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One of the most devastating injuries an accident victim can sustain is a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The injury itself can have irreversible and life-long effects. There can be mood alterations, resulting in either reduction in motivation or an increase in aggression. There can also be damage to a person's cognitive capacity, such as the inability to make decisions. Recognizing appropriate and inappropriate social behavior may also be affected.
These brain injuries may actually have an even more profound impact on a victim's life than just the obvious physical ones. One study found that half of homeless men had suffered some type of TBI in the past.
Although the men were randomly chosen, there were criteria they needed to meet in order to participate. They had to be able to speak English; they had to be able to give their consent to participate; they could not have any severe mental illness which would pose a safety risk for the researchers. The study team did find that the majority of the participants had issues with chronic alcoholism.
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The second part of the survey was a screening for effects on cognitive, physical and emotional abilities and how often these symptoms occur. The third part asked questions about other conditions which may also affect those abilities.
Just under half of those interviewed had been diagnosed at one time with a TBI. Almost 75 percent of those men had received their first brain injury before the age of 18. Approximately 87 percent said they suffered their first brain injury before they were homeless. Forty-two percent of participants had sustained their first brain injury in a car accident.
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Boarding the trolleys by the Albany Distilling Co.
Down Pearl Street to take a look at the Kenmore Hotel, one of Legs Diamond's favorite spots.
Past the house on Dove Street where Legs was killed. It's now owned by William Kennedy.
Past the former Hinckel Brewery building. The area near what's now Lincoln Park was once a hot spot for brewing in Albany.
Upstairs at CBH for a beer tasting.
CBH chef Dimitrios Menagias stopped outside to say hi as people got back on the trolleys.
Maeve and Duncan doing some important tour guide coordinating.
A snack of tomato pie from Sciortino's for the ride to Troy.
The back patio at the Confectionery, which was actually a confectionery back around Prohibition.
Of course, now it's a wine and coffee bar. Owners Vic Christopher and Heather LaVine arranged for a wine tasting with raw oysters for us.
Arriving at Smith's. It's been gathering place for politicians and party bosses since the 1920s and 30s.
The inside has an old-school beauty. We got to sample some beer from Ravens Head Brewing, the startup brewery in Cohoes.
The bar at Smith's originated at Tammany Hall in New York City.
The back room of the restaurant once included an entrance for ladies (who were not allowed in the bar itself). There are buttons along the wall of this room that are said to date back to Prohibition. As the story goes, people were supposed to hit the button if a copper was snooping around.
What do you do if you're having a drink at a historic bar? Group photo, obviously.
Back to Albany and ADC for a whiskey tasting.
Last stop: the Albany Pump Station next door for a drink.
The photos from the tour are in large format above -- scroll all the way up.


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Tonight was the hardest thing I have ever done. I said good bye to my son as he left for the United States Marine Corps. It is a bitter sweet feeling. I am going to miss him, yet I am so proud of the choice that he has made. He not only will be my son, he will be my fellow Marine.
I have always been so proud of my son. He is a fantastic son, a great big brother and then you throw in an award winning quarterback and now a future Marine. I couldn't have written this script for him. He now steps forward and makes a decision that less than 1% of the American population (past and present) have ever done, become Marines.
He ships with another young man who I feel is like a son to me as well, Lonnie Baker. I have coached Lonnie and been around him since he was probably 7 or 8 years old. He is a fine young man as well and they both will make great Marines. Marines the Corps will be proud of. These are the pictures of the day. I love you son, Semper Fidelis.


