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HEBBURN Town left it late to seal the three points as they moved a whisker away from promotion to the Northern League Division One.
After a terrible first half, perhaps the worst 45 minutes that Hebburn have played all season, the Hornets scored twice in the second period – and will be promoted tonight should Team Northumbria defeat Morpeth Town.
The South Tynesiders were nervous during a first half that saw the hosts deservedly take the lead after eight minutes. The lowly Teessiders, fourth from bottom of the league, created all of the opening chances and Paul Thorns, an irritation to the Hebburn defence in a superb opening 45 minutes, scored with a header from six yards from a Marcus Laing cross.
Hornets boss Paul Bennett, "emotionally drained" at the final whistle, admitted his team were "very nervous" during that first half but following a half-time dressing room bust-up between multiple players, the result of such an insipid performance until that point, Hebburn mixed it up in a vastly improved second half.
Bennett played a longer ball game, with Dan Kirkup moving from centre-back to centre-forward as a 4-5-1 became a 3-4-3 which Thornaby could not cope with.
Despite non-stop Hebburn pressure, the game was anything but plain sailing, with a number of good chances being wasted through wasteful finishing.
Dean Nicholson levelled for Hebburn with 16 minutes remaining, with Hebburn eventually getting a share of luck as the ball appeared to have been cleared off the line, only for the assistant referee to signal a goal.
With Kirkup so dominant in the air and more chances being created, it was always a matter of 'when' and not 'if' the winning goal would arrive.
Yet it wasn't until the final five minutes when the winner was eventually bagged and, predictably, it was Alex Benjamin with a sublime finish.
Paul King attacked the Thornaby box and slid the ball into Liam McBryde. With defenders all around him, McBryde managed to push the ball left to Benjamin who calmly took one touch back inside his marker before smashing the ball into the roof of the net from eight yards out.
"That football match was completely against the ethos of my football," said Bennett afterwards.
"But that was the culmination of nine months of hard work, and the result was very important."
With Morpeth going down 1-0 to an injury-time penalty at Chester-le-Street, Hebburn stand on the brink of promotion.
Should Morpeth win a point or more tonight, a win for Hebburn at home to Ryton & Crawcrook Albion on Saturday will see the South Tynesiders return to the top division of the Northern League for the first time since 2001.


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GENEVA - More than half of Syria's school-age children - 2.8 million and counting - cannot get an education because of the devastation and violence from a civil war now entering its fourth year, the UN children's agency said Tuesday.
Most of those - 2.3 million of Syria's nearly 5 million children who should be in classes - remain within Syria's borders, as education and health services collapse and classrooms are bombed or used as shelters and military barracks, UNICEF said in a new report that shows the tragically expanding effects of a conflict on the region's youngest victims. (AP)

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Well here's another one to list as a lucky find. I stumbled upon a 1972 unwin allen hard copy of The Hobbit in quite good shape (no dj however), and picked it up for $2. Made my morning!


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The TPP Threatens the State of the Union
There's a good chance that President Obama will use tonight's State of the Union address to gin up support for Fast Tracking the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
The White House insists Fast Track authority, which would limit debate and prohibit amendments to the TPP, is part of their negotiating strategy to encourage more open markets among the 12 participating nations. With Fast Track, the argument goes, the administration can give negotiating partners assurances that the deal won't be changed by Congress after everyone has already agreed to the terms. But in reality, it's an effort to get Congress to abdicate its most important duties and agree to let greedy multinational corporations get exactly their way, without any input or objection from a public that will be forced to live with the myriad consequences of a TPP trade regime.
Fortunately, many members of Congress and the Senate have been steadfast in their resistance to Fast Track. The legislation was notably introduced without at Democratic co-sponsor in the House, and Senator Reid has put it on ice in his chamber amid fierce opposition from the public and members of his own caucus.
Fast Track will eliminate essential checks and balances by transfering congress' trade authorities to the president. Before tonight's State of the Union, we need to urge our members of Congress not to turn a blind eye to one of the most controversial and secretive trade deals in history.
Please call your representatives today and tell them to resist the president's demands for Fast Track trade authority.
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2012-13 Southeast Division Preview
Miami Heat
2011-12 Record & Division Standing: 46-20 (1st)
Key Off-Season Additions: Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis
Key Off-Season Losses: Ronny Turiaf
Outlook: The defending NBA Champs just improved their roster
On the Bright Side: LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh will continue to dominate. They added two prolific shooters in Allen and Lewis to space the floor on offense.
Be Concerned: With Bosh moving to center the Heat will be undersized against teams like the Lakers,Pacers, and Sixers.
2011-12 Record & Division Standing: 40-26 (2nd)
Key Off-Season Additions: Devin Harris, Kyle Korver, Lou Williams, Anthony Morrow, DeShawn Stevenson and Jordan Farmar
Key Off-Season Losses: Marvin Williams, Joe Johnson, Kirk Hinrich, Willie Green and Vladimir Radmanovic
Outlook: They'll be competitive but not as dangerous, or good, as they were with Joe Johnson. Watch for them to run a lot more.
On the Bright Side: The Hawks should have Al Horford for a full season and Lou Williams is a decent replacement for Joe Johnson.
Be Concerned: Depth could be an issue and they are somewhat weak at the wing positions outside of Josh Smith who is a small forward trapped in a power forward's body.
Key Off-Season Additions: Trevor Ariza, Emeka Okafor, Martell Webster and Bradley Beal (rookie)
Key Off-Season Losses: Andray Blatche and Rashard Lewis
Outlook: At best the Wizards could make the playoffs. However, their lack of experienced talent will keep them out for this year.
On the Bright Side: They have some talent (John Wall and Bradley Beal) and some good complementary players (Okafor, Ariza and Nene).
Be Concerned: The challenge for the Wizards will be to find a winning system with and without John Wall, who will miss at least the first month of the season with a knee injury
Key Off-Season Additions: Ben Gordon, Brendan Haywood, Ramon Sessions and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (rookie)
Key Off-Season Losses: D.J. Augustin and Corey Maggette,
Outlook: With some good additions things should be better than their 7-win season in 2011-12
On the Bright Side: Hopefully, Kemba Walker and Bismack Biyombo's improvement over the summer yields more positive results.
Be Concerned: It's unclear if the Bobcats have any future All-Stars among their recent lottery picks- rookie Michael Kidd-Gilchrist might be their best hope.
Key Off-Season Additions: Aaron Afflalo, Al Harrington, Nikola Vucevic and Coach Jacque Vaughn
Key Off-Season Losses: Dwight Howard, Ryan Anderson, Jason Richardson, Earl Clark, Chris Duhon and Coach Stan Van Gundy
Outlook: It doesn't look good. The Magic didn't get much in return for Howard and they lack talent at most positions.
On the Bright Side: The uncertainty with Dwight Howard is over.
Be Concerned: They're not very good and their roster doesn't appear to have any future stars.
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SISTERS — Jake McAllister, the Sky-Em League's reigning player of the year, scored three goals and posted two assists Tuesday as Sisters cruised past Crook County 7-0 in both teams' boys soccer season opener.
The senior midfielder led the Outlaws (1-0) to a 3-0 halftime lead after recording an assist and a goal in the first half.
Junior forward Ethan Stengel gave Sisters its first lead of the game, scoring off an Evan Rickards' deflection in the fourth minute to put the Outlaws ahead 1-0. Jadon Bachtold and McAllister added scores in the 25th and 35th minutes.
In the second half, McAllister scored twice while Justin Harrer and Trent Marks each added one goal.
"In the first half, we tried to do too much," Sisters coach Rob Jensen said. "In the second half we made the simple 18-yard cross. We played balls through the middle."
The Outlaws, who went 12-3 last season, outshot Crook County 35-5 and allowed just one shot on goal.
Sisters is off until Thursday, Sept. 14, when the Outlaws host Henley. The Cowboys are also off for the next eight days before entertaining Redmond's Central Christian in Prineville.
In other prep events Tuesday:
Summit 2, Sherwood 1: SHERWOOD — Hadlie Plummer and Megan Cornette both scored for the Storm in their season opener, a rematch of last year's Class 5A state championship game. Plummer's goal came off a penalty kick while Marina Johannesen assisted on Cornette's score. Summit goalkeeper Rachel Estopare led the Storm defense with six saves.
Cottage Grove 1, Ridgeview 0: COTTAGE GROVE — The Lions scored in the final 90 seconds of the game to knock off the Ravens in the nonleague match. Ridgeview goalie Erica Nadermann posted six saves in the defeat.
Thurston 7, Redmond 1: REDMOND — Freshman Jerado Herrera scored off an Ernesto Chavez assist to produce the Panthers' lone goal in both teams' season opener. The Colts of Springfield raced out to a 4-0 lead before Herrera's score in the 19th minute put Redmond (0-1) on the board.
Panthers fall in five
THE DALLES — Despite winning the first two games, Redmond fell to The Dalles Wahtonka in the Panthers' season-opening match. The Eagle Indians won the nonconference contest 23-25, 21-25, 25-17, 25-15, 15-8. Shelby Bergum paced the Panthers with 13 kills and four aces.
Bulldogs sweep Cobras
HALSEY — Reigning Class 2A state champion Culver rolled past Central Linn 25-14, 25-6, 25-17 in both teams' Tri-River Conference opener. Shealene Little led the Bulldogs with 14 kills and four aces, Gabrielle Alley added 10 kills and four aces, and Hannah Lewis dished out 25 assists and chipped in three aces of her own.


