("the Act"). On the same date, the trial court granted an ex parte order of protection, prohibiting husband from entering the parties' dwelling place, awarding wife custody of the parties' son, and ordering husband to pay wife child support. The trial court, in issuing the ex parte order, noted "[t]he court continues the above cause to the date below for good cause[,]" and set the hearing on the full order of protection for January 17, 1997.
On January 17, 1997, the parties and their counsel appeared before the trial court. The court called the hearing to order, swore in both husband and wife, and proceeded to question each of them concerning the petition. Husband's attorney objected to the court's entering any order pertaining to child custody, asserting that theappointment of a guardian ad litem ("GAL") was statutorily mandated when allegations of child abuse exist, and that no GAL had been appointed in the instant case. The trial court overruled husband's objection. At the conclusion of the questioning, the trial court entered a full order of protection, granted custody of son to wife, and ordered husband to pay wife child support. Husband appeals on various grounds.
In his first point on appeal, husband claims the trial court erred in entering the full order of protection on January 17, 1997, as the trial court lost jurisdiction of the matter on January 7 pursuant to RSMo § 455.040. This provision requires a hearing on the petition for an order of protection to be held "[n]ot later than fifteen days after


WWII bomb kills worker at Malaysia construction site

A Bangladeshi worker was killed and two others seriously injured when a bomb said to be left over from the Second World War exploded at the site of a new underground rail station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Initial reports said lightning caused the 5pm (local time) explosion yesterday at the Bandar Malaysia South underground station site, with workers suffering loss of legs and hands.

But by the end of the day police confirmed that the blast in the commercial development Bandar Malaysia was from an old unexploded bomb from the Second World War.

One of the workers today was confirmed to have died from his injuries. A statement from the contractor, a Malaysian joint venture, MMC Gamuda KVMRT, said the condition of the othertwo workers was worsening.

In the Second World War Kuala Lumpur was occupied by Japanese Imperial forces in their conquest of British Malaya, and was bombed by the US air force.

The station is one of 11 being built for the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (KVMRT) Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya (SSP) Line. It will be 32.4 miles in length, with just over 8 miles underground, serving a corridor with a population of nearly two million people.

Photograph: Work under way in July 2016 at Tun Razak Exchange MRT Station, Kuala Lumpur, three stops along the SSP Line from the Bandar Malaysia South station where an explosion occurred at around 5pm on 10 October, 2017 (MMC Gamuda KVMRT)


Fun Facts about Fourth of July Celebration

The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson and signed by 56 representatives of the 13 colonies.

Before the American Revolution, British Army officers used to sing Yankee Doodle to poke fun of American colonists fighting alongside of them in the wars against France and India.

Penned as a poem in midst of the War of 1812 by Francis Scott Key, the Star Spangled Banner became the lyrics to music later, and only became officially recognized as the national anthem in 1931.

The Declaration of Independence served as a model for emerging free regimes of France, Greece, Poland and Russia, as well as some nations in S America.

The newly formed United States of America of 1776 had about 2.5 million residents within its borders.As of a 2014 census, that number increased to an approximate 318.9 million.

Presidents John Adams, Thomas Jefferson both passed away on July 4th of 1826. President James Monroe died five years later, on Fourth of July in the year 1831.

7. When little Calvin Coolidge was born, his parents may have predicted greatness for him due to the calendar date: July 4th, 1872. Lo and behold! He actually became the thirtieth president in 1923.

8. The first big-scale Fourth of July celebration was held in Philadelphia in 1777 with a parade and a 13-cannon salutation, along with a bang of fireworks.

9. Though Benjamin Franklin preferred the image of a turkey, both presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson made their claim to the bald eagle as a national feathered symbol.

10. If


you thought all national symbols were made in America – surprise, surprise! The Liberty Bell was actually constructed in England and the Statue of Liberty was created in France.

11. The phrase, “under G-d” was only inserted in the Pledge of Allegiance in the year 1954.

12. According to the American Pyrotechnics Association, there are over 14,000 licensed and insured firework shows in the US annually.

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The man bent

over and held out his hand toward Ward.   Ward placed in his hand

what appeared to be two rocks of cocaine.    In return, the man

handed him U.S. currency.   The man placed the cocaine in his

pocket and then walked off with the woman.

     At that time, the back seat passenger returned to the

vehicle and the car drove away.   Officer Johnson radioed his

observations to the arrest teams.   Officer G.B. Smith and

Officer Woodson were assigned to an arrest team and stopped the

white Chrysler.   Officer Smith, wearing his badge around his

neck, his gunbelt, and a shirt marked "police," exited his

vehicle and approached the passenger side of the Chrysler.   As

he approached, he sawWard's hand go down to his lap, then to

his mouth.   When Officer Smith opened the passenger door he saw

Ward chewing.   Officer Smith did not see the actual item that

Ward placed in his mouth.   However, based on his police

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experience, Officer Smith believed Ward was placing drugs into

his mouth to prevent the police from recovering the evidence.

       Officer Smith grabbed Ward and placed his hand on the back

of Ward's jaw to prevent him from swallowing.      He repeatedly

told Ward to


"spit it out," but he did not.      Ward began

struggling with Officer Smith, flailing his arms.      During the

struggle, he grabbed Officer Smith's badge and ripped it off

from around his neck.   Ward was subsequently removed from the

vehicle at which time he exclaimed "I swallowed it, I swallowed

it."   He was handcuffed, placed in the police car, and

transported to police headquarters.       A search of Ward yielded

thirty-nine dollars in cash.      No drugs were found on his person.

       Officer J.D. Stokes was also part of an arrest team.     He

arrested Eric Johnson who was observed with a woman buying

cocaine from         If any person by threats of bodily harm or
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             impede a . . . law-enforcement officer,
             lawfully engaged in the discharge of his
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As the evidence shows, Ward used force to impede Officer Smith's

attempts to recover evidence in his mouth.


  Officers Smith and

Woodson stopped Ward's vehicle after Officer Johnson observed a

drug transaction occur.    At the time of the stop, Ward knew of

the police presence.    Officer Smith approached the car wearing

his gunbelt, a shirt marked "police," and his badge around his

neck.

        As Officer Smith approached, Ward placed something in his

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the earlier observations by the drug surveillance team of Ward's

activities, Officer Smith reasonably believed he was destroying

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evidence.  Officer Smith attempted to recover the items.    With

his hand around Ward's jaw and neck, he ordered Ward several

times to spit the items out of his mouth.   Ward ignored the

commands.   He struggled with Officer Smith, flailing his arms

and ripping Officer Smith's badge off from around his neck.

From this evidence, the fact finder could find beyond a

reasonable doubt that Ward's resistance was an act to free

himself from Officer Smith's grasp in order to prevent him from

recovering suspected drug evidence.    This conduct amounts to a

use of force to impede a law enforcement officer's discharge of

his lawful duty.   Consequently, the evidence at trial was

sufficient to support the felony obstruction of justice

conviction.

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said Mr. Carona, the chairman of the Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee.

Bill Hale, the Dallas district engineer for the transportation department, said he could not comment on the estimate because he had not had time to review it.

Although the numbers may counter the state's arguments for privately operated toll roads, they will not affect his working relationship with counterparts at the tollway authority, Mr. Hale said.

"I have no animosity toward anyone. I have a good relationship with them," he said, pointing out that the two agencies must work together on 11 other planned toll roads in North Texas.

It remains unclear whether the tollway authority estimates will alter the statewide debate about public-private partnerships, including the one announced last month for Highway 121.

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He had been listed as a sex offender with the state since 1996 and failed to register in December with the Pinellas County Sheriff's Department, which he was required to do four times a year.

Deputies had been looking for him since then, and local officers on Friday had been told to be on the lookout for Lacy.

"He was somebody we wanted to get off the streets, " Police Chief Chuck Harmon said. "Who expects to walk into a house and get gunfire from the attic?"

