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United States, officially United States of America, abbreviations U.S. or U.S.A., byname America, country of North America, a federal republic of 50 states. Besides the 48 contiguous states that occupy the middle latitudes of the continent, the United States includes the state of Alaska, at the northwestern extreme of North America, and the island state of Hawaii, in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The coterminous states are bounded on the north by Canada, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Gulf of Mexico and Mexico, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. The United States is the fourth largest country in the world in area (after Russia, Canada, and China). The national capital is Washington, which is coextensive with the District of Columbia, the federal capital region created in 1790.
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The major characteristic of the United States is probably its great variety. Its physical environment ranges from the Arctic to the subtropical, from the moist rain forest to the arid desert, from the rugged mountain peak to the flat prairie. Although the total population of the United States is large by world standards, its overall population density is relatively low; the country embraces some of the world's largest urban concentrations as well as some of the most extensive areas that are almost devoid of habitation.
The United States contains a highly diverse population; but, unlike a country such as China that largely incorporated indigenous peoples, its diversity has to a great degree come from an immense and sustained global immigration. Probably no other country has a wider range of racial, ethnic, and cultural types than does the United States. In addition to the presence of surviving native Americans (including American Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimo) and the descendants of Africans taken as slaves to America, the national character has been enriched, tested, and constantly redefined by the tens of millions of immigrants who by and large have gone to America hoping for greater social, political, and economic opportunities than they had in the places they left.
The United States is the world's greatest economic power, measured in terms of gross national product (GNP). The nation's wealth is partly a reflection of its rich natural resources and its enormous agricultural output, but it owes more to the country's highly developed industry. Despite its relative economic self-sufficiency in many areas, the United States is the most important single factor in world trade by virtue of the sheer size of its economy. Its exports and imports represent major proportions of the world total. The United States also impinges on the global economy as a source of and as a destination for investment capital. The country continues to sustain an economic life that is more diversified than any other on Earth, providing the majority of its people with one of the world's highest standards of living.
The United States is relatively young by world standards, being barely more than 200 years old; it achieved its current size only in the mid-20th century. America was the first of the European colonies to separate successfully from its motherland, and it was the first nation to be established on the premise that sovereignty rests with its citizens and not with the government. In its first century and a half, the country was mainly preoccupied with its own territorial expansion and economic growth and with social debates that ultimately led to civil war and a healing period that is still not complete. In the 20th century the United States emerged as a world power, and since World War II it has been one of the preeminent powers. It has not accepted this mantle easily nor always carried it willingly; the principles and ideals of its founders have been tested by the pressures and exigencies of its dominant status. Although the United States still offers its residents opportunities for unparalleled personal advancement and wealth, the depletion of its resources, contamination of its environment, and continuing social and economic inequality that perpetuates areas of poverty and blight all threaten the fabric of the country.
Ed.The District of Columbia is discussed in the article Washington. For discussion of other major U.S. cities, see the articles Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. Political units in association with the United States include Puerto Rico, discussed in the article Puerto Rico, and several Pacific islands, discussed in Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
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The two great sets of elements that mold the physical environment of the United States are, first, the geologic, which determines the main patterns of landforms, drainage, and mineral resources and influences soils to a lesser degree, and, second, the atmospheric, which dictates not only climate and weather but also in large part the distribution of soils, plants, and animals. Although these elements are not entirely independent of one another, each produces on a map patterns that are so profoundly different that essentially they remain two separate geographies. (Since this article covers only the coterminous United States, see also the articles Alaska and Hawaii.)
The centre of the coterminous United States is a great sprawling interior lowland, reaching from the ancient shield of central Canada on the north to the Gulf of Mexico on the south. To east and west this lowland rises, first gradually and then abruptly, to mountain ranges that divide it from the sea on both sides. The two mountain systems differ drastically. The Appalachian Mountains on the east are low, almost unbroken, and in the main set well back from the Atlantic. From New York to the Mexican border stretches the low Coastal Plain, which faces the ocean along a swampy, convoluted coast. The gently sloping surface of the plain extends out beneath the sea, where it forms the continental shelf, which, although submerged beneath shallow ocean water, is geologically identical to the Coastal Plain. Southward the plain grows wider, swinging westward in Georgia and Alabama to truncate the Appalachians along their southern extremity and separate the interior lowland from the Gulf.
