schooling and the scripts of movies and television shows were gradually but inexorably altered to reflect the American left’s mindset, not only about governing, but their determination to undermine basic societal moral and religious underpinning as a necessary step in assuring that an eventual ill-educated and dependent populace would look to a government controlled by a single political party as their savior and provider.

Over the past fifty years, as the foundation of the United States was being stealthily eroded, the vast majority of the American people slumbered content in unprecedented peace and prosperity. Regardless of who was in the White House or in control of Congress, no one has been able or willing, as by-product of this public apathy, to curtail the incessant spread of so-called Progressivism inthe nation’s institutions as well as the exponential growth of government with its tentacles increasingly intertwined in the day-to-day lives of all Americans.

Nonetheless in 2008 this was still a right of center country, as less than 20% of the populace identified themselves as liberal or in favor of an all-powerful central government and over 80% self identified as religious. It was clear that it would take at least 15 to 20 years of public and political indifference and another fully indoctrinated generation before the tenets of socialism/Marxism would completely envelop the nation and its social and political institutions, thus being impossible to ever reverse.

It was at this point that Barack Obama was thrust upon the scene. No nominee in the history of the United States was less qualified


to be president, as he had no accomplishments or executive experience except to be steeped in socialist/Marxist ideology and tactics. Nonetheless due to a extraordinary confluence of circumstances -- the self-inflicted and near universal unpopularity of George W. Bush, a catastrophic financial meltdown six weeks before the presidential election, uninspiring and feckless opposition in the primaries and the general election and, most importantly, the unique factor of skin color -- he was elected President.

With the ascendancy of Barack Obama to the White House the acolytes of the American Left, in their giddiness over the election of a fellow traveler, abandoned all pretext of moderation. Their adherence to the scorched earth tactics of Saul Alinski, open and unabashed advocacy of socialist/Marxist tenets, the depths to which they had infiltratedoperate major corporations, their managements will have to be subservient to the central government per the basic tenets of fascism. Small business formation will be severely curtailed as the federal regulatory state determines who and what business can be formed.

The power and independence of the individual states will be vastly eroded as the courts and the power of the purse emanating from Washington will force them into compliance with the whims of the Democratic Party.

The Republican Party will cease to effectively exist except as a token opposition party, as fund raising laws, a media controlled by the government, regulations and court decisions will render it ineffective.

There will be a permanent massive underclass encompassing over 50% of the population as a result of central planning, massive open door immigration,


the near non-existence of new business formation and the inability of the country to weather the next global financial crisis. They and the remnant of the middle class that remains will be increasingly dependent on government largess as the national debt approaches 200% of a declining Gross Domestic Product and the nation lives under a constant threat of hyper-inflation.

The United States will, in due course, become a hollow military power unable to play a role on the world stage as other government expenditures and a declining standard of living render defense spending moot. As a result the country will find itself under increasing level of domestic attacks by terrorists spawned in the Middle East and acting as agents of America’s enemies. China will take over the status asof the American Left for the next 18 months the election of 2016 will be the most critical in the nation’s history if the nation is to survive in peace and prosperity.

I am an immigrant to this country and a displaced survivor of a war that destroyed a continent. A war fomented by men, beginning the 1920’s, who also adhered to the same basic tenets espoused by Barack Obama and his fellow travelers. I have seen and experienced the end product of their narcissism and megalomania. Based on firsthand knowledge I can attest to the existence of God as well as his helping hand. God has given the people of the United States one last opportunity, through the circumstances of the election of Barack Obama, to rescue the


majority of the American people slumbered content in unprecedented peace and prosperity. Regardless of who was in the White House or in control of Congress, no one has been able or willing, as by-product of this public apathy, to curtail the incessant spread of so-called Progressivism in the nation’s institutions as well as the exponential growth of government with its tentacles increasingly intertwined in the day-to-day lives of all Americans.

Nonetheless in 2008 this was still a right of center country, as less than 20% of the populace identified themselves as liberal or in favor of an all-powerful central government and over 80% self identified as religious. It was clear that it would take at least 15 to 20 years of public and political indifference and another fully indoctrinatedgeneration before the tenets of socialism/Marxism would completely envelop the nation and its social and political institutions, thus being impossible to ever reverse.

It was at this point that Barack Obama was thrust upon the scene. No nominee in the history of the United States was less qualified to be president, as he had no accomplishments or executive experience except to be steeped in socialist/Marxist ideology and tactics. Nonetheless due to a extraordinary confluence of circumstances -- the self-inflicted and near universal unpopularity of George W. Bush, a catastrophic financial meltdown six weeks before the presidential election, uninspiring and feckless opposition in the primaries and the general election and, most importantly, the unique factor of skin color -- he was elected President.

With the ascendancy of Barack Obama to the


White House the acolytes of the American Left, in their giddiness over the election of a fellow traveler, abandoned all pretext of moderation. Their adherence to the scorched earth tactics of Saul Alinski, open and unabashed advocacy of socialist/Marxist tenets, the depths to which they had infiltrated American society and the Democratic Party quickly began to come into focus.

After nearly six and half years of the Obama administration and the ongoing rampage of the Left, it is clear for all to see what future lies in store for the United States under the long term reign of this cabal:

The Supreme Court is one justice away from being dominated by politically motivated leftists, four of whom are already in place, bent on relegating the Constitution to the dustbin ofexist except as a token opposition party, as fund raising laws, a media controlled by the government, regulations and court decisions will render it ineffective.

There will be a permanent massive underclass encompassing over 50% of the population as a result of central planning, massive open door immigration, the near non-existence of new business formation and the inability of the country to weather the next global financial crisis. They and the remnant of the middle class that remains will be increasingly dependent on government largess as the national debt approaches 200% of a declining Gross Domestic Product and the nation lives under a constant threat of hyper-inflation.

The United States will, in due course, become a hollow military power unable to play a role on the world stage as other


of their narcissism and megalomania. Based on firsthand knowledge I can attest to the existence of God as well as his helping hand. God has given the people of the United States one last opportunity, through the circumstances of the election of Barack Obama, to rescue the last best hope of mankind. There will be no divine intervention -- it is for the people, in their free will, to decide. If the citizenry chooses to maintain its present course, God will turn his back on this nation as he has done with much of Europe and the Middle East.(Secret) US cables reveal: ACTA was far too secret

WikiLeaks' cables relating to ACTA show that several US embassies recorded …

US government cables published by WikiLeaks show us that it wasn't just "the usual blogger-circles" (as the US Embassy in Sweden called them) complaining about the secrecy of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).

French digital rights group La Quadrature du Net has compiled a list of relevant WikiLeaks cables regarding ACTA. In one, a top intellectual property official in Italy told the US that "the level of confidentiality in these ACTA negotiations has been set at a higher level than is customary for non-security agreements." He added that it was "impossible for member states to conduct necessary consultations with IPR stakeholders and legislatures under this level of confidentiality."

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not related to any international grouping such as the G-8 or OECD, which might make it more difficult to construct a high-standards agreement."

In other words, what we got was a "coalition of the willing" bent on creating tough new enforcement rules that they would slowly seek to impose on other countries.

As a Japanese trade official noted, "we should move as fast as possible and keep in mind that the intent of the agreement is to address the IPR problems of third-nations such as China, Russia, and Brazil, not to negotiate the different interests of like-minded countries. The new agreement could serve as a yardstick for measuring the market economy status of countries such as China and Russia."Friday, 4 January 2008

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first time (e.g. Olive-sided Flycatcher). Other highlights involving rare species included the first two Blackpoll Warblers to be captured in the Tacarcuna reserve, a Worm-eating Warbler, an Ovenbird and a Kentucky Warbler.

Not all species had a good year and it is notable that the flycatchers as a group showed markedly lower abundances compared to other years, as did several warblers, including Mourning Warbler and Canada Warbler. The latter two warblers and the Empidonax flycatchers, in particular, favor a migration route that circumvents the Gulf of Mexico taking birds overland through Mexico and Central America. It is tempting to speculate that the drying effect of the El Niño reduced food supplies along this route and may have affected the survival of these species. Equally, factors on the breeding groundswhich the payer functions as a full-service collaborative ally of multiple physician organizations, while each maintains their independence. This study provides a detailed exposition of the methods, processes, and outcomes of this collaboration.

