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"In Rankin, you cannot go wrong." —The Boston Globe
"A superior series." —The New York Times Book Review
"Reading [Ian Rankin] is like watching somebody juggle a dozen bottles of single malt without spilling a drop." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Five years ago, a mysterious fire burned Edinburgh's seedy Central Hotel to ashes. Long-forgotten and unsolved, the case reappears when a charred body—with a bullet in its head—is found among the ruins. Inspector John Rebus knows that his superiors would prefer he leave things alone. He knows that part of the answer lies somewhere in a cryptic black notebook. And he knows that to solve the case, he'll have to peel back layer after layer of unspeakable secrets to arrive at the truth.
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Ian Rankin is the worldwide #1 bestselling writer of the Inspector Rebus books, including Knots and Crosses, Let It Bleed, Black and Blue, Set in Darkness, Resurrection Men, A Question of Blood, The Falls and Exit Music. He is also the author of The Complaints and Doors Open. He has won an Edgar Award, a Gold Dagger for fiction, a Diamond Dagger for career excellence, and the Chandler-Fulbright Award. He has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow, and received the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his contributions to literature. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife and their two sons.Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:
Chapter 1
IT all happened because John Rebus was in his favourite massage parlour reading the Bible.
I It all happened because a man walked in through the door in the mistaken belief that any massage parlour sited so close to a brewery and half a dozen good pubs had to be catering to Friday night pay packets and anytime drunks; and therefore had to be bent as a paperclip.
But the Organ Grinder, God-fearing tenant of the setup, ran a clean shop, a place where tired muscles were beaten mellow. Rebus was tired: tired of arguments with Patience Aitken, tired of the fact that his brother had turned up seeking shelter in a flat filled to the gunwales with students, and most of all tired of his job.
It had been that kind of week.
On the Monday evening, he'd had a call from his Arden Street flat. The students he'd rented to had Patience's number and knew they could reach him there, but this was the first time they'd ever had reason. The reason was Michael Rebus.
'Hello, John.'
Rebus recognised the voice at once. 'Mickey?'
'How are you, John?'
'Christ, Mickey. Where are you? No, scratch that, I know where you are. I mean—' Michael was laughing softly. 'It's just I heard you'd gone south.'
'Didn't work out.' His voice dropped. 'Thing is, John, can we talk? I've been dreading this, but I really need to talk to you.'
'Shall I come round there?'
Rebus thought quickly. Patience was picking up her two nieces from Waverley Station, but all the same . . . 'No, stay where you are. I'll come over. The students are a good lot, maybe they'll fix you a cup of tea or a joint while you're waiting.'
There was silence on the line, then Michael's voice: 'I could have done without that.' The line went dead.
Michael Rebus had served three years of a five-year sentence for drug dealing. During that time, John Rebus had visited his brother fewer than half a dozen times. He'd felt relief more than anything when, upon release, Michael had taken a bus to London. That was two years ago, and the brothers had not exchanged a word since. But now Michael was back, bringing with him bad memories of a period in John Rebus's life he'd rather not remember.
The Arden Street flat was suspiciously tidy when he arrived. Only two of the student tenants were around, the couple who slept in what had been Rebus's bedroom. He talked to them in the hallway. They were just going out to the pub, but handed over to him another letter from the Inland Revenue. Really, Rebus would have liked them to stay. When they left, there was silence in the flat. Rebus knew that Michael would be in the living room and he was, crouched in front of the stereo and flipping through stacks of records.
'Look at this lot,' Michael said, his back still to Rebus. 'The Beatles and the Stones, same stuff you used to listen to. Remember how you drove dad daft? What was that record player again . . . ?'
'A Dansette.'
'That's it. Dad got it saving cigarette coupons.' Michael stood up and turned towards his brother. 'Hello, John.'
'Hello, Michael.'
They didn't hug or shake hands. They just sat down. Rebus on the chair, Michael on the sofa.
'This place has changed,' Michael said.
'I had to buy a few sticks of furniture before I could rent it out.' Already Rebus had noticed a few things—cigarette burns on the carpet, posters (against his explicit instructions) sellotaped to the wallpaper. He opened the taxman's letter.
'You should have seen them leap into action when I told them you were coming round. Hoovering and washing dishes. Who says students are lazy?'
'They're okay.'
'So when did this all happen?'
'A few months ago.'
'They told me you're living with a doctor.'
'Her name's Patience.'
Michael nodded. He looked pale and ill. Rebus tried not to be interested, but he was. The letter from the tax office hinted strongly that they knew he was renting his flat, and didn't he want to declare the income? The back of his head was tingling. It did that when he was fractious, ever since it had been burned in the fire. The doctors said there was nothing he or they could do about it.
Except, of course, not get fractious.
He stuffed the letter into his pocket. 'What do you want, Mickey?'
'Bottom line, John, I need a place to stay. Just for a week or two, till I can get on my feet.' Rebus stared stonily at the posters on the walls as Michael ran on. He wanted to find work . . . money was tight . . . he'd take any job . . . he just needed a chance.
'That's all, John, just one chance.'
Rebus was thinking. Patience had room in her flat, of course. There was space enough there even with the nieces staying. But no way was Rebus going to take his brother back to Oxford Terrace. Things weren't going that well as it was. His late hours and her late hours, his exhaustion and hers, his job involvement and hers. Rebus couldn't see Michael improving things. He thought: I am not my brother's keeper. But all the same.
'We might squeeze you into the box room. I'd have to talk to the students about it.' He couldn't see them saying no, but it seemed polite to ask. How could they say no? He was their landlord and flats were hard to find. Especially good flats, especially in Marchmont.
'That would be great.' Michael sounded relieved. He got up from the sofa and walked over to the door of the box room. This was a large ventilated cupboard off the living room. Just big enough for a single bed and a chest of drawers, if you took all the boxes and the rubbish out of it.
'We could probably store all that stuff in the cellar,' said Rebus, standing just behind his brother.
'John,' said Michael, 'the way I feel, I'd be happy enough sleeping in the cellar myself.'And when he turned towards his brother, there were tears in Michael Rebus's eyes.
ON WEDNESDAY, Rebus began to realise that his world was a black comedy.
Michael had been moved into the Arden Street flat without any fuss. Rebus had informed Patience of his brother's return, but had said little more than that. She was spending a lot of time with her sister's girls anyway. She'd taken a few days off work to show them Edinburgh. It looked like hard going. Susan at fifteen wanted to do all the things which Jenny, aged eight, didn't or couldn't. Rebus felt almost totally excluded from this female triumvirate, though he would sneak into Jenny's room at night just to re-live the magic and innocence of a child asleep. He also spent time trying to avoid Susan, who seemed only too aware of the differences between women and men.
He was kept busy at work, which meant he didn't think about Michael more than a few dozen times each day. Ah, work, now there was a thing. When Great London Road police station had burnt down, Rebus had been moved to St Leonard's, which was Central District's divisional HQ.
With him had come Detective Sergeant Brian Holmes and, to both their dismays, Chief Superintendent 'Farmer' Watson and Chief Inspector 'Fart' Lauderdale. There had been compensations—newer offices and furniture, better amenities and equipment—but not enough. Rebus was still trying to come to terms with his new workplace. Everything was so tidy, he could never find anything, as a result of which he was always keen to get out of the office and onto the street.
Which was why he ended up at a butcher's shop on South Clerk Street, staring down at a stabbed man.
The man had already been tended to by a local doctor, who'd been standing in line waiting for some pork chops and gammon steaks when the man staggered into the shop. The wound had been dressed initially with a clean butcher's apron, and now everyone was waiting for a stretcher to be unloaded from the ambulance outside.
A constable was filling Rebus in.
'I was only just up the road, so he couldn't have been here more than five minutes when somebody told me, and I came straight here. That's when I radioed in.'
