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CNN's Christiane Amanpour has a jailed Bahrani doctor and a government official speak to each other.
A prominent Bahraini human rights activist who was arrested this month was released on bail Monday, according to his Bahrain Center for Human Rights.
A prominent Bahraini human rights activist has been arrested upon his return to the Persian Gulf kingdom from Lebanon, the government and an activist group said Sunday.
Authorities in Bahrain said Friday that they've arrested the daughter of a human rights activist who has drawn international attention and widespread protests with a hunger strike that he's sustained for nearly two months.
Bahrain's Interior Ministry on Saturday released a video they said is evidence that security forces did not beat a prominent protester, but instead helped him to an ambulance.
A prominent Bahraini activist was severely beaten by security forces at a protest Friday, according to the human rights group that he leads.
Demonstrators calling for reforms in Bahrain on Friday staged a sit-in at a roundabout in a Manama commercial district, but security forces broke it up, a human rights activist and a protester said.
Bahraini pro-democracy activist Zainab Alkhawaja has been arrested, her sister told CNN.
All the doctors and medics who were detained during recent protests in Bahrain have been released on bail, the country's Information Affairs Authority said Thursday.
At least 101 detained activists have gone on a hunger strike in Bahrain, a panel appointed by King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa said Wednesday.
The home of prominent Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab was attacked Saturday, the rights group he heads said.
A Bahraini hunger striker protesting the assault and detention of her father and husband was taken to hospital Sunday but was released after refusing an intravenous tube, a human rights activist told CNN.
The daughter of a prominent human rights activist says she has started a hunger strike in an effort to win the release of her father and other family members she believes are being detained by authorities in Bahrain.
We were standing outside a home in the village of Bani Jamrah when 20 heavily-armed men jumped from military vehicles and surrounded us. Their faces covered with black ski masks, they pointed machine guns at us and demanded we get on the ground.
CNN investigates the arrests and disappearances of bloggers and internet activists in Bahrain.
The outspoken head of a Bahrain human rights group said Sunday that he was handcuffed, blindfolded and beaten when authorities detained him for about two hours.
Hundreds of people were injured in Bahrain Friday, when rival groups clashed over an attempted march in the town of Riffa, a residential area where the ruling Al-Khalifa family lives.
Three hard-line groups in the Gulf kingdom of Bahrain have united and called for the ruling family to step aside, they announced.
A large number of people protested outside the palace where Bahrain's cabinet was meeting Sunday, the first time a protest had been allowed at the site.
Shot by troops while chanting "peaceful, peaceful," a Bahraini demonstrator is buried. CNN's Arwa Damon reports.
Large crowds of anti-government demonstrators massed on Wednesday in Manama, Bahrain, buoyed by news of the release of high-profile political detainees.
Bahrain's king ordered the release of a number of prisoners and closed cases against several Shia leaders accused of plotting against the kingdom, the country's state news agency said early Tuesday.
A 27-year-old protester in Bahrain who was shot in the back Monday afternoon has died, the president of a human rights center said Tuesday.
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Handmade Halloween Costumes [Milk Truck and Cow]
When I was a kids, my parents could never afford to buy us expensive Halloween costumes from the store. We were forced to be creative when coming up with a fun costume. I would get frustrated when I was young, but I look back and really appreciate it now. Which is why I'm trying to make handmade Halloween costumes a tradition for my kids.
When my oldest son was nearly 3 years old, he was adamant that he wanted to be a truck for Halloween. But not just any truck; a milk tanker truck. So I thought his little sister (just under a year old) would make the cutest cow companion.
Handmade Halloween Costume – Milk Truck
What you'll need:
3 cardboard boxes
hot glue
utility knife
green and white foam sheets
large plastic recycled snack canister
paper towel tube
tin foil
white and black electrical tape
printed paper wheels
battery operated push lights
What you'll do:
- Hot glue the boxes together to make a basic truck shape.
- Cut out body and arm openings from the main box using a utility knife.
- Use hot glue to cover the truck body boxes with the foam sheets.
- Cover the plastic bin and paper towel roll with tin foil.
- Glue the bin onto the back of the truck to make the tanker.
- Glue the paper towel roll to the truck to make the smokestack.
- Print out wheels onto card stock, cut out, and attach to the truck.
- Add electrical tape to the cut cardboard edges and for accents along the truck.
- Attach the lights to the front for the headlights.
Handmade Halloween Costume – Cow
What you'll need:
black leggings
black long sleeved shirt
black fabric headband
white, pink, and black felt
needle and thread
What you'll do:
- Cut out random shapes from the white felt and applique them onto the black shirt.
- Cut out a large circle from the pink felt. Cut four small triangles out of the edge of the circle. Sew the edges of the triangle shaped cuts in the circle together. This will make the udder three-dimensional.
- Cut 8 finger shapes from the pink felt. Sew each pair together to make 4 teets for the udder. Turn them inside out, stuff them with stuffing, and sew them onto the main pink circle udder.
- Sew the edges of the pink circle udder to the center of the black shirt, stuffing it with stuffing before sewing completely around it.
- Cut ear shapes out of the black felt. Cut inner ear shapes out of the pink felt and applique them onto the black ears.
- Sew the ears onto the black headband.
Right now while they are young, I do most of the work, but I'm excited to get them more involved as they grow up.
Do you make or buy your kids' Halloween costumes? What are your kids going to be this year for Halloween?
If you need some inspiration to make some handmade Halloween costumes, check out all of these great ideas from Sun Scholar's Homemade Halloween Costume Parade.
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About Krissy Sherman Bonning
Krissy Sherman Bonning is a former art teacher turned homeschooling mama of 3 who authors B-Inspired Mama to share inspiration for simple kids crafts, family recipes, learning fun, and creative parenting.

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Director JC Calciano knows a thing or two about gay romantic comedies. Last year's "Is It Just Me?" was a festival fave, and this year's "eCupid," something of a gay "The Seven Year Itch," screens Friday at Out On Film.
The comedy stars newcomer Houston Rhines as Marshall (top photo, right), an ad executive about to turn – ahem - 30. He hates his job, and he wonders if his seven-year relationship with Gabe (Noah Schuffman, left) is still exciting. One night while he is by himself in the living room, Marshall starts to play around on his laptop and downloads a relationship app – eCupid.
Said app, however, has something of a mind of its own. Before long, Marshall has a horny frat boy at his door and all sorts of romantic requests (middle photo).
Calciano got to thinking about the idea for the movie when observing how today's technology has evolved – and noting how even the strongest relationships can take a dip sometimes.
"I think at some point many of us ask the question of 'Are we in the right relationship?'" the director says, noting that he relates to moments when he and his own partner are on the sofa with their IPAds and IPhones, distant from each other.
In his era, Calciano says, there weren't that many options for finding love.
"We were limited to parties and bars and friends of friends," he says. "We were also limited within a 10-mile radius. You also had to be in the same bar at the same time. These days, there are unlimited resources to match people up to unlimited guys. You can get on the Internet and find everything you wanted to know about someone – all their information."
Newcomer Rhines came in to audition for "Is It Just Me?" and didn't get the role he was after, but a year and half later, Calciano envisioned him for this film. Calciano says the chemistry (bottom photo) between Rhines and co-star Schuffman (who appears at Friday's Out on Film screening) was palpable.
