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  module Testing
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By now all of your baby's bones are developed but they are still soft and flexible. You are likely to feel more pushes kicks and rolls then ever. With every week your baby's lungs get stronger and more ready to take their first breath in the outside world.
You may still be experiencing some back pain and heart burn due to the weight of the baby and the pressure of your growing belly.Your belly is probably protruding quite far in front of you and your feet may have disappeared from view. Be careful when you are walking if you can't see your feet as you may be more at risk of tripping and falling. Bending over can become difficult around now as your bump will get in the way. You may need to practice squatting down to pick things up – remember to keep your back straight so you don't aggravate any back problems.
This is a good week to pack your bag for the hospital just in case something unexpected happens. It's a good idea to plan an alternative route to the hospital and a backup person to take you in case your partner is unavailable.
If you aren't already doing them, it's a good idea to get into a routine with your pelvic floor exercises. Your pelvic floor muscles support your pelvic region and pregnancy can put a lot of pressure on them which can lead to incontinence later in life. Starting now can help you avoid future issues and help your recovery after birth.


HFW has added a fifth office in the Middle East, launching in Abu Dhabi after a double-partner hire from US firm Reed Smith.
Finance and corporate partners Vince Gordon and Tania de Swart have made the switch, with Gordon previously acting as Reed Smith's managing partner for the Middle East.
Gordon has over 13 years' experience in the region and specialises in debt capital markets, M&A, joint ventures and project finance among other areas. De Swart also focuses on corporate and commercial work, and has clients from a broad range of sectors such as defence, aviation, construction, hospitality and education.
The new Abu Dhabi outpost brings HFW's Middle East lawyer headcount to 50, including 19 partners. It also brings the firm's overall international office count to 20.
Tamara Box, Reed Smith managing partner, told Legal Business that the firm was very much 'still on point' with its Middle East strategy, and pointed to the hire of former Pinsent Masons regional head Sachin Kerur in July.
Elsewhere, Morgan Lewis & Bockius has also made a double partner hire in Asia, bringing in corporate partners Motonori 'Moto' Araki and Mitsuyoshi 'Mitsu' Saito to its Tokyo office.
Both partners are transferring from Morrison & Foerster, with Araki being appointed managing partner of the Tokyo hub.
It is a happy return for Araki, who was previously a partner at Morgan Lewis until 2007. His practice primarily involves M&A, IP and international dispute resolution.
Saito has a similar mix of specialisms, offering corporate, dispute resolution and employment advice to both Japanese and non-Japanese clients. In terms of industry sectors, Saito's clients typically operate in electronics, IT, chemistry, manufacturing and pharmaceuticals.
Withers has also announced a series of hires both in Tokyo and Hong Kong. A total of six partners have joined the firm, with funds partners Koji Yamamoto and Omori Yoshiyuki joining Withers' Tokyo base from Deloitte. Junko Shiokawa, another funds partner who is joining from offshore firm Harneys, will split her time between Tokyo and Hong Kong.
A real estate team led by partners Gerald Fujii, Naoki Ueyama and Steven Wheeler has also joined, with Fuji arriving from White & Case's Tokyo office. Ueyama and Wheeler respectively arrive from local Japanese firms Masuda & Partners and Kaynex.
Herbert Smith Freehills' (HSF) rhetoric of improving corporate capabilities has taken a blow after a trio of transactional partners left for the London office of US firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.
The departures include HSF's head of London private equity, Mark Geday, who had been at the firm since 1996, alongside corporate partners Nicholas Moore and Tomasz Wozniak. They will come as a disappointment for HSF, particularly after the firm made concerted efforts to promote the success of its corporate practice over the last year.
All three partners have substantial experience working together in both HSF's London office and its Moscow outpost. They have a strong client book spanning a range of sectors, including asset management, technology, natural resources, TMT and consumer products.
HSF unveiled an uninspiring 1% growth in turnover to £926.8m in July, but chief executive Mark Rigotti was keen to highlight the performance of its corporate division. Its transactional team acted on some heavyweight mandates, most notably representing Sky during takeover bids by 21st Century Fox and Comcast, worth £18.5bn and £22bn respectively.
After an initial flurry of hires in September there has been a pause for breath, leaving Osborne Clarke (OC) and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius to bring in senior lawyers in the UK in recent days.
Pinsent Masons has seen financial services regulation partner Michael Lewis depart for UK top 25 rival OC. After a career which has spanned Norton Rose, Linklaters, Simmons & Simmons and a secondment as policy adviser to the Treasury in 2000/01, Lewis spent six years at Pinsents. OC head of business transactions Greg Leyshon said Lewis would help strengthen the firm's financial institutions practice.
OC has recently been busy expanding globally, with the opening of a new office in Stockholm led by two laterals. The firm also posted one of the strongest set of results in the UK top 100 this year, with revenues up 12%.
Pinsents itself has been recruiting proactively this year and has largely retained its partners. Last week it announced the hire of Chris Richardson from Big Four group EY to lead its forensic accounting service. It also took three partners from Gowling WLG to bolster its Munich arm in February and a new head for its corporate practice in the financial sector in January.
Elsewhere, Morgan Lewis took former A&O counsel Louise Skinner as a partner, joining the US law firm's labour and employment team. Practice head Grace Speights cited her focus 'on the intersection of employment and regulatory issues, especially in the financial services and life sciences sector', as a 'great complement' to the team.
Skinner is the latest in a series of City hires for the 1,900-lawyer firm. Earlier this year, Morgan Lewis bolstered its white collar team with two partners from Norton Rose Fulbright's City base.
Global cartel fines have decreased significantly in the first half of 2017 with worldwide fines totalling $1.2bn, on track to be significantly lower than 2016 which counted fines of $7.8bn according to Morgan, Lewis & Bockius' latest midyear cartel report.
Shah said the report did not necessarily represent how busy enforcers are or how many cartels there were. 'For example, this year we had the re-imposition of the €776m air cargo fine in the EU, which we have not included in this year's fines. This explains how things can be skewed both ways' he said.
'However, our findings show these are getting broader geographically with enforcers worldwide enforcing their laws more widely, despite varying levels of fines' he added.
According to the report, the trend of lower fines figures appeared to be linked to the gradual winding down, particularly in the United States, of major international cartel investigations, including the US Department of Justice's (DoJ) auto parts investigation. In May, the DoJ charged 65 people and 48 companies and ordered them pay more than $2.9bn in criminal fines.
Other recent high-profile cartel sanctions include a €2.9bn fine by the European Commission (EC), the highest fine on record for a price-fixing cartel. In this case, the cartel took place between 1997 and 2011 and included the world's biggest truck makers. One cartelist, Man, escaped a fine 'as it revealed the existence of the cartel to the EC,' the regulator said. All companies acknowledged their involvement and agreed to settle the case.
The cartel is the subject of a potential UK £3.9bn competition damages class action application by the Road Haulage Association's (RHA) to recover damages from truck manufacturers.
Similarly, according to the report, actions were taken against a range of international banks in financial services, public and private enforcement. The New York Department of Financial Services and $350m fine imposed on BNP Paribas in May after a US Treasury investigation for illegal, unsafe and unsound conduct in connection with CNP's foreign exchange trading business, was one case cited in the report.
However, according to the report, in 2017 so far, a number of enforcement firsts have occurred around the world, such as the first leniency application granted in India, the EU's first whistleblower tool to report antitrust violations and the highest Administrative Council for Economic Defense penalty agreed by settlement in Brazil.
'Authorities are giving greater prominence to whistleblowing programmes and independent own initiative enforcement, and there is speculation of a drop in leniency applications given the complexity of dealing with so many jurisdictions around the world,' Shah said.
The report concluded that firms can expect to see further enforcement in electronic components, pharmaceuticals, and shipping, as well as in a number of domestic cartel investigations around the world, where there is a strong pipeline of cases launched or progressing in 2017.
In July, allegations emerged about decades of conspiracy between Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler. The companies were accused of secretly working together on technology to form a cartel that could have led to the emission scandal.
The EC said it was investigating the claims, which could result in the car-makers facing multi-billion euro penalties.
Morgan Lewis & Bockius' London office revenue grew 17% in the year ended September 2016, increasing its London revenue last year to £33.9m, up from £29.1m in 2015.
The figures were revealed in limited liability partnership (LLP) documents filed in respect of its London and Paris offices.
Overall in 2017, the top 20 US law firm reported a global profit per equity partner (PEP) of $1.23bn and global revenues of $1.86bn, with 754 partners globally.
Meanwhile, the firm's Paris revenue remained static at £2.4m this year, compared to 2015/16.
The Philadelphia-headquartered firm also grew its partnership from 31 to 39 partners across its London and Paris offices.
Last year, the London office hired, among others, finance partners Simon Currie, who joined from Covington & Burling, and Matthew Duncan, Julian Goodman and Paul Matthews from K&L Gates. The firm now counts 100 lawyers in its City practice.
The UK and Paris results were the outcomes of the second year of activity for the office as a UK LLP. Unlike other top US firms, it converted its London and Paris offices to UK LLPs in 2014, just days after the acquisition of 226 partners and more than 525 other lawyers from Boston-headquartered Bingham McCutchen.
Morgan Lewis' London office, established in 1981, remains one of the smaller of the US firms City offerings in terms of turnover. By comparison, Covington's City office, founded in a similar period, in 1988, reported UK turnover of $69.5m (approx. £54m) for the calendar year 2016.