Rebus had picked up the constable's radio message in his car, and had decided to stop by. He kind of wished he hadn't. There was blood smeared across the floor, colouring the sawdust which lay there. Why some butchers still scattered sawdust on their floors he couldn't say. There was also a palm-shaped daub of blood on the white-tiled wall, and another less conclusive splash of the stuff below this.
The wounded man had also left a trail of gleaming drips outside, all the way along and halfway up Lutton Place (insultingly close to St Leonard's), where they suddenly stopped kerbside.
The man's name was Rory Kintoul, and he had been stabbed in the abdomen. This much they knew. They didn't know much more, because Rory Kintoul was refusing to speak about the incident. This was not an attitude shared by those who had been in the butcher's at the time. They were outside now, passing on news of the excitement to the crowd who had stopped to gawp through the shop window. It reminded Rebus of Saturday afternoon in the St James Centre, when pockets of men would gather outside the TV rental shops, hoping to catch the football scores.
Rebus crouched over Kintoul, just a little intimidatingly.
'And where do you live, Mr Kintoul?'
But the man was not about to answer. A voice came from the other side of the glass display case.
'Duncton Terrace.' The speaker was wearing a bloodied butcher's apron and cleaning a heavy knife on a towel. 'That's in Dalkeith.'
Rebus looked at the butcher. 'And you are . . . ?'
'Jim Bone. This is my shop.'
'And you know Mr Kintoul?'
Kintoul had turned his head awkwardly, seeking the butcher's face, as if trying to influence his answer. But, slouched as he was against the display case, he would have required demonic possession to effect such a move.
'I ought to,'said the butcher. 'He's my cousin.'
Rebus was about to say something, but at that moment the stretcher was trolleyed in by two ambulancemen, one of whom almost skited on the slippery floor. It was as they positioned the stretcher in front of Kintoul that Rebus saw something which would stay with him. There were two signs in the display cabinet, one pinned into a side of corned beef, the other into a slab of red sirloin.
Cold Cuts, one said. The other stated simply, Fleshing. A large fresh patch of blood was left on the floor as they lifted the butcher's cousin. Cold Cuts and Fleshing. Rebus shivered and made for the door.
ON THE Friday after work, Rebus decided on a massage. He had promised Patience he'd be in by eight, and it was only six now. Besides, a brutal pummelling always seemed to set him up for the weekend.
But first he wandered into the Broadsword for a pint of the local brew. They didn't come more local than Gibson's Dark, a heavy beer made only six hundred yards away at the Gibson Brewery. A brewery, a pub and a massage parlour: Rebus reckoned if you threw in a good Indian restaurant and a corner shop open till midnight he could live happily here for ever and a day.
Not that he didn't like living with Patience in her Oxford Terrace garden flat. It represented the other side of the tracks, so to speak. Certainly, it seemed a world away from this disreputable corner of Edinburgh, one of many such corners. Rebus wondered why he was so drawn to them.
The air outside was filled with the yeasty smell of beer-making, vying with the even stronger aromas from the city's other much larger breweries. The Broadsword was a popular watering hole, and like most of Edinburgh's popular pubs, it boasted a mixed clientele: students and lowlifes with the occasional businessman. The bar had few pretensions; all it had in its favour were good beer and a good cellar. The weekend had already started, and Rebus was squeezed in at the bar, next to a man whose immense alsatian dog was sleeping on the floor behind the barstools. It took up the standing room of at least two adult men, but nobody was asking it to shift. Further along the bar, someone was drinking with one hand and keeping another proprietorial hand on a coatstand which Rebus assumed they'd just bought at one of the nearby secondhand shops. Everyone at the bar was drinking the same dark brew.
Though there were half a dozen pubs within a five-minute walk of here, only the Broadsword stocked draught Gibson's, the other pubs being tied to one or other of the big breweries. Rebus started to wonder, as the beer slipped down, what effect it would have on his metabolism once the Organ Grinder got to work. He decided against a refill, and instead made for O-Gee's, which was what the Organ Grinder had called his shop. Rebus liked the name; it made the same sound customers made once the Grinder himself got to work—'Oh Jeez!' But they were always careful not to say anything out loud. The Organ Grinder didn't like to hear blasphemy on the massage table. It upset him, and nobody wanted to be in the hands of an upset Organ Grinder. Nobody wanted to be his monkey.
So, there he was sitting with the Bible in his lap, waiting for his six-thirty appointment. The Bible was the only reading matter on the premises, courtesy of the Organ Grinder himself. Rebus had read it before, but didn't mind reading it again.
Then the front door burst open.
'Where's the girls, eh?' This new client was not only misinformed but also considerably drunk. There was no way the Grinder would handle drunks.
'Wrong place, pal.' Rebus was about to make mention of a couple of nearby parlours which would be certain to offer the necessary Thai assisted sauna and rub-down, but the man stopped him with a thick pointed finger.
'John bloody Rebus, you son of a shite-breeks!'
Rebus frowned, trying to place the face. His mind flipped through two decades of mug shots. The man saw Rebus's confusion, and spread his hands wide. 'DeekTorrance, you don't remember?'
Rebus shook his head. Torrance was walking determinedly forward. Rebus clenched his fists, ready for anything.
'We went through parachute training together,' said Torrance. 'Christ, you must remember!'
And suddenly Rebus did remember. He remembered everything, the whole black comedy of his past.
THEY DRANK in the Broadsword, swopping stories. Deek hadn't lasted in the Parachute Regiment. After a year he'd had enough, and not too long after that he'd bought his way out of the Army altogether.
'Too restless, John, that was my problem. What was yours?' Rebus shook his head and drank some more beer. 'My problem, Deek? You couldn't put a name to it.' But a name had been put to it, first by Mickey's sudden appearance, and now by Deek Torrance. Ghosts, both of them, but Rebus didn't want to be their Scrooge. He bought another round.
'You always said you were going to try for the SAS,' Torrance said.
Rebus shrugged. 'It didn't work out.'
The bar was busier than ever, and at one point Torrance was jostled by a young man trying to manoeuvre a double bass through the mêlée.
'Could you no'leave that outside?'
'Not around here.'
Torrance turned back to Rebus. 'Did you see thon?'
Rebus merely smiled. He felt good after the massage. 'No one brings anything small into a bar around here.' He watched Deek Torrance grunt. Yes, he remembered him now, all right. He'd gotten fatter and balder, his face was roughened and much fleshier than it had been. He didn't even sound the same, not exactly. But there was that one characteristic: the Torrance grunt. A man of few words, Deek Torrance had been. Not now, though, now he had plenty to say.
'So what do you do, Deek?'
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Mushroom expert and photographer Alison Pouliot teams with chef Michael de Jong at winery Ellender Estate for three workshops. The first, on April 25, covers the main fungal groups and how to identify various species. Aterwards, there's a three-course mushroom-inspired lunch. Friday's program is similar except that before the three-course lunch, de Jong will also teach you how to cook all the dishes. Saturday takes a more sensorial approach, using smell and touch to distinguish between species, and there's pizza for lunch. On all days there's the opportunity for a mushroom hunt.
$120-$195 a person. 260 Green Gully Road, Glenlyon, 5348 7785, email jenny@ellenderestate .com.au; ellenderwines.com.au
Matt Donnelly is a chef (and co-owner of the Commoner) and a mushroom hunter. For four months of the year, he forages in the forest for highly prized varieties such as morels to supply to restaurants. Mushrooming spots are tightly held secrets but include forests in NSW, Victoria and SA. Donnelly runs mushrooming tours at Bress in Harcourt, including lunch and how-tos on finding, identifying, cooking, preparing, preserving and partnering. He also runs a city workshop when you can hear his mushrooming tips and learn three recipes.
