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Een strafkolonie is een kolonie waar een deel van de bevolking bestaat uit veroordeelden die daar bij wijze van straf onder bewaking verblijven.

De recente geschiedenis heeft heel wat strafkolonies gekend als een vorm van kolonialisme. Ze waren gewoonlijk gevestigd in verafgelegen gebieden, vaak eilanden of plaatsen op een onbewoonde kust, en hadden een dubbel doel. Enerzijds het verwijderen van misdadigers en andere ongewenste elementen (zoals politieke tegenstanders) uit de beschaafde wereld en anderzijds de ontwikkeling van kolonies die door hun afstand of klimaat weinig aantrekkelijk waren voor gewone, vrijwillige kolonisten.

Het regime van de gedeporteerden in de strafkolonie kon sterk verschillen, van een regelrecht gevangenisregime met dwangarbeid, tot een stelsel van relatieve vrijheid, waarbij de echte kolonisten zelf in hun onderhoud moesten voorzien. Ontsnappen was door de geografische omstandigheden vrijwel uitgesloten. Soms werden de gedeporteerden verplicht hun hele leven te verblijven in de strafkolonie, ook als ze hun straf hadden uitgezeten.

In een ruimere betekenis wordt een gevangenis of strafkamp in een afgezonderd gebied wel een strafkolonie genoemd.

Enkele strafkolonies
Groot-Brittannië heeft in de achttiende eeuw verscheidene strafkolonies in Noord-Amerika gehad. Zo is Georgia als strafkolonie ontstaan.

Het huidige Australië heeft zijn ontstaan te danken aan de strafkolonies die de Britten er sinds de achttiende eeuw hadden geïnstalleerd. De Australische staten Nieuw-Zuid-Wales, Queensland en Tasmanië zijn als strafkolonies ontstaan. Tot ver in de 19de eeuw bestond het grootste deel van de bevolking uit gedeporteerden of hun afstammelingen. De deportaties werden in fases opgeheven van 1840 tot 1868.

Frankrijk gebruikte sinds de negentiende eeuw twee afgelegen gebieden als strafkolonie. Nieuw-Caledonië raakte bekend als verbanningsoord van veroordeelde communards. De meest beruchte strafkolonie was echter in Frans-Guyana, die bestond van 1939.

In Rusland werden grote delen van Siberië als strafkolonies gebruikt. Dit gebeurde sinds 1858 onder de tsaren (systeem van de katorga) en daarna onder de Sovjet-Unie (goelag).

Enkele van de Galapagos-eilanden, namelijk  San Cristóbal en Isabela, werden door Ecuador als strafkolonie gebruikt.

De Chileense stad Punta Arenas aan de Straat van Magellaan ontstond in 1848 als een strafkolonie.

In Nederland werden in de 19e eeuw door de Maatschappij van Weldadigheid in Willemsoord, Frederiksoord, Wilhelminaoord, Boschoord, Veenhuizen en Ommerschans landbouwkolonies opgericht om arme Nederlanders een nieuw bestaan te bieden. Gaandeweg werden hier ook bedelaars en landlopers ondergebracht. Deze groep werd in Veenhuizen gehuisvest in afzonderlijke gestichten en in Ommerschans in een voormalig fort. In 1859 kwamen deze inrichtingen onder overheidsregime.

Belgisch-Congo kende vanaf 1943 vier landbouwkolonies voor verwijderden (Colonies Agricoles pour Relégués Dangereux, of CARD).

Literatuur
Franz Kafka schreef het boek In de strafkolonie over dit onderwerp.
De Russische schrijver Aleksandr Solzjenitsyn beschreef het leven in de Sovjet-strafkampen in zijn boek De Goelag Archipel.
Een dag uit het leven van Ivan Denisovitsj is een roman die plaatsvindt in een Sovjet-strafkamp in Siberië, geschreven door Aleksandr Solzjenitsyn die zelf ook in deze kampen opgesloten had gezeten.

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Creative Music Works in a non profit that specializes in non traditional music. They are looking to be the hub of experimental and avant guard music in Denver. This non profit is made up of a board of very talented musicians who are looking to collaborate with others.
Creative Music Works wants to expand their reach, participate in festivals and sponsor shows for other musicians.
We focused on creating a content calendar that allowed the board to share their musical inspirations and help promote their favorite musicians and music venues in Denver. Creative Music Works had a strong following on Facebook and Twitter, so we expanded their reach to Instagram. Our main focus was posting constantly, creating interesting content and growing the audience.
By promoting local artists and their work, they in turn have been reaching out and forming new partnerships. Artists have also been reaching out to CMW to promote their local shows. Growth is slow and organic to form more lasting and meaningful partnerships.


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Q: How do I avoid reruning all the code when I restart Jupyter notebook I am using Jupyter notebook on Google Cloud Platform VM instance.
I finish work, stop the instance and restart vm and Jupyter Notebook the very next morning, I have to rerun all the codes from the top which is annoying because I have to load all the dataset and that takes good 30 minutes.
I googled around and found that these codes would work, but even though I have it on the top of my notebook still the same problem occurs.
%reload_ext autoreload
%autoreload 2

Is there any way to keep everything in the jupyter notebook so that I can just pick up and run it?

A: For anyone interested,
I used python library called 'dill'
dill.dump_session('notebook_env.db')
dill.load_session('notebook_env.db')

