1990s.

image copyright Aurelie Marrier d'Unienville image caption A Batwa home in Rukeri, Uganda, where many now live after being evicted from nearby forests

Since the days of Idi Amin in the 1970s, when Uganda's wildlife was hunted down and slaughtered in great numbers, the country has earned a reputation as a conservation success story. Elephant numbers have sky-rocketed and the population of wild mountain gorillas has been steadily increasing.

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Uganda's national parks now attract tourists from around the world and provide a significant boost to the country's economy.

Yet for the country's estimated 3,000 to 7,000 Batwa it has come at a great cost. The evicted Batwa were never compensated with land by the government and most now live as squatters or vassals to local landowners.

image copyright Tommy Trenchardthe forest was everything. It provided them with meat, honey and fruits to eat, animal skins to keep them warm, herbs to treat their illnesses and, they believe, spirits of their ancestors to protect them.

Jossy Muhangi, spokesman for the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), says that the pygmies' presence in the forest was damaging to the gorillas and that their eviction has played a part in significant increases in gorilla populations.

"The Batwa were always friends of the gorillas," he says. "They did not eat them, but their snares and traps were dangerous. And they could spread respiratory diseases".

image copyright Tommy Trenchard image caption Mahuk Isaac, seen here in a church in Kisoro town, has lost five of his seven children since being evicted from a nearby forest.

He adds that


land alone would not resolve the Batwa's problems, as they have little experience of cultivation or rearing livestock.

"We are trying to provide alternative livelihoods. Even if you settle them they still think they should be living in the forest," he says.

In the 1930s the British colonial government declared vast swathes of the south-west to be forest reserves, forcing out some of the Batwa there and then.

Others managed to avoid eviction until 1991 when Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni with support from the World Bank, officially gazetted the land into a series of national parks.

'We were afraid of the guns'

Ninety-five-year-old Mahuk Isaac remembers the day it happened as if it were yesterday. He was hunting in the Bwindi forest when the armed men arrived and told his family they hadto leave.

"We could not imagine any other life," he says, sitting hunched over on a wooden bench in a dirt-encrusted suit many times his size.

"But we could not argue. We were afraid of the guns."

Mr Isaac's family collected some personal items; spears, bows, cooking pots, animal skins and pets and walked out of the forest for the last time.

In the following years five of his seven children died of disease. There are few reliable recent statistics, but a survey in 2000 found the life expectancy of the Batwa to be just 28, with almost 40% dying before the age of five.

image copyright Tommy Trenchard image caption The Batwa want financial help to make sure that the children are educated

It is not the poverty that angers Mr Isaac, it


Four fatalities recorded, with the US and Australia experiencing the most attacks

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The number of shark attacks around the world fell by about one-quarter last year, with the US and Australia reporting the highest number of them.

There were four fatalities worldwide, in line with the long-term average of six, according to the annual release of the Florida-based International Shark Attack File.

The US had the most shark attacks on humans in 2018, with 32 confirmed cases and one fatality. This was markedly lower than the 53 attacks there in 2017. Half of the 2018 attacks took place in Florida.

Australia was second on the list, with 20 unprovoked shark attacks last year, slightly higher than the five-yearof people becoming more aware and accepting of the fact that they’re sharing the ocean with these animals.”

South Africa recorded two non-fatal attacks in 2018, significantly lower than its annual average of four and one fatality. But four unclassified attacks from South Africa are still under investigation.

Egypt and Brazil had three shark attacks and the Bahama Islands, Costa Rica, the Galapagos Islands, New Caledonia, New Zealand and Thailand had one each.

The 2018 worldwide total of 66 confirmed, unprovoked cases was lower than the most recent five-year average of 84 incidents annually.

The International Shark Attack File is compiled by the Florida Museum of Natural History and the American Elasmobranch Society.


Mason Cox will remain a Magpie after signing a three-year contract extension with the club which brought him from the United States to Australia.

The 211cm American will stay at the Holden Centre, where he first began honing his AFL skills as a Category B international rookie in 2014.

Since, the Dallas native has played 20 AFL games – including nine as a key forward and ruckman in 2017.

His signature ensures Collingwood will move into 2018 and beyond with the potent ruck combination of Cox and the recently re-signed Brodie Grundy.

GM of List Management Derek Hine holds a strong belief in the strength of the Magpies’ ruck stocks.

“We’re thrilled that we have two outstanding ruckman in our future,” Hine told Collingwood Media.

“The combination of Brodie and Mason is something thatand physically he is an imposing package of height and athleticism that, combined with rapidly developing game awareness, makes him an exciting prospect.”

At 26, the American’s remarkable sporting career has already experienced a number of twists and turns. As an ex-soccer player, he was plucked from obscurity to join the Oklahoma State University NCAA basketball team in 2011.

He drew attention from football scouts at the conclusion of his college basketball career and was quickly scouted by a number of AFL clubs, including Collingwood, North Melbourne, Richmond and Port Adelaide.

Since joining the Magpies, Cox’s career has remained anything but traditional. In just three years, he has gone from impressing in the VFL, to kicking a goal with his first kick on ANZAC Day, and teaching our game to former


United States Vice President Joe Biden.

Cox is currently enjoying a trip back to the US after a season he described as “another amazing life experience”.

With his AFL future now confirmed to be spent in Black and White until the end of 2020, the ruckman will return to the Holden Centre in November for the start of pre-season training.

Cox will remain in Black and White in 2018 and beyond. Image: AFL Photos.Sen. Claire McCaskill sworn in

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Claire McCaskill officially began her second term as U.S. Senator from Missouri on Thursday, after being accompanied to the Senate chamber by fellow Missouri Senator Roy Blunt, and former Missouri Senator Jean Carnahan, to take the oath of office.

"I pledge to use these next six years to keep fighting as hard as I know how for the state that I love," said McCaskill, a former Jackson County Prosecutor and Missouri State Auditor. "I plan to fight for new opportunities for my kids and grandkids, and for all young Missourians—to create more jobs, and continue my dogged effort to bring down the national debt. And


any politician or contractor tempted to waste taxpayer dollars for their own benefit should be on notice—if I have it my way, these next six years will see a new level of accountability in government."

In 2006, McCaskill was the first woman elected to represent Missouri in the U.S. Senate. She became the senior Senator from Missouri in 2009 upon the retirement of Senator Kit Bond. She took her second oath of office today, administered by Vice President Joe Biden.

Since taking office, McCaskill has taken a leadership role in rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in government—particularly in the area of government contracting, where she identified tens of billions of dollars of waste and then successfully passed legislation to better protect taxpayer dollars. She has also led the effortto eliminate Congressional earmarks, preventing billions of dollars in pork projects from being authorized.

Widely regarded as the most moderate member of the United States Senate, McCaskill has been ranked 50 out of 100 in annual rankings of members of Congress from liberal-to-conservative by the nonpartisan publication National Journal. She has consistently joined her Republican colleagues to find nonpartisan solutions to cap federal spending, and reduce regulations on Missouri's farmers, ranchers, and small businesses.

McCaskill was resoundingly reelected this past November, winning her race by more than 15 percentage points—the biggest margin for a Missouri Senate candidate in nearly two decades—and earning a larger number of votes than any other candidate in Missouri in 2012.


introduced at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics and Hayakari, who was infrequently selected for international competition, decided to switch to the new event. She ran in the event's first ever heat at the championships and qualified for the final with an Asian record time of 9:41.21 minutes. She was the only Asian participant in the competition and finished twelfth in the final.

In 2006, she won the first Japanese women's steeplechase title and was Asia's representative in the event at the 2006 IAAF World Cup. She also ran at the World Cross Country that year, her final outing at the competition, and finished 77th. She repeated as national champion the year after and ran a Japanese record time of 9:38.68 minutes (her Asian record had been bettered byspecial. The
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Ridling, a disabled eighty-seven-year-old woman, lived in a mobile home next door to her daughter in Lawton, Oklahoma. Her lifeless body was discovered by a neighbor on October 28, 1982. It was determined by police that her mobile home had been ransacked. Evidence further revealed that she had been raped and beaten about the head. She suffocated to death due to a tightly wrapped piece of gauze-like cloth around her head. According to the medical examiner, Ms. Ridling suffered nearly two hours before she died.
Beginning at approximately 8:30 p.m. on October 28, 1982, Lawton police investigated the crime scene and collected evidence. Evidence revealed one of the perpetrators apparently injured himself, as there was blood on and near the suspected point of entry. After gathering information and evidenceat the crime scene, Lawton police detectives began questioning neighbors in the surrounding area. Following information received through their investigation, two detectives went to the appellant's residence, a few houses down the street. As they approached the house, one detective looked in a trash can in the appellant's front yard and found a bloody sock, which was confiscated for evidence. They then obtained a search waiver for the appellant's house from his common-law wife. At 5:15 a.m. on October 29th, the appellant arrived at the residence and was arrested, given his Miranda warnings, and taken to the police station for questioning. An officer returned to his residence and obtained, from appellant's common-law wife, permission to search her automobile, which appellant had driven just prior to his arrest. The


officers recovered items later identified as the victim's. One item from the trunk was Jennie Ridling's checkbook.
The appellant denied knowledge of the burglary and the homicide. He later requested an attorney, and was advised by Officer Belcher that the officer could not speak with him any further unless the appellant requested officers to do so. On October 30, 1982 at approximately 5:00 p.m., Belcher was summoned to the county jail by the appellant. The appellant was read his Miranda rights again, and signed a "rights waiver" form. The appellant gave statements which were later introduced at trial.

