The Kansas Kangaroo Court hearings have commenced. See the latest from Red State Rabble, and see the story by Jodi Wilgoren.
"Can you tell us, sir, how old you believe the Earth is?" the lawyer, Pedro Irigonegaray, asked William S. Harris, a chemist, who helped write the proposed changes to the state standards.
There's your 21st century science for you, from a leader of the Kansas Intelligent Design Network.
Note to Harris: The right answer is 4.5 billion years, give or take maybe 1%. Go read The Age of the Earth by Brent Dalrymple, who was just awarded a National Medal of Science by George W. Bush.
And anyone that promotes creationism, like Charles Thaxton, should realize that it has failed to weather criticism for the last 150 years and should have been discarded long ago, not continually promoted by various sneaky strategies, like those being used in Kansas.


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I'm kicking it!
Thanks for this. Put it in your journal -I'm putting it in mine!
Posted by JustAnotherGen | Fri Aug 28, 2015, 02:17 PM (1 replies)
The NRA is Smearing Martin O'Malley as a 'friend to criminals'
The NRA - as usual - a bunch of snakes slithering around on their bellies showing Americans every single day that they are a bunch of good for nothings.
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/08/21/nra-smears-martin-omalley-as-a-friend-to-crimin/205084
The NRA's feature attacks O'Malley on two fronts, claiming that he poses a threat to Second Amendment rights and accusing him of taking the side of criminals in Maryland -- even though courts have sided with O'Malley on gun laws and violent crime fell significantly during his tenure as governor.
Angered by O'Malley's strong support for a package of gun safety laws enacted in Maryland in 2013 following the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, the NRA claims O'Malley "imposed the most draconian new gun bans anywhere in the country" before offering attacks from the top two members of NRA leadership.
NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre is quoted in the article claiming O'Malley "has presided over some of the most spectacular, bloody and brutal failures of 'gun control' in our nation's history," while NRA top lobbyist Chris Cox suggests O'Malley becoming president could trigger "a fight for the survival of Second Amendment freedom as we know it."
The NRA also objects to O'Malley's response to the massacre of nine parishioners in a historically African-American Charleston, South Carolina, church in June, sneering that the former Maryland governor acted "decidedly un-presidential" when he wrote an email to supporters declaring he was "pissed" about inaction on gun violence while calling for bans on assault weapons and stronger background checks on gun sales.
I don't know about any of the rest of you who detest the NRA and everything they stand for but . . .
Am I the only person saying to myself . . .
I can't find that one fuck I'm supposed to give about what those pieces of shit at the NRA think is Presidential or not.
Posted by JustAnotherGen | Fri Aug 28, 2015, 09:12 AM (15 replies)
Martin O'Malley's Is No Opportunist on Gun Control
June 2015 -
http://www.businessinsider.com/martin-omalley-launching-major-push-for-gun-control-2015-6
2011 Maryland State of the State Address Feb 3, 2011
http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc5300/sc5339/000113/014000/014577/unrestricted/20120413e.pdf
At the beginning, he tips his hat to President Obama -
As President Obama said just last week, "We know what it takes to compete for the jobs and industries of our time. We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world."
He then went on to speak about Tough Choices - one being gun control reform in Maryland:
With tough choices, we are also taking back our streets and neighborhoods from violent crime. Since 2007, we have reduced murders in our state by 23%.64 But the spate of homicides early this year, I think reminds all of us wherever we live of the urgency of work yet done. Better isn't good enough. Thirty-one children, thirty-one kids were the victims of homicides in 2010.
Now the State Police tell us that this is the lowest number of juvenile victims of homicide on record. But how do we explain that to the families, to the moms and dads of kids that were lost. How do you tell them that those thirty-one lives lost – we consider that to be progress or a state accomplishment?
Two years ago, you required judges, rightly, to remove guns from the houses of domestic abusers. This year, I need your help to further toughen the enforcement of our gun laws.
And while nobody believes that we should criminalize poverty, there are things that we can do – must do – to bring Maryland in line with what every other state does and what every other state expects when it comes to preventing the willful neglect of a child.
In his conclusion he tips his hat to President Clinton -
As President Clinton once rightly said, "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America."
Two years later - February 2013:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/16/maryland-gun-control-law_n_3287475.html
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Gov. Martin O'Malley has signed a gun-control measure to give Maryland some of the nation's tightest gun laws and the National Rifle Association says it plans to challenge the law in court.
Part of the law requires people to submit fingerprints to the state police to get a license to buy a handgun.
O'Malley says states with similar laws have substantially lower gun death rates than states that do not
The measure banned 45 types of assault weapons and gun magazines will be limited to 10 bullets.
September 2013 - the NRA gets butt hurt:
Maryland Gun Control Law Gets Second Challenge
HAGERSTOWN, Md. — The state of Maryland fired back Monday at gun advocates seeking to block a new law creating some of the nation's toughest firearm restrictions, arguing a lawsuit filed last week came too late and lacks merit.
Attorney General Doug Gansler said the plaintiffs – three private citizens and seven gun dealers and associations – waited more than four months after Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley signed the legislation to file the lawsuit.
The law, enacted in response to Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting, adds 45 types of guns to a list of banned assault weapons and limits magazines to 10 bullets. It also requires handgun buyers to be fingerprinted before purchase. The law is set to take effect Tuesday.
Just wanted to clear up the headlines that O'Malley is JUST DOING THIS NOW.
He's not. He's as pissed as the rest of us who want these bullshit shootings to stop - and he has been.
A National Database of gun owners, finger prints, limitations on the types of guns one can own - these are tough and expensive choices -
But it has to happen. Understand - among you at DU (for those who want no limitations on gun ownership in case The Gub'mint does whatever ) are Democratic Party Members for whom this issue is non negotiable.
Notes -
We are a home with guns. Yes - multiple guns. Like two handguns and numerous hunting rifles. We also have bullets for these. We would pass finger print, mental health, background checks - we have no fear.
My cousin was murdered by having a bullet put in his head by a kid trying to get into a gang (black on black violence - random shooting) on April 13, 1991.
Kick and rec
Posted by JustAnotherGen | Tue Aug 18, 2015, 04:06 AM (0 replies)
Mitch McConnell Marched with MLK - who knew?
My comment on a thread -
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002πd=7076760
Journalist who brought this out -
http://www.thestranger.com/news/feature/2015/08/12/22681317/the-bad-politics-of-the-black-lives-matter-protesters-who-interrupted-bernie-sanders
That said, I disagree with the BLM action not because Bernie Sanders marched with Martin Luther King Jr. and therefore clearly paid his not-a-racist dues and should be left alone by black activists (GOP Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell also marched with MLK). My point is simply that, as imperfect as Sanders is, and as imperfect as white progressives are in this city, it still makes more political sense to form alliances with them rather than risk isolation.
I've never thought that Mitch McConnell was a bigot - more of an opportunist who was desperate to hang onto his bought and paid for job (his father in law has mega bucks).
But I have to admit - it makes me look differently at him - it also makes me wonder . . .
How can he stand being around some of those racists in his party?
Ditto John Boehner and John McCain (son in law/daughter in law who are black).
So it was okay when it was not an elected official
It was okay when it was the First Lady? Hmmmm. . .
Posted by JustAnotherGen | Thu Aug 13, 2015, 08:01 PM (0 replies)
Occupy Wall Street Silenced John Lewis?
