between France and Spain hampered their progress and they had
many adventures on the way.
They were often mistaken for
royalist supporters with their strange
instruments and had to avoid arrest
and decapitation. Eventually in 1799,
their thousands of calculations resulted in the metre, which was gradually
used by countries all over the world.
Up until May 2019, the Musée des
Arts et Métiers in Paris is holding an
exhibition dedicated to the seven
international units of measurement
and the way we use them every day.
Laurent Vavasseur is the science curator for the museum: “Measurement is
all around us but we tend to take it for
granted. The different units are constantly evolving to become more and
more precise.
“The metre is now defined in reference to the speed of light and at the
last conference of the International
Bureau of Weights and Measures in
November 2018,four of the seven
base units were redefined, including
the kilogram, which was the last unit
to be dematerialised. Work to produce
an accurate universal measurement
system continues and this concept
was created in France.”
www.arts-et-metiers.net

22 History

French Living I January 2019

France’s first media scientist,
who fought disease – and won

L

ouis Pasteur (1822-1895)
remains one of France’s most
famous scientists. Among his
numerous achievements, he
created the first vaccines for
anthrax and rabies, invented a way of
killing bacteria in milk and wine
(pasteurisation), reduced deaths from
puerperal fever, and was instrumental in
establishing the germ theory of disease.
He was also an early “media giant”,
promoting himself and popularising
science. His Pasteur Institute remains a
pioneering hub of scientific research.
Pasteur was born in Dole, Jura, into a
poor family. His father was a tanner and
he did not start school until 1831 when
he was almost nine years old. Initially, he
was not


an outstanding pupil, preferring
to spend his time fishing, and sketching
portraits of his family and friends. He
finally passed his Bac S (baccalauréat
scientifique) in 1842 and went to the Ecole
Normale Supérieure where he got a
degree in science (1845) and then worked
as a lab assistant while researching theses
in chemistry and physics.
In 1848, he got a job teaching chemistry
at the University of Strasbourg, where he
met and married Marie Laurent in 1849.
They had five children together, three of
whom died of typhoid in infancy.
In 1854, he became dean of the science
faculty at Lille University, where he began
studying the process of fermentation. It
was not newly discovered; everyone knew
how to use it to make beer, wine and
bread. But at that time no one had a
scientific explanation for how fermentation worked, what mechanism caused it.
(The answer isyeast, by the way.)
Pasteur was by then a long way from
the boy who had enjoyed sketching and
fishing. He had developed into a workaholic who kept punishing
hours (getting up at 5am
and going to bed at
9.30pm), and whose
research and studies
were rigorously
disciplined. When
he got a promotion, becoming
director of scientific studies back
at his alma mater
in Paris, he introduced a whole series
of strict reforms in an
attempt to raise academic
standards. Exams were tougher, students were threatened with expulsion for smoking and were required to
eat a universally disliked mutton stew
once a week.
In 1887, he established the Pasteur
Institute in Paris, and became its director
until his death in 1895. One of Pasteur’s
greatest strengths was his interest in
proving or disproving other scientists’
theories. He showed, for example, that
germs could not spontaneously develop
in sterile liquids. They would only grow
in contaminated


brought many
other previously
life-threatening diseases under control,
including diphtheria,
tetanus, yellow fever,
whooping cough,
measles, mumps
and rubella.
Louis Pasteur also did
a vast amount of work on
developing a vaccine to
immunise humans against rabies.
He did not invent vaccinations, but built
on the work of previous researchers and
doctors, including Edward Jenner, who
discovered (around 1798) how to use
cowpox bacteria to inoculate people
against smallpox. But that was part of his
genius, according to Sylvie Morel, director of the museum in Dole, established in
the house where Pasteur was born. “He
was a very black and white character,
very self-disciplined, implacable towards
his enemies, ultra-loyal with friends and
family. His detractors say he borrowed

Photo: La Maison de Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur worked hard to secure his legacy,
while saving millions, writes Samantha David

Louis Pasteur,
pictured with his
family and wife (top
and inset). Bottom:
some of the tools of
his scientific trade on
display atvaccines could work.
“Pasteur was an excellent researcher.
He didn’t pull genies out of the hat,
he worked on other people’s research to
advance their discoveries. He also understood that to carry out scientific research
you need money. But, of course, money
for medical research has always been
lacking, so he realised that he would have
to sell himself, sell the work, and popularise science. He was probably the first

Local history 23

January 2019 I French Living
Photo: Wikipedia/Paul Nadar

Unique homes in an Alpine
village 2km above sea level
Europe’s highest village, in the southern Alps, has an architecture
all its own. Jane Hanks finds out why from one of its residents
Secret history of buildings

scientist to realise that he needed to
increase his stature, his media profile and
his visibility in order to get funding and
facilities. He was a media giant, and
relentlessly corrected


press articles, and
explained himself and the science he did.
He vaccinated animals in public to raise
his profile, and entered for prizes and
awards in order to continue his work.”
Pasteur was awarded medals, titles,
grants and honours from countries
around the globe. In France, among other
honours, he was made a chevalier of the
Legion of Honour in 1853 and promoted
to officer, commander, grand officer and
finally given the Grand Cross of the
Legion of Honour in 1881.
During Pasteur’s lifetime there were
sections of the public who did not
understand the theory of bacteria
causing infections, and could not
understand the workings of the human
immune system, so they doubted the
effectiveness of vaccinations.
In the 21st century it might seem
odd that there are still some people
who doubt that vaccines work (see our
Back Page), but Ms Morel puts it down to
their success. “Due tobishop
freed the lowlands from a dragon,
which rose into the air and died in the
mountains.
Local people marked this miracle by
building a settlement where the dragon
landed and named it after the bishop,
Saint Véran.
Jacqueline Turina, who has lived in the
village all her life and who gives guided
tours to visitors, thinks the real story is
rather more prosaic: that the bishop discovered the place on
his travels to Rome and
recognised the richness
of the pastureland in
the area.
Though high in
the mountains, and
covered in snow
for seven months
of the year, Mrs
Turina says Saint
Véran is a wonderful
place to live:
“We face south with
marvellous views and
plenty of sunshine and the rich
grass grows for a far longer period
than further south.
“Transhumance has meant that sheep
and cows have been brought up here
from Provence for centuries, and this
continues today.
“At first people only lived here in


summer, but perhaps, one winter, the snow
came earlier than expected and so people
had to stay, and having done so once continued to do so.”
Another attraction to settlers were the
copper mines which are even higher up

and were mined as long ago as 2,000BC,
right up until 1956. Historians believe
the metal was originally mined by some
Italian settlers.
To survive the long winters, the inhabitants built houses which are unique to the
village, as their first floor, called a fuste
and built of wood, is far bigger than in
other areas because they had to store
food and fodder there to last the long
winter.
The ground floor has thick stone walls
and families lived with no other heating
than from the animals who lived in the
same space.
Wood was precious and was kept for
cooking and for building.
Next to the house wasa small stone
building called a caset. “This was built to
shelter the family during one of the very
frequent fires,” explained Mrs Turina.
“There was so much wood that a cooking fire could easily get out of hand.
“In the 16th century, the whole
village was burnt down, and
when it was rebuilt it was
separated into five sections, each separated
by a no-build zone
which acted as a fire
break.
“Each quartier was
like its own small
village, with a communal bread oven
and a water fountain,
also built in wood,
with a lavoir attached.
“Wood is everywhere in
our village.”
Two traditional houses can be visited
in the village.
The oldest dates from 1641 and is run
as a museum by the Parc Naturel
Régional du Queyras.
In the second, visitors are greeted by
the nephew of owners who lived there in
the traditional way with animals to keep
them warm in the


winter until 1976.
For details of guided tours of
Saint-Véran, contact Queyras
tourist office: queyras-montagne.com

24 The big picture

French Living I January 2019

Heritage headquarters is 60 years old
Photos: Unesco

Samantha David
marks the 60th
anniversary of Unesco’s
distinctive Paris HQ by
exploring the cultural
organisation’s work

