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The Vacant Lot is an episode of Hey Arnold!.
Arnold and his friends clean up a dirty lot to play baseball on, but when the adults find the lot, they take it over and use it for their own reasons.
Arnold and Gerald are trying to find a place to play baseball since they play on the street and a car always passes by. They find an abandoned lot and decide to clean it up. They fix it, play ball, and name it Gerald Field. They leave for home and then a bunch of adults like Grandpa, Mr. Green, Ernie, and Suzie take over the field.
The kids discover too late what happened. They try to play baseball anyway, but all the adults get in the way. They end up being kicked out of the lot. They are reduced to using a small alley for playing. They find out the adults have a hard time using the lot and are constantly arguing about its use. One tries to use a certain spot, but someone else says it is for another thing. The kids decide they have had enough and dump a dumpster full of garbage on the field. The kids say that this is what it looked like before they put in all the work to clean it up. Gerald adds if the adults want it so bad, they can have it the way they found it, as a dump.
Then the kids leave. The adults finally feel guilty and decide to do something nice. They turn the lot into a real baseball field. They decide to play ball, while Mr. Hyunh keeps running while screaming "play ball". Grandpa ends the episode with "Will you be QUIET?!"
- There are two trucks seen. The first one says "LANDSCAPERS CO." and "555-DIRT"; the second one says "I'LL DIG ANY HOLE FOR A PRICE" and "1-800-EAT-MY-DIRT".
- The kid with the green shirt, blonde hair, and glasses is called "Robert". He's never actually called by name and even stops being credited through the middle of Season 5.
- Helga watches Court TV.
- This is the first episode where Brainy manages not to be hit by Helga.
- Harold makes a non-speaking cameo throughout this episode.
- Suzie was not turning the lot into a real baseball field with everyone else.
- The list of things the adults did with the vacant lot:
- Ernie Potts - Planted tomato crops
- Harvey - Raising Chickens
- Mr. Green - Horseshoes and Sweat Tan
- Phil - Checkers and Relaxing hammock
- Suzie Kokoshka - Croquet
- Mr. Hyunh - Checkers and Potted Plants
- Mrs. Vitello - Flower Garden and Bacci-ball Court
- When Helga tags Gerald out, her catchers mitt has turned into a normal fielder's glove.
- After Sid breaks the window, everyone is seen running out of the alley, except for Arnold, Helga, and Sid. In the next shot, Sid's already standing on the pavement when Helga and Arnold walk out.
- In reality, no one would be able to claim the vacant lot as theirs unless they purchased a permit from City Hall.
- Ernie has no unibrow when he said he feels like a real heel.


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Five Cornish disability charities have joined forces to say the councillor who resigned over comments that disabled children should be 'put down' as they cost Cornwall too much, and was then re-elected, is not fit to hold office.
Reiterating their call for him to stand down, the joint statement on behalf of The Parent Carer Council for Cornwall, Disability Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, Cornwall People First, the National Autistic Society (West Cornwall Branch) and Cornwall Downs Syndrome Support Group thanked people for attending a protest meeting at County Hall, and those leaders of the council's political parties who came out to speak to protesters and "share their own concerns with us".
The statement said: "Unfortunately, despite Cornwall Council's efforts to set up a meeting between the Parent Carer Council, Disability Cornwall and Cllr Brewer, it did not go ahead", claiming that this was due to Mr Brewer being "signed off sick".
Adding they look forward to rescheduling this meeting "at the earliest opportunity".
The charities say that since Cllr Brewer's re-election to Wadebridge East, they have heard from "many people in that area who are mortified by this result".
Saying: "We believe and many people have told us, Brewer is not representative of Wadebridge or of Cornwall."
Adding they feel his comment was not made as a Cornish joke, to provoke debate or as a wind up and that his re-election was adding insult to injury. Adding Mr Brewer had caused "immense upset and distress" to many good citizens in Cornwall.
Calling Mr Brewers' statement following his re-election "triumphant", the charities have said they believe he is not fit to hold public office."
It adds: "His re-election sends entirely the wrong message to the people of Cornwall at a time when disabled people are experiencing increasing intolerance and abuse in their communities.
"We have no option but to accept the democratic process however flawed it may seem in this case, but we ask again that Cllr Brewer re-consider his position and find an alternative way to make a contribution to his community."
"Let's not forget, if the complaints process itself was fit for purpose in the first place, and a more appropriate sanction applied, Collin Brewer would probably never have had the chance to stand for re-election."

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Joel Hanrahan tossed a quick eighth inning — getting three outs on just seven pitches — last night against Arizona, then went back out to start the ninth. It was only the third time in 66 outings this season that Hanrahan pitched more than one inning.
"I guess if I want to keep it to just one inning, I've got to keep it to 15 pitches or something," Hanrahan said with a laugh. "I felt fine and I wanted the ball that next inning."
After getting a strikeout and walking two batters, Hanrahan gave way to Evan Meek in the ninth. Meek got two easy outs and wound up the winning pitcher when Ronny Cedeno hit a walkoff single in the bottom of the inning.
Meek and Hanrahan will split the late-game duties the rest of the season, a tuneup for their spring training showdown for the closer's job.
Lineups for tonight's game:
Diamondbacks (59-89) – 1. Stephen Drew ss, 2, Kelly Johnson 2b, 3. Mark Reynolds 3b, 4. Miguel Montero c, 5. Adam LaRoche 1b, 6. Ryan Church cf, 7. Brandon Allen lf, 8. Gerardo Parra rf, 9. Barry Enright (6-4, 3.39)
Pirates (49-98) – 1. Andrew McCutchen cf, 2. Jose Tabata lf, 3. Neil Walker 2b, 4. Pedro Alvarez 3b, 5. Ryan Doumit rf, 6. John Bowker 1b, 7. Ronny Cedeno ss, 8. Chris Snyder c, 9. James McDonald (3-5, 4.13) rhp


