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HONG KONG — It's been a dismal month for the rule of law in China.
On Friday, Chen Kegui, the nephew of blind activist Chen Guangcheng, was summarily tried, convicted, and sentenced to three years and three months in prison for fighting with local officials who broke into his house in the middle of the night after his uncle's escape.
Nobody in his family was informed of the trial until shortly before it began, in Linyi city, Shandong province. The trial, conviction and sentencing all happened in a single afternoon — unusually hurried, even by show-trial standards.
Legal observers say it all bodes poorly for hopes of legal reform under the new regime in Beijing.
"Chen Kegui's trial failed to meet minimum standards of fair trial under domestic or international standards," said Nicholas Bequelin, a senior Asia researcher for Human Rights Watch.
Jerome Cohen, one of the most respected experts on China's legal system, blasted the trial as "the ultimate example of judicial farce in China, not a happy example of how human rights will be protected by China's new leadership. The 'trial' was held in ways guaranteed to prevent any possible defense or any possible observer to attend."
Over the last seven months of Chen's imprisonment, he was cut off from communication with the outside world. The lawyer hired by his family was forbidden to speak with Chen, or to review evidence. His mother and father, who rushed to court when informed that the trial was to take place, were excluded from the proceedings. And at the sentencing, Chen not only said he would not appeal, but that he would pay compensation — a sign, Cohen said, that his confession had been coerced.
"This is worse than even the trial of Chen Guangcheng himself in 2006," Cohen said.
Chen Guangcheng attracted international media attention after dramatically escaping from house arrest and fleeing to the US Embassy in Beijing. After extensive negotiations between the US and China, he was granted a visa to study at New York University in May of this year.
In a video released to coincide with Human Rights Day, Chen Guangcheng denounced the rapid conviction of his nephew as an act of "revenge."
Urging the United States to pressure China for human rights violations, he pointed to Beijing's promise to "have a thorough investigation of those persecuting me and my family in Shandong for the past several years and to make the decisions public," as translated by Anthony Tao.
Yet, Chen said, "they have not kept their word. To this day, there has been no news that the Communist Party leaders are willing to change and do the right thing. They are posing a challenge to humanity, justice and our conscience."
Speaking with the Freedom Tower visible behind him, Chen Guangcheng called on China's incoming president Xi Jinping to advance the cause of reform, or face the consequences.
"The Communist Party officials at every level continue to act against the state law and humanity. Which part of China's law gives the Communist Party such special power? How can you rule the country with justice when you yourself are crooked? … How can the international community turn a blind eye to the crimes committed by the Chinese Communist Party in maintaining its power?"
Chen Guangcheng has repeatedly stressed that his goal is simply to have the Chinese government obey and enforce its own laws. Since leaving the country, however, his criticisms have become more outspoken and wide-ranging, touching on taboo issues such as Tibet and Falun Gong. Chen has even predicted that revolution could come to China as early as 2013.
All this could bode poorly for his prospects of returning to China anytime soon. While Chen maintains that his repatriation is "inevitable," mainland authorities have a history of preferring to keep dissidents out of the country, effectively silencing them.
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The sentencing of Chen's nephew came on the heels of another high-profile case that disturbed legal observers. At the end of October, an Internet cafe owner, Cao Haibo, 27, was sentenced to eight years in prison. Cao's "crime" consisted of founding a group devoted to discussing democracy building on the ideas of Sun Yat Sen, the revolutionary founder of post-imperial China.
Cao was held in prison for a year before his trial, and was denied visits from his pregnant wife. The verdict was delivered to his wife and family by phone, without any prior notice that the trial had taken place.
Journalist Gao Yu tweeted after the verdict, "If you still believe there is such a thing as the so-called 'reform faction' among the senior leaders, think about Cao Haibo!"
Still, some argue that while politically charged trials do not get a fair hearing in China, that should not obscure the areas of progress. Stan Abrams, a Beijing-based intellectual property lawyer, argued in early November that "high-profile cases" are not "representative of China's judicial system," and so should not be used to make sweeping conclusions about the rule of law.
"These cases do not represent the vast majority of civil or criminal actions in China, and therefore using them to make a general assertion about rule of law in China is inaccurate and misleading," he said.


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What's it like staying at the same hotel as the Denver Broncos during Super Bowl week?
Business trips in January always stink, but imagine this: you arrive at your hotel in the greater metropolitan New York area only to find that, guess what: the Denver Broncos are in town for the Super Bowl, and they're staying at your hotel! Joy! Rapture!
You imagine duetting with Peyton Manning on karaoke in the hotel bar ... Demaryius Thomas bringing you $10 M&Ms from his mini-fridge ... Knowshon Moreno and you stealing extra shampoo bottles from the maid cart ...
Keep dreaming, friend. We've got a tipster in place at the Broncos' hotel, and it is so NOT like that. Our tipster gave us an account of what life is like in the hotel, and for non-Bronco guests, it's basically like being a freshman in high school again. Here's his/her letter and photos, punctuated with a few comments from us. Tipster's in italics.
I'm actually at the [hotel redacted] with the Broncos - but I'm not "with" the Broncos. I'm a business person on a business trip who happens to be staying here this week. It's like the President is here - SWAT Team, police, Coast Guard, state troopers, street cops, hired extra security, etc.
With good reason. You think the president could run a complex, multilayered offense the way Peyton Manning does? Heck no. He'd probably try to, like, negotiate with the defense. And then get sacked.
Every time the team comes/goes they stop the "regular guests" and make us stand behind a rope so they can pass by without having to actually talk to anyone. I think they have forgotten that I am paying for my room too!
The rope thing is just silly, but as long as we allow ourselves to be treated like children, the NFL will keep doing it. Now, to be fair to the Broncos, "business traveler who wants to chat and maybe exchange business cards" is among the most annoying species of humanity on earth. But seriously, a little howyadoin' never hurt anybody, Denver.
I was actually excited when I found out I was at the same hotel as the Broncos, but the treatment by the NFL handlers and team is ridiculous, so that sentiment is long gone. The players have no interest in talking to anyone, much less signing an autograph or taking a photo with any of the other guests.
Because taking photos leads to paternity suits. That's what they're told in rookie camp. Also, "handlers" are always the worst. I'd bet that some of the Broncos would even be down with hanging with the common folk were it not for the "handlers."
And to be honest, it's not like there are a lot of other people here that don't belong to the Broncos. When I have been in the lobby and the team is going or coming there haven't been more than 10 other guests standing around waiting for them to pass.
Just like the Dallas Cowboys defense, amirite?
Not even a wave or acknowledgement is made by any of them.
They're all living their own private Beats commercial. YEAH YOU CAN TELL EVERYBODYYYY....
They do everything they can to remove the team from any lowly fans. I guess they really have no desire to see any fans, just the media at scheduled events.
Trust me, they have even less desire to see the media than the fans. But they don't get fined $100,000 for not talking to the fans.
I read in the paper today that over at the [other hotel redacted] a few blocks away they have done everything they can to shield the Seahawks from having to view any of their fans. What a shame...
True story. Check out the photo taken by our own Frank Schwab of the sign awaiting visitors at Seattle's hotel:
Anyway, thanks to our tipster. File this under "sad but unsurprising." And if any of you Broncos or Seahawks happen to be reading this under your bedsheets after curfew, how about showing the fans a little love? One day you'll be back on this side of the stretchy rope too, you know.