T

he distinctive Unesco
headquarters at 7 place de
Fontenoy in Paris was 60
years old last November. It
was commissioned by Unesco
(United Nations Educational Scientific
and Cultural Organisation) as a symbol of
the organisation as well as a home.
The three architects, Bernard Zehrfuss,
Marcel Breuer and Pier Luigi Nervi came
up with a seven-story building in a threearmed star shape along with a building
commonly called the ‘accordion’ and a
third building in the shape of a cube.
The three pointed star is the most iconic.
The land it is built on still belongs to the
French state, which has given Unesco a
renewable 99-year lease costinga nominal
1,000 French francs (€152) per year.
The official, laudable, purpose of Unesco
(created in 1945) is to “contribute to
the building of peace, the eradication of
poverty, sustainable development and
intercultural dialogue through education,
the sciences, culture, communication and
information.”
The Paris headquarters is surrounded by
beautiful gardens, contains a large international art collection, and hosts free cultural events which are open to the public,
although the building is currently
closed to sightseeing visits due
to security concerns.
One of the best ways to
visit the building and see
the art collection has
been during the Nuit
européenne des Musées
which will be on May
18 this year, although at
the time of going to print
Unesco’s participation in 2019
had not been confirmed. It is also
possible to visit as a group, if you make
the request at least 10 weeks in advance.
There are 44 Unesco heritage sites in
France, most


of them cultural, but four

are natural: the Gulf of Porto off the coast
of Corsica; the Lagoons of New Caledonia
(in the Pacific Ocean); and the ‘Pitons,
Cirques and Remparts of Réunion island’
(in the Caribbean); and the Chaîne des
Puys-Limagne in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
One site is both natural and cultural: the
Pyrénées-Mont Perdu.
The cultural sites include specific buildings like the cathedrals in Amiens,
Bourges, Chartres and Reims,
but others cover entire areas
within cities, like the Roman
monuments and buildings
in Arles, the Port of the
Moon in Bordeaux, the
historical centre of
Avignon, the Santiago
de Compostela walking
routes in France, the Episcopal City of Albi, Mont-StMichel and the bay, and the
palace and gardens of Versailles.
Getting Unesco heritage status is
obviously important. It protects sites for
future generations, but also opens the

The Unesco building,
alongside the cube
and the so-called
‘accordeon’ in Paris;
European Museum
Night is currently
the only chance
to exploreto ensure the site is correctly
maintained, having Unesco status means
being inspected annually, and having a
formal administrative structure put in
place to oversee management, all of which
helps ensure that the standing stones will
be there for future generations.”

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The theatre group was formed in 2002 by
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It is not just removals that George White
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With around 100 warehouses
across the country, it relies
heavily on its 6,000 volunteers,
the gilets oranges, who make up
90% of its workforce.
The organisation, the first
food bank in Europe, was set
up in 1984 and modelled itself
on initiatives in Canada and
the US.
Sister Cécile Bigo issued an
appeal in the newspaper La
Croix: “Man has invented ways

of going to the moon. Cannot
his heart invent a way to put an
end to food waste and feed all
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President Jacques Bailet, himself a volunteer, says that not
many people realise the huge
logistical effort behind fetching
and sorting the food: “The aim
of our organisation is to fight
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lack of food for some people.
“Unlike other organisations,
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She wanted to highlight
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She said: “I hope my book will
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Their first 80-bed Ulster
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The women also


boxes.
By the end of 2018, some 100 boxes were in
place on public buildings across the town – and
the mairie is offering 100 householders a €10
refund if they buy and install a box themselves.
The boxes are seen as a cheap, effective and
permanent solution to the increasing numbers of
mosquitoes in the town every year.
Mosquitoes, including tiger mosquitoes which
have spread to 62 departments in France including the Gironde, are known to carry a number of
viruses, including dengue fever, the zika virus
and the chikungunya virus.
Symptoms of dengue and chikungunya include
severe joint pain, fever, headaches, weeping eyes
and a rash. Every year, from May to November,
health authorities in France are on high alert
for the possible spread of diseases carried by
mosquitoes.
It is not the only step that authorities in the
town have taken.
Bègles is one ofat it in school
in the UK and my mum was always

Growing up
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A six-month
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3: Chef Adam Smith
cooking at home so this was a chance
for me. I still found the school atmosphere sterile, even if there was something practical to do.
“One day, a chef came to give career
advice and he said the best place with
the most opportunities was London.
“So when I had got my bac and done
a further year specialising in
pâtisserie, I decided to go to London
where some of my French friends had
already gone.
“I had always thought of going back
to the UK once I had my diplomas
and knew I did not want to stay in the
Dordogne, which is a bit too quiet.”
In London he worked in several
restaurants. Then he got a job


at the
prestigious three-star Waterside Inn
restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, run by
Alain Roux, son of Michel Roux, one
of the two famous brothers.
“My French training definitely
helped me get the job as it was the
language spoken in the kitchens and

Adam Smith outside the Jaunty Goat in Chester, where he now works
was based on French cuisine, and
studying in France has a good reputation. I stayed there for about a year. It
was tough. There were a lot of us in
the kitchen, all trying to impress the
top chef and I think you have to be
quite aggressive to succeed.
“I learnt a massive amount and
made a lot of friends who I am still in
touch with. When I finished, I went
back to France for a short break.”
Back in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, he

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Hard work leads to success
for soft furnishings expert
CRAFTS
in focus
by JANE HANKS
HANDS-ON experience is the
key to


and major works to reinforce
and restore crumbling walls.
The chateau, between Sarlat and Les
Eyzies in the Dordogne, has been open to
the public since 2000.
Last year it was awarded the Grand
Trophée de la Plus Belle Restauration by the
Fondation pour les Monuments
Historiques and Le Figaro Magazine.
Owner Hubert de Commarque said:
“The site is unique because it was lived in
from prehistoric times up to the 16th
century. After that, it was deserted and so
we have an open history book we can read,
from the caves lived in by early man at the
bottom of the cliffs up to the homes built
further up the hillside for the lords who
ruled over this territory.
“Here there is everything man needed. A
spring, plenty of wild animals and stone
cliffs, first to shelter in and then to provide
building materials. This was an important
routebetween the two towns of Montignac
and Sarlat. Later, the seats of power
changed and the inhabitants moved on.”
Visitors get a hint of what our ancestors
saw – cars are parked out of sight and the
castle is a short walk down a lane into the
grassy valley of the Beaune, where there is
no evidence of modern life. No telephone
wires, no tarmac... the only building
opposite is a 14th century private castle.
At every turn, the stones and cliffs show
the marks that tell the story of
Commarque. On the hillside, the visitor
discovers a medieval castle with the
remains of surrounding houses, a chapel
and a paved street.
The imposing keep has two halves. A
12th-century section with thick walls has
stone trapdoors in the ceilings, through
which noble families would climb using
ladders they would haul up after them to
make sure they were


safe from attack.
An elegant window with columns high
up in the tower shows it was for people of
importance. Added on is the 13th-century
half, with slimmer walls and larger living
spaces. When restoration work started, the

Architecture
of France...
Château de
Commarque

By JANE
HANKS

tower was an empty shell; now floors and
stone stairs have been added, so visitors
can get a feel of what it was like.
The latest project was the 14th-century
corps de logis, or living quarters, which
juxtapose the keep – and here too a spiral
staircase and floors have been added and
fireplaces restored. Scaffolding was erected
up the sheer walls and expert masons
refaced the stone, which was crumbling.
Records show that the complex was
inhabited by different noble families at the
same time, each with their own tower.
They did not necessarily live harmoniously
as records also show there were several
court cases.
Down on thethe way
life was lived here in the past.
“If you look at these stairs carved in the
rock and then look just next to it, you can
see a cruder, narrower set which were
made earlier, when tools were less developed. Everything tells a story.”
Though Hubert de Commarque is the
present owner and, as his name indicates,

his ancestors also lived here, he had to buy
the site in 1968 before he could start work.
In the early 20th century, the site was
bought by a German prince who had
acquired a nearby chateau. For five years
he pillaged Commarque for building stone.
“He demolished at least four towers and
a house,” said Mr Commarque.
He says he bought it because he knew the
whole place would fall into irreparable
ruin if he did not act. He had already
inherited other chateaux in the region,
which


control
to someone else who might not have
shared his vision. He is also not the sort of
man to direct everything from the end of a
telephone – he is very hands-on.
Now in his seventies and recovering from
a stroke, he was recently shifting trees and
more earth to reveal the walls of yet
another lord’s house.
He runs Commarque with his wife
Christine and children, Aude and Jean,
and he clearly loves the place. He took me
to see every nook and cranny, involving
quite a climb from bottom to top.
He said: “We have tried to keep restoration minimalist so as to keep the magic of
the place alive. After all these years and the
struggle it has been, I find it a great
satisfaction when visitors show their
enthusiasm and you can see the stars in
their eyes as they discover amiraculous
place and they thank us with emotion.”
Open April to November. Workshops for
children. www.commarque.com
More photos can be found with this
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Brittany

