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Syrian civil war in photos – A U.N. team leaves its Damascus, Syria, hotel in a convoy on Monday, August 26. The team was to investigate an alleged chemical attack that killed hundreds last week in a suburb of the Syrian capital. Sniper fire hit a vehicle used by the U.N. chemical weapons investigation team multiple times Monday, according to the United Nations.

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Syrian civil war in photos – Yahya Sweed, 13, is comforted by his father as he lies on a bed in Kfar Nubul on Tuesday, July 16. The boy was injured by shrapnel, resulting in the amputation of his right leg.

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111 of– Syrian army soldiers take control of the village of Western Dumayna north of the rebel-held city of Qusayr on Monday, May 13. Syrian troops captured three villages in Homs province, allowing them to cut supply lines to rebels inside Qusayr town, a military officer told AFP.

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Syrian civil war in photos – A patient smokes a cigarette at Dar Al-Ajaza psychiatric hospital in Aleppo on December 18, 2012. The psychiatric ward, housing around 60 patients, has lacked the means to function properly since fighting broke out there in


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Syrian civil war in photos – The bodies of three children, who were allegedly killed in a mortar shell attack that landed close to a bakery in Aleppo, on December 2, 2012, are laid out for identification by family members at a makeshift hospital at an undisclosed location of the city.

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U.S. intelligence agencies had some prior warnings about Syria's chemical attack

Schneier: Despite the knowledge, the U.S. wasn't able to stop the attack

He says having more data does not necessarily enable government to act meaningfully

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the sky. The company estimates that, using these balloons, it can send an Internet signal from a telecom base station to phone users hundreds of kilometers away (about twice the width of the state of California).

The project is part of wider effort to create technologies capable of delivering Internet access to remote corners of the world. Facebook is building flying drones that can stream the Internet to earth, while Elon Musk's SpaceX is apparently exploring the use of satellites. The hope is such systems can reach developing countries with greater ease and lower cost than traditional tech like wirelines and cellular towers.

But as Google shows with its trip to McKinley—after sitting for two-years on a waiting list at the Air Force facility—these projects have their own hurdles.

The Autolauncher

OneDuring the Russian war in Afghanistan in the 1980s, and later the conflicts in Chechnya in the North Caucasus in the 1990s and 2000s, the Russian military went into battle without unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and apparently saw no necessity to acquire them. Instead, aerial reconnaissance and attack missions were carried out using manned aircraft, because, by and large, the opposition in both Chechen wars did not have significant or effective anti-aircraft capabilities.

Even so, Chechen rebels using Soviet Igla short-range man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) shot down a number of Russian aircraft, mostly helicopters. Some of these losses were painful, but Russian fixed-wing jets continued to carry out sorties in the North Caucasus with near impunity.

It was not until after Russia’s invasion of Georgia in 2008 that Moscow


began an effective UAV program. After a slow start, Russia is struggling to expand its drone capabilities. Once its attack UAVs — currently still in development — become operational, they are likely to be deployed to Syria for combat practice and assessment.

Watched From Afar

In August 2008, Russian forces invaded Georgia. Most of the Russian troops were from Russia’s Southern Military District and had experience fighting separatist/Islamist rebels, but going up against the more modern and better-equipped Georgian military was very different. The Russian military was victorious nonetheless, and the war ended after five days with a French-brokered truce, but it was in the conflict with Georgia that Russia’s lack of usable UAVs was exposed and recognized as a significant deficiency that required immediate action.

Looking back to 2010, GeneralVladimir Shamanov, the commander of the elite Russian Airborne Troops (VDV – Vozdushno-desantnye voyska), at present retired from active service and chair of the Duma Defense Committee, told how, when he was deploying paratroopers in Abkhazia to invade Georgia, his force’s movements were monitored by an Israeli-made Georgian UAV (Hermes 450) that hovered constantly overhead and which his troops failed to shoot down.

According to Shamanov, heat-seeking Igla anti-aircraft missiles failed to register the UAV as a target because of its low-emission engine. The 30mm guns of BMD-2 airborne combat vehicles, designed to hit aircraft at altitudes up to 2 kilometers (km), failed to reach the craft because it was hovering at 5 km. Shamanov found himself more or less in the same position as some Pashtun tribesman, hopelessly


brandishing a gun at the sleek high-tech threat hovering above and watching his every move with impunity (Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye, June 4, 2010; EDM, June 10, 2010).

The Georgians were not ready to resist massive Russian simultaneous invasions in both South Ossetia and Abkhazia, but the UAV reconnaissance gave the Georgian leadership prior information about what was coming, while the Russian commanders who lacked UAV’s were unsure about the exact location of enemy forces.

When the Shamanov-led paratroop force crossed the ceasefire line on the Inguri River from Abkhazia, it encountered no armed resistance. The Georgian forces faded away, successfully hiding their more modern heavy weapons and waiting for Western diplomatic efforts to stop the invasion.

Developing Drones

The Russian defense industry is still very much reliant on Cold War era Sovietweapon systems, and the development of “new Russian weapons” is in many cases the result of the modernization of old Soviet hardware, or the development and production of Soviet-designed systems that originated in the 1980s.

In 2010, Colonel General Vladimir Popovkin, then the defense ministry chef of armaments and first deputy defense minister, was given sweeping powers and money to procure Western defense technologies and expedite the production of weapon systems that had been unavailable in the USSR.

Popovkin publicly ridiculed attempts by different Russian companies to make UAVs and oversaw the signing of a number of contracts to buy Israeli-made UAVs from the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Corporation.

By 2011, Russia had begun to operationally integrate these into its armed forces. By 2012, the Uralskiy Zavod Grazhdanskoy Aviatsii (UZGA) in


Yekaterinburg began producing, using Israeli-provided components, the Forpost UAV, which is a Russian-assembled licensed replica of the IAI recon UAV Searcher II, together with Israeli-designed command/control and communications equipment.

The Forpost has been the backbone of successful Russian military UAV operations in Syria and Ukraine. According to defense ministry sources, the Israeli-designed Forpost is still today the most potent operational Russian UAV with the biggest payload (up to 70 kilograms (kg)) and the longest flight endurance (around 18 hours). By contrast, the Orlan-10 UAV, used by Russian forces in Syria, can carry only a 5 kg payload (vedomosti, June 7, 2016).

Ukraine Becomes a Turning Point

In August 2014, Russian forces effectively used recon UAVs to turn the tide of battle in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas. Ukrainian government forcestogether with volunteer battalions were stretched thin, attacking the Russian-supported separatists in an attempt to surround the two main rebel-held cities — Donetsk and Lugansk. The rebel pro-Russian forces seemed to be in disarray, but just as the collapse of the Donbas rebellion seemed immanent, some nine elite Russian tactical battalion groups (TBGs) crossed the border into Ukraine and radically changed the course of the battle. The Russian authorities have not denied the presence of Russian military personnel in the Donbas, but claim they are volunteers on leave from active service (otpuskniki).

Russian air force jets were not deployed to provide air support for the August 2014 invasion, but UAVs were used to supply intelligence about the deployment and movements of the Ukrainian military, which had no effective UAVs


and was unaware of what the Russians were up to.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian air force stopped flying piloted recon and air attacks over the Donbas after the Russians introduced Buk surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) to the combat zone and shot down a number of Ukrainian aircraft. The Ukrainian forces found themselves pinned down and decimated by heavy howitzer and multiple rocket launcher system (MRLS) fire to the south-east of Donetsk in Illovaysk and the south of Lugansk. The targeting intelligence was being provided by Russian UAVs, primarily by the Forposts.

Ukrainian forces suffered heavy casualties and were routed into a disorganized retreat. The rebel-controlled segment of the Donbas was solidified under the terms of the so-called Minsk-1 ceasefire agreement in September 2014 (korrespondent.net/ukraine, August 14).

Russia does not officially acknowledge the useof its UAVs in the Ukraine conflict, but it is reported that at least two Forpost UAVs were lost in action in the Donbas (vedomosti, June 7, 2016). One Forpost was reportedly hit by Ukrainian antiaircraft fire in May 2015 over Peski in the outskirts of Donetsk, and it crash-landed on territory controlled by Ukrainian forces. The UAV was damaged, but did not disintegrate fully on impact. It was salvaged by the Ukrainians and positively identified as a UZGA-assembled Forpost (sprotyv.info, May 24, 2015).

