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Luzerne County Manager Robert Lawton will present his first home rule-required "state of the county" report during Tuesday's council meeting.
Former interim manager Tom Pribula presented last year's report because Lawton was still transitioning into the manager position.
The report is required 60 days after the close of the fiscal year.
* Tuesday's council work session and meeting will start at 6 p.m. and is scheduled to be held in the county's Emergency Management Agency building, Water Street, Wilkes-Barre.
Future council meetings will be held in the redesigned council meeting room on the first floor of the county courthouse.
* County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis also will present her home rule-mandated annual report during Tuesday's session.
* Kingston resident Ed Gustitus complained about a lack of progress in the Hotel Sterling demolition at last week's council meeting.
Lawton said the county is no longer involved because Wilkes-Barre officials chose to "go it alone" funding the teardown.
City Mayor Tom Leighton said last week the city is still awaiting historical structure clearance and processing other paperwork. He said an announcement on the timetable of the demolition is coming soon.
* Council is set to vote Tuesday on the amount of the bond required for Lawton this year.
Factoryville-based DGK Insurance and Financial Services, the county's insurance advisor, sent a letter to county officials recommending the bond remain at $1 million.
DGK's letter says the state commissioners' association recommends $1 million coverage for counties the size of Luzerne and the county "appears to have the appropriate checks and balances, oversight and controls in place."
* Lawton's one-year performance evaluation procedure was approved by council last week.
Council will invite some employees, elected officials, union representatives and local community leaders to evaluate Lawton's performance by answering four questions.
Council members can then review those submissions as part of their formal evaluation starting around mid-March.
* Several council members have called for discussion on county Councilman Stephen A. Urban's proposal to start converting the workforce to 20-percent health care contributions.
Non-union workers have been paying 10 percent for nine years, and union employees pay flat monthly contributions or 10 percent. The 20 percent could be implemented at 2 percent annually for non-union workers and be negotiated into union contracts as they expire, Urban has said. Council Chairman Tim McGinley said he will schedule a discussion at an upcoming council meeting.
* A 2006 lawsuit filed by former county prison worker Sam Hyder against the county and Urban when he was a commissioner has been discontinued.
It's unclear is the county's insurance company agreed to a settlement with Hyder. County Solicitor Vito DeLuca said no settlement will be paid by the county's general fund operating budget.
Hyder's lawsuit maintained Urban broke a confidentiality agreement when he released details of a $70,000 workers' compensation settlement Hyder reached with the prison in 2000. Urban and the county said the confidentiality agreement was unenforceable because the settlement involved a public entity.
Hyder returned to prison employment as deputy warden in February 2004. He was furloughed from the $74,263-a-year position in January 2010 and lost an appeal seeking workers' compensation for on-the-job stress in the warden position.
* Jackson Township resident Ed Chesnovitch urged council last week to cross-train election workers to help with increased in-house county tax collection planned for 2014. Chesnovitch said some election workers have periods between elections when they're not as busy.
* On the subject of Chesnovitch, a regular county meeting attendee, he has been telling county officials an imposter is trying to make it appear he's posting comments after online newspaper articles under the heading "Chesno." He said he is not that poster.
* Kingston resident Brian Shiner asked Luzerne County officials to publicly cite a reason if they're attending county meeting by speaker phone. Shiner said protocol must be followed, saying he could imagine a scenario where the council clerk is the lone attendee at the head table manning speaker phones for all 11 council members.


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Alabama Voter ID Successful in Vote Suppression
AL.com reports: A report today by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and two other groups today says 119 absentee ballots were not counted in Jefferson County in the Nov. 4 election because voters did not submit the required photo ID.
The report says 21 absentee ballots in Choctaw County were not counted for lack of photo ID. ...
Ross said the new law can suppress the vote because it's hard for some to get the proper ID, some don't know about the requirements and some are discouraged from trying.
While it might seem easy to the average working person to have a valid ID, Ross say it's not easy for the poor, elderly and people who don't drive. -- Report says 119 Jefferson County absentee ballots not counted because of Alabama's photo ID law | AL.com

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Earl Dibbles Jr College Dip Em And Pick Em Week 5
Earl has his picks for Texas Tech vs Oklahoma State, North Carolina vs Clemson, Stanford vs Washington, and Texas A&M vs Arkansas.
Earl has his picks for Texas Tech vs Oklahoma State, North Carolina vs Clemson, Stanford vs Washington, and Texas A&M vs Arkansas.
Earl's picks for Clemson vs Florida State, Mississippi State vs LSU, Auburn vs Kansas State, and Florida vs Alabama.
Earl picks his winners for Tennessee vs Oklahoma, South Carolina vs Georgia, Minnesota vs TCU, and East Carolina vs Virginia Tech.
Another week in college football means more picks from Earl.
It's the first week of the college football season, and Earl Dibbles Jr has your pics for the week.
"I was a man without a heart. I was a man without a mission... And that's the toughest thing to deal with," says Granger Smith in the trailer for his upcoming documentary. Give it a watch.
Granger Smith gives fans a backstage glimpse of what his live shows entail in his 'If Money Didn't Matter' video. From the cold and snow of the mountains to late nights on the road, new fans and new venues, the clip finds the singer all over the U.S.
Granger Smith is on day 3 of his 4th annual 100 Mile Boot Walk from Austin, TX to Ft. Hood to raise money for the Boot Campaign and support our troops.
It's conference championship week in college football! It all comes down to this! Earl Dibbles Jr is here to help you out with this weeks picks.
Granger Smith is a busy guy these days. Between touring and managing his alter ego, Earl Dibbles Jr, he found enough time to make a new music video for his latest single, Miles And Mud Tires.
It's Thanksgiving weekend and that means football! Earl has his picks for Alabama vs Auburn, Clemson vs South Carolina, UCLA vs USC, and Texas vs Texas Tech.
Earl gives his special insight to some of the biggest games of the weekend including Texas A&M vs LSU, Missouri vs Ole Miss, Baylor vs Oklahoma State, and BYU vs Notre Dame.


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List of active separatist movements in Europe
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This is a list of currently active separatist movements in Europe. Separatism often refers to full political secession,[1][2][3] though separatist movements may seek nothing more than greater autonomy or to be recognise as a national minority.[4]
What is and is not considered an autonomist or secessionist movement is sometimes contentious. Entries on this list must meet three criteria:
- They are active movements with active members;
- They are seeking greater autonomy or self-determination for a geographic region (as opposed to personal autonomy);
- They are the citizen/peoples of the conflict area and do not come from another country.
Under each region listed is one or more of the following:
- De facto state (de facto entity): for unrecognized regions with de facto autonomy;
- Proposed state: proposed name for a seceding sovereign state;
- Proposed autonomous area: for movements towards greater autonomy for an area but not outright secession;
- De facto autonomous government: for governments with de facto autonomous control over a region;
- Government-in-exile: for a government based outside of the region in question, with or without control;
- Political party (or parties): for political parties involved in a political system to push for autonomy or secession;
- Militant organisation(s): for armed organisations (sometimes called terrorist organisations);
- Advocacy group(s): for non-belligerent, non-politically participatory entities.
- Ethnic/Ethno-religious/Racial/Regional/Religious group(s): for information on what group of people calls for change for each individual movement listed.
Various ethnic groups in Europe are seeking greater autonomy or independence. In the European Union (EU), several of these groups are members of the European Free Alliance (EFA). In some cases, the group seeks union with a neighbouring country.
