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Josh Elliott says he did not leave Good Morning America for a higher salary. “In the end, it had nothing to do with money,” Elliott, 42, told PEOPLE in an exclusive statement, speaking for the first time since announcing he is exiting the No. 1 morning show for a job at NBC Sports. Though the popular news anchor declined to comment on specific figures – a source says ABC offered him $5 million but he asked for $10 million, while another source says Elliott will be paid about $4 million a year by NBC – he said: “There were two great offers on the table, and it certainly was a difficult choice to make. I feel I made the best one.” . RELATED: Michael Strahan Joining Good Morning America, He Says on Live! Ben Sherwood, co-president of Disney/ABC Television Group, announced Elliott’s departure and Amy Robach‘s promotion to GMA‘s news anchor in a memo to the news division. Noting that Elliott had informed ABC of his decision on Sunday,.”

MASPETH, Queens — Most homeowners have no idea what kind of hoses help supply their drinking water. In 2015, as part of the $25 million dollar Calamus Avenue Sewer project, in Maspeth, Queens, what were supposed to be temporary water hoses were installed underneath homes from 69th to 74th streets on Calamus Avenue. Resident Ben Geremia decided to call the manufacturer of the red hose. He was stunned when the customer service rep for HBD Thermoid told him the hose, the Valuflex GS 200, is not to be used as a drinking water hose. In an email, the company said “Any hose used for drinking water should be designated for potable water use (which means safe for drinking). We do not manufacture a potable water hose. “ “I certainly didn’t want to drink water from this," said Ben as he held up a section of the red hose. He complained to the site foreman from CAC Industries, the contractor on the sewer project. As a result, the red hoses were replaced with hoses certified as safe for drinking water. But that was only done for Ben’s home and others on his block. That was two years ago. The homes on the other blocks along Calamus Avenue did not have their red hoses replaced. Those homeowners didn’t even know about the substandard hoses supplying their drinking water until a few months ago. That’s when CAC began digging up the streets again for the next phase of the sewer project exposing the red hoses. Ben Geremia told homeowner Nan Chen, who lives two blocks away, what he’d learned two years ago. Chen, who is married with two young children, says “I’m afraid these hoses will leak out toxic chemicals.” Chen and other residents are angry that CAC left those hoses in the ground to supply their drinking water to their homes for up to two years after the same hoses were replaced on Geremia’s block. We contacted CAC, based in Long Island City, but no one got back to us. What a Shame! The NYC Department of Design and Construction, the DDC, is in charge of supervising public projects, including the Calamus Avenue Sewer project. Queens City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley complained to the DDC about the substandard hoses. “The commissioner assured me that those hoses were no longer going to be used," she said. The red hoses are now being replaced by copper pipes which are being put in place. The DDC has now changed its regulations as a result of the mistake in Maspeth. In a statement to PIX11, a spokesman says “The agency has added a new specification to its construction requirements that mandates that only hose manufactured for potable water be used in future projects.” The NYC Department of Environmental Protection says its recent tests show the water in those homes on Calamus Avenue is safe to drink. But Chen and other residents are still concerned. “Who knows if we got sick, years from now, who knows what would happen.” If you’ve got a story for me, send an email to whatashame@pix11.com or contact me on Facebook or Twitter.

Stellar gifted vocalist, composer, pianist and minister of music is also the leader of the 8-member ensemble Rev. Dr. Emory C. Andrews & Faith, a Gospel group known for their exceptional vocal skills and spirited performances. The ensemble just released two inspirational tracks, “So Blessed” and “Have Thine Own Way”. Both tracks are available on iTunes and CD Baby. The songs exemplify Gospel music at its finest. “Have Thine Own Way” is a memorable track, penned by Andrews himself. Showcasing the power and glory that only Gospel music can deliver, “Have Thine Own Way” flaunts the exquisite vocals of Faith. Guest vocalist Francine Jones showcases her soaring soprano voice during the five-minute song. A second single is the mid-tempo track, “So Blessed”. With lyrics of gratitude penned by Dr. Andrews’ godson, Raymond Holmes, “So Blessed” is the perfect opener for Sunday morning service. The hand-clapper features the lively vocals of the Joshua Generation and The DMV Community Choir. “‘Have Thine Own Way’ is about the next chapter of my life,” shares Dr. Andrews. “This song means so much to me because it’s my prayer. I have said to God, ‘Lord, whatever you want from me at this stage in my life, ‘Have Thine Own Way’”. Dr. Andrews recently stepped into a new life phase. After 40 years of teaching music, he retired this year. He’s excited to see what God has in store for him. Music will certainly be a big part of his future. “We have gotten so much support for the new songs,” says Dr. Andrews. “We debuted the songs at the Gospel Music Workshop of America in July and people were thrilled with what they heard. They didn’t want to wait for the release of the full project!” Fans of Rev. Dr. Emory C. Andrews & Faith don’t have to wait long. They will have their release concert on Saturday, October 28th at 5 p.m. at Rehoboth Baptist Church located at 621 Alabama Ave., SE, in Washington, DC. The CD Release Celebration will also commemorate the ensemble’s 27th Anniversary and will feature various artists and church ministries from the DMV. Dr. Andrews’ musical story begins in Florida. A native of Tallahassee, Emory Andrews learned the piano as a youth. With the guidance of his mother and a mentor at the local university, Florida A&M University (FAMU), he honed his musical talent. He played for the children’s choir at his church at the age of 7. Later, he went to a fine arts high school and studied music, ultimately graduating from FAMU. He continued his schooling at Florida State University and National–Louis University with a focus on Education. Once coming to the Nation’s Capital, his career took him to the District of Columbia Public School System, where he taught at Spingarn High School for ten years becoming Director of Choirs and Department Chairman. During his illustrious career, he’s mentored hundreds of singers and musicians both inside and outside the church and shared the stage with legends such as Richard Smallwood, Edwin Hawkins, Kirk Franklin and the late Rev. James Cleveland. Prior to his move to the Prince George’s County Public Schools in Maryland, Dr. Andrews was an adjunct professor and instructor at FAMU, Bowie State University and University of the District of Columbia. Upon his arrival to Oxon Hill Science and Technology High School in Oxon Hill, MD, he formed the Vocal Music Department and became the school’s Director of Choirs and the Instructor for the Vocal Music Department. A celebrated musician and director, presently he serves as Minister of Music at Rehoboth Baptist Church where Rev. Curtis L. Staley is Pastor. The church will be celebrating 153 years this year. Dr. Andrews is a member of First Baptist Church of Glenarden (FBCG) where John K. Jenkins is Pastor and Teacher. At FBCG, Dr. Andrews serves in the Music Ministry with the Fellowship Chorale. A member of GMWA and Administrative Assistant to the Dean of the Academic Division, Dr. Andrews is the Music Director for the District of Columbia Choral Union Chapter for the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses (The Thomas Dorsey Convention). For more information on Dr. Emory C. Andrews & Faith, log on to. Connect with the ensemble on Facebook.

Bernice May Moore Bernice “Bunny” May Noble Johnson Moore, 76, passed away on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, at the Newton Center Nursing Home in Sanford, Maine, where she has been a resident since 2010. Bunny was born on April 3, 1941, in Kennebunk, the daughter of Willard Noble and Beatrice (Robinson) Noble Wright. She grew up on the family homestead located on Heath Road in Kennebunk where her niece Dawn Noble still lives with her family. Bunny married Donald B. Johnson on Nov. 24, 1956, in Sanford. They had five children and divorced in 1963. She moved to Florida and resided in New Port Richey and then bought her home in Hudson. She was married to Ray Moore from 1970 to 1984 and they remained close friends until his death in 2004. Over the years, Bunny worked a variety of jobs and ended her work career at the Westin Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club in 2006. She started there as a housekeeper and finished her employment as a driver of their tram buses and had to retire after surviving first lung cancer and then brain cancer. She moved back to Maine in 2008 and lived with her daughter Sharon. During her leisure time she enjoyed crocheting blankets, vests and hats for her family. She also liked to socialize with her friends and family. Bunny is predeceased by her father and mother; brothers Willard Noble, Jr., Walter Noble and Keith Noble; and her son, Dana Johnson. She is survived by her son Chris Johnson and his wife Laurie (Randall) of Waterboro; daughter Sharon (Johnson) Phillips and her husband James of Springvale; daughter Donna (Johnson) LaRose and her husband Michael of Sanford; and her son Glenn Johnson and his wife Elaine of Sanford. She is also survived by 14 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Celebration of Life Service was held on Sunday, April 9, 2017 from at Bibber Memorial Chapel, Kennebunk. To share a memory or leave a message of condolence, please visit Bunny’s Book of Memories Page at. Arrangements are in care of Bibber Memorial Chapel, Kennebunk.

Their brush with one another was the paradigmatic encounter between the Celebrity and the Nobody, the "have" and the "have-not" of the postmodern age, an era which hypocritically blasts endless PSAs about "equality," "democracy," and "self-esteem" while implicitly deriding non-celebrities as losers, wastes of space, and living beings unworthy of life. The meeting outside of Manhattan's tony Dakota building between John Winston Ono Lennon and Mark David Chapman would result in the former's murder and the latter's lifelong incarceration. It would provoke numerous public expressions of grief from hundreds of thousands of people who felt their lives were somehow affected by the death of a man they'd never met. Mark Chapman, a tormented young man fueled by delusional narcissism, had become obsessed-idol. Killing a famous man gave Chapman the very attention he sought. He was no longer a nobody; now, he himself was a "star." Chapman's aim was, in a sense, truer than that of other antihero assassins such as Lee Oswald and John Hinckley. The latter two merely set their sights his former hero with bullets and surrendered to police on that December evening in New York, the ex-Beatle's posthumous ascension to holy martyrdom has grown annoying, even obnoxious. On this thirty-fifth worshipper's adulation. Unfortunately, phony delusions regarding Lennon did not die on December 8, 1980. Instead, they have exponentially multiplied, fed by the notion that this pop singer and sometime-activist was in some sense crucified for our sins on that shattering more admirable traits his willingness to hear from people who didn't like him without growing unduly defensive? It is December 8, 2015. Lennon remains dead, Chapman rots in prison, and the Earth turns as ever before. Both John and Mark have failed in their quixotic quests to change the world. There is nothing new under the sun, but some still imagine the possibility of making a better world. And that, too, is nothing new. Rest in peace, John; rot in peace, Mark. God bless you both.

[tag: science] Graduation Application Required for all degree. The application provides the Office of the Registrar with critical information about a student's chosen academic program; including degree, major, (concentrations, minors, etc. if applicable), expected graduation year and term. It also establishes a diploma address* and adds the graduation fee to the account of the applicant. The Graduation Application also puts the student's name on the Office of the Registrar's graduation (diploma order, degree posting) and commencement** (commencement program, ceremony tickets) lists. Failure to complete the application promptly can result in a delay in both degree posting and diploma ordering. It can also result in the student's name being omitted from the commencement program and other commencement lists. *Address where the diploma will be mailed after graduation **Participation in commencement is assumed and encouraged, however, it is not mandatory. Commencement information can be found on the Commencement Website. How Do I Apply For Graduation? Applying to graduate is a simple process that is done online through the MyCharleston portal. Click When to Apply for application deadlines. - Login to MyCharleston - Go to the MyForms tab - Click and complete the Graduation Ceremony Drug and Alcohol Policy Acknowledgement form - Once you have completed the Graduation Ceremony Drug and Alcohol Policy Acknowledgement form, return to MyCharleston - Select the Academic Services tab - Look for the Banner Self-Service channel and click the folder - Select Student - Select Student Records - Select Apply to Graduate. Follow the on-screen instructions. - You will also be asked about ceremony attendance but this is so that we can better prepare for the ceremony; it does not preclude you from changing your mind or commit you to participation. If you are in doubt, please select yes. - Be sure to review your application for accuracy before submitting it. Click the SUBMIT REQUEST button to activate your application. You will see a Graduation Application Confirmation page which will confirm that your application has been submitted (you will not get an email). There will be a link at the bottom of that page where you can go to view your submitted application(s). If you have more than one curriculum you'll need to go back and apply for it as well if you intend to complete it in the same term. The Graduation Application can be submitted only once per program of study (aka: curriculum). If you have two (or more) majors and they are listed separately on the application, please follow the directions for applying carefully. Contact the Registrar's Office if assistance is needed. Please note that your complete program of study (including degrees, majors, minors, concentrations, etc.) must be properly declared before you apply to graduate. What if I encounter problems? The Banner Self-Service on-line graduation application deadlines are October 1 for fall; February 1 for spring; and March form to inform the Office of the Registrar of such changes. Note: Students are not eligible to register for classes past the expected graduation term. Late Application (after deadline) Students who miss the deadline for applying via MyCharleston may still apply by submitting a hard-copy Late Graduation Application form. The form is available in the Office of the Registrar, or may be requested via e-mail. Please note that a $25.00 late fee is charged to the account of late applicants, in addition to the regular graduation fee. Both fees are non-refundable and non-transferable to another term. Students should review their degree audit and/or confer with their advisor to be sure they are on track to graduate as planned before submitting the late application. Graduation Fee During the graduation application process, a Graduation Fee will be added to the student's account. Contact the Treasurer's Office if you have questions about payment options or deadlines. The Graduation Fee is a one-time, non-refundable fee that must be paidCharleston during their senior year, no later than the graduation application deadline. A Graduation Application is REQUIRED before a degree will be awarded. Failure to complete the Graduation Application in a timely manner will result not only in a $25.00 late fee, but may also cause delays in posting a student's degree and ordering his/her diploma. It may also result in the omission of the student's name from the Commencement Program and other important graduation lists. To avoid these issues, students are urged to apply before the deadline! ***Dates of operation are subject to change without notice. Contact the Office of the Registrar with any problems.

Sep 20, 2011 A letter which I am gonna post!!! (here) So let me tell u this one story abt a gurl who I met at airport. Car parking.!! Super scared...!! N din talk at all.. Mujhe kya pata tha dat dis was d silent breeze b4 the storm!! :p lol..!! I stuck sticker on her arm n I did find her a lil ok ok types cuz she din gel up 2 my madness wen another new frnd of mine was!! She payed a bomb n stayed at bnb.. N we payed weekly of wad she did daily!! :p but bechari wasin her fault ..!! So in a day or two we call her out to a pub but we made it late.. She goes back n we dont get 2 c her!! Aaaahhh...!! But seriously it didn't matter to me.. To My other friend it did.. So I felt bad n felt bad for her! Next day I c her at a supermarket she sees me n my other friend n bursts into tears.. Boooooooom!! I went crazy..!! I calmed her down she was crying cuz she couldn't find an apartment nor she had anyone with her no mobile no shit!! So we made her feel at home n shopped wid her. We invited her to r house but she said no it wud get late crap so we left it!! next day I see her far away at high street I ran for my life 2 fetch her.. She was busy looking around for an apartments where she could stay.. So we spoke 2 her and was looking around wid her but then finally made her 2 stay wid us.. She started living wid us in our apartment.. It costed her a bomb!! But since we wer der she loved it!! Wow...!! So next day I take her out wid me 2 show her d uni etc. N she was soo happy since new house new frnds new life new freedom dat in excitement she told me dat "ur my BFF" n I was lik.. I am WHAT?!?! (wad i knew dat i would tell her d same someday) N den explained to her see here we all r new.. N plz don't trust any1 soo soon, it's barely a week since I've seen u!! N told her all the things related to it.. Dat u don't do dis, don't do dat..!! I was just flaunting myself :p lol but loved it since she encouraged it :p haha loved d importance!! Den on her b'day I see the real her wen she's all drunk n gone n worst/best she started to cry.. I had heard of it but first time I saw some1 cry after drinks!! I was freaked out n left my glass aside!! :p din wanna risk my tears :p lol..!! So dat nite I see her cry n she tells me plz don't leave me n go so I hugged n slept wid her all nite.. N in my mind 3 things.. 1) Aww soo sad shes missing home.. 2) Will I cry like dis sooner or later?!?!.. N thirdly peeeeeeeee, I soo badly wanted to pee but this Madame told me not to leave her so I did not !! N I pee'd wen I got up.. Shit was crazy...!! Next comes the phase of crushes...!! 2nd week of lectures she has a crush on some1 it's was a hugeee hugee love at 1st sight madness!! Ghoorna.. Sharmana.. Har ek baat yaad rakhna etc. I was use 2 all my gurlies doin dat so it wasin new for me!! Den her round 2 of getting drunk.. A frnds baday bash!! N drinks widout tears 4 her impossible !! But d reason was new .. Her crush was almost dating some1 els...!! Jab dil hi tut Gaya ab jee k kya Kare dis was her condition..!! N her conditions was known even by d wall.. Doors n her dress and even the couch .. Dey all payed 4 it!! D door got all her tears since she was standing n her head on d door n she was crying, Next dress.. It tore cuz she was running n dancing 2 insanity!! :p n couch had 2 ware her weight n d wall was her dance patner for dat nite :p lol..!! Freakin crazy rite?!?! I was like ok .. She's just fine...!! Den came our few beach n round the place trips!! Was funn!!Den came all blunders in her life n den related 2 dat in my life!! So we shifted to this most beautiful house in d world...!! She was soo happy getting 2 knw d house.. But wid d house came her new crushhhhh!! Pa pa paaaaaa!! Entered a new fella..!! Prety kool.. Sweet type Banda.. Yeh chori ko ghayal kar Gaya...!! But we all know the universal truth!! " the one whom we like never likes us back" toh she toh started singin.. Toh lut gae haa lut gae.. Toh lut gae tere mohobaat mai :p but life moves on andn she made him her closest frnd ever!! Always der 4 each other.. Caring abt each other.. Etc etc so dis was a sweet continuation !! Den came d phase of we two not talking 2 each other... Dost dost naaa raha.. Pyaar pyaar naa raha.. It was insane misconception!! Dat was d only time we din dance together :( but attitude was in d air!! But den dancing got us back r common frnds baday party at a disc.. So we started dancing together then talking.. Den clearing doubts.. den sorting.. N finally.. Came a phase where we two use 2 b home alone 24*7 n a frnd who was busy in his own life!! N we got actually close, watched movies.. Talked abt r crushes.. Refeshed past good memories.. Cooked together.. Danced.. Sang.. All in all and a week or two was left wen we had to leave dat house n shift 2 different regions.. Dont knw wad made me tell her.. U knw wad.. Ur my best frnd.. It's lik come on we are doing n sharing wad every best frnd does.. N in my mobile saved her no as best frnd and the same in her mobile too :p lol so den came my birthday!! I was surprised n happy n amazed by her planning.. I'm not dat expressive so couldn't shed happy tears or excitement..!! But trust me it was my best birthday.. Cuz for the 1st time, it was not me but a frnd celebrated my birthday for me.. other wise it was like, yea ur invited 4 d party!! For d 1st time a girl did something 4 me..!! But she was no1 els she is my BFF!! Den after dis happiness sadness had 2 come so we parted directions.. But something was calling me back.. Soo I unfortunately met wid an accident in car when we left her in bardford and moving to london. so we had 2 go whr she was..!! So der we meet again n touchwood none of us injured!! We spent awesome dancing drinking nites n den finally a goodbye..!! We wer hardly 3hrs aways but trust me it totally killed us!! So den came a a new frnd in my life she was sweet n has a bad present so I was totally sympathised wid her.. And made her my good frnd.. But I missed dis best frnd of mine always cuz I told her one thing " I don't wanna make u hear stories.. I want u 2 to be a part of it!! <3 " so on friendships day I plan to meet her but she had gone 4 a trip so I made my frnds ready n followed her to the place where she went. But due to miscommunication I had to tell her abt it 3hrs earlier.. Bloody I hate DES 3hrs!! So den I meet her n wish her!! Was awesome I was super happy!!!! Then she came 2 my hotel 4 a while n she couldn't stand my friendship with that new girl, she thought I would get close and make her my BFF!! So she started avoiding me.. N I went mad.. N finally she bursted out n said dat she was insecure abt me.. Hav u ever seen such a BFF!! I had such in skool wen I was tiny.. But wid her I guess we hav many years to grow up :p so I hung up n made a video which had just us two..!! N it was my 1st time ever for some1.. I knew she's too senti types she wud fall 4 it.. :p lol.. N we wer happily back..!! Den still r fights din stop she got upset n I got mad!! So I plan 2 surprise her by reaching her home!! But wen I reach d station 2 catch d train I see her.... I'm lik omg!! She too comes 2 surprise me!! N I was sooo happy!! Some1 1st time ever gave me a surprise!! :) I was touched!! Later why would I step back I surprised her since she was goin more away which was lik 9hrs by by by by by flight ( to india ) :( so I thought last few days I'd spend wid her...!! Was awesomeeeeee!! We got drunk every nite... Smooked up every nite.. Pampered her in her last few days wid me..!! And crazily danced wid her...!! Sang love story loudly wid her!! Loved it all!! Just one regression couldn't celebrate her. Birthday to my expectation!! But I got a cake which she had on my birthday!! Pheww!! Was funnn!! Den while seeing her of.. My heart was super low n I was super speechless!! But hugged her 4 d last time n said a goodbye!! Den are talking was sooo much reduced till now is..!! I miss her alot in everything I do.. I knw she's busy cuz alot of commitments.. But still .. :( miss the laughing.. Dancing.. Smiling wid her!! Just miss her sooo much!! Hope I could just catch a train meet her.. But my misfortune!! And do u know why am I writing all this??? Cuz today me n her complete one year of meeting each other!! I'm soo glad dat I've meet her.. And have her as my BFF!! Love u my BFF!! From time to time I need up wriiting my blogs about friends and frienship, now its about "The way a girl misses her Best Best Friend". I did it because both of them are my very close friends. I did some paraphrasing and some little additions to work to make the readers clear. Though its ment to ONLY one person, by posting this even my readers will also enjoy this beautiful new age FRIENDSHIP! I just love the way this girls tells her things which happened. I didnt see any grammar mistakes, but just LOVE. I hope U didnt see it as well !! Deepika this is for you!!! Obivisouly you know from whom is this!!! Miss. Jinal Parekh!! i have heard people saying "speechless" but experiencing it is a completely different feeling.... looove u jinal... <3<3<3 i dont know wat to say more.... the one whole year has been a trip to heaven and back.... looove u... This comment has been removed by the author.... :) I'm glad that u liked it deepu...!! Happy anniversay to our beautiful friendship!! N Saru... Trust me!! Widout u our story is n will always b incomplete!! And thanks 4 letting me knw my errors!! Love u both a lot !! you can spend sometime for your blog writing. its too sad that you ve given up your good habits.

First published in the Business Day online Amidst the political upheaval to which we have become accustomed Minister Pravin Gordhan delivered his 2017 budget speech. There will be plenty of debate around it, as there should be. But that is not where public scrutiny should stop: Provinces have been allocated 43,4% of state funds. Anyone who is interested in the use of public funds must extend their attention to provincial budgets, and particularly, provincial education department budgets, which are delivered between March and April. If previous years are anything to go by, much of the money allocated to provinces will be spent on education. Limpopo is good province to begin with. Last year, Limpopo’s education department tabled a budget of R27 billion, which was more than any other provincial education department, and only a small portion of this was spent on schools themselves. This is the money we should also be watching closely. Limpopo school spending Limpopo’s education department, which like its counterparts is responsible for individual school funding, divides its spending into two main categories. The first is personnel (salary) spending, which receives the lion’s share (ideally 80% of the provincial budget, but in practice in excess of 90%). The remaining amount is intended to procure goods and services, and to fund individual schools’ running costs, including textbooks, stationery, school equipment, basic supplies and services, and maintenance and repair costs. Due to the emphasis on staff salaries, last year, the Limpopo education department only made R981 million available to fund the day-to-day costs of running individual schools. This was R981 million from a total budget of R27 billion. In terms of established processes, the pot for school running costs is then divided between rich (ex-Model C) and poor (“no-fee” or quintile 1,2 or 3) schools. While the Limpopo education department controls how its budget is spent, there are some indirect guidelines: The Minister of Basic Education determines a minimum amount that each school should receive from its provincial education department. Generally, poor schools are entitled to about five times more money per learner than wealthy schools: In 2016, the wealthiest public schools were entitled to at least R204 per learner and the poorest public schools were entitled to a minimum amount of R1 117 per learner for the entire school year. Due to the decision to allocate only R981 million for day-to-day school expenses, Limpopo did not meet this paltry minimum. (Neither did KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga.) Instead, poor schools in Limpopo subsisted on R964 per learner (including the significant costs of textbooks and stationery). This was R153 less than the minimum entitlement of each learner. Rural context Limpopo is also an important point of focus because it forces us out of urban-centered modes of thinking, where cheap and easy access to many resources and services is taken for granted. Poor schools in rural areas must regularly bear additional costs which the current funding model, provincial allocations to schools, and even current minimum prescribed amounts do not take into account properly. Limpopo comprises three former homelands, which were ignored by the Apartheid government. As a result, most poor Limpopo schools were built by enterprising communities, who nailed corrugated iron roofs to mud brick walls, donated old furniture, dug deep holes for toilets, and who could hardly prioritise fencing or security. The slow pace of state-led renovation and construction at a national and provincial levels has meant that the amateur structures continue to collapse, toilets regularly fill up and become unusable, and burglaries persist. As a result, Limpopo schools are forced to spend the funds which they receive from the province on extempore repairs to rickety classrooms, broken furniture or pit toilets, so that learners do not always have to go home when it rains, crowd classrooms or walk to bushes to relieve themselves. As the schools are usually unfenced, they often find themselves victims of break-ins and spending money, again in a makeshift fashion, to replace stolen equipment and food, and damaged infrastructure. At one school, in an attempt to alleviate the situation, members of the school governing body and teachers take turns to patrol the school at night. During the day, these bleary-eyed and sleep-deprived adults return to teach, work, or try to find work. Fundraising Although ex-Model C schools receive less money, they are permitted to charge fees (some charges as much as R40 000 per year) so that they can make up for any shortfall in the government allocation. By contrast, poor schools are not permitted to charge any fees. The only recourse to government underfunding available to poor schools is fundraising. However, fundraising has offered little respite to poor schools which are situated in isolated, economically arid regions. Schools cannot seek local patronage and often apply to larger companies for donations or enter competitions, but without social capital or luck, they very rarely succeed. In one case, a company ran a competition for schools with laptops as the prize. The school principal of a struggling primary school in Limpopo’s Sekhukhune District had every learner and teacher enter the competition. The school did not win. In many schools, principals use not only ingenuity, but also their own money when the state funds run out. A right to basic education The right to basic education is immediately realisable. It is not subject to progressive improvement and access, and certainly ought not to be subject to private patronage or chance. It is therefore constitutionally unacceptable that poor schools are consistently funded well below their actual needs, to the point where their situations deteriorate. In 2017/18, each learner at a poor school should receive at least R1,242 from its Provincial Education Department. It is unlikely that this amount will be sufficient given the needs and expenses of the schools, but that does not mean that it should not be met. The fact that this minimum amount has not been met in a number of provinces (despite constitutional obligations, benchmarks set at a national level, and massive funding) is a reason to dissect provincial budgets, and at least provincial education department budgets, with similar care and attention given to the national budget. Ramji is an attorney at SECTION27. Sephakgamela is a member of Basic Education For All (BEFA)

