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Global financial confidence "very fragile", euro crisis key threat: IMF
(Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund urged European policymakers to deepen the financial and fiscal ties within the euro area with some urgency to restore sagging confidence in the global financial system.
In its semi-annual check on the world's financial health, the Fund said the euro area's debt crisis was the main threat and the risks to global financial stability had risen in the last six months, leaving confidence "very fragile".
The euro area's plodding progress means European banks are likely to offload $2.8 trillion in assets over two years to cut their risk exposure, an increase of $200 billion from a prediction six months ago, the IMF estimated. That could shrink credit supply in the periphery by 9 percent by the end of 2013, crimping economic growth.
"Despite many important steps already taken by policymakers, this agenda remains critically incomplete, exposing the euro area to a downward spiral of capital flight, breakup fears and economic decline," the IMF said in its Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) released on Wednesday.
Jose Vinals, director of the IMF's monetary and capital markets department and the main author of the financial stability report, said Europe's troubles should serve as a lesson to the heavily indebted United States and Japan that delaying the necessary policy adjustments until markets force their hands would lead to "harsher economic outcomes." Read More
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN - 10th October 2012
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN at a depth of 90.4 km (56.2 miles), the quake hit at 00:37:10 UTC Wednesday 10th October 2012
The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) WNW from Chitral, Pakistan
4.8 Magnitude Earthquake SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION - 9th October 2012
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION at a depth of 99.1 km (61.6 miles), the quake hit at 22:14:22 UTC Tuesday 9th October 2012
The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) South from Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands
International Monetary Fund says Europe's political leaders are running out of time to resolve economic problems
European banks are in the midst of an emergency fire sale of assets worth more than £8,000 for every single household in the continent, it has emerged.
The warning from the International Monetary Fund came 24 hours after it slashed its growth forecast for Britain's economy by more than any other major developed country.
It said political leaders - especially those in the eurozone - are running out of time to put right the economic problems weighing them down.
In its Global Financial Stability Report, the IMF predicted Europe's biggest banks will need to sell off $2.8 trillion (£1.75trn) of assets in the coming months - some $200bn (£125bn) higher than its estimate in the spring.
The sum is equivalent to 10,350 euro (£8,331) for each of Europe's 210 million households - and will mean there is less money available to be lent to consumers, worsening the credit crisis. Read More
Two Terrorism Arrests At Heathrow Airport
Two people have been arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of committing terrorism offences.
A man and a woman were held at 8.30pm on Tuesday after arriving on a flight into the airport.
The pair, both aged 26, were arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.
They were taken to a central London police station where they remain in custody. Read More
Body Bags And Gas Mask Found In Man's Luggage at LAX Airport
A man wearing a bulletproof vest and flame-retardant trousers landed at Los Angeles Airport with suspicious items, police say.
A man dressed in a bulletproof vest and flame-retardant trousers has been arrested at a US airport after a smoke grenade, gas mask and body bags were discovered in his luggage.
Boston-bound Yongda Huang Harris, 28, was arrested at Los Angeles Airport on suspicion of transporting hazardous materials on a flight from Japan.
Harris, a US citizen who works in the Far East, was held on Friday. He faces up to five years in prison if convicted.
He drew suspicion when US Customs and Border Protection officers at the airport noticed he was wearing the bulletproof vest and flame-retardant trousers under his trenchcoat.
The observation triggered a formal investigation by Homeland Security special agents. Read More
Cameron In Economy Warning
David Cameron will end the Tory conference with a blunt warning about tough times ahead.
On the day after the International Monetary Fund downgraded its forecast on UK economic growth, the Prime Minister will issue a sombre analysis of the state of the economy.
He will also attempt to convey a serious message to his party and the country, in stark contrast with the knockabout style of London Mayor Boris Johnson in his two speeches in Birmingham this week.
Attempting to dispel the image his critics paint of him as a privileged toff, Mr Cameron will talk emotionally about his father and the disability he faced in the 1930s.
Looking ahead to the next general election, he will claim the Tories can defeat Labour but declare: "But it's tough. These are difficult times. We're being tested.
"How will we come through it? Again, it's not complicated.
"Hard work. Strong families. Taking responsibility. Serving others." Read More
US report: Israel-US discussing joint Iran attack
Uzi Arad says that while report not divorced from US politics, public airing of discussion adds pressure on Iran.
Israel and the US are considering a joint surgical strike targeting Iranian uranium enrichment facilities, according to a report in Foreign Policy that appeared Monday soon after Republican candidate Mitt Romney slammed US President Barack Obama's Iran policy.
"Iran today has never been closer to a nuclear weapons capability," Romney said in a foreign policy address delivered at the Virginia Military Institute. "And it has never acted less deterred by America."
Soon after those comments, David Rothkopf - who wrote unflatteringly of Romney that this was one of the first times recently he addressed foreign policy without "tripping over his own misstatements" - reported that the White House and Israeli officials "assert that the two sides behind the scenes have come closer together in their views [regarding Iran] in recent days." Read More
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake BANDA SEA - 9th October 2012
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the BANDA SEA at a depth of 52 km (32.3 miles), the quake hit at 18:34:50 UTC Tuesday 9th October 2012
The epicenter was 119 km (73 miles) SSE of Saparua, Indonesia
Neo-Nazi Party Welcomed Into European Anti-Discrimination Body
A representative of the Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party has been accepted as a new member of a leading European body aimed at combating discrimination.
Golden Dawn party member Eleni Zaroulia joined the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on October 1, in what the Anti-Defamation League has described as "an affront to concepts of equality and non-discrimination."
The body, which is based in Strasbourg, is comprised of members from 47 European nations and was established to promote democracy, and to protect human rights and the rule of law in Europe.
The Golden Dawn party has become notorious for its blatant anti-Semitic and xenophobic rhetoric and has been responsible for perpetrating attacks against Jews and foreigners.
Its doctrine echoes Nazi principles by proposing that, "only men and women of Greek descent and consciousness should have full political rights." Copies of "Mein Kampf," as well as other works on Greek racial superiority, are openly displayed at party headquarters.
Party leader Nikos Michaloliakos has denied that ovens and gas chambers were used in Nazi concentration camps to exterminate Jews during the Holocaust.
The party campaigned under the slogan "So we can rid the land of filth" and recently held a blood drive to collect blood "only for Hellenes," i.e. ethnic Greeks.
"The despicable ideology of Golden Dawn stands in the most stark contrast imaginable to the goals of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. "Given the party's rhetoric, it is an affront to concepts of equality and non-discrimination that one of its representatives now serves as a member on this Committee." Read More
Greek anti-fascist protesters 'tortured by police' after Golden Dawn clash
Fifteen people arrested in Athens says they were subjected to what their lawyer describes as an Abu Ghraib-style humiliation
Fifteen anti-fascist protesters arrested in Athens during a clash with supporters of the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn have said they were tortured in the Attica General Police Directorate (GADA) – the Athens equivalent of Scotland Yard – and subjected to what their lawyer describes as an Abu Ghraib-style humiliation.
Members of a second group of 25 who were arrested after demonstrating in support of their fellow anti-fascists the next day said they were beaten and made to strip naked and bend over in front of officers and other protesters inside the same police station.