Murphy, a former Bingham McCutchen antitrust and trade regulation head, said that 'for all of our European offices, our intention is to continue to invest in talent strategically, but only on a client demand and quality basis.' The firm also has offices in Frankfurt, Brussels, Paris and Moscow.
'My focus is really getting on with delivering high quality work and continuing to recruit high quality lawyers. My goal would be not just to keep up with our competitors but to surpass them,' Murphy said.
In particular, Murphy praised the firm's London office for its very strong performance in antitrust, finance and asset management over the year.
She said standout matters for Morgan Lewis last year included its representation of Sainsbury's in its damages claim, alongside 14 other retailers, against Visa, for unfairly fixed domestic and cross-border multilateral interchange fees.
In 2016, Morgan Lewis was named as a lead advisor, alongside Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, A&L Goodbody and Arthur Cox, as Japanese company Sumitomo Corporation agreed to buy Irish fruit and vegetable company Fyffes for £639m.
In the global spotlight over the last year was the firm's representation of US president Donald Trump through Washington-based tax partner Sheri Dillon, who reportedly advised the US president to distance himself from his business operations.
As Legal Business reported last November, Morgan Lewis emerged as a potential buyer for King & Wood Mallesons' (KWM) European arm, which later went into administration. However, the talks were called off a month later, strained by uncertainty over the future of KWM's European business.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Slaughter and May, Morgan Lewis & Bockius and Davis Polk & Wardwell all returned to act as co-owner Pearson agreed to sell a further 22% stake in Penguin Random House (PRH) to Germany's Bertelsmann, with the UK education company aiming to recapitalise the business to generate net proceeds of around $1bn.
Bertelsmann said the transaction would give it a total 75% stake in the company, valued at $3.55 billion.
Pearson said that deal was designed to strengthen its balance sheet and return £300m of surplus capital to shareholders under a share buyback scheme, retaining a 25% stake in the consumer publisher to generate further income.
The firms also led in 2013 when PRH was formed through a £2.4bn tie-up between Pearson's Penguin Books and Bertelsmann's Random House, creating the world's largest book publisher by revenue.
The transaction is subject to approval by the relevant authorities and is expected to close in September.
Freshfields led for Pearson on all UK matters, with a team including M&A partner Simon Marchant and tax partner Paul Davison, both based in London.
Slaughters advised long-standing client Bertelsmann on UK matters, with a team led by M&A partner Craig Cleaver, competition partner John Boyce and tax partner Tony Beare.
Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Bertelsmann in the US on its acquisition of its 22% stake from Pearson, led by New York-based partners Michael Davis, Michael Mollerus, and Frank Azzopardi.
The Morgan Lewis team advising Pearson in the US included New York and Philadelphia-based M&A partners Charles Engros and Benjamin Wills, and New-York tax partner Richard Zarin.
Freshfields, Slaughters, Morgan Lewis and Davis Polk, alongside Cooley, all previously advised on the 2013 deal. Freshfields' Simon Marchant, Slaughters' Craig Cleaver and Morgan Lewis' Benjamin Wills and Charles Engros all led on the transaction at the time.
As Pearson reduces its holding in PRH from 47% to 25% to recapitalise its business, German media company Bertelsmann increased its stake in the joint venture from 53% to 75%.
Pearson announced earlier this year it would shrink its 47% stake in PRH due to a decline in the FTSE100 company's revenues, after it issued its fifth profit warning in four years. The $1bn proceeds from this transaction include a planned £300m share buyback to return excess capital.
Bertelsmann operates in 50 countries and includes broadcaster RTL Group, Penguin Random House, Gruner + Jahr, BMG, Arvato, Bertelsmann Printing Group, Bertelsmann Education Group and Bertelsmann Investments. Penguin Random House is comprised of 250 individual publishers.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius has hired Norton Rose Fulbright's global head of investigations Chris Warren-Smith and litigation partner Melanie Ryan to boost its white collar offering in London.
Warren-Smith will pick up a leadership role at Morgan Lewis in its global white collar, corporate investigations, and sanctions practice. The firm will gain his experience advising clients on corruption, fraud, financial crime, and other regulatory and compliance issues.
Ryan has represented corporations, financial institutions, professionals, and other clients in corruption and securities investigations with significant experience in corporate and regulatory investigations and related enforcement proceedings.
The appointments follow recent partner and team additions to the firm's practice in China, Dubai, Singapore, and the United States. In March the US firm took on Simmons & Simmons partner K. Lesli Ligorner with an employment and corporate investigations team of four lawyers in Shanghai.
The pair are the first white collar lawyers to join the London office and will be joining three other litigation partners.
Earlier this month Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer hired the Serious Fraud Office's (SFO) joint-head of bribery and corruption Ben Morgan to its corporate crime and global investigations practice.
Morgan, who will join the firm's London office, was seconded to the SFO from Norton Rose Fulbright in 2012. A year later he was promoted to his co-head position reporting to SFO director David Green QC. During his time at the criminal law agency, Morgan has led investigations into Rolls-Royce, Airbus and GlaxoSmithKline.
Paul Hastings has also bulked up its corporate crime and investigations offering with the lateral hire of DLA Piper's tax investigations head Simon Airey.
Airey has extensive experience advising clients on global investigations, financial and regulatory crime, bribery and corruption, money laundering, tax and fraud inquiries, dawn raids, corporate compliance, and reputation management issues. He will join the firm's London office on 2 May.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius has opened a Hong Kong office and broadened out its China offering, taking nine partners from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.
The significant group hire will more than double its existing presence in China with 40 lawyers and legal professionals expected to join Morgan Lewis's 30 strong headcount in the region.
The team, led by Orrick's former executive committee member and global capital markets head Edwin Luk and the firm's former head of M&A and private equity Maurice Hoo, will be based across the firm's offices in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai.
The new team will bulk up Morgan Lewis's capital markets, M&A and private equity capabilities with Beijing and Hong Kong based corporate partner Ning Zhang, Hong Kong based corporate partners June Chan, Connie Cheung and Keith Cheung, and capital markets partners Louise Liu and Billy Wong. Beijing and Shanghai based corporate partner Mathew Lewis is also joining the US firm.
Morgan Lewis has filed an application to become a registered foreign law firm in Hong Kong as part of the hires, under the name Luk and Partners.
Advisory roles in Sumitomo Corporation's €751m takeover of Irish banana firm Fyffes have been split between a raft of US and Irish firms including Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, A&L Goodbody and Arthur Cox.
Headquartered in Dublin and with operations in Europe, the US, Canada, Central and South America and Asia, Fyffes' banana business generates about €1.2bn in revenues each year. Japanese giant Sumitomo has been active in the banana industry since the 1960s and is the market leader in Asia, importing approximately 30% of the bananas into the Japanese market.
Morgan Lewis advised Sumitomo with a team led by London banking and finance partner Bruce Johnston, M&A New York partners Bradley Edmister, Harry Robins and Alan Neuwirth and Texas partner Humberto Gonzalez. A&L Goodbody also advised the Japanese firm with a team led by David Widger.
Fyffes was represented by Arthur Cox with a team led by Stephen Hegarty with corporate partners Ciaran Bolger and Geoff Moore. Cian Beecher advised on employment aspects while tax partner Ailish Finnerty also worked on the deal.
Baker & McKenzie acted for the lenders Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. While, William Fry and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom acted for JP Morgan as the financial adviser.
Skadden's team was led by London office head Mark Darley while William Fry's team was led by corporate partner Mark Talbot.
The acquisition is expected to be completed by the end of Q4 2016.
Back in 2014 when Fyffes attempted to merge with Chiquita to create the world's biggest banana brand, Chiquita was represented by Skadden.
Morgan Lewis has also advised Sumitomo in the past, most notably when it acted for subsidiary TBC Corporation for its $310m acquisition of NYSE-listed tyre company Midas.
Following a long courtship, merger discussions between King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius have been called off, Legal Business can reveal.
A combination between the global giant and Philadelphia-based Morgan Lewis would have created the world's second biggest firm by turnover, combining KWM's revenue of $1.02bn with Morgan Lewis' $1.84bn. Morgan Lewis posted profits per equity partner (PEP) at $1.53m for 2015 while KWM's stand at $900,000.
It understood talks between the firms had been strained in recent weeks following uncertainty over the future of KWM's European business. Discussions had been led by Morgan Lewis' chair Jami McKeon opposite global managing partner Stuart Fuller, who has since quit his leadership post.
The European and Middle Eastern partnership is currently considering a rescue deal from its Australian and Chinese counterparts after it was forced to halt its recapitalisation plan after the loss of four key partners, including Halford, former managing partner Rob Day and corporate finance partners Andrew Wingfield and Jonathan Pittal. The legacy SJ Berwin practice is carrying more than £30m in debt.
While the Asia Pacific arm has agreed to underwrite the debt and has promised minimum earnings for equity partners, the deal includes a year lock-in and salaried partners must also contribute to the recapitalisation. As with the original recapitalisation, equity partners must stump up £14m, with the shortfall to be made up by the Chinese and Australian partnerships.
The deal is subject to a vote, of which at least 70 partners (around 60% of the Europe and Middle East partnership) must agree to. The partners have until the week beginning 21 November to agree the deal. In July, 98% of the partnership had voted in favour of the original recapitalisation plan.
However, KWM was not the only firm vying for a union with Morgan Lewis, as CMS Cameron McKenna has approached the firm in recent months. A Morgan Lewis partner told this publication that Camerons had indicated that Morgan Lewis was its preferred choice of US suitor.
KWM declined to comment while Morgan Lewis did not respond to requests for comment.