Drones Deployed in Syria

Unlike in eastern Ukraine, the Russian military has been deployed openly and officially in Syria, although there are differing levels of official recognition for the combat role of its different services. The main emphasis has been on the combat sorties run by


the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS – Vozdushno-Kosmicheskiye Sily) — some 90,000 combat sorties have flown since deployment in September 2015 — and on spectacular attacks by long-range cruise missiles launched from both sea and air against Islamic State (IS) targets and other rebels that Moscow considers to be “terrorists.”

The combat activity of Russia’s special forces, military advisers and specialists has also been acknowledged. As in the Donbas, Russian UAVs in Syria have been used to provide targeting intelligence for attack aircraft, heavy guns and MRLS (regnum.ru, August 27, 2017).

Footage of attacks provided by UAVs has been regularly displayed by the Russian military for propaganda purposes. However, if images of Russian jets deployed in action have been regularly displayed, images of the UAVs in Syria are not. The Russianto have served in the Guards, a dashing Cavalry Regiment or perhaps the Rifles. In fact Murray came from a relatively modest family, and only just manged to afford to go to Sandhurst. Although he performed well there, without sufficient private means he was forced to join a relatively unglamorous unit, the Cameronian Rifles. It shows the differing pace of soldiering in peace and war that from when he was commissioned in 1923 it took Murray until 1938 to become a Major, yet by 1944 he was an acting Major-General. Some of his early years as an officer were spent serving in Egypt, India and China. Interestingly, he also spent several months on attachment with the Germany Army only a couple of years before the Second World War


broke out.

Horatius Murray commanded a Gordon Highlanders Battalion at El Alamein, where he was seriously wounded, then recovered in time to resume command in the final days of the Tunisian Campaign. He was then given command of a Brigade in the invasion of Sicily. In late 1943 the 51st Highland Division returned to Britain to take part in Operation Overlord. A follow up Division, the Highlanders landed in Normandy on 7 June 1944. In Normandy the Division performed rather poorly, in Murray’s opinion due to poor leadership and a lack of serious training. At one point Murray refused an order from the Divisional Commander, Major General Bullen-Smith, that he thought was needless and would waste mens lives. The Corps Commander ruled in Murray’s favour, recommended Bullen-Smith’s sacking, whichMonty confirmed soon after. This undoubtedly showed great moral courage on Murray’s part. Shortly after landing in Normandy Murray was transferred to Italy to take command of 6th Armoured Division, which he led until the end of the war.

After the war he served as commander of the 1st Division, Director of Personnel at the War Office and commanded the 50th (Northumbrian) Division, a territorial unit based in Catterick. After leaving that post he was selected to command the Commonwealth Division in Korea. Although this came in 1953 after the ceasefire, Murray still commanded British, Australian, Canadian and New Zealand troops in peacekeeping. Murray seems to have been a very modest General, to the point of not even mentioning in his memoirs his DSO and other brave acts –


his Nephew added notes in when editing. He seems to have had no airs nor graces. Indeed, when he left command of the 50th Division based at Catterick, the local newspaper reported that he had given the camp a soldiers touch.

Also included are some very revealing ancedotes about King George VI, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Monty, Eisenhower, Bernard Freyberg VC and Maxwell Taylor. I cannot recall many other books that I picked up with such disinterest, yet finished with such an insight. I enjoyed reading them immsensely.yanking along on the railings. Dold has won Empire State (known as Esbru among the stair-racing community) a record seven consecutive times. He is the only person in the world who makes a living at stair racing (his sponsors include a German health care company), which makes him the lord of an obscure but nonetheless codified sport. According to the World Cup rankings on towerrunning.com, Dold finished 2012 in first place, with 1,158 points, 157 more than the runner-up, Piotr Lobodzinski of Poland. Four hundred of those points came from his victory at Esbru, tower racing’s unofficial world championships, and its oldest contest, dating to 1978. Another 156 stair races, held in 25 nations, generate World Cup points as well.

Dold also sits atop the Vertical World Circuit, a


championship tour of eight celebrated races — among them, Esbru — and he is a minor celebrity on YouTube. In one clip, you can see a smiling Dold sprinting stadium steps at a photo shoot for a print ad. In another video, from the Corrida Vertical, a 28-story dash in São Paulo, the announcer cracks, “A shortcut to win the race is break Dold’s legs . . . or giving him some sleeping pills.” Dold wins and, as he crosses the finish line, still running, peels off his plain white race jersey to reveal a sleek undershirt emblazoned with his Web address, run2sky.com.a fantastic job of an Alzheimer's onsight, I was instructed to clean it. Up I went to the first rusty looking carrot, unclipped the draw then tried the crux just after it. I fell off. With a heap of rope-strecth I dropped down and to the right quite a distance. The route is substantially overhung and I was now swinging in space with no contact with the rock about 6m below the 2nd bolt. Without prussics or jumars I decided to attempt to hand over hand up the rope (!!). To my amazement it worked! I got all the way up to the bolt above me, now with a huge loop of rope below, and grabbed the quickdraw. PING! The bolt fell out and I took the bungy


carrots out of Body Heat a few years ago. By hand as well, whilst underclinging off it to aid through a move. Malcom was actually there at the time and his first comment was oh, Ferret put those in for me! But basically, same problem, bashed in carrot getting pulled outwards.

On 12/11/2013 nmonteith wrote:>tried the crux just after it. I fell off. With a heap of rope-strecth I dropped down and to the right quite a distance. The route is substantially overhung and I was now swinging in space with no contact with the rock about 6m below the 2nd bolt. Without prussics or jumars I decided to attempt to hand over hand up the rope (!!). To my amazement it worked! I got all the way up"has such a history of becoming aggressive ... that [the brothel's] staff and patrons are now fed up with him". The statement of claim asserts that Johns "has been gravely injured" by the publication of the article in print and online, and that he has and will continue to suffer economic loss, and that his ability to work has been "significantly impaired" due to "stress and anxiety" arising from the publication of the article. The amount Johns is seeking in damages has not been specified. The print and online versions of the article were accompanied by a series of pictures taken by photographer Damian Shaw, images that the article claimed showed the multiple ARIA award winner emerging "bleary-eyed" from the Chippendale club at 8pm the previous night.

Johns, however,


said in his statement: "I simply was not, and have never been, there. In fact, I never even knew of [the club's] existence." That tallies with a Twitter post on the day the article appeared by Mistress Scarlett, aka Debra Starr, the club's owner. "In response to today's Daily Telegraph article, we state that Daniel Johns was not on the premises nor has been previously," she wrote. "We're unsure of the source of this false information. In our 30-year history, we've never revealed the identity of clients and take privacy very seriously." Johns, who collaborated with Flume on his 2017 Grammy-winning album Skin, claims he was never contacted for comment before the story was published.

He said that after the story was published he asked the paper to retractit and issue a correction, neither of which it had done, though the offending article is no longer online. "I have now issued legal proceedings in order to publicly correct the facts and vindicate my reputation," Johns said. The singer, who played with former Empire of the Sun frontman Luke Steele as DREAMS at last year's Coachella and at the Splendour in the Grass and Laneway festivals this year with What So Not, said: "This false reporting has been very hurtful, humiliating, and damaging to me and my family." Nationwide News and Starr have declined to comment.

Read Daniel Johns' statement in full "Today, I commenced defamation proceedings in the Supreme Court of Victoria against The Sunday Telegraph newspaper, its editor and a journalist. "On 11 August 2019, a


photograph of me was splashed across the front page under the headline 'King of the Kastle'. According to the newspaper, it was a photograph of me leaving a brothel called The Kastle, which the article described as specialising in bondage, S&M, 'brown showers' and 'adult babies'. "The article stated that I am there so frequently that it has become my second home, spending up to 18 hours a day there for the previous two weeks. Additionally, it was stated that staff and patrons were 'fed up' with me, and I was full of venom and anger. "The article was simply untrue.Image copyright AFP

Pets at Home is recalling AVA dry cat food after three cats became ill.

The pets "exhibited symptoms of sudden collapse, fitting, widespread twitching and general unsteadiness" the firm said, after consuming the biscuits from their range aimed at senior and neutered cats.

The level of thiamine (vitamin B1) in the cat food was much lower than the recipe specified.

Pets at Home said customers would be given a full refund.

"An investigation has revealed that, in the four affected products, the level of thiamine (vitamin B1) was much lower than we had specified," the company said in a statement.

It added that the symptoms displayed by the three cats identified were "not the classic symptoms of thiamine deficiency".

Image copyright Pets at Home Image caption Four products in the AVA range


are being recalled

The product being recalled is dried food or "kibble" designed for older cats and neutered cats kept indoors. The rest of the AVA range was safe to use, the company said. The AVA range is manufactured in the UK and sold exclusively at Pets at Home.