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While having the benefit of never being predictable, its lack of depth hurts itself. It's one of those movies that will make you laugh a lot, but you never ever feel for the characters past the fact that they have terrible bosses. But fortunately for the film it's at its best when its chaotic. The first 20 minutes are the slowest part, but picks up a very steady pace after that. At that point, you don't really care about depth, you just want to laugh.
The talent is great and the farce is fun. If you don't overanalyze this movie, you'll have a good time watching it. And it just gets better with continuous viewings.
Now, it's only natural to compare this movie to No Strings Attached which came out a few months before. Honestly, they are both good movies. However, I think that Friends With Benefits is a lot funnier and slightly more enjoyable. While I thought that the script was stretched a little too thin in this one, it has a much more relatable themes and is more fun altogether. But although both films are worth a watch, No Strings Attached is a little smarter and suffers less from cliches.
While I'm still not a huge fan of Timberlake's acting, the rest of the cast was tremendous and there's no denying that his chemistry with Kunis is near-perfect. This may be the sole reason to root for a happy ending at all. Because honestly I couldn't have felt more detached from their fates.
In slight attempts to make fun of itself, Friends With Benefits doesn't offer us anything terribly unique plot-wise, but it's truly a sum of its parts. In the long run, this is one that you're going to be rewatching before the other.
It seems like this would be the type of movie that we'd see at Wal-Mart and ask ourselves why we hadn't heard of it before, but then realizing it's because it was a straight-to-DVD release. This isn't that movie. It's still a little cheesy at parts, but it gets down to business and commits to its themes all the way.
There may be a lot of subplots, but they all connect with each other and don't ever feel forced. There's also no unrealistic antagonists (or bullies) that are typical of these family films, and there's no unnecessary love story to evoke our most vulnerable senses. The filmmakers are so aware of themselves and so careful not to make us roll our eyes that we can't help but be gracious.
Although the message is pretty much laid out on the table, it preaches them in a ways that we can all relate to. It reassures us that everything happens for a reason, and teaches us how we can take our misfortune and use it to help others instead of worrying about what it's hindering us from doing.
The two young leads do a great job with this one–especially Nathan Gamble who grasps his character's juxtaposition of character and does well showing us how he develops throughout the film.
I've said it before that there is a shortage of non-animated family films these days. This is one of the best ones from recent years.
The story is unoriginal and the setup is very much rushed, but where it lacks in the screenplay it makes up for in its amazing talent. Reynolds is at as close to the top of his game as I've pretty much ever seen him and Bateman taking a break from the straight-man and does an excellent job being the second banana for once. I mean, a lot of the character depth was told to us via other characters rather than actually shown to us, but when it was shown to us it was really funny.
Although most people have drawn the recycled body-switching story to the likes of Freaky Friday, I feel that although similar, the two films serve a very different purpose. Instead of stepping in someone else's shoes to better understand who they are as a person and where they are coming from, this film allows the characters to step into each other's shoes so that they can come to a better understanding of themselves and what they need to do different in their own lives. It makes the characters more self-aware and challenges them to see what those closest to them feel that they need to do differently. Sure, it's not as world changing, but just as important to the individuals and in making others in their lives really appreciate them more.
I will say, however, that this film does tend to ignore much of the morality that has come into question when switching bodies and seems to leave the audience still concerned about how they were resolved. And this film suffers some minor plot holes very early on, such as the fact that when Dave's wife is asking him questions that only he would know, she asks him what her favorite color is and when their anniversary is. Not sure why she would think that his best friend wouldn't also know these things, but it seems as though the whole scenario with them trying to convince her that their bodies switched was forgotten about too quickly by her character and that she should have started reconsidering it at some point throughout her husband's crazy and out-of-character antics. Also, towards the end, why was she so willing to let "Mitchell" kiss her when she still didn't know what was going on.
This film may not be perfect, but I was laughing pretty consistently throughout and never found myself bored or uninterested.


