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How to simplify exponents?
My computations in Mathematica yields some exponents that do not seem
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A^{s+2(s/2+4)}. I even tried to do x^n_ -> x^Simplify[n] but it doesn't
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Just two days after the tragic attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi, I was in Washington, DC participating in briefings on outreach to the Muslim world and an Eid al-Fitr reception at the State Department. The briefings, "Inspired to Engage: Stories of Muslim Engagement at the State Department," were facilitated by Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith. The … Continue reading
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How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Faculty are "9-month" employees, and so they have no officially assigned duties (or paychecks) during the summer months. Some mistakenly assume this means that faculty take their summers "off." This could not be farther from the truth. I am as busy now (if not more so) than I am during the Fall and Spring semesters. I thought I would take … Continue reading


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I decided to do a breast lift with saline implants and I want to motivate other women to do it too if they are not happy with what they have now... I am now 3 weeks post op and I can't be happier I went for a full c not sure if I would accomplish it with 420cc but still I feel happy they feel still swollen and stiff but hopefully it would get soft
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In general, if the excess contributions for a year are not withdrawn by the date your return for the year is due (including extensions), you are subject to a 6% tax.
You will not have to pay the 6% tax if you withdraw an excess contribution made during a tax year and you also withdraw any interest or other income earned on the excess contribution. You must complete your withdrawal by the date your tax return for that year is due, including extensions.
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Steve Arthur said the entire community has good reason to support the 2011 Tucson Heart Walk.
"Every penny raised in Tucson stays in Tucson, so I know that if I raise $5, it is going right over to the University of Arizona for research that we will benefit from, or to programs such as the Jump Rope for Kids program to help our children or to education and outreach," said Arthur.
He has been co-captain with Yolanda Gabrhel of the Carondelet St. Mary's Hospital Heart Walk teams for the past six years.
The St. Mary's teams, with teams from three other local Carondelet Health Network hospitals, have raised more than $60,000 over the past three years. Collectively they seek to raise $50,000 this year.
Odette Bolano, executive vice president of Carondelet Health Network, is serving as chairwoman of the 2011 Tucson Heart Walk.
Arthur said fundraising efforts for the St. Mary's teams have ranged from straightforward solicitation of donations to an "Annual Heart Walk Fair" in the hallways of the hospital featuring raffles and sales of plants and cacti, baked goods and jewelry.
Arthur, a cardiovascular nurse and educator, said his volunteer commitment evolved naturally after witnessing the impact of American Heart Association research through programs such as "Get With the Guidelines." The in-hospital quality improvement program ensures that treatment of coronary artery disease, heart failure and stroke is aligned with the most current scientific guidelines and evidence-based treatments and therapies.
Other programs in combination with education and outreach helped the American Heart Association achieve its goal of reducing death and disability due to cardiovascular disease and stroke by 25 percent prior to 2010; it has currently set a 2020 Impact Goal to further reduce death and disability 20 percent and improve cardiovascular health of all Americans by 20 percent.
"All of a sudden heart attack deaths and disability have plummeted. There has been a profound impact on the welfare of citizens receiving this kind of care … the American Heart Association sets the national standard for heart care in this country and sets the tone for the world," Arthur said.
In fact, the American Heart Association is second only to the federal government in non-industry funding of cardiovascular and stroke research; it has funded more than $1.2 billion in research over the past decade.
Many Tucsonans appreciate that research dollars are funneled into educational institutions such as the University of Arizona, according to Amy Biggs, director of the Heart Walk for Southern Arizona.
"We currently have over $3 million in research grants invested at the University of Arizona, nearly three times more than what is raised in Southern Arizona each year. But the more money we raise, the more we have to use for outreach and advocacy," Biggs said.
Biggs said that outreach and education is essential to promote awareness about the status of cardiovascular disease as the No. 1 killer of all Americans, including women over age 25.
"Lots of people don't realize this. People also don't necessarily realize how often cardiovascular disease impacts them or family members since it takes so many different forms and they are not always visible. You can't look at someone and know they have high cholesterol or high blood pressure," Biggs said.
Arthur is adamant that education - particularly about the roles of medications, diets and exercise in cardiovascular disease - is key to saving lives since it explains the science behind the research and teaches people how to help themselves.
"People need to turn off their TVs, email a few friends and get a few donations, then walk outside and go spend a couple hours walking at Reid Park once a year," Arthur said. "It is not a lot to ask for a profound effect on the public health. It is all about the public taking responsibility for their own health and helping people who are trying to help them."
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• Donations are requested, and all proceeds benefit the American Heart Association.
• Festivities include non-competitive, family- and pet-friendly 1.5- and 3-mile routes and a Heart Healthy Festival featuring free blood-pressure and cholesterol screenings; classes in compression-only CPR; coffee and heart-healthy food; children's activities; and education about heart health.
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Date: September 13, 2011 4:24:55 AM EDT
Subject: Original Pronunciation
This is to let colleagues know that a clearing-house site for productions and projects in original pronunciation went live this week. You can find it at http://www.originalpronunciation.com.
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WHEN: 17 December - 18 January
Comedy actress Su Pollard plays Baroness Hardup, Cinderella's evil step-mother.
CBeebies presenter Chris Jarvis stars as Buttons, and Sarah Thomas from Last of the Summer Wine plays the Fairy Godmother.
Swansea favourites Kevin Johns and Frank Vickery are the squabbling Ugly Sisters, and Nia Jermin stars as Cinderella.
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Canadian Natural is keenly aware of the crucial role education and training plays in developing people. An Apprenticeship Program in Horizon's Mining area is helping employees learn new skills and achieve significant career goals through hands-on experience. The first three employees completed the program in 2015, with five more grads expected to join the list in 2016, between heavy equipment technicians (HETs) and electricians.
The program was launched in 2011 and was initiated with the intent of sponsoring our own homegrown tradespeople who would go on to fill vacant positions within the maintenance team at Horizon. The candidates selected usually start out with Canadian Natural, either as labourers or as fuel and lube technicians, but success in the program also requires a lot of dedication and commitment from those applying. To be considered, a candidate must demonstrate a strong work ethic, an aptitude in the trade they will be learning, and the ability to manage the challenges associated with going to school. Those accepted are required to complete 1,500 hours of on-the-job training, plus eight weeks of technical training per year, for a period of four years. Canadian Natural covers all expenses related to their field of study and provides apprentices with the ability to gain hands-on experience in their chosen trade.
Along with the learning experience provided to the apprentices, journeymen and other leaders with Canadian Natural have the opportunity to mentor others. This helps them develop their own leadership skills, gain fresh perspectives, and cement their role as experts in the jobs they do on site. There are a number of HET and electrical apprentices currently working alongside experienced technicians as part of the program in different areas, familiarizing them with as much of the mine equipment used at Horizon as possible.
