to a project called Fight to Fame.

What is Fight to Fame?

Fight to Fame, or F2F, is several things at once. At its base, it is a reality show. However, it is also unique, and not like anything you have seen on the TV before.

It is also an innovative business idea, as well as an opportunity for people to start their entire careers and set up a path they would follow for the rest of their lives.

let's take a look at F2F's business model, goals, and other details regarding the project.

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As mentioned, F2F has several goals and purposes. One of them is to provide solutions for the issue of the aging frontline action stars. Our favorite actors are no longer young and shooting new films isWASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Wednesday gave Iran free rein to further entrench itself in Syria, but claimed that Tehran was no longer seeking to bolster its presence in the beleaguered country.

“They can do what they want there, frankly,” he told reporters, referring to Iranian forces.

Trump’s comments came two weeks after he rattled Jerusalem by announcing that he would pull all American troops out of Syria. US soldiers had been leading the coalition against the Islamic State terror group, while also helping to thwart a permanent Iranian infrastructure in the war-torn country.

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Israel has repeatedly warned in recent years that Iran is seeking to establish a military presence in Syria,


Adam Shankman was on a Television Critics Association panel for Step Up: High Water, the YouTube Red series he is producing based on the Step Up films. After the panel, he spoke with /Film about the sequel to Enchanted. Shankman is set to direct the film, which is titled Disenchanted.

“We are handing in a script in a couple weeks that I’m super happy with,” Shankman said. “Then gotta get the music written.”

Disenchanted has been in development since 2010. Amy Adams will reprise her role as Gisele, the animated Disney princess who decided to stay in live-action New York at the end of Enchanted. The sequel is set 10 years after 2007’s Enchanted. As the title suggests, Giselle may be rethinking her love of the real world. That isMMA:30 Joined Razor Rob McCullough while he received his latest tattoo work from Franko Vescovi. McCullough talked about the significance of his tattoo, walked us through this history of his past work, and caught us up on his current fighting career.

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Village council takes back small-scale mines support

ILOILO CITY – A village council in Libertad, Antique, has withdrawn its support for mining operations in the community amid opposition from residents.

In a resolution passed during a special session on Oct. 26, the San Roque barangay council recalled its Sept. 16 resolution that endorsed the small-scale mining operations of Passi City Mayor Jesry Palmares, Jinky Palmares and Teodoro Loriega, all officers and incorporators of the Archlegan Mines Corp. (AMC). The firm has a pending application for an exploration permit for more than 1,000 hectares in the villages of San Roque and Pajo in Libertad town and Luhod-Bayang, Duyong, Tingib and Mag-aba in Pandan town.

In its two-page resolution, the San Roque barangay council said it was withdrawing its support for theJuly 1939, when Weinberger was 15, he and his sister Ina caught the last Kindertransport train to England, where he lived for the rest of his life.

As a boy growing up in Germany before the war, Weinberger witnessed several acts of political and racial violence, including the burning of the Reichstag and street brawls. Before the move to Czechoslovakia, Weinberger remembered watching boats of all kinds on the River Spree from the balcony of his parents' house at Bundesratufer 7 – a subject which he often returned to in his work, which for him symbolised escape.

Art was around him from an early age. The Weinbergers collected art, and a Russian artist, Grisha Oscheroff who lived with the family, taught Harry to paint at an early age. He never


The International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (Unidroit), based in Rome, is looking for an outstanding lawyer to fill the post of

SECRETARY-GENERAL

In addition to a distinguished career in his or her field (governmental, academic, intergovernmental or other), the ideal candidate has a solid knowledge of comparative private law, commercial and private international law and a vision of future directions of law reform both domestic and global.

Being able to foster excellent working relationships with Member States’ Governments and to lead a small team of professionals and technical support staff as well as the ability to work in multicultural environments are prerequisites. Management experience is an asset.

Duration of the appointment: 5 years (renewable).
Salary: Competitive salary in the upper range of comparable international organisations.
Language requirements: English and French fluent;A teacher who had a profound influence on me passed away Aug. 9, 2016. In late September 2001, I was in Colorado for a Yoga Therapy conference. It was early in my yoga training and I had only recently left my corporate job to pursue a career that touched my heart. The world was still in shock from the fall of the Twin Towers and I was uncertain about my upcoming trip to India in October. The keynote speaker was a man of grand stature, Desikachar, the son of the father of yoga as we know it in the Western world. After workshops with the bloated egos of certain American yoga teachers who fancied themselves gurus, or otherwise hawked their trade-marked system, I was disappointed with the educational


possibilities in yoga as healing in the US. That is the backdrop against which I attended the keynote lecture, anticipating a man who was larger than life. (this entry continues below the video)

Desikachar walked on stage, not in robes or beads, not throwing around namastes, but dressed in street clothes, and I was moved by the normalcy of his presence. He was an ordinary man, not a guru nor a salesman, and his humanity was to me was more yogic than his lineage or the fanfare around him. He spoke in a light-hearted, casual manner, explaining his deliberate adaptation of his demeanor to meet our American culture. He spoke of the uncertainty and fear that was heavy in the air and the progressive nature of how healing happens.center, but the step was mine to make. And, of course, it was merely a step. I took that step and spent most of my 5-month trip at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram.

Although I took a formal training at Desikachar’s center, it was my time spent outside of formal training - at the evening lectures, observing and interacting with their therapists, the regular chanting at the center, the osmosis of being present with the person in front of me, that embedded the teachings more deeply. Intention in personal interaction and clarity in first-person presence was the foundation of their message. Deep appreciation for the dimensions of a person was essential to understanding them. Clarity in your own mind was an essential resource to cultivate and draw upon. As an


Asian, a teacher remarked to me that my culture was closer to Indian than American. A Japanese student even remarked that Tamil (the language spoken in that part of India) had the same grammatical structure as Japanese. I was born in Korea but grew up in the Midwest. I always felt American, even when I was mocked every time I entered a new school for looking otherwise, but my time in India revealed how deeply cultural origins live. My parents modeled Asian behavior and thinking. I absorbed certain aspects of that in ways I hadn’t realized.

At the KYM, they taught a mature approach to yoga therapy, practiced by adults dedicated to learning the philosophy and psychology of yoga. In their embodiment and in their practice, Desikachar and hisof 10 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.

Matt Fowler of IGN gave the episode a "good" 7.0 out of 10 and wrote in his verdict, "Penguin's silly sideshow with Ivy was the highlight here as Gotham gears up for Ra's al Ghul and the latest attempt to ruin and reset the city under the pretense that it will somehow ease, maybe erase, all the crime and corruption. Which it never does."

Nick Hogan of TV Overmind gave the episode a 4 star rating out of 5, writing "As we get to the end of the season, we have to wonder about whether there will be a 4th season of Gotham. I don’t think that their story is over, and it only gets  better as it goes along. Wacky,


wrote, "The bright light in tonight's mediocre episode was the direction, undertaken by Gothams very own Ben McKenzie. When actors step behind the camera, it's not always a great fit. McKenzie proved himself more than up for the challenge. In a show that is consistently beautiful and an episode that had some tough visual moments, McKenzie offered some standout visuals. He imbued the graveyard scenes with an ethereal beauty and made Bruce's frantic dashes through the labyrinth of the temple just as headspinning for the viewer. I'm not the biggest Jim Gordon fan, but that has never been Ben McKenzie's fault. And this episode proved that he is a man of many talents." MaryAnn Sleasman of TV Guide wrote, "Children -- and insecure man-child presidents -- get reallyImage copyright AP Image caption Shinzo Abe drew attention to the "deep connection" between Japan and Anne Frank's famous diary

Japanese leader Shinzo Abe has visited Amsterdam's Anne Frank House museum, weeks after 300 copies of her famous diary were vandalised in Tokyo.

Mr Abe said he made the visit "to encourage peace in the entire international community".

A suspect is in custody for vandalising the books, but his motive is not known.

Mr Abe was lambasted by Seoul and Beijing last December for visiting a Tokyo shrine to dead Japanese soldiers, including convicted WW2 criminals.

Anne Frank's diary was written during World War Two, while the teenager hid from the Nazis in occupied Amsterdam.

The book made her a symbol of the suffering of Jews during the war.