REGIONAL CAPITAL: Rennes
DEPARTMENTS: Côtes-d’Armor, Finistère, Ille-etVilaine, Morbihan
MAIN CITIES: Brest, Quimper, Lorient, Vannes, Saint-Malo,
Saint-Brieuc, Lanester, Fougères, Concarneau, Lannion, Morlaix
A PETITION of 100,000 signatures was handed in to officials
of Loire-Atlantique at the end of November 2018 demanding
that the department return to its historic region of Brittany.
The petition had enough signatures to trigger a legal
mechanism that has prompted a debate and possible vote
which could – possibly – see four departments become five
in future, and historic Brittany be restored for the first time
since 1940.
For now, however, modern Brittany remains made up of four
departments looking out into the Atlantic from the north-west
coast of France – Côtes-d’Armor, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine and
Morbihan –in an ancient


Château de
Pechrigal – where Ferré lived
from1963 until 1968 – stands
three kilometres outside the
village of Gourdon.
Pech-Rigal means royal hill
in old local French dialect,
befitting its hilltop position.
The 67-hectare plot includes
meadows, tennis courts, a pool
and half a hectare of Merlot
vineyards, giving 4,000 bottles
of wine a year.
The chateau, a grand affair of
17 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms,
guard house, pigeonnier, wine
cellar, restored farmhouse and
two outhouses, was bought
and renovated by a Frenchman
in 1998.
He transformed the
crumbling property into a
luxurious second home,
occasionally used for private
events and weddings.
It had fallen into disrepair
after rebel composer Ferré left
it unlived-in for 25 years.
Ferré, born to bourgeois
parents in Monaco, escaped his
strict Christian upbringing to
live in Rome and then Paris,
where he fell into intellectual
life and composing music.
In Paris, he hung out with the
likes of André Breton, Jean
Cocteau, Jacques Prévert and
Juliette Gréco, whose all-black
clothing wasinspired by Ferré’s
anarchist’s black shirt and
trousers. Jolie Môme and Paris

Léo Ferré
and Pépée
were a
fixture at
Pechrigal,
where the
chimp
helped
speed the
damage by
throwing
tiles off
the roof
Canaille were two of Ferré’s
songs made famous by Gréco.
The artist’s ardent support of
the anarchists during the
Spanish Civil War fed much
of his creative output.
His contempt for society, the
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WASHINGTON — As they do perhaps once in a generation — 1932, 1968 and 1980 — Americans this week will choose a new president and chart a new course in a time of economic turmoil, social upheaval and great anxiety.

Financial markets are in turmoil. Jobs are disappearing overseas. Pensions and retirement accounts are dwindling. Terrorists are vowing death to more Americans. U.S. troops are at war in two countries. Immigrants are pouring across the borders, legally and illegally, changing the complexion and the culture of the land.

Fewer than one in 10 Americans think the country’s on the right track, the lowest in the three decades that Gallup has asked the question. Consumer confidence is at a 41-year low. The president’s approval ratings rival the worst on record, andhim big Democratic majorities in Congress, forging the first great political realignment of the 20th century. The Democrats created the modern federal government, with a first safety net of programs to help the poor and the middle class, as well as a host of new regulations for Wall Street.

UIn 1968, when the country was torn by the Vietnam War, reeling from riots and assassinations at home and anxious about social changes such as civil rights for blacks and new roles for women. Americans narrowly elected Republican Richard M. Nixon, who vowed law and order and “peace with honor” in Vietnam.

UIn 1980, when America was besieged by economic stagnation and inflation at home and seemingly rendered impotent by Iranian militants — and President Jimmy Carter himself diagnosed a national


finished with 27 receptions for 414 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns. In addition, he recorded two punt return touchdowns and one interception return for a touchdown.

Jackson placed fifth in the long jump (almost 26 feet) and 4th in the 4×100 meters 2015 NCAA outdoor track and field championship earning two All-American awards. He also won the 2015 Pac-12 Conference Championship long jump.

On November 12, 2016, Jackson intercepted two passes from Washington's quarterback Jake Browning, helping the Trojans win their fifth straight game and upset the fourth-ranked Huskies, who were undefeated at the time.

On December 8, 2016, Jackson was awarded the 2016 Jim Thorpe Award as the nation’s top defensive back.

On January 16, 2017, Jackson announced he would forego his senior season and enter the 2017 NFL Draft.

CollegeDavid Holmes: Three million hits for motorcyclist's crash film Published duration 5 September 2014

media caption David Holmes, 38, was riding at 97mph when he was killed on the A47

A video showing the moment a motorcyclist was killed in a crash with a car has been viewed online more than three million times.

David Holmes, 38, was riding at about 97mph (156 km/h) when he died on the A47 at Honingham, Norfolk, last year.

Norfolk Police posted a video of the crash, filmed by a camera on Mr Holmes' helmet, on Thursday.

Ch Insp Chris Spinks said it had generated a "truly remarkable" amount of discussion about road safety.

Mr Holmes' family allowed the film's release in a bid to try to stop more road deaths.

It shows Mr Holmes travelling from King's Lynn


the agency is working with local service providers to make sure information about health recommendations and emergency notifications reach the homeless.

For some experts, coronavirus brings to mind the hepatitis A outbreak that tore through California encampments in 2016 and 2017. After igniting in San Diego County, the disease — which can spread through close personal contact or via food and drinks contaminated with small amounts of infected stool — traveled up and down the coast, sickening more than 700 people and killing 21, according to the CDC. Bay Area Community Services quickly mobilized with county health care officials to vaccinate as many East Bay homeless residents as possible. And it worked — the outbreak largely missed the region, Cooperman said.

But there’s one big difference between coronavirus and hepatitishave an effect on these children’s learning and motor skills.

The studies described above do not provide convincing scientific evidence that taking paracetamol in pregnancy causes problems with learning and behaviour the child. A number of doctors and scientists who are recognised experts in this subject have raised concerns about the quality of some of these studies, including the ways in which the information was collected and analysed, and the fact that other factors (such as the illness in the mother that paracetamol was being used to treat) could have caused the effects seen in children exposed in the womb to paracetamol. It has been widely reported in the media that these studies have shown that paracetamol use in pregnancy causes behavioural problems in the child. However, many experts


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Birmingham is famously reputed to have more miles of canals than Venice. These canals contributed much to the city's growth, bringing coal and merchandise from the surrounding areas. As the city prospered economically, it continued to grow and absorb neighbouring communities, a process in many ways bound together by the waterways. Although part of the national network, Birmingham's canals, including the Worcester & Birmingham, the Stratford-upon-Avon and the Birmingham Canal Navigation, retain their original identity - and most are still in water and used regularly, albeit in different ways to their original industrial purpose. Fully updated and illustrated with stunning new photographs, this book captures the heritage, development and modern role of Birmingham's canals in a way that will appeal to canal users as well as those withprimarily by selling property, of which it can conjure an infinite amount.

Second Life seems like an overnight sensation--it drew almost a million new residents in the last two months of 2006, doubling its population. In fact, it began in 1999, when Philip Rosedale quit his job as chief technology officer at RealNetworks to realize his lifelong dream of building a virtual-reality environment. Most people he knew thought he was quixotic and certain to fail. He almost did. No wonder the 38-year-old Rosedale describes the recent onslaught of attention as "almost surreal."

What's real is that Second Life is a haven for entrepreneurs, with thousands of businesses selling things ranging from clothes to office buildings to body parts. Business is conducted in Linden dollars, but those can be cashed for


Released November 29/18 (Bandcamp)

Traditional metal fans will be pleased to hear this debut EP from Brooklyn, New York's female-fronted Ritualizer. The lengthy title track opens proceedings with a speedy riff outta the 80's accented by some tasty guitar leads, before going through some twists and turns that harken back to the first two Mercyful Fate opuses. PJ Berlinghof's vocals acrobatically maneuver throughout the various changes, mixing clean, screech and deranged vox adeptly.