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6 Ways to Avoid Hydrogenated Oil
What Is Hydrogenated Oil?
What Is Hydrogenated Oil?
Food companies began using hydrogenated oil to help increase shelf life and save costs. Hydrogenation is a process in which a liquid unsaturated fat is turned into a solid fat by adding hydrogen. During this processing, a type of fat called trans fat is made. While small amounts of trans fats are found naturally in some foods, the majority of trans fats in the diet come from these processed hydrogenated fats.
Hydrogenated oils can affect heart health because they increase "bad" (LDL) cholesterol and lower "good" (HDL) cholesterol. Still, food manufacturers continue to use them — especially partially hydrogenated oils (POH) — to:
- save money
- extend shelf life
- add texture
- increase stability
Hydrogenated oil isn't always easy to spot, but there are ways to pinpoint it and avoid it for good.
Know the Common Culprits
Know the Common Culprits
Hydrogenated oils are most commonly found in foods that also have saturated fat, such as:
- margarine
- vegetable shortening
- packaged snacks
- baked goods (especially premade versions)
- ready-to-use dough
- fried foods
- coffee creamers (both dairy and non-dairy)
Read Food Labels Carefully
Read Food Labels Carefully
Since hydrogenated oil contains trans fats, it's best to avoid any food product that contains hydrogenated oil. Still, a product labeled as free from trans fats doesn't mean it is. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a company can label a food free of trans fats if the actual content is 0.5 grams per serving or less. This isn't the same as 0 grams.
Some food labels claim there are no trans fats, but POH may still be listed as one of the ingredients. This is why it's important to read both the food label and the ingredients list.
Use Vegetable Oils for Cooking
Use Vegetable Oils for Cooking
Margarine and shortening are easy to cook with, but they contain hydrogenated oils. Opt for heart-healthy vegetable oils, such as safflower, canola, and olive oil instead. Consider baking and broiling your foods instead of frying them to save on fat and calories.
Be Aware of Oils in Processed Foods
Be Aware of Oils in Processed Foods
Margarine and shortening are easy to cook with, but they contain hydrogenated oils. Opt for heart-healthy vegetable oils, such as safflower, canola, and olive oil instead. Consider baking and broiling your foods instead of frying them to save on fat and calories.
Limit Packaged Foods
Limit Packaged Foods
Hydrogenated oils go hand in hand with food preservation, so hydrogenated fat often ends up in packaged foods. Decrease your dependence on packaged foods. Start by eliminating one food group at a time. For example, cook your own rice or potatoes from scratch instead of relying on seasoned, boxed versions.
Makeover Your Snacks
Makeover Your Snacks
Snacks can be an important part of a balanced diet. Not only do they sustain you until the next meal, but they can also help keep you from being overly hungry and prevent drops in blood sugar. The problem is that many convenient snacks are made with hydrogenated oil.
Opt for more satiating snacks that are naturally free of trans fats, including:
- mixed nuts
- carrot sticks
- apple slices
- a banana
- plain yogurt
(Remember to check the labels of any packaged goods you might eat with these snacks, such as hummus, peanut butter, and yogurt.)
Making the Transition
Making the Transition
Hydrogenated oils are so abundant in everyday foods, that it may seem downright impossible to completely avoid this dangerous fat. But you can eliminate hydrogenated oils from your diet for good with careful planning. Consider eliminating one culprit at a time to ease into a better, heart-healthy diet.
- Clapp, J., Curtis, C.J., Middleton, A.E., & Goldstein, G.P. (2014). Prevalence of hydrogenated oils in US packaged foods, 2012. Preventing Chronic Disease, 11(1), 140-161. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2014/14_0161.htm
- Nutrition for everyone: Trans fat. (2014, January 8). Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/everyone/basics/fat/transfat.html
- Mayo Clinic Staff. (2014, August 6). Trans fat is double trouble for your heart health. Retrieved from http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-cholesterol/in-depth/trans-fat/art-20046114
- Trans fat at-a-glance. (2014, December 18). Retrieved from http://www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling/LabelingNutrition/ucm079609.htm
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SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake Bees were unable to overcome a slow start and lost their fifth-straight game to the Las Vegas 51s, 8-3, on Sunday afternoon.
The 51s (27-23) controlled the game with a flurry of stolen bases, and had an answer for everything the Bees (25-26) could throw at them.
"There are a number of areas we need to tighten up," said Salt Lake manager Keith Johnson. "Every opportunity we had to catch up or take control was squashed, and all our deficiencies showed up. We've just got to keep getting after it."
Las Vegas started the game with three runs in the first three innings, helped by four stolen bases. Salt Lake didn't score until the fourth inning, when catcher Robinzon Diaz's hit brought two runners in with a double.
The 51s responded with another run in the fifth, and the Bees were able to score once more when a Paul McAnulty single brought Matt Long home, making the score 4-3. However, Salt Lake didn't score again for the rest of the game.
Las Vegas stretched its lead to five over the rest of game, scoring in the seventh inning, the eighth and twice in the ninth.
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"It's Triple A baseball, our record goes according to the Major League team," he said, speaking of recent call-ups to the Angels like Mike Trout. "We've just got to make sure the downward turns are short. We've been in a tough stretch like this before, so we know we can get out of it."
Diaz led the Bees with 2 of 4 hits and two RBIs. Center fielder Drew Heid also went 2 of 4, while second baseman Matt Long went 2 of 5. Starting pitcher Juan Rincon was given his first loss of the season after pitching 2 2?3 innings and giving up three hits and three runs, including a home run.
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SOMC Welcomes Cardiologist Jovanovich
Southern Ohio Medical Center has welcomed Daniel B. Jovanovich, MD, FACC, FSCAI, a physician specializing in cardiology, to the medical staff.
Dr. Jovanovich came to Portsmouth from Tullahoma, TN. He received his medical degree from Hahnemann University, Philadelpha, PA. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA., and a fellowship in Cardiology at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh.
Dr. Jovanovich has served as director of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at McKeesport Hospital, McKeesport, PA., and director of the Interventional Cardiac Cath Lab at Harton Regional Medical Center, Tullahoma, TN. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions.
He and his wife, Lorie, reside in the West Portsmouth area. He can be reached at SOMC Heart and Vascular Associates, 1735 27th St., Waller Building Suite 207, Portsmouth, OH 45662. Call (740) 356-8772 for an appointment or more information.


