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An elusive overseas billionaire who for months publicly threatened to expose high-level corruption in China's ruling Communist Party was named in an Interpol arrest notice before he appeared live on a U.S. broadcaster, which abruptly cut off the interview just as he hinted at his allegations.
Guo Wengui gave a Chinese-language interview with the U.S.-government-funded Voice of America for about 80 minutes yesterday [Macau time] before the hosts cut short the program, which was to be three hours. The cutoff raised heckles from VoA's online audience and questions about Chinese political interference behind the scenes, which the broadcaster denied.
The interview was less than six hours after foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang announced that Interpol had issued a "red notice" seeking Guo's arrest. Lu gave no details about Guo's alleged crimes, but The South China Morning Post reported that he is suspected of bribing a disgraced top intelligence official.
In messages to The Associated Press earlier yesterday, Guo said he believed the Interpol notice was intended to pressure him to drop out of the VoA interview later in the day.
Guo did not respond to questions about his relationship with the former top intelligence official but dismissed the Interpol notice as a meaningless ploy from the Chinese leadership.
Interpol's "red notice" for Guo could also revive concerns over the election of a top Chinese police official as Interpol's president in November. Guo is believed to be in the U.S. or Britain, two countries that do not have extradition treaties with China.
As Guo's live interview with VoA began, the program's hosts told viewers that Chinese officials had summoned VoA representatives in Beijing to warn them against giving Guo a platform for unsubstantiated allegations.
The program abruptly ended just as Guo launched into a meandering description of the intrigue and mutual suspicions gripping senior party leaders, including President Xi Jinping and one of his closest allies. The on-air VoA host said they needed to immediately stop "due to certain kinds of reasons."
Twitter soon lit up with commentary among overseas Chinese dissidents and political observers about possible political interference. Guo took to Twitter himself to say that China's foreign ministry was behind the sudden cut.
In a statement, VoA spokeswoman Bridget Serchak said a one-hour interview was planned to be simulcast live on TV, radio and social media, and any additional material was meant to be packaged for editing.
"We had multiple plans to conduct additional interviews with the subject for social media and late yesterday made the editorial decision to record this material, edit and post it in the coming days," Serchak said. "In a miscommunication, the stream was allowed to continue beyond the first hour. When this was noticed the feed was terminated."
Bill Bishop, a Chinese political watcher who publishes the Sinocism newsletter, said party leaders appear to be increasingly concerned that Guo will reveal information that would cripple high-level officials who are being lined up for key jobs at the party congress.
"A bombshell that screws up the personnel arrangement is exactly the kind of thing that Beijing does not want," Bishop said, adding that Guo's allegations of rampant corruption involving even the top official in charge of the party's anti-graft agency has thoroughly undermined the party's propaganda efforts.
Guo allegations have highlighted "the real issue that corruption unfortunately appears to be in the DNA" of China's system, Bishop said.
Rights advocates have warned that the abuses and lack of transparency within China's legal system meant there was the potential for Interpol to be misused to attack Beijing's political opponents.
"Our warnings about the risk of political instrumentalization of Interpol after putting high ranking (Chinese Communist Party) official at the top were not overblown," Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty International's regional director for East Asia, wrote on Twitter.
Days before the Interpol notice for Guo, The New York Times published a report citing corporate registration documents and interviews that appeared to corroborate at least some of Guo's claims about business dealings among party elites. MDT/AP


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Synod calls for common date for Easter and Christmas
Middle Eastern church leaders meeting in Rome have called for efforts to establish a common date for Easter and Christmas, as a step towards greater communion between Christians in the region.
In all Christian traditions, the date for Easter changes each year, based on the first full moon after the Spring equinox. But the date is often is not shared because of variations in calendars. The Orthodox Church uses the older Julian calendar, while the Catholic Church uses the Gregorian calendar.
The Syrian Metropolitan Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim, told participants at the Middle East Synod that the common date for Easter is a "general request of all Christians of the Middle East." He said that the Synod was the time and place to give attention to the issue, study it and "translate it into reality."
The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation announced that it was also taking steps to resolve the issue. On 1 October, in a statement reported by CNS, it said: "For the mission of the Church a common celebration would support the unity we already share and help to build it further in the future."
Currently, dates differ by more than a month in their celebration of Easter, but every once in a while they coincide. In 2011, 2014 and 2017 the dates will be shared, for this reason, the Consultation stated: "time is of the essence."
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I've been a fan of JBL's portable Pulse bluetooth speakers since the first one was released three years ago. The reason? Cool lighting effects, full sound and, of course, Bluetooth wireless portability. With the Pulse 3, though, the game steps up to a whole new level. Whereas its predecessors were covered by a mesh with a low-resolution display of lights, the Pulse 3 sports a clear, plastic enclosure and hi-res LEDs that really (finally?) give it that true Lava Lamp-of-the-future look. You can customize the light effects with your iOS or Android device, giving you full control over both your audio and visual experience. Additionally, the Pulse 3 is now IPX7 waterproof, has a 12-hour battery, and supports JBL's new Connect+ allowing you to sync your audio with up to 100 devices simultaneously. Wanna truly light up your pool party or just enjoy the visuals while listening to your favorite tunes? The JBL Pulse 3 will be released this spring, MSRP of $199.95
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52 Eps!? That is Awesome! From this originally being a Mini-Series of 12 Eps to a 2 season/Books 24 eps series to now 52. I am pretty stoked for that.
Curious how they're gonna handle that now though, since at the end of Book one Korra is pretty much a fully realized Avatar and now they have 3 Books to go. Something that took Aang till the end of Book 3 to do.
Makes me wonder how differently this would 've played from jump if they had planned from the start to do 4 Books?? They may have painted them selves into a bit of a corner now. I'm sure they'll work it out, but the reason they started the series w/ Korra already knowing Water,Earth and Fire was to not do the same stuff that Aang did and because the series was gonna be shorter.
Now they added to the series and they may wish they had a little more of that back story to work w/. Either way... I look forward to the series and am stoked it's gonna be more of it than originally thought.
Well this season focused one technique basically. (Blood Bending) I'm sure there are more techs they can expand on upon for further seasons.
I would really like to see Bolin go the Sam Jackson route of bending. Or someone else like Sam Jack. Maybe Toph's daughter. If you remember from the star wars movies Sam's character used the force based on rage and the dark side. It would be interesting to see a good character use what is evil for good to counteract evil.
I'm seriously excited for this. It's hard to express how happy I am for the series as a whole and the continuation of TLoK with three more books. With that said, I'm more than curious to see what's in store for the Book 2, but also what they will come up with in Book 3 and 4.
Now the only problem I see is holding myself over until Book 2 airs.. Already re-watched TLAB and am currently finishing up TLoK for a second time.. Things are looking bad for me haha.


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Day 4 - Bound for Lao P.D.R
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This morning we had an early start. We met in the lobby of the guest
house an piled into a 2 vans for our 4 hr drive to the boarder
between Thailand and Laos. We drove for about 2 hrs to Chiang Rai,
where we stopped for lunch and checked out the white temple. The
white temple is so far one of the most unique temples Ive seen so far
and from what we were told it is not a religious temple, its a
fantasy temple created by a artist. With the fantasy mural inside the
temple and the life like stature of a monk, this temple was a little
on the crazy side.
