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Installation view, Maya Lin: Ghost Forest, May 10 – November 14, 2021, Madison Square Park, New York © Maya Lin Studio
Maya Lin
Ghost Forest
Madison Square Park, New York
May 10 – Nov 14, 2021
Maya Lin's Ghost Forest, a towering stand of forty-nine haunting Atlantic white cedar trees, is a newly-commissioned public art work. Lin brings her vision as an artist and her agency as an environmental activist to this project, a memory of germination, vegetation, and abundance and a harsh symbol of the devastation of climate change. The height of each tree, around forty feet, overwhelms human scale and stands as a metaphor of the outsized impact of a looming environmental calamity.
Installation view, Maya Lin: Ghost Forest, May 10 – November 14, 2021, Madison Square Park, New York © Maya Lin Studio. Photo: Andy Romer
In nature, a ghost forest is the evidence of a dead woodland that was once vibrant. Atlantic white cedar populations on the East Coast are endangered by past forestry practices and threats from climate change, including extreme weather events that yield salt water intrusion, wind events, and fire. The trees in Ghost Forest were all slated to be cleared as part of regeneration efforts in the fragile ecosystem of the Pine Barrens of New Jersey.
The magnitude of planetary vulnerability is a significant subject in Lin's practice through sculpture, installation, and her web-based resource, What Is Missing?. Now two generations removed from the Earthwork artists of the 1960s and 1970s, Lin is taking on rural and urban outdoor space with a focus on geology and the fragility of the earth's ecosystem.
A series of virtual public events as well as in-person, socially distanced programs at the Park will complement the installation. These include a new soundscape composed by Lin in collaboration with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology that weaves together the calls and songs of endangered and extinct animals once native to the New York City area, as well as a series of meditative music performances inspired by nature and presented within the installation in conjunction with Carnegie Hall. The project will culminate in the fall with the planting of 1,000 native trees and shrubs in public natural area parks throughout each of New York City's five boroughs. In addition to these programs, Madison Square Park Conservancy will host its sixth annual public art symposium on June 4, a dynamic virtual event exploring key issues raised by Ghost Forest, anchored by a keynote conversation with Maya Lin moderated by Andrew Revkin of Columbia University's Earth Institute.
To read more, please visit Artnet News, The New York Times, or Madison Square Park Conservancy's website.
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Is the new breath test machine in Seattle?
Not yet. See Seattle Times Story of the Washington State Patrol (WSP) Breath Test Machine upgrade. It has been in the works for quite awhile. BAC Upgrade The new breath test machine Dräger Alcotest 9510 is so far in Island Snohomish, Skagit, and Whatcom counties. At a cost of $9,500.00 a piece we will finally leave behind 1980-1990's technology. Whether it is more trustworthy – only time will tell. I can imagine the WSP would like to get the kinks worked out before entering the largest county. Although, I expect it will come to King County within a year or two.
Should I request an attorney before I take the breath test?
Absolutely. Upon arrest for DUI, you should ask to speak with an attorney immediately or as soon as possible. Do not make any statements to the police. There is an attorney (public defender) on call for that purpose. The officer will help you get in touch with them.


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I'd love to see a photo of the piece (non b&w) as it appears on a wall. The artist is truly imaginative, you must have been so pleased. So much to see, loved the jigsaw.
Yes, the sculpture was commissioned by my hubby from an artist friend for my 50th birthday.
he did both signatures. It took about 10 months to be sculpted. It's a striking piece. The artist is Robert Stagmeyer.
It's my favorite artwork. My hubby commissioned the artist to create this sculpture for my 50th birthday several years ago. I'm happy you like it. Thank you, Linda. Have a super weekend.
This is gorgeous! Is she you?
It's a treasure for sure, love the way you see it, the freedom that comes with the age, to know your true-self. Love it!


Without doubt Bury Section's most famous past member is former World Champion track cyclist Reginald Hargreaves Harris.
Reg was born at Birtle in Bury on March 1st 1920. He joined the CTC in 1935 and rode with his pals of those days Billy Nuttall and Jimmy Battersby.
He was a professional cyclist between 1949 and 1957 and made a one year comeback in 1974 winning the British National Sprint Championship.
More can be read about Reg's early days in Bury in his 1976 autobiography 'Two Wheels To The Top' and an excellent biography 'Reg Harris' by George Pearson of 'Cycling' published in 1950 (see 'Reg Harris Photos' page). A brief biography from Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, is reproduced below.
He owned the Fallowfield Outdoor Cycle Track in Manchester and raced there often at international meetings. His greatest rivals were Oscar Plattner and Arie van Vliet.
At the Manchester Velodrome, overlooking the track, there is a marvellous sculpture of Reg in action (see 'Reg Harris Photos' on the Photo Gallery page). It is the work of James Butler RA and was unveiled when the velodrome opened in 1995.
Bury Section celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 1979 and a major social event took place on the 7th November of that year at the Lord Raglan, Nangreaves on the hills above Bury. This was the Golden Jubilee Year Dinner and the guest of honour was past member Reg Harris. A photograph taken at the function shows Reg perched on the saddle of a vintage Dursley-Pedersen with, from left to right, Walter Pilkington, Ernie Mole, Frank 'Ab' Haslam, Billy Nuttall, Frank Dickinson and Harold Jay (again, you can see this photo on the 'Photo Gallery' page).
When Reg died in 1992, some older members of the Section who could remember riding with him attended his memorial service at Bury Parish Church.
Go to the 'Photo Gallery' page to see images of Reg.
Reginald - 'Reg' - Hargreaves Harris (March 1, 1920 - June 22, 1992) was a leading British track racing cyclist in the 1940s and 1950s. He won the world amateur sprint title in 1947, two Olympic silver medals in 1948, and the professional title in1949, 1950, 1951 and 1954. His ferocious will to win made him a household name in the1950s, but he also surprised many with a comeback more than 20 years later, winning a British title in 1974 at the age of 54.
Reginald Hargreaves was born in the tiny hamlet of Birtle, near Bury, Greater Manchester, the son of a musician who died when he was six. His mother subsequently remarried and Reginald took the name of his step-father, a textile worker called Harris.
Reg Harris left school without qualifications and his first job was as an apprentice motor mechanic in Bury. During this period, at the age of 14, he bought his first bicycle, and entered a roller-racing competition organised by the Hercules bicycle manufacturing company. His ability attracted the attention of other cyclists and Harris joined Bury Section of the Cyclists' Touring Club and its then racing offshoot, the Lancashire Road Club. In 1935 he won his first race, a half-mile handicap event held on a grass track in Bury, and also started competing in individual time trials.
Harris moved from the motor mechanics job to a job in a slipper factory, then, in early 1936, found a position in a paper mill that he felt would pay him enough in the winter to allow him to spend the summer training and competing in his chosen sport. During 1936, he competed in and won his first events in a proper velodrome, at Fallowfield in Manchester.
