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Just over a decade ago in Moscow, I interviewed Alexey Navalny, who was then only beginning to carve out his profile as a blogger, activist, and politician. It was May of 2008.
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How much worse can US-Russian relations get? Don't ask.
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Even in the worst of times, we need to remember that the people on the other side are people too.
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Reflecting on Russian: Tips from a Seven-Year Veteran
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A few insights to help you make it through Russian 101, from someone who's got a little experience.
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A Few of Our Books
The Little Humpbacked Horse
A beloved Russian classic about a resourceful Russian peasant, Vanya, and his miracle-working horse, who together undergo various trials, exploits and adventures at the whim of a laughable tsar, told in rich, narrative poetry.
A Taste of Russia
The definitive modern cookbook on Russian cuisine has been totally updated and redesigned in a 30th Anniversary Edition. Layering superbly researched recipes with informative essays on the dishes' rich historical and cultural context, A Taste of Russia includes over 200 recipes on everything from borshch to blini, from Salmon Coulibiac to Beef Stew with Rum, from Marinated Mushrooms to Walnut-honey Filled Pies. A Taste of Russia shows off the best that Russian cooking has to offer. Full of great quotes from Russian literature about Russian food and designed in a convenient wide format that stays open during use.
Driving Down Russia's Spine
The story of the epic Spine of Russia trip, intertwining fascinating subject profiles with digressions into historical and cultural themes relevant to understanding modern Russia.
Bears in the Caviar is a hilarious and insightful memoir by a diplomat who was "present at the creation" of US-Soviet relations. Charles Thayer headed off to Russia in 1933, calculating that if he could just learn Russian and be on the spot when the US and USSR established relations, he could make himself indispensable and start a career in the foreign service. Remarkably, he pulled it of.
The Pet Hawk of the House of Abbas
This exciting new trilogy by a Russian author – who has been compared to Orhan Pamuk and Umberto Eco – vividly recreates a lost world, yet its passions and characters are entirely relevant to the present day. Full of mystery, memorable characters, and non-stop adventure, The Pet Hawk of the House of Abbas is a must read for lovers of historical fiction and international thrillers.
Maria's War: A Soldier's Autobiography
This astonishingly gripping autobiography by the founder of the Russian Women's Death Battallion in World War I is an eye-opening documentary of life before, during and after the Bolshevik Revolution.
93 Untranslatable Russian Words
Every language has concepts, ideas, words and idioms that are nearly impossible to translate into another language. This book looks at nearly 100 such Russian words and offers paths to their understanding and translation by way of examples from literature and everyday life. Difficult to translate words and concepts are introduced with dictionary definitions, then elucidated with citations from literature, speech and prose, helping the student of Russian comprehend the word/concept in context.
The Frogs Who Begged for a Tsar
The fables of Ivan Krylov are rich fonts of Russian cultural wisdom and experience – reading and understanding them is vital to grasping the Russian worldview. This new edition of 62 of Krylov's tales presents them side-by-side in English and Russian. The wonderfully lyrical translations by Lydia Razran Stone are accompanied by original, whimsical color illustrations by Katya Korobkina.
Marooned in Moscow
This gripping autobiography plays out against the backdrop of Russia's bloody Civil War, and was one of the first Western eyewitness accounts of life in post-revolutionary Russia. Marooned in Moscow provides a fascinating account of one woman's entry into war-torn Russia in early 1920, first-person impressions of many in the top Soviet leadership, and accounts of the author's increasingly dangerous work as a journalist and spy, to say nothing of her work on behalf of prisoners, her two arrests, and her eventual ten-month-long imprisonment, including in the infamous Lubyanka prison. It is a veritable encyclopedia of life in Russia in the early 1920s.
The Moscow Eccentric
Advance reviewers are calling this new translation "a coup" and "a remarkable achievement." This rediscovered gem of a novel by one of Russia's finest writers explores some of the thorniest issues of the early twentieth century.
Murder and the Muse
KGB Chief Andropov has tapped Matyushkin to solve a brazen jewel heist from Picasso's wife at the posh Metropole Hotel. But when the case bleeds over into murder, machinations, and international intrigue, not everyone is eager to see where the clues might lead.
Stargorod: A Novel in Many Voices
Stargorod is a mid-sized provincial city that exists only in Russian metaphorical space. It has its roots in Gogol, and Ilf and Petrov, and is a place far from Moscow, but close to Russian hearts. It is a place of mystery and normality, of provincial innocence and Black Earth wisdom. Strange, inexplicable things happen in Stargorod. So do good things. And bad things. A lot like life everywhere, one might say. Only with a heavy dose of vodka, longing and mystery.
Two Miracles of Russian Love Poetry
By Anatoly Liberman
On the occasion of Pushkin's birthday, we offer a post on the challenge of translating his most famous love lyrics, "Я вас любил," with a bonus look at Innokenty Annensky's "Среди миров."
Erasing Memory
The government wants to close down Memorial, while at the same time not be seen as the sort of repressive state that brought about the need for a Memorial. Lose-lose balancing act.
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Russian Genealogy
By Ginny Audet
A comprehensive listing of resources, online and off, for researching your Russian roots, courtesy of Ginny Audet.
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Five Wild Facts about St. Basil's Cathedral
By Alice E.M. Underwood
On October 14, 1991, St. Basil's Cathedral was reopened after six decades. Here are five fun facts in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Cathedral's rebirth.
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The Most Useful Russian Inventions
By Eugenia Sokolskaya
What do radio, television, the periodic table, and helicopters have in common? Russians were involved in developing all of them – and more!
