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Liberty News
International Business professor invited to Oxford Round Table
Following in what seems to be a tradition at Liberty University, International Business professor Dr. Stephen P. Preacher will be participating in the prestigious Oxford Round Table on March 22-24 at the Harris Manchester College of the University of Oxford in England. The theme is "Ethical Sentiments and the World Financial Crisis."
As stated on the website, the Round Table exists "to promote education, art, science, religion and charity by means of academic conferences and publication of scholarly papers." Participation is by invitation only.
On Monday, March 22, Preacher will lead a discussion on the Nigerian petroleum industry. That Wednesday, he will be presenting his own paper titled, "Virtue, Vice, and the Globalization of Market Economies."
"The main thrust here is how the decline in moral values has contributed to the complexities of the crisis," said Preacher. He consulted many think tanks during his research and found "next to nothing being said about the contribution that moral relativism has made [on the global economic situation]."
Preacher taught at Liberty from 1980-86, and after receiving a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the United States International University in San Diego and instructing elsewhere, returned in 2002 to teach at Liberty's School of Business.
He will join the Round Table session after he leads a group of international business students on a tour of the European Union during spring break, allowing them to experience other cultures and "to see how the institutional operations of the European Union function," said Preacher. They will be visiting Germany, Luxemburg and France. Most of the students will end the tour in England, where Preacher will take a train from London to Oxford.
Preacher anticipates the opening discussion to be "very collaborative and friendly" and looks forward to being able to mingle with other scholars. "The academics [at Oxford] are very interdisciplinary," he said.
Other LU professors who have been invited to the Oxford Round Table recently include Dr. Vicky Martin, chair of Liberty's Sport Management Department, who will be attending the "Women in the Academy: Prospects and Promises" session March 14-19, and Dr. Michelle Crawford Rickert of the Helms School of Government, who presented her paper, "Wilberforce's Work Is Not Done: Dealing With Modern Day Slavery and Human Trafficking," during a summer 2009 session.


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YORK - A jury on Thursday evening convicted Julia Phillips in the murder of former York Mayor Melvin Roberts, and she was sentenced to life in prison.
YORK - A jury on Thursday evening convicted Julia Phillips in the murder of former York Mayor Melvin Roberts, and she was sentenced to life in prison.
During closing arguments early Thursday, Phillips' lawyer argued that from the moment police found former York Mayor Melvin Roberts dead in his driveway three years ago, they considered Julia Phillips a suspect and orchestrated plans to charge her with his murder, her lawyer argued in court Thursday morning.
"Police should never have charged Julia," said Bobby Frederick, Phillips' Myrtle Beach defense attorney. "They didn't have enough evidence. The only reason they charged her is because this was Melvin Roberts."
Pressure from the media and family who Frederick said were "crying for blood...'do something'...'charge someone,'" convinced police to charge Phillips in the first place. He said officers used a "good interrogation tactic" to exploit Phillips' awkward, weird behavior so she would seem intentionally inconsistent.
"She's grandiose. She's attention-seking. She doesn't act normal, and she's on a lot of medications," he said about Phillips. "In three years, (prosecutors) built a case based on motive, not evidence."
Since last Monday, Phillips, Roberts' longtime girlfriend, has stood trial for what police say was her part in his death. Roberts, who practiced law in York for 55 years, was found strangled to death outside his Roberts Avenue home on Feb. 4, 2010 —Phillips' birthday.
Three months later, police charged Phillips with murder.
Prosecutors say Phillips grew greedy and desperate when she realized Roberts planned to end their decade-long relationship. He already had started cutting her off financially at a time when she had less than $2 in her checking account, owed creditors nearly $1,500, paid expansive out-of-pocket costs to support a prescription pill habit and became solely responsible for paying bills to a Gaffney store that Roberts owned but she managed.
Julia's Inc. suffered a shortfall after Merle Norman, a cosmetics franchise, dissolved its relationship with Phillips. Testimony last week showed Roberts also paid all of Phillips' utilities, health insurance and trips to beach houses and lawyer conventions.
Phillips has claimed that she was ambushed by a Hispanic attacker who, depending on which statement she gave police, either only said "money" or threatened her several times as he bound her with duct tape and dragged her behind a brick wall. Her alleged assailant then hit Roberts with a metal pipe and fired a gun.
But, prosecutors called on witnesses who have pointed to at least 12 inconsistent statements Phillips gave police about what happened the night of Roberts' death. While speaking with her, they noticed her clothes were not wet though she claimed to have been pushed down face down in the mud. The duct tape wrapped around her head, wrists, ankles and neck was loose, not tight.
Police also found gunshot residue on her clothes, though she claimed not to have fired a gun in years. On Thursday, when prosecutors and the defense gave their closing arguments, Frederick said police lied in a sworn affidavit for Phillips' arrest when they claimed her clothes were dry. During the trial, Frederick displayed the jeans Phillips wore the night she was attacked. They were wet towards the bottom cuffs and, according to Frederick, were missing the amount of mud he saw on them three years ago.
He said both Lt. Dale Edwards and Capt. Brian Trail touched Phillips' hands and arms the night of the murder before she was tested for gunshot residue. It's possible, he said, they could have touched their guns or duty belts, or their patrol cars could have retained gunshot residue.
Wednesday, Frederick called on Chris Robinson, a forensic consultant, who said it's possible for gunshot residue to still be detected in police cars months after they're used, or on police weapons if they're not cleaned.
"Regardless of what (police) might say, they don't always clean their guns," Frederick said Thursday.
Making his last appeal to the jury, Frederick said prosecutors have "painstakingly" introduced evidence and witnesses —"smoke and mirrors," he called it— that have been unable to solidly prove Phillips' involvement in Roberts' slaying. He told jurors prosecutors want them to ignore evidence —none of which directly links Phillips to the murder— and rely on guessing to convict."
We can't guess someone into the penitentiary," he said.
Frederick's comment inflamed Hodge, who proceeded to air a series of objections because Frederick discussed punishment in his closing arguments.
He implored jurors to use their "common sense" when examining evidence, adding that prosecutors have only established motive, which isn't a standard for a conviction.
"If I'm murdered tonight, in three years' time, they can make a case of motive against my wife," he said. But, it's not proof.
Frederick explained why he called his wife, paralegal and accountant, Joi Frederick, to the stand on Tuesday. She was to prove that Phillips' family, who paid $50,000 for his services, had been caring for Phillips and that the Gaffney store manager did not need Roberts' money.
"Julia has her own family that loves her, takes care of her, has always been there," he said. "She has resources."
Responding to allegations about Phillips' prescription pill habit, he said, "she has multiple cancers. She has fibromyalgia. She takes a lot of medication."
Prosecutors and police "harassed" Ronnie Burgess, the "most credible witness" to take the stand, into detailing his story that he drove William Hunter Stephens, Phillips' son, to York on Feb. 4, Frederick said.
Burgess last week testified that Stephens had been helping him with his computer when he received a call about Phillips' assault. Burgess drove Stephens to York from Gaffney.
But, prosecutors have "clung" to the theory that Stephens helped his mother kill Roberts. Stephens was questioned by police, but never charged. He is currently in prison serving time for identity fraud. Police say they believe someone else helped Phillips kill Roberts, but they have not charged anyone else in three years.
Several pieces of evidence collected, including the duct tape used to bind Phillips and the zip tie around Roberts' neck, tested for DNA belonging to an unidentified person.
He criticized the prosecution's use of Guy Blankenship, a confidential police informant, admitted thief and black-market plastic surgeon who last week testified that Phillips offered him $10,000 to kill Roberts.
"He's a paid liar" who fabricated a story to police so he could get extra cash, Frederick alleged before comparing Blankenship with a "maggot wriggling inside a sandwich." Blankenship, who also admitted on the stand that he teaches people how to write fake checks and has several larceny charges pending in North Carolina, manages an antique shop in Gaffney across the street from Julia's Inc.
