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Cielo che gol! è stato un programma televisivo italiano di intrattenimento a tema sportivo in onda su Cielo dal 28 ottobre 2012 al 19 maggio 2013.

Il programma
La trasmissione andava in onda alla domenica pomeriggio e alla domenica sera (edizione Night), quando giocava il campionato di Serie A. In occasione del turno prenatalizio del 22 dicembre 2012 e di quello prepasquale del 30 marzo 2013 la trasmissione fu anticipata al sabato così come le partite di calcio. Altre brevi edizioni, dedicate solo alle immagini salienti delle partite, andavano in onda il sabato sera per gli anticipi oppure il mercoledì in occasione dei turni infrasettimanali del massimo campionato di calcio. I conduttori erano Simona Ventura ed Alessandro Bonan.

Storia
Il programma nacque grazie all'acquisizione da parte di Sky di un pacchetto di diritti televisivi in chiaro della Lega Serie A per il triennio dal 2012 al 2015. Esso consente la trasmissione delle immagini correlate in diretta dai campi di gioco (prima, durante e dopo le gare) e degli highlights in anteprima (dalle 18 alle 18:15 per le gare pomeridiane e dalle 22:50 alle 23:05 per quelle serali) con un quarto d'ora di anticipo rispetto alle altre reti in chiaro.

Cielo Gol
Il programma fu preceduto da una versione pilota, intitolata Cielo Gol - Il calcio prima di tutti, andata in onda dal 16 settembre al 27 ottobre 2012 con la conduzione del solo Alessandro Bonan. Dedicato esclusivamente alla cronaca sportiva (interviste, commenti, highlights e pre-gara), Cielo Gol andava in onda la domenica dalle 17:30 alle 18:35 e, a partire dal 23 settembre, anche dalle 22:50 alle 22:55 per i posticipi. Il segmento serale fu trasmesso in tre occasioni anche al sabato (29 settembre, 20 e 27 ottobre) per gli anticipi, nonché mercoledì 26 settembre in occasione del turno infrasettimanale (durando in questo caso dalle 22:50 alle 0:15 e riproponendo una seconda volta gli highlights dopo le 23:30). Coprì le giornate dalla terza all'ottava della Serie A 2012-2013, più gli anticipi della nona. Invece nelle prime due giornate (svoltesi interamente in orario serale) il programma non era ancora in onda in quanto non erano ancora stati acquisiti i diritti.

L'arrivo di Simona Ventura
Il 28 ottobre 2012 andò in onda la prima puntata di Cielo che gol!, in occasione della nona giornata della Serie A 2012-2013. Alla conduzione Bonan veniva affiancato da Simona Ventura, la quale era arrivata a Sky Italia un anno prima dopo aver condotto per anni su Rai 2 il programma Quelli che il calcio, al quale Cielo che gol! si richiamava inevitabilmente. Il nuovo programma andava in onda ogni domenica dalle 14 alle 18:35, più altre brevi edizioni dedicate esclusivamente agli highlights. A causa dei bassi ascolti, questa formula fu adottata fino alla puntata del 22 dicembre 2012, anticipata al sabato in occasione del turno prenatalizio di campionato. Il 6 gennaio 2013, in occasione del turno dell'Epifania (ripresa del campionato dopo la sosta ed ultima giornata del girone di andata), la trasmissione pomeridiana fu ridotta a circa un'ora e mezza (dalle 17 alle 18:35) e fu preceduta (dalle 14 alle 17) da una Satiribox Edition, ovvero il meglio delle puntate precedenti. In quell'occasione Cielo che gol! fu condotto per l'ultima volta dalla coppia Alessandro Bonan e Simona Ventura.

La retrocessione pomeridiana e l'edizione Night
Dal 13 gennaio 2013 l'edizione pomeridiana fu condotta dalla sola Simona Ventura. Fu confermata la riduzione a poco più di un'ora e mezza, ogni domenica dalle 17 alle 18:30. In questo modo terminava la concorrenza con Quelli che il calcio (mentre rimanevano quelle con Stadio Sprint e, parzialmente, 90º minuto). Parallelamente veniva proposta invece una nuova concorrenza con un'altra storica trasmissione di Rai 2, la Domenica Sportiva: infatti, sempre dal 13 gennaio, partì la rinnovata edizione serale, dedicata agli approfondimenti della giornata calcistica ed alle immagini in anteprima dei posticipi. Si intitolava Cielo che gol! - Night ed era condotta dal solo Alessandro Bonan. La prima puntata durò quasi tre ore (dalle 21:20 alle 23:55), ma già dalla seconda il programma fu posticipato alle 22:30 (rinunciando ancora una volta ai collegamenti live durante le gare) e ridotto a circa un'ora e mezza. Entrambe le edizioni mantennero la formula fino alla fine della stagione.

Altre edizioni
Una breve edizione serale andava in onda anche il sabato dalle 22:50 alle 23:00 per gli highlights degli anticipi. Il segmento del sabato sera andò in onda anche il 22 dicembre 2012 ed il 30 marzo 2013, ma in tali occasioni era dedicato al posticipo, in quanto si trattava dei turni prenatalizio e prepasquale anticipati al sabato.

L'edizione serale andò in onda anche in occasione dei turni infrasettimanali di mercoledì 31 ottobre 2012 e di mercoledì 8 maggio 2013. Cielo che gol! non andò mai in onda, invece, quando il campionato di calcio proponeva, occasionalmente, anticipi al venerdì o posticipi al lunedì o martedì, nonché nei turni infrasettimanali anticipi al martedì e posticipi al giovedì. In questi casi il canale rinunciava, quindi, ad esercitare il diritto all'anteprima degli hilites.

Dal 29 ottobre 2012 gli highlights di tutte le partite del weekend venivano riproposti ogni lunedì dalle 13:10 alle 13:30. Dal 14 gennaio 2013 la riproposizione degli higlights fu anticipata alle 7:30 del mattino del lunedì e del martedì.

Struttura del programma e rubriche
La trasmissione alternava l'attualità calcistica ai momenti di intrattenimento, nonché agli spazi dedicati ad altre produzioni televisive di Sky Italia (come X Factor e Masterchef). Venivano proposti collegamenti in diretta con gli stadi per la cronaca e per le interviste del dopopartita. Il momento centrale della trasmissione erano gli highlites in anteprima delle gare di Serie A, proposti dalle 18 alle 18:15 e dalle 22:50 alle 23:05 attraverso spezzoni delle telecronache di Sky. Nell'edizione pomeridiana erano mostrati anche gli hilites del campionato inglese. Facevano parte del cast fisso in studio i giornalisti di Sky Vera Spadini e Valerio Spinella.

Intervista Flipper
Un ospite seduto al centro della scena veniva sottoposto ad una serie di veloci domande in modalità flipper. Partecipavano a questa intervista anche i conduttori del programma Simona Ventura e Alessandro Bonan.

CieloBook!
Veniva presentato un personaggio dello spettacolo o dello sport tramite un fantomatico profilo di Facebook.

Commissario Ventura
Vestita da investigatore, Simona sottoponeva domande taglienti ad un intervistato.

Sognando Caressa
Si trattava di un talent show di giovani cronisti sportivi. Il vincitore avrebbe potuto firmare un contratto con Sky per la stagione 2013-2014.

X Factor
Durante il periodo di messa in onda di X Factor, Max Novaresi conduceva lo spazio dedicato al talent di Sky Uno. Il 2 dicembre 2012 Novaresi fu sostituito da Diego e La Pina, speakers di Radio Deejay.

Altre informazioni

Ospiti del programma domenicale
Cielo che gol! ha avuto spesso molti ospiti prestigiosi ed essi sono stati i seguenti:

Ascolti del programma domenicale
Nella tabella qui sotto si trovano i dati auditel di Cielo che gol! ed essi sono stati, nelle varie puntate, i seguenti:

Altri componenti del cast
Nel cast fisso di Cielo che gol!, oltre ai conduttori Alessandro Bonan e Simona Ventura, troviamo anche le Simona Ventura's girls Barbara Foria, Cristina De Pin e Vera Spadini.