Mr Abe's grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, was


minister of industry for much of the war.

He was arrested after Japan's surrender but was never charged and went on to serve as prime minister.

Image copyright AFP Image caption Officials said the visit was not directly connected to last month's incident

Image copyright AP Image caption Mr Abe said that he was visiting the the museum 'to encourage peace in the entire international community'

Speaking at the Amsterdam museum, Mr Abe noted the "deep connection" between Japan and the Anne Frank diary, and the fact that many Japanese visit the museum.

"Looking ahead to the many years of the 21st Century I would like to ensure that we will never see the same things happening, and I share the responsibility of realising this goal," he said.

Mr Abe is in the NetherlandsBLACKPOOL, England — The woman on the other end of the phone spoke lightheartedly of spring and of her 81st birthday the previous week.

“Who did you celebrate with, Beryl?” asked Alison, whose job was to offer a kind ear.

“No one, I…”

And with that, Beryl’s cheer turned to despair.

Her voice began to quaver as she acknowledged that she had been alone at home not just on her birthday, but for days and days. The telephone conversation was the first time she had spoken in more than a week.

About 10,000 similar calls come in weekly to an unassuming office building in this seaside town at the northwest reaches of England, which houses The Silver Line Helpline, a 24-hour call center for older adults seeking to fill a basic need: contact


Chandrababu Naidu. Photo: PTI Chandrababu Naidu. Photo: PTI

Companies from Japan are ready to join hands in building the new capital of Andhra Pradesh, the designing of which will be done by Singapore, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said on Monday. Claiming his five-day visit to Japan was a success, Naidu told reporters here that several Japanese companies expressed their willingness to be partners in building the state capital.

Naidu, who went to Singapore last month, said Singapore will prepare the master plan for the capital. He hopes to finalize the plan when Singapore's Trade and Commerce Minister S. Iswaran visits India later this month. "The Japanese companies are ready to associate in construction, environment and other requirements of the city," the chief minister said. "It will be a deadlySep 1 Kapital | Osaka Store (Hankyu Men's)

Finally Osaka has a Kapital store. It is the 17th store for Kapital, and the 3rd store in the Kansai area. The layout is centered on the Denim Bar, and has many similarities to the Soho store in Kojima. The various types of patchwork wood around the bar and the carved wood adds warmth and texture to the atmosphere. The seats around the denim bar are entirely made from bicycle parts. The store is on the 5th Floor of the Hankyu Men's Department Store.

The Santo Domingo Jacket series comprises of special items available only at the Osaka store for early purchase. The store encompasses many themes from many different eras. The bulk of the items are in men's sizes and geared


is thoughtfully integrated into the project.

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Katya is an accomplished interior designer whose work is primarily classic in orientation. Her 2012 commercial project, Shubeshu, showcased her talent and diversity with the use of color and contemporary modernism. Katya is also seasoned technician in the creation of 3D imagery.International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Namibian former sprinter Frankie Fredericks speaks at the second part of the 121st International Olympic Committee session in the Bella Center in Copenhagen, October 8, 2009. REUTERS/Scanpix/Keld Navntoft

BERLIN (Reuters) - An athletics disciplinary tribunal upheld on Thursday a ban on former Namibian sprinter and IAAF Council member Frankie Fredericks pending an investigation into potential ethics violations.

Fredericks, a multiple Olympic sprint silver medalist and a rising star among international sports administrators until this year, was temporarily banned in July.

He is being investigated by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) over payments he received from Papa Massata Diack, the son of former IAAF president Lamine Diack, on the day Rio de Janeiro won the vote to host the 2016 Olympics.

Fredericks has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. He


admitted having received money from Massata Diack, but said it was payment for legitimate work he had done.

“Mr Fredericks appealed against the order for provisional suspension and his appeal was heard by an enlarged panel of the Disciplinary Tribunal,” the AIU said in a statement.

“Having heard from both parties, the enlarged panel agreed with the AIU’s submissions and it declined to lift the order for provisional suspension.”

Earlier this year Fredericks, an International Olympic Committee member, stepped down as head of the team evaluating bids to host the 2024 Olympics.

He also removed himself from the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) task force investigating doping allegations in Russia, after the corruption allegations involving himself surfaced.Corona. Not one of the congressmen who refused to sign the impeachment resolution received funds from the DAP.

In 2012, the Aquino regime released P1.27 billion in extra pork barrel funds under the DAP to the senate before and after the impeachment proceedings against Corona. In the months during the impeachment hearings, at least P530 million was disbursed to senators to influence the proceedings.

A few months after Corona’s conviction by the senate, senators who voted to side with Malacañang against Corona received P50 million. Three senators who voted to acquit Corona did not receive such fund disbursements. On the other hand, Aquino’s key ally Sen. Franklin Drilon received P100 million in DAP funds during the same period.

The swift passage of the Sin Tax Law and the Reproductive Health Law,


"Inconceivable!" Or perhaps not, in this age of insecurity.

One of the most memorable lines from the classic 1987 film "The Princess Bride" had some passengers aboard a Qantas Airlines flight this week feeling as if they were trapped in the Pit of Despair.

The adventure began Sunday night when Wynand Mullins, a native of New Zealand was flying from his current home in Sydney, Australia, back to Auckland, New Zealand, wearing a T-shirt featuring a famous quote from the comic fairy tale.

The message on an oversized name tag read: "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

The line is uttered numerous times by actor Mandy Patinkin in "The Princess Bride" as his swordsman character was on a lifelong quest for revenge against the manwho slew his father.

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According to New Zealand-based Stuff, "Mullins was approached by a flight attendant who said some people on board were intimidated by the words on his shirt."

It noted Mullins is used to getting questionable looks and received a few while in line waiting to board, but the reaction he received on the plane was "a bit over the top."

Mullins indicated, "The flight attendant said to me: 'Are you able to remove it because some of the passengers are quite intimidated by it.' I thought it was all a bit silly. The person next to me was laughing, because they knew the movie."

However, Mullins did not respond by saying, "As you


are war criminals," said Mike Florio, an attorney for The
Utility Reform Network in San Francisco.
The PUC meeting, which occurred on a day when the state was hit by a Stage 2
alert because of reduced imports from the Northwest, was interrupted by
shouts from demonstrators who want a state-owned power system. They chanted,
"Public power now, we won't pay" and "Rate hikes no way, make the energy
companies pay."
Doug Heller of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa
Monica, which is threatening to put a public power initiative on the ballot
next year, said some attorneys think the abrupt rate increase can be
challenged in court.
Assemblyman Rod Pacheco, R-Riverside, announced that he will introduce
legislation to repeal the rate increase. He saidrates "will continue to remain stable."
) Standard & Poors retains California's cautionary credit rating despite
state regulators' decision to raise electricity rates. The state has been on
a credit watch "with negative implications" since it began spending $45
million a day to buy electricity for customers of two nearly bankrupt
utilities. The crediw watch will remain in effect despite a rate increase
state regulators approved Tuesday.
) President Bush says the electricity price caps sought by California's Gray
Davis and other Western governors would worsen the region's energy crisis
instead of helping cure it. In a speech to the Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce,
Bush says price controls helped cause the gasoline crisis of the 1970s, and
he won't make the same mistake.
) Joseph Fichera, the governor's


a spokeswoman for Barton, confirmed that he had circulated
some proposals for responding to the Western power crisis among subcommittee
members late last week. Some of the ideas were deleted before the list was
forwarded to the White House, Jordan added, but she would not say which ones.
Barton has presided over several hearings on the power crunch and has said
that he is "more than prepared" to draft legislation to help California. A
White House task force, headed by Vice President Dick Cheney, is also
developing a national energy policy.
President Bush has repeatedly stated his opposition to caps on wholesale
power prices. He has called for a concerted effort to increase energy
production.
The list of ideas Barton sent to subcommittee members was aimed at boostingplants on federal and Indian lands,
restarting mothballed nuclear reactors and delaying for a year a plan to
divert water in California's Trinity River from power generation to
environmental restoration.
On the conservation side, Barton proposed allowing states to lengthen
daylight savings time and requiring federal facilities to reduce energy use
by 10 percent.
Finally, the Federal Emergency Management Agency would be directed to open an
office in California, conduct an educational campaign to prepare the public
for blackouts and have a plan ready to provide assistance during power
outages.
Barton has been skeptical of the idea of having the federal government limit
the cost of wholesale power in the West and did not include that among his
proposals. Instead, he said the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should