In early 1937, he was confident that he could support himself as an athlete and left the paper mill to focus on the summer cycle racing season, returning to the mill the following winter (and he repeated the process again the following year). He continued to win races and attract attention, and by the summer of 1938 was able to beat the existing British sprint champion. At the end of that season, he joined Manchester Wheelers, and in 1939 won a major race in Coventry, leading to his selection for the world championships in Milan. He travelled to Milan and had familiarised himself with the track when World War II broke out and the British team was hurriedly recalled back to the UK.
Harris joined the 10th Hussars in the North Africa Campaign as a tank driver but was wounded and invalided out of the services as medically unfit in 1943. Depite the judgment of the army medics, in 1944, he won the 1000 yards, quarter-mile and five-miles titles in the national cycling championships. He retained the two shorter titles in 1945 and added the half-mile on grass. He was invited to race in Paris in 1945 and again impressed the crowds, and he was expected to do well in the 1946 world championships in Zurich, only to have his chances ruined by an over-enthusiastic pre-race massage.
By the time Harris won the world amateur sprint title in Paris in 1947, he was already employed and equipped by bicycle manufacturer Claud Butler and was testing the boundaries of amateurism. The cycling world antipated that Harris would take three titles in the1948 Summer Olympics (sprint, tandem sprint and kilometre time trial) but three months before the London Games, he fractured two vertebrae in a road accident. After hospitalisation, with a few weeks remaining to the games, training, competing and winning, he fell in a ten-mile race at Fallowfield and fractured his elbow. Completing the rest of his preparation in a plaster cast, he had to be satisfied with two silvers, being beaten by Italian Mario Ghella in the final of the sprint, and partnering Alan Bannister to second place in the tandem sprint (timetable constraints meant Harris's place in the kilometre was taken by another rider). Two weeks later, he claimed a bronze medal in the 1948 world championships sprint in Amsterdam.
On his return from Amsterdam, Harris turned professional under sponsorship of the Raleigh bicycle company and in 1949 won the world professional sprint championship in Copenhagen - a victory he repeated the following two years in Belgium and Milan. He then won a fourth and final world professional title in Cologne in 1954. He was soon earning £12,000 per annum as one of the nation's most recognisable sportsmen. He won the UK Sports Journalists' Association's accolade of Sportsman of the Year in 1950, and was runner-up in 1949 and 1951.
He retired in 1957 to devote himself to various business interests, none of which really suited his tastes or abilities. He managed the Fallowfield Stadium, renamed the Harris Stadium in his honour; he was involved in various abortive ventures associated with Raleigh; and he started a 'Reg Harris' bicycle manufacturing business in Macclesfield which lasted three years before folding. He then worked in sales promotion for the 'Gannex' raincoat company, before working for two plastic foam producers.
In 1971, he returned to racing, winning a bronze medal in the British championships in Birmingham after hardly any preparation. With much more training behind him, he approached the British championships in Leicester in 1974 in more confident mood, and beat Trevor Bull to win the title at the age of 54. In 1975, he returned to Leicester, but was narrowly beaten by Bull in the final and had to settle for the silver medal. He continued to cycle almost to his death.
He was married three times. The first two marriages (in 1944 to Florence Stage, then to Dorothy Hadfield) ended in divorce. He married Jennifer Anne Geary in 1970. He died in Macclesfield of a stroke, survived by his third wife.
A memorial to his achievements in the form of a sculpture by James Butler RA can be found in the Manchester Velodrome (the National Cycling Centre).
On 25th March 1893, the FA Cup final was staged at Fallowfield Stadium. This marked the first time that the initial match for the cup final had been held outside London (The Racecourse Ground, Derby held the 1886 replay). The site is now occupied by the Armitage Centre, a sports facility owned by Manchester university.
The Stadium also included a cycle track built in 1892 of shale (but later resurfaced with concrete), 509 yards in circumference with thirty degree bankings, used for the annual Manchester Wheelers' meeting on the second Saturday each July. In 1950 this was purchased by star sprint cyclist Reg Harris and renamed the Harris Stadium.
Awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1958.
Harris won the prestigious Bidlake Memorial Prize twice, in 1947 and 1949.
Thanks to Wikipedia for most of the above information.


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Coronavirus Threat Affects Chinese Share Market, Bitcoin, and Gold
John Franklin
Amid the widespread concern prevailing all across the globe about coronavirus threat, the Chinese stock market could not remain unaffected. As the death toll due to coronavirus surged over 300 in the last two days, the share market of the country is under severe pressure. Reports claim that the virus has already affected more than 14000 people that too only in China.
According to reports, the Chinese share market witnessed the worst day in several years as investors have also begun to react to the threats posed by the lethal virus.
The Shanghai Composite or SHCOMP fell 7.7 percent and the Shenzhen Component Index dipped almost 8.5 percent on the first day of trading after the prolonged Lunar New Year holiday. They were continued to remain shut since January 24, 2020. The sharp losses in the share market wiped out a combined $445 billion in market value.
The fear surrounding coronavirus appears to be spreading all across the globe as several countries have announced stringent measures like the travel ban and blocking the arrival of passengers from China.
Earlier, the Chinese share market opened with a massive drop of 8.2 percent on its composite index equivalent of S&P500.
The threat prevailing due to coronavirus has been felt across all assets that may include gold and Bitcoin.
However, this is a rare situation when an epidemic threat from the virus has impacted the share market but did not cause a rise in the price of gold. It registered a decline and fell to $1580 from the previous $1592 as commodity futures have been down presently.
Meanwhile, the Central bank of China, PBOC, tried to arrest the downfall by trying a quantitative easing step of injecting approximately 12 trillion RBM or $ 175 billion liquidity in trading. Experts claim that in the months to come, the economic output of China may receive a huge dent and economic control measures may not deliver desired results along with rising debts.
As the markets are facing a tough time in the current scenario due to threats posed by a coronavirus, investors may opt for hard assets and commodities such as gold.
Other markets in the Asian region witnessed a fall as well; however, their losses were not as significant as in China. The Japanese share market where 20 cases of coronavirus have also been reported nosedived. The Nikkei 225 or N225 dipped 1 percent. South Korea's share market also registered a fall.
John Franklin has completed his MBA with specialization in finance. He has keen interest in finance news writing and leads our finance news team. He loves reading finance magazines.
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Rapinoe wins Sports Illustrated's top prize to cap stellar year
Amy Tennery
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Megan Rapinoe collected another accolade in a stellar year by claiming Sports Illustrated's Sportsperson of the Year honor on Monday for her performance on the U.S. women's World Cup-winning soccer team and for her campaigning off the field.
Rapinoe rocketed to household fame this year, taking home the Golden Boot and Golden Ball from the World Cup as top scorer and best player, as the U.S. retained the trophy and on the way became advocates for gender pay equity in sport.
The midfielder also picked up the prestigious Ballon d'Or award for the world's best female player.
"Choosing Megan as the Sportsperson of the Year was an easy decision," Sports Illustrated's co-editor in chief Steve Cannella said in a statement.