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OREGON CITY, Ore., July 9 (UPI) -- An Oregon software entrepreneur has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison after years of refusing to pay income taxes, prosecutors said.
Chester Evan Davis, 56, of Oregon City, founded ESA International, a software company that primarily does business through federal contracts. Davis, who argued his religious beliefs preclude him from paying taxes, owes $7.1 million in back taxes and penalties to the Internal Revenue Service, Assistant U.S. Attorney Stacie Beckerman said.
Davis refused to represent himself in the case but also refused to assist his court-appointed attorney in his own defense. Davis instructed his lawyer not to make an opening statement or cross-examine any witnesses during his trial.
He was convicted of tax evasion in March.
The (Portland) Oregonian said Davis told U.S. District Judge Michael Simon paying income taxes to the federal government represented a violation of the gifts God has given him.
Filing a tax return would "put the God of this state above my God," Davis said while making an emotional appeal at his sentencing Monday. "I won't do it."
"My hands, my feet, my words, my ideas, my labor, my actions are all and have been given to the Lord for his glory," he said.
The IRS has seized $1 million in gold bars Davis bought as a means to avoid paying taxes. Another $4 million in gold has yet to be located but prosecutors said they've got evidence Davis purchased it as a means of transferring his wealth away from U.S. currency.
Simon admonished Davis, noting every citizen has an obligation to pay taxes -- even more so those who have made fortunes benefiting from taxpayer funds.
"In a very real sense, that obligation is even greater when the bulk of your profitability and resources come from other taxpayers," Simon said.
Davis will serve three years of post-release supervision once his prison term is up.