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Are You Ready To Trust AI And Healthcare Apps With Your Life?
As A.I. and healthcare mobile apps slowly indulge in our lives, mobile app developers face monitoring challenges and cyber security threat.
Let's fast forward to the next few years, you walk into a hospital, list out all your symptoms, the doctor feeds it into the computer, pulls out the latest research, suggests an MRI or a Xray which then through another computer is able to detect even the minutest problem which is impossible to detect for humans. You are then taken to another computer which based on your minute diagnosis and medical history compares the data to the best research on the diagnosed ailment enables your doctor to prescribe a treatment protocol specifically tailored to your needs. Your healthcare mobile app will obediently send you necessary alerts and updates based on the Artificial Intelligence's analysis of your behavioral pattern. This is not the plot for the next Matrix but your visit to the hospital in the next 5-10 years. All thanks to the sky-rocketing research in the A.I. bolstered Healthcare sector. Born of curiosity, be it newbie startups to big dogs of technology sector, Artificial Intelligence is now running on everyone's mind. While a robot defeating a human at a board game might be amusing, A.I. machines monitoring your health becomes a matter of life and death.
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This deep learning technology, that once was just a subject of curiosity is now culminating our healthcare reports. While Artificial Intelligence is yet not reliable enough to replace human doctors and mode of providing care, advancing research from tech giants such as Apple and Google explicit promising results.
Google's A.I.healthcare project Camelyon16 was able to detect 92.4 percent of tumors after scanning 400 slides. In fact, the algorithms were able to detect tumors in two slides which were mistakenly labeled 'normal.' What's impressive is the detailed diagnosis, Artificial Intelligence-based machinery can conduct. This has enabled Google's A.I. to detect tumors as minute as 100 x 100 pixels on images sized at 100,000 x 100,000 pixels. Whereas Apple's ResearchKit data offering a new method of self-reporting for more than 50,000 users who are using the crowdsourced medical information to treat all kinds of ailments. In fact, the results are so reliable and impressive that 7,600 of these mobile app users enrolled in a six-month study.
Apple and Google aren't the only ones to dig their claws into the future altering technology- Artificial Intelligence. CBI insights report nearly 22 companies are developing new A.I. health care programs for imaging and diagnostics. As for life-threatening diseases like cancer, an IBM-backed group called Pathway Genomics is developing a simple blood test using Artificial Intelligence that can detect certain cancers at an early stage.
Apart from aiding healthcare mobile app users in self-diagnosis, Artificial Intelligence is branching to all sorts of healthcare services including impressively accurate detection of presence or absence of tuberculosis (TB) in chest x-ray images, pathology, ophthalmology (eye diseases), and cardiology. AiCure is using A.I. technology and facial recognition technologies to monitor the timely medications prescribed to the patients and sends them alerts accordingly. A.I. based mobile apps such as the Caféwell Concierge app employs IBM's Watson's natural language processing (NLP) to monitor its users health and through mobile apps send timely alerts. This is just the beginning as more and more venture capitalists invest in the technology, the A.I.innovations in the healthcare mobile sector are advancing to surpass the experienced caliber of human doctors. Considering how Apple introduced the first iPhone in June 2007 and the extent to which the company has grown in just ten years, the power of Artificial Intelligence will surely to be life-altering. But with great power comes bigger responsibilities and at present, A.I. technology is battling with major challenges.
At the top of the list lies the challenge for cybersecurity experts is to protect the vulnerable clinical data. The biggest problem with the existing AI model is their security system that is vulnerable to hackers. The clinical data along with financial data, security pins, geographical locations and debit card information. While one can change their debit card, it becomes a little impossible to change your mother's maiden name. The revolution in healthcare with the interconnection of systems, cloud computing, Internet of Health Things (IoHT), mobile apps and clinical practices such as remote monitoring, telemedicine, and working from home is yet vulnerable to sophisticated attacks employing social engineering techniques (e.g. Phishing) that can shadow "traditional" defenses such as anti-virus, rule, and signature-based detection systems.
Artificial intelligence security experts, however, are not lagging too far to come up with solutions. While education and awareness of the system are essential, Information Governance is the key to redefine mobile policies and monitor regulation of critical data present, both in transit and at rest. The A.I. systems must be up to date to ensure an effective security system. Monitoring the critical data and relaying healthcare mobile app users, the updated policies are just as important.
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TRUMP ADMIN. OKS FRACKING, DRILLING ON 1 MILLION ACRES IN CALIFORNIA
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Compiled from California News Service and California Attorney General's office resources
December 13, 2019 (Ventura) -- The Trump administration yesterday took the final step to allow oil and gas drilling on over 1 million acres of federal public land on California's central coast and San Joaquin Valley, despite a flood of public comment in opposition.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will now allow new lease sales in 2020 on land that stretches across Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare and Ventura counties.
Rebecca August, director of advocacy for the Santa Barbara-based group Los Padres ForestWatch, calls fracking "a very toxic process."
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CALIFORNIA SUES TO BLOCK FRACKING OFFSHORE
December 20, 2016 (Los Angeles) – California's Attorney General Kamala Harris and the Coastal Commission have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Interior that seeks to prevent fracking, acidizing and other risky well treatments on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf off the state's coastline.
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DID CALIFORNIA'S OIL LOBBY BUY SB -1132?
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Senate Bill 1132
Senators Mitchell and Leno
Dan Bacher
Originally Published in the ECOreport
By Roy L Hales
June 1, 2014 (San Diego's East County) - The biggest lobby group in California is the oil sector. The Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), alone, spent $1.4 million during the first three months of 2014. Senate Bill 1132 called for a seven month moratorium of fracking while the Natural Resources Agency conducted "an independent scientific study" to ascertain what dangers fracking presents to Californians and the environment. When a bill like this is defeated, (tied 16-16, with 8 abstaining) one has to wonder why. Did California's oil lobby buy SB 1132?
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CALIFORNIANS AT RISK OF QUAKES CAUSED BY FRACKING WASTEWATER DISPOSAL
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March 16, 2014 (California)--A new report reveals that the risk of earthquakes in California is being dramatically increased by oil companies injecting billions of gallons of wastewater from fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, into disposal wells near active faults near major cities. "Millions of Californians live in areas at risk for induced earthquakes," the report concludes.
The report, titled "On Shaky Ground," was prepared by Earthworks, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Clean Water Action. It found that 54% of our state's 1,553 injection wells are within 10 miles of a recently active fault, 23% are within five miles and 6% are within just one mile.
Numerous earthquakes across the country have been linked to fracking by scientists, including temblors as high as 5.7 on the Richter scale, the report details. Fracking quakes are common in areas such as Oklahoma and Texas, producing quakes higher than ever seen in some places.