The marshal was shot twice but was doing fine, Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Tom Figmik said.

One officer, the marshal and a Pinellas County Sheriff's deputy were the first


ones at the house and were told by a woman that Lacy was in the attic. The three called for backup, and soon after

Jeffrey Yaslowitz, 39, and Tom Baitinger, 48, arrived. Police had initially said they were among the first three to arrive.

The chief said Yaslowitz and the marshal, who was not identified, went up to the attic and exchanged fire with the suspect. Both were hit. Yaslowitz went down in the attic, while the marshal tumbled to the first floor after being hit in his bulletproof vest and lower torso.

Baitinger was one of several officers who came to rescue the other two and was hit when Lacy fired through the attic floor.

Hostage negotiators arrived, and the SWAT team exchanged more gunfire with the suspect. The SWAT teameventually got Yaslowitz out of the house, destroying about a third of the home in the process. He was later pronounced dead. Authorities had tried to force out the gunman by cutting off the home's electricity and water before discovering he was dead.

Baitinger had worked with the department since 1996 and is survived by his wife. Yaslowitz started his career there in 1999, working with a K-9 unit and his dog partner, Ace. He is survived by his wife and three children.

"In my mind as a police officer, this crook, this criminal, this murderer, cop-killer, whatever you would like to call him, did a terrible injustice to two of my people today and two of the people that served this community," Harmon said during an afternoon press conference.

The


home, situated in a middle-class neighborhood on the south side of St. Petersburg, was listed in Lacy's name, according to property records.

Court records show Lacy failed to show for his scheduled trial Nov. 1 on the aggravated battery charge, and an arrest warrant was issued the next day.

State records show Lacy was convicted in 1989 of armed burglary, resisting arrest with violence and other charges. He was released from prison 1991. In 1992, he was convicted of sexual battery with a weapon or force and false imprisonment of a child. He was released in from prison 2001.

Monday's shooting comes four days after two Miami-Dade County detectives were killed by a murder suspect they were trying to arrest. That suspect was killed by another detective.

The officers were being rememberedThe Prime Minister congratulated Justice Dalveer Bhandari in tweets and Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and her team for "their untiring efforts that have led to India's re-election to the ICJ," also thanking members of the two UN chambers for their support. "Vande Matram - India wins election to the International Court of Justice. Jai Hind (sic)," Ms Swaraj tweeted.

One-third of the ICJ's 15-member bench, or five judges, is elected every three years for a nine-year term. Elections are held separately but simultaneously in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and the UN Security Council in New York. To win, a candidate needs to get a majority in both chambers.

This is the first time since the ICJ, based in The Hague, Netherlands, was established in 1945 that there will


be no British judge. "It is wrong to continue to take up the valuable time of the Security Council and the UN General Assembly with further rounds of election," Britain's Ambassador to the UN Matthew Rycroft said as he announced that Justice Greenwood was pulling out.

Once the British candidate withdrew, both the UNGA and the security council formally voted to elect Justice Dalveer Bhandari, a former Supreme Court judge. He received 183 out of 193 votes in the General Assembly and all the 15 votes in the Security Council.

Syed Akbaruddin, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, described Justice Dalveer Bhandari's re-election as a "victory for emerging new India," and an "acknowledgement that the world now needs to make space for an asserting India."

He told NDTV thathuge diplomatic effort was made by the political leadership in India, with Ms Swaraj calling several world leaders. "There was a crucial meet before the vote. We put forward our view and stuck to it. It was apparent that vote will be in our favour. We are grateful that the UK judge recused and recognised that the Indian judge was doing good in UNGA," Mr Akbaruddin said.

Mr Rycroft congratulated Justice Dalveer Bhandari on being re-elected, saying, "If the UK could not win in this run-off, then we are pleased that it is a close friend like India that has done so instead. We will continue to cooperate closely with India, here in the United Nations and globally."

On November 9, the UNGA and Security Council members had elected judges


to four of the five seats, with India and Britain competing for the fifth. Repeatedly over 11 rounds, the UNGA, made up of 193 countries, voted overwhelmingly for Dalveer Bhandari, while the 15-member Security Council voted 9 to 5 in favour of Britain, which is one of five permanent members of the security council. India is currently not a member.

In all previous such contests, the candidate who got a majority in the General Assembly was eventually elected, but Britain was at one point seen to be pushing for a joint conference mechanism, never resorted to since the UN was established and only once before that.(CNN) During his time at one of the nation's most elite universities, there's no question that Judge Brett Kavanaugh achieved academic success. But when it comes to the frequency and severity of his drinking there, some former classmates are raising questions about how truthful Kavanaugh was in his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee and offering to tell FBI investigators what they know.

Former Yale classmate Chad Ludington became the latest to accuse Kavanaugh of being dishonest, saying that when he watched Kavanaugh deliver his testimony under oath to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, he "cringed" and added that he was willing to talk to the FBI.

"Brett was a frequent drinker, and a heavy drinker," Ludington said in a statement Sunday. "When Brett got drunk, he was often


belligerent and aggressive. On one of the last occasions I purposely socialized with Brett, I witnessed him respond to a semi-hostile remark, not by defusing the situation, but by throwing his beer in a man's face and starting a fight that ended with one of our mutual friends in jail."

On Monday, Ludington read the statement outside his home in North Carolina and then added that "There were certainly many times when [Kavanaugh] could not remember what was going on."

Ludington told reporters he's been in touch with the FBI on Monday, and had filled out "a form," but would not elaborate.

During college, Kavanaugh was a junior varsity basketball player, a member of a secret senior society Truth and Courage and a member of one of Yale's fraternities -- DeltaKappa Epsilon -- known on campus for its occasional antics and drinking culture. But Kavanaugh has maintained that while he enjoyed beer, he wasn't drinking to the point of blacking out. And he has repeatedly denied that he ever sexually assaulted anyone.

Kavanaugh's drinking and the question of how excessive it was became a key line of questioning for Democrats on the Judiciary Committee last week and a possible credibility test for senators voting on his confirmation. Both Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Kavanaugh of shoving her into a bedroom, pinning her down and attempting to take her clothes off at a party in the 1980s, and Deborah Ramirez, who alleged Kavanaugh of exposing himself to her at a dorm room party freshman year of college, say Kavanaugh of


who remember Kavanaugh being a heavy drinker have also come forward just as the FBI has reopened its background investigation into the judge.

"I've known Brett since the beginning of freshman year. He was always one of the beer drinking boys and I drank beer with him. I like beer. There's no problem with drinking beer in college. The problem is lying about it," Liz Swisher, a former classmate of Kavanaugh's, said on CNN's "Cuomo Prime Time" last week.

"He drank heavily. He was a partier. He liked to do beer bongs. He played drinking games. He was a sloppy drunk. He was more interested in impressing the boys than he was in impressing the girls. I never saw him be sexually aggressive but he definitely was sloppy drunk," Swisheradded.

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Lynne Brookes, former roommate to Ramirez, also spoke on Cuomo's show to dispute Kavanaugh's testimony saying that a number of her Yale classmates were "extremely disappointed" in Kavanaugh's characterization of himself.

"There is no doubt in my mind that while at Yale, he was a big partier, often drank to excess. And there had to be a number of nights where he does not remember," Brookes said.

"In fact, I was witness to the night that he got tapped into that fraternity, and he was stumbling drunk in a ridiculous costume saying really dumb things. And I can almost guarantee that there's no way


that he remembers that night," Brookes added.

Whether the FBI will examine Kavanaugh's alcohol consumption as part of its supplemental investigation isn't clear. James Roche, one of Brett Kavanaugh's freshman year roommates at Yale, tweeted Monday that the FBI had never contacted him "for any of their background checks. "

"I assume college behavior was not a topic of interest. They did not find Debbie's story because they were not looking for it." Roche said referring to allegations from Ramirez.

