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Outlast Trinity Collection Revealed as Terrifying Must-Have Physical Bundle This April
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[Press Release] Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Red Barrels today announced a worldwide distribution agreement for Outlast Trinity, a physical bundle that packages the upcoming Outlast 2 with Outlast and Outlast Whistleblower downloadable content. Outlast Trinity will be available beginning April 25 for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One and PC, the same day Outlast 2 launches on digital platforms worldwide.
"Red Barrels has made a name for itself in the survival horror genre with the original Outlast game," said Kevin Kebodeaux, Senior Vice President, Sales, Americas, Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment. "We look forward to working closely with this great group of developers to bring Outlast Trinity to gamers around the world."
"We've been lucky to have such an amazing fan base, and none of this would have been possible without their support," said Co-Founder Philippe Morin, Red Barrels. "Ever since we released Outlast in 2013, a physical version has been one of the top requests, so we're obviously thrilled to finally give people the entire series in one bundle of terror."
The sequel to the original critically acclaimed game, Outlast 2 is a twisted new journey into the depths of the human mind and its dark secrets. Blake Langermann, a cameraman working with his wife Lynn, must take risks and dig deep to uncover the stories no one else will dare touch. As the two follow a trail of clues that started with the seemingly impossible murder of a pregnant woman known only as Jane Doe, the investigation leads them miles into the Arizona desert to a darkness so deep that no one could shed light upon it, and a corruption so profound that going mad may be the only sane thing to do.
The original Outlast game released in 2013 and takes place in the remote mountains of Colorado where horrors wait inside Mount Massive Asylum. A long abandoned home for the mentally ill, Mount Massive Asylum was recently re-opened by the "research and charity" branch of the transnational Murkoff Corporation, and has been operating in strict secrecy. Acting on a tip from an anonymous source, independent journalist Miles Upshur breaks into the facility and what he discovers walks a terrifying line between science, religion, nature and something else entirely. Once inside, his only hope of escape lies with the terrible truth at the heart of Mount Massive.
Outlast Whistleblower is DLC that tells the story before and after the events of Outlast to show the final chapter in Mount Massive Asylum's story. Players take on the role of Waylon Park, a software engineer under contract with Murkoff, who identifies with the poor souls housed in the facility. Fueled by his anger, the stage is set for the unmasking of Mount Massive's rotten core.
About Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Inc., is a premier worldwide publisher, developer, licensor and distributor of entertainment content for the interactive space across all platforms, including console, handheld, mobile and PC-based gaming for both internal and third party game titles.
About Red Barrels
Red Barrels is an independent video game studio based in Montreal. Formed by AAA veterans, David Chateauneuf, Hugo Dallaire and Philippe Morin, Red Barrel's driving goal is to create unforgettable horror experiences to make players' blood run cold. Their first game, Outlast, quickly became a defining title of the horror genre.
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Home Technology Tesla Says Never Mind: It Raises Prices and Keeps Most Stores
Tesla Says Never Mind: It Raises Prices and Keeps Most Stores
Just days after saying that it would close most of its stores, Tesla is making an abrupt U-turn.
In a message posted on its blog just before midnight Sunday, the electric-car maker said it had decided to retain many of the locations it had shut down or was planning to close. And it said it would raise most of its vehicle prices about 3 percent worldwide, just weeks after cutting prices.
"Over the past two weeks we have been closely evaluating every single Tesla retail location, and we have decided to keep significantly more stores open than previously announced as we continue to evaluate them over the course of several months," the company said in the blog post. The price increases, it said, are necessary to make up for the loss of savings that was anticipated from the store closings.
The flip-flops are the latest sign of turmoil surrounding the company and its chief executive, Elon Musk.
"This reversal is bizarre and indicates a lack of actual planning in the earlier announcement," said Mike Ramsey, a Gartner analyst. "Their retail stores still serve a real need."
Until last month, Tesla had been rushing to expand its network of showrooms and mall galleries, which display its cars but take no customer orders.
On Feb. 28, Mr. Musk told reporters in a conference call that Tesla would start offering a long-awaited version of its Model 3 sedan with a starting price of $35,000. Previously, the least expensive Model 3 cost $43,000 before tax incentives.
Mr. Musk said closing its stores would allow Tesla to cut costs enough to make the Model 3 profitable at the lower price. But he would not elaborate on those calculations, and he said Tesla would lose money in the first quarter, contrary to previous forecasts.
As part of the cost cutting, he said, Tesla would henceforth take orders only online. Tesla affirmed the online approach in its announcement Sunday night, saying its stores would serve as a way to introduce potential buyers to Tesla vehicles, provide a test drive on request — another reversal from its earlier announcement — and show how to make a purchase.
"Stores will also carry a small number of cars in inventory for customers who wish to drive away with a Tesla immediately," it added.
In a recent email to employees, Mr. Musk said 78 percent of Model 3 orders were already placed online. Buyers can get full refunds if they return cars within seven days and have driven them less than 1,000 miles.
Tesla has been in retreat in recent months, scrambling to shore up flagging investor confidence. Along with layoffs of 7 percent of its work force in January, the news of store closings appeared to underline the challenges for a newcomer breaking into an old-line manufacturing industry. The company has struggled to make a few thousand cars in a week — a feat that established automakers can do in a day.
Asked to elaborate on the company's latest moves, a Tesla spokesman declined to comment.
The weeks of tension have taken a toll on Tesla shares. On Monday they rose 2.4 percent, closing at $290.92, but they are down 9 percent since Mr. Musk said the company would be unprofitable in the first quarter.
The twists on the marketing front have coincided with renewed upheaval surrounding Mr. Musk himself.
Less than a month ago, Tesla's general counsel quit a day after Mr. Musk said on Twitter that the company expected to sell 500,000 cars this year, an increase of 100,000 from the estimate it made public in January.
The Securities and Exchange Commission contended that the tweet violated an agreement it had reached with Tesla in September to settle a securities-fraud case, and it asked a federal court to hold Mr. Musk in contempt. Under the settlement, the company was to "put in place additional controls and procedures" to oversee Mr. Musk's communications.
In a response filed with the court on Monday, Mr. Musk's lawyers argued that there were no grounds for a contempt citation. They said that the Tesla chief "correctly used his discretion" to determine that nothing in his Twitter post was material and that "under no fair reading of the materiality standard" did the post alter the information available to investors.
The response also said that a contempt citation "would raise serious First Amendment issues" and that the S.E.C.'s request represented "unprecedented overreach."
Even with its financial and regulatory challenges, the company is moving ahead on new initiatives.
On Thursday, Mr. Musk is scheduled to unveil the Model Y, a sport utility vehicle that Tesla is counting on to fuel further growth. David Whiston, a Morningstar analyst, said the big question for Tesla's business prospects was when the Model Y would be available for sale. "Thursday is just for show," he said.
And in a move meant to address its logistical challenges in delivering cars to customers, Tesla said in a filing with the S.E.C. on Monday that it had purchased trucks and car-hauling trailers from a California company in exchange for stock worth $13.8 million. In November, Mr. Musk said on Twitter that Tesla had bought "some trucking companies," but provided no details.
Mr. Musk has portrayed the Model 3 as a mass-market offering crucial to Tesla's future. In the last three months of 2018, Tesla opened 27 sales and service locations to keep up with rising demand. Over all, the company had more than 100 stores and showrooms in the United States, and others overseas.
In its announcement Sunday night, Tesla said it had already closed 10 percent of its locations. Those stores did not have "natural foot traffic," it said, though some will reopen with a smaller staff. The company said an additional 20 percent were under review for potential closing in the coming months.
The automaker also said the $35,000 version of the Model 3 would not be affected by the price increases. They will apply to the higher-end Model X and Model S — cars on which Tesla only recently had been dropping prices — as well as for more expensive versions of the Model 3.
The company said customers would have a week to place orders at current prices.
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For the uninitiated, a mortgage is like a home loan, where the home itself serves as the collateral. This is the easiest form of financing, although getting a mortgage is not as easy as it may sound by definition.
In this post, we bring a list of facts and details you must know about.
Your credit score is important. Lenders want to know if you are capable of repaying the loan in time, and for that, the credit score is of most importance.
It is possible to improve your credit score. If you start in advance and keep a check on your debts and how dues are being paid, you can improve your credit score.
Get the papers ready. Your employment status and monthly salary determines what you can pay realistically each month for the mortgage. Make sure that the papers related to your income for the last two years are ready.
The ratio is important. The debt to income ratio shouldn't ideally exceed 38% in the ideal case, and your lender will also want to ensure that the mortgage payment, including all dues, doesn't increase 28% of your monthly income.
You can get an idea in advance. There are easy mortgage calculators that can really help in understanding what you may have to pay each month, taking all relevant factors into account. For instance, you can navigate here.
Pay what you can. Traditionally, it is a norm to pay 20% of the property value for down payment, but that doesn't have to be the case with options like USDA loans. With that said, it is best to pay what is affordable, because you can reduce considerable interest.
The term can be short. Experts recommend 15-year mortgages for many people, and that totally makes sense because the interest amount reduces considerably. However, it depends on your situation, as well, because 30-year mortgages may seem more affordable in certain cases.
You can negotiate with the lender, regardless of whether you choose fixed or adjustable mortgage rate. Take your chance, because there is enough scope, especially when the credit score is your favor.
Check online now to find more details on mortgages. Consider if the house is worth the price and shop around for mortgages, because the first deal isn't always the best one. Also, take a moment to decide if the investment makes sense in the next ten years.