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The Foster kids attend a Mexican street festival, but the fun day takes a turn when emotions flare up. With help from Wyatt, Callie works to overcome her recent bout of panic attacks by learning to trust her instincts, but an encounter with someone from the past threatens to violently derail her progress. Mat surprises Mariana with a date at the festival and is confused when Mariana seems offended. Jesus tries to impress Hayley but she wants him to prove he’s with her for more than just sex. Meanwhile, Mike and Ana make plans to right past wrongs.Parliament debate to discuss the plans, MEPs from left to right and north to south, criticised the EU's latest entanglement with Turkey.

"Stop Turkish accession", demanded a Dutch MEP. The head of the largest group in the European Parliament, the EPP's Manfred Weber, said: "my group is very sceptical as regards full membership of Turkey. We don't think that's a good idea for either side."

Ukip's leader Nigel Farage said the EU was being "blackmailed" by Turkey. Bringing the argument right back to the UK referendum, he said a vote for remaining in the EU, was "a vote for Turkey... for massively increased migration to Britain".

Knowing its resonance in the referendum campaign, Chancellor George Osborne sought to quash the idea Turkey could soon join the club. "I don't frankly think


into 35 policy areas and in 10 years Turkey only managed to adopt the rules on one: science and research. In most other areas it has not even made a start.

The European Commission has said it is prepared to look at further areas of talks with Turkey (on economic and monetary policy and the rule of law, among others) but that would need the agreement of EU member states to happen.

A 2015 Commission report on Turkey highlighted many areas of difficulty. These include concerns about Turkey's human rights record, new limits to freedom of expression and its state of public administration.

Perhaps most importantly, the Commission said there had been "no progress on normalising bilateral relations with the Republic of Cyprus". Turkey is the only country that recognises theself-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The EU and the United Nations only recognise the Greek Cypriot government as the legitimate government of the whole island.

'Not on the agenda'

After a candidate country and the EU complete their negotiations, all member states have to sign an accession treaty. It must then be approved by the European Parliament and be ratified by the parliaments of all existing EU states. Only then can a new country join the EU.

It took Croatia, Poland and Hungary 10 years to complete the process and Turkey is a far more controversial would-be member. Turkey applied to join what was then the European Economic Community in 1987. It then waited 10 years to be declared "eligible" for accession talks, which finally started in October 2005.

Progress on


Make no mistake, the Peterborough by-election is about one thing more than any other – trust, or the recent lack of it.

The Peterborough by-election is being held because the Labour MP, Fiona Onasanya lied to the police – found guilty of perverting the course of justice and given a three-month custodial sentence. As the sentence did not exclude her from remaining an MP – or participating in votes even when out of prison under licence – a public recall petition was initiated that removed her from office and forced a by-election to be held.

Now the Brexit Party has a good opportunity to win its first Westminster seat. It has a popular local candidate in Mike Greene, who, for all he voted Conservative in the past, broke with thatracists, fascists, and bigots.

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He ignored the huge diversity of Brexit Party candidates in the European elections, including people of all religions – Roman Catholics, Protestants, Anglicans, Muslims, Jews, Sikhs – and a veritable rainbow of skin colours and sexual preferences. Labour MPs such as David Lammy and Labour MEPs such as Neena Gill are still promoting this smear while Labour’s undeniable anti-Semitism was given a boost by none other than its Peterborough candidate, Lisa Forbes, on social media – forcing her into an embarrassing apology.

Labour has become one big lie.

This means the by-election comes down to trust. Can the electorate trust Labour any more or can it rebuild its faith in politicians


Protection sought for Iona I 'historic' Clyde shipwreck By Steven McKenzie

BBC Scotland Highlands and Islands reporter Published duration 2 March 2016

image copyright CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection image caption Glasgow Museums' scale model of Iona I

The wreck of a Clyde-built paddle steamer bought by Confederate agents during the American Civil War could be given greater protection.

The Iona I operated on a Glasgow to the Highlands passenger route before it was purchased for use in delivering supplies to blockaded American ports.

But it never reached the war as it sank in the Clyde near Gourock following a collision with another ship in 1862.

The Scottish government has suggested better protection for the wreck.

Scottish ministers believe the site should be designated as a Historic Marine Protected Area (HMPA) to preserve it asa historic asset of national importance.

image copyright Peel Port Clydeport image caption A sonar image of the wreck of Iona I

The wreck of Iona I has been described as being in a good condition. Glasgow Museums has a scale model of the paddle streamer in its collections.

'Souvenir hunters'

Andy Fulton, senior designations officer for Historic Environment Scotland, said: "The Iona I has a wonderfully colourful history, initially operating as a paddle steamer before being refurbished as a blockade-runner in the American Civil War, although sadly the steamer never made it out of the Clyde, where it was built.

"The wreck is in pretty good condition but as with all marine archaeological sites it is deteriorating, and unfortunately some artefacts have already been removed by souvenir hunters.

"Proposing the wreck for designation


as an HMPA, will provide legal protection to prevent salvage activity, and will help to recognise this nationally important piece of maritime heritage."

image copyright Getty Images image caption Clark Gable played a Southern blockade runner in the film Gone With The Wind

Iona I was one of hundreds of Clyde-built ships acquired by the Confederates for use as blockade runners.

The vessels were stripped down to make them faster so their crews had a better chance of out-manoeuvring Union ships blockading America's southern ports.

Blockade running was depicted in the 1939 film Gone With The Wind when Clark Gable played fictional blockade runner Rhett Butler. Historic Environment Scotland's consultation document makes mention of this Hollywood connection.

Sister ship

Before it was bought by Confederate agents, Iona I took passengers from Glasgow to Ardrishaigon what was known as the Royal Route, named after Queen Victoria.

Iona I's sister ship, Iona II, was also acquired as a blockade runner but it too sank.

The ship was wrecked off Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel in 1864. The wreck of Iona II is designated under the UK's Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.

image copyright Getty Images/Hutton Archive image caption Scots fought in the American Civil War

Both the Confederate and Union side found support in Scotland during the war of 1861-65. Many Scots served on the conflict's frontlines.

Edinburgh-born Kate Cumming was a nurse who cared for wounded Confederate troops.

George Henry Mackenzie, who was born in North Kessock, near Inverness, served as a captain leading Black Union soldiers.

Brothers James and Alexander McRobbie, whose father Peter was born in


on football and baseball games, and concerts.

Nonprofits are exempt from the ticket tax. But Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra leaders told city council recently that they would charge the tax on tickets sold at the new concert venue at The Banks, generating roughly $300,000 a year for the city at the 3 percent rate.

The idea now needs the approval of at least six council members to be put on the November ballot, which Sittenfeld said he was “very optimistic” it would get. Then city voters would get the final say.

The tax hike would plug a deep hole in human services funding that city leaders grapple with each year. At public hearings last week, more than 170 speakers pleaded for city funding to help homelessness, poverty and fight drug addiction. Otherschunk of the budget which is discretionary,” Sittenfeld said.

Raising ticket taxes would generate $3 million each year to fund human services agencies that the United Way vets. The new revenue would not fund groups such as the Center for Closing the Health Gap, which collects money each year directly from the city.

The new tax revenue would also funnel $600,000 annually to neighborhood community councils and the community development corporations for activities such as summer festivals, and to revitalize city blocks and clean up properties.

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In May, voters approved a new tax hike to fund libraries and a renewal tax for the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden.

The Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority board has


already being hit by the early withdrawal of government subsidies, according to a survey of lenders.

In June, UK ministers said new onshore wind farms would be excluded from a subsidy scheme from 1 April 2016.

Research for industry body Scottish Renewables suggests investors are now less willing to lend to projects.

The UK government said it was taking urgent action to address the projected overspend on subsidies.

It has previously said there are already enough subsidised wind energy projects in the pipeline.

The announcement that the Renewables Obligation (RO) – funded by levies added to household bills – would be withdrawn a year earlier than expected has been criticised by Scottish Renewables.