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Vitaly Kuznetsov
Vitaly Kuznetsov is a research scientist at Google. Prior to joining Google Research, Vitaly received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. Vitaly has contributed to a number of different areas in machine learning, in particular time series analysis, structured prediction and ensemble methods. His current research interest is machine learning theory with practical impact.
Personal website: cims.nyu.edu/~vitaly
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In an interview with CBS News Correspondent Jim Stewart, Corvallis, Mont. resident Dan Henson talks about his experiences with his Remington Model 700 rifle. The following is a full transcript of the interview.
Don Henson: "I aimed and took it off safety and I go to pull the trigger and I cant pull the trigger. So I cant figure it out and I bring the gun back down and Im fooling around with it and I hit the safety again like this, my fingers werent even close to the trigger and Im holding it like this and it goes off."
Henson: "When I explained it to the wife and she said she had had a similar experience."
Henson: "I pull up my gun and take a careful aim to shoot and I move it off safety to fire and I cant pull the trigger. And Im trying to pull because the deer is standing there and I got a good sight on it and I cant pull the trigger, so I bring the gun back down.
Henson: And I hit the safety with my finger with my finger off the trigger and all of a sudden it goes 'BOOM'. Just by hitting the safety again, it went off. Needless to say, we put the gun away and decided not to use it."
Henson: "She (my wife) had the same problem happen with her. And she was too embarrassed to tell me because she thought it was her problem and not the guns problem. Now we know its the guns problem and not our problem."
Henson: "Had I turned to show her what had gone wrong, I could have shot her and its very frightening."
Henson: "Im trying to find a gunsmith who would look at it and I feel comfortable with and is familiar with the gun, other than Remington who would give me an idea of what it would take to fix the safety and to fix the problem. And if I cant do that, I guess Ill put the gun away or destroy the gun because I certainly cant give it to my children or grandchildren knowing that its an accident that could happen."
Henson: "Im very disappointed in Remington. Ive had Remington ever since I was a child. Ive had numerous Remington guns, different models and I know theyre a big company and I would think they would be more concerned with the problems that have occurred."
Henson: "Theres been no action by Remington, which is very disappointing."
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The Big BKR Smackdown: YOUR #1 Song of 2012
On Friday, we hosted the Big BKR Smackdown, presented by Henderson Chevrolet, Buick, GMC. Chad, Dave and myself started at 7:00am and counted your votes, round by round until 7:00pm! We started with the top 92 songs of the year and YOU voted your favorite to the Number 1 song of 2012.
So, which song won?!? Here's YOUR Top Ten:
10. Take A Little Ride – Jason Aldean
We knew that we'd be seeing a lot of this guy all day long and we did! Don't believe me? Just keep reading…
9. The Only Way I Know – Jason Aldean with Luke Bryan and Eric Church
How can you not love Jason, Luke AND Eric all sandwiched together?!? Love it!
8. Kick It In The Sticks – Brantley Gilbert
To say we were all shocked at #8 is an understatement! Especially since I think I've heard it twice. But, then again, we all know that my love for BG is minimal. Nevertheless, here he is, loud and proud!
7. Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain) – Gary Allan
I think I can speak for everyone when I say, "Welcome back Gary! We've missed you!" How great is it to have his great voice back on the radio! Looks like y'all agree too!
6. Something Bout A Truck – Kip Moore
This newcomer has joined the country music scene with a bang! How much fun is this song?!? At #6, I'd say you think it's reaaaally fun!
5. Springsteen – Eric Church
We all really thought that this great song from EC would make at least the Top 3. But, it just fell short coming in at #5. Actually, song #4 took it out of the running!
4. Better Dig Two – The Band Perry
Not that we don't all love this trio of siblings, but none of us ever expected this song to be in the Top 5! Now, we all love it, we just didn't know how much YOU loved it! Looks like 2013 is going to be a GREAT year for TBP!
3. Over You – Miranda Lambert
It's no secret that I LOVE Miranda! She's my BFF! (Ok, she doesn't know that but I'm pretty sure if we were to ever meet, she'd love me, ha!) This reigning CMA Song Of The Year just fell short of being your favorite, but I guess Top 3 isn't so bad!
2. Cruise – Florida Georgia Line
C'mon, y'all sing along… "Baby you a song, you make me wanna roll my windows down…and Cruise!" Funny thing is, I'm sure most of you sang along to it, ha! This brand-spankin new duo is reaaaally making waves in country music. And, I LOVE them! I think these boys will be around for a long time and I think y'all voted perfectly for them!
And your Number 1 song of 2012 is……….
PONTOON – Little Big Town
Ooh, Ooh Ooooh!! Ha! If this wan't the feel-good song of the summer, then Luke Bryan's not my baby-daddy! I think Chad, Dave and I all predicted that this LBT tune would be your top vote getter, but I'm not sure we thought it would be such a smackdown! Pontoon won every battle they were in by huge numbers! We all agree with your choice and didn't mind hearing it so many times yesterday when it kept advancing thru each round.
In celebration of their overwelming victory, let's watch the video!
THANK YOU SO MUCH for listening and voting for your favorite songs all day long in our Big BKR Smackdown! We had a blast and hope you did too! Until next year…


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PHOENIX – Arizona has traded outfielder Justin Upton to the Atlanta Braves in a seven-player deal that sends former All-Star infielder Martin Prado to the Diamondbacks.
The Braves also get third baseman Chris Johnson. Atlanta is giving up four minor leaguers in the deal, including top pitching prospect Randy Delgado. The other minor leaguers headed to Arizona are right-hander Zeke Spruill, shortstop Nick Ahmed and first baseman Brandon Drury. Prado, projected to play third base for the Diamondbacks, can become a free agent after this season.
Upton, who has five-plus major league seasons but still is just 25 years old, will join older brother B.J. Upton, who recently signed a free agent contract with Atlanta. The younger Upton, who has three years and $38.5 million left on his contract, had been the subject of trade speculation throughout the offseason and vetoed a trade to the Seattle Mariners.
Prado, who joins fellow Venezuelan Miguel Montero in Arizona, made the All-Star team in 2010 as a second baseman and played mostly in left field last season. A versatile infielder, Prado was projected to move to third base for the Braves this season to replace the retired Chipper Jones.
Diamondbacks President Derrick Hall said via Twitter that the team wants to sign Prado to a long-term deal.
Free agent Morgan signs with Japan
Free-agent outfielder Nyjer Morgan has signed with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Japan's Central League.
The team says the 32-year-old Morgan will join the BayStars on a one-year-deal worth $1.6 million.
Morgan has a .280 batting average, 130 RBIs and 117 stolen bases over six seasons in the major leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Nationals and Milwaukee Brewers. He hit .304 while helping Milwaukee win the National League Central in 2011, but slumped to .239 last season as the Brewers failed to make the playoffs.
The BayStars are expected to use Morgan as the No. 3 hitter in a batting order that also includes former major leaguers Alex Ramirez and Tony Blanco.
Martinez returns to Red Sox
Pedro Martinez has returned to the Boston Red Sox.
On Thursday, Martinez, a three-time Cy Young Award winner and eight-time All-Star, who spent seven seasons in Boston, was brought back to the franchise. He will serve as a special assistant to general manager Ben Cherington.
Martinez became a Red Sox starting pitcher in 1998 and was a key cog in the 2004 team that brought a World Series title to Boston for the first time since 1918.
With the Red Sox, he went 117-37 with a 2.52 ERA. He has the best winning percentage in franchise history, and ranks third in strikeouts (1,683) and sixth in wins (117).
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Karsh Kale Will Return to Joe's Pub at The Public, 6/28, 8/2 & 23
"Visionary composer and producer" (Billboard) Karsh Kale returns to Joe's Pub at The Public with a series of Collective Sessions. The band is John Shannon on guitars and vocals, Rajeev Maddela on drums and percussion, Rajna Swaminathan on mridangam, and Kale on tabla, keyboards and electronics. The shows are on Saturdays, June 28 (11:30PM), August 2 (Midnight) and 23 (11:30PM). Tickets are $18 in advance / $23 at the door, and available: www.joespub.com or 212-967-7555.
In the past 12 years as a solo recording artist, producer, composer, performer and DJ, Karsh Kale has set the world of electronic fusion on fire, helping to create a genre of new music and culture that continues to influence an entire generation. His varied body of work has compelled fans and critics to proclaim Kale as a pioneer and a trail blazer, not only opening doors for his own career but for an entire scene to emerge in the world of electronica and fusion music. Kale continues to reinvent his ever-evolving sound and has established himself as one of the world's most sought after fusion artists.š
Kale is also a genre-bending collaborator and a world-renowned tabla player and musician, exploring the worlds of electronica, Indian classical music, rock, jazz fusion and hip-hop, which has led him to work with the world's best artists. He has performed with groups Sound Tribe Sector Nine and Universal Robot Band as well as jazz legends like Pharaoh Sanders, Henry Threadgill , Amina Claudine Meyers and Vijay Iyer; rock stars like Buckethead (Guns and Roses/Praxis), Serge Tankian (System of a Down), Will Calhoun (Living Colour); and electronica stalwarts Paul Oakenfold, BT and Grand Mixer DXT. As a DJ, Kale has created remixes for artists as wide ranging as Paula Cole, DJ Spooky, The Cure, Sting, Midival Punditz, Yoko Ono, Anne Rani, Janaka Selktah, and is featured on many compilations worldwide.