West of the Central Lowland is the mighty Cordillera, part of a global mountain system that rings the Pacific Basin. The Cordillera encompasses fully one-third of the United States, with an internal variety commensurate with its size. At its eastern margin lie the Rocky Mountains, a high, diverse, and discontinuous chain that stretches all the way from New Mexico to the Canadian border. The Cordillera's western edge is a Pacific coastal chain of rugged mountains and inland valleys, the whole rising spectacularly from the sea without benefit of a coastal plain. Pent between the Rockies and the Pacific chain is a vast intermontane complex of basins, plateaus, and isolated ranges so large and remarkable that they merit recognition as a region separate from the Cordillera itself.
These regions—the Interior Lowlands and their upland fringes, the Appalachian Mountain system, the Atlantic Plain, the Western Cordillera, and the Western Intermontane Region—are so various that they require further division into 24 major subregions, or provinces (see map).
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Bucknell's College of Arts and Sciences is one of the largest and most diverse of the top-ranked national liberal arts colleges. The College provides a strong liberal arts base—including both breadth of learning and depth of specialization—for 2838 Arts and Sciences students. In addition, the College of Arts and Sciences provides the basic mathematics, science, and liberal arts courses for students in the College of Engineering.
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The College comprises the three traditional liberal arts divisions: humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences and mathematics and the School of Management.
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At Russian Art Week with Academia Rossica, London auction houses offer classic masterpieces worth millions as galleries showcase the nation's best contemporary works.
While Russian masterpieces go under the hammer at auctions, the work of its contemporary artists is impressing collectors too.
Russian Art Week in London has traditionally been the preserve of elite collectors who flock to the auction houses in the hope of buying a classic masterpiece.
But this year, the city is opening up art from Russia to wider audiences. Coinciding with the prestigious auction sales, exhibitions of contemporary Russian art will be displayed in galleries across London.
Last week, the Saatchi Gallery opened two exhibitions of Russian art running in parallel – Breaking the Ice: Moscow Art 1960-80s, showing non-conformist art from that period; and Gaiety is the Most Outstanding Feature of the Soviet Union: Art from Russia, showcasing 21st-century art (the title being a quote from Stalin).
The exhibits offer Londoners a unique chance to see hundreds of pieces, from the internationally acclaimed Ilya Kabakov and Oleg Tselkov to the rising young stars Lyudmila Konstantinovna and Daniel Bragin; from the colourful surrealist prints of Dasha Shishkin, to the unsettlingly realistic photographs of Boris Mikhailov.
"Their art is multifocal and transcendent, poetic and hypocritical, politicised and romantic," says Dimitri Ozerkov, director of contemporary art at The Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. As Russian art continues to attract interest in London, new galleries are popping up all over the city with the aim of making art more accessible to the ordinary art lover.
One such gallery is ArtMost in Mayfair, founded by the Muscovite Yulia Nagy, who says there are still not enough Russian art events outside auction weeks to cater for non-collectors.
ArtMost has featured emerging artists from St Petersburg, while the latest display, which finished last week, introduced works from the acclaimed Russian film directors Andrey Tarkovsky and Sergei Parajanov. Ms Nagy said: "Contemporary Russian art deserves to be viewed as part of the global art movement, and not as an exotica from a far away mysterious country."
Coinciding with Russian Art Week is the launch of an exhibition at the London branch of the Regina Gallery by the Chechen-born artist Alexey Kallima, called Everything is for Sale, which takes an ironic glimpse at the Russian consumer culture. The gallery has been transformed into a series of shopfronts, kiosks and supermarket shelves.
Romilly Eveleigh, director of Regina London, said: "Kallima is one of the brightest, most promising painters in Russia today. His works are in some of the most important collections in Russia and western collectors are beginning to take interest in his highly ambitious projects".
