Core Gamers Mostly Male, Casual Gamers Mostly Female, Says NPD

Core gamers were defined as those who play "core" games for five or more hours per week.

Market research firm the NPD Group (who you may know as the guys who provide sales numbers for games every month) has conducted a large-scale survey of American PC gamers, and come up with some interesting observations. The 6,225 members survey were split into three groups - Heavy Core, Light Core, and Casual. Heavy Core gamers play "core" games for five or more hours per week, while Light Core gamers still enjoy core games, but do so for less than five hours a week, and Casual gamers only play non-core games. The survey found that the majority of gamers in the two "core"groups were male, while the casual group was "overwhelmingly female."

Just FYI, In order to qualify as a core gamer for the survey, respondents had to currently play Action/Adventure, Fighting, Flight, Massively Multi-Player (MMO), Racing, Real Time Strategy, Role-Playing, Shooter, or Sport games on a PC/Mac.

The largest segment is Casual at 56 percent, with Light Core at 24 percent, and Heavy Core at 20 percent. Though Heavy Core is the smallest segment, they spend a significantly higher number of hours gaming in an average week, and have spent roughly twice as much money in the past 3 months on physical or digital games for the computer than Casual PC gamers.

Of all the participants surveyed, 51% were male and 49% were female. The survey also determined that 37% of all


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FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2012 file photo, Phil Mickelson plays during the final round of the Northern Trust Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles. Mickelson says he should have kept his opinions on taxes to himself. Mickelson had suggested "drastic changes" were in store for him _ perhaps moving from his native California _ because of changes in federal and state taxes that he says tap into more than 60 percent of his income. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

SAN DIEGO — Phil Mickelson is talking more about how much he pays in taxes than how many fairways he hits off the tee.

Mickelson, regarded as the "People's Choice" for his connection with fans, put his popularity on the line with polarizing comments about how muchhe has to pay in state and federal taxes. The four-time major champion said it might lead to "drastic changes," such as moving from his native California, and that it already caused him to pull out of the San Diego Padres' new ownership group.

His only regret was not keeping his opinion to himself.

"Finances and taxes are a personal matter, and I should not have made my opinions on them public," Mickelson said in a statement released Monday night. "I apologize to those I have upset or insulted, and assure you I intend not to let it happen again."

Mickelson first made a cryptic reference to "what's gone on the last few months politically" during a conference call two weeks ago for the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, where he won


last year for his 40th career PGA Tour title. After his final round Sunday at the Humana Challenge, he was asked what he meant.

"There are going to be some drastic changes for me because I happen to be in that zone that has been targeted both federally and by the state, and it doesn't work for me right now," he said.

Mickelson said the new federal tax rate, and California voting for Proposition 30 to increase taxes on the earnings over $250,000, contributed to total taxes that tap into more than 60 percent of his income.

A majority of PGA Tour players live in Florida and others in Texas, two states that have no state income tax. Tiger Woods grew up in Southern California and played two years at Stanford.He was a California kid when he won an unprecedented three straight U.S. Amateur titles, but when he made his professional debut in Milwaukee a week later, he was listed as being from Orlando, Fla.

"I moved out of here back in '96 for that reason," Woods said Tuesday.

"I enjoy Florida, but also I understand what he was — I think — trying to say," Woods said of the Mickelson comments. "I think he'll probably explain it better and in a little more detail."

Mickelson deflected questions at the Humana Challenge by saying he would prefer to elaborate at his news conference at Torrey Pines.

That couldn't wait.

"I know I have my usual pre-tournament press conference scheduled this week but I felt I needed to address the comments I made following


for the first decade of his career until moving back home to Rancho Santa Fe.

He was part of the group that bought the San Diego Padres, saying that it would be a "significant investment" for him but that he saw it as a great opportunity to get involved in his hometown. Asked if the tax changes were why he withdrew, Mickelson said, "Absolutely."

Mickelson has earned just under $70 million in PGA Tour earnings for his career, which doesn't include corporate endorsements (Callaway, Barclays, Rolex) or his golf course design company, which is thriving in China.

In November, California voters approved Proposition 30, the first statewide tax increase since 2004. It raises the rate on earnings over $250,000 for seven years.

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attempt a single shot all night.

Not choosing Carr, whose highlights on YouTube have amassed more than 8 million views, turned out to be Smith’s sole mistake when organizing the event, as the former Patterson High School star dazzled the crowd, almost making at least three defenders fall (Ellington was nearly a victim) with his Kyrie Irving-like handles and finishing ability. A push off and jumper over former Mindless Behavior member Craig “Prodigy” Crippen Jr. would’ve made Michael Jordan proud and elicited oohs and aahs from the crowd. Carr, who was listed at a generous 5 feet, 7 inches in high school, even stuffed a dunk attempt by the 6-foot Smith that electrified the entire arena.

Carr finished with a game-high 38 points and was awarded MVP honors, much tothe chagrin of Bailey.

At halftime, Smith awarded college scholarships in memory of his late brother Tevin Jones to four local high school seniors. Afterward, there was a performance by the Lethal Ladies of the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women, a Baltimore step team for young women and the subject of a recent Sundance documentary, Step.

After a back-and-forth contest through the first three quarters, business, as they say, picked up in the final minutes of the fourth. Carr scored a basket with just under two minutes left to put the Black Team up 100-96, but the White Team fought back to make it 102-100 with 20 seconds left and the ball in their possession.

With nearly everyone in attendance on their feet, Smith got a wide-open look from behind


Christy Clark once served as chairwoman of B.C. company that she has promoted since becoming premier

A leaked contract shows that B.C. Premier Christy Clark once served as chairwoman of a B.C. company she now touts on official government business, raising concerns over ethics and conflict of interest.

The 2007 document has surfaced one week after it was revealed that the Premier was a partner in her former husband’s lobbying firm, which formerly listed its office at her residence and boasted such clients as Enbridge and B.C. Rail.

According to Ms. Clark’s official bio and campaign materials, “She took a break from government in 2005 to spend more time with her family. She worked in the media during her time from government.”

It was during that time that she was engaged aschairwoman of a Vancouver-based investment firm’s plan to bring affluent international students to Canadian universities — capitalizing on her experience as education minister and deputy premier — with the firm now benefiting from her position as head of the B.C. government.

In the fall of 2007, Ms. Clark entered into a two-year agreement as chairwoman and board member of RCI Capital Group’s RCI Pacific Gateway Education Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the investment firm.

RCI Capital Group has strong federal Conservative and B.C. Liberal ties – listing former federal Conservative cabinet ministers Stockwell Day as lead director and John Reynolds as non-executive chairman.

RCI boasts more than “$7-billion in transactions, primarily in natural resources” and also facilitated the arrival of wealthy immigrant investors to Canada under the now defunct federal


with the firm was unpaid.”

Last week, Ms. Clark’s press secretary responded to leaked documents, published by the Vancouver Observer, showing her links to Burrard Communications and links between that firm and Enbridge, the energy giant in the process of seeking federal approval for the Northern Gateway pipeline project that will traverse the province. Sam Oliphant told reporters that Enbridge was no longer a client of Burrard by the time Ms. Clark had joined as a partner.

Federal lobbying records show Burrard listed its earlier office at Ms. Clark’s residential address during the period of time that she was an elected MLA and when the firm was engaged in lobbying for Enbridge Inc. on “issues related to their Gateway Project. This involved strategic communications advice and federal government relations.”

In 2007,while Ms. Clark was chairwoman of RCI Capital Group, the company was also a client of Burrard Communications – according to a leaked Confidential Government Relations Plan prepared for RCI.

Provincial records show that Mr. Marissen, along with lawyer Andrew Wilkinson, were lobbying the B.C. government on behalf of RCI Capital Group. Mr. Wilkinson was appointed by Ms. Clark to cabinet in 2013.


North Carolina House Panel Wants More Digital Technology in Schools

North Carolina lawmakers want to ensure students and teachers are prepared for a digital world.

The House Education Committee approved three bills Tuesday related to school technology and Internet access.

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Hour of Slack # 1293 – Rerun of #777 – Slack Vs. Earth Vs. Mars

In the archive of old shows this one had a note scrawled on it: “GOOD ONE!” It features some fine excerpts from the Puzzling Evidence and ESO Swamp Radio shows of the time, early 2001, as well as truly bizarre music (The Bran Flakes, Great Groovy Neptune, The Band That Dare Not Speak Its Name, Big Mess Orchestra), a rant about The Conspiracy by Ivan Stang from the Winterstar Symposium, and another rant by St. @ndrew at a Tampa devival. But what makes this rerun special is that it is probably the first time we ever revealed on Hour of Slack (and in public generally) the truth about Earth and


her new record Break Every Rule: Typical Male and Two People, as well as the classic Private Dancer. Tina is introduced by television presenter Ron Brandsteder, and she also appears in the finale of the show. Above you can see the performance of Typical Male, continue reading for the videos of Two People and Private Dancer.

21 years ago today, Tina Turner performed at the Feijenoord Stadium in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, as part of her Foreign Affair European tour. Later that year in November, Tina would finish her Foreign Affair tour also in Rotterdam, this time at the smaller indoor venue Ahoy. At that time, the tour was promoted as Tina’s final big tour, it turned out that it would be one of many ‘farewell’ tours! Below you willcalled her a liar regarding her statements about her
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Culture.pl brings you everything you ever wanted to know about Polish duels. All the noble drama and not-so-noble ridiculousness of duelling, from its origins in the Middle Ages through to its end in the 20th century. And, of course, famous incarnations of duellists in Polish culture too.

