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The Zamaan Trio join the Amici Concerts as part of the Festival of Chichester at St Pancras Church, Eastgate Square, Chichester on Thursday, July 12 at 7.30pm.
They will offer classical and traditional music from across the Middle-East, featuring the great composers of Syria and Egypt and performed by virtuoso Syrian musicians with a passion for their heritage: oud player Rihab Azar, bassist Fajer Alabdallah and percussionist Jamal AlSaka (Riq and Mazhar).
Meg Hamilton, co-organiser of the series, said: “Amici Concerts has often featured fascinating programmes of Middle Eastern music at Chichester’s St Pancras Church during the Festival. This year July our city welcomes young female oudist Rihab Azar and her Zamaan trio of Syrian musicians.”
Rihab said: “Zamaan means time in Arabic. I will be performing classical and traditional music from different areas of the Middle-East and will include music by the greatest composers of Syria and Egypt.
“I was born into a musical family in Syria,” she explains. “It is not often one comes across a female instrumentalist performing Arabic music.
“Traditionally the women sing. My father and first teacher is a luthier and made my first oud for me when I was seven years old.”
Rihab has studied and taught music at the Conservatoire of Damascus and in 2014 was the first woman oudist to perform as a soloist with the Syrian National Orchestra for Arabic Music.
“I moved to England in 2015 to study music education at University College London which has been a very exciting journey,” she says. Rihab’s studies in the UK have been sponsored by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Arts Council England, and she now performs at festivals and arts centres around the country as well as on BBC radio.
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Serbian police have prevented dozens of far-right supporters from disrupting an event designed to boost dialogue with the former province of Kosovo whose declaration of independence Belgrade does not recognize.
Police cordons blocked several streets in central Belgrade on Wednesday as members of the Serbian Radical Party rallied against the opening of the "Mirdita-Dobar Dan" festival. Party leader Vojislav Seselj, who was convicted of war crimes by a U.N. court, says the festival is a "shame" for Serbia.
The event is organized by liberal youth groups from Serbia and Kosovo to promote cultural exchange between the former war foes. It features films, exhibitions and debates.
Serbia and Kosovo must normalize relations to advance toward membership in the European Union. Kosovo declared independence in 2008 following the 1998-99 conflict.

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BELGRADE, Serbia — Several thousand people have joined renewed protests in Belgrade over the shady demolition last year in an area marked for a United Arab Emirates-financed real estate project.
No one has been held responsible for the nighttime destruction last April of a block of houses by a group of masked men despite repeated promises to the contrary by the government.
Carrying anti-government banners and blowing whistles, protesters marched Wednesday through central Belgrade blocking traffic. Participants have demanded the resignation of mayor Sinisa Mali.
UAE investors have been building a Dubai-style business and residential complex in the run-down urban area by the Sava River.


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Rome, GA (WGCL) — A high school student has been searching for years, trying to find a kidney match for her sick grandfather. This past weekend, she got news she had long been waiting for — a perfect match has finally been found.
Maddie Sabourin, 18, is a high school senior at Darlington School in Rome, Georgia, but she’s often in Mareitta sitting by her sick grandfather’s side.
“Watching papa just be on the transplant list for the past six years has been super hard,” said Sabourin. “We’ve always been really close.”
Sam Senseney, 63, needs a new kidney. Right now, he’s getting by with dialysis three days a week, four hours a day.
“It pretty much wipes me out,” said Senseney. “It has just really taken a toll on me.”
His entire family, and even friends, have been tested as potential donors, but no one was a match, and there are 2,000 other people on the Georgia kidney transplant list.
For the past two years, as Maddie was a contestant in the Miss Georgia Outstanding Teen Pageant, her platform was obvious — raising awareness for organ donation. She personally raised $7,500 for the American Kidney Fund in hopes that her grandfather would receive a kidney transplant.
The day after her 18th birthday, she finally got the chance she’d been waiting for, which is to find out if she could be a donor.
“Originally, they told me no,” she said.
But Maddie was indeed a match. However, doctors thought she was just too young to donate.
“This wasn’t something that I was just going to let go,” she said. “When I knew that I was a match, I knew that this was in God’s plan for me.”
“She took me by surprise and she made a little card,” said Senseney.
Maddie convinced doctors to let her donate, and with a letter letting her grandpa know one of her kidneys would soon be his.
“I just sat there and looked at it, and was like there’s no way,” said Senseney.
“It’s just amazing to know that after all my hard work and advocating, that I’m going to be the one,” she said.
Next week, Maddie and her grandfather go in to meet with the doctors and set a date for surgery, which they hope will be within the next month.
“For as long as I’ve been looking for a kidney, and then she comes along and just has one, and everything is a match, and everything is perfect. It just pretty much blew me away,” said Senseney.
“Papa is going to get all of his energy back, and he’s going to live the life he did six years ago,” she said. “And I’m going to get my best bud back!”
Maddie will have to spend three weeks out of school her senior year of high school, but says it is well worth it to save the life of her grandpa.

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Question: Milton “Butch” Long (1917-2017): Centenarian was noted carpenter known for advice

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PORT CLINTON — Milton “Butch” Long, a longtime carpenter and competitive shooter who lived most of his life in and around Port Clinton, died Thursday in Edgewood Manor Nursing Care here. He was 100.
He died of internal bleeding, said his son, Milton Long, Jr.
The senior Mr. Long was well known around the community for his handiwork and his advice, which came from a level-headed approach to life, said his daughter, Deb Long.
“We kind of had to share him with everyone,” she said.
Mr. Long was born to Ray and Ana Long on July 10, 1917, in Port Clinton. It was not long before he got a job delivering the (Cleveland) Plain Dealer as a fourth-grade student, starting a work ethic that would last the rest of his life.
His father taught him carpentry skills at a young age, and he took to it quickly. In high school shop class, Mr. Long’s teacher asked him for advice, his son said.
Mr. Long did not finish high school out of boredom, his son said, though he did receive a diploma and a key to the city of Port Clinton in 2005.
“He was always learning,” Ms. Long said. “He was one of those people others looked to for wisdom.”
Mr. Long started working with Matthews Boats, where he learned carpentry and ship-building skills he put to work during World War II. He moved to Philadelphia as the war started, working in marine salvage and shipbuilding, which kept him from being drafted.
“They wouldn’t draft him because he was essential,” Ms. Long said. “He always had all the ration slips he wanted.”
He met his wife, Ethel Roser Long, in Atlantic City, N.J., and they married there Feb. 13, 1943.
“How they lived their lives was quite a bit different before they got married,” Ms. Long said. “She always had a little bit of that city polish.”
They moved back to a farm in Ottawa County’s Bay Township a few months after their son was born. Mr. Long worked for several companies in carpentry and construction before starting his own cabinetry business.
He never needed any advertising beyond word-of-mouth to keep a steady stream of work.
While living in Bay Township, he founded the Port Clinton Rifle Club, and was a top-10 competitive shooter in Ohio. He also fiercely defended government funding for Camp Perry and its Civilian Marksmanship Program.
He never formally retired until, in his late 80s, macular degeneration robbed him of his eyesight.
Determined not to let his blindness stop his work, he built by touch a flawless cabinet that his family still uses.
“He couldn’t give up his work,” Mr. Long, Jr., said.
Mrs. Long died May 26, 2004. His children were not sure how he would handle life on his own, but he responded by making daily calls for the rest of his life to her old friends, several of whom had no other people to talk with on a regular basis.
“It was his ministry,” his son said.
Surviving are his children, Milton Long, Jr., and Deb Long, along with two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Visitation will be Monday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. at the Neidecker, LeVeck, and Crossier Funeral Home, Port Clinton. Funeral services will begin Tuesday at 11 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Port Clinton, with a luncheon to follow.
The family suggests tributes to the Ida Rupp Library or the Port Clinton Lighthouse Conservancy.
Contact Zack Lemon at zlemon@theblade.com, 419-724-6282 or on Twitter @zack_lemon.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The following is a look at obituaries published on SILive.com. Viewing times and guestbooks can be found here.
Native Staten Islander Michael F. Donnelly Sr., a World War II veteran, member of Faith United Methodist Church, avid New York Yankees fan and beloved family man, died Saturday, three days shy of his 92nd birthday.
Jeanne Collins Helbock, 54, of West Brighton, an active parishioner of Blessed Sacrament R.C. Church who was devoted to her family, died Saturday after a battle with ovarian cancer.


