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American ambassador defends rules for Chinese diplomats The U.S. ambassador to Beijing has defended plans to require Chinese diplomats to report contacts with some Americans and says Washington is considering possible rules for employees of entities controlled by the ruling Communist Party. Ambassador Terry Branstad said Monday the reporting measure is "very modest" and intended to win more access for American diplomats in China's "very closed system." Branstad said Americans are required to ask permission to meet with officials or visit universities and often are refused. Chinese diplomats would only be required to report such contacts. He said the State Department is considering a separate proposal to require employees of "party-controlled entities" - a group that might include state media - to register as foreign agents. He said that is unrelated to the rule for diplomats.
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BUTTIGIEG: Well, I agree the fact that Maduro has lost his legitimacy, but when you see the kind of sabre rattling -- by the way, by some of the same people who led us into the war in Iraq -- I think it is extremely irresponsible to talk about committing American troops to what could wind up being a proxy or war with countries that have claims on Venezuelan oil. Look, if we're going to use sanctions, that's a legitimate part of the U.S. foreign policy framework and tool kit, but they should be targeted toward making sure that there are new, legitimate elections so that the Venezuelan people can determine their future. STEPHANOPOULOS: How about North Korea, given where things stand right now, would you meet with Kim Jong-un? BUTTIGIEG: Well, I think it would make more sense to have that happen in a framework of concrete achievements. You don't just get to have a meeting, declare the nuclear threat to be over, then wind up of course being embarrassed and contradicted by your own intelligence chiefs. You know, as a military officer serving overseas, I was part of the intelligence community. And there is not a more reality-based group of people in this country. You actually have to understand and legitimize and take seriously their assessments before you have any business having a one-on-one with the leader of a hostile foreign power like North Korea. STEPHANOPOULOS: You are openly gay, married, but you have only been out for the last few years. Any concerns the country is not ready for a gay couple in the White House? BUTTIGIEG: I think there's only one way to find out. But, you know, when I came out, it was in the middle of a reelection campaign. I just reached that point in my life where I was ready. And we didn't know what would happen. I'm from a socially conservative community. Mike Pence was the governor of Indiana at the time. And I just did it because it was time. That same year, I wound up getting re-elected with the 80 percent of the vote. So, I think the lesson we learned is that people are prepared to get to know you and judge you based on the quality of your ideas and your experience and your work. And I trust that America could do that too. There is only one way to find out for sure. STEPHANOPOULOS: Mayor Pete Buttigieg, thanks you for joining us this morning. BUTTIGIEG: Thanks for having me.
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I'm sort of entitled to one good story in The New York Times. I started off, I ran against very smart people, and a lot of them. I came from Jamaica Queens, Jamaica Estates, and I became president of the United States. I'm sort of entitled to a great story from my -- just one from my newspaper.
STEPHANOPOULOS: That was President Trump in the Oval Office with reporters from The New York Times, including Maggie Haberman who joins our roundtable right now. I guess that's why the meeting happened, he wants some good coverage from The New York Times.
STEPHANOPOULOS: How did you find him? HABERMAN: Actually pretty subdued. He was very engaged but he was very adamant on what he believed is the case. So for instance, he was insistent that the intel chiefs had told him that -- and he had been very angry at them, remember, because of their testimony on the Hill -- that he had -- they had -- the media had mischaracterized what they said, he accepted that, kept asking him why he finds himself at odds with his own government at times. He couldn't really articulate an answer to that, just said that doesn't really happen even though it does. It was very much the world as Donald Trump wants to see it, regardless of whether that comports with objective facts. STEPHANOPOULOS: And Sara Fagen, he did seem to get caught out on that this week in those remarks about the intelligence chiefs, taking them on, calling them naive, then coming out, saying the next day they didn't say what the entire world saw them saying up there on Capitol Hill.
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Associated Press FILE - In this March 12, 2015 file photo, plastic trash is compacted into bales ready for further processing at the waste processing dump on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus. A new massive study finds that production of plastic and the hard-to-breakdown synthetic waste is soaring in huge numbers. The study says since 1950, industry has made more than 9 billion tons of plastics. Thatâs enough to cover the entire country of Argentina ankle deep in the stuff. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) FILE - In this March 12, 2015 file photo, plastic trash is compacted into bales ready for further processing at the waste processing dump on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus. A new massive study finds that production of plastic and the hard-to-breakdown synthetic waste is soaring in huge numbers. The study says since 1950, industry has made more than 9 billion tons of plastics. Thatâs enough to cover the entire country of Argentina ankle deep in the stuff. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2016 file photo, Indian rag pickers look for reusable materials at a garbage dump littered with polythene bags in Lucknow, India. A new massive study finds that production of plastic and the hard-to-breakdown synthetic waste is soaring in huge numbers. The study says since 1950, industry has made more than 9 billion tons of plastics. That's enough to cover the entire country of Argentina ankle deep in the stuff. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Time series from 1950 to 2015 shows increase in global plastic production; 2c x 4 3/4 inches; 96.3 mm x 120 mm; Time series from 1950 to 2015 shows increase in plastic waste by type; 2c x 5 inches; 96.3 mm x 127 mm; FILE - In this Feb, 12, 2015 file photo, Jenna Jambeck, an environment engineering professor at the University of Georgia, holds a plastic baggie with trash collected from a clean up at Panama Beach, Fla., at the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) conference in San Jose, Calif. A new massive study finds that production of plastic and the hard-to-breakdown synthetic waste is soaring in huge numbers. The study says since 1950, industry has made more than 9 billion tons of plastics. Thatâs enough to cover the entire country of Argentina ankle deep in the stuff. (AP Photo/Seth Borenstein) WASHINGTON (AP) - Industry has made more than 9.1 billion tons of plastic since 1950 and there's enough left over to bury Manhattan under more than two miles of trash, according to a new cradle-to-grave global study. Plastics don't break down like other man-made materials, so three-quarters of the stuff ends up as waste in landfills, littered on land and floating in oceans, lakes and rivers, according to the research reported in Wednesday's journal Science Advances. "At the current rate, we are really heading toward a plastic planet," said study lead author Roland Geyer, an industrial ecologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara. "It is something we need to pay attention to." The plastics boom started after World War II, and now plastics are everywhere. They are used in packaging like plastic bottles and consumer goods like cellphones and refrigerators. They are in pipes and other construction material. They are in cars and clothing, usually as polyester. Study co-author Jenna Jambeck of the University of Georgia said the world first needs to know how much plastic waste there is worldwide before it can tackle the problem. They calculated that of the 9.1 billion tons made, nearly 7 billion tons are no longer used. Only 9 percent got recycled and another 12 percent was incinerated, leaving 5.5 billion tons of plastic waste on land and in water. Using the plastics industry own data, Geyer, Jambeck and Kara Lavender Law found that the amount of plastics made and thrown out is accelerating. In 2015, the world created 448 million tons of plastic - more than twice as much as made in 1998. China makes the most plastic, followed by Europe and North America. "The growth is astonishing and it doesn't look like it's slowing down soon," Geyer said. About 35 percent of the plastic made is for packaging, like water bottles. Geyer said his figures are higher than other calculations because he includes plastics material woven into fibers like polyester clothing, including microfiber material. An official of a U.S. trade group said the plastics industry recognizes the problem and is working to increase recycling and reduce waste.
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Matthias Flach may refer to:
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Matthias Flach (rower)
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The vitreous membrane (or [membrane or vitreous cortex) is a layer of
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Court allows undocumented women to join Obama immigration appeal WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Thursday allowed three undocumented immigrant women in Texas to join the Obama administration in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a program that would shield millions of immigrations from deportation. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a brief order, saying the unnamed women could intervene, adding a human dimension to what would be a blockbuster high court case. They are represented by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, known as MALDEF. Obama's executive orders would let up to 4.7 million illegal immigrants live in the United States without the threat of deportation. It was directed at people with no criminal records whose children are U.S. citizens. A district court blocked the program from going into effect. An appeals court upheld that decision on Nov 9, and the government is expected to file its Supreme Court appeal at any time. Until now, the women had been blocked from directly participating in the case after a district court judge in Texas ruled they could not intervene. The appeals court reversed that decision last week, but only on Thursday did it officially grant the women permission to join in the expected Supreme Court appeal. The Obama administration and the 26 Republican-led states that are challenging the White House's November 2014 executive action had previously opposed the women being involved in the case. The government said it could adequately represent the women's interests. All three women are mothers of children who are U.S. citizens and are therefore potentially eligible for the program, MALDEF says. Nina Perales, the group's vice president of litigation, said the women's interest in the case is "quite different" from the government's. "Their needs are immediate and personal," she said. "They want to remain with their children and get permission to work." If the justices act promptly on the appeal, there is time for the case to be heard during the court's current term, which runs through June. If the court agrees to hear the case this term, the justices would issue a ruling during the run-up to the November 2016 U.S. presidential election. Perales said her group would do nothing that would delay the high court's consideration of the case. A Justice Department spokesman said the government "did not take a position" on Maldef's latest bid to participate in the case. (Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; Editing by Ken Wills)
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Russia's new 5gen supersonic stealth Su-57 fighter jets ace all objectives in Syria trials - Chief of Staff - RT Russia News The testing of Russia's most advanced combat aircraft has yielded superb results, a senior military official has revealed, as the stealth aircraft enters its mass-production phase. The jets "have successfully accomplished all of their tasks" during trials in Syria, Chief of General Staff General Valery Gerasimov told a group of foreign military attachés on Wednesday. Gerasimov said that the campaign against militants in Syria has provided a "new impetus for further improvement" of all types of weaponry, including airborne. He added that the Air Force has taken delivery of 139 warplanes of various designs this year. The Su-57s flew their first combat missions in Syria last year. They are already in mass production and the Air Force is set to commission 76 brand new fighters by 2028. Due to their maneuverability and supersonic features, the twin-engine stealth Su-57s are set to become the backbone of Russian aerial superiority during warfare. The jet's unique airframe is said to render it virtually invisible to enemy radars. At the same time, the plane can spot ground and aerial targets from 400km (248 miles) away, while tracking 62 targets simultaneously. The Su-57 is set to be fitted with "smart" guided bombs and will reportedly get a highly maneuverable hypersonic missile, similar to Kinzhal (Dagger). Aside from being capable of destroying ground and aerial targets, the plane has been filmed performing impressive acrobatic stunts at air shows. Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!
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Inge Ejderstedt (born 24 December 1946) is a former Swedish footballer. Inge Ejderstedt began his career in Östers IF and became Swedish champion in 1968. 1970-1974 he played for RSC Anderlecht in Belgium he won the Belgian league in 1972 and 1974. In 1974, he returned to Sweden. As a midfielder Inge Ejderstedt was a member of the Swedish national football team 23 times. He played for Sweden in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1974 FIFA World Cup. ==References==
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== 25Kelvin, you are invited to the Teahouse! ==
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Stolen Dachau death camp gate with "Work sets you free" inscription likely retrieved in Norway - RT News An iron gate with the inscription "Arbeit macht frei" ("work sets you free") has been found in Bergen, Norway, police reported. It's most probably the one stolen two years ago from the infamous Nazi concentration camp in Dachau, Germany. The gate was located in the Bergen area after Norwegian police received information from an anonymous tipoff, according to Bavarian police. After seeing photos of the finding, German police said it is "highly likely" to be the same gate stolen from the entrance to the Dachau camp. Read more It is yet to be established whether the gate in Norway is authentic. The theft of the 100-kilogram (220-pound) gate occurred on November 2, 2014, an act that German Chancellor Angela Merkel described as "appalling." The prosecutor's office in Munich and CID in Fürstenfeldbruck searched for the gate for two years, promising a €10,000 reward (over $10,000) to anyone who provided information that helped to find it. The camp at Dachau, opened in 1933, only weeks after Adolf Hitler came to power, was the first Nazi concentration camp. Initially it was supposed to be used to detain political prisoners, but later turned into a death camp where more than 41,000 Jews died. Many inmates were shot dead or gassed to death, while thousands others died of diseases or from harsh slave labor conditions. This is not the first time an "Arbeit macht frei" sign has been stolen. In 2009, a Swedish man linked to far-right groups stole one from the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz in Poland. READ MORE: Nazi "Arbeit macht frei" sign stolen from Dachau concentration camp The thief, Anders Hoegstroem, was caught and sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison. German authorities had to come up with a replica of the sign, in place of the authentic one, until it was recovered in 2011. A replica has been displayed in the Dachau camp until now as well.
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Creatine kinase (CK), also known as creatine phosphokinase (CPK) or phosphocreatine kinase, is an enzyme () expressed by various tissues and cell types. CK catalyses the conversion of creatine and uses adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to create phosphocreatine (PCr) and adenosine diphosphate (ADP). This CK enzyme reaction is reversible and thus ATP can be generated from PCr and ADP. In tissues and cells that consume ATP rapidly, especially skeletal muscle, but also brain, photoreceptor cells of the retina, s of the inner ear, spermatozoa and smooth muscle, PCr serves as an energy reservoir for the rapid buffering and regeneration of ATP in situ, as well as for intracellular energy transport by the PCr shuttle or circuit. Thus creatine kinase is an important enzyme in such tissues. Clinically, creatine kinase is assayed in blood tests as a marker of damage of CK-rich tissue such as in myocardial infarction (heart attack), rhabdomyolysis (severe muscle breakdown), muscular dystrophy, autoimmune myositides, and acute kidney injury. ==Types==
In the cells, the "cytosolic" CK enzymes consist of two subunits, which can be either B (brain type) or M (muscle type). There are, therefore, three different isoenzymes: CK-MM, CK-BB and CK-MB. The genes for these subunits are located on different chromosomes: B on 14q32 and M on 19q13. In addition to those three cytosolic CK isoforms, there are two mitochondrial creatine kinase isoenzymes, the ubiquitous and sarcomeric form. The functional entity of the latter two mitochondrial CK isoforms is an octamer consisting of four dimers each. While mitochondrial creatine kinase is directly involved in formation of phospho-creatine from mitochondrial ATP, cytosolic CK regenerates ATP from ADP, using PCr. This happens at intracellular sites where ATP is used in the cell, with CK acting as an in situ
ATP regenerator. Isoenzyme patterns differ in tissues. Skeletal muscle expresses CK-MM (98%) and low levels of CK-MB (1%). The myocardium (heart muscle), in contrast, expresses CK-MM at 70% and CK-MB at 25–30%. CK-BB is predominantly expressed in brain and smooth muscle, including vascular and uterine tissue. ==Atomic structures of mitochondrial and cytosolic Creatine Kinase family members==
A number of CK structures have been solved by high-resolution electron microscopy and protein X-ray crystallography. The first X-ray structure of a creatine kinase (CK) family member solved was that of sarcomeric muscle-type mitochondrial CK (s-mtCK (in 1996)later followed by the structure of ubiquitous u-mtCK in 2000. [ Both mitochondrial CK isoforms are building highly symmetrical octameric structures with 4-fold symmetry. The atomic structure of cytosolic brain-type BB-CK was solved at 1.4! Angstroms in 1999. [ Cytosolic BB-CK, as well as muscle-type MM-CK are both forming banana-shaped symmetric dimers, with one active site in each subunit.
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Comment: First of all it's not a dialect, it was derived from Arabic that's why it's called Arabic, it has different accent and a lot of different words, and it's not quite possible to write all words in Arabic. As you noticed, it is written in both scripts in the country, but today, it is recommended to write in Latin script. btw it has nothing to do with English. And edits like Diff/657073135/657071801 is not good while we're discussing this. Please read the article well, it says all about Latin script. I'm saying it should not be called "Arabic" since it also is written in Latin. Please see the links I provided in the initial comment and see another example here. Mjbmr (talk)
Thanks, it's very helpful to this discussion that you repeated all your arguments after I explained why they are invalid and/or not pertinent to the question at hand and pointed you to COMMONNAME, the Wikipedia guideline that is pertinent here. And you added a new one: That is has nothing to do with English. Of course it does. This is English Wikipedia. We name articles according to what their topics are called in English. Again, COMMONNAME. Just like we don't list information about the Dutch language under "Nederlands". Completely unrelated to the question at hand: If the Arabic alphabet can be adapted to accommodate Persian (including 6 vowels as well as /g/ گ and /p/ پ and and /tʃ/ چ and /v/) and Urdu (11 vowels and lots of consonants unknown in Arabic, plus aspiration) and Turkish and Kurdish and Pashto and Somali, then it's absurd to argue that it can't be adapted just as well as English can to accommodate the phonology of the speech of the Tunisian people. —Largo Plazo (talk)
First of all please read all previous comments, I said it has nothing to do with English, I didn't say it has nothing to do with English Wikipedia, read GregKaye's comment for more information. Second, I didn't say rename the language name, I said remove ambiguity from the title, the article describe it, it self. The policy says it as well: "However, some topics have multiple names, and this can cause disputes as to which name should be used in the article's title." Mjbmr (talk)
I've read all the previous comments and I'm interpreting everything you've written in their light. I know you said it has nothing to do with English, not that it has nothing to do with English Wikipedia. I'm saying that because this is English Wikipedia, it does, despite your contention, have everything to do with English. And if we aren't renaming the language, then the article should be under the name the language has. In English. That name is "Tunisian Arabic". Therefore, that is the answer to this dispute. —Largo Plazo (talk)
:I actually think that there is a strong case for support this is certainly the way that I am leaning. I'm also interested in similarities that the Tunisian situation may or may not have to Patois and Creole language situations. I think that both titles meet the requirements of recognisability but, it seems to me that "Tunisian xxx" has such significant differences from regular forms of Arabic that, in some ways, to call it "... Arabic" would be imprecise. I wouldn't be surprised if the only reason that Patois and/or Creole definitions have not been applied is because these terms may be associated with, for instance, island and Western Atlantic situations. :Its crystal balling but I think that if, for instance, we did not use the title "Jamaican Patois" we might simply use "Jamaican (language)". :"Tunisian language" would be helpful in that it would avoid inaccuracies in regard to the topic that would be implied by a presentation of "Tunisian Arabic". GregKaye
::As with Mjbmr, you're arguing in favor of a change in the way we name the language in the real world. I have no stake in that discussion and have no argument against it (other than to maintain that the script that's used to write the language, which Mjmbr raises as a rationale, is irrelevant). But Wikipedia isn't in the business of campaigning for change or getting ahead of the curve. The title of the article now should be what the language is known as in the real world now.
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From the first paragraph, many different phrases are used, which to a causual reader will imply there are 3 or 4 sides to this conflict. Muslims and Meccans had fought
Muhammad was leading a raiding party against a Quraish army. The Quraysh army... launched an assault on the Muslim ranks
Muhammad's men....shatter(ed) the Meccan lines
Just to drive home the point, is the Quraysh army the same as the Meccan Army? The terms are used interchangably in the article. See the major section header.... The Muslim plan vs the The Meccan Plan
Should it be the Muslim Plan vs the Quraishi Plan or Medina Plan vs Meccan Plan? The article has two uses of Quraishi Muslims to refer to a sub-set of people. I am confused by the term Quraishi Muslims. Is this an aspect of a civil war and brother against brother, or a typo? Three of the Ansar wanted to fight the Muslim Quraish'
In the middle of the article, the Aftermath, Casualties and Prisoners section, the term Meccan Quraish is used for the first and only time. I am lost, why now call out Meccan Quraish? Did I miss some discussion of non-Meccan Quraish? the Muslims took a number of Meccan Quraish prisoner. Article says At this point, both armies began firing arrows at each other. Muhammad gave orders for the Muslims to employ their ranged weapons, and only engage the Quraish when they advanced. I truely do not understand what the sentence is trying to say, nor the tactics. Both sides were firing arrows
(a ranged weapon). Then Muhammad ordered for his troops to emply ranged weapons (which they already were). Does engage in this sentence mean hand-to-hand melee combat? Wendell
Wow. Most of your points are valid, so I'll try and fix them. Briefly: Many of the Muslims (Including Muhammad) WERE Quraishi. In addition, there were a group of non-Quraishi Muslims called the Ansar. Finally, there were a group of nominal Muslims in Medina (Usually called "The Hypocrites") who thankfully did not play much of a role at Badr. Long story short this can be EXTREMELY confusing, so I'll try and clarify. I also didn't want to use the word "pagan" when describing the Quraishi Meccans, since that was a term only attributed to them by the Muslims. The battle was in many respects part of a civil war, which I will try and flesh out. In terms of Quraishi records, to my knowledge there are none. Badr is in Saudi Arabia, which is not exactly hospitable to archeologists, especially ones who want to dig up the bones of Muslim martyrs. Palm_Dogg
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The dates given: March 17 624 CE (17 Ramadhan 2 AH) should be wikilinked to explain what "CE", "Ramadhan" and "AH" are, especially since they are not set up to auto-date format. For the infobox
The image caption says "(Minus Muhammad" should be "(minus Muhammad"
Dewiki "624", it adds little to the article
"The Muslim Conquests" is a redirect to "Islamic conquests" - should be fixed. The Islamic conquests page itself is confusing in this context, as it states that they "began with the death of Muhammad" which makes it odd that the Battle of Badr is considered part of them. Hijaz is probably better as Hejaz
"(Present-day Saudi Arabia" should be "(present day Saudi Arabia"
"by name in the Quran." - the quran is the scripture muslims abide by. The quran is the guidance for mankind. The quran was revealed to the prophet muhammad(pbuh) by Angel Gabriel, by the permission of Allah
Muhammad section:
A bit long, as this is about a battle, and we already link to the main Muhammad article. Unwiki lone years
The highway image seems very out of place here. Maybe replace with the "battlefield today" image below? Good use of images throughout
The "Islam" infobox appears very low on the page - maybe move it up or simply remove completely, as there is already a different infobox at the top. The legend inside the "Map of the battle" image is too small to read easily.