The Food Standards Agency, which is also responsible for pet food labelling, said a notification had been sent to vets to alert them to "the atypical symptoms potential for thiamine deficiency".

A spokesperson for Pets at Home, Brian Hudspith, said it was important to alert vets as well as customers because thiamine deficient cats would usually present with quite different symptoms, including stiff limbs and the head falling onto the sternum.

"Rather than the more typical cervical ventroflexion (head falling onto the chest)Image copyright AFP Image caption Japan is readying interceptor missiles in case the North Korean rocket threatens its territory

A US official says a North Korean rocket due to be launched next month may affect an area between Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell is reported to have asked the three countries to condemn the launch.

North Korea says the rocket will take a new southern trajectory instead of a previous route east over Japan.

Japan is readying anti-missile defences around the southern islands of Okinawa, which could be under the flight path.

North Korea says the rocket is intended to put a satellite in space, but the US and others say the launch is a cover for a long-range missile test - a potential delivery system


because, in part, the administration’s chief antitrust enforcer is their champion. On top of granting tech platforms huge windfalls in his tax reform law, Mr. Trump appointed a friend of big tech, Makan Delrahim, to lead the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. Mr. Delrahim has consistently promoted the interests of the biggest tech companies.

While we believe Mr. Delrahim, a veteran corporate defense lawyer and antitrust official in the George W. Bush administration, was correct on the merits in trying to stop the AT&T/Time Warner merger, that action was an outlier. In a Senate hearing in December, he boasted that he “strengthened” the Justice Department’s amicus brief program as a means of reshaping antitrust law. In its briefs, which represent the views of the federal government asThe company was forced to end the promotion earlier due to its viral success

Domino’s Pizza was forced to cut short a promotional campaign offering a lifetime supply of pizza to customers who tattooed the logo onto their body because the promotion was too popular.

A promotional campaign in Russia on Aug. 31 advertised free 100 Domino’s pies a year over the next 100 years for anyone who got a tattoo of the company logo and posted a photo of their body art online.

Over the next few days, Russian social media was flooded with images of the signature domino on the forearms, shins and thumbs of Russians.

Famous pizza lovers — Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — were a popular theme among contestants, while others openly declared their love for freebies.

The company,


earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

[32] And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.

[33] He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.

[34] For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

[35] The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

[36] He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

John.4

[1] When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that The Messiah made and baptized more disciples thanJohn,

[2] (Though The Messiah himself baptized not, but his disciples,)

[3] He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.

[4] And he must needs go through Samaria.

[5] Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

[6] Now Jacob's well was there. The Messiah therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.

[7] There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: The Messiah saith unto her, Give me to drink.

[8] (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

[9] Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a


calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

[4] And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

[5] And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

[6] This parable spake The Messiah unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

[7] Then said The Messiah unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

[8] All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

[9] I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go inWilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.

John.14

[1] Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

[2] In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

[3] And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

[4] And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

[5] Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?

[6] The Messiah saith unto him, I


because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

[18] I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

[19] Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

[20] At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

[21] He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

[22] Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us,mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

[16] A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.

[17] Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?

[18] They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.

[19] Now The Messiah knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while,


Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.

[16] The Messiah saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.

[17] The Messiah saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

[18] Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.

[19] Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear ofDegree formation

Hospital Quirónsalud Torrevieja, as an integrated center in the structure of Grupo Hospitalario Quirónsalud, has agreements signed with different universities and training centers for student internship training, whose objective is to offer a complete learning through a real vision of the profession in different areas of the hospital center.


St. Lawrence, one notable landmark is the Flatiron building, known for its distinct narrow, wedge shape where Wellington St. merges with Front. Built in 1892, it was the first of this type of building constructed in North America. If viewed from the east, the wedge can be seen in the foreground with the financial skyscrapers and the CN tower rising in the background.

While many of the old industrial buildings along Front Street east of Jarvis have been demolished since the 1950s, several old industrial buildings remain, including old meat-packing plants from the 1800s. Several have been converted into lofts or commercial space.

Front Street is lined on both sides with restaurants. At the intersection of Front and Yonge are two performing arts houses, the St. Lawrence Centre for theDifferentiation between field and vaccine strain of bluetongue virus serotype 16.
In August 2000, bluetongue virus (BTV) appeared for the first time in Sardinia and, since then, the infection spread across Sicily and into the mainland of Italy involving at the beginning serotypes 2 and 9 and then, from 2002, 4 and 16. To reduce direct losses due to disease and indirect losses due to new serotype circulation, the 2004 Italian vaccination campaign included the modified-live vaccines against BTV-4 and 16 produced by Onderstepoort Biological Product (OBP), South Africa. Few months after the end of the campaign, BTV-16 was reported broadly in the country and the need of differentiating field from the BTV-16 vaccine isolate became crucial. In this study, the gene segments 2, 5, 6 and 10 of


Steele told a private gathering of Hispanic activists that Republicans should put forth an immigration plan that puts families first.

Washington (CNN) - In a private meeting with Hispanic Republican activists last week, Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele called for a comprehensive immigration policy that puts families first – a stance at odds with some conservatives in his party who see border security and enforcement as top priorities.

Steele also said Republican leaders are sensitive to “the perception of racism in law” following the signing of a tough new immigration bill in Arizona.

The RNC chairman made the comments in Washington on Friday, shortly after Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer enacted the controversial law, which requires police to question people suspected of being in the country illegally. Critics of the lawExternal Content

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FILE PHOTO: Finnish President Sauli Niinisto addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York, U.S., September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

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By Jussi Rosendahl and Tuomas Forsell

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finns are expected to re-elect moderate Sauli Niinisto for a second six-year term in elections on Sunday, counting on his skill and caution to ensure a close relationship with NATO without antagonising neighbouring Russia.

Niinisto, 69, is credited with helping Finland perform a delicate balancing act between the Kremlin and the U.S.-led military alliance, of which it is not a member but with which it developed closer ties after Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014.

Latest opinion polls by Alma Media and Helsingin Sanomat


show support of 58-68 percent for Niinisto, who is originally from conservative National Coalition Party (NCP) - a member of Helsinki's ruling coalition - but campaigns as an independent.

His closest rival, Pekka Haavisto of the Greens of Finland, has the support of 11-14 percent of respondents in the polls, while six other candidates share a combined backing of 21-28 percent.

Many Finns are wary of Russia, with which their Nordic country shares a 1,340 km (833 miles) border and a history of two wars between 1939 and 1944 which cost Finland substantial territory.

Though the role is largely ceremonial, the president oversees foreign policy, an area dominated by debate on NATO membership and relations with Russia.

Though most people will vote on Sunday, 36 per cent of voters cast their ballot2016, along with Sweden, he also actively pushed for an air safety agreement between Russia and the alliance in the Baltic region after a series of near misses between Russian jets and commercial European airlines.

"In today's circumstances, or any that can be foreseen ... I think we have no reason to seek NATO membership," Niinisto said in a TV interview with public broadcaster YLE this month.

"But, if Russia suddenly starts to see the whole of the West as an enemy, as it views NATO at the moment, then we are in a different situation," he said.

Public backing for joining NATO has lingered around 20 percent for years, although it briefly edged up in 2014 after Russia's action in Crimea.

Apart from his long service in politics, Niinisto also taps


into much sympathy among Finns because of a series of personal dramas.

A lawyer by training, Niinisto was the finance minister in the 1990s, becoming known for his government's heavy austerity measures following Finland's depression, as well as the decision to join the euro area.

Quick-tempered in politics, he lost his first wife in a car accident in 1995. He survived the deadly 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami by climbing up an electricity pole in Thailand with his son.welcomed the announcement on Thursday, saying in a statement, “I congratulate my friend, the president-elect of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro, for his intention to move the Brazilian embassy to Jerusalem. This is a historic, correct and moving step.”

Israel considers the entire city its capital, while the Palestinians see East Jerusalem as the capital of their future state, with much of the international community viewing the status of the city as a subject for negotiations between the sides.

The embassy move squarely aligns Bolsonaro with US President Donald Trump, and bolsters his image as a “Tropical Trump.”

Israel captured East Jerusalem from Jordan in the 1967 Six Day War and later annexed it in a move not recognized by the international community.

In December, US President Donald Trump reversed longstanding policy and recognized


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Clouding up and getting dark. Forecast for rain and high winds during the game.

Three hours before kickoff, Russell Wilson was on the field throwing passes. Gus Bradley and Tom Cable spent a good deal of time chatting. Old O-line assistant Luke Butkus visited with Russell Okung, who was on the sideline, walking with a “boot” on his left foot. We won’t get inactives for probably another hour.

