Smother is a play that has everything. I was lucky to see it at Unit 102 Theatre in Toronto recently.
It is the story of a man who wants to start a family of his own. His overbearing mother stands in his way.
I'd never visited this theatre or even this neighbourhood before. I arrived before my friend Mike and waited outside. A man walked by, pulling a wagon with a young boy in a wagon. The boy looked up at me, smiled and waved. I did the same. The tone for the evening was set.
The theatre is barebones, which suits me perfectly. Canadian music icon Bob Wiseman sat on a bench playing accordion as we entered. Smother uses a minimum of props, really just a bunch of evocative scarves and a tea set.
The creative process of Smother is interesting. The team began with a minimal script. They then explored Commedia Dell'Arte, Bouffon and the Laban Efforts. The first two are improv and mockery. The Laban Efforts are the study of human movement.
If this sounds like sitting in on stuffy, high-level theatre classes, think again. It's a very pleasant learning experience, with all of the pleasure and none of the pain.
The hard work has paid off. Smother begins with Rory de Brouwer walking in place. He paints a picture in our minds. We can "see" the village he walks through. We can see the fields, the vegetables.
Aaron Rothermund and Lea Russell appear onstage. They don't act like playful children, they are playful children. We're transported to Eastern Europe. We're younger, simpler and happier. We're living with gypsies and we're smiling like that innocent boy in the wagon.
I didn't get the chance to meet my wife's Lithuanian grandmother. When the grandchildren misbehaved, she threatened them: "Vee gonna sell you to the gypsies!" After seeing Alexandra Baczynskyj perform, I feel I've met grandmother!
While all this is happening, Bob Wiseman plays accordion, framing the portrait.
Mike noticed that all the actors had fearless, intoxicating smiles. We both noticed that Smother has everything. It is a mosaic of singing and dancing, great acting, comedy, music, contortionists, drama and even the delivery of a baby!
Smother is like an adult fairy tale. The story is dark but the audience leaves with open minds and bright eyes. I had the same feeling afterwards as I do after listening to some of Bjork's better work.
The preparation is certainly paying off. There isn't one star in Smother, there are four. All actors shine, but they all work well together. Their trust, confidence and respect for one another are infectious. They might be a "small" four cylinder engine, but they produce more horsepower than a Ferrari!
I want to see Smother again. At times I would focus my attention on one actor, at times at everyone onstage. Neither was ever the wrong decision.
I'll definitely be keeping an eye open for phase two of Smother and be following Theatre Lab and Unit 102.
After the play, Mike and I went to a local watering hole to enjoy a beverage. A gypsy band was playing. What a perfect trip!


Russell Simmons is bringing the laughs back to HBO. The Def Jam co-founder recently announced he is rebooting his wildly popular stand-up comedy series, Def Comedy Jam, on the network.
Def Comedy Jam originally aired from 1992-1997 and was hosted by a number of comedians including Martin Lawrence and D.L. Hugley. It featured some of the hottest up-and-coming comedians on the planet at the time and catapulted the careers of people like Chris Tucker and Mike Epps. The show was brought back for another run in 2006.
In related news, it was also recently announced that Simmons is working on a reboot to Def Poetry Jam. Def Poetry Jam, a spinoff of, Def Comedy Jam, originally ran from 2002-2007 and was hosted by Mos Def. The show featured the talents of up-and-coming and famous poets alike. Known entertainers also appeared on the show including, Lauryn Hill, DMX, Talib Kweli, Dave Chappelle, Kanye West, Tracey Morgan, David Banner, Mike Epps and more.
Simmons has hopes of getting that show back up and running with Chance The Rapper hosting the new rendition. "Super excited. Been in negotiation with @chancetherapper to host Def poetry jam for HBO. !!!! Would u guys like to see that #Emmys," Simmons tweeted a couple weeks ago.


Three guys, stranded on a desert island, find a magic lantern containing a genie, who grants them each one wish. The first guy wishes he was off the island and back home. The second guy wishes the same. The third guy says "I'm lonely. I wish my friends were back here."