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FILE - In this July 12, 2016 file photo, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Reid says that he and President Barack Obama won't permit a stopgap spending bill this month that kicks Washington's unfinished budget business into next year as some tea party conservatives are demanding. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
WASHINGTON — The Senate's top Democrat said Thursday that he and President Barack Obama will not approve a stopgap spending bill if it kicks Washington's unfinished budget business into next year, as some tea party conservatives are demanding.
The message from Harry Reid, in a conference call with reporters, is in line with the private plans of House and Senate GOP leaders. For them, a short-term spending bill, required to prevent a government shutdown, is the main order of business in September's pre-election congressional session, along with paying for the government's battle against the Zika virus.
The stopgap bill would buy time for Washington sort out legislation funding the annual operating budgets of federal agencies.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., had hoped to get the budget process back on track and avoid a catch-all omnibus spending bill, as has happened in the past several years. A Ryan spokesman said the speaker told Republicans in a conference call last week there won't be any such spending bill this year, and the unfinished business could carry over into the next administration.
Conservatives have revolted over these year-end bills, which often include unrelated measures. And to get Obama's signature, those bills have been stripped of agenda items earlier sought by Republicans.
But efforts to pass the 12 regular spending bills separately have so far fizzled as the two parties have gridlocked over policy provisions.
Conservative groups have pushed to kick the spending bill into the next Congress, which will take office in late January.
"Lawmakers must ensure the length of the funding measure does not necessitate a postelection session of Congress," said Dan Holler of Heritage Action for America, a conservative advocacy group, in a statement this week. "It is unfair to the American people to allow unaccountable politicians to make consequential decisions in a lame-duck session."
Reid. D-Nev., said his party won't accept that.
"We are not doing anything into next year and every Republican should be aware of that right now," he said.
Reid also pressed for an end to an impasse over emergency money for Zika.
Senators returning to work Tuesday will first revisit battles over Zika and a GOP drive for increases in defense spending.


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A night at the Observatory
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Univ. of Md. observatory celebrates 50 years at open information session
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2005-Spring
Get Thrown for a Loop
Barbara J. Saffir
Sunday, November 26, 2006; Page M08
WHERE: The Capital Beltway.
WHY: A lighthouse by land, ice capades and a holey cow.
HOW FAR: 64 miles, or just over an hour (if you're lucky).
Happy Birthday, America's highways! Fifty years ago, when gas was a piddly 30 cents a gallon, President Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956. The law spawned nearly 47,000 miles of traffic-light-free interstate highways, including Washington's 64-mile Capital Beltway. Since its completion in 1964, the District-encircling loop has become an endless carousel of cruisers and commuters. To celebrate the interstate system's big Five-0, follow our exit strategy for the Beltway.
As most rush-hour drivers know, construction is ongoing. The $2.4 billion Wilson Bridge project is rebuilding more than a tenth of the Beltway. When the bridge's second span debuts in 2008, folks will be able to stroll across a walkway from Virginia to Maryland. Until then, there's plenty to see beneath the bridge. The Mount Vernon Trail meanders through Jones Point Park, where a plaque honors Margaret Brent (1601-1676), America's first litigator, whose land became Alexandria. One of the country's oldest inland lighthouses also resides here.
Across the river in Prince George's County, Tucker Road Ice Rink runs pickup hockey games, power skating and even bumper cars. After whooshing around, skaters can head north to Jerry's Seafood for a crab bomb, the upscale cousin of the crab cake. The plain-Jane restaurant isn't cheap, but foodies say the lump-crab concoction ($25.95-$33.95) is worth the trek.
Northwest of Jerry's, the Beltway veers toward the Agriculture Department's sprawling Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, home to a fistulated cow. The live research bovine has a portal in its side, allowing scientists to poke around its innards (thankfully, the cow has multiple stomachs). To examine black holes light-years away, visit the University of Maryland's observatory, which hosts open houses twice a month. The iconic white spires of the Mormons' Washington D.C. Temple also shoot for the sky, but at 288 feet don't quite reach the stars.
Beneath the American Legion Bridge lies Lock 13 of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park. Rod Sauter, a National Park Service ranger, calls the canal, completed in 1850, "the superhighway of its day." Near the canal trail's mile marker 10, the stone ruins of a 1941 bridge are the only visible remains of two Civilian Conservation Corps projects that in 1939 restored a portion of the 184.5-mile canal.
Back on the American Legion Bridge, the Beltway swings over the Potomac River toward Tysons Galleria mall. Inside Neiman Marcus, the NM Cafe's trademark monkey bread with strawberry butter is free with any food order or $2 without. Stick a birthday candle in it and wish our highways many more.
Mount Vernon Trail under the Woodrow Wilson Bridge to Jones Point Park, I-495 and the Potomac River, Alexandria, 703-838-4343, http://oha.ci.alexandria.va.us/archaeology/jonespoint.
Open daily, dawn to dark.
Tucker Road Ice Rink, 1770 Tucker Rd., Fort Washington, 301-265-1525, http://www.pgparks.com/places/sportsfac/icerinks.html.
Adult pickup hockey, Sundays, 8-9:30 p.m. Cost: residents, $9; nonresidents, $11. Call for details on power, figure, synchronized, bumper-car and other skating sessions.
Karibu Books, Centre at Forestville, 3283 Donnell Dr., Forestville, 301-736-8853, http://www.karibubooks.com.
Open Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Sunday, noon-6 p.m.
Redskins Hall of Fame Store, FedEx Field, 1600 FedEx Way, Landover, 301-276-6680, http://www.redskins.com/fedexfield/stadiumguide.jsp
Open Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. (in season).
Jerry's Seafood, 9364 Lanham-Severn Rd., Seabrook, 301-577-0333, http://www.jerrysseafood.com.
Open for lunch, Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Dinner: Tuesday-Thursday, 5-8 p.m.; Friday, 5-9:30 p.m.; Saturday, 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Sunday, 1-5 p.m.
The Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Visitor Center, Building 302, Powder Mill Road, Beltsville, 301-504-8483, http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/nvc/index.html.
Public tours by appointment.
University of Maryland Observatory, across from the administration building at 3300 Metzerott Rd., Adelphi, 301-405-6555, http://www.astro.umd.edu/openhouse.
Free lecture and telescope viewing on the 5th and 20th of each month.
Washington D.C. Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 9900 Stoneybrook Dr., Kensington, 301-587-0144, http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/cgi-bin/pages.cgi?washington.
Visitors Center open daily, 10 a.m.- 9 p.m. "Joseph Smith, The Prophet of the Restoration" movie runs 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m. and 7:30 pm. Free.
Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda; the Mansion at Strathmore, 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda, 301-581-5200, http://www.strathmore.org.
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park under the American Legion Bridge (mile marker 9.4 at Lock 13) to Carderock Recreation Area (entrance at mile marker 10.4), 301-739-4200, http://www.nps.gov/choh
Open daily, dawn-dark.
Neiman Marcus's NM Cafe, Tysons Galleria, 2001 International Dr., McLean, 703-761-1600, Ext. 3265.
Open Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m.
Talbots outlet, 6825 Bland St., Springfield, 703-644-5115, http://www.talbots.com.
Open Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m.
Nick's Nightclub, 642 S. Pickett St., Alexandria, 703-751-8900, http://www.nicksnightclub.com.
Line-dance lessons: Tuesday and Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.; $5. Live country band, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 9 p.m.; $5-$7 for men, free for women.
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Open Source Computer Vision