Jay Busbee is a contributor for Shutdown Corner on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on Twitter.
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Joaquín formerly worked at Ratto/BBDO, first as a Senior Copywriter and then as Creative Director before founding La Comunidad.
He was instrumental during his six year tenure at Ratto/BBDO in the development of many international and regional campaigns for brands that include Pepsi, Nike, Volkswagen, Visa, Bank of Boston, Audi, 7-Up, Bayer, USA Network and FedEx. He's also worked on projects for W/Brazil and for the The Economist magazine with AMV/BBDO London.
Joaquín has been invited to serve on the jury of D&AD, Cannes, The One Show, Clios, El Sol, and El Ojo de Iberoamérica and is currently a member of The Argentine Creative Circle Commission.


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Sir William. 1723–80, English jurist noted particularly for his Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–69), which had a profound influence on jurisprudence in the US
Alfred Russel. 1823–1913, British naturalist, whose work on the theory of natural selection influenced Charles Darwin
Edgar. 1875–1932, English crime novelist
Sir Richard. 1818–90, English art collector and philanthropist. His bequest to the nation forms the Wallace Collection, London
Sir William. ?1272–1305, Scottish patriot, who defeated the army of Edward I of England at Stirling (1297) but was routed at Falkirk (1298) and later executed
Ernest Thomas Sinton. 1903–95, Irish physicist. He succeeded in producing the first artificial transmutation of an atomic nucleus (1932) with Sir John Cockcroft, with whom he shared the Nobel prize for physics 1951
Izaak (ˈaɪzək). 1593–1683, English writer, best known for The Compleat Angler (1653; enlarged 1676)
Sir William (Turner). 1902–83, English composer. His works include Façade (1923), a setting of satirical verses by Edith Sitwell, the Viola Concerto (1929), and the oratorio Belshazzar's Feast (1931)
James Dewey. born 1928, US biologist, whose contribution to the discovery of the helical structure of DNA won him a Nobel prize for Physiology or Medicine shared with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins in 1962
John B(roadus). 1878–1958, US psychologist; a leading exponent of behaviourism
John Christian. 1867–1941, Australian statesman, born in Chile: prime minister of Australia (1904)
Russell. born 1973, British tenor; his albums include The Voice (2001) and Encore (2002)
Tom, full name Thomas Sturges Watson. born 1949, US golfer, won eight major titles: the US Masters (1977, 1981), the US Open (1982), and the British Open (1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983)
William. 1670–1729, English dramatist, a major exponent of Restoration comedy; author of Love for Love (1695) and The Way of the World (1700)
Sir William A(lexander). 1867–1957, Scottish lexicographer; joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1901–33), and of A Dictionary of American English on Historical Principles (1938–44)
Sir William. 1832–1919, English chemist and physicist: he investigated the properties of cathode rays and invented a type of radiometer and the lens named after him
noun (pl) foxes, fox
any canine mammal of the genus Vulpes and related genera. They are mostly predators that do not hunt in packs and typically have large pointed ears, a pointed muzzle, and a bushy tail related adjective vulpine
the fur of any of these animals, usually reddish-brown or grey in colour
a person who is cunning and sly
(slang, mainly US) a sexually attractive woman
a jackal
an image of a false prophet
(nautical) small stuff made from yarns twisted together and then tarred
(transitive) to perplex or confound: to fox a person with a problem
to cause (paper, wood, etc) to become discoloured with spots, or (of paper, etc) to become discoloured, as through mildew
(transitive) to trick; deceive
(intransitive) to act deceitfully or craftily
(transitive) (Austral, informal) to pursue stealthily; tail
(transitive) (Austral, informal) to chase and retrieve (a ball)
(transitive) (obsolete) to befuddle with alcoholic drink
(pl) Fox, Foxes. a member of a North American Indian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River
the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
Charles James. 1749–1806, British Whig statesman and orator. He opposed North over taxation of the American colonies and Pitt over British intervention against the French Revolution. He advocated parliamentary reform and the abolition of the slave trade
George. 1624–91, English religious leader; founder (1647) of the Society of Friends (Quakers)
Terry, full name Terrance Stanley Fox (1958–81). Canadian athlete: he lost a leg to cancer and subsequently attempted a coast-to-coast run across Canada to raise funds for cancer research
Vicente (Spanish viˈθɛnte). born 1942, Mexican politician; president of Mexico (2000-06)
Sir William. 1812–93, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister of New Zealand (1856; 1861–62; 1869–72; 1873)
a port in central Canada, in S Ontario on Lake Ontario: iron and steel industry. Pop: 618 820 (2001)
a city in New Zealand, on central North Island. Pop: 129 300 (2004 est)
a town in S Scotland, in South Lanarkshire near Glasgow. Pop: 48 546 (2001)
the capital and chief port of Bermuda. Pop: 3461 (2000)
the former name of Churchill (sense 1)
Alexander. ?1757–1804, American statesman. He was a leader of the Federalists and as first secretary of the Treasury (1789–95) established a federal bank
Lady Emma. ?1765–1815, mistress of Nelson
James, 1st Duke of Hamilton. 1606–49, Scottish supporter of Charles I in the English Civil War: defeated by Cromwell at the Battle of Preston and executed
Lewis (Carl). born 1985, English racing driver; Formula One world champion (2008)
Richard. 1922–2011, British artist: a pioneer of the pop art style
Sir William Rowan. 1805–65, Irish mathematician: founded Hamiltonian mechanics and formulated the theory of quaternions
Caroline Lucretia. 1750–1848, British astronomer, born in Germany, noted for her catalogue of nebulae and star clusters: sister of Sir William Herschel
Sir John Frederick William. 1792–1871, British astronomer. He discovered and catalogued over 525 nebulae and star clusters
his father, Sir (Frederick) William, original name Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel. 1738–1822, British astronomer, born in Germany. He constructed a reflecting telescope, which led to his discovery of the planet Uranus (1781), two of its satellites, and two of the satellites of Saturn. He also discovered the motions of binary stars
Edward 1749–1823, English physician, who discovered vaccination by showing that injections of cowpox virus produce immunity against smallpox (1796)
Sir William. 1815–98, English physician and pathologist, who differentiated between typhus and typhoid fevers (1849)
Amy 1903–41, British aviator, who made several record flights, including those to Australia (1930) and to Cape Town and back (1936)
Andrew 1808–75, US Democrat statesman who was elected vice president under the Republican Abraham Lincoln; 17th president of the US (1865–69), became president after Lincoln's assassination. His lenience towards the South after the American Civil War led to strong opposition from radical Republicans, who tried to impeach him
Earvin (ˈɜːvɪn), known as Magic. born 1959, US basketball player
Eyvind (ˈevɪnt). 1900–76, Swedish novelist and writer, whose novels include the Krilon trilogy (1941–43): joint winner of the Nobel prize for literature 1974
Jack 1878–1946, US boxer; world heavyweight champion (1908–15)
Lionel (Pigot) 1867–1902, British poet and critic, best known for his poems "Dark Angel" and "By the Statue of King Charles at Charing Cross"
Lyndon Baines known as LBJ. 1908–73, US Democrat statesman; 36th president of the US (1963–69). His administration carried the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965, but he lost popularity by increasing US involvement in the Vietnam war
Martin. born 1970, English Rugby Union footballer; captain of the England team that won the World Cup in 2003.