Roche previously said in a statement that Kavanaugh "became aggressive and belligerent when he was very drunk."

According to a 1985 police report obtained by CNN , Kavanaugh was accused of starting an altercation at a bar while he was an undergraduate student at Yale.

A man named Dom Cozzolino said Kavanaugh hadthrown ice on him and Kavanaugh's friend Chris Dudley had thrown a glass that hit him in the ear, according to the report from the New Haven, Connecticut, police department. Cozzolino "was bleeding from the right ear," according to the report, and was later treated at a local hospital.

Ludington told CNN's Chris Cuomo on "Cuomo Prime Time" on Monday that he was with Kavanaugh and Dudley that night. Kavanaugh responded to an aggressive statement from Cozzolino by throwing ice at him, Ludington said, sparking a fight. They had all been drinking at a bar after attending a UB40 concert.

Dudley denied the allegations, according to the police report, "and Mr. Kavanaugh didn't (want) to say if he threw the ice or not. "

The police report does not indicate whether


anyone was arrested, and New Haven's police chief, Anthony Campbell, told CNN there are no other records he is aware of involving Kavanaugh. The New York Times first reported the incident.

Following the release of the Times report, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders called the story "ridiculous."

"Democrats desperately attack Judge Kavanaugh for throwing ice during college. What motivated New York Times reporter to write this ridiculous story? Throwing ice 33 years ago, or her opinion of Judge Kavanaugh in July?" Sanders said on Twitter, pointing to a tweet from New York Times reporter Emily Bazelon in July disassociating herself from praise of Kavanaugh.

President Donald Trump has stood by Kavanaugh, but seemed to veer off script Monday when he said that he was "surprised at how vocal" Kavanaugh wasabout discussing his beer drinking.

"He's had a little bit of difficulty," Trump said. "He talked about things that happened when he drank."

Former college classmates have stood by Kavanaugh saying that while they may have drank with Kavanaugh, they never saw him in a state where he wasn't aware of his actions.

Dwayne Oxley, who lived on the same floor as Kavanaugh for several years in Ezra Stiles College said he "never saw [Kavanaugh] in a state where he wasn't in control."

Chris Dudley, a close friend of Kavanaugh's who was in the same fraternity and has stayed in touch with him, said Kavanaugh was never aggressive or belligerent when he drank.

"He wasn't that type of person," Dudley told CNN.

On Monday, the White House released joint statements from Dudley and a


Bailout at the Local Bar

UNTIL early last month, Debra Fierro drove each day from her home in Charleston, near the southern tip of Staten Island, and parked her white S.U.V. in front of Rubyfruit Bar and Grill, the Hudson Street tavern that she opened in 1994. Ms. Fierro, 53, dressed in running clothes, usually arrived around noon and took inventory for that night’s dinner.

What came next was exercise for the mind as much as the body, a flight from business and bills and unpaid rent, an exercise in forgetting.

A marathon runner, Ms. Fierro rolled up the sleeves of her T-shirt and jogged down to Battery Park and back, ending up at the Printing House Fitness and Squash Club, a few blocks away from her restaurant. There she showeredhave said they will return, and in the interim will either seek shifts elsewhere or take a vacation.

On a Sunday evening, the night before Rubyfruit shut down for renovations, Ms. Fierro held a party. By early evening, the place was filled with young women dancing and kissing. It was a striking change from the usual mellowness and the spare, slightly older crowd the space usually accommodated. As music pulsed, Ms. Ledwith stood on the bar and poured orange-flavored vodka into the open mouths of young women who, with their necks craned and tilted in expectation, resembled a cluster of chic baby birds.

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the one Ms. Fierro and her employees had worked so hard to save.

A few women in their 50s sat at the bar and, after a drink, began to chat with one another. It was the final night of the Democratic National Convention, when Senator Barack Obama accepted his party’s nomination for president, and a large screen was rolled down from the ceiling. Because no employee was tall enough to turn on the ceiling-mounted projector, a large rainbow flag was retrieved from a corner office, and a worker jabbed the staff of the flag toward the ceiling in search of the “on” button.

Patricia Avallone, a 60-year-old artist and former art teacher who moved to the neighborhood in 1979, was sitting at the far end of the bar. “I camenot pass on the benefit of low prices to the consumers and external debt amounted to 72pc of the GDP and total public debt went beyond Rs28 trillion. He was reminded that external debt was way below almost 31pc of GDP and he agreed.

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To win Group A: +500

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President Donald Trump on Friday called the deadly shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand a "horrible, horrible thing," saying he'd spoken with the country's prime minister "to express the sorrow of our entire nation."

But the president said he didn't view white nationalism — the suspected shooter appeared to post a lengthy manifesto detailing his white-supremacist views before the attack — as a rising threat around the globe.

"I think it's a small group of people who have very, very serious problems," Trump said in response to a question from a reporter at the White House.

Trump made the remarks after vetoing a piece of legislation that would have terminated the national emergency hedeclared after Congress refused to give him the funds he wanted to build a wall on the southern border.

He said the declaration was necessary to stave off an "invasion" at the nation's southern border.

The president had tweeted earlier in the day to offer his "warmest sympathy and best wishes" to the people of New Zealand, with many other current and former officials also using Twitter to express their dismay, condemn the attacks and offer condolences.

Vice President Mike Pence said on Twitter, "We condemn this attack on people of faith in the strongest terms."

"God be with you," he wrote.

Former President Barack Obama issued his condolences in a tweet as well.

"We grieve with you and the Muslim community," Obama said on Twitter. "All of us must stand against hatred in


all its forms."

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First lady Melania Trump tweeted prayers as well.

"My deepest condolences to the families who lost loved ones in the horrific shooting," she wrote in a tweet. "We pray & grieve with you and stand against all of the hatred."

On Thursday night, immediately after reports of the shooting surfaced, Trump tweeted a link to Breitbart News, which was posting coverage about the attacks. He later deleted the tweet; his Friday morning tweet was his first comments.

On Friday, 49 people were murdered in what Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called “an extraordinary and unprecedented act of violence.” One 28-year-old man was charged with murder and is due in courtARSENE WENGER

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We continue our #IWCTalksTo series with a talk to the French football manager and former player Arsène Wenger.

Biography

Born in Strasbourg, Arsène Wenger acquired his coaching licence at the end of a career as a professional football player. As manager of AS Monaco, he won the Champion’s League in 1988 and the French Cup Final in 1991. After a spell in Japan, he took up his post as manager of English Premier League team Arsenal. Under Wenger, the Gunners have won the FA Cup no fewer than six times and the Premier League three times and have been among England’s top teams since 1998. The team also took the Championship in 2004 without losing a single game. Wenger is representative of a


This week William Friedkin's Sorcerer finally receives its first-ever digital release courtesy of a stellar new Blu-ray. To some extent, Friedkin's 1977 remake of the 1953 French thriller The Wages of Fear flopped at the box office because its release coincided with the debut of Star Wars. Yet Sorcerer remains a gem that fell through the cracks. And as such, it occupies a space in cinema history alongside quite a few other films — call them "forgotten," or merely "undeservedly ignored" — that were better than their reputations and/or commercial performances indicated. Fortunately, thanks to a movie culture increasingly dedicated to restoring and revitalizing lesser-known works, they now have a potential second chance to make an impact on viewers who may have passed them by, or never heardO'Connor's novel is a stark, chilling account of a preacher in a small Georgia town that brims with fanatical, dangerous passions and ideas. Starring a phenomenal Brad Dourif, it's an alternately comical, horrifying, and despairing work, and one that, despite a long-overdue 2009 Criterion Collection DVD, remains one of Huston's (The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre) most underappreciated efforts.