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This Cole Porter classic from Anything Goes is sure to be a hit on any concert program. Greg's stunning arrangement cries out to be clapped, tapped or choreographed -- add your own personal touch of staging. However you program it, it's sure to be a winner!


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The Wallisch Homestead was left to the West Milford Township and the Board of Education to be used for general recreation and education. It is one of the last remaining properties that reflects Northern New Jersey's agricultural heritage and West Milford's past.
The Friends of Wallisch Homestead is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit group. Our mission is to support West Milford Township, the Board of Education, and other community groups in the preservation and adaptive reuse of the Homestead buildings and land as a living record of the community's cultural and economic heritage.
We do this by:
Providing community connection and advocacy for the homestead
Increasing awareness of the homestead's historic and cultural value
Raising funds for preserving and reusing the buildings and land.
The Friends of Wallisch Homestead was started in 2013 as a non-profit volunteer organization that seeks to raise public awareness of the historic importance and beauty of the Homestead and its value to our community for future use as a cultural, recreational, and educational center.
We believe the Wallisch Homestead has the potential to offer a wide variety of historic, cultural, and recreational uses for both residents and visitors.
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Home LEGO Legends of Chima LEGO Legends of Chima Returns to Cartoon Network Tonight
LEGO Legends of Chima Returns to Cartoon Network Tonight
The long-awaited return of the LEGO Legends of Chima animated series makes it's return to Cartoon Network tonight at 8/7c. It's been a while since we've mentioned the TV show because there wasn't anything to report on it until recently. A trailer of the return of Chima aired during the LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles back in May and Cartoon Network will be "premiering" it again starting today and will now have weekly episodes. According to TV Guide's schedule for tonight, my suspicions were confirmed that CN will be re-airing the first three episodes back-to-back-to-back and will have brand new episodes starting next week. So if you haven't seen any of the Chima episodes yet or want to rewatch them, tonight's the perfect opportunity.
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Any company that's interested in staying out of the red should care very deeply about what its customer base thinks. One way a company can uncover this vital piece of information is through a brief online survey that customers can take regarding a recent experience. Those who have recently shopped at a Benjamin Moore location can now provide some valuable feedback in exchange for entry into a sweepstakes and a shot at winning a crisp $500. To begin the online survey customers will need to navigate to the Our Satisfaction Survey page and enter the location number found on the invitation they received. Those who cannot find a location number can use the search tool provided to locate the store at which they shopped (uses a set of drop down boxes to narrow down by country, state/province, city, and address). Once the location has been confirmed at the Our Satisfaction Survey page the Start button can be clicked to begin with the feedback.
Once the survey is completed at the Our Satisfaction Survey page customers must provide a name, address, email address, and telephone number in order to gain entry into the sweepstakes. Those who want to find out who won the prizes can send a written request for the Winners List in a self-addressed stamped envelope.


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Q: Auto populating a field in access based on the value entered in another field I have a database currently containing two tables, the first table being named "tblUser" containing details about individual users, the second table being named "tblTime" containing the actual data that will be inputted by each of those users.
These tables contain a column named "UserLogin" and "Operator", when data is input into tblTime the Operator field will equal a value from the UserLogin field.
I then want the field ContractedHours to be set within tbltime based on the value of the field ContactedHours within tblUser.
tblUser
ID    UserLogin   ContractedHours
1     Ollie       8:00
2     Ryan        6:00

tblTime
ID    Operator   ContactedHours
1     Ollie          x
2     Ryan           y
3     Ollie          x

I have shown examples of the tables above. The ID of tblTime will be continuous as this table is ongoing, so i cannot link the two ID's.

A: You don't need the data duplicated in two tables. Instead of this method, try mapping the time table to the user table:
tblUser
UserID    UserName
1         Ollie
2         Ryan

tblTime
ID  UserID   ContractedHours
1     1          x
2     2          y
3     3          x

This method ensures you don't have any duplicated values, and tblTime will use the ID field as it's key, so you can have as many instances of UserID as necessary.

