When my sister began taking music
seriously they bought her nice instruments and never pushed her to get a job
so that she could focus on music.

Ironically, by the end of college, while studying computer science, I was
paying my bills with music.

------
marquis
Speaking as a young woman in the industry whose startup has successfully
turned into a solid small business and had to deal with condescending remarks
from my male colleagues and clients (though very, very rarely on purpose), I
would say it is due to both societal issues and the way computing is currently
done.

Another issue is that young girls just don't generally like to spend a lot of
time alone, and technology is overall an isolating pursuit, at least while you
hone your skills. It's pretty easy for me to sit down with my youngon english or history or
some other humanities class.

~~~
gruseom
My favorite professor was a mathematician who did her doctorate at Zürich in
the 1940s. Needless to say, for most of her career she was the only woman in
the department. With the advent of feminism she would get called up frequently
by activists or journalists asking her to comment on all the obstacles she
faced as a woman (a request she steadfastly rejected), and also on how to get
girls into math. Her routine answer to the latter was that if anyone had tried
to "get her into math" she would have promptly dropped math and taken up
embroidery. But my favorite story was when the controversy hit about the
talking Barbie who said "Math is hard." She was phoned up and asked what she
had to say about


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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Holmes Ethics Bill Headed to the Senate

In a bipartisan effort, the House passed a bill that would give subpoena power to the Alabama Ethics Commission.

State Rep. Alvin Holmes, D-Montgomery, sponsored the bill which Republicans have been pushing for the last three years. State Rep. Cam Ward, R-Alabaster, had sponsored the bill again this year, but he said that he was willing to withdraw his bill if the House passed Holmes' bill.

Ward said the reality is that by passing Holmes' bill it improves the likelihood that the bill could pass the Senate because Holmes is a Democrat.

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Wednesday brought word that Steelers defensive lineman Lavon Hooks tore his Achilles and that meant it was only a matter of time before the team made a move to replace Hooks on the active roster.

That move came on Thursday. The Steelers announced the signing of linebacker Jayrone Elliott and that they have waived Hooks with an injury designation.

Elliott played in 38 games for the Packers between 2014 and 2016 and then moved on to the Cowboys in a 2017 trade. He played one game in Dallas, but was waived before the second week of the season. He spent time with the Saints in 2018 and played in the Alliance of American Football this year before a short stint with the Dolphins.

Elliott has 57 tackles, four sacks, an


Loyd Haberly was born on the ninth of December 1896 in Ellsworth, Iowa, on "a wild night of a blizzard." [1] His family had taken up residence in Ellsworth because it was as far west as the tickets purchased from a hocked typewriter in Owensboro, Kentucky, would get them. [2] Haberly's father was a store clerk who had studied law for a time and his mother aspired to some level of nobility, for she dressed little Loyd as Little Lord Fauntleroy. When Loyd was still young, the Haberly family moved to Oregon to live on Loyd's grandfather's farm. There, Haberly learned to hoe the fields while reciting his favorite poems and learned to draw on the attic walls already decorated by the famous cartoonist, Homer Davenport, who hadlived in the same house when he was a boy. [3]

Haberly showed early interest in education and he and a small group of boys paid a private tutor from the money they earned through fur trapping. [4] The tutor's imparted knowledge earned Haberly a spot in Reed College. Full of optimistic fervor over the newly founded League of Nations, Haberly headed east after graduating from Reed to study international law at Harvard. After earning a Master's degree from Harvard, Haberly was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to read law at Oxford.

Once in England, Haberly discovered the wonders of the arts and crafts movement and began taking classes in the book arts at the Central School of Arts and Crafts. [5] Mrs. Arthur Durnford and Agatha Walker, both devotees to


the memory and works of William Morris, invited Haberly to set up a printing house on the grounds of their home, Seven Acres, in Long Crendon. He was delighted to accept the invitation. Haberly spent a year building his one-room stone printing house at Long Crendon. He built nearly the entire house by himself except for aid in thatching the roof. [6] The two women were as pleased with the curious printing house as he was with the setting. Haberly worked with the phrase "'create and delight while you may" as his guiding theme. [7] He proceeded to print sixteen books, most of which he authored himself.

The second product of his Seven Acres Press, Cymberina: An Unnatural History, caught the attention of Emery Walker who took the timeto coach the young American on the finer points of printing and convinced him of the beauty of Caslon types. [8] Haberly stayed in Long Crendon until 1933 when he was offered the post of controller of the Gregynog Press. The printer at Oxford University Press, John Johnson, who was also on the board of the Gregynog Press, had been impressed with the "blend of dreamer and practical man"' he saw in Haberly. [9] Haberly initially turned down the job but was convinced to take the post part-time by Johnson who told him he had the potential to turn Gregynog into a five star press comparable to Kelmscott and Doves.[10]

Haberly's tenure as part-time controller of Gregynog was not all it could have been. The press had been thriving


on his arrival, but Haberly's influence was not what the press needed. He immediately ran into troubles on his first book when he offended the Welsh poet Glyn Davies by taking liberties with the form of the poet's text. Davies wrote a series of angry letters calling Haberly a "young novice playing with his first big toy", and "a raw young gentleman" and finally withdrew his manuscript. [11] Haberly remained blissfully ignorant of the angry poet's correspondence and wrote later that Davies withdrew his manuscript because he had found some discarded imperfect sheets blowing through the muddy streets outside the Press. [12] Dorothy Harrop writes of Haberly's time at Gregynog in her history of the Gregynog Press:

Clearly the association could never have been wholly satisfactory, and one sees,ample font of the Gregynog (or Paradiso) Type as a parting gift and the press never again used it. [15]

Two books of note from Gregynog are Eros and Psyche which used the illustrations of Edward Burne-Jones created for William Morris, and the lovely Cyrupaedia. Cyrupaedia received note for its beauty, while Eros and Psyche was important for featuring the new type and the Burne-Jones illustrations which Haberly helped to cut in wood.

From Gregynog, Haberly again took up residence with Alice Walker and Mrs. Durnford in a new house, Stoney Down, which he had designed for them. There, he printed one last English book before heading back to the United States to lecture on English monastic arts at Harvard. Haberly had occupied his time in England learning the book


arts, studying and excavating medieval paving tiles, and picking up a law degree from Oxford's Trinity College. In America, he pursued an academic career that took him to Harvard, Veterans College at Fort Devens, Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Massachusetts, and finally landed him the position of Dean of Liberal Arts at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

In the United States Haberly printed another thirteen books from 1940 to 1976. All were from his own pen and most were printed on a hand press. He utilized a power press at the Mound City Press in St. Louis for four of his books, most of the others were printed either on a Stansbury Press once owned by Thomas Bird Mosher, or a Washington Press reputed to have been thefirst printing press in Arkansas. [16] He printed at Harvard from an old hand press he rescued from a rubbish room.

It seems Haberly wrote primarily to provide himself fodder for his love of printing. He refused to allow Gregynog Press to send copies of his Anne Boleyn out for review saying "I have always considered my verse to be my own private concern and naturally wish no more publicity than is necessary.[17] Odd words from a man who published over twenty books of his own verse. Oxford University Press took an early interest in Haberly as a poet and published a single volume of his poetry in 1937. Their interest soon faded however. Macmillan reprinted a collection that Haberly initially published, Silent Fame, in 1945. Haberly is almost


unknown as a poet; his poetry published by commercial publishers received little attention by reviewers and almost no attention from academic circles. A. L. Irvine, in a moment of unbridled admiration, once compared Haberly's verse to that of Keats. [18] Reviews in Poetry and The New York Times Book Review were not as flattering.[19] Still, he considered himself a poet and seemed to amuse himself quite well with his verse.

Haberly was a man of varied interests. His most well-known book was his biography of George Catlin which he spent seven years researching and writing. His impressive work on English paving tiles published by Shakespeare Head Press is also of note. In 1957 he edited an Ungar edition of Pliny's Natural History.

Over the course of Loyd Haberly's book-making careerhe produced thirty books himself and five books with the Gregynog Press. The first sixteen books were printed at Long Crendon under the imprint Seven Acres Press. He made one additional book in England under the imprint Stoney Down. Seven Acres Press was active from 1925 until Haberly began work with Gregynog in 1934. His book at Stoney Down was printed in 1937. These twelve years of printing in England were by far his most productive. His English books are varied, some bound in morocco, others in decorated paper on boards. His first eight books were printed with Verona types but Emery Walker's influence made him devoted to Caslon types for his other Seven Acres books.

In 1937 he returned to America and over the next thirty years produced


an additional thirteen books. All the American books were written by Haberly. His American books are all strikingly similar. Nearly all are bound in full morocco, often with morocco inlays that tend toward the gaudy. He used gold stamping extensively throughout his printing career and had a flair for garishly colored morocco. His bindings are large and ornate, making his volumes, which were usually only twenty to thirty leaves in length, of a more impressive stature than one would expect. Haberly used his Paradiso type for most of his American books. All but four of the books were printed on hand presses; the exceptions were printed on a power press at Mound City Press in St. Louis.

The output of Haberly's career is impressive. Each book is unmistakably his;his bindings, woodcuts, and verse all point to the "wayward whimsicality"' noted by Harrop. His wood-cuts are usually somewhat heavy and often brightly hand-colored. Haberly was not a subtle man when it came to dressing up his books. Some of the illustrations are quite lovely. At times they harmoniously blend in with the text as in The Keeper of the Doves, but at other times their weight and color are somewhat oppressive. One enamored writer compared Haberly's output to that of Kelmscott, but a, more realistic Dorothy Harrop noted that he was a fine bookman but commented that some of his bindings were "reminiscent of a school prize binding of earlier vintage. "[20] Haberly's attitude toward his books seems to be similar to his feelings about his poetry:


he made them primarily for his own pleasure and usually did not worry about the critics. Several of his books were printed in editions of under 100, and he still had several copies of most of his books in 1962. [21] In the 1960s he was able to supply the University of Iowa, which was building its Haberly holdings in the Iowa Authors Collection, with several of his books from unbound sheets he had stored. [22] He did show great pleasure in the University's interest in his books and seemed to regret that the world cared little for handmade books. [23] Haberly died in a nursing home in Vero Beach, Florida, on March 27th, 1981.