'Haunted' follows with another NWOBHM headbanger of a riff, Berlinghof again nailing the vocals, especially during the crazed mid-section. 'Night Terrors' closes things out, a more commercial track that could best be described as being similar to something off of Dio's Holy Diver. Catchy as all hell, it would fit nicely on Ozzy's Boneyard and the like.WASHINGTON -- Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator who has suddenly become Mitt Romney's top challenger for the Republican presidential nomination, raised a provocative question about Romney's Mormon faith in a 2007 newspaper column:

Would the potential attraction to Mormonism by simply having a Mormon in the White House threaten traditional Christianity by leading more Americans to a church that some Christians believe misleadingly calls itself Christian, is an active missionary church, and a dangerous cult?

His next paragraph began: "Assume for the sake of argument that there are valid considerations."

The column was Santorum's response to Romney's famous "Faith in America" address, in which the former Massachusetts governor tried to reassure evangelical Christians and other religious voters that he shared their values. Santorum's ultimate verdict on Romney was more or


interference of the Supreme Court and that gay marriage could doom the United States.

In his 2007 column, Santorum made it clear he thinks matters of faith are fair game. He quoted Romney as saying that "a person should not be rejected ... because of his faith." Then he wrote, "His supporters say it is akin to rejecting a Barack Obama because he is black. But Obama was born black; Romney is a Mormon because he accepts the beliefs of the Mormon faith. This permits us, therefore, to make inferences about his judgment and character, good or bad."Receive the latest new-england updates in your inbox

‘No Confidence’ Petition Against Superintendent who Banned Dances

The petition filed Monday with SAU16 has 55 signatures of residents in the Exeter Regional Cooperative School District, calling for a vote of "no confidence" in Superintendent Michael Morgan. (Published Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016)

Some parents in a New Hampshire school district are trying to get the superintendent removed from office, saying that his decision to cancel school dances was the last straw.

The petition filed Monday with SAU16 has 55 signatures of residents in the Exeter Regional Cooperative School District, calling for a vote of "no confidence" in Superintendent Michael Morgan.

This comes less than a month after Morgan canceled all High School dances except the prom due to "inappropriate student behavior" like grinding on the


dance floor. In several media interviews Morgan referred to the sex assault case at St. Paul's Prep as the tipping point for his decision.

Many who signed the petition tell NECN they feel the comment was out of line and an unfair comparison, but nobody was available Tuesday for an on-camera interview. However, Exeter High senior Anastasia Boisvert was more than willing to express her frustration.

"It sucks, I liked going to dances, I never did anything wrong," Boisvert said.

So, she says she and her friends support the citizens petition.

"I want to sign this thing, I have to go register, because I am 18," Boisvert said.

Superintendent Morgan declined an interview Tuesday, but clarified his comments in a letter sent home to parents last month saying, "I was not making anyPresentation Transcript

The Solar System:

The Solar System

The Nebular Theory:

The Nebular Theory The solar system began as a huge cloud of dust and gas, which later condensed to form the sun and its planets.

The Sun Forms First:

The Sun Forms First The nebula was composed of hydrogen and helium.
A star exploded in a supernova and new elements entered our nebula.
Shock waves from the supernova explosion disrupted our nebula and it began to collapse.
As gravity pulled in it spun faster and flattened into a disk, which would become our sun.
After millions of years, it became dense and hot enough for fusion to begin.

The Planets Form:

The Planets Form Gases and matter continued to spin around the sun.
Gravity caused them to pull into clumps of matter which became protoplanets.

Inner Planets:

Inner Planets Protoplanets near the


sun became so hot, most of their gases burned boiled away.
The inner, hotter planets were left as collections of metal and rock.
The inner planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.

The Gas Giants:

The Gas Giants The protoplanets farther from the sun were less affected by the sun’s heat.
They retained their gases and grew to enormous sizes.
The gas giants are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Moons:

Moons As the newly formed planets began to cool, clumps of matter formed around them.
These clumps became moons or satellites which revolved around the planets.

Asteroid Belt:

Asteroid Belt Between Mars and Jupiter, small clumps of matter formed asteroids.
These rocklike objects are in a region known as the asteroid belt.

Comets:

Comets Farther our in space, near the edge of the solar system a huge cloud formed.
This cloud is believedby some astronomers to be the home of comets.

Motions of the Planets:

Motions of the Planets The Greeks noticed that although the stars appeared to move across the night sky, their position relative to each other was constant.
The Greeks also noticed that some of the stars appeared to wander among the other stars.
The Greeks called these objects, planets, or wanderers.

Ptolemy:

Ptolemy In the second century AD, the Greek scientist Ptolemy proposed a theory that placed Earth at the center of the universe.
He also proposed that all objects in the sky traveled in orbits around an unmoving Earth.
He proposed that the orbits were circular.

Nicolaus Copernicus:

Nicolaus Copernicus Between 1500 and 1530 the Polish astronomer Copernicus developed a new theory about the solar system.
He proposed that the Earth and the other planets revolved


reasoned that the force was the gravitational pull of the sun.

Inertia and gravity:

Inertia and gravity The elliptical orbit is caused by two factors: gravity and inertia.
Inertia causes the planet to move in a straight line.
Gravity pulls the planet toward the sun.
When the two combine, the planet moves in an elliptical orbit.

Period of Revolution:

Period of Revolution A planet’s period of revolution is called a year on that planet.
For example, Mercury takes 88 days to revolve around the sun and Pluto takes about 248 Earth years.

Period of Rotation:

Period of Rotation All planets rotate, or spin, on their axes.
The time it takes a planet to complete one rotation is called its period of rotation.
The Earth takes 24 hours to complete a period of rotation.
Mercury takes almost 59 Earth days to rotateonce on its axis.

Mercury:

Mercury

Mercury –Faster than a Speeding Bullet:

Mercury –Faster than a Speeding Bullet Mercury is a rocky planet without almost no atmosphere or weather. In 1975 Mariner 10 found the many craters unchanged.
Mercury moves quickly around the sun at the pace of 48 km per second and was named after the speedy messenger of the Roman gods.
Mercury rotates 3 times for every 2 revolutions. Sunrise occurs every 175 Earth-days making it one of the hottest and coldest planets in the solar system.

Exploration of Mercury:

Exploration of Mercury Mariner 10 flew by Venus and Mercury in 1973-1975 and sent back images.

Venus:

Venus

Venus – Greenhouse in the Sky:

Venus – Greenhouse in the Sky Venus was named for the Roman goddess of beauty and love.
Venus rotates east to west, retrograde rotation.

Why Is


once active volcanoes. Clouds are made of sulfuric acid. The atmosphere is very thick.

Mars:

Mars

Mars – the Rusty Planet:

Mars – the Rusty Planet Mars known as the rusty planet.
Mars was named after the Roman god of war.
Mars has two moons, Phobos (fear) and Deimos (terror).

Exploration of Mars:

Exploration of Mars Viking I and II landed on Mars in 1976 and found that soil is covered in iron oxide.
Mariner 4 (1964-65) and Mariner 6 & 7 (1969) were pass by flights.
Mariner 9 (1971) was an orbiter.
The Rover landed in 2004.
Phoenix Lander will arrive in May 2007 to search for water.

Life on Mars?:

Life on Mars? Scientists found no sign of life on Mars.
There is a possibility life once existed since frozen water can be found in the northern icecap. The southern icecaphas frozen carbon dioxide.
Since the atmosphere is so thin, Mars temperature always stays below 0 degrees C.

The Asteroid Belt:

The Asteroid Belt

The Asteroid Belt:

The Asteroid Belt Asteroids are made of rock, metal or a combination of the two.
Asteroids are sometimes called the minor planets. The largest is Ceres (100 km) which is classified as a dwarf planet.
It is believed this matter did not form a planet due to the strong gravitational pull of Jupiter.

Death of Dinosaurs?:

Death of Dinosaurs? One theory states that the collision of a huge asteroid 65 million years resulted in the extinction of dinosaurs and almost 90% of all other life on Earth.
It is believed the force of the collision was 10,000 times greater than the force of all nuclear weapons on Earth.

Jupiter:

Jupiter

Jupiter:

Jupiter Our sun contains


99.8% of all the matter in our solar system.
Jupiter contains 70% of all the remaining matter in the solar system.
Romans named this planet after the king of the Gods.

Jupiter – Almost a Star:

Jupiter – Almost a Star Jupiter is main primarily of hydrogen and helium gases.
The core reaches 30,000 degrees C (5 times the surface of the sun).
If Jupiter had grown larger during formation, it would have become a star.
Jupiter gives off more heat than it receives from the sun.