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Tokyo, Jan 10 (ANI): U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Japan and China to resolve their Islands dispute calmly through dialogue.
In a telephone conversation with Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, Clinton 'encouraged that the dispute over Senkaku Islands must be solved through dialogue and calm on all sides', State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.
Nuland said that Clinton also reiterated the U.S. stance on the dispute, the Japan Times reports.
The United States said it does not take a position on the sovereignty of the Japan-controlled islets in the East China Sea, but has stated they are covered by the Japan-U.S. security alliance under which Washington would defend Japan in the event of an armed attack.
According to the report, Clinton's remarks in her talks with Kishida underscored that Washington remains opposed to any escalation of tensions between Asia's two largest economies. (ANI)


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Sesame Street Season 47
Sesame Street's 47th season officially began Saturday January 7 on HBO. After you see the new episodes, post here and let us know your thoughts.
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Mikio Aoki
|Mikio Aoki
|Prime Minister of Japan
|In office
3 April 2000 – 5 April 2000
|Preceded by
|Keizō Obuchi
|Succeeded by
|Yoshirō Mori
|Personal details
8 June 1934
Izumo, Japan
|Political party
|Liberal Democratic Party
|Alma mater
|Waseda University (Incomplete)
Mikio Aoki (青木 幹雄 Aoki Mikio, born 8 June 1934 in present-day Izumo, Shimane) is a Japanese politician. He was Chief Cabinet Secretary in the cabinet of Yoshirō Mori[1] also served as Secretary-General of the LDP in the House of Councillors.[2] He studied at Waseda University but did not graduate. He served as acting Prime Minister of Japan following Keizō Obuchi's coma in 2000.[1]
- ^ a b French, Howard W. (2000-04-04). "With Japan's Premier in a Coma, Succession Moves Get Under Way". New York Times. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- ^ "Koizumi's powerful economic lineup". Asia Times. 2003-10-02. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
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Heavier sanctions on Russia could backfire
WASHINGTON — Underlying the talk about taking harsh punitive measures against Russia for its military incursion into Ukraine are economic complications and worries that sanctions levied against Moscow could, in the words of the Kremlin, "boomerang" back on the U.S. and Europe.
Heavier U.S. and European Union sanctions could sting Russia's already slow-growing economy and hurt its financial sector. But Moscow could retaliate and seize American and other foreign assets or cut exports of natural gas to Europe, which is heavily dependent on Russia for energy.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday warned Secretary of State John Kerry that U.S. sanctions could "backfire," the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement. During a telephone call, Lavrov urged the U.S. not to take "hasty, poorly thought-out steps that could harm Russian-U.S. relations, especially concerning sanctions, which would unavoidably boomerang on the U.S. itself," the statement said.
In a separate statement on Friday, the Russian Foreign Ministry also warned the European Union that any sanctions it imposed would not go unanswered and would harm "the interests of the EU itself and its member nations."
Declaring his determination not to let the Kremlin carve up Ukraine, President Barack Obama on Thursday slapped new visa restrictions on Russian and other opponents of Ukraine's government in Kiev and authorized wider financial penalties against those involved in the military intervention or in stealing state assets. Obama emphasized his resolve in an hourlong telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, affirming his contention that Russia's actions violate Ukraine's sovereignty.
On Capitol Hill, both chambers of Congress looked to advance legislation imposing hard-hitting sanctions on Russia.
Obama hailed U.S. cooperation with the European Union, which on Thursday suspended talks with Putin's government on a wide-ranging economic agreement and on granting Russian citizens visa-free travel within the 28-nation bloc. But Europe's presidents and prime ministers remain divided on taking more drastic steps such as freezing assets and issuing travel bans on Russian officials.
European hesitancy reflected the reality that targeting influential Russian businessmen or major Russian companies would also harm Europe's economic interests. U.S. trade with Russia is less than one-tenth of Europe's.
Russian investors hold assets worth billions in European banks, particularly in Britain, which is highly protective of its financial sector, and major exporters such as Germany and the Netherlands have far more at stake than the United States in Russia's consumer economy.
Showing greater caution than Obama on sanctions, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said European penalties against Russia depend "on how the diplomatic process progresses." EU President Herman Van Rompuy said travel bans, asset freezes and the cancellation of an EU-Russia summit could still come. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk acknowledged "no enthusiasm" in Europe for economic sanctions.
In some ways, the debate over sanctions echoes the Cold War doctrine of military strategy in which if two opponents fired off nuclear weapons, both sides would be annihilated.
"There is a kind of mutually assured destruction relationship here," said Steven Pifer, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and analyst at the Brookings Institution think tank in Washington. "Russia could say, 'Well, we're going to cut off your gas, and you guys can now scramble and buy extra gas and pay big prices.'
"It would hurt the Europeans, but it also would cut off the biggest source of cash that flows into Russia today," he said referring to oil and gas sales that account for about 60 percent of Russia's exports and half of its government revenue. "So the Russians may threaten some things, but they also have to consider that if they do that what it would do to the Russian economy."
The State Department sought to allay fears that Europe might find itself short on Russian gas.
"We understand that European gas inventories are well-above normal levels, due to a milder than usual winter, and could replace a loss of Russian exports for several months, if necessary," spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. "Naturally, we take the energy security of our friends very seriously."
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, saw an opening for U.S. gas producers. He called on Obama to fast-track approval of U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas, claiming the Energy Department has a slow approval process that amounts to a de facto ban on American natural gas exports.
The Energy Department has given final approval to one of about two dozen proposed liquefied natural gas export terminals in the past two years. Five other projects have received conditional backing.
However, even if the Energy Department approved all the pending permits from companies seeking to export natural gas, fuel could not begin flowing overseas for several years. A project in Sabine Pass, La., is tentatively scheduled to open in late 2015, but most others are not expected to begin operations until 2017 or later.
Ariel Cohen, an expert on Russian and Eurasian affairs at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, said he doesn't know whether the Europeans would be willing to impose tough sanctions, particularly against Russia's banking and financial systems. Even if the Europeans don't, the U.S. needs to take the lead or risk allowing Russia to alter current world order, he said.
"Either we take a lead or the international system goes back to the chaos and high-risk levels that existed before World War I and between World War I and World War II," he said. "This is very serious. I cannot emphasize that enough. People who talk about 'Oh, we won't get cheap gas from Russia' or 'The Russians will get angry' — they do not look at it beyond the current geopolitical and international order."
If Russia grabs Crimea, Iran would be less willing to give up an ability to develop nuclear arms. "The message to Iran would be: If you have nuclear weapons you will not be attacked, your regime will be intact. If you don't have nuclear weapons, your regime can be toppled and pieces of your territory can be taken away."
Associated Press writers Julie Pace and Matthew Lee in Washington, Juergen Baetz and Mike Corder in Brussels, Lynn Berry in Moscow and Yuras Karmanau in Simferopol, Ukraine, contributed to this report.
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Alex Thomson, thanks for joining us.
What you saw today, have you ever seen the size of Ukrainian forces or the resistance this big?
ALEX THOMSON: Well, you have hit on the central point here.
As is the way with these events, there will be an enormous amount of, frankly, propaganda, and blame and attrition from both sides, but you do really need to focus in on what is new and what is, above all, indisputable about what happened today in Mariupol. This is a sizable city.
Now, we have seen forces of Ukraine and we have seen armored personnel carriers and so forth penetrate into certain urban areas, big cities. Sometimes, that's easy for them to do for security reasons, not always a difficult event, and it's not particularly difficult in this city itself.
Today, we saw those scores of soldiers. They needed a vast coach to transport them up to this police station at one point. There were armored personnel carriers. There were tracked vehicles with cannons. They looked like small tanks and there were rocket-propelled grenades. And they certainly used the weaponry in what was a sustained firefight.
This is new in a center of a big city.
HARI SREENIVASAN: What are the security concerns for this weekend's planned referendum vote?
ALEX THOMSON: The security concern — I think the number one security concern here is that nobody has, frankly, the faintest idea of what the number one security concern is.
Now, I don't wish that to sound flippant in any way, shape or form. But there are a number of factors which are completely unpredictable here. Clearly, we do not know what may or may not be the next target for this ongoing operation masterminded by Kiev, as they see it, to eradicate and evict what they see as terrorists. That's the term they use, these militias who've taken over government buildings.
This is happening in a number of different cities large and small. So, we don't know what may be the next target, but clearly when and if that happens, that can provoke violence. As regards to the referendum, well, it's absolutely clear from everybody you speak to on the ground that that will go ahead. How many people will turn out, how many people feel it's safe to turn out, we just don't know.
HARI SREENIVASAN: Any reaction on the ground to Putin's visit to Crimea today?
ALEX THOMSON: The action that we have seen behind us, we naturally thought it might be gunfire, was a number of firework displays.
And don't be surprised if you hear some bangs going off as we speak, because it is an enormous day, this Victory Day celebration of the Soviet effort, indeed success, in overthrowing and repulsing the Nazi fascist attack 69 years ago in the conclusion of the Second World War. So, that's what you're going to see.
I think, as regards Vladimir Putin, Ukrainians — and I use that word across the length and breadth of this country — will absolutely take from that what they want to take. It doesn't matter, frankly, what Vladimir Putin does. He is going to be a hero. He is going to be the father figure. He is going to be the great leader, and, unquestionably, you have to say he and Russia are having a great streak of self-confidence at the moment.
That is how many people will see him. Obviously, many, many other people in Ukraine will see him as a mastermind about — behind what is happening here, as someone who they allege is playing a huge part in destabilizing events on the street.
I don't think either side is going to be shifted one iota, frankly, by what Vladimir Putin did or didn't do both in Red Square earlier in the day and more laterally when he flew into the Sevastopol in the Crimea Peninsula.
HARI SREENIVASAN: Alex Thomson of ITN in Donetsk in Eastern Ukraine, thanks so much.