Several of the protesters arrested after the first demonstration on Sunday 30 September told the Guardian they were slapped and hit by a police officer while five or six others watched, were spat on and "used as ashtrays" because they "stank", and were kept awake all night with torches and lasers being shone in their eyes. Read More
Categories: FINANCIAL EVENTS, PETITIONS/PROTESTS, POLICE STATE, SOCIETY'S COLLAPSE
Athens Anger: 'Greek police rhetoric reminds of military dictatorship'
Anonymous - Operation Greek Solidarity
4.3 Magnitude Earthquake BATAN ISLANDS REGION, PHILIPPINES - 9th October 2012
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck the BATAN ISLANDS REGION, PHILIPPINES at a depth of 158.2 km (98.3 miles), the quake hit at 16:11:57 UTC Tuesday 9th October 2012
The epicenter was 35 km (21 miles) East of Itbayat, Philippines
Baby dies in Southmead Hospital pseudomonas outbreak
A premature baby died and 12 others were given treatment after an outbreak of a water-borne bacterium at a Bristol neonatal unit, it has been confirmed.
Southmead Hospital said it had found traces of pseudomonas aeruginosa in the water system for its neonatal intensive care unit.
The hospital said the baby died in August after contracting the bacterium.
Four babies died after contracting the bug in hospitals in Northern Ireland in December and January. Read More
4.0 Magnitude Earthquake GULF OF CALIFORNIA - 9th October 2012
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck the GULF OF CALIFORNIA at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 15:50:54 UTC Tuesday 9th October 2012
The epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) ENE from La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Anthrax scare looms in Manicaland, ZImbabwe
ANTHRAX has killed hundreds of animals mostly in the communal parts of Manicaland within the past two months, and veterinary experts say the risk of the hemorrhagic infection may be greater with drought covering much of the province.
Though there were no immediate reports of human deaths in the outbreak, health authorities in Manicaland have recorded several hospitalised cases following the consumption of infected carcasses.
Humans usually get anthrax through direct contact with infected livestock, often when spores get into a cut on the skin or eating infected carcasses. Without treatment, anthrax can be fatal, but early treatment with antibiotics is very effective.
Dr Kurai Pride Kapondo, the acting provincial veterinary officer for Manicaland, confirmed the developments, adding that Anthrax cases have frequently been documented in Buhera, Mutare, Mutasa and Chipinge districts.
The movement of cattle from these affected districts has been suspended with immediate effect, and those caught moving animals from these affected areas will be penalised because the spread of the disease is partially blamed on illegal animal movements.
Natural anthrax is endemic in Zimbabwe where its bacillus spores can live for decades in dry soil and are ingested by animals ruminating for remnants of vegetation in the driest months of September and October. Read More
Categories: ANIMAL DEATHS, GERMS AND PLAGUES
Eurozone approves Another 800 million euros aid to Portugal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers signed off on a further tranche of financial aid to Portugal on Monday and said the country was working hard to put in place the budget cuts and structural economic adjustments demanded of it.
In a statement following a meeting in Luxembourg, the Eurogroup, made up of the finance ministers of the 17 euro zone countries, said Lisbon was carrying out its reforms faster than expected and was broadly on track to meet its goals. It has been given an extra year to meet its deficit targets.
"The Eurogroup notes with satisfaction that the government's active preparation of a return to the financial markets in 2013 has recently been met with success," it said, adding that it had approved the next disbursement of 800 million euros from the eurozone's temporary EFSF bailout fund.
A further 3.5 billion euros from the eurozone and the IMF is expected to be disbursed at the end of the month, it said. Read More
CDC says three more U.S. deaths from meningitis outbreak
(Reuters) - Three more people have died from fungal meningitis linked to steroid injections, bringing the total to 11 deaths since the outbreak began last month, the Centers for Disease Control said on Tuesday.
The CDC said the number of meningitis cases in the United States linked to the outbreak reached 119 on Tuesday, up 14 from Monday.
New Jersey reported its first case of meningitis linked to possible contamination of steroid injections, bringing the number of states affected by the outbreak to 10.
The widening outbreak has alarmed U.S. health officials and focused attention on regulations of pharmaceutical compounding companies such as the one that produced the drugs, the New England Compounding Center Inc in Framingham, Massachusetts.
The steroid is used as a painkiller, usually to alleviate back pain, and could have been injected in some 13,000 patients, authorities have said. Read More
Categories: GERMS AND PLAGUES, MAN-MADE DISASTERS
Germany demands more power on banking
Germany is demanding greater power on the board of the eurozone's new bank supervisor, a politically charged request that further complicates Europe's fractious talks on a banking union.
Berlin's proposal for voting weights to match the bigger size of its banking sector gives voice to longstanding German concerns about being outgunned under the European Central Bank's one-country one-vote governance system.
But the idea – raised privately in talks with European officials – touches on some of the founding principles of the single currency and is likely to rile smaller eurozone countries fearful of Germany's growing willingness to flex its muscles. Read More
Heriberto Lazcano's Body Stolen by Armed Gang
The body of a top drugs cartel leader has gone missing a day after he was killed in a gunfight with marines in northern Mexico.
The remains of Heriberto Lazcano were stolen from a funeral parlour by an armed group, a state prosecutor said on Tuesday.
The Mexican navy, which conducted the operation against the Zetas leader, known as "El Lazca", said fingerprints and photographs were used to identify the body as Heriberto Lazcano's before it was taken.
The navy said it gave the body to local authorities, but offered no details about its subsequent whereabouts.
The US Drug Enforcement Agency said it was still awaiting confirmation that the drugs lord had been killed. Read More
The Tobin Tax Explained and How it Could Screw Europe even More
Anti-German protests in Greece
Categories: FINANCIAL EVENTS, PETITIONS/PROTESTS, PHOTO GALLERIES, SOCIETY'S COLLAPSE
Jim Addlespurger knocked out cold by brutal sucker punch as he walked past group of Black teens
A chilling surveillance video shows the moment a respected high school teacher was knocked out cold by an unprovoked sucker punch after passing a group of teens in an alley.
Jim Addlespurger, who was walking near his school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is seen crumpling to the ground and smashing his head on a curb.
The six teens laugh and celebrate the horrifying attack as they coolly walk away from Mr Addlespurger, 50.
Mr Addlespurger was taken to the hospital, where he was treated for cuts and bruises. He is currently at home healing from his injuries, WTAE-TV reports.
Police have released video of the brazen daylight assault on Thursday afternoon, hoping the public can identity the teens. Read More
Sesame Street tells Obama campaign to take down ad which mocks Romney by showing Big Bird as 'evil genius'
One of the most memorable moments of the first presidential debate was Mitt Romney's declaration, 'I love Big Bird' - despite promising to cut funding to PBS.
Now, in an attempt to salvage something from Barack Obama's disastrous night, the Democrats have exploited the incident for a sarcastic new campaign ad.
The 30-second video, released today, mocks Mr Romney for taking aim at the public broadcaster rather than cracking down on financial fraud.
But Sesame Street has criticised the Obama campaign for exploiting their character and demanded that the ad be cancelled and removed from the internet. Read More
350 million people have depression in world: WHO
More than 350 million people suffer from depression globally, the World Health Organization said, ahead of World Mental Health Day on Wednesday.
"It is not a disease of developed countries, it is a global phenomenon. It's present in both genders and in rich and poor populations," Dr Shekhar Saxena, head of the WHO's mental health and substance abuse department, told reporters in Geneva.