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MA Urdu. Economics, Islamic Studies, History, Political Science Notice Are Available Karachi:21July:Dr Javed said it was beyond understanding about why the government was going to re-advertise the posts. He said, “The government could have appointed the people who are now working at acting vice chancellors at these two universities as their names have also been recommended by the search committee”. He said that the approach taken by the government was creating doubts among the academic circles. The LHC on April 27 directed the Punjab government to appoint vice chancellors at Punjab University, Lahore College for Women University (LCWU), University of Sargodha (UoS) and MNSUET Multan as per the recommendations of their respective search committees. The matter of appointments of vice chancellors at public universities in Punjab has become a controversial affair for the provincial government as the matter still lingers.Published in The Express Tribune,

By Syed Khalid Mahmood Pakistan's captain for the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 to be held in the Caribbean, Shahid Afridi, has reckoned that Sachin Tendulkar's absence from the Indian team for the tournament will be a blessing in disguise for the other sides. Tendulkar had voluntarily ruled himself out of international Twenty20 matches in 2007, before the inaugural World Twenty20, in order to preserve himself for the longer formats. But there have also been indications that the grand master distanced himself from the shortest version of the game at the international level to let Mahendra Singh Dhoni lead the side without the pressures of having ‘veterans’ under his command. The truth probably lies somewhere in between and there’s every likelihood that a combination of factors influenced his decision. His success with the bat in the ongoing IPL-3 leaves no doubt in anyone’s mind about him being more than suitable for every format of the game. He has been leading Mumbai Indians by example and in the manner in which he has scored runs of late makes everyone feel that he’s the man in form. He was not a part of the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 held in 2007 in South Africa which India won under Dhoni. Neither was he a member of the side that was humiliated in the second edition of the tournament in England last year. In other words Tendulkar has not been in the scheme of things as far as India’s T20 plans are concerned. The Indian selectors and their team management, for reasons best known to them, have not made much effort in persuading him to play T20 Internationals either. The Indian think-tank appears convinced that they won’t be needing Tendulkar for T20 and in such circumstances the iconic batsman, having all conceivable batting records under this belt, could not be expected to plead to anyone. He has chosen the right course letting his bat make the statement all the time. Tendulkar has been in the middle of yet another purple patch and there were suggestions that he might be reconsidering his decision but, like a wise man, he has ruled out such a possibility. "The way he has blossomed in the last few years, he is only getting better and better as a batsman. If he is not playing for India in the Twenty20 World Cup, it is certainly a big advantage for other teams.If Tendulkar had played in this World Cup, I am sure he would made big impact for India," the Pakistan captain felt. ," he pointed out. readmore »»

The. In November, at a national meeting of Controcorrente in Genova, MEP Joe Higgins met Nicholetta Dosio, one of the main activists in the campaign. There Joe was invited to Val di Susa to meet local people and to see what he could do to help the campaign accross Europe.. Following his visit Joe sent out a press release: “My visit to Val di Susa on February 20th and 21st demonstrated to me that the stand taken by the NO TAV campaign is absolutely correct. This is a truly impressive mass campaign of opposition to a high speed train project that is not needed but would have catastrophic consequences for the communities in the Val di Susa and would involve major environmental destruction in an area of great natural beauty. In the face of police and mafia repression, thousands of people have bravely stood their ground to defend their communities. They are an inspiration to environmental and community activists worldwide. “Having seen the area with my own eyes, I intend to redouble my efforts to assist the campaign. I will be submitting a detailed question to the European Commission to get the latest information for the campaign and to apply pressure on the European authorities to withdraw European Union funding. I will also be using my position and working with the sections of the Committee for a Workers’ International () to publicise and win support for this campaign internationally.” A mass campaign Some local activists like Nicholetta have been campaigning for 21 years against the TAV project but it is really in the last ten years or so that the movement has become a mass one. In 2007 a petition was signed by 32,000 local people in the areas affected by the project and taken to the EU in Brussels. For the TAV project to go ahead, local people should be consulted first. As usual, speculators, big businesses and politicians are trampling over the rights of ordinary people in the interests of profit. The campaign has reached a critical stage because in order to get EU funding soundings (drillings) have to be carried out in the area. On 23 January 40,000 people marched in opposition and permanent ‘presidi’ (protest sites) have been set up where the drillings are supposed to take place. These have been built by the people as places for protesters to meet, eat and sleep but also as a resource for the local community. In fact, an alternative way of life based on solidarity, cooperation and community spirit has been taking shape. Faced with the overwhelming opposition of local people, intimidation and repression has increased. Presidi have been burned down and one of the recent night time protests (the drillings are attempted at night to try and minimise opposition) was brutally attacked by the police, injuring 22 people, 2 seriously. 600 police are deployed for each drilling shift and there are 4 shifts per drilling. “He’s one of us” Joe visited one of the victims of police brutality, Marinella, in hospital. With a broken nose, a head wound and her body covered in bruises, she pledged that whatever happened she was determined to continue the struggle. Joe then toured the presidi to meet and talk to local people. At the first one, San Antonino, he was greeted by 200 applauding protesters and a band playing Irish music! “It’s clear that this high speed link is not necessary,” he said when addressing the crowd. “A beautiful valley just 2 km wide, flanked by mountains, already has a European railway, a motorway and two main roads… So why do the politicians want to build the TAV against the will of local people? Could it be that they are in the pockets of the speculators, big business, the building companies and the mafia who will be the main beneficiaries?” “It seems like he’s been here 10 years not 10 minutes,” said one protester. “He understands everything.” At all the presidi Joe was greeted warmly and informed about the environmental risks local people face. It is planned that the rail link will go into the mountain which contains asbestos and uranium, which if disturbed could cause major health problems. The land in the area is fragile with the risk of landslides, and where other rail links have been built, such as Muginello in Tuscany, precious local water resources have been depleted. How can this kind of destruction be justified when the current railway is running at just 30% capacity? In the evening Joe spoke at a public meeting in Bussolano with Nicholetta. She introduced Joe to the 200 people present by talking about the local campaigns that Joe has been involved with in Ireland, against water charges, bin tax and a Shell oil refinery. When Joe explained that he only takes the wage of an average worker the hall erupted in applause. “He’s one of us,” cried someone. “He doesn’t wear Armani,” cried another. One person thought “he should stand in Italy, we need people like him” but someone else said that “they wouldn’t let him – he’s too ethical”. The next day, as well as continuing his tour of the presidi, Joe met with the president of the Mountain Community and various No Tav mayors and councillors. He pledged to do all he could in Europe to aid the campaign but throughout his visit he stressed that it will be the determination, the mass resistance and the unity of ordinary people in struggle that will defeat the project. “From what I have seen of that in these two days they will never be able to build the TAV,” he said. Finally on Sunday evening Joe met with over 30 workers in struggle in various workplaces in Val di Susa. As they explained, virtually every factory in the valley has either closed or is in cassa integrazione (where workers are ‘temporarily’ laid off and paid a proportion of their wages, often as a prelude to unemployment). Marco, a young worker from Azimut, the biggest company in the area, which produces yachts, reported how 350 workers on short-time contracts have lost their jobs and the others are now having to do the work of those sacked, including working overtime. One of the arguments that is put forward by supporters of the TAV is that it will bring jobs to the area. But with the privatisation of the existing railway hundreds of local jobs were destroyed. Local people want decent permanent jobs, not temporary work in illegal and dangerous conditions which is the only kind, if any, that the TAV is likely to bring. Joe has pledged to keep in touch with the NO TAV campaign and to act as their representative in the European Parliament. The slogan of the movement is “A sara’ dura” (it will be difficult), but the local people are determined to defend their community, their environment and their future.

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By 2006, snap music’s nationwide visibility was on the wane, but a small group of young hip-hop producers continued trading fun, often parodic, snap songs on the music-sharing website Soundclick. Many of the lyrics in their songs turned on the same goofy phrase: “Crank dat!” The producers were connected in parallel on other sites, and the songs, lyrics, jokes, and videos they created frequently migrated back and forth across these platforms. As the “Crank Dat” phenomenon grew, some of the participants created dances to the songs and uploaded videos of themselves performing the steps. Shortly, there were a number of songs and dances floating around with similar titles: “Crank Dat (Robocop),” “Crank Dat (Roosevelt),” “Crank Dat (Mega Man),” and so on. The same snap simplicity that drew criticism from hip-hop traditionalists proved a fertile foundation for the young music makers on Soundclick. Whereas the densely layered, sample-based recordings characteristic of coastal hip-hop can intimidate or confound tenderfoot producers, snap’s minimalism makes it highly legible to newcomers. Individual drum hits stand out from the sparse sonic structure, and the basic snap rhythm is easily reproduced using low-cost software such as FL Studio or Garageband. Each new version of “Crank Dat” provided a blueprint from which subsequent versions could be produced. DeAndre Way, better known today as Soulja Boy Tell ’Em, was one of the snap producers actively posting music to Soundclick in 2006. As a high school student in Batesville, a town in the rural northwest corner of Mississippi, Way learned to make animations, to edit photos, and to record music on his home computer. Following a pattern set by other commercially successful southern artists, the aspiring rapper soon produced a hip-hop mix tape, found a manager, and started performing on the weekends in roller rinks and at teen dances. Week after week, he documented this slow grind toward pop stardom in home videos, cell phone pictures, and short journal entries posted to his MySpace blog. Way, like several other Soundclick users, created his own version of “Crank Dat” titled “Crank Dat (Soulja Boy),” incorporating a looping steel-pan melody, a catchy refrain, and his own quirky slang. Throughout the track, his lyrics instruct the listener to perform various movements: “crank it,” “roll,” “superman,” “lean/rock,” “supersoak,” “roosevelt,” “shuffle,” and “jig.” To the average hip-hop fan, some of these movements would be familiar, but others, such as the roosevelt, were peculiar to the Soundclick niche from which “Crank Dat” emerged. Soulja Boy catalyzed and accelerated the “Crank Dat” phenomenon when he reposted a video by the Cash Camp Clique to his MySpace page on February 25, 2007. Above the video of three teenagers dancing to “Crank Dat (Soulja Boy),” Way wrote, “Dis is how u do da dance to my new song. Just punch to da left or right den crank it 3 times.” Within a month, he had collected and reposted half a dozen videos of other people doing “Crank Dat (Soulja Boy),” each time garnering more comments and attention to his MySpace blog. By the end of the springtime, his page had received millions of views, and his songs on Soundclick were being downloaded tens of thousands of times (de Leon 2007). On May 15, Soulja Boy signed a contract with a major record label due in large part to the online popularity of “Crank Dat (Soulja Boy).” For a particular cultural artifact to spread, its expressive potential must be accessible across seemingly disparate audiences. The Cash Camp Clique demonstrated, through their idiosyncratic clothes, slang, dancing, and southern accents, multiple points of entry into the “Crank Dat” phenomenon. And Soulja Boy, by debuting his song as the soundtrack to another group’s homemade dance video, implicitly invited viewers to create further variations. The audiences that took up this invitation kept only the elements they found relevant. They felt free to create new dance steps, to rework the audio, to alter the video, and to introduce their own symbols of local significance. The thousands of videos that make up the “Crank Dat” phenomenon present dimensions of hip-hop culture that are typically absent from conventional pop channels. References to video games, comics, professional sports, and anime appear alongside self-conscious performances of nerd, jock, geek, and preppy stereotypes. This light-hearted imagery inevitably commingles with culturally specific markers of ethnic, racial, and gender-based difference—signs frequently referenced in the public comments left by viewers. Not only did video makers use the “Crank Dat” framework for self-expression and identity play, but they took advantage of the discursive affordances of YouTube and MySpace to engage in discussion and debate around the videos they created. In the first year of Way’s career as Soulja Boy Tell ’Em, he rarely performed the role of rapper or producer. Rather, he acted as curator, cheerleader, and embodied symbol for the collective “Crank Dat” phenomenon. Realizing the potential value of his popular MySpace blog, Way reposted select videos, rewarding the creators with social capital in the form of visibility, respect, and esteem. He frequently encouraged fans to become producers and tried to inspire friendly competition among them, challenging listeners explicitly in his lyrics, “Y’all can’t do it like me / so don’t do it like me.” Occasionally, reflecting on the curious trajectory of his career, he credited the “fans” for his success. On the day he signed his major-label contract, Soulja Boy blogged, “I still need yall support all da fans yall da ones who helped [me] get signed! i luv yall!” DeAndre Way’s goals were not radical. As prefame blog posts from 2006 attest, his aspirations did not stray far from the title of that summer’s Cam’ron single: “Girls, Cash, Cars.” Yet it is precisely the unremarkable nature of his ambitions that makes this story worth examining. Way was not trying to undermine the conventional music industry—quite the contrary—nor did he attempt to control “Crank Dat” after signing a major-label contract. By maintaining this balance, Way enabled powerful reciprocity between the popular productivity of his peers online and the amplifying apparatus of the pop media industry. References de Leon, Krishtine. 2007. “Youngest in Charge.” The Source 216 (December): 54–59. Grem, Darren E. 2006. “The South Got Something to Say: Atlanta’s Dirty South and the Southernization of Hip-Hop America.” Southern Cultures 12 (4): 55–73.

The Mission: St. Louis Gala at Ballpark Village has been postponed. Moonlight Ramble has been postponed until Saturday, September 23. Cardinals Care 6K Run/Walk cancelled – Cardinals Care will be sending each registered participant a package that includes a 6K medal, a 6K T-shirt, Fredbird bobblehead, a coupon for Chipotle, and a voucher for two complimentary tickets to a 2018 Cardinals regular season game. St. Louis Walk to End Alzheimer’s has been postponed. The St. Louis Public Library says St. Louis police have asked it to close all library branches in the city. All St. Louis Public Library branches are closed. City officials have cancelled the Shakespeare in the Streets’ production of “Blow, Winds.” Friday’s St. Louis Symphony performance of “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” in Concert has been cancelled. The Great Forest Park Balloon Race and Balloon Glow are moving forward as scheduled. Compton Heights Church at Grand and Flora is open for conversation and space for prayer and reflection Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. School closings Ferguson-Florissant School District: Elementary schools releasing an hour early at 2:30 p.m. Kindergarten and First-Grade students will not be dropped off at the bus stop without a parent to receive the child. Please make personal contact with all elementary parents. High schools and middle schools will release at the usual time. All after-school and weekend activities and athletics, including Y Club and Boys and Girls Clubs, are cancelled Friday and this weekend. Schools in the Hazelwood School District are releasing all students two hours early. The Pattonville varsity football game at Webster Groves has been cancelled for Friday. Parkway North and West football games have been pushed to Monday.

On Subversity's New Year's Eve show, we celebrate and honor the engaged life of Allan Berube, a community historian, who documented the lives of gays in the military, and who received a MacArthur Foundation award. His book, Coming Out Under Fire, was developed into a film by documentary filmmaker Arthur Dong. Berube, who helped found the GLBT Historical Society in San Francisco, died December 11, 2007. We talk with several fellow travelers of Berube's, including fellow historian Gerard Koskovich and activist Amber Hollibaugh about Berube's role in the gay liberation movement and his impact on a whole new generation of queer scholarship and activism. Gerard Koskovich is a San Francisco-based editor, writer, historian, and rare book dealer and collector. He is the staff liaison for the American Society on Aging's Lesbian and Gay Aging Issues Network. His entry on LGBT archives and libraries in the United States is forthcoming in the three-volume reference work LGBTQ America Today (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2008). Recent publications include an extensive French-language portfolio on the GLBT Historical Society published in volume 6 of Triangulere (Paris: Editions Christophe Gendron, December 2006), an annual review of queer arts and culture, and "The 'Modest Collection' of Bud Flounders: How 5,400 Gay Novels Came to Green Library," published in the fall 2005 issue of Imprint, the journal of the Associates of the Stanford University Libraries. Amber Hollibaugh, senior strategist at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, formerly was the director of education, advocacy and community building at SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders). She was the first director of the Lesbian AIDS Project at Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) in New York. She is a well-known activist, artist, writer and community organizer. She is author of My Dangerous Desires: a Queer Girl Dreaming Her Way Home. She also co-produced and directed The Heart of the Matter, a documentary about women's sexuality and HIV risk, which won the 1994 Sundance Festival Freedom of Expression Award and ran on the PBS series, P.O.V. Have a safe and productive new year! See obituaries: New York Times: obit. Los Angeles Times: obit. Bay Area Reporter: obit Sullivan County Democrat: obit. To listen to the entire show, click here:

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Atiśa Dipamkarashrijnana . Early life He was born in the village Vajrayogini in the Bikrampur region of Bengal, currently in Bangladesh, in 980 CE. His childhood name was Chandragarbha. From a very young age he showed an extraordinary aptitude for Dharma and studied sincerely under more than 100 teachers. He received, practiced, and mastered the instructions on the Hinayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana schools of Buddhism and was regarded highly by all the traditions of Buddhism in India at the time. Preaching in Sumatra and Tibet "Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment". It is a short text on lamrim, the stages of the path to enlightenment. Dromtonpa, the principal disciple of Atiśa kept the complete legacy of Atiśa and this became later known as as the Kadampa (Bka'-gdams-pa) tradition. This was later revived by the Tibetan teacher Tsongkhapa (Btsong-ka-pa), the founder of the Gelug (Dge-lugs) tradition. Since that time the Kadampa school of Atiśa is named Old Kadampa and Tsongkhapas Gelug school is named New Kadampa. Firstly the tradition on the instructions on Bodhicitta were kept very secret. In Tibet Atiśa passed it only to his main disciple Dromtonpa. Later the instructions became known in Tibet as Training the Mind (Tib. blo-ljong) and were integrated and emphasised in all four tibetan buddhist schools. Suvarnadvipa is generally taken to mean insular Southeast Asia. In Atiśa's time the area was dominated by the great empire of Srivijaya which was known as a seat of Buddhist learning.ank. Death After staying for thirteen years in Tibet, Atiśa died in 1053 CE in a village called Lethan, near Lhasa, at the age of 73. The site of his last rites at Lethan has turned into a shrine. His ashes were brought to Dhaka, Bangladesh on 28 June 1978 and placed in Dharmarajika Bauddha Vihara. For questions or comments about this web site contact: jcoghill2@cox.net

Hosted By The Broke and The Bookish Topic I Picked : Books I'd Take On A Desert Island 1. The Great Gatsby By F.Scott Fitzgerald - I know, I know... it is the typical "favorite" book of most readers, but I really do love The Great Gatsby and its timeless writing. 2. Where She Went By Gayle Forman - I like If I Stay, but Where She Went is pretty much all focused on Adam and well, I freaking LOVE Adam. 3. The Girl In The Steel Corset By Kady Cross - Victorian Steampunk, Griffin and Jack Dandy - YUM, Enough Said. 4. Eclipse By Stephenie Meyers - I don't care, next to New Moon this book made me SWOON. I will need a lot of swooning if I am stuck on a desert island. 5. Are You There Vodka, It Is Me Chelsea By Chelsea Handler - Because, As well as swooning.. I will need humor while stuck on in island and this book packs the punches. 6. Blue Bloods By Melissa De La Cruz - I love this whole series and the books just get better as a whole. But Since I only have 10 books to bring, I will just bring Book 1 with me. 7. Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire By J.K. Rowling - Again, hard to choose just ONE book from the series, but I would think this book is one of my favorites for sure. 8. A Great and Terrible Beauty By Libba Bray - Again, Victorian England, Magic and Boarding School = awesome book! 9. Eat, Pray, Love By Elizabeth Gilbert - This is book is zen and fun and what I would need, when I start to have a break down on this desert island, cause I am sure this would happen, often. 10. Uncommon Criminals By Ally Carter - Fun, Witty, YA is a must. I applaud you for only choosing ten! I could never do this topic. Love that you mentioned HP and Ally Carter! Jennifer @ Feminist Fairy Tale Reviews I love the Gemma Doyle books! Great choice! :) I love the Heist Society series as well.

In the fall of 2014, Stephen A. Smith hosting his show on Sirius/XM Radio’s Mad Dog Radio. Smith was contacted by Sirius after a controversial rant by shock-jock Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo, where he stated that there were no black sports radio hosts on Mad Dog Radio. “I have a national voice in television and I have a national voice in digital,” Smith said recently. “Why not have a national voice in radio?” Smith’s show airs weekdays from 1-3 p.m. eastern time. ESPN had never given anybody employed by the network the green light to do Sirius/XM radio. Smith changed the game! A hot commodity, Sirius is paying ESPN a licensing fee for Stephen A’s show. “It’s a trailblazing move because ESPN has a channel on Sirius/XM,” said Smith. “But I’m not on the ESPN channel; I’m on the Mad Dog Channel.” The ESPN personality sees his platform as a good opportunity to prove that African American’s can do their thing too! “I’m not just able to help myself but various African Americans within the radio industry that are looking for opportunities,” Smith told Scoop B Radio host, Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson. “I’ve got to be a trendsetter and make it happen because if I drop the ball, I not only drop the ball for me but I drop the ball for us.” Check it out here.

[tag: how-to] What You Need: Template Fabric Beads Beading Needle [the thinnest possible] Thread / Scissors The method I use in this post, largely follows the same guide as this post, using a printed template as my guide and then removing when finished. I started by printing and cutting to size my monogram template and sticking lightly around the edges to keep in place on my chosen fabric [if you would prefer, pin in place to stop the template moving] I then thread my needle through the template at the start of the letter and then threaded a bead, looping back into the stitch to secure in place. Pull the stitch tight, but not too taut that the fabric bunches: Continue your stitches, threading a bead in to each one and looping back into the stitch to secure until you have completed your letter. Keep the stitches fairly close together, about a beads width apart: Once complete, start ripping away your template, taking care when reaching the stitches. Tweezers can really help get rid of any tricky areas, but the paper should tear away easily: ...and there you have it. A beaded monogram letter. You can leave the beading here, as the letter looks perfectly fine as it is, however; the neat-freak in me can't rest until all those beads are facing the same way and lined up neatly. Here's my quick how-to: Start a new stitch, threading in the same place as the first stitch you made: thread the needle back through each bead, a small section at a time and threading so that the beads line up, facing in the same direction. Continue this through each and every bead in the sequence: Once you reach the final section, you will have already noticed all the beads line up in a nice, neat line. Pull the thread and then stitch back into the final stitch previously made and secure tightly at the back. ...and now you have a nice, neat beaded letter. This effect could also have been achieved by threading the beads with a back-stitch, as opposed to a running-stitch, but for me, this is quicker and easier [and I am all about that]. Heres a side-by-side, so you can see the [slight] difference: I'm going to be using this technique on quite a few finishing touches this Christmas, mixed with embroidery and sequins and anything else that I can use to make things sparkle and each time, the projects will use this basic technique - I hope this simple how-to has been useful! Love little beads like this!I have so many! What a great idea!

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There have been several recent indications (two submarine accidents and a missile test failure) that the $650 billion being taken away from Russian schools and hospitals and thrown at the military budget may be money down the plughole, and that's even without the corruption to take into account. All of these accidents have occurred since the year 2000 making Russia's public record on submarine technical safety one of the world's worst. The Russian nuclear powered submarine Tomsk was undergoing repairs near Russia's far eastern port of Vladivostok on Monday when it burst into flames and burnt for five hours. The Defence ministry eventually changed cruise missiles. Investigators say it may have been the weapons on board, possibly those missiles, that exploded causing the disaster. There are nine more 'Kilo one of the world's worst. Lets go back to those nuclear weapons and missiles, the one's Russia prides itself on above all. In November 2011 then Chief of the Russian General Staff Nikolai Makarov announced that,"I do not rule out local and regional armed conflicts developing into a large-scale war, including using nuclear weapons." That sabre rattling was directed at Europe, the US and NATO. Except that Russia may not have as much firepower as it thinks. On September the 6th the much hyped 'Bulava' submarine launched ballistic missile (yes we're back to submarines again), made to carry ten nuclear warheads, failed a test launch….again. That's eight times out of at least nineteen launches of the Bulava that the missile has fallen out of the sky, as this one did, or variously been declared a flop. The Russian military maintains the Bulava is the only way to update Russia's nuclear submarines, and of course takes for granted that they must be updated. There is no debate about even the possibility of perhaps not keeping up those huge numbers of expensive nuclear missiles. Instead it's back to the manufacturer once again for more testing.

Qatar fund to invest $500m in Russia's VTB London, May 21, 2013 Russia's second-largest bank VTB expects to close its $3.3 billion offering of new shares by the end of the week, with three sovereign wealth funds - including Qatar Holding - investing about $500 million each, chief executive Andrei Kostin told Reuters. Azerbaijan's state oil fund Sofaz, Norges Bank Investment Management and Qatar Holding are buying more than 50 percent of the offering of 2.5 trillion VTB shares on the Moscow stock market at 4.1 kopecks each. Kostin told Reuters in an interview that the anchor investors were each taking "more or less similar" stakes of about $500 million - "the kind of ticket we are thinking of". VTB is offering shares at a discount to its 2007 initial public offering and 2011 secondary offering, when the bank sold shares at 13.6 kopecks and 9.15 kopecks respectively. The share issue will bolster VTB's Tier 1 capital ratio to 11.9 percent from 10.3 percent at Dec. 31, helping it meet loan growth targets. The new Tier 1 capital ratio - a key measure of a bank's ability to absorb losses - will be higher than No.1 Russian lender Sberbank's 10.4 percent at Dec. 31. "We expect our loan book will grow between 15 to 20 percent," Kostin said, adding that VTB also needs capital to meet Basel III requirements that the central bank plans to introduce this year. The Russian state will retain a 60.9 percent stake in VTB after the sale. Kostin also said that VTB expects 2013 net profit to reach a record high above 100 billion roubles ($3.2 billion), up more than 10 percent on last year. He added that VTB is not interested in increasing its stake of about 10 percent of Rosbank, the Russian unit of French bank Societe Generale. Last week the head of Rosbank was charged with bribery, prompting speculation that SocGen may consider selling the business. "At the moment we are more on the sell-side than buying," Kostin said. - Reuters

Harry and magazines. Contrary to what many people think, Price certainly wasn’t a psychic researcher in the modern sense, but an investigative journalist who specialised in debunking fraudulent mediums and similar charlatans. He claimed to be a scientist, but actually had no training in the scientific field. Be sure your finances allow you to purchase these supplies, either by using your savings, Navy loans or personal loans, or even a second job. Just be sure to have the proper equipment before heading into the field. Harry Price was born on the 17th January 1881 in Red Lion Square, London. He was educated in London at Waller Road School and Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College, the Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham Boys School. At the age of 15, Price founded the Carlton Dramatic Society and wrote small plays, including a drama about his early experience with a poltergeist. which he said took place at a haunted manor house in Shropshire. Price was also a keen coin collector, about his remarkable propensity for discovering ‘clean’ antiqu. Price’s first major success in psychical research came in 1922 when he exposed the ‘spirit’ photographer William Hope. The following year, Price made a formal offer to the University of London to equip. In the meanwhile, in 1927, Price joined the Ghost Club, of which he remained a member until it (temporarily) closed in 1936. In 1934, the National Laboratory of Psychical Research took on its most illustrious case. £50 was paid to the medium Helen Duncan so that she could be examined under scientific conditions. A sample of Helen Duncan’s ectoplasm had been previously examined by the Laboratory and found to be largely made of egg white. Price found that Duncan’s spirit manifestations were cheesecloth that had been swallowed and regurgitated by Duncan. Price later wrote up the case in Leaves from a Psychist’s Case Book in a chapter called “The Cheese-cloth Worshippers”. During Duncan’s famous trial in 1944, Price gave his results as evidence for the prosecution. Price’s psychical research continued with investigations into Karachi’s Indian rope trick and the fire-walking abilities of Kuda Bux in1935. He was also involved in the formation of the National Film Library, becoming its first chairman, and was a founding member of tShakespeare Film Society. In 1936, Price made the first ever “live” broadcast from a supposedly haunted manor house in Meopham, Kent (see picture on the right) for the BBC and published The Confessions of a Ghost-Hunter and The Haunting of Cashen’s Gap. This year also saw the transfer ofPrice’s library on permanent loan to the University of London, open-minded skeptics that met to discuss paranormal topics. He was also the first to admit women to the club. In the same year, Price conducted experiments with Rahman Bey, who was ‘buried alive’ in Carshalton, and drafted a Bill for the regulation of psychic practitioners. In 1939, he organized a national telepathic test in the periodical John O’London’s Weekly. During the 1940s, Price concentrated on writing and published three works: The Most Haunted House in England, Poltergeist Over England and The End of Borley Rectory. In December 2008, an original unpublished 26-page manuscript by British writer Marjorie Bowen (1885-1952) attacking Price’s investigation of the Borley Rectory case, was featured on an eBay auction. Even though Price was a dedicated and meticulous paranormal investigator, and cultivated a leading reputation in the world of ghost hunting, he did generate much controversy in regard to just how genuine his investigations were, and that controversy continues even to this day. For instance, many have accused him of faking ghostly activity, especially in regard to his most famous investigation at Borley Rectory. Also, a photograph of Price and a Spirit taken by William Hope was later proven to be a fake. Some people have often asked the question: Does serious scientific research and a publicity-hungry ghost hunter go together? There have been arguments that Price had compromised his research into the paranormal with his penchant for highlight and spectacle. Even so he did take psychical research out of the cold laboratory and dusty parlour séance room and gave it to an eager public. Price often displayed contrasting tendencies: a committed paranormal investigator and father of British ghost hunting, yet also a man who knew the value of a good ghost story when he saw one. If he has a legacy it is indeed programmes such as Most Haunted, Ghost Hunters and The World’s Most Scariest Places. On the surface, serious paranormal research, but underneath, edge-of-seat, sheer spooky entertainment. (The Webmaster wishes to express his deepest thanks to Paul Adams of for his kind permission to use the photos of Mr Price for this article.)