A: I solved this myself over many redesigns of this database, one method is to set a field in the database as:
SELECT t.ContractedHours
FROM tblUser AS t
WHERE t.UserLogin = Operator;

However by far the most efficient method, was creating a UserID field, being an alphanumerical value which would always equal a value within the operator field on the other table. I created a relationship between the two fields, and allowed the ContractedHours field to autofill.

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The court said there is no justification to treat a leprosy-afflicted person as a man to be kept away from the mainstream and suffer from ignominy that the disease is infectious or something to do with genetics.
A PIL highlighting the violation of fundamental rights of leprosy-affected persons due to existence of archaic central and state laws prompted the Supreme Court to ask the Centre on Monday whether such provisions need to continue in statute books.
Filed by Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy (VCLP), the petition listed 119 laws that discriminate against leprosy patients and stigmatise them.
Such outdated provisions deny them access to public services, impose disqualifications on them under personal laws and prohibited them from occupying or standing for public posts or office, the plea said.
"The seminal issue highlighted in the petition is in the third decade of 21st century. There is no justification to treat a person suffering from leprosy as a man to be kept away from the mainstream and suffer from ignominy that the disease is infectious or something to do with genetics.
"With the discovery of modern medicine, the disease is curable," a bench led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said, giving eight weeks notice to the Centre for placing its response.
Similarly, Section 2 of the Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act 1939 and Section 27 of the Special Marriage Act 1954, Section 18 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act 1956; Section 18 of the Jammu And Kashmir Hindu Adoptions And Maintenance Act 1960; Section 13 of the Jammu And Kashmir Hindu Marriage Act 1980 and Section 2 of the Jammu And Kashmir Dissolution Of Muslim Marriages Act 1999 perpetuate the stigmatization of those affected by leprosy.
The Orissa Municipal Corporation Act, 2003 disqualifies a leprosy patient from contesting the civil polls. Even the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, has a provision that bars someone infected with the disease from fighting the elections for the post of a panch or any other member of the institution.
Section 35(2) of the Karnataka Rajya Dr. Gangubai Hangal Sangeetha Mattu Pradarshaka Kalegala Vishwavidyalaya Act, 2009, empowers the Syndicate of the University to remove those persons from membership of any authority of the University who suffers from leprosy. One of the objects of this law it to prevent transmission of the disease.
Some of the impugned provisions VCLP has quoted violate the right to move freely throughout the territory of India and the right to practise any profession.
Such restrictions, VCLP contended, are not reasonable restrictions in the interests of the general public, in the light of medical advancements in the treatment of leprosy that render the disease non-infectious.
Senior advocate Raju Ramchandran cited the Law Commission's 256th report that recommended the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy.