No region is free from the disorder and around five percent of the world's population suffers depression in the course of a year, the health expert said.
Fifty percent more women suffer symptoms than men, said Saxena, who added that post-natal depression affected one in five mothers and one in 10 of all young mothers in the developed world.
According to the UN's global health arm, depression is more than just a bout of the blues, rather a "sustained feeling of sadness for two weeks or more" which interferes with "work, school or home".
At its worst, depression can lead to suicide, the WHO expert said, citing a "very clear correlation".
Nearly one million people take their lives every year and more than half of them have depression, Saxena said, although he noted that it was not the sole cause. more
Categories: GERMS AND PLAGUES, SOCIETY'S COLLAPSE
Scientists discover huge new black hole lurking near the centre of the Milky Way thanks to 'once-in-a-mission' X-ray surge
Scientists have discovered a huge black hole lurking near the centre of our own galaxy thanks to a rare phenomenon which broadcast its presence with a torrent of high-energy X-rays.
Nasa's Swift satellite detected the rising surge of X-rays, produced by a rare X-ray nova, last month and say it is evidence of a black hole that is part of a binary system near the Milky Way's core.
'Bright X-ray novae are so rare that they're essentially once-a-mission events and this is the first one Swift has seen,' said Neil Gehrels, the mission's principal investigator.
'This is really something we've been waiting for.'
An X-ray nova is a short-lived X-ray source that appears suddenly, reaches its emission peak in a few days and then fades out over a period of months.
The outburst arises when a torrent of stored gas suddenly rushes toward one an incredibly dense and compact object, either a neutron star or a black hole. The rapidly brightening source triggered Swift's Burst Alert Telescope twice on the morning of September 16, and once again the next day. Read More
Protestors dress as Nazis, burn swastikas and throw rocks at police as tens of thousands gather in Athens to voice anger at Angela Merkel during Greek visit
Greek police fired teargas and stun grenades at protesters in central Athens on Tuesday when they tried to break through a barrier and reach visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Around 50,000 demonstrators defied a ban on protests, gathering in Syntagma square to voice their displeasure with the German leader. Some wore Nazi uniforms and others burned swastika flags.
Police were pelted with rocks, bottles and sticks as demonstrators tried to break through a barricade set up to protect Merkel and her delegation, who were meeting with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras at his office several hundred metres away.
At least 50 protestors were rounded up and roads were closed amid angry scenes, which police described as one of the biggest anti-austerity demonstrations they had seen in months.
Two protesters dressed in German military uniforms waved a red, black and white swastika flag and held out their arms in the Nazi salute. Read More
U.S. and Israel 'considering joint aerial strike' against Iran's nuclear facilities using bombers and drones
America and Israel are considering a joint surgical strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, it was claimed today.
Foreign Policy magazine reported a source 'close to the discussions' and said the strike might compose primarily of bombers and drone support.
The suggested attack is expected to last no more than a few days - or even just 'a couple of hours', the magazine said.
Such a strike could be carried out without civilian casualties, and would set back the Iranian nuclear program by back many years.
Benefits of such a strike would be regional, Foreign Policy says.
The source, said to be in favour of the strike, said the Israel-led assault would be 'transformative' and would end up 'saving Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, reanimating the peace process, securing the (Persian) Gulf, sending an unequivocal message to Russia and China, and assuring American ascendancy in the region for a decade to come.'
However the strike would need the support of outside countries, particularly the U.S. - 'whether acting alone or in concert with Israel and others.'
The report added that, with the progress made between Israel and the U.S. administration recently, a strike could help President Barack Obama defuse his opponent's Mitt Romney's criticisms about Iran. Read More
Lake Karachay, Is this the most polluted place on Earth? The Russian lake where an hour on the beach would kill you
If you're looking for a lakeside retreat on a budget, it's likely you could easily pick up a villa near to Russia's beautiful Lake Karachay and still have change left for a new sofa.
But it's probably worth bearing in mind that in 1990 just standing on the shore for an hour would give you a radiation of dose of 600 roentgen.
In case you were wondering, that's more than enough to kill you.
The lake, in Russia's south-west Chelyabinsk region, close to the modern border with Kazakhstan, is located within the Mayak Production Association, one of the country's largest — and leakiest — nuclear facilities.
Built in the Forties as Soviets moved armament production east to avoid the Nazi invasion, Mayak was one of the Russia's most important nuclear weapons factories and was off limits to foreigners for 45 years.
It was only after President Boris Yeltsin signed a 1992 decree opening up the area that Western scientists were able to gain access - and promptly declared it the planet's most polluted area. Read More
Abu Hamza's wife given the boot from her £1m five-bedroom council house (But guess what? She can appeal)
Hate preacher Abu Hamza's wife has been asked by her local authority to move out of the five-bedroom council house she lives in.
Moroccan-born Najat Mostafa is believed to live at the large Shepherd's Bush property in west London with only two of the couple's eight children after reportedly moving there in 1995.
Hammersmith and Fulham Council says that in recent weeks it has corresponded with Mrs Mostafa and asked her to move to a 'more appropriate property'.
But the radical cleric's Hamza's second wife is entitled to refuse the council's request, as there is no time limit on her tenancy agreement.
News of the council's request comes after Mrs Mostafa's husband was extradited to the US on Friday after years of legal wrangling to face terrorism charges. Read More
Massive Protests Greet German Prime Minister Merkel To Greece
Wall Street falls, led by declines in technology
(Reuters) - U.S. stocks declined on Tuesday, led by losses in technology after brokerage downgrades of Intel (INTC.O) and other major companies amid worries about third-quarter U.S. earnings.
Earnings reports for S&P 500 companies, which begin later on Tuesday, may show the first quarterly drop in three years, according to analysts' estimates.
Shares of Intel, the world's largest semiconductor maker, fell 2.6 percent at $21.92 after negative reports by at least two brokerages, including Robert W. Baird & Co, which cut its price target for Intel citing weak demand for notebooks.
The PHLX semiconductor index .SOX lost 1.7 percent.
Apple shares fell 1.8 percent to $626.80 and were the biggest drag on the Nasdaq, while shares of Netflix (NFLX.O) dropped 8.8 percent to $67.03 after Bank of America Merrill Lynch cut the stock's rating. Read More
Abu Hamza Pleads Not Guilty In US
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza, who was recently extradited from Britain, has pleaded not guilty to terror charges in the US.
More follows...
US sources: US, Israel plan October Surprise, Others: Israel can do it alone
Four facts deserve attention with regard to a potential attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. The first is that the Iranian-Israeli war is already at hand. Iran launched it by sending an unmanned drone into Israeli air space Saturday, Oct. 6, breaking new ground in belligerence with a cyber attack.
Israel countered by stationing Patriot missile interceptor batteries in Haifa and other parts of its northern region.
That Tehran initiated hostilities with a cyber attack on Israel cannot be wiped from the record any more than its score: two points, Iran; zero, Israel, whose air defenses proved no match against a large, slow-moving and cumbersome aerial vehicle loaded with electronic equipment.
As many experts have pointed out, Patriots are not designed for intercepting aircraft, only missiles. Their deployment therefore aims at defending the country from potential Iranian or Hizballah missile strikes from Lebanon or Syria - depending partly on the state of the Syrian war.