Galileo:

Galileo Galileo plunged into Jupiter's crushing atmosphere on Sept. 21, 2003. The spacecraft was deliberately destroyed to protect one of its own discoveries - a possible ocean beneath the icy crust of the moon Europa.
The spacecraft was the first to fly past an asteroid and the first to discovermade of icy particles ranging in size from 1/1000mm to 100km in diameter.
Saturn, like Jupiter, is made mainly of hydrogen and helium gases and has violent storms. It is the least dense planet.
Saturn spins so fast, it flattens at the poles and bulges at the equator.
Saturn has 33 known moons.

Uranus:

Uranus

Uranus – A Planet on its Side:

Uranus – A Planet on its Side Uranus was named for the father of Saturn.
Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschel in 1781.
Voyager 2 found Uranus is covered by a thick cloud of hydrogen, helium and methane and an ocean of superheated water.
The axis of Uranus is tilted at a 90 degree angle.Uranus has rings and 27 known moons.

Triton – a moon of Neptune:

Triton – a moon of Neptune

Neptune – the Mathematician’s Planet:

Neptune


– the Mathematician’s Planet The orbit of Uranus is affected by Neptune.
Mathematicians predicted the location as early as 1845.
Neptune was named for the Roman god of the sea.
Neptune, like Uranus, is covered by clouds of hydrogen, helium and methane.
Voyager found Neptune to have 13 moons and 5 rings. Triton orbits in a retrograde pattern.

Pluto:

Pluto

Pluto – a Dwarf Planet:

Pluto – a Dwarf Planet When discovered, Neptune did not orbit as predicted. Although astronomer Percival Lowell predicted the existence of Pluto in the early 1900’s, it was not located until 1930.
Pluto was named for the Roman god of the underworld.
The discovery still did not explain the orbit patterns of Uranus and Neptune. Pluto was too small to account for the change. When Charon, a moon, was found in 1978, thisPlanets In 1962, Mariner 2 probed Venus. Later Magellan studied Venus. Galileo was crushed in the atmosphere in 2003. New Horizons, on the way to Pluto, sent back images in 2007.
Mars was studied by Mariner 4 in 1965, Mariner 7 in 1969 and Mariner 9 in 1971.
Mariner 10 flew past Mercury in 1974.
Viking 1 (1975) and 2 landed on Mars.
Rover landed on Mars in 2004.

Probes to Outer Planets:

Probes to Outer Planets Pioneer 10 studied Jupiter in 1973 and sent back 300 photographs. Pioneer 11 later studied Jupiter. Both are now beyond the solar system.
The Galileo mission to Jupiter ended in 2003.
Voyager 1 and 2 flew by Jupiter (1983) Saturn and Uranus and Neptune (1990s). Voyagers left our solar system at the end of the century.
New Horizons arrived at


truck bed with shovels. Most often, however, solidified pieces of asphalt remain adhered to the bed despite the workers best efforts. Asphalt is wasted and material usage suffers. Furthermore, as the hardened deposits build up in the truck bed, the quality of subsequent road mixes is also affected. The adherent pieces eventually fall off as large solid inclusions in subsequent road mixes. Often, the inclusions cause the road paving equipment to tear up the road membrane as the asphalt is laid down.
One approach taken to solve this problem has been to spray asphalt release agents over the truck bed surfaces to prevent asphalt adherence. A popular asphalt release agent used in the past was hydrocarbon fuel such as ordinary diesel fuel. Diesel fuel was extremely effective in cuttingVincent Van Gogh Vintage Art

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Vintage Art

Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist Master whose innovative art influenced modern Expressionism, Fauvism, and early Abstract art. Van Gogh produced all of his work during a 10-year period. In 1889, he created 150 paintings and drawings alone! Tormented by mental illness for most of his life, Van Gogh created many of his masterpieces while institutionalized. He sold only one painting during his lifetime ("The Red Vineyards at Arles"), and is now regarded as one of the most important artists of the 19th century.

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The new hotel, which will be operated by Jumeirah Group

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The lobby of the new hotel, which will be operated by Jumeirah Group

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Advanced earthworks are already underway for the project, following a complete environmental impact assessment and an assessment of the archaeological sites in the area.

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The new hotel, which will be operated by Jumeirah Group

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The project is being developed by Oman’s tourism development and investment arm, Omran, in partnership with Saraya Oman, a subsidiary of Saraya Holdings.

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Advanced earthworks are already underway for the project, following a complete environmental impact assessment and an assessment of the archaeological sites in the area.

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Sheikh Hamood Sultan Al Hosni (right), CEOof the project, said construction was ongoing at the site.

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Construction will begin in earnest when the earthworks are complete.

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The site is currently free from developments.

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This aerial map shows the location of the new project.

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The current coastline of the Gulf of Oman will change dramatically when the project is complete.

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Advanced earthworks are already underway for the project, following a complete environmental impact assessment and an assessment of the archaeological sites in the area.


Family Panorpodidae (Insecta, Mecoptera) from Baltic amber (upper Eocene): new species, redescription and palaeogeographic remarks of relict scorpionflies.
The history of the species-poor family Panorpodidae is very interesting due to its uneven present distribution. The only fossils of the genus Panorpodes are two species known from Baltic amber, described in 1856 and 1954. A third species, Panorpodes weitschati sp. nov., is herein described. New diagnoses and descriptions as well as new drawings of all fossil species of Panorpodes are provided, including the first illustration of the wing of P. hageni. Fossil Panorpodes display three diametrically opposed patterns of wings markings, from the highly transparent wings of P. brevicauda, through transparent wings with dark bands and spots of P. weitschati sp. nov., to the dark wings with only narrow transparentbeautiful locations, but its waste legacy and many of its landfills are not among them. Perhaps, the next promotional theme could be “What a Waste!”

Michigan is certainly not alone in siting landfills at gateway sites, as one is greeted by a landfill along I-94 in Northwest Indiana, near Chicago and along other key transportation corridors in many states. Landfills seem to have become the 21st century equivalent of automobile junk yards set at the outer entries to cities across the nation.

I realize that until we achieve zero waste production, landfills are a necessary evil, but must they be situated in a manner as to be the unofficial gateway to the community? Let the stupid motorized cockroaches travel down some less-traveled road to dump their loads or better yet,


USA Midwest Province Jesuits with Established Allegation(s)

of Sexual Abuse of a Minor

USA Midwest Province Jesuits with an Established Allegation of Sexual Abuse of a Minor

The USA Midwest Province was formed in June 2017 from the former Chicago, Chicago-Detroit, Detroit, and Wisconsin provinces, and encompasses Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming. In 2020, the USA Midwest Province has 490 Jesuit members; approximately 4,000 Jesuits have served in the province since 1955. An established allegation is based on the facts and circumstances of each case wherein there is a reasonable certainty that the sexual abuse of a minor occurred.

An established allegation is based on the facts and circumstances of each case wherein there is a reasonable certainty that the sexual abuseA movie, directed by Alan Peterson, which rebuts some of the deceits in Michael Moore's movie, Fahrenheit 9/11. It includes appearances by actor Ron Silver, Democratic Senator Zell Miller, author Ann Coulter, political adviser Dick Morris, and author Dave Kopel. It documents the misuse of information and footage in Moore's film and combts some of his ideas. Nowhere near as hyped as Moore's film, therefore, nowhere near as profitable.


49ers Darcel McBath, (28) Perrish Cox, (20) , Anthony Dixon, (24) and Donte Whitner, (31) celebrate at the end of the game, as the San Francisco 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 to win the NFC Championship game on Sunday Jan. 20, 2013, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta Ga.

The San Francisco 49ers played the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship Game in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga., on Sunday, January 20, 2013. The 49ers defeated the Falcons 28-24 and advancing to the Superbowl.

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49ers Michael Crabtree, (15) fumbles the ball on the one yard line inthe fourth quarter, as the San Francisco 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 to win the NFC Championship game on Sunday Jan. 20, 2013, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta Ga.

San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh during the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

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Wide receiver Randy Moss (84) runs through the Falcons defense during the second half of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday


January 20, 2013.

Frank Gore salutes fans as he walked off the field with his son. The San Francisco 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 to win the NFC title and advance to the Super Bowl Sunday January 20, 2013.

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San Francisco 49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) on a quarterback sneak past cornerback Robert McClain (27) in the first half of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, (7) comes back into the gameafter a time out, as the San Francisco 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 to win the NFC Championship game on Sunday Jan. 20, 2013, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta Ga.