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Exploration of the yield potential of mesoamerican wild common beans from contrasting eco-geographic regions by nested recombinant inbred populations
Paul Gepts, Jorge Berny Mier Y Teran, Eneas Konzen, Siu Mui Tsai & Antonia Palkovic
Dataset published via Dryad
Genetic analyzes and utilization of wild genetic variation in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) for crop improvement have been hampered by evaluation difficulties, identification of advantageous variation, and linkage drag. The lack of adaptation to field conditions and the existence of highly structured populations make association mapping of diversity panels not optimal. Joint linkage mapping of nested populations avoids the later constraint, while populations crossed with a common domesticated parent allow the evaluation of wild...
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Effect of Drought Stress on the Genetic Architecture of Photosynthate Allocation and Remobilization in Pods of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), a Key Species for Food Security
Paul Gepts, Jorge Carlos Berny Mier Y Teran, Enéas R. Konzen, Antonia Palkovic, Siu M. Tsai, Idupulapati M. Rao & Stephen Beebe
Background: Common bean is the most important staple grain legume for direct human consumption and nutrition. It complements major sources of carbohydrates, including cereals, root crop, or plantain, as a source of dietary proteins. It is also a significant source of vitamins and minerals like iron and zinc. To fully play its nutritional role, however, its robustness against stresses needs to be strengthened. Foremost among these is drought, which commonly affects its productivity and seed...
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Root and shoot variation in relation to potential intermittent drought adaptation of Mesoamerican wild common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
Paul Gepts, Jorge Carlos Berny Mier Y Teran, Enéas R Konzen, Viviana Medina, Antonia Palkovic, Andrea Ariani, Siu M. Tsai & Matthew E. Gilbert
• Background Wild crop relatives have been potentially subjected to stresses on an evolutionary time scale prior to domestication. Among these stresses, drought is one of the main factors limiting crop productivity and its impact is likely to increase under current scenarios of global climate change. We sought to determine to what extent wild common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) exhibited adaptation to drought stress, whether this potential adaptation is dependent on the climatic conditions of the...
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Jimmy Smith & Pat McKay performing a Jimmy Smith original, "Mr. Betty," live at Free Cycles in Missoula, Montana as part of the 2018 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. Camera & Sound by Doug Hawes-Davis & Dru Carr. Edited by Doug Hawes-Davis. Sound Recording by Jimmy Smith.


Take part in this incredible whale spotting and wine tasting experience in the heart of Walker Bay. You'll also get the chance to pair delicious tapas food with delectable wines.
Get ready to experience a full day Whale Watching and Wine Tasting Experience. You'll see incredible sights from African Penguin Colonies to Whale Spotting on a boat cruise at Walker Bay. Later in the day, you'll enjoy a relaxed lunch in the Hemel en Aarde Wine Valley or in picturesque Hermanus.
Begin this full day Whale Watching and Wine Tasting Experience driving through False Bay which offers beautiful scenery and incredible wild flowers. The first actual stop will be Stony Point, where you will get the chance to witness its well-known African penguin colony. Carrying on the tour you will travel over to Hermanus, to take part in the boat cruise to spot Humpback and Bryde's Whales of Walker Bay. Of course, with snacks provided! Lunch will take place after the cruise in either the Wine Valley or Hermanus. Here, you'll get the chance to try delicious wine which will pair perfectly with the tapas dishes offered. The day finishes with a visit to Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, to taste some exceptional wines for the rest of the afternoon, before heading back to your pick-up point in Cape Town.
This Full Day Whale Watching and Wine Tasting Experience makes a great gift for wildlife lovers and wine drinkers, and is guaranteed to be an unforgettable day out. Enjoy!
This experience is seasonal, depending on the whale season. Generally from June to November.
This experience is for ages 12 and over. However children over 2 are allowed at a separate cost.
This experience has a duration of 10 hours.
Departure time will be 8am, with drop off time being between 5-6pm.
Your departure point can be chosen by yourself.
Participants: The Whale Spotting and Wine Tasting in Cape Town is for 1 participant.
This experience is available for groups.
Please wear comfortable clothes, as you will experience some walking.
Also please bring windproof jackets, hats, sunscreen and motion sickness tablets if needed.
This experience can be affected by extreme weather conditions, as you will take part in a boat trip.