Soon we were back on the van on our way to Chang Khong which is located on the Thai side of the border. We arrived at Chang Khong 2 hrs later and went through the Thai immigration, boarded a boat to cross the Mekong into Lao P.D.R. Arriving at the Lao Immigration no body knew what was going on. Eventually we all got through and headed to our next guest house, Arimid Guest House which is located in the small village called, Huay Xai This was my first night on my own in the rotation. The guest house was pretty basic and were in the style of bungalows. When we arrived we left our bags where we dropped them off the tuk tuk and started on our first of many Beer Lao's.
Later that night we went for dinner down on the Mekong, where we experience our first Lao meal and continued on with many more Beer Lao. After dinner Susan and I returned to the guest house and retired for the night. Whilst trying to get to sleep I heard a lot of people outside right next to my room talking and I could hear everything, but just couldn't understand what they were saying. Eventually I finally fell asleep.


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Reducing Addictive Behaviour
Lesson Outcomes
Apply evaluation issues to the theory of planned behaviour
Be able to name the components that make the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB)
Understand research that supports the TPB
Changing or preventing risky or unhealthy behaviour has become a major concern of health professionals and Governments.
One way to approach change or prevention is to consider factors that contribute to a person's intention to change an unhealthy behaviour.
Any model must consider how that intention might be transformed into an actual behaviour.
Theory of Planned Behaviour
Behavioural Attitude
Subjective Norm
Perceived Behavioural Control
TPB as a model for addiction prevention
The TPB can be used not only to explain the processes that lead to addiction but also as a way to understand prevention and treatment.
It can be used to help develop appropriate programmes to bring about long-lasting changes in addiction behaviour.
Adolescent lottery & Scratch card Players
Key AO2 Research - Woods & Griffiths (2004)
Godin et al (2006) examined the extent TPB could
explain smoking intentions and behaviours.
Data was collected using questionnaires and trained interviewers.
Participant's surveyed at start of study and 6 months later.
Researchers found the 3 elements helped to explain intentions, whereas only perceived behavioural control was the most important predictor of ultimate human behaviour, as predicted by the model.
Researchers concluded that prevention programmes should help smokers to focus on the will-power required to give up smoking and also alert smokers to the effort that is required to modify smoking behaviour.
Perceived behavioural control
Self Efficacy
Self Efficacy - a person's belief in their own competenc
Personal View - The individuals attitude towards the behaviour (i.e how desirable it seems to be)
Social Influence - What they think significant others feel is the right thing to do as well as perceptions of what other people are actually doing.
Perceived Behavioural control is assumed to act either on the intention to behave in a particular way, or directly on the behaviour itself. This is because;
a, The more control someone believes they have over the behaviour the stronger their intention to actually perform that behaviour will be.
b. An individual with higher perceived behavioural control is likely to try harder and to persevere for longer than someone with low perceived behavioural control.
Important considerations
Theory of Planned Behaviour (Ajen 1989)
Intention is a function of three factors
1. My attitude towards the behaviour
2. Perception of social pressures/or subjective norms
3. Perceived behavioural control (or self efficacy) - Strength of your belief or conviction that you carry out the behaviour.
Influence of attitudes examined using the TPB
Attitudes made up of personal beliefs, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control.
1195 participants used & were related to gambling behaviour.
Most particpants were opposed to gambling 'in theory'
Was a correlation between having a positive attitude to the lottery and playing/buying cards (personal beliefs)
There was a strong positive correlation between parents gambling behaviour and child's gambling (subjective norms)
Most had scratch cards brought by family members for them (control/efficacy)
According to the theory, an individuals decision to engage in a behaviour (to take drugs) can be directly predicted by their intention to engage in that behavoiur
What I think
What other people think
Theory of Planned Behaviour (Ajzen, 1989)
As part of Perceived Behavioural Control, the TPB proposes that intentions to change behaviour will be stronger in people who have an increased sense of control.
Such self efficacy has been shown to be important in many aspects of addiction prevention such as relapse prevention programmes.
Most Health education programmes aimed at pre teens are based on developing Self Efficacy (Just say no, DARE etc)
Key element is establishing how much control a person feels/believes they have over their health
Also important to develop a sense of control in quitting
Evaluation of the theory
Changing Behavioural Attitude
2005 US drug campaign - Success was based on its influence of attitudes
Previous campaigns has centred around the risk of abuses (Teenagers are risk avoidant)
Above the influence
Changing Subjective Norms
(What they think others think, perceptions of what others are doing)
Anti drug campaigns often give adolescents 'actual data' about the number of people engaging in risky behaviour (done in order to change subjective norms)
By having accurate statistics in the ad it should correct subjective norms
* Adolescents whose peers all smoke
* Adolescents whose parents all smoke
Wilson & Kolander (2003)
supports this...... (make of note of how in your handout)
One several cognitive theories about the factors that lead to a persons decision to engage in a particular behaviour
Behavioural attitude
and an appraisal of the value of these consequences (i/e whether they will be good or bad)
A product of personal views; the individual's attitude toward the behaviour (how desirable it seems to be)
This attitude is formed on the basis of beliefs about the consequences of performing that behaviour (e.g. I will feel good; i will get my life back together)
Subjective Norms
A product of social influence
The individuals subjective awareness of social norms relating to that particular behaviour
i.e not simply social norms but the individuals own beliefs about what we think significant others feel is the right thing to do as well as perceptions of what other people are actually doing.
It tried to create a different attitude toward the effect of marijuana use, namely that it is inconsistant with being autonomous and achieving aspirations.
acting or able to act in accordance with rules and principles of one's own choosing
Read the evaluation points included in your handout and in the dog book
You need to be able to talk about research support as AO2
Application to exam questions
Application of research on TPB as a method of prevention
Question 3 in your boooklet - AO1 part only
1. Refer to Question A model answer on P149 in the puppy book
Look at the structure - Copy it out if you need then try to write your own answer for perceived behaviour control
2. Refer to the Mark scheme - What can you learn from it?
1. Read the scripts (really poor)
3. What did the examiners say about this question?
Section B of handbook
Evaluation question in your handout
Now refer to the application questions in your handout
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Though Kelly Minter cites Susan Ashton and Ashley Cleveland as her two strongest influences, she's clearly influenced by two other well-known Christian artists: Margaret Becker and Jennifer Knapp. In fact, the cynics might suggest that her record label was attempting to copycat Jennifer Knapp … right down to the ugly, dated wallpaper gracing both artists' album covers. Perhaps they are, but you can't deny the artistry behind the music. Hopefully many of you tuned in to Mark Schultz's debut last year. Despite how much he sounds like Michael W. Smith, it was a well-performed album of strong songwriting. Likewise, you won't want to rule out Kelly Minter either, despite how similar she sounds like the aforementioned artists.