Then....this a.m. I was up at 5....painting before work...see how nice they look now?
I also glazed the rail.
Then, during lunch from the 9-5, I went home to glaze the steps.
Left side...not glazed yet...right side...glazed.
See? It's kinda hard to tell but after this dries, you add the final coat and it blends it together and gives it an added "dimension"...I'm nuts, I know... tonight, I'll do the first top coat on the rail so tomorrow morning, it will be ready for the second top coat, and so will the steps. Then, I can get to adding the shoe trim, and finally finishing up the white paint. See? There's a rhyme and reason to the things I do....and in my head, it all makes sense.
I said I needed to cut the hole for storage, but now I'm wondering if I can figure out how to wire it for lighting....hmmmmm.....there is a "secret door that leads to the Kid's closet?!?! Geeeeeze...I need to get these stairs done~! Thanks for hanging out with me today!
Well Ashley if you are going to do something let's do it right huh? lol The stairs are looking gorgeous and I love the glaze it adds that little something special to the project. Thanks for sharing.
Really nice project! I love all the pictures you took it really gives me an idea of the effort you had to put in for this! Thank you for sharing your renovation stories they are always really interesting and funny!


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As NBA restarts, Mike D'Antoni is 'completely comfortable' with risks
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June 8, 2020 8:20 am CT
Though Commissioner Adam Silver recently suggested that "certain coaches" might not be allowed to coach from the bench upon the NBA's expected July restart, Mike D'Antoni is indicating that he wants to continue performing his usual duties as Houston Rockets head coach.
The 2019-20 season has been on hold since March 12 due to COVID-19. The restart plan calls for all teams to play at a private "bubble" site near Orlando and without fans, designed to reduce potential virus exposure.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says adults over 65 years old are at a higher risk of severe illness from the virus, and D'Antoni is now 69. Other head coaches in that category include San Antonio's Gregg Popovich (71) and Alvin Gentry (65) of New Orleans.
Silver didn't specify whether "certain coaches" would be determined exclusively by age, or if other conditions might also be considered. Nonetheless, D'Antoni indicated to Fox 26 Houston's Mark Berman on Sunday that he is unlikely to be deterred. In the interview, he said:
First of all, the NBA, I trust them. They will make it safe as possible. Nothing's ever foolproof, but that's anything. I'm completely comfortable. Somebody told me a good thing, it's not that you're in 'that age group.' Well, every age group is susceptible to catching it. You don't want anybody to catch it, so they're going to try and make it safe for everybody. If something happens, so be it. It happens, that's life.
But we're going to take every precaution, I guarantee that. I do that in my normal life, and I do it for other people. I wear a mask for other people, I don't want anybody to catch it. But you also have to go about life, and be as safe as you can.
Mike D'Antoni on playing n midst of the pandemic at age 69:"1st of all the NBA,I trust them.They will make it as safe as possible-Nothing's ever full proof,but that's anything.I'm completely comfortable-Every age group is susceptible to catching it-I wear a mask for other people" pic.twitter.com/XtaZBBQZPU
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) June 7, 2020
D'Antoni added that nothing has been decided yet, in terms of the league's coaching policy for the planned July restart.
"They're trying to work through protocols to make everybody as safe as they can, and that's it," D'Antoni told Berman. "I've got no problem with us trying to find the best solutions for everybody.
D'Antoni has said he intends to coach at the neutral site while taking basic precautions, such as wearing a mask. Based on Silver's interview, D'Antoni will certainly be allowed to coach in some capacity, but the issue is whether he'll be allowed to serve in his usual head role on the bench — which requires him being within six feet of players during timeouts.
Asked Mike D'Antoni yesterday about possibility of this older group of NBA coaches being required to wear masks on bench: "I am sure they want to keep everyone safe, but to start singling people out with more risk, well, I would hope they wouldn't want to get into that." https://t.co/NOmG3jhoo6
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 5, 2020
The CDC recommends distancing measures of more than six feet to reduce exposure to the virus, particularly for those in higher-risk groups. If D'Antoni was not allowed to coach from the bench, Houston does have several assistant coaches of a younger demographic, including Matt Brase, Brett Gunning, and Dan Hartfield. But the Rockets (40-24) appear hopeful that such a change won't be necessary.
D'Antoni is 213-97 over four regular seasons to date in Houston, with his .687 win clip the best of any coach in team history. He has a record of 23-16 (.590) in three playoff runs, which also gives D'Antoni the top playoff winning percentage in franchise history. The Rockets have won at least one playoff series in all of his completed seasons.
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Beauvoir-sur-Mer is een voormalig kanton van het departement Vendée in Frankrijk. Het kanton maakte deel uit van het arrondissement Sables-d'Olonne. Het werd opgeheven bij decreet van 17 februari 2014 met uitwerking op 22 maart 2015. De gemeenten werden toegevoegd aan het kanton Saint-Jean-de-Monts.

