Isaac Moore, 27 on the glass roof of the Grand Arcade shopping centre

Isaac Moore, 27, from Huntingdon, was out celebrating with friends when he climbed to the top of the Grand Arcade shopping centre in Cambridge, on Saturday.

He miraculously managed to scale the curved glass roof without injuring himself, before falling asleep face down as shoppers looked up at him in disbelief.

Shocked members of the public called the emergency services, resulting in firefighters having to climb up and wake him up, before safely lowering him to safety.

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Isaac Moore, 27 on the glass roof of the Grand Arcade shoppingcentre

Prosecutor Giles Beaumont told Peterborough Magistrates’ Court that Moore had been drinking in a nearby pub shortly before the incident.

He said: “When he was interviewed he first denied the offence, but when asked if he had caused the public nuisance he said ‘yeah I was found on the roof so I supposed I did’.

“He told officers he had had a few drinks, perhaps five or six pints but could not be more specific then he said he went for a walk before ending up on the roof.”

According to witness accounts read by Mr Beaumont, Moore showed little regard when he was arrested.

Isaac Moore, 27 on the glass roof of the Grand Arcade shopping centre

“When he was being escorted away he did not seem to take it seriously, he


for aggravated vehicle taking dating from May of this year.

In January Moore had taken a friend’s car keys and driven their car whilst drunk before crashing it into a village wall for which he was given a 12-week sentence suspended for a year and a compensation order.

Mr Beaumont urged the court to consider the impact his actions had on the public and emergency services when passing the sentence.

He said: “He may have been up there 20 minutes before people realised he was there.”

Isaac Moore, 27 on the glass roof of the Grand Arcade shopping centre

Moore was remanded in custody until his appearance in court, where he wore a grey sweat shirt and sweat pants and spoke only to confirm his details.

He will be sentenced later today.the piezoelectric material. A single-crystal piezoelectric material has an electric polarization vector built-in due to the crystalline structure. A ceramic piezoelectric material is poled with high voltage to arrange the small crystalline domains in one direction prior to use as an actuating material. FIG. 1A shows a piezoelectric material coated on two sides with conducting layers. In FIG. 1A, only one layer is visible while the second layer is coated on the opposing side of the piezoelectric material. Electrical wires are connected to the conducting layers, making these conductive layers equivalent to first and second electrodes.
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North Korea’s current leader, or his father or grandfather, ever contemplated getting into a direct nuclear exchange with the United States. Depending on whose estimates one believes, North Korea has 20 to 60 nuclear weapons; the United States has more than 1,500 currently deployed, and thousands more in storage. It would be, as one senior U.S. military strategist put it a few weeks ago, a case of assisted suicide.

But that hardly means nuclear weapons are useless for a 33-year-old leader, who has made clear he has ambitious goals for how he would make use of the power conveyed by a global nuclear reach. If the previous leaders of North Korea were interested mostly in a survival strategy — and saw a small nuclear arsenal as the country’s bestMoon Jae-in, has declared there must never be another war on the Korean Peninsula, and suggested he has a veto power over any U.S. decision to use force. (The Trump administration says the South Koreans, while close allies, have no such veto.) Japan has talked a tougher line, but has been within reach of North Korean nuclear weapons for years — and so far has lived with it, convincing itself that America’s nuclear umbrella had it covered.

Of course, no U.S. official is prepared to admit that the United States is willing, however unhappily, to rely on conventional deterrence and live with a North Korean nuclear missile capability that can reach American shores as well. After all, a succession of U.S. presidents, from Bill Clinton to George W. Bush


U.S. military exercises around the Korean Peninsula or the opening of talks on a peace treaty formally ending the Korean War, which terminated with only an armistice in 1953.)

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The advantage of a freeze agreement is that it holds the prospect of preventing the crisis from growing worse. Without testing, the North cannot demonstrate to the world it has a weapon that can truly reach the United States.

“We need a manageable, realistic interim goal,” Robert Einhorn, a nuclear specialist at the Brookings Institution who designed many of the Obama-era sanctions against North Korea, noted recently.

Many inside the Trump administration privately agree. But Tillerson himself rejected the idea in March, on his first visit to Seoul as secretary of state, saying that a nuclear freezepreparation of an oximesilane compound is performed in the presence of an oxime compound in an amount twice as large as the stoichiometrically equivalent amount and the excess of the oxime compound serves as an acceptor of the hydrogen chloride so that addition of a separate organic base compound is not required. This method is also not free from the danger of explosion during processing of the reaction mixture since hydrochlorides of an oxime compound are generally explosive. In addition, oxime compounds are generally expensive so that the hydrochloride thereof cannot be discarded as such necessitating facilities for the recovery and recycling of the oxime compound from the hydrochloride thereof.
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Japan’s expanding role in its alliance with the U.S. as Trump pressures the country to do more. It also is a major shift for Japan’s navy, which has lacked aircraft carriers because of a concern that they would remind Asian neighbors of Japanese World War II aggression.

China’s growing military presence and capability as it strengthens its claims across the South China Sea have unnerved many in the region.

Japan, under its new defense guidelines for the next decade, will set up a military unit specializing in space and beef up measures against cyber and electromagnetic attacks. Japan and the U.S. agreed this year to cooperate in defense in space, as China and Russia seek to expand their military capability into space.

The Defense Ministry is seeking 52.4 billion yen ($490the claims against Lincoln. Although Lincoln agreed to the terms of the settlement, the Depos refused to settle. Subsequently, on June 17, 1985, the Bankruptcy Court adjudicated the debtors bankrupt, converted the debtors' Chapter XII proceeding to a Chapter VII proceeding, and appointed Michael J. Balanoff Trustee for the purpose of liquidating the Depos' estate. The order was affirmed by this court on October 24, 1985. On July 11, 1986, debtors filed an appeal with the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. By Order dated October 30, 1986, the Court of Appeals dismissed the debtors' appeal as untimely.
After the appointment of the trustee, Lincoln agreed to settle all claims which the debtors may have had against the bank for $20,000. On December 9, 1986, the


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Mercury News – A California court has sided with a mother who was placed on a state child abuse database after spanking her 12-year-old daughter.

The mother, Veronica Gonzalez, was reported for child abuse after she spanked her daughter with a wooden spoon, causing bruises.

The Santa Clara Department of Social Services submitted the incident for inclusion in the state Justice Department’s Child Abuse Central Index, which is used to screen prospective adoptive or foster care parents and child care workers.

Gonzalez argued at trial that no consideration was given to her parental right to impose reasonable discipline on her child, who was slacking off in school.

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Playhouse launches new Players Club

The Laguna Playhouse has launched the Players Club with a goal of attracting new theatergoers, rekindling old relationships and helping raise money for the theater's operations.

Councilwoman Elizabeth Pearson organized the club and its launch at the Pacific Edge Hotel on Nov. 10, signing up new members for the support group before the party ended. Playhouse officials had sought her assistance as a professional fundraiser.

"Just about everyone who lives in Laguna Beach or is associated with Laguna Beach knows this is a community that appreciates the arts and it is a community that likes to have fun," Pearson said. "So with that in mind, I thought why not combine the two into something that will bring all of us who love Laguna together and, atbehind the theater, free beverages at the bar in the lobby and recognition by the Playhouse media.

"The Playhouse is a treasure that is worthy of our preservation and support," Pearson said. "We would never want to see its doors close.

"It is important to remember that ticket sales alone cannot sustain the Playhouse — and only account for 60 percent of what is required to successfully produce and present world-class live theater and entertainment to our community," she added.

The nonprofit Playhouse is the oldest continuously running theater on the West Coast.

"We were founded in October 1924," said Executive Director Karen Wood. "Plays were performed in private homes then."

The current theater opened in 1969 on land donated to the city by the Moulton family.

Newly appointed Artistic Director Annie Wareham presented


most of the Federal dollars went to security. How convenient because when he was running in 2002 he was touting how much money he was able to security from the Federal Government for the Olympics. A little revisionist history at play in 2012 or lying -- take your pick.

Now ABC has Romney in his own words on the missing video. The Boston Globe had the print version but now the video has surfaced showing the hypocrisy of Mitt Romney with his attacks on fellow Republicans. Romney has to be the head of the group "Do as I say, not as I do!" Watch for yourself and tell me why he should not be considered an insider in DC with all his connections?

This video was shot by a Democrattop of their pools. South Africa defeated Western Samoa in the quarter-finals, and then France in the semi-finals to reach the final; New Zealand defeated Scotland in the quarter-finals, and England in the semi-finals, a game in which Jonah Lomu famously scored four tries for the All Blacks. The final was played at Ellis Park in Johannesburg and refereed by Ed Morrison of England. To this point, New Zealand had led the tournament in production, outscoring their opponents 315–104, while South Africa had outscored their opponents 129–55. The tight Springbok defence would keep the high scoring All Blacks in check – particularly Jonah Lomu and Marc Ellis, who had already scored a then World Cup record seven tries each in the tournament – with neither team scoring a


The tennis world has understandably recently been focused on the exploits of Japan’s Naomi Osaka. The 21-year-old has, after all, just won the Australian Open and reached the pinnacle of the world rankings. And despite unexpectedly splitting with her coach Sascha Bajin, she looks set to dominate the sport over the coming years. Except that Simona Halep, the woman who Osaka replaced at the top of the rankings tree, appears to have every intention of contesting Osaka’s mastery.