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This May 29, 2018 photo made available by the Chesterfield County Sheriff's Office, S.C., shows Breanna Lewis under arrest. The mother, who said her 11-month-old daughter was kidnapped on Tuesday, May 29, 2018, before the baby was found dead in a diaper box, has been charged with lying to police and improperly disposing of a body. (Chesterfield County Sheriff's Office via AP)
This May 29, 2018 photo made available by the Chesterfield County Sheriff's Office, S.C., shows Breanna Lewis under arrest. The mother, who said her 11-month-old daughter was kidnapped on Tuesday, May 29, 2018, before the baby was found dead in a diaper box, has been charged with lying to police and improperly disposing of a body. (Chesterfield County Sheriff's Office via AP)
CHESTERFIELD, S.C. (AP) - The mother of an 11-month-old baby found dead in a diaper box near her South Carolina home has been charged with lying to police and improperly disposing of a body, authorities said Wednesday.
Detectives continue to interview Breanna Lewis and her family and more charges are possible, Chesterfield County Sheriff Jay Brooks said Wednesday. Authorities said the 19-year-old mother had initially reported the child had been kidnapped.
"This is just a sad case all around," said Brooks, who called Lewis the "primary suspect" in the death of her daughter.
Lewis called deputies Tuesday saying she was attacked and that her baby, Harlee, was stolen from her arms by a man wearing a black coat, toboggan and one glove, according to the sheriff. Brooks added that the mother told them the kidnapping occurred when she went to get the mail Tuesday afternoon.
Lewis' face was bruised and her story initially seemed to check out, so an Amber Alert was issued, Brooks said. But not long after, deputies searching a field near Lewis' home found the baby's body inside a diaper box, according to authorities.
An autopsy was performed on the infant's body Wednesday, but Chesterfield County Coroner Kip Kiser said he is still investigating and isn't releasing the results yet.
Lewis is charged with filing a false police report for lying about an assault, in addition to the charge of improper disposal of human remains, Brooks said. He added that more charges are possible.
Jail officials said they didn't know if she has a lawyer. She was awaiting a bond hearing.

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Question: Missing California woman turns up on ‘The Bachelor’

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – A woman reported missing in Northern California last November has been found in an unusual, but highly visible place: on a popular reality television program.
Eagle-eyed viewers of “The Bachelor” identified Rebekah Helena Martinez this week as a contestant on the show’s current season after the North Coast Journal showed her photo among 35 people missing in Humboldt County, according to the publication.
Martinez, 22, has been listed as missing on the California Department of Justice’s website since Nov. 12. The date, according to the website, was the last time the young woman was seen.
On Thursday, the North Coast Journal posted a story, accompanied by photographs, about missing people in Humboldt County on Facebook, asking if any of their readers recognized anyone on the list.
And they did.
The first to respond, Amy Bonner O’Brien, said she recognized Martinez as a contestant on the latest season of “The Bachelor”; the long-running reality television series began airing its 22nd season at the beginning of last month.
“I was just scrolling through the 35 missing people and I recognized some of them from news stories,” O’Brien recalled in an interview with SFGate. “When I got to her, I was like wait a minute, she looks so familiar and I instantly thought of ‘The Bachelor.'”
The Journal followed up on the tip, contacting the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office after tracking down an Instagram account belonging to Martinez. The account had been active throughout the time the woman had been listed as missing.
MOM. how many times do I have to tell you I don’t get cell service on The Bachelor?? https://t.co/iYnxQCIZBt — bekah martinez ♡ (@whats_ur_sign_) February 2, 2018
A short time later, the deputy who took the missing person’s report confirmed to the publication that she had been located. The deputy spoke with Martinez over the phone, according to sheriff’s spokeswoman Samantha Karges.
She told the Journal that Martinez’s mother reported her daughter missing on Nov. 18, six days after she had last been seen. Martinez had told her mother she was going to work on a marijuana farm in Humboldt County.
“As part of procedure, Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office deputies are typically required to make direct contact with the missing person to confirm status and well-being, as geographical and other factors allow,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a statement obtained by the New York Times. “A deputy was not able to make direct contact with Martinez and she was not removed from the Missing and Unidentified Persons System.”
Martinez had posted on Sept. 17 that she was giving up her phone and social media for several weeks. Her next post was dated Nov. 22.
According to her contestant biography on ABC’s website, Martinez — who goes by Bekah M. — is from Fresno and works as a nanny.

