The head of the development team involved in a $200 million hotel project in downtown Baltimore said today that Catholic Relief Services' withdrawal will not keep the effort from moving forward.
"We understand their concerns, and we wish them well," said Thomas J. Baltimore Jr., president of RLJ Development LLC, the Bethesda-based company owned by Robert L. Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television in Washington. "We're going to move forward with the project."
RLJ, whose development team includes Quadrangle Development Corp. in Washington, has an exclusive agreement with the city to negotiate a contract to build the proposed 750-room hotel. The project was to include a new headquarters for Catholic Relief Services.
The charity told Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley last week that it was pulling out of the proposed project, to be located just north of Oriole Park at Camden Yards, because it couldn't wait for the new building. The project now is estimated to open in 2007, about 18 months behind earlier estimates.
CRS, now located at 209 W. Fayette St., is considering four downtown sites.
The Hilton hotel is to publicly owned and publicly financed. It is expected to increase the use of the flagging Baltimore Convention Center.
"We are very fond of and have a great respect for Catholic Relief Services," Baltimore said. "We understand their need to move in another direction."
Baltimore said that RLJ now can consider the entire 4.7-acre site for the project. The CRS headquarters was to span about 200,000 square feet. In preparing its initial bid for the site, the design team faced such issues and height limitations and concerns about more meeting space, he said.
RLJ also could include space for a high-speed maglev train proposed for the Baltimore-Washington corridor. The $4.98 billion magnetic levitation train would travel the 39-mile route between the cities in 18 minutes. The project still depends on authorization from Congress and approval from the Federal Railroad Administration.
Baltimore is competing with Pittsburgh for a $950 million federal grant to build the nation's first maglev line.
"We now have the whole site," Baltimore said. "We can look at the various design elements and plan for maglev."


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By Joachim Geiger / March 31, 2021
Spectacular buildings can be landmarks and monuments, they can set standards for creativity and engineering achievements, for sustainability and the use of new materials. Above all, spectacular buildings can be found all over the world and even in space. Here's our selection for you.
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The Frame – Framing the city
Opened in 2018, the twin-tower building stands in Za'abeel Park in the commercial center of Dubai on the Persian Gulf. The concept for the 150-meter-high building won first prize in the ThyssenKrupp Elevator architecture competition in 2009. Architect Fernando Donis wasn't involved in its erection, and a dispute over rights to the design is still ongoing. The towers with elevator shaft and stairwell inside are made of high-performance concrete based on nanotechnology. Mechanical vibration dampers at the top are designed to minimize swaying under wind load. A special highlight is the glass bridge, which is integrated into the floor of the 95-meter-wide cross frame over an area of 25 square meters.
Jeddah Tower – Great views guaranteed
The building shaped like an elegant needle will stretch exactly 1,007 meters up into the sky above the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah. However, the title of the world's tallest building is currently only set on paper – construction work has been suspended since 2018, with the opening scheduled for 2024. The Jeddah Tower rests on a foundation slab just under five meters thick, beneath which 270 foundation plates between 45 and 110 meters long with a diameter of 1.5 to 1.8 meters are distributed. A total of 65 elevators are planned, including around half a dozen double-decker elevators that will travel at more than 10 meters per second over a length of 660 meters.
Roots – To new heights with timber
Germany's tallest wooden building bears the name Roots and has been under construction in Hamburg's HafenCity since the end of November 2020. The design, which is also likely to set new standards for ecological construction, claims around 65 meters in height. Only the central staircase is made of concrete, while 5,500 cubic meters of coniferous timber are used for the facade, ceilings, and walls up to the 18th floor. A sustainable use of materials is ensured with prefabricated wall elements, which will be assembled as part of the timber construction work starting in 2022. This construction method has its price: the timber building is expected to cost around 140 million euros – twelve percent more than a comparable concrete building.
Vertical farming – Salad from the sea
As cultivation areas become increasingly scarce, agriculture might need to grow upwards. This was the idea behind a 2014 concept by the Spanish architecture firm Forward Thinking Architecture, which was asked to offer the urban city of Singapore a new approach to feeding its growing population. Here, 15 skyscrapers in the sea function as vertical farms for growing lettuce, spinach, and vegetables. The curved shapes of the buildings, which are several hundred meters high, ensure that the sunlight on each individual floor provides the best possible energy for the plants growing on nutrient wool.
Café 3.440 – The call of the mountains
The terrace of Café 3.440 on the Pitztal Glacier hovers above a precipice hundreds of meters deep. The number says it all – the café sits at a height of 3,440 meters. It's located directly in the top station of the new Wildspitzbahn, which began operation in the fall of 2012. The facility's structure sits on the summit of the Hinterer Brunnenkogel, which has a small standing surface and steeply sloping mountainsides. Therefore, 1,200 square meters of usable space had to be accommodated on 200 square meters of the previous building's foundation. This was made possible by a steel structure with large overhangs from the mountain station and café.
Kö-Bogen II – Plants as building envelope
Kö-Bogen II in Düsseldorf is the culmination of the Kö-Bogen centennial project, with which the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia has been driving forward the transformation of the city center for more than ten years. Opening in August 2020, the centerpiece is a six-story commercial building between the Schauspielhaus and Schadowstraße. The building has the shape of a triangle, the roof and the steeply terraced facades to the west and north are surrounded by an envelope of green plants. Most of it consists of hornbeam, placed in 3,500 troughs along a length of about eight kilometers. The plants serve as cold reservoirs and improve air quality.
Bernabéu 2.0 – Royal stadium
The Estadio Santiago Bernabéu is the home of Real Madrid and has stood on the Avenida de Concha Espina in central Madrid for almost 75 years. By the end of 2022, the iconic concrete block will be transformed into a state-of-the-art stadium. For the first time in its history, the venue will have a facade that features illuminating surfaces while also protecting the arena's concrete skeleton from the elements. A hydraulically adjustable roof structure will allow the facility to be used for a variety of purposes. The turf is divided into seven segments that can be removed in a matter of minutes after a match and stored in a greenhouse until the next use.
Müngsten Bridge – Across the Wupper Valley
The Müngsten Bridge in the Bergisches Land region is part of the Wuppertal-Oberbarmen-Solingen railroad line and spans the Wupper River valley at a height of 107 meters over a length of 465 meters. Opened in 1897, the steel arch bridge still holds the record as Germany's highest railroad bridge. Around 5,000 tons of steel and 950,000 rivets were used back then, as civil engineer and bridge expert Bernd Nebel discovered. At the same time, the Müngsten Bridge was one of the first steel bridges in Germany to be built using the free cantilever method. To date, more than two million trains have passed over the bridge, which has been a national monument since 1985.
International Space Station ISS – Simply super
The International Space Station (ISS) collects superlatives almost effortlessly: it's the largest technology project of all time, the largest artificial object that orbits the earth, while also being the most expensive construction project in the world at well over 100 billion US dollars. The space station has grown steadily since Russia transported the first segment of the ISS into Earth orbit in 1998. Today, the ISS weighs around 450 tons and is the size of a soccer field. But the clock is now ticking – the ISS is set to remain in orbit until at least 2024. Whenever its time comes, a controlled crash into the sea is the most likely end.
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Did you know Usain Bolt made $119million for running less than 115 seconds in his 3 Oplympics career?
Enigmatic Ghanaian boxer Braimah Kamoko alias Bukom Banku says he expects the gift of a vehicle from President Nana Akufo-Addo if he wins his next fight against Bastie Samir.
Banku in an interview on Joy FM today (May 6, 2017) says he is aware the President is a boxing fan and although he is yet to meet him personally he expects a handsome reward from him when he beats Samir.
The undefeated boxer says he does not expect his decision to back former President John Mahama's failed bid for re-election in 2016 to affect his relationship with Akufo-Addo because the elections are over and he has quit politics.
"Right now politics is finished we are Ghana, we have only one President. We are Ghana, politics is over," he said.
Banku confirmed in the interview that he was gifted a vehicle by his close friend former President Mahama for his exploits in the ring.
The boxer turned actor/musician won a new Range Rover Evogue car after stopping rival Ayittey Powers in their second clash in December 2015 in Kumasi.
Interestingly, Banku says he has quit driving ahead of his clash with Samir and has parked all his three cars to focus on preparation for the fight.
He is expected to take on Samir on August 5, at the Accra Sports Stadium on a bill promoted by Alex Ntiamoah Boakye's Box Office Sports Promotions.
Banku also gave an open invitation to President Akufo-Addo, all former Presidents and Ministers to come watch the fight.
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Luxembourg's finance minister, Pierre Gramegna, unexpectedly announced on Tuesday he was leaving the government "for personal reasons" with the prime minister vowing to promptly come up with a replacement.
The resignation apparently caught his centre-right Democratic Party — in coalition with the leftist Socialist Workers' Party and the Greens — by surprise.
Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, also from the Democratic Party, said he would quickly call on the party's executive committee to chose a replacement "as soon as possible".
The finance ministry, contacted by AFP, said Gramegna, 63, was expected to exit at the beginning of next year. It did not elaborate on the reason behind his departure.
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One of the most gifted politicians in the Democratic Party — and fastest-rising — is the 37-year-old Eric Swalwell, whose first elective office was as a member of the Dublin, California, City Council in 2010, and who stepped up from there to his current seat in the US Congress, in 2013. His main financial backers are the military industries, including Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and Wall Street — and the nonprofits and service-firms that represent them.
Both of those groups, in turn, had been founded by, respectively, American and British billionaires and 'nobles' in order to advance the design by the 19th Century British aristocrat, Cecil Rhodes, for a reunification of the then-emergent US empire, back into the then-declining British empire, for a joint US-UK empire, including over Germany, and, ultimately, over Russia and the entire world. Consequently, both the CFR and Chatham House are pro-NATO, and this means that they support conquest of Russia, and this urge for global conquest extends even up to their rejecting the idea of Mutually Assured Destruction or "M.A.D." that the function of nuclear weapons is in order to prevent World War III, and their replacing that by the idea of "Nuclear Primacy" that the function of nuclear weapons is instead to win WW III. This ceaseless nuclear buildup, of course, means ever-increasing US military budgets, which also means soaring profits for firms such as Lockheed Martin and the rest of what Eisenhower called the "military-industrial complex," such as had, in 2016, financed, above all other US politicians, Hillary Clinton, to whom they donated three times as much as they did to Donald Trump. Trump as President has been trying to satisfy those companies; and, consequently, his biggest achievement yet has been the all-time-record-shatteringly huge $400 billion sale of US weapons and training on how they're used, to the Saudi armed forces. On 21 May 2017, I headlined "US $350 Billion Arms-Sale to Sauds Cements US-Jihadist Alliance" and reported that the day before, "US President Donald Trump and the Saud family inked an all-time record-high $350 billion ten-year arms-deal." Then, on 21 March 2018, CNBC bannered "Trump wants Saudi Arabia to buy more American-made weapons. Here are the ones the Saudis want", and reported what Trump had just negotiated with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud, which was a step-up in that record-shattering $350 billion arms-sale, to $400 billion. (Note: that's "billion," not "million.") So: this is Trump's American jobs-plan, and it probably tops what a President Swalwell would be able to achieve. Trump will push beyond any limit in order to overcome a possible competitive challenge.
Republican operative Bill Whalen, writing at The Hill, on May 23rd, listed 7 California Democrats who might be serious contenders to win the 2020 Democratic Party nomination, and Swalwell wasn't on the list, which was: Kamala Harris, Eric Garcetti, Gavin Newsom, Tom Steyer, Ro Khanna, Oprah Winfrey, and Jerry Brown. Whalen titled his article"What's wrong with the Democratic Party? Just look at California." He closed: "Isn't that what America expects from California? Entertainment?" Maybe he excluded Swalwell as being not sufficiently "entertaining" (even if better-looking than those he did list).
The idea that Swalwell and his ilk peddle, that what has ended American democracy is 'the Russians' instead of America's own aristocrats, isn't merely false; it is proven false, as the former Democratic US President Jimmy Carter has acknowledged.