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Dr. De Mars blog on having achieved success in business, sports and academics without ever actually having grown up. Also includes random thoughts on judo, parenting,mixed martial arts, winning & whatever I feel like rambling on about today.

Thursday, October 20, 2016

At the National Indian Education Association conference this month, I was presenting our research on 7 Generation Games with Bruce Gillette, who I met in 1990 when he was a student at Minot State University and I was a brand new assistant professor right out of graduate school. After 8 years in southern California, I had moved to North Dakota, bought a house in the country and started a new career. It was a whole lot of changes.

The conference was held in Reno, NV and the last timeteam with me as a teammate. Years later, when my daughter, Ronda was competing, another of his students, Chuck Jefferson, was leading a camp she attended.

So, in short, I had known Mr. Smith as an outstanding coach. The fact that he's a fairly high level referee was to me not particularly relevant or interesting. I never really known him as a competitor.

I knew he had trained in Japan and competed as a member of various military teams when he was in the Marines. There was never any question in my mind – or anyone else's – that he was an all-around outstanding judo player. He had been successful as a competitor, beyond successful as a coach and respected as a referee. I should also mention Delores Brody who


was probably his first international gold medalist – She was a little before my time and by the time I met her she was quite a successful professional working on her career.

Perhaps the most interesting insight into Mr. Smith's judo career, though, came in response to the question and answer segment of the event. Frank Sanchez Junior asked,

For those of you who trained in the US and were part of the military after the war, where did you find the racism to be worse, in the US or in Japan?

Now, if you aren't familiar with history of judo in this country, just let me summarize it by saying that there was a lot of discrimination against non-Asian players in America after the war. However, Mr. Smith answered,

I grewof my life. Unlike a lot of people in judo who I have known much of my life and can't stand, Hayward is someone I truly respect and value the great contributions he has made to judo.

Tosh Seino was the first speaker. I have always known that he was a great judo player. As you can see from the photo above, he's not a very big person and yet he was very successful in competition back in the days when weight divisions were optional.

Tosh's father was one of the "no no boys". If you don't know what that is, let me tell you – during World War II, Americans of Japanese descent were required to complete a loyalty questionnaire. The two questions to which Tosh's father and others


answered "no" were these:

Question number 27 asked if Nisei men were willing to serve on combat duty wherever ordered and asked everyone else if they would be willing to serve in other ways, such as serving in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Question number 28 asked if individuals would swear unqualified allegiance to the United States and forswear any form of allegiance to the Emperor of Japan.

As if, being interned in a concentration camp as a child was not enough, after the war, the family moved back to Japan. Tosh moved back to America by himself when he was only 17 years old. He lived with the family that paid him $50 a month, plus his room and board, for chores. Fees for the judo club for $10the next leftist, but
they represent the opinions of a (small but) significant share of the German
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The language used to describe AfD is strikingly similar to the one used to
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immigrants is a real problem in Germany, although in some places is felt more
than in others. Normal people turn to AfD for help, not because they're
aggressive or hateful. It's difficult to even have a civilized discussion
about it without being labelled as "racist" or "extreme right-wing".
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When you hear the words ‘hard-earned tan’, a 22-hour erection probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But it was the reality for one 41-year-old man after he decided to inject himself with a tanning supplement.

Doctors had to inject his member every five minutes for half an hour before the erection subsided

The man, who lives in Scotland, was hospitalised after he bought melanotan – a synthetic hormone that is illegal to sell in the UK – from a bodybuilding supplier and injected it into his abdomen.

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The George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge, known locally as the Second Street Bridge, is a four-lane cantilevered truss bridge crossing the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky and Jeffersonville, Indiana, that carries US 31.

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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Sunday his daughter Bella remains in the hospital with pneumonia but is recovering after a rough 36 hours.

Santorum spoke with Florida supporters by telephone from 3-year-old Bella's hospital room and said doctors hope she can go home in the next few days.

The former Pennsylvania senator also said, "We're going to get out on the campaign trail later tomorrow ... heading out to the Midwest, and start campaigning in the next states as we move this campaign forward."

Santorum scheduled a speech Monday in Missouri and another event in southwest Minnesota — two states with early February contests. He then planned to head to Colorado and Nevada for events Tuesday.

"I feel very, very good about where we are and where


the campaign is going," the candidate said.

But during the call with Florida voters, Santorum opened his remarks with his daughter, who has a genetic condition known as Trisomy 18. The condition typically proves fatal and Santorum often says his daughter wasn't expected to live past 12 months.

"She without a doubt has turned the corner," he said. But he cautioned she "isn't out of the woods yet."

Santorum called his daughter's improvement a "miraculous turnaround" after an unexpected detour from the campaign just days before Tuesday's Florida primary.

Santorum got to his home in Virginia around midnight Friday for a quick break to do his taxes, but found his daughter "was not doing well."

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Saturday evening, Santorum aides announced Bella had been admitted to the hospital and they canceled his morning interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" and church services in Miami. His aides later canceled his trip to Florida and instead sent his 20-year-old daughter to campaign for him.

Santorum described the situation as a "very, very tough night last night" but said by late Sunday Bella was "alert and back to her own beautiful, happy girl."

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The first Johnson County School Board meeting of the new year had a full agenda and several items in need of board consideration.

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International football returns to Craven Cottage next week with Australia taking on Canada on Tuesday 15th October, kick-off 8pm.

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the Opium Country in Turkey, by Afyon Karahissar — to expound upon the main theme of this Congress. I am in full agreement with regard to the four points of his presentation. But I was especially moved by his fourth point, "in behalf of all, and for all." Indeed, what makes the unity of the one Church of Christ, the unity of all creation in the One Holy Kingdom of God, is the One Eucharist of the Church, the Eucharist which we celebrated this past Sunday at the beginning of this All-American Council. No matter what the superficial administrative distinctions might be, the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Orthodox Church of Christ is fully present at every one of our eucharistic celebrations, in this land and throughout the5, 2019

In the aftermath of the event, Mexican politicians called the event a classical music performance and denied that a government building was used for religious purposes. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called for an end to religious intolerance and for more understanding between religions.

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Giving It All Up for Faith - An Interview with Eduardo Verastegui

Beliefnet interviews the star of 2006's Bella and one of the members of the great cast for the upcoming historical war epic For Greater Glory.

Eduardo Verastegui has been a model, a musician, a producer, and an actor. Known for his musical success and his celebrity status in Mexico, the star of 2006’s Bella plays a peace-keeping rebel in the upcoming film For Greater Glory. The movie, which has already released in his native Mexico to great fanfare, chronicles the Cristero war of the 1920’s. Starring alongside Andy Garcia, Eva Longoria, and Peter O’Toole, he joins in a battle for religious freedom in the wake of the government’s decision to persecute the public practice of Catholicism. Verastegui isAs anyone familiar with Scouting knows, older boys mentor and lead younger boys in Cub Scout dens and Boy Scout troops. If a self-professed gay teenager is a good role model for boys up to the age of 17 years, 365 days, why does his example suddenly become untenable for boys the day he turns 18?" the brief notes.

The conclusion of the brief, written by Schwarzwalder, states that the new policy now creates mandatory exposure of boys to homosexuality.

FRC predicts: "The entry of 'avowed' homosexual Scout leaders into the organization; a loss of parental control in the way their sons are familiarized with issues of sexual intimacy and controversy; and the decline of Scouting as an institution, given the hundreds of thousands of families that now will leave


President Donald Trump and the GOP's legislative priorities -- chief among them the quest to repeal former President Barack Obama's landmark health care law.

Former Republican Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said Handel's win provides the party with "huge relief and somewhat of a political sedative" heading into 2018, when Democrats are eager to try to win back control of the House.

"It kind of calms the waters in terms of people looking for predictors or harbingers and what it means for 2018," Pawlenty told CNN. "It says: Perhaps the approach that's being taken in Congress and by the President are more acceptable to a swing district or swing-voting parts of the country than people are predicting."