Morgan Fairchild has an extended cameo in the film as a waitress who proves instrumental in helping Marshall with his woes. Calciano says she brings a lot of earthiness to the role, something he really needed.
"I wanted to cast an iconic actress who would be a Venus-esque character," he says. "We put an offer out to Morgan and hoped she was available, and she was. She is a big supporter of the community. She thought this was a good message, a positive one, so she accepted."
Fairchild was not only generous with her time but with the actors, and her stories delighted the cast and crew, Calciano says.
"Being around her and hearing her stories is amazing," he says. "If you are ever lucky enough to have a beer with her, it will be a great night.
The film is not meant to be a message movie, but Calciano hopes audiences can take something away.
"It does deal with servicing your relationship," he says. "Being present and giving to your partner first and receiving second – that is so important."
Five films screen at Out On Film on Friday at Midtown Art Cinema, including "eCupid" at 7:30 p.m. Noah Schuffman from the film conducts a Q&A after the screening. View Friday's full schedule that also includes "Cho Dependent," as well as the daily festival schedule through Oct. 7.
Jim Farmer is an Atlanta-based freelance writer and public relations professional specializing in film promotions. He has been a theater and pop-culture critic for more than a dozen years and is the director of Atlanta's annual Out On Film gay and lesbian film festival.


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Three local basketball teams are about to find out as boys area tournaments begin across the state.
Parrish, Dora and Walker are each hosting area tournaments games today. The area tournament championship games will be held on Monday night.
The three area tournament hosts finished a perfect area record. Parrish was 8-0 while both Walker and Dora were 6-0.
Both Parrish and Dora are looking for repeat performances from last season. The Tornadoes and Bulldogs each won area tournament titles at home last year and advanced to regional championship games as the season progressed.
No. 3 Parrish (23-2) runs into a familiar opponent today in the 1A, Area 13 Tournament at Parrish — Marion County. The Tornadoes played the Red Raiders five times last season, winning the first four before losing their matchup at the Northwest Regional Tournament.
The teams have played twice this season with Parrish winning both times, including a four-point win at Marion County last week.
In today's first game at Parrish, Lynn battles Sumiton Christian with the loser going home.
The top two finishers from each area tournament advance to the sub-region round of the playoffs. Each area tournament champion will host a sub-region game while the loser travels.
At Dora, three area teams will play in the Class 4A, Area 8 Tournament.
Dora (21-7) won last year's tournament, beating Carbon Hill in the championship game. Both teams won sub-region games and advanced to the regional tournament in Montgomery.
This season, both battles of the Bulldogs have gone to Dora.
In today's tournament opener, Carbon Hill (16-12) faces Corner in an elimination game set for 6 p.m.
The teams split their first two meetings with Corner beating Carbon Hill 47-46 at Corner in early December and Carbon Hill winning 46-39 at home in mid-January.
Dora plays today's nightcap at 7:30 p.m.
While Parrish and Dora are enjoying another productive season, Walker has turned its fortune around under first-year head coach Rufus McDuffie.
The Vikings are 15-10 this season after going just 6-17 last year.
Under McDuffie, Walker's strength has been its pressure defense and its 3-point shooting — both have been particularly effective against area foes.
Today's 5A, Area 14 Tournament opens with Mortimer Jordan taking on Hayden at 6 p.m. at Songer Gymnasium.
The night closes with Walker playing Curry (2-22) at 7:30 p.m.
The Vikings have beaten the Yellow Jackets by an average of 59 points a game in two meetings this year.
Today's Games
Area Tournaments
Class 1A, Area 13 at Parrish
Lynn vs. Sum. Chr., 5:30 p.m.
Parrish vs. Marion Co., 7 p.m.
Class 1A, Area 14 at Falkville
Addison vs. Decatur Heritage, 5:30 p.m.
Falkville vs. St. Bernard, 7 p.m.
Class 2A, Area 14 at Lamar County
Oakman vs. Cold Springs., 5:30 p.m.
Lamar County vs. Sulligent, 7 p.m.
Class 3A, Area 14 at Winfield
Winfield vs Cordova, 6:30 p.m.
Hamilton vs. Winston, 8 p.m.
Class 4A, Area 8 at Dora
Carbon Hill vs. Corner, 6 p.m.
Dora vs. Oak Grove, 7:30 p.m.
Class 5A, Area 14 at Walker
Hayden vs. M. Jordan, 6 p.m.
Walker vs. Curry, 7:30 p.m.


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Near the beginning of the month, I had a wonderful time planning a fun and educational event with my fellow team members: the AIESEC UBC March General Assembly . While there were a few sleepless nights, it was completely worth it in the end when multiple people came up to me and told me it was one of the best general assemblies that they've been to. I was so glad that everyone found the day fun and exciting. After some awesome but tiring dancing at the end, we were all very hungry. We headed over to Original Joe's for an early dinner as part of the dinner social afterwards.
We arrived at around 4:30pm, and were seated at a large booth corner as we reserved previously for 20 people. Everyone was happy that it was finally a sunny and bright day in raincover, so the happiness spread on and everyone was quite chirpy the entire afternoon. At my table, most people ordered some drinks to start. I didn't feel like ordering any drinks, but my awesome vice-president JudgingYou ordered a margaritas that looked cool and delicious.
XLB was super generous and ordered the Calamari ($10.50) for the entire table to share.
The calamari wasn't as crispy as I would've liked, and quite dry as well. You definitely need to dip the tzatziki and squeeze some lemon juice on top to add flavour to the calamari as it is nearly flavourless as well. There was plenty of calamari though, and it is a great starter to share with large groups.
The Red Tractor Nachos ($16.50) was also ordered and shared with everyone at our table.
Let's just say nachos are almost always a hit… especially with all those delicious toppings! There were olives, onions, jalapeños, tomatoes, and lots of melted cheesy goodness. There was also 3 dips, guacamole (my fav!), salsa, and sour cream, but I am not sure if there was an extra charge involved. This is just ol' good comfort food, and super tasty with the cheese, toppings, and dips combined. Very pricey, but there is a lot of nachos.
Finally, I ordered the Carolina Pulled Pork Sandwich ($12.75) for myself.
For the sandwich, you had the choice of choosing 2 sides with it – I got some fries with gravy and a bacon-egg salad. The bacon-egg salad was alright… the bacon bits weren't really crispy and the salad itself was nothing to write home about. The fries were average, but the thick cut was nice. Now onto the sandwich itself, the pulled pork was marinated beautifully. It was nicely seasoned and slightly sweet, oozing with peppered BBQ sauce and topped with honey slaw. This was a huge sandwich and it took great effort to eat it while making a big mess as well. The taste was great though, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. However, the portion was just too large and I only ate about two-thirds of the sandwich, a bit of the fries, and a bite of the salad before feeling completely full and bloated.
After we received our dishes, everyone continued chatting while eating. Even after we finished eating, everyone just stayed continued to talk. The sun was still high in the sky when we began and as we progressed with our meal, the sun continued to set. When we finally left the restaurant, the sky was completely dark. We basically ate along with the sunset, which was an awesome experience since our the restaurant was on the second floor with enormous glass windows, so the view was spectacular.