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12 Myths/Truths About Russians and Vodka
Think you know your vodka? Take this True/False quiz (just 12 items) about Russians and their vodka and see if you are right about that...
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John Mellencamp's New Album Plain Spoken Now Available
John Mellencamp released his new album, Plain Spoken, Tuesday, September 23, 2014, followed by an 80 city North American Tour starting in January. This is his 22nd full-length album and first release for Republic Records. Plain Spoken includes ten stunningly elegant and soul-searching Americana gems from "The Voice of the Heartland", John Mellencamp, while celebrating his skill not just as a song craftsman but as a world-class entertainer. On its release in September, Plain Spoken will be available in a 10-track edition on CD, vinyl and download. The lead track "Troubled Man" was available on iTunes, August 19 and impacted radio on September 8.
Plain Spoken commences on the acoustic guitar hum of "Troubled Man" as Mellencamp carries a pensive and poetic chorus. Organ and harmonica punctuate "The Isolation of Mister" with a sense of vibrancy, while "Tears In Vain" features a twanging guitar solo and the singer's unmistakable delivery. The haunting and heartbreaking beauty of "Blue Charlotte" lingers with emotion. There is "The Courtesy of Kings", which is driven by banjo and Mellencamp's poignant lyrics and the bluesy swing of the album's conclusion "Lawless Times" where his cinematic lyrics bristle with energy matched only by the six-string screech. Plain Spoken is set to be hailed as an unparalleled new chapter in Mellencamp's distinctive songbook.
Plain Spoken is the first album from the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer since 2010's critically acclaimed, No Better Than This—which landed in the Top 10 of Billboard's Top 200 during release week and garnered the honor of becoming one of Rolling Stone's "Best Albums of 2010". Grammy winning musician John Mellencamp has touched the heart and souls of music listeners and influenced American Culture with enduring songs, he is also one of the most successful live concert performers in the world. A man with a conscience, he used his visibility and influence to advocate an issue that hit close to home and became one of the founding members of Farm Aid, an organization that began in 1985 to raise awareness about the loss of family farm. The Farm Aid concerts have raised over $45 million to promote a resilient family farm system of agriculture.
In 2014, he also signed an historic "lifetime recording contract" with Republic Records for the release of Plain Spoken and all of his albums to follow. Universal Music Enterprises continues to represent the artist's prominent catalog as well. Mercury/UME recently released his latest live album, John Mellencamp Sings Trouble No More Live at Town Hall, this past summer.
Plain Spoken, once again, is John Mellencamp speaking right from the heart and to the world.
INTERNATIONAL RELEASE DATES: Plain Spoken is available in many European and Scandinavian countries today. The album is available in Japan and Australia.
1. Troubled Man
2. Sometimes There's God
3. The Isolation of Mister
4. The Company of Cowards
5. Tears In Vain
6. The Brass Ring
7. Freedom Of Speech
8. Blue Charlotte
9. The Courtesy of Kings
10. Lawless Times
Read more about the Plain Spoken album, single and 2015 tour!

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Notes on Canterbury Crossing
Canterbury Crossing will be a mostly residential neighbourhood, as mentioned above. The northern border is Van Slyk Way, the Perimeter Highway to the east, Dugald Road to the South, and Ravenhurst to the West. Canterbury Crossing endeavours to be a community with a mix of local amenities while offering quick access out of the city via its proximity to the Perimeter highway. Bordering on Canterbury Park, Canterbury Crossing residents will likely enjoy the amenities of its close neighbours including plenty of recreation facilities, schools, public transit, walking trails, and parklands. This is a family friendly community and the developers are excited about ample scenic spaces, naturalized lake retention systems, community pathways and sidewalks, active play spaces that include fields and a playground. Canterbury Crossing is approximately 14 kilometers from the downtown core, and 24 kilometers from Richardson International Airport, Winnipeg's main airport.
Welcome to Canterbury Crossing! Canterbury Crossing is one of Winnipeg's newest subdivisions and offers a wide array of home options including Multi family, townhomes, and single family detached lots. There are a variety of lot options including standard lots, lake front lots as well as park front lots. The prices vary depending on lot width and location.
Currently Canterbury Crossing is finishing Phase 1 of its development, which includes a variety of residential options. Phase 2 will include further residential development as well as some commercial development, park development, and possibly a church.
There are currently six builders with permission to build in the area. These include: A&S, Broadview, Kensington Homes, Randall Homes, Eagle Custom Homes, and RSB Homes. We can connect you with any of these builders, so let us know if exploring a home in Canterbury Crossing interests you!
Housing Types and Costs
Prices within the community range from $340,000 for an attached side-by-side up to $550,000 for a two-storey, 2000 square foot show home with attached double garage. There are other floor plan options as well, including bungalows and cab-overs.
School & Services
Canterbury Crossing is operated by the Louis Riel School Division. There are two elementary schools in the neighbouring community of Canterbury Park: Harold Hatcher and École Centrale, which is a French immersion school. There are two middle schools; Arthur Day and the French immersion school, École Regent Park. The area also has two high schools; Murdoch Mackay Collegiate and College Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau, which is also a French immersion school.
The neighbourhood offers a full array of amenities in a safe, family-friendly community. You'll find everything you need in the way of shopping, professional and emergency services - most within walking distance or just a short drive away. The closest hospital is Concordia hospital and is just a 15 minute drive west.
Shopping within the immediate community is limited. Canterbury Crossing is more of a residential suburb. However, in the surrounding area there are a couple different options including malls and big box stores such as: Kildonan Place Shopping Centre, Costco, Walmart, Home Depot, etc. all found further down Regent Avenue West.