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U.S. airmen at nuclear missile base suspended over drug probe WASHINGTON Fourteen airmen who helped secure a U.S. complex in Wyoming that includes nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles have been suspended from their duties due to an investigation of "illegal drug activity," the U.S. military said on Friday. "The drug allegations involving these 14 airmen are credible," said Air Force General Robin Rand, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command. He added that the allegations involved activities by the junior airmen during their off-duty hours. Rand, speaking to reporters, declined to detail the kinds of drugs involved or say whether the allegations extended to the sale and distribution of illegal substances. Prior to being pulled from their duties in the 90th missile wing, the airmen helped secure F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming, as well as its surrounding missile complex, Rand said. "The investigation began after an airman became aware of the suspected drug activity and promptly alerted (authorities)," he said. The probe came two years after a series of scandals involving U.S. nuclear missile forces triggered a reform effort. Those scandals also included drugs and extended to missile launch officers who cheated on their proficiency exams. (Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by Dan Grebler)
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Any sign of success for the anti-Trump effort and 4 other things to watch for in Tuesday's primaries With Republicans badly fractured over Donald Trump's advance toward the party's presidential nomination, the GOP will award 150 more delegates Tuesday as voters cast ballots in Michigan, Mississippi, Idaho and Hawaii. Democrats, meanwhile, head to the polls only in Michigan and Mississippi. The latter is expected to be an easy victory for Hillary Clinton, who has enjoyed wide support from black voters in other Southern states, including Louisiana over the weekend. Michigan has been more hotly contested, with Sanders mounting a concerted effort to chip away at Clinton's lead in the polls. Five things to watch for Tuesday night: Are the mounting attacks on Trump starting to work? Trump's mixed performance Saturday - he won Louisiana and Kentucky, but lost Kansas and Maine - slowed his momentum, and one possible reason is the onslaught of new attacks on his candidacy. He is the strong favorite to win Michigan, Mississippi and Idaho, polls suggest, so a loss - or even a narrow win - in any of those states could be a sign of trouble. Marco Rubio, the Florida senator who is struggling to remain viable after losing 18 of 20 contests, used the last two debates to assail Trump's business record, portraying him as a con man trying to scam his way into the White House. Piling on, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz assailed Trump for refusing to release his tax returns. Cruz has also faulted Trump for failing various tests of conservative purity. And Mitt Romney, the party's 2012 nominee for president, has stepped forward as the public face of a panicked Republican establishment pouring millions of dollars into an eleventh-hour ad campaign to convince voters that Trump is a vulgar phony unworthy of the presidency. What will Michigan portend for pivotal contests ahead in Ohio and Illinois? The upper Midwest has proved challenging for Trump: Cruz won Iowa, and Rubio took Minnesota. Michigan should be a good fit for Trump - a Rust Belt manufacturing state where the long, slow decline of industry has embittered many blue-collar voters, his core constituency. But some of the harshest new attacks spotlight down-on-their-luck Americans who spent tens of thousands of dollars on seminars at the now-defunct Trump University. In fraud lawsuits, they allege that Trump ripped them off. If that line of attack, along with criticism of Trump's temperament and profane language, pulls voters away from him in Michigan, wouldn't it also damage him in the March 15 primaries in nearby Ohio and Illinois? Conversely, if Trump trounces his rivals in Michigan, the night's big prize with 59 delegates, is there any stopping him? Turning to the South, a Trump loss in Mississippi would be a huge setback. He has won all four neighboring states: Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas and Louisiana. Cruz, whose base is evangelical Christians, had hoped to carry them all. SIGN UP for the free Essential Politics newsletter >> Can Cruz affirm his organizational strength in Hawaii? Caucuses require stronger campaign organizations than primaries, and Cruz has proved the most adept at winning them, starting in Iowa. Hawaii's 19 delegates are Tuesday's smallest prize. But bragging rights can be useful too. If Cruz can win Hawaii, he will have racked up victories in at least seven states, fortifying his case that he is the party's strongest alternative to Trump. The Flint factor No city has received more attention in the Democratic primary than Flint, Mich., where a change in the water supply exposed residents to unsafe amounts of lead. Clinton and Sanders have pounded at the issue, saying the crisis would not have happened in a wealthier city, or one with a majority white population. Given the focus on Flint, its returns will be closely watched. A victory in the city could provide a helpful political boost, showing Clinton can successfully seize on a hot-button issue or that Sanders can connect with voters in majority-black areas where he's struggled to find support. Democratic delegate watch Recent polls show Clinton leading by double digits in Michigan, making her the likely winner. But the margin of victory could make a big difference in the race to pile up delegates. There are 147 delegates up for grabs in the state, the second-biggest amount so far in the primary season. If Sanders performs well enough, he could prevent Clinton from pulling too far ahead. But if Clinton has a big win, it could allow her to add significantly to her lead of 195 pledged delegates. Clinton also has 458 superdelegates -- elected officials and party leaders who can choose which candidate to support -- while Sanders has only 22. She leads the overall delegate race 1130 to 499. Twitter: @chrismegerian, @finneganlat For more political coverage, go to www.latimes.com/politics.
Free publicity for Clinton and Sanders - on Fox News Super PAC consultant who spent $100 million on Jeb Bush is unapologetic
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Pole sitting is the practice of sitting on top of a pole (such as a flagpole) for extended lengths of time, generally used as a test of endurance. A small platform is typically placed at the top of the pole for the sitter. Led by the stunt actor and former sailor Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly, flagpole sitting was a fad in the mid-to-late 1920s, but mostly died out after the start of the Great Depression. ==History and 1920s fad==
Pole sitting is predated by the ancient ascetic discipline of stylitism, or column-sitting. St. Simeon Stylites the Elder (c. 388–459) of Antioch (now Turkey) was a column-sitter who sat on a small platform on a column for 36 years. Flagpole sitting was a fad in the mid-to-late 1920s. The fad was begun by stunt actor and former sailor Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly, who sat on a flagpole, either on a dare by a friend or as a publicity stunt. Shipwreck's initial 1924 sit lasted 13 hours and 13 minutes. It soon became a fad with other contestants setting records of 12, 17 and 21 days. In 1929, Shipwreck decided to reclaim the title. He sat on a flagpole for 49 days in Atlantic City, New Jersey, setting a new record. The following year, 1930, his record was broken by Bill Penfield in Strawberry Point, Iowa who sat on a flagpole for 51 days and 20 hours, until a thunderstorm forced him down. Flagpole sitting in the 1920s was a major part of the decade. For the most part, pole sitting was confined to the 1920s, ending with the onset of the Depression. ==Post-1930 incidents and records==
In 1946, Marshall Jacobs, a 37-year-old Ohio resident who was trying to revive the fad, married his fiancée Yolanda Cosmar atop a flagpole with a roost, and a photograph of them kissing gained wide attention. From 1933 to 1963 Richard "Dixie" Blandy claimed various records as champion at 77, 78 and 125 days until he died in 1974 when the pole on which he was sitting collapsed. In 1964 a record of 217 days was set in Gadsden, Alabama by Peggy (Townsend) Clark. From November 1982 to 21 January 1984 (439 days, 11 hours, and 6 minutes), H. David Werder sat on a pole to protest against the price of gasoline. ==See also==
Tree sitting
Stylites
==References==
1920s fads and trends
Asceticism
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Snooker news: Shaun Murphy is back to his best after reaching'very dark place' Shaun Murphy is in fine form going into the English Open (Picture: VCG via Getty Images) Shaun Murphy was "in a very dark place" during his struggles for form last year but has surged back to prominence in style and heads into the English Open as one of the favourites to lift the trophy. The Magician endured one of the worst seasons of his career last time around, failing to win a title and reaching just one final, at the Scottish Open, and one semi-final, at Champion of Champions. The Triple Crown winner was a long way from his superb best and was suffering regular first round defeats, including at the UK Championship, Masters and World Open. However, there were signs of life at the World Championship as he whitewashed Luo Honghao before falling to an excellent Neil Robertson in the last 16, and this season could scarcely have gone much better so far. The 37-year-old reached the final of the International Championship then went one better at the China Championship, edging out Mark Williams 10-9 in a classic final. Murphy picked up £150,000 for his China Championship win (Picture: VCG via Getty Images) It has been a thoroughly impressive recovery for Murphy, who climbed back to number eight in the world with his win in Guangzhou, which was all the sweeter for coming through a tough time professionally and personally. "To some degree playing to the level you would like is an unobtainable desire," Murphy told World Snooker. "It is not just a game to us. Aside from snooker being our passion as players, it is also our primary income stream. It's how I pay for my family going on holidays and having nice things. "When it isn't going well it affects everybody. Then it impacts on my mood. I feel like a failure. I feel I'm not being a good husband and a father. I'm failing to provide. "It is a bit of a downward curve then and then you find yourself spiraling out of control. Before you know it you can be in a very dark place and it is hard to drag yourself out of that and see the light at the end of the tunnel. Fortunately, I feel as if I have done that and things are starting to go well for me." More: Snooker Murphy credits his work with his coach, Chris Henry, and regular practice partner Fergal O'Brien for his return to success in recent weeks after a move to Dublin last year. "I owe Fergal so much," the Englishman continued. "I've learned a lot from him as a professional. I thought I was a hard worker and I thought I was a hard practiser. I asked him if he had any tips or advice about my practice. He said straight away: "Yes, double it." So it was quite frank from the off. He elaborated and we talked about why he felt my practice was ineffective and things I could change. "My coach Chris Henry has also been instrumental. I travelled to Bruges to work with Chris and we found something on the practice table. We were very excited about what we saw and since then it has been an upward curve." Murphy takes on Chinese teenager Chang Bingyu in the first round in Crawley next week as he looks to add another title, and £70,000 to his season's winnings. MORE: Ronnie O'Sullivan's English Open opponent Jamie O'Neill is back on tour after a "four or five year party" MORE: Ronnie O'Sullivan and Judd Trump complete cracking English Open line-up
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No off-wiki information has been acquired here beyond what Mr X has offered themselves ("I am Mr X of Facebook", "Mr X of Facebook is based in Argleton"), and so it's no more than if Mr X on WP had claimed directly to be based in Argleton, then the IP's geolocation reveals the crossover. : Also there's some inconsistency of IPs at SPI. Some CUs won't reveal linking information in order to avoid making such a link. However others simply refuse to look at IPs at all, even keeping the results to themselves, so IPs effectively get a free hand. Andy Dingley (talk)
::Andy Dingley - If the images were uploaded by Mr X himself, and they clearly display or show that he has a non-ambiguous and obvious relationship with Mr X Industries, I would not consider it outing for you to discuss on-wiki what you see in the image and what you believe that it means. This is a case where the user has provided (and hence disclosed) that information themselves, and so long as you're not disclosing or sharing information that you found on your own by using external off-wiki searches, websites, or other means in your comments or statements, I don't see an issue with "calling it as you see it". It's perfectly fine for you to see an image that Mr X uploaded to Commons that shows him wearing a Mr X Industries uniform and posing together with other Mr X Industries employees, and then say in a comment, "hey, this image Mr X uploaded looks to be an image of him wearing a Mr X Industries uniform. He edits that article a lot, and he includes a lot of unsourced and non-neutral content that adds a positive bias to the article's content. I believe that he works for this company and that there's a COI issue with him and this article subject." ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs)
:::My goodness, my ears are burning.- MrX 🖋
::::The gig is up, MrX! You've been able to fly under the radar for a long time, but you put your hand in the cookie jar too many times to not be caught. We know what you're up to, and your tyranny toward everyone while behind the cloak and sword of Mr X Incorporated is over! I'm gonna go blow the lid off the whole conspiracy, and the trails are all going to point to you! I also have evidence that will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton. (I hope people here will get that joke and reference) :-P ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs)
:::::, please retract that statement or I'll have to take you to ANI for casting ASPERSIONS that MrX could be related to Mr C Incorporated or Hillary Clinton. StudiesWorld (talk)
::::::Neverrrr! :-P ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs)
::::::: This makes me think we may need a joke version of ANI, if only for April Fool's Day. StudiesWorld (talk)
::::::::Oh no! I knew my day of reckoning would eventually new material would be a mistake. It would open up the door to users who were properly being sanctioned for disruptive conduct trying to wikilawyer that they were being harassed by administrators and others. == Link to Trust & Safety? Add section on legitimate criticism? ==
Strangely, the word "safety" appears only once on the page as I write, the words "trust" and "support" are both missing from the policy page. Shouldn't we have a link to the T&S anonymous tip jar? I also notice that the root "crit" (criticize, criticism, criteria, critique, etc.) is nowhere to be found on this page. Shouldn't we have something defining legitimate critical inquiry in policy? 🌿 SashiRolls t · c
It is interesting how the elephant in the room is being scrupulously avoided. T&S and ArbCom concur that is not doing a good job dealing with harassment (cf. ArbCom statement). Part of the problem is that there is no explanation of how the line should be drawn between legitimate criticism and harassment. We all agree that calling someone on the telephone after doing opposition research to dig up their phone number, as in the jytdog case, is harassment and not legitimate criticism. But some attempt should be made to define legitimate (i.e. diff-based and easily verifiable) criticism. Why is everyone avoiding the elephant and focusing on an already far too long section on outing?)
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Toulouse - Ariana Grande - WINNER Best Boy Band (Socially Voted Category)
In Real Life
The Vamps Why Don't We Best Solo Breakout (Socially Voted Category) Camila Cabello Harry Styles Liam Payne Louis Tomlinson - WINNER Niall Horan Best Remix (Socially Voted Category) "Bon Appétit" - Katy Perry, Migos and 3LAU "Despacito" - Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber "do re mi" " - blackbear featuring Gucci Mane "Friends" - Justin Bieber and BloodPop with Julia Michaels "Havana" - Camila Cabello and Daddy Yankee "Homemade Dynamite" - Lorde, Khalid, Post Malone and SZA "May I Have This Dance" - Francis & The Lights featuring Chance The Rapper "Mi Gente" - J Balvin and Willy William featuring Beyoncé "Reggaetón Lento" - CNCO and Little Mix Fangirls Award Camila Cabello - WINNER Icon Award
Innovator Award Chance the Rapper - WINNER
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Kasich touts his 18 years on the House Armed Services Committee and a no-negotiation, get-tough attitude. A Kasich administration would achieve its national security goals by focusing on the Reaganesque model of building America's economy to fund increased defense spending. It would also reenergize ties with US allies in the Middle East like Israel and Jordan, statements in the media and on his website say. This would all lead to the reassertion of Western values including democracy and human rights and winning the battle of ideas, according to Kasich. Kasich said late last year that terrorists "pose a challenge that does not lend itself to resolution by negotiation. My view is that there can be no further delay in the concerted, coordinated effort that is required to defend ourselves and our allies and to defeat the terrorist threat," The Washington Post reported. Hillary Clinton "We've got to be absolutely smart and strong and steady in how we respond," Mrs. Clinton told the "Today" show in response to the Brussels attacks. "It's unrealistic to say we're going to completely shut down our borders to everyone," she said, contrasting her position to Trump's. She separates herself from candidates like Trump and Cruz by distinguishing between Islamic extremism and ordinary Muslims, as well as through a more moderate stance on immigration. Clinton's approach involves a balance between hard and soft power. At the University of Minnesota in December, Clinton laid out five points she said were "a 360-degree strategy to keep America safe." It involves: Efforts to prevent groups like ISIS recruiting foreign fighters online. Interrupting foreign training camps and stopping terrorists from entering the US. Disrupting plots before they are carried out. Supporting law enforcement. Working with the Muslim-American community. She wants to eliminate terrorism at its root in an unstable Middle East by supporting regional allies, but she would stop short of putting boots on the ground. She says she would also aim to restore stability countries like Libya and Yemen, presumably in an effort to prevent them becoming havens for terrorists.
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Bellinzona 1998, p. 196 - 210 (in Esperanto). Weferling, Erich: Ek le vive de un oldi interlinguistiker. Braunschweig 1976 (in Intal). Weferling. Erich: Intal. Braunschweig 1964 (in Intal). Weferling, Erich: Komparation inter Esperanto e Intal in kontrapozati tabeles. Braunschweig 1978 (in Intal). Weferling, Erich: Die Plansprache Intal, ein Versuch der Einheitsbildung. Braunschweig 1976 (10th edition) (in German). Weferling, Erich: Standard-Gramatike del international planlingue INTAL. Braunschweig 1978 (28th edition) (in Intal). == External links ==
A short grammar of Intal
The Yahoo-group which contains the main material on Intal by Weferling
A blog in Intal
International auxiliary languages
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No longer so male and stale AT THE end of every summer, the French diplomatic service summons all its ambassadors from around the world to Paris for a week of brainstorming and fine cuisine. Usually, the assembled crowd is monochrome, middle-aged and male. This year, however, it was marked by a shock of silk scarves and coloured jackets: nearly a third of the ambassadorial corps was made up of women, compared to 19% in Britain and 26% in America. Little-noticed outside the foreign-policy world, France has transformed the place of female diplomats. Currently 48 of its ambassadors are women, a record; and women won 29% of all new ambassadorial appointments last year, up from 11% in 2012. "We've now achieved a critical mass," says one of them. "Our presence has gone from remarkable to commonplace." This has not happened without an official push, and decades of frustration for some. A few years ago, a nominations committee queried whether one female candidate had "broad enough shoulders" for a senior foreign post (she still got it). But in 2012 France decided to reserve a share of top public-service appointments for women, with a target of 40% by 2018. The foreign ministry could have notched up the numbers by simply sending women to remote islands and kingdoms. Instead, their ambassadorial postings now include some of the most prestigious (Sylvie Bermann in London; Catherine Colonna in Rome), as well as strategic (Isabelle Dumont in Ukraine; Martine Dorance in Pakistan). Ms Bermann, a fluent Mandarin-speaker, was previously ambassador to Beijing. Does a female ambassador change anything? Besides the pressing linguistic question of whether to call her Madame l'Ambassadrice (favoured by some younger diplomats) or Madame l'Ambassadeur (Ms Bermann's preference, to avoid being taken for an ambassador's wife), the answer may be: not all that much. "Authority has nothing to do with being a man or a woman," declares one female ambassador. Perhaps most importantly, a less male representation projects a less fusty national image at a time when "soft" power counts for ever more. Indeed, feminisation seems to be part of a broader French effort to "renew our global diplomacy for the 21st century," in the words of Laurent Fabius, the foreign minister, whose predecessor but one was a woman, Michèle Alliot-Marie.