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Question: Liverpool transfer news: Jurgen Klopp refuses to blame ‘hectic’ market for Reds situation

EPA Jurgen Klopp wants the transfer window to close before the start of the season
Liverpool drew their opening game on the Premier League season on Saturday 3-3 at Watford. The Reds have broken their transfer recording landing Mohamed Salah from Roma - but also risk losing Philippe Coutinho in a late deal to Barcelona. There is still over two weeks of the transfer window remaining and Klopp has complained before about the timing of deadline day, joining other managers in calling for the market to cease once the league season starts. But he rejected the idea the continuing window is to blame for Liverpool’s current situation.
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"It would have helped us this year (if the window shut when the season started)," Klopp said. "There is a phenomenon and then people go looking for solutions. It makes sense that when the season is starting, planning for the team is over. "But I also understand that some things take a bit more time. The whole market has changed – the behaviour of people.
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Leicester will likely sell their star man this summer to extract maximum value - with only two years remaining on his contract - and the Star report the Blues now have a fight on their hands to sign him in the next window.
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VANCOUVER - A stunt woman has died following a motorcycle accident on the set of Deadpool 2 in downtown Vancouver.
The accident occurred just after 8 a.m. on Monday.
Witnesses say the woman was filming a stunt when she lost control of her bike, jumped a curb and crashed into Shaw Tower across from Canada Place.
She was treated by ambulance personnel but police say she died at the scene.
Her name has not been released.
Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds expressed his condolences to his crew member's family and friends.
Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds expressed his condolences for the death of his crew member.
“We’re heartbroken, shocked and devastated... but recognize nothing can come close to the grief and inexplicable pain her family and loved ones must feel in this moment," wrote Reynolds on social media. "My heart pours out to them...."
Deadline.com reports that the stunt driver, who was not wearing a helmet, was a motocross rider who was doing her first film as a stunt performer.
"We are deeply saddened by the accident that occurred on the set of Deadpool 2this morning," 20th Century Fox spokesman told Deadline. "Our hearts and prayers are with the family, friends and colleagues of our crew member during this difficult time."
A motorcycle remains on the ground in front of a shattered-out glass window at the back of Shaw Tower. Vancouver police have taped off the area.
Stunt gone wrong at Canada place. Motorcycle stunt driver went into Starbucks. Non responsive. @WhatsFilming pic.twitter.com/TaB4yThBOh — JerFree (@jerfree) August 14, 2017
WorkSafeBC says they have five officers investigating.
Two officers are investigating to see if there are any immediate health or safety concerns, while three other officers are investigating the cause of the fatality and future prevention, said WorkSafeBC spokeswoman Trish Knight Chernecki.
Findings on any immediate health or safety concerns could be available within several days, while the investigation on the cause usually takes longer, said Chernecki.
Sharmina Kermalli said she had just walked into a Starbucks next door to where the accident happened when she heard a loud crash.
She ran out of the coffee shop and saw a woman lying with her body inside and her head outside the building.
Glass was still falling on the woman, Kermalli said.
“I was thinking, what if I was just five seconds (later),” she said, explaining that she had just walked by the spot where the crash happened.
Allan Webber was among those who came to the accident scene to watch as investigators assessed the scene then uprighted the stunt bike with its crumpled front tire.
"It's like a cursed corner," Webber said of the area, noting that just the day before the crash, one man died and two were injured in a bus accident down the street, and in 2013, actor Cory Monteith died in a neighbouring hotel.
Webber said he had previously watched the stuntwoman successfully complete a ride down Thurlow Street.
Nathan Kramchynski works on the seventh floor of the Shaw Tower and said he had been watching rehearsals of the stunt at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
The stunt woman had been riding the motorcycle down a set of stairs from the convention centre and stopped when she reached the street, he said.
When the accident happened, the driver appeared to pick up speed, crossed the street and swerved to avoid pedestrians before disappearing from his view, said Kramchynski.
“She lost control really quickly. It happened in a split second,” he said. “She was going full throttle and then there’s a building there.”
He said a fire truck and police cars arrived “instantly.”
“The response was actually incredible,” he said.
The ambulance remained at the scene for about 15 or 20 minutes before leaving, he added.
According to Global News, whose TV crew witnessed the accident, the rider successfully completed the stunt four times but on the fifth try she encountered trouble with the throttle and lost control of the bike.
Deadpool 2, the sequel to the 2016 Marvel Comics blockbuster from 20th Century Fox starring Vancouver actor Ryan Reynolds, has been shooting in Vancouver since June 26. The film crew closed down downtown streets last week to film sequences involving motorcycles and scooters.
Domino, a female character played by actress Zazie Beetz, was spotted riding a black Ducati motorcycle down Hastings Street. It was the same model of motorcycle involved in Monday's accident.
Jason Cameron, a business agent with the Union of B.C. Performers said it’s not known if the stunt woman was one of their members.
The UBCP represents 6,000 people who work as actors, stunt performers, singers, and voice actors.
“We’re waiting for more information to come in. We would have had members on set,” said Cameron.
He said a union representative headed out to the set after hearing news of the accident. Trauma counselling will be available, he said.
Cameron said despite today’s tragic accident, performing stunts is very safe.
“The nature of stunt performing is it is very dangerous but we are also talking about skilled and trained stunt performers who perform these very dangerous stunts in a safe way,” he said.
“These very complicated sequences and stunts happen on film sets all the time. (Accidents are) pretty rare considering how often stunts like this are performed. It’s exceedingly rare which is a test to the skill level.”
Cameron said Deadpool 2 is a “stunt-heavy” production.
It's not the first tragedy to hit the B.C. film industry.
In 1998, local stuntman Marc Akerstream was killed when he was struck in the head by a piece of flying debris while observing an explosion on the Squamish set of the TV show The Crow: Stairway to Heaven.
Two years earlier in Squamish, 32-year-old Vancouver stuntman Keith Perepelkin died on the set of the movie Firestorm, after his parachute failed to open during a jump from a helicopter.
Last month in Atlanta, stuntman John Bernecker died on the set of The Walking Dead after he fell head-first onto concrete instead of on padding meant to cushion his roughly 7-metre fall from a balcony. His death was believed to be the first stunt-related fatality on U.S. soil in 20 years.
Meanwhile, in May of 2016, Hollywood actor Dylan O'Brien suffered a concussion and multiple facial fractures after a stunt went wrong on the set of Maze Runner: The Death Cure in Cache Creek.
WorkSafeBC put the blame for O'Brien's injuries squarely on 20th Century Fox, saying the production company "failed” to ensure the safety of workers on the Maze Runner set.
Monday's crash occurred just metres away from the site of Sunday's fatal bus accident. A charter tour bus loaded with passengers hit three people — killing one and injuring two others — on Canada Place Way, between the Convention Centre and Canada Place.
Deadpool 2 is scheduled to be released in theatres on June 1, 2018.
With files from Gord Hoekstra, Matt Robinson, The Canadian Press and The Associated Press
sbrown@postmedia.com
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Tom Cruise appeared to be hurt after a stunt went wrong on the set of "Mission: Impossible 6" in London.
The actor was seen limping after he jumped off of scaffolding and hit the side of a building.
TMZ posted a video that shows Cruise trying to jump onto the roof of a building, but the actor falls short and hits the edge with his torso. Within the clip, Cruise attempts to run across the rooftop before he falls to the ground. At one point, he gets up and limps back towards the scaffolding where he is pulled by his harness.
It's unclear as to what the extent of the injury is, or if he was hospitalized.
Cruise, 55, is known for performing many of his own stunts.
"Mission: Impossible 6" is set for release in July 2018. Cruise announced in June that the long-awaited "Top Gun" sequel will be called "Top Gun: Maverick."