The similarities are due in part to the work of producer Kenny Greenberg (who also produces and plays guitar for his wife, Ashley Cleveland). Kelly's Good Day offers more evidence of that solid guitar work. For example, "Any More Sure" is one of the more rocking tracks on the disc, with a sliding dobro that recalls Ashley Cleveland's brand of roots rock. The song asks whether or not we'd be any more sure of our faith if we experienced some of Christ's more famous miracles—when, after all, we experience his goodness every day. "Good Day," a song about enjoying the beauty of God's creation, sounds like something Out of the Grey would do, or perhaps Margaret Becker on one of her more recent acoustic rock albums. Another great rock song is "On My Way Back Home," which also rocks in a Margaret Becker kind of way, with a little bit of a Beatles sound thrown in (and it has a great organ solo at the end). "Speak To Me" and "Return To Me" could easily be Jennifer Knapp tunes, the latter sounding so much like the Knappster's "In the Name" it's eerie. And "Whatever I Do" has that country/pop feel that Susan Ashton is well known for.
If it seems as though Kelly's music is a bit derivative sounding, it most certainly is. Of course, it's hardly a bad thing to sound like Jennifer Knapp and Margaret Becker. These days I think it's quite enough of an achievement for an artist to sing well, write her own music, pen inspiring lyrics without resorting to cliched Christianese, and perform well with a musically talented band. The audience Kelly's built over the last few years as an independent artist would seem to agree. Don't expect anything particularly groundbreaking with Good Day, but for fans of Jennifer Knapp, Margaret Becker, and Ashley Cleveland, this album's a no-brainer of a recommendation—go check out Kelly Minter!


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The Fiat 2300 was a model produced by Italian automotive manufacturer Fiat between 1961 and 1969. One of the less well known 'niche' Fiat models of the 1960s was the 2300 and 2300S Coupé. first seen in 1961. Elegantly styled by Ghia. the 2300 had true Grand Touring style and panache which often earned it the 'poor man's Ferrari' tag. Inside the 2300 Coupe featured power operated windows and other luxury fittings. Mechanically the 2300 lived up to its expectations with power assisted brake discs for all four wheels and a powerful 2. 3 litre six cylinder engine (with twin-carburettors on the S version). Production continued in limited numbers until 1968.
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I can hardly believe it. The children are going back to school this week, and outside the sun is shining. Still. It has been one of those summers that will go down in memory as endlessly bright – a glorious summer, to rank beside 1976; only better, because we haven't had to queue to draw water from standpipes or share baths.
No hosepipe ban! That's been at the nub of it. We've had – and have still – water aplenty. Derbyshire's Peak District, which I drove through yesterday, looks as Izaak Walton, fishing the river Dove, would have remembered it; lush and – thanks to that singularly sodden spring – with its reservoirs full.
Earlier this year, it seemed that the sun had, in the manner of a gangland criminal, gone to the Costa del Sol without any intention of coming back. We were told that Britain's barometer would permanently be set at squalls. The thought ate into our souls; the literal rainclouds formed a single, oppressive mass with the metaphorical dark skies of the recession.
The legal highs of the Jubilee and the Olympics carried us through last year's poor summer, but we entered winter with our stocks of vitamin D depleted. Then we endured a kind of collective Chinese water torture. We sympathised with Lady Dedlock at her place in Lincolnshire in Dickens's Bleak House, where "the weather is so very bad... that the liveliest imagination can scarcely apprehend its ever being fine again". But the sun did burst out, beaming like a celestial Mr Pickwick, over Lincolnshire this year. It has been shining on Loughborough, Leicestershire and Lewes, too. Our memory cupboard had run out of summer fare. Now it has been restocked with the mental equivalent of Pimm's and raspberries.
The Aslets were lucky enough to spend most of the school holidays on the Corniche of Thanet, in the far south east of England. Bicycling through the wild fennel along the top of the chalk cliffs reminded me of the films of Eric Rohmer, the French director in whose work everybody seemed to down tools for an extended vacation, easily long enough for a middle-aged male character, in Le genou de Claire, to develop an obsession for a schoolgirl's knee.
The tortoise roamed through the Ramsgate garden as though it were his ancestral Greece. We ate al fresco. We wore shorts. Bees droned through the lavender. Crickets sprang out of the way of our bare feet. The basil on our London roof terrace, rather than cowering beneath damp skies, grew big enough to make pesto.
In saying which, I may betray a southern perspective. It has certainly been hot in Kent. But when I turned up at the Chatsworth Country Fair at the weekend, wearing the seafront-at-Monte-Carlo combo of white linen trousers and open-necked shirt that has become second nature on the south coast, I couldn't help but notice – indeed, the observation was made – that sensibly attired men wore tweed jackets and ties.
It was a bright day, making us squint into the sky as the Red Arrows victory-rolled above us, but not broilingly hot. Nor was it all that hot on Anglesey, where we spent a week at the end of July; even yachting types found the wind a bit much. But goodness, how brimful of health everyone looked, as they returned, faces shining like newly minted pound coins, from the beach. We ate most meals outside – yes, in Trearddur Bay, not Tuscany.
Banished were the memories of family holidays taken on the Welsh coast – until around 1963, when Dad booked the first package holiday tickets for the then undiscovered fishing villages of Spain (one of them, a place of white-washed houses with a single tallish hotel, was called Benidorm). My recollections of those early trips – whether walking up Cader Idris or drinking Horlicks at the end of the esplanade – are invariably rain-soaked. This year, the only rain that sticks in the memory fell on the day when we rashly ventured outside the United Kingdom, en route to a wedding in Northern Ireland, and spent a day in Dublin. It poured.
The sky was not always blue in England. Even in Ramsgate, piles of white cloud would float through the empyrean, looking, as one of my children said, like the iceberg that sank the Titanic. This, though, was as an English summer should be. Deep in the national bosom stirred, I believe, a feeling of profound relief. No longer did I pull my windcheater around my ears on an August day, worrying about whether the Gulf Stream had shifted.
Not so long ago, there were voices that said that wet, cold and misery had become British meteorology's default position. Forget Constable's skyscapes and Gerard Manley Hopkins thanking God for dappled things, we could expect an eternity of rotten summers.
Now, normality has – wonderfully – reasserted itself. Birds, whose first broods had been annihilated by the disastrous spring, recovered their numbers. Harvesters moved across the cornfields in a haze of dust. Not so long ago, the farmers had been unable to get machinery on to their boggy fields.
Last year, Britain's orchards produced a useless crop; the blossom of the fruit trees had been hit by the late frosts. This year, apples are set for a bumper yield. Berries are plumping in the hedgerows. I picked blackberries in the middle of August. As a Daily Telegraph reader observed in a letter yesterday, never was there a better year for making jellies or crumbles out of Nature's free bounty.
Going between appointments in London yesterday, it was so nice that I walked. So what if I were late? In the dolce far niente mindset that the heat induces, nobody seemed to mind. Admittedly, what strikes the lunch-time flaneur as strolling temperature can present a different face to hard-pressed commuters, squeezed on to public transport during the rush hour, in conditions that would make the Black Hole of Calcutta seem pampering. Their compensation comes later, when their spirits revive as they enjoy balmy evenings on the lawn, with a long drink to hand.
