says she considered herself as wife in the eyes of her
fellow-creatures.

It has been already remarked that Mary Wollstonecraft had an unhappy
temper. Even by Mr. Kegan Paul it is admitted that his angelical Mary was
'excitable and hasty-tempered, apt to exaggerate trifles, sensitive to
magnify inattention into slights, and slights into studied insults.' Put
into plain terms this is an admission that she was a violent-tempered and
bad-tempered woman. She was no woman to live happily with a man, either as
wife or Free Lover. Even before their first brief term of cohabitation,
she had tried Imlay by her caprice and pettishness. In the letter (of
August, 1793), in which she anticipates the delight of 'beginning almost
to live together' with him, she says:--

    'Cherish me with that dignified tenderness, which I have onlya lukewarm member of the Church of England. Sent to a
Church of England school, Charles Clairmont was in no way introduced to
Free Thought till he had entered his seventeenth year, and had it not been
for T. Turner's busybodyism, the young man's introduction to Free Thought
would have been deferred till he was much older. Instructed by
professional governesses and men-teachers, Mary Godwin and Claire were
taught chiefly out of the books produced by their parents in the way of
their business, for use in Church-of-England and other Denominational
Schools. Their minds were not led prematurely to think about marriage. No
eccentric notions touching the intercourse of the sexes had been put into
Mary's mind, when Shelley made her acquaintance. It may be assumed
confidently, from the way in which she was educated, that she had never
known


opinion of the lawyer who had consented to serve a tyrannical
Government as Master of the Rolls. But in leaving the trio to amuse
themselves at their pleasure, without checking or discouraging them,
Curran gave Shelley only the same cause of offence, as was given him by
all Dublin society during the earlier weeks of his stay in the capital. If
Expectation (to use the expression of one of Shelley's letters to Miss
Hitchener) was on the tiptoe respecting the purpose of the three lodgers
at 7 Lower Sackville Street, she gave no other sign of interest in their
proceedings. There may have been a little tittering in the highways, in
Trinity College, and in the Four Courts, at the eccentric demeanour of the
young gentleman and two ladies, who went about the town forcing copies of
a foolishcreditors,
should he linger in North Devon till Michaelmas, enough might remain to
him of his next quarterly hundred pounds, to cover the charges of
travelling to London and living till Christmas 1812. This was the extent
of the 'financial liberty' for which he was longing. To whom could he
apply for the money wherewith to pay the 200_l._ and costs? To his
father?--his father's solicitor? He could not write for help to Hogg, whom
he suspected, or at least had recently believed guilty, of trying to
seduce Harriett. For failing to do what was completely out of his power,
he is less to be blamed than commiserated. The poet's historian wishes he
could record that in his inability to protect his servant with his purse,
he stood by him manfully, declaring that the ignorant fellow had only
obeyed his


the dubious draft in payment of her little
account. Mr. Denis Florence MacCarthy remarks jocosely on this business,
'We trust that the good Mrs. Hooper of Lynmonth was not kept out of her
money until the "enormous profits" which Shelley so sanguinely expected
from the publication of _The History of Ireland_ were realized.' Even at
this remoteness from the end of the poor woman's earthly cares the reader
of this page may well repeat seriously what Mr. MacCarthy says jestingly;
for many a poor widow has been brought to the workhouse by her simplicity
in taking a worthless cheque from a lodger, who ought to have paid what he
promised to give her--ready money.

For the present enough has been said of Shelley's reasons for wishing to
leave North Devon, and of the manner of his flight. Enough hassuo_, that he was
the eldest son of Mr. Timothy Shelley, of Field Place, in the county of
Sussex, and eventual inheritor of the baronetcy and broad acres of his
grandfather, Sir Bysshe Shelley. At present a minor, with his hands tied
as the hands of minors ever are, he was in the twenty-first year of his
minority; but next August, on attaining his majority, he should be in a
position to contribute handsomely to the fund that must be raised to
restore Tremadoc to prosperity. In fact, he spoke to the gentlemen of
Tremadoc just such brave words of himself, as a few months since had
caused honest Jack Lawless to write of him as the immediate heir to one of
the first fortunes of England, and a young gentleman who would do great
things for the benefit


with
proper interest to his youthful tenant's stories of the Shelleys of olden
time, and the ancient snake of the Field Place gardens. At the same time
Mrs. Madocks and Miss Westbrook became fast friends, after the wont of
gentlewomen, who conceive it is to their interest to be very intimate with
one another.

Shelley had done well for himself and his attendant gentlewomen in
migrating from North Devon to Carnarvonshire, and throwing himself so
impetuously into the embankment business. At Tanyrallt he and they lived
(pleasantly for awhile) with the best people of the neighbourhood; and
enjoyed the change of scene and society all the more, because in
pre-railway days Tremadoc was too far a call from Lynton, for them to fear
the talk of the Lynmouth tattlers would come to the ears of the quality
round about Tanyrallt. Butthe Shelleys, with Miss
Westbrook, had gone off to Killarney. Of course he lost no time in asking
the fugitives, through the post, why they had treated him so unhandsomely,
and whilst awaiting their reply amused himself as he best could in
exploring Dublin, and studying the manners and humours of the people with
whom he became acquainted, chiefly through Jack Lawless's friendly
offices. For a moment readers of this page may well imagine, that Shelley
had relapsed into his former hallucination respecting Hogg's intentions
towards Harriett, and had carried her off to Killarney in order to keep
her out of his way. But Shelley's action, on hearing of his friend's
arrival in Dublin, disposes of the suspicion. There had been
misunderstanding on the part of the Shelleys, attended with uncertainty
whether Hogg would cross the sea. A sudden whim


a bedroom, and that he
continued to use the hotel as a place of address for some of his
correspondents, also as a place for interview with those of his
acquaintances, whom he did not care to receive at his lodgings.

It follows that I question whether the accouchement, resulting in the
birth of Shelley's first-born child, took place at the hotel in Dover
Street on 27th June, 1813, though he wrote on the following day from the
hotel:--

    'MY DEAR SIR,--I am happy to inform you that Mrs. Shelley has been
    safely delivered of a little girl, and is now rapidly recovering. I
    would not leave her in her present state, and therefore still consider
    your proposal of fixing the interview ininsane
hallucinations. Coming from the chief actor in the Tanyrallt affair, from
the man who for a time thought similar evil of his dearest male friend,
these statements to the dishonour of the wife he deserted must be
considered with reference to one of his chief moral infirmities, and with
reference to his mental peculiarities. These statements are not so much
evidence of guilt in Harriett, as of delusion in her husband.'

The incredibility of such statements would, of course, be affected by the
production of a clear confession by Harriett, that, before he left her,
she had been conjugally faithless to him; or by the production of
reasonable evidence that she did admit so much to her shame. But even such
an admission would have to be considered with jealous regard to the
influences and circumstances under which it


was made, and also with
reference to the curious fact that she had been in former time brought to
believe, or to act as though she believed, that Hogg had made an attempt
on her honour, which he did not make upon it.

There are other reasons for an opinion that Harriett cannot have been
guilty of the offence which has been so long charged against her in the
Shelleyan coteries. Peacock (Shelley's most intimate friend and executor),
who knew Harriett intimately in the later months of 1813, and the earlier
half of 1814, was confident she had been a true wife. 'I feel it,' he
writes, 'due to the memory of Harriet to state my most decided conviction
that her conduct as a wife was as pure, as true, as absolutely faultless
as that of any who forof loving any
one else, she declared it impossible for her to live with him conjugally
during his wife's existence. At the same time, in the fervour of her
passion for him she declared she would never marry any other man. In her
respect for the matrimonial rite, even at the very moment of avowing
herself incapable of giving herself to any other man, she deemed it
absolutely impossible for her to live with Shelley till death shall have
put him in a position to make her his lawful wife. Mr. Froude admits that
this was so. Yet he insists that she was educated to regard the Free
Contract with tolerance.

Lady Shelley speaks even more precisely on this point than Mr. Froude:--

    'The theories,' says Lady Shelley, 'in which the daughter of the


Had one of Byron's
numerous diaries contained these same words in ridicule of a lady whose
hospitality he had abused, what a rout the Shelleyan enthusiasts would
have made about the diarist's ingrained vulgarity!

A few words may here be said of the journal which Shelley and Mary began
to keep at this point of their joint-story, and kept conjointly for a
considerable period. It has been averred by Shelleyan enthusiasts that
this journal was thus kept by the poet and Mary without a single day's
break up to the date of Shelley's death. This journal has been declared a
source of information by which every day, every hour of the poet's life
from the very first day of his association with Mary Godwin, can be
accounted for. The journal has been held out by the Field Place scribes
_inas when I rise. I am never disappointed, for I know the
    extent of my pleasures.'

Clearly the sisters-by-affinity had spoken smartly to one another before
parting 'for ever,'--a 'for ever' that fell considerably short of twelve
months. At sweet seventeen the mutual resentments of two quick-tempered
sisters blow over and leave no heart-burnings behind them. It would be ill
for our homes were it otherwise. What would become of us were English
girls so incapable, as Mr. Froude imagines them to be, of 'making it up'
and 'beginning again' when they have had a smart tiff? It was all in the
ordinary course of human nature that in the ensuing spring Claire and Mary
were animated by 'mutual affection, glowing with the impetuosity of
girlish romance.'