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Today we are so delighted to feature a guest post from the Disney Insider!
Disney Cast Member and writer Cheryl Kabela Hansen got to tackle the assignment of a lifetime: a trip to Alaska to cover the making of Disneynature's latest film, Bears, in person. As she tells it, the experience was nothing less than life-changing, so we invited her to share her story with us and with our readers. Please join her on this unforgettable trip to the world of Bears:
As the wolf crept by me, cautiously curious—we locked eyes for a split second. He had fantastic yellow eyes and a creamy white coat. I'd found a certain level of security during my brief adventure by humbly sitting in the back of the group. Every bear that walked by would have to clear the cameraman first before getting to me, right? But the wolf, he was different. He came around the back. So it was just the two of us (as far as I was concerned). He looked like a big dog, eager for a cuddle. Then he yawned, and my, what big teeth he had.
As a staff writer at Walt Disney Studios, I've been responsible for editing the materials for all of the Disneynature films. The big cats in "African Cats" were fast and fierce—and I, like every other mom on the planet, wanted to scoop up little Oscar in "Chimpanzee" the moment he found himself all alone. So when I got a call on one far-too-normal day last year, the wheels started turning. "Hey Cheryl," she said. "Do you know any writers who might be interested in going to Alaska to cover production for Disneynature's 'Bears?'"
Um … yeah. Me.
It made perfect sense to send me to cover a film about the journey of a mother bear and her cubs. I had two little cubs of my own, after all. The thought of leaving them, however, made me nauseous. My husband would surely laugh at the idea of going all single-dad for a week after shouldering the bulk of the day-to-day duties already. But he didn't laugh. Instead he said, "Go for it. It's an adventure of a lifetime."
What? Leave my family behind to trek to the middle of nowhere to follow a bunch of filmmakers while they seek out bears—on purpose?
I'm not a girly girl. I gave up high heels a long time ago. But I'm not that cool chick, either, the one who rises with the sun to scale mountains and eat wild berries. I want to be her, but when Saturday morning rolls around, the idea of leaping out of bed at dawn to go hiking never seems as appealing as, say, pancakes. In my head, I have sun-kissed cheeks, regularly sleep under the stars, can identify an animal by his excrement, look great without makeup and have rockin' hamstrings from all of that hiking. (I'm also 10 years younger and 10 pounds lighter in my head, but that's beside the point.)
I wasn't really worried about the bears. I respected them—in the way we should all respect wild animals—particularly those with sharp teeth and claws. What concerned me more was my fear of The Filmmakers—this elusive bunch of humans who make their living wandering among wildlife. Their way-cool world is so unlike my cubicle-bound, what-will-I-order-for-lunch existence. I was pretty sure they looked good without makeup (figuratively speaking), and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to keep up with them. Would I be miserably cold and count the minutes till we could return to camp? Camp? Where would I sleep? Where would I … do other things that one must do several times a day?
The trip to Hallo Bay Camp within Katmai National Park and Preserve was an adventure itself, culminating in a 75-minute jaunt aboard a Cessna that landed not on a runway, but a beach. I rode shotgun in this tiny aircraft and figure it was at least 20 minutes before I was able to unclench. We flew from Homer over Katchemak Bay, which is where the Bering Sea meets the Gulf of Alaska. The area is home to active volcanoes and glaciers. It is untouched and incredible: a living painting of greens, blues and browns like I'd never before seen.
I saw my first bear before we even landed. He was walking up the beach, a greeter sent to welcome me to this faraway land. As obviously natural as it was—this lone bear ambling along the coastline—I found it entirely foreign, since in all of my years on Earth, I'd never really seen an animal of that size and power free to roam for miles and miles. It was breathtaking and oddly emotional.
And, it turned out, The Filmmakers were nothing to fear. These charming Brits—led by director Keith Scholey—were a welcoming bunch, much like that bear—and they seemed eager to share their wild world with my rookie self. I sensed their enthusiasm ratcheting up a bit with my arrival. After all, their mission with a film like "Bears" is to bring their world to people just like me.
Scholey and I set out with naturalist guide Simyra Taback-Hlebechuk to catch up with the team who'd been out filming for most of the day already. We hadn't been walking for more than 10 minutes when Taback-Hlebechuk told me there was a bear munching on sedge grass up ahead just off our path. He was huge—easily 650 pounds—fluffy, the color of caramel and not the least bit interested in us. My heart raced, but I wasn't afraid. Surely, he could turn our way and in a matter of seconds plow me over if he chose—but to him, I did not represent food. Bears don't associate humans with food in this part of the world, which is why it's possible to share their space.
I'm not sure what I expected of Alaska's weather—even in late July—but balmy was not an option I'd considered. Yet, the sun was shining and I was comfortable in a long-sleeved t-shirt as we walked a mile so down the beach dotted with driftwood and pumice stones, through a meadow and along a creek bed to join camerawoman Sophie Darlington, a field assistant and their guide. They were remarkably happy, considering there were no bears in sight. I got a taste of life on location, where patience is key and creativity is essential when it comes to passing the time (bear-orizing songs: "All the bears are brown …" and the group favorite, "Bear-hemian Rhapsody"). The protocol was simple, but surprising. We went to a spot where bears frequent—and sat. "The bears will come," they said.
And they did—four at once, actually. Our guide and the filmmakers recognized individuals—one was called Rice Krispy Ears, for obvious reasons. The bears disregarded us for the most part, but there were two that came quite close—perhaps to get a good look at the new girl, more likely because it was too much trouble to alter their paths. It wasn't fear I felt, rather a profound vulnerability—punctuated by the fact that we were sitting as these 400 to 700-pound animals were lumbering by. I knew better than to run—no need to be mistaken for prey—but I had a great deal of trouble giving up all control. Note to self: control is overrated.
We saw two wolves that night; one curled up for a nap about 20 yards away—a fact that still seemed to titillate the filmmakers who hadn't really witnessed wolves this unguarded anywhere else in the world. An eagle flew by—its grace and majesty was palpable. It was sensory overload at its very, very best. The sun was still out at 10 p.m.—it was summertime in Alaska, after all, but the light had waned a bit so the team packed up for the night. I was struck by the reluctance of the production team to leave the dirt and driftwood they'd called home for some 14 hours. They were genuinely afraid of missing something—THE shot—and since Darlington was leaving the following morning after weeks on location, she was visibly sad to bid adieu to Alaska. I admired her passion—a quality I noted in each of the filmmakers I encountered.
Despite the day's successes, I had not yet met mama bear and her cubs. But nature will not be directed, and—I found out later—Scholey was fairly sure any mother with spring cubs would've already left the area to steer clear of larger males moving in for the salmon that had begun to arrive. But I would not be disappointed. We were on the beach awaiting Darlington's airborne chariot when we saw walking confidently up the beach a trio of beautiful bears. The whole camp erupted—apparently nobody thought I'd get my cub sighting. But there she was: proud mama with two cubs in tow.
Even better: following Darlington's departure, cameraman Gavin Thurston scrambled to gather his equipment, and I was invited to join the team as they went in the direction the little family was headed, presumably to fish at the creek.
Mama bear reminded me of myself a little: multitasking, one eye on her cubs, the other on the job at hand. The scene was more entertaining than any reality show I'd seen to date, only to be interrupted by the lone wolf who came to check me out. Our guide estimated he came within 10 feet of me (though I was told I could say 5). And I didn't think my heart could race any faster till I saw that wolf cross the creek where the mother bear was still hanging with her cubs.
Wolf hunting was definitely not on my list—particularly if my newfound cubs were on the menu.
With the permission of our guide, we hastily crossed the creek to capture what happened next. The wolf was not shy about his intentions. I waited for mama bear to put him in his place, but after one warning, she seemed preoccupied with her fishing. The wolf was relentless, and I was afraid he'd get a hold of one of those cubs. Shame on me for doubting that mother, who clearly knew what she was doing—those cubs promptly took matters into their own paws and let the wolf know they were in control. Best. Moment. Ever: two tiny cubs chasing off a wolf, not once, but four times—all caught on camera and a scene that would ultimately make the final cut—which says a lot considering more than 400 hours of footage was shot. I made a mental note on the spot to remember to let my own cubs stand up for themselves when the day comes (and it will).
The lessons learned are many, to be sure, but above all, I hope those bears taught me to always be willing to overlook fear, step out of my comfort zone, experience adventure, find passion. My own journey certainly pales compared to that of the family in "Bears," but my experience—and the film itself—revealed a world much bigger than the one I'd been living in, and for that, I will always be grateful. Go "Bears."
Bears is now playing in theaters nationwide. See the film during opening week (April 18-24, 2014) and Disneynature, through the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, will make a contribution to the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks, to protect wildlife and wild places across America's national park system.
Source: http://blogs.disney.com/insider/2014/04/22/up-close-and-personal-with-bears/
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Digital Mission Teams Up With Mayor of London for Enterprise Tech Mission to Chicago, Boston, NYC
We're excited to announce the next Digital Mission trip, the Great Enterprise Tech Expedition, a collaboration with UK Trade & Investment, the Mayor of London and TechCityUK, supporting 20 of the UK's fastest growing cloud software firms on a whistlestop 3-city US mission covering Chicago, Boston and NYC from 5-10th Oct 2014.
B2B startups are often seen as less glamourous than their consumer-facing counterparts, but it's clear from the huge interest in this trip - 15 of the places have already been snapped up - that FinTech, EdTech and HealthTech (insert your own B2B buzzword here) are thriving.
Enterprise Tech Mission
The trip will explore commercial opportunities for EnterpriseTech firms and build relationships with key US enterprises across financial & business services, life sciences, retail, media, education and FMCG/CPG brands across these key three cities in the US.
The US cloud computing industry has grown from an estimated $46bn in 2008 to $150bn in 2014 with nearly 50% of worldwide cloud computing revenue coming from the USA. Gartner forecasts worldwide SaaS revenues at $21.3bn, $22bn for PaaS and enterprise software revenues of $347bn in 2015.
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The deadline for applications is 1st September and with places allocated to qualifying companies on a first-come, first-served basis and with huge demand 15 have already been snapped up.
The application process is very straightforward with subsidies for London-based SMEs reducing the cost to £500+VAT including accommodation in the US.
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Richard joins Ryan Doyle and guest host Tamara Cherry of the NewsTalk 1010 afternoon show to talk about Squirt soda and the origin of the tequila-based cocktail the Paloma, and some movies to watch on the weekend, including "Black Widow" and "No Sudden Move."
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Richard speaks to "CTV News at Six" anchor Andria Case about the best movies and television to watch this weekend including "Black Widow" (on Disney+ with premium access), the all-star Crave film "No Sudden Move" and the Netflix slasher flick "Fear Street Part 2: 1978."
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Richard joins CP24 to have a look at new movies coming to VOD, streaming services and theatres including "Black Widow" (on Disney+ with premium access), the all-star Crave film "No Sudden Move" and the Netflix slasher flick "Fear Street Part 2: 1978."
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RICHARD'S CTV NEWSCHANNEL REVIEWS FOR JULY 9 WITH ANGIE SETH.
Richard and CTV NewsChannel morning show host Marcia MacMillan chat up the weekend's big releases including "Black Widow" (on Disney+ with premium access), the all-star Crave film "No Sudden Move" and the Netflix slasher flick "Fear Street Part 2: 1978."
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Richard sits in on the CFRA Ottawa morning show with host Bill Carroll to talk the new movies coming to theatres, VOD and streaming services including "Black Widow" (on Disney+ with premium access), the all-star Crave film "No Sudden Move" and the Netflix slasher flick "Fear Street Part 2: 1978."
THE SHOWGRAM WITH JIM RICHARDS: DOES RICHARD CROUSE LIKE THESE MOVIES?
Richard joins NewsTalk 1010's Jim Richards on the coast-to-coast-to-coast late night "Showgram" to play the game "Did Richard Crouse like these movies?" This week we talk about the Marvel family drama "Black Widow" (on Disney+ with premium access), the all-star Crave film "No Sudden Move" and the Netflix slasher flick "Fear Street Part 2: 1978."
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BLACK WIDOW: 3 STARS. "eye-scorching action and themes of the importance of family."
If you were to make a Venn diagram of "Black Widow," now on Disney+ with premium access, and the recent animated film "The Boss Baby: Family Business," you'd be surprised by the overlap. Both movies are about estranged families coming together and siblings finding a path forward after years of bitter feelings. One is much louder than the other, but underneath it all they are both all about family. "I chose to go west and become an Avenger," Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) says. "They treated me like family."
The story begins with a flashback.
It's 1995 and sisters Natasha (played as a child by Ever Anderson) and Yelena (Violet McGraw) are separated from their Soviet sleeper cell family in Ohio. Removed from their undercover agent parents, scientist mother Melina (Rachel Weisz) and super-soldier father Alexei (David Harbour), they are placed under the supervision of evil Soviet General Dreykov (Ray Winston) in a training camp called the Red Room where they are brainwashed and taught the deadly ways of the Widows.
Jump forward twenty-one years to the gap between the events of "Captain America: Civil War" and "Infinity War." Natasha (Johansson) is cut loose from her Avengers pals after breaking the Sokovia Accords. The superhero clan have gotten "divorced," and Natasha is hiding out in Norway. When she is attacked by Dreykov's bodyguard, the mysterious Taskmaster, she reunites with her estranged "family" to take on the Russian general.
"Black Widow," the first Marvel Cinematic Universe solo outing for Johansson's character, has spent a year bouncing around the pandemic release schedule and brings with it high expectations from fans.
Directed by Cate Shortland, Romanoff's convoluted backstory is handled in a fairly straightforward way, part Marvel, part "The Americans." The movie does offer up a fair amount of fan service but still provides eye-scorching action and basic, relatable themes of the importance of family and responsibility for the casual viewer.
Despite the wild CGI action and Jason Bourne style one-on-one combat, the film feels more grounded than most other Marvel movies. Perhaps it's because Natasha and Yelena (Florence Pugh) don't have super powers (although they are VERY resilient) or perhaps it's because the story details the dysfunctional, tragic past that put Natasha on the road to becoming an assassin or maybe it's because the villain Dreykov barely makes an impression, but the usual stakes—saving the world—take a backseat to more personal concerns.
"Black Widow" is a swansong for Natasha. The character jumped off a cliff in "Avengers: Endgame," sacrificing herself so her superhero buddies could acquire the Soul Stone and help defeat genocidal warlord Thanos. Johansson sends her off with a suitably steely yet vulnerable performance, and when she isn't running, jumping, punching or shooting, she brings some real humanity to the quieter scenes.
Pugh and Harbour bring some much-welcomed levity, the former as the eye-rolling sarcastic younger sister, the latter as the insecure wannabe super soldier who is just a bit too concerned about his legacy. Their bickering and subtle character touches help add life to the family vibe so important to the story the movie is trying to tell.
Like so many of the Marvel films, near the end "Black Widow" succumbs to overkill, noise and frenetic CGI action scenes. The family is united, à la "The Boss Baby" but the onscreen fireworks overwhelm the compelling family story that lies at the heart of Natasha's journey.
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CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER: 4 STARS. "a cut above the usual super hero fare. "
Thursday, April 3rd, 2014
"Must have freaked you out, coming back after the defrosting." If that bit of dialogue, spoken by war veteran Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," makes sense then you already have all the backstory you need to enjoy the movie.
For those who don't, here's the scoop. Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) was a ninety-pound über patriot, too scrawny to enlist in World War II. Not to be deterred he allowed himself to be a guinea pig in the top-secret "super-soldier" experiment. Transformed into a ripped, heroic warrior he (and his trusty shield) took on risky missions and kept the world safe from the terrorist organization HYDRA. On one operation he crash landed in the Arctic and spent decades frozen in a block of ice in a state of suspended animation.
Thawed out in modern day, the MIA soldier is pressed into service by the folks at S.H.I.E.L.D. to protect freedom and the American way.
When we meet up with him in the new film he's still catching up with the modern world. The extremely well preserved 95 year old is making a list of all the things he missed out on in seven decades of suspended animation. He likely won't have time to get up to date—take in "Rocky" or listen to Marvin Gaye's "Trouble Man" for instance—before having to deal with the chrome-armed Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan), a villain from Cap's long distant past and battle against a threat from deep inside S.H.I.E.L.D., his own spy network.
With his new world collapsing around him the good Captain must determine who can be trusted. Will it be S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), the flirty but deadly Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) or World Security Council bigwig Alexander Pierce (Robert Redford)? The decisions he makes could save his life and the lives of 20 million civilians.
Movie by movie Marvel has created an interconnected universe. Like a giant jigsaw puzzle the comic book company has pieced together something quite unprecedented; a series of films that aren't sequels to one another but when combined form a loud, brash whole.
Captain America was a latecomer to the party, and while the first film was a solid introduction, it didn't have the sparkle of say, the first "Iron Man" movie. The character seemed a bit beige; a do-gooder with no rough edges. "The Winter Soldier" addresses those concerns, fleshing out the character and providing some very good action sequences.
Evans has grown into the character. Physically he's one big rippling muscle, but it is his personality and attitude that make him interesting. This time around he's still a do-gooder but one who questions his missions. "You're holding a gun to everyone on Earth and calling it protection," he says after learning of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s violent plan to bring peace to the world. "This isn't freedom, this is fear."
It's an edgy message from a Greatest Generation type to a world where drones have become common and Edward Snowden rides the line between patriot and traitor. The message permeates the plot, which is ripe with twists and turns and some genuinely thrilling moments.
Adding to the intrigue is some high powered star wattage. Robert Redford, who, if this was 1973 might have played the title role, brings credibility to Pierce. He's an enigma, a man who turned down the Nobel Peace Prize, but also helped create a world so chaotic that he believes people are willing to give up freedom for peace. He brings some old school gravitas to the part and his very presence in the movie made me want to re-watch "Three Days of the Condor."
Johansson is mad, bad and dangerous to know as Romanoff, and kicks so high it's only a matter of time until she gets her own Avenger's movie.
Of course, this is a comic book movie so for all the high-minded subtext there are still big action scenes every ten minutes or so, each one larger and louder than the last. The biggest and brashest is saved for the climax, which is where "The Winter Soldier" packs the inventiveness of its first two acts away and becomes a standard Marvel action movie. Up until that point, however, it is a funny (pay attention for a good "Pulp Fiction" gag involving Jackson), fast paced movie that is a cut above the usual super hero fare.
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Armed men raided the offices of a Sudanese newspaper on Saturday evening and severely beat the chief editor who had called for normalization of ties with Israel, a colleague said.
The violence against Osman Mirghani, chief editor of the Al-Tayar daily, was an unusual physical attack against a journalist in Sudan, although reporters regularly complain of censorship by the National Intelligence and Security Service.
Mirghani was admitted to Al-Zaytouna Hospital in downtown Khartoum after "they just started beating him in his head, in his leg, using the guns and the sticks," Faisal Mohamed Salih, an award-winning Sudanese journalist and press freedom advocate, told AFP.
Ibrahim Ghandour, top assistant to President Omar al-Bashir, visited Mirghani and told journalists that the editor was unconscious, Salih said.
Speaking from the hospital and citing information from Al-Tayar reporters, Salih said about seven gunmen drove up to the newspaper's office just before the evening iftar meal when Muslims break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan.
The attack occurred just a few days after Mirghani called on local television for Islamist Sudan to normalize relations with Israel, Salih said.Mirghani's comments came during an Israeli military assault on the Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza strip.The operation saw one of its bloodiest days Saturday, and the Palestinian death toll rose to 343 after 12 days.Israeli officials have long accused Sudan of serving as a base of support for Hamas militants.
Sudan ranked near the bottom, at 170 out of 179, in the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2013 World Press Freedom Index.
Sudanese newspaper raided, journalists beaten Beaten among the journalists was newspaper editor-in-chief Osman Mirghani who lost his consciousness and was later taken to a nearby hospital.
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Beau, sounds ....uh....strange, but yep...fun! I'd like to see the results too.
no paintball shots...but I did see a documentary a couple weeks ago about a lady whose art begins with sheets of metal covered with a plastic explosive...which is then blown up (quite literally). The metal is then left to cool, cleaned, and the images from the blasted surfaces are used to create her art. Incredible when she has painted and completed the process. Its difficult to describe!
Takes months to complete the entire work and they sell for around $40,000! and up!!!
CH...I seen that on Tv not long ago!..I think her art is wonderful!..its amazing that you can put a leaf on a sheet of metal and detonate explosives over it and get the imprint of the leaf in the metal!
Sass I'm looking forward to the paintball painting posts!..Thanks!
Cheryl, I also remember the spin art machines. Those were fun. I have no idea of what happened to mine. Wish I had hung on to it as well as my spiral a graph and a few other little dittys my mom and dad bought me when I was a kid.