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Winnipeg drivers tend to balk at all the stuff that makes them safer.
Try to calm traffic through River Heights with roundabouts and a summer rebellion brews. Try to block roads to deter commuter cut-throughs and a city councillor's phone lines light up. Let's not even suggest de-synchronizing green lights at night to stop speeding.
But those are the things other major cities are testing to reduce traffic fatalities, going street by street to make intersections safer.
In New York City, where the new mayor has pledged to eliminate traffic deaths in a decade, the city will renovate 50 of the dodgiest intersections and arterials every year. Engineers are looking to add a cascading set of safety tweaks, all fairly cheap, such as clearer lane markings, new left-turning lanes and lights so drivers don't feel pressure to turn too soon, bigger medians for pedestrians and even adjusting traffic lights to slow speeders at night.
Already, at intersections that have been overhauled, fatalities have decreased by a third, according to New York City's Department of Transportation.
Winnipeg does virtually none of these things on a large, co-ordinated scale, even though nearly 8,000 people were injured in crashes in Winnipeg in 2012 alone. Few innovative best practices can been seen on city streets, due largely to the city's meagre traffic-safety budget. Just $1.1 million is spent annually on safety fixes, a number that has been stagnant for years and mostly gets hoovered up by a few new lights and crosswalks.
When a traffic death occurs, city engineers try to review an intersection to see if they can make it safer, but there's virtually no proactive safety improvements on the go.
City transportation manager Luis Escobar says the city is doing what it can with the cash it has. Countdown timers are now popping up on some intersections, telling pedestrians and motorists how many seconds they have to cross and how fresh is the green light. There have been significant improvements for disabled people, such as the bumpy yellow pads on intersection sidewalks. Roundabouts, the scourge of River Heights a few years ago, are now the default option for new intersections. The city could see 20 more over the next few years, including perhaps one at Panet Road and Molson Drive.
And, unusual for most major metropolises, all of Winnipeg's traffic-light poles are built to break away and topple over easily when hit by a car, which reduces impact injuries.
But significant safety tweaks typically mean slowing traffic, tough to do in a car city with virtually no freeways. Major roads such as Kenaston Boulevard and Pembina Highway do double duty, funnelling people into the downtown fast while also providing access to residential neighbourhoods and businesses. Those hybrid roads are hard to plan around.
"It's very, very difficult," said Escobar.
Still, Jeannette Montufar, a University of Manitoba traffic engineer, says the city could do exponentially more to make intersections models of safety. Instead of being aggressive and risking a little bit of motorist backlash, engineers compromise too much.
"They're trying to keep everyone happy. You want the residents to be happy. You want the politicians to be happy and the public to be happy," she said. "Sure, you make it safe, but you could do much more. Because you have to balance all these different needs and all these people yelling at you, you end up with something that could be better."


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Your shoulder joint can dislocate forward, backward or downward. A common type of shoulder dislocation is when your shoulder slips forward (anterior instability). This means your upper arm bone moved forward and down out of its joint. It may happen when you put your arm in a throwing position.