‘This affront demands bloodshed!’ as Aleksander Fredro wrote in his famous 1838 comedy play Revenge. Although his characters only end up considering duelling, rather than going through with it, the quote is an ideal mood-setter for this primer on Poland’s duelling past…

Your honour is restored, monsieur

The first honorary duel is said to have occurred in 1547 in France. The French noblemen Guy Chabot felt insulted by a piece of gossip implying he was maintaining intimate relations with his stepmother. Another aristocrat, Francoisde De Vivonne, supported the unkind suggestions and was challenged by Chabot who called him a liar. In the resulting sword duel, Chabot managed to neutralise his opponent with a blow to his upper leg, receiving satisfaction, as the phrase goes. The wounded died a few hours later. The reigning king of France Henri II approved of the way the matter was handled, and, according to historian William Wiley, said to Chabot: ‘You have done your duty, and your honour is hereby restored’. Thus the path of duelling for one’s honour was legitimised. It wasn’t long before France became notorious for them: it’s estimated that in the years 1589-1608, a massive 8,000 people lost their lives duelling.

In the centuries to come, honorary fights remained popular in France, and


were usually fought in public in a circle formed by onlookers, and finally the weapon of choice was a traditional large sabre.

A classic description of a Sarmatian duel cis given by Nobel prize-winner Henryk Sienkiewicz in The Deluge, one of his historical novels set in the mid-17th century. The impulsive Kmicic fights against the expert swordsman Wołodyjowski, the reason of the duel being, of course, a woman – the beautiful Oleńka whom they are both courting.

- Where shall we stand? – Kmicic asked vigorously. - Here… the courtyard’s flat as a table. (…) In the meantime the noblemen silently formed a circle around the two knights; (…) inside of it the two opponents were gazing at each other. (…) The first clang echoed in the hearts of allas fiction. Actual duels typically started not with valiant chevaliers stepping forward in the name of fair ladies, but with silly disagreements at drunken parties or political gatherings. The 17th-century nobleman and long-time soldier Jan Chryzostom Pasek left behind in his famed memoirs, considered an important historical source, a description of a real-life duel he himself had fought at a Polish war camp:

The Nuczyński brothers were drinking with their cousin (...) and I was invited too. Though I wish I never had been! When Nuczyński got drunk he turned really mean. I myself, drunk like the rest, said (…): ‘There was no sense in inviting me here since I’m being offended and poured over with mead’. I left the shanty (…) Nuczyński caught up with me and said:


an invention of godless and mindless persons’. As you can imagine, that sort of badmouthing didn’t stop anybody from fighting either.

Casanova versus the general

Although frequent, duels in Poland were never as insanely popular as they were in France, where it is believed that in the beginning of the 17th century alone 30,000 people lost their lives duelling. Moreover, the popularity of honorary duels in Poland started to dwindle in the 18th century. This was possibly linked to the ‘crisis of the chivalrous spirit’ that historians Jerzy Cichowski and Andrzej Szulczyński claim occurred – an inevitable result of the wars that had forced Polish troops to fight on both sides of the barricade, ruining their the morale (e.g. the Great Northern War). Still, the era in question saw oneof the best known duels that ever took place on Polish soil: the famed Italian adventurer Giovanni Casanova, who was visiting Warsaw, versus General Franciszek Ksawery Branicki, a friend of King Stanisław August himself.

On 4th March 1766, during the interval of a show at Warsaw’s Saxon Opry, the two men had a disagreement backstage. It was caused, you guessed it, by them being interested in the same woman – the graceful Italian ballerina Teresa Casacci who was performing that evening. Branicki is said to have called Casanova ‘a coward’ after the latter willingly agreed to leave the dancer’s dressing room on the Pole’s request. The Italian found that insult to be ‘a little too much’ and challenged Branicki to a duel. Following Branicki’s suggestion the two decided to


Casanova was eventually given the status of persona non grata and had to leave Poland.

Joseph Conrad’s inspiration?

Toward the end of the 18th century, Poland was partitioned by Russia, Austria and Germany and became subject to the laws of these countries. All three imposed judicial systems penalised the persistent phenomenon of duels, but – like in the Polish system they had substituted – the authorities often just looked away, so duelling just continued.

In 1863, Poland tried to regain its liberty through a rebellion called the January Uprising, during which a noted duel occurred between Joseph Conrad’s uncle, Stefan Bobrowski, and Adam Grabowski. The former was truly devoted to the cause of independence, whereas the latter is remembered more as a political plotter. That’s how he was described by thepossible that this sad story was one of the inspirations that prompted Conrad to write The Duel years later.

Another beloved literary skirmish

A fictitious pistol duel taking place in partitioned Poland is an important episode in The Doll, the 1890 masterpiece by Bolesław Prus, who had participated in the failed January Uprising himself. The novel’s protagonist Wokulski challenges Baron Krzeszowski after the latter jostles him at a Warsaw horse track. Unknown to the baron, the real reason behind the challenge is that Wokulski had seen him being unpleasant to Izabella Łęcka, a beauty who Wokulski is madly in love with.

The duel takes place in a forest outside Warsaw. Just before the shooting commences, the baron notices that his opponent is highly embittered and thinks to himself: ‘This isn’t about


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The New Testament of duels spreads the good news

In partitioned Poland, nine years before The Doll, the first Polish honorary codex or book containing informal rules concerning duels (e.g. how to organise and fight them) was published. Written by Józef Naimski, it’s titled simply O Pojedynkach (On Duels). Other such publications by different authors followed, but it was only after Poland regained its independence in 1918 that one of them gained widespread popularity.

Written in 1919 by the lawyer and prospective captain in the Polish Army Władysław Boziewicz, this new hit was called Polski Kodeks Honorowy (The Polish Honorary Codex). Valued for the clarity with which it explained the intricacies of honorary issues, it quickly became the go-to publication for all those curiousArtists were also allowed, but only if they were noted ones – the codex serves up painters and writers as examples – and anybody else ‘who raises above the normal level of an honest man’, such as a peasant elected to parliament. Excluded from this merry lot of potential opponents were women, clergymen, notorious alcoholics, and a number of other categories of people. The most notable category is probably tabloid journalists, since, like today, they were obviously at high risk of making others go into a duel-demanding frenzy.

Boziewicz’s codex also specified the rules and types of duels. You could choose between a sabre and pistol fight which would last either to first or second blood, or until a ‘complete duelling inability’ of one of the parties had been


April and ended after the colonel was wounded once and the journalist twice. Fortunately, the injuries didn’t prove lethal. Sadly, after the fight the two still couldn’t reconcile.

It is widely accepted that the last honorary duel in Polish history took place as late as just after World War II, this time in Britain. In 1946, two ranking Allied veterans, Leonard Zub-Zdanowicz and Zygmunt Pohorski had a disagreement at a military casino. In the ensuing sabre duel, Pohorski gave Zdanowicz a bad wound to the cheek and that was the end of it.

Looking back on at all the history of violence above, let’s just hope this little post-war scuffle was indeed the last honorary duel in Polish history. In fact, in any country’s history! Though perhaps at times romantic,and is elastically engaged with an inlet projection 6t of the main body 1 of the cleaner.
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One the greatest upsets of the election took place in Sheffield Hallam, where a pro-Corbyn candidate defeated Nick Clegg. Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists reports

original article was updated on June 15 2017

Sheffield Hallam is one of the richest constituencies in the country and had never previously been in Labour hands. Yet on June 8 Labour’s Jared O’Mara, a member of Momentum, defeated former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg.

Oddly enough, it was also an upset for the regional Labour Party too. The campaign was underfunded, understaffed and would have not have got off the ground without the help of local Momentum supporters. No cash was allocated from the regional party office for Hallam’s campaign, and so the entire £4,000 spent (compared to the maximum of £12,000 per constituency)will undoubtedly do so again ), in Penistone and Stocksbridge constituency to the north of the city and directed volunteers from across the other five Sheffield constituencies to that area. Hallam was effectively written off, despite the fact that in 2015 Nick Clegg only won the seat with a margin of just over 2,500 votes.

Jared O’Mara has a very low profile, to put it mildly. He is a disability campaigner with cerebral palsy, has run twice – unsuccessfully – for the local council and is treasurer of the small Sheffield City Labour Party branch. In effect he was regarded as a mere paper candidate.

But, once local Momentum members and others on the Labour left heard that a fellow Corbyn supporter had been selected as the candidate, they pulled


out all the stops to make it a successful campaign. It was an uphill struggle against the Labour bureaucracy: for days after the election was called there were no leaflets, no web presence and hardly any official support for the campaign. Residents in Hallam were bombarded with one glossy, pre-produced Lib Dem leaflet after the next, while the scruffy black and white numbers produced for Jared looked like something the cat had dragged in. Large areas of Hallam were entirely left out of the ‘campaign plan’ and no effort was made to leaflet or canvass there.

It was Momentum members who first got together with Jared to take some photographs of him, plan the campaign and discuss how to make it as vibrant as possible. It was Momentum membersNew Book Warns Of The Supreme Court's Power

With the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh pending, NPR's Michel Martin interviews David A. Kaplan about his new book, The Most Dangerous Branch: Inside the Supreme Court's Assault on the Constitution.