And indeed, Hamas and Jihad Islami spokesmen, when they assumed shared responsibility for the 55 Palestinian missiles and mortars fired against Israel Monday morning, Oct. 8, said quite openly that the rules of Gaza warfare had changed: IDF attacks on terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip, however limited in scope, would draw forth reprisals not only from that Palestinian-ruled territory but from Lebanon, they said. more
Unmask the OTHER BBC child abusers: Police reveal shocking scale of Savile abuse as they launch hunt for his accomplices
Celebrities and former BBC staff face arrest for alleged sex offences after Scotland Yard dramatically widened its inquiry into Sir Jimmy Savile yesterday.
As officers revealed the staggering scale of allegations against the late TV entertainer, they made it clear that they will pursue individuals who conspired with Savile or participated in abuse.
Savile, who died last year aged 84, was yesterday accused by police of carrying out four decades of sickening offences on a 'national scale'.
The Yard has already received a 'range of names' among 120 potential leads and will take action if victims provide statements supporting claims of rape or sexual abuse by those close to Savile.
It has contacted the BBC and ITV, which are handing over details of victims who are willing to co-operate.
As the astonishing breadth of the Savile sex scandal became clear, the BBC was facing its biggest crisis in years with renewed questions over why it failed to act on a damning but never broadcast Newsnight film on Savile's crimes nearly a year ago.
It also emerged yesterday that:
Police have already identified at least 30 victims of Savile who was at his offending peak at the height of his fame during the 1970s and 1980s
Savile targeted boys as well as girls – who were mainly aged between 13 and 16
The first known complaint dates from 1959 when the star was 33 and at the start of his showbusiness career - Read More
Shell explosions in Central Russia leave mushroom cloud-like plume of smoke
Categories: MAN-MADE DISASTERS, WARS AND RUMOURS
NATO: Military plans ready to defend Turkey if shelling continues along Syrian Border
BEIRUT—NATO is ready to defend alliance member Turkey amid artillery and mortar exchanges with Syria, its top official said Tuesday, as Ankara sent additional fighter jets to reinforce an air base close to the Syria border where tensions have escalated dramatically over the past week.
Turkey and Syria have exchanged fire across their common border since errant Syrian shells killed five Turkish civilians last week, sparking fears of a wider regional crisis.
The comments by NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen were the strongest show of support to Ankara since the firing began Wednesday — though the solidarity is largely symbolic. Turkey has sought NATO backing but not direct intervention and the alliance is thought to be reluctant to get involved military at a time when its main priority is the war in Afghanistan.
Ahead of a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels, Fogh Rasmussen backed Turkey's right to defend itself.
"Obviously Turkey can rely on NATO solidarity," he added. "We have all necessary plans in place to protect and defend Turkey if necessary." Read More
Iraq buys $4.2 billion in Russian weapons-document
(Reuters) - Russia announced on Tuesday it has signed $4.2 billion in arms deals with Iraq, making it the largest weapons supplier to the Middle East country after the United States.
The deals, disclosed in a Russian government document issued at a meeting between Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, give Russia a big boost at a time when the future of its arms sales to Libya and Syria is uncertain.
Iraq had been all but off limits for Russia's defense industry after the U.S.-led invasion of 2003 which ousted Saddam Hussein, one of Moscow's biggest weapons customers.
President Vladimir Putin had vocally opposed the invasion and Moscow has struggled to claw back a share of the markets in energy, arms sales and infrastructure projects in Iraq.
"After the fall of Saddam Hussein, it looked like the country was lost forever" as a Russian arms customer, said Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Russian security and defense think tank CAST. "This is absolutely sensational." Read More
Syria rebels bomb Air Force Intelligence complex
Rebels have carried out a suicide bomb attack overnight on an intelligence agency compound in a suburb of the Syrian capital, Damascus, reports say.
The al-Nusra Front, a jihadist militant group, said explosives-filled vehicles had been blown up outside the Air Force Intelligence complex in Harasta.
Residents said there were several huge blasts, followed by fierce clashes.
One activist group said dozens of people were killed and expressed fears for the fate of the agency's prisoners.
Human rights activists say hundreds of opponents of President Bashar al-Assad have been detained and tortured by Air Force Intelligence (AFI) across the country since the uprising began in March 2011. Read More
Syria clashes intensify near Turkey border
(Reuters) - NATO said on Tuesday it had drawn up plans to defend Turkey if necessary against any further spillover of violence from Syria's border areas where rebels and government forces are fighting for control.
Rebel suicide bombers struck at President Bashar al-Assad's heartland, attacking an Air Force Intelligence compound on the edge of Damascus, insurgents said. Activists living nearby said the bombing caused at least 100 casualties among security personnel, based on the ambulances that rushed to the scene.
"Assad...is only able to stand up with crutches," Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, once a close ally of Assad, told a meeting of his ruling AK Party.
"He will be finished when the crutches fall away." Read More
Eleven euro zone countries agreed on Tuesday to press ahead with a disputed tax on financial transactions Despite it being strongly opposed by the SIXTEEN remaining European Countries....What will they Rule on Next without the backing of the 27-nation bloc?
(Reuters) - Eleven euro zone countries agreed on Tuesday to press ahead with a disputed tax on financial transactions designed to help pay for the cost of fixing a crisis that has rocked the single currency area.
The initiative, pushed hard by Germany and France but strongly opposed by Britain, Sweden and other free-marketers, gained critical mass at a European Union finance ministers' meeting in Luxembourg, when more than the required nine states agreed to use a treaty provision to launch the tax.
The so-called "Tobin tax", first proposed by Nobel-prize winning U.S. economist James Tobin in the 1972 as a way of reducing financial market volatility, has become a political symbol of a widespread desire to make banks, hedge funds and high-frequency traders pay a price for the crisis.
"This is a small step for 11 countries but a giant leap for Europe," Austria Deputy Finance Minister Andreas Schieder said. "The way is now clear for a just contribution from the banking and financial sector for financing the burdens of the crisis."
The agreement raised the prospect of a pioneer group of European states for the first time launching a joint tax without the unanimous backing of the 27-nation bloc, a move that may fragment the single market for financial services. Read More
Jerry Sandusky Jailed For At Least 30 Years
Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has been sentenced to at least 30 years in prison for sexually abusing youngsters.
(Reuters) - Serial child molester Jerry Sandusky, a former Pennsylvania State University football coach, was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison on Tuesday.
The sentence by Judge John Cleland in Centre County Court could put the 68-year-old retired defensive coordinator in prison for the rest of his life.
Sandusky was convicted on 45 counts of child sex abuse for molesting 10 boys over 15 years, some in the football team's showers on campus.
On the eve of his sentencing, Sandusky released a taped statement on Penn State's student radio station in which he denied he committed the "alleged disgusting acts" and said his wife has been his only sex partner. Source
Brain-Eating Amoeba Leaves 10 Dead In Pakistan
At least 10 people have died after being infected by a brain-eating amoeba in the Pakistani city of Karachi.
Naegleria fowleri has a fatality rate of more than 98%, according to the World Health Organisation.
It is transmitted when contaminated water enters the body through the nose and cannot be passed person-to-person.
The 10 confirmed cases have all occurred since May in the southern port city, said Dr Musa Khan, head of the WHO's Disease Early Warning System in Pakistan.
The amoeba travels from the nasal membranes to the brain. Symptoms are initially very mild, including a headache, stiff neck, fever and stomach pain. Death usually occurs five to seven days after infection.