Much as they delighted in their new home, Shelley


idylls; moreover we have Shelley's assurance
that in September, 1815, he was engaged on several literary enterprises
which he hoped to complete in the course of the ensuing winter. Therefore
one may safely assign the fragmentary _Essay on Christianity_ to the year
1815.

It is obvious that to show the _Essay_ is wholly out of accord with
Shelley's temper and views on matters of religion in 1815, and on the
other hand to show he was more strongly interested in the Moschian verse
at a later period of his career, when his temper and views were in
accordance with those of the _Essay_, is to sweep away the whole of the
editorial argument. It is not too much to say that in 1815 Shelley could
no more have written the _Essay_, than he could have composed the music of
ainfluencing in peculiar and different
ways the poetical labours of both authors, had for its echo the hideous
story given to the world by Mrs. Beecher Stowe. How the scandal stirred
Byron's imagination may be seen in _Manfred_ and _Cain_. How it affected
Shelley's fancy and spurred him to the most extravagant of his conclusions
respecting the intercourse of the sexes appears in _Laon and Cythna_. Had
it not been for the Genevese scandal, _Laon and Cythna_ would not have
been brother and sister of the same parents, and Byron would not have
written the poems that vexed poor Lady Byron's troubled mind in her later
time. But for that scandal both poets would have escaped the still darker
suspicions it generated long afterwards in the minds of men. But for that
scandal, Claire would never have been suspected


nothing of the matter but what his not invariably accurate
client had been pleased to tell him; and the parasite, who, after
sucking thousands from Shelley during his life, sponged on his
representatives after his death! What witnesses and what testimony!

Readers need not think so ill of Shelley as Mr. Froude does. It is certain
that Shelley did reproach himself bitterly for his conduct towards
Harriett. The biographical evidence is superabundant that he endured the
keen remorse that is ever attended with self-reproach. How could it be
otherwise? When the lifeless body was fished out of the Serpentine, six
years had not fully passed since Shelley paid his first visit to
Harriett's home, bearing his sister's gift for her favourite
school-fellow; only five years and two or three months had passed since he
carried her off, bright and winsome,his moderate estate, no less than 12,000_l._ Is not this
strong evidence of his affection and esteem for her? Is it conceivable
that he would have left Claire so much money had he and Mary concurred in
cordially disliking her? Mr. Froude insists that, regarding Claire with
disapproval and aversion when they accompanied her to Geneva, they were no
less unfavourably disposed to her, when they sheltered her at Bath and
gave her bed and board at Marlow. Here are Mr. Froude's words:--

    'The Shelleys, who had disliked her before, could not have been more
    favourably disposed to her; but they pitied her misfortunes, and
    allowed her to continue to reside with them.'

It is due to Mr. Froude to say that, when writing these words,


decry him as a prodigy of wickedness for practising the form
of Lawless Love, which Shelley had declared compatible with virtue. Fate
also was set upon another exploit in irony, when she determined that the
poem, which a committee of men of the world declared unfit for circulation
during the profligate Regency, should be produced _verbatim_ for the moral
edification of the men, and women, and young people of Victorian England.

CHAPTER XIV.

FROM MARLOW TO ITALY.

    The Hunts and the Shelleys--Their Intimacy--Pecuniary
    Difficulties--Dealings with Money-lenders--Leigh Hunt relieves Shelley
    of L1400--His Testimony to Shelley's virtuous Manners--Shelley's
    Benevolence at Marlow--At the Opera--Departure for Italy--The fated
    Children--Shelley's literary Work and studious Life in
    Italy--Milan--Allegra sent to her Father--Elise thepoor of Tremadoc,
he was in some instances less than duly mindful of another, and no less
sacred, obligation. It would be more pleasant to remember how the Hermit
of Marlow entered a neighbour's garden without the shoes, which a minute
earlier he had taken from his feet and given to a poor beggar-woman, were
not the story of this rather fantastic act of benevolence associated with
less agreeable stories of unpaid bills. The poet, who gave Leigh Hunt
1400_l._ in a single donation, should not have cleared away from Marlow
without paying his doctor's charges for medical service.

Shelley's last evening in London (the evening of 10th March, 1818) he
passed pleasantly at the Opera-house, on the occasion of the first
performance in England of Rossini's _Barbiere di Siviglia_, the part of
Count Almaviva being performed by Garcia, who


naturally receive with suspicion any story they might
tell her about Allegra's paternity, they knew that of all stories the
truth was the story she was least likely to believe. The natural course
for two ladies in so embarassing a position to take towards their young
female servant, would be to tell her a more or less romantic fib, that
would not greatly aggravate their trouble if she blabbed it to her
familiars.

Probably Elise was told that her mistress's sister was married under
circumstances, that compelled her for the present to keep her marriage a
profound secret. At the same time Elise was entreated, with tears and
pathetic assurances of eternal gratitude for her fidelity, to guard the
secret thus confided to her honour. Claire (a clever hand at fibbing, when
fibs might serve her purpose) was just thepain of feeling herself much less than necessary to his
happiness.

In judging an enthusiast one must ever make allowance for his particular
enthusiasm. Were it otherwise, one would attribute singular indelicacy, as
well as defective knowledge of feminine nature, to those of the Shelleyan
zealots who argue that Mary had no reason to resent or disapprove the
attachment, which she could not think 'other than platonic,' as though it
were not in the nature of every sensitive and sentimental woman (and Mary
possessed both qualities in an eminent degree) to prize her husband's
admiration of her mental endowments, his regard for her moral graces, his
sympathy with, and loyalty to, her spiritual nature, far more highly than
his matter-of-course consideration for those of her domestic privileges
and personal rights, in respect to which the law would afford her some
measure


enough' Pisan acquaintances, Mrs.
Shelley gave Mrs. Gisborne to understand that, not content with the cakes,
wine, and sugar-candy of spiritual love, Emilia, to her worshiper's
horror, asked him to give her a considerable sum of money,--a demand that
may acquit him of want of gallantry in writing (_vide_ Forman's edition of
Shelley's _Prose Works_) to John Gisborne from Lerici on 18th June, 1822,
just three weeks before the fatal boat-accident:--

    'The _Epipsychidion_ I cannot look at; the person whom it celebrates
    was a cloud instead of a Juno, and poor Ixion starts from the centaur
    that was the offspring of his own embrace.'

Whilst penning these lines, Shelley was still moving along the
comparatively tranquil stream of his melancholy attachment to Jane
Williams, the last of hisletter to
Mrs. Hoppner, it would of course have been accompanied with explanations,
showing that he was not accountable for the exaggerations and staggering
misstatements of Shelley's letter (of 7th August) to his wife. Knowing
this, Shelley had even a stronger motive than Byron for stopping the
letter. Under these circumstances, it is absurd to argue from the mere
retention of the letter, that it was retained dishonestly by the elder
poet, in breach of a solemn promise.

There is no reason to suppose Byron was wanting in fidelity to Shelley in
any stage of this business. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, he
must be assumed to have kept his promise, to do his utmost to convince the
Hoppners of the untruth of the scandalous story, so far as it affected the
Shelleys. There is at present


so fully in _The Real Lord
Byron_, that its doings need only be alluded to cursorily in the present
chapter. It was the circle of Teresa Guiccioli and the Gambas (Teresa's
father and brother, with whom she lived at a short distance from the
Lanfranchi palace); the Williamses, of whose social endowments mention has
been made on a previous page; pleasant Tom Medwin, whose books afford only
faint indications of the elegant taste and generous qualities that
endeared him to the author of _Adonais_; handsome, shrewd, adventurous,
high-hearted Trelawny, who joined the party at the opening of the year
1822; and Taafe, the blundering rider and writer, whose clumsy
horsemanship occasioned the fracas with the serjeant-major and the guard
at the city, that eventually resulted in Byron's migration to Genoa,--the
circle of charming and diversely memorable men and women, thatsoul's fond sacrifice;--
  My heart was all thine own,--but yet a shell
  Closed in it's core, which seemed impenetrable,
  Till sharp-toothed misery tore the husk in twain,
  Which gaping lies, nor may unite again.
  Forgive me!'

    (_Vide_ Mrs. Shelley's _The Choice_, a poem of 159 verses, printed in
    Volume I of Mr. Buxton Forman's edition of _Shelley's Works_.)

Penitential utterances, such as this pathetic plaint, should of course be
construed generously; but Mr. Buxton Forman goes much too far beyond the
line, that divides generous construction from sentimental misconstruction,
when he says,--

    'I cannot regard this passage as indicating anything more than a
    natural feeling of remorse in the noble heart of a woman who


In a year when trust may be the biggest political issue, and stridency the usual tone, Sen. Tim Kaine brings something unusual to the race for the White House: sincerity and a genuine friendliness.

His easygoing manner and moderate stands hide both a sharp intellect and deep commitment to principles that had put him at odds with President Barack Obama — a president he has long supported — over the core constitutional question of war-making power. Kaine persuaded Obama to his view.

Even many of his political opponents in Virginia say they just like the guy.

Kaine has been carving out a national profile as Virginia's junior senator by regularly turning to Virginians' daily lives and his own career in state and city politics to make his points.