Former allies of Al-Maliki's government are now turning into some of its harshest critics, writes Nermeen Al-Mufti in Baghdad 12 - 18 July 2007 Issue No. 853 The number of identified bodies found in Baghdad rose by 41 per cent compared to three months ago, when Operation Imposing Law began. Some 220 civilians and over 30 Iraqi servicemen were killed on Saturday and Sunday alone. The worst attacks took place in the dominantly-Turkoman town of Amirli, 170km north of Baghdad, where on Saturday morning a suicide bomber blew up a truck loaded with five tonnes of explosives in the central market. The explosion killed 150 civilians and wounded 350 others. The following morning the town was in shock and mourning with walls draped in black banners bearing the names of the dead. Most of the victims were from the Bayatli clan, one of the largest Turkoman clans. The town has about 1,200 mud brick houses. Fifty of those were destroyed in the blast. Jasem Al-Bayati, whose relative was seriously wounded and hospitalised following the attack, told Al-Ahram Weekly what happened minutes before the blast. The relative was going to his shop when he saw a green truck driven by a man speaking on a mobile phone approaching. Within seconds, the truck exploded and he was tossed into the air and awoke in hospital, he said. Abu Ali Al-Bayati said that Amirli was a safe place and had neither American nor Iraqi military bases. All the town had was a small police station, five police cars and 30 policemen. Town residents, who were in the process of putting together a pavilion for a memorial, voiced their anger at the government and the Unified Iraqi Alliance, the group for which most of them voted in the last elections. The blast disrupted supplies of water and electricity in the town. Now residents want the government to declare their town a disaster zone. Turkoman parties, such as the Iraqi Turkoman Front, promptly denounced the explosion and started sending relief supplies. Turkey sent in two planes to fly 25 of the wounded to Ankara for treatment. This followed a request by residents for Turkish intervention to protect them from various threats. On the same day, two bombings occurred in dominantly Turkoman Kirkuk. One of the blasts hit a centre of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. Many Turkoman expressed surprise at the bombing, explaining they had always fought for a united Iraq and had refrained from cooperating with the occupation forces before or during the invasion. This may explain why they have become so politically marginalised. US-backed Kurdish leaders have been trying to seize oil-rich Turkoman land, including Kirkuk, a city described in the Baker- Hamilton Report as a "powder keg". Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and other Iraqi officials denounced the attack. Vice- President Tareq Al-Hashimi accused the government of weakness and of the inability to protect Iraqis. Al-Hashimi described the bombing in Amirli as "black terror". In June alone, 540 bodies were found in Baghdad. Fighting between the Mahdi Army and Iraqi forces erupted in Al-Samawa, Al-Nasiriya and Al-Diwaniya in the south. US and coalition forces intervened in the battles, shelling 10 homes in Al-Diwaniya and killing 10 civilians. Meanwhile, a crisis loomed on the political horison following the suspension of the Accordance Front, a Sunni group, from participation in the government. The Al-Maliki government, in the meantime, approved the controversial gas and oil law, which the Bush administration demanded as a condition for continued support of the current government. The law is opposed by several parliamentarians. And the Association of Muslim Scholars issued an edict, or fatwa, calling for the law to be scrapped. The Accordance Front said it had no information about the law and its amendments. Although the pro-Sadr parliamentarians have ended their boycott of the parliament, tensions between Sadr supporters and the prime minister remain evident. Sadr supporters said that Al-Maliki had turned against them, although they were the ones that put him in office, adding that Al-Maliki's days in government were numbered. The Sadr supporters were dismayed by Al-Maliki's claims that, "Baathists and Saddamists" were active within the pro- Sadr group. If such accusations were true, one Sadr supporter retorted, then it was the Baathists and Saddamists who put Al-Maliki in office. Ahmed Al-Sharifi, a key figure in the Sadr group, told the newspaper Al-Zaman that Al-Maliki was duplicitous. Al-Maliki's government had encouraged the occupation forces to attack the Sadr group, he claimed. Al-Sharifi added that a coordination committee has been formed by the Islamic Daawa Party and the Higher Islamic Council in Iraq (HIC) without prior consultation with Sadr supporters. "The aim of the new committee is to produce new sectarian quotas that would favour Daawa and the HIC." Ahmed Al-Shibani, a top aid of Muqtada Al-Sadr, said that Al-Maliki's government was not going to last long, and was already a spent force in the eyes of the occupation. "We have learned from our sources that the occupation forces told Al-Maliki's government that much." Thousands of Sadr supporters staged a protest against Al-Maliki in Baghdad last Saturday. Sadr parliamentarians say that even if they approve the oil law, they will insist that US and UK companies are not allowed to process and drill for Iraqi oil. Al-Maliki launched a fierce attack on the Sadr group following a meeting with President Jalal Talabani last Saturday. The prime minister accused the Sadr group of abetting "gangsters and robbers, Saddamists and Baathists, who carry out criminal acts with impunity." He called on Sadr supporters to disassociate themselves from killing, terror and lawlessness. Nassar Al-Rabiei, a pro-Sadr parliamentarian, told the Weekly that the government "was looking for an excuse to hide its failure to bring about security and stability, despite its claims that the security plan was making progress". Iraqi and US officials had in the past accused the Sadr group of involvement in sectarian killings and abductions. Al-Maliki dismissed those charges. He even criticised US forces when they stormed Al-Sadr City, the stronghold of the Mahdi Army. Al-Maliki's change of heart coincides with Jalal Talabani's promise that a "front of moderates" would be formed. The front would bring together the Daawa Party, the HIC and the two Kurdish parties. Talabani expressed hope that the Islamic Party would join the new coalition, but it was trying to exclude other forces from the scene, such as the (Shia) Sadr group and the (Sunni) Accordance Front. Al-Maliki, for his part, said that all political groups were welcome in the new coalition, so long as they were committed to resolving disputes through peaceful means. Janan Ali, a professor at Baghdad University, mocked the term "front of moderates", saying that the parties involved were quite extreme themselves. Ali said he expected the formation of the new front to trigger further problems. Iranian diplomats visited for the first time the five Iranians held by US forces on charges of aiding armed groups. The five men were arrested in Irbil on 11 January 2007. The Iraqi Foreign Ministry described the visit as a "positive development". Sources in the White House said the Iraqi government was unlikely to meet the deadline set by President Bush for September. The US has 157,000 troops in Iraq and is expected to send more. On the first two days of the week, 12 US and two UK servicemen were killed. Al-Ahram Weekly Online : Located at: jeudi 19 juillet 2007 Nermeen Al-Mufti writing from Baghdad: Dysfunctional government Inscription à : Publier les commentaires (Atom) Aucun commentaire: Enregistrer un commentaire

Laura Biagiotti, center, with her daughter, Lavinia Biagiotti Cigna, right, after the presentation of her collection in Milan in September 2011: Credit Daniel Dal Zennaro/European Pressphoto Agency “Being a fashion designer is like taking vows … It becomes your religion for life.” Laura Biagiotti Italian fashion designer, Laura Biagiotti, died last Friday in Rome at 73 years old. I didn’t know her, I didn’t know about her business, I didn’t know that her elegant fashions made from fluffy goat’s wool defined her as the global queen of cashmere. But I love her story and it touched me to read it. Biagiotti was born in 1943, and was envisioning an independent life for herself when she enrolled at a university in Rome to study literature and archaeology. But her life changed course when she was drawn to her family’s dressmaking studio where her mother, Delia Biagiotti, designed the uniforms for Alitalia employees. In 1972, she went into business for herself and presented her own collection by introducing a relatively new material at the time: cashmere. According to the New York Times: “Her original collection was so small, Biagiotti recalled, that at her first show, models wore the same white jacket three times, with two skirts and a dress. She developed a passion for linen and also for the color white, which many mourners wore to her funeral last week.” A woman in a profession dominated by men, Biagiotti told an interviewer in 1981 that “a woman designer faces the same odds as a woman trying to get a job as a 747 pilot.” But she did it and by the 1980s she was making her mark. In 1988 she became the first Italian designer to put on a fashion show in China presenting dresses and blouses in silk and cashmere, and in 1995 she was the first to have a show inside the Kremlin walls in Moscow. Today, The House of Biagiotti (based on Via dei Condotti in Rome) is listed among the largest fashion houses in Italy. Her daughter, Lavinia Biagiotti Cigna, is the creative director of the business and represents the third generation of Biagiotti clothiers. Your thoughts?

A flawed, but impressive sequel. Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth on PS4 It’s only been a few months since Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception finally landed in the US, bringing with it a collection of colorful characters that just never seemed to become fully developed, a story that seemed bogged down by an excessive amount of “fluffy” content that distracted from an otherwise interesting plot, and a SRPG combat system that was solid but incredibly underutilized. The journey that began with Haku awaking without a trace of his memory continues with Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth, which brilliantly seems to shake off many of the blunders that plagued its predecessor. In all fairness, Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth has the advantage of picking up during a far more climactic part of story where war is looming over the horizon and the vast majority of the cast has already had their origin stories explored in the first title. This ultimately gives Mask of Truth far more opportunities to highlight some of the strongest points of this visual novel/SRPG hybrid. The narrative that stretches over the course of Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception and Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth is convoluted and, quite frankly, a bit absurd. But this isn’t a series that is aiming for realism or believability. This is a story far more concerned with plot twists, epic battles, exploring character relationships and underscoring the overall grandeur of a conflict that involves so many massive personalities with exceptional power (whether that power be physical, intellectual or political). Finding a way to explore character relationships and showcase different personalities without an ever-present source of conflict proved to be too tall of an order for Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception. Mask of Truth, however, has plenty of feuds and secrets to drive the narrative forward in a way that feels far more meaningful than what we saw in the past. This is particularly obvious when it comes to the way certain characters are further developed. Characters like Atuy and Nosuri are given new levels of depth that make these heroines feel a bit less like your usual overused anime tropes and a bit more like well thought out characters struggling to deal with a particularly trying set of circumstances building around them. The bold women who were once little more than “the hopeless romantic that fights for fun” and “the one that likes to drink and gamble” become far more complicated versions of themselves. So many cast members that felt “almost there” in the first game now feel completed, fascinating and relatable. This marks the first of many welcomed surprises that are sprinkled throughout Mask of Truth—in terms of both storytelling and gameplay. The biggest gameplay change that is almost immediately obvious in Mask of Truth is the simple fact that there’s a lot more of it than there used to be. While the previous game did feature opportunities for free battles there weren’t many chances for players to get their feel of the game’s combat system. While the game is, first and foremost, a visual novel, it still felt like a shame that a combat system this good was being tacked on the backend of the game in a way that made it feel like an afterthought. Mask of Truth corrects that mistake while also making vast improvements on the mechanics themselves. The battle sequences are far more frequent in this game and they are pleasantly more involved. In addition to the usual mechanics of keeping up with elemental advantages and range of different attacks, Mask of Truth requires players to practice perfect timing if they hope to land critical hits while also chaining longer attack strings together. This addition gives players more control over just how much damage they will be able to deal out to powerful enemies. Your biggest challenge with these timing sequences, however, will be trying to focus on the circle that you’re trying to keep track of. While your priority should be watching a ring shrink in size until it reaches a small dot in the center or watching a larger ring slowly fill up in a clockwise motion as you attempt to hit X just as it reaches the 12 o’clock position, your eyes will often struggle to remain fixed on this. While the combat features some interesting and fun animations, there are a lot of cringeworthy and buggy moments too. Prepare to watch Ougi’s blade float in mid-air whenever he’s battling a shorter character, when the blade is really supposed to be sticking out of his opponent’s body. It all could use some fine-tuning, but still, it’s not enough to ruin the gameplay for you. But in the midst of a beautiful soundtrack, decent visuals and an absolutely compelling conclusion to this story, there are still moments where Mask of Truth brings back the same ugly blemishes of its predecessor. Mask of Truth still tends to draw out some scenes and dialogue that don’t feel necessary or entertaining. Granted there may be far less of this in Mask of Truth but there are still far too many moments where you just want to rapidly push X until the game decides to find its way back to the point. The game is already long, and several hours could have been shaved off by eliminating scenes that fail to develop characters, advance the plot, provide comical relief or serve any other real purpose. Even worse is the fact that these drawn out scenes tend to give you enough time to become somewhat detached from the story as a whole until the game finally picks back up again. It’s also rather unfortunate that you never make meaningful choices throughout this visual novel. At certain points the game will pause to ask you where you would like to go next. Whether you choose to spend time walking through the hallways or visit another character’s room, it all will get you to the exact same place. More often than not these options simply trigger the very scenes that end up feeling like a complete waste of time. Ultimately, Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth provides a wonderful conclusion to a story that always had the potential to be this darn good. While the game is still just about as niche as it comes, its true potential has finally been unearthed. Mask of Truth utilizes its soundtrack to control your emotions, undoubtedly pulling a few tears and laughs from you along the way that will help you overlook the fact that the visuals just don’t seem fitting for current generation consoles. Familiar faces receive new levels of depth that make you feel like you’re getting to know them in a way you never had the chance to in Mask of Deception. Combining better storytelling techniques with an improved combat system that has now received the attention it always deserved makes Mask of Truth a sequel that has far more appeal than the previous title. If you found yourself anxiously tapping your foot through Mask of Deception and continuing on only because you already invested far too much time into it to back out now, I encourage you to give Mask of Truth a try. While the story may take a bit of time to really get going, once it gets there it will grab a hold of your attention and refuse to let go. It is, ultimately, what the Utawarerumono series could have (and should have) been from the very start. Score: 3.5/5 – Fair

[tag: science] Strawberry-Raspberry Cream with FAGE Total Strawberry-Raspberry Cream with FAGE Total A luscious dessert. A luscious dessert. INGREDIENTS INSTRUCTIONS SHARE IT: INGREDIENTS STRAWBERRY-RASPBERRY CREAM: ¾ cup strawberries 3½ tsp gelatin or 4 gelatin sheets 10 tbsp FAGE Total, FAGE Total 2%, or FAGE Total 0% ¼ cup powdered sugar ⅔ cup heavy cream ½ cup raspberries GARNISH: 4 dollops whipped cream 4 spearmint mint leaves 1 strawberry 4 raspberries INSTRUCTIONS - STRAWBERRY-RASPBERRY CREAM: Wash the strawberries and set 1 aside. Remove the tops from the rest and quarter each. - Place the gelatin in a bowl of cold water and leave to soften for 10 minutes. Heat a couple spoonfuls of the heavy cream in a small saucepan. Strain the gelatin well, and transfer into the cream. Mix for a few seconds until gelatin is fully dissolved, then leave to cool. - Put the FAGE Total in a bowl and stir in the remaining cream, the powdered sugar, the quartered strawberries, the raspberries and the gelatin cream mixture. Pour the yogurt mixture into a blender and blend to obtain a smooth mix. - Divide the mix into 4 5oz glasses, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 3–4 hours. - GARNISH: Before serving, garnish each glass with a dollop of whipped cream topped by a raspberry, a quartered strawberry slice and a mint leaf..

CẦN THƠ – Thoresen Thai Agencies Public Limited is planning to invest in logistics services and ports in Cần Thơ City, according to the People’s Committee of the city. On May 8, vice chairman of the People’s Committee of Cần Thơ City Trương Quang Hoài Nam met Sigmund Stromme, executive vice president for shipping and logistics at Thoresen Thai Agencies Public Limited from Thailand. The Thailand-based company is looking for business opportunities in the local seaport and logistics industry. Speaking at the meeting, Nam said Hoàng Diệu Port in Bình Thủy District and Cái Cui Port in Cái Răng District are both located in Cần Thơ. "Logistics is a key industry of the city," he said, adding that the Government had approved Cần Thơ City’s proposal to build a logistics hub for the Mekong Delta, which would cover 242ha in Cái Cui Port, Cái Răng District. The city has proposed to the Government the merger of three ports -- Tân Cảng Cái Cui, Vinaline Cái Cui and Cái Cui – to make it the largest port in the region with wharf length of some 1,200m. Site clearance for the logistics hub is underway and firms have visited the site to learn about investment opportunities. The city has also suggested merging ports and supporting expansion of business for companies providing logistics services at ports. Nam said Thoresen could buy stake in Viet Nam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) to join the port-merging project, build a new port at another site along the Hậu River or invest in the existing warehouse and transport system at Cái Cui Port. For his part, the executive vice president of Thoresen gave Nam an overview of the Thai company, saying the company had been operating in fertiliser production and shipping and logistics in southern Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province. Stromme expressed hope the company could partner with Cần Thơ City to improve port management and expand local shipping and logistics services with emphasis on container transit service to Phnom Penh (Cambodia) and Singapore. Its investment in logistics services in this city is expected to promote cooperation in logistics activities with southern Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province and support the transport of cargo in the Mekong Delta region. Cần Thơ has a large potential to develop logistics because of its favourable location in terms of water and land transport, besides having many ports and warehouses, he said. After the meeting concluded, the two sides took a field trip to Cái Cui Port. — VNS

THANH HOA (VNS) — Police said carbon monoxide poisoning likely caused eight deaths at a lime kiln in Thanh Hoa Province on Friday. The lime kiln owned by the family of Le Van Thong, 56, in Hoang Giang Commune. Three members of the family died in the accident and another is still in critical condition. At about 2:30pm on Friday, a worker of the kiln, Pham Van Tuyen, 53, suddenly fainted when inserting materials into the kiln. Thong ran inside the kiln in order to save Tuyen, but didn't come out. Thong's neighbours later had to smash a side of the kiln to bring out the two and another seven people who also attempted to rescue those inside the kiln. Eight victims, including Thong and Tuyen, were announced dead at 7:00pm the same day despite being rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment. The other dead victims were two daughters of Thong, Le Thi Mai, 31, and Le Thi Nga, 26, who was pregnant at the time, together with Nguyen Dinh Hoan, 57, Hoang Van Viet, 38, Le Van Tan, 44, and Le Gia Cuong, 30. Thong's wife, Le Thi Nguyen, was still being treated at Thanh Hoa General Hospital. Colonel Le Trung Hieu of Thanh Hoa police said that the police concluded the cause of the fatal accident was CO poisoning which was released during the burning of the lime kiln. Testing by the municipal Preventive Health Centre also show that the emission rate in the area around the lime kiln was eight times the legal limit. The local authorities decided to grant VND5 million (US$222) for each dead victim and VND3 million ($133) plus free treatment for Nguyen. — VNS PATIENTS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR AND DIABETIC DISEASES HAVE CHANCE TO GET FREE MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS

Designed by a Polish architect Jakub Szczęsny in a gap between two buildings, Keret House is considered the narrowest house in the world. Inside, it is only 122 cm in the widest and 72 cm in the narrowest spot. Officially, Keret House is an art installation because the narrowness makes its acceptance as a building impossible. A steel structure of the house stands on two tunnel-alike foundations enabling city heating pipes to pass beneath the house. Its longer sides are covered with Kingspan sandwich panels while the facades are made out of translucent 20 mm thick polycarbonate with two opposed windows for cross-ventilation. Access to the living room area is granted through steep steel stairs and a trapdoor in the floor. An aircraft-sized bathroom, a kitchenette and a dining space for two are also situated on this level. The sleeping compartment with a 90 cm wide mattress and a work desk are situated on a platform connected with the living area by a ladder. To avoid the claustrophobic effect of narrow space, the apparent structure and side panels are white, with a large polycarbonate roof serving as a source of indirect light. The house was created for an Israeli writer Etgar Keret. Besides, it also fulfils a function of a studio for invited guests – young creators and intellectualists from all over the world. The residential program is supposed to produce creative work conditions and become a significant platform for world intellectual exchange. Jakub Szczęsny: ‘Three years have passed since its first presentation as a slightly impossible artistic concept during WolaArt festival in 2009. Today Keret House proves to be a possible venture, thus it cost The Foundation of Polish Modern Art and me a lot of blood, sweat and tears. Everything seemed to stand on its way: the space narrowness, the infrastructure, law and money. But since its creators were persistent and devoted to the vision, they’ve managed to convince and persuade other people: neighbors, authorities, administrators, sponsors and builders. Today the house or rather an art installation of some 14 m2 stands between two buildings by Żelazna St. in Warsaw!’ PROJECT DATA: Project name: Keret House / Dom Kereta Location: Warsaw, Poland Author: Jakub Szczęsny Patron: Etgar Keret Curators: Sarmen Beglarian, Sylwia Szymaniak Executive producer: Joanna Trytek Organizer: Fundacja Polskiej Sztuki Nowoczesnej Photos: Bartek Warzecha

[, how-to] It certainly explains all those tiles you see on the Start screen; they're the Windows equivalent of the tappable icons you have on your iPhone or iPad. All rights reserved. OS Windows 8 Pro Quote 11 Nov 2012 #2 Brink View Profile View Forum Posts Administrator Posts : 22,164 64-bit Windows 10 Hello Vincenzo, Oficially it's called the "IE10 Windows UI" Welcome to the Start Screen The first thing you see after logging into Windows 8 is something called the Start screen. weblink JOIN THE DISCUSSION Tweet Taylor Gibb is a Microsoft MVP and all round geek, he loves everything from Windows 8 to Windows Server 2012 and even C# and PowerShell. Knowing this background helps a little when it comes to figuring out just how Windows 8 works. A new tab will appear.Type a URL in the address bar and press Enter, or select a frequently visited site to navigate to a new page.The page will appear in the This lesson will help you become familiar with the IE Start screen interface.Getting started with IE:To open IE, locate and select Internet Explorer on the Start screen. Honeywell Lyric: Which Smart Thermostat Should You Buy? As a result, some features are more difficult to use if you have a mouse-and-keyboard setup. You can also open websites in a new window to view different sites side by side.To open a new tab:Right-click anywhere in the screen to open the Tabs bar.Select the New Open it and you’ll be brought to the Control Panel in the Desktop mode. Advertisements About usAbout UsContact UsPrivacy PolicyCopyright © 2017 · Into Windows How are the scores decided in Chess? To pin the desktop app (I still haven't come to terms with calling programs ‘apps') you need to right click the program files (x86)\iexplore.exe and select pin to start yoseph saysSeptember Windows 8.1 Internet Explorer Not Working How many spells can a triton cast per long rest? You can also open websites in a new window to view different sites side by side.To open a new tab:Right-click anywhere in the screen to open the Tabs bar.Select the New The Favorites toolbar will appear.Select the Add to favorites button.A dialog box will appear. But then it disappears. The main point of the Start screen, however, is to provide a gateway to all the apps you run on your computer. 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Our good friend and culinary compatriot Jason gave us a bag full of chanterelle mushrooms he picked on a day trip, and tonight we finally made use of them as part of a quiche. I hesitate to call it a quiche, since I packed the pie crust with so many fillings that I could barely add any eggs. I started with some beef bacon that Alan from Olsen Farms recommended to us, which I cut into thin strips and fried in a little butter (as beef bacon has much less fat than pork bacon). After removing the bacon from the pan, I added sliced onions and cooked those down until soft. Finally, I added a few more pats of butter to the pan and cooked down a 'chef's mix' of mushrooms Dan picked up at the store, plus the beautiful, golden chanterelles. Everything went into the pie crust I'd already baked, then topped with a few eggs mixed with a little milk (we didn't have any cream around). The final touch was putting slices of fresh mozzarella on top, and then into the oven for about an hour. The amount of filling made this more of a pie than a quiche, as there wasn't enough space for the egg to really fill in between everything and bind it together. But it turned out delicious, and I loved how the mozzarella created a golden crust on top. The individual types of mushrooms tumbled out of the pie as I ate it, so that I could taste and enjoy the different flavors - which was perfect.