Modules |
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Computational Photography

Modules

 	Denoising

 	HDR imaging

 	Seamless Cloning

 	Non-Photorealistic Rendering

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void 	cv::decolor (InputArray src, OutputArray grayscale, OutputArray color_boost)

 	Transforms a color image to a grayscale image. It is a basic tool in digital printing, stylized black-and-white photograph rendering, and in many single channel image processing applications [102] .  More...

void 	cv::inpaint (InputArray src, InputArray inpaintMask, OutputArray dst, double inpaintRadius, int flags)

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§ decolor()

          void cv::decolor
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          InputArray
          src,

          OutputArray
          grayscale,

          OutputArray
          color_boost

          )

Transforms a color image to a grayscale image. It is a basic tool in digital printing, stylized black-and-white photograph rendering, and in many single channel image processing applications [102] .

Parameters

src	Input 8-bit 3-channel image.

grayscale	Output 8-bit 1-channel image.

color_boost	Output 8-bit 3-channel image.

This function is to be applied on color images.

§ inpaint()

          void cv::inpaint
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          InputArray
          src,

          InputArray
          inpaintMask,

          OutputArray
          dst,

          double
          inpaintRadius,

          int
          flags

          )

Restores the selected region in an image using the region neighborhood.

Parameters

src	Input 8-bit 1-channel or 3-channel image.

inpaintMask	Inpainting mask, 8-bit 1-channel image. Non-zero pixels indicate the area that needs to be inpainted.

dst	Output image with the same size and type as src .

inpaintRadius	Radius of a circular neighborhood of each point inpainted that is considered by the algorithm.

flags	Inpainting method that could be one of the following:

INPAINT_NS Navier-Stokes based method [Navier01]

INPAINT_TELEA Method by Alexandru Telea [152] .

The function reconstructs the selected image area from the pixel near the area boundary. The function may be used to remove dust and scratches from a scanned photo, or to remove undesirable objects from still images or video. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inpainting for more details.

Note

An example using the inpainting technique can be found at opencv_source_code/samples/cpp/inpaint.cpp

(Python) An example using the inpainting technique can be found at opencv_source_code/samples/python/inpaint.py