- 1 Albania
- 2 Azerbaijan
- 3 Belgium
- 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 5 Bulgaria
- 6 Croatia
- 7 Cyprus
- 8 Czech Republic
- 9 Denmark
- 10 European Union
- 11 Finland
- 12 France
- 13 Georgia
- 14 Germany
- 15 Greece
- 16 Italy
- 17 Kosovo
- 18 Latvia
- 19 Macedonia
- 20 Moldova
- 21 Netherlands
- 22 Poland
- 23 Romania
- 24 Russian Federation
- 25 Serbia
- 26 Slovakia
- 27 Spain
- 28 Switzerland
- 29 Turkey
- 30 Ukraine
- 31 United Kingdom, its territories, and the Crown dependencies
- 32 See also
- 33 References
- 34 External links
- Ethnic group: Greeks in Albania
- Political parties: Omonoia, Unity for Human Rights Party (seeks autonomous status or union with Greece)
- De facto state: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic[7]
- Government-in-exile: Azerbaijan — Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh[8]
- Ethnic group: Walloon,
- Political parties (seeking a union with France): Rassemblement Bruxelles-France
- Ethnic group: Flemish
- Political parties (seeking a union with Flanders): Libertair, Direct, Democratisch, Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (member of the European Free Alliance), and Vlaams Belang member of the Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty-Group
Flemish Region or the Flemish Community (the latter includes Brussels)
- Ethnic group: Flemish
- Proposed state: Flanders (There is minority support to include The Netherlands; see Greater Netherlands)
- Political parties: New Flemish Alliance (member of the European Free Alliance), Flemish Interest
- Movements: Vlaamse Volksbeweging (VVB), Overlegcentrum van Vlaamse Verenigingen
German-speaking Community of Belgium
- Ethnic group: German
- Political parties: Partei der deutschsprachigen Belgier (member of the European Free Alliance)
- Ethnic group: Walloon
- Proposed state: Wallonia or France
- Political parties: Walloon Rally, Wallonia France Rally
Bosnia and Herzegovina[edit]
- Ethnic group: Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Proposed state: Republika Srpska or merging into Serbia
- Political parties: Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, Serbian Democratic Party[9]
- Proposed state: Republika Srpska or merging into Serbia
Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia
- Ethnic group: Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Proposed state: Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia or merging with Croatia
- Ethnic group: Istrians
- Proposed autonomous area: Istria
- Political parties: Istrian Democratic Assembly, Istrian Democratic Forum
- Ethnic group: Fiumans
- Political party: List for Fiume (EFA member)[10]
- Proposed autonomous area: Fiume
Breakaway state:
- Ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot
- De facto state with partial de jure recognition: TRNC Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Czech Republic[edit]
- Ethnic group: Silesian
- Political party: Silesian Autonomy Movement (EFA member)[12]
- For movements in Greenland, see List of active separatist movements in North America.
- Ethnic group: Danish
- Proposed autonomous region: Bornholm
- Political party: Bornholm's Self-Government Party (Bornholms Selvstyre parti)[13][14]
- Ethnic group: Faroese
- Proposed state: Faroe Islands
- Movement: Faroese independence movement
- Political parties: Republican Party, Progress, People's Party, Centre Party, Self-Government Party
- Proposed state: Faroe Islands
European Union[edit]
- Return some powers
- Ethnic Group: Catalans
- Political parties: Popular Unity Candidates
- Ethnic group: Estonians
- Political parties Conservative People's Party of Estonia
- Ethnic group: British
- Political parties: Green Party of England and Wales
- Ethnic group: Swedes
- Political parties Sverigedemokraterna
- Ethnic group: Lithuanians
- Political parties: Order and Justice
- Ethnic group: German
- Political parties: Alternative für Deutschland
- Ethnic group: Italian
- Political parties: Brothers of Italy, Lega Nord
- Withdrawal
- Ethnic group: British
- Political parties: UK Independence Party, Conservative Party
- Advocacy groups: Get Britain Out
- Ethnic group: French
- Political parties: National Front
- Ethnic group: German
- Political parties: National Democratic Party of Germany
- Ethnic group: Danish
- Political parties Danish People's Party, Enhedslisten
- Ethnic group: Finns
- Political parties Perussuomalaiset
- Ethnic Group: Austrians
- Political parties: Freedom Party of Austria, Alliance for the Future of Austria
- Ethnic Group: Galicians
- Political parties: Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood
- Ethnic Group: Flemish
- Political parties: Vlaams Belang
- Ethnic group: Åland Swedes
- Proposed state: Åland
- Political party: Future of Åland (EFA member)
- Proposed state: Åland
- Secessionist movements
- Basque Country
Further information: Basque nationalism
- Political party: Abertzaleen Batasuna (AB), Batasuna, Eusko Alkartasuna (EFA member), Parti Nationaliste Basque.
- Trade union: Euskal Langileen Alkartasuna, Langile Abertzaleen Batzordeak
- Youth Advocacy groups: Egi, Gazte Abertzaleak, Iritzarri, Segi
- Militant organisation: ETA, Irrintzi
- Proposed state: Euskadi or Euskal Herria (Basque Country)[15][16][17]
- Brittany
- Advocacy groups: Celtic League[18]
- Political party: Adsav, Breton Party, Emgann
- Militant organisation: Breton Revolutionary Army (ARB)
- Proposed state: Brittany
- Northern Catalonia
Further information: Catalan independence
- Political party: Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (EFA member), Catalan Unity (EFA member), Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya, Candidatura d'Unitat Popular[19]
- Proposed state: Països Catalans
- Corsica (Main article: Corsican nationalism)
- Political party: Corsica Libera
- Proposed state: Corsica
- Savoy
- Political party: Savoyan League
- Proposed state: Savoy
- Occitania
- Proposed state: Federal Republic of Occitania
- Political party: Partit de la Nacion Occitana
- Gradual and eventual secession
- Brittany
- Political party: Breton Party
- Autonomist movements
- Alsace
- Political party: Alsace d'Abord, Nationalforum Elsass-Lothringen, Unser Land
- Brittany
- Political party: Union Démocratique Bretonne (EFA member),
- Corsica (Main article: Corsican nationalism)
- Political party: Partitu di a Nazione Corsa (EFA member)
- Proposed autonomous area: Corsica
- County of Nice
- Political party: Partit Nissart[20]
- Normandy
- Political party: Le Mouvement Normand
- Proposed region: Normandy (to merge the two regions of Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy opposed by Norman activists)[clarification needed].
- Savoy
- Political party: Savoy Region Movement
- Occitania
- Political party: Partit Occitan (EFA member), Iniciativa per Occitània, Anaram au Patac, Hartèra
Breakaway states:
- Ethnic group: Abkhaz
- De facto state with partial de jure recognition: Republic of Abkhazia
- Political organisation:Government of Abkhazia
- Militant organization: Abkhazia Army
- Ethnic group: Ossetians
- De facto state: with partial de jure recognition:Republic of South Ossetia
- Political organisation: Government of South Ossetia
- Militant organization: South Ossetia Army
Proposed autonomous movements:
Armenians in Samtskhe-Javakheti
- Ethnic group: Armenians
- Ethnic group: Azerbaijanis
- Proposed autonomous area: Borchali
- Ethnic group: Bavarians
- Proposed state: Bavaria
- Political party: Bavaria Party
- Ethnic group: Frisian
- Proposed autonomous area: East Frisia
- Political party: Die Friesen
- Ethnic group: Franconians
- Proposed autonomous region: Franconia
- Ethnic group: Sorbs
- Proposed autonomous region: Lusatia
- Political party: Lusatian Alliance
- Ethnic group: Danish, Frisian
- Proposed autonomous region: South Schleswig
- Political party: South Schleswig Voter Federation
- Current status: autonomous region
- Proposed state: Republic of Sardinia
- Movement: Sardinian nationalism
- Political parties: Sardinia Nation, Sardinian Action Party, Independence Republic of Sardinia, Project Republic of Sardinia, To the Left for Independence
- Militant organisations: Fronte Nazionale de Liberazione de sa Sardigna [defunct], Movimentu Nazionalista Sardu [defunct]
- Current status: autonomous province
- Proposed state: Unification with Tyrol ( Austria)
- Movement: South Tyrolean secessionist movement
- Political parties: Die Freiheitlichen, South Tyrolean Freedom
- Militant organisations: South Tyrolean Liberation Committee [defunct]
- Current status: ordinary region
- Proposed state: Venetian Republic
- Movement: Venetian nationalism
- Political parties: Liga Veneta, North-East Project, Liga Veneta Repubblica, Veneto State, Venetian Independence, Venetian People's Unity, Party for Independent Veneto
- Militant organisations: Venetian Most Serene Government, Venetians Movement, Independentist Youth, Venetian National Liberation Movement[citation needed]
- Ethnic group: Serbs
- Proposed reunification with Serbia
- Proposed autonomous province
- Political organisations: Assembly of the Community of Municipalities, Community of Serb municipalities
- Ethnic group: Latgalians, Russian
- Proposed autonomous region: Latgale[25][26]
- Political party: For the Native Language!