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It seems like if you were helping or supporting them. Wikipedia shows neutrallity and is one of the principal rules, if not, the page can be re-written, or deleted. Could you be more specific, please? You're correct that Wikipedia articles are supposed to adhere to NPOV. But in what way is the article non-neutral? Thanks. Paul Erik (talk)(contribs)
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Cops injured during riot at migrant detention centre in eastern Spain Police fired rubber bullets during the riot at an internment centre in Valencia. Archive photo: Josep Lago / AFP Five police officers were hurt during a riot overnight at a detention centre for undocumented migrants in eastern Spain, police said Monday. About 40 migrants fought police at the centre in the Mediterranean port of Valencia late on Sunday and dozens tried to escape, a police spokesman said. "They jostled police, hit them, ripped the keys from one of them and removed the belt from another. Five police officers were lightly injured," he said. About 20 migrants, all of them men, used the keys to reach the roof of the centre and tried to escape using sheets and blankets and threw rocks at police who tried to stop them. Migrants inside the centre smashed furniture and tried to set fire to mattresses, prompting firefighters to intervene. Migrants also threw rocks at the firefighters. Police fired blanks and managed to bring the situation under control at around 1 am, about two hours after the riot started, the spokesman said. The centre, dubbed an Internment Centre for Foreigners or CIE by its Spanish acronym, is one of several used to hold undocumented immigrants while their case is analysed or until they can be deported. The spokesman could not say how many migrants were at the centre at the time of the riot, saying only that it had an occupancy rate of 42 percent. Non-governmental organisation "CIEs NO," which lobbies against holding undocumented migrants in detention centres, said the centre has 150 places. In June the centre blasted living conditions at the centre, especially the lack of toilets inside cells.
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Roberto Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a professional baseball player and a former Major League Baseball right fielder. Clemente was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the youngest of seven children. Clemente played eighteen seasons in Major League Baseball from 1955 to 1972, all with Pittsburgh. He was awarded the National League’s Most Valuable Player Award in 1966. During the course of his career, Clemente was selected to participate in the league's All Star Game on twelve occasions. He won twelve Gold Glove Awards and led the league in scoring during four different seasons. He was involved in charity work both in Puerto Rico and other Latin American countries, often delivering baseball equipment and food to them. He died in an aviation accident on December 31, 1972, while en route to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. His body was never recovered. He was elected to the Hall of Fame posthumously in 1973, thus becoming the first Latin American to be selected and the only current Hall of Famer whose mandatory five year waiting period was waived since it was instituted. (more...)
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FBI records show that in 2018 more than 26 million background checks were conducted, and fewer than 100,000 people failed. The vast majority of those denied were for a criminal conviction. Just over 6,000 were rejected for a mental health issue. Hudson, the now-retired sheriff's deputy who investigated Ator, told the AP he remembers few specifics about dealing with the man in 2001. "He just came across as being a nut who didn't want to take no for an answer," said Hudson, 74. "Obviously he had problems back at that time."
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Olivia Wilde on Celebs and Social Media: Ebola Film Dennis Van Tine - Geisler-Fotopres/AP Olivia Wilde attends the Shorts Program World Pemiere of 'Body Team 12' during the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival at Regal Battery Park 11 on April 19, 2015 in New York City. Olivia Wilde may be best known for her work onscreen in the likes of House and Tron: Legacy. But she's increasingly getting more involved behind the camera, most recently in producing the documentary short Body Team 12. The film, which screened at the Tribeca Film Festival and has a planned release in the fall, is directed by former aid worker David Darg. It depicts the work a Liberian woman named Garmai Sumo, whose work hauling the bodies of the dead during the Ebola crisis is both arduous and emotionally taxing. In the time since, Sumo has moved from burying the dead to feeding the living and is involved in aiding the orphans of Monrovia through her Ebola Orphan Project. "It's a wonderful tale of redemption for Garmai," Darg says. The film upsets and overwhelms with scenes of Sumo facing angry families even as she places herself at grave risk, but the film provides viewers uplift in the form of a fairly direct way to support Sumo's work today. It emerged from Darg's aid work in Liberia; he embedded with a body team along with journalists from the Washington Post and China's CCTV. Wilde came in at a later stage of production; Darg and producer Bryn Mooser "approached me about coming on as an executive producer, and I wanted to help in any way I could to facilitate the process and help people see it." That's a role with which Wilde has grown more and more comfortable. The actress joined Twitter in an attempt to raise money after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. "That's ancient history now," she said, "and I've embraced it for both valuable causes and complete bulls -." Wilde, who in recent bookings on TV has brought Darg and Mooser along to speak authoritatively about Ebola, is on the forefront of celebrities who've embraced the power of celebrity to draw attention to causes, even if it erodes mystique. "I think a lot of celebrities are coming around to the idea that Twitter and the Internet in all ways is not necessarily as representative of defeat as it was once seen," she says. "When Twitter started, I think a lot of celebrities thought, "This is the ultimate betrayal of privacy, blah blah blah" - that it would ruin all sense of separation between people and celebrities." Instead, though, stars who use social media to promote causes are widely lauded, a change that Wilde pegs to broader societal indulgence of a life online. "It used to be very separated, and there was this sense of maintaining the illusion, and that an actor had to be anonymous so people would believe you in character. But I think the nature of society has changed and it's happened for everyone, not just celebrities. People share more, and people expect to be shared with. There's just a sense of acceptance of a more complex and dynamic life, a more varied personality." The one risk, perhaps, is Wilde's believability as an actress given how out-front she is as a public persona. She's unbothered: "Maybe there's someone who won't buy me because they've seen me speaking about Ebola on the Today show. Who knows? But that would seem very rigid to me."
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The Kourkouas or Curcuas (Κουρκούας, from Գուրգեն, Gurgen) family was one of the many nakharar families from Armenia that migrated to the Byzantine Empire during the period of Arab rule over Armenia (7th–9th centuries). They rose to prominence as part of the Anatolian military aristocracy in the 10th century, providing several high-ranking generals and an emperor. They intermarried extensively with the aristocratic families of Phokas and Skleros. In the 11th and 12th centuries, they shifted to the civilian bureaucracy. == Famous members ==
John Kourkouas, Domestic of the Hikanatoi regiment and conspirator against Basil I
John Kourkouas, grandson of the above, Domestic of the Schools of the East and famous general under Romanos I Lekapenos
Theophilos Kourkouas, brother of John, strategos of Chaldia and later Domestic of the Schools
Romanos Kourkouas, son of John Kourkouas and Domestic of the Schools of the West
John Kourkouas, son of Romanos, Domestic of the Schools of the East, killed in the Siege of Dorostolon
John I Tzimiskes (c. 925–976), grandson of Theophilos Kourkouas, Byzantine Emperor in 969–976
John Kourkouas, Catepan of Italy in 1008–1010
Gregory Kourkouas, doux of Philippopolis in 1089–1091
Michael II Kourkouas, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 1143–1146. == Sources ==
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Shyama was an Indian actress of Malayalam movies. She was one of the prominent lead and supporting actress of Malayalam and Tamil movies during 1990s. She came into movie industry as a child artist and later started doing lead roles and supporting roles. ==Death==
She died of gas cylinder explosion at her home in 1993. She was a distant relative of Parvathy Jayaram. ==Filmography==
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Actresses from Thiruvananthapuram
Actresses in Malayalam cinema
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Zealot eurosceptic MPs abuse anyone who disagrees with them, Ken Clarke says Britain's political discourse has been poisoned by paranoid eurosceptic "zealots" who abuse anyone they suspsect of wanting to stay in the EU, a former Cabinet minister has said. Ken Clarke criticised the "hardline core" of eurosceptics "in the House of Commons and in the press," who he said believed an establishment conspiracy was out to get them. His comments come after Britain's ambassador to the EU quit, warning of "muddled thinking" in the Government's approach to Brexit. Sir Ivan Rogers, who previously worked with Mr Clarke early in his career, left due to the approach eurosceptics were taking, the Conservative politician said. "There's a hardline core of eurosceptics, not the generality of eurosceptics, who are perfectly pleasant, intelligent people, but the real zealots in the House of Commons and in the press, who just turn to abuse of anybody who seems to faintly disagree with their very hardline, hard Brexit view and who believe there are great establishment conspiracies against them. This is all nonsense," he told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show. "To turn everything into personal abuse when anyone seems faintly to disagree with our new zealot crusade to leave the continent of Europe is rather an unfortunate feature of our post-Brexit politics that I hope we soon lose." This week the senior civil servants" union the FDA warned that some politicians had been subjecting the civil service to a "stream of ill-informed criticism." It emerged on Saturday that Sir Ivan had totally quit the civil service after stepping down from his role working for the Government in Brussels. Brexit Concerns
British Prime Minister Theresa May Getty
Lead campaigner Gina Miller and her team outside the High Court Getty
Raymond McCord holds up his newly issued Irish passport alongside his British passport outside the High Court in Belfast following a judges dismissal of the UK's first legal challenges to Brexit PA wire
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood leaving the High Court in Belfast following a judges dismissal of the UK's first legal challenges to Brexit PA wire
Migrants with luggage walk past a graffiti on a wall as they leave the 'Jungle' migrant camp, as part of a major three-day operation planned to clear the camp in Calais Getty
Migrants leave messages on their tents in the Jungle migrant camp Getty
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (Adra) which distributes approximately 700 meals daily in the northern Paris camp states that it is noticing a spike in new migrant arrivals this week, potentially linked the the Calais 'jungle' camp closure - with around 1000 meals distributed today Migrant workers pick apples at Stocks Farm in Suckley, Britain Reuters
Many farmers across the country are voicing concerns that Brexit could be a dangerous step into the unknown for the farming industry Getty
Bank of England governor Mark Carney who said the long-term outlook for the UK economy is positive, but growth was slowing in the wake of the Brexit vote The Dow Jones industrial average closed down over 600 points on the news with markets around the globe pluninging Getty
Immigration officers deal with each member of the public seeking entry into the United Kingdom but on average, 10 a day are refused entry at this London airport and between 2008 and 2009, 33,100 people were detained at the airport for mainly passport irregularities Getty
A number of global investment giants have threatened to move their European operations out of London if Brexit proves to have a negative impact on their businesses Getty
Following the possibility of a Brexit the UK would be released from its renewable energy targets under the EU Renewable Energy Directive and from EU state aid restrictions, potentially giving the government more freedom both in the design and phasing out of renewable energy support regimes Getty
A woman looking at a chart showing the drop in the pound (Sterling) against the US Dollar in London after Britain voted to leave the EU Getty
Young protesters outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, to protest against the United Kingdom's decision to leave the EU following the referendum Getty
Applications from Northern Ireland citizens for Irish Passports has soared to a record high after the UK Voted in favour of Leaving the EU Getty
NFU Vice President Minette Batters with Secretary of State, Andrea Leadsome at the National Farmers Union (NFU) took machinery, produce, farmers and staff to Westminster to encourage Members of Parliament to back British farming, post Brexit Getty
The latest reports released by the UK Cabinet Office warn that expats would lose a range of specific rights to live, to work and to access pensions, healthcare and public services. The same reports added that UK citizens abroad would not be able to assume that these rights will be guaranteed in the future Getty
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The commute from Hamden is long, but the timing was right. By then, Mr. Harun wanted to spend as much time in New York with Ms. Gul and her family as possible. Mr. Harun and Ms. Gul talk reservedly about meeting on Muzmatch. "At no point during the process of getting to know each other did we call what we were doing "dating,"" Mr. Harun said. "The process of meeting and falling in love that you might describe as dating was different for us. We had the intention all along of finding the person we wanted to marry." This was why, when they decided to meet in New York on July 28, 2018, Ms. Gul wanted to make sure she and Mr. Harun both left feeling the other was spouse material. "I remember thinking, O.K., he's traveling all the way from Connecticut," she said. "I need to make it special." By then, though, they were already spending hours talking on the phone. Though Mr. Harun had visited New York several times, he was game to play tourist. When she asked what he would like to see, he sent her a picture. The Brooklyn Bridge was the backdrop. "It was Dumbo, an area everyone flocks to," Ms. Gul said. She arranged a meeting at Brooklyn Bridge Park, which afforded a view similar to the picture. There, they sat and talked. And fell in love. "I get emotional just thinking about it," Ms. Gul said. "He literally was my long-lost best friend. We talked about everything, from Kanye West to deeply intellectual things. The conversation just kept flowing." Still, a kiss or hug goodbye was not in the offing for religious reasons: "According to Islam, any form of touching, kissing, holding hands or any sexual intimacy at all is reserved for marriage," she said. Ms. Gul met Mr. Harun's parents soon after on the family's annual apple-picking excursion. She had never been to Connecticut. "I had my first apple cider, my first apple cider doughnut," she said. "And I got to connect with his family through this very cherished family tradition." Ms. Gul introduced Mr. Harun to her family around the same time. "I met a whole boardroom of people just sitting in her living room," he said. "And they were so welcoming, even though I knew through the whole thing that having someone come and meet your daughter is a very big deal." By the time Mr. Harun started commuting from Hamden to the MSNBC offices, he was visiting Ms. Gul and her family regularly. Typical get-togethers included trying out New York restaurants Ms. Gul discovered on Instagram and hanging out in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The fact that they would one day marry was a forgone conclusion. And, according to Ms. Gul's youngest sister, Faiza Masood, the happy outcome of an ideal courtship. "Rabiah and Marcus are similar in so many ways," Ms. Masood said. "They're both so passionate about what they do, and they're both funny and independent." Mr. Harun's marriage proposal was a reflection of their personalities. "There was a little bit less pressure than some people might have because we were both interested in pursuing marriage," he said, "but I wanted to make it special." With the help of Rumanoff's Fine Jewelry, in Hamden, he designed a platinum ring showcasing a family diamond given to him by his mother. Then, on June 30, he drove to Queens for what Ms. Gul thought would be a typical get-together. Her first clue it was anything but came when they walked to get icees. The vendor handed her an envelope; Mr. Harun had arranged a scavenger hunt that brought the couple to half a dozen of their favorite spots around Brooklyn and Queens. "I had gone around to all these places and shown them a picture of Rabiah and said, "When she orders, hand her this envelope."" Each envelope had a clue leading to the next location. The hunt ended where their in-person courtship began, at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Mr. Harun had a professional photographer waiting, as well as his family and Ms. Gul's family. With the bridge as a backdrop, he got down on one knee and asked Ms. Gul to marry him. Her yes, despite its inevitability, was an over-the-moon one. "Just the fact that he executed it in such a thoughtful, attentive way," she said. "I was overwhelmed."
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Hi, Bananaman1137, what do you need help with? == Seth ==
Stop screwing around with multiple accounts. Ryan Postlethwaite
And, I've blocked this account indef, Seth - you're very lucky you're not getting blocked as well. Ryan Postlethwaite
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Saved By The Bell's Mr Belding finally graduates Hey, hey hey, hey! What's going on here? Looks like Saved By the Bell's Dennis Haskins has graduated from college at age 65, having famously portrayed the principal of Bayside High School, Mr. Richard Belding. The actor left his studies at the University of Tennesse at Chattanooga incomplete when his acting career took off; he's only now returned to earn his degree in theatre and graduate from the institution. The university also rewarded the actor with an honorary degree, though he apparently won't be taking it home as it's no longer necessary for the official graduate. He recalled in a statement how, "As successful as some have said I've been, from the incredible success of Saved by the Bell, other quality acting roles, the books I've written, and even UTC Distinguished Alumni in 2000, there's always been something missing for me - my college degree. For reasons long past, I left just short of my liberal arts degree in theater. Over the years I've thought about and even pursued finishing that degree. Now, with the forward thinking policies of this great university that I love so much that have benefited many other graduates, I join these graduates in holding my head high having earned my liberal arts degree in theater from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga! Go Chattanooga! And Go Mocs!" Saved By The Bell then and now Saved By The Bell then and now 1/7 Then Elizabeth Berkley, Lark Voorhies, Mario Lopez, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Dustin Diamond, bottom, and Mark-Paul Gosselaar in "Saved By The Bell" Rex 2/7 Then Dustin Diamond as Screech in Saved By The Bell NBC Productions 3/7 Now Jimmy Fallon with Zach, Jessie and Slater from Saved by the Bell in 2015 4/7 Now Jimmy Fallon with Zach from Saved by the Bell in 2015 5/7 Now Jessie from Saved by the Bell in 2015 6/7 Now Jimmy Fallon with Zach, Kelly, Jessie and Slater from Saved by the Bell in 2015 7/7 Now Haskin's character was partially so beloved because he formed a constant presence throughout all the series' iterations, both as a regular on Saved by the Bell: The New Class, and in his guest appearance on the "A Thanksgiving Story" episode of Saved by the Bell: The College Years. Indeed, he's the only character to remain from the beginning to the end of the franchise apart from Screech, a character who appeared to have some difficultly leaving Bayside (and likely the best years of his life), behind. The actor posted a number of shots from the ceremony on his Instagram page, with the university's mascot filming the moment he receives his degree and the Saved by the Bell theme tune is blasted over the speakers. Congratulations, Mr. Belding!
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Box Office Time Machine: No. 1 films from 10, 20 and 30 years ago Welcome to the Movies Now box office time machine. With "Goosebumps" overtaking "The Martian" for this weekend's box office supremacy, we look at the No. 1 films from 10, 20 and 30 years ago. Click a film's title to read The Times review: 2005 -- "Doom," adapted from the popular video game, debuted atop the chart with $15.5 million ($18.9 million in 2015 dollars). Directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak and starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, the movie faded quickly, generating only $28.2 million during its entire domestic run. "Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story," a family drama for horse lovers starring Kurt Russell and Dakota Fanning, ran second with $11.2 million. Tops in per-screen-average was the May/December romance "Shopgirl," pairing Steve Martin and a post-"My So Called Life"/pre-"Homeland" Claire Danes. Adapted from Martin's novella and directed by Anand Tucker, the film underwhelmed critics (61% RT) and grossed only $10 million overall. SIGN UP for the free Classic Hollywood newsletter >> 1995 -- "Get Shorty" was the weekend's top-grossing film at $12.7 million ($19.8 million in 2015 dollars), dethroning David Fincher's "Seven," which enjoyed a five-week run at No. 1. "Shorty," an Elmore Leonard adaptation directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and starring John Travolta, also netted the highest per-screen average. The coming-of-age film "Now and Then," starring Christina Ricci and Demi Moore, opened in second place with $7.4 million. "Now" was directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, whose long, distinguished career in television includes earning Emmy nominations for directing episodes of "Mad Men" and "Homeland." Follow Classic Hollywood on Facebook 1985 -- Arnold Schwarzenegger and "Commando" stormed to a third straight week atop the chart with $4.2 million ($9.3 million in 2015 dollars), holding off the Jeff Bridges-Glenn Close thriller "Jagged Edge." No new films cracked the top 10. The sci-fi drama "The Quiet Earth," starring Bruno Lawrence and directed by Geoff Murphy, who later directed "Young Guns II," "Freejack" and "Under Seige 2: Dark Territory," led the per-screen average. All figures are from boxofficemojo.com.