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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Unification is an idea that moves most Koreans, North and South, on an emotional level.
For some, especially young people in the South, it may not be a burning issue. Details like the costs, the risks and what specifically both sides stand to gain are rarely given much thought by anyone who isn't an academic, politician or activist.
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Can Kim's nuclear-armed North and the K-pop capitalism of Moon's South ever merge into One Korea? Both leaders come to the table with distinct visions of what that would look like. And they are very different.
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After failing to take the South by force in the 1950s, North Korea's founder and "eternal president," Kim Il Sung, announced a plan for what he thought a unified Korea should look like back in 1980.
He called it the Democratic Federal Republic of Koryo. Koryo was an ancient Korean kingdom from which the word Korea is derived.
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Kim stressed the need for this new federation to remain neutral and independent, avoiding in particular military alliances with others.
Not surprisingly, that looks a lot like North Korea today, with its Supreme People's Assembly, and the party's Politburo and Central Committee overseeing day-to-day policies. Even the name smacks of the North, which is officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
An equal number of assembly seats would be a good deal for the North, which has half the South's population. The inclusion of Koreans overseas would boost that advantage even further since, for historical reasons, more often than not they have at least nominal allegiance to Pyongyang, not Seoul.
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South Korea's three-step proposal ends in a similarly predictable place: its own system writ large across the peninsula.
The first priority, according to South Korea's Unification Ministry, is to develop a sustainable relationship and resolve the issue of North Korea's development of nuclear weapons.
Seoul wants to substitute the unstable armistice that ended the fighting of the 1950-53 Korean War with a permanent peace treaty — a goal Pyongyang shares. This step could get a boost on Friday — it will almost certainly be taken up then and probably again at the summit between Kim and President Donald Trump in May or early June.
South Korea wants to then develop trust and cooperation to the point where a sort of national consensus has been achieved. After a transitional commonwealth period, the next step would be the formation of a single market on the Korean Peninsula "to create new growth engines and create an inter-Korean economic community of coexistence and co-prosperity."
"We will build a new economic order that will bring peace and prosperity to the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia," the ministry concludes.
The essentials of this plan were announced by President Roh Tae-woo in September 1989.
The succession of administrations that have taken office in the South since Roh have adhered fairly predictably to the principle of gradual, peaceful progress, while calibrating their willingness to engage with Pyongyang based on their assessment of its level of vulnerability or hostility.
In the long run, however, it makes no provision for a one-state, two-system future.
Ultimately, Seoul believes, the North Korean system has to go.
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Talmadge is the AP's Pyongyang bureau chief. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @EricTalmadge
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Victorian police officers faked more than 250,000 roadside breath tests over a five-and-a-half year period, an internal investigations has revealed.
The Age reports that roughly 258,000 alcohol breath tests, or about 1.5% of the total 17.7 million tests, were falsified over the time period out of a combination of police apathy and need to meet targets. Victoria Police were tipped off late last year from unusually quick breathalysing data and believes officers, in what the agency’s new head of Professional Standards Command has labelled a breach of community trust, may have circumvented the system by blowing into breathalysers themselves.
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Australian cattle have been shown arriving in Israel while covered in faeces, in the latest footage of the live export industry leaked by activists.
The Adelaide Advertiser ($) reports that the group Israel Against Live Shipments recorded cattle loaded onto the controversial live export ship Bader III from Adelaide and Fremantle, then entering Eilat covered in faeces and enduring a 44-degree heatwave. The Federal Agriculture Department spokesperson has since rejected the group’s claims of mistreatment, saying “the footage does not reflect the conditions of the cattle throughout the journey” and that the animals were washed down every second day.
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A dissident Russian journalist reported to have been killed in Kiev has shockingly turned up in the middle of a Ukrainian state service news conference addressing his killing.
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According to the The Sydney Morning Herald, Ukrainian officials reported on Tuesday that Arkady Babchenko, a 41-year-old critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and policy in Ukraine and Syria, had been murdered in his apartment — a claim that sparked fresh hostility between Ukraine and Russia. However on Wednesday, Babchenko appeared alive, if on the brink of tears, before reporters to claim that he had been part of a Ukrainian secret services operation required to stop a Russian attempt on his life.
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While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication. Sanofi spokesperson
The makers of Ambien knock back Roseanne Barr’s suggestion that their drug has anything to do with her wildly racist, career-ending tweets.
CRIKEY QUICKIE: THE BEST OF YESTERDAY #MeToo insurance? Protection offered for accused Australian musiciansSophie Benjamin “Sydney musician Brendan Sloan recently received a renewal notice for his musical instrument policy with Marsh Advantage Insurance. At the bottom of the covering letter, Marsh advised him that he could add additional cover to his policy, as below: ‘Additional & Optional Cover – Sexual Molestation Defence Endorsement: We are now able to provide an endorsement to include cover towards the Legal Fees and Defence costs that may be incurred in the event of an allegation of sexual molestation made against you.’” As the subpoenas fly, we resume playing our favourite game: ‘Where’s Michaelia?’Bernard Keane “Employment Minister Michaelia Cash was rostered on to appear at Senate estimates this morning. She appeared yesterday at hearings of the Education and Employment Committee, no problem. She was in Parliament House. But, strangely, she didn’t show up when the committee convened at 9am in committee room 2S3.” ‘No freedom until women are truly free’: Irish immigrants continue abortion fight in AustraliaEden Faithfull “The past week has been an eventful one for reproductive rights. In a landslide referendum, Ireland voted to lift the eighth amendment to the constitution, which effectively banned abortions. This was helped in part by the #HomeToVote movement, where Irish expatriates who were not given the opportunity to submit a postal vote flew home to have their voices heard. Back in NSW, the Upper House held a conscience vote to install 150-metre ‘safe access zones’ for women attending clinics that offer abortions.”
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Canberra
Day three of the latest round of federal Senate estimates will hear from portfolio representatives for Community Affairs (Dept of Social Services, covering family tax benefit, child payments and income support); Industry, Innovation and Science (Dept of Industry, Innovation and Science Australia, Anti-Dumping Commission, Australia’s Chief Scientist, ANSTO, CSIRO and IP Australia); Foreign Affairs and Trade (Dept of Foreign Affairs and Trade, covering trade operations, tourism, New Colombo Plan, payments to international organisations, and consular and passport services); and Education and Employment (Dept of Department of Education and Training covering Gonski 2.0 and schools funding).
Melbourne
Banking royal commission will hear from Australian Banking Association CEO Anna Bligh , after examining a case study involving a National Australia Bank business customer.
Victorian budget estimates will hear from Industry and Employment Minister Ben Carroll and Families and Children, Youth Affairs and Early Childhood Education Minister Jenny Mikakos .
Daniel Morcombe Foundation CEO Holly Brennan will speak at the Positive Schools Conference about the role schools, parents and carers play in preventing the abuse of children both online and offline.
The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner will seek leave to intervene in proceedings relating to the controversial approval of the Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board and United Firefighters Union Operational Agreement 2016 at the Fair Work Commission.
Brisbane
A protest vigil will be held outside Peter Dutton’s electoral office for Salim Kyawning , the 52-year-old Rohingya refugee who died on Manus Island last week. Speakers will include head of the Queensland Rohingya community Noor Zaman , former Greens senator Larissa Waters and Mufti Junaid Akbar .
The Threatened Species Recovery Hub of the National Environmental Science Program will host a roadshow and workshop, featuring scientific, animal and political experts from across Australia.
Sydney
The Australian National Maritime Museum will host a chartered cruise to explore Vivid Sydney celebrations and new, interactive light sculptures at Taronga Zoo.
ASX will host a “Meet the Manager” 2018 series event, set to explore sectors ranging from emerging markets, Australian and Asian property, and technology.
Lendlease will host “How Will You Live Your Hundred Year Life?”, an event exploring how elongated lifespans redefine how people live and work.
Adelaide
The SA History Festival will host their closing ceremony complete with Historian of the Year Awards.
JR Education Consulting Services will host The New National Quality Standard Conference, an Australian conference that has run since February and features educational experts discussing new quality standards.
Hobart
The Federal Department of Environment and Energy will hold public forum to gain insights that will inform the review of the Product Stewardship Act 2011, which deals with product stewardship and waste.
Australia
Today is National Soup Day, with Heinz celebrating by selling soup in Melbourne’s Federation Square and donating proceeds to the charity Youth Projects.
International
Today is World No Tobacco Day, with a Quit Victoria and Stroke Foundation event planned to discuss the long-term effects of smoking and strokes in Melbourne.
THE COMMENTARIAT
‘Profoundly irresponsible’: How the NDIS is failing the autistic — Madeleine Ryan (Sydney Morning Herald): “I am autistic and much of the terminology that’s used to describe autism often feels confusing, and disempowering. Although the subject is frequently in the news and being talked about the diagnostics coined by doctors, professors and scientists in relation to it are often disconnected from my life, and the lives of autistic adults and children. All the puzzling terms, labels and categories can make it harder for us to receive help when we need it and harder for the rest of the world to understand us.”
Commercial TV’s rare leadership on Roseanne is a breath of fresh air — Liz Giuffre (The Conversation): “Roseanne has described her ‘bad joke’ as being ‘in poor taste’. However, there is more to consider than ‘bad’ and ‘taste’ here. In fact, it was not actually a joke at all. Rather, it was a power exchange designed to directly belittle, marginalise and insult based on race. Racism causes actual harm.”
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Question: 'Turning 30 wasn't a big deal:' Scots songstress Amy Macdonald chats to us ahead of local concert date