Does anyone know where I can get electronic access to Yugoslav censuses, specifically around the 1970s? Thanks.
Chazza wrote: Does anyone know where I can get electronic access to Yugoslav censuses, specifically around the 1970s? Thanks.
You'll be wanting the 1971 and 1981 censuses, then?
I can't find the 1971 census online at all; the best I can find is this, which is merely a summary of the populations of the republics by nationality. For 1981, there seems to be some document with preliminary results and comparisons, , although it's some request system which I can't decipher, and the final results on the same system, and there's another summary of results like the 1971 one with reference to the changes between '71 and '81. There are also a few articles and books on shifts from '71 to '81.
There doesn't seem to be any direct electronic access to full census results.
Hard to navigate, but should have something that you could estimate the 1971 census off of.


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Amedeo Modigliani was a Jewish Italian painter and sculptor.
He was born July 2, 1884, in Livorno, Italy. Modigliani came from a wealthy background. His family were Sephardic Jews, and when his father's career was ruined as a banker, he was forced to work as a wood and coal merchant. Sadly, Amedeo lost his father while still a young boy.
Modigliani's health was very delicate, as he had very weak lungs, which he had inherited from his family. He had many close calls with pneumonia while he was growing up and spent many years being cared for by his worried mother and sisters. He developed tuberculosis and battled with it for the rest of his life. His mother had been the first one to notice and encourage his incredible talent and she sent him to study at art academies in Florence and Venice. Finally, in 1902, when he was 17yrs, he left for Venice, excited about beginning his art studies.
Five years later in 1907, he arrived in Paris, ready for fame and fortune, but within weeks he found himself penniless, and had to move from one seedy hotel to another. He was getting out 'n' about however, and meeting all the famous writers and artists of the day from Picasso to Utrillo. According to a good friend of his, he looked very dashing in his brown corduroy coat that he wore everywhere, the bright scarf around his neck, and his broad felt hat. He was very handsome, brooding and thought of as eccentric by his close friends. Modigliani did crazy things in Paris, like dancing in the moonlight with a famous prostitute and getting jailed for drunkenness constantly. He was very successful at attracting women, who found him quite irresistable, and he could always find willing models to paint. Modigliani was involved in one love affair after another, and was completely swallowed up by the dark side of the Parisian nightlife. Women quite fascinated him, and he once said, "Women of beauty worth painting or sculpting, often seem encumbered by their clothes".
In 1909, he found himself in a sticky patch. He really needed money, and he had to keep moving from one tiny studio to another, to escape angry landlords. He was even reduced at one time, to pushing his belongings in a wheelbarrow through the streets. He wasn't taking care of himself and was always coming down with infections. Finally, he had to return to his home in Italy that summer, to recover and regain his strength. He returned to Paris and then in 1913, his health worsened. His lungs were giving him a lot of trouble, and each time he got sick, he would go home to recover. He was constantly drinking and using drugs and was thoroughly miserable. He was wasting his talents as much as he wasted his money. He could never make enough money to live and was used to selling his drawings for only a few sous. He drifted from cafe to cafe and attic to attic.
He made friends with the sculptor Brancusi, who introduced him to African sculpture. Modigliani was utterly fascinated with the simplicity of African masks and art and kept it all in mind when he painted his portraits. He never really mastered the medium of sculpture and left many pieces unfinished, but from this time on, his paintings were far more influenced by what he had learnt through sculpture.
At Zborowski's home, a Polish friend and poet, Modigliani met his beloved, Jeanne Hebuterne, who was also a very talented young artist. Amedeo was over the moon with Jeanne and they fell deeply in love, married and soon had a son.
With Zborowski's encouragement, Modigliani agreed to opening an art show on Oct 3rd, 1917. This was to be his first show and he didn't know what to expect. He had gathered together a total of 32 paintings and drawings. Almost nothing sold, except for some drawings. His show was actually closed for 'indecency' the same day it opened. In desperate financial trouble and very ill, his good friend, Zborowski, paid for the couple to go to Nice for the winter.
In 1918, Jeanne gave birth to a daughter. Amedeo was overjoyed, but he soon had to begin moving his little family around from hotel to hotel. Amedeo was terribly ashamed at not having enough money to support his family. Jeanne even left their little daughter with her wet nurse, and began to paint once more, using her husband as her model.
Modigliani became weaker and weaker, yet still he continued to paint the people around them. He was a remarkable painter, and it shows through his compelling portraits. He often deliberately chose sickly children to paint, feeling a connection with them and their sickness. He had a love of the humble people, which he expressed in his drawings, his paintings and his choice of models. He would often be seen on the terraces, drawing portraits and then offering them to his subjects, in the hope of getting a drink in return.
In the middle of January, his friends found him as he lay dying in his studio, next to his distraught wife. They took him to a hospital, where he later died of tubercular meningitis, combined with the affects of too much alcohol and drugs. Amedeo Modigliani died while just 36yrs, January 25th, 1920. The next day, his hysterical wife threw herself from a window of her parent's home. Jeanne was 9 months pregnant and carrying their third child at the time. Sadly, both Jeanne and her unborn child died instantly.
Modigliani was an artist whose paintings are dominated by his sense of linear design. He used line exclusively to suggest body and form, with skill and sensitivity. He used distortion as a way of highlighting characteristics of his subjects, and perhaps, maybe even their personalities? Modigliani developed his own unique style, surrounded by artists experimenting with impressionism, surrealism, and cubism. Many of his subject's heads are elegantly bowed with swan-like necks, and sloping shoulders. The effect is delicate and gentle, yet you feel the people in these paintings are almost aloof, in a dreamy kind of way. His faces are very distinctive with the long thin noses, the empty almond-shaped eyes, and the tiny pursed lips. The eyes are so haunting and when I look at them, it seems odd that they look quite normal in his paintings, as if everyone has empty eyes. Some people feel he played on the sickness in humanity, while others (myself included), recognize it as a new definition in breathtaking beauty.
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All-time football great Johan Cruyff dies at age 68
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Dutch football legend Johan Cruyff, who helped revolutionize the sport with the concept of Total Football, died on Thursday at age 68 in Barcelona, his foundation said. He had been suffering from lung cancer.
"On March 24, 2016 Johan Cruyff died peacefully in Barcelona, surrounded by his family after a hard fought battle with cancer," a statement said.
"It's with great sadness that we ask you to respect the family's privacy during their time of grief."
The former Ajax, Barcelona and Netherlands star Cruyff was diagnosed with lung cancer in late October.
Last month he had made an upbeat statement, saying "Right now, I have the feeling that I am 2-0 up in the first half of a match that has not finished yet. But I am sure that I will end up winning."
Cruyff, a former smoker who had heart surgery in 1991, is rated among the all-time greats in football and won the European Footballer of the Year award three times.
Silverware as a player included three European Cups 1971-1973 and eight Dutch league titles with Ajax, a league title in his final season 1983-84 with Feyenoord, plus a Spanish title in 1974 with Barca.
He later also coached Barca to the 1992 Champions League trophy and four straight Spanish league titles 1991-1994 during a vastly successful term between 1988 and 1996.
The 48-times capped playmaker led the Dutch team to the runners-up spot in the 1974 World Cup – the first for the Dutch since 1938 – and to third place at Euro 1976.
That success, coupled with the remarkable run of Ajax Amsterdam, brought Dutch football onto the world stage, with the free-flowing attacking game of Total Football he helped create together with Rinus Michels who was his coach at Ajax, Barca and the 1974 national team.
"We have lost our best ever footballer, our number 14 and a great friend of football. We are devastated. Johan lifted Dutch football to greater heights. The KNVB will be forever grateful for this," Dutch federation (KNVB) president Michael van Praag said in a statement.
Former England striker Gary Lineker, who played under Cruyff at Barca for one season, tweeted: "Football has lost a man who did more to make the beautiful game beautiful than anyone in history."
Gianni Infantino, president of the ruling body FIFA, named Cruyff "one of the greatest players the world has ever known. A symbol of elegant play. An inspiration. A source of admiration for fans. He has marked football history for ever."