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Het kanton Beauvoir-sur-Mer omvatte de volgende gemeenten:

 Beauvoir-sur-Mer (hoofdplaats)
 Bouin
 Saint-Gervais
 Saint-Urbain

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February 21, 2020 September 18, 2021 Laine
Case Update: More Details Emerge About Alex Hurley's Last Weeks in the Sasser House of Horrors
James Alexander "Alex" Hurley.
(Gallatin County Sheriff's Office)
A court hearing has been set to determine whether or not James Sasser III, the 14-year-old uncle of James Alexander "Alex" Hurley who stands accused of participating in the 12-year-old's murder by abuse, will be tried as an adult.
I discussed in my original article my reason for disagreeing with the idea of trying any juvenile as an adult, even in a crime as severe as this one, but the decision is up to the judge, so we will have to wait and see what happens on March 5 when James III appears in front of District Judge John Brown.
Alex's grandmother, Patricia Batts, her husband, James Sasser Jr., and the couple's son, James III, as well as a family friend, Gage Roush, all face charges in connection with Alex's death.
Patricia (left) and Madison Sasser in January 2019.
It's worth mentioning that while I read through the six hundred plus comments on the Gallatin County Sheriff's Office post about the initial arrests in Alex's case, I noticed that several comments appear to have been deleted, though it's impossible to tell whether they were removed by the person who wrote them or the page administrator. The conversation around these missing comments seems to point in the direction of whether or not Madison Sasser, the 18-year-old aunt who also lived in the home with the accused and the victim, has been arrested. One comment indicated that Brenda Reed, Gage Roush's grandmother, had commented in an earlier thread that Madison has indeed been arrested, but Brenda's comment and any subsequent replies have all mysteriously vanished. This appears to be in line with Sheriff Gootkin's lack of response to my email inquiry earlier this week and the assertion in the original post that the Sheriff "can only comment on the information covered in the Affidavit of Probable cause, which is public information."
Alex with his dad, Tommy Tate.
Madison's name does not appear on an inmate roster at the Gallatin County Detention Center's website.
Also worth mentioning is that the incident that robbed Alex's father, Tommy Tate, of his ability to walk and, later, both his legs and then his life, was likely an ATV accident.
In even darker news, charges filed this week in Gallatin County District Court reveal more disgusting details about Alex's last days, and oh my God, you guys. What these monsters "allegedly" put this little boy through defies human logic.
According to prosecutors, James III lied when he told investigators that he awoke on the night of January 27 to find Alex standing over Patricia with a knife. James III has evidently since admitted that was a lie. He also admitted to hitting Alex with his trusty wooden paddle, its handle wrapped in blue tape, if Alex refused to do jumping jacks and squats as directed. James III told police that Alex was always misbehaving, that the little boy had "messed up their family," and that they wanted to "get rid" of him or send him to a hospital.
James Sasser III (left) and his father, James Sasser Jr.
What the fuck, you guys? I would love to know the reason Patricia and James Jr. wouldn't let Alex even speak with his mother, let alone go back to Texas to live with her. Did they want a scapegoat around the house to beat on when the urge struck them? Why didn't they seek psychological treatment for Alex if his behavior was as out of control as they claimed?
James III also told investigators that Alex used to have a bedroom of his own, but it was later converted into a video game room, forcing Alex to sleep on the living room floor. In the last two months of Alex's life, he was forced "to stay between the couch and the wall/window" in the living room, which was supported by several videos found on the family's cell phones.
Even more shocking is James III's admission that he and his mother, Patricia, would take turns duct taping Alex to themselves to prevent him from running away. He said they used Saran wrap on their own skin before applying the duct tape to avoid injury to themselves, but they did not give Alex the same courtesy.
Alex's aunt posted this photo after his death.
According to court documents, James III told them that on the morning of February 1, after Alex escaped from behind the couch and Patricia blew up at him, he and Alex had a "pretty bad fight," wrestling and throwing punches, which left Alex crying. After the fight, Patricia noticed that Alex "started acting weird" and accused him of drinking alcohol.
On February 2, Super Bowl Sunday, the rest of the family ate dinner while watching the game but forced Alex to stand by the garage door, denying him food, which they had taken to doing over the previous couple of months. James III admitted hitting Alex with the wooden paddle when he stepped away from his assigned post by the door and said that the paddle broke, though he claimed it was not from hitting Alex.
Madison Sasser's profile picture.
(Twitter)
Madison told investigators that she saw a fight start on either the night of February 1 or the morning of February 2. She said that while her 14-year-old brother and her 12-year-old nephew were being duct-taped together, James III accidentally touched a heater, which set him off. He ended up kicking and punching Alex about five times in the head after the duct tape was removed, and he shoved Alex's head into the wall, causing the head-shaped dent in the drywall that police noticed during their initial search of the house.
Madison admitted that Patricia and James Sr. witnessed the fight, after which Alex showed signs of disorientation and memory loss. Since Madison had experienced similar symptoms after a car accident, she and James III administered rudimentary concussion tests on Alex. Charging documents indicate that Madison believes that her 14-year-old brother killed Alex.
The reason the family didn't obtain medical or psychological help for Alex, Madison told police, was because her father was worried that if anyone found out how the family treated Alex, her 6-year-old brother would be taken away from them.
Un-fucking-believable. I have to end this post here, because I'm blinded with rage.
Click here to read my ongoing coverage of Alex's case.
A collage of photos of Alex.
Sources: KPVI, Facebook
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Someone on facebook said that in a perfect world, the Sassers would be lynched. I agree, and I say if they did get lynched, we celebrate with a picbic (pickabitch).


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May 17, 2017 February 15, 2019 North West Culture GalLeave a Comment on PANTO Auditions Derry
PANTO Auditions Derry
It's time to come audition for the forthcoming Derry panto 2017 – Jack and the Beanstalk!
Calling all budding actors and singers! If you've ever fancied treading the boards in a professional theatrical production, make your way to the Millennium Forum on Saturday 10th June from 12.30pm to 2.30pm when the North West's premier theatre will be holding auditions for yet another fabulous Christmas Panto, 'Jack & The Beanstalk'.
Directed by Jonathan Burgess, with choreography by Venessa Chapman and Alan Wright as Musical Director, 'Jack & The Beanstalk' at the Forum boasts the best in local talent in the biggest show of the Autumn/Winter programme of events.
A number of lead cast roles including the King and Queen (playing an age of 35+) are up for grabs at the auditions. If it's simply singing and dancing that's your thing, then there are also a number of adult 'General Ensemble' parts to be won (age 17+). All roles require excellent singing, acting and dancing ability.
David McLaughlin, Chief Executive of the Millennium Forum and show producer for the past fourteen years, encourages everyone with a desire to perform to audition:
"The Millennium Forum has developed a reputation for producing fantastic Christmas pantomimes that are fun for all the family. 'Cinderella' last year was hugely successful, having performed to a massive audience of almost 30,000! The auditions for this year's Christmas Panto provide a great opportunity to act, sing or dance in the biggest show of the season for all budding professional or amateur performers. Who knows – it could be the first step to a career in acting for some talented individual. We have already seen Gerard McCarthy (Jack in 'Jack & The Beanstalk' 2002) move onto great success with Channel 4's 'Hollyoaks', our 'Aladdin' from 2009 and 'Peter Pan' from 2004, Conleth Kane, is also doing exceptionally well; he has recently enjoyed success on London's West End following an appearance in the hit television programmes, Casualty and RTE's search for FAME THE MUSICAL stars; Orla Mullan who played our 'Fairy Godmother' a number of times, has enjoyed success in the recent hit television series, 'The Fall'; our 'Peter Pan' from 2013 and 2015's Aladdin, Mikey J Heath has recently starred as 'Tom Thumb' in the West End touring production of the hit musical, 'Barnum' and local actor, Dylan Reid, landed the part of 'Andrej' in the musical, 'Once'."
Auditions for 'Jack & The Beanstalk' will be held in the Millennium Forum on Saturday 10th June from 12.30pm to 2.30pm. Anyone interested should contact Lisa Lynch on 028 (048 from the Republic) 71 264426 between 9.30am – 4pm (Mon–Fri only) or email lisal@millenniumforum.co.uk to arrange an audition time. Please note, you must arrange an audition in advance.
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It's entertaining, in a way, that the expression 'It's not rocket science' has such a hold because if there's one bit of technology that's not rocket science, it's, er, rocket science. I am not saying that it is easy to get successful rockets into space – the many failures, crashes and burns of the early space programme attest to this, and space flight remains a risky activity. But the science itself is pretty straightforward – far more Isaac Newton than Einstein.
This is an effective and straightforward history of the development of rocket flight in the US, Russia and Germany. With some background on the history of rockets, we find out plenty about key characters like Goddard, Tsiolovsky, Oberth and von Braun. All the successes and failures along the way are carefully spelled out. There is enough about the people to avoid this being a purely technological saga – all in all, it does the job well.
This book is not really in competition with an in-depth study of the key US versus USSR period, typified by Deborah Cadbury's Space Race. In fact it stops once manned space flight has begun. But it fills in considerably more detail about those early faltering steps than other books and is well worth adding to a spaceflight library.