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Breaking The Ice: Moscow Art 1960-1980s – until February 24, 2013
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Aktis Gallery's exhibition begins with El Lissitsky's Sportsmen, a set of 10 lithographs made in 1923 for an electro-mechanical puppet performance in Germany based on the Futurist opera Victory Over the Sun. It also features abstracts by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky and Alexander Benois.
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ST. ALBANS, W.Va. - George Washington put all hands on deck as every eye watched how reigning Kennedy Award winner Ryan Switzer performed Friday night against St. Albans in his return from a concussion suffered in Week 1.
Five different Patriots scored in an offensive showcase, but Switzer commanded attention in expected fashion as George Washington romped to a 68-23 win at Crawford Field. Switzer finished with 10 carries for 231 yards and three rushing touchdowns.
"It felt really good running," Switzer said of his status returning to the field. "I got to set the cruise control a little bit on a couple of those long ones, but yeah, I'm back."
Switzer set the tone early with touchdown carries of 60 and 56 yards, his second and third touches of the game. Switzer added a 76-yard touchdown rush later in the first quarter.
The No. 4 Patriots' offense rallied behind Switzer's performance. GW scored on each of its first six possessions. The Patriots (2-1) added another score on a 47-yard interception return by Zach Malone.
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Hound needs rancher, hunter or good ol' boyJanuary 31, 2014, 12:09 am by Staff Reports Less than a year old and already 70 pounds, Cooper a possible Plott, catahoula or bloodhound mix, perhaps even Dane and is a lot of dog who needs a job and room to live. He bays, he tracks and he is a quick learner, but not if other dogs are involved. Too much dog for me, he creates havoc with my other four rescues.
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Just been to Adobe conference the 8 may, and was told that I could buy CS 5.5 and get CS & as a download for free (and save some money) - nice - but the offer for CS 5.5 expired the 7 may from Adobe (as they did'nt know).
So nowI has to find some "old" CS 5.5 from a shop or the Internet if I want to save some money - very nice offer from Adobe, but that offer I got on 8 may was "not available" - I can still hear them "You came a day late - Ha ha ha" - "why do you think we did the conference on the 8" - funny, funny - now I know why some prefer to "pirate copy".
Anyone got the same experience?
What Adobe conference? Other than the various CS6 launch events, I'm not aware of any. And those events are held by reselelrs and user groups, so if they give you wrong info, you can't exactly fault Adobe? Really, I fail to see your point. and not to put too fine a point to it - this info on the special upgrade offer has been on the Adobe site for a while. Equally, if you didn't bother to look before the deadline, you can't exactly blame anyone...
Copenhagen :-) - Nikon NPS (get the beta/trial - offer the 29 march) and Adobe Event (get the CS 5.5 and download CS 6 for free - offer the 8 may) - Got the invitation from Adobe the 19 april, so yes - stupid me :-) - should have bought it BEFORE the BIG sale/launch.
So what Adobe should had told was - "if you bought CS 5.5 yesterday - you can get CS 6 for free download" - they said "if you buy CS 5.5 now - you can get CS 6 for free download" - also I was told that the offer will expire at the end of may (but CS 5.5 was removed the 7 may).
Thats why I think that on the 8 may - buying CS 5.5 was NOT an option - but just a POS on the event/launch.
And I must confess - I don't look at Adobes site every day to look for special offers, I get my news from Adobe by mail or invitations to events.
So sure I blame Adobe for bad info...
DK_Design is the following what you were referring too?
Complimentary CS6 upgrades | FAQ | Purchases from Adobe - http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/cs6-faq-direct-purchases.html
Complimentary CS6 upgrades | FAQ | Purchases from resellers, Adobe - http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/cs6-assurance-faq-reseller-purchases.html
I am not sure for all regions but the cost for NA the cost has not changed for the prepetial version since CS6. If you had purchased Creative Suite 5.5 you would have been given a free copy of Creative Suite 6.
Thats even worse - "If you purchase Creative Suite 5.5 or a Creative Suite 5.5 component between the following dates (March 26, 2012 and May 6, 2012)".