Cruyff was loved and feared for his outspoken views on the state of the game and worked as an adviser for Ajax and Barca, and was also coach of a Catalan national team.
He was devoted to the region, lived in Barcelona for most of the time since 1973, and even named his son Jordi after Catalonia's patron saint, a provocative gesture at the time because the then still ruling General Franco had outlawed all Catalan symbols.
"We'll always love you, Johan. Rest in peace," Barca tweeted, and playmaker Andres Iniesta spoke of "a very sad day for Barcelona and football in general."
Barca said a minute's silence will be observed ahead of Spain's friendly against Italy later Thursday, and that a tribute is also planned ahead of the April 2 clasico at home against arch-rivals Real Madrid. Barca famously beat Real 5-0 away at the Bernabeu in the first season after Cruyff's arrival as a player 43 years ago.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy also took to Twitter, saying: "My deepest condolences to the family, team-mates and friends of Johan Cruyff, a mythical player and a tireless fighter. Rest in peace."
Ajax, where his career took off five decades ago, meanwhile said: "Our deepest sympathies go out to his family and loved ones."
Cruyff was denied the World Cup title by the West Germany of Franz Beckenbauer, the other major European star of the 1970s and 2-1 winner with his team in the deciding match in Munich.
"I am shocked. Johan Cruyff is dead. He was not only a very good friend but also a brother to me," Beckenbauer tweeted. – By John Bagratuni, DPA/ANA
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This Is Us Season 2, Episode 12 Recap: "Clooney"
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On last week's This Is Us, we saw one of the biggest Pearson family moments yet. A lot came out during Kevin's (Justin Hartley) family therapy for rehab. Everyone ended up back on speaking terms by the end of the show, but there was definitely a lot that needed to continue to be talked about. That is almost exactly where we pick up in this week's episode, "Clooney."
This felt like one of the first This Is Us episodes in a while where the flashback portion really mattered. We meet Teen Kevin (Logan Shroyer) on the couch following his knee injury. He's moping, and says he and Sophie aren't going to the dance because he "can't dance, can't play football…" When the whole fam is taking a trip to the mall, though, Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) forces him to come along and get a suit. While they're there, they run into Miguel (Jon Huertas), who is also moping because his ex-wife got engaged to her new boyfriend last night. After Jack tries to give a pep talk and Kevin mocks him, the three of them head to the food court for some comfort food. It's there where Kevin and Randall (Lonnie Chavis), who joins them later, learn about their dad's dreams of owning his own company that he'd given up when the triplets were born. Later, Kevin tells his dad he should start the company now and thanks him (so cute, so unlike Kevin I feel) for doing that for them. Their talk actually makes a big difference, because in the final scene we see Jack tell Rebecca (Mandy Moore) that he's going to go for it!
In Adult Kevin's (Justin Hartley) world, he's just getting out of rehab and moving back home with his mom. His counselor thinks it'll be best for him to stay out of Hollywood, and Kevin thinks he can bond with her following the therapy session. Awkwardly, he calls Miguel a "small problem" with the plan.
Rebecca is adorable and so excited for her son to be moving home. She's bought all of his favorite foods, but they head to the grocery store when Kevin tells her he has the okay to eat a ton of sugar right now. Much to Kevin's dismay, Miguel tags along. After Miguel interrupts a mom/son moment (Kevin confesses he lost Jack's necklace), Kevin confronts him in the La Croix aisle. Miguel says that Rebecca has been "a wreck" since Kevin's arrest, and especially since he "laid into her" at therapy. Kevin comes back with a harsh "my father was her husband," which is pretty brutal.
Later on that night, Kevin apologizes to Miguel about the grocery store tiff. He asks Miguel a question I'd be lying if I said I hadn't thought about before: Was he in love with Rebecca when Jack was still alive? Miguel says "that would've been impossible;" that Rebecca and Jack "were one...it was just Jack and Rebecca". After professing his current love for Rebecca, he assures Kevin "I'm not going anywhere."
For Teen Randall, the flashback is a little less relevant. He does make a move on a girl with a Magic Eight Ball that he MADE FOR HER. Okay, this is so sweet and cute and would definitely work on me. There is a theory that this signals we're close to Jack's death though, so if that's true, this moment will be big in future.
In the present day, Randall (Sterling K. Brown) is going on a job interview and not feeling it. Later, when he stops by Beth's (Susan Kelechi Watson) office, she lets him know that that's not totally cool with her. She says he's been "in outer space or something" for the past couple of months, and she thinks going back to work would be good for him and for their relationship.
During this job interview fiasco, Randall heads to William's (Ron Cephas Jones) old apartment because a neighbor has a box of his father's things. The box has a variety of stuff — books, a sweater, a cassette player — but, most importantly, it has a notebook of poems. One poem, titled "Lady", is accompanied by a sketch of a woman. Randall thinks that William had a "lover" who lived in the building and goes on the hunt to find her. All of the women are sure it wasn't them. When the super (who William's friend suggests it could be) takes Randall to an old unit, Randall realizes that the poem and sketch are actually of a Billie Holiday mural outside the window of William's old favorite spot.
At the end, we see Randall propose the idea to Beth that they should buy the apartment building that William used to live in. Randall feels a connection to the building and to the people, and Beth has been not loving her job at the moment. We don't get a firm yes or no, but I'm excited for the prospect of them doing this!
Teen Kate's (Hannah Zeile) flashback tells us about a part of Kate's history that we've never known before, yet is super intertwined with her current self. Kate asks her mom to go shopping for a winter formal dress with her, and Rebecca is so excited. At the mall, we see that Kate has a seven written on her wrist. When she goes into the dressing room, that's the size of dress she tries on. Suddenly, we see her storm out of the store.
In modern day, Kate is back attending Overeaters Anonymous meetings. She's telling the group about her miscarriage and confesses that it made her "fall off the wagon." She's excited though, because she and Toby (Chris Sullivan) are looking forward to their wedding in the summer. She does confess that she thinks dress shopping will be a hurdle for her. Afterwards, Madison (the girl in the group who Kate got into the accident with a few months ago) offers to take her wedding dress shopping. This place makes everything custom, and she promises that Kate won't even have to try on a dress.
When they get there, the place is nice AF. They're having a swell time, but Kate becomes concerned that something bigger is going on with Madison after she "goes to town" on the provided desserts then excuses herself to the bathroom. When Kate brings it up to her on the way out, Madison storms off, telling Kate to find her own way home. Later that night, though, Kate receives a distressing call from Madison and rushes over to her house. She finds her new friend on the bathroom floor with a gash on her forehead. She says she must have fainted.
When Madison shares that this is "new" but explains that she had a similar eating disorder back in middle school. This is when Kate's flashback sequence really ties together. In modern day, Kate tells Madison that "Right before my dad died, I got really skinny. I pretty much stopped eating everything except baby carrots. I was so sure that being skinny would make me happy. Listening to that voice my whole life, without it I felt empty. I was more comfortable being fat because I actually liked being mad at myself all the time, I liked the voice." During this, we join Teen Kate back in the dressing room. She tries on the size 7, which fits like a glove. She then moves on to the size 5. When that's too small, she storms out.
The two really open up to each other here, and Madison even calls Kate her best friend. Their emotional scene ends on a fun note though — Kate said yes to a wedding dress!
BIG CLUE ABOUT JACK'S DEATH
The final scene of this week's episode dropped a major clue about just how close we are to Jack's death. When they're going to the mall, Rebecca says to Jack "Can you remind me to pick up batteries" When they're sitting on the couch later that day, Rebecca asks if they forgot something and Jack says "I don't think so." Cue pan out to the smoke detector with no batteries.
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press release: The sixth annual Pinney Mini Film Festival is a special after-hours library event. The mini festival will present short films that screened at the 2017 Wisconsin Film Festival, featuring a Q&A with the filmmakers and Wisconsin Film Festival Coordinator Ben Reiser. Films featured will be "Brown Girl" with director Violet Want; "Fake Jewels" with directors Kate Jianqing Feldt and Wesley Morgan; "Finding Home" with directors Megan Monday and Brijetta Hall Waller; "A Place in the Garden" with directors Christina Ciano and Jeff Buss.
Space is limited. Doors will open at 6:00pm, and guests may enjoy light refreshments donated by Willy Street Coop from 6-6:30pm. This event is funded by a generous grant from the Madison Public Library Foundation.