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Are you a person who just downloaded an app on your android called Skyvi. Are you so new to the app that you don't know how to use it? well, it is actually pretty simple. Skyvi is like a siri for android. in this article you will learn how to use skyvi.
1Open your skyvi app.When you open the app, you will see a top header with white letters that say Skyvi. At the bottom, you will notice a button in the middle. When you tap the button, you will be able to talk to your phone. Skyvi can be very helpful.
2Go to the settings and manage your preferences. What you do here is, you manage what you want Skyvi to do for you. You can have it read your texts as soon as you receive them. Skyvi can do a lot of things. Just look on the settings and manage your preferences.
3Tap the yellow and white button on the bottom of the screen. You can send a text to someone by using Skyvia, in other words, via Skyvi. Choose who you want to send it to. When your message is sent, it will say Message sent.
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- if you have ads on Skyvi, there is a way to remove them.
- if you have the setting set to always read incoming texts, you can also put it on car mode and it will read your texts as you are driving.
- when Skyvi reads the words yeah, it pronounces it yare. That is not correct
- Skyvi will also pop up when you are listening to music, and it will interrupt your song that is currently playing, so again pause it.
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From its start, to the way it progresses, you can tell, the film's been through various stages of editing and several second thoughts. Sometimes the patchiness shows. It's a stretch. Anything that's 18 reels long (close to three hours) in a flickering world of low attention spans would be. Something fizzles out towards the end. You still don't begrudge a movie that's been this engaging, entertaining thus far.
Oh, and did I forget. This is the best soundtrack of AR Rahman's since Delhi 6 (early 2009). The compositions should grow on you. So should this film, surely.
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Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri, Kumud Mishra
Indian Express rating:**
Here it is, the new film of the new Bollywood boy wonder. And true to type, the actor is better than the film. 'Rockstar' disappoints; Ranbir doesn't.
Brash Jat fellow Janardan (Kapoor), who's dubbed Jordan by his flirty-but-not-quite girl-friend Heer (Fakhri) , wants to be like his idol, Jim Morrison. To which end, he is to be found sitting in various Delhi University campus spots, strumming a guitar. Humming ballads, and stalking girls with an exaggerated drop of the jaw, is not exactly a rockstar's thing. But let's not get picky, okay? A 'rockstar' is what you call a person who is aces in his field, okay?
Only when he's experienced true love, the pain and the pleasure of it, will he be able to sing with feeling, says a middle-aged gent (Mishra) with blinding originality, with whom Janardan/ Jordan hangs out a lot. Therefore, J goes off to H, and 'proposes her' in good, if laboured Jatboy style, having of course decided to fall in love with her at first glance. Till about here, say twenty minutes in, 'Rockstar' looks as if there may be something in it, despite the familiar post-teen love tropes that Ali sets up. We're still trying on new girl Fakhri for size, just as her hero is, and keeping an open mind.
But shortly after, the film nosedives. The second half is a mess, as it travels picturesquely but cluelessly from Kashmir to Prague in search of ideas. And it goes on for much too long, as we wait for something better to happen. Nothing of the sort does. Whatever happened to Imtiaz's sure-footedness which made 'Jab We Met' such a breeze ? Shakiness was evident in his next 'Love Aaj Kal'. Here, he seems to have very little idea of how to get his lovers to smoulder despite the liplocks : most of the romance feels constructed, and contrived.
The chief culprit here, apart from the sloppy, disjointed writing, is the new girl, and her ultra-mobile mouth. Nargis Fakhri seems to be in the exact same mould of the fair-skinned creature of 'Love Aaj Kal'. At least Giselle Monteiro did demure well, Fakhri is strictly pretty-and-vapid-and-vacuous, easy on the eyes, but hard to watch. The only one who stands out from the largely-superfluous supporting cast is the hair-slicked-with-oil, side-parted Mishra, who stands by Jordan when he is sliding down the abyss all rage-fulled rockstars vanish. Exactly what is Jordan so angry about? One moment Jordan is struggling with his unsupportive family, and fighting off cops, the next he's a rebel rocker, complete with screaming crowds of fangirls, and people wanting to free their enslaved countries, and souls, without any convincing connectives. Just when did that happen? A R Rahman's music is also not his best; only a couple of tracks stand out. And just who dreamt up the rockstar's costumes? Those Turkish pants, that khaki topi, and that hair? Seriously?
Finally, you are left with Ranbir, who walks past the parts in which he lets the effort show'the Jatness keeps slipping, and keeps getting put back in place--- with some inspired patches. He is the only reason you could, if you want to, watch 'Rockstar'.
All soul, no spine
Film: Rockstar
Director: Imtiaz Ali
Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri
It begins on an electric note, the big, bad rockstar escaping from a fight, hair blowing in the wind as he races through the streets of Rome (or is it Prague?) to jump straight into a crowd waiting for him. From then on, it goes downhill, and spectacularly so.
Imtiaz Ali has discovered his baroque side and it is a terrible thing to behold. Everything is in excess. Ranbir Kapoor as Janardhan Jakhar, the naive Haryanvi boy trying to flirt with Heer Kaul, the elusive St Stephen's beauty, is too much of a buffoon, and as Jordan, the angry rocker, he's a little too raging bull. Newbie Nargis Fakhri is painful to watch, her mobile mouth overpowering her face, never quite pulling off the "neat and clean" stunner who wants to get her hands and feet dirty with a bit of rough and absolutely cringingly bad as the unhappy wife whose life is slowly slipping away.
And whenever I see Shernaz Patel in any movie these days, it is an automatic Sanjay Leela Bhansali alert: I know there's trouble ahead and it will involve several medical/legal issues which she will try explaining to the audience ("the blood count is improving" or "it's a miracle") but fail.
Ali has crafted the film as one long song, and nowhere in recent times has the music integrated so well with what he is trying to say. Whether it is Kun Faaya Kun where Janardhan discovers the power of music, or the gorgeous jugalbandi between Shammi Kapoor on shehnai and Ranbir on guitar where you can see two different kinds of talent on display--one natural, almost animal-like, another refined, spiritually-inclined--AR Rahman's music is the soul of the film. What is missing is the spine, leaving just a jelly in place.
Ali's trademark obsessions are on full display -- travel for one. Jakhar discovers Heer and Kashmir on a motorcycle, he makes his grandest rockstar-like gestures coming out of a car or in a van (the only time the sultry Aditi Rao Hydari is allowed to burn on screen, mocking Ranbir's studly image). And spirited girls -- few filmmakers have plumbed the hidden spirit of good girls as he has -- whether it was Geet in Jab We Met or Meera in Love Aaj Kal. Girls who do as their families tell them but whose individuality is strong and fierce. But Nargis Fakhri is an utter failure at capturing that essence -- as Heer she was to be both wilful and wild, enigmatic and tragic. Try as you will to like her, her mouth gets in the way. She is the reason for Jordan's existence, at least as Ali must have envisaged it on paper, but here she is just an irritating presence, who just happens to look good in phirans and Kashmiri shawls, which is the extent of research Ali has done on Kashmir, peopling a Kashmiri Pandit wedding with scores of Muslim relatives.
There are moments of great beauty in the film. The heart-stopping duet between Shammi Kapoor and Ranbir; the Kun Faaya Kun song in the Nizamuddin dargah; the hilarious massage scene involving a leopard print underwear-clad music baron, Piyush Mishra; or even Ranbir dancing in a trance at a nightclub, transported into another world. But instead of taking the audience along on his journey of pain, the audience is increasingly frustrated. Too many things are left unexplained. How does Janardhan become such a symbol of rage -- does it really just take a single act of breaking in and entering a foreign country to make him the emblem of Free Tibet, angry Kashmiris and angry Khalistanis? Why does Heer not just run away with him?
I think one problem with the film is that it is about a grand passion, and mainstream Hindi cinema is not equipped to show a grand romance except in the most inane form. So while the young couple kiss each other with great gusto, they can't do much more. Ali's journey into the recesses of an artist's soul remains superficial, amplified only by its tokens -- a phiran in Kashmir, a group of gypsies in Prague, a Haryanvi haveli for Delhi's semi-urbanites. Planes, cars, motorcycles. Take whatever mode of transport you will, you come right back to the single fact: this is a film that lacks discipline. All the Rumi quotations of the world cannot provide either.
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Osaka - Kobe - Tokyo - Hakone - Nagano - Kyoto - Osaka
I trying to plan an itinerary for 7 people (6 adults, 1 child) and am looking at a variety of passes.
I initially wanted to go with a 3 day JR West Pass for the Osaka & Kobe part of the trip, and the JR 7 day Pass for the rest, but have since realised that JR lines are not very prominent in Kyoto. Furthermore, using this option would not allow me to cover the airport journey from Kyoto to KIX, and spending approximately $300 per person for a 7 day pass isn't the cheapest option.
I am now looking at using an 14 day ICOCO pass in Kansai and a SUICA pass in Kanto as I wanted the flexibility of moving between JR lines and private railways. However, I am not sure if this would help me to limit costs given the amount of train travel we would be doing.
So to ask: which pass would be the most cost effective, while giving the best reach possible?
Thank you!
Hello there,
It would depend on how many days you'd spend in each place what kind of pass would be the most cost efficient. For instance if you'd make the return Kansai - Tokyo within 7 days, then a 7 day JR Pass would be a very good option. I can find the best option for you if you let me know your itinerary, including dates spend in each place.
Hope to hear from you!
Hi Daniel
At this point in time, we are really basing all travels on where I would fit the 7 Day pass.
At the moment, it looks something like this:
14 - 17 Jan: Osaka
I am currently looking at a combination where I use the ICOCA + Haruka for 14 days, and then interposing the JR 7 Day Pass from the 16 - 22 of Jan, during which time I would attempt as many Day trips as possible.
From your expertise, would this be recommendable?
Just some questions with the ICOCA Pass though:
Thanks so much!
Hi Michelle,
Yes I that that would be a good basis for your travel in Japan. Going to your questions.
1.) Travel within cities generally is 150-250 yen for a one way trip (the average tends to be around 190yen/per ride). Outside cities it really depends on the distance but even there it does not have to cost a ton. For instance Kyoto - Osaka is 560yen. The 1,500yen is meant as a start, it is always possible to put more money on the ICOCA card.
2.) The ICOCA card is valid on pretty much anything, you can even pay some taxis with it. ICOCA and SUICA are interchangeable so you just need one.
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DETROIT (WWJ) – The first phase of demolition of Detroit's historic Cass Technical High School is underway.
WWJ's Florence Walton, a Cass Tech graduate herself, reported that alumni gathered at the school, Wednesday morning, to take pictures as teardown got underway on the 1980s addition to the building.
Among them was Dr. Stacy Smith, a graduate of the class of 1993.
"Cass Tech meant so much to me. It's the foundation of my education and my success. The ability to attend a high school with a specialized curriculum really helped a student like me who was pretty focused and knew I wanted to be a physician," Smith said.
"It change my life," said 1963 graduate Mitchel Moore.
"I was able to go to college because of Cass. I didn't have the money here; I was a poor guy from the east-side of Detroit. It kind of raised my level of conciseness. I went to school, became a pharmacist," Moore said.
Shaffwan Ahmed, 22, is a proud 2007 grad.
"I don't know what just keeps attracting me back to the old building. I just love taking a picture of it when I drive by, looking at it," Ahmed said.
"I just brings back so many memories to me, and it just amazes me to see how long it's been up and how many people passed through these same hallways as me, and the futures they had and what they've done with their lives," he said.
Demolition crews, Wednesday, began work on the extension built at the school in 1981 that housed the cafeteria and the athletic wing. In June, they'll begin the tear down of the rest of the 90-year-old building.
Construction began in 2002 on the new Cass Tech, located directly north of the old building. During the 2005–2006 school year, Cass Tech faculty, students and staff moved into the new building.
In December of 2009, the old school was listed among fourteen vacant buildings slated for demolition under a $33 million plan unveiled by the Detroit Public Schools. The $3 million teardown cost is being paid for with bond construction funding approved by voters.
"Vacant schools across Detroit have been blights on the community and safety hazards for far too long," said DPS Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb, in a statement. "Thanks to the taxpayers of Detroit … we can now move forward with substantially changing the landscape of the city and remove these long-standing eyesores," he said.
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National Parks are expected to close down, and that would include the Moore's Creek National Battlefield in Pender County.
The IRS will be closed during a shutdown. The taxman, though, says you should still file tax returns by the April 18 deadline. The IRS urges electronic filing, because those returns are filed automatically.
Most folks in Wilmington say they don't understand why both sides in Washington cannot just come to an agreement on a budget.
"It's a shame that the two sides, the two parties, don't get along and agree on things," Lenny Laskowski of Wilmington said. "I think they have a tendency to just walk to party lines, and as a result they agree not to agree, and as a result they kind of delay things. They really just need to work as a team like companies do."
The federal courthouse in Wilmington will remain open for 10 days if the government shuts down at midnight tonight. During those 10 days they will decide how to proceed if the shutdown continues.