A survey, carried out on its behalf by EY, asked 10 major lenders about their willingness to provide investment.

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The Crow’s Nest Officers’ Club is located in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In World War II, St John’s was the western station of the North Atlantic Run/(later known as) Newfy to ‘Derry Run, a springboard for the merchant convoys and their corvette protectors en route to Europe. St John’s was a city bustling with military activity, and the Crow’s Nest was established—on January 27, 1942—as a hideaway for seagoing naval officers.

During World War II, there were various messes scattered around the city; however, they were difficult to reach, and, during the black outs each night,


were difficult to return from. None of them were designated for naval and merchant officers and Captain Rollo Mainguy, Captain “D” of St. John’s decided to establish a Seagoing Officers Club.

A public-spirited Newfoundland citizen, Colonel Leonard Outerbridge DSO, with the help of his wife, Dorothy, identified and secured space in the old Butler Building near the waterfront. The club would be located on the vacant top floor of the old warehouse; the annual fee was one dollar per year.

There are various different stories on how the club was named. Popular opinion had it that the club was called the Crow’s Nest because of its altitude and its magnificent view of St. John’s harbour. However, Captain Mainguy recalled that a Canadian Army Officer actually originated the title. Puffing andwinded when he arrived at the top of its 59 steps, the Lt-Col mopped his forehead and gasped, “Crikey, this is a snug little Crow’s Nest.” His companions were delighted with the observation and the name stuck.

During the war, the “Seagoing Officers’ Club” became famous for its relaxing qualities, as well as its rickety 59 steps. As a memento before entering the theatre of war, many men visiting the club would scratch the name of their ship on the walls. Captain Mainguy’s first reaction to these notchings was quite severe. On further reflection, however, he remarked, “Damn it they are going to do it anyways.” With a quick calculation of the size of the club, he decided he would allot 4 square feet to every ship. These four


feet could be used as each ship pleased and the ships’ plaques and insignias started to arrive. These colourful works of art, reflecting the unique humour of the men serving in the various allied services, adorn the walls today.

Peace returned to St. John’s with the conclusion of World War II and victory in Europe. All eyes turned towards the Pacific, and one by one all the Naval establishments departed St. John’s. On June 13, 1945, the Seagoing Officers’ Club closed its doors.

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You mayRussian Ambassador to Yemen said that Saudi Arabia is key to resolving the Yemen crisis.

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DUBAI (Sputnik)Saudi Arabia is a key to resolving the Yemeni crisis, Russian Ambassador to Yemen Vladimir Dedushkin said.

"Saudi Arabia, in my view, has a decisive role in resolving this [Yemeni] conflict. The key to its settlement is in the hands of Riyadh," Dedushkin told RIA Novosti.

According to him, the recent statements by Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Jubeir concerning the near end of the war in Yemen and necessity of a political solution to the crisis, are very reassuring.

A new round of UN-backed negotiations between the parties to the Yemeni conflict could take place in mid-November, Russian Ambassador said.

Yemen has been engulfed in a military conflict between the government and Shiite Houthi rebels, the country’s


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When the Georgia General Assembly was gaveled into action earlier this month, hope was that a lightning-quick session would focus on high-priority legislation and fewer of the usual "hey look at me" proposals that often clog progress under the Gold Dome.

Hall County Commission Chairman Richard Mecum on Thursday asked county legislators to consider changing state law to allow local websites to be county legal organs. Mecum pitched the idea as a way for the county to save money, though he didn't explain how it was he expected money to be saved.

Americans marked a pivotal day in history last week with the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. On this day in 1963, two days after he was slain in Dallas,the fallen president was transferred from the White House to the U.S. Capitol to lie in state as the nation mourned.

A nice tradition has emerged in recent years for Veterans Day. Monday, U.S. service members will be treated to free meals from restaurants, shopping discounts at retailers and similar perks from other businesses aimed to show them the appreciation they have earned so well.

A year ago, the nation was focused on a bitterly contested presidential campaign between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Closer to home, voters in Northeast Georgia filled a new U.S. House seat while voting for state legislators, county commissioners and various other offices. With interest high, 70 percent of registered voters turned out in Hall County to cast ballots.

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stretch. Those are the negatives, but there are pitches when he lines it up that look outstanding, with great balance, momentum, and stride, as well as excellent hip-shoulder separation (his greatest asset) and angular-trunk-rotation timing. He is explosive when he lines up all the pieces, but he needs to do that more often. In my opinion, he has a lot more in the tank, and with some refinement with his timing and his posture (possibly related to functional strength), he could really take a big step forward.

As for Willis, he provides one of my favorite examples of signature, and how genetics can play a role in mechanical efficiency. Dontrelle has had the extreme leg kick since he was in high school, and he depends on that leg kickto generate stride and momentum, and to create ideal timing for his personal signature. When the Marlins tried to change the leg kick, it had a disastrous effect on his timing, and he struggled to find rhythm for most of the season. The only issue I have is that he seems to lose balance momentarily as he brings the lift leg up to its maximum height, but he consistently regains that balance before he completes his stride. He could get going to the plate a bit sooner, but he efficiently directs his energy to the target once he gets moving, and finishes with a strong posture and glove position at release point, while releasing the ball close to home plate.

DT: Lincecum is a fascinating case, and he does


trail behind his center of mass as he gets into foot strike, which could hinder his consistency at release point. He has a good, high leg kick, with some funk as he brings his lift leg down near the ground, and then bursts toward the plate with the foot just off the ground. The lift sequence looks a bit funky, but it works well for him, as it helps him get a good stride despite relatively low momentum. He lands with a closed stride, which some scouts hate to see, but he is able to properly time his upper body rotation, and doesn’t throw across his body. He has good delayed trunk rotation, including a bit of a hitch in his throwing shoulder that he uses for extraused his albuterol inhaler 15 times. He began taking cetirizine 2 to 3 weeks prior to the appointment. The patient reported the he had been eating wheat daily, dairy 3 to 4 days a week, and soy and eggs occasionally. His asthma appeared to be uncontrolled, and we stressed the importance of taking his prescribed medications and following the dietary recommendations for the management of his asthma.

At 32 weeks, we had a phone check-in during which the mother reported compliance with the dietary recommendations and good control of his asthma where he only needed the albuterol once in the past week and was taking the medications as recommended. At 35 weeks, his asthma had improved. At 40 weeks, he reported that he had two attacks since the last


visit and one occurred immediately after he ate eggs. He was again encouraged to continue avoiding eggs.

At the 45-week visit, the patient presented to clinic with a flare of his asthma symptoms. He reported that he felt as if he had pneumonia and wheezing was audible. He required albuterol nebulizer treatments every night since the last visit. In discussion, the patient admitted to consuming significant amounts of gluten, dairy, eggs, and citrus at almost every meal during the past month. At this visit, we reinforced the importance of following the recommendations to manage the asthma symptoms. The parents agreed to take him to his primary care physician\'s office immediately to have a chest x-ray and follow the physician\'s recommendations. At this point, we explained to the parents thatBasle Accord was endorsed included
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associated with the International Monetary Fund's General
Arrangements to Borrow.
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Under both the Basle Accord and the FDIC's risk-based capital
guidelines, claims on the governments and banks of the OECD-based group
of countries generally receive lower risk weights than corresponding
claims on the governments and banks of non-OECD countries.
Specifically, the FDIC's risk-based capital policy statement provides
for the following treatment:
<bullet> Direct claims on, and the portions of claims that are
directly and unconditionally guaranteed by, OECD-based central
governments (including central banks) are assigned to the


weight.)
<bullet> General obligation bonds that are obligations of states or
other political subdivisions of the OECD-based group of countries are
assigned to the 20 percent risk category. Revenue bonds of such
political subdivisions are assigned to the 50 percent risk category.
Both general obligation and revenue bonds of political
subdivisions of non-OECD countries are assigned to the 100
percent risk category.
Recently, the OECD has taken steps to expand its membership. In
light of these steps, the Basle Committee was urged to clarify an
ambiguity in the Basle Accord as to whether the OECD members eligible
for the lower risk weights include only those members that were in the
OECD when the Basle Accord was endorsed in 1988 or all members,
regardless of entry date into the OECD. The Basle Committee also
reviewed the overall appropriateness of the criteria the BasleAccord
uses to determine whether claims on a foreign government
[[Page 8583]] or bank qualify for placement in a lower risk category.
As part of this review, the Basle Committee reassessed whether
membership in the OECD (or the conclusion of special lending
arrangements with the IMF) would, by itself, be sufficient to ensure
that only countries with relatively low transfer risk would continue to
be eligible for lower risk weight treatment.
On July 15, 1994, the Basle Committee made an announcement to
clarify that the reference in the Basle Accord to OECD members applies
to all current members of the organization. The announcement also
stated that it is the Basle Committee's intention, subject to national
consultation, to record a change to the Basle Accord in 1995 that would
modify the definition of the OECD-based group of countries for risk-
based capital purposes.


life as a family. Growing up in the town
that my family helped settle, and playing regularly on the land that had been
farmed for several generations strongly impacted me. If I didn't know anything
else about myself growing up, I knew that I was a descendent from pioneers and that
meant something. The strong connection to my heritage as a Mormon was a central
guiding force in my life. I was

a fairly
quiet, skinny kid. I wasn't athletic, and didn't really shine academically
either despite the aptitude. I preferred daydreaming and tinkering to playing
with balls, cars, action figures, television, or video games. So, as a
daydreaming LDS kid, much of my life revolved around the ideas I was taught
about pre-mortal life, post-mortal life, and the nature of existence in
general. I didn't really have close friends,his conversion. Enjoy!