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It's time to face the facts about our digital world For me, the tech stories of 2017 turned out not to be really tech stories at all. Mostly they were about politics, as the non-tech world woke up to the fact that this digital stuff really affected them. As, for example, when they realised that for a mere $30,000 the Russians could beam subtle political messages to as many as 126 million US voters in an election year without anyone (including Facebook) apparently noticing. Or when big consumer brands suddenly realised that it wasn't a good idea to have their ads running on YouTube alongside beheading or white supremacist videos. Or when parents woke up to the fact that not everything running on the YouTube Kids channel was wholesome or harmless. That people were so surprised by these discoveries suggests that the perceptual time lag between technological change and public awareness is longer than we had supposed. The internet, after all, is more than four decades old. For the first 20 years of its existence, cyberspace and the physical world were parallel universes. One was a virtual space with no crime, warfare, violence, politics, espionage or government regulation; the other was exactly the opposite. But from about 1993 onwards (when the web began to take off) things changed, and the two universes merged to produce the networked world we now inhabit - a place where it no longer makes sense to distinguish between offline and online activity. It's all just stuff that happens. The technical has become social. Given that, we would expect to see new kinds of literature emerging, composed not by techies celebrating the wonders of digital technology but by writers puzzled or disturbed by what it's doing to society, or by people who are on the receiving end of the disruption. We need something like Humphrey Jennings's wonderful compendium Pandaemonium: The Coming of the Machine as Seen by Contemporary Observers, 1660-1885, which gave us such a vivid impression of how people experienced the first industrial revolution. Two marvellous essays appeared this year that suggest promising stirrings in our own literary undergrowth Two marvellous essays appeared this year that suggest promising stirrings in our own literary undergrowth. Both are by workers in the so-called gig economy. Jaime Christley is an Uber driver in New York and his A Day in the Uber Life provides a riveting insight into what it's like to be managed by an algorithm in a merciless world. He's a former yellow cab driver who switched to Uber, and his account of the coming of the Silicon Valley barbarians has echoes of Tom Wolfe and Hunter S Thompson in their heydays. "Management panicked because we were all independents, and could walk away with absolutely no advance notice. Handmade signs and photocopied news articles, taped up by the management, started to appear around the office and waiting areas, bad-mouthing Uber for unfair practices. The morning dispatcher who glared at you every day, just for living, suddenly was all smiles, cracking jokes. You started getting newer cars with low miles, not the junkers that had fun features like ripped seat belts and trunks that don't open. There were two or three other employees around the garage, hard guys from the bad old days who'd rather be framed for murder than treat hacks with an iota of human respect. Because they wouldn't change their ways, well, one day you noticed you hadn't seen so-and-so for a couple of weeks. They vanished like political dissidents under an authoritarian regime." The other writer, Sam Riches, is a bike courier in Toronto working for a Deliveroo-type algorithm. Like Christley, he writes taut conversational prose in which the humiliation of gig employment hisses like a firehose forced through a very narrow aperture. Here he is, for example, in What Being a Bike Courier Taught Me About Our Broken Economy: "I wonder what happens when someone orders a pizza. A pizza won't fit in the delivery bag. I figure there has to be something in the algorithm, something built into the app, that funnels pizza orders to those with vehicles. Then I get a call. It's a pizza delivery. At the restaurant, a server hands me two bags of food and a cartoonishly large pizza box. "I'll let you figure that out," he says. "I push my bike along the busy sidewalk, trying to get back on to the road. I keep the pizza balanced across my handlebars. An older woman glares at me and shakes her head and clicks her tongue, tsk-tsking. I'm trying. I want to tell her, I'm trying." We need more of this, more challenges to the Orwellian cant of an industry in which renting out your spare bedroom makes you a part of the "sharing economy," intrusive messages are described as "reaching out," and humans getting paid two cents a time for vetting possibly pornographic images are called "Mechanical Turks."
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Biggest role yet for big brother Jarrod Lawrence as he looks after orphaned siblings Blake and Dylan Blake, Jarrod and Dylan Lawrence's lives changed when they lost both their parents but they managed to stay together after Jarrod stepped in as guardian. Picture: Sam Ruttyn Source: News Corp Australia THEIR parents" deaths meant one orphan became carer for his younger siblings but the Lawrence brothers - whose tragic plight touched the hearts of a nation - are closer than ever. THERE they were, the pair of them, sprawled out on the couch, PlayStation control in their paws, FIFA's robotic commentary booming through the speakers, house strewn with clothes and junk, dinner plates caked with last night's beef stroganoff scattered on the bench. And in walks older brother Jarrod Lawrence, interrupting this picture of teenage normality. He is speechless. But not in the classic calm-before-the-storm speechless; that flabbergasted type of speechless. He just doesn't know what to say. Because he just doesn't know who to be. A father figure? That weighty mantle the well-meaning world had thrust on his brave shoulders? Or the brother that he is, and always has been, and always will be? This is the equation that has bugged the 20-year-old for an entire year, ever since life threw a formidable blow with its left, and followed it up with a cruel knock-out punch with its right - the untimely death of his dad Chris in 2008, and the aneurysm that claimed his mum Natalie last year.
And suddenly Jarrod Lawrence, the boy who hadn't even seen a university lecture room yet, was not only an orphan, but the responsible adult in this Wattle Grove household, with two younger brothers looking at him for guidance and help. So young Jarrod bit his tongue that day, and called a family meeting. the Lawrence brothers (from left) - Blake, Jarrod and Dylan - follow a roster to share in household chores. Picture: Sam Ruttyn Source: News Corp Australia With Blake, 17, and Dylan, 15, propped up against the breakfast bar, he posed that question that had been his constant, nagging monologue. "I sort of asked them if they wanted me as a more of a parental role or as more of a brother role," Jarrod recalls. "Discipline them as a parent would or be more of a brother. They both chose brother, understandably. That sort of brought us closer again. "There was a lot of tension and stress when I was constantly telling them "why aren't your jobs done, why isn't your homework done." Natalie and Chris Lawrence, pictured on their wedding day, are sorely missed by their sons. Source: Supplied "I felt like I had to punish them and be more of a parent. But once I found out they'd rather have a brother instead of a parent, I knew I didn't have to drive them to what I thought was right. "Now we help each other out if there is anything that needs to be done." Blake, naturally shy, wants to make an important point here. It is not that he didn't want to be parented. "I just don't think he should have that responsibility at such a young age. He should be having fun as well, and enjoying his life," he said. Brotherly love is a four-column roster affixed to the fridge, dividing up the household chores. It is sacrificing a shift at work to drive your brother to the specialist. It is complimenting each other's cooking when a food critic would hurl his napkin in disgust. It is willing your brother to be himself, and sharing his burden. Brotherly love is progressing. Together. Not pulling, dragging, coercing. The Lawrence brothers have it nailed. And out of the deepest pain and grief, from the belly of unimaginable trials and helplessness, comes forth three boys, grounded, respectful and focused on betterment, who would make their parents immensely proud. "It's been a rollercoaster. From everyone knowing who we are and what we are doing every second of the day, to having that really settle down and allow us to mourn. We are back to being just teenage boys,"" said Jarrod, a first-year university student gunning to be a primary school teacher. "We are getting good at this now."" This family thing. "We are very proud of him. He's definitely stepped up. He's now one of the people that I look up to." The roster is closely followed.
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Graffiti artist Bagsy targets supermarket bags for life Image copyright Bagsy Image caption The image of Leanne Wood drawn by Bagsy on a carrier bag has been 'liked' by the Plaid Cymru leader on Twitter A graffiti artist with an ethical conscience has been leaving their mark on bags for life in supermarkets. The anonymous artist, who uses the name Bagsy, has been operating in the Rhondda Valley for three weeks. The ballpoint pen images include Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood and 19th Century mine-owner Archibald Hood. The artist, who has not revealed their gender, said: "Bagsy considers itself to be an alternative tourism campaign for the Rhondda Valley." Bagsy, whose signature bears a resemblance to that of anonymous street artist Banksy, said they were "inspired" by his notoriety but wanted to offer "an accessible alternative." Image copyright Bagsy Image caption 19th Century mine-owner Archibald Hood features on another of the bags They said: "Bags for life will be dropped at supermarkets around the Rhondda area, bags will be specific to that supermarket and thus offering a suitable camouflage. "Anyone that finds a bag, may need to repurchase in order to obtain but they also may be found in the supermarket grounds and would then be free to all." There are currently about 10 bags in circulation, which Bagsy said were "illustrated with unique bespoke designs which are hand drawn with Biro, the forgotten craft." Image copyright Bagsy Image caption The Our Lady of Penrhys statue is also one of Bagsy's illustrations Image copyright Bagsy Image caption The Rhondda Tunnel Society tweeted that this railway tunnel entrance "looks familiar" Image copyright Bagsy Image caption Activities like gambo racing also feature on the carrier bags They said: "Scenes are inspired by the Rhondda valleys and are selected purely for their recognisability. I want to promote the area as graffiti shouldn't create an eyesore. "We accept these bags for life and the supermarkets which adorn the locations of coal mines of days gone by. Let's just make them a little more personal." They said: "Bagsy will continue as long as people keep liking. There is room for expansion to other areas but, at the moment, there is no place like home. "I hope people will love them as much as Bagsy enjoys making them." Image copyright Bagsy Image caption Image of a sheep drawn by Bagsy on a carrier bag Image copyright Bagsy Image caption Image of a girl holding a lamb drawn by Bagsy on a carrier bag
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Lives and homes under threat from Donnybrook blaze Date December 28, 2015 - 4:55PM 57 reading now
Read later A bushfire is threatening lives and homes near Donnybrook. Photo: @DonnybrookPolice Lives and homes are under threat from an out-of-control bushfire burning in Western Australia's South West region. The Department of Fire and Emergency Services has issued a watch and act alert for people on Morgan Road, Bentley Road and at Meldene Estate on Marginata Drive, west of Donnybrook. The Department of Fire and Emergency Services says spot fires are starting up to 100 metres ahead of the blaze and burning embers are likely to be blown around homes. The cause of the fire is suspicious. Advertisement For more details visit the DFES website,call 13 DFES (13 3337), or follow DFES on Twitter.
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Reigning champions light up SpaceX Hyperloop pod competition with record speeds, New Atlas
WARR Hyperloop pod hits 284 mph to win SpaceX competition : A hyperloop hat trick by the German team, The Verge. SpaceX hyperloop pod competition winner breaks speed record,TechCrunch
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'I Used to Be Called Captain Chainsaw. Now I Am Nero, Setting the Amazon Aflame' There has been a record number of fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest this year, according to data collected by the country's National Institute for Space Research (INPE). The figures show an 83 percent increase in comparison to the same period in 2018, representing the highest number of blazes since the agency began collecting such data in 2013, Reuters reported. Between January and August this year, INPE reported more than 72,000 fires, comfortably more than the roughly 40,000 that were recorded in the entirety of 2018. Since last Thursday alone, INPE said it had recorded nearly 10,000 new forest fires in Brazil, most of which were located within the Amazon Basin. The latest figures come as concern grows over the apparent lack of concern shown by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his administration with regards to the destruction of the largest tropical rainforest in the world. The Amazon plays a key role in mitigating the effects of global warming, absorbing vast amounts of carbon from the atmosphere. According to the data, the most forest fires this year, as of August 2, occurred in the state of Mato Grosso where a total of 8,799 blazes were reported - an increase of 39 percent from 2018, Euronews reported. The number of fires has also spiked in the state of Pará. In the past weeks, significant fires have ravaged the Brazilian state of Rondônia - located on the border with Bolivia. These, along with others in the region, created dense plumes of smoke that spread far across the state and beyond, endangering the health of people living in the area and the lives of animals, Painel Politico reported. Two weeks ago, the state of Amazonas in the northwest of the country declared a state of emergency in response to an increase in the number of fires there. The scale of the recent fires in the Amazon region was highlighted by NASA researcher Santiago Gassó who said on August 13 they had created a smoke layer covering an area of approximately 1.2 million square miles. Some meteorologists have even suggested that the fires in Rondônia - and indeed other areas - may have been partly responsible for blotting out the sun in the city of São Paulo on Monday afternoon, which lies more than 1,500 miles away from the state, the BBC reported. "The smoke did not come from fires from the state of São Paulo, but from very dense and wide fires that have been going on for several days in Rondônia and Bolivia. The cold front changed the direction of the winds and transported this smoke to São Paulo," Josélia Pegorim, a meteorologist from Climatempo, told Globo. "Here in the Greater São Paulo region we had the combination of this excess humidity with the smoke, so it gave this appearance in the sky." Fire is used in the Amazon as a technique to clear land for agricultural use, in what is one of the main causes of illegal deforestation. Now it is the dry season in the region, which means the fires can spread. According to INPE, the fires are largely the result of human activities, not natural phenomena. "There is nothing abnormal about the climate this year or the rainfall in the Amazon region, which is just a little below average," Alberto Setzer from INPE told Reuters. "The dry season creates the favorable conditions for the use and spread of fire, but starting a fire is the work of humans, either deliberately or by accident." President Bolsonaro dismissed a question regarding the spread of the fires in the Amazon at a press conference saying, "I used to be called Captain Chainsaw. Now I am Nero, setting the Amazon aflame. But it is the season of the queimada," referencing the time of year when farmers use fire to clear land. Last month, Bolsonaro criticized data collected by INPE, which indicated that there has been a significant rise in deforestation rates recently. Notably, the figures showed that in July this year, deforestation had increased nearly 300 percent in comparison to the same month in 2018. The president accused the agency of making up "lies" that could hurt the country's trade talks and subsequently fired its chief, replacing him with a military official.
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Clippers recover from slow start to defeat the Magic for 11th consecutive time "It was definitely a tough start for us, myself included, but one thing my teammates kept telling me was keep getting to your spots, your shots are going to fall," said Harris, who added nine rebounds and only one turnover in 35 minutes. "Get downhill and create some plays. That's what we were able to do."
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Joseph M. Connolly was an American police detective and politician who represented the 5th Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1983 to 1991. ==References==
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How family-friendly Sweden opens up art and culture to all ages Sweden's family-friendly approach makes it easy to enjoy culture and history while still keeping the kids engaged, writes Victoria Martínez in her monthly family column on The Local. There was a time when I thought that the incredibly diverse and enriching range of cultural, historical, intellectual, and physical experiences my parents provided me as a child had set the bar quite high. Perhaps so high that I would struggle as a parent to reach it. I also worried the traditionally non-kid-friendly cultural and historical activities my husband and I enjoyed so much would be off-limits to us until our children were older. That was before we moved to Sweden. It's not just that there is an incredible variety of kid-centered activities in this country. It's that places where kids would typically be bored to tears or where other adults might want to strangle parents who bring children are incredibly kid-friendly. I'm talking about art museums, outdoor museums, nature reserves, historical sites like castles, palaces and churches, and even coffee shops. Although I freely admit that we are the kind of parents who would probably take our kids to these places anyway, it is a blessing for ourselves and everyone else that they almost always have something to keep the children occupied and happy. When we're not stressed about keeping our children on their best behavior, we can also relax and enjoy ourselves. People around us may not realize it, but this fleeting state of family harmony benefits them, too (something they would discover if it suddenly went the opposite way). Everyone wins! Our slightly obsessive interest in visiting as many of the plethora of historic churches in Småland, for instance, has been facilitated by the fact that they all have a kids" play area and/or are located next to or nearby a playground. Afterwards, we can stop for fika at a coffee shop while the kids entertain themselves in what is often a well-appointed play area. Meanwhile, nobody bats an eyelash. As we were planning our summer holiday activities, we had read about places being kid-friendly. In all cases, what we encountered went far beyond our expectations. They were so kid-friendly, in fact, that I don't know who was more excited - the kids or my husband and me. From mock sword-fighting and jousting in a castle courtyard to wardrobes full of historical costumes to wear at will. Where were these activities when I was growing up? Even the hotels we stayed in had play areas for the kids, usually placed conveniently close to sofas for the adults to relax and enjoy a drink from the hotel bar. When I was a kid and my parents wanted to enjoy a drink, I had to nurse a Shirley Temple kids' cocktail and remain on my best behavior while amusing myself with nothing more than a miniature paper umbrella and an orange rind. Any fears I might have had that the fun would end with the summer was eliminated when we made our first trip as a family to a Swedish art museum. Entering through the gift shop, I found myself in the unusual situation of being able to leisurely browse the books while my husband oversaw our children as they played with the toys and puzzles set out for that purpose. And guess what? We never had to worry about the children playing with things they weren't supposed to be playing with. A pint-sized suit of armour at a Swedish castle. Photo: Victoria Martinez Inside the museum itself, we were all able to play. Old telephones, typewriters and games kept us all busy - the children figuring out what on earth these strange devices were, and my husband and I reliving our own childhoods. It wasn't until we entered an exhibit of fine art that I even had to loud-whisper the phrase echoed down through generations of parents: "NO TOUCHING," But then at the end of each exhibit was a play area for the kids. This rotation served us well for an entire afternoon and we all left feeling satisfied and happy. Have I mentioned the playgrounds in Sweden? I realized recently that our 3-year-old son says, "That's awesome!" a lot. I suspect it's because of all the times I have said just that when we've discovered a new playground. And there really are some truly awesome playgrounds in Sweden. So awesome, in fact, that whenever decently possible, I take up my kids' invitations of, "Come on, Mommy. You try it!." Don't mind if I do. An impressive playground in Sweden. Photo: Victoria Martinez
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====Commerce Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause====
On the issue of whether the individual mandate fell within the powers allotted to Congress under the Commerce Clause and Necessary and Proper Clause, no single opinion was joined by a majority of the Court. However, a majority of the Justices were of the opinion that the individual mandate did not fall under these powers. Chief Justice Roberts would have held that the individual mandate lay outside Congress's Commerce and Necessary and Proper Clause powers, distinguishing the mandate from the federal prohibition on marijuana cultivation and possession upheld in Gonzales v. Raich in part on the ground that the latter regulated economic activity, while the individual mandate penalizes economic inactivity. Justices Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito would have held that the individual mandate was unconstitutional, for similar reasons. Justice Ginsburg, joined by Justices Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan, would have held that the individual mandate lay within Congress's Commerce Clause and Necessary and Proper Clause powers. === Chief Justice Roberts' opinion ===
Chief Justice Roberts, writing only for himself, would have held that Congress's power to "regulate Commerce" (the "Commerce Clause" Art. I, §8, cl. 3) does not extend to the regulation of economic inactivity. A similar argument was made by the joint dissent, although the dissenters did not join this section (or any section) of the Chief Justice's opinion. Thus a majority of the justices held that the individual mandate did not fall within Congress's powers under the Commerce Clause. Regarding the argument that the mandate penalizes or taxes "inactivity", Roberts wrote:
Further, five Justices including Roberts would have held that the individual mandate was unsupported by the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. I, §8, cl. 18). The Court narrowed the Medicaid penalty provision by ruling that the federal government could not withhold existing Medicaid funding from states that choose not to participate the Act's extension of the Medicaid program. Justices Roberts, Breyer, and Kagan concluded that punishing states for failure to comply in the Medicaid expansion by withholding existing Medicaid funding (42 U.S.C. §1396c) is unconstitutional. Roberts noted " constitutional violation is fully remedied by precluding from applying §1396c to withdraw existing Medicaid funds for failure to comply with the requirements set out the expansion", leaving the other provisions of the ACA unaffected. Chief Justice Roberts concluded:
===Justice Ginsburg's concurrence/dissent===
Justice Ginsburg concurred in the judgment in part and dissented in part. Joined by Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, she would have upheld the individual mandate under the Commerce Clause and Necessary and Proper Clause:
Further, joined only by Sotomayor, she dissented on striking down the Medicaid expansion penalty, arguing that it was within Congress's power under the Spending Clause:
Ginsburg's dissent went on to highlight the implications of the majority's finding that the federal government's threat of taking away existing funding from states unwilling to implement Medicaid expansion left states with no "legitimate choice". ===Joint dissent===
Justices Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito joined an unsigned dissent that argued the individual mandate was unconstitutional because it represented an attempt by Congress to regulate beyond its power under the Commerce Clause. Further, they argued that reclassifying the Individual Mandate as a tax rather than a penalty in order to sustain its constitutionality was not to interpret the statute but to rewrite it, which they deemed a troubling exercise of judicial power:
The dissent also disputed Justice Ginsburg's claim that the court's opinion failed "to explain why the individual mandate threatens our constitutional order":
Finally, the joint dissent argued that since the ACA exceeded its constitutional powers in both compelling the purchase of health insurance and in denying non-consenting States Medicaid funding, the whole statute should have been deemed inoperative because the two parts were central to the statute's design and operation. The joint dissent mentioned that "the Constitution requires tax increases to originate in the House of Representatives" per the Origination Clause, though that issue was not addressed by the majority opinion. ===Justice Thomas's dissent===
In a one-paragraph dissent, Justice Thomas emphasized his long-held belief that the Supreme Court's precedents have broadened Congress's powers under the Commerce Clause in a manner "inconsistent with the original understanding of Congress's powers and with this Court's early Commerce Clause cases". Thomas wrote that he agreed with Roberts' interpretation of precedents allowing Congress to use the Commerce Clause to regulate "the channels of interstate commerce" and the "persons or things in interstate commerce" and disallowing the regulation of commercial inactivity.