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Gregg Bell joined The News Tribune in July 2014. Bell had been the director of writing for the University of Washington's athletic department for four years. He was the senior national sports writer in Seattle for The Associated Press from 2005-10, covering the Seahawks in their first Super Bowl season and beyond. He's also been The SacramentoAustralian Prime Minister Tony Abbott lambasted the country's Human Rights Commission (HRC) today for a report tabled in Parliament Wednesday on the condition of 330 children Australia is holding in indefinite detention but who are claiming refugee status, saying the commission should be "ashamed of itself."

The report, named "The Forgotten Children," examines the conditions of children who are held on Christmas Island, Nauru, and mainland Australia as part of the country's mandatory detention policy for asylum seekers who arrive in the country, often by boat.

In compiling the report, the HRC — a government organization independent of Australia's parliament — uncovered that between January 2013 and March 2014 children held by Australia were subjected to 233 assaults. According to the report, there were 33 incidents of reported sexual assault


in detention centers — the majority of which occurred against children. In addition, the report states that there have been 128 incidents of "actual self harm" by children, and 171 incidents of threatened self-harm.

The Australian government received the report in October 2014 and only tabled it in Parliament on Wednesday night, making it public at the last possible moment that is allowed under legislation.

At the official launch of the report on Thursday HRC President Gillian Triggs said she hopes that the primary recommendation that all children be released within four weeks will be heeded.

"When our report was written last October, these children had been detained for an average of 14 months. Today their detention has lengthened to 17 months," she said. "It is our hope that the remainingbecause your actions have been very good for the human rights and the human flourishing of thousands of people.'"

Morrison, who was immigration minister until a December reshuffle that saw him land as social services minister, also dismissed the findings.

"I don't think we should go to the point of calling it evidence," he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's _AM _program.

In one of the few passages to mention political parties, the actual report placed the blame evenly:

"As the medical evidence has mounted over the last eight months of the Inquiry, it has become increasingly difficult to understand the policy of both Labor and Coalition governments. Both the Hon Chris Bowen MP, as a former minister for immigration, and the Hon Scott Morrison MP, the current minister for immigration, agreed on


oath before the inquiry that holding children in detention does not deter either asylum seekers or people smugglers. No satisfactory rationale for the prolonged detention of children seeking asylum in Australia has been offered."

Malcolm Fraser, Australia's oldest living prime minister, who was a member of Tony Abbott's own Liberal Party, was unequivocal in his assessment of the government's action of the report.

Human Right Commission has done Australia a great service, it's reputation cannot be damaged by wretched slanders from this Gov. — Malcolm Fraser (@MalcolmFraser12)February 12, 2015

The report notes that Australia is the only country in the world where asylum seekers are mandatorily detained as a first action.

"While other countries detain children for matters related to immigration, including Greece, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, South Africa, and the US," itgo to gym but they said I am too young for gym. It was very hot. We just slept."

The authors of the report were extremely concerned about how institutionalized children could become in detention.

"Pediatrician Professor Elliott noted that on Christmas Island 'detainees refer to themselves by their 'boat number' in written and oral communication," the report stated. "More than 30 percent of children on Christmas Island signed their drawings with their boat ID before presenting them to Inquiry staff."

Even with these concerning conditions, the report states the immigration department or detention facility management was doctoring the environment when investigators visited facilities.

"The inquiry team noticed that new toys were bought on the day of the inquiry visit to the Darwin detention centers," it states. "New X-Boxes were also set


up in Melbourne Detention Center for the inquiry visit. Children and their parents reported that these had never been used."

Released on Thursday to coincide with the report, advocacy group GetUp! produced a video message from four doctors who provided information to the inquiry.

Dr. Sarah Mares, a childhood psychologist, said in the video she had come across children so ridden with anxiety they had "bitten their nails right down to the knuckle."

The HRC made 16 recommendations in total, including that a royal commission be established to investigate the situation. A royal commission, which has extensive powers, requires that evidence be given under oath and under penalty of perjury charges. It can recommend criminal charges against individuals.

"I am going to do the leader of the opposition this favor," Abbott saidThis story was originally published by HuffPost and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration Global carbon emissions will hit a record high once again in 2019, despite climate scientists warning louder than ever of impending environmental disaster, according to a study published Wednesday. The report, from a consortium of researchers as part of the annual Global Carbon Budget, found countries around the world will spew more than 40.5 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the air by the end of 2019, up about 0.6% from last year. The rise was spurred in part by increased output in China and India (though emissions in those countries were lower than expected) and comes despite a series of bleak reports released in recent months urging a dramatic cutback


with a search option by keywords or time window. We may be able, also, to make it possible to visualize the images located on a map where the shot was taken. In this way, we would be offer not only the slides, but also the information, provided by their author, associated with each of them, an option that would make the most of their potential.

WHO IS MANILIO?

Manilio traveled, with the same passion, through the diverse territories of mountains, photography, and music. Artistically trained in the music field, he cultivated, since the days of his study in the Conservatory of Music, his fascination with photography. From the very beginning, alongside his interest for nature and landscapes, Manilio constantly searched for a personal language in the abstract and in theinformal.

In 1997, he began an intense collaboration with the avant-garde composer Agostino Di Scipio which gave its fruits in a series of works that made use of images projected in a variety of environments and scenes of installations, operas, concerts, and more. In a short time, numerous other collaborations with directors, choreographers, and composers developed and provided opportunities for the first exhibitions, in the context of international festivals dedicated to experimental theater and electronic music.

Registered with A.I.G.A.E as “Guida Ambientale Escursionistica”, Manilio was well known, among climbers, for his two-decades-long explorations of the mountains of the Central Apennines (Sirente, Gran Sasso, and others), and in particular for being one of the first to climb the frozen waterfalls of the Laga mountains. He collaborated with La Rivista della Montagna,


the official magazine of the CAI (Italian Climbing Club), and with Intraisass - rivista telematica di letteratura, arte ed alpinismo, an online magazine devoted to literature, art and climbing (here and here two articles by Manilio).

In 2001, he launched an innovative project of educational hiking, the Hiking Group "Semprevisa," at the Middle School "G. Falcone "in Anzio (Rome), where he taught Music Education since 1984. In 2003, he also started teaching the hiking course at the Community College"Andrea Sacchi" in Nettuno (Rome).

The accident
On the 27th of May, 2012, during a climb on Guadagnolo Mount (Prenestina Capranica, Rome), Manilio was hit by a rock that detached from the mountain, fell and lost his life.

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We, the members of the association, are already taking care, as much as possible, of cleaningOctober 11, 2011

You, you take that back! Masters of the Universe, starring Dolph Lundgren and Frank Langella is... is...

because in the middle of all these other things like Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo and Walker, Texas Ranger, they also had the distribution rights to Powaqqatsi.

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Film critic Roger Ebert said of Golan-Globus in 1987, "no other production organization in the world today—certainly not any of the seven Hollywood "majors"—has taken more chances with serious, marginal films than Cannon."posted by Trurl at 9:26 AM on October 11, 2011

"Come...to me...my body!"

His head is knocked a good 20 feet from his neck, yet there's like two pitiful little smears of blood two inches from the the bottom. It's like the prop guys were trying to be sure not to forget the gore while


at the same time leaving out the gore.posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 9:30 AM on October 11, 2011

"[Menahem Golan's] outrageous! He is really outrageous. I did a version, a very bad version, of Crime And Punishment that he directed in Russia, with Vanessa Redgrave and John Neville and John Hurt and Crispin Glover. Now, he was not a good director, but again, you had this humongous personality. [Laughs.] Just this humongous, humongous personality, who took it upon himself to rewrite Dostoyevsky, and got very flustered whenever Crispin Glover would point out that the script was betraying the book. At one point, I remember he screamed my favorite line in movie history, when we were arguing about a scene. I had this great death, initially, wherePunishment and Menahem says “This book, I’m sick of hearing about this book. I wrote the script!”posted by Iridic at 9:35 AM on October 11, 2011 [11 favorites]

There's so much to discuss here, but I'll say that one of the co-founders of Cannon directed one of my favorite movies, The Apple. WARNING: I do not expect it to be anyone else's favorite movie.

Somewhere in there, Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus had a falling out and started making and producing movies with similar themes and plots to 'get at' each other, leading to a hilarious set of films.

