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Claim another airline is 'biggest gainer'
The Jet Airways pilots' union has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to order a probe if Etihad Airways, the strategic investor in Jet Airways, and another private Indian carrier had any role in the collapse of the airline.
This is the first time that Etihad's role has come under question.
Citing similar patterns of closure of Etihad-invested airlines such as AirBerlin, Alitalia and Jet Airways, the letter said, "What we don't know is the extent of the role played by Etihad in the events leading to the complete collapse of Jet Airways."
"We urge you to intervene in the matter and order a probe to establish whether a larger conspiracy was at play, or of any collusion between State Bank of India (SBI) and Etihad, as the only one decimated here are Jet Airways employees and Jet Airways," the letter signed by Captain Karan Chopra, president, National Aviator's Guild (NAG), the Jet Airways' pilots' union, said.
An e-mail to Etihad seeking its comment on the allegations remained unanswered till the time of going to press.
Pointing out the frequent changed stance of Etihad in the execution of a resolution plan starting January, the letter said though chairman Naresh Goyal stepped down and pledged his shares to avail the much-needed life support of ₹1,500 crore, Etihad had not put any funds or pledged any of its shares till date.
"Not surprisingly, SBI refused to put in the funds and claimed that it could not put in public money in the absence of binding guarantees and collaterals. This led to Jet Airways suspending operations on April 17, 2019," it added.
"Since the suspension of operations, a lot is being revealed which, alludes to conspiracy, collusion and downright dismemberment of Jet Airways in a systematic and planned manner," the letter said.
It added that while the 'biggest losers' had been Jet Airways employees and the travelling public, "the biggest gainer in this sordid saga is an [unnamed] airline."
Till such time the probe is completed, the Prime Minister should prevail upon Etihad and SBI to infuse critical funds to help Jet meet its statutory obligations of PF, taxes and gratuity, ascertain the legality of 50.1% holding of Etihad in Jet Privilege, and review the bilaterals awarded to Etihad afresh, the union wrote.
The pilots also asked the Prime Minister to ascertain whether any premeditated conspiracy was at play to delay the bids' declaration or any illegal move to allow individuals who have bid as individuals to now team up as a consortium.
Four banks may come out of PCA
'Back series data based on global practice'
RBI Board discusses governance
India, China join hands to promote tea globally
It will be no cakewalk for Das on Mint St.
RBI Governor Urjit Patel quits citing personal reasons
What's with the back series GDP data?
RBI moves to ease liquidity for non-banking finance firms
RBI Governor stresses need for autonomy of central bank
'Wanted long-term partner in insurance'
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I've played a lot of Role Playing Games (RPG's) over the years, but my all-time favorite remains to be The Bard's Tale, the very first RPG I ever really played. While I admit that a large part of that is nostalgia, there's actually some objective reasoning to my argument.
First, let me explain the story. The plot is rather simple and comes nowhere near the complexity of modern games like Final Fantasy or Dragon Age. Instead, the premise of The Bard's Tale is very simple: The evil wizard Mangar has trapped the innocent town of Skara Brae in a spell of eternal winter. You must gather a party of six heroes and solve the mysteries of the town's ancient catacombs and towers in order to reach Mangar and defeat him.
Simple enough, right? In theory yes. But in practice, no.
The meat of why this particular game remains immortal in my memory is that it genuinely challenged the player in ways that modern RPG's dare not do today. First, there was no auto-mapping feature, which meant that you would have to map the dungeons by hand in order to survive. This was no small feat considering that the dungeons you had to trudge through were incredibly complex with frequent traps which would spin or teleport you around without any indication that it was doing so. And there was no question that you needed these maps. You could not simply walk into the catacombs or Harkyn's Castle and blindly make your way through. The sewers alone were a complete nightmare.
Unlike the full-featured game guides of today, the supplemental guide for Bard's Tale was presented in the form of a journal that you had presumably inherited from an unfortunate party of adventurers who'd previously failed in their assault on Mangar's domain. Maps were included of every level, but often the advice given would only hint at what needed to happen rather than outright giving you the solutions. As a player, I liked that back when I was 13 years old. Today, I like that even more. It required me to think, and only gave hints, not outright solutions.
My cluebook now has the authentic feel of a battered collection of maps.
BTW: The reasoning for not including auto-mapping as a game feature back in the late 80's was very simple: they hadn't invented the technology yet. It wouldn't be until a few years later that games regularly came out with (and heavily advertised) a feature where the game automatically tracked where your charzcters had been.
There was one particular dungeon, Kylearan's Tower, where one you entered the Tower, you could not leave until you completely solved its mysteries, or died entirely. I cannot emphasize enough how thrilling that challenge was! With today's RPG's, you always have the safety net of the game's save game mechanic. There aren't any games I know of today which offer this sort of All-or-Nothing challenge.
Here's a picture of Kylearan (who ended up being a friendly wizard), along with some other photos of my battered maps.
So here's to those old school RPG's, which may not have the depth or polish of modern games, but had its own unique challenges which are unseen today. Cheers to the Bard!
Thanks for the great review. I played Bard's Tale for hours as a teenager. It is still a game I can replay today! Did you play the Macintosh version or is that a different version?
I played the Macintosh version, which is where the screenshots are taken from. In some ways, I think the B&W Mac graphics are an improvement over the colorized PC graphics of the time.


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Olympics-Men's sailing RS-X Race 10 results
LONDON, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Israel's Shahar Zubari won the
Olympic men's sailing RS-X Race 10 on Sunday.
Results RS-X Men Opening Series Race 10
1. Shahar Zubari (Israel) 1 points
2. Nick Dempsey (Britain) 2
3. Joao Rodrigues (Portugal) 3
4. Makoto Tomizawa (Japan) 4
5. Ivan Pastor (Spain) 5
6. Julien Bontemps (France) 6
7. Mariano Reutemann (Argentina) 7
8. Yoan Kolev (Bulgaria) 8
9. Byron Kokalanis (Greece) 9
10. Przemyslaw Miarczynski (Poland) 10
11. Maksym Oberemko (Ukraine) 11
12. Richard Stauffacher (Switzerland) 12
13. Toni Wilhelm (Germany) 13
14. Wang Aichen (China) 14
15. Federico Esposito (Italy) 15
16. Daniel Flores (Venezuela) 16
17. Jon-Paul Tobin (New Zealand) 17
18. Ricardo Santos (Brazil) 18
19. Lee Tae Hoon (South Korea) 19
20. David Mier y Teran (Mexico) 20
Standings Men RS-X
1. Dorian van Rijsselberghe (Netherlands) 13
2. Nick Dempsey (Britain) 35
3. Toni Wilhelm (Germany) 46
4. Przemyslaw Miarczynski (Poland) 52
5. Byron Kokalanis (Greece) 65
6. Julien Bontemps (France) 66
7. Jon-Paul Tobin (New Zealand) 80
8. Zac Plavsic (Canada) 80
9. Ricardo Santos (Brazil) 103
10. Richard Stauffacher (Switzerland) 113
11. Mariano Reutemann (Argentina) 116
12. Juozas Bernotas (Lithuania) 120
13. Leung Ho Tsun (Hong Kong) 125
14. Joao Rodrigues (Portugal) 131
15. Lee Tae Hoon (South Korea) 139
16. Ivan Pastor (Spain) 150
17. Andreas Cariolou (Cyprus) 150
18. Wang Aichen (China) 153
19. Shahar Zubari (Israel) 155
20. Dmitry Polishchuk (Russia) 167

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Världsmästerskapet i curling för herrar 2015 arrangerades i Halifax, Nova Scotia, Kanada den 28 mars–5 april 2015 i Halifax Metro Centre.

Kvalificerade lag
Följande tolv länder kvalificerade sig till världsmästerskapet:
Värdland

Ett lag från amerikanska zonen

Åtta lag från 2014 års europamästerskap

Två lag från 2014 års pacific-asiatiska mästerskap

Deltagare

Grundspel

Tabell
Slutställning efter grundspelet

De fyra främsta går till slutspel där placeringarna 1–2 möts i en första playoff-match och placeringarna 3–4 i en andra.

Resultat

Alla tider är UTC−3.