Michael (Duane) born 1967, US athlete: world (1995) and Olympic (1996) 200- and 400-metre gold medallist
Philip (Cortelyou). 1906–2005, US architect and writer; his buildings include the New York State Theater (1964) and the American Telephone and Telegraph building (1978–83), both in New York
Robert ?1898–1937, US blues singer and guitarist
Samuel known as Dr. Johnson. 1709–84, British lexicographer, critic, and conversationalist, whose greatest works are his Dictionary (1755), his edition of Shakespeare (1765), and his Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (1779–81). His fame, however, rests as much on Boswell's biography of him as on his literary output
Daniel. 1881–1967, British phonetician
Daniel. 1912–93, Welsh composer. He wrote nine symphonies and much chamber music
David. 1895–1974, British artist and writer: his literary works, which combine poetry and prose, include In Parenthesis (1937), an account of World War I, and The Anathemata (1952)
Digby (Marritt). Baron. born 1956, British businessman and politician; director-general of the Confederation of British Industry (2000–06); Minister of State for Trade and Investment (2007–08)
Inigo (ˈɪnɪɡəʊ). 1573–1652, English architect and theatrical designer, who introduced Palladianism to England. His buildings include the Banqueting Hall of Whitehall. He also designed the settings for court masques, being the first to use the proscenium arch and movable scenery in England
John Paul, original name John Paul. 1747–92, US naval commander, born in Scotland: noted for his part in the War of American Independence
(Everett) Le Roi (ˈliːrɔɪ), Muslim name Imanu Amìri Baraka. born 1934, US Black poet, dramatist, and political figure
Quincy. born 1933, US composer, arranger, conductor, record producer, and trumpeter, noted esp for his film scores and his collaborations in the recording studio with Michael Jackson
Robert Tyre, known as Bobby Jones. 1902–71, US golfer: won a unique 'grand slam' in 1930 of US Open, US Amateur, British Open, and British Amateur championships
Sir William. 1849–1919, Canadian physician, pioneer of residency in medical training
Irving. 1917–2009, US photographer, noted for his portraits and his innovations in colour photography
William. 1644–1718, English Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania
Allan. ?1686–1758, Scottish poet, editor, and bookseller, noted particularly for his pastoral comedy The Gentle Shepherd (1725): first person to introduce the circulating library in Scotland
his son, Allan 1713–84, Scottish portrait painter
James Andrew Broun Ramsay, See Dalhousie (sense 2)
Gordon. born 1963, British chef and restaurateur; achieved a third Michelin star (2001)
Sir William. 1852–1916, Scottish chemist. He discovered argon (1894) with Rayleigh, isolated helium (1895), and identified neon, krypton, and xenon: Nobel prize for chemistry 1904
noun (pl) siemens
the derived SI unit of electrical conductance equal to 1 reciprocal ohm S Formerly called mho
Ernst Werner von (ɛrnst ˈvɛrnər fɔn). 1816–92, German engineer, inventor, and pioneer in telegraphy. Among his inventions are the self-excited dynamo and an electrolytic refining process
his brother, Sir William, original name Karl Wilhelm Siemens. 1823–83, British engineer, born in Germany, who invented the open-hearth process for making steel
a city in W California, on San Francisco Bay: seat of the University of California. Pop: 102 049 (2003 est)
(ˈbɜːklɪ). Busby. real name William Berkeley Enos. 1895–1976, US dance director, noted esp for his elaborate choreography in film musicals
(ˈbɑːklɪ). George. 1685–1753, Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop, whose system of subjective idealism was expounded in his works A Treatise concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710) and Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous (1713). He also wrote Essay towards a New Theory of Vision (1709)
(ˈbɑːklɪ). Sir Lennox (Randal Francis). 1903–89, British composer; his works include four symphonies, four operas, and the Serenade for Strings (1939)
a building or place dedicated to the worship of a deity or deities
a Mormon church
(US) another name for a synagogue
any Christian church, esp a large or imposing one
any place or object regarded as a shrine where God makes himself present, esp the body of a person who has been sanctified or saved by grace
a building regarded as the focus of an activity, interest, or practice: a temple of the arts
the region on each side of the head in front of the ear and above the cheek bone related adjective temporal
the part of a loom that keeps the cloth being woven stretched to the correct width
either of two buildings in London and Paris that belonged to the Templars. The one in London now houses two of the chief law societies
any of three buildings or groups of buildings erected by the Jews in ancient Jerusalem for the worship of Jehovah
Shirley, married name Shirley Temple Black. born 1928, US film actress and politician. Her films as a child star include Little Miss Marker (1934), Wee Willie Winkie (1937), and Heidi (1937). She was US ambassador to Ghana (1974–76) and to Czechoslovakia (1989–92)
Sir William. 1628–99, English diplomat and essayist. He negotiated the Triple Alliance (1668) and the marriage of William of Orange to Mary II
William. 1881–1944, English prelate and advocate of social reform; archbishop of Canterbury (1942–44)
Sir George Paget, son of Joseph John Thomson. 1892–1975, British physicist, who discovered (1927) the diffraction of electrons by crystals: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1937
James. 1700–48, Scottish poet. He anticipated the romantics' feeling for nature in The Seasons (1726–30)
James, pen name B.V. 1834–82, British poet, born in Scotland, noted esp for The City of Dreadful Night (1874), reflecting man's isolation and despair
Sir Joseph John. 1856–1940, British physicist. He discovered the electron (1897) and his work on the nature of positive rays led to the discovery of isotopes: Nobel prize for physics 1906
Roy, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet. 1894–1976, British newspaper proprietor, born in Canada
Virgil. 1896–1989, US composer, music critic, and conductor, whose works include two operas, Four Saints in Three Acts (1928) and The Mother of Us All (1947), piano sonatas, a cello concerto, songs, and film music
Sir William. See (1st Baron) Kelvin
Hamilton Ham·il·ton (hām'əl-tən), Alice. 1869-1970.
American toxicologist and physician known for her research on occupational poisons and her book Industrial Poisons in the United States (1925).
Jenner Jen·ner (jěn'ər), Edward. 1749-1823.
British physician and vaccination pioneer who found that smallpox could be prevented by inoculation with the substance from cowpox lesions.
jones (jōnz)
An addiction, especially to heroin.
siemens sie·mens (sē'mənz)
n. pl. siemens
A unit of electrical conductance in the International System of Units, equal to one ampere per volt.
temple tem·ple (těm'pəl)
The flat region on either side of the forehead.
Either of the sidepieces of a frame for eyeglasses that extends along the temple and over the ear.
Wallace Wal·lace (wŏl'ĭs), Alfred Russel. 1823-1913.
British naturalist who developed a concept of evolution that paralleled the work of Charles Darwin.
Watson Wat·son (wŏt'sən), James Dewey. Born 1928.
American biologist who with Francis Crick proposed a spiral model, the double helix, for the molecular structure of DNA. He shared a 1962 Nobel Prize for advances in the study of genetics.
