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Iraqi troops moved on Tuesday to retake another neighbourhood in the eastern sector of the northern city of Mosul but were facing stiff resistance from Islamic State militants, according to a top Iraqi commander.
A new analysis, meanwhile, has found that there was high risk that IS would deploy chemical weapons against Mosul civilians or Iraqi troops fighting to retake the city.
According to IHS Markit, the extremist group has used chemical weapons at least 52 times in Iraq and Syria since its fighters swept across much of the two countries in 2014, including 19 times in the Mosul area alone.
Brigadier General Haider Fadhil of the Iraqi special forces told The Associated Press that IS fighters were targeting his forces with rockets and mortars as they slowly advanced in the densely populated Zohour neighbourhood.
"We are cautiously advancing. There are too many civilians still living there," he said.
Iraqi troops began their siege of Zohour on Sunday as they fortified their positions in neighbourhoods they had already retaken in eastern Mosul. Suicide bombings, sniper fire and concerns over the safety of civilians - there are 1 million still in Mosul - have combined to slow down progress in the campaign to liberate the city, which began on October 17.
Mosul, captured by IS in the summer of 2014, is Iraq's second-largest city and the last major IS urban bastion in the country. Most gains in the campaign so far have been made by the special forces operating east of the Tigris River.
Other forces, including the Kurdish peshmerga troops and volunteer Sunni militiamen, are advancing on the city from different directions, and the US-led coalition is providing airstrikes and other support.
An airstrike by the US-led coalition yesterday destroyed a major bridge over the Tigris in the southern part of the city, a move that appears designed to limit the IS capacity to reinforce or resupply fighters on the east bank of the Tigris, where most of the fighting is taking place.
It was the third of the city's five bridges on the Tigris to be targeted by coalition airstrikes. Two Iraqi officers said the remaining two bridges will also likely be hit. The officers spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the media.
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In a move that has been anticipated for more than a week now, Florida football coach Will Muschamp has hired Jeff Dillman to be the Gators' new strength and conditioning coordinator.
The hiring became official Tuesday afternoon.
Dillman comes to UF from IMG in Bradenton, where he has been the head of physical conditioning since 2009.
Dillman and Mushcamp worked together at LSU, where Dillman was on the strength staff and Muschamp was the defensive coordinator for Nick Saban.
Dillman has trained numerous NFL stars and other professional athletes while at the IMG Performance Institute.
He takes over for Mickey Marotti, who left to join Urban Meyer's Ohio State staff.
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Udomsak Hoonwijit, the hospital's head of forensic medicine, said the body was an eastern European, possibly a Hungarian man, who was between 40-50 years old and 179.5cm in height.
Their suppositions were based on the results of a dental examination, computerised tomography (CT) scan, a traditional autopsy, forensic genetics and forensic toxicology, he said.
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An initial investigation into the dismembered body revealed the freezer was bought in 2008 by Mr La Fon, which led to the assumption the corpse was put in it about seven or eight years ago.
Pol Lt Gen Sanit Mahathavorn, the city police chief, said yesterday police believed the victim was part of the passport forgery operation run by Mr La Fon and it was highly likely he was murdered.
Mr La Fon on Friday (Sept 30) was taken from Police General Hospital where he was treated for injuries received during his arrest to Phra Khanong police station for questioning.
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According to Pol Lt Gen Sanit, police are working with Myanmar authorities to locate a Myanmar woman who worked as a housekeeper for Mr La Fon when he lived in the Ekamai area.
He said the woman, who had reportedly returned to Myanmar, may have information that would help investigators link Mr La Fon to the freezer.
Mr La Fon's ex-wife, who was not identified, has asked to postpone her meeting with police, he added.
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Ron Perovich has come a long way since playing guitar in a suburban high school garage band. Perovich is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, and independent recording artist currently living near Dallas, Texas. He entered the world music scene after dating a belly dancer, and every twist and turn along that path has been worth the effort.
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Sarah Jessica Park is set to launch a little black dress collection next month.
The 51-year-old actress has revealed via social media she has designed a new fashion range called SJP LBD, which will be "proudly" made in America, and the 'Sex And The City' star has revealed her "first silhouette" will launch exclusively next month at the popular department store Bloomingdales.
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Review By: Lucas M. Thomas
Blaster Master is back. Well, Blaster Master was back already -- the classic NES original relaunched on the Virtual Console just this past December -- but now's it back again. This surprise-announced WiiWare sequel's existence was made known to the world just two days before it went on sale in the Wii Shop, and the quick turnaround from reveal to availability should certainly shock longtime fans of the franchise into action. Thankfully, those fans shouldn't be too disappointed by what they find here.
Blaster Master Overdrive is like a long-lost SNES sequel that Sunsoft's series never saw, a WiiWare game crafted in similar style to the ReBirths Konami's given to Gradius, Contra and Castlevania: The Adventure. It sticks close to the design established on the NES, giving you a side-scrolling vehicular platformer half the time, then turning the camera up to a birds-eye view for overhead, on-foot action when protagonist Alex exits his mighty battle tank. The half-and-half hybrid design is once again engaging, and the addition of some much-needed extra features, like save points, eliminates some of the annoyances players had to deal with in the old NES game.