It's a beautiful, cool New England night -- even the air smells like fall. The sun is notably lower in the sky now, which means I have to cook a little earlier (and faster) to photograph in natural light. Luckily, this evening's meal of Singapore Noodles was both easy to prep and cook, so I got some shots off before the sun set. This was such a delicious and perfect dinner for the end of a long week, I wonder why I don't stir-fry more often? So now a little more about this beautiful and interesting country that's on my top 10 list of places I'd love to visit. An extremely multicultural and diverse country, there are 4 major ethnic groups and accompanying languages: English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil. The language of the indigenous people is Bahasa Melayu or Malay. It follows then, that cuisine in Singapore is equally interesting, yet hard to categorize, with South and North Indian, Cantonese and Malay traditions and influences. Following is but a small sampling of some of the food, dishes and spices that make Singapore so interesting: Vegetarian thali, naan, bri yani, spring rolls, noodles, dim sum, roasted meat, soup, chicken,rice, steamed seafood, coconut milk, cardamom, cloves, cumin, coriander chillies, ginger, turmeric, galangal root (I have some in my freezer!), lemon grass, curry leaves, shrimp paste, peanut sauce, bean curd and satay. There's not one thing in this list I wouldn't love to eat for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Shrimp cut into small pieces and beef sliced super thin across the grain Shittake mushrooms, sliced thin (I added extra) Scallions and green beans, sliced on the diagonal Curry - with crushed, dried red pepper added (I didn't have Madras curry) Onions, sliced thin and crushed garlic Rice Vermicelli noodles, soaked in boiling water for 5 minutes Dry vermicelli noodles on a clean tea towel while heating the wok Stir-fry mushrooms, onions and curry Add vegetables, noodles and soy sauce - and that's it! Singapore Noodles (Recipe Adapted from The Complete Stir-Fry, Edited by Helen Aitken) (Serves 4-6) 150 grams (about 1/2 package) dried rice vermicelli Oil for cooking 250 grams (8oz) beef, sliced super thin, across the grain 250 grams (8 oz) raw prawns, cut into small pieces 2 Tbsp. Madras curry powder (or regular curry powder with ground dried hot peppers added) 2 cloves garlic, crushed 100 grams (3-1/2 oz) shittake mushrooms, thinly, sliced 1 onion, thinly sliced 100 grams (3-1/2 oz) green beans, thinly sliced on the diagonal 1 Tbs. soy sauce 4 spring onions, thinly sliced on the diagonal - Place the vermicelli in a large bowl, cover with boiling water and soak for 5 minutes. Drain well and spread out on a clean tea towel to dry. - Heat the wok until very hot, add 1 tablespoon of the oil and swirl it around to coat the side. - Stir fry the beef and the prawn pieces in batches over high heat. Remove from the wok and set aside. - Reheat the wok, add 2 tbsp. of the oil and stir fry the curry powder and garlic for 1-2 minutes, or until fragrant. Add the mushrooms and onion and stir fry over medium heat for 2-3 minutes, or until the onion and mushrooms are soft. - Return the beef and prawn to the work, add the beans and 2 tsp. water, and toss to combine. Add the drained noodles, soy sauce and spring onion. Toss well and serve. Final Assessment: As I said before, I don't know why I don't stir-fry more often, especially when this meal was so easy and required very little prep. I didn't have Madras curry, so I used a mortar and pestle to grind some very hot dried red chillies, which I added into the curry. It gave the noodles just the right amount of heat. This might be the first time I used curry in a stir-fry, but it was excellent. I used shrimp and beef, but the recipe could easily omit meat or seafood altogether and add more vegetables. A great one pot wok meal that my kids gobbled up with chopsticks. © 2010-2011, What's Cooking in Your World? Sarah Commerford/All Rights Reserved 11 comments: I love to eat lots of noodles ..and this one is with shrimp so too good for me ..better u parcel it to india lol. Again u did a great job sarah . Photos ,dishes n they way u presented it everything is awesome .Keep up the good work ..u rock as always !! Only one of my most favorite foods ever !! I get these for lunch sometimes from a place near my office, but I am SO gonna make them now !! Thank you !! Thanks, Karen - I know you'll put your own special spin on them. Let me know how they turn out!! xoox Thank you, Sheril! If I could send this dish off to you in India and not have be rotten by the time you got it, I would! You'll just have to make this one yourself :) I absolutely loved cooking from Singapore, I did a chicken dish and I can't remember what else. I'm with you 100% about it being on my top 10 list of places to visit, right behind Thailand and Vietnam. A local restaurant here makes a version of the noodles, but they use spaghetti, I think I would prefer the rice noodles...that looks fantastic, Sarah...you rock! xoxoxo Thanks, Laurrie - someday, when we hit the number, maybe we could go visit those places and eat our way through each country! Can you get rice noodles in your grocery store? If not, I can send you some! xox I've only recently discovered the deliciousness that is Sinagapore noodles (at a northeastern Chinese restaurant, oddly enough). I'll definitely have to try this! Thanks for the recipe. You're welcome, Kitt - Glad you like the recipe, and even happier that you're going to try it! I am sooooo going to make this one...looks like the perfect dish for a crisp, Autumn day! Well done! Hi Sadie, I'm from Singapore and came across your website completely by chance! I was very intrigued by your aim to cook a dish from each country and of course, I scrolled down to find Singapore. Not intending to disappoint, however, you won't be able to find Singapore noodles in Singapore (it is a sad misconception!)... but we have many other interesting dishes that you have mentioned in your introduction! :) My favourite is chicken rice! Hi Anonymous! So aside from getting to sample food from all over the world, getting feedback from readers like you is the best part of this journey! So often I am forced to rely on the web for "authentic" recipes, unless, of course, I know someone in the specific country. I wonder if you'd be willing (or have the time) to send me a link to the chicken rice recipe? I'll make it, clear up the misconception and give you a shout out! Thanks so much for connecting. Sarah (Sadie)

In my humble opinion, there's never a bad time to throw down a heaping plate of hearty peanut stew, black eyed peas and spinach...which is exactly what I'm doing as I write this Togolese entry. My forlorn laptop is embarrassingly covered with sticky finger prints, flour, and now peanut butter - but it's all good! Deceptively easy to prepare, this stew is both healthy and tasty, as the chicken breasts are steamed, then added to a lightly sauteed combination of onions, garlic, a dash of hot pepper flakes, tomatoes and peanut butter. If you're interested in West African cooking, and want to try an easy dish, this might just be the one for you. I opted not to serve it with rice, but traditionally, it can be accompanied by white rice, couscous, plantains, or any combination of beans, leaf greens or okra. Cuisine in Togo has both indigenous and Colonial roots. For example, German beer and baguettes are regularly enjoyed. Food is mainly spicy and colorful, with maize widely eaten as pate, served with spicy sauces, meats, smoked fish, thick peanut-based or tomato stews. Aklui porridge is widely eaten for breakfast. Vegetables and starches include, okara, ademe, spinach, beans, black eyed peas, fufu (boiled, mashed yams), cassava and plantains. And of course, peanut chicken. Onions, garlic and a little hot pepper flavors the peanut stew Togolese Peanut Chicken (Adapted from Food.com) 1/2 lb chicken breast , boneless, skinless 1 (14 ounce) can stewed tomatoes 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil 1/4 cup onion , chopped 1 garlic clove , minced 3 tablespoons peanut butter Hot pepper flakes to taste (optional) Salt and pepper to taste Directions: 1. Boil 1/2" of water in pan. Add chicken, cover, and steam 12-15 minutes. 2. Drain chicken and shred it with 2 forks on a cutting board. 3. Meanwhile heat oil in frying pan. Saute onions and garlic about 6 minutes, until translucent. 4. Stir in shredded chicken, tomatoes, and peanut butter. Heat 5 minutes. 5. Serve with rice, black eyed peas and spinach. © 2010-2011, What's Cooking in Your World? Sarah Commerford/All Rights Reserved 4 comments: I had to mark this as funny, because we picked the EXACT SAME THING TO COOK!!! LOLOLOL! That's why I told you on FB that I wasn't going to read this until after I cooked tonight!! Great minds think alike...and I have to say that yours looks a lot more appetizing than mine does and I did use the rice. I used some frozen swiss chard from my garden instead of spinach. Great blog, Sarah, I'm totally linking to this on mine tonight!! I love swiss chard, and think it's a great substitution for spinach. Wish we lived closer so we could collaborate and cook together! We'd probably have way too much fun and never get anything done :) xoxo First on seeing the topic i wondered how come spinach goes with chicken ??? But spinach isn't cooked here so does it gives bitter taste ?? Hi Sheril: I just blanched the spinach to keep it nice and green, and it's baby spinach, so not bitter at all. Hope all is well, and thanks for stopping by!

FORT DODGE, Iowa -- Early Sunday morning, Fort Dodge police responded to a report of gunshots in the 900 block of 10th Avenue SW, and found one person suffering from a gunshot wound. Shane Michael Wessels, 32, was transported to a hospital where he later died. Now, people in the community are reacting to the incident that claimed the life of the Fort Dodge resident. DaTerra Altman has lived in the neighborhood for a year, and is still in shock about what happened so close to home. "You wake up and and you hear someone lost their life half a block away from your home," she said. Police are still investigating the incident and working to determine who is responsible. "The suspects are still out there, so yes, they would be considered armed and dangerous at this time," said Fort Dodge Police Chief Roger Porter. Altman also says she now feels less safe in her own city. "I don't like it. I don't like this feeling, because it's a lot of gun violence and shootings and drugs," she said. One community leader says communication will help prevent senseless acts of violence. "One is to open communications between law enforcement and the community," said Sherry Washington. Law enforcement is trying to find out why Wessels was shot, but say they cannot do it alone. "We track down every lead, and in order to solve these crimes, we need witnesses and people with information to come forth," said Porter. Anyone with information is asked to contact law enforcement.

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BY ESTHER J. CEPEDA, Washington Post Writers Group At some point, Latinos may be listed by the U.S. Census Bureau as black or white, Asian or Alaskan/Native American or Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. The teeth-gnashing over who is “Latino” or “Hispanic” — and whether those designations constitute their own racial classification on census forms — will, hopefully, be far behind us. No more being incorrectly referred to as “Latin” or “Spanish” — one referencing ancient Rome, the other, either a native of Spain or the language. Neither accurately describes, say, a U.S.-born citizen of Colombian descent. No more having to explain where your mom and dad are from, no more competition between Cubans and Dominicans or Mexicans and Puerto Ricans. Just any of the current U.S. Census racial classifications. There are those who fear such a future — one in which Latino identity isn’t codified in a census category that can be used to clonk non-Latinos over the head about potential voting power. But the rest of us will be fine with Latinos being filtered out into the other racial classifications. Oh, there will be some who rebel, preferring to make a political statement about their personal identity. But globalization and intermarriage rates herald a time of no longer focusing on ethnic labels. Consider: People magazine just named actress Lupita Nyong’o, who won an Academy Award for her role in “12 Years a Slave,” as this year’s “Most Beautiful Woman.” I only found out she is Mexican because my mother — the Mexican in our Mexican/Ecuadorean/American family — told me, with more than a hint of national pride. Nyong’o was born in Mexico City, raised in Kenya and now lives in Brooklyn. Yes, technically, here in the U.S., she is Latino — she even speaks Spanish. But when she’s out being a wonderful role model to young women and talking about self-acceptance of her skin color and hair texture, she’s really speaking about the African-American experience. And that’s great. Now take stand-up comedian Louis C.K. At the risk of offending the small slice of the population who fanatically prefers the term Caucasian, he’s white. Not widely known (and not that it should make any difference) is that though the comedian obviously gets most of his looks from his Irish mom, his father was born in Mexico and his father’s family still lives there. Louis C.K. himself has dual citizenship with Mexico. The color brown, so versatile, can go either way and it simply blends in as it gets mixed with the major races. My two cousins, like me, are U.S.-born, with parents each from Mexico and Ecuador. Look at our three families’ children, though, and you see three distinct races. My husband is white and so are my two sons. One cousin married a Filipina and has three sons who are, for all intents and purposes, Asian. My other cousin has two daughters who are African-American. We all love each other and aren’t hung up on what percentages are this or that or where we’re “really” from, or what the kids “really” are. In a few more years, as more and more Latinos intermarry with people of other races, their ancestral distinctions will become like the Irish and Italians — important personally, but not on a census form or for social standing. Not everyone agrees, of course. In a paper recently making the rounds among Latinos, Nicholas Vargas, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Dallas, argues that though some scholars predict Latinos in the U.S. may soon be classified as white, much like Eastern European immigrant groups in the early 20th century, he doubts it. Though “some groups may be able to move up or down the white-imposed racial hierarchy,” Vargas believes that Latinos are not always perceived as white by others and choose inaccurate racial labels depending on personal perception, and that “the recent and impending contentious debates over immigration and legality across the country may solidify even more the racial boundary between whites and Latina/os.” Maybe. Or maybe we should just hope the U.S. Census simplifies its labeling system. As for us, we should trust in the melting pot to do its historically excellent job of making such distinctions nothing more than background information. Esther J. Cepeda is a Nationally Syndicated Columnist with the Washington Post Writers Group and President of The EJC Agency: creative content & marketing/communications

Fairfax CEO Greg Hywood has responded to criticism of the organisation following the controversial departure of senior BusinessDay writer Paddy Manning. Speaking to RN’s Media Report, Mr Hywood said of the circumstances surrounding Mr Manning’s departure, 'Paddy basically wrote something really undermining his own colleagues and the work that they’ve done and no organisation can really let that stand, so we had to let Paddy go.' In a piece for independent website Crikey on Monday, Mr Manning attacked the merger of BusinessDay (which appears in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald newspapers) with the Australian Financial Review, branding the AFR's reporting ‘rubbishy’ and ‘soft coverage’. That afternoon he was forced to clean out his desk and leave Fairfax’s Pyrmont Headquarters. After the involvement of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, he officially resigned from Fairfax under confidential terms yesterday. Mr Hywood said the Crikey article had breached principles of collegiality in the organisation, and left him with little choice but to terminate Mr Manning's employment. '[W]e have a very open and free discussion inside this organisation, we’ve always prided ourselves on that but to go outside to a competing organisation and write something criticising your own colleagues we thought was not appropriate and, as I say, we just couldn’t let it stand,' Mr Hywood said. 'It’s just a matter of principle for us and that decision was taken and will stand.' Hywood dismissed concerns that Fairfax's restructure would lead to a watering down of BusinessDay’s coverage of business news, and defended the AFR's reputation as the 'pre-eminent business publication in this country'. 'The Financial Review doesn’t have to explain itself 'cause it’s done the job it should do as a journal of record and analysis of business in this country, full stop,' Mr Hywood said. Fairfax announced last week that its previous five print areas, Metro Media Group, The Australian Financial Review Group, Agricultural Media, Regional Media and Community Newspapers, would be merged into one entity to be known as Australian Publishing Media. As part of the new structure there will be a new 'Business Media' group which includes AFR, BRW magazine and BusinessDay. The restructuring means that all business journalists will be reporting to the same boss, former AFR Group CEO Brett Clegg. 'Having business in one group is a smart and efficient way of doing things,' Mr Hywood told RN. 'Having differentiated journalism covering different subjects in business in slightly different ways is well within the capacity of this structure—it just means that we do it in a more efficient way.' These latest changes follow a period of considerable upheaval for the Fairfax group, including 1900 job cuts in the last year. Fairfax Media publishes 400 metropolitan, regional and suburban newspapers and magazines, including flagship papers the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the business newspaper the AFR. It also owns radio stations in Australia including Melbourne's 3AW and Sydney's 2UE. Listen to the full interview with Greg Hywood on the Media Report. LFM : 12 Apr 2013 5:10:38pm Corporate speak for we don't like his honesty. Tells us what we have always suspected.... the truth will not be found in newspapers in this country. Reply Alert moderator james of WA : 12 Apr 2013 5:52:19pm LFM, to be fair, if anyone did what Paddy did, they would get sacked. He knew the risks, and took them. Reply Alert moderator mb : 12 Apr 2013 6:31:29pm What ever happenned to "freedom of the press"? Yes many get sacked and many get bullied for speaking the truth, not just in the media but across in every organisation. Think about that if you ever need healthcare! Reply Alert moderator Andrew C : 12 Apr 2013 6:38:29pm But that is not fair James of WA. This is an issue of national importance. It is not Woodside's browse decision, or some commercial interest, this is our media sector selling its news space, its credibility to special interest parties that can pay the dollars. The media constantly hold up the excuse that it is "special", that it deserves "special" treatment in laws, because of the "special" role it has to play in democracy, in informing the public. They claim that it is in the public interest for them to reveal a whole range of information that is otherwise confidential, private and off limits without suffering the consequences of breaching the privacy laws, prying into government business and steaing confidential information. However, as soon as someone from their own circle publishes an article in the public interest on matters they deem to be unacceptable, they crush them into the ground. So James of WA,this is not just anyone publishing an article on their boss. This is a journalist doing their job. It is just sad to see that he had to do it outside of his own publishers products, and horrific that they can get away with firing him for having done so in his private capacity as a citizen of this nation. It is not like the information he discussed was confidential, everyone knew about it. He was just giving his take on it. Reply Alert moderator Justn Fair : 12 Apr 2013 8:19:37pm Newspapers have but 2 useful purposes. 1. BBQ starters 2. Emergency toilet paper. Reply Alert moderator JJ : 12 Apr 2013 9:56:03pm 3. Insulation for those cold nights sleeping on a park bench Reply Alert moderator Louie The Fly : 13 Apr 2013 9:13:52am Birdcage Liners! Reply Alert moderator Caite : 12 Apr 2013 5:36:30pm "Fairfax Media publishes 400 metropolitan, regional and suburban newspapers and magazines, including flagship 'compacts' the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age ..." Fixed that for you. Reply Alert moderator Ted : 12 Apr 2013 5:51:26pm I guess they had to sack him but I worry about the direction Fairfax is going in. The Age, SMH and AFR are quality publications and the only possible major foil to Murdoch's right wing rubbish. I hope they try to maintain some semblence of high journalistic standards. Reply Alert moderator jenny twining : 13 Apr 2013 8:08:36am Is this a warning to journalist in the right wing Murdock controlled press,that you tow the line,and write down what we tell you to say and not what you may or may not be thinking.I wonder if any journalist,working for Murdock knows the meaning of self respect.Your boss okayed the hacking of a dead child"s mobile phone,for gods sake. Reply Alert moderator ac : 12 Apr 2013 7:05:39pm I love the media calling out the media. "rubbishy and soft coverage" pretty much sums it up. Plus the image of a journalist being "forced to clean out his desk" leaves me rolling with mirth. Reply Alert moderator lionel hurst : 12 Apr 2013 8:32:22pm I have no sympathy for Paddy's position because of the way he acted, I also think the way the Fairfax restructuring is being carried out is pointless. Some years ago I worked as a Fairfax executive in Newcastle and was involved in a management meeting that discussed redundancy packages for long term print employees and general staff.The company attitude towards people who had worked for up to 45 years for the company, during which time it had made multi-million dollar profits, disgusted me. Basically, the attitude towards these loyal employees was "they got their wages, why should they be entitled to anything else?" I resigned in protest with no job to go to and four very young kids. That is exactly what Paddy should have done if he believed his principles were better than those of his employers.Continuing to take his pay while rubbishing Fairfax makes him just as bad as them. As for Fairfax, look at the share prices and you'll see the result of years of poor management decisions. Unless the company is taken over and owned by the staff, and given government funding to continue, the Fairfax papers will vanish within two years.Nobody will cry for the loss of Board members and senior management, but some might for the loss of the high standard of journalism the embattled staff have bravely tried to maintain. Reply Alert moderator mishasibirsk : 13 Apr 2013 12:24:01am O.K., he could have resigned. That was an option, but not an obligation. There should not even be the idea of a hint of a whiff of a suggestion that a real journalist should pull their punches - or stash them - when it comes to writing about their own organization; the fact that there is is indicative of the decay of Australian mainstream journalism - I don't say by comparison with anywhere else, but it's on pace with the downward contour of the international trend. PM was not airing internal organizational matters, nor was he, as GH spun it, primarily criticising his colleagues, in the sense of fellow journos. The mention of rubbishy journalism was as an illustration of a natural consequence of a managerial decision to dilute the credibility of Fairfax journalism by imposing an advertorial structure on yet another area of the stable. That criticism wasn't airing any dirty linen. The facts were there for all to see. PM just pointed out the obvious. I have some sympathy for those media organizations of integrity which are trying simultaneously to maintain their standards and adapt to an online world. Without wanting to knock individual reporters, I don't see Fairfax as really representative of that category of organization. The Age has been going downhill since the Fairfax takeover thirty years ago; long before the online challenge. But that's getting into a slightly different area. Reply Alert moderator Dan Quixote : 12 Apr 2013 8:36:08pm What totally unconvincing blather and managerial-speak. Another example of the doctrine of the free press: a free press is for proprietors who own one. Reply Alert moderator WallyG : 12 Apr 2013 9:34:54pm Just another pointer to the fact that Crikey is one of the few places we can get open, reasoned journalism. Well worth the subscription. As is the Conversation, or in their case (currently) voluntary donation. Reply Alert moderator Binboy : 12 Apr 2013 9:45:10pm The conversation died when they hired Michelle Grattan Reply Alert moderator Wally : 12 Apr 2013 10:05:35pm Sorry, I should qualify that. One of the few places for good journalism apart from the ABC. Lets hope that lasts. Reply Alert moderator moje : 12 Apr 2013 10:40:00pm ABC not as safe as we would want it to be! At recent right wing 'think tank' dinner hosted by Andrew Bolt, Tony Abbott made a public commitment that the coalition would adopt most of the 'think tanks' recommendations and take to the election . The 'think tank' included, among others, Gina and Rupert. The radical recommendations included selling off Aunty Reply Alert moderator Andy Goss : 13 Apr 2013 11:27:18am Curiously, what sounds like Abbott making a wide-ranging policy statement at an IPA dinner as leader of his party seems to have gone unreported, except by GetUp and Crikey. The long and comprehensive list of targets can be found on the GetUp website, under the "become a core member" link, and there is audio, links, and reports on the dinner on Crikey. Reply Alert moderator luvaunty : 12 Apr 2013 9:43:40pm Anyone in a relatively senior position who goes to the opposition to state their case publicly, can only expect to get their marching orders. If consensus hasn't been achieved by round table discussion etc & you know you are barking up a gumtree, you know where dorr marked EXIT is. Reply Alert moderator M.S : 12 Apr 2013 9:48:39pm All that wind about the media 'reforms' being an attack on free speech by status-quo hysterics: and its all quiet when a major company cuts down journalists and their owners gag others with threats of jail time (see Gina Reinharts crusade on truth). We dont have a tyrannical government telling us what we can and cant write or say - just cash hungry moguls with a clear agenda of their own. Proof at last. Reply Alert moderator saster : 12 Apr 2013 10:33:57pm "...undermining his own colleagues"? Or was that undermining his boss? Not the same thing. Reply Alert moderator Rocky : 13 Apr 2013 2:50:51am Senior management in commercial print media seem to me like the man who has just jumped out of a 50 story skyscraper, repeating to themselves, "so far so good, so far so good..." Reply Alert moderator the mole : 13 Apr 2013 4:56:50am "We had to let him go". No, you didn't 'have' to, you decided. You didn't 'let him go', you sacked him. Take responsibility for your actions: "I decided to sack him." FFS. Reply Alert moderator David : 13 Apr 2013 8:32:04am Paddy was a fairfax employee and all companies have internal rules and regulations. I've witnessed many cases of extreme disagreements and arguments with corporate policy, and they are acceptable while internal. The moment you make such matters public you are breaking the rules. Doesn't matter what industry you are in. Reply Alert moderator Hayam Wuruk : 13 Apr 2013 8:42:26am Its simply an issue of ethics. When you work for an organisation then you are obliged to not make public comments about that organisation. Your position in an organisation gives you access to information that you would not have otherwise on the outside. A person who uses that information publicly has broken that trust and hence is unethical. In simple English, its unethical to bite the hand that feeds you. Reply Alert moderator thaddeus : 13 Apr 2013 10:48:18am it's glaringly obvious that very few of the commentators here either (a) have any working knowledge of journalism, and (b) are not pertubed at having their news vetted and manipulated in a bid to steer jpornos away from any form of corporate - and government - transparency. which begs the question: how the hell did you lot make the journey from kyle and jackie o's morning show to the media report?! Reply Alert moderator

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[tag: science] Behaviour support services Behaviour support services are delivered in response to specific Service Requests within the framework of an Individual Plan. There are three tiers of behaviour support services within Ageing, Disability & Home Care (ADHC) that provide a continuum of behaviour support. Transfer of FACS clinical and allied health services to The Benevolent Society All FACS clinical and allied health services will be operated by The Benevolent Society from 5pm Friday 28 July 2017. All existing client appointments and services will continue as usual. If you would like to speak to a member of the team about your services or enquire about new services - please contact The Benevolent Society on 1800 236 762, 7am – 7pm weekdays, or at customercare@benevolent.org.au. To find out more about The Benevolent Society, visit benevolent.org.au Community Support Teams (CST) There are a number of CSTs spread geographically within each ADHC Region. CSTs provide behaviour support for people with emerging or established challenging behaviour. CST level support and interventions are typically delivered over a period not exceeding six (6) months. Eligibility and allocation for behaviour support services from a CST occurs through the Regional Intake process. Some factors that will need to be considered include the complexity of need, risk of placement breakdown, risk of harm, systemic issues and availability of resources. Regional Behaviour Intervention Teams (RBIT) There is one RBIT operating in each ADHC Region. RBITs provide services to people with complex challenging behaviours or where time limited interventions have not been sufficient to enable the family/carer to respond effectively to the behaviour. RBITs are able to provide a more intensive service in relation to assessment. They are able also to assist the primary carer to implement behaviour support strategies, to monitor outcomes and to review progress. A Service Request can be made to StatewideBIS where additional expertise is required. Statewide Behaviour Intervention Service (SBIS) SBIS is a specialist service within the Clinical Innovation & Governance (CIG) Directorate of NSW Ageing Disability and Home Care (ADHC), Family and Community Services (FACS). SBIS provides person centred behaviour support to enable quality outcomes for people with disability across the state. Who SBIS Supports: SBIS provides support to people with disability and complex behaviour support needs, their families, those in their support networks, and associated support services (government and non government). Our local partners come from a variety of disciplines and have varying levels of experience. What SBIS does: SBIS provides support to address behaviours of concern; plan within complex systems; decrease risk of placement breakdown; improve health and well-being and increase capacity within the service system. We do this through four main areas of work: - Individual behaviour support (primary, secondary, and tertiary support) - Information and training - Research and development - Systems consultation and review For further information or to make a service request, please contactSBIS.ADMIN@facs.nsw.gov.auor 02 94071900 Read more about behaviour support. Read more about challenging behaviour. Follow this link to access the Practice Improvement Framework e-learning modules Fact sheets Resources (practice manuals, templates etc) - Framework Supporting People with Borderline Personality Disorder and Intellectual Disability - Taking time: A literature review - Taking time: Framework - Communication equality in the criminal justice system: A practice guide for speech pathologists supporting people with disability - Mental Health of Children and Adolescents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities - Behaviour Support Systems (BSS) Review Practice Guide - Environmental Checklist and Guide (ECG) - Intellectual Disability Mental Health First Aid Manual (2nd Ed) - Practice Guide to Person Centred Clinical Risk Assessment - Support Model Assessment Practice Guide - Clinical Formulation Practice Guide: A collaborative approach SBIS Publications View the SBIS Publications list. For more information Contact your local ADHC Information, Referral and Intake service for further information about behaviour support services.