British chemist and physicist who discovered thallium in 1861 and invented the radiometer (1873-76). He also developed the Crookes tube, a modified vacuum tube that was later used by W.C. Roentgen and J.J. Thomson in experiments that led to the discovery of x-rays and the electron, respectively.
Family of British astronomers led by Sir William Herschel (1738-1822), who discovered Uranus (1781) and cataloged more than 800 binary stars and 2,500 nebulae. His sister Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) discovered eight comets and several nebulae and star clusters, and published at least two astronomical catalogs which are still currently used. His son Sir John Frederick William Herschel (1792-1871) discovered 525 nebulae and pioneered celestial photography.
Our Living Language : Brother and sister William Herschel and Caroline Herschel began their professional careers as musicians. Born in Germany, they moved to England, where Caroline became a soprano soloist in performances conducted by her brother. William's background in music spurred him to study mathematics and astronomy, which he then taught his sister, and they each went on to produce a string of important scientific discoveries. William was the first astronomer to study binary stars and, while searching for comets in 1781, he discovered Uranus, the first new planet to be discovered since ancient times. He also discovered two satellites of Uranus (Titania and Oberon, 1787), and two of Saturn (Mimas and Enceladus, 1789-90). Caroline observed her first comet in 1786 and eventually discovered seven others, as well as nebulae and star clusters. King George III appointed William his Astronomer Royal in 1787, and Caroline was made assistant astronomer. After William's death, Caroline returned to Germany and published a catalog of 2,500 nebulae, for which the (British) Royal Astronomical Society awarded her its gold medal in 1828.
British physician who pioneered the practice of vaccination. His experiments proved that individuals who had been inoculated with the virus that caused cowpox, a mild skin disease of cattle, became immune to smallpox. Jenner's discovery laid the foundations for the science of immunology.
Our Living Language : In 1980 the World Health Organization declared that the deadly disease smallpox had been eradicated, an accomplishment attributed to the success of the smallpox vaccine. The vaccine had been developed almost 200 years earlier by the British physician Edward Jenner, who had based his work on a piece of folk wisdom from the countryside that few doctors had taken seriously: people who caught cowpox, a mild viral infection of cattle, never got smallpox. In 1796 Jenner proved the truth of this scientifically in a famous experiment he conducted on an eight-year-old boy named James Phipps. Jenner exposed Phipps to a person with cowpox, then two months later exposed him to smallpox (this would be considered unethical by today's standards). As Jenner expected, the boy warded off the smallpox without any complications. Prior to this, there existed a form of vaccination against smallpox that consisted of exposing people to a mild form of the disease. Although this method often worked, it was risky, and the exposed person sometimes died. Jenner, who devised the word vaccination from the Latin vacca, for "cow," is considered to be the father of immunology. He also did significant research on heart disease.
British chemist who discovered the noble gases argon (with Lord Rayleigh), helium, neon, xenon, and krypton. For this work he was awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize for chemistry. In 1908 his research showed that radon was also a noble gas.
Plural siemens
See mho.
British physicist who discovered the electron in 1897. While experimenting with cathode rays, he deduced that the particles he observed were smaller than an atom. Thomson also made noteworthy studies of the conduction of electricity through gases. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1906.
Our Living Language : Nowadays we take for granted the existence of electrons, but this was not true just over 100 years ago, when the atom was thought to be a single unit that had no parts. The breakthroughs came in the late 1890s, when the British physicist J. J. Thomson was studying what we now call cathode-ray tubes. As an electric current passed from the cathode at one end of the tube to the anode at the other, raylike emanations were seen to proceed from the cathode to the anode. Thomson examined the nature of the rays' charge by bringing a positively charged and a negatively charged plate near the path of the rays, and observed that the rays were deflected toward the positive plate, suggesting they had negative charge. A series of experiments in which various objects were placed in the path of the rays showed that they also had momentum (they would cause a small paddle wheel to turn, for example). If they had momentum, that meant (in the physics of the time) that they had mass, suggesting that the rays were composed of tiny particles. Other experimental results, some by other scientists, suggested that the ratio of the charge to the mass of these particles had to be less than one-thousandth the ratio for charged hydrogen atoms. By examining both the energy of the rays and the amount by which an electric charge deflected them, Thomson was able to calculate that these particles had one two-thousandth the mass of a hydrogen atom. The particles, first named corpuscles, were later called electrons. (The term electron was not completely new; it had been invented in 1891 for the rays themselves.) Thomson was thus the first to discover that particles smaller than atoms existed, and for his pioneering work he was awarded the 1906 Nobel Prize for physics.
British naturalist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection independently of Charles Darwin. Wallace spent eight years (1854-62) traveling in Malaysia and assembling evidence for his theories, which he sent to Darwin in England. Their findings were first presented to the public in 1858.
Irish physicist who, with John Cockcroft, was the first to successfully split an atom using a particle accelerator in 1932. For this work they shared the 1951 Nobel Prize for physics.
American biologist who, working with Francis Crick, identified the structure of DNA in 1953. By analyzing the patterns cast by x-rays striking DNA molecules, they discovered that DNA has the structure of a double helix, two spirals linked together by bases in ladderlike rungs. For this work Watson and Crick shared with Maurice Wilkins the 1962 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.
Temple definition
The central place of worship for the Israelites. The first Temple was built in Jerusalem by King Solomon. The stone tablets received by Moses on Mount Sinai — tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written — were kept in the central chamber of Solomon's Temple. Solomon's Temple was later destroyed, as were two succeeding temples built on the site.
Note: A wall remaining from the temples, known as the Western Wall, is one of the most sacred places for Jews today.
Berkeley definition
City in California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay.
Note: Berkeley is the location of a distinguished branch of the University of California. The University of California at Berkeley has been a center for student activism and social-change movements, particularly in the 1960s and early 1970s.
(Heb. shu'al, a name derived from its digging or burrowing under ground), the Vulpes thaleb, or Syrian fox, the only species of this animal indigenous to Palestine. It burrows, is silent and solitary in its habits, is destructive to vineyards, being a plunderer of ripe grapes (Cant. 2:15). The Vulpes Niloticus, or Egyptian dog-fox, and the Vulpes vulgaris, or common fox, are also found in Palestine. The proverbial cunning of the fox is alluded to in Ezek. 13:4, and in Luke 13:32, where our Lord calls Herod "that fox." In Judg. 15:4, 5, the reference is in all probability to the jackal. The Hebrew word _shu'al_ through the Persian _schagal_ becomes our jackal (Canis aureus), so that the word may bear that signification here. The reasons for preferring the rendering "jackal" are (1) that it is more easily caught than the fox; (2) that the fox is shy and suspicious, and flies mankind, while the jackal does not; and (3) that foxes are difficult, jackals comparatively easy, to treat in the way here described. Jackals hunt in large numbers, and are still very numerous in Southern Palestine.
first used of the tabernacle, which is called "the temple of the Lord" (1 Sam. 1:9). In the New Testament the word is used figuratively of Christ's human body (John 2:19, 21). Believers are called "the temple of God" (1 Cor. 3:16, 17). The Church is designated "an holy temple in the Lord" (Eph. 2:21). Heaven is also called a temple (Rev. 7:5). We read also of the heathen "temple of the great goddess Diana" (Acts 19:27). This word is generally used in Scripture of the sacred house erected on the summit of Mount Moriah for the worship of God. It is called "the temple" (1 Kings 6:17); "the temple [R.V., 'house'] of the Lord" (2 Kings 11:10); "thy holy temple" (Ps. 79:1); "the house of the Lord" (2 Chr. 23:5, 12); "the house of the God of Jacob" (Isa. 2:3); "the house of my glory" (60:7); an "house of prayer" (56:7; Matt. 21:13); "an house of sacrifice" (2 Chr. 7:12); "the house of their sanctuary" (2 Chr. 36:17); "the mountain of the Lord's house" (Isa. 2:2); "our holy and our beautiful house" (64:11); "the holy mount" (27:13); "the palace for the Lord God" (1 Chr. 29:1); "the tabernacle of witness" (2 Chr. 24:6); "Zion" (Ps. 74:2; 84:7). Christ calls it "my Father's house" (John 2:16).