And this year it seems as though we might be about to enjoy that most treasured of blessings, an Indian summer. Summer's lease has been extended until further notice, with no rent to pay. Our spirits have been lifted by simple, almost forgotten pleasures – flying kites on clifftops, going without socks – which have the additional merit of being free.
Exceptionally lovely weather is valued because it is just that – exceptional. It has made us who we are. To other countries, whose populations know that they will roast during the summer and freeze in winter, we leave dogmatism and extreme views. We're the pragmatists, taking blinders and googlies of days in the same spirit as dolly lobs.
A shower threatens? We adapt to it. We keep an even keel. We get by on a sense of humour and a packet of Fisherman's Friends. We're a dogged lot. But when the sun shines, we make hay.
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Maurice "Mauri: Russell Griffithe died November 8, 2002 from injuries in a car crash on November 2, 2002, in the Shoreline area of Seattle (King County) Washington.King County So MARR reported that at at 0803 Mauri was in his car on North 180th, failed to yield at Midvale Avenue North. The airbag deployed but the car was T-boned.He was taken to Northwest Hospital, then to Harborview Medical Center, the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, and died [cardiogentic shock with RV failure and hypotention.
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After Donald Trump called out Saturday Night Live's latest episode as "totally one-sided," Alec Baldwin, who portrays the President-elect on the series, responded by doling out some advice to his real-life counterpart.
Following a one-week hiatus, Baldwin returned to SNL with a cold open sketch where an overwhelmed "Trump" is forced to make good on his campaign promises.
"I watched parts of Saturday Night Live last night. It is a totally one-sided, biased show - nothing funny at all," Trump responded. "Equal time for us?"
Trump was referring to the "equal-time rule," a policy put in place during presidential elections, but has no bearing after the election has already been determined.
"Equal time? Election is over. There is no more equal time. Now u try 2 b Pres + ppl respond. That's pretty much it," Baldwin fired back in the first of a series of tweets.
"You know what I would do if I were Prez? I'd be focused on how to improve the lives of AS MANY AMERICANS AS POSSIBLE. I'd be focused on improving our reputation abroad, including actually fighting for freedom and not just oil. I would make every effort 2 retrain Americans so 2 cre8 jobs. 1 way u make America gr8 again is 2 put it back 2 work."
Baldwin then touched on the controversial appointments of Steve Bannon and Alabama senator Jeff Sessions to high-power positions. "I would make appointments that encouraged people, not generate fear and doubt," Baldwin added.
After Trump was elected as the 45th president, and after Dave Chappelle hosted a Baldwin-less episode of SNL, it was unclear whether the actor would return to the role, especially after Baldwin criticized executives who "killed" any of SNL's attempts to sway voters.
However, Baldwin was back as "Trump" following the one-week absence, and as he tweeted to the President-elect, he'll continue to mock him on SNL. "I could go on. You want more advice, call me. I'll be at SNL," Baldwin wrote.
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About 52 million used tyres were shipped out of the Australia in 2007-08, in the face of struggling attempts to resuscitate Australia's recycling industry.
As reported yesterday by brisbanetimes.com.au, two major players in Queensland's recycling industry are asking why used tyres are being shipped cheaply to Vietnam and on to China to provide fuel in power stations, rather than being used to support local recycling businesses.
While the problem was discussed by Australia's environment ministers in November 2009 it will not be on the agenda when they meet next month.
Queensland's Keep Australia Beautiful chief executive Rick Burnett said he was horrified at the problem.
"The point about the tyre exports is that you don't know if they are going to the new power stations or to the older power stations which don't have emission controls and they are just going straight into the atmosphere," he said.
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The tyre recycling campaign's director, David West of the Boomerang Alliance, estimated it could generate $84 million in private revenue, reduce 500,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions and create $6.4 million in government revenue.
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Mr Burnett called on Queensland's sustainability minister Kate Jones - who will attend the meeting - to take urgent action.
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Services provided by Home and Community Care:
- Home Care Nurses - provide assessment, teaching, treatment, counselling and monitoring. The service is provided in clients' homes, if they are home-bound, and in nursing clinics for those able to attend.
- Case Managers - carry out assessments to determine eligibility and need for home support, attendance at adult day centres or placement in assisted living and residential facility care. Case managers also provide ongoing co-ordination of services, referrals and monitoring.
- Liaison Case Managers - these case managers in the hospital organize community supports necessary to discharge clients safely home or assess for residential facility care placement from a hospital stay.
- Home Support Agencies - three agencies are contracted to VIHA to provide community health workers to assist with in-home care. These agencies work closely with the Home and Community Care team to ensure adequate home support is provided to assist individuals to continue living independently in their home and provide respite to family caregivers. This care may be subsidized, depending on the financial assessment completed by the Case Manager. In addition to the three contracted agencies, there are many private home support agencies available that caregivers can utilize, but not at a subsidized rate.
- Community Health Workers - home support workers who provide personal care and respite care to individuals in their homes and are employed by the Home Support Agencies.
- Clinical Social Workers - provide assessment and counselling for issues such as adjustment to illness, client/family anxiety, caregiver issues and advocacy.
- Rehabilitation - includes non-urgent physiotherapy and occupational therapy services in order to promote and maintain optimal functional independence in a safe home environment.
- Nutritionists - provide assessment, consultation and education to nutritionally compromised individuals who are home-bound.
- Quick Response Team - an interdisciplinary team, who provide rehabilitation, nursing, social work and home support. Their goal is to provide short-term service to prevent hospital admission and to facilitate early hospital discharge. They are involved in more urgent home assessment and treatment until the Home and Community Care team is able to take over care.
Hopefully this overview will answer some of your questions about Home and Community Care. However, next time someone shows up from the community health team and you are not sure what role they play, please ask them. They will be happy to respond to questions, or find out the answer, if they don't know it. If you are not yet known to Home and Community Care, but have questions please call the General Inquiries Line at 388-2273.
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – A U.S. Army Soldier, assigned to 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division, I Corps, became the first female to re-enlist for the military occupational specialty 19D, cavalry scout, during a ceremony here Wednesday.
Sgt. Kayci Landes, an AH-64 attack helicopter repairer, has been in the Army for five years, and deployed to Afghanistan in 2012. She will start her cavalry scout training in October.
"I like a challenge," said Landes. "I enjoy spending time in the field. The fact that they spend a lot of time in the field doesn't bother me. I do enjoy the dirty part of the Army, even though I haven't had as much time doing that."
Landes is married to Army Spc. Brendan Stahl-Dugger, a combat engineer assigned to 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.
"He's not worried about whether or not I can do it," said Landes. "He's just not sure I'll like it."
Landes has four children, including an 11-week-old infant. She waited until the night before her re-enlistment to talk about her new MOS with her children to delay the inevitable list of questions she expected from them.
"I told them a little too early that we were coming to Washington, so I had to deal with questions about Washington for like six months," said Landes.