- Ethnic group: Albanians
- Proposed state: Republic of Ilirida
- Armed organizations: NLA/UÇK, ANA/AKSh
Breakaway state:
- Ethnic group: Equal proportions of Russians, Ukrainians and Moldovans
- De facto state: with partial de jure recognition Transnistria
- Proposed state: Possible unification with Russian Federation
- Political organisation: Government of Transnistria
- Militant organization: Army of Transnistria
Proposed independent and autonomous movements:
- Ethnic group: Gagauz
- Proposed state: Gagauzia
- Political organisation: Gagauzian People Assembly should Moldova decided to unite with Romania, Gagauzia would have the right to self- determination.
- Ethnic group: Bulgarians
- Proposed autonomous region: Taraclia
- Ethnic group: Frisian
- Proposed autonomous region: Frisia
- Political party: Frisian National Party, (EFA member)
- Status: Democratic movement seeking greater autonomy for Frisian-speaking people in Friesland[28]
- Proposed autonomous region: Frisia
- Ethnic group: Silesian
- Proposed state: Silesia
- Political party: Silesian Autonomy Movement[12]
- Ethnic group: Kashubians
- Proposed autonomous area: Kashubia
- An association of people: Kaszëbskô Jednota who want to actively participate in the life of the Kashubian nation and who recognize its right to cultural autonomy and self-identity within the multi-ethnic society.
- Proposals for Hungarian territorial autonomy:
- Other administrative proposals by regionalist organizations:
- Political organisations: Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, the demand for Hungarian autonomy has been part of their program since 1993.[32] Hungarian Civic Party (Romania), they signed a settlement with the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania about cooperation and joint support for Hungarian autonomy.[33] Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania (PPMT), the party proposes the establishments of Transylvanian parliament and government and supports the case of Szekler autonomy in Szekely Land.[34] It also advocates territorial autonomy for Partium.[35][36] Liga Transilvania-Banat, a regionalist party led by Sabin Gherman.[37]
- Advocacy organizations: Szekler National Council,[38] Hungarian National Council of Transylvania, Liga Pro Europa, a Romanian-Hungarian regionalist NGO.,[37] Provincia, a group of intellectuals promoting regionalization of Romania,[37] Autonomy for Transylvania (AFT) campaign, it demands autonomy for Transylvania.[39] Democratic League of Transylvania (Liga Transilvania Democrată), a regionalist NGO,[40] an active supporter of the "Autonomy for Transylvania" campaign,[41] League of Banat (Liga Banateana), a regionalist NGO.[42][43]
Russian Federation[edit]
Russia's Black Sea[edit]
- Ethnic group: Ukrainians, Crimean Tatars
- Proposed state: Crimea (and Sevastopol) reunification with Ukraine
- Political organisation: Ukrainian Government
- Militant organization: Ukrainian Armed Forces
Russia's North Caucasus[edit]
- Ethnic group: Chechens
- Militant organisation: Chechen separatists; though recently Ramzan Kadyrov, the Russian-appointed leader of the Chechen Republic within Russia has also made statements seeming to support broad autonomy,[44] criticising Russian attempts to make a "North Caucasus" district[44] and inviting back separatist leader Akhmad Zakayev.[45]
- Proposed state: Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (1991–99)
Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia
- Religious group: Sunnis
- Political party: Majlis Shoura
- Militant organization: Caucasian Front
- Proposed state: Caucasian Emirate (claimed successor to Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus in 1917–19, North Caucasian Emirate in 1919–20 and Ichkeria)
- Ethnic group: Circassian
- Movement: Circassian nationalism; Circassian Congress; Circassian Youth Initiative; Adyge Djegi
- Proposed state: Circassia, including all regions historically included in Circassia and/or inhabited by Circassians (note: this includes Adygea as well as north Kabardino-Balkaria, north Karachay–Cherkessia, south-east Krasnodar Krai, and south Stavropol Krai)
- Ethnic group (s): Balkar, Karachay
- Movement: Various nationalist organisations in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay–Cherkessia
- Goals: Firstmost, the establishment of autonomy for the Karachay and Balkaria, rather than in biethnic republics where they must share power with Russians and Circassians (division of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay–Cherkessia into smaller units, also popular for Circassian nationalists). Then, the unification of Karachay and Balkar units is advocated by some but not all nationalists (see Balkar and Karachai nationalism)
- Proposed state: Karachay-Balkar Republic (includes south Kabardino-Balkaria and south Karachey-Cherkessia)
Abazinia in central-north Karachay–Cherkessia
- Ethnic group: Abazins
- Proposed state: Abazin Republic (proclaimed but non-recognized in 1991 as autonomy)
- Ethnic group: Kumyks
- Movement: Tenglik (since 1989)
- Proposed state: Kumyk Republic (proclaimed but non-recognized in 1991 as autonomy)
Russia's other European regions[edit]
- Ethnic group: Tatars
- Political party: All-Tatar Public Center
- Movement: Tatar Youth Union "Azatlyk"
- Proposed state: Tatarstan, Idel-Ural
- Movement: Congress of the Peoples of Udmurtia
- Proposed state: Idel-Ural
- Movement: Chuvash Youth Union
- Proposed state: Idel-Ural
- Proposed state: Idel-Ural
- Proposed state: Idel-Ural
- Movement: Bashkir social movement "Kuk bure"
- Proposed state: Idel-Ural
- Ethnic group: Komi
- Proposed state: Komi Republic
- Ethnic group: Karelian
- Proposed state: East Karelia or reunification with North Karelia and South Karelia and the formation of united Karelia or unification with Finland [citation needed]
- Ethnic group: Don Cossacks
- Movement: Don Cossacks of Don Host Oblast autonomists
- Proposed state: Don Republic (proclaimed in 1918 and in 1991 as part of Union of Cossack Republics in Southern Russia in Union of Sovereign States that never founded both)
- Ethnic group: Kuban Cossacks
- Movement: Kuban Cossacks of Kuban Oblast autonomists
- Proposed state: Kuban People's Republic (proclaimed in 1918), Kuban Republic (attempted to proclaim in 1991 as part of Union of Cossack Republics in Southern Russia in Union of Sovereign States that never founded both)
North Caucasus near Terek
- Ethnic group: Terek Cossacks
- Movement: Terek Cossacks of Terek Oblast autonomists
- Proposed state: Upper Kuban Cossack Republic (proclaimed in 1991 as part of Union of Cossack Republics in Southern Russia in Union of Sovereign States that never founded both)
- Ethnic group: Prussians
- Proposed state: Prussia (comprises Kaliningrad Oblast and Various Areas In Northern Poland)
- Political parties Baltic Republican Party[46]
- Proposed autonomous region: Vojvodina
- Political parties (autonomist): League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina, Reformists of Vojvodina, Vojvodina's Party
- Ethnic group: Bosniaks of Serbia
- Proposed autonomous province: Sandžak
- Advocacy groups (autonomist): Islamic Community in Serbia[47]
Breakaway state: Republic of Kosovo (de facto state with majority de jure international recognition)
- Ethnic group: Albanians in Kosovo
- Political organisation: Government of Kosovo
Southern Slovakia:
- Ethnic group: Hungarians
- Political parties (autonomist): Party of the Hungarian Community,[48] In 2010, the party renewed their demand for autonomy.[49]
- Goals: Territorial autonomy for the compact Hungarian ethnic block and cultural autonomy for the regions of sporadic Hungarian presence.[50]
Canary Islands (Main article: Canarian nationalism)
- Ethnic group: Canarians
- Political parties (autonomist): Coalición Canaria, Partido Nacionalista Canario, Centro Canario Nacionalista, Nueva Canarias
- Political parties (secessionist): FREPIC-AWAÑAK, Alternativa Nacionalista Canaria(web), Alternativa Popular Canaria, Unidad del Pueblo,
- Youth movement: Azarug
- Proposed state: Canary Islands (sometimes also Western Sahara and Tamazgha)