Available on DVD and Hulu Plus

Wake in Fright (1971)

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Once known as Australia's great "lost" film, Wake in Fright — which received its first stateside run just last year — proves an unnerving horror classic. The story of


from the public consciousness. That's a true shame, given the electricity of its portrait of Los Angeles, the intensity of Willem Dafoe as a counterfeiting villain, and the awesomeness of its against-traffic car chase.

Available on DVD and Blu-ray

Prime Cut (1972)

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It's hard to believe that a film starring legendary tough guy Lee Marvin, then-rising star Gene Hackman, and a debuting Sissy Spacek — and directed by Michael Ritchie (The Candidate, The Bad News Bears, Fletch) — has somehow fallen into obscurity. And yet that's the fate of 1972's Prime Cut, a choice piece of badass genre filmmaking that's duetheir web site.

A road movie starring Gene Hackman (two years after his Oscar-winning turn in The French Connection) and Al Pacino (one year after The Godfather), Scarecrow finds its two leading men chewing scenery with rambunctious verve as vagabonds traversing the country. Overshadowed by their more celebrated classics, it's a small but assured and affecting film.

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A City of Sadness (1989)

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Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien is one of cinema's reigning grandmasters, and though most of his films are little-known here in America, few have been given less attention than 1989's A City of Sadness, a


Alice Cooper Guitarist Lands His Dream Gig With Thin Lizzy

08/30/2011.

(RockAAA) Guitarist Damon Johnson has left the Alice Cooper group to join Irish rockers Thin Lizzy.

Former Brother Cane member Johnson fills the guitar slot vacated by Richard Fortus, who returns to Guns N' Roses for the remainder of the year, as that band continues lining up a series of concerts this fall. Damon will be in place for the forthcoming US tour as Lizzy opens for Judas Priest.

"The music of Thin Lizzy is the absolute biggest influence on my entire career," said Johnson. "As a guitarist, songwriter, singer and performer I've been performing Lizzy songs since I started playing in bars in Alabama in 1987. To be even a small footnote on the list of great guitarists that haveBen Sheets hadn’t pitched in a Major League Baseball game in two years before Sunday’s start for the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field against the New York Mets.

The former Wareham Gateman (1998) and Orleans Cardinal (1999), once one of the premier pitchers in the game, capped a long, painful comeback from extensive elbow surgery with a dominant performance last Sunday as the Braves beat the Mets, 6-1 for their season-high seventh straight victory.

Sheets, who celebrates his 34th birthday Wednesday (July 18) threw 88 pitches and allowed only two hits in six scoreless innings. The Cape League Hall of Famer (Class of 2008) struck out the first batter of the game and didn’t allow a hit until the third when he pitched his way out of a second-and-third jam


by retiring David Wright on a fly ball to deep right, starting a string of 10 consecutive outs. He threw 88 pitches, 57 for strikes, while fanning five and walking one before being removed in the sixth for a pinch hitter.

Sunday’s start was the first for the Louisiana native since July 19, 2010, when he dropped a 2-1 decision to the Red Sox as a member of the Oakland A’s. After that game, Sheets was placed on the disabled list for the seventh time in his career. He underwent surgery to repair a torn elbow ligament and, for the second time in two years, a torn flexor tendon. When doctors operated, they confirmed two other problems – a torn ulnar collateral ligament, requiring Tommy John surgery, and damageto his pronator tendon.

It appeared to be the end of the line for the four-time National League All-Star who once struck out 18 Braves in one game as ace of the Milwaukee staff.

Sheets spent eight seasons with the Brewers before elbow surgery sidelined him late in 2008, costing him the 2009 campaign. He returned in 2010 with Oakland, but his right arm failed again, resulting in complex surgery to repair a ligament and two tendons.

He later told blogger Jeff Schultz that when he awoke in the hospital, “I had an IV in my foot. The doctor tried to get a tendon out of this [left] arm and it was no good so he wrapped it. Then he tried to get one out of my leg and it was


2010), was Milwaukee’s first round choice (10th overall) in 1999 after an outstanding ‘98 summer at Wareham, where he was 4-1 with a 2.51 ERA and 66 strikeouts in 68 innings. He returned to the Cape in 1999 to pitch for Orleans, where he compiled a 1.10 ERA when he came to terms with Milwaukee on July 30.

Ben holds the distinction of being the only pitcher to win an Olympic gold medal game for the U.S. He did it in the 2000 Sydney Olympics with a 4-0 shutout victory over Cuba. It was the first and only Olympic baseball gold medal for an American squad.

Baseball was dropped as an Olympic sport after the 2010 games in China.

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Lardner Park

Located in picturesque West Gippsland, Lardner Park is Gippsland's premier regional conference and exhibition venue, offering unique and flexible indoor and outdoor spaces designed to host a variety of events and activities including festivals, exhibitions, conferences, trade shows, expos and more.

Established in 1963, this purpose-built exhibition and event space has an abundance of indoor and outdoor spaces including an agroforestry plantation, cattle yards, multiple pavilions (around 5,000 square metres undercover), powered areas for camping, a conference centre (for up to 1,000 delegates) and a seed plantation for research and development.

The 300 acre property offers both space and versatility, from large scale public events to small private functions.

Situated just 12 kilometres from Warragul and approximately 75 minutes from Melbourne, Lardner Park is conveniently


located and easily accessible for exhibitors and attendees, making it a preferred choice for event organisers looking for venue space within regional Victoria.

155 Burnt Store RoadLardner, VIC, 3821

Located 13.2K from Longwarry

Nickelby at Darnum

Nickelby at Darnum is the home of Nickelby Alpacas, Nickelby Designs and Nickelby Olives; where you can take the opportunity to come and see this working alpaca stud.

Owned by Angela Betheras who is also the RIRDC 2011 Victorian Rural Woman of the Year, Nickelby at Darnum operates a farm gate selling beautiful alpaca garments made from fine Australian fleece as well as stylish garments from Peru. Nickelby at Darnum have throw rugs, jumpers, coats, scarves, hats and doonas, to name a few, all made from this beautiful fibre.

Whilst stocking an extensive range of commercial garments, NickelbyDrouin presents this monthly Drouin Craft and Produce Market offering fresh produce, clothing, jewellery, plants, preserves and much more.

Held in beautiful Civic Park Drouin, the market has been on Baw Baw's market calendar for a number of years. Wander over to the Drouin CBD, which is only a one minute walk from the market and browse the variety of shops, cafes and restaurants.

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17th Dec

2017

21st Jan 18th Feb 18th Mar 15th Apr

Young StreetDrouin, VIC, 3818

Located 8.0K from Longwarry

Open Studios West Gippsland

Meet the Maker - with an abundance of artists, wineries, cafes and fresh produce farms in the West Gippsland region, the Open Studios tour map reads like a treasure hunt for the senses; a brilliant excuse for a country drive, to venture off the beaten track, switch off


ruling elite. The documentary traces the influence of the comic book story, and why Gotham by Gaslight stands the test of time.
– Batman: Gotham by Gaslight Audio Commentary – Join Executive Producer Bruce Timm, Director Sam Liu and Writer Jim Krieg as they provide details about the scenes of Batman: Gotham by Gaslight and why this is a special project for each of them. Listen in for all things Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, and immerse once more into this dark and Gothic world.
– A Sneak Peek at the next DC Universe Movie, Suicide Squad: Hell To Pay: A behind-the-scenes look at the next entry in the popular series of DC Universe Movies, featuring thoughts from the talented filmmakers.
– From the DC Vault – “Showdown” episode from Batman: TheAs part of a “novel” concept that the Hoboken Public Library has run for four years, hundreds of people visited private homes in Hoboken to discuss books recently as part of the annual Novel Night event.

One of the most popular gatherings was related to the 2011 nonfiction book “The Jersey Sting” by journalist Josh Margolin, who co-authored the tome on North Jersey corruption. Close to sixty people gathered in a Hoboken residence to discuss the book. Margolin was present to sign copies for guests.