She is not worried about this change affecting her children because they have grown accustomed to the challenges of life as an Army family. Landes is also trying not to think too much about the attention her decision is generating.
"I'm just doing the job I'm trying to do," said Landes. "I know some people say it's trailblazing, but it's a job people have been doing for a long time."
Leaders from around JBLM supported Landes at her re-enlistment ceremony, and they recognized the historic importance of the event.
"It's quite remarkable for people to want to do something when you're breaking ground," said Command Sgt. Maj. Jack H. Love, 7th Infantry Division command sergeant major. "I think it's really going to take off, but it takes these firsts to make it happen. I'm pumped up."
The Army announced its implementation plan to integrate women into all MOSs in March. New policies allow all Soldiers to serve in any occupational specialty based on their individual capabilities and the needs of the Army.
"An incremental and phased approach by leaders and Soldiers who understand and enforce gender-neutral standards will ensure successful integration of women across the breadth and depth of our formations," said Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley.
The Secretary of Defense's decision in December 2015 opened 220,000 additional positions to women.
"We're not going to turn our back on 50 percent of the population," said Acting Secretary of the Army Patrick J. Murphy. "We are opening up every occupation to women. I think that's pretty historic."
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Hughes scores 26, Wisconsin beats No. 6 DukeDec 3, 2009 - 5:45 AM By COLIN FLY AP Sports Writer
MADISON, Wis.(AP) -- Even after the game, Trevon Hughes had all the answers.
Hughes had 19 of his career-high 26 points in the second half and Wisconsin's 73-69 win over No. 6 Duke on Wednesday night snapped the Blue Devils' perfect mark in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
"The Big Ten's never won, and I think we won it?" teammate Keaton Nankivil asked postgame.
There was Hughes, right on cue: "Yeah, and the first time Duke lost."
With Illinois' 76-74 rally over Clemson and Ohio State's 77-64 victory over Florida State in the final game, the Big Ten won the 11-year series for the first time, 6-5.
"I'm proud to be a part of the conference when they win something," Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan said. "We're in it to try to win it."
It was especially sweet for the Badgers (5-1), who never trailed and got a measure of payback against Duke (6-1) after being routed 82-58 two years ago in a challenge game in Durham, N.C. Wisconsin's win ended the Blue Devils' 10-0 streak in the annual event and helped end the ACC's perfect 10-0 record as well.
"It's a point of pride to know that we had something to do with that in a game a lot of people probably didn't think we were going to win," Nankivil said. "It was pretty special."
Kyle Singler scored 17 of his career-high 28 points in the first half for the Blue Devils and Andre Dawkins went 4 of 4 from 3-point range in the second half to finish with 12. Duke cut Wisconsin's 11-point lead with just over 5 minutes left to 70-69 with 5.7 seconds to play on a tip-in by Singler.
But after Hughes hit two free throws to make it 72-69, Singler's inbounds pass to Jon Scheyer was too hard and skipped away. Jordan Taylor's free throw was the final margin.
Wisconsin only committed five turnovers.
"That's five opportunities you didn't get a shot at the basket," Ryan said. "They had 11 opportunities that they didn't have to score. That might have been the difference in the game."
Duke had led the nation in field goal percentage defense coming in and were allowing an average of 58.2 points in their first six games. But in the Blue Devils' first true road game, Hughes kept slashing the lane and when Duke gave him a little space, he'd hit 3-pointers.
"Their offense just beat our defense," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said.
Wisconsin went up 59-54 with 7:40 left when Hughes hit two free throws and the only thing that slowed the senior point guard was when he was inadvertently hit in the face with just under 6 minutes to play.
"Yeah, I got hit with an elbow," Hughes said. "I was checking for blood. It would've been my first nose bleed ever."
No worries.
Hughes came back and hit a 3-pointer that rolled around the rim with 5:08 to go, giving the Badgers their biggest lead at 65-54 until Dawkins answered with three 3-pointers in a span of less than 2 minutes to cut the lead to 67-65.
Duke had a couple of chances to tie it, but never could in the closing moments, only cutting it to 70-69 on Singler's tap-in in the waning seconds.
"I got a lot of buckets going to the basket, and I got to the free throw line," said Singler, who didn't want to talk about his new scoring mark. "That's about it."
Wisconsin improved to 123-10 at the Kohl Center under Ryan and got 17 points and seven rebounds from Jon Leuer. Jason Bohannon added 10 points for the Badgers.
Duke cut it to 53-52 on two free throws by Singler with just under 11 minutes to go, but Singler missed a 3-pointer moments later that would have tied it and Wisconsin opened up the 11-point lead.
Duke would've been in a much bigger hole had it not been for Singler, who hit floating one-handed shots in the lane with both his left and right hands on his way to 17 first-half points.
Singler hit his first six shots and finished 10 of 17 from the field. But the rest of the Blue Devils, who shot just 29.2 percent in a win over Connecticut on Friday, only hit 39 percent and Scheyer finished 2 of 7 with 10 points.
"I don't think we did a good job of just staying patient. They did a good job, didn't give us a lot of open looks and there just wasn't much there," Scheyer said. "We need to know that every game we play, no one's going to give us a game, every team's going to fight."
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San Francisco 49ers' Biggest Scouting Combine TakeawaysFebruary 27, 2014
San Francisco 49ers' Biggest Scouting Combine Takeaways
The NFL Scouting Combine, which serves as the final evaluation before individual pro days, is now behind us, which means the San Francisco 49ers are setting their boards for the draft and proceeding into free agency with this class in mind.
After interviewing prospects, watching them compete and reviewing their physical test results, coach Jim Harbaugh and general manager Trent Baalke have a lot of new information to go on. If they had any questions on their flight to Indianapolis, they were likely answered by the time they boarded for the return trip back to the Bay.
Media and fans who followed the six-day trial period on NFL Network also came away more informed—both about the prospects and the intentions of San Francisco's front office.
Overall, it makes this a great time for reflection in regard to the direction this team will be headed from here on out. The 49ers still have a full offseason, and now that they are fully informed, this is when things start to get interesting.
With free-agent transactions and the draft on the way, here are San Francisco's key takeaways from the combine.
Are the 49ers Still Playing Shadow Games?
One interview that the 49ers conducted in Indianapolis gained a lot of attention—and that one-on-one was with Louisville safety Calvin Pryor, who is projected to go in the first or second round. In fact, he might even be the first safety off the board.
Since it was with a player at a position of need, and he fits the hard-hitting thumper that has characterized this stingy defense, the interview got many excited. Right off the bat, Pryor looks like a great fit. However, it came off as a bit unusual for those who understand the modus operandi of this ballclub.
As Trent Baalke reiterated last year to Matt Maiocco of CSN Bay Area after avoiding LSU safety Eric Reid like the plague before trading up to No. 18 overall to select him, "Why would we advertise to the rest of the NFL that we have interest in a player?"
It is unlikely San Francisco's philosophy has changed in the span of a year. It is also unlikely the team will take a safety in the first round in back-to-back years. Financially, it doesn't make sense down the road. The 49ers also want to spread the talent around a bit.