Sometimes, hitting a major birthday can be a milestone, a turning point in one's life.
We've all heard of the old "life begins at 40" adage" and there are many people who dread turning 30, fearing that they are leaving their wilder days behind them and having to finally do sensible and serious things like buying homes, babies and marriage.
Scots singer Amy Macdonald, who is hitting the highways and byways of Britain for her latest tour, has just notched up that 30th milestone.
So was it a reason to celebrate or comiserate?
"Turning 30 wasn't a big deal for me at all," she said. "In fact, It sort of brought an end to my first ten years in the business very neatly.
"It is ten years since my first album and just after my birthday, I found out that my sales have reached twelve million worldwide - so my memories of turning 30 are extremely happy!"
Her fourth album Under Stars was released earlier this year.
Amy is hoping for more of that happiness when she arrives in our region on November 5. She'll be appearing at Scunthorpe's Baths Hall in support of her fourth and latest album Under Stars - a quite appropriate title seeing as outside the venue, the skies will be filled with the bright lights of Bonfire Night.
She's understandably pleased with the album which was released to great critical acclaim earlier this year.
"I'm looking forward to getting out there and playing live again," she said.
"The new tour is an acoustic tour - I've done so many shows over the years where I've done a little acoustic set and it has always gone down so well so I wanted to expand on that."
"Playing songs acoustically means interpreting and playing them in a whole different way, so the process of rehearsing and getting ready can often be a lot more complex than an ordinary tour.
"For me, acoustic shows have a magical feeling. Smaller, intimate venues and a chance to play songs that mean something to me and the people listening to them. I'm really looking forward to it."
Since first bursting onto the music scene back in 2007 with songs such as Mr Rock 'n' Roll and This Is The Life, the Bishopbriggs-born star has enjoyed worldwide success and met with the approval of critics across the globe.
She's rubbed shoulders with Ellen DeGeneres in the US, played a string of festivals, appeared on TV countless times and enjoyed number ones internationally.
And she's also worked alongside Kinks legend Ray Davies, is engaged to Scottish Premier League footballer Richard Foster and has collected a clutch of awards.
Not bad for a wee Scots lassie who heard Travis performing their song Turn at T In The Park in 2000 and decided that she'd like to play it herself and so ended up teaching herself to play her dad's guitar at the age of 12.
But the trappings of fame don't come without some drawbacks.
The fiercely proud Glasgow girl and a fan of Rangers, is no longer able to attend games at her beloved football club - especially Old Firm derbies against the club's deadly city rivals Celtic.
She said: "I tend to stay away from the Old Firm games, they tend to be a little bit crazy. It is difficult to go to places like that, because people can recognise you and it can become a bit uncomfortable."
The schedule of touring and soundchecking also means she doesn't get much beyond the venue she's playing at - which can be another frustration.
"Sometimes you are at the venue from 8am but not actually on stage until 9pm so there's a lot of waiting around. But you are needed for setting up and the soundcheck so its difficult to go anywhere. I grab a coffee and go for a quick wander around and that's about it!"
But she wouldn't have it any other way.
She's looking forward to getting out there once again and presenting her new album as well as the rich collection of guitar folk-tinged classics from her impressive back catalogue.
"People seem really excited and we're really looking forward to it.
"It should be a really great atmosphere We'll be playing some of my best-loved songs - it will be a mix of all four of my albums, so there will be something for everyone."
Of her latest album Under Stars, she said: "It's been about 2 and a half years in the making which is the longest I've ever taken with an album. At the time I wanted things to happen quicker but now that it's finished I'm glad we've taken the time; it feels like it's had the TLC that it deserves.”
Amy added: “I feel so proud of the songs and am so pleased with the record. There are so many incredible moments and I really feel this record features some of my best work. I'm excited to finally share it with my fans and I believe there is so much that will also appeal to new fans."
* Amy Macdonald plays Scunthorpe Baths Hall on November 5. Tickets are on sale now at http://www.amymacdonald.co.uk/