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Remembering Gospel Greats, RW Blackwood & Bill Lyles
Witness history and great Gospel music at the Samford Wright Center June 30. The evening will be a tribute to Gospel greats RW Blackwood (front R) and Bill Lyles (front L) who died in a plane crash June 30 1954.
Gospel music fans and anyone with an interest in music history are in for an incredible treat Friday June 30 at the Samford Wright Center. The Blackwood Quartet, featuring Ron and Mark Blackwood, will present a "Blackwood Brothers Memorial Concert" remembering RW Blackwood and Bill Lyles.
June 30 marks 63 years since the plane crash in Clanton, Ala. that killed RW Blackwood and Bill Lyles, half of the famous Blackwood quartet, whose success included being the first Gospel group to be on national television. Ron Blackwood, son of RW, will be on stage to participate in the special tribute. He was only 13 when his father died. "It created a lot of anger in my life for many years. I was mad at God. I could not understand it. My dad was my hero. I'm 76 now, and I was in my 60s before I could control that feeling inside of me," explains Ron, "but through prayer and my wife, I began to realize that God has a plan. The anger began to leave. Today I know that my father's memory is still alive after all these years. Bill Gaither told me, 'There is not a name in Gospel that is more well-known than your daddy and your family.'"
After the crash, RW Blackwood's nephew, Cecil, took his spot as baritone and was joined by JD Sumner who took Bill Lyles place singing bass. Ron founded the Blackwood Quartet in 1964 and in addition to performing became a manager or booking agent for many stars such as Hank Jr, Tanya Tucker, Vern Gosdin, Billy Walker, The Imperials, Carman, Larry Gatlin, the late, great, J.D Sumner and many more. Although he retired from the group in 2010, the Blackwood music lives on. Members include Mark Blackwood, Casey Shepherd, Joe Armstrong, and Chuck Pettyjohn. The group is putting the finishing touches on a Gospel album with Willie Nelson (produced by Mark Blackwood) and a project with Bob Dylan is also in the works. Ron Blackwood sees this as a great opportunity to "get our message out to people beyond the church walls."
At the historical concert event June 30, expect to see vintage video and hear a lot of songs the Blackwood Brothers made popular over the years- garnering members 8 Grammys. "You will hear and see things you never knew about Gospel music. It will be both a blessing and very entertaining," says Ron Blackwood. The special tribute begins at 7pm. For tickets visit www.tickets.samford.edu or call 205-726-2853. †
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Two teenagers to be sentenced for Ana Kriegel's murder
The two boys who murdered Ana Kriegel last year will be sentenced today. One of them is also due ...
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The two boys who murdered Ana Kriegel last year will be sentenced today.
One of them is also due to be sentenced for a violent sexual assault on the 14-year-old schoolgirl at a derelict farmhouse in Dublin.
At last week's sentence hearing, the court heard Boy A accepts he caused Ana Kriegel's death, but still maintains his innocence in relation to the aggravated sexual assault charge, to which he was also found guilty of.
The prosecution's case against Boy B was that he lured Ana from her home in Leixlip to the abandoned farmhouse in Lucan, knowing what was in store for her.
He was also convicted of murder, but does not accept the verdict.
The boys are now 14 and 15, so the mandatory life sentence for murder does not apply.
The Children's Act is based on the philosophy that child offenders should only be detained as a "last resort".
Partly or fully suspending a sentence is also not an option when it comes to periods of detention for children, but the judge can order for a review to be carried out on whatever sentence he hands down today, if he sees fit.
Regardless of what happens today, the boys' identities will continue to be protected and can never be revealed.
Reporting by Frank Greaney
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TRAILER – THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
July 20th, 2011 | by Tom
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Originally the word on the street was that the trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man wasn't supposed to hit the web (ha!) until Thursday. Conventional wisdom placed it ahead of Captain America: The First Avengers when it launches in theaters on Friday.
But lo-and-behold! It's here a day early! Enjoy!
I'll say that the trailer hits a couple of different notes with me. Some work, some don't.
Meeting the young Peter Parker at the beginning plays a little too much like Harry Potter to me. Then, fast forwarding a few years to the present day, we're confronted by Andrew Garfield's wild haystack of hair and I get a distinct Twilight vibe.
But after that, I think the trailer shapes up very nicely. Right away, you can tell that Marc Webb's version is grounded a little more in reality. At least in terms of casting Peter as the outsider. Garfield barely even utters a line of dialogue. Mostly he keeps his head down like a beat dog. I find that kind of endearing. It's certainly a stark contrast from widdle Tobey Maguire's wounded puppy-dog routine in Sam Raimi's original.
I'll also give credit to Webb's use of the first-person in Spider-Man's sprint across the city rooftops.
The cynic in me could honestly have done without everything leading up to that moment in the trailer. I think if we were only give the first person shot, it would have taken the audience to catch on that we were actually seeing the city through the eyes of Spider-Man. Then, when his reflection is revealed, I think people would have gone through the roof. But maybe that's just me.
What's your take on this trailer?
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I think the mirror's edge first person view section was kind of gimmicky. Also, i would have liked to see Garfield crack some wise. But I am interested in how they are going to explain/use the suit, webshooters and webbing.
the whole think screams of aping Nolan's Dark Knight franchise to me, with touches of the raimi spiderman thrown in in the style of speaking that is the narration at the end of the trailer. I think it was you, Tom who said that spidey is the last character that needs a "gritty reboot" and even if it wasn't I couldn't agree more.
I think the PoV shot is great in theory, but my eye immediately went to the uncanny valley every time a limb flashed into view. good concept, but the tech just doesn't seem to be up to the job… unless they can tighten it up a lot more than this between now and curtain up.
Do we really need ANOTHER origin story movie? Come on.
But the actor seems endearingly dorky! I like it.
Unfortunately, that kinda ruins the bulk of the plot for me. Looks like they're doing that whole arc where Peter searches for his parents. Only remember bits and pieces from the 90s era TV show, but I wonder who will do Kingpin for this movie…
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I agree. I think if it had just been the rooftop run, the trailer would have been more compelling. Or maybe that's just my feeling because the rest of the trailer looks… kinda bad to me.
The whole parent angle — interesting, since I've never much followed Spiderman to hear much about his parents. But yeah, ANOTHER origin movie??
And frankly, the punk take on Peter is a little much for me to stomach. I guess I always thought he was supposed to be more of a lovable (if forgettable) nerd.
Was on 'Captain America'. I gotta say that on the computer screen, it is not that impressive, but on the big screen, the first person stuff is amazing
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Chicago's Police Union Wants to Erase Records of Officer Misconduct
Brentin Mock
The city has a new task force on police accountability. But how will it function in the current union climate?
Chicago's new task force on police accountability, announced by Mayor Rahm Emanuel on December 1, will look at creating an early-warning system to identify potentially abusive cops before they go rogue. Someone in the press-conference audience noted that the Chicago police department already has an early warning system.
Indeed, it does. But it is "woefully ineffective," says Craig Futterman, a professor in the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic of the University of Chicago Law School. Futterman aided the legal fight to force Chicago police to release the video of Officer Jason Van Dyke killing 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, and is also behind an ongoing effort to publicize citizen complaints of police misconduct.
The early-warning system the Chicago police department currently has, explains Futterman, is to identify stressed cops who might require professional counseling. It does not, however, identify police who've had multiple complaints lodged against them for verbal and physical abusive. When Futterman's legal research team compared a list of the Chicago police officers with the most misconduct complaints with a list of those enrolled in the current early-warning program, they found that less than six percent of those officers had ever been enrolled.
But cops who are repeatedly reported for abuse don't need counseling, says Futterman, they need to be investigated. And that's the problem: Police have been repeat offenders in the eyes of many Chicagoans, but they rarely are disciplined. The city's new police accountability task force must address a "fundamental issue here, which is [that] you have groups of officers abusing the most vulnerable among us with near impunity," says Futterman.
Cops who are repeatedly reported for abuse don't need counseling, they need to be investigated.
From the limited data he's been able to wrangle from the city on police misconduct, Futterman has shown that it's not difficult to spot who the problem officers are. Officer Van Dyke had 18 complaints filed against him and was involved in two shootings before he killed McDonald.
"So when Officer Van Dyke got complaint number 11, as a matter of practice and policy [the Chicago police department] won't look at his other complaints or investigations, but instead look at [that complaint] as an island unto itself," says Futterman
The Chicago police union has filed a motion to allow the department to erase any complaint record of police misconduct that's older than four years. The union is asking for this right just as the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times have filed in court for the right to data on police misconduct complaints going back to 1967 —which the city already agreed to fork over in an earlier consent decree. It will be interesting to see how the city can forge a new early-warning system if it can't actually track early warnings from years back.
Futterman and Jamie Kalven, the journalist who filed the FOIA request that brought the Laquan McDonald video out to the public, head to court on December 3 to make their case for preserving the misconduct complaints dating back to 1967. Kalven's FOIA work is the primary reason why the public has access to any police misconduct data at all. But they've had to fight for years to get it from people in city hall, and from a police union that is perhaps afraid of what these records could reveal.
"I think that's part of the reason why the city hasn't wanted to expose them," says Futterman. He sets up a hypothetical example of four police officers who made 200 arrests in the past year that led to felony convictions, who are then revealed to have numerous abuse complaints against them. "That could undermine maybe 200 felony convictions. That means 200 potential lawsuits. It raises political questions about who's been minding the store. And if we say it's easy to identify bad officers like those four, then we've been letting them go on for five or six years doing this kind of stuff."
Mayor Emanuel said that the primary function of the new police accountability task force, and the new police chief, is to restore the public's trust and confidence in the police. Futterman believes this is possible.
"If you want to build trust, it starts with honesty," says Futterman. "Incidents will still happen. Even in the best police departments there will be incidents where police abuse their power. The trusted departments start with being honest. It's not circle the wagons, it's not denial and secrecy, it's keeping people informed."
It's not evident, however, that this is possible in the current "Blue Wall" code-of-silence police culture. Especially considering recent tragedies and the Black Lives Matter zeitgeist, which is fixing the public gaze on police killings of African Americans in Ferguson, Baltimore, Cleveland and beyond.
"'Restore' may not be the right word," says Futterman, "particularly when talking about large segments of the black community. 'Restore' means there was confidence there to begin with."
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WeWork gets complex, but its problem is simple
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FILE PHOTO: The WeWork logo is displayed outside a co-working space in New York City, New York U.S., January 8, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - WeWork is getting more complex as it readies for an initial public offering, but its central problem remains simple. The shared-office firm has set up a unit to buy buildings it can then let out to its customers. It's a way to hedge against rising lease costs and cash in on WeWork's supposed halo effect. If tenants prove fickle or demand subsidies, though, the benefit of owning property only goes so far.
Right now WeWork is in a state of high growth, and high cash-burn. Its revenue rose 106% last year to $1.8 billion, as its net loss more than doubled to $1.9 billion. The idea is that while it's costly to renovate space and find tenants to start with, buildings then generate substantial operating profit – with a margin of perhaps up to 30%.
Its new unit, called ARK, will roll up existing investments in real estate, including those by private-equity firm Rhone and WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann, and add an injection of $1 billion from a unit of Canadian investment firm Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec. The structure is intricate, with separate funds and special purpose vehicles, according to a person familiar with the situation. There's obvious room for conflict: If real estate rates fall in a city, WeWork will want to reduce leases, but ARK may have other ideas.
There are advantages too. WeWork can buy buildings it likes rather than offering only spaces that were available for long-term leases. If its hip offices lure other tenants into the building then it can reap the benefit of higher rents paid by occupiers who aren't direct customers. And the ability to sell a building may be useful if WeWork needs money.
Would-be investors also have a new form of spin to watch out for in the IPO. Previously the company's "total addressable market" was office rental. Now it includes owning and managing buildings. The risk of being distracted by unhelpfully large numbers just increased.
The main challenge for WeWork hasn't changed, though. Many of its expenses are locked in for the long term, but much of its revenue isn't. And tenants benefit from goodies like rent discounts, which could get used more liberally if the market becomes more competitive. If renters demand better terms, decamp or go broke, then WeWork will face problems, whether it part-owns its properties or not.


