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Cody Rhodes joined Busted Open with Dave Lagreca and Doug Mortman. You can hear Busted Open on Sirius 92, XM 208 and on the app on Sports Zone. Here are some highlights from the interview:
Rhodes and Damien Sandow as a tag team and the tag division: "I think after Wrestlemania you'll see us without much fanfare. Damien and I have never really looked at it as far as being a tag team, I guess technically we're a tag team and we have a team name, but really its two different individual performers who get away with a lot of shenanigans and he's helped my career a lot. He's completely different from what I grew up a fan of, he's just different, he's a different aspect of this world and he's helped me with that.
"Tag team wrestling is incredibly important to sports entertainment and Damien and I will be there as far as I really do think we make a good tag team and especially match wise I think we complement each other well so hopefully if we do part ways there are more tag teams coming up. I know it's something that we'd like to have a bigger place on the show is the tag teams in general."
Growing up in wrestling: "I was never motivated at all by my father and I grew up with such an age distance from Dustin that it didn't come from him either. I never was motivated to get into this. I was actually, if anything, discouraged, but then again, he took me to shows when I was supposed to be going to school the next day and he exposed me to sports entertainment at the ripe age where you're never going to want to do anything else. We watched Monday Night Raw and we watched Nitro; we watched this stuff on the couch together and I think without me knowing I was always naturally being groomed to do this.
"My brief acting stint, which was rather brief, really was based on the fact that I didn't think I was Big Enough to be involved with sports entertainment. I didn't think I was physically big enough. I had an amateur wrestling background but I know that this is a whole other world and that what I'd seen on TV I was a little concerned. I thought, 'well I want to be a performer, I want to be in entertainment, maybe I'll go to Hollywood,' it was almost like a cop out. It's like 'I'm going to be an actor" when you have no acting credentials or formal training. That lasted about 9 months of me spending my parent's money and really doing nothing and watching WWE and seeing guys like Randy Orton, seeing them move forward from being just somebody's kid, somebody's son. So it was extremely motivating for me. Actually, as soon as I came home I was on the track to getting to Louisville, Kentucky to being part of WWE in any capacity.
Working with Randy Orton in Legacy: "We forget that Randy was 21 when he debuted on television. He had a chance to grow up with the audience. Randy was an extreme influence, still is, and we're both now able to do our own things and initially he took me and Ted Dibiase under his wing and it wasn't like 'Randy is a friend of ours, he's going to be easy on us,' I think Randy was harder on us than even Triple H was in that whole grooming process; Legacy versus DX, then him versus Triple H and them going into Wrestlemania 25; so I will always owe him a good chunk of my career."
When is his time: "When Dolph is a world champ. This year after Money in the Bank, and Dolph is the guy who won MITB, there was this real drop off of all this momentum and moving forward and I don't blame anyone but myself; not that something bad happened or anything like that. I hate when people say stuff like 'the push', it's just a matter of sometimes, I'm never going to be patient and fans of mine I hope they know I'm not sitting there waiting, but as a company there are several superstars that whether you want them now, it's a slow thing. It's a slow building process and I think it'll be all the more satisfying. I grew up a fan of Shawn Michaels. I watched the whole time. He makes it to the WM match and he doesn't win the title. Then the next title match he goes an hour and he doesn't win the title in the hour but they're going to go sudden death and then he finally got the title and I was just fully satisfied as him being the greatest WM performer of all time. That's the goal. That's the guy I'd like to pattern myself as. I hate the fact the people said 'you're the future' and we're not there yet, but we'll get there."
How he got to be so versatile in the ring: "I watch everybody. Lately I've been watching a lot of Ray Stevens, a lot of Pat Patterson, a lot of Arn Anderson, but Joey Mercury is a trainer at NXT now and he told me once, and I love this advice, he said, 'I don't work my size, don't work your size.' This weird, eclectic style I've carved out is just a combination of different people. The moonsault is a very simple thing, but it's a Shawn Michaels thing. The Alabama Slam, I feel like if anybody gets that I get it. I had to partner with the guy and we put him away. Out of respect for the team I had with him and the guy himself, I'm going to continue to do it. Then I have the great fortune of I can steal from my own family. I just take stuff I see and try to make it fit for me. I try to be somewhere in the middle because I'm not the biggest guy so I want to give the audience the fighting chance I give myself in the ring and that's through some of the little eclectic things that are probably more suited for a smaller guy. That's why I had to put knee pads on eventually, that was mandated I was told by the boss. Yeah, [I prefer to go without knee pads], I saw this picture of Buddy Rodgers and he had the WWWF championship on and he's standing there and I just thought 'that's what a wrestler looks like.' And that's what he had, the boots, no knee pads, the trunks were like a quarter of an inch higher than everybody's wearing today and I just thought 'that's what they're supposed to look like.' It never translated with me though. I have these tiny little legs so it didn't translate."
Damien Sandow: "Damien Sandow, his vernacular, how he competes, he has this style and it's kind of rooted in the old south, Carney style, but what's old is new. It's not even a character, every day he's more and more Damien Sandow than whatever the hell his real name is, I've called him everything. But to me, that commitment I really appreciate because I'm old school in how I approach sports entertainment; his commitment is wonderful. I did not want to do a tag team with anybody but I have enjoyed everything we've done together because that's a completely different facet of the industry. I'm not funny, he does certain things that I can't and makes things very fun."
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text: Alex Len was given the Len Bias Award as Maryland's most valuable player at the team's awards banquet. Len also earned the Len Elmore Award for most rebounds and the Buck Williams Award for most valuable defensive player. Dez Wells received the Greivis Vasquez Award for most inspirational player. Other winners were: Jake Layman, Juan Dixon Award for most improved player; Shaquille Cleare, Walt Williams Coaches Award for most coachable player; Pe'Shon Howard, Steve Blake Award for assists; and Logan Aronhalt, Tom McMillen Award for academic achievement.

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text: Cara Beston has been with PwC for more than 20 years and serves as the company's national cloud assurance leader for PwC's Risk Assurance practice. Based in San Jose, Calif., she also leads PwC's Third Party Assurance services for the technology and cloud computing sectors. Her specialty is focused on IT, and process risk and control assurance services for IT, internal audit and business leaders in the technology sector. Her background with the cloud goes back several years, during which she helped to evangelize the impact of cloud computing within the PwC organization, and led her drive to ensure that the company was hiring individuals with the necessary levels of cloud expertise. She additionally consults with PwC customers on cloud-related topics.


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Females often prefer to mate with high quality males, and one aspect of quality is physical performance. Although a preference for physically fitter males is therefore predicted, the relationship between attractiveness and performance has rarely been quantified. Here, I test for such a relationship in humans and ask whether variation in (endurance) performance is associated with variation in facial attractiveness within elite professional cyclists that finished the 2012 Tour de France. I show that riders that performed better were more attractive, and that this preference was strongest in women not using a hormonal contraceptive. Thereby, I show that, within this preselected but relatively homogeneous sample of the male population, facial attractiveness signals endurance performance. Provided that there is a relationship between performance-mediated attractiveness and reproductive success, this suggests that human endurance capacity has been subject to sexual selection in our evolutionary past.
1. Introduction
Choosy females prefer to mate with high quality males, because they make 'good fathers' (direct benefits), and/or because they provide 'good genes' for their offspring (indirect benefits) [1]. One aspect of quality is whole-organism performance, defined as any quantitative measure of how well an organism performs an ecologically relevant, dynamic behaviour [2]. In non-human animals, for example, locomotor performance is often positively associated with fitness [3]. However, whereas the importance of performance in shaping the outcome of male–male interactions has been shown repeatedly, less is known about its importance in the context of female mate choice [2].
In humans, the link between attractiveness and quality has proved elusive [4], and the few studies that have quantified the link between attractiveness and performance typically used a random sample from the general population ([5], but see [6]). In such a sample, there are many variables that affect attractiveness and/or performance, including differences in training and diet, which may obscure or generate associations between the two. Also, the measures of performance employed predominantly capture variation in strength and coordination, rather than endurance, which is more difficult to quantify. However, it has been hypothesized that it is endurance capacity in particular, that has been subject to strong selection in our evolutionary past [7,8].
