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The prosecution of Julian Assange marks the first time a publisher of truthful information has been indicted under the Espionage Act. In the first of a series of episodes exploring what WikiLeaks exposed and the lengths the US government went to silence them, Primary Sources looks at WikiLeaks' role in exposing human rights abuses at the notorious US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Nearly ⅓ of the charges against WikiLeaks publisher Assange pertain to Guantanamo Bay Detainee Assessment files released by WikiLeaks. Yet these files remain under discussed by the media.
To help understand what they are and why they matter, host Chip Gibbons is joined by Andy Worthington, a leading expert on Guantanamo Bay who worked with Wikileaks on the release of the Guantanamo Files, and Clive Stafford Smith, a pioneering human rights attorney who, in the aftermath of 9/11, was one of the first lawyers willing to represent detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Both men testified on behalf of Assange at his extradition hearing.
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Michael Lombardi ~ A few days ago, I woke up to news that reminded me of the "Dot-com Boom" of the late 90s and early 2000. I'm sure you remember those days—the days when any company with ".com" attached to it received a lot of attention….and a high stock price. Investors bought these stocks without any concern for non-existent revenues; forget earnings.
These days, social media stocks are the new "dot-com" wonders. We recently heard that Facebook Inc. (NYSE/FB) bought "WhatsApp," an instant messaging application for smartphones, for $19.0 billion. The valuation doesn't make much sense; the company has only 50 employees, 460 million monthly users, and no clear business model.
Last year, we saw Twitter, Inc. (NYSE/TWTR) do an initial public offering (IPO). On its very first day of trading, the stock price increased by more than 70%. This company lost more money in 2013 than it did in 2012. Twitter's loss per share in 2013 amounted to $3.41 compared to a loss of $0.68 in 2012. (Source: Twitter, Inc., February 5, 2014.) But investors shouldn't fear; in the last quarter of 2013, hedge funds got into the game and bought Twitter's stock.
Dear reader, I'm not saying Facebook or Twitter is a sell. What I am saying is that the behavior we see on the key stock indices, especially for social media stocks, is not sustainable. It resonates with what we have seen in the past—investors pouring money into companies with no business model to generate profits.
I'm concerned about the big picture for key stock indices.
Risks for key stock indices increase almost daily, but few market participants say this is the case. Few want to hear about risk when key stock indices are going higher. This was the case back in 2007 and again as the dot-com bubble burst in 2000.
I am watching key stock indices very closely. With the increase in risks, I keep my stance, preferring to preserve capital.


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Our military is up to something in South America
With withering poll numbers and a flip of control of the Senate ever more likely, Donald Trump may be preparing to end Radical Republican rule with one last big bang—a war in South America.
For over a year now, our country has been quietly building forces near Venezuela, a nation with a leftist regime that this country has long sought to upend. Just last month, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took a whirlwind three-day tour of Venezuela's neighboring countries:
Colombia, which is supporting Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido; oil-rich Suriname
English-speaking Guyana, where the U.S. military has been active for more than a year and the U.S. has encouraged a new right-wing government
And, most interestingly, an airbase in Brazil's Amazonian province of Roraima, which borders Venezuela
Pompeo's apparent objective: Get them to agree to an even greater U.S. military presence on their land and sea.
"The Trump administration and its Venezuelan and international allies have set the stage for an October surprise, a possible attack by the United States or one of its proxies designed to boost President Trump's reelection," wrote Leonardo Flores, a U.S. based anti-war activist from Venezuela, in September.
With less than a week before Election Day, there may not be time now for Trump to attempt to overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. But that doesn't mean Trump wouldn't make an effort post-election.
Guyana is thought to be the key to whatever plans the United States has for the area. Venezuela and Guyana have a long-standing border dispute over oil-rich lands.
Pompeo, who headed the CIA before assuming his current post, is a strong supporter of Guyana's new president, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, a former cabinet minister who took office in August while under 19 indictments for fraud. The cases were dropped when he assumed the top government post.
There has been relatively little reporting in our country on developments in the region, although some U.S. organizations and the press in Venezuela, Guyana and elsewhere have provided plenty of dots to be connected:
Last year, we launched operation New Horizons in Guyana, which was billed as 'humanitarian'. The commander of the operation called it an "insurance policy" if a conflict breaks out in the region.
In early April, we began a massive deployment of warships and aircraft to the area—a doubling of U.S. military resources in the region.
Less than a month later, Trump issued an executive order mobilizing armed forces reservists for "anti-narcotics" operations in the Caribbean, specifically focusing on Venezuela, which is not a major source of drugs entering our country.
In late summer, the Brazilian Air Force and the Colombian military held joint military exercises in the region.
Also over the summer, the U.S. Army deployed 45-members of its elite Security Force Assistance Brigade to Colombia—the first time this special training and advising outfit had been sent to South America; its usual haunts are in the likes of Afghanistan and Africa.
In September, just after Pompeo's visit, the United States and Guyanese governments announced joint military patrols on the Venezuelan border.