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What's the purpose of study? Of course, to study. Studying a degree in the UK, in the nerd's opinions, requires a fortune, thus, needs to be prioritize. It's not hard to recognize which one is the nerd. You often see them at library and have no interest in doing other things whatsoever if an assignment is pending.
If you live in a shared flat, the party animal is easier to spot. They always get drunk at weekends (or weekdays). They always have friends visiting and also love holding flat parties.
The traveler's main focus is to travel around the UK, or outside, as much as possible. They always come up with trips here and there and they rarely refer to their assignments, though they often get that done before anyone else.
This rich one usually lives in an expensive flat in the posh zone. They always dine in and go to fancy places. They always have new items and you will start to wonder what their allowances are monthly.
The fit-in one goes everywhere with anyone who asks. Their belief is that making friends is the key to studying abroad, not the study itself.
The planner always has their plan fixed. If it's time for them to study, you can try your best but you won't be able to change their schedule. They live by it and you might have to adapt to theirs if you want their time.
This saver might have a tighter budget for something, so doing everything they want is not an option. You might find them declining your invitation to lunch often since they are "saving for something", more important of course.
You only see them in class or at certain places, often alone. The loner does not really care about hanging out too much with people and they are content on their own.
You see this person everywhere that is a social event. The socializer is close to the fit-in, except the socializer does love socializing, not just doing it out of the willingness to fit it. It's their true happiness to be around people.
There might be one in class and one at a shared flat. The bossy one is similar to the planner, except they try planning things for everyone, too. They like setting rules and stuff. You might find them annoying sometimes but you can't deny that they are important for getting things in order.
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Iceland will today become the last big food retailer to launch its Christmas campaign, choosing to delay the launch until December in a bid to avoid "festive fatigue".
Like this year's festive campaign by Marks & Spencer, Iceland's spot, created by Karmarama, seems to be inspired by the idiom "behind every great man is a great woman" – once again celebrating the role played by Santa Claus' wife, this time given the name of Sarah, in making sure Christmas ticks along.
Beyond that, the two campaigns have little in common: while M&S portrayed Mrs Claus as a helicopter-piloting superhero, Iceland's ad is a pastiche of the retailer's campaign from earlier in the year, in which real families receive a surprise Iceland delivery.
Nick and Sarah Claus are shown as ordinary people in a typical British semi-detached house, who are sent a box of goodies containing turkey, mince pies and lobster thermidor. It's the first Christmas ad for Iceland since it made the decision to move on from celebrity ambassadors and parted ways with Peter Andre earlier this year.
Nick Canning, Iceland's joint managing director, said: "The feedback from our shoppers was that no one wants to see a Christmas ad at the start of November.
"They want to enjoy the Autumn and save the festivities until nearer the big day to avoid Christmas fatigue, so we've listened to them and taken the bold move to put our ad out and Christmas decorations up later."
The ad was created by Rob Turner and Dave Westland for Karmarama, and directed by Richard Laxton through Kream.
The Government of Iceland, which last week announced it was taking legal action against the supermarket, has softened its tone slightly.
The Scandinavian island nation previously said that it had made "multiple efforts to negotiate with Iceland Foods with the hope of reaching a fair solution and avoiding legal action" but that "these conciliatory efforts have unfortunately been met with unrealistic and unacceptable demands by the supermarket chain leaving Iceland with no choice but to proceed with a legal resolution to the situation."
But in a further announcement on Tuesday, it said that it "aims to find an acceptable solution for the use of the term 'Iceland'."
The statement continued: "We would welcome an agreement with Iceland Foods to withdraw its exclusive trademark of the word mark 'Iceland'. Iceland Foods has since 2012 taken legal action against multiple companies from Iceland that use our country's name to describe themselves."


Replacing Justice Kennedy: What kind of Conservative Will President Trump Pick?
The two key words in assessing the President's nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy are stare decisis. This ancient Latin phrase, which means let the decision stand, represents a conservative approach to judging: that precedent imposes constraints on judicial innovation. Put another way, that judicial innovation should be balanced against the need to maintain stability in our legal system. But like most legal terms, stare decisis can easily be manipulated to benefit both conservatives and liberals. Traditionally it has been conservatives who have embraced stare decisis, allowing the dead hand of the law to constrain the living constitution. But liberals, too, embrace the concept when they seek to preserve old precedents that are important to them.
Today, liberals want to use stare decisis to preserve Roe v. Wade, gay marriage and other iconic liberal decisions of the past. Many conservatives would like to see these decision overruled. When the President interviews potential nominees, and when the Senate advises and consents on the nomination, these nominees will be questioned about their positions on important cases of the past and their likely votes in the future. They will decline to be specific claiming the need for judicial independence. But one area of legitimate inquiry will be their institutional views regarding stare decisis.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid tribute to the historic alliance between Israel and the US at a July 4 reception at the newly-opened American Embassy in Jerusalem.
Polish lawmaker Dominik Tarczyński has stuck to his guns following a frank interview on the migrant crisis with Cathy Newman, insisting his government will not take a single illegal migrant because that is what his party promised before the elections.