Ok, so now we have 2 boats on the slipway. Club Chairman Mark also has a boat on the go too.
Tamar? I Hear you ask.......... Well, Ive managed to add a few more plastic panels to the main cabin, but these are all "trim to fit" jobs from here on in, so take longer to fit. The only other good news is the bow thruster is now installed. I just have to trim and blend in the outer tub exits once the inner filler has fully cured.
US Coast Guard cutter update 26/2/15.
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Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) 6.0
LAV 6.0 (Light Armoured Vehicle 6.0) is an enhanced version of the LAV III wheeled armoured vehicle developed by General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) Canada for the Canadian Army.
Light armoured vehicle
The Canadian Army plans to upgrade the entire fleet of the existing LAV III armoured vehicles to the 6.0 configuration to extend its service life to 2035. The Canadian Army plans to upgrade the entire fleet of the existing LAV III armoured vehicles to the 6.0 configuration to extend its service life to 2035.
LAV 6.0 features blast-deflecting double-V hull. Image courtesy of General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada.
LAV III wheeled armoured vehicle upgrade is named as LAV 6.0. Image courtesy of Mike Babcock.
The new armoured vehicle is outfitted with a next-generation suspension system, enhanced power-train, improved remote weapon station, upgraded sighting systems, and digital electronic architecture. Its protection capability is enhanced with the addition of blast-deflecting double-V hull and energy attenuating seats.
In addition to the LAV 6.0 baseline variant, the LAV 6.0 family also comprises LAV 6.0 combat support vehicle (CSV), which is available in various configurations, including the command post, maintenance and recovery, and ambulance.
The Canadian Army plans to upgrade the entire fleet of the existing LAV III armoured vehicles to the 6.0 configuration to extend its service life to 2035.
LAV 6.0 orders and deliveries
GDLS-Canada was awarded a C$1.064bn ($990m) contract by the Government of Canada in October 2011 to provide an upgrade package for a fleet of 550 LAV III vehicles of the Canadian Army. An amendment to the contract worth C$404m ($303m) to upgrade 141 LAV III vehicles to LAV 6.0 configuration was made in February 2017.
A C$287m ($255m) contract was awarded to GDLS-Canada for the integration of an enhanced surveillance suite on LAV 6.0 in November 2014.
The first operational deployment of the LAV 6.0 took place in Latvia in 2017. The vehicle was deployed to support Canadian soldiers during Operation REASSURANCE mission.
GDLS was selected by the Japan Ministry of Defense as part of Japan's Next Armored Wheeled Vehicle project in September 2019.
LAV 6.0 design and features
The LAV 6.0 light armoured vehicle is designed to transport infantrymen to the battlefield, while offering superior off-road mobility. It is air transportable by C-17 and C-5 transport aircraft.
The 8×8 vehicle has a length of 7.62m, width of 2.78m and a height of 3.16m. The gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle is 28,636kg.
A remote weapon station with advanced electronics and sighting systems is mounted on top of the vehicle to provide enhanced self-defence. A range of optional equipment can be added to the vehicle to support a full spectrum of missions.
The main weapon mounted on the vehicle is a M242 Bushmaster 25mm single-barrel cannon, which has a rate of fire of 200 rounds per minute. The weapon can defeat light armoured vehicles, aerial targets, and enemy installations.
A 7.62mm coaxial machine gun serves as the secondary armament for LAV 6.0. Mounted coaxially to the main armament, the machine gun can engage enemy personnel and weaponry with a rate of fire of 800 rounds per minute.
The vehicle's supplementary armament includes a swing mount 7.62mm machine gun and 76mm smoke grenade dischargers.
LAV 6.0 protection features
The vehicle's double V hull increases resistance to mine and improvised explosive device (IED) blasts. Spall liners can be attached inside the vehicle armour for additional protection.
The energy attenuating systems installed in the crew cabin offer improved survivability for the driver and crew. A chemical agent detector is also installed to detect chemical hazards.
Observation and fire control
The driver's sight is equipped with three M17 periscopes, thermal imaging cameras, rear viewer to provide forward and rear views during day and night.
A vision block is provided in the rear ramp of the crew compartment to enable the troops to carry out observation.
The turret is fitted with a day and thermal sight, image intensifier, six periscopes, and a tactical display.
A laser warning system is installed in the vehicle to detect and analyse laser and radar guided threats.
Engine and mobility of LAV 6.0
The light armoured vehicle is powered by a 450hp Caterpillar C9 engine, coupled to a ZF seven-speed dual clutch transmission.
LAV 6.0 features an eight-wheel, independent, hydro-pneumatic suspension with height adjustable mechanism. It also boasts one-speed transfer case, limited slip differentials, and full-time four wheel drive with selectable eight wheel drive.
The armoured vehicle is equipped with 395/85 R20 with run-flat tires, which give greater control of the vehicle in emergency conditions. The drum brakes are installed with the anti-lock braking system (ABS) for controlling all wheels.
The central tire inflation system (CTIS) further improves the driving performance of the vehicle.
LAV 6.0 is capable of travelling at speeds of more than 100km, while its operational range is 600km.
The vehicle can cross trenches of 2m and negotiate vertical obstacles up to 60cm high. It can ascend grades of 60% and side slopes of 30%. The turning radius of the vehicle is less than 19m.
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Wait. I thought I did address SPECIFICALLY WHERE Warren's understanding of the banking business might be suspect. In particular, I said I thought she doesn't understand the finer points of bank accounting. There is no dishonor in that. Bank accounting can be incredibly convoluted. I just don't see why Sen. Warren feels she needs to insist that "I fully understand the system and I understand how [banks] make their money," when after a moment's reflection, one realizes that that can't possibly be the case. Nor does her less-than-encyclopedic understanding of banking necessarily make her criticisms of banks invalid. I even happen to agree with some of them, believe it or not.
Charlie1939's pushback is a good example, I think, of the knee-jerk mentality that guides the thinking of too many big-bank critics. To them, big banks are always bad—even though the best-run big banks came through the credit crunch scarcely missing a beat. Bank executives never face the consequences of their bad decisions—even though the CEOs of the biggest crackups lost their jobs in a hurry and endured significant financial losses. Bank executives are all overpaid. Really? Tell that to Warren Buffett. Reasonable people can differ on issues like this, of course. Unfortunately, too many bank critics prefer instead to lap up Sen. Warren's anti-bank line without thinking too much about it, and then reflexively defend whatever nonsense she comes up with to say.
As to my comments being condescending, I plead guilty.
When trying to design a solution to a problem, one must be mindful that the solution considered may cause more problems. So at least as much careful thought must be given to these undesirable consequences as is given to the the specific problem you are trying to address. Of course, proponents of reform don't like to talk about the negatives — they don't fit well into the sales pitch. DFA is a great example of this failure. It was poorly focused and punitive, and as a result, it caused many problems that were not part of an understood trade-off.
Tom, I too found your comments snarky. Would you question whether Jaimie Dimon understood Roberts Rules of Order works when he criticizes Congress? As an 11 year alumni of Bank of America (Continental Bank), in my humble opinion senior management barely understands how their own company works at that size. While I don't agree with Senator Warren on many things banking related, the big banks have not distinguished themselves. Nearly every week an announcement of some wrong-doing or settlement is made. The stock performance of these companies has not been stellar but CEO compensation continues to increase. Defending the performance of these institutions over the last 5-7 years is not easy from a factual standpoint. I don't know Dimon and don't pretend to understand whether he is the best banker or not. I think it is high time he helps Senator Warren understand the positive thing that bankers do. Too big to fail is not going to change or improve. We have had similar too big to fail crises every decade since the 1960s and probably well before then. The only difference is big banks now control 82% of all deposits versus 62% in 1999.
Because so many people thinks the banks are always bad they are the perfect straw man for a demagogue like Warren.
I also vote ING. They are online only so they can pay hieghr rates. They are also a reputable, publicly traded company. Though Ally seems to be a decent choice, I have never tried them.
Read my comments posted to the article late yesterday about the root cause of the problem and LET ME KNOW.
That in my opinion is what is wrong with so many of our legislators, judges and administrators. What we wanted to happen is not what happened when people follow our rules.
But, and this is the big but because they are being big butts, they can't admit error so it not their error. So their solution is to add more new and more complicated rules. That goes to prove how smart they are as they say we created a new solution.
Tom- Your comments are on target. The Senators lack of understanding of the financial system is very apparent. Populist political rhetoric combined with academic platitudes is all she spouts. I am sure she has a good handle on many issues that a law student would need to know to pass the bar but she is way over her head in her current position.
Warren is another impenetrable airhead.
Given Senator Warren's past in both academic and political exploits i find it very hard to give her much credibility. There has been plenty written about the lack of scholarship shown in her consumer credit research along with UVA President Teresa Sullivan, another piece of work. I suspect that Senator Warren's reflectance to run for President is influenced in part due to her wanting to avoid further scurtunity which would be a treasure trove for her opposition.
That said, as an old line retired banker of 30 years, it sickens me to see what the banking business has become in terms of how it treats its clients, and employees. I would never counsel any young person to go into the banking business as it stands. Despite Tom's comments to the contrary I have found Wells Fargo, personally and professionally, to be a mess.
I don't see the connection bewteen the derivative bubble and the fed debt-based system. However, I do have thoughts on both.The administration needs to work with congress to repeal the CFTA (Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000) to re-regulate commodity futures. (Plus a lot more. Such as repeal Gramm-Leach-Bliley (1999).)As for the fed and the debt-based system, sure, too much debt is bad. However, what would do you do when there's an emergency and you (or a loved one) might die if you don't run up your credit cards? Well, of course, in almost every case, you'd use the credit cards. Chances are some day (as we've done before) the debt can be paid down especially if we don't overspend. Clinton did it!