So, is Pryor a real player of interest, or is he a smokescreen/No. 2 option they're doing due diligence on, while they secretly have a favorite safety in mind?
Washington State's Deone Bucannon and Baylor's Ahmad Dixon are also out there, and they weren't reported meeting with the 49ers. Florida State tweener Lamarcus Joyner is another option. It's something to consider with the way this team has played the offseason.
Measurables Aren't Everything
Some players just don't test well at the combine. That's the way it is. It is not necessarily degrading to their overall value or ability to contribute once the pads are on, but teams still take note of it.
Prospects can only hope scouts see past the 40 times and bench reps and consider all the factors involved.
For instance, longer-armed prospects typically don't bench enough, but often, functional strength on the field usually accompanies that length. And rarely do shorter arms get a player anywhere in the NFL, at any position. It's all about how he uses the strength he has—and some do that better than others.
So while the bench press is great to gauge who is a weight-room warrior, the physical dimensions of a player factor in, as do his performances.
We've also come to understand that the fastest player at the combine isn't always the best. In the last five years, Miami Dolphins Mike Wallace is the only receiver to run a sub-4.4 in the 40-yard dash at the combine and gain 1,000 yards in a season in the pros.
The takeaway here is to not judge a book by its cover.
Carlos Rogers Is Done in San Francisco
One of the key takeaways from the combine was just how many pure nickel corners are obtainable in this draft.
They're available by the bushel.
And this is relative to San Francisco because the team is in the midst of cutting ties with 2011 Pro Bowl selection Carlos Rogers, who has functioned as the team's inside cover man. His $8 million salary and declining play would make him expendable even if this class were not so well-stocked.
So this spells trouble for Rogers, making his return even less likely.
Given the deep group of players with incredible ball skills, speed and amazing upside—from Ohio State's Bradley Roby, TCU's Jason Verrett and Florida's Jaylen Watkins—it would be a huge surprise if Rogers is not replaced by one of them. It's not at all feasible to hang onto the 32-year-old.
The 49ers are already demanding that he take a pay cut north of $4 million, and if Rogers refuses, the team will release him, per Matt Maiocco of CSN Bay Area. It seems their intention is to force him into a corner, release him carefree and then replace him with one of the intriguing prospects in 2014.
Flush Receiver Class, Very Fortuitous
There's been a lot of banter about the 49ers selecting a wide receiver in the first round—and they very well may.
However, if they don't or happen to miss out on their top choice, it won't be the end of the world. Players like Fresno State's Davante Adams and LSU's Jarvis Landry are natural gamers who continue to fly under the radar with all of the height/weight/speed prospects.
And that is just to name a couple.
If the 49ers are able to nab one of the second-tier options after the first day, it'd be a huge deal to bring him in as a talented No. 4 behind Michael Crabtree, Quinton Patton and Anquan Boldin, who is nearing a deal, per ESPN insider Adam Schefter. That would give the receiving corps depth and a contingency plan for the future.
Deep Interior Offensive Line Group
A notable position to be filled in San Francisco is at center, with the aging and unsigned Jonathan Goodwin likely out. Management will also be thinking forward at guard, with Pro Bowl mauler Mike Iupati presenting a bit of enigma as he approaches the end of his contract.
This equates to the team bringing in a talented interior lineman to develop and compete.
More than likely, the 49ers will be proficient with their picks, adding a large tweener who can immediately push Daniel Kilgore at center. And if said prospect loses the battle for the job, hopefully he's big and versatile enough to operate as a swing tackle as a rookie before competing for the left guard position in 2015.
There is a lot of beef in this draft, and the 49ers have to feel good about the players they can mold within their line.
49ers Don't Need a Halfback, Marcus Lattimore Is Ready
Knowing the 49ers are stacked at the running back position, museum rules applied at the combine: Look but don't touch. There were so many tantalizing backs running, cutting and showing their stuff—albeit no first-rounders—it is almost a shame that the team doesn't have a spot for one.
"Almost" because the reason the 49ers aren't in the market is because they're expecting to have Marcus Lattimore this year, who is far better than any of them.
In fact, the all-purpose hammer from South Carolina—who would have been a lock for the first round had it not been for a ghastly ACL injury—says he's now close to 100 percent, via Pete Iacobelli of The Associated Press. Those that know of his exploits understand this is huge for San Francisco.
He's another starting-caliber back with franchise potential.
Lattimore spoke out about his status in the AP article, saying, "The left knee, it feels like nothing ever happened. The right knee, it feels great. Both feel balanced. I've got my speed and I rarely get any soreness [after workouts]."
He'll be full-go in training camp and could take the No. 2 job from Kendall Hunter.
Will the 49ers Trade Up on Day 1?
After getting an up-close look at all of the prospects, the talent level and depth became overwhelmingly evident.
Skipping past all of the individual praise at each position group, the bottom line is that somebody will fall in the first round. Somebody whom the 49ers didn't expect to be there will be there at the end of the first night at Radio City.
With that being the case, the team can stand pat at No. 30 and possibly take Oregon State receiver Brandin Cooks, Minnesota defensive tackle Ra'Shede Hageman, Louisville safety Calvin Pryor or even LSU's Odell Beckham Jr., if he falls.
San Francisco won't have to unnecessarily auction picks to move up in the first round when it's the priciest.
Instead, the strategy could be geared toward dominating the second and third rounds, which will feature a load of talent. The 49ers can take a litany of players in those rounds. They already have four picks and can add a fifth or sixth if they choose to trade up.
Needing corners, safeties, receivers and linemen, they can also maneuver up toward the front half of those rounds to secure their gold-helmet prospects. They'd be able to net high-caliber players at several needs positions while adding incredible depth and developmental talent for the future.
It's time to reconsider whether trading up on Day 1 is really the best idea.
There's a Storm Brewing at 4949 Centennial Boulevard
There's been a lot said regarding the status of the 49ers front office, particularly the relationship between coach Jim Harbaugh and general manager Trent Baalke—and whether or not CEO Jed York will be able to retain the coach for the long term.
Right now, it's speculation at best, but this ripple could end up being a distraction as San Francisco proceeds through the offseason.
During the week of the combine, it was all anyone could talk about. This sort of topic resonates in the NFL community, and if a fraction of it is even remotely true, it could place even more strain on the working environment in San Francisco.
The 49ers can't afford to let this be an issue while the Seattle Seahawks are reigning world champions.
49ers Might Consider a Free-Agent QB
Well, to the surprise of literally no one, the quarterbacks were not very impressive in Indy.
Surveying the market for a backup, the 49ers were keeping an eye on second-tier prospects who might at least be serviceable behind starter Colin Kaepernick. Unfortunately, none put forth a defining performance. No one looked comfortable throwing to stand out from the pack.
One in particular, Clemson's Tajh Boyd, had a so-so day, which could lead the Niners to reconsider drafting their next No. 2 QB.
Boyd appeared to be the most logical fit in San Francisco, given Kaepernick's skill set, the offense and the fact that the 49ers brought in South Florida's B.J. Daniels last year. The Niners can always consider LSU's Zach Mettenberger or Georgia's Aaron Murray, but honestly, experience may trump the tools they bring.
