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Tuesday, April 28, 2020 9:19:00 AM
Turkey has launched an offensive in Syria, striking militant positions near the M4 motorway near the village of Nayrab in Idlib province, reported the Russian newspaper Izvestia, citing sources familiar with the situation.
Several airstrikes were carried out on Hayat Tahrir al-Sham strongholds. According to the newspaper, the intensity of fighting in Idlib increased dramatically after the Turkish military, as part of the March agreement with Russia, tried to unblock the M4 motorway, partially blocked by local residents with the support of militants.
The publication notes that the Russian and Turkish military once a week repeat the attempts of joint patrol of the M4, but the convoy passes only a small section to Nayrab which is a few kilometers long and, without entering into confrontation with the protesters, goes back. Although it is expected to patrol the entire 70-kilometer section.
Earlier, the media reported that a Turkish convoy was attacked in Idlib. Unidentified assailants ambushed a Turkish convoy in the town of Muhambal. According to media reports, there were casualties among Turkish military.
The extremists' attack was given a "lightning fast and fierce response," the Turkish Defense Ministry said.
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Polar bears have been terrorizing a Russian town on the Barents Sea since December
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Since early December, a group of 52 polar bears have terrorized the Russian village of Belushaya Guba on southern Novaya Zemlya. The aggressiveness of some of the bears, their boldness in entering local buildings and fearlessness in the face of the usual deterrents has caused the local government to call a state of emergency to help the town residents. Global warming is blamed for the problem but as is so often the case, that claim does not stand up to scrutiny.
Large group of polar bears at the Belushya Guba town dump on Novaya Zemlya, Russia. From the 11 Feb. 2019 story at The Daily Mail.
Belushaya Guba is located on the southwest coast of Novaya Zemlya in the eastern Barents Sea. It is a town of mostly military personnel and their families:
The predictable claims that this situation is due to global warming are confounded by the fact that the region has not had abundant sea ice by December in more than 30 years, yet this is the first time the town has had such a problem with polar bears. Polar bears in winter can be very dangerous, as they are often lean and desperately hungry. [except these ones are not, see update below]
UPDATE 11 February 2019: The international media have gone mad for this story and some photos are now available. Best series of photos and video is at The Daily Mail, UK (11 Feb 2019: State of emergency is declared after more than 50 polar bears invade Russian town and 'chase terrified residents'). No new information is available on the story itself but plenty of hyperbole has been added. The photos show how fat and healthy these so-called 'desperate' bears are, which makes the claims that global warming is to blame for the crisis even more ludicrous (see the ice charts below). So far, the most over-the-top take on this goes to the Washington Post (11 Feb 2019: A 'mass invasion' of polar bears is terrorizing an island town. Climate change is to blame): they went to the most trouble to make the link to climate change and bring up the vilified 'starving polar bear' video that National Geographic was forced to apologize for last August and the debunked 2007 prediction that 2/3 of the world's bears would be gone by 2050 (Crockford 2017). The Guardian's effort is weak by comparison, as is CNN's. The news outlet (not a blog) Daily Caller has some quotes from this page. Competition amongst bears for scarce natural resources in winter makes dump sites and stored food available around Arctic communities all the more attractive. When polar bear numbers are high, as they are now, this competition can get fierce. It's no wonder the bears don't want to leave.
The Barents Observer (9 February 2019) had the most detailed report on the so-called 'invasion' (which seems to have come without photos of the bears involved):
"From December 2018 to February 2019 a large group of polar bears have stayed around the settlement. There are 52 polar bears inside the territory of the village," says Deputy Head of the municipal administration of Belushaya Guba, Aleksandr Minaev, in a statement posted by the press-service of Arkhangelsk Oblast.
Minaev says some of the bears are aggressive and have entered residential- and office buildings.
"People are scared, afraid to leave their houses. Their daily activities are disrupted, parents are afraid to let the children go to school and kindergarten," Aleksandr Minaev, explains.
So far, Russia's Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources has refused to permit shooting the most aggressive polar bears that have attacked people. Polar bears are on the Red List and have been protected in the Russian Arctic since 1956."
Ice-map provided for the area by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute's Ice Service from Friday shows how the Kara Sea off the east coast of Novaya Zemlya are packed with very close drift ice, while there are mostly very open drift ice and open water along the west coast where Belushaya Guba is located.
The experts now on their way to Belushaya Guba hope to find ways to scare away the bears from the settlement. However, if nothing else works to resolve the situation, shooting animals may become the only and necessary measure to ensure safety, the statement from Arkhangelsk authorities reads.
Zhigansha Musin is head of the municipal administration on Novaya Zemlya. He has been in town since 1983 and says he has never before seen such massive invasion of polar bears."
Read the rest here. A BBC account here leaves out many pertinent details. The Straits Times report out of Moscow (9 February 2019, Aggressive bears 'invading' Russian Arctic archipelago) adds this detail not included in the report in the Barents Observer, which suggests the problem is more wide-spread than just this one town:
"In January, a defence ministry official said that hundreds of disused military buildings had been demolished on Novaya Zemlya because polar bears were settling inside them."
Note that the report does not mention the body condition of the bears involved. They are not reported as starving or skinny but I think we can presume that they are definitely hungry, as are all bears at this time of year.
Sea ice conditions for southwest Novaya Zemlya
"Belushya Guba is located in a deep bay with the same name, within a geographical area that is influenced by warm ocean currents. The natural conditions allow year-round sailing of all types and classes of vessels with minimal cost for icebreaking support. The bay is well protected from high surf and drifting ice."
Therefore, Belushya Guba on southwest Novaya Zemlya is influenced by the same warm currents that have kept western Svalbard free from winter ice since the early 1980s. The ice chart below is for 7 December 2005 (the earliest year available from the Norwegian Ice Service):
The last year that I could find an ice chart showing ice on the west coast of Novaya Zemlya as early as the first week of December was the average November chart for 1982 (NSIDC), when there would also have been ice on the west coast of Svalbard:
Not coincidentally, the fellow quoted in the Barents Observer story who said he had been in the town of Belushaya Guba since 1983 (the year after the conditions shown above), claimed he had "never before seen such massive invasion of polar bears."
So, this winter in Belushaya Guba was different from the many ice-free winters that went before.
Here is the current ice chart for the region, from the NIS, for 8 February (2019):
Last year (2018), there was even less ice at this point in the month (9 February):