Racing scooters are still an extremely rare sight in the United States, and most lifelong cycling enthusiasts who see a Footbike or Kickbike on the road are seeing one for the first time.
But in Europe, it is not too unusual to see dozens of scooters competing in a road race. Footbike USA is trying to introduce Americans to the same healthy pleasures.
They are not the first to bring the world's fastest human powered scooters to the USA, and we reviewed a Kickbike on the-vu years ago in the article "Human Powered Scooters", but Footbike have the energy and drive to have a real shot at changing America's choice on the bike paths around the country.
The Footbike website at http://www.footbikeusa.com contains all the information you need to know about life without saddles and chains and pedals.
But the Footbike is also being noticed by physical therapists such as Andrea Avruskin PT, DPT, ATC, LAT, (www.avruskinpt.com), who has written an extensive paper on the physical benefits of scootering.
In her study she points out some of the adverse health effects of bicycle riding. Yes, bikes can be ridden safely and they are a more efficient mode of conveyance, but you can also hurt yourself by cycling the wrong way. Not to say you cannot hurt yourself on a Footbike. In fact I have experienced that myself after a careless and ill-planned ride in 2008.
But the good therapist has some good points to make about the Footbike. She says "The Footbike™ is an excellent tool for rehabilitation, training and conditioning. It challenges lower body strength, power, endurance and balance, as well as trunk and upper body stability and endurance. It is suitable for non-athletic people and athletes who are healthy, recovering from injuries, or preventing injuries".
Ms Avruskin's paper shows the results of studies on joint impact stress, range of joint motion, posture, and analysis of the standing and propelling legs. Personally I think that If I had learned of her study last year, I would not have sidelined myself last fall.
But back to the Footbike. If you enjoy cycling, skating, skateboarding but feel like you have not really found what you are looking for, then take a clue from the Europeans and check out the world of scooters (http://FootBikeUSA.com). You won't be sorry, and a Footbike will be an addition to your propulsion collection that will hook you for life.
Time to get off the seat and stand up!
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Tokyo 2020 all venues and competitions confirmed by TOC.
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) today confirmed the event line-up for each competition session of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, following their postponement to 2021.
In IOC's session, The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) today confirmed all events and sporting competitions. Tokyo 2020 olympics were postponed first time in the history due to pandemic COVID-19 coronavirus.
"There is no change is venue, and the passion will remain the same."
The competition will kick off with softball at 9:00 am JST on 21st July 2021. two days before the opening ceremony at Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium.
Arshad Nadeem: 90.18m in CWG2022
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Neeraj Chopra wins the gold medal in Jevlin. #Tokyo2020


In February protesters gathered at Tempe City Hall to demand #Justice4AntonioArce, a 14-year-old Latino kid killed by Tempe PD. One protester faces felony charges and is unable to afford legal assistance, so we're asking the community for support.
We will get you home forever!
My granddaughters bio father is trying to take custody of her from us after 7 years. He is making false allegations to the court to open serious investigations.
A girl in the wrong place and time, facing prison.
My daughter went camping with some new friends to a cabin that belongs to one of their parents. The police came to the cabin and arrested and charged all of them with the same charges. The others are now out. We need to hire a good defense lawyer.
I am a divorced mom of 4 that was building her family a business. Until my local police raided my home for what they thought were counterfeit items. Never being served anything prior to the raid. I'm now charged with a felony and have lost EVERYTHING.
In August 2017, the Arizona Corporation Commission approved a $95 MILLION rate hike on 1.2 million APS customers. This rate hike was unjust and hurts our most vulnerable populations. We've filed a formal complaint and now need an attorney to help us.
Anyone that knows Nate Thomas knows that he is a fun-loving, charming, caring, respectful young man. He is being raised by an amazing single mom who desperately needs our help. Please help to ensure this young man's future is not taken away.
HELP DJ Lee, a Firefighter in need!
Our Buddy, DJ Lee is being wrongly accused of assault and kidnapping while trying to protect his family. He is a devoted husband, loving father of 2 young children and dedicated fireman. There are 2 sides to every story. Help us so he can share his side.
We need to hire an attorney for Rudy to submit new evidence and get his case overturned. I am the victim's mother, and Rudy is innocent. We need $10,000. Then we can begin this journey, but only with your help & support.We can't do it alone.
On February 8th, Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos, who had lived in the United States since she was 14 years old and who has two U.S. citizen children, was deported to Mexico after appearing at a routine ICE check in. Please help us reunite her and her family.
Support justice for an innocent man! Our friend Kelly is being charged with a crime he did not commit. He needs $11,000 by his court date of April 10 in order to hire a lawyer to prove his innocence. Please donate to help an innocent man receive justice.
As the substantial costs of this trial and Joe's trial to maintain his parental rights continue to increase we aim to raise funds to support Joseph Thomas Jr. in his battle for freedom and justice.
Joe was arrested in March of 2016 for standing up for liberty. This past year he has been illegally incarcerated and awaiting trial. Please donate to support him while he fights for The Constitution, and our rights.


Birmingham, AL, was founded on June 1, 1871. Its name is borrowed from one of England's principal industrial cities, a choice the founders hoped would herald the town as a great center for America's industrial age. For Birmingham had a characteristic that made it unique worldwide -- the nearby deposits of iron ore, coal and limestone, the three principal raw materials used in making steel. This powerful combination of minerals quickly earned Birmingham the nickname, "The Magic City."
On the outskirts of The Magic City sits Sloss Furnaces. James Withers Sloss started construction on the Sloss Furnaces in 1881, just 10 years after the city's founding. This entrepreneur quickly capitalized on Birmingham's fortunate location and the enormous amount of cheap labor available in the form of freed slaves. To cement Sloss' place in this financial bonanza, he used his wealth and political influence to become the first president of the newly merged Nashville and Decatur Railway Company. His first priority was to expand their railway lines down to Birmingham, thereby securing the exportation of steel made at Sloss Furnaces.


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Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Check out what clicked this week in entertainment.
Nicolas Cage commented on the deadly "Rust" shooting and shared his thoughts on an actor's responsibility to be responsible with firearms on movie sets.
The death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set of the indie-Western movie sparked a debate in Hollywood about whether real guns have any place on a movie set in an age where it is so easy to use fake guns and add things like muzzle flare in post-production.
Cage appeared in a roundtable discussion with fellow actors Peter Dinklage, Andrew Garfield, Jonathan Majors and Simon Rex for The Hollywood Reporter earlier this week. At one point, the moderator mentioned the tragic accident and asked the panel where they land on the debate about firearms on movie sets. That's when Cage explained that he believes it is an actor's responsibility to be educated in the use of guns as part of their craft.
Nicolas Cage shared his thoughts on the deadly "Rust" shooting involving Alec Baldwin.
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"I don't want to cast blame anywhere, but I do think, and I'm not talking about anybody, but people don't like the word movie star. We want to be humble actors. But a movie star is a bit of a different kind of presentation because you need to know how to ride a horse," he explained. "You need to know how to fight. You're going to do fight scenes. You need to know how to ride a motorcycle. You need to know how to use a stick shift and drive sports cars, and you do need to know how to use a gun. You do. You need to take the time to know what the procedure is. Those are part of the job profiles."
He continued by noting that there is a place in production for stunt people to take over and handle the really dangerous stuff that requires outside expertise.
Baldwin fired a revolver on the set of "Rust" on Oct. 21, killing Hutchins.
(Fox News Digital)
"Now, the stuntman and the movie star are two jobs that co-exist, they co-exist," he concluded. "Every stuntman needs to be a movie star and every movie star needs to be a stuntman. That's just part of the profile… And that's all I'm going to say about it."
When he was finished speaking, Majors complimented Cage for making his point about actors and stunt people so eloquently and agreed with the sentiment himself.
Nicolas Cage spoke out about the debate over having real guns on movie sets.
Meanwhile, "Game of Thrones" and "Cyrano" star, Dinklage, noted that there is a responsibility on behalf of the industry to make sure something like this never happens again.
"It can be avoided because look at what you can do with movies," Dinklage explained "You know that also calls into question, are there too many guns in movies? We've all held guns in movies, probably, and I always think about that being anti-gun myself, but the character isn't. That's a very complicated thing. But that made it very clear that there has to be change, like, now. One hundred percent."
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Sibollus margaritatus is een hooiwagen uit de familie Gonyleptidae.