Did I miss this?
http://www.salon.com/2011/10/13/the_man_who_blocked_john_lewis_speaks/
The moment where Congressman Lewis wasn't allowed to speak to Occupy Atlanta has become racially charged. It looks like a predominantly white crowd turning away a black civil rights hero. So I hate to try to put you in a bubble, but how do you characterize your own ethnicity?
No, it's OK, I think the move to pretend to "color-blindness" is very dangerous. My four grandparents come from Italy, Africa and Spain. I'm a quarter black. In terms of "bubbles," when I'm filling out forms, I bubble in Latino, black and white. Growing up in Pearl River, my friends were Irish Catholic, and being of mixed race, I was the minority. I've never been white enough for the whites, or Latino enough for the Latinos; it's actually the black community that I've felt most at home with. So it's ironic, the John Lewis thing.
http://www.thesavvysista.com/2011/10/man-who-blocked-congresmen-john-lewis.html
OK, you realize that sounds condescending: "the real black community." Who's the real black community? Who decides that?
That might have been crude. I'm talking about the segment of the black community here that feels ignored and disenfranchised. Here in Atlanta, there's very much a class divide. I think a lot of black leadership, and black church leadership, tends to be separated from the urban poor black community. Politically, things have to be pretty noncontroversial for many in the official black church to get involved, and when they do, their answer is, go out and vote for the Democrats! That's very unsatisfying to a lot of us
John Lewis on Twitter: "You cannot be afraid to speak up ...
https://twitter.com/repjohnlewis/status/489435720130785280
A true hero: @repjohnlewis You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage. 1 retweet 2 favorites.
John Lewis didn't just 'march' - he
And he -
And he also -
Now he says stuff like this -
And wow - he wants us to get on up and get in trouble!
And because of this -
And yeah - this -
This happened
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A plutocratic 1 percenter oligarchy socialist communist capitalist millionaire who is against he 99% did that.
Posted by JustAnotherGen | Mon Aug 10, 2015, 07:43 AM (59 replies)
Negro Bill Canyon - UT
Saving for my journal - the guy sounds fascinating!
Posted by JustAnotherGen | Thu Aug 6, 2015, 10:52 AM (0 replies)
The economic justice thing for BLACK men was what was not acceptable in Memphis
What were the names of the two sanitation workers in Memphis that were killed?
Why were they in the malfunctioning garbage truck?
What was on the 'sign' the black men (1000 black men in Memphis) held - what did it say?
These three things should accompany the video
It wasn't until King got real pissed off about how black workers - state employees - not corporate or business - were getting treated - that he got killed.
Loeb, the white mayor of Memphis who entered office in January 1968 - refused to recognize the rights these men had that white sanitation workers had around America.
Loeb:
Refused to take dilapidated trucks out of service (the malfunctioning garbage truck Echole and Walker were hiding from the elements in. ***Note - they were not allowed to say - stand on a porch of a white owned home to hide from a rain storm. The color line remained even for those who were employees of a government. That's why they were in the back of the truck.
Refused the men overtime who worked late into the night.
Hundreds of HARD WORKING BLACK MEN who were employed by the city in the state of TN in the country USA relied on welfare and food stamps because their wages were so low.
Then Echole and Walker are killed - and get this: Their families were not given the same kind of workers comp that say - a white male city employee would received when killed on the job due to unsafe working conditions. Because they were black men though -can we just go on ahead and point out how uppity and racist the white folks were in Memphis? Good enough to pick up their garbage - yet disposable when working in inclement weather. You can't make this shit up - this is America. *sigh*
And that's where it came from.
Had the white leadership - elected leaders - of government treated their TAX payers and citizens fairly without regard to the color of their skin . . . had they treated them like men -
MLK would never have been on that balcony and he never would have gotten shot.
This is basic knowledge that black Americans are given to them by their parents because the white owned/managed public school system doesn't want white kids learning the truth about their grandparents.
Heaven forbid people are taught that those 1000 workers up against 4K armed national guardsmen were black folks. We'd need a helluva lot of smelling salts if this information got out.
Posted by JustAnotherGen | Wed Aug 5, 2015, 02:23 PM (9 replies)

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Rendering of resturant that will open in Wells Fargo Plaza.
HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Adair Concepts, a Houston restaurant group, will open a new restaurant in 71-story Wells Fargo Plaza at 1000 Louisiana Street in downtown Houston.
The eatery will serve breakfast, lunch, and small bites along with premier wines, spirits and signature craft cocktails in the afternoon. The 4,628-SF restaurant, designed in collaboration with Gensler and McGarr Design & Interiors, will be open from 7am to 7pm.
Adair Concepts is led by siblings Nick Adair and Katie Adair Barnhart. In addition to Adair Kitchen, located in the Galleria area, Adair Concepts owns Eloise Nichols Grill & Liquors, and Houston's first all-day cafe, Bebidas. In January 2018 Adair Concepts took over management of Skeeters Mesquite Grill and Los Tios Mexican Restaurants from their father Gary Adair's Adair Family Restaurants. These family-owned restaurants began with the opening of Skeeter's Mesquite Grill in 1988.
"This is a significant addition to Wells Fargo Plaza and unique to the Central Business District. Our driving goal behind the addition of this amenity was to provide our tenants and others nearby with a place to meet clients over a coffee, lunch or a cocktail. We want this to be the number one downtown destination to meet a client or celebrate everything, from a promotion to the closing of a major transaction. The Adair family has a highly established reputation and will be the perfect fit for this location," said CBRE Senior Vice President Marilyn Guion.
CBRE's Dave Hanusa and Ms. Guion are the exclusive leasing representatives for Wells Fargo Plaza. CBRE also handles property management. Notable tenants include Wells Fargo Bank, PWC and numerous AMLAW 100 law firms.
The 1.7 million SF Wells Fargo Plaza, which opened in 1983, was developed by Century Development and it is currently owned by a MetLife joint venture.
CBRE recently announced that the Sidley Austin law firm recently leased an additional 30,000 SF in the tower to expand their offices to 80,000 SF in the building.


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Epilepsy sufferers showcase their creative enterprising skills to Princess Alexandra
Princess Alexandra has seen how innovative social enterprises are helping people with epilepsy to realise their potential, during a visit to open a new unit at the Meath Epilepsy Charity.
During her visit, Princess Alexandra officially opened Bradbury House, a new high-needs facility on the charity's campus in Surrey. This new House will provide round-the-clock care for its new residents who are affected by more challenging disabilities in addition to epilepsy.
The Meath Epilepsy Charity offers care and support to people living with complex epilepsy and associated physical and learning disabilities. The charity encourages clients to live life to the full by offering exciting activities such as the Meath Extreme Sports Club and an expressive arts performance group.
Princess Alexandra met the new residents of Bradbury House, and also took a tour of one of their rooms, equipped with state-of-the-art sensory technology.
The Charity also enables clients to participate in innovative social enterprises. At ARTHOUSE Meath, Princess Alexandra met epilepsy sufferers who are encouraged to showcase their art and design skills by making designer products which are sold in shops across the country. The Princess also visited Changing Perceptions, a cafe and furniture up-cycling workshop and saleroom, run by Meath clients.
Profits from these enterprises are reinvested in the Charity's work, and so clients play an important part in the local community and feel valued by seeing their work made into high quality products for people to buy and enjoy.
Guests at the opening included local supporters who have helped to fund the new Bradbury House building through a £2.3 million appeal. Mike Keighley, the Meath's Chief Executive Officer, explained the importance of the new facility: "Our new building is packed full of empowering and enabling assistive technology, much of it bespoke to the individual, so that people will be able to take more control over their lives, perhaps for the very first time."