Overall, the food was fine, and the meal was made better with great service and great view along with great company. Although Original Joe's is a chain restaurant, the food here wasn't bad at all since usually the food at chain restaurants are not the best as quality control is not always guaranteed. The food wasn't the best, especially for the price, but I definitely enjoyed my meal here.
Thanks for reading!
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Blog Archives
Going in Circles
For almost 19 years, I've been working on my body. I've lost and maintained a 100 pound loss with the help of healthy eating, exercise, and endless support from loved ones.
I'm not sure that I've ever fully processed what I accomplished, and truthfully I don't know that I ever well, either. The truth is, when you have a lot to lose, the mental side of weight loss feels more challenging than the physical… at least most days.
My loose skin will never allow me to sport a "tight, toned" anything. And sometimes I'm OK with that, despite the fact that so much of the media out there tells me that I need to take care of that problem- there's a pill/exercise/program/surgery for that. I'd be lying if I told you I haven't seriously considered some of these options. I always imagined that when I reached my "goal weight," I'd finally be just like all the others- skinny, tan, perfect hair, clear skin, and a fast metabolism…
I hate to tell you this, but it doesn't ALWAYS work out that way. I've been told 1000+ times to lift weights so my skin will firm. To do crunches so I will finally have abs.
And I've tried, to no avail. To be honest, lifting weight and crunches haven't ever been attractive to me. I've given them their fair shot, and they still make my workout routine on a yearly basis, but I find myself bored and unable to stick with it. I like my walking and elliptical time- and if there's one thing I've learned about exercising, it's that I MUST listen to my body/mind when I'm struggling to get into any sort of exercise. If you're stuck, I encourage you to find what you enjoy and go with that- it'll keep you going much stronger/longer. Some people like to torture themselves with exercise… but that's just not for me.
I used to apologize for my routine, but I'm realizing more and more that the best thing to hear is : You're doing it right. You are moving, so you are doing it right. Change when you're ready, but for now love what you do and most importantly… love YOU!
Sleeping Your Way to Skinny
Sounds appealing, right?
Although mixing in a mid-day nap won't actually make you skinny, recent research studies point out there is a definite correlation between lack of sleep and weight gain. I am sure that many of you are not frequent readers of USA Today or the Annals of Internal Medicine. So, let me share with you what they recently brought to my attention regarding sleep and weight loss.
A single sleep study was performed on seven healthy, lean, young adults and the results are astounding. After just FOUR consecutive days (Finals week ring a bell, anyone?) of being permitted to sleep approximately 4 hours a night, the fat cells' ability to use insulin properly dropped by 30%! Consequently, the cells became insulin-sensitive, resulting in the formation of less leptin.
What does this mean? TWO KEY WORDS: Insulin and Leptin… do these words mean anything to you? You may be thinking, "Why on Earth would they?" But, what if I switched those two key words to HUNGRY and FULL?! One of insulin's many jobs is to trigger the release of leptin in your body. Now you may not have realized this until now, but I am telling you leptin is your friend. What that wonderful little hormone does for you is flip that hungry/full switch on and off. Low levels of leptin tell your body it's starving and increase your appetite, which is why it makes perfect sense that a decrease in leptin has an association with increase in food consumption and weight gain. So, when your stomach is roaring during your test after pulling that all-nighter even though you just treated yourself to Mickey D's breakfast as a "reward" – it is actually your body saying, "Hey, maybe you should have gotten some sleep last night!"
What's also important to recognize is that in addition to your body's inability to accurately sense if you're full due to those low leptin levels, those who are tired have an increased appetite as well as a slowed metabolism due to their lack of sleep. When combined, these effects are ultimately setting you up for a downward spiral.
So, as finals approach, shoot for 7 to 8 hours of sleep! It will not only help your ability to focus and retain information, but also assist in maintaining healthy weight and prevent you from feeling hungry all the time.
Stay tuned for upcoming tips on how to develop healthy sleeping habits in my next blog!
Fitness Myths That Just Won't DIE!
Love… My Body?
I remember the first time I heard of this while attending UND. I just laughed.
"Me? Love this?! Umm… OK. Let me get back to you."
You see, I lost 130 pounds, and although a very large part of me has gone away (literally)… I still have a lot of reminders of my former self.
My skin hangs. And stretches. And it's covered in stripes that used to be red, angrily declaring that my skin was being asked to take on more than it was capable, and are now (thankfully) a flesh color.
It's not pretty, and most days it doesn't make me proud.
At times I happily claim it as my "weight loss trophy." But then there are those times when I'm with people who don't know my story… and all I can think about is the possibility that they might think that I have really odd-shaped rolls and a very "unkempt" body.
The truth is that I go to the gym most days of the week. Exercise is such a great release and escape for me. Make no mistake- I work out! And for years people told me that if I lifted weights and did sit-ups they were SURE my skin would "bounce back."
Well… I tried that… and it didn't.
Option 2 was surgery to remove the excess skin. It's a very dangerous procedure, and the thought of them slicing and dicing, and then stitching me back together like a rag doll is extremely nerve-wracking.
So. Here I sit. With my loose skin.
About a year ago, I made a conscious decision to quit weighing myself. It had become a way for me to determine my mood and the kind of day I was going to have. If the number was up, it was going to be a bad day. If the number was down, I allowed myself happiness (and an extra marshmallow or two).
I wanted to stop doing that to myself. I wanted to feel "normal." I wanted to feel FEELINGS.
It was really hard at first, but a year later I feel much more confident in my abilities to make healthy decisions (without an electronic device as my moral compass and guide). My clothes fit just as good as they did a year ago. (In fact, I probably wear them more confidently not having to worry about the number of pounds that they are encasing.)
One of the most important changes I'm working on now is learning to Love My Body. ALL of it: accepting my "flaws" as unique bits of beauty; exercising because it feels good and gives me strength, not because I saw a bigger number than I was comfortable with and need to try harder; eating healthy foods because they taste good, not because I "screwed up" the day before; looking in the mirror and smiling at what I see.
Pardon the cliche, but life is really short. I'm 27 and often wonder when that happened (and you will figure this out the older you get, too!).
I've spent far too long dwelling in the negative, forgetting to appreciate what I have and what my body does for me. The truth is, it's been awfully good to me.
How about you? Do you want to cut yourself some slack and Love Your Body? Do you make healthy choices because you Love Your Body?
Written by: Katie Olson
Would you rather spend a few more minutes sleeping than wake up in time for breakfast? It might be time to change your habits. Eating breakfast can actually help you manage your weight. When you sleep your body goes into a fasting state, which is why we call it "breakFAST." When your body goes into a fasting state your metabolism slows down and your body tries to conserve the stores of nutrients that it has previously stored. Eating a healthy breakfast will help jump start your metabolism and give your body and brain energy to get going for the day. Being in college, it is important for your brain to have energy for your full day of classes and studying. This will help you stay awake and focused throughout the day, which for some students is hard to do. It is also important to have a balanced breakfast. Having a source of carbohydrate, protein and possibly a fruit is ideal. Having a variety will help you stay full and satisfied until it is time for lunch. Some examples of a balanced breakfast are listed below.