He's said Washington needsto take lessons from states like Virginia and cities like Richmond, where he entered politics as a city councilman promising to build bridges and where he was an activist mayor. Both state and city, he notes, have focused debt-management targets.

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That, Kaine said, leaves soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines to dangle, with no idea whether the dangers they face really matter to Congress at all.

Kaine is very much in a Virginia tradition of moderation


and consultation, said Bill Bolling, the conservative Republican who served as lieutenant governor during Kaine's term as governor from 2006 to 2010.

On the day after their election in 2005, Bolling recalls, Kaine called him, congratulated him and invited him to sit down for lunch and a chat.

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"We were Republicans and he was a Democrat, so there was always that specter of — I don't want to say mistrust — but what he's


fix overnight; so what you do is what we did with the VRS, you put together a plan to fix things incrementally."

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On immigration,he's bemoaned the toxic rhetoric in this year's campaigning.

Earlier this year, he told the National Association of Hispanic Publications and National Newspaper Publishers Association's legislative conference that Virginia's economic successes have a lot to do with immigration.

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He won settlements against


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from a bid for the mayoralty in 1998 to clear the way for his seat-mate.

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After a session with advocates for victims of sexual assault in Charlottesville, Kaine sponsored legislation to encourage schools to teach studentsabout preventing dating violence.

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in revenge.

Bosses and politicians across Europe have tried to put workers in their place with lies, misery, violence and fear.

Failed

The Greek ruling class failed. So the EU and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) took over.

The vindictiveness of measures, such as the end of tax breaks for people on Greek islands, recalls what the IMF forced on Britain’s Labour government in the late 1960s.

Along with deep cuts came a token charge for prescriptions.

It raised a paltry amount of cash. But it blew a hole in the principle of an NHS free at point of use that meant so much to Labour’s supporters.

It was a permanent lived reminder that a government elected to defy the capitalist vultures had to go to them “cap in hand”.

George Osborne’s budget last week wasDecember 24, 2008

“…We will get the inspiration and spiritual rewards out of our buildings that we put in them…What we are recognizing in these buildings is that we have an aesthetic nature - that we have cultural values, and that these values are what lifts us up above the scurrying ant heap of those absorbed only in survival, and make us a society touched with Divine Grace.”- Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller at the dedication of the Empire State Plaza, November 21, 1973 (Halicarnassus 106)

Originally called the Empire State Plaza but later renamed for the governor who initiated the project, this complex is one of the most ambitious urban renewal projects in modern United States history. It took over fourteen years to complete and cost almost 2 billion dollars


as it was constructed from 1965 to 1979 (Corgliano 7). Nelson A. Rockefeller’s goal was to create a massive group of buildings that would centralize all of the government agencies in Albany, as well as beautify the downtown area. With this goal he hired architect Wallace K. Harrison to make his idea a reality. As part of the new complex he wanted to create a vast public space for large gatherings. This idea first struck the governor when he hosted Crown Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands who was on a state visit to the USA (Halicarnassus 106). Rockefeller was embarrassed when their limousine drove through the squalid red-light district of the decaying city to reach the Governor’s Mansion and the capitol building (106). With the construction of thisnew urban centre the downtown took on the appearance of a modern and attractive city - fit to be the capital of New York State.

However, this design, said to be in the international style, also brought on vast criticism. Many critics believed that the architecture had symbolic links to fascist and centralized powerful governments (www.bluffton.edu…). Rockefeller approved the plans of this complex in order to show the world that he was a powerful leader and that New York State is one of the most important and dominant states in the United States. In a way these critics were correct; Rockefeller was indeed looking for architecture that demonstrated the power of his government. In the Empire Plaza, Rockefeller created a monument to democracy much like in Washington D.C.

There was


the capitol and the Governor’s Mansion for diplomatic visitors. When he looked south out of the capital he saw acres upon acres of low-income housing and felt it was a black eye for the capital of the state.

At first this location seemed to be ideal for beautifying the decaying downtown. However, this decision soon turned out to be disastrous. The location was a shallow valley that leads towards the river and is filled with sedimentary clays (Halicarnassus 106). This was terrible for the structure needed for such a massive complex. The supports had to be sunk over 80 feet deep in order to reach bedrock strong enough to support the massive weight of the concrete and steel structures. The procedure of sinking the supports was one of thehousing was estimated to cost $20 million, only one percent of the final cost of the plaza, which ended up costing almost two billion dollars - approximately one and a half billion dollars over the original estimated cost.

The more likely reason he scrapped the housing plan is that the new apartment buildings were going to be built in the underdeveloped part of Albany on the east of the plaza. This would have blocked some of the view of his plaza from the Hudson River, which would have taken away from the grandeur of the elevation (248) – and the east façade is incredibly grand with a giant 5 story stone wall looking like a colossal dam holding back flood waters. Although this new plaza was being built as


a public space to revitalize the downtown area, Rockefeller was so caught up in the monumentality of the whole formation that he disregarded the practicality and usefulness of it. Pedestrian access is surprisingly difficult from the surrounding neighborhoods and buildings.

The main axis of the plaza runs north south, directly through the state capitol and parallel to the Hudson River. The river was significant because it must be crossed in order to reach Albany from the east. To reach Albany from the north or south you had to exit off of route 87, which also runs along side the river. This means most travelers approaching or passing through Albany were presented with a stunning view of Rockefeller’s plaza. Ships that navigated up and down the river would also gazeupon the dazzling complex.

The capitol building in itself was a highly regarded work of architecture and Rockefeller wanted to use this to his advantage. By situating his plaza so the capitol closed off the north side he placed this historical building at the apex of the plan. Everyone walking along the plaza would have a view of it if they looked along the main axis. The whole plaza was created in order to glorify the government of New York State and there is no better way to celebrate democracy than to create a public complex that places the capital at the head.

To close out the southern end of the plaza Harrison originally designed a memorial arch, much like the one in St. Louis, Missouri. However, as different government


agencies pushed for new upgraded office space the plans were altered to include the Cultural Education Center. This futuristic looking 8-story structure is home to the New York State Library, the State Archives, and the State Museum. It also has a theater and a large events room overlooking the plaza to the north and a large park to the south.

The Cultural Education Center actually rests on the opposite side of the street than the remainder of the plaza. However, there is a large, extremely broad set of steps that form a bridge over the road and descend to the south side of the plaza (“Empire State Plaza: Design for the Future.” 9). These steps also act as seating for public concerts and other cultural events held on theplaza. There is a raised marble stage at the foot of these stairs, aligned with the north south axis. This set up shows off the magnificence and monumentality of the entire plaza as it provides a backdrop for the performances.

The entire complex consists of ten buildings set up on a 5-story platform, whose roof becomes the plaza. The plaza is highlighted by three reflecting pools along the axis and is bounded on the west by the four Agency buildings, and on the east by the soaring Corning Tower and the so-called “Egg” - a performing arts theater. Behind the agency buildings is an incredibly long building called the Swan Street Building. This structure acts as a wall separating the Plaza from the surrounding neighborhood. The Cultural Education Centre,


raised on its own platform, is at the south end while the 19th century State Capitol, in the French Renaissance Revival style, closes off the north end. Two additional buildings frame the capitol on north end - the Justice Building and the Legislative Building.

The three reflecting pools with a solitary line of fountains marking the center accentuate the main axis. In the center of the third reflecting pool, the closest to the cultural education center, there is a large black metal sculpture by Alexander Calder that ends the line of fountains. This sculpture is one of many that Rockefeller commissioned to beautify his plaza. Throughout the entire complex there are various works of contemporary art, including a portrait of governor Rockefeller by Andy Warhol. One of the primaryuses of the unused space in the concourse on the second level of the plaza is for art exhibits and shows. These exhibits and showcases are important because they bring art of the modern era into the eyes of the public. Most people don’t go out of their way to go to art galleries but by bringing art into the place they work or visit gets them to see things they normally neglect. This is another way Rockefeller made this into an important public space as far as the city’s culture was concerned. A large permanent collection graces the walls and is one of the largest collections of modern art outside museums.

Besides the obvious, large structures that outline the plaza there are many other particulars that Rockefeller insisted


Center in New York City, he wanted to leave his mark permanently on the state capital of New York State.

Every aspect of the plaza was designed for use by large numbers of people. Rockefeller wanted this to revitalize the downtown by drawing people there. He wanted large gatherings to assemble at the plaza and designed it in such a way that this was possible (“The Empire State Plaza” 4). The broad steps below the museum doubling as seating is a perfect example to demonstrate this. By turning a simple staircase into a theater proves that every part of the plaza was thought out carefully with the public in mind. The benches built into the sides of the platforms holding the trees are another example, while the broad walkwayson either side of the reflecting pools is designed to allow many people to congregate and walk around. This was most likely modeled after the mall in Washington D.C. where many large rallies and protests have taken place to lobby the national government. Rockefeller was very successful in achieving this goal, as there are dozens of festivals, live concerts, and cultural events that take place in the plaza every year. They even opened the plaza for camping when the Grateful Dead passed through town in the 70s and 80s.