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Stuart A. Miller takes the helm of UM's board; Hilarie Bass and Richard D. Fain elected vice chairs.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (May 16, 2014) —
The University of Miami has named Stuart A. Miller, a dedicated member of the UM Board of Trustees since 2002, as its Chair. Elected as Vice Chairs are Hilarie Bass and Richard D. Fain. Additionally, the Board elected the following members: Michael J. "Pete" Piechoski and Doyle N. Beneby as Alumni Trustees, and Amy Halpern as Student Trustee. The Board of Trustees is responsible for governing the University of Miami, one of the top private research universities in the United States.
From 2012-2014, Stuart Miller, J.D. '82, served as Vice Chair of the UM Board. He is a legacy Trustee member, as his father, the late Leonard M. Miller, served as Chair of UM's Board from 1995-1999, and had been active on the Board since 1983 until his death in 2002. An innovative and renowned business leader whose family has had an indelible impact on the University of Miami, Stuart Miller is Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Lennar Corporation, one of the nation's largest homebuilders.
With Stuart Miller at the helm, Lennar, co-founded by his father, has expanded its leadership in the homebuilding industry while diversifying into all aspects of construction, as well as financial services. He led the firm through a series of successful acquisitions and marketing advances, and spearheaded its creative corporate culture. Today, the company builds homes in 18 states.
Miller also serves as the Miller School of Medicine's Chair of Momentum2: The Breakthrough Campaign for the University of Miami, and is the standard-bearer of his family's outstanding tradition of generosity and commitment to UM. Thanks to a gift of $100 million, the largest gift from a family in the University's history, in 2004, UM School of Medicine was renamed the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine in his father's honor.
The Miller family's long-standing commitments have also extended to the enrichment of Judaic culture and studies through the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, and earlier this year, a naming gift to build the future Braman Miller Center for Jewish Student Life at UM Hillel. Stuart Miller is also a generous supporter of the UM School of Law and Hurricane Athletics.
"I look forward to working with Stuart Miller, who has been a dedicated Trustee, as he steps into the new role of Chair," said University of Miami President Donna E. Shalala. "Leonard Abess has dedicated his tenure as chair to personally champion the incredible research and teaching taking place here at UM. I thank him for his leadership and his ongoing commitment to the University."
Outgoing UM Board Chair Leonard Abess has served as a Trustee since 1997 and was appointed chair in 2011. Like Miller, he followed in family footsteps that are deeply rooted at the University. His late father, Leonard L. Abess Sr., served as a UM trustee, as did his maternal grandfather, Arthur Ungar. In the 25 years that Leonard Abess served as CEO of City National Bank of Florida, he turned it into a multibillion-dollar financial institution. When he sold City National Bank in late 2008, it was the only U.S. financial institution with over $1 billion in assets to garner five stars, the highest possible rating, for safety and soundness.
Proud parents of a recent graduate, Abess and his wife Jayne are spearheading the University's industrious effort to reach the next level of academic excellence by serving as the Chairs of Momentum2, the University's $1.6 billion fundraising campaign. Devoted environmentalists, the Abess family established an endowment that named the University's Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy in 2006. They continue to support the center's mission of finding innovative, interdisciplinary solutions to the world's most complex environmental problems.
Vice Chairs
Hilarie Bass, J.D. '81, President of the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, has served as a Trustee since 2003. Recently, she provided a $1 million commitment to the law school. In her honor, the popular study area at the school will be renamed as "The Bass Bricks." Bass serves as a member of the School of Law's Visiting Committee and Momentum2 Campaign Committee Co-Chair and the School of Education and Human Development's Campaign Chair.
Richard D. Fain, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., has served as a Trustee since 1997. Royal Caribbean's partnership with the UM Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science fully funds the scientific research program on Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas cruise ship, the first ever cruise ship outfitted with ocean and atmospheric science laboratories. Fain has also generously donated to the RSMAS Scientific Dive Center and the Hillel building campaign fund.
Alumni Trustees
Michael J. "Pete" Piechoski, BBA '76, is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Peter Kiewit Sons' Inc. in Omaha, Nebraska, one of North America's largest construction and engineering companies. Piechoski recently pledged a multimillion-dollar gift to support the President's and Provost's strategic initiatives.
Doyle N. Beneby, MBA '97, is the President and CEO of City Public Service of San Antonio (CPS Energy), the nation's largest municipally owned energy utility, providing both natural gas and electric service.
Student Trustee
Amy Halpern, from Chesterfield, Mo., is a rising senior, majoring in business law and marketing. A member of Iron Arrow, Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board, Order of Omega and Rho Lambda Honor Societies, Halpern serves as the Panhellenic Association President and is the Program Coordinator of IMPACT Leadership Retreat, an annual leadership conference for rising leaders run by the UM Butler Center for Service and Leadership.
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The Allende Arts Festival gratefully acknowledges the support of:
We would like to thank our generous donors, without their financial support the Allende Arts Festival would not be possible.
- Jorge Schönherr
- Dundas Euclid Animal Hospital Professional Corporation
- Joe Mihevc
Opening Reception: Wine provided by ProChile and the generous support of the
Consulate General of Chile
Festival Program 2010
Opening Reception
Time: 7PM-10PM
When: Friday September 10th, 2010
Where: George Brown College
Address: 230 Richmond Street East (view map)
Exhibition: September 10 to 25, 2010
Hours: Monday to Saturday 9AM-5PM
All Events are Free
Closing Party @ Lula Lounge $15
Pop and Politics: an exhibit by Julio Ferrer
Photo-Documentary by Christian Peña
Christian Peña explains:
"For me the photographic image is about documenting collective histories and remembering the past. After leaving my birth country of Chile for Canada after the military coup of 1973 I grew up with more questions than answers. My passion for photography grew out of my need to recover some of my lost memories of a country and a family I never knew".
"A country without documentary is like a family without a photo album"
Patricio Guzman
Political Poster Art Exhibit - Signs of Hope: Chilean Poster Art of the late 60s and early 70's
Signs of Hope showcases a series of posters produced in Chile between 1966 and 1973. It explores the diverse aesthetic and ideological sources from which Chilean Poster art borrowed and nurtured itself, creating its own authentic and powerful tool for dialogue between an expanding social-political movement and an active audience. An audience engaged in creating new ways of participating, of conceiving the possibilities of social justice and political change, which provided the world a glimmer of hope.
Curated by Rodrigo Barreda
Artist Talk and Lecture
Julio Ferrer
Julio Ferrer was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba in 1973.
In 1992 he graduated from the National School of Visual Arts in Havana.
Ferrer has participated in 76 group exhibits and 18 solo exhibits. His art belongs to private and public museum collections in Cuba and other cities in the Americas and Europe.
Since 1990 Ferrer has won 21 prizes for his work at both national and international level. In 2006 he was selected Artist of the Year of his province in Cuba.
Julio Ferrer moved to Canada in 2006 where he continues his career as an independent artist.
Rodrigo Barreda
Rodrigo Barreda is a Chilean-Canadian Graphic artist, artistic director and curator. He is co-founder and Artistic Director of the Salvador Allende Arts Festival for Peace. His work is concerned with the study of political art and the construction of an alternative interpretation of history. Barreda is also Curator of the Solidaridad Museum Project in Toronto. The Museum strives to broaden public understanding of the history of the Chilean Diaspora through multifaceted programs: exhibitions; research and publication; collecting and preserving material culture art and artifacts relating to the Chilean communities living abroad; annual commemorations; distribution of educational materials and teacher resources; and a variety of public programming designed to enhance understanding of the impacts of military interventions in political processes and related issues, including those of contemporary significance. Barreda is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, 2000 and is presently Graphic Design Manager of the United Way, Toronto.
Mural Projects
Creating collective responsibility at various sites throughout the City of Toronto.
Barrio Nuevo is working with Cesar Rodriguez, a Latin professional mural artist, to create a series of community murals in Toronto. The series is supported through a community arts grant from the Toronto Arts Council.
The process of planning and co-creating the murals will be used as a vehicle to bridge gaps and perceived differences in our communities. The hope is that the project will encourage youth not only to foster a sense of collective responsibility for their community, but also to become empowered agents for the betterment of their society.
The three murals are located in high priority neighbourhoods, please visit:
- Shoreham Park (Jane and Finch),
- San Lorenzo Community Centre (22 Wenderly Drive)
- Center for Spanish Speaking people (2141 Jane Street)
- to take place in September.
EVENTS @ Artscape Wychwood Barns
Familia Saturday
Saturday September 11th, 2010
Artscape Wychwood Barns
601 Christie Street (view map)
vidA by Mariana Medellin-Meinke
Time: 15 minute performance noon and 3PM
vidA is a contemporary movement and installation piece. Performance by Ceinwen Gobert, Whitney Hewitt and Mariana Medellin-Meinke.
vidA is a compilation of fragments, new beginnings, imagination and change.
Mafalda Children Playground
Time: 12:30-1:30pm
Cartoon Character Mafalada
Come and find out who this little girl is. She is MAFALDA
A cartoon character from Argentina who believes that children are people too! Mafalda is a lively young girl who is accompanied by her friends and brings light to the world around her. Children will colour and share a good laugh while reading the comic strips in both English and Spanish.
Latin American Games
Time: 1:30 - 2pm
Have you ever wondered how to fly a kite, play with a trompo or an emboque? Maybe you are a beginner or an expert, either way come and join us and have fun playing!
Banner making
Time: 12 - 3pm
All children are welcomed to put their names, foot/hand prints, or a drawing on the Festival Banner while discovering the meaning of the words: EXPLORE, EVOLVE, and REVOLUTIONIZE!
The banner will be on display
Face Painting
Time: 1:30-2pm
Come and get your face painted!
Snacks: Water, juice and snacks will be provided
Workshops and Activities for Children
Time: 2-3pm
Make your instruments out of household items (Capacity 15 children):
Ever wonder how to make a drum? Or a flute? Or even a maraca, by using simple household items? Well here is your chance to find out! All you need is your hands and imagination to create these musical instruments.
World Story
Time 3-4pm
Here children will get to sit and chill out hearing stories from all over the world. Come and hear fun and interesting stories from around the world.
Learning Traditional Mexican Children Songs with Café con Pan
Time: 3-3:30PM
For all ages
Celebrating Betinho's Legacy with Oven Baked Empanadas
* Fable used by Betinho as a metaphor for solidarity
The humming-bird
" A forest was being devastated by fire and while all animals were running terrified, a little humming-bird was coming back and forth from the river to the fire spot bringing little drops of water in his beak. Noticing that, the lion asked the humming-bird: " Dear humming-bird, do you think you're going to put out all the fire by yourself ? " And the humming-bird answered: "I don't know if I'm going to do it, but I'm doing my part"
Urban Dance Lessons with Lady Noyz
Sandra Alland
Time: 1 PM
Sandra is a Scottish-Canadian writer, multimedia artist, performer and activist. Her work has been published and presented across Canada, the US, Mexico, Bermuda, Scotland, England and Spain.
Music by Café con Pan
Time: 1:20PM
Jarocho music from Veracruz, Mexico featuring musicians Alec Dempster and Kali Niño, zapateado dancer Mayahuel Tecozautla and bassist Chris Banks
Mulambo Groove
Time: 2PM
Mulambo Groove: A magical acousic blend of Brazilian folk/street music put to original tracks and modern arrangements. Lead by Brazilian multi-instrumentalist/composer Luciano Porto. www.myspace.com/mulambogroove
Body of Knowledge
Tuesday September 14th
Time: 7-9PM
Wychwood Theatre/Artscape Wychwood Barns
Body of knowledge is part of a series of presentations and roundtable discussions organized by Matiz-Nuance MultiArts Movement. This series, which addresses the political through Latin American artists in Toronto, will integrate different artistic and academic perspectives to generate discussions and dialogue between the public and participating artists. Body of Knowledge will feature five artists who will present their work in the first half and will engage in dialog in the second half.
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Curated by Carmen Ocampo, Julieta Maria, Sandra Leon
Co-presented by Matiz
Olga Barrios, Dancer
Claudia Bernal, Interdisciplinary artist
Pierre-Yves Serinet, Director of Magic Blanket Productions
Jorge Lozano, Film and Video Artist
Rodrigo Hernandez, Visual Artist
Full Circle: A Night of Dance
Time: 7-10PM
Thursday September 16th, 2010
Wychwood Theatre/Artscape Wychwood Barns
Saudades do Brasil by Newton Moraes Dance Theatre Company
A dance about life, colours, spirituality, reality, and dream.
Choreographer: Newton Moraes
Performers: Yuhala Muy, Amanda Paixao, Jelani A Lam, Bokgabane Rokeepile, Sze-Yang Lam, Mikhail Morris, Newton Moraes.
Rehearsal Director: Mercedes Bernardez
Music: On a Cd songs of Yemanja, Hard Wax - Recorded by Jason knight
Monsters Feelings Collective Presents Revolution by Sebastian Mena
Monster feelings presents "Revolution" has been specifically created for The 2010 Allende Arts Festival. It's a multi-disciplinary performance art piece that merges dance, music and text to create the program. "Revolution" under the Artistic direction of Sebastian Mena is the collectives' most ambitious project yet.
Closing Party
When: Saturday September 25th
Time: 9PM
Where: Lula Lounge
1585 Dundas Street West (view map)
Cover: $ 15