Runda 1
Lördag 28 mars, 14:30

Runda 2
Lördag 28 mars, 19:30

Runda 3
Söndag 29 mars, 9:30

Runda 4
Söndag 29 mars, 14:30

Runda 5
Söndag 29 mars, 19:30

Runda 6
Måndag 30 mars, 9:30

Runda 7
Måndag 30 mars, 14:30

Runda 8
Måndag 30 mars, 19:30

Runda 9
Tisdag 31 mars, 9:30

Runda 10
Tisdag 31 mars, 14:30

Runda 11
Tisdag 31 mars, 19:30

Runda 12
Onsdag 1 april, 9:30

Runda 13
Onsdag 1 april, 14:30

Runda 14
Onsdag 1 april, 19:30

Runda 15
Torsdag 2 april, 9:30

Runda 16
Torsdag 2 april, 14:30

Runda 17
Torsdag 2 april, 19:30

Särspel
Fredag 3 april, 14:30

Slutspel

Playoff, 1 mot 2
Fredag 3 april, 19:30

Playoff, 3 mot 4
Lördag 4 april, 14:30

Semifinal
Lördag 4 april, 19:30

Bronsmatch
Söndag 5 april, 10:00

Final
Söndag 5 april, 16:00

Vinnare

Källor

 World Curling Federation

2015 i Kanada
Curling i Kanada
Curlingtävlingar
Sportevenemang i Kanada

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In our Career Center you are able to post job openings, find potential candidates and search new openings. The Career Center is open to members and non-members alike.
Please note that for non-members and certain member types, there is a cost to post a job. The cost to post a job is $50.00 for a period of up to 60 days. Please be sure to set your job expiry date when you create the posting.
Click HERE to purchase a job posting. Once payment is confirmed you will receive an email, which will prompt you to add your job posting online.


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The Presbyterian Church in Sudan or also the Presbyterian Church in South Sudan is a major Reformed denomination in South Sudan, when it become independent from Sudan.

It has approximately 1,000,000 members and 500 congregations in Southern Sudan. The denomination was established by American missionaries, namely Rev. Kelly Giffen and H.T. McLaughlin who came from Egypt in the 1890s. They started churches in the southern part of the country, in Dolleib Hill in 1902 leaving the northern congregations to Egyiptian evangelicals. The northern churches become known as the Sudan Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Schools and hospitals were built. By 1945 schools and mission work were organised in Malakal, Wauglel, Obel, Bor and elsewhere. The first mission station was established in Malakal.

In 1962 the missionaries left, but the church spread rapidly. It is the third largest denomination in Sudan after the Episcopal and the Roman Catholic Church.

Partner churches are the Church of Scotland, the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, the Presbyterian Church of Australia, the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the Reformed Church in America.

The church subscribes to the Apostles Creed, Nicene Creed, Heidelberg Catechism and the Westminster Confession of Faith.

It is a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches.

References

Presbyterian denominations in Africa
Presbyterianism in Sudan
Members of the World Communion of Reformed Churches


Jammu: A POTA court on Thursday issued non-bailable arrest warrant against Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief Yasin Malik in connection with the much publicised one lakh dollar case. The court also issued warrants to Hurriyat leaders Altaf Qadri and Shamima alias Shazia, co- accused in the case, for their failure to be present for the hearings. The case was registered against Malik after Kud police, on March 23, 2002, recovered one lakh US dollars from Shazia and one Mushtaq Ahmad Dar which were to be delivered to the JKLF leader for carrying out militant activities. During interrogation, it was found that the duo had got the money in Kathmandu from one Altaf Hussain Qadri, executive member of Hurriyat Conference, presently in Pakistan. Malik was arrested on March 23, 2002 in Srinagar when he was addressing a press conference. The POTA court had granted bail to Malik on July 20, 2002 on medical grounds. The other accused in the case were produced before chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Jammu where they stated that they did not make any statement to the police that the money was meant for Malik. The court had also issued general arrest warrants against Altaf Qadri. Malik is also facing trial in other cases including abduction of Rubiyya Sayeed, daughter of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.


When it was announced that Nikki Bella had gotten engaged to longtime love John Cena, the wrestling world in general — and WWE fans in particular — were alternately overjoyed that one-half of the Bella twins found her longtime mate, and aghast that said longtime mate was WWE superstar John Cena.
And when it was subsequently announced that John Cena and Nikki Bella were no longer together — and had, in fact, called off their engagement — fans were heartbroken for the former Dancing With The Stars competitor.
Now, however, Nikki is dealing with the heartbreak of her split from Cena the best way she knows how: by counting on her twin sister.
Page Six is reporting that the pro wrestler recorded a video from the home that Brie Bella shares with her husband, former SmackDown Live manager and pro wrestler Daniel Bryan, and their baby daughter Birdie.
She then said that even though she has been going through a lot, she wanted to thank her fans "for all the support" they've been giving her.
Nikki Bella also said that she looks forward to sharing the experience on the upcoming season of Total Bellas — which will focus on her life with her sister — on E!, which will premiere on May 20. She said that she thinks that this season — the third — will be the best one yet, and she made clear that her breakup with John Cena will, in fact, be addressed on the season, however painful it is for her to see.
For his part, John Cena has said that he "loves Nicole with all of his heart," but he views his breakup with her as "a fact of life" because everyone goes through highs and lows, and this just happens to be a low.
He also said that even though they've split up, he not only feels for her, he understands why she's in so much pain.
That, right there, is evidence — he claims — that he loves Nikki Bella, and he always will.