Here, I use data from elite professional cyclists that finished the 2012 Tour de France, generally considered to be one of the hardest endurance events. In this unique subset of the male population, which is relatively homogeneous in terms of training effort and motivation, I test for a relationship between attractiveness and performance. Furthermore, I test whether this relationship is stronger when attractiveness is scored by naturally cycling women as compared with when scoring is done by women using a hormonal contraceptive or men [9].
2. Material and methods
(a) Measuring attractiveness
Eighty portraits of riders that participated in the 2012 Tour de France, taken on the day before the start of the race, were obtained from http://www.letour.fr, together with their date of birth, nationality, height and weight. Portraits showed the head, neck and part of the shoulders and were standardized in terms of lighting, distance and background.
I created two online surveys, each containing the portraits of 40 riders in a random order, at http://www.fluidsurveys.com. Participants were first asked to rate each rider in terms of attractiveness on a discrete scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest. Before moving on to the next portrait, raters were asked to also provide a masculinity and a likeability score for this rider. Masculinity may be correlated with attractiveness [10] and mediate a relationship between attractiveness and performance, and likeability captures variation in facial expression (i.e. smiling).
In addition, participants provided information on, among other things, their sex and age, and on whether they thought they knew the rider. Furthermore, women were asked whether they used a hormonal contraceptive, and if they did not, for the average length of their cycle and how many days had passed since the start of their last period.
In total, 398 + 418 = 816 people participated, 72% of which were female (for more demographic information, see the electronic supplementary material, Results). A total of 282 out of a total 32 468 attractiveness ratings (0.9%) were excluded because the rater indicated that he or she recognized the rider. For more information on rider selection and data collection, the inference of female fertile phase, variation in facial expression of the riders, and on rider height and weight, see the electronic supplementary material, Methods.
(b) Quantifying performance
To quantify rider performance, I performed a principal component analysis on the time it took for each rider to complete the prologue, the two individual time trials and the complete race (minus the time for the prologue and the time trials). I extracted the first principal component, and to ensure faster riders had higher values, multiplied this with −1 (for details, see the electronic supplementary material, Methods).
(c) Statistical analyses
I used linear mixed models using restricted maximum likelihood (REML) to test for systematic differences in attractiveness among riders and raters by fitting rider and rater identity as random effects, and assessed their significance using one-sided likelihood-ratio (LR) tests.
I subsequently tested whether performance was a predictor of attractiveness by including performance, as well as various rater-specific variables that might explain additional variation in attractiveness scores. Note that at this stage, no other rider-specific variables (e.g. age or weight) were included, as these might be mediators of a relationship between attractiveness and performance. For all covariates, both linear and quadratic terms were fitted. Rater nationality was fitted as a random effect. I performed backward elimination of non-significant terms, starting with the least significant quadratic terms. Significance of fixed effects was assessed using LR tests (using maximum likelihood (ML)). Parameter estimates of significant terms were obtained from the final model (fitted using REML), and for non-significant terms they were obtained by reintroducing them one-by-one into the final model.
Having estimated the overall effect of performance on attractiveness, other rider-specific variables were included into the model arrived at above, again followed by backward elimination. Note that starting with a full model including all rider- and rater-specific variables resulted in the same final model. The proportion of variance in attractiveness among riders and raters explained by the rider- and rater-specific fixed effects retained in the final model was calculated following [11].
Finally, I tested for rater-specific variation in the relationship between attractiveness and performance by expanding the model arrived at above with a random slope for the regression of attractiveness on performance for each rater, and included an interaction between performance and various rater-specific variables. Note that whereas the effect of performance on attractiveness is tested on the level of the rider (N = 80), interactions between performance and rater-specific variables are tested on the level of the rater (N = 816).
I repeated all analyses for masculinity and likeability, as well as for attractiveness corrected for likeability and vice versa. Residual attractiveness, masculinity and likeability scores were normally distributed. All analyses were run in R v. 3.0.0 [12]. Linear mixed models were run using lme4 0.999999-2 [13].
3. Results
(a) Variation in attractiveness
There is significant variation among riders in attractiveness, with rider ID explaining 28% of the variation in attractiveness scores (, p < 0.001). Part of this variation is associated with their performance during the 2012 Tour de France, with better performing riders receiving on average higher attractiveness scores (b = 0.091 ± 0.043, , p = 0.032, R2 = 5.5%; figure 1a; electronic supplementary material, figure S1). In those riders that also took part in the 2013 Tour de France, there is a very similar association with their performance in that year (see electronic supplementary material, Results).
Including additional rider-specific variables showed a quadratic effect of rider age (age2: b = −0.0064 ± 0.0033, , p = 0.051; R2 = 4.8%), with riders aged 29.6 being most attractive. Furthermore, taller and heavier riders were rated as more attractive (b = 0.13 ± 0.052, , p = 0.012, R2 = 7.0%), but there was no effect of relative weight (b = 0.017 ± 0.12, , p = 0.89; see electronic supplementary material, Methods). Rider nationality explained no variation in attractiveness. Also, there was no effect of facial expression on attractiveness (, p = 0.30; electronic supplementary material, figure S2). Importantly, including rider size and age did not affect the relationship between performance and attractiveness (b = 0.098 ± 0.043, , p = 0.020, R2 = 5.9%; figure 1a).
Which rider-specific variables shape performance, and which rater-specific variables shape attractiveness scores, is outlined in the electronic supplementary material, Results.
(b) Variation in the relationship between performance and attractiveness
Despite substantial individual variation (see electronic supplementary material, figure S1), the slope of attractiveness on performance differed significantly among female raters using the pill, female raters in the non-fertile part of their cycle, female raters in the fertile part of their cycle and male raters (, p = 0.006; figure 1b; electronic supplementary material, figure S1c). Although still positive, the slope was significantly weaker in men and pill-using women (, p < 0.001). There was no significant difference in the slope between men and pill-using women (, p = 0.67) or between women in the fertile and in the non-fertile part of their cycle (, p = 0.46). None of the interactions between other rater-specific variable and performance were significant (see electronic supplementary material, Results).
(c) Masculinity and likeability
There was no association between performance and masculinity, whereas there was a positive association between performance and likeability. The significant relationship between attractiveness and performance, as well as the significant difference between men and pill-using women versus non-pill-using women remained when attractiveness was corrected for likeability, whereas there was no relationship between performance and likeability corrected for attractiveness (see electronic supplementary material, Results).
4. Discussion
Why is there an association between a rider's attractiveness and his performance during the Tour de France? First, performance may be positively correlated with general health, vigour or strength, or certain personality characteristics (e.g. competitiveness), which in their turn may be associated with attractiveness. Alternatively, facial attractiveness may signal endurance performance in particular. Indeed, high endurance performance is thought to have been the target of selection in early hominids, as being able to efficiently cover large distances allowed for more efficient hunting, gathering and scavenging, resulting in a number of uniquely human adaptations [7].
If true, individuals with higher endurance capacity were likely to be better resource providers for their partner and progeny. By choosing a mate with high endurance capacity, a woman would thus have gained direct (e.g. more resources for her and her offspring) and/or indirect (i.e. physically fitter offspring) benefits. Interestingly, across cultures, women place a lot of value on the provisioning ability of their prospective partner [14]. So, provided the association of endurance performance (i.e. physical fitness) with attractiveness translates into an association with reproductive success (i.e. evolutionary fitness) [15], endurance performance may have been subject to natural as well as sexual selection [8].
Although their preference was significantly weaker, also (heterosexual) men rated faster cyclists as more attractive. Furthermore, there was a close correlation between male and female ratings (see electronic supplementary material, Results). This suggests that men either know what (heterosexual) women find attractive, or that preference functions for performance-mediated attractiveness are to some degree independent of sex. Also pill-using women showed a reduced preference for faster cyclists. Although the difference is relatively small and women using the pill are not a random subset of the female population, this is in line with other studies demonstrating a reduced preference for indicators of male quality in pill-using women [9].