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Danny Glover will produce and direct an epic feature "Toussaint" based on the 1791-1804 successful slave uprising in Haiti.
Danny Glover is getting deeper into filmmaking. According to Production Weekly, the "Saw" actor is set to carry out his second directorial feature work in an action epic feature titled "Toussaint" for Louverture Films.
In making up the project, Glover has already lined-up several big names like Wesley Snipes, Don Cheadle, and Angela Bassett in the cast list while preparing to start the production later this year in South Africa. The actor is also producing alongside Chris Curling and Joslyn Barnes who will pen the script with Vijay Balakrishnan.
Based on the 1791-1804 successful slave uprising in Haiti, "Toussaint" will depict the struggle of a Haitian revolution hero Toussaint L'Ouverture in his effort to lead his people breaking free from slavery to then establish the first independent black republic in his country.
First straying into directing field through the 1994 TV-movie of "Override", Glover has been recognized as a prolific actor with more than 80 acting works in screen features of various genre. His next movie "Dreamgirls", also starring Beyonce Knowles, Jamie Foxx, and Eddie Murphy, is scheduled to hit theaters on December 21 this year.


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Thursday, 9 May, 2002, 11:05 GMT 12:05 UK
'No cover-up' of prison riots
There was no attempt to cover-up disturbances at three separate jails in England in the past week, the Prisons chief has said.
Martin Narey, the head of the prison service in England and Wales, told the BBC it was "ludicrous" to suggest they had tried to keep secret trouble at prisons in Nottinghamshire, Dorset and Doncaster.
He partly blamed overcrowding for the disturbances and reiterated his call for fewer short-term custodial sentences.
The news of the unrest comes as the Prison Service is considering using a further ship to house inmates because jails are over-full.
The prison population in England and Wales is at a record level of 71,000.
Ringleaders punished
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Narey described the disturbances as "worrying" but promised that the ringleaders would spend longer in prison.
More than 80 cells were damaged in the disturbances.
He warned that fewer people should be sent to prison.
"Overcrowding is not helping because every prison is very, very full at the moment.
"This is why it is important that sentencers listen to the home secretary and stop sending short-sentence people to prison when there are adequate community alternatives available," he said.
No-one was seriously injured in the three separate disturbances.
At Guys Marsh, Dorset, last Thursday 30 prisoners barricaded themselves in and damaged fixtures, a Prison Service spokeswoman said.
One prison officer needed hospital treatment for bruising.
At Lindholme jail in Dorset on Monday, 25 prisoners on a wing refused to return to their cells.
The stand-off, classed by the prison service as "indiscipline", ended eight hours later when they surrendered.
At Ranby in Nottinghamshire, on Tuesday evening, 48 prisoners took over their residential unit.
Extra prison officers were drafted before inmates surrendered at 0430 BST.
Prison ships
A Prison Service spokeswoman told BBC News Online that it had been exploring the possibility of using another ship but had not entered into any negotiations yet.
It currently uses the Weare, at Portland in Dorset.
The Times newspaper had said officials had made inquiries about hiring three ships, each capable of housing 500 low-risk offenders.
Home Secretary David Blunkett has tried to ease overcrowding through early release under the electronic tagging scheme.
He has also called on judges and magistrates to be tough on dangerous offenders, but to jail people only when appropriate.
The chief inspector of prisons Anne Owers recently warned that the size of the prison population was compromising work to stop people re-offending.
See also:
21 Mar 02 | UK
Blunkett defends early prison releases
21 Mar 02 | UK
Head to head: Early release tagging
20 Mar 02 | UK Politics
Prison inspector warns of 'musical cells'
06 Mar 02 | UK
Prison numbers hit record high
01 Mar 02 | UK
Head to head: Overcrowded prisons
04 Feb 02 | UK
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Intelligence – smarter than the average bear
Temperament – INTP - but very social and good conversationalist
Religion – non-denominational Christian. I'm looking for someone serious about their faith, but not weird about it. You either know what I mean, or might be what I mean.
Married – close, but no cigar, yet
Kids – have none, would like some
Education – life long pursuit
Activities – hanging out with friends, traveling, cool cultural things
Sports – hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, kayaking, golfing, sailing, almost anything outdoors
Travel – All 50 states, Iceland, UK, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Czech Rep., Costa Rica, BVIs, Turks & Caicos, Canada, and not enough stamps in my passport
Music – Almost anything: MS MR, Dave Matthews, Pink Floyd, Mozart. Generally not Country or R&B
Food – Thai, Indian, Peruvian, Mexican, and anything good.
White wine - not usually
Red wine – Zin, Shiraz, Cab, the bigger the better
Beer – Craft brews, Belgian Ale, Bocks
Liquor – Bourbon, aged Rum, Gin & Tonic, a Kramer (ask me), single malt Scotch
Killer vacations
Picking a great wine or bourbon
Grilling out
Being a friend
Movie trivia
The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
Wise Man's Fear - Rothfuss
Ender's Game
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- Curiosity
- Great coffee - Counter Culture, PT's, Sightglass
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what healthy food to dehydrate next (kale chips rock)
sapiosexual women
The zombie apocalypse
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Law could simplify voter registration
The Queens Chronicle wrote an article about the Voter Empowerment Act of New York bill, which Senator Gianaris introduced along with Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh and the Brennan Center for Justice. Senator Gianaris believes this proposal could save the state and its counties hundreds of thousands of dollars per election.
State Sen. Mike Gianaris (D-Astoria), Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh (D-Manhattan) and the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law introduced the Voter Empowerment Act of New York bill on June 7.
The bill will automatically register eligible consenting citizens at designated government agencies; permit pre-registration of 16- and 17-year-olds; automatically transfer registrations of New Yorkers who move within the state; provide access to voter registration records and registration of eligible citizens online and allow people to register or change their party later in the election cycle.
Computerizing the system could take a burden off election offices, Gianaris said, and thus the proposal could save "the state and its counties hundreds of thousands of dollars per election."
The current system is error-prone, according to Wendy Weiser, director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice.
The legislation could reduce the number of duplicate or outdated registration records and ensure that fewer eligible voters are left off the voter rolls, according to Gianaris.
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I think I may have just outed my dad. You see, my father is a luddite. He is extremely proud of this identity. He uses technology in so much as only when it is an absolute necessity. He has had a cellphone for a couple years. He occasionally listens to CDs using the Discman that I left at home when I went to college. To the best of my knowledge, every email is still printed out. It's not because he can't read them on the computer screen. It seems to be more about maintaining his "ludditeness." My dad does not have an affinity for technology. Although, I recall that he did warm up fairly quickly to the microwave.
Ironically, both of his sons are quite nerdy and into technology. I'm still waiting on my brother to build me a lightsaber, but that's a story for another day. Surrounded by techies (my mom taught me everything I know [2]), my dad has remained steadfastly anti-technology.
I think my dad's views on technology have been instrumental in my own views on tech. Technology is something that my dad interacts with when it is a functional requirement. He uses email for work because that's how his company communicates with him. My dad taught me to always ask "why" with technology. I think that sometimes I project my affinity for technology onto others. My dad always keeps that in check. He never lets me "tweak" his computer or show him something "new."
Recently, I've been pondering the idea of what a student affairs and technology graduate class would look like. Keeping my dad in mind, I've been thinking about how I would structure the class. Starting with "why," I've started a draft and hope to share it soon on the blog. My focus is not about what I would want to learn, but what I think are crucial elements that all student affairs practitioners should know about.
Note: I think that my dad has a fax machine because he knows that I don't know how to use it.
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The Qatari Court of Cassation rules on the necessity for arbitral awards to be rendered in the name of H.H. the Emir of Qatar A recent controversial decision by Qatar's Court of Cassation has ruled on the necessity for arbitral awards to be rendered in the name of H.H. the Emir of Qatar.
An award issued by a Qatari Arbitration Centre obliged the Plaintiff to pay to the Defendant more than QAR 8m. (Note that the Arabic text of the law makes no distinction between the words "award" and "judgment").
The Case at First Instance
In 2010, the Plaintiff filed a civil case with the Court of First Instance in Qatar, seeking to nullify the validity of the impugned award.
In 2011, the Court of First Instance rejected the Plaintiff's case.
Ruling of the Court of Appeal
Later in 2011, the Plaintiff brought the decision of the Court of First Instance before the Court of Appeal. But nonetheless, in a Judgment delivered in January 2012, the Court of Appeal affirmed the finding of the Court of First Instance.
Judgment of the Court of Cassation
In March 2012, the Plaintiff lodged a further appeal with the Court of Cassation, seeking to nullify the validity of the impugned award.
The Court of Cassation's Decision
In justifying the necessity of rendering any arbitral award in the name of H.H. the Emir of Qatar, the Supreme Court reasoned as follows:
In the light of the foregoing, The Court of Cassation overturned the judgment of the Court of Appeal.
This Judgment is only related to awards issued in Qatar. Since the said Judgment is issued by the highest court (Court Cassation), all the lower courts will probably follow same although in theory they are not obliged to do so.
This Judgment is extremely controversial, therefore, we will shortly issue an article to analyse and comment on the legal reasons and effects.
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The history and the birth of the thermal waters of Castéra-Verduzan, meanwhile, goes back at least to the Gallo-Roman. Alternately, property of the Templars in the 12th century, the counts of Armagnac to the reign of Henry IV, then the kings of France, the sources are a real boost in the reign of Louis XV. In 1983, approval for the affections bucco-lingual and periodontal disease is granted. Work is undertaken in March 99. The spa complex opens its doors May 29, 2000 offering in the home, fully renovated, the spa, and construction hemispherical Main Spa.