FF7....What does it mean to you?
It happens to be the 10th anniversary of FF7, so I just wanted to get your thoughts on this legendary game. What made it so special to you?

Also, I'm trying to find a picture that says 'Disc 2'. Not literally, but figuratively. I found a pic that says 'Disc 1' and 'Disc 3', I just need one for Disc 2.
RE: FF7....What does it mean to you?
Made me friends when i went to high school.
No videogame emotionally draws you in as much as Final Fantasy 7 does. No videogame makes you care about the characters and their respective fates than Final Fantasy 7. No videogame (Apart from other Final Fantasies) has such an enriching and deep storyline. I dare anyone to challenge me on that. When you first start playing, you are immediately drawn to the exciting opening FMV, where you see Aeris staring at mako bubbles and then crossing the street. It then sweeps to an overhead shot of the city of Midgar where the title pops up. It then pans down toward the train where the main character of Cloud Strife and the Avalanche freedom fighters are. You suddenly think....wow....simply amazing. No videogame could match the graphics at the time and no videogame had fmv's at the time either. Time to control the main character you think. So, you fiddle with the buttons for a minute trying to get your bearings, when all of a sudden after pressing the triangle button, the inventory screen pops up. You then are drawn to exploring that too. After a while of exploring, you find the configuration screen. You notice in the first setting, there is a way to change the colour of something. What's that you wonder? So, you fiddle about with that too. When you realise that all four corners of the inventory screen can change colour (any colour), you spend ages messing about with it. When you get the colour you are happy with, you realise that you haven't really started playing yet, so you exit out of the inventory. Now to start playing you think. As you make the character walk or run for a bit, two guards come round the corner and the screen swirls and it's time for the first battle. You notice two things. One, the characters don't look as cartoony in battle, two, the battle menu is the same colour as the inventory. Even though you are a bit nervous, luckily, the guards aren't that strong as they get in the first two attacks. Seems it's a turn based battle, you think. Cool. Its time for your attack now. As the menu pops up you are faced with two choices. Use an item or attack. You only have a couple of potions anyway, so you attack. The first one kills one guard, then on your next turn you attack again. Battle over, the screen changes again. Coupled with cool victory music, you get to see how much experience you have earned (chances are, you've grown a level) and you also have won some money too. Round the corner you go, you meet up with the members of Avalanche. You get to name your character. You can't think of anything so you stick with Cloud. Then the leader arrives. You get to name him too. Again, you stick with Barret. When you have gotten down to where the first boss is, Cloud has some sort of fit. Now you want to stick around and find out why he had that fit. All gets revealed in the second disc, but by now, you are already drawn to this game and you have found yourself emotionally involved in the story. You don't have to be a nerd or a geek or a teen to play Final Fantasy 7. You just have to want to readily emotionally absorb yourself in a rich and deep storyline, which if you play it, will take you 3 or 4 months (possibly more) to finish. I was so emotionally involved that when the party escaped Midgar, I was convinced the disc would be over soon (That's how absorbing the Midgar section was for me). I was so wrong. There were hours and hours more to play through.
there is not one topic more talked about in ANY final fantasy as aeris's death.
The death of one character and cloud's little soliloquy afterwards make you care for those polygons.
you want to see them recieve their come uppance.
It makes clouds defeat of seph at the end (staged battle) oh so satisfying.
the sheer awesomeness when you try altering sephs materia in the flashback.
And safer, the game shows sephiroth stabs cloud, and cloud throws him off the bridge and into the lifestream.
yea, the dramatic camera angles, and the increasing white light.
the FMV sequence of seph ripping jenovas casing off.
That was the first FMV that actually showed someones descent into insanity that i ever saw.
Yeah. I remember that. Pretty gruesome for my very first RPG. Lol.
The only annoying fact is that seph put his gloves on seconds before hitting aeris.
They said you were as pretty as a picture, I laughed and said, Yeah, lets hang it.


Homepage > How does wrinkle-minimizing makeup work?
When you look in the mirror, do you see fine lines and wrinkles? If so, you're not alone. Wrinkles are a natural part of the aging process, but age is not the only reason that people get wrinkles. They can also be caused by exposure to UV light from the sun, smoking and continued facial muscle contractions, often referred to as frown lines and crow's feet .
Whatever the cause, people have fought against the aging process for thousands of years. In the 15th century, Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon searched Florida looking for the elusive fountain of youth. Drink the water, and you'll be forever young. Obviously, he didn't find this miracle tonic, or we would all be wrinkle-free. Even the stunningly beautiful Nefertiti, ancient queen of Egypt, couldn't avoid a few wrinkles here and there -- a 21st century CT scan showed that the iconic sculptured bust of the infamous queen was retouched to preserve her beauty .
Although there is little we can do about the aging process, today consumers have numerous choices for fighting wrinkles. Many people choose popular wrinkle-minimizing makeups over more costly anti-wrinkle treatments, like Botox injections, laser treatments and face-lifts. There are countless cosmetic products on the market, including foundations, lipsticks and blushes, many of which contain wrinkle-fighting agents. The ingredients in these products help moisturize your skin and make it feel firmer, giving it a more youthful appearance. Some cosmetic companies claim that their products fight free radicals, the unstable oxygen molecules that contribute to aging. Others maintain that they improve your skin's circulation or make skin more elastic by increasing collagen, a natural protein in the body that helps make your skin smooth.
The types and amounts of ingredients in wrinkle-minimizing makeup are crucial to the makeup's effectiveness. So before you purchase any wrinkle-minimizing product, you need to be armed with knowledge about what these ingredients are and what they do.
When shopping for wrinkle-minimizing makeup, remember to check the labels for active ingredients. One ingredient that you'll see mentioned often is retinol. A form of vitamin A, retinol is an antioxidant found in many makeup products and nonprescription wrinkle creams meant to increase collagen and make the skin feel smooth and more elastic.
Another ingredient you'll find frequently is alpha hydroxy acid. Most likely, you've seen this ingredient listed on cosmetics labels with the abbreviation AHA. Products containing alpha hydroxy acids help to exfoliate the skin, removing the dead outer layers. Some of the more common AHAs listed on makeup labels are glycolic acid, lactic acid, citric acid, hydroxycaprylic acid and hydroxycapric acid. A word of caution: You need to be careful with products containing alpha hydroxy acids because they may increase sensitivity to the sun. It's a good idea to wear sunscreen with any makeup containing AHA.
A couple of other ingredients you might see listed on the labels are copper and kinetin. When copper is combined with small proteins called peptides and added to makeup, it can boost the effects of antioxidants and create more collagen. Kinetin plays a major part in plant growth. Although not much is known about how kinetin works, scientists believe it's a powerful antioxidant and works to stimulate collagen.