"She is a force of nature on and off the field, a trailblazing soccer player who also proves every day how large and loud a voice a socially conscious athlete can have in 2019."
The 34-year-old Californian and her team mates sued the U.S. soccer governing body in March for gender discrimination, arguing they had been paid less than the men's squad and were provided inferior working conditions.
Mediation between the two parties fell apart in August, leaving a cloud over the team's Olympic preparations with a trial date in looming in May.
They face qualifying matches for the 2020 Tokyo Games beginning next month, in a fight for redemption after a disappointing showing at the Rio Games.
Sports Illustrated previously gave the Sportsperson of the Year prize to the 1999 U.S. women's national team, who won the World Cup, but Rapinoe is the first individual soccer player to receive the honor since the award was first given out in 1954.
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No Evidence that Trump's Tax Plan Would Boost Economy or Create Jobs
by Gerald Epstein October 24, 2017 September 23, 2020
There is no evidence to support Republican arguments that cutting corporate and small-business taxes will boost the economy or create jobs, says Gerald Epstein of UMass Amherst. "In the end, the only ones that, of course, are going to gain are the corporations"
GREGORY WILPERT: Welcome to The Real News Network. I'm Gregory Wilpert coming to you from Quito, Ecuador. Last week Senator Ted Cruz and Senator Bernie Sanders debated Donald Trump's tax reform proposal. One of the more hotly contested issues during the debate was how the federal government can support businesses by cutting taxes. Joining me to analyze how the Trump tax reform proposal would affect businesses is Gerald Epstein. Jerry is Professor of Economics at UMass Amherst and he's the co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute at UMass Amherst. Thanks for being here today, Jerry. GERALD EPSTEIN: Thanks for having me. GREGORY WILPERT: Let's start, first of all, with this response from Ted Cruz to a question about corporate taxes. KELSEY YARZAB: Senator Cruz, I come from a middle-class family and I worked hard in high school to get into a competitive college but, even after academic scholarships, my parents and I are still struggling to afford my education and that's without indirect costs. It's hard, then, for families like mine to see the benefits of cutting corporate tax rates and reattempting trickle-down economics when that hasn't been a long-term solution for the middle class in the past. How would you justify cutting the corporate tax rate by 15 percent, but only barely making a dent in the tax rate for middle-class Americans? TED CRUZ: Kelsey, thank you for your question and congratulations on your studies. Look, I understand the frustration. And you know what? There are a lot of young people who feel frustrated. You've probably got student loans. I know when I was in college, I had about $100 grand in student loans and wasn't sure how to pay for them, because my parents had declared bankruptcy when I was in high school. I understand that's hard. You asked why cut the corporate taxes for a young person, I'll give you the single best reason, because when you graduate, you want a job. GREGORY WILPERT: Ted Cruz goes on to claim that every time there have been corporate tax cuts, the economy boomed, specifically mentions the tax cuts under Reagan in the 1980s and under George Bush in the early 2000s. What's your response to this claim, which has been an old claim, obviously, since Republicans have been making these arguments in favor of corporate tax cuts, that we need to because the corporations will otherwise go elsewhere? What's your response to this, Jerry? GERALD EPSTEIN: First of all, it's not true in terms of the experience and it's also, there's no basis for the argument. Look, if you cut any kind of taxes, that's going to put more money in the pocket of somebody and they're, in the short run, going to spend it on something. What we know from corporate tax cuts is they mostly spend it on more kinds of speculation, buying back stock. Rarely do they spend most of it on new investment, especially if you're in a situation like this now, where interest rates are already extremely low. Most corporations are sitting on piles of cash. If you really want to get a short-run boost of a tax cut, you really should give it to working-class people, because it's well known that they spend it all on consumption and that will boost the economy. The longer term issue is, what kind of tax cuts or what kind of tax policy do you want to make the system fairer and to generate long-term, high-paying jobs? To answer the question of this person who was asking about her student loans, once they make all these $1.5 trillion in tax cuts, then they're going to come after spending on things like Pell grants. That's what Bernie Sanders said, subsidies for education. In fact, people like the person who asked the question are going to certainly end up getting hurt in the process. GREGORY WILPERT: What about the argument that if countries don't lower corporate taxes, the corporations move elsewhere? In other words, we need to lower taxes for corporations so that they stay in the United States or at least don't try to shelter their money in tax havens. What can be done to prevent this kind of capital flight? GERALD EPSTEIN: The Trump proposal, they're very opposed to amnesty, amnesty for Dreamers, for immigrants, but they love tax amnesty. They want to give amnesty to all these corporations that have been dodging paying taxes by keeping their profits in various kinds of havens. The most legal of these havens is what's called this tax deferment and they keep their money in separate accounts. They say all this money is being held overseas but, in fact, it's not really being held overseas. It's just being held in a separate account. More than half of it is held in New York and other financial centers in the U.S. They can borrow from that money, but they avoid having to pay taxes on it. Now what the Trump Administration wants to do is give a tax amnesty, saying, "Bring the money back." It's already here. "We'll cut the taxes so that you'll invest it in job-creating growth here in the United States." In fact, we know, and Kimberly Clausing and others have written important studies about this, we know that the last time they did this in 2004, what the corporations did mostly was use them to buy back stock to raise their stock prices so that they could give higher money to their stockholders and also to the CEO's, who had options on buying stock. The thing is about this tax amnesty and attempt to cut corporation income taxes, it's really just a fraud. They keep saying that the U.S. corporate tax rate is 35 percent and among the highest in the industrialized world, but we know that with all these kinds of tax loopholes and many others, the average corporate tax rate is really, that they pay, is only 14 percent. You have these big companies like Apple and Google and others, by shopping around and getting tax breaks all around the world, they pay maybe six, seven percent at most. Some don't pay anything at all. What the Trump administration is going to do with this tax cut for corporations is lead to a massive beggar-thy-neighbor, race-to-the-bottom round of tax cuts around the world. They're going to cut taxes on corporations, then Europe is going to cut taxes on corporations, less developed countries will cut taxes even further. In the end, the only ones that, of course, are going to gain, are the corporations. GREGORY WILPERT: Let's turn to the question about small businesses now. Here's Bernie Sanders' response to the question about taxes levied on small businesses. MARK HAGAR: One element of this plan calls for a reduction in the tax rate for small businesses like mine, who are already taxed at a higher rate than our corporate counterparts. BERNIE SANDERS: Yes. MARK HAGAR: Can you clarify for me- BERNIE SANDERS: Sure, look- MARK HAGAR: How that's disastrous or- BERNIE SANDERS: No [crosstalk 00:07:09] but here's the point, Mark, and you make a good point. Small businesses are struggling with federal, state, local taxes. I got it, and we want to help small businesses. Mark, what this particular bill does, as I mentioned earlier, 80 percent of the benefits go to the top one percent, not to you, not to small businesses, and $269 billion go to the top two-tenths of one percent. We can, we come together in a bipartisan way, and said we need to help small business. Yeah, I think you do need help, and I'm there for you. Please, as a nation, we've got to look at your issues as a small business person in a different way than we look at the needs, or the so-called needs, of the Koch brothers and billionaires. That make sense to you? MARK HAGAR: Sure. GREGORY WILPERT: I think we need to clarify this a little bit because right now small business owners that register as what's called a pass-through