“God forbid that I should boast except in the Cross of our Lord
Jesus” - Galatians 6:14

Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord bless us Amen.

My journey to the Holy and Apostolic Orthodox Church is one of
great turmoil and upheaval yet a story of God’s grace and mercy undeserved. It started with my father becoming Mormon in
1966 when he found my mother was pregnant with me, being born six months after
their LDS wedding. My mother was a fourth generation Mormon, whereas my father
was raised Anglican in Liverpool, England.

For eighteen years I attended all and every LDS service from
Sunday school, cubs, scouts, MIA, acted as a Home teaching companion for my
father and went to all manner of conferences culminating in me attending one
year of high school @ Church


College in New Zealand (1983). My father by faith gave
his all to the church and to the service of the LDS people; every spare second
was spent away from home to the detriment of all family relationships – and his
LDS reward, promotion to Bishop, Stake Councillor, Regional Rep and Mission
Presidency etc.

It was in this period of rapid promotion of my father that I felt
a deep conflict about the LDS teachings and way of life, I completed seminary
(my mother was the teacher for 3 of the 4 years) and I even interviewed to
serve a mission, but in a heartfelt moment of clarity I declared to the Stake
President I wasn’t “worthy” as the matter was more for the “family name and
reputation” than out of any personal belief in the LDS teachings,Europe, Australia, all of Asia experiencing
tremendous financial success and spectacular failure which culminated in
becoming homeless in 2011. In my travels I had seen first-hand many religions,
from Buddha to Baptist to Jew but never felt any real connection to them and in
fact found myself in a state of disdain at the “one day a week Christians”, in
weakness and folly I dared to judge and formed a view that religion was made by
man for man’s own ego and not to glory of Christ. Then in a state of absolute
despair and contemplating suicide I meet Arch Priest James – an Orthodox Priest
of 20 years serving the homeless and poor on the streets in winter. I looked on
in awe at how the homeless greeted him with hugs, smiles, handshakes, sharing
laughter and food,


it was a his deep concern and unconditional love for the
poor that struck me, time and again I witnessed his generosity and simple life
style, God had planted a seed in me that yearned to be watered by Him.

May 30th 2012 I was asked to attend a meal at the
homeless shelter run my Arch Priest Fr James, little was I to know that it was
not a communal meal but just me, a friend and the Fr James. As I entered the
small humble church (in an old warehouse) with all its icons and relics I was
struck by the peace emanating from the St Marcy icon… Fr James had prepared a
simple meal for us to share and in his uniquely robust and forthright manner
wanted to know my story to the statepleasure of sharing with you Josh's answers to my interview questions. Josh's conversion story is a very interesting one that took him through various faith traditions. I hope you enjoy what he has to share.

MtO: Where did you grow up? Were you and your family active in the LDS faith? How many generations of your family have been LDS?

Josh: Brigham City, Utah... My family has been active LDS since it's inception. My fathers family were with the Smiths and Company back in upstate New York, they were frustrated with the denominationals, being in the epicenter of "the burnt over" region of New York... My mothers side joined with the LDS troop in Navoo... I am directly related to Lorenzo Snow (and just about everyone in northern Utah with


or have been semi-active at best. Tell us about your LDS background and whether or not you see yourself as falling into one of these two categories.

How many generations of your family have been LDS?

Symeon: Multi-generational active Mormon. Lived the complete, full Mormon experience: born under the covenant, primary, priesthood, served a mission, married in the temple. Taught early morning seminary and Institute for a period of time, as well as adult Gospel Doctrine and Gospel Principles. My father's family were the first to join and stay in the state of Kentucky (around 1900 CE) and pretty much every ward and branch in Kentucky has at least one cousin of mine in it. My mother's family are direct descendants of Ezra T. Benson, apostle to Brigham Young. Theycrossed the plains and had multiple wives. Ezra Taft Benson, the president of the LDS church in the 1980s, was my grandmother's cousin.

Where did you grow up? Were you and your family active in the LDS faith?

I grew up in rural Kentucky. This means that my branch was very small, and my father was the branch president. We were very active. I rarely missed a week of church, and missing two weeks in a row was unheard of. Never smoked a cigarette, never let alcohol touch my lips. We had Family Home Evening pretty regularly and lots of scripture and gospel discussions.

Did you serve a mission?

I served in the Texas Lubbock Mission from 2004-2006. It was by and large a pleasant experience where I learned a lot.

Did you


marry in an LDS temple?

Yes, I married in the Louisville, Kentucky temple, which my grandfather helped to build. He was also a sealer and performed our sealing ceremony.

Did you leave the LDS faith before or after learning about Orthodox Christianity? If before, have you been an adherent of any other faith traditions along the way?

Long after. I've known about Orthodoxy since I was a teenager, though it never seemed like a church I could actually join until a couple years ago.

How did you find out about Orthodox Christianity?

This is an interesting story (to me anyway). When I was a young deacon in the LDS church (around 12 years old or so) I filled out a card I found in a magazine to join the "History Book Club," whichnear Largo in central Prince George's County. The highway was constructed as a gravel road along with Ritchie Road north of Ritchie–Marlboro Road north to MD 214 in 1923. Ritchie–Marlboro Road east from Ritchie Road to Upper Marlboro was completed in 1933. By 1939, the southern portion of Ritchie Road and Forestville Road to the south were designated MD 534. MD 534 and MD 221 were removed from the state highway system in 1955.

MD 536

Maryland Route 536 was the designation for Blossom Point Road, which ran from MD 6 south to a point south of Mill Swamp Road near Welcome in western Charles County. The highway was constructed as a gravel road in 1933. MD 536 was removed from the state highway system in 1956.

MD 537

Maryland Route 537


north to the south port of the Upper Ferry on the Wicomico River in southern Wicomico County. The first segment of the highway was built as a macadam road a short distance north from Allen in 1933. MD 548 was extended north as a macadam road to Upper Ferry in 1935. The highway was removed from the state highway system in 1956.

MD 549

Maryland Route 549 was the designation for Fort Washington Road from Fort Washington Park north to MD 224 (now Livingston Road) in Fort Washington. The highway was constructed as a gravel road in 1933. MD 549 was removed from the state highway system in 1955.

MD 551

Maryland Route 551 was the designation for Washington Street from MD 343 east to MD 16 within Cambridge in central Dorchesterin 1989.

MD 558

Maryland Route 558 was the designation for Bel Alton Newtown Road from MD 3 (now Fairgrounds Road) northeast to MD 6 at the hamlet of Newtown southeast of La Plata in southern Charles County. The first segment of the highway, from MD 3 to near Clark Run, was completed as a gravel road in 1933. MD 558 was completed to MD 6 in 1936. The highway was removed from the state highway system in 1956.

MD 559

Maryland Route 559 was the designation for Gorsuch Road from the Westminster city limit east to the hamlet of Tannery on the Western Maryland Railway in central Carroll County. The first half of the highway was constructed as a concrete road from the Westminster end in 1934. MD 559 was extended


Kim Go Eun announced their relationship in August 2016, both claiming to start dating around June. They have the same hobby that is scuba diving and trying to overcome the age difference of 17 years. Kim Go Eun and Shin Ha Kyung broke up on March 21, 2017 after 8 months of dating.

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IU admitted that she was in love with Jang Ki Ha, an Indie singer. Although they are separated by 11 years age gap, but both feel comfortable with each other because they have the same interest in music. According to reports, both often talk about music and naturally their relationship develops. They dated in October 2015 and broke up on January 22, 2017 when the relationship was almost 3was a longtime jobber before his sudden push to the top of the card, despite being criticized for his in-ring ability and mic skills. Mahal is currently in a rivalry with Nakamura and will defend his title at Hell In A Cell, but it doesn't look like the WWE is ready to take the title off of him. Cena Sr. believes the longer Mahal's run as champion, the worse it would be for the WWE.