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Zombie Factories Stalk the Sputtering Chinese Economy Miao Leijie loses money on each ton of cement his company produces. But stopping production is not an option. When the plant opened in 2011 to supply the real estate and infrastructure industries in the northern Chinese city of Changzhi, the company raised most of the initial money from banks. Now, Mr. Miao, the factory's general director, needs to keep churning out cement simply so the company can pay the interest on its loans. It will be tough for the business, Lucheng Zhuoyue Cement Plant, to get out of the hole. Customers and investments are drying up, and the company is borrowing even more money to stay afloat. "If we ceased production, the losses would be crushing," Mr. Miao said, as he chain-smoked in the company's quiet, spartan office. "We are working for the bank." Changzhi and its environs are littered with half-dead cement factories and silent, mothballed plants, an eerie backdrop to the struggling Chinese economy. Like many industrial cities across China, Changzhi, which expanded aggressively during the country's long investment boom, has too many factories and too little demand. That excess capacity, many economists indicate, will have to be eliminated for the Chinese economy to return to healthy growth. Continue reading the main story But rather than shut down, Lucheng Zhuoyue and other Changzhi companies are limping along in a kind of march of the undead. To protect jobs and plants, the government and its state-owned banks sometimes keep money-losing businesses on life support by rolling over or restructuring loans, providing fresh credit or offering other aid. While this may seem like an odd business tactic, it is part of a broader strategy to help maintain social stability, a major goal of China's leadership. Authorities in China's provinces and cities also back struggling factories just because they are deemed important to the local economy. Similar strategies have been tried before, with little success. In Japan, such businesses, known as "zombie companies," are blamed for contributing to that country's two decades of economic stagnation. As China allows its own "zombies" to stalk the economy, the situation is clouding the country's outlook, making it difficult to predict where growth is headed. If the leadership doesn't address the underlying problem, the economic weakness could be prolonged. Concerns have already been rising that China's slowdown is worsening and its problems are becoming harder to overcome. Such fears helped ignite a dramatic sell-off on stock markets around the world. Shares on the Shanghai stock exchange have tumbled by more than third since the June high. "Global investors have now come to realize that China's travails are beginning to affect everyone," said Frederic Neumann, co-head of Asian economic research at HSBC in Hong Kong. A Threat to Prosperity Far from the sparkle of Shanghai or the export zones of Shenzhen, Changzhi is a modest city of three million people who live in low-rise apartment complexes and work in boxy factory compounds. The local economy depends on steel manufacturing and other heavy industries that girded the country's decades-long era of high growth. As the property market grew and the government plowed money into roads and other infrastructure, cement factories sprouted on the city's outskirts to capitalize on the bonanza, creating hundreds of well-paying jobs. In recent years, the busy local shops and crammed fast-food restaurants along Changzhi's narrow downtown streets bustled with new prosperity. But the country's economy is slowing down, threatening that wealth. Gross domestic product expanded 7 percent in the second quarter of 2015. While that would be a stellar performance by the standards of most countries, it is the slowest pace for China in a quarter-century. Photo An empty security office in an idle section of the Changzhi Cement Group factory, a partially abandoned state-owned enterprise, near Changzhi, China. Credit Adam Dean for The New York Times Some industries are plummeting, wreaking havoc in less economically diverse cities and towns. Empty apartments built during the boom are now weighing down the property sector. Businessmen in Changzhi complain that construction projects supported by the local government have also been scaled back. As a result, Changzhi's cement plants are saddled by excess capacity. Companies in the province can produce three times as much cement as what was actually needed in 2014, according to the Shanxi Provincial Association of Building Material Industries. Two-thirds of them lost money.
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Felipe Trigo (February 13, 1864 in Villanueva de la Serena, Badajoz – September 2, 1916 in Madrid) was a 20th-century Spanish writer. He studied Medicine in Madrid and practised in several villages in Extremadura. He later become a member of Military Health Corps and he was appointed to Philippines, where he was about to die and he had to be repatriated as a Lieutenant-Colonel. In 1900, he quit medicine to concentrate in literature. Eroticism was the main subject of his works, but he was also interested in social denounces and critics about illiteracy and caciquism with peasants in Spain and specially in the Extremadura of his times in particular. Felipe Trigo committed suicide in 1916 for unclear reasons. ==Legacy==
In 1981, the City Council of Villanueva de la Serena created the Felipe Trigo Awards in his honor to recognize the year's best novel and short narrative. ==Bibliography==
Las ingenuas (1901)
La sed de amar (1903)
Alma en los labios (1905)
La Altísima (1907)
La bruta (1908)
Sor Demonio (1909)
En la carrera (1909)
Cuentos ingenuos (1909)
Las posadas del amor (1909)
Además del frac (1910)
Así paga el diablo (1911)
El papá de las bellezas (1913)
A prueba
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Mad-Scientist Quenneville Finds Right Formula for Blackhawks Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville's postgame news conferences are generally dry affairs. He usually displays about as much emotion as a puck. Even he couldn't stifle a smile at the end of this one. Chicago goalkeeper Corey Crawford had just turned back a handful shots in the final, furious two minutes - triggered when Tampa Bay pulled goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, a surprise starter in goal in place of front-liner Ben Bishop - to preserve a 2-1 victory and even the Stanley Cup series at 2-2. Quenneville didn't need reminding that for all his mad-scientist maneuvering behind the bench, he'd just gotten away with one. He's known for switching up lines at a moment's notice, a strategy designed to get favorable match-ups for his two biggest stars, Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane. But Wednesday night, Quenneville almost outsmarted his own team in search of the right combinations. "We know who's left and right wing. We know what's kind of going on," Hawks center Andrew Desjardins said, then paused before revealing any state secrets. "At this point," he added, "we better know." Yet after both Toews and Kane finally got untracked - after combining for a single point in three game, Toews had the first goal in this one and Kane assisted on Brandon Saad's game-winner - Quenneville was asked whether all those moves had succeeded in securing "the element of surprise." "Whether it's an element of surprise," he began with a straight face. "I mean, we expected their other goalie in the net, too. "So I guess it's 50/50 tonight," he added a moment later, cracking up the room. As befits a man who spends plenty of his free time at racetracks, and who worked as stockbroker near the end of his playing career, Quenneville isn't shy about seeking out better odds. In the first period of Game 7 of the Western Conference finals, playing on the road, where visiting teams have to send their players on the ice first, Quenneville countered Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau's 25 line changes with more than five times as many. He hasn't gone to those extremes against Tampa Bay - yet. But in a series where all four games have been decided by a goal, and neither team has led by more than one, Quenneville suggested he might not be done mixing and matching. "At the end of the day, I think that getting the other team more concerned about different guys makes us a deeper team," he said. Guys who played with or against Quenneville for parts of almost 14 NHL seasons remember a rock-solid defenseman who held his cards close and his emotions in check. The same was true during his first two stints as a head coach, in St. Louis and Colorado, where he relied mostly on good goalkeeping and solid defense. It wasn't until he arrived in Chicago, inheriting a roster with Toews, Kane and attacking defender Duncan Keith just four games into the 2008-09 season, that Quenneville, 56, unveiled his wild side. In retrospect, some of his closest friends were surprised it didn't surface sooner. "There's this thing about Joel that is totally amazing," Marc Crawford, a close friend who won the Stanley Cup in Colorado with Quenneville as an assistant, told the Toronto Sun recently. "Something would happen on the ice and, when you're on the bench, you don't always see it. I'd turn to him and say, 'What happened?' and he'd give you a total breakdown of what just happened. He's got an instant-replay brain and a photographic memory.
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European agency says Pakistan airspace closed amid Kashmir tensions PARIS (Reuters) - Pakistan has closed its airspace, a European air traffic control agency said on Wednesday, amid rising tensions and military activity between Pakistan and India. Brussels-based Eurocontrol, which cordinates the airspace of 41 nations, told airlines in a bulletin that Pakistan's airspace was closed "with immediate effect." Pakistani officials earlier said Pakistan had carried out air strikes and shot down two Indian jets, a day after Indian warplanes struck inside Pakistan. Tension has been elevated since a suicide car bombing by Pakistan-based militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police on Feb. 14. Reporting by Tim Hepher; Editing by Kevin Liffey
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Divisions remain as negotiators prepare final draft for climate agreement PARIS, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Huge divisions among different countries over a new global climate agreement remained on Friday as negotiators from nearly 200 countries prepared to wrap up their work in finalizing a draft for the agreement. Following a week-long discussion in a United Nations climate conference in Paris, officials had two texts of the Paris agreement on Friday on the basis of which they have to hammer out a final draft by noon Saturday. Next week, government ministers will take over the floor and make decisions on issues that are not resolved. Their task will not be easy. Despite being more concise in language and shorter in pages than previous versions, the texts on Friday showed that countries remained divided in various issues, many of them were highly sensitive and only expected to see a breakthrough at the 11th hour. To reach a deal, developed countries must make it clear how they are going to scale up their finance support to developing countries after 2020 from 100 billion U.S. dollars per year, a target which rich countries promised in 2009 but never met. The United States and European Union were reluctant to put any figure on the money they are willing to provide after 2020, when the Paris agreement comes into force, and prefer to use vague language in the agreement. They also wanted other developing countries "in position to do so" to join the so-called "donor base," an attempt being strongly rejected by developing countries. "It will break the 'common but differentiated responsibilities' principle," said Gurdial Singh Nijar, Lead Spokesperson for Like-Minded Developing Countries, a negotiating group compose of over 20 developing countries which includes China, India and Malaysia. "It (negotiating Paris agreement) is not about to give reinterpretation to some of the fundamental provisions and principles of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, but to enhance the implementation of Convention," Nijar said, referring to an international treaty which obliges developed countries to take the lead in cutting emissions and providing finance support to developing countries. "Finance is one issue that will keep up next week to the ministers," said Kelly Dent, Oxfam's global climate lead. Other sticky issues include differentiation in emission reduction, how to deal with loss and damage caused by extreme events related to climate change, transparency of action and support and a "ratchet mechanism" to help increase global action against climate change. "We are not there yet," said French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, "I sincerely hope that the spirit of compromise will make it possible for us to make progress." "It is my hope that the text will be given to me tomorrow which is as finalized as possible," he said, "My desire is to see the maximum number of concrete solutions."
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Welsh Government bullying inquiry'step in right direction' Mark Reckless from the Conservative group in the Welsh Assembly has welcomed the first minister's decision to refer himself to an independent inquiry into whether he misled the Senedd. Carwyn Jones has been accused of giving conflicting accounts as to whether he was aware of allegations of intimidating behaviour in 2014. On Tuesday he said there had been "issues" of unhappy ministers but "no specific accusation" of bullying. Mr Reckless said the Conservatives wanted an assembly committee to determine whether the inquiry was a "genuinely independent process."
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5,000 fish in ice at Japan skating rink sparks uproar An amusement park in western Japan sparked an uproar after it displayed about 5,000 dead fish in the ice at a skating rink, forcing the park to close the attraction. Space World received a flood of criticism on social media after opening the rink on Nov. 12. It was closed Sunday. About 25 different kinds of fish could be seen under the 250-meter (820-foot) -long ice circuit. The park in the city of Kitakyushu opened the "Ice Aquarium" as an "attraction never heard about." Japanese broadcaster NHK showed the fish frozen in ice on a blue floor, so it looked like they were swimming below the ice. Some formed a school to spell out "HELLO" or make an arrow-shaped sign in the ice. The general manager of Space World, Toshimi Takeda, said many critical messages were posted on social media, some condemning the concept as abusing living things. Takeda said that the fish in the ice had been intended "to give the feel of the ocean to the ice skating rink," and that the amusement park is "extremely remorseful to have invoked such unpleasant feelings." Space World said the fish were purchased from a fish market, and were dead before the water was frozen. The operator plans to hold a memorial service for the fish once they're taken out of the ice.
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N.Korea's Kim says missile test was for Guam, Trump warns all options open By Reuters
By Soyoung Kim and Susan Heavey SEOUL/WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (Reuters) - North Korea said on Wednesday it had conducted a test of an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) to counter U.S. and South Korean military drills and as a first step in military action in the Pacific to "contain" the U.S. territory of Guam. The North's leader Kim Jong Un ordered the missile drill to be conducted for the first time from its capital, Pyongyang, and said it was necessary to undertake more exercises with the Pacific as the target, the North's KCNA news agency said. "The current ballistic rocket launching drill like a real war is the first step of the military operation of the KPA in the Pacific and a meaningful prelude to containing Guam," KCNA quoted Kim as saying. The Korean People's Army or KPA is the North's military. Earlier this month, North Korea threatened to fire four missiles into the sea near Guam, home to a major military presence, after U.S. President Donald Trump said the North would face "fire and fury" if it threatened the United States. Tuesday's test was of the same Hwasong-12 missile Kim had threatened to use on Guam, but the test flight took it another direction, over northern Japan's Hokkaido and into the North Pacific Ocean. Trump, who has vowed not to let North Korea develop nuclear missiles that can hit the mainland United States, said the world had received North Korea's latest message "loud and clear." "Threatening and destabilising actions only increase the North Korean regime's isolation in the region and among all nations of the world. All options are on the table," Trump said in a statement on Tuesday.
The launch came as U.S. and South Korean forces conducted annual military exercises on the Korean peninsula, angering Pyongyang which sees the war games as a preparation for invasion. North Korea has conducted dozens of ballistic missile tests under Kim in defiance of U.N. sanctions, but firing a projectile over mainland Japan was a rare and provocative move. Reports of the launch by North Korean media were lacking the usual boasts of technical advances, indicating the test may not have accomplished its intended technical goals. The 2,700 km (1,680 miles) the missile flew before splashing down was much shorter and at a lower trajectory than that of an earlier and lofted launch of the same missile. The May launch would have had a range of about 4,800 km on a standard trajectory, an expert on missile technology, David Wright said. "It is not clear what new North Korea would have learned from this launch that is relevant to a long-range missile," Wright of the Union of Concerned Scientists said. The shorter range points to an intended early cutting of the engine thrust or a possible mechanical problem, as the trajectory taken would not have been useful in simulating re-entry or heating of the missile, Wright wrote in a blog post.
Japan reacted sharply to the missile overflight, warnings residents to take cover as the missile approached and raising protests at the United Nations. The United States has said before that all options, including military, are on the table, although its preference is for a diplomatic solution. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said the launch was "absolutely unacceptable and irresponsible" and that the Security Council now needed to take serious action. The Security Council earlier this month unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea after it staged two long-range missile launches in July. South Korea and the United States had discussed deploying additional "strategic assets" on the Korean peninsula, South Korea's presidential Blue House said in a statement, without giving more details. (Additional reporting by Jack Kim; Editing by Lincoln Feast) Share or comment on this article Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.
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Netherlands puzzles over death of estimated 20,000 guillemots Scientists are scrambling to understand the sudden death of an estimated 20,000 guillemots off the Dutch coast, hundreds of which are washing up on the country's shoreline. The bodies of the birds, which spend most of their lives at sea where they dive for their food, started emerging over the past month, from the Wadden Islands in the north to Zeeland in the south. Mardik Leopold, a biologist from Wageningen University, said the Netherlands "had not seen such mass deaths since the 1980s and 1990s," describing it as "rather a major incident." Hundreds more sickly birds have been taken into sanctuaries for treatment. "The working hypothesis is that it is a combination of bad weather plus something else, and we are trying to find the smoking gun," Leopold said. "We have dissected some of the birds. They are clean but they were very skinny, with gut problems, which is indicative of starvation. But we need a larger sample and so have been asking people to collect birds for us." One possible cause of the seabird wreck - the technical term for such sudden unexplained mass deaths - is the contents of 291 containers lost from a large container ship during a storm on the night of 2 January, north of Ameland, an island north of Amsterdam. A salvage operation to retrieve the containers belonging to the Mediterranean Shipping Company has so far involved 16 ships trawling the North Sea with the aid of an echo device, and is expected to last for another six months. About 50 of the containers are still missing, but the operation is under time pressure as the heavy containers will sink into the sandy seabed. "We don't know exactly what was in the containers but there will inevitably be plastic and chemicals," Leopold said. "What is strange is that I have been in contact with colleagues in Germany and Belgium, and they maybe have had one or two more dead birds, but nothing that has alarmed them." Veterinary pathologists are expected to dissect about 100 guillemots in the coming days in an attempt to uncover the problem. "A dead bird is found on every kilometre of beach along the Dutch coast every day, and the rate is steady, it isn't dropping off," Leopold said. Around 2% of the total guillemot population - more than 130,000 birds - is found in the Dutch North Sea, where a favourite habitat is the protected Frisian Front, north of the Wadden Islands. Rough weather regularly leads to weaker birds washing up on the Dutch coast, but rarely in such large numbers. Guillemots, which breed among the cliffs, are vulnerable to human-caused pollution as they dive for their feed of fish and crustaceans.
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American Airlines Launches Facial Recognition To Board Passengers At DFW Airport - CBS Dallas / Fort Worth DFW AIRPORT (CBSDFW.COM) - American Airlines has begun using facial recognition technology to board some passengers at DFW Airport. The facial scans replace the use of boarding passes at the gates. Facial recognition technology at DFW Airport (CBS 11) However, travelers will still need a boarding pass to get through the security check. American Airlines calls the facial recognition a more secure verification system. "Once you come to board, it matches your face with your passport photo, and if it matches, it allows you to board that aircraft," said Brandon Duggins of DFW Airport. For now, the facial recognition is only being used on international flights out of Terminal D, but it's expected to expand. American Airlines says it does not store any of the photos. "As its largest hub, implementing new technology like biometric boarding gives us the opportunity to enhance the airport experience in partnership with CBP. This new technology allows us to provide a more seamless and modern experience for both our customers and team members," Vice President of DFW Hub Operations at American Cedric Rockamore said. American Airlines said customers should still make sure that they have their passports.
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== November 2009 ==
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Aghaboy is a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Toome Upper and the civil parish of Drummaul and covers an area of 286 acres
The name derives from the Irish: Achadh Bui (yellow field). The population of the townland decreased during the 19th century:
The decrease in population between 1881 and 1891 was attributed to emigration and removals. == See also ==
List of townlands in County Antrim
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Townlands of County Antrim
Civil Parish of Drummaul
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I do not want to "re-ignite a fight", but I do want to let every Signposter to have their say and I'd like everybody to come to a point where they can say "I agree with most of this, and I'll agreed to disagree on the rest." BTW, I'm not 100% sure why Keilana used all the bad language in her Op-Ed, but I'd love to see a similar contribution from her next month (without the bad language, it would lose its effect the 2nd time around). Being controversial is not the same as being offensive and I do hope we can absolutely minimize people taking offense without downplaying controversy. Keilana, please do comment on the new Op-Ed. Smallbones(smalltalk)
:I don't exactly know what the technique is called, it's a mix of Precision F-strike as applied to the title (which is quite the detraction from the usual one), to the cluster F-bomb as applied to the body of the article. But it was wholly appropriate to convey the sentiment of dismay and frustration. Could there have been other ways to express it? Sure, but this was a very effective way to bring the issue forward. What's more offensive, writing 'fuck' a few times, setting the 'wrong' tone, or a dismal state of affairs due to years of systematic bias which warrant use of that tone in the first place? Headbomb {t · c · p · b}
May I suggest something on the lines of "We hope that, when we do cause legitimate offense or insult, it's either in the service of an important editorial point, or, at the least, due to not fully understanding the issues around what we were commenting on. We cannot claim the former, and should have known better. We will try to know better in future." A true apology should admit fault. It can explain how something happened, but it needs to recognise that the apology is necessary because of a fault on the apologiser's behalf. Anything else isn't an apology, it's an excuse. And sometimes, an excuse is valid: "We accidentally phrased a sentence in a way that opened it to be read in a way it was not intended." for example, or even "We did not know, and had no reason to know that and thus stepped in where we shouldn't have." But this case was kind of a failure, especially with the advance warning about problems. The nice thing is that an apology, where fault is accepted, then allows you to set out how you plan to make it right, and/or make sure it doesn't happen again. And because you've shown you know why what you did was a problem, your promises have weight behind them. So don't dissemble. Accept fault, and set out how you plan to avoid the issues. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 6.4% of all FPs
:We've identified the key part of the apology that needs work. Somebody sent a replacement via email and I might try that, or might just add a phrase at the end. But let's keep on working on it. For now "We sincerely hope that nobody in our very diverse readership will be offended or insulted by the material we publish and we will strive to achieve that goal without shying away from controversies." Though I'd rather keep it shorter - the longer it becomes, the more chance people will read things into it. :I do think an institution like the Signpost can make a collective apology. Individual apologies might seem meaningless to most readers. Personally, if I were Bri, Kudpung or Barbara I wouldn't apologize. But the Signpost as a whole can accept responsibility for offending some of our readers. The institution didn't work as it should have and we are making changes. If I were to list my personal faults on this, almost nobody would understand (I read the article before publication and totally missed both points, the author's presumed point, and the one that some readers have seen. Sometimes I'm just totally clueless. I also failed to step up to defend Bri from some outrageous behavior. Yeah, I saw this one and said "Why step out in front of a speeding truck when it's not going to have any effect anyway? I've got better things to do on a Sunday afternoon.") Well because of me and several others, and just from an overall failure of the institution lots of things didn't work the way they should have. Smallbones(smalltalk)
Apologies for what someone else did or may have done are pretty senseless.