Overdrive plays it safe in presentation, though, and might ultimately let down some Wii owners hoping for a bit more flair -- it runs exclusively in 4:3, for one thing, it supports only the lone Wii Remote as a control option and its environment and enemy design are all a bit repetitive as you progress through the adventure. Those issues aren't enough to defeat the appeal of the game as it is, as its blasting action is solid and satisfying -- so established Blaster Master fans can still feel confident in making a purchase right away. Those of you still on the fence, though, might want some more information before making a decision -- in that case, you can click over to our full review of the game (with numbered score) right here.
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Publisher: Konami
Developer: Konami
Price: 500 Wii Points
Review By: Craig Harris
It's crazy, it's quirky, and hell yes it's worth the five bucks it costs to download the game to your system.
The game's a simple one button affair where you time the A button while you on-screen hero runs from left to right. He'll encounter maids, sumo wrestlers and crazy people in fursuits, and if you time the button just right you'll get to see some crazy animations specific to the characters he meets. The challenge is to get to the finish line before the time runs out, all the while collecting coins and power-up pick-ups that are within reach (and many times without reach).
It's got single player, four player split screen, a turbo mode and an unlockable endless mode. And, here's the zinger: online leaderboards. That's right, you can show off your high scores to the world after every level.
Don't get me wrong: it's silly and simplistic, and it's certainly not the most addictive of game designs. But it's absolutely worth the 500 points to see all the wild and wonderful things this video game hero does simply by hitting the A button. And I totally dig the old-school Prince of Persia Classic-like rotoscoping animation style.
Publisher: Hands-On Mobile
Developer: Ninja Kiwi
Price: 500 Wii Points
Review By: Lucas M. Thomas
Ninja Kiwi's simple trajectory puzzler Bloons has made the rounds to nearly every platform that can play a video game, and now it's here on WiiWare. Expectedly, this is the same game it's always been -- you control a cute, dart-throwing monkey trying to pop a playing field full of balloons, adjusting the angle and strength of each toss to make every dart connect with as many of the colorful, helium-filled orbs as possible. It can be a bit strategic, figuring out how to properly use your limited number of darts to match or excede the target number of pops -- but it's mostly just a monkey throwing pointy things.
It doesn't help this game's case, either, that it's yet another WiiWare you can play online for free. Clicking over to Ninja Kiwi's website gives you the original web browser version for no cost, along with a litany of sequels too. Our own Free to Play collection of games here at IGN even has a Bloons title you can try out for zero dollars -- Bloons Tower Defense 3.
So why someone would pay five bucks for this, I couldn't say. Running on Wii doesn't give it any kind of gameplay boost, as motion control is tacked on for throwing the darts -- but you'll probably just end up pressing B instead, since it does the same thing. And the front-end of this edition is horrid -- some screens use the cursor to select menu options, while others are D-Pad only. So, yes, this one's a solid skip. (Though you should give the free Flash version a minute or two of your time, if you've never played it before.)
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Winter Games
Publisher: Teyon
Developer: Teyon
Price: 500 Wii Points
Review By: Lucas M. Thomas
Polish developer Teyon recently made its DSiWare debut with an impressive, low-priced puzzler called Robot Rescue -- it's definitely worth a look. The studio's first foray into WiiWare, though, doesn't look like it's going to be nearly as successful.
Hubert the Teddy Bear: Winter Games is an average, rough-around-the-edges mini-game collection the likes of which we've seen countless times before on Wii. You take command of a cuddly bear competing in a variety of outdoor winter activities. Not winter sports, mind you -- other winter activities, like throwing snowballs, riding your sled and building a snowman. It's a fair idea, but the execution is questionable -- every single activity has a wholly unique control scheme using some combination of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, and the control never feels natural in any of them.
What's worse, this game has a strong Christmas theme that's just way too out of place now that it's February. The single, looping soundtrack piece is a remix of Jingle Bells, and a voiceover clip of Santa Claus pipes in every two minutes -- no matter what you're doing -- to remind you that "It's the time for peace, and to be jolly!" No joke. There are a couple of redeeming points here, like a good custom character creator, but it's almost all forgettable in the end. Here's hoping Teyon's developers stick with their strengths, with games like Robot Rescue, going forward -- we don't really need any more Hubert.
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The last time we met Keith, he had just returned to work following a serious complication during a routine operation. Thankfully he is much better this year, although he did inform us that he had just come out of hospital again, after having the smile surgically removed from his face after the Spurs win, although the day after this interview, an even bigger one was installed as Andrew Johnson and Tim Cahill scored the goals which swept Liverpool out of the way in the 204th Merseyside derby.
When we met last year, we talked about the plan that you had for the club. How are things progressing within that plan?
I still think there are three major areas which we need to work on, one is the new stadium, two is the new academy, and three is the whole re-development of the business itself and how we actually run the club. I think all three are progressing quite well.
If I can get the new stadium issue sorted out quickly, and I hope to have some announcements about that towards the end of the year, we've got the new training ground coming, we've re-organised the business, and I've not been here 2 years yet!
There's a lot going on, and there always is, and my long-term ambition is to get this club right to the very top where it should be. We need all those things to happen to make sure we get there, and I think we're building a very stable platform on which to build, and to attract the investment we're going to need to move forward.