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Opened in 1842 - designed by Joseph Paxton
How the Park was born
The park was, for nearly four hundred years, part of the hunting forest of Toxteth and was a Royal Park. Not like the park we see today, the area would have been densely forested but in the 17th century the Royal Park status was removed with farmers and industrialists soon moving in to take advantage of the area. In the early part of the 19th century a private developer Richard Vaughn Yates, a prominent citizen of the city purchased an area of land which we now know as Princes Park. Yates planned to site grand houses on the park's perimeter which, once sold, would cover the park's cost. Designed by Joseph Paxton, the park was opened in 1842 with features which are to be found in many other of Paxton's designs such as the perimeter carriage drive, lake, impressive entrances and footpaths which bring a surprise on every turn of one's perambulations.
At the Sunburst Gates entrance there once stood the Doric Lodge, though again nothing remains due to it being bombed in 1940. Not too far into the park from the main Sunburst Gates entrance you will find the grave of "Judy" a donkey which gave rides to the children, who visited the park, for over twenty years. The gravestone is dated 1926.
Princes park founder
Richard Vaughan Yates
When you enter Princes Park through the Sunburst Gates you will see a polished red granite monument sculpted in Aberdeen. It was erected in 1858 in memory of the Enlightened Philanthropist and founder of Princes Park Richard Vaughan Yates. For many years it was also a drinking fountain.
Known as Rick and born in 1785 he was the third son of the Unitarian minister Rev. John Yates. Known as the speculative parson his father gave rousing anti abolitionist speeches from the pulpit in Paradise Street and Toxteth whilst at the same time having a secret share in a plantation in Jamaica. This was true of many Liverpool merchants of that time.
His mother was Elizabeth daughter of John Ashton of Woolton Hall and a wealthy heiress.
John Yates used the contacts of his father-in–law to built her fortune making the Yates' one of Liverpool's elite families.
Richard hated to see poverty in the city and dedicated much of his life to improving the social problems of the poor.
His hope had been to persuade Liverpool Corporation to invest in the purchase of the land but they refused so he did this himself. It was an immense cost [over £5m today] and it almost crippled him financially. He then employed Joseph Paxton to design & create the park as a recreation area for the benefit of public health & enjoyment. The park provided an example to cities across England.
As well as this he contributed generously and regularly to all of the principal charities of his native city taking special interest in education of the poor. He continued to fund the school his father had established - Harrington Board School in Stanhope Street. It was one of the city's first schools and was on the site of what is now Cain's Brewery car park.
Richard was an enthusiastic patron of the arts and played a key role in the foundation of the Liverpool Mechanics' Institute and the College of Arts to create very affordable educational opportunities in the city. This was so successful that a new building was constructed in Mount Street in 1837. Seven years later Charles Dickens delivered a lecture to 1200 people there. During his stay he was entertained at Richard's mansion in the Dingle.
The 1847 Tithe Schedules show that the Yates family owned a large part of the land in Dingle.
Richard built himself a fine mansion with beautiful grounds extending back to the head of Dingle Glen. It was known as The Shrubberies. His father lived on the site now occupied by the Turner Memorial Home and Toxteth Annexe.
When Richard died on 1st December 1856 the flag at Liverpool Town Hall was lowered to half-mast as a token of respect and appreciation. He was buried in the family grave at the Ancient Toxteth Chapel. Without his generosity Liverpool could well have been a much poorer place.
Little is known of Richard's descendants. His first wife died young. He remarried and had three sons and two daughters. His great nephew Henry Yates Thompson was also a philanthropist and funded the construction of Sefton Palm House and The Isla Gladstone Conservatory in Stanley Park. He was awarded the Freedom of Liverpool in recognition.
Research and words by Fay Carter
Original Park plan
The Boathouse was built around 1842, probably by John Robertson supervised by, Park designer, Joseph Paxton. Originally timber framed on a rock-faced stone base, stone chimney under a tiled roof. The design was in the chalet style with overhanging eaves over external stairs. A fretted balcony was included to square windows on the land side and enriched mouldings as a frieze. By the mid 1980's the balcony was
missing and fire destroyed the remaining fabric in the 90's.
Sunburst Gates
Approaching Princes Park along Princes Avenue, the first glimpse the visitor has of the Park is the Sunburst gates. These original gates, loving restored, are an excellent example of mid nineteenth century workmanship and lead into the most wonderful of public spaces in Liverpool. The interested observer will note that the gates are decorated with sections in 23.5 karat gold leaf.
The Old Boathouse
The Serpentine like lake has been a feature of the park right from its original design. With an island and boathouse, of which sadly only the base remains, the lake has been a source of enjoyment for generations. Now, in 2020, the lake is nearing the end of a restoration project which has seen much work done to improve the banks and the installation of a bore hole to keep the water, in the lake, at a stable level.
Once linked to the mainland of the park via a Chinese style bridge, the island has, in recent years, become a part of that mainland with the combined build up of debris and loss of water. Alongside the lake restoration, plans have been put in place to re-bridge the island as part of a permanent memorial to the well known freedom fighter, Nelson Mandela. The island will be home to an installation which will reflect Mandela's love of gardens and will provide an area for learning and reflection events can be held. .
"Stop every now and then, just stop and enjoy."
Judy the Donkey
Judy the Donkey was buried on the site of her favourite grazing spot on 12th August 1926. She had served in Princes Park for 21 of her 26 years.
Although it was a public park, much of it was still privately owned and residents had their own keys to the private gardens.
In 1976 the grandson of the parks' superintendent remembered that Judy was not just a donkey for children's pleasure riding but a working animal helping the gardeners by drawing a little cart carrying leaves, turf, plants, soil or rocks.
She also pulled the cart loaded with coal as far as Tarbock one day. She was familiar with the journey and always stopped on both outward and return journeys at a driveway entrance in Childwall refusing to budge until she had been rewarded with sugar!
Most of the children who came to the park would pet & feed her.
Long after Judy had died two elderly ladies who remembered her fondly from their childhood said that they used to save their pennies for sticky buns for Judy.
They also said that Judy's teeth were badly stained and not just by the sweets. She enjoyed chewing slices of strong thick-twist tobacco, which men would cut for her occasionally!
Hundreds of children mourned Judy's death but were delighted when a replacement donkey called Judy the Second arrived to take up duties.
The Grand Fancy Fayre
In August 1849 a very splendid festival took place in Princes Park. It lasted for 4 days with well over 10,000 attending each day. There were long queues for tickets, priced at half a crown, at the main entrance gates.
At the opening 10 military bands positioned around the park struck up the National Anthem "producing a most thrilling effect".
For those not fortunate enough to be able to attend, the events were recorded daily in great detail by the Liverpool Mercury.
A huge pavilion or marquee over 100 metres long topped by a profusion of colourful flags was the main feature. By the entrance to this Lancashire bell-ringers played at intervals.
Inside many tables and stalls had been organised by a committee of ladies who had set out richly made and beautiful articles including chairs, cushions, ottomans, fancy knitting, children's clothes & toys, pictures and much more.
On show was a model of the new Corporation Baths due to be built in Cornwallis Street.
Also on display were more unusual objects such as a giant land tortoise from the Galapagos Islands supposed to be 200 years old. It had unfortunately died on the journey to England!
Next to the pavilion were flower tents where many specimens were judged and awarded prizes. Admired plants from all over the country and valuable specimens from around the world were exhibited.
There were many conical refreshment tents which sold confectionary, wines and more substantial meals, under the direction of the great master of caterers from the Waterloo Hotel.
A small charge was made for those who wished to view a monster loaf and cheese or the silverware presented to the Swedish songstress Jenny Lind in thanks for her performances earlier in the year which had raised substantial funds towards an extension to Toxteth Hospital.
There were jugglers, and performers available for people to watch. A famous German ventriloquist Herr Von Joel imitated animals and birdsong and sang famous songs. Mr. Punch entertained from his own tent and Miss Twinch's dog Toby "could not have performed his part better".
By the lake the Telegraphic Company had a tent where experiments were performed using a galvanic battery.
On the Friday, just before a rainstorm, The Royal Victoria air balloon was inflated and launched carrying away three gentlemen. A few hours later the aeronauts descended safely, but very wet, not far from Runcorn.
The final day of the event ended with a display of fireworks accompanied by military bands and a discharge of fire balloons.
The event had been a huge success and the profits made were divided between the Infirmary, Northern and Southern and Toxteth Hospitals. Each received £3197 15s 4d which is worth around half a million pounds today.
Chinese bridge
A view of the lake on 1 May 1864 with the Chinese bridge to the right and the boat house in the far distance. (Rock & Co London)
The Park today
As can be seen from the original plan, drawn at the time the park was constructed, little has changed for the visitor to Princes Park, with its lake, Sunburst Gates, memorial to Richard Vaughan Yates, Carriage Drive and numerous paths through the Park. Today the visitor will enjoy enhancements such as tennis courts, a children's play area, labyrinth and the much acclaimed Henge.
FoPP Planting
For most of the time the Friends have existed, we have managed the trees of the Park and have planted many different species which relate to those which Paxton would have had available when the Park opened in 1842. The Cherry tree walk is something special to see in the weeks the trees are in blossom. If you would like to help us with our tree management, please go to our Volunteer page.
Ready to help?
Please consider joining us as a volunteer!


We've all heard, seen, or read about the outrage over Øbama's "recess" appointments. What seems to be missing is any information about what the people we elected to congress are doing about it? You know: those other people who took an oath to uphold our constitution? What of the Supreme Court? I think they took a similar oath. What are they doing about it?
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Neighbor Lady
Agent: Jonathan Mattson / Thomas Konitzer
Label: Park The Van
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On new record For The Birds, Atlanta-based Neighbor Lady expand the boundaries of their country-kissed indie rock sound to encompass an elegant style of lush and textural guitar pop sprinkled with, as songwriter and vocalist Emily Braden puts it, with "reverb and magic." Full of gorgeous top-line melodies, spirited rock hooks, and Braden's richly emotive vocals (and plenty of twang), For The Birds takes a kaleidoscopic approach to genre. The record features everything from catchy alternative ("Penny Pick It Up") and starry-eyed country ("I'm With You") to straightforward indie rock ("Scared") and ambient-indebted otherworldly pop ("Haunted").
Neighbor Lady began as Braden's solo project, but is now a four-piece consisting of Braden, guitarist Jack Blauvelt, bassist Payton Collier, and drummer Andrew McFarland. The band recorded For The Birds with Jason Kingsland (Kaiser Chiefs, Band of Horses, Belle & Sebastian) at Diamond Street Studios in Atlanta and it was mixed by Noah Georgeson (Andy Shauf, Cate Le Bon, Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom.)
Though For The Birds is hallmarked by big sonic flourishes and brave moments of experimentation, the overall feeling is one of intimacy—four people in a room, making music together; fitting for a group of musicians who say they feel less like a band and more like a family. "This record came out of a lot of love and hard work and us caring so much about the music and each other," says Braden. "And that's pretty much what we're about."


