settlement at Dadaab, Kenya, where they can stay for years and start new lives and families. This contributes to the rise in refugee numbers and explains how children can be born with refugee status.

Where do African refugees go? Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR) has been unstable since its independence from France in 1960. Muslim Seleka rebels seized power in the majority-Christian country


in 2013. Under international pressure, Seleka handed power to a transitional government in 2014 but months of violence followed and the CAR was effectively partitioned.

Where do African refugees go? Struggling to emerge Burundi is one of the world's poorest nations. After a 12-year, ethnic-based civil war, the country is still struggling to recover. The usually-dominant Tutsi minority and the Hutu majority have failed to overcome tensions since the country gained independence in 1962. In 1994, a civil war between the two ethnic groups made Burundi the scene of one of Africa's most persistent conflicts.

Where do African refugees go? Burundi Burundi has been in another crisis since April 2015 after President Nkurunziza’s announcement that he would run for a third term. The economy has declined significantly due to politicalinstability and insecurity. Human rights violations such as kidnappings and torture by the police, military, and the ruling party’s youth league persist.

Where do African refugees go? Between life and death In Africa's most populous country, Nigeria, thousands of people have died in recent years in communal attacks led by the Islamist terror organization Boko Haram. At the same time, separatist aspirations grew and the imposition of Islamic law in several northern states has embedded divisions and caused thousands of Christians to flee, sometimes undertaking a dangerous journey across the desert.

Where do African refugees go? Nigeria Conflict is the major driver of the humanitarian crisis in Nigeria. In the northeast, Boko Haram has affected more than 14 million people. The group carries out attacks against the military and civilians


Editor's Note: Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist and CNN political commentator, was a political consultant for Bill Clinton's presidential campaign in 1992 and was counselor to Clinton in the White House. He was a consultant to Priorities USA Action, which was a pro-Obama super PAC before it was a pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his.

(CNN) - In these hyperbolic times, it's easy to fall into overstatement. Somehow, the farm-to-table dining preferences of Sarah Huckabee Sanders or the subliminal, sartorial messages of the first lady have become the subject of breathless debate. Cotton-candy controversies swirl for a moment and then disappear.

The replacement of retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is not like that. It is, to paraphrase former Vice President Joe Biden, abig doggone deal. So big that Biden's old boss, former President Barack Obama, has descended from his Olympian remove to fire up the troops Thursday.

He urged Democrats to quit moping, avoid complacency and stop focusing on the shiny, ephemeral, show-biz aspects of politics. (The fact that he said this at a Beverly Hills mansion after being serenaded by Christina Aguilera was, I suspect, an irony not lost on Mr. Obama.)

Everything is at risk: from a woman's right to choose to have an abortion to a baker's right to refuse to make a cake for a same-sex wedding. Heck, the very right to have a same-sex wedding could be threatened. Voting rights, civil rights, women's rights, LGBTQ rights, free speech rights, gun rights -- all come before the court.

The


power of corporations, the power of the federal government, the power of states, the power of the police and the city council and the school board -- all of them could be affected by how the closely divided court interprets the Constitution.

Conservatives have many advantages.

First, despite losing the popular vote in six of the seven last presidential elections, they hold the White House, the House, the Senate and the majority of seats on the Supreme Court.

Second, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will do anything, absolutely anything, to ensure that the somewhat moderate Kennedy is replaced with a younger, more reliably right-wing jurist. After the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, McConnell was willing to break with centuries of precedent to deny President Barack Obama's nominee, moderate judge Merrick Garland,flooding town hall meetings, and using social media in cutting, creative ways, the Democrats don't have a ton of leverage. As the lyric from "Hamilton" taught us, "You don't have the votes."

But Senate Republicans do. Trump critics like Bob Corker (R-Tennessee) and Jeff Flake (R-Arizona), hounded into retirement because they dared oppose President Trump, suddenly have enormous power. They could vote to revive the filibuster, allowing Democrats to block the Trump nominee. Or they could even flat-out oppose the nominee. As conservatives with a conscience, they have already sacrificed their electoral careers to oppose Mr. Trump. After his bellicosity and belligerence, I daresay they have little personal affection for him.

Then there is the pro-choice Senate GOP caucus: Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. That's


to punish the most serious offenders.”

Ryan said she supports “many of the principles” reflected in the Senate legislation. “In fact, I have helped to craft several pieces of this bill,” she said, referring to provisions that strengthen the diversion process that looks to address certain juvenile cases and some younger adult offenders outside the criminal justice system.

About Michael Jonas

Michael Jonas has worked in journalism in Massachusetts since the early 1980s. Before joining the CommonWealth staff in early 2001, he was a contributing writer for the magazine for two years. His cover story in CommonWealth's Fall 1999 issue on Boston youth outreach workers was selected for a PASS (Prevention for a Safer Society) Award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency.

Michael got his start in journalism at theDorchester Community News, a community newspaper serving Boston's largest neighborhood, where he covered a range of urban issues. Since the late 1980s, he has been a regular contributor to the Boston Globe. For 15 years he wrote a weekly column on local politics for the Boston Sunday Globe's City Weekly section.

Michael has also worked in broadcast journalism. In 1989, he was a co-producer for "The AIDS Quarterly," a national PBS series produced by WGBH-TV in Boston, and in the early 1990s, he worked as a producer for "Our Times," a weekly magazine program on WHDH-TV (Ch. 7) in Boston.