Entertainment was only one reason to make the plaza comfortably accommodating to large groups of people. By building this complex and thus centralizing all of the government offices in Albany, Rockefeller successfully created a place that makes it easier for


design. From most angles the Corning Tower appears to be two rectangular boxes one being a few floors higher. After closer observation it becomes apparent that rather than being two rectangles they are actually two wedges expanding out towards each other. The Corning Tower’s diamond shaped plan accommodates the requirement for large conference spaces and a number of uniform offices on each. Around the utility core are spaces for individual offices with larger conference areas at the left center (Newhouse 251). The agency buildings mimicked this idea but approximately by a half. In the back of each, Harrison placed a triangular, marble clad utility core. Off of these supporting towers the glass and steel clad offices are cantilevered. The offices begin two stories above the plaza level, toand a moment later you feel like you are standing on the edge of the world overlooking the city flowing towards the Hudson River. The interiors are grand, impeccably well maintained and filled with fantastic art. About 30 years after it was completed the entire project is in fantastic shape, feels new and the architecture truly has stood up to the test of time in both durability and style. Having worked in an office there for a few months over a summer I can testify that it was a joy showing up to work every morning, lunching near the fountains and perusing the art collections during breaks. Architecture is ultimately designed for its users and in this case the design seamlessly integrates bold aesthetics with incredible functionality.

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in Tokyo, Shanghai, Sydney or Toronto the buildings didn't reveal the uniqueness of the local climate.

I look at cities that celebrate their unique conditions and that is where I find the beauty. Berlin celebrating the river Spree and its many canals lined with parks and grand public buildings pops into my mind as a beautiful urban environment. Hong Kong with its stunning architectural skyline backed by a beautiful mountain and stunning views of the harbor is another example of a city that is complementing the grandeur of its environment.

Too often in America, cities turn their back on their environment. Elevated roads and rail yards separate downtown districts from adjacent lakes, rivers, or coastlines. Buildings rely on air conditioning and other mechanical systems to ignore the influence of thephenomenon. According to this BBC article, funerals in many Chinese villages are still accompanied not with dancing but with striptease. (yeah, you read that right!). According to the Chinese tradition, a good turnout for a funeral indicates that the person who died is a big-shot in the society or something and hence a striptease is organized to increase the people turnout. Incredible but true. Guess it can happen only in China.

I guess the phenomenon is similar to India. The Wikipedia article says the dance is performed in India to relieve emotional stress of the dead one.

During funerals, it is performed in all parts of Tamilnadu to pacify a departed soul when his/her funeral procession is taking place, therefore it also has the name 'Savoo Koothu' Which literally means


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Where nature meets the suburban, Rönninge backe is a master plan for 300 housing units including daycare and housing for the elderly, offering a gentle approach to urban growth south of Stockholm.

Category: Housing, urban planning

Status: Competition 2017

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The proposal aims at harnessing the qualities of the suburb's green space, while exploring the characteristics of a new urbanity. Different housing types are organised around recreative spaces and courtyards, creating a strong sense of community.

The landscape plan is thought of as a transition from the natural to the more urban, through a sequence of interstitial spaces with a varying degree of privacy. Topographical variation is utilized for terraces, underground parking andthis excerpt, George Lucas looks at the ethical aspects of some of the duties that military personnel engage in apart from combat.

Military forces and personnel are frequently charged, or simply left, with the responsibility of restoring order and clearing up the chaos remaining in the wake of a war. This may include tasks like building schools and housing and repairing civil infrastructure (such as roads, sewers, water treatment plants, and electrical grids). These are extensive and expensive enterprises, and so military personnel will serve not only as civil engineers engaged in these activities themselves but also as program managers and procurement agents, contracting with and hiring local personnel, or bringing in outside contractors to assist with these projects, which will then be overseen by military supervisors and paid


not complaining. In fact, he appreciates every minute.

"I think those three years I was in Russia (2008-09 to 2010-11) kind of helped me a little bit to come back and appreciate it more," Jagr suggested. "Probably I wouldn't be playing right now if I didn't go back to Russia. It's tough to say.

"It had been 17-18 years, year after year, with so much pressure. Ten months of hockey, plus the pressure was so much. You have to score every game. It's not easy. Plus me I take everything so personally. That's why I think the three year break in Russia kind of changed me a little bit. That's the reason I'm here in the NHL."

There are some who prefer to play in Russia, namely one former Devils winger.

"Weknow one guy," Jagr said with a laugh, referring to Ilya Kovalchuk, who left 12 years and $77 million on his Devils contract to sign with SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL.

"I cannot comment. I'm not in his body," Jagr said. "He's Russian, he's playing home. They love him. He's going to get the same money, maybe more. He's a king in Russia because he's a great player, plus because he left the NHL.

"He's got family and kids. They can be home. They don't have to be in other countries. Plus the team he is playing for is a good team. They're a top class organization. They probably spend more money than NHL teams for their franchise."

Will this be Jagr's last season? Not a chance. Even if no


means a lot. It's just more exciting."

He said he'd like to play in the 2015 world championships in Prague if he deserves a spot in the Czech national team by that point. He'd be 43.

Jagr scored his first NHL goal against the Devils in 1990. Now he will try to score his first for the team.

"I've played a lot of games against the Devils because they were in the same division as Pittsburgh and the Rangers," he said." It was always tough to score. They had a good defensive structure and Marty was in the net, so it was pretty tough."

Jagr and Martin Brodeur were both drafted in 1990. The Penguins took Jagr fifth overall and the Devils got Brodeur with the 20th overall pick.

"We always talk toTapper and Anderson Cooper clarified their personal disturbance as if participating in a roll call. The posturing of righteous indignation was not only the safest possible reaction, but something of an obligation. This outrage performance is an unnerving handicap on the productivity of public discourse and further evidence of our mounting inability to process relativity in a moment where the cultural force of shame appears to be malfunctioning. Or, in other words: Where the hell is the line if Donald Trump gets to be president?

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Trump rose to political prominence with his inherently bigoted stance on Obama birtherism and was elected despite a rich history of racist housing policy and sexual assault allegations. On the 2016 campaign trail, he called Mexicans rapists, took aim at the families of


Elegant Hair Orchid-Inspired by The Freelancer's Fashion Blog...Great for Long Hair!

British model Lily Cole made a return to the catwalk at Berlin Fashion Week recently, and also attended the 'Triumph Inspiration Award Show' which was held as part of fashion week at club E-Werk. Lily looked fresh and natural with loosely curled hair, barely-there makeup and a sophisticated...

Alongside all the beautiful outfits at the 2011 International Asian Fashion Awards was a showcase to promote the Uzma Rafiq Hair Academy. The headline for their section of the show was: "sensational hair sculptures, timeless fashion, elegant beauty"
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Fashion is not about clothes; Fashion is all about the attitude behind the clothes: How the look is made and desconstruct, how is the hair, make-up, model's stateA Scottish aircraftsman hanged himself in his room at the base where he worked after cheating on his fiancee with an openly gay colleague, an inquest heard.

Oxford Coroner's Court was told that 24-year-old Robert Fleeting, who worked as a firefighter at RAF Benson in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, had killed himself after a drunken sexual encounter with another male co-worker, identified by the initials AB.

Charlotte Ward, a medic at Fleeting's base, told coroner Nicholas Gardiner that AB had confided in her after the incident, the Press Association reported.

'He said that they had gone back to his room and had a few drinks and stuff had happened,’ she said.

She added: 'They had sex.'

Fleeting, who The Daily Record reported was engaged, was discovered by fellow firefighters shortly after 12.30pm on 4 September,


2011, after he failed to show up for lunch with colleagues.

After going in search of him, Richard Daly and Gregg Metheringham found Fleeting, of Kirkdale in Glasgow, hanging with a knotted curtain around his neck, the court heard.

Toxicology results showed that Fleeting had alcohol in his blood and urine which was between three to four times the drink-drive limit and the coroner returned a verdict of suicide.and put all of his abundant
energy behind it and created a course that is still the finest in Central Ohio.
Local players paid for the equipment through sponsorship, installed the
course, and to
this day do all the maintenance other than cutting the grass and emptying the
trash. The year after the course was finished Brent Hambrick held the
first PDGA sanctioned tournament ever held in Columbus (the Columbus Open Disc Golf
Tournament). Members of the Hill Top Association from the west side of Columbus attended one of these
events and were so inspired they got permission from the CRPD for a course,
raised the money for the equipment and asked the local players to design a
course. Essentially the same group designed and installed a course at Big
Run Park on the west side of Columbus.