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We all know how bad China's air pollution is, however it has been discovered that man-made pollution in eastern China's cities worsens when less dust blows in from the Gobi Desert. That's right… when there is less natural dust blowing around the air quality for the millions of people who live there worsens.
This is because dust plays a significant role in shaping air temperatures, which promotes winds to blow away pollution. With less dust in the air, the air stagnates; this encourages the pollution to becoming more concentrated and then it hangs around much longer.
In a new study scientists found that reduced dust caused a 13 percent increase in man-made pollution over eastern China during the winter. However, the broader question of how natural dust and pollution interact with each other is an important one for everyone, not just China.
Using computer models and historical data, the researchers found that a reduction in natural dust transported from the Gobi Desert in central and northern China, translated into an increase in air pollution in highly populated eastern China.
"That natural dust particles in the air help deflect sunlight. Fewer dust particles translates to a warmer-than-usual land surface and cooler-than-usual water.
"That reduces the temperature differential in winter between sea and the land, resulting in weaker winds — and increased air stagnation.
The amount of dust would go unnoticed; the researchers are talking of reduction barely more than one-tenth of one mile per hour. However, when taken over an entire region, what may seem to be a minor change has a huge effect on climate and air quality.
"This is one of the first times we've really looked at the interactions between natural dust, wind, and anthropogenic pollution.
The modeling results had also matched observational data from dozen of sites in eastern China. It was found that up to two to three days after winds had carried dust into the region, the air was cleaner than before the dust had arrived.
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 Progomphus abbreviatus Belle, 1973
 Progomphus aberrans Belle, 1973
 Progomphus adaptatus Belle, 1973
 Progomphus alachuensis Byers, 1939
 Progomphus amarillus Tennessen, 1992
 Progomphus amazonicus Belle, 1973
 Progomphus angeloi Belle, 1994
 Progomphus anomalus Belle, 1973
 Progomphus approximatus Belle, 1966
 Progomphus auropictus Ris, 1911
 Progomphus australis Belle, 1973
 Progomphus basalis Belle, 1994
 Progomphus basistictus Ris, 1911
 Progomphus bellei Knopf & Tennessen, 1980
 Progomphus belyshevi Belle, 1991
 Progomphus bidentatus Belle, 1994
 Progomphus boliviensis Belle, 1973
 Progomphus borealis McLachlan in Selys, 1873
 Progomphus brachycnemis Needham, 1944
 Progomphus clendoni  Calvert, 1905
 Progomphus complicatus Selys, 1854
 Progomphus conjectus Belle, 1966
 Progomphus costalis Hagen in Selys, 1854
 Progomphus delicatus Belle, 1973
 Progomphus dorsopallidus Byers, 1934
 Progomphus elegans Belle, 1973
 Progomphus fassli Belle, 1973
 Progomphus flinti Belle, 1975
 Progomphus formalis Belle, 1973
 Progomphus geijskesi  Needham, 1944
 Progomphus gracilis Hagen in Selys, 1854
 Progomphus guyanensis Belle, 1966
 Progomphus herrerae Needham & Etcheverry, 1956
 Progomphus incurvatus Belle, 1973
 Progomphus integer Hagen in Selys, 1878
 Progomphus intricatus Hagen in Selys, 1858
 Progomphus joergenseni Ris, 1908
 Progomphus kimminsi Belle, 1973
 Progomphus lambertoi Novelo-Gutiérrez, 2007
 Progomphus lepidus Ris, 1911
 Progomphus longistigma Ris, 1918
 Progomphus maculatus Belle, 1984
 Progomphus marcelae Novelo-Gutiérrez, 2007
 Progomphus mexicanus Belle, 1973
 Progomphus microcephalus Belle, 1994
 Progomphus montanus Belle, 1973
 Progomphus nervis Belle, 1973
 Progomphus nigellus Belle, 1990
 Progomphus obscurus (Rambur, 1842)
 Progomphus occidentalis Belle, 1983
 Progomphus perithemoides Belle, 1980
 Progomphus perpusillus Ris, 1918
 Progomphus phyllochromus Ris, 1918
 Progomphus pijpersi Belle, 1966
 Progomphus polygonus Selys, 1879
 Progomphus pygmaeus Selys, 1873
 Progomphus racenisi De Marmels, 1983
 Progomphus recticarinatus Calvert, 1909
 Progomphus recurvatus Ris, 1911
 Progomphus risi Williamson, 1920
 Progomphus serenus Hagen in Selys, 1878
 Progomphus superbus Belle, 1973
 Progomphus tantillus Belle, 1973
 Progomphus tennesseni Daigle, 1996
 Progomphus tibialis Belle, 1973
 Progomphus victor St. Quentin, 1973
 Progomphus virginiae Belle, 1973
 Progomphus zephyrus Needham, 1941
 Progomphus zonatus Hagen in Selys, 1854