I love the club, I've only been here a short time, but it does get into your blood. I'm a passionate competitor and I want this club to go forward.
We've broken the questions down into a few main categories, and the first one we'll get straight into, and that's the issue of investment. Perhaps with the performances on the pitch in recent seasons it's not been at the front of everyone's mind, but it is something that is still in people's minds. What sort of figure do you think would be needed to bring Everton forward to be able to compete with the likes of Manchester United?
I wouldn't like to put a number on it, but to try and answer the question in a different way, what we're doing in those three areas that I mentioned is to make us an attractive investment opportunity, and unless we get those three right, we're never going to attract the kind of investment we need.
The stakes are getting raised every day in football, with the likes of Chelsea, the new takeover at Aston Villa, other potential clubs such as West Ham, and if we are to find the right partner we've got to make sure we're doing all the right things and are running the business well. That we've got the right stadium plans, the right academy, all those things are important.
In terms of a number needed, it's more a case of having a sustained investment over a period of time as opposed to a one-off lump sum. Do we need as much as Roman Abramovich? Do we need as much as Randy Lerner? It's hard to put an actual number on it, but you do need an ability to invest quite heavily.
So we are still actively seeking investment partners?
Very active. The whole football market is now back in focus as you know, there's a lot of effort from our point of view.
With the likes of West Ham and Aston Villa receiving large investment recently, what do you think they had to offer that Everton couldn't?
Erm….I don't think they do to be honest. What West Ham may have is geography and the London market, and they can sustain a bigger corporate market than us at the moment. But certainly Aston Villa, I can't think of anything. People do talk about the debt-free nature of Aston Villa, but our debt is very manageable, and I think we are a better buy than any other club in the Premiership.
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What do you think, in their minds, made them invest in those clubs rather than Everton?
I think Randy Lerner is on record as saying he has been a lifelong Aston Villa fan, I think the West Ham situation is to do with the London aspect, and the opportunities that are going to arise from the Olympics there in 2012, but there's still a lot of mystery around that.
Have you spoken to the people who invested in either of those clubs?
I can't say anything about that.
It was mentioned in the media that Paul Gregg was speaking with Randy Lerner, can you tell us any more about that?
I don't know where that has come from.
It was mentioned in an article in the Independent newspaper last month….(-click-)
I've no knowledge of that.
We spoke about a share issue last year, is that something that is still on the agenda?
Yeah, I've been speaking to three different advisors on the potential for a fans' share issue. The key thing for that is timing. The last thing you want to do is go out into the market and not succeed, timing really is the key.
I think once we've made a decision on the new stadium issue will be a better time to look at that, it is certainly on the agenda.
It has been suggested by some fans that Everton Football Club may be waiting for the new stadium to come to fruition with Tesco, and use the financial benefits that may come with that rather than seeking direct investment. What would you say to those fans?
I'd say that we're certainly looking at all the options just now, and there's nothing really to add.
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You mentioned the new academy and training facilities, can you give us an update on how they're coming along?
Yeah, we're still on schedule to move in there next June, and we'll be in there for when the players come back for pre-season next year. We're having a big open day for the press, where we'll be making more announcements. If you were to go along there now you'd see a lot of steelwork sticking out of the ground and the building really taking shape.
People have to understand that there is a lot of work before the building work can actually start, and when we spoke about the pitches being prepared, what we meant was the work that goes into levelling and preparing the ground, rather than laying the pitches themselves. That work can take 12 months, as it did at Finch Farm.
What's the latest news on the stadium plans?
We're in the evaluation process now to review all the options that have been put to us by various people, and it's getting to the stage where we'll have to now decide to follow one in more details and depth.
What's the club's preferred option?
Well, there is no preferred option as such. We're just at the stage now of evaluating all the options that are available.
If we do leave Goodison Park, what will happen to the site?
That would be up to the planners. Obviously for us to realise the full value, it would have to be retail, otherwise it would be residential. A lot depends on what happens across the park, and we still haven't ruled out staying at Goodison.
Staying would be a very difficult project to finance, but it's something that can be done, but you haven't got the sale of the stadium to fund it.
So how viable would it be to put another tier on the Park End?
Well, as I say, if we're to redevelop Goodison you'd have to rebuild 3 new sides, put on a second tier at the Park End and extend the Park End as well. It's not feasible to, it'd cost over £20m to put a seconds tier on the Park End, and you're not going to get that sort of return in the short-term, so it's got to be a long term commitment to staying at Goodison Park to do that.
Rebuilding the whole of Goodison is an expensive situation, which would be very difficult to finance.
The new ticketing system at Goodison coped very well with the crowds against Watford, and seems to have allayed fears many people had.
Yes, the people who developed it for us have said it was probably the smoothest of any club they've installed the system at, and I've got to say a huge thank-you to the fans who heeded the pleas to turn up early and were fantastic in their co-operation, and we hope we can do the same for the derby game – as we've got two massive tests of the new system very early on in the season.
We've done all we can to make sure people know about it, and it's a simple system, but when you put large numbers of people with any system there can be problems. The key thing is the change in people's habits of going in any turnstile, which is hard to break, but we think our fans will cope with the change through the season.