On Thursday, Blankenship, who attended court to see the outcome of the trial, said he stands by his testimony and everything he testified about can be proven.
"It's 100 percent true," he said, adding that he's not a paid liar. He's paid to buy drugs for narcotics officers —"there's no lie in that."
About Frederick's comment, he said, "I'm not her defense attorney. I assume since he knows that she's done this, he should feel like a maggot since he's defending somebody who put a zip tie around a man's neck and choked the life out of him."
"Would you want this Guy Blankenship to watch your children? Would you trust Guy Blankenship to loan him money? Would you trust him to go into business with him? If you wouldn't trust him with the most important things in your life, don't you dare trust him with Julia's life," Frederick said. "For three years, I've been responsible for Julia. Now, I have to turn over that responsibility to each of you."
Kris Hodge, the Greenville County solicitor prosecuting Phillips, gave closing arguments focusing on the inconsistencies and outright lies Phillips told police after Roberts was found slain.
The 13th Circuit Solicitor's Office in Greenville is prosecuting Phillips, as solicitors in York County recused themselves because of past associations with Roberts, who worked as a lawyer in York for 55 years. York County judges also recused themselves from the case, which is why Circuit Court Judge Derham Cole, of Spartanburg, is presiding.
Like Frederick, Hodge also asked jurors to rely on their common sense. Phillips' family was not giving her money to buy prescription pills, Hodge said, and, if she was financially well-off, why did she not pay back a former employee whose light bill money she borrowed?
Hodge also questioned Frederick's gunshot residue expert Robinson, who she said is in between jobs and needs to put "money in his pocket." Robinson never presented the research he supposedly conducted on gunshot residue in police cars, Hodge said, and gave no more information about how he performed his studies.
"This defendant has the only motive in this case," Hodge said. "She's not being weird. She's not being awkward; she's not a little kooky. She's lying. And, where do lies get you? They get you in the details."
Those details have varied from interview to interview with police, Hodge said as she focused on the personal, brutal nature of Roberts' murder with a zip tie. Phillips, she said, aimed to gain from Roberts' death because she stood to inherit $150,000 worth of property he bequeathed to her in his will. But Hodge also presented Phillips' day planner, which contained notes on trading, buying and selling pills.
"She was bleeding him dry" financially, Hodge said. "She knew time was ticking."
Hodge replayed snippets of Phillips' interviews with police, pointing out conflicting details about her attacker's physical description, the things he said to her, how she was duct tape and how he positioned her behind the wall. The edges of the duct tape, Hodge said, look as if they were cut with a pair of scissors and the tape wrapped around Phillips' head only pulled off a few strands of hair.
"She's not a victim, she's a participant," Hodge said. "She is a very cunning, very manipulative...very desperate, lying, scheming, murderous woman. Don't be fooled by the package. Dynamite comes in a small package, but it's very deadly."
After closing arguments were heard, jurors went sent to the jury room to begin deliberations.

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For many of us, a "date night" is a mini-vacation from our everyday lives. The question is how can we travel to exciting destinations and try new things without leaving home?
The answer is ArtWeek Boston, a collection of one-of-kind arts dining and entertainment experiences taking place April 25 to May 4.
Since ArtWeek offers so much to see and do, here are my top picks for date nights from the over 60 unique events. Advance registration is advised.
Full disclosure: In addition to loving all things artistic and creative, I am an "ArtWeek insider." I participated in advisory groups, and was a judge for the inaugural ArtWeek in Fall 2013.
A beautiful beginning
Date nights start with a little prepping and primping. Get ready with "couture up-styles." Stylists at Anita Kurl Hair Salon will transform your locks into an art form � a veritable, wearable sculpture. Then, onto a photo shoot with a professional photographer who will create a video photo montage that will stream on screens viewable to passersby on the street.
Photos and Hair-Dos at Anita Kurl Hair Salon
Friday, April 25 from 1 to 5 p.m. Info: artweekboston.org/events/photos-hair-dos Cost: $50
Art and dining
For foodies, ArtWeek features these out-of-the-ordinary arts and dining pairings.
Fork and Tune at Treats on Washington Bakery & Caf�, Brighton
Friday, April 25, Sunday, April 27, and Sunday May 4, 7 to 9 p.m. Info: artweekboston.org/events/fork-tune-2 Cost: $40
With a menu inspired by Prince�s iconic 1980s album, "Purple Rain," you are certain to have a blast at this pop-up dinner. Appreciate the album from an entirely new perspective with the chefs� interpretation in dessert form: "sour milk sorbet, lavender, black pepper cookies."
The Art of Paris and a French Prix Fixe Menu at Society on High, Boston
Tuesday, April 29, 7 to 9 p.m. Info: artweekboston.org/events/art-paris-yellowkorner-bringing-societys-photography-new-heights Cost: $25
Travel to Paris with an exhibition from French-based YellowKorner gallery. For the "petite" price of $25, this "voyage" pairs spectacular views of Paris landscapes with a three-course prix fixe menu of oysters, grilled New York sirloin, and fromage (cheese), among other French specialties.
Unleash the pleasure-seeking, literature-loving, artsy party animal at this dance party.
A Storied Affair at Storyville, Boston
Thursday, May 1, 6 to 10 p.m. Info: artweekboston.org/events/get-lit Cost: Free
Stories jump from the page onto the dance floor at this cocktail party featuring jazz music hosted by Grub Street, Boston�s independent creative writing center, and Future Boston, at Storyville, a nightclub in the Back Bay.
Discover Art in new places
Live performances extend beyond the usual concert halls to hotel lounges, antique stores, and one very "chill" bar.
Groupmuse at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Boston
Monday, April 28, 7 to 10 p.m. Info: artweekboston.org/events/groupmuse-ritz Tickets: $10
Groupmuse is a social network for chamber musicians who perform at house parties. For this intimate concert (limited to 50 people), make yourself at home at the very tony Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Boston. Grab a cocktail from the hotel�s Avery Bar, and hang out with the musicians before and after the performance.
Music Munchies and Lights, Camera, Action at Circa, Boston
Thursday, May 1, 7 to 9 p.m. Info: artweekboston.org/events/music-munchies-lights-camera-action-circa RSVP Required Cost: Free
Award-winning vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter "Elle" Gomes Almeida performs at Circa, a one-of-a-kind venue at Restoration Resources, a 7,000-square-foot retail showroom for antique treasures. Elle sings jazz classics using a 1950s microphone and plays on the store�s antique piano.
Frost Beat at Frost Ice Bar, Boston
Friday, May 2, 5 to 8 p.m. (21+) Info: artweekboston.org/events/frost-beat Cost: $20
What does one do inside of Frost Ice Bar where everything is made of ice? During ArtWeek, shiver and shake to a music and visual collaboration between percussionist Maria Finkelmeier and ice sculptor Sarah Cohen. Cool! (For your comfort, use of gloves and a parka cape comes with admission.)
Boston Art Crawl in SoWa, Boston
Friday, May 2, 6 to 8 p.m. Info: artweekboston.org/events/boston-art-crawl Cost: Free
Explore galleries and artists� studios in South End�s SoWa (South of Washington Street) neighborhood. During this art crawl and scavenger hunt, meet artists and gallery curators. Enjoy refreshments along the way.
DIY date night
Derive the self-satisfaction of DIY (Do-It-Yourself) without a visit to Home Depot! Get hands-on practice with the fine art of welding, silversmithing, beer brewing and conducting a world-class orchestra.