corporation, they pay at the individual tax rate and, if they do well, that would be the highest tax bracket at 39 percent. This is obviously slightly higher than the current corporate tax rate, and Trump's proposal would allow businesses that are pass-through corporations to take advantage of paying only 25 percent at the most. What's your response, Jerry, to this kind of argument that the small businesses are being excessively taxed in this sense, even more than corporations as Sanders mentioned and the questioner mentioned? Wouldn't it be fair to tax businesses lower than is currently the case since they supposedly create something like two-thirds of new jobs in the United States? GERALD EPSTEIN: I think it's important to note that most small businesses pay less than this 25 percent already. They pay, Paul Krugman showed that, and using other analyses at the Tax Policy Center and other places, that most of these small businesses actually pay taxes already below 25 percent. What that means is that this so-called pass-through tax cut to 25 percent is really designed for the largest wealth-holders, the largest businesses, large individual proprietors, who are then going to — and they pay more than 25 percent — so they're going to design various kinds of tax schemes to make their income look like it's tax pass-through to these other smaller entities, and they're going to end up getting a huge tax cut. Bernie Sanders is absolutely right, that the lion's share of all this is going to go to the largest businesses and that includes, of course, President Trump himself, who is going to get, as David Cay Johnston and others have pointed out, hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax cuts. Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are going to get perhaps millions of dollars in tax cuts. This is a way to design a tax system so that the wealthiest, through designing these kinds of pass-through entities, are going to make a bundle of money on this. Most small businesses really aren't going to come out ahead. The same kind of argument is often used to get rid of the estate tax as well. GREGORY WILPERT: Actually, that's the next one that I want to touch on, which is the estate tax, which they argue also will affect, that is, getting rid of the estate tax, will positively affect small businesses. TED CRUZ: To be honest, the death tax is, at the end of the day, it's not about you or your kids. It's about the thousand workers you said you employ. If you don't want to hand the business over to your kids, if you want to shut it down and lay those workers off, that's your choice. If you want to give the money to charity, God bless you. That is a wonderful thing to do, but I'll tell you, it's a terrible thing for those workers who are relying on that pay check to feed their kids, to pay their mortgage. What the death tax does is, other business owners like you, when they pass the business on, the simple fact that you die means you've got a massive tax bill that the only way to pay for it is to lay those people off. The first question that was asked about as a young person, "Why should I care?" Young person may be saying, "Well, gosh, death tax," when you're 19 or 20, you think you're going to live forever, "Why do I care about the death tax?" You care about it if you want to be one of those thousand employees, if you want to have an opportunity to grow in a small business, and small businesses provide two-thirds of all new jobs. GREGORY WILPERT: First, let's clarify one thing. During the debate, Sanders and Cruz mentioned very different statistics on how many people and how many estates would be affected by this. Let's first get that out of the way. Does the estate tax affect a significant number of small businesses? The thing is, it has been mentioned that it's only businesses that are, estates that worth $5.5 million or more. How many small businesses would be affected by this when they pass from one generation to another? Do you have an idea, Jerry? GERALD EPSTEIN: I don't know the precise number, but the estimates are that it's really very low, that most small businesses are below the $5.5 million threshold. By the way, small businesses don't create two-thirds of new jobs, two-thirds of workers work in small businesses. They're not necessarily the most dynamic businesses but, anyway, small businesses feel under a lot of pressure in today's economy, just like working-class people do and poor people do. Most of them are not at the $5.5 million level. They won't be subject to the estate tax, relatively small numbers are. Of course, it's a total sham to call it the death tax, because 99.9 percent of the people, when they die, they don't pay this tax. It's a mogul tax, it's a rich person's tax. It is the estate tax. This tax is going to affect just the really, really, the top ten, top one percent of the population. It's not going to create more jobs, it's just going to help sustain the oligarchy of the very wealthy, who are more and more solidifying their political and economic control over our economy. GREGORY WILPERT: What about the argument that even though it only affects the top one-tenth of one percent of households, what about the argument that when they do die, that they will have to sell their business or go out of business in order to pay that tax? What's your response to that argument? GERALD EPSTEIN: There's for evidence of that. They just pass the business and the liability along to their children if they want, and there are many different ways that these businesses can afford to pay a tax. They can borrow money, they stretch it out over time. There's just no evidence that there's a large number of these people right at the $5.5 million level, small businesses, that end up having to go out of business in order to pay the tax. GREGORY WILPERT: We'll probably come back to you once we get more information about the details of this tax plan, but we'll leave it there for now. I'm speaking to Gerald Epstein, Professor of Economics at the Political Economics Research Institute at UMass Amherst. Thanks, Jerry, for joining us today. GERALD EPSTEIN: Thanks a lot. GREGORY WILPERT: And thank you for watching The Real News Network.
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WELCOME TO THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF NANTES
The ISN (International School of Nantes), Ecole Internationale Bilingue de Nantes, welcomes children of all nationalities, from ages 3 months to 15 years old, from nursery to the end of middle school in Saint-Herblain and Nantes City-center
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Our Bilingual Nursery offers the little ones (0-2 ages) an environment that is calm, pleasant and safe, favouring the well-being and early development of our "Babies".
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The Bilingual Kindergarten, Primary and Middle School both follow the French and English academic programs which are enriched and completed by international programs with recognized methods and also by the introduction of "life" disciplines, taught on a daily basis, such as yoga and philosophy.
In our school children benefit from teaching and activities which are totally bilingual: 50% French – 50% English.
Our teaching team is multicultural, native and highly qualified.
The intake of our classes is limited in order to allow support and work on a one-to-one level as well as numerous stimulating activities.
We offer students teaching and educational methods which are regularly updated with respect to the latest advances in neurosciences and different studies on learning.
Our school is located a few minutes away from the city centre of Nantes.
A school bus service will be organized from September in the city centre and around the city. The school bus route and meeting points will be determined according to the needs of each family.
You can contact us by email (contact@isnantes.fr) or by phone at 02 40 40 05 87.
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A few weeks ago, I started an Oldie but Goodie Series of older reviews that I had written. The series has really kicked off and today I am delighted to share another one! It is so amusing to look back at older reviews. My reactions have been, "What was I thinking? Oh, I quite like what I wrote or I should have expanded on some things further." Having said that, I won't be rewriting the reviews. One must learn from one's own writing! Today I am sharing one of my reviews for Stephanie Thornton's books. She is an amazing story-teller and one of my favorites. I can't get enough of her stories. Check out my review below of, The Conqueror's Wife: A Novel of Alexander the Great!
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A new app to help Hongkongers make the 'Switch' to healthier food - FoodSwitch
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and The George Institute for Global Health have launched the FoodSwitch app which reveals how healthy or unhealthy a product is just by scanning its barcode with a smartphone.