The Romanian has been playing superb tennis all week in Qatar to come through a difficult draw and reach the final, guaranteeing a return to world #2 as a result. After a first-round bye, she began her campaign against Lesia Tsurenko, dismissing the Ukrainian 6-2 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals. There,she came up against ninth seed Julia Goerges, last season a semifinalist at Wimbledon. Goerges played well, but Halep simply would not be denied, battling through to the semifinals a 7-6 7-6 winner.

Awaiting her there was reigning WTA Finals champion and world #7 Elina Svitolina. What followed was a titanic clash. Svitolina had reasons to feel confident coming into the match. She had been in imperious form, brushing aside Jelena Ostapenko and Karolina Muchova to claim her place in the last four. She also owned a 4-2 lead in their head-to-head, having won her last three matches against Halep at a canter, including a 6-0 6-4 demolition in the Italian Open final last year.

However, from the outset in Doha, Halep made it clear that this was not to


be another one-sided affair. She seized control of the baseline, forcing Svitolina back, and spread the court superbly to keep her opponent off balance. Svitolina battled as best as she could, and played some good tennis of her own, but was unable to withstand the Halep storm. The top seed broke twice and deservedly took the opener six games to three.

In the second set, however, Svitolina broke through early to bring Halep’s momentum to a crashing halt. And whilst both players raised their level, delivering some stunning winners, it was increasingly Svitolina who was winning the big points. Halep, try as she might, could not engineer a comeback and then, as she served to stay in the set trailing 3-5, Svitolina pounced. Punishing a couple of loose shotsfrom Halep, the Ukrainian broke again to level the match at one-set apiece.

But though the scoreboard was even, there was no doubting who was in the ascendancy. Svitolina was redlining her game and she forced two early break points in the third. Halep saved the first, but was unable to rescue the second as Svitolina struck. Halep, who had been outmanoeuvring Svitolina with ease in the first set, now seemed to be on a string as her opponent flashed winner after winner past her reach.

Svitolina, sensing her advantage, pressed for the killer blow. She put the Halep serve under pressure again up 4-1, three times coming to within one point of going up a double break. But Halep, who had spoken of her frustration at ‘giving up’ against


Svitolina in the past, made her stand. Somehow, she was able to fight off Svitolina to hold serve, guiding a forehand volley into the open court to secure the game having drawn Svitolina to the net with a deft drop shot. And in doing so, she turned the match in her favour.

Svitolina, understandably frustrated, allowed her focus to slip and Halep punished her for it. She broke back in the next game as Svitolina sent a backhand wide into the tramlines. Another Svitolina error down break point in the ninth game of the decider, given up in the face of stifling Halep defence, left the Romanian serving for the match having won four games on the bounce. She made no mistake, serving it out to 15 to completea memorable comeback and book her place in the final.

Elise Mertens will be her opponent there. The Belgian has been in impressive form herself, scoring back-to-back top ten wins in the quarterfinals and semifinals by defeating Kiki Bertens and Angelique Kerber respectively. But Halep will surely approach the match with no fear. She has beaten Mertens comfortably in their two previous meetings, losing just six games across the two matches, albeit on clay, her favourite surface. Nonetheless, she is unquestionably the favourite going into the final.

And should she win it, Halep will have done more than just mark her return to the world’s top two in the best possible fashion. She will also have laid down a clear marker to the rest of the tour of her significant


— attention deficit, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, hyperkinetic disorder, and hyperactivity.

Medications such as Ritalin and Adderall are frequently prescribed to help people with ADHD and increase their ability to focus, improve their grades, and feel better about themselves. But these medications are psychostimulants with many potential side effects that include insomnia, headaches, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, heart problems and depression.

Additionally, in 2007, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued warnings about ADHD medication side effects such as stunted growth and other psychiatric problems like mood swings and suicidal thoughts or actions.

Statistics from the National Institute of Mental Health are reporting that between three and five young children in every 100 have some kind of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. This is 3 to 5 percent of pre-schoolers havingto you with your feet. Thanks.”

Living with HIV in China: Hundreds of Villagers Reportedly Sign Petition Seeking to Ban Child with HIV

China is facing a crisis: a part of the country wants to ban a boy who is living with HIV.

China has a growing campaign for the fight against HIV, as in proper treatment, and they are against discrimination for those living with the disease. So this incident is a head-scratcher.

The banning of the 8-year-old boy who is living with HIV comes from a small village named Shufangya in Xichong county, in China. The condemnation and requested banishment of the young boy came from a petition that was signed by over 200 villagers. It was brought to light last week via China's newspaper the People's Daily.

The People's Daily


reported that the Shufangya villagers unanimously voted for the boy's removal in early December. To make matters worse, the child's own "grandfather" has even signed the petition.

The petition reads: "Kunkun is diagnosed with AIDS, causing great fear among the villagers and village children. In order to ensure the safety of villagers and children, we demand that authorities quarantine Kunkun for treatment," CNN reported.

For the protection of the boy's identity, Kunkun is a pseudonym that is being used.

Kunkun's life since his diagnosis in 2011 has been a nightmare: he has been expelled from school and ostracized by members of his community. Kunkun had contracted the disease from his mother when he was born, CNN reported.

One villager was adamant that Kunkun poses a danger to them and their children.

"He's aticking time bomb. My daughter is around his age, and goes to a boarding school now," He Jialing said, according to CNN. "What happens if she gets bitten while playing with him here at home? That boy is too dangerous."

The People's Daily has quoted Kunkun as saying, "No one wants to play with me."

The county government office is currently discussing Kunkun's case.

China has been progressive in HIV and AIDS awareness. Even China's First Lady Peng Liyuan was appointed the World Health Organization's goodwill ambassador for AIDS in 2011. Liyuan has appeared in public advertisements holding hands and playing with HIV+ children, CNN reported.

The question is why is this happening? Ye Dawei, the director of the China Red Ribbon Foundation, an anti-HIV/AIDS organization, says that the news is heartbreaking


but understandable, The Wall Street Journal reported.

"What those villagers did sounds extreme or unreasonable," Dawei said, the Wall Street Journal reported. "But it's actually understandable. It's all because they still don't know much about the disease and fear it too much."

Dawei admits that their organization has not done enough "propaganda work" at the "grassroots" level.

The people in the small town are mostly elderly and some of Kunkun's family are ill. Kunkun's "grandfather," who is 69, says that he cannot take care of the little boy. The local newspaper has identified the man as Luo Sheng, and that Sheng is not Kunkun's biological grandfather. Sheng is simply the father of the man who is living with the boy's mother, The Wall Street Journal reported.

There have been no messages fromthe boy's parents.

The stigma of Kunkun has stretched beyond the little boy, to the rest of the family who is taking care of him. Sheng says that his younger son's wife has divorced him and has taken his two grandsons away, The Wall Street Journal reported.

"If we don't send him away, who will want to marry my younger son?" Sheng said.

At the moment, only a few people have shown interest in adopting Kunkun. But no clear arrangements have been made.

According to the United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, since 2011, 780,000 people have been living with HIV/AIDS in China. People living with HIV or AIDS face widespread discrimination and stigma, especially in rural areas where there is lack of access to education about the disease, CNN reported.

China has been


said her eating disorder worsened in high school and was never about weight.

"I hated change, my parents are divorced so it was definitely a control thing," she said.

The Weston Creek resident said a conscious effort to help others in the hospital's psychiatric unit – "anorexia is such a narcissistic thing" – and embracing Christianity helped her change her life and eventually beat the disorder, although she struggled with depression until her 2012 marriage.

Ms Stevens said she wanted her artwork and the simultaneous release of her book The Skeleton Diaries, which covers a three-month period in 2007 including the hospital stay, to encourage others not to lose hope in difficult times.

"I know what it means to go to war with my own thoughts of self-hatred and anxiety," one ofhands of doctors.

“(And) the long, slow death from dementia may be the most awful as you are slowly erased.”

Dr Smith warned people to ‘stay away from overambitious oncologists’ and said that charities should stop wasting billions trying to cure the disease and ‘potentially leaving us to die a much more horrible death.’

However Cancer Research UK said it was important to keep funding research to find cures for cancer.

Around 330,000 people are diagnosed with cancer in Britain each year according to the latest figures, and one in three people will be affected in some way by the disease.

ACT disability groups and general practitioners have split over new government reforms designed to reduce the number of people claiming the disability pension.

From January 1, people with disabilities who want to claim


been made into a question of patriotism.

But what was this “simple question of science”? Today, Pasteur is mainly remembered for the discoveries that did so much establish the germ theory of disease, which posits that many diseases are caused by bacteria. We think, in particular, of his work on anthrax and rabies, which included the development of vaccines for both.

We might remember his ferocious competition with the German microbiologist Robert Koch (1843-1910), which led to so many pathogens being identified. We see the continued glory of the Institut Pasteur, which has continued the work of the great man for the benefit of humanity.

Pasteurization was itself the by-product of discoveries that led to the germ theory of disease. Pasteur had started his scientific career in chemistry, working in thefield of crystallography. From there, his interests broadened to explore the process of fermentation, particularly in wine and beer, industries that were critical to France’s prosperity.

A tangential discovery

Pasteur was a deeply patriotic and conservative man. He was a supporter, no less, of Louis-Napoleon III (1808-1873), who had grabbed power from the Second French Republic in 1851. While not overly religious, he was a supporter of the Catholic Church, and affirmed belief in a God-Creator.

What’s more, like many of his scientific contemporaries in France, he was hostile to the notion of evolution, even after the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. In particular, he was against the notion of spontaneous generation, the idea that life could organize itself from inert matter with no intervention from a


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The broadcast can also be watched live on desktop computers but will no longer be viewable on this site once the broadcast ends.