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Canine subvalvular aortic stenosis (SAS) is an abnormal, congenital caused by subaortic stenosis (SAS). There is a high incidence of this condition identified in large and giant breed dogs like the Rottweiler, Newfoundland, Golden Retriever, Boxer, German Shepherd, English Bulldog, Great Dane, German Shorthaired Pointer, and Bouvier des Flandres. It is a common congenital heart defect that consists of abnormal tissue located just below the aortic valve that creates an obstruction the heart has to overcome to pump blood out to the body. As a result, the heart muscle can become thickened. The blood is pumped at a higher speed and pressure across the stenosis into the aorta, creating a. This genetic trait is polygenic. An animal might have the genes for SAS, yet have no actual sign of SAS. Also, an animal might have signs of subaortic stenosis, and yet offspring with SAS may not demonstrate clinical signs for a couple of generations. Any animal that has subaortic stenosis should not be bred because they can pass the defect on to future offspring. == Symptoms ==
In many cases, affected dogs do not show any signs. Aortic stenosis is often initially detected upon hearing a heart murmur during a routine physical examination by a veterinarian. In dogs with severe disease, you may observe signs related to heart dysfunction. These signs include lethargy, exercise intolerance, shortness of breath, and fainting. Signs of heart failure may also be seen in severe cases of aortic stenosis. These signs include coughing, increased breathing effort, and open-mouth breathing. Puppies and adult dogs diagnosed with subaortic stenosis can suffer from heart failure and sudden death. If a dog with SAS develops heart failure, medications can be prescribed to alleviate the clinical signs (sudden/strong lethargicism, continuous heavy panting, rise in temperature etc.) == Diagnosis ==
SAS is diagnosed via echocardiogram with Doppler performed by a veterinary cardiologist. This allows visualization of the four heart chambers and valves as well as the anatomy of the subaortic area. Doppler allows estimation of the pressure created in the heart by the stenosis. An electrocardiogram (ECG) may be required in patients with an irregular heart rhythm. Heart murmurs are graded on a scale of one to six, with one being very mild and six being very serious. Murmurs can exist due to a large number of heart problems (infection, trauma, anemia, etc.). Conversely, some murmurs are benign and do not indicate cardiac pathology. The Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) has established a Congenital Heart Registry whose guidelines were established by veterinary cardiologists. A dog which auscultates normally at 12 months of age is considered to be free of congenital heart disease; upon confirmation of this, OFA will issue a certificate. ==Treatment==
Prognosis of canines with aortic stenosis depends on the severity of the disease. Mild stenosis usually does not affect longevity; however, the possibility of aortic endocarditis exists. Balloon valvuloplasty has not proved to be a long-term solution, because in most dogs stenosis reoccurs. Administration of beta-blockers can decrease heart rate and prolong diastole and coronary filling, thereby reducing myocardial hypoxia and protect against arrhythmia. Dogs do clinically well on beta-blockers; however, a study proved no benefit in terms of survival versus untreated dogs with severe SAS. Surgical options like closed transventricular valvotomy or open-heart surgery can present an option for dogs with severe SAS; however, these techniques do not provide long-term benefits or prevent sudden death. Additionally, they are not widely available, and they are risky and costly. == References ==
Animal diseases
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Needless to say, there's none of the serenity of a normal yoga class. My one-legged tree pose is felled in its prime by pulsating laughter as a goat tries to yank my mat from under me. When my neighbour's in the middle of downward-facing dog, a plucky kid mounts him, only to topple to the floor. Undeterred, she hops straight back on. The stubbornness thing, it seems, is more than just a lazy stereotype. Later, over a goat milk cappuccino and homemade nut cake that's included in the €25 price of a class, Brenda says she's rarely seen the goats as animated as they were today. "It's almost spooky, the way they echo the vibe of the humans in the class," she confides. "For example, I recently led a class of new mothers, and all of a sudden the goats were very quiet and protective. It was quite moving." Interacting with goats, she says, is a guaranteed mood-lifter. "They cause your body to produce more oxytocin," she says - the so-called "hug hormone." A kid mounts for Downward Dog (Mark Smith) "I notice that, after a goat yoga session, class members want to stick around chatting to each other. They even arrange to meet up with each other. That doesn't happen so much when I lead a conventional class." Brenda may be onto something. I feel every bit as stretched and a hell of a lot perkier than I did after my last yoga class, which was a humourless, 90-minute opus of competitive bending, Sanskrit chanting and Aesop handwash. And, of course, with goat yoga you don't need to shower beforehand. Although on the other hand, come Sunday night, I'll still be finding straw in my hair. Travel essentials Getting there Amsterdam Schiphol has better links with the UK than anywhere else on the planet, with connections from two dozen airports from Exeter to Inverness. The main carriers are KLM, easyJet and Flybe. Frequent trains (€4.70 each way) from Schiphol airport take 18-24 minutes to reach Centraal Station. Staying there Generator Amsterdam is a 'poshtel' with swish private rooms located in the former zoological department of a local university. Don't miss the lecture hall turned into a bar. Doubles from €95, room only. More information Goat yoga takes place every Saturday at Ridammerhoeve Goat Farm and costs €25 per session including a mat, coffee and cake geitenboerderij.nl yogalesje.nl geitenyoga.nl
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His outrage is infectious, though never gratuitous. In prose that verges at times on poetry, he writes with the imaginative gift of a first-rate novelist in order to deliver the truth. Romance and the attendant grief of loss permeate the book alongside passages that are unexpectedly moving. The description of Bobby facing the disposal of a dead elephant and watching "the single long-lashed eye, half drowned in its black pool of wrinkles" is unforgettable. As Bobby's innocence is eroded and his own resilience is eventually battered by the relentless conflict, our compassion for him intensifies, until the final chapters where politics and the demands of war merge in exacting their dreadful price on human beings. In these magnificent, time-resistant reliquaries for evanescent memory, the authors have transcended the threat that India's war might sink into oblivion and rescued these courageous men and women for posterity. The Raj at War: a People's History of India's Second World War by Yasmin Khan 432pp, Bodley Head, Telegraph offer price: £20 (RRP £25, ebook £13.99). Farthest Field: an Indian Story of the Second World War by Raghu Karnad 320pp, William Collins, Telegraph offer price: £16.99 (PLUS £1.99 p&p) (RRP £18.99, ebook £13.29). To order either of these titles, call 0844 871 1515 or see books.telegraph.co.uk
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Regional entertainment TV channel, Zee Kannada (Essel group) had rated K.S. Eshwarappa as the "Best minister" in Karnataka during 2007. He has done a commendable job during his 20 month stint as Heavy Irrigation minister in BJP-JD(S) coalition government. == A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for speedy deletion ==
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Warren comes by her bona fides on race justly. For more than a decade before she had any political aspirations, she was battling banks to get them to stop screwing over black homeowners. She grasped that homeownership was a key source of the accumulation of lifetime wealth and that if blacks were denied mortgages this was an economic crime. In a 2004 law review article titled "The Economics of Race: When Making it to the Middle is Not Enough," Warren explained just how the denial of mortgage credit was destroying the black middle class. For more than a decade before she had any political aspirations, she was battling banks to get them to stop screwing over black homeowners. Consider her recent commencement address to December graduates at historically black Morgan State University in Baltimore: Finally, during the 1960s, redlining was banned. And over the next 25 years or so, black families started building more wealth. The black-white wealth gap began to shrink. And that might have been the end of the story. But in the 1990s, as more black families were buying homes and building wealth, big banks and sleazy mortgage lenders saw an opportunity. They targeted communities of color for the worst of the worst mortgages. And bank regulators, the guys who are supposed to work for the American people, looked the other way. The results were catastrophic. Black homeownership rates are now lower than they were when housing discrimination was legal. Today, the black-white wealth gap is bigger than it was back in the 1960s.... I'm not a person of color. And I haven't lived your life or experienced anything like the subtle prejudice, or more overt harm, that you may have experienced just because of the color of your skin. Rules matter, and our government ― not just individuals within the government, but the government itself ― has systematically discriminated against black people in this country. Ultimately, subprime mortgages spread far beyond communities of color, and they eventually wrecked our economy. During the crash of 2008, millions of people ― black, white, Latino and Asian ― lost their homes. Millions lost their jobs. Millions lost their savings ― millions, tens of millions, but not the people at the top. The bank CEOs just kept raking in the money. Two sets of rules: one for the wealthy and the well-connected. And one for everybody else. Two sets of rules: one for white families. And one for everybody else. That's how a rigged system works. And that's what we need to change. So this brings me back to you. Everyone will tell you to work hard. Teachers. Parents. Coaches. And I agree. Under the rules of commencement speakers I am required to say, "Work hard." And you should. But I'm here with a bolder message: It's time to change the rules. Let me say that again for those in the back. Change. The. Rules. There is a fierce debate about how well Warren's candidacy will play in the heartland. Will she come across as the woman she is ― the single mom from, as she terms it, the ragged edge of the middle class who made it the hard way from hardscrabble origins in Oklahoma? Or, as her critics like to depict her, as a shrill, preachy, schoolmarmish professor from Harvard? The voters will decide that ― if the pundits and opportunists from rival campaigns will just shut up. The more they listen to Warren herself and the less they listen to the naysayers, the better she will do. The Democrats are blessed (or cursed) with an enormous field of candidates for 2020. There are several others who are both talented and progressive. Warren stands out as particularly gifted, both on talking about race and coalition, and at narrating the connection between the stunted-lived experience of regular Americans and the corporate and financial-industry domination of our politics. Surely, all this outweighs one DNA fumble. Robert Kuttner is co-editor of The American Prospect and professor at Brandeis University's Heller School. His new book is Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism? ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) gives her victory speech at a Democratic election watch party in Boston. Even before they announce their White House intentions, New Hampshire's ambitious neighbors are in the midst of a shadow campaign to shape the nation's first presidential primary election of the 2020 season.
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'If this fails, she'll lose her leg': Australia's looming superbug crisis
Two years ago, a serious cut to Sandra Hocking's ankle would have been treated with modern antibiotics. Today, she faces losing her leg. Sandra Hocking shows her healing superbug wound at the Austin Hospital. Photo: Wayne Taylor The 75-year-old Whittlesea resident was in Zambia last September helping orphans when she fell into a hole and sliced open her ankle. She returned to Australia with a gaping wound that refused to heal. Sandra Hocking contracted a superbug after she fell in a hole in Zambia and cut her ankle. Photo: Wayne Taylor Ms Hocking was horrified when doctors told her in April that she had contracted a deadly antibiotic-resistant superbug, and there was no medication available to treat it. In what her doctors believe is one of the worst cases of a superbug infection ever seen in Australia, she now faces the prospect of having her leg amputated. "It's a total bastard of an organism in that it's one of the most resistant," Ms Hocking's doctor, Lindsay Grayson, said. "It's one of the worst cases I've seen." Just two years ago the bug, called pseudomonas, was treated with modern antibiotics. But it has since become resistant to them all. Sandra Hocking's superbug wound before it was treated. Photo: Wayne Taylor "The pus coming out of her leg was loaded with this superbug. We only needed the slightest error by staff and it could spread to equipment and other patients," Professor Grayson said. Placed in isolation at the Austin hospital, Ms Hocking was eventually treated with two old antibiotics, one which was phased out because it caused kidney failure in high doses. She was faced with the frightening choice of taking the drugs or losing her leg. "I'd heard of superbugs... but the fact that I got it... I was devastated. I cried and I cried," Ms Hocking said. An expert team of doctors from Austin hospital and Melbourne and Monash universities carefully administered the drugs using an intravenous drip. She also had multiple surgeries and her doctors grafted skin from her arm onto her ankle to increase blood flow to the area, a technique used before the invention of antibiotics. "This is her last chance," Professor Grayson said. "If this fails, she'll lose her leg. She has a very anxious wait." Professor Grayson believes a superbug crisis is on Australia's doorstep. He said there were now patients presenting with superbug infections once a week in Australian hospitals. "We need people to understand that if we continue to recklessly misuse and overuse antibiotics, as we have for the past 50-70 years, doctors will be faced with the choice to amputate infected limbs or risk their patients' lives," Professor Grayson said. He said Australia was lagging behind the rest of the world in infection control, and that a coordinated national authority was urgently needed. Professor Grayson also called for better surveillance, enforced mandatory reporting and more research. The looming superbug crisis will be in the spotlighton Thursday at the Antimicrobial Resistance Summit at the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute.
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Italy: Matteo Minozzi, Tommaso Benvenuti, Giulio Bisegni, Tommaso Castello, Mattia Bellini, Tommaso Allan, Marcello Violi; Sergio Parisse (captain), Maxime Mbanda, Sebastian Negri, Dean Budd, Alessandro Zanni, Simone Ferrari, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Andrea Lovotti. Reserves: Oliviero Fabiani, Nicola Quaglio, Tiziano Pasquali, Federico Ruzza, Giovanni Licata, Guglielmo Palazzani, Carlo Canna, Jayden Hayward.
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Search for six people after trawler sinks off Australian coast Six people are missing in rough seas after a fishing trawler overturned and sank off the coast of Australia. The vessel overturned near Middle Island, north of the Town of 1770, in the state of Queensland, on Monday night local time. The trawler sank at about midnight, around four hours after it had overturned, police said. A male crew member was found floating in the water at about 7am Tuesday by a passing boat and a massive air and water search was launched to find his six crewmates. Bad weather is hampering the air and water search, with the area receiving almost 140mm of rain in the past 24 hours and being subject to a severe weather warning.
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Among teens, iPhones reign supreme and Facebook falters There's no doubt that teens can't get enough of their phones. Just look at a group of young people and you're bound to see a lot of faces bathed in the glowing blue light of a smartphone screen. But not just any smartphone will do. Among teenagers, the iPhone reigns supreme -- and its popularity is only growing. About 67 percent of teens own iPhones, up from 66 percent six months ago, according to a new study from investment bank Piper Jaffray that looks at teen consumer habits. What's more, 74 percent of the 9,400 young people surveyed intend to make an iPhone their next smartphone purchase, up from 72 percent last spring. Looking back over past surveys, the divergence between iPhone its competitors as the device of choice has grown. The popularity of iPhones has increased steadily while Android handsets fall out of favor. Today less than a fifth of teens opt for Android phones versus nearly a quarter two years ago. The study paints a picture of an always keyed-in, social-media-consuming age group. Instagram was the most popular social network, with 33 percent of teens calling the photo-sharing app the most important social network they use. Twitter was next at 20 percent, closely followed by Snapchat at 19 percent. Facebook came in fourth, with 15 percent of teens giving it top honors. Beyond social media, teenagers turn considerably more to video streaming services than traditional cable providers. About 38 percent of the age group used Netflix, for instance, versus 29 percent who have cable. Nearly half reported that they don't even need a cable service. The average age of those surveyed was 16. Out of those surveyed, 36 percent had a part-time job. Out of the upper-income bracket, the average young person surveyed came from a family with a household income of $107,000, while those from an average-income group came from a household with a $52,000 annual household income. The trends from the Piper Jaffray survey are in keeping with similar findings from other studies. A Pew Research Center report that came out in April found that 92 percent of teenagers go online daily, with 24 percent reporting that they use the Internet "almost constantly." This study looked at people aged 13 to 17 and found that 6 percent reported going on only once-a-week. About 75 percent of those surveyed said they had access to a smartphone, and 91 percent use their mobile devices to go online at least occasionally. Interestingly, this study found that Facebook was the most visited social media platform, with 71 percent using that site versus 52 percent who said Instagram was their social network of choice. That being said, this study found social media preference filtering out by socioeconomic status. About 46 percent of those from households that earn less than $50,000 use Faceboook, while those from more affluent families - those that earn over $75,000 - use Instagram more. Twenty-one percent of these teens use the photo-centric app compared to 15 percent who come from households that make between $30,000 and $49,999. When sorted out by gender, the study found that more girls take to social media, while boys are more likely to play video games. For instance, 61 percent of girls used Instagram compared to 44 percent of boys. On the video game side, 91 percent of boys reported to having or having access to a gaming console, compared to 70 percent of girls. Given the ubiquity of these media tools, are young people concerned about their privacy in an increasingly connected, content-sharing world? A 2015 study commissioned by Intercede, a digital security company, and conducted by Atomik Research looked at a slightly older group, millennials aged 16 to 35 years old in the U.S. and the U.K. More than 95 percent reported that they thought their digital identity was not completely protected by online safeguards, and 68 percent believed risks to their online privacy would increase as social media-fueled digital information sharing becomes even more common.
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The Northwestern Hotel is located in Livingstone, Zambia and was built in 1907 by Mrs and Mr Freddie Mills. It was actually the second hotel of that name; the previous North Western Hotel built in 1906 by railway contractors Pauling and Co was converted into government offices. Activities such as dances and public meetings took place there and the hotel is said to have opened the first multi-racial bar in the town in 1961. Northwestern Hotel, in Livingstone, Zambia is now defunct. It has been owned outright by the Hitchins family since 1947, and was run as a successful business by the family Matriarch until the 1990s. Since then it has been through several transformations, from [to trading centre, to shops and offices. The Hitchins family still owns the building, which is listed as a
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Watch: Cam Newton, Antonio Brown link up for South Florida workout June 26 (UPI) -- Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton and Pittsburgh Steelers star Antonio Brown teamed up for a workout Tuesday in South Florida. Brown and Newton each posted footage from their day on social media. "'Ace Boogie,'" Brown said in an Instagram video, referring to Newton by his nickname. "There is so much juice and swag in one video boy that you don't know what to do with it," Newton said. "Your phone probably leaking right now." Brown tagged "the Heavyweight Factory" in his posts, which is a gym located near Davie, Fla. He previously tagged the location on social media for offseason workouts with Todd Gurley and members of the University of Miami football team. Newton and Brown worked with Brown's trainer. They did setup workouts and several other exercises. The video comes after the NFL Network released its annual top 100 players list. Brown ranked No. 2, while Newton came it at No. 25. Newton, who doesn't have any Instagram posts, said he was waiting on a good time to come back on Instagram. He posted his videos on his story, while trying to keep the details of the workouts "super top secret." "We working," Newton said. "I had to figure what the ingredients was to the No. 2 juice my dog." "I cant give you the juice if I ain't got the juice. No. 25 ain't cool. I'm trying to be No. 1." Newton topped the list in 2016. He ranked No. 44 in 2017 and No. 73 in 2015. The 2015 NFL MVP ranked No. 24 in 2014. The Steelers and Panthers face off on Nov. 8 in Pittsburgh.