To summarize, I was able to simultaneously investigate the effects of several rider- and rater-specific variables on attractiveness scores and show a relationship between facial attractiveness and performance. Although the mechanism mediating this relationship remains to be elucidated, this provides a fascinating new insight into the nature of human endurance performance.
Data accessibility
Data available from the Dryad Digital Repository: http://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.v77j2.
I am grateful to all participants. This study would have been impossible without the rider portraits and biographies made available by the Amaury Sport Organisation. Jonas Mechtersheimer performed the pilot study which this study was based on. I thank Barbara Tschirren, Simon Lailvaux, Stefanie Muff, Michael Jennions and three anonymous reviewers for discussion and comments.
- Received November 14, 2013.
- Accepted January 10, 2014.
© 2014 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.


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The interleague matchup was a rare one between teams that first met in the 1980 World Series - the Royals' only other visit to Philadelphia came in 2004.
After getting a total of 17 hits in their first three games against the Chicago White Sox, the Royals had 19 against the Phillies. Eric Hosmer was 4 for 5 with three RBIs, and the Royals overcame a 4-0 deficit to surge past Kyle Kendrick and the Phillies
Domonic Brown and Erik Kratz hit solo homers for the Phillies, who are off to a 1-3 start.
Bruce Chen (1-0) struck out two in a perfect fifth in relief of Wade Davis to earn the win. Davis allowed four runs and nine hits in four innings in his first start for Kansas City.
Four Royals relievers combined to toss five hitless innings.
Kendrick (0-1) gave up five runs and eight hits in 5 2-3 innings. He cruised through the first four innings, giving up only two hits.
Hall of Famers Mike Schmidt and George Brett, rivals when the Phillies beat the Royals to win their first world championship 33 years ago, threw out the first pitches.
Schmidt was MVP of the '80 Series. He capped it off by leaping on pitcher Tug McGraw after the lefty threw strike three past Willie Wilson to clinch Game 6 and set off a wild celebration at old Veteran Stadium.
Looking to return to the postseason after their streak of five straight NL East titles ended last year when they finished 81-81, the Phillies will need better pitching. Cole Hamels and Roy Halladay were roughed up by Atlanta in the first two games, and Kendrick unraveled after four strong innings.
Hosmer hit a two-run single with two outs in the fifth to cut the deficit to 4-2.
The Royals also rallied with two outs in the sixth. Getz hit a double to put runners at second and third. Pinch-hitter Billy Butler was intentionally walked to load the bases. Jeremy Horst replaced Kendrick and Gordon greeted him with a bases-clearing triple to right-center that put the Royals ahead 5-4.
Getz hit his bases-clearing triple off Chad Durbin in the seventh. Brown helped him out with an ill-advised diving attempt on the liner to left. The ball fell in and rolled all the way to the warning track.
Alcides Escobar hit a solo homer off Raul Valdes to make it 10-4 in the eighth.
A sellout crowd of 45,307 at Citizens Bank Park hoped to enjoy a victory on a comfortable 64-degree late afternoon. The pregame festivities included a mini-parade that led players into the ballpark from the street behind the stands in left-center field.
With their furry green mascot, the Phillie Phanatic, first in line, the players and coaches walked in, mingled with the crowd and high-fived adoring fans lined up along the red carpet in the outfield.
Then the hitters gave them something to cheer at the start.
Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley and Ryan Howard lined consecutive one-out singles in the first for a 1-0 lead.
Brown hit a towering drive out to right in the second. One out later, Kratz lined one out to left for a 3-0 lead. Kendrick followed with a liner off the wall in left, barely missing his first career homer by about two feet.
Kendrick slowly jogged to first, admiring his blast and held up for a long single much to the amusement of Howard and his fellow starting pitchers who pointed and laughed from the dugout.
Utley doubled to left-center in the third, stole third and scored on Howard's line-drive single to right.
Davis, acquired from Tampa Bay along with James Shields, made his first start since 2011. He made 54 relief appearances for the Rays last year after 58 starts in 2010-11.


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I have wanted to make a pilgrimage to the historic venue called The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ since I first started to learn about good music in the early 90's. After all, this venue aided the careers of so many famous musicians including Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes fronted by actor/musician Steven Van Zandt, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Scialfa, Jon Bon Jovi, and wrestler Bam Bam Bigelow (former bouncer). Even the vice president of the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame, Robert Santelli has said, "the club has already earned its place in history as one of rock 'n' roll's great venues. Most rock critics and historians that I come in contact with on a regular basis feel that The Stone Pony is one of the greatest rock clubs of all time." This pilgrimage in combination with moe. and the celebration of the 4th of July made this show one to remember.
This was my 30th moe. show and our journey started eleven years ago. As I walked in, I finally got to see the small stage that people have been telling me about surrounded by two full bars and an outdoor stage where moe. would be playing.
As the haze of the overcast day moved its way over the stage, moe. started with "Captain America," which was fitting for an Independence Day opener. The jam slowed down right into guitarist Al Schnier's song "Spaz Medicine." In a recent interview, Schnier said, "Yes, yes, we're breaking up for a short time. I don't like to call it a hiatus. And if we break-up, we get to do a reunion tour," kidding while discussing the band's time off that they are anticipating after the summer and moe.down 9. moe. took "Spaz Medicine to an eerie stop, and the southern sounding slide started into "Queen of Everything" from their newest album, Sticks and Stones, which they recorded in a hundred and fifty year old church rented out for inspiration. It was very refreshing to hear hardcore blues in the middle of this set. "Queen of Everything" was just the first example of moe.'s diversity as a rock band. One didn't have to wait long to hear their next example of dimension. The country western/bluegrass sounding "Time Again" was foot stomped next. This is how rock n' roll was started. When rhythm and blues met country western, American invented rock n' roll, and what better way was there to spend your July 4th than being down the shore listening to rock n' roll.
After "Time Again," moe. thanked the crowd and wished everyone a Happy 4th. Guitarist, Chuck Garvey then said, "I think Rob's happy. It's gonna be a good night. He's feelin' it. I couldn't get fireworks for him tonight, but I think he's still happy." He then dedicated "Spine of a Dog" to his wife who just underwent surgery. The crowd finished the opening lyrics and the jam started all the way into the set closer "Buster," which showcased moe.'s phenomenal percussion section of Jim Loughlin and drummer Vinnie Amico.
The second set was on fire, literally and figuratively! The fireworks started right before moe.'s first ever attempt at "America, Fuck Yeah," from the Matt Stone and Trey Parker movie "Team America: World Police." The crowd was pumped by this perfect cover, and the band went into one of my favorite moe. songs, "Meat," which included a "Star Spangled Banner" tease half way through. The fireworks lasted through the middle of the next song, "Moth," where bassist Rob Derhak continued to tease "Meat." The band picked it up a notch as the fireworks blasted out the grand finale. Loughlin's xylophone jazz/funk jam carried "Moth" into a spacey "The Pit." Another xylophone solo at the end of the song brought moe. back into "Meat," and after another Derhak slap happy solo that included a tease of Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4," the crowd shrieked in recognition of "Meat" again. The second set closed with a very playful thirty minute "Timmy Tucker." Each member of the band was very experimental using different tones, times, and sounds with this crowd favorite to make it different.
After a brief "We want moe.!" chant, and some normal hilarious band banter in the drizzle, the band came back to end the night with another song off of Sticks and Stones, "Wind it Up," written by guitarist Chuck Garvey. Later, the band U-Melt performed inside on the venue's original stage. I stayed for about half of the late show and watched moe.'s Al Schnier sit in with U-Melt for quite some time. This concluded my adventure at this monumental venue dubbed the Stone Pony after Linda Ronstadt's first band called the Stone Poneys in 1974, the same year the venue opened. Although some of the crowd was slightly immature and the bouncers were a little rude, I already can't wait to see my next show at the Stone Pony. In addition, try and catch moe. before their big break. There are only a few shows remaining.