It highlights the fat, salt, sugar and energy content through a colour coded, traffic light system – unhealthy products flash up as red, healthy products are marked green and middling ones flash up as amber. The free tool offers up a healthier alternative when available.
The new food app will help consumers choose healthier food and drinks in the supermarket – at a glance.
FoodSwitch was launched in Australia in 2012 and has been downloaded more than 650,000 times. It is now up and running in India, the UK, New Zealand, South Africa, China and America.
The Hong Kong database contains information on nearly 13,000 products sold in major supermarket chain stores with regular updates on the items.
Professor Bruce Neal, of The George Institute for Global Health, said FoodSwitch is about empowering shoppers to follow the healthiest diet possible. "We know that food labels can be really hard to understand. But, if you see a red warning pop up highlighting a product is high in salt, sugar or fat, it's much easier to put it back on the shelf and opt for a healthier option."
Dr Jimmy Louie, Assistant Professor in Food and Nutritional Science at the HKU School of Biological Sciences, added that FoodSwitch would help address the obesity epidemic in Hong Kong. "More than half of adults in Hong Kong are now overweight or obese and we believe that's largely because of the foods they are being increasingly exposed to. More and more people are eating processed foods which are laden in sugar, fat and salt. If we can cause consumers to stop and think, that we hope will lead to the food industry to start making healthier foods."
Researchers are already using FoodSwitch data to identify foods high in salt. Analysis of four commonly consumed products sold in Hong Kong supermarkets – noodles, processed fish and meats and sauces – revealed a typical serve provided one third of the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s recommended amount of salt for just one day. The report analysing more than 2,000 products also revealed the saltiest noodles surveyed contained 20 grams of salt in just one serve – four times the WHO target.
Report key findings
An average serve of processed fish contains 30% of the maximum daily salt intake
Switching from the saltiest processed meat to the least salty would save almost 10 grams of salt, or two teaspoons of salt per 100 grams.
Some canned fish contain more than 125 x more salt than others.
An average serve of noodles with sauce contains more than 75% of the maximum daily salt intake.
The saltiest sauce has 3 grams of salt in per 5 grams serve – 60% of the maximum daily salt intake.
The WHO recommended daily salt intake is just 5 grams of salt or less a day, yet Hongkongers are estimated to be eating up to double that amount.
Dr Louie said: "It's not the salt we use whilst cooking that is the biggest source of salt in our diet; it's the hidden salt in processed foods including cereals, soups and dim sum that is pushing up our daily salt intake to very worrying levels. Salt is the one of the biggest contributors to high blood pressure, a risk factor for stroke and heart attack."
Consumers will also be able to take part in a crowdsourcing campaign to expand the FoodSwitch database. If they scan a product not in the database, they will be prompted to take a photo of the food item so it can be checked and added to FoodSwitch.
Professor Neal said the FoodSwitch team in Australia worked with supermarket giant Woolworths to reformulate their own brand products and have reduced salt by 30% from their ready meal range. A trial also saw people with cardiovascular disease reduce their daily salt intake by 0.7 grams by modifying their shopping habits through FoodSwitch.
"We will constantly be adding in products into the database so that we can keep a watchful eye on Hong Kong's food supply. Our researchers will identify the unhealthiest products and work with the food industry to deliver products lower in salt, sugar and fat." He added.
FoodSwitch can be downloaded for free at App Store for iPhone or Google Play for Android.
Tina Wall
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Anthrax War
Joe Fri, 06/05/2009 - 7:18am
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Fear and Terror on The Anthrax Trail
ANTHRAX WAR TRAILER
Anthrax War - trailer from Field Agent Coen on Vimeo.
When the 2001 anthrax attacks hit the USA in the days following 9/11, it was like a one-two punch against the Republic. Workers in New York's media center who had seen the planes swoop too low over their heads en route to the Twin Tower were now terrified of their mail. In Washington, Capitol Hill was evacuated and White House staffers were chewing CIPRO tablets.
It was our scariest collective nightmare come to life - the attack of deadly invisible bugs. It seemed like a self-fulfilling prophecy, the preceding years filled as they were with scores of films, best-selling books, TV shows and articles on the coming of "Bio-Terror." Indeed, for the first time in history, national leaders and the military actually acted out high-tech "germ attack" war games, one of which had a scenario shockingly close to the actual events.
So after the government pledged the most thorough investigation it could muster, we hoped the feds would get to the bottom of it all. Thus, we were saddened but not really surprised when the attacks disappeared from public discourse - unmentioned, for example, by any major candidate during the 2008 election contest. And when the FBI announced suddenly last summer that the cold case was red-hot, identified a lone culprit - U.S. Army Scientist Bruce Ivins, just slain by his own hand, and quickly closed its seven-year investigation, it felt to us - and to most polled citizens - that something was not quite right.
In the 30 years we've covered international politics for newspapers, magazines and television networks, rarely - if ever - had we seen such a big story buried so deep. Relying on our network of government, journalistic and intelligence contacts, it soon became clear that the powers that be were for a variety of reasons loathe to open wide the Pandora's box where the real anthrax answers could probably be found.
We've made a non-fiction film ignited by those germ attacks of 2001 and written a book to fill out a story that our 90-minute documentary could only outline. We invite you to come along for the ride and hope that the open minds that elected the new president are just as open to what we've learned about the new "Bio-Terror Industrial Complex".
Bob Coen, Eric Nadler
Joe's blog
The Missing Dimension
in 911 Truth.
Bush on CIPRO on or about 911 Speaks Volumes.
The CONSTITUTION is NOT going to "collapse" into pulverized dust no matter how much thermate/explosives or planes they throw at it
constitutional911 on Fri, 06/05/2009 - 4:58pm.
Linking Forensics
Yes, constitution911, this has been the missing dimension in 9/11 truth and the foreknowledge of these attacks by Bush speaks volumes. He was aware of both the 9/11 attacks and the anthrax attacks-- and both included high-tech weapons which could NOT have been made in a cave in Afghanistan. The weapons came from places like Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore Labs.... and Ft. Detrick, MD.
Take a look again at the content of the Anthrax letter which directly tie in to 9/11. There is no question at all that this was supposed to be from the Arab terrorists who were "still attacking" us because they hate America's freedom. (Goes great with a cup of joe and some Cipro)
The New York Post and NBC News received:
THIS IS NEXT
TAKE PENICILLIN NOW
DEATH TO ISRAEL
ALLAH IS GREAT
Second note to Daschle and Leahy
YOU CAN NOT STOP US
WE HAVE THIS ANTHRAX
YOU DIE NOW
RL McGee on Fri, 06/05/2009 - 6:31pm.
How does one produce
nanothermite or thermite in a cave?
And position them strategically WITHIN 3 Buildings in Lower Manhattan without some serious help?
High-tech weapons indeed.
From Traitors in high places.
Anthrax : 9/11 cogency
Dr. Francis Boyle interviewed by Alex Jones
http://www.radiodujour.com/people/boyle_francis/mp3/20080821_alexjones_f...