Entertainment and Recreation
Canterbury Park benefits from its close proximity to the well-established Transcona community. Ample opportunities exist to participate in a variety of recreation activities - water sports, golf, hockey and more. You and your family can get the most out of top quality facilities and green spaces right in your own back yard. A couple of the surrounding amenities are; East End Community Club, located at 517 Pandora Avenue, Transcona Centennial Pool, 1101 Wabasha Street, Transcona Golf & Country Club, 2120 Dugald Road, Crocus Park, 255 Redonda Street, and Transcona Optimist Park located at 875 McMeans Avenue East.
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DETAILS // If you consider yourself a fast off-pavement rider, you're invited to join me as I complete my "work". Every spring I head for the hills to make the necessary changes to GripTwister's self-guided Olympics Loop GPS Tour for the current year's new edition. We'll mostly be on logging roads in the Olympics, but there are some gnarly 2 tracks (and less) involved as well... so unless you're a Jimmy Lewis type rider, this wouldn't be for the 1200 class bikes. The exact starting location will be determined the Monday prior to this ride, but it will be somewhere on the East or North side of the Olympics. I'll be camping along the route on Saturday night, so if you're up for it, bring your tent and sleeping bag and ride for both days, or ride light and just ride Saturday only. Forecast heavy and/or continuous rain will postpone the ride 1 week, but scattered showers will not.


Frederique Constant has now introduced two new models in the Classics Automatic GMT – two dress watches in polished steel and rose gold PVD with prices starting at $1,695. It may be recalled that the brand introduced the Classsics Index Automatic GMT range two years ago and these two models are derived from those 2015 models.
The Geneva-based watch company has done more to make high complications accessible to all enthusiasts than any other brand. Last year at Baselword, it unveiled a Perpetual Calendar under $8,000 and followed it up this year with a stylish flyback chronograph for under $5,000. What's been creditable about both these releases was the fact that the movements were all developed in-house.
Now a GMT doesn't qualify as a high complication but it remains one of the most useful functions on a watch in the modern age. In addition the main hour hand, GMT watches have a second hand that completes a full rotation in 24 hours to provide alternate time zone references. The watches are aimed at business or frequent travelers who need to keep track of time in two places at the same moment.
The Classics Automatic GMT is dressy watch aimed at the travelling executive, the watch is presented in a 42 mm case in either stainless steel or rose gold PVD. It is fitted with a convex sapphire crystal and has a sapphire crystal caseback and is water resistant up to 5 ATM.
The elegant silver-colored dial features a guilloché decoration. The Roman index numerals, logo and all other markings are printed on the dial. Breguet-style hands are used to indicate local time and a dedicated GMT hand with a striking red triangle points to the hour marker shown on the 24 hour scale. The date window sits at 3 o' clock. The watch is paired with either a dark brown or black leather strap.
This watch is powered by Caliber FC-350, a 26-jewel automatic movement with 38 hours power reserve and a GMT module. The stainless steel version (Ref. FC-350MC5B4) is priced at $1,695 (AED6,226) and the rose gold PVD version (Ref. FC-350MC5B6) is priced at $1,895 (AED6,960).
Omega president and CEO Raynald Aeschlimann on the Swiss giant's plans for 2018 and the lessons the watch industry can learn from the brand's actions during the downturn.
SIHH 2018: The new GMT model from the haute horology brand has a sapphire dial, new movement architecture and case decoration.
SIHH 2019: The Swiss brand unveils an immaculately-finished limited edition mechanical clock designed like a vintage race car.


Over the last month the track and field was rocked by recent drug tests by some of the top stars in our sport. I know I may be a fool but I still believe that speed/power athletes can still break world records, win world championships, and Olympic medals without HGH, Steroids, and EPO. I believe this because of the amazing things young people have been able to accomplish around me without drugs. I believe one of our biggest problems are diva coaches. Diva coaches are frustrated athletes who still want their time in the spotlight and will do anything to stay relevant even pushing their athletes to take drugs. I find this disgusting and probably the biggest issue standing in the way of a clean sport. In addition what I have found more worrisome is the immense disparity of knowledge amongst coaches at our highest level. Some coaches are absolutely amazing and everything as advertised. This especially true of those who have contributed to the Sprinters Compendium. On the other hand I have met some coaches (usually those who act as if their training is a Cold War Secret) who lack some basic understanding of training.
Recently I had the pleasure of working at the Mizzou track and field camp. I was so humbled to see the level of interests, intensity, talent, and passion these young people had for our sport. At that moment it became abundantly clear how important good coaching is needed at all levels. My dream is one day we will look back at this summer as the time we decided to make a real difference in our sport.
I know I may be a fool but I believe the work of Neil's Kinetic Manual and my Sprinters Compendium could be two small steps in that direction. Many of you can help too. Get educated, ask good questions, protect your athletes from nefarious characters, and most importantly become the best coach you can be no matter what level you train. Then maybe one day when my baby grows up they can dream of becoming an Olympic star doing things the right way.


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First and foremost, the Scott County Jail has been around since 1845. Since the first day of operation at the Scott County Jail, the Scott County Sheriff's Department was the agency involved in managing and overseeing the daily operation.
The Scott County Sheriff's Department was first established around the late 1700s and was in the same location until they built the new sheriff's department and included the Scott County Jail.
The Scott County Jail was in constant operation from the time it was built in 1845 to 1971. The Scott County Jail closed its doors until the mid-1980s.
Scott County Jail — General Information
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How to Find Someone in Scott County Jail
Scott County Jail does not have their inmate roster available to the public.