Learn to Conduct with Keith Lockhart at Symphony Hall, Boston
Tuesday, April 29, 6 to 8 p.m. Info: artweekboston.org/events/learn-conduct-keith-lockhart Cost: $30
Maybe it was the Bugs Bunny cartoons of our youth, but who hasn�t dreamed of waving a baton and having a glorious orchestra at one�s command? Here�s your chance to learn a few tricks of the trade from Maestro Keith Lockhart, and enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour by Peter Feidler, son of Boston Pops iconic conductor Arthur Feidler. A private reception follows the tour.
Stonybrook Fine Arts Workshops and Sam Adams Brewery Tour, Jamaica Plain
Saturday, May 3, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Info: artweekboston.org/events/aluminum-sand-casting-workshop-sam-adams-tour Cost (per workshop) includes Brewery Tour: $50
Stonybrook Fine Arts in Jamaica Plain offers special introductory workshops in aluminum sand casting, welding, and silversmithing � all of which goes with beer! The learning continues with a tour of the Sam Adams Brewery, located across the street.
Mara Littman is an arts marketing professional and foodie culture enthusiast. See more of her Date Night itineraries at BostonDateNight.com or follow her on Twitter @BostonDateNite or like her page on Facebook.
Date Night: ArtWeek Boston events offer amorous opportunities
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- San Jose Costa Rica
Ports of Call
- Limon
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Costa Rica Travel Information
The Basics
Local time is GMT -6.
Electrical current is 120 volts, 60Hz. Flat two-pin plugs and three-pin (two flat blades with round grounding pin) plugs are in use.
Spanish is the official language, but English is widely spoken.
Travel Health
There are no vaccination requirements for Costa Rica. As a precaution, vaccinations for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and typhoid are recommended for travel to Costa Rica. There is a year-round risk of malaria in some regions of Costa Rica and advice should be taken on which areas are currently risky places to visit. You should also check out what precautions and medication you must take to protect against the disease. Water in cities is generally safe but it is advisable to buy bottled water, especially outside the main towns where there is a risk of contamination. Dengue fever is one of a number of diseases carried by insects that also occur in this region, especially during the rainy season; protection against insect bites is the best prevention. Medical services are reliable in cities and the standard of hygiene and treatment is very high.
Hotels add a 10 percent service charge plus a three percent tourist tax to their bills by law. In tourist and upmarket restaurants, a tip of 10 percent is usual. However, some establishments already include a 17 percent sales and service tax in the bill. Taxi drivers are not normally tipped but you can use discretion if it's been a long trip or there was intense traffic. People will often round off the fare to the nearest Costa Rican colón or US Dollar. Tour guides, on the other hand, are normally tipped. In general, if service has been particularly good, staff appreciate a five to 10 percent tip.
Safety Information
There is no history of terrorism in Costa Rica, however there are incidents of violent crime, occasionally targeting tourists. There has been an increase in attacks on tourists leaving the airport in hired cars in San Jose. Belongings should be watched carefully at all times and in all places, particularly in bus stations and on public transport. Theft of, and from, cars is common. Do not wear jewellery or carry large amounts of cash and avoid moneychangers on the street. Strikes, protests and blockades have recently taken place without warning and further demonstrations could disrupt travel on main roads, particularly those connecting San Jose with the coast.
Local Customs
Costa Ricans are conservative when it comes to family values, and roles between male and female are expected to be traditional. Machismo is a key characteristic of Costa Rica culture, although women are quickly becoming more empowered in Tico society. The population is largely middle-class, Catholic, and ethnically homogenous.
Costa Rica has a formal business environment, where men and women wear conservative suits, appointments are made and meetings begin on time. Business projects can be slow, however, as Costa Ricans are conservative in their approach to new ideas and keen to avoid risk. Spanish is the main language, but most business people speak English.
However, it is polite to have business cards as well as other promotional material printed in both English and Spanish. A lot of women have high profile jobs, although the business world, like the society in general, is still male dominated. Visiting businesswomen will be treated with respect once their ability and authority is clearly established. Hours of business are generally 8am to 4pm Monday to Friday with a two-hour lunch break from 12pm.
The international access code for Costa Rica is +506. Costa Rica has one of the most advanced telecommunications systems in Latin America. Internet cafes are available in the main towns while wifi is available in most hotels, restaurants, and cafes.
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Il Passatore's Homemade Pasta Could Be Great With More Salt
Dining out meat-free.
As a native Brooklynite, east Williamsburg is nearly unrecognizable these days: sure, it's still got plenty of the industrial, mostly-bare streets I remember from years ago, but it's also now home to a whole bunch of hip, trendy eating and drinking establishments, something that still surprises me pause each time I visit.
One such place that I've been wanting to try for months is Il Passatore. Now, let me clarify: the restaurant itself is a modest, brick-walled, tin-ceilinged affair serving uncomplicated Italian food. The crowd here is what makes it hip: the restaurant seems to attract good-looking diners in their 20s with a penchant for dressing fashionably.
But on to the food. Il Passatore's entire menu is tempting, with vegetarian-friendly salads and homemade pastas. Overall, the dishes I ate at the restaurant were well-conceived, nicely presented and well executed, but there was a problematic common thread running through all of them: a distinct lack of seasoning. A warm antipasti of Carciofi con Polenta ($9) displayed creativity: the quartered artichoke hearts were dredged in crunchy, toasty pistachios and served with a perfectly-textured hunk of polenta, but the entire dish cried out for salt; when I added some, the dish became quite tasty.
Likewise, a salad of Cavolini de Bruxelles ($7.50) featured bright, crispy shredded Brussels sprouts and radicchio folded with toasted walnut and plenty of grated Parmesan—but not nearly enough of the nicely-balanced lemon vinaigrette it was served with: the salad was nearly dry.
Things definitely started looking up with the arrival of the pasta course. A Lasagna Verde Vegetariana ($9.50), clearly a house favorite, as about three quarters of the tables had one, too. The lasagna featured wide, soft sheets of homemade noodles and was stuffed with a mixture of mushrooms, eggplants, onions and more, and layered with a light, bright tomato sauce. This one didn't need any additional salt.
Unfortunately, a second pasta—Taglioni de Funghi e Crema di Porcini ($11)—did. Otherwise, it was spectacular: long strands of perfectly cooked pasta sauced with a rich umami-bomb of sautéed mushrooms and, I suspect, not a small amount of cream.
It's hard for me not to recommend Il Passatore: its dishes have a homey, crowd-pleasing feel to them, its service is solicitous, and the prices are more than fair. But I hope the kitchen staff finds the courage to season its food more aggressively in the future.
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Thursday, 24 March 2011
It's getting egg-sighting!
I suspect one of my abiding positive memories of this year will be the happy grins of Craig and others out on Cathedral Green on 16th March when we were lucky enough to see our falcons mating briefly on the very topmost pinnacle of the Cathedral's tower. I think this is only the second time I've witnessed this for real, though the best video we ever captured is repeated below. I just love the way the male soars in from the right and then lands right in front of the camera.
From comments left on the blog, it's clear that a number of readers are now returning after a year's absence. If so, welcome back. Our web camera addresses had to change last year. So if your favourite links are no longer working, simply follow the links provided on the top left of this blog to reach our live cameras and other resources.
Technical problems.
Both our Philips DVD/HDD 3460H recorders have been exhibiting identical faults over the last year, with both disc trays being immensely reluctant to open. Maybe it's the dusty atmosphere inside the bell-ringing chamber. I've been forced to use project funds to purchase two identical replacement machines on the second-hand market as there seems to be no modern players available at a sensible price that allow continuous recording from external video sources. This is far from ideal as I've lost confidence in Philips equipment in recent years. Nevertheless, I'll be popping one up into the cathedral tower to swap over our equipment in one of my forthcoming lunch-hours, so hopefully I'll be able to pull off a few more videos than have otherwise been possible recently.