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Is a gentile prohibited from castrating a human/animal as part of the Nohadite laws?
This matter is disputed in the Talmud[1] and Poskim. Some Poskim[2] rule that Gentiles are not prohibited against castrating. Other Poskim[3] rule that gentiles are prohibited against castrating. Practically, they are to be stringent and not do so.[4]
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It is forbidden to ask a gentile[6] to destroy the reproductive organs of one's animal.[7]
[1] Rav Chidka and Tana Divei Menashe in Sanhedrin 56b and in Bava Metzia 90a rules they are commanded against castrating; The Tana Kama in Sanhedrin ibid rules they are not included in the prohibition
[2] Rambam; Rosh; Rashba; Hagahos Maimanis, brought in Beis Shmuel 5/16
[3] Semag; Hagahos Ashri, brought in Beis Shmuel 5/16
[4] Beis Shmuel 5/16
[5] Michaber E.H. 5/14
[6] Literally "Kutti"
[7] The reason: This is forbidden due to Amira Lenachri, as every matter in the Torah that is forbidden for a Jew to perform is likewise forbidden for a Jew to ask a Gentile to do for him. [Beis Shmuel 5/16; Beir Hagoleh; Admur 243/1; 343/5; 450/20; Ribis 72; Sheila Usechirus 29; Michaber C.M. 338/6 [regarding muzzling animal]; Question brought in Bava Metzia 90a and above Poskim rule stringently-see Biur Hagr"a 5/32] Alternatively, the reason is because it is Biblically forbidden for even a gentile to destroy the reproductive organs of a human/animal, and it is part of the Nohadite laws. [Beis Shmuel 5/16; Rav Chidka in Bava Metzia 90a and Sannhedrin 56b]


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Do you remember Anupam Kher's first film? It completes 32 years today!
Anupam Kher-starrer 'Saaransh' completed 32 years of its release on Wednesday, and the veteran actor says he likes his journey in cinema.
The Padma Bhushan awardee played a retired middle class Maharashtrian man in the film when he was 28 years old.
Saaransh released on 25th May, 1984. I complete 32Years in cinema & 499 movies today.:) #JaiHo #32yearsofSaaransh pic.twitter.com/GDf49EvHRq— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) May 25, 2016
"'Saaransh' released on 25 May, 1984. I complete 32 years in cinema and 499 movies today. Jai Ho. 32 years of 'Saaransh'," Anupam tweeted on Wednesday.
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Explore the Scottish Highlands with our Whisky and Walks Walking Holiday
Duration5 Nights
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Difficulty Level2 Two
We often find that visits to the Scottish Highlands on walking holidays are accompanied by an appreciation of one of the country's most famous products, scotch whisky. So we thought we'd officially combine the two and plan an adventure.
Join a friendly group on a journey around the Scottish Highlands, taking in some beautiful small walks followed by visits to some of the classic whisky distilleries. We'll be visiting the islands, the western Highlands, and of course Speyside in this 6 day exploration of whisky, with some excellent scenery thrown in to get you thirsty.
In a nutshell:
- Explore 4 different whisky distilleries, with advanced tasting sessions of different ages and styles of whisky.
- Admire the coast, mountains and countryside near each distillery on 3 guided walks.
- Be accompanied by a Large Outdoors host and guide who will look after the planning and driving and allow you to sit back and enjoy the journey.
- Stay in comfy accommodation and sample the best local food.
Day 1
We'll pick you up from Glasgow at midday, provide you with a packed lunch, and then set off for Kennacraig, where we get the ferry to Islay. After settling into our accommodation on the island, we'll head out for dinner at a great local restaurant, getting you in the mood for the adventure ahead.
Day 2
Islay is well known as a heaven for whisky lovers, with 8 working distilleries on the island, including Bowmore, Ardbeg and Lagavulin. We'll have a sit-down breakfast at 8am, make our packed lunches with ingredients provided, and then head out on a few hours' walk, taking in the best of the scenery.
Once the walk is over we'll head to our first distillery, where we'll be treated to a tour and talk about how whisky is made, as well as a tasting session. From here we'll head back to the accommodation on Islay, where your host will either be busily preparing your evening meal, or we may go out again.
Day 3
Right next to Islay is the Isle of Jura, a far wilder place with only one whisky distillery named after the island itself. We'll get an early ferry over the straights (so close it only takes 5 minutes!) and head out on another walk, perhaps climbing one of the famous Paps of Jura, or looking out for wildlife on the shore.
After our visit to the Jura distillery to taste some of their excellent whiskies, we'll head back on the ferry to Islay and stay our final night there.
Day 4
Today is partly a day of travel, one that takes us further north into the Highlands. We'll have a relaxing morning and then get the 10am ferry from Islay up the coast to Oban, where we transition from the island whiskies to ones from the West Highlands. On reaching Oban, we'll visit the distillery in the town, which lies nestled between buildings right next to the waterfront.
Oban is a beautiful place, with views out to Mull and steep slopes covered in woodland. You'll have a few hours to explore the town before we jump back in the van for more travel – this time to take us deep into the whisky producing region of Speyside.
Day 5
Waking up near the majesty of the Cairngorms, we'll head out after breakfast on the last of our walks, either exploring one of the local hills or striding out through the great forest of Rothiemurchus.
After lunch we'll visit one of the Speyside distilleries, all clustered on or near the banks of the great river Spey, which starts its life in the mountains and ends in the North Sea. These distilleries form one of the great whisky producing regions of Scotland, and their names will already be famous to you – Aberlour, Glenfiddich and Glenlivet amongst others!
For our final night we'll head out to one of many excellent local restaurants nearby before heading back to our accommodation.
Day 6
It's time to pack up and leave the hostel for the journey back south. The drive will take a few hours, and we aim to drop you in Glasgow by midday, hopefully with a new appreciation of combining two great ideas – whisky and walking!
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We will be staying in a variety of hostels and guest houses during this trip around the Scottish Highlands. Once you are collected in Glasgow all transport, ferries etc are included.