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July 27, 1951 - July 24, 2013
Port Jervis, NY
Barry Weyant, age 61 of Port Jervis, NY passed away Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis.
He was born on July 27, 1951 in Middletown, NY, the son of the late Charles M. Weyant, Jr. and Helen Gutowksi Weyant, who survives. Barry proudly served our country with the U.S. Marines in Viet Nam. He retired as a Treatment Assistant from the Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Center in New Hampton, NY. He was formerly employed with the Monticello and Town of Deerpark Police Departments. He was a member of the Marsch-Kellogg V.F.W. Post, Milford, PA.
Barry married Alice Diaz Weyant, who survives at home. He is also survived by his mother, Helen Gutowski Weyant of Mt. Hope, NY; his two daughters: Jessica Eli and her husband, Yoshua of New Hampton, and Sara Weyant of Port Jervis; his two brothers: Gary Weyant and his wife, Carol of the Town of Greenville, Larry Weyant and his wife, Linda of Howells, NY; two nephews: Craig Weyant, his wife, Asa and their son, Kyle and Eric Weyant. Barry is also survived by his niece, Jennifer Weyant.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30th at the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis; Rev. George Hafemann will officiate. Visitation will follow from 2 to 4 p.m., Tuesday at the funeral home. Military Honors will be conducted at 4 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of donor's choice.
Arrangements are by the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc.; for information, directions or to send a condolence note to the family, visit knight-auchmoody.com


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Things can always get worse. The question is: Will they ever get better? I mean, this year.
The weak-hitting Mets – who were shut out four time on their disastrous West Coast trip – open a three-game series tonight at Citi Field against St. Louis and Adam Wainwright, who is 4-0 with a 0.25 ERA over his last five starts and hasn't allowed a run in 25 straight innings.
That's whom the Mets will try to get better against.
The Mets went 2-9 on the trip, hit .196 and scored just 23 runs. One of the games they won was a gift from a bad umpire's call.
"There's no question that everybody's frustrated,'' said David Wright. "I think it adds to the frustration that our starters have been throwing the ball extremely well and our bullpen's been solid. We just can't get any runs for them. But now is not the time to hang your head or mope around.''
Needing to pitch a shutout tonight – or at least it seems that way – will be Jonathon Niese, the beneficiary of all of four runs over his last three starts. He is 0-2 with a 3.20 ERA in that span.
The Mets return home with their coaching staff intact. There was speculation Howard Johnson would take the fall for the offense, but they decided that since their offense clicked in June that it would again.


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text: RussiaFeed Videos Military This Russian weapon TERRIFIES opposing air forces (VIDEO) Published 1 year ago on July 25, 2017 By Vladimir Rodzianko 0 Views Share Tweet The Tor missile system is an all-weather low to medium altitude, short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system designed for engaging airplanes, helicopters, cruise missiles, precision guided munitions, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and short-range ballistic threats (Anti-Munitions). Originally developed by the Soviet Union under the GRAU designation 9K330. Tor was also the first air defence system in the world designed from the start to shoot down precision guided weapons, in bad weather and jamming situation. The Tor can detect targets while on the move, and fire on-the-go. The electronic 'heart' of the system is a digital fire control system, which allows the Tor to detect and track approximately 40-48 high-manoeuvring air targets and simultaneously attack up to four targets. The Tor can travel at a road speed of approximately 65 kph (40 mph) for a range of 500km (310 miles) and is operated by a crew of four, including a driver, a commander and two operators. The crew cabin is located at the front section and the turret is mounted at the centre of the vehicle. A surveillance radar antenna, fitted at the rear of the vehicle, provides 90° scan coverage. The vehicle is also equipped with a K-band, phased-array, pulse-Doppler, electronically-steered radar that has a range of 25km. Along with Russia's S-300 and S-400 missile systems, the Tor is another formidable defense system that proves Russia's military superiority on the world stage – making it a popular export to dozens of countries. The missile system was exhibited at the Victory Parade in Moscow in May 2014, as well as at the Army 2015 forum held in June 2015. Tor-M2U at Moscow's Victory Day Parade in May 2014 Here are some short clips of the Tor in action: Liked it? 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Published 3 days ago on October 17, 2018 By The Duran "We are clarifying the information at the moment. Preliminary figures are 50 injured and 10 dead. Eight ambulance crews are working at the site and air medical services are involved," the press-service for the Crimean Ministry of Health stated. Medics announced that at least 50 people were injured in the explosion in Kerch and 25 have already been taken to local hospital with moderate wounds, according to Sputnik. Local news outlets reported that earlier in the day, students at the college heard a blast and windows of the building were shattered. Putin Orders that Assistance Be Provided to Victims of Blast in Kerch – Kremlin Spokesman "The president has instructed the Ministry of Health and the rescue services to take emergency measures to assist victims of this explosion, if necessary, to ensure the urgent transportation of seriously wounded patients to leading medical institutions of Russia, whether in Moscow or other cities," Kremlin spokesman Dmitriy Peskov said. The president also expressed his condolences to all those affected by the tragic incident. Manhunt Underway in Kerch as FSB Specialists Investigate Site of Explosion – National Anti-Terrorist Committee The site of the blast that rocked a city college in Kerch is being examined by FSB bomb disposal experts and law enforcement agencies are searching for clues that might lead to the arrest of the perpetrators, the National Anti Terrorism Committee said in a statement. "Acting on orders from the head of the NAC's local headquarters, FSB, Interior Ministry, Russian Guards and Emergency Ministry units have arrived at the site. The territory around the college has been cordoned off and the people inside the building evacuated… Mine-disposal experts are working at the site and law enforcement specialists are investigating," the statement said. Terrorist Act Considered as Possible Cause of Blast in Kerch – Kremlin Spokesman "The tragic news that comes from Kerch. Explosion. The president was informed … The data on those killed and the number of injured is constantly updated," Peskov told reporters. "[The version of a terrorist attack] is being considered," he said. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest Russian Orthodox Church officially breaks ties with Constantinople Biggest separation in almost 1,000 years as world's largest Orthodox Church cuts communion with Constantinople over legitimizing schismatics. Published 4 days ago on October 16, 2018 By Seraphim Hanisch The schism between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate became official today, October 15, 2018, as the Russian Holy Synod reviewed the recent granting of communion to two schismatic groups in Ukraine, pursuant to Constantinople's intent to grant autocephaly (full self-rule, or independence) to the agglomeration of these groups. CLICK HERE to Support The Duran >> RT reported that the Synod ruled that any further clerical relations with Constantinople are impossible, given the current conditions. Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev told journalists today about the breach in relations: "A decision about the full break of relations with the Constantinople Patriarchate has been taken at a Synod meeting" that is currently been held in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, Hilarion said, as cited by TASS. The move comes days after the Synod of the Constantinople Patriarchate decided to eventually grant the so-called autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, thus making the clerical organization, which earlier enjoyed a broad autonomy within the Moscow Patriarchate, fully independent. The Moscow Patriarchate also said that it would not abide by any decisions taken by Constantinople and related to the status of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. "All these decisions are unlawful and canonically void," Hilarion said, adding that "the Russian Orthodox Church does not recognize these decisions and will not follow them." At the same time, the Russian Church expressed its hope that "a common sense will prevail" and Constantinople will change its decision. However, it still accused the Ecumenical Patriarch of initiating the "schism." The marks the most significant split in the Orthodox Church since the Great Schism of 1054, in which Rome excommunicated Constantinople, a breach between the Roman Catholics and Orthodox which has persisted ever since then, becoming hardened and embittered after the Roman Catholic armies sacked Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade in 1204. Many other local Orthodox Churches expressed support for the Moscow Patriarchate's position prior to today's announcement, but the break in relations between these two churches does not have any known affect on local churches who hold communion with both Moscow and the Ecumenical Patriarchate at this time. The website Orthochristian.com ran the entire statement of the Holy Synod regarding this situation. We offer a brief summary of statements here, taken