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Classic Mercedes race car fetches $29.6 million at UK auction
In this photo taken Thursday, July 11, 2013, a man looks inside a 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 single-seater race car once driven by Formula One legend Juan Manuel Fangio as it is displayed by an auction house at the Festival of Speed in Goodwood, near Chichester, England. Fangio, who drove the car to victories in the 1954 German and Swiss Grand Prix race, sold for 19.6 million pounds ($29.6 million) at auction on Friday. (AP / PA, Chris Ison)
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LONDON -- A classic Mercedes-Benz race car driven by Formula 1 legend Juan Manuel Fangio sold for 19.6 million pounds ($29.6 million) at auction in England on Friday.
The 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 single-seater was driven by the five-time world champion racer when he clinched his second title in 1954. The Argentine drove the car to victories in the 1954 German and Swiss Grand Prix races.
Robert Brooks, chairman of Bonhams auctioneers, which handled the deal, called the car the most important historic Grand Prix racing car ever offered for sale.
The auction house said the steel-colored car is in a "remarkably unspoiled" condition and that its parts are believed to be complete and workable after proper preparation.
It was sold to a private buyer over the telephone at a classic cars auction in southern England's Goodwood. The price included the buyer's premium.
A 1965 Ferrari 330GT, first owned by John Lennon, fetched 359,900 pounds ($543,887) at the same auction.


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Data warehousing is an essential element of decision support systems. It aims at enabling the user knowledge to make better and faster daily business decisions. To improve this decision support system and to give more and more relevant information to the user, the need to integrate user's profiles into the data warehouse process becomes crucial. In this paper, the authors propose to exploit users' preferences as a basis for adapting OLAP (On-Line Analytical Processing) queries to the user. For this, they present a user profile-driven data warehouse approach that allows dening user's profile composed by his/her identifier and a set of his/her preferences.
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Federal Public Defender seeks Assistant Federal Defender
The Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Washington is accepting applications for an Assistant Federal Defender in our Seattle office. The attorney will also be expected to represent clients in federal court in Tacoma. The position provides the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, challenging, diverse, and rewarding work environment. The Federal Public Defender operates under the authority of the Criminal Justice Act to provide defense services in federal criminal cases and related matters by appointment from the court.
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Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Georgia
I loaned money to my ex boyfriend in the form of cash. The only proof I have are text messages and my bank statements. Will I be able to sue him in Small Claims Court with these documents?
Asked on 11/07/12, 7:59 am
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Glenn M. Lyon, Esq. MacGREGOR LYON, LLC, Business Attorneys
Certainly, verbal agreements are generally just as enforceable as written agreements. However, proving the terms of the agreement is the difficulty.
Answered on 11/07/12, 8:16 am
Paula McGill Attorney at Law
It will be difficult, but not impossible if you have the text messages that indicates the amount borrowed and his acknowledgement of the loan.
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New York prosecutors have dropped charges against nearly two dozen people arrested in the first mass arrest of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators. But about 50 other cases are headed toward trial.
The Manhattan district attorney's office asked a judge Monday to dismiss 21 cases stemming from a Sept. 24 march to Manhattan's Union Square. Prosecutors said they couldn't prove beyond a reasonable doubt that those individuals' conduct was illegal.
Authorities have said the demonstrators blocked traffic and refused orders to disperse.
Robert Hott is one of the protesters whose case was dismissed. He says he followed police instructions and didn't hear any order to leave.
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MURRIETA —— Vista Murrieta High was driving on Mission Hills in the second quarter of a scoreless football game Friday night when the lights went out at Broncos Stadium. About 15 minutes later, the game resumed and so did the Broncos' drive to victory.
Quarterback Tyler Beck concluded Vista Murrieta's march with a 12-yard scamper around left end that sent the Broncos on their way to a 17-0 nonleague win over the Grizzlies.
The victory reversed the outcome of last season's matchup of the two then-first-year varsity programs.
"We were ready for this game," Vista Murrieta coach Coley Candaele said. "This was a payback game from last year when we put the ball on the ground nine times and had six turnovers. It was a little revenge. We were waiting for this game all offseason."
As a young program, the Broncos will rely on their defense while their offense matures. That strategy worked perfectly against Mission Hills (1-1).
The Broncos (2-0) held the Grizzlies to 72 total yards, including 16 on the ground, and just two first downs.
"Collectively, I don't think we did a very good job executing on offense, and we didn't do a very good job stopping what they do best and that's running options," Mission Hills coach Chris Hauser said. "We were out there on defense a lot because we weren't stopping them, and when we did get the ball, it was three-and-out."
Hauser rotated quarterbacks Tomas Leyva and Joe Erickson in an effort to generate some offense, but neither was effective.
Leyva completed 2-of-3 passes for 10 yards but gained just 26 yards on nine carries.
Erickson was 4-of-8 with an interception and lost five yards on his only run.
"We we're hoping that we could piggyback off of their strengths at the different times," Hauser said. "Shucks, it didn't happen."
On offense, the Broncos leaned on their running game and sprinkled in a few short passes. Beck bulled his way to 100 yards on 19 rushes and completed seven of his 11 throws for 42 yards. Cole Anderson added 42 yards on eight carries as seven Vista Murrieta runners totaled 217 yards and averaged 4.7 yards per run.
Johnny Babcock pegged a 47-yard field goal on the last play of the first half, and Adrian Dixon plunged in from a yard out in the third quarter.