Haberly was blessed with "serendipity and a determination to do his own thing" thatcarried him through life and allowed him to do as he pleased. [24] He was born the son of a store clerk in Iowa, yet was able to live on the grounds of an English manor and produce little gems of his fancy, excavate medieval churches in search of paving tile patterns, as well as earn degrees from both Harvard and Oxford. Dorothy Harrop calls him "a happy man who found the world a beautiful place. "[25]

The following bibliography of the books of Loyd Haberly describes all of Haberly's books held by the University of Iowa. The Special Collections Department of the University Libraries has all but three of the books produced by Loyd Haberly. These three books are included in the bibliography to preserve the chronology of


study, the following exercises were performed: lower limb free or assisted active exercises (according to the patient's condition); respiratory physiotherapy associated to upper limb free or assisted active exercises, assisted cough, and, if necessary, nasotracheal aspiration.

To wrap up the treatment according to randomization, bi-level intermittent positive airway pressure was performed in the Positive Intermittent Pressure Group, with the proper equipment for non-invasive, bi-level pressure mechanical ventilation, with inspiratory airway pressure and end-expiratory airway pressure. The (Ventilator iSleep, Breas^®^, Mölnlycke, Sweden), was used in three series of ten repetitions and with pressures determined for each patient, according to their ideal tidal volume and following the mechanical ventilation consensus guidelines (tidal volume of 6mL/kg), in accordance with equipment monitoring.

Volumetric incentive spirometer (Voldyne 5000, Hudson RCI^®^, Tecate, México), was used bySeth Leibsohn has quietly withdrawn from the CD9 Republican primary after failing to turn in enough petition signatures.

Seth Leibsohn, the former radio host who helped defeat Arizona's cannabis legalization measure in 2016, couldn't muster enough valid signatures to qualify for his much-anticipated congressional run in Arizona's 9th District.

Leibsohn submitted more than the required number of petition signatures to qualify for the August 28 Republican primary election ballot, but he quietly withdrew his nomination earlier this month after a lawyer challenged the validity of his signatures.

Republicans see the 9th District, which has a Democratic tilt, as potentially vulnerable this November. Some saw Leibsohn as the right person to challenge former Phoenix mayor Greg Stanton. The seat is now occupied by Democrat Kyrsten Sinema, who's running for the U.S. Senate.

Leibsohn


is a die-hard Trump supporter, friend of Ann Coulter and Dennis Prager, and received a glowing endorsement from Andrew McCarthy, contributing editor of the conservative publication National Review.

Still, Leibsohn first had to win the GOP primary on August 28, and three other Republicans besides Leibsohn turned in the minimum of 1,297 valid CD9 voter signatures to qualify for a spot on the August ballot.

Despite raising $129,000 in donations for his campaign, as of his most recent federal filings, Leibsohn turned in only 1,533 signatures — just 236 above the required number. A challenge was inevitable with such a thin cushion, and, as the Arizona Capitol Times' Yellow Sheet reported earlier this month, local elections attorney Tim La Sota stepped in and forced Leibsohn's withdrawal from the race.

La Sotahas several clients in the medical-marijuana industry. Could one of them have sabotaged Leibsohn's run, perhaps still sore over Leibsohn's volunteer work as chair of Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy, the group that sunk Prop 205?

Reached by Phoenix New Times on Monday morning, La Sota said that's not the case. But he declined to say which client spurred the Leibsohn challenge. He sent paperwork to Leibsohn's lawyers at Snell & Willmer in early June, letting them know Leibsohn didn't have enough valid signatures.

On June 7, Leibsohn sent the Arizona Secretary of State's Office a notice that he was withdrawing from the race.

La Sota said that Leibsohn's petitions had signatures from North Scottsdale, Casa Grande, and other places outside of the horseshoe-shaped 9th District that's based in Tempe.

"I don't


federal prohibition in states where cannabis rights have been approved.

Although Leibsohn told the Yellow Sheet that he would soon update the public on his future plans, he's apparently kept his withdrawal quiet so far. The Yellow Sheet is an exclusive publication with limited subscribers. Leibsohn's Twitter and campaign sites still indicate he's running as of Monday.

Seeing Red AZ, a conservative blog, reported on Leibsohn's withdrawal last week, casting it as a big screw-up for Arizona Republicans, and laying the blame squarely on Leibsohn's political consultant, Sean Noble.

"The less than noble Noble not only fell down on this preliminary campaign duty, he is virtually hand-delivering the congressional seat to uber-liberal Democrat Greg Stanton, the well-funded, union-connected, former Phoenix Mayor," Seeing Red wrote on June 11.

Noble also failed to returna message. He's a partner at Compass Strategies, the outfit formerly known as Axiom. It changed its name after founding partner Jim Norton, said to be a friend of Governor Doug Ducey's, was indicted on bribery charges. Norton's trial is ongoing.

Leibsohn's departure leaves another frontrunner GOP candidate in better shape. Steve Ferrara, a former chief medical officer for the U.S. Navy, turned in about 3,000 petition signatures to ensure his spot on the ballot, and has raised about $700,000. Stanton has raised just over $1 million.

Dave Giles, the GOP candidate who lost against Sinema for the CD9 seat in 2016, and Irina Baroness Von Behr are also running in the CD9 primary.

Early on Monday afternoon, Ferrara announced that Leibsohn endorsed him for the CD9 spot.


several times at the nursing home and had found his condition vacillating "from good to bad." The son said he had read the interrogatories to his father but the father was unable to comprehend them and respond. Apparently giving as much information as he knew concerning the injury, the son stated that his father was admitted to defendant hospital on a diagnosis of pneumonia on July 19, 1978; and that the father sustained a laceration of the eyeball on August 8, 1978, while in the care of the hospital. The son went on to say that his father had had no troubles with his eye prior to his admission to defendant hospital.
About this time, plaintiff also filed a motion to compel defendant to produce any reports it made28, the trial court denied the motion for reconsideration, since plaintiff had yet to answer the interrogatories and plaintiff's counsel had failed to appear at the hearing on the motion.
On December 11, plaintiff's attorney filed another motion for reconsideration, claiming that he was in the courthouse when the last hearing was held, but was 15 minutes late as he was tending to some housekeeping matters of this case in the clerk's office. With this motion, plaintiff's attorney filed another affidavit of James Weatherly stating that plaintiff's condition had worsened and that repeated attempts to elicit answers to the interrogatories had been futile. The son also said that he had authorized plaintiff's attorney to file a petition to have his father declared non compos mentis. Defendant's attorney responded with


dismissal. From all indications of the record, the 80-year-old plaintiff, housed in a nursing home and beset with infirmities, was physically and mentally unable to answer the interrogatories. Both the affidavit of plaintiff's attorney and those of his son testified to this; there was no contradictory evidence. According to the son's affidavit, when one interrogatory was posed to the plaintiff, the man responded, "Look at those cows."
The actions of plaintiff's attorney indicate his good faith efforts to obtain the information sought by defendant. With his client largely incapacitated, the attorney sought the assistance of plaintiff's son to elicit information from the father. Meeting with no success by this route, the attorney sought his client's hospital records for information to answer the interrogatories. This was mostly unsuccessful as well,Dateline: April 28

Dateline tonight profiles Joe Le, who appeared in the series Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta, born in a refugee camp and now searching for his father 32 years later.

Joe Le was born in a Malaysian refugee camp after his mother fled Vietnam in 1983. She was just one out of around 1.3 million people that made it to foreign shores by boat between 1975 and 1995.

War tore his family apart and Joe grew up in Sydney’s Cabramatta without his father feeling displaced and angry. At fifteen he moved out of home, got mixed up in gangs and drugs which led to prison in 2002. After hitting rock bottom, he got clean and started to see the importance of family and identity.

He tells Dateline: I’m 32


Observations from Iraq, Iran, Israel, the Arab world and beyond

SYRIA: Hama governor sacked amid eruption of mass protests [Video]

July 2, 2011 | 9:29
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For once, it was the protesters who had the pro-regime forces on the run.

Video footage uploaded to the Internet from Friday's day of massive protests shows what appears to be anti-regime protesters in the northwestern city of Idleb chasing out bands of security agents and pro-regime shabiha militiamen.

No official reason was given for the governor's removal and theories behind the move vary. Some view it as an attempt by the authorities to appease protesters while others believe it's a trick by the Syrian authorities to find people to lay blame as protests appear to be gaining momentum.

One protest-organizer in Damascus told Babylon & Beyond that themove signaled that the Syrian ruler is on the move to find "scapegoats" and that more officials and public faces are likely to be dropped.

"Assad will sacrifice a few more of his regime in the coming days ... in an attempt to hijack the revolution," said the activist who asked to speak on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.

Syrian forces retreated from Hama weeks ago, allowing protests in the city to mushroom after fierce clashes that resulted in more than 60 dead. Hama, considered an opposition stronghold, is no stranger to uprisings and brutal crackdowns. In the early 1980s, the Syrian army crushed a Muslim Brotherhood rebellion against then President Hafez Assad, Bashar's father, killing at least 10,000 people.