If you wanted to find out information on an inmate, you always had to contact the Scott County Sheriff's Office directly for information.
You can send and receive letters from inmates. All incoming and outgoing mail are always carefully examined by a staff member that works at the Scott County Jail to ensure the mail does not have contraband or other content it should not have.
If you are local to the Scott County Jail, you can come down to the facility with your money order. This is the only way besides mailing a money order, how you can put money on the inmate's books.
Inmates at the Scott County Jail are permitted to use the telephones daily, but the inmates can only make collect calls.
You can visit an inmate at the Scott County Jail, but you need to bring your government issued identification card to be permitted to the visitation room.
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Ady Barkan, who suffers from ALS, has been a pivotal voice in protests against the tax cut legislation and the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Ady Barkan, seated in a wheelchair, attends a rally for the Dream Act in Los Angeles in January 2018. Alyssa Milano, an actress and activist, accompanies him.
The Intercept launched the Ady Barkan Reporting Fellowship on Monday, honoring a progressive activist with Lou Gehrig's disease at the center of protests against the GOP tax cut legislation and Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court.
The Intercept, an online news site launched by eBay co-founder Pierre Omidyar in February 2014, hopes to crowdfund upwards of $70,000 to hire an experienced journalist for the year-long reporting fellowship. The recipient could begin as early as January and would be tasked with covering social movements and protests of the kind Barkan has led and championed.
Grim was covering Barkan's protests of the Kavanaugh confirmation and approached him with the idea for the fellowship. Barkan, a regular opinion columnist for the Columbia University newspaper who interned for the editorial board of The Miami Herald, warmed to the proposal.
Barkan, a 34-year-old attorney, has a history of innovating grassroots movements that force elected officials and technocrats to face the people affected by their decisions. As a leader at the Center for Popular Democracy, which advocates for low-income communities, Barkan pioneered the Fed Up campaign in 2014, which successfully nudged the Federal Reserve in a more progressive direction.
In October 2016, Barkan was diagnosed with ALS, a terminal disease that slowly paralyzes people. Barkan, who has a two-year-old son with his wife Rachael King, renewed his commitment to rank-and-file activism, vowing to do everything in his remaining days to stop President Donald Trump's agenda, beginning with the proposed tax cuts.
"I can joke or say honestly that if I'm gonna die really young, I wanna go down swinging, in a blaze of glory," Barkan told HuffPost in December 2017.
Barkan began speaking publicly about his condition and became a leading figure in progressive protests against the GOP tax cut legislation on Capitol Hill. Relying increasingly on a wheelchair to get around, the steady progress of ALS slurring his voice, he spent weeks lobbying potential swing votes in the Senate Republican Caucus. He argued that the nearly $2 trillion the tax cuts added to the national debt would eventually be used to justify cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid ― endangering programs he would depend on as his illness worsened.
During each visit from his home in Santa Barbara, California, to protest the tax cuts on Capitol Hill, Barkan would be arrested for civil disobedience while telling his personal story with the help of fellow activists, who repeated his words in an Occupy Wall Street-style "human mic." Despite Barkan's failing health, his leadership moved numerous people to get involved, according to Winnie Wong, a co-founder of The People for Bernie Sanders who got to know Barkan during protests against the tax cuts and the Kavanaugh confirmation.
Ady Barkan speaks to Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen during the inaugural Fed Up protest in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Aug. 23, 2014.
Barkan's activism became national news when he confronted Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) on a flight back from his first civil disobedience arrest in Washington. In a video conversation that went viral, Barkan told Flake to "be a hero" and vote against the tax legislation.
Flake, who listened patiently during their airplane meeting, did not heed Barkan's request. But thanks to the chance encounter, Barkan succeeded in drawing attention to the tax fight and its human ramifications. What's more, the phrase "be a hero" became the namesake of both a nonprofit and political action committee Barkan launched to continue his work.
Barkan returned to Capitol Hill over the summer to help fight Kavanaugh's confirmation. His body weaker and his voice harder to understand, he continued to pour his strength into speaking out against the then-nominee to the Supreme Court, joining legions of other activists arrested in acts of civil disobedience.
Barkan estimates he has been arrested at least seven times in Capitol Hill protests since he first began demonstrating there in late 2017.
Barkan has continued to show a knack for unconventional organizing. He came up with the idea of teaming up with Maine progressive groups to crowdfund a challenge to Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) if she voted to confirm Kavanaugh. The initiative rattled Collins, who routinely raises money from corporate PACs but called the effort tantamount to bribery.
Barkan and his allies crowdfunded nearly $4 million for a potential Collins challenger. She nonetheless went on to vote for Kavanaugh, which most observers believe she was set to do regardless.
In the process, however, Barkan innovated a new form of grassroots organizing and kickstarted the Democratic campaign against Collins two years before her next Election Day in 2020. The pressure campaign against Collins, like Barkan's Federal Reserve organizing before that, showcased his talent for "creating new angles" and "disrupting" institutions like Congress, according to Grim.
"The work that he does is so unique in that in some ways, it felt like it needed a unique position to cover it," Grim said.
Grim co-founded the publishing imprint Strong Arm Press with Alex Lawson in February 2017, which has crowdfunded seven books about the Trump administration and contemporary progressive politics. It has raised over $3,700 toward its most recent project: financing a memoir by Kerri Evelyn Harris, who launched a spirited but ultimately failed progressive primary challenge against Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.).


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Secret Service Calls "Inaccurate" a Report in The Atlantic About an Agent Discharging His Gun and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
The Secret Service on Thursday issued a statement, calling "inaccurate" a story in The Atlantic entitled "How the Secret Service Almost Shot Mahmoud Ahmadinejad."