The party was hosted by Laurie and Lawrence Katz who sit on the Board of Trustees for the Jubilee Center (a nonprofit center at 601 Jackson St. that provides activities for Hoboken kids) and the Hoboken Homeless Shelter, respectively.

Guests of the event included couples from


the community with young children who regularly participate in reading programs at the library.

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Overall, the Novel Night was a success, with over 200 guests spread out over the 20 homes.

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In keeping with a Jersey ambiance, a full-size craps gaming table and two dealers provided amusement in the living room. Food and beverages included staples from various local Italian restaurants along with a sommelier pouring Italian wines.

Jersey style

Novel Night, which is sponsored by Friends of the Hoboken Public library and co-sponsored by the Hudson Reporter, allows 20 hosts to coordinate their homes and meals to different book themes. Attendees pick their experiences ahead of time, and are then invited to discuss the book and enjoy the dinner. While most dinners typically seat 10 to 12 guests, “The Jersey Sting”federal corruption stings in history, Operation Bid Rig. In 2009, real estate investor Solomon Dwek met with many local political candidates and officials to try to offer them donations in exchange for their promises to help him with future developments in their towns. The FBI sting ensnared more than 40 people.

“The Jersey Sting” is a book that has been referenced a lot through the years by the Reporter, due to its mentions of corruption in Hoboken politics. The sting took down Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano and associate Michael Schaffer. The sting also came back to haunt Councilman Michael Russo, since a tape emerged in 2011 of Russo meeting with Dwek and discussing a donation. However, Russo was never arrested in the sting and said he never met with


The removal from office of President Mohammed Morsi portends great excitement but even greater threats to democracy.

The democracy of the street – which 16 months ago led to the overthrow of the longstanding President Hosni Mubarak – is claiming the same kind of people’s victory in the overthrow of Morsi.

There are similarities. Like in 2011, the military’s move against the sitting president was calculated as a response to massive popular protests – the military then and now claim to be operating on behalf of the Egyptian people. In 2011 people in Tahrir Square reached out with flowers to soldiers climbing down from their tanks. Yesterday the throngs crowding Tahrir Square cheered the military helicopters flying over the square.

But there are serious differences, and major dangers. This time, thewas included on the first floor. Toilets were located on the ground floor, with the remainder of ground floor space dedicated to play areas.

An infants school consisting of three buildings was excised from the original site in 1953, this set of buildings is now redundant and unoccupied. The infants school was reincorporated into the main school after the demand on school facilities decreased. The school buildings continues to house the primary school for this area, although students enrolled in the school has decreased in recent years.

Description

Stafford State School is a substantial three storey brick building located on a 5.138 hectare site on the corner of Stafford and Webster Roads, facing Stafford Road. The site also includes substantial open spaces principally used as playing fields and located behind


the complex of school buildings.

Stafford State School is a symmetrical U shaped building, with a linear plan on an east-west access. At the centre of the northern facade is the projecting bay of the main entry and near either end are two smaller breakfronts with secondary entries. The roof is hipped and clad in red ceramic tiles. The front or northern elevation also has two breakfronts near either end which mark the linear plan. The external walls of the two upper levels of the building are face brick with the classrooms indicated by grouped casement windows with awning lights above. The two upper levels sit on the rendered base of the Ground Floor which has arcades and smaller window openings. The three-storey height, and Georgian-style symmetry, proportion andby officials in May 1997. He was clearly very conscious of those warnings but felt that in spite of them the encouragement towards investment was justified.

Thirdly, it is not surprising that Ministers did not have a clue about Gordon’s budget changes before budget day. The never do. Budget secrecy is extremely important. Indeed High Dalton was forced to resign as Chancellor because of injudicious comments he made to a journalist when entering the Commons chamber to make his budget speech. A Chancellor does not consult the Cabinet on his proposals; he tells other Ministers what he proposes, but normally only on the day before the budget.

I certainly doubt that the CBI lobbied for the abolition of tax credits. However they certainly lobbied for the abolition of advance corporation


so, might you be liable for the acts of subsequent trustees? You almost certainly will not have sought an indemnity against such liabilities as you would not have known that it existed.

The decision of the High Court last January in Jasmine Trustees Ltd and Others v Wells & Hind and others could affect a great many trusts that were originally set up in the UK and were subsequently exported to a tax haven. The case is a professional negligence claim against two firms of solicitors and is a decision on a preliminary point only. But it is a point of general importance.

The trust in that case was created in 1968. The original trustees were Major-General and Mrs Coaker. In 1982 Major-General and Mrs Coaker appointed The Investment BankLiteracy Education Opportunities in Back of the Yards

Chicago‘s Back of the Yards neighborhood, a part of the New City community area, is a working class neighborhood. Most of the neighborhood’s residents do not have a high school degree, and 34.5 percent of residents live below the poverty level, compared to the Chicago average of 19.6 percent. According to the most recent census data, the unemployment rate in the neighborhood was 14.9 percent.

Back of the Yards Modern Day Shipping Containers

The Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council (BYNC) is one community organization that assists residents by offering free computer literacy classes. BYNC currently provides one course for senior citizens and another for adults and children.

“Knowledge of computers is a necessity in the modern world and job market,” said Norma Manzo,


and was therefore coded as yes. Items within the same trauma category were collapsed to find the prevalence of exposure to domestic violence (ie, witnessing violence in the family or physical abuse from a caregiver), community violence (ie, war and terror, kidnapping, witnessing or direct exposure to violence outside the family, or exposure to severe bullying or threats), sexual abuse (ie, forced to take pictures of private parts, someone forcefully touching private parts or forced to touch others' private parts, or forced intercourse), and noninterpersonal traumas (ie, serious accidents, natural disaster, medical trauma, or sudden death of a close person). In addition, a final category of other scary event was included in the descriptions but not in the linear mixed models, as we did not know what experiencesand the rains. It was a time to enjoy the end of winter and the beginning of spring filled with hope and joy.

Holi has many more aspects to it than just playing with water and colour. Here's a look at the mythological and significance of this much-loved festival.

In different parts of the country, Holi is celebrated with different traditions.

Colour and water is thrown as people of all age groups get together to celebrate the festival which is associated with family, fun and joy.


drew 10 walks and is 3-for-3 on stolen base attempts.

While Belt's numbers are comforting (and a sign of why Giants fans shouldn't panic about Belt's slow debut with the Giants), another player who has somewhat rebounded this year in Fresno is Conor Gillaspie. Picked in the Supplemental Round of the 2008 draft, there was a lot of hype surrounding Gillaspie, as many experts felt that the Giants plucked two "Close-to-Major League Ready" players in the former Wichita State third baseman and Buster Posey. While Posey has lived up to the hype, Gillaspie's defensive and offensive struggles has set him back the past couple of seasons.

This year, Gillaspie is showing some promise in the PCL. He is hitting .280 with an OPS of .808, and he has 14 walks,would work to his benefit if the Flying Spiders could generate some more runs).

On the offensive side of things, once heralded prospects Roger Kieschnick and Nick Noonan continue their struggles at the plate in their second go-around in the Eastern League. They flashed some promise in San Jose a couple of years ago, but they had dismal years in 2010 and things haven't changed much to start off the year in 2011. Kieschnick is currently batting .194 with a .513 OPS and isn't showcasing any of the power he showed when he broke in as a professional in the California League (23 home runs, .532 slugging in San Jose). He is walking more (0.53 BB/K ratio), but it hasn't made up for his 171 point drop in ISO


(Isolated Power) from 2009 to now.

Noonan started off the year injured, but the struggles from 2010 (.237 average, .584 OPS) continue. He is hitting .222 with a .541 OPS in 62 plate appearances and he has only one extra base hit. It is possible Noonan is still recovering from injury and he's bound to turn it around as he gets more at-bats, but right now, things aren't looking bright for the 22-year-old former first round pick.