The last time we spoke, we discussed the new corporate seating at the front of the Main Stand, and people's disappointment about being displaced in favour of these new seats – does it disappoint you to see these seats empty for a lot of matches?
It disappoints me to see any seat empty at Goodison, I want to see Goodison packed every weekend if we can, but it's important that we try and grow the corporate market. And, just because the seat might be empty doesn't mean it's not been sold. The nature of the corporate market is that people don't always turn up. But that area has produced a great deal of income for the club, and while I understand the wrench it was for people to leave their seats, and the attachment people have with tradition, it's a very vicious financial battle in the Premiership right now and I had to maximise that side of the business.
The new catering company have been brought in now, and have had a season to work on the half-time serving, but we still get a few complaints about the speed and service – are there any plans to further the improvements that have already been made?
You say there are complaints, but there has only been very minimal numbers, and overall they've done a great job. They have brought in the super-quick pourers for the beer, and we're trying very hard to get the service levels up to speed, and we've simplified the menu's to help that. The Watford game actually produced record takings, and not just by a small amount either and this shows that we were serving a lot more people to a more satisfactory standard.
It's very hard though, to run a very large catering operation which only really operates for 15 minutes every 2 weeks, but Sodexho are the experts, and things will continue to get better as the season goes on.
We're looking at a machine which can pour multiple pints at once, and in around 12 seconds. We're timing everything, and we're doing everything we can to try and make it as quick as possible, right down to installing new till systems to speed things up.
It's been asked that if we move from Goodison Park to a site outside of Liverpool, how can we continue to style ourselves as The People's Club of Liverpool?
I think we've always said "The People's Club†of Merseyside and not Liverpool.
David Moyes' words were that Everton was " probably the people's football club of Liverpool, the people on the street support Evertonâ€Â
Well, the people on the streets of Merseyside support Everton, and I know it's been said before, but Kirkby is the spiritual home of Z-Cars. And Kirkby is very much Evertonia, and I don't see any problems with that at all, and any move could only enhance our position as "The People's Clubâ€Â
With regards to the Howard Kendall testimonial, does the club not feel that it might have been better to lower the ticket price and get more fans into the ground while raising the same amount of money?
Not a club issue. That was a decision made by the testimonial group, we offered the team and the ground, but we had nothing to do with the running of the game.
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Moving onto the another area which seems to be a key part of your plan to move the club forward, the outsourcing of various departments to third parties. The catering, retail outlets, and the programme production have all been outsourced, is anything else next?
No. I think that's it for now. You always look at the areas in which other people can do better for you with their specialist skills, and I think those three areas were ones which needed specialists involved in.
JJB are already well up on sales figures for the first three months, and are getting a handle on the e-commerce side of things, doing a great job of selling on the high street.
How does outsourcing make the club money once the initial payment for the contract has cleared?
It's not all about making money, it's also about stopping us losing money. On retail, we proved over the past 4 to 5 years to be terrible shopkeepers. We're in a pretty competitive market, and buying is a crucial skill to have in retail, and it was one which we didn't have, and in the end we bought badly. That then translates into a loss down the road. Now we have the experts of JJB, who have the skill of being able to buy in bulk, and have a lot more knowledge of the market than we do. We also receive a guaranteed sum from them every single year, plus a royalty on money over a certain target. So it's turning a loss into, already, profit for the club.
The programme was all about trying to stop the decline in sales, really. The Echo have a lot more access to better distribution networks so the programme can be out on Friday night and Saturday morning, and already we've seen a big increase in sales. Plus, to be able to use their own design team and printing cuts the cost down as well.
What is the benefit for Evertonians to spend money inside the ground or in the Megastore if the money is no longer going straight to the club?
The money does go into the club. We have fixed guarantee of a cheque that these companies will give us every year, plus, as we go over their targets we get more money from those companies. The whole idea was to give Evertonians a better service, and I can assure them that more revenue than ever before is coming into Everton, and we've improved customer services at the same time.
You've closed the Megastore in the City Centre now, what was the thinking behind no longer having the big Everton presence on the high street?
The retail side was a loss making situation for us, and with JJB having a big retail presence in Liverpool, they can work with us to expand the Everton brand within Liverpool, so we have to wait and see what happens down the line.
The aim was to rationalise the business and turn it into a profit making business rather than a loss-making one.
It didn't make sense to keep the Megastore with JJB having such a big store, and they've expanded the whole Everton section in the JJB store, and as I say, we've got to beat the neighbours.
There is a vast improvement in the range of merchandise available in JJB, but my only complaint is that the Everton stock is stuck away in the far corner of the store.
Oh, when I was in there last it was just to the right as you go up the escalator [which is where it was when the store first took Everton stock] but it's in their interest to sell as much as they can.
I've seen some of the stuff they have planned for future merchandise too, and it's very impressive, which shows that with a good strong buyer you can expand the range well.
It's good to see that we're getting our shirts into more stores too…
Yes, that's the key thing for us. We're actually now able to collect data on every Everton fan who buys an Everton shirt anywhere in the country which we've never been able to do before, so it helps from that point of view as well.