"The fans are gonna get pretty tired, pretty fast," he said. "They don't like Mahal to start with, and not because he's a good heel, it's because he can't wrestle."

Mahal's run as champion has often been compared to John Bradshaw Layfield's run as champion in 2004. JBL was a staple of the tag team


division before getting a singles push on SmackDown. He suddenly won the WWE Championship and held the belt for 281 days. It's possible Mahal is on his way to a long reign as well, but Cena Sr. doesn't believe he's worthy of a comparison to JBL.

"He's not even close to being a JBL. Mahal is in there for one reason: they want the Indian market," Cena Sr. said. "What better way to get it than to have the champion into the country you're going? And he's gonna hold that when he comes out of India, he's gonna hold that for a while for whatever reason. To upset the fans, maybe? Perhaps. But he certainly is not the same caliber of JBL. He doesn't have the arrogance, the ability,KABUL, Afghanistan — The leader of Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahri, broke nearly a year of radio silence on Thursday to pledge allegiance to the new leader of the Taliban, but his audio message made no mention of the Taliban’s two-year delay in acknowledging that their former leader was dead.

Mr. Zawahri’s message came in an audio recording attached to a Twitter message, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, a terrorist monitoring organization, which said it was an unusual way for him to distribute messages. Mr. Zawahri, a 64-year-old Egyptian, took over Al Qaeda after American commandos killed Osama bin Laden in 2011, but he has not had any confirmed audio or video communications since September.

SITE said the voice on the new audio message, which acknowledged that the Taliban had


chosen Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour as their new leader to replace the deceased Mullah Muhammad Omar, sounded like that of Mr. Zawahri. But it did little to dispel speculation, even among some fellow jihadists, that the Qaeda leader was himself dead.

Leaders of extremist groups involved in the Afghan war have undermined their credibility among many followers after news emerged that senior figures have been dead for months or even years. In addition to Mullah Omar, who died in April 2013, an ally, Jalaluddin Haqqani, head of the extremist Haqqani network, reportedly died in December, but the group continues to deny that.Donning hot pants, neon shirts, fish-net stockings and floppy hats, some of this year's walkers carried placards reading "Consent is non-negotiable" and chanted "It's a dress, not a yes" as the crowd marched from Zoo Lake through the streets of Parkview and Rosebank on Saturday.

The Slutwalk campaign began in January 2011 after a police officer in Toronto warned a group of students against "dressing like sluts" to avoid victimisation. Since then, the torch has been carried by scores of cities around the world; its signature style being that of barely clad women asserting their freedom to dress as they wish without fear of sexual assault.

Slutwalk Johannesburg, founded by actress Sandi Schultz, took place this year for the second time. There was a big male turnout, and one of


the co-organisers Storm Cartwright said he was motivated to participate after two of his female friends were brutally raped while at school.

But questions have been raised about the relevance of the Slutwalk in South Africa, where sexual violence is so rampant that what women wear makes little difference to their chances of being assaulted.

But Schultz, herself a survivor of rape, said the Slutwalk resonated with South Africa's culture of rape and sexual violence, where too many cases of sexual assault go unreported and unspoken of. Schultz described the situation as "war-like", in which "men seem to have declared war on their sisters and mothers".

Slutwalk Johannesburg participant 30-year-old Rozanne Mackenzie agreed that no matter their attire, women were still vulnerable.

"Even if you are wearing a long skirt," she said,"You will still be raped."

The blame game

Mackenzie said dress was used to blame survivors of sexual assault.

"People's first reaction is 'Was she asking for it? Was she wearing a short skirt?'," Mackenzie said.

Those who related their tales of sexual abuse spoke of their shame and self-blame after being attacked, which often took years to throw off.

Mackenzie said she was abused at the age of six and only came to terms with the incident while in her 20s. In the interim she got involved in a series of "bad" relationships.

"I used to have an 'at least' mentality and tell myself at least they weren't abusing me," she said.

Other participants complained of harassment when using public transport. "It's 2012. In South Africa … women, especially black women, when you go


It is almost 15 months since I arrived on Australian soil as the Academic Lead for Problem-based Learning at Bond University, after a five and half year stint in the Middle East. How did a South African end up in Australia via the Middle East, you might well ask? The story of this journey to becoming an "international" medical educator began in April 2005, when my cosy (but not mundane) routine at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) was interrupted by an email inviting me to consider applying for a medical education post at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) University. Why would I want to work in the UAE or anywhere else, for that matter? Although being what I considered "well-travelled", the thought of disrupting my relatively peacefuland comfortable existence in the city in which I was born, schooled and now worked, held little appeal.But, the seed had been sown\.... After weighing up the pros and the cons, I took a huge leap of faith and applied for the position, not knowing what lay beyond the next four years or even if I would see out the four years in a new and strange country. My decision was certainly not taken lightly. In fact, it was a gestation of several months, particularly since I knew that if I resigned, considering the South African political landscape, it was unlikely that I would find a similar position on my return. So, leaving family, friends, assets and a lifestyle to which I was accustomed, I landed in Dubai


in the height of summer (in excess of 45°C) and was transported to the garden city of Al Ain, in the middle of the Arabian desert. From a professional perspective, it was one of the best decisions I have made. The UAEU faculty comprised mostly expatriate academics and support staff with a wealth of knowledge and experience who too had had to make the often difficult decision to leave "home", sometimes without their families, in search of, amongst other reasons, a different (or for some, a similar) experience, adventure, research opportunities, a tax-free income or perhaps exiled from their home country because of political strife. At the time of my arrival (June 2006), faculty originated from more than 25 countries. While many were from the region (e.g. Syria,Jordan, Palestine, Iran, Iraq) or from North Africa (e.g. Egypt, Libya, Sudan), others hailed from more distant shores (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa). Many of us lived in the same "compounds" and so became a close-knit family, sharing our stories of families left behind and caring for our inherited pets (usually cats) who adopted us the minute we moved into our new accommodation. We regularly shared meals and frequently escaped to the desert or the coast to enjoy the splendour of outdoors, particularly in the cooler winter months. Colleagues soon became friends, often cemented by our common origins and the familiar "culture" of our heritage. Although continents now separate us, the bonds that united us when our paths crossed on foreign shores still remain, thanks largely to


social media.Contract work away from home often comes with perks. The UAEU's generous leave and research support, for example, allowed me to travel extensively both professionally and for leisure. I soon came to realise that Dubai and Abu Dhabi are the gateways to a significant part of the globe, with Africa, Europe and Asia readily accessible in a few hours. The UAE position was the springboard for developing a network of collaborators both locally and further afield. Either as a key note speaker at conferences or as an external examiner, I was able to travel to places I would never have dreamed of visiting had I stayed in South Africa: Indonesia, Syria, Saudi Arabia (which was interesting as the only invited female presenter), Bahrain and Sudan. For well-earnedto 82 (average: 51 years), 40% being female, responded. Eighty-four percent reported being medically qualified. English was the home language of just over 60% of the respondents, with the majority claiming to speak at least one other language. When asked which country they considered home, 30% identified the UK, with next largest group of respondents (15%) falling into "difficult to say" category, which included comments such as "I don't feel attached to either country" or providing an answer with multiple countries. Of interest was the use of "now" by a number of respondents to indicate the country in which they were currently working as "home", transcending the idea of "home" being the country of birth. From my personal experience, currently working in a second country since leaving South


Africa, and having just submitted my Australian permanent residency application, "home" is beginning to blur.In 2006, Ron Harden described his vision of the future of medical education -- transnational was the term he used. In such a scenario, the educators and students would be international and the curriculum would be "global".[@r1] In essence, there would be no fences. From personal experience both in the UAE and in Australia, with the status of "international", "culture" needs to be added to the equation. My move to the Arabic and Islamic UAE "culture" was nothing short of a cultural awakening. Despite all my experiences in a diverse South Africa (11 national languages), I felt like a cultural neonate as I came to understand the intertwined reality of religion and culture andquickly, I found myself consulting the culture gurus to understand some of these intricacies.[@r2]^-^[@r3]And so, after five and half years in the Middle East, halfway through my second four-year contract, I accepted a position at Bond. Back to my comfort zone, I imagined. Australia, like South Africa, is part of the Commonwealth, so how different will the "culture" be? Soon after arriving, my preconceptions were immediately challenged. Bond is a "private" (non-profit) university, with a considerable part of its income derived from international students. The medical faculty is, however, the exception, with applicants needing to be Australian or New Zealand residents or citizens. But, most medical students are not what one imagines as the typical Australian. Much to my surprise, most medical students were either born elsewhere and


The Australian Federal Police has reportedly arrested a man who describes himself as the "leader" of the LulzSec hacking group.