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Learn about the duties required of a chiropractor working with athletes. This 10-hour course is designed to explore the many different areas of knowledge and skills that a Doctor of Chiropractic should be acquainted with when working in the sporting world. Some of the topics addressed include team doctor's duties, management of extremity injury, emergency treatment of the injured athlete, environmental concerns and medical legal issues in sport.
This course is designed for the general practicing doctor. This course work is designed for doctors of chiropractic to assist their preparations for performing the Preparticipation Examination (PPE). The course will utilize interactive learning tools to guide the doctor through the information required to properly prepare and perform a PPE. In this course, you will identify the goals of performing the PPE, identify the physical characteristics of Marfan's Syndrome Perform the examinations needed for the PPE, understand the different methods used for sport classifications, and perform the decisions associated with determining clearance.
This six hour distance-based course will provide you with the current information concerning chiropractic care of the spine in the athlete. Your participation and actual course time is tracked electronically. You will find this an engaging course because of the topics and the use of interactive learning tools. You will have the opportunity to participate, learn and express your own opinions. The way you express your opinions is by responding to the discussion questions, and posting a response to the return criteria question listed in the overview unit.
This course will introduce chiropractic sports medicine fundamentals and cover the etiology and diagnosis of sports injuries, chiropractic treatment of the injured athlete, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedures.
This course will cover the chiropractor's role on the athletic health care team, sports injury mechanisms, terminology, and first aid, and game plan evaluation and treatment of the injured athlete.
This course will introduce golf swing biomechanics and golf swing faults etiology. It will cover prevention and treatment of golf injuries with golf specific exercise protocols.
This course will provide an overview of the exercise energy systems, muscle anatomy and physiology, progressive resistance exercise methodologies, aerobic/anaerobic exercise training concepts, rehabilitative exercise treatment protocols, sport specific exercise strength training methods, and patient exercise program designs.