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Introducing Opus Energy's new Northampton headquarters
We are delighted to announce the opening of our brand new headquarters in the heart of Northampton, a state-of-the art building bringing all 700 of our Northampton team members under one roof.
The new headquarters, known to our employees as 'Opus Energy House', took a building with capacity for 1,500 team members, completely refurbished it and made it the new home for many of our teams – including customer service, operations, IT, HR, sales, renewables and business change.
It's a signal of our company's flourishing growth, plus a strong investment in the county of Northamptonshire, in which we have been operating for over 15 years.
Opus Energy House joins the existing Cardiff and Oxford offices to galvanise the all-UK based customer service, powering over 315,000 British business sites with gas and electricity.
The opening was marked with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, attended by Nikki Flanders, Chief Operating Officer, and guests of honour, Will Gardiner, CEO of Drax Group, and Paul Griffiths, Chief Executive Northamptonshire Chamber of Commerce.
Nikki Flanders, Chief Operations Officer at Opus Energy, commented: "The building marks a key milestone for Opus Energy and I am delighted to officially open our new headquarters. The new office is the largest investment in our people to date, built to create an energising environment for our teams. We've already invested in flexible benefits, free private healthcare and bonus schemes, and now we can also offer our teams a fantastic, state of the art working environment."
Andrea Leadsom, MP for South Northamptonshire commented: "Opus Energy is one of the region's leading employers and I am delighted to see investment in local jobs and infrastructure. Northampton is the home of small business with the highest concentration of small businesses in the East Midlands. Leading firms investing in the area are key to this, and we are delighted to have Opus Energy in the region."
The new office space was specifically chosen due to its ability to best serve our team members – being local and spacious with a modern and sophisticated working environment. The refurbishment has seen some innovative additions, including a wellbeing room and studio to prioritise employee wellness.
Other benefits include a subsidised restaurant, courtyards and a rooftop terrace, as well as plentiful parking, green surroundings, good connections with public transport and a location close to the city centre.
Nikki Flanders concluded: "We embrace our role as an award-winning supplier in the business energy sector and have clear targets to ensure we continue to not only expand, but also to continue to support and energise businesses across the country. We made this investment to help attract the best talent in customer service, IT, smart metering and energy service, so we can in turn continue to provide excellent service to our customers. We're excited to have moved in!"
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The Innovation Programme for Trinidad and Tobago has been launched! Funded by the European Union and the IDB, and implemented by CARIRI, the programme is intended to support Trinidad and Tobago's economic development through innovation and diversification.
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Support to a Competitive and Innovative Economy in Trinidad and Tobago – Shaping the Future of InnovationThe Innovation Challenge Fund will be a competitive, demand driven fund offering grant financing for innovation, primarily targeting Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
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Bashar al-Assad's militias are "cleansing" towns and villages of their Sunni Muslim inhabitants across the Syrian province of Homs, refugee families and residents have told The Daily Telegraph.
The "Shabiha", a loyalist militia drawn largely from the Syrian president's Alawite sect, is systematically looting and then destroying the homes of any Sunnis who have fled the province, a key battleground in the country's civil war.
"They pushed out the rebel fighters and now they are trying to push out all the Sunnis," said Bilal, a 23-year-old from the Sunni village of Talkalakh in Homs province. "They took our houses, threatened us, destroyed our villages."
Mr Assad's regime has trained its military might on rebel strongholds in Homs province, winning back the border towns of Qusayr and Talkalakh, and shelling areas of the provincial capital.
The offensive is so intense that rebels admit they cannot hold out for much longer. It has also taken on a sectarian character, with the army on Monday bombarding the Sunni mausoleum of Khaled bin Walid, a companion of Prophet Mohammed. Whether this was intentional or a mistake is unclear.