Keighley added: "We were delighted to welcome such a distinguished Royal visitor to mark the opening of Bradbury House, which is of tremendous importance to our future services."
To find out more about the Meath Epilepsy Charity, visit www.meath.org.uk.
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International Youth Day 2019
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Home Introduction To Recognised Universites
Edupoll's Guide to Recognised Universities in Singapore
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This guide has been compiled for the benefit of students who are navigating the maze of higher education programs offered by over 100 foreign universities in the Singapore market.
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For Studies in Canada
Canadian Education Centre
http://www.studycanada.ca/singapore/
For Studies in China
The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China Under "List of Chinese Higher Education Institutions"
http://www.moe.edu.cn/english/index.htm
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Embassy of France
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I want to link the debate over redistribution in the Canadian federation to the growing debate over vertical fiscal balance and interprovincial redistribution, which invites Canada to address basic questions regarding the design of the federal-provincial transfer system. My question is whether the existing system of federal-provincial transfer payments, which involves large-scale interprovincial transfers of wealth, is politically sustainable. I want to speculate that in the medium term, it may not. The durability of the existing architecture of fiscal federalism can be attributed to a widely shared understanding of the nature of the Canadian political community, which I have described as the "community of fate"—a community that arises through concrete, historical experiences of interdependence, which support a sense that future well-being is dependent on ongoing cooperation. The community of fate is coming under pressure from two sources. First, the cities agenda may challenge a nation-building project understood to include the building of strong regional communities, including in rural Canada, and replace it with one which holds that in the twenty-first century, Canada's prospects depend largely on the growth and vibrancy of its principal urban centres. Second, Canada's increasing diversity and the concentration of that diversity in Canada's urban centres may create a sense of the "other Canada" as not located in a distinct part of our vast country, but in the growing enclaves of poverty in our major urban centres that are taking on an increasingly racialized character.


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Cherry Corp., Waukegan, Ill., is interviewing investment managers and...
Cherry Corp., Waukegan, Ill., is interviewing investment managers and third-party administrators for its $40 million 401(k)/profit-sharing plan, according to a plan official who declined to be named. The investment committee chose six firms to make presentations at the end of June, the official said. A decision is expected by the end of July. The plan has not conducted a manager search in 10 years, the official said. The committee is concerned about performance of some of the plan's investment options and also wants to add more investment options to its current menu of six, the official added.
Bank of America is the current trustee and investment manager. Administrative Management Group is the record keeper.
DiMeo Schneider is assisting.


Since the summer of 2003, we have been thoughtfully implementing an aggressive and focused capital raising campaign in coordination with a strategically designed master plan dedicated to comprehensive campus improvement for Kiski. I am happy to report that this important process continues to move forward in many positive ways and it has literally transformed the campus and the School. Our multi-phased capital campaign for Kiski has included new construction, the repurposing and remodeling of existing buildings as well as extensive renovations made to our older facilities on the campus. I am honored and excited to report to you today that our current capital campaign has brought in $33.8 million for Kiski, our endowment, our programs, and our campus renovation projects. This generous and important financial support was invested in the School and our Capital Campaign by alumni, students, parents, grandparents, trustees, faculty, friends, and foundations. It is also important to note that since we very quietly started raising capital campaign related funding for Kiski back in June of 2003 we have successfully raised over $46 million to support the School, our students, and our projects. In addition to the ongoing acquisition of fresh funding for our campus and building improvement projects, our capital raising initiatives have also focused on raising new money for innovative program enhancements for our academic and athletic programs, technological upgrades throughout the campus, financial aid and scholarships, and the continued growth of the School's endowment.
Most of the major foundations in the Pittsburgh region have supported Kiski's educational mission and our capital campaign with major grants. Their grants, together with tremendous support from our Board of Trustees, Board of Visitors, alumni, parents, grandparents, local businesses, and friends of the School have allowed us to build a thriving capital campaign for Kiski and have made many good things possible for the School and our students. Please know that everyone at Kiski remains truly thankful for the generous support that has been dedicated to the School and our important educational mission!
Looking back, the initial phases of our campus transformation plan primarily focused on the renovation and expansion of two major dormitories: McClintock and Daub Halls. After this step, we moved forward with substantial renovations for the Heath Hall classrooms and upgrades for the Stephen C. Rogers Fine Arts Center. These building improvement projects were quickly followed by the construction of the Swank Student Center in the center of campus. This new building was an exciting and positive "game changer" for Kiski as it has provided a positive addition to the quality and variety of campus life at the School.
By the end of 2013, we completed a significant renovation and expansion of MacColl Hall. In sum, we turned it into an attractive, modern, and energy-efficient dormitory that incorporated a "living laboratory" for the study of energy efficiency. During this active time period, we also fully upgraded our outdoor athletic center by completely resurfacing the athletic fields used for football, soccer, lacrosse, and our track and field events.
Many members of our Kiski family continue to believe that the crowning achievement of our capital campaign and our campus renewal program has been the construction of our indoor athletic facility. Our new 75,000 sq. ft. indoor athletic complex remains the focal point for all of our indoor competitive and intramural athletic activities as well as our daily fitness activities.
Our current students have been the direct beneficiaries of the wonderful renovations and expansions that we recently made to Vlahos Hall and Hoag Hall. We also were able to make some much needed improvements to McDonald Pond. To assist us in making these many exciting and rewarding improvements a reality for the School and our educational mission, it's important to note that our two recent capital campaigns have together allowed us to raise over $41 million for campus and building improvements, our educational and athletic programs, as well as our scholarship funds and the School's endowment.
It's abundantly clear that the success of each phase of our institutional advancement plan for Kiski has positioned the School and our educational mission to blossom in many new and positive ways. It is, however, important for me to clarify that we are not finished yet! Now, looking forward, our capital campaign is strategically focused on raising new and necessary funding for the Zeigler Science and Engineering Center as well as renovations to our science classrooms in Heath Hall and upgrades in the Turley Dining Hall. In addition, other capital campaign projects in the works that we will be funding include: new faculty housing, technological upgrades, a new and comprehensive marketing and admission recruitment initiative, and newly endowed scholarship funds.
Finally, I must note that concurrent with our intense focus on campus improvement projects and dedication to the successful long-term health and stewardship of the School, we have quietly but in earnest begun to urge our thoughtful and generous donors to begin to seriously consider a variety of creative and rewarding planned giving options through which we will continue to grow the value of our endowment for the School. In sum, a growing endowment is vitally important to maintain a balanced and thriving Kiski well into the future.
Thank you once again for your continued and thoughtful support of Kiski and our capital raising initiatives for the School and our faculty and students! With your help and financial support, working together, I am confident that we will continue to drive the School and all of our programs toward greatness. I will, as always, look forward to visiting with you and to talking with you about the next stage of our exciting plans for Kiski.
To see more about the Capital Campaign and other important happenings at Kiski, read and enjoy The Kiski Bulletin here.
During capital campaigns, Kiski designates specific needs and goals carefully designed to ensure a successful future for the School and our students. These initiatives add to the endowment fund, provide funding necessary for new facilities and/or renovations, or make possible new program initiatives strategically identified as a specific need to meet ongoing goals of the School's educational mission.


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New Delhi, In a bid to boost cyber security and promote digital economy, India and the US have committed themselves to robust cooperation on cyber issues, an official said on Friday.