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Another topic on people's minds is the David France Collection. How much has been raised for that so far?
We're closing in to around £400,000 – and we need to get to £800,000. We've got Alan Ball now who's come in as patron of the trust, we've got the whole re-launch of the appeal coming up towards the end of the year, and we've got a very strong lottery application in and we're pretty confident that we'll raise all of the funds.
I personally think it's a hugely important thing for us to do in saving our heritage. You talked about investors earlier, in a nightmare scenario, what if we got a Russian come in and dispose of the heritage by selling it off. I want to make sure this collection is safeguarded for the fans within the charitable trust, as well as making it available as an educational resource which we can take forward.
How much of the £400,000 has been raised by the fans?
I think there's been around £25,000 raised by the fans now, and I'd urge everyone to try and help us as much as they can to safeguard this piece of our history. You'll be seeing a lot more fund-raising events taking part, and I don't want to give too much away and steal the thunder of the charity, but you will see a lot of events coming up towards the end of the year.
Why was the decision made to use a private PR company for the fundraising rather than use Everton's own communications department?
Well this isn't a club venture, it's a separate charitable trust and the charities commission who approve everything won't allow us to use in-house departments. We also wanted to include the fans in this, and we've done that, we've got a steering committee and involved a lot of fans in that. As that's what this is meant to be, for the fans, by the fans.
Are the plans to display the collection the same as originally discussed?
Yes, they will still be going in the records office and be available for everyone to see. We'll also be doing special tours around the area with the collection, doing special exhibitions, as we want to guarantee total access to the collection. For educational, historic, and academic research and let all the fans have access to it as best is possible.
It is the most important, and best, collection of it's type in the world. I can't underline how important this resource is, and I think it's very important that we make it available to the fans.
Is David France prepared to wait?
I believe so, I'm seeing him today.
If we can move onto transfer activity at the club, David has spent over £40m in the past 2 years, which demonstrates a good backing form the board – is there money to continue backing him in that way?
I know, I sign the cheques!
But we've pushed the envelope, as you've pointed out, pretty hard, but without stretching the club financially and working within our operating system for targets – but there isn't a lot more left, certainly not for big-money signings and we'll need to see about moving players out before making any more big signings such as the nature of the Andrew Johnson deal.
By pushing envelopes, you don't mean spending money we haven't got? Rather utilising the different deals available for transfers, like Bill Kenwright said "You don't need £5m to buy a £5m playerâ€Â
There's that, yes certainly, getting the best deals possible and making sure you work to the limits of your cashflow, which does take some skill and negotiaion, and a lot of planning to be able to do it.
The deal to take Kevin Kilbane away from Everton, was that just a deal that Everton couldn't afford to refuse?
It was a very good deal. We signed an agreement with Wigan though not to release the actual fee, but it was a good deal, particularly for Kevin himself. We're always sad to lose a player of Kevin's ability however, and the club recognise that he always gave 100% to the club, but sometimes players have to move on.
You mentioned that we'd have to move players out to bring others in, is that going to involve selling some of our big names?
If you're talking the kind of deals such as Andrew Johnson then certainly. There's still room however to talk about loan deals or players at the lower end of the price spectrum. But we've invested heavily in the squad, and I think people can see that.
Absolutely, no-one can accuse you of not backing the manager with the money you have done.
I think for a club of our size of turnover, I think we're about the fifth biggest in terms of spending, while we're probably still the 8th biggest in terms of turnover, so it shows we're backing the manager and that's what the fans want to see.
There's two key things. Firstly, this is not the year to have problems like getting relegated, as the TV deal from next year will be very lucrative for us, and secondly, it's not been discussed much, but Sepp Blatter and FIFA have been making noises about making an 18 team Premiership, which could lead to 5 teams being relegated next year.
As I say, it's not been discussed much, but I think it's something that people should definitely be aware of, and now is the time to invest in your squad and make sure you've got as strong a squad as possible.
There was talk of a few different ideas tinkering with the Premiership…
Yes, there will always be talk of new ideas, but football at that sort of level is very resistant to change.
I think that the Premiership is proving to be the most attractive league in the World, the viewing figures show that, and people keep on going to football matches, so if it's not broken, don't try and fix it!
Back to transfers, Anderson Silva da Franca, what's the story with him?
We acquired his economic and competitive rights, not his registration. It's a very complex issue, and we can't really go into details. Negotiations are continuing with the club in Uruguay, but it is a very complex issue but we're working our way through it.
I really don't want to say anything more as we're in the middle of discussions, and without explaining the complexities of it, the deal wouldn't make a great deal of sense.
Is he playing football for anyone at the moment?
There have been mixed reports in the press as to whether we've got the option to buy Tim Howard next season, can you shed any more light on that?
It's subject of ongoing discussion with Manchester United.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank Keith again for his time, and his open and honest answers to our questions, and re-iterate how refreshing it is to have a good open channel of dialogue between fans and the club.
Thanks also to the Everton Communications department liaising with Keith to arrange the interview, and their continued help and support to NSNO.co.uk


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8-year-old tragically killed in farming accident
An 8-year-old girl has died after a farming accident in Co Mayo this evening.