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No egg by 0500 Thursday morning but a strange clump of prey feathers or other debris is right where an egg would be laid (NM reminded me that eggs will appear whitish during the night time).
Nick B (DWT)
- 24 March 2011 at 05:13
- Craig said...
06.53 Also no egg. Looks like the Falcon is on the Tower. Hopefully shes waiting for the weekend so more people can watch :)
- 24 March 2011 at 07:00
- Joy said...
9.35a.m. Peregrin on side of the scrape on this beautiful day. An awful lot of prey around won't it go off in this weather, never seen so much before. The one on the tower seems to have been there for days.
- 24 March 2011 at 09:36
Lots of 'gifts' from our male in the tray. I'm going for 0505hrs sunday morning
- 24 March 2011 at 09:56
- AnnieF. said...
Mrs. F. (I think) is perched on the scrape ledge and Mr. is on the tower.
I'm putting my money on early tomorrow morning for egg #1 - some time between midnight and 6 am. Any takers?
- 24 March 2011 at 17:48
- AnnieF. said...
They're both on the tower now, facing each other. It's an amazingly strong bond they have.
- 24 March 2011 at 18:10
hi,just wondering if anyone is watching the Nottingham peregrines...I havent seen the male for a few days and was wondering if anyone else has..thanks
- 24 March 2011 at 18:37
- Craig said...
@Anon re Nottingham
I've seem him, he's around.
re Derby
Didn't they do a similar thing last year keeping everyone waiting. They enjoy a good tease don't they.
- 24 March 2011 at 21:12
- jean (Scotland) said...
Yes! The Nottingham Peregrines are fine, saw them both this morning
- 24 March 2011 at 22:11
First egg sunday I reckon.
- 25 March 2011 at 13:59
do they have another nest site??sadly it looks like they might have laid there??
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NIFTi journal article published
A comprehensive article describing the NIFTi system design and deployment in Mirandola, Italy, has been published in the special issue of Advanced Robotics on Disaster Response Robotics.
NIFTi in the Horizon Magazine
An article about robotics and urban search and rescue, prominently featuring NIFTi and its follow-up, TRADR, has been published in the Horizon Magazine.
NIFTi at the European Robotics Forum 2014
ERF 2014 was held in Rovereto, Italy, and NIFTi was there!


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What is it about "The Rule of Law" that these Republicans just can't seem to keep straight?
The letter which Ohio's Secretary of State, J. Kenneth Blackwell (supervisor of fair and free elections in Ohio, as well as Ohio Co-Chair of the Bush/Cheney Re-Elect Committee) apparently asked supporters for illegal corporate donations, according to AP:
A pledge card with the letter from Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, a Republican who co-chaired the Bush-Cheney election campaign in Ohio, said "corporate & personal checks are welcome."
Corporate donations are illegal in Ohio.
As we reported earlier in the week, the letter in which Blackwell takes credit for "helping deliver the great Buckeye State for George W. Bush" along with hitting every Christopublican Hotbutton Phrase in the Karl Rove "How to Win Elections and Influence Gullible Americans" handbook, was created to raise funds for Blackwell's gubernatorial bid even while recounts in Ohio were still ongoing. (We have recently updated that original report to include the text of the entire letter, by the way).
Then there is the matter of the official-looking letterhead used in the fundraising letter (the outside envelope refers to him, apparently without irony, as "The Honorable Ken Blackwell"):
While we're fairly certain that the use of official letterhead to raise funds for an upcoming campaign would be a no-no, we're not certain about the use of this official-ish letterhead, and the official-ish looking version of the Great Seal of the United States along with it.
We had hoped to look into the requirements for the legal use of the Great Seal this week until several items distracted us. Amongst them, live coverage of only the second time in well over one-hundred years that an arcane Constitutional provisional had to be invoked in Congress, thanks to Mr. Honorable's Ohio Election calamity, and, of course, the business of final preparations for America's Velvet Revolution which we hope to officially get underway on Monday.
In the meantime, we welcome any thoughts, research or other contributions via comments here on the letterhead matter from any of you crime-hating freedom-lovers out there on the Internets. Crime-justifying, GOP-apologists need not apply.
UPDATE: It should be noted that the letter reported on by AP, included in the Democratic House Judiciary Committee's 102-Page report of evidence suggesting fraud and/or malfeasance in Ohio's election, and blown up for use behind Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) during his speech last Thursday in the historic Congressional debate on the Ohio Electoral challenge was originally discovered and reported by RAW STORY.
AP chose not to give the Internet-only News Source the proper credit for their excellent original reporting. The reasons for that we will leave to the reader to discern. We don't wish to make the same mistake ourselves, however. We linked to them in our original story on the matter several times, but should have credited their hard work in this report as well!
UPDATE: 1/12/05 "Blackwell Ignores Rule of Law! Twice in Same Letter!"


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South Centre Fine Cars began in the late 1950's along a dirt road in south Calgary called MacLeod Trail. It originally started life as Pados Volkswagen with Mr. Pados, a dedicated believer in this new little German car at the helm. Pados Volkswagen grew, riding the wave of increasing popularity of the strange looking yet fuel efficient cars and buses from the German manufacturer of the "people's car".
In the 1970's, the dealership changed hands, the new owners changed the name to South Centre Fine Cars, as they were no longer selling just VW's, they'd also picked up the sister marque, Audi.
In the late 1980's, it was time to expand. South Centre Fine Cars moved from it's original location, approximately where the Chinook Home Depot now looms, to it's current location at 5512 MacLeod Trail SW. The Porsche line was also added to the store's lineup to help fill the brand new building.
In 1995, South Centre Fine Cars was purchased by it's current owners, the Shostak family. The Shostaks were no green peas, having owned and operated our sister store, Fifth Avenue Auto Haus since 1984. Progress continued as did the popularity of the VW, Audi, and Porsche lineups. Soon there was again a need for expansion, so in April 2002, the family opened yet another sister store, Glenmore Audi. At the same time our current building at 14 years old, got a freshening to the tune of about $1.5 million to serve you better.
That pretty much brings us to today, a state of the art facility, and a state of the art team, steeped in rich history. Having been in business this long…we know our stuff, and we know how to make you happy.
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MONDAY: EPA Administrator to Make Clean Air Act Announcement as Part of the President's Climate Action Plan
Release Date: 05/30/2014
Contact Information: EPA Press Office, firstname.lastname@example.com, 202-564-4355
WASHINGTON – Monday, June 2nd at 10:30 a.m. EDT, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy will deliver remarks on what steps EPA is taking under the Clean Air Act to carry out President Obama's Climate Action Plan to cut carbon pollution from existing power plants, the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. The announcement will outline a common sense and flexible approach to cut harmful pollution, protect public health, continue economic growth, and spur innovation.
WHO: Gina McCarthy, EPA Administrator
WHAT: EPA Clean Air Act announcement
WHERE: EPA Headquarters (William Jefferson Clinton East)
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WHEN: Monday, June 2, 10:30 a.m. EDT
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Changed a "die" to a "confess".
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Fixed race condition while checking the emergency tracing file.
Fixed so that the ETracing parameter overrides the environment variable.
Took out hacks.
Emergency hack to test error tracking.
Modified so that errors will appear in the trace file by default.
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Finished up the Sapling server methods.
Fixed an HTML error in the trace output.
Added new functions to support the seed viewer debug console.
Fixed run-time warning in GetHopeReactions.
Added code for memory tracing.
Changed HTML tracing output to format multiple-line trace messages the same way the tracing console does.
Added a method to dump an object to the trace file. Removed the idiotic tool-header thing. Changed URL tracing to handle large parameter sets more gracefully. Added some utility methods for handling hashes, strings, and numbers. Fixed an error in the universal sorter. Added a utility method for get/set methods
When tracing CGIs run at the command line, make the tracing code honor the TRACING envar.