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As for the previous game in the series, the easy difficulty level and the length of the game was criticized while the colorful graphics, the outfit system and the music mostly received praise. The new simultaneous gameplay feature was considered to be one of the game's strengths. On the negative side, some critics noted that The Great Circus Mystery was pretty similar to the last game. As for the first game in the series the game was mostly recommended for younger players. The GBA version was criticized for not pushing the system's limits and for not providing any extra feature besides the link cable support. Since the SNES version was introduced closely to Mickey Mania, another SNES video game with Mickey Mouse in the title role, both games were compared to each other to a certain degree. Next Generation reviewed the Genesis version of the game, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "Compared to Sony Imagesoft's Mickey Mania, The Great Circus Mystery is just a great big disappointment." ==Disney's Magical Quest 3 Starring Mickey & Donald==
The final game in the series was released for the Super Famicom only in Japan. It was later re-released for the Game Boy Advance, which was the first version of the game to be released outside Japan. In Disney's Magical Quest 3 Starring Mickey & Donald, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck try to save Donald's nephews from King Pete. It features four outfits and seven levels. Unlike the two earlier games in the series, an outfit now behaves different depending on if Mickey or Donald wears it. ===Story===
While hiding in the attic from their uncle Donald Duck, Donald's triplet nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, discover an old book. The book, which turns out to be magical, transports the triplets to Storybook land. In Storybook land Huey, Dewey and Louie are captured by King Pete, who plans to take over the real world. Mickey and Donald are told what happened by the fairy of Storybook land and therefore decides to enter the book in order to find the duckling brothers and stop the evil Pete once more. ===Changes===
The game is mostly similar to Disney's Magical Quest 2, but with some new features. There is a cartridge save feature instead of the password system in the previous game. Additionally, some of Mickey and Donald's outfits of the same type has different strengths and weaknesses. By finding secret doors scattered through the levels, bonus rooms can be found. These allows the player to pick a playing card, and if the guess is right, an award is given to the player. The Game Boy Advance version allows two players to play together with a GBA link cable cooperatively as well as in some competitive mini-games. ===Outfits===
As stated earlier, some the outfits for Mickey and Donald are different from each other. Some outfits can be upgraded in the general shops found in the game. Like in the two other games in the series, the first outfit allows Mickey and Donald to grab certain enemies and blocks and spin-throw them. The second costume for Mickey is a medieval-style knight armor, including a shield and a lance. Due to its weight the armor easily sinks in water, but the shield can protect Mickey from attacks and the lance that can hit in different directions. Donald uses a wooden barrel as armor, a Metal Bowl for helmet and a hammer for weapon. The barrel floats in water, and allows Donald to duck for cover and roll around, and can also be used as a platform for Mickey to climb on when in 2 player mode. His hammer attacks in an arc fashion. Both costumes had a bar that fills over time. The strength of the attack (glove or hammer) depends on how much the bar has filled. The third costume is lumberjack climbing gear. It can be used to catch enemies and throw them and, of course, climb trees. The fourth and final costume is a magician's outfit. It allows Mickey and Donald to perform magic tricks that allows them to find secret areas and avoid traps. Donald's costume, which has him holding a magical lamp, can summon a hand which can be used as a platform for Mickey to climb on when in 2 player mode. ===Reception===
The Game Boy Advance version of Disney's Magical Quest 3 Starring Mickey & Donald received mixed to positive reviews. As with the other games in the series, the graphics and animations were praised while the length and easy difficulty level were criticized. The new outfit system with different outfits for Mickey and Donald was well received by critics, and together with the cooperative-gameplay feature some critics thought it added a new dimension to the game.
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College application questions about police contact under scrutiny U.S. colleges and universities that ask applicants to disclose run-ins with law enforcement including stops and detentions are facing scrutiny from a legal advocacy group concerned the practice discriminates against minorities. The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law said it began contacting 17 schools in the South on Thursday about their practice of asking prospective students to detail interactions with the criminal justice system even if they have not been convicted. The organization believes schools nationally have similar policies that may disproportionately affect minority males. "Inquiries regarding stops and detentions and arrests pose unnecessary barriers for vast numbers of African Americans, given the racial disparities that we see across our criminal justice system," said Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the nonprofit advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. She said asking about such interactions, some of which may have been dismissed by courts, has "no predictive value whatsoever on whether or not a kid can succeed in a classroom." One institution singled out was the University of Alabama, which asks if applicants have received "a written or oral warning not to trespass on public or private property." The university has included "disciplinary-related questions" on applications since 2010, officials said. They noted the school's African-American student admission numbers rose by 77 percent between 2010 and 2015. "These questions are appropriate and part of the due diligence we perform to determine whether an applicant's past behavior could potentially pose a safety risk," the University of Alabama said in a statement. The university also noted that students who flag such discipline are given an opportunity to explain. Virginia Tech, another university asked to explain its policy, said it began asking applicants about their disciplinary record after a student gunned down 32 people on campus and killed himself on April 16, 2007. "These questions are part of a holistic approach in selecting qualified applicants for undergraduate admission," the university said in a statement. "We do not believe this is racially discriminatory." The lawyers' group said its review of dozens of schools' applications forms found that many institutions do not ask about every run-in with the law. The organization started its effort in the South, which has high minority concentrations, but said it would be extended nationally. "I think that this is a problem that is pervasive across the country," Clarke said. (Reporting by Letitia Stein; Editing by Colleen Jenkins and David Gregorio)
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Tauriel is a fictional character from Peter Jackson's feature film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. The character does not appear in the original book, but was created by Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh as an expansion of material adapted from the book, and first appears in the second and third films in that trilogy, The Desolation of Smaug and The Battle of the Five Armies. She is a Woodland Elf whose name has been translated as "Daughter of the forest", and is the head of the Mirkwood Elven guard. She is played by Canadian actress Evangeline Lilly, who was nominated for several awards for her performance in The Desolation of Smaug, with some of the stunt work performed by Australian stuntwoman Ingrid Kleinig. ==Appearances==
The character of Tauriel was created for the films, having no equivalent character in the original novel. She first appears in the second film of the trilogy, The Desolation of Smaug, released December 13, 2013. Prior to the decision to have three films instead of two, Tauriel was described as having a more substantial role in what was then the final film, The Battle of the Five Armies, which had been planned for release in 2013, but was finalized as the third part of the trilogy, which was released in December 2014. In The Desolation of Smaug, the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, and thirteen dwarves, while traveling to Lonely Mountain, pass through the black forest of Mirkwood, where they are attacked and captured by giant spiders. The spiders are then attacked by the Wood Elves, led by Legolas and Tauriel. Tauriel in particular saves Kíli by killing two spiders that attacked him, but the Elves subsequently take the dwarves as prisoners for trespassing on their land. It is later mentioned that Tauriel is a talented warrior and was therefore made leader of the Mirkwood border guards. Legolas, the son of Mirkwood's Elven king Thranduil, is indicated to be attracted to her, but as she is a lowly Silvan Elf, she does not believe herself worthy of him. Thranduil, in fact, makes it clear that he does not consider her to be a suitable match for his son and warns her not to give Legolas false hope. During the dwarves' imprisonment, Tauriel forms a romantic bond with Kíli. When the dwarves escape with Bilbo's help, the pursuing Elves are attacked by orcs, during which Tauriel again uses her fighting skills to save Kíli, though Kíli is struck in the leg with an orc's arrow, which Tauriel later learns from a captured orc is a Morgul-cursed weapon that will slowly kill him. Just before Thranduil seals off his kingdom upon learning that an evil entity has returned and is amassing great power in the south, Tauriel goes after the dwarves. Legolas follows, and initially tries to convince her to return, but when Tauriel refuses, saying that the Elves are part of Middle-earth and will be drawn into this inevitable war, Legolas joins her pursuit. After acquiring provisions at Esgaroth, the dwarves leave for the Lonely Mountain. Kíli, Fili, Bofur and Óin stay behind, with Kíli suffering from the effects of the poison. By the time Tauriel and Legolas reach Esgaroth, the dwarves are being attacked by orcs. They repel the invaders, and Tauriel uses her knowledge of herbs and elvish medicine to heal Kíli's wound, saving his life once again. In The Battle of the Five Armies, during Smaug's attack on Esgaroth, Tauriel and the dwarves facilitate the evacuation of Bard's family, though Bain leaves their company and helps Bard kill Smaug. The following morning, as the dwarves set out for Erebor to rejoin their company, Kíli asks Tauriel to come with them, but her duties with Legolas forces them to part. When a messenger from Thranduil arrives to announce her banishment from the Mirkwood Realm for disobeying his orders, she joins Legolas in investigating the old fortress Gundabad, where they witness the departure of an army led by Bolg to join the forces of his father Azog marching against Erebor. Hurrying towards the mountain, the two Elves arrive in the thick of the Battle of the Five Armies. When Tauriel witnesses Thranduil attempting to leave the battlefield, with the intent of sparing his people further bloodshed, she confronts him with her bow and a nocked arrow, refusing to abandon Kíli to death.
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This silver caravan is all I need Fourteen feet of a silver caravan is to me my place, a gypsy home, travelling onto unexplored roads, passing through many towns, both small and large, with overnight stops alongside lakes, the sea or an Australian outback town. Sometimes throughout the night, I lift the corner of the green satin curtains and gaze out upon a black velvet background, revealing a myriad of brilliant stars and the Milky Way. Lynette Buckley's gypsy home. Photo: Supplied In the stillness, somewhere through the haze of sleep, I hear the soft rumble of a road-train echoing its way upon a remote outback road, and often I hear the chug-chug of some faraway train winding its way along moonlit silver tracks, its horn emitting a series of tooting before crossing some distant road. Early morning reveals a soft grey and pink haze covering the expanse of unending landscape and as I snuggle under my cosy doona, luxuriating and stretching like a contented cat, the soft light sketches a web of daylight filtering through the zips and joins of the pop-top roof. Sometimes I wake to a musical chorus of birds noisily heralding in another new day, whether hot or cold. Other times I wake and listen to the rain cascading down on our van from some enormous tree, and when buffeted by the wind, feel safe and secure in our small enclosure. This gypsy home always gives the promise of new adventures, when with each dawning our journey leads us on to another part of our vast, unique Australian continent.
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Man arrested for murder in north Adelaide Breaking News National National Date
A 42-year-old man has been arrested in Adelaide's northern suburbs in connection with a murder. Police had been seeking the man, who was arrested without incident at Para Hills West on Saturday, following the death of a 27-year-old man at Ridleyton this week. The man will be interviewed by detectives and is expected to be charged with murder. Brought to you by
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Malawi: Access to Credit Hampering Growth of Business in Malawi Access to credit, which can be a true lifeline for micro, small, or medium sized businesses, remains one of the key challenges that individuals and small companies face in Malawi. RBM Governor Dalitso Kabambe ICF's Madalo Minofu (2nd right) Kapito (2nd left) stressing a point during the panel discussion This was said by World Bank Group's International Finance Corporation's Resident Representative for Malawi and Zambia, Madalo Minofu at the launch of the 2019 Credit Awareness Week graced by the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Malawi, Dalitso Kabambe, who is also the Registrar of Financial Institutions. With support from the World Bank, the initiative is to increase the general public and specific target groups' awareness and understanding of the merits of accessing and borrowing money from licensed or registered lending institutions including banks, microfinance institutions and savings and credit cooperatives (SACCOs) as opposed to borrowing from informal lending institutions. Minofu said if a business can access credit, it can grow and create jobs, leading to a stronger, more productive economy and a better quality of life. "As we are gathered here today to launch the credit awareness week in Malawi, I would like to re-iterate the World Bank Group's continued commitment to helping Malawi develop a strong and sustainable financial sector, including through credit infrastructure," Minofu said. "Credit infrastructure is one of the building blocks that allows financial institutions and other lenders to grow their portfolios -- increasing access to credit and, at the same time, maintaining financial stability. "It protects the interests of financial institutions and lenders, and it also protects the rights of borrowers." She observed that over the past years, Malawi has made incredible strides in enhancing its credit infrastructure -- including through its well-functioning and modern collateral registry and improving its credit reporting system. One of the partners to the awareness campaign are credit reference bureaus, that will be sharing with the public their importance in order to access credit facilities from financial service institutions. Credit reference bureaus provide a potential loan borrower's credit history that is passed on to financial institutions for them to make informed decisions whether to award the loan or not. This is one other system that clients can use their credit reputation as collateral apart from using moveable collateral. Minofu said for credit to truly have a positive effect on the lives of Malawians, credit providers and consumers alike need to better understand their rights and obligations when it comes to lending and borrowing. "For this reason, initiatives like this credit awareness week are critical; by spreading financial education and awareness to communities, workplaces, and places of worship, you are helping all Malawians take control of their financial future. "Malawians should feel empowered to use their credit history as a tool to access credit with better terms and conditions; understand how credit works and borrow responsibly; and feel confident that their rights as consumers are also protected in the process. "It is also our hope as International Finance Corporation that all Malawians -- whether a small business owner, an entrepreneur, a salaried employee, or even a student -- will become financially healthy and check their free credit report once a year." She congratulated the Reserve Bank of Malawi for organizing the credit awareness week and for Kabambe's steadfast partnership with IFC and dedication to improving access to finance in Malawi. One of IFC's financial partner, the Kingdom of Denmark, is supporting the credit infrastructure work in Malawi. There was also a panel discussion at the launch that involved Kabambe himself, Consumer Association of Malawi executive director, John Kapito; Bankers Association of Malawi president, Kwanele Ngwenya (who is also chief executive officer for NBS Bank); Malawi Union of Savings & Credit Cooperatives (MUSCCO) CEO Fumbani Nyangulu and Rogers Lungu, representing credit reference bureaus. They all touched on the importance of understating credit terms and conditions such interest rate, repayment period, short term or long term loan, consequences of default before signing a credit agreement between a lending institution and a borrower. They also talked on consumer rights and obligations when accessing credit and the benefits of accessing and using credit history reports from credit reference bureaus for informed financial decision making. Kapito asked the RBM Governor if the commercial banks and other lending institutions must always civic educate clients before they sign loan forms on some of the conditions that are always attached but presented in fine print, which are not always known by the client. Sign up for free AllAfrica Newsletters Get the latest in African news delivered straight to your inbox Success! Almost finished... We need to confirm your email address. To complete the process, please follow the instructions in the email we just sent you.
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Former professional boxer Stephen O'Meara, among gang jailed for £11m cocaine smuggling Stephen O'Meara, 31, was locked up for 13 years for supplying cocaine Drugs were transported in two loads and flown on British Airways flights Police intercepted 40 kilos of cocaine and 100 rounds of 9mm ammunition Harvinder Sanghera caged for 30 years and Savdeep Atkar for 21 years David Brown was sentenced to 13 years, bringing their total to 77 years By Jenny Stanton For Mailonline
A former professional boxer was part of a gang jailed for 77 years today for smuggling £11million of cocaine into the UK with the help of corrupt British Airways workers. Stephen O'Meara, 31, formerly of Datchet, Buckinghamshire was today locked up for 13 years for conspiracy to supply cocaine in February and August 2013. The drugs were transported in two loads and flown on British Airways flights to Heathrow Airport, Southwark Crown Court heard. Jailed: Stephen O'Meara, 31, was today locked up for 13 years for conspiracy to supply cocaine. He was was part of a gang jailed for 77 years in total Drugs and ammunition: Police intercepted 40 kilos of cocaine (left) together with 100 rounds of 9mm ammunition In total, police intercepted 40 kilos of cocaine with purity levels of more than 90% and a street level value of £11 million, together with 100 rounds of 9mm ammunition. Gang leader Harvinder Sanghera, 33, of Heston, Hounslow, London was caged for 30 years for importing cocaine and ammunition, while his "right hand man" Savdeep Atkar, 33, of Grays, Essex was sentenced to 21 years for importing cocaine. Former boxer and personal trainer O'Meara was handed a 13-year sentence, as was David Brown, 51, of Biggleswade, Bedfordshire for supplying cocaine. Mark Graffius, defending O'Meara, said the former professional boxer met Sanghera while acting as his personal trainer. Sanghera and Aktar would watch O'Meara as he took part in sparring sessions, the court was told. Father-of-two O'Meara was a "gifted and dedicated" boxer boxer who was "literally on the very cusp of becoming a top level international," according to Mr Graffius. He was managed by leading boxing promoter Frank Warren and had planned to move abroad to Spain where he was on the threshold of a "major, life-changing event." Sanghera was described as a "family man" with two small children, who accrued a number of large debts through gambling. It was said Sanghera, who previously worked on a perfume production line in Acton, joined the drug conspiracy because he "owed debts to people you shouldn't owe debts'. Aktar was described as a man brought up by a "hard-working" and "god-fearing" family. Brown was said to be a person who "tends to say yes to people." Sentencing the men, Judge Robbins said: "You four in your own different ways played your parts in ensuring that some very large quantities of cocaine were imported into this country. "You know very well the devastating effects these drugs may have on poor individuals. "The wholesale value of 40 kilogrammes of cocaine would have been more than £2m, but the street value much higher. "This was a sophisticated, well organised, and determined criminal network. "Those towards the top end of the organisation, Atkar and Sanghera, were capable of masterminding and resourcing such an operation." Police intercepted the drugs and ammunition. This picture shows the officers' search of a Surrey address A total of 40 kilos of cocaine (left) together with 100 rounds of 9mm ammunition (right) were smuggled into the UK Judge Robbins said he agreed that the two disrupted importations were indicative of a much larger operation. He added that Sanghera was "closely associated" with the producers of the drug in Mexico, and had made numerous trips to North America to meet them. Judge Robbins described Atkar as Sanghera's "right-hand man" and "lieutenant," who had encouraged British Airways employees to abuse their positions of trust. "The smuggling of firearms is every bit as significant and dangerous as smuggling drugs," said Judge Robbins of Sanghera's firearms offence. There was sobbing in a packed public gallery as sentence was passed. Share or comment on this article
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In December 2016, while speaking on Anderson Cooper 360, Horner said that all news is fake news and said CNN "spread misinformation", which was one month before Trump leveled the same criticism at that network. Horner spoke at the European Parliament in March, speaking about fake news and the importance of fact checking. According to a 2017 BuzzFeed article, Horner stated that a story of his about a rape festival in India helped generate over $250,000 in donations to GiveIndia, a site that helps rape victims in India. Horner said he dislikes being grouped with people who write fake news solely to be misleading. "They just write it just to write fake news, like there's no purpose, there's no satire, there's nothing clever. All the stories I wrote were to make Trump's supporters look like idiots for sharing my stories." The Huffington Post called Horner a "Performance Artist". Horner has been referred to as a "hoax artist" by outlets such as the Associated Press and the Chicago Tribune. Kim LaCapria of the fact checking website has stated that, in America, fake news is a bipartisan phenomenon, saying that "here has always been a sincerely held yet erroneous belief misinformation is more red than blue in America, and that has never been true." Jeff Green of Trade Desk agrees the phenomenon affects both sides. Green's company found that affluent and well-educated persons in their 40s and 50s are the primary consumers of fake news. He told Scott Pelley of 60 Minutes that this audience tends to live in an "echo chamber" and that these are the people who vote. In 2014, the Russian Government used disinformation via networks such as RT to create a counter-narrative after Russian-backed Ukrainian rebels shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. In 2016, NATO claimed it had seen a significant rise in Russian propaganda and fake news stories since the invasion of Crimea in 2014. Fake news stories originating from Russian government officials were also circulated internationally by Reuters news agency and published in the most popular news websites in the United States. A 2018 study at Oxford University found that Trump's supporters consumed the "largest volume of 'junk news' on Facebook and Twitter":
In 2018, researchers from Princeton University, Dartmouth College and the University of Exeter examined the consumption of fake news during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign. Their findings showed that Trump supporters and older Americans (over 60) were far more likely to consume fake news than Clinton supporters. Those most likely to visit fake news websites were the 10% of Americans who consumed the most conservative information. There was a very large difference (800%) in the consumption of fake news stories as related to total news consumption between Trump supporters (6.2%) and Clinton supporters (0.8%). The study also showed that fake pro-Trump and fake pro-Clinton news stories were read by their supporters, but with a significant difference: Trump supporters consumed far more (40%) than Clinton supporters (15%). Facebook was by far the key "gateway" website where these fake stories were spread and which led people to then go to the fake news websites. Fact checks of fake news were rarely seen by consumers,
Brendan Nyhan, one of the researchers, emphatically stated in an interview on NBC News: "People got vastly more misinformation from Donald Trump than they did from fake news websites – full stop." Another issue in mainstream media is the usage of the filter bubble, a "bubble" that has been created that gives the viewer, on social media platforms, a specific piece of the information knowing they will like it. Thus creating fake news and biased news because only half the story is being shared, the portion the viewer liked. "In 1996, Nicolas Negroponte predicted a world where information technologies become increasingly customizable." Decades ago people predicted that customized news would become a reality. This becomes a problem in today's society because people are seeing only bits and pieces and not the whole issues making it much harder to solve the issues or talk about it worldwide. ===On the Internet===
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mp in White House|url=|publisher=CBS News|date=November 17, 2016}} These stories consistently appeared in Google's top news search results, were shared widely on Facebook, were taken seriously and shared by third parties such as Trump presidential campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, Eric Trump, ABC News and the Fox News Channel. Horner later claimed that his work during this period was intended "to make Trump's supporters look like idiots for sharing my stories". In a November 2016 interview with The Washington Post, Horner expressed regret for the role his fake news stories played in the election and surprise at how gullible people were in treating his stories as news. In February 2017 Horner said, "I truly regret my comment about saying that I think Donald Trump is in the White House because of me.