The origins of the Dale name lie with England's ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. It comes from when the family lived in the area referred to as the daleor a valley.
The surname Dale was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Dale research.
Another 87 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1275, 1379, and 1634 are included under the topic Early Dale History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Before the last few hundred years, the English language had no fast system of spelling rules. For that reason, spelling variations are commonly found in early Anglo-Saxon surnames. Over the years, many variations of the name Dale were recorded, including Dale, Daile, Dales, Dayle, Daele and others.
More information is included under the topic Early Dale Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
The Dales of Eastern Shore, Maryland, and Tennessee by Clarice G. Neal.


An Abbotsford girl and her mom will appear this weekend on the 53rd annual Variety Show of Hearts Telethon.
Baillie Wright, 7, and her mom Dana will make a live appearance on the eight-hour telecast, which takes place Sunday, Feb. 10 on Global BC and online via livestream at Globalnews.ca.
Baillie was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a form of muscular dystrophy that causes muscle weakness and numbness.
She has tight heel cords and requires physiotherapy, which Variety has provided along with orthotics.
The orthotics will help her grow, but, as her muscles develop, she will outgrow them and will need another set within a year.
The telethon runs from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. direct from Hard Rock Casino Vancouver's Molson Canadian Theatre.
The live entertainment lineup includes singer-songwriter Shawn Hook, Canadian world music group Delhi 2 Dublin, country music trio The Heels, and Motown soul diva Krystle Dos Santos.
Variety – The Children's Charity provides direct help to children with special needs in B.C.
Last year's telethon raised almost $5.5 million. Visit supporting.variety.bc.ca/showofhearts for more information.


This big young guy is one of the kindest, most unflappable, laid back horses we have listed this year! Add to that his substantial size, soundness, clean legs, and good movement, and he is quite the attractive package. When he was a baby, he lost his right eye, but it hasn't posed any limitations for him at all. We watched as his trainer took his blanket off over his head and groomed him and moved all around him in the stall, and King Ming stood quietly. The trainer says he is an all around good horse who is a pleasure to be around, and is never spooky or never acts startled due to his one-eyed status. King Ming is looking for a new career because he has been too slow on the track, never hitting the board in 12 starts. They tried him on the synthetic surface at Presque Isle and on the Finger Lakes dirt, and the surface change did not make him any more competitive. His trainer says he is completely sound, and his legs are very clean. Out in the road for his photos, King Ming posed like a statue on a loose lead, and never even fidgeted as cold wind gusted around and the call to the post for the first race blared nearby. His truly unflappable nature was highlighted when, as we were finishing the photo session, noisy heavy equipment started lifting and emptying a metal dumpster at the end of his barn, and there was a loud bang and clash of metal on metal causing our volunteer to flinch and jump — but King Ming just gave the clattering huge object a curious glance and walked right into the barn without turning a hair. He jogged very politely, and even though his trainer jogged him slowly, we could see that King Ming is a very good light and balanced mover. We think dressage could be a natural discipline for him where he could excel. He would also be great for lower level eventing or hunter paces and trails. King Ming has classy breeding. He is by Bluegrass Cat out of a Mineshaft mare who comes from one of the best female families in the US stud book, that has produced many champions and Hall of Fame members.


Royal Jordanian is offering discounts of up to 25 per cent on pre-ordered duty-free purchases that are made online at least 72 hours before departure.
The exact level of discount is dependent on the overall purchase. Those worth US$250 or more will receive the full 25 per cent discount, while purchases with a value of US$200-249 will get 20 per cent off, and those valued at US$170-199 can get a 10 per cent discount.
According to the airline's president and CEO, Stefan Pichler, the new service aims to "enhance the travel experience of all guests by giving them flexible services".
Purchases are then delivered to passengers onboard their flight.
Unsure about your duty-free limits when flying into destinations in Asia-Pacific? Read our article "Know your limits: a guide to duty free in Asia-Pacific" for a helpful guide.
Royal Brunei Airlines planning new Hangzhou service?


Today, there are more than 4.6 billion mobile-phone subscribers; more than 2.4 billion people with access to the Internet; and more than a billion Facebook subscribers. All of them are producing large amount of data.
It was estimated that the amount of data produced from the dawn of civilization to 2003 is 5 exabytes, at a time that every two days, we produce the same volume of data. It is even expected that by this year, the volume of digital universe of data will reach 8 zettabytes. This flood of data, which is commonly referred to as Big Data information overload or data deluge has become a challenge for many businesses.
The three Vs: volume, variety and velocity characterize Big Data and what it is all about. They add more challenge to data analysis, data integration, search, information discovery, system maintenance, etc. and should be addressed in parallel.
Volume: Data is usually multiple petabytes of size, which means that data massiveness and growth outpace traditional storage mechanisms. Even though we are experiencing a revolution in storage capacity and cost, one issue is emerging: how can we extract relationships from large volumes of data?
Variety: Traditional data processing methods cannot cope with Big Data which is heterogeneous in content such as images, video, text, sensor data, logs, meter-collected data, financial transactions, etc. In fact, Big Data is meant to deal with data that has not been mined for the sake of deep analysis.
Velocity: Big Data is generated with high velocity and requires to be processed correspondingly to meet demand. For example, RFID and smart metering are two sources that produce increasing torrent of data that needs to be analysed in seconds (or milliseconds).
Given the three Vs of Big Data, the challenge which large and medium-sized companies are facing is how to extract the potential of Big Data and use it productively in running the business?
Variability: data (like in stock markets) is constantly changing, which means it can go through periodic daily, seasonal or event-triggered peaks. This adds a new challenge in terms of data management and manipulation.


Clubs have a responsibility towards the health and safety of those people who use the club facilities.
It is the club's responsibility to ensure that arrangements are in place so that participants receive appropriate immediate attention if they are injured until the emergency services arrive.
While there is a general requirement it is not reasonable or practicable to expect a Level 9 club to provide the same level of care as that provided in the Premiership.
What is RugbySafe? Please powerpoint presentation below.