Tours: $95 a person; May 18 & 25, June 1; thecommoner.com.au. City class: May 28th; $90 a person; Queen Victoria Market; www.qvm.com.au
All the wonder of growing and harvesting your own food becomes possible within a week in something the size of a tissue box with Fungi Culture's mushroom kits. Just slice open the bag, mist a few times a day and watch them double in size daily. Fungi Culture kits produce pearl oyster mushrooms that grow off a vertical column. ''They are way more sustainable than button mushrooms,'' Todd Mansfield of Fungi Culture says. ''Pearl oysters grow on renewable, locally sourced wheat straw - although in a few months we'll be moving over to used coffee grounds. Button mushrooms grow in non-renewable peat that's imported from Europe.'' Each kit generally produces two large crops - and that's a guarantee.
Kit, including postage, $27.95. fungiculture.com.au
Damian Pike has been selling mushrooms at Prahran Market for 26 years. He stocks a whopping 36 varieties throughout the year, including exotics such as shimeji, shiitake and oyster, which are mostly grown in Australia. There are buttons and huge portobello mushrooms as well as imported chanterelles - Pike says they are ''beautiful, one of the top mushrooms in the world''. And, depending on the weather, there'll be pine mushrooms, blewits and slippery jacks, too - varieties of local wild forest mushrooms. ''Mushrooms grow in four-year cycles,'' Pike says, ''but that's all gone out the window in the last two years; it's spooky, there's been no rain.'' Let the heavens open.
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Salomé is a comprehensive graphical pre- and post-processing framework, which is useful for setting up, controlling, and viewing the results of finite element simulations. When you first run Salomé, it presents a blank screen with buttons to launch its various modules.
The first module you will likely use is "Geometry", which includes a very basic ability to specify shapes and assemblies, and can also import files written by other Computer-Aided Design (CAD) packages. This module uses the OpenCASCADE library (the subject of next month's product focus), which has extensive features for design and CAD import. However, this is really not a CAD program: its graphical interface lacks the ability to change design parameters such as component sizes, or to delete objects.
The "Mesh" module takes a given geometry and divides it into small elements for finite element computation. Salomé includes two built-in triangle mesh generators and one generator of quadrilateral/hexahedron meshes, and also can link to the NetGen flexible triangle/tetrahedron mesher. Both geometry and mesh module panes are shown to the right.
When the geometry is thus "meshed", the MED module can store it along with information about simulation boundary conditions (temperatures, forces, etc.). MED stands for Modélisation et Echanges de Données, and is an international standard format for storing finite element simulation data for finite element software.
After running a finite element program, Salomé's Post-process module can visualize the results. This module uses either OpenCASCADE or the Visualization Toolkit (VTK) to show temperatures, deformations, flow streamlines, and other simulation data in rich three-dimensional color plots.
Every capability of Salomé is published through four interfaces: the graphical interface, a C++ class library for direct linking with other software, CORBA interfaces to use Salomé as a server process optionally on a remote machine, and an interface for scripting using the Python language. The French consulting firm OpenCASCADE S.A.S. leads its development, and about ten other companies and organizations have contributed significant code to Salomé. The code is available under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1.
In short, Salomé is a rich, modular, extensible graphic interface framework for connecting with multiple open source packages for design, meshing, model storage and visualization. Furthermore, a new extension called Salomé-MECA adds more modules for setting up and controlling a parallel finite element simulation using the ISO-9001 certified Code_Aster software developed by Electricité de France for their nuclear power industry. Salomé is thus at the nexus of a wide range of projects aimed at providing professional-level finite element simulations with all of the benefits of open source.
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Financial planners have welcomed a move by the government to refer a proposal to bring advisers under the auspices of the Tax Practitioners Board to a parliamentary joint committee.
On Thursday, Labor bowed to pressure from the Opposition to remove proposed changes to the Tax Agents Services Act from legislation currently before Parliament.
Under the proposal, financial advisers would be forced to obtain tax qualifications, professional indemnity insurance and undertake ongoing training and development.
"Our objection has always been that this bill should be all about actually delivering what it is supposed to deliver."said FPA general manager for policy and conduct Dante De Gori.
The planned changes to the Tax Agents Services Act has been a growing source of tension between financial advisers and accountants, with the latter insisting reforms were necessary to protect the interests of savers.
"This is a missed opportunity to deliver better outcomes and better protections for consumers of financial advice," said
The government accused the Opposition of trying to block legislation that would "boost protection for millions of Australians" who use financial advisers.
The Coalition welcomed the move. "The government's bill as it stood would have created a new licensing regime with less than four weeks before implementation, in the face of fierce opposition from the financial services industry and yet again more cost increases for consumers," said shadow assistant treasurer
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8 green apples, peeled, cored and cubed
About 1/4 cup flour
About 1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 to 2 teaspoons cinnamon
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1 cup walnuts, chopped
1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 cup butter
Filling: Mix flour, sugar and cinnamon together. Mix flour mixture with apples. Toss into a 9-inch square greased pan.
Crumb Mixture: Mix crumbs by hand, leaving large crumbs.
Sprinkle crumbs on top of apples.
Bake for 1 hour at 400 degrees F.
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Media scion James Murdoch has been forced to reveal details of his dealings with the UK government in a move that has shifted the focus of News Corp scrutiny to UK Prime Minister David Cameron and his ministers.
Appearing as a witness before the Leveson media inquiry in London, Mr Murdoch revealed conversations with the Conservative government over News's move to take full control of broadcaster BSkyB, leading to Labour calls for Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt to resign.
- James Murdoch's witness statement
- 'I was kept in the dark': Murdoch
- Interactive timeline: How the News of the World scandal unfolded
At Westminster early on Wednesday morning, Labour called on Mr Hunt to quit in the wake of the claims that he discussed the BSkyB bid with News Corp officials privately at the time that he had responsibility for approving the deal.
Harriet Harman, the Opposition Culture Secretary, called for his removal in the House of Commons but was met with a defiant response from Mr Hunt's office, which insisted he had been transparent about every step of the process.
News Corp abandoned its £8 billion bid to acquire the shares in BSkyB it does not already own in July last year when the News of the World phone-hacking scandal burst onto the world stage. The deal, which was dumped in the face of rapidly growing political opposition, had been expected to win the backing of the Cameron government until details of the Milly Dowler phone hacking incident were reported in the Guardian.
In an explosive hearing of the Leveson inquiry in London overnight, Mr Hunt was accused of being a "cheerleader" for News Corp as evidence was produced to show that he and his office were in regular, private contact with its News International subsidiary while the bid was being considered.
A series of more than 100 emails written by the lobbyist and public affairs boss employed by News International, Frederic Michel, were produced in the hearing room, some eliciting audible gasps from those inside.
These revealed that:
- The BSkyB bid was code-named 'Rubicon' internally and the minister was referred to as 'Jeremy' or 'JH' by Mr Michel.
- Informal updates were provided to News officials including the clear message that the minister was in favour of the deal.
- Mr Hunt asked News International for help in drafting the proposed public statement on the BSkyB decision and for "some language" and support when it was announced. In a separate email, Mr Michel says that he had managed to get extra information about the proposed statement "although absolutely illegally". Mr Murdoch responded that he thought this last comment was written as a "joke".
- On one evening, Mr Michel reported that Mr Hunt had told him he "believes we are in a good place tonight", further telling Mr Murdoch that he had "managed to get to JH" before he went to the theatre to see Swan Lake.
- The Leader of the Scottish National Party, Alex Salmond, had thrown his support behind the deal and said he was "keen to see if he could smooth the way" for the BSkyB bid. Later, at a dinner with the editor of the Scottish Sun newspaper, Mr Salmond was told the paper would throw its editorial support behind his party before the election in Scotland.