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Bush calls California energy crisis 'ominous'

But he foresees no quick relief, opposes controls
By George E. Condon Jr.
COPLEY NEWS SERVICE
March 28, 2001
KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- President Bush yesterday made his most extensive remarks
yet on the energy crisis in California, calling the situation "ominous" and
proclaiming that "the time to act is now."
Despite that pledge, though, he held out little hope of any speedy relief for
the hard-hit state. He also restated his opposition to energy price controls.
The president, who has previously addressed the energy crunch only in answers
to reporters' questions, used a "state of the economy" speech to a business
group at Western Michigan University to elaborate on his still-evolving
energy policy.
He broke no new ground in his remarks, but seemedof the American people to find new sources of energy and to
develop the new technologies that use energy better, more efficiently and
more cleanly."
He singled out for criticism any call that Washington cap energy prices.
"This administration does not, and will not, support energy price controls,"
he said to applause from the business-oriented audience. "Price controls do
not increase supply, and they do not encourage conservation. Price controls
contributed to the gas lines of the 1970s. And the United States will not
repeat the mistake again."
He portrayed the energy crisis as a clear threat to his hopes of revitalizing
the national economy.
And he signaled that he understands Californians are facing hardships.
"The lights are dimming in California. Consumers and businesses in California
are paying


sharply higher energy bills. And as we compare our future energy
needs to the currently projected domestic energy supply, we see an ominous
growing gap," he said.
He said the blame for the problem belongs to previous decision-makers.
"Our people are paying a high price for years of neglect. And the time to act
is now," he said.
Meanwhile, Bush said he would nominate utility regulators from Texas and
Pennsylvania to fill vacancies at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
or FERC, the agency that has played a pivotal role in the California crisis.
However, Bush stopped short of replacing the chairman of the commission,
Curtis Hebert, who has drawn fire from Gov. Gray Davis and other California
officials for his outspoken faith in open power markets and staunch
opposition to federal controls on the soaring price of wholesale power sold
in the West.
There was widespread speculation that Hebert, a Republican, was on his way
out as chairman.
A White House spokeswoman would not say whether Bush has ruled out naming
another commissioner to the top job at a later date.
Bush nominated Patrick Henry Wood III and Nora Mead Brownell to round out the
five-member commission.
Wood is chairman of the Texas Public Utility Commission and was an adviser to
Bush on energy issues during the presidential transition. Many observers had
expected Bush to name him chairman of FERC.
Brownell is a member of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
Both nominees, who face Senate confirmation, were praised by power industry
officials and consumer groups. They


have helped steer deregulation plans in
their states that are thought to be on sounder footing than California's
failed experiment.
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Rate hike means new political heat for California governor

By Alexa Haussler
ASSOCIATED PRESS
March 28, 2001
SACRAMENTO ) Rolling blackouts and a record increase in electricity rates are
putting the political squeeze on Gov. Gray Davis just as he prepares for his
re-election campaign.
The Democratic governor took a hit Tuesday when the Public Utilities
Commission ) three of its five members appointed by Davis ) approved the very
rate hikes he has repeatedly said would not be needed.
The power crunch is just the weakness political foes are looking for; it
could leave everyone from business owners to consumers looking for someone to
blame at the polls nextyear.
"He's the face of the problem right now and so he is going to be the target,"
said Nancy Snow, a political scientist at the University of California, Los
Angeles.
Davis already has been criticized as having a leadership style that is a
"little bit too much in the mushy, middle-of-the-road area," Snow said.
"That's something that he is going to have to overcome in order to
politically survive this crisis."
California Republicans blame the first-term governor for four widespread
power outages this year that they call "Gray-outs." His first major
challenger in 2002, GOP Secretary of State Bill Jones, is making energy a
campaign centerpiece.
A top state financial official and fellow Democrat, Controller Kathleen
Connell, says Davis' decision to buy power for Southern California Edison


Republicans turn the criticism back at him. The state GOP has already run
radio ads criticizing Davis' handling of the power problems and are launching
an all-out effort to blame him for the rate increases.
"It's a colossal failure of mismanagement on the part of the governor's PUC,"
said Assemblyman Keith Richman, R-Northridge.
But even with the energy crisis, Republicans have their work cut out for them
in 2002.
The state GOP ) long shackled by infighting between moderates and
conservatives ) is in the minority in the Legislature, holds just one
statewide office, Jones', and must come up with millions to match the nearly
$26 million Davis had raised nearly two years before the election.
And polls have shown residents growing increasingly frustrated with the
energy crisis,immediate rate increase, the utilities will be in Bankruptcy
Court."
?????Before the vote, sign-carrying protesters chanted, "Rate hikes, no way,
make the energy companies pay." And the commission heard a parade of
witnesses, most opposing the rate increase. Some called on the state to use
eminent domain to seize power plants, as Davis said he might do as a last
resort.
?????Doug Heller, of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa
Monica, told the commission, "Go to these power pirates and tell them the
state treasury is not their money orchard."
?????Barbara George, of Women's Energy Matters, said, "We should give the
generators 24 hours to sign their plants over to the state and leave." George
was one of several people ejected for repeatedly disrupting the meeting.
?????At a hearing


by saying he was unaware that Lynch would
move to raise rates Tuesday, particularly given events that occurred late
last week.
?????On Friday, Davis Finance Director Tim Gage and Susan Kennedy, one of his
top aides, met with Assembly leaders behind closed doors. At the meeting, a
participant warned that rates might have to rise 50% to 100%.
?????Also Friday, a top aide to Davis told The Times that Davis' staff was
convinced that a rate hike was necessary, even as Davis continued to publicly
oppose it. On Sunday, a top Davis aide referred reporters to Lynch, who
confirmed that she would move to raise rates Tuesday.
?????Two months ago, Harry Snyder of Consumers Union was defending Davis.
Now, Snyder, who has worked with Davis on various issues for decades, is,
like many others, raising questions about the governor's credibility, his
penchant for secrecy and his competence.
?????"Something is wrong," Snyder said. "Either he is over his depth, or it
is hubris, or it is the great river in Egypt, 'Denial.' "
?????Here are some of the governor's statements and actions, since called
into question:
?????* Davis held a news conference Feb. 23 to say he had reached an
agreement on a rescue plan with Southern California Edison that included a
deal to buy its massive transmission system for $2.76 billion. A final
package, he said, would be announced within a week, not only with Edison but
with San Diego Gas and Electric.
?????A month later, a top utility executive described the talks as
"dreadfully slow." Negotiations over a similar deal with Pacific


Gas &
Electric, which he said back in February would be completed by now, are even
further behind.
?????* Davis has refused to release details about contracts he signed with
independent generators to buy power. He said, however, that the contracts
accounted for 6,000 to 7,000 megawatts of electricity this summer, a
significant amount that would help protect the state from having to buy much
of its power on the far more costly spot market.
?????Last week, when he released some scant details in a report on the
contracts, experts who read it concluded that California would be forced to
buy half or more of its electricity on the expensive spot market.
?????* Davis brushed aside reporters' questions last week about the blackouts
that rolled across the state. He remained cloisteredany more aggressive as a result of the two new members it will soon
have. President Bush has picked two state utility regulators to fill
vacancies on the five-member commission, the White House announced Tuesday.
?????The president plans to nominate Pat Wood III, chairman of the Texas
Utility Commission and a Bush ally, and Nora Mead Brownell, a member of the
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, to the FERC governing board.
?????Administration officials have indicated that Wood, 38, would assume the
FERC chairmanship, a position now held by Curt Hebert Jr., a staunch advocate
of energy deregulation.