Andalusia (Main article: Andalusian nationalism)
- Ethnic group: Andalusian
- Political parties (autonomist): Partido Andalucista, Partido Socialista Andaluz, Bloque Andaluz de Izquierdas, Partido Comunista del Pueblo Andaluz
- Political parties (secessionist): Nación Andaluza, Asamblea Nacional de Andalucia
- Youth movement: Jaleo!!!, Juventudes Andalucistas
- Proposed state: Andalusia
- Ethnic group: Aragonese
- Political party (nationalist): Chunta Aragonesista (EFA member)
- Political party (secessionist): Estau Aragonés, Puyalón de Cuchas
- Youth movement: Purna Astral, Chobenalla Aragonesista * Trade Unions: SOA
- Other pro-independence organisations:A Enrestida, SEIRA
- Proposed state: Aragon
Asturias (Main article: Asturian nationalism)
- Ethnic group: Asturian
- Political parties (regionalist/autonomist): Partíu Asturianista, URAS
- Political parties (nationalist/non secessionist): Unidá Nacionalista Asturiana (EFA member), Bloque por Asturies
- Political parties (nationalist/secessionist): Andecha Astur
- Youth movements: Darréu, UNA-Mocedá, Fai!
- Trade Unions: CSI, SUATEA
- Other pro-independence organisations: Sofitu
- Proposed state: Socialist Republic of Asturias
- Proposed flag: Asturina
- Political parties: Partit Socialista de Mallorca-Entesa Nacionalista (in Majorca).
Basque Country (autonomous community) (Main article: Basque nationalism)
- Ethnic group Basque
- Political parties: Partido Nacionalista Vasco (member of the European Democratic Party), Eusko Alkartasuna (EFA member), Bildu, Amaiur, Aralar, Basque Nationalist Action, Batasuna (illegalised due to terrorism support)
- Trade union: Euskal Langileen Alkartasuna, Langile Abertzaleen Batzordeak
- Youth Advocacy groups: EGI, Gazte Abertzaleak, Segi
- Militant organisation: Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ceasefire since 2011), Iraultza (disbanded), Comandos Autónomos Anticapitalistas (merged with ETA)
- Proposed state: Basque Country (greater region) – Euskal Herria[15]
- Ethnic group: Cantabrian
- Political party: Cantabrian Nationalist Council
- Youth movement: Regüelta (Revolt)
- Trade union: Intersindical Cántabra
- Proposed state: Cantabria
- Proposed flag: Lábaro
Catalonia (Catalan independence)
- Ethnic group Catalan
- Proposed state: Catalan Republic or Catalan Countries
- Political parties: Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya and Democratic Union of Catalonia 50/135 seats in the Catalan parliament, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya 21/135 seats in the Catalan parliament, Initiative for Catalonia Greens-United and Alternative Left 13/135 seats in the Catalan parliament, Candidatura d'Unitat Popular 3/135 seats in the Catalan parliament, Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència 0/135 seats in the Catalan parliament, Reagrupament 0/135 seats in the Catalan parliament, Estat Català 0/135 seats in the Catalan parliament.
- Civil Organization: Assemblea Nacional Catalana, Procés Constituent, Catalunya Acció, Sobirania i Progrés
- Youth Advocacy groups: Arran, Joventuts d'Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, Joves d'Esquerra Verda, Joventut Nacionalista de Catalunya, Unió de Joves
- Ethnic group Leonese
- Political parties (autonomist): Unión del Pueblo Leonés (Leonese Country), Tierra Comunera (Castile)
- Political parties (secessionist): Izquierda Castellana (Castile)
- Youth movements: Conceyu Xoven (Leonese Country), Yesca (Castile)
- Advocacy groups: AGORA País Llionés (Leonese Country)
- Proposed states: Castile, Leonese Country
Galicia (Main article: Galician nationalism)
- Ethnic group: Galician
- Political party: Bloque Nacionalista Galego (Galician Nationalist Block) (autonomist) (EFA member), NÓS-Unidade Popular (WE-Popular Unity) (independentist), Frente Popular Galego (Galician Popular Front) (independentist), Partido Galeguista (The Galician Party), Terra Galega Galician Coalition (Centrist nationalist Party), Alternativa Galega de Esquedas (Galician Left Alternative)
- Youth Advocacy groups: Galiza Nova, AGIR, CAF
- Militant organisation: Resistência Galega
- Proposed state: Galician Republic or Portugal
Leonese Country (Main article: Leonesismo)
- Ethnic group Leonese
- Political parties: Unión del Pueblo Leonés
- Youth movements: Conceyu Xoven (Leonese Country),
- Advocacy groups: AGORA País Llionés
- Proposed states: Leonese Country
Territory of Olivenza (Olivença) (Main article: Disputed status of Olivenza)
- Ethnic group: Portuguese
- Militant organisation: Amigos de Olivença (Portuguese irredentist movement)
- Proposed state: to Portugal
- Regional group: Genevan
- Proposed state: La République de Genève" or "Free State of Geneva"
- Pressure Groups: Genevan politicians and activists.[citation needed]
- Proposed state: La République de Genève" or "Free State of Geneva"
- Regional group: Jurassien
- Political party: Mouvement Indépendantiste Jurassien (Jurassian Independentist Movement),[52] Mouvement Autonomiste Jurassien(Jurassian Autonomist Movement), Groupe Bélier (Youth activists movement)
- Political party: Lega dei Ticinesi
- Pressure groups: Domà Nunch
- Ethnic group: Kurds
- Proposed state: Kurdistan
- Political parties: Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Democratic Regions Party (DBP)
- Militant organisations: Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Group of Communities in Kurdistan (KCK), Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK), Democrat Party of Kurdistan/North (PDK/Bakur), Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan (PŞK), Communist Party of Kurdistan (KKP)
Breakaway state:
- Ethnic group: Russian
- De facto state: Novorossiya (New Russia): confederacy of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Lugansk People's Republic
- Political parties: Donetsk Republic, Russian Block, Russian Unity, New Russia Party
- Militant organization: United Armed Forces of Novorossiya
- De facto state: Novorossiya (New Russia): confederacy of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Lugansk People's Republic
Disputed status:
- Ethnic group: Russian
- De facto state: Russian Federation
- Militant organization: Russian Armed Forces
- Ethnic group: Russian
- De facto state: Russian Federation
- Militant organization: Russian Armed Forces
Proposed autonomous regions:
Ukrainian Bessarabia
- Ethnic groups: Russians, Gagauzians, Bulgarians
- Proposed state: Republic of Budjak or Bessarabian People's Republic
- Ethnic group: Crimean Tatars
- Proposed autonomous area: Crimea
- Political organisation: Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People
- Proposed autonomous area: Crimea
- Ethnic group: Hungarian, Rusyn[54]
- Proposed autonomous area: Transcarpathian Regional Confederation of the Hungarian and Rusyn People[55]
- Political parties: People's Parliament Carpathian Rusyns, who demands autonomy of Ruthenia
- Proposed autonomous area: Transcarpathian Regional Confederation of the Hungarian and Rusyn People[55]
United Kingdom, its territories, and the Crown dependencies[edit]
United Kingdom[edit]
- Secessionist movements
- Proposed state: Ulster
- Militant organisations: Some elements within the Ulster Defence Association
- Advocacy group: Ulster Third Way (defunct)
- Ethnic group: Scottish
- Proposed state: Scotland
- Political parties: Scottish National Party (EFA member), Scottish Green Party, Scottish Socialist Party, Celtic League[18]
- Proposed state: Scotland
- Ethnic group: Welsh
- Proposed state: Wales
- Political parties: Plaid Cymru, Llais Gwynedd, Cymru Annibynnol
- Advocacy groups: Cymuned, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, Celtic League[18]
- Proposed state: Wales
Cornwall (possibly including the Isles of Scilly)
- Ethnic group: Cornish
- Proposed state: Cornwall
- Advocacy groups: Celtic League[18]
- Proposed state: Cornwall
- Ethnic group: Irish
- Proposed state: Ireland
- Political parties:Sinn Féin, Social Democratic and Labour Party, Republican Sinn Féin, Irish Republican Socialist Party, Fianna Fáil , éirígí , Workers' Party Of Ireland , Irish Republican Socialist Party .