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        options.handleEvents[eventName] = () => options.enableEvents || true
    })

    // Make sure we get a service path from either the service or the options
    let { servicePath } = options
    if (!servicePath) {
      servicePath = getServicePath(service, Model)
    }
    options.servicePath = servicePath

    service.FeathersVuexModel = Model

    return store => {
      // (1^) Create and register the Vuex module
      options.namespace = makeNamespace(namespace, servicePath, nameStyle)
      const module = makeServiceModule(service, options, store)
      // Don't preserve state if reinitialized (prevents state pollution in SSR)
      store.registerModule(options.namespace, module, { preserveState: false })

      // (2a^) Monkey patch the BaseModel in globalModels
      const BaseModel = _get(globalModels, [options.serverAlias, 'BaseModel'])
      if (BaseModel && !BaseModel.store) {
        Object.assign(BaseModel, {
          store
        })
      }
      // (2b^) Monkey patch the Model(s) and add to globalModels
      assignIfNotPresent(Model, {
        namespace: options.namespace,
        servicePath,
        instanceDefaults,
        setupInstance,
        preferUpdate
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      // As per 1^, don't preserve state on the model either (prevents state pollution in SSR)
      Object.assign(Model, {
        store
      })
      if (!Model.modelName || Model.modelName === 'BaseModel') {
        throw new Error(
          'The modelName property is required for Feathers-Vuex Models'
        )
      }
      addModel(Model)

      // (3^) Setup real-time events
      if (options.enableEvents) {
        enableServiceEvents({ service, Model, store, options })
      }
    }
  }
}

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Part II – Is liquefied natural gas really a 'green' option for Revelstoke?
This three-part series explores the benefits and the costs of bringing LNG to Revelstoke. Part I looked at FortisBC's plan to bring LNG to Revelstoke. Part II looks at environmental concerns.
By Laura Stovel
Most climate experts agree that the key to curbing climate change is to greatly reduce our dependence on fossil fuels that emit CO2, the main greenhouse gas. If significant global warming is to be avoided energy intake will need to be reduced and renewable forms of energy will have to form a much bigger part of the global energy picture.
In June of this year, FortisBC will apply to the BC Utilities Commission for permission to bring liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Revelstoke to replace the existing propane. Most people in Revelstoke will greet this as a good thing. Natural gas prices are considerably cheaper than propane and burns 15-17% cleaner. This may seem like a win-win solution but some observers caution that cheaper prices may lead to increased energy use and make investments in renewable energy uncompetitive.
Geoff Battersby
Former mayor Geoff Battersby understands the appeal of bringing natural gas to Revelstoke "because of the cost savings," but he raises three important points in terms of the environmental impact of cheaper fuel prices.
First, cheaper prices for fossil fuels will not encourage people to reduce their energy intake or seek out alternatives. Preventing serious climate change (defined in a David Suzuki Foundation and Pembina Institute report as a rise above 2° C) requires a drastic reduction in the global use of fossil fuels. Natural gas may be a cleaner-burning fuel at the consumption end, he said, but it's "still a fossil fuel so it's still spewing out greenhouse gases. It's not a long-term solution to the whole issue of climate change."
Lower prices for fossil fuels, whether for oil or natural gas, "is counterproductive to dealing with climate change" as consumers have less incentive to conserve energy. "When it comes right down to it, the only way to change the way people behave is to impact their pocket books. That's why a carbon tax is the answer to reducing the use of fossil fuels," he said.
Second, cheap fossil fuel prices make greener alternatives less competitive. Fossil fuel industries in Canada are highly promoted by provincial and federal governments without a full accounting of their environmental and social costs – an effective subsidy. Just this week the federal government announced further tax breaks for the BC LNG industry.
Alternative energy initiatives don't enjoy the same level of support, Battersby said. This is in contrast to Europe where high taxes on gasoline, as early as the 1970s, "were being used to fund alternative energy sources. All the European countries have great examples of what they've done through subsidized alternative energy sources with high taxation of fossil fuels and electricity."
Lower prices for fuel affect the ability of local alternative energy systems – like the Revelstoke District Energy system – to compete. The district energy plant, located on the Downie sawmill site, uses wood waste from the mill to generate steam for the dry kilns at Downie and hot water which is piped to large buildings in the area for heat. (Battersby is chair of the Revelstoke District Energy Corporation but he stressed that his observations were made as a private citizen, not in an official capacity).
While Battersby acknowledged that the District Energy system will benefit in the short term from cheaper energy costs because 15-20% of the plant's costs are related to the cost of propane, in the long run the shift will affect RCEC's competitiveness.
RCEC is not the only local alternative energy effort that will suffer from introducing cheaper fossil fuels. The North Columbia Environmental Society's Sustainable Living Committee runs regular workshops to educate the public about energy alternatives and energy conservation efforts and to promote thinking about a '100-mile energy diet.' Cheaper natural gas may make local energy innovations and conservation efforts less interesting to the public.
The committee recently ran a workshop on the benefits and pitfalls of bringing natural gas to Revelstoke and is considering running it again. The goal of the workshop is to educate the public and generate much-needed public discussion on the proposed transition to natural gas.
Battersby's third concern is that "there are a lot of impacts from both electricity generation and fossil fuel extraction and distribution that are not recognized in their tariffs at the end of the line."
The view that the full environmental cost of natural gas is not being calculated when it is being touted as a 'greener' fuel, is shared by local energy expert Cornelius Suchy. Suchy argues that bringing natural gas to Revelstoke would, in fact, be more damaging to the environment than using propane – even ignoring the environmental impact of fracking.
"If you compare the emissions from a propane-fired furnace with that from the same gas-fired furnace, once it has been converted, you're going to see about 15% lower emissions but these are only the emissions when combusting," Suchy said. "It doesn't take into account the whole life-cycle of natural gas and propane, how much energy is used and how much C02 or greenhouse gas is emitted in the production, transport and storage of these two fuels."
Natural gas needs to be cooled down to 160 or 170°C at the front end to be transported in liquid form and that requires "massive amounts of energy," Suchy said. "You're basically having compressors the size of houses to compress the gas to cool it down to that temperature. How are we going to fuel these compressors?" Whether the compressors are fuelled by hydroelectricity or natural gas, that would bring the carbon footprint of natural gas higher than propane, he said.
Even if the LNG facilities use the best environmental standards, consistent with the BC government's claim that they will be "the cleanest in the world," a February 2014 draft report by Globe Advisors, prepared for the BC Ministry of Environment, Climate Action Secretariat shows that more than half of the CO2 emissions before distribution to customers occur between the wellhead and the LNG facility. These emissions are not counted in the claim that natural gas is cleaner burning than propane.
Of course propane has its own environmental footprint as it is a by-product of the oil and gas industries. Suchy argues that, as a by-product, it is piggybacking on existing oil and gas efforts and not leading to new extraction. FortisBC managers Blair Weston and Joe English counter that, even as a by-product, the propane market is part of the pricing equation for the oil and gas industries.
Finally, costs to consumers don't take in the environmental costs of fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, a process that is increasingly being used in the oil and natural gas industries to access harder-to-reach oil and gas in areas with shale. The practice, which involves shooting large volumes of water, sand and chemicals down wells to release gas, has been criticised for polluting ground water and is banned in several European countries and American cities as well as Quebec.
FortisBC managers Weston and English say that the push to bring LNG to Revelstoke should not be mixed up with the provincial government's push to extract and export LNG on a large scale, as reported in the first article in this series. Even if the two were not connected, concerns about increased use due to lower prices, an uncompetitive environment for alternative energies, and uncounted costs upstream remain.
The City of Revelstoke signed the BC Climate Action Charter in 2008 and developed the Community Energy and Emissions Plan which came out in 2011. The plan recommended greenhouse gas emission reductions from a 2007 baseline of 8% by 2020 and 15% by 2030. The City adopted these recommendations in an update to its Official Community Plan in 2011.
The City will be requesting input for a new Official Community Plan beginning this fall. The consultation over the year that follows is an opportunity for Revelstoke residents to show that climate action at the local level is important to them.
If Revelstoke is to be part of the solution to tackle climate change we need a vision for the future that leads us to dramatically reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. The next article in the series will explore that vision in light of the City's and community's emissions targets and commitments.