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RICHARDSON This whole thing was a therapeutic process. PTSD is real and I go through that. People might think on the outside looking in that I'm doing swell because we got the settlement. That doesn't erase the time that I did. We always say we have invisible scars nobody sees. And no matter how you cover it, the scab will keep coming off. The settlement didn't really mean anything. Just to tell people we told you so from the beginning - that's all we wanted. BLACKK It was a challenge trying to snap out of the emotions [on set]. It was really easy to feel the pressure of what was happening, but once "cut" was called - in the courtroom scenes I found myself still angry and still really emotional. I couldn't even imagine myself going through what you went through, and it made me angry for you. This should have never happened. RICHARDSON It's a struggle that I deal with every day. But I didn't want to be an older, bitter man, even though I am angry, yes. But we did want to channel that energy and turn this to something positive so we could build for our future generation. BLACKK These five guys are human. They're not the "wolf pack," the monsters they were portrayed as by the media in 1989. These are guys that have families, that have goals, aspirations, things they want to do with their lives, and they shouldn't just be brought down to a headline or something to be afraid of because they're not at all. If you see something and it confirms your biases, you might want to take a step back before you jump to a conclusion, because there's a huge chance it isn't true. RICHARDSON That's why I love the title "When They See Us." When they see us as black and brown people, we're judged already from the color of our skin. So like Asante said, take a step back and think. I want everybody to know that we're survivors of this and we don't want to see another Central Park Five. We don't want to see another Scottsboro Boys. We don't want to see another Emmett Till.
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Old Vic Theater Creates New Way for Employees to Report Harassment LONDON - The Old Vic theater here has begun an initiative to address inappropriate behavior following allegations of misconduct by the actor Kevin Spacey during his time as the theater's artistic director. The plan, known as the Guardians Programme, is an alternate channel for employees to report instances of harassment outside of the formal structure of management and human resources. "We want everyone to have a way to share their concerns with someone outside of the "regular" reporting line," Kate Varah, executive director at the Old Vic, said in a statement. "Our Guardians will actively listen and support, offering confidential advice on options, with discretion and empathy." The Old Vic's program comes as a report published by the British theater magazine The Stage found that one in three theater professionals and students among its registered users polled said they had experienced sexual harassment. The report, which was answered by 1,050 theater workers including performers, backstage workers, front-of-house staff and management, described harassment and bullying as "ingrained into the theater culture." Of the respondents, 31 percent said they had encountered sexual harassment, and nearly 8 percent said they had been sexually assaulted at work. More than 40 percent of respondents said they had been bullied. Since the allegations against Harvey Weinstein surfaced in October 2017, accusations of misconduct have also emerged within British theater. In October, The Guardian reported that the prominent British director Max Stafford-Clark was forced to step down from Out of Joint, the production company he founded, because a female staff member made a formal complaint in July alleging he made lewd comments to her. In a similar vein to the #MeToo movement, British theater is now undergoing its own reckoning. In November, Vicky Featherstone, artistic director of the Royal Court theater, released a code of behavior for the theater industry. The same month, following accusations of sexual misconduct against Mr. Spacey, the Old Vic opened an investigation into his 11-tenure as artistic director (from 2004 to 2015), which resulted in 20 people coming forward with allegations of inappropriate behavior. Among the report's findings was a reluctance on the part of staff members to come forward with their allegations. The report said of Mr. Spacey: "The investigation found that his stardom and status at the Old Vic may have prevented people, and in particular junior staff or young actors, from feeling that they could speak up or raise a hand for help." The Stage's report found that 67 percent of those who said they had experienced either harassment or bullying at work did not report it. One respondent wrote: "It has never been clear to me how to report. I am not sure I even considered it worth reporting at the time, but I see now that is because it's so normalized."
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Dental dam - only a few references present
Dental Drill - very little on alternatives page
Oral Health Therapist Page - The is no page information on this - Shotgun Igor
Tooth pathology
Early childhood caries
Pulp necrosis
Dental abscess
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Sugar
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Cyst - wisdom | Cyst on a wisdom tooth
Lidocaine HCl local anesthetic | Lidocaine HCl local anesthetic cartridge
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A child with a mental disabilitly practicing oral health in |A child with a mental disabilitly practicing oral health in Nepal
US Navy 040701-N-1050K-006 Dental Technician 3rd Class Nedra Jackson, left, comforts a 7-year-old Thai student while Capt. Michael McNamara administers a local anesthetic in preparation for a tooth extraction during a Dental |US Navy 040701-N-1050K-006 Dental Technician 3rd Class Nedra Jackson, left, comforts a 7-year-old Thai student while Capt. Michael McNamara administers a local anesthetic in preparation for a tooth extraction during a Dental Ci
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Dental assistant - needs citations
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Recaldent - only one category: dental material
Remineralisation of teeth - potentially add Demineralisation
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Amelogenesis
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Orthodontics- currently developing more knowledge about this and is at a higher interest
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Biotene - Description/Uses/Indications/Contraindications
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Recaldent (tooth mousse)
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Disclosing tablets - could add category of plaque identification/measurement; Australian based information; could list some common brands and the individual identification that they use
Amelogenesis - page already says the information may be too technical for non-experts to read/understand; could add images/diagrams or a video for process
Dental fear - could add more information on the measurement of fear; could use more citations for treatment section
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So highly regarded by both sets of supporters, Aldridge admits he is sitting firmly on the fence when it comes to picking a winner, especially as a family holiday means he will miss out on the chance to be at Wembley. "It will be strange for me watching this one, I was due to go but I am on a family holiday. I would have loved to be there," he said. "I follow Newport and Tranmere so it is hard for me. I am a huge, huge Liverpool fan and have been since I was six years old. "I am backing both clubs to win, it is a huge game on a huge scale. "I have far too much respect to say who I think will win, I am gutted someone has to lose out. At the end of the game my thoughts will be with the team who loses. "I will be happy for the winners, but really gutted for whoever loses."
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The Pro 14 is represented by four countries this year, with all four Irish provinces looking to push their cases. Munster will be desperate to break from the shadows and progress to a final, hoping a coaching reshuffle will push them forward, while Ulster will provide sticky opposition in Pool 3. There is a little bit of doubt about the future of Glasgow's coach Dave Rennie, with Australia circling, but assuming he is not unsettled then the Warriors could contend too. The injury-ravaged Ospreys are the only Welsh side in this year's competition, while the growth of Benetton Treviso is welcome, with the Italians here on merit for the first time. English hopes may rest on the shoulders of Exeter in the absence of a genuine challenge from Saracens. Premiership clubs are finding it increasingly hard to compete in the Champions Cup in addition to the considerable exertions such a competitive league demands. The last two campaigns have seen only Saracens progress to the quarter-finals, and the season before only Wasps were able to join McCall's side. World Cup winner Handre Pollard is on his way to Montpellier (AFP via Getty Images) Which brings us to the Chiefs and their curious inability to translate continuing domestic excellence into Europe. If we now caveat all of Saracens" recent achievements, what Rob Baxter and Co have been able to build in the South West becomes all the more impressive. Yet, it all feels rather empty without taking that next step in the Champions Cup. However, this year could be different. They begin with a new Scottish star in town. Stuart Hogg was lured to Sandy Park with the promise of potential for progress in Europe, a marquee man to boost their continental hopes. The 27-year-old will add stardust to the backs, and the tight-knit group of forwards looks stronger than ever with another year of growth behind them. If they can overcome the difficulties of the past, and learn to tweak their style in certain scenarios to better prepare for success, this might just be their year. Talk of rest weeks and minute management for those with particularly relentless seasons will come, and the Saracens situation will develop, but for now everyone seems rather keen to get on with the on-field activities and put the off-field chatter to the side. The shadow cast by the scandal is long, but European rugby's best and brightest are ready to shine in battle again. Heineken Champions Cup Pools Pool 1: Benneton Rugby, Leinster, Lyon, Northampton Saints Pool 2: Exeter Chiefs, Glasgow Warriors, La Rochelle, Sale Sharks Pool 3: Clermont Auvergne, Bath, Harlequins, Ulster Pool 4: Munster, Ospreys, Racing 92, Saracens Pool 5: Connacht, Gloucester, Montpellier, Toulouse
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Maci Peterson Philitas is the CEO and co-founder of On Second Thought (OST), the definitive delay-recall mechanism for mobile communications platforms. == Education ==
Philitas earned her BA in public relations and advertising from Chapman University, and was named Chapman’s 2017 Distinguished Young Alumna of the Year. Maci currently resides in San Francisco. @macipeterson
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US Latinos are no longer majority-Catholic, here's why LOS ANGELES (AP) - Emmanuel Perez was about 15 years old when he decided the Catholic faith was not for him. Perez's cousin had just died in a car crash and his mother drove from her Santa Ana home in Orange County to Tulare near Fresno to help prepare the body for the viewing. She wanted to "be there for her in her last moments," said Perez, 23. His mother, however, was forbidden from getting close to the body. Because his mom had divorced his father and lived with her new partner without getting married, Perez's aunt didn't consider her "holy enough" to be near her niece's body. Perez said it was heartbreaking, especially because his mother devoted herself to the Catholic faith to create a bond with her family while his dad was not around. That's when he realized: "This is not for me. This is not what I believe in."
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Perez is part of of a religion shift where Latinos in the United States are no longer majority-Catholic, according to a new Pew Research Center survey released Oct. 17. In 2018-19, 47% of Latinos identified as Catholic, down from 57% a decade ago. The study found the share of Latinos who say they are religiously unaffiliated is now 23%, up from 15% in 2009. The report, a collection of yearly political surveys asking about religion, highlighted a continuing decline of Christianity in the U.S. It found that 65% of Americans describe themselves as Christians, down from 77% in 2009. Jennifer Hughes, a University of California Riverside associate professor who focuses on the history of Latin American and Latino religions, said that although this is a major shift, it's important to consider the nuances of Latino Catholic identity. "Because to say you're Catholic. if you claim that, it may mean you go to church every Sunday and you go to confession and you're in good standing," Hughes said. "Those people who say they're not Catholic, they could still be culturally Catholic. "I bet you a lot of those people who are saying, "I'm no longer Catholic," if you go in their house you may see a little Virgin Mary on their altar." To Hughes, anyone who participates in the life of the church, whether it's in church or through saints and altars in their home, "I would say is Catholic." Hughes outlined a number of reasons why some Catholics are critical of the church, including the clergy sexual abuse scandal and the rule that women can't be priests. "Those things are starting to wear away of support," she said. Pope Francis has sought to make the Catholic Church more inclusive. In 2015, he issued a call to the church to embrace Catholics who have divorced and remarried. This September, he met with American Jesuit priest James Martin at the Vatican to discuss LGBTQ Catholics - a move some saw as support for a priest who's called on Catholics to be more compassionate to LGBTQ people. Still, for some former Latina Catholics, that's not enough. Over the years, Greta Hernandez, a 34-year-old Nicaraguan American from Los Angeles, has become more disillusioned with the Catholic Church. She disagrees with the church mandates of waiting until marriage to have sex and the lack of LGBTQ inclusivity. She also didn't understand why priests were held to a higher regard than nuns. Additionally, even though she was baptized and celebrated her First Communion and confirmation, she never fully identified as Catholic. "I never really felt comfortable going to Catholic Mass. I felt like I just went to warm a seat. I really didn't understand what the priest was saying as a child," Hernandez said. She yearned for a sense of community. Now, Hernandez is exploring "what it means to be a Christian woman." She said most of her family is now Protestant or evangelical, while her mom remains Catholic. Hernandez started attending a Foursquare church in Los Angeles near her home. She enjoys the worship services, where the message is relatable through music. She said the church is liberal on social issues. "The message is clear. I can understand it and adapt it to my modern life," Hernandez said. Harold Morales, a professor at Morgan State University in Baltimore whose research focuses on the intersections between race and religion, was taken aback by the new Pew findings. "Even as people were leaving the Catholic Church, those numbers were being replenished," Morales said. "To see this decline by almost 10% in the Latinx Catholic population, was surprising." Morales, along with two other researchers, surveyed 560 Latino Muslims across the U.S. in 2014 to better understand Latinos" conversion to Islam.
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When low tech burglary has a high tech edge There are few feelings worse than having the sanctity of your home violated by thieves. It's not just the loss of valuable possessions, but that a stranger has completely violated your personal space. This is what happened to someone I know this week. But what might sound like a run-of-the-mill break-and-enter was far smarter and will have lasting implications for those involved. The victims of this crime are elderly folk for whom English is not a primary language. They received a phone call, supposedly from Centrelink, telling them an underpayment had been made and that they needed to visit the Centrelink office. Modern robbery may combine social engineering, identity theft and old fashioned breaking and entering. The office they were asked to visit was some distance away. Cutting to the chase, the couple left the house. When they returned, the thieves had forced their way in through a back door (the property is quite secluded) and stolen jewellery, gaming consoles, tablet computers and a bunch of personal documents including passports, bills, medical records and other useful information if you're into the identity theft business. About six months ago, a person knocked on their door, saying he was from Telstra (another fabrication) and talked his way into the house, saying he needed to perform an upgrade to their internet service. Instead, he installed malware on a computer. Fortunately, that was detected and removed by a professional not long after. A few early lessons We can no longer trust that the people who call, text or email us with regards to official matters are who they say they are. Whenever I receive a call from a bank or some other organisation and they ask for my full name and date of birth, I ask them to prove who they are before I hand over any information. Generally, that means providing me with a reference number or some other information and I call their number (looking it up for myself) and providing the reference information. The second lesson: never let someone you don't know into your home unless you have specifically requested them to come. In my friend's case, I'm certain (although the police haven't proven a link) that the "Telstra" techs were either the thieves or working with them. During that visit, they would have had adequate time to case the house and work out where the most valuable assets to steal were. The damage Aside from the human trauma of this event (and in no way do I want to play down the impact to the property owners, their son who lives with them or their grandchildren who call that house their home for half of every week), the impact has been nothing short of horrendous. Using information, presumably from stolen documents, the thieves locked mobile phone accounts so the victims of the crime could not use their mobile phones or access their accounts. They were locked out, requiring a visit to a Telstra store to resolve as the matter was not going to be fixed over the phone. Tablet devices that were stolen - they were used by the kids for playing games - had app store log-ins that were then used to access my friend's online email accounts and to lock him out so he lost access to his email. That also meant the thieves had access to all his email, thus affecting dozens, if not hundreds, of other people. They also used that to lock him out of his own social media accounts. The loss of physical items can be remedied through insurance. Unravelling the data mess being wrought by the thieves is far harder. A number of agencies have to be notified. The passports have been cancelled, with the theft reported to DFAT's Australian Passport Office. Medicare has also been notified, as have banks (the thieves didn't get cards but they did get statements) and a number of other organisations and agencies. Closing the barn door... It's really easy to sit back, at this point, and highlight all the mistakes that were made. But there are some things we can learn. Always have a strong passcode or passphrase on electronic devices. The thieves are likely to have accessed online accounts through unlocked devices. Keep important documents, such as passports, in a secure location. There's a good case to be made for a securely installed safe. Don't keep documents unless you really need them. You're better off scanning and shredding everything and storing everything on an encrypted drive or secure cloud service. Have a list of all your important online and physical assets so, if the worst does happen, you're not scrambling to work out what to do. Never let a stranger into your home, even if they have ID, unless you have specifically requested a tech or other service provider. And, even then, only let them in of they can validate who they are with a reference number or some other proof.
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The mother-of-three - who later met pupils and teachers including 'World's Best Teacher' Andria Zafirakou at Alperton Community School in west London - dazzled in the vibrant green bouclé dress as she arrived in Enfield this morning. Kate has made mental health in the young one of the cornerstones of her public work, and recently launched a steering group to investigate the correlation between vulnerable young children and those who experience mental health problems, addiction and anti-social issues when they are older. The main thrust of the group, comprised of healthcare experts, charities and academics, is to discover whether earlier intervention would make a difference to their future lives. Day Kate met the World's Best Teacher The Duchess of Cambridge met the woman named as the World's Best Teacher today during a series of school visits to mark Children's Mental Health Week. Kate, wearing a £2,100 bespoke dress from Eponine, travelled to northwest London to learn how the school of award-winning Andria Zafirakou is supporting the wellbeing of pupils and staff. Ms Zafirakou was awarded (£766,000) in prize money and the 2018 Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize, which recognises an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession. Teacher's pet! Kate travelled to northwest London to learn how the school of award-winning Andria Zafirakou (pictured) is supporting the wellbeing of pupils and staff The art and textiles teacher, who works at Alperton Community School, learnt how to say basic greetings in many of the 35 languages spoken at the school to help parents feel welcome. Along with colleagues she redesigned the curriculum to make it relevant to pupils, is known for taking the time to understand students' lives by visiting their homes, and was awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours. During her visit to Alperton today, Kate also joined headteacher Mr McKenna and students taking part at the Random Acts of Kindness Club. Today's visit allowed the duchess to find out more about the support offered to students, teachers and parents to help with mental wellbeing in support of Place2Be's Children's Mental Health Week 2019. Place2Be, of which she is is patron, is a leading UK children's mental health charity providing in-school support and expert training to improve the emotional wellbeing of pupils, families, teachers and school staff. The charity works directly with more than 282 primary and secondary schools across England, Scotland and Wales. Place2Be launched the first ever Children's Mental Health Week in 2015 to shine a spotlight on the importance of children and young people's mental health. The theme of this year's Children's Mental Health Week is "Healthy: Inside and Out," focusing on the connection between physical and mental health. During her visit to Lavender Primary School, Kate met teachers and students taking part in Children's Mental Health Week activities and sat in on two different lessons focusing on the importance of physical and mental health. She then travelled to Alperton Community School to meet the UK's first winner of the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize, Andria Zafirakou, and find out more about the programmes the school runs to support both students and teachers with their mental wellbeing. Miss Zafirakou won the global prize in 2018 in recognition of her contribution to the school community. On arrival the duchess joined a roundtable discussion with teachers about students" school readiness and teacher welfare. She also met students taking part in the Random Acts of Kindness Club, which is an extracurricular club focusing on the wellbeing of the school community. Before departing Kate dropped in on an art class where she heard how the school uses art to enhance children's confidence and creativity. She encouraged young people to switch off from the online world and focus on their true talents. Kate hailed a budding artist as a "fantastic advert" for what young people can do. Shown the work of A-level student Shaquille, 16, she said: "Wow, this is what you can do when you're not on social media!" Kate was at Alperton Community School in north London to mark Children's Mental Health Week. At another school earlier, she produced a photo of her family for a Year 2 "show and tell." Asked to show "something that makes you happy," she opened her black clutch bag and teased: "I've got something. It's not very big. Do you want to see it?" Kate, continued: "This is a photograph of my family. These are my children and this is my husband. "My family makes me feel happy. We like playing outside together and spending lots of time together... and that makes me feel very happy." The photo is the one the couple sent out on their Christmas cards last month.
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