Authorities are planning a campaign to raise awareness among health workers and the public, Dr Khan said, with most health centres having already been alerted.
"People should avoid getting water too deep into their nostrils and make sure their water supply is properly treated," he said.
"Those with symptoms should seek help immediately." Read More
Jimmy Savile: Complaints Of Abuse Since 1959.....Why was nothing Done to protect these children?
Scotland Yard say they received formal complaints of alleged sexual abuse by television presenter Jimmy Savile stretching back four decades.
Merkel Welcome to Greece
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In addition to the following requirements, special departmental requirements may be imposed. Students should be certain to check with the department regarding any special requirements.
The minimum residency requirements for the Ph.D. degree will be 36 months of full-time graduate study. No student will receive financial support from USU appropriated funds as a predoctoral teaching/research assistant for a total period of more than four years. All requirements for the Ph.D. degree must be completed no later than seven years after initiating the program of graduate study at USU. For individuals who possess a relevant advanced degree (M.D., D.V.M., D.D.S., M.S., etc.) and who have successfully completed most of the formal graduate level courses required for the Ph.D. degree before admission to graduate study at USU, an exemption from the 36 months minimum residency requirement may be considered by the graduate faculty of the department in which enrolled. Each case will be decided individually on its merits, and an exception may be granted only with the approval of the Graduate Education Committee acting on the recommendation of the appropriate graduate program faculty.
Formal course work, participation in USU School of Medicine teaching programs as research fellows or senior research fellows, directed research, and participation in other academic activities in approved programs of graduate study are all components of the predoctoral graduate education program at USU. Academic credit will be given for participation in these activities. Full-time status for trainees in graduate education programs will be defined as 12 or more credit hours per academic quarter.
The minimum requirement for formal course work will be 48 credit hours, and the minimum requirement for total academic credit will be 144 credit hours.
A reading knowledge of one foreign language or the demonstration of proficiency in computer science may be required based on one's program of study. This is a departmental option to be determined by the department based on the needs of the individual student in relation to his or her program of study.
The qualifying examination for each approved program of study shall be conducted and graded by a committee consisting of a minimum of four graduate faculty members at the rank of assistant professor or above. Three members must be from the department and have a primary academic affiliation in the graduate program for which the degree is to be granted. The fourth member may hold either a faculty position in the department or in another department at USU or have an appointment outside of USU. Additional members if desired, may either hold a faculty position at USU or have an appointment outside of USU. The majority of the Committee must always have full-time appointments at USU and be members of the Department granting the degree. The Examination Committee shall be appointed by the director of the graduate program for which the qualifying examination is given.
Aspirants for the Ph.D. degree must complete all requirements for advancement to candidacy no later than two years of attendance after initiating a program of study at USU, unless they are granted an exception recommended by the Chairperson of their department and approved by the Graduate Education Committee. The Graduate Education Committee may approve a delay for a period not to exceed one year. These requirements include the language/computer science requirement (departmental option), the minimal requirement of 48 credit hours of formal course work at the graduate level, a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 (B), and successful completion of the qualifying examination. When these requirements have been met, the program director shall submit to the Associate Dean for Graduate Education via the departmental chairperson a request for advancement which indicates successful completion of language/computer science courses (if required), and documentation of successful completion of the qualifying examination including the dates of the examination, and description of the format of the examination, and the grade given on the examination. In addition, the Initial Report of the Thesis Advisory Committee Form (USUHS Form 641) must be completed and submitted to the Graduate Education Office before a student can be Advanced to Candidacy. Final approval of advancement to candidacy shall rest with the Associate Dean for Graduate Education acting on the recommendation of the appropriate graduate program faculty.
The student should be aware of the various deadlines for the final requirements in the academic quarter in which he or she expects to graduate. All graduate students expecting to graduate in any given academic quarter must make application in the Office of Graduate Education by the deadline date for the diploma in that academic quarter.
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Satisfactory academic standing is defined as a cumulative grade point average of B (3.0), with no grade below "C" in any course.
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When a final grade of "D" or "F" is received in any course.
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For failure to maintain appropriate academic standing or violation of academic integrity.
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Other action appropriate to the specific cause under review.
Any student reviewed by the Graduate Education Committee and found to be academically deficient will either be recommended for dismissal or placed in a probationary status until a satisfactory academic standing is achieved. Specific details of these policies can be obtained from the Office of the Associate Dean for Graduate Education.


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The personal information we collect allows us to contact you regarding new products and updates to existing products and services. It also helps us improve our products and services by giving us data that can be internally analyzed and audited.
Potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information may be made available to our employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that need to know that information in order to process it on our behalf. For example, your postal address will be send to a carrier that needs to ship you a product. By using our products and services, you consent to the transfer of such information to them.
We will never sell your Personal Data, but we may sell aggregated, anonymized forms of information to third parties. Wherever we collect Personal Data, we make an effort to provide a link to this Privacy Policy.
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Company uses the Personal Data you provide in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. If you provide Personal Data for a certain reason, we may use the Personal Data in connection with the reason for which it was provided. For instance, if you contact us by email, we will use the Personal Data you provide to answer your question or resolve your problem. Also, if you provide Personal Data in order to obtain access to the Services, we will use your Personal Data to provide you with access to such Services and to monitor your use of such Services. We may also use your Personal Data and other personally non-identifiable information collected through the Services to help us improve the content and functionality of the Services, to better understand our users and to improve the Services. If you provide us with an email address, we may use this information to contact you in the future to tell you about services we believe will be of interest to you, and by providing your email address, you are providing your express consent for us to do. If we provide such communications, we will include instructions permitting you to "opt-out" of receiving them in the future.
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Company does not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 16. If you are under the age of 16, please do not submit any Personal Data through the Services. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children's Internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children never to provide Personal Data on the Services without their permission. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 16 has provided Personal Data to Company through the Services, please contact us, and we will endeavor to delete that information from our databases.
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Company takes reasonable steps to protect the Personal Data provided via the Services from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no Internet or email transmission is ever fully secure or error free. In particular, email sent to or from the Services may not be secure. Therefore, you should take special care in deciding what information you send to us via email. Please keep this in mind when disclosing any Personal Data to Company via the Internet.
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To keep your Personal Data accurate, current, and complete, please contact us as specified below. We will take reasonable steps to update or correct Personal Data in our possession that you have previously submitted via the Services.
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You may contact us as follows: privacy@neosensory.com.
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In compliance with the Privacy Shield Principles, we commit to resolve complaints about your privacy and our collection or use of your personal information transferred to the United States pursuant to Privacy Shield. European Union and Swiss individuals with Privacy Shield inquiries or complaints should first contact us at: privacy@neosensory.com.
If we have received your Personal Data from you and subsequently transfer it to a third party service provider for processing, we will remain responsible if they process your Personal Data in a manner inconsistent with the Privacy Shield Principles, unless we prove that we are not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage.
If you are an EU or Swiss resident and have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please contact JAMS, our U.S.-based third party dispute resolution provider (free of charge), at https://www.jamsadr.com/eu-us-privacy-shield.
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Viola Beach's posthumous album set to top the chart
Aug 1st 2016 1:15PM
The debut album from Viola Beach - the British band killed in a car crash in February - looks set to reach number one in the album chart.
The indie four-piece - singer Kris Leonard, guitarist River Reeves, bassist Tomas Lowe and drummer Jack Dakin - died with their manager Craig Tarry when their car plunged more than 80ft into a canal in Sweden, 18 miles from the capital Stockholm.