CHART star Jonas Blue believes he should be a new judge on The X Factor to make the show relevant.
The DJ, currently heading back to the Top 10 with Rise, is a huge fan of Simon Cowell’s show. His appeal comes as veteran pop star Robbie Williams, below, is being touted to appear on the new panel. Jonas, real name Guy Robin, is one of the most in-demand producers and thinks the show needs a modern star to bring some credibility to the panel. He said: “I’d love to get involved. I think it’s a great show. “I watch it but I feel as though it does need a current judge on it. “Someone who is in the music business right now at the height of their career. I think that’s important.
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“It would be nice to make a few quid from the winner’s single!” Jonas Blue “It’s those types of artists who can give the best advice.” If rumours are true Robbie and his wife Ayda Field will be part of a new panel that looks more like Loose Women than a pop show. Jonas already has links with Simon’s Syco label and is masterminding former X Factor act Four Of Diamonds’ assault on the charts. He thinks he’s got what it takes to give The X Factor contestants genuine hits: “I think I can pass on what I know about making current hits to the acts and to Mr Cowell. “And it would be nice to make a few quid from the winner’s single!” He can’t do worse than Ben Haenow... ----------
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Kylie highly delighted KYLIE Minogue put her hand on her heart and made her latest relationship official. Fans got the first peek of Paul Solomons at her 50th birthday bash last month. But now Kylie, who split from fiancé Joshua Sasse last year, shared a picture embracing the GQ creative director with the caption: “I [heart] NY.” Let’s hope the Aussie singer’s lucky, lucky, lucky in love this time.
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A rest is over-Dua THE end is near for Dua Lipa’s mammoth world tour. The IDGAF hitmaker completed the US leg of her schedule and is on her way back home. Dua will return to Europe for shows in Scotland, Norway and France before performing at Reading & Leeds festival next month. She’s expected to get straight back in the studio to work on her second LP. Hopefully, she’ll have Christmas off at least. ----------
GETTY BABY: Justin Bieber has been spotted out with Hailey Baldwin
IS Justin Bieber officially Hailey Baldwin’s boyfriend? It looks like JB may have popped the question and made things official, as the model stared lovingly into his eyes following a public smooch. After spending the week in Los Angeles, they headed to New York for July 4 celebrations. Meanwhile, JB has asked Portugal. The Man to write for his new album, as he’s too busy playing kiss chase! ----------
GETTY STRUT: Adam Lambert played London with Queen
Doing the Lambert walk... DON’T stop Adam Lambert now. The star went Radio Ga Ga almost doing a Cockney walk as he kicked off another UK tour with Queen in London. With Pride culminating this Saturday, Lambert is glad being gay is no longer a novelty. He shared: “Now I think we understand the nuances and the depth of being a queer person.” Queen are also set for a Las Vegas residency in September. ----------
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IT looks like Beyoncé and Jay-Z are on their yearly Mediterranean cruise. With a three-day break from their On The Run II world tour, The Carters appear to have headed back to Greece. Recovering from her on-stage mishap, Bey posted some rare family snaps alongside Jay-Z and daughter Blue Ivy. The delightful trio look like your regular, run-of-the-mill family. ----------
JOHN HOOPER WANTED: Max George is releasing a new album
Max Eds in a new direction FOUR years after The Wanted split Max George has launched his solo career. Max has teamed up with Ed Sheeran’s pal and BRIT Award winner producer Steve Mac for summer hit Barcelona, out now. The singer admitted he’s liked experimenting on his solo sound. Max said: “It’s not a million miles away from what I’ve done before, but it’s fresher and sharper, sometimes more stripped back.” ----------
GETTY BANNED: Tom Daley's hubby Dustin Lance Black is banned from Russia


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Question: 'Visual Narratives' - 4th Annual Tri-State Juried Exhibition - Award Ceremony and Reception

The Loft Artists Association Presents
“Visual Narratives” - 4th Annual Tri-State Juried Exhibition
August 26 - September 24, 2017
Award Ceremony and Reception September 8, 6 - 8 pm
Stamford, CT, July 28, 2017 – The Loft Artists Association announces its fourth annual Tri-state juried exhibition of work by artists from Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, to be held from August 26th to September 24th in their galleries at 575 Pacific Street in Stamford. $1,000 in cash prizes will be presented at an Awards Ceremony and Opening Reception on September 8th from 6 to 8 pm.
Juror Katerina Lanfranco created the show concept for “Visual Narratives.” She states, “All artists create visual languages to convey narratives and concepts that are important to them. These languages establish a formal construct, which can be representational or abstract. As such they create a unique way of communicating ideas. Historically, artists have used their personal lexicon to express religious, political, historical or spiritual ideas. Some famous artists who have created their own discourse around visual narratives include Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel, David Salle, Kiki Smith, and Louise Bourgeois. Other artists who use an abstract approach to creating their dialogue include Eva Hesse, Barnett Newman, Joseph Albert, and Lee Bontecou. Contemporary artists can reference the real world directly or they can create a singular language devised, codified, presented, performed, and understood only by the artists themselves and their followers. The show ‘Visual Narratives’ explores these imagined and created world views, lexicons, and visual languages, which are at the heart of this exhibition.”
Katerina Lanfranco is the Chief Curator at Trestle Gallery in Brooklyn, NY, and Founder of Rhombus Space, an exhibition venue established in 2013. She is also a Brooklyn-based artist who creates paintings, drawings, sculptures, and mixed media installations. Through her studio practice, she explores the intersection between nature, science, and fantasy in her art. Her work is represented by the Nancy Hoffman Gallery, and is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings) in Berlin, and the Corning Museum of Glass. She teaches studio art at museums and institutions of higher learning throughout New York City. She has been awarded several artist residencies including a six-month Creative Artist Fellowship in Kyoto, Japan through the Japan/US Friendship Commission.
Now in its 39th year, the Loft Artists Association is a non-profit organization of professional working artists dedicated to building connections within the visual arts community and offering many artistic and educational opportunities to the public, free of charge. As an established cultural institution, their grassroots events attract thousands of visitors throughout the tri-state area and have been recognized by funding agencies, including the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, corporate and private sponsors, the City of Stamford and by visitors who return year after year. ###

June 14, 2017
Amram Scholar Series Presents: Howard Blum
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
June 15, 2017
Loss, Liberation, and Love: Jewish Brides and Soldier Husbands, 1943–1946
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Simone Dinnerstein: Tales of Mozart in Havana
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
June 17, 2017
Around The World Cultural Food Festival
Time: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Waverly Street Gallery presents "Private Moments" Art Exhibit
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM


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Question: Siddharth Agrawal, Director, Silkasia

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Siddharth Agrawal runs a family managed garment and home textile export house out of Jaipur. He is in this family business for the last 18 years.
The organisation, Silkasia, has plants in several parts of India, with a 2,500 plus member strength and the brand also moved to Jaipur to create the similar infrastructure.
The main operations managed by the family is out of Mumbai, Noida and Panipat.
His passion has been an active research on the breeds of Indian cows and is working to develop satellite farms to actively supply milk and milk products from the native breed in India. This is his mission and passion and he is now very well versed to take this dream forward.
His love for agriculture has got him as an investor and active involvement in an urban rooftop farming company.
He is an active investor in start-ups. His passion is to mentor new ventures as it creates great avenues to interact with really fine brains and also a sense of learning from the next-gen.
Along with his wife, Vrinda who is also very entrepreneurial and from managing the wealth and assets of the organization and family, has ventured into starting her own retail store with designer garments in Jaipur, he has created own brand of women’s clothing with Japanese designers and Indian sensibilities.
This brand, Mayori, being nascent is on the track to go nationwide in 2018-19 with over 8 physical stores, a very strong online presence and collaborations with other stores.
Siddharth Agrawal is also a member of EO Jaipur , YPO Rajasthan and Rajasthan Angel Investors Network (RAIN). He is also the President of TIE, Rajasthan serving two year term.