However, February ice charts that tell us little about why this year, bears ended up on the west coast in winter, when they should be out on the sea ice hunting for seals. Since the problems in Belushaya Guba started in early December 2018, let's look at the ice conditions around that time:
By late November, there was actually enough ice for any bears that had spent the summer on southeastern Novaya Zemlya to return to the ice and resume hunting. However, it also would have allowed any bears who had been on the sea ice to come ashore, if they so desired. However, by mid-December (see below), the mobile pack ice temporarily contracted, which would have stranded any bears left onshore:
By late January (see below), the ice was back on the southeast coast (close enough for determined bears to walk there) but by then, it is likely the bears in Belushaya Guba were entrenched. They knew there was some food around and no one was shooting at them. Don't forget that January through early March are lean times for polar bears: seals are very hard to catch during the winter throughout the Arctic and most bears are at their lowest weight of the year by the time seal pups are born (Crockford 2017).
Barents Sea bears are thriving
According to recent research results, despite low ice cover since 2016, the population of polar bears around Svalbard and presumably in the Barents Sea as a whole are still increasing, as they recover from decades of over-hunting in the 19th and 20th centuries (Aars 2018; Aars et al. 2009, 2017; Crockford 2017).
This incident of winter problems with polar bears and others like it reported from the Russian Arctic, almost certainly reflect the confluence of a growing human presence in the Arctic and thriving polar bear populations, not lack of sea ice due to global warming.
Recall that explorer William Barents and his crew, who became stranded on the shore of northeast Novaya Zemlya over the winter of 1596-1597, had endless problems with polar bears (back when polar bears and sea ice were really abundant). That story provides an important perspective on this year's troubles.
Aars, J. 2018. Population changes in polar bears: protected, but quickly losing habitat. Fram Forum Newsletter 2018. Fram Centre, Tromso. Download pdf here (32 mb).
Aars, J., Marques, T.A., Buckland, S.T., Andersen, M., Belikov, S., Boltunov, A., et al. 2009. Estimating the Barents Sea polar bear subpopulation. Marine Mammal Science 25: 35-52.
Aars, J., Marques,T.A, Lone, K., Anderson, M., Wiig, Ø., Fløystad, I.M.B., Hagen, S.B. and Buckland, S.T. 2017. The number and distribution of polar bears in the western Barents Sea. Polar Research 36:1. 1374125. doi:10.1080/17518369.2017.1374125
Crockford, S. 2017. Testing the hypothesis that routine sea ice coverage of 3-5 mkm2 results in a greater than 30% decline in population size of polar bears (Ursus maritimus). PeerJ Preprints 2 March 2017. https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2737v3
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Nick Learned Published: September 22, 2015
The greater sage-grouse will not be listed for protection under the Endangered Species Act. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewel made the announcement in a video released Tuesday morning.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined in a 341-page statement released today that "through avoidance and minimization measures," states, landowners, and the energy industry have significantly reduced major threats to the survival of the greater sage-grouse. In 2010, the Service cited "habitat loss, fragmentation, and inadequacy of existing regulatory mechanisms" as factors that required a decision on whether or not to list the bird as an endangered species. Since then, through Federal plans and State initiatives from Wyoming, Montana, and Oregon, risks to the longevity of the species have been reduced in about 90% of breeding habitats.
Wildfire, invasive plants, energy development, and infrastructure are the main causes of habit loss for the greater sage-grouse. Although the US. Fish and Wildlife Service predicts that these factors will continue to impact the land, the agency says, "…we now determine that existing regulatory mechanisms adequately address effects to the species and its habitats." Federal statutes regarding mineral and energy extraction, along with state wildlife and noxious weed laws, have played a crucial role in recent conservation efforts.
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report released back on Aug. 17 revealed that populations of greater sage-grouse have bounced back from a low point in 2013. Scientists base population estimates on the number of males counted at traditional breeding areas, known as "leks." The count in 2013 was 16.7 males per lek. Over the last two years, that number has rebounded sharply by 63% to the most recent number of 25.5 males per lek.
"This latest report shows sage-grouse populations are still doing well across much of their range," said Virgil Moore, Director of Idaho Department of Fish and Game and director liaison of WAFWA's Sage-Grouse Initiative. "While this report is good news to all who treasure this bird, we know that long-term ongoing conservation and management must continue into the future for greater sage-grouse on its current range."
During the last decade, more than $200 million was invested through 11 state legislatures to fund efforts to protect the species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, state natural resource agencies, the Natural Resource Conservation Service, Bureau of Land Management, non-governmental organizations and private land owners have all contributed to recent conservation efforts that played a key role in keeping the greater sage-grouse off the list of species protected under the Endangered Species Act.
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US News has a response to some of the criticism leveled against it's annual rankings of hospitals:
"The authors used as a variable whether a hospital was among the fifty U.S. News Best Hospitals in cancer, cardiology, gynecology, or orthopedic care. They cited a 2010 study by Ashwini Sehgal to justify their use of that binary variable as a marker of reputation. It is not. Sehgal concluded that reputation contributed to the relative standings of the top fifty hospitals—in other words, which hospital is No. 1 versus No. 2. But he did not find reputation to be a significant factor in determining which hospitals were in the top fifty.
"In fact, U.S. News uses objective quality measures (primarily derived from Medicare data) such as mortality, volume, and patient safety indicators to calculate 67.5 percent of each hospital's rank-determining score in the four specialties analyzed. Reputation accounts for only 32.5 percent and will soon be reduced to 27.5 percent."
I will confess that I like the US News rankins because they happen to put my own division as the best in the country...
But I do want to point out that the US News' defense that the rankings are not significantly biased by reputations is reconcilable with the research showing that reputation apparently has a big effect. One thing you'll notice about the hospital where I work is that it's huge--depending on how you count beds possibly the largest pediatric hospital in the country--implausibly large for a city like Cincinnati. What happens is that because of it's reputation, we get children referred here from all over the US and indeed from the whole world--last time I checked, there were patients from 86 countries currently admitted to the hospital. Two things must generally be true for patients to be sent over such vast distances: 1) the hospital must have a reputation for treating whatever condition that patient has, and 2) the probability of better outcomes here must be much higher than at hospitals closer to home. Given that, you would expect the outcomes measures that US News looks at to be somewhat biased by hospitals' reputations, since reputation determines the kinds of patients a top-tier hospital will get.