- Militant organisations: Provisional Irish Republican Army Real Irish Republican Army, Continuity Irish Republican Army, Óglaigh na hÉireann
- Advocacy group: Celtic League,[18] 32 County Sovereignty Movement
- Proposed state: Ireland
- Autonomist movements
- Ethnic group: English
- Proposed autonomous area: England
- Political parties: English Democrats, UKIP[56]
- Advocacy groups: Campaign for an English Parliament
- Proposed autonomous area: England
Cornwall (possibly including the Isles of Scilly)
- Ethnic group: Cornish
- Proposed autonomous area: Cornwall (with a law-making assembly; many supporters want to change its status into a constituent country within the UK, separating from England)
- Political parties: Green Party of England and Wales,[57] Mebyon Kernow – Party for Cornwall (supports separation from England; EFA member), Cornish Nationalist Party, Liberal Democrats[58][59]
- Advocacy groups: Celtic League, Cornish Constitutional Convention, Cornwall 2000, Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament, Tyr Gwyr Gweryn,[60][61] Wessex Constitutional Convention[62]
- Proposed autonomous area: Cornwall (with a law-making assembly; many supporters want to change its status into a constituent country within the UK, separating from England)
- Ethnic group: English
- Proposed autonomous area: Wessex (redefined regions of England)
- Political parties: Wessex Regionalist Party
- Advocacy group: Wessex Constitutional Convention
- Proposed autonomous area: Wessex (redefined regions of England)
- Ethnic group: English
- Proposed autonomous area: Yorkshire[64][65][66][67]
- Political parties: Liberal Democrats, Yorkshire First
- Advocacy group: Yorkshire Devolution Movement[68][69]
- Proposed autonomous area: Yorkshire[64][65][66][67]
- Ethnic group (s): Shetland Islanders, Orkney Islanders
- Proposed autonomous area: Northern Isles
- Political parties: Liberal Democrats[70]
- Advocates: Liam McArthur MSP, Tavish Scott MSP,[70] and some members of the local councils.[71]
- Proposed autonomous area: Northern Isles
- Ethnic group: Orcadians
- Proposed autonomous area: Orkney
- Political parties: Liberal Democrats[70]
- Advocates: Liam McArthur MSP[70]
- Proposed autonomous area: Orkney
- Ethnic group (s): Shetlanders
- Proposed autonomous area: Shetland
- Political parties: Liberal Democrats[70]
- Advocates: Tavish Scott MSP,[70] Shetland Movement
- Proposed autonomous area: Shetland
- Proposed autonomous area: Outer Hebrides[71]
Isle of Man[edit]
- Ethnic group: Manx
- Proposed State: Isle of Man
- Political party: Mec Vannin
- Advocacy group: Celtic League[18]
- Proposed condominium: Gibraltar, with sovereignty shared between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Spain
- Advocacy group: Government of Spain[72]
Note: Proposal was declined by the British Government after being rejected by 99% of Gibraltarian voters in a referendum in 2002.
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- List of historical separatist movements
- Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
- List of micro-regional organizations
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Many of the mushrooming belt shops are being run by women, say speakers
The State government cannot play with the lives of people by pushing up the sale of liquor under the guise of generating revenue, speakers at a roundtable have opined.
Speakers from a cross section of society have condemned the government's role in promoting a vice and termed it unethical.
They were participating in the roundtable on 'Sale of liquor and its impact on coming elections' organised jointly by Andhra University Dr. Durgabai Deshmukh Centre for Women's Studies and Chaitanya Sravanti here on Tuesday.
Most political parties were represented at the discussion, a report of which would be sent to the Election Commission by the organisers.
The government's stand that revenues from tax on liquor sales were essential for financing welfare schemes was more of an excuse as there were examples of State governments mobilising revenues without having to depend on liquor sales, Principal of AU College of Arts, Science, and Commerce D. Prabhakara Rao said, presiding over the inaugural session. "An individual, who is under the influence of liquor, loses a sense of time and health, and it affects his/ her finances," AU Vice-Chancellor G.S.N. Raju, who was the chief guest, said.
"Liquor impairs the sense of judgment of the individual, and it is unfortunate that though people are aware of its ill-effects, the consumption of liquor has not come down," he added.
Former Union Secretary and president of the Forum for Better Visakha E.A.S. Sarma asked the voters to draft a people's manifesto and elect only such candidates who were willing to abide by it.
"Only when women come out in large numbers can a prohibition movement be taken up," he said.
Ironically, many of the mushrooming belt shops were being run by women and, in some instances, these women had lost their husbands to liquor addiction, some of the participants pointed out.
Had the State government implemented prohibition that was introduced 20 years ago, the new generation of children would not have picked up the habit, CPI leader and former corporator Stalin said.
President of Chaitanya Sravanti Shirin Rehman, director of the Centre for Women's Studies B. Ratna Kumari, and representatives of political parties and civil society organisations were present.
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Pax to open two new Manhattan eateries. (Retail New York).
Insignia/ESG's Retail Group arranged both transactions. At 225 West 42nd St., where the group will build a PAX Wholesome Foods sandwich shop, David LaPierre represented the PAX Organization where, while Eric Gelber and Brad Mendelson represented the landlord, The New 42nd Street, Inc. The lease term is 21 years at an estimated aggregate rent of $10 million. At 787 Seventh Ave., David LaPierre once again represented the tenant, while David Green acted for landlord Lend Lease Real Estate. That deal is for a 15-year term and is valued at $4.6 million. At that location the tenant will construct a Cafe Europa store.
"These two West Side locations are ideal for Pax/Cafe Europa," said Mr. LaPierre, "since both areas enjoy such heavy foot traffic from tourists, the business community and residents, nearly 24/7."