President and CEO, David Helveston of ABC, Jhon Cuthbertson of BIC Alliance and Vice President, Andrew B. Lopez of Cajun Industries visit at the ABC Excellence in Construction Awards.


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Question: How to hang on to Windows 7 for the long run

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If Windows 7 represents peak Windows for you, you’re not alone. Twice as many people use Win7 as use Win10, even after 18 months of Microsoft pressure to get you to give up Win7 and jump to the shiny new version as your operating system of choice.
Your reasons for staying with Win7 may range from mere convenience to mental inertia to an abject fear of the Win10 info borg. Whatever your reasons for remaining with Win7, there are steps you can take right now to ensure Win7 keeps working -- at least until Microsoft pulls the plug on security patches, on Jan. 14, 2020. (Yep, that’s a Patch Tuesday.)
The key, as you might expect, is to stow away a solid “ground zero” full backup. From that point, you should patch judiciously, use incremental backups scrupulously, and tend to the maintenance jobs that you’ve no doubt neglected. If you go about it in an organized manner, your machine should last forever ... or at least until you throw it in the trash and buy a new one.
Step 1. Pick a patching method
Before you back up your machine, make sure it’s in top shape.
If you’re concerned about Microsoft’s “telemetry,” the fact is that you agreed to a certain level of snooping when you consented to the license agreement for Windows 7:
Microsoft may use the computer information, accelerator information, search suggestions information, error reports, and Malware reports to improve our software and services. We may also share it with others, such as hardware and software vendors. They may use the information to improve how their products run with Microsoft software.
The method for bringing your Win7 up to speed and keeping it going for the duration depends on how much information you’re willing to share with Microsoft about your system, software, and activities. Starting in October 2016, Microsoft changed the way it distributes patches to accommodate individuals and organizations that only want security updates, and not other patches that may affect how much information is collected and sent to Microsoft. That gave rise to two patching strategies and a “no patch for me, please” option.
I detail the three main patching choices in “How to prepare for the Windows 7/8.1 ‘patchocalypse.’” Long story short, Win7 patches align with three major groups:
Group A: Those who are willing to take all of Microsoft’s new telemetry systems, along with potentially useful nonsecurity updates.
Those who are willing to take all of Microsoft’s new telemetry systems, along with potentially useful nonsecurity updates. Group B: Those who don’t want any more snooping than necessary and don’t care about improvements like daylight saving time zone changes, but do want to keep applying security patches.
Those who don’t want any more snooping than necessary and don’t care about improvements like daylight saving time zone changes, but do want to keep applying security patches. Group W: Those stalwarts who will take their chances and don’t want to install any new patches, whether they fix security holes or not.
Group A (apply all of the offered patches) or Group W (don’t ever patch) are the easiest to join, but Group W is vulnerable to all sorts of problems. I don’t recommend Group W. Group A can use Windows Update to get everything they need. It’s harder to join Group B, because it requires manual download and installation of patches.
It’s helpful to figure out whether you want to be in Group A or Group B (or Group W) before getting going.
Step 2. Optionally reinstall Win7 from scratch
Right off the bat, you need to make sure your Win7 system is fit to fly. There's no sense preserving a baseline system in stone (or at least in backup) until the baseline is working right.
For many of you, Windows 7 works fine the way it is. If that describes your situation, skip to Step 3.
For the rest of you, a fresh install of Windows 7 is vital to preserving a fully functional Win7. The best approach I know was published on AskWoody.com, based on a procedure developed by Canadian Tech. There are two significant sticking points:
Obtaining “genuine” Windows 7 Service Pack 1 installation files can be difficult.
Once you have Win7 SP1, which updates should you install?
Obtaining the real ISOs is a significant concern because there are many pirate copies of Win7 floating around the internet. Until May 2014, you could download the retail bits from an Microsoft distributor known as Digital River. In an InfoWorld column, I talked about the way that source disappeared.
Microsoft has this official download site, but it works only if you feed it a valid product key -- and there’s the rub. Microsoft defines the product key thusly:
From an authorized retailer. The product key should be on a label or card inside the box that Windows came in.
A new PC running Windows. The product key will be preinstalled on your PC, included with the packaging the PC came in, or included on the Certificate of Authenticity (COA) attached to the PC.
But I’ve heard from many people that the keys they’ve retrieved (typically from ProduKey or Belarc Advisor) don’t work, even keys from a 100% genuine Win7 installation. I’ve also heard that retail keys -- the ones inside a box that you bought with Win7 inside -- work in all cases.
I asked Microsoft how people with demonstrably genuine copies of Win7 can get fresh new Windows 7 SP1 installation files. The response:
For customers who do not have a product key, they will need to contact Microsoft Customer Support Service, where we have alternative options for acquiring the Windows 7 product when they have lost their media.
If you have trouble locating a clean copy of Win7 SP1, check out “The safest way to get a new copy of the Windows 7 bits.”
A clean install isn’t for the faint of heart. No matter how hard you try, you will lose data, somehow, somewhere -- it always happens, even to us masochists who have been running clean Windows installs for decades.
Start with a full set of program installation CDs, DVDs, or a list of locations where you can download what you’ll need. Make sure you have all the keys. Stick all your passwords in a repository like LastPass or RoboForm. You should send your data, and settings wherever possible, off to DVDs or an external or network drive using a product like Windows Easy Transfer (see Lance Whitney’s how-to on the TechNet site).
Then, armed with a good copy of Win7 SP1, you’re ready to follow Canadian Tech’s steps to install a clean copy of Win7.
Note: I don’t recommend installing the so-called Convenience Update, KB 3125574, which was created to roll up many outstanding patches. Although the Service Pack 2-like update may save you some time, in my experience if you follow Canadian Tech’s advice, the speedup is minimal. The all-star team of Abbodii, PointZero, and Komm has documented the shortcomings of the Convenience Update, and they shouldn’t be overlooked.
Step 3. Bring Windows up to speed
If you didn’t install a fresh copy of Windows 7 from scratch, you may have trouble with Windows Update taking forever. Start by following the two simple steps to eliminate unconscionably slow Windows 7 Update scans. Then selectively apply patches you need to get caught up.
Starting in October (the “patchocalypse”), Windows 7 patches began arriving in two clumps: Security-only patches (for Group B), which you have to download and install manually; and Monthly Rollups (for Group A), which include nonsecurity patches and are available through Windows Update.
Choose Group A or Group B, and bring your machine’s Windows up to date. Yes, if you’re in Group W, you can skip this step.
When all seems correct, make one more run of Windows Update to make sure you have the latest patches for Office, .Net, and anything else that may need updating -- including non-Microsoft products.
Step 4. Take control
“Control” means different things to different people, but at a minimum I suggest you make these changes to Win7 before backing it up:
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Turn off Automatic Updates. Click Start > Control Panel > System and Security. Under Windows Update, click the "Turn automatic updating on or off" link. In the Important Updates box, choose “Never check for updates (not recommended).” Uncheck the box marked "Give me recommended updates the same way I receive important updates" and click OK.
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Turn off the Customer Experience Improvement Program. Click Start. In the Search programs and files box type customer , then click on Change Customer Experience Improvement Program settings. Click “No, I don’t want to participate in the program,” then Save Changes.
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Disable Tasks you don’t want. Go into the Task Scheduler by clicking Start and, in the Search program and files box type task . Click on Task Scheduler. You can find many recommendations on the web about which tasks to prune, but the best advice I’ve found comes from AskWoody’s ch100, who recommends disabling the Application Experience agent (AitAgent), Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser, and ProgramDataUpdaters, all three of which appear in the \Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience folder (screenshot). There are also scheduled tasks related to the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) that may or may not be disabled when you opt out of CEIP. If you’re very cautious, see this post from JY on AskWoody.
Update your browser. If you insist on using Internet Explorer, make sure you have IE11 installed. If you aren’t locked into IE, try Google Chrome or Firefox.
Jettison the junk. You’re going to create a top-quality copy of your hard drive. Why burden it with junkware? With its newly found 64-bit capabilities, I like the free version of Revo Uninstaller.
Note: Those with detailed knowledge may want to dive deeper into hardening their systems. We have ongoing discussions -- and knock-down debates -- about the details on AskWoody.com. MVP Noel Carboni specializes in keeping Win7 systems locked down.
Step 5. Clean up your drive
One last step before you freeze your system like Han Solo. Run a disk cleanup.
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While there are many utilities that will help you zero in on duplicated files and ferret out grunge sitting in odd corners, Windows’ built-in Disk Cleanup will take a big swipe at the detritus. It has the added advantages of being both free and easy to use.
To do so, click Start > Computer. Right-click your main drive and choose Properties (screenshot). Click Disk Cleanup. In the resulting Disk Cleanup dialog box, click “Clean up system files.” Follow the instructions and sweep out the old.
When you’re done, if you have a spinning hard drive (as opposed to a solid-state drive), run a defrag: Click Start and in the box marked Search program and files box type defrag . Chose Disk defragmenter and click on the button to Defragment disk.
Step 6. Back up -- now and forever
You’re finally at the point where a full disk image backup makes sense. Yes, you should back up your data, too, as part of the system image. I recommend making a single backup at this point -- when your system’s working great -- and squirrel it away. Augment that with your usual backup regimen, if you have one.
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Before you start the backup, make sure you have your system usernames and passwords written down, for every user on the system. You’ll also sleep better if you write down your Windows activation ID. If you can’t find an activation ID on a sticker attached to your PC, run NirSoft’s ProduKey (screenshot) to pull it out of your machine. That key probably won’t get you a clean copy of the Windows 7 files, but it should be a good starting point for arguing with Win7 activation phone support, if you can’t get a restored image of Win7 activated. Yes, it happens.
To get serious about creating and maintaining backups, install and run a dedicated backup/restore package. Two of the best: Macrium Reflect (free for personal use; $70 or less per PC for businesses) and Acronis True Image (free 30-day trial, then $50). Follow the installation instructions, create a full disk image on an external drive or networked drive (or on DVDs, if you must), then disconnect the drive and store it someplace safe. Make sure you store a system repair disk along with the main backup.
After you’ve gone through the first round, set up Macrium Reflect or Acronis to generate a second full disk image, followed by incremental backups.
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If you really want to use the Win7 backup routines -- they are free and work reasonably well -- buy an external hard drive and plug it in. Click Start > Control Panel > System and Security > Backup and Restore. You see the “Back up or restore your files” dialog (screenshot).
On the left, click “Create system image.” You may create the system image on a hard drive, DVDs, or a network location. To go out to the network and look for a suitable location, assuming you have one, click Select.
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From the Create a system image dialog (screenshot), you can put your system backup on any accessible drive attached to your network.
Once you’ve create a full system image you can tuck away, tell Windows Backup that you want to keep incremental backups. Back on the “Back up or restore your files” dialog, click “Set up backup,” follow the directions to choose a backup drive, select which data should be backed up, and when the backups should run (daily or monthly incremental backups). Depending on the size and speed of your drives, the first backup can take hours.