- Oatmeal with Fresh Fruit and 1% Milk
– Low Fat Greek Yogurt with Whole Grain Granola and a Banana
– Scrambled eggs, Whole Grain Toast with Peanut Butter and a Fresh Fruit
– Whole Grain Waffles with Nut Butter and a cut up Banana on top, and 1% Milk
– A Whole Grain Bagel with low fat Cream Cheese or Peanut Butter and 1% Milk
– A Whole Grain Cereal with cut up Fresh Fruit and 1% Milk
Diabetes Prevention Program
Do you want to increase your physical activity, improve your food choices, and lose 5-7% of your body weight?! If you said YES, be sure to register for the Diabetes Prevention Program!
The results are REAL. A previous participant talks about her experience with the Diabetes Prevention Program…
"As a result of reading the food labels and attempting to eat fewer than 33 fat grams per day, I lost 58 pounds. Because of the weight loss, I am no longer taking pain medication for my knee. In September 2012 my glucose was normal, so I am no longer prediabetic!" – Eileen Tronnes Nelson, UND Staff
Register soon to receive a special incentive of a $125 return from a grant and Work Well for the first 10 UND staff/faculty members who register. The upfront cost is $189, but with the return it was only $64 or $4 per week. PLUS, get your metabolism tested for free as part of the program. The program starts on January 14th, and classes are on Monday from 4:45-5:45 in the UND Wellness Center Room 121. If you are not one of the first 10 people to register, you can join the class for a price of $189.
For more information visit UND.edu/workwell and click on Programs and Diabetes Prevention. To register, contact Molly Soeby at 218.230.0070.
Registration deadline is January 10th!


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I just read Latino high school kids came in fifth on their SATs. Number one was Chinese -- OK. Number two was whites -- OK. Number three was blacks -- OK. Number four were 'others.' Damn! A whole race of people defeated by a pronoun.
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World News Today
|World News Today
World News Today with Zeinab Badawi
|Also known as
|World News Today
with Zeinab Badawi
World News Today
with Philippa Thomas
|News, Business, Weather, Entertainment, Politics
|Created by
|BBC World News
|Presented by
|Zeinab Badawi
Philippa Thomas
Tim Willcox
Kasia Madera
Jamie Robertson
|Country of origin
|United Kingdom
|Original language(s)
|Studio C, Broadcasting House, London
|Running time
|93 minutes (Mon–Thu)
45 minutes (Friday)
25 minutes (BBC Four)
|Original channel
|BBC World News
BBC Four
BBC Four HD (2013-)
|Picture format
|HDTV 1080i
|Original run
|2 July 2006 – present
|Preceded by
|The World
|Related shows
|BBC World News
BBC World News America
Focus on Africa,
BBC Breakfast,
BBC News at One,
BBC News at Five,
BBC News at Six,
BBC News at Nine,
BBC Weekend News
|External links
World News Today is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC News and presented by Zeinab Badawi (Mon, Thur-Fri) and Philippa Thomas (Tue-Wed). It was originally conceived as a morning television show aimed at American audiences, hosted by George Alagiah, but later expanded to six editions a day aimed at different markets. There is now one weekday edition only, part-simulcast on BBC Four and BBC World News.
The programme originally used the same graphics and music as BBC World, though when The World on BBC Four was renamed World News Today, all editions were given a separate set of graphics and music. Since April 2008 the standard title sequence used by the BBC's English Regions has been used, with some graphical alterations and with international images included. The first 30 mins of each broadcast is still simulcast on BBC Four.
As part of a channel refresh on BBC World News, five editions of World News Today were replaced on 1 February 2010 with GMT, Impact Asia now Impact, The Hub (later replaced with Global in 2013), Business Edition and a standard edition of BBC World News(later replaced by Outside Source in 2014).[1]
The remaining original edition shown on BBC Four and BBC World News is presented
|Current role
|Zeinab Badawi
|Main Presenter (Three Days)
|Jamie Robertson
|Business Deputy Presenter, Occasional Relief Presenter
|Tim Willcox
|Regular Relief Presenter
|Tanya Beckett
|Regular Relief Presenter/ Business Main Presenter
|Peter Dobbie
|Occasional Relief Presenter
|Philippa Thomas
|Deputy Presenter (Two Days),
Relief Presenter
|Kasia Madera
|Main Relief Presenter
|David Eades
|Regular Relief Presenter
|Karin Giannone
|Occasional Relief Presenter
|Alice Baxter
|Occasional Relief Presenter, Business Relief Presenter
|Daniela Ritorto
|Regular relief Presenter
|Rajesh Mirchandani
|Babita Sharma
When Zeinab Badawi presents, the title sequence ends by stating World News Today with Zeinab Badawi. However, when she does not, as she and Thomas are often on assignment, the titles only show World News Today, regardless of the alternate presenter. This only happens if she isn't reporting from a location on a topic covered in the show. If its more than five days Philippa Thomas will cover her days three days and normally Kasia Madera will do Philippa's two days (as of May 2013).
Former presenters[edit]
|Current role
|Kirsty Lang
|Deputy presenter
|Nisha Pillai
|Occasional Relief Presenter
|Katya Adler
(all times UK) Unlike other world news programs this program is fixed all year round 1900 UKT.
- Mondays & Thursdays: 19:00–20:30 GMT with Zeinab Badawi
- Tuesdays & Wednesdays: 19:00–20:30 GMT with Philippa Thomas
- Fridays: 19:00–19:40 GMT with Zeinab Badawi, 20:00–20:30 GMT with Jamie Robertson
- Mondays & Thursdays: 18:00–19:30 GMT with Zeinab Badawi
- Tuesdays & Wednesdays: 18:00–19:30 GMT with Philippa Thomas
- Fridays: 18:00–18:40 GMT with Zeinab Badawi, 19:00–19:30 GMT with Jamie Robertson
- ^ "BBC World News launches channel refresh with two premium news programmes tailored for Asia Pacific". India PRview. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2010.[dead link]


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(WMC-TV) - A 45-year-old mother and business owner was found dead inside her Cordova nail and spa salon Monday, according to the Shelby County Sheriff's Office public information officer.
Crews investigated the shooting in a parking lot of the strip mall, as well as inside the business, which is located at 1658 Appling Road.
Shelby County Sheriff's Investigators say 45-year-old Van Nguyen, the owner, was shot and left to die.
A few hours later, Memphis police officers spotted suspect Jesus Perez's silver SUV on Interstate 40. They followed him to a Shell station at Appling Road and Reese Road. As police moved in on him, the 51-year-old took his own life.
Investigators say this was a domestic homicide and that Nguyen and Perez were once married, but now estranged.
Friends describe Nguyen as a wonderful mother and friend.
As cleaning crews did their job inside Nail and Spa Salon Tuesday, friends outside remembered Nguyen.
"I'll miss her coming to the mailbox and waving through the window," said Eugenia White, who has worked next door for nine years.
White says Nguyen was a hard worker who was always the first to arrive at the salon and the last to leave.
"She was very energetic, flamboyant, outgoing," said White. "Wasn't scared to speak her mind, very nice."
According to her friends, Nguyen leaves behind two daughters and a young son.
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This year, 100 of the city's 24,000 restaurants signed on to the city's voluntary pilot program and committed to recycle their food scraps.
Now, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has introduced legislation to the city council to mandate the City's largest restaurants to separate their food waste by 2014, but the head of the New York State Restaurant Association worries that the infrastructure is not available to do this.