This is what I've got from Adobe support/chat today....
Sean: If you buy CS5.5 now you'll still be eligible for free upgrade to CS6.
Sean: I'd like you to inform you that Adobe released Adobe CS6 product on May 7th, 2012.
Sean: So, till 30 days from release date our customer will be eligible for an offer.
Come on Adobe, even if I will buy CS 5.5 today the offer is not valid (re, March 26, 2012 and May 6, 2012)
;-) I know that now by browsing - but I think that you should tell it to your suppot/chat employees - I've just paid (30 min ago - full prize for the upgrade), and I'm downloading it now (on a very very slow Adobe connection) - I need the upgrade to show for some students, but I think I will not recomend them to buy the upgrade as long as you don't know (support/chat) much about the Adobe upgrade policy. I've got 3 options today fro Adobe, by phone, chat and this forum and all with different answers - opensource is a better choice, and the support is better.
btw - you Adobetv is just showing a black box - so now I have to find out why Adobe can't manage to show a simple tutorial (perhaps you should use youtube) - so it will be a long night here in Denmark.


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[JURIST] A Thai court on Tuesday ordered demonstrators to allow limited access to Thailand's seat of government in response to a complaint filed by the Office of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva [BBC profile]. The Bangkok Civil Court issued an injunction [Bangkok Post report] ordering protesters to remove road blocks which had been erected to block access to Government House. Red-shirted members of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), a group linked to exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], have been surrounding the compound since last week in a bid to oust Abhisit. A UDD spokesman urged supporters to ignore the order pending an appeal, while Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban warned [Reuters report] on Monday that "the injunction would grant a legal justification for us to enforce entry," suggesting that protesters could be arrested prior to completion of an appeal.Abhisit took over as prime minister in December, after the Constitutional Court of Thailand [official website, in Thai] ordered the dissolution [JURIST report] of the ruling People's Power Party (PPP) [party website, in Thai], and banned then-prime minister Somchai Wongsawat [Nation profile] from politics for five years as the result of an election fraud investigation. Thaksin, ousted as prime minister [JURIST report] in a 2006 military coup, was convicted on corruption charges [JURIST reports] by the Supreme Court of Thailand in October.
[JURIST] The South African Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) [official website] on Tuesday held [judgment, PDF; media summary, PDF] that the judges of the Constitutional Court [official website] acted lawfully in filing a grievance against Cape Judge President John Hlophe alleging that Hlophe had tried to influence their decision in a corruption case against African National Congress (ANC) leader Jacob Zuma [BBC profile; JURIST news archive]. The judges appealed a decision by the High Court at Johannesburg finding that Hlophe had a right to be heard before the court submitted its complaint to the country's judicial disciplinary body, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) [backgrounder, DOC]. The SCA overruled the High Court decision, finding that since the judges were "not performing a judicial function" in filing the complaint, they were not obligated to provide Hlohpe an opportunity to be heard. The SCA further held that the publication of the allegations in the media was not improper in light of the judges' belief that another member of the judiciary was acting unlawfully, saying that:
It will always be distressing for a judge to learn in the media that he or she has been accused of misconduct but that seems to us to be an inevitable hazard of holding public office. ... [W]e do not think that his or her remedy lies in stifling the fact that a complaint has been made.
[JURIST] UN Deputy Secretary for Legal Affairs Pamela O'Brien [official profile] apparently signaled a shift in official UN position by expressing sympathy for Rwanda's desire to try any remaining genocide suspects in Rwanda after the International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda (ICTR) [official website] is supposed to stop functioning in 2010, according to a Monday report [New Times report]. O'Brien, who was visiting the Rwandan capital Kigali, met last week [press release] with ICTR president Judge Dennis Byron, prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow, as well as Rwandan prosecutor general Martin Ngoga and discussed setting up a "residual mechanism" to deal with future genocide suspects, such as the thirteen fugitives [New Times report] still at large, once the tribunal is expected to shut down [JURIST report] in 2010 as per a UN resolution [text, PDF]. O'Brien also added that the decision would have to be made by the UN Security Council and the ICTR judges.The UN resolution had called for "all trial activities at first instance" to end by 2008, leaving the status of those suspects who had been arrested but not tried, such as Jean-Baptiste Gatete [TrialWatch profile], in limbo. The ICTR had earlier denied [decision; JURIST report] Rwanda's request to transfer Gatete into its custody because of fears that he would not get a fair trial in Rwanda. There was concern that he might not be able to call on witnesses residing outside Rwanda or that the these witnesses might be afraid to testify for the defense.