?????Shake-Up at FERC Was Expected
?????The shake-up has been expected because of continuing complaints that
FERC has not been aggressive enough in dealing with high energy prices and
electricity shortages in California and elsewhere in the


government still is shelling out some $50 million in daily power purchases
and has committed as much as $40 billion to future power contracts. Davis
continues to negotiate a takeover of the utilities' share of the state power
transmission grid in exchange for paying off some of the utilities' debts.
?????Despite all the hand-wringing and arm-waving, nothing that state
government has done since January has provided any significant new power
generation or conservation. Consumers are right to wonder what happened to a
promised statewide conservation campaign. After first ducking the power
problem, Davis launched a flurry of initiatives early in the year, most of
them still works in progress. But he still has not given the people an
understandable, coherent plan for getting out of this fix. Worse,officials to take a harder line with out-of-
state power generators, which have reaped windfall profits by charging sky-
high wholesale prices for their electricity.
Consumer groups urged the PUC to support special taxes on the generators'
earnings or even seizure of the companies' California power plants.
"Your actions are reprehensible," Ross Mirkarimi, a public-power supporter,
told the commission. "Do not do Gov. Davis' dirty work."
The governor did not attend yesterday's meeting, but his presence nonetheless
loomed large over the proceedings.
Consumer advocates derided Davis' claims this week that he played no role in
the decision to raise rates. They noted that the governor's appointees hold a
majority on the PUC and worked closely with Davis on a variety of past
issues.
Davis' staff was briefed on


the rate hike before the PUC publicized its
decision.
'DAVIS CONTROLS PUC'
"Gov. Davis controls the PUC," said Doug Heller, assistant organizing
director of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights. "He is
responsible for the rate hike. We are paying more because of the failure of
his leadership."
"It seems absurd that Gov. Davis is saying his own agency is acting without
his consent," said Susannah Churchill, head of energy policy for the
California Public Interest Research Group. "He's just looking for political
cover."
The PUC decision was made on a day when California's grid operators declared
a Stage 2 alert, the first in a week, indicating that power reserves had
dropped below 5 percent.
When tiered rates are implemented, customers of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.energy producers.
Hebert has been sharply critical of California's response to its electricity
mess, once describing Davis' plan to take over the utilities' transmission
lines as "nationalization." He is adamantly opposed to price controls and
enjoys the strong backing of fellow Mississippian and Senate Majority Leader
Trent Lott, who pressured the White House to keep him.
Hebert and Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham have voiced strong opposition to
price controls on wholesale electricity, arguing that would worsen
California's blackouts by discouraging electricity sales from outside the
state.
Vice President Dick Cheney, who met informally with about 10 senators in his
Senate office yesterday, also restated the administration's opposition to
price caps, telling Feinstein price controls would not work and citing their
failure in the Nixon administration.
Feinstein, who has


have
to clean our clothes by hand and dry them in the basement. It's crazy.''
Though utilities still cannot set their own rates for electricity because of
a rate freeze mandated by the state's 1996 attempt at deregulation, the PUC
has the authority to increase rates. The rate freeze must end by March 2002.
The PUC meeting was disrupted at least five times by screaming protesters.
Before the meeting, a group led by former Green Party senatorial candidate
Medea Benjamin stood in the PUC chambers with yellow signs saying ``We Won't
Pay.''
``We don't need increases in our bills, we need increases in law enforcement
so our governor can protect us from these modern-day robber barons,'' said
Doug Heller of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights infor the cost of power purchased on the spot
market.
Bruce Foster, an Edison vice president, offered a similar lukewarm
endorsement of the increase. ``I'm not saying that it will do it,'' he said,
acknowledging the possibility of more increases down the road, but he called
the hike ``a step in the right direction.''
Rate hike vs. bankruptcy
Commissioner Richard Bilas said he feared that if the utilities were forced
into bankruptcy, the judge overseeing such a case could order much bigger
rate hikes to stabilize the companies' finances.
``A rate increase designed by this commission is far better than one designed
by a bankruptcy judge,'' Bilas said, adding that he also was concerned about
how the state appeared to be buying electricity ``like a drunken sailor.''
But


others reacted angrily to the commission's decision. Several protesters
hoisted signs at the meeting that read, ``we won't pay'' and chanted, ``rate
hikes go away, make the energy companies pay.'' Police later escorted them
out of the meeting after commission President Loretta Lynch became annoyed at
their noisy interruptions.
Instead of raising rates, they and other consumer advocates urged Davis to
use the state's power of eminent domain to take over the power plants
operated by companies accused of gouging the public.
``The governor should start seizing plants until these crooks start playing
by the rules of society,'' said Mike Florio, senior attorney with The Utility
Reform Network in San Francisco. ``They're economic war criminals.''
Officials in Davis' office said Tuesday that they intend to review the
commission'sthe lights
on.
"It's amazing to think that we have the world's seventh-largest economy - and
a Third World power system," said Fred Smoller, chairman of the
political-science department at Chapman University. "It's certainly a blow to
our collective ego."
Rolling blackouts finally hit Orange County last week. Workers were plunged
into darkness. Children studied by candlelight. Cars crawled through lawless
intersections. Elevators halted between floors, libraries checked out books
by hand, and portable generators were rushed to sewer-lift stations to keep
raw sewage from spilling into the ocean.
Outsiders scoff. Californians are a gaggle of goofy tree-huggers guilty of
"mass myopia" and "willful energy abnegation," charged Charles Krauthammer,
columnist for the New York Daily News.
"Californians refuse to acknowledge that in the real world, their desire for


mean for the year
ahead?"
"It's really scary," said Pearce, who held his breath as the lights went out
in buildings across the street last week. "This is one that, when they were
studying California's infrastructure, nobody even predicted. What's going to
happen with the sewers and roads and airports and everything else?"
Indeed, the crisis may be exposing the weak spots in California's go-go
economy.
One concern is that production shifted this year from California to more
energy-reliable areas might never return, Carney said. And if, even for the
short term, California businesses are perceived as being unreliable suppliers
because they have unreliable power, the effects could be lasting, he said.
Others worry about the effect of outages on people themselves. As a culture,
we've becoming utterlycosts through
price increases.
Before the rate increases, power costs in California were slightly higher
than the national average, but lower than the prices paid in New York and
other Northeastern States. Residential electricity users already pay an
average of about $65 a month, state officials say. In addition, under a
previous commission decision, rates will go up an additional 10 percent next
year.
The commission, which approved the rate increase 5 to 0, also voted to
require that the two large utilities, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company
and Southern California Edison, reimburse the state's Department of Water
Resources $4 billion spent on their behalf and begin paying alternative
energy generators, which account for more than a quarter of the state's daily
energy needs. The two utilities


have not paid their bills for months, saying
they are nearly bankrupt because under deregulation of the power industry,
wholesalers have been allowed to float prices while retail rates were capped.
The Department of Water Resources has spent $45 million a day since January
buying power on the utilities' behalf. Small alternative energy producers had
not been paid at all for months, with dire consequences. For two days last
week, the state's power managers were forced to order rolling blackouts
across parts of the state, in part because the small energy producers shut
down half their capacity because they had not been paid.
The rate increases will make the payoff more feasible, Ms. Lynch said, while
encouraging energy conservation. But a representative of the state's
alternative-energy generators, known''The P.U.C.'s action today was premature because we do not have all
the appropriate financial numbers necessary to make a decision.''
Mr. Davis's statement seemed to reflect the awareness he and his aides feel
about the potential political backlash from big rate increases. Even as other
politicians warned that such increases would be necessary, Mr. Davis has
vowed to avoid them. On Monday he insisted that he had not spoken to any
members of the commission about the rate increase proposal and that he had no
control over its actions.
But Mr. Davis appointed three of the body's five members, and since taking
office two years ago he has been emphatic in saying that he expects his
appointees to state boards and commissions to reflect his policies.
He


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Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) Study, and included 3088 females with non-metastatic breast cancer, who were randomized into an intervention and control group. The intervention group received advice through telephone and cooking classes on how to adopt the plant-based diet defined as a low-fat and high-fiber diet, characterized by a daily intake of five vegetable servings, two glasses of vegetable juice, three fruit servings, 30 g of fiber, and 15% to 20% of energy intake from fat. The control group received advice on maintaining a healthy diet only. Compliance with the intervention was controlled through dietary records during the intervention phase, which lasted six months. Consideration was given to potential confounding of the association by prognostic factors of the disease, such as stage, and dietary habits atrandom phone checks of White House staffers, overseen by White House attorneys. … Last week, after Spicer became aware that information had leaked out of a planning meeting with about a dozen of his communications staffers, he reconvened the group in his office to express his frustration over the number of private conversations and meetings that were showing up in unflattering news stories, according to sources in the room. Upon entering Spicer’s office for what one person briefed on the gathering described as ‘an emergency meeting,’ staffers were told to dump their phones on a table for a ‘phone check,’ to prove they had nothing to hide. Spicer, who consulted with White House counsel Don McGahn before calling the meeting, was accompanied by White House lawyers in the


statistically significant, and clinically meaningful compared with those who received the standard of care," presenting author Vanina Popova, MD, study-responsible physician at Janssen Research and Development, Belgium, told Medscape Medical News here at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) 2018 annual meeting.