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

The Senate Judiciary Committee opens hearings Tuesday into the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. Democrats have tried unsuccessfully to slow this down. They've asked to review more documents relating to Kavanaugh's past work. They've also questioned the propriety of confirming another Trump nominee when the court may have to rule on sensitive legal matters involving the president.

With all this in the air, we're going to begin our program today with a conversation about a new book out Tuesday. It's called "The Most Dangerous Branch: Inside The


fight drug addiction. It makes no sense to repeat those mistakes in North Carolina."

Two days later, the Senate voted to override the governor’s veto with no objections.

Now North Carolina is one of 13 states with laws that require drug tests for those who receive public assistance benefits. Some of these states have witnessed similar outcomes.

Tennessee’s Department of Human Services recently released information finding only 65 of the 39,121 people who have been screened for the state's Families First assistance program have tested positive for illegal drug use since July 1, 2014. In Arizona, the result was one person out of 87,000 total recipients. In Utah, it was 12 out of 47,000 screened.

Back in North Carolina, reviews of the results have been mixed.

Division of Social Services Director Wayne Blackfor example, she began her set with raqs-e arabi to a well-known Egyptian composition, wearing a standard cabaret costume of pink and silver. Weaving her way through the audience, she played with them, dancing on chairs and tables, making them laugh. She returned to the stage and spoke to the audience in Persian, welcoming them, expressing the wish that they have a good time, and telling a few jokes, some of them about herself. After introducing the musicians, she began a quick series of traditional Iranian dances: a brief jâheli bit, followed by Qâssemâbâdi, and finishing with bandari. She left the stage and quickly returned with her hair pulled back and wearing the Kolah makhmali.

The jâheli style is perhaps the most unusual Persian dance style, not understood by


traditional performing arts -- dance in particular -- fell out of favor with many Iranians. This was due to the desire to imitate not only western-style democracy, but also to adopt western-style culture, as though the latter could help bring about the former. Persian dance was looked upon as a degenerate art form -- the province of prostitutes -- and decidedly inferior to western forms of dance, such as ballet. Whether you like her dancing or not, Jamileh is important as either a social reformer, rehabilitating Persian dance and making it acceptable for Iranian audiences, or as a reflection of an increasing acceptance of Iranian traditional arts. With her appearances on television in Iran thirty and more years ago, Jamileh brought Persian dance “out of the closet” andinto the public eye, where it was again appreciated for its beauties and charm.

Raqs-e Jamileh Video

There is a video available from Pars Video that features all of her dance styles. This video is mostly from Jamileh’s television appearances in the late 1960s and early 1970s, a time period clearly reflected by the bell-bottomed costuming and men’s haircuts. At this time, westernization in Iran was at its peak among the upper classes; many Iranians had by then been educated abroad, and while Iranian traditional arts were making their comeback, it was still very fashionable in those circles to imitate the dress and culture of Europe and the United States (in these days of “Iran-bashing” in the U.S. and “U.S.-bashing” in Iran, it is instructive to remember how much interest


Professor Manuel Lopes dos Santos was always an uncommon teacher. In addition to being a natural leader, he knew how to encourage and recognize the quality of each member of his team, as well as how to bring new members into the group. It was thus that he formed and directed the Discipline of Pulmonology of the *Escola Paulista de Medicina* (EPM, Paulista School of Medicine), in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, which is recognized as a center of excellence in pulmonology training, at the national and international level. He was the first preceptor of the residency program at the Hospital São Paulo (HSP), operated by the EPM, demonstrating the relevance of in-service training, which is the gold standard for professional training. He was a manager ofthe center of excellence, head of the discipline, director of the HSP, and director of the EPM, which he transformed into the Federal University of São Paulo, becoming its first rector. He founded the Paulista Society of Pulmonology and Phthisiology, after which he launched the Journal of Pulmonology (which would later become the JBP) and was its first editor.[@B1]

It was common to hear Professor Santos say, "São Paulo owes a debt to the country. We must train pulmonologists as a group of critical thinkers who will disseminate knowledge throughout the country." In addition to receiving students from other countries in Latin America, he taught students from every state in Brazil, making the EPM Discipline of Pulmonology the leading producer of pulmonology specialists in the country. He also actively


collaborated in the development of the first graduate program in pulmonology in Brazil. His ability to impart knowledge was without par, due to the empathy he had for all who wanted to learn and work, as well as the unconditional love he had for the mission of teaching.

Although Professor Santos could have been treated at any other hospital, including one of those with virtually infinite resources, he always chose the HSP, where, despite a lack of material resources, he could be surrounded by the throng of critically thinking, humane professionals that he had helped educate. In addition, he always had the good sense to use the facility in which he believed and at which he had treated all of his own patients.

The loss of Professor Santos will feltMARTIN COUNTY — A man accused of “slapping” his girlfriend with a cheeseburger was arrested on a battery charge, according to a Martin County Sheriff’s Office report.

Kyle Jamison Jones, 30, was jailed by Martin County sheriff's deputies after the 4:20 a.m. May 4 alleged burger beatdown.

The 28-year-old woman identified as the victim told dispatchers her live-in boyfriend of seven years attacked her.

More: Naked pedestrian nabbed in Port St. Lucie

She said her boyfriend, Jones, “woke her up by slapping her with a cheeseburger,” the report states.

A cheeseburger is a hamburger with cheese.

The girlfriend said Jones pulled her by the hair and kicked her down the stairs.

Investigators found no injuries on the girlfriend, though did turn up “several remnants of said cheeseburger on her person.”

More: Beer ‘brewhaha’ doesn’t skunk investigators

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models used different terms than participation, including
"handicap" to indicate a disadvantage in society [21] and
"disability" tosuch structures, and less disabled in social
environments with acceptance of variations in body functions and
structures than in social environments without such acceptance.
Therefore, participation is affected by aspects of an individual's
physical condition; motor and cognitive functioning; availability and
use of assistive devices; and the physical, social, and public-resource
environments in which they live.

In addition, we may need to expand definitions of participation to
include some unexplored areas that could be important from a conceptual
standpoint. Attention has not been given to the concept of negative
participation, wherein individuals engage in antisocial or illegal
interpersonal activities. Cyberparticipation, wherein individuals
interact without direct or even real-time contact with others, is
beginning to be incorporated into concepts of participation.
Hyperparticipation, wherein individuals engage in greater amounts of
interpersonal activities than they desire (when family, school,
community, and work demands exceed their preferences), has


the Faculty of Medicine or Faculty of Military Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Polandage 18--30 years

Exclusion criteria:formal inability to sit the first attempt of the final examination of Pharmacologychronic diseases: neurological, psychiatric, cardiological, gastroenterological, immunological, endocrine, or infectiousstate of immunosuppressionhistory of hospitalization (up to three months before entrance to the study)presence of central venous catheterparenteral nutritioncurrent pregnancy or intention to become pregnant within three months from the entrance to the studycurrent lactationallergic reaction (up to three months before entrance to the study)hypersensitivity to yeast, maltodextrins, potato starch, magnesium stearate, hypromellose, gelatin, glycerol, or titanium dioxidebody mass index over 30chronic medication use (up to three months before entrance to the study; "chronic" was defined from a frequency perspective as "at least 90 days a year on average"; pharmacological contraceptivesthe study and to take one capsule a day, swallowed as a whole in the morning during or after the breakfast, washing down with a glass of water, for 30 days starting on the designated day. Together with the product, participants received "study diaries" to note any adverse event (AE) occurring at follow up.

At the end of the intervention period, a day before the final examination in pharmacology (day 29) between 16:00 and 17:00, participants collected a second sample of saliva at home (to assess the "preexamination" level of cortisol and metanephrine) following the same restrictions and with the same procedure as previously described, which was stored and transported under the same conditions. On that day, they also performed a preexamination test in pharmacology as described above.

On the


Bad Ideas That Will Never Die

(Image:CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate)Three decades ago, when I went off for my year in the United States government, an old hand explained to me the nature of the job: it was mostly about fighting bad ideas. And these bad ideas, he went on to explain, were like cockroaches: no matter how many times you flush them down the toilet, they keep coming back. Lovely image, isn't it? But I have been noticing a lot of cockroaches lately.

I recently gave a book talk at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, which was actually a lovely event. But sure enough, there were people in the audience insisting that former Congressman Barney Frank, as part of a powerless Democratic minority in thethe American housing crisis that has become G.O.P. orthodoxy, and was regurgitated by Senator Marco Rubio in his response to President Obama's State of the Union address in February: at the time when evil liberals were supposedly forcing helpless bankers to lend during a housing bubble, leading to crisis, pretty much the very same people now claiming that it was all the government's fault were vehemently denying that there was a bubble — and asserting that the only reason anyone even imagined that there might be a housing crisis looming was the malign impact of the biased liberal media.