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The Signings Begin With Zach MIller
I was wondering when our draft picks would start to get signed, and now they have, beginning with Tight End Zach Miller. The terms of the 4 year deal have not been disclosed(yet). I imagine there will soon be a run on draft pick signings for us, especially after the Rookie Symposium. Training camp starts July 25, giving the Jaguars 27 days to sign 8 more players.


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AAA: Fresno defeated Salt Lake 6-5
Fresno: 2B William Bergolla: 2 for 5, E
Fresno: RF Nate Schierholtz: 3 for 4, HR, 3B
Fresno: 1B Scott McClain: 2 for 4, SO
Fresno: CF Clay Timpner: 2 for 4, 2B, CS
Salt Lake: LF Nick Gorneault: 3 for 4
Fresno: RHP Chris Begg: 8.1 IP, 10 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0 HR
Fresno: RHP Scott Munter: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0 HR
Schierholtz had a big game, including his 16th HR and 7th triple. For the month, he is hitting .340/.366/.598. With two hits each, Bergolla, McClain and Timpner raised their respective AVGs to .303, .270 and .303. Timpner now has 11 doubles and 11 CS. The Angels' 28-year-old Gornealt had three singles to improve his season line to .256/.342/.423. The former prospect had a horrible start to the season, hitting .220 through June, but has hit .320 since the start of July.
Begg's ERA rose to 4.42. He pounded the strike zone with 75 of 94 pitches for strikes. He apparently did not have his normal sinker given his 11/10 GO/FO line. Munter recorded his first save of the year.
AA: Connecticut defeated New Hampshire 3-1 (7 innings) in game 1
Connecticut: RF John Bowker: 1 for 2, BB
Connecticut: DH Randy Ruiz: 2 for 3, 2B
Connecticut: RHP Dave McKae: 6.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HR
Connecticut: RHP Brian Anderson: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 0 HR
Bowker and Ruiz each reached base twice. Two hits, including his 24th double, raised Ruiz's AVG to .308. Bowker entered the day hitting .300/.354/.510 overall, although just .261/.318/.392 in home games.
McKae improved his ERA to 4.12. Anderson retired the only batter he faced for his 28th save.
AA: Connecticut defeated New Hampshire 2-1 (9 innings) in game 2
(all three runs coming in the second extra inning)
Connecticut: LF Carlos Sosa: 1 for 3, BB, SO
Connecticut: RF John Bowker: 1 for 3, HR, BB
Connecticut: RHP Ryan Sadowski: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 0 HR
Connecticut: RHP Justin Hedrick: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 0 HR
Connecticut: RHP Kelvin Pichardo: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 0 HR--1 E
Bowker led off the bottom of the 9th inning with his 21st HR of the year to tie the game. Sosa was the only other Defender to reach base twice. He also threw out a runner at the plate. His season line is .257/.339/.395 in 354 AB.
Sadowski got the spot start in the doubleheader. Three scoreless innings lowered his ERA to 3.02. Hedrick improved his ERA to 2.21 with four scoreless innings, one of his longest appearances of his career. His high walk rate has not hurt him that much this year. Pichardo's ERA rose to 4.12 as his K/BB ratio is now below 1.00 since his promotion.
A+: San Jose defeated Lancaster 9-6
San Jose: 2B Travis Denker: 2 for 5, HR, 2B
San Jose: CF Benj Copeland: 2 for 4, 2 2B, SB
Lancaster: DH Lars Anderson: 2 for 4, SO
San Jose: LHP Paul Oseguera: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, 2 HR
San Jose: RHP Sergio Romo: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 0 HR
Denker, the PTBNL in the Mark Sweeney trade, had an impressive debut in the Giants organization. The 22-year-old had his 11th HR (a grand slam) and 28th double while picking up 6 RBIs as the team's leadoff hitter. He hit .294/.369/.450 in 402 AB with the Dodgers' Cal League affiliate this year. Copeland's 20th and 21st doubles raised his AVG to .284. The Red Sox' Anderson had a couple singles to raise his AVG to .417 in four games since being promoted to the Cal League.
Oseguera is scuffling a bit down the stretch. His 5.40 ERA in five August starts has raised his season ERA to 3.33. His K/BB ratio remains just above 4.00. Romo continues his impressive string of dominance. Last night's appearance included stranding three inherited baserunners with no outs in the 8th inning. His K/IP is just shy of 1.60.
A-: Augusta lost to Greenville 12-9
Augusta: 1B Brett Pill: 3 for 4, 2B, BB
Augusta: RF Matthew Weston: 3 for 5, 3 2B, 2 SO
Greenville: RF Josh Reddick: 3 for 5, HR, BB, SO
Augusta: LHP Clayton Tanner: 2.0 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 0 HR
Augusta: RHP Wayne Foltin: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0 HR
Pill and Weston led the offense with three hits each. They have rather similar stats for the season. Pill is now hitting .273/.325/.419; Weston is hitting .271/.325/.432. The Red Sox' Reddick has been perhaps as impressive as the recently promoted Lars Anderson. Reddick's line for the season is now .308/.352/.533, including 18 HRs.
Tanner had perhaps his worst start of his pro career, raising his ERA to 3.29. This start will probably prevent him from ranking among the league's top ten in ERA. Foltin, making his first appearance in a couple weeks, was the only one of five GreenJackets' pitchers to not allow a run.
ssA: Salem-Keizer lost to Vancouver 7-2
Salem-Keizer: C Tyler La Torre: 1 for 3, BB, SB
Salem-Keizer: SS Sharlon Schoop: 1 for 3, BB
Salem-Keizer: RHP Timothy Egart: 3.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 0 HR
Salem-Keizer: RHP Stephen MacFarland: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 0 HR
La Torre and Schoop were the only two Volcanoes to reach base twice. The offense consisted of six singles and four walks.
After 18 relief appearances, Egart, the 39th round pick this year, made his first pro start. His peripheral stats are fairly impressive with 28 H, 7 BB and 40 K in 30.2 IP. He had not allowed an earned run in his previous eight appearances, and his ERA remains below 3.00. MacFarland, the PTBNL in the Matt Morris trade, made his debut in the Giants organization. In the Sally League this year, he had 58 H, 48 BB and 69 K in 65.2 IP with a 4.80 ERA over 39 appearances (one start).
R: Giants defeated Mariners 9-3
Scottsdale: SS Charlie Culberson: 1 for 3, 2 BB, SB, CS
Scottsdale: DH Nick Noonan: 2 for 4, HR, BB, SO
Scottsdale: 3B Angel Villalona: 3 for 4, SF, SO, 2 E
Scottsdale: CF Dom Duggan: 2 for 4, HR, 3B, SO
Scottsdale: RHP Oliver Odle: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 0 HR--1 HB
Scottsdale: RHP Chance Corgan: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 0 HR
Once again, the three youngsters at the top of the lineup provided the punch, as each of them reached base three times. Noonan connected for his 3rd HR, helping to improve his season line to .316/.357/.451. Culberson reclaimed the team-lead in steals with his 19th SB, but he was also caught stealing for the first time in his pro career. Villalona's second straight three-hit game improved his AVG to .285, but he also committed his 17th and 18th errors (both fielding errors).