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Abbas supports PA's naming square after terrorist killer
Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik | Jan 19, 2010
PMW exposure of naming of square after terrorist
leads to cancellation of event by PA
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
Two months after Palestinian Media Watch first reported that a square in a Palestinian city was to be named for the terrorist Dalal Mughrabi, the Palestinian Authority announced the cancellation of the inauguration ceremony. After the initial story, PMW published five follow-up bulletins, including one earlier this week reporting that the day chosen by the PA for the naming ceremony was to be today, March 11, the anniversary of the terror attack that killed 37. Israeli news reported that PM Netanyahu asked George Mitchell and then Vice President Biden to put pressure on the PA to cancel the event. Late yesterday the Palestinian Authority cancelled today's event.
Below is the timeline of the Dalal Mughrabi Square story, showing how it grew over the last two months through PMW's reporting, with links to the PMW reports.
The following is today's story about the cancellation, which includes statements by PMW director Itamar Marcus about the danger of incitement, especially the turning of terrorists like Mughrabi into role models for children.
Jerusalem Post by Herb Keinon:
"PA reportedly cancels ceremony to name public square after terrorist.
A security cabinet discussion on establishing a formal government mechanism to monitor Palestinian incitement was put off Wednesday for at least a week, a day before a ceremony scheduled in Ramallah to formally name a public square after Dalal Mughrabi, the terrorist who led the 1978 Coastal Road massacre...
Israel has complained to the US administration about the naming ceremony, and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reportedly asked US Middle East envoy George Mitchell to convince Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to cancel it. The ceremony is scheduled to take place on the 32nd anniversary of the attack, the worst terrorist incident in Israel's history, in which terrorists commandeered a bus and murdered 37 people, including 10 children. Mughrabi was killed during the attack. According to media reports quoting Palestinian sources Wednesday night, the PA has ordered the cancellation of the ceremony.
Itamar Marcus, the director of Palestinian Media Watch, which has been monitoring incitement in the PA for years, said that under the new initiative, Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, currently the director-general of the Strategic Affairs Ministry and formerly the head of Military Intelligence research and assessment division, will every three months issue an incitement report card.
'One of the biggest problems is the incitement, and how it creates heroes and role models for kids. The naming of the square is a clear message that whoever kills most Israelis is the greatest hero,' Marcus said.
Marcus said his organization has been in contact with Kuperwasser, the director-general of the Strategic Affairs Ministry, and discussed creating an index that would quantify the incitement.
'The message that is important to get across is that without peace education there cannot be peace, and if you teach and promote hatred there cannot be peace,' he said.
The following is the timeline of the Dalal Mughrabi Square story:
Dec. 31, 2009: PMW releases story of PA's intention to name square after Mughrabi
Click to view PMW's release of PA's naming of square after terrorist Dalal Mughrabi.
Jan. 7, 2010: PM Netanyahu protests PA's honoring Mughrabi to the US
"Today, and a week ago, senior officials from the Prime Minister's office conveyed a protest to the US against Mahmoud Abbas... that the governor of Ramallah named a square in her [Mughrabi's] honor."
[Israeli News Channel 2]
Jan. 10: PM Netanyahu opens cabinet meeting with criticism of PA's honoring Mughrabi
"Whoever sponsors and supports naming a square in Ramallah in honor of a terrorist who murdered dozens of Israelis on the Coastal Road - encourages terror."
[Galei Zahal, (IDF radio), Jan. 10, 2010]
Jan. 11: PMW reports that PA Minister of Culture, Siham Barghouti, rejects Netanyahu's protest
"Honoring them this way [by naming places after Martyrs] is the least we can give them, and this is our right."
[Al-Ayyam, Jan. 11, 2010]
Jan. 17: PMW reports that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas rejects Netanyahu's protest
"I do not deny [the naming]. Of course we want to name a square after her [Mughrabi]... [We] carried out a military action; can I then later renounce all that we have done? No, I don't renounce it."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Jan. 17, 2010]
Feb. 3: Ashraf Ajrami, former PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, defends naming
"[PA] talk about Shahids (Martyrs) is considered, from their [Israel's] point of view, extremism and support for terror... Likewise, naming a square after Dalal Mughrabi is [according to Israel] reason for criticism and attack."
[Al-Ayyam, Feb. 3, 2010]
Feb. 25: Mahmoud Al-Aloul, General Commissioner for Mobilization and Organization, emphasizes importance of naming
"Mahmoud Al-Aloul, member of the Fatah Central Committee and General Commissioner for Mobilization and Organization, emphasized that it is important to continue commemorating the memory of the Shahids (Martyrs) and the Palestinian acts of heroism, and most importantly the anniversary of the Martyrdom of Dalal Mughrabi, heroine of the Coastal Road operation [terror attack], which falls on March 11th each year."
March 7: PMW reports that PA daily announces date for inauguration of square
"The El-Bireh Municipality has completed construction work at the Shahida (Martyr) Dalal Mughrabi Square ... and has commenced preparations for its inauguration this Thursday, the anniversary of Mughrabi's Martyrdom... City Council member Aida Abu-Ubeid said that the square is considered a symbol of the sacrifice of the Palestinian woman. She also noted that flowers and trees will be planted there, and that a picture of the Shahida Dalal Mughrabi will be placed at the center of the square."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 7, 2010]
March 9: Israeli Information and Diaspora Minister Yuli Edelstein asks PM Netanyahu to involve US in canceling the inauguration, as reported in Haaretz:
"The square is to be dedicated tomorrow with senior PA officials in attendence, and Information and Diaspora Minister Yuli Edelstein has asked Netanyahu to approach the American administration about stopping the event."
[Haaretz website, March 10, 2010
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1155420.html]
Yesterday, March 10, 2:00 p.m.: Abbas rejects PM Netanyahu's demand to cancel the event:
Initial radio reports indicate that Abbas has rejected PM Netanyahu's demand to cancel the event, conveyed via the US special envoy George Mitchell. Later reports now claim that Netanyahu's office is "waiting to see" if Abbas will cancel:
"Sources in the Prime Minister's Office said that Israel is waiting to see whether Abu Mazen [Mahmoud Abbas] will cancel the event. Senior political personnel have said that if the Palestinians want peace, they must educate towards peace."
[IBA website, March 10, 2010
http://www.iba.org.il/bet/?entity=625801&type=1]
Yesterday, March 10, 3:00 p.m.: Israel hopes the US will condemn PA naming of square after terrorist
"Israel is now demanding that the Vice President [Biden] at least condemn the [PA] incitement - a topic Israel has complained about before but now the PM has personally raised the issue with Vice President Biden. The Palestinians plan to name on Thursday a square in Ramallah for terrorist Dalal Mughrabi, the terrorist who participated in the hijacking of what is known as the "blood bus" in 1978 [in which 37 were killed]. The PA is calling her a Martyr and national hero. Israel protested to the US over this two months ago and the Americans turned to the Palestinians but the Palestinians are continuing with the inauguration [of the square to the terrorist Dalal Mughrabi]. Senior officials in Jerusalem tell me [Udi Segal] they expect the United States will raise this issue today with the Palestinian Authority, and Israel is hoping at the very least for a strong American condemnation of this incitement."
[Israel Channel 2 TV news]
Yesterday, March 10, 5:00 p.m.: Reuters reports PA will cancel the naming of square after terrorist
Reuters by Ali Sawafta
RAMALLAH, West Bank, March 10 (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority ordered on Wednesday the cancellation of a ceremony to honor a woman who led a 1978 hijacking of a civilian bus in Israel in which 35 people were killed.
The cancellation of Thursday's ceremony coincided with a visit to the occupied West Bank by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, who met with Palestinian leaders as part of Washington's efforts to revive the moribund Middle East peace process.
Three Palestinian officials involved in organising the event to honour Dalal al-Mughrabi, killed in the Palestinian attack, said Israel told the Palestinian Authority to cancel the ceremony at which a traffic circle near Ramallah was to have been named after her and a memorial plaque unveiled.
Yesterday, March 10, 7:00 p.m.: Fatah announces it will not cancel ceremony. [Israeli radio]
Today, March 11: "PA reportedly cancels ceremony to name public square after terrorist." [Jerusalem Post by Herb Keinon]
"A security cabinet discussion on establishing a formal government mechanism to monitor Palestinian incitement was put off Wednesday for at least a week, a day before a ceremony scheduled in Ramallah to formally name a public square after Dalal Mughrabi, the terrorist who led the 1978 Coastal Road massacre.
The security cabinet is likely to discuss the incitement monitoring mechanism in the near future.
'The message that is important to get across is that without peace education there cannot be peace, and if you teach and promote hatred there cannot be peace,' he said."
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Distinguished speaker Cindy Blackstock discusses inequalities for First Nations children
'I really believe in children,' says Dr. Blackstock
Raechel Huizinga
Blackstock addressed inequalities facing First Nations children.
In 1999, Jordan River Anderson of Norway Cree House Nation was born in a Manitoba hospital.
Five years later, he slipped into a coma and died there.
On Mar. 28, Dr. Cindy Blackstock—member of the Gitksan First Nation and Executive Director of Canada's First Nations Child and Family Caring Society—spoke about Anderson's death as part of Queen's Distinguished Speaker series.
Anderson was born with complicated health issues, but he stayed in the hospital until he died because the provincial and federal government couldn't decide who'd pay for his in-home care expenses.
"It was, like, let this little guy grow up in a family," Blackstock said. "But it was like screaming into silence."
She added Anderson's older sister believes he died of a broken heart.
"Other little boys would come into the hospital not feeling very well. They would get better and were able to leave," Blackstock said. "But [Anderson] was better, and he was still trapped there because he was a First Nations child."
Following his death, the Caring Society worked with Anderson's family to create Jordan's Principle, which aims to ensure First Nations children have equal access to public services compared to other children in Canada.
"Very simple," Blackstock said. "When a First Nations child needs a public service, they should get it. You can figure out all the rest of the stuff later."
Blackstock spoke, however, about the Caring Society's difficulty in gaining the Canadian government's approval of Jordan's Principle.
In 2007, the Caring Society and the Assembly of First Nations filed a human rights case against Canada for its failure to provide equitable child welfare funding and to honour Jordan's Principle.
Within 30 days of filing that case, they lost all their federal funding, leaving them with only $50,000 in the bank.
"We had just launched a legal case against the biggest law firm in Canada, but surprisingly, we didn't die," she said.
The Canadian government brought eight motions over six years to try to get the case dismissed.
In 2016, however, the Tribunal ruled the Canadian government was discriminating against First Nations children in its failure to honour Jordan's Principle.
"It's the only example in the western world where a nation state has been held accountable for its current discriminatory treatment of a generation of children and ordered by its own courts to stop," Blackstock said.
But according to Blackstock, the 2016 victory wasn't the case's turning point.
She described how, for the case's first few years, the courtrooms were empty, and she could "hear the echo" of her own voice.
"But that all changed in 2009," she said, when a group of high school students began coming to the case's court dates wearing 'I am a witness' t-shirts.
"By 2012 there were so many children coming to the courtrooms that we had to book them in shifts," Blackstock said. "They weren't just there to watch and learn, they were there to be heard."
Canada failed its appeal, and while Blackstock said the government has made some improvements, the Caring Society has filed seven non-compliance orders since 2016.
Blackstock pointed to the government's recent $1.2 billion investment into Jordan's Principle as a good step forward but emphasized that funding was a result of the efforts of First Nations children and Anderson's family.
According to Blackstock, there are more First Nation's children in child welfare care today than there was at the height of residential schools by a factor of three.
"I really believe in children," she said. "It is no longer morally tenable as a human race to say to one child that you get less because of who you are."
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Rapper Drake launches cannabis brand
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Rapper Drake has partnered with Canopy Growth on a new cannabis venture, the company announced Thursday, expanding the Canadian pot giant's list of celebrity backers.
He joins Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg in partnering with Canopy Growth.
The new company, More Life Growth Company, will be based in Drake's hometown of Toronto.
Drake will own 60 percent of the company, while Canopy will retain a 40-percent stake and distribution rights, and run its day-to-day operations.
"Drake's perspective as a culture leader and entrepreneur combined with Canopy Growth's breadth of cannabis knowledge will allow our new company to bring an unmatched cannabis experience to global markets," Canopy chief executive Mark Zekulin said in a statement.
For his part, Drake called the business venture "really exciting." "The idea of being able to build something special in an industry that is ever growing has been inspiring. More Life and More Blessing," he said.
Comedians Rogen and Goldberg ("Superbad," "Pineapple Express" and "This is the End") launched Houseplant in March with Canopy Growth.
Rapper Snoop Dogg partnered with the Smith Falls, Ontario company in 2016 to create the brand "Leafs by Snoop" or LBS, while his friend and lifestyle guru Stewart plays an advisory role in the development of its CBD or cannabidiol products. (AFP)