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97725 ILL. COMP. STAT. §115-10 (West 2015). (Certain hearsay exceptions apply to this rule).
98HALL & SALES, supra note 15, at 50.
99MONT. CODE ANN. §46-16-220 (West 2015). (Child hearsay exceptions apply to criminal proceedings, including: when the child is a victim of a sexual or violent offense, the child is unavailable to testify during trial, or that the hearsay statement is trustworthy based on the context of when it was made).
100ARK. R. EVID. 804 (West 2015).
101IND. CODE ANN. § 35-37- 4-6 (West 2015).
102KAN. STAT. ANN. § 38-2249 (West 2015).
103MD. CODE ANN., CRIM. PROC. § 11-304 (West 2015).
104MASS. GEN. LAWS ANN. ch. 233,§ 81 (West 2015).
105MO. ANN.STAT. § 491.075 (West 2015).
106 MONT. CODE ANN. §46-16-220 (West 2015).
108OR. R. EVID. 803 ( 18(d)).
109R.I. GEN. LAWS ANN.§ 40-11-7.2 (West 2015) (Pertaining only to admissibility of videotaped interview of children). 110S.C. CODE ANN. § 17-23-175 (West 2015).
111TENN. CODE ANN. § 24-7-123 (West 2015).
112VA. CODE ANN. § 19.2-268.2 (West 2015).
113WIS. STAT. ANN. § 908.08 (West 2015).
114S.C. CODE ANN. § 17-23-175 (West 2015).
115TENN. CODE ANN. § 24-7-123 (West 2015).
116HALL & SALES, supra note 15, at 6.