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Since my first Large Outdoors weekend I have rediscovered my love for the countryside, met so many great people and had a whole lot of fun. I've sailed around the Inner Hebrides on a luxurious yacht, climbed the 3 national peaks Snowdon, Ben Nevis and Scafel Pike, danced my socks off at the Halloween and New Year celebrations and fallen in love with the beautiful Isle of Skye. Every trip has been amazing fun and I have met so many lovely people and made friends for life. Cheers Large Outdoors!Karen RobertsMember Since 2012
I love the concept of the Large Outdoors weekends and I like to have at least one or two booked for the future, to have something to look forward to. A weekend trip finds me visiting some fabulous parts of the country: Northumberland, Dorset, Brecon Beacons, Lake District, North York Moors... hills, mountains, moors and coast - all well covered by the amazing choice of locations to pick from, with decent (or lovely!) accommodation, great food and qualified walk leaders. They're also very good value.Sue LangfordMember since 2008
I have been joining Large Outdoors on their outdoor adventures for many years now. I wasn't always an active person and as a self-confessed city dweller I never thought I would appreciate so much of what is on offer when you leave the suburbs behind you. Large Outdoors has not only made me appreciate what natural beauty is on our door step, it has also given me the confidence to challenge myself and see things differently.Shad EverettMember since 2009
I thoroughly enjoyed the experience from beginning to end. The host Kendra was very welcoming upon arrival at the youth hostel, all walkers and climbers were friendly and we got on great as a group. The home cooked food was amazing and the idea of 'kitchen angels' worked really well. The rock climbing instructor and his son were brilliant and helped us all, providing constant guidance and encouragement.Penny GraingerMember Since 2016
I have attended Large Outdoors weekends for the last two years , achieving many challenges in the British countryside. Every weekend has been very well organised, in beautiful locations, wonderful walks, nutritious food with lovely people.
I have learned new skills and gained confidence in the outdoors from the mountain leaders. I thoroughly enjoy every weekend and always look forward to the next.Elizabeth BrooksMember Since 2014


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More from the "fed up with Darwin" files
|June 7, 2012
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Were we talking about people fed up with Darwin in various places? Well, this just in, from Britain: In "Charity Commission launches extremism investigation into Leyton Mosque" (The Independent, 07 June 2012), Jerome Taylor reports ,
The Charity Commission has launched an investigation into allegations that one of London's major mosques has been taken over by extremists after an imam who tried to preach that evolution was compatible with Islam was forced to resign.
The Charity Commission may well have reason to worry about the mosque's links to terrorism (it's possible). Maybe the imam should sue for wrongful dismissal.
But the question of whether Islam is compatible with Darwinism is one that government should just stay out of, if it does not wish to replay Canada's unhappy experience with Section 13 involvement in religion.
Put another way: That isn't the kind of problem a government can afford to own.
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December 1, 2004
A significant tax increase is necessary to deal with the U.S. budget deficit, says Bruce Bartlett. Sooner or later financial markets will put pressure on Congress to act.
The root of the problem is the current U.S. account deficit, which includes the trade balance for goods and services, plus receipts on U.S. investments broad minus payments to foreigners on their investments here. There is also a large negative figure for unilateral transfers abroad, such as those for military programs and foreign aid, says Bartlett.
- In 2003 the United States exported $713 billion worth of goods and imported $1,261 billion, for a deficit of $548 billion; this was partially offset by a significant surplus in the export of services of $74 billion.
- U.S. companies also received more in income on their foreign operations than we paid out to foreigners on their operations here, giving us a surplus of $33 billion in this area.
- After subtracting $67 billion for unilateral transfers, we ended up with a current account deficit of $531 billion.
Basically, this $531 billion figure has to be financed by foreigners who are willing to invest in the United States directly or buy dollar-denominated assets such as stocks and bonds. In 2003, foreigners bought $829 billion worth of the latter, while Americans increased their ownership of foreign financial assets by $283 billion. The difference, $546 billion, approximately equals the current account deficit, says Bruce Bartlett.
Source: Bruce Bartlett, "A Tax Increase is in the Forecast," National Center for Policy Analysis, December 1, 2004.
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I haven't heard of it, but I'm starting a new thread to see if anyone else here has.
I bake the cakes, with my newspaper/foil strips at the usually stated temps (e.g., 350).
I'm thinking my alfoil 'tent' does exactly the same thing...
anyone ever try the below attached? I am just wondering if this works or is this some kind of thing people buy and then whey they try it, it does not work. It is a cake cover made in all different sizes that you put on top of the cake while baking. Please let me know if anyone has one of these and how you like it. Thanks/Mary
I use baking foil that I fold into thirds and place on top of my lined tins with homemade baking strips on a lower shelf. Works for me.
( I do this as my tins are not the best quality ones being a hobbyist I can't afford to invest in them.)
Thanks for the information. Boy, have I learned a whole lot on this forum. You people are great !!! Thanks/Mary
Don't overmix. Bake at 325. Use a baking cone in the center of large cakes. If you don't have a commercial Deluxe oven baking strips are probably a good idea. Yes, you can sew velcro to them. Gotta agree with Leah: agbay
By putting the pan in the freezer prior, it keeps the pan from getting too hot, too quick and prevents the cake from baking from the outside in.
Since i started doing this, I have not had a cake dome. Maybe a little bit but not like it did.
How long do you keep pan in freezer before putting cake batter in pan? Would this also work for 9 x 13 pan?
Works with any size pan. And I put them in the freezer at least 20 minutes before I need to put them in the oven. I take then out of the freezer, put the batter in, then right into the oven. Try not to handle them a lot after taking the out of the freezer
I appreciate the information!! I am going to try this next time I cook my cake!!


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One of the more astonishing features of our politics is the way in which really quite clever and experienced people fail, from time to time, to see the blindingly obvious. One example is the way in which some of those around Tony Blair — and for all I know Mr Blair himself — have believed, on and off over the past few years, that it might be possible to stop Gordon Brown becoming PM. Another was the even more foolish, and much more widely held, fantasy that granting devolution to Scotland would not, sooner rather than later, lead to a rampant rise of Scottish nationalism. As the more astute among you will immediately realise, these two concerns are inextricably linked.
I begin to suspect that the likely timing of Mr Blair's departure from office — in the late spring or early summer of next year — has been set to cause the most difficulty to his probable successor. For on May 3, the third elections for the Scottish Parliament will be held. Scotland is now governed by a coalition of Labour and the Lib Dems. However, the SNP was five points ahead of Labour in a poll published this week. That this is no flash in the pan can be judged from how the Scottish Labour conference in Oban last weekend was dominated by big beasts of the Cabinet, from the Prime Minister downwards, warning the assembled multitude that waste, devastation and quite probably complete apocalypse would follow for Scotland if it elected the SNP. The SNP reported a further ground-swell of interest as a result of these attacks, and a Labour internal poll revealed yesterday that the SNP's lead had extended to eight per cent.
So: imagine you are Mr Brown, and you have just become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Imagine, too, that the people of Scotland have, a few weeks earlier, elected an SNP government to rule them — a minority government, no doubt, but a government none the less. You, as Prime Minister of a nation that is about 85 per cent English, are yourself Scottish. You sit for a Scottish seat at Westminster. Your fellow Scots have, however, put into power a party committed to calling a referendum on whether Scotland remains part of the United Kingdom. More than two thirds of the 85 per cent of the foreigners over whom you now rule want (according to a poll just published by The Sunday Telegraph) an English parliament. And all concerned have the temerity to do these things despite the fact that you yourself, sensing trouble ahead, have spent much of the past two or three years making regular, cynical and implausible speeches about "Britishness". Oh dear.