A ticking time bomb from the big banks could cause the next recession -- but 'King of Debt' Trump doesn't care
The art of hiding multi-trillions of dollars of debt has found an eager accomplice, the businessman who once proudly proclaimed, "I love debt": Donald J. Trump.
The King of Debt is now in control of an obscure federal watchdog agency intended to prevent derivatives—complicate financial instruments that billionaire businessman Warren Buffett once described as "Weapons of Mass Destruction"—from causing the Great Recession of 2008. Intended is the keyword. The agency, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), was hog-tied by big money interests long before the first whiff of bank failure could drift from Wall Street's canyons.
This December, Trump's hand-picked CFTC members marked a decade of financial recovery by voting 3-2 in favor of leaving a giant hole in the regulatory framework known as Dodd-Frank. The vote leaves the Big Four—Too Big to Fail—U.S. banks free to slip the riskiest of their debt-deferring derivative trades through that defensive wall at will. And, this sleight of hand pushes an unsuspecting public onto the firing line of another possible multi-trillion-dollar U.S. taxpayer bailout.
Outstanding balances keep ballooning for car and tuition loans and credit cards. During 2016, banks opened 110 million new credit card accounts about 50% more than in 2010.
As in the 2008 meltdown, the weapon of choice for manipulating and moving piles of bank-owned debt around the world is a type of derivative called a "swap." A swap can be as simple as a contract between two parties or a contingency laden nightmare, such as a "naked" credit default swap (CDS) for trading unfunded payment obligations, some of which are used as "insurance" guarantees. That guarantee is what banks can continue now to switch on and off at will.
Instead of home mortgages, this time consumer debt holds our fate. Outstanding balances keep ballooning for car and tuition loans and credit cards—greatly enlarged by exotic trading on the debt itself. During 2016, banks opened 110 million new credit card accounts about 50% more than in 2010. Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo reported a combined loss of $12.5 billion from credit card loans in 2017. In June that same year, the Federal Reserve valued outstanding credit card loans at $1.02 trillion. Yet banks continue to shower subprime borrowers with fresh lines of credit.
Despite the efforts of a severely hobbled CFTC, the swaps markets continue to grow and without the depth of transparency promised. Consider that the four big U.S. bank holding company swaps dealers: Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America handle close to 90% of U.S. swaps trades, representing a combined notional value of $300 trillion, while consumers stagger under debt and defaults mount higher than pre-2008. The big picture reveals "a financial infrastructure that mimics the failed financial engineering created in the mortgage markets leading up to the 2008 financial crash," says Professor Michael Greenberger, former deputy to the Clinton-era CFTC Chair Brooksley Born.
'Dark Swaps'
Greenberger, a former director of the Division of Trading and Markets, and current law school professor at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law, contends that "dealers have engineered a way to evade Dodd-Frank, by helping banks transfer trillions of dollars in liability in risky unfunded trading, by turning the regulations off at will." The world's debt burden is being "financialized," he says, as were mortgages in 2007. The tool this time is "dark swaps"' sold by the banks' foreign subsidiaries, into increasingly complex instruments. These are the very exposures from which the CFTC and Dodd-Frank were charged with protecting us.
"The CFTC is totally controlled by Trump," Greenberger tells DCReport.org. Until another administration takes office the only recourse may be a state by state solution. Greenberger means the state attorneys general, "since the president can't fire them," he says. Short of that, since a chain of attempts to plug the loophole have been tried, undermined or overturned, Greenberger's last hope is the new administration, whose CFTC board could vote to close the loophole and spare the world another multi-trillion meltdown the U.S. taxpayer will suffer to pay.
How Mitch McConnell engineered a sweet deal for the coal industry
Kentucky coal miners—along with the rest of us—will be paying the price to keep the government running next year. And we can thank Kentucky's senior senator, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, for the sellout.
Buried in the giant $1.4 trillion government spending package that McConnell ushered through the Senate last week was a relatively modest $15 billion, 30-year payout to sustain the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund—a boon to the majority leader's home state coal miners. As many as 1 in 5 of coal miners suffer from black lung.
But here's the kicker: What McConnell had removed from the must-pass funding legislation. In order to keep the government running, McConnell threw out provisions that would have forced coal companies to commit to higher payments toward the health-care costs of their employees and retirees, nixing requirements to extend the commitment period and modestly increase the tax on coal mining companies that are supposed to support the trust fund.
McConnell threw out provisions that would have forced coal companies to commit to higher payments toward the health-care costs of their employees and retirees.
In short, McConnell let the coal industry skip out and leave the $15 billion black lung tab for everyone else to pay.
The move was mind-boggling, considering McConnell is already under scrutiny and criticism for partnering with a previously sanctioned Russian businessman, Oleg Deripaska, who McConnell voted to de-sanction. Deripaska, who owns Rusal, a Russian-owned coal company, joined McConnell in a project that his home state of Kentucky voted in 2017 to invest $15M of taxpayer money.
'A Handout'
"This is a handout. This is a giveaway," Jim Waters of the Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions, told WaPo in August. Waters reasoned that judgment might have been clouded by the possible thousands of area jobs that could be added. "I think the excitement of that overrode some of the due diligence."