This will probably be the exclamation of many who glance on my little page. To those who know nothing concerning them, a whole book about Indians will seem a very prosy affair, to whom I can answer nothing, for they will not proceed as far as my Preface to see what reasons I can render for the seeming folly.
But to those who are willing to listen, I can say that the Indians are a very interesting people, whether I have made an interesting book about them or not.
The Antiquarian, the Historian, and the Scholar, have been a long time studying Indian character, and have given plenty of information concerning the Indian, but it is all in ponderous volumes for State and College libraries, and quite inaccessible to the multitude—those who only take up such book as may be held in the hand, sitting by the fire,—still remain very ignorant of the Children of Nature who inhabited the forests before the Saxon set his foot upon our shores.
There is also a great deal of prejudice, the consequence of this ignorance, and the consequence of the representations of your forefathers who were brought into contact with the Indians, under circumstances that made it impossible to judge impartially and correctly.
The Histories which are in the schools, and from which the first impressions are obtained, are still very deficient in what they relate of Indian History, and most of them are still filling the minds of children and youth, with imperfect ideas. I have read many of the Histories, and have longed to see refuted the slanders, and blot out the dark pictures which the historians have wont to spread abroad concerning us. May I live to see the day when it may be done, for most deeply have I learned to blush for my people.
I thought, at first, of only giving a series of Indian Biographies, but without some knowledge of the government and religion of the Iroquois, the character of the Indians could not be understood or appreciated.
I enter upon the task with much distrust. It is a difficult task at all times to speak and to write in foreign language, and I fear I shall not succeed to the satisfaction of myself, or to my readers.
My title will not be so attractive to the American ears, as if it related to any other unknown people. A tour in Arabia, or Spain, or in India, or some other foreign country, with far less important and interesting material, would secure a greater number of readers, as we are always more curious about things afar off.
I might have covered many pages with "Indian Atrocities," but these have been detailed in other histories, till they are familiar to every ear, and I had neither room nor inclination for even a glance at war and its dark records.


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Through his company InVision Inc., Mark Maio divides his time between personal fine art photography and as an imaging consultant in the field of ophthalmology. After working in clinical medical and ophthalmic photography for twenty-five years, in 1999 he developed the first high-resolution digital imaging system in ophthalmology and has continued working in the commercial sector since then.
Mark's fine art photography has been exhibited in museums and galleries across the country, in addition to being included in public and private collections. In 2007 a (12) print portfolio of his Against the Grain work was purchased by the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film for their permanent collection.
He has an Associate and Applied Science degree in technical photography, a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Photography, a Master of Arts in Humanities and a Master of Fine Arts in Photography and Communication Design. In over thirty-five years working in the field of photography Mark has held teaching positions at Emory University, the State University of New York at Buffalo as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and as an Adjunct Professor of Photography in the Biomedical Photography program at Rochester Institute of Technology.
In 2006 Adobe selected Mark to be one of twelve individuals as part of their Biomedical Imaging Advisory Group. This group worked with Adobe in their development of Photoshop Extended, the first version of this software program to contain medical, technical and scientific digital imaging tools.
In 2009, he founded the Digital Imaging Institute (Dii), a member based educational organization dedicated to furthering the knowledge of imaging in medicine, science and research. Dii workshops are designed to teach medical professionals proper digital imaging, Photoshop and Lightroom techniques.


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What is the reality of true police investigations? Does that really matter? How does a detective begin to find a bad guy? What's it like spending eight hours in a patrol car, to be constantly aware that the next stop may hold life-threatening danger? How dangerous is a jail for an inmate or the police officers working inside?
Is human trafficking of young women and men real? Unfortunately, yes.
Hollywood spends millions every year making sure their offerings are as close to the truth as dramatically expedient. A good technical advisor (like Jeff Walker) can make not only technical suggestions, but creative ones that can make your script even better.
Jeff will answer any and questions he can about the reality of being a cop in one of the biggest cities in the world.
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And NO PHOTOGRAPHY IS PERMITTED.
Jeff's knowledge is directly from the streets, and he is currently heading up the L.A. Regional Human Trafficking Taskforce.
DON'T MISS THIS! It's not often we get access to a real cop who also knows the film business!
Sergeant Jeffrey Walker is a 29 year veteran of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, whose previous deputy assignments included the Hall of Justice Jail, Lakewood Station, and Special Victims Bureau's Child Abuse Detail.
He promoted to sergeant in 2006 and has worked at Men's Central Jail, Temple Station, Major Crimes Bureau – Vice Detail, and his current assignment as a founding member of the Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Taskforce.
He served on the original working committee for the Los Angeles County CSEC First Responder Protocol, which won the Board of Supervisor's Chairman's Challenge Award, and is sure to be a national model on how other cities and counties will respond to CSEC.


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Posti on raportoinut postipalvelun toteutumisesta Traficomille
Posti submits report to Traficom on execution of postal service
The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom is responsible for overseeing compliance with the Postal Act (415/2011) and the rules and regulations issued under it. Under the provisions on quality control of postal services, all postal operators are required to publish annually information on the quality of the postal services they provide under the Postal Act. Posti has now submitted its 2019 report to Traficom.
In the case of letters, the universal service only covers letters paid for by postage stamp. These account for some 4% of the mail sent through Posti. Newspapers and magazines, unaddressed direct marketing mail and most parcels are not covered by the Postal Act.
Fulfilment of delivery obligation
In areas that are difficult to reach, Posti deviated from the five-weekday delivery obligation for 160–200 households (154 in 2018), with the allowed maximum being 1000. The number varies from season to season depending on factors such as the timetables of the archipelagic vessels, etc. Based on special personal needs, an average of 26,741 (26,395 in 2018) households were eligible for delivery services for special groups (persons over 75 years of age and persons with reduced mobility).
Requirements for the speed of delivery of letters covered by the universal service
The delivery speed requirement monitored by the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency applies to letters paid for by postage stamp (or equivalent payment indication), which are generally sent by consumers.
According to the quality standard set out in the Postal Act, domestic letters shall be delivered so that at least 50% of the letters arrive at the latest on the fourth weekday (J+4) and at least 97% on the fifth weekday (J+5) after the day of deposit. Intra-Community cross-border mail shall be delivered so that at least 50% of the items arrive on the third day and 97% on the fifth day after the day of deposit.
Of the domestic letters delivered by Posti, 96.7% arrived by the fourth day and 98.2% by the fifth day. These figures exclude the force majeure obstacles to mail delivery caused by the strikes in autumn 2019.
The delivery of letters paid in cash involves more processing steps than the bulk mailings sent by businesses. Individually mailed letters are usually left in letterboxes and then picked up to be transported to sorting centers. In sorting centers, postage-stamped letters go through a dedicated processing and sorting procedure.
Inquiries for mailed items
There were 1353 inquiries for ordinary letters (738 in 2018) or 0.00025% of the total volume of letters mailed. Ordinary letters are not tracked. Therefore, their delivery or non-delivery cannot be reliable verified. In addition, inquiries relating to ordinary letters cannot be attributed to a given mail item, so the figure may include several inquiries concerning one and the same item. However, 63 (75) shipments were recorded as lost. Posti recovered 315 (301) shipments. The number of unresolved cases was 975 (361).
Posti has developed a service (the Plus Sticker), which makes it possible to track ordinary letters paid by postage stamp. An item ID enables the customer to track the shipment in an online service and see when the shipment is ready for delivery to the recipient. As ordinary letters without the Plus Sticker are not tracked, inquiries concerning them normally remain unresolved. The item may arrive after the inquiry has been made.
There were a total of 2410 (1703 in 2018) inquiries for registered letters, or 0.072% of the volume sent. Of those, 1485 (1302) were recovered and 28 (136) were recorded as lost. The number of unresolved cases was 897 (266).
Most of the inquiries for registered letters were related to online purchases from China.
The number of damaged letters was 0.0086% (0.0086% in 2018) of the total volume. The number includes items that were damaged before entering Posti's mail sorting process. A cover letter addressed to the recipient was attached to damaged mail items.
The data on parcels includes only items covered by the Postal Act.
During the year, Posti processed 1065 (888 in 2018) postal parcel inquiries (0.84% of the volume sent). Of those, 69 were confirmed as lost (62 in 2018). The number of items recovered was 962 (732) and the number of unresolved cases was 34 (121).
Items misdelivered by other delivery companies returned to Posti
Besides Posti, there are 16 other delivery companies in Finland that deliver letters. In 2019, approximately 113,000 (117,000 in 2018) misdelivered items carried by other delivery companies were returned to Posti.
According to the Postal Act, each postal company must provide a service for returning misdelivered mail items.
In addition, the Postal Act requires that postal companies must mark their mail items in such a way that they can be distinguished from mail items delivered by other postal companies. Therefore, each letter carries on it the delivery company identifier. Posti's identifiers are Posti Oy, ECONOMY, PRIORITY, POSTI GREEN.
Instead of Posti, the recipients should have returned the misdelivered items directly to the delivery company responsible for the delivery. Errors can be corrected more quickly when feedback is addressed to the right company.
Traficom maintains a register of the delivery companies and their identifiers.
Fulfilment of linguistic rights
Posti monitors the fulfilment of linguistic rights through customer feedback and by monitoring the quality of its customer service. No changes have occurred in the service compared to the previous year.
Posti serves customers in Finnish, Swedish and English through multiple channels. Customers can receive advice and give feedback through Posti's web pages and forms, Posti's Facebook pages and online chat, customer service email, and personal service at Posti outlets. Feedback can also be provided by sending an informal letter to Posti.
Number of Posti service points
Posti has a network of service points covering the whole country – all in all, around 2630 Posti outlets. What is important to the user of postal services is that the network works well. In addition to Posti's own shops, postal services are available from postal outlets run by several different service providers. Parcels can be picked up from Posti Parcel Lockers in addition to Posti outlets. Posti also offers home delivery and, for example, lockers for residential properties to receive parcels and other e-commerce purchases, and to send prepaid parcels, letters and postcards. In addition, there are 4687 letterboxes for outgoing letter mail across Finland.
Millions of items pass through Posti every weekday, but mail volumes vary greatly depending on the weekday, the time of the month and the season. More than two billion messages and items are sent through Posti every year. The needs of sending customers set the pace for postal work. The transport, sorting and delivery of mail items are carried out by around 13,000 postal professionals throughout Finland.