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Faulty Towers The Dining Experience
@ Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Featuring: Interactive Theatre International
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Faulty Towers The Dining Experience: Interactive Theatre International
This critically acclaimed show continues to win five-star reviews and standing ovations.
This pitch perfect tribute to Fawlty Towers starts as the audience waits to be seated then hurtles along for two hours of fully immersive, highly improvised and site-specific comedy theatre.
With only a third of the show scripted, everything stays fresh as Basil, Sybil and Manuel serve up madcap mayhem and a three-course meal – with the audience playing the part of their restaurant diners. Just don't mention the war!
Faulty Towers The Dining Experience is an affectionate homage to Fawlty Towers the TV series. The original TV scripts are not used.
Ticket price includes a three course meal with coffee and two hour interactive show. Drinks are not included in the price.
Customers must arrive at Ffresh bar half an hour before the performance starts.
Interactive Theatre International
Interactive Theatre International is a Professional Theatre Company based in Brisbane, Australia, and founded in 1997. Interactive Theatre as a concept removes the boundaries normally associated with theatrical performance: they are not limited to the traditional stage of mainhouse theatre; and whilst some scripting is involved, a great deal of the performance is improvised, bouncing off ideas offered by audience members.
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The Gateway Arch Riverboats offer a cruise to remember to Kimmswick, Mo., a quaint riverside town known for its historic homes, shopping, antiques, and the famous Blue Owl Restaurant and Bakery.Guests can choose from the Kimmswick Express Cruise (departs St. Louis on the Tom Sawyer Riverboat at 10 am; returns to St. Louis by motorcoach at 4 pm)or the Kimmswick Leisure Cruise (departs St. Louis by motorcoach at 9:30 am; returns to St. Louis on the Tom Sawyer Riverboat at 4:30 pm). Both cruises include: a narrated riverboat cruise with on-board bingo, card games; river-style music; lunch at the Blue Owl Restaurant and Bakery; allotted time for shopping and exploring Kimmswick on foot; and motorcoach transportation.
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Komatsu machine to demine anti-personnel landmines
Komatsu Ltd. and Japan Mine Action Service have signed an agreement to jointly demine anti-personnel landmines in the contaminated regions and reconstruct local communities after demining. Based on this agreement, the first reconstruction project is scheduled to be launched in Cambodia in May 2008. Komatsu demining equipment will be rented at no cost to JMAS. The company also will take part in the safe development of agricultural land, digging of wells, building of schools, and repair and building of roadways and bridges. Komatsu will pay the operating expenses and transportation cost to Cambodia.


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Police investigating the suspicious death of a woman are yet to establish her identity, after finding her body near Brisbane's William Jolly Bridge on Friday morning.
A man going for a walk spotted the woman's body in a rotunda at Kurilpa Park in South Brisbane about 6am.
Detective Inspector Tod Reid said the death was suspicious but would not comment on the injuries she sustained.
She has been described as being possibly aged in her teens to early 20s, about 165 centimetres tall with a slim build, olive complexion and dark hair.
Police are searching for a weapon and have not ruled out that multiple people could be involved in the death.
Inspector Reid called for anyone with security footage of the area between Thursday and Friday morning to come forward, including the owners of buildings across the river that have cameras facing the southside.
"If anyone has anything they think might assist us they can come forward and let us know," he said.
He said several people had come forward and were providing information, but they were not suspects in the case.
Inspector Reid said the area was patrolled frequently by police "due to the inner-city environment and some of the homeless people that are found around here".
Forensic investigators were examining the scene on Friday morning, taking photos and collecting evidence from under the William Jolly Bridge.
A large section of Kurilpa Park was taped off, and police spent the entire day combing the area for clues.
"Weather's always a factor in these kinds of incidents and fortunately the rotunda has managed to secure some of the scene for us,'' he said.
The SES was also called in to put in tarpaulins in case of bad weather.


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Wimbledon's hold on fourth place in London Division One South is hanging by a thread after Sidcup moved to within two points following their 17-10 win over the Dons.
The gap would have been narrower but for Wimbledon leaving south east London with a losing bonus point.
Wimbledon fielded a side with three changes and two positional changes from the previous match and Sidcup attacked straight from the kick-off.
A confident Wimbledon defence dealt with it and showed their challenge by running from behind their own line to the Sidcup 10m line before the three-quarters were tackled.
A penalty followed when Sidcup went to ground in the tackle and the resulting kick took Wimbledon to the Sidcup 22m line.
Flanker Jonno Reynolds made a big run down the left and, following the ball being secured by lock Rich Stewart, centre Kua Palakua went in for the try -Neil Hallett's conversion was successful for 7-0.
A further chance was offered a few minutes later but this time Hallett missed with the penalty.
Despite facing a stiff wind, Sidcup were starting to exert pressure with their powerful forward pack.
But held in their own half, Sidcup gave Wimbledon another penalty but again Hallett was unsuccessful.
Sidcup took their chance after the restart - a bundled drive to the Wimbledon right ended with Sidcup loose-head prop Tom Page being driven over by his forwards - the conversion was missed.
After the break, and with the wind in their favour, Sidcup's second try came through captain Pete Grayson, and this time Richard Evans was successful with the conversion for a 12–7 to the hosts.
The Wimbledon scrum lost an important member after 50 minutes when tight-head Ben Davies went off with a shoulder injury and Joey Nanai switched sides, with Rich Stewart moving to loose-head and Danny Craven coming into the back row.
Sidcup soon had the measure of this makeshift arrangement but Wimbledon were generally faster to the breakdown and eventually they won a penalty which Hallett converted to reduce the arrears to 12–10.
Sidcup finished the scoring with an unconverted try from a line-out through flanker Mike Elliott and that was that.
There were positives for the team to take, a losing bonus point away from home, no yellow cards for once and the return after injury of some players who had not been seen recently.
Wimbledon's 2nd XV also suffered defeat, going down 31–12 at home to Rosslyn Park Hatters.
Next weekend, Wimbledon 1st XV are at home to Old Colfeians, with a 2.30pm kick-off.


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In line with the Ponderosa mission to complete the circle, this development will be a Continuing Care Retirement Community offering an unparalleled quality of life. The choice to live independently and securely in your own home set in beautiful countryside, close to urban facilities and with a chance to connect and interact with people of all ages. This is a state of the art 'eco complex' providing a happy and healthy alternative to traditional housing for people of the 3rd age.
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All aspects of design, construction and ongoing management will be eco-conscious, from low energy and water use through to traffic and transport management. Ponderosa CCRC will be carbon neutral and an exemplar site for sustainability. Details of all aspects of the design, construction and impact on the local area are documented within the planning proposal and supporting appendices.