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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
Home networking and DNS routing...
Hello everyone,
I have 2 home networking questions that are related, and I pray that you will be able to help me.
My ISP is Time Warner, and I have been very satisfied with their broadband service in the 7 or so years that I have been with them. Lately, however, I decided to subscribe to their 'Turbo Plus' product, which guarantees 20 Mbps download and 2 Mbps upload speeds, or 20 x 2. I wanted this for a better gaming experience, and the faster downloading of large files, such as video files.
With installing the new 20 x 2 service, Time Warner installed a new Motorola Surfboard SBG6580 Wireless N Broadband Modem / Router. However, since the new device was put in, I have been getting 'DNS errors' on my PC and other devices, such as "Error - Server not found in DNS". I never received these with the previous device or service, so I believe that they are related to the new device's settings.
I was advised by a tech person that I know to subscribe to the OpenDNS service, and then 'simply' change the DNS IP addresses in the router. Unfortunately, I cannot find a place to set these in the router. There is, however, a place for Dynamic DNS, which uses www.dynDNS.org
I am able to change the DNS IP addresses in my Windows 7 network and sharing center, but this does not help my iPhone, PSP, or other devices on my network. Also, from the OpenDNS site, I read that it is 'better' to make the change in the whole network (router), rather than on each individual device.
So, the questions:
Please advise me as to how I should proceed. Your kind consideration of my issue is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My daughter is 40 years old, and her doctor believes she might have lupus. He has her undergoing blood tests to be sure. Please tell me if lupus is life-threatening. How is it treated? How does a person get it? -- E.S.
ANSWER: Lupus is an illness that lies somewhere between common and uncommon. More than 1.4 million North Americans have it, and 90 percent of them are women.
Lupus is disease where the immune system turns on its own tissues. Why is a question that has yet to be answered. The exact cause is not known, but with so many women having it, female hormones are thought to have a hand in its appearance. So are genes. If one identical twin has it, the other is at risk for getting it. Ethnicity is another factor. Blacks come down with it more often than whites do.
Its basis as an immune disease shows up in the blood, where antinuclear antibodies are found. Antinuclear antibodies are highly suggestive of lupus. Those are the blood tests your daughter is going to have.
Lupus strikes many tissues and organs. The skin is one of those tissues. A distinctive lupus skin rash is the butterfly rash. The upper parts of the cheeks redden and are connected by a red band that runs across the bridge of the nose, creating a rash with the silhouette of a butterfly.
Joints -- particularly those of the fingers, hands, elbows, knees and ankles -- become swollen and painful. Consistently in lupus arthritis, the same joints on both sides of the body are involved -- e.g., right wrist and left wrist.
The heart, lungs, kidneys, liver and nervous system may be targets of lupus.
The warehouse of medicines now available for lupus treatment is huge. I won't mention them all. They have turned around the outlook for lupus patients. Today, after living five years or 10 years with the disease, 90 percent of patients are alive and functioning. More than 70 percent live well past 20 years.
Readers who would like more information on lupus can obtain the pamphlet that deals with lupus and other forms of arthritis. Write to: Dr. Donohue -- No. 301, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.50 U.S./$6.50 Can. with the recipient's printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: What can you tell me about zinc? I'm taking it to prevent prostate cancer. Is it effective? What is the recommended dose? -- T.C.
ANSWER: Zinc is an important mineral with many functions. It lends a hand in repairing injured tissues. It's essential for normal growth. It might figure into proper functioning of taste and smell senses.
The daily adult dose for men is 11 mg and for women, 8 mg.
Natural sources of zinc include lean meats, poultry, some seafoods and whole grains. Many cereals are fortified with it.
Too much zinc can weaken immunity, lower good cholesterol levels and interfere with copper absorption. Its upper limit has been set at 40 mg/day.
Zinc is promoted as a protection against many illnesses. I don't know if it truly prevents prostate cancer. A convincing case for its efficacy has yet to be made.
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It is through the sense organs chiefly eyes, ears, nose, mouth (tongue), and skin that the brain comes in contact with the reality of the external environment which human beings and other living creatures inhabit. Without senses vision, hearing, touch, smell, taste and others a human being as such can hardly be said to exist.
Perception of reality finally takes place in the brain, but the impressions which make this possible come via the nerve pathways of the sensory organs. The brain "dwells in utter darkness" in the cavity of the skull; but it is the brain that sees, hears, feels, and makes interpretations of all the sensory impressions brought to it.
Here we will place emphasis on the principal sense organs. There are several practical reasons for this. Eyes, ears, and skin particularly are complex and specialized organ systems, each of which demands its own specialized kind of care and attention. Furthermore, all the sensory organs (with the exception of the eye) have functions beyond reporting sense impressions to the brain. For a complete understanding of the human organism, these specialized systems deserve to be studied in their own right. They are often abused.
Eyes and ears are two of the greatest assets a human being possesses. Yet many people fail to make the most of them. Eye specialists (ophthalmologists) constantly encounter people with faulty vision who have accepted the blurred, imperfect images of the world they half-see as perfectly normal. "Oh, I see fine," they say until they surprisingly discover how much better they can see when their visual defects have been properly corrected. Ear specialists (otologists) similarly report that patients have usually lost a full third of their hearing before they take any steps to overcome their partial deafness.
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To provide a more exact picture of the operation of sensory organs, we must briefly describe the operation of the peripheral nervous system. As its name implies, it is located at the periphery or outside ends of the nervous systems. It consists primarily of nerve trunks, attaching to the central and autonomic nervous systems, and end-plates, or end-organs. These end-organs pick up specific types of stimuli (light, sound, heat, cold, pain,
Pressure,etc. They also deliver back message or orders to the organs to which they are attached. End plates that pick up sensations are called receptors. Those that deliver orders are effectors. The end plates are specific for their particular sensations. Thus, the eye reacts to light, the ear to sound, the nose and tongue to chemicals in solution.
The specificity of the end plates explains some peculiar reactions. Why do you sometime see stars when you get a punch in the eye? Because the receptors server only one function. The end plates on the retina of the eye connect directly with the visual center in the brain. Stimulating the end plates of the retina with a powerful blow can be translated by the brain only in visual images that is, the flashes of light we describe as seeing stars. Similarly a blow on the ear may come as an explosive sound.
Man has far more than the traditional five senses. There are end organs for hot and cold sensations, for pressure, for pain and combinations of impacts on end organs that give a sense of vibration, a feeling of fullness or tension, a sense of balance, even the most basic feelings of hunger, thirst, and sexual desire. The end organ for hot and cold are irregulary distributed on the skin and in the mouth and esophagus, there are many of them of the feet and very few on the chest. The designers of women's fashions, though not deliberately, abide by these hot and cold spots.


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The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has confirmed that they will still offer cheques as a payment option, even though the federal government is encouraging Canadians to receive payments via direct deposit beginning in April 2016.
Direct deposit will continue to be promoted as the most efficient and secure method for payments to and from the government, and most Canadians, including CFIB members, are onside with this approach.
The Government of Canada will continue to issue payments by cheque to individuals and businesses who have not signed up for direct deposit by April 2016.
There is much more information, including a video, about direct deposit with the CRA.
You can also set up an online account with CRA that will facilitate your business transactions, including payments and remittances.
CFIB has a wealth of information about navigating through the CRA, such as preparing for tax audits, payroll obligations, and applying provincial sales tax.
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SAO PAULO, June 24 (Reuters) - Brazilian ethanol exports from the center-south could rise this season by at least 50 percent over last year's crop as U.S. demand for the biofuel surges, a top sugar and ethanol trading group said on Tuesday.
Shipments of Brazilian ethanol to the U.S. have become feasible despite a 54-cent-a-gallon import tariff after floods destroyed some of the U.S. corn crop used to make ethanol, driving up the price of both corn and ethanol in the U.S.
"Total exports could reach 4.5 billion to 5 billion liters ... due mainly to the increase in U.S. ethanol prices," said Soren Jensen, international trading manager at Copersucar, one of Brazil's largest sugar and ethanol trading groups.
The South American nation is the world's largest ethanol exporter and the United States is its main customer. Last year the centre-south region, which grows most of the country's cane, exported 3.1 billion liters of ethanol.
Brazil's Cane Industry Association (Unica) estimated on Monday that shipments of ethanol from the centre-south would reach 5 billion liters.
Jenson said the amount of ethanol exported depended more on how much Brazil could produce and its transport infrastructure could handle rather than how much the United States needed since its demand was strong.
"Exports this season will rise by at least 50 percent, possibly 60 or 70 percent," he said during an agribusiness seminar in Sao Paulo.
Brazil's center-south is in the middle of a record harvest which could yield half a billion tonnes. Almost 60 percent of the crop has been diverted to ethanol due to poor profit margins in sugar. (Reporting by Inae Riveras; Editing by Peter Murphy and Christian Wiessner)


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Playstation 3 Sales Down, Price Drop Expected in the Coming Months
As the 360 and Wii battle for supremacy, Sony is trailing behind, dusting off its shoulders. Despite a boost from the PS3 Slim launch as well as the arrival of the Playstation Move, Sony's platform is making less than ideal sales. In a report by Gamasutra, NPD group retail data reveals that while game sales are up, console sales are down. Analysts predict a price cut is in the cards for the console, perhaps as soon as April or June.
The Playstation Move, unfortunately, was not the same success story and sales boost that the Kinect was for Microsoft. The best-selling Move title in January was The Fight: Lights Out, which saw sales of only 16,000.
Meanwhile, sales of Sony's other platforms are reaching the end of their respective runs. The seemingly impenetrable Playstation 2 has finally drifted into irrelevance, accounting for only 1.5% of hardware sales in January. The PSP is also dwindling, at least in the U.S., with hardware sales down 24% year-over-year.
There is some good news. PS3 software sales have risen, with this month's release of LittleBigPlanet 2 reporting significantly better sales over the original, with 353,000 total units sold. Sony's solid line-up of upcoming titles, along with the speculation of another price-drop, could be the formula Sony needs to return to battle, fists swinging.