Odle had another fine start. His K/BB ratio is now above 6.00. Corgan had the best appearance of his pro career with a career-high 7 K in 3.0 perfect IP. It was also his first appearance in which he did not allow a hit. After just 1 K in his first four appearances, he has 13 K in his last two appearances.
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Rather than continuing to do a straight ranking of all Halos' prospects, which after 20 seems like a pretty arbitrary process (how could you legitimately say that Baudilio Lopez will be more valuable than Bobby Wilson, or visa versa?), I'm going to run through the remaining Halos' prospects by position. I do rank the guys playing the same position against one another, but with the caveat that the order could change substantially as early as next July.
Lastly, I just want to say again how fired up I am about the talent we have at the lower levels, especially the pitching. I know that national organization rankings sunk the Halos to a discouraging low this year, but the Halos' '08 draft class looks fantastic so far, despite not including a first round draft pick. Those guys should team up with strong classes coming out of the DSL to push us back up the rankings the next year, and back to the top by 2010.
Matt Brown, Gabriel Jacobo,
Roberto Lopez, Efren Navarro, Nicholas Farnsworth, Terrel Alliman
Matt Brown had a great season in AAA. He's young enough and good enough to help out an MLB team, but it's difficult to see where he fits in with the Angels, especially after they re-upped Robb Quinlan. He's too good to waste away in Salt Lake, but not good enough to take at bats away from younger Brandon Wood and Sean Rodriguez. Gabriel Jacobo began the summer as the Halo's 10th round pick, and ended it mashing in Cedar Rapids, putting up a tremendous high power/high contact/no patience line across two levels. Expect big numbers from him in the California League in the upcoming season, and a possible move to the outfield either there or AA. Pre-draft scouting reports rated Jacobo highly as a defensive third baseman, but the Halos didn't play him there much, so it seems unlikely he returns to the hot corner. Roberto Lopez put up a monster line in Orem as a 23 year old, but he was three years older than the fast-tracked prospects. Before lat season there were rumors of putting him behind the dish, an idea that might make sense now given the Halo's paucity of catchers at the lower levels. Following Mark Trumbo's promotion, Efren Navarro took over first base duties for the Quakes and flashed a lot of glove and OBP. The Halos rewarded him with the organization's defensive player of the year award. He's good enough for another promotion, but for purely selfish reasons, I hope that he stays in Rancho this year simply because I want to see the Quakes destroy the rest of the California League, especially Stockton and Inland Empire, after a disappointing '08. Nick Farnsworth is a big left handed first baseman who put a great line as an Oklahoma prepster before the Angels took him in the ninth round last year. He looked solid in Arizona for a teenager, hitting a lot of doubles that will hopefully turn into homeruns as he ascends through the system. Terrel Alliman is a plus-plus athlete capable of playing both third base and centerfield, but he's already 20 and hasn't played above the ASL. Rumor is he's learning to switch hit, but I can't confirm that.
Angel Castillo, Christopher Pettit,
Terry Evens, Anthony Norman, Jeremy Moore
Teenage Orem outfielder Angel Castillo showed athleticism in the outfield, great power, and the willingness to take a walk; he's still only 19, so if he can cut down on the K's, he could be our first serious power-hitting outfield prospect in quite some time. Chris Pettit rocketed through the system in '07, but stalled with an injury in '08. He came alive again in the AFL, hitting .359/.417/.545, and will take a shot at AAA in the coming year. He reminds me a lot of Jeff Davanon, minus the switch-hittting skills. Terry Evans put up another decent power/contact line with the Bees when healthy this year, and provides depth for an already very deep Halos outfield. By my count, half of the Angels' outfielders would have to go down with injuries for him to get another shot at an MLB role. I don't want to label Anthony Norman an organizational soldier because he's better than that, but the man is now 24 years old. His left-handed power/patience stick, speed, and great left field defense will hopefully translate into some MLB at-bats in '10 or '11. In the meantime, he's going to help make the Arkansas Travelers much better than they'd be without him. Jeremy Moore has tremendous power and speed, but he's 21 and the bat still hasn't come around. Regardless of how BA and OBP pan out, he could hit lots of round-trippers in the California League this year.


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Looking for a Left-Wing Nation? You Live in One
Many polls conducted leave one to conclude that the American public is far to the left of their so-called "representatives" in Washington. A popular myth in the U.S. is that working-class people vote against their interest. Status quo liberals, bewildered that working-class people wouldn't support the Democratic Party, commonly state this. They never reach the conclusion that what Noam Chomsky calls the "two factions of the business party"—the Democrats and Republicans—have left us disenfranchised. A popular myth touted by conservatives is that the U.S. is a "center-right" country. Right-wing radio hosts like Hugh Hewett frequently mention the center-right myth and John McCain said it several times while running against Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign. This is an effective propaganda tool. If we're told consistently that we're a nation of centrist conservatives, then we better not voice our opinions that we'd like to end suffering through social justice measures—a popular idea since the beginning of this nation's history.
One early example is Shay's Rebellion, a struggle that began in August 1786. As the late, leftist historian Howard Zinn said of Shay's Rebellion, it was "a rebellion of small, poor farmers against the rich of Boston who were over-taxing and taking over their land," which debunked the notion that America "had such a pure and good and democratic beginning" and that our nation's founding was less than benevolent. When it comes to democracy, as scholar and activist David Graeber states, the Founders were "uniformly opposed to it" and the Founders spearheaded a tradition among U.S. elites of disdain for the "masses" and their ability to make decisions collectively.
Some telling signs indicate the public doesn't seem to be duped. All the talk of people "voting against their interest" doesn't take into account what polls have shown—that 40 percent of us don't bother to vote and who could blame us?
A 2011 ABC/Washington Post poll showed that 70 percent of Americans hold unfavorable views of Wall Street and 68 percent hold unsavory views of the Washington/Wall Street cozy alliance.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) published findings that Washington works for the super-rich. IMF economists concluded that the amount of American taxpayer subsidies Wall Street received (roughly $83 billion) was roughly equivalent to the amount of the outrageous, and completely unnecessary, "sequester."
Sequestration slashed social programs across the country in the name of "tightening the belt." Programs that benefitted LGBTQ youth, young children, disabled people, and the elderly, were all impacted, while speculators and bankers received nanny state-like treatment in the name of their institutions being "Too Big to Fail."
Bailing out capitalism on the back of working people is nothing new. David Harvey, in his book A Brief History of Neoliberalism, points out some historically recent—although seemingly forgotten—examples: "State power has often been used to bail out companies or avert financial failures, such as the U.S. savings and loan crisis [in the 1980s], which cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $150 billion or the collapse of the hedge fund Long Term Capital Management [in the 1990s], which cost $3.5 billion."
The so-called crisis of the defense budget cuts is the media's focus. The media's shrewdness is grossly cynical as defense cuts seem to be the only realm of sequestration that has popular support. For example, the Washington newspaper the Hill published a poll that showed 49 percent of respondents support defense spending cuts. A February 25 article by Laura Seligman headlined, "The In his piece published in February on Washington's Blog headlined "This Year's Subsidy to Wall Street = the Amount of This Year's Sequester Cuts," Eric Zuesse pointed to a Bloomberg editorial summary regarding the IMF study, which revealed that nearly $64 billion taxpayer money went to the nation's top 5 banks.