The 24-year-old man was arrested on hacking charges Tuesday in the coastal town of Point Clare, according to ABC News Australia, which first reported the arrest. The report did not reveal that man's identity.

The arrest comes two weeks after three members of hacker group pleaded guilty in a British court to carrying out cyberattacks against various media and entertainment companies and the U.K. National Health Service.

LulzSec emerged on the hacking scene in 2011, claiming credit for attacks on Sony, the CIA, the U.S. Senate, and FBI, among many other groups. The group also targeted Visa, MasterCard, and PayPal after the companies stopped allowing individuals to provide financial support toWikiLeaks.

After a 50-day hacking blitz, the group suddenly announced in June of that year that it was leaving the hacking world, saying that its time was up. In March 2012, the FBI arrested several members of LulzSec and Anonymous. Law enforcement officials were able to nab the hacker group members after their former leader, Hector Xavier Monsegur aka Sabu, turned on them.


department wrote the affidavit requesting the

warrant and signed it in front of a Lubbock County Court-at-Law judge. As presented to

the judge, the jurat on the affidavit read, “SWORN AND SUBSCRIBED to before me,

the undersigned authority, on this ___ day of ___, 2009.” Likewise, the signature block

on the warrant contained a line reading, “ISSUED AT ____ o’clock,__.M. on this___ day

of ___ 2009, to certify which witness my hand.” The judge completed the jurat on the

affidavit by writing in the day and month, 1 and completed the signature block on the

warrant by writing in the time, day and month, 2 then signed the jurat and the warrant.

Neither the officer nor the judge noticed, however, that the year printed on the jurat and

warrant was 2009, not 2010. Consequently, the jurat andwarrant contained the

incorrect date of February 5, 2009 rather than the dates of their actual signing, February

5, 2010. No other dates appear in either document.

      Officers executed the warrant at the apartment on February 9, 2010. Officers

encountered, and apprehended, an individual named Rochelle Green as she was

leaving the apartment. Inside, they found appellant in the bedroom, and arrested him

as well. In the apartment they also found large amounts of cash, digital scales, drug

      1
        As completed, the jurat reads, “SWORN AND SUBSCRIBED to [sic] before me,
the undersigned authority, on this 5th day of Feb., 2009.”
      2
       As completed, the line


noted, assessment of harm requires, inter alia, consideration of the entire record of

evidence before the jury. The record is abundantly clear that the search occurred in

February 2010, not a year earlier. Indeed, some items seized during the search,

including a letter postmarked in July 2009, establish that fact conclusively. And nothing

in the record, except for the printed year 2009 appearing on the affidavit and warrant,

even suggests that the events described in the affidavit occurred a year before the

search. As noted, no evidence disputed the testimony of the officer who prepared and

presented the affidavit that the 2009 date was a typographical error. Taking the record

as a whole, we see no harm to appellant flowing from the omission of an article 38.23

instruction asking the jury to determine whether the affidavit andon the actors in the front, and progressively less elaborate or even accurate pieces towards the back. Once you have a hundred people huddled on a tiny city street, the only thing the camera will ever see of the people in the back is from the shoulders up.
The trick across all fields of costume design is knowing what will be seen, either by a live audience or the camera. If a gentleman never takes his coat off, why buy the finest silk brocade fabric for the back of a vest when muslin will do? If a period gown will only be worn in a tight shot, why bother with yards and yards of beaded trim for the hem?

What is the most elaborate and painstaking piece of costume design


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Last night the office of Prime Minister in Australia was treated like a part-time casual employment job as Kevin Rudd with a group of clandestine men ceased control once again (though last time he was at least elected by the people) of the Labor party through a caucus ballot to topple the leadership of Julia Gillard. No doubt it was seen as a comeuppance on the part of Kevin Rudd who was deposed as leader by Julia Gillard three years and three days ago in the exact same manner. The events of yesterday appear to be a Pyrrhic victory for Rudd as it has once again destabilized the government so close to an election date.

Julia Gillard spoke veryeloquently and directly to the cameras in the same stoic manner with which she conducted herself as Prime Minister. She had poise and grace under fire as the mounting pressure of opinion polls continued to dog her leadership. Her farewell, now her legacy, will continue to enshrine her not only as a great woman, but as a great political tactician who laid down the gauntlet but unfortunately the tide had turned within her own ranks. What is very sad about this bloodshed in the Australian left is that the people had very little say in the bloodbath except for the data they provided in the polls.

Now we are forced to endure a Rudd government, with Rudd being akin to Napoleon returning to France for his hundred days. Whilst


antique fob chain and diamond and emerald Deco pin. Redford must not be accustomed to having competition in the looks department, but in this instance he met his match."

Monday, June 24, 2013

Having returned from the Norman Lindsay Gallery a few weeks ago with a number of fantastic prints I was hoping to find some sort of manner in which I could use my silks as part of the framing process. Enter Margot from Ace Framing in Sydney's Rose Bay. My other posters I framed in a very modest manner, choosing matte black timber frames for my posters from the Toulouse-Lautrec exhibition I visited in Canberra and matte white timber frames for my Norman Lindsay posters. Then, on the final poster, I turned to Margot and said 'let's goA sixth British jihadist has reportedly been killed fighting in Syria.

The death of the man was first reported on the jihadist Twitter account @Zhoof21 yesterday afternoon.

He has been named as Abu Naseebah al-Britani by Shiraz Maher, head of outreach at Kings College London's International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR).

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Chales Lister, an analyst at Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Centre, added that he is believed to have been killed fighting for the al-Qa’ida linked ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams) in Deir Atiyah, north of Damascus.

No further details about the man are currently available.

The death follows a reports that four British men have died fighting for the al-Qa’ida linked al-Nusra Front in Syria


over the summer.

Three of the men, all thought to have been from London, were killed as they attacked forces loyal to President Bashar Assad near Aleppo.

A fourth man, fighting for the same group was shot two weeks later during an ambush on an enemy position. He has been named by the Times as Mohammed el-Araj, 23, from Ladbroke Grove, west London.

A fifth man, Ibrahim al-Mazwagi, 21, from North London is believed to have been killed in February.

MI5 estimates suggest that 200-300 Britons have travelled to Syria to fight against President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, some of which have joined forces influenced by Islamic extremism.

A new study by charity Hope Not Hate suggests that a groups linked to British Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary have “facilitated or encouraged” up to 80San Francisco Labor Council endorses
Oct. 25 March on Washington

WITH EACH PASSING day, the body count in Iraq grows.
Thousands of Iraqis are being rounded up, held prisoner in
their own country, interrogated without an attorney or any
due process. Iraqi civilians who have the misfortune of
living in or driving nearby an area that's being raided by
U.S. Special Forces are being murdered in cold blood.
Every day, another U.S. family learns of the loss of a
loved one.

The war in Iraq is not over. The war and occupation will
not end unless the people of the United States rise up as
they did during the Vietnam War.

The pattern of lies, deceit and deception practiced by the
Bush administration is being exposed. The Bush
administration's approval ratings are dropping sharply as
people realize that they have been lied to. We


and who is paying the price?;
and

Whereas, every day, people are dying as a consequence of
this illegal occupation ... Every day human misery expands
in the drive for world Empire and corporate globalization
... Every day, jobs are lost and vital social programs
that serve and protect working people are being looted and
destroyed, as the Bush administration cynically
manipulates the so-called "war on terrorism" to carry out
the social transfer of wealth from the bottom to the top;
and

Whereas, the Bush administration lied to the people, to
the Congress, and to the United Nations as it raced to
wage war against Iraq. Now tens of thousands of Iraqis and
many hundreds of GIs have been killed or maimed - by
Rumsfeld's count over 1000 attacks on US forces since May
1st. As the anger of the Iraqi people inevitably grows,
thebody count on both sides will sharply increase; and

Whereas, as the anti-war movement predicted, the Iraqi
people view US forces as colonial occupiers, not
liberators. American soldiers are killing and being killed
in a war that serves only the interests of U.S. oil
monopolies and corporate elites - George W. Bush's real
constituents. Soldiers and their families are realizing
that high government officials, mostly millionaires who
shuttle between corporate boardrooms and government posts,
are using U.S. troops as a private security detachment for
the multinational corporations' plunder of Iraq's oil
riches; and

Whereas, the Pentagon now admits they will have 150,000
troops in Iraq for the "foreseeable future," at a cost of
nearly $4 Billion a month -- on top of the cost of
maintaining US troops and bases in 130 other countries -
and this rapid rise in the power and reach


of the military
is closely linked to the unprecedented assault on the
civil rights, union rights, benefits (including veterans'
benefits), and living standards of working people going on
right now in the United States; and

Whereas, the Bush administration - which only came to
power due to massive racist disenfranchisement and voting
fraud -- has used the excuse of their "endless war" to
sponsor a wholesale assault on the Bill of Rights,
institutionalize racial profiling, assume extraordinary
powers for the Executive branch, and adopt new repressive
laws like the Patriot Act; and

Whereas, on October 25, 2003 the anti-war, civil rights,
social justice and labor movements - joined in ever
increasing numbers by family members of military personnel
and veterans and international delegations -- will march
on Washington, D.C. to demand an immediate end to the US
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“Where to, Sergeant?” Shabalala asked when he drew even with Emmanuel.