Bad Ideas That Will Never Die

(Image:CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate)Three decades ago, when I went off for my year in the United States government, an old hand


be the body that tries impeachments, okay? Now the question is who presides over that trial, because the Senate's going to be the, the body that tries all impeachments including the Vice President's impeachment. Who presides over it? Here's what the text says; again Article One, Section Three, the vice president of the United States shall be the president of the Senate. So he's the presiding officer. So if you just read the words literally by the rules of English, the vice president would preside at his own impeachment trial. Can that be right? Is that what the Constitution really means, properly interpreted, properly construed? Now it turns out there are a couple of additional clauses that we have to take into account. And indeed one of theperson gets to preside only when I'm absent, and I'm here. Well there is one other provision that, that, might be in the neighborhood. Here it is. These are all from Article One Section Three. They are all kind of right next to each other, pretty much, in the Constitution. When the president of the United States is tried in an impeachment court, the chief justice shall preside. And indeed this picture, which we're going to talk about at the end of, of this series of lectures end of the next lecture is a picture a picture, a, a picture of, the first presidential impeachment trial. The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson. And the presiding officer is indeed, the Chief Justice of the United States, Salmon P.


of the manor himself were a party to the lawsuit because no man can be a judge in his own case. That's a first principle. Blackstone says it would be absurd to read that statute to apply for lord of the manor himself is actually one of the litigant because no man can be a judge in his own case. That's actually the example Blackstone uses for when it's proper for judges to deviate from the literal meaning of the law in order to avoid an absurd result that the legislature actually didn't have in mind. And remember, Blackstone is the leading authority on the nature of law and legal interpretation in revolutionary era America. And a simple straight forward application of the absurdity principle. No, vice presidentjustice should. Why shouldn't the vice president preside? Because he would have a stake in it. Because if the president were convicted he'd move up and, and that would give him sort of an improper bias. And and remember at the time of the founding the vice president is not the president's best buddy, his running mate, his teammate, his ticket partner. He's the guy who came in second in the presidential contest. He's the rival of the president. He's Thomas Jefferson when John Adams is president. Remember Thomas Jefferson is vice president, when the two men run against each other, ran against each other. And if, and if John Adams as president were to be impeached and tried in the Senate, it would be wrong for Thomas


have had to decide what does it mean to be a judge in your own case. What happens, for example, if you're presiding over a trial in which your brother is a litigant? Which has happened. Brockhurst Livingston, a justice on the Supreme Court, sat on a trial where his, his brother, Robert Livingston, had a steamboat monopoly patent at issue. Roger Tawnee, Chief Justice of the United States, didn't recuse himself when his brother-in-law a man named Francis Scott Key, you may have heard of him, was the lawyer in the case. In the Dred Scott case Benjamin Curtis actually dissented and in the process sided with the lawyer for Dred Scott, who happened to be his brother, George Ticknor Curtis. So, you have a, a ruleKoei Tecmo has announced the western release dates for Attack on Titan 2.

The Omega Force-developed action game will launch across PC (via Steam), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch on March 20th in North America and Europe. The Japanese release is set for PC, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, and Switch on March 15th.

Featured above, a new story trailer was released alongside the release announcement. Koei Tecmo also confirmed new characters that will be playable for the first time in the sequel, including: Annie Leonhart, Bertholdt Hoover, and Reiner Braun.

In case you missed it, you can find our thorough written and video review for the original Attack on Titan game here (we highly recommend it).


A new paper from scientists at The University of Manchester has discovered why some volcanic eruptions are more explosive than others.

Basaltic eruptions are the most common form of volcanic eruption, and for the most part, they involve relatively tame magma activity. Occasionally, however, the magma activity results in highly explosive and hazardous eruptions. The latter are known as Plinian eruptions, after the Ancient Roman writer who described the eruption of Mt Vesuvius in 79AD.

A new paper, "Magma fragmentation in highly explosive basaltic eruptions induced by rapid crystallisation", published in the journal Nature Geoscience, proposes an explanation for this discrepancy. When magma is rapidly expelled from a volcano, it undergoes rapid cooling. This induces the formation of crystals, resulting in a sudden increase in the viscosity of the magma.In turn, this produces magma fragmentation, creating a highly explosive eruption.

Dr Fabio Arzilli, from The University of Manchester, and his colleagues discovered this process using a combination of numerical modelling and in situ and ex situ experiments. They also observed natural samples from previous highly explosive basaltic eruptions, such as the 1886 Tarawera eruption in New Zealand. The work was carried out with partners at the Oxfordshire-based Diamond Light Source.


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Director and DJ, Ian French (Naif) is passionate about every genre of music from Breakbeat, to Drum & Bass, to Techno and Progressive House. If he was to describe his preferred style of music he would probably describe it simply as electronic music. Besides his love for music and DJing his other passions are fine cuisine, wine, and travel.with the responsibility of finding bank accounts in
Switzerland
belonging to non-Swiss indigenes, which have remained dormant since World
War
II. It may interest you to know that in July of 1997, the Swiss Banker's
Association published a list of dormant accounts originally opened by
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citizens. These accounts had been dormant since the end of World War II
(May 9,
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The continuing efforts of the Independent Committee of Eminent Persons
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including interest-bearing savings accounts, securities accounts, safe
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bearing when established.

The Claims Resolution Tribunal (CRT) handles processing of all claims on
accounts due non-Swiss citizens. A dormant account


Turkish convict 'beats girlfriend on first day of freedom'

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A Turkish convict has brutally beaten his girlfriend in yet another crime he committed on the first day of freedom, according to the victim.A young woman, identified as M.Ç., was hospitalized in Istanbul late June 26 with a broken nose and teeth. The victim told the police that she was beaten by her boyfriend, Onur Özbizerdik, Doğan News Agency reported on June 27.According to her testimony, the woman met Özbizerdik in Istanbul's Nişantaşı neighborhood and the couple then went to a forest in Sarıyer. She reportedly said that the man beat her in the forest by claiming that she was the informer who let the police catch him after one of his crimes.Having six criminal records in the past, Özbizerdikwas released on probation earlier June 26 on charges of firing on a group of people at a restaurant in the Etiler neighborhood where he had gone with his girlfriend on May 30.Özbizerdik had shot several people in the past, served jail time over a murder in Istanbul, but was always released in the end. He is the grandson of Dündar Kılıç and the son of Alaattin Çakıcı, two well-known figures of Turkey's criminal world.Alaattin Çakıcı was convicted of instigating the murder of his wife and Dündar Kılıç's daughter in front of their son, Onur Özbizerdik, in 1995.


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Bringing to Life "Strawberry Fields Forever"

A Communal Place of Peace

An essential pilgrimage for Beatles fans since John Lennon's death in 1980, Strawberry Fields, located in Central Park, is a living tribute to the man who inspired myriad of people through his music and social activism.

While Strawberry Fields is a popular spot for Beatles fans to gather year–round and for City residents to find solace, it is especially cherished and meaningful on the anniversary of John Lennon's death, December 8.

Selecting & Naming Strawberry Fields

Four months after his tragic murder on December 8, 1980, the City Council designated a 2.5 acre landscape in Central Park "Strawberry Fields," named such after the popular 1967Beatles song "Strawberry Fields Forever."

Strawberry Fields is located just yards away from John Lennon and Yoko Ono's home, the Dakota Apartments, where Lennon was shot.

Thanks in part to a donation by Lennon's widow Yoko Ono in 1984, landscape architect Bruce Kelly was able to oversee the area's renovation. Two highlights of the landscape, the Garden of Peace and the Imagine monument, were created during this period of improvement (1984-1985).

Garden of Peace: A Meditative Space

Using Yoko Ono's 1984 funding for the improvement of Strawberry Fields, Bruce Kelly designed the Garden of Peace. This contemplative space, fashioned in harmony with the original vision of Central Park creators Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, abounds with shrubs, trees, flowers, and rocks donated by 150 nations around the world.

Imagine a Monument

As part


of the Garden of Peace constructed during the 1984 repairs and developments, Neopolitan artisans crafted a circular black and white marble mosaic impressed with the word "Imagine" at its center and donated it to the park.

With its reference to the 1971 hit Beatles song "Imagine," an idealistic song about a better world, and its beautiful starburst pattern, the mosaic provides comfort and inspiration for casual passerby and eager visitor alike.

Visiting Strawberry Fields

Strawberry Fields is located on the west side of Central Park between 71st and 74th streets. By subway, take the B or C train to 72nd Street station and enter the park.officers and soldiers who were part of the Mavi Marmara raid. Also, Israel will pay $20 million to a humanitarian fund as compensation to the families of the Mavi Marmara victims.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously apologized for the deaths, which had been another Turkish condition for the resumption of diplomatic ties.


WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Tuesday expanded his criticism of the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault and used his strongest words yet to question women coming forward to report abuse.

Speaking to a packed hall in Mississippi, Trump also openly mocked Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh’s accuser, remarking on her difficulty remembering aspects of the alleged attack 36 years ago when the two were in high school.

Trump described the nation's current political climate as "an important time for our country." Though he did not mention the #MeToo movement directly by name, he went on to suggest that men like Kavanaugh are under siege from accusations of assault.

"It's a damn sad situation, okay?" Trump said to the Southaven, Miss., crowd. "And we betterstart as a country getting smart, and getting tough."

Trump laid out a scenario in which a man gets a job at General Motors but then is faced with accusations of sexual assault from a woman.

"This is a time when your father, when your husband, when your brother, when your son could do great," Trump said, who then changed the inflection of his voice to dread as he intoned a conversation between the accused and his mother.

"Mom, a terrible thing just happened," Trump said. "What do I do, mom?"

Trump's remarks came hours after he told reporters at the White House that it was a "scary time for young men."