A recording will be available to view the next day on the British Museum's Facebook page and Youtube channel, as well the British Museum’s webpage.

Defining beauty: the body in ancient Greek art

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For over two thousand years the Greeks experimented with representing the human body. From the prehistoric simplicity of Cycladic
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This exhibition examines Greek interest in human character as well as sexual and social identity. In
athletics, the male body was displayed as if it were a living sculpture, and victors were commemorated by actual statues. In art, not only were mortal men and women represented, but also the gods and other beings of myth and the supernatural world. They were either conceived in the image of humankind or in monstrous combinations of human and animal form.

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[VIDEO] Chicago Cop Indicted for Shooting at Car Full Of Black Teens

A Chicago police officer has been indicted on federal civil rights charges for shooting into a car full of teenagers, marking the first time federal authorities have brought charges against one of the city’s officers for a shooting in the last 15 years.

Officer Marco Proano, 41, was captured on video shooting repeatedly into the car as it backed away from him on the South Side in December 2013, wounding two teens inside.

In an indictment announced Friday, Proano was charged with two counts of deprivation of rights under the color of law alleging he used unreasonable force. He is free on his own recognizance and due to make his first appearance in federal court Thursday, court records show.

Thecould not be reached for comment, and his attorney, Daniel Herbert, declined to comment.

The video of the shooting of the teens in 2013 was first aired last year by The Chicago Reporter after it said it obtained the footage from former Cook County Judge Andrew Berman, who heard a criminal case involving one of the teens. The publication said the judge, who retired before the story was published, called the officer’s actions the most disturbing he’d seen in his legal career.

The Tribune reported in June 2015 that the shooting was the subject of a criminal investigation by the FBI and the U.S. attorney’s office.

According to a lawsuit filed by the mothers of three of the teens, several teenagers were riding in a car that was stopped by two


officers near 95th and LaSalle streets when one passenger fled.

In footage taken by a camera in a squad car, Proano can be seen walking quickly toward the teens’ car with his gun pointed sideways at them in his left hand. He then backed away briefly as the car reversed away from the officer. Proano then raised his gun with both hands and opened fire, the video showed.

The suit alleged that Proano fired more than a dozen shots.

One teen was shot in the shoulder and grazed on his forehead and cheek, according to the lawsuit. Another teen was shot in his left hip and right heel. A third teen was taken to the ground by one of the officers, causing an injury to his right eye, the suit alleged.

Accordingfound in 2015 that the officer had used unjustified force. The jury awarded her $3.5 million, but the judge negated the verdict because of a contradictory answer jurors gave on a written question. The judge’s ruling is being appealed.

That incident unfolded on a night in July 2011 as police responded to a call of an armed man and encountered dozens of people at an underground dance party near 80th Street and Ashland Avenue. Husband came out of the building, according to court records, and appeared to be struggling with a young woman.

Proano testified that he and two other police grabbed Husband by the arms and tried to free the girl. As they wrestled with him, Proano said, he felt a gun in Husband’s waistband. The officer said he


tried to grab the weapon from Husband but was afraid it would go off.

After another officer tried unsuccessfully to deploy a Taser, Proano fired three times. A Police Department statement that night said Husband had reached for his gun and pointed it at the officers, prompting Proano to shoot Husband in fear of his life.

An autopsy report showed the first two shots came from about 2 feet away, but the third was a “contact” wound, indicating that Proano had pressed his gun directly against Husband’s chest. The trajectory of that bullet suggested that Husband was already on the ground when it was fired.

The young woman he was with before the shooting was a friend, and she testified that while she did yell, “Get off of me!” as hehad his hands on her, she was actually talking to one of the officers.

The attorney representing Husband’s family, Donald Shapiro, argued at trial that the gun had been planted by officers. He said it had only one bullet in it, making it implausible that Husband was trying to aim it at three burly police officers who were wrestling with him.

Proano was not only cleared by IPRA but also awarded a department commendation for valor, records show.

Proano was the subject of nine complaints during a four-year period ending in mid-December 2014, police records show. He was never disciplined for any of the complaints, which included allegations of illegal searches and excessive force.


underground pipeline under construction that would connect the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota to southern Illinois, passing through the states of South Dakota and Iowa. It would also pass through North American tribal lands, including the Standing Rock Indian Reservation of Sioux tribes that includes parts of North and South Dakota.

The pipeline has been financed by a consortium of 17 banks, including Citibank, Wells Fargo, Royal Bank of Scotland, BNP Paribas and Société Générale. Additional capital is due to be raised from the partial sale of Energy Partners to a joint venture of Marathon Petroleum and Enbridge. The latter company was responsible for an 800,000-gallon oil spill in Michigan in 2010.

Protests initiated by the Sioux tribes in April have attracted thousands of supporters who have gathered atcamp sites near a portion of the pipeline. They have expressed opposition to the pipeline’s construction out of fear that leaks will contaminate the reservation’s only water supply—Lake Oahe, formed by a dam on the Missouri River—and destroy cultural sites.

This weekend, hundreds of US military veterans are planning to join the protests, organized by the Veterans for Standing Rock. Members of the organization have already begun constructing more permanent buildings to house the protesters. They have also said they plan on staging a demonstration Monday and will be forming a wall to block police from attacking protesters.

Under the watchful eye of the Obama administration, protesters have been subjected to brutal violence from local police and the National Guard, including the use of water cannons in freezing weather, tear


Miley Cyrus home burglary: Police detain pair in North Hollywood

Miley Cyrus receives an award during the ceremony of the 2014 World Music Awards in Monte Carlo, Monaco. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

A man and woman were detained Thursday in connection with the theft of Miley Cyrus' Maserati and other items from her home, police said.

The pair, who have not been identified by police, were spotted near Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf at Lankershim and Magnolia boulevards during an investigation and immediately detained, said Los Angeles police Lt. Michael Rimkunas.

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Police also seized the pair's vehicle, which contained valuables and other items suspected of being stolen property, he said. It was not immediately clear if the recovered items were stolen from the pop star's San Fernando Valley home.

Investigators werestill interviewing the pair as they tried to sort through the items.

Detectives began investigating the two, who were described as between 20 and 25 years old, after receiving numerous tips and leads about the burglary, Rimkunas said.

Police recovered Cyrus' stolen Maserati earlier this week after it was discovered abandoned on a street in Simi Valley.

Cyrus, who is on an international leg of her Bangerz music tour, wasn't home last Friday when thieves made off with jewelry and a 2014 Maserati Quattroporte.

Authorities believe a man and woman broke into Cyrus' San Fernando Valley house by climbing a fence around 4 p.m. and going through the garage.

The "Wrecking Ball" singer's assistant noticed items missing during a check on the home about midnight Saturday and called Los Angeles police.

Burglars took several


Alex Van Der Zwaan.

Papadopoulos, who was released last week from a federal prison camp after a 14-day sentence, had a different situation because he had been “specifically notified of the seriousness of the investigation,” Flynn’s lawyers wrote. They also noted that Papadopoulos was warned that lying to investigators was a federal offense.

As for Van Der Zwaan, who spent 30 days in prison before being deported, the Flynn attorneys argued that he was a “trained attorney who was represented by counsel” during his FBI interview. They also said Mueller’s inquiry by the time Van Der Zwaan committed his offense was a “publicly disclosed, full-bore investigation” dealing with the 2016 election.A slap to hate mongers. Again. Roshan Lal Mawa, 74, a Kashmiri Pandit, is back on his Srinagar downtown shop after 3 decades selling dates, 5 days ahead of Ramadan. He was fired at by a pistol borne youth in 1990. He survived and today he is back. Others can follow suit. pic.twitter.com/NAzRAixIqw — Mufti Islah (@islahmufti) May 2, 2019

A Kashmiri Pandit has returned to the Valley after almost three decades and has resumed his business in Srinagar’s downtown area.

The man was identified as 70-year-old Roshan Lal Mawa, according to a report in the Hindustan Times. Mawa survived four gunshot wounds that he received on October 13, 1990, during the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley. Following the attack, he had migrated to Delhi and set up


Sunday, September 20, 2009

The Pink Rose

Her hair was up in a pony tail,
Her favorite dress tied with a bow.
Today was Daddy's Day at school,
And she couldn't wait to go..
But her mommy tried to tell her,
That she probably should stay home.
Why the kids might not understand,
If she went to school alone.

But she was not afraid;
She knew just what to say.
What to tell her classmates
Of why he wasn't there today.

But still her mother worried,
For her to face this day alone.
And that was why once again,
She tried to keep her daughter home...

But the little girl went to school
Eager to tell them all.
About a dad she never sees
A dad who never calls.

There were daddies along the back wall,
For everyone to meet.
Children squirming impatiently,
Anxious in their seats

One by one the teacher called
A studentfrom the class.
To introduce their daddy,
As seconds slowly passed.

At last the teacher called her name,
Every child turned to stare.
Each of them was searching,
A man who wasn't there.

"Where's her daddy at?"
She heard a boy call out.
"She probably doesn't have one,"
Another student dared to shout.

And from somewhere near the back,
She heard a daddy say,
"Looks like another deadbeat dad,
Too busy to waste his day."

The words did not offend her,
As she smiled up at her Mom.
And looked back at her teacher,
Who told her to go on.

And with hands behind her back,
Slowly she began to speak.
And out from the mouth of a child,
Came words incredibly unique.

My Daddy couldn't be here,
Because he lives so far away.
But I know he wishes he could be,
Since this is such a special day.

And though you cannot meet him,
I


when she dropped her hand back down,
Staring straight into the crowd..
She finished with a voice so soft,
But its message clear and loud..