From here came a throw-away line that I have loved for years: "Menahem Golan, King of the crap movie and the bounced check."posted by jscott at 9:41 AM on October 11, 2011


the Film Society of Lincoln Center recently put on a retrospective of some of Cannon Films' artier productions. Along with Barfly and Runaway Train, mentioned earlier, the series also included Jean-Luc Godard's King Lear, Raul Ruiz's Treasure Island, Norman Mailer's Tough Guys Don't Dance, and John Cassavetes' Love Streams.posted by Awkward Philip at 10:37 AM on October 11, 2011 [2 favorites]

Runaway Trains is bloody terrific, and I wish you hadn't linked that amazing ending, in case there are people here who haven't had the experience of it in the context of the entire film.posted by Decani at 10:46 AM on October 11, 2011

Lincoln Center did a screening of "The Apple" last year, with an appearance and pre-show talk by Menahem Golan. And free beer. It was one ofmy surprise, actually, although Cannon are listed as distributors rather than the production studio), they have some responsibility for Neil Jordan's The Company of Wolves and what I remember to be an extraordinary (though very, very long at six hours, as it's actually two films) version of Little Dorrit, directed by Christine Edzard.posted by Grangousier at 3:17 PM on October 11, 2011

Not enough Sho Kosugi love, Enter The Ninja was a masterpiece.

I haven't seen that yet, but the IMDB synopsis starts with "After just completing his training at a ninja school..." which...compels me.posted by ignignokt at 3:29 PM on October 11, 2011

52 Pick-Up is an underrated classic of the based on Elmore Leonard film genre. The staff of the video lab I used to work at in those


will be neck-deep in blackmail, murder, and enough bare bodies to fill the grotto at the Playboy Mansion.

The Guards - Jack Taylor #1

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It's almost impossible to be thrown out of the Gardaí, but former police detective Jack Taylor has managed it…
Following the death of his father, Jack finds himself disgraced, unemployed, and drinking himself into oblivion when he is asked to privately investigate a teenage suicide.
The case is one of several successive suicides from the same bridge in Galway, and all the victims are teenage females.
The Irish police, the Guards, are quick to dismiss the deaths as coincidences, suggesting the bridge has become a destination spot for depressed teens.
However, when he is approached by Ann Henderson, the mother of one of the girls, Jack begins to uncoverfacts that suggest otherwise…
Plunged into a dangerous confrontation with the police and a powerful but suspicious businessman, Jack finds himself questioning his instincts, his motives, and who – if anyone – he can trust.
The Guards, winner of the Shamus Award for Best Novel and finalist for Edgar Award for Best Novel, is the first title in Ken Bruen's best-selling crime series featuring Jack Taylor.
Praise for Ken Bruen:
'Taylor is a classic figure: an ex-cop turned seedy private eye . . . The book's pleasure comes from listening to Taylor's eloquent rants, studded with references to songs and books. His voice is wry and bittersweet, but somehow always hopeful.' - Seattle Times
'Ken Bruen, Ireland's first real crime novelist . . . the Godfather of the modern Irish crime novel .


. . Bruen writes in machine gun fashion, his words verbal bullets that rip through the veneer of the safe bourgeois Catholic society in which he was reared . . . The acerbic wit and off-the-wall comments throughout all the books are somewhat reminiscent of the work of Raymond Chandler and Peter Cheyenne.' - Irish Times
'Ken Bruen doesn't need a lot of words to tell his tales of perpetually falling Irish angel Jack Taylor—he knows the right ones. Bruen gets more done in a paragraph, a word, even a fragment of a word, than most writers get in an entire four-hundred page doorstop. If his prose was any sharper, your eyeballs would bleed.' - Mystery Scene
'One sign of a winning detective series is how much fun the authoris a list of all event Pokémon GameStop has given out.

Shiny Zigzagoon

This Pokémon event was distributed as a promotion to get people to fix a Berry glitch on Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire that plagued many players. It was distributed starting March 1, 2004, as well as receive it from the Game Cube Interactive Multi-Game Demo Disc Version 16. Its name depends on the country of the game data. Note that its Original Trainer from Pokémon Sapphire was named with SAPHIRE instead, possibly due to the input limitation.


The failed effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is widely seen as a crisis for the labor movement, and a pivotal moment in the 2012 U.S. presidential-election season. Walker launched a controversial effort to roll back the power of Wisconsin’s public employee unions, and the unions pushed back, aided by strong, grass-roots solidarity from many sectors. This week, the unions lost. Central to Walker’s win was a massive infusion of campaign cash, saturating the Badger state with months of political advertising. His win signals less a loss for the unions than a loss for our democracy in this post-Citizens United era, when elections can be bought with the help of a few billionaires.

In February 2011, the newly elected Walker, a former Milwaukee county executive, rolled out aplan to strip public employees of their collective-bargaining rights, a platform he had not run on. The backlash was historic. Tens of thousands marched on the Wisconsin Capitol, eventually occupying it. Walker threatened to call out the National Guard. The numbers grew. Despite Walker’s strategy to “divide and conquer” the unions (a phrase he was overheard saying in a recorded conversation with a billionaire donor), the police and firefighters unions, whose bargaining rights he had strategically left intact, came out in support of the occupation. Across the world, the occupation of Tahrir Square in Egypt was in full swing, with signs in English and Arabic expressing solidarity with the workers of Wisconsin.

The demands for workers rights were powerful and sustained. The momentum surged toward a demand to recall


Walker, along with a slew of his Republican allies in the Wisconsin Senate. Then laws tempered the movement’s power. The Wisconsin recall statute required that an elected official be in office for one year before a recall. Likewise, a loophole in the law allowed the target of the recall to raise unlimited individual donations, starting when the recall petitions are filed. Thus, Walker’s campaign started raising funds in November 2011. His opponent, Tom Barrett, the mayor of Milwaukee, was limited to individual donations of up to $10,000, and had less than one month to campaign after winning the Democratic Party primary May 8.

Coupled with the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, the Wisconsin loophole set the stage for grossly lopsided fundraising between Walker and Barrett,Priceless Swedish crown jewels were stolen from the Strängnäs Cathedral in Sweden, the Swedish Police Authority said Tuesday.

The thieves took two crowns and royal orb from the cathedral, which is located west of Stockholm, and took off in a motor boat that was moored just below the church. Police immediately pursued the suspects by boat and helicopters.

“We are on land, in the water and in the air,” a police spokesperson told the Sydney Morning Herald.

The stolen crowns were the funeral crowns of Karl IV and his wife Queen Kristina from 1611, Swedish police said in a press release. The royal jewels were initially buried with the couple but were then exhumed and put on display in the cathedral, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.

The motorboat is described as


St. Petersburg

A few weeks before Thanksgiving, staff at the Loving Care assisted living facility in St. Petersburg realized something had changed in Malcolm Ramsey's life.

Relatives who had never paid much attention to Ramsey, 55 and mentally incompetent, suddenly started showing up in droves. Bulging bags from T.J. Maxx and Bealls filled his half of a tiny, shared bedroom. Boxes of new athletic shoes — Nike, New Balance, K-Swiss — towered against the wall.

Then there were the rumors that Ramsey had hit it big in the Florida Lottery.

Ramsey's legal guardian got involved. So did St. Petersburg police, an adult protective services worker and, eventually, a judge. And slowly, the story came out.

Sometime in October, Ramsey had won "$500 a week for life" on a scratch-off Florida Lottery ticket. WithRamsey's guardian, responsible for paying his bills and monitoring his care.

Over the next few years Ramsey spent time in a state mental hospital and a group home before landing at Loving Care, an assisted living facility near downtown St. Petersburg. Independent enough to come and go as he pleases, he often walks the neighborhood and pokes through thrift stores. The Supplemental Security Income program covers his room and board and gives him a $54 monthly allowance.

Right across the street, Ramsey found a handy place to spend it, a Quick Pick gas station, whose $1.1 million in annual ticket sales ranks it among Pinellas County's busiest lottery retailers.

"He's a good customer," says store manager Ajah Shah. "No headaches, no hassle, just come, buy and leave."

Early last year, Ramsey won


$1,000 on a scratch-off ticket. He took a cab to the lottery office in Tampa to get the money.

Ramsey then set his sights on a bigger payoff. For $1 each, he started buying scratch-off tickets with a grand prize of $500 a week for life.

"He was chasing that ticket,'' Shah says. "He used to buy that ticket all the time.''

One morning in early October, Ramsey bought a ticket as usual. He took it back to his room, sat down on his bed and started scratching. The last number — 7 — matched the winning number.

Ramsey says he put the ticket in a shirt pocket, hung the shirt in his closet and padlocked the door. A few weeks later he told Shah he had a winner.