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Opposition spokeswoman on foreign affairs Julie Bishop has affirmed bipartisan support for the government's handling of Julian Assange's circumstances. She said she accepted the assurances of US ambassador Jeffrey Bleich that the US government was not interested in extraditing the WikiLeaks publisher.
Asked whether the Coalition considered WikiLeaks' activities in obtaining and publishing secret US government documents amounted to journalism or espionage, Ms Bishop said the publication of information appeared "to fall within the realms of journalistic endeavour".
But she added that the trial of US Army private Bradley Manning might "cast further light on whether WikiLeaks breached any US laws in obtaining that information".
Mr Assange has lived at the Ecuadorian embassy in London for a year, having been granted diplomatic asylum on the grounds that he is at risk of extradition to the US on conspiracy or other charges relating to the leaking of classified information by Private Manning.
Swedish prosecutors wish to extradite Mr Assange to face questioning about sexual assault allegations made by two women in August 2010. Mr Assange claims that extradition to Sweden would facilitate his eventual extradition to the US.
Ms Bishop adopted the same lines as Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr, saying the Coalition was not aware of "any formal legal proceedings" involving Mr Assange other than those arising from the Swedish allegations.
"The US has extradition treaty arrangements with Sweden and the United Kingdom and is thus able to commence extradition proceedings in cases that meet appropriate criteria," Ms Bishop said.
She said the Coalition was not aware of any extradition proceedings under way or any formal prosecutions in the US that could lead to Mr Assange's extradition.
"The United States ambassador to Australia has stated publicly that the US government has no plans to extradite Mr Assange from Sweden. The Coalition is not aware of any evidence to the contrary.
"Given that ambassador Bleich has stated publicly that extraditing Mr Assange is "not something that the US cares about", and the Coalition accepts that assurance, it is not appropriate to speculate about alternative scenarios."
The US Justice Department has confirmed that a federal criminal investigation into WikiLeaks continues.
Ms Bishop disagreed with Mr Carr's recent observation that there had been an "over-servicing" of Mr Assange's consular case and said a Coalition government would "continue to ensure Mr Assange was provided with the same level of consular support as would be provided to any other Australian in trouble overseas".
But the Coalition saw no role for the Australian government beyond routine consular contact because "there is no capacity for the Australian government to intervene or influence the judicial processes of another country".
Ms Bishop said a Coalition government would make "appropriate representations".
Ecuadorean foreign affairs minister Ricardo Patino met Ms Assange at the embassy in London on Sunday, and held talks with his British counterpart William Hague on Monday.
After the meetings Mr Patino said Ecuador would "ensure that [Mr Assange] continues with the protection we have given him under asylum in our country, protecting his life, his personal integrity, and particularly his freedom of expression".
Britain has repeatedly said it has a legal obligation to extradite Mr Assange to Sweden. Police remain outside the embassy, ready to arrest Mr Assange if he leaves.
The British Foreign Office said that while the two foreign ministers had agreed to establish an officials working group to seek a diplomatic resolution of Mr Assange's circumstances, "no substantive progress was made".
"The Foreign Secretary William Hague was clear once again that any resolution would need to be within the laws of the United Kingdom," a Foreign Office spokesperson said.
Mr Assange has indicated he intends to run as a Senate candidate in Victoria for the newly formed WikiLeaks Party.
Party campaign manager Greg Barns said the Coalition and the government were "so entrenched with the United States view of the world that they are wilfully blind to what is clear from the Bradley Manning trial – and that is the United States is bent on extraditing Julian Assange".
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Roxon's farewell: Don't let naysayers define Labor
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Nicola Roxon delivers her valedictory speech at Parliament House on Tuesday. Photo: Andrew Meares Treasurer Wayne Swan with Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Nicola Roxon after she delivered her valedictory speech on Tuesday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Outgoing Liberal MP Judi Moylan with Nicola Roxon after she delivered her valedictory on Tuesday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Former Labor minister Nicola Roxon has given her farewell speech to Parliament, praising Julia Gillard as an "amazing Prime Minister" while cautioning the party not to allow its internal tensions to distract from its core mission.
Australia's first female attorney-general also railed against continuing sexism in Australia, including the "crass" and "plain rude" behaviour that Ms Gillard has been subjected to for years.
As Labor continues to grapple with leadership tensions, Ms Roxon threw her support behind Ms Gillard, describing her as "an amazing Prime Minister, a great Labor leader and an impressive woman."
"We should be proud of her and her work."
But the Member for Gellibrand said she could not give her valedictory speech without acknowledging that it was a "hard time" for Labor.
"Even for true Labor believers there are times when it can feel frustrating."
Ms Roxon issued a rallying call to Labor members and MPs, saying Labor was by its nature and causes "a party of optimists".
"We can't let the critics, the naysayers and the nasties define us," she said. "The truth is, we might be down, but we're not out."
Acknowledging the party's record on policies from Medicare to DisabilityCare Australia, Ms Roxon had a word of caution for her colleagues: "We've allowed internal tensions to overshadow our core mission for too long. We are a proud party with a proud record, now we need to start behaving like one."
Ms Roxon, who was Australia's first female Attorney-General, quit the front bench in a surprise move in February to spend more time with her young daughter. She also announced at the time that she would not recontest her Victorian seat of Gellibrand at the upcoming September election.
Ms Roxon, thanked her mother and husband Michael for their support during her ministerial career.
"Together, Michael and mum helped me manage a busy life as senior cabinet minister with a young child, the first woman to combine such roles."
Despite celebrating some of Labor's achievements for women – such as introducing paid parental leave – Ms Roxon said she could not help but "despair a bit on this front".
"We have a capable, tough, smart, determined woman as our PM. Yet she had been subjected to some of the most crass, silly, petty, sexist and just plain rude behaviour for years."
Talking of recent allegations about a degrading Defence email ring, Ms Roxon said there was a "dangerous underbelly" that still compromised women in Australia.
"The feminist cause in just as urgent as before."
Ms Roxon, who was elected to Parliament in 1998, was health minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments before she became the first female attorney-general in December 2011.
The member for Gellibrand also said she "weirdly" needed to thank Opposition Leader Tony Abbott for providing the material for some of the most memorable moments of her political career.
This included the time he was late to a health policy debate during the 2007 election campaign and then swore at the then shadow health minister.
Ms Roxon also reminisced that her mother had once marched up to Kevin Rudd when he was prime minister and demanded that her daughter be given time off to get married.
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Ashley-Cooper fears Lions in wide, open spaces
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Dull, dreary and obsessed with the set piece … northern hemisphere sides generally come to Australian shores with a reputation for keeping it deathly simple on the rugby field.
The British and Irish Lions have fit the stereotype in one regard. Their scrum and lineout has been a well-oiled machine since the tour began with a rout over the Barbarians and Western Force, before facing sterner competition against the Queensland Reds and Waratahs.
But it has been their willingness to swing the ball wide that has impressed and in some ways surprised the locals. Depending on how conservative Robbie Deans plays his hand, it could be the tourists that play the more expansive game on Saturday night in Brisbane.
Tour games are not Tests by any stretch but Wallaby centre Adam Ashley-Cooper has seen enough to suggest the Lions will be chancing their arm at Suncorp Stadium.
There will be an inevitable tightening of play as the stakes rise, particularly with the accuracy of their goal kickers, but Ashley-Cooper believes the same blueprint will largely apply to the Tests as it has to the tour matches.
"Their ability to spread the ball has been quite impressive. Obviously they've come out with a very physical and confrontational approach to the start of the game and have that ability to throw the ball wide," Ashley-Cooper said.
"You wouldn't think too much would change. It seems they've had a little bit of consistency in the way they've approached each game.
"With the wingers they have, George North, (Sean) Maitland, (Adam) Cuthbert, it would be silly not to get the ball to those guys."
This would guarantee a busy night for Ashley-Cooper, who should be named at outside centre when the Wallabies reveal their team on Thursday.
"From a backs perspective, it's going to be tough. You have to consider the physicality and their great ball-running forwards and also have to defend the width they are capable of achieving," he said.
"But Test match football is all about physicality and intensity. It's quite simple when it comes to strategy and game plan but when it comes to intensity, it's some of the toughest football you'll play. They certainly have the characters and the ability to do that."
The Waratahs utility, who has finally found a permanent home under Michael Cheika, is hopeful of coming face-to-face with Irish great Brian O'Driscoll.
After initially thinking he'd never been on the same field, a laughing Ashley-Cooper eventually realised he had faced O'Driscoll twice; once at 2009 at Croke Park and again in the Rugby World Cup.
To be fair, on one of those occasions he was on the wing and the other at fullback.
"I'm pretty sure I haven't played him at 13. I want to though."
Young Jet eager to rediscover best form
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Scott Neville KICKING ON: Scott Neville.
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NEWCASTLE defender Scott Neville believes he is ready to put his best foot forward next season after conceding he struggled physically and mentally in his first campaign with the Jets.
Neville played in 18 games last season after arriving in Newcastle from Perth Glory, but by his own admission the 24-year-old was disappointed with his contribution.
A lingering groin injury that Neville sustained just before the season-opener did not help his cause, restricting him on the field and gradually eroding his self-belief.
"Obviously it knocks your confidence a bit and you can't play to your full potential, but I'm big enough to say that I didn't play how I wanted to play all season," Neville said yesterday.
"I had a couple of good games but just enough consistency throughout the season.
"It was just a lack of confidence and lack of form. Disappointing overall, I'd say."
Neville, who played 63 games for Perth in four seasons before joining Newcastle, weighed up off-season surgery to repair his adductor muscle but decided that would be his last resort.
"I was close to having surgery, but me, the physio and the club doctor put a procedure in place where I've got to do a lot of extra rehab, a bit of pilates, and it's just getting stronger and stronger by the week," he said.
"I've been back in full training about a week and a half now and I'm just looking forward to kicking on."
Neville was hoping to play "half a game" in tonight's pre-season trial match against third-tier Newcastle University at Ulinga Oval, South Cardiff.
With Newcastle's Young Socceroos Adam Taggart, Andrew Hoole, Connor Chapman and Josh Brillante and marquee striker Emile Heskey all overseas, Neville said tonight's hit-out was an early opportunity to impress.
"It gives a chance for all the boys to put their stamp on their position and hopefully nail it down," he said.
"It's a test of our match fitness and also what we've been working on.
"We have to make sure we're nice and sharp and get through the game."
Asked about his plans for the coming season, Neville replied: "Just to be more consistent . . . this year I have to come back and show what I'm worth."
Council cuts 90 jobs, The Loft, lifeguards
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NEWCASTLE City Council has wielded the axe and approved cuts to 90 jobs, The Loft youth venue, city lifeguards and a raft of other services.
One of the most significant and ''blunt'' budgets in the city's history was passed seven votes to six by councillors last night.
The debate became heated at times as Labor and Greens councillors attempted unsuccessfully to wind back some of the more controversial recommendations.