I love my daddy very much,
he's my shining star.
And if he could, he'd be here,
But heaven's just too far.

You see he is a soldier
And died just this past year
When a roadside bomb hit his convoy
And taught brave men to fear.

But sometimes when I close my eyes,
it's like he never went away...
And then she closed her eyes,
And saw him there that day.

And to her mother's amazement,
She witnessed with surprise.
A room full of daddies and children,
All starting to close their eyes.

Who knows what they saw before them,
Who knows what they felt inside.
Perhaps for merely a second,
They saw him at her side.

"I know you're with me Daddy,"
To the silence she       Page 2

                                          I. Background

       Apke was 30 years old in 2014 when she first applied for disability benefits
insurance and supplemental security income. She alleged her disability began in
October 2010.1 She formerly worked as a cashier, a nurse assistant, and an in‐home
health care provider. Shortly after applying for benefits she reported she lived at home
with her family and took care of her three children. She bathed them, cooked for them,
and attended to their needs. Apke’s


activities included cleaning the house, washing
clothes, washing dishes, driving, shopping in stores for groceries and household items,
paying bills, attending church regularly, attending her children’s sporting events, and
providing primary care for her youngest child who was not yet in school.

       Additionally, Apke worked part‐time about 20 hours per week answering
phones and assisting customers for her father’s window business. When she felt pain or
fatigue, she was allowed to periodically sit or lay down. Since February 2016, she has
maintained a small home‐based baking business, working about two weekends per
month.

       As part of her benefits applications, Apke submitted medical treatment records.
The treatment notes from 2011 show she complained of fatigue, back pain, and general
all‐over pain. She was treated conservatively forOctober 20, 2016

Seriously launches Best Fiends Forever – the second mobile game in the Best Fiends trilogy

New Release is an Immersive and Interactive Clicker Adventure – Set in the Same Best Fiends Universe Yet an Entirely New Experience

Venice, California & Helsinki, Finland – October 20, 2016 – Seriously, a mobile first entertainment company, today announced the launch of Best Fiends Forever, the second mobile game set in the Best Fiends universe. Best Fiends Forever is free to download today on the App Store and Google Play.

“The new game continues the journey of our heroes, the Fiends, through the world of Minutia and their battle against the hapless Slugs,” said Petri Järvilehto, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Seriously. “Tapping into the hottest new genre in mobile gaming – clicker


consisting in reaching towards and grasping the presented stimulus. Once the participant was comfortable with the task they performed a total of 80 trials, 40 for the GL and 40 for the GS conditions. The sequence of events was the following. At the start the shutter glasses were in a closed (opaque) state. At the time the shutter glasses opened (i.e., became translucent) the stimulus become visible and the participant was instructed to initiate the reach to grasp movement towards the stimulus. The shutter glasses remained open for the entire duration of the movement. Trials were administered in two blocks presented in a pseudorandom order. All failed trials were reintegrated and presented randomly later in the block. ERPs and kinematical recordings started at the time the shutters glassesof the wrist marker. The manipulation component was assessed by analysing the trajectory of each of the hand markers, and the distance between these two markers. Reaction time was defined as the time interval between the opening of the crystal liquid lenses and the release of the start button upon which the hand was resting. Movement duration was calculated as the time between movement onset (defined as the time at which the wrist first began to move) and the end of the action (defined as the time when the fingers closed on the target and there were no further changes in the distance between the index finger and thumb). The period following this, whereby the stimulus was lifted, was not assessed. The dependent variables were (a) reaction time;


Amritsar: Sikh high priests on Monday banned the sale of idols of their gurus. Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh said the clergy had decided to impose the ban as idol worship had no place in the faith. He said that the Sikh priests had also banned electronic Chandoa Sahib in gurdwaras. In another decision, he said a five-member committee would minutely study the preachings done by Ranjit Singh Dhadrianwale and if anything was found objectionable, he would be asked to give clarification on the same. tnnWASHINGTON — The FBI recently questioned a former White House correspondent for Sputnik, the Russian-government-funded news agency, as part of an investigation into whether it is acting as an undeclared propaganda arm of the Kremlin in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).

As part of the probe, Yahoo News has learned, the bureau has obtained a thumb drive containing thousands of internal Sputnik emails and documents — material that could potentially help prosecutors build a case that the news agency played a role in the Russian government “influence campaign” that was waged during last year’s presidential election and, in the view of U.S. intelligence officials, is still ongoing.

The emails were turned over by Andrew Feinberg, the news agency’s former White House correspondent, who had downloaded the material


Nearly one-quarter of voters who backed both President Trump in 2016 and former President Obama in 2012 say they disapprove of Trump's job performance, according to a new poll released Wednesday.

A survey by Democracy Fund Voter Study Group found that 22 percent of those who voted for both Obama and Trump disapprove of the current president. In comparison, just nine percent of all Trump voters disapprove of him.

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Seventy percent of Obama-Trump voters approve of Trump's job performance, compared to 88 percent of all Trump backers.

The poll found that 16 percent of those who voted for Obama in 2012 and then for Trump in 2016 regret voting for Trump. Six percent of all Trump voters said the same.

Overall, Trump has a 42 percent approval rating and 54 percent disapprovalManchester United are closing in on two major signings with deals for the Borussia Dortmund attacking midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic looking likely after a busy Saturday.

José Mourinho is keen to sign both players as he steps up his recruitment drive before his first season in charge at Old Trafford. Mkhitaryan has one year left on his contract at the Bundesliga club and, while Dortmund have publicly said that he is not for sale, they have now admitted that the player is ready to move on.

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United are ready to bid £30m for the 27-year-old and are confident that Dortmund will accept their offer. The Armenian, who joined Dortmund in 2013 from Shakhtar Donetsk for


£23.5m, is looking for a new challenge and is desperate to play in the Premier League despite an offer of a pay rise to remain at his current club.

Mkhitaryan, who has attracted the interest of several other clubs, including Arsenal, would be offered a four or five-year contract with United hopeful that they can agree the fee with Dortmund in the next seven days.

The Dortmund chief executive, Hans-Joachim Watzke, admitted earlier this month that the club had failed to convince Mkhitaryan to sign a contract extension but was still hoping to keep the player for the remaining year of his contract. That hope has now receded and the club, who have already lost Mats Hummels to Bayern Munich, are now trying to get the highest possible fee fordeal, met with the Swede on Saturday to go through Manchester United’s offer again. Ibrahimovic has already agreed a salary with the club and is now just waiting to talk to Mourinho about his role in the team.

United are prepared to offer the 34-year-old a one-year contract worth £220,000-a-week and the Swede is expected to fly to Manchester in the first week of July in the hope to clinch a deal.

Ibrahimovic left Paris St-Germain this summer after four years and four league titles in France. The Swede worked with Mourinho at Internazionale during the 2008-09 season and said recently that he “had a fantastic time with him at Inter and we said when I left that we might work together again”.

The 34-year-old did not have a successful European


Hillary Clinton claimed that she was finally in “the homestretch” of the Democratic nomination battle Tuesday night after halting Bernie Sanders’s comeback with a decisive victory in the New York primary.

Sanders spent the week sowing the seeds of doubt within Clinton’s coalition—blistering her for her association with Wall Street, holding a series of mega-rallies, collecting a host of celebrity endorsements, and out-spending her by 2-1 on TV ads.

He needed a win, or a very close finish, to maintain the momentum in his unlikely bid to upset Clinton, but the Brooklyn native was defeated by more than 15 points.

“Victory is in sight!” declared Clinton at a New York rally. Staffers near the back of the room hugged each other—visibly relieved that this particularly ugly part of the primary campaignIn what he now believes to be an iconic scene, he came down the escalator with his wife, Melania, and into a sea of reporters and paid extras pretending to be fervent fans. Back then he seemed like a sideshow, and Beltway analysts and pundits predicted he would fizzle out quickly.

This time the escalator was frozen. His fans stood on it and peered down at him as he spoke. He had just won his 20th contest—with more than 60 percent of the vote—and added to his substantial delegate lead, on his way to the 1,237 needed to secure the Republican nomination.

The event was billed as a “press conference” by Trump’s campaign, but he didn’t take any questions, instead giving a condensed version of his stump speech that focused


being held for the first time ever in the United States of America. For a small city like Eugene to host it is amazing." Brown joined a range of local dignitaries and medal-winning American runners, jumpers and throwers on stage at the University of Oregon Thursday for a splashy, formal kickoff rally for the 2021 outdoor championships.

"I am confident that we will have the resources we need to make this event happen," Brown said. "The investments that we make in this event will pay off for decades to come not only for Eugene, but for the entire state of Oregon." Brown told the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in an April letter that she will ask the 2020 Oregon Legislature to pony up as well as dipinto a reserve fund she controls and seek "other opportunities for direct and value-in-kind investment." The increased subsidy may require a hard sell. In 2016, the Oregon Legislature voted by a narrow margin to increase the state lodging tax at the behest of Eugene-area lawmakers who had the 2021 world championships in mind. A request to lawmakers from Brown to allocate another $5 million was not granted during the 2019 session. At least a few critics in Eugene and in the Legislature argue the state has higher priorities than to subsidize a sports spectacle. "There are plenty of competing uses for $20 million in the state," said University of Oregon economics professor Bill Harbaugh, the author of a critical blog. "I think it would be hard to find


organizing committee is preparing to host 2,000 elite athletes from around the world along with 3,000 media members and broadcasters, plus throngs of spectators. The throwers, jumpers and runners will be housed in UO dorms that will be recast as an Olympic-style athletes’ village. TrackTown's boosters and the state of Oregon achieved a surprise victory in 2015 when they secured the 2021 world championships. Eugene is thought to be the smallest city ever to host the event. The IAAF's opaque bidding process, which resulted in steamy Qatar winning the 2019 hosting rights and Eugene hosting in 2021, has since come under scrutiny by corruption investigators in multiple countries. The former head of the TrackTown USA bid committee, Vin Lananna, and current TrackTown USA CEO Michael Reilly were contactedtreacherous Republican activities during Campaign 1980 contacting Iran behind President Jimmy Carter’s back were swept under the rug by mainstream Democrats and the Washington press corps.