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Health Canada: A clash between "science" and "evidence"
The department should resist pressure to make all products subject to clinical trials and should stick to its evidence-based roots.
David Skinner
The Health Products and Food Branch of Health Canada is setting out its vision for the future through a new strategic plan. Within this revamp, there appears unfortunately to be a desire to shift the culture of the organization away from one that uses a broad range of evidence to one that relies on a higher level of science for decision-making. The branch now refers to itself more often as a "science-based" organization, perhaps in an effort to show critics in the media that it has become a more rigorous regulator. If Health Canada concedes to this external pressure by changing its traditional pragmatic approach to the use of evidence, companies will face increased costs to support their products' safety and efficacy, and consumers may face loss of access to well-established health products.
Government is charged with assessing products under the Food and Drugs Act to determine if they are safe and if the claims that are made are not fraudulent. This is the basic mandate of the enabling legislation for Health Canada.
The government has regulations that set the ground rules for satisfying the legislative imperative. These regulations are designed to establish the terms under which the minister shall or may act to grant or revoke market authorization. They also set out the requirements for persons who wish to sell a food, drug, device or cosmetic. The general rule of thumb is that market access for these products is based upon satisfying the minister (department) that a product is safe and not fraudulent.
The guidelines that have been developed over years of consultation are numerous and diverse. They are tied to an overall risk-based policy approach that has been adopted by most, if not all, regulatory agencies around the globe. The practical consequence of a risk-based framework is that it recognizes that lower-risk situations call for proportional application of evidence and oversight.
If the baseline evidentiary standard for all products is to be the same across the board, as some would suggest, then it would have to be argued that only randomized, double-blind clinical trials would suffice for all products under the Food and Drugs Act. But it is absurd to think that the same level of scientific rigour should be applied to a skin moisturizer as would be expected for a new cancer drug. Common sense dictates that the highest standards of evidence must be applied when little or nothing is known about a substance being proposed for sale to Canadians.
It is absurd to think that the same level of scientific rigour should be applied to a skin moisturizer as would be expected for a new cancer drug.
There is a case to be made for permitting the sale of products when the benefits may be very small or supported by weak evidence but when the risk associated with use is even smaller. On the other hand, there are numerous examples where benefits have been well established through very strong studies but the risks outweigh the utility of the product. For example, phenylpropanolamine is a very effective decongestant that may raise blood pressure slightly. It was removed from the market because Health Canada felt the risk outweighed the need for a treatment of a minor illness like nasal congestion. It is also important to remember that these two risk parameters are relative. Simply put, lower-risk products should attract a broader range of evidentiary standards regardless of their classification, and higher-risk products should demand greater rigour.
Many types of studies can be used to assess benefits and risks. For example, systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials, cohort studies and case control studies are all scientific and should have a place in the standards of evidence used by government.
The strengths and weaknesses of a study design should be seen in light of the kind of question the study sets out to answer. Sometimes, observational studies are the only way researchers can explore certain questions. Such studies compare subjects against a larger group in cases where the researchers lack the ability to control key aspects of the experiment. For example, it would likely be unethical to design a randomized controlled trial deliberately exposing people (especially vulnerable groups such as pregnant women, children and elderly patients) to a potentially harmful situation.
If a health problem is a rare condition, a case control study (which begins by studying the existing cases) may be the most efficient way to identify potential causes of a problem. Or, if little is known about how a problem develops over time, a cohort study in which groups of people with common characteristics are tracked may be the best design.
While the results of observational studies are, by their nature, open to dispute, this does not diminish their value in making regulatory decisions. Health Canada uses observational studies to assess postmarket safety, quality and efficacy, despite the risk of confounding biases. For example, a cohort observational study might find that people who meditated regularly were less prone to heart disease than those who didn't. But the link may be explained by the fact that people who meditate also exercise more and follow healthier diets. In other words, although a cohort is defined by one common characteristic or exposure to some external influence, they may also share other characteristics that affect the outcome.
Even though randomized clinical trials are still considered by many to be the gold standard for producing reliable evidence, there's a growing realization that such research is not perfect, and that many questions simply can't be studied using this approach. Such research is time-consuming and expensive — it may take years before results are available. Also, intervention research is often restricted by how many participants researchers can manage or how long participants can be expected to live in controlled conditions. Such research involves study participants who are randomly assigned to one of two groups, with one group being exposed to the intervention and the other to a placebo.
Media people know that there is a broad range of evidence available using the scientific method, but they also are aware that the gold standard is the randomized clinical trial method. In an effort to make headlines, the media rallies around the idea that everything Health Canada touches should be held to the same high standard. This is unreasonable and not needed in order to make rational decisions on benefits and risks. Experts on evidence-based regulatory decision-making know that clinical trials are the least-used tool for making benefit-risk assessments due to their high cost, ethical considerations, and the need to force such interventions on the public when other types of evidence would provide a satisfactory outcome analysis. For example, it would seem overreaching to demand a clinical trial to allow a bandage to be sold under medical device regulations.
Health Canada should not take the bait. It should stand tall and be clear that it makes use of many types of evidence, and it applies these data to a risk assessment process; it should explain how it manages identified risks in relation to benefits. Regulatory science is more sophisticated than simply saying that if there isn't clinical trial evidence available, then the decision will be to refuse market access. If we move away from broad-range evidentiary standards toward a less diverse and more rigid application of science, it begs the question as to whether the branch needs the variety of skilled people who have been trained in assessment using the full array of tools to make judgments about the benefits and risks of products.
Health Canada should not take the bait. It should stand tall and be clear that it makes use of many types of evidence.
Health Canada appears to be sending a subtle message that it is moving the goalposts with respect to the level of scientific rigour it intends to use to allow products to have access to the market and to stay on the market. Such an abandonment of the long-standing use of a full range of evidence for regulatory decision-making will not benefit the public and ignores the need to blend the pragmatic with the academic to ensure that the bounds of the enabling legislation are not exceeded by administrative decisions and culture.
If the intent is to impose higher evidence standards on industry while retaining the department's use of observational studies and reports of individual cases for the purpose of refusing market entry or removal, this creates a double standard that lacks fairness or utility. Continuing to make use of the very types of evidence that it does not permit others to use would belie any notion that the government is a science-based organization. Health Canada would be better served by sticking to being an evidence-based organization and standing up to media criticism about not applying the randomized clinical trial standard to all products under its purview.
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David Skinner is senior associate in the Health and Life Sciences practice group at Global Public Affairs. He has over 35 years of experience working with Health Canada and in industry and has held appointments on several advisory committees to the minister of health and the Health Products and Food Branch.
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When it's Tiger Woods, the son becomes more famous than dad
DOUG FERGUSON
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Padraig Harrington and Tiger Woods turned pro about the same time and have played in some 170 tournaments around the world together. That gave Harrington enough experience to speak to what he saw at the PNC Championship.
"This is the first tournament I've ever played in that Tiger Woods is playing in that he's not the star of the show," Harrington said Friday. "He should know that himself. He ain't the star of the show this week, and that's very much amongst the players. Everybody is stopping to watch Charlie."
That would be Charlie Woods, the 11-year-old son of the 15-time major champion.
Alastair Johnston, the vice chairman at IMG, came up with the concept of this tournament 25 years ago as a 36-hole event in which TV viewers would want to see major champions play alongside their sons and daughters. As much as the Hall of Fame players were already on TV, he figured most of the curiosity would be on the children.
That's never been more true.
It helped that a video on social media last year showed Charlie's smooth swing on the range at a junior tournament, along with him winning a few tournaments. Plus, he's the son of Tiger Woods.
"It's amazing the buzz it's created," Harrington said. "That sums up the PNC Championship. There's so many nice stories."
Harrington is playing with his 17-year-old son, Paddy, who is more into rugby and whose sole mission this week is to hit at least one drive past his father, a three-time major champion and Europe's Ryder Cup captain.
Mark Calcavecchia, the 1989 British Open champion, is playing for the first time with his son, Eric. Calcavecchia's wife caddies for him, and his daughter will caddie for his son. It's a family affair.
Even so, this cozy event in the holiday season has come to life with Woods playing for the first time.
Harrington said he has stopped to watch three swings on the range this week. One belongs to 85-year-old Gary Player. Another is Lee Trevino, who at 81 can still shape it. The third is an 11-year-old.
"It's like, 'Move out of the way, Tiger, let us see,'" Harrington said.
"He looks like he's a player," Harrington said. "He looks like he's enjoying it. He looks like he loves the game. It's great to see."
That's what stood out, and what Harrington said was all that mattered. He feels the same way about his own son. He doesn't expect Paddy to chase a career in golf. His hope is a bonding moment — not so much between father and son, but between the son of a major champion and the sport itself.
"I want him to love the game of golf so that he's playing at 85 like Gary Player," Harrington said.
That would appear to be the case with Woods and his son. Woods used some form of the word "enjoy" more than a dozen times when he spoke to reporters Thursday. His son loves to compete. He loves the needle. And he's having fun.
There's still a winner in the scramble format at The Ritz-Carlton Club Grande Lakes. Bernhard Langer is the defending champion and he intended to bring his son, Jason, back to defend. Turns out Jason was playing tennis recently and hurt his back, so Langer has daughter Jackie at his side.
Harrington has no idea what the future in golf holds for Charlie Woods, though he figures it won't be easy if the kid decides to take after his father. Golf doesn't have much history of sons being as successful as their fathers, not since the days of Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris.
Harrington figures someone will comment that the son is not as good as the father, and if he chooses golf and plays well, then it's to be expected given his stock.
"As if it doesn't take any work," Harrington said.
This isn't limited to golf. Harrington says any child of successful parents faces those expectations.
"Most successful sports people come from a tougher background because they don't have options," Harrington said. "If it's a bad day ... what do you do the next day? You get up and start practicing. If you have a bad day and you get up the next day and your dad can give you a job, that makes it harder to go practice."
He said most of the Irish players have fathers who were barmen. His father was a policeman.
"It's really tough to make it if you have options," he said. "It will be tougher for Charlie."
But that's another development for another day. Not even Woods knows what his son will do, and he said it doesn't matter to him as long as he enjoys it. And that's what Harrington observed, along with the kid's swing.
"He loves it," Harrington said.
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Former Lagos state Governor, Bola Tinubu, has finally spoken on herdsmen killings nationwide.
Tinubu, in a paper he delivered at the Daily Trust dialogue, urged government to establish a relief and rehabilitation program for families and communities that have been so grievously harmed.
Represented by a former Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State, Olawale Edun, Tinubu specifically lamented the "terrible killings" that have occurred in Benue and Taraba states.
He said "It is important that we place the current crisis in proper context. No one should pretend that this evil just suddenly appeared from nowhere. We have been living and dying with this lethal situation for many years.
Against this backdrop we must take prudent action. It is incumbent on the federal government to do what past governments neglected to do. We must forget our age-old prejudices in order to resolve this problem. What we need is serious committed action.
I welcome the deployment of more law enforcement and military into the troubled areasThese security measures will stem the immediate violence and loss of life.
To resolve this lethal problem, government must implement a multi-dimensional policy that encompasses security, agro-economic, educational and emergency relief elements. This is the art and mastery of governance that our nation and its complex problems require.