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The Treason Trial of Wole Soyinka – By Femi Falana
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(By Femi Falana)
"Even though the charge was read, the plea of the defendants was not taken for want of jurisdiction on the part of the magistrate court to try the offence of treason. But as the charge was being read, I recalled that the junta had engaged in some desperate moves to link Soyinka with terrorism. In fishing for evidence with which to nail him, the Abacha killer squad had placed a copy of Soyinka's detention dairy, "The Man Died", on the charred body of Babangida Kaltho, TheNews/TEMPO magazines' correspondent after bombing him at the Hamdala Hotel, Kaduna".
The public protests which greeted the illegal annulment of the result of the June 12, 1993 presidential election won by Chief M.K.O Abiola forced the military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, to relinquish power. While announcing that he was merely stepping aside, the dictator transferred power to an Interim National Government (ING) headed by Chief Ernest Shonekan. A former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Sani Abacha, was appointed the Secretary of Defence for the ING. But based on a suit filed by Chief Abiola at the Lagos High Court, the ING was declared illegal and unconstitutional. The epochal verdict was handed down on November 10, 1993. A week later, Gen. Abacha sacked the ING and declared himself the new military head of state.
Prof. Wole Soyinka condemned the palace coup and demanded the inauguration of a democratically elected government headed by the winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election. On Prof. Soyinka's instructions, Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN) proceeded to the Federal High Court to challenge the legitimacy of the Abacha junta. On the basis of the preliminary objection filed by the junta's lawyer, the case was struck out for want of jurisdiction on the part of the court. It was also held that Soyinka lacked the locus standi to institute the action. Peeved about the legal challenge to legality of his regime, the maximum ruler ordered the immediate arrest and detention of the Nobel Laureate.
However, information of the impending arrest was leaked to Soyinka who left the country through what later became known as the "NADECO route". In utter frustration, Gen. Abacha sanctioned some officials of the government for their negligence and disloyalty, which led to the escape of the "wanted man." While in exile, Soyinka coordinated an effective international campaign against the junta. The campaign became intensified when the leader of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Ken Saro-Wiwa, and other Ogoni leaders were executed by the dictator after a sham trial by a special military tribunal.
In addition to his leading role in the campaign for the restoration of democratic rule in the country, Soyinka established Radio Kudirat and formed the National Liberation Council of Nigeria (NALICON). According to its mission statement, the NALICON was determined to wage an armed struggle against the Abacha junta since it had engaged in terrorist attacks in order to perpetuate itself in power. To blackmail and cow Soyinka to submission, Abacha ordered that he be declared wanted and charged with treason. In actuality, some mercenaries were hired by the junta to kidnap the "wanted man", crate him and bring him to the country for trial.
At the home front, Fawehinmi had been charged with the illegal formation of a political party before the Chief Magistrate Court, Ikeja, Lagos. He had been granted bail and trial had commenced in the case. As the leader of the defence team, I was in court for the continuation of the trial on March 12, 1997. I had just taken my seat when I noticed that Chief Olu Falae and 10 other persons were being brought to the court. They had been detained without trial at the Alagbon police station in Lagos for upward of 10 months for alleged terrorist activities. The investigating police officer, Mr. Zakari Biu, who was then in charge of the Police Anti-Terrorism Department, thought I was in the court because I had foreknowledge of the case. He therefore suggested that the suspects be returned to Alagbon. But the prosecutor, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, overruled him on the ground that the suspects were entitled to legal representation in court.
I was still having some consultations with the defendants when the Chief Magistrate entered the court. As soon as she took her seat, she ordered the clerk of the court to read the charge to the defendants. In the criminal complaint filed that morning, Soyinka and three other pro-democracy campaigners namely Chief Anthony Enahoro, Gen. Alani Akinrinade (rtd.) and Dr. Amos Akingba who were living in exile in the United States and the United Kingdom together with Chief Falae and 10 other political detainees were charged before the Chief Magistrate Court who was trying Fawehinmi's case. In the two-count charge, the defendants were accused of "levying war against the federal military government of Nigeria by conspiring with people to explode bombs in Nigeria between 1995 and 1997″ and treason by "causing explosions in various parts of Nigeria and overawing the Head of State of the Federal Government of Nigeria" contrary to sections 516 and 37 respectively of the Criminal Code applicable in Lagos State.
Even though the charge was read, the plea of the defendants was not taken for want of jurisdiction on the part of the magistrate court to try the offence of treason. But as the charge was being read, I recalled that the junta had engaged in some desperate moves to link Soyinka with terrorism. In fishing for evidence with which to nail him, the Abacha killer squad had placed a copy of Soyinka's detention dairy, "The Man Died", on the charred body of Babangida Kaltho, TheNews/TEMPO magazines' correspondent after bombing him at the Hamdala Hotel, Kaduna. I wondered why the innocent young man had to be so gruesomely murdered to nail another man.
In reacting to that incident and the spate of bombings rocking the country at the material time, Soyinka had told the media: "I don't know who is behind the bombs. He (Abacha) has created so much enmity in the army that I think the army could be responsible. It is very divided." In dismissing the official allegation of his involvement in the bombings, the Nobel Laureate said: "Abacha is a psychopath, and a pathological liar. He knows he doesn't have any shred of proof connecting me to these bombings."
After the charge had been read, the prosecutor applied that the defendants who were present in court be remanded in prison custody. In opposing Ribadu's application, I submitted that Ribadu had strengthened our case by his own admission that what was before the court was a holding charge which had been declared illegal and unconstitutional in the case of Andrew Ogor v Kolawole (1983) 5 NCLR 342. In opposing the application that the defendants who were in court be remanded in prison custody, I pointed out that the chief magistrate had no power to transfer them to the prison since she had no power to try the main case of treason.
At that juncture, Fawehinmi who had entered the court in the middle of my submissions announced that he was, with my concurrence, leading me in the matter. While adopting my address on the objection to the charge Chief Fawehinmi further submitted that "the Criminal Code does not provide for any form of trial in absentia. To that extent the involvement of Soyinka and others in exile has vitiated the charge. Even with respect to Falae, Dr. Frederick Faseun and others in court the charge is equally illegal as a holding charge is no longer part of the criminal justice system of the country." Fawehinmi made it clear to the court that none of the exiled defendants was going to be extradited, as was the case with Enahoro who was deported from the United Kingdom to stand trial for treason with Chief Obafemi Awolowo in 1962.
Although the chief magistrate did not agree with our submissions that she could not order the detention of the defendants in prison custody, she directed that they be taken back to Alagbon police station. On our preliminary objections to the charge, she said that she would rule at a later date and then adjourned the case to May 9, 1997 for mention. Unlike when he reported himself to the police in 1965 after he had been declared wanted for holding up a radio station in Ibadan, Soyinka was not prepared for the trial of another "mystery man."
After the adjournment of the case, Soyinka pleaded not guilty to the treason charge. Speaking from California in the United States, he told the CNN: "It's an old familiar charge that's being dusted off to tie it in with this spate of bombings. This is a ploy to liquidate us." The charge was still pending in court when Abacha suddenly died June 8, 1998. But following the decision of his successor, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar junta to withdraw all politically-motivated cases from the courts, the case was discontinued and struck out. Thus, Soyinka never appeared in any court to face the charge of treason slammed against him by the Abacha junta.
However, it was later proved beyond any reasonable doubt at the Lagos High Court during the trial of some members of the Abacha junta involved in the killing of members of the opposition that the Abacha Strike Force was responsible for the spate of bombings, which had rocked the country from 1995-1998. Indeed, some operatives of the killer squad confirmed their involvement in such state-sponsored terrorist activities at the Oputa Panel of Enquiry on Human Rights Abuses. In fact, one of them, Sergeant Rogers Jabila, cried and asked for forgiveness from the victims when he appeared at the panel. Such confessional statements have since exonerated Soyinka and other suspects who were charged with conspiracy and treason by the Abacha junta.
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Most churches and schools cannot function without the help of volunteers who work closely with children. The insurance carrier at my school, Church Mutual, asks that all the teachers and regular volunteers go through training for sexual abuse prevention. Of course, they say it's nearly impossible to spot a sexual predator, but knowing what to look for and what to do if it happens is imperative. We watched the video put together by a legal team. Another great training program you might want to check out was created by the Catholic church (I know, I know...) and is called Virtus.
Anyone else in regular direct contact with children/youth.
As the video says, "Just because somebody is nice and friendly in public, doesn't mean that they are not a predator." Sadly, in some cases, this is true.