Since House Republicans narrowly passed a bill to repeal Obamacare in May , Ossoff wasyou to suggest that I would do anything to negatively effect her is absolutely outrageous and unacceptable," Handel said.

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At the time, Brown's unlikely triumph over Democratic Attorney General Martha Coakley was viewed as voters' sharp rejection of Obamacare, which Democratic lawmakers were in the middle of crafting. When Brown decisively won the office long occupied by the late-Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy, Democrats were forced to act quickly to pass Obamacare, despite deep reservations and divisions


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Augusta National admits first women members

Augusta National, home of the Masters golf tournament, said Monday the exclusive club has admitted the first women members in its 80-year history.

Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina businesswoman Darla Moore have accepted invitations to join the club in Augusta, Georgia, chairman Billy Payne said.

"This is a joyous occasion as we enthusiastically welcome Secretary Condoleezza Rice and Darla Moore as members of Augusta National Golf Club," Payne said.

Augusta National has come under increasing pressure to admit women members, with the question of the exclusive policy coming up each year when the club hosts the


first major golf tournament of the year, the Masters.

The issue first came to a head in 2003 when Martha Burk, a leader in the National Council of Women's Organizations, conducted a rally across the street from Augusta National, where the first black member was inducted in 1990.

Hootie Johnson, Augusta National's chairman in 2003, had gone so far as to release broadcast sponsors from their advertising commitments when Burk threatened to target them for backing the club's men-only policy as discrimination.

In April Payne himself refused to discuss the issue when it was raised in the days before the Masters, but said in a statement on Monday that the process for admitting Rice and Moore had been the same as for any other members.

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Nicole Scherzinger Premieres New Single ‘Your Love’ [LISTEN]

Nicole Scherzinger released her newest single ‘Your Love,’ a memorable dance track that’ll have you singing along to the chorus’ unbelievably catchy “do-do-do.”

The 35-year-old singer has largely stayed away from the U.S. music scene since the Pussycat Dolls disbanded in 2010. Her newest single and latest attempt to hit her home market might actually land her the same success she found in the U.K. with her 2011 solo debut ‘Killer Love,’ which never saw a U.S. release.

‘Your Love’ is too catchy for American audiences to miss out on. The piano mixed with synths calls a ‘90s dance vibe while keeping it on this side of contemporary. Produced by music biz experts The-Dream and Tricky Stewart — who teamed up before forTuesday, March 3, 2015

In Fort Collins Colorado, renewal is a way of life” at least according to their town motto. However, recent debates have emerged between local politicians and environmentalists regarding two projects the city is currently working on. The goals of both projects are to produce a new form of zero-carbon energy, but while one process has earned residential approval, the other one hasn’t. But neither one of them seems particularly green in its execution.

The most controversial of the two projects would utilize a uranium mine a fact that has never pleased the townspeople and massive drilling to extract nuclear-generated electricity. Local politicians have united in expressing their concerns about using the mine as part of the project, given the potential contamination of the city’s water supply.

Local


the most),
the capacity will help provide additional throughput in an
increasingly tense region. Just as China is expanding
their ‘blue water’ operations in the South China Sea, increasing force
projection capabilities through their new aircraft carrier, building new
relationships with traditional U.S.-allies such as the Philippines, and
on-going tensions between the U.S.-China – a serious question should be
on the minds of all players in the military and government satellite
markets: Are we finally going to see a ‘pivot to Asia’?

The “short answer” is that the Middle East & Africa will
remain a core-market for the vast majority of military and
government satellite communications demand, and the most significant
source for capacity revenues from 2015 – 2025.

According to NSR’s Government and Military Satellite
Communications, 13th Edition, despite changing dynamics
on the ground – from troop draw-downs to changing capacity pricingRomania Population: 21,599,736

The principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia - for centuries under the suzerainty of the Turkish Ottoman Empire - secured their autonomy in 1856; they were de facto linked in 1859 and formally united in 1862 under the new name of Romania. The country gained recognition of its independence in 1878. It joined the Allied Powers in World War I and acquired new territories - most notably Transylvania - following the conflict. In 1940, Romania allied with the Axis powers and participated in the 1941 German invasion of the USSR. Three years later, overrun by the Soviets, Romania signed an armistice. The post-war Soviet occupation led to the formation of a communist "people's republic" in 1947 and the abdication of the king. The decades-long rule of dictator


Nicolae CEAUSESCU, who took power in 1965, and his Securitate police state became increasingly oppressive and draconian through the 1980s. CEAUSESCU was overthrown and executed in late 1989. Former communists dominated the government until 1996 when they were swept from power. Romania joined NATO in 2004 and the EU in 2007.

Controls the most easily traversable land route between the Balkans, Moldova, and Ukraine; the Carpathian Mountains dominate the center of the country, while the Danube River forms much of the southern boundary with Serbia and Bulgaria

Location:

Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Ukraine

conventional long form: none conventional short form: Romania local long form: none local short form: Romania etymology: the name derives from the Latin "Romanus" meaning "citizen of Rome" and was used to stress thecommon ancient heritage of Romania's three main regions - Moldavia, Transylvania, and Wallachia - during their gradual unification between the mid-19th century and early 20th century

9 May 1877 (independence proclaimed from the Ottoman Empire; independence recognized on 13 July 1878 by the Treaty of Berlin); 26 March 1881 (kingdom proclaimed); 30 December 1947 (republic proclaimed)

National holiday:

Unification Day (of Romania and Transylvania), 1 December (1918)

Constitution:

history: several previous; latest adopted 21 November 1991, approved by referendum and effective 8 December 1991 amendments: initiated by the president of Romania through a proposal by the government, by at least one-fourth of deputies or senators in Parliament, or by petition of eligible voters representing at least one-half of Romania’s counties; passage requires at least two-thirds majority vote by both chambers or – if


mediation is required - by three-fourths majority vote in a joint session, followed by approval in a referendum; articles including those on national sovereignty, form of government, political pluralism, and fundamental rights and freedoms cannot be amended; amended 2003 (2016)

cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister elections/appointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 2 November 2014 with a runoff on 16 November 2014 (next to be held around 16 November 2019); prime minister appointed by the president with consent of Parliament

description: bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of the Senate or Senat (136 seats; members serve 4-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies or Camera Deputatilor (330Union Party or USR [Nicusor DAN] Social Democratic Party or PSD [Liviu DRAGNEA] Social Liberal Union or USL (coalition of PSD, PC, and UNPR) United Romania Party or PRU [Bogdan DIACONU]

Romania, which joined the EU on 1 January 2007, began the transition from communism in 1989 with a largely obsolete industrial base and a pattern of output unsuited to the country's needs. Romania's macroeconomic gains have only recently started to spur creation of a middle class and to address Romania's widespread poverty. Corruption and red tape continue to permeate the business environment. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, Romania signed a $26 billion emergency assistance package from the IMF, the EU, and other international lenders, but GDP contracted until 2011. In March 2011, Romania and the


IMF/EU/World Bank signed a 24-month precautionary standby agreement, worth $6.6 billion, to promote fiscal discipline, encourage progress on structural reforms, and strengthen financial sector stability; no funds were drawn. In September 2013, Romanian authorities and the IMF/EU agreed to a follow-on standby agreement, worth $5.4 billion, to continue with reforms. This agreement expired in September 2015, and no funds were drawn. Progress on structural reforms has been uneven, and the economy still is vulnerable to external shocks. Economic growth rebounded in 2013-15, driven by strong industrial exports and excellent agricultural harvests, and the fiscal deficit was reduced substantially. Industry outperformed other sectors of the economy in 2015. Exports remained an engine of economic growth, led by trade with the EU, which accounts for roughly 70% of Romania trade.Domestic demand was a second driver, due to the mid-2015 cut, from 24% to 9%, of the VAT levied upon foodstuffs. In 2015, the government of Romania succeeded in meeting its annual target for the budget deficit, the external deficit remained low, even if it rose due to increasing imports. For the first time since 1989, inflation turned into deflation, allowing for a gradual loosening of monetary policy throughout the period. An aging population, significant tax evasion, insufficient health care, and an aggressive loosening of the fiscal package jeopardize the low fiscal deficit and public debt and are the economy's top vulnerabilities.

note: defined by the EU's Maastricht Treaty as consolidated general government gross debt at nominal value, outstanding at the end of the year in the following categories


of government liabilities: currency and deposits, securities other than shares excluding f

a mixture of public and private TV stations; there are 7 public TV stations (2 national, 5 regional) using terrestrial broadcasting and 187 private TV stations (out of which 171 offer local coverage) using terrestrial broadcasting, plus 11 public TV stati (2014)

conscription ended 2006; 18 years of age for male and female voluntary service; all military inductees (including women) contract for an initial 5-year term of service, with subsequent successive 3-year terms until age 36 (2015)

the ICJ ruled largely in favor of Romania in its dispute submitted in 2004 over Ukrainian-administered Zmiyinyy/Serpilor (Snake) Island and Black Sea maritime boundary delimitation; Romania opposes Ukraine's reopening of a navigation canal from the Danube border through Ukraine to the BlackCouncillors hold firm with decision to refuse 260-home development on edge of Bideford

The plans would have seen up to 260 homes developed on land off Abbotsham Road. Picture: Google

A decision to refuse a 260-home development on the edge of Bideford has been upheld by councillors.