Similarly, evidence of Contra drug-trafficking and even CIA admissions about covering up and protecting those crimes were downplayed by the major newspapers, including the Washington Post and the New York Times. Ditto the work of Central American truth commissions exposing massive human rights violations that Reagan aided and abetted.

The fear of taking on the Reagan propaganda machine in any serious or consistent way was so great that nearly everyone looked to their careers or their personal pleasures. One side dug in for political warfare and the other, too often, favored trips to wine country.

Distrusting the MSM

As this anti-empiricism deepened over several decades, the


1 killed 1 injured suspect confessed Tuesday August 18, 2015Murder of Jamyla Bolden African American girl 9-year-old Jamyla Bolden was sitting on her mother's bed doing her homework when shots were fired into her Ferguson Missouri home just a week after starting the fourth grade.

Murder of Jamyla BoldenDe'Eris Brown charged Aug 27 with killing a 9-year-old girl who was sitting on her mother's bed doing her homework when shots were fired into her home. charged with second-degree murder in the August 18 killing of Jamyla Bolden. three counts of armed criminal action and two counts of unlawful use of a weapon by shooting at a building. He is jailed on $750,000 cash-only bond. (Daily Mail UK)

The home is near where unarmed teen Michael Brown was fatally shot bypolice officer Darren Wilson starting a year of protests and violent outrage. Jamyla's mother was shot in the leg and is recovering. Police detectives worked to identify 21 year old De'Eris Brown who lives in the St Louis suburbs as a suspect who confessed to the killing. Police did not release a possible motive for the shooting but said Jamyla was not targeted, and the shooter was on foot and alone at the time of the crime. In a viral video, African American mother and former Navy officer and IRS worker Peggy Hubbard went viral with a video which slammed the silence of Black Lives Matter protesters who that night instead rallied for a man who was shot for pointing a gun at police, and should focus less


on police brutality and more on black on black crime. Local station KMOV reveals that Brown was arrested last year for pulling a gun on a Subway employee in their car park and threatening a mass shooting and 'shoot up the place'. The death prompted vigils and marches and calls for an end to violence. Victim Jamyla was black, as is her alleged assailant, and the girl lived in a predominantly African-America neighborhood. Story of the arrest was covered by Daily Mail in UK and Russia’s RT.

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Al Jazeera: grandmother told the paper she ran into the bedroom after hearing the shots around 9:30 p.m. The girl’s mother was shot in the leg.

Daily Mail UK De'Eris Brown charged Aug 27 with killing a 9-year-old girl who was sitting onSarah Perry’s The Essex Serpent won last year, but which of these six covers will claim this year’s prize?

The best looking shortlist of the year has been announced, as the Books Are My Bag readers awards reveal who is in the running in the most beautiful book of the year category. The six have been selected by booksellers for the annual event, which celebrates physical books and real-life bookshops. And in an era of ebooks and online piracy, beautiful books are more important and popular than ever. Last year’s winner, The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry – which was released by Waterstones in an extra shiny edition – sold 287,566 copies and helped its publisher, Profile, increase its turnover by nearly 7%.

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (Viking)

A bold rejection


idea was that readers would feel a sense of walking into the book, like a landscape”. The result is a publication that is beautifully illustrated by Jackie Morris and suitably massive.

Ravilious & Co by Andy Friend (Thames & Hudson)

As a biography of the 20th-century watercolour artist, Ravilious & Co had to be good-looking. It was described as “magnificent” by … none other than Robert Macfarlane. The winners of the Books Are My Bag awards will be announced on 21 November at Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London. See booksaremybag.com for further details.Q:

"Lives" vs. "life" in "the life of those living on the farm"

James is giving a tour of his farm to some of his friends. Which sentence is correct:

James introduces some of the animals on the farm: "This is Elmer, the pig... That's Mini, the mouse, and that duck is called Daffy... "
James tells his friends about the life of those living on the farm. His friends follow each word.

or

James introduces some of the animals on the farm: "This is Elmer, the pig... That's Mini, the mouse, and that duck is called Daffy... "
James tells his friends about the lives of those living on the farm. His friends follow each word.

I understand that the singular of life is more appropriate when discussing a shared life, but this distinction is


Friday, October 16, 2009

Oh Canada: Niagra Falls Plus Health Care

Richard Halliburton wrote about Niagara Falls in his book about the seven wonders of the world. I got that book for my bar mitzvah and now 56 years later I am up close and personal with Niagara. Here I was with the Prime Timers convention last Saturday. Other trip highlights were the gothic castle Casa Loma. Equally fascinating was the photos of Alex Trebeck and Lorne Michaels at the CBC broacast museum when they were much younger. Several current CBC series look interesting but unfortunately not available on Netflix, like “Little Mosque on the Prairie”. Neil Diamond when he was in his 20s was revisited by a young performer at the convention and this was exciting. I also enjoyedring, a second annular ring adjacent the first annular ring and an adjustment limiting member for controlling adjustment. Opposed faces of the first and second rings include corresponding threaded surfaces that function to displace the second ring upon rotation of the first ring. The increment of wear on the friction surface of driven member is directly translated into a gap between the first and second rings. The adjustment limiting member is selectively engagable with the first ring to inhibit rotation thereof and disengageable with the first ring to permit adjustment of the friction device.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the adjustment mechanism includes an adjusting ring having an adjusting thread at an outer peripheral surface and the cover having a cover thread at an inner peripheral surface.


President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.”

In addition, a House committee’s impeachment probe should also investigate whether President Trump is violating the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 (STOCK Act). One of the few federal ethics statutes that specifically include the president, the STOCK Act — among other provisions — prohibits the president from (1) using nonpublic information for private profit, and from (2) intentionally influencing an employment decision or practice of a private entity solely on the basis of partisan political affiliation.

A crucial test for
English:
The existence of a black hole was predicted
by Newton's theory of gravity.
Physicists debated about
how the law of physics can be applied
when gravity was maximized,
and this made the scientists
who supported the corpuscular theory
think that 'even light can become trapped by gravity'.
At first, they called this planet
where even light couldn't escape a 'dark star'.
In the 1960s, they gave a new name to it,
which was a 'black hole'.
Many scientists were interested in
the studies on black holes,
which could pull everything into it.
Then a new theory was proposed,
which shocked the world.
This was Hawking radiation,
a theory proposed by Stephen Hawking.
He explained that black holes emit particles as well,
so they lose mass and energy,
and as a result,
the black hole can evaporate and disappear.
That's enough about the complicated
explanations of the Hawking radiation.

Korean:
블랙홀의 존재는 아이작


스탠포드와 함께
세계 5위권에 머무는 학교였습니다.
호킹의 아버지는 국립의료원의
기생충 교실 과장을 맡았으며,
일상생활은 지적이고
조용한 라이프 스타일을 추구했다고 합니다.
호킹은 어린 시절 아이슈타인이라는
별명이 있을 정도로 총명했지만,
학교 내 성적은 그리 좋지
않았다고 하는데요.

English:
Now, I will talk about the life of Stephen Hawking,
who was born in Oxford, England in 1942
and passed away in 2018 at the age of 76.
Generally, when people think of Stephen Hawking,
they think of a genius scientist
who had trouble talking and moving
his body because of Lou Gehrig's disease.
But actually, when he was in university,
he was a sportsman and was in the rowing team.
He not only trained himself physically,
but he also had great comprehension.
So he took the position of the coxswain,
who is responsible for steering the boat.
The coxswain is like the conductor in an orchestra.
His parents were very intelligent people
who graduated from the자연과학 분야의
최우등 학위를 받고 대학을 졸업하게 됩니다.
그리고 케임브리지 대학의
스키아마 교수와
‘우주론과 일반 상대성’
공부를 하기 위해
케임브리지 대학원에 진학하게 되죠.
하지만, 호킹은 대학원에 진학하기 전,
대학교 졸업반 때 계단에서 굴러떨어지는
어이없는 사고를 당한 적이 있는데,

English:
Nevertheless, he got accepted into
the University of Oxford in 1959 at the age of 17.
His performance in
the entrance exam wasn't excellent overall,
but he did an amazing job on the physics test.
This shocked the examiners, and
this was what allowed him to get accepted.
At the time he started university,
he was younger and smaller than
the other first year students.
So he didn't have many friends and had to
spend his first year alone most of the time.
But when he started his second year,
he wanted to get along with the other students,
so he started getting into sports.
Hawking was different from the his other friends in


that
he wasn't as big and muscular,
but he took the position of a cox in the rowing team,
who didn't have to row the boat,
and he gradually got used to being in the rowing team.
He practiced rowing for 6 hours a day,
and did a great job as the leader of the team.
He performed well not only in sports,
but also in academics.
He graduated from Oxford. with
a first-class honors degree in natural sciences.
Then, in order to study 'cosmology and general relativity'
with Professor Sciama at the University of Cambridge,
he went to the graduate school at Cambridge.
But before starting graduate school,
he got into an accident where
he rolled down the stairs for no reason.
These kinds of accidents happened
while he was attending graduate school as well,

English:
but they were more serious.
He didn't feel well and visitedthe hospital,
and the doctor diagnosed him with Lou Gheric's disease,
or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),
which was a rare condition.
Then the doctor told him that
he would only live for another year or two.
After hearing that he only had a year left to live,
he was extremely shocked,
but he gathered his thoughts together
and changed the way he thought about life.
Years later, Hawking talked about this experience.
He said that before he was diagnosed with ALS,
his life was really boring.
He felt like there was no value to his life.
But after hearing that he was terminally ill,
which was like a death sentence,
he realized that he had many things to do
every time his death sentence was delayed.
Then he said he could
enjoy every single moment of his life.
We don't know if it was because of
his positive mindset


상대론과 우주론을
본격적으로 더 열심히 공부하게 되었죠.