- Mr Murdoch was given private information about the setting up of the Leveson inquiry on July 7 last year after a meeting between Mr Cameron and Mr Hunt.
Mr Michel, the author of the majority of the emails, was public affairs director for News for Europe between 2009 and February this year. He was described by Mr Murdoch as his company's "PO Box" for interaction between the UK government and News. He still works for News but previously had worked for Reputation Inc, a company that helps individuals and companies involved in scandals or difficulties to manage their problems and sanitise their images.
The emails read to the inquiry revealed an unusually close relationship between Mr Michel and Mr Hunt in the lead-up to the BSkyB decision.
In a rapid-fire exchange, Robert Jay QC told Mr Murdoch that he appeared to be "somewhat blind" to the fact that his family's newspapers' editorial support in the political cycle was perceived to be quid pro quo for support for News International business decisions.
"I would never make that trade, I simply don't do business that way," Mr Murdoch told the inquiry.
As Culture Secretary, Mr Hunt was not originally involved in the BSkyB decision. However, he took over this role when the Liberal Democrat Business Secretary, Vince Cable, who had had responsibility, was recorded by undercover Daily Telegraph reporters stating that he had declared "war on Murdoch".
He was subsequently accused of bias by News and removed from his position.
In other earlier evidence, Mr Murdoch admitted that he had been told it would be legally "inappropriate" to meet personally with Mr Hunt, when the hackgate inquiry was under way. However, he conceded that despite this, he'd had a "small, mobile telephone chat" with him instead.
In a particularly dramatic moment, Mr Jay followed this revelation by reading Mr Murdoch's written response to the advice that he should not meet with Mr Hunt: "You must be fucking joking. I will text him and find a time to meet."
Looking stunned, Mr Murdoch told Mr Jay: "As I said earlier, I was displeased."
Later, during questioning by others at the inquiry, Mr Murdoch was asked about his view on the future of media regulation in Britain. He said he thought there would be far fewer newspapers in future and plurality would be enhanced by the digital environment.
He said news gathering had changed, with a person on a laptop on one side and Google on another: "Where do you draw the boundaries? Which is the discourse you are trying to control or construct a set of rules around?"
When Lord Justice Leveson pointed out that Google was a news aggregator and was perhaps not comparable, Mr Murdoch said that the way search algorithms worked would affect what was presented to readers: "The way aggregators approach the set of data it is compiling means it is editorially relevant, I'm sorry to say."
As the lengthy grilling progressed on Tuesday, Mr Murdoch admitted that he and Mr Cameron spoke about News Corp's proposed buyout of BSKyB at a Christmas dinner at the home of former News of the World editor, Rebekah Brooks.
The 2010 party, with 15 invitees, took place just two days after the minister responsible, Mr Cable, was removed from his post amid claims by the Murdochs that he was "acutely biased".
Mr Murdoch also admitted discussing BSkyB once with his friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, but only to express "being grumpy" about how long it was taking for a decision.
His appearance before the inquiry comes as News Corp faces renewed pressure in the US over phone hacking allegations after a prominent New York lawyer claimed that at least three victims of telephone hacking by News International papers may have been targeted while in the United States.
It also follows allegations of pay TV piracy activities by News Corp subsidiary NDS – denied by News – reported by The Australian Financial Review and on the BBC's Panorama program late last month.
During an increasingly heated exchange with Mr Jay, Mr Murdoch angrily denied that News Corp's editorial support for the Conservatives before the 2010 election could be linked to favourable hearings in later business dealings such as the ill fated BSkyB takeover by News.
Mr Murdoch insisted that meetings with Mr Cameron and other UK politicians were simply "legitimate advocacy" and that discussions about BSkyB at the Brooks dinner were general and minimal.
Mr Jay built a carefully constructed case to suggest to the inquiry that Mr Murdoch had taken the strategic decision to give up on any relationship with Mr Cable and instead turn his attentions to Mr Hunt in a bid to glean information.
"You weren't getting anywhere with Vince Cable so you went to others ... you have one minister saying they don't like the Murdoch press and another [Hunt] who is treated rather a different way … and his thinking is going to be converse to Mr Cable's," Mr Jay said.
Mr Murdoch also admitted meeting Mr Cameron at a London pub to discuss whether the high circulation tabloid, The Sun, would endorse the Conservative Party at the 2010 election.
The publication of the paper's support of the Conservatives – and end of The Sun's traditional endorsement of Labour – was made just as the then prime minister, Gordon Brown, made his pivotal leader's speech to the Labour conference.
Mr Cameron has come under fire for his allegedly close relationship with the Murdochs and has repeatedly avoided questions about whether News Corp's bid to buy the remaining 61 per cent of BSkyB was discussed at the Brooks dinner.
Answering specific questions based on his written statement to the inquiry, Mr Murdoch said the Cotswolds party unfolded just months after the Conservatives won power, and that discussion of the fate of the BSkyB deal was "touched on, a tiny part" of other, more general chat.
"I imagine I expressed hope that things would be dealt with in a way [that was] appropriate and judicial – it was a tiny side conversation," he said.
Asked on Tuesday if these contacts were an advantage for BSkyB, Mr Murdoch said there was "just no advantage, it's just not there".
"That is a question for the politicians, I wouldn't link press and newspapers to this [the BSkyB bid] ... they make the decisions on what is right for the country. I wanted to be able to win the argument for BSkyB on the merits of the case, that is all I would seek to do."
Asked "did it not occur to him as a sophisticated individual" that it was in his interests that politicians would know in the run-up to the election that News International would support them, Mr Murdoch said: "I would hope that we live in an environment of such variety of news that ... the old-fashioned view of big media proprietors dominating the landscape doesn't exist any more."
Asked by Mr Jay if he was worried about the fate of the BSkyB bid if Labour had won government – after The Sun had committed itself to the Tories – Mr Murdoch said he would never have made "such a crass calculation about what the newspapers did".
"It wouldn't occur to me," he insisted.
He denied being "incompetent or dishonest", insisting he was "kept in the dark" over the brewing phone hacking scandal at News of the World.
He conceded that journalistic and ethical controls at News of the World "failed spectacularly" at times but insisted that at the time, he had no reason to doubt the senior legal managers working with editors in the newsroom.
Dressed in a dark suit, sober blue tie and reading glasses, Mr Murdoch told the inquiry that he did not read the News of the World daily, instead trying to "familiarise" himself more with The Sun.
He said he read the News of the World, the company's most infamous tabloid, weekly but "not all of it".
Answering a series of strategically constructed, nonchalantly placed questions from Mr Jay, Mr Murdoch repeated his assertion that he had not been shown the controversial "For Neville" email that has been described as the "smoking gun" in the scandal and which revealed that phone hacking was not a one-off instance by a "rogue" Royals reporter.
"This governance was the responsibility of the legal managers and the editors ... in the newsroom it had not been tight enough and that's why a new editor was brought in who I thought had no skin in the game in the past," he said.
Referring to the first, controversial legal settlement for phone hacking made to the professional football boss Gordon Taylor, Mr Jay said: "The reputational damage, I would suggest, is not about an old case but something new ... were you surprised that £300,000 plus costs had already been made without you knowing ... you must have known the offer had been made? Didn't you know it was an extraordinary amount of money for an allegation, even if proved."
Mr Murdoch said a QC opinion had put the potential liability as "very large as well".
"I recall half a million to a million with costs ... it [the amount] was communicated but not the likelihood," he said.
"The management of this legal affair I believe was reasonable for me to leave it to editors and legal managers ... it got to me because it reached a number that they must have thought I needed to be informed of."
Asked if he remembered saying "this guy is holding us to ransom, he is blackmailing us", he said "No, I don't".
Mr Jay asked Mr Murdoch if he did not "ponder that even if you paid off Taylor, the silence might not happen ... wasn't that discussed at the meeting with [then editor] Mr [Colin] Myler?"