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Los Toros Futbol Clube are a Salvadoran professional football club based in Usulután, El Salvador.

Recent history
 Segunda División: 2015–

List of coaches
  Miguel Aguilar Obando (July 2015 – September 2015)
  Andrés Tabares (Sept 2015– Dec 2015)
  Carlos Mario Joya (Jan 2016–)

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Football clubs in El Salvador
Association football clubs established in 2015
2015 establishments in El Salvador

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'Rolling Stone' IDF 'thirst trap' article slanders Israel - analysis
By ANNA AHRONHEIM
Updated: MAY 31, 2021 21:26
Female Israeli soldiers on duty at the IDF observation post next to the Dead Sea, overlooking the Israeli border to Jordan. September 06, 2012.
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Article says IDF uses women as "thirst traps" to wins hearts and minds during the last war with Hamas
It was just one of many articles criticizing Israel and the IDF during and after Operation Guardian of the Walls.
But who could resist clicking on a Rolling Stone article titled: "Why Are Israeli Defense Forces Soldiers Posting Thirst Traps on TikTok?"
Propaganda, or hasbara (public diplomacy) as it is known in Israel, is one of the many tools that militaries use during wartime.
The IDF and Hamas are no different. Both sides fought not only with rockets and bombs, but also with social-media posts, including TikTok, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
It's the 21st century, after all, and the war for winning hearts and minds has moved online.
Both sides published hundreds of media posts during the fighting. But the aforementioned May 27 article stands out.
Written by American journalist EJ Dickson, a staff writer at Rolling Stone, the article accuses the IDF of using women's bodies to win the propaganda war.
"It's fair to say that IDF soldier thirst traps are part and parcel with the official IDF's general strategy to use social media to win hearts and minds across the globe," Dickson wrote.
"All of these thirst traps can create a disorienting experience for a young, horny, American progressive with pro-Palestinian sympathies – which, of course, is exactly the point," he added.
The Rolling Stone story was "baseless" and "slander," according to a senior IDF officer.
"The whole premise of the story is clickbait and factually incorrect," he told The Jerusalem Post. "It is misleading, dishonest and very unprofessional. None of the content they provided is on any IDF platform in any language."
Along with "beautiful female soldiers lip-syncing to Dua Lipa's 'Levitating' or marching in fatigues and doing dances to military music," the Rolling Stone feature used the example of influencer Natalia Fadeev as being a "thirst trap."
Like most Israelis, Fadeev is an IDF reservist and has uploaded pro-Israel content to her personal Instagram page. But being a reservist in a Border Police unit does not make her an active soldier. The IDF cannot control what she posts on her account.
"There's no law against a woman posting on her social media of her in a bikini, but it's not something that is promoted or organized by the IDF," the senior officer said. "It's not something that we sponsor or support; it's not something that is shared or retweeted by our pages."
He said he "stands behind every piece of content" uploaded to official IDF accounts.
Private accounts, on the other hand, are another story. Such accounts are not monitored or regulated by the IDF, the senior officer said, adding: "It's not our business and nothing we control."
The IDF has had its fair share of controversies in which soldiers, both female and male, have uploaded pictures of themselves half naked or in underwear holding their weapons.
Those pictures, though, were uploaded on private accounts, not on official military channels.
"We are not using women or men in any unfitting circumstances; that's very easily proven," the senior officer said.
A search of IDF social-media channels on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat and Twitter did not find photos of half-naked female soldiers with weapons.
This is not to promote any propaganda by either side. But in the era of the Me Too movement, it is surprising to see such a big international magazine publish an article in which a female journalist accuses an entire military of sexual harassment.
That is especially clear since some easy fact-checking on social media shows it is not the case.
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All New Zealand immigration advisers, whether they are based on-shore or off-shore, are required by law to be licensed with the New Zealand Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA), unless they are exempt.
Full Members of the NZAMI are licensed professionals who are committed to high standards of service and to keeping well informed through continuing professional development.
We advise that you go to the 'Find an Adviser' tab on this website where you will be able to create a short-list of licensed advisers who are also members of NZAMI.
The Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 promotes and protects the interests of people receiving immigration advice and aims to enhance the reputation of New Zealand as a premium migration destination.
The Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA) is empowered by the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 to regulate the immigration advice industry. Its role is to administer the licensing regime, maintain a public register of licensed immigration advisers and help with the education and pro fessional development of immigration advisers.
The Authority is also responsible for handling complaints. Anyone can make a complaint about a licensed immigration adviser or a former licensed immigration adviser. The Authority investigates and takes enforcement action in relation to offences under the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act.
The NZAMI is an independent professional association whose main aim is to support and provide benefits to its members, including continuing professional development. The association plays the vital role of advocacy within the profession and maintains close contact with the IAA and Immigration New Zealand.
Complaints against licensed advisers are now handled by the IAA and complaints against lawyers are handled by the New Zealand Law Society. The NZAMI, however, does follow a Code of Ethics which governs the professional conduct of its members.
If you have questions about the definition of immigration advice, licensing, or exemptions, please visit the IAA website or our Frequently Asked Questions section for more information.


To the man whose son has cancer. Who sat with me in the public park while we watched his boy swing on monkey bars.
To John, the man who adopted five dogs. Whose wife, Mindy, was taken too early. The same man who once encouraged me to keep writing at a time when I needed encouragement. He probably doesn't even remember that.
To Jennifer, who says most people call her, "Jellybean." Jellybean is epileptic. She walks to work since she can't legally drive. She says that her past relationships haven't lasted because of her condition. Well, she is on top of the world this week. Her boyfriend is an EMT. He knows how to deal with seizures, and isn't afraid to help her through them. He asked Jellybean to marry him last Tuesday at his son's middle-school band concert. She said yes.
And to my mother. The woman who worked harder than any female I've ever made eye- contact with. Who didn't just raise me, but grew up beside me. Who endured a husband's suicide, financial ruin, double shifts, single-parenthood, and late bills. Who survived a disease that almost ruined her. Who still goes for morning walks with her dog, Sunny, who still says thank-you prayers under her breath.
And to you, wherever you find yourself tonight. I wrote this for you. It's not much, but it's something.
They tell me the Man Upstairs made this whole world in six days. On Saturday, he took a coffee break and looked over his artwork. Sprawling oceans, majestic Appalachians, Waffle Houses, and American Bloodhounds. "It is good," he probably said when he saw it.
I'm writing this on a Friday night. I'm on a porch in the woods. I'm thinking about this world, and about the fine people in it. Nurses who raise abandoned men. Those who encourage writers, just because. People who fly banners in support of childhood cancer.
There is something in this night air that makes me feel something. It's enough to make a man drunk if he breathes deep enough.
His boy is alive and well today. So this is to him. And you. And everyone. I'm looking around at this dark earth, listening to crickets.
And I'll be dogged if the Man Upstairs wasn't right when he said it.