English:
It was hard for him to study because of his condition,
but he worked out the physics equations in his head
and succeeded in getting a PhD.
Before he was diagnosed with ALS,
he was in a relationship with a woman named
Jane Wilde, who studied literature.
Both of them didn't mind the disease,
and they got married.
They had three children,
and Jane had to take care of
her three children and Hawking by herself.
Their passionate and pure love led to their marriage,
and their family was happy at the beginning.
Even though Hawking's symptoms got worse,
Jane took care of him and
the family seemed to be happy.
But after 20 years, when Hawking was in his early 40s,
he developed pneumonia after visiting the European
Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva.
He almost died, but miraculously recovered.
Buthim
as a natural process.
He looked like he would have to
spend the rest of his life alone
but he also got married to Elaine Mason,
who was his nurse.
After getting married again,
Hawing focuses on his studies, and with
the help of an engineer at the University of Cambridge,
he started to use a wheelchair with
a computer and special devices attached to it.
These devices allowed him to write
by only moving his fingers and eyebrows.
He published many books by
using his fingers and eyebrows,
and some of them became bestsellers worldwide,
and he becomes a world-famous public figure.
Stephen Hawking's disease was
a very rare condition even at that time,
so he was faced with a huge financial burden.
But thanks to his book
"A Brief History of Time", published in 1988,
he didn't have to worry about money.
"A Brief History of Time" is


a book that
he wrote after thinking that there was a need for
a science book that everyone could read.
This book dealt with
the theories about the nature of the universe.
Later, other books like
"The Illustrated a Brief History of Time"

English:
and "The Theory of Everything"
make Stephen Hawking more famous.
As he was working worldwide,
his health deteriorated even more.
Because of the complications of
muscle atrophy and pneumonia,
he had to receive a tracheostomy.
After the surgery,
a tube had to be inserted into his lungs
in order for him to breathe.
He couldn't move his body well,
and he couldn't speak,
so you would think
that he would have relied on God in desperation.
But he remained atheist.
In a book called "The Great Design", which he wrote with
the American physicist Leonard Mlodinow,
he argued that God did not design the universe.
He argued that theBig Bang theory, which explains that
the universe inflated after
an explosion that happened 13.7 billion years ago,
is a physical law, just like gravity,
and he argued that it cannot be explained
by God's hands or coincidence.
He also said that the universe was formed from nothing,
according to the law of gravity and the quantum theory,
and that there was intervention from
God or any supernatural being..
There were rumors that his second wife,
Elaine Mason, abused him,
but Hawking said that never happened.

Korean:
대중들에게 스티븐 호킹의
이름을 알리게 되는 계기가 되었습니다.
세계적인 활동을 이어가던 중
호킹의 몸 상태는 더욱 악화되었는데,
근육위축과 폐렴 등의 합병증으로 인해
기관지 절개 수술을 받기도 하는데요.
기관지가 없어지고서는
호흡을 이어가기 위해
파이프를 폐에 꽂아
숨을 쉬게 되었습니다.
몸도 제대로 움직이지 못하고,
말도 못하는 그의 인생은 절박한 마음에
신에게 의지할 법도 했으나,
호킹은 무신론자 입장을 보였고,
2010년 미국의 물리학자
‘레너드 믈로디노프’와 함께 쓴 책
‘위대한 설계’에서 우주는
신이 설계하지 않았다는 주장을


펼쳤습니다.
약 137억년 전에 발생한 대폭발을 시작으로
우주가 팽창했다는 빅뱅 이론은
중력같은 물리학적 법칙이며,
신의 손이나 우연으로
설명되는게 아니라고 주장했죠.
우주는 중력의 법칙과
양자이론에 따라 무에서 탄생했으며,
어떠한 초자연적 존재나
신의 개입도 없었다고 합니다.
스티븐 호킹은 두 번째 아내 메이슨에게
폭행과 학대를 받았다는 소문도 있었으나,
호킹은 그런적이 없다고 부정했죠.
하지만, 일레인 메이슨은

English:
But Elaine Mason was
suffering from Münchausen syndrome,
and people with this disorder
would lie to get other people's attention,
and in severe cases, they would beat the other person.
It was proven that his wife abused him through
a picture taken by their neighbor,
and he gets divorced for the second time in 2006.
Hawking spends the rest of his life with
his children and grandchildren,
and he dies at his home on March 14, 2018.
Hawking's birthday was January 8,
which was exactly 300 years after Galilei died,
and the day that Hawking died, March 14,
is the same day asabsent.

Other business

In other business, the board learned the site of the burned-out house on Lyons Street will soon get a long-awaited cleanup. Final bids for the work were to be accepted through Aug. 30. Haag told the board that after Labor Day, he and Supervisor Phil Osterhus will review bids. Cars have been removed from the lot and specific trees marked for removal.

The Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended special assessment to pay for paved improvements to an extension of Typo Creek Drive, Haag said. A decision is still pending, though a petition of 35 percent of the property owners has been submitted. The plans were to go to the Road and Bridge Committee Sept. 3.

There was discussion about allowing a blank check for paying for bills associated


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Saturday, December 31, 2011

What a sweet little story to end the year on. I mean just look at these two old girls, one seventy six, t'other eighty four, bless 'em.

2011: An Extraordinary Year For Gay Rights

This year was an extraordinary one for many things — especially gay rights. In September, the end of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy allowed gay, lesbian and bisexual people to serve openly. And just this month, two female sailors became the first to share the Navy tradition of a "first kiss."

This summer, New York became the sixth and largest state yet — along with Washington, D.C. — to allow same-sex marriage. Phyllis Siegel, 76, and her partner of 23 years, 84-year-old Connie Kopelov, became the first same-sex couple in New Yorkhall and open a page of Talmud. It's true that the Torah has 70 faces, but the trend of these faces is clear: The source of the pollution is in halakha (Jewish law ) itself. What is happening in Beit Shemesh and its satellites is not "contrary to halakha," it is mandated by halakha. And the rest will be told to the grandmothers, daughters and granddaughters.

Anyone ignoramus knows that the Torah's "ways are ways of pleasantness," that "the honor of a king's daughter is within," and that "proper behavior comes before the Torah," but it's worth knowing more. It's worth knowing that a woman is unfit to be a judge, and is also unfit to give testimony. She is unfit for any public position with authority. "Thou shalt


woman washes her husband's face and feet and pours him a cup and prepares his bed and stands and serves her husband. And any woman who refrains from doing any of these tasks that she is obligated to perform - is forced to do them." Some recommend forcing her with a whip or by starvation "until she gives in."

And needless to say, she is at her husband's disposal whenever he is overcome by a desire "to satisfy his urges with her." And if she continues to rebel, he always has the right "to divorce her without her consent."

And there are many similar halakhot, only a few of which we have collected here. Nor have we cited everything in the name of the ones who said them, for lackendorsement from a pastor who wants the death penalty for gays exposes his links to radical Christian Reconstructionists. By Adele M. StanDecember 29, 2011

At first it seemed like the moment of triumph for the Ron Paul for President campaign. The Texas congressman had won the endorsement of Rev. Phillip G. Kayser, a prominent right-wing Nebraska pastor, just as momentum built toward a possible big win for Paul in next week's GOP caucuses in neighboring Iowa, where evangelicals comprise a majority of voters.

The campaign issued a press release on Wednesday, lauding Kayser and trumpeting his endorsement, citing "the enlightening statements he makes on how Ron Paul's approach to government is consistent with Christian beliefs." Then came word of Kayser's "Christian belief" in applying the death penalty for gay male


sex, and the Paulites got busy scrubbing their press release from the campaign Web site. (The text of the release and a screen shot can be seen on the Web site Outside the Beltway.)

What reporters Pema Levy and Benjy Sarlin of TPM uncovered when they scrolled through Kayser's writings on his Web site, Biblical Blueprints, were not simply the rantings of a random fringe preacher, but a "blueprint" for the philosophy of Christian Reconstructionism, which seeks to make manifest biblical law as the law of the land. That would include the death penalty not only for the practice of sex between men, but also for adultery and insubordination by children.

Coming on the heels of recent revelations by a former aide that Ron Paul would not use the bathroomin a gay man's home or shake the hand of a gay supporter, and the homophobic and racist utterances attributed to him in a series of newsletters published under his name in the 1980s and '90s, news of Kayser's death-to-the-gays theology was hardly a boon to the campaign.

In one of the many pamphlets authored by Kayser, the TPM reporters unearthed this from a tract on the biblical validity of the death penalty:

It is not just the sinfulness of homosexuality that is known, but also the justice of the death penalty for homosexuality. In verse 32 Paul says, "Who knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them."