"If it had, it would have been a longer meeting and they wouldn't have tried to settle it," Mr Murdoch said.
Asked by Lord Justice Leveson if he'd had a good look at ethical governance after the Royal reporter Clive Goodman was jailed, Mr Murdoch said: "But the newsroom governance again was really an issue for the editor and the legal manager to be responsible for. They were clear they had strengthened governance to catch this sort of thing in the future. That was before I was there."
Mr Murdoch appeared less ebullient than his previous appearance last year, but insisted that identifying the "locus of public interest" in controversial news stories such as the Max Mosley sex scandal was often a difficult process and admitted the News of the World's publication, for example, of the Formula One boss's private life was one of these "spectacular failures".
Mr Murdoch was asked if his relationship with editors such as Mr Myler was difficult and whether this may have been why they did not inform him of "potential bombs under the newsroom".
He insisted he did not remember a 2008 meeting with Mr Myler in which important emails about the phone hacking had been discussed: "I don't believe I read it at the time. It was a Saturday, I was with young children after a flight from Hong Kong, I asked him to call me after they went to bed.
"The five-minute meeting the following Tuesday was set up but I didn't got through the whole email chain."
Asked if a June meeting and email from Mr Myler – which made clear that an employee had alleged that phone hacking practices were "rife" in the newsroom – did not represent an attempt by the editor to draw his attention to the growing problem, he said he did not believe it was a "proactive attempt".
"If there had been a proactive desire to draw it to my attention, it would have happened in April," Mr Murdoch said.
"As I said, the newspaper had been investigated thoroughly ... no evidence had been found. That was entirely consistent from [lawyer] Mr [Tom] Crone and Mr Myler all the way through."
"I was given strong legal advice that the case would be lost, it should be settled and might drag up painful episodes of the past. I got strong advice on that and I followed that advice. I can't recall any specifics about confidentiality but it was my assumption it would be confidential settlement as many are."
James Murdoch's father Rupert, the chairman and chief executive of News International's parent company News Corp, will appear before the inquiry on Wednesday.
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We might find out today where Japanese outfielder Kosuke Fukudome will sign. San Francisco has an outside shot, though I've seen no concrete reports that Brian Sabean has made a strong play for him.
The Giants are also contemplating a trade for Hideki Matsui, who still has a potent bat. If Matsui comes to S.F. for Noah Lowry or other non-Lincainum pitchers, perhaps he'd be willing to try first base because of his aching knees. Then the Giants keep their ace pitchers, and their lineup is something like this:
against righties:
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Ortmeier could play 1B on Matsui's days off. He could also play some outfield, perhaps subbing for Fukudome in RF against tough LH starters. Aurilia would remain the utility infield guy.
Advantages with this scenario:
1) If both players like S.F., it could pave the way for more Japanese leaguers to come here.
2) Matsui is a real hitter. The Giants don't have many of those. His professionalism and attitude would rub off on Fukudome and drive him to be as good as his countrymate.
3) Nice marketing opportunity.
4) No need to trade Lincainum.
Problems with this scenario:
1) Matsui and Fukudome are left-handed hitters. The Giants and everyone else knows left-handed non-Bondsian power dies a cruel death at Mays Field.
2) Matsui might not want to play first base. (I haven't had a chance to ask him.) He's got a no-trade clause and might hold out for a trade to an A.L. team and make the transition to DH. Then again, perhaps he prefers to be on the field, no matter what the position.
3) What if Fukudome is a $40 million disaster? He and Matsui would add about $25 million a year to payroll and take time away from players in their 20s.
4) What to do with the outfielder surplus? Ideal: Trade Dave Roberts. Send Schierholtz to AAA to work on his on-base skills. Keep Lewis and Davis as 4th/5th OFs.
The 25–man would now look like this:
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The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Tacoma happens Friday, June 13 at Mt. Tahoma High School. Opening Ceremonies will begin at 6 p.m. kicking off the night-long celebration to finish the fight against cancer in our community.
Relay For Life began right here in Tacoma 30 years ago, starting out as the City of Destiny Classic 24-hour Run Against Cancer by Dr. Gordy Klatt. Klatt, a Tacoma colorectal surgeon, simply wanted to enhance the income of the local Tacoma American Cancer Society office, and decided to raise money for the fight by doing something he enjoyed – running marathons. Never did he imagine stepping onto the track that first year, the global movement that would persevere 30 years later.
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Greg Prince of Faith and Fear of Flushing was a recent guest on The 5 Tool Show. Listen to the interview below as I chat with Greg about the 50th Anniversary Hofstra Conference, Mets retired numbers, Banner Day and much more. I had a lot of fun chatting with Greg and I'm sure you guys will enjoy the interview as well.
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From the southern tip of India to the Himalayan foothills of Nepal. The 2008 Rickshaw Run challenged some of the worlds most hardened adventurers ... and we were there too.
On the 1st of January 2008, after much pomp and ceremony, we jumped into our less than trusty rickshaw, revved its engine, and then kangaroo jumped over the start line, before stalling it, cursing it, kicking it and finally cajoling it in a somewhat northerly direction for a couple of thousand miles.
Some two weeks later we spluttered into Kathmandu in Nepal, closely followed by Delhi-belly, malaria and altitude sickness. Well okay, maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but we had oodles of adventure, and here's the proof.
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Whether she's rocking gold chains and harem pants or cut-off overalls, the young songstress always goes for a fresh look with a tomboy twist. The "21st Century Girl" singer takes plenty of sartorial risks and never shies away from bold accessories like a neon arm strap or leopard sunglasses.
Recently, Willow told Teen Vogue that her style has evolved throughout the years with her brother Jaden as her biggest fashion influence.
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Was Hamlets revenge jusified?I have to write a short essay on how Hamlets was or was not justified. Any ideas on what I could elaborate on?
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As so many characters lose their lives in the course of Hamlet avenging his father's death, I can see it may be necessary to consider the political significance of regicide and its implications at the time rather than simply focusing on the human drama of the events. That said, Hamlet himself appears to gain little for his pains to avenge his father.
If you take "an eye for an eye" to be a justification for action, then Hamlet is certainly justified in his revenge on Claudius. There were certainly codes of justice in 15th century Denmark, but an elaborate court system like we know today did not exist. Crimes have consquences, and Claudius actively tries to "get away with" his crimes throughout the whole play, so it is especially justified when he his plot to KILL Hamlet turns around on him so swiftly.
When issues of state are concerned, there seems to be a different standard set for "revenge." Claudius is an enemy of Denmark since he has killed the king. Once his villainry has been established, Hamlet feels justified in taking action. This is why he declares himself "Hamlet the Dane" and sets out to ride his country of the corrupt court that exists. Rather than vengeful, Hamlet's actions are more patriotic.
Think about what you would have done if someone had killed someone you love. However, do not transfer your answer to a 21st century perspective because the time period intended for Hamlet was much more barbaric and ruthless than modern times.
This being said, you could conclude that Hamlet did have a good motif for vengeance that may be, perhaps, misunderstood in our modern times. We do not take the law by our hands these days (at least we are not supposed to), even if you are a king, a president, or a prime minister. Instead, modern times call for common sense and less instinctive behaviors. This was unknown in Hamlet's "time", so perhaps his anger and actions could have been justified then. But, certainly, not now.
I think that you have to decide when revenge is or is not justified. You have to ask yourself under what circumstances it is acceptable to kill someone for revenge. You need to ask, for example, if Claudius's action in killing Hamlet's father was bad enough to warrant being killed. You should then ask yourself if it was right for Hamlet to try to do the killing himself, rather than pursuing some more legal form of revenge.


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Dog food for dinner? Dorothy Hunter believes people could eat worse. In fact, she suggests many probably do.