MG on Sat, 06/06/2009 - 9:25pm.
Synopsis from ANTHRAX Website
Anthrax War is a ground-breaking feature length documentary which illuminates one of the most important stories of our age – the threat that a terrifying Germ War Arms Race may now be beginning around the globe…
Just weeks after 9/11, the United States was confronted with the frightening reality of biological terrorism. Anthrax-laced letters sent to government and media offices in Washington and New York spread fear and panic around the world. Millions were put at risk, scores were infected and five people died. For the first time in modern history, the United States Congress was shut down.
Our collective nightmare of germ warfare – the attack of invisible, deadly bugs – had come to life…
Anthrax War takes viewers into the Bio-defense labs of the United States and the U.S. Military's testing grounds in the deserts of the American southwest. The filmmakers travel to a top-secret military installation of the former Soviet Union where anthrax escaped thirty years ago, where civilians are still living with the consequences, and where biological weapons work may be continuing. They move on to the savannas of southern Africa, where they meet "Doctor Death" and his associates of the notorious Project Coast who experimented with anthrax and other designer germs during the Apartheid Era. And where the anthrax used in the 2001 attacks may have originated.
As they travel to the world's bio-war 'hot zones', the filmmakers encounter people confronting the new threat of germ warfare today – investigators, politicians, and journalists probing this nightmare world as well as scientists, legislators and citizen activists working to warn the world that biological arms proliferation will prove catastrophic.
Anthrax War is a wake-up call about what's happening NOW…
Anthrax War begins by exploring the 2001 Anthrax Attacks which triggered the FBI's Amerithrax investigation, the largest in FBI history. The film reveals how the attacks have been helped make bio-defense a mega billion dollar global business, into which the US Government has poured at least $50 billion in the past six years – almost twice as much as the cost of the "Manhattan Project", the U.S. World War 2 atomic bomb program.
On the international chessboard, the world is on the brink of a new biological arms race, with Moscow, Beijing and Tehran assumed to be ramping up their own bio-defense programs.
While governments describe their measures as 'defensive', much of this research and development is necessarily dual use and can be used for 'offensive' purposes, which many say, is in violation of existing international treaties and, in the case of the United States, in violation of U. S. law.
Amazingly, all of this remains hidden from public view, not covered by the mainstream media and off the political agenda.
Germ weapons research and development, once the domain of secret government programs, is becoming a profitable enterprise for corporations, universities and medical foundations worldwide. New and virulent pathogens are being brought to life by scientists using the latest advances in nanotechnology and genetic engineering, paving the way for such horrors as 'ethnic specific germ weapons', never-seen-before 'designer-bugs' and emerging new epidemics.
The film explores the horrific legacy of human experimentation, spanning decades and continents, in which germ weapons have been tested on unwitting members of armed forces and civilians alike.
Also probed are the mysterious deaths in recent years of several leading scientists working in this field. Bruce Ivins, David Kelly, Vladimir Pasechnik, Larry Ford and Frank Olson each died in violent or suspicious circumstances and have been linked to one of germ warfare's darkest secrets, state programs developing new strains of anthrax.
The film reveals:
1. Troubling questions about the FBI's "solving" of the 2001 Anthrax Attacks. Many scientific experts are questioning the evidence presented that pins the blame on U.S. Army scientist Bruce Ivins who committed suicide..
2. The FBI is withholding key information from the public about the attacks on national security grounds.
3. New details about the suspicious deaths of five leading bio-weapons scientists, all working with anthrax.
4. Links between secret programs in the U.S., U.K, the former Soviet Union and apartheid South Africa.
5. Evidence that Doctor Death, who headed South Africa's apartheid-era secret germ war program that developed agents for assassination and worked on a vaccine to sterilize blacks without their knowledge, received assistance from the U.S. and U.K. germ war establishments.
6. The anthrax attacks have ushered a massive buildup of 'bio-defense' efforts worth more than $50 billion in U.S. Government contracts alone, much of which is flowing to politically connected bio-tech corporations
7. Hundreds of private labs and thousands of scientist are now handling the most dangerous pathogens with little effective oversight.
8. The U.S. Government has put in place contingency plans to conduct biological warfare and that we may have entered a new dangerous biological arms race.
The filmmaker tracks down those directly involved: germ war experts scientists, spies and assassins – to uncover one of the most frightening and untold stories of our time.
Joe on Fri, 06/05/2009 - 6:16pm.
Well stated..."The Missing Dimension" - glad to see this post!
Good post! And I like having graphics / photos.
TomT on Fri, 06/05/2009 - 7:11pm.
Good interview
Alex welcomes back to the show WeAreChange founder and activist Luke Rudkowski, who was arrested at the Hilton Hotel on Manhattan in March for the crime of attempting to question New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg about his refusal to pay for the health care of 9/11 first responders. Other guests include regular guest Bob Chapman of the International Forecaster, NWO researcher, author, and radio talk show host Alan Watt, and filmmaker, broadcaster and former broker and options trader Max Keiser. Alex covers the news of the day and takes your calls.
http://rss.nfowars.net/20090605_Fri_Alex.mp3
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On COAST to COAST on the 11th
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2009/06/11
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Lektyka – środek transportu lądowego do przemieszczania na nieduże odległości jednej lub dwóch osób, noszony przez tragarzy bądź zwierzęta juczne (basterna). Lektyki znane są od czasów starożytnych, używane były często przez monarchów i zamożnych ludzi. Lektyki w formie tronu (sedia gestatoria) transportowały również wielu papieży do czasu pontyfikatu Jana Pawła I.

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If you believed you were going to just make the choice to be a real estate investor without a lot of understanding, then you are better off entering the venture. But if you are excited about doing this and teaching yourself about making smart choices when it comes to real estate investing, then you're well prepared to move in the perfect direction. Allow this article help you develop your knowledge base.
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Attempt to partner up with creditors and other investment types as you develop your property portfolio. As soon as you get to know them and they know that you're a trustworthy partner, you might end up getting all of the funding you need for future endevours. Consider working out a proportion of profits together beforehand and then go searching for real estate.
Understand that real estate investing is a commitment. You might have heard a good deal about flipping properties fast for profit, but the truth is you're more likely to make great profits by buying carefully and handling the property wisely until land values increase. Buy a property that will bring in solid tenants for continuous, ongoing income.
Do not expect to get rich overnight in property investment. To the contrary, it might take up to a decade to your investments to actually pay off and lots of new to the company don't understand this. With a few exceptions, you want to be in the place to hold your possessions before seeing any significant profits.
If you have the itch to start property investing, do it immediately. Real estate investing is one of the things that people often say they need to do, but not give it a shot. If you are serious about it, get serious now, not later. The longer you wait, the missed chances you'll have.
Consider all you've learned. You likely are excited and ready to proceed to read much more about your investment choice. Investing in real estate is extremely popular and will help you build up substantial wealth. Have everything in line before you begin, and remember to believe each choice through as you grow your portfolio.