It's time to make sure your computer is locked down. If history is any indication, we're going to be in for a rocky ride over the next week or two.
In September, folks who were set to update Windows automatically were greeted by Word docs and Excel spreadsheets that wouldn’t display merged cells, switched languages and intentionally broke one-click printing on custom forms. In October, admins who let patches go through automatically were greeted by oceans of blue screens and failures in Microsoft’s own Dynamics CRM. Last month, every version of Windows was hit with a patching bug that blocked Epson dot matrix printers — and those who had told Win10 Creators Update to wait to upgrade found themselves “accidentally” upgraded to Win10 Fall Creators Update, version 1709.
Microsoft has enlisted a new patch QA team. Maybe it’s the old team: The masses of people who still let Microsoft update their computers automatically.
Tomorrow, we should see a dozen or more security patches for Windows and Office. You don’t need any of them right away. If there’s an unholy security breach, we’ll sound the alarm right here, loud and clear.
As I’ve argued many times before, it just makes sense to hold off on installing Windows and Office updates until the major first-round bugs get shaken out. Let the unpaid beta testers sacrifice their machines first.
If your PC is attached to a Windows Update server, buy your admin a cup o’ coffee and gently make sure he or she doesn’t have WSUS or SCCM set to automatically approve updates as soon as Microsoft dishes them out.
If you’re running Win7 or 8.1, the method for blocking updates isn’t difficult. See AKB1000004: Disable Automatic Update in Vista, Win7 or 8.1 on the AskWoody site.
If you’re running Windows 10 Pro Creators Update (version 1703) or Fall Creators Update (1709), the method’s even easier: telling Auto Update to back off just takes a couple of clicks. See Steps 7 and 8 in 8 steps to install Windows 10 patches like a pro.
But if you have any other version of Win10, you aren’t so lucky. Win10 Home users, and those with earlier versions of Pro, are considered fair game in the unpaid beta-testing ring. To protect yourself, follow the nostrums in Woody's Win10Tip: Block forced Windows updates.
Take a minute right now and make sure Automatic Update is turned off. Then follow along here at Computerworld, or on your favorite Windows bug-reporting site, to see what the beta testers have to say. Yes, you need to patch. No, you don't need to slavishly follow Microsoft's timetable.
I’ve set the MS-DEFCON level to 2 on AskWoody.com.