To encourage pet owners to scrutinize nutrition labels – both for what they feed their animals and for what they consume themselves, Hunter is embarking on a month-long dietary challenge to eat nothing but pet food.
Hunter, who owns pet food stores in Richland and Kennewick, Wa., has been subsisting on kibble, jerky and other cat and dog food since June 19. She says her diet is a testament to the quality and nutritional value of the premium pet foods she stocks at her Paw's Natural Pet Emporium. Her suppliers use organic, high-quality ingredients and do not use artificial preservatives, which is more than can be said for many foods produced for human consumption, she says.
"Hopefully it's a chance for people to realize not all pet foods are equal," she says. "And maybe if we're lucky enough, people will read the ingredients on the...pre-packaged food that they're buying."
Her mission to encourage people to examine nutritional labels may be admirable. But labels can be tricky to decipher, says Jim Berry, president of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association. Some ingredients can be off-putting, depending on the way they are described. For instance, vitamin C can be listed as "ascorbic acid" or, more appealingly, as "natural rose hip oil."
Further, he adds, "byproducts" and "filler" may sound bad, but actually are not. "Byproducts" could simply mean using bones to make stock, while "filler" can refer to soluble fibre, which is good for digestion.
"Advertising is deceptive," he warns. "They're playing to trends. They're playing to perceptions that may or may not be true."
Big name pet food brands invest in research and high-quality manufacturing to ensure their products are safe, palatable and nutritionally balanced, Berry says, so it is hard to go wrong buying pet food from a reputable company. "They're all going to be manufactured to fairly high standards."
If in doubt about your pet's diet, consult your veterinarian, he advises.
While Hunter says she has felt no ill effects of her challenge so far (she believes she is actually consuming fewer complex carbohydrates and far less salt than usual), neither she nor Berry recommend that people actually eat pet foods. A cat's diet, for instance, which is rich in fat and low in fibre, is inappropriate for other species – humans included.
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Herman Cain rumored to be mulling exit from race
Herman Cain (R-eally horny) is rumored to have told his campaign staff this morning during a conference call that he may soon exit the race for President, in the wake of news exposing another woman who has come forward to claim impropriety involving the candidate.
A Cain staffer, after returning from an extended smoke break, confirmed the news, and said they are preparing a statement from the candidate in the event he opts to withdraw. The statement will reportedly claim that Cain is withdrawing from the race to spend more time with his wife and family, his girlfriends, his female employees, the hottie who works at the Starbucks down the street, and "a couple of chicks I met on Craigslist."
Arizona Sheriff endorses Rick Perry
Controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, in a joint appearance today with Texas Governor Rick Perry (R-idiculous), enthusiastically endorsed the Governor for President.
In a move that visibly surprised Perry and his campaign staff, the Sheriff, who is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, then arrested Perry and ordered his immediate deportation.
The Governor, shaken by the turn of events, was in the middle of his remarks at the event, during which he promised the New Hampshire crowd that as President, he would build a border fence protecting them from illegal immigration of Democrats from Vermont and Massachusetts.
Arpaio, known for his tough stance on illegal immigration, obviously hopes his endorsement of Perry will help the Texas Governor overcome heat he has taken from Republican primary voters upset that Perry supports in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants.
Those Republican voters, however, seem completely unaware that tuition at Texas colleges and universities has grown under Perry's administration to be roughly an amount equaling the Gross National Product of Saudi Arabia and Dubai combined. As of press time, it was unclear why Perry hasn't taken credit for punishing these immigrants so harshly by charging them this laughably inflated tuition rate.


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I recently taught a class on World Religions, at least a few of them, with the theme "Rivers of Wisdom." Lots of water; some refreshing and clean; some muddy or stagnant or polluted. But there IS water, there IS wisdom to be found in the ancient rivers. We may need to test it before sipping. [Read More…]
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We hung out with Zac Brown on his tour bus this past weekend & we got to meet his new pooch "Banjo"! Zac also mentioned they'll spend November/December in the studio to get ready for a new album release in the Spring. Oh, and while his kids are normally on tour with him in the summer, they(Kids) decided they want to stay home this year and play at the pool-LOL!
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Beijing (AFP) Oct 10, 2013
The Chinese and European central banks said Thursday they reached agreement to set up a "currency swap" mechanism for the purchase and repurchase of their respective currencies, the yuan and euro.
The "bilateral currency swap arrangement" will be valid for three years, the European Central Bank said in a statement on its website.
When Chinese yuan are provided to the ECB, the maximum size of the arrangement will be 350 billion yuan (42 billion euro), the statement said.
It will stand at 45 billion euro when the single currency is provided to the People's Bank of China (PBoC), the statement said.
The PBoC released a similar statement on its website announcing the deal, which it said was agreed Wednesday.
"The swap arrangement has been established in the context of rapidly growing bilateral trade and investment between the euro area and China, as well as the need to ensure the stability of financial markets," the ECB statement said.
The deal is also meant "to serve as a backstop liquidity facility and to reassure euro area banks of the continuous provision of Chinese yuan", it added.
China has taken steps in recent years to increase international trading of its currency and has been working eventually to make it fully convertible for international transactions, though key restrictions remain.
It is convertible for trade purposes, for example, but the government keeps a tight grip on the capital account on fears that unpredictable inflows or outflows could harm the economy -- and reduce its control.
The euro mechanism follows a reciprocal, three-year sterling-yuan currency swap announced in June by the PBoC and the Bank of England, with a maximum value of 200 billion yuan and 21.1 billion pounds.
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This ad for Airwaves Gum with Guarana suggests that a cute little alien was enticed to try out earth living after trying a piece. But then after getting a taste of the difficulties of earth life — getting a job, finding meaningful recreational activities, attempting to put together IKEA furniture — the alien hops back on his mother ship in frustration. Take me with you, little man!


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Ravens | Maxx Williams on the field Saturday
Mon, 24 Jul 2017 16:07:17 -0700
Baltimore Ravens TE Maxx Williams (knee) was able to get on the practice field Saturday, July 22, after undergoing a rare knee surgery last season.
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Ravens | Baltimore sends two to PUP list
Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:56:02 -0700
Baltimore Ravens WR Michael Campanaro (toe) and CB Tavon Young (knee) on the Physically Unable to Perform list on Friday, July 21.
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Ravens | Griff Whalen inks deal with Baltimore
Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:46:50 -0700
Updating a previous report, free-agent WR Griff Whalen (Chargers) signed an undisclosed deal with the Baltimore Ravens on Friday, July 21.
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Ravens | Baltimore gives Griff Whalen a look
Fri, 21 Jul 2017 09:06:52 -0700
The Baltimore Ravens worked out free-agent WR Griff Whalen (Chargers) on Friday, July 21. Whalen underwent a physical and there is reportedly "mutual interest", according to the Baltimore Sun's Jeff Zrebiec.
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Baltimore Ravens DB Daniel Henry was waived Thursday, July 20.
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Ravens | Jermaine Eluemunor comes off NFI list
Fri, 21 Jul 2017 08:58:32 -0700
Baltimore Ravens OT Jermaine Eluemunor passed his physical Friday, July 21, and will come off the non-football injury list.
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Ravens | Three Ravens placed on injury lists
Thu, 20 Jul 2017 14:55:32 -0700
Baltimore Ravens OG Jermaine Eluemunor (undisclosed) was placed on the Non-Football Injury list Thursday, July 20. Additionally, WR Aaron Bailey (undisclosed) and DE Patrick Ricard (undisclosed) were placed on the Physically Unable to Perform list.