Ed Donovan, a Secret Service spokesman, stated:
"In September of 2007, one of our personnel assigned to the Iranian presidential protective detail accidentally discharged one round from a Heckler & Koch MP-5 into the floorboard of a Secret Service vehicle while conducting an equipment inspection. At the time of the discharge the vehicle was parked in a motorcade staging area at the United Nations. There were no protectees or foreign security personnel in the vicinity of the vehicle at the time of the discharge. There were no injuries sustained by anyone as a result of the incident."
"The Secret Service takes weapons handling and safety very seriously and a full investigation was conducted by our Inspection Division at that time. This matter was handled internally and in an appropriate manner."
The Atlantic reported that President George Bush's daily intelligence brief contained this: "A U.S. Secret Service agent, in an apparent accident, discharged his shotgun as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was loading his motorcade at the InterContinental Hotel yesterday."
The Atlantic wrote:
The agent was adjusting the side-mounted shotgun on one of the motorcade's armored follow-up Suburbans when it discharged. "Everyone just stopped. The Iranians looked at us and we looked at the Iranians. The agent began to apologize. Ahmadinejad just turned his head and got into his car." And that was it.
Posted: March 21st, 2013 under News Story.
Tags: Ed Donovan, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Secret Service
How a Secret Service Agent Inadvertently Fired a Shotgun at Iranian President Motorcade
In a chilling close call in September 2006, a Secret Service agent inadvertently fired his shotgun as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was loading a motorcade, The Atlantic reports.
The Secret Service called the report inaccurate.
The Atlantic reported that the agent was adjusting a shotgun on a Suburban when the gun went off .
"Everyone just stopped," one official recalled to the Atlantic. "The Iranians looked at us and we looked at the Iranians. The agent began to apologize. Ahmadinejad just turned his head and got into his car."
Fearing Ahmadinejad would reveal the incident – one that could be incorrectly seen as an assassination attempt – federal authorities were relieved when the president never uttered a word.
The incident just became public because of an anonymous source who was there.
Ed Donovan, a spokesman for the Secret Service issued a statement Thursday:
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Posted: March 21st, 2013 under FBI, News Story.
Tags: assassination attempt, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Secret Service
Family of Missing FBI Agent Pleads for Help from World Leaders on NYC Billboards
Nothing yet has worked for the family of a former FBI agent missing since traveling to Iran five years ago.
So the family of 64-year-old Bob Levinson, with the help of the FBI, rented billboards in Times Square and subway entrances near the United Nations with an urgent plea to the visiting world leaders, the New York Daily News reports.
"Please encourage the Islamic Republic of Iran to work with the United States Government to bring Bob home," one message reads.
The message appears to have gotten through to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who on Tuesday suggested the husband and father was still alive, according to the Daily News.
"This is the first time he's said anything about Bob," wife Christine Levinson said. "We are hoping he will follow up and get the job finished so we can get him home safely."
Posted: September 26th, 2012 under FBI, News Story.
Tags: Bob Levinson, FBI, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Robert Levinson
Wife of Missing Ex-FBI Agent Pleas with Iran for Help Finding Husband
The wife of a former FBI agent missing for five years traveled to New York to urge Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to help find her husband, NBC 4 New York reports.
Bob Levinson, 64, traveled to the Iranian island of Kish on March 8, 2007, and never returned.
His wife, Christine Levinson, said she feels helpless because she has no information or way of finding out new information.
The plea coincides with Ahmadinejad's planned speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, NBC 4 New York reported.
"I am pleading with all the members of the UN to try and help me get Iran to investigate," she said.
Tags: Ahmadinejad, FBI, Iran, Kish, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Missing, united nations


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The site of 717 19th Street in the North End where several mature trees were removed without a permit. Margaret Carmel/BoiseDev
Boise's historic districts come with a laundry list of rules to follow if you're interested in building in the neighborhoods, and now they come with stiffer penalties for violating them.
On Tuesday, Boise City Council unanimously voted to approve a new ordinance imposing a process to punish property owners who demolish historic structures or take down trees without the proper permits from the Historic Preservation Commission. This change allows the city's planning department to enforce a six-month stop-work order on a property owner for breaking city code and potentially require rehabilitation measures to fix the problem.
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This comes after several instances of illegal demolitions in several of Boise's ten historic districts, including the demolition of homes in the East End and North End as well as the removal of several trees without permits. Frustrated neighbors and historic preservation activists cried foul and asked the city to institute a way to punish the offenders for impacting the neighborhoods without the proper permission.
Brittany Scigliano, a 2019 city council candidate, was the only member of the public to testify on the proposal. She lauded the ordinance and the collaboration between community members and the city to make it happen.
"I believe (historic preservation) should be a crucial rung in the city's climate action plan to ensure we're not wasting valuable resources or adding materials to the landfill unnecessarily," she said. "Our most affordable housing comes from what we already have, not what replaces it."
No option to pay your way out
Under the new ordinance, if city staff finds someone in violation of the ordinance the Planning Director can institute a stop-work order of up to 180 days. City staff will then prepare a report documenting all of the violations and a list of possible remedies, like replanting trees on the site. The report will go before the Historic Preservation Commission for a public hearing and approval.
The ordinance also includes a provision allowing the Planning Director to waive reports for minor items, like incorrect siding or single small trees being removed. The intent of this portion of the project is to ensure small items don't overwhelm the commission. City staff said there are measures to ensure this won't allow major violations to go unpunished.