from that source and patriarcha.ru, adding emphasis. With deepest pain, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church received the message of the Patriarchate of Constantinople published on October 11, 2018 about the decisions adopted by the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople: on the confirmation of the intention to "grant autocephaly to the Ukrainian Church"; on the opening of the "stavropegion" of the Patriarch of Constantinople in Kiev; on the "restoration in the hierarchal or priestly rank" of the leaders of the Ukrainian schism and their followers and the "return of their faithful to Church communion"; and on the "cancellation of the action" of the conciliar charter of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in 1686 concerning the transfer of the Kiev Metropolia to the Moscow Patriarchate The Synod of the Church of Constantinople made these decisions unilaterally, ignoring the calls of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the entirety of the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as the fraternal Local Orthodox Churches, and their primates and bishops for pan-Orthodox discussion of the issue. Entering into communion with those who have departed into schism, let alone those who have been excommunicated from the Church, is tantamount to departing into schism and is severely condemned by the canons of the holy Church: "If any one of the bishops, presbyters, or deacons, or any of the clergy shall be found communicating with excommunicated persons, let him also be excommunicated, as one who brings confusion on the order of the Church" (Canon 2 of the Council of Antioch; Canon 10, 11 of the Holy Apostles). The decision of the Patriarchate of Constantinople on the "restoration" of the canonical status and the reception into communion of the former Metropolitan Philaret Denisenko, excommunicated from the Church, ignores a number of successive decisions of the Bishops' Councils of the Russian Orthodox Church, the legitimacy of which are beyond doubt. By the decision of the Bishops' Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Kharkov of May 27, 1992, Metropolitan Philaret (Denisenko) was removed from the Kiev Cathedra and was banned from the clergy for not fulfilling the oath made by him before the cross and the Gospel at the previous Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church. By its ruling of June 11,1992, the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, confirmed the decision of the Kharkov Council and expelled Philaret Denisenko from his rank, depriving him of every degree of the priesthood on the following charges: "Cruel and arrogant attitude to the subordinate clergy, dictatorialness, and intimidation (Tit. 1:7-8; Canon 27 of the Holy Apostles); introducing temptation among the faithful by his behavior and personal life (Matthew 18:7; Canon 3 of the First Ecumenical Council, Canon 5 of the Sixth Ecumenical Council); oath-breaking (Canon 25 of the Holy Apostles); public slander and blasphemy against the Bishops' Council (Canon 6 of the Second Ecumenical Council); the celebration of clerical functions, including ordinations, in a state of suspension (Canon 28 of the Holy Apostles); the perpetration of a schism in the Church (Canon 15 of the First-Second Council)." All ordinations performed by Philaret in a suspended state since May 27, 1992, and the punishments imposed by him, were declared invalid. Despite repeated calls for repentance, after the deprivation of his hierarchal rank Philaret Denisenko continued his schismatic activity, including within the bounds of other Local Churches. By the ruling of the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church of 1997, he was given over to anathema. The aforesaid decisions were recognized by all the Local Orthodox Churches, including the Church of Constantinople. … Now, after more than two decades, the Patriarchate of Constantinople has changed its position for political reasons. … St. Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain, in his Pedalion, which is an authoritative source of ecclesiastical-canonical law of the Church of Constantinople, interprets Canon 9 of the Fourth Ecumenical Council, rejecting the false opinion on the right of Constantinople to consider appeals from other Churches: "The Primate of Constantinople does not have the right to act in the dioceses and provinces of other Patriarchs, and this rule did not give him the right to take appeals on any matter in the Ecumenical Church… " Listing a whole range of arguments in favor of this interpretation, referring to the practice of the decisions of the Ecumenical Councils, St. Nikodemos concludes: "At present … the Primate of Constantinople is the first, the only, and the last judge over the metropolitans subordinate to him—but not over those who are subject to the rest of the Patriarchs. For, as we said, the last and universal judge of all the Patriarchs is the Ecumenical Council and no one else." It follows from the above that the Synod of the Church of Constantinople does not have canonical rights to withdraw judicial decisions rendered by the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest Patriarch Bartholomew lifts anathemas on schismatics in Ukraine (VIDEO) Most of the Orthodox world is in strong opposition to this move by Patriarch Bartholomew, whose motivations seem not to be of Christ. Published 5 days ago on October 15, 2018 By Seraphim Hanisch The biggest news in the Eastern Orthodox world in recent times occurred on Thursday, October 11, 2018. The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, lifted the anathemas against two schismatic Ukrainian Churches and their leaders, paving the way to the creation of a fully independent Ukrainian national Orthodox Church. CLICK HERE to Support The Duran >> This announcement was given in English and is shown here in video with the textual transcript following: "Presided by His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the Holy and Sacred Synod convened for its regular session from October 9 to 11, 2018 in order to examine and discuss items on its agenda. The Holy Synod discussed in particular and at length, the ecclesiastical mater of Ukraine in the presence of His Excellency Archbishop Daniel of Pamphilon and His Grace Bishp Ilarion of Edmonon, Patriarchal Exarchs to Ukraine, and following extensive deliberations decreed (emphasis added): "First, to renew the decision already made, that the Ecumenical Patriarchate proceed to the granting of autocephaly to the Church of Ukraine; "Second, to re-establish at this moment the stavropegion of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Kiev—one of its many starvorpegion in Ukraine that existed there always; "Third, to accept and review the petitions of appeal of Philaret Denisenko and Makary Maletich and their followers who found themselves in schism not for dogmatic reasons, in accordance with the canonical prerogatives of the Patriarchate of Constantinople to receive such petitions by hierarchs and other clergy of all the autocephalous Churches. Thus, the above mentioned have been canonically reinstated to their hierarchical or priestly rank, and their faithful have been restored to communion with the Church; "Fourth, to revoke the legal binding of the Synodal letter of the year 1686, issued for the circumstances of that time, which granted the right through economia to the Patriarch of Moscow to ordain the Metropolitan of Kiev elected by the clergy-laity assembly of his eparchy, who would commemorate the Ecumenical Patriarch as the first hierarch at any celebration, proclaiming and affirming his canonical dependence to the Mother Church of Constantinople; "Fifth, to appeal to all sides involved that they avoid appropriation of churches, monasteries, and other properties as well as every other act of violence and retaliation so that he peace and love of Christ may prevail." There are a few things that must be said about what this declaration is not before we get to the matter of what the points of actually are. The point of reference is the strict letter of the text above itself. This is not a granting of autocephaly (full independent self-rule status) like the fourteen universally canonical Orthodox jurisdictions in the world. However, it is a huge step towards this status. As far as Constantinople is concerned, Filaret Denisenko, the leader and "Patriarch" of the "Kyiv Patriarchate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church" and Makary, the "Metropolitan" of the "Ukrainian Orthodox Autocephalous Church", and all their faithful are now restored to communion. The statement says that this applies to "The Church" which may be trying to state that these two men (and all the faithful that they lead), are now in communion with the entirety of canonical Orthodoxy, but more likely, this may be a carefully worded statement to say they now are in communion with Constantinople alone. There is an official call for the cessation of the violence directed against the Moscow Patriarchate parishes and communities, who are the only canonically recognized Orthodox Church in Ukraine, and who are also the largest by far in that country. The Kyiv Patriarchate and Uniate (Roman oriented) Greek Catholics in Ukraine have gone on record for seizing MP church properties, often by force, with neo-Nazi sympathizers and other radical Ukrainian nationalists. So this official call to cease the violence is now a matter of public record. However, the reaction has been far less civil than the clergy wished for. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko: "Expressing his view of the Moscow Patriarchate, Poroshenko added, "This is a great victory of the God-loving Ukrainian people over the Moscow demons, the victory of Good over Evil, the victory of Light over Darkness."' Perhaps this is the reason Metropolitan Onuphry of Ukraine (exarch under the Moscow Patriarchate) has been labeled an enemy of Ukraine and is now receiving death threats. Very civil. Poroshenko's statement is all the more bizarre, considering that it has been Ukrainian ultra-nationalists that have been violently attacking Moscow – related parishes in Ukraine. This has been corroborated by news sources eager to pin the blame on Russia, such as the U.K. Guardian. The Union of Orthodox Journalists, based in Kiev and supportive of the Moscow Patriarchate, has been under intense cyber attack since October 11th, when the EP's announcement was issued. Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) Chancellor, Metropolitan Anthony of Boryspil and Brovary: "What happened at the Synod in Istanbul yesterday shocked the entire Orthodox world. It seems the Patriarchate of Constantinople is consciously embarking on a path of schism in world Orthodoxy. Patriarch Bartholomew ignored the calls of the Local Churches to convene a meeting of the primates to work out a common and conciliar solution to the Ukrainian Church issue and unilaterally made very serious but erroneous decisions. I hope the Orthodox world will give this action an objective evaluation… Having received the schismatics into communion, Patriarch Bartholomew did not make them canonical, but has himself embarked on the path of schism. The schismatics remain schismatics. They did not receive any autocephaly or tomos. It seems they have lost even that independence, although non-canonical, that they had and which they always emphasized." Metropolitan Rostislav of the Czech Lands and Slovakia:"The Orthodox world recognizes the only canonical primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church—His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine. This fact was repeatedly mentioned and confirmed by the primate of the Great Church of Christ His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on behalf of all present at the Synaxis of the Primates of the Local Orthodox Churches that was held in Chambésy (Switzerland) from January 21 to 27, 2016. Therefore, any attempt to legalize the Ukrainian schismatics by the state authorities should be strongly condemned by all the primates of the Local Orthodox Churches." Patriarch Irinej of Serbia wrote two letters to the Ecumenical Patriarch, advocating that the provision of a new autocephaly is possible only with the consent of all local Orthodox Churches. According to Sedmitza.ru (Translation by Pravoslavie.ru), "In these letters, it was very clearly stated that the granting of autocephaly cannot be the prerogative the Patriarchate of Constantinople alone, that new autocephalies must be created only with the consent of all the Local Orthodox Churches, as the Holy Synod of Antioch also said in its recent statement." Pat. Irinej also warned the Patriarchate of Constantinople against making such major decisions unilaterally, because "it will not bring harmony and peace to the Ukrainian land, but, on the contrary, will cause new divisions and new schisms." The Holy Synod of Antioch, the oldest Orthodox Church, and actually the very first place where the disciples of Christ were even called "Christians" weighed in on the issue as well and they had several things to say: "The fathers examined the general Orthodox situation. They stressed that the Church of Antioch expresses her deep worries about the attempts to change the boundaries of the Orthodox Churches through a new reading of history. She considers that resorting to a unilateral reading of history does not serve Orthodox unity. It rather contributes to the fueling of the dissensions and quarrels within the one Church. Thus, the Church of Antioch refuses the principle of establishing parallel jurisdictions within the canonical boundaries of the Patriarchates and the autocephalous Churches as a way to solve conflicts, or as a de facto situation in the Orthodox world. To summarize, this move by Constantinople is not being warmly received by many, many people. Most of the local Churches are on record giving their reaction to this process. In brief, here is the list most of the Local Churches and a one or two word summary of their reactions. Patriarchate of Georgia: Unilateral action is wrong; Constantinople and Moscow must cooperate and find a solution together. Patriarchate of Jerusalem: recognizes Ukraine as a canonical territory of the Russian Orthodox Church alone, as do all other local Churches Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa: The Church does not bow to politicians. Moscow-led church is the only canonical Church in Ukraine. Archbishop of Cyprus: Decries the Ukrainian situation but offered to mediate a discussion between Moscow and Constantinople Bulgarian Patriarchate: Interference of the State in Church affairs leads to serious and negative consequences for both. Polish Orthodox Church: Metropolitan Sawa called for a council of Orthodox ruling hierarchs to discuss this situation. Estonian Orthodox Church: Condemns Constantinople's actions in Ukraine. Greek Archdiocese of America: Supports Constantinople's actions in Ukraine. The Orthodox Church of Greece (Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus quoted): "Schismatics, as we know, are not the Church, and communion with them is forbidden by the Divine and holy canons and the Apostolic and Ecumenical Councils. Why then this persistence of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in recognizing schismatics as an autocephalous Church? To provoke schisms and divisions in the one universal and Apostolic Church of Christ?" Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR): Ceased commemoration of Constantinople, ceased concelebration with Constantinople. This issue has also rocked the secular geopolitical world. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading JOIN OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL Your donations make all the difference. Together we can expose fake news lies and deliver truth. Amount to donate in USD$: 5 100 Validating payment information... Waiting for PayPal...Validating payment information...Waiting for PayPal... 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LONDON (AP) — Hollywood's movie elite sent their love to "Amour" on Thursday, giving director Michael Haneke's searing portrait of old age five Academy Award nominations including best foreign film and — unexpectedly — best picture.
The film stars octogenarian French acting greats Emmanuelle Riva and Jean-Louis Trintignant as a loving Parisian couple whose world is devastated by the wife's serious illness.
Unflinching, unsentimental and in French, it was a surprise inclusion among nine best-picture nominees, and also garnered nominations for Haneke's direction, original screenplay and the performance of 85-year-old Riva.
Haneke said he was "very happy and gratified ... that the voting members of the Academy have taken the film so strongly to their hearts."
A foreign-film finalist alongside movies from Canada, Denmark, Norway and Chile, "Amour" is one of a handful of non-English-language films ever nominated for the best-picture Oscar.
Although far from mainstream movie formula — there's no happy ending — it has left a trail of enraptured critics and emotionally drained audiences since its May premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the top prize.
Unsparing but tender in its depiction of illness and death, "Amour" is a departure for the director of "Funny Games," ''Hidden" and "The White Ribbon," who is best known for films shot through with tension and sudden outbursts of violence.
Riva said Haneke's talent for evoking reality onscreen was key to the success of "Amour."
"That's why it touched the world," she said. "We are all little, fragile people on this earth, sometimes nasty, sometimes generous."
Haneke gives few interviews and makes few concessions to industry hype. But the filmmaker said the nominations were "a joyous occasion."
"It is fulfilling to discover that a film has found the audience and critical acclaim that 'Amour' has garnered," he said in a statement.
Riva said from New York that she'd awoken at 8:30 a.m. to news of her nomination, "which is rare, because at my age I need lots of sleep."
"It's the last stage of my life, so this nomination is a gift to me, a dream I could never had imagined," she said.
Austria also scored an acting nomination, with Christoph Waltz up for best supporting actor for Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained." Waltz won the supporting actor prize for his turn as a loquacious Nazi in Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds."
Australian actors also made a strong showing, with nominations for Naomi Watts (best actress for "The Impossible"), Jacki Weaver (supporting actress for "Silver Linings Playbook") and Hugh Jackman, a best-actor nominee for "Les Miserables."
"The whole thing is kind of surreal for me," Jackman said. "I grew up idolizing many of the actors in my category."
After a strong British flavor to the Oscars over the past few years, Day-Lewis was the only U.K. acting nominee, although Adele was a finalist for her "Skyfall" theme song. The British singer tweeted her delight: "Oh my god I feel like Meryl Streep!! Thank you."
The other foreign-language nominees are 18th-century court saga "A Royal Affair" by Denmark's Nikolaj Arcel; child soldier drama "War Witch" by Canada's Kim Nguyen; seafaring adventure "Kon-Tiki" by Norway's Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg; and "No" by Chile's Pablo Larrain.
"No" tells the story of a Chilean ad agency that helped to oust dictator Augusto Pinochet through a clever marketing campaign around a 1988 referendum. The film, starring Gael Garcia Bernal, was a surprise hit at Cannes and has since gathered accolades around the world.
Larrain said it struck a chord because it told an unusual story.
"Dictators are not usually ousted through democratic elections and this is a profoundly human story, which is resolved through things that have to do more with beauty than with horror," he said.
"A Royal Affair" is a tale of love and intrigue centered on the triangle of an ailing Danish king, his queen and the monarch's forward-thinking physician, played by former Bond villain Mads Mikkelsen.