McConnell's strange allegiances to influences domestic and foreign have clearly reached the grassroots level. As Mikaela Curry, a community organizer and member of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, wrote in an op-ed in the Courier-Journal, Feb. 22, entitled, "Mitch McConnell is silent on coal while Kentucky miners suffer and die": "When McConnell speaks up for coal, it always seems to align with the people profiting in the fossil fuel industry and not the hard-working people he is supposed to represent."
Disabled Miners
Most poignant are the call outs to McConnell from those suffering physically as well as financially from his unwillingness to make the coal companies own up to their responsibility to their current and retired workers and their families. Patty Amburgey, now secretary of the local black lung association in Letcher County, is the widow of a coal miner who died of Black Lung Disease after leaving mining, "blind, unable to feel his legs or arms, and constantly short of breath," according to his obit.
"I'm asking [Mr. McConnell] to please remember that East Kentucky is a mining area," his widow wrote in Kentuckians for the Commonwealth. "And we do have a lot of miners and the election is coming up. I want him to understand that." Obviously, Mr. McConnell is betting his Appropriations Bill will heal these sores and smooth his way to re-election.
But that may not be so easy in practice. Instead of increasing the excise tax rate in effect in 2018, which sunset on Jan. 1, 2019, Congress failed to act, which allowed the tax for coal companies to reset to 1985 rates, lowering contributions by 55% (from $1.10 per ton of coal from subsurface mines to $.50 and from $0.55 per ton for coal from surface mines to just $0.25), which many in Congress had contested.
Companies Protected
After congressional wrangling, the 2020 tax rate will revert to 2018 rates of $1.10 and $0.55 per ton, respectively. But those prices will sunset again on Dec. 31, 2020, and if not renewed will revert to the 1978 rate of $0.50 and $0.25 per ton. The companies also are protected from market price rises by a ceiling cap on the tax of 4.4% of its coal selling price.
In June, the House Ways and Means Committee approved a 10-year extension as part of a broader package. Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) proposed the rate be renewed at a higher rate through 2029. He and co-sponsors want to see the Trust Fund fully funded with no sunsets.
While Moscow Mitch steers millions toward business ventures with oligarchs, many in Appalachia want lawmakers to realize that a hike in the excise tax of $0.14 per ton for surface-mined coal and $0.28 per ton for underground-mined coal would eliminate the debt in the Fund completely by 2050, according to the General Accounting Office.
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The Bundesliga Diaries Editorial – Match Day 33
For the first time since 2010, the Bundesliga title race will be decided on the final day. That is mainly down to Bayern's 0-0 draw at RB Leizpig. The Bavarians were the better side, but they were unable to break down a defence that has conceded just 27 goals all year. Leon Goretzka looked to have clinched the title for Munich with his 84th minute strike, but fortunately for Leipzig, and indeed Borussia Dortmund, VAR came to the rescue, showing that Robert Lewandowski was offside in the build-up.
Dortmund still needed to win themselves to keep their title hopes alive. They did so, against Fortuna Düsseldorf, but like so many of their games in the second half of the season, it was far from an easy ride. The deadlock wasn't broken until the 41st minute, with Christian Pulisic scoring in what will be his final appearance at the Westfalenstadion before his summer move to Chelsea. Oliver Fink levelled things up after the break, before Thomas Delaney restored Dortmund's lead soon after. Düsseldorf then won a penalty, but Dodi Lukebakio was unable to convert, letting BVB off the hook. Mario Götze scored his side's third in injury time after Adam Bodzek was sent off for Fortuna, but David Kownacki reduced the deficit to make it 3-2 in the 95th minute. That was how it ended, meaning that Dortmund now sit two points behind Bayern with one game to play. Lucien Favre's team travel to Borussia Mönchengladbach, whilst Niko Kovac and co will host Eintracht Frankfurt. A thrilling final day awaits.
Mönchengladbach gave their Champions League hopes a huge boost as they beat FC Nürnberg 4-0 away from home. The first half was goalless, but strikes from Josip Drmic, Thorgan Hazard and Denis Zakaria, as well as a Lukas Mühl own goal, secured a comfortable victory for Die Fohle. This result now puts them in the driving seat in fourth place, with manager Dieter Hecking looking to go out on a high before he leaves at the end of the campaign. For Nürnberg, their fate has finally been sealed. It has been on the cards for most of the season, but this results confirms that they will be back in the 2.Bundesliga next year after just one season in the top division.
Eintracht Frankfurt were in pole position to take the final Champions League place, but a hugely disappointing 2-0 loss at Mainz now means they need a victory at the Allianz Arena next week, as well as other results to go their way, to make it in to Europe's top club competition. Against Mainz, they were unusually lacking in front of goal, with several big chances wasted before Anthony Ujah's second-half double gave Mainz all three points. After such a fantastic season, it seems Frankfurt's campaign may end on a disappointing note, especially following their heartbreaking Europa League semi-final, which they lost to Chelsea on penalties in a game they once again should have won.