San Jose Giants (17-10 after May 4th)

The best affiliate in the Giants system the past few seasons continues that trend this year, as they have the best record of any Giants affiliate. The offense has been carried by first round pick Gary Brown, who has an .832 OPS and 17 stolen bases indrives. Of course, he needs to translate that from practice to the game. But I expect him to break out this season, particularly if he can field SS adequately, where the Giants have moved him.

Regarding Conor Gillaspie, I would add that he broke out last season in the AFL, hitting very well there and for power. A key metric that he has done well in his minor league career is keeping his K-rate on the low end, which shows a good eye and the ability to turn on the pitches, which is a better sign of his hitting ability than patience.

He appears to be figuring out how to do it with power, which was his major negative at the time of the draft, he was considered to have


Rosario and Smith as players making their debut for the 51s after being promoted from Double-A Binghamton. Travis Taijeron and Jayce Boyd round out the outfield while Kevin Plawecki, Gavin Cecchini, and Matt Reynolds are among players on the 51s roster who have made an appearance with the big league club.Mr Justice Birss presided over three hearings two weeks ago and several more this past week, including a Case Management Conference in the IPEC in the retrial for(the Florence Foster Jenkins screenplay case - here) . He told Merpel that:

"In response to the current pandemic the Patents Court, as part of an initiative across the Business and Property Courts, has started carrying out hearings remotely. Two weeks ago, a hearing took place in open court using Skype for Business which was able to accommodate counsel who was self isolating at home, two other counsel, several solicitors and one of the individual parties, all of whom attended using that video conference system. Further similar remote hearings took place that week and have continued throughout this past week. Remote hearings


do well to build the side for the future, especially with the Champions Trophy 2017, rankings and the 2019 World Cup all in the mind,” said Waqar.

Under Waqar Pakistan had struggled in the 50-over format, losing to Sri Lanka, Australia and New Zealand last year before going down in New Zealand and failing to progress beyond the last eight in the 2015 World Cup.

But the worst came in Bangladesh where Pakistan were routed 3-0 in April — their first series defeat against the neighbours.

Since then Pakistan beat Zimbabwe twice (home and away) and Sri Lanka — a progress Waqar wants to build on.Advanced Search

Current Perspectives on Philanthropy: A Conversation with Darren Walker, Ford Foundation President

Start Date:

11/19/2013

Start Time:

4:00 PM

End Date:

11/19/2013

End Time:

6:00 PM

Event Description:

Darren Walker is the new President of the Ford Foundation. It's the second largest foundation in the United States with over $11 billion in assets and $500 million in annual giving.

A November is CUNYMonth Event -- OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Mr. Walker and David Birdsell, Dean of the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College, will discuss the relationship between private foundations and the nonprofit sector from the perspective of a person with deep roots in both the foundation world and important community-based organizations in New York City.

Before being named president in 2013, Darren served as the foundation’s vice president for Education, Creativity and Free Expression, where he shaped more


Disney's Fox Acquisition Expected to Close Next Week

Last week, Disney boss Bob Iger had said the $71.3 billion takeover of large parts of Fox, including the film and TV studio, would close "soon."

The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday that its $71.3 billion acquisition of large parts of 21st Century Fox is set to close Wednesday, March 20.

The company, led by chairman and CEO Bob Iger, said it expects "the acquisition to become effective at 12:02 a.m. Eastern Time on March 20."

Last week, Iger had said that the Fox takeover would close "soon" after the companies had previously spoken of a closing by midyear. Tuesday's timing update suggests that Mexico's regulator, which was the last international agency left to formally approve the deal, has given its green light.

Disney andFox also said that they expect Fox to distribute early Tuesday, March 19, "all issued and outstanding shares of Fox Corporation common stock to 21st Century Fox stockholders." The new Fox will operate as a separate company, including Fox News and the Fox broadcast network, after the mega-deal closes.

Disney is paying $71.3 billion for most of Fox, including the film and TV studio, FX, National Geographic, an additional 30 percent stake in Hulu — bringing Disney's stake to 60 percent — and more. Disney will combine 20th Century Fox's film units with Pixar, Lucasfilm, Marvel Studios, Disney Animation Studios and Disney's own live-action productions. The marquee Fox franchises that Disney is set to inherit include James Cameron's Avatar series, while Fox superhero properties such as X-Men and Deadpool


Family

November 26, 2010

It’s been a long couple of weeks. A trip to the ER in the middle of the night with Shanna and then a morning in court to settle a traffic violation (a broken tail light)...all within 24 hours. A round of antibiotics, lots of sleep and she's feeling much better. Shanna is in her fourth week of work at UPS. She was sooooo thrilled with her first check. Oh the joy was absolutely priceless...this is her dancing with her check - isn't she cute with her plaid flannel and short haircut. Her second week, reality hit as they started taking out the union (Teamster) initiation dues and fees...and she discovered FICA. She comes running in wanting to know “Who’s FICA and why are they taking myto retire and close or sell the shop but after working 65 years (he quit school when he was 12 because his dad died and he had to help support his Mom and siblings), he doesn’t know how NOT to work. As is his usual custom, he often worked in the middle of the night (no customers or interruptions so he could get his work done). One of his machines sparked and started a fire. After trying to put it out himself, he called for help. Thank God for the Portland Fire and Rescue...they were there within minutes. Dad was not injured and while there was very little “fire damage”, there was considerable smoke damage and the foam they use to put out the fire made a huge


camp on Parris Island, South Carolina.

The original plan was for her to take the necessary tests and ship out in November for boot camp. However, there’s been a hitch in the plan. Shanna has a small tattoo on her inside right wrist...it's the Chinese symbol for blessed. The Marines won't allow her to keep it and it has to be removed before she can move forward in the process. Shanna and her Grandma (Russell's mom) both got small tattoos done on their inside right wrists last year. They both wanted tattoos and although we were against it, they went together and Grandma treated Shanna to a tattoo. Much like the dog she bought for Shanna which is now one of her pets, it wasn't a well-thought out decision.it was very dusty. Judging by the smells and sounds, it felt a bit like we had been transported back to the turn of the 20th century…there was the smell of wood-burning furnaces, the sound of train whistles and steam tractors chugging down dirt and gravel roads, along with live big band music. The day started with the singing of the National Anthem (which always makes me teary-eyed) and how fitting that there were so many military vehicles (mostly vintage) with quite a few men in uniform in attendance.

The Great Oregon Steam-Up, organized by the Antique Powerland Museum, offers an impressive display including tractors, trains, automobiles, logging and military machinery — many dating back to the late 1800s and early 1900s. What I didn’t expect was a nostalgic


Mom's character traits and talents. More than anything, my heart hurts that Shanna didn't get to know her Grandma Florine. My Mom would have loved Shanna's uniqueness, her sense of style and humor, her absolute belief in right and wrong, her innate kindness and most of all, the way that she loves and serves the Lord. I miss my Mom's hearty (loud) laugh that came from her soul (Shanna tells me I laugh too loud...something I used to tell my Mom when I was a teen...someday, hopefully she'll appreciate my laugh). My Mom struggled with her weight nearly her entire adult life, as do I. My Mom loved the Lord so much and was such a creative, giving, loving person...that's one of the best things about being aof them notorious ones,
like authoritarian socialism, for example,
they're not very nice either.
So I'm not saying everything
that is not capitalism
is automatically wonderful and great.
But there are other alternatives.
A much better alternative
is the cooperative movement,
and especially the nonprofit
cooperative movement,
because co-ops can organize without this
division between the owner and the workers
because they're the same people.
In a workers co-op, it's the workers
who own the company together.
Or in a consumer co-op,
it's the consumers;
or in a cooperative bank, it's the people
who hold accounts in the bank;
or in a housing co-op,
it's the residents who live there
who own the company together
and make decisions.
In the world right now,

iw:
או נותנים לחברים ממתקים
מבלי לדרוש תמורה כספית,
או כשאנו מתנדבים בפעילויות צדקה.
וחלק מהחלופות לקפיטליזם,
כמה חלופות ידועות לשמצה,
כמו סוציאליזם רודני, למשל,
גם הן אינן נחמדות במיוחד.
אינני טוענת שכל מה
שאיננו קפיטליזם
הוא אוטומטית נפלא