Cr Tim Crakanthorp (Labor) said the council had adopted ''a blunt and illogical budget''.
''We are cutting some of the most productive, efficient and highly recognised units, not only in this council but across the country,'' he said.
Cr Lisa Tierney (Liberal) said the cuts were an important first step for the council.
''Councils across NSW are facing a very precarious financial situation,'' Cr Tierney said.
The cuts were initially proposed after financial modelling revealed the city heading for insolvency and underlying annual deficits topping $64million.
The council will now end financial support for The Loft but will attempt to find a service provider or charity to take over its activities by the end of the calendar year.
Professional lifeguards will not patrol Newcastle beaches on weekends, replaced on Saturdays by volunteers from surf clubs. The summer season will also be cut by seven weeks.
Lord mayor Jeff McCloy said the measures addressed a ''major budget problem''.
Cr McCloy ruled two amendments that attempted to provide discounted entry to city swimming pools out of order because the council had voted against similar motions within the past three months.
Swimming pool entry fees will remain unchanged next financial year but are set to increase in subsequent years.
Cr Nuatali Nelmes (Labor) also had a motion attempting to save The Loft ruled out of order. About a dozen young people who came to the meeting in support of The Loft left disappointed.
''We don't seem to be able to have a frank and honest discussion about those services,'' Cr Nelmes said. ''It is absolutely fair as community representatives that we bring up these issues in the forum that we usually bring them up in.''
Council acting general manager Ken Gouldthorp said councillors could not propose ''general'' motions in relation to the budget.
''If you want to provide additional money in the budget to retain services, you need to say how much additional money and where that money is to come from so we can change the document,'' he said.
PNG 'dirty money' trail leads to Australia
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Sources believe up to $500 million may have been stolen from PNG government legal aid funds over several years. Photo: Glen HuntMillions of dollars allegedly corruptly obtained from the PNG government have been siphoned to Australian banks, confidential banking documents reveal.
Fairfax Media has also confirmed that Australian bank NAB recently increased its due diligence on some money transfers from PNG due to corruption concerns.
The allegedly dirty money stems from a corruption scandal gripping PNG that has led to the suspension of senior government officials and Prime Minister Peter O'Neill last month asking the Australian Federal Police and Interpol to help investigate.
Mr O'Neill also threatened to sack all staff in the country's Finance Department after allegations in Parliament implicating top officials and prominent lawyers.
Law enforcement sources believe up to $500 million may have been stolen from PNG government legal aid funds over several years.
A NAB spokesman said on Tuesday that the bank late last year "heightened our due diligence relating to some funds from PNG, as a result of information that became available to us through official channels in PNG".
"Payments that NAB deems as suspicious will be blocked and reported as required by law," he said.
Fairfax Media has obtained documents that show the leading lawyer named in the PNG Parliament as one of the architects of the alleged corruption scheme, Paul Paraka, has been regularly transferring large sums of money to several contacts on the Gold Coast and in NSW.
It is understood that one of Mr Paraka's PNG banks has a business relationship with NAB. The NAB spokesman said the bank could not comment on payments made on behalf of individual customers.
On one day in October last year, a bank account linked to Mr Paraka wired about $80,000 in three transactions to his Australian-based wives and girlfriends, including one who lives in Sydney's Star City casino complex. Between February 2012 and February this year, almost $3 million was transferred to Australia from bank accounts linked to Mr Paraka. PNG investigators believe most of these funds were corruptly obtained.
The ability of Mr Paraka – who denies any wrongdoing – to transfer suspicious amounts of money raises questions about what Australian banks, the federal police and the anti-money-laundering agency, Austrac, are doing to block or investigate dirty money.
The ease with which allegedly corrupt PNG officials and businessmen can transfer money to Australia is becoming an increasing concern for law enforcement officials in both countries.
Last month, AFP senior liaison officer Superintendent Steve Mullins reportedly told a conference in PNG that tens of millions of corruptly obtained money was being deposited in Australian banks each year. An AFP spokesman said Superintendent Mullins was working with PNG authorities "on a range of complex issues".
Defence hit with another internet sex scandal
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The Australian Defence Force is investigating whether serving military personnel are linked to offensive Facebook pages that included grossly sexist and anti-Muslim posts – another blow to the military on the heels of the sex email affair.
Facebook pages emerged in recent days that appear connected to serving and former soldiers based in Townsville and refer to local women as "sluts". One of the Facebook groups is titled "Big Tits Don't Count If Ya Fat".
One page includes posters stating "Death to all illegal immo's" and "We have seen enough of Islam. Nuke Mecca", with a picture of a stealth bomber flying over the annual Muslim Haj pilgrimage.
Another states, "Thanks for burning this evil Quran", above a pile of ashes.
A spokeswoman said the ADF recently became aware of two pages that made derogatory references to women. The pages had been removed, she said.
"Preliminary inquiries suggest that a small number of serving Australian Defence Force members have associated themselves with the two Facebook pages," she said.
"Defence has initiated an investigation to determine if any ADF members are associated with the offensive comments posted to the pages. This investigation is ongoing."
The emergence of the offensive social media pages comes at a sensitive time for the ADF, which is reeling from last week's revelations that 17 army members, including senior officers, were involved in a sex email ring.
Members of the ring, which called itself the Jedi Council, filmed themselves having sex with women – sometimes apparently without the women's knowledge – and then sent footage and images to other members, along with demeaning commentary.
In some cases, they included contact information for the women, so other members could attempt to pick up the women and have sex with them.
The ADF spokeswoman said the Facebook pages were unrelated to the Jedi Council affair.
She said all personnel from Townsville's 3rd Brigade had been reminded of what constituted unacceptable behaviour on social media.
"Should it be confirmed that any serving member has made comments on either Facebook page which are contrary to defence values and social media policy, disciplinary and/or administrative action will be taken," she said.
"Defence does not condone offensive and unacceptable behaviour, and such behaviour does not represent the values and ethos of Defence and the majority of its members."
Teachers blamed for stress of tests
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The agency in charge of national literacy and numeracy tests has blamed principals and teachers for pressuring students to do well on the controversial exams.
It says student anxiety stems from "poor communications between schools and their communities" leading to false perceptions that NAPLAN is a high-stakes test.
The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority has used its submission to a Senate inquiry to warn that principals' and teachers' influence on "their parent community cannot be understated".
"School leaders play an important role in setting the tone and expectations around NAPLAN tests," it says.
The authority also takes aim at the media for heightening pressure on students and teachers.
The claims come as the Senate education committee prepares for its first hearing on the topic in Melbourne on Friday. It is investigating how NAPLAN – an annual test of the reading, writing, spelling and numeracy skills of year 3, 5, 7 and 9 students – affects teaching methods and student stress.
The authority acknowledges concern over educators who spend too much time "drilling students" in the standardised tests, but insists it is "up to the professional judgment of teachers" to avoid excessive training.
That schools feel the need to devote large amounts of time to test preparation says more about their "lack of confidence" in their normal literacy and numeracy programs, the authority argues.
Greens school education spokeswoman Penny Wright, who triggered the inquiry, said it was irresponsible to blame individual teachers and schools.
"This is really head-in-the-sand stuff from ACARA. I think ACARA is in denial in the face of overwhelming evidence coming into the inquiry," Senator Wright said.
The Australian Education Union complains in its submission that a "high-stakes environment" has sprung up around NAPLAN and pressure on schools, teachers, students and parents continues to rise.
Separately, the Australian Primary Principals Association warns about use of NAPLAN results to prepare league tables comparing schools. It says the student stress, anxiety and illness reported by principals is unacceptable and teachers are also feeling the pressure.
But, the authority says, the positives outweigh the negatives, with the publication of school data on the MySchool website stimulating discussion and showing how schools have improved. It insists the NAPLAN tests should be considered "low stakes for individual students", contrasting them with the stressful standardised testing in the United States that can lead to American students being held back a grade.
The education committee will report by Thursday next week – the final sitting day before the September 14 election.
Senator Wright said that, due to the impending election, the committee should make an interim report and continue the inquiry afterwards to do justice to the submissions.
Michael Lynch: Mission accomplished with hearts in mouths
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Surely it wasn't going to be one of those nights.
Surely this wasn't going to be one of those games, a match where one team has almost all the posession, virtually all the chances – and still can't finish the job.
For all of the first half and much of the second of a game upon which hung so much of the short term future of Australian soccer, that's how it looked.
Until a late, dramatic intervention from the bench, an 82nd minute winner from substitute Josh Kennedy, that broke Iraqi resistance and ensured that Australia will, after all, be going to the ball, the biggest party in global sport. The World Cup in Brazil, 2014.We go to Rio! How you did you celebrate? Click here to email us your photos and videos
Given the problems they had in breaking down such an inexperienced and youthful Iraqi side, it is a legitimate question to ask whether this current, ageing iteration of the Socceroos will make much of an impression when they get there.
But, in these circumstances, that would be churlish and an inquiry for a later day.
Suffice to say that it is mission accomplished, but only just.
German Holger Osieck might not be as much of a gambler as his Dutch predecessor but one, Guus Hiddink, nor might he have the inherent fortune of "Lucky Guus".
But the Gods smiled on him in this starred arena for the Socceroos as he rolled the dice, replacing talismanic Tim Cahill with the lanky Kennedy, who had sat on the bench throughout the draw with Japan and the win over Jordan.
Cahill made his displeasure at the decision plain, but the coach was in the end vindicated in the only way that counts.
This was always going to be a night where the result was all that mattered, with the performance secondary.
The Socceroos huffed and puffed, sweated and strained, pushed and pulled, but could not blow the Iraqi house down even though it often appeared to be made of the flimsiest of construction materials.
It seemed that Australia, crammed full of players of vast experience, might in the end be the men of straw, not the callow youths of Iraq who grew in confidence as each moment passed and each Australian attack was repelled.
For Iraq, who fielded five teenagers in a starting eleven with an average age of 20.9 _ a full decade younger than their hosts _ this was a game in which there was nothing to lose. They didn't throw caution to the wind, but they didn't sit back behind the ball either.
Initially they were overwhelmed by the physicality and drive of the Australians, who began at a rapid pace in search of the early goal they knew would put them in the ascendency.
How Australia wanted one, to settle nerves, dim the optimism of their youthful opponents and ensure the game was stretched from the outset.
On any other night save one where the stakes were as high as this they might have got it.
Cahill, so long and so often Australia's saviour had a great opportunity in the third minute but was denied by Iraqi goalkeeper Noor Sabri. The 28-year-old would have been a virtual youth were he playing for Australia but in what was, in football terms, a pre-pubescent Iraqi line up, the shot stopper qualifed as the senior man.