The SIBA Business Awards seek to congratulate excellence in the brewing industry across a variety of categories, from pump clip, can and bottle design, to efforts taken by brewers to make their business more eco-friendly or to support their local community.
The independent craft beer retailer, bar and restaurant categories were introduced in response to the success of the beer market in the UK and the growing importance to recognise those businesses going the extra mile. The awards are unique in that they are judged by those from within the industry rather than publications or other awards bodies looking in.
Full category criteria below entry form.
For all aspects of effective marketing and communication strategy, including general or specific campaigns, promotions, PR, social media activity, product launch, shop, visitor centre, etc.
Entries must stand out from the crowd for marketing initiative, effective communication, a PR opportunity seized, or imagination and creativity deployed in the increasingly competitive virtual world of social networking.
For taking the ethics of environmental awareness and responsible business operation way beyond the norm, with either a single innovative initiative or a holistic strategy for sustainability.
For a single design of bottle, can or pump clip that clearly stands out, gains point-of-sale market advantage and ultimately drives the purchase of a brewery product.
Strong traditional designs are welcome, but entries are also sought for contemporary and original artwork that puts a brewery's beers at the forefront of the evolution of point-of-sale as an essential marketing tool.
Multiple entries from a brewery are welcome, but should be entered separately and any entries which contain a range of designs within a 'concept' or 'brand' should be entered into the Total Concept Design Category below.
For the design concept behind either a single brand, a range of beers, a marketing project, or a brewery's entire branding and image strategy.
Entries must provide details of all aspects of the design concept and how it creates a distinct market identity, setting the brand apart in an intensely competitive field.
In what way has your Supplier Associate shown that they understand your business and actively supported you? What stands out for you as an example of them really going the extra mile to help you and your business succeed? What is it about the way they do business that makes them special?
For breweries that have shown true innovation in their business. This could be anything from a bold export operation getting beer in to the hands of new consumers or an internal innovation which has improved efficiency or profitability.
This broad category should be entered by any brewery who believe they have done something innovative within the industry.
The commercial achievement award should be entered by breweries that have experienced commercial success in one or all areas of their business. Whether it is a brewery starting from scratch or an established brewer expanding their reach, the commercial achievement award aims to highlight the most business savvy from our industry.
For retailers selling independent craft beer from a number of locations. The business itself can be a specialist craft beer retailer or a businesses which has recently shown a commitment to promoting independent craft beer.
For retailers selling independent craft beer from a single location. The business itself can be a specialist craft beer retailer or a businesses which has recently shown a commitment to promoting independent craft beer.
For restaurants, bistros and gastropubs whose primary business is food but who have shown an extraordinary commitment to serving the best quality and range of independent craft beers. This award is for outlets throughout the UK.
This award is for breweries, agencies or other businesses involved with the brewing industry who have shown innovation and success in promoting beer in pubs and bars. This could be online, via apps, through point of sale, promotions, advertising or any other means but must be aimed at encouraging the drinking of independent craft beer in the on-trade environment.
This award is for breweries, agencies or other businesses involved with the brewing industry who have shown innovation and success in promoting beer in the off-trade. This could be online, via apps, through point of sale, promotions, advertising or any other means but must be aimed at encouraging the drinking of independent craft beer outside of the on-trade environment.
This award celebrates an individual who has, over the course of a number of years, made an outstanding contribution to SIBA, at either national or regional level, or to the UK brewing industry in general.
Candidates need not be members of SIBA and may be nominated by members & non-members alike.
No Criteria for this documented. It is the judges decision of what is the best from all of the entries they have received at the judging.