Gardaí have confirmed that the young girl was fatally injured in an incident involving a tractor on a farm in Lismolin, Co Mayo at around 5pm.
She was brought to Mayo University Hospital in Castlebar where she was later pronounced dead.
Gardaí in Westport and the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) have launched separate investigations into the tragic death.
A post-mortem examination will be carried out tomorrow.
So far this year seven people have lost their lives on Irish farms, while the figures show that 18 deaths occurred last year.


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We'd all like to get a little healthier, and perhaps a little fitter too. But thankfully there are tonnes of mobile apps which can help you live a healthier, more positive lifestyle.
Could your phone be a powerful revision tool?
There are lots of apps out there that can help with your revision timetable, organise your tasks, or even keep you motivated – you just need the right one for you.
New iPhone SE released tonight
The wait is finally over. A new iPhone will be unveiled this evening but not the one you're expecting. Apple will reveal the new iPhone SE which cosmetically will match the appearance of the current 5S with a slightly boxier shape and a smaller screen.
Tech gifts to put on your Christmas list this year
If you look outside, it may not feel like Christmas just yet, but it is certainly coming, and it's coming fast…
Do we really know how to charge our smartphones?
Our smartphones are our pride and joy and life without them can be especially tough. Like when, for example, the battery dies.
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Get smart with your smartphone
Your phone isn't just a distraction device – it can be a helpful tool for everything from lecture notes to getting out of bed.
Cancer treatment options could improve with Lincoln nanodevice
The detection and treatment of cancer could be greatly improved by a nanodevice to be developed by a team of researchers, some from the University of Lincoln.


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This page collects together publications on issues related to women in politics from both the Pacific and the world. It collects together research documents, campaigning resources and key papers. If you have a publication we have missed, please send it to the PacWIP team at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Practice Parliament for Women Training Manual launched
The idea for a Practice Parliament for Women came about as a direct response to the call from women around the Pacific region to be supported, and to have their political and policy skills developed. This initiative drew on the positive experiences reported from youth parliament forums in the region and elsewhere. The Practice Parliaments are designed to fill some of the gaps in the existing efforts to support women's political participation by developing a broader set of skills and by giving women participants the opportunity to immediately apply those skills. Responding to the success of this initiative, UNDP has produced this publication to provide guidance to national partners on how to organize and run a Practice Parliament for women.
Improving the Electoral Chances of Pacific Women through an Evidence-Based Approach
This report draws on discussions that occurred at a three-day workshop hosted by the Centre for Democratic Institutions (CDI) and State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program (SSGM) at the Australian National University in Canberra in June 2016. The purpose of the workshop was to review the evidence base regarding lessons learned about successful campaigning, how women are positioned to run successful campaigns, and how development partners might enhance the effectiveness of support provided to women candidates by drawing on and responding to this evidence base. While the workshop focused on the Melanesian context — and Papua New Guinea (PNG), Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, in particular — it drew on lessons from other parts of the Pacific islands region and the findings of this synthesis report may be applicable more widely. The workshop was attended by a broad range of stakeholders, including campaign activists, women candidates, former and current sitting members of legislatures, development partners, NGOs, policymakers and academics from Melanesia and Australia. An annotated copy of the three-day workshop program is provided at Appendix A, with speaker names excluded. Discussions at the workshop were held on a Chatham House basis to encourage frank discussion. While the synthesis provided in this report draws on those discussions, this report reflects the analysis of the authors and should not be taken to reflect the views of attendees at the workshop. This report is supplemented by a series of framing papers which were presented at that workshop to inform focused workshop discussions and have been published as SSGM In Briefs in tandem with this report.
IPU Report - Women in parliament in 2016: The year in review
IPU's annual report provides information and statistics on the state of women's representation in national legislatures around the world.
Campaigning as a woman: Promoting Equality and Participation of Women in Politics and Decision-making
This publication is one of a series of tools and publications about women in politics supported by IWDA through the FLOW (Funding Leadership and Opportunities for Women) program, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. It is the result of a Candidate Debriefing Workshop conducted with women who stood for election in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville general election in May-June 2015. The workshop was organised by the Bougainville Women's Federation and funded by International Women's Development Agency, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, in August 2015.
The 2015 Bougainville General Election was only the third election to be held in Bougainville and represented the greatest number of women candidates ever to stand. 35 women contested, including 12 women who ran against men in open seats (the other 23 stood for the 3 seats reserved for women in the Bougainville House of Representatives). This election was the first where a woman candidate, Hon Josephine Getsi, won in an open seat, bringing women's political representation in the House of Representatives to 10%. Several women ran strong campaigns and learned much about what it takes to succeed in an election. The 2015 Candidate Debriefing Workshop gave women candidates the opportunity to talk about their experiences during the election campaign. "Campaigning as a Woman" focuses on the areas these candidates suggested as important for women to know in order to run effective campaigns. It draws on the candidate experiences to illustrate lessons, challenges, and strategies for overcoming them. It includes comments from candidates who attended the Debriefing Workshop and case studies telling the campaign stories of five of the women candidates: Josephine Getsi, Rose Pihei, Joan Nenoari, Patricia Kapapal, Agnes Titus.