"Lend Lease is particularly delighted to welcome the popular restaurant chain to 787," said Green. "Cafe Europa has distinguished itself with the high quality of its build-outs, and its presence in the building, aka Equitable Center, will become a valuable and convenient amenity for tenants."
The new locations are set to open in late 2002.
"We very much anticipate doing brisk sales at both new locations," said Alexander Xenopoulos, managing director of Cafe Europa, who added that the company is scouting further sites in New York.
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The Beagle set sail from Plymouth in 1831 with 22-year-old Darwin on board as the gentleman naturalist and companion to Captain FitzRoy.
HMS Beagle
Darwin spent two months in Plymouth before setting sail while Captain FitzRoy was supervising alterations to the ship. He stayed in lodgings in Clarence Baths with John Lort Stokes, one of the two survey officers with whom he would share a cabin on board.
The waiting and increasing anxiety about the impending voyage caused Darwin to refer to this time as 'the most miserable which I ever spent'.
Darwin commented to Henslow on the ship's cramped interior, 'The corner of the cabin, which is my private property, is most woefully small. – I have just room to turn around & that is all.'
The Beagle finally set sail from the Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth on 27 December 1831 with Darwin on board.
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An informal space that combines a living area with a dining area, Vharsha and Sunil Raheja's informal living room makes a great stage for family dinners and parties; it is a place where you can dine, chat and relax. The key to the warm ambience of this space is the floor level furniture they have opted for, a seating arrangement that allows you to stretch your legs.
Cushion-topped thick wooden planks that taper towards the doorway (to avoid tripping edges) and raised just 10 inches from the floor (by in-set wooden props) achieves two things - the comfort of floor-level furniture; and maintenance not being difficult as with a diwan because of the space below. For the back rest, Vharsha has designed a plank with cushions stuck on it, so that space wastage behind the seaters is totally eliminated, besides having some uncluttered space centrally for movement .
The ends of the planks are left free, an ideal place to keep a tray of snacks. The fabric of the cushion is in rustic brown, while the (Kongu wood) planks have been stained and polished in a rich chocolaty brown shade, which means that they are virtually stain and dust insensitive.
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Thursday, November 23, 2006
© Copyright 2015 Gwinnett Daily Post
The big names of the economics profession and the best business journalists have offered deserved praise to Milton Friedman, the great man of 20th-century economics who died last week at 94. I would like to add a footnote about his political shrewdness and his partner in a life that brightened so many others' experience.I had two encounters with Milton Friedman, at an interval of more than 50 years. The first came when I was a student at the University of Chicago, where he was a young member of the economics faculty. The department in which he taught had a split personality - left and right - and students were forced to struggle with the contradictions. In my case, I had no experience and no tools of analysis of my own, so it all just washed over me. One year, I was being taught by Maynard Krueger, an avowed socialist who once ran for vice president on the Socialist Party ticket with Norman Thomas. Another year, the instructor was Abraham Harris, a protege of Friedman's. Krueger brought Thomas to class and Harris countered by having Friedman lecture us. It was a great form of intellectual badminton, and I graduated with absolutely no idea who was right - and a strong aversion to dogmatism from either side. But even the worst students (and I qualified in economics) get certain glimmerings of knowledge. So when Walter Heller came to Washington with presidents Kennedy and Johnson and started promoting new government programs, I recognized bits and pieces of what Krueger had taught us. And when Ronald Reagan brought the supply-siders to town, some of that Friedman-Harris doctrine emerged from memory. In both cases, it was a comforting feeling in a strange realm called economic policy. Fast forward now to the winter of 2005. I was recruited to give some talks about past presidents to passengers on a cruise ship in the South Pacific - a free ride in return for a few old stories. The second night after we joined in Auckland, New Zealand, I ran into an old friend, now working for the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation. The Friedmans were aboard, he said, and he could arrange a dinner. Two nights later, my wife and I joined them, and the reminiscence of those Midway days began - and the laughter flowed. These were the two liveliest 90-somethings I'd ever met, and one story followed another. At some point, he mentioned Social Security, and I asked what he thought of President Bush's effort - then under way - to introduce private accounts into the Social Security system. "Ridiculous,'' he snorted. "He's tinkering around the edges. He should be trying to abolish Social Security and give people incentives to save for their retirement.'' Rose Friedman, who clearly was not in awe of her famous husband, said his judgment on the president seemed perhaps a little harsh, though she did not disagree with the prescription. "You're a softy,'' he replied, with great affection. Having watched them in action, I was especially delighted last week when one of the executive producers of a forthcoming PBS film biography of the Friedmans, titled "The Power of Choice,'' gave me an advance look. The film was completed - and shown to the Friedmans - just before his death. The program captures the breadth of Friedman's influence - and the character of their almost seven decades of marriage - wonderfully well. It shows his free-market ideas at work from Estonia to Chile and even in communist China, which honored him and absorbed his lessons. It does a particularly good job of establishing the roots of the "Chicago school'' of economics and locating Friedman in the context of the intellectual atmosphere that he breathed for 30 years on the Midway, before migrating to California and the Hoover Institution. And it quotes some of the pungent observations I remember from our shipboard dinner. Of the many presidents who turned to him for advice, Richard Nixon "had the highest IQ, but it was not matched by his character,'' Friedman says in the film. Ronald Reagan was "not as intellectual, but he had high principles and he stuck to them.'' Not bad for a man who claimed he was not political. Rose Friedman, for one, knew better. And so did so many others whose lives were touched by this remarkable man. E-mail nationally syndicated columnist David Broder at firstname.lastname@example.com. Have any thoughts about this column? Share them with us at email@example.com. Letters should be no more than 200 words and are subject to approval by the publisher. Letters may be edited for style and space requirements. Please sign your name and provide an address and a daytime telephone number. Address letters for publication to: Letters to the Editor, Gwinnett Daily Post, P.O. Box 603, Lawrenceville, GA 30046-0603. The fax number is 770-339-8081.
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Join the Koinonia Sunday School class in room 123 every Sunday at 10:00am for the challenging video presentation and an interesting discussion.
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This international, interdenominational, intergenerational, in-depth Bible study. It is opening a satellite discussion group (primary location is Hickory) for women in the Boone/Blowing Rock area on Thursday mornings. For more info. or questions, contact Julie West at 828-268-2884 or 828-719-6772.
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This 24-week journey through the bible focuses on God's faithfulness as a central theme. Participants will read 2-4 chapters of the bible daily for six months and journal their reflections. Contact Pastor Jason if you are interested. For more information visit www.covenantbiblestudy.com.
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Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters, by Timothy Keller
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Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University
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Companions in Christ, The Way of Prayer, by Jane E.Vennard and Stephen D. Bryant
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Mirror to the Church: Resurrecting Faith after Genocide in Rwanda, by Emmanuel Katongole and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Don't Sing Songs to a Heavy Heart, by Kenneth C. Haugk
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Jesus and Darwin How do faith and science fit together? led by Dr. Scott St. Clair and Pastor Jason
One In A Million: Journey to Your Promised Land, by Priscilla Shirer
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When Christians Get It Wrong, by Adam Hamilton
Mercy Triumps, a Beth Moore Study on the book of James
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Christian Caregiving: A Way of Life, by Ken Haugk
God's Big Picture, by Vaughn Roberts
Bad Religion, by Ross Douthat
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Mihalik Out With Separated ShoulderSubmitted by chad on October 11, 2006 - 08:13
According to the [i]Prince George Citizen[/i] (no link available), 2005 Lightning first round pick [url=vladimir-mihalik]Vladimir Mihalik[/url] separated his shoulder and will miss at least a few games. Mihalik was a victim of a check-from-behind in a 6-0 Cougar loss to Vancouver on October 6. No penalty was called on the play. He was supposedly seen wearing a sling before their game last night against Swift Current. Cougars Head Coach Mike Vandekamp is concerned about Mihalik "getting rusty by the day," as well as some of his other injured impact players. The Cougars are off to a slow start at 2-4-0-1. [b]CHL Game Night: 10/10[/b] [url=dane-crowley]Dane Crowley[/url] and Swift Current shutout Prince George 4-0 on Tuesday night. Crowley did not register a point and was even in the game. Mihalik did not play. Also, David Desharnais, who spurned the Johnstown Chiefs and returned to the QMJHL, is now wearing the captain's C for Chicoutimi. Desharnais had an assist last night in a 6-2 Sags loss to Quebec. In three games this season, he's 1-2-3 with a -3 rating. He was 33-85-118 in 63 games last season.