This was decided at the 2015 US-India Cyber Dialogue held at the US State Department in Washington on August 11-12, according to a joint statement issued after the meeting.
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"The whole-of-government Cyber Dialogue, fourth in the series, was led by the US Cyber security Coordinator and Special Assistant to the President Michael Daniel and by India's Deputy National Security Advisor Arvind Gupta," the statement said.
"Department of State Coordinator for Cyber Issues Christopher Painter and Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Policy Planning, Counter-terrorism and Global Cyber Issues Santosh Jha co-hosted the dialogue."
It stated that the US side was represented by the departments of state, justice, homeland security, treasury and commerce while India was represented by the national cyber security coordinator at the National Security Council Secretariat and ministries of external affairs, home and communications and information technology.
"The delegations discussed a range of cyber issues including cyber threats, enhanced cyber security information sharing, cyber incident management, cyber security cooperation in the context of 'Make in India', efforts to combat cyber crime, internet governance issues, and norms of state behavior in cyber space," the joint statement, issued by the external affairs ministry said.
The two sides also "identified a variety of opportunities for increased collaboration on cyber security capacity-building, cyber security research and development, combating cyber crime, international security, and internet governance, and intend to pursue an array of follow-on activities to bolster their cyber security partnership and achieve concrete outcomes".
"In addition to the formal dialogue, the delegations met with representatives from the private sector to discuss issues related to cyber security and the digital economy," it stated.
The Indian delegation also met US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Lisa Monaco, assistant to the president for homeland security and counter-terrorism.The next round of Cyber Dialogue will be held in Delhi in 2016.
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Aux États-Unis, le mouvement des miliciens (Militia movement en anglais) est une mouvance politique survivaliste, proche de l'anarchisme de droite ou du national-anarchisme, de tendance paramilitaire, qui est apparue dans les années 1980 dans un mouvement d'opposition à l'interdiction des armes à feu.

Idéologie et importance

L'idéologie du mouvement repose sur les théories du complot, le militarisme et le constitutionnalisme. Les miliciens craignent la puissance d'un éventuel gouvernement mondial et s'organisent en groupes de résistants.

L'auteur de l'attentat d'Oklahoma City, perpétré en 1995 et qui causa la mort de près de , Timothy McVeigh, est un sympathisant du Mouvement des miliciens.

Entre 2009 et 2010, à la suite de l'élection de Barack Obama à la présidence des États-Unis, le nombre de ces mouvements a doublé pour atteindre un total de 330. Depuis, leur nombre a régressé et le Southern Poverty Law Center n'en recensait plus que 165 fin 2016.

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July can only mean one thing; Tour de France. This year, two Team Canada Olympians, Mike Woods and Hugo Houle, will take part with their respective teams in this legendary two-wheeled marathon.
Here is everything you need to know about le Tour and why you need to watch it at least once in your life:
Colombia's Egan Arley Bernal Gomez, Britain's Geraint Thomas, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, and Britain's Chris Froome climb alpe d'huez during the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 175.5 kilometers (109 miles) with start in Bourg-Saint-Maurice Les Arcs and Alpe d'Huez, France, Thursday, July 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
What is le Tour de France?
Le Tour de France is the most prestigious road cycling race in the world and is one of the three Grand Tours alongside the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta d'España. Mainly held in France, with stages in neighbouring countries, the Tour counts 21 stages over 3,460 km. The 2019 edition will mark the 106th start of the Tour, or as the fans call it, "la Grande Boucle".
When is le Tour de France held?
The 2019 Tour will cross two countries, Belgium and France. It will visit the three Belgian regions (Brussels Capital, Flanders and Wallonia) and 37 departments in France.
This year's Tour de France begins with a 192 km flat stage near Brussels, Belgium, on Saturday, July 6, 2019, and will last until July 28, when the competition ends on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.
Who participates in le Tour de France?
As with all races on the world circuit, the Top 18 ranked professional teams receive an invitation and in the case of the Tour de France, all teams are contractually obliged to participate.
Canada's Michael Woods celebrates after winning the 17th stage of the Spanish Vuelta cycling race between Getxo and Balcon de Vizcaya, northern Spain, Wednesday, Sept.12, 2018. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
Canada's Mike Woods will take part in his first career Tour with the American EF Education First team, as will his compatriot Hugo Houle, who will ride for the first time on this legendary course with the Astana Pro Team from Kazakhstan. The two cyclists are the 11th and 12th Canadians to take part in le Tour de France in the history of the race.
Hugo Houle during a stage of Tour Poitous-Charentes, August 23, 2018. Photo: Twitter/Astana Pro Team
In addition to these teams, the Tour organizers offered invitations to Arkéa-Samsic, Cofidis Solutions Crédits, Total-Direct Énergie and Wanty-Groupe Gobert.
We can't forget about the women! The women's Tour de France has not had as rich or prolific a history as the men's, but it is still taking place. Having changed names over the years, this race is special for Team Canada as Leah Kirchmann took third place in the competition in 2014. Wearing the national champion jersey, she shared the podium with world champion Marianne Vos (probably the greatest female cyclist of all time).
Who wears the yellow jersey?
While historians do not seem to agree on the exact origin of the yellow jersey, it is now a tradition for the first-placed cyclist in some competitions, including le Tour de France, to wear the yellow jersey to distinguish him from the rest of the riders.
FILE – In this Sunday July 29, 2018 file picture, Tour de France winner Britain's Geraint Thomas, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, celebrates on the podium with Netherlands' Tom Dumoulin, left, who placed second, and Britain's Chris Froome, right, who placed third, on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France. The team said in a statement on Wednesday that police is investigating the case after the trophy disappeared during an event organized in Birmingham, where Team Sky displayed the three Grands Tours trophies won by its riders. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
The 100th anniversary of the yellow jersey tradition will be celebrated this year on July 19. Each day throughout the race, a different design of the yellow jersey will be issued in honour of the Siècle Jaune for the provisional leader of the Tour.
What does the winner of le Tour de France win?
The winner of the overall individual ranking will win approximately €500,000, or nearly $745,000 Canadian.
Where can I watch le Tour de France?
Don't miss any of the action as you watch the Tour on Sportsnet, the official broadcaster for the 2019 edition. View the schedule here.
Why should I watch le Tour de France?
In person or on TV, you must take the time once in your life to watch all the frenzy surrounding the Tour.
I experienced myself a stage of the Tour de France in 1999 when I was a child and I must tell you that I did not understand the excitement of waiting long hours on the side of a French country road to see guys on their bikes pass by. And then I understood everything. Here are three reasons why:
1. The caravan
A Tour de France advertising caravan is seen during the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Wahagnies, northern France. Riding on the course about an hour ahead of the cyclists, the caravan's vehicles, music and gifts are as much part of the spectacle as the race for the thousands of people lining up the Tour de France roads. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
Tour de France advertising caravan is seen during the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Wahagnies, northern France. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
A Tour de France advertising caravan is seen during the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Wahagnies, northern France. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
The publicity caravan sprays water on spectators as they wait for the start of the first stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 13.8 kilometers (8.57 miles), with start and Finish in Utrecht, Netherlands, Saturday, July 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Spectators watch the publicity caravan pass prior to the start of the ninth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, a team time-trial over 28 kilometers (17.4 miles) with start in Vannes and finish in Plumelec, France, Sunday, July 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
The Tour de France advertising caravan consists of a line of vehicles that precedes the passage of cyclists. About two hours before the start of the race, the Tour Caravan passes by and distributes promotional items, much to the delight of children who are bored like I was.