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DC Collectibles Solicitations For January 2014
Greg Capullo, Forever Evil, Batman: Arkham City and George Pérez are some of the key draws in the DC Collectibles solicitations for January, with a number of the items serving as the first chance fans have had to pick them up since they appeared as San Diego Comic-Con exclusives this past summer. New Batman, Talon, Riddler and Nightwing action figures based on Capullo's artwork are slated to roll out in April and May as part of DCC's 6.75" Designer Action Figures line. Those aren't the only 6.75" scale action figures, though, with contemporary versions of Deathstorm and Bizarro coming as part of the Forever Evil line, an Arkham City Two-Face, and an Arrow Oliver Queen/Deathstroke two-pack all set to arrive in April. On the statue front, fans will be able to pick up an 8.5" Wonder Woman statue based on Pérez's iconic take on the Amazon, plus a 10" Riddler statue based on the character's Arkham City appearance. Click through to see DCC's full solicitation info and images for January.


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CINCINNATI (AP) -- A federal appeals panel has upheld a decision denying an Ohio inmate's appeal of his death sentence for killing his cellmate.
A three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. District Court in Cincinnati upheld a lower court's ruling Tuesday that denied death-row inmate James Hanna's appeal.
The 63-year-old Hanna had argued that his death sentence was improper, alleging prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective assistance of defense counsel.
In 1997, Hanna was serving a life sentence at the Lebanon Correctional Institution when he attacked his cellmate, Peter Copas, with a shank fashioned from a paint brush, stabbing him in his eye socket as he slept and beating him with his hands and a padlock.
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JERUSALEM (Nov. 4)
The Cabinet today approved a three-month wage-price freeze agreed to by the government, labor and management last Friday, though with some modifications of the original plan to meet objections by Histadrut and a reduction of the cost of credit to ease the burden on manufacturers.
The package deal, which the government has been trying to negotiate for weeks, is targeted on bringing down inflation, currently running at an annual rate of nearly 1,000 percent. But economists and industrialists warned over the weekend that this was only a first step to create "breathing space' for the government to work out and apply far more stringent measures necessary to restore the country's economic health.
The most urgent need, according to experts, is an additional $1 billion slash in government spending. That will mean a major slowdown in overall economic activity with a high probability of rising unemployment.
Under the package deal, initialed by representatives of labor and management Friday after lengthy talks at the Prime Minister's Office, workers will forego one-third of their cost-of-living allowances in the first two months of the 90-day freeze period but no more than five percent of the increment payable at the end of the third month.
Histadrut stressed that the pact does not cancel existing wage agreements and that it would demand that employers honor them.
The scope of the price freeze threatened abreakdown of the deal even before the Cabinet could act. The Treasury's original intention had been to exempt government subsidized items, particularly fuel, from the freeze and to allow the prices of many subsidized staples to rise moderately over the 90-day period.
Histadrut Secretary General Yisrael Kessar promptly accused the government of reneging on the deal since the agreement initialed by the parties applied the freeze to "all" items. "The word 'all' is not there by chance. If they had wanted to exclude certain prices or services they would have talked about them," he said.
Government circles indicated the intention was to freeze the level of subsidies which vary according to Dollar rates but not the prices charged to consumers. Nevertheless, the Cabinet resolved today that the freeze would indeed apply to the prices of all government subsidized staples, unless labor and management agreed otherwise.
It was not immediately clear whether the freeze will include airline tickets or other transactions in which money is paid to parties abroad or interest on loans, including home mortgages.
The Ministry of Trade and Industry is planning to publish a price list covering several hundred commonly purchased household goods which are said to represent about three quarters of an average family's outlay. Thousands of other less commonly purchased items are also frozen.
The penalty for price gouging was set at up to three years' imprisonment and up to 2.5 million Shekels in fines. There will be some policing, especially on the most commonly purchased items. But consumers have been urged to see to it themselves that the freeze is observed and that gougers are identified so they can be brought to justice.
Manufacturers and employers will be helped to absorb cost-of-living increments without raising prices as in the past because the cost of credit has been reduced significantly. If bank loans cost 25 percent in October, they will cost about 15 percent in November, a reduction in line with the pared C.O.L. increments.
In another measure aimed at saving hard currency, the government today declared it illegal to quote prices in Dollars as has been the practice up to now. The prices will remain at the levels they were on Friday, November 2, but will be quoted in Shekels at the rate of 527-$1.
The government stressed that the exchange rate will not be frozen but will be closely supervised by the Treasury to ensure that it rises only as much as the rate of inflation.
Another modification of the blanket freeze agreed to by the Cabinet today — at the insistence of Deputy Premier and Housing Minister David Levy — was to abandon a total suspension of public building. About two-thirds of the current projects will be carried out. Levy had warned that a total freeze on building would create wholesale unemployment. The Cabinet, however, decided to extend the present ban on new government contracts for another three months.
The Treasury has promised, meanwhile, to work out meaningful budget cuts with all ministries during the three month wage-price freeze and apply those cuts to the next budget.


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Were hanged teens gay rapists? Serious doubts about their guilt.
By Peter Tatchell of OutRage!
London – 18 August 2005
This is a provisional attempt to set out a response to the controversy that has erupted concerning the execution of the two Iranian teenagers, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni, who were hanged in public in the city of Mashhad on 19 July 2005, on charges of violent sodomy against a 13 year old boy.
We are deeply disturbed that many people are accepting the official Iranian allegations against the hanged youths at face value; especially when respected organisations like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have in the past condemned the Iranian courts for trumped up charges and unfair trials and have criticised sections of the Iranian media for false news reporting and propaganda on behalf of the regime.
There are a number of serious doubts about the official account of Asgari's and Marhoni's alleged crimes. Most of these doubts have not been given due consideration by gay and human rights groups.
While we may never know the definitive truth, it is certainly not reasonable to automatically believe the official Iranian account. There are a number of alternative accounts that are more plausible than what the Iranian courts and the state-sanctioned media have claimed.
Of the underground gay activists and gay rights groups inside Iran that we have spoken to, most have expressed strong doubts concerning the allegation that the hanged youths were rapists. They take the view that they were probably gay and that they were probably executed primarily because of their homosexuality.
They variously believe that the charges that Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni raped a 13 year old boy were either trumped-up by the Iranian authorities to discredit them and undermine protests against their execution or, more likely, invented by the arrested 13 year old and his father to save the family from public shame and to save the 13 year old from trial and severe punishment, including possible execution.
This opinion is shared by several gay people in Mashhad, who were contacted by gay activists in Tehran, who relayed this opinion to us in London. Because they fear arrest by the Iranian authorities, these activists have asked us to not identify them as individuals and to not name their grouping. We respect their request and will abide by it. We have previously worked with this underground Iranian gay network and have always found its reports accurate and reliable.