More:Trump: It's a 'very scary time for young men in America'

More:Even if Kavanaugh confirmed, fight over sex assault allegations unlikely to


the blue because they have to to get the film going. The abundance of action scenes makes you forget about anything that resembles a plot. I could have handled the bad writing if the characters had meat to them. If they would not spell out the names you would not even be aware of who they were. Amy Adams as Lois Lane is a joke. Biggest miscast ever! Apart from her physical appearance (honestly people, a red headed Lois Lane) there was nothing that made me remind of the character I know. Lois Lane was always on top of things with not much regard of her own life. Sometimes bordering stupidity but at least she had a lot of spunk. Amy Adams was squealing her lines and wasBAAMS Special Committees

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Role: Assists in organizing and implementing an effective way to recruit new members and retain current members. Responsibilities include contacting prospective members to invite them to join BAAMS, contact new members, solicit feedback for improvement, and encourage renewals.

Conference Planning and Continuing Education Committee

Role: Led by the APBA and ABAI representatives and will coordinate the BAAMS annual conference, soliciting speakers, coordinating the conference activities, soliciting sponsors, sending out and review call for papers submissions, tracking attendance and registration, disseminating information to presenters and attendees, coordinating continuing education units, recruiting volunteers, and assisting with communications for the conference via social media and other technologies.

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Chair: Matthew Davidson

Committee Members: Dan Gadke, Emily Johnson, Neelima Duncan

Role: Guide and support BAAMS initiatives and programs related to the development


feelings, memories, abilities to think, and personalities will be collected and uploaded on a chip, that chip is supposed to function like a human brain, if the project is successful, human brains will be replaced by a small chip. Another thing, uploading minds on a data server is like creating a virtual world. This concept sounds fictional, and it is hard to understand. Human minds will be collected and uploaded on a virtual world, instead of living in a real world, they now all live in a world created by computer data, people might "live" in that world even when their real-life self are dead.

Elon Musk, current CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, wanted to connect human brains with computers. According to Musk, the project was started in 2020.Becky Bradley, 33, got engaged on Valentine's Day — and wanted nothing more than to marry her fiancé, Jarrod. Sadly, the bride-to-be has a serious brain tumor, and between chemotherapy and countless doctor's appointment, her dream wedding seemed to be just that, a dream.

But on her birthday, September 22, she received the surprise of a lifetime.

Her team of doctors and nurses at Levine Cancer Institute in Charlotte, North Carolina, threw her a birthday party during her treatment. When she opened the card they got her, she was surprised to find an invitation inside — to her own wedding.

The staff enlisted their community and made everything happen in just two weeks. St. Mary's Chapel was happy to host the ceremony on October 9 with 60 guests in attendance, and


Olde Mecklenburg Brewery did the same for the reception — all at no cost.

Becky and Jarrod had met in July 2013. That summer, a bad sinus infection sent Becky to Levine Cancer Institute to get checked out. Doctors found a brain tumor and immediately operated on her to remove it. She was doing well until December 2015 when the tumor came back.

Becky and Jarrod during the ceremony. Courtesy of Irresistible Portraits

"I didn't want to waste any time," Jarrod, 36, told TODAY, about his Valentine's Day proposal.

RELATED: Teen with cancer marries sweetheart at hospital, with 78K people watching

Becky and Jarrod with the staff at Levine Cancer Institute. Courtesy of Irresistible Portraits

Becky was treated to hair and makeup and had everyone from a local DJ to Pastor Lee Jock providefather on life support

Becky's family with a life-sized cardboard cutout of her brother, who couldn't make it because he's serving in Afghanistan. Courtesy of Irresistible Portraits

As the night went on, emotions ran high, especially during their first dance as man and wife to Michael Bublé's "Hold On".

"The hardest part of the night was our first dance," Jarrod said. "She was in a wheelchair so it was pretty heartbreaking."

Becky and Jarrod sharing an emotional dance to "Hold On" by Michael Buble. Courtesy of Irresistible Portraits

"Becky has such a good heart, this was the least we could do for her," Serena Perera, Becky's nurse, told TODAY.

This story is part of NBCU's Share Kindness. Follow the series on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. #ShareKindness


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Unique custom home on desirable street in Briar Hill. Mid-Century Modern style offers great potential. Perfect for a young family within walking distance of schools, Foothills hospital, U of C, C-Train and all amenities. Total of 3 bedrooms on 1826 sf. New hardwood flooring with slate in bath and kitchen areas. Large windows frame valley views from the kitchen and living area. Walk-out from family room to sunny south facing yard. Mature landscaping on a large 60′ wide lot and siding onto natural reserve offering plenty of privacy. Dual heating system with hot water radiant and forced air offer excellent comfort. Don’t miss this great opportunity to enjoy living in Briar Hill.FoodService Director selects finalists for Goldies Awards

Winners to be announced Feb. 28.

The University of Massachusetts, with two entries, leads the finalists for the 2012 Goldies Awards, sponsored by FoodService Director and The Culinary Institute of America. The awards will be presented Feb. 28 at MenuDirections 2012, to be held in Charleston, S.C.

"We received a lot of high quality entries this year, from a broader cross-section of the industry than we did last year," said FSD Editor Paul King. "These finalists truly represent the best of the best, and the judges at the CIA will have a hard time choosing from among them."

In the category Going Green, the finalists are Legg Mason, Baltimore (a Restaurant Associates account); the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the University of Washington, Seattle. In


Health & Wellness, the finalists are The College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass.; the El Monte (Calif.) City School District, and the University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H..

In Food Democracy, the finalists are the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas; Sodexo, Gaithersburg, Md., and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. In Focusing on the Guest, the finalists are Compass Group, Charlotte, N.C.; Yale University, New Haven, Conn.; Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, N.J., and the Orlando Health & Rehabilitation Center, Orlano, Fla.Israel and Australia roughly stayed on their trend paths while the United States and the Eurozone did not. These developments can be seen in terms of money supply and money velocity deviations from their trends. In order for total money spending to stay on path, monetary policy has to adjust its stance so that changes in the money supply and money velocity offset each other. As seen below, all of these countries were effectively doing that prior to crisis, but only Israel and Australia continued doing so during the crisis. The grey bars show where the United States and the Eurozone did not do the offsets.

Both Israel and Australia are great success stories of what monetary policy can do even in a severe crisis. Israel's performance, in particular,


The February nominations for the Sky Bet Championship Player of the Month Award are:

Oli McBurnie (Barnsley)

The young Scot has made a startling impact at Oakwell, scoring four goals in four starts - all but one of Barnsley’s tally in February. He wants the ball all the time, loves to take on defenders using his trickery and knows how to finish.

Sean Morrison (Cardiff City)

The commanding leader of a Cardiff defence which conceded just two goals all month. Strong in the tackle, it is his power in the air which made the difference in both areas, scoring three goals in five games – all headers.

Tim Ream (Fulham)

For all Fulham’s flowing football, Ream’s composure at the back was central to three clean sheets in the month. Magnificent against Aston Villa, hislast-ditch tackle on Benik Afobe against leaders Wolves exemplified his determination.

Billy Sharp (Sheffield United)

Irregular playing time in January served to spur on a focused Sharp to rediscover his scoring touch in February. As well as an assist against QPR, he managed four goals in four games, including a wonderful scissors kick volley against Leeds.

The winner will be announced on Friday 9th March.

The judging panel comprises Sky Sports’ EFL expert Don Goodman; League Managers’ Association Director Olaf Dixon and Sky Bet EFL Trader Mikey Mumford.


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was patriarch of Armenia in 1058, but was oppressed by the Byzantine emperor Constantine Ducas, who imprisoned him for some three years, and then banished him to Cappadocia. He died in 1064. Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 27:676.MCMINNVILLE, Ore. (KOIN) — Several suspects involved an August 6 gang shooting were arrested after detectives gathered enough evidence during their investigation.

Witnesses told police a man got out of his car and fired several rounds into a car that was stopped behind his. The driver of that car drove forward, hitting the shooter and injuring his leg.

Other people inside the injured shooter’s car helped him and got way. Witnesses said only the shooter was injured.

The prime suspect in the shooting is 19-year-old Gustavo Andalon, who was arrested on charges of attempted murder, unlawful use of a weapon, pointing a firearm at another and reckless endangering.

Based on evidence detectives found, 3 other men were also arrested for their involvement. Jose Andalon, 21, Jorge Jacobo, 18, and Jose Marquez-Gonzalez, 20,


the last executed Certificate of Value to the end of the last full fiscal year of the Corporation immediately preceding the valuation date. The increase or decrease in net worth of Corporation shall be determined by the independent accountant or firm of accountants then regularly engaged in the audit of the books of the Corporation, and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and, when so determined shall be binding upon all parties hereto....
We need not describe the acrimonious disputes that ultimately culminated in this litigation. Suffice it to say that, although the corporation prospered, the business and personal relationship between Bostock and Rice rapidly deteriorated. Bostock was suspended from his employment after he insulted Rice's wife, who was employed by the corporation as a secretary. Rice terminatedbe discounted to reflect reasonable salaries of corporate principals rather than the amounts of compensation actually taken by Bostock and Rice. Bostock submitted no evidence supporting Pinkham's appraisal. Nor did he seek an adjournment of the return date of his motion, but instead was content to rely upon Pinkham's report.
The parties appeared before the Chancery Division judge on July 26, 1991. In rendering her decision, the judge emphasized that she previously told both attorneys Pinkham's appraisal was not to be considered sacrosanct. The judge found that Pinkham had deviated from customary accounting principles by failing to utilize reasonable corporate salaries in valuing High Tech. In that respect, the judge determined that Pinkham had not compared the actual salaries paid to Bostock and Rice in 1986 and 1987 ($5,400


asserts the Chancery Division judge erroneously discounted Pinkham's valuation by hypothecating reasonable corporate salaries for corporate principals although only nominal compensation was actually taken. In addition, Bostock claims that he is entitled to back pay if the value of the corporation is reduced by the reasonable salaries he and Rice could have taken. Finally, he argues that the 1990 and 1991 fiscal years should have been included in the valuation and that he should be paid prejudgment interest. Although all of these issues were raised in Bostock's motion for reconsideration, the only argument advanced at trial pertained to the Chancery Division judge's refusal to permit Bostock to have his own expert challenge the reduction of Pinkham's valuation. We conclude that Bostock's motion for reconsideration was properly denied becauseHuge police operation after Scottish '˜heavy metal campers' are thought to be suicide cult

A huge rescue operation '“ including a helicopter, boats and fire crews '“ was launched after a passer-by mistakenly thought a group of 'heavy metal campers' were embarking on a sinister suicide pact.