It's not surprising that Occupy Wall Street (OWS) had high levels of support among New Yorkers as 68 percent of NYC voters agreed with the views of the protesters, according to a 2011 Quinnipiac University survey. A national poll also found that 43 percent of Americans agreed with the aims of OWS. The media repeatedly tarnished, slandered, and repressed this movement into hibernation, misleading the public that the OWS encampments were full of violent, unsanitary, and unemployed trust-fund babies. In spite of the slander, the fact that 43 percent of Americans agreed with this movement's aims speaks to the inherent appeal of OWS.
Speaking of a population to the left of its policymakers, a December 2011 Pew poll concluded that 49 percent of young people (aged 18-29) had a positive view of socialism. The same poll showed that African Americans favored socialism by 55 percent. Alexander Eichler summarized the results in a December 29, 2011 Huffington Post piece headlined "Young People More Likely to Favor Socialism than Capitalism."
Perhaps the answer is a call for radical, grassroots democracy—meaning self-managing our own affairs and making decisions collectively. If we keep it up, we just might be able to dump Wall Street and Washington, opening up space for the creation of social and economic alternatives to the damning status quo.
Alex Bradshaw is an editor for the Louisville, Kentucky-based FORsooth, a mon- thly anti-war newspaper. He is an occasional commentator for "The Authority Smashing Hour" Internet radio show (alexbrad11@ hotmail.com).


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Ok, I've had a read of the specs and examples on both the Nokia SMS API and also the Wireless Messaging API and it seems to me that the following is the case ....
In Midlet code, if you specify the destination phone number when opening a connection but NOT the port number then the SMS sent on this connection will go directly to the destination phone's Inbox and cannot be intercepted on that phone by any Midlet.
What I would like to do is to be able to intercept Text SMS messages sent in the usual way from any phone to a Nokia 3410 (using SMS API) or 3650 (using WMA 1.0).
I don't think it's possible but thought I'd ask.


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Interviewing Jason Baldwin of the West Memphis 3 this summer taught me about an ugly justice system that was even uglier and more shameful than I had previously imagined. At age 16, Jason was convicted of three grisly murders that he didn't commit based on hearsay and circumstantial evidence which included the music he and his friends enjoyed. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole and his "accomplice" (best friend), Damien Echols, was sentenced to death. I naively thought that this case was an extreme example from the backwards Southern states.
Earlier this year, I also saw Juan Melendez speak about his exoneration from Death Row. His case was also a hideous example of poor, fringe members of society being thrown under the justice bus so that a group of police, their informants, and prosecutors could save face. Juan didn't speak English at the time of his arrest and had little assistance through the process of being arrested, charged, tried and sentenced. On Death Row, he learned English and studied law to attempt to advocate for himself in place of the protections in the system which had failed him.
After speaking with these two activists, my belief that the death penalty is barbaric, unnecessary, and cruel was solidified. Then I met Victoria Thorpe, author of Cages and anti-death penalty activist. Victoria's sister, Kerry Lyn Dalton, has been serving a Death Row sentence for the last 17 years on torture-murder charges. The catch? The case she was convicted in had no evidence, no reliable testimony and no body. Most people at this point stop to say that such a situation is impossible. How could someone get sentenced to death for committing a murder when there is no proof that the victim is even dead at all? Cages takes the reader through the Kafka-esque trial and sentencing from Victoria's helpless position.
The narrative jumps between personal memoir, coverage of the investigation and trial, and scenes from Death Row from Kerry Lyn's perspective, pulling the reader in to the lives of those involved and personalizing what would otherwise be another news story about a tweaker murdering another tweaker and getting sentenced to death. Cages explores the intertwining issues of addiction, ego, power, and abuse in a captivating way. To avoid being accused of bias, the author used only direct quotes from trial transcripts and investigation reports; in this case, the truth is indeed stranger than fiction. One aspect of this trial that caught my attention was a commonality from the Baldwin and Melendez cases: police informants and prosecutors were allowed outside the law in order to enforce the law and achieve the desired result, a conviction.
Cages tells many stories. It's the story of a corrupt police department desperately seeking a way to cover its ass. It's the story of addiction and the spiral of deceit and distrust that it can spawn. It's the story of two sisters taking very different paths in life and finding their way back together through a tragic mistake. It's the story of prosecutors in our justice system and their journey to become judges. It's the story of those in power refusing to acknowledge mistakes even when they cost human lives. It's a parable for the times that should urge every reader to do what they can to abolish the death penalty and reform the criminal justice system.
Now Victoria Thorpe is taking her fight for her sister's life on the road on her "Journey for Freedom" walk through California. You can follow her on her blog as she walks hundreds of miles through California to raise awareness about her sister's case and works to abolish the death penalty in the state where the policy is up for a vote in November. Here in Washington, she's working with PJALS and Safe and Just Alternatives WA to put a similar measure on the ballots here. As the bumper sticker slogan goes, killing people to show that killing is wrong just…doesn't make sense. Let's join almost every other nation around the world in ending this ugly practice.


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The training program is conducted by the Australasian College of Sports Physicians (ACSP) who provide the only specialist level clinical training program in sports medicine and sport and exercise medicine in Australasia.
The training program culminates in the award of a Fellowship in Sport and Exercise Medicine.
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The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) department of Sports Medicine offers a one-year scholarship to trainees of the ACSP program.
This position provides an opportunity to learn from professionals at the forefront of the sports medicine field through a mix of work and associated research and learning.
This position offers trainees the opportunity to focus on high performance athletes and work closely with the AIS Physical Therapies department and other sports science disciplines.
Supervised training by senior sports physicians is available for clinical sessions and team coverage opportunities are also provided as part of the position.
In combination with ACT sports physicians and imaging groups, regular tutorials are provided each week. Research opportunities are available and access to first-class reference materials and educational resources are provided on site.
Clinical placements
AIS Sports Medicine has a close relationship with the Australian National University Medical School and offers teaching and research opportunities and clinical placements to students of the school.
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A freight brokerage firm Total Quality Logistics will host an open house and a job fair with a prize draw Saturday at the company's office at 8001 Woodland Center Boulevard in Tampa.
Cincinnati-based transportation firm has about 100 employees in Tampa Bay area. They are planning to add 50 more positions here this year, the company representatives said.
Possible job candidates will be able to tour the office, meet with the company's recruiters and have an on-site interview if qualified.
Participants have a chance to win $60,632 if they crack the code on the prize vault. This sum is TQL's second-year average compensation, company representatives said.
The company has more than 2000 employees nation-wide and is the second-largest freight brokerage firm in the county, company officials told us.
The job fair will start at 10 a.m.
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Blanco turned a key double play and knocked in the deciding run in a game-changing sixth inning.
Highlights » Melky Cabrera | Giants 3, Marlins 2
Cabrera added four hits -- including a home run -- to his MLB-leading total, while scoring all three Giants runs and stealing two bases.
Highlights » Miguel Cabrera | Tigers 4, Twins 3
Cabrera crushed a go-ahead two-run home run in the ninth off Matt Capps to help the Tigers complete a three-game sweep of the Twins.
Highlights » R.A. Dickey | Mets 2, Padres 0
Dickey threw 7 1/3 shutout innings for the win, striking out 10 and allowing only three hits.