Being the fifth busiest airport in Canada, Edmonton International Airport is served by some of the best domestic airline companies. The Canadian flag carrier Air Canada is the only airline to provide direct trips outside of North America. Air Canada offers year round trips to London Heathrow Airport, the busiest airport in the United Kingdom. Of course, Canada's flag carrier connects the city of Edmonton to some of the country's other major airports including Ottawa MacDonald-Cartier International Airport, Montreal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Toronto Pearson International Airport, and Vancouver International Airport.
The Air Canada Express brand links Edmonton to other large cities in Canada such as Calgary and Winnipeg. The rest of the domestic service offered by Air Canada Express is to smaller regional airports such as in Regina, Saskatoon, and Yellowknife. All of the Air Canada aircraft is stationed near the South Terminal at Edmonton International Airport.
The busy Canadian charter airline Air Transat provides direct flights between Edmonton International Airport and popular resort destinations in the Caribbean and Central America. In fact, this airline operates only seasonal flights and does not offer any routes that run all year long. Air Transat invites tourists to Mexico's popular resort destinations such as Cancun, Huatulco, and Puerto Vallarta. This Canadian charter carrier also takes its customers to the Caribbean beaches in Dominican Republic and Jamaica. Offering trips to London Gatwick Airport, Air Transat is the only company besides Air Canada to offer non-stop flights to Europe. You can find the fleet of Air Transat Airbus jets waiting near the North Terminal building at Edmonton International Airport.
The city of Edmonton is also served by several other modest size airlines based in Canada. The list of these domestic carriers includes Air North, Canadian North, Central Mountain Air, First Air, and Northwestern Air. These airline companies offer trips to remote parts of Canada such as in Fort McMurray, Rainbow Lake, Whitehorse, and Yellowknife.
Offering a schedule featuring more than 20 destinations, the busiest airline at Edmonton International Airport is WestJet. Canada's largest low cost carrier connects Edmonton to major domestic destinations including Calgary, Hamilton, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, and Winnipeg. WestJet also operates busy routes between Edmonton and large U.S. cities such as Orlando, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix. The Canadian low cost airline operates in both terminals at Edmonton International Airport.
U.S. passengers can count on US Airways and United Airlines to fly between Edmonton and major U.S. cities such as Chicago, Denver, Houston, and Phoenix. Both American companies operate in the South Terminal at Edmonton International Airport.


PokerFan_lol wins Event#4 of TCOOP 2017, while Hungary's kZhh won followed event of the tournament. PokerFan_lol received ($18,568.31 + $3,757.36 in bounties), whereas kZhh received $32,435 in a three way deal.
The event#4 attracted a huge 10,940 entrants, because it was a $27 buy-in No Limit Hold'em , 6 max Hyper Turbo game. The event generated a huge prize pool of amount $281,267.40 ($140,688.40 regular, $140,579 bounty), which was distributed among top 1,511 finishers.
PokerFan_lol took home most of the share being first, whereas Hungarian NorBaggio becomes runner-up in the match and pocketed ($12,132.27 + $4,339.61 in bounties).
Two players were from United Kingdom and they were swansfc_CJ and sickhangover. They both were final table players but busted to fourth and sixth places.
The event was $82 NL Hold'em, 8-Max, Bubble Rush, which received 3,290 entries from most parts of Europe and generated $246,750.00 as total prize pool. Top 391 players received some wining amount.
Canada's GriffGolf13 becomes runner-up for the game and collected $23,812,while third place belongs to a player Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann $22,698.32.
The first player who busted from the final table was Pumpingpoker of Russia, who made $3,324 from the game for eighth place, then goes SimbaUp (Uzbekistan) $4,663.47 from seventh place.
This is one of the most famous European online poker tournaments being taken place at PokerStars. We would provide you other updates abbot the tournament as it goes.


Interior remodels like adding a fireplace to your bedroom or living room. Transform your basement into a complete entertainment space. Knock out a closet or for a new pantry or powder room.
Additionally, Donald Lynch, Jr., is a Certified Aging-In-Place Specialist (CAPS) from the National Association of Home Builders in collaboration with the AARP. This qualifies Don and Lynch Construction as experts in modifying existing homes to meet the unique needs of senior citizens so they can stay at home.
The owners of this home in Todd Lakes II envisioned their unfinished basement as a state-of-the-art in home theater. Consulting with our designers and coordinating with the homeowners theater experts, we created a Hollywood-worthy private screening room. To ensure that the space had a theater feel, we built a raised platform with maple wood nosing to create bi-level seating. Adding rope lighting under the platform lip gives the illusion of real theater lighting.


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8 Regulation Of Traffic
1 General And Miscellaneous
§ 46.2-817 Disregarding signal by law-enforcement officer to . . .
Disregarding signal by law-enforcement officer to stop; eluding police; penalties
A. Any person who, having received a visible or audible signal from any law-enforcement officer to bring his motor vehicle to a stop, drives such motor vehicle in a willful and wanton disregard of such signal or who attempts to escape or elude such law-enforcement officer whether on foot, in the vehicle, or by any other means, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. It shall be an affirmative defense to a charge of a violation of this subsection if the defendant shows he reasonably believed he was being pursued by a person other than a law-enforcement officer.
B. Any person who, having received a visible or audible signal from any law-enforcement officer to bring his motor vehicle to a stop, drives such motor vehicle in a willful and wanton disregard of such signal so as to interfere with or endanger the operation of the law-enforcement vehicle or endanger a person is guilty of a Class 6 felony. It shall be an affirmative defense to a charge of a violation of this subsection if the defendant shows he reasonably believed he was being pursued by a person other than a law-enforcement officer.
C. If a law-enforcement officer pursues a person as a result of a violation of subsection B and the law-enforcement officer is killed as a direct and proximate result of the pursuit, the person who violated subsection B is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
D. When any person is convicted of an offense under this section, in addition to the other penalties provided in this section, the driver's license of such person shall be suspended by the court for a period of not less than thirty days nor more than one year. However, in any case where the speed of such person is determined to have exceeded the maximum allowed by twenty miles per hour, his driver's license shall be suspended by the court trying the case for a period of not less than ninety days. In case of conviction and suspension, the court or judge shall order the surrender of the license to the court, which shall dispose of it in accordance with the provisions of § 46.2-398.
E. Violation of this section shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. If the acts or activities violating this section also violate another provision of law, a prosecution under this section shall not prohibit or bar any prosecution or proceeding under such other provision or the imposition of any penalties provided for thereby.
1964, c. 614, § 46.1-192.1; 1984, cc. 544, 780; 1988, c. 307; 1989, c. 727; 1993, c. 796; 1996, cc. 577, 817; 1999, c. 720; 2000, c. 315; 2002, c. 505; 2008, cc. 773, 811; 2010, c. 655.
Edwards v. Com. (COA, 12/09/03)
. . . 31, eluding the police, in violation of Code § 46.2-817(B), and leaving the scene of an accident . . .
Tucker v. Com. (COA, 05/28/02)
. . . Code § 46.2-817(C), which provides an enhanced punishment for a violation of Code § 46.2-817(A), . . .
Coleman v. Com. (COA, 05/20/08)
. . . conviction for felony eluding in violation of Code § 46.2-817(B). We find the evidence sufficient . . .
Bass v. Com. (SCV, 03/03/00)
. . . checkpoint, the Commonwealth refers to Code § 46.2-817, which makes it unlawful for citizens to . . .
Phelps v. Com. (SCV, 01/11/08)
. . . ;a person" as that term is used in Code § 46.2-817(B), a penal statute. . . .
Thomas v. Com. (COA, 05/21/02)
. . . serious injury to another in violation of Code § 46.2-817. On appeal, he contends the trial court . . .
Carson v. Com. (COA, 06/27/91)
. . . not obligated to do so. See Code §§ 46.2-102 and 46.2-817. He did not violate the fourth amendment . . .
Shaw v. Com. (COA, 01/23/90)
. . . in violation of Code § 46.1-192.1 (now Code § 46.2-817) constituted a conviction for reckless . . .
Bazemore v. Com. (COA, 01/13/04)
. . . felony. . . .
United States v. Roseboro (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 01/05/09)
. . . a law enforcement officer. Cf. Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-817(A) ("It shall be an affirmative defense . . .
HB1677: Motor vehicles; eluding police officer. (failed)
HB1987: Driving under influence of alcohol; increases penalty if eluding police. (failed)
HB113: Disregarding signal to stop; endangerment of operation of law-enforcement officer, penalty. (passed)
SB96: Eluding police; person is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (passed)
HB296: Eluding police; penalty. (failed)
HB376: Law-enforcement officer; definition includes municipal park rangers. (failed)
HB2062: Law-enforcement officer; definition, municipal park rangers training. (failed)
SB1385: Law-enforcement officer; definition, municipal park rangers training. (failed)
§ 46.2-411 Reinstatement of suspended or revoked license or other privilege to operate or register a motor vehicle; proof of financial responsibility; reinstatement fee