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O'Sullivan progresses in Shanghai
O'Sullivan is aiming to win his third successive ranking event
World champion Ronnie O'Sullivan saw off Stuart Pettman in the first round of the Shanghai Masters - but defending champion Dominic Dale is out.
O'Sullivan was matched by Pettman, the world number 62, in the early stages and was level at 2-2 before breaks of 73, 60 and 86 gave him a nervy 5-2 win.
Dale, the world number 32, was pipped 5-4 by Steve Davis.
And fellow veteran Jimmy White's good run of form was ended by Mark King, who triumphed 5-4.
O'Sullivan is aiming to clinch his third successive ranking event title but was given a tougher than expected test by Pettman, who came through Monday's wildcard round.
"I felt nervous to begin with because I want to do well in this tournament," O'Sullivan said.
"The people in China have been good to me so I owe them something. I felt under pressure to win. Maybe I need to relax and enjoy it more."
Dale, the world number 32, went 2-0 up against Davis but soon found himself 4-2 down before forcing a decider.
606: DEBATE
A definite improvement this season by Jimmy White but it is still gutting to see him lose to a journeyman pro like Mark King
It was Davis who came out on top, thanks to a break of 54 in the ninth frame, and he will play either Ding Junhui or Dave Harold in the last 16 on Thursday.
Elsewhere, world number four Mark Selby claimed a stunning win over 19-year-old Judd Trump 5-1 thanks to breaks of 88, 105, 85, 75 and 75.
Selby said: "I didn't miss a ball and had a 70-plus break in every frame. It's the first time I've played Judd so I didn't really know what to expect other than he's a dangerous player.
"I reached the semi-finals here last year and would like to go one better. I enjoy coming to China in general and really enjoy the support here."
But seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry lost at the first hurdle, going down 5-4 to Flintshire's Ricky Walden.
"There's no excuse, I just didn't play well enough to win. It's as simple as that," Hendry explained. "I just have to keep working hard and hope the results come."
Australia's Neil Robertson beat Ireland's Fergal O'Brien 5-2, world number five John Higgins beat Tom Ford 5-4 and Joe Perry beat Matthew Stevens 5-1.
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We have received numerous requests from our social media fans to share information about what's happening in our area. To that end, we will begin sharing a monthly blog post with news from in and around Cherry Grove Beach. We hope you enjoy our first edition!
Parking Changes:
This month, we'll start with not so good news. Beginning June 15th, all of the city-provided free parking will become paid parking. Parking fees will be $2.00 per hour and will be in effect beginning June 15th (through October 31st) between the hours of 9 am and 5 pm. Each parking lot will have numbered spaces with kiosks that will collect payment. You can also download an app called "The Passport Parking App" to pay. Cash is not accepted onsite – only credit/debit cards.
Those who reside in the City of North Myrtle Beach can visit City Hall with their vehicle registration and SC driver's license and apply for a free parking decal. There is a limit of two decals per address. According to the City of North Myrtle Beach the goal is to invest "parking revenue back into the community to improve service to patrons" for years to come. The city is outsourcing enforcement of these regulations to a company called Lanier Parking. For more information about this new initiative, visit www.parknorthmyrtlebeach.com.
Parking in the vicinity of Boulineau's has also undergone some changes. Many of you have been asking about what has changed so we'll attempt to address that here. The large lot behind the strip mall containing Basil's Pizza, Babaka's Pizzeria, and Ocean Treasures Resort Wear is no longer available for beach parking. The lot has been fenced off and will now be designated for employees and patrons of these businesses and Boulineau's (Atlantis Restaurant, Basil's Pizza, Babaka's Pizzeria, Hurricane's Seafood, Ocean Treasures, Snooky's Oceanfront). These businesses are listed on signage throughout the area. The good news is there are still approximately 150 spaces in the surrounding area that will be available for FREE beach parking. These spots are next to the strip mall and in the surrounding grassy areas. Signage will denote where visitors can park. These complimentary spaces were provided by the Boulineau family.
New Businesses Coming:
Many of you have asked about the construction taking place oceanfront where Aloha Water Sports used to reside. Snooky's Oceanfront is currently under construction and is located next to Murphy's on the ocean side. Completion is anticipated sometime this summer (barring weather and other delays). Parking for patrons of this new restaurant will be available in the fenced lot mentioned in the previous section. We will update you with more information as we get closer to the anticipated opening date. Aloha Water Sports will continue to operate on its designated section of the beach, only now; guests will visit the tent for information on pricing and to sign up for one of their fun excursions.
Rioz Brazilian Steakhouse is now open in North Myrtle Beach. This one-of-a-kind dining experience is a great option for those that like to try new things. This is their third location with others in Columbia and Myrtle Beach. We welcome them to North Myrtle Beach and wish them continued success.
There is a new shopping center proposed to be built between BB & T Bank and Barefoot Church on Main Street. According to the plans, there will be about 29 single family homes, 22 multi-family homes, and 22 spaces for new businesses. From the looks of things, it appears to be similar to Market Common (only on a much smaller scale). Construction has not yet begun and we have no further information on the projected timeline for completion.
A new Hampton Inn has been approved to be built in the parking lot that used to be designated for those visiting the Cherry Grove Pier. This new hotel will be a six story building with approximately 127 units. No further information is available as to an estimated completion date.
We hope you will enjoy these monthly updates and find the information helpful. If you have suggestions for other topics you would like us to include, please email Anna Bowers, our communications director (annab@boulineaus.com). As always, we thank you for being a Boulineau's follower and supporter!
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Mbappe earns record & Messi scores twice in PSG win over Bruges
Silver Emmanuel December 07, 2021 UCL
Kylian Mbappé of Paris Saint-Germain scoring his 2nd goal during the UEFA Champions League group A match between Paris Saint-Germain and Club Brugge KV at Parc des Princes on December 7, 2021 in Paris, France.
Kylian Mbappe became the youngest player to reach 30 Champions League goals as Paris St-Germain rounded off Group A with a win over Club Bruges.
The hosts were already guaranteed to qualify for the knockout stage in second place, behind Manchester City, while defeat sees Bruges finish bottom.
Mbappe all but put the game to bed inside seven minutes, scoring twice in quick succession for the home side.
Lionel Messi also scored twice either side of a Bruges consolation.
Mats Rits beat goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma with a slotted finish for the visitors, who created several good chances.
Mbappe's first came after 72 seconds, firing into the bottom corner when goalkeeper Simon Mignolet palmed a cross into his path, before the France forward volleyed in from Angel di Maria's clipped pass soon after.
Lionel Messi of Paris Saint-Germain celebrates with Kylian Mbappé after scoring his 1st goal during the UEFA Champions League group A match between Paris Saint-Germain and Club Brugge KV at Parc des Princes on December 7, 2021 in Paris, France.
That took him to 31 goals in Europe's elite competition, passing the 30-goal landmark at the age of 22 years and 352 days to surpass Messi, who was 23 years and 131 days when he reached that target.
Mbappe then set up the man whose record he had just broken, though PSG's third was a classic Messi dribble and finish.