FIJI WOMEN'S FORUM: Women in Politics Campaign handbook
This Handbook was initially prepared as a resource for the Candidate Capacity Strengthening Workshop organised by the Fiji Women's Forum in June 2014. The aim of the Workshop was to assist women candidates to campaign effectively for the September 2014 Fiji election. Following the election, the Handbook was reviewed and case studies added based on the campaigning experience of the various women candidates. The Handbook includes comments from participants at a debriefing session following the 2014 elections, and candidates interviewed by a Fiji Women's Rights Movement researcher after the election. It also includes extracts from interviews with Members of Parliament undertaken by FemLINKPACIFIC following the election. The Handbook provides useful tools and includes practical advice, checklists and questionnaires covering all the key components for a successful election campaign. It is hoped that women candidates in future Fiji elections and those in other Pacific elections will find this Handbook a useful resource to help them develop and implement their own winning campaign strategies and plans.


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Like every year, Former MLA Baba Siddiqui's Iftar party was a star-studded affair. Apart from the biggies from Bollywood, some of the television stars too, made their way to the most happening party!
From the television industry, Karan Singh Grover made his presence felt with his wife-actress Bipasha Basu. Bigg Boss ex-contestants - Digangana Suryavanshi and Elli Avram, and TV actor and Host, Manish Paul, actors Aamir Ali with wife Sanjeeda Sheikh were spotted at the Iftar party.
Check Out Pictures Of TV Actors Who Attended Baba Siddiqui's Iftar Party
Bollywood actors, who are also seen on Television - Bigg Boss host Salman Khan and India Poochega Sabse Shaana Kaun host Shahrukh Khan were present at the event. Like previous year, there was no 'Khan hug' this time, as both of them entered separately.
Digangana posted some of the pictures from the party on her social networking account. The actress was seen bonding with Daisy Shah.
Posting a picture snapped with Subhash Ghai (Slide 4), Digi wrote, "Was lovely meeting u, its always nyc to talk to u!!!! #subhashji ☺☺." She also posted a picture (Slide 5), in which Salman was seen and wrote, "Hahah #randomclick #candid #walk #thx4sharingthepicture @beingsalmankhan real good person!! #WordAreUnderstatement so much respect for u always!!! ☺☺☺☺☺🙏."
Qubool Hai actor, KSG thanked Baba Siddiqui. He wrote (Slide 6), "Thank you Baba Siddique for a pleasant evening! Wearing @vikramphadnis .... Styled by @shyamliarora 😎."
Manish Paul too, took to social media (Slide 7), "At #babasiddiqueiftari last nite!!! #mp#happy #always #style#love #life #blessed #thank#god."
Bigg Boss 7 contestant Elli Avram posted a picture (Slide 8) and wrote, "Dressed in a @neeta_lulla design for tonight's #iftar dinner❤✨. #love #indianclothes #neetalulla."


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ok so im not gonna mention my age or my bf's age cause it will get everyone off the subject, but me and him have been together for almost 4 months (its 4 months in 2 days!!) anyway, we are in a long distance relationship and we have talked about when getting married and having kids before, but a few days ago he actually asked me... like for real asked me to marry him!!! i didn't know what to say so i just avoided the qustion and i told him im too young, and we haven't talked about it since then. but today we were texting and he used my name but with his last name :/ i dont know how to feel about this. i mean, i want to marry him, but i might not feel the same when were old enough. and he's only like my 5th boyfriend ever and what if he's not the right one? help me pleaseee!!!
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First of all we know your under 18 which means your too young to get married.
Secondly, being together 4 months... you don't know eachother well enough. I've lasted at least 4 months with like 5 different guys. All which I thought were ''the one'' and now realize he is not at all. I know you like him and he likes you but you should wait a while before getting into big plans like that. Maybe he could get you a promise ring to show that he loves you but that's it really at your age & after only 4 months. You have plenty of time :) Don't rush because you might regret it a lot.00|00|0
he has gotten me a promise ring
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& proposed after.. thats odd.
normally people wait a lot longer


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Liege Waffles (Belgian Pearl Sugar Waffles)
READY IN: 35mins
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Recipe by GoodMorningBurger
I have not yet had the good fortune to visit Belgium, but I do frequent a lovely NYC cafe called Le Pain Quotidien, which is based in Belgium. I tried their crispy, caramelized Belgian Sugar Waffle, and was instantly in love. If perled sugar is not available, substitute an equal amount of coarsely crushed sugar cubes. I got this recipe off a Belgian website.
Top Review by carde7
The most consistent source of pearl sugar (pärlsocker) is IKEA's Swede Shop.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 (1/4 ounce) package yeast
- 1⁄3 cup lukewarm water
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups flour
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup softened butter
- 1 cup pearl sugar
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- Mix yeast, water, sugar and salt, and let develop for 15 minutes.
- Place flour into a large bowl.
- Make a well, pour in yeast mixture, and begin to knead.
- Continue to knead, add eggs, one at a time, and add soft butter, 2 tablespoons each addition, mixing well.
- Let dough rest in bowl until doubled.
- Gently mix in pearl sugar.
- Let rest for 15 minutes.
- Heat waffle iron.
- When hot, butter waffle iron, pour in 3 tablespoons dough per waffle.