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Jimmy Fallon, the host of "The Tonight Show," is kicking off awards season in Beverly Hills as emcee of the Golden Globes on Jan. 8.
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The comedic host of "The Tonight Show" has been named host of the 74th annual award ceremony, which will be broadcast from its usual venue at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on Jan. 8. It's his first return to an awards show stage as emcee in six years. His last stint in 2010 as the host of the Emmy Awards injected a jolt of buzz and creativity with a high-energy song-and-dance opening that featured Tina Fey, Jon Hamm, Betty White, Nina Dobrev, the then-hot "Glee" cast and a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run."
An Emmy and Grammy winner, Fallon is a conduit for continuing the upward trend for digital traffic and social media activity for the Globes. The 2016 telecast generated 4.4 million tweets on Twitter and 19 million posts, comments and likes from more than nine million users on Facebook. Like other late-night hosts, Fallon has taken to making videos that can be viewed at any time and then grow into viral sensations. "The Tonight Show" has attracted 11.6 million digital subscribers and tallied more than 5.6 billion online views.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the Los Angeles-based group made up of foreign journalists who sponsor and vote for the Golden Globe Awards, said the deadline for submitting nominations is Oct. 31. The nominations will be announced on Dec. 12.
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Ready for the challenge – Repsol Honda Team launch 2021 campaign
Marc Marquez and Pol Espargaro prepare for all new challenges in 2021 with the Repsol Honda Team.
After a season like no other, both on and off the track, 2021 presents the MotoGP World Championship with a chance to rally in the face of adversity and forge ahead. With a difficult 2020 behind them, the Repsol Honda Team are also out to reset and show they are ready for any challenge. Marc Marquez is joined on this challenge by Pol Espargaro, fresh from his best premier class season to date. The pair have grown up racing together, battling from local championships in Spain to the premier class and bring with them 446 World Championship starts, 184 podiums, 109 poles and 97 wins.
With the world still working to overcome to Covid-19 pandemic, the Repsol Honda Team have launched their 2021 challenge with a fully online presentation for the first time in Honda's history. A new style presentation for a year set to be full of new challenges.
The 2013 Moto2 World Champion, Pol Espargaro, achieves a life-long dream in 2021 as he wears the Repsol Honda Team colours aboard the factory Honda RC213V. With over 100 premier-class starts, the 29-year-old is among the most experienced riders in MotoGP and arrives in the best form of his career. Fighting to fifth in the World Championship standings with five podiums and two pole positions, Pol brings not only experience but an undeniable fire to succeed to the team.
For Marc Marquez, the 2021 season is a new beginning as he is set to return from his season-ending injury sustained in Jerez. Focusing exclusively on his recovery from a broken right humerus, the eight-time World Champion has been working diligently to return to his best and comeback strong for the 2021 season. A champion's spirit drives Marquez to succeed at everything he does.
The iconic Repsol Honda Team livery will be another constant in 2021 as Repsol and Honda continue their more than quarter of a century long partnership. With 180 premier class wins, 447 premier class podiums and 15 World Championships, the combination is without doubt the most decorated in Grand Prix Racing and is determined to return to these levels of success.
The Repsol Honda Team will now travel to Qatar for the MotoGP pre-season where Pol Espargaro will get his first taste of the Honda RC213V. Marc Marquez will not attend the Qatar Test as he continues to focus on his recovery.
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"We enter another season full of anticipation and desire. After what has been a difficult 2020, we are continuing to learn and to work to return to the top of championship. From the technical side, HRC have been working as hard as always to keep improving the RC213V. We have a new rider in the shape of Pol Espargaro this year who brings good experience and a desire for victory. We are all eagerly awaiting the first test with him. On Marc's side, we have been closely following his recovery and will continue to do everything we can to support him to return as strong as possible.
"Finally, I would like to thank Repsol and all of our sponsors for their continued support. Without them we would be unable to go racing, they are not just sponsors but partners on this great challenge."
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"We of course look forward to achieving the results that have always been our trademark, like fighting for victories, podiums and championships. This is the reason why, after more than 25 years, we continue side by side with the best partner in MotoGP, Honda. The alliance between our two companies goes beyond a sponsorship agreement and is based on technology: collaboration between Honda's facilities in Saitama and the Repsol Tech Lab in Madrid.
"Our Tech Lab scientists apply the most avant-garde technology to our fuels and lubricants, and we take advantage of all the knowledge that high competition provides for our Repsol products. We know that Marc is an extraordinary rider and a unique person with a great ability to overcome anything, so we have no doubt that he will soon amaze us again. Marc, of course, has all our support to achieve the goals he pursues.
"We also look forward to the arrival of a new rider, Pol Espargaro. He is a great professional and a mature rider and will now have an opportunity to prove his amazing talent."
"After a long time away it was nice to see my bike again and wear my leathers. 2020 was a difficult year for everyone and especially for me with the injury and watching the races from home. But I have continued to work with the doctors, with my team and with myself to recover and return to MotoGP. Of course, I would have liked to return sooner, but it is very important to listen to the doctors and my body until I am fully fit. I can imagine the best comeback that is to start riding again the bike and be the same, but it will be difficult to be like this. But we will see if it takes one race, two races, half the season to be the same Marc. I will not be at the Qatar Test as I aim to return only when I am 100% and there is still some work to do."
Pol Espargaro
"The lead up to this season has been one of the most exciting of my career, it's been like waiting for my first season or my MotoGP debut. To ride for the Repsol Honda Team is every rider's dream and something to be truly proud of. Every few weeks I have taken another step, seeing the bike at my home, now wearing the leathers. The final step is to ride the RC213V for the first time at Qatar, this excitement is motivating me to train more and be the best I can be for the 2021 World Championship. I am here in the Repsol Honda Team in order to achieve success and fight at the top, this is the goal for 2021."
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"I can see how the reckless actions of a very small minority of people who clearly don't care about the community have disrupted everyday life."
Police have described a suspicious object left in West Belfast as a hoax.
It comes as officers confirmed that the security alert in the Springfield Road area of the city has ended.
The Springfield Road has since reopened and residents who had been evacuated have been allowed to return to their homes.
Inspector Wise said: "Firstly, I want to thank the local community and, in particular, the people who had to leave their homes while we worked to make the scene safe.
"I can see how the reckless actions of a very small minority of people who clearly don't care about the community have disrupted everyday life.
"Therefore, I am appealing for anyone who can help identify the perpetrators and bring them to justice to contact us.
"Anyone with any information about this incident is asked to contact police at Tennent Street on 101 quoting reference number 577 14/05/18.