Please forgive a moment of self-regard, which I introduce purely (well, almost purely) because it is relevant. Eight years ago, I wrote a book entitled Nor Shall My Sword: the Reinvention of England. It appeared a couple of months before the first Scottish elections and it made the following points. First, that devolution would lead inevitably to separatism. Second, that if the Scots wished to separate from England, there was nothing we could, or should, do to stop them (oh, if only Gladstone's Irish Home Rule Bill of 1886 had been passed, etc etc). Third, that this might actually be beneficial to the English taxpayer. And fourth, that in any political system the rulers ignore the rights of majorities at their peril: and that the inevitable consequence of denying the English the same constitutional rights as the Scots — a referendum on their own separateness, and allowing any wish for separateness to be expressed in an independent parliament — would lead to towering resentments.
The way in which this book was received speaks much of the flavour of those less enlightened times. It had a rave review from Alex Salmond, the leader of the SNP. Michael Portillo, then in the middle of reinventing himself as a proto-Cameronian, addressed the work in a tone that suggested the men in white coats would be coming for the author within a matter of hours. When I read in The Sunday Telegraph not just that 68 per cent of my fellow English now want their own parliament, but that 59 per cent would be happy for Scotland to be fully independent, I know we will never be able to build the madhouses fast enough.
It is not hard to see why the English feel these things. First, they have had largely alien rule for the the past 10 years. Serve you right, the Scots would say, recalling the Thatcher years, when they, too, felt occupied. But the Scots sought, and received, a remedy for their alleged sufferings: all the English now want is equal treatment. Second, the English have been treated to the most preposterous justifications of why Scottish Labour MPs should still vote in the Westminster Parliament on matters that, in Scotland, are dealt with by the Parliament in Edinburgh. Foundation hospitals and top-up fees are only on the statute book because of the help the Government received from Scottish MPs with no interest in the matter. No wonder, with a much smaller majority now than when those measures went through, Labour is desperate to retain this lobby-fodder.
Increasingly, though, in an era when we are all feeling grotesquely overtaxed, there is the question of money. Sixty per cent of those questioned in The Sunday Telegraph poll resented the far higher per capita public spending in Scotland compared with England. The revenue-raising powers of the Scottish Parliament do not have to be used to fund handsome new capital projects in Scotland — not least their extravagant new parliament building — while the English taxpayer is standing by to have his pocket picked. As an article on this subject in this month's Prospect points out, per capita spending is 30 per cent higher in Scotland, but GDP per capita is five per cent lower. Despite this herculean level of bribery of the Scottish voter, growth rates simply do not improve. It is a glowing, and ghastly, example of the evils of the subsidy culture. And, quite clearly, not only is it not doing the English taxpayer any good, it is also not doing the Scots any long-term good either.
Scotland is on its way to sovietisation. The amount of GDP spent in the public sector, at 50 per cent, is 10 per cent higher than in the United Kingdom as a whole. £11 billion more is spent in Scotland than is raised in revenue there. The SNP says this takes no account of the oil revenues. But, should Scotland ever become independent, there will have to be an interesting discussion about the nature of territorial waters, and about the origins of the money used to develop the oilfields. There might also be a debate about whether Shetland, in the event of independence, would want to be part of Scotland, or would prefer to remain a dependency of England, or would even like to revert to being part of Norway.
So far, all the decision-making in these matters has been placed on the Scots. That has to stop. The English deserve their referendum, too, on whether they wish to remain in any sort of union with Scotland. If they can have their own Parliament, then why shouldn't England? If they wish to be separate, then why should the English subsidise them? Above all, why should the rights of the English majority be so aggressively denied?
I know this is horrid for Gordon Brown, who, like Napoleon, or Stalin, or Hitler, aspires to come from a distant province or satellite state and take over the mother country. But he and his friends started this process: it is a shame, given how very brilliant we are always being told he is, that he wasn't clever enough to realise how we might finish what he started.


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Saturdays singer Frankie Bridge scored Strictly's first "real" perfect 10 of the series after bewitching the judges on the special Halloween-themed edition of the show.
The girl band stunner donned green body paint and a long wig for a tango with Kevin Clifton inspired by the West End musical Wicked.
Craig Revel Horwood told her: "One word: fab-u-lous."
Bruno Tonioli, who gave her the 10 score, added: "That was wicked in the best possible way."
Although a 10 was awarded by exuberant one-off guest judge Donny Osmond earlier in the series, this was the first real one awarded by a member of the regular panel.
It boosted her score to 37, putting her two ahead of The Only Way is Essex star Mark Wright.
He and partner Karen Hauer pulled off a Little Shop of Horrors jive that left Tonioli drooling: "Feed me, feed me. Whatever you are eating I want some. Your best dance yet."
Revel Horwood simply added: "Bravo darling."
There were also good scores for singer Pixie Lott (33) and television presenter Caroline Flack (32).
But at the bottom it was the same old story, with Judy Murray finishing bottom after a 101 Dalmations-inspired American Smooth that included live dalmations.
Toniolo told her: "You confused American Smooth with American Stiff."
Revel Horwood added: "The dogs at the beginning had more grace."
She was a point behind Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills, who performed a bonkers waltz dressed as Uncle Fester from the Addams Family with Joanne Clifton which divided the judges.
Len Goodman said it was probably his best dance so far but Tonioli quipped: "If the show was called Strictly No Dancing, you would be a surefire winner."
Bookmaker Coral has Mills as the 6-5 favourite for elimination in tonight's results show, with Frankie now joint favourite alongside Eastenders' star Jake Wood.
Claudia Winkleman, who took over from Sir Bruce Forsyth in partnering Tess Daly at the start of this series, missed last night's show because one of her children was ill.
The 42-year-old mother-of-three was replaced by ex-Radio 1 DJ Zoe Ball, a former contestant on the show, who normally presents Strictly: It Takes Two.
At the start of the show Daly said: "One of her (Winkleman's) children is unwell and we wish them a speedy recovery."
Published: Sunday 2nd November 2014 by The News Editor


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Every day Poets & Writers Magazine scans the headlines—from publishing reports to academic announcements to literary dispatches—for all the news that creative writers need to know. Here are today's stories:
National Novel Writing Month has attracted some negative publicity this year—like this essay from Salon's Laura Miller—as well as some vigorous defense, like this post from Jacket Copy's Carolyn Kellogg.
Amazon's editors are counting down their top one hundred books of 2010 on the Omnivoracious blog, with the top ten books revealed today.
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Nobel laureate Toni Morrison has been inducted into France's Legion of Honor. (USA Today)
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A previous session of Thursday Vinyl Sessions, where audiences listened to Fleetwood Mac's album rumours
For vinyl evangelist Aman Singh Gujral, the best thing about listening to a record is "the warm crackling sound of a record under a needle". Through his Chembur music lifestyle space, Adagio, which he co-founded with Ishan Joshi in 2016, he wishes to spread this love through curated evening sessions once a week. "At Thursday Vinyl Sessions, it is all about sound," says Gujral. "We switch off the lights, save for a bulb to light up the track list, in the studio; cellphones are switched off as well. It is an hour of active listening to a record played on the record player called Pro-Ject Debut Carbon."