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5.19.17 — Riding for a Fall
It can be just one step from grace to a fall. Ask athletes or dancers about their last titanic leap. Ask Hillary Clinton about the ten days before the election. Or ask Lee Relvas, whose sculpture seems poised between a glorious ascent and collapse, at Callicoon through May 21. Her figures have all the grace of athleticism or a dance, but always in touch with the floor. They also have an inner life that would be impossible without that rise and fall.
Her technique alone evokes both grace and the workaday dignity of just plain plodding along. Her curved wood comes as close as anything to Modernism's ideal of "drawing in space," as with sculpture by Ibram Lassaw. One can mistake it for the fine craft of bentwood furniture. In practice, though, Relvas cuts her pieces from plywood, sticks them together with a compound used for joints in plumbing, and sands away. The process is itself a kind of choreography. Plywood is already soft as wood goes, and rubbing softens it further—close, she says, to flour.
It works just fine as abstraction, like wood for Ursula von Rydingsvard. One can delight in following a curve from its start to the end, looping back on itself. One can easily overlook the branching here and there. Still, it does not take long to see a room of people, neither quite together nor alone. Some seem to sink into helplessness, while others seem to rise, and more than a few do both. Still another amounts to rigid planes joined at the waist, where a further loops around like the sash of an old-fashioned dress.
One can read all sorts of things into them, including their narratives and their character. Relvas does, too. The firm or, if you prefer, matronly stance is Deciding. Others are Hiding, Withholding, Thinking, Offering, Mourning, and Lifting. In each case, she associates a physical gesture with a state of mind—a state poised between moments of action. She treats exterior form and interiority alike as transient and fleeting.
Elaine Cameron-Weir, too, would love to rise but keeps stumbling, in the lobby of the New Museum through September 3. A snake of copper and stainless steel needs a sandbag to sustain its vertical. Mostly, though, she is hooked on the body as, in her eyes, at once transcendent and corrupt. A garment of metal sports breasts and spreads its arms, but it looks less triumphant than an instrument of torture. A pole topped with a skull and a lamp draped with parachute silk look neither life affirming nor all that illuminating. Then again, a snake once brought corruption to humanity as well, by tempting a certain woman.
The Canadian artist is fond of the body all the same, enough to aspire to engage the senses, with some of the same materials as Anicka Yi. Heat lamps warm a resin used in perfumes and fumigating. If all this seems like a lab experiment gone awry, she also claims to draw on scientific texts from before modern science, to locate the tensions between the occult and science. And if her art starts to sound like nonsense, so do her titles. One runs to forty-two words—including viscera, erogenous zone, altered state, subcutanean, and tantric. It could do with less messaging and more grace.
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At Kiwi Cove, a Great Horned Owl keeping watch on the guests - Photo taken September 2013
Take a copy of the brochure and follow the touring route by cycle or car. There are many artisan studios, parks, farms, and eateries to explore.
The Cowichan Valley is 30 minutes away and boasts the best vineyards, cideries and wineries on Vancouver Island.
An extensive herb garden, nursery, and gift shop and only 5 minutes away.
Awe inspiring whale watching and marine eco tours departing daily from the seaside village of Cowichan Bay.
45 minutess away, an amazing collection of living birds of prey, daily flying demonstrations Pacific Northwest Raptors
Bird watching is great on the Kiwi Cove waterfront. The Nanaimo Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store tracks the reports of regular bird walks in the Nanaimo area. Birding enthusiasts can unite using this great site.
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La Liga goals: Five-Star Deportivo thrash Racing, Malaga march on at Getafe; Kanoute on target in Sevilla win
Getafe 1 – Malaga 2 (La Liga, March 8, 2009) Malaga did their European hopes a world of good with an impressive away victory, Eliseu and Baha put them 2-up, Contra pulled one back for the hosts in a game that saw no fewer than 13 yellow cards and 2 reds.
Deportivo La Coruna 5 – Racing Santander 3 (La Liga, March 8, 2009) Jonathan handed Racing the lead after just one minute but Juan Rodriguez equalised for Depor on 25 minutes. Nikola Zigic then restored Racing's advantage before a brace from substitute Riki sandwiched a strike from Angel Lafita to hand Depor the edge. Joan Verdu bagged a fifth for the home side before Jesus Berrocal came off the bench for Racing to net a consolation.
Mallorca 3 – Betis 3 (La Liga, March 8, 2009) Mallorca came from a remarkable three goals down to secure a point. Mark Gonzalez, Sergio Garcia and Arturo Arzu handed Betis a resounding lead with Mallorca seemingly dead and buried. But substitutes Gonzalo Castro and Pierre Webo pulled two back for Mallorca before a second from Castro salvaged a dramatic draw.
Sevilla 2 – Almeria 1 (La Liga, March 8, 2009) Sevilla exploited slack Almeria defending after just five minutes as Romaric's cross flew over the defence and Freddie Kanoute was able to control and score. On the hour mark Reneto scored a clumsy second for Sevilla but Negredo got Almeria back in the game with a penalty.
Recreativo 2 – Valladolid 3 (La Liga, March 8, 2009) Goals from Jonathan Sesma and Nenok Goitom put Valladolid ahead before Perez Colunga pulled one back for Recre from the penalty spot. Goitom netted his second of the game after the break before receiving his marching orders. Recre's Javier Camunas then bagged another but the comeback never materialised despite Rubio Alvaro also being dismissed in the latter stages.
Osasuna 1 – Sporting Gijon 2 (La Liga, March 8, 2009) Sporting raced into a 2-nil lead inside 20 minute with goals from Barral and Castro. Nekounam pulled a goal back from the spot but Osasuna could not find the equaliser.
Numancia 2 – Valencia 1 (La Liga, March 8, 2009) Numancia dented Valencia's European hopes after coming from behind to keep Los Che out of the top six. Vicente had fired Valencia into a 10th minute lead, but Carlos Aranda and a sweet Barkero free-kick turned the match in the hosts' favour.
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The first fully authorised documentary on Kurt Cobain is set for release into UK cinemas on 10th April, 2015.
From acclaimed director Brett Morgen, this first ever, fully authorised documentary feature blends Cobain's personal archive of art, written word, music (both his most famous and some that's never been heard), and never –before-seen home movies, with animation and revelatory interviews from his family and closest confidantes.
Following Kurt from his earliest years in Aberdeen, WA, through the height of his fame, it creates an intense and powerful cinematic insight into an artist who craved the spotlight even as he rejected the trappings of fame,
Those of Kurt's generation will learn things about him they never knew. Those who've discovered the man and his music more recently will understand what makes Kurt the lasting icon that he is.
Just like the legendary frontman of Nirvana himself, COBAIN: Montage of Heck is authentic, visceral and unflinching. It will get into your head and stay there long after the end credits roll.