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Q: how to populate Ember.Select options via computed property based on selected option of another Ember.Select I'm struggling to get this basic functionality to work in Ember. How can I populate the options of an Ember.Select view via a computed property that's observing another property which is set through another Ember.Select?
Here's what I've done so far:
HTML/HBS:
<script type="text/x-handlebars">

    {{view Ember.Select
    content=parent
    optionValuePath="content.id"
    optionLabelPath="content.name"
    value=current_parent}}

    {{view Ember.Select
    content=child
    value=current_child}}

</script>

Javascript:
App.ApplicationController = Ember.ArrayController.extend({
    content: '', current_parent: null, current_child: null,
    parent: function() {
        return this.store.find('user');
    }.property(),
    child: function() {
        var current_parent = this.get('current_parent');
        if (current_parent) {
            this.store.find('user', current_parent).then(function(parent) {
                return parent.get('children');
            }
        }
    }.property('current_parent')
});

App.User = DS.Model.extend({
    name: DS.attr('string'),
    children: DS.attr(),
});

returned JSON from server:
    users: [{id: 0, name: 'test', children: ['child1', 'child2']}]

and obviously this is not working. I'd appreciate explaining where I'm going wrong here and what would a viable method be to implement this, please.
I'm using the following libs:

*

*Ember 1.4.0

*Ember Data 1.0.0-beta.6

*Handlebars 1.3.0

Thanks in advance!

A: I don't think you need the derived property child. Instead of using the id as the value you can use the model itself (a user) which already has a property for children. This matched the name you're already using current_parent instead of current_parent_id.
{{view Ember.Select
contentBinding=parent
optionLabelPath="content.name"
value=current_parent}}

{{view Ember.Select
contentBinding=current_parent.children
value=current_child}}

On the controller simply remove the child property.
Hope this helps.

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All of these palettes are absolutely gorgeous. The colours, especially in STORM and in the Original are wearable and very pigmented and soft. They are far superior to MAC, I tell you. The chaos palette is drier than the other two because it is a largely matte palette.
Each palette is £3.99 which is amazing value.
Then there are the gel eyeliners. These are on offer, two for £6.99 each.
You totally have to bring back Megan and have her do another tutorial with this stuff!
where can i find these? the colors are gorgeous.
They sell them at Superdrug if you are in the UK?
I've never seen them in Superdrug before but next time i brave a visit I'll definitely be on the lookout!
Chica superdrug can be horrid! Sleek is def worth having a play with!
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hey.. where did you buy ur gemstones? ^^ Online?
Well.. I'm not sure if I've asked u this before.. But I'm hoping to get into the marketing industry/design management (: Any good unis in UK to recommend so I could review on them?
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As for Universities – there are hundreds all over the UK so its hard to advise. It depends what kind of qualitfication you want, which part of the country you want to live in etc.
We have redbrick Universities here, which are the older tranditional universities. Competition is fairly tough. They are like Oxford, Cambridge, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham uni etc.
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List of books in category "Science Fiction & Fantasy"
Young Adult Science Fiction (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy)
C. W. Sullivan
The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Sixteen Original Works by Speculative Fiction's Finest Voices
Back in the Spaceship Again: Juvenile Science Fiction Series Since 1945 (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy)
Karen Sands, Marietta Frank
Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy: Volume 1: Overviews
Robin Anne Reid
Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy 2 volumes
Science Fiction, Children's Literature, and Popular Culture: Coming of Age in Fantasyland (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy)
Gary Westfahl
Channeling the Future: Essays on Science Fiction and Fantasy Television
Lincoln Geraghty
The Utopian Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Twentieth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy)
Martha Bartter
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Monsters, Mushroom Clouds, and the Cold War: American Science Fiction and the Roots of Postmodernism, 1946-1964 (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy)
M. Keith Booker
Nebula Awards 33: the Year's Best SF and Fantasy Chosen by the Science-fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Editor: Connie Willis
Portals of Power: Magical Agency and Transformation in Literary Fantasy (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy)
Lori M. Campbell
The Science Fiction Reference Book: A Comprehensive Handbook and Guide to the History, Literature, Scholarship, and Related Activities of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Fields
Marshall B. Tymn
David C. Wright, Jr., Allan W. Austin
Classics of Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature (Magill's Choice)
Fiona Kelleghan
The Animal Fable in Science Fiction and Fantasy (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy)
Bruce Shaw
Eclipse 3: New Science Fiction and Fantasy
Coordinates: Placing Science Fiction and Fantasy (Alternatives)
Adjunct Professor George E Slusser PhD, Professor Eric S Rabkin PhD, Robert Scholes
Science Fiction and Fantasy (Our Freedom to Read)
Steven Otfinoski
Science Fiction and Fantasy Readers' Advisory: The Librarian's Guide to Cyborgs, Aliens, and Sorcerers (Ala Readers Advisory Series)
Derek M. Buker
Science Fiction And Fantasy Artists Of The Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary
Jane Frank
The Fantastic in World Literature and the Arts: Selected Essays from the Fifth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy)
Donald E. Morse
Nebula Awards 22: Sfwa's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 1986 (Nebula Awards Showcase)
George Zebrowski
How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy (Genre Writing)
Science fiction and fantasy reference index, 1992-1995: an international subject and author index to history and criticism
Halbert W. Hall
New Science Fiction and Fantasy
Strahan Jonathan
How To Write Science Fiction And Fantasy
The Del rey Book Of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Datlow Ellen
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year-I
Strahan Johnathan
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year-II
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Three
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 5
Eclipse Four- New Science Fiction and Fantasy
The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy 1 [Anthology]
Merril Judith
Channeling the Future Essays on Science Fiction and Fantasy Television
Geraghty Lincoln
Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Reid Robin Anne
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Vol. 2
Card Orson Scott
Eclipse one: new science fiction and fantasy
The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy
The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy Sixteen Original Works by Speculative Fiction's Finest Voices
Eclipse one new science fiction and fantasy
The Steampowered Globe- Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy
Lim Rosemary, Samah Maisarah Bte Abu
Microworlds- Writings on Science Fiction and Fantasy
Lem Stanislaw
Star Wars on Trial- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Debate the Most Popular Science-fiction Films of All Time
Brin David, Stover Matthew Woodring
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy 13 [ss]
Angel John Grant's Little
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 06
Kurt Vonnegut: Images and Representations (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy)
Kurt Vonnegut, Marc Leeds, Peter Reed
Category: literary criticism, science fiction, literary
Worlds of Wonder: How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy
David Gerrold
Category: literature, criticism, literature, fantasy
Nebula Awards Showcase 2000: The Year's Best SF and Fantasy Chosen by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Category: novels
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Make 1⁄2 recipe pie dough.
Blind bake pie shell at 375°F until dry and pale looking, but not baked all the way through.
While blind baking the shell combine sugar, maple syrup, corn syrup, bourbon, and salt, in a saucepan.
Place over medium heat, bring to a rolling boil and boil for 1 minute.
Take pan off heat and whisk in the butter. Let cool to room temperature.
Add vanilla and eggs to cooled mixture and mix well. Stir in the pecans and chocolate pieces.
Bake pie until the filling is just set, 40-60 minutes. If the top browns too quickly, cover with aluminum foil. Let cool completely.