“Around that bend,” Emmanuel said. “Our guide has dropped out.”

They moved on, slowly skirting the boulder. Three Zulu men dressed in traditional cowhides worn over printed cloth stood shoulder to shoulder across the narrow path to form a roadblock. They held hardwood clubs and assegais, hunting spears with rawhide bindings and sharp blades. Together they made an impi, a fighting unit. The tallest


of the men stood in the center.

“Suggestions?” Emmanuel asked Shabalala.

The Zulu men gave no indication that they might move from the middle of the path. Military defeat at the hands of the British army and Boer commandos had not cowed them. They stood as their ancestors must have a hundred years ago: fearless masters of their own land.

“Should we wait for the local police?” Shabalala asked. Far below and across the emerald stretch of the valley lay the town of Roselet, the closest source of law enforcement backup.

“The station commander might not get the message for hours,” Emmanuel said, referring to the handwritten note he’d stuck to the door of the locked police station an hour ago. A small sandstone bungalow adjacent to the station had also beenyards off the path and a group of women became visible. They sat in a circle, swaying back and forth. The rock fig branched over them like a sentinel. Emmanuel hesitated. One step closer and the sorrow would engulf him and drag him back to a time and place in his own life he’d rather forget.

“Sergeant,” Shabalala prompted softly, and Emmanuel walked on. He’d chosen this life among the wounded and the dead. Dealing with the living was a necessary part of the job.

“She is here, inkosi.” One of the women shuffled to the side to make a gap in the circle through which Emmanuel could approach the body. A black girl lay on the sweet spring grass, gazing up at the soft blue sky and the shapes


words seemed to drain the anger from Nomusa. Her expression softened and she said to Emmanuel, “From the day my daughter was born her eyes were on the horizon and what was beyond it. I should have kept her by my side but she did not like to be watched over. Now she is gone . . .”

Nomusa covered her face with her hands and began to cry. A woman held her and rocked her like a child as she sobbed. Emmanuel put the notebook away and stood up. Pressing for more information would gain him nothing. Nomusa had become unreachable in her grief.

“Find out who discovered the body and see if the women can help us with a list of people to talk to,” Emmanuel said toShabalala. “I’ll search the area for a possible murder weapon.”

“Yes, Sergeant.” Shabalala shuffled closer to the women and waited patiently for the right moment to speak.

Emmanuel walked away. Grief and despair were part of the job. He was used to it. But there were times, like this one, when the ghosts of the dead from his past tried to break through into daylight instead of waiting for night to fall.

He combed the grass, searching for a knife, a spent bullet casing or a sharpened stick—anything that might have caused the injury to Amahle’s back. He could do nothing for the war dead. This death on a Natal hillside, however, he could do something about.

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the distance on the other side. Clouds piled on top of each other behind the peaks. The bronze tops of the mountains, some of them dusted with snow, looked like fortresses for gods. There was nothing like the Drakensberg Mountains anywhere else on earth.

“Where to, Sergeant?” Shabalala asked when he drew even with Emmanuel.

“Around that bend,” Emmanuel said. “Our guide has dropped out.”

They moved on, slowly skirting the boulder. Three Zulu men dressed in traditional cowhides worn over printed cloth stood shoulder to shoulder across the narrow path to form a roadblock. They held hardwood clubs and assegais, hunting spears with rawhide bindings and sharp blades. Together they made an impi, a fighting unit. The tallest of the men stood in the center.

“Suggestions?” Emmanuel asked Shabalala.

The Zulu mensat in a circle, swaying back and forth. The rock fig branched over them like a sentinel. Emmanuel hesitated. One step closer and the sorrow would engulf him and drag him back to a time and place in his own life he’d rather forget.

“Sergeant,” Shabalala prompted softly, and Emmanuel walked on. He’d chosen this life among the wounded and the dead. Dealing with the living was a necessary part of the job.

“She is here, inkosi.” One of the women shuffled to the side to make a gap in the circle through which Emmanuel could approach the body. A black girl lay on the sweet spring grass, gazing up at the soft blue sky and the shapes of darting birds in the air. Her head rested on a rolled-up


shuffled closer to the women and waited patiently for the right moment to speak.

Emmanuel walked away. Grief and despair were part of the job. He was used to it. But there were times, like this one, when the ghosts of the dead from his past tried to break through into daylight instead of waiting for night to fall.

He combed the grass, searching for a knife, a spent bullet casing or a sharpened stick—anything that might have caused the injury to Amahle’s back. He could do nothing for the war dead. This death on a Natal hillside, however, he could do something about.

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era by standing up to LeBron James in a hotly contested first-round playoff series.

Given the broad and narrow history, a great leap forward in year two seemed within reach. Players often take their biggest leap between years one and two, after all, and Johnson, drafted a month after his 19th birthday, had a personal history of precociousness as both the leader of a four-time high school state champion and the alpha male on three gold-medal USA Basketball teams.

Instead, Johnson struggled through a frustrating season that matched his team’s fall from 44 wins and the postseason to 37 and the lottery. He shot 35 percent overall and became hesitant and error prone with the ball in his hands.

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Van Gundy has ideas of how to better use Johnson. He should be more at home being guarded by small forwards or power forwards. Johnson appeared lean and explosive when he practiced with the Pistons Summer League team and that – superb conditioning – is a key to unlocking the elite defensive potential and transition-offense impact he possesses.

Johnson figures to get a little more leash without Morris around and with Van Gundy determined to get to a broad assessment of the first No. 1 pick he made as Pistons president. Johnson cops to being a bit headstrong but at points during his second season and again after the season admitted he’d miscalculated in some areas and took actions to be more


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Participant Perspectives: Professional Certificate in English Language Teaching (PCELT) Tunisia

In April of 2013, World Learning / SIT Graduate Institute in partnership with AMIDEAST delivered a Professional Certificate in English Language Teaching (PCELT) course in Tunis, Tunisia. The course was part of a larger project being funded by the GE foundation that involves teacher training and training of trainers throughout the MENA region (Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Tunisia, Iraq and Morocco). The Tunisian course participants represented university professors from all regions of the country who teach a variety of subject matter. As part of the program, we asked participants to write a final statement of their key learning during the course. Zeineb DEMI-GHERIANI was kind enough to share her statement


with the Experiential Learning Cycle (Kolb, 1984), I can identify and notice any issue, analyze it, draw conclusions/generalizations, make a hypothesis and determine action plans, and so on.

To sum up the PCELT course, intensive and demanding as it has been, it is itself a wonderful experiential journey with multiple lessons to learn about pedagogy and life as well.

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Zeineb DEYMI-GHERIANI is currently a higher education assistant at the Higher Institute of Human Sciences in Medinine, Tunisia. She is also an English online tutor at the Virtual University of Tunis. She got her DEA (the equivalent of MA) in linguistics in 2005, from the University of Manouba, Tunisia, and she is at the last stage in her Ph Dthesis project which is entitled: Toward an Effective Online English Teaching Strategy. Zeineb’s current scientific preoccupation is on the area of e-learning. She participated in a number of workshops and trainings on the subject and experienced the online mode of learning herself as a student in the Swiss Coselearn program at the end of which she got the SEL certificate (Specialist in E-learning) in 2010. Lately, Zeineb has got the Professional Certificate of English Language Teaching (PCELT) from the Amideast, Tunis, in collaboration with World Learning/SIT.

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First World War centenary: Britain remembers that fateful day in August 100 years ago when the conflict began

Lights will go out around the country on Monday as a centrepiece of centenary commemorations

Jayna Rana

Jayna is a fourth year student at the University of Kent studying Comparative Literature and English Language & Linguistics. She spent her third year abroad, studying at the University of Geneva as part of the Erasmus programme.

It is a date that marks the start of events that would go on to change the course of millions of lives – tomorrow is the 100th anniversary of the day Britain declared war on Germany and the First World War began.

While tomorrow will see the bulk of commemorative events, including the centrepiece of remembrance with the dimming of lightsall over Britain, events also are ongoing throughout the weekend.

Yesterday, Birmingham's Chamberlain Square saw 5,000 ice sculptures left to melt in the sun, in memory of those who lost their lives.