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] heard oral arguments [day call, PDF; briefs] Monday in Gross v. FBL Financial Services [oral arguments transcript, PDF; JURIST report], in which the Court will decide whether a plaintiff must present direct evidence of discrimination in order to obtain a mixed-motive instruction in a non-Title VII [text] discrimination case. The case involves an executive, Jack Gross, who claims he was passed over for a promotion at FBL Financial Services [corporate website] in favor of a younger employee in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) [text]. In 2003, the Court ruled in Desert Palace v. Costa [opinion text] that direct evidence - evidence linking an adverse employment action to a specific motive - is not required in a mixed-motive case under Title VII, but left open the issue of whether direct evidence would be required outside the Title VII context. The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] in May that direct evidence is required under the ADEA. Counsel for Gross argued: "The court of appeals erred in holding that the plaintiff had to have direct evidence in order to obtain the specific instruction at issue in this case. ... [T]his Court had at no time imposed a direct evidence requirement without an affirmative directive from Congress to do so." Counsel for FBL "urge[d] the Court not to evaluate this case strictly on the question of whether direct versus circumstantial evidence is the appropriate way to proceed," saying:
I would hope that the Court would seize upon this as an opportunity to provide some significant clarity in the law, rather than seize this as an opportunity to decide this case on the potentially most narrow ground, which, frankly, as far as I can tell, will not only not decide this case, ultimately, but certainly will not do anything to resolve the mass confusion that seems to exist among the lower courts.
[JURIST] Afghan President Hamid Karzai [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] has signed into law a bill which significantly reduces women's rights, including legalizing rape within a marriage, the Guardian reported [text] Tuesday. Critics allege that Karzai signed this bill, which has not yet been made public, to increase support among Afghan Shia and Hazara [BBC backgrounders] who support the law, ultimately to improve his re-election chances. This very scenario is one Karzai's political opponents feared when the the Afghanistan Supreme Court extended the presidential term [JURIST report] until August amid safety concerns regarding the upcoming election. The Afghan presidential election will take place on August 20th, 2009, with likely challengers including former interior minister Ali Ahmad Jalali, ex-finance ministers Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and Anwarul Haq Ahadi, and former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah.Karzai has experienced a tumultuous career since his appointment as interim President in 2002. In early March, the UN reported that the human rights situation in Afghanistan is worsening [JURIST report], one week after a similar US report rebuked Afghanistan for, among other problems, continued use of child labor [JURIST report]. In November, the UN urged Afghanistan to discontinue use of the death penalty [JURIST report], which Karzai had reinstated following a four-year moratorium [JURIST report]. In April 2008, the Taliban attempted to assassinate Karzai [Guardian report] during a military parade, the third attempt on his life since 2001.
[JURIST] A judge in the US District for the Middle District of Pennsylvania [official website] issued a temporary restraining order [text, PDF] Monday blocking child pornography charges against three teenage girls who appeared in photographs distributed by cell phone throughout their high school. Wyoming County District Attorney George Skumanick Jr. had told the girls and their parents that unless the girls completed an after-school re-education program, they would be charged [AP report] with distributing child pornography. In Pennsylvania, it is a felony to have or distribute pictures of minors engaged in lewd activity or provocatively exposed. None of the pictures of the girls revealed anything below the waist, and all were taken over a year ago. None of the students responsible for disseminating the photos [Scranton Times report] has been charged. Judge James Munley found that all factors for issuing a temporary restraining order had been met and scheduled a hearing on the merits for June. The plaintiffs are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLUPA) [advocacy website] and filed suit [complaint, PDF; case materials] against Skumanick last week. ACLUPA lawyer Witold Walczak contends [press release] that the photos are protected by the First Amendment and that requiring the girls to attend a re-education program interferes wit the parents' rights to raise their daughters as they wish. According to the complaint, 20 percent of teens nationwide [survey results; PDF] have participated in the distribution of similar pictures, a phenomenon known as 'sexting.'