Retooled for parallelism. Added ability to specify new trace modules in scripts.
Added the ability to default to forked mode in StandardSetup.
Added a new method for converting an options hash into a command line. Made tracing a little bit more thread-safe.
Clarified a comment.
Changed to ignore RSS messages at specified IP addresses. This is so Bill's Nagios tests won't get flagged.
Added a method to compare lists of strings.
Fixed Warn to leave $@ intact.
Fixed the feed so that it is thread-safe and changed it so that it can be used from Wiki pages.
Added the Clean method. Moved some code around so that it makes more sense.
Enhanced to memorize the command line in StandardSetup.
Changed to provide better support for StandardSetup.
Made the RSS error feed more useful and generally prettier.
Twiddled the RSS error feed to make it better.
RSS feed now includes the referrer. Fixed so that level-0 messages display even if the category is turned off.
Added the Warn method that creates an RSS2 sumnmary of a trace event. This method is automatically called by Confess, which means most crashes will generate an RSS entry.
Fixed some formatting glitches.
Moved in SiteMeter code. Fixed pod docs.
Changed useless "warn" to useful "carp" in &Trace(). -- /gdp
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Changed tracing default to stderr.
Reorganized methods into sections.
Changed POD format for better compatability with Wiki.
Enhanced "Insure" to allow specification of a chmod value.
Fixed output format of HTML tracing.
Fixed a bug in Confess.
fix infinite loop in Confess
Updated to display the size of the tool_hdr file in Confess, and fixed so that only the individual package name needs to be specified, rather than the fully-qualified package name.
Fixed a bug in emergency tracing for non-file destinations.
Changed default trace level for StandardSetup back to 2.
Added support for double hyphens.
Added tracing of command-line options to StandardSetup.
Added an end-of-line-character option to PutLine.
Fixed a bad comment.
Added tracing. Made the new-line stripper in GetLine more robust.
Changed URL builder to use new ";" notation.
Added a method for applying URLs to a text column. Fixed a comment.
Added more tracing.
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Fixed the tracing destination display shown by ScriptFinish.
Upgraded emergency tracing to work with command-line tools.
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IPs are too fluid, so the emergency tracing now uses cookies.
Implemented a new IP-based file-controlled tracing system that can be activated from the test forms page.
Cleaned up tracing. Improved support for file tracing from CGI scripts.
Added a trace for query URIs.
Added the ability to write a raw string in the PutFile method.
Added a method to trace CGI parameters.
Updated the script utilities to allow for URL templates.
Fixed a bug in CompareLists.
Added a method to compare sorted lists.
Changed a PageBuilder call to use the new signature.
Added a PutFile method. Changed GetFile to use the local Open method.
Added a method to send SMS to a phone using Clickatell.
This time for sure!
Fixed SetPermissions bug.
Added tracing to find the permissions bug.
Added "CommaFormat" method.
Added a safe percentage function.
Upgraded "AddToListMap" so that it can handle a list of new values.
Fixed a loop bug in SetPermissions.
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Fixed a missing use.
Added a method to set permissions.
Exported the ChDir function.
Added some new options to the StandardSetup method.
Added some new file-manipulation methods.
Added a background flag for nohup scripts.
Added ability to override default trace level in StandardScript.
Fixed so that if the temporary directory is unavailable, the StandardScript method will echo trace to standard output only.
Fixed a comment.
Changed default tracing method to append a user name or PID to the name of the trace file.
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Added a help facility to "StandardSetup".
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Fixed an error in the documentation.
Added the StandardSetup method to simplify and standardize processing of command-line parameters.
Added license words.
Fixed some comments. Added a constant that can be used as an EOF trailer. Fixed "Strip" to work when an undefined value is input.
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Added the new TICK method that can be used in place of the back-tick operator to insure environment-independent functioning.
Fixed some bugs in tracing.
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Gary OakGary Oak (Jp. Name: Shigeru)
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Gary, the grandson of renowned Pokémon Researcher, Professor Oak, has had a life long rivaly with Ash Ketchum. Starting based on a fishing scuffle where they both claimed ownership of a Pokéball used for fishing, Gary has always had it in for Ash. Gary started off as an extremely arrogant kid who somehow managed to amass a group of Cheerleaders, cheering only for Gary. After he lost in the Pokémon League, Gary ditched the cheerleaders and after some soul searching, started to become less arrogant and more of a compotent Pokémon Trainer. Finally, after his defeat against Ash, Gary, with humility, mended the fences with Ash finally and decided to stop being a Pokémon Trainer and instead to follow in his grandfather's footsteps and become a Pokémon Researcher.
Gary defeated 10 Gyms in Kanto and got to the Fourth Round in the Pokémon League. He also has defeated at least 8 gyms in Johto and came in the Top 32 in the Silver Conference
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In a decade of NATO-led war in Afghanistan, it was one of the highest-profile attacks. On the afternoon of September 13, Taliban insurgents in a high-rise building fired rockets and bullets at the U.S. Embassy and the headquarters of NATO's International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, both in Kabul's heavily fortressed "green zone." Within seconds, U.S. Embassy personnel bolted for bunkers and passers-by fled the area.
Sangar Rahimi of The New York Times rushed to the scene. As he took notes during the blitz, many things worried him, from whizzing rockets to nervous Afghan police. "I'm not sure what scared me most--the rockets or the panicked cops with their fingers on the trigger," Rahimi said.
Throughout the war, foreign media have relied on Afghan colleagues--commonly known as fixers, although many are now seasoned journalists in their own right--to assist with things like arranging interviews and interpreting. Most crucial, these Afghans guide international correspondents' coverage of the country's evolving and complex war, helping determine whether a story is feasible or deadly.
If you happened to visit Kabul before 2001, you would have found Rahimi as a budding doctor. Following a path similar to those of many Afghans working with foreign media, Rahimi had graduated from Kabul Medical University but, with few job prospects, found himself offering English-language services to foreign journalists. The work meant a decent income that his medical degree would not have provided during wartime. And over the years, Rahimi and fellow Afghans earned increasing journalistic recognition, including bylines and greater responsibilities within their news organizations.
Bonds between these Afghans and their foreign counterparts have grown strong after sharing close calls at insurgent checkpoints, enduring threats from warlords, and surviving brushes with roadside bombs. "They are comrades, colleagues, and journalists," said Jonathan Landay, a senior McClatchy national security correspondent who has reported on and off from Afghanistan since 1985. "You trust them with your life. If they say to me, 'Look, this place is not safe and we need to leave,' I drop everything and go." And to be clear, Landay added: "It's not a one-sided affair. These are smart, educated people. They do not take on jobs without knowing the risks."
Still, with the partnerships come unsettled questions. While Afghan journalists, typically young and ambitious, perform much of the same work as foreign correspondents, they run greater risks. They cannot leave the country at will. Western troops can mistake them for insurgents. In great swaths of Afghanistan, their association with foreigners leaves them marked as infidels and spies. Some have paid the ultimate price for their work. Among the dead: Sultan Munadi, who was shot in 2009 during a British-led rescue mission that freed his colleague, New York Times correspondent Stephen Farrell, from Taliban captivity. There was also 24-year-old reporter Ajmal Naqshbandi, who was abducted by the Taliban with Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo in 2007. Mastrogiacomo was released; Naqshbandi was beheaded after the Afghan government refused Taliban demands to release imprisoned insurgents.
"We've lost many friends," said Farouq Samim, who worked for years in Afghanistan for The Chicago Tribune and Al-Jazeera. Afghan journalists say that economic pressures--their income often makes them their family's breadwinner--can compel them to accept risky assignments they would otherwise refuse. "I've seen young Afghans who felt pushed to go to places they should avoid, to meet people who were simply too dangerous," Samim said.