Gonyleptidae


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Le phare de la digue courbe (nord) (en italien : Faro dismesso della Diga Curvilinea) est un feu actif situé à l'extrémité de la digue nord faisant face à l'entrée du port de Livourne (province de Livourne), dans la région de Toscane en Italie. Il est géré par la Marina Militare.

Histoire
L'ancien phare, mis en service en 1857, est une tour octogonale en pierre de  de haut centrée sur une base circulaire en pierre de deux étages érigée à la fin des travaux du brise-lames incurvée. Il a été remplacé par une tourelle métallique, située devant l'ancien phare, en 1927.

Il est entièrement automatisé et alimenté par des panneaux photovoltaïques.

Description
Le phare actuel  est une tourelle cylindrique en métal de  de haut, avec lanterne, adjacente à l'ancienne tour. La tourelle est peinte en bande horizontale rouge et verte. Il émet, à une hauteur focale de , un éclat rouge et vert, selon direction, toutes les 3 secondes. Sa portée est de 5 milles nautiques (environ 9.5 km).

Identifiant : ARLHS : ITA-283 ; EF-1941 - Amirauté : E1370 - NGA : 7884 .

Caractéristiques du feu maritime
Fréquence : 3 s (RG)
 Lumière : 1 seconde
 Obscurité : 2 secondes

Voir aussi

Notes et références

Lien connexe
 Liste des phares de l'Italie

Liens externes
  Fari e Segnalamenti - Marina Militare
  Cartographie des phares italiens
  Lighthouses of Italy : Toscana (Tuscany)
  Liste ARLHS - ITA
  Italy (Adriatic Sea) - Online list of Light
  Diga Curviliena north end - Site Lightphotos.net
  Diga Curvilinea north Light - Lighthouse Explorer

Phare dans la province de Livourne
Phare du XXe siècle
Phare de la mer Méditerranée
Phare du XIXe siècle
Livourne


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Barbican is a type of fortified building.

Barbican may also refer to:

 Barbican (drink), a brand of malt beverage in Saudi Arabia and the UAE
 Barbican Estate, a residential estate in London
 Barbican Centre, an arts centre in London
 Barbican Conservatory, in London
 Barbican tube station, on the London Underground
 Barbican House, in Lewes, East Sussex
 Barbican, Plymouth, England
 Barbican Press, an independent publishing house
 Warsaw Barbican
 Kraków Barbican
 Barbican F.C., Jamaican football club


Swollen lips are not only painful, they are also an embarrass condition that easily interferes with one's daily activities. Swelling on the lips is often caused by trauma to the lip area. Since the lips are made of soft tissue, any form of injury easily causes swelling.In addition to injuries, other causes of swollen lips include infections affecting the respiratory system, allergic reactions, using the wrong lip makeup products as well as extremes in the weather patterns.
Swollen lips are accompanied by symptoms such as having difficulties eating, conversing and even opening the mouth. While there are excellent pharmaceutical products that you can use to manage the condition, most of these come at a cost. For this reason, you can always use home remedies that will allow you to treat the condition with minimal side effects.
Note, however, that in cases where swelling is the result of an allergic reaction, you need to get medical attention immediately to prevent further complications in other parts of the body. Each of the remedies listed below includes information on the approximate time it will take you, the specific ingredients of the remedy as well as the difficulty of the same.
What You Need: 5 Ice cubes and a clean washcloth. Other options include a bag of frozen vegetables or a refrigerated spoon.
As with any other swelling, one of the best things you can do for yourself when you notice your lip is swelling is to use an ice pack. The low temperatures of the pack help numb the lips as well as the keep the swelling down. The key thing to do is not to allow the ice to come into direct contact with the lips as this leads to frost bites. The advantage of using this remedy is that you can repeat it as many times as you would like to. A pack of frozen vegetables works just as excellently.
Place the ice cubes on the washcloth and tie the opposite ends so that you end up with a compress of sorts.
Use the compress to massage the swollen lips, making sure you take a break every few minutes.
Use this remedy until the swelling subsides. It is a simple but effective way of reducing the pain and discomfort at the site of the swelling.
What You Need: 1 Teaspoon of honey and cold water to rinse.
Honey has long been used to treat swollen lips, thanks to its wide array of healing properties. This sweet remedy is not only an effective choice of anti-inflammatory, it is also a choice remedy in ensuring that the lips remain well moisturized. As such, it is especially recommended for those whose lips are easily affected by extreme weather conditions. Other advantages of using honey include its ability to get rid of potential infections as well as its soothing effect on the lips.
Clean your hands well before using your finger to scoop some of the honey and apply on the affected lips.
Allow the honey to dry on the lips for some 20 minutes before rinsing off with cold water.
Use this remedy thrice daily or more depending on the extent of the swelling.
What You Need: 2 Tablespoons of baking soda, 1/2 tablespoon of water (for the paste) and cold water to rinse.
Preparing baking soda for the treatment of swollen lips is one of the best things you could do for yourself. The paste is alkaline in nature, which simply means that it is effective in cases where the swelling results from an insect bite. In addition to this, the paste also works to reduce the pain at the site of swelling. You need to apply this paste and leave on for a few minutes before rinsing to allow the healing effects set in.
Prepare the paste by adding the water to the baking soda and mixing well.
Take some of the paste and apply it on the swelling, massaging in gentle motions as you do this.
Leave the paste on for about 15 minutes and then rinse off with cold water.
Cold water plays a key role in this as it helps lower the swelling.
Use this remedy daily until the swelling subsides.
What You Need: Freshly cut aloe vera leaf and cold water to rinse (optional).
Undoubtedly one of the most reliable home remedies for different conditions affecting the skin, Aloe vera has excellent anti-inflammatory properties that effectively work to keep the swelling down as well as reduce the burning sensation. If the swelling is a result of insect bites, the use of aloe vera goes a long way in promoting quick healing. This remedy requires you to use freshly cut aloe vera leaf to provide the gel that you will need for topical application as mentioned above.
Squeeze the edges of the freshly cut leaf in order to collect the gel.
Apply the gel and massage gently, taking care not to press too hard to prevent pain at the site of the swelling.
Leave the gel on the lips for some 15 minutes and then rinse.
Use this remedy severally daily until you are content with the progress made.
What You Need: 1 Tablespoon of salt, 1 cup of water and sterile cotton wool.
Sometimes, swelling on the lips is the result of an injury that breaks the skin on the lips. For this, you will need to apply a disinfectant to prevent infection while reducing the swelling. Salt provides an integral home remedy in this regard as it is both a disinfectant when used on the cut as well as reduces the swelling. Use this remedy for as long as the cut on the lips has not healed.
Place the salt in the water and stir to dissolve.
Soak the cotton ball in the salty solution and dab it on the swollen lip as well as where the cut is located.
You will feel a tingling sensation as the salty water comes into contact with the salty water, but this soon eases to allow for quick recovery.
Use this remedy as often as you need to until the cut heals and the swelling is eliminated.
What You Need: A clean washcloth and hot water.
A warm compress is recommended for the treatment of swollen lips as they work by increasing the flow of blood to the affected lips. Note however, that this remedy for swollen lips (and indeed any part of the skin that is swollen) is recommended some 24 hours after the swellings sets in. It is not recommended for use immediately as the increased flow of blood will only contribute to greater swelling. After about 24 hours however, the use of a warm compress however improves blood flow for quick healing, while effectively allowing for the fluid around the swelling to drain.
Place the washcloth in the hot water for a few seconds and then proceed to squeeze the excess water.
Fold the washcloth and quickly place it on the swollen lips for about 5 minutes.
Take a minute off and repeat step 2 until the washcloth cools down.
Repeat this remedy as often as you need to 24 hours after the swelling sets in.
You may also opt to use the cold and warm compress alternately.
What You Need: Used tea bag, preferably frozen. If you do not have a used one, consider using a fresh one and warm water.
Black tea bags are best known for their rich concentration of tannins. Tannins are a set of compounds whose astringent properties work to reduce the extent of swelling on the lips. When frozen, the low temperatures help numb the skin and allow for the lips to heal. This is a simple but effective remedy, one you can use as often as you need to.
If you do not have a used teabag, soak the fresh one in a cup of warm water and let it steep for a couple of minutes.
Let it cool for 5 minutes. You may use a set of ice cubes for this purpose.
Place the cold teabag on the swollen lip for 10-15 minutes.
Use daily until the swelling eases.
What You Need: 2 Teaspoons of witch hazel, 1 teaspoon of salt and sterile cotton ball.
Witch hazel has excellent astringent properties that work to effectively reduce the swelling. The herb's soothing properties are a great relief for swollen lips too as they ease the swelling. Witch hazel also has antiseptic properties, so that when added to salt, results in a potent home remedy. Follow the directions below to treat swollen lips.
Add the salt to the witch hazel and mix well.
You will then use the cotton ball to apply the mixture on the lips, making sure you focus on the swollen area.
Let the mixture remain on the lips for half an hour before rinsing with cold water.
Repeat as often as you need to until the lips make a full recovery.
Note that is the swelling does not subside after using your choice remedy for a considerable period of time, you need to get medical attention. This is done to ensure that there is no serious underlying medical condition.