Bayer Leverkusen are also chasing the top four, but their hopes were damaged after they were only able to manage a 1-1 draw with Schalke. Kai Havertz was again on hand for the Werkself, opening the scoring in the first half, but Guido Burgstaller equalized two minutes in to the second half. This results now leaves them level on points with Mönchengladbach going in to the final day. A big win against Hertha Berlin may be enough to secure fourth spot, as they lie just two goals behind. A Champions League place finish will be especially vital for Leverkusen, who are in real danger of losing Havertz and other top players should they be unable to qualify.
Hannover are the other side to join Nürnberg in relegation to the second tier, despite their 3-0 victory against Freiburg. It was a convincing win for Thomas Doll's side, but it came far too late in the season to do anything for their Bundesliga status. Other results on the day means that they will end the season in 17th place. They are in need of a revamp in order to return to the big time at the first time of asking.
The 16th place play-off spot has also been decided, with matchday 33 confirming that VfB Stuttgart will face an extra two games at the end of the season as they look to stay in the top flight. Like Hannover, they were victorious last weekend, comprehensively beating Wolfsburg by the same scoreline, but they were already aware that they would be unable to finish any higher in the league. The victory means that their is now no possibility of automatic relegation, at least. Either Paderborn or Union Berlin await in the play-off, with the 2.Bundesliga also to be decided next weekend.
Despite a late surge towards the top of the table, Hoffenheim are now officially unable to obtain Champions League qualification this season after losing 1-0 to Werder Bremen. Johannes Eggelstein's solitary goal was enough to decide the game in what will have been a disappointing defeat for Julian Nagelsmann. Both sides are still in with a chance of the Europa League, with seventh place being enough this season as both Leipzig and Munich, the DFB Pokal finalists, already have European qualification secured, but the Hoffenheim manager will feel his side should have done better this campaign. Too many dropped points from winning positions ultimately proved to be their downfall.
The only game that had nothing on it on Saturday was Augsburg clash with Hertha Berlin. However, it proved to be the most exciting, with no less than seven goals scored. Berlin prevailed, winning 4-3 away from home, but not before trailing on three separate occasions throughout the match. Eventually, Solomon Kalou stepped up to score his fifth and sixth goal of the season, with his second coming in injury time. Hertha's manager Pal Dardai now has just one match left before he too departs the hot-seat.
The Bundesliga Diaries Editorial - Match Day 32


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3.00pm Tuesday 1st January 2019
Victory Park, Duke Street, Chorley, Lancs, PR7 3DU
Newby 51, 76
O'Keefe 80, 82
O\'Keefe 80, 82
21 Tony McMillan
6 Courtney Meppen-Walter
12 Jake Cottrell (for 10, 79 mins)
16 Scott Leather (for 4, 46 mins)
14 Louis Almond (for 7, 68 mins)
2 Jan Palinkas
8 Harry Winter
12 Chris Sharp (for 7, 75 mins)
14 Josh Wallen (for 2, 56 mins)
FC United slump to defeat at high flying Chorley
Ten man FC United slumped to a 4-0 defeat at promotion chasing Chorley on New Year's Day as another red card and more late goals cost the Reds again.
The visitors had acquitted themselves well against the Magpies in a goalless first half but when Mike Donohue was sent off five minutes after the break for his second bookable offence the writing was on the wall.
Elliot Newby broke the deadlock just seconds after Donohue departed before adding a second with 14 minutes to go. Josh O'Keefe then added a brace of his own in the final 10 minutes as the Reds capitulated for the third time in a week against tough opposition.
The home side started strongly and an early chance came when Harry Winter gave the ball away to Marcus Carver but he fired well wide.
On 20 minutes, Tom Peers showed quick feet and made good space only to fire his shot just wide. Fifteen minutes later Kurt Willoughby took a 25 yard free-kick that flew just over the bar.
Shortly before half time, Josh Wilson headed straight at Lloyd Allinson. One blight on the first half was a very harsh caution for Donohue for not retreating at a free-kick despite having his back to the ball. It would prove to be a crucial moment in the game.
On 50 minutes, the caution came back to haunt Donohue when he caught a Chorley player with a marginally late challenge, the referee giving himself no leeway and he produced a second yellow card.
FC United had no chance to regroup as the resultant free-kick was played into the FC box, the ball dropped to Newby who slotted home despite the best efforts on the line of Steve O'Halloran.
The lead was increased on 76 minutes when the ball was played into Carver, Chris Lynch did well to put him off, but the ball dropped to Newby who fired home his second of the game.
Things got worse with 10 minutes to go when a corner from the right was powerfully headed into the goal by O'Keefe, the score was increased a couple of minutes later when Lynch got into a tangle with Allinson, the ball finding its way to O'Keefe who rifled home from close range.
The scoreline looks harsh on FC United who for the first 50 minutes matched the home side, though didn't really look to be troubling the scoreboard.
However, for the second game running, a dismissal changed the course of the contest and by the end of the game, FC were well beaten.