The 34-year-old scampered to the edge of the Bruges box, shifted the ball on to his left foot and curled into the corner to score against a 38th different side in the competition, a joint-record alongside Cristiano Ronaldo.
Messi grabbed his second after Rits had responded for the Belgian side, slotting in from the spot after he was fouled for his fifth Champions League goal this season and 125th in total.


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Neo-Nazi youngsters face life behind bars
Published time: 5 Oct, 2009 19:13 Edited time: 5 Oct, 2009 20:01
A court in Moscow has begun hearing the case of 12 alleged neo-Nazis charged with 11 murders and one attempted murder.
The gang, known as "The White Wolves," allegedly attacked their victims because they were viewed as "non-Slavic" by the thugs.
The trial will be held in front of a jury but behind closed doors, a decision opposed by the defense.
One of the suspect's lawyers says the accused have admitted only partial guilt of involvement.
"Most of the group is facing life imprisonment, but those who had not come of age at the time of the crime could be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison," said Aleksandr Vasiliev.
Notably, one of the leaders of the group is 18-year-old Aleksey Dzhavakhishvili, whose father is Georgian. The young man nevertheless sees himself as a representative of Russia, a Slavic nation, Interfax agency writes. Aleksey is accused of two killings.
According to the findings of the investigation, the youngsters united into a group in order to kill people of non-Slavic origins two years ago, on Adolph Hitler's birthday. On the evening of April 20, 2007, Dzhavakhishvili and other members of the gang allegedly attacked and killed an Uzbekistani citizen. They filmed everything with a mobile phone.
Ten more murders followed before the youngsters were detained.
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Hostage crisis prompted 'huge community effort'
By Julie Payne/The Alabama Baptist, posted February 27, 2013 in
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (BP) — Throughout Ethan Gilman's captivity and following his rescue Feb. 4, his plight made headlines.
The now 6-year-old himself — who for days was held hostage by an abductor in an underground bunker in Midland City, Ala. — has even made a subsequent appearance on national TV with his mother, Jennifer Kirkland, in an exclusive interview.
During the harrowing days when countless people waited and prayed for Ethan's release, there were those who worked behind the scenes to provide food, needed supplies and support to Ethan's family and law enforcement.
Among them: Jim Hill, pastor of Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Ozark, Ala., a North American Mission Board-endorsed disaster relief chaplain through the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions and a member of The Salvation Army board of directors in Dale County, Ala.
Hill, who was called by The Salvation Army into chaplain service during the hostage crisis, spent several days ministering one-on-one to Ethan's family along with two other area pastors. Hill said chaplains were provided around the clock and included Kenneth Hale, director of missions for the Dale Baptist Association, and Ken Farley, church development director for the Columbia Baptist Association.
Hill encouraged the chaplains to shake hands with those working at the site and let them know they were being prayed for. Almost every time he spoke with one of those people, Hill said the individual would express gratefulness for how the community had come together in such a remarkable manner.
That unity showed itself in many ways: the tables full of homemade snacks for law enforcement, the prayer vigils organized by area high school students and the support from local businesses and individuals. "It was a huge community effort," Hill said.
Hale agreed. "It was not one group — it was everybody working together," he said, noting that the Dale association worked in conjunction with The Salvation Army, which coordinated food for the law enforcement command center while churches provided support.
The Dale association stepped up to deliver snacks and Gatorade, and various churches within the association provided meals. Hale recalled a particular meal when approximately 300 people were fed.
Hale added that the association worked in partnership with the Columbia Baptist Association, noting how the community united to meet people's needs. "It was just an unbelievably cooperative effort between the whole community, churches and associations," he said.
And even in other areas of the state, people like Carrie Kreps took steps to help through a fundraising effort. The member of Dawson Memorial Baptist Church in Birmingham, Kreps was "deeply affected" by Ethan's ordeal.
After Ethan's rescue and a friend of Kreps got approval from Ethan's family, Kreps began an online fundraiser called "Send Ethan to Disney World." In one day, the goal of $7,000 was met and more donations have continued to arrive, with pledges by nearly 300 donors. Any remaining funds will be added to a trust fund that has been established for Ethan.
Julie Payne is a newswriter for The Alabama Baptist (thealabamabaptist.org), where this article first appeared. Samford University communications contributed to this report.
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Golf is how K.J. Choi makes his money. Donations are how he likes to spend a lot of it.
He has pledged $200,000 of the $1.71 million that he won at last month's Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida to victims of the deadly tornadoes that recently struck the American South.
Choi has a reputation for being a devout Christian. He and his family are members of the Dallas Korean United Methodist Church in Texas.
"The Lord has been good to me and he has provided a lot for me so this is my way to return of all the things that he has given to me," he says.
Alert reader Tyler Pettis points us to a great article that clearly shows that fathers roughhousing with their young children is crucially important in the early development of kids.
Researchers believe that the most important aspect of this play is that it gives children a sense of achievement when they 'defeat' a more powerful adult, building their self-confidence and concentration. However, fathers who resist their children, can also teach them the life lesson that, in life, you don't always win. The act of a stronger adult holding back that strength also helps to build trust between father and child.


Jacob is officially a little giant. He went in for his 2-week checkup today and is in the 99th percentile for everything. He weighed 11 pounds 7 ounces (almost a full pound more than his birth weight) and grew half an inch (23 inches now). I don't pay much attention to the head circumference numbers (his is 38.2 cm right now), but it's also in the 99th percentile. For comparison, Hannah was 8 pounds, 9 ounces and 21 inches long at her 2-week checkup. She was 11 pounds, 7 ounces and 23 and 3/4 inches long at her 2-month appointment...How on earth did I create such an enormous human being???
Since I have been lazy/busy trying to adjust to life with two kids and not posting pics, I'm going to catch up in one fell swoop.
I took these first two pics on the day he was born. Have I mentioned how much I loved being at home for this whole experience? So nice to just lay in my own bed all day where there's plenty of room for the whole family to snuggle.
This was definitely day 2. Jeanne and Liam brought us over some yummy soup and muffins and Jeanne snapped a few pics that she shared with me.
Aunt Laura was also here on day 2, and she took and shared the next four photos.
Hannah is loving having and holding her baby brother, though she usually doesn't hold him for too long because he's always really hot and sweaty which makes her hot and sweaty, and she's not a fan of that.
This has been a very long, exhausting, and stressful day so I'm going to wrap this up now in spite of it being a pretty boring post. Hope you understand!
Hannah figured out how to draw stick people sometime in the last month or two, and since then, one of her new favorite this drawing family photos. This morning while I made oatmeal, she drew the picture below. She's the blue one in the middle, Amy is the pink one on the right, I'm the green one on the left, and daddy is the blue one floating above the others. Since she ran out of space before drawing daddy, she decided we would have to carry him.
She drew the picture below last night. She's the yellow one in the middle, I'm the purple one on the right, and daddy is the blue one on the left. We are at a fancy party. Those are balloons at the top, and that's a cake sitting between mine and Hannah's feet.


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