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Wed, 19 Jul 2017 21:05:58 -0700
Baltimore Ravens RB Danny Woodhead has impressed his new teammates thus far -- specifically QB Joe Flacco -- not just with what he can do after making a reception, but also before making the catch. "Really, ever since we lost Ray Rice, we haven't had a type of back that's quite like how Ray was and quite like how Danny is in the passing game," Flacco said. "They just have a very good feel for when they're open and how to get open, how to sit in holes, how to find my eyes, and you can already see that. You can see he has a really good feel for those kinds of things. If you remember back, obviously, Ray was really good at doing that, and that gives a lot to your offense for sure."
Fantasy Tip: One way to make an immediate impact on a new team is to be on the same page with your quarterback, and that clearly appears to be the case here as it pertains to Woodhead. While he won't dominate the touches out of the backfield, the eight-year veteran still figures to play a crucial role in Baltimore, and could end up providing notable valuable in PPR fantasy leagues as a result. He deserves consideration in deeper standard formats, too.
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Ravens | Breshad Perriman impressing
Wed, 19 Jul 2017 06:56:56 -0700
Baltimore Ravens WR Breshad Perriman has had the most impressive offseason at the position, according to beat writer Jamison Hensley. Perriman caught just 33 of the 66 targets to him last season, which was the lowest success rate among receivers on the team.
Fantasy Tip: Perriman experienced growing pains, but he missed his entire rookie season and has been playing catch up. He has a ton of speed, but he'll need to show more to be more than a dependable WR4 rotation player in fantasy.
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Ravens | Brandon Kublanow, Matt Skura options to start?
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 12:44:23 -0700
Baltimore Ravens C Brandon Kublanow and C Matt Skura are expected to compete for the starting center job during training camp.
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Ravens | Lorenzo Taliaferro to see time at fullback
Sun, 09 Jul 2017 13:47:33 -0700
Baltimore Ravens RB Lorenzo Taliaferro is expected to see playing time at fullback this season and should have a similar offensive role to the one FB Kyle Juszczyk had before signing with the San Francisco 49ers.
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Ravens | Crockett Gillmore eyeing training camp
Fri, 07 Jul 2017 19:40:06 -0700
Baltimore Ravens TE Crockett Gillmore (shoulder, hamstring) is expected to be ready for training camp.
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Ravens | Kenneth Dixon to have big role?
Fri, 07 Jul 2017 19:37:17 -0700
Baltimore Ravens RB Kenneth Dixon could have a bigger role in the offense this year, according to Ryan Mink of BalitmoreRavens.com.
Fantasy Tip: Dixon closed last year on a high note, but a four-game suspension and the signing of Danny Woodhead quickly derailed the hype train. He could still end up leading the backfield when all is said in done, and Dixon could be a sneaky pick in the later rounds.
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Ravens | Terrance West the Week 1 starter?
Fri, 07 Jul 2017 18:58:16 -0700
Baltimore Ravens RB Terrance West is projected to be the starter in Week 1, according to Ryan Mink of BaltimoreRavens.com, with RB Danny Woodhead seeing some carries but being used mainly in the passing game.
Fantasy Tip: With a four-game suspension looming for Kenneth Dixon, West could have some flex value early in the year. Long term, Woodhead is probably the safest Baltimore back to own because of his role in the passing attack.
Comment () | Share: | Source: BaltimoreRavens.com - Ryan Mink
Ravens | Gary Barnidge hasn't received Ravens call
Fri, 07 Jul 2017 08:05:34 -0700
Free-agent TE Gary Barnidge (Browns) said the Baltimore Ravens haven't called him yet.
Fantasy Tip: If Barnidge lands a starting or rotational job, he still has the skills to be worth a TE2 flyer in fantasy.
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Are you using Gmail's new compose? If so, you've probably noticed that the emoticon icon does nothing but show a "coming soon" message. Not anymore. Google has rolled out over 1,000 emoticons for Gmails's new compose, which you can add to your emails by clicking the "Insert emoticon" icon or with the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+2.
The complete emoticon collection includes some familiar faces such as Google Talk's square faces and "secret" animated crab, but if you scroll diligently you'll find many different types of animated and non-animated faces, food items, animals, weather icons, and pretty much anything you can think of. If you can't choose just one, holding the Shift button while clicking on emoticons will insert multiple ones into your email.
So how many emoticons are there, exactly? In a lengthy counting project, I counted exactly 1,324 emoticons, which is much more than the mere 150 available on the old compose. To be fair, TheNextWeb counted 1,287 emoticons in total, so according to them there are 37 less icons to enjoy, but no matter how you look at it, this is a huge collection.
If you're using Google Apps, or if Google's decided so for some reason, you might not see the emoticons yet. If you still see the "Coming soon" message when hovering over the smiley icon, don't despair, Gmail's emoticons will find their way to your account soon enough. At the moment, there doesn't seem to be a way to disable emoticons in emails, but do let us know if you find one.
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Vaikuntapali has the essence of proverb 'man proposes but god disposes". It is about three friends, who have different goals in their life but none could achieve what they want. The concept is good but the director has failed to mould it effectively on the celluloid.
The film begins with the robbery of an ATM. Michael (Ranadhir) and Chandu (Krishnudu) involve in it. The police find a purse at the spot, which contains the photograph of Chandu and a visiting card of Kranti (Ajay). In the next scene, Chandu appears on screen and reveals the flash back. All three are good friends during college days and have different ideas and ambitions. While Kranti wanted to become a journalist and wants to do something for the society, Chandu says he would be happy if he could give his mother every joy in this world. Michael is a happy-go-lucky guy, who thinks that he could do anything and wants to become a millionaire overnight.
After six years, Kranti turns out to be a killer, Michael becomes a cheater and Chandu settles in his life with a job and struggles to provide medication to his ailing mother. Chandu needs Rs. 6 lakh for
his mother's treatement. At this juncture, all these three friends meet in an accident and share their experiences and boasts of themselves by telling lies to each other. Chandu takes Michael to his home not knowing that he is a wanted person for the people whom he cheated. Michael steals Rs 50,000 from his office. The rest of the film should be seen on-screen.
All the three male leads have done a wonderful job. As usual, Krishnudu has given his best, while Ajay has got a meaty role in the film. Tashu Kaushik is okay in her acting but get full marks for her skin shows. Ranadhir has done a nice job. Though, Rajiv Kanakala has appeared in a few scenes, he leaves an indelible mark in the hearts of the audiences.
The storyline is okay and has a good message. However, the narration is a little confusing. The screenplay is haphazard and at parts is too confusing to follow the movie. Cinematography by Jawahar Reddy is apt and Marthand K Venkatesh appears to have confused in joining the scenes due to the imperfect screenplay. The main drawback of the film is comedy. There are only a few comedy scenes in the film. Music has also failed in the film.
The Audience will go to a theatre for entertainment. The idea of giving a message is good but it should be given in an interesting way. The director has failed in this aspect.
Cast : Ajay, Tashu Kaushik, Krishnudu, Ranadhir, Harshavardhan, Subbaraju, Rajiv Kanakala, PosanKrishnamurali, Tanikella Bharani, Raviprakash, Jeeva, Satyakrishnan, Sana and others.
Credits : Cinematography – Jawahar Reddy, Editing – Marthand K Venkatesh, Dialogues – Nivas, Action – Anand, Presents – Real Time Folks, Producer : Pandem Satyadeep, Maram Bhuvaneswar, Story, screenplay, music and direction: Anil Gopireddy
Banner : Harerama Harekrishna Entertainments
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Trading Symbol: TSX-V: ERA
Shares Issued: 17,853,163
HALIFAX, Nov. 5, 2013 /CNW/ – Elcora Resources Corp. ("Elcora" or the "Company") announces the Company has signed a binding letter of intent ("LOI") to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Graphene Corp. (PvT) Ltd., a Sri Lankan company ("Graphene"). Graphene is the owner of exploration application licenses for 100 metric grid units located in Sri Lanka covering approximately 100 square kilometers (the "Graphite Claims"). The acquisition of the Graphene common shares does not involve a Non Arms Length Party.