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to FIG. 1, the conventional VCO 100 includes differential amplifiers 110 and 170, and an LC resonator 150. The differential amplifier 110 is a latch circuit in which two PMOS transistors P110 and P115 are cross-coupled. That is, the gate of the PMOS transistor P110 is connected to a first terminal of the PMOS transistor P115, a first terminal of the PMOS transistor P110 is connected to the gate of the PMOS transistor P115, and a second terminal of the PMOS transistor P110 is connected to a supply voltage source VDD. Likewise, the gate of the PMOS transistor P115 is connected to the first terminal of the PMOS transistor P110, the first terminal of the PMOS transistor P115 is connected to the gate of the PMOS transistor P110,Bay Of Islands Cruises

Rich in legend and history, the Bay of Islands has lured explorers for many centuries. Captain Cook anchored here in 1769, bestowing the simple name that captures its unpretentious charm. As the ship cruises into the Bay of Islands, experience spectacular scenery with volcanic black rocks and rugged cliffs. You have arrived at one of the finest maritime parks in New Zealand; over 100 islands and numerous bays teem with birds and marine life.
The Bay of Islands is New Zealand's cradle of European civilization, with many points of interest relating to both early European and Maori settlement. Before the arrival of European explorers and settlers, the Maoris lived in this area for hundreds of years, their culture adding an underlying Polynesian graciousness to the country.
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are many "firsts" associated with the Bay of Islands, such as the first European community, the oldest home and church in the country and the first capital of New Zealand among others.
A long, irregular coastline shelters the numerous islands, many of which are part of the Bay of Islands Maritime and Historic Park. Within its boundaries lie historically significant sites as well as scenic and recreational lands. In addition, there are reserves that have been established to protect what is left of the once vast native kauri forests. These magnificent trees rival California's redwoods in age, height and girth. The Maori could carve a canoe for one hundred warriors from the trunk of one kauri tree. The valuable timber became the country's first major export, but the supplydepleted fast as pioneer settlers cut trees down at a rapid rate.
Major sites around the Bay of Islands include Waitangi, one of the country's most historical sites, and Paihia, a subtropical marine resort popular as a starting point for cruises around the bay and fishing excursions. Visitors will not want to miss Russell, one of the oldest towns in New Zealand. Once a village of swashbuckling sailors, whalers and traders, it was known as the "Hell Hole of the Pacific." In the 1920s, Zane Grey immortalized the area with his famous big game fishing exploits. Today, anglers still regard the Bay of Islands as a top fishing area, while residents cherish its unhurried pace, balmy climate and serenity.


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PublishedIn a statistical quirk, Roberto Firmino, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane will all be looking for a first goal or assist in a Premier League match for Liverpool against United in more than 14 hours of football but few would bet against Salah adding to his tally in his current rich vein of form.

Gabriel Jesus is in a slump – he has not found the net in the Premier League since August despite chances to stake his claim in the absence of Sergio Aguero through injury.

Jesus started his City career brightly and was seen as a serious threat to Aguero’s position in the team.

But the signs are that Guardiola does not trust the 21-year-old to deliver at the moment. He has started just four Premier League games this


Screen21 April 2005

Interview with Cannes artistic director Thierry Fremaux -abstracted from today's Cannes festival press statement.- As a first impression, could we say that the greatfilmmakers are back in strength''In Competition, yes, since there will be many experienced filmmakers at Cannes.If, last year, we seemed to concentrate more on new discoveries, thereturn to the Competition of some of the greatest filmmaker deligh

Italy's BimDistribuzione has acquired Italian distribution rights to Gus Van Sant's Last Days, which is tipped to play incompetition at next month's Cannes Film Festival.The picture, which is sold by HBO London, drawsinspiration from the last days in the life of Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain. Bim will releasethe film, which stars Michael Pitt, Asia Argento and Lukas Haas, on May 20.Meanwhile, Bimalso has Italian distribution righ

Thenew James Bond film, CasinoRoyale, is scheduled to shoot at the end of 2005 - although it is stilluncertain who will play 007 in the film.With ongoing rumourscirculating throughout the media world, it can be difficult to keep tabs on thelatest information. Here, ScreenDaily.com alleviates some of theconfusion by offering an up-to-date look at 007's status in the press.April 18Pierce Brosnan will not bereturning to screens for the new Bond film

The Cannes Film Festival(May 11-22) unveiled its line-up this morning, with a string of establishedarthouse directors such as Wim Wenders, Jim Jarmusch, Gus Van Sant, DavidCronenberg and Lars von Trier set to compete for the Palme d'Or.Geographically, the competition selection is fairly widespread. Three films from France play in main competition, four from the US and four from


Asia. No UK film has made the competition, although Martha Fiennes' Chromophobia plays as the closing

Montreal-based productionand distribution company Equinoxe Films has lured two local industry veterans to its executivesuite. Michele Laroche, who headed marketing and communications at Christal Films,has joined the company as director of theatrical distribution whileMarie-Claude Poulin, for three years a vice-president at TVA Films, will assistEquinoxe chief Michael Mosca in the areas of acquisitions and development oftheatrical projects in Quebec."I'm delighted to welcomeMichele and

International Critics' Weekartistic director Jean-Christophe Berjon has announced the selection for theupcoming 44th edition of the sidebar which runs during the CannesFilm Festival next month.Berjon, backed by members ofthe French Film Critics' Union, unveiled sevenfeatures which will vie for the top prize, worth Euros 5,000. The films selected are either firstorsecond time efforts.French director ThierryJousse's Les Invisibles, a love story set in the music worl

The Cannes Film Festivalunveils the official line-up for its 58th edition in Paris today ata 9.30am (GMT) press conference.For the first time in many yearsthere are few certain front-runners for a berth. Paris based distributors andsales agencies - usually a strong bellwether for the films that will make thecompetition - have been curiously unsure in their predicti

Dominik Moll's Lemmingwill open the 58th edition of the Cannes Film Festival (May 11-22). George Lucas' StarWars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith, which had been widely tipped asthe opening film, will instead premiere out of competition in Cannes on May15, three days ahead of its French opening on May 18. Chromophobia, byUK director Martha Fiennes,will close


the festival.

Sony PicturesReleasing International and MTV Networks Europe are teaming up at Cannes tohost a party in honour of the martial arts romp Kung Fu Hustle.Writer/director Stephen Chow will attend the event on May14 at Le Palais Oriental, along with cast members Tin Kai Man, Chan Kwok Kwan, Lam Tze Chung, and Cheung Cheun Nam.This year's jurypresident Emir Kusturica will perform with his No Smoking Orchestra, whileadditional entertainment - as if any were needed - will be prov

CineLink,Sarajevo Film Festival's annual script development program and co-productionmarket for feature-length fiction films, has announced this year's selection.CineLink's remitis to foster films from the Balkan region with the potential for theatricaldistributionThe jurycomprised Ludmila Cvikova, programmer of the Rotterdam International FilmFestival; Christina Kallas, the artistic director of screenplay developmentfunding programme Balkan Fund;and Croatian director Vinko Bre

Director AgnieszkaHolland's Copying Beethoven is shooting this month in Hungary - thelatest in a string of productions attracted to the country because of its lowcosts and film tax breaks.Copying Beethoven tells the story of the last few months inthe life of composer Ludwig van Beethoven and stars Ed Harris as Beethoven andDiane Kruger. The production has a forty-day shooting schedule in Hungary,finishing in late May. Locations include Budapest as well as several smallert

A Warsaw court ruled this week that the Polishco-producer of Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List and executiveproducer of Roman Polanski's The Pianist must immediately start servinghis two-year prison term for his role in a bribery scandal that touched thehighest levels of government.In December, a panel of three judges sentenced Lew Rywin,59, to two


years and fined him Euros 25,000 as an accessory toinfluence-peddling. He was to start serving the term Monday, but

AndersThomas Jensen's black comedy Adam's Apples scored a record opening inDenmark over the weekend.Theprolific Danish writer and director's film was released on 69 copies around thecountry and sold 58,214 tickets. It's a record opening for 2005 and the bestopening for a local movie in two years, according to Nordisk Film. Thecritically acclaimed film stars Mads Mikkelsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Paprika Steen,Ali Kazin and Nicolas Bro. Adam's Apples is produced by M&M Production

Ehud Bleiberg and Yitzhak Ginsberg's LosAngeles-based production and sales house Dream Entertainment has picked upinternational rights to Scott Coffey's comedy Ellie Parker and will begin sales at Cannes.Ellie Parkerpremiered in dramatic competition at Sundance and stars Naomi Watts as anaspiringStudio Hamburg Letterbox Berlinwith the UK's Tailor-Made Films and Axiom Films.Edukators director Hans Weing

HongKong's production and distribution companies are looking to the summer seasonto claw back market share after a disappointing first quarter of the year. Thefirst quarter of 2005 saw only 14 local films released grossing $7m (HK$54.69m)between them, around 26% of total box office during this period. In comparison,over the last five years, Hong

IFP/New Yorkwill be introducing the mentorship programme IFP Rough Cuts Lab to its IFPmarket and conference, which runs from Sept 18-23.The Lab willfeature a series of structured meetings and seminars designed to helpfilmmakers complete works-in-progress before they enter the marketplace.A team ofmentors comprising producers, directors, editors and the like will screen eightor nine projects selected for the programme, and the chosen filmmakers willmeet


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A new entrant looks set to join UK's already crowdeddistribution sector. Gary Smith's Intandem Films is strongly considering handlingthe British release of Stephen Woolley's directorial debut, Stoned,about the life and death of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones. Intandemfinanced and is selling the film, formerly known as The Wild And WyckedWorld Of Brian Jones.Intandem's Gary Smith said yesterday that Stonedmight be the ideal title with which to launch a

One week afterUIP opened Paramount's Clive Cussler romp Sahara at number one in the UK and Australia,the distributor is attempting to usurp its champion with wide releases in bothmarkets for The Interpreter.Universal'sUN-set thriller opens on 200 prints in Australia on Apr 14 and goes out on 350in the UK, and should prosper given the popularity of Nicole Kidman,particularly in her nativeAustralia.The picture alsoopens in Spain on Apr 14 on 195

One week afterUIP opened Paramount's Clive Cussler romp Sahara at number one in the UK and Australia,the distributor is attempting to usurp its champion with wide releases in bothmarkets for The Interpreter.Universal'sUN-set thriller opens on 200 prints in Australia on Apr 14 and goes out on 350in the UK, and should prosper given the popularity of Nicole Kidman,particularly in her native Australia.The picture alsoopens in Spain on Apr 14 on 195 prints and Taiwan a

Universal's thriller The Interpreter got off to a strong start through UIP atthe weekend, grossing an estimated $9.3m from 15 launches for a $10minternational running total including Greece, which opened last weekend.