2. The epic stages
The Tour has something to offer to all cycling fans. From the brutal cobblestones of northern France near Roubaix to the sunflower fields of Provence, passing through the majestic mountains of the Pyrenees and the Alps, the race has become a centre of French culture showcasing the diverse beauty of the entire country.
If there is one job I would like to have at the Tour, it would be to be a cameraman in the official helicopter. Not only do image shooters see the action better than anyone else, but they also see how far supporters can go!
Back to our epic stages, it is clear that the most emblematic stages are located in the Pyrenees and the Alps, the annual stage of Alpe d'Huez being the most famous.
Every year, tens of thousands of Dutch fans make a pilgrimage to Alpe d'Huez. They take over of one of the 21 hairpin bends of the climb known as the Dutch Corner… They often show up 3-4 days before the stage to claim their area, set up their camp, wait for the race and… drink (So they have been drunk for three days when the race arrives, cheers! 🍻)
The ultimate stage where the centre of Paris is closed for the race and overflown by the French Air Force with trails of blue, white and red smoke is really a sight to behold.
3. Witness a historic moment
In 1999, everyone was smitten by the American Lance Armstrong, including me, as he was on his way to his first of seven Tour titles… which he lost in 2012 for the reasons we all know. There were many dramatic moments during the Tour de France history, whether it was the Coppi-Bartali rivalry in 1946, the protest led by Bernard Hinault in 1978 or Chris Froome's sprint on foot – yes, you read right – in 2016.
Steve Bauer competes in the road cycling event at the 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles. (CP Photo / COA)
Who knows, maybe we'll have a great Canadian moment in 2019? From the first Canadian to take part in the Tour, Pierre Gachon in 1937 to Steve Bauer's first stage win at the 1988 Tour, followed years lather by Svein Tuft's fourth stage win in 2013… It would be magic if Woods or Houle added a Canadian touch to the history of the Tour.
On that note, be patient and settle in for the 2019 Tour de France, it's well worth the wait. Bon Tour les potes!
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IVAW action featured on Afghans For Peace home page
All of us in IVAW want to sincerly thank Afghans For Peace for their powerful statements at the NATO summit action. Together we will build a better world.
See their post about the NATO Summit action here.
Below you will find the full transcripts of Afghans For Peace powerful statements:
SURAIA SAHAR: The Afghan flag remains up to be a symbol of returning Afghanistan's sovereignty. All we have is this flag but not our sovereign land.
I'd like to direct my message to the NATO representatives here in Chicago today. For what you've done to my home country, I'm enraged. For what you've done to my people, I'm disgusted. For what you've done to these veterans, I'm heart broken.
I come from a family with a military background so I sympathize with their disappointment in being failed by the system. In having their lives, their morals, and their humanity toyed with. Used, and discarded.
To you, they may have been pawns in your war games, but I can see them for who they truly are, through their minds, their hearts, and their souls. The part of them you should have valued more.
Two years ago we didn't know if we could work with soldiers. Today we've talked and we've listened. We've shared laughter and we've shared tears.
A couple of months ago in Toronto. Afghans for Peace organized an emergency vigil for the Panjwai massacre and we had an Afghanistan war veteran speak to a crowd of mostly Afghans in a time where we felt the most sorrow, frustration and hatred toward NATO soldiers. After watching his heartfelt testimony, seeing the shame and sadness in his eyes, and after he pointed to the US consulate and shouted the words, "I don't work for you anymore", they instantly forgave and welcomed him. That was a moment of reconciliation and healing in a time of heightened anger and despair.
The fact that these veterans get more support from Afghans like ourselves than from their own commanders, their own government, and even their own president is a cause for shame.
This morning I received a statement from youth inside Afghanistan whose message is directed to all the veterans here and I'm going to read it to you now because its important to bring the voices from the front lines here in Chicago today.
**You are widening our human space.**
We thank our friends Brock McKintosh and Jacob George and all their veteran friends for standing before NATO today, together with Suraia, Samira, Saba and members of Afghans for Peace, as well as 30 million other Afghan citizens who have no freedom to live in their own land. We thank you for handing back your medals. You are severing ties with the machines that have 'institutionalized' our warring instincts for their own profit. You are recovering our other human instinct, the instinct to be reconciled with all human beings, even with strangers. You are widening our human space. 2 million Afghans and too many international soldiers have become victims of war in Afghanistan. Even if the U.S./NATO/Taliban/Al Qaeda warriors refuse to end the Afghan war, we know at least that in body at this gathering, and in spirit from afar, war has no further power over us. Like NATO will be eventually, war is gone. From Kabul in Afghanistan, we thank you with love, The Afghan Peace Volunteers
To the veterans who are here today, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for finding the courage to be defiant in the face of injustice, for resisting what you knew was wrong, and for taking those steps in doing what's right.
Myself and my colleagues in Afghans for Peace are honored to call you our friends in the peace movement, and we will continue to fight alongside you in solidarity for the cause of peace and demanding an end to the illegal occupation and war in Afghanistan in this war of terror. Thank you.
SAMIRA SAYED-RAHMAN: I am absolutely amazed by the amount of people who have come here from Chicago and from all over the world to stand united against the actions of these NATO countries. I myself have come here from Toronto and am truly inspired by the solidarity between not only Afghans for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War, but also amongst every single one of us here. I am here representing two identities. First, I am the child of Afghans who have had to flee their motherland to escape the brutalities of a war that was fueled by the same actors destroying the country today. Second, I am a Canadian, who like Americans has seen unemployment skyrocket, healthcare problems, the price of tuition grasping out of our reach, and the livelihoods of the average citizen worsening while our tax dollars are being shipped off in the billions to wage war on a people that have been through too much. The very people who cause us to suffer here are active in oppressing the Afghans, Libyans, Iraqis, Haitians, Palestinians to name but a few. I am paying to help my government here slaughter my own people back home in Afghanistan. Why am I here? I am here to say that I have had an enough, the Afghan people have had enough. They are sick and tired of being nameless faceless beings, sick and tired of being treated as collateral damage, sick and tired of 11 long years of this war with no end in sight. We don't want another Abdullah whose fingers were chopped off and used as trophies of war, we don't want another Fatima who has had her face burned by acid for trying to get an education, we don't want another Najeeb and his entire family being killed in a drone strike, we don't want another little five old Zainab left to fend for herself as she watches as her mother is raped by forces while her father has barrel of a gun shoved in his mouth, we don't want our country to burnt to ashes over and over again for NATOs bombs. We don't want any more. We can't have anymore. You Western leaders have played enough games with my country. I call upon you, the people here, the people of Chicago, the people of the United States, the people of Canada and the people of the world, it is time we unite and say enough is enough. Obama, Harper, Karzai and NATO leaders we demand the end of the occupation of Afghanistan, we demand the removal of all troops from that land, and we demand an end to the war machine. The Afghan people want food, shelter, healthcare, education, sustainability, peace, the right to live a life free from war and ultimately a future.
SABA MAHER:
To all Dispatchers
Before I offer you my reaction to the midnight raid and slaughter of my brothers and sisters in Afghanistan by a reported all too drunk and "overstressed" soldier,
I ask you
What is good enough for a massacred people?
THEY SAY, let us use pilgrimages to Hajj as a front for reparations
To All Dispatchers, what is good enough for you, your family, or my people?
AFGHAN GOOD ENOUGH
When the OCCUPYING Forces Do Not EVEN KNOW our Afghan NAMES?!