Compared with the 4-point difference they found on the MADRS, Popova noted that "currently available antidepressants typically have a difference vs placebo of 2 to 3 points."

Game Changer?

Asked to comment, APA Secretary Philip Muskin, MD, New York–Presbyterian Hospital and professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City, noted that "this was an interesting and novel approach" to treating a difficult patient population.

"And the results were impressive. Not only did they see a response quickly, which is great, they saw it persist, which is evena positive risk-benefit profile," write the investigators.

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If approved by the FDA, the drug "would be one of the first new approaches to treat refractory major depressive disorder available to patients in the last 50 years," they added.

A representative for Janssen told Medscape Medical News that the company will be presenting additional long-term safety and relapse-prevention findings for the drug at the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology 2018 annual meeting in Miami, Florida. It also plans to file new drug applications in the United States and Europe by


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Message from the President

Greetings ACS friends and colleagues,

I have just returned from Brussels where I attended the IMAGO Board meeting where numerous important issues were discussed in preparation for presentation to the next General Assembly, which funnily enough will not take place until early 2019 in conjunction with the next Imago International Awards, in Belgrade. The reason for this length of time between the next Awards is the fact that Imago is entering a change of financial year.

The ASC have again, very generously invited delegates from many countries to take part in the next International Cinematography Summit to take place at the ASC Clubhouse in early June. The ACS will be represented at both this importantcategory for his fantastic film "The Eleven O’Clock”. Well done to Derin and Josh Lawson along with all the cast and crew. We will all be watching and listening with great interest. Good on you Derin!

As you may know on December 15th late last year we held an Extraordinary General Meeting at the ACS HQ to discuss in detail and set a new standard from the Society when it comes to Sexual Harassment, Discrimination & Bullying. This is a giant, positive step forward for the Society and all those delegates including Branch Presidents, Office Bearers, members of the ACS Womens Advisory Panel that attended the December EGM had nothing but positive feedback.

FULL REPORT BELOW

Until next timeRon Johanson OAM ACSNational President

ARRI LAUNCHES LARGE-FORMAT CAMERA SYSTEM

At the BSC Expo in


London, ARRI unveiled a complete large-format system that meets and exceeds modern production requirements, delivering unprecedented creative freedom. Based on a large-format 4K version of the ALEXA sensor, the system comprises the ALEXA LF camera, ARRI Signature Prime lenses, LPL lens mount, and PL-to-LPL adapter. It is also compatible with existing lenses, accessories, and workflows.

As part of the launch, ARRI Australia will be demonstrating the new ALEXA LF camera and the first release of Signature Prime lenses in Sydney at 6pm on 19 February at Sun Studios in Alexandria, Melbourne on 21 February (venue to be advised) and Auckland at 6pm on 23 February at Thievery Studios in the CBD.

“The larger ALEXA LF sensor has the same optimal pixel size as other ALEXAs, resulting in a 4448 xJordan Raanan ESPN Staff Writer 5 Minute Read

Stephen A: Joe Judge is the best the Giants could get? Stephen A. Smith expresses his shock and disbelief about the New York Giants finalizing a deal to hire Patriots wide receivers coach Joe Judge as their next head coach.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Joe Judge. It's a gutsy move for the New York Giants, who reportedly are on the verge of making him their new coach. It's a name that won't immediately inspire the fan base, even though Judge learned under New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick and Alabama Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban.

Judge, 38, has spent the past eight seasons with the Patriots. His NFL career began as a special-teams assistant with New England in 2012 and then he became


the special-teams coach when he was 34. He most recently added wide receivers coach to his résumé. And to be honest, 2019 wasn't the best season for Patriots wide receivers.

Risky, no doubt. Judge has never been a head coach at any level. He is taking over a Giants team that just finished 4-12 and has missed the playoffs seven of the past eight years. The fan base is irate that the Giants didn't land Mike McCarthy (Dallas Cowboys) or Matt Rhule (Carolina Panthers) -- two of the favorites in the search -- and views it as a continuation of New York's string of questionable moves.

In this case, the snap judgment might be premature. Judge, who blew the Giants away during his interview, was an intriguing candidate from thestart with his pedigree and personality. He's known as a fiery coach who isn't afraid to ruffle feathers with players. And that might be exactly what the Giants need.

His path also has a strikingly familiar feel to Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh, who was the Philadelphia Eagles' special-teams coach for nine seasons under coach Andy Reid.

When Harbaugh was hired in 2008, it came after the Ravens had tried to land Jason Garrett, then the offensive coordinator for the Cowboys. That move was not well-received by Ravens fans at the time, but it has proven to be the right move for the franchise. Harbaugh is smart, fiery and waited patiently for his first head-coaching opportunity. Now, he leads the AFC's No. 1 seed into the divisional round of the


fan, when speaking with other players about Judge, there were mixed reviews. He's not universally loved, and that might be a good thing. A franchise that has the worst record in the NFL since the start of the 2017 season needs to shake things up. The Giants need to make things uncomfortable in order to precipitate the changes necessary to get the franchise back on track.

This could end up being another in a long line of moves that missed the mark during one of the worst periods in Giants history. But, maybe in 12 years from now we'll be looking at the hiring of Judge much like we are at Harbaugh's.Chorion gobbles up Hungry Caterpillar

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Chorion, the rights company that owns Noddyand Mr Men, has bought up the rights to classic kids book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. It has paid an undisclosed sum for New York firm Silver Lining Productions, which owns the ...


Evangelicals and Politics

During most of the 20th century, American evangelicalism as a movement was generally perceived as being reticent about politics because its sights were focused on what seemed more important tasks: evangelism, missions, and nurturing the faithful. All that seemed to change, however, in the 1970s when evangelicals visibly “re-entered” the national spotlight with the rise of Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter, a devout Southern Baptist layman who unabashedly claimed to be “born again.”

But the most visible aspect of this new political sensibility was the appearance of right-wing organizations like the Moral Majority and Concerned Women for America. This new “Religious Right” was credited with playing a major role in the “Reagan Revolution” of 1980 (and the ironic ouster of the evangelical President Carter, for the much-lessbeen the single overarching factor has been the post-WWII expansion of the Federal Government into areas and responsibilities that were previously the domain of the state and local government, the individual, the family, and the church.

Yet, it must be made clear that there is no monolithic consensus among evangelicals on politics, any more than there is on theological matters. While the movement is conservative in many regards, there are many evangelicals who would identify their political orientation as liberal or "progressive" and some, like the Sojourners community in Washington D.C., who are leftist in nature.

In terms of party affiliation, the movement has been traditionally perceived as Republican. This impression, however, reflects a bias that centers on the Northern, Midwestern evangelicals of the NAE “card-carrying” variety. When the huge


beyond, boosting tourism to London and providing affordable travel options with cities across the UK. Without Victoria Coach Station, coaches would still travel to the centre of the city but drop off and pick up on-street. This would increase noise, congestion and pollution.

“It would also deprive the 14 million passengers who use this affordable long-distance travel service every year of vital welfare facilities and ease of access to onward connections.”

Tfl said it was still looking for sites for potential “satellite” stations away from the centre of the capital to take some of the pressure off Victoria. Around a quarter of a million coaches depart or arrive at the station every year.

TfL said it will “work with industry, transport operators, London’s boroughs and passenger groups to identify appropriate locationsBICOM's new CEO

Lorna Fitzsimons, former Labour MP for Rochdale has been appointed the chief executive of The Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre (BICOM).

A former president of the National Union of Students, 38-year-old Fitzsimons has been a strong supporter of Israel which she has visited on a number of occasions starting in 1989.