Plans for the homes off Abbotsham Road were heard by Torridge District Council's plans committee again yesterday (Thursday) as they went against the recommendation of officers in refusing the application on October 4.

The implications report delivered to councillors said while some of the reasons given by members to refuse the plans might be defendable at appeal, two of them would need supporting evidence.

Councillors refused the application by four votes to three on the three areas thought to be defendable at appeal.

It was felt the


site's location was too far away from Bideford town centre to be sustainable, being too far away from the town's shops and services.

Councillors also felt the site would have an adverse affect on the character and appearance of the open countryside, and the removal of hedgerow would adversely affect wildlife.

About North Devon Gazette

First published in 1856 as the Bideford Gazette, the North Devon Gazette is the free newspaper and website for the region, covering a vast area from Hartland in the west to Lynton in the east and to South Molton and Holsworthy in the south.Find The Platform For Your Runway

Tell me what you would like to see in this column: What is your job, what workplace issues affect you...? E-mail me and get your answers in upcoming features.

Over 50 years ago, a young man walked away from a tremendous job to pursue a new opportunity. He knew, subconsciously at least, that he had to leave a good thing to go onto greater things.

should I stay or should I go?

The company was a magazine called Esquire , the man was named Hugh Hefner, and legend has it that he asked for a five dollar raise and was refused. At the same time, Esquire had decided to leave Chicago to set up base in New York City. The 28-year-old Hefner, a Chicago native, decided


to stay back in his hometown. In this sense, his decision to leave his position was in actuality a decision to stay. Hefner decided to start his own magazine. He put Marilyn Monroe on the cover, left it undated and baptized the publication Play..boy . With that began the meteoric rise of the man known today simply as Hef.

risk-taking

Mr. Hefner's rise to the top, realized in Play..boy 's ascent to supremacy over competing magazines like Esquire , could be attributed to a number of factors: changes in American society, shifting consumer tastes, the publication's presentation of an alternate choice of content (not to mention the nudity), and, in all likelihood, some luck. Whatever the reasons, Hef's story underscores the fact that risk-taking is an important part of therecipe for success. But remember that risk-taking is a two-sided coin. It can bring reward, but it can also spur failure and catastrophe.

clear the runway

Enter another icon of American culture: Jack Welch. Far from a failure or catastrophe, Jack Welch was one of the top managers of the 20th century. His concept of "the runway of a person" was a central motif in his book, Straight From the Gut . The concept encompassed the idea that the value of an employee is not measured simply by their present capabilities, but also by the upside potential that they have to offer. The greater the "runway," or potential for achieving future success, the greater the value. Hefner's runway was so long, it could be argued, that he had to change


Club says rappers Drake and Brown must pay in Tony Parker lawsuit

Washington: The owners of the nightclub W.i.P. want to get out of paying for the injuries of NBA star Tony Parker, as a result of the infamous brawl between rappers Chris Brown and Drake last year.

Parker, an NBA star with the San Antonio Spurs, had filed a 20 million dollar lawsuit against the club shortly after claiming that he was injured in the June 2012 fight.

But the club`s owners have filed documents last week in New York saying that Parker`s complain should be with Brown and Drake as they were the ones who "contributed to, instigated, participated and/or engaged" in the fight.

The club wants any and all damages awarded to Parker to come from Brown and Drake.Rumors resurface that Aeros are leaving Houston

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As the Houston Chronicle first reported in January, it appears the Houston Aeros' 19-year run in Houston is all but over.

An announcement could be coming in the next couple of weeks, basically after the Aeros' season, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported Tuesday.

The Aeros, affliated with the NHL's Minnesota Wild, are expected to move to Des Moines, Iowa.

The reason for the move was that the team has been unable to extend its lease at Toyota Center.

The Harris County-Houston Sports Authority has looked into alternative venues – primarily Reliant Arena – for the minor league hockey franchise but has found none suitable.

No officials from the Aeros, Wild or Toyota Center have commented on the news yet.

The Aeros came to Houston in 1994 as part


of the International Hockey Legue and won an IHL title in 1999 and later an American Hockey League title in 2003 after joining the AHL in 2001. That season, the Aeros became an affiliate of the Minnesota Wild of the NHL. Minnesota bought a majority share of the Aeros in 2003.

The Aeros were Houston's second time around with pro hockey. Houston was a member of the upstart World Hockey Association that tried to take on the NHL from 1972-1978 with star players like Gordie Howe. The original Aeros won two WHA titles before folding in 1978, one season before the WHA closed its doors.

After playing at the Compaq Center (originally the Summit), the Aeros moved to Toyota Center for the 2003-04 season. The team got a five-year leaseextension after the 2008 season when it had considered moving to Des Moines, Iowa.

But with that lease expiring at the end of the season – the last regular-season home game is Saturday and the last away game is April 21st. Although the Aeros are likely to host a playoff game – the latest chapter in Houston hockey likely is nearing an end.


over the past year might plan to manage their own. Gibson is a case study in how a man who by his own admission did monstrous things can convince people that disappearing from the public eye for a few years makes up for those monstrous things, and how he can find his way back into polite society.

Please note that the following article contains excerpts from Gibson’s tapes, including graphic discussion of rape and domestic violence and the use of slurs.

Mel Gibson went from the heights of the Hollywood stratosphere to its nadir. Now he’s pretty close to the heights again.

By the early 2000s, Mel Gibson was a bona fide movie star/auteur at the top of his game.

He was hot, and he had industry clout: People magazine’s first SexiestMan Alive in 1985; Forbes’s most powerful celebrity in 2004. He had prestige: 1995’s Braveheart, which he starred in and directed, won him two Oscars, for Best Picture and Best Director. And he could open a movie. Between 1989 and 2002, 10 of his movies brought in $100 million or more domestically. When he directed and produced The Passion of the Christ in 2004, he raked in $600 million on a budget of $30 million.

In our current post–movie star age, there’s no real equivalent to what Gibson was at the peak of his fame, but imagine that Chris Hemsworth decided to moonlight as a director and was successful at it, or that Christopher Nolan had a thriving side career as an action star, or that George Clooney was


misdemeanor battery charge for hitting Grigorieva; he served probation, underwent court-ordered counseling, and paid $600 in fines.

But if the legal consequences Gibson faced for his treatment of Grigorieva were minimal, the consequences in Hollywood were slightly splashier. His agency dropped him the day the tapes were released. (Emanuel finally had his opening to enact the boycott of Gibson he’d called for in 2006.) Leonardo DiCaprio pulled out of a movie Gibson was set to direct. A planned Gibson cameo in The Hangover 2 was scrapped after protests from the cast and crew. Get the Gringo, which Gibson produced, co-wrote, and starred in, never made it to a theatrical release in the US, instead languishing in video on demand upon its release in 2012.

There seemed to be a generalArsenal lost for the first time since the opening day of the Premier League campaign, as last season's beaten finalists Borussia Dortmund beat the English side 2-1 in London.

Olivier Giroud cancelled out Henrikh Mkhitaryan's opener before Polish striker Robert Lewandowski scored the winner, although he was fortunate to be on the pitch having elbowed Laurent Koscielny earlier in the second half.