And Name for us
The ONE entitled to decree what is Good Enough for an Afghan
Other than the Afghan
Mr. and Mrs. Dispatcher
Excuse me for my lack of sympathy
But an apology just won't do
Because…. My fingertips trace rusted circles around nothing endlessly And I wonder where these traces will take me Where will it take me?
I wonder if this is the way it's supposed to be To trace nothing but blood While wishing away hopelessly
Tell me.
You wanna understand? How a thousand times over isn't enough? 30 more years of ripping skin Decades of choked pain that drains the color from the flesh that torments the mind and eats through the nerves
Do you wanna understand? How it feels when your mother is raped with bullets and your fathers every cell locked in steel Do you?
How every dream for peace and return is slapped with the reality of a branded burn How every morning prayer is split into seventy-seven consecutive funerals in Meymaneh But not before every corpse is dragged on the back of a pick up truck to the governor of Kandahar Because bunker buster bombs beheaded the yeteem1 in Nangahar Because the drill of rocket attacks launched from Bagram left a permanent drum In Ariana's 2 bleeding ear…and she can't fall asleep at night
Without the lull of a Tomcats drone She can't make it in the day if her cries aren't met with roadside roar
You wanna know? Huh? Do you? That even the wind has a color in Afghanistan
The color of soot-covered rose The color of soot-covered rose
Because the earth has no stomach to house casualties of war We are not ghosts. Our flesh will return to the earth to remind you of our mortality.
She will spit back every martyred man, woman, and baby To JOIN us in an undying army commanded
YES We Will LOVE You
EVEN When 1,600-pound bombs are deployed to break our backs
We Will Love You
Even when you insult us by desecrating our dead
We will LOVE
MY Tax dollar funded
Green, Blue, Brown, Hazel Foreign Eyed
OCCUPPYING,
Khakhi Camo INVADING, Extraterritorial, out your element Gung Ho war mongering
Bible Muttering
Afghan Blood on Your Hands
US/NATO led
and Lost soldier
Because LOVE, NOT HATRED, IS THE I-REPRESSIBLE SPRING Which OUTLASTS OCCUPATION
You wanna understand? Go ahead. Raid villages and execute unborn children Smash skulls and drifting doves The wind rippled in blood Ripples in blood
I smell the putrid stench of NATO's calculated worth When a mother screams to her death before giving birth
Calculate the worth, while her husband convulsively moans as she bleeds Drones drowning dreams
You wanna understand?
Huh? Do you,
Mister and Mrs. Dispatcher?
Dead bodies."
No War Machine's pre-calculated executions will carpet bomb us into submission
The US and NATO War of Liberation is no more liberated than our dead
No More Liberated than our Last Breath
(Breath)
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From vocal coaching to creating your own jingle reel, showcasing your jingle singing abilities, this program was totally designed from the ground up, with the session singer and jingle singer in mind - those wanting a career singing in the studio.
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Aon says pension schemes with end of March valuation dates need to review their options
'Brexit Day' on 29 March is final trading day before many valuation year-end dates
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LONDON (04 March 2019) – Aon, the leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, has said that sponsors and trustees at around 15% of UK pension schemes have 31 March 2019 valuation dates and so need to discuss their options given the clash with the proposed date for the UK leaving the European Union.
As much as 15% of UK schemes have a valuation date of 31 March 2019 – which is a Sunday this year. That means that their valuation will be driven by the market conditions at the close of markets on Friday, 29 March – and that could be an atypical day on the financial markets. If no action is taken now, then this potentially atypical point could lead to more difficult valuation negotiations.
Lynda Whitney, partner at Aon, said:
"There are plenty of levers that can be used within the legislative framework for valuations – but ultimately it's a matter of sponsors and trustees having a grown-up conversation ahead of the end of March.
"If markets do react significantly on 29 March it will inevitably be to the benefit of one side or the other – to the company sponsor or to the trustees. Therefore, both sides should hold an 'in principle' conversation as soon as possible, which will allow them to agree to use levers they may have ruled out in the past. They can for example, consider whether to have a one-off adjustment in the level of prudence, consider a one-off change in outperformance in the Recovery Plan period, or formally take into account post-valuation experience (although this has other consequences)."
Lynda Whitney continued:
"The aim here would be to avoid potential friction after 31 March – while nobody knows which side any market movements could favour.
"We all hope that whatever might happen on 29 March will cause the minimum of disruption to both the economy and to pension schemes too, but it's best for schemes to build in some tolerance ahead of the event if they have an imminent valuation date."
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Poachers Sentenced for Prince William Sound Den Killing of Sow...
Poachers Sentenced for Prince William Sound Den Killing of Sow and Cubs
By Alaska Department of Law on Jan 28, 2019 Comments Off on Poachers Sentenced for Prince William Sound Den Killing of Sow and Cubs
(Anchorage, AK) – On Tuesday, January 22, 2019, District Court Judge Pamela Washington sentenced Wasilla residents Andrew and Owen Renner for poaching a denning black bear sow and two newborn cubs on an island in Prince William Sound. The defendants were convicted of eight and four counts respectively, related to the unlawful killing of the bears, unlawfully possessing the bears, and falsifying the sealing certificate. Andrew Renner was sentenced to five months in jail with two months suspended, pay a fine of $20,000 with $11,000 suspended, forfeit his 22' Sea Sport ocean boat and trailer, 2012 GMC Sierra pickup truck, two rifles, two handguns, two iPhones, and two sets of backcountry skis which were used in the offenses. His hunting license was revoked for 10 years. Owen Renner was sentenced to suspended jail time, community works service and required to take a hunters safety course. His hunting license was suspended for two years. Both defendants were ordered to pay $1,800 restitution, the amount set by statute for killing black bears.
On April 23, 2018, a U.S. Forest Service employee reported to the Alaska Wildlife Troopers that a collared black bear sow with cubs was killed in its den on an island in Prince William Sound. The bears were being recorded by a motion-activated game camera placed at the den site in connection with a joint U.S. Forest Service / Alaska Department of Fish and Game bear study. Troopers recovered the camera and found that it contained multiple thirty-second HD video clips.
Recordings from April 14, 2018, showed Andrew Renner and his son Owen Renner approach the den on backcountry skis and locate the denning sow. Renner shouldered a rifle and fired at least two shots at the bear while it slept in its den. Seconds after the fatal gunshots, cubs began shrieking in the den. The defendants moved closer to the den, whereupon Andrew Renner pointed his rifle at the newborn cubs at point blank range and fired several shots, killing the bear cubs. The Renners proceeded to butcher the sow, place it in game bags, then ski away. The game camera also captured the defendants returning to the den site two days later, at which time they collected the cub carcasses in a small transparent bag and skied away with the poached cubs in their possession.
On April 30, 2018, Andrew Renner brought a sow black bear to ADF&G in Palmer and reported that he had killed it near in Prince William Sound. Renner falsified the Black Bear Sealing Certificate by writing on the form that he killed the bear and by failing to indicate "illegal take" in the Non-Hunting Kill Info field.
On January 22, 2019, the defendants were sentenced before the district court in Anchorage. The prosecutor, Assistant Attorney General Aaron Peterson, with the Office of Special Prosecutions, told the court that this was the most egregious bear cub poaching case his office has ever seen. In requesting the sentence, AAG Peterson urged the court to impose a sentence that will dissuade others from committing similar offenses in the future. "Protection of natural resources in this state is of paramount importance. By protecting the wildlife and ensuring a biologically appropriate number of animals are present across any given location, we protect the very culture of Alaska. But without active game management, vigorous enforcement of the regulations, and significant sentencings for wildlife violators, the big game in Alaska can be wiped out—and the sport, subsistence, and cultural traditions of Alaskans gone with them."