The cover of Viola Beach's debut album (Viola Beach/PA)
Their self-titled album, which is made up of nine songs including lead single Boys That Sing, is about 6,000 sales ahead of last week's number one from ELO, All Over The World - The Very Best Of, the Official Charts Company said.
The families of the Warrington band have released the album to "celebrate" their lives.
In June, Coldplay paid tribute to Viola Beach at Glastonbury by performing Boys That Sing as part of their headline slot on the Pyramid Stage.
Coldplay paid tribute to the band at this year's Glastonbury Festival (Yui Mok/PA)
Music magazine NME has praised the record as an album "that will leave a smile on your face".
The review said: "Viola Beach's name will always be synonymous with tragedy, but at least now we have a document of who this band were - and what they might have achieved."
Following ELO at number two, Chaleur Humaine by Christine and The Queens, is at number three, while DJ Khaled's Major Key and Drake's Views complete the top five.
Major Lazer, Justin Bieber and MO's collaboration Cold Water looks set for the top of the singles chart.
Retail clerk shed nine stone by following simple eating plan
Goofy-eyed husky rejected by breeder finds love
Prince Harry's beloved childhood nanny is baby son Archie's secret godmother
Student paramedics and radiographers to receive grant funding boost
Helena Bonham Carter on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Royal Exit: 'The World is Their Oyster'


This could be the year you start saving all kinds of money and time from using apps, and you may have Israeli Uri Levine to thank for it.
Levine, a computer programmer, investor and start-up guru, was a Waze co-founder (with two others), as well as president of the Israel-based company from 2007 to 2013.
Waze's platform provides drivers an opportunity to post real-time alerts about any traffic situation for other drivers, anywhere in the world. Four years ago, Google bought Waze for a reported $1.3 billion US, said to be the largest buyout in the history of Israeli high tech.
"Waze had to be sold," Levine told the Independent. "Only Google knew how to monetize it in a gigantic way that we could never be able to do." Today, 50 million people use the app.
Since his Waze days, Levine has been hard at work producing other apps meant to help consumers. To name a few, Engie connects to your car's diagnostic computer, informing you of precisely what needs repairs before going to the mechanic. For people looking for discounted hotel rooms, Roomer helps people who want to offload non-refundable hotel reservations. Then there's Fairfly: once people have bought their airplane tickets, the service searches for a cheaper flight. Similarly, with FairSale, another after-purchase app, once you've already bought an item, you scan your receipt with your phone, and the service will keep tabs on when the store has a price guarantee. According to Levine, about $130 billion is lost by American consumers alone because they don't know about, or they ignore, low-price guarantees.
In 2009, while still working at Waze, Levine launched the app FeeX with a $100,000 investment. The aim is to help people save money on financial services and investment funds. The idea came to him during the economic downturn, at a time when funds in his own investment portfolio lost a fifth of their value, and he had been charged what he thought was an unjust bank user fee.
In the United States, he said, people pay about $600 billion annually to investment managers for retirement and other funds. Today, there are about 30,000 users of FeeX in America and about 100,000 in Israel.
Levine holds a bachelor's of economics from Tel Aviv University, but his love for programming came earlier. In 1981, at age 16, he acquired his first computer, a Sinclair ZX – in its day, it was one of the most popular computers globally, with just two kilobytes of memory. By way of example, most microwave ovens manufactured in 1982 had more functionality.
One of Levine's first jobs was as a software developer in the Israeli army. Later, he became a developer at Comverse, a telecommunications company in Israel. About 20 years ago, Comverse was one of the largest employers of software engineers, and a high-tech industry success story.
"I would nearly say that the economics degree provided me with a point of view, but the real study was in the army and, later, on the job as a developer," he said.


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Under Two Flags (1936) Happy Birthday, Ronald Colman!
I did a review of the fantastic Foreign Legion film WE'RE IN THE LEGION NOW (HERE) a while back, and it was so fun that I thought I'd do another one. Today being Ronald Colman's birthday, it seemed like a good 'two-bird + stone' choice to take a look at the incredibly fun and well-cast UNDER TWO FLAGS, where Colman shares the screen with the burly Victor McLaglen and the two lovely actresses, Claudette Colbert and Rosalind Russell. I'm (like most thinking people) a huge fan of Ronald, a fan of Foreign Legion stories (also of Colman's silent legion masterpiece BEAU GESTE) and it's his birthday, thus, is a great excuse to write!
UNDER TWO FLAGS is a 1936 production, based on the novel of the same name by English writer Maria Ramé, known by her nom de plume Ouida. Ouida was a great writer of adventure novels, many of them Orientalist swashbucklers, and UNDER TWO FLAGS is quite that. It shares it's fame with her wonderful 1872 novel, A DOG OF FLANDERS. UNDER TWO FLAGS is without a doubt her most famous novel, having been produced as a stage play, and four film adaptations, in 1912, 1916 (featuring the smouldering 'vamp' Theda Bara), 1922, and this Colman version. I've read the novel in one of my several Ouida bursts, and it's a wonderfully written and colourful taste of pre-pulp pulp fiction.
In the film Victor (in the novel Bertie Cecil) honourably takes the rap for a crime actually committed by his brother. He takes off in a dash, joining up and becoming a sergeant in the French Foreign Legion. Dapper and handsome, Victor attracts the attentions and affections of the pixie-like French barmaid "Cigarette" played with almost punky spunk by Colbert. Sadly for Cigarette, Victor only has eyes for the luminous aristocrat Lady Venetia, played by Rosalind Russell. Well, this doesn't sit well with Sgt. Victor's commander, Victor McLaglen's Major J.C. Doyle. The gruff Doyle is unrequitedly smitten with the impish Cigarette, and this puts him and our debonair Sergeant on the opposite sides of a potentially dangerous divide.
Will this love triangle doom the Legion in the face of an onslaught of fierce Arab tribesmen?!?
This was an amazingly pleasurable experience. Colman (looking quite a bit like Michael Kitchen at times) was at his best here, with a glint in his eye and exuding charm in every frame. Colbert was lovely, and though she came across as mildly irritating initially, I had the appropriate fondness for Cigarette by the end of the film. Victor McLaglen was both 'charging-bullish' and charming, looking quite the big brute in this one, and Rosalind Russell was every bit the beautiful lady. Also in the cast was Fritz Leiber Sr. (father of the sci fi writer), Thomas Beck (from a number of Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto films), Nigel Bruce, Gregory Ratoff (director of the 1960 OSCAR WILDE), Herbert Mundin ('Much' from Errol Flynn's THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD), and John Carradine. With a crisp script and a great cast, and with solid direction by Frank Lloyd (THE LAST COMMAND and BLOOD ON THE SUN), it's a rollickin' good time. The 1930's had so many of this kind of exuberant adventure, and the more I see, the more I love this wonderful decade. Also, I'm a fan of this sort of Orientalist adventure, and this is another in my effort to document these 'wild, wild East'-type movies.
It's a perfect thing to celebrate Ronald Colman's birthday!


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Hillary House National Historic Site, Aurora, ON
The Hillary House is a National Historic Site in Aurora, Ontario, and it is worth exploring. Visitors may enjoy its architecture and artifact collection, and it has an interesting history that is worth knowing about.