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SAN DIEGANS TO JOIN RALLY IN STATE CAPITOL AGAINST FRACKING
Area Environmentalists Chartering Buses for Trip North on March 15
March 2, 2014 (San Diego)--A large number of local environmental groups are joining forces for a big rally on March 15 in Sacramento to urge Governor Brown for a moratorium on fracking in California. Activists expect this event to be the largest mobilization against fracking ever seen.
Over 150 statewide environmental organizations will be represented at the rally, called "Californians Against Fracking," which is scheduled to include a march around the Capitol area and a rally with speakers on the capitol steps. With a new Public Policy Institute survey showing that 51 percent of Californians oppose the increased use of fracking in the state, organizers are expecting several thousand people to join the rally.
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ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS DENOUNCE CHANGES IN FRACKING BILL, ASK GOVERNOR TO ISSUE MORATORIUM
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(September 14, 2013) – The Natural Resources Defense Council, Clean Water Action and California League of Conservation Voters are calling on the California leaders to fix newly passed California fracking legislation (SB 4) because the bill contains "dangerous amendments that undermine both critical safeguards to protect Californians from the dangers of fracking as well as foundational state environmental review processes," a press release issued by the groups on September 12 states.
A moratorium on fracking was removed and the revised version merely requires reporting of chemicals in fracking fluids, but would allow fracking to continue. Fracking requires injecting water, sand and chemicals into deep rock formations to release oil or natural gas. Serious questions have also been raised about contamination of millions of gallons of water, a commodity in scarce supply already in California.
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FRACKING BAN MOVES FORWARD IN CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE
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April 30, 2013 (Sacramento) – The Assembly Natural Resources Committee in Sacramento yesterday voted 5 to 3 to temporarily halt fracking until further health assessments can be done. Three moratorium bills passed, including AB 1301 to stop fracking unless it can be proven safe.
Two similar bills, AB 1323 and AB 649 call for creating an advisory committee to review health, environmental, economic and other effects. They would recommend regulatory changes. Those bills would require state officials to decide by January 2019 if fracking should occur in California.
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OUTCRY ARISES OVER NATIVE PEOPLES LOSING LANDS AND WAY OF LIFE
Carlos Pelayo
Pollution of earth and water is driving indigenous peoples from their homelands
April 27, 2013 (San Diego)--Around the world, including here in the U.S., native people are losing lands they have occupied for countless generations. The earth and water that sustained life in their communities is being destroyed –once-mighty rivers and wetlands reduced to barren, parched or even contaminated land. The story is the same from tribes along the Colorado River to those deep in the Amazon, from the deserts of Southern California to the jungles of Mexico, from the coal fields of Appalachia to the copper mining pits of Arizona to indigenous people's lands in Canada threatened by the Keystone Pipeline.
The culprit? Growing demand for energy and water.
Now, native people are speaking out. They hope to educate the public to conserve precious resources, sharing knowledge of the heart-breaking price being paid by people who have been given no choice—and whose very cultural identity centers around the lands and waters being lost.
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BLACK GOLD: THE RUSH IS ON--BUT AT WHAT PRICE TO COMMUNITIES AND OUR ENVIRONMENT?
Keystone Pipeline
Peg Mitchell
April 21, 2013 (San Diego) – "Another scourge is beginning in California," environmental activist Peg Mitchell told audience members at a forum on environmental justice issues hosted by Activist San Diego on April 15. That "scourge" is fracking – and in California, it's all about extracting oil, not natural gas.
To frack for oil requires millions of gallons of water –a precious commodity in Cailfornia. It also means injecting toxic chemicals that corporations are not required to disclose due to the "Halliburton Law" pushed through by former Vice President Dick Cheney.
The public doesn't have a right to know where fracking is occurring or where its waste products will be dumped—even though fracking can cause earthquakes, disturb radioactive substances in the earth, reinject contaminated water into wells, and potentially pollute thousands of miles of coastline.
So why the push to frack for oil in California?
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EAST COUNTY LEADERS AMONG THOSE SPEAKING OUT APRIL 15 AT SAN DIEGO EVENT ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES
Donna Tisdale
Terry Weiner
Bill Pate
April 13, 2013 (San Diego) – A growing movement seeks to build awareness of social and environmental justice issues related to energy production. While the world has jumped on the "green bandwagon" in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and use of fossil fuels and nuclear, how much difference are alternatives such as wind and solar power really making? What are the unforeseen consequences on communities, public health and the environment? Why isn't the media reporting on these issues?
On April 15, prominent environmentalists and community leaders will speak on local experiences and on growing national/international movements seeking social and environmental justice. Speakers at the event titiled "Energy Projects, Fracking, and Rights of Mother Earth" include Donna Tisdale, chair of Boulevard Planning Group and co-founder of two nonprofits battling big energy projects in East County, Terry Weiner with the Desert Protective Council and Solar Done Right, attorney Bill Pate who handled a legal challenge to the Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility, Peg Mitchell with SanDiego350.org and Citizens Climate Lobby, and Carlos Pelayo, Asociación de Jornaleros y Trabajadores de Casa.
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RENO DISPATCH: WOULD PRESIDENT OBAMA LIKE THE NEW FILM "PROMISED LAND?"
Jamie Reno
Reno Dispatch
January 2, 2013 (San Diego) – I just watched the poignant new film Promised Land, which will be released nationally on Friday, and as I watched I couldn't help but wonder: Would President Obama like this movie? Is it something he would embrace, or dismiss?
As you may have read, Promised Land, which is written by and stars Matt Damon and John Krasinski, is a cautionary tale about hydraulic fracking, the relatively new and controversial process of injecting water, sand and a variety of chemicals, some of them toxic, deep into the ground to free natural gas trapped in rock.
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ECM WORLD WATCH: GLOBAL AND NATIONAL NEWS
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December 5, 2012 -- (San Diego's East County) – ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:
Is fracking contaminating U.S. livestock? (AllGov.com)
Prop 8 supporters, opponents, await Supreme Court decision (Sacramento Bee)
Report finds 69% of pork contaminated with bacteria (Eatocracy, citing Consumer Reports data)
Female combat vets push to overturn wartime restrictions (UT San Diego)
Senate votes to tighten sanctions on Iran (UT San Diego)
Analysis: Democrats' discord undercuts Obama estate tax push (Reuters)
House GOP committee chairs will all be white men in next Congress (Huffington Post)
What happens to women denied abortion? This is first scientific study to find out (i09)
Cairo's Tahrir Square fills with anti-Morsi protesters (BBC)
ADL: Anti-Israel campus activity rising after Gaza conflict (Jerusalem Post)
Joint U.S.-Afghan Base Attacked By Taliban In Eastern Afghanistan (NPR)
Egypt's top court shuts down, blames Islamic protesters (Reuters)
Change to royal succession agreed (BBC)
Is Alzheimers Type 3 diabetes? (New York Times)
Why are cows tails dropping off? (The Nation)
Read more for excerpts and links to full stories.
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EARTHTALK®: THE FRACKING CONTROVERSY