Director Arcel said the nomination made Thursday "one of the most exciting days in my life and career."
"Kon-Tiki" recreates explorer Thor Heyerdahl's audacious 1947 journey across the Pacific Ocean on a balsa-wood raft. The 101-day trip was designed to prove that South Americans could have settled Polynesia in pre-Columbus times.
The $16 million budget makes it one of the most expensive Norwegian movies ever made.
Roenning said being nominated for an Oscar was "totally unreal."
"My agent rang, and I howled and woke up the whole hotel," Roenning told Norwegian broadcaster NRK by phone from Los Angeles.
Directed by Montreal-born Nguyen, "War Witch" — known as "Rebelle" in French — follows a 12-year-old girl abducted by a rebel army. It was filmed in Congo with a partly non-professional cast but set amid an unspecified conflict.
Its teenage star, Rachel Mwanza — who formerly lived on the streets of Kinshasa — won acting prizes at the Berlin and Tribeca film festivals.
Nguyen said that the Oscar nomination for "War Witch" was "a great privilege and an honor" — and a rare piece of good news for war-ravaged Congo.
"When (Mwanza) came back from Berlin when she won the Silver Bear, people were cheering for her on the streets," he said. "Things are going so badly in Congo and they need this. This really makes a difference."
Nguyen said he hadn't yet been able to get through to Congo to tell Mwanza the good news. But, he vowed: "We're going to see that she gets to the Oscars."
He conceded that Haneke was probably the front-runner to take the foreign-language prize when winners of the 85th Oscars are announced in Hollywood on Feb. 24.
"We're clearly the underdog in all of this. Haneke has such a legacy," Nguyen said. Still, he added, "underdogs are appreciated in the United States. "
Associated Press Writers Thomas Adamson in Paris, Luis Henao in Santiago, Chile, Jan Olsen in Copenhagen, Matti Huuhtanen in Helsinki, Charlie Gans in New York and Charmaine Noronha and Rob Gillies in Toronto contributed to this report.
Jill Lawless can be reached at http://Twitter.com/JillLawless


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Chicago is no stranger to bombs.
We live in a relatively bomb-free era, the first such respite Chicagoans have enjoyed since at least the middle of the 19th century.
The city that gave the world the mother of all explosive devices and ushered in the Atomic Age also endured the Pineapple Primary, a particularly violent March and April in 1928 that saw scores of grenades and other explosives tossed between warring factions battling for political control of City Hall.
Arguably the most famous explosion occurred more than a century ago at the Haymarket Square Riot. The May 4, 1886, labor demonstration turned violent when somebody threw a bomb at a line of police officers,...


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Alabama Governor Robert Bentley on Friday declared a statewide State of Emergency in anticipation of heavy rains and high winds likely to result from Tropical Storm Karen. With landfall of a tropical system, tornadoes are possible. Parts of Alabama could be placed under tornado watches or warnings.
"Residents and businesses along Alabama's coast should monitor weather conditions and be prepared for whatever this tropical storm may bring," Governor Bentley said. "By declaring this state of emergency, I am mobilizing the resources our communities need as the storm approaches."
"The Governor's issuance of the State of Emergency places Alabama National Guard members and all emergency response agencies on alert for the potential impact of Tropical Storm Karen," says Alabama EMA Director Art Faulkner.
Governor Bentley, along with AEMA Director Art Faulkner briefed local officials Friday afternoon by conference call on the current efforts of state agencies to monitor the track of Tropical Storm Karen. By declaring a State of Emergency, Governor Bentley is directing the activation of the Alabama Emergency Operations Plan. Governor Bentley is also directing the appropriate state agencies to exercise their statutory authority to assist the communities and entities affected by the storm. The Alabama Emergency Management Agency is also authorized to make appropriate assessments of damages following the storm.
Suggestions on how to prepare for a tropical storm can be found at www.readyalabama.gov, or by following Ready Alabama on Twitter at @readyalabama. The Alabama Emergency Management Agency also has information online at www.ema.alabama.gov and on Twitter by following @AlabamaEMA.
INFORMATION SOURCE: Governor's Press Office


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Bacteria closes UNH Outdoor Pool temporarilyBy Gretyl Macalaster
Union Leader Correspondent
August 23. 2013 8:07AM
DURHAM - The University of New Hampshire Outdoor Pool has been closed temporarily due to increased levels of bacteria found in the water.
UNH announced on Thursday the pool would be closed immediately after the results of a required weekly bacteria test indicated that coliform was present.
The facility will remain closed until a future test shows the water meets the standard of less than one total coliform per 100 milliliters of water in a future test, per standard protocol.
The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services mandates that the 75-year-old pool be tested weekly for total coliform bacteria and E.coli bacteria due to the slow water circulation in the 43,000 square foot pool.
Water circulation remains one of the university?s primary concerns as they work with the town to come up with a plan for the future of the pool. Safety concerns have led the university to considering closing the WPA-era pool and replacing it with a smaller, modern outdoor pool.
Residents in Durham have pushed back against this proposal and have organized a group to try and preserve the pool as is.
A public meeting to discuss the pool is being organized by the university and is scheduled to be held sometime this fall.


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A labor union is an association of
workers in a particular trade, industry, or plant, which uses
collective action to press for improvements in the pay, benefits, and
working conditions of its members. The roots of trade unionism as a
movement can be traced to 18th-century Britain, where the first
fraternal and self-help associations of workingmen were established.
During the 19th century, trade unionism developed simultaneously in
America, Great Britain, and other parts of Europe.
When unions became outspoken on political and economic matters,
they generally met with hostility from employers and government. They
were often prosecuted under restraint-of-trade and conspiracy
statutes. Consequently, workingmen's associations in Britain and the
United States were usually fleeting enterprises through much of 19th
century. Overall, British unionism exhibited a stronger inclination
to political activity than its American counterpart, culminating in
the formation of the Labour Party in 1906.
In 1886 several unions of skilled workers established the American
Federation of Labor (AFL), which marked the start of a large-scale
labor movement in the U.S. Unionism in America gained political
legitimacy more gradually than in Britain, by a series of court
decisions that incrementally placed greater restrictions on the use
of injunctions and conspiracy laws against unions.
According to author Jonah Goldberg:
"Traditional, private sector unions were born out of an often bloody adversarial relationship between labor and management. It's been said that during World War I, U.S. soldiers had better odds of surviving on the front lines than miners did in West Virginia coal mines. Mine disasters were frequent; hazardous conditions were the norm. In 1907, the Monongah mine explosion claimed the lives of 362 West Virginia miners. Day-to-day life often resembled serfdom, with management controlling vast swaths of the miners' lives. And before unionization and many New Deal-era reforms, Washington had little power to reform conditions by legislation."
Government unions, by contrast, have no such narrative in their history. Public-sector workers were already earning good salaries in 1962 when President Kennedy issued an executive order lifting the federal ban on government unions. Thanks to civil service regulations and similar laws, government workers had enjoyed good working conditions for generations.
earliest unions in both the U.S. and Great Britain consisted of
skilled workers, as it was widely believed that unskilled laborers
were not suited for union organization. But over time, in Britain and
elsewhere in Europe, unions for unskilled or semi-skilled workers
grew into viable entities. This trend eventually came to America as
well, when, in 1935, the AFL expelled a small group of member unions
that were attempting to organize unskilled laborers. The expelled
unions joined forces to form the Congress of Industrial Organizations
(CIO), which successfully organized the steel and automobile
During the latter years of the Depression,
the U.S. labor movement was infiltrated
by members of the Communist
Party. Soon after World War II, however, unions generally began a process of purging their ranks of
Communist influences. That process was given particular urgency in 1947
when Congress passed the Taft-Hartley
Labor Act, which stipulated that unions would be
required to file financial reports and affidavits affirming that none
of their officers were Communists.