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The new Uber app for drivers was built after experimenting with over 100 driver and courier partners in Bengaluru as part of the global beta launch.
In a bid to smoothen the ride for its drivers, ride-hailing platform Uber on Wednesday launched a new app that will initially be available to select driver-partners in Kochi and courier partners in Chennai. The app was built after experimenting with over 100 driver and courier partners in Bengaluru as part of the global beta launch.
"Our teams spent time on-ground, interacting with partners through group sessions, ride alongs and in person meetings to gather inputs. Every piece of their feedback was important and it was incorporated into building an app that meets their needs," Pradeep Parameswaran, Head of Central Operations, Uber India and South Asia, said in a statement.
The app will be rolled out in a phased manner to driver and delivery partners across the country over the coming months, Uber said. "Drivers' opinions shaped the app for the better. After over 100,000 trips, thousands of conversations, and many bugs reported (and fixed!), we're excited to share the product of our partnership: a new app built for drivers, with drivers," Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber CEO, said in a blog post.
The app comes with an "Earnings tracker" to let drivers know how much they earned on their last trip, and makes it easy to track progress. The "Status bar" feature provides real-time updates on market conditions around them and opportunities for more trips nearby. "When a driver taps an opportunity, the app will provide optional navigation to the recommended area," the company said.
The "Notifications" feature lets drivers see messages about upcoming earning opportunities, feedback from riders and information about their account. The "Driver profile" feature allows riders to learn more about their driver and find new ways to connect.
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Making a Hero at Guntersville Middle School
Tama Nunnelly, a middle school social studies teacher at Guntersville Middle School in Alabama, used the Legends of Learning games as part of our collaborative study with Vanderbilt University. Students who played the games in Tama's classes responded with strong engagement and higher levels of content mastery and test scores.
Students were given tablets preloaded with Legends of Learning edgames. The games varied in mechanics and difficulty, but they all focused on a core middle school learning objective: Andrew Jackson. Tama vetted each of the games before sharing them with her class.
"I can't think of anything more boring than Andrew Jackson," said Tama. "It didn't matter because Andrew Jackson is now the hero of Guntersville Middle School. My students were so incredibly engaged because of the games."
Tama had two groups of students during the study. One class played the games; the other, a control group, did not. The students who played games showed high levels of engagement, going so far as to initiate discussions about President Jackson during class.
"I was afraid it was going to be one of those things where they just focused on the game and not the content," confessed Tama. "But they were talking back and forth across the room, not just about the game, but about the material. They were arguing, 'Was he a good president, was he not, should he have done this or not?' We did not reach that level of engagement again throughout the year."
Game play impacted more than student engagement levels. Students also obtained better test scores than their control group peers. In contrast to the test group, the control group exhibited low interest in the subject matter.
One of Tama's game-playing classes contained more lower performers overall. The class did not fare well with text books generally, and also possessed a low population of high readers. But when given the Andrew Jackson games, the students changed dramatically and immediately. They participated in more conversations and performed better on tests.
Tama's experience was a good one, and she looks forward to integrating more edgames into her classroom in the future. "I would definitely use games like these in a classroom again," she said. "The games make a connection for students, and history becomes a little more exciting. It made conversations about Jacksonian history natural, and that's not something that I have been able to get them to do in any other way."
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Greenpeace Activists Arrested After Coal Smokestack Protest
Filed Under:Cermak, Coal Plant, Fisk Plant, Greenpeaces, John Cody, Pilsen, protest
A coal-fired power plant. (Credit: Charlie Riedel/AP)
UPDATED 05/25/11 1:28 a.m.
CHICAGO (CBS) — Eight Greenpeace activists climbed a smokestack at a coal plant in the Pilsen neighborhood Tuesday morning to protest the effects the plant is having on residents.
The Greenpeace activists began their climb at the Fisk plant at 1111 W. Cermak around dawn, according to spokeswoman Molly Dorozenski.
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About 3 p.m., Dorozenski said the activists left a perch on a catwalk about 450 feet above the ground and were rappelling down to paint "quit coal" in bright yellow paint on the smokestack.
"We're going to stay up here until Edison International and the city understand we can't continue to have old, dirty coal plants in the city of Chicago," Kelly Mitchell, one of the protestors, said by cell phone as she sat atop the smoke stack.
"It is a little bit windy. It is dirty and dusty — not the most comfortable place I've hung out," Mitchell said via cell phone Tuesday evening.
"Our top priority has been safety and being protected from the elements."
Dorozenski said the protesters were taking action to draw attention to the health issues created by the Fisk and Crawford coal plants in the Pilsen and Little Village areas, respectively.
"They're some of the oldest plants in the United States," she said. She noted that nearly one in four Chicagoans live within a three-mile radius of one or both plants, and according to a report from the Clean Air Task Force, residents are at risk for heart disease, cancer and respiratory illness because of pollution from these plants.
Dorozenski noted that "the power in these plants goes out of state, the profits go to California (home of Edison International, parent company of Midwest Generation), and the pollution stays in Chicago."
Mitchell said it was "hard for me to tell" from her perch above the city Tuesday morning if the protest had been effective, but added that after this protest, she would "keep doing what it takes until these coal plants are shut down."
Regarding any danger inherent in climbing a 450-foot smokestack, Mitchell said, "All of us up here are experienced climbers (and) we're looking out for each other."
She and Dorozenski stressed that measures had been taken for the safety of the climbers. "For me personally," Mitchell said, "those types of risks are worth taking when you look at the impact of these plants."
The protest was planned in conjunction with a public hearing on the plants being conducted by the U.S. EPA at a downtown hotel.
Late Tuesday, the eight activists, six women and two men, were arrested at the bridge at 3900 S. Pulaski Rd. and charged with reckless conduct, according to police News Affairs Officer Ronald Gaines.
Their names were not immediately available Gaines said.
As of midnight, they hadn't been fingerprinted and were still being processed by police. At least three of the people arrested had out of state identifications, including New York and Connecticut and Wisconsin, police said.
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The Spanish brand Wolder you want to consolidate in the market of mobile devices with the launch of Wolder miSmart WAVE8 y miSmart WAVE4, two new five-inch smartphones designed in Spain with eight- and four-core processors respectively.
The Wolder miSmart WAVE4 is now for sale through the website our site and in the usual points of sale at a preferred price of 179 euros. On the other hand, the Wolder miSmart WAVE8 It will be released soon on the website of the manufacturer and the usual points of sale at a preferred price 199 euros, only 20 euros of difference to have greater power and four times more internal storage.