After three rounds of games, Dortmund tops the Group F table on goal difference from Arsenal, while Napoli also joined the clubs on six points after disposing of Marseille 2-1 in France.

Arsenal's English rivals Chelsea enjoyed better fortune against German opposition as a double from Torres - taking his tally to 39 for the London club - and one from Eden Hazard saw them win 3-0, inflicting a


first defeat of the campaign on Schalke 04 in Group E.

Both Chelsea and Schalke are on six points while Basel, surprise winners over Chelsea in the first match, are on four points after being held 1-1 by previously pointless Steaua Bucharest in Romania.

Steaua scored a late equaliser but have now gone a record 12 home matches without a win in the competition.

The night's highest profile match ended in a 1-1 draw in Italy between AC Milan and Barcelona as Argentina's four-time world player of the year Lionel Messi scored a fine equaliser to show he had put behind him the thigh injury that kept him out for three weeks.

That goal cancelled out Robinho's opener but, despite dominating the second half, Barcelona was unable to break down an obdurateMilan defence and dropped the team's first points of the campaign.

Barcelona leads Group H with a two-point advantage over Milan while Celtic kept hopes alive of reaching the last 16 for the second successive season with a 2-1 win at home to Ajax.

The result sees the Scottish champions move onto three points at the halfway stage.

Atletico Madrid had no trouble in making it three wins from three as the team rebounded from a first league defeat of the season at the weekend to trounce Austria Vienna 3-0 away in Group G.

A double from Brazil-born striker Diego Costa - one a magnificent solo run from the halfway line - on his return from a European ban was the foundation of Atletico's victory.

The Spanish side can wrap up a place


Caitlin Secrist can't eat, can't work, can barely go to school online and is in constant pain from a severe illness. Now, the 21-year-old college student could die because she can't get copies of her own medical records.

The files are locked away in a repossessed electronic-records system while creditors of bankrupt Florence Hospital at Anthem and Gilbert Hospital bicker over who should pay for access to them.

More than 300 patients have requested medical records without success since the hospitals shut down in June 2018, court records showed. Secrist's family has asked for hers repeatedly.

Former patients need the documents to deal with chronic conditions or pursue medical malpractice lawsuits. Prospective employers of nearly 200 doctors and hospital staffers looking for new work have been unable to check their employmentsuggests her condition is caused by genetic and congenital defects, they said.

Once treatment after treatment failed, Secrist's gastroenterologist in Phoenix made a tough decision. He recommended she seek a drastic surgery to remove her pancreas, spleen and appendix. The procedure would require three months of recovery andcould render her diabetic.

It's the first time in the physician's 20-year career that he has referred a patient for a total pancreatectomy with autologous islet transplantation, Secrist's parents said.

Few surgeons in the United States perform the operation. Although Mayo Clinic in Arizona can do it, Secrist's insurance won't cover the facility, her parents said.

So Secrist and her family flew to Baltimore in December to prepare for surgery at Johns Hopkins.

They brought as many medical records as they could. But Secrist was missing


her first scans at Florence Hospital, despite requesting the files months earlier from a court-appointed receiver handling the hospitals' affairs.

The Johns Hopkins surgeon told a crestfallen Secrist that he couldn't operate without the full medical file. He needs to study the images to make sure the original diagnosis was correct and the proposed surgery is appropriate, her parents said. The doctor believes bowel disorders are often mistaken for pancreatitis.

No one wants Secrist to go through a risky surgery only to find out it didn't fix her, Suzette Secrist said.

The surgeon is "erring on the side of caution," she said. "He's not going to just jump in and start pulling out her parts."

The fallout of hospital bankruptcy

Years of rocky finances at Florence and Gilbert hospitals preceded the medical-records dilemmaaffecting Secrist and hundreds of other Arizonans.

The health centers had declared bankruptcy once before, in 2014. The half-built skeleton of Peoria Regional Medical Center, another facility once owned by parent company New Vision Health, still sits on a dirt lot unfinished.

As the medical facilities faced imminent closure last summer, the judge appointed a receiver, Resolute Commercial Services, to independently manage affairs.

Resolute rushed to find other hospitals to take patients; safely dispose of radioactive medical equipment, narcotics and hazardous waste; collect final payments from insurers; handle patients' medical records; and tie up other loose ends, court documents showed.

Florence and Gilbert hospitals owed many companies, but the largest debt was more than $13 million in loans to New York investment company Indigo-DLI Holdings.

Other creditors included Medhost, which maintained the hospitals'


62% of American women say that the Democrats understand women.

Pay a problem

President Barack Obama received a loud applause in his State of the Union address when he spoke up in support of pay equity. McMorris Rodgers admits that by opposing Democratic plans to address the inequity for women without putting out their own plan, the GOP faces turning off women.

"Republicans need to recognize that, to be part of solution, in general bringing these work place laws into 21st century," McMorris Rodgers said.

Ellmers agreed, adding that "women across this country believe there's a discrepancy in equal pay for women so this is something we have to be fighting for."

The take at Tammy's Diner

At Tammy's Diner in a northern Virginia congressional district up for grabs in November's midterm elections, thehad a slot or duct in the rear floor, just ahead of the rear tyre. They have been playing around with it, and blocking it off for some races.

The rear sidepod is also much lower, compared with the Monaco spec of the car seen here

That is back for this race but in a different format - it now connects up to the diffuser, managing the airflow better in and around the leading edge of the rear tyre, sucking it into the low-pressure area in the diffuser and creating downforce.

Another big change is forward of that, in the rear sidepod design. It looks as if someone has sat on it - the top has been squashed down so it is much lower.

An important part of the modification is the


delle quali era condizionata e confortata dalle voci e dai rumori della città. Con l'aiuto di un avvocato penalista ero riuscita a prendere contatto e a fare amicizia con alcune ladre professioniste, di casa alle Mantellate, che recitarono nel film. Furono loro a spiegarmi l'atmosfera particolare e irripetibile di quell'ambiente."

Il filo conduttore del racconto viene dal libro, che non è un vero e proprio romanzo ma una cronaca autobiografica di un'ex detenuta che rievoca la sua esperienza e quella della compagne finite in carcere come lei. Nel passaggio dalla pagina allo schermo vengono eliminati decine e decine di personaggi minori, mentre resta al centro della storia Paola, che gira seminuda continuando a cantare e con la sua aria strafottente diventerà Egle. Ha ugualmente molto rilievo la sua giovaneprostituta."

Nella tranquillità del Circeo, nonostante gli schiamazzi di cani, gatti e galline, Anna risponde alle lettere che si sono accumulate sul suo tavolo. Trascorre l'estate al mare, anche se i periodi che vi passa sono sempre brevi e interrotti da continue corse a Roma. Nell'estate del 1961 riesce a starci venti giorni di seguito. Il suo sogno è di andarci a vivere. Il progetto che in questo momento le sta più a cuore è ancora quello di _Sagapò_. Quando Alfredo Bini sembra concretamente interessato a realizzarlo per l'Arco Film, la sua casa di produzione, gli fa avere una lettera ufficiale suggerita dall'avvocato Graziadei in cui ci sono già i termini essenziali del contratto che sarà firmato a novembre. La sceneggiatura sarà di Ugo Pirro, la regia di Roberto


clashes of good and bad, moral and immoral – whatever the actual words are. This US election has simply moved the archetypal dynamics right up to the surface. If we are deeply shocked by it, we are guilty of self-deception," he told The Independent.

“Even Clinton supporters are hardly real supporters, so it is not surprising that, to her opponents, she is even more odorous.”

The swing-state of Florida is historically a key election battleground, with current US President Barack Obama taking the state by just 0.9 per cent over Mitt Romney in 2012.

Mr Trump is ahead by four points in Florida, according to a New York Times Upshot/Siena poll released on 30 October.

Recent national polls have put Ms Clinton in the lead. However FBI director James Comey’s 11th-hour announcementlast week that he was investigating emails related to the presidential hopeful's use of a private email server has dented her lead.

News of the FBI’s reopened inquiry comes less than two weeks before the US election and has been met with accusations that the bureau was favouring one candidate over another.