"The defendant, and anyone else that would pursue game in our state, should be on notice that killing a sow with cubs and then poaching the cubs to cover it up, will result in a significant jail term and loss of hunting privileges," Peterson said. "People must know that poachers will be required to pay large fines and restitution for the illegal killing of the animals and that the vehicles, boat, planes, and instrumentalities used in wildlife crimes will be forfeited. These are the sentencing provisions that will let people know that Alaska does not tolerate poaching."
The case was investigated by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers from the Palmer post and the U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations.
Source: State of Alaska Department of Law
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Flood of sports films to hit Korean screens
A scene from "Champ," which will tell the real-life story of a jockey and his limping racehorse as they try to compete in a Grand Prix event. Provided by Showbox
A well-worn cliche says sports is drama without a script. And one of the reasons people love sports is because its improvisational theater exposes a full range of human emotions, from the exuberant joy of victory to the excruciating pain of defeat.
This year, local viewers will have the chance to experience that roller-coaster ride from the comfort of their seats. At least half a dozen sports films are in production and could be released in the next couple of months, according to distributors and production companies.
The films will cover a wide range of sports, from baseball, the nation's most popular sport, to more obscure sports such as marathoning, boxing and table tennis. Some are based on true stories, while others rely on fictitious characters to deliver the drama.
Fictional or not, filmmakers say few subjects are as compelling as stories of athletes overcoming adversity.
"It's not as though we were trying to do sports from the beginning," said Cho Yun-mi, head of Lemon Tree, a Seoul-based film promotion company. One of the films it is promoting this year is "Fight," a fictional tale about a former all-star pitcher who grows up only after getting demoted to the minor league.
"We were looking for some dramatic and touching characters, and we stumbled upon athletes," Cho added. "The way they go through grueling practices and a series of failures before ultimately realizing success can be an apt metaphor for life."
This year's lineup will also include "Pacemaker," about a marathon pacesetter who tries to complete his first marathon. It will be released late this year. "Champ," which will be released in September around the Chuseok holiday, will tell the real-life story of a jockey and his limping racehorse as they try to compete in a Grand Prix.
Two films based on true stories stand out among the pack. "Korea" will center on the South Korea-North Korea women's table tennis team that won the gold medal at the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships in Chiba City, Japan.
It was the first time the two Koreas had fielded a united team in any international sports competition. In the team final, the Korean athletes stunned China, which had won the previous eight titles in a row.
Ha Ji-won, a multiple award-winning star of blockbuster films, has been cast as Hyun Jung-hwa, the top South Korean player at the championships and an Olympic gold medalist. Bae Doo-na, another veteran, will play Li Bun-hui, the North Korean star and Hyun's doubles partner in Chiba City.
Hyun, a former national team coach and now an executive with the Korea Table Tennis Association, has been teaching Ha and other members of the cast since the start of the year.
"The Perfect Game" is a baseball flick about two of the country's greatest pitchers, culminating with their thrilling duel more than two decades ago.
On May 16, 1987, Sun Dong-yol of the Haitai Tigers and Choi Dong-won of the Lotte Giants met for the third and the final time in their illustrious careers in the Korea Baseball Organization. Each right-hander went the distance as their teams ended in a 2-2 tie after 15 innings in one of the most memorable games in the league's 29-year history.
Director Park Hee-gon said the film's stars, Cho Seung-woo as Choi and Yang Dong-geun as Sun, have been training with a former national team pitcher. Park said the actors have done a fine job as pitchers, but added that baseball is only part of the story.
"The film is about the fierce jealousy of the two men, who had accomplished pretty much all except for one thing," Park said. "And it started with the question, 'What if the other man had that one missing piece?'"
Park said he chose to focus more on the human element than on athletics. That way, he may be following in the footsteps of recent hit sports films.
"Take Off," a 2009 film about Korean ski jumpers, is one of the highest-grossing local films of all time. Experts credit the film with helping the recent emergence of sports movies. Other hits include "Forever the Moment" (2008), a true story about the South Korean women's handball team at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and "Mr. Gam's Victory" (2004), a true-life tale about a mop-up bullpen pitcher, Gam Sa-yong, thrown into a starting role against the KBO's best team in 1982.
Sometimes, financial issues can force filmmakers to opt for the drama over the action. They say it's virtually impossible to project the thrills of real-life competitions onto the big screen.
Choi Min-soo of CJ E&M, the distributor for "Korea," said there's only so much high-tech equipment can do.
"If you want to shoot sports scenes and make them realistic, it will cost more than twice as much as shooting a normal film," he said. "This is why sports films can be risky."
Risky or not, filmmakers have tried to jump on the bandwagon. With three all-sports cable stations and three golf channels providing blanket coverage, and a record number of fans going to stadiums across the country, the time has hardly been riper for sports movies.
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Why Would a Mother Bird Kill Her Babies & Kick Them Out of the Nest?
By Lee Parker | Updated September 26, 2017
It's a myth that if you go near a baby bird or nest the mother will abandon the nest or worse, kill the hatchlings inside. While it is best to not interfere with wildlife in most situations, your presence alone is not enough to overcome the instincts of nature and procreation.
I've Fallen and Can't Get Up
The most common possibility of finding a baby bird on the ground is simply due to accident. Hatchlings are mobile, but awkward, and it's not difficult for one to take a tumble from their nest. Windy days pose a problem as well: Baby birds weigh less than an ounce, and it doesn't take much for a random gust to push a chick from the nest.
Just learning how to fly can cause a chick to land hard. Baby birds at this stage are called "fledglings." It's not uncommon for fledglings to fall a few times while learning. What most of us don't see is how this training takes place: Learning to fly is more of a series of graceless and clumsy flops from one branch to the next as the fledgling comprehends how to glide. Often, one of these ill-timed dives results in the baby bird depositing itself on the ground, instead of its intended destination. Parents are prepared for this, and will continue to care for the chick.
Suburban Jungle
The kindhearted cat owner with a baby bird in their yard may not realized that it's their own Mr. Fluffy that has pulled a chick from its nest. Outside cats -- both feral and domestic -- consider baby birds fair game. Cats can kill between 1.4 billion and 3.7 billion birds a year, with cats claiming about 10 percent of those numbers. Sometimes the adults are the prey, leaving the nest abandoned. In other situations, a cat can carry a baby bird away from the nest, before being interrupted and leaving the chick, who now appears to have been kicked from the nest.
Leaving It All Behind
Although the culprit isn't "human smell," there are situations when adult birds will abandon their nests, eggs and all. Insect infestations, constant predator threat, a broken egg and particularly inclement weather are all reasons for the parents to call it quits on a nest.
A few visits to keep an eye on a nest and eggs will not encourage the adult birds to leave. Exceeding more than 10 visits during the entirety of the chick's growth, however, may indicate a pattern of consistent threat to the parents, and encourage them to leave the nest. It is also important to never move the nest, as birds recognize their home from "nest-site fidelity." If their nest has been moved, they may not recognize it as their own, and therefore not return to the waiting eggs or chicks.
Unfortunately, there are situations where a mother bird will kill or deliberately push a baby bird from a nest. While this happens rarely, it usually comes down to the risk a baby bird presents to its siblings and the rest of the nest.