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Written and edited by Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss
October 28, 2012 (San Diego's East County) -- Dear EarthTalk: I have heard that fracking is becoming a major environmental issue in the U.S. Which parts of the country are already hosting fracking operations? Are there efforts underway to stop the practice in specific states or across the country? -- Jim Ross, Toronto, ON
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EAST COUNTY ROUNDUP: TOP LOCAL AND STATE NEWS
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East County Round-UP
July 12, 2012 -- (San Diego's East County)--East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media. This week's top "Roundup" headlines include:
Catching up with San Diego's legislators (San Diego CityBeat)
Report: Padres to be sold to group including local golf star (10 News)
Survey: Islam is San Diego County's fastest growing religion (UT San Diego)
Could economics doom ailing California nuclear plant? (Sacramento Bee)
Santee among cities getting park grants (UT San Diego)
Padre dam board settles on five-year plan (UT San Diego)
'Appalled' at Costs, Residents Slam Helix Water District Rate Hike Plan
California growers join greens to query frack safety (Reuters)
Legislature approves high speed rail spending (SF Gate)
Historic bridges of Yosemite Valley under siege (Sacramento Bee)
Study: What makes Californians smile? (News Service .org)
College tuition is political fodder, from the state Legislature to the presidential campaign trail (Sacramento Bee)
Rising costs push California cities to fiscal brink
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REP DAVIS DEFENDS OPPOSITION TO 'OIL ONLY' ENERGY BILL
Measure would charge citizens to protest drilling in their neighborhoods; Hunter and Issa supported measure
June 24, 2012 (Washington, D.C.) -- As the Republican majority continued its assault on environmental protections, Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) voted to oppose an energy bill that would reduce clean air protections, promote a drill anywhere policy, and would require Americans who want to challenge oil drilling to pay $5,000 to the federal government for voicing their opinions.
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8.4: Listen - DWO Spoiler-Free Preview
DWO's spoiler-free preview of episode 8.4: Listen:
Since Doctor Who's return to screens in 2005, current show-runner Steven Moffat has been the king of 'scary'. He provided us with the chilling 'are you my mummy?' in Series One, 'who turned out the lights?' in Series Four, the ominous tick-tock of the Clockwork Droids in Series Two, and - of course - the Weeping Angels, some of the scariest monsters that the programme has ever produced. In many ways, Listen feels like a return to Moffat trying to scare us, and it's safe to say that he succeeds.
This story revolves around a simple premise - what if when we're all alone… we're actually not. What if every second of our lives, there's someone, or something there with us. What if when we talk aloud to ourselves, there's someone listening, and when the hairs on the back of our necks stand on end, it's the breath of another creature right behind you. It's this thought which has preoccupied the Doctor when we find him at the start of the story, and the tale becomes his quest to find the answer.
The idea at the heart of this tale pulls on threads that Moffat has used before in a story for the 2007 Doctor Who story book, where he answered the question with the suggestion that people sometimes attract 'Floofs', small creatures which attach themselves to people and toy with them by hiding keys, or making mischief. Listen takes many of the concepts from that story and transfers them masterfully to the screen, managing to make them even more unnerving in the process. It's safe to say that people will be checking in the shadows (and under the bed) on Saturday night. And probably Sunday night, too. And Monday, if we're honest. [DWO have been checking for the last hour and a half, just in case.]
All the scares have been realised here by director Douglas Mackinnon, who storms back into the series with some truly gorgeous visuals. It's some of his best directing work, and the use of colour in the episode is particularly nice. The direction of this story really serves to heighten the fear in places, and make a simple blanket the most terrifying thing in the universe. It's also good to see that - as with Robot of Sherwood last week - directors are finding new and interesting ways to use the TARDIS set. It feels huge here, and somehow manages to make even Peter Capaldi seem small here, when left alone with his thoughts.
We're also seeing the welcome return of Samuel Anderson in this episode, after a break from the programme last week. Danny Pink continues to be a source of humour here, but it's nice to see Anderson given the chance to tackle some more dramatic stuff, too. He's given lots to do here, and it's hard not to simply love him. We can't wait to see where his story goes from here - and this episode certainly give us some tantalising hints.
1) "Scared is a super power."
2) "Robinson Crusoe at the end of the universe…"
3) "A soldier so brave, he doesn't need a gun."
4) Are you afraid of the dark?
5) "The human race. You're never happy, are you?"
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8.3: Robot of Sherwood - DWO Spoiler-Free Preview
DWO's spoiler-free review of Episode 8.3: Robot of Sherwood:
In the build-up to Season Eight, Robot of Sherwood has often been touted as the 'comedy' episode of the year. The premise in itself - the Doctor meets Robin Hood! - is somewhat amusing, and automatically suggests that this is going to be something a bit special. Well, the fact is that, yes, Robot of Sherwood is a funny episode, and it works wonderfully because of that.
Back in The Rings of Akhaten, the Doctor offered Clara the opportunity to go anywhere and see anything… and her mind went blank. The sheer enormity of choice offered by the TARDIS was far too great to choose one single moment in all of time and space. Eighteen months on, though, she's gotten the hang of this time-travel lark, and she knows exactly who she wants to meet.
The 'celebrity historical' episodes have been a staple of Doctor Who since its 2005 return, taking us to meet the likes of Charles Dickens, Queen Victoria, Winston Churchill and Agatha Christie. In Season Seven we saw the format shaken up with an historical figure - Queen Nefertiti - being brought into the future. Robot of Sherwood shakes the format up once again, taking the TARDIS and dropping it directly into the legend of Robin Hood.
All the elements that you could want are here - the band of Merry Men, the Evil Sheriff, and the oppressed villagers. And then, of course, there's the man himself, complete with a little green hat. If the story can be really compared to an earlier 'celebrity historical', then it's closest in style to 2007's The Shakespeare Code, with our resident celebrity being a little bit too full of himself - he is the Robin Hood, after all. Tom Riley shines in the part, and watching him spar with the Twelfth Doctor is fantastic.
Where the episode really sings, though, is in the direction. Paul Murphy makes his Doctor Who debut here, and he certainly arrives in style, keeping you hooked throughout. Right from the start, and the way he chooses to shoot the TARDIS set, you know you're in for something rather special, and that doesn't stop as the story goes on.
All the talk of comedy in the script can threaten to under-sell the drama in the story, and there's plenty of that here. Three episodes in, Clara and the new Doctor are getting more used to each other now, and this episode is perhaps the first time that the pair have really felt comfortable travelling together. This is still an incarnation who can be a bit more aloof and alien than some of his more recent predecessors, but here he feels closer to the Doctor that we've come to know and love, and pitting the legend of the Doctor against the legend of Robin Hood is a great way to examine his quest to find himself…
1) "It's not a competition to see who can die slower."
2) There's references to First and Third Doctor stories, and a more oblique reference to the Second Doctor…
3) "Old fashioned heroes only exist in old fashioned story books."
4) "Always carry a spoon!"
5) "Usefulness expired."
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8.2: Into the Dalek - DWO Spoiler-Free Preview
DWO's spoiler free preview of Episode 8.2: Into the Dalek:
The Daleks have been locked in a constant battle with the Doctor ever since the second story way back in 1963, and every incarnation of the Time Lord has faced off against them at some time in some form. The Twelfth Doctor wastes no time in coming face-to-eye-stalk with his greatest foes - as they turn up in his very own second story, Into The Dalek.
The episode is very much Fantastic Voyage - a 1966 movie, in which a group of scientists are miniaturised and injected into a person's bloodstream - meets a war film, and there's plenty of spectacle to be seen with Daleks being blown up left right and centre. It's in this element that Into The Dalek is most successful, and at times it's one of the nicest looking episodes of Doctor Who ever. Director Ben Wheatley, who also helmed last week's Deep Breath, has clearly revelled in the chance to destroy the Doctor's greatest enemies, and it's easy to see why new Doctor Peter Capaldi turned up to set on his day off just to watch.
We get to see the Daleks in a slightly different light here. They've not got some big, season-ending scheme for universal conquest, but rather are just tearing their way through the galaxy, making sure to wipe out anything that stands in their way. It doesn't feel as though they're plotting and planning at all, but rather just getting on with what they do best - exterminating. The absence of any master plan for the creatures means that we've got more time to explore the way that the Doctor feels about them, and though the explosions may look lovely, they're just window dressing to a story that looks into a Dalek's - and the Doctor's - soul.
The Twelfth Doctor hasn't lightened up here from the last episode - he's still a colder character than we would expect from either of his immediate predecessors, but it's nice to see him face up to his greatest foe so early on. It feels as though we've ticked a box, and you can clearly see why it's an important step on this incarnation's journey to 'find himself'.
It's also a chance for Clara (Jenna Coleman) to continue getting used to this very different man in her life, and she serves as a nice moral compass for him. There's an introduction for the character of Danny Pink, welcoming Samuel Anderson to the programme, too, which feels as though we're setting up all the pieces for the next stage of the programme's life.
There's little else to say without spoiling the episode for you, so we'll leave it there, but if you're a fan of the Daleks, or have been following the Doctor's conflict with them for a long time, you'll not be disappointed…
1) You can always find something to distract you.
2) Is he mad, or is he right?
3) Clara doesn't know… and neither does the Doctor.
4) It's a roller-coaster with you lot…
5) Don't be lasagne.
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8.1: Deep Breath - DWO Spoiler-Free Preview
DWO's spoiler free preview of Episode 8.1: Deep Breath:
It's an exciting time for Doctor Who right now, isn't it? Last year saw the programme celebrate 50 years of adventures in time and space with real flare and style - taking this little show that went out on a Saturday tea time in 1963 and catapulting it into the television schedules around the world. Just a month later, and we watched on as Matt Smith faced down legions of the Doctor's greatest enemies on the fields of Trenzalore, bursting with regeneration energy, before rushing back to the TARDIS to make his farewells, and setting the wheel in motion all over again.
When Peter Capaldi was announced as the new Doctor a year ago this month, the reaction was almost entirely positive. There were a few cries of anguish that he was going to be considered simply 'too old' to be the Doctor… but these cries largely seemed to come from Doctor Who fans who were convinced that the general public simply wouldn't take to a Doctor in his fifties in this day and age. But on Thursday of last week, Doctor Who Online's Will Brooks and Nick Mellish were lucky enough to attend the world premiere of Season Eight in Cardiff and we can confirm that the reaction is overwhelmingly positive.
Oh, the crowds! Hoards of screaming fans simply thrilled to see the new Doctor and Clara as they made their way down the red carpet towards the screening. Crowds made up of - yes! - children. And teens. And adults from thirty, through forty, and fifty, and right up to their eighties. Even those who'd clearly been dragged along to the event by a younger relative couldn't help getting caught up in the thrill and magic of the event. The new Doctor had arrived, and the reaction has never been better.
But enough about all of that! You want to know about the episode itself! I can quite honestly say that sitting in that hall, I have never enjoyed an episode of Doctor Who more. Some of that has to be put down to the sheer atmosphere of the event - a crowd of people who were simply loving this new instalment in their favourite show, and who laughed, and cheered, and cried, and clapped, all at the right moments. I'll forever associate one particular moment of the episode (and when you watch it, I'm sure you'll be able to guess which one) with the sound of a packed auditorium simply bursting into cries of elation.
There's been a lot of talk over the last few months about Series Eight being a 'darker' year of Doctor Who, with much more 'serious' drama and less comedy involved. I can confirm that the programme certainly has a darker edge to it, often brought in by the reactions of the new Doctor himself, but it doesn't come at the expense of the lighter moments. Keeping the Paternoster Gang of Vastra, Jenny, and Strax, means that they're able to help inject some well executed comedy into a story that could otherwise feel a little bit bleak. In the same way that The Christmas Invasion takes the Doctor out of action for a while, allowing the focus to be squarely on Rose and her family, here it's the Paternosters and Clara who we really want to focus on. They're one big support group to oversee the arrival of a very different Doctor.
The story itself, while engaging, is really secondary to the characters here. We're watching to see how each and every one of them reacts to the regeneration, and I came away feeling like everyone had reached a decent point of acceptance about events. Although I say that people accept the change, though, that doesn't mean that they entirely like it. Having come away from the screening someone asked me what Peter Capaldi was like as the Doctor, and the only answer I could think to give was that "He's brilliant… but I don't know if I like him". That's clearly the intention here - the Doctor's not playing at being your best friend, or your boyfriend, or the wacky madman with a box any more. He's a man who's spent a long, long, time travelling the stars, and he's done pretending. I think he's going to be the incarnation that we all love to hate. But fear not - while I don't like this Doctor, I do absolutely love him, and Capaldi is clearly born to play the role.
Kick-starting the era with a story directed by a name director like Ben Wheatley really does seem to be setting out stall for what the programme wants to achieve. Doctor Who has never looked more cinematic than this, and if you've got the chance, then I'd certainly recommend making the trip to see this story when it's screened in a cinema. It's a character piece nicely suited to the small screen, but with beautiful visual sequences simply made to be seen projected onto a cinema screen.
It's now less than two weeks until Doctor Who returns to the saturday night schedules, for its longest continuous run since 2011. We've a fantastic new lead actor, a supporting cast of characters who are turning in stellar performances, and a programme that feels like it's been given a real shot of adrenaline. Hold on tight - we're in for a heck of a ride…
1) The Doctor is Scottish now - that means he can complain about things.
2) That's not a hat… that's hair.
3) Where do the Doctor's new faces come from?
4) We don't get a 'choosing the new costume' scene here, but the Doctor does get to test drive several outfits before finding his 'look'.
5) How long can you hold your breath?
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David Tennant Cannot Wait For New Doctor
David Tennant has said he is eagerly awaiting Peter Capaldi's Doctor Who series because everything the actor does excites him.
The former Doctor said he was a huge fan of The Thick Of It star Peter, and that he thought signing up the actor must have been a no-brainer for the show's bosses.
Asked whether he would be watching the new series at the TCA event in Los Angeles, David quipped:
"I never watch it, never watched it since I left, I can't bear any of them. Of course I will! How could I not? It's compulsory in Britain anyway, you have to now."
The Broadchurch and Gracepoint star continued:
"I haven't seen any of it yet but everything about Peter Capaldi gets me terribly excited so I'm very much looking forward to it."
On the subject of whether he was surprised at an older Doctor casting, David replied:
"I think if you've got the chance of signing Peter Capaldi then you do it, I imagine."
[Source: Press Association]
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Peter Capaldi Interview In The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times have a brand new interview with Peter Capaldi on his role as The Doctor in todays magazine supplement.
In an interview with The Sunday Times Magazine, Capaldi, 56, rules out a potentially toe-curling Doctor Who romance with Clara Oswald, played by Jenna Coleman, 28:
"It's not what this Doctor's concerned with, it's quite a fun relationship, but no, I did call and say, 'I want no Papa-Nicole mo–ments.' I think there was a bit of tension with that at first, but I was absolutely adamant."
Read the full article by purchasing todays newspaper or subscribing online.
Watch a short promotional video which asks Capaldi about collecting the Doctor Who annuals, in the player, below:
Below is DWO's guide to the confirmed and rumoured titles for Series 8:
8.1: Deep Breath - written by Steven Moffat
8.2: Into The Dalek - written by Phil Ford
8.3: Robot Of Sherwood - written by Mark Gatiss
8.4: Listen - written by Steven Moffat
8.5: Time Heist - written by Stephen Thompson
8.6: The Caretaker - written by Gareth Roberts
8.7: Kill The Moon - written by Peter Harness
8.8: Mummy On The Orient Express - written by Jamie Mathieson
8.9: Flatline - written by Jamie Mathieson
8.10: In The Forest Of The Night - written by Frank Cottrell Boyce
8.11: Dark Water - written by Steven Moffat
8.12: Death In Heaven - written by Steven Moffat
+ Series 8 of Doctor Who will air in the UK on 23rd August 2014, on BBC One.
+ Series 8 of Doctor Who will air in the USA on 23rd August 2014, on BBC America.
+ Series 8 of Doctor Who will air in Canada on 23rd August 2014, on SPACE.
+ Series 8 of Doctor Who will air in Australia on 24th August 2014, on ABC1.
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"Listen!" - Series 8 Teaser Trailer
A fourth teaser trailer for Series 8 of Doctor Who has aired.
The trailer kicks off outside the TARDIS looking in and then pans up to see The Doctor sitting on the roof. The Doctor utters just one word:
"Listen!"
This could very well be a reference to the rumoured title of Episode 4 of Series 8 (Listen), written by Steven Moffat.
Just one question though...where is the lantern on top of the TARDIS gone? Surely The Doctor isn't dimensionally transcendental, too? :)
8.2: Into The Dalek* - written by Phil Ford
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Doctor Who Series 8 Episode To Be Screened In Cinemas Around The World
Peter Capaldi's first full episode as The Doctor - Deep Breath - will be screened in cinemas around the world from 23rd August 2014.
This year's screenings follow the success of the global cinema release of Doctor Who's 50th anniversary episode The Day Of The Doctor which was screened in over 1500 cinemas around the world, allowing fans to come together to watch the show like never before.
Doctor Who makes a spectacular return to the big screen in the feature-length premiere episode of Series 8, Deep Breath. Directed by acclaimed director Ben Wheatley (Sightseers, A Field in England) and written by lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat, the beginning of the Twelfth Doctor's era stars Peter Capaldi as the Doctor, Jenna Coleman as his companion Clara Oswald and sees the return of fan favourites The Paternoster Gang - Madame Vastra (Neve McIntosh), Jenny Flint (Catrin Stewart) and Strax (Dan Starkey) – in a pulse-racing adventure through Victorian London.
Steven Moffat comments:
"Last November the Doctor didn't just conquer the world on television, he did it in the cinemas too. And like the show-off he is, he can't resist another go - one taste of the silver screen is never enough. On August 23rd the new Doctor will begin his new adventures on BBC One and in cinemas all over the world. Movie-land beware - Capaldi is coming to get you!"
8.1: Deep Breath will be screened in participating cinemas around the world from 23 August, 2014. More information will be released by BBC Worldwide and participating cinema chains over the coming weeks. For all of the latest information please visit the BBC's dedicated cinema page.
Check Out the Full Trailer for Series 8, below:
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Series 8 - Full Launch Trailer
The BBC have tonight released a full launch trailer for Series 8 of Doctor Who.
The trailer gives us a taste of the first few episodes from the eighth season of Doctor Who, and you can view it in the player, below:
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"I See Into Your Soul, Doctor" - Series 8 Teaser Trailer
A third teaser trailer for Series 8 of Doctor Who has aired.
The trailer kicks off inside the TARDIS with explosions around the console, whilst a voice, very similar to Davros is heard stating:
"I see into your soul, Doctor. I see beauty, divinity, hatred..."
As the line is spoken it changes from the Davros sounding voice into that of a Dalek.
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Michelle Gomez To Star In Series 8 Of Doctor Who
Michelle Gomez (Bad Education, Green Wing) will join the cast of Doctor Who, playing The Gatekeeper of the Nethersphere when the series returns on 23rd August.
Speaking about the role, Michelle Gomez said:
"Well of course Peter Capaldi is our next Doctor, which makes complete sense. I'm thrilled to join him. Well, you would be wouldn't you?"
Lead writer and executive producer, Steven Moffat, added:
"I've known Michelle for years, and I'm thrilled to welcome her to Doctor Who. She's everything we need - brilliant, Scottish, and a tiny bit satanic."
Filming is well underway for Series 8 of Doctor Who. Guest stars confirmed to join Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman in the new series, which will air on BBC One this Autumn include Frank Skinner, Ben Miller, Tom Riley, Keeley Hawes and Hermione Norris.
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New Promo Image & Teaser Trailer Added For '8.1: Deep Breath'
At last! After what seems like an age, we are thrilled to unveil some more New Series News in the form of a cracking new promo image for the first episode of Series 8; 'Deep Breath'.
The image (which can be viewed in full, in the right-hand features column) features The Doctor and Clara in what seems to be a tweaked TARDIS interior.
To tie-in with today's promo image, the BBC have also released a teaser trailer (which you can view below), that includes some rather interesting dialogue:
The Doctor: "Clara, be my pal, tell me, am I a good man?"
Clara: "I don't think I know who The Doctor is anymore..."
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BBC Worldwide Announce First Ever Doctor Who Global Publicity Tour
BBC Worldwide today announce a major global publicity tour to launch episode one of the new series of Doctor Who and introduce Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor.
Doctor Who: The World Tour will begin in the UK on 7th August and finish in Brazil on 19th August. The trip will see Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi, on-screen companion Jenna Coleman, and the show's Lead Writer and Executive Producer Steven Moffat*, visit seven cities across five continents in 12 days to take part in a series of media and fan engagements to publicise the show's forthcoming Series 8 to a global audience.
The tour marks the largest ever promotional undertaking in Doctor Who's 50-year history and will kick off in Cardiff, Wales before taking in London (UK), Seoul (South Korea), Sydney (Australia), New York (US), Mexico City (Mexico) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). More details of the itinerary will be available soon at www.doctorwho.tv/worldtour as well as reports from the tour as it happens, which fans everywhere will be able to enjoy across social and digital platforms.
BBC Worldwide's ambition for the brand has grown considerably since the global success of the 50th Anniversary which saw the special episode The Day Of The Doctor broadcast simultaneously in 98 countries and in over 1500 cinemas across the world, setting a new record for event cinema in its first three days on general release.