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday dismissed as improvidently granted the writ of certiorari in Philip Morris USA v. Williams [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report]. The Court had originally granted certiorari to consider for a third time a $79.5 million punitive damages verdict against tobacco company Philip Morris USA [corporate website]. The Court previously ruled [JURIST report] that the punitive damages award based "in part on [a jury's] desire to punish the defendant for harming persons who are not before the court" amounts to an unconstitutional taking of property without due process. On remand, the Supreme Court of Oregon [official website] again upheld [opinion text] the verdict, finding that it did not need to reach the federal constitutional issue if there was "an independent and adequate" basis in state law for upholding the verdict.The Court released two other opinions Tuesday. In Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report], the Court ruled [opinion, PDF] unanimously that the state of Hawaii is not precluded from transferring 1.2 million acres of land ceded by the former Hawaiian monarchy, pending a political settlement with Native Hawaiians [advocacy website]. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) [official website] had won an injunction [opinion, PDF] from the Hawaii Supreme Court barring the state from selling any ceded lands until claims to the land are settled. The state of Hawaii argued that the 1993 Apology Resolution [text] passed by Congress was not intended to limit the state's ability to manage its land. Reversing the lower court ruling, Justice Samuel Alito wrote:
Here, the State Supreme Court incorrectly held that Congress, by adopting the Apology Resolution, took away from the citizens of Hawaii the authority to resolve an issue that is of great importance to the people of the State. Respondents defend that decision by arguing that they have both state-law property rights in the land in question and "broader moral and political claims for compensation for the wrongs of the past." But we have no authority to decide questions of Hawaiian law or to provide redress for past wrongs except as provided for by federal law. [citations omitted]
Nothing in these decisions suggests that federal law renders state-court judgments void whenever there is a state-law defect in a tribunal's composition. Absent a federal constitutional violation, States retain the prerogative to decide whether such errors deprive a tribunal of its lawful authority and thus require automatic reversal. States are free to decide, as a matter of state law, that a trial court's mistaken denial of a peremptory challenge is reversible error per se. Or they may conclude, as the Supreme Court of Illinois implicitly did here, that the improper seating of a competent and unbiased juror does not convert the jury into an ultra vires tribunal; therefore the error could rank as harmless under state law.In sum, Rivera received precisely what due process required: a fair trial before an impartial and properly instructed jury, which found him guilty of every element of the charged offense.
[JURIST] Former Khmer Rogue [BBC backgrounder] leader Kaing Guek Eav [TrialWatch backgrounder, JURIST news archive], also known as "Duch," on Tuesday formally accepted responsibility and apologized for the torture and murder of an estimated 12,000 Cambodians at the prison he ran for the regime. Kaing made the admission [Phnom Penh Post report] during his trial before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) [official website] where he faces charges [ECCC press release, PDF] of crimes against humanity, torture, and murder for his actions as the overseer of the Tuol Sleng interrogation facility known as S21. Pretrial hearings against Kaing began last month, but the substantive case [JURIST reports] against him began Monday. The trial will continue [court document, PDF] with additional statements on Wednesday of this week, and additional proceedings every Monday through Thursday until early July.Kaing's trial is the first of eight [JURIST report] that the ECCC hopes to hear against former members of the Khmer Rouge, which has been accused of murdering 1.7 million Cambodians [PPU backgrounder] during their nearly four year reign. The ECCC has long been plagued with accusations of corruption and inadequate funding, with greater problems in recent years. Earlier this month, the ECCC reported that it would be unable to pay its Cambodian employees [JURIST report] for that month, one year after the court had requested $114 million dollars from the UN [JURIST report]. In February, Human Rights Watch warned that the ECCC trials were in danger of being tainted for their failure to follow fair trial standards [JURIST report], and in January a Cambodian court agreed to hear a corruption case [JURIST report] involving two ECCC judges.