Robbie Kruse showed a week earlier in Melbourne that he was one of the Socceroos brightest hopes for the future, a lithe, jinking figure blessed with pace and balance, happy to run at opponents or create space for others. He tried his utmost to galvanise the stuttering attack again, playing one twos and making forward runs, but all to no avail.
Big defender Sash Ognenovski ventured forward, combining with Lucas Neill. It would have been one of the more unlikely goal and assist combinations in Australian history, but it remained a longed for hope for rather than actual footnote when Ognenovski's header flashed over the bar.
The clock ticked, Australia tried to build patiently, but still the goal wouldn't come.
The pace lifted in the second period. Emboldened, the Iraqis threw men forward searching for a goal that would have sent shockwaves round this crowded arena.
A big complaint against Osieck is that he has put his faith for too long in the senior men and not trusted to youthful exuberance enough
The lumpy pitch, which hosted a rugby league game two weeks before, was doing neither side any favours, but the reality for Australian fans, as their team toiled in search of the goal they so desperately hoped for, was beginning to dawn. This was no foregone conclusion.
A big complaint against Osieck is that he has stuck too long with his senior men and not built for the future, failed to put his trust in the exuberance of youth.
Certainly his younger brigade _ winger Tommy Oar and Kruse _ looked liveliest as Australia took the game to Iraq, and when the ineffectual Brett Holman made way for Tommy Rogic with half an hour to go the man widely regarded as the future creative force for the Australian game got his chance to change the course of history.
For one glorious instant it looked as though Kruse had delivered, his drive from the edge of the penalty area scorching into the net, but the "goal" was disallowed for a foul in the build up.
Osieck rolled the dice and threw all his cards on the table. And in the end it was a man whom he had ignored through much of the campaign who delivered when it mattered most. The end justified the means. Three World Cups in a row is an achievement any nation can be proud of.
AUSTRALIA 1 (Josh Kennedy 83m) bt IRAQ 0 at ANZ Stadium. Crowd: 80,523. Referee: Faghani Alireza.
Shellshocked Lions tamed by Brumbies
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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA – JUNE 18: The Lions look dejected after their defeat during the International tour match between the ACT Brumbies and the British & Irish Lions at Canberra Stadium on June 18, 2013 in Canberra, Australia. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images) Photo: David Rogers NEWS/SPORT: Brumbies players centre L-R Siliva Siliva and Clyde Rathbone celebrate after beating the British and Irish Lions at Canberra Stadium. . 18th June 2013.Photo by MELISSA ADAMS of The Canberra Times.. Photo: Melissa Adams MLA
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The ACT Brumbies have crushed the British and Irish Lions' confidence on the eve of the Test series with a historic victory at Canberra Stadium.
In a battle that will go down in rugby folklore, the young Brumbies became the first Australian provincial side to beat the Lions in more than 40 years.
The 14-12 triumph in freezing conditions is a massive blow for the Lions just days out from the first Test against the Wallabies in Brisbane.
Sure, the Lions fielded a second-string line-up to protect their stars from injury.
But the Brumbies were without a dozen top-line players and still managed to fight and grind their way to one of the biggest upsets in rugby history.
In just two years South African Jake White has taken the Brumbies from a disastrous rabble to Super Rugby contenders and now world beaters.
The Brumbies will refocus for the Super Rugby finals when the competition resumes on July 13.
They've locked in their place at the top of the Australian conference and will bask in the glory of beating the best players in Europe.
It was a win that made Wallabies great and Brumbies legend Stephen Larkham cry.
Larkham was part of the Wallabies' triumphant series against the Lions in 2001.
He's won World Cups, Bledisloe Cups, Tri Nations and Super Rugby titles.
"This is one of the best, very emotional," Larkham said with tears in his eyes.
"The boys knew what they were doing, we've closed out some teams this year but this is one of the best.
"I'm very emotional, we're going to enjoy this tonight and then refocus on the Force."
The two-point win will be a huge boost for Australian rugby ahead of the Test series.
Despite the Brumbies leading the Australian conference, the match was shunted to a Tuesday night while NSW and Queensland played on a Saturday night.
It brought back memories of the 2001 tour when the Brumbies almost clinched a historic victory, only to fall to a heart-breaking defeat in the dying stages.
On paper Tuesday night's match it was an massive mismatch. The Lions boasted almost 600 Test caps despite missing most of their starting line-up.
In comparison, the Brumbies had just 28 shared between two players.
The Brumbies are the first Australian provincial side to beat the Lions since Queensland won in 1971.
They are the first provincial side in the world to beat the Lions since Northern Transvaal in 1997.
Brumbies coach and South African World Cup-winning mentor Jake White described the result as one of the highlights of his career.
"You have to put it in perspective, it's humbling to think these young boys have done that," White said.
"They were fantastic, the way they were able to grind it out and win … the way it unfolded, it was good to see them off."
The Brumbies staved off a last-ditch attempt from the Lions and celebrated after the siren as the ball was booted into the grandstand.
Outside centre Tevita Kuridrani scored the only try of the match before the teams traded penalty goals.
The Brumbies played like the Super Rugby title contenders while the Lions were ironing out some kinks before the Tests begin.
It frustrated the Lions. Experience and class should have had them well in front.
But the Brumbies' determination strangled the visitors and tempers threatened to boil over when Lions flanker Sean O'Brien started to push the Brumbies players.
The Brumbies positioned themselves for a major upset when they led 8-3 at half-time.
Mogg booted two penalty goals after the break to stretch the lead to 14-3, but the Lions hit back with Stuart Hogg slotting one of his own.
The Lions sent in reinforcements to launch a late charge and penalty goals got them within just two points with less than 10 minutes remaining.
BRUMBIES 14 (Tevita Kuridrani try Jesse Mogg 3 pens) bt LIONS 12 (Owen Farrell 2, Stuart Hogg 2 pens) at Canberra Stadium. Referee: Jerome Garces. Crowd: 21,655.
How will the ball bounce this time?
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It should have gone straight. If it had, it would have led to honour and glory and an inviolable place in St Kilda legend and the history of the game. But it didn't. And in a crude way, it summed up Stephen Milne.
It was inside the last minute of the 2010 grand final, and St Kilda trailed by a point. Norm Smith medallist Lenny Hayes' rushed kick forward took two jagged, random bounces. The first went left, over the head of Milne and Collingwood's Ben Johnson. But Milne, as ever, read it first and best, and was now out of Johnson's reach and tracking the ball on its trajectory towards the goal. There was no one else ahead.
But the next bounce was a rogue, sharp and right, deceiving even Milne and trickling over the line for a behind. St Kilda never did win the premiership that it seemed it must in that time, and Milne never did assume Barry Breen's messianic mantle, and it was all because of that wrong-'un of a bounce.
The wrong-'un is a good ball, skilful, clever and, against the unsuspecting, devastating. Colloquially, it is also someone who has taken a wrong turn. Arguably, Milne in his time has personified both meanings. Across 13 seasons, he has averaged more than two goals a game, an extraordinary number for a small forward, a triumph of living on one's wits in a position where nothing comes easily. One night against the Brisbane Lions, he kicked 11. The ends at Etihad Stadium are named for the giants Lockett and Coventry, but the man who has kicked the most goals there is the diminutive Milne.
For the past three years, he has led St Kilda's goalkicking. For the past two, he has been All-Australian. It is a replete career. Ascribe those numbers to Eddie Betts, or Leon Davis, or Cyril Rioli, and the feeling would be warm and fuzzy. Other than among St Kilda supporters, Milne does not inspire that same affection. If graphed, the peak would be at grudging respect. Mostly, this has to do with impressions, about which Milne can do little. There is something about his manner, impish and leering, that aggravates opposition fans. He was Hayden Ballantyne long before Ballantyne. Like Ballantyne, Milne appeared to enjoy getting under the skin of others. It was a persona, but it was inescapable.
Milne was only in his fourth season when the charges now revived first were aired. It has coloured attitudes towards him ever since. Of course, that is not his fault. The animus towards him reached a miserable low earlier in 2010 when in a heated exchange at quarter-time in a match against Collingwood, Mick Malthouse was seen to mouth at him the word "rapist".
Malthouse was fined, and apologised, but crowds are notoriously unthinking, and indiscriminate in their favours, and despite repeated appeals to better instincts, the opprobrium has rained down on Milne ever since. For the most part, he gave the impression it was water off a duck's back. But earlier this season it got to him, and he talked of the vilification and its effect on him and his family. If the field ever was Milne's sanctuary, it is no longer. With grave charges weighing, he would be a brazen man to set foot out there on Saturday.
It should have gone straight on. It nearly did.
Mission accomplished … just
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Josh Kennedy.Surely it wasn't going to be one of those nights.
Until a late, dramatic intervention from the bench, an 82nd-minute winner from substitute Josh Kennedy, that broke Iraqi resistance and ensured that Australia will, after all, be going to the ball, the biggest party in global sport. The World Cup in Brazil, 2014.
This is the Kennedy moment for this generation. Where were you the day Kennedy shot the ball into the back of the net #AUSvIRQ— paul suttor (@paulsuttor) June 18, 2013
For Iraq, who fielded five teenagers in a starting eleven with an average age of 20.9 — a full decade younger than their hosts — this was a game in which there was nothing to lose. They didn't throw caution to the wind, but they didn't sit back behind the ball either.
The pace lifted in the second period. Emboldened, the Iraqis threw men forward searching for a goal that would have sent shockwaves around the crowded arena.
Certainly his younger brigade — winger Tommy Oar and Kruse — looked liveliest as Australia took the game to Iraq, and when the ineffectual Brett Holman made way for Tommy Rogic with half an hour to go the man widely regarded as the future creative force for the Australian game got his chance to change the course of history.
Merritt deserves Origin selection
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NATHAN Merritt deserves his chance. When he was announced on Tuesday as NSW's replacement for the suspended Blake Ferguson, there were widespread cheers from fans of all clubs.
But the South Sydney flyer was not merely a sentimental selection.
With 148 first-grade tries to his name, 11 of them this season, he is a proven performer who is unlikely to let anyone down in Origin II at Suncorp Stadium next Wednesday.
While it is impossible to begrudge Merritt an opportunity that probably should have come several years ago, Knights wingers Akuila Uate and James McManus are entitled to wonder what more they could have done.
Their statistics this season compare favourably to Merritt's.
In terms of tryscoring potency, Merritt and McManus have both crossed the stripe 11 times, while Uate has eight four-pointers from 11 games.
Merritt is a natural finisher but his career strike rate of 69.4per cent is well shy of Uate's (77.2per cent).
Both Uate and McManus are clearly bigger than Merritt, and on average they produce more yardage per game.
In Origin, wingers are expected to do the dirty work in their own territory, carting the ball upfield from dummy-half.
Uate has not been chosen since game two of last series, when he was sadly exposed under the high ball and in defence.
The perception is that he is error-prone and would be a target for Queensland's playmakers, but Merritt's stats suggest that he, too, can be a weak link out wide.
McManus, who has not played for the Blues since his lone game in 2009, hardly featured in discussions.
But Knights coach Wayne Bennett recently rated McManus the ''form winger in the competition'' and it is hard to argue.
He is one of the leading try poachers in the competition, has made half as many errors as Merritt and broken twice as many tackles.
McManus is not as flashy as many wingers but week in, week out, he gets the job done.
He could not have done much more to state his case for an Origin recall. On merit.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) New York Jets wide receiver Robby Anderson will serve six months of probation following a January arrest in Florida where authorities initially said he tried to speed away from police.
A Sunrise police report shows Anderson's SUV was stopped after it ran two red lights and was swerving while traveling about 105 mph (170 kph) in a 45 mph zone.
There was no immediate response to an email seeking comment from Anderson's attorney.