- Cook for 3-5 minutes, until waffles lightly brown on top.
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Disclaimer: Everything herein©Marvel
Warnings: runaway, hurt/bcomfort/b, alternate universe, self-esteem boost
Notes: Written for hc_bingo Round 2 on Dreamwidth, the prompt being "mutation."
Please note the AU warning, as this throws two canons into "alternative timeline" territory.
These people were quite unlike anyone he'd ever met before, but for some reason he felt that they were more like him than his own family.
Well, those who he'd thought were his family, adopted freak that he was.
But no, no. Freak was something that the blond young man had referred to as a four-letter word (although didn't it have five letters? It would take a lifetime to understand these people...) in this house, and while he was unusual in his way, so was everyone else.
The blond himself – Alex Summers – had a fairly unnerving talent of shooting energy from his torso, although he tended to channel it through his hands. A redhead by the name of Sean Cassidy could produce screams on the sonic level and was able to utilize the skill to 'fly' with the aid of a harness. A fairly tall – but close to his own height – furry blue fellow named Hank McCoy was... well, blue and furry, and also very quick and agile.
The head of the household, a man who somehow managed to remind him of both his adoptive parents in equal measure, was confined to a wheelchair due to some unfortunate events that happened some six or seven years before his arrival. Yet despite what would be viewed by many as an obvious handicap, Charles Xavier exuded power. And it was not simply the fact that he could peer into a person's mind with ease, but that he didn't judge people based on what he picked out there. If that were the case, then he never would have set one foot on the grounds.
"You are better than you realize," Charles had said to him, the smile on his face matching the smile in his eyes and making him feel at ease in a way he hadn't felt in forever. "You have a huge amount of potential, but you can't see it because you don't want to."
"What potential?" he'd asked, every bit the petulant runaway teenager. "I'm not the golden child, never was and never will be."
"And it is because you are not your brother that you have the potential to be so much greater than you let yourself be."
It was an argument that they continued to have, sometimes once a week, but it was one he was beginning to realize he was losing spectacularly. And yet, he didn't mind being wrong.
In the years he'd lived in this house, with these people, he had started to take pride in himself once again. Not in the façade he'd lived under all too unknowingly back in the home of his childhood, but in the man he could be. No one looked twice when he forgot to change his appearance to a 'normal' pale skin tone and instead wandered around the house in his natural blue and tribal-marked state. Hank took note that, while 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit was the normal temperature for most people, his normal baseline was closer to 36.5 degrees Fahrenheit; when the cold weather set it, fires were lit and sweaters grabbed by everyone but himself and Hank, neither of whom were affected terribly by the chill in the air. If he wished to be someone else for a day, no one batted an eye (although it was sometimes funny to have two Alexes or Seans or Hanks at a meal).
And as more time passed, as Alex and Sean grew older and left, as children and teenagers arrived to fill the rooms with laughter and life, as he aged more slowly than everyone, he accepted who he was. In the past, he had only known that he was different, but did not understand or know the why. His life was literally something from out of a story, but Charles had never thought him mad; Charles had simply wondered aloud that genetic mutations had lead to modern man, and that it could be possible that the same genetic mutations could occur on other worlds as well.
It made so much sense to him that it nearly made him weep to finally understand.
And even as the world changed – as those new children grew and left, as Alex's younger brother became a man, as Sean brought his daughter to the school and commented you look good for your age, as Hank went into politics (and that was the greatest prank of all waiting to happen, he just knew it), as the government began to scout him for an organization they only called SHIELD – he only sometimes wondered if anyone still thought about him, if anyone still missed him, if they ever had.
On those nights, Loki would gaze up at the night sky with burnt orange eyes, hoping that his mother and brother could see him and wondering how many other Jotun like himself – born smaller and prettier than their parents – had been left to die for a mutation that they couldn't help but be born with.
End Note: Yes, I went there. Consider this extremely AU because Loki found out he was adopted when he was in the Asgardian equivalent of his teens and ran away to Midgard/New York. Charles and company found him around 1968, and he's been with 'em ever since... although if I write more in this 'verse he'll have wandered off to join SHIELD before the events of the first X-Men movie ever kick off :3


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Our Farmers Market at Taylor Square is a community, not-for-profit food market where local growers, farmes and artisan producers sell their wares directly to consumers. Stallholders sell what they grow, farm, pickle, preserve, bake, smoke or catch themselves from a defined regional area.
We operate our market because:
1. It provides an outdoor community meeting place every week for inner city dwellers.
2. It reduces your environmental footprint by reducing the distance your food travels to get to you.
3. You meet and know the people who grow and make your food.
4. 100% of your dollars go directly to the farmer that you are buying your produce from.
We're passionate about fuelling the revolution towards sustainable cooking and other sustainable lifestyle practices. During September & October, the markets will also feature a Pop-Up Education Area, made possible by a City of Sydney Environmental grant. You'll able to attend practical workshops on organic gardening, urban beekeeping, worm farming, composting & more. We'll also slip in some fantastic cooking demonstrations with local chefs.
Or, if you just feel like soaking up the spring sunshine – order a coffee, pull up a milk crate at our communal tables, and enjoy the market vibe.