Fitzsimons, who is not Jewish, takes over from Daniel Shek, who recently left BICOM to become Israel's ambassador to France.

I am delighted to announce that Lorna Fitzsimons has agreed to be BICOMs new CEO. Lorna has consistently been a great friend of Israel," said Poju Zabludowicz, chairman of BICOM. "She has a wealth of campaigning experience. Lorna is an excellent campaigner and I believe that under her leadership BICOM can realise its full potential to create


a better understanding of Israel and promote stronger ties between Britain and Israel."

In a statement, Fitzsimons says she looks forward to her new role and in promoting Israel. "

"It is both an honour and a challenge to be appointed as BICOMs new CEO. Over the last 17 years, since becoming a friend of Israel as a student leader, I have had the pleasure of working with the Jewish community through organisations like Union of Jewish Students, Labour Friends of Israel and many others. I see my new role as an extension of my work, not just as a student leader but also as a parliamentarian."

She added:

"The politics are clear  Israel is at the forefront of a struggle that has a direct impact on us here in theIn July 1996, a French satellite was damaged when struck by a jettisoned Ariane third stage rocket -- the first confirmed case of a piece of "orbital debris" damaging an artificial satellite in orbit. Since then, the situation in orbit has only gotten worse.

From 2009 to 2019, at least half a dozen collisions of active satellites with inactive space debris were recorded. In 2019 alone, a defunct Russian satellite narrowly missed colliding with Bigelow Aerospace's Genesis II experimental habitat, and in a second incident, a European Space Agency Aeolus satellite had to fire its thruster to avoid colliding with SpaceX's Starlink 44 communications satellite.

As more and more satellites are put in orbit over time -- joining the 5,000 satellites up there already -- the chances increase that one


by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, Jan 4, 2017

Like the USA, Trinidad & Tobago opened the Hexagonal with a pair of losses. And like the USA, T&T fired its coach.Trinidad & Tobago Football Association president said he was going to give T&T's new coach, Belgian, two Hexagonal games to turn the Soca Warriors around. But Saintfiet might not last that long.In their competitive debut under Saintfiet, the Soca Warriors opened the 2017 Gold Cup qualifying playoffs at home with a 2-1 overtime loss to Suriname. Only the winner of the three-team series that also involves Haiti will advance to the final qualifying playoff against Central America's No. 5 team.Wednesday night's game followed a tumultuous training camp that featured charges and counter-charges about the commitment (and sobriety) of several stars.First, Saintfieta friendly match against Haiti, which was in Trinidad to prepare for the playoffs.Jones responded to Saintfiet's charge that he wasn't interest in helping T&T qualify for the Gold Cup by writing a letter to the editor at Wired868.com in which he said he could not play in the two December friendlies at Nicaragua because the Sounders had not yet released him. "I can’t just come in camp just like that," Jones said. "I am under contract with Seattle. They have to give me clearance."Jones said he finally got his release from the Sounders on New Year's Day and told Saintfiet through his brother, who was at the camp, he'd be arriving that evening only to get a message back from Saintfiet, again via his brother, he wasn't


1 Official Premise: Kagome is an ordinary schoolgirl who finds her destiny linked to the half demon Inuyasha and the powerful Shikon Jewel. In their quest to restore the shattered Shikon Jewel, Inuyasha and Kagome face their ultimate enemy, the demon mastermind Naraku. Meanwhile, Sesshomaru learns the truth behind his sword Tenseiga, and Kikyo discovers a secret that could defeat Naraku. With the jewel nearly complete and in enemy hands, the race to collect the remaining shards intensifies, and an epic battle is brewing on the horizon.

Set 2 Official Premise: Kagome finds her worlds colliding as she struggles to both fight alongside Inuyasha in the past and pass the exam to get into her high school of choice in the present. But with her spiritual powers sealed away,Rep. Mick Mulvaney. AP Images The man in line to bring together President-elect Donald Trump's federal budget is a big believer in gold, according to financial disclosures.

Mick Mulvaney, Trump's pick to lead the Office of Budget and Management, owns significant amounts of precious metals and gold-mining stocks based on financial disclosures compiled by Bloomberg.

According to the filings, Mulvaney held $50,000 to $100,000 in precious metals at the end of 2015. In addition, the South Carolina congressman holds stock in numerous gold and silver mining corporations totaling $252,000 to $855,000, according to the filing.

Bloomberg found that Mulvaney had sold significant amounts of the gold miners' stock in early 2016, citing financial filings from the end of June.

The heavy investments into gold is not surprising given past criticism by Mulvaney


of the Federal Reserve. In a speech obtained by Mother Jones, Mulvaney told the John Birch Society, a group that believes the only legal forms of currency are gold and silver coins, that the Fed had "effectively devalued the dollar" and "choke[d] off economic growth."

In the same speech, Mulvaney also praised bitcoin, saying the cryptocurrency could not be "manipulated" by the government.

Gold-mining stocks have had an up-and-down year. VanEck's Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF — the largest gold-mining sector exchange-traded fund in which Mulvaney had an investment ($15,001 to $50,000) — is up 45% year-to-date but is down roughly 35% from its 2016 high in August.

The dollar has strengthened by a little over 5% since the US presidential election, while gold has fallen by roughly 10%. Bitcoin hasRevision as of 22:39, 8 November 2016

Concord Hutterite Colony in Stony Mountain, Manitoba, was founded in 1987 as a division from the Crystal Spring Hutterite Colony. In 2012 the Concord Hutterite Colony was a Schmiedeleut Group 2 colony. The minister was Sam Kleinsasser and the manager was Peter Kleinsasser.


workers councils in Germany enjoy a great deal of influence in setting policy, and after the Chattanooga vote, an employee representative at Volkswagen in German threatened to prevent the auto manufacturer from further expansion into the southern states in the U.S. unless these plants are willing to embrace a works council.

German workers enjoy considerable influence over company decisions under the legally enshrined "co-determination" principle which is anathema to many politicians in the U.S. who see organized labor as a threat to profits and job growth.

In Germany, a works council at a VW plant makes decisions about workplace issues and represents employees in disputes.

“I can imagine fairly well that another VW factory in the United States, provided that one more should still be set up there, does not necessarilyand bear testement of being ripped.

A couple months back we began 'reading time' - any time during the day when he would haul all his books out and place them on a table and pretend he was reading.

Last night after almost a year of bedtime stories and for the first time he chose the book he wanted and brought it to me!

Reading..it's never too early to start and never too late to begin- Maria DeRosario

Picture: He's learning to point out alphabets and the newspaper has been a very cool start!

Boston is my son's favourite Teddy Bear since he was a year and half. We've had many adventures together and so for the first time I bring to you " The Adventures of Boston the Bear".

For his first adventure,


Jamie Carragher has claimed Dele Alli has surpassed Ross Barkley and should be starting for England heading into Euro 2016 following another dazzling display from the Tottenham youngster.

Alli struck a sensational first half equaliser for Spurs and was highly influential as the north London side secured a 1-1 draw away at Everton in a strong Premier League performance at Goodison Park.

Sportsmail's Carragher was full of praise for the 19-year-old, who he claims could provide the support in an attacking front three for the Three Lions.

Jamie Carragher is impressed with Dele Alli's form and has called for him to become an England starter

DELE ALLI STATS AT EVERTON Goals: 1 Shots on target : 2 Chances created: 3 Passes: 40 (39 short) Pass accuracy: 82.5% Pass accuracy in opp half:fine strike in first half stoppage time

Everton keeper Tim Howard can only look on as Alli's sweet strike flies past him for Tottenham's equaliser

Alli's performance against Everton has made him a contender to start for England according to Carragher

Tottenham sit fourth in the Premier League table

Tottenham signed Alli from MK Dons for £5million in the last January transfer window, but the 19-year-old only joined up with the squad in the summer before quickly forcing his way into the team at the start of the campaign.

Since then Alli has become a key player in Mauricio Pochettino's plans, with Carragher also impressed with the Spurs star's understanding of different roles in the midfield.

'I think there’s always a player who comes on sort of late in terms of the international squad


Washington (CNN) The Senate intelligence committee will grill Attorney General Jeff Sessions Tuesday afternoon, just as a slew of new questions about him have bubbled to the top of the Russia probes.