49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick warms up before as the San Francisco 49ers take on the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game on Sunday Jan. 20, 2013, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta Ga.

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San Francisco 49ers fans congregated at the Georgia 49ers Fan Club tailgate in the Yellow Lot of the Georgia Dome in Atlanta Georgia for the NFC Championship on January 20, 2013.
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San Francisco 49ers fan Quince Rgainous at the Georgia 49ers Fan Club tailgate in the Yellow Lot of the Georgia Dome in Atlanta Georgia for the NFC Championship on January 20, 2013.
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Cornerback Chris Culliver (29) and Safety Dashon Goldson (38) break up a pass in the first quarter of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones (11) catches a pass int he first quarter of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

San Francisco49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) is sacked by Defensive tackle Ray McDonald (91) in the first quarter of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

Quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) during the second quarter of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

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quarterback Matt Ryan (2) in the second quarter of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game


at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

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Atlanta Falcons kicker Matt Bryant (3) kicks a field goal in the first half of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

Running back Frank Gore (21) takes the field at the start of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

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Tight end Vernon Davis (85) is pushed out of bonds by Atlanta Falcons linebacker Akeem Dent (52) during the second quarter of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

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Quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) during the first half of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game


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Quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) and Wide receiver Michael Crabtree (15) with coach jim Harbaugh during the first half of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

Wide receiver Michael Crabtree (15) runs past Running back Rock Cartwright (28) and snapper Charles Mitchell (26)during the second half of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., onSunday January 20, 2013.

Both teams react after Wide receiver Michael Crabtree (15) fumbles the ball on the one yard line in the fourth quarter of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

Wide receiver Michael Crabtree (15) runs past Atlanta Falcons cornerback Asante Samuel (22) in the fourth quarter of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

Colin Kaepernick was mobbed by photographers after the contest. The San Francisco 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 to win the NFC title and advance to the Super Bowl Sunday January 20, 2013.

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Frank Gore looked at some 49er fans after finishing an interview for television. The San Francisco 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 to win the NFC title and advance to the Super Bowl Sunday January 20, 2013.

Quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) talks with Running back Frank Gore (21) about a play prior to the snap late in the fourth quarter of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

Frank Gore and his ten year old son Little Frank waited for an interview on television after thegame. The San Francisco 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 to win the NFC title and advance to the Super Bowl Sunday January 20, 2013.

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LaMichael James hurtled some defensive players during a fourth quarter run back from a punt. The San Francisco 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 to win the NFC title and advance to the Super Bowl Sunday January 20, 2013.

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San Francisco 49ers fans inside the


Georgia Dome in Atlanta Georgia for the NFC Championship on January 20, 2013.
Photo by David Walter Banks for The San Francisco Chronicle.

Colin Kaepernick speaks with Matt Ryan after the 49ers defeated the Falcons on Sunday. The San Francisco 49ers played the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship Game in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga., on Sunday, January 20, 2013. The 49ers defeated the Falcons 28-24 and advancing to the Superbowl.

Linebacker Aldon Smith (99) takes down wide receiver Roddy White (84) during the fourth quarter of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the GeorgiaDome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

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Kicker David Akers (2) in the fourth quarter of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

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Matt Ryan throws under pressure in the fourth quarter. The San Francisco 49ers played the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC


Championship Game in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga., on Sunday, January 20, 2013. The 49ers defeated the Falcons 28-24 and advancing to the Superbowl.

San Francisco 49ers huddle before a play during the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

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Quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) celebrates with Running back Frank Gore (21) following a touchdown in the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

49erfans greeted Frank Gore as he walked to an interview after the game. The San Francisco 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 to win the NFC title and advance to the Super Bowl Sunday January 20, 2013.

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Atlanta coach Mike Smith congratulated Jim Harbaugh on the victory. The San Francisco 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 to win the NFC title and advance to the Super Bowl Sunday January 20, 2013.

Matt Ryan lost a fumble in the second half recovered by Aldon Smith. The San Francisco 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 to win the


NFC title and advance to the Super Bowl Sunday January 20, 2013.

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Patrick Willis stopped running back Jason Snelling for a short gain in the second half. The San Francisco 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 to win the NFC title and advance to the Super Bowl Sunday January 20, 2013.

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A SFPD officer swept broken glass out of the street after a fan threw a trash can into the middle of 24th Street during celebrations after the San Francisco 49er's beat the AtlantaFalcons and was promptly arrested by SFPD in San Francisco, Calif., Sunday, January, 20, 2013.

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A Niner's fan pushed a trash can onto 24th Street during celebrations after the San Francisco 49er's beat the Atlanta Falcons and was promptly arrested by SFPD in San Francisco, Calif., Sunday, January, 20, 2013.

A Niner's fan pushed a trash can onto 24th Street during celebrations after the San Francisco 49er's beat the Atlanta Falcons and was promptly arrested by SFPD in San Francisco, Calif., Sunday, January, 20, 2013.

Ben Mosqueda played a vuvuzela along Mission Street after the


San Francisco 49er's beat the Atlanta Falcons in San Francisco, Calif., Sunday, January, 20, 2013.

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Cesar Martinez celebrated along 24th Street after the San Francisco 49er's beat the Atlanta Falcons in San Francisco, Calif., Sunday, January, 20, 2013.

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Francisco Duartez shaved the 49ers logo onto the side of his head as he celebrated along 24th Street after the San Francisco 49er's beat the Atlanta Falcons in San Francisco,Calif., Sunday, January, 20, 2013.

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Will-G beat on a newspaper stand along Mission Street after the San Francisco 49er's beat the Atlanta Falcons in San Francisco, Calif., Sunday, January, 20, 2013.

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Fans honked their horns and hung out the windows of cars during celebrations along 24th Street after the San Francisco 49er's beat the Atlanta Falcons in San Francisco, Calif., Sunday, January,


20, 2013.

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A Niner's fan pushed a trash can onto 24th Street and was promptly arrested by SFPD during celebrations and residents helped clean it up after the San Francisco 49er's beat the Atlanta Falcons in San Francisco, Calif., Sunday, January, 20, 2013.

49ers Michael Crabtree, (15) fumbles the ball on the one yard line in the fourth quarter, as the San Francisco 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 to win the NFC Championship game on Sunday Jan. 20, 2013, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta Ga.

John Abraham and Corey Peters sit on the sideline dejectedin the fourth quarter. The San Francisco 49ers played the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship Game in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga., on Sunday, January 20, 2013. The 49ers defeated the Falcons 28-24 and advancing to the Superbowl.

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San Francisco 49ers fans inside the Georgia Dome in Atlanta Georgia for the NFC Championship on January 20, 2013.
Photo by David Walter Banks for The San Francisco Chronicle.

Wide receiver Michael Crabtree (15) fumbles the ball on the one yard line during fourth quarter of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC


Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

Wide receiver Michael Crabtree (15) fumbles the ball on the one yard line during fourth quarter of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

San Francisco 49ers fans congregated at the Georgia 49ers Fan Club tailgate in the Yellow Lot of the Georgia Dome in Atlanta Georgia for the NFC Championship on January 20, 2013.
Photo by David Walter Banks for The San Francisco Chronicle.

Cornerback Carlos Rogers (22) blocks a pass intended for wide receiver Roddy White (84) during the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome inAtlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

Wide receiver Michael Crabtree (15) runs over Falcons cornerback Asante Samuel (22) during the first half of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

ATLANTA, GA - JANUARY 20: Defensive back Darcel McBath #28, Anthony Dixon #24 and defensive back Perrish Cox #20 of the San Francisco 49ers react after stopping the Atlanta Falcons on fourth down in the fourth quarter in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome on January 20, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia.

San Francisco 49ers' Colin Kaepernick (7) celebrates with Leonard Davis and Daniel Kilgore (67) after the NFL football NFC Championship game against the Atlanta Falcons Sunday, Jan. 20,


2013, in Atlanta. The 49ers won 28-24 to advance to Superbowl XLVII.

San Francisco 49ers' Ricky Jean Francois reacts after the NFL football NFC Championship game against the Atlanta Falcons Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, in Atlanta. The 49ers won 28-24 to advance to Superbowl XLVII.

San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh runs onto the field with an assistant after the NFL football NFC Championship game against the Atlanta Falcons Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, in Atlanta. The 49ers won 28-24 to advance to Superbowl XLVII.