2012 BC First Nations' Art Awards Announced/ NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release 2012PREM0126-001556 Oct. 12, 2012 Office of the Premier BC Achievement Foundation VANCOUVER - Premier Christy Clark and British Columbia Achievement Foundation Chair Keith Mitchell announced today the 2012 BC Creative Achievement Award recipients for First Nations' Art. "We are honored to recognize the six artists named today for their creative excellence and cultural contributions," said Premier Clark. "We all celebrate the traditional and contemporary interpretations of the stories of the First Nations from across the Province." Norman Tait, a Nisga'a artist from Vancouver, was named the recipient of the 2012 Creative Lifetime Achievement Award for First Nations' Art, a prestigious award given to an artist who has made a profound impact on the community and First Nations' culture. The 2012 award recipients of the Annual BC Creative Achievement Awards for First Nations' Art, a juried competition celebrating artistic excellence in traditional, contemporary or media art are: - "From carving to jewelry to painting and performance art, these award-winning artists join 45 artists previously recognized with these awards," said Mitchell. "It is the Foundation's great privilege to recognize excellence in First Nations' art." The five juried award recipients will each receive $5,000 and the seal of the British Columbia Creative Achievement Award for First Nations' Art. Premier Clark will present the awards at a ceremony to be held on Nov. 19, 2012 in Vancouver. The BC Creative Achievement Awards for First Nations' Art are presented with the generous support: Nora Newlands Executive Director BC Achievement Foundation 604.618.6949

Born out of a passion for group harmony traditions, the Crying Lion is a Scottish a cappella project led by Trembling Bells frontman Alex Neilson. A heady mix of English folk, Madrigal, chant, and Sacred Harp influences inform Neilson's original songs, which ring with the sort of eclectic mysticism that U.K. forebears the Incredible String Band championed in the late '60s. Along with fellow Trembling Bell Lavinia Blackwell, the quartet features Harry Campbell and Katy Cooper of Glaswegian vocal group Muldoon's Picnic. Released by London's Honest Jon's Records, their nine-song debut, The Golden Boat, is a strange and exultant wonder recorded in Glasgow's Govan Old Parish Church. On songs like "John Ball's Blues" and "Christ Made a Trance," their rich vocal blend is stark and unadorned, though various instrumental accompaniments can be heard throughout the set, most often in the form of a robust brass section. Organ, fiddle, and a cacophony of percussion usher in the dramatic psychedelia of opener "A Boy's Dream" while strains of autoharp and hurdy-gurdy fill out other tracks, particularly the dreamy highlight "Andalusian Moon," which feels like something from another realm entirely. It's an album of passion and craft, captured with a strong dose of spirited spontaneity that will likely earn the Crying Lion some well-deserved cult fandom. Crying Lion The Golden Boat Share this page

Business Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Resell At the end of every academic year, a frantic purge reveals hidden treasures in each on-campus residence hall. Common spaces are piled high with whatever couldn’t fit into cars and suitcases. From cookwear to brand new clothes, students leave behind a wealth of resources after move out that AU students zero waste club and their sponsor, Helen Lee, MBA '16, resourcefully resold. "The zero waste club president approached me and wanted to do something more with move out. AU already had program in place for donating, but why not sell it during move in because students always buy the same stuff," said Lee. Currently studying in the zero waste field, project move out sparked Lee's interest. "I love the fact that whatever I’m learning in my [MBA] classes I can apply in the workplace," said Lee as she helped organize project move out. Lee understood how stressful and expensive it could be for students to take or store belongings. "People aren’t thinking ahead. We understand that and that's why I think this program is so beneficial for the university and students," said Lee. Collecting, sorting and storing items proved to be a huge task for Lee and the 17 volunteers who helped over the summer. Weekends and evenings of hard work and help from AU facilities management paid off when the project move out's move in sale opened for business the same weekend freshmen arrived. Turnout surprised Lee and her team as students and parents bought nearly every salvaged item at heavily reduced prices. By the end of the sale, the club made about $6,000 and only donated the few things that didn’t sell. Keeping none of the profits, the club reinvested the leftover funds into next year's project move out sale and a conference scholarship. "It was really exhausting, but it was very successful," said Lee. "We are planning to use the funds to continue this project moving forward…and trying to start a scholarship to send students to the a zero waste conference in October." Lee and the club are already thinking ahead for next year's sale. They are planning on reaching out to other organizations on campus to work together and make next year's project move out an even bigger success.

[tag: science] Kinnikuman (TV) Alternative title: Kinnikuman El Hombre Músculos (Spanish) M.U.S.C.L.E. Mr. Muscleman (French) Muscleman キン肉マン (Japanese) Genres: adventure, comedy, science fiction, tournament Objectionable content: Significant Plot Summary: family and to gain respect and money. Running time: 23 minutes per episode Number of episodes: 137 Episode titles: We have 137 Vintage: 1983-04-03 to 1986-08-19 1989-03-22 (France) 1991-04-05 (TV3 - Televisió de Catalunya) 2000-07-30 to 2000-10-09 (Chile) (52 cap) Opening Theme: "Mr. Muscleman" by Bernard Minet [French version] #1: "Kinnikuman Go Fight!" (キン肉マンGo Fight!) by Akira Kushida (eps 1-65) #2: "Honō no Kinnikuman" (炎のキン肉マン; "Blazing Kinnikuman") by Akira Kushida, Koorogi '73, and SHINES (eps 66-124) #3: "Kinnikuman Senpū (Sensation)" (キン肉マン旋風!) by Akira Kushida (eps 125-137) Ending Theme: #1: "Niku 2×9 Rock 'n Roll" by Akira Kushida, Akira Kamiya, and Tetsuo Mizutori (eps 1-65) #2: "Kinniku Mambo" (キン肉マンボ) by Akira Kamiya, Koorogi '73, and SHINES (eps 66-96, 107-124) #3: "Kinnikuman Ondo" (キン肉マン音頭) by Akira Kamiya, Minori Matsushima, Koorogi '73, and SHINES (eps 97-106) #4: "Kinnikuman Club" (キン肉マン倶楽部) by Akira Kamiya (eps 125-137) Insert song: "Akadō Suzunosuke no Uta" (赤胴鈴之助の歌) by Mitsuo Kaneko (ep 56) "Akuma no Mōgyū" (悪魔の猛牛) by Takayuki Miyauchi (eps 81-82,86) "Ashura Jigoku" (阿修羅地獄) by Gakurō Fukuda (ep 75) "Asia no Ōkami" (アジアの狼) by Yōji Saitō (ep 108) "Chakkiri Bushi" (ちゃっきり節) by Issei Futamata (ep 30) "Dohyō no Eiyū" (土俵の英雄) by Akira Kushida (ep 69) "Gekkō Kamen wa Dare Deshō" (月光仮面は誰でしょう) by Yoshiko Kondō (ep 56) "Hakuba Dōji" (白馬童子) by Kuranosuke Hamaguchi (ep 56) "Kanashimi no Bear Claw" (悲しみのベアークロー) by Woo (eps 62,72,75) "Kiseki no Gyakuten Fighter" (奇跡の逆転ファイター) by Akira Kamiya (eps 71,83) "Kung Fu Fighter" (カンフーファイター) by Koorogi '73 (ep 109) "Kyōdai Jingi" (兄弟仁義) by Koji Totani (eps 14,62) "Megumi no Hito" (め組のひと) by Rats & Star (ep 42) "Mr. Muscleman - Qui Est Le Plus Fort?" by Bernard Denimal [French version] "Ride of the Valkyries" (Walkürenritt) by Richard Wagner (ep 16) "See You Again, Hero!" by Akira Kamiya (eps 59,65,69) "Texas Bronco" (テキサスブロンコ) by Akira Kushida (eps 59,99) "Tsuki" (月) by Tetsuo Mizutori (ep 7) "Yuke! Tiger Mask" (行け!タイガーマスク) by Hideyo Morimoto (ep 45) "Yume Shibai" (夢芝居) by Tomio Umezawa (ep 73) Official website: Toei Animation (Japanese) Toei Animation-Oldies (Japanese) News: Show: Yudetamago Draws Kinnikuman One-Shot Manga (Jan 4, 2015) AIC Adapts Aoshima's Atoranjaa Robot Into Anime Short (Nov 28, 2011) 1st Kinnikuman Wrestling Manga Returns for Free Online (Nov 25, 2011) Kinnikuman Voice Actor Tetsuo Mizutori Passes Away (Jul 20, 2010) Lupin III's TMS to Stream Susume! Gachimuchi 3-Kyōdai (May 18, 2010) Dragon Ball Actor Daisuke Gouri Passes Away (Jan 18, 2010) 1st Kingrun Anime Songs Kōhaku TV Event Announced (Nov 16, 2009) Kinnikumania 2009 'Real' Pro Wrestling Event Announced (Mar 26, 2009) Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, December 16-22 (Dec 23, 2008) Kinnikuman Onigiri, Meat-Kun Meat Pie Sold in Japan (Aug 23, 2008) Kinnikuman, Captain Tsubasa to Return to Jump in 1-Shots (Apr 21, 2008) Japan's Favorite TV Anime (Oct 12, 2006) TV Asahi Top 100 Anime (Sep 23, 2005) 4Kids Entertainment Launches a New Show (Jan 13, 2002) 4Kids Acquires new titles (Jan 17, 2001) Other articles: Show: The X Button - Terra Forms (Dec 10, 2014) The X Button - King for a Game (Mar 31, 2010) Tokyo Anime Fair 2009 Blowout (Mar 21, 2009) Tokyo Anime Fair 2009 Blowout - Page 2/3 (Mar 21, 2009) The Month in Review - February 2002 (Mar 1, 2002) # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Anime anthology

Abu Dhabi International Airport recorded a 27.4 percent increase in passenger traffic in May, the highest in the airport's history. Its operator said a total of 1,633,700 passengers used Abu Dhabi International Airport last month compared to 1,282,185 in May 2013. Abu Dhabi Airports also said aircraft movements increased by 15.8 percent registering 12,931 movements when compared with 11,162 movements logged in May 2013. It added in a statement that cargo activity handling rose to 66,944 tonnes representing a 24.5 percent increase when compared to 53,788 tonnes in the year-earlier period. According to figures released on Monday, Manila was the most popular route in May increasing by 21 percent due to a boost in Philippine Airlines' operations, followed by Doha which increased by 27 percent, affected by the increase in Etihad flights to Qatar. Bangkok was the third most popular destination followed by London which recorded an increase of 12 percent followed by Mumbai which has grown sharply by 87 percent due to Etihad and Jet Airways' double daily flights. Ahmad Al Haddabi, chief operations officer at Abu Dhabi Airports, said: "Passenger numbers have continued to increase over the past few years, making the airport one of the fastest growing aviation hubs in the world. "New code share partnerships between Etihad and various airlines have positively impacted our traffic numbers. "We are looking forward to a busy summer programme as we strive to enhance the passenger's experience through a range of services and offerings." Subscribe to Arabian Business' newsletter to receive the latest breaking news and business stories in Dubai,the UAE and the GCC straight to your inbox.

can now easily activate a pack and use their number overseas from the UK and other popular travel destinations of Europe like Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey, Greece, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania and Hungary. The company statement said apart from Europe, travellers can also use unlimited calling and data in the US, the UAE, Singapore and Malaysia with the same pack, taking the total tally of "unlimited" countries to 18. The pack is available at multiple affordable price points ranging from Rs 5,000 for 28 days to Rs 500 for every 24 hours usage. Apart from offering unlimited usage in 18 countries, the same pack also allows consumers to use their phones freely across 42 other countries. "We launched our flagship unlimited international roaming proposition for the US, Singapore and the UAE in April and are now very excited to extend it to these additional destinations. Europe, the US, the UAE, Singapore and Malaysia comprise more than 50 per cent of our total roamers and international traffic. With calls and data becoming completely free in these countries, we are eliminating the hassle of carrying local SIM cards or looking out for public WiFi during overseas travel," said Avneesh Khosla, Associate Director - Consumer Business, Vodafone India. --IANS ag/mr

Rutherford joins Publicis Mojo after year hiatus Former DDB Melbourne ECD Grant Rutherford has joined Publicis Mojo as national executive creative director. Rutherford left his post at DDB last July after over four years, and has spent the last year doing charity work for The Snowdome Foundation. He has described himself for the last 11 months as a “creative at large” on LinkedIn. Publicis Mojo CEO Joe Pollard said, “We are absolutely thrilled that Grant will be joining Publicis Mojo. He is an amazing creative talent, and all round great guy. I can’t wait to partner with him and continue the forward momentum of Mojo. His leadership, outstanding creative skills and passion for communication will be a great asset for our clients’ brands and businesses”. Rutherford said: “The Snowdome Foundation is important to me and will always be, but it’s time to get the feet out from under the kitchen table and back under a desk. Many desks might I add. “Joe Pollard is awesome. As a brand, she is as compelling as Mojo and the chance to build on her considerable efforts on a National level is something I just couldn’t refuse. Opportunities like this do not come every day”.

Presented by Sean Rafferty. Fantastic Australian guitarist Craig Ogden performs live in the studio ahead of a world premiere in Belfast and Artistic Director of the Aldeburgh Festival Pierre-Laurent Aimard talks to Sean about this year's festival highlights. At 5.40 the A-Z of Opera with Q and at 6.40 your suggestions for operatic Qs. Main news headlines are at 5.00 and 6.00 Last on Thu 10 Jun 2010 17:00 More episodes See all episodes from In Tune

. I’ll definitely do it. I’m going in with my eyes wide open and I’ll take it as it comes. I’ll do plenty of reading in the box and I’ve also lined up some entertainment to keep me occupied." M1 Derbyshire northbound severe disruption, between J30 for A616 and J31 for A57 Sheffield. M1 Derbyshire - One lane blocked and slow traffic on M1 northbound between J30, A616 (Worksop) and J31, A57 (Sheffield), because of a broken down vehicle.." Tim Parker BBC Radio Leicester political reporter Interesting chat this morning with staff at RH Commercial Vehicles in Cossington in the first of my series about what Leicestershire folk think of the election and politics in general. Some staff here stopped talking about Brexit at work when the discussions started getting too heated. Sarah and Steve who work on maintaining the firm's lorries told me they won't vote this time. Sarah said "it's too complicated" and has "more important things to do" like bringing up her children. Steve said he's already voted and told politicians at the last election what he wanted, so why do it again? "They should just be getting on with it," he told me. Dominic Johnson BBC Radio Nottingham reporter Speed bumps, road humps, sleeping policemen, speed cushions - they have all sorts of names. Some here in Nottingham could soon disappear under new government plans to cut air pollution. While they're still here I've been out with former driving instructor John Burnett to find out the best way to tackle them... Peter Saull BBC Radio Nottingham Political Reporter In the Nottingham East constituency, Labour's Chris Leslie holds a majority of 11,894. Barry Holliday, of the Liberal Democrats, will be one candidate vying for the seat. Another Liberal Democrat, Tad Jones, has confirmed he will stand for the Nottingham North constituency. One of his rivals will be Labour's Alex Norris, who recently replaced Graham Allen. In Nottingham South, Liberal Democrat Tony Sutton and UKIP's David Hollas will compete for the seat. Labour's Lilian Greenwood and Tory Jane Hunt will also stand. Conservative Robert Jenrick (below) will look to hold on to his 18,474 majority against Liberal Democrat David Watts and Labour's Chantal Lee. In Rushcliffe, Labour's David Mellen is standing again against Ken Clarke. He also stood in 2015. Joining the pair will be Liberal Democrat Jayne Phoenix. Finally, in Sherwood, Becky Thomas - for the Liberal Democrats - and Labour's Mike Pringle have been confirmed as candidates for the seat alongside Tory Mark Spencer. In Bassetlaw, Liberal Democrat Leon Duveen will look to overturn Labour's majority. Meanwhile, in Broxtowe, it has been confirmed that fellow Liberal Democrat Tim Hallam will compete for the seat against Conservative Anna Soubry and Labour's Greg Marshall. Tory Carolyn Abbott will face Labour's Vernon Coaker and Liberal Democrat Robert Swift for the Gedling seat, while Conservative Ben Bradley and UKIP's Sid Pepper will compete with Labour's Sir Alan Meale for the Mansfield constituency. After winning medals for swimming events in London and Rio the 30-year-old has announced she's retiring and is taking up para-canoe instead... On Facebook you've been commenting on the story about an abandoned tarantula found in Leicester. Gemma Cobley said: "Not a big spider fan. Spent most of my life running from them. However this guy has a life and a heart which means it's just as important as any other species." Emma Emzicles Nutt said: "Ooya bleeder the size of that. I've been on Narborough Road today, luckily I seen this when I'm back at home." Charlie Slater BBC Weather presenter Staying dull, dry and cloudy for most of the afternoon with light winds and highs of 12C (54F). Blake the border collie and Bella the lamb are "best of friends" according to Natalie Haywood, but the pair went missing yesterday while she was on the school run. Natalie said she was only out for an hour but when she got back the gate was open and the animals were gone. Bella is an orphan and is still being bottle fed. A cash reward is on offer for their safe return. Alex Smith BBC News Online Derbyshire County Council has announced its new cabinet after the Conservatives took control of the authority from Labour in last week's local elections. The Tories won 37 of 64 seats to claim a majority and wipe out Labour's 22-seat majority from 2013. The new line-up - to be confirmed at the authority's annual general meeting on 24 May - is: Councillor Linda Chilton is to become the council’s chairman, with councillor George Wharmby selected as her vice-chairman. Nottinghamshire Police said forensic evidence linked Adam to the crime, and that fingerprints and CCTV show he was responsible with the others in the group for the "co-ordinated and planned attack". A judge said in December Mr Mazhar's murderer was still at large, and the force added: "Enquiries still continue to identify other members of the group responsible." Four men have already been jailed over Mr Mazhar's killing. Ben Jackson BBC Radio Leicester presenter I'm in Ypres in Belgium remembering the dark days of World War One. This July is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele - it will be marked with a ceremony near here. Amongst the 350,000 soldiers killed in battle were 600 from Leicestershire. This is the memorial of Francis Nathaniel Tarr - he was an English international rugby union player who also played for Leicester Tigers... After his rugby career he became a solicitor in Leicester. He then volunteered for overseas service during the war. He was killed in July 1915 near Ypres on the Western Front after being hit by a shell splinter while serving as a lieutenant in the 1/4th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Tarr was one of 27 former England internationals killed in the war. The former world number one, who has recently returned from a 15-month doping suspension, will however get a wildcard into a tournament a week later in Birmingham. Sir Peter announced plans to honour the Leicester snooker star after he won his third World Championship title last week. Whilst the decision on a more permanent mural takes place, Selby will be honoured with a picture on one of the empty shop fronts under Leicester City Hall on Charles Street.

Oscar Pistorius detective on attempted murder charges. His bail hearing has now adjourned after a third day in Pretoria. The defence argued again that the premeditated murder charge should be altered, while the prosecution repeated that Mr Pistorius should not be granted bail simply because of his fame. Lead prosecutor Gerrie Nel said evidence from the crime scene would fatally undermine the athlete's claim that he thought he was shooting an intruder. Separately, sports giant Nike has confirmed it has suspended its contract with Oscar Pistorius. Reinstated charges Police spokesman Neville Malila said that Det Botha and two other officers were due to appear in court in May. Mr Malila said it was alleged that while driving a state-owned vehicle the three had opened fire on a minibus taxi loaded with passengers. The three were arrested in 2011, Eyewitness News says, citing police. Mr Malila said the charges against Det Botha had originally been dropped but were reinstated. It is unclear when this took place or whether Det Botha will continue working on the case in the long run. Medupe Simasiku, a spokesman for the Pistorius prosecutors, told Associated Press they were unaware of the charges and would now investigate whether the detective should remain. The BBC's Peter Biles in Pretoria says the police statement concerning Det Botha is an extraordinary turn of events. Mr Pistorius says he shot Ms Steenkamp in the bathroom of his home after mistaking her for an intruder. If denied bail, Mr Pistorius could face months in prison before a full trial begins. 'Disastrous shortcomings' Thursday's proceedings began with prosecutor Gerrie Nel confirming to the court that Det Botha was facing seven attempted murder charges. Det Botha was not initially in court and Magistrate Desmond Nair had to ask for him to be found. After a short break, Det Botha was brought in and was questioned about telephone records from the night of the shooting, evidence of violence in Mr Pistorius's past and the extent of the flight risk. Lead defence counsel Barry Roux then addressed the court and called for the charge to be listed as "schedule 5", not the current "schedule 6", which is one of premeditated murder. The defence team would have to prove extenuating circumstances to justify granting bail if schedule 6 remains. Mr Roux said: "The poor quality of the evidence offered by investigative officer Botha exposed the disastrous shortcomings of the state's case." He said the fact that Mr Pistorius had carried Ms Steenkamp downstairs showed he was desperate to save her life. Mr Roux also referred to witnesses the prosecution said had heard rows between Mr Pistorius and Ms Steenkamp that evening, saying they were too far away and that the state argument was misleading and desperate. Mr Roux said this was a strong, loving relationship and that there was no motive to kill. The defence has now concluded its arguments and the prosecution will present its case. Mr Roux told the BBC's Andrew Harding, who is in the courtroom, that a bail decision might not come until Friday. Correspondents say Det Botha's evidence on Wednesday appeared first to boost the prosecution's case and then offer the defence a hope of winning the argument.. But Det Botha also amended his testimony on the proximity of the witness who he said had heard arguments. Det Botha. The Pistorius family issued a statement saying they were "satisfied with the outcome" of Wednesday's proceedings..

Sri Lanka v England: Hosts win to take 2-0 lead in one-day series S.4 overs to spare. In the end, it was a comfortable chase for the experienced batting pair, who added 149 and have amassed a mammoth 815 ODI caps between them. England, with fit-again paceman Steven Finn preferred to all-rounder Ben Stokes, were always second favourites after a below-par batting performance to fall to their 15th defeat in 22 completed ODIs against Test-playing sides since last year's Champions Trophy. When the weather relented to allow play to begin, both sides - wearing black armbands - stood in silence to remember Australia batsman Phillip Hughes, who died on Thursday after he was hit by a ball while batting in a Sheffield Shield game. The rain delay, and England's continued problems in spin-friendly conditions, meant the early atmosphere remained somewhat sombre. On a used, tacky pitch, boundaries were at a premium, with only eight coming in the entire England innings, in stark contrast to the boundary blitz happening simultaneously in the third Test in Sharjah as New Zealand feasted on Pakistan's bowlers. Off-spinner Tillakaratne Dilshan struck in the second over as Moeen Ali was bowled off his pad trying to hit him through the leg side. Ian Bell, playing his 150th ODI, came down the pitch three times to the spinners, but holed out at long-off on the third occasion, while Cook (22) top-edged a sweep to deep backward square leg. Meanwhile, Root was fortunate to survive an lbw appeal from Dilshan on 16 when the ball-tracker was millimetres away from overturning the umpire's "not out" decision after Sri Lanka reviewed it. After strangling England with 14 consecutive overs of spin, it was then the turn of Sri Lanka's seamers to strike as Thisara Perera's third ball was hit straight to short extra cover by the out-of-sorts Eoin Morgan, who is without an ODI fifty since January. Angelo Mathews' bowling changes continued to bear fruit as the skipper returned to trap Root lbw trying to heave a straight ball to leg, while paceman Dhammika Prasad - kept back until the 32nd over - bowled Jos Buttler via an inside edge. Although Bopara recorded a third half-century in four ODIs, spinner Ajantha Mendis (3-33) wrapped up the innings with two overs to spare. With the death of Hughes still in the minds of many spectators, Sri Lanka's spin-dominated attack meant that short-pitched deliveries were a rarity in any event, the first arriving in the 28th over of England's innings. By contrast, two of Finn's first three deliveries were bouncers - but both were hit for four by Dilshan, who picked up three boundaries from the first over to get the hosts off to the proverbial flying start. The short ball did pay off for Finn as he tucked Kusal Perera up for room and forced him to chip a catch to square leg, while Moeen induced a leading edge from Dilshan. But the longer England went without breaking the Sangakkara-Jayawardene stand, their 15th century partnership in this format, the result was increasingly a foregone conclusion, with England's bowling unit seemingly unable to exert any pressure. The next match in the seven-game series is at Hambantota on Wednesday.

Ben Ross: Rugby player holds no grudges for live TV arm break - - From the section Rugby League Ben Ross says no-one is to blame after breaking his arm while arm-wrestling fellow ex-rugby league player Wendell Sailor live on Australian TV. Ross immediately clutched his injured right arm after it suddenly gave way, while Sailor, another retired league player, was left visibly shocked. Sailor apologised on Twitter, but Ross replied: "Wasn't anyone's fault mate." The 35-year-old also praised the NRL Footy Show, which broadcast the contest, for its "help and care". He then tweeted: "Thanks for everyone's messages of concern and also wishes. Will know full extent of the break etc soon." Ross once broke his neck in a tackle when playing for Cronulla but said from his Sydney hospital that the broken arm was "probably" the most painful injury he had ever had. "When I looked at Wendell's face, I knew something was wrong," he told local broadcasters. "His face, if it was possible, turned white." Sailor, a former Australian international in both rugby league and union, was extremely apologetic: "Even if you didn't like someone, you never want to do that to someone. "Just watching his face, hearing that noise go snap... it was just terrible." Ross helped Penrith Panthers win the NRL title in 2003. He also played for Cronulla, South Sydney and St George Illawarra.

- News - Sports - Business - Entertainment - Lifestyles - Opinion - Driveway - Impress Death of a child inspires musician A trip to Romania helped Andrew Christopher decide music was his life. The one-time drummer who had picked up the guitar took it with him to the Eastern European country, where he found himself singing for the children at a camp where he worked. That job, finished, he headed to England, tried busking — and found himself heading to New Zealand and Australia, guitar in hand, guitar case open for donations. Back in Canada for four years, many British Columbians know him as a member of Pardon My Striptease (PMS) but, this year, he took on a solo project. It’s what’s bringing him to Kamloops for a show on Wednesday, Dec. 5, at The Dirty Jersey. Going solo for a while was a way to deal with the emotions he was experiencing as his young daughter was treated for brain cancer. “Music seemed to be my only outlet,” Christopher said. “I quit my job that I was on leave from as a support worker with disabled adults and decided to focus all my energy and emotion on music. “PMS on its own wasn’t going to pay the bills so, for no other reason than money, I started playing more solo gigs and busking. “I realized then that I really had a passion for my own style of music, the songs that are too girly or mellow for PMS.” He recorded his songs with PMS guitarist Brendan Woodroof, was delighted with the results and is, as he put it, “running with it.” The recording is called Gone, the name of a song Christopher wrote about a youngster who had become friends with his daughter, Lilee-Jean, at B.C. Children’s Hospital. “We just received news that her friend Maddison was not going to make it,” Christopher said. “They were putting her up in Canucks Place to make her last few weeks comfortable. “LJ was sleeping in her crib right beside my bed at the hotel and the sadness for Maddison, and fear for Lilee-Jean consumed me entirely. “I wrote the song in silence, as odd as that sounds, to make sure I didn't wake LJ. “The next day I got to play it aloud and I broke down completely. “Music is an incredible thing and I just want to share mine with everyone.” Admission to the show is $5. For $10, you’ll also get a CD.