Video footage uploaded to the Internet shows protests


erupting across Syria on Friday -- a day of anti-government rallies that Syrian activists said Saturday claimed 28 lives, according to media reports.

The video clip below, apparently filmed through the window of a tall building, is said to depict crowds of demonstrators in a Hama square Friday chanting "God is great" and protesters marching with a Syrian flag on a nearby street.

The protest organizer said he did not think the firing of the Hama governor will pave the way for security forces to reenter Hama -- a scenario some fear-- and try to quash protesters considering the resistance hotbed it is.

"Renewed security crackdown in Hama is highly unlikely, as the regime is bound to fail or get stuck there," the organizer said.

In March, the Syrian ruler fired thegovernor of Dara, the southern town that launched the protest movement after the arrest and alleged torture of a group of teens accused of writing political graffiti.

Friday's nationwide anti-government rallies, which went under the slogan of "Friday of Departure" for president Assad, appear to have been some of the largest since the outbreak of the uprisings in mid-March. Hundreds of thousands of protesters reportedly took to the streets and city squares across the country calling for the fall of the regime and for Assad to leave power.

"The people want your departure Bashar" large crowds of demonstrators chanted in the central city of Homs as they carried banners saying "Go Out", according to the footage posted below.

Protesters gathered across a wide swath of the country from the Damascus suburbs


and areas in and around Syria's second largest city, Aleppo, to the central parts of the country, from near Syria's border with Iraq, and the violence-stricken northwestern province of Idlib, among other areas.

This video, purportedly filmed Friday in the town of Bokamal near Syria's border with Iraq, depicts a long train of demonstrators marching down a street, some holding a large banner reading "Go Out" as chants of anti-government slogans emanate from a truck-mounted loudspeaker.

Many of Friday's deaths were reported to have occurred in Idlib where the Syrian army is reportedly sweeping through villages in military operations. That did not, however, deter demonstrators in the nearby town of Kafar Nabil who were out in force Friday, according to the footage below in which crowds are seen holding abanner reading "Bashar is a vampire, don't you see world?" and chanting "the people want the downfall of the regime."

The mass rallies came only days after the Syrian government authorized members of the Syrian opposition to hold a meeting in Damascus. Still, pro-regime elements and security forces fired on protesters in Friday's rallies, according to activist accounts and eyewitnesses.

At least three protesters were shot dead in Homs Friday by security forces and pro-regime forces known as Shabeeha, according to a statement by rights watchdog Human Rights Watch on Saturday.

In the clip below, purportedly filmed in the Homs neighborhood of Bab Sabaa on Friday, barrages of what sounds like gunfire rattle the air as a man chants "freedom" in the background and others shout in desperation "firing of live


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Yes, says former U.S. Rep. Connie Morella (R–MD).

"Whenever women try and succeed in elective office, it sends a message to all women that there is opportunity for them and their children," Morella says. When they are engaged in the political process, "women bring a new perspective and values."

And, Morella adds, "so far, civility."

'Catnip To The Media'

A Bachmann or Palin candidacy will have an immediate effect on the already-declared Republican men who hope to challenge President Obama in 2012, says Matthew Dallek, who teaches history and politics at the University of California's Washington Center.

First, their campaigns would attract and absorb considerable media attention, Dallek says. Spotlights would turn away from the more traditional male Republican candidates, such as Mitt


less that gender matters — because women will not be seen as novelty candidates."

As research for a future book, Gutgold — who teaches communications at Pennsylvania State University's Lehigh Valley campus — and her co-authors recently conducted a survey of women ages 18 to 25 asking them if the presidential bid of Hillary Clinton and the vice presidential bid of Sarah Palin made them believe that a woman would be president in their lifetimes.

In the 518 surveys returned so far, Gutgold says, 291 women said Hillary Clinton's bid encouraged them to believe that they would live to see a woman be president. Some 120 respondents were encouraged by Palin's vice-presidential bid, 57 respondents were not encouraged by either woman, and 50 were encouraged by both women's efforts.

Respondents' commentsabout Clinton's influence included: "She was one of the first women who looked like she could win," and, "She made me believe that a woman will be a strong candidate."

As for Palin, one student wrote: "The media focused too much on her personal life and not enough on her politics." Another respondent said Palin made her a believer in a female president in her lifetime because, "As soon as Obama won, many people were already campaigning for Palin in 2012."

But Jennifer Lawless, director of the Women & Politics Institute at American University, says that even with the potential candidacies of Palin and Bachmann, and even given Hillary Clinton's 2008 bid, "there are still too few female presidential candidates for scholars and analysts to begin to assess the manner


People in Amravati's Melghat, who have been facing severe water crisis, are forced to go as deep as 40 feet inside wells to fetch drinking water. Neither the government nor anybody else is doing anything to provide fresh water. People sleep at night near wells to fetch drinking water. Health worker in Sonapur village advise people to boil the water before drinking it. While speaking to ANI, one of the villagers said, "I have to go down 40 feet. First I remove the unhygienic water and then wait to fetch the clean water. It takes a lot of time. Sometimes, it takes the entire day. Only a few people manage to get it".Minnesota Timberwolves rookie forward Derrick Williams, who was selected to play in the 2012 BBVA Rising Stars Challenge next weekend, will represent the Wolves in the 2012 Sprite Slam Dunk contest the league announced today. Williams will dunk against Chase Budinger of the Houston Rockets, Indiana's Paul George and the Knicks' Iman Shumpert. The 2012 Sprite Slam Dunk in Orlando will feature a series of firsts, including four first-time participants, a new single-round format in which the winner will be chosen solely by fan vote, and the introduction of fan voting via Twitter.

Williams, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft, is averaging 7.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 18.6 minutes in 30 games, four starts. He has scored in double figures 11 times in his rookie


year and has registered eight games of 10+ points and 6+ rebounds.

Williams is third on the Wolves with 19 dunks this year, including a left-handed jam over Charlotte's DJ White last night that was highlighted as the No. 1 play on NBA.com's Top 10 Plays. Williams has teamed up with fellow rookie Ricky Rubio for a number of spectacular alley-oops this seasons which have been regularly featured on ESPN's Sportscenter and NBA.com's Top 10 Plays.

As a rookie, Isaiah Rider won the 1994 Slam Dunk Contest at Target Center with a between-the-legs jam, which he titled the "East Bay Funk Dunk." Other Timberwolves to participate in past Slam Dunk Contests include Gerald Green (2008), Chris Carr (1997) and Doug West (1992). Rider also participated in the 1995 Slam Dunkknown wolf population in 2016 was 112 wolves. Wolves existed in Oregon until they were extirpated (locally wiped out) in the early 1900s.

Gray wolves were on the state endangered species list until late 2015, when the Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to delist them. In 2016 the Oregon Legislature passed House Bill 4040, blocking judicial review of wolf delisting, and Gov. Kate Brown controversially signed the bill into law. Cascadia Wildlands was one of three nonprofits to file a lawsuit against the delisting.

HB 4040 also resulted in the dismissal of the lawsuit, but it was reinstated in July 2016.

According to Nick Cady, the legal director for Cascadia Wildlands, the delisting had more than 10,000 public comments in favor of keeping wolves on Oregon’s endangered species list. Cady says


British act Ravenface has posted a video clip online for the song "Beneath the Tides," which can be viewed below. The video follows the band members into the studio for an up-close look at their recording process.

"Beneath The Tides" was mixed and mastered by James Denton and Christopher Clancy (Ex- Mutiny Within) and is the band's third official video release. The track is also available as a free download by clicking here.January 24, 2010, 1:17PM

NEW YORK (AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Sunday it is cutting more than 10,000 jobs at Sam's Club, representing about 9 percent of the warehouse club operator's staff, as it outsources its product-sampling department to marketing company Shopper Events and eliminates another unit. "Our demos can be a competitive advantage and we want to take this member experience... Full story »

January 21, 2010, 8:48AM

LSU AgCenter experts say recent freezing weather in south Louisiana will cause this year's strawberry crop to come in a little later, but the damage is not as bad as the industry first believed. Regina Bracy, LSU AgCenter horticulturist at the LSU AgCenter's Hammond Research Station, tells The Advocate the crop could be set back for nearly a month.... Full story


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January 15, 2010, 8:54AM

Consumer inflation was tame in 2009, with prices rising 2.7 percent. Yet families felt squeezed as their spending power sank in the face of falling wages, job losses and higher prices for energy, medical care and education. A surge in energy prices last year offset the biggest drop in food costs in nearly a half century. The Labor Department... Full story »

January 15, 2010, 8:36AM

A Baton Rouge film studio project has won preliminary approval for $265 million in bonds. The Louisiana Public Facilities Authority board gave preliminary approval to the Red Stick Studio Development LLC project this week. Martin Walke, the LPFA's vice president of economic development, tells The Advocate the approval is the first in a four-step process. Walke says still to... Full story»

January 15, 2010, 5:00AM

The number of homeowners' policies written for the state's insurer of last resort is approaching the pre-2005 level, before Hurricanes Katrina and Rita ravaged south Louisiana, the chief executive of the company said Thursday. John Wortman, the CEO of the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., said that as of Nov. 30 the company had about 131,000 policies on its... Full story »

January 11, 2010, 7:42AM

In the hunt to bring in new jobs while playing catch-up with the rest of the South, Louisiana is looking at some economic sectors -- both old and new -- not normally associated with the state's traditional image. Full story »

January 05, 2010, 3:16PM

Entergy Corp. is $236 million behind in its investments to pay for the eventual shutdown of its two


nuclear plants in Louisiana, and the company has asked the Louisiana Public Service Commission for permission to increase rates so that customers can make up the shortfall. Last year, Entergy reported to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission that it had fallen... Full story »

January 05, 2010, 11:14AM

Tuesday night's mayoral forum on housing will focus on issues of interest to the real estate and development community, such as housing, blight and the city's master plan. The forum, sponsored by the New Orleans Metropolitan Realtors Association, the Home Builders of Greater New Orleans and the Louisiana Bankers Association in partnership with Sacred Heart and the Bouligny Improvement... Full story »

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In the heart of Cajun country, where south Vermilion Parish extends a hand to the Gulf of Mexico,in intracellular calcium ions (Ca2+), with mammals and ascidians displaying a series of intracellular calcium spikes required for completion of meiosis.... Unfertilized vertebrate eggs arrest development after meiosis I. This developmental pause is attributed to the vaguely defined cytostatic factor (CSF). Current research suggest “CSF” is actually multiple pathways working together to halt division at metaphase of meiosis II. Upon sperm entry into the egg, Ca2+ is released from intracellular stores, leading to inhibition of the CSF-arrest mechanism.  Calmodulin dependent kinase II was shown to be the protein responsible for converting the Ca2+ influx signal into inhibition of CSF and activation of cyclin degradation machinery to degrade cyclin B, resulting in progression through meiosis II.