Wide receiver Michael Crabtree #15, running back Frank Gore #21 and tight end Vernon Davis #85 of the San Francisco 49ers celebrate after the 49ers defeated the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome on January 20, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia.

TheSan Francisco 49ers celebrate with head coach Jim Harbaugh, center, after the NFL football NFC Championship game against the Atlanta Falcons Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, in Atlanta. The 49ers won 28-24 to advance to Super Bowl XLVII.

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Atlanta Falcons' Dunta Robinson sits on the team bench after being defeated by San Francisco 49ers in the NFL football NFC Championship game Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, in Atlanta. The 49ers won 28-24 to advance to Superbowl XLVII.

Offensive tackle Anthony Davis (76) during the first half of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia


Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

San Francisco 49ers Running back LaMichael James (23) runs pass Atlanta Falcons cornerback Chris Owens (21) during the second quarter of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

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San Francisco 49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) during the second quarter of the San Francisco 49ers gameagainst the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

Quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) is sacked in the first quarter of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

Running back LaMichael James (23) runs past Atlanta Falcons cornerback Chris Owens (21) and running back Jason Snelling (44) int he second quarter of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

San Francisco 49ers Offensive tackle Joe Staley (74) and Offensive guard Mike Iupati (77) before the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta


Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan (2) during the first quarter of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

San Francisco 49ers Cornerback Tarell Brown (25) attempts to stop Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones (11) during the first quarter of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

San Francisco 49ers Linebacker Patrick Willis (52) takes down Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez (88) in the first quarter of the San Francisco 49ers game against theAtlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

Cornerback Chris Culliver (29) and Safety Dashon Goldson (38) break up a pass in the first quarter of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

Quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) is sacked during the fist half of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones (11) runs past San Francisco 49ers Safety Dashon Goldson (38) in the first quarter of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in


the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

Wide receiver Roddy White #84 of the Atlanta Falcons catches a pass as he is hit by free safety Dashon Goldson #38 of the San Francisco 49ers in the first quarter in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome on January 20, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Atlanta Falcons running back Jacquizz Rodgers (32) breaks through an attempted tackle by Defensive tackle Justin Smith (94) and Linebacker Patrick Willis (52) in the first quarter of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan walked away after greeting Colin Kaepernick at midfield. The SanFrancisco 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 to win the NFC title and advance to the Super Bowl Sunday January 20, 2013.

San Francisco 49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) laughs with coach Jim Harbaugh before the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

Cornerback Chris Culliver (29) catches an interception in the third quarter of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

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Daniel Kilgore, left, and Alex Boone, right after the 49ers defeated the Falcons on Sunday. The San Francisco


49ers played the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship Game in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga., on Sunday, January 20, 2013. The 49ers defeated the Falcons 28-24 and advancing to the Superbowl.

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San Francisco 49ers fans congregated at the Georgia 49ers Fan Club tailgate in the Yellow Lot of the Georgia Dome in Atlanta Georgia for the NFC Championship on January 20, 2013.

Atlanta Falcons running back Jacquizz Rodgers (32) is picked up and carried back for a loss of yards by Linebacker Aldon Smith (99), Linebacker NaVorro Bowman (53), Defensive tackle Ray McDonald (91) and Defensive tackle Justin Smith(94) in the second half of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA., on Sunday January 20, 2013.

ATLANTA, GA - JANUARY 20: (L-R) Leonard Davis #68 and head coach Jim Harbaugh and Jonathan Goodwin #59 of the San Francisco 49ers celebrate as they walk off of the field after they won 28-24 against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome on January 20, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

49ers head coach Jm Harbaugh talks with a referee in the fourth quarter, as the San Francisco 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 to win the NFC Championship game on Sunday Jan. 20, 2013, at the Georgia Dome


in Atlanta Ga.

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San Francisco 49ers' Frank Gore gets past Atlanta Falcons' Dunta Robinson (23) for a first down during the first half of the NFL football NFC Championship game Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)Nuclear waste has been piling up across America with nowhere to go. Congress needs to act

By David G. Victor, Dan Stetson and Jerry Kern

Jan 24, 2019 | 3:05 AM

Nuclear waste is stored in underground containers at the Idaho National Laboratory near Idaho Falls, Idaho on May 11, 2015. (Keith Ridler / Associated Press)

At 74 sites around the country, radioactive waste from the nation’s commercial nuclear reactors is accumulating with no place to go.

The long-standing problem is becoming a logistical and administrative nightmare. Financial pressures are forcing many reactors to close. Thousands of canisters packed with highly radioactive fuel remain.

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There are closed nuclear reactors in at least 34 states, including Maine, Florida, Pennsylvania and New York. Some are near big cities, such as the San Onofre plant south of


California, need to keep organizing and pressuring their legislators. The industry and the Decommissioning Plants Coalition, a political lobby also known as the Dead Plant Society, must talk less about the mechanics of closing plants and more about making the politics work.

As 2020 campaigning begins in earnest, new legislation on nuclear waste — a topic that has long been a radioactive third rail in American politics — could remind us what bipartisanship looks like.

David G. Victor is a professor of international relations at UC San Diego and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Dan Stetson is head of the Nicholas Endowment and president emeritus of the Ocean Institute. Jerry Kern is a former member of the Oceanside City Council. Together they lead the San Onofre Communityhave attempted to collect the fine abroad.

The New York suit, filed under the RICO statute, a strategy made famous during Mafia prosecutions in the 1970s, seeks to block enforcement of the 2011 decision in U.S. courts, where Chevron maintains ample reserves to foot the bill.

The complaint claims the lawyer, Steven Donziger, and a group of Ecuadorians representing the 30,000 original Amazonian plaintiffs attempted to persuade and corrupt a series of Ecuadorian judges who heard the case in an attempt to extort Chevron.

Donziger and the Ecuadorian defendants deny any wrongdoing and assert the lawsuit is another expensive legal distraction that the 230-billion-dollar corporation can afford to tack onto what has become a 20-year saga of litigation.

Outside the courthouse, Ecuadorians and their supporters gathered to protest the case.

Demonstrators chanted and


his story and lending an air of truth to his fiction.

In a similar manner, medieval historians themselves recounted the deeds of kings and bishops in full narratives, fleshing out sparse factual detail with imagined dialogue, and stories of relevant legends and myths. Henry of Huntingdon's _Historia Anglorum_ ( _History of England_ ), which ends with events in 1154, drew upon all manner of sources in its composition, including ecclesiastical documents, poetry, other chronicles, and saints' lives. This amalgamation of different kinds of source materials of originally varying perspective and intended function illustrates something very interesting about medieval literature; namely, the permeability of genres and the flexibility of composition.

The 12th century thus saw the burgeoning of the romance, a major genre with multiple sub-genres, which quickly established itself asKimmage was “dishonest” in accusing them of “having knowingly tolerated tests, of being dishonest people, of not having a sense of responsibility, of not applying the same rules to everyone.”

Kimmage wrote Rough Ride after he retired from cycling in 1989, which revealed the sport’s doping issues, and began working as a journalist. The UCI is more interested in his recent work. In 2011, he highlighted that the UCI allegedly received payments from Lance Armstrong (around $125,000 in 2002) and claims that it overlooked his positive test from the 2001 Tour de Suisse. He also spoke of it in an interview with France’s L’Equipe in July 2011.

This summer he thought the storm blew over. He thought the UCI forgot about him given the Lance Armstrong doping case. However, on


September 19, he received a subpoena to appear in a Swiss district court, face-to-face with McQuaid and Verbruggen.

He was at his lowest point all year, he could not tell his wife for two days and was worried about the impact the case would have on three children. A couple days later, though, the Velocity.com, Cyclismas.com, and the world got behind Kimmage and a ChipIn fund was established for his defence fund. It is up to $45,840 ($44,200AUD) and enables him to face the UCI fairly on December 12.

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Take a dress shirtJourney 2 sinks Vernes isle in brainless 3-D muck

This 3-D sort-of sequel wears its formula-for-dollars purpose
with pride, delivering a dash of cinematic nonsense that represents
Hollywood calculation at its most shameless.

Again poking Jules Verne's remains with a sharp stick, the
producers of the 2008 hit Journey to the Center of the Earth
present their second modern take on the 19th-century fantasist's
wild stories. And Mysterious Island is every bit the amusement park
ride cloaked as a movie that the first Journey was, the new flick
stranding a misfit band of adventurers on Verne's lost island of
freakish creatures.