West in nuclear showdown with defiant Iran. The accusations were made public in an extraordinary joint statement by the US President, flanked by Gordon Brown and the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy before the start of the G20 economic summit in Pittsburgh. Iran had previously insisted that its plant at Natanz, which is open to international inspection, was the only one involved in enrichment. The new revelation sharply raises the stakes at a time when Israel has been signalling that military strikes against Iran are on the table. Iran's first response was one of familiar defiance. "If I were Obama's adviser, I would definitely advise him to refrain from making this statement because it is definitely a mistake," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an interview with Time magazine in New York. Western sources said the plant at Qom, 120 miles south-west of Tehran, is not yet operational. But it is designed to hold about 3,000 centrifuge machines, which would provide the uranium needed to produce one atomic bomb a year. "Iran has enough uranium to go the whole way," one Western diplomat said. A senior US official said that number of centrifuges could not produce enough uranium to make sense commercially for power generation. "But if you want to use the facility to produce a small amount of weapons-grade uranium, enough for a bomb or two a year, it's the right size." He stressed that making a bomb was "still some way off" but that the plant gives Iran "more options." French officials said the secret plant was in a "heavily protected" area under the control of the Revolutionary Guards loyal to Ayatollah Khamenei and President Ahmadinejad.". Later, Mr Ahmadinejad softened his tone telling reporters that Iran was in fact ready to give international inspectors access to the Qom facility. "We have no fears," he said. Yet for Mr Obama, the revelation will bolster the case for tougher sanctions on Iran, if its regime does not bend now to calls for enrichment to stop. It also ratchets up tensions significantly on the eve of talks scheduled next Thursday in Geneva between the regime and six world powers, including Britain, the US and Russia. "The Iranian government must now demonstrate through deeds its peaceful intentions or be held accountable to international standards and international law," Mr Obama said. His French and British peers portrayed even deeper indignation. "The level of deception by the Iranian government and the scale of what we believe is a breach of international commitments, will shock and anger the whole international community and it will harden our resolve," Mr Brown said, adding that it was time to "draw a line in the sand". He went on: "This is the third time they have been caught red-handed, not telling the truth." Mr Sarkozy set a deadline of December for Iran to put everything on the table and provide proof that it is not attempting to weaponise nuclear technology. New sanctions could include a ban of the sale of refined petrol to Iran, which could seriously harm the regime but also hurt much of the population British intelligence agencies played a "big part" in uncovering the plant, working closely with their American and French counterparts, diplomats said. The intelligence has been shared with Israel, but British sources are playing down the prospect of military action. One said: "We are a long way from that. We have no interest in a military operation against Iran or anybody undertaking such an operation." Even as Mr Ahmadinejad was speaking to Time, his officials in Tehran were acknowledging the plant's existence. "In order to preserve its definite rights [in] the peaceful use of nuclear energy, Iran has taken a successful step and created a semi-industrial plant to enrich nuclear fuel," Ali Akbar Salehi, its nuclear energy agency chief, said in a statement. Iran insists its enrichment programme is for civilian purposes and other countries have no right to interfere. But Western governments have long doubted this. British sources said the intelligence on Qom specifically suggests it is not consistent with plans for electricity generation. US officials said that Western intelligence had found out about the Qom plant several months ago and that Mr Obama had been briefed on it even before he took office. Exactly how they cracked the wall of secrecy erected by Iran around it has not been divulged. Iran itself then became aware that the West had got wind of the concealed plant. On Monday, it sent a cryptic letter to the IAEA in Vienna in which it spoke for the first time of a "pilot uranium enrichment plant" in addition to the one at Natanz. It added that additional information would be furnished to the agency in due course. All this off-stage drama was unfolding just as world leaders were gathering first for the UN General Assembly in New York and then in Pittsburgh for the G20 summit. Mr Ahmadinejad, last night cancelled a press conference he had been scheduled to give at the UN before leaving New York. The game had already moved on after the Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, signalled that Moscow was dropping its opposition to new sanctions against Iran. The switch was attributed to Mr Obama's decision a week ago to drop the US anti-missile shield in eastern Europe. But a senior US administration official revealed that the information about Qom was shared by Mr Obama with President Medvedev during a bilateral meeting in New York on Wednesday. That may have helped modify Mr Medvedev's thinking. Iran fights back: President tells US it's making 'a big mistake' President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fought back against claims of illegal concealment last night, saying that it was the United States that should be apologising to Iran and that Barack Obama was making a big mistake which would ultimately play into the Islamic Republic's favour. Nuclear showdown with Iran escalates Senior US official says secret facility is right size to make 'bomb or two a year' In an interview with Time magazine, which took place as the US President was ratcheting up pressure on him from Pittsburgh, Mr Ahmadinejad shrugged off accusations of a secret underground second nuclear facility. "If I were Obama's adviser, I would definitely advise him to refrain from making this statement because it is definitely a mistake. It would definitively be a mistake," he told Time editors in New York, where he had been attending the UN General Assembly. "We have no secrecy, we work within the framework of the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency]," he added. "This does not mean we must inform Mr Obama's administration of every facility that we have." Far from seeming contrite, Mr Ahmadinejad went on the offensive saying that by bringing up the uranium facility, the US President, "simply adds to the list of issues to which the United States owes the Iranian nation an apology over. Rest assured that this will be the case. We do everything transparently". Mr Ahmadinejad also hinted that the attack by the US, France and Britain might be just the thing around which his deeply fractured nation might rally. Source: Independent Belfast Telegraph

Superstar Vijay's 'Jilla' launched Upcoming Tamil action-drama 'Jilla' was launched on Monday in the presence of the cast and crew of the movie. The launch event was held at the office of producer R B Chowdhary. Vijay had flown down from Mumbai for the occasion, a spokesperson of the film told. To be directed by debutant Nesan, the film will feature Malayalam superstar Mohanlal. The cast also includes Mahat Raghavendra, Kajal Aggarwal, Lakshmi Rai, Nassar and Santhanam. D.Imman has been roped in to compose music for the film, which will have cinematography by Natraj. Meanwhile, Vijay is busy wrapping up Tamil romantic-thriller ‘Thalaivaa’, which is getting ready for summer release. Tag: superstar vijays jilla launched, vijay, actor, tamil news, entertainment news, gossip, kollywood, superstar, latest, event, launch, Hot Bollywood Videos Suggested Akshay Kumar hits the right cord! After Salman Khan sang for Kick, Akki records a live song for Entertainment Kisses, hugs, comedy and entertainment with Akshay! Akki and Tamannaah on Comedy Nights With Kapil Brand new poster of It's Entertainment is out Have a look at the Akshay Kumar starrer here Khoobsurat Sonam Kapoor shows off her moves! Sonam & Fawad Khan on Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega to promote Khoobsurat 'Superstar Advice' book launch! Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh during the launch of book 'Superstar

.” Doing what makes him popular even today, Bruce made the Harborlites personal to his listeners. He called the band members by name, Sandy (Deanne, a.k.a. Yaguda), Kenny (Vance, a.k.a. Rosenberg), and Sydelle (Sherman, a pioneer in women’s music of the decade), which endeared the band to his radio audience. As the Harborlites faded into the sunset and Jay & the Americans’ star began to rise, Cousin Brucie again, treated his listeners to their new sound. Breaking up is always hard to do, but the heartache for women music artists of the era was even more intense. “We became an all guys group,” said Sandy, “… and we didn’t have to worry about separate dressing rooms for the girl anymore.” Sigh. Our bra-burning days were still nearly a decade away. “Actually,” Sandy admitted, “that was the main reason for the break-up of the Harborlites. It just got to be too much trouble every time we played a show. And at the time, girls were not happenin’! But she was a great singer.” The “girl issue” in bands obviously reflected women’s issues in radio, as at the time there were few women DJs. However, that’s a book for another time. You will though, find a few key women DJs in BFYP’s 25-year edition. Jay & the Americans’ core group consisted of Sandy, John (Jay) Traynor, Kenny Vance and Howie Kane. Through the tumultuous Sixties and early Seventies they would undergo some member changes. Today, you’ll find again, Sandy and Howie, with an early member returned, Marty Sanders, and Jay #3, John Reincke. Jay & the Americans are back in action! We were diggin’ the Moondog! What kind of connection did the DJs and bands have in the late ’50s – for those who weren’t dating sisters? “Even before we started [as a band], in Rock & Roll it was Alan Freed,” said Sandy. “We’d go to his shows and he had a great influence on what was happening. Later on there was Dick Clark, and he had great impact on any record he wanted to ‘make’ – they simply became hits.” Though the BFYP timeline ends this decade (and edition) at 1959, it’s fitting to mention that Jay & the Americans paid tribute to Alan Freed with dedication to his memory in their 1969 album, “Sands of Time.” “Everybody starts somewhere and everybody has heroes and idols that they look up to,” Sandy reminds us. “Alan was the guy who got us feeling that we could do this. Sands of Time,” said Sandy, “is all about that inspiration. We picked our favorite songs by our favorite acts and recorded them the way we would do them, had they not been recorded by the others.” Alan loved the kids and promoted young music artists at every opportunity. He created shows – most memorably at the Paramount Theatre (NYC) for teen stars like Frankie Lyman & the Teenagers. “He had them up on stage,” and Sandy recalls the band’s reaction, “We want to be like that! Talk swirled around the late ‘50s and 1960s, “The DJs [at WABC, WINS and the Good Guys’ WMCA] who were playing the music back in those days, were the guys who gave you the hope.” And John chimed in, “We had a couple of great stations in Chicago, too.” From Sandy, “Dick Biondi was on WLS,” and like many longtime friends, without missing a beat, John finished, “and WCFL was the other big Chicago station back then.” More from Sandy, and chuckles of memories from Howie and John in the next decade, as Jay & the Americans croon “She Cried,” and seduce us with “Come a Little Bit Closer.” Get close to the 25-year edition!

[, how-to] - slide 1 of 1 When someone asks you to write a character reference, the words and anecdotes you utilize to describe the person should be carefully considered. The letter might really help that person get the job they want or be accepted to the school they prefer. With that being said, using a reference letter template as a model to tweak and tailor the text specifically for your aspirant makes this task so much easier. First, take a gander at the first article in this series, Introduction to Writing Reference Letters Using Templates, which is a basic tutorial on how to structure a good letter. Then you’ll be even more prepared to personalize the template highlighted below. With this template, just type in the personal text that reflects your candidate’s strengths and virtues. Build up what is best about them under the appropriate headings. The good thing about using Microsoft Word for this task lies in the fact that it’s an easy program to utilize and many of the procedures used in Word are already familiar to many. Just follow these simple instructions: 1) Start by accessing the Formal Character Reference Letter templates available address. 4) Manipulate the design and layout to suit the extent of information which needs to fit in a certain category. 5) Proof the document and print it. Make sure you’ve got their information right and that the letter sings their praises. Formal Character Reference Letter Template This series will succinctly teach you what the elements of a good letter of recommendation and character reference letter are. Then you will learn where and how to download specific kinds of reference letter templates which are so important to the people you write them for.

Rockets of Awesome Rockets of Awesome wants to make shopping for kids' clothing less time-consuming, stressful, and expensive. The company was founded by Rachel Blumenthal, who's the wife of Warby Parker's co-founder, Neil Blumenthal. Blumenthal previously founded baby registry site Cricket's Circle. According to Forbes, Rockets of Awesome has $7 million in funding. The company is trying to make shopping for kid's clothing easier at affordable prices — $12-$36 per piece of clothing, according to the website . "We knew as parents that parents are shopping so frequently for their kids. Unlike us who want a new pair of jeans or a new style, every single season we are buying a full new wardrobe, head-to-toe for our kids because literally nothing fits them,"Blumenthal said to Forbes. "It’s so much work, so much money, and so much effort. We figured if they are doing this big shop every season, why can’t we do that for them, why can’t we capture all their preferences and simplify their life and do it for them."' Here's how it works: p arents can fill out profiles to help generate 12 looks that suit their children's' styles and according to the company, clothing is sent once a season, so four times a year. Parents are only charged for the items they choose to keep; there isn't a membership fee. Should parents keep nothing, they aren't charged at all. The business, which operates on a subscription model, keeps moms from having to drag their kids to the store. "All parents are busy parents, whether you’re working or staying at home, and no one has the time to drag their kids to the store and sift through rocks of clothing," she said to Racked. Should this business target millennial moms, it would be in line with a trend already prevalent in retail: stores from Chick-fil-A to Starbucks have been trying to get a piece of that demographic's wallet share, as Business Insider's Hayley Peterson reported earlier this year.

The Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission (WHSCC) says it has zero tolerance when it comes to unauthorized access to confidential files. An investigation is ongoing into a privacy breach at the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission. (CBC) Last Friday, the commission issued a statement saying an employee had accessed the files of a dozen workers over three years, with "no justifiable work purpose." CEO Leslie Galway says she only learned of the situation a day earlier, and immediately ordered an investigation. According to Galway, one person is involved in the privacy breach. That person has been sent home and relieved of their duties pending the results of the full investigation. "At this point we feel the person did go into the files and didn't back out of them right away," Galway said. "Our system is set up so that if anyone does enter into a claim file, it leaves a footprint." Galway says anyone who views a specific file without a valid business purpose at WHSCC is considered to have committed a breach. She says this is the first incident of its kind at the commission.

Referendum countdown 4:17 Inside Scotland's 'Yes' Camp 8:46 Clashes between Yes and No campaigners in Scotland's independence fight forced U.K. Labour Party Leader Ed Miliband to cancel a walkabout in Edinburgh Tuesday intended as an eleventh-hour push to sway voters to remain part of Britain. Scotland's Daily Record newspaper reported that Miliband was mobbed by campaigners from opposing sides as he visited the St. James shopping centre in the capital. U.K. Labour Leader Ed Miliband abandoned a voter meet and greet at an Edinburgh shopping centre Tuesday after clashes between opposing sides became too chaotic. He was there campaigning for the No side. (David Cheskin/Associated Press) Shouts of "Vote Yes," "Vote No" and "You're a liar" were heard coming from the crowd, and some onlookers were pushed and trampled as activists jostled to get past media and shoppers to get closer to the politician, the paper reported. Miliband's team had not publicized the location of his visit precisely to avoid such a scene and to allow him to speak directly with voters and attempt to convince those still on the fence to vote No in Thursday's referendum. British and Scottish media reported that Miliband only got a chance to speak to the public for a few minutes before the noise and crush of people forced him to abandon the effort. Debate gets uglier. After a late poll surge for the pro-independence side, the No campaign is striving to persuade Scots that they will gain more autonomy if they do not secede. - David Cameron warns vote is forever - Scotland referendum: Warnings mount about economic harm - Scottish referendum: The issues that may decide outcome Miliband was one of three U.K. party leaders to sign a pledge published in the Daily Record Tuesday promising Scots "extensive new powers" — including tax-raising authority — if they remain part of the United Kingdom. Miliband signed the pledge along with Prime Minister David Cameron and Liberal Democrat chief Nick Clegg.. 'Desperate offer of nothing' The pro-independence Scottish government says Scotland will continue to use the pound sterling, but the British government insists it won't agree to a currency union. Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron has said he'll be heartbroken if Scotland leaves the U.K. (Andrew Milligan/PA/The Associated Press).

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Parents fighting to save dozens of threatened schools have been given a glimmer of hope by a last-ditch move. After five hours of tense debate and two adjournments for behind-the-scenes discussions, members of Northumberland County Council voted almost unanimously to support in principle the idea of switching to a two-tier system of education. Such a move could see the closure of 45 middle schools across the county. But an amendment means each area will be looked at individually, giving some hope to parents battling against closures. After the meeting, parents were disappointed with the decision to agree in principle to the change, but welcomed the amendment, which was put forward by the council's Tory opposition. Parent James Mee, of Morpeth, said: "This decision was not unexpected, but my feeling at the moment is that I'm thankful because the amendment has thrown a lifeline to middle schools. "I believe the council has done a good job of ignoring everyone's opinions and been arrogant towards the electorate so far. But this does offer us a small glimmer of hope that there'll be a fair comparison of all systems rather than one system simply being imposed." The Tory amendment, accepted by the Labour majority group, says the two-tier system should be the council's preferred framework, but will be independently evaluated, along with the existing three tier system, in each of the county's school partnership areas separately before going out to wider consultation. Four councillors on the 67-member council, voted against the amendment, Couns Jean Fearon, (Conservative), of Corbridge, John Taylor, (Independent), of Longhoughton, Hugh Philipson, (Independent) of Lesbury and Bill Purdue (Conservative), of Allendale. During the meeting, council leader Michael Davey recommended the new education strategy, Putting the Learner First, as a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity". He added that reorganising education provision in Northumberland will attract Government funding of #270m and replacing the three-tier system of first, middle and high schools, will allow the council to remove costly surplus places, improve school buildings and raise standards. The decision could lead to the county's middle schools closing down, a prospect which sparked protest marches, demonstrations and petitions signed by 35,000 people. Councillors arriving at County Hall in Morpeth yesterday were met by objectors waving banners calling for the three-tier system to be retained. Before the meeting, Catherine Clark, one of the parent protesters, who has a child at Lindisfarne Middle School in Alnwick, said: "I feel the council is completely ignoring the public. They're steam-rollering the decision ahead and we'll not give up this fight." A meeting of action groups against closure plans takes place in Ponteland on Saturday when one option is to consider forcing a referendum for an elected mayor. Evening Chronicle comment Page 2: Bosses reject free lessons Bosses reject free lessons Teachers at a Tyneside school are furious after bosses quashed offers of their free time to save a sixth form. As reported in yesterday's Chronicle, bosses at All Saints' College, West Denton Way, Newcastle, have abandoned next term's Year 13 because of budget difficulties and small class sizes. Principal Russ Wallace made the shock announcement to pupils on Tuesday afternoon just hours after Education Minister Charles Clarke was given a VIP tour of the school. Now it has emerged that teachers at All Saints' were only told about the decision half an hour before the students. And when some tutors offered to provide free out-of-hours teaching to see students through their final year, the proposals were rejected. Pupils at the school are now struggling to find places to finish their education in time for the new school year in September. Eleven AS courses will be scrapped for the year, affecting 18 students. In the letter to parents, Mr Wallace blamed low take-up figures for some courses and said the decision was made after "wide consultation and careful consideration". School bosses said the decision to scrap the second year is for one year only and pledged to bring it back for the 2005/2006 school year. Principal Russ Wallace said: "A suggestion has been made for these courses to be offered at the end of the day. "However, this is not a viable solution due to employment issues and it doesn't resolve the issue of small group sizes." A spokeswoman for Newcastle City Council said: "The local education authority recognises the school's responsibility to take decisions on the range of courses it is able to offer. "However, the LEA will support students in examining all options to enable them to further their education." Evening Chronicle comment

Top fashion designer Shelley Fox is piling up tons of laundry - to celebrate the lives of servants at one of the region's most famous stately homes. English Heritage has invited 12 of the most exciting names in British fashion to Belsay Hall in Northumberland for a unique summer exhibition. Each room will showcase the work of one of the designers. Stella McCartney will make over the Great Hall of Belsay's 14th Century castle; Alexander McQueen has the housekeeper's room; Paul Smith takes on the drawing room; and lingerie designer Agent Provocateur will take the upper rooms. Shelley Fox, who has her own label, has been at Belsay for a week redefining the study and telephone room. She is lining the walls with laundry and described the two rooms as being like a padded cell. But she hopes that her work will acknowledge and celebrate the lives of those who worked in domestic service. London-based Shelley, 37, said: "After I was invited to be part of the exhibition, I visited Belsay last September and saw the rooms. I was struck by how much work the servants must have done to keep the place running. They used a ton of coal a day. "I want to acknowledge and celebrate the people who worked in the house. I think quite often people visit a house and admire the architecture, but the people who made it what it was are invisible." Shelley has worked with London company LMB, which has provided her with 10 tons of clothing. She has also used sound artist Scanner to create a piece of music to be played alongside the installation. The soundtrack features interviews with servants who worked at Belsay in the 20s and 30s put together by English Heritage. The exhibition is aimed at fusing the work of some of today's most contemporary designers with Belsay's imposing classical setting. Other designers taking part are Zandra Rhodes, Clements Ribeiro, Hamish Morrow, Eley Kishimoto, Julie Verhoeven, Georgina Goodman, Jean Muir and newcomer Vien Le Wood, a graduate of Northumbria University. Fashion at Belsay runs from May 29 until September 30.

A talented schoolboy is going to perform in front of his biggest audience to date when he takes to the stage at this year’s Mouth of the Tyne Festival. Tom Smith, 12, from East Rainton, Houghton-le-Spring, will perform on the main stage at Tynemouth Priory and Castle on Saturday, July 10 before Hyde and Beast and James Bay entertain the sold-out crowd. It’s a dream come true for the Houghton Kepier School pupil whose passion for music has seen him share a stage with some of the country’s top musicians. The young singer and guitarist has performed with James Bay, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Hyde and Beast and Frankie and the Heartstrings, and played at festivals including Glastonbury, T in the Park and Corbridge. Tom is over the moon to be supporting his idol James Bay. He said: “I’m really excited to be playing on the same stage as James Bay, as he is one of my idols. It is definitely going to be the biggest crowd I have ever played to. When I supported Catfish and the Bottlemen at the O2 Academy that was in front of 2,500 people and I know there will be more people there on Saturday. “I don’t usually get nervous before performing but I was petrified when I walked on to the stage at O2 Academy. I wanted to walk back off stage but once I started playing it was great, I didn’t want to stop. “I can’t wait to play on Saturday and will be doing a 15 minute set so will hopefully get to sing a few songs. I’ll definitely be doing a James Bay song, although I haven’t decided which one yet. I really like When We Were on Fire as that was the first one I learnt to play, but I also like Let It Go. Then I’ll be singing Don’t Look Back in Anger and my original song, I’ve Got Scars.” Tom first met James Bay last year thanks to his former guitar teacher, Christopher McCourtie, Bondy from Catfish and The Bottlemen and Ross Lewis who are both friends of Tom’s dad Andy. “Christopher, who used to be in North East outfit Detroit Social Club, was Tom’s music teacher and we’ve kept in touch as he now is a member of James Bay’s road crew. I’m also friends with Ross, who is James’s tour manager and Bondy from Catfish and the Bottlemen and they invited us up to T in The Park last year and Tom jammed with James and Bondy backstage,” Andy told me. “Then we went to see James play at the O2 Academy in Newcastle last September and we went back stage and on the tour bus as he is a really nice down to earth guy. We continued to keep in touch and James asked if Tom would like to play a short support slot on Saturday at Mouth of the Tyne Festival, so we’re now busy choosing his set.” Tom will be performing at the Mouth of the Tyne Festival on Saturday, July 10 at 6:30pm and will be followed by Hyde & Beast at 7pm and James Bay at 8:15pm. To keep up with Tom’s gigs follow him on Twitter @tommousesmith33 or go to.

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HOME secretary Alan Johnson went on the offensive against the Lib Dems while visiting Coventry. The Labour cabinet minister told the Telegraph: “They’re soft on crime, inept on immigration and downright bloody dangerous on national security.” Privately, many Labour aides believe the surge in Lib Dem support after leader Nick Clegg’s success in the party leaders’ TV debate last week is much more damaging for the Tories, who need to overturn Lib Dem seats to gain an outright Commons majority. Join our Coventry South Election 2010 candidates' debate But some opinion polls have put the Lib Dems ahead of the Tories, with Labour in third place, prompting both main parties to target them. Mr Johnson championed Labour’s record in cutting crime by a third and violent crime by 40 per cent while meeting voters in Willenhall yesterday. Of the Lib Dems, he said: “Their view is you shouldn’t get any prison sentence at all if it’s going to be less than six months – that it should be community service. “I certainly think only those who deserve to go to prison should do, but we should be strict. To tie the hands of the criminal justice system... I think is wrong. “But much more damaging is their view that police should be restricted in the way they use DNA. The Lib Dems say no-one should be on the database who’s been arrested and not convicted. “That means last year alone there would have been 79 cases of rape, manslaughter and murder where the police wouldn’t have had the ability to match the DNA and help to find who was responsible. “Lib Dems say there should be an amnesty for illegal immigrants. It sends a fundamental message that if you buck the system you’ll be all right. They say asylum seekers should be able to work. That would act as a magnet. We’ve got the lowest level of asylum seekers since the early 1990s. Join our Coventry South Election 2010 candidates' debate “And then they say we should hamper our ability to send (back) failed asylum seekers. Last year 87 per cent failed so 13 per cent were genuine refugees we had a humanitarian commitment to.” Lib Dem Coventry North east candidate Russell Field said favouring more effective community service over short prison sentences would cut crime and re-offending, as prison schooled minor offenders in hardened crime. He said encouraging some asylum seekers to work would cut “state hand-outs”, and the DNA of innocent people could be abused by the state. He added: “We need a mature debate, not just who talks the toughest on crime.” He said the Lib Dems wanted to offer citizenship only to some asylum seekers who’d been here for 10 years.

Adam Johnson's guilty pleas a massive shock to Sunderland - Sam Allardyce Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce said Adam Johnson's guilty pleas were "a massive shock" to the club and he felt "extremely let down". The 61-year-old former West Ham and Newcastle manager. Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce said he was shocked by the guilty plea ." Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

Two soldiers, one civilian dead in Kashmir militant attack SRINAGAR, India, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Militants attacked a paramilitary convoy and a government building in India's disputed Kashmir region on Saturday, killing at least two soldiers and a civilian, police said. The militants attacked the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel near Srinagar, Kashmir's capital, before invading the premises of the Entrepreneurship Development Institute, where about 100 people were undergoing a training programme. Thirteen CRPF personnel were injured in the attack, said Syed Javed Mujtaba Geelani, inspector general of police. The CRPF is still engaged in a gun battle with the rebels but the police have safely evacuated the civilians who were trapped in the building, Geelani said.. India and Pakistan fought two of their three wars since independence in 1947 over Muslim-majority Kashmir, which they both claim in full but rule in part. (Reporting by Fayaz Bukhari; Editing by Digby Lidstone) Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

Brazil military will not meddle in political crisis - minister By Alonso Soto and Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA, March 11 (Reuters) - The Brazilian military will not interfere in a deepening political crisis that threatens leftist President Dilma Rousseff, Defense Minister Aldo Rebelo told Reuters in an interview. Rebelo, a senior member of the country's Communist Party, dismissed media reports that the military is growing anxious about the prospect of social unrest amid growing opposition calls for Rousseff's removal. "The armed forces have no interest in being a protagonist in domestic politics," Rebelo said late on Thursday. "The solution to the political problem lies within political institutions." The brief detention last week of Rousseff's political mentor and predecessor, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, as part of a corruption probe at state-run oil company Petrobras has revived calls for her impeachment in Congress. The sweeping investigation has ensnared dozens of top politicians from the ruling coalition, further hurting Rousseff's popularity, which was already near record lows due to a crippling recession. Since Brazil returned to democracy in 1985, the military has had little influence over local politics. The South American nation was scarred by a U.S.-backed military dictatorship that tortured and imprisoned hundreds of dissidents after it overthrew left-wing President Joao Goulart in 1964. Rousseff, herself a former Marxist militant who was jailed and tortured by the regime in the 1970s, has said she will not resign and has blamed her opponents for stoking the economic crisis. State prosecutors' request on Thursday for the arrest of Lula in another case has raised tensions ahead of anti-government demonstrations called for Sunday. Rebelo denied that state governors have called for military reinforcements to avoid clashes between pro- and anti-government supporters on Sunday. He said he does not expect demonstrations to turn violent. "I don't know if that aggressive language we see in the social media will make its way to the streets," Rebelo said. "I don't believe this (demonstration) will go beyond what we have seen in the past." After initially drawing millions to the streets the peaceful demonstrations calling for Rousseff's impeachment lost momentum late last year. Organizers expect Sunday's rallies to again lure millions of Brazilians. (Additional reporting by Daniel Flynn; Editing by Cynthia Osterman) Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

The Racist History Behind Felony Disenfranchisement Laws On Tuesday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder boldly went on the public record to say that all felony disenfranchisement laws should be permanently put to bed. According to research from The Sentencing Project, one of every 13 African Americans is disenfranchised due to past felony convictions compared with one of 40 adults in general. The near-six million Americans who can’t vote due to a felony conviction is bad enough, but Holder’s reasons for repealing these laws went beyond just the present impact. Said Holder:. … And although well over a century has passed since post-Reconstruction states used these measures to strip African Americans of their most fundamental rights, the impact of felony disenfranchisement on modern communities of color remains both disproportionate and unacceptable. One has to wonder, though, that if Holder has found that these laws place disparate impacts on the black community then why doesn’t he just take the states that are guilty of this to court? After all, aren’t there laws that address such racial disparities? The fact is, past court challenges to felony disenfranchisement laws have been unsuccessful. Perhaps a challenge from the nation’s top attorney might yield better results, but it’s more likely the case that our nation’s laws are too inadequate for addressing the legacy of white supremacism that’s baked into these laws. That legacy is not a secret anymore, as evinced by the fact the U.S. Attorney General felt comfortable discussing it publicly. Over at The Daily Beast, Jamelle Bouie dug a bit more into the post-Reconstruction timeframe for disenfranchisement laws, referring to them as “legislative zombies,” lingering from a time when white lawmakers were explicitly trying to prevent African Americans from gaining political power. The New York Times editorial board weighed in as well saying the laws continue to be “guided by the ghosts of the post-Civil War era, when disenfranchisement laws were aimed at newly freed blacks.” Marc Mauer, executive director of The Sentencing Project, made the connection between civil rights protections that are supposed to bust those Reconstruction-era ghosts (in theory) and the disparities seen today:. The lunch meeting indicates that Holder is hoping for legislative fixes to the racially flawed laws rather than pursuing a route through the courts. New legislation is, perhaps, the most convenient way of dealing with felony disenfranchisement as only a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court could do away with it for good. The Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act are supposed to address laws that lead to disparate impacts and voting dilution among people of color. Unfortunately, right now Chief Roberts’ court is unsympathetic to helping fight racial discrimination in elections. Speaking with Jeremy Haile, federal advocacy counsel for The Sentencing Project, he said there are three main things that trip up felony disenfranchisement cases in federal courts: One, voting is, for better or worse, the providence of states; two, the U.S. Constitution specifically carves out a ban on voting for certain criminal classifications; and three, the U.S. Supreme Court case Richardson v. Ramirez upheld that state felony disenfranchisement laws were legal for those two reasons. That’s not to say there haven’t been attempts. Farrakhan v. Gregoire resulted in rulings that such laws violated the Voting Rights Act, but ultimately a panel of judges from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned those decisions. Another challenge to felony disenfranchisement laws is playing out right now in Virginia. City of Mobile v. Bolden came up short in Alabama as well. Beyond that, “It’s not clear there will be an appetite soon for challenging these laws through the legal process,” says Haile. Which might explain why Holder is working so close with Sen. Paul, and others across the aisle like Sen. Mike Lee of Utah for a legislative fix. Holder implored state lawmakers to follow suit. In Virginia, the governor’s office has already been making headway on this, along with a decades-long grassroots organizing campaign to push state legislators for a new law. Gov. Robert Bentley of Alabama also pledged support for lifting the voting ban after Holder’s announcement. But Florida, which is the felony disenfranchisement capital of the nation with roughly a quarter of its voting-age black population impacted, has rebuffed Holder’s call, exposing a problem with the legislative solution—they don’t fully resolve the white supremacist roots of felony disenfranchisement. Legislative fixes are fine, but until courts find the appetite for digesting the real racist impetus behind these laws, those fixes could be temporary. We saw this in Florida when former Gov. Charlie Crist began reversing felony voting ban policies only to have them reinstated when Gov. Rick Scott took office. Until courts rule these laws unconstitutional, the post-Civil War ghosts will continue to haunt.