Boise's city code always had the option for a $1,000 fine to be levied for illegal demolition, but City Council Member Patrick Bageant said the city opted to go for a stop-work order instead to ensure no one could pay their way out of the punishment.
"Oftentimes for the size of these types of projects or the value of that real estate a $1000 fine may be a very trivial expense," Bageant said. "A rational actor may cross the line, pay the fine and cause some lasting harm. The structure of this ordinance rather than imposing a uniform fine, it imposes a stop-work order which slows and delays the development, can cause all kinds of problems and is cumbersome for everybody in an equal way."
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Cayman governor appoints Court of Appeal president
Cayman Finance discusses future plans at members briefing
Helen Kilpatrick, governor of the Cayman Islands, has appointed Sir John Goldring as president of the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal.
Throughout April and May 2015, the Judicial and Legal Services Commission carried out a recruitment process whereby the position was advertised internally and existing Justices of the Court of Appeal were given the opportunity to submit expressions of interest.
The Judicial and Legal Services Commission ultimately recommended Sir Goldring as the successful candidate, a recommendation the governor accepted.
Following the end of Sir John Chadwick's tenure as president on 19 January 2016, Sir John Goldring was sworn in via video link by Kilpatrick in the presence of the Honourable Chief Justice Anthony Smellie QC, Honourable Grand Court Judge Charles Quin QC, the Courts Administrator Kevin McCormac and the Registrar of the Court of Appeal Audrey Bodden on 20 January 2016. His term expires on 8 November 2019.
"It is my great honour to appoint Sir John Goldring as president of the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal" the Kilpatrick said.
"He brings with him many diverse skills and years of valuable experience. I trust he will continue to enhance the work of the Court of Appeal in his new post."
Helen Kilpatrick, Sir John Goldring, Cayman Islands Court of Appeal, Cayman


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Meta Is Laying Off More Than 11,000 Employees, Which Accounts for 13% of Its Workforce
byAdam Bankhurst
Posted Nov. 9, 2022, 3:33 p.m.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced he has decided to reduce the size of the company by 13% and let more than 11,000 employees go.
Zuckerberg shared the news publicly in a statement to Meta employees, saying the team is also "taking a number of additional steps to become a leaner and more efficient company by cutting discretionary spending and extending our hiring freeze through Q1."
The cuts, according to Zuckerberg, stemmed from a misjudgment during the COVID-19 pandemic. As companies around the world switched to allowing many of their employees to work from home to keep others healthy, the "surge of e-commerce led to outsized revenue growth." Zuckerberg, and many others, assumed this growth would continue even past the worst of the pandemic, and he made the decision to greatly increase his investments.
This led to more hiring and initiatives, but the plan didn't play out as he hoped.
"Not only has online commerce returned to prior trends, but the macroeconomic downturn, increased competition, and ads signal loss have caused our revenue to be much lower than I'd expected," Zuckerberg said. "I got this wrong, and I take responsibility for that."
To combat this unexpected change, Zuckerberg says Meta needs to become more "capital efficient." It will do this by shifting its resources into a "smaller number of high priority growth areas - like our AI discovery engine, our ads and business platforms, and our long-term vision for the metaverse." It has also made cuts to budgets, perks, and its real estate footprint.
Zuckerberg detailed how the layoff process will go, and Meta employees will receive an e-mail letting them know if they were let go or not. If they are, Zuckerberg has promised the following;
Severance: We will pay 16 weeks of base pay plus two additional weeks for every year of service, with no cap.
PTO: We'll pay for all remaining PTO time.
RSU Vesting: Everyone impacted will receive their November 15, 2022 vesting.
Health Insurance: We'll cover the cost of healthcare for people and their families for six months.
Career Services: We'll provide three months of career support with an external vendor, including early access to unpublished job leads.
Immigration Support: I know this is especially difficult if you're here on a visa. There's a notice period before termination and some visa grace periods, which means everyone will have time to make plans and work through their immigration status. We have dedicated immigration specialists to help guide you based on what you and your family need.
"This is a sad moment, and there's no way around that," Zuckerberg said. "To those who are leaving, I want to thank you again for everything you've put into this place. We would not be where we are today without your hard work, and I'm grateful for your contributions.
"To those who are staying, I know this is a difficult time for you too. Not only are we saying goodbye to people we've worked closely with, but many of you also feel uncertainty about the future. I want you to know that we're making these decisions to make sure our future is strong.
"I believe we are deeply underestimated as a company today. Billions of people use our services to connect, and our communities keep growing. Our core business is among the most profitable ever built with huge potential ahead. And we're leading in developing the technology to define the future of social connection and the next computing platform. We do historically important work. I'm confident that if we work efficiently, we'll come out of this downturn stronger and more resilient than ever.
"We'll share more on how we'll operate as a streamlined organization to achieve our priorities in the weeks ahead. For now, I'll say one more time how thankful I am to those of you who are leaving for everything you've done to advance our mission."
Meta's layoffs follow a similar move by Twitter that saw the Elon Musk-led company let go of 3,700 of its employees.
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Chester Bennington's Widow Talinda Announces Inaugural 320 Festival + Mental Health Summit
The one-day event will take place May 9th in Los Angeles
by Anne Erickson
Following Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington's 2017 suicide, his widow, Talinda Bennington, set out to help those impacted by mental health issues by founding the organization 320 Changes Direction. Now, Talinda is teaming up with Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman to launch the inaugural 320 Festival.
320 Festival is scheduled for May 9th at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, with the goal to raise awareness of mental health issues. There will be a benefit concert dubbed "Songs That Saved My Life", as well as film screenings, a free community event, and a mental health summit. The number 320 refers to Chester's birthday, March 20th.