In the early 19th century, the Gothic Revival architectural style was popular in both Britain and the United States. It was then used in many types of buildings. Hillary House in Canada is an excellent example of this style.
Hillary House was built in 1862. It used to be a doctor's office and a private flat. It was designed with a dispensary, family living spaces, and a medical examination area in mind. There was also a grass tennis court on the site. Hillary House, in addition to its historical value, houses a significant collection of medical records and equipment.
Hillary House is a notable example of Gothic Revival architecture. The house was meticulously designed to provide seclusion for family members. Hillary House also has a large library and home furniture.
Hillary House, located in Aurora, Ontario, is a remarkable example of Gothic Revival architecture. It is one of the best examples of this architectural style in Canada. The house was home to three generations of medical practitioners who also used it as their doctor's office.
One of the most remarkable aspects of Hillary House's architecture is its history. It was built in 1862 and is one of the most complete examples of Gothic Revival architecture in Canada. The house was created with a doctor's office in the front and family living area in the back. On the front of the house, there is a verandah.
Hillary House also houses the Koffler Museum of Medicine, which houses a collection of medical antiquities. The collection includes important books, records, and medical equipment.
Historical Significance
Hillary House is a National Historic Site located in the heart of Aurora, Ontario. It is one of the most prominent historic house museums in North America. Hillary House, a 159-year-old medical office built particularly for that purpose, combines architectural significance with the possessions of three generations of doctors.
Hillary House is owned and operated by the Aurora Historical Society. The group is dedicated to preserving Aurora's heritage. The organization arranges a variety of activities to educate residents about the history of their area. There are also special displays and open dialogues about the history.
Hillary House was designed with a family physician in mind. The wing was added in the 1870s. The property also includes a grass tennis court, large trees, and flower gardens.
The building also houses the Koffler Museum of Medicine. It has a huge library, as well as papers, medical equipment, and literature. The Aurora Historical Society, which is dedicated to preserving Aurora's history, manages the museum.
Hillary House National Historic Site, located on two park-like acres in Aurora, Ontario, is a well-known landmark in the Aurora community. It was an 1862 Gothic Revival edifice that housed four generations of doctors. It is now considered one of Canada's greatest examples of Gothic Revival architecture. It is also home to the Aurora Historical Society.
As one might expect, the Aurora Historical Society (AHS) offers a wide selection of entertaining and educational programs for individuals of all ages. The organization hosts a range of activities, ranging from tea parties to murder mysteries. The AHS office welcomes private tours. Furthermore, it offers one-of-a-kind facilities for huge events.
One of the most important roles of the AHS is to interact with the community. The AHS reaches out to everyone, from youngsters to the elderly, via educational programs, activities, and presentations.
Hillary House National Historic Site is a fantastic site to learn about Aurora and Ontario history, and it is conveniently accessible in Aurora, Ontario. One of Canada's finest examples of Gothic Revival architecture may be found there, as can some of the things of three generations of doctors.
The Hillary House National Historic Site is open by appointment only from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. In addition, the facility offers one-of-a-kind exhibitions and guided tours. Visitors can also rent out the facility for special occasions.
Hillary House was built in the Gothic Revival style in 1862. As a family, three generations of doctors and their families resided there. According to the National Historic Sites and Monuments Board, it is one of the outstanding examples of Gothic Revival architecture in Canada.
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So Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, "Up, get out of this place; for the Lord is about to destroy the city." But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking.
When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Get up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or else you will be consumed in the punishment of the city." But he lingered; so the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and left him outside the city.
He said to him, "Very well, I grant you this favour too, and will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken. Hurry, escape there, for I can do nothing until you arrive there." Therefore the city was called Zoar. The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar. Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven; and he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. But Lot's wife looked back and she became a pillar of salt.
Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the Lord; and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the Plain and saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of a furnace.So when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, God remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities in which Lot had settled.
– Nigel built a nest out of seaweed and sticks for the concrete bird and was seen apparently trying to woo it.
A month or two ago, after a slight change to the sound system, three real gannets landed and took up residence at the opposite end of the colony.
– Nigel makes me wonder, what are the concrete decoys (or fake gannets) in our lives?
– What does it mean that God remembered Abraham when he rescued Lot?
– By saving Lot, God was also saving Abraham the grief of losing a close family member.
For the Son of Man in his day will be like the lightning, which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other. But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
…Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed. On that day no one who is on the housetop, with possessions inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything. Remember Lot's wife! Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.
1.) What stands out for you in reading this Scripture and/or in listening to the sermon?
2.) The sermon offers a number of images to express the idea that God's justice & mercy go together – e.g. soup and a bowl, wolves and bio-diversity, stars and the night sky.
– Discuss (reflect on) the different nuances of these images – e.g. in what sense is God's justice like a wolf (and in what sense is it not)?
– What other images can you think of to reflect this idea that God's justice & mercy go together?
3.) Who would have experienced the destruction of Sodom & Gomorrah as an act of God's mercy? Why?
4.) How did God show mercy to Lot in Genesis 19?
– How did God show mercy to Abraham in Genesis 19?
5.) What are the concrete decoys (fake gannets) in our lives?
7.) How do you feel reading these passages (i.e. Genesis 19 & Luke 17)?
– Why do you feel this way?
8.) Take some time to reflect on the pairings at the end of the message – e.g. we can't have grace without truth, etc.
– What are you in touch with as you meditate on these?


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Transcript of interview: Oliver Miles, 2004
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 92
Churchill Archives Centre
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
From the Fonds: The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Miles, Richard Oliver, 1936 (diplomat) (Person)
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
Oliver Miles was born on 6 March 1936, the son of George Miles and Olive (née Clapham). He was educated at Ampleforth College and Merton College, University of Oxford (taking Oriental Studies). In 1968 he married Julia, daughter of Professor J. S. Weiner; they have three sons and one daughter.
Miles entered the Diplomatic Service in 1960 and during his early postings served in Abu Dhabi [United Arab Emirates], Amman [Jordan], Aden [Adan, later South Yemen], Mukalla, Nicosia [Cyprus] and Jedda [Jiddah, Saudi Arabia]. His later positions included: Counsellor, Athens [Greece] (1977-80); Head of Near East and North Africa Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (1980-83); Ambassador to: Libya (1984); Luxembourg (1985-88); Under-Secretary on loan to Home Civil Service, Belfast [Northern Ireland] (1988-90); Assistant Under-Secretary of State (Economic), FCO (1990-91); Director General of Joint Directorate, Overseas Trade Services, FCO/Department of Trade and Industry (1991-93); Ambassador to Greece, 1993-96.
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Transcript of interview: Oliver Miles, 2004, GBR/0014/DOHP 92. Churchill Archives Centre.
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About East Greenwich
History & Birth Place of the Navy
East Greenwich History
Incorporated October 31, 1677, East Greenwich is the 8th oldest town in the state of Rhode Island.
Named for the original Greenwich in Kent County, England.
In 1741 the town was divided into 2 portions. The more rural western portion was separated and called West Greenwich. The remaining quarter was called East Greenwich.
From 1806 to 1854 the town served as 1 of the 5 state capitals for Rhode Island.
The General Assembly meetings were held in the local courthouse. That courthouse is presently the home of the Town Hall.
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The Town of East Greenwich wishes to thank Ms. Jennifer Iannuccilli and her 3rd grade students for the research they have provided the Town on the history of some of East Greenwich's most historic buildings.