The Arts Council of Ireland and the Irish Film Board (IFB)have called for applications


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In a world first, the UCIEmpire cinema in London's Leicester Square is set to screen all six of the StarWars films back to back on May 16 - three days before the global release ofStar Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith.Distributor 20thCentury Fox is organising the event as part of a massive UK marketing push forthe sixth Star Wars film.The UCI Empire will show thefirst five films and unveil Episode III to the public, an hour after itsUK premiere

David Beaird's TheCivilization Of Maxwell Bright won the grand jury award for best narrative feature and DavidRedmon's Mardi Gras: Made In China won documentary honours at the 2005 Florida Film Festival, whichran from Apr 8-17.Audience awardswent to Tim Kirkman's Loggerheads for best narrative feature, Kate Davis and DavidHeilbroner's PuckerUp: The Fine Art Of Whistling for best documentary feature, and Bobby Houston and RobertHudson's

Dir: Claude Lelouch.France. 2005. 135 mins. Men And Women is an amalgamation of the first two parts inClaude Lelouch's E30 million trilogy Le Genre Humain designed for the export market and worldpremiered last week in Los Angeles at the City Of Lights, City Of Angels filmfestival. Of those two parts, the first, Les Parisiens, was a resounding flop at the French box officewhen it was released

TheUK launch last weekend for Niels Mueller's The Assassination of Richard Nixon gave the film its strongest opening in any territory so far.The film, which stars SeanPenn, took $295,761 through 66 cinemas - a far higher total than it achieved onits US launch on December 29 last year.


In the US, the film had a limitedrelease through ThinkFilm, taking $37, 547 in five cinemas on its openingweekend. It went on to take $708,000 in total.In Italy, the film opened on100 screen

Santa Monica-basedfinancing, production and sales house Myriad Pictures has announced three promotionsgoing into Cannes.JC Rappaport is promotedfrom director of acquisitions and development to vice president of productionand acquisitions; he will report to company president and chief executiveofficer Kirk D'Amico.Linda Chiu has been promotedto director of development and production and will work closely with Rappaporton development as well as liaising with pr

Members of theHouse of Representatives passed s.167 of the Family Entertainment and CopyrightAct of 2005, which among other provisions makes camcording a federal offenceand upgrades it from misdemeanour to the more serious criminal grade of felony.Multipleoffenders face up to six years and/or a fine.Special immunityclauses mean that theatre owners and employees who detain suspected offenders ingood faith will not face charges of false imprisonment or false arrest. Thelegislation was a

Cannes's Un Certain Regardsidebar has unveiled a line-up dominated by festival newcomers - and a numberof high profile veterans. Of the 21 directors invited to UnCertain Regard, only four have ever been selected for Cannes before. Each ofthose four has had their previous work in the main competition.Announcing the line-up,festival artistic director Thierry Fremaux said, "Un Cer

The ongoing controversy surrounding Korea's PuchonInternational Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) has taken a new turn, with thefestival's former director and programmers announcing a rival event to takeplace in Seoul over the same week.The 'Real Fantastic Film Festival' will


run inJuly on one-twentieth the budget of its larger rival, and will featureapproximately 50 films, including 'Marx Attacks! - Sci-fi Moviesfrom Eastern Europe' organised with the Neuchatel festi

Brad Grey's Paramountrevolution continues apace with news that Alli Shearmur has been promoted toco-president of production at the studio.Shearmur, formerly executivevice president of production, will oversee day-to-day development andproduction of the slate as well as literary acquisitions, and will report toincoming Paramount president Gail Berman, who officially starts in May.As executive vice presidentof production Shearmur (nee Brecker) developed titles like The Bad News

Amanda Peet is in final negotiations to sign on to The MartianChild for New LineCinema. The film is an adaptation of a short story by sci-fi writer DavidGerrold that is due to begin shooting in Canada next month.

Scott MitchellRosenberg's Los Angeles-based PlatinumStudios has acquired a 20% stake in French comic book syndicate Hexagon Comicsand picked up exclusive rights to develop worldwide film and televisionproperties from Hexagon's library.Platinum Studiosis seeking production partners and plans a roster of live-action and animatedprojects, both as bigger budget US features and European productions in French,Spanish and Italian.Hexagon, whichoriginated in 1950 as Editions Lug, has a

The shooting schedule of Ana Kokkinos' TheBook of Revelation has had to be rapidly re-arranged after lead actor TomLong broke his ankle on Friday (April 15) while filming in Melbourne. The filmwas one week away from wrapping.The injury occurred when Long landed awkwardly during anaction scene in a nightclub setting. To allow for

Writer-director MichaelMcGowan's Saint Ralph won thefeature film prize at the ninth annual Canadian Screenwriting Awards.


The award was presented Monday night in Toronto. Thebittersweet coming-of-age story recently won the Grand Arc Award at the FestivalParis Ile-de-France. One of the fewEnglish-Canadian films to land distribution abroad last year Samuel Goldwynpicked it up for the US while Revolver took the film for the UK SaintRalph stars Adam Butcher as a boywho

Elie Samaha, the filmproducer who lost a $106m jury verdict last June in Los Angeles federal courtin a fraud and breach-of-contract suit filed by Germany's IntertainmentLicensing, has filed for a rematch.On Monday this week,attorneys for Samaha filed a motion for a new trial, claiming thatIntertainment's former chairman Rudiger "Barry" Baeres and his lawyers at theMunich-based company concealed "bad evidence" in the discovery phase of thelitigation, and that the alleged concealment all

Focus Features co-presidentJames Schamus hasjoined the Nantucket Film Festival board ahead of thefestival's 10th annual incarnation, which runs from Jun 15-19.Festival organisers alsoannounced they have teamed up with Kevin Spacey's online film-makers'collective TriggerStreet.com for a year-long screenplay competition that willculminate in a reading of the winning screenplay.Schamus earned best adaptedscreenplay and best song Academy Award nominations for Crouching Tiger,Hid

New York-basedpower producer Scott Rudin is close to signing a five-year, first look dealwith Walt Disney Studios that would see him make features for the Buena Vista,Touchstone and Miramax labels.Whilecontractual terms and start date remain unclear - Rudin's deal with Paramountexpires in 18 months and he owes that studio two pictures - a Disneyspokesperson confirmed the deal, while also rubbishing reports yesterdayclaiming that Rudin will run the Miramax division.However it see

Andrew Stevensand Donald Kushner


have joined forces to launch the production and distributioncompany Focal Point Releasing and have lined up a debut slate for Cannes.The partnershave wasted little time in getting the operation off the ground, naming BarbaraMudge head of their international sales division, effective immediately.Titles inpre-production include Gray, a modern retelling of Oscar Wilde's The Picture Of DorianGray, Anya Camilleri'ssupernatural thriller

Istanbul International Film Festival closed on Saturday(April 16), splitting its main prize, the Golden Tulip award, between Gilles'Wife by Belgium's Frederic Fonteyne and CafeLumiere by Taiwan's Hou Hsiao-hsien. The jury, which was headed by director Jane Campion,considered 13 films in competition.Gilles' Wife portraysa love triangle in France in the 1930s. Cafe Lumiere tells the story of a Japanese writer and thereaction of friends and family to her

THINKFilm has picked up allNorthAmerican rights to Lajos Koltai's Holocaust drama Fateless, which premiered in competition at Berlin and becomeHungary's biggest ever box office hit in its native country earlier this year,drawing more than 400,000 admissions.Based on Nobel Prize winnerImre Kertesz's screenplay from his own novel, Fateless chronicles the story of a 14-year-old Jewish boyfrom Budapest who is deported to a concentration camp and struggles to copewith life af

Paris-basedwriter-director Laurent Tirard's The Story Of My Life (Mensonges Et Trahisons Et Plus SiAffinites) won theaudience award at the ninth annual City of Lights, City of Angels Film Festival(COLCOA), which ran in Los Angeles from Apr 11-17.The picturestars Edouard Baer, Clovis Cornillac and Alice Taglioni and tells the story ofa frustrated celebrity ghostwriter with dreams of literary success who works ona football player's autobiography.Cornillac


film in dome

Continuingto follow in the career footsteps of Arnold Schwarzenegger, action star VinDiesel has made the successful transition to comedy with BVI's The Pacifiertaking the number one spot on the international chart.The film opened top in Germany, Austria, Switzerland,Hong Kong and Malaysia this week, held the lead in Australia in its fourth weekwith a 16% week-on-week rise and slipped only 17% to second in Spain.Thefamily comedy recently passed $100m in North America and w

In a surprise move, it was announced last week that DickWillemsen's contract as director of the Maurits Binger Film Institutewill not be renewed. Willemsen is on six month's notice and will be leavingthe Institute in early August.Founded in 1995, the Amsterdam-based Binger Film Instituteoffers project-driven training for screenwriters, directors, producers andscript editors.In recent months,much greater value with full access to ScreenDaily.com, ScreenBase and Screen International magazine. Rely on us for expert news analysis, insight and data.