Elcora's President and CEO, Troy Grant, commented:
"This is a high-grade graphite prospect that I believe can bring substantial value and growth to the Company. Sri Lankan graphite is unique in the world and can be as high as 99 percent pure in the ground. Elcora focused on past graphite producing areas in Sri Lanka with known graphite occurrences and chose to acquire these Graphite Claims in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan graphite should enable Elcora to minimize costs and target high end graphite markets. Our experienced international team will focus squarely on unlocking the potential of this graphite property for the shareholders in the coming months."
The Transaction
Under the terms of the LOI, Elcora will pay $2,250,000 US and issue 6,300,000 common shares of Elcora on the closing date to purchase all of the shares of Graphene (the "Transaction"). The $2,250,000 shall be payable as follows:
DATE OF PAYMENT AMOUNT OF PAYMENT On the Closing Date $350,000 6 months after the Closing Date $400,000 12 Months after the Closing Date $375,000 18 months after the Closing Date $375,000 24 months after the Closing Date $375,000 28 months after the Closing Date $375,000 TOTAL PURCHASE PRICE $2,250,000
The Transaction is subject to TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") and other regulatory approvals. As well, closing is subject to satisfactory due diligence by the Company, a geological report compliant with National Instrument 43-101 being completed by Elcora and approved by the Exchange, execution of a definitive share purchase agreement and other customary approvals for transactions of this type.
Private Placement
Following conditional acceptance of the Transaction by the Exchange, Elcora intends to complete a concurrent non-brokered private placement offering at $0.20 per common share (the "Offering") of a minimum of $1,125,000 for 6,250,000 common shares of Elcora and a maximum of $1,500,000 for 7,500,000 common shares of Elcora.
The Offering is subject to certain conditions, including but not limited to the receipt of all required regulatory approvals and consents, including the approval of the Exchange. The securities issued pursuant to the Offering will be subject to a hold period expiring four months and one day after the closing of the Offering in accordance with applicable securities laws and, if required, the policies of the Exchange.
Trading of Elcora's stock has been halted and will remain halted, pursuant to Exchange Policy 5.3.
The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. No stock Exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein. This News Release includes certain "forward-looking statements". All statements other than statements of historical fact, included in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding potential mineralization and reserves, exploration results, and future plans and objectives of Elcora, are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from Elcora's expectations are exploration risks detailed herein and from time to time in the filings made by Elcora with securities regulators.
Investors are cautioned that, except as disclosed in the filing statement prepared in connection with the transaction, any information released or received with respect to the transaction may not be accurate or complete and should not be relied upon.
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One of the most anticipated events on New Year's Day is the annual Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, seen by millions around the world via endless broadcasts. And this year the grand marshal of the parade is one of the most beloved broadcasters in the business, the voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers Vin Scully.
It should come as no surprise to Vin's legions of fans that the selection board of the 125th Rose Parade unanimously picked Scully to reign over the New Year's flowery festivities themed "Dreams Come True." He will ride in the parade, and afterwards toss the coin at the start of 100th Rose Bowl Game.
It's interesting to note that Vin once co-hosted the Tournament of Roses Parade with Bewitched star Elizabeth Montgomery for ABC in 1967. But to be the grand marshal is very special for Scully, who said, "I am deeply humbled and greatly honored to be the grand marshal of the 125th Rose Parade. I look forward to sharing this wonderful moment with my wife Sandi and the millions who will be watching."
Scully will also be sharing his smooth golden-voice with millions for a record 65th season as the announcer for the Dodgers' home games in 2014. It's always a great start to a ballgame when you hear his signature introduction — "It's a beautiful day at Dodger Stadium, so pull up a chair, sit back and relax, we've got a dandy."
The Bronx-born redhead started as a radio and television sportscaster in 1950 when the team was still in Brooklyn, and made the move to L.A. with the organization in 1958. Although he never took the mound or picked up a bat, for well over half a century baseball fans have called Scully their "favorite Dodger," along with such legendary players as Jackie Robinson, Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Orel Hershiser, Fernando Valenzuela, etc. In 1982 Scully was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, broadcasters' division, in Cooperstown, N.Y.
A few years ago I got to chat with Vin before he received a lifetime achievement award from the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters. He was feted by various members of the sports world and Hollywood and recognized for the quality he has contributed to the broadcast business. Former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda was there and said, "You can't find words to describe Vin. Without a doubt he's the best in the business. He has done a tremendous job for the Dodgers for over sixty years. Vin is number one."
No one will ever be able to replace him, but for those who aspire to follow in his footsteps, Scully had a few brief words for wannabe sports announcers. "First of all, get your education. You have to go to a university that has an FM radio station that will give you an opportunity to get good at your craft. Read a great deal and gather knowledge so that you'll be able to reach back when the pressure is on to have facts ready to go when you need them, and then it's in God's hands," he explained.
Fellow Dodger announcer Jaime Jarrin, who calls the Dodgers game in Spanish, described his experience with his good friend Vin thusly, "Listening to Vin Scully calling a game is like watching Michelangelo painting a portrait." Also at the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters' luncheon to praise Scully was the Dodgers' former owner Peter O'Malley. When asked what Vin meant to the ball club O'Malley said, "In one word — everything. The class. The sincerity. The high regard everyone has for him. There's no one else like him. He is unique and all of his honors are well deserved."
Along with a Lifetime Achievement Sports Emmy Award, Scully has received the Governor's Emmy Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. And he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Ronald Reagan Distinguished American Award.
The Dodgers dedicated the Vin Scully Press Box at Dodger Stadium, and even a baseball field in Bogota, N.J., bares his name, because he lived there while announcing the Brooklyn Dodgers games. Scully credits Hall of Fame announcer Red Barber as his mentor at the start of his career after graduation from Fordham. It was Southern-born Barber who schooled Vin on the folksy phrases and colorful descriptions that have become a hallmark of his broadcasts.
Now on New Year's Day, Scully will lead the colorful Rose Parade. And it is fitting that the Tournament of Roses president R. Scott Jenkins referred to Scully as being "in a league of his own."


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Thicke is a lover and a gentleman, which is to say he can be raunchy without being crass. The real subject of this 17-track opus (also available as the 12-track Sex Therapy: The Session) is women, and his determination to worship and please them. But the songs are better vehicles for Thicke and his collaborators' naughty wit and seductive grooves than they are for his silky croon. Sex Therapy is best when the singer lets himself be guided by his hormones and his humor, content that we know his heart's in the right place. — Elysa Gardner
>>Download:Meiplé (with Jay-Z), Rollacoasta (Estelle), Shakin' It 4 Daddy (Nicki Minaj)
Phil Vassar, Traveling Circus
The piano-playing country singer has always specialized in bright, bouncy tunes with snappy rhythms and quick rhymes. Now squarely in middle age, he displays a more reflective streak as well, looking at life as the greatest show on earth. Circus boasts more big-top themes (childbirth, divorce, male role models) than sideshows (a cross-dressing denizen of a redneck bar), and Vassar takes to the eighty-eights more like Billy Joel than Charlie Rich. — Brian Mansfield
>>Download:Everywhere I Go, I Will Remember You (written with Kenny Chesney) >>Skip:Tequila Town
The Willowz, Everyone
Scrappy energy can go a long way in garage rock, but not quite far enough to redeem the limited musicality of this curiously acclaimed band from Anaheim, Calif. Probably some critics will continue to admire frontman Richie James Follin's punchy, pitchy caterwauling, and perhaps they'll find slacker poetry in his dopey lyrics ("You open pores deep down you're always me"). But you'll likely know better. — Gardner
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