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Based in Uddingston, North Lanarkshire, the men behind Scottish transport operation, AC Black & Son (Hauliers) Ltd know exactly what works for them, and that's Volvo Used Trucks.
Andrew Black Jnr explains, "We run two trucks and trailers. One is on container work with my dad, which runs locally out of Grangemouth and Greenock, so he's home most nights. My own truck goes all over the UK on fridge work, taking salmon south and then bringing dairy produce for supermarkets back to Scotland." The Black family has been buying used FH tractors from Volvo Truck and Bus Centre North & Scotland for around 13 years now, making their most recent purchase the eighth Volvo to arrive.
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At a press conference in Moscow on 19 May, Victor Kalyuzhny, Russia's special presidential representative for the Caspian, called for a fall meeting at the ministerial level of the Caspian littoral states. In the run-up to that meeting working groups are convening in Moscow and Ashgabat. But it was comments Kalyuzhny made regarding Iran's position in the negotiation that caused the biggest stir. Kalyuzhny called Iran's suggestion of dividing the Caspian into five equal sectors "unrealistic." The sides must attempt to negotiate real issues rather than submitting unrealistic proposals, he said. Moreover, Kalyuzhny called on Iran to conduct negotiations with Azerbaijan on the principle of the "modified median line."
Commenting on the Russian representative's statement, local political scientist Rasim Musabeyov told RFE/RL's Azerbaijani service that even now Iran realizes that its unconstructive stand on the Caspian issue is unacceptable. At the same time Iran's contradictions put its representatives in a difficult situation in negotiations. However, irrespective of the internal processes in Iran, Musabeyov said, the issue must be solved.
"As a result of an agreement between Azerbaijan, Russia, and Kazakhstan, some 66 percent of the Caspian has been divided between the three countries. The remaining 34 percent is a concession for Iran and Turkmenistan. If an agreement is reached in this direction, it would be possible to sign a document on the Caspian division and achieve progress on this issue," Musabeyov said. Nevertheless, he added, everything depends on what happens in Iran.
Protests could begin again in the seaside village of Nardaran, some 35 kilometers northeast of Baku. Violence in the village, long known for its devout adherence to Islamic traditions and its history of protests, culminated in a riot with police on 3 June last year, which left one villager dead and dozens injured on both sides. Dozens of people were arrested after the incident, including some of the village elders. The arrests prompted the residents -- who up until then had protested the poor living standards that arose after the fall of the Soviet Union -- to begin making political demands.
In early February the police forces again raided Nardaran. Eight villagers were detained and 10-17 injured, according to villagers' accounts. The government reported that the clash left 10 civilians and six police officers wounded. On 9 February, Azerbaijan's highest-ranking Islamic clergyman, Sheikh-ul Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade, met with Nardaran's elders in an effort to mediate between the government and village. Pashazade assured the residents that the police would no longer raid their village.
The villagers hoped those arrested would be released. But on 1 April the Court for Serious Crimes passed sentence on 15 residents of Nardaran, who had been detained following the 3 June clash. The court gave 11 villagers suspended sentences and released them from jail. But four of them -- including Alikram Aliev, chairman of the Islamic Party, and Jabrail Alizade, head of the civic organization Union of Baku and Villages -- were given prison terms. This stirred up anger among some of the villagers, who warned that protests would resume if the court does not reevaluate the prison sentences. This month the Milli Mejlis (parliament) approved the president's amnesty law, but the four imprisoned Nardaran residents were not included in the amnesty list. Residents have also complained that the government has failed to fulfill its obligations to improve living conditions.
On 20 May, Pashazade called for the Nardaran villagers to be patient. He pointed out that some of the villagers' demands have been satisfied, adding that it would be wrong to think that the mediators have done nothing. He said that he is doing everything in his power to achieve the release of the imprisoned villagers.
Khanlar Ismailov, acting chairman of the Union of Baku and Villages, told RFE/RL's Azerbaijani service that if all of the villagers' demands are not met, responsibility would fall on the cleric. Ismailov said that once again Nardaran's inhabitants risk being deceived. He recalled that the villagers boycotted both the constitutional referendum and the municipal elections. He added that if the imprisoned villagers are not released, residents will similarly boycott the upcoming presidential election.
One month after a group of prominent intellectuals called for the resignation of President Heidar Aliev, they have claimed that they have been the targets of harassment, and some have even been forced out of their jobs. Ilgar Altai, chairman of the protection committee for the Amal Intelligentsia Movement, told journalists on 21 May that after the 22 April statement calling on the president to resign, the 123 signatories are now pressured at work, and their children and close relatives have been dismissed from state institutions.
"The son and son-in-law of prominent poet Musa Yagub were dismissed on the same day," Altai said. "The Oil Academy is examining the activities of the signatories. Khalid Alimirzayev, the chairman of Amal, has been pressured at Baku State University where he works." Film director Sheikh Abdul Mahbudbeyov, a member of Amal, said in his speech that such intimidation tactics will not change the minds of the intellectuals. After the government began its pressure campaign, 32 more intellectuals have signed the document. And 52 more intellectuals have joined the movement.
Appeals to the leadership of local institutes of higher education adopted at the end of the meeting called the pressure a violation of the signatories' human rights. The committee also appealed to international donor organizations, asking them to take into consideration the human rights situation in institutes of higher education when they are evaluating the institutes' grant projects.
Ganimet Zahidov, writing in the opposition newspaper "Azadlig," points out that there is a dearth of information about the health of President Heidar Aliev. According to some sources, he is already in Nakhichevan. But according to other rumors, negotiations are underway to send Aliyev back to the Cleveland Clinic in the United States. What is known is that the president is unable to return to work. So who is ruling Azerbaijan? Zahidov writes that a serious confrontation within the ruling elite began around May 1999. The ruling elite is searching for various possibilities in the post-Aliyev period and there are a number of differences developing. It would be naive to think that the country is governed from any common center today when the president's health is critical. It is true, Zahidov writes, that the pro-government press says that the president is in a position to govern the country. But is anyone convinced by this misinformation? Under some suppositions, the country is now being ruled by the president's son, Ilham Aliev, since only he has permanent and consistent contact with the president. Zahidov thinks that the loss of Aliev's abilities to lead the country do not pose a significant threat to the public, because Aliev's regime itself is the greatest and constant source of danger for the people. What is dangerous for society, he adds, is the creation of a power vacuum.
The independent newspaper "Ayna" writes that Ali Hasanov, head of the public-political department within the presidential administration, said during a speech at Western University that the president's health is improving day by day. "During the day, all governmental officials connect with the president. The head of state is completely governing the country, but not from the presidential apparatus, but from the presidential residence. Those who assert the reverse are damaging Azerbaijani interests," he wrote.
The opposition newspaper "Hurriyyet" has argued that the water level in the Kur River is not going down. Elshad Memmedov writes that in the last two days, television channels reported that the level of the Kur is falling. In fact, governmental circles, which are used to lying to the people, newspapers, party leaders, and others, are now lying about the river, he writes. Memmedov cites some inhabitants of the Salyan and Neftchala districts as saying that a fall in the water level has not been observed. On the contrary, the water in the river has even risen further over the last two-three days. Memmedov points out that the misinformation serves to prevent the people from criticizing the state, which cannot cope with the flooding.
Writing in the pro-government newspaper "Azerbaycan," Rustam Garakhanli comments on the upcoming fall presidential elections. Garakhanli writes that these elections are an event of regional importance, since Azerbaijan has become a fully independent regional player.
The independent Russian-language newspaper "Ekho" focuses on the Azerbaijani peacekeepers sent to Iraq. The paper writes that the delay in sending the peacekeepers, as well as the postponement of Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiev's visit to the United States can be explained differently. Georgian and Ukrainian media had written that the reason for the delay of the visit was linked to financial issues. But on 21 May, Ramiz Melikov, head of the Defense Ministry's press service, said in an interview with the newspaper that the visit was postponed because of the unavailability of a document. He added, though, that he was unaware what document this was. The newspaper suggests that Azerbaijani peacekeepers will go to Iraq only after Abiev visits Washington.
The pro-government newspaper "Khalg" points out that the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline will be completed by the end of 2004. At the beginning of 2005, the first oil, extracted from the Azerbaijani field, will be transported through the pipeline; 25 million tons of crude oil is expected to be exported in the first year. That figure will rise to some 50 million tons in later years.
An author with the byline "Faig", writing in the independent newspaper "Khalg Jebhesi," notes that Azerbaijan, which has regained its independence from the Soviet empire, is again facing danger. Thanks to the opposition's mistakes, he writes, international organizations are trying to determine the country's domestic policy. What is interesting is that Azerbaijan is the only country in the South Caucasus where international institutions are trying to keep the election process under their control and exert pressure on the government to agree with the opposition's suggestions.
Nardar Bairamli, writing in the pro-government newspaper "Yeni Azerbaycan," points out that as the presidential elections are approaching, political parties are making their preparations. In particular, the opposition is directing all its efforts to this goal. It is interesting that, unlike the ruling party, opposition forces are struggling with each other. The Musavat party has taken the lead in this struggle. Isa Gambar, who according to the author sees himself as "the opposition's common candidate," has already started his pre-election campaign and begun negotiations with certain opposition parties. The Our Azerbaijan bloc is made up of parties that support Gambar. Importantly, the author writes, Gambar is succeeding in attracting the support of small parties. Other leading opposition parties, such as the People's Front (AXCP) and the National Independence (AMIP) parties are also supported by smaller parties. Thus, AXCP and AMIP are following in the footsteps of the Musavat chairman.
In an interview with the pro-government newspaper "525," Ali Kerimli, chairman of the "reformist faction" within the AXCP, said, touching on the issue of improving the draft electoral code, that the government has retreated a little on this matter. The code, which the government is now going to adopt, differs, although not significantly, from the code that it wanted to adopt before. The opposition's interests have been taken into account in this code to a certain extent.
Sultan Lachin, writing in the independent newspaper "Uch Nogta," points out that local intellectuals are offered money to toe certain party lines. Intellectuals are also people, he writes -- they have personal, material, and physiological needs, families and children. But if an intellectual has assumed this title, he is obliged to preserve its holiness until the end. This is a tall order. But unfortunately, Lachin writes, there are those who use the "intellectual" tag to advance their own personal careers.