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BMW Says Customers Want Massive Kidney Grilles
Alex Tock, December 21, 2019 December 23, 2019 , Community
You want your next BMW to have massive kidney grilles, according to the company itself—and a designer for them, Peter Henrich, has gone as far as to say the new bold styling has been "crucial for success." You can read the finer points in the actual interview here, but the message is a rather clear one, and a key element is that Henrich says customer data has indicated that the new designs have actually been well received.
I know that everyone reading this—or the interview linked above—is saying or thinking, "What!?" right now, but bear with me. If you've been following along with BMW's sales over the past year or so, even just in the U.S., it's clear that drivers are voting with their pocketbooks and buying new BMWs in exceptional numbers. Cars like the X5 and X7, which have some of the largest kidney grilles ever fitted to any BMW (the X7 actually has the largest kidney grilles), are selling at a brisk pace, and buyers don't seem the least bit perturbed by the front-end styling—in fact, according to BMW, the so-called bold design language is a key component behind strong sales, because it is precisely "what customers are demanding," per Henrich.
While nothing like the Concept 4, the iNext, or the i4 has yet hit dealership showrooms, the stuff many of us have gotten used to, like the 7 Series, the 2020 LCI version of which sports a massive kidney-grille setup, has also been experiencing respectable demand. According to spy photos and what appears to be hidden beneath camouflage wraps on test mules, the 5 Series LCI will be the next BMW to receive this treatment, and on down the line.
Generationally, BMW styling has always been defined by a few key elements, and it seems that from now on, the aggressive front end look many readers have had an adverse reaction to is the new way. While no longer needed for cooling, in most instances, the large kidney-grille space on the front clip of recent and upcoming BMW designs is functional, since it is home to the array of sensors and other equipment necessary for autonomous driving. This actually leads us to our next point, which is that according to chief iNext designer Domagoj Dukec, the kidney-grille design which features a connected section in the middle (for sensors), primarily used on the iNext but also seen in a different style on the iX3, has been nixed. Instead, BMW has invested in the development of sensors that can "see through chrome" and other materials that make up the grilles.
The success of BMW's large-grille cars isn't a surprise to us here at BimmerLife. While we love to celebrate the simplicity and purity of something like a 2002 or E30, we know that the world has long since moved on, and that automakers have had to become inventive and creative to differentiate themselves in a world that is only growing more homogenized. With autonomy on the eventual horizon, the very driving experience itself is essentially on its way out—a core competency that has long allowed the Bavarian carmaker to stand out from its rivals, even today, after nearly a decade of electric steering and turbocharging. After all, BMW isn't the only brand doing what it can to remain relevant as the ground beneath it shifts.—Alex Tock
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The middle ages marked the total defeat of the Western Roman Empire in the fight against pagan barbarians who seized her land and began to build their States on the ruins of a once great country. However, they soon found out that slavery from a purely economic point of view is not suitable for efficient management, the Germans and the Slavs invented and implemented a new system of state control over the tillers, later called "feudal". The essence of this system is that as the population density is already sufficient, the main value of the land. So, controlling the land, you can control all tech who handles it.
Therefore, the emphasis in the feudal system of farming was done on a professional military unit, the head of which stood the feudal, hereditary warrior-knight, which controlled and protected a piece of land around their base constant location called "castle". All free peasants, who were treated controlled by the feudal Lord of the land, paid the knight-landowner rents the products or work. In the case of bandits or other troops of the knight of the feudal Lord protected the peasants had the opportunity to hide in the castle and wait out the danger. But if the farmer wanted to get away with feudal land, it made sense to prevent the farmer to do so, because thus the Lord could stay on the land but did not remain farmers for its processing. Thus was born the serf of feudal dependence, which in some places were stricter, and some softer.
The advantages of the new feudal system was that the peasants didn't have to feed if they worked badly or had a bad harvest. Also the number of soldiers needed to control thousands of peasants was much smaller than the number of supervisors at a thousand slaves. The peasants were hereditary professional farmers, and therefore their effectiveness on the ground was higher than the semi-slaves. In General, feudalism had a clear advantage in efficiency in front of the slave system and the feudal system because fast enough widespread, except for the trading city-States.
As usual, for the trade port cities-States was more profitable to be in authority is not of a knight-Lord, and the electoral management body. Professional military units were employed including the elected councils to conduct a policy of aggressive negotiations with those who encroached on the business interests of the shareholders of city-States. However, again played by the same factors that have destroyed democratic trade policies of the Ancient World, and the era of free democratic city-States faded quickly, they were absorbed by the growing feudal kingdoms and empires.
The fact that the feudal self-sufficient, but has limited military resources. The self-sufficiency of the feudal Lord is that he is on their land with their peasants can do all the tools and all the weapons that are necessary for life and war, given the level of technology of the time. A feudal Lord needs no protection stronger, nor patronize over the weaker. However, the personal military force of the feudal Lord cannot be more than the number of people that he could personally command, and the amount of land cannot exceed the capacity of his personal control. So, if the neighbors can agree on a common attack of land Lord single the song is it is likely to be sung, and the peasants will go to work the land for a new landowner-a feudal Lord – it makes no difference to the original name of the person to pay dues to them not killed or robbed.
So outlaws and feudal disunity rather quickly ceased, and they came – voluntary-compulsory system of feudal caste hierarchy. The feudal lords were taken under the protection of the weaker lords and themselves become under banners of the feudal Lord more powerful. The result is a medieval Kingdom and Empire, which controls large areas of land and are able to accumulate and preserve a significant amount of wealth, and then quickly spend accumulated in order, for example, the acquisition of territory, which, as we remember, was in short supply in Europe.