By The Newsroom Tuesday, 10th April 2018, 2:01 pm Updated Tuesday, 10th April 2018, 2:04 pm

The three adults and three young children, who share a love of heavy metal music, had sailed to the ruins of the 14th century Loch Leven Castle – on an island in Loch Leven, Perthshire - for a couple of nights under the stars in their big tee-pee.

But a passer-by onshore raised the alarm on Sunday 8 April , worried that they had gone off to the island


program in the UK was chosen in order to prevent inclusion of vaccinated subjects in an 'unexposed' cohort (because when no vaccination is reported in CPRD GOLD, it cannot be ruled out that the subject did receive the vaccine). The male population was composed of 9 to 25-year-old subjects not vaccinated with AS04-HPV-16/18 vaccine, comprising both a concurrent and a historical male cohort. Comparison of the unexposed concurrent male cohort with the unexposed historical male cohort was used as an internal control for changes over time in the incidence of AD in CPRDGOLD. Women who received at least one dose of AS04-HPV-16/18 vaccine administered according to local practice between 1 September 2008 and 31 August 2010 were eligible for the exposed group. Men with at least one GPduring the one year follow-up period were calculated as the number of cases divided by the total person-time. The individual person-time was defined as the time between the study start date and the end of follow-up period (one year from study start date), subject\'s date of death, CPRD de-enrolment date, date of unspecified HPV vaccine or 4vHPV, or date of first symptom of AD, whichever occurred first. The comparison of the incidence rates of AD (co-primary endpoints and individual diseases with more than 10 cases in the female cohorts: these concerned Crohn\'s disease, autoimmune thyroiditis, and diabetes mellitus type 1) was done using a Poisson regression model, with number of events as dependent variable, exposure status as independent variable, and age as covariate, and the log of person-time


organization that conducts commissioned research for pharmaceutical companies and other organizations and receives grant for this service. EB, AS and HV report grants from GSK, during the conduct of the study and grants from GSK, outside the submitted work. MPV received funding for work related to the study through RTI Health Solutions.

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The authors wish to thank Prof. Tjeerd Van Staa for his input into the study during the planning stage, Judith H van den Bosch for her contributions to study concept and design, and the following from GSK Group of Companies: John Logie for their methodological input, and Lakshmi Hariharan for editorial support and publication management. Furthermore, the authors wish to thank the 5 experts (Marina Mesquida, and Luca Quartuccio) for their help with case ascertainment.

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Anuradha Vikram is a curator, writer, educator, and Director of Residency Programs at 18th Street Arts Center. She has been an instructor in art practice, history, and theory at Otis College of Art and Design, San José State University, College of Marin, and UC Berkeley, and has also curated exhibitions for Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles, Mills College Art Museum in Oakland, and DeYoung Museum Artist Studio in San Francisco; and served on the boards of Kearny Street Workshop and ArtTable. Her writing has appeared in X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly, Hyperallergic, Leonardo, SF Camerawork Journal, Afterimage, and Open Space, the blog of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. She is also a regular contributor to Artillery magazine and writes the


     At approximately 3:00 p.m. on Memorial Day, May 29, 2017, Shirley Clark was driving
south on Farm-to-Market Road Fourteen (FM 14), a two-lane highway just north of Tyler, Texas.
She saw a vehicle, later determined to be operated by Appellant, turn left from County Road 3154
(CR 3154) into her lane of traffic on FM 14. She immediately took evasive action, but the two
vehicles collided. Clark could no longer drive her vehicle, whereas Appellant drove away from
the scene of the accident.
       Clark’s sister, Beverly Ates, had been driving behind her and upon seeing that Appellant
failed to stop, she immediately followed him. Appellant made a U-turn to return from the direction
he had been traveling on CR 3154. Ates followed Appellant forA prestigious international prize has been awarded to tandem initiatives on Kauai and Molokai aimed at sustainably managing near shore fisheries using traditional, Native Hawaiian place-based management practices.

Hui Makaainana o Makana on Kauai and and Hui Malama o Moomomi on Molokai are among 22 communities around the world to receive the 2019 Equator Prize for innovative, nature-based solutions for tackling climate change. The award is sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme.

The prize is awarded biennially to recognize and advance local sustainable development solutions for people, nature and resilient communities. As local and indigenous groups across the world chart a path towards sustainable development, the Equator Prize shines a spotlight on their efforts by honoring them on an international stage.

This is the first time the prize has been


awarded to indigenous communities in the United States.

Hui Makaainana o Makana on Kauai was recognized for its efforts in forming the Hawaii’s first Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area in Haena. The designation enacted new rules that have helped the Haena community protect its waters by limiting the type of fishing gear and harvesting methods permitted within the CBSFA boundaries. The rules prohibit commercial fishing and set daily harvesting limits for certain species and impose fines for noncompliance.

A similar community-driven effort at Moomomi on Molokai enshrines ecological management practices such as the art of pono fishing to sustainably manage its near shore waters in the face of climate change for generations to come.

After years of a decline in abundance of fish and marine life, both groups have reported healthier, moreTurning 18 is a big deal. Legally, it entitles you to vote for President, open a bank account and get a tattoo. For USA prodigy Josh Sargent, it also means a first professional contract with Werder Bremen.

The U.S. Soccer Young Male Player of the Year for 2017 joined the Green-Whites in January, knowing that, on 20 February 2018, he would put pen to paper on a milestone deal. That day has come.

"We've gone over all the formalities and Josh signed his professional contract with us earlier," said Bremen sporting director Frank Baumann on Tuesday afternoon. "Again, we're delighted he decided to join us. He's settled in brilliantly since the turn of the year."

Missouri-born Sargent - a product of the St. Louis Scott Gallagher academy - featured for the


Bremen Under-23s during the winter break and has already trained with the first team. The five-time USA U-20 international was also part of the USMNT squad for their November 2017 friendly with European champions Portugal.

The Bundesliga has become a playground for the USA's most talented players in recent years, with Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund), John Brooks (Wolfsburg), Timmy Chandler (Eintracht Frankfurt), Aron Johannsson (Bremen), Fabian Johnson (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Jonathan Klinsmann (Hertha Berlin), Caleb Stanko (Freiburg), Weston McKennie (Schalke) and Bobby Wood (Hamburg) all currently plying their trade in the German top flight.

With Sargent eligible to play for the Bremen first team as of the 2018/19 campaign, it might not be all that long before he adds his name to that star-spangled list...

Click here for more Werder Bremen news,April 29
A majority of Iraqis say their country is in
dismal economic shape and getting worse, with 3
of 4 respondents also describing security in the
country as poor, according to a poll conducted
by the International Republican Institute. The
findings show that Iraqis believe jobs are
harder to find, electrical service is poorer,
and corruption has increased dramatically since
last year.

April 30 The question hanging over the parliamentary votes
last weekend was whether the elected leaders,
most of them now barricaded inside the protected
Green Zone, could do anything to stop the slide
toward anarchy and civil war.

May 1
A suicide bomber detonated an
explosive-laden car near a US army patrol
killing one Iraqi civilian and wounding two
others in al-Askandariya.

May 2
U.S. private security contractors on
Tuesday shot dead an Iraqi ambulance crew member
as the ambulance approached a site in northern
Baghdad where the contractors`


armed vehicle had
been disabled by a roadside bomb, a U.S.
military spokesman said.

May 3
An official at Yarmouk hospital in
Baghdad said its morgue was full after receiving
65 corpses over the past 3 days of people who
mostly died from gunshot wounds. The victims
included 3 schoolteachers.

May 4 At least 13
civilians died in an air assault by US forces in
Ramadi just an hour after a bomber killed nine
people outside a Baghdad court.

May 5
Kurdish villagers are fleeing their
homes in northern Iraq after shelling and
incursions by Iranian forces and a massive
build-up of Turkish troops as both militaries
move to crush separatist guerrillas.

The IAEA report on Iran`s
nuclear programme has
generated rhetoric from both the United States
and Europe that seems well beyond that which the
content seems to merit. Once the United States
introduces a
Chapter VII resolution,
even in
draft form, war
with IranHELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland will leave the European Union and position itself as the Switzerland of the north to protect its independence if Laura Huhtasaari, the presidential candidate of the eurosceptic Finns Party has her way.