The mere


the political arm of the Christian Reconstructionists. (Baldwin parts company with Reconstructionists on his idea of how the end-times will go down, but is otherwise well-aligned with the Reconstructionist agenda.)

Founded in 1992 by Howard Phillips, a follower of Christian Reconstructionism founder Rousas John Rushdoony, the Constitution Party offers this in the preamble to the party platform:

The goal of the Constitution Party is to restore American jurisprudence to its Biblical foundations and to limit the federal government to its Constitutional boundaries.

Hard-core Christian Reconstructionists like Kayser and Phillips (who is also a founder of the modern religious right and a close ally of Ron Paul) aren't easy to come by, despite the profound but often undetected influence of Reconstructionist thought on right-wing evangelical churches. One area of difference between Reconstructionistsis running this story. I would be interested in public opinion. Thank you.

Police arrested a dozen Occupy the Caucus protesters who blocked the doors to the Iowa Democratic Party headquarters, including 14-year-old Frankie Hughes who wore tape over her mouth and a sandwich sign that identified her as “a child whose voice is not heard." This isn't the girl's first rodeo with police, either. She said she's been arrested three or four times before, once at the State Capitol, according to the Times.

In this case, Frankie joined protesters who voiced concerns about Obama's ties to Wall Street, among other things. She was released to her father who said “I’m actually proud of her for standing up the way she did.” Better a serial protester than a problem child.


evidence of US war crimes, to WikiLeaks.

The closing arguments of Captain Ashden Fein make clear that the United States government is seeking to use its prosecution of Manning, a 24-year-old soldier and former intelligence analyst, to lay the basis for extraditing Assange to the US and either prosecuting him as a terrorist or locking him away indefinitely in a military prison without any recourse to the courts or due process.

The attempt of the prosecution in the Manning case to make an amalgam between Manning, Assange and Al Qaeda is particularly ominous given the passage last week of the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes authorization for the US president to order the indefinite military detention without trial of anyone, citizen or non-citizen, whom the president names as aterrorist.

Assange is currently in Britain, appealing to Britain’s Supreme Court an extradition order to Sweden on the basis of trumped-up sex charges. If extradited to Sweden, Assange will likely face extradition to the US.

By alleging as well that Manning aided Al Qaeda, the prosecution is escalating a strategy aimed at coercing Manning to implicate Assange. Without having even been formally charged, Manning was held in solitary confinement for months on end and subjected to forced nakedness and sleep deprivation among other forms of torture.

The central purpose of his treatment from the time he was detained 19 months ago has been to “strong-arm” the young man into a plea bargain in which he is called to testify against Assange.

The presiding officer in the Article 32 hearing, Lieutenant Colonel Paul


worth it, to establish a stable government in a very important region of the world.”

The price that Panetta claims is worth it includes the deaths of nearly 4,500 Americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis. It includes untold numbers wounded - with Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – and suicides, as well as nearly $1 trillion that could have prevented the economic disaster at home.

The price of the Iraq war also includes thousands of men who have been subjected to torture and abuse in places like Abu Ghraib prison. It includes the 2005 Haditha Massacre, in which U.S. Marines killed 24 unarmed civilians execution-style. It includes the Fallujah Massacre, in which U.S. forces killed 736 people, at least 60% of them women and children. Itincludes other war crimes committed by American troops in Qaim, Taal Al Jal, Mukaradeeb, Mahmudiya, Hamdaniyah, Samarra, Salahuddin, and Ishaqi.

The price of that war includes two men killed by the Army’s Lethal Warriors in Al Doura, Iraq, with no evidence that they were insurgents or posed a threat. One man’s brains were removed from his head and another man’s face was skinned after he was killed by Lethal Warriors. U.S. Army Ranger John Needham, who was awarded two purple hearts and three medals for heroism, wrote to military authorities in 2007 reporting war crimes that he witnessed being committed by his own command and fellow Lethal Warriors in Al Doura. His charges were supported by atrocity photos which have been released by Pulse TV and Maverick Media in


Conventions, which prohibit targeting civilians, preventing the rescue of the wounded, and defacing dead bodies.

Obama proudly took credit for ending U.S. military involvement in Iraq. But he had tried for months to extend it beyond the December 31, 2011 deadline his predecessor negotiated with the Iraqi government. Negotiations between Obama and the Iraqi government broke down when Iraq refused to grant criminal and civil immunity to U.S. troops.

It was after seeing evidence of war crimes such as those depicted in “Collateral Murder” and the “Iraq War Logs,” also allegedly leaked by Manning, that the Iraqis refused to immunize U.S. forces from prosecution for their future crimes. When I spoke with Tariq Aqrawi, Iraq’s ambassador to the United Nations, at a recent international human rights film festival in Vienna,war crimes instead of exposing them, he would be a free man today. If he had murdered civilians and skinned them alive, he would not be facing the death penalty.

Besides helping to end the Iraq war, the leaked cables helped spark the Arab Spring. When people in Tunisia read cables revealing corruption by the ruling family there, they took to the streets.

If Manning did what he is accused of doing, he should not be tried as a criminal. He should be hailed as a national hero, much like Daniel Ellsberg, whose release of the Pentagon Papers helped to expose the government’s lies and end the Vietnam War. ICH

An effort by GoDaddy customers to boycott the domain registrar over its support for Hollywood-backed copyright legislation has sparked allegations of


offered "RealChanel.com" as an option.

Prior to its current public relations debacle, GoDaddy had been an enthusiastic supporter of expanding copyright law to deal with "parasite" Web sites. In testimony (PDF) before a House of Representatives hearing this spring, GoDaddy general counsel Christine Jones endorsed Domain Name System (DNS) blocking as a way to prevent Americans from accessing suspected piratical Web sites.

Jones said that DNS blocking is an "effective strategy for disabling access to illegal" Web sites. It can "be done by the registrar (which provides the authoritative DNS response), or, in cases where the registrar is unable or unwilling to comply, by the registry (which provides the Root zone file records -- the database -- for the entire TLD)," she said. Cnet story with links

When engineering professor YotaroHatamura took the job of heading the independent investigation into the Fukushima disaster, he said he was looking for lessons rather than culprits. He may have changed his mind.

In a 507-page report published yesterday after a six-month investigation, Hatamura reserves some of his strongest criticism for Japan's atomic power regulator, the Nuclear Industrial and Safety Agency, known as NISA.

NISA officials left the Dai-Ichi nuclear plant after the March 11 earthquake and when ordered to return by the government provided little assistance to Tokyo Electric Power Co. staff struggling to gain control of three melting reactors, according to the report.

“Monitoring the plant's status was the most important action at that time, so to evacuate was very questionable,” the report by Hatamura's 10-member team concluded. The committee found “no evidence


that the NISA officials provided necessary assistance or advice.” Even though NISA's manual said to stay at the plant, their manager gave the officials permission to evacuate, according to the report, which doesn't name the manager.

The preliminary conclusions by Hatamura, who specializes in studies of industrial accidents caused by design flaws and human error, includes a slew of planning failures, breakdown in communication and operational mistakes by Tokyo Electric and the government before and after the earthquake and tsunami.

No Power

While the utility supplied the electricity that kept homes, factories and offices running in metropolitan Tokyo, the world's biggest city, lack of preparation for power failure in the Fukushima station left workers reduced to flashlights at the 864-acre plant site, the size of about 490 soccer fields.

Batteries in cellreactor was one of the three that melted down.

In Tokyo, the central government's response was muddled by miscommunication between two teams working on different floors of the same building, the report said.

The report also criticized the government for failing to use its system for monitoring the spread of radiation in calculating evacuation areas. While the monitoring tool lacked sufficient data for an accurate assessment because of communication failures, its predictive functions should have been used, the report said.

Withholding Information

The government also erred in keeping data on the spread of radiation from the public. “Information on urgent matters was delayed, press releases were withheld, and explanations were kept ambiguous,” the report concluded.

The report by Hatamura, professor emeritus at University of Tokyo, serves as a time line for the chaos


that ensued when the record magnitude-9 earthquake knocked out power and buckled roads before the tsunami flooded backup generators. Radiation fallout from the reactors forced the evacuation of about 160,000 people. The government has yet to say how many can return and when.

Jun Oshima, a spokesman for Tepco, declined to comment on the report as the utility is checking the contents, he said.

Hotlines between the central control room and the reactor buildings worked following the quake, while workers outside the buildings could use a total of nine transceivers, spokesman Masato Yamaguchi said yesterday. The company added 29 transceivers on March 13 and 80 more on March 15, Yamaguchi said.

A Chinese court has handed down a 10-year jail sentence to Chen Xi, the second dissident in four days tonickel. Or let me put it another way. They sully and invade the privacy of faith and misuse God for propaganda and political games. The master of this dark art was the Ayatollah Khomeini, who swept into power in Iran in 1979. His political takeover was disguised as religious salvation and we know what happened next.

Saudi Arabia is the most loathsome, extreme theocratic state. In India, the Hindu fundamentalist BJP party has successfully sold itself to countless supporters and the apartheid regime in South Africa cited the Bible to justify its racism. Nearer home, Tony Blair called upon his Catholic deity to vouch for his motives when accused of lying about Iraq. The Pope gave him special blessings. These are the more dramatic examples of politicking with God.


its best, Christianity is one of the world's most humane and tender of religions and deserves a better class of worshipper than many of those who lay claim to it. blah blah

Not too magical for the twin in the first place, but how different this story could have read, had the parents not displayed such understanding.