Hughes went to Lincoln with a goal of creating some property tax relief for Nebraskans, especially those in the ag sector.
Hughes said this week property tax relief continues to be one of his main objectives in Lincoln.
"I'm supportive of any effort to reduce property taxes," he said.
"The property tax problem is proving to be a tough nut to crack, but I believe we are making headway," he added.
With more urban homeowners complaining about high property taxes, Hughes said that will bring more senators to the table, seeking a solution.
Last summer, Hughes worked with a number of his colleagues on possible solutions to the property tax issue.
substantial property tax relief during this year's 90-day session.
While he's keeping close tabs on the property tax issue this summer, he has been serving on the Nebraska Justice System Special Oversight Committee created by LR 127.
The committee is looking at Nebraska's prisons, its operations and ways to solve overcrowding and employee retention challenges. As a result, he's visited every correctional institution in the state.
Hughes was originally elected to the Legislature in 2014.
He's been a member of the Legislature's Executive Board and his colleagues elected him chairman of the Natural Resources Committee in January.
He also serves on the Transportation and Telecommunications Committee and the Building Maintenance and Reference Committees.
Based on his experience as a former school board member, Hughes got LB 710—a bill to change provisions relating to hazing—signed into law.


Among lovers of BMW's 2002, the 1976 model year, fitted with the automatic transmission, is something like the V12 E-Type coupe with automatic is among Jaguar enthusiasts. You can still see the original vision somewhere in the car, but like fat Elvis, it's lost its direction and edge, its vision blurred by emissions controls and safety regulations instead of drugs and food. But with the 2002 moving ever more firmly into collector territory, it's time to give even this rendition a second chance. Let's take a look at this 1976 BMW 2002 Automatic for sale for $2000 in Hayward/Castro Valley, CA.