This year's presidential race has been one of the most controversial in modern history with allegations of sexual assault and fraud.

Mr Trump has made repeated allegations that the election is “rigged”, urging his supporters to “vote twice” to compensate.

The continued insinuations appear to have had an impact on his supporters with 75 per cent believing that if Ms Clinton wins the election it will be because it was rigged in her favour.

However, only 22 per cent of Floridians


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Mr Trump has been plagued by rumours of sexual assault since a leaked tape heard him bragging about how his celebrity allows him to grope women.

Since its release, a number of women have come forward to accuse Mr Trump of sexual assault.


year old Valentina Oliver from Phoenix AZ. Oliver’s suffers from Sickle Cell Disease and her wish is to feel like a celebrity and walk the red carpet. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences have agreed to grant Valentina’s wish by allowing her access to the red carpet, bleachers and tickets to the Emmys for her and her family so they can attend the Emmys on September 23rd. She will be visiting the gift suite on Sat at 4:30pm. www.wish.orgSomaly Mam Foundation
Is a nonprofit committed to ending sex-trafficking around the world. 90210‘s star AnnaLynne McCord will be at the GBK Emmy gift suite on Saturday. www.somalymamfoundation.orgDream Center
For 17 years the Dream Center here in Los Angeles has been working in communities to help people affected by poverty, homelessness,come to be like. Carol Bornstein, director of the north campus museum gardens, was my guide.

Bornstein is a pre-eminent authority on California natives. She is the author of two highly esteemed books: “California Native Plants for the Garden” and “Reimagining the California Lawn: Water-Conserving Plants, Practices, and Designs,” both published by Cachuma Press. For nearly 30 years, Bornstein worked as horticultural director of the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden, whose sole mission is the cultivation and research of California native plants.

To top off her resume, Bornstein is the discoverer of a new species, spotted during a native plant expedition along the Northern California coast. Known as silver carpet beach aster (Lessingia filaginifolia ‘Silver Carpet’), several trailing specimens of Bornstein’s botanical baby are flourishing in the museum’s garden.

I had to


Canadian menace.

Canadian menace.

The Canadian Menace

SARS, Toronto, and danger.

The SARS epidemic requires American newspaper readers to adjust to the novelty of seeing the words "danger" and "Toronto" in the same sentence. Canada is a famous underperformer in the creation of interesting news, so much so that the New Republic once pronounced "Worthwhile Canadian Initiative" (the actual title of a column by the late New York Times panjandrum Flora Lewis) the most boring headline in human history. To assess precisely how dull a story Toronto has been until now, Chatterbox searched the Nexis database for all news stories published in the United States in which the words "danger" and "Toronto" could be found in close proximity (defined here as within three words of one another). The grand total was 75.used another frightening word: "groundbreaking." New York City may become the first city in the United States to institutionalize tax-funded abortion training in public hospitals.

The abortion issue has been lost in the din of overwhelming Sept. 11 angst. But all signs indicate Bloomberg is deadly serious about using tax money to finance abortion. Certainly, pro-choice voices take him seriously.

The National Abortion Rights Action League released a statement on Oct. 29 supporting Bloomberg's position. Lois Backus, executive director of Medical Students for Choice, praised him as "brave." She added, "No other publicly funded system has had the courage to say, 'We're going to spend our tax dollars pursuing this priority' ..."

I am pro-choice. But my purpose in this article is not to argue for "a woman's body, a woman's


to abortion providers and requiring emergency contraception for victims of sexual violence would discriminate against Catholic hospitals.

In short, New York City may become another abortion battle zone. This battle will be cast as one over abortion when, really, it is over whether government should finance the moral choices women make with their own bodies. On this issue, I must stand with pro-lifers and say,
"no."

JWR contributor Wendy McElroy is the editor of Ifeminists.com. She also edited Freedom, Feminism, and the State (Independent Institute, 1999) and Sexual Correctness: The Gender Feminist Attack on Women (McFarland, 1996). She lives with her husband in Canada. Comment by clicking here.If it had happened elsewhere, it might have been dismissed as a teenage prank.

A couple of 15-year-olds last year hung a Tibetan banner on the wall of their classroom next to portraits of Mao Tse-tung and Deng Xiaoping. They drew Xs over the faces of the former Chinese leaders and scrawled “Long Live the Dalai Lama” on the wall.

But in China, the incident was taken dead seriously. Three boys who attend a Tibetan school in Sichuan province were arrested, and one of them, who confessed to being the ringleader, was held and interrogated for a month.

This year, the 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama’s exile to India, the boy is under virtual house arrest -- by his own parents.

“They want to make sure he doesn’t do anything like


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HW conceived of the study and wrote the paper, OT, POI, RK and RB participated in its design and helped to draft the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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HW is a recipient of grants from The Research Council of Norway (project 186128/V40), the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry and Locus on Circulatory Research, University of Bergen, Norway. Financial support was also received from the European Union 6th framework program Integrated Project \"Angiotargeting\" (Contract no. 504743), The Norwegian Cancer Society, The Throne Holst Foundation. RK is supported by the National Institutes of Health grants CA125550 and DK 55001, the Champalimaud Metastasis Program and the research funds of the Division of Matrix Biology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Two top lots in the sale are from Apollo 11, the first spaceflight to put men on the moon. An emblem flown with the craft into lunar orbit, and signed by the most famous space crew in history - Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin - is estimated at $40,000-60,000.

Also from Apollo 11, and estimated at $35,000-45,000, is a checklist sheet with notes made by Buzz Aldrin while on the moon. Both sides of the sheet contain critical data that enabled Armstrong and Aldrin to return to earth. It is one of the most extensive sets of notations ever made on the lunar surface.

One of the more fascinating pieces in the sale is a spacesuit from the United States first manned flight program, Project Mercury (est. $8,000-12,000).


if I don't get to chair something because of Arlen Specter," said Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), who sits on the Appropriations Committee with Specter and is fifth in seniority among Democrats behind Chairman Daniel Inouye (Hawaii), Sens. Robert Byrd (W.Va.), Patrick Leahy (Vt.) and Tom Harkin (Iowa). "I'm happy with the Democratic order but I don't want to be displaced because of Arlen Specter," she said.

One senior Democratic lawmaker told The Hill that the Democratic Conference will vote against giving the longtime Pennsylvania Republican seniority over lawmakers like Harkin, Mikulski and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) when they hold their organizational meeting after the 2010 election.

Specter was elected in 1980, and under his deal with Reid would jump ahead of all but a few Democrats when it comes timeThe economic benefits of digital transformation include increases in profit margin and productivity, as well as cost reduction and increased revenue from new products and services.

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After failing to keep films away from culture-loving Iranians, the Islamic Republic is trying some new, if clunky, techniques for editing the West out of Western entertainment.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has been at war with the cinema since even before its founding. Ayatollah and future dictator Ruhollah Khomeini, in his years as a revolutionary, condemned movies in both of his books as forces of foreign corruption and imperialism. Many of the clerics who helped foment revolution in Iran in the 1970s declared movies forbidden and denounced them, sometimes forcefully. In late 1978, a small group of radical Islamists locked the doors of the Cinema Rex movie house in the city of Abadan and set it on fire, killing 400. After the revolution the following year, 180 moremovie theaters (though now empty) were burned to the ground. In his first year in power, Khomeini banned 513 foreign films.

But people really like movies, and Iranians are no exception. The long Persian tradition of art and poetry has perhaps informed Iran's passion for film ; in 1995, Werner Herzog declared, "What I say tonight will be a banality in the future: The greatest films of the world today are being made in Iran." The regime seems to have realized that foreign films were going to trickle into the country whether they permitted it or not, so perhaps better to "bring [the movies] under their own jurisdiction," as a report by the advocacy group Article 19 put it.

That means censoring foreign movies instead of banning them outright, and


Criticised: Maria Bailey’s radio interview was described as “ill-judged in tone and temperament” by Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan. Photo: Steve Humphreys

The hotel sued by Fine Gael TD Maria Bailey over a fall from a swing decided to defend the case after viewing CCTV footage.

Video evidence from The Dean hotel in Dublin was set to feature in the case if it had gone to trial, the Irish Independent has learned.