Devised by Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo, the Minimum Monument exhibition was visiting the UK for the first time at the invitation of the city's Hippodrome arts venue.

Today, Germany's President Joachim Gauck will join his French counterpart, François Hollande, at a ceremony at Hartmannswillerkopf, a peak in the southern Vosges mountains on the edge of the Rhine Valley, to mark the anniversary of Germany's declaration of war on France.

The two presidents will lay the foundation stone for a new Franco-German Great War memorial and exhibition centre.

In Britain, services of remembrance will be held in churches across the country today.

The


centrepiece of tomorrow's events will see tens of thousands of Britons taking part in the government-backed Lights Out campaign which will see homes, offices and public buildings dim their lights between 10pm and 11pm in memory of the start of the conflict – leaving a single candle or other light source lit. It was 11pm on 4 August 1914 when the declaration of war was made.

Among the buildings taking part in the campaign will be the Houses of Parliament, the Eden Project, the headquarters of the Football Association, the Imperial War Museums in London and Salford, and British embassies around the world.

Among hundreds of local events, Westminster Abbey will be hosting a candlelit vigil at 10pm, including the gradual extinguishing of candles, with the final light, on thetomb of the unknown warrior, being put out at 11pm. Similar events will be held in Northern Ireland and Wales.

In the morning, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will travel to Liege, Belgium, to attend a ceremony of commemoration at the Mémorial Interallié de Cointe hosted by the Government of Belgium.

Guests will travel to the St Symphorien Military Cemetery in Mons for a UK commemorative event in the evening. It is believed that an equal number of British and German soldiers, and the first and last Commonwealth casualties of the war, are buried at this site.

The Prince of Wales will attend a service of commemoration at Glasgow Cathedral tomorrow, along with Commonwealth heads of state, Alex Salmond and David Cameron.


Friday, September 2, 2016

Schuylkill County LEPC Kickoff of National Preparedness Month

The Schuylkill County Local Emergency Planning Committee, along with the Schuylkill County Board of Commissioners and the Schuylkill County Emergency Management Agency are pleased to announce the Kick-Off of National Preparedness Month. September is recognized as National Preparedness Month which serves as a reminder that we all must take action to prepare, now and throughout the year, for the types of emergencies that could affect us where we live, work, and also where we visit.

The message of the Schuylkill County Local Emergency Planning Committee “Know, Connect, and Prepare” will be emphasized through the month of September.

Each week will focus on a new topic.

Week 1- September 5th “Know”

Know the hazards in your community and backyard. Remember the impact ofBath history talk focuses on parade floats

BATH — The Bath Historical Society kicks off its season of programs with “Patriotism and Progress: Parade Floats in New England Communities, 1788-1976”, an illustrated lecture by Jane C. Nylander, on Saturday, Oct. 17.

The program takes place in the Patten Free Library Community Room, 33 Summer St., at 10 a.m. Admission is free, and light refreshments will be offered at 9:30 a.m.

Nylander is President Emerita of Historic New England, former Director of Strawbery Banke in Portsmouth, N.H., and former curator at Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, Mass. She wrote “Our Own Snug Fireside: Images of the New England Home, 1760-1860,” and co-authored “Windows on the Past: Four Centuries of New England Homes.”


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Shannon Sails, the Dancing Usher stopped by CBS Radio in Detroit fresh off his stint on late night TV to talk with WWJ and demonstrate his moves. Station employees faced off against him in a video dance-off.

Stoney did his best to one up the talented Sail with interpretive dance and a variety of classic moves including “Dealing Cards,” “Pogo,” and “The Sprinkler.”

Sails is well-known for his moves during timeouts during Pistons games and The Palace of Auburn Hills. He first got national attention when his moonwalk made it to the arena’s big screen in April of 2013.

During a November 19 Detroit Pistons game against New York, fans were getting in the groove during a segment of crowd interaction known as


Pacific Grove takes a new approach on trying to solve pension problem

Expert hears history, data and opinions

A different tack started Wednesday to try to defuse Pacific Grove's long-burning debate over city employee pensions.

A San Francisco municipal finance expert hired by the city heard plenty of history, conflicting opinions and a blizzard of dollar figures. She was the point person in a new effort to find ways to soften the city's heavy pension burden and head off another ballot measure being readied by a residents' group.

City Manager Thomas Frutchey said the idea was to share information, ideas and possible solutions on the "crisis facing Pacific Grove and so many other cities" with attorney Karol Denniston.

Her approach "does not involve litigation, but focuses on dialog," Frutchey said in a recentYOGA GROUP 2016

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Israeli forces fatally shot a Palestinian woman near the Qalandiya checkpoint separating Ramallah from Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.

Israeli police claimed that Alaa Wahdan was walking towards its forces on a pathway designated for vehicles when they asked her to stop.

They added that the 28-year-old from nearby Qalandiya refugee camp pulled out a knife before a security guard shot and injured her in the legs.

إعلام الاحتلال يعلن استشهاد الفتاة الفلسطينية التي أُطلق النار عليها على حاجز قلنديا شمال القدس المحتلة صباح اليوم pic.twitter.com/QkG429vuVD — وكالة شهاب (@ShehabAgency) September 18, 2019

In the video above, Wahdan appears to pose no plausible danger to anyone around her when she is shot.

“They could have controlled her,” bystander Mohammed Hammad Jaradat told the publication Middle East Eye.

“They were five soldiersand she was some seven meters away.”

According to eyewitnesses, Wahdan was left to bleed without first aid.

Photos show the woman lying on the ground in a large pool of blood.

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She was eventually transferred to Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem for treatment, where she was pronounced dead.

Israeli forces prevented medical personnel from the Palestine Red Crescent Society from reaching Wahdan to provide emergency treatment, the group stated.

Occupation forces have habitually denied first aid to Palestinians they have shot, causing them to bleed to death.

No Israeli soldiers were injured during the incident, as in many previous cases in which an alleged Palestinian attacker was killed.

Palestinians in a nearby vehicle filmed the shooting and circulated the


video on social media. In the video above, they can be heard saying, “he shot her in the leg.”

A metal object appears to fall near Wahdan, which one of the armed Israelis kicks with his foot.

Israeli police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld tweeted a photo of the knife he claimed Wahdan had carried:

Female terrorist attempted to carry out stabbing attack at kalandia security crossing. Units responded, terrorist shot, injured moderately. pic.twitter.com/iawfDjC0P9 — Micky Rosenfeld (@MickyRosenfeld) September 18, 2019

Rosenfeld claimed Wahdan was “injured moderately” – although she died shortly after she was shot.

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Although Wahdan was identified by Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Arabic-language Palestinian media haven’t named her. Some news reports said she was in her fifties.

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Fifteen million Americans a year are plagued with alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Many of them, like Caroline Knapp, started in their early teens and began to use alcohol as "liquid armor", a way to protect


II-era California, Homer Macauley and his mother, sister, and three brothers live out struggles and dreams that reflect those of America’s second-generation immigrants. Homer, determined to become one of the fastest telegraph messengers in the West, finds himself caught between reality and illusion as delivering his messages of wartime brings him face-to-face with human emotion at its most naked and raw.

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After the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, Susannah Charleson was so impressed by the newspaper photo of an exhausted handler and his search-and-rescue dog that she decided to train a dog of her own. A dog lover and pilot with search experience herself, Charleson got Puzzle, a strong, bright Golden Retriever, who from the start, exhibited a uniqueaptitude for search-and-rescue work. But the puppy’s willfulness challenged even Susannah, who had raised dogs for years.

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Cat Warren is a university professor and former journalist with an admittedly odd hobby: She and her German shepherd have spent the last seven years searching for the dead. Solo is a cadaver dog. What started as a way to harness Solo’s unruly energy and enthusiasm soon became a calling that introduced Warren to the hidden and fascinating universe of working dogs, their handlers, and their trainers.

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A best seller in its native Canada, Drunk Mom is a gripping, brutally honest memoir of motherhood in the shadow of alcoholism. Three years after giving up drinking, Jowita Bydlowska found herself throwing back a glass of champagne like it was ginger ale. It was a special occasion: a party celebrating the birth ofto return to his same drunken Manhattan life - and live it sober. Dry is the story of love, loss, and Starbucks as a Higher Power

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Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman gives an understated and exemplary performance of this satiric look at the unreality of American media culture. Chance, the enigmatic gardener, becomes Chauncey Gardiner after getting hit by a limo belonging to a Wall Street tycoon. The whirlwind that follows brings Chance to his new status of political policy advisor and possible vice presidential candidate. His garden-variety political responses, inspired by television, become heralded as visionary, and he is soon a media icon.

Pukka's Promise: The Quest for Longer-Lived Dogs

When Ted Kerasote was ready for a new dog after losing his beloved Merle - who died too soon,