This view, that the official charges may not reflect what the teenagers actually did, is also shared by members of straight Iranian dissident, exile and refugee groups in the UK (many of which are not particularly pro-gay). They say that the Tehran regime is notorious for framing people on false charges.
We cannot be 100% certain, but alternative explanations concerning the charges against Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni are, in our opinion, more credible than the official Iranian court and media accounts.
What we know for certain is that same-sex relations are punishable by death under the Iranian penal code. The Iranian Islamic regime has a long history of persecuting and executing lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people. It also has a long history of unfair trials and of lies and smears to discredit the people it executes.
We are surprised that many people seem willing to accept the claims by the Iranian courts and the state-controlled media. It concerns us that they are prepared to give the Iranian dictatorship the benefit of the doubt. We are not. We are sceptical. We urge people to examine possible alternative scenarios and explanations.
The original source of the claim that Asgari and Marhoni were child rapists is the daily newspaper, Quds, in the city of Mashhad. The Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) report about the executions, which was circulated around the world, originated with the claims printed in Quds.
Quds is a pro-regime, ultra-conservative Islamist publication, responsible for many moral crusades against "unIslamic" behaviour. It is not an objective or impartial source of news. Its accuracy and reliability has been called into question many times. Local people say that Quds is a moral mouthpiece and propaganda paper for the regime. Like all the press in Iran, it is government-sanctioned and can only exist as long as it tows the official regime line. Quds cannot, by any stretch of the imagination, be described as neutral or unbiased.
There are no truly independent newspapers or news agencies in Iran. Even the more critical ones exist on sufference and there are certain red lines which they must not cross. Professed sympathy for LGB people and for LGB human rights, and criticism of the Iranian courts and Sharia law proscriptions and punishments for homosexuality, are red lines that the Iranian media would cross at great peril to their continued publication.
It is shocking to see esteemed organisations like Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission not adequately questioning the claims of rape put out by the Iranian judiciary and state-sanctioned, pro-regime Iranian media such as Quds.
This is the equivalent of giving credibility to the claims by the pro-apartheid South African media, which in 1977 reported the government line that the black consciousness leader Steve Biko died after he "fell down the stairs" at police headquarters in Pretoria.
No honourable, credible human rights body bases its assessment of the facts solely on reports from state-controlled courts and state-sanctioned media that endorse a dictatorial regime like the one in Tehran.
Human rights defenders never trusted reports from the pro-Pinochet courts and media in Chile in the 1970s. Nor should we trust the pro-Islamist media and courts in Iran.
A questioning scepticism is required in the case of all non-democratic regimes, and all regimes where sexual minorities are demonised and persecuted.
In the case of the Mashhad executions, the source of the rape allegations was the pro-regime Quds newspaper and the Iranian courts, which often host unfair trials, where the defendants are framed on false charges, denied legal representation, refused the right to call witnesses and so on. We believe it is highly unlikely that Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni received a fair trial.
We accept that Quds claimed the boys were rapists and that the ISNA website repeated this allegation. Indeed, we acknowleged the sexual assault allegations against Asgari and Marhoni in our first news release about the case, dated 21 July 2005:
But we do not accept that the Quds and ISNA reports can be relied upon, without question or doubt, as a fair and accurate account of what the two hanged teenagers actually did.
According to our gay Iranian contacts in Tehran, and their contacts in Mashhad, the allegation of rape was possibly a false charge. This claim comes from an Iranian LGB group that we feel is trustworthy and are inclined to believe. Of course, our contacts in Iran might be mistaken. We should not take their account at face value either. But, on balance, we are more inclined to believe our LGB informants than the regime's courts and media.
The allegation of a trumped up charge against Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni is not provable but nor is it implausable and unreasonable. The Iranian regime often resorts to smears and false allegations to discredit the people it executes and to undermine human rights campaigns in their defence.
Trumped up charges can include hooliganism, sodomy, alcoholism, adultery, rape, spying and drug abuse. The purpose is to discredit the victims, weaken public sympathy and deter protests – in Iran and abroad.
Dr Ali Mozafarian, a Sunni Muslim leader, was executed in 1992. According to the Iranian regime he was convicted of alcoholism, espionage, adultery and sodomy. But most informed Iranians believe these charges were faked by the regime to win public support for Dr Mozafarian's execution and to discourage mass protests. His real crime is more likely to have been that he preached the wrong form of Islam (Sunni, not Shia).
The Iranian regime has also been caught out lying on other occasions. In 2004, in the city of Neka, a 16 year old girl, Atefah Rajabi Sahaaleh, who had been raped and sexually abused by men for many years, was convicted of "crimes against chastity." She was
hanged, like the two young teenagers, by the method of slow, painful strangulation, hoisted by a crane in a public square. There was an international outcry that a 16 year old girl had been executed for acts she had allegedly committed when she was 14. In an attempt to lessen this public outrage, the regime falsely claimed that Atefah was 22 at the time of her execution. Her father was, however, able to prove that the regime was lying. He produced her birth certificate, which showed conclusively that she was only 16 when she was hanged.
The truth is that the official Iranian version of the case of the two hanged youths, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni, are also riddled with contradictions, implausibilities and outright lies.
At first it was claimed by Iranian officials that the executed teens were aged 18 and 19, then that they were 19 and 21, then aged 18 and 20, and finally they made the claim that they were both above 18 at the time of their alleged crimes. The regime changed the youths supposed ages four times in the space of a few days – evidence that the Iranian authorities are not a credible source of facts about the case.
The best evidence suggests that both youths were aged 17 when they were executed (the lawyer for one of them told ISNA that his cleient was under 18) and that they were therefore minors, aged 15 or 16, at the time of their alleged crimes (which were committed over a year before they were hanged).
These examples illustrate why the Iranian court's and regime's version of events often cannot be trusted and why we should always question and query its claims.
Tehrans' history of false claims compels us to be sceptical about its allegations that the two teenagers raped a 13 year old boy. Why should we believe the claims of an Iranian judicial and political system that is tyrannical and which has a proven record of lying to cover up its violations of human rights?
In the case of Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni, one possible and more plausible explanation (according to our gay contacts inside Iran) is that the 13 year old alleged rape victim may have been a willing participant in same-sex acts with the hanged youths. However, because Iranian law (like the laws of many western nations) deems that no person aged 13 is capable of sexual consent, consensual anal sex with a person of that age is automatically deemed to be sexual assault - the equivalent of statutory rape.
This explanation is plausible but still problematic, as Iranian law does not recognise the rape of a male. No such offence exists. Iranian law makes no distinction between consenting and non-consenting homosexual acts. Both are capital crimes. Rape of a male is not a named crime in Iran. Nor is sodomy by force.
The claim of homosexual rape was allegedly confirmed by the 13 year old boy's father. Even if this is true, the father's claim does not necessarily prove that a rape took place. No father in Iran would admit that his son willingly had gay sex.