The revelation comes as some of the focus of the controversy shifted to Culture Minister Josepha Madigan after Ms Bailey refused to say during a radio interview yesterday if she received legal advice from her party colleague. The minister's former legal firm represented Ms Bailey in the now abandoned case.

Ms Bailey has confirmed that she had a beer in herhand and that she was reaching for her friend's bottle of wine when she fell from the swing - details not included in her indorsement of claim document filed in court.

CCTV was a key factor in the hotel's decision to defend the claim. In defence papers, it alleged Ms Bailey had items in each hand, restricting her ability to balance or hold rope grips properly. The hotel was not commenting on the matter yesterday as, although Ms Bailey has said she is dropping the case, a notice of discontinuance has yet to be issued.

During a radio interview, the under-fire TD refused to reveal if Ms Madigan had given her legal advice before she lodged the personal injury claim.

At the time of the incident in 2015, both were Fine


situation further thought" before deciding what action to take.

Last night, one member of the national executive said Ms Bailey should "get the door".

In an astonishing appearance yesterday on RTÉ's 'Today with Sean O'Rourke', Ms Bailey criticised the reporting of the case over the past week and attempted to justify her action against the hotel.

She described the media as "judge, jury and executioner", claimed her privacy had been invaded and that "humanity has been crossed".

She was accompanied at RTÉ by experienced public relations advisor Paul Allen, but her own party was unaware she was doing the interview.

Ms Bailey insisted she only wanted her medical expenses of between €6,000 and €7,000 paid and was not looking for any extra damages.

This is despite the fact her indorsement of claim stated shewas seeking damages for personal injury, loss, damage and inconvenience in addition to her medical costs. The circuit court, where she took the case, can award up to €60,000 in personal injury matters.

Her comments did not go down well in Government, with some Cabinet members privately describing the interview as "a car crash".

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan said the interview was "ill-judged in both tone and content", while Health Minister Simon Harris said her defence of the compensation claim was "unfortunate".

"I think when you withdraw a claim that in and of itself is an acknowledgement of the fact that perhaps that claim shouldn't have proceeded. But the interview still seemed to be in the space of blaming lots of other people," he said.

The Irish Independent revealed last Tuesday that


Ms Bailey was claiming the hotel was negligent because the swing was "unsupervised" and there were no signs to instruct patrons how to safely use it.

In the RTÉ interview, Ms Bailey said she decided the same day to withdraw the case because she didn't want it to be a distraction and not because she had done anything wrong.

However, she postponed announcing this until Saturday as she was advised it would be seen as cynical to do so in the week of the elections.

Her decision to withdraw the case was announced on Saturday, the same day the Irish Independent revealed a key claim made in the TD's indorsement of claim was inaccurate.

It stated that because of her injuries, Ms Bailey was unable to run for three months.

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the Order of the British Empire) from the Queen Getty Images 21/43 1965 Beatles fans try to break through a police line at Buckingham Palace in London AFP/Getty Images 22/43 1965 Strolling hand-in-hand are Ringo Starr, the Beatles drummer, and his bride, the former Maureen Cox on their wedding day in 1965 PA 23/43 1965 John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and George Harrison of The Beatles on Salisbury Plain during the filming of 'Help' in 1965 PA 24/43 1966 British rock group The Beatles perform live on stage in front of a circular lit backdrop at the BBC TV Centre, June 1966 Getty Images 25/43 1966 Portrait of British pop group The Beatles (L-R) Paul McCartney, George Harrison (1943 - 2001), Ringo Starr and John Lennon (1940- 1980) at the BBC Television Studios in London before the start of their world tour, June 17, 1966 Getty Images 26/43 1967 At the EMI studios in Abbey Road, as they prepare for 'Our World', a world-wide live television show broadcasting to 24 countries with a potential audience of 400 million Getty Images 27/43 1967 The Beatles celebrate the completion of their new album, 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' Getty Images 28/43 1967 The Beatles at a recording session in London in 1967 PA 29/43 1968 Three Beatles; from left to right John Lennon (1940 - 1980), George Harrison (1943 - 2001) and Paul McCartney, record voices in a studio for their new cartoon film 'Yellow Submarine'. Getty Images 30/43 1968 Beatle Paul McCartney gives the


thumbs up during production of the new Beatles film, a feature length cartoon called 'Yellow Submarine'. Getty Images 31/43 1968 Celebrity devotees of the Mahareshi Mahesh Yogi and friends, at his academy in India, high up in the Himalayas, where they are studying transcendental meditation, March 1968. From left to right, Patti Boyd, John Lennon (1940 - 1980), Mike Love of The Beach Boys, Mahareshi Mahesh Yogi, George Harrison (1943 - 2001), Mia Farrow, John Farrow, Donovan, Paul McCartney, Jane Asher, Cynthia Lennon. Getty Images 32/43 1968 John Lennon and Paul McCartney, of The Beatles, arriving at London Airport, 16th May 1968. They are both dressed in white and carrying apples to promote their new company Apple Corps. Getty Images 33/43 1968 English drummer Ringo Starr with hiswife Maureen Cox (1946 - 1994) and English guitarist George Harrison (1943 - 2001) with his wife Pattie Boyd at Heathrow Airport, London Getty Images 34/43 1968 Beatles members Ringo Starr and George Harrison (1943 - 2001) pose with a model of a Blue Meanie, a character from the group's animated film 'Yellow Submarine', at a press review at Bowater House, Knightsbridge. Getty Images 35/43 1968 Beatle John Lennon (1940 - 1980) and his Japanese girlfriend Yoko Ono with Beatle Paul McCartney, right, at the premiere of the new Beatles film 'Yellow Submarine' at the London Pavilion. John and Paul hold apples, the symbol of their newly formed company, Apple Corps. Thousands of Beatle fans brought traffic to a standstill in Piccadilly Circus as they waited to see


the group arrive at the premiere. Getty Images 36/43 1968 Crowds outside the Apple boutique, run by the Beatles' Apple Corps, on the day of its closing, when all its remaining stock was given away, London, 31st July 1968. The shop, on the corner of Baker Street and Paddington Street, was opened the previous December. Getty Images 37/43 1968 Beatles singer, songwriter and guitarist John Lennon (1940 - 1980) and his partner artist Yoko Ono, leaving court surrounded by police. Getty Images 38/43 1969 Beatles star Paul McCartney weds American photographer Linda Eastman (1941 - 1998). With them is daughter Heather. Getty Images 39/43 1969 British rock group the Beatles performing their last live public concert on the rooftop of the Apple Organization building for director Michael Lindsey-Hogg'sfilm documentary, 'Let It Be,' on Savile Row, London, UK, 30th January 1969; singer-songwriters Paul McCartney and John Lennon (1940 - 1980) perform at their microphones, and guitarist George Harrison (1943 - 2001) on the right. Lennon's wife Yoko Ono sits at right. Getty Images 40/43 1969 British rock group the Beatles performing their last live public concert on the rooftop of the Apple Organization building for director Michael Lindsey-Hogg's film documentary, 'Let It Be,' on Savile Row, London, UK, 30th January 1969; drummer Ringo Starr sits behind his kit, singer-songwriters Paul McCartney and John Lennon (1940 - 1980) perform at their microphones, and guitarist George Harrison (1943 - 2001) stands behind them. Lennon's wife Yoko Ono sits at right. Getty Images 41/43 1969 British singer-songwriter John Lennon


(1940 - 1980) of Beatles fame sings a song, while his wife Yoko Ono lies in bed beside him. The couple are staying in bed in a hotel in Canada, receiving the press and media, as part of a peace protest. Getty Images 42/43 1969 Beatle Paul McCartney puts a protective arm around his wife Linda (1941 - 1998), as they struggle through the crowds gathered outside Marylebone Register Office, where they have just married. Getty Images 43/43 1969 Beatle John Lennon (1940 Â 1980) and his wife of a week Yoko Ono in their bed in the Presidential Suite of the Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam, 25th March 1969. The couple are staging a 'bed-in for peace' and intend to stay in bed for seven days 'as a protestagainst war and violence in the world'. Getty Images 1/43 1963 The Beatles on stage at the London Palladium Getty Images 2/43 1962 John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison of The Beatles live on stage circa May 1962 at the Star-Club in Hamburg, GermanY Redferns 3/43 1963 A group shot of the Beatles, Ringo Starr (in the background), George Harrison (1943 - 2001), Paul McCartney and John Lennon (1940 - 1980), pictured during a performance on Granada TV's Late Scene Extra television show filmed in Manchester, England on November 25, 1963 Getty Images 4/43 1963 British pop group The Beatles holding their silver disc in 1963 Getty Images 5/43 1963 The Beatles rehearse for that night's Royal Variety Performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre, 4th November