Identical twin boys, one transgendered, become brother and sisterThe twin boys were identical in every way but one. Wyatt was a girl to the core, and now lives as one, with the help of a brave, loving family and a path-breaking doctor’s care.
By Bella English
December 11, 2011|

Jonas and Wyatt Maines were born identical twins, but from the start each had a distinct personality.

Jonas was all boy. He loved Spiderman, action figures, pirates, andmother of two of having an "illicit relationship" with two men. For this, she was given a stoning sentence in 2006.

Amnesty International says she received 99 lashes as her sentence but she was subsequently convicted of "adultery while being married," which the human rights group says she denied.

Ashtiani, arrested in 2006, is already serving 10 years for being an accessory to her husband's murder in a prison in the East Azerbaijan.

A local judiciary official said last year that the stoning of Ashtiani had been suspended due to "humanitarian reservations," but did not rule out possibility of her execution.

"The sentence of Ashtiani will be carried out as soon as our experts announce their view," the official said.

Under Islamic law in force in Iran since the 1979 revolution, adultery may


be punished by death by stoning and crimes such as murder, rape, armed robbery, apostasy and drug trafficking are all punishable by hanging.

The European Union called Ashtiani's stoning sentence "barbaric." The Vatican pleaded for clemency and Brazil offered her asylum. The case further strained Tehran's relations with the West, already at odds over Iran's disputed nuclear program.

Two reporters for German newspaper Bild am Sonntag were detained in Iran in October last year when they were interviewing Ashtiani's son without official permission, highlighting the sensitivity of the case. The two were released in February.

Iranian authorities dismiss allegations of rights abuses, saying they are following Islamic law.

Mohammad Javad Larijani, secretary-general of the Iranian High Council for Human Rights, argued in December that stoning should not be classified as a methodthe former being written in Sharia law and the latter we can take as a euphemism for educated, and as history has shown exacted a no lesser punishment.

Not surprisingly one group that was targeted in the subsequent purges were some twenty thousand teachers, who by virtue of being educated were all seen as enemies of the revolution, or were else arrested on some hitherto unknown crime.

It was perhaps at this point that the seed for this article was first sown.The moment has never left me as I laid witness to the evening news showing some poor tearful woman being led away to her death, her only crime being that she was a teacher, and no doubt her crime compounded by nothing more than that she was female.

As well


spell in modern history, what I discuss here is the contemporary culmination of centuries of Sharia law that results in the cruelties, barbarism, and misogyny that is manifestly displayed in twenty-first century Iran.

My attention was first drawn to the plight, though post mortem, of Atefeh when I read the transcript of a FrontPage Symposium discussing her case and that of other women in modern day Iran.

But before we examine the transcript a few points to bear in mind that are brought to light in the video.

The age of consent in Iran for a girl is nine years of age, and as such she is responsible in law. (fifteen for a Male)

Atefah received her first jail sentence and one hundred lashes at the age of thirteen for “Crimes againstprosecutor and judge. And once having tried, found guilty and then passed the death sentence on Atefah took it upon himself to present Atefah’s case to the court of appeals.

This then from the first page, the highlights are mine and in this first paragraph are designed to draw attention to questions alluded to by Shadi Sadr (above) as she asked in the BBC documentary.

She (Atefah)defended herself at the so-called trial ) She told the religious judge, Haji Rezaii, that he should punish the main perpetrators of moral corruption not the victims. I've also heard charges(which I had suspected would be the story) that the Mullah judge, Haji Rezai, who was also the proud executioner, had in fact wanted her for himself as a "temporary wife" and because either


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Captain Watson having received reports from fishermen when the Japanese ship passed through the Lombok Strait waited south of the strait at a distance of 500 miles off the southwest coast of Western Australia. Sea Shepherd caught the whalers at 37 degrees South, far above the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. More and photo's.

Quotes of the Week: From Piers Morgan and Jeremy Clarkson to a toilet roll from the Sun Jon Slattery

Piers Morgan on the Leveson Inquiry: “It's almost like a rock star having an album brought out from his back catalogue with all his worst-ever hits”.

Jeremy Clarkson in the Sunday Times on the Daily Mail: "Itthemselves miserable in the process." Go to page two

No Justice for 62-Year-Old Man, Pepper Sprayed to Death by Florida Police

Nick Christie, 62, was arrested near Tampa for public intoxication about two and a half years ago. Concerned about Christie's recent erratic behavior, his wife had asked police to take her drunk husband to the hospital -- where he could take his medication -- rather than haul him off to jail. But Lee County Sheriff's Office police had another idea: They took Christie down to the station where they stripped him naked, covered his face with a spit mask, and paper sprayed him, until he died.

The District 21 Medical Examiner ruled his death was a homicide because he had been restrained and sprayed with pepper sprayed by law enforcement


officers. But to this day, nobody has ever been charged with a crime, and the Lee County State Attorney cleared the sheriff's office of any wrong doing.

It's been more than two and a half years and his wife still can't accept what happened.

"I was shocked. This was something out of a horror movie," says Joyce Christie. She said her husband was depressed and was showing signs of erratic behavior a few days before leaving for Florida.

She called authorities and pleaded with them to take her husband to a hospital and be given his medications. Instead, he was taken to jail for disorderly intoxication.

Her lawsuit alleges he was pepper sprayed 10 times over a 48-hour period, at times while in a restraint chair.

And:

Monshay Gibbs was a deputy trainee atthe jail at the time. In a video deposition, she testified that she thought the way Nick Christie was treated was excessive.

"He had a spit mask on and was naked," she said on the video while under oath. Gibbs testified that Christie pleaded with guards to take off the spit mask because he couldn't breathe.

He later died at the hospital. His heart failed from the shock of the pepper spray. The Lee County Sheriffs Office declined to comment on our story because of Joyce Christie's wrongful death lawsuit, which is scheduled for trial the middle of next year.

Naoto Matsumura lights a cigarette, which he considers relatively good for his health.

"I would get sick if I stopped smoking; I have a lot to worry about.

Said he, living in probably


Naoto Matsumura, who believes he is the only person still living in the evacuation zone around the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant. (Christopher Johnson Photo) "I would get sick if I stopped smoking; I have a lot to worry about," says Matsumura, 52, who reckons he is the only person still living within a 20-km radius of the world's worst atomic disaster since Chernobyl.

According to reports from Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency published in August, following the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, and subsequent explosions at three reactors about 13 km from Matsumura's door, the plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) has released 168 times more radiation than the atomic bombs that razed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

Living without electricity or enough moneyDecember. They need food, and buildings for shelter from the winter. I'm the only one taking care of everything. The government should do it, but I'm doing it."

As we stand in a rice field outside the exclusion zone about 40 km due west of the ongoing meltdowns, Matsumura tells me that he comes from an ancestral line of samurai, and he was raised by a "spartan" father to work hard and think for himself.

A lifelong farmer, he's lived alone since separating from his wife 10 years ago. When his worried children, aged 23 and 21, called from their homes in distant Saitama Prefecture after the explosions in March, Matsumura says he told them: "Don't worry. If the whole world dies from this nuclear disaster, I'm still not going


to die. I'm not going to leave here."

Indeed, this silver-haired, soft-spoken man of the land who has enjoyed playing golf in Saipan and the Philippines, says he now views himself as a lone maverick in a toxic desert — one hunted by an invisible enemy called "radioactivity" eating away at living things now and into the future. As the other animals perish around him, he wonders when it will be his turn.

All Matsumura's friends have left, and they no longer ask him to bring their stuff to them in the temporary shelters they must now inhabit. The automatic vending machines, which used to light up the country roads, no longer work.

After sunset, he is surrounded by miles of total darkness devoid of human movement. He has no televisionor Internet, only a cellphone that loses charge all too quickly. He stokes up a charcoal fire in his house, tucks himself into a futon, and goes to sleep by 7 p.m. — haunted by nightmares of what could be happening inside his body.

Waking with the rising sun, he eats another can of food, and takes his dogs for a 20-minute walk among barren fields. He spends daylight hours cleaning grave sites and tending to animals withering around him in their stalls, sheds and barns. Meanwhile, cows and pigs and other animals set free by their fleeing owners in March now fend for themselves in wild, radiation-contaminated nature.

Even nine months after everybody else fled on March 12, Matsumura says he is still shocked by the scenes of cruel


money."

Though he's not alone in lambasting Tepco, Matsumura's rage is more intense than most. He blames Tepco for "killing" his 100-year-old aunt, who he says died from exhaustion after being moved from several hospitals between Tomioka and finally Aizu-Wakamatsu in western Fukushima Prefecture.

"Many people died like that because of Tepco," he declares. "It's a terrible company. They have more power than the national parliament, because they control the supply of electricity, and they have power over the media through advertising."

He says Tepco, which will need massive taxpayer funding to stay afloat, has only paid nuclear refugees ¥1 million each in compensation (about $12,000).

Yet the company, which claims to be on schedule with its plan to achieve a cold shutdown of the damaged reactors by the new year, sawfit to present itself in a positive light when, on Nov. 12, it invited 35 journalists (including four from overseas) for a first media view of its wrecked nuclear plant.

"I think it's remarkable that we've come this far," Environment Minister Goshi Hosono told those on the tour. "The situation at the beginning was extremely severe. At least we can say we have overcome the worst."

Such hints of hubris, however, sit uneasily with the established facts.

In November, the esteemed journal Proceedings of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences carried the results of an international research study led by Teppei Yasunari of the Universities Space Research Association in Maryland. This found that radioactive cesium had "strongly contaminated" the soils in "large areas" of eastern and northeastern Japan, including Fukushima Prefecture,