"There was no emotionon his face at all," Shah recalls. "People normally are very excited, jumping around."

Ramsey wouldn't show the ticket to Shah. Instead he turned to Charlie Springer, a driver for Bats Taxi who sometimes idles his cab at the Quick Pick when business is slow. Springer called lottery headquarters in Tallahassee to see what Ramsey needed to claim his prize.

With money borrowed from Springer, Ramsey rode a bus to Largo and got a copy of his birth certificate from the Pinellas County Vital Statistics Office. He used the certificate to get a new ID card from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Springer loaned him another $50 to open an account at Wells Fargo so the Florida Lottery would have a place to wire the winnings.

Finally, at


investigator would later learn, Ramsey cashed 21 of the money orders on a single day, Nov. 6. Almost every other day after that, he cashed multiple money orders, including the big shopping day of Black Friday, Nov. 29, when he got $8,000 and bought flat-screen TVs at Walmart.

With Springer or one of his sisters driving, Ramsey also went to Tyrone Square Mall, the Ellenton outlet mall and the Wagon Wheel Flea Market, buying so many new clothes he had to get several plastic bins to hold them all. He also loaded up on $19.95 Timex watches for everyone in his family. "About 40 watches, I guess," he says.

It was the sudden appearance of Ramsey's relatives at Loving Care that prompted the facility to contact his guardian in midNovember.

"It was people who were around that had never been around before," says Lona DiCerb, director of operations at Aging Solutions, the nonprofit then in charge of Ramsey's care. "That's troublesome when family he'd never spoke of prior began coming around."

Although rumors swirled that Ramsey had won the lottery, he wouldn't reveal anything to an Aging Solutions manager who went to see him. The organization called St. Petersburg police, who, DiCerb says, initially declined to investigate on the grounds it was a matter for the adult protective services program of the Department of Children and Families.

When DCF's investigator also failed to pry any information from Ramsey, she too contacted police. On Nov. 23 — more than two weeks after Ramsey started his spending spree — they opened a


come to see him, Ramsey says. On a cold recent day, he waited for one sister to pick him up at 1 p.m. so they could go to lunch. At 1:40, she still wasn't there so he walked over to the Quick Pick and bought a ticket.

He scratched it off in the parking lot.

Then he walked slowly back to Loving Care and Room 128, with its bags from T.J. Maxx and 23 pairs of shoes.

Susan Taylor Martin can be reached at Susan@tampabay.comActor turns dour into power

Known for his broad smile and his sex appeal, Dennis Quaid appears as a mournful academic in Smart People -- a movie that required him to wear a full beard and a fat suit.

Known for his broad smile and his sex appeal, Dennis Quaid appears as a mournful academic in Smart People -- a movie that required him to wear a full beard and a fat suit.

As Lawrence Wetherhold, the actor -- known for his exuberant performances, general effervescence and the act of setting a piano on fire as Jerry Lee Lewis (Great Balls of Fire) -- had to change his walk, downshift his attitude and internalize the professor's dour complexities.

"To tell you the truth," said Quaid, 54, "I wondered why they wanted me


met Murro did he decide to do the role in a film written by novelist and short-story writer Mark Poirier (Goats, Naked Pueblo), and steeped in academia.

Wetherhold, a professor of Victorian lit, is a widower with a daughter, Vanessa (Ellen Page of Juno), who's too clever for her own good; a brother ("adopted brother," Wetherhold always adds), played by Thomas Haden Church; and a disaffected poet son (Ashton Holmes). His on-again/off-again girlfriend, Janet (Sarah Jessica Parker), is a doctor.

They shine with an aggregate intellectual light, but none seems capable of getting out of his or her own emotional way.

"That's why it was called Smart People," Murro said, "because they're all dumb."

It's new terrain for Quaid, who is perhaps better-known for some of his earliest roles -- The RightStuff, in which he played Gordon Cooper, or detective Remy McSwain in The Big Easy or Gavin Grey in Everybody's All-American.

"I was a guy back in the '80s who was one movie away from a huge career," Quaid said, "which, at that time, didn't happen."

To get inside Lawrence -- "He was one of those guys I like to work from the outside in," Quaid said -- the actor didn't wander far from the page. Or his own life.

"I didn't draw on anybody I knew or who was in my past," he said.

On the other hand, "There have been times when I've been like Lawrence, a walking-wounded person, unaware that I even needed to change a thing, stuck in a way," said Quaid, who has had well-publicized trouble with


1985 US Open

The 1985 U.S. Open was the 85th time the tournament was played. Andy North won his second trophy.

Winner: Andy North, 279

Where it was played: Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Tournament dates: June 13-16, 1985

Leader after first round: T.C. Chen, 65

Leader after second round: T.C. Chen, 134

Leader after third round: T.C. Chen, 203

Notable Notes: For the first three rounds, T.C. Chen led and it appeared the Taiwanese golfer would become the first Asian player to win one of golf's professional majors. Then he tumbled in the final round to a 77, including an infamous double-hit on the fifth hole that contibuted to a quadruple bogey. Who took advantage? Andy North, whose 74 wasn't great, but just good enough to capture a 1-stroke victory.The event was at the Defence Sixth Form College at Welbeck, of which I became a governor last year. On being told that there were 'about fifteen' governors, the Duke observed that 'Our Lord managed with only twelve'!


MS in Educational Technology with emphasis in Rehabilitation/Special Education Technology from The Johns Hopkins University. Her continuing education & research is in the area of Adult Education & Urban Education at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. She holds an Assistive Technology Applications Certificate of Learning from California State University - Northridge. Kelly has been a teacher, para-educator, instructional media specialist, assistive technology specialist in early education, school & university settings. She has worked for a statewide AT project & has been an instructor in university courses.

Since 1986 Kelly has presented at schools, conferences, & to families in 48 states and internationally (Australia, Canada, South Africa). She speaks on a wide-range of topics including augmentative communication, computer access, electronic literacy, study skills, AT assessment & implementation strategies. Eachyear, she works with approximately 50 school-based teams & families supporting students’ implementation of AAC & literacy implementation in the classroom. Kelly is also the relative to individuals with CP, Aspergers & acquired disabilities, which impacts her perspective on the field. She is available to do seminars, webinars, consultations & workshops.

Sharon Redmon is a SpEd and GenEd teacher with over 20 years of experience. She holds a Masters of Science degree in Adaptive Education: Assistive Technology and an Assistive Technology Practitioner (ATP) license from RESNA. Sharon's passion for AT and especially AAC began with her first teaching job in WI where she became involved in WATI and continues today as a leader in the WI AAC Network created by an AAC Communicator. Sharon has been an AT specialist


Able storytelling and an engaging cast of dysfunctional modern American pilgrims animate this winning tale of the road. When tipsy, 23-year-old Maurey Pierce Talbot accidentally drives through her Wyoming town with her baby on the roof of her car, she realizes just how far she has sunk since her father's death left her distraught and almost unhinged. (She writes him daily picture postcards, knowing full well he is gone but unable to come to terms with her loss.) After attempting suicide and being thrown out by her philandering husband, she meets Lloyd and Shane, two recovering alcoholics who have devised a scheme to smuggle Coors beer to the East Coast. Longing to be reunited with her eight-year-old daughter Shannon in North Carolina (Sandlin chronicled Shannon's birth in SkippedParts ), Maurey decamps on an unlikely odyssey, pulling a horse trailer full of beer behind a broken-down old ambulance, sipping Yukon Jack from the bottle as her companions search for AA meetings. Maurey is not yet ready to deal with her alcoholism or her reluctance to be loved, but the hardships of the road and the bonds that unite this group of refugees (others join them along the way) will change that. Maurey's wry, cocksure voice evokes both her cowgirl roots and the novel's '70s setting. Despite the bickering, sarcasm, cynicism and personal tragedy that season the lives of his colorful, credible characters, Sandlin fashions a convincing tale of redemption. (Oct.)


are the first elements of decision-making on the basis of humanistic, social, economic, and infrastructural wealth according to steps in approaching natural disasters ([@B13]). Although the nature of resilience has been discussed for many years, its application in natural disasters is quite innovative ([@B14]). In the Third International Conference of Reduction of Natural Disaster Risks in 2015, the Sandy Document approved three facilities of "safe schools, effective management of school disasters, and reduced disaster risk and training of resilience" as "comprehensive school safety" ([@B15]). Risk prevention and reduction prior to disasters is a required step for achieving stable development that ought to be generalized at various levels from school to home, and from there to the community ([@B9]).