It is therefore not surprising that the father said his son was raped. If it was shown that his son was a willing participant, his son would have been severely punished, possibly even hanged. The family would have become social pariahs for having a gay child.
It is entirely plausible, althought not an established fact, that when he was arrested the 13 year old, in order to avoid being punished, claimed he was raped and that his father backed up his claim. Any father would do this, in order to save his son from the hangman.
Our contacts inside Iran confirm that false allegations of rape are sometimes made by defendants who are accused of sex outside of marriage, and by their parents, in order to spare the family the social shame of having an adulterous daughter or a gay son and to save the defendant from execution. If they can convince the police and court that they were raped they may be spared execution.
Some people say that passers-by and people in the neighbourhoood claim to have witnessed the rape. These witnesses were never identified. Even if these alleged unnamed witnesses exist, their testimony may not reflect what actually happened.
Our LGB contacts inside Iran say that most straight Iranians who witness gay sex are bound to assume it is rape, especialy if a young boy is involved. To them, homosexuality is so vile and shameful that nobody would ever consent to it. Moreover, in the act orgasm, sex can sometimes appear violent and hurtful. For these two reasons, local people may have mistakenly concluded that the sex was coercive and the 13 year old was being raped. We cannot prove that this was the case but it is a possibility that needs to be considered.
The method of hanging was particularly barbaric; being specifically designed to cause a slow, painful death by strangulation.
According to our informants who contacted gay Iranians in Mashhad, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni were or had been lovers, not rapists or child abusers. Witnesses report seeing them together at a private party in 2003. We cannot say for sure that these claims are true. But they should be considered, as we have no reason to doubt our previously reliable informants.
Our LGB contacts inside Iran have also advised us that the boys were of good character and that they came from decent, law-abiding families whose fathers had good jobs.
The execution of Mahmoud and Ayaz conforms to a pattern of state persecution of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people by the Iranian clerical regime.
By instituting charges of rape, the Iranian authorities can conveniently discredit the victims, discourage public protests and deflect international condemnation. They may have consciously calculated that by charging the youths with the rape of a 13 year old there would be little Iranian or international sympathy for them.
There is no conclusive proof that our own direct LGB contacts inside Iran are right about this case. They might be wrong. But we are more willing to give them the benefit of doubt than put our faith in the allegations made by Iran's conservative, anti-gay courts and media.
We do accept, however, that the full truth about this case may never be known.
Finally, whatever the truth may be, we oppose the death penalty, especially the execution of minors, which these teenagers were at the time of their alleged offences.
New evidence from Afdhere Jama, editor of the US queer Muslim magazine Huriyah
Afdhere Jama, editor of the US queer Muslim magazine Huriyah, has new evidence that supports the view that Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni were probably gay and probably hanged because of their homosexuality. He bases his belief on evidence he received from three people in the city of Mashhad, including information from a person who knows the family of Ayaz Marhoni.
Afdhere Jama states:
"According to my sources (in Mashhad), the boys were arrested about a year and couple of months before the execution. On the day of their arrest, five boys were fondling each other in a semi-public area. Their ages were 13, 14, 15, 15 (Mahmoud), and 17 (Ayaz). These are all boys that knew each other, and had homosexual relations with each other (possibly over a period of weeks or months).
"A woman called her civilian police husband who then tried to arrest them all (with the help of civilians), but only Ayaz, Mahmoud and a 13 year old boy were caught.
"Because the age of consent for men in Iran is 15, the 13 year old boy is automatically then classified raped by then15 year old Mahmoud and 17 year old Ayaz. So, in the eyes of the Iranian law, that boy was raped. Whether the other boys were a few years older or not is not even a question, not to mention whether he (the 13 year old) was a willing participant. Because the issue is homosexuality, it even carries a harsher sentence.
"It should be noted that none of the claims about 'knife' and 'drunk' are true, but trumped up claims to support how these 'heterosexual' boys raped a 'heterosexual' teen. The father of the 13 year old boy claimed his son was raped because in the conservative society of Iran it is much better to have a heterosexual raped son than a homosexual willing participant. Everyone and anyone from the east can identify with this.
"In reality, however, these boys faced many charges, including resisting arrest (for running away), disrupting public peace (because apparently the whole neighbourhood was in chaos because everyone wanted to hurt the boys who were committing homosexuality), public indecency (for having homosexual sex in public), and ultimately for homosexual/sodomy rape of men (which carries much tougher penalty than a heterosexual rape, for the 13 year old), etc.
"It should also be noted that the Quds daily (newspaper) Human Rights Watch relied on is a government-controlled news agency, who have in the past and the present contribute news only acceptable to the government. As far as I know, there are really no independent Iranian news agencies which dealt with this story - because they could not honestly deal with it and get away with it," said Mr Jama.
Whatever doubts still remain, and there are some, on balance we are more inclined to believe Mr Jama's contacts in Mashhad, rather than the official account promoted by the homophobic dictatorship in Tehran and its tame media, the Quds newspaper.
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RIM has made is abundantly clear that they want plenty of applications and content to be available for the Blackberry 10 launch later this year.
"We understand you want key content on your Blackberry when we deliver the new platform to you."
Thorsten Heins, the CEO of RIM, identified that consumers want ample content available to them proceeding a product launch, and he clarified that RIM is dedicated to making that happen.
In order to attract developers to
the dark side -okay, so that's not politically correct- the Blackberry side, RIM gave every developer at the Blackberry 10 Jam one of the Dev Alpha devices for use during the development process.
By now you're probably wondering how the red and blue caped crusader comes into play, keep reading, we'll get to that.
RIM is doing more than just giving away a bunch of innovative phones to boost application development for the upcoming Blackberry 10 platform. Alec Saunders, RIM's VP of Developer Relations, revealed that Blackberry will guarantee developers a minimum of $10,000 in annual revenue. If first year developers happen to fall short of the 10K mark, RIM will pay the difference.
But don't for a second believe that RIM hasn't added some stipulations in order to cover themselves. Before RIM pays for anything, the application in question must make at least $1,000 in the App store. If, and only if, the application makes its $1,000 sales mark, then RIM will play Superman and swoop in to save the day. This policy will at least form some kind of protective film for RIM, ensuring they only have to support quality apps.
Unfortunately, all you silly developers out there looking to make a quick buck with the next phone tanning app, we're sad to report that you won't be seeing a check from RIM anytime soon.
While we applaud RIM for adopting such an ambitious campaign, we can't help but ponder how desperate it all seems. With this campaign RIM seems more than just desperate, they're practically shouting to the heavens that Blackberry 10 apps will be sufficient, and we all know that a whole lot of shouting doesn't just make things true.
If RIM maintained focus on building a great development platform, the apps would eventually come. Although, like RIM, Microsoft has also offered developers money for quality apps, so one could easily argue the counterpoint that desperation is absent and this is now a normal process.