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Drop us a line or come on in for a delicious drink and some conversation. Thanks!
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I have just turned 40 years old and I have been working as a Material Development Engineer in Forsheda, Sweden, for the past five years.
Have you always worked with materials?
Yes, my background is in chemistry. I have a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering and before joining Trelleborg I worked on polymers, mostly plastics.
Rubber is far more interesting than plastic! I worked mainly with polyethylene and all we did was heat it up, change the shape and cool it down again. Rubber is a compound, there are more ingredients and things change in the material during vulcanization – it involves more chemistry.
Finding the right balance for a compound. Mostly you start with a known basic recipe and then modify it. You know what you want, but finding the right combination of ingredients can be challenging. It's always a compromise. You can't have it all, so you have to choose which properties are more important. It gives you a really good feeling when you have made the right compromises and found the balance. It's complicated and fun.
What do you like most about working at Trelleborg?
I work with a team of great colleagues and working here always gives you opportunities to learn more. Rubber is a huge and fascinating area and I have learned a lot already, but even if you have worked here 20 or 30 years you will still be learning.
I have four children and I live in the countryside. So I spend my leisure time with my family and I also like to go hunting with my dog, a German spaniel.
Rubber is a huge and fascinating area and I have learned a lot already, but even if you have worked here 20 or 30 years you will still be learning.


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Source: MarketWatch.com
Pot Mogul Bruce Linton Fired as Canopy Growth CEO and Removed from Board
The newswires were buzzing this morning as news began to circulate that Canopy Growth's leader Bruce Linton was fired as CEO and removed from the company's board of directors. Financial media outlets such as CNBC were quick to touch base with the pot mogul to get his side of the story after Canopy released a press release stating Linton stepped down.
The Canopy Growth (TSX: WEED) (NYSE: CGC) founder called into CNBC to confirm that he was in fact fired from his role as CEO and board member. He did, however, have a small issue with the language in the company's press release. "I think stepping down might not be the right phrase," he said, referring to the language in the company press release. "I was terminated."
President and Co-CEO Mark Zekulin will take of the reins as the solo CEO while the company searches for a replacement leader.
There is no denying that Bruce Linton built an extremely impressive company in Canopy Growth but over the past year or so the company has struggled to keep their losses under control. In their most recent earnings report Canopy reported a loss of over $300 million for a single quarter and over $600 million for the full year.
"The magnitude of losses for [Canopy] has expanded far more than we had expected, and while we commend Linton for his vision in establishing the world's leading cannabis company, we believe new leadership will be a welcome change," Cowen analyst Vivien Azer said in a note to investors.
Canopy's massive losses were so big that they were starting to have a profound effect on Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ) own earnings. Constellation Brands invested $5 billion into Canopy last November after seeing a very large return on their initial investment. Constellation CEO William Newlands was not pleased with Canopy's recent results which took $0.20 per share or roughly $39 million out of Constellation's earnings. Newlands told analysts while the company remains happy with its investment and the long-term potential but was not impressed with their recent earnings in which they continue to produce larger than expected losses.
"What we remain excited about is that this is going to be a big long-term business, and we are working with Canopy almost on a daily basis to ensure that we are all focused on the right things," Newlands said.
According to Linton, he had a gut feeling that his removal was in the works when the board held a meeting and he was not the person calling the meeting. Linton was provided with some sort of exit package but he did not provide any further details on what it contained.
"Creating Canopy Growth began with an abandoned chocolate factory and a vision. The Board decided today, and I agreed, my turn is over. Mark has been my partner since this Company began and has played an integral role in Canopy's success. While change is never easy, I have full confidence in the team at Canopy – from Mark and Rade's leadership to the full suite of leadership – as we progress through this transition and into the future," said Linton.
For now, Zekulin will be in charge of driving the $10 billion+ ship as they navigate the waters in search of a new leader and board member. Zekulin has the full support of Constellation Brands according to their company spokeswoman.
"While Canopy will never be the same without Bruce Linton, the team and I look forward to continuing to do what we have done for the past 6 years: investing in world-class people, infrastructure and brands, and always seeking to lead through credibility and vision. I personally remain committed to a successful transition over the coming year as we begin a process to identify new leadership that will drive our collective vision forward. I know the company will continue to thrive as the Canopy story continues on for years to come," stated Zekulin.
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studio discussion about the issues raised in the documentary.
complaint to the Authority under s.8(1)(b) of the Broadcasting Act 1989.
and the subsequent studio discussion, TVNZ declined to uphold the complaint.
the benefits of agricultural chemicals to farming in New Zealand since World War II.
Mr Tim Hanna, the documentary script writer.
viewer to make a balanced judgement.
negatives of traditional farming, but does not present the other two viewpoints.
of balance in the programme.
matters, current affairs and all questions of a controversial nature.
in the documentary and in which Dr Richardson took part.
an integral part of the programme.
advocacy journalism has long held an important place in the media.
expressed in the film were controversial and subject to debate.
had been comment on some of the problems associated with organic farming.
its impartiality through the addition of the studio debate.
balanced discussion could do nothing to retrieve the situation.
occurred in most broadcasting jurisdictions overseas.
reasonably balanced studio discussion could not rectify the situation.
would have helped viewers appreciate the format developed for the programme.
were advised that the programme consisted of these aspects.
in total were sufficient to rectify the imbalance inherent in the advocacy documentary.
to the broadcast, ensured that the requirements of standard G6 were met.
Fingers, broadcast on TV One at 8.00pm on 26 August 1997.
documentary had been placed inside a programme featuring presenter Ian Fraser.
discussion in which Dr Richardson took part.
the views expressed in the film were controversial and subject to debate.
statements from senior industry and government representatives.
This matter is also relevant when considering the question of impartiality.
spokesman who is critical of what he regard as "greenie" policies.


When Milos Raonic came to the Rakuten Japan Open in 2010, few tennis fans knew about him. With his "big game" of booming serves and forehands, he surprised Rafael Nadal in an early round match, pushing the world's top player to raise his game to win.
A few months later at the Australian Open, the teenage Raonic rocketed up the rankings by knocking off higher seeds before bowing to David Ferrer in the round of 16.
Since then, Canada's Raonic, ranked no. 10, has continued to play well on this side of the Pacific at the end, and the beginning of the long season. He also won in Chennai, India in January 2012.
In the past month, he won 8 straight matches, including the Thailand Open final, before losing to Juan Martin del Potro 7-6, 7-5 in the Japan Open final.
He said the tour's scheduling of the Asian hard-court season has helped him rise in the rankings at the end of every year. Playing in September and October means wet weather in east Asia — the monsoon in Thailand, typhoons in Japan and China — which forces matches indoors, speeding up surfaces to the advantage of big servers like Raonic.
Raonic has clearly gained strength from his 45-minute gym workouts daily. He's become much more flexible on the court as well.
He's also worked on staying lower on ground strokes and volleys, hitting through the volleys, and hitting through his returns rather than blocking them back.


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Mom outraged after inmate transport bus used to take kids to summer camp in San Diego
SAN DIEGO -- The mother of an 8-year-old San Diego girl is demanding answers after her daughter and dozens of other children were transported to a summer camp event in an inmate transport bus.
"My kid is in a jail bus. What is it look like when she gets off the bus in Del Mar and it's a bunch of blacks and Mexican kids," said Kimberly Steele, whose daughter was on the bus. "Driving by, I would be like, 'Whoa, what did they do?'"
Steele said her daughter described the bus as having cages inside.
"She said she had fun at the camp, she said she was tired, and she mentioned that the bus was small and it had cages," she said.
Steele said she feels the kids were being stigmatized. She said she was never told the free summer-camp transportation was going to be an inmate bus.
"I didn't give consent, they never asked us if it was OK to put our children on a bus like that," Steele said.
The summer program caters to children in underserved communities.
The program director said the free buses from the sheriff's department have been used for years and have never been a problem.
"If it's not working then it is something that needs to be evaluated and quite frankly the funding would have to be discussed as well, but we have to do so much with so little money already, so it would really need the support to rally behind us," said Claire LeBeau, executive director of the program.
KGTV contributed to this report
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A Hell of a Woman is a 1954 novel by Jim Thompson.
It has been adapted for the screen by Alain Corneau and Georges Pérec as Série noire, released in 1979.