From the 1950s through the
mid-1990s, union leadership tended generally to be politically
centrist. This trend was personified by such figures as Albert
Shanker, who served as president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) from 1974 to 1997; George
Meany, who led the AFL-CIO from 1955 to 1979; and Lane Kirkland, who
succeeded Meany as AFL-CIO president from 1979 to 1995. When Shanker
and Kirkland's respective tenures ended in the 1990s, however, they were replaced
by leftists like Sandra Feldman (AFT), and John Sweeney (AFL-CIO).
These individuals, along with other leftist ideologues at the helm of
powerful unions, quickly transformed the labor movement into a
"progressive" crusade.
Another major figure in the labor movement was Andrew Stern,
the former New Leftist who served as president of the Service
Employees International Union (SEIU) from 1996 to 2010. As Ryan
Lizza, associate editor of The New Republic, notes, today's
SEIU leaders "tend to be radical, even socialist."
leftward ideological shift of the unions brought with it a dramatic
increase in political activism by union leaders and foot soldiers
alike. In 1996, for instance, Andrew Stern told SEIU officials that
he expected "every leader at every level of this union, from the
international president to the rank-and-file member, to devote five
working days this year to political action" in support of the
Democratic Party and its candidates. Meanwhile, another major union,
the National Education Association (NEA), has assembled a permanent,
paid, full-time staff of at least 1,800 United Service (UniServ)
employees who function as political operatives -- more than the
Republican and Democratic Parties combined. Beyond this, leftwing
unions like the SEIU and NEA contribute huge sums of money to Democratic candidates during every election
Government (public-sector) unions have become
major players in the American political process, providing a strong
base of support for the left. As of 2010, fully 36.2 percent of
government employees were unionized. This is virtually the only sector
of American society where unions have been growing. In the mid-20th
century, nearly half of private-sector workers were union members. By 2010, that proportion had plummeted to a mere 6.9 percent of
private-sector workers.
One reason for this decline is that
unionized private-sector companies, forced to pay wages higher than the law of
supply-and-demand warranted, became uncompetitive in the global
marketplace and went out of business.
Public-sector unions, by contrast, have suffered no such consequences because their success depends upon their ability to siphon up taxpayer dollars, rather than upon their fiscal responsibility and the realities of the market. Public employees earn approximately 45 percent more, on average, in wages and benefits than comparable private-sector workers. In addition, public employees, as compared to their private-sector counterparts, pay less for their health care and receive pensions that are far more generous -- often without contributing any of their own money to those benefits. Rather, American taxpayers foot the bill.
The Capital Research Center points out that public-sector unions invariably support government provision of health care "not
only because it would shift health care costs from unionized employers
to taxpayers, but because greater government involvement in the
one-sixth of the American economy that is health care would create
opportunities to mandate union representation."
Because government
workers get their money not from a free marketplace but from taxes,
their unions have a large incentive to advocate on behalf of
political leaders who support higher taxes and bigger government,
which can, in turn, produce an ever-greater number of public-sector
union jobs. Indeed, when California voters approved Proposition 13 in 1978, cutting the
state's astronomical property taxes by 57 percent, the public-sector
unions were enraged. Union leader
Ron Coleman said, "We're not going to just lie back and take it."
As pollster Scott Rasmussen explained in the Wall
Street Journal, "Public-sector workers want government to grow
first, and the overall health of the economy isn't as relevant to
them." This mindset translates into overwhelming public-sector
union support for Democratic politicians who will block efforts to
reduce government and to lower taxes. Indeed, public-sector union
money constitutes the lifeblood of the Democratic Party.
Union political support for Democrats is a trend that has been in place for decades, and it shows no signs of abating. In 2010, America's top 20 labor unions gave more than $68 million in campaign contributions to federal candidates -- with 94 percent of the total going to Democrats and just 4 percent to Republicans. Most of the total -- 88 percent -- came from political action committees (PACs) associated with those 20 unions, and the remaining 12 percent came from individual union members. A similar trend can be seen in state and local political campaigns. Fifteen unions gave at least $1 million to Democrats during the 2008 and 2010 campaigns. Combined, their donations totaled more than $206 million, of which fully 91 percent went to Democrats.
Below is a list of all the labor unions that ranked -- along with various corporations, special-interest groups, and professional associations -- among the 140 leading donors to U.S. political parties and their candidates from 1989-2010. Every one of these unions, without exception, gave the vast majority of its donations to Democrats. Next to each union's name is the total dollar amount of its political contributions during the two-decade period, as well as what percentage of that money went to Democrats:
In 1996,
Rutgers economics professor Leo Troy estimated that in each election cycle at that time, union political
expenditures totaled approximately $500 million. In 2004, the National Institute for Labor Relations Research placed the figure at $925 million. According to the Center for
Responsive Politics, eight of the top ten all-time political
contributors are labor unions.
The money that is transferred in these political contributions derives from the dues which are automatically taken out of the paychecks of millions of union members. As NEA general counsel Robert Chanin candidly said at the NEA's annual meeting in July 2009:
"Despite what some among us would like to believe, [the NEA is effective] not because of our creative ideas. It is not because of the merit of our positions. It is not because we care about children and it is not because we have a vision of a great public school for every child. NEA and its affiliates are effective advocates because we have power.
"And we have power because there are more than 3.2 million people who are willing to pay us hundreds of millions of dollars in dues each year, because they believe that we are the unions that can most effectively represent them, the unions that can protect their rights and advance their interests as education employees."
Contrary to Chanin's assertion, however, many NEA members are not happy about paying their union dues. According to a 2004
Zogby poll, 63 percent of all employees, and 61 percent of
unionized workers, said that union members should not be required to
contribute their dues to political causes they opposed. Moreover, a McLaughlin & Associates poll found
that two-thirds of union workers
were unaware of their right to withhold dues whose use was explicitly slated for political purposes.
In early 2011, Florida legislators passed HB1021, a bill banning automatic paycheck deductions for state-employee union dues, and allowing union members to decide whether or not they want their dues to be used for political advocacy by union leaders.
Also in contradiction to union-official claims, polls have consistently shown that a majority of employees do not want to join labor unions. For example, in a March 2007 Opinion
Research Corporation poll, 64 percent of workers said they
would prefer their present jobs to remain non-union. An August 2006 Zogby
poll found that 58.2 percent of employees were either "definitely
against" or "probably
against" joining a union. Only one-third of respondents said they would actually lean toward
joining a union, and scarcely a third of those said they were "definitely" in favor of doing so.
The frequency with which union officials commit crimes against their own members is noteworthy. In recent years, hundreds of union officials have been indicted for Labor Management and Reporting Disclosure Act violations, including embezzlement, falsification of
reports and records, destruction of records, extortionate picketing, and deprivation
of rights by violence. The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) notes:
"In fiscal year 2005, OLMS completed 325 criminal cases. Indictments
increased to 114, a 16 percent increase from FY 2001. The number of
convictions dropped to 97. In addition, in FY 2005 court-ordered
restitution amounted to $23,244,979."
In addition, the Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General reports that between 2001 and 2005, some 1,142 racketeering indictments were issued against labor unions, resulting in 705 convictions and more than $400 million in fines and
restitution. Nearly half of these racketeering investigations involved pensions and employee welfare
benefit plans.
A 2004 Zogby International poll found that 71 percent of union members said
the government should do more to protect them from corrupt
union officials, and that unions should be required to provide detailed
reports of their finances in order to discourage abuses. According to the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General,
"Schemes involving bribery, extortion, deprivation of union rights by
violence, and embezzlement used by early racketeers are still employed
to abuse the power of unions."
Trevor Loudon, former vice president of ACT New Zealand -- a political party that promotes free-market classical liberalism in the New Zealand Parliament -- writes that "[t]he U.S labor movement is now completely dominated by socialists and communists." In March 2011, Loudon reported that 96 union leaders and activists from 26 states had recently gathered for an "Emergency Labor Meeting" in Cleveland to "explore together what we can do to mount a more militant and robust fight-back campaign to defend the interests of working people." This closed-door meeting was endorsed by many of the most radical socialist labor leaders in America, including affiliates of such groups as the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, the Democratic Socialists of America, the Communist Party USA, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the Socialist Party USA, and the International Socialist Organization.
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