As a lifelong resident of East Greenwich, Ms. Iannuccilli became interested in the history of the Town when she purchased her own historic home and began discovering artifacts in her backyard. She became passionate about researching the history of this unique community and wanted to pass her love onto her students.
Now, each year her students co-research the history of important sites in our community and share it with others, including the Town of East Greenwich website! Their work is shared with you.
Research / History Documents
Farms in East Greenwich (PDF)
The Amazing Varnum Armory (PDF)
The Burdick-Gould House (PDF)
The East Greenwich Academy (PDF)
The East Greenwich Free Library (PDF)
The East Greenwich Odeum (PDF)
The East Greenwich Town Hall (PDF)
The Eldredge House (PDF)
The James Mitchell Varnum House (PDF)
The Kentish Guards Armory (PDF)
The Miller Congdon House (PDF)
The Tillinghast Mill (PDF)
The Windmill Cottage (PDF)
The Birthplace of the Navy
Rhode Island State Assembly passed a resolution on June 12, 1772 creating the first formal Navy and authorizing two naval vessels, the flagship Katy and the Washington. Captain Abraham Whipple was named commodore of the armed vessels.
Working for the Town
Town Hall: 125 Main Street • East Greenwich, RI 02818 • 401.886.8600


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The Green (Charlotte, North Carolina)
The Green (Dartmouth College)
The Green may refer to:
The Green (band), a reggae, pop, and soul band from Hawaii
The Green (Charlotte, North Carolina), a 1.5-acre park in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina
The Green (Dartmouth College), a central field at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire
The Green (film), a 2011 film starring Julia Ormond
The Green (Frogmore, South Carolina), an NRHP listing in Beaufort County, South Carolina
The Green (play), a play by Gary Owen
The Green (television programming), a set of programming on the Sundance Channel
The Green, a fictional mystical realm in DC Comics inhabited by the minds of all members of the Parliament of Trees
St Mary's CBS (The Green), a secondary school in Tralee, Ireland
The Green railway station, a small railway station on the Ravenglass and Eskdale heritage railway in the Lake District, Cumbria
Green (disambiguation)
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The Green is a one and a half acre park at 400 South Tryon Street in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. At one end of this so-called pocket park are the Mint Museum and the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art; at the other end is the Charlotte Convention Center. Next to it stands Charlotte's historic St. Peter's Catholic Church. The Green is the site of various public events, such as movie screenings and free plays, including summer performances by the Charlotte Shakespeare Festival. This park is frequently the site of public art and sculpture, including three giant computer-timed fish fountains, a popular feature with children in the summer. Mosaic benches and stools are tucked away in shady side paths. Five large sculptures by the French artist Niki de Saint Phalle stood in The Green from January through October 2011.
The park has an overall theme of world literature. Prominent among the permanent sculptures are large bronze representations of books from the canon of world literature, for example, Roots by Alex Haley. There are quotes by famous writers and many whimsical direction signs pointing to real places but combined to form the name of well-known authors, for example, signs pointing to Edgar (Wisconsin), Allan (Saskatchewan), and Poe (Alberta). Other signposts point to cities named Charlotte around the world.
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Coordinates: 43°42′12″N 72°17′19″W / 43.70333°N 72.28861°W / 43.70333; -72.28861
The Green (formally the College Green) is a grass-covered field and common space at the center of Dartmouth College, an Ivy League university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. It was among the first parcels of land obtained by the College upon its founding in 1769, and is the only creation of the 18th century remaining at the center of the campus. After being cleared of pine trees, it initially served as a pasture and later as an athletic field for College sporting events. Today, it is a central location for rallies, celebrations, and demonstrations, and serves as a general, all-purpose recreation area. The College describes the Green as "historic" and as the "emotional center" of the institution.
The Green is a five-acre (two-hectare) plot located in the center of downtown Hanover, New Hampshire. It is crossed by seven gravel walking paths, the locations of which varied until about 1931, when the configuration was last altered. Three of them bisect the Green, running southwest to northeast, northwest to southeast, and east to west. The northernmost of its two east-west paths was added after Massachusetts Hall was constructed in 1907, and links the central entrance to that dormitory west of the Green to the northern entrance to Dartmouth Hall, east of it. Two paths run from the northwest and southwest corners respectively to the middle of the Green's eastern edge. A final path runs north-south along the eastern side. The Green also has paved sidewalks along its southern and western edges.
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It wouldn't be French cooking without something sweet to celebrate a holiday or to indulge when friends make a surprise visit. While the desserts in this collection are all from our family in one way or another there is s sweet, simple pleasure that I recommend.
Meme, being an orphan by the time she was twelve, lived and worked with her sister in a convent during the Second World War. As was the routine, children at the school were given a snack in between school and dinner. Growing up, she continued that same tradition with me. In turn, I sometimes gave my own children the same treat.
It's simple. Take one slice of bread, preferably fresh from your own oven or that of your local bakery. Spread a bit of soft butter over the slice. Next, place two squares of dark chocolate over half of the slice and fold over.
Too simple, right? It's delicious. When I crave sweet and salt, I will sometimes return to this simple little snack and remember coming in from hanging out the laundry as a child. The salty, creamy butter is the perfect compliment to the sweet and bitter chocolate. Forget the processed candy bars and try this sweet little French tradition.


Book One in the Marseilles TrilogyUgo, Manu, and Fabio grew up together on the mean streets of Marseilles, where friendship means everything They promised to stay true to one another and swore that nothing would break their bond But people and circumstances change Ugo and Manu have been drawn into the criminal underworld of Europe s toughest, most violent and vibrant ciBook One in the Marseilles TrilogyUgo, Manu, and Fabio grew up together on the mean streets of Marseilles, where friendship means everything They promised to stay true to one another and swore that nothing would break their bond But people and circumstances change Ugo and Manu have been drawn into the criminal underworld of Europe s toughest, most violent and vibrant city When Manu is murdered and Ugo returns from abroad to avenge his friend s death, only to be killed himself, it is left to the third in this trio, Detective Fabio Montale, to ensure justice is done Despite warnings from both his colleagues in law enforcement and his acquaintances in the underworld, Montale cannot forget the promise he once made Manu and Ugo He s going to find their killer even if it means going too far.In Izzo s novels, Marseilles is explosive, tragic, breathtakingly beautiful and deadly Asked to explain the astounding success of his now legendary Marseilles triology, Izzo credits his beloved native city Essentially, I think I have been rewarded for having depicted the real beauty of Marseilles, its gusto, its passion for life, and the ability of its inhabitants to drink life down to the last drop Fabio Montale is the perfect protagonist in this city of melancholy beauty A disenchanted cop with an inimitable talent for living who turns his back on a police force marred by corruption and racism and, in the name of friendship, takes the fight against the mafia into his own hands.
Just awful! Read 100 pages and just couldn't get into it, the extremely short sentences didn't help either! The characters did not grab me and I decided that I didn't want to waste any more time on it!
Like Chandler in my French ears. i love itMarseille gangsterse there any French movies made of this guys writing?
This book was really awful. I did finish it, but despised every minute of reading it. I would give it less than one star if I could. Disliked the characters of which there were too many. Thought it badly written or badly translated and the short sharp sentences to make it fast-paced. I'm certainly not going to read any the rest of the trilogy!!