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Revisiting William S. Burroughs' 'The Junky's Christmas'
As Christmas approaches, it's as good a time as any to revisit William S. Burroughs short story, and the short, animated claymation film it spawned, "The Junky's Christmas." First, some background.
William S. Burroughs—god bless his junky, astral-projecting soul—spent his life exploring underworlds, subcultures and "interzones," from American cities to Northern Africa and South America, always searching, transforming, but never knowing quite where the searching and transforming might lead. He was variously a Harvard student, exterminator, a junky, homosexual, killer, artist, musician, ethnobiologist and, later, a chaos magician, to name but a few of his temporary exoskeletons.
The junky aspect of his life, in my opinion, is secondary to his more alchemical explorations of the human psyche with friend and artist Brion Gysin. A lover of science fiction, interested in the intersection of science and pseudoscience, Burroughs gave us gems such as this: "Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole."
This sort of statement was typical of Burroughs. He simultaneously projected outward and inward, even postulating that dreams were the human species' mechanism for training the soul to exist in a vacuum (space). The fact is that the long march of evolution designed the human species for life here on Earth. The human body would simply deteriorate in space. So when Burroughs said Man "is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole," we know just what he had in mind: Man would shed the body like a butterfly sheds its chrysalis.
Lost beneath the veneer of Burroughs' self-propagated myth and his cut-up technique is a man who was every bit as good a satirist as Mark Twain or Jonathon Swift, to whom he was often compared. Another satirical analogue would be Kurt Vonnegut. With that in mind, two of Burroughs' greatest pieces of satire, to my mind, are his "Thanksgiving Prayer," which Gus Van Sant directed as a short film, and "The Junky's Prayer." The former examines the absurdity of celebrating a holiday of thanks when America has been the instigator and party to various national and international atrocities. With the latter, Burroughs subverts the heavily-advertised American Christmas cheer with the down and out existence of junk addiction.
"The Junky's Prayer" first appeared as the fourth story in the short story collection "Interzone," published in 1989 by Viking Penguin. Burroughs recorded "The Junky's Prayer" and "Spare Ass Annie" with musical accompaniment on the album "Spare Ass Annie & Other Tales." Filmmakers Nick Donkin and Melodie McDaniel later adapted "The Junky's Prayer" into a short claymation film, which Francis Ford Coppola produced. Shot in black and white, the resulting film is odd, hilarious and strange; especially since Burroughs narrates in his trademark nasal and rhythmic patter, which sometimes sounded vaguely like a calf that had been gifted with the power of speech.
Watch Donkin and McDaniel's short film below, and dig Danny the Carwiper's junky Christmas and "immaculate fix"—a minor animated masterpiece.