Report by Steven Wood
Website man of the match: Chris Lynch. Despite the mix up for the fourth goal, Lynch yet again stood out in a red shirt, getting in vital blocks, headers and clearances to keep the scoreline down, albeit temporarily.


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Last month I was in Penang, Malaysia. I took my sketchbook and sketched outside what I saw. This week I decide to try reaching the next level. Instead of reproducing the reality, I want to be able to create my own environment.
I start to gather some inspiration digging pictures from my different trips. Above, some pictures from Tokyo, Japan. I look at all the interesting elements I would like to play with. Then I will mix the references! The technical challenge I give to myself is to play with different point of view such as sky view, mouse view.
Perspective lines are kind of boring to set up at start. However, skipping them is not a smart move. By just spending 2 minutes at setting the perspective lines, your sketch gain so much in accuracy. Plus, you will draw easier and faster. Starting with them simplify so much your sketching process that it become almost easy.
I am standing on the top of one of these building! Remember that the horizon line is your eye level. In that situation, the line is very high being at the top of the thumbnail. I am looking down to admire the city view.
2. From the window of a medium size buildings.
The buildings are lower, we can see the main street. People are represented with tiny dots. Basically the horizon line is similar to the previous one. You can decide on how high you want the buildings to be. Note that the vanishing points don't have to be inside the scene.
3. From a mouse point of view.
Imagine that you are a mouse. The view of the city is very low, closed to the ground. The city looks much bigger and impressive.
Knowing the fundamentals help you to reach results so much faster and gives you the freedom to create by yourself. I warmly recommend you to use the perspective lines to set up your scene. Spend a couple of minutes to think about the scene you want, draw the lines and 50% of the job is done!
To get an introduction to perspective, feel free to subscribe to the newsletter. I will send you a free Ebook about how to start sketching. [theDesignerStarterKit]. (Let me know your email on the side bar).
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The perspective lines are important, but how do you draw them without getting stuck between all the lines you already drew before you make the rest?
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If you work on Photoshop, you can draw the lines in a separate layer and play with opacity. + when your sketch is finished, you can save it hiding all these lines.


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Meetings with senior Thai Government officials to discuss digital economy policy and customs issues.
The beginning of 2017 saw CLC Asia Managing Director Christopher Larkin meet with important senior Thai government officials, advocating on a number of issues for stakeholders we represent.
On the 12th of January, Mr. Larkin presented to Thai Deputy Prime Minister, Air Chief Marshal Prajin Juntong at Government House on issues relating to the government's efforts to support the Digital Economy in Thailand. The meeting also included officials from counterpart Ministries, such as Labour, the Ministry of Interior, and the Ministry of Digital Economy.
The meeting discussed a range of issues, in particular, easing restrictions around foreign investments in start-ups who wish to base themselves in Thailand. Mr Larkin pointed out in his presentation to the Deputy Prime Minister that Thailand has quickly become a destination of choice in Asia for independent digital professionals as well as firms wishing to use Thailand as a creative base and a global meeting point for their workers. However current government policy was not supportive of encouraging and engaging this new sector fully, and as a result Thailand stood to lose out to countries like Singapore and Indonesia which have begun to see these independent knowledge workers as a valuable resource.
Earlier in the same week, on the 10th of January, in his capacity as Director responsible for Government Affairs at the Australian-Thai Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Larkin presented a written submission to a delegation from the Thai Customs Department, led by Kulit Sombatsiri, the Director General. The submission, which was based on the feedback of Austcham members, focused on a number of key issues facing Australian businesses in Thailand. This included consistency in customs procedures and directives, as well as illegal smuggling and intellectual property issues surrounding the branding of Australian and New Zealand produce sold into Thailand.
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A new path was created along the road verge north of Clashwhannon Caravan Park where walkers previously had to walk on the road where traffic is fast moving and visibitity restricted. On the steep path from the lay-by at Dyemill up into the wood new steps have been created and new steps have also been made in Longrigg Plantation as well as a new hand rail being erected at that location.
There is no doubt that these improvements are making the going much easier for walkers and most importantly safety is now much better.
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Comparing our learner approach in the UK to other EU countires, the difference seems to be other countries consider driving as an educational process. With structure and more committment from the pupil. In the UK it's all about short time frame and low costs. Although the death rate in the 18-25 age bracket has come down, it is still the biggest risk group, and that is typical across Europe. So the decision to make it a more formal approach has not seemed to have made a lot of difference. So what is the answer? How can road death be reduced in this age group?


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This blanket chest was made by my great-great-uncle, John Lawrence, for his wife, Mary Frances. Now, they were married about 1859, and we understand through the family that John Lawrence, who really didn't have a workshop, he was a ship's captain, he made this blanket chest at the workshop of his very good friend in Kittery Point, Maine, John Haley Bellamy. We understand that since Uncle John was a ship's captain, he probably made the rope handles, but the chest itself I think probably called for more than he himself could do. John Haley Bellamy was known as the carver of eagles. He made these really unique American eagles...
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Incredible works.