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module DocsDoctor
  module Parsers
    module Ruby
      class Yard
        # we don't want any files in /test or /spec unless it's
        # for testing this codebase
        DEFAULT_EXCLUDE = ["(^|\/)test\/(?!fixtures)" , "(^|\/)spec\/(?!fixtures)"]

        attr_reader :yard_objects
        attr_accessor :files, :base_path

        def initialize(base)
          @yard_objects = []
          @classes ||=[]
          @base_path = base
        end

        def root_path
          root_path = Pathname.new(base_path).expand_path
          if root_path.to_s.match(/\.rb+$/)
            root_path.dirname
          else
            root_path
          end
        end

        def store(repo)
          @yard_objects.each do |obj|
            store_entity(obj, repo)
          end
        end

        # YARD::CodeObjects::ModuleObject
        # YARD::CodeObjects::ClassObject
        # YARD::CodeObjects::ConstantObject
        # YARD::CodeObjects::MethodObject
        def store_entity(obj, repo)
          if obj.is_a? YARD::CodeObjects::MethodObject
            # attr_writer, attr_reader don't need docs
            # document original method instead
            # don't document initialize
            skip_write = obj.is_attribute? || obj.is_alias? || (obj.respond_to?(:is_constructor?) && obj.is_constructor?)
            skip_read = obj.docstring.strip.eql? ":nodoc:"

            method = repo.doc_methods.where(name: obj.name, path: obj.path).first_or_initialize
            method.assign_attributes(line: obj.line, file: obj.file, skip_write: skip_write, skip_read: skip_read) # line and file will change, do not want to accidentally create duplicate methods
            unless method.save
              puts "Could not store YARD object, missing one or more properties: #{method.errors.inspect}"
              return false
            end

            method.doc_comments.where(comment: obj.docstring).first_or_create if obj.docstring.present?
          else
            puts "Skipping storing non-method: #{obj.inspect}"
            return true
          end
        end

        def process(exclude = DEFAULT_EXCLUDE)
          require 'yard'
          yard             = YARD::CLI::Yardoc.new

          # yard.files       = files
          yard.excluded    = exclude # http://rubydoc.org/gems/yard/YARD/Parser/SourceParser#parse-class_method
          yard.save_yardoc = false
          yard.generate    = false
          # yard.use_cache = false'

          Dir.chdir(root_path) do
            yard.run(root_path.to_s)
          end

          @yard_objects = YARD::Registry.all
          YARD::Registry.delete_from_disk
          YARD::Registry.clear
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

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Grandprix.com
McLaren loses Silverstone appeal
THE FIA International Court of Appeal has rejected McLaren's appeal resulting from the British GP at Silverstone and so Michael Schumacher is confirmed as the winner, despite not being punished for overtaking Alexander Wurz under a yellow flag.
McLaren had argued that the Ferrari driver should be punished for breaking the rules and that Mika Hakkinen ought to be declared the winner of the race as he finished 22secs behind Michael. The case was that the Ferrari driver should have been given a 10-second stop-go penalty which, with deceleration and acceleration would have penalized him around 25secs.
It was never very likely that the FIA would overturn the result - one cannot blame the Ferrari team for mistakes made by the stewards - but to let Schumacher off without a punishment was a less-than-perfect solution for the credibility of the governing body, particularly given the fact that there have been several other decisions this year which have seemed to favour Ferrari over McLaren. This has created suspicion in the F1 paddock that the FIA is favouring Ferrari to stop McLaren running away with the World Championship.
The International Court of Appeal was helped by the fact that the race stewards admitted that they had made mistakes in applying the penalty. This gave the judges little alternative but to let Schumacher get away with the infraction.
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FORGHIERI WORKING FOR BMW
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18 May: The path Inni á Gøtu and down Ternrygg. The hike starts Inni á Gøtu at 14.30. Bus no. 2 departs Steinatún at 14.15. This is an easy hike.
20 May: Skorastova and Pætursfjall in Dølum. The hike starts by the Tourist Information Centre at 10.00. This is a heavy hike.
26 May: Mosarøkur and Snædalur, Vestmanna. The hike starts by the Tourist Information Centre at 10.00. This is a heavy hike.
8 September: Æðuvík, the new wind mills and visit to the Pastor's Garden in Nes.
6 October: Around Lambafelli, Suðurstr.
20 October: From the tunnel in Funningsfirði and through the valleys north to Funning.
Visit to the church in Kaldbak.


My Father's House–The Idle Years is an autobiographical novel by Orhan Kemal, one of the giants of Turkish literature. The novel's explicit focus is on a boy who grows up pursuing self-realization in a working-class atmosphere. The story takes place during a period of abrupt transformation when the Republic of Turkey, newly born out of the ashes of the collapsed Ottoman Empire, is adapting to oppressive conditions introduced by a burgeoning capitalism. Scholarship on Orhan Kemal has extensively uncovered and charted his socialist realism and unorthodox look at the history of Turkey, but it has not concerned itself enough with the issue of masculinity, which is an indisputable part of Kemal's view of labour and political power. This paper is an initial attempt to approach Kemal's autobiographical novels with theories of masculinity. I argue that My Father's House–The Idle Years explores rites of passages into manhood in what can be referred to as a crisis of imperial loss: the boy grows in an attempt to restore his father's victimized manhood, in a symbolic parallel to the transformation of the disintegrated Ottoman Empire into self-governed nation-states. Kemal handles the loss metaphorically, using the instability generated by the gender anxieties of a young boy who fails to be like his father to represent the instability generated by the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire. I examine My Father's House–The Idle Years as the Oedipalized story of post-Ottoman Turkey.


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Home News Smokin' Hot Celebration at Dickey's Barbecue in Kenosha
Smokin' Hot Celebration at Dickey's Barbecue in Kenosha
February 5, 2013 · ·
Do you love slow smoked barbecue and ice cream? If so, then you're going to want to head to Dickey's Barbecue in Kenosha for their grand opening event on Thursday, February 7 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. During the event, Dickey's will be serving $1 Pulled Pork Big Barbecue sandwichesand when you dine in you can enjoy free ice cream.
"Owning a Dickey's in Kenosha has been a great experience," said local owner Bill Zimmerman. "I really enjoy talking with our customers. We've gained barbecue lovers from all across the area who just rave about how much they enjoy our slow-smoked meats and great home-style side items."
Zimmerman spent the last 22 years in sales and management for a national truck leasing company. He lives in Union Grove with his wife Kris, a school teacher in Racine, and his two daughters. This location has become a part of the Kenosha community. They have participated in several local school fundraisers and will be in the WLIP Rotary Radio Auction on February 17 and 24.
"We are really looking forward to Thursday's grand opening event," said Zimmerman. "I hope everyone in the community will come out and enjoy our slow pit smoked barbecue."
At the event, Dickey's in Kenosha will be raffling off free barbecue for a year and choosing not just one, but three winners! Don't miss out on the celebration at 11880 74th Place, at the intersection of I-94 and Highway 50 across from Woodman's. The store phone number is 262-287-9889. Dickey's is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Neller Hamlin is the manager and Dan Briese is the assistant manager of this location.
For Dickey's Barbecue franchise opportunities call (866) 340-6188 or visit www.dickeys.com/franchise/.
Dickey's Barbecue was founded by Travis Dickey with the goal of authentic slow smoked barbecue. More than 70 years later, the Dallas-based family run barbecue franchise still offers a quality selection of signature meats, home style sides, tangy barbecue sauce and free kids meals every Sunday. All meats are slow smoked on site in each restaurant. The fast-casual family-friendly concept has expanded to over 280 locations in 43 states and holds the title of the world's largest barbecue franchise. This year Nation's Restaurant News named Dickey's "Top Five Growth Chains" and they were also named "Best Franchise Deal" by QSR Magazine. For more information, visit www.dickeys.com or for franchise opportunities call (866) 340-6188.
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This newly recognised affliction describes the person who sets him or herself up as the voice of a cause, person or company, usually without having been asked.
When the US election campaign began, for example, the behalfists suddenly became experts on Barack Obama. In fact, they practically grew up next door. When a news story breaks, they claim to have known the details beforehand. Behalfists also, for some mysterious reason, have the ear of the boss and know when the lay-offs will start and exactly whose head is on the block. Like gossips, behalfists always add their own spin. Because they speak with such authority, no-one dares ask how they came to know such important information. The present economic downturn is giving many behalfists a voice - but beware. By shouting loudest, they hope no-one will scrutinise them too closely. There isn't much one can do to stop their irritating behaviour, but next time someone acts as if they know more than you, ask for evidence. This usually makes them switch to another cause.