There are also the inherent dangers of war reporting. On July 28, U.S. forces killed Ahmad Omaid Khpalwak, a 25-year-old Afghan working for the BBC in the eastern city of Tarin Kot. About noon that day, suicide bombers attacked the government complex, which included news offices where Khpalwak filed stories. As Khpalwak fled, U.S. forces shot him, mistaking him for a suicide bomber about to detonate his explosives. Twenty-one journalists have been killed in Afghanistan since the conflict began in October 2001, CPJ research shows.
Over the years, Rahimi, 30, has moved up the hierarchy of local journalists. Also in the established go-to club is 26-year-old Habib Zahori, who has worked with New Yorker staff writers and contributed to the McClatchy news service and The Washington Post. The two journalists earn a Western-sized salary and are increasingly reporting stories under their own byline, leveraging years of shadowing foreign correspondents. "A lot of these guys are just incredible, courageous journalists, pushing the levels of safety to get a story," said Tim McGirk, a former Time bureau chief who has reported on Afghanistan since 1990.
But because of his work, Rahimi can't go home. For the past two years, his family's village in Laghman province, which neighbors Kabul, has been off-limits. Rahimi believes it was his reporting on the 2009 assassination of a high-ranking intelligence official in Laghman province by a Taliban suicide bomber that got him labeled as a "traitor and bad Muslim." While reporting the story with Farrell of the Times, he went to the hospital to see civilians also wounded by the suicide bombing. Fellow villagers spotted Rahimi with Farrell. "They said, 'Hey, what are you doing here with that foreigner?'" Rahimi tried to distance himself, saying that he was a doctor and was there to treat the wounded. "They knew I was lying," Rahimi said. "I was standing there with a tripod. I panicked and only made things worse."
Days later, a group of men approached Rahimi's father at the village mosque. "They told my dad, 'Your son is working with infidels,'" Rahimi said. Animosity for Afghans who work with Americans can run deep. "Powerful people in my village tribe see my work with foreigners as a major crime and that I'm more guilty for the deterioration of Afghanistan than any foreigner," he said. "I'll be targeted if I go back."
Zahori said that when he walks the streets and bazaars of Kabul with a Western journalist, he hears Afghans whisper insults his way. "I've been called a spy and a shoe-licker of foreigners by my people," he said. It's a stigma that will not likely disappear. "I expect the work that these Afghans are doing now will be considered even more ugly if the Taliban come back to power," said Abdul Mujeeb Khalvatgar, director of the Afghan media advocacy group Nai.
The dangers to the press in Afghanistan are unique worldwide in that international media have borne the brunt of deadly attacks. Two-thirds of those killed in Afghanistan since the war began were foreign journalists; of the seven Afghan journalists killed during that period, five worked for international news organizations. Elsewhere in the world, even in countries embroiled in conflict, local journalists working for local news outlets have had the highest fatality rates.
International news media rely on local assistance all over the world, but most heavily in hot spots such as Iraq, Somalia, and Afghanistan. These local colleagues--some established journalists, some not--serve as interpreters, guides, and conduits to sources. The work is extremely dangerous: CPJ has documented the deaths of more than 70 local support workers worldwide since 2003, with the heaviest fatalities coming in Iraq.
For Afghans based full-time in the provinces, danger is always near. Away from Kabul's relative safety bubble, they live in areas where insurgent groups can hold sway. Any hint of their work with foreigners could prompt retaliation. Many give their Western colleagues Muslim-sounding names when adding their numbers to their cell phones. To keep their occupations hidden, particularly in volatile areas such as Kandahar, Afghanistan's main city in the south, they lie to their relatives about their work.
"The vast majority of the country's default position is to be suspicious or hostile toward Americans or anyone working with them," said Quil Lawrence, Kabul bureau chief for the U.S. media outlet NPR.
Everyone takes precautions. "You must figure out the possible risks through long conversations," said Alissa Rubin, Kabul bureau chief for The New York Times. She asks her Afghan colleagues many questions: Is it too dangerous for them to report from their home province? Would it be safer to report the story remotely, phoning a source instead of going in person? If they do head out to meet a source, is there a chance that, this time, he might sell them out to kidnappers? "And it's not only the Taliban that I'm worried about," said Rubin. "I get far more worried when we write about official corruption, the government, and links to organized crime. That's extremely dangerous. We're talking more about criminal networks, less ideological and more ruthless and daring."
Indeed, Zahori said that after he helped The New Yorker's Dexter Filkins report on corruption within Kabul Bank, one of Afghanistan's largest financial institutions, he expected reprisals, perhaps from the discredited, but still powerful, bank executives themselves. When the story came out in February, Zahori went underground. He changed his routines, altered his commute along Kabul's dusty city streets, and turned off his cell phone for several days. When he restarted his phone, he didn't answer unrecognizable calls. "I'm not worried about myself, but about my family," Zahori said. Like many Afghans, he lives with his immediate and extended family in a compound in an unsecured area of Kabul. "If something happens, I might send the family to Pakistan. I don't know what I would do, really."
For many, the overriding concern is what will happen after 2014, when NATO forces are scheduled to leave and, with them, numerous foreign correspondents and bureaus. Add to this the possibility of the Taliban's regaining power. "We've been working with foreigners and will be the first ones punished," said Hashim Shukoor, a 27-year-old pediatrician who has worked since 2003 with foreign media, including McClatchy. "We're extremely concerned about our future. We see it as dark with no light inside."
Worried, some Afghans are searching for a way out. Local journalists said that conversations often revolve around visas, international scholarships, and other opportunities abroad. But no legal exit is guaranteed. "What's clear is that it's time to leave," said Rahimi, "especially for those of us maligned or defamed by working with foreigners." Rubin, his boss, is also worried. "What's going to happen to the Afghans we've worked with?" she said. "This needs thinking through now."
A small number of Afghan journalists have found safe havens, albeit temporarily, in Europe. One organization, Sweden's Fojo Media Institute, has offered shelter to Afghan journalists, as it has to reporters from countries such as Pakistan and Colombia. Fojo also facilitates medical care and psychological counseling. "But we should be considered a last resort, a short-term solution," said Johan Romare, Fojo's international director.
Scholarships can be another way out. In 2009, Samim won a scholarship offered to Afghans to earn a master's degree in communications at the University of Ottawa in Canada. More than 300 people applied for the five slots, which were offered in partnership with the Open Society Foundation. Samim's wife and three children have since received visas and have joined him in Canada. But their visas came only after myriad letters of support from the foreigners Samim met during his work as a journalist, and with the direct backing of a Canadian member of parliament. "I got lucky," said Samim, who is now applying for asylum with his family. "My kids don't want to go back. They feel the danger that still exists back home."
The path is less certain for Afghan journalists seeking U.S. visas. "There's always this dubious question about whether they're really a journalist," Rubin said. Indeed, the Obama administration's new, more rigorous background checks for visa applicants have lengthened backlogs. The process could take years. (In 2008, the U.S. Congress approved the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act, which allowed Iraqis affiliated with U.S. government agencies and media outlets to apply for direct resettlement to the United States. A special visa program has been established for Afghanistan as well, but it is not open to Afghan journalists.)
Some journalists said that U.S. news organizations should band together and apply pressure on Washington to expedite visas for their Afghan colleagues. "There's an obligation on the part of Western news organizations to help their Afghan employees if things start turning for the worse," Landay said. "It's these very Afghans who have helped us do our jobs. They've been crucial in helping us inform Americans about the war."
Zahori isn't hopeful. "Look, my country has been labeled as a factory for terrorism," he said. "It'll take a lot to convince a consulate official that I'm not a terrorist. You have to be rich or politically connected to get a U.S. or European visa."