...and ship's figureheads.
And you got this by descent in...?
I got this, I inherited it. Mary Frances and Captain John didn't have any children. Captain John died in 1907, Mary Frances died in 1915, and my great-uncle Elry, who had taken care of them, came into the furniture of the house, and this was one of the pieces, and he gave it to me because Captain John had sailed on the seas and I was the only member of the family that actually went into the Navy.
Okay, I think it's neat for a variety of reasons. One is that based on construction of the blanket chest-- the butt hinges, the way the lock is installed, the other fasteners-- it tells me that it is probably made around the time of the third quarter of the 19th century, so it corroborates the marriage dates that you mentioned earlier. The Bellamy association is significant because he's known, as you mentioned, for his fantastic eagle carvings, some of which have brought six figures. Really expensive objects and very popular in the folk art world, in the world of Americana. I think this is interesting because I suspect that what you shared about who made this might be backwards. The beckets that are on this piece are these wonderfully painted red and green rope handles.
And that's something that I would expect John Lawrence to have done, being a ship captain.
And he may have made the box, the entire carcass, back at Bellamy's shop, but in doing some research, I noticed that the carving of the cleats that actually holds the beckets to the sides of the case are very, very representative of Bellamy's work. I've seen some architectural elements that look similar to these, and the way that the sides of the carving underneath here, the way it almost looks like wing tips in here...
...reminds me of the wing tips that you see on the Bellamy eagles. So I think Lawrence might have made the box, but Bellamy made the cleats that hold the beckets to the box. It's a really great object. If it were just an unadorned American pine box from New England, you'd be looking at something that might be $300.
If the beckets were to come along on their own, not attached to the box, they're probably about $800, because they're so vivid and vibrant and beautifully made. People do collect beckets. The combination of this being a family piece, having the excellent red and green beckets, the fact that the cleats were carved by Bellamy on this box in his shop, I would say that if this were to be an auction estimate here, you're looking at $1,500 to $2,500.
And if it had an older surface, it could be even higher.
Mm-hmm.
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Bloomfield, NJ
Appraised value (2014)
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Junk in the Trunk 5.1 (#1932)
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I show up to a bicycle competition that's being held on an indoor track field, and I'm using my normal bicycle, while everyone else has a special racing bicycle. Somehow, I'm not able to start on time, and begin the race after it's been running for 45 minutes. The race is 500m though it feels much longer because we make quite a few laps, and I'm able to come in second place.
Later, people that have been in other sports and performed much worse than I are celebrated, while I am ignored.
At school a few days following, when on my way to class, I notice my bag has been moved to an office on the opposite side of the hall, along with DZ's, and there is a tutor, female, inside. She gets me started answering some questions, which ask me about my cat. The questions make perfect sense to her, but not logical sense to me. I also seem to be older than all my classmates by several years; I am 21, and the rest are 18 and 19.


Why don't we like them? The answers vary, and often fluctuate depending on who is in office. Perhaps it is the deep-seated American worldview of distrust of anyone in government. Or maybe we are just tired of the ineffectiveness of those we elected, or the apparent lack of solutions to problems. Whatever the reason, it has become the accepted norm to really dislike those elected to office.
…it's far easier to hate an institution — like, say, FIFA — than an individual, particularly an individual you sort-of, kind-of think you know. There's a natural tendency to assume your guy or gal isn't like everyone else — how could they be bad since you voted for them? — and they are doing everything they can to make things better up there/down there/out there in Washington.
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Clearly limiting the scope of legislative long-term thinking, as well as reducing the impact of legislative power, is not the way to go in America.
These and other top-down answers to our dissatisfaction with government fail to address the issue that is at the heart of a representational republic. The reason why our government is failing us is that we as the electorate continue to elect failing politicians. We are the problem.
We elect those who promise to bring money to ourselves or our communities, without understanding the impact on the country as a whole.
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We elect those whom we like, or are a "good-guy", without inquiring as to his or her level of statesmanship.
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The Wide Game introduces us to Paul Rice who has returned with his wife of six years, and their two children, to his childhood home of Harmony, Indiana for his 'Class of 88' high school reunion. Unfortunately for Paul this will not be a loving walk down memory lane. It will be a nightmarish "reliving" of the terrifying 1988 Wide Game.
The Wide Game is based on local Indian customs. The indigenous tribe in the Harmony area were called (oddly enough) Miami Indians and they were the "bringers of the corn" to Harmony. The game is a race through the corn fields that surround the town. Each year the Senior Class pays a fee to enter the race. Who ever wins the race (the finishing line is a flooded quarry) gets the "pot" and this year it is a thousand dollars.
Amazingly the Wide Game has a bloody history. Previous contestants have died or killed themselves. Or vanished. Despite the infamy connected to the game high school students participate in the race every year.
We get to meet a young (and old) Robby Miller, who we've met before in other Harmony books. His high school years were split between school and working part-time as a paramedic for the towns fire department. We also meet Deidra, Paul's old flame and first love. We follow the class and the main participants of the game and watch as the events spiral out of control and culminate in a horror filled night of demonic scares and death.