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start as freshman.

Johnson points at two recent examples, in particular: Georgia’s Andrew Thomas and LSU’s Saahdiq Charles.

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Thomas started all 15 games on a Bulldogs team that reached the national championship game, becoming a freshman All-American. He became a second-team All-American as a sophomore then turned into a first-team All-American the next year.

“Talked to him a lot at Georgia,” Johnson said. “We came from similar high schools. He went to private school. I guess our paths are very similar.”

Charles started nine games as a freshman, getting named to the SEC All-Freshman team. He then started at least nine games at left tackle in each of the next two years.

Both Thomas – aA woman who allegedly shot at a KFC drive-thru for not getting a fork and napkin with her order has been arrested.

The 33-year-old woman from Sandy Springs, Ga., was taken into custody almost a month after the incident occurred at a KFC in Shelbyville, Ky. She is currently awaiting extradition from Georgia to Kentucky.

Jonelle Jade Dare, 33, was arrested on Tuesday after authorities tracked her to Atlanta, WSB-TV 2 reports. No one was injured during the original incident, although there were several customers and employees in the restaurant at the time.

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In a statement obtained by Newsweek when the incident originally occurred on October 28, a spokesperson for the Shelbyville Police Department said, “At approximately 11:50 am, officers were dispatched to


The patterns and forms of Ladhak rugs are the inspiration behind these creative designs. The rich culture and heritage of the region teams up with eclectic style and soothing colours adds character to the product. Rang Rage leatherite bags and accessories are perfect for every occasion: whether for work, travel or an exclusive event. The craftsmanship and iconic details make every Product unique. Painting comes at the base of the Rang Rages fashion and accessories collections and its classics. This classy bag is made of fine quality Leatherite, embellished with a painted canvas strip. It has two compartments, ideal for fitting in an Ipad or Macbook. The front Flap pocket comes as a spacious addition along with the back zip pocket. The Bag also features a detachable slingCallosal connections of the somatic sensory areas II and IV in the cat.
The homotopic and heterotopic callosal connections in the forelimb representations of the second (SII) and fourth (SIV) somatic sensory areas of cats were investigated by means of the axonal transport of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) in conjunction with microelectrode recording. The tracer was injected in the electrophysiologically identified hand and/or digit zone of SII (six cats) or SIV (four cats). The homotopic area in the contralateral hemisphere was explored with microelectrodes in five animals (three injected in SII and two in SIV) to map neuronal receptive fields. The aim was to correlate in the same experimental case the topography of labelled callosal neurons with the physiological map of the forelimb. Labelled cells and recording sites were plotted


bare of callosal labelling were observed in SIV. In both SII and SIV, callosal neurons were concentrated mainly in layer III, but a significant number was also evident in the infragranular layers. After HRP injections in the digit zone of SII or SIV, labelled cell bodies were also observed in heterotopic areas of the contralateral hemisphere. Most of these neurons were clustered in the medial bank of the coronal sulcus and in two other heterotopic cortical regions lying, respectively, in the anterior suprasylvian sulcus and in the lateral branch of the ansate sulcus. Some callosal cells interconnecting SII and SIV were also labelled. The results show that the distal forelimb zones in SII and SIV are callosally connected with the respective homotopic zones and with several somatosensory fieldswould destroy American jobs, particularly in the manufacturing sector."

There concerns stem from a highly publicized meeting between Cohn and a new group called the Climate Leadership Council, which includes a slew of former Republican statesmen like former Secretary of State James Baker.

The Feb. 8 meeting was held to discuss the group's ideas on establishing a nationwide carbon tax.

"We respectfully request a meeting with you to further discuss our concerns regarding a carbon tax and to provide additional information that may be helpful in your assessment of the issue," the conservative groups added in their letter to the White House.

"Each of our organizations has a unique perspective to offer; together, we represent a nationwide coalition of activists, concerned citizens, and stakeholders who have a vested interest in ensuring the


formulation of sound energy and tax policy that will best support, serve, and strengthen our great nation."

The letter was signed by the two former heads of Trump's energy and environmental transition teams, including Tom Pyle, president of the free-market American Energy Alliance, and Myron Ebell, director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, respectively.

Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, Michael Needham, president of Heritage Action for America, and Adam Brandon, president of FreedomWorks, also signed the letter.

The letter was forwarded to White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, and White House Senior Advisor Stephen Miller.expected to grow even further this year. Follow ROC Awards 2017 on Facebook and Instagram or use the official hashtag #ROCAwards2017.

The Roc Awards is easily one of the fastest growing award ceremonies in Rochester. Created by comedienne, Yolanda Smilez, the event is one of very few to recognize the hard work of local businesses and individuals, which may explain the immediate home its found.

Mostly driven by the community, nominations are a huge part of the event’s success. Currently, Rochesterians can nominate by emailing names of their favorite people and businesses to different email addresses, specifically created for the categories. The deadline for nominations is Dec 31 and includes categories like best barber, best author and best minority-owned business.

Those with the most votes become contestants and are placed on


William Penn Plans the City

Penn's conceptions of Philadelphia may be characterized as one of the
earliest
attempts at utopian city planning, and they certainly represented
the most
extensively 'pre-planned' American city at that time. Paradoxically,
Penn's early
plans grew from his love of the country estate, as opposed to the
metropolis.
Much of his wealth was derived from rents from his rural properties in
England
and Ireland. Perhaps self-exculpatorly, he viewed moneys gained from the
as
land less morally tainted than those gained in trade. Thus his original
vision of
a "greene Country Towne" seeks to replicate this model of life in the New
World.
The first plan called for individual houses to be separated from their
neighbors
by sizable areas of green, thus replicating the gentleman's farm that he
so
loved.

Though Penn envisioned country estates, he could scarcely ignore the
occupation of most of his colony's investors. Theywere tradesmen, and
trade
would be the economic engine of the new city. So, in addition having to
fertile
farm lands, the 'towne' would still have to be accessible to trading
ships. It
would be situated "in the most Convenient place upon the river for health
&
Navigation." The chosen site, at the convergence the Delaware and
Schuykill
rivers, was already farmed by a heterogeneous group of Swedes, Finns,
Dutch
and English. It was not an ideal port however. Its high banks made
unloading
difficult, and the river froze more readily than did port of New York.
However,
the site also provided a safe, deep harbor and the Schuykill river gave
the best
access to the interior of the state. And extremely fertile farm land
that
surrounded the site of the city could not be ignored.

Centered in the 10, 000 acres that Penn set aside for his 'great


towne'
was the
1200 acre site of Philadelphia. This land formed a rectangle joining the
Schuylkill and Delaware rivers, and would form the commercial heart of
his
towne, while 80 acre gentleman's estates would surround this core Each
of
these mansions was to be set at least 800 feet from its neighbor and be
surrounded by fields and gardens. And though this plan proved unworkable
given the geography of the site, Penn would incorporate the same spaced
regularity in his plan for the city. He also kept the concept of a
greenbelt
encircling the metropolis, itself a forerunner of the modern suburb. In
his
revised plan Penn provided a generous amount of room for expansion, far
more
than in any other contemporary American city. Penn thus anticipated two
major
trends in city development: rampant growth, and the desire for a
bourgeois
semi-urban enclave. As well, his plans forthe towne proper assume that
each
house will have its own space for a garden. His plans certainly varried
from the
cramped cities of Europe, and have garnered much praise, condemnation,
and
speculation ever since he first published them.

Penn first advertised the layout of his town in Thomas Holme's
Portraiture of
the City of Philadelphia, published in 1683.
As one can see, Penn
designed the city as a rectangular gridiron. Broad and High streets
cross each
other at 'centre square' and divide the city into four quadrants.
These 100 foot wide avenues were at
broader
than the other street, and broader than any street in London. Penn may
have
been influenced by Richard Newcourts plans for rebuilding burnt out parts
of
London, or perhaps by new garrison towns like Londonberry Ireland. In
any
case, his wide, open, rectilinear design was somewhat revolutionary,
though
today seems 'normal' for most American cities.

Penn planned


for the city's principal public buildings, the meeting
house,
school, state house, to border centre square. As the map indicates, lots
were
evenly spread across the width of the city, with the prime real estate
facing first
the Delaware, and second the Schuylkill river. Penn originally planned
to
situate his own house near the Schuylkill, at Fairmount, close to the
place
where the city's famed Water Works, and then Museum of Art would stand.
The
lots marked off on the map were either one acre or half an acre in size,
plenty
large enough for all to plant their own gardens. Even the city dweller
could live
in a country-esque manner. Additionally, each quadrant contained
additional
green-space in the form of a small park.