If one chick develops an infection or illness, or is deformed in some way, a mother bird may either kill it and eat the remains for nourishment, or push it from the nest to keep the other babies from sickness.
First-time bird parents will sometimes kill their babies because they simply don't know what to do. This can happen with domestic pet birds that have been hand-fed or raised away from parents of their own. When the conditions of the nest change, new parent birds may become overly anxious, or panic, pecking their chicks or pushing them from the nest due to stress.
If you find a baby bird on the ground, there are some things you can do -- and should not do -- to give it the best chance of survival.
Do: Keep an eye on the baby bird and nest.
Do: Notice if it has feathers or not. A feathered bird is more than likely a fallen fledgling.
Don't: Move the nest.
Do: Keep your cats and dogs indoors.
Don't: Try to raise the baby bird on your own.
Do: If the chick is featherless, attempt to put them back in the nest.
Do: Call a local wildlife facility.
Don't: Move the baby to any place but its nest.
Don't: Give the baby bird water. Adult birds do not bring water to their chicks.
Don't: try to feed the baby bird.
Do: Give the baby bird space, as its parents may be afraid to approach if you are near.
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Number One – my teeth disintegrating. As you may know, I'm in for a tooth extraction tomorrow (despite the fact it's barely twinged since I went to the dentist about it).
I have been thinking I was over-reacting, but last night it started aching again and I'm now very keen on having it removed. It's been going on a while so it's time to be decisive.
For the last few months I seem to have been finding a lot of chalky bits in my mouth. It's worrying, particularly after I had one disintegrate a couple of years back.
I seem to spend a lot of the evening finding bits of chalk in my mouth, which is bad news, and has been occupying my thoughts far too much. However, I realised what it is a couple of days ago. It's the chalky bits from the tablets I take every night.
Number Two – plumbing. The house's plumbing, not mine. Mine is way down the list. In winter I always worry about the plumbing. We've been here 30 years, we've had a couple of plumbing problems, but nothing we can't cope with. But I spend several weeks each year worrying about it. It's a Christmas tradition.
As you can see from the black spot in the duck picture I'm using the old camera. I'll explain why in a later post. The spot only shows when you use the zoom.
Number Three – cocking up Christmas. A month before Christmas Julia starts refusing to tell me what she wants as a present. Then, a week or two later, she hands me a wad of cash and tells me the whole Christmas holiday depends on me. Then, just as we reach the posting deadline for Amazon, she tells me what she wants.
I wake up at night sweating at the idea of disappointing Julia or failing to produce Christmas dinner.
It was quite relaxing spending last Christmas in Suffolk, though I did worry about the plumbing a lot while we were away.
A number of you are probably shouting "death" at the blog. This, I hope, is a comment on the fear of death, rather than a critical reaction to my blogging.
Well, to be honest, I'm not much afraid of death. At 60 I can still pretend it's a long way off. Anyway, compared to the stress of Christmas, death isn't that bad.
I can show you the shop but as she reads the blog I can't picture the things I bought. I may show them on Boxing Day. Prepare to be surprised by my lack of imagination.
This entry was posted in Derbyshire, Uncategorized and tagged Christmas, jewellery, Julia, my fears, plumbing, presents, teeth on December 17, 2018 by quercuscommunity.
I have an appointment to see the Practice Nurse late on Wednesday. I'm going to be weighed, prodded, bled and, probably, lectured. If I'm very unlucky, and I often am when examined by the medical profession, I will also be diagnosed with something I didn't know I had when I walked in.
That's pretty much all there is to my week. I think of it as Broken Tooth Syndrome. You may have 31 good teeth and one with a rough edge, so the chances of catching it with your tongue are 31 to 1. But in practice I always catch the rough edge with my tongue and I find it difficult thinking about anything else. So although I have seven days ahead of me I can only think of one 20 minute spell on Wednesday afternoon.
The new recipes are going well, though the bean burger testing has hit the buffers. There's only so many tasteless bean burgers you can eat. After doubling the seasoning without producing an edible result I'm going to have to find a new recipe. I don't mind them being bland, but I do mind that they seem to make my head pucker. There are few things as truly tasteless as badly seasoned beans.
I'm making meatballs again this week, using the other half of the mince from the Post House Pie. The meatballs need a bit of work on the favours but the construction and sauce were good.The Post House Pie was very good last time I made it. This week I have added the tomato sauce from the meatballs to the spicy meat then layered left-over vegetable curry and roast vegetables on top. Makes a change from soup or bubble and squeak, and it's always an adventure.
We've already had two meals of Parsnip and Ginger soup, another new recipe which worked out well. Unlike the beans it doesn't suffer from lack of seasoning.
Last week we had boodles. They are butternut squash that has been spiralised into "noodles", but you have to give them a made up name if you have a marketing department. Nutritionally I'm sure they are great, but the texture and taste aren't quite as good as proper noodles. This week I'm going to have a go at either courgetti of cauliflower rice.
However, the big event of the week is going to be the unveiling of the telescope. I finally got round to buying one from the RSPB Shop at Carsington Water. Hopefully I'm going to be getting a lot of use out of it, because after the house and car (and kids, if I'm being honest) it's the most expensive thing I've ever bought.
Stand by for reports of me getting really great views of birds I can't identify.
This entry was posted in Cookery, health and tagged bean burgers, birds, cooking, Food, leftovers, medical, teeth, telescope on February 21, 2017 by quercuscommunity.
I've known a few dentists in my time, and in general I have to say that they aren't the jolliest of men, though many of them seem to have nice cars. If they were put in a police lineout it would be tricky separating a dentist from an undertaker's mute.
On the other hand, look what they have to work with. After a couple of nasty experiences with dentists I am prone to become a gibbering wreck at the sound of a drill and regard them all as extras from Marathon Man. It can't be much fun being my dentist.
However, with a touch of humour, a pint of anaesthetic and a very competent use of the pliers, he has completely rehabilitated his profession.
Just a short post today. I've been taking co-codamol to fight off the pain that I was told would come when the anaesthetic wore off. So far there is no pain. From that I take it that the pills have done their job. The downside is that I can't actually feel my head.
On a brighter, and less narcotic note, the camera is working again – it was a combination of high battery use and an inaccurate battery condition icon.
Also, I am wearing a red checked shirt and black trousers today, one to hide the blood and the other because I can. The diet has worked so well that, despite the cheese sandwich dilemma, I have lost a full trouser size and am now comfortable in trousers that I last wore in 2014.
There were definitely three good things to tell you, but I forgot the other.
It's a bit like the first two signs of old age – bad memory and er… I can't remember the other one.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged dentist, memory, pain killers, teeth on April 22, 2016 by quercuscommunity.
That was when it became slightly surreal when I decide to buy three of their 35 pence carrier bags.. They are security tagged. Yes, security tagged 35p bags. It seems they aren't the only ones though.
Got home – Number One son microwaved my evening meal – pie, potatoes, green beans and creamed spinach. Ate spinach, wiped beard, tried a bit of pie.
Then I ate some sugared almonds and broke a tooth. Luckily it was the one I'd had repaired with some sort of resin a couple of weeks ago. It hadn't seemed like a very durable repair at the time, so I'm unhappy but not exactly surprised.
A day of mixed fortunes indeed, and now I'm also getting grief from WordPress about using 91% of my capacity. Anyone think it's worth paying for an upgrade or should I just start deleting old photos?
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged birds, broken tooth, buzzard, family, red kite, teeth on March 5, 2016 by quercuscommunity.