In mammals, this rise in Ca2+ was shown to be driven by IP3


An attack on the city was suspended earlier this year under pressure from the United States and the United Nations. Now Saudi planes are again bombing, probably using U.S.-supplied munitions; according to Amnesty International, there were explosions Sunday close to Hodeida’s most important hospital. On Friday, the Pentagon took another step, ending refueling operations for Saudi planes fighting in Yemen. But that also did not stop the offensive. The BBC said street fighting was reported to be continuing Monday.

Mohammed bin Salman launched the Yemen intervention in 2015, not long after he took over the Saudi defense ministry. It was supposed to lead to a quick rout of Houthi rebels who had driven Yemen’s government out of the capital, Sanaa. Instead it has become a quagmire in which moreDean Ambrose and John Cena among other wrestlers named in lawsuit

Some of the biggest names in WWE have been caught up in a lawsuit filed by an ex-security guard over an incident which took place in 2013.

Troy Rivers, who was working at a WWE live event at the Savannah Civic Centre in Georgia two years ago, has made it known that he was struck in the head, neck and back by a folding chair during the show.

Dean Ambrose

Rivers is of the belief that it was Dean Ambrose, whose real name is Jonathan Good, who struck him with the chair but as his back was facing the ring, is not entirely sure which wrestler actually hit him.

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Ever since the tracklist was released for Big Sean's album Hall of Fame, one of the more anticipated songs was "First Chain." The track features KiD CuDi and Nas laying down a verse.

Sean's sophomore album 'Hall Of Fame' will be in stores and on iTunes August 27th.When one invites Russell Brand to an awards ceremony, one should expect to have their sponsor's Nazi ties rehashed in public by Russell Brand.

GQ UK apparently didn't get that memo, and decided to present the Brit-com with the Oracle Award at last week's GQ Men of the Year Awards, sponsored by erstwhile Nazi tailor Hugo Boss.

"Any of you who know a little bit about history and fashion will know that Hugo Boss made the uniforms for the Nazis," Brand told a sideswiped audience at London's Royal Opera House. "The Nazis did have flaws, but, you know, they did look fucking fantastic, let's face it, while they were killing people on the basis of their religion and sexuality."

That was not the last of Brand's "Genocide Quips," but it was


water was available.

About thirty days before his symptoms began, he had traveled to the Lacandon jungle in southern Mexico, where he was in close contact with exotic birds, crocodiles, bats, turtles, freshwater fish, frogs and a plethora of varied tropical insects. At the time, he was not taking any medicines and did not experience any symptoms.

He informed the medical team that his symptoms had begun approximately 27 hours prior to his consultation, when he developed hiccups the previous morning. About 7 or 8 hours after the hiccups had begun, he noted the increased frequency of his hiccups and self-prescribed 10mg metoclopramide and 20mg omeprazole, and performed a few physical maneuvers customarily used in the treatment of hiccups (breath-holding and Valsalva maneuver). Later, he took a second dose ofmetoclopramide 6 hours after the first one. Growing in despair, as he had been suffering from singultus for about 18 hours, he took a 1mg lorazepam tablet in the hopes that it would end his hiccups and let him sleep. He went to bed and woke from troubled sleep about 5 hours later.

When he woke up, he refers that although the singultus frequency had slowed, the symptom not only persisted but it was now accompanied by dizziness. He attributed the lightheadedness to the lorazepam tablet but became alarmed once he discovered that he had developed binocular diplopia, nausea and gait disturbances. He sought immediate medical consultation at a teaching hospital.

At the emergency room (ER), his vitals were within reference parameters: blood pressure (BP) was 118/76 mmHg, heart rate (HR)


ABC on Bibletown, USA: 'Where church and state are one'

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Built from scratch to fulfill the lifelong dream of Domino's Pizza founder Thomas S. Monaghan, the town of Ave Maria, Florida is being called a "refuge for Christian values in the secular age." Ave Maria is centered around a 1,100-seat Roman Catholic church, and businesses are told not to sell contraceptives.

"I put basically everything I had into it, not only my money, but the rest of my life," Monaghan said of the town, according to ABC News.

"There are no adult book stores or strip clubs, and local businesses are urged not to sell contraceptives or birth control," Gigi Stone reports for ABC News.

The following video is from ABC's, Good Morningfield and 23.4 percent from 3-point range on 9.4 attempts per game.

Before taking the practice court Friday, Hield apologized to his teammates and coaches in an attempt to put the situation behind him.

“He showed maturity and responsibility and addressed his teammates before we started and I was happy to see that,” coach Luke Walton said.

Basketball is an emotional sport and there is very little time between the end of a tough loss, in which Hield missed a game-winner at the buzzer, and the media entering the locker room with cameras.

Hield still was getting dressed when reporters entered and he fielded questions. After processing the emotions of the game, he came back the next day to admit his mistake to his teammates.

“This is an emotional game,” Harrison Barnes said.


Norfolk celebrated peace a century ago with flags, parades, bells and even impromptu flypasts and a commandeered fire engine.

After more than four years of a war which had wreaked terrible devastation in lives and landscapes around the world, the fighting was over. The shelling stopped, the guns fell silent and the celebrations began - but always tempered by grief for the millions lost.

The armistice was signed at 5am – and news that it would come into effect at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month arrived in Norwich at 10.30am that morning.

Here’s how the momentous news was received around the county – from reports in the Eastern Daily Press and its weekly local newspapers.

Crowds throng Hall Quay in Great Yarmouth on Armistice Day in1918. Picture: A & S YALLOP

•BECCLES

“The good news quickly became known throughout the town and bunting was at once displayed on public and private buildings; horns, hooters and steam whistles were sounded, and the church bells were rung.”

Pictures of Norwich's Armistice celebrations in the Norwich Mercury in November 1918. Picture: Archant Library

•CROMER and NORTH NORFOLK

“The first news of the signing of the armistice to reach North Norfolk was received by telephone at the Cromer officer of the Eastern Daily Press and was from thence passed on to Sheringham, Holt and other places in this part of the county. Everywhere it was received with relief and rejoicing. Short services of thanksgiving were held almost instantaneously, and again in the evening at most of the local churches. Shops were closed


and military bands paraded the streets which were gay with flats and bunting.”

•DEREHAM

“In an incredible short space of time the whole town was adorned with bunting, flags floated from the church tower and every available flagstaff. A number of amateur bell-ringers besieged the church tower and rang a disjointed peal, which simply denoted joyous spirits but was not very edifying from a campanologist’s point of view. Band instruments were unearthed from miscellaneous quarter and soldiers adorned with red, white and blue ribbons, some even wearing German military caps paraded the town beating drums, sounding bugles and other brass instruments, even down to the penny trumpet.

The vicar, acting as town crier, paraded the town on his motor cycle, and, with a dinner gong in lieu of the historic bell,announced the holding of the service.”

•DOWNHAM MARKET

“The news reached Downham at about noon. The townspeople immediately made a picturesque display of flags and bunting and the streets were paraded by wounded soldiers from the hospital, who used all manner of curious musical instruments, accompanied by a large body of youngsters.”

•EAST HARLING

“The anxiously-awaited and welcome news of the signing of the armistice and of the cessation of hostilities was received with feelings of relief and joy, bunting was freely displayed, and vehicles were soon gay with tricolour, the children, with flags waving entering heartily into the rejoicing. On Monday evening there was a large assembly on Cheese Hill, where there was general enthusiasms and much shouting, singing, and cheering. For several hours there was a display of fireworks carried


out by the troops. The display was visible for miles around, and attracted considerable numbers from the countryside. Processions were formed, headed by bugles and other instruments improvised for the celebration. The effigy of the Kaiser was burned on Monday evening.”

•FAKENHAM

“As soon as it became known that an armistice had been signed the town was bedecked with flags, the church bells ringing a merry peal during the day and everyone was agog with excitement.”

Troops and townspeople enjoyed a dance in the evening, church bells were rung, a telegram of congratulations sent to Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig and a general holiday declared for Wednesday.

•GREAT YARMOUTH

“Yarmouth gave itself without stint to the rejoicing. Work was abandoned as soon as the good news was made known, first by a bulletinat our office in Regent Street at 10.30, then by joy peals from the parish church belfry, and at 11 o’clock by naval sirens from the harbour and gunfire.