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We are almost at the weekend and it would bring with it some fresh new releases. But before that I thought of squeezing in a film from the classic slasher genre. It was in the 70s and 80s where some of the greatest films were made in the slasher genre. But things started getting repetitive as the eras progressed so much so that they began feeling like mindless comedies instead of an element of horror. Even the recently released Texas Saw Massacre which was out on Netflix recently, met with a lot of criticism. One of the main culprits in the genre is the trajectory which certain films are guilty of following. But such is the genre that any deviation from it might change the end product in a totally different manner. Hence, it is a catch 22 for makers attempting films in this genre. That said, I was hearing many great things about the new slasher film in town titled X with some people calling it a proper homage to the films from the 70s. And I decided to go for it last night. So then does X manage to impress, lets find out.
X follows the story of a bunch of people visiting a farm owned by an elderly couple to shoot an adult film until each one of them is hunted down one by one. The setup is perfect for a classic slasher fest. But the screenplay is where its impact was magnified. The typical essence of the story is its modern take on the psycho-biddy genre which means a film having multiple genres. So the screenplay invests a fair amount of time in introducing you to the characters and the setting of the farm. All of this perfectly adds to the ambience of the horror drama, something that instantly makes you uncomfortable. You can sense that there is something not quite right. The tension is nicely built up across various erotic scenes which are part of the film shot on the farm. This typically does give you vibes of the 1970s with the grainy picturization as an added plus.
All hell breaks loose in the second hour where each of them start getting murdered in the most gruesome and gory manner. So much so that you begin to enjoy the killings and there is a sense of fear associated with them. The drama instantly picks up pace with rich dividence being paid for the buildup in the first hour. This culminates into a satisfying final act which was equally gruesome with a tinge of dark humour. In other words, I wad very impressed with the screenplay which punched above my expectations.
The dialogues are adequate here. The music is good and the BGM is even better. I loved the way they used the BGM to evoke some superb jump scares out of nowhere. The cinematography is the unsung hero of the film with uncomfortable closeups used during the killing shots that sends a shiver down your spine. Director Ti West does a stupendous job in formulated a modern take on the classic A24 slasher film. His direction is top notch.
The performances are quite noteworthy. Owen Campbell as RJ and Kid Cudi as Jackson have their moments to shine. Stephen Ure as Howard is terrifyingly brilliant. Jenna Ortega as Lorraine and Brittany Snow as Bobby are first rate. Martin Henderson as Wayne was a welcome addition to the film. But the show belongs to Mia Goth who is brilliant and Maxine and ever more intimidating as Pearl. The latter role which she reprises will send a shiver down your spine while you will be shocked.
X is a film which provides a proper homage to the classic slasher genre. Highly Recommended!
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The 'Evans Republican': A political species verging on extinction, but very much worthy of recovery
By Joel Connelly on September 30, 2015 at 6:59 PM
The "Evans Republican" used to be a winning political species in Washington.
It was defined by a three-term GOP governor who gave pivotal support to the Alpine Lakes Wilderness and North Cascades National Park, presided over establishment of the state's community college system and The Evergreen State College, and twice had his head handed to him by voters when he tried to establish a state income tax.
He took office a half-century ago, at age 39, and set the gold standard for Washington governors. Dan Evans is still speaking his mind, particularly on how a conservative can be a conservationist. The picture shows a 39-year-old Evans.
The political species would now seem extinct, as the state Republican Party puts out press releases accusing Democratic governors of secretly pushing for an income tax.
But Dan Evans remains the "gold standard" for Washington governors. At two weeks short of his 90th birthday — he took office in 1965 at the age of 39 — Evans continues to speak his mind.
Evans was raising money on Wednesday for Historylink.org, the state's online encyclopedia, before a packed ballroom at the Olympic Hotel. He was surrounded by once-young Greatest Generation survivors and Baby Boomers who set out in the 1960s and early 1970s to reform and open up musty environs of the state capitol in Olympia, the King County Courthouse and Seattle's City Hall.
"Conservatives should remember that 'conservative' and 'conservation' have the same word root," Evans observed. He was a "green" governor before the term was invented.
Evans told of a 1976 meeting with President Gerald Ford at the White House. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz had urged Ford to veto legislation creating an Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the "land of 600 lakes" between Stevens and Snoqualmie passes. Evans was given 15 minutes to make his case for the wilderness.
Showing Ford a Mountaineers picture book, Evans captured the attention of the 38th president. The meeting went on for 40 minutes, despite efforts by Ford's handlers to halt it. Evans talked about leading his three sons over Aasgard Pass into the Enchantment Lakes. Ford signed the legislation two days later.
And there were tales of the late 1960s, as unrest took hold in Seattle's Central Area. A set of enlightened officials — Evans, Seattle Deputy Mayor Ed Devine and Mayor Wes Uhlman — rejected crackdown calls. They decided, to use Churchill's famous words, that it was "better to jaw-jaw than war-war."
Inviting all comers to meet him at the YMCA in the Central Area, Evans was confronted by a half-dozen Afro-topped teenage militants. One pointed a finger at him and declared, "Governor, if I had a gun, I would shoot you." Evans shot back: "What good would you do?" The young man replied to the effect that there would be "one less honky" in the world.
The governor defused the situation by challenging the young men to stop with the jargon and tell him what should be done. They talked about a welfare office two bus rides away, and a health department two bus rides in the other direction.
Out of that meeting came the successful idea of putting a government services center in the Central Area. The atmosphere in the conversation relaxed. One young man invited Evans to dinner that night, so he could see living conditions first hand.
Evans had a big event on his schedule, so asked to come at a future date. "The young man said, 'Well, I'll have to ask my mother first,'" Evans recalled. "They all turned into teenagers."
Regrets? Evans twice pressed for an income tax. The state House of Representatives voted 84-11 for it. The state Republican Party incorporated the tax into its platform. On two occasions, however, 70 percent of the state's voters said no. They turned around in 1972 and re-elected Evans, making him the state's only governor to serve three consecutive terms.
Years later, Evans asked experts to crunch numbers on what would have happened had the income tax passed. The state would have had $4 billion additional in its coffers, more than enough — now — to fully fund K-12 education. Tax reform, shifting to an income tax from the sales tax, "would have been a huge benefit to the state," Evans told his audience.
The Republican Party started moving to the right when Evans was governor. Reagan forces refused to make him a delegate to the 1976 Republican Convention — Evans was supporting President Ford — even though Evans was considered for the vice presidency. He served a term in the U.S. Senate, but former colleagues termed him too liberal for a cabinet job under the first President Bush.
Evans is still stubbornly a Republican and still stubbornly articulating a philosophy that combines fiscal conservatism with conservation.
He has endorsed Seattle Port Commissioner Bill Bryant's run for governor. Bryant is a Republican who celebrates Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, both of whom have been denounced at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C.
Perhaps Republicans should take note. They haven't won an election for governor since 1980. Evans won three in a row, swimming upstream against the 1964 Lyndon Johnson landslide and winning a second term while Washington was backing Hubert Humphrey for president. He helped defeat Democratic legislators who opposed his 1970 pioneering package of state environmental laws.
Evans is still hiking, an activity that began in the Boy Scouts when he was 12 years old. Already in his 80s, he celebrated recovery from hip surgery by hiking 6 miles to a lake in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, and going for a swim in his birthday suit.
The New York Times has collected material for his obituary, but Dan Evans remains very much with us.
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This thread has taken a flattering turn.
I've legit wondered if uwsaint is Gilman.
I'd like a playmaker C on our 3rd line meds, also one who can seamlessly move up into the top 6 C if need be.
Our wingers will sing joyous cheers if they got a center who can pass and help set them up on the 3rd line.
" They beat them to a pulp ".
What? you mean the playoffs are unpredictable? that's crazy talk.


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I went to my first wedding fair a few months ago and I haven't looked back since. I've been to one or two a month, with many more wedding fairs in the pipeline! Here are my 5 top reasons you should indulge in them too!
Why do I love wedding fairs?
Firstly they aren't all great. Sorry to start with a negative but it's worth saying, I think. Some are much better than others so don't expect the world from all wedding fairs. But there are some fabulous ones!
They come in all shapes and sizes: there are themed wedding fairs, boutique wedding fairs, small wedding fairs, quirky wedding fairs, giant wedding fairs, luxury wedding fairs, budget wedding fairs- you name it, I bet there's a wedding fair out there for it!
Like most people I have my favourites but there are certainly benefits to them all. And just like a wedding dress, there's a wedding fair to suit everyone!
I tend to prefer the smaller wedding fairs. They are more intimate and usually host more local, small businesses which I am a big fan of.
You are more likely to find some individual, unique and quirky, if that's your thing.
So what can you get from wedding fairs?
I haven't actually booked anything at a wedding fair (yet!), but I have booked suppliers I found there after the event. That's not to say you shouldn't book at wedding fairs, if you are sure then go for it!
But I like a little bit more time to think about things and to consult the dreaded budget! But regardless of signing on the dotted line, you will find so many ideas at wedding fairs. Now I'm not promising you'll be inspired by every stand but even if you find one thing you love, or that you can incorporate into your wedding, I think that's a win!
You can meet suppliers face to face!
So much wedding planning is done online these days so we are at risk of booking key suppliers for our wedding without even meeting them. Meeting suppliers is so important, catch up here if you missed why I think so.
It's a great chance to spend time with your friends, or family, or even fiancé if he can be persuaded! And some offer free bubbles, how can you resist?!
It's a break from the internet!
Can you believe I just said that?! As a blogger it seems a little counterintuitive. But let's be honest, everyone needs to take a break from Pinterest, Instagram, and just generally being glued to a screen at some point! It's really refreshing to go and see suppliers and ideas in the flesh, and enjoy some screen-free time.
Who doesn't love a goodie bag?! Most wedding fairs will hand out goodie bags filled with supplier flyers and information. But more importantly, they can sometimes include wedding magazines that you would otherwise pay for. Plus some have sweets, seeds or other goodies from suppliers.
Have you found anything awesome at a wedding fair? What are your thoughts on the topic? Heard any horror stories?
Let me know @FlushingB and remember to like me on Facebook!
For help planning your big day, get in touch with LetsGetWeddy!


Residents of the eight-county Regional Transportation District (RTD) who are interested in public transit issues and community engagement are encouraged to apply for one of three vacancies on the RTD Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC).
The 17-member citizens group advises the agency on RTD's strategies, initiatives and the FasTracks program.
CAC members represent a wide variety of backgrounds, interests and professional experiences. The group's public outreach meetings keep metro-area citizens informed of FasTracks progress and RTD programs and encourage input from local communities.
Please limit response to two (2) typed pages and feel free to attach a resume. Letters must be received by the close of business on May 10, 2018.
For more information, contact Roger Sherman at 303-592-5465.