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Frank Turner Delivers Strongly Worded Letter and Video Demanding Culture Secretary Sajid Javid Adopt the Agent of Change Principle
Acclaimed musician Frank Turner has today launched a new campaign to protect the future of the UK's live music venues. A passionate supporter of small independent venues, Frank has written to Culture Secretary Sajid Javid, calling on him to adopt the Agent of Change principle into UK law to halt the escalating threats to dedicated live music clubs and other community activities. To focus attention on this issue Frank is calling on music fans across the country to sign his petition demanding that the government act: http://qr.net/changenow
In a carefully considered and direct plea for action, Frank tells Sajid Javid:
"You, as the Culture Secretary, are genuinely facing a meltdown in the British live music circuit. Music venues are fighting off noise complaints, abatement notices and planning applications; 12 venues are already under threat, an avalanche will follow if we don't take action. These venues are where I grew up, where I learned about rock'n'roll music, where I saw all my favourite bands. The venues where I played my first shows and some of my most recent, the home of the music scene that has given me my career, my passion and my life.
And yet a solution is simple, and it's called the Agent of Change principle. We demand that you work with the Music Venue Trust and the UK's incredible network of live music venues.
Let's act together, right now, to adopt and enforce Agent of Change".
The Music Venue Trust has been campaigning to protect and secure the UK live music network since January. Beverley Whitrick of the Trust explains, "The Agent of Change Principle is not complicated or controversial, it's simple common sense: The person or business responsible for the change is responsible for managing the impact of the change. This means that an apartment block to be built near an established live music venue would have to pay for soundproofing, while a live music venue opening in a residential area would be responsible for the costs. A resident who moves next door to a music venue would, in law, be assessed as having made that decision understanding that there's going to be some music noise, and a music venue that buys a new PA would be expected to carry out tests to make sure its noise emissions don't increase."
The petition is a collaboration between Frank Turner and Music Venue Trust, and is supported by Musicians' Union, Music Industries Association, UK Music and many other music industry bodies.
Horace Trubridge of the MU said:
"The MU urges Government to adopt the 'Agent of Change' principle, it is vital to the long term survival of live music venues across the country that the law is changed. The current situation where these valuable cultural centres are vulnerable to closure simply because of an adjacent building being converted to accommodation is unacceptable. The MU encourages the public to support this campaign and urges Government to take action to protect live music venues."
Paul McManus of MIA said:
"The Music Industries Association (MIA) is in total support of the campaign to implement Agent of Change legislation. Music venues, especially smaller ones, are the lifeblood of musical communities and as the UK musical instrument trade body we welcome the Music Venue Trust initiative and offer all possible help."
UK Music CEO Jo Dipple said:
"Grassroots live music is the foundation for our music industry. This foundation is supported by small and iconic venues throughout our towns and cities. The Government has a strong record on entertainment deregulation, yet potential benefits are challenged by worrying developments caused by planning laws. The Government should introduce the agent of change principle into UK law. This would be a proportionate and common sense approach and would be welcomed by the UK music industry."
READ Frank's letter in full or watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qurj0pcVnMo
SIGN the petition at this link: http://qr.net/changenow
LEARN about Agent of Change http://musicvenuetrust.blogspot.com.es/2014/09/what-is-agent-of-change-and-why-is-it.html
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Frank Turner Launches Petition to Protect UK's Live Music Venues
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Once I thought about things like: why such information is for free here? Because when you write a book then at least on selling a book you get a percentage. Thank you and good luck on informing people more about it SoundcloudReplyDelete
That's wonderful! I think we all should come forward to protect UK's live music venues. Anyway, I just got back from a live music nyc bar. There was a live show of popular music band. Their performances were just stunning and I enjoyed a lot there.ReplyDelete
Listen to the kind of music that is up beat and that will surely makes you feel good.ReplyDelete
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Evidence unearthed at more than two dozen sites across North America suggests that an extraterrestrial object exploded in Earth's atmosphere above Canada about 12,900 years ago, just as the climate was warming at the end of the last ice age. The explosion sparked immense wildfires, devastated North America's ecosystems and prehistoric cultures, and triggered a millennium-long cold spell, scientists say.


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THE Block favourite Bec Douros this week faced the embarrassment and awkward spotlight of having her underwear drawer ransacked during an open house, but when it comes to inspections almost anything is up for grabs.
Douras, who makes up one half of the "Bec and George" renovation team on the show, was the victim of a robbery during an inspection for the couple's apartment in Melbourne.
She was able to laugh it off, but the incident highlights vendors' vulnerability to theft.
Thieves targeting open houses, virtual tours and online floor plans to steal goods is not uncommon, according to police, with some real estate agents now hiring security guards at inspections as a deterrent.
There have been many reported incidents of valuables being stolen while a home has been on the market.
Police laid 151 charges against a man after a spate of thefts at open homes in Queensland in which he bagged $131,000 of valuables from several properties.
Radio presenter Derryn Hinch also had $50,000 worth of personal items stolen from his Melbourne property after thieves familiarised themselves with the property during an inspection.
And experts warn that vendors are rarely covered by home insurance as potential buyers coming in off the street are invited guests.
Tenants are also vulnerable, with online forums outlining harrowing details of the violation and loss open house theft victims can experience.
In one forum, the Melbourne renter of a one-bedroom units says she returned home after an inspection to find a change jar taken and her underwear strewn across the floor.
"Over the subsequent week, I found other items missing from my unit, including my passport, film, camera kit and a bottle of scotch.
"The items were missing from all over the unit and other documents, drawers and cupboards had been rifled through. In total these items cost me over $3000 to replace."
Real estate agents that news.com.au spoke with were reluctant to detail any thefts at their open inspections, but most admitted it does occur, though rarely, with laptops and other electronic equipment the most likely items to be stolen.
James McCowan of Sydney Sotheby's International Realty says his agents check whether any valuables have been left out before an open house and watch for people acting suspiciously.
"We always have an agent walk through every room in the property about 20 minutes before the inspection to check if there is anything out of place and that valuables are put away," Mr McCowan said.
At least two agents were at every inspection to safeguard the home while it was being viewed by the public, he said.
But security guards were an unnecessary measure and could ring alarm bells that the property is vulnerable to theft, Mr McCowan said.
Ray Fayad of Laing + Simmons Granville said he had been lucky and not had goods stolen at an open house.
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Protect your property
• Be present at the open inspection.
• Hide or remove your valuables and medications, including jewellery, collectibles and other small items.
• Ask the agent to have potential buyers show photo ID and check large backs.
• Ask your agent to provide extra security on open house day. If your home has several floors or a complex floor plan, ask your agent to bring additional staff to man the different areas.
• Don't allow visitors to enter rooms on their own, or open cupboards or drawers without permission.
• Put all mail away in a safe place, especially bills or anything else that has account numbers on it, including bank and financial statements, to protect against identity theft.
• Remove photos or anything that might identify you or reveal too much about your lifestyle or personal wealth.
• Do not leave spare keys lying around.
• When your open house is over, check your windows and doors to be sure they are locked. Thieves will frequently unlock back doors and windows to gain entry at a later time.
• An estate agent can't order a tenant from the property during an inspection. The tenant should always be present when visitors are shown through the property.