Schools play a vital role in the formation of values and                                                                    -Development, revision, and implementation of school preparedness against accidents and disasters.-Provision of supplies, storage and preservation of supplies and materials and emergency equipment, and identifying the location of protective equipment.-Provision of school map, identification of safe and unsafe places at school, and awareness of personnel, firefighters, and governing school maps.-Provision of a local map of the region, identification of geographical


programs of school resilience were extracted in this study.

The present study further extracted the role of process promotion in providing suitable functional response at disasters in schools and establishing resilience. This category included increased preparedness, correct planning, creation of organizational structures, and facilitation of rehabilitation. Development of school preparedness programs at disasters, provision of the required equipment for proper response, provision of school and zone maps, identification of organizations contributing to crisis management, lists of phone numbers, and installation of school alarm systems increase school preparedness for response at disasters. In addition, a safe shelter should be localized at school prior to disasters for emergency evacuation. Knowing the location of power master switches, gas master taps, and their automatic cut-off after disasters also prevent fire, resulting in suitablethe entrepreneur.

MacManus hasn’t regretted the decision. Say Media has redesigned the website, rebranding it as ReadWrite, and appointed Owen Thomas as editor-in-chief, someone who MacManus says he has “a lot of respect for”. “He really gets what RWW is about and so I was thrilled when he was appointed editor-in-chief earlier this year. RW is in great hands.”

For now, MacManus says he will focus on his goal to have his book finished by the end of this year. He is currently in the process of writing it and has not gotten a publisher lined up yet. He may have the goal of publishing his own paperback but the idea is not completely disconnected from his passion for technology. “I really got interested in health technology after I was


Companies Act, 2013, introduces the concept of OPC with the idea to promote micro-businesses in the Indian economy. One Person Company Registration in India has uplifted the confidence of people with entrepreneurial ideas and at the same time has given boost to entrepreneurs in the Indian economy. OPC registration online also saves the time and effort of the individual.

One Person Company registration is an easy process which can be done under the silhouette of the companies Act 2013. Under OPC registration process, an individual can act as a single person company and enjoys the freedom to work independently without the complexity of having partners. The nominee or director should be an Indian citizen in order to get OPC registration done.

OPC incorporation has proven beneficial to the overall growthMoms' application for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 is granted.
Bryan L. lived with his mother, Mary L.[1] She testified that Bryan came into her bedroom about 1:00 or 1:30 a.m., in the morning on January 31, 1992, crying and upset. When asked why, he said that John had choked his kitten. John Morris was a friend of the mother who frequently stayed at the house overnight, sleeping on a couch in the living room. The boy went *1122 to school that morning. Bryan routinely stayed at school only half of the day because he had behavioral problems at school. Barbara G. who lived with Bryan's older brother in a common law marriage, met Bryan after school around 12:30 p.m. to go shopping for new


shoes for him as previously planned. She testified that before they left her home, Bryan told her that John had touched his "private parts" and "butt" and then choked his cat by sticking his finger down its throat. When Barbara and Bryan picked up Mary to go shopping with them, Barbara told Mary that there was a problem. According to Mary, Bryan told her that John touched and kissed his butt. In her trial testimony, Mary said that she could not recall Bryan saying anything about his "private parts" or penis. Bryan, Barbara and Mary went ahead with their planned shopping trip.
Afterward, Barbara and Bryan dropped Mary back at her home and went to Barbara's house. Barbara went to the home of her next-door neighbor, Elizabeth Zorn andasked for her help. After hearing Bryan relate the incident, Elizabeth Zorn called the Aurora police dispatcher and reported that Bryan had been assaulted. Officer Howe responded to Elizabeth's home and spoke with Elizabeth, Barbara and Bryan collectively. Barbara told Officer Howe that Bryan had been sexually assaulted by a man who lived with Bryan's mother. Officer Howe took Bryan into the kitchen and interviewed him separately at 7:30 p.m.
According to Officer Howe, Bryan said he woke up to find John touching his private parts. Officer Howe related that Bryan first said the man's hands were down his pants and then testified, "I talked to him a little bit and got more details, he said that his pants were actually pulled down." Vol. 10 at 82.[2] Officer Howe


said that Bryan told him he saw John put his finger down the kitten's throat. When asked if John touched any of Bryan's friends, Bryan told Officer Howe that John touched the breasts of his friend Robin on three occasions.[3]
Officer Howe then went to Mary's apartment building. After speaking briefly with Mary outside, Officer Howe went into Mary's apartment, found John Morris lying on the couch and arrested him at 8:40 p.m., January 31, 1992.
Officer Howe completed an affidavit on a police form explaining that this warrantless arrest was based on his belief that John Morris was guilty of sexual assault on a child and cruelty to animals. Detective John Betz was assigned responsibility for the case against Mr. Morris. On February 4, 1992, before speaking with Bryanor any other witness, Detective Betz signed a verification on the information charging Mr. Morris with sexual assault. The information was filed in the district court on March 6, 1992. The verification was apparently based on Officer Howe's report.[4] Vol. 10 at 235. Detective Betz did not interview Bryan until February 18, 1992, some 18 days after the alleged assault. At trial, the detective testified that in that interview Bryan said that he was sleeping on the couch on his stomach in his living room and awoke with his pants down around mid-thigh and that Mr. Morris was rubbing his butt, that Mr. Morris then *1123 reached underneath him and grasped his penis; that when there was a noise from the neighbor's apartment, Mr. Morris stopped the touching,


pulled up Bryan's pants and then picked up a cat and choked it by sticking his finger down the cat's throat. According to the detective, Bryan also stated that he shifted and moved to indicate that he was waking up in an attempt to stop what was occurring, but that noise from the apartment next door caused Mr. Morris to stop the touching. Id. at 203, 206. Detective Betz did not interview Barbara G. until March 5, 1992, one day after the preliminary hearing on the charges against Mr. Morris.
Bryan testified about the details of the alleged assault at that preliminary hearing and at the first trial of Mr. Morris, ending in a mistrial after the jury reported that they could not agree on a unanimous verdict.
As jurytheir awareness of the critical importance of Dr. Bebensee's testimony to that defense.
*1124 During her opening statement, the prosecutor said, "[T]oday will be his [Bryan's] fifth time to testify. He has said the same thing about this sexual assault." Vol. 9 at 151. When defense counsel in his opening statement began to refer to Bryan's behavior at school, the prosecutor objected and at a bench conference said that she was not aware of a witness who would testify about Bryan's problems at school. Defense counsel replied: "[W]ell, Barbara Bebensee. One of the things in the field the expert looked at to determine the criteria for validating is they have to review all the school records and the behavior of the child at school, as well, Your Honor." Id.


is not a valid claim.
THE COURT: Because of an investigative technique?
[DEFENSE COUNSEL]: Well, a whole lot more than that. She looks at many themes that I haven't gone into here on opening statement.
THE COURT: I'll permit it.
Id. at 184.
Bryan was the first witness to testify. He said that he fell asleep on the couch in the living room. He said that when he woke up, his pants and underwear were down to his knees and Mr. Morris was touching his butt and then his penis. Bryan told the jury that he pretended to wake up and that caused Mr. Morris to stop touching him Bryan also said that Mr. Morris pulled up Bryan's pants and then stuck his finger down a kitten's throat. Bryan testified that he thenwent to his mother's bedroom and told her first about the cat and then that John had touched him in places he should not have.
Defense counsel cross-examined Bryan at length, pointing out the differences and variations in what the witness said in prior testimony and in his out of court statements. On cross-examination, Bryan told the jury he woke up before his pants were pulled down, not afterward. He said he did not remember telling Officer Howe and Detective Betz that his pants were down when he woke up. Id. at 220-21. He did not recall his testimony from February, 1993, that his pants were down when he woke up. And to support his trial testimony that he was awake when his pants were pulled down, he added:


was not allowed to give his opinion as to whether testimony was consistent or not. It was over your objection....
Id. at 219-20.
Further along during the cross-examination, defense counsel asked about the detective's written report. Detective Betz admitted that he wrote the report in his own words and did not use the words of the boy, although he understood the importance of being precise. Id. at 228-29. Defense counsel explored with Detective Betz matters that Bryan did not describe in his initial interview but related later, including whether Bryan flipped over on his back during the course of the alleged assault and whether the defendant pulled Bryan's pants back up. Id, at 231-32. Upon inquiry about his training and experience, Detective Betz said that he was not sure whetherChina's Zhengzhou launches freight train service to Vietnam

The first train on the route departed from Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province, on Friday morning. It will enter Vietnam via the border city of Pingxiang before arriving at the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi.