Finns Party deputy chairman and presidential candidate Laura Huhtasaari poses for a picture at the Finland's Parliament in Helsinki, Finland December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Tuomas Forsell

She also told Reuters in an interview she wants to tighten immigration rules.

Huhtasaari -- dubbed “Finland’s Marine Le Pen” after France’s National Front leader -- is a long-shot. But she believes she has a real chance in the January election as her party has taken a fresh start following its removal from the coalition government in June.

“The rise in Europe of parties that are critical towards the EU and


Sean "Diddy" Combs and his son Justin, a junior on the UCLA football team. Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images Sean "Diddy" Combs was arrested at the athletic facilities of UCLA on Monday and charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of making terrorist threats, and one count of battery after an alleged assault of a coach for the school's football team, the school said in a statement.

Combs' son Justin is a defensive back on the UCLA football team.

The incident occurred when Diddy allegedly confronted UCLA strength and conditioning coach Sal Alosi, according to ESPN.

During the summer, players are limited to strength and conditioning sessions rather than full practice, and it is the strength and conditioning coach who is in charge.

Alleged details of the incident, citedfrom "sources who were in the locker room," have emerged in a report from Bruin Report Online. According to the report, Diddy allegedly confronted Alosi after his son was kicked out of a workout session.

The details:

At approximately noon, Combs and Diddy came to UCLA's athletic facility, the Acosta Center, while Alosi was in his office, which is adjacent to the weight room. Combs entered Alosi's office while Alosi was on the phone, and Alosi asked Combs to wait a moment while he finished the call. Many sources who were in the locker room witnessed an angered Diddy enter Alosi's office, rattling off expletives at the coach. Alosi then instructed interns who were immediately outside his office to alert campus security. A still incensed Diddy then came around Alosi's


desk, saying that he would get campus security on Alosi's desk phone. Alosi, then, according to witnesses, put up his hand in a non-threatening way, and instructed Combs to get his father out of the office. Diddy then walked into Alosi's hand, and told Alosi not to put his hands on him.

In the next moment, according to many on the scene, Diddy attacked Alosi, until interns and other personnel pulled off Diddy. The celebrity broke free again at one point and struck Alosi. The personnel were then successful in getting Diddy out of the office and into the weight room, where Diddy picked up a kettlebell, which is a type of barbell, and then swung it at one of the interns.

The school said in a statement that therewere no major injuries.

According to the Bruin Report Online, Diddy's sources declined to comment but "paint a different picture of the events off the record." UCLA campus police also told Bruin Report that there was a video of the incident, which has yet to be released.

UCLA coach Jim Mora release the following statement:

I'm thankful that our staff showed the level of professionalism that they did in handling this situation. This is an unfortunate incident for all parties involved. While UCPD continues to review this matter, we will let the legal process run its course and refrain from further comment at this time.

Diddy was eventually released on a $50,000 bond, according to ESPN.

Alosi previously made headlines as a coach for the New York Jets when he was suspended after


feel from so much tragedy in her small matriline. In the mid 1990s the J10s were a bonded family with mom J10 Tahoma and big brother J18 Everett and sisters J20 Ewok and J22, always close. Then it started, with J20 dying in 1998, leaving her 2-year old J32 Rhapsody to be raised by younger sister J22, followed soon after by losing mom J10 in 1999, and a few months later big brother J18 washed up near Vancouver at 22 years old. J22 became mom and matriarch at that point. Just 2 years ago J32 and her unborn baby were found dead near Comox in Georgia Strait. And now, with J34 gone, only 31-year old J22 and her 13-year old son J38 Cookie remain. They need our helpNetwork was planning a candlelight vigil for the SRKWs for December 27th at the Langley Whale Center on Whidbey Island (where ON is based).

11:47 AM: The Center for Whale Research has just sent its news release about J34’s death:

We regret having to make a distressing announcement during this holiday season, but we confirm from news photographs and eyepatch photos sent to the Center for Whale Research that the killer whale carcass that was towed to a beach near Sechelt on the BC Sunshine coast is indeed that of J34, an eighteen-year-old male in the iconic J pod of the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whale population. The carcass was observed floating near shore on Tuesday, December 20th 2016 and was recovered by coast guard personnel and Sechelt First Nation


The 5th Annual New England Underground Film Festival

Entries Now Being Sought

For the 5th Annual New England Underground Film Festival

To Be Held October 3 @ University of Hartford’s Wilde Auditorium

WEST HARTFORD, CT – The New England Underground Film Festival, a celebration of the best of underground cinema, will have its fifth annual presentation on October 3 at the Wilde Auditorium in the University of Hartford’s Gray Conference Center.

The festival will present a full-day line-up of feature-length and short films, and the programming is open to all aspects of the underground cinema spectrum: narrative productions, non-fiction films, experimental works, animation and music videos. The festival will present awards for Best Film, Best Short, Best Non-Fiction Production and Best Director.

The festival deadlines are as follows:

Early Deadline: March 15

Regular Deadline: May 15

LateSpecial Operations Command

The elite Special Operations Command has been in existence for twenty years, and on this anniversary, they're looking at some of the newest weapons in their arsenal at their base in Tampa.

For the first time, Navy commanders gave us a look at this sleek, experimental craft. The Sea Lion II, is designed to be almost invisible. It is just one of a string of high-tech weapons developed for SOCOM (Special Operations Command) as the Bush administration dramatically expands its role.

SOCOM is also fielding this raven unmanned surveillance drone and the first of 50 of these V-22 Ospreys. The Osprey will be sent its first combat mission later this year in Iraq along with a controversial safety record. Thirty have died in four Osprey crashes. It is


one part plane, one part stomach-churning roller coaster.

Special operations include the elite Green Berets and Navy Seals.

Much of the command's work falls under the category of "black ops". The command is boosting troop levels from 48-thousand now to at least 55-thousand by 2013.

All this costs money. Funding for the command is exploding, from 3-point- 6 billion dollars in 2000, to a projected 6-point-1 billion in 2008. That 's without secret budgets or the emergency war-funding bills that have become routine.A Georgia mother who stabbed her husband and four of her children to death two years ago because she ‘felt like a devil spirit’, pleaded guilty on Tuesday - receiving five life sentences from a Gwinnett County judge.

Isabel Martinez, 35, pleaded guilty but mentally ill to the five counts of murder, one count of aggravated assault and one charge of cruelty to children for her heinous crimes on July 6, 2017.

She admitted to the court that she butchered her husband, Martin Romero, 33, and four of their children: Isabela Martinez, 10; Dacota Romero, 7; Dillan Romero, 4; and 2-year-old Axel Romero, with a knife in the middle of the night.

She also injured another of her children in the attack, then nine-year-old Diana Romero, who later recalled to police


how she watched on in horror as her mother killed her family one-by-one.

Romero said Martinez told each of the children they were ‘going to the sky to see Jesus’ before turning the blade on them in their suburban Atlanta mobile home.

Isabel Martinez, 35, pleaded guilty but mentally ill on Tuesday to five counts of murder, one count of aggravated assault and one charge of cruelty to children (pictured in 2017)

She admitted to the court that she killed her husband, Martin Romero (left) and four of their kids, Isabela (middle), Dacoto (in stroller), Dillan (right), and Axel (bottom), on July 6, 2017

Martinez told each of the children they were ‘going to the sky to see Jesus’ before turning the blade on them in their suburban Atlanta home

Martinez, who suffersparole for 30 years, but it’s unlikely she’ll ever be released because of the nature of her crimes, prosecutors said.

Then just nine, Diana Romero narrowly survived the attack and later recalled the horrific ordeal to police

The frightening extent of Martinez’s mental health problems were laid bare in court the day after her arrest where she exhibited an array of bizarre behavior towards the cameras

As her family slept in their beds on July 6, 2017, Martinez awoke in the middle of the night and - taking a knife from the kitchen - killed four of her children one after another.

Their father, Martin, woke up and tried to stop Martinez’s vicious onslaught but he too was killed in the struggle.

Martinez then placed her slain family members' bodies in the same


room so they could be together, she later told investigators.

She then starting cutting herself before dialing 911 to report their deaths. Police arrested her at the scene.

Martinez told a caseworker the killings were the work of a 'family friend' and maintained her innocence.

Her only surviving child Diana spent weeks in hospital recovering from her stab wounds and is now under the care of other relatives.

Martinez then placed her slain family members' bodies in the same room so they could be together

She then starting cutting herself before dialing 911 to report their deaths

Family members mourn in front of the caskets of Martin Romero and the four children on July 13, 2017

The frightening extent of Martinez’s mental health problems were laid bare in court the day after her arrest whereshe exhibited an array of bizarre behavior, which included posing with a double thumbs-up, putting her hands in a prayer position and spreading her arms out wide.

She also shook her head 'no' and wagged her finger at Gwinnett County Magistrate Judge Michael Thorpe, who advised her sharply not to perform for the cameras.

Some neighbors in the small, largely Hispanic neighborhood where the family lived said they had no clue anything was amiss in the home until police mobbed the scene.

The neighbors said the Spanish-speaking family had moved to the community recently, and their children seemed happy playing with other neighborhood kids.

'What prompts a person to take the life of such innocent children and her spouse is something we may never understand,' Gwinnett County police said in a statement


up on his site last April, though he said it might have been earlier than that.

The link came through a Web site, TNX.net, which pays Mr. Camichel with TNX points, which he then trades for links that drive traffic to his other sites, like cookingutensils.net. He earns money when people visit that site and click on the ads. He could also, he said, get cash from TNX. Currently, Cocaman is home to 403 links, all of them placed there by TNX on behalf of clients.