. “There was a lot of nervous energy today, but Jose will settle in,” Mets manager Jerry Manuel said. “It’s no problem for Jose, he’ll get into the rhythm. He’s athletic enough to catch up with the speed.” Lowell leaning toward retirement KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Boston’s Mike Lowell, who lost his job at third base to free agent Adrian Beltre this spring, said this could be his final season as a big-leaguer. Lowell told reporters before making his first start of the year Saturday night against Kansas City that he still had not decided for certain but was leaning toward retirement. The 11-year veteran underwent surgery on his right thumb on Dec. 30 and the Red Sox signed Beltre. Ausmus goes on the DL MIAMI — Dodgers backup catcher Brad Ausmus is on the disabled list for the first time in his 17-year major-league career. The Dodgers made the move because Ausmus has a pinched nerve in his back. He’s expected to be sidelined only as long as the 15-day stint on the DL. A.J. Ellis was recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque. Footnote. Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts was held out of Saturday night’s game against Toronto with an abdominal strain, an injury that could land the two-time all-star on the 15-day disabled list. The Associated Press

CENTENNIAL — Four jurors from the Aurora theater shooting trial have teamed up with victims’ families to raise $200,000 for a memorial garden. The four women, who asked to be identified only by their first names, have partnered with the 7/20 Memorial Foundation to raise the money in less than a month. All of the funds raised will be given to victims’ families and survivors, who will then use the money to purchase art and other features for the memorial. Through tears and smiles, the jurors said Thursday the garden will honor the 12 people killed in the attack. But it also will serve as a place of healing and peace for survivors, family members and anyone in the community affected by the shooting. Seventy other people were injured during the attack July 20, 2012. The gunman was sentenced to life in prison in August, after a months-long trial this summer. The strong community of victims inspired the four jurors to begin raising funds for the memorial garden. “It was something to look forward to,” said Jessica, one of the jurors. “It was something that was positive and a way for us to support the families.” The group has organized two events, including a fundraiser at America’s Bar & Grill in Aurora. The restaurant will donate 20 percent of all profits made during the Ultimate Fighting Championship matchup between Ronda Rousey and Holly Holm on Nov. 14. Also, all Which Wich sandwich shops in Denver and Fort Collins will donate 15 percent of all profits made Nov. 21 to the memorial fund. The city of Aurora has donated the land for the garden — at East Alameda Parkway and Chambers Road — and will provide all the plants and maintenance for the garden.

For two consecutive years the “Eagle On The Danube” reenactment festival – the only of its kind in Bulgaria, had been held in the town of Svishtov. The festival recreates the military life and battles between the Roman Empire and its enemy tribes; includes a rich cultural program - and this initiative established itself as a forum that brings together fans and enthusiasts of Antiquity from different ends of Bulgaria and Europe. This reenactment enjoys heavy popularity in Europe, its calendar of activities being full for several years to come. The festival’s first edition had been held in the end of June 2008, expanding over 4 days. The different sections of the program had been visited by more than 25,000 spectators, the reenactors on the 2 most activity-intense days (Friday and Saturday) had been over 200 people, representatives of 8 different countries – Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, Russia, and Bulgaria. The festival received letters of acknowledgements and reviews from foreign organizations and diplomatic missions; the event itself had been covered in more than 50 articles in print and electronic media. Reenactors in the First edition of the Festival: from Italy: Legio I Italica, Gruppo Di Danze Antiche Di Villadose, Gruppo Storico La Commenda (Lupanare), Compagnia Del Cardo E Del Brugo, Confederazione Teuta Lingones from Germany: reenactment group Germanica Ask-Alemannen from the Czech Republic and Slovakia: LEGIO X GPF, reenactment group Celtica Boiove & Fergunna from Russia (Moscow and Saint Petersburg): Cohors II Mattiacorum (equitata) from Romania: Nova Roma Dacia A similar group was created in Bulgaria, called Cohors I Thracum. This group has already had independent acts around the country. Reenactment groups in the second edition: Gruppo Storico Romano, Legio XI Claudia (Italy) Gotania (Poland) Threskeia (Bulgaria) Terra Dacica Aeterna (Romania) This year's program - an international conference on history; - triumphal parades under torchlights; - battles between Roman legions and Barbarian tribes; - many reenactments of ceremonies and religious processions of the ancient times; - gladiator fights; - authentic Thracian dances and rituals; - demonstrations of Roman artillery; - the achievements of ancient science; - exhibitions of antiques and artifacts; - culinary recreations and exhibitions; - a roman market; - drama and comedy plays by Roman and Greek authors. The Third edition While the first edition of the festival had been focused on military reenactments of Ancient Rome, the second one, held in September 2009, was extended to a broader historic period, presenting many new cultural events, traditions, everyday habits and customs. This tendency will go on in the third edition, planned for June 4th to 6th, 2010. The organizers’ intention is to enrich the program by including theatrical plays, a concert using original ancient instruments, as well as a premiere of the Norma opera. Beside its ancient history, Svishtov also offers the great infrastructure, needed to hold such an event. The Roman legionary camp and early Byzantine town Novae lies two kilometers to the east of the town of Svishtov, and serves as a natural stage background. Several years ago, a modern Tourist Visitor Center was built next to Novae, signs and info plates for tourists were placed, and a number of attractions restored. In 2008, a wooden Castrum (fortress) was built at the town stadium. Since 2006, Svishtov also has this one of a kind open-air stage, situated at the highest point of town, next to the remains of an old fortress and facing the sunset over the Danube River. The stage is some couple of minutes away from downtown, can easily gather almost a 1000 spectators, and during the festival holds the gladiator fights and most of the cultural events. Organizers of Eagle On The Danube are Municipality Svishtov and Council of Tourism-Svishtov. In the two previous editions, the Festival received support from the Italian and Austrian Embassies in Bulgaria, and the Ministry of Culture. A special prize for protection of the cultural and historical heritage was founded last year. Prof. Bojidar Dimitrov was unanimously chosen for its first winner. This year Prof. Dimitrov is chairman of the commission, that will nominate the next winner. The Festival receives financial aid from the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture and the municipal budget, as well as from various supporters. Among the sponsors and advertisers of the first two editions were Boliarka, Bul Ins JSC, Ustrem 97, Eduardo Miroglio, Bon Apeti, San Benedetto, Barilla, Usit Colours, etc. Two teams of high-school students, one from Nikolay Katranov High School, and one from Prof. Asen Zlatarov High School, competed in a history TV Quiz Municipal Insurance Company JSC Museum of History - Svishtov Opera & Philharmonic Society - Rousse Municipality SvishtovSvishtov 5250 2, Tsanko Tserkovski Street Phones: 0631/60 854, 60 688

M. Rhea Bristow, 91, of Palmyra died Thursday, Jan. 2, 2003, at Pleasant Hill Village in Girard. Mrs. Bristow was born March 1, 1911, near Modesto, a daughter of George Washington and Dora Frances Shores Bettis. She married Clarence "Buster" Bristow Feb. 26, 1930, in Springfield; he died Dec. 8, 1994. Also preceding her in death were eight brothers, Clarence Bettis, Otto Bettis, Orville Bettis, Carl Bettis, Melvin Bettis, Fred Bettis, Welcome Bettis and Oren Bettis in infancy; five sisters, Annie Hartsook, Ora Pierson, Rae Crawford, Gracie Edminston, and Mary Bettis in infancy. Mrs. Bristow was a member of Trailblazers Camping Club and Pleasant Dale Southern Baptist Church in Girard. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 6, at Stults-Neece Funeral Home in Palmyra. Burial was in Girard City Cemetery. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Raymond and Donna Bristow of Palmyra; two daughters and sons-in-law, Thelma and Bill White of Palmyra and Pauline King and Paul Jones of Carlinville; eight grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Northwestern Rescue Squad.

Schools & departments Researchers whose primary University of Edinburgh affiliation is with the CIR Chair of Therapeutic Immunology Professor Debby Bogaert Scottish Senior Clinical Fellow and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases Professor David Dockrell Senior Clinical Fellow; Honorary Consultant Hepatologist Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow Chair of Inflammatory Cell Biology / Deputy Director of the MRC Centre for Inflammation Research / Postgraduate Director of the MRC Centre for Inflammation Research Chair of Tissue Repair and Regeneration / Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in Clinical Science / Consultant Hepatologist

Organization: CEPIA was founded in 1990 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The organization was founded by Jacqueline Pitanguy, sociologist and former president of the National Council on Women’s Rights and Leila Linhares Barsted, lawyer and former Research Director of the Brazilian Lawyers Bar. Both Jacqueline as Leila are known activists in Defense of Human Rights of Women. CEPIA has a mission to promote the expansion and realization of human rights and the strengthening of citizenship, especially of women, which in the history of Brazil, have been excluded from the full exercise of their rights. CEPIA acts to contribute to the strengthening of democracy, social justice and gender equality. To achieve its mission CEPIA is guided by the following principles: a) Respect for diversity of gender, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion; b) commitment to the strengthening of a pluralistic society, egalitarian, tolerant and democratic. Current Grant: EMpower’s 1st grant to CEPIA supports the continuation and expansion of its work in implementing technology platforms (mobile app, social media, digital stories) to inform and train youth on their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), violence, and gender, and conduct workshops in schools. Primary Location: Rio de Janeiro Website: Funded Since: 2016 See More Ways to Make a Difference Our Underwriters pay for all of our administrative and fundraising costs, so 100% of your donation goes directly to empowering at-risk youth.

Guitarist William Tyler’s intricate and impressionistic instrumental albums transport the listener; the music is at once cinematic, orchestral, intimate, and emotional. On his latest, Modern Country, you’ll hear synth sounds layered among the melodious strings, evoking impressions of a changing landscape to explore. Tyler is normally based in Nashville, but Modern Country was recorded in the dead of a Midwestern winter, in April Base (Eau Claire, Wisc.), the home studio of Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon. Tyler and his producer, Dave Cook, invited an inventive ensemble to the sessions: bassist Darin Gray (Tweedy), drummer/percussionist Glenn Kotche (Wilco), multi-instrumentalist Phil Cook (Megafaun), producer Brad Cook on synths, and pedal steel player Luke Schneider. Engineering the album was Jon Ashley, who traveled from his home base at Mixtown USA (L.A.) and settled into Vernon’s house/studio with the band for five days. “There were no rehearsals beforehand, so the first day, we were feeling each other out, and it was good that we were in the middle of nowhere in the winter, so we had to all bond,” Tyler observes. “It was the first time I had done a record outside of Nashville. It was the first time I had worked with somebody in a producer role, and it was the first time all of these musicians played together, but I had a lot of confidence and I knew once we got in a room, I just wanted these guys to play whatever their best first idea was.” The musicians had a lot of creative control, yet the pieces fit beautifully into Tyler’s arrangements. Tyler played electric guitar on most of the live sessions, and Ashley miked up his ’60s Fender Deluxe with a Royer RE20 and a Shure SM57; he used the mic pre’s in the studio’s Trident 80B console, judicious compression, and then into Pro Tools. Synths and keyboards were taken direct: “We got an amazing sound with a Yamaha CP-70, and we used a Roland Dimension D,” Ashley says. “Any time we wanted to add organ or piano we would add that on top. It was the same thing with Glenn; he stacked a lot of percussion on this record, on top of the kit.” Tyler’s acoustic parts were also added during overdubs. However, Ashley emphasizes the importance of the live sessions as the core of the album: “This record breathes a lot. It has a lot of space and it is really dynamic, and all of that comes from the performance.”

HOUSTON --). "He's a leader by his play, he's a very fiery guy," Kubiak said Monday. "Brian helps us rush the passer, when we're in nickel, he gives us flexibility moving around. Obviously, he's a big, big part of our team and getting him back is important to a lot of players." Kubiak was worried about how his team would fare in its first four games without Cushing, who started every game at outside linebacker in 2009 and made 133 tackles. Now, most of the concerns are on the offensive side, though Houston overcame those issues and showed off its depth in Sunday's 31-24 win at Oakland. All-Pro receiver Andre Johnson sat out with a sprained right ankle that's nagged him for two weeks. Kubiak said Johnson's status is "day to day" this week. Third-leading receiver and top punt returner Jacoby Jones strained a calf against the Raiders and Kubiak says he'll update his status Wednesday. With Johnson sidelined, Matt Schaub turned to reserve tight end Joel Dreessen, who caught five passes for 73 yards and a touchdown. Kevin Walter added four catches for 35 yards. Houston was already playing without left tackle Duane Brown, who still has two games left on his suspension for violating the league's banned substance policy. Schaub avoided a sack for the first time this season after another solid effort by Rashad Butler, Brown's backup. The Texans even survived for a while Sunday without leading rusher Arian Foster, who was benched for the first quarter and a half for breaking team rules. Foster broke a 74-yard run early in the third quarter and finished with 131 yards on 16 carries. Before that, newly acquired Derrick Ward got most of the carries and had a 33-yard touchdown run. Ward finished with 80 yards rushing, and Kubiak said the former seventh-round draft pick will get more opportunities now. The Texans signed the 5-foot-11, 228-pound Ward as a free agent on Sept. 4. "He's been showing some good things in practice, but you never know until you transfer them to the game," Kubiak said. "He's a big load. He's a big guy. He's always falling forward. I think he fits what we do. He's been very into what we do. I think he's caught up mentally and I think you guys will see even more of him." A new star may have emerged on defense, too. Safety Eugene Wilson missed the Oakland game with a hamstring injury, and reserve Troy Nolan picked off two passes, Houston's first interceptions of the season. Kubiak said Nolan, a seventh-round draft pick in 2009, earned more playing time with his performance. Kubiak said contributions from reserve players have bolstered the confidence through the entire locker room. ."

Full name Murray Charles Bragg Born February 26, 1984, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland Current age 33 years 205 days Major teams Queensland, Queensland Academy of Sport, Queensland Under-15s, Queensland Under-17s, Queensland Under-19s Nickname Budgie Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman Batting style Right-hand bat Fielding position Wicketkeeper Height 1.76 m Education Jimboomba State School; Kooralbyn International School; Brisbane Grammar School Murray Bragg had worked his way through each step of the Queensland representative ladder when he made his first-class debut in the opening Pura Cup game of 2007-08. A qualified accountant, Bragg balances his work with wicketkeeping and was operating as Chris Hartley's understudy when the incumbent's wrist injury allowed an opening. Bragg was a rookie contract holder with the Bulls last season, but was too old for a second deal and missed the initial senior squad. In 2005-06 he played for the QAS for the first time and posted a grade century for Valley to confirm his promise as a wicketkeeper-batsman. He started his career in Jimboomba and represented the state's primary school, under-15 schoolboy, under 17, under 19 and colts sides before graduating to the senior ranks. Cricinfo staff October 2007

Crafting a highly interactive Web environment is really like putting the pretzels next to the beer. Thats the philosophy of Jay Diamond, president and CEO of Mediadome. Diamonds idea is that to really engage their most valued users, Web sites need content-placement tools that, in effect, let them put the munchies and the suds right next to each other, thus increasing the chances someone will pick up one of each. Mediadome has created an unusual "super-browser" that lets its customers position multiple floating Web pages in a three-dimensional (3-D), graphical environment. The Santa Clara, Calif., start-up said its software — which it intends to license to content and e-commerce companies — gives customers much higher click-through rates than simple links or traditional Web banner ads. "This isnt a 3-D browser," Diamond said. "Were using 3-D to let people get information faster." Further reading Mediadome has now scored its first customer: CNet Networks last week launched a Mediadome super-browser designed for its GameSpot gaming site — just 10 weeks after CNet first looked at the technology. "We immediately saw the opportunity to use it," said Vince Broady, vice president of CNets consumer division. "What Mediadome provides thats unique is the ability to make the browsing experience nonlinear." Diamond, previously a marketing executive at Intel, said Mediadomes ability to automatically group together multiple screens of contextually related content yields comparatively high click-through rates. Mediadome conducted a six-month trial last year, using America Onlines Winamp media player with its own software. In the test, it pulled up the Web pages on Amazon.com displaying the CDs of the artist a Winamp user was listening to; Diamond said the Amazon pages had click-through rates of more than 6 percent. Founded in May 2000, Mediadome has received an undisclosed amount of financing from Intel and Superscape, whose 3-D modeling software engine Mediadome uses in its browser. Mediadome is unrelated to the Mediadome site that Intel launched in 1996 — and later shut down — to promote multimedia content for PCs. Mediadome executives would not provide pricing information for the companys software and service, but they said customers will pay a monthly fee based on usage.

Chris Waddle played few games for Falkirk - but as this year’s World Cup representative, he’s a stand-out... pundit. TOP THAT: Not since the days of Super-Cally Go Ballistic Celtic Are Atrocious has there been such a frenzy of headline writing. The Luis Suarez biting incident unleashed creative talents across the world. My favourite was the Huffington Post’s “Chewy Luis in the News”.Subtle- and brilliant. GET A LIFE: The papers are full of news about the events in Brazil and what do we get in The Scotsman? Only a full page about a hand gesture from Australia’s Ryan McGowan. Lining up against Holland, he made a gesture behind his back indicating 5-1. Cue in-depth analysis by Edinburgh’s finest and the implications for Hearts and Hibs fans. Parochialism taken to a new level. TONGUE TWISTER: It was the result all announcers hoped would happen. Forfar 4 East Fife 5. Maybe we could get close on July 14 at Station Park. Forfar 4 Falkirk 5 might test a few newsreaders, although I suspect that given the significance of the date, a few heads might roll if The Bairns shipped four goals to Dick Campbell’s men. RONALDO: The look on the great Portuguese player’s face said it all as he trooped off the park after the game against Ghana. Some brilliant individuals are destined never to reach the latter stages of the World Cup. George Best, John Charles, Denis Law and Lev Yashin to name a few. It is a team game, but these guys couldn’t carry a whole team on their shoulders. PUNDITRY: Some of the comments from the so-called experts are bland and statements of the obvious. Come back Brian Clough, Derek Dougan, Pat Crerand and Malcolm Allison. Now that was a panel-and an excellent “referee” in Brian Moore. Adrian Chiles? The only guy with any real passion is Chris Waddle- an ex-Bairn of course. AHEAD OF HIS TIME: Not a description of the great Willie Whigham You might think? Wrong. When the Falkirk players returned for pre-season training , all of them were told to do laps of the track round Brockville and go for cross-country runs.Willie’s response was “For goodness sake boss (I paraphrase slighty)- I’m the ******* goalie!” Fast forward to 2014 and we have specialist goalkeeping coaches and the keepers train on their own. Chris Waddle commented on his time at Marseilles where there were separate training regimes depending on your position. Willie- you were right! TEASER: Name two players who came to Falkirk from Stoke City? SIGN OF THE TIMES: Says it all really when the press see hopeful signs for England after they managed to hold the mighty Costa Rica to a goal-less draw. The Premiership is the richest league in the world, but where are the English players? Greg Dyke is right to suggest radical changes. ANSWERS: The picture was Joe Jordan in action against Iran in the 1978 World Cup in Argentina. Kenny Dawson was signed from Third Lanark when he returned to Brockville. Almost Done! Registering with Falkirk Herald means you're ok with our terms and conditions.

The former Nurnberg and Hannover 96 head coach has been rewarded for Wolfsburg’s impressive 2014/15 season, which included a runners-up finish in the Bundesliga as well as 3-1 German Cup Final victory over Borussia Dortmund in May. Hecking’s previous deal was due to run out at the end of the season but the 50-year-old will now remain with the club until June 2018. “I’ve always said I’d like to remain beyond 2016 at Wolfsburg where I feel I have the full confidence of those in charge,” said Hecking. Wolfsburg started the new season well by upsetting the odds to defeat Bayern Munich on penalties in the German Super Cup earlier this month. Hecking’s side also won their German Cup first round match 4-1 at Stuttgarter Kickers on Saturday. Wolfsburg kick off their Bundesliga season at home to Eintracht Frankfurt on August 16.

Monday, Dec. 28 7 p.m. — Northfield Zoning Board of Adjustment at town hall 7:30 p.m. — Laconia City Council at city hall room 200A Tuesday, Dec. 29 6:30 p.m. — Northfield Board of Selectmen at town hall 7 p.m. — Gilford Zoning Board at town hall Wednesday, Dec. 30 TBD — Sanbornton Board of Selectmen at town offices 7 p.m. — Center Harbor Board of Selectmen at Cary Mead Meeting Room 7:30 p.m. — Moultonborough Planning Board work session at town hall Thursday, Dec. 31 8 a.m. — Gilford Board of Selectmen at town hall 6 p.m. — Tilton Board of Selectmen at town hall Friday, Jan. 1 City and town offices closed for New Year's Day Saturday, Jan. 2 No meetings scheduled Schedule of community meetings — Dec. 28-Jan. 2 Sunday Dec 27, 2009 at 3:15 AM

School choice supporters head to Austin for rally DALLAS - People who support using taxpayer money to pay for private and religious schools will take their cause to the state capitol Tuesday morning. Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick will appear at a rally as the legislature prepares to debate the issue. Thousands of students, parents and teachers are also expected to attend. The rally is all about supporting school choice and school vouchers. It’s a cause that’s been around for years, but this year supporters want lawmakers to finally allow taxpayer dollars for private school tuition. Buses from several Dallas and Fort Worth private schools left for Austin Tuesday morning. About 120 sophomores from Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep boarded buses in Pleasant Grove. “I’ve changed a lot since being here. Before I came here I never really thought about going to college or anything like that. But coming here has changed my outlook on everything,” said Emily Casanova, a student. The school’s founding president said vouchers make sense as a way to improve overall education in the state of Texas. “The money is to fund students to get an education so regardless of where that money goes as long as it goes to educating that student and giving them an opportunity to either go to college or vocational school, or whatever opportunity they really want to pursue, that’s where we should be spending our money,” said Kelby Woodard, Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep founding president. There is still considerable opposition to the concept of school vouchers. Many in public education believe redirecting taxpayer dollars from public schools to private schools will ultimately hurt students in lower income areas.

Nebraska defensive back Joshua Kalu crosses the goal line as he returns an interception 41-yards for a touchdown during the second half Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015, in Minneapolis. Nebraska won 48-25. Nebraska defensive back Joshua Kalu crosses the goal line as he returns an interception 41-yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.Ann Heisenfelt/Associated Press When the 2015 season started, Minnesota was considered one of the favorites to win the Big Ten West. After going 3-1 in the nonconference slate and splitting its first two league games, Minnesota's matchup at home on Saturday against struggling Nebraska was a huge one. More from FoxSports But despite an unexpectedly impressive passing performance from quarterback Mitch Leidner, the Gophers couldn't run the ball or stop the Cornhuskers on defense, ultimately losing in a rout, 48-25. It was Nebraska's first conference win of the season. Now, Minnesota embarks on the most difficult three-game stretch of its season and has almost surely taken itself out of the Big Ten West race. Let's take a look back at Saturday's game at TCF Bank Stadium and see what went wrong. CLASS LESSONS -- Before moving on to the bad and ugly, let's start with the good. Leidner had one of his best games with the Gophers, and certainly his best first half. On the opening possession, he was 4 for 5 passing on a nine-play, 75-yard drive that ended with a touchdown pass to wide receiver Eric Carter for an early lead. In the first half, Leidner completed 16 of 17 passes for 156 yards. He eventually finished 26 of 40 for a career-high 301 yards with the touchdown and two interceptions, though the pair of picks both came late in the fourth quarter and were situational -- desperation passes forced downfield late. It was an encouraging game for the junior, but it's troubling for the Gophers that even in one of Leidner's best performances, they still lost. -- Piggybacking a bit on the end of the previous point, the Gophers clearly lost the turnover battle, 3-0, but it wasn't as sloppy as that statistic makes it look. Besides a first-quarter lost fumble on a run by Shannon Brooks, Minnesota took care of the ball until the end of the game, when Leidner was trying to make something happen. Unfortunately, Nebraska didn't give the ball away at all, and the Cornhuskers are 12-0 since 2012 when they win the turnover battle. -- Minnesota's defense may not be good, after all. In three Big Ten games, the Gophers have given up 27 points to a Northwestern team that hasn't really scored on anyone else, held Purdue to only 13, and then allowed a season-high 48 to Nebraska. They were beaten through the air (261 yards) and on the ground (203), as the Cornhuskers' superb offensive balance kept the Gophers on their toes and guessing. For most of the game, Nebraska looked and played more physical than Minnesota. DULY NOTED -- Eric Carter is a playmaker. The 5-foot-11 sophomore had the best game of his collegiate career, catching four passes for 91 yards and a score. He had the touchdown reception on the opening drive and then later showed great speed, vision and elusiveness on a 31-yard catch-and-run. With nine minutes left in the fourth quarter, with the Gophers down 16 points and needing a big play, he delivered, leaping up to make a catch along the left sideline for a 29-yard gain. His 22.8-yard average on four receptions showed he needs to be getting the ball more often. -- All-Big Ten cornerback Briean Boddy-Calhoun returned from his knee injury Saturday and played for the first time in three weeks. The results were mixed; he didn't appear limited and was targeted too often, but he was the victim of one of the top plays of the season. Early in the fourth quarter, Boddy-Calhoun was defending Nebraska receiver De'Mornay Pierson-El in the end zone. As the ball came down, Pierson-El tipped it to himself between two Gophers defenders and caught it for a touchdown that put the Cornhuskers up 38-14. -- Minnesota's touchdown on its opening drive was its first such score all season. Before Saturday, the Gophers had yet to get into the end zone on their first offensive series. WHAT IT MEANT With the loss, Minnesota enters the most difficult stretch of its schedule at 1-2 in the Big Ten and 4-3 overall. Starting next week against No. 12 Michigan, the Gophers play three straight games against ranked opponents. After hosting the Wolverines, Minnesota plays at No. 1 Ohio State and at No. 17 Iowa. Saturday's game was their best chance at a win for a month. PLAYER OF THE GAME Nebraska quarterback Tommy Armstrong. The junior completed 18 of 26 passes for 261 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions. After Nebraska recovered Minnesota's fumble in the first quarter, Armstrong made one of the best plays of the game. On third-and-13, he had good protection but the Gophers' coverage was also good. The quarterback decided to improvise, rolling to the right outside the pocket and throwing a perfectly spiraled 33-yard strike to Alonzo Moore for a touchdown, as Minnesota defensive back Adekunle Ayinde fell down in the end zone. DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME Wide receiver KJ Maye. The shifty senior, like Carter, also had his best game of the year, showing playmaking ability in both the passing and running games. He caught a career-high 11 passes (his previous mark was six) for 94 yards, also a career high, and rushed twice for 21 yards and a touchdown. THAT MOMENT Leidner's pick-six. His first of two interceptions in the fourth quarter was the backbreaker. It was still a two-possession game with about two minutes remaining, but, rolling to his left, Leidner telegraphed his throw. Nebraska cornerback Joshua Kalu jumped in front of the pass for an easy interception and he returned it untouched for the clinching score. THIS NUMBER 65. The Gophers rushed for just 65 yards on 26 carries (2.5-yard average) Saturday, which includes Maye's 21. Their running backs were even worse, rushing 16 times for 45 yards (2.8) with no touchdowns and a fumble. That was a major disappointment, especially since they'd run for 281 and 271 yards in their past two games against Nebraska. THEY SAID IT "It was one of those things. We weren't moving them." -- Minnesota coach Jerry Kill on the Gophers losing the battle at the line of scrimmage "It's frustrating, looking at our goals that we set early on in the season and looking where we're at now, but it's just part of the game. Things like this just happen, and you've just got to be able to keep fighting back." -- Minnesota quarterback Mitch Leidner on the loss WHAT'S NEXT After a much-needed bye week, Minnesota hosts No. 12 Michigan in a nationally televised primetime game Oct. 31 at 7 p.m. CT.