We're not knocking you RIM, we're just wondering if this campaign is such a brilliant idea.
Nevertheless, the real news here is that RIM is entirely dedicated to fleshing out the application market for the Blackberry 10 product line. In fact, they're so dedicated that they're willing to guarantee developers $10,000 in profit.
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Subject: [DEV] marriage problem
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:36:14 +1300
Hello List,
I am new to the list, and Im hoping some one can help me with a sirname and marriage.
In all the documents I have I have found in Australia that my Grtgrnd mothers mothers name was Mary Travers, born 1820-1823 in Axminster who married a John Dark from Chard. I have now found on Free BMD even though they are not complete a Mary trivett who married a Jonathan Dark, it seems they both had a daughter born around 1860 called Srah Ann.
I hope someone can help me with jigsaw
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ITworld.com –
Sean Sears is the CEO of abridean, a Halifax, Nova Scotia company that offers application provisioning software for application service providers. In 1995 Sears helped launch Canada's first national ISP. He also founded a venture capital company, which ultimately spun off abridean. Sears has given a lot of thought to the ASP market's viability and what it will take for the market to live up to its promises.
"We have the adoption we should expect," Sears says with regard to the slow market growth of ASPs. "I'm floored that the take rate is as high as it is."
Sears acknowledges the ASP market was initiated without a lot of the pieces necessary to provide fully functional solutions. For example, ASPs were founded on the notion of offering enterprise applications -- many of which still can't be licensed for ASP delivery.
When I asked Sears if he thinks the market can be successful, given the incomplete service offering, he doesn't equivocate: "Is there a latent demand? Absolutely!"
As far as work to be done, ASPs need to get to the next level of the delivery model, Sears says. This will include, for example, services that users can order and configure themselves. ASPs need to be able to automate usage metering and billing. Customers need a predictable model for billing. No one will be interested in billing based on time in use, says Sears, who advocates billing based on licensing functionality. Users should be able to use only the functionality that they need, he asserts, without having to buy access to functionality they don't need.
Sears makes it clear he believes that ASPs can deliver integrated solutions in ways that internal IT shops can't. Whereas internal IT staff worry about maximizing the use of an existing investment, an ASP can provide highly scalable, very dynamic solutions that can be customized quickly.
Sears is bullish on the ASP market. I asked if he thinks the ASP market will follow the ISP model towards consolidation and standardization. He predicts it won't. Instead, the ASP market will follow the software market, says Sears, with many players exploiting many niches.
Inflated expectations -- often pumped by analysts -- have had a negative impact on the ASP market, according to Sears. While a dot-com may be able to post a Web page and get a thousand customers in one day, it is unreasonable to expect an ASP to do the same thing. ASPs have been inventing a new technology and delivery mechanism. In such an environment, Sean argues, acquiring 150 business customers in a year is outstanding performance.
Sears believes that the network is fundamental to delivering quality of service. He notes that while he expected network service providers to have a "leg up" on the delivery of complete network-enabled solutions, it has not happened. ASPs need to figure out how to partner with carriers, at the very least, to ensure service quality, Sears says.
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Engl 621 - Critical Theories of Technology
This course was developed as a special topics course, but my hope is that it will be added to the graduate curriculum as part of the Rhetoric and Professional Communication's emphasis on the rhetoric of science and technology. The course introduces students to several philosophers and historians of technology whose works are useful in forging connections with rhetorical theory. Though the course covers early statements on technology, its primary focus is on more recent philosophers of technology and their critiques of the modern technological landscape.
Engl 505 - Technology in Business, Technical, and Professional Communication
Though this course had been taught previously in the department, Spring '03 was my first time teaching it, so I updated much of the course readings and gave these grad students more opportunities to acquire technological skills important to their future careers. Though similar in some respects to Engl 411, this course focused much more on theories of technological development and was more rigorous in its expectations of student outcomes. Additionally, students completed four technology tutorials that gave them introductory practice with desktop conferencing, web development, desktop video capture, and digital cinema production.
Engl 542 - Production Processes for Technical Documents
I recommended and first developed this course as an integral part of our department's undergraduate technical communication program, but it has since morphed into a graduate class. With our increasing emphasis on electronic communications, we often ignore the technological revolution that has occurred in the print industry over the past five years. This course does a good job of introducing students to these changes, and students continue to be amazed at the amount of technical knowledge needed to communicate intelligently with a four-color print shop or service bureau.
Engl 592 - Technology and Professional Workgroups
This special topics graduate course focused on the increasing levels of technological support for professional workgroups. The course was designed to give students an introduction to some of the leading theories of workplace collaboration -- such as organizational memory and knowledge management -- while also giving them practice with workgroup technologies. Students reactions to the course were mixed, with some applauding the focus on practical workplace issues, while others felt the readings were not grounded enough in traditional academic theory. There were also problems with the university technologically supporting this course. A great learning experience.
Undergraduate courses
Engl 313 - Writing for the World Wide Web
Because this course has the most extensive online presence of all my courses, it best represents my ideas about teaching with computer technology in the face-to-face classroom. Some of the materials on this site reflect what takes place in my 313 classes from semester to semester, but most of them provide students with additional materials they can access outside of class, such as weekly lessons about various software routines. I enjoy teaching this course immensely and have received excellent student evaluations.
Engl 314 - Technical Communication
During my first two years at Iowa State, I taught this course almost every semester, and now I am teaching it again on a regular basis. I really enjoy this elementary course because of the wide range of students' backgrounds and attitudes. I also enjoy overcoming many students' resistance to writing and showing them practical techniques for making their written communication more visually arresting and persuasive. The course also produces good conversations about workplace behavior and ethics.
Engl 411 - Technology, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication
I developed this seminar class to get undergraduates thinking more critically about their uses of communication technology. Because Iowa State is a science and technology university, many of our students tend to accept surface explanations about the role of communication technologies in their present and future lives. In this class, they gain a broader understanding of technological literacy by reading a strong collection of books and articles, maintaining a reading journal, participating in class discussions, and writing a research paper. Discussions in this class have been wonderfully productive and insightful, and students seem to appreciate the opportunity to discuss such issues in a small class environment.


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Nora Ephron returns with her first book since the astounding success of "I Feel Bad About My Neck," taking a cold, hard, hilarious look at the past, the present, and the future, bemoaning the vicissitudes of modern life, and recalling with her signature clarity and wisdom everything she hasn't (yet) forgotten.Read more...
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Nora Ephron returns with her first book since the astounding success of "I Feel Bad About My Neck," taking a cold, hard, hilarious look at the past, the present, and the future, bemoaning the vicissitudes of modern life, and recalling with her signature clarity and wisdom everything she hasn't (yet) forgotten.