Both Zahori and Rahimi are applying to U.S. journalism schools. Inculcated with the drive to report, Rahimi said: "I believe that working with the media, exposing the corruption, will help my people even more so than medicine. I know the dangers, but journalism is my passion."
Monica Campbell is a San Francisco-based freelance journalist and former CPJ consultant. She reported from Afghanistan in early 2011.


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Fire broke out on a Russian nuclear submarine undergoing repairs, but no injuries or radiation leaks have been reported.
Russian news reports said the Monday fire on the Tomsk submarine at repair yards in the Pacific Coast city of Bolshoi Kamen was extinguished with foam.
The Tomsk, capable of firing cruise missiles, has been undergoing repairs since 2010. Reports said all its weaponry had been removed and that the reactor was shut down, although it was not clear if any nuclear material remained in the reactor.
The Tomsk is of the same class as the nuclear submarine Kursk, which sank in 2001 in the Barents Sea after an explosion, killing all 118 people aboard.


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Hello guys, I found an episode of Downtown Juice on YouTube. I think there are more episodes of this obscure Downtown show. Enjoy!
soudou wrote:
45 files, 14.5GB worth.
Roughly (not sure which are complete episodes etc.):
1-2, 4-13, 15-22, 24-27, 29-34, 36-43, 45-47, 49.
andylau-fr wrote:
Maybe you could make a torrent of it? I don't know your network speed, but i think it would make it more easy to share instead upload one by one.
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That's good! Do they have their original commercials like the one I posted?


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December 13, 2012
As a simple tale of attempting to achieve the impossible dream, the beautifully shot Bekas – which means 'parentless' – works on various levels and presents an intriguing childlike perspective of Kurdistan, Iraq, in the early 1990s, when Kurds were desperate to escape the country and Saddam.
Bekas has the warmth and passion (and sweetly freewheeling story) to appeal to younger audiences.
Shot with passion and with non-actors (the two young leads offer gritty enthusiasm rather than any great acting skills), the film is also semi-autobiographical, with writer/director Karzan Kader leaving the region in 1991 aged six with his brother, and declaring that Bekas is his story. The film sceeened at the Dubai International Film Festival.
More likely destined to festivals which have sidebars for children's cinema, Bekas has the warmth and passion (and sweetly freewheeling story) to appeal to younger audiences, though it may be a bit to twee and at times ungainly for adults.
The film opens amusingly, clearly laying out the deep relationship between brothers Dana and Zana (Zamand Taha and Sarwar Fazil), a parentless pair who struggle to get by but who are still innocents at heart. Opening on a dusty soccer pitch in 1990 where they encourage and blame each other, the game is interrupted with the great news that the local cinema is showing Superman.
The kids all rush to try and get into the cinema, though Dana and Zana take the alternate route and climb onto the building's roof to try and watch through a skylight. They are promptly chased away, but a glimpse of this superhero fuels a childlike fantasy to escape to America where – clearly – Superman lives.
So begins their (at times dangerous) attempt to cross borders and reach America. They have no idea where it is ("just a few miles away" one assumes) and draw their own passports, but despite virtually no help from adults – who are generally abuse towards these two urchins – they head off on their road trip, initially on a donkey, but then in the back of cars or hiding underneath trucks.
There are a few moments of drama and a glimpse of where the film may go if Kader had decided to make it more realistic and darker, but he opts for melodramatic childish enthusiasm to drive the story (though the two young stars do tend to shout most of their lines rather than deliver them with thought) towards a sense that they may well eventually succeed in their drive to escape.
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Producer: Sandra Harms
Executive producers: Peter Possne
Cinematography: Johan Holmquist
Main cast: Zamand Taha, Sarwar Fazil


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Pirates activate Stewart from DL, option Sanchez
PITTSBURGH -- Pirates catcher Chris Stewart, who underwent right knee surgery on March 19, has been recalled from his rehab assignment and reinstated from the 15-day disabled list. To make room on the active roster, catcher Tony Sanchez was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis.
"It's been a long time coming, so it's good to be back up here with the guys," Stewart said. "Obviously, I didn't get traded over here to rehab down in the Minor Leagues. It's good to be back and try and help this team win some ballgames and make the playoffs."
Stewart went 3-for-4 on Thursday night with Indianapolis and went 6-for-15 (.400) with a double and a walk in four rehab games with the Indians. Stewart also went 2-for-7 with a walk and a run scored in three rehab games with Class A Advanced Bradenton.
"I don't know what happened, I was unconscious down there," Stewart stated. "I don't know if Dr. Andrews put some hits in my knee when he gave me surgery, but it's just nice to get out there on the field and know that I'm healthy and I can contribute now."
Sanchez hit safely in all six of his games with the Pirates, going 6-for-18 (.333) with a double and four RBIs.
"Sanchez was in here today and we spoke at length," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "I thanked him for his service here, his willingness to work and still play. [He has] to continue to work on what he's got to do to meet the demands of the games up here, whether it be game scheming, throwing, blocking. Now he needs to play. There's a bat there that needs to get reps, there's a throwing arm and a defensive skill set that need reps as well. He's looking forward to going down and getting engaged in an environment where he's going to have an opportunity to play."


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Yummy Plants: a vegan lifestyle website and community. We can help you start a vegan diet!
sea vegetables and vitamin b12
People following a vegan diet are often concerned about getting enough B12. We checked with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) to get their guidance about supplementing vitamin B12.


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Bikerbob wrote:yeah, I hear ya, just wondering why after soo long this cannot be fixed? could not the data be migrated somewhere else? Or am I now the only one who needs it?
sporniket wrote:For the record, the article is not in the source page, I have to edit the article to see it in the edition textarea.
AnthonyJ wrote:As a first test, I've successfully imported all pages except the templates (I didn't think they were that important but it seems they are), and all of the content is visible. I've not yet attempted importing files, but it seems like that isn't too hard to import either (php maintenance/ImportImages.php seems to be what is needed on the import end).
The textual content comes to 79Mb as an XML file, and took a few minutes to import but worked well. All revision history is preserved, and search works etc. This is all currently on a local server, not on anything internet visible. Does anyone have a suitable host?
Does anyone have a suitable host?
mzry wrote:That's all well and good AnthonyJ... But I just want my update for Q4Max
You could try Exxos, he no longer graces this forum, but I know he was interested at one point.
Grabulosaure wrote:If anyone needs it, I could mirror the Wiki on temlib.org.
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Joseph Smith Fought Polygamy—Volume I, by Richard and Pamela Price, can be purchased at the Restoration Bookstore or from our online store. Articles on this subject continue to be published in Vision magazine, which also can be purchased at the Restoration Bookstore or online. It is planned that this additional material will be compiled into future volumes.
For a general understanding of both the origins of polygamy among the Latter Day Saints and the several conspiracies to falsely implicate Joseph in polygamy, read the article on our Web site, "Joseph Smith: Innocent of Polygamy," by Richard Price.


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This city was built for the Roztoky 2010 display, which will take place in April near Prague (Czech republic). It will be there a part of huge castle layout.
You can probably recognize the city hall. The tan house belongs to a fisherman, md blue to a draper and dyer, white to a baker and sand green to a doctor. The blacksmith shop can be found underneath the city hall. You can found more little scenes and doings, if you have a look...
This city is dedicated to my grandmother Anna, who died during the building.
God bless Michal H.
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Laura Newman Biography
I was born in New York and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I grew up in a very culturally diverse household, my mom being from Spain, and my dad from Colombia.
That alone gave me various ideas of lifestyle and fashion. The works of Karl Lagerfeld and Reed Krakoff have always inspired me. However, my interest in the world of fashion didn't surface until I spent three months living in Paris. It really exposed me to the different styles and trends that I didn't get a chance to see everyday back home. Currently, I am majoring in public relations and minoring in retail merchandising at Florida State University.