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module Concurrent
  module Actor
    module Behaviour

      # Sets and holds the supervisor of the actor if any. There is at most one supervisor
      # for each actor. Each supervisor is automatically linked.
      class Supervised < Abstract
        attr_reader :supervisor

        def initialize(core, subsequent)
          super core, subsequent
          @supervisor = nil
        end

        def on_envelope(envelope)
          case envelope.message
          when :supervise
            supervise envelope.sender
          when :supervisor
            supervisor
          when :un_supervise
            un_supervise envelope.sender
          when :pause!, :resume!, :reset!, :restart!
            # allow only supervisor to control the actor
            if @supervisor == envelope.sender
              pass envelope
            else
              false
            end
          else
            pass envelope
          end
        end

        def supervise(ref)
          @supervisor = ref
          behaviour!(Linking).link ref
          true
        end

        def un_supervise(ref)
          if @supervisor == ref
            behaviour!(Linking).unlink ref
            @supervisor = nil
            true
          else
            false
          end
        end

        def on_event(event)
          @supervisor = nil if event == :terminated
          super event
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

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MESOP MIDEAST WATCH: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SCRUTINIZES IRAN PROTEST CRACKDOWN
Bottom Line Up Front: 23-11-22 – THE SOUFAN CENTER
On November 24, the United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on Iran's violent crackdown on ongoing protests and other alleged human rights abuses, following an official request submitted by Germany and Iceland and supported by 44 other member states.
Although various United Nations bodies have criticized Iran's record for years, the special session will be the first dedicated deliberation of and resolution against the Islamic Republic's human rights practices.
The U.N. meeting gives major powers cover to impose additional sanctions on Iranian officials and entities carrying out violence against protesters.
The Human Rights Council session and multilateral sanctions are unlikely to affect short-term change on the part of Iran's government but will signal their increasing isolation for these actions.
On November 11, Germany and Iceland, with the support of 44 other states, submitted an official request to convene a special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council to address the Iranian regime's violent crackdown over more than two months of protests. The unrest started as a reaction to the death in custody of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, who was detained for allegedly violating the regime's public dress code. Protests have since expanded into a major, nationwide rebellion led by women, encompassing longstanding grievances over the regime's repression, corruption, global isolation, and alliances with violent regional factions and dictators. The strength of public support for the protesters was visible even at the FIFA World Cup, when the Iranian team refused to sing their national anthem and their captain expressed solidarity with the protest movement. As of November 17, the regime's security forces, led by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its militia, the Basij, have killed over 350 protesters, including over 40 minors, and arrested more than 15,000. The U.N. Human Rights Council special session on Iran, to be held tomorrow, November 24 (the U.S. holiday of Thanksgiving), is widely expected to adopt a resolution calling on Tehran to prevent extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, sexual and gender-based violence, arbitrary arrests, detentions, torture, and other cruel or inhumane punishments. A recent CNN report went into detail about allegations of security forces abducting and raping both men and women.
Although Iran's regime is unlikely to heed the calls of the U.N. session, the meeting gives cover to world economic powers to impose additional sanctions against regime officials and security institutions. Moreover, it sends an important signal of solidarity to the protesters and increasing isolation for the Iranian government. Even before the latest unrest, the United States and the European Union (EU) had already sanctioned numerous Iranian individuals and security institutions, including the IRGC, Basij, Law Enforcement Forces (LEF), Iranian prisons, and other institutions, for human rights abuses. The U.S. and EU sanctions are similar insofar as they ban travel and freeze the assets of persons sanctioned, and forbid U.S. and EU citizens from conducting financial transactions with the sanctioned entities. The United States has added several sanctions designations in the context of the latest crackdown.
On November 14, in advance of the U.N. special session, the EU added sanctions designations on: the four security officers who arrested Mahsa Amini, provincial heads of the LEF and the IRGC, Iranian Cyber Police chief Vahid Mohammad Naser Majid, Minister of Interior Ahmad Vahidi, and Brigadier General Kiyumars Heidari, the Commander of the Iranian Army's Ground Forces. Heidari's designation represents somewhat of a departure from past episodes of unrest in which Iran's Army, the national army that existed before Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, has consistently refused leadership requests to become involved in suppressing domestic unrest. The new designations brought the total sanctioned for human rights abuses by the EU to 126 Iranian individuals and 11 entities. The EU also sanctioned Iranian state television broadcaster Press TV for producing and broadcasting forced confessions of detainees.
No U.N. or international official expects that the Human Rights Council special session will cause Iran's leadership to allow free and unfettered demonstrations, or change its policies on the public dress code or other issues. Iranian leaders appear to be convinced that the uprising poses a serious threat to the regime and that it requires an intensified and violent response. Some members of Iran's elected Majles (parliament) have criticized the use of violence against demonstrators which has resulted in the killing of several children and youths among the protesters, but no high-level government official has called for compromise with protestors or their demands. In November, a majority of the Majles members signed a statement that appeared to support death sentences against protesters who had been arrested. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has resorted to his standard playbook – accusing the demonstrators of being instigated and supported by foreign powers, particularly the United States and Israel. Iran's leaders have sought to reinforce the charge by claiming that the United States and its allies are using regional allies, such as Iraq's Kurds, to arm and support Iranian demonstrators. Iran has recently conducted a series of attacks on anti-regime Kurdish groups inside Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq that Tehran says have been supporting protesters in the Kurdish areas of northwestern Iran. The Kurdish areas of Iran, where Mahsa Amini is from, have seen the most intensive protests thus far. In mid-November, IRGC naval elements conducted an armed drone attack on an Israeli-owned oil tanker off the coast of Oman – an apparent effort by the regime to lash out at foreign powers that it says are fomenting the unrest.
Iranian regime leaders appear to remain convinced, despite evidence to date, that violent tactics will eventually quell the unrest. The government will likely continue to use live ammunition, often fired from building rooftops on groups of protesters, death sentences, Internet blackouts, and other violent measures from its standard playbook in an attempt to contain the unrest. However, unlike the several cycles of unrest over the past 15 years, the current uprising, which has unified people across ethnic, class, and geographic boundaries, is likely to continue to defy the regime's crackdown. The use of brutal tactics has caused the unrest to gain momentum, not retrench, moving well beyond the women who have both led and constituted the core of the uprising to date. Bazaar merchants and laborers also joined the uprising by conducting periodic and sometimes sustained general strikes and business shutdowns. Women in major cities now routinely defy the dress code requiring head coverings in public, to the point where the dress code has been rendered essentially moot. Protesters routinely fight back against security forces, often forcing them to retreat. In mid-November, protesters took the unprecedented step of burning down the childhood home of the founder of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, that had been turned into a museum. The upcoming Human Rights Council meeting, although a significant international step, is unlikely to affect the outcome of the uprising to the same extent as will the fortitude and resilience of Iran's protesters. It will nonetheless serve as a reminder of the actions of Iran's government against its own people and an important signal of solidarity with the protest movement, though the final outcome will be for Iranians to decide.