1963 Getty Images 6/43 1963 The Beatles with their Variety Club award for Showbiz personalities of the Year in 1963 PA 7/43 1963 Princess Margaret meeting pop group The Beatles at the 1963 Royal Variety Performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre PA 8/43 1963 Liverpudlian beat combo The Beatles, from left to right Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon (1940 - 1980), and George Harrison (1943 - 2001), performing in front of a camera-shaped drum kit on Granada TV's Late Scene Extra television show filmed in Manchester, England on November 25, 1963 Getty Images 9/43 1964 The Beatles at a press conference at London Airport, 2nd July 1964, following a tour of Australia. Getty Images 10/43 1964 The Beatles soon after their arrival in Washington, USA, playingin the snow outside the Coliseum Getty Images 11/43 1964 John Lennon plays his guitar while the other Beatles and manager Brian Epstein relax in a hotel room in Paris. Getty Images 12/43 1964 The Beatles take a fake blow from Muhammad Ali while visiting the heavyweight contender's training camp in Miami Beach Rex 13/43 1964 Drummer Ringo Starr performing with The Beatles on the television pop show Ready, Steady, Go in 1964 PA 14/43 1964 The Beatles wearing Eskimo outfits for their Christmas Show at the Odeon, Hammersmith, London in 1964 PA 15/43 1964 The Beatles, home after their successful American tour, when they were welcomed by 4,000 screaming teenagers at London Airport in 1964 PA 16/43 1964 The Beatles performing live in the USA Getty Images


17/43 1964 The Beatles, from left to right: Paul McCartney, George Harrison (1943 - 2001) and John Lennon (1940 - 1980), in concert in America Getty Images 18/43 1964 Pop group The Beatles George Harrison, Paul McCartney and John Lennon with fans, circa 1964. Getty Images 19/43 1964 The Beatles set sail from Miami Beach, Florida Getty Images 20/43 1965 British pop group The Beatles, from left to right; Ringo Starr, John Lennon (1940 - 1980), Paul McCartney and George Harrison (1943 - 2001), outside Buckingham Palace, London, after receiving their MBE's (Member of the Order of the British Empire) from the Queen Getty Images 21/43 1965 Beatles fans try to break through a police line at Buckingham Palace in London AFP/Getty Images 22/43 1965 Strolling hand-in-hand areRingo Starr, the Beatles drummer, and his bride, the former Maureen Cox on their wedding day in 1965 PA 23/43 1965 John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and George Harrison of The Beatles on Salisbury Plain during the filming of 'Help' in 1965 PA 24/43 1966 British rock group The Beatles perform live on stage in front of a circular lit backdrop at the BBC TV Centre, June 1966 Getty Images 25/43 1966 Portrait of British pop group The Beatles (L-R) Paul McCartney, George Harrison (1943 - 2001), Ringo Starr and John Lennon (1940 - 1980) at the BBC Television Studios in London before the start of their world tour, June 17, 1966 Getty Images 26/43 1967 At the EMI studios in Abbey Road, as they prepare for


'Our World', a world-wide live television show broadcasting to 24 countries with a potential audience of 400 million Getty Images 27/43 1967 The Beatles celebrate the completion of their new album, 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' Getty Images 28/43 1967 The Beatles at a recording session in London in 1967 PA 29/43 1968 Three Beatles; from left to right John Lennon (1940 - 1980), George Harrison (1943 - 2001) and Paul McCartney, record voices in a studio for their new cartoon film 'Yellow Submarine'. Getty Images 30/43 1968 Beatle Paul McCartney gives the thumbs up during production of the new Beatles film, a feature length cartoon called 'Yellow Submarine'. Getty Images 31/43 1968 Celebrity devotees of the Mahareshi Mahesh Yogi and friends, at his academy in India,high up in the Himalayas, where they are studying transcendental meditation, March 1968. From left to right, Patti Boyd, John Lennon (1940 - 1980), Mike Love of The Beach Boys, Mahareshi Mahesh Yogi, George Harrison (1943 - 2001), Mia Farrow, John Farrow, Donovan, Paul McCartney, Jane Asher, Cynthia Lennon. Getty Images 32/43 1968 John Lennon and Paul McCartney, of The Beatles, arriving at London Airport, 16th May 1968. They are both dressed in white and carrying apples to promote their new company Apple Corps. Getty Images 33/43 1968 English drummer Ringo Starr with his wife Maureen Cox (1946 - 1994) and English guitarist George Harrison (1943 - 2001) with his wife Pattie Boyd at Heathrow Airport, London Getty Images 34/43 1968 Beatles members Ringo Starr and George Harrison


(1943 - 2001) pose with a model of a Blue Meanie, a character from the group's animated film 'Yellow Submarine', at a press review at Bowater House, Knightsbridge. Getty Images 35/43 1968 Beatle John Lennon (1940 - 1980) and his Japanese girlfriend Yoko Ono with Beatle Paul McCartney, right, at the premiere of the new Beatles film 'Yellow Submarine' at the London Pavilion. John and Paul hold apples, the symbol of their newly formed company, Apple Corps. Thousands of Beatle fans brought traffic to a standstill in Piccadilly Circus as they waited to see the group arrive at the premiere. Getty Images 36/43 1968 Crowds outside the Apple boutique, run by the Beatles' Apple Corps, on the day of its closing, when all its remaining stock was givenaway, London, 31st July 1968. The shop, on the corner of Baker Street and Paddington Street, was opened the previous December. Getty Images 37/43 1968 Beatles singer, songwriter and guitarist John Lennon (1940 - 1980) and his partner artist Yoko Ono, leaving court surrounded by police. Getty Images 38/43 1969 Beatles star Paul McCartney weds American photographer Linda Eastman (1941 - 1998). With them is daughter Heather. Getty Images 39/43 1969 British rock group the Beatles performing their last live public concert on the rooftop of the Apple Organization building for director Michael Lindsey-Hogg's film documentary, 'Let It Be,' on Savile Row, London, UK, 30th January 1969; singer-songwriters Paul McCartney and John Lennon (1940 - 1980) perform at their microphones, and guitarist George Harrison (1943 - 2001) on


the right. Lennon's wife Yoko Ono sits at right. Getty Images 40/43 1969 British rock group the Beatles performing their last live public concert on the rooftop of the Apple Organization building for director Michael Lindsey-Hogg's film documentary, 'Let It Be,' on Savile Row, London, UK, 30th January 1969; drummer Ringo Starr sits behind his kit, singer-songwriters Paul McCartney and John Lennon (1940 - 1980) perform at their microphones, and guitarist George Harrison (1943 - 2001) stands behind them. Lennon's wife Yoko Ono sits at right. Getty Images 41/43 1969 British singer-songwriter John Lennon (1940 - 1980) of Beatles fame sings a song, while his wife Yoko Ono lies in bed beside him. The couple are staying in bed in a hotel in Canada, receiving the press andmedia, as part of a peace protest. Getty Images 42/43 1969 Beatle Paul McCartney puts a protective arm around his wife Linda (1941 - 1998), as they struggle through the crowds gathered outside Marylebone Register Office, where they have just married. Getty Images 43/43 1969 Beatle John Lennon (1940 Â 1980) and his wife of a week Yoko Ono in their bed in the Presidential Suite of the Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam, 25th March 1969. The couple are staging a 'bed-in for peace' and intend to stay in bed for seven days 'as a protest against war and violence in the world'. Getty Images

Talking about the Beatles’ decision to make their back catalogue available on streaming services, Starr said:

“We’re just moving with the times. When we started with vinyl,