The Mayor hoisted the union Jack from the roof of the Town Hall, aeroplanes made jubilant flights, circling low down, just above the housetops. Factories and works were closed. People poured into the streets decked with flags. Horses and dogs and bicycles were gay with tricolour. Ships in the harbour blazed forth into bunting, houses were beflagged and shops shut. All the children in the schools were given a half holiday and by the afternoon the inhabitants were demonstrating in the streets, carrying flags, wearing emblems shouting, singing and cheering.

A great march through the town was arranged in which the


from the two Red Cross hospitals and a large part of the population were also present. In the evening lights from the houses and some outside lights helped the happy cheerful feeling that was abroad.”

And on Wednesday night, for the first time since the war began, the reassuring beam of Hunstanton lighthouse shone out across the Wash.

•KING’S LYNN

“With very little delay the majority of shopkeepers shuttered their premises, factories and workshops closed down, and for the remainder of the day everyone gave themselves over to good humoured rejoicings. The main streets were thronged by jubilant crowds and miniature flags, together with coloured favours were extensively worn. Horses, carts, motor cars and perambulators carried decorations. Several aeroplanes came over during the day and the daring pilots contributed interesting exhibitionswas given to it by thousands of school children who, because of the influenza epidemic, are still at liberty. The Royal Standard was flown from the Guildhall and at noon the bells of St Peter Mancroft sent up a paean all the more delightful because of its rarity during the last four and a half years.

As the morning wore on the streets gained in liveliness. Men and women, boys and girls streamed out of the shops and factories by thousands and paraded the roadways. The vendors of victory-favours appeared; and the more demonstrative folks were soon sporting colours, wearing them in their hats, flourishing them at the end of sticks.”

By the afternoon massed bands led a parade of 5,000 soldiers through the city and churches were packed for


hastily arranged services of thanksgiving. And in the evening came the fireworks, “As if to atone for the circumstance that there have been for four Novembers no Guy Fawkes celebrations.”

•SWAFFHAM

“The first news of the signing of the armistice was received shortly after 12 o’clock. The ringers at once ‘fired’ the church bells. A number of young soldiers in high glee led the rejoicing and in their excess of spirits purloined the fire engine, turned it into a triumphal car and headed by a band composed of impromptu instruments paraded the streets. Maroons were fired and the day was given over to genuine and hearty rejoicing.”

•THETFORD

“Monday was given over in Thetford and district to great outbursts of national patriotic feeling. The tidings of the signing of the armistice wasreceived in the town about noon, and the news quickly spread to the surrounding villages. Most of the business premises took a spontaneous holiday, and amongst the many demonstrations held was one in the Market Place during the afternoon amongst the ‘works’ employees. Flags were quickly hoisted all over the town, and merry parties of soldiers, munitions workers, etc linked arms and paraded the streets with waving flags. Improvised bands were a feature of the rejoicings. As the evening drew on the spirit of carnival increased, when several enthusiastic and patriotic demonstrations took place amongst soldiers on the Market Place and elsewhere. Torches were carried, and many in the disguise made merriment amongst the crowd. Some made patriotic addresses, and at times the cheering literally rent the air.


The church bells pealed forth merrily throughout the evening, and in most of the places of worship services of thanksgiving were held.

•TRUNCH

“A huge bonfire was lighted and an effigy of the Kaiser was burnt, to the delight of crowds of spectators.”

Peace at last

On November 11th itself the front page of the Eastern Daily Press was crammed, as always, with advertisements – for auctions of everything from cattle to furniture, and businesses selling anything from pianos and pit-props to pills.

Readers had to turn to page three for the main headline: “Armistice not yet signed.” But there were many hints that peace was on its way, with other headlines on the page including: Kaiser Abdicates, Awaiting the end, The Great Retreat, Hurrying Home and Unchecked French Progress.

The front page ofdays too early was reported in the Norfolk News of November 9.

The Rev Edgar Reeves, vicar of Little Walsingham, near Fakenham, appeared at Walsingham magistrates courts, accused of allowing the church bells to ring from 6-6.30pm and 7.40-7.55pm the previous Sunday, and “allowing the church clock to strike throughout the night as to be audible at such a distance as to be capable of serving as a guide for hostile aircraft.”

He was also accused of allowing the lights of the parish church to show, and having an unshaded lamp on the church steps, on a night the previous month.

The vicar pleaded guilty and told the court the bells were rung because he had heard that Germany had surrendered. At first he wouldn’t say who had told him, but


Volume 18: Spring Log , New Theory: Parchment and Wolf ship in 2017

Yen Press announced at Isuna Hasekura's panel at New York Comic Con on October 7 that it will publish a Spice & Wolf short story collection and sequel novels. The publisher plans to release Spice and Wolf, Volume 18: Spring Log and the first volume of Spice and Wolf New Theory: Parchment and Wolf in 2017.

Yen Press describes the novels:

· Spice and Wolf, Volume 18: Spring Log — A collection of short stories originally serialized in Dengeki Bunko Magazine , these tales revisit the world of Lawrence and Holo in celebration of the series' tenth anniversary. · Spice and Wolf New Theory: Parchment and Wolf , Volume 1 — The beginning of a new adventure! FeaturingMyuri, Lawrence and Holo's daughter, the world of Spice and Wolf opens anew!

Kurt Hassler, Yen Press Managing Director and Publisher, also announced at the panel that all 17 volumes of the original Spice & Wolf novel series will be available digitally in English for the first time. Yen Press will release the light novels as eBooks.

The publisher announced on Thursday that it will release an international edition of the Spice and Wolf tenth anniversary omnibus book, and it is slated to ship in mid-December. The edition will only be available to people outside of the United States. The release will feature a different color ribbon from the original release, and books will not be numbered. Yen press released the numbered version of Spice and Wolf Anniversary Collector's Edition


, which combines all 17 novels in one volume, in North America on October 4.

Hasekura began Shinsetsu Ōkami to Kōshinryō Ōkami to Yōhishi ( Spice and Wolf New Theory: Parchment and Wolf ) as a sequel to the original novels in April. Both Spice and Wolf, Volume 18: Spring Log and the first volume of Spice and Wolf New Theory: Parchment and Wolf shipped in Japan on September 10.

Hasekura published the Spice and Wolf novel series with illustrations by Jū Ayakura from 2006 to 2011. Yen Press published the 17th and final novel in North America on April 19, and is also publishing the manga adaptation.

The novels also inspired two TV anime seasons directed by Takeo Takahashi and written by Naruhisa Arakawa. The first season aired in Japanyes however, they are both teams that are just suddenly playing well this year. both teams were relatively poor last season. the 49ers haven't made the playoffs in 10 years, and alex smith has never played a playoff game in his life nor has he ever played under real pressure. the 49ers have pretty much sucked for his entire career. the postseason is a whole different game than the regular season, as you know. i don't completely count out the niners though, because they really have been phenomenal this year. only the packers are playing better so far. and harbaugh has lit a spark with these guys, and could be the one to finally bring them some real success for the first time in awhile.

the texans though, i


year, but no dominating teams other than the Packers. I think the Steelers have a better shot than the Ravens as of now, but we'll see.

As for Leinart, the guy has been a huge disappointment since his first year in '06. He was good in college, but has yet to prove himself in the pros, and he's had more than enough time. I would be shocked if he did well. The Texans might still squeak into the playoffs, but they have no chance at the SB anymore.

Haha, that's hilarious. "Gerry Sandusky watched fans and colleagues steer clear of him before Sunday night's game in Pittsburgh."

At least he got 800 new twitter followers!

I like the real Sandusky's defense strategy. Claiming he showered, horsed around with boys, and touched themthat Trump and his supporters are the only ones who can bring it down.

According to defense lawyers, Comello drove his pickup truck to Cali’s residence in Staten Island at around 9:15 p.m. on March 13. He hung around the area, and then backed his truck into Cali’s Cadillac, which was parked outside his home. Cali came outside, Comello introduced himself, and the two men shook hands. The two men inspected the damage on the vehicles, and then Comello informed him that he was there to make a citizen’s arrest, and had brought handcuffs with him, because he believed Cali was a member of the Deep State.

Cali made a “furtive action” with his hand, so Comello reached into his vehicle, grabbed his gun, and shot Cali, according to Robert


Gottlieb, his defense lawyer.

Comello had attempted three other citizen’s arrests in months prior. In February, he attempted a citizen’s arrest at New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Gracie Mansion in Brooklyn, but was rebuffed by his security detail. He also attempted to make citizen’s arrests of California Congress members Maxine Waters and Adam Schiff, both Democrats.

Around the time that Trump was elected, in November 2016, Comello’s family started to “notice changes to his personality,” according to a motion filed by his lawyer last week. “He began to take an interest in politics, something he had not been previously involved in.” Around five to six weeks prior to the March 2019 incident, Comello had become increasingly vocal about his support for QAnon.

“But Mr. Comello’s support for QAnon went beyondUpdate: Comment from the City of Cleveland's Kathleen Dorsey — "This was a city decision - we are merely bringing the opening of Muni Lot in line with other lots in the area. Patrons arriving prior to the opening of the lot will be allowed to stage their vehicles at the eastern section of Muni Lot near the tennis courts thus addressing traffic issues."

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Those rumors you might have heard about the Muni Lot not opening until 7 a.m. on days of Browns home games this year? They're true.

The City of Cleveland Division of Parking Facilities just confirmed the later opening for the upcoming season.

I'm waiting on an explanation and comment from the parking director. I'll update when I hear back from him.

As for what drove the decision, what


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It's been the craziest winter. And finally we are back in production for Coming Home again. We are happy to announce we are just one shoot away from shoot completion. We hope to have the film out sometime in May. In the meantime, enjoy our trailer.