Penn was so interested in parks and gardens in part because he realized
some
of the dangers inherent in the 17th century city. He hadlived through
London's
bubonic plague of 1665 and great fire of 1666. And so it is not
surprising that
he envisioned his 'greene towne' as one "which will never be burnt, and
always
be wholesome." (Weigley, 2) Sadly, a little over one hundred years after
Penn
established his city, Philadelphia would be devastated by a series of
yellow
fever epidemics. The dream of a 'wholesome' city was seriously
compromised
by the 'stinking miasmas' of disease. Though like Penn, city leaders
once again
found salvation in both 'greening' and 'cleaning' the towne (by then the
country's largest city, and national capitol) with the establishment of
the
Fairmount Water Works, and its surrounding park. City leaders in the
19th
century also had to contend with the competing interests of business and
public
welfare, though unlike Penn they were not 'proprietors' of the land.
Though as
lord of the manor, William Penn proved a


relatively easygoing, and an
almost
always absent, land lord. His contributions in planning the city were
far
reaching, both locally and ationally. Though Philadelphia has grown
outward
far beyond Penn's original design, he still symbollically controlled its
vertical
growth. His likeness atop City Hall (at Centre Square) was deemed to
be
the limit for building height until the mid 1980s; until then Penn's
statue always
looked down on his city. As well, his rectilinear street layout, his
interest in
'suburban' development, and his desire to plan the perfect city, all
foreshadowed many future city planning 'innovations'.No, instead, she has a blog about her basset hound, Leo. And he's quite the sweetie.

Carolyn had me when I read her chapter The Elephant in My Purse. It's so easy to feel inadequate around your friends when your lives take much different paths, but it all came home when she realized that her path wasn't any less exciting or amazing than that of her friends, it was just as satisfying.

Her son's correct use of the words "Fucka bitch" at such an early age nearly had me peeing in my pants. I love that she doesn't just give you the brief Cliff's Notes version of things, she gives you the back story and the details that other current books lack. She goes for quality of story over brevity


school in Ipswich, Massachusetts is calling it. Parents who don't provide enough support at home for their children, this is the reason he's canceling Honors Night for the Middle School. "The Honors Night, which can be a great sense of pride for the recipients' families, can also be devastating to a child who has worked extremely hard in a difficult class, but who, despite growth, has not been able to maintain a high grade-point average." This is the quote from Ipswich Middle School principal David Fabrizio. He went on to say that he decided to make the change because 'academic success can be influenced by the amount of support a student receives at home and not all students receive the same level of emotional and academic support atThere is mounting evidence for the increasing need for a culturally representative nursing workforce in the United States, especially as our population continues to become more diverse. Between 2000 and 2020, the number of non-white Americans is expected to rise by 50%. Presently there are 35.5 million Hispanics in the United States and many more that are undocumented;it is estimated that by the year 2050, 25% of the U.S. population will be Hispanic. The Asian population has increased by 48% since 1991.^^ To better serve the diverse U.S. population, research nurses should mirror that population. According to the Sullivan Commission, almost 25% of the U.S. population is Hispanic American, AA, and American Indian. However, only 9% of the nursing workforce falls within these ethnic or racial groups. Furthermore,


(JTA) — Almost every movie, TV show and other work of art gets put under Twitter’s sensitive microscope these days. Depictions of Jews in contemporary culture are especially of interest, given the wave of antisemitism rising across the country.

So in a sense it might be surprising that “Uncut Gems,” the critically acclaimed Diamond District thriller starring Adam Sandler that depicts a series of age-old negative tropes about Jews, hasn’t been subject to a controversial level of public scrutiny.

Directed by Jewish filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie, the movie features Sandler as Howard Ratner, a New York City jeweler who juggles a seemingly endless series of bets, hustles, false promises and scams throughout the more than two-hour production.

Howard is a sleazy, greasy, greedy, dishonest businessman who wears his hair slickedI worked with loved the NBA).”

The Safdies are descended from Syrian Sephardic Jews on their father’s side, a specific Jewish demographic that is well represented in the New York jewelry world, in the film and real life. They based the Howard character on both their own father and others in the Diamond District, where he worked — in addition to lots of additional research. The Times profile called their script prep work “pseudojournalism.”

Sandler himself also immersed himself in the Diamond District, meeting and following around real jewelers to craft his character. The final product is a study of a real type of person from a real place that wasn’t created to feed into antisemitic stereotypes.

In the Slate interview, the Safdies said they were well aware of portraying Jewish


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Ohio Adds Transfer Simmons To Roster

The Ohio men’s basketball team welcomed another addition to its backcourt Tuesday, as it announced that former Houston guard Jaaron Simmons will be transferring to Ohio.

Simmons, a Dayton, Ohio, native, only spent one year at Houston, giving three remaining years of eligibility after he sits out the 2014-15 season. Simmons played in 32 games last season but only played about 11 minutes, averaging two points per game.

The 6-foot-1 point guard held an offer from Ohio coming out of Archbishop Alter. In his senior season at Archbishop Alter, Simmons put up 24 points per game and earned Greater Catholic League Player of the Year honors.

The addition of Simmons is a valuable one, as both of Ohio’s point guards, Javarez “Bean” Willis and Stevie Taylor,The centre of Melbourne has been brought to a virtual standstill as an estimated crowd of 170,000 marched through the city’s streets in a massive Union-organised “Change The Rules” protest as part of a larger campaign for better wages and conditions for Australia’s workforce.

The Change The Rules march in Melbourne, spearheaded by the ACTU and the Australian Unions groups, sparking remarkable scenes as a sea of humanity marched from Trades Hall in the city’s northern end, down to Flinders Street Station, where crowds filled the intersection to capacity and brought the entire area to a shuddering halt. The march attracted an estimated crowd of around 170,000; around 20,000 more than prior projections had estimated.

Crowd is growing in Melbourne for #ChangeTheRules rally 2018! pic.twitter.com/nB6leDI0Wz — Ben Davison (@ClubeGaffer) October


The isolation regions is separated from each other by an active region, wherein some of the active regions are located in a cell region of the semiconductor substrate, and the other of the active regions are located in a periphery region of the semiconductor substrate.
Then, firstly implanting ions of a first conductivity type into the active regions of the semiconductor substrate with a first voltage is carried out. Thus, a first ion region of the first conductivity type is formed, wherein the firstly implanting step is performed by using a first photoresist layer as mask. Next, the first photoresist removed. Again, firstly implanting ions of a second conductivity type into the active regions of the semiconductor substrate with a first voltage is carried out. Thus, a first ionregion of the second conductivity type is formed, wherein the firstly implanting step is performed by using a second photoresist layer as mask, which is configures to make the first ion region of the second conductivity type be neighboring to the first ion region of the first conductivity type. Next, the second photoresist is removed.
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conductivity type. Then, the third photoresist is removed. Again, secondly implanting ions of the second conductivity type into the active regions of the semiconductor substrate with a second voltage is carried out. Thus, a second ion region of the second conductivity type is formed, wherein the secondly implanting step is performed by using a fourth photoresist layer as mask, which are configures to make the second ion region of the second conductivity type be neighboring to the second ion region of the first conductivity type. Then, the fourth photoresist is removed.
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His lawyer writes: “Never have more guards, correctional staff and prison workers pulled me aside to offer assistance … during the many years I have worked with Ray. I have never experienced anything like it.”

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When Hinton convinces the prison warden about halfway through his three decades of imprisonment to allow him to receive books – besides the Bible – so that he can form a book club, the reader shares the exhilaration of Hinton


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San Antonio Spurs’ Tony Parker was in China to record a few commercials for his line of PEAK sneakers and while there, he totally immersed himself in the Chinese culture and put on traditional Chinese garb.Q:

Is it on-topic to ask for the year of publication of a given work?

With standalone novels, the year of publication is easy to find out. But I have found that with short stories  or poems, who are always part of a collection, it can be difficult finding out when they were first published and in which collection.
As an example, most poem anthologies that I have looked at tell the name of the poem and the author, but do not disclose year of publication and the collection in which the given work was first published.
Publishing dates would most certainly impact interpretation of works. As a point in case, the German Abitur (the final exam in Germany equivalent to the A-levels) had to be retaken in some schools because


Major League Soccer on Tuesday reportedly reversed a ban on fans waving the anti-fascist Iron Front flag at games through the rest of the season and the playoffs.

The decision came after some Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders fans protested being barred from games with walkouts and silent demonstrations, The Washington Post reported.

PORTLAND TIMBERS FANS PLAN PROTEST AFTER MLS BANS SUPPORTERS FOR WAVING IRON FRONT FLAG

MLS cited their ban on political statements at games, maintaining the flag falls under that category because it's used by Antifa.

A fan waving a Trump flag was also removed from a game early in the season.

“As part of this decision to update the Fan Code of Conduct for 2020, MLS has suspended the prohibition on the Iron Front imagery at matches for the balanceLuis Suarez has reportedly told his Liverpool team-mates he wants to win the Premier League at Anfield, indicating the striker sees his future with the Reds.

After coming close to an exit last summer and then going on to be the stand-out player of the season speculation over his future is inevitable.

Real Madrid are long-time admirers of the former Ajax player and could be willing to table a bid in excess of the world record £86m they shelled out for Gareth Bale. However, any such move appears dependent on whether Real Madrid retain the services of Karim Benzema. If the French forward, a target for Arsenal, remains at the Bernabeu Suarez's services would not be deemed neccessary by the Champions League winners.

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