Paul has lived with the ghosts of his classmates deaths and a love for Deidra that has never gone away. He must face his past; his demons and Deidra.
Michael West has once again taken us to Harmony, Indiana and scared the bejeezus out of his faithful readers. The action moves with all the deadly purpose of a runaway steam train. A train that is full of menace, death, demons, and fear. Like his other books, I could not stop reading this tale and at times I gripped the edges of the book with white knuckles while my eyes raced down the page. I can also attest to the fact that this book actually instigated a nightmare while I was reading about Paul and his classmates.
If you have not encountered Mr West's superior horror fiction, I implore you to do so. Right now.
This is a full 5 star stunner of a book.
Author Michael West and a Colony Bay resident.


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Odal, one of those truly classy black metal acts of the German underground, returns with force and fire to deliver their 4th album in the course of autumn 2016.
Originally founded as a side project in 1999 by main man Taaken, over the course of 17 years, 4 full lenghts, splits, EPs and numerous line up changes, Odal managed to defy trends and build their own status as an unrelenting and uncompromising force in underground music.
With a long 8 year wait after their last and esteemed full length, and in the wake of their recent EP "Der Dunkelheit Reiter", this Thuringian trio made sure to feature tracks of epic proportions that will fit with their impressive back catalogue they highlighted with "Wilde Kraft" (2005) and "Zornes Heimat" (2008).
Picking up where they left off, Odal offers a dense six-track ride into grim, emotive black majesty, bound and influenced by raw northern blooded black metal and pagan roots. Refined, yet pure to their core, it comprises some of the most mature material written in the bands existence. Yet again, every step of the way, they musically hover in the same direction as the previous albums. "Geistes Unruh" (spirit's unrest) remains more clear & focused, provided with strong melodies, striking drumming, and an unfaltering voice.


As Mobile World Congress kicks off in Barcelona, Spain, the Tizen Association has awarded $4 million to developers willing to assist in the growth of the Tizen app ecosystem.
The Tizen App Challenge requested developers to use the Tizen mobile operating system to develop apps in a variety of categories, including games, productivity, education, media and social networking.
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Win four tickets to Cedar Point!
Recently we had the chance to enjoy the HalloWeekends Mom Blogger Day. My husband and I headed to Cedar Point with my son Cam and his three friends, Rocco, Charlie and Gino. All four boys were really excited to go to HalloWeekends, especially since it was Charlie and Gino's first time visiting America's Roller Coast.
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Cedar point has become a special place for my family. Before my dad passed away we would go at least twice a summer and have a wonderful time. After my father passed I carried on the tradition with my wife and I. I plan on keeping the tradition alive when my kids are old enough to ride their favorite rides like I did with my father. I actually had my first coaster ride with my dad which was magnum at 9 years old. The park has so many memories for my family.
I love going to Cedar Point because of all of the fantastic roller coasters they have there. My favorite one is the Millenium Force.
My favorite time of the year to go to the park is during Halloweekends. I love to see all of the different Halloween decorations around the park and love the attention to detail inside of the haunted houses.
I love Cedar Point, we didn't get to go this year because we couldn't afford it. I have never been there for HalloWeekends but have always wanted to go, it looks amazing.
My family has been through a lot this year, and we simply need to have a fun time!
I love going to Cedar Point on Halloween Weekends to watch the monsters come out at night and walk around the midway. I enjoy the sights of the Halloween decorations all over the park to the smells of the fog at night when the walk through hunts come alive. I love to listen to the sounds of everyone having fun young and old alike. This year I have an exchange student living with my family and i from Egypt and she was born on Halloween and yet does not know anything about Halloween. I would love to share Cedar Point with her and Halloween there too. I think she would love it as well. Just as much as I do maybe even more and take something back home with her that she has never seen before until now. Thanks!
Cedar Point always seems so close, yet so far away! I haven't been in a few years even though it's just a couple hours away. This would be an amazing win and surprise trip for my hubby!
I love going to Cedar Point to watch my 2 boys enjoy the roller coasters and other kiddie rides. They really like going and look forward to it every year. We have never been to Halloweekends and I think this year they are at the right age to get scared but not "scarred" for life. Awesome giveaway, thanks for the opportunity!
Having visited Cedar Point with my family and friends for more than 30 years and also having been an employee at the park for four seasons, I have many memorable experiences that seem to always stay fresh in my mind whenever I think of the park. Cedar Point has a rich long history that has always interested me and I have seen the park grow and change a lot since my first visits there as a young child. Some of the rides and attractions I remember and enjoyed from my earliest visits are long gone but many of the rides that replaced the old ones and the newest rides and coasters are some of the best fun and thrills in the world by far. My most memorable time spent at the park has to be when I worked there because it became more than just a summer job to me, it became a life changing experience and I gained much from it. The amusement park life was hard work but at the same time pretty fun and the friends I met along the way, were some of the best people I've met in my life. When Soak City closed for the season, I would get to have the most fun of all when Park Operations Manager at the time Bill Spehn let me be a freelance "Screamster" with my many owned costumes during HalloWeekends. The terrifying scares I was able to get in the houses and on the midway (No Midway paths then) led to some inspirations for him and the creative team to implement into the proceeding HalloWeekends. The families and groups of friends who go to the park can have a great time at one of the country's premiere amusement parks but I am thankful that I had the chance to be both a visitor and employee to really see what it takes to operate America's Roller Coast and the day long fun there is to be had. Love Cedar Point the most during HalloWeekends and looking forward to my trip there before the season's end.