"The idea for 320 was born out of my personal experience and the recognition that we can do better to address the needs of those who are suffering with mental health concerns and addiction," Talinda said in a statement.
"For 13 years I watched my husband Chester struggle with depression and substance use. I often felt scared and alone," she added. "I was uneducated about the challenges he faced and I wanted information – but finding answers to my questions and available help for our family was very difficult. We need to change the culture of mental health so that those in need – and their family members – are able to speak openly about their struggles so that they can seek the care they deserve."
All of the funds raised from the festival will go to participating 320 Festival nonprofit organizations.
The 320 Festival will feature a free daytime community festival at XBOX Plaza with over 30 non-profit partners, live performances from artists including Bruce Wiegner, Dylan Dunlap, Rouxx, Evaride, Holy Wars, Vaines, X.ARI, Atarah Valentine, Blue Midnight, and more to be announced.
Meanwhile, the ticketed benefit concert will stage performances from Everclear's Art Alexakis, Blue October's Justin Furstenfeld, Kiiara, Social House, Gnash, Sum 41's Frank Zummo and Aunty Social.
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"It is a true honor to be involved with the 320 Festival, honoring the legacy of Chester Bennington and bringing together so many wonderful organizations in the mental health and resource space together," Lyman said. "It has always been a belief of mine that it if you empower today's youth and create experiences where a community can have fun and come together it will create a melting pot for true societal change. The 320 Festival embodies that thinking."
Get information on the full slate of programs scheduled via the 320 Festival website.
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YESTERDAY'S 24-hour heatwave claimed the lives of nine men who were overwhelmed by sex thoughts.
The victims died of cardiac arrest after their bodies were unable to divert blood from the heart, to the groin and back again within a single day.
Coroner Julian Cook said: "Hot weather, with its attendant summer dresses and compulsion to reproduce, can reduce even the most cultivated human male to a slavering beast who should not be allowed on public transport.
"Men are currently in a weakened state, both mentally and physically, following the recent extended spell of sunshine. For these nine males, yesterday's weather represented one boner too many."
He added: "We are pitiful creatures who really should be living in caverns."
Emma Bradford's husband Stephen was one of the victims. She said: "He told me, 'I don't want to go to work today, it's sunny and that makes me go weird. Can't we just lie around doing it?'
"I didn't get it – it just looked like a nice day to me.
"Stephen was an essentially decent person whose Achilles' heel was less of a heel and more a penis."
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Julian Cook, professor of horrible, stupid ideas at Roehampton University, said: "For the first two days you simply want to die.
"Days three and four usually involve getting up at 5.30am, going to the toilet like a Burmese convict and then standing on the edge of a gorge for nine hours while you decide whether throwing yourself into the void will be better than using that lavatory again."
He added: "Days five and six involve entering the 'dark caves of the soul' where you see the cackling faces of dead Carry On stars while massive, bright red nylon wolves tell you to have more beans and sausages and then slash at you with claws made from Swiss Army knives.
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By TWC2 volunteer Natalie T, based on an interview in August 2020
The promise of $780 a month was what pulled Bangladeshi-national Sajalal to Singapore for the fourth time. After three separate stints with other employers, doing mostly plastering jobs, Sajalal came back in July 2019 to work at Wang Da Construction.
He had managed to secure this fourth job with the help of a friend. Sajalal was in Bangladesh at the time and it was this friend who put him into contact with an agent, who then arranged for a call with the boss at Wang Da.
"Boss call me, tell me he pay $30 a day," says Sajalal in our interview. Such a rate equates to a basic monthly salary of $780 — a respectable amount. Sajalal agreed to the job.
Of course, this would not come without a kickback. For securing a job at Wang Da, a fee of $1,000 was demanded. This figure is considerably lower than the average agent fee, which could go up to three, four, or even five times this amount for a worker with a few years' experience.
Sajalal then asked his uncle, who was working in Singapore too, to pay the $1,000 on his behalf. The uncle met up with the boss and handed the money over in cash.
With a decent salary and a relatively small fee to pay, it seemed like Sajalal had gotten himself a sweet deal.
But when the company's work permit application was approved by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and an In-principle Approval (IPA) letter issued, the basic monthly salary stated on the document was $500.
This figure wouldn't have been decided by MOM. It would have been submitted by the employer-applicant to MOM and the ministry would have simply reflected that salary on the IPA document.
This $280 difference did not go unnoticed by Sajalal, who then enquired with his boss about the discrepancy.
"He tell me, don't worry, just work properly and I pay you," explains Sajalal.
At this point, and before he even commenced on the job, Sajalal really wasn't sure how much he would be paid. Would it be $780 as verbally promised, or $500 as stated on the IPA?
Was the boss to be believed?
One can only imagine the stress-inducing uncertainty of being in a foreign country without any guarantee of a reliable salary.
It turned out that it was neither $780 or $500. Instead, after starting at the job, he was told he would be placed on a piece-rate. "You finish this, pay so much. Finish that, pay so much, " Sajalal reports his boss as saying.
Here's the breakdown of his earnings in the four months he worked at Wang Da: Around $900 for the first month; $1,050 for the second, $1,075 for the third; and $350 for the fourth (he had to stop work because of an injury). Sajalal isn't clear how each of these sums was derived.
Instead, what is "clear" is the opacity of salary promises and lack of proper accountability that migrant workers like Sajalal face in their quest for employment.
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The Rural Broadband bill I filed in January took on much greater importance and interest because of the COVID shutdown sending everyone to work or attend school from home. Those of us in rural Louisiana do not have the benefit of connecting to the internet like our urban citizens and it's a terrific hardship, especially now.