Even as she's listing "What I Won't Miss" and "What I Will Miss"--making the final tally--Ephron reaches back to recount falling hard for a way of life ("Journalism: A Love Story") and breaking up even harder with the men in her life ("The D Word"), a long- anticipated inheritance with entirely unanticipated results ("My Life as an Heiress"), and the evolution, a decade after she wrote and directed "You've Got Mail," of her relationship with her in-box ("The Six Stages of E-mail"). All the while, she gives candid, charming voice to everything women who have reached a certain age have been thinking . . . but have rarely acknowledged.
Filled with insights and observations that instantly ring true--and could have come only from Nora Ephron--"I Remember Nothing" is a pure delight.
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- Publish Date: November 2010
- Page Count: 160
- Dimensions: 8.26 x 5.92 x 0.77 inches
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- Review Date: 2010-10-04
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Reading these succinct, razor-sharp essays by veteran humorist (I Feel Bad About My Neck), novelist, and screenwriter-director Ephron is to be reminded that she cut her teeth as a New York Post writer in the 1960s, as she recounts in the most substantial selection here, "Journalism: A Love Story." Forthright, frequently wickedly backhanded, these essays cover the gamut of later-life observations (she is 69), from the dourly hilarious title essay about losing her memory, which asserts that her ubiquitous senior moment has now become the requisite Google moment, to several flimsy lists, such as "Twenty-five Things People Have a Shocking Capacity to Be Surprised by Over and Over Again," e.g., "Movies have no political effect whatsoever." Shorts such as the several "I Just Want to Say" pieces feature Ephron's trademark prickly contrariness and are stylistically digestible for the tabloids. Other essays delve into memories of fascinating people she knew, such as the Lillian Hellman of Pentimento, whom she adored until the older woman's egomania rubbed her the wrong way. Most winning, however, are her priceless reflections on her early life, such as growing up in Beverly Hills with her movie-people parents, and how being divorced shaped the bulk of her life, in "The D Word." There's an elegiac quality to many of these pieces, handled with wit and tenderness. (Nov.)
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When the going gets tough, the tough make jokes. We're in a recession, getting older, and the Earth is melting, but there's humor to be had. (No, really!) This quartet of books puts a humorous spin on what it's like to be us. Go forth and laugh!
Oh, animals. They can be so cute and sweet. Except when they're behaving like jerks or committing acts of violence. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary, a collection of 16 twisted tales masterfully illustrated by Ian Falconer (of Olivia fame), will be literary catnip for readers who've speculated on what pets or wild creatures are really thinking. In David Sedaris' world, our anthropomorphized furry and feathered friends can be thoughtful, kind, annoying or depraved; it depends on the individual. Fans of the author and radio commentator's previous books likely will be split between those who love this wild escalation of Sedaris' dark side and those who can't abide stories with shocking, unhappy endings. But it's a jungle out there, and Squirrel spares neither personality foible nor distasteful aspect of human nature or the animal kingdom (a parasite that prefers hippopotamus anuses comes to mind). This collection is a dark-humor lover's delight that raises the question: What will Sedaris do next?
It's been six years since Jon Stewart and his team published America (The Book), but they haven't been idle—they've been working on an even more ambitious project. You see, when humans become extinct and the Earth is colonized by aliens, the new residents probably will have lots of questions about what came before. With that in mind, they created Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race, an extremely detailed reference book about what we've left behind, how we lived and likely reasons we're not around anymore (pandemic? nuclear holocaust? robot rebellion?). This hilarious-yet-rueful tome—all written in the past tense, of course—covers everything from government to fashion, natural disasters to advertising. Illustrations, charts, photos and collages add to the satiric fun, though a faux nude photo of Larry King might seem un-fun to some. There's a helpful suggestion-cum-plea for the aliens, too: that they reanimate us from DNA so we can together "give this planet the kind of caretakers it deserves." It's a poignant end to a funny, smart book.
It's generally true, to be sure, that a lot has changed in the last 30 years. In the land of prep, this is the most shocking change of all: "Preppies in the 21st century all wear the unnatural fibers we collectively refer to as 'fleece.' " If Lisa Birnbach says it, we know it's true; 30 years ago, she wrote The Official Preppy Handbook and revealed the secret code of the natural-fibers set. Now she and designer extraordinaire Chip Kidd have issued True Prep: It's a Whole New Old World, a guidebook for prepsters not sure what Muffy would do in the face of reality TV, Facebook and the Martha Stewart and Bernie Madoff scandals, to name just a few. This copiously illustrated manual offers reassurance and guidance aplenty, via advice for hiring staff (say "chef," not "cook"), fashion rules ("Nose rings are never preppy"), a map of "Gay and Lesbian Prep America" and loads more. The creators' cleverness is nicely tempered by their fondness for the tribe, and those who take the book seriously will be more than ready to achieve maximum preppiness. Whether you adore or eschew pastel and penny loafers, True Prep is a delight.
Nora Ephron has met Cary Grant and Dorothy Parker, but remembers nothing about them. She was at "The Ed Sullivan Show" the night the Beatles performed, and only recalls the obnoxious fans. As she muses in I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections, "On some level, my life has been wasted on me. After all, if I can't remember it, who can?" But, as with 2006's I Feel Bad About My Neck, what she does remember is fascinating, entertaining and a lovely contemplation of what it's like to grow older, every single year. The accomplished screenwriter (Julie and Julia, When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle, among others) writes about her love for journalism and New York City, and her sadness upon learning her beloved Teflon emits poisonous gases. She holds forth on the vagaries of email, and shares what it's like to have a favorite play flop. Throughout the book, the touching sits alongside the funny; essays like "The O Word," in which she muses on what it's like to realize she is old, will hit home with anyone who's wondered if they've made the most of life. And who hasn't?


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Ronald Ward found guilty in Wingham murder
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Published Wednesday, September 28, 2011 11:34AM EDT
A jury has found Ronald Ward guilty of second degree murder in the death of Scott Hayes of Wingham.
Hayes was hit by Ward's pickup truck in a Wingham parking lot in February 2010.
Some of Ward's family members sobbed as the verdict was read.
Ward could get up to 25 years with no parole for 10 when he's sentenced in London on October 28th.
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Washington • Salt Lake City's police chief panned legislation that would let law enforcement check the immigration status of drunk drivers suspected of being in the country illegally, saying it would lead to racial profiling.
Chief Chris Burbank testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday about the Scott Gardner Act, named for a North Carolina man who was killed in 2005 by an intoxicated undocumented immigrant who had four previous DUIs.
The legislation would allow police to use federal databases to check the immigration status of a person arrested for drunk driving that they suspect to be in the country illegally.
And it would require the Homeland Security Department to deport the person and reimburse local law enforcement for the cost.
"The Scott Gardner Act gives law enforcement officers at the local and state level the resources and ability to protect their citizens," said Rep. Sue Myrick, R-NC, who is the sponsor of the legislation, which she has introduced every session since 2005.