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[JURIST] North Korean state media outlet Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) [media website] reported Tuesday that indictments are being prepared against two American journalists detained earlier this month [JURIST report] while allegedly attempting to enter the country illegally from China. Laura Ling [professional website] and Euna Lee were reporting on North Korean refugees in China for Current TV [media website] when they allegedly crossed the border [Yonhap report] two weeks ago. An investigation by North Korean officials allegedly concluded that the journalists had entered the country illegally [AFP report] and that there was enough evidence to charge them. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [official profile; JURIST news archive] has reportedly been involved in talks [Chosun Ilbo report] regarding the reporters.The incident comes at a sensitive time for international relations with North Korea, as the nation prepares for an imminent test missile launch [NYT report] which has heightened an already-tense relationship with the international community. North Korea has been accused of using the captured journalists as pawns [JURIST op-ed] in policy disputes with the US. The North Korean regime has been the subject of considerable international pressure over its refusal to fully disclose [AP report] its past nuclear activity. The US removed North Korea [WP report] from the State Department's list of terror sponsors [text] in October after former president George W. Bush agreed [JURIST report] to the step following the communist state's handover of a report on its nuclear program to China, one of the countries participating in the so-called Six Party Talks [CFR backgrounder] on the North Korean program. In February 2007, North Korea agreed [JURIST report] to end its nuclear weapons program, shut down and seal any reactors, and completely declare the extent of its nuclear activities in exchange for 50,000 tons of heavy fuel. North Korea has ranked [JURIST report] among the countries with the least protection for press freedoms.
[JURIST] Israeli military officials closed an internal investigation Monday into allegations of war crimes committed by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) [official website] personnel against Palestinian civilians, concluding that there was no wrongdoing [press release]. The investigation was launched last week [JURIST report] by the IDF in response to comments made by soldiers concerning reports of civilian killings and vandalism under liberal rules of engagement during a recent operation in the Gaza Strip. Dismissing the soldiers' reports as "hearsay," the IDF investigation concluded that the soldiers' comments were exaggerated, and repetition of rumors that circulated among forces operating in Gaza and not based on the actual observations of the soldiers who made the allegations. Military Advocate General Brigadier Avichai Mendelbilt said:
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Hey All- I'm a 30 y/o from Chicago and have been riding since late high-school (around '00/'01 season so about 13 years now). I get out to the Rockies whenever I can, but mostly ride a ton of park out here in the midwest (since that's basically all you can do here). I would consider myself a decent all-around rider and I'm okay in park. I mainly focus on jumps and have some solid 3's and 5's down, this season I want to start dropping 7's and switch tricks. I also run a film company in my free-time. I look forward to being more active on this board!
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Hi, Just joined the forum and really enjoying the wealth of information on here. I live in Krasnoyarsk in siberia although I'm from Australia. I've been boarding for about 7 years now and learned in NZ which I do an trip every year. Favorite mountain in NZ is Cardrona or Treble Cone if it gets a fresh dump. Boarded most slopes in Oz too.
I'm not sure exactly what level I'm at. Board about 30 days a year, more now I live in siberia. As I'm a bit older and heavier I tend to avoid the park but happy to hit drop offs or kickers. Mostly love to ride back country powder and often do plenty of hiking chasing it. I'm close enough to 6ft, fluctuate between 86-92kg. (around 193 pounds at the moment). I ride natural and have a size 10 (US) boot. I'm actually shopping for a new board at the moment as i left my current ride (159 Never Summer premier F1) in oz. I'm looking at purchasing a freeride board which handles powder well. It's a trade off as we have deep dry soft powder within 500km (In siberia 500km is local) but the local mountain has very little off piste (trees (taiga) are too thick and close together). My narrow list of boards to buy (as limited range here) is Bataleon Undisputed 163, salomon sick stick 163 or Gnu Billy Goat. After reading some reviews I may consider the NS Heritage as it seems to do everything. |
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Hey, I'm from BC. I used to go to Mt Washington a few times per year but then I drifted away from boarding for a few years for various reasons. This year I'm excited to start up again in Whistler. I've got the basic skills down but I'm hoping to really move forward this season. My current gear is beaten up old Sims stuff but I'm hoping to pick up something better on sale or off craigslist during the season. Can't wait to get back on the mountain soon!