The route operator Zhengzhou International Hub Development and Construction Co. said the train carried machinery and e-products to Vietnam and would bring back Vietnamese fruit, rice, dried fruit and aquatic products.

The company has yet to provide information on the frequency of the train.

Zhengzhou has seen the south-bound route as an important extension to its China-Europe rail service, which links 126 cities in Europe and Central Asia.

The China-Europe rail service is a significant part of China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative.

The number of China-Europe freight trains reached a new high in


who murdered Archbishop Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170. The four knights fled to Knaresborough and hid at the castle. Hugh de Morville forfeited the lands in 1173, not for his implication in the murder of Thomas Becket, but for "complicity in the rebellion of Henry the Young King", according to the Early Yorkshire Charters.

The Honour of Knaresborough then passed to the Stuteville family. When the Stuteville line was broken with the death of Robert the 4th (son of Robert 3rd) in 1205, King John effectively took the Honour of Knaresborough for himself. The first Maundy Money was distributed in Knaresborough by King John on 15 April 1210. Knaresborough Forest, which extended far to the south of the town, is reputed to have been onefaith” rule that reads: “In all matters and transactions relating to the league, each club shall behave towards each other club and league with the utmost good faith.”

Back in December, Moody claimed in an interview with the Guardian that “most of my best friends in football work” at Cardiff City still, and that he holds no bitterness against the club.

UPDATE: In a report released by the BBC, there are some absolutely wild, yet surprisingly detailed accusations brought to the Premier League.

According to the BBC, the following is the order of events leading up to the Cardiff City vs Crystal Palace match, which Palace won 3-0:

Two days before the match, Iain Moody called (previously reported to be text messages) Cardiff City performance analyst Enda Barron to attempt to obtain


Cardiff’s lineup. Moody claimed to be “under pressure from Tony Pulis. Barron denied to release the lineup.

Moody then went to another source, reportedly Cardiff City player Aron Gunnarsson, and successfully obtained the lineup. Gunnarsson and his agent have both since denied to the club his involvement in this part of the story.

Moody contacted Barron again (unclear whether it was by phone or twxt) to tell his former colleague he was successful.

Here’s the wildest part of the story: Moody then mistakenly texted the lineup to current Bolton manager Dougie Freedman (what?!?!). Freedman, a friend of Solskjaer, alerted the Cardiff manager of the leak and the club proceeded from there.

The most unfortunate part of the story in the BBC is that Barron, who denied to leak the lineup to Crystal                         OPINION AND ORDER

SWEENEY, Judge

        Plaintiff Sandra Charnetski is employed by the United States Social Security
Administration (“SSA”) in its Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania office as a Contact Representative. In
2003, the SSA approved plaintiff’s request to participate in its Gradual Retirement Program,
allowing her to reduce her work hours for a three-year period. Before the three-year period
expired, however, the SSA discontinued the Gradual Retirement Program and advised plaintiff
that she had two options: return to work full time or retire. Plaintiff, asserting that her
participation in the Gradual Retirement Program was memorialized in a binding contract with the
SSA, now seeks compensation for the


the OPM in
the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (“district court”) on
November 30, 2010. She set forth four claims for relief in her complaint: breach of contract,
intentional interference with contractual relations, employment discrimination under 42 U.S.C.
§ 2000e-16, and employment discrimination under 29 U.S.C. § 633a. The defendants moved to
dismiss the two employment discrimination claims and moved to transfer the two contract-
related claims to the United States Court of Federal Claims (“Court of Federal Claims”). In an
April 18, 2012 ruling, the district court concluded that it lacked jurisdiction over the contract-
related claims. In its analysis, the district court explained that because the two claims concerned
an alleged contract, the defendants were officials of the United States, and the amount in
controversy exceeded $75,000 for each claim, thestar this year in the minors but did show some talent. He has been great statistically in the short season hitter friendly AFL. Is that enough that Phillies will be concerned another MLB team will select and hide him all year despite just finishing A+ ball?

At this point they have to protect him. He is a former first round pick so he has the pedigree (and the tools), additionally the Phillies have put a large size investment into him. He is slightly behind developmentally due to missed time so there is a chance for some quick development as he puts stuff together. His floor at this point has to 4th/5th OF on a team with the chance to be a first division regular, but likely second division regular.


musicians:
Chris Poland — Lead guitars on “The Great Blinding”
Backing vocals by Sinem Cangir, Yuma van Eekelen, Bart Hennephof and Lord Volture
All songs written by David Marcelis.

Recorded by Bart Hennephof and Yuma van Eekelen at Split Second Sound Studio, Amsterdam, and Final Focus Studio, Tilburg, the Netherlands. Mixed by Stephen van Haestregt and mastered by Peer Rave at Swamp Studio, Raamsdonk, the Netherlands.

In less than five weeks the new LORD VOLTURE album Will To Power will be released on Mausoleum Records. The band will celebrate this event with an album release show on Satuday 13th September in the renowned Dynamo venue in Eindhoven city, the Netherlands. At this moment the line-up for that night is being finalised with some very special guest acts who will be announced later.

In themeantime, the band have uploaded a second new track from the Will To Power album for you to enjoy, called “Line ’em Up!”. Check it out below.

Will To Power was recorded/produced by Bart Hennephof (TEXTURES) and Yuma van Eekelen (PESTILENCE, RENTAP) at Split Second Sound Studio, Amsterdam, and Final Focus Studio, Tilburg, the Netherlands, mixed by Stephen van Haestregt (WITHIN TEMPTATION, AMBEON) and mastered by Peer Rave at Swamp Studio, Raamsdonk, the Netherlands. Artwork by Didier Scohier and Anne Hermans. Photography by Bas Wijers.

In the tradition set on previous LORD VOLTURE albums, which featured guest appearances by Jeff Waters (ANNIHILATOR) and Sean Peck (CAGE), the band have found ex-MEGADETH guitarist Chris Poland willing to lend his shredding skills for some seriously enhanced metal on the band’s new album


the three MEGADETH albums he played on, so obviously I’m more than stoked that he now has lent his talent to the new LORD VOLTURE album. It is truly a dream come true!”

LORD VOLTURE’s “Will To Power” album is due for release on 12th September 2014 on Mausoleum Records. The artwork was done by Didier Scohier (HADES, PHANTOM-X) and Anne Hermans. The album itself was recorded/produced by Bart Hennephof (TEXTURES) and Yuma van Eekelen (PESTILENCE, RENTAP) at Split Second Sound Studio, Amsterdam, and Final Focus Studio, Tilburg, the Netherlands, mixed by Stephen van Haestregt (WITHIN TEMPTATION, AMBEON) and mastered by Peer Rave at Swamp Studio, Raamsdonk, the Netherlands.

Dutch power metallers LORD VOLTURE have revealed the cover artwork and tracklisting for their third studio album “Will To Power“, worldwideincreasingly gaining recognition everywhere they’re heard. The album thunders through the global metal community and reviewers worldwide count the album among the best releases of 2011. This massive exposure opens doors to many festivals and support slots and, as a result, LORD VOLTURE have shared the stage with Primal Fear, Firewind, Tim Ripper Owens,Blaze Bayley, Vicious Rumors, Tokyo Blade, Enforcer, Steelwing, Attacker, and numerous others, while touring through the larger part of Europe.

A new head-on LORD VOLTURE metal album has been recorded and is ready for release this year. Sharper than ever, the band are ready to unleash their third chapter of high-pitched power vocals and mind boggling guitar solos onto the world. For all who bear a heart of steel, LORD VOLTURE is a definite MUST!


and that this type of selective behavior could be the
evolutionary roots of altruism
and reputation.

Bjorn Carey is the science information officer at Stanford University. He has written and edited for various news outlets, including Live Science's Life's Little Mysteries, Space.com and Popular Science. When it comes to reporting on and explaining wacky science and weird news, Bjorn is your guy. He currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his beautiful son and wife.discussions and presentations are run by students, with guidance and evaluation from the instructor.

Indeed, American politics is, and has been historically, an ugly sphere. But the future can be brighter when the light of history, through the lens of logic, humility and empathy, shines upon it.

Recent developments have raised questions about what kind of civic education we should have in the United States. Critics of the College Board's new AP US History Framework claimed the framework emphasized negative aspects of American History, and short-changed ideals like American exceptionalism. Others have decried the poor results on the NAEP Civics Test as a clear sign of civic illiteracy. On the other side, many educators viewed the events of Ferguson and the Black Lives Matter movement as opportunities to promote civic