While waiting for the results for the National Film Challenge (should be in two weeks or so), I decided to dabble into a side project (something dark and creepy) which seems pretty appropriate since this was created during a raging storm outside, this is


Alzheimer's early stages : first steps for family, friends and caregivers, Daniel Kuhn

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The Blue Jays continue to struggle in Tampa Bay, and against the Rays wherever the teams meet.

A 3-2 loss Wednesday night assured the Jays of their 16th successive series loss when they visit the Rays. One of the series was at the Ballpark at Disney when the Rays played some home games there, and the other 15 were at Tropicana Field.

But the domination is not only at The Trop anymore. The Rays are now 8-2 against Toronto this season and have won eight of the past nine against the Blue Jays.

The Rays are 23-9 against the Jays since Sept. 1, 2010, and are 44-20 against them since June 29, 2009.

Since the beginning of the 2011 season, Tampa Bay pitching has


that way, it might be part of the problem. It is a big oversight considering the Rays have been to the postseason three times in the past four seasons.

The Blue Jays will try Thursday afternoon to salvage one win from the series.

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MLB Team Report - Toronto Blue Jays - NOTES, QUOTES

--RF Jose Bautista underwent an MRI exam Tuesday, but there was a problem with the procedure, and he went back for another test Wednesday on his injured left forearm and wrist area. Bautista hasn't played since suffering the injury during a swing on July 16 in New York. Manager John Farrell said that surgery had initially been considered as a possibility but that rest has been the recommended course of action. The Blue Jays feel that the issueis related to a tendon in area of the lower forearm.

"It was revealed in the (first) MRI that there wasn't a dislodging of the sheath in any way, the tendon still remained inside the sheath, so it was a matter of progression to tolerance," Farrell said. "That's exactly what's been done. He's swung the bat in a controlled setting yet to tolerance, and he still feels a little discomfort, so we haven't progressed past that."

--3B Brett Lawrie was out of the lineup for the fourth game in a row because of a sore rib cage. He threw a baseball Wednesday afternoon and said he felt better, but there has been no timetable put on his return to action. "I feel a lot better than I did before," Lawrie


who made his major league debut in Tuesday's 4-1 loss to Tampa Bay, pitching three scoreless innings. He had struggled earlier in the season with Class AA New Hampshire but began to pitch better and got the promotion.

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MLB Team Report - Toronto Blue Jays - ROSTER REPORT

MEDICAL WATCH:

--3B Brett Lawrie (ribcage tightness) left the Aug. 3 game, and he didn't play Aug. 4-8. It's unclear when he'll be able to return.

--1B/DH Adam Lind (mid-back tightness) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to July 26. An exam found no structural damage.

--C J.P. Arencibia (broken right hand) went on the 15-day disabled list July 26. He is expected to be out until early September.

--RHP Jason Frasor (right forearm tightness) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to July 17.He was shut down from throwing until early August.

--RF Jose Bautista (left wrist inflammation) went on the 15-day disabled list July 17. He began swinging a bat July 28. He underwent another MRI in early August, and there is no timetable for his return.

--RHP Robert Coello (right elbow inflammation) went on the 15-day disabled list June 30, as the Blue Jays rescinded his option to the minors. He was transferred to the 60-day DL on July 20.

--RHP Drew Hutchison (sore right elbow) went on the 15-day disabled list June 16, and he was transferred to the 60-day DL on June 25. He will undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery Aug. 9.

--RHP Brandon Morrow (strained left oblique) went on the 15-day disabled list June 12, and he was transferred to


the 60-day DL on July 17. He threw on flat ground for the first time June 25. He threw his first bullpen session July 13. He made rehab starts for Class A Dunedin on July 29 and Aug. 3. He is expected to make two starts for Class AA New Hampshire before rejoining the Blue Jays.

--RHP Dustin McGowan (plantar fasciitis in right foot, right shoulder inflammation) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 26 due to the foot injury, and he was transferred to the 60-day DL on May 25. His throwing program was shut down in late April due to the shoulder ailment, but he resumed throwing in Dunedin, Fla., in mid-May. He never made it into a game this season, and he will undergoexploratory shoulder surgery Aug. 9.

--RHP Jesse Litsch (right shoulder tendinitis, right shoulder infection) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 26, and he was transferred to the 60-day DL on April 20. He learned May 22 that his infection was gone, but he had season-ending biceps tendon surgery in June.

--RHP Sergio Santos (right shoulder inflammation) went on the 15-day disabled list April 21, and he was transferred to the 60-day DL on June 24. He resumed throwing in mid-May, and he threw a 25-pitch bullpen session June 1. He threw his third bullpen session June 7 but then experienced a setback in late June. He underwent season-ending surgery July 24.

--LHP Luis Perez (torn left elbow ligament) went on the 60-day disabled list retroactive to July 9.


He underwent season-ending Tommy John surgery July 17.

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Fraser Brown is a key figure for both Glasgow and Scotland

Glasgow hooker Fraser Brown could miss at least the first two matches of Scotland's Six Nations campaign.

Brown is set to be sidelined for eight-to-10 weeks with a knee injury sustained in Warriors' European Champions Cup win in Lyon last weekend.

The 29-year-old, who has 38 caps, started two of Scotland's four autumn Tests and came on for Edinburgh's Stuart McInally in the other two.

Scotland open their Six Nations campaign at home to Italy and Ireland.

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The Victoria Theatre Trust, a charitable trust which was formed in 2004 to save the theatre is committed to refurbishing the Victoria Theatre and has completed part one of its refurbishment plan to date.

The long-term plan is for a complete restoration of the theatre, including seismic strengthening and heritage renovation.

This will be funded through applications to principle funding agencies but in the meantime the VTT will need to demonstrate that the Vic is a viable and thriving part of the community.

The Trust is delighted that the theatre is now an integral part of the Devonport and Auckland cultural landscape and thank you for your support.

The Victoria Theatre Trust is raising funds to purchase new, modern seats for the Victoria Theatre (downstairs). We'd love


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To promote a Creative Environment with the Victoria Theatre as its performance hub.

History

The Victoria Theatre was built in 1912 and is the earliest purpose-built cinema still in existence in the Southern Hemisphere. It was built by American John Leon Benwell during the silent movie era, when up to a thousand people could be seated in the theatre.

The Victoria was a thriving entertainment centre for the community. In 1914 John Benwell wanted to return to the USA and sold the Victoria to a new picture company, Fuller-Haywards. In order to cash in on the ‘talkies’ boom, in 1929 the company transformed the building from a ‘picture palace’ into an art deco, up-to-date cinema. However the depression strucksoon after, audience numbers plummeted and the company ceased operating in 1930.

From 1945 Kerridge Odeon took over the Victoria and ran it successfully for 43 years, but by the late 1980’s patronage had dropped and the theatre was closed and put up for sale.The Vic was transformed again in 1989 by publisher, Bruce Palmer who converted the Victoria into Charley Gray’s Twin Cinemas Devonport, by separating the original stalls and circle.

The Victoria changed ownership several times during the 1990’s and into the new millennium and operated with various degrees of success. In 2001 it faced being turned into apartments and there were a number of attempts by local groups to retain the Vic as a theatrical and cinema space.

Following the energetic efforts of the original Victoria Theatre Trust,


the North Shore City Council was persuaded to buy the building in 2006. In 2009 the current Trust successfully won the tender to lease the Victoria for 33 years.

The Trust re-opened the Victoria as a cinema and performance venue, and has a long-term goal of extensive heritage restoration of the building. More details on the commercial operation of The Vic can be found at www.thevic.co.nz.p; Titles II and XVI: Evaluation of Obesity, 65 Fed.Reg. 31039, 31042 (May 15, 2000) (superseded by SSR 02-1 p).

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Combs first filed for disability benefits with the SSA on November 4, 1996. She alleged in her application that she had been disabled since May 30, 1996, due to a wide variety of impairments. The SSA initially denied Combs' application in December of 1996, and upon reconsideration a few months later in February of 1997. Combs requested a hearing before an ALJ later that year in August. The ALJ denied Combs' request for a hearing in January of 1998. Combs appealed the 1998 denial to the Appeals Council. The Council reversed the ALJ's decision in October of 1998, granting Combs' request for a hearing. In the subsequent hearing in


March of 1999, the ALJ denied Combs' claim under the five-step test. The ALJ did not find that Combs' obesity and other impairments were severe enough for her to prevail at step three under listing 9.09 for obesity or any other listing. The ALJ denied her claim at step five. Combs appealed the ALJ's decision administratively.

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During the pendency of her administrative appeal, the Agency deleted listing 9.09 for obesity on October 25, 1999. The Appeals Council in March of 2000 vacated the ALJ's 1998 denial of benefits and remanded Combs' claim for further consideration. On remand, the ALJ in September of 2001 again at step five determined that Combs was not disabled. The ALJ observed at step three that Combs' medically determinable "impairments do not meet or medicallycorrectly held that the record as a whole contains substantial evidence supporting the second ALJ's denial of Combs' benefits claim. Combs argues, however, that the ALJ gave too little force to the reports of Combs' primary treating specialist, Dr. James Templin, and was too trusting of "non-examining state agency physicians" whose reports date back to 1996 and 1997.

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The ALJ stated, "[u]pon reviewing all of the evidence of the record, the undersigned Administrative Law Judge concludes that claimant is not disabled within the meaning of the Social Security Act." Admin. R. at 22. The ALJ found that Combs still had the residual functional capacity to perform light and sedentary work, her impairments notwithstanding. See Admin. R. at 26, 27. The ALJ based much of his decision on the 2001


9.09 in becoming disabled. These positions are incorrect and irrelevant, respectively. I therefore respectfully dissent.