Michael lives in Dorchester with his wife and their two daughters.

About Michael Jonas

Michael Jonas has worked in journalism in Massachusetts since the early 1980s. Before joining the CommonWealth staff in


early 2001, he was a contributing writer for the magazine for two years. His cover story in CommonWealth's Fall 1999 issue on Boston youth outreach workers was selected for a PASS (Prevention for a Safer Society) Award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency.

Michael got his start in journalism at the Dorchester Community News, a community newspaper serving Boston's largest neighborhood, where he covered a range of urban issues. Since the late 1980s, he has been a regular contributor to the Boston Globe. For 15 years he wrote a weekly column on local politics for the Boston Sunday Globe's City Weekly section.

Michael has also worked in broadcast journalism. In 1989, he was a co-producer for "The AIDS Quarterly," a national PBS series produced by WGBH-TV in Boston,Effects of ambient and boat noise on hearing and communication in three fish species living in a marine protected area (Miramare, Italy).
The WWF-Natural Marine Reserve of Miramare (Trieste, Italy) is located in a major industrial and vacation area in the Adriatic Sea. Consequently, noise emanating from boating and shipping is an inevitable factor for local fishes. This study investigates the effects of ambient and ship noise on representatives of three vocal fish families with different hearing abilities. Ambient and ship noise were recorded, their sound pressure levels measured and played back in the lab. Auditory sensitivity was determined in Chromis chromis, Sciaena umbra and Gobius cruentatus, utilizing the auditory evoked potential recording technique. Compared to lab conditions, hearing thresholds determined during ambient noise playbacks were barely masked. Contrary,


Bicycle stolen from Belgian minister promoting cycle lanes Published duration 15 February 2017

image copyright Thinkstock image caption Mr Weyts' efforts to promote cycling were rewarded with the theft of his own two-wheeler (file photo)

A Belgian minister who cycled to an event to announce investment in bicycle lanes had his own bike stolen.

Ben Weyts, minister of mobility for the Dutch-speaking region of Flanders, had locked his bike to a rack at Halle railway station, south of Brussels, a spokesman said.

But when he returned half an hour later, he found it had been stolen.

The minister then had to call his driver to pick him up from the station, the spokesman added.

Mr Weyts now hopes CCTV footage of the area will help police identify the suspect. On Twitter, he posted alink to a report in which police announced they would increase patrols and cameras in the station.

In the news conference, he announced a plan to invest €300m (£254m; $316m) in cycle lanes until 2019, as part of a programme to promote alternative transport. He unveiled it wearing a cycling shorts and long shirt.

Cars are the main way of commuting to work in Belgium, and the country has some of the worst road congestion in Europe.

image copyright Twitter - @BenWeyts image caption Mr Weyts confirmed the theft on a post on Twitter


Q:

All in then muck with betting not closed

At a WSOP tournament there was an open raise, then an all in by the SB and BB folded. SB mucked forgetting about the raise in front of him. The open raise called.
Not that it matters but open raise had SB covered.
The floor ruled SB did not have to pay off the all in only the open raise.  The floor ruled play was dead when the hand was mucked.
The open raise contended she called before the muck but the floor contended she did not.
Open raise showed her cards - KK. From the reaction of the SB he was behind KK.
Was that the correct ruling?

A:

An all-in that has been called cannot be dead, never everFaisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman

Faisal bin Turki, GCIE (8 June 1864 – 4 October 1913) (), historic spelling Fessul bin Turkee, ruled as Sultan of Muscat and Oman from 4 June 1888 to 4 October 1913. He succeeded his father Turki bin Said as Sultan. Upon his death in 1913, he was succeeded by his eldest son Taimur bin Faisal.

Both his mother and father's mother were Surma people.

On assuming power in 1888, Faisal ibn Turki gradually found his authority over the interior weakened as tribal leaders increasingly perceived his dependence on British advisers as an inherent weakness. In 1895 he was forced to seek refuge at Jalali fort after Muscat was captured. British political agents frustrated his efforts to recapture Muscat, compelling him to court


broke down in its later years into many states, states different enough to have their own money, weights and measures, armies and governance. It was these states who became the warring states, giving a historical era its name.

The Qin dynasty, short, only an Emperor (Qin Shi Huang Di) and his dissolute son long, was the first instance of a unified China, but even the Qin dynasty failed to include much of what is now considered China.

The Roman Republic was at least its equal in physical size. And remember that the glory of Greek civilization, Egypt and Mesopotamia had come and declined by then.

The Han dynasty, roughly contemporary with the Roman Empire’s early centuries, had a bit more of China, especially extending west along the great Silk Road, butlong ago. Since then I’ve stayed within Celtic and northern European traditions.

At first I had a curiosity about the cultural and mythological roots of my own people. Second, related to the first, I wanted to avoid cultural exploitation by remaining within my ethnic and genetic lines. Kate suggested very early on in my writing that I stick to one culture in my work. I chose ancient Celtic religion brought into contemporary life, later expanding that to include the northern European material. Even the Aztec story picks up a storyline about Vikings who made it to the lands of the Mexica.

(detail from the Gundestrup Cauldron)

Today, some 25 years after I began, I find myself guided by the wisdom of those ancestors, though admittedly in a loose and baggy fashion.