Former FBI Director James Comey launched Sessions into the spotlight with his own testimony last week. Now Sessions will take the same stage. Lawmakers have already aired many of their concerns about their former colleague -- from his meetings with the Russian ambassador to the US to his role in the firing of Comey.

And then an ally of President Donald Trump suggested the President is thinking about firing the special counsel investigating the Russia issue.

There's lots of questions for Sessions. Here are six:

1. How many times did Sessions meet with Sergey Kislyak?

Sessions recused himself from overseeing thefederal probe into ties between the Trump campaign and Russian officials, just a day after The Washington Post reported that he had two undisclosed meetings with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to the US.

But reports of a possible third meeting between Sessions and Kislyak have occupied congressional investigators since then. Comey, according to sources, told senators that investigators overheard Russians discussing a third, private meeting Sessions had with Kislyak. (Sessions' spokespeople have denied a third meeting happened.)

Two Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee -- Sens. Al Franken and Patrick Leahy -- who initially pressed Sessions in his confirmation hearings on Russian contacts -- wrote to Comey seeking an investigation into whether Sessions perjured himself when he said he had no contacts.

2. Why did Comey assume Sessions would recuse


was Trump's belief that Sessions should never have recused himself from overseeing the Russia probe. (And, implicitly, that Sessions would be in a position to "lift the cloud" of the Russia investigation if he was still overseeing it.)

Sessions certainly isn't expected to hit his boss while testifying on live television, but look for senators to try and get at how much pressure Trump has put on him.

5. Why was Sessions involved in the firing of Comey if he had stepped aside from the Russia probe?

Sessions stepped aside from the Russia probe on March 2.

But, two months later, he was involved in the firing of the FBI official overseeing that probe. Senate Democrats have been champing at the bit for more than a month now to get an answerwinter, the Wisconsin DNR estimated the number of wolves in the northern part of the state at a minimum of 950, up from about 50 in the mid-1990s. The state’s population goal during the years when wolves were delisted was a total of 350, a number that both state officials and bear hunters say would greatly reduce conflicts.

Bear hunting tradition

Bear hunting in Wisconsin is on the rise, as well. David MacFarland, a Wisconsin DNR wildlife biologist, said 114,000 people applied for permits last year, compared with 80,000 a decade ago. Only one in 10 applications is granted.

Among the 32 states that permit bear hunting, Wisconsin is one of just 18 that permits the use of dogs to chase bears and hold them in place until the hunter can


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Metal Service Center Shipments Declined Again in March

North American service centers increased their shipments of steel products from February to March, but overall metal shipments declined from 2015 levels – and “at an accelerated pace in both the United States and Canada,” according to the Metals Service Center Institute. Even so, inventory positions for steel and aluminum in both countries showed evidence of improvement.

These readings are drawn from the March release of MSCI’s monthly Metals Activity Report, which details shipment and inventory totals for steel and aluminum at service centers in theMarch is a good month to think about the new Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument in Eastern Maryland, the first national park site named after an African American woman. Harriet was born in March, made up her mind to flee slavery in March and eventually died in March in 1913 at the age of 91. When we heard about the creation of the new park, we decided we wanted to find "Harriet" and headed down to the Eastern Shore fully aware that the new visitor center had barely broken


National Geographic Image Collection

Behind National Geographic’s worldwide reputation as a powerhouse of photography lies one of the finest, most extensive, and most unique graphic resources on Earth: the National Geographic Image Collection. For the first time ever, readers will plumb the fascinating depths of this immense archive from the earliest photographs collected in the late 19th

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Behind National Geographic’s worldwide reputation as a powerhouse of photography lies one of the finest, most extensive, and most unique graphic resources on Earth: the National Geographic Image Collection. For the first time ever, readers will plumb the fascinating depths of this immense archive from the earliest photographs collected in the late 19th century to the cutting-edge work of today. Both iconic and never-before-seen images from virtually every corner of the globe, everyWest Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges (WYCC) has successfully secured funding totalling £5.5m under its new Joint Venture agreement.

The funding is the first of its kind secured under the new agreement which formally unites Bradford College, Calderdale College, Kirklees College, Leeds College of Building, Leeds City College, Shipley College and Wakefield College who, together, formed West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges (WYCC) in 2002. This new funding will enable low skilled, low paid workers to receive training that will support career progression and reduce benefit dependency and also focus on increasing high level skills in response to the City Region’s priority skills agenda using European Structural and Investment Funding (ESIF).

Raising the bar on skills

Speaking at Leeds City Region Annual Skills Network Conference, held at Bradford College's Advanced Technology Centre, Ian


Bachelorette is produced by Next Entertainment in association with Warner Horizon Television. Following the special, the series will return to its regular time slot on May 25 at 8 p.m. EST/PST.

Spike TV’s original series Ink Master (pictured) is to return for a sixth season on June 23 at 10 p.m. EST/PST. The new season of the Original Media-produced series follows 18 tattoo artists, who must carry out a number of challenges in order to win a $100,000 grand prize.

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not necessarily refer to the same embodiment, though it may. Furthermore,
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below, various embodiments of the invention may be readily combined,
without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention.

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operator, and is equivalent to the term "and/or," unless the context
clearly dictates otherwise. The term "based on" is not exclusive and
allows for being based on additional factors not described, unless the
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Syrian state flag to be raised in birthplace of 2011 uprising, residents say

Published 4 months ago on 12 July 2018

Deraa was the birthplace of the Syrian revolt. — Reuters pic

AMMAN, July 12 — Vehicles belonging to the Syrian state, accompanied by Russian military police, entered part of Deraa today to raise the national flag over the city, birthplace of the revolt that spawned the seven-year civil war.

In an event that marks another big victory for President Bashar al-Assad, cranes from the state-run Deraa municipal council erected a flagpole near the mosque where the eruption of large protests in March 2011 heralded the start of the conflict.

In the seven years since, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and more than half of the country’s population has beendriven from their homes.

The past three years have seen a steady succession of victories by Assad’s government and his Russian, Iranian and militia allies. An advance in recent weeks into the southwest near Israel and Jordan targets one of the last remaining large areas still under control of anti-Assad fighters, and has set hundreds of thousands more civilians to flight.

Rebels in parts of Deraa reached an agreement to surrender territory last Friday. Fighters holed up in a part of Deraa city are still in talks with Russian officers to secure safe passage out, rebel officials said.

A senior Russian military delegation entered the rebel-held area of the city on Thursday and began negotiations over its handover to state rule, rebel officials and a witness said.

A rebel official told Reuters


negotiations were proceeding smoothly, with the Russians so far abiding by the terms of the deal, under which rebels would hand over weapons, and fighters who do not wish to live under state rule would be evacuated.

“Everyone is committed to the agreements,” said rebel official Abu Jihad, adding rebels had already begun since late Wednesday handing over their heavy weapons.

Two armoured vehicles with senior Russian officers entered the area of al Shayah in the devastated old city and began talks with commanders from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) on implementing the terms of the deal.

One rebel official said fighters hoped the Russians would keep their pledge to maintain a permanent Russian military police presence inside the enclave to protect civilians and former rebels who decide to remain understate rule.

Two residents contacted by Reuters said word had spread in Deraa that the state-appointed governor of the province was expected to attend a flag raising, a symbolic move that Assad supporters see as signaling that the end of the revolt is near.

Some 2,000 rebel fighters are holed up in the opposition-held part of Deraa city, along with their families. Many want to leave due to fear of how the government will treat them.

Deraa was the scene of protests during the “Arab Spring” of regional revolts in 2011, which were sharply repressed by Assad’s government. His opponents say the violent state crackdown left them no choice but to take up arms; Damascus says the protests were instigated by its enemies.

Rebels in the area hope the Russian military police


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On Friday, Feb 15th, NYAMS will host Mark Moyar, of the Marine Corps University, who will be speaking on "Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War
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Paul Pogba produces talismanic second half performance against Newcastle United

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Date: October 06, 2018

Paul Pogba produced a talismanic second half performance to drive Manchester United towards a remarkable comeback win over Newcastle United in the Premier League.

The Frenchman, along with his teammates, looked clueless in a first half which saw Newcastle take a 2-0 lead against a hapless Man United team.