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The FDA explains why there are so many foods this year
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People reported that the Center for Disease Control is investigating 22 outbreaks in 2018 Has. This is the highest number of examinations in 12 years. So it does not look like food is getting more and more unsafe, the Food and Drug Administration has given an explanation why there are so many food memories this year.
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FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb told CNN last week that the number of investigations would increase as their methods of detecting outbreaks would improve. "I think the problem is not that there is more unsafe food," said Gottlieb. "I think what happens is that we have better technology than ever to link outbreaks of human disease to a common pathogen."
We continue to seek ways to reduce the incidence and impact of outbreaks of food-borne diseases, and #FDA will continue to provide up-to-date information about our investigations and changes to our advice Provide romaine lettuce as more information becomes available.
– Dr. med. Scott Gottlieb (@SottliebFDA) November 27, 2018
Right The CDC can now test samples from infected patients and genetically link the pathogens to food sources. However, according to Gottlieb, there is a lack of technology that can track and track the outbreak of a single distributor or grower, as was the case with the last recall of romaine lettuce.
However, there have been significant improvements in food safety over the last decade. Gottlieb referred to the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011, which aimed to prevent food-borne illness rather than responding to outbreaks: "I think food is safer today than ever before Much more resources and additional tools to ensure effective monitoring. "
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USC Rossier Dean Karen Symms Gallagher (left) and Provost Michael Quick (right) presented Shaun R. Harper (center) with his new chair. Photo by Brian Morri/211 Photography.
Shaun R. Harper was installed as the Clifford H. & Betty C. Allen Chair in Urban Leadership at the USC Rossier School of Education in a ceremony held on Tuesday.
Harper, who came to the University of Southern California in July to launch and direct the USC Race and Equity Center, also holds a joint appointment at the USC Marshall School of Business. From 2003 to 2005, Harper was an assistant professor of clinical education at USC Rossier and executive director of the Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership (EDL) program. He went on to direct the University of Pennsylvania's Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education, which he founded in 2011.
Harper's return to USC is a key piece in the university's overall strategy to advance equity, said Provost Michael Quick.
Harper is already delivering on that promise, mobilizing more than 100 professors across USC's 19 schools to be affiliates of his center. Meanwhile, with a staff of six, the center oversees virtual USC Equity Institutes as well as the National Assessment of Collegiate Campus Climates (NACCC), a quantitative survey instrument that will be annually administered at hundreds of colleges and universities across the country.
At the installation, Harper expressed his gratitude to the provost and USC Rossier Dean Karen Symms Gallagher while also acknowledging the support of his fellow faculty members.
He also paid homage to mentor Walter Allen, the Allan Murray Cartter Professor of Higher Education at UCLA. Allen—no relation to Cliff and Betty Allen—was the first black holder of an endowed title that Harper had ever met.
By tracing his academic roots all the way back to his earliest observations of racism as a 5-year-old in southern Georgia, Harper explained how he continues to subscribe to a principle taught to him by his family.
You can view a video of the installation of the ceremony on USC Rossier's YouTube page or below. The Clifford H. & Betty C. Allen Chair in Urban Leadership was created in 2007. Clifford H. Allen (2014–2011) served as the head risk management administrator for the Los Angeles Unified School District for more than 20 years.