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The views, opinions,With the prosperous development of information technologies, the applications and development of relevant electronic and information produces become mature increasingly. In particular, computer systems and their associated peripheral industries make progress at a tremendous pace. A computer system uses the motherboard as the operating core and is accompanied by peripheral equipment. During the whole operating process, in addition to the calculating operations in the CPU, the support from peripheral devices, such as floppy disk drives (FD), hard disk drives (HDD), optical disk drives (CD-ROM), rewritable optical disk drives (CD-RW), and digital media players (DVD) is also required for reinforcing the functions of the computer system.
In addition, because notebook computers have become mature, their prices become reasonable and their sales grow. Under the influence of the decrease in the


of the logistics were figured out it was time to begin the waiting game, despite arriving later than planned the line was thankfully not too long with only about six women in front of me. An added bonus but I was in line to receive my tattoo from Master Luang Pi Nunn who is apparently the most famous tattoo artist in Thailand.

While waiting I received many friendly smiles, one of which came from Pai, a local, who spoke decent English, despite her saying otherwise. I waited for about an hour before the monks got up for their lunch break at which time I decided to explore the surroundings of the temple and stretch my legs and back. The temple lies alongside a small river which provides for apeaceful sitting area to relax, or feed the fish, as I soon discovered. There were booths selling bags of what looked like crackers which I didn't actually notice until after two women came over with their bag of fish food. As they dropped the snacks into the water swarms of fish came rushing to the surface fighting over any bits of food they could capture, I appreciated the few minutes of unexpected entertainment, but didn't partake myself. Eventually after taking some pictures and making a full lap of the temple I made my way back inside to continue the wait.

After talking to Pai about the process I got a little bit of different story than what I had read online. Across the internet you read how the monk


Paytm hirs Alibaba’s former executive as President

New Delhi, Mar 25 (ANI): Paytm, India’s mobile payment and commerce platform has appointed ex-head of Alibaba Group Holding’s wholesale business, Bhushan Patil as the company’s new President.

Bhushan Patil joins Paytm as President after serving 5.5 years at the Chinese company, where he was handling operations of Alibaba.com. He will now focus on building Paytm’s cross border commerce.

At the largest B2B marketplace, Bhushan was instrumental at leading new initiatives for Global Markets business development across SME linked associations, Banks and Government trade organizations, local trade services and e-companies.

As a major accomplishment he incepted, led and launched B2B Trade-Trust products across 50 countries in Asia/Europe and Americas and was instrumental developing new India plans for Alibaba.com B2B business.

On the announcement, Vijay Shekhar Sharma,In Rob Schmitz’s Shanghai office, a map of China buckles under the weight of dozens of pins that demarcate the areas the American correspondent has covered in his reporting. It’s an attempt to ensure Schmitz's coverage of the country is balanced and comprehensive, he says.

In his upcoming book “Street of Eternal Happiness,” however, the China correspondent for American Public Media’s business program Marketplace has focused his scope. The book takes its name from the literal translation of the street on which he has lived for four years — Changle Road — and tells the intimate stories and histories of a number of the street’s characters.

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who took care of their seven children in a lane home along my street.

The letters span 40 years from the 1950s to the 1990s. After reading so many historical accounts of the Mao years, it was fascinating to have in my hands actual specimens of raw history from the era. They told a heartbreaking story through the worst of the Mao years, and, most surprisingly, they led me to a descendant who has ended up in an unpredictable place in his life.

Sixth Tone: How forthcoming were the subjects in the book in opening up to you about such personal and sensitive subjects?

Schmitz: My relationship with these characters transcends one of a journalist and his or her source. I consider them friends and neighbors who I’ve spent countless hoursvolunteer in rural China that inspired me to become a journalist in the first place. I was in the third group of volunteers sent to China — there were only 13 of us, Peter included — and my sitemates and I were assigned to a city, Zigong, that not only had never had volunteers before, but had not had foreign residents since before the Communists took over China in 1949.

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LCMs were not forthcoming) that that did not matter because of the abnormal circumstances caveat. In this, as in so many other matters, the having of cake and the eating of cake are mutually incompatible. The battle lines, indeed, are already being drawn. In a joint statement, the First Minsters of Scotland and Wales have said that they consider the Bill, as presently drafted, to be “a naked power grab” and “an attack on the founding principles of devolution”.

The point remains that the Sewel Convention is precisely that — a convention. And the Miller judgment makes it perfectly clear that that remains so, notwithstanding the statutory references to it in the Scotland Act 2016 and now in the Wales Act 2017. Thus if LCMs are not forthcoming, thenAfter President Donald Trump trashed TIME magazine on Twitter earlier Friday evening, he swore he earned their “Person of the Year” for 2017 but turned it down.

Karen Tumulty, who previously wrote for TIME, revealed that when former President Barack Obama was named in 2008 it took a lot of “pestering” and effort to finally sit down for the interview during the transition. She also explained that “the managing editor is the committee of one who decides Person of the Year.”

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The U.S. has reached the roughly half-year mark of a new phase in climate politics, which began when Democrats won House control and the party's 2020 primary campaign got rolling in earnest.

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Ambition is in. At least 9 major candidates have endorsed moving the U.S. to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, which is a very heavy lift. And we're seeing other aggressive ideas, including calls by Elizabeth Warren and other candidates to end new fossil fuel leases on federal lands.

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The second, third, and fourth-ranked ministers overall were David Johnston (defence), Nigel Scullion (Indigenous affairs) and Peter Dutton (health and sport), although the three were ranked by less than half of respondents, given their lower public profile.

The lowest-ranked minister was Christopher Pyne (education), who attracted a score of just 35% across all respondents, or 20% among Labor voters and 47% among Coalition voters. He was ranked slightly lower than Scott Morrison (immigration) whose performance was scored at 39% overall.

The treasurer, Joe Hockey, equalled Turnbull's rating of 52% among Coalition voters, but with a score of just 29% from Labor voters his overall figure was 47%.

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Medical staff in Northern Ireland have been told they will not face prosecution if they refer women to clinics in England and Wales for abortions, a development that campaigners say will ease the climate of fear under which many have been operating.

In a significant clarification of the law, the director of public prosecutions for Northern Ireland, Barra McGrory, has said he does “not see the issue of criminal liability arising in the context of NHS staff advising or informing patients of the availability of abortion services in England and Wales”.

Until now the threat of prosecution has made many medical professionals feel constrained in the advice they give women seeking abortions elsewhere. Abortion in Northern Ireland is permitted only in very restricted circumstances, and Northern Ireland has the harshestcriminal penalty for illegal abortion in Europe – life imprisonment for the woman undergoing the abortion and for anyone assisting her.

Although the government ruled this year that it would fund the medical costs of women from Northern Ireland who travel to England for an abortion, GPs in Northern Ireland were concerned that they were unable to discuss making referrals without exposing themselves to the risk of prosecution.

Grainne Teggart, from Amnesty International’s Northern Ireland office, received the response from the Northern Ireland Public Prosecution Service in response to a letter requesting clarification of the law. She welcomed the development, but said the Department of Health in Northern Ireland needed to revise its guidance to make the situation less confusing.

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Macedonian military academy graduates train for their final infantry platoon leader exam under the supervision of British Military Advisory Training Team, to ensure accordance with NATO regulations, at Krivolak Army base, Macedonia, July 10, 2018. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

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SKOPJE (Reuters) - Macedonia is formally expected this week to be invited by NATO to join the alliance - though it will become a member only if it adopts a new name that has been agreed in principle with NATO- member Greece but has yet to be endorsed by Macedonia's people.