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Draft policyEdit
It recently came up on the Village Pump that perhaps we should have a clearer and better enforced copyright policy. This is essentially an extension of WoWWiki:DNP policy, though lengthy and complex enough that it warrants a separate page.
We haven't had too much in the way of trouble of this sort in the past, with the exception of when we had some unreleased content from the Burning Crusade, which was resolved relatively easily. However, it's not an issue on which it would be wise to get complacent and tempt fate. I have grave concerns looking at an article like Paladin lore, which consists of a good portion of what sounds to me like verbatim copied text. It's cited but not quoted, and reproduces far too much to be considered fair use. If Blizzard sees too much of that and considers it any sort of threat to their book sales, they are very likely to take action.
I've had a look at the basic issues of copyright and fair use in wikis, and have come up with an initial draft of policy standards we could put in place to ensure Blizzard gets its due. Of particular interest here is what set of policies will be understandable, enforceable, and cover the basic principles of fair use.--Aeleas 13:47, 10 January 2007 (EST)
- I fully support including this on our site. It sets up a much clearer legal backing for what we do here and is certainly necessary should we have any lawsuits or cease and desist letters come our way. // Montagg (talk · contr) 15:29, 10 January 2007 (EST)
Sources other than Blizzard?Edit
Example instance or leveling guides, boss strategy guides? My recommendation would be to approach the original author of the source you plan to use and obtain their approval for use, or their instructions on how the content could be used on the Wiki. --Dracomage 16:01, 11 April 2007 (EDT)


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I RECALL making a prediction in this column at the beginning of the year.
It was shortly after the inauguration of Donald Trump as 45th US President and I stuck my neck out by saying that I thought Mr Trump was likely to fall foul of himself sooner rather than later, possibly before the end of his first year in office.
While Mr Trump's political demise might still be some way off, the signs for the President are far from good and the "I" word – impeachment– is now being talked about more openly than ever before.
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Washington, it seems, is abuzz right now with what might be called "tipping-point talk" – the idea that Republicans may finally be on the verge of breaking with President Trump. Should this indeed happen, then for the sake of US democracy it cannot come fast enough.
Yesterday Mr Trump was doing what he does best, bleating with "great surety" about how no politician in history has been treated worse or as unfairly as he has been. It was the predictably nauseating reaction of a man who is congenitally narcissistic.
Evidently Mr Trump did not stop to consider that his claim of victimisation pales into insignificance alongside the likes of Nelson Mandela, or previous US presidents struck down by assassins' bullets. The simple fact is that Donald Trump's worst enemy is Donald Trump. Nothing has hurt this President and his prospects for governing a full term more than his own statements.
As CNN's Washington correspondent, Jake Tapper observed the other day, Mr Trump is a man with a "propensity for self-inflicted wounds".
Many Americans will lose little sleep over the President's political self-harming, but will remain worried over his capacity to inflict collateral damage on American democracy at home and undermine its values overseas.
This weekend, in the midst of a growing number of scandals and controversies, Mr Trump is set to take his first major international trip in office. Yes, as if the region didn't have enough grief already, his destination – deep breath – is the Middle East.
And this brings me to another prediction, though not one, should it play out, that will come as any great surprise.
My prediction is that by this time next week, Donald Trump will most likely have done as much for Middle East peace as Pol Pot did for human rights. In other words, his tour will be an unmitigated disaster.
How can it be anything other than bad when he will use it to announce one of the largest arms sales deals in US history?
That this deal in the region of $98-$128 billion is meant to be a cornerstone of Mr Trump's proposal of creating an alliance that has been dubbed an Arab Nato, only adds to the potential combustibility of his visit.
Mr Trump's attendance at the Arab-Muslim (Sunni) summit in Saudi Arabia, far from making the region more stable, will only exacerbate the Sunni- Shia conflict that lies at the heart of so much violence across the Middle East right now.
It's not the first time an attempt has been made to create the equivalent of an Arab Nato. In the past, intra-regional stand-offs and centuries-old disputes prevented it from ever being established.
Why, then, given the current parlous state of the region would anyone imagine such a move would be any more successful?
Not only does Mr Trump's proposal risk further alienating the region's Shias, but it seems to ignore the fact that most of the Middle East's "terrorism" right now in the shape of the Islamic State (IS) group or al-Qaeda has its roots and origins in the very Saudi Arabia Mr Trump is visiting.
It's simply naive in the extreme to think that his arms deal largesse will do anything other than shore up Riyadh's ongoing war in Yemen or support for the Saudis' Sunni proxies elsewhere.
Make no mistake about it, this is a huge arms deal, said to include a missile defence system, armoured personnel carriers, long-range artillery, combat ships and possibly a controversial sale of laser-guided bombs.
The potential sale of laser-guided bombs, though, is the real cause for concern here.
Last December this same deal was suspended by the Obama administration because of what it described as "systematic, endemic problems in Saudi Arabia's targeting" in its airstrikes in Yemen.
Saudi Arabia's brutal bombing campaign has killed thousands of civilians, hitting hospitals, civilian residential areas and marketplaces in strikes many observers have said are tantamount to war crimes.
No sooner will Mr Trump deliver his speech this weekend in Riyadh about combating terrorism and making the region safer, than the Saudis in turn will be delivering the weapons to help prosecute the war in Yemen and shore up their shadowy shenanigans elsewhere in the Middle East. The bottom line here is that no good can come from a greater US role in the Yemen war or cosying up further to Riyadh.
All this, too, before Mr Trump visits Jerusalem, where the last thing Israelis or Palestinians need right now is a loose cannon US President swaggering around the tinderbox that is the Old City of Jerusalem. Already Mr Trump has said he intends to be the first sitting American president to visit the Western Wall. Any visit to this hotly disputed site tends to be a bit touch, to say the least, among Israelis and Palestinians.
This, too, in a year that marks the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War, when Israel fought off Egypt, Jordan and Syria in June of t1967 and Israeli paratroopers captured the Old City of Jerusalem, with its ancient Western Wall and the Temple Mount, or Haram al-Sharif as Arabs call it.
Mr Trump insists that all this is part of an effort in connecting three of the world's great religions and the cobbling together of some vague, undefined super deal for the entire Middle East region.
Now call me a pessimist if you like, but I just can't help feeling that with Mr Trump on present form, something, somewhere, is going to come seriously unstuck during his efforts in this already super-sensitive region.
Not content with creating a political tipping point at home, Mr Trump is taking his "talents" to the cauldron of the Middle East. Sleep easy trusty readers.


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One of the most difficult achievements in college football is to repeat as the winner of a prestigious individual award. For example, the Heisman Trophy and Outland Trophy each have had only a single two-time winner (Archie Griffin and Dave Rimington, respectively), and the Jim Thorpe Award has had zero repeat winners.
An honor that seems to be a bit of an exception to that rule is the Fred Biletnikoff Award for the nation's best wide receiver, which has had two back-to-back winners in the past six seasons (Justin Blackmon and Michael Crabtree).
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