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Google’s spam cop, Matt Cutts, was not pleased about a campaign to make JCPenney.com seem more popular.Credit
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“You do pretty well,” he wrote, referring to income from his links trading. “The thing is, the more you invest (time andHarold Camping, the California preacher who via his multimillion-dollar Christian Family Radio stations had convinced a few thousand followers that the Rapture would happen on May 21, spoke at length for the first time Monday evening since his failed prediction. He spoke on his Open Forum call-in show. It's the same show through which he predicated May 21 Rapture and a later Oct. 21 "end of the world" for the last two years. Read The Huffington Post's updates on his appearance.


sweet frozen pacae was a perfect match for the delicate scallops.

This was followed by a colorful dish formed from slices of yucca, olluco and potato. Served with a bit of goat cheese, some of the tubers had been pickled and were acidic, while others were sweet or grilled ever so slightly imparting a hint of smoke.

We then moved to a cured duck tartar mixed with squid and onion, which gave it a bit of crunch. We were told to spoon the tartar into what looked like a pita pocket made from a grain called kaniwa, and eat it with our hands.

The fifth course was called vegetable diversity, and consisted of a combination of earthy flavors – yacon, coffee broth, chonta and artichoke.

After that came two meat courses. TheGeorge Walton Lucas Jr. was born on May 14,1944 in Modesto, California. He spent his childhood fascinated with comic books, especially Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. He spent his teenage years bored with the tedium of routine school days and teachers. Car racing was the only excitement that George Lucas was allowed. It was his love of car racing that would dramatically change his life. June 12, 1962, three days before George Lucas was to graduate from high school, he was involved in a serious accident. George Lucas was gravely injured when his Fiat Biancina was struck broadside by another car (a fellow student at Downey High School, Modesto California) and was sent rolling toward a walnut tree at sixty miles per hour. His seat belt snapped and


he was flung from the car which, a split second later, collided with such force that it moved the tree two feet, roots and all. If the seat belt had worked, he would have been killed instantly. You cant have that kind of experience and not feel that there must be a reason why youre here, George Lucas has said. I realized I should be spending my time trying to figure out what that reason is and trying to fulfill it. He immediately enrolled in a local junior college in a successful attempt to bring his grades up high enough to be accepted in the University of Southern Californias film school. He interpreted film to mean photography, but once he began his work in motion pictures he knewit was what he loved. He became determined to succeed in this competitive environment. George Lucas differed greatly from much of the rest of the 60s film school generation that his love affair with movies began only after he entered college. I only went to movies to chase girls, George Lucas commented of his youth in Modesto. It took years before good movies got to my town  and foreign films? Never. George Lucas student work reflected the pop culture obsessions of his youth: 1:42:08, a racing mini-epic, and The Emperor, about a disc jockey named Emperor Hudson, were signature student works, which George Lucas would later revisit and build upon in American Graffiti. In 1966, George Lucas was hired as a teaching assistant After graduating from USC


in 1966, George Lucas was hired as a teaching assistant assigned to train cameramen for the U.S. Military. It was during this time that George Lucas found an opportunity to shoot THX 1138:4EB  an abstract, Orwellian science fiction short which went on to win several major student awards and which would ultimately be adapted to the big screen for George Lucas first studio feature. In 1967, George Lucas re-enrolled as a USC graduate student. In the same year, he was selected as one of four student filmmakers from the USC and UCLA film programs to make a behind the scenes documentary about the making of McKennas Gold. On the strength of his many student awards, George Lucas won USCs annual scholarship to become a production apprentice atWarner Brothers. George Lucas might be driven by grand ambitions, he was financially cautious Along with his high school car accident and the decision to attend USC; the apprenticeship turned out to be another life-altering event. Warner Bros. was in turmoil thanks to its recent purchase by Seven Arts and the resulting exodus of founding production chief Jack Warner. There was only one film in production on the entire lot: a musical starring Fred Astair and Petula Clark entitled Finians Rainbow, which was being directed by a 27-year-old UCLA graduate, Francis Coppola. It was due to this that the two met and became life long friends despite their opposite personalities. George Lucas was physically slight, Coppola was large and flamboyant; while George Lucas might be driven by grand


ambitions, he was financially cautious while Coppola was reckless with money; where George Lucas was quiet and reserved, Coppola reveled in the spotlight. During his apprenticeship, Coppola made George Lucas an offer he couldnt refuse During his apprenticeship, Coppola made George Lucas an offer he couldnt refuse. George Lucas would become a paid assistant on both Finians Rainbow and The Rain People, the artier road movie that Coppola was prepping on the side, and Coppola would help nurture George Lucas newest baby, a feature length version of THX. When Finians Rainbow wrapped, Coppola made good on his promise and talked Warner Bros. into signing George Lucas to develop his THX feature. George Lucas continued to work on both The Rain People with Coppola during the day and workon THX by night. In 1969, when The Rain People was completed, Coppola decided to move on to the next phase of his plan to take over the film industry. He went on a celebrated equipment-buying spree during his trip to Europe, which, by some accounts, left the more conservative George Lucas terrified. Once back in the U.S., Coppola and George Lucas conceived a plan to rent a warehouse in San Francisco, CA and turn it into an independent studio called American Zoetrope, after one of the earliest motion picture devices.


negative. Prednisolone was thus tapered to 50 mg/day. On Day 42, capsule endoscopy revealed a wide area of redness and erosion in the small intestine. This was considered to be the source of the bleeding that resulted in the tarry stool and anemia.

The patient had experienced pain in both upper limbs on Day 15 and thereafter had some numbness in the upper and lower limbs. A nerve conduction test showed multiple mononeuropathies. Once prednisolone was started, the upper limb pain improved, although the numbness remained. The prednisolone dosage was gradually reduced. The levels of the coagulation markers remained stable, and the FV inhibitors remained undetectable. The patient was discharged after 91 days in the hospital. The prednisolone dosage was tapered to 7.5 mg/day. One year later, the prednisolonefeaturing support for JavaScript.

Due to the wide-spread success of JavaScript as a client-side scripting language for web pages, Microsoft developed a compatible dialect of the language, naming it JScript to avoid trademark issues. JScript added new date methods to fix the non-Y2K-friendly methods in JavaScript, which were based on java.util.Date. JScript was included in Internet Explorer 3.0, released in August 1996.

Netscape submitted JavaScript to Ecma International for standardization; the work on the specification, ECMA-262, began in November 1996. The first edition of ECMA-262 was adopted by the ECMA General Assembly of June 1997.

ECMAscript is (essentailly) Netscape/Sun IP, adopted also by Microsoft.

.NET is Microsoft IP, some parts of which have been submitted by Microsoft as ECMA standards. It is vitally important to keep in mind the qualifier "parts of


The final day of the ALP national conference saw protesters demonstrate against the Government over gay marriage and climate change.

Hundreds gathered outside the conference venue at Darling Harbour on Saturday to voice their anger at Labor's refusal to allow gay marriage, while on the conference floor activists accused the Government of pandering to the coal industry.

Earlier yesterday, the conference passed amendments which supported a system to allow same-sex relationships to be recognised, but opposed gay marriage.

Frontbencher and ALP left faction leader Anthony Albanese said the left would continue to push for change.

Around 80 couples then took part in a mass wedding ceremony in front of the protesters gathered outside the conference.

Matthew Loader from Rainbow Labor said gay marriage supporters had not got what they wanted and told protestorshe would continue the fight.

"But this is the beginning of the process and not the end and I know that you'll be back at the next conference at a bigger rally," he said.

"I can tell you that Rainbow Labor and all of our friends in the Labor Party will be back here fighting on your behalf."

During climate change debate on Saturday afternoon, protesters took to the conference floor to make a point about compensation to the coal sector in the Government's carbon trading scheme.

As Climate Change Minister Penny Wong addressed delegates, 12 protestors with taped mouths stood in front of the stage holding signs that said "silenced by the coal industry" and "no green jobs in coal".

It is thought the protesters were observers to the conference and not


on the Waterloo campus since 1984, run first by student government and then taken over by the university in 2013. But the university said the event was unsustainable, citing the growing cost now reaching $250,000.

The federation, which is the undergraduate student union at Waterloo, adopted a resolution at its Sunday council meeting calling on the cities of Waterloo and Kitchener, UW, Wilfrid Laurier University, Conestoga College and their student groups to develop a plan to hold a joint Canada Day celebration.

Now the student executive will reach out with the aim of getting everyone to come to the table to discuss the event's future. The federation would like to see the celebration continue at Columbia Lake.

"If we can get new partners involved with it, then scaling it up wouldbe nice," Velling said.

He said the university should recognize the value to students, both in nurturing good mental health and connecting them to the broader community.

"I think generally this is something students do want to see," Velling said.

It's also a great alternative to unsanctioned student gatherings like St. Patrick's Day and homecoming on Ezra Avenue, which university and city officials are trying to shut down due to concerns over safety, law breaking and rising costs, he said.

Waterloo Regional Police reported spending more than $550,000 managing street parties at Laurier in 2018. The cost for St. Patrick's Day alone reached nearly $714,000 for police, the city, paramedics and the universities.

"Here's a great example of a sanctioned gathering," Velling said of the Canada Day event.

The celebration is structured, safe and