Gaspare Ruffolo (American/Illinois, 1908-1997) double sided painting on board, oil landscape on one side and abstract pastel on the other. Recto: Oil on board monochromatic scene of rural cotton mill including several buildings in shades of taupe, grey, silver and gold with donkeys hitched to a large cart of white cotton, and a worker in a plum color shirt and straw hat standing behind it. Hints of blue sky above. Signed lower right. On reverse: Abstract pastel sketch depicting the interior of a barn with rafters, partially complete, signed lower left Ruffolo. Unframed. 26" H x 32" W. American, early/mid 20th century. Biography: Chicago-born Gaspere Ruffolo (alternate spelling Gasper) studied painting at the Art Institute of Chicago with Wellington Reynolds and George Oberteuffer, and exhibited at the Art Institute. He was known for his landscapes and portraits, and was a member of the Association of Chicago Painters and Sculptors, Chicago Galleries Association, and the All-Illinois Society of Fine Artists. (source: Peter Hastings Falk, Who Was Who in American Art). CONDITION: Image in very good condition. Minor losses to board at corners, including one small area affecting signature.


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Tensions ease in Kashmir as communications are partially restored
By Greg Russell @MediaNetScot Journalist
There were reports of violence in Kashmir
WHAT'S THE STORY?
AUTHORITIES in Indian-administered Kashmir yesterday eased restrictions on parts of its main city Srinagar as the Eid al-Adha Muslim festival got under way there, following India's decision to strip the region of its constitutional autonomy – a bit like Westminster scrapping Scottish devolution. Magistrate Shahid Choudhary said more than 250 cash machines had been made functional and bank branches opened for people to withdraw money ahead of the festival.
However, a communications blackout was in force for the seventh day – cutting off Kashmir from the rest of India.
Rahul Gandhi, leader of India's main opposition Congress party, said there were reports of violence and "people dying" in the region.
He said: "Things are going very wrong there," and called for the Indian Government to make clear what was happening.
Srinagar authorities said there had been instances of stone throwing by protesters but no guns had been fired by security forces in the past six days.
Television images showed movement of cars and people in some parts of Kashmir. State-run All India Radio quoted the region's top bureaucrat, chief secretary BVR Subrahmanyam, as saying that people were coming out of their homes for Eid shopping and that Srinagar and other towns had witnessed good road traffic on Saturday. India's junior home minister, G Kishan Reddy, said he expected the situation in Kashmir to become "fully peaceful" in 10-15 days, adding that communications would be restored in phases.
"We have only taken precautionary measures with the view that even small incidents should not occur when a major decision has been made," he said.
HOW DID IT GET TO THIS?
ARCH-rivals India and Pakistan have been arguing over Kashmir for decades, since the British left the subcontinent in 1947, and two of their three wars have been fought over the territory. Historically, Britain had separate electorates for Muslim citizens and reserved some political seats for Muslims, which hemmed them into a minority status and fuelled a growing separatist movement. On August 14, 1947, the independent, Muslim-majority nation of Pakistan was formed and the Hindu-majority independent nation of India, followed the next day.The state of Jammu and Kashmir, which had a majority Muslim population, was then governed by maharaja Hari Singh, a Hindu, who wanted independence for Kashmir.
As violence raged across the two new nations, Pakistan's Government pressured Kashmir to join it and pro-Pakistani rebels took over much of western Kashmir. Singh asked for India's help but was told that to gain military assistance, Kashmir would have to accede to India, thus becoming part of the new country. Singh agreed and signed the Instrument of Accession, which aligned Kashmir with the Dominion of India, in October 1947.
Later, Kashmir was given special status within the Indian constitution guaranteeing that Kashmir would have independence over everything but communications, foreign affairs, and defence – the status the Indian government revoked earlier this month.
WHO knows? The move to end 70 years of Kashmir autonomy by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took everyone by surprise and authorities imposed a lockdown fearing massive protests.
Footage from Al Jazeera and the BBC showed protesters marching on the streets and clashing with security forces.
Pakistan said on Saturday that with China's support it would take up India's action in Kashmir with the UN Security Council and could approach the UN Human Rights Commissioner over what it called the "genocide" of the Kashmiri people. Most Kashmiri residents want either independence or a merger with Pakistan, whose foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said: "When a demographic change is made through force, it's called genocide, and you are moving toward genocide."
Barbed wire barricades are still in place in the streets of Srinagar, where armed security personnel remain on patrol.
However, a restriction that banned public assemblies has been lifted for the Eid festival.
WHAT HAS PAKISTAN DONE?
PAKISTAN has announced a series of measures to oppose what it called India's "unilateral and illegal actions". Islamabad downgraded diplomatic relations and suspended bilateral trade with India and said it will take the matter to the United Nations Security Council and ensure the army remains vigilant, while India urged Pakistan to review these measures.
Pakistan also imposed altitude restrictions on foreign aircraft flying over Lahore. Relations between the two rivals were already under strain following the February airstrikes by India and Pakistan's retaliation in shooting down an Indian jet. India's initial airstrikes were in response to a suicide bombing in Kashmir that killed 40 paramilitary troops. India has accused Pakistan of supporting armed extremists in Jammu and Kashmir, charges which Pakistan denied and said it offered only moral support to separatists.
HOW LONG WILL TENSIONS LAST?
PERHAPS not for too long. India's independence day is Thursday and the security crackdown is only expected to last until then, after restrictions were eased for Friday prayers last week and for shopping ahead of Eid. Qureshi and opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari have expressed support for people in the Indian-administered portion of Kashmir to have self-determination.
Qureshi also urged the international community to take notice of "Indian atrocities and human rights violations in Kashmir".
He said Islamabad was trying its best to highlight the Kashmir issue internationally and expose Indian "cruelties" in the region.
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The Age and Sex of Criminal Immigrants
By Alex Nowrasteh
In our recent brief on immigrant crime, we focused on the 18 to 54 age range when looking at the incarcerated and non‐incarcerated populations. This was necessary because the American Community Survey data for weighted responses does not distinguish between the type of group quarters – which are prisons, universities and colleges, mental health facilities, nursing homes, and others.
By narrowing our focus to those in the 18 to 54 age range we were able to cut out about 1.4 million folks in elderly care facilities but only excluded about 206,000 prisoners or about 9.2 percent of the total. Excluding those under the age of 18 also removed most respondents in mental health facilities but only decreased the adult criminal population by 0.2 percent.
Figure 1 did not make it into our final brief but it shows a big difference in the distribution of ages between the three groups we examined. The median age of illegal immigrants and natives is 35 – almost exactly in the middle of the 18 to 54 age range. Interestingly, there is a dip in the age distribution for natives in their late thirties and early forties while the age distribution of illegal immigrants is shaped like a bell. In contrast, the median for legal immigrants was 41 which is on the older side of the distribution.
Age (18−54) Distribution of Illegal Immigrants, Legal Immigrants, and Natives
Source: ACS and authors' calculations.
Criminals are disproportionately young so it would be reasonable to expect natives to be more crime‐prone before the age of 27 and illegal immigrants to have a higher crime rate than legal immigrants. That could explain part of the difference in crime rates between natives and illegal immigrants. The surprising result is that illegal immigrants are so much less crime prone when immigration‐only offenders are excluded even though they are younger than legal immigrants and have a median age that is the same as natives. The young age and low education of illegal immigrants are consistent with more criminality in other populations.
The most surprising finding from our brief is that illegal immigrant women are less than half as likely to be incarcerated as women who are legal immigrants or natives (Figure 2). Illegal immigrants are slightly less likely to be women in this age range, only 48.5 percent compared to 51 percent for legal immigrants and 50 percent for natives, but that doesn't explain the difference in rates. It could be related to low female illegal immigrant labor force participation rates (LFPR) or caused by the same mechanism that induces those lower LFPRs.
Characteristics of Prisoners by Sex and Nativity, Ages 18 – 54
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Working alongside his parents and one part-time member of staff, Guy Prudom currently rents 400 ha near Whitby, North Yorkshire. With both arable and beef production on farm, Guy's current focus is on home-produced feed, using perennial ryegrass, crimped cereals, whole-cropped beans and clover leys.
The farm uses Simmental, Aberdeen Angus and Stabiliser bulls on the 190 plus suckler herd, with the progeny finished on farm. He is one of AHDB's Beef & Lamb Strategic Farms, and hopes to increase his knowledge of feed management, while making improvements to his grassland management in order to maximise return per hectare. Guy acknowledges costs are still rising and, with the infrastructure nearly in place to allow rotational grazing, he now feels he needs to learn how to maximise grass utilisation to get the most from his system.
Guy started to use a feed plan particularly for his finishing stock after conversion to organic in 2007, with the aim of avoiding having to buy in expensive concentrates. He collated the production (supply) of the various crops he grows and calculated the feed demand for the stock on his farm. Over the years, he has improved his knowledge of yields and has ensured that he has enough winter feed to cover this year. He is planning to reduce the red clover leys within the arable rotation by 10 ha, as the extra forage is not needed as cattle are being finished at a much younger age.
He has survived this grazing season well with no buffer feeding required as the farm's position near the coast meant that he didn't experience the high temperatures others did. Additionally, Guy has weighed through the summer months and pulled heifers in off grass at about 480 kg to finish. This has meant that grass growth has kept ahead of demand. Guy also thinks that his rotational grazing system has helped as he has around 18 ha divided into approximately 3.5 ha paddocks on regular shifts for 52 store heifers. He has used a little nitrogen, as the farm stopped being organic in 2015. His current demand is around 17 kg dry matter (DM) per ha.
Guy considers the farm to be understocked as he is now not grazing finishing steers in their second summer because they are inside on high cereal diets at younger ages (14-18 months of age), which has reduced overall feed demand. The aim is to increase to 250 cows over the next few years and have five batches of cows and calves on the rotational grazing blocks to fully utilise the grass and forage being grown.