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Hi everyone! I'm from central nj and I've been riding since I was 9 and I'm 20 now soooo that would make it about 11 years! (there have been a few seasons in there where I couldn't make it up to mountain at all due hs sports and stuff so it's probably closer to 8 haha) I just got a new set up this season so I'm stoked to try it out.
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I'm also in your area. Where do you ride? If you plan on hitting up the local hills in the Poconos or Catskills, maybe I'll see you out there. Enjoy your new set up! |
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TheTorchOnline: You're so good at playing evil. Do you worry about being typecast?
Mark Pellegrino: I don't because I feel like I let the audience judge who's evil, and I try to play everybody, at least so far, as good. To me, Lucifer was somebody who had a real beef. He'd been betrayed by his father and his brother for lesser beings, and was angry about it and wanted to get revenge. I think anybody could to relate to that. So to me, that's not necessarily a bad guy. That's a good guy who's been betrayed, who has a sense of justice, who's been bamboozled.
TTO: What I absolutely loved about that Satan is that he was the one character who always told the truth. The Prince of Lies never lied!
MP: Regardless of how one religious one is, I think an amazingly coherent case can be made against God, so one needs to just tell the truth. And that's what Lucifer did, to his credit. He was an angel of light before to the fall.
TTO: Was this a pre-existing belief you had or did you find it for the character?
MP: I was lucky in the sense that I've experimented was various beliefs all my life, so when I did that show, I had already probably read The Bible four times, studied it from a philosophical perspective. So I think my sensibility was already there. They did give me a book called The Book of Enoch [an ancient Jewish document] and I read that,but it didn't inform me.
TTO: Any chance we'll see Lucifer again?
MP: Not that I know of. I think Lucifer used up that vessel. But it is the supernatural, so anything is possible.
TTO: So how is being the leader of the vampires in Being Human the same as playing Lucifer, and how is it different?
MP: Well, it's the same in the sense that I have a cause. It's a same in the sense that I'm dealing with issues of deep betrayal and a family split.
But rather than trying to destroy and annihilate like Lucifer did, Bishop is trying to bring the elements back together again. He's trying to be a uniting force. So he sees a little bit further than his desire for revenge. And I think that's motivated by a real love and connection with Aiden, the main character, that I don't think Lucifer would've allowed himself.
TTO: When you play these roles, do you find that the darkness stays with you? Is it ever difficult to shake off?
MP: I think things like that can [stay with you]. I think that's more an issue with younger actors. It was definitely an issue with me for a few years. But after a while, you begin to understand the difference between what you're doing on the set and life.
It can infect you a little bit if the emotions that you're feeling are negative enough. But you can tend to shake it off. You learn how to supplement yourself with other stuff.
TTO: In your personal life, do you find that you're drawn to these sci-fi/fantasy/horror roles?
MP: I've always been a big fan of science fiction and horror. It's been sort of an accident that I've stumbled into my favorite genre. I'm glad about it. I think science fiction has been a place for people to explore taboo subjects in a safe atmosphere, because it's fantasy. So they can really push the envelope in a lot of ways.
And horror is just great, because really well-done horror is really the realm of the heroic. The stories are deep. I'm not a big fan of the slasher flick. I like the "story" horror — The Exorcist, the story of a man losing his faith and regaining it. And Rosemary's Baby, things like that.
And I think we touch that [in Being Human], in that way of telling a real story about souls.
TTO: When you were a kid and playing with your friends, did you play the bad guy then?
MP: I think we all kind of switched up! We did the natural acting thing. I spent a lot of years in acting class trying to regain the things we did when we were five.
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