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Three games. Four goals. Not good. ATL-1 TB-0 Marc Denis got nothing for his 18 save on 19 shot effort tonight, and what is deeply concerning is not only are "the big three" not scoring but, with the exception of Martin St. Louis, they're not even getting chances. Hopefully the sieve-like Florida Panthers, which 55 minutes in has already allowed 44 shots to Toronto tonight, will be the balm the ailing Lightning offense needs. Game sheet from [url=http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20062007/GS020037.HTM]NHL.com[/url].
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Joshua Keating is associate editor at Foreign Policy and the editor of the Passport blog. He has worked as a researcher, editorial assistant, and deputy Web editor since joining the FP staff in 2007. In addition to being featured in Foreign Policy, his writing has been published by the Washington Post, Newsweek International, Radio Prague, the Center for Defense Information, and Romania's Adevarul newspaper. He has appeared as a commentator on CNN International, C-Span, ABC News, Al Jazeera, NPR, BBC radio, and others. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he studied comparative politics at Oberlin College.
Russia's vigorous-living, photo op-loving president has been lying low for the past few weeks. Putin reportedly rarely leaves his official residence, has postponed planned trips to Bulgaria, India and Turkey, and is sending Dmitry Medvedev in his place to a summit in Turkmenistan.
Naturally, the rumor mills have been running wild. According to one media report, he was injured in September's ultralight crane flight. Other sources say he needs back surgery and has been seen wearing a brace. At the recent APEC summit in Vladivostok, he reportedly told Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that he's on a restricted diet.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed this talk:
"He was suffering from some muscle pain then," Peskov said, as reported by the Interfax news agency. "Actually, we have never tried to conceal it because any athlete has lots of injuries, which, however, do not mean any restrictions of his activities."
It's not at all unusual for leaders to conceal illness or injury, but for one whose public image is as tied to health and vigor as Putin, it's not surprising that he doesn't want to be seen in public looking physically weakened.
It's not clear if this is at all related, but Putin has also canceled his annual live telethon in which he takes direct phone calls from Russian citizens. We may be seeing a bit less of the president in his third term.
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I used to love comic strips. When I was really little, my grandparents used to cut out the comics page from the daily newspaper for me. They took the morning paper, which had different strips than the afternoon paper my parents subscribed to. I begged my parents to change their subscription, but they liked reading the paper at night.Luckily, I had great grandparents, and because they knew that I liked the morning comics better, they'd save all the pages for my next visit. I loved taking a stack of newspaper pages home and reading several weeks worth of comics at a time. Now that I'm older, I have to admit I am less entertained by comic strips. Sure, I occasionally check in on "Cathy" or the "Foxtrot" family, but I don't read any strip regularly. When I was cat sitting at a friend's house recently, I couldn't help but notice a book of comic strips on his coffee table. It was the title that really got my attention. "Boondocks: Because I Know You Don't Read the Newspaper" by Aaron McGruder (Andrews McMeel, $10.95) is a collection of strips that originally ran in daily newspapers across the country. McGruder clearly doesn't know me, because I do read the newspaper, but I still really liked his comic. I have no idea why I had never read it before. Well, it might have been because no one has saved the daily comics for me in years. So I guess McGruder was right, in a way - I'm not reading the newspaper's comics. But "Boondocks" in book form really worked for me. I love the two "Boondocks" kids, mostly because of their bad attitudes and sarcasm. The comic also includes a lot of pop culture references and social commentary. I read the whole book in one sitting and am looking forward to more. When my friend got back to town, I told him how much I loved the book and he promised to lend me his other "Boondocks" books. It's not quite the same as if he had offered to cut out the strip from the newspaper for me every day, but I'll take it. If there's a book you think I really ought to read or you have information about upcoming author appearances in the Atlanta area, please e-mail email@example.com.
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She's the most powerful for most of the beginning of the story, this is based off the manga not the anime, but as the story progresses there are more enemies that are about her level so its hard to distinguish her powers over the others.
Even the anime series makes her weaknesses so obvious that she wouldn't even be a contender against any of the other characters people are mentioning. Just need to beat of Tsukune before he takes off her cross or douse her with water and finish her off .
Now I really wanna watch YYH to see why certain characters are always mentioned in these threads. ^_^


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Anatomy of a Murder
There's something breathless (or even Breathless) in this main body of the film, and something like a Harrison Ford action thriller. But there's also a strange inner calm, thanks to the performances of the two stars. The less celebrated of them, though central to the movie, is that of the Indian actor Irrfan Khan in the role of a Pakistani counterterrorism detective known as Captain. Khan has played this sort of tough-guy part many times before; but if you've seen him in Mira Nair's recent The Namesake, you know he can also be thoughtful in demeanor, gaining the audience's instant sympathy with his mournful round face. Khan brings some of that inwardness to Captain, even when he's conducting a none-too-pretty interrogation. You feel for him, as much as for Mariane, when a turn in the investigation leaves him in a characteristic posture, speechless with dismay.
As for the big star, consort of producer Brad Pitt, for whom the project was set in motion: Jolie walks around under a wig that the Bride of Frankenstein might have worn to her senior prom, speaking in a French (Romanian? Turkish?) accent heard nowhere but in her immediate vicinity, and it doesn't matter. Her Mariane is entirely convincing as a woman who refuses to panic or even to raise her voice more than necessary. ("Call me a car," she says evenly to a colleague as the worst begins to unfold; and when asked, very reasonably, where she intends to go, she replies in the same measured tone, "I don't know. Call me a car.") This self-possession figures in A Mighty Heart as more than an admirable personality trait. It's an act of conscience exercised by someone who can stand against organized viciousness without turning herself into a holy warrior. What makes this strength credible? Not any outbursts of showy acting (they almost don't exist) and not the thin disguise, but a wonder of nature: Jolie's air of being perfectly comfortable in her skin.
Maybe it sounds strange to make a quasi-documentary movie about the agonies inflicted by Islamist killers and then to have the meaning rest on a famous female body. But if you wanted to sum up the fears of all fundamentalists everywhere, what two words would do better than "Angelina Jolie"? This isn't to say that Karachi's masses are short on substantive grievances. (Winterbottom knows these people are hurt. It's one of the points of A Mighty Heart, The Road to Guantánamo and In This World.) But the people among them who murdered Daniel Pearl achieved nothing substantial other than the production of their damned video.
Let their crime be answered by cops. The video should be answered by another film--a humane one--with an icon of womanly freedom at its heart.
Short Takes: If I review Michael Moore's Sicko in this issue of The Nation, I will be jumping the release date. If I wait until the next issue, you will all have seen the film. What should I do?