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Q: The following is a Taylor Series evaluated a particular value of x, find the sum of the series. This is the Taylor Series in question
1 + $\frac{2}{1!}$+$\frac{4}{2!}$+$\frac{8}{3!}$+...+$\frac{2^n}{n!}$+...
I know how to find whether or not the series converges or diverges easily using the ratio test. I find that it converges. However, I don't know exactly how to find what value it converges to because the limit that you find using the ratio test doesn't yield the actual value that you converge to correct?

A: That is correct, the ratio test does not give a value for the series. If you want a value for the series, take a look at the power series of $e^x$

A: HINT:
$$1+\frac{2}{1!}+\frac{4}{2!}+...+\frac{2^n}{n!}+...=\lim_{m\to\infty}\sum_{n=0}^{m}\frac{2^n}{n!}=\lim_{m\to\infty}\left(\sum_{n=0}^{m}\frac{1}{n!}\right)^2=\lim_{m\to\infty}\frac{e^2\Gamma(m+1,2)}{\Gamma(m+1)}$$

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KINGSVILLE, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Kingsville Station discovered a runaway juvenile during an immigration inspection at the Sarita checkpoint on Sunday night.
During the inspection, an agent noticed a blanket covering the backseat of the vehicle and upon consent to remove the blanket, found an undocumented immigrant. During records checks, agents learned that the driver and a female juvenile passenger were United States citizens. The juvenile, discovered to be a runaway, was uninjured and it is currently unknown why she was involved in this case.
The undocumented immigrant will be processed accordingly and the driver will be referred for prosecution. The public is encouraged to take a stand against crime in their communities and to help save lives by reporting suspicious activity at 800-863-9382.