The invitation to the small Balkan state to become the 30th member of the U.S.-led alliance will be


issued at a NATO summit despite opposition from Russia, which sees its influence in the region diminishing, and over protests from a small pro-Russian party at home.

"For us the sun rises in the West," said Artan Grubi, a lawmaker of the Albanian DUI party which is part of the ruling coalition.

"(The invitation to join NAT0) is our dream coming true. We have been in the waiting hall for too long," he told Reuters.

He was referring to 2008 when Greece blocked an invitation to Skopje to join because of the long-running dispute over Macedonia's name. Greece says the name Macedonia implies a territorial claim over its northern province with the same name.

The then government led by a nationalist VMRO-DPMNE moved to build up closer ties with Russia, allowing aninflow of Russian capital, concretely represented today by a football club, a lead and zinc mine and a chromium plant all owned by Russians.

After a period of political crisis, the new government of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, elected in 2017, pushed for an agreement with Greece to solve the name dispute and the two sides have now agreed on the name of Republic of North Macedonia to open the door to NATO membership.

The government has said it will hold a referendum on whether to accept Macedonia's new name so as not to face another Greek veto on membership - clearly expecting the prospect of NATO membership to be a powerful incentive for a Yes vote.

NATO diplomats said they had negotiated a wording for the invitation to be issued


at the Brussels summit which will prudently avoid naming the country and will instead refer to "the government in Skopje".

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Janko Bacev who heads United Macedonia party with links to Russia's dominant United Russia says NATO membership will bring nothing good to Macedonia.

"Russia is our true ally, and it has never asked us to change the name," Bacev, whose party failed to enter the parliament in a 2016 election, said.

VMRO-DPMNE party, the single biggest party in the parliament has mixed feelings.

"We support NATO membership, but we are against changing the name (of the country)," Aleksandar Nikolovski of VMRO-DPMNE said.

The move to bring Macedonia into NATO will leave only Serbia and the Serb-run part of Bosnia open to Russian influence in the Balkans.

Albania, Croatia, Montenegro and Slovenia areNATO members while NATO forces are still in a peacekeeping mission in Kosovo.

In a sign of continuing Russian interest in the region, Serbian authorities have announced President Vladimir Putin will visit in autumn.

Russia's ambassador to Skopje has criticised Macedonia's ambitions to join NATO and warned the former Yugoslav republic that it could become "a legitimate target" if relations between NATO and Russia deteriorate further.

Macedonia will bring to NATO a 8,500-strong military which relies on a mixture of Russian, German, Greek and U.S. tanks and armoured vehicles. Its aviation has no combat jets.

"With NATO membership, Macedonia becomes a part of the most powerful Alliance. That enhances both our security and economic prosperity," Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska told Reuters in an email.

She said she expected to "move forward with the


Moscow seeks a coercive sphere of influence over neighbors and great power status beyond, but these goals are incompatible. Only by pulling out of eastern Ukraine and reforming its economy can Russia gain broader acceptance and reach its potential as a great power. In a similar vein, last week at a rare meeting of President Vladimir Putin with his economic council, former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, Russian media reports say, urged an easing of geopolitical tensions to help the economy.

The Kremlin has faced a similar choice before. In the 1980s, the USSR was bogged down in Afghanistan and isolated. China, Iran and America, among others, boycotted the 1980 summer Olympics in Moscow. The Soviet economy, burdened by waste and low oil prices, was weakened. Technology lagged. In thelate 1980s, the Kremlin finally sought relief. So that he could focus on fixing the Soviet system, President Mikhail Gorbachev eased foreign pressures by letting go of Warsaw Pact allies and concluding arms control accords with the West.

Moscow now faces less but still significant pressure. The Russian-backed armed rebellion in Donbas has led to Western sanctions never before imagined. Many sources of international financing to Russia's capital-starved economy are closed. The buying power of families, sapped by inflation and ruble depreciation, is falling. In addition to sanctions, low oil prices and structural inefficiencies are bleeding the economy. Drops in construction and investment darken the future. Creation of a 400,000-strong national guard, reporting directly to Putin, hints at concern about popular unrest.

The quickest way for Russia to relieve some


of the accumulating strain is to withdraw its forces from Donbas and end support for its proxies, the so-called separatists. Ukraine would regain control of its border with Russia, with monitoring from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. An international effort to rebuild eastern Ukraine could follow, including contributions from Russia and the West. Although at present a Russian withdrawal seems improbable, it would end the most onerous Western sanctions and brighten economic prospects.

The February 2015 Minsk accords established a partial ceasefire in Donbas and provided terms to facilitate a political settlement. Fighting has declined from its peak, but Moscow still wages a low-level proxy war. Contrary to the accords, Russia refuses to allow OSCE monitors to control the border. Donbas lacks security for free andcooperation in the P5+1 format – the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany – helped achieve the historic nuclear deal with Iran. Russia and America teamed up to destroy Syrian chemical weapons. Russia may have another great power opportunity if it helps to resolve the Syria crisis.

As long as it occupies Donbas, however, Russia can hope only for limited gains. Again the 1980s are illustrative. Even as the USSR and the West agreed in Geneva to slash nuclear weaponry, Washington was arming mujahedeen fighters in Afghanistan. Moscow lacked wide international support until it withdrew from there, began moving troops out of Eastern Europe and ended communist rule at home.

A great power has a portfolio of interests and sometimes has to abandon an unproductive venture.


It was painful for the USSR to cede Afghanistan in 1989, as it was for America to leave Vietnam in 1975 and Iraq in 2011. These decade-long investments yielded poor returns and lost popular support.

Another risk for Russia is that if it delays in exiting Donbas, Western attitudes may harden. This might already be happening. In February, Washington warned U.S. investment banks not to help underwrite Moscow's first international sovereign bond offering since the seizure of Crimea. Days later Brussels cautioned European investment banks. Moscow abandoned its plan. The West was worried that Moscow would divert some bond sale proceeds to sanctioned entities. Most Western banks in Russia are reducing operations or leaving. Large Chinese and other international banks are also wary. They fear compromising their larger interestsJuly 2019 is officially the hottest month on record. The average global temperature soared to 1.71 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th-century average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday.

The report comes after speculation and earlier data from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service that made the same conclusion.

July marked the 415th consecutive month with above-average temperatures world-wide, according to data from NOAA, a branch of the U.S. Department of Commerce that studies climate and weather. The previous hottest month recorded was July 2016; records date back 140 years to 1880.

Last month also saw record-low Arctic sea ice at 19.8 percent below the historic average for the same time of year.

Earlier this month, United Nations secretary-general António Guterres said "beautiful speeches" are not enough to combat climate


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The announcement signals that a full Flight of the Conchords tour could be imminent, though there’s no word as of yet. It would be their first such trek since joining the Funny or Die Oddball Festival in 2013.

Newport Folk Festival will be held July 22nd-24th in Newport, Rhode Island. Other artists already announced include Father John Misty (solo), Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Ray Lamontagne (with My Morning Jacket sans Jim James backing him up), The Oh Hellos, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, and others. The festival will continue to slowly roll out its lineup over the coming weeks. Keepagencies across Germany since 2015.

His alleged purpose was to steal from his vulnerable patients, taking mostly cash and jewellery.

If there was nothing valuable to take, he would quit his job and find new work elsewhere, police said.

The case comes in the wake of that of a former German hospital nurse who is currently being tried for the killing of at least 100 people at two hospitals where he worked.

Niels Högel admitted at the start of his trial that he murdered 100 patients, making him one of the world's most prolific serial killers.

Detectives say he administered fatal doses of medication to the people in his care - causing cardiac arrest - at two hospitals in northern Germany.

His motive, prosecutors say, was to impress colleagues by trying to revive the