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Plaintiff is a former seamstress and daycare employee. Plaintiff claims that as of May 30, 1996, she was disabled due to morbid obesity, fibromyalgia, degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine, degenerative arthritis bilateral knees, and other severe physical ailments, as well as depression. Plaintiff filed an application for disability benefits on November 4, 1996. After an initial denial of her application, Plaintiff requested a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ"). On January 26, 1998, the ALJ denied the request. On October 23, 1998, the appeals council vacated the decision of the ALJ and granted Plaintiff a hearing. In February 1999, over two years after Plaintiff's initial application, the ALJ held a hearinga pulmonary disorder at all." Id. Id. at 865. Before this new regulation, a miner was required to affirmatively prove that his pulmonary disorder was caused or aggravated by his pneumoconiosis in order to qualify for benefits in the form of payment of the medical expenses in connection with the pulmonary disorder. With the new regulation, the DHHS presumed that the pulmonary disorder was caused or aggravated by the miner's pneumoconiosis and the miner was therefore eligible for benefits. Thus, the miner's employer was more likely to lose a claim under the new regulation where the miner asserted a pulmonary disease. This was the precise situation "where a rule changes the law in a way that adversely affects [a party's] prospects for success on the merits of the


State Report Reignites Debate

Over local assessments

A recent report from the Washington House of Representatives has spawned new questions about Klickitat County's property revaluation process.

The study, titled "Measuring Real Property Appraisal Performance in Washington's Property Tax System," was prepared by the Washington House of Representatives. It is a "report card" on how well the appraisal system is working for all counties in Washington, with the performance standards being measured set by the International Association of Assessing Officers.

Klickitat County did not fare well in the evaluation.

In a July 1 interview, Klickitat County Assessor Van Vandenberg was asked to explain how the revaluation process is being handled by the Assessor's Office, especially now that the homes and land of county residents will be assessed every year. Previously, assessments were conducted oncomment on it," Vandenberg said.

A White Salmon resident with a direct interest in how the county is handling property appraisals is Darlene Johnson, who is running to become the new Klickitat County Assessor.

Johnson said she was shocked by the report from the Washington House of Representatives.

Johnson said it was imperative for whoever is elected to serve as the county's Assessor to follow International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) guidelines and Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPSA) guidelines for mass appraisal.

"If you follow the IAAO and USPSA guidelines, then you will meet the standards," Johnson explained. "The report identifies the areas that must be corrected, and with my background, I can make those corrections."

Robert Carnahan, a White Salmon resident who has been engaged in a lengthy appeal process


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THE IMPROBABLE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES is a new (September 2009) reprint anthology (with one original story) that collects 28 Sherlock Holmes stories published in the last 30 years, most, but not all, of which contain fantastic, supernatural or horror elements, hence the 'Improbable' contained in the title. Featured are stories by a good many mainstream 'big name' authors like Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Laurie R. King, Anne Perry, etc... alongside various mid-list, as well as up-and-coming, authors. The oldest story is Stephen King's "The Doctor's Case" (first published in THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES in 1987) and the most recent are Barbara Roden's "The Things that Shall Come Upon Them" and Chris Roberson's "Merridew of Abominable Memory" both of whichLast updated on .From the section Hibernian

Martin Boyle was injured in Friday's game with Elgin City

Hibernian winger Martin Boyle is expected to be sidelined until 2020 after suffering a recurrence of the knee injury that caused him to miss the second half of last season.

The Australian international, 26, only returned during pre-season, playing in three League Cup games this month.

Boyle will need surgery again and head coach Paul Heckingbottom said everyone at Hibs was "really disappointed".

"He was a big part of what we wanted to do this season," said Heckingbottom.

"He's got that electric pace, he's got that athleticism we'd love to be using."

Heckingbottom, who has full-backs David Gray and Lewis Stevenson coming back from injuries, told BBC Scotland: "It's a slightly different operation, one that he chose not


to have the last time because he wanted every chance of a less intrusive one.

"He'll be back in a few months and that's the important thing, getting him on the pitch.

"He's putting a brave face on things. Having a chat with him today, I think he's put it in perspective. He'll keep working hard and we'll keep working hard to help him."

Boyle initially injured his knee last December while on international duty with Australia preparing for the Asian Cup.

However, he returned to the Hibs side for the League Cup games with Alloa Athletic, Arbroath and Elgin City before suffering the problem in the latter.

"There's no doubting it's a blow because I put everything into my recovery in the last few months," he said.

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a NY Sidewalk

In the 1980s, when Soho was just a wasteland populated by poor artists, the late developer Tony Goldman had a clairvoyance that the area would one day be important. He commissioned Francoise Schein in 1985 to install Subway Map Floating on a NY Sidewalk, on the then-dreary Greene Street. The work is now a symbol of his legacy to art and the City of New York.

Metronome

That big smoking clock thing in Union Square isn’t a remnant of the tacky Jekyll and Hyde restaurant, but actually the most expensive privately funded art project in New York. At a cost of $3 million, the rock-and-clock counts the hours of the day forward, while subtracting the time remaining in the day — in effect confusing the hell out ofanyone who just wants to know what time it is.

Masstransiscope

Instead of staring at that Manhattan Storage ad during your morning commute, feast your eyes on Bill Brand’s flip-book-style animation called Masstransiscope near the Dekalb stop on the B and Q trains in Brooklyn. Installed in 1980, the paintings appear outside the subway window, morphing from one bright image to the next as the train speeds by into Manhattan.

Carmine Street Swimming Pool Mural

Keith Haring left his mark on New York, but most of his ephemeral pieces have long since disappeared. A little-known giant mural still stands at the Carmine Street Swimming Pool in the West Village. Haring-style dolphins, swimmers, and mer-people in black, blue, and yellow swim the length of the public pool.

Time Landscape

The weird fenced-in park at the


corner of Houston and Laguardia Place isn’t a park at all, but instead a remnant of the Land Art movement. The trees and shrubs of Time Landscape, created by Alan Sonfist in the 1960s, are meant to be a cross section of Manhattan greenery from the 16th century.

Power Toilet

The Olympic Restaurant on Delancey is your typical divey diner, and also home to a really special toilet. An exact replica of the executive toilet at JPMorgan Chase, Power Toilet is art collective SUPERFLEX’s commentary on how our financial system is in the pooper.

Moveable Type

The 560 LED screens in the lobby of The New York Times building are constantly abuzz with chatter — endlessly circulating all of the headlines that the paper has ever produced since 1851. Along with theclick-clack sound of vintage typewriters, the installation by Ben Rubin and Mark Hansen brings it way back to the days of the Civil War and Prohibition, along with a few mentions of Justin Bieber.

The Commuters

If Grand Central is the classy and elegant sister and Penn Station is the commercial mall rat, then Port Authority is the trashy black sheep of the family. But amidst the huddled masses heading to Atlantic City is some pretty cool art — including The Commuters by George Segal. The three life-size white sculptures that walk through a door bear little resemblance to the panhandlers that populate the station.

Max Neuhaus’ Times Square

Most New Yorkers avoid Times Square at all costs, but smack in the middle of the tourist craziness is one of the coolest


the environment & sustainable living. Thus Sustainable Suburbia was born.

In 2014 she became a Norwex Independent Sales Consultant, and found a new way to pursue her passion, teaching small groups of (mostly) women about how to get rid of many of the toxic chemicals in their homes.

In 2015 she discovered it could be even more rewarding to help other women pursue their goals, when she became a leader with Norwex.

In 2018 she plans to help even more people to ditch the nasty chemicals and in some cases to start teaching others to do the same. She hopes to bring many more people into the Norwex family. She also hopes to find time to produce a 2nd edition of Less Toxic Living.offered at Higher Education institutions throughout the UK and a period of accredited pre-registration training. The overarching aim of such preparation is to provide individuals with the necessary skill set to effectively operate a registered community pharmacy premises or work efficiently within a hospital setting. Regardless of the career pathway chosen, a pharmacist must exhibit a sound clinical understanding and maintain the function of a pharmacy business. Currently, pharmacy education within the UK is controlled by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), formed in 2010. A key function of this organisation is to set and maintain standards on undergraduate / post graduate training[@B15]; aspects for consideration include therapeutics and pharmacology. It is evident that topics directly related to business do not feature. Whilst the GPhC standards aim to ingrain


information remained confidential. The questionnaires were coded for tracking purposes. In an attempt to boost the response rate, follow up calls were made to those pharmacies who did not respond after two weeks of receiving the questionnaire; if necessary, the questionnaire completed over the telephone or another questionnaire pack dispatched if requested.

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All undergraduate students enrolled on the MPharm degree programme at LJMU were eligible to participate with this study. The student-based questionnaire was distributed along with cover letter and participant information leaflet to individuals currently registered on the MPharm degree at LJMU School of Pharmacy over a five week period in early 2012. The students were invited to complete the survey prior to lecture initiation. The population consisted of 183 first year students, 170a bench, we started our conversations by asking questions--

California Boulevard, a Hollywood home to the Stars. Walk among the stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and take your camera to capture the famous "Hollywood Moment."

California Boulevard or TCB newly opened in Gurgaon (Behind IFFCO Chowk Metro Terminal) by a seasoned and wise hospitality professional Mr. Rajan Sethi.

Stylish Harley Davidson represent America and being an American restaurant, there were 160 Harley Davidson Bikers in the capital for the Launch of the Gurgaon outlet. Mr Sethi, the owner, himself owns 3 Harley Davidson's incorporated and invited bikers from Chandigarh, Jaipur and Delhi who drove around the capital on their bikes to make it amusing and extraordinary.