Highlights » Jeff Francoeur | Royals 4, Orioles 2
Francoeur belted a go-ahead solo homer in the sixth on a 2-for-4 day, as the Royals won their second straight and the series against the Orioles.
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Gonzalez one-hit the Braves for seven innings and struck out 10 to improve to 7-1 as the Nationals completed a three-game sweep in Atlanta.
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Hairston went 5-for-5, setting a career high in hits while batting in the No. 3 spot in the Dodgers' lineup with Matt Kemp on the DL.
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Kinsler tied a career high with four RBIs, driving in two with a double during a seven-run second and later adding a two-run homer.
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BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Burlington police are searching for a suspect who fired a handgun into a cemetery in the Vermont city.
Police received the report of a shot fired in the Elmwood Avenue Cemetery at 11:32 p.m. Tuesday.
Investigators say they have been unable to determine what, if anything, the suspect was shooting at. There's no indication the suspect was targeting an individual or a specific building.
The suspect was last seen heading west on North Street.
The suspect is described as a middle-aged white male, about 5 feet 8 inches tall who weighed between 180 and 190 pounds. He was wearing a large thigh-length navy blue coat.
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Greensburg —
"O ancient cousin, O Neanderthaler! What shapes beguiled, what shadows fled across your early mind? Here are your bones, and hollow crumbled skull. And here your shapen flints-the last inert mute witness to so long vanished strength. What loves had you, what words to speak, what worships, cousin?"
Neanderthals flourished 25,000 to 100,000 years ago. Definite evidence has been found in their graves.
The year 2010 will always be remembered by genetic anthropologists that the Neanderthals did not die out, but instead became us!
The Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology in Lelpzig, led by genetic anthropologist Svante Paabo, announced that a first draft DNA sequence of Neanderthal had been discovered.
Although the DNA sequence includes only 60 percent of the Neanderthal genome, it does provide insight into the biology of this "distinctive human species."


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Cyclists will find themselves having to dodge fewer cars as they traverse the North Shore following the announcement of funding for several new bike lanes.
The B.C. Liberal Government Caucus has announced three new bicycle infrastructure projects worth almost $700,000 in the last week.
The government is putting up $480,900 for bike lanes in both directions and a multi-use path on the south side of Mount Seymour Parkway between Seymour Boulevard and Riverside Drive. The grant from the BikeBC program covers half the costs of the Seymour River Greenway, meant to connect the Spirit Trail to Maplewood.
There is another $69,375 coming to put in bike lanes and a separated path along Barrow Street to the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing starting on Main Street at Harbour Avenue, and a 175-metre bike trail on Chadwick Court to the SeaBus terminal at a cost of $100,000.
Each of the grants represent a 50-per cent stake in completing sections of the Spirit Trail.
The province is also looking at widening the sidewalks and enhancing pedesrian and cyclist safety on the Ironworkers, however improvements are still in the engineering phase and have not been announced to the public.


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Lightstorm Trading will have the lighting control software, VisualDMX, on show at its booth at PLASA 2005. Designed to make PC-based software lighting control easier, VisualDMX incorporates features for programming and controlling automated, LED, and conventional lighting fixtures. With its unique Matrix Mania! feature, users can control 4,000 channnels using VisualDMX.
Visitors to Lightstorm's booth will see the use of matrix patterns, scrolling text, and animated GIF graphics demonstrated live on the new Lighttech floor panels from TDE. VisualDMX will be available for personal demonstrations throughout PLASA, illustrating its new Conventional and Intelligent sequence editors that ease the live and programmed control of DMX512-controlled lights.
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Okay...I've never been the type to get excited over useless speculation. But every once in a while I step outside myself and engage in some "creative thought". Heres my latest brainstorm.
First, kudos to the Eagles for acquiring Peters. Landing a player like that with the 28th pick? Grand slam for the front office. Now for the fun part.
It looks like the Cardinals aren't giving ground in the contract tug-of-war with Anquan Boldin. The odds of a trade grow more each day. Now, it is doubtful the Eagles will ante a first and third for Boldin, and I'm not sure I would either. Thats a very valuable package of picks that would put only a second round pick between us and the fifth round. Now if the asking price comes down a bit to say just one first rounder, then I pull that trigger seeing that ours is the highest among the ravens (26th) and the Giants (29th). In that situation we'd have spent two first round picks and acquired two players in the top five at their positions. Thats awesome.
But lets come back to Earth and try to land Knowshon Moreno at 21. Either way, Philadelphia would be a very happy city come Saturday evening.


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Somatics: Yogas of the West
Hanna Somatic Education & Somatic Yoga
Hanna Somatic Education practitioners assess a client's habitual posture, and then retrain the nervous system to provide easier and more efficient posture and movements. If Hanna Somatics sounds similar to Feldenkrais and the Alexander Technique, it should. Its founder, Thomas Hanna, built on the work of those two disciplines. Hanna's key concept was sensory motor amnesia, "a condition in which the sensory motor neurons of the voluntary cortex have lost some portion of their ability to control all or some of the muscles of the body." Hanna believed sensory motor amnesia caused "perhaps as many as 50 percent of the cases of chronic pain suffered by human beings."
Hanna identified several ways to overcome this amnesia. He favored a technique he called "pandiculation." In pandiculation the client "voluntarily contracts muscles or muscle groups against gravity or against a practitioner and then slowly decreases that contraction," explains Hanna's widow, Eleanor Criswell Hanna, who carries on his work in Novato, California. According to Criswell Hanna, stretching muscles simply triggers the stretch reflex that causes them to contract again; by first contracting and then lengthening the muscle, pandiculation retrains the nervous system to recognize the whole range of actions available.
Hanna Somatic Education involves sessions with a certified practitioner in which the patient lies on a table. Criswell Hanna says the average patient requires only three sessions; she stresses that Hanna Somatic Education places "a big emphasis on you becoming your own somatic educator�because it's your own body."
Criswell Hanna also teaches Somatic Yoga, which combines Hanna Somatics and yoga. Classes begin with eight somatic exercises which Hanna says "allow a person to take control of the muscles." As in doing pandiculation with a practitioner, the emphasis is on contracting particular muscles and then letting them go. Each yoga pose is done slowly and is followed by one minute of deep breathing, self-awareness, and integration. Classes end with pPranayama, guided relaxation to create pratyahara (quieting of the senses), and meditation. Somatic Yoga doesn't focus on providing aerobic or muscularly demanding exercise. "It's more of a neurological workout," says Criswell Hanna.
This gentle, hands-on method, performed with the client on a massage table, draws heavily on the principles of judo, the Japanese art of self-defense which emphasizes balance and leverage. Ortho-Bionomy was created by British osteopath and judo master Arthur Lincoln Pauls, who combined his interests in Buddhist philosophy, homeopathy, and intuitive bodywork with the more mechanical techniques of osteopath Lawrence Jones.
According to Julie Oak, who practiced and taught for 16 years in San Francisco and Ashland, Oregon, Ortho-Bionomy is based on the premise that in the absence of resistance, the body will move toward balance. "From a physical point of view, the core of the work is putting slack into tense muscles," says Oak. "The practitioner takes over the work of the body's chronic patterns of unnecessary tension, and this allows the body to unwind. The analogy is to a knot in a rope. If you pull on the two ends, the knot only gets tighter; if you bring them toward each other, you introduce enough slack to unravel it."
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