After each campaign, howver, Alawite civilians and loyalist paramilitaries from the National Defence Force have stormed the newly recaptured towns and villages, looting Sunni homes and often setting them on fire, with the apparent aim of ensuring that the owners have nothing left to return to.
"They even took the sinks of the bathrooms. The things they couldn't carry, they burnt," said Zacharia, a 23-year-old rebel fighter who escaped Talkalakh one week ago, after government troops stormed the town.
"After the army were finished, the Shabiha came: they divided the houses up between them, and started taking away the spoils."
Local people believe the regime is trying to cleanse the area of its Sunni residents with the aim of creating a rump state for the minority Alawites. This would run from the capital, Damascus, to the Alawite coastal heartland of Latakia. Homs is the vital link connecting the two regions.
Some experts are sceptical, believing that the regime, buoyed by its recent military victories, is focused simply on crushing the insurgency across the country.
But expelling Sunnis, who have tended to back the rebels, would be a way for Mr Assad's forces to consolidate their control over hard-won terrain: "The regime hasn't been in a position to allow people back into the areas they have taken," said Peter Harling from the International Crisis Group. "Wherever people come back, the problems come back with them."
The civil war has exposed the country's sectarian fault lines, igniting hatred between communities who previously co-existed. Talkalakh is surrounded by 52 largely Alawite villages, where people are now leading the campaign against their Sunni neighbours, according to refugees.
"This is not just about criminals wanting to make money. They want to kill all the Sunnis," said Fayez, a resident of Talkalakh who fled with his family to neighbouring Lebanon. "We used to hear them at night. They used to scream down from their villages 'we are coming for you. We don't want Sunni's on our land'."
Other residents told the Telegraph that Alawite neighbours are now storing the stolen goods on their farms.
Most of the Sunnis of Talkalakh have now fled, but those who have stayed are being given incentives to leave. Alawite businessmen from neighbourhing villages are offering to buy the homes of Sunnis, on the condition that they leave: "They come up to people and say 'we can buy your house. You need the money and why do you want to stay in this village? It's better to get out'," said one man speaking by phone from Talkalakh.
The attacks have not been discouraged by the government. Residents say the Syrian army has watched the looters from the sidelines, and in some cases helped them.
In Homs, stolen goods are taken to a loyalist Alawite district and sold at what has become known as "the Sunni Market". A female activist, calling herself Yam al-Homsi, secretly filmed the market: "I pretended I wanted to buy a cheap laptop. The market has everything you can imagine; from Adidas trainers to furniture," she said.
"They even took the doors, tiles and electric cables from the homes. The Shabiha are organised: some loot the houses, whilst others sell the goods. They are not ashamed. One man told me it was a 'gift from the war'."
Over 500,000 refugees, most of them Sunni, have now fled into neighbouring Lebanon. Some have little hope of returning to thier homes. "Maybe in the future if Syria is free, I hope the relationship can be good again between Sunni and Alawites ," said Bilal, speaking from the empty building on the Lebanon-Syria border that is now his home. "But I don't think it can happen".


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Thursday night Hollywood Blvd. was shut down once again for another celebrity filled premiere. The event in question was the premiere for the second installment of The Hangover. The newly skinny Jordin Sparks looked simply stunning in a skin tight yellow and grey bandage dress, while rocking some major purple streaks in her hair. I'm also loving Kristen Bell's J. Mendel dress that she paired with Brian Atwood pumps. I recently ran into Kristen while shopping at Americana at Brand in Glendale. The Gossip Girl narrator was decked out in all black. From her harem pants to her big sunnies. You would have had no idea that she was a major celeb. Love having little run ins with Hollywood's elite, one of the many perks of living in LA.
The monkey from the film even arrived in her best dress paired with some beyond adorable pearls. Below are more of the celebrity ladies that stepped out at the event. Who is wearing your favorite look?
I like the 2nd dress!
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I love the short skirts.
I'm so excited to see this movie and I like a lot of these dress, wow, I think they all look great including the monkey, but the actress who plays the wife (can't remember her name) in the little red and white dress looks really glamorous.