I would love to go to Cedar Point because I have not been since I was a teenager. Now that my children are old enough to enjoy some rides and the shows/characters, I would love to be able to take them.


WACO, Texas (April 9, 2014) – April is Home Inspection Month and taking time to identify and inspect areas in homes that require immediate attention will prevent increasing damage to the home. Aire Serv has tips to identify home inspection areas and address them before they become a serious and expensive problem.
Inspecting the roof from inside and outside of the home is important. When inspecting the roof from inside, look for places where the roof is sagging or has dark spots and trails, which may indicate water damage. Check for any light that is showing through the roof. When inspecting the roof from outside look for torn or cracked shingles, dark spots indicating water damage or standing water.
Guttering should be properly attached to the house with downspouts directing water away from the foundation of the home. Guttering not properly attached to the home can cause water to drain off the roof and settle at the base of the foundation of the home, allowing water to seep into the home. Obstructed downspouts can cause water to back up and flow over the side of the guttering.
Walk around the homes foundation and check for cracks or bulging of the foundation. A foundation that is cracking requires immediate attention and a licensed home professional should be contacted.
Downspouts should direct water away from the home. A proper water flow channel should be established and kept free of debris. Ensure that soil is graded to slope away from the home. Flat ground will not channel water away.
Inspect ceilings and walls for signs of water damage. Stains, bubbling, peeling paint or wallpaper can indicate water damage. Contact a professional service provider if you see signs of water damage to prevent further damage and mold growth.
A proper home inspection should be conducted by a license professional but homeowners should check for damages from the winter months. Prevention is more affordable than treatment. Following these tips from Aire Serv will allow you to repair any minor problems before they become costly.


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import (
	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
	"log"
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)

// This method is more precise than the go1.8 time.Now on Windows
// See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh706895(v=vs.85).aspx
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}

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Three-fifths of colleges get C or worse in general education
By Daniel de Vise
A new report gives St. John's College an A for the breadth of its core education requirements. (Photo by Mark Gail/The Washington Post)
This is the third annual report on general education by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, titled What Will They Learn? The group has set out to illustrate the failings of America's colleges in requiring students to learn essential subjects over the course of their education.
Most colleges allow students to study pretty much what they please. Schools make some effort to guide course choices through a system of "distribution requirements," which typically state that students must take a certain number of classes in each of several broad areas of study.
But the general education system is deeply flawed, as higher education leaders openly admit. Very few schools come close to requiring that students learn any particular topic or work, for political reasons. Colleges are made up of competing academic departments and no department wants to be left off any list of "required" study.
Advocates of general education contend students should not be allowed to complete college without learning some amount of essential knowledge. One approach would be to teach essential texts, as favored by the great books scholars at St. John's College. Another is to cover essential subjects, such as math, science, foreign language, composition, the fundaments of U.S. history, economics, literature and composition.
ACTA reviews course requirements annually to see how many of those seven subjects are required at prestigious universities. This year's study reached every major private and public university in the land, according to the authors.
The report found that only 5 percent of colleges studied required economics as a field as study, while about one-fifth required U.S. government or history and 15 percent required intermediate-level foreign language.
College presidents typically dismiss this annual report as arbitrary and silly — even schools with core curricula don't necessarily require study of all seven subjects. But many in academia acknowledge that the broader complaint about general education is valid.
The analysis found only 19 schools that required six or more of the seven subjects. They include three military academies (though not the U.S. Naval Academy, which had to settle for a B) and a number of historically black institutions.
A schools include St. John's, Pepperdine University, Morehouse College, the University of Georgia and a number of Texas institutions, including Texas A&M.
Locally, nearly every D.C. university received a C. Johns Hopkins in Maryland, which received an F last year, raised its grade to D. Reading the fine print, I believe they got partial credit this year for requiring math *or* science, but not both. The University of Maryland got a D. James Madison and George Mason universities both earned Bs. The University of Virginia got a D.
Public institutions generally fared a bit better than private ones in the report: 12 percent of private colleges studied received F grades, but only 5 percent of public colleges.
Does anyone care?
Well, yes, according to the report's authors. They commissioned a Roper survey this year. It found 70 percent of respondents believe colleges should require students to take "basic classes in core subjects," according to a release. An even higher share of young adults, 80 percent, shared that sentiment.
More than half of respondents said they were surprised that many colleges do not require study of the basic subjects studied by ACTA.
John Paul Stevens, longtime leader of Supreme Court's liberal wing, dies at 99