What this one lacks by comparison is the relative novelty of
digital 3-D, which was in its infancy for mainstream theatrical
releases when Journey to the Center of the Earth came out.

It also lacks the likable goof factor of Brendan


Fraser, who
starred in the first movie but isn't back for the second. Dwayne
Johnson steps in this time, and while he tries to yuck it up amid
the nonstop action, he's just not a goofball on the order of
Fraser, who somehow can make extreme silliness palatable with that
big, simpering grin of his. Johnson, on the other hand, merely
simpers.

Journey 2 also features a change of directors, with Brad Peyton
(Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore) overseeing a
collection of impressive but annoying visuals, serving up gimmicky
3-D that's continually trying to poke things in your eye.

Johnson stars as ex-Navy guy Hank, stepfather to troublesome
teenager Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson, reprising his role from
the first Journey).

In its rushed and clunky opening minutes, Journey 2 establishes
that Sean's a bad-boy genius who resents his stepdad; bondsthe two
in a scene that shows Hank's an OK guy and Sean's not such a bad
boy and not such a genius; sends them off to the South Pacific in
search of Sean's grandfather (Michael Caine), who sent a cryptic
transmission that he had found Verne's supposedly fictional island;
and lands them in the company of helicopter pilot Gabato (Luis
Guzman) and his beautiful daughter, Kailani (Vanessa Hudgens), who
ferry the visitors to the remote isle.

Size matters to the filmmakers here, which might be why they
signed up Johnson, a co-producer as well as star, who strains for
some laughs with an overdone gag about his massive pectoral
muscles.

The actors make an effort with the interminable repartee they're
given to mutter, but the presence of actors as good as Caine and
Guzman only highlights how dreadful and dumb the


of each show they'd pass a hat for credit chits. By the time they left, they were in better financial shape than they'd been in upon their arrival.

There were even Demora employees who were "disguised" as run-of-the-mill tourists. They would seem normal at first, but if you spent any time at all with them, it quickly became apparent that they had some sort of mysterious dark side to them. Invariably they would lower their eyes in the midst of conversation, take on a cautioned, even frightened air, and mutter something along the lines of, "This is not a good time for us to talk. We'll rendezvous later. Watch your back." Then they'd vanish into the ever-present shadows of Demora, usually never to be seen again.

The result of theNew wave of “Terror-Scare” an old US Imperialist ploy to intensify military intervention for US military basing and economic interest

Jorge “Ka Oris” Madlo

Spokesperson

National Democratic Front of the Philippines

Mindanao November 6, 2010

There has been a series of “terror-scare” spreading in the country of late. The National Democratic Front of the Philippines in Mindanao (NDFP-Mindanao) views this chain of events along the following the lines:

1. The United States, being in the throes of a deep recession and trapped in the quagmire of wars of aggression in the Middle East, is looking up to the Philippines as its second front to secure its geo-politics in the Asia-Pacific, protect its economic interest and unhampered US military basing in the country. It had to install a more reliable ally — Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino


the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), such security threat occurred at the height of reviewing the onerous Visiting Forces Agreement. The NDFP– Mindanao had earlier called on the people to oppose it and press the GRP to rescind this lopsided agreement. The Aquino government is set to have it reviewed and amended without the consent of the Philippine Legislature, making a mockery of its own constitutionally mandated Senate.

7. The US-Aquino regime has no plan to lift the terror tag against the CPP-NPA-NDF and these terror threats could be spitefully used as a license to amend the VFA for intensified anti-terror campaigns against the revolutionary movement. This usual terror line will only result to crackdown against the Moro people, political activists and political opposition block. The reactionary regime could alsouse this ploy as an excuse to derail the peace talks with the MILF and the NDFP.

As revealed in the US Counter-Insurgency Guide (US Coin Guide), there is no let up for the US in advancing its political and economic interests in the Philippines through the new puppet regime of Aquino.

Open opposition, both locally and abroad, to the US war of aggression is meted out with fascist brutality, such as arrests and prosecution, and even extra-judicial killings. In the US in fact, political activists have been subpoenaed and even arrested by the FBI to silence political groups opposed to imperialist wars.

Hence, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines in Mindanao (NDFP-Mindanao) calls on the Filipino people to expose and oppose whatever machinations the US imperialism carries out to


Johannes Vermeer (1632 - 1675)
was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic
interior scenes of middle-class life.
Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial
genre painter in his lifetime.
He evidently was not wealthy, leaving his
wife and children in debt at his death,
perhaps because he produced relatively few paintings.
Vermeer worked slowly and with great care,
and frequently used very expensive pigments.
He is particularly renowned for his masterly
treatment and use of light in his work.
Vermeer painted mostly domestic interior scenes.
Almost all his paintings are apparently set
in two smallish rooms in his house in Delft.
they show the same furniture and decorations
in various arrangements
and they often portray the same people, mostly woman.
only 34 paintings are universally attributed
to him today,
though he is acknowledged as one of the greatest
painters of the Dutch Golden Age.
A RECORDING of an extraordinary telephone conversation between the disgraced former Fine Gael minister Michael Lowry TD and the Northern Ireland-based land agent Kevin Phelan has come into the possession of the Sunday Independent.

Central to the conversation is the sterling sum of £250,000 which Mr Lowry says he paid to Mr Phelan. Mr Lowry said on the tape: "I never declared it."

The conversation, which transpired when Mr Lowry rang Mr Phelan, lasted 12 minutes and 42 seconds. It took place on September 30, 2004.

It was recorded by Mr Phelan and a recording of the conversation was supplied to the Sunday Independent by him.

Kevin Phelan is a property consultant based in Omagh, Co Tyrone. His business includes identifying land parcels for purchase and development and then identifying suitable investors.

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number of these deals were probed by the Moriarty tribunal, but Mr Phelan declined by fax to appear as a witness at the last moment.

Since he is based outside the jurisdiction, he could not be compelled to attend.

In the recorded conversation, Mr Lowry constantly refers to a sum of either St£200,000 or St£250,000, which he says he paid to Mr Phelan and which Mr Phelan has confirmed that he received.

Mr Lowry seems extremely anxious to get Mr Phelan to confirm that he had nothing to do with an entity called Glebe Trust, described in the conversation by Kevin Phelan as his "family trust".

The tribunal, in its final report, said it could make only limited findings on one of the deals set up by Mr Phelan — the saleof Doncaster Rovers, an English third-division football club in 1998, for St£4.3m, because of the "suppression" of evidence. The tribunal made a number of adverse findings against Mr Lowry.

The tribunal found that Mr Lowry "did have an involvement in the Doncaster Rovers transaction". This was intended to "entail a payment to, or the conferral of a pecuniary advantage" to Mr Lowry by billionaire businessman Denis O'Brien, it concluded.

This has been strongly denied by both Mr Lowry and Mr O'Brien.

The tribunal was "unable to determine the precise nature" of Mr Lowry's interest in Doncaster Rovers and the "extent to which it was intended that he would benefit from it".

Glebe Trust owned a company named Westferry, which had been set up by Mr Phelan.

Westferry was sold to Mr O'Brien who


he was active last week), as well as text messages and voicemail messages to his son, Councillor Michael Lowry Jr. At the time of going to press, Mr Lowry had not responded.

The Moriarty tribunal's report, in which the Doncaster Rovers sale featured significantly, was referred in March 2011 by the Garda Commissioner, Martin Callinan, to the Criminal Assets Bureau, led by Det Chief Supt Eugene Corcoran for review.

That review was completed and given to the commissioner.

Since October it has been with the Director of Public Prosecutions who is considering whether or not to launch a full-blown investigation.

On Friday, the Sunday Independent handed over a copy of the recording and supporting documentation and other recordings to officers from the CAB.

In the 12 minute, 42 second recorded conversation, Mr Lowrythe recording examined by a professional sound engineer, who was able to state that this was a recording of a single conversation and there was no evidence that it had been edited or otherwise interfered or tampered with in any way.

Efforts by the Sunday Independent to make contact with Mr Lowry at both his home and constituency office in Holycross yesterday were unsuccessful.

The Tipperary TD's house appeared to be unoccupied from early morning, while there was no sign of any activity throughout the day at his constituency office, which is located on the premises of his refrigeration company, Streamline Enterprises.

Phone calls to several of his closest political allies proved to be fruitless.

One of those contacted — a Mr Sean Fogarty — took particular exception to the Sunday Independent's