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Sarah Zuckerman and Jennifer Jones are best friends in an upscale part of Washington, DC, in the politically charged 1980s. Sarah is the shy, wary product of an unhappy home: her father abandoned the family to return to his native England; her agoraphobic mother is obsessed with fears of nuclear war. Jenny is an all-American girl who has seemingly perfect parents. With Cold War rhetoric reaching a fever pitch in 1982, the 10-year-old girls write letters to Soviet premier Yuri Andropov asking for peace. But only Jenny's letter receives a response, and Sarah is left behind when her friend accepts the Kremlin's invitation to visit the USSR and becomes an international media sensation. The girls' icy relationship still hasn't thawed when Jenny and her parents die tragically in a plane crash in 1985.
10 years later, Sarah is about to graduate from college when she receives a mysterious letter from Moscow suggesting that Jenny's death might have been a hoax. She sets off to the former Soviet Union in search of the truth, but the more she delves into her personal Cold War history, the harder it is to separate fact from propaganda.
You Are One of Them is a taut, moving debut about the ways in which we define ourselves against others and the secrets we keep from those who are closest to us. In this insightful forensic of a mourned friendship, Holt illuminates the long-lasting sting of abandonment and the measures we take to bring back those we have lost.
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You Are One of Them is 8.5 hours of listening, read by Cassandra Campbell. There is considerable creative license taken with this book but it is based on a true story. Do a Google search for Samantha Reed Smith for the facts. I know there are many authors who do this type of historical fiction, but personally I'd rather the author presented the facts. They are equally interesting. When a novel includes historical detail that is true and integrates it with fictitious characters, that's one thing . But when the history of a character is distorted for the sake of a book … it's quite another, and that isn't doing justice to the real-life character, the reader, nor the author.
The reading by Cassandra Campbell was fine, a nice production. The topic and history, not so much.
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Q8 Analog Output block (not recommended)
Simulink® Real-Time™ Library of Drivers No Longer Recommended for Use.
To open this library, type
xpcobsoletelib in the Command
Hardware Output
Block Input Data Type
Enter a vector of numbers between 1 and 8. This driver allows you to enter channel numbers in arbitrary order. For example, to use the first, second and fifth channels, enter
Number the channels beginning with 1 even if this board manufacturer starts numbering the channels with 0.
Two A/D chips on the Q8 board convert these channels. One A/D chip converts channels 1 to 4, the second A/D chip converts channels 5 to 8. To maximize throughput, balance the conversion load between the two groups of channels. For example, if you want to convert four channels, a channel vector value like the following has one A/D chip convert channels 1 and 2 and the other A/D chip convert channels 5 and 6:
Enter a range code for each of the channels in the channel vector. The value can be a scalar or a vector that must be the same length as the channel vector. If you specify a scalar value, that setting is replicated over the channel vector. This board allows the range of each channel to be different.
The following table is a list of the ranges for this driver and the corresponding range codes.
Input Range (V)
Range Code
-10 to +10
-5 to +5
0 to +10
For example, if the first channel is -10 to +10 volts and the second channel is -5 to +5 volts, enter
Choose this check box to set the outputs to update simultaneously (nontransparent mode).
Note that choosing this check box requires an extra register write per sample time and might cause some loss of performance.
The reset vector controls the behavior of the channel at model
termination. Enter a scalar or a vector that is the same length as
the channel vector. If you specify a scalar value, that setting is
replicated over the channel vector. If you specify a value of
the corresponding channel is reset to the value specified in the initial
value vector. If you specify a value of
0, the
channel remains at the last value attained while the model was running.
The initial value vector contains the initial voltage values for the output channels. Enter a scalar or a vector that is the same length as the channel vector. If you specify a scalar value, that value is replicated as the initial value over the channel vector. The channels are set to the initial values between the time the model is downloaded and the time it is started.
Enter the base sample time or a multiple of the base sample
time (
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If only one board of this type is in the target computer, enter
-1 to
locate the board.
If two or more boards of this type are in the target computer, enter the bus number and the
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New Jersey-based rockers The Big Drops
To release their debut album,e, Color
Listen: The Big Drops – "By The Water"
These witty, charming, almost mischievous collective of artists create a unique sound that is all at once experimental, indie, soft, psychedelic, & full of good vibes." – The Hook Journal
(Brooklyn, NY) Currently making strides in the constantly evolving Brooklyn music scene, NJ-based rockers The Big Drops' origin story couldn't be any further from pavement and concrete. The band was formed in 2011 when brothers Greg (lead vox, rhythm guitar) and Vramshabouh Kherlopian (lead guitar, backing vox) went to live together in a small log cabin for three years. They bought their own recording equipment, and went through numerous lineup changes before finding Caleb Estey (drums) and Steve Donahue (bass) in 2015.
Now, The Big Drops are readying up to release their debut full-length, Time, Color, out June 23rd via self-release.
Channeling genre-hopping forebears, Time, Color finds The Big Drops running through a sonic wilderness inspired by left-of-center pop music of the late 1960's & contemporary musicians with subtle electronic tendencies.
"We feel like our music touches on a variety of different vibes and colors," shares Vramshabouh. "So we like to think the overall theme of this album is diversity of life, the different emotions there are, and how we can express different feelings while still being the same person. Essentially, life is complex and beautiful, is the theme."
Look for more from The Big Drops leading up to the release of the Time, Color LP, and be sure to catch them at any of their upcoming performances detailed below.
Website // Facebook // Instagram // Soundcloud // Bandcamp // Youtube
The Big Drops tour dates:
6/2 – Town Square Stage – Bethlehem, PA
6/3 – Sticks & Stones – Hawthorne, NJ
6/23 – Footlight Bar – Brooklyn, NY
6/24 – Nick-A-Nees – Providence, RI
6/25 – SideBar – Burlington, VT
6/30 – Monopole – Plattsburgh, NY
7/21 – The Greeks – Andover, NJ
8/6 – Musikfest – Bethlehem, PA
8/18 – Mad Liberation Fest – Hammonton, NJ
Time, Color tracklist:
01: Lost At Sea
02: If The World
03: Basket's of Love
04: By The Water
05: Watcha Know
06: Gong Gong Jar
07: Boyfriend Talk
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This lawyer is not only dishonest but also rather unintelligent. What was he thinking, that you were not going to discover the truth? I find it a totally disgraceful attitude, absolutely inappropriate for someone who calls himself a lawyer.
I was not at that wedding, but I can confirm that what you were told by this JR is a pack of lies.
flw – You are right that this alleged conversation between opposing lawyers took place at a wedding but I certainly didn't tell you, or post that information on this forum. I have to presume you are working for one or the other of them – in which case annonymous messages aren't reassuring ❗ Who are you & what does JR stand for ❓ ❓ On what can you base your confirmation ❓


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Officer Kenneth Roediger was shot and killed with his own weapon while attempting to arrest a suspect during a traffic stop. During the arrest, a struggle ensued and Officer Roediger was able to force the suspect to the ground and began to handcuff him. As he did so, the suspect grabbed Officer Roediger's weapon and shot him. Officer Roediger's partner was able to return fire and kill the suspect.
The suspect had recently been paroled from prison where he served part of a life sentence for beating an 89-year-old Los Angeles man to death in 1956.
Officer Roediger had served with the California Highway Patrol for two years.