My dream is to one day open my own PR firm with an emphasis on the fashion industry. I am presently interning in the fashion division of the PR firm, Tara, Ink. This internship has given me some great first hand experience as to what I can expect, and I anxiously look forward to future opportunities that may be in store for me.


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Vigilance needed in nanotechnology
University of Calgary chemistry professor David Cramb is a step closer to helping solve a complex problem in nanotechnology: the impact nanoparticles have on human health and the environment.
Cramb, director of the Faculty of Science's nanoscience program, and his researchers have developed a methodology to measure various aspects of nanoparticles in the blood stream of chicken embryos. Their discovery is published in the March online edition of Chemical Physics Letters.
"With the boom in nanomaterials production there is an increasing possibility of environmental and/or human exposure. Thus there is a need to investigate their potential detrimental effects," says Cramb. "We have developed very specialized tools to begin measuring such impacts."
Nanoparticles are particles or groups of atoms or molecules nanometers in size. One millimetre (or the diameter of the head of a pin) is equal to one-million nanometres. Nanoparticles are already used in the cosmetics industry and are being developed for drug delivery, diagnostic imaging and tissue engineering, to name only a few applications. It is estimated investments in nanotechnology globally will reach about $12 trillion US by 2012.
Cramb is looking for ways to help answer questions including: If embryos are exposed to nanoparticles, where will the nanoparticles go? How will the embryo respond? What regulatory approaches can be recommended to mitigate accidental exposure? How can nanotechnology be made green and sustainable?
"Bioaccumulation studies involving embryos are being conducted in our laboratory," says Cramb. "These studies are important since chronic nanotoxicity in an adult organism could be related to exposure during the development process. Additionally, acute exposure may affect embryonic viability."
Cramb and his researchers studied motion and light induced changes in nanoparticles by focusing a laser beam into a blood vessel containing nanoparticles and measuring fluorescence. (The measurements provide a determination of particles aggregation in the vessel). This is unique because it has never been done in a live embryo. The results will now allow measurement and understanding of uptake into embryonic tissues.
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Tuesday night saw the O'Reilly Open Source Awards. The awards are given to those who have made significant contribution to the open source community. Our thanks and congratulations to all the recipients.
A steadfast contributor to the Samba project for over 15 years, Jeremy is an active advocate of free software and the GPL. He also does a wickedly funny impersonation of Steve Ballmer.
Deb has worked tirelessly in getting open source software into state and local government agencies for the last 10 years. She is an expert in knowing how best to get open source software through bureaucratic hurdles and most importantly how to explain the value of open source to State and Local politicians.
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Second campaign finance lawsuit filed against Gessler
A second lawsuit has been filed against Secretary of State Scott Gessler, accusing him of overstepping his authority and issuing new campaign finance rules that conflict with state law and the Colorado constitution.
Denver elections attorney Mark Grueskin filed the case in Denver District Court on behalf of David Paladino, a Democratic candidate for state Senate district 27; Mike Cerbo, executive director of Colorado AFL-CIO; Pro-Choice Colorado PAC; Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains Ballot Issue Committee and Citizens for Integrity.
Colorado Common Cause and Colorado Ethics Watch also sued Gessler on Friday.
Gessler, who issued the rule rewriting state rules in February, has said the groups and individuals who oppose the changes "have stacked the deck in their favor" and that he isn't surprised by the challenges.


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California Assemblyman is Trying to Put SeaWorld Out of Business
Something like this was bound to pop up in the wake of the acclaimed documentary Blackfish: a California state assemblyman named Richard Bloom has proposed a bill that would ban orcas from being used for performative reasons.
Though the language of the legislation is stiffly formal, there is no doubt that this is about putting SeaWorld more or less out of business. In announcing the bill on Friday, Bloom appeared alongside Blackfish director Gabriela Cowperthwaite and two ex-SeaWorld trainers.
After the death of trainer Dawn Brancheau in 2010, SeaWorld's business has been teetering, and it has only gotten rockier since Blackfish debuted last year. Late in 2013, SeaWorld appealed an Occupational Safety & Health Administration ruling that severely limits interactions between trainers and killer whales. (SeaWorld's lawyer, by the way, is Anton Scalia's son.) It has also targeted an OSHA official that it alleges leaked classified documents to the producers of Blackfish.
The park has also slashed admission prices after plummeting attendance led to two straight quarters of negative net revenue. Things picked up for SeaWorld at the end of last year, but the worst is yet to come: the company has over $1 billion in debt, which it refinanced with a $1.4 billion loan last year.
That money is owed back by 2020, but if the backlash instigated by Blackfish continues its momentum, creditors may find themselves shit out of luck.
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Guys, I don't know what's wrong with me.
So I saw this guy at my busstop, never saw him before but apparently lives in the same village as me, but anyway I didn't gave so much attention to him. But when we got off the bus and went into the train we both had to take, he couldn't stop staring at me. I thought this was really weird.... and now I can't stop thinking about him. >__<
I want to know who this guy is! I've lived in this village for 17 years, how come I never saw him before... But this isn't love at first sight, is it? I mean, I just want to know the fella's name... And why he was staring at me...
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Title cat helps narrate darkly comic 'Bengal Tiger' at Ion Theatre
Yes, Ion Theatre's latest play features a person playing a tiger. Yes, that person in the Broadway production was the comic renegade
And no, this show is not anything like "The Lion King."
Rajiv Joseph's "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo,"
Ron Choularton, the distinguished San Diego actor who plays the tiger in Ion's production, says the character is a beast more in name than in appearance.
"He's basically a regular person," Choularton says. "He's kind of an untidy, scruffy-looking character. But there's nothing feline about him."
He also "swears like a trooper, this tiger. We didn't know Bengal tigers had such foul mouths."
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Ion's staging of "Bengal Tiger" is the first locally for the work, a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2010. (The play and two others, "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity" and "In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play"), were chosen by the Pulitzer jury but controversially passed over by the full Pulitzer board in favor of "Next to Normal.") Here's a look at the five most recent Pulitzer-winning plays and their San Diego productions:
2009: "Ruined," by Lynn Nottage. Local premiere at La Jolla Playhouse, 2010.
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2011: "Clybourne Park," by
2012: "Water by the Spoonful," by Quiara Alegría Hudes. Just announced as part of the Old Globe Theatre's 2013-14 season; it will go up in April 2014.
2013: "Disgraced," by Ayad Akhtar. No local production yet, but Akhtar's "The Who & The What" will get a world premiere at La Jolla Playhouse in February.
The play takes its cues from a real-life incident at the Baghdad Zoo in 2003, after the U.S. invasion. A Bengal tiger, one of the zoo's relatively few surviving animals, bit and mauled an Army sergeant and then was fatally shot. (The soldier died four years later of complications from his injuries.)
In the play, says Choularton, the tiger becomes a kind of wandering narrator, pondering such questions as "where is God, why does he let these things happen? He's really searching for God for a good part of the play."
The play, a San Diego premiere, is teeming with ghosts (including that of Saddam Hussein's son Uday). It's being directed for Ion by co-founder and executive artistic director Claudio Raygoza, who appears in the show along with Choularton, Brian Abraham, Evan Kendig, Linda Permenter, Jake Rosko and Olivia Ruiz.
None of whom you're likely to find singing "Hakuna Matata" in this soul-searching work.
Ion Theatre's "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo"
When: Previews begin May 10. Opens May 18. 8 p.m. Thursdays-Fridays; 4 and 8 p.m. Saturdays. Through June 1.
Where: BLKBOX Theatre, 3704 Sixth Ave., Hillcrest
Tickets: $15-$33
Phone: (619) 600-5020
Online: iontheatre.com