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Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux Separate and Live Apart: Wedding Off as Justin Pulls Plug on Marriage (PHOTO)
BY Cate Meighan on November 21, 2013 | Comments: 6 comments
Related : Celebrity Splits, Cheating, Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux, Tabloid Wednesday
I would really love to be a fly on the wall in Jennifer Aniston's mansion, just to hear exactly what kind of conversations she has had with Justin Theroux in recent months. Make no mistake, their engagement is off and the relationship is done and sealed with 3000 miles between them as she's in LA while Justin is working in NYC. Every relationship that Jen has ends in disaster to the point that it makes me wonder what it is that she's doing wrong. I have a feeling that she didn't want Justin working on the east coast, but wasn't invested enough to spend time there with him either. Jen is reportedly as insecure as LeAnn Rimes when it comes to trusting her man so my guess is that the fights have probably been epic.
According to the Dec. 2nd print edition of In Touch magazine Justin added insult to injury by turning up at the party for Robert Downey Jr's wife flying solo and then sharing one hell of a lip lock with Sting's wife, Trudie Styler. That is one couple that is known for their swinger ways and open marriage. That kiss seemed to indicate that Justin and Trudie know each other pretty intimately and that's something that no doubt flipped Jen out. Plus it proves that her former man is doing just fine without her while Jen is heartbroken because once again, she lost the guy and her baby dream went with him.
Security is always tight for the royals but that doesn't stop people from trying to spy on Kate Middleton! In Touch has all the dirty details on this and also on that little photo of Scott Disick holding Khloe Kardashian's hand. Was it just a show of support and comfort for his kind-off sister in law, or is there more to this than meets the eye? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below!
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Popeyes' New Sandwich Causes Traffic Jam On Division Street in Grand Rapids
Jojo Girard
The chicken sandwich wars hit Grand Rapids this weekend, when the new Popeyes chicken sandwich sold out at several West Michigan locations, causing traffic back ups in one location.
When Popeyes announced they were rolling out a new chicken sandwich last week, few could predict the havoc that it would cause.
The new sandwich, said to rival Chick-Fil-A's in terms of quality, caused quite a stir in West Michigan, selling out at most locations, and even causing a traffic snarl.
FOX-17 reported that back ups at the drive thru location on Division Street near Burton caused traffic back ups, as patrons waited in line for their chance at a sandwich.
"The line is usually wrapped all around the corner on to Burton Street and every time I come here I'm waiting 40 minutes for the chicken sandwiches people are ordering," Uber Eats Driver Len Austin told FOX-17.
Yeah, and don't think ordering a delivery through one of several apps can get you one faster, they have to wait in the same lines.
All West Michigan locations say they should be restocked for the sandwich as of today.
As for me, I can wait until the lines die down to try it. It's just a sandwich, after all. Calm down.
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Brooks arrested in California after police chase
Police use dog, Taser to subdue former Nevada assemblyman
Jennifer Simpson / AP
Ex-Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks, middle right, who led police on a chase from Barstow, Calif., until his tires were spiked in Victorville, Calif., is apprehended by police, Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Victorville, Calif. Brooks was arrested on charges including resisting arrest and throwing objects, just hours after he became the first lawmaker ever expelled from the Nevada Legislature.
By Tovin Lapan
Published Friday, March 29, 2013 | 6:56 a.m.
Updated Friday, March 29, 2013 | 2:52 p.m.
AP video on Brooks' arrest
Calif. officials talks about the arrest
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Warning: This video, which apparently shows the arrest of former Assemblyman Steven Brooks, contains offensive language.
Assemblyman Steven Brooks - Feb. 7, 2013
County, despite commissioner's entreaty, won't rush to name Brooks' replacement
Assembly casts historic vote to expel troubled lawmaker Brooks
On the night he was expelled from the Nevada Legislature, former Assemblyman Steven Brooks was arrested after leading police on a chase near Barstow, Calif., and being brought down by a Taser and police dog.
According to a Barstow Police Department statement, officers responded to a call at 6:11 p.m. of an argument between a tow truck driver and a motorist.
When officers arrived, they identified Brooks as the motorist, police said. The tow truck driver claimed Brooks, who had a flat tire, was attempting to scam him, because he reportedly refused to provide identification or a form of payment to the tow truck driver, police said.
Brooks walked away from an officer who was questioning him and headed for his vehicle, despite the officer's orders to stop, police said. Brooks got into the vehicle and sped off on the damaged tire, police said.
Officers pursued Brooks south on Interstate 15 as he weaved in and out of traffic at a high rate of speed, with sparks and smoke coming from the flat tire, according to the police statement.
During the chase, Brooks threw a "number of metal objects" out of his window, police said. Citing CHP officials, the Victorville Daily Press reported that one of the objects was a handgun.
CHP and the San Bernardino Sheriff's Office were contacted for support, and troopers used a spike strip to disable the vehicle and stop it just north of Stoddard Wells Road on I-15.
"Eventually, Brooks exited his vehicle but was acting irrational and was still refusing to comply with officers' orders," the Barstow Police statement said.
A Barstow Police officer deployed a police dog to apprehend Brooks, who ran back into his car, police said. The dog jumped through the back window of the car and "began to subdue" Brooks, police said. Brooks choked the dog and hit it with a socket wrench, causing lacerations above the animal's eye and on its leg.
Officers then pulled Brooks out of the vehicle, using a Taser to subdue him, police said.
Medics responded and tended to Brooks' injuries. He was transported to Barstow Community Hospital for an exam before being booked into West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga.
The police dog was treated by a veterinarian for his injuries and was released.
Brooks was arrested on counts of eluding law enforcement while driving recklessly, resisting or impeding a law enforcement officer, throwing objects at a vehicle with the intent to do harm and injuring or attempting to injure a dog or horse used by law enforcement, according to San Bernardino County online inmate records.
He was being held on $100,000 bail. An initial court appearance was set for Tuesday in Barstow Superior Court, records show.
Reached by phone, the Barstow Police Department declined Friday to release Brooks' booking photo and would not make any officers available for comment or provide additional details not contained in the department's news release.
Brooks' attorney, Mitchell Posin, said he had no details about the arrest or about why Brooks was on the interstate in Barstow.
"We had started to discuss possible next steps," Posin said Friday, referring to his client's expulsion from the Legislature. "Next thing I know, I heard about this."
A witness, 30-year-old Jennifer Simpson, said she was alerted by police helicopters overhead and saw a red four-door SUV hit what appeared to be spike strips on the freeway and veer to the side of the road.
The driver got out of the vehicle but didn't follow police commands to turn around and put his hands in the air, said Simpson, who lives in an apartment near the interstate in Victorville. The man ran back toward the SUV, chased by a police dog, she said.
Simpson said the driver shut himself in the vehicle before several officers with guns drawn pulled him out. She said she saw at least one officer punch the man several times.
Simpson's husband videotaped the last four minutes of the struggle, in which uniformed officers wrestle the driver to the ground in front of the vehicle and an officer in a tan uniform raises his arms three times in apparent punching motions. The man cannot be seen on the ground.
In another video posted to YouTube, CHP Sergeant Chris Dalin is interviewed about the incident, and Brooks can be seen on a stretcher talking with police.
"Initially he got out of the vehicle and was somewhat cooperative, but then he refused to obey commands," Dalin said of Brooks.
When the Barstow Police Department released its dog, Brooks was able to get back into his car. A CHP officer then shot out the back window of the SUV with a beanbag shotgun.
Dalin said Brooks resisted while officers tried to put handcuffs on him and started to break away when the Taser was applied.
"It was successful. Down he went to the ground. After a short struggle he was placed in handcuffs," Dalin says in the video.
Kris Reilly, city editor of The Daily Press in Victorville, said he heard police scanner reports of the chase and arrived at the scene with a photographer to see a man in dark clothing on a hospital gurney. He said the man was struggling against wrist and ankle restraints as he was loaded into an ambulance.
"He was yelling something to the effect that, 'These cops are going down!'" Reilly said. "He was yelling quite a bit."
The police account released Friday doesn't address whether any officers punched Brooks.
The Nevada Assembly voted Thursday morning to oust Brooks, after Assembly Majority Leader William Horne called him "potentially dangerous" and said lawmakers didn't feel safe with him in the building.
"This really saddens me," Horne said Friday, after learning of the arrest. "I hope they get Steven the help he clearly needs before he or someone else is hurt or worse."
This is the third time the North Las Vegas Democrat has been arrested since January. He's accused of making threats toward his colleagues, including Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick.
Brooks also was denied the purchase of a gun in Sparks last month after he was banished from the chambers. Posin said there's been a misunderstanding and Brooks doesn't pose any real threat to anyone.
Brooks won re-election in November by a 2-1 margin over an unknown challenger.
Horne said Thursday that Brooks' unpredictable behavior — which included missing meetings, calling news conferences he never showed up for and posing shirtless for a Las Vegas newspaper — had made the session look "more like a circus and daytime drama than a serious legislative body."
It was the first time the Legislature initiated the expulsion of a member since a lawmaker was accused of libeling other members in 1867, although that case never came to a formal vote.
Sun reporter Anjeanette Damon and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Jessie J has been forced to cancel a number of appearances at festivals over the next few weeks, including T In The Park and Lovebox, on doctor's orders.
The singer, who recently broke her foot in two places, will have to undergo emergency surgery.
The festivals affected include T In The Park, Lovebox, T4 On The Beach and many more.
Jessie J played Glastonbury this weekend, sat on a throne with her foot in a cast.
T In The Park will be headlined by Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys and Foo Fighters.


"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."
It feels really weird to feel thankful that my soldier now finds himself in a war-torn place. But the fact that he's there means he traveled safely; for that, I'm very grateful.
Now, he stands at the beginning of an even greater journey. He will need You. Please be with him. Help him to rely on You, and look to You in times of uncertainty.
He is in a place where it's impossible to be out of harm's way; please watch over him as he tries to navigate through it.
Please give him peace of mind in this place where peace is a distant memory.
Please stand by him and protect him as he does the same for his fellow soldiers.
Please watch over him while he sleeps, and rest his soul when sleep is hard to come by.
Please comfort him when he's hurting, and remind him You are there when he is lonely and longing for home.
Please help him know how much he is loved and missed, and help me to know how I can make him feel like he's not quite so far away.
Please see him through every step of this journey; help his feet to find the right path, and give him the wisdom to follow it, to follow You.
Above all else, Father, please, PLEASE bring him safely home to his family when his work is done.