The Houston Texans' two biggest stars picked up another honor on Tuesday. Via the Houston Chronicle, defensive end J.J. Watt and wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins were recognized by the Pro Football Writers of America for their play during the 2015 season. Watt, who led the NFL with 17.5 sacks, was named to the PFWA's All-NFL Team for a league-high fourth straight year. In addition, both Watt and Hopkins were named to the All-AFC team. More from FoxSports Hopkins had 111 receptions for for 1,521 yards and 11 touchdowns as he and Watt helped lead the Texans to the AFC South title. It's the latest distinction for the duo, who both received All-Pro recognition as well, with Watt being named to the first team and Hopkins the second team. The pair were also voted to the Pro Bowl, but Watt will miss the Jan. 31 game after having sports hernia surgery after the season.

DORTMUND, GERMANY - DECEMBER 13: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Borussia Dortmund (C) celebrates victory with team mates after the Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt at Signal Iduna Park on December 13, 2015 in Dortmund, Germany. (Photo by Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images) Just over six months into the Thomas Tuchel era and Borussia Dortmund is on track to smash all of its immediate targets by the end of the season. Primarily, a return to the UEFA Champions League following a year's absence is imperative for the club to stay internationally competitive. Dortmund is in commanding position to return to the Champions League, with 38 points from 17 games heading into the second half of the season. That positions them six points ahead of third-place Hertha Berlin and 11 points clear of fifth-place Leverkusen and the ensuing battle between Hertha, Borussia Monchengladbach, Leverkusen, Schalke and Wolfsburg for the final two Champions League places. Considering Dortmund's rapid decline under Jurgen Klopp last season and the financial blow of missing out on Champions League revenue, the progress under Tuchel is one of the league's notable successes. As sporting director Michael Zorc often noted throughout the first half of the season, Dortmund's performance in the Hinrunde is comparable to that of a championship-winning team in other European leagues - in season 2011/12, by comparison, the club had just 33 points by Christmas and still went on to win the second title under Klopp. More from FoxSports Had it not been for some disappointing slip-ups - notably 2-2 at home to Darmstadt - the eight-point gap at the top could have been severely reduced. But among factors like a weaker squad than Bayern, it's Dortmund's propensity to flop against the Bundesliga's middle pack that rules them out of title contention. Second place, though, would still be considered a great achievement by the club's executives, whilst German Cup glory or success in this season's highly-competitive UEFA Europa League would be the cherry on top of Tuchel's first season. Dortmund's 42-year-old coach followed the same career path as Klopp - Mainz to Borussia Dortmund - but has built on top of the foundations the current Liverpool boss left over his seven-year spell. Tuchel's precise combination play in attack and more possession-oriented approach has complemented the sharp counterpressing tactic which the players were familiar with from Klopp's tenure. "We worked really hard in both games and created lots of goalscoring opportunities and deserved to win," said Tuchel in Dubai where Dortmund spent the winter break. "We should have scored more goals and should have also defended better in one or two moments of play. We have to work on this back in Dortmund." Most of January's incessant transfer coverage has been fixed around Dortmund's core players. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the recently-crowned Footballer of the Year in Africa, is repeatedly linked with English Premier League sides, despite signing a contract at Signal Iduna Park through 2020 in July. Most recently, Julian Weigl's future has been up for discussion with Manchester City, who will almost certainly be coached by Pep Guardiola next season. But despite the Premier League's financial extravagance, the lure of Dortmund is still strong for international players. The club is financially competitive, boasts one of the most intense home supports in Western Europe, with an average league attendance of more than 80,000, and is even stronger with Champions League football on the schedule. There's a simple reality for English teams circling the club for the next top talents: Dortmund doesn't need to cash in on its assets. The club hasn't reeled in cash for an important first-team player since Mario Gotze left for Bayern Munich in 2013. In Aubameyang and Mkhitaryan, for example, the club was more attractive to each player in comparison to England or Spain. The financial inequality with the German champions Bayern Munich remains a cause of concern, but as the globalization of the Bundesliga continues, the side from the Ruhrpott will likely become even more competitive. That could be evident this month if the yellow-and-blacks decide to stump up the cash for prodigious Ukrainian winger Andriy Yarmolenko. Excluding extra attacking depth, Tuchel's squad is largely set for the remainder of the season. Marco Reus returned to fitness in the winter camp, but left-back Marcel Schmelzer picked up a knock in the last sessions in Dubai. Zorc's superb dealings last summer has perhaps constructed the spine of the club's team for several more years. Weigl has been a sublime addition, for example, while Gonzalo Castro is starting to deliver the kind of dynamic performances which made him a sought after asset at Bayer Leverkusen. Aubameyang's 18 goals in 17 matches and Mkhitaryan's 11 assists have also proven to be a brilliant combination. If Dortmund's upward mobility stays on the path set by Tuchel, the club could legitimately strive to be a regular in the latter rounds of the Champions League. But mounting a credible challenge to Bayern Munich is certainly much closer in sight, especially with the turnover in coach next season and the potential instability that could bring to the current league-leaders. Starting with an away test at Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday (9:30 a.m. ET, FS2), the second six-month window in Tuchel's Dortmund career could be pivotal in building a squad which could credibly push Bayern Munich for the title next season. So far, Dortmund can be comfortable in the fact that one of Germany's brightest coaches has them on the right path.

One of the highlights of the divisive first season was “Two Boats and a Helicopter”, and a favourite of season 2 was “No Room at the Inn”. The link? Both focused on Reverend Matt Jamison (Christopher Eccleston) and told stories that tested his faith by taking him to hell and back, thanks to a series of unusual events and coincidences. So I was understandably excited to see the show’s third Matt-centric hour, “It’s It’s a Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt World”, which like the end of this character’s arc in many ways. The Leftovers always touches on the divine, but revels in blurring your opinion about what’s going on. We appeared to get unequivocal proof that something otherworldly is at work last season, but these five episodes continue to keep plant doubt in your mind. Matt has been the most devout of believers from day one, and is the man who wrote ‘The Book of Kevin’ after hearing about his best friend’s miraculous return to life, but after the events of this episode I’m not sure what’s going on. And it seems that Matt’s now moved past his obsessive need to drag Kevin back from Australia for anniversary of the Great Departure, to have make a kind of peace with himself and his own mortality. The opening sequence explained the ‘explosion’ we heard about at the end of “G’Day Melbourne”, which halted flights in and out of Australia. It was another strange and meticulous set-piece The Leftovers does so very well. A naked French seaman aboard a nuclear sub, for unspecified reasons, set in motion a one-man plan to detonate the vessel’s deadly arsenal — with the help of a yoga stretch to turn two launch keys simultaneously. A mushroom cloud duly appeared somewhere in the South Pacific, becoming global news, and undoubtedly will get interpreted in numerous ways by those fearing or hoping the coming Departure anniversary is going to be a special one. For Matt, the image of that yellow mushroom cloud seemed to herald that something big is on the horizon, so he set about flying to Oz by private plane to bring Kevin back home. Joining him on this trip were his fellow believers John (Kevin Carroll) and Michael (Jovan Adepo) — comprising the “three wise men” — with dubious Laurie (Amy Brenneman) tagging along to his consternation. The latter is similarly keen to bring her ex-husband Kevin home, but only because she thinks he’s having a relapse and needs psychiatric help. It was very interesting to see Laurie in this mix of religious men, as she knows more about the situation with Kevin involving a sighting/hallucination of John’s daughter Evie, which was a secret that naturally didn’t last long when emotions ran high. For the most part, “It’s It’s a Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt World” lived up to the inspiration behind its title — madcap road trip comedy It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963). It wasn’t as kinetic as that classic movie, but it involved another ensemble of eccentric characters determined to get from point A to point Z, as life seems to delight in throwing obstacles into their way. Matt’s chartered plane to Melbourne got diverted to Tasmania, so they had to hitch a ride on a ferry transporting a “pride” of hedonists celebrating the lineage of a lion named Frasier, who’s on a tour of the world spreading his fertile seed to various lionesses. Rather amusingly, this meant the stoical Matt was trapped aboard a ship teeming with half-naked partygoers in African tribal dress, fucking each other in celebration of a lion’s virility. Adding to this weirdness, Matt soon became aware of a bearded Australian man named David Burton (Bill Camp), who silently hands out cards marked ‘YES I AM GOD’ with a handy list of FAQ’s on the reverse. We later learned that Burton has a resurrection story similar to Kevin’s own, and is now a local celebrity in some people’s eyes. But by the end of this hour it seems he was just a dangerous conman who threw someone overboard during the night. Or is he? Mr Burton has previously appeared in later season 2 episode, during Kevin’s trip to the afterlife, where he was the mysterious “man at the bar” and “man on the bridge”. He was also the addressee on the package Pillar Man gave to Michael to send to Australia. I can accept that the crazy Pillar Man had heard about Burton’s story and wanted to correspond with him, but how would Kevin know about Burton to imagine him into “hallucination”? It therefore provides a smidgen of evidence that Burton really is God. Or maybe Kevin had seen Burton on TV, so his image had been stored deep in his subconscious. A climatic scene where Matt had kidnapped Burton, to interrogate him for answers, was a deft piece of writing. Matt initially treated Burton as a blasphemous killer trying to avoid justice, pressuring him to confess his crime to the cops, but soon slipped into addressing the man as God, and seemed to be asking his Creator for answers by the end. So the conversation went from hostility to curiosity, and a loose kind of acceptance. And even if Matt didn’t totally buy into the idea this man was God, does it matter? What’s important is he believed so during their conversation, however briefly, so the answers he received still mattered, made sense, and had a positive effect. He’s now more rational like Laurie. When the four Americans all finally arrived in Melbourne, “God” was eaten alive by the escaped lion after trying to evade arrest for murder, and Matt was happy to accept a long delay to his travel plans to aide the authorities. Not only that, Matt came clean and told everyone he’s actually dying, achieving a kind of peace in this honesty. Maybe the drive to believe Kevin’s the Messiah was more something to keep Matt going? He had to give himself another “mission” once his wife Mary’s catatonia has passed. As Matt realised through the wisdom of speaking with “God”, he hasn’t ever done anything unselfishly to help others. His acts of charity and kindness are more about him, as he felt pressured to be a good man after the Departure, to prove to God that he’s deserving of his grace, and shouldn’t have been left behind. By admitting this to himself he can move forward, because he’s going to depart anyway. He’s dying. The act is pointless now. It just remains to be seen how Matt’s arc will progress in the remaining episodes, if he doesn’t believe Kevin’s “the Messiah”, or doesn’t much care either way. Will Nora and Laurie be proven right about Kevin, or are John and Michael correct? Is he insane, or divine? It seems this episode foreshadowed the answer: does it even matter? Four days left ‘till the anniversary… Asides: - Anyone else get a slight whiff of Noah’s Ark when Matt, John, Michael and Laurie got onto the ferry (two by two?) and saw the lion being loaded on? - That was a nightmarish sequence with Matt being disbelieved by the partygoers about a murder being committed, who were more interested in carrying out a bizarre sexual forfeit on Matt involving a voluptuous woman performing a sex act, and a glowing fake lion’s vagina attached to a pipe. - So what do you think? The show clearly wants to keep us guessing about how much the Biblical overtones truly mean something, or if characters (and by extension us, the audience) are interpreting random events as something greater. Is Kevin special? Is he special in a secular or theological way? Can his “miracles” be discredited? Can the show really explain how he survived poisoning and a gunshot to the chest? Will anything happen come the anniversary? Is the world going to end? Will the remaining 98% depart? Will the 2% return? Will nothing happen? There are only three episodes left until we get answers, or an ending of some description.

Horse Racing Picks Long Island Handicap – Aigue Marine Comes Out On Top At Aqueduct Sports betting sharps had a busy weekend with the Breeders’ Cup, so it shouldn’t be a surprise the following weekend is slightly slower. But the Grade-3 Long Island Handicap offers the chance to Horse Racing Picks wager on some horse racing, and at 1 ½ miles on turf, it is going to be a grueling race for fillies or mares aged three years old and up. This year’s winner of a $150,000 purse will improve on placing third last year as Aigue Marine finds her way to the winner’s circle. What : Horse Betting When : Saturday, November 9th, post time TBA Where : Aqueduct Racetrack, Ozone Park, NY Pick : Aigue Marine (All horses entered as of Wednesday, November 6th) Aigue Marine comes from Britain, but she made her American debut at this race last year, finishing third behind Starformer and Mystical Star. However, she hasn’t run since winning an allowance race at Gulfstream Park back in March, and that could go one of two ways: the four-year filly will be well-rested, or she’ll be rusty. The speed is there, and the distance of 1 ½ miles doesn’t seem to bother her; in fact, she seems to get better down the stretch. Anjaz bounced back from a disappointing seventh in the Grade-2 New York Stakes in June by finishing second in the non-graded Waya at Saratoga two months later. This four-year-old also came in second to Tannery in the Sheepshead Bay Stakes in May, and she may have an ace in her back pocket: her jockey is listed to be Javier Castellano, who has won three of the last five editions of the Long Island Handicap. Inimitable Romanee will be making her graded-stakes debut, although she has made 13 starts overall in her career, winning once. Only twice has she finished outside the top three, but one of those results were in her most recent start as Inimitable Romanee finished eighth in the Ticonderoga last month. This five-year-old has never run longer than 1 1/8 miles, so that is something that horse betting players should consider. Left A Message hasn’t finished higher than fourth in three graded-stakes events, but she has a first and a second in her last two starts at 1 ½ miles, which have come within the last three months. Therefore, she could be worth a look by horse betting sharps and it might be time for this four-year-old to break through at this level. Sheppard’s Pie is probably going to be a darkhorse as his track record isn’t that great at all. He has never finished higher than fourth in any of his four career starts, and none of those have come in graded-stakes events. Her sixth in the non-graded Rood and Riddle Dowager in October was her first since April 2011, so that may have been a matter of getting the rust off, but there was nothing before that time off that suggested this five-year-old could run with top horses. Strathnaver won in her lone start at 1 ½ miles, claiming the top spot in the Grade-3 Bewitch Stakes in April. She also has a victory from the non-graded Lady Baltimore in September, but Strathnaver also came in seventh and eighth in a pair of graded-stakes events between those victories. Which version of this four-year-old is going to show up on Saturday in New York? Tabreed is another thoroughbred making her graded-stakes debut, and she has a pair of allowance wins in her six starts. She did finish third in the non-graded Omnibus in August at 1 3/8 miles, so this could be another sleeper for horse betting players; at four years old, Tabreed could be just hitting her stride. White Rose rounds out the field and is the only three-year-old competing on Saturday, but she has mixed results since moving to graded-stakes events. She followed a second in the Grade-3 Glens Falls from September with a seventh in the Grade-1 Flower Bowl Invitational later that month, and she has never run longer than 1 ¼ miles. That may have been a case of too much, too soon for this three-year-old, and this will be a major test for White Rose. How It Will Play Out Aigue Marine may fly under the radar because of her lack of action in 2013, but she is a rare horse that has an extra gear in longer races and she’ll be the first to the finish line on Saturday. Make Aigue Marine your online betting pick. Horse Racing Picks Long Island Handicap Betting Pick: Aigue Marine By David Pride

THE world of Shakespeare has entered the digital age thanks to a teacher and pupils at a Teesside school. Rachel Rowling, head of English at Egglescliffe School, and five pupils have teamed up with experts at Middlesbrough-based Amazing Interactives to produce a CD-Rom to make learning the Bard easier. The CD, based on the play Much Ado About Nothing, brings the characters and scenes alive and contains interactive games making it easier for pupils to understand. The CD-Rom was the idea of Miss Rowling and the characters are voiced by five pupils at the school - Olivia Paddison, 14, Kate Newman, 14, Connie Vaughan, 14, Stan Hodgson, 15, and Paul Simpson, 15, with the help of Tony Gears, head of drama. It has been sent to heads of English at all schools nationally on a 21-day free trial, with an option to buy it. Miss Rowling said: “Amazing Interactives did a similar thing with Of Mice and Men and asked me to review it. I said it was good but I didn’t think teachers who weren’t comfortable with ICT would be able to use it effectively. “I came up with ideas and provided educational guidance.” The pupils recorded the CD-Rom in four days. “They had to understand the play from scratch and understand each line spoken. For 14 and 15 year olds that’s really hard and they’ve done a brilliant job,” added Miss Rowling. Connie said: “I really enjoyed it, it was a lot of hard work to learn and record it. It was fun working with people from drama. I didn’t know them but we’ve become friends.” Kate said: “It was really interesting for me because everyone else had done Shakespeare before, but I had never really studied Shakespeare. I feel like I’ve learnt things from doing this.” Olivia added: “We didn’t realise how professional it would be - it doesn’t look like it’s been done by a school.” For more stories from this area, visit.

Durable distance runner Sharon Gayter grabbed the silver medal in a gruelling four-day race in Provence. The Verdon Canyon Challenge, through Europe's biggest canyon, involved running 120 kilometres in very hot conditions, with climbs of more than 7,000 metres. Sharon, from Guisborough, said: "The race was exhilarating. You would be head down climbing steeply up hairpin routes and then suddenly emerge on a cliff edge looking right down the canyon. "Next minute you would be scrambling down to the water's edge to cross a bridge and see the amazing rock formations from the bottom, only to scour a rock face with ropes and ladders up sheer cliff faces to reach tiny ledges and vertical climbs." Sharon made an immediate impact in the pre-race 10km prologue. She was first woman home in less than an hour. However, after only six hours' sleep, she was out again for day two, running 25km in sweltering conditions. She said: "I was shocked to be running for 4h 36min and cover only 25km, even if it was still good enough for sixth overall, and second lady. "The third day was hotter and longer still, 45km and 37 degrees heat, and I was out there for 9hr 12min and 15 people ended up on drips! The field was half the size on the last day for 35km, which I finished in around 6hr 18min." Before this race Sharon was sidelined for ten weeks with Achilles tendon trouble following the World 24 hours Championships in Taiwan. Now she is building up to her next major challenge on September 3, when she attempts the Lands End to John O'Groats record. This month she is taking part in a four-day trial for the record-breaking attempt, running from Moffat to John O'Groats, a distance of around 300 miles. Sharon said: "This will be good preparation mentally, physically and logistically to practise the routine and solve any problems likely to occur." Sharon is running on behalf of Asthma UK and donations can be given through which also has a link from Sharon's website at.

Ultra runner Sharon Gayter has targeted a personal best and a return to the world's top five when she contests the combined World-European 24-Hour Championships in Austria this weekend. The Guisborough athlete has built up to the event in style, by competing in three consecutive marathons. Just to make sure she is super fit, the British No.1 24-hour runner has cycled all the way from Land's End to Edinburgh! Sharon said: "The championships is a difficult event to predict but I have set my sights higher than normal as I feel it is a very good course to run well on and training has gone well. "After the disappointment of falling outside of the world top ten for the last couple of years, I am determined to get back into the world top rankings. "I am confident of improving on my personal best distance of 217km, which I set back in 2002," she added. "I have set myself a target of 225km, which could even put me in the world top five and the chance of a medal." The biggest threat to Sharon's bid, and her attempts to retain her status as British No.1 for the ninth consecutive year, could be the heat. Temperatures during the day in Worschach are forecast to be between 27-28 degrees. But she said: "Although the weather has been predicted to be hot, I prefer the heat to the cold of the previous two championships. In fact I feel that others will suffer more than me." Great Britain have selected a three-women team including Ramona Thevenet-Smith and Sandra Brown. In the championships last year, the same team was selected and came fourth in Europe, and fifth in the world. Now they are hoping to improve on these placings and come home with a medal. Sharon has completed her build-up at the University of Teesside. She has worked with sport psychologist Laura Flemming on the last four hours of the race to improve her strategy and concentration, and has analysed her eating practices with Claire Harrison to improve the erratic patterns that have emerged. If Sharon can set a new personal best, it will give her plenty of confidence for her next record-breaking challenge. The Land's End to Edinburgh cycle ride was more than just a training jaunt. Sharon added: "The cycle ride was a recce of part of the Land's End to John O'Groats route, which I plan on attempting to break the record for next year."

Middlesbrough have turned to Spanish goalkeeper coach Marcos Abad in their search for a new stand-in goalkeeper coach. Aitor Karanka has been on the lookout for another temporary coach following the departure of ex-Manchester United stalwart Eric Steele , who suffered a knee injury last week. Steele arrived on a short-term basis in December to help out after Leo Percovich, Karanka's right hand man, was sidelined by a ruptured Achilles. But with Boro's coaches being struck down by something of a training ground curse , Karanka has identified Elche's Abad as his ideal candidate to help train Victor Valdes, Brad Guzan and Dimi Konstantopoulos between now and May. The well-respected coach is set to end his seven-year stint in Elche, where Boro's recruitment guru Victor Orta formerly worked, and is set to head to Teesside in the coming days. Asked about replacing Steele last week, Karanka said: "We are trying to find the best solution for the next four months. "Yes (we want to sign a short-term replacement) as Leo will be out for another four or five months. Brad (Guzan) has been helping but we need a professional as we have three really good goalkeepers and they need to train." Karanka also took time to thank veteran coach Steele , who has 20 years experience at the top having worked at Huddersfield, Derby, Aston Villa, Manchester City, Blackburn and Manchester United during Sir Alex Ferguson’s tenure. "He came to replace Leo and he had a small injury in his knee, so he couldn't shoot," Karanka said. "For a keeper coach that's important, so once again I have to say thanks as he's helped us a lot and he's a gentleman. "I learned a lot from him because he's experienced, and he's been with the best managers - so we've had a nice time with him."

Cleveland just missed the dreaded trapdoor from national division two in the final round of games in the inter-county league, Cleveland travelled to Somerset for the last game of the campaign and went down 29-10 but results elsewhere went Cleveland's way to ensure survival. The match started with the Ladies B, and it turned out to be a difficult affair as Jackie Allison (14.64) lost 3-2 and Karen Helmore (22.16). Rhonda Page (14.85) and Barbara Bradley (14.03) all lost 3-0. Cleveland's first point came from lady of the match Jean Hagan (14.83), who won 3-2, but then Mandy Stephens (13.25) lost 3-0 to give Somerset a 5-1 section win. Next up was the men's B but unfortunately half the team missed the bus so everyone available had to play. Adie Welsh (23.11) won 3-1 Paul Limon (20.09) lost 3-1. Man of the match Colin Foxton (25.30) won 3-2 after coming back from two legs down. Craig Dunn (22.06), on his county debut, lost a very close match 3-2 and Colin Hunton (17.84) lost 3-1 but then John Peoples (19.36) won 3-1 to make it 3-3. Joe Nicholson (19.32) lost 3-2 and Tony Liddell (19.30) lost 3-1. Neil Young (23.86) won 3-0 but then Glynn Neads (24.70) lost another close match 3-2. Fred Page (11.86) and George Gething (18.70) both lost 3-0 to make the score 8-4 to the home side and give them an overnight lead of 13-5. Lady of the match Gail Carhart (18.33) got things under way when she won 3-0 in the women's A clash. But then Marj Gunn (15.25) lost 3-0, Babs Evans (20.88) and Shirley Witten (20.56) both lost 3-1. Pat J Smith (17.63) and Vee Page (15.25) both lost 3-0. And so Somerset again took the section honours 5-1. On to the men's A clash. Colin Foxton (26.77) lost 3-0 and Richie Corner (27.16) lost 3-1. Man of the match Jim Dunlop (25.68) won 3-1 and Glen Durrant (25.28) won 3-2 to make it 2-2. Mark Stephenson (20.68) lost 3-1, Carl Smith (23.64) lost 3-2, every leg going with the darts, and Paul Skelton (19.74) lost 3-2 after double trouble. And Tony Mitchell (22.79) lost 3-1. But then Kenny Dobson (24.24 won 3-0, Dennis Coleman (23.12) lost 3-2 and Gary Stephens (25.52) lost 3-1 - both had double trouble - while Steve Robinson (21.78) won 3-0. Cleveland lost the section 8-4 for a fairly comprehensive defeat. Luckily, Hertfordshire beat Derbyshire 19-17 to ensure Cleveland's survival for another season in Division Two Other results: Derbyshire 17, Hertfordshire 22; Dorset 26, Worcs 13; Gwent 27, Wiltshire 12; Middlesex 27, Merseyside 12. Final table: Dorset 212, Middlesex 200, Gwent 199, Hertfordshire 191, Worcestershire 181, Somerset 173, Wiltshire 167, Cleveland 154, Derbyshire 146, Merseyside 125. The results leave Dorset and Middlesex promoted to the top flight with Derbyshire and Merseyside relegated. New teams in Division Two next season will be Sussex, Suffolk, Cornwall and Durham. The County AGM will be held at Visions, Billingham Green, on Sunday, July 4, at noon. Any new teams wishing to join the Super League should attend and can contact Joe Smith on 01642-887036. The men's Super League is played on Sunday evenings and the Ladies on Thursday evenings. More ladies teams from Middlesbrough are urgently needed. At present the format for the men's is seven individual matches of 501 best of five legs, the ladies two pairs and five individual of 501 best of five legs.