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Fire bears down on houses
Smoke cllimbs over Mt Buller as the village comes under serious threat.
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Urgent threat Tatong, Brookville, Cassilis, Swifts Creek, Doctors Flat, Ensay, Ensay South, Ensay North, Tambo Crossing.
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Fire is bearing down on properties in Tatong, 20 kilometres south-east of Benalla in north-east Victoria.
The Country Fire Authority and Department of Sustainability and Environment have advised that the Tatong fire front is expected to impact on properties towards the Upper Ryans Creek Road, Middle Creek Road and the southern part of Upper Fifteen Mile Creek Road.
More than 200 DSE and CFA firefighters are working to contain the 6000 hectare fire burning in forest which was caused by a lightning strike.
The fire is burning in difficult terrain. Thick smoke from the fire has restricted the use of water-bombing aircraft this morning.
Overnight, a number of assets were lost at Tambo Crossing overnight, including stock, buildings what is thought to be an unoccupied home.
DSE Emergency Coordination Centre spokesman Pat Groenhout said there had been a report of a home being lost.
"Quite a lot of stock, quite a lot of fencing, some non-residential buildings and there was a report of a house that was unoccupied may have been burnt," he said.
Nine fires in forest area are currently going near Marysville after lightning strikes last night.
"We've got the sky crane up there dumping water on them and we've got a lot of crews there trying to get them out as early as possible," he said.
"They are still fairly small but they're in pretty tricky country. We're hoping we can get around them but it's still going to be a bit touch and go."
Mr Groenhout said cooler conditions, less wind and more moisture gave some relief to firefighters. "Nevertheless it's not a good firefighting day because it is warm."
Ten crews were working on the blaze at Maryknoll, while there were three at Cheshunt and two at Tonimbuk.
Earlier this week, a heritage hut in the Alpine National Park was discovered destroyed by fire in the north-east of the state.
Weston's Hut, which was in a remote area near the West Kiewa River, was engulfed by flames earlier this month.
More than a dozen towns remain are under immediate threat and flames continue to close in on the Mount Buller ski village after extreme overnight conditions fuelled the rapid advance and expansion of bushfires in the state's east and high country.
And, in further heartbreak for tired firefighting authorities, lightning from storms that crossed central Victoria today sparked new fires, including a rapidly growing bushfire near Benalla.
Benalla, was started by lightning yesterday afternoon and quickly became very intense, with erratic behaviour and spotting well in advance of the fire front.
A dry thunderstorm with a series of lightning strikes though the east of the state has started six fires at Marysville, east of Melbourne.
Fire breakouts west of Heyfield yesterday threatened Seaton and Glenmaggie but Mr Groenhout said it was hoped these fires would be contained this morning.
Since the fires began in December, Mr Groenhout said a total of 950,000 hectares had been burnt. "That's just a little bit smaller then Jamaica," he said.
He said firefighters weren't expecting any respite today with hot windy conditions forecast.
Several veterinarians from Bairnsdale have flown out to Tambo Crossing to put down injured animals and assess livestock losses from yesterday's bushfires.
Efforts are also being made to restore electricity to communities on the Great Alpine Road after their power was cut by the fires yesterday.
A representative from power company SP AusNet will fly over today to assess the damage to infrastructure, while a VicRoads official will assess conditions along the Great Alpine Road, much of which is closed, to decide when it can open again.
Firefighters had difficulty seeing exactly where the fire was,
with thick smoke preventing aircraft from flying yesterday.
Overnight they flew over using an infrared scanner to provide surveillance data on the location of the fire.
Bairnsdale incident controller Dennis Matthews said: "Today we lick our wounds, see where it's all got to, find the edge, get on through the smoke and establish where the spots are."
Mr Matthews said the fire got close to the Red Gum Plains grasslands, where fire services feared the fire would run as fast as 15kms.
"It didn't get into the grassland by a whisker. It was very close when the change came though. That's the third Thursday in a row it's done that. There's something cosmic about Thursdays with this thing."
The fire was burning east of the Gt Alpine Road and was climbing Mt Elizabeth, presenting firefighters with "a whole new paradigm".
"It's a bad result but it could have been a lot worse. Having said that, if you're in Tambo Crossing it's a pretty terrible situation for those farmers."
The fire stopped just short of Bruthen and licked doorsteps of properties at waterholes.
Firefighters would use milder conditions of next few days to backburn and to consolidate lines before more days of extreme fire weather, beginning next Tuesday, when the temperature is forecast to climb toi 39 degrees.
"It's a sprint now," Mr Matthews said.
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French police have seized 1.3 tonnes of pure cocaine found on board an Air France cargo plane, Interior Minister Manuel Valls says.
The drugs, seized on September 11, had been packed into 30 suitcases, Valls told a news conference in Nanterre, outside Paris, on Saturday.
A source close to the investigation said the flight had originated in the Venezuelan capital Caracas, adding that the haul had a street value of some 200 million euros ($A288.79 million).
It was the biggest drug seizure ever carried out in the Paris region, Valls said, displaying the 30 empty suitcases that had contained the cocaine, which were not linked to any of the passengers on the flight.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The manager of the Fat Kat Lounge on Edgewood Avenue confirms that the nightclub that was the scene of a fatal shooting last month has closed.
One man died and four others injured when shots were fired inside the club about 4 a.m. Feb. 16. Police later identified the man killed as 24-year-old Marris Brown.
Police estimated about 200 people were there at the time.
The club's manager, who would only identify himself as Eddie, said the owner is thinking of replacing the nightclub with something more community-oriented, like a restaurant or oyster bar. He said the owner was closing the club because the community kept asking him to.
"Community wants it closed. We're going to give the community what they want," Eddie said. "That's the best thing to do right now."
At a meeting the week after the shooting to discuss ways to improve safety in the Murray Hill community, Eddie said the club had made changes to improve safety.
"I think everything is being put on us like we're the problem -- it's not the club, it's the streets," Eddie said.
When asked how someone was able to get in the club with a gun, Eddie said he wasn't sure and that people with guns make it into airports and jails.
Community leaders disagreed.
"This is a club that's already had its chances and now there are people dead. That's enough," said Murray Hill Preservation Association Vice President Len Burroughs.
Jacksonville City Councilman Jim Love said he was working on a bill to make permanent changes in the Murray Hill neighborhood within the next two months, as well as making nightclubs safer. Parts of that bill could include metal detectors and getting surveillance video. Love is hoping to have that bill put together within the next two months.
Some residents are glad to hear the club is closing.
"For the violence and everything else, yes, you don't want that stuff around the streets and your family and everything else," resident Spencer Baldwin said.
"If it's attracting a crowd of people that are violent, then maybe that's a good thing," Patti Moss added.
After two people were shot in 2003, the city shut down the club.
"I've been down here with a bucket and a brush, cleaning blood off the sidewalk behind you because of a nightly incident here a few years back," Burroughs said.
And as recent as last Saturday, two men were arrested, one on a violation of probation charge and one on a charge of possession of marijuana.
But when it comes to the future of the area, Love is optimistic.
"They've had problems getting restaurants in there," Love said. "There have been some good tenants that wanted to go in there and that were afraid to because of Fat Kat Lounge. So now that it's gone, maybe it will provide a springboard for other restaurants and businesses to go in there."
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Hong Kong movie icon Jackie Chan said Monday he expects to stop starring in action films in five years, but he'll remain busy by producing and dir
Moviegoers and film industry may feel lost or, on the other way around, feel glad as Chinese action star Jackie Chan said Monday he expects to stop starring in action films in five years, but will remain busy by producing and directing. The star was in Malaysia to promote "The Myth," while confirming he wanted to produce action films, make small-budget movies and documentaries and help train young directors and stunt actors.
"I don't think I'll retire," he said. "Maybe from the screen, but (not) behind the screen." Further Chan said he will return with a kung fu project to be shot late next year or early 2007, probably with the makers of the "Rush Hour" action-comedy series, which has marked his biggest international success so far.


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The former 'Fashion Star' host says her 'I do' to her fiance in an intimate ceremony attended by family and friends.
Australian model Elle MacPherson, 49, is married. She has tied the knot with her billionaire fiance, Jeffrey Soffer, in a destination wedding in Fiji, so Us Weekly reports. The couple swapped vows in front of family members and close friends.
It's a second marriage for both. The former "Fashion Star" host was previously married to photographer Gilles Bensimon for three years. She has two sons, Arpad Flynn, 15, and Aurelius Cy, 10, from a previous relationship with French fiancier Arpad Busson.
MacPherson started dating Soffer in 2009, but briefly split in March 2012. They then got engaged in March after reconciling in November 2009 following a serious helicopter accident in the Bahamas last year that forced him to undergo surgery for a fractured vertebrae.


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Popsickle lips.I tried his product and failed to see how it worked. The only part it colored was the inner part of my lower lip. So, I thought maybe I didn't know what I was doing. For sevral days I played with the product useing smoothers on my lips and exfoliation, useing a lip brush to put it where I wanted it. I couldn't acheive the wanted look and after reading other reveiws opted to throw it away as well. — 4 years, 3 months agoTiatia | 1 reviews
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Pretty good :)I bought the cherry tart color and I was pretty impressed. I'm not using it right now b/c my lips are extremely dry and flakey. This stain stays on for hours and looks pretty good in my opinion. I use a light tan gloss on top to soften it up during the day and to add some moisture into my lips. I think it is an awesome steal for a lip stain. It does wear off after a few hours or so, but everything that I've used does this as well. — 4 years, 3 months agosamgerbine | 9 reviews
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