He was moved further back by Mourinho after half time – practically playing in defence – and the switch helped the 25-year-old drive United forward down the middle, playing with a sense of zip and precision which has been desperately missing in recent weeks.

A quick glance at Pogba’s numbers from a dramatic afternoon at Old Trafford shed light on how influential he was down the middle.

With the rightkind of tempo and movement around him, Pogba glides down the middle, eating up the turf, in a kind of way which makes him the game’s dictator – the guy beating the drum.

And he did it relentlessly for those last 20 minutes, controlling the ball smartly at close quarters and bringing players into the game. The difference to the first half, when no movement existed at all, was staggering – and surely an indication to Mourinho of what needs to change going forward.


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On September 12, 2000, in connection with Reliance's purchase of the Command shares of the capital stock and warrants, Vassell, Reliance and Command entered into a written Shareholders' Agreement (the "Shareholders' Agreement").
Since September 2000, in accordance with the Shareholders' Agreement, Command's Board of Directors has consisted of seven members, three of whom were nominated by Vassell (the "Vassell Board Members")  Peter J. Nekos ("Nekos"), Gregory Miller ("Miller") and Vassell himself  three of whom were nominated by Reliance (the "Reliance Board Members")  Graeme Halder ("Halder"),matters as to which they had either a direct or indirect financial interest."
Thereafter, Miller handed out a packet containing his Report of the Independent Committee and Nekos's and Painter's individual reports summarizing their recommendations on the GCM proposals. After Board members Nekos and Miller had given oral reports recommending the rejection of GCM's application to meet with CIT, Mr. Painter provided his own report in support of the GCM application. The Minutes capture the conclusion of Painter's statement as follows:
Mr. Painter then discussed his meeting of May 5, along with corporate counsel D. Pollitzer, with the GCM group, which he also had reviewed with the Independent Committee on May 6. (A written report of this meeting was sent to the Committee May 10 and Mr. Painter requested that


it be made part of the minutes). He noted that Mssrs. Miller and Nekos had refused to attend this meeting and that, in his opinion, they were not really interested in making a good faith effort to learn all they could about GCM and to discuss with GCM their answers to the questions which the Committee had sent to them.
Towards the end of the meeting, Vassell asked whether the "Independent Committee" had reached a conclusion as to their recommendation on the GCM application. Mr. Miller stated, "as indicated on the first page of the independent committee report, the independent committee recommended by a two to one vote that the Board not approve matters related to the proposed GCM transaction."

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Small weddings are becoming
very popular, perhaps because couples are thinking ahead and want to
avoid many of the difficulties and costs associated with large weddings.
Be that as it may, photographers still have the opportunity to take
lots and lots of pictures and still put together beautiful and fun wedding
albums for the bride and groom€even when the wedding is as small as
this one was--only four people in total!

This was brought to my attention
recently when I assisted Joan Burton in photographing the wedding of
a couple at the Beaches Resort, Turks and Caicos islands in the Caribbean.
We both were shooting with digital Canon D30 cameras. I had been invited
there to teach their photographers by Andy Mann, owner of Tropical Imaging.
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leader inbeen
unable to keep that position. Had I let both of them turn so that we were
looking merely at the sides of both bodies, the picture would not looked
nearly as good.

I used a huge wind machine
to blow out her gown. (Yeah, sure!) The exposure was set for bright sun
and I used a strong flash on-camera to open up the shadow side of their
faces.

This next photograph is also
out of the sequence in which I took the pictures, but it fits well into
the story-telling aspect of the picture coverage at this point. The picture
was actually made with her standing on the outside edge of a porch covering.
I turned her face slightly away from directly out toward the light, so
that I could create the shadows on the near side of her face.

She,


of course, is in a Basic
Pose, her head flowing in the same direction as her body. She's tipping
her head toward her low shoulder, while her left hand is holding the flowers
up to her face. Normally, I would show a little bit more of the bouquet,
but for practical purposes I cropped all the photographs into 8x10 proportions,
since that is what most people have in their albums and that is what most
photographers are concerned about seeing.

In cropping the image I kept
her eyes about a third of the way down from the top of the picture. I
also cropped the composition in the viewfinder to keep a little more space
in front of her in the direction toward which she is looking.

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China is considering handing out three-year jail terms to people who disrespect its national anthem under a new law which could be rolled out to Hong Kong, media said on Tuesday.

The strict new rules could spark a backlash in the former British colony where football fans have booed the anthem in recent matches, sparking fury from authorities and highlighting divisions between the city and the Chinese mainland.

China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People's Congress (NPC), is considering strengthening a new law that came into effect earlier this month that is aimed at ensuring the “appropriate use” of the anthem, Xinhua news agency said.

“Punishment ranges from removal of political rights and public surveillance to criminal detention and imprisonment of up to three years,” it added.

When the National Anthem Law wasfirst passed in September, it was announced that those who disrespected the song could be detained for 15 days.

The Xinhua report did not explain why penalties appeared to have been substantially strengthened, but it said the Standing Committee of the NPC was considering extending the new laws to Hong Kong and the former Portuguese colony of Macau.


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a harbor and terminal district. It became LEDA in the 1990s.

The proposed legislation, Gothreaux said, is being amended as it makes its way through the legislature. Currently, as proposed, it eliminates two appointments by the parish president from nominations by the defunct Central Labor Council of Lafayette; eliminates the nomination of a board member by the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, which is now One Acadiana; adds an appointment by the chancellor of South Louisiana Community College and one appointment each by the Louisiana House members and Louisiana Senate members representing districts where most of the population is in Lafayette Parish.

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From many walks of life, our messages will become louder and clearer as Bradley Manning’s trial continues. He is guilty of “aiding the enemy” only if the enemy is democracy.

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THE professor slammed for making an "innocent" lingerie joke has said the backlash he's faced is an attack on free speech.

Richard Ned Lebow was asked which floor he wanted while in a lift and replied "Ladies' lingerie" - leading a colleague to complain.

2 Richard Ned Lebow, 76, faces disciplinary action after he was asked which floor he wanted in a lift and replied: 'Ladies’ lingerie'

The 76-year-old has spoken out and refuses to apologise as he thinks he did nothing wrong.

The ISA deemed that it violated its code of conduct — and has given him until Tuesday to apologise.

However he has so far refused saying his case violates freedom of speech, and he could face disciplinary charges, putting his 53-year career in jeopardy.

The US academic called the complaint “frivolous”,and introduced in the roofing industry.  This new system, which consisted of but two plies of felt impregnated and bonded together with asphalt, was represented as the equivalent of the four-ply membrane in performance with the advantages of lower cost and greater ease in installation.

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In 1967, appellant, a school district located in the suburbs of Omaha, Nebraska, engaged an architectural engineering firm to design a new high school.  The school was designed and built as a large structure with several distinct roof areas.  The roof over the classrooms and administrative offices is of a complex domed geometry which incorporates multiple valleys, ridges, gabled areas and compound curves.  The school's gymnasium is covered by a roof considered more conventional in architectural design.  In all


areas of the building the roof is supported by structural steel upon which fiberglass sheeting and formboard rest and over which a gypsum substrate has been poured.

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The architect employed by appellant, found by the trial court to be relying at least in part on material published by Celotex, specified the "Bond Ply" system as the roofing membrane to be used on the high school.  Prior to the installation of the "Bond Ply" system the project's roofing subcontractor applied to Celotex for approval of the roof specifications to insure that they were sufficient to entitle the roof to a bond.  Celotex modified these specifications to provide for attachment of the roofing membrane to the underlying structural deck by a process of liquid adhesion known as "mopping", ratherthan by nailing as had originally been specified. Though the manager of the roofing subcontractor expressed his dissatisfaction with this modification, on the insistence of Celotex the first ply of the system was solidly mopped to the gypsum deck.

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Subsequent to the completion of the high school it was discovered that massive leaks had developed in its roof.  These leaks, which were the result of splits in the roofing membrane, caused extensive damage to the interior of the building.  After it became apparent that partial or limited repairs were inadequate to correct the leakage problem, it was determined that the Celotex "Bond Ply" membrane system would be replaced with a conventional four-ply system.  Appellant then sued for the cost of replacement, interior property damage and interruptions