Collection contains the professional papers of Griggs, including presentations covering the cataloging of audiovisual materials, as well as files from her professional papers. Materials date from between 1985 and 2011.
Arranged in two series: 1. Audiovisual cataloging presentation materials, 1994-2011. 2. Cataloging papers, 1985-2010.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Karen Griggs professional papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Initial Citation: MSS 7965; Karen Griggs professional papers; University Archives; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. Following Citation: MSS 7935, LTPSC.
Donated; Karen Griggs; Sept. 2011.
Processed; Dani Peterson; Sept. 2011.
Karen Ann Griggs (born 1945) was a faculty cataloger at the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University.
Born in Utah and raised in Hawaii, has a Bachelor of Arts in music performance and a Masters of Library and Information Science from Brigham Young University (BYU). She is the mother of seven and grandmother of thirteen. Her interests include family, church, friends, reading, music, geneology, and travel. As a faculty cataloger at BYU, her subject area responsibilities include U.S. history, local history, genealogy, and also cataloging the non-print media that is housed in the Learning Resource Center. She serves as the team leader for the Special Formats team and is active in Utah Library Association activities. She has created a Union List of Local Histories and Genealogies for Five North-Central Counties of West Virginia and has also presented a paper on the History of Utah Valley during the "Move South" -- 1858, at the Mormon History Association Conference in Tucson, 2002.


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Audioslave var ett amerikanskt rockband, bildat i Los Angeles 2001 och upplöst 2007. Bandet bestod av Soundgarden-sångaren Chris Cornell och tre Rage Against the Machine-medlemmar, Tom Morello (gitarr), Tim Commerford (elbas) och Brad Wilk (trummor).

Historia
Bandets historia sträcker sig bakåt i tiden till oktober 2000, då Rage Against the Machine upphörde efter att sångaren Zack de la Rocha lämnat bandet. De tre övriga medlemmarna höll ihop och fortsatte att spela som en trio under namnet "Rage", något som de la Rocha var missnöjd med. Han ansåg att namnet endast skulle användas för vad de alla hade skapat tillsammans. Det var även han som kommit på namnet då han var medlem i bandet Inside Out. Flera sångare jammade med bandet inklusive B-Real från Cypress Hill och Manyard James Keenan från Tool. Producenten Rick Rubin föreslog senare att de skulle jamma med Chris Cornell för att "se vad som händer". Det hela fungerade perfekt, och man började spela in i studion i maj 2001 då man skrev 21 låtar på 19 dagar.

Den 22 januari 2007 uppgav Rage Against the Machine att de skulle återförenas för en uppvisning på Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, en musik- och konstfestival i Kalifornien, USA. Mindre än en månad senare, den 15 februari 2007, tillkännagav Cornell att han skulle lämna Audioslave för gott. Övriga tre medlemmar var upptagna med återföreningen av Rage Against the Machine, och Audioslave löstes officiellt upp. Gruppen hade då sålt mer än åtta miljoner skivor och blivit nominerade till tre Grammisar.

I början av 2010 meddelande Cornell att Soundgarden skulle återförenas, och sedan dess har han varit sångare i det bandet.

Audioslave återförenades i januari 2017. Bandet deltog i Prophets of Rage's "Anti Inaugural Ball" med anledning av installationen av USA:s president Donald Trump.

Bandmedlemmar
 Chris Cornell * – sång (2001–2007, 2017)
 Tim Commerford ** – basgitarr (2001–2007, 2017)
 Tom Morello ** – gitarr (2001–2007, 2017)
 Brad Wilk ** – trummor (2001–2007, 2017)

* = ursprungligen medlem i Soundgarden
** = ursprungligen medlem i Rage Against the Machine

Diskografi
Studioalbum

EP
2005 – Sessions@AOL Music
2006 – Live at the Quart Festival, Kristiansand, Norway, 07/08/2005

Singlar
2002 – "Cochise"
2002 – "I Am the Highway"
2003 – "Like a Stone"
2003 – "Show Me How to Live"
2004 – "What You Are"
2005 – "Your Time Has Come"
2005 – "Be Yourself"
2005 – "Doesn't Remind Me"
2005 – "Out of Exile"
2006 – "Original Fire"
2006 – "Revelations"
2008 – "Give"

Externa länkar

Officiell webbplats

Amerikanska metalgrupper
Musikgrupper upplösta 2007
Supergrupper

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