Burbank argues that the only way law enforcement could enforce the bill is to make judgments based on the race or accent of the people they arrest.
"The bottom line is that to enforce this you have to racially profile," he said.
He defended the current law that allows for deportations of people involved with felonies and while he says drunk driving is serious, "it's still a misdemeanor traffic offense."


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BP's Cleanup Winds Down, But Deepwater Horizon Still Haunts Gulf Coast
Three years after BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana, sending an estimated 5 million barrels of oil into the sea, reports indicate the cleanup is far from over.
While BP has officially wrapped up its cleanup campaign, remnants of the spill remain in Gulf Coast states. One tourist interviewed by Weather Underground claimed he had come across the tar balls during a stroll along the beach.
"I was out there yesterday and stepped all in it," John Henson, a tourist hailing from Atlanta, told Weather Underground.
He's not alone.
From April through mid-June, officials fielded 96 reports of tar balls off the coast of Alabama's Baldwin County. It was the same case in Florida's Escambia County, where the National Response Center identified another 96 cases, according to Weather Underground.
Despite ongoing reports of the spill's impacts along coastlines, the Coast Guard has halted its regular monitoring crews, effective this month, in all states but Louisiana. Prior to the decision, the Coast Guard regularly monitored coastlines for spill remnants in all impacted states, sending the cleanup bill to BP.
Now, the Coast Guard sends out guardsmen only when the National Response Center deems them necessary, with BP still carrying the bill. According to legal organization Fund My Suit, as of May, BP's spill cleanup fund — originally $20 billion — had dwindled to just $1.7 billion.
The BP Deepwater Horizon explosion was deemed the largest of its kind, yet it's not the first time oil companies have found themselves dealing with a seemingly never-ending spill.
The 1989 Exxon Valdez spill dumped 11 million gallons of crude oil off the Alaskan coast. While cleanup efforts ensued following the incident, researchers continued to discover the impacts 10 years down the road. In 2001, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report surveyed 96 sites on 8,000 miles of coastline near the spill. It discovered buried oil, susceptible to release by the work of a severe storm or the burrowing of an animal.
Oil spills have caused headaches for Americans who live inland, too. In March, residents of Mayflower, Ark., suffered a 500,000-gallon Exxon crude oil spill in the heart of their residential community. Less than one year prior, Wisconsinites were dealing with a 1,000-barrel leak stemming from a faulty Enbridge pipeline.
If the Deepwater Horizon and Exxon Valdez spills are any indication, people in those areas could have a long cleanup ahead.
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What's great about the 101 Dalmatians group costumes is that you can invite as many people as you want to join in, and you probably can throw it together with items you already own.
What you need to do: Wear a white outfit, and use a black marker to draw dots all over. Then use makeup to draw spots on your face.


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Aalaya Vazhipadu 30-08-2015 Adambakkam Nandeeswarar Temple – Sun Tv Show 30-08-15 Alaya valipaadu Sooriya Vanakkam show 30th August 2015
Synopsis: This program takes the viewers through various temples across the country, narrating the specialties of the temples and deities. piritualistic journey of self-realization through virtual visits to Indian temples, and offer Arti's and Prayers. This program features temple worshipping activities and hymns dedicated to various Hindu Gods. Achieve an inner sense of spirituality by virtually visiting the famous Indian shrines and offering prayers. This Show provides a fascinating insight into the colourful world of Hindu deities and places of worship. a treasure trove of information, Hindu Gods and Temples: Symbolism, Sanctity and Sites is also a celebration of this great art heritage of India.
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Aalaya Vazhipaadu is a spiritual show that features devotional songs and worships in divine temples on sacred occasions. It takes the viewers to special shrines around our city, state and across the country. Today we visit and worship Padi, Chennai Thiruvazhithayathil Guru Bhagawan and Adambakkam, Chennai Nandeeswarar Temple.
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Beginning September 8, 2015, Robbinsdale Area Schools will no longer send medication home with students during the school year, including the last day of school. On the last day of school, students are only allowed to self-carry prescription asthma inhalers and nonsyringe injectors of epinephrine home from school.
Parents/guardians are responsible for picking up all other student medication directly from the health office. Medication not picked up by the last day of school will be discarded as Pharmaceutical Waste. Only bring enough medication to last through the final day of school to prevent unnecessary disposal of student medication. This change aligns with the district medication policy and serves as an effort to increase safety for students.
Students with permission to self-carry medication per the #516 Student Medication policy can continue to carry medication during the school day as in previous years.


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Screwed by the military while on a covert mission, sharp-shooter Bob Lee Swagger (Wahlberg) is dragged out of retirement, only to be screwed again. Framed for a Presidential assassination attempt, he goes on the run and fights to clear his name.
From the moment you first see the appropriately monikered Swagger (Mark Wahlberg) slip on a pair of wraparound shades and walk in slow motion to a hard-rocking tune, you understand that Shooter is going to be light on subtlety. Bad guys speak slowly in gruff voices; corrupt businessmen cackle while sucking on cigars; bent politicians whisper conspiratorially in the corridors of power; the good guys are indestructible. If you're looking for a delicate touch, you won't find it here.
But what Shooter lacks in restraint, it gains in tension, action and intrigue. Director Antoine Fuqua already demonstrated a knack for exploring the link between power and dishonesty in Training Day, which did for an intimate story of police corruption what Shooter does for international, multi-layered government corruption. Based on novelist Stephen Hunter's Point Of Impact — an NRA fan's favourite, and the first in a series of novels to feature Swagger — our hero is first seen hidden in full camouflage deep in the Ethiopian mountains, picking off the enemy with a high-powered rifle. When the operation goes wrong, Swagger is left to die.
Naturally, he doesn't, and is next seen three years later, where he's apparently been busy growing a ponytail and making a mountain retreat for himself with nothing but his beer-fetching dog for company. It's here he's visited by Colonel Johnson (Danny Glover) and his suspect team of cartoon cronies, who coerce him out of retirement on a false premise: 'Tell us how to stop the President being assassinated by showing us exactly how you'd do it.'
Despite his acute sense of danger, he fails to spot the set-up, and finds himself framed for the attempted assassination. With two gunshot wounds, the world's hardest and most resourceful man hits the road, and with the help of his former army buddy's wife Sarah (Kate Mara) and FBI rookie Nick (Michael Peña), unravels the truth behind the hit.
Ultimately, Shooter is flawed, but nevertheless takes you on an enjoyable, occasionally seat-gripping journey, its focus on impressive military weaponry and hard action softened by Fuqua's fascination with flesh-bearing cleavage and womanly curves. There are worse movie combos.
The sequel-ready Swagger challenges Bournes supremacy with an impressive shoot-em-up, work-it-out action drama.