Plot
Frank "Dolly" Dillon hates his job of working collections for Pay-E-Zee Stores. He loathes his wife, Joyce, and has an account balance that barely lets him pay the bills each month.

Working door-to-door one day, Dolly crosses paths with a beautiful young woman, Mona who is being forced by her aunt to do things that she does not want to with men she does not know. Mona wants out any way that she can.

References

1954 American novels
Novels by Jim Thompson
English-language novels
American crime novels
American novels adapted into films


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Синагога Хевра Тхилим (от ) — синагога, находящаяся в Польше в городе Скавина Краковского повята Малопольского воеводства. Находится на пересечении улиц Бабетты и Казимира Великого. Охраняемый памятник Малопольского воеводства.

Синагога была построена в 1894 году по инициативе еврейского псалмопевческого братства «Хевра Тхилим». К синагоге прилегало здание, в котором располагались хедер, миква и жилое помещение раввина. Во время Второй мировой войны синагога была разрушена немцами. После войны в синагоге размещалось жилое помещение, потом был магазин. После реставрации в здании стал размещаться офис.

Ориентированное кирпичное здание построено на прямоугольном плане. До настоящего времени синагога сохранила свой первозданный внешний вид, в том числе высокие, полукруглые окна.

2 апреля 1996 года синагога была внесена в реестр памятников культуры Малопольского воеводства (№ A-712).

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Terrorism & Security Report: Americas
Updates On: Canada, Colombia
Canada – Two Canadian citizens were arrested (John Stuart Nuttall who converted to Islam seven years ago and Amanda Maria Korody) for planning a terrorist attack in Victoria on July 1, which is Canada Day. The two were inspired by al-Qaeda ideology but had no external links to foreign terrorist groups. The pair took steps to learn how to produce explosive devices that would kill and maim others and were to use pressure cookers as their explosive devices with contents ranging from nuts, bolts, rusty nails and washers. These devices were not dissimilar to those used in the Boston bombings on April 15. Although the two incidents had no links, they wanted to carry out the attack to create as much damage and death as they could. This appears to be a lone wolf style attack which most countries are aware of and seems to be the biggest area that terrorists are exploiting; it is likely to be a trend for the future. Pressure bomb explosive devices are simple to make, with the device, initiator, and shrapnel easy to gain. These devices have been in use for some time: the Mumbai train bombings in 2006; Stockholm in 2010; the thwarted Times Square car bomb 2010; and the Boston attack in 2013. An article published in 2010 in the al-Qaeda magazine Inspire entitled, "Make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom," seems to be currently influencing lone wolfs and others.
Colombia – The peace negations with Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have been progressing well over the last few months with many issues being resolved. The next issue for resolution is how the FARC will integrate themselves into the political and the election process. Currently, FARC wants the Colombian government to postpone the country's elections which are due to be held on May 14 and pushed back until 2015. The government so far have stated that they will only discuss what was previously on the agreed agenda. This could prove a sticking point between the two and could result in the six month peace process dissolving. That said, the FARC must see that the government does have a point. Both parties had signed up to discuss peace under an agreed agenda. For one side to attempt to add extra is not ideal. FARC would be better to stick to the agenda and once that has finished, then, start to look at future areas to discuss. This would also give them time to build up the group's credibility and when the time comes to enter elections, they will be better prepared.
The National Liberation Army (ELN) and FARC have met recently in an attempt to strengthen their unification process. The ELN has stated in the past that they wish to explore a similar dialogue with the Colombian government that FARC has done. In the past, the two groups have distanced themselves, but the ELN now see an opportunity to enter a peace deal and further down the road enter politics. However, the ELN are treading carefully and looking at how the peace process is proceeding with FARC in order to have a better understanding of the procedure. Once that has been done, then the ELN will have a clearer idea of how to proceed.
Paul Ashley is the Senior Counter-Terrorist Analyst


Millions of families can't afford Wi-Fi, adding another layer of disadvantage to low-income students.
Teachers increasingly give assignments that require online access, a task that's becoming ever more difficult for scores of students from low-income families.
How big is this problem? The Pew Research Center estimated last year that about 5 million households with school-age children can't afford Internet service. Not having broadband at home creates a so-called "homework gap," which the researchers say disproportionately affects Black and Latino children.
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama announced ConnectALL, an initiative to enable all Americans to afford broadband. It seeks to eliminated the digital divide—an ongoing problem that captures the public's attention from time-to-time.
In a recent article, the New York Times shined a spotlight on the issue. The paper told the story of a sister and brother—Isabella and Tony Ruiz—who routinely stand outside an elementary school near their home to use its wireless hot spot.
With their parents struggling to make ends meet, Isabella, 11, and her 12-year-old brother don't have Internet service at home. By standing outside the school building, Isabella was able to watch her teacher's math guide on the family's mobile phone.
Mr. Obama said his initiative could help the siblings and the millions of other students trapped in the homework gap. His ambitious plan seeks to connect 20 million unconnected Americans to the Internet by 2020.
The president said he submitted a recommendation to the Federal Communications Commission that would update a 1980s telephone subsidy.
According to the New York Times, it would give low-income families a $9.25 per month subsidy to help pay for broadband service.
President Obama also called on the business community, non-profits, tech experts, as well as state and local governments, to join the effort.


Using a significant quantity of fossil fuels has adverse impacts on our lives and will affect future generations. Additionally, there are limited and decreasing numbers of non-renewable resources around the world. In contrast, renewable resources are not depleted and provide energy with negligible pollution. Wind energy is one of the more common renewable energy resources. This project aims to evaluate Iowa's wind energy potential and to provide suggestions to improve the future well‐being of this state. A preliminary analysis shows that Iowa has great potential for wind energy. Based on the preliminary analysis, Ames, Iowa, is selected as a case study of its potential in terms of wind energy. Some important characteristics of wind energy, such as mean wind speed, wind distribution, and wind direction are evaluated for Ames. It is observed that although Iowa has the greatest wind power capacity density in the U.S., there are some untapped places in Iowa that can be utilized to harvest wind power. Results indicate that the city of Ames is one of the places that have strong wind speeds. According to the results, if a wind farm is installed in the city of Ames, reliance on non-renewable energy resources will be considerably decreased.
This article is from Journal of Thermal Engineering 1 (2015): 245. Posted with permission.
Sharifi, Farrokh and Hashemi, Nicole N., "An Analysis of Current and Future Wind Energy Gain Potential for Central Iowa" (2015). Mechanical Engineering Publications. 143.


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Here is some information on the Sky-X engine in the 3.
Looks to be ~175 HP and 164 lbs torque. Better than the 2.0 (which is 155 and 150) but will be interesting to see how much better the mileage is.
I can see why they are releasing it in Europe first as a few MPG improvement is always welcomed. In the USA, nobody cares. The will wonder why they are spending more for a car that has less power.
Multiple Canadian press sites announced that last year. Gas in Canada is much more expensive than in the US so Canada may get it sooner.
"The X puts out 178 horsepower and 164 lb.-ft. of torque."
I am hoping that is old information and won't be the final number. I can't see that selling well unless the MPG is tremendous.
Based on the following comment I think Mazda is working on a 2.5l version of the SkyActiv-x. The 2.5L SkyActiv-G came out 1 year after the 2.0L SkyActiv-G. So if the 2.0L SkyActiv-X comes out later this year then I could see the 2.5L version by the end of next year. My guess is that it would have 210-215 HP and torque.
"Masahiro Moro, president and CEO of Mazda North America, told journalists that the company may still be exploring the full potential of the new engine technology"
The new Sky-X is using a mild hybrid for starts and low load situations. I wonder if that could be tuned to provide better performance with limited impact on mileage.
If the new Mazda3 comes out with 178 horsepower only, it will not sell. I probably won't even consider a test drive. The concerning thing is that this SkyActiv-X engine is supposed to be the premium engine slotted above the 2.5L engine. Unless the new Mazda3 has Miata tricks up its sleeve, where it loses horsepower but ends up being faster, it will be a hard sell.