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Oscars: Craig Zadan, Neil Meron Re-Hired to Produce 2014 Telecast
There's no word on whether controversial host Seth MacFarlane will return.
By Gregg Kilday
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has re-hired Craig Zadan and Neil Meron to produce next year's 86th Academy Awards, which will air March 2, 2014.
It's not clear whether Seth MacFarlane will return as host. although after this year's broadcast, MacFarlane himself tweeted that he wouldn't be making a return.
The move to announce the show's producers so early represents a break with Academy tradition, since usually the show producers are chosen later in the year by the Academy president. Current Academy president Hawk Koch will complete his one-year tenure this summer, and the board of governors will then elect a new president, who will preside over next year's Academy Awards cycle.
But Hawk explained in a statement, "Craig and Neil have the overwhelming support of the Academy governors to produce the Oscars again in 2014. In order to establish continuity with this year's enormously successful show, we felt it was important to give these consummate professionals the green light now to begin creating another great evening."
While MacFarlane's hosting drew criticism from some quarters for choices like his "Boob Song," the February broadcast enjoyed a ratings bump. The show, which drew upon movie musicals from the past decade as an overall theme, attracted an average 40.3 million total viewers and delivered a 13.0 rating among adults 18-49. Its audience was up three percent from the previous year and grew by 11 percent among adults 18-49.
"We are very honored to have been asked to return as Oscar producers for a second year. We look forward to creating a distinctive and entertaining show," Zadan and Meron said in a statement.
Added Academy CEO Dawn Hudson, "Craig and Neil have grat relationships, a sense of showmanship and a passion for our Academy. And they're a pleasure to work with. All perfect qualities for our show."
Zadan and Meron served as executive producers of the Oscar-winning Chicago; have produced such Broadway plays as How To Succeed in Business without Really Trying and Promises, Promises; and have produced such TV shows as the NBC series Smash and the telefilms A Raisin in the Sun and Steel Magnolias.
Has Seth MacFarlane Sworn Off Hosting the Oscars Again?
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West Indies allrounder Andre Russell has defended his status as a T20 gun for hire, saying he should not be denied the right to secure financial gains from the game.
Russell, a member of the Sydney Thunder in the Australian Big Bash, is considered one of the more active players on the international Twenty20 circuit.
The Big Bash will be his fifth domestic Twenty20 competition after tournaments in India, Bangladesh the Caribbean and elsewhere.
"As a professional you have to think about living after cricket," said Russell who has played one Test but says he is no longer available because his knees cannot withstand the rigours of the longer format.
"You can't go into a supermarket and say ... I used to play for West Indies, I had 10 half-centuries, 15 hundreds, you can't get groceries like that - you have to live. You can't be begging on the road, you can't live off your stats."
The Jamaican cricketer says he is hurt by media criticism of the West Indies team following their innings and 212 run defeat to Australia in the opening Test.


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Andrei Stepanov (born 18 April 1999) is a Russian cyclist. He was selected to compete in the time trial at the 2020 UCI Road World Championships.

Major results
2019
 1st  Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
 1st Stage 7 Friendship People North-Caucasus Stage Race
 10th Overall Five Rings of Moscow
2021
 National Under-23 Road Championships
1st  Time trial
2nd Road race
 1st Stage 2 Samara Stage Race
2022
 1st Overall Five Rings of Moscow

References

1999 births
Living people
Russian male cyclists

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Robert Rivera has spent a lot of time studying various Native American cultures and art for inspiration. He loves the old designs present in prehistoric and historic Native American cultures such as Anasazi, Hohokam, Mimbres bird and animal designs, Acoma geometric, petroglyphs--especially kokopelli and all varieties of kachinas including standing figures and masks.
Robert's gourd art has included Hopi Butterfly Maidens, Zuni Water Maidens. Giant storytellers with as many as 28 babies each with it's own personality, turtle storytellers, Apache Burden Basket Ladies, Stick Ladies, Papoose Ladies, rattles with animals like buffalos, turtles, rabbits, birds such as cranes, ravens, quail, owls and hummingbirds and masks of every description and color.
Whether you are just discovering the beautiful gourd art of Robert or you have been watching his work evolve over the years, one thing is certain--just when you think he has thought of everything to do with a gourd, this self-taught artist will come up with yet another breathtaking creation that will capture your heart and color your imagination.
"I am not the first person to recognize the beauty of gourds. Gourds were probably the first untensils of mankind. They have been found in ancient tombs in many parts of the world. The Indians used them for centuries in many utilitarian ways and for ceremonial purposes. My wife and I were the first, as far as I know, to use gourds as a fine art medium in a contemporary southwestern fashion. I get a lot of my inspiration from the Native American people, but most of the pieces I create come directly out of my head. I just get a gourd and start working. My work is constantly evolving. I always want to be moving ahead. Sometimes I lie awake at night so excited by new ideas that I can't sleep."
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Australian Study of Health and Relationships
Professor Juliet Richters
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Juliet Richters is Honorary Professor in Sexual Health in the Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales. Her work focuses on sexual behaviour and sexual health. In the 1980s she worked in the Family Planning Association of NSW education unit then moved into research to undertake one of Australia's first social research projects for HIV prevention, working with Dr (now Professor) Basil Donovan on condom use and condom breakage. Since 1996 she has specialised in research into sexual practice among both men and women. She has been a principal investigator on the first Australian Study of Health and Relationships (ASHR), the Australian Longitudinal Study of Health and Relationships, and the Sexual Health and Attitudes of Australian Prisoners study. She was lead investigator of the Second Australian Study of Health and Relationships and of a large qualitative study, Contraceptive Understandings and Experiences of Australian Women. Professor Richters has also conducted research into sexual practice and HIV/STI risk among women in contact with the gay community, among university students and among gay men. Her current projects include the Second Sexual Health and Attitudes of Australian Prisoners study and preparation for the third ASHR.
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Professor Chris Rissel
Dr Richard de Visser
Professor Judy Simpson
Professor Andrew Grulich
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Dr Anna Yeung
Dr Huachun Zou
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On January 31, 2019, the legislature website of the state of Wyoming (USA) revealed that a bill that will allow for digital currencies to be recognized as money has been passed by the state's legislative body.
The bill was first presented on January 18, 2019, and it aims to help in making the classification of digital currencies more understandable. The document will divide crypto assets into three groups: virtual currencies, digital securities, and digital consumer assets. Every crypto asset that falls into one of those three groups will be considered as intangible personal property, giving digital currencies the same rights the fiat money has.
As the Wyoming legislature website informs, this document will go in effect on March 1, 2019. At the moment, Germany and Japan also treat virtual currency like money, similar to that as Wyoming legislature proposes.
The state of Wyoming makes lasting efforts to become a center of digital financial industry the USA. Earlier in January 2019, Wyoming legislative body reportedly proposed several crypto-related for consideration. They would help to create clear regulation of virtual currencies.


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#PepeIsHere | Nicolas Pepe becomes record signing
Arsenal Media 01 Aug 2019
Winger Nicolas Pepe has become our record signing after joining us from Ligue 1 club Lille.
The 24 year-old Ivory Coast international completed the paperwork on his move on Thursday. He will wear the No.19 shirt.
Get your Pepe 19 shirt here!
Head coach Unai Emery said: "Nicolas is a highly-rated and talented winger who was wanted by many of the top teams in Europe.
"Signing a top-class winger has been one of our key objectives in this transfer window and I'm delighted he's joining.
"He will add pace, power and creativity, with the aim of bringing more goals to our team."
The deal is subject to the completion of regulatory processes.