I should tell you that Sicko contains only one of Moore's practical jokes, and that it comes toward the end. (It's the now-notorious Cuban expedition, subject of all the advance news reports, in which Moore sought socialist medical care for a group of ailing Americans. Missing from those preliminary reports was the point of the joke: The ostensible destination was Guantánamo, where you can get first-rate taxpayer-supported hospital care on American territory, provided you're an accused terrorist.) Sicko also contains only one of Moore's movie parodies and very few pieces of dredged-up White House memorabilia. (The notable exception: an excerpt from the Nixon tapes laying out the rationale for promoting health-maintenance organizations: "The less care they give 'em, the more money they make.")
So what's left of the usual Moore material, other than the old TV commercials that he sprinkles around, like sugar on cornflakes? The answer is people--ordinary working people, of the kind who rarely make it into a widely released movie, telling about their experiences with the medical system and collaborating with Moore in the filmmaking. I don't think he's ever before relied so heavily on so many people. They help him make his argument about the failures of American medicine (or, rather, the successes of American insurance-gouging). But to Moore's great credit, the debating points never seem more important than the individuals who back them up.
What will you see in Sicko? Heartbroken, worried, angry, feisty, funny and valiant people. They're irrefutable.
Since you won't get the pleasures of a performance-art documentary from Sicko, let me recommend a weird little item from Prague, Czech Dream, which is opening at the IFC Center in New York. Called "a film reality show" by its perpetrators, Vít Klusák and Filip Remunda, Czech Dream shows step by step how in 2003 the filmmakers created a promotional campaign for a fictitious big-box store. They hired a graphic artist to design a logo. They retained a big advertising firm. ("Our ads work even if the product sucks, or doesn't exist.") A composer put together a pop song, complete with wailing inspirational soprano and children's chorus. On May 31, 2003, opening day, these lures drew several thousand people to a meadow, where the "Czech Dream" market turned out to be a piece of painted canvas scenery 328 feet long. Some of this is hilarious, and some appalling. (Infirm old people in search of a bargain staggered through the meadow with their canes so Klusák and Remunda could make fun of consumerism.) Either way, the filmmakers stayed in the meadow and faced their public. That part wasn't a dream.
Finally, a word about a documentary that's straightforward reportage, and of the most useful kind: Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion. Starting in Colorado Springs at the Focus on the Family Institute, where Christian evangelical college students are trained as antiabortion missionaries, filmmakers Stephen Fell and Will Thompson interviewed activists around the country, recorded their rallies and demonstrations and documented their evolving tactics. "Why the Pro-Lifers Are Winning," says the film's promotional handout. The slogan may be only too accurate. For information: www.firstrunfeatures.com.


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NEW YORK "The Way," a new film written and directed by Emilio Estevez, who also co-stars with his father, Martin Sheen, is about a father-son relationship.
But shadowing a recent interview with The Associated Press was another son, Charlie Sheen, and the blowback of his outlandish behavior after being fired earlier this year from TV's top-rated comedy "Two and a Half Men." Sheen has now distanced himself from those manic outbursts and has acknowledged he was at least partly responsible for his ouster from the CBS show. His lawsuit against Warner Bros. Television and series executive producer Chuck Lorre was settled late last month.
Sheen showed up at a Los Angeles screening of "The Way."
"It was great to see him. He totally surprised us," Estevez said. "I will tell you what I felt really good about. I got through his security. He had this big Israeli security guys and I literally stepped right through them and gave him a shoulder and got him in a tackle.
In the movie, Estevez stars as Daniel, who much to his father Tom's dismay leaves school to make a 500-mile spiritual pilgrimage through France and Spain. Daniel has an accident and dies in the Pyrenees mountains on his first day, prompting Tom (Sheen) to complete the journey for his son.
The movie is dedicated to Estevez's paternal grandfather.
"I really felt like the spirit of my grandfather was right alongside me and really guiding us," said Estevez, who, with his father, talked about the movie and brother Charlie during the interview.
AP: What does Charlie think about the film?
Estevez: He loves it. He loves it. He's in our court. He supports it and if he can tweet to his now 5 million followers to go see the movie when it opens, we'd be really happy.
AP: Was making this film helpful in any way in dealing with what Charlie was going through?
Martin Sheen: Well, when we were actually shooting the film, is two years ago at this time, so there was not that going on. But you know your children are never far from your heart and those that need the most at the time, you draw them closer, so he's never very far away from me. Ever. No matter what, I adore him.
AP: What did you set out to do and say in the movie?
Estevez: I wanted to make a very gentle film that was about people. My mother for years has said, `Write what you know. Make films about what you know.' And this movie is a celebration of that. I know something about family. I know something about community, a little bit about faith and I know about Spain. My grandfather is from ... about 80 miles away from Santiago de Compestela, where the film ends. . I was very connected there and I really felt like the spirit of my grandfather was right alongside me and really guiding us.
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Thrissur: Therambil Ramakrishnan, newly appointed president of the Thrissur District Congress Committee (DCC), assumed charge on Sunday.
Addressing party workers on the occasion, United Democratic Front (UDF) convener P.P. Thankachan said the Left Democratic Front (LDF) had lost the support of the people of the State.
"No other front has won so much hate of the people in such a short while as LDF did. Victory is certain for UDF in the next elections," he said.
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The outgoing DCC president M. P. Bhaskaran Nair said the Indian National Congress went through a bad patch during his tenure, but he was happy that many who left the party returned during the same period.
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White House asks DoD for recommendations on US troop presence in Afghanistan
Tuesday - 11/1/2011, 1:28pm EDT
The White House has asked the Pentagon for initial recommendations for the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan in 2014. It is the first step in planning the final U.S. drawdown, despite a bleak security outlook. Sources told Reuters the President's top aides have asked for scenarios for 2014.
Security remains troubling on the ground and the Afghan government remains weak and corrupt. The plan to aggressively shrink the U.S. force, however, does not sit well with the Pentagon.
The military would rather keep a larger force in Afghanistan for as long as possible as it tries to make security gains permanent, Reuters characterizes Pentagon thinking.
Click here for a White House infographic of proposed troop levels.
This story is part of Federal News Radio's daily DoD Report. For more defense news, click here.


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by Alicia Adejobi | Photos by AKM-GSI / Splash News
La La Anthony knows exactly how to accentuate her curves to the fullest, flaunting her bootylicious figure during a shopping trip yesterday.
The reality star and wife of Carmelo Anthony was accompanied by best friend Po Johnson yesterday on her expensive shopping trip on Robertson Boulevard.
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The former MTV VJ is most likely trying to find ways to occupy her time with husband Carmelo away in London with the USA basketball team for the 2012 Olympics.
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Arcaute, E; Lasenby, A; (2008) Wave-functions for spin-3/2 and integer spin fields. In: ADVANCES IN APPLIED CLIFFORD ALGEBRAS. (pp. 353 - 372). BIRKHAUSER VERLAG AG
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Following the Bargmann-Wigner formalism, wave-functions for integer and spin-3/2 fields are constructed within geometric algebra. This is achieved through the multiparticle space-time algebra, where the number of copies of the space-time algebra corresponds to the number of spinor fields needed to construct the wave-function. However, this formalism breaks down if a gauge field is introduced. This is resolved by introducing a, symmetrised version of the covariant derivative, such that it obeys the Duffin-Kemmer algebra. Furthermore, new interesting results are found for the energy-momentum tensors.
|Proceedings paper
|Wave-functions for spin-3/2 and integer spin fields
|7th International Conference on Clifford Algebras and Their Applications
|Univ Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, FRANCE
|2005-05-19 - 2005-05-29
|geometric algebra, multiparticle quantum theory, Bargmann-Wigner equations, Duffin-Kemmer algebra, Dirac equation, Proca equations, Maxwell equations, Klein-Gordon equation, chiral symmetry, Rarita-Schwinger equations, energy-momentum tensor, SPACETIME ALGEBRA
|UCL classification:
|UCL > School of BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis
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