Mumbai's legendary food chain restaurant, Shiv Sagar, opened its first outlet with a Franchise


Partner in New Delhi, Janpath.

Shiv Sagar Veg Restaurant started in the year 1982, has been serving authentic vegetarian food. Their speciality lies in serving multi - cuisine vegetarian food which includes American, Mexican, Chinese, Italian and Japanese. Presently Shiv Sagar is located in cities like Mumbai, Pune, Goa, Kolkata and franchised outlets in Ahmedabad and Baroda.

Sprawling over plush green lawns, the USI Residency Hotel in New Delhi is one of the finest three star Hotel that commits to luxurious accommodation and warm hospitality in a comforting and calming ambiance.

The dining facility at USI Residency Hotel is a Multi - cuisine restaurant, known as 'Retreat' which serves delectable Indian, Chinese, Continental, North Indian, Mughlai and Tandoori.The extraordinary heat wave gripping the western United States has so far been blamed for at least four deaths, authorities said Wednesday.

The bodies of Robert Stuart Pluta, 57, and his son Bobby, 21, of Corpus Christi, Texas, were discovered Monday and Tuesday respectively, in Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico, where daily high temperatures have topped 100 degrees for almost a week, New Mexico State Police said Wednesday.

The natural entrance of Carlsbad Caverns. The bodies of Robert Stuart Pluta, 57, and his son Bobby, 21, were found dead this week during a choking heat wave. Peter Jones / National Park Service

The Plutas, both of whom were experienced hikers, had been on a hiking trip since Wednesday of last week but hadn't been heard from since they checked


into their hotel, NBC station KRIS of Corpus Christi reported. A parkwide search was launched on Monday.

High temperatures in the park have been above 100 degrees for almost a week since last Thursday, and police said Wednesday that the heat was a likely factor in the mens' deaths. The park confirmed the men's deaths Wednesday.

"It was a father-son bonding trip on Father's Day weekend," the family's pastor, Mark Behrendt of Galilean Lutheran Church in Corpus Christi, told KRIS. "This was something that they had looked forward to, they'd been trying to plan on and off, and finally, it happened."

Photos: Dangerous Heat Wave Scorches Southwestern U.S.

Late Wednesday afternoon, officials confirmed the heat-related deaths of two people in Santa Clara County, California. The victims died Monday in San Jose andwere identified only as a 72-year-old man and an 87-year-old woman, said Marina Hinestrosa, a spokeswoman for the county in Northern California.

The National Weather Service warned that the heat smothering the West this week carried "major potential for heat-related illness and even death." High temperatures reached 120 degrees in Bullhead City, Arizona; 118 in Glendale, Arizona; 116 in Phoenix, Tempe and Scottsdale, Arizona; and 111 in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

Triple-digit temperatures again also spanned the length of California, where the southeastern town of Blythe hit 119 degrees on Wednesday. Bakersfield hit 109, while Fresno and Stockton reached 106.

The National Weather Service forecast only a "subtle" improvement in the days ahead. "Expect no significant cooling through Sunday," the weather service's Phoenix office said Wednesday afternoon.


China Times: Foreign ties are national asset

2012/04/18 12:17:17

President Ma Ying-jeou has just concluded his first state visit to Africa, an endeavor which not only helped consolidate Taiwan's friendship with its African allies but also allowed people in Taiwan to understand the positive meaning of foreign aid.

Regrettably, opposition politicians have described Ma's trip as having little value. They have also been critical of Ma's decision to provide financial aid to the country's allies at a time when increasing consumer prices in Taiwan are drawing widespread complaints.

In fact, relations between countries are built upon mutual interests, cooperation and trade-offs. Taiwan needs the diplomatic recognition of other countries to support its sovereign status and the endorsement of others for its bid to take part in international organizations.

Foreign relations are a nationalBy Kim Ghattas

BBC News, Washington

Mr Freeman accused pro-Israel groups of waging a campaign against him The undoing of Charles Freeman, who had been nominated as the next chairman of the US National Intelligence Council, is continuing to draw a barrage of reactions from a surprisingly diverse range of corners. Chinese dissidents, former American ambassadors and intelligence officials have all weighed in, as the debate continues over whether Mr Freeman was brought down by his views on Israel. An outspoken former ambassador to Riyadh, Mr Freeman found himself at the centre of a growing controversy about his views on Israel, China and Tibet while the campaign against him, first online and then on Capitol Hill kept growing. On Tuesday, 10 March, his soon-to-be boss, Dennis Blair, defended his choice


in Congress. Later that afternoon, Mr Blair's office sent out a note announcing that Mr Freeman was withdrawing his nomination. Mr Freeman sent out an acerbic letter, accusing the "Israel Lobby" of "plumbing the depths of dishonour and indecency", using "character assassination" and controlling policy by vetoing people who disagreed with them. 'Deeply insulted' In an interview with the BBC, Mr Freeman then said he regretted the use of the words "Israel Lobby" saying the campaign had been waged by specific groups aligned with rightwing factions in Israel which he described as the "Likud or (Avigdor) Lieberman lobby". Mr Freeman's letter was pounced on by his critics, and others, who said it proved their point

Israel row derails Obama nominee But he stood by his accusations about a campaignwaged against him, saying it was a transparent one for which the Zionist Organisation of America had openly claimed credit. ZOA's president Morton Klein told the BBC it was "nonsense, rubbish to say all the pro-Israel organisations were making an issue about him". "We were the only ones on Capitol Hill raising concerns about him," he said. Mr Freeman added he felt "deeply insulted having been attacked for representing foreign interests by someone who is himself under indictment for espionage for a foreign government". 'Grotesque libel' One of those leading the campaign against Mr Freeman online had been Steve Rosen, a former official from the powerful pro-Israel lobby Aipac who was indicted in the US in 2005, along with a colleague, for violating the Espionage Act by "giving


national security information to persons not entitled to receive it". Mr Freeman sent a controversial email about the Chinese government's suppression of protests Mr Freeman's letter was pounced on by his critics, and others, who said it proved their point. In its editorial following his withdrawal, the Washington Post described it as "grotesque libel". Republican congressman Frank Wolfe also wrote in the Post on Saturday that "while the reports of Freeman's public statements first raised my concern about his suitability to be chairman of the National Intelligence Council, his words after his withdrawal crystallised exactly why Freeman was the wrong choice for the job". Few people dispute that pro-Israel lobbyists were the driving force in the campaign against Mr Freeman, but some observers believe that if his viewson Israel had been the only controversial thing about him, it would not have been enough to bring him down. Mr Wolfe wrote that he had not been contacted by any pro-Israel lobby group and that his concerns were mainly about Mr Freeman's views on China and Tibet and his ties to foreign governments. 'Tiananmen Square' email Mr Freeman served on the advisory board of the state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) for which he was paid $10,000 a year. He was also the president of the Middle East Policy Council, which received funding from Saudi Arabia. He resigned from the positions before accepting the nomination for the NIC job and says there was nothing improper about either position. But in an e-mail he sent a few


years ago and which has become public, Mr Freeman said that he found plausible "the dominant view in China" which stated that the real mistake of the authorities was not the crackdown on protestors on Tiananmen Square in 1989 but the fact they had not nipped the demonstrations in the bud. He goes on to say that no government would allow the heart of its capital to be occupied by dissidents and ends his mail by stating "I thus share the hope of the majority in China that no Chinese government will repeat the mistakes of Zhao Ziyang's dilatory tactics of appeasement in dealing with domestic protesters in China." 'Indefensible' The comments are read widely as justification of the Chinese government's action but Mr Freeman insisted he wasreading facts and predicting outcomes, adding that empathy is key to analysis. Freeman belongs to the camp that's the mortal enemy of the neoconservatives: the realists. Realist ideology pays no attention to moral differences between states

Jonathan Chait

Editor, The New Republic "I'm not justifying, I'm describing it. There's a difference between analysis and policy. Analysis is an effort to understand the facts and the motivations of those who are creating the facts, Chinese demonstrators or leaders, and then explain that to those who must make decisions about what to do about it." His comments on Tibet also drew fire from speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who reportedly described them as "indefensible". In 2007, Mr Freeman had said that the American and European posturing on the issue of Tibet


would lead to a long term clampdown by the Chinese. He said he didn't mean to say that the West should stay quiet but that it should expect a Chinese reaction. The way Mr Freeman's expresses his views led to criticism that he was an ultra-realist, unconcerned about human rights. 'Blind to moral dimensions' "Freeman belongs to the camp that's the mortal enemy of the neoconservatives: the realists. Realist ideology pays no attention to moral differences between states," wrote Jonathan Chait, editor of The New Republic. "(They) are the mirror image of neoconservatives in that they are completely blind to the moral dimensions of international politics." Mr Freeman said he took it as a compliment. "It is an extraordinary accusation to accuse someone whose job is analysis ofThis article is more than 2 years old.

April 24, 2015 This article is more than 2 years old.

Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson’s love life just got a little more complicated: Qu Zhang Mingjie, the mother of his pop star girlfriend, Wanting Qu, has been arrested by Chinese authorities on corruption charges.

According to Chinese state media (link in Chinese), Qu was detained this week, after having been sacked from her position at the Harbin provincial government in November over allegations of corruption in the sale of state assets.

Wanting Qu, 31, social-media-loving singer, was born in Harbin and is now based in Vancouver. She met Robertson, 50, while serving as the city’s tourism ambassador to China, and he confirmed their relationship with a selfie posted to the Chinese microblog Weibo on