Gujral and Joshi, both 23, set up Adagio with the primary interest in guitar lessons. Over the course of the last one year, the space has grown to include yoga classes as well as these vinyl sessions. Thursday Vinyl Sessions are part of a theme, which changes every month, around blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll and classic rock. On March 23, the session is dedicated to British band Jethro Tull, which heroed the use of the flute in its compositions.
Co-founders Aman Singh Gujral and Ishan Joshi
The session will feature their 1972 album, Thick as a Brick, as part of the monthly theme on "Old Habits Die Hard", Adagio's way of looking at bands that have continued to play right into the 2000s. This month, continuing on the theme, there is an Eric Clapton session planned on March 30, coincidentally the legendary singer's birthday. Previous themes have included Glam Rock, and even a Zeppelethon session, a Led Zeppelin marathon.
While this weekly vinyl gaga is usually not followed by any discussion round, Gujral says that it is but inevitable that people get talking about it. "We also encourage listeners to look at the album art for these records, such as the remarkable newspaper layout that Thick as a Brick has," says Gujral, who routinely digs into his vinyl collection, that he has been building for the last seven years, to curate for these sessions. Adagio also encourages its members (you become one if you sign up for its guitar classes) to listen to its library of records. You just need to plug in those earphones to the record player, and be transported to a world before YouTube became the norm.
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Mark Pawson stall.
Limner Journal stall.
Yo Sushi stall.
The shop was decorated to the hilt with art prints, sketches, crafts, collages... Above photo includes work by organiser and musician Yo Sushi.
Hand crafted CDs on sale. DIY art and stitching! Including Bleeding Heart Narrative. Alas, I was too poor to buy the lovely things this day.
Leopard print! (Please contact me if wish me to edit with author details. Apologies for me going photo happy without getting proper credits for all...)
Rosanna Thompson collage above the door archway.
SW London & Surrey Zines stall next to work of OOMK (One of my Kind) Zine, and Amy Lambert.
SW London & Surrey Zines and OOMK, with added cake !
Drawings by Yo Sushi.
SW London & Surrey Zines, when we were packed for the off, in the morning for the event.
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Clapton Zine Fair
Clapton Zine Fair!
We are knee-deep in zine preparation for Clapton Zine Fair!
Clapton in east London has its first zine fair this coming weekend of 4th - 5th May. There will be a launch night, with live music, poetry, zines, and art on display, on Saturday. And there will be a free zine market all day long on Sunday!
SW Zines was invited along, after the organisers bought one of our zines at Housemans book shop, and we are thrilled!
See you there!
Clapton Zine Fair official site
DIY Cultures Fair 2013
SW Zines felt very privileged to have a stall at DIY Cultures Fair, a new independent publishing/zine/craft event, which took place at RichMix cinema, in London's east end.
The weeks leading up to it were spent in photocopying frenzies at libraries, getting photos processed, flyering and promoting, and folding and stapling and sticking and stamping away.
We were excited to be stocking new zines from Surrey, including mental health and travel zines from Human Bean Zines (We Are Adventurers, and Feeling Alone?, which can be viewed on our zines page), and from Michael Weller (a long-standing self-publisher who has been with zines/independent press since 1977/punk and who is full of great stories and knowledge). We were also promoting for the new charity TeamStrick, a sexual assualt support and awareness group linked to the campaign group RAINN, and a member of SW Zines had worked hard to make their first ever zine in aid of this cause (donations were taken on the day for the charity).
(Zines ready for the off!)
A couple of us tabled at the fair. We felt welcomed by the organisers, and even in those first few seconds of arrival, we could tell how much dedication and work had gone into organising and putting DIY Cultures Fair together. You can never, ever underestimate how much work it takes to do this stuff! From making a zine to hosting a table and selling your wares to something as big as holding and promoting an event - it all takes huge energy and commitment. It was nice to find that we were once again tabling next to Sky Nash with her illustrated press and assorted wares, and we got to know new people around us too, such as Alovera comics.
(Our table and assorted 'zines on sale)
There were talks and film throughout the day. It was nice to be in the thick of such events whilst tabling, as usually at events such things go on in separate rooms and you can't feasibly leave your table to be involved. The first talk was by Black Feminists, and it was really stirring. I enjoyed the historical rundown of black women and women of colour bands - I had to note some names down as I was surprised to not have heard of some of them, such as post-punk band ESG, and New Blood. It was moving to see a big projection of Ari Up, and have tribute to The Slits' history too.
More moving still was hearing about the unfair barriers women all over the world face when it comes to music/bands. I was sad to hear about Pragaash, a group of teenage Muslim women who had had no choice but to disband after they received death and rape threats by Islamic militants after performing as a band, because they were deemed to be breaking religious codes of conduct. The song they played on the video screen was such a sweet indie-pop tune, such talented kids - I wanted to cry.You can read more about them here. That's the thing, sometimes it's easy for people to assume women have equality nowadays when there are some visible female pop stars, but circumstances and issues like this don't often get widely addressed/recognised.
Thank you to the wonderful speakers of Black Feminists for their excellent talk - Stephanie Phillips, Aurella Yussuf and Rianna Parker were so authoritative and articulate and inspiring.
Other talks throughout the day included ones on unemployment (I thoroughly enjoyed the guy who had turned stand up comedian after so many dispiriting experiences on the dole (Saban Kazim of Gissa Job Zine, who made a zine on the actual paper that you use when you are filling out your job search). I learnt a lot this day. You see things in a new light, and it's so important. Here how the language of unemployment has changed - eg it was once known as 'social security', something solid that we should all be able to seek out in times of dire need, now it is known as 'welfare' as if people are getting a hand out and it actually helps them when really it is a fight to live on the paltry sum alloted. Other speakers here were Sarah Tea-Rex (Graduating in Unemployment Zine), and Robin Bale (Dole arts).
The film about DIY artists was great too, which was DIY or Die (how to survive as an independent artist, featuring Ian Mckaye of Fugazi & Lydia Lunch). It will stay with me this quote even if I can only paraphrase it a little, which is how people might not 'get it' (your work) at first, they might find it weird and it might not fit in, but have to keep persisting with your work, because there will come a time when it isn't new or weird and someone out there 'gets it'. Very true.
The panel on Prisoner Zines, Writing & Creavity was also enlightening. And there was a discussion about 'craftivism' which perhaps I hadn't quite fully appreciated till now, but will investigate, since I protest and am creative so combining both is an ideal.
Since there were two of us on the stall (thank you so much Vicky for your hard work and help here! Really could not have done it without you!!!), there was opportunity to explore other stalls and talk to other small press/zine makers. I always enjoy the sharing of info with people at these events. I recommended independent printers, art/zine libraries, zines, I swapped flyers and learnt about others' work (zines and far and beyond), and I bought many, many wonderful, amazing creations. A week on, I have caught up on rest/sleep, and am still enjoying reading all the many zines I bought. The breadth of perspectives you get with zines is simply unique, and it keeps me sane in a chaotic and unaccepting world.
Here's to more events from Sofia Niazi, Hamja Ahsan (who let's not forget make 'zines too! Go here and here), and their friends and many volunteers (let's also not forget how many kindly volunteers were involved!), in the near future!
Now... go and read a 'zine!
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