Some pictures from a recent tea-pairing dinner with our friends. The theme was loosely based on the coming Lunar New Year. Organised in collaboration with Carrie from Tea Bone Zen Mind. She provided all the recipes for the dishes.
Welcome Drink: Tea Ice with Honey.
Make some very strong Tie Guan Yien (Iron Goddess of Mercy), freeze it well, and shave the ice before serving. Drizzle with good quality honey to sweeten. A cooling drink to have ready for people when they come in from a long and hot day at the office.
1. Cucumber with miso paste ( combination of 4 types) and cherry tomatoes. Pop cucumber into mouth, followed by tomato. The miso paste has such an intense play of sweet, savoury, salty and oomph it needs to be cut down a little with the tartness of the tomatoes.
2. Century Egg with pickled young ginger. Quarter the eggs by cutting with a knife, using your palms as the cutting surface, wetting knife in between cuts to help with the stickiness. For the young ginger, buy a jar of the cheapest version in NTUC, squeeze out all the pickling liquid and slice finely. Marinate with 1 tbsp sesame oil, 1/2 tbsp sake and 1tsp sugar. To eat, scoop a piece of egg with a spoon and place some ginger on top, and eat the whole lot in one bite.
Now the taste buds were sufficiently primed for dinner.
Husband went to the market early to buy a whole bunch of prawns and squid. The prawns had their whiskers trimmed and steamed on a banana leaf before chilling. The squid had all the skin and internal bits removed and then stuffed with some loose tea leaves before steaming and chilling.
Carrie made a killer sauce to go with the seafood, it had garlic, scallions, chilli and a mystery brown sauce that contains, among other ingredients, chicken and fish stock.
Yes, that was some of the prawns in a cake mix bowl, our makankakis sure love prawns. Husband bought 6 kg, and though everyone valiantly ate as many as they could, we still had plenty of leftovers.
1. Stewed dish of taukwa, radish, shitake and muk-yee (wood's ear fungus) in a braising sauce perfumed with Jasmine tea leaves.
2. Chicken noodle soup. The broth was cooked from a whole chicken and some Four Seasons tea leaves steeped in the soup for about 10 minutes. The chicken skin was not used in the soup, instead, the visible fats were trimmed off and the skin was then fried till crispy; the crumbled crisped skin were then sprinkled over the noodles for a 'wow' fragrance. To go with the soup, someone had also contributed yummy chicken wings from Bali Nasi Lemak.
3. Kong Bar Pau. Made by Carrie's friend. A classic dish of belly pork cooked in soya sauce and aromaric spices. It was surprisingly light in oil yet rich-tasting. Accompanied by home-pickled crunchy-sweet-tart mustard greens which complemented the sandwich perfectly.
Dessert was simple yet elegant. Vanilla ice cream sprinkled with matcha (Japanese green tea) powder. Peach slices for garnish and contrasting texture.
After dinner, we settled around the table to appreciate tea. But first, a round of cold premium sake to clear the palate and relax the mind.
She brewed some Jasmine Tea. This was not like the heong-pin served mindlessly in dim-sum restaurants. Only the first flush unbroken leaves were used. The tea was light but surprisingly rich and complex tasting with an uplifting floral fragrance.
Next, she brewed some Four Season Tea. This is a species of tea that was genetically modified by Carrie's tea professor. It's name was so-called due to its availability the whole year round, the genetic modification also makes it less susceptible to disease. The taste was of course, also of the most desired qualities. Richer and a little 'heavier' than the Jasmine, this is a tea that would go well with savoury snacks. Like the dried scallops and squid crisps, toasted right on top of the tea-stove.
The tea would give its drinker a pleasant buzz. To come down from the intensity, it is a good idea to eat something sweet with the tea, like sweet mandarins or the fat red dates we nibbled on.
It was an extremely enjoyable and educational experience. Carrie is a generous teacher and she shared many lessons on tea growing, tea selection, packaging and tea cultures, interspersed with amusing anecdotes and observations. Even the act of peeling a mandarin can be done in a refined way, if one knows how.
1. Start from the bottom of the fruit and peel so that the peel comes off in a whole piece.
2. Break the orange in parts, offering halves or quarters to others if sharing, not individual segments.
3. Spit your seed back into the peel. When done, fold up the peel and it is ready for disposal.
Did you also know that mandarin oranges comes with fax numbers? There are others that bear website addressed too.
This was not from the tea-party. Two nights later, I came back very hungry from my yoga class. Looking into the fridge I saw many prawns, so I peeled and cubed some and tossed them with a dressing of fridge condiments like hae-bi hiam ( spicy shrimp sauce), sushi vinegar, sesame dressing and a touch of orange juice. Very good snack that was.


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Introduction: Transnational television history: A comparative approach
Andreas Fickers, Catherine Johnson
What was meant as a hint to the large community of historians applies even more to the small field of television history. The strong tie of media historiography with the national project has its origins, as Jean K. Chalaby has rightly formulated, in the fact that 'no other media institution was more central to the modernist intent of engineering a national identity' (1). This intrinsic quality of television as a national institution has tempted most historians of television to analyse the medium using a more or less strict national perspective. The search for the nation in television formats, programmes, institutions or legislation has produced a variety of excellent historical scholarship, reinforcing Benedict Anderson's thesis of the constitutive role of the media in the creation of 'imagined communities'. Despite the heterogeneous institutional varieties of today's television all over the world, one can identify a surprising homogeneity when it comes to the functional similarities of television as an agent of modernization and nation-building – at least during the 'golden age of capitalism' in which television developed into the 'leading medium' of the mass media ensemble.3 But the breaking of the quasi-monopoly of public service broadcasters all over Europe in the 1980s changed the television landscape, and cross-border television channels – with the help of satellite and the internet – have catapulted the relatively closed television nations into the universe of globalized media channels.
Transnational Television History
A comparative approach
Abingdon, Oxon and New York
Published - 1 Feb 2012
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Suzhou is located in the center of the Yangtze Delta, in the south of Jiangsu Province, with Shanghai to the east, Zhejiang Province to the south, Wuxi City to the west and the Yangtze River to the north. Since 42% area of the city is covered by water, including a vast number of ponds and streams, Suzhou is praised as the 'Oriental Venice'.
Suzhou, known as the "Venice of China" has an extensive network of canals.
View from our canal boat excursion on on an ancient canal with ancient homes and shops which come right to the water's edge.
Viewing an old back street and passage way from one of Suzhou's many canals.
Suzhou canal boat on a misty evening.
Suzhou, canals criss cross the city.
Suzhou, dwellings along one of the many canals.
Photographs copyright © 2000 - 2006 Rebecca Kali. All rights reserved.