My bill passed in regular session was vetoed by Gov. Edwards. After consultation and adjustments, the bill was passed in Special Session and signed by the Governor. The bill allows broadband providers to use the right of ways used by our Electric Cooperatives to install internet to our rural citizens. It also requires telecommunications companies and Co-ops to come to the Capital next January to testify on what has prevented them from installing rural broadband so that we can bring legislation to fix whatever problems has caused that obstacle.
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Last year I had a bill that shut down the Washington Parish Reservoir Commission and had its remaining funds allocated to enhancement of Bogue Chitto State Park. A Town Hall with Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser, myself and park staff was held to discuss what those enhancements may be. Some great ideas that were heartfelt were shared by citizens in attendance.
Since then the Children's Trail has been added, a wonderful shade cover was placed over the Children's Playground, the Equestrian Area has a bathroom facility and the Mountain Bike Trail area is in the midst of a major expansion.
There's much more to come and this park will be the "shining star of our State Park system." That's the term used by the Park Manager Tony Fricke, I love that prediction!
Recently a sign was erected on Hwy 10 at Million Dollar Road (between Bogalusa and Franklinton) publicly announcing the Veterans Memorial Park would be on that site. It's a beautiful property that was leased to the Veterans Memorial Park Committee from LSU for this specific purpose.
The idea came from Matt Parker when we discussed how best to use the funds left from the Vietnam Wall visit in Franklinton. We wanted to make this a permanent dedication for Washington Parish to honor our veterans.
There will be efforts coming to make the Park worthy of its name and I will keep you all informed.
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But–I will begin and end with broadband because that's what it means to our citizens and the prosperity we want to see. Education, health care, economic prosperity–all depend on getting connectivity to our rural areas. It's that simple. I plan to bring new legislation to push this forward when we meet again, which may be as soon as October.
Mississippi is doing big things and we cannot be tolerant of being left in the dark in Louisiana. Please reach out if I can help in any way, and let's move Louisiana forward together!
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Louisiana police arrest man who allegedly asked to borrow guns for robbery
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Police in Louisiana have charged a man with drug possession after he approached two people in a gym parking lot and asked to borrow their guns to commit a robbery, according to arrest documents.
West Monroe Police charged Landon Wayne Duke, 19, after two men flagged down an officer and informed him of Duke's comments.
Duke had approached the men, whom he reportedly knew, in a Planet Fitness parking lot and noticed they had guns in their truck, according to a police arrest report obtained by The Monroe News Star. The men told investigators Duke said he wanted to borrow the guns to rob someone of enough money to leave town. The men said no and entered the gym, according to the report.
Duke allegedly followed and worked out with the men while continuing to talk about robbing someone, investigators wrote.
Police later spotted Duke at nearby a gas station and found what they believed to be methamphetamine wrapped in a $100 bill in is pocket, the newspaper said.
Duke was booked into Ouachita Correctional Center on Sunday on one count of possession of a schedule II controlled dangerous substance. He remained in custody Monday, the News Star said.
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San Diego Padres starting pitcher Mike Clevinger works against a Los Angeles Angels batter during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Starting pitchers Mike Clevinger and Dinelson Lamet were left off the San Diego Padres' 28-man roster for their wild card series against the St. Louis Cardinals due to injuries that forced them out of their final regular-season starts.
The Padres hoped the two would be healthy enough to pitch in the series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Clevinger threw a bullpen session Tuesday and Lamet had thrown on Monday.
Clevinger left after just one inning of his home start against the Angels on Sept. 23 with what was at first described as biceps tightness but later diagnosed as an elbow impingement. He had a cortisone shot on Friday.
Lamet left his start at San Francisco on Friday with biceps tightness.
General manager A.J. Preller said the Padres felt neither pitcher was capable of making an 80-pitch start.
Right-hander Chris Paddack was scheduled to start the series opener Wednesday.
Clevinger and Lamet were included on the taxi squad, as were left-handed prospects MacKenzie Gore and Ryan Weathers.
Zach Davies is scheduled to start Game 2 on Thursday. If the series goes three games, it will be all hands on deck, general manager A.J. Preller said.
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Liverpool and Bayern wound up in a fatidical goalless draw at Anfield
by Anna Carolina Mendonca Mello Bastos
One of the most awaited games of the last 16 of the Champions League ended 0-0, but that does not mean that Liverpool and Bayern Munich did not live up to expectations. They did, but they made a match full of chances and emotions this afternoon at the temple, Anfield. The German side, who finished with more ball possession (53% to 47%), may have been a little surprised: Bayern did not give up playing at any time. Liverpool's offensives, often so lethal and clinical, had a tough night in the Beatles land – though Neuer has been forced to work twice to take the advantage to Germany.
Unable to play with Virgil van Dijk and Lovren, Jürgen Klopp surprised to put Fabinho as a defender next to Matip on Tuesday. And the Brazilian had an extremely good performance, very safe and providential in some arrivals of Bayern Munich. Roberto Firmino, on the other hand, was below. The Virose that almost got him out of the game seems to have disrupted the striker, who participated, yes, numerous innings – some of them almost finished in goal, as in the crossing for Matip or in the pass for Keita, both in the first half. But that was not the Firmino we are used to seeing. Salah also owed.
However, let's hope that this 0-0 draw is a sign of an emotional game in Munich, on the next March 13th. I hope Liverpool can go through.
The two teams return to the field at the end of the week with commitments for their national championships. On Saturday, Bayern Munich faces Hertha, as, On Sunday, it is Liverpool's turn to face Manchester United at Old Trafford.
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