Peter Capaldi, speaking ahead of the tour, said:
"It's fantastic that so many people across the world love Doctor Who. After eight months solid filming deep in the world of monsters, Jenna and I are thrilled to be heading for the Planet of Fans."
Executive producer and lead writer Steven Moffat added:
"I've always thought we'd all be a lot safer if the Doctor conquered the world, instead of the Daleks. Now with Jenna and Peter leading the charge, it looks like it's going to happen. I'll be bringing up the rear to handle the exposition scenes, and maybe carry some bags."
Rhodri Talfan Davies, Director BBC Cymru Wales, said:
"Where better to start the World Tour than the Doctor's home for the last decade? The sight of the TARDIS and marauding aliens is now a familiar part of Welsh life - though they still scare the life out of the traffic wardens. There is a real sense of excitement and anticipation about the new series – and I know Peter and Jenna are going to be a breath-taking new team. Roll on August!"
Filming is well underway on the new series, with guest stars confirmed to join Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman including Frank Skinner, Ben Miller, Tom Riley, Keeley Hawes and Hermione Norris.
* Due to production commitments, Steven Moffat will be unable to attend to the entire tour. The cities he will join the tour for will be announced soon.
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Foxes To Appear In Series 8 Of Doctor Who
British singer-songwriter Foxes will perform a track and appear in the new series of Doctor Who, which lands this August on BBC One.
Foxes, speaking about her casting said:
"I can't believe I'm actually going to be in an episode of Doctor Who! Especially as it all came about from a chance meeting. I was playing a gig and got chatting to the show's production team who'd been watching my performance. I was telling them how much I loved Doctor Who and next thing they invited me to be on it. I couldn't think of a better place to make my acting debut than on one of the UK's most iconic shows!"
"We are completely thrilled that the amazingly talented Foxes is joining us on board ... well, you'll see. Let's just say, The Doctor is finally catching up on his phone calls."
Grammy award-winning Foxes has recently been on tour in the UK, supporting her album Glorious, which recently debuted top 5 in the official album chart. This follows on from her three hit singles - Youth, Let Go For Tonight and Holding Onto Heaven.
Guest stars confirmed to join Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman in the new series, which will air on BBC One this August, include Frank Skinner, Ben Miller, Tom Riley, Keeley Hawes and Hermione Norris.
+ Series 8 of Doctor Who will air in August 2014.
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BBC Considered Axing Doctor Who When David Tennant Left
Doctor Who show runner Steven Moffat has revealed that the BBC considered axing the show after David Tennant left the role.
Moffat, who was taking part in a Q&A at the recent Hay Festival in Herefordshire, said:
"David owned that role in a spectacular way, gave it an all-new cheeky sexy performance and became a national treasure. And he didn't do it instantly, he did it over time. So the idea that Doctor Who could go on at all in the absence of David was a huge question, I didn't realise how many people thought it wouldn't succeed at all. That was quite terrifying when I found out about it later.
I think there were plans maybe to consider ending it. It was Russell saying, you are not allowed to end it."
[Source: David-Tennant.com]
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Technical Group to force Dáil vote on promissory note repayment
15 TDs, led by Shane Ross, have tabled a motion calling for a public assertion that Ireland won't make the next repayment.
By Gavan Reilly Friday 1 Feb 2013, 5:57 PM
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Shane Ross has tabled a motion demanding that the Irish government not make the next repayment on the Anglo Irish Bank promissory notes.
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THE GOVERNMENT will be forced into a Dáil vote next week on whether to make next month's €3.06 billion repayment of the IBRC promissory notes.
The technical group, led by Shane Ross, has tabled a motion calling on the government to make "a public declaration" that it will not repay the €3.06 billion that it is due to pay to the Central Bank of Ireland, via the former Anglo Irish Bank, in 58 days' time.
The motion calls for an assertion that the debt is "not the moral obligation of the Irish people", and demands that the repayment not be made "in view of the imminent danger of Ireland's humiliation in the negotiations with the European Central Bank" over the restructuring of the notes.
The motion also calls on the government to demand a "negotiated write-down of the debt" with the ECB, "embracing fair sharing of the burden across the Eurozone" before the promissory note issue can be settled on a long-term basis.
While the motion is not likely to be voted on in its current format – with the government likely to propose a counter-motion instead – the move means Fine Gael and Labour TDs will nonetheless have to vote on whether to replace the Technical Group's motion with their own version, which is tantamount to a proxy vote on the original.
The motion will be debated on Tuesday and Wednesday evening, with a vote on Wednesday night – only hours before the ECB's governing council meets in Frankfurt where the promissory note issue will likely be discussed.
Thursday's ECB meeting is one of only four where the bank's governors – including Patrick Honohan, the governor of the Central Bank of Ireland – can approve any Irish proposal to replace the promissory note with some other sort of long-term funding.
The Government has sought to replace the promissory note with a long-term sovereign bond, turning the banking debt into sovereign debt – but with the upside that the repayments can be spread out over a longer period, meaning a smaller hit to the taxpayer on each occasion where a repayment is due.
Read: Joan Burton: "Promissory note deal? The EU needs a success story"
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Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence joined business and government leaders yesterday to host the second annual Indiana-Israel Business Exchange, discussing opportunities to strengthen economic ties and collaboration between the two states.
"Israel and Indiana share many common bonds that Hoosiers cherish," said Governor Pence. "As our nation's strongest and most important ally in the Middle East, Israel is also a key partner in our state's continued economic growth, which is why were proud to welcome Israeli business leaders to Indiana. Hoosiers and Israelis are linked by our self-reliance, determination and entrepreneurial spirit, aiding us all in collaboration to grow our economies and create more great-paying jobs."
Governor Pence presents Roey Gilad, the consul general to the U.S. Midwest from Israel, with an Honorary Hoosier Award yesterday at the Indiana-Israel Business Exchange at Interactive Intelligence, thanking him for his years of service strengthening relationships between the people of Israel and Indiana.
The Indiana exchange was the first stop as part of an Israeli economic mission to the United States. Focused on strengthening global cybersecurity, the conference brought together leaders on Monday from nine Israeli businesses, 29 Indiana businesses, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC), Elevate Ventures, the city of Indianapolis, Indiana University and Purdue University. Throughout the day Israeli business leaders learned about doing business in the Indiana, networked with Hoosier businesses and visited leading Indiana cybersecurity companies.
Both Indiana and Israel have established themselves as global leaders in the cybersecurity field. According to Israel's National Cyber Bureau, Israel develops 10 percent of global security technology, with security software sales topping $60 billion in 2014. Indiana, meanwhile, is home to leading cybersecurity companies including Rook Security, Pondurance and Kinney Group.
In April, Governor Pence signed an executive order creating the Indiana Executive Council on Cybersecurity. The council, which is a partnership between public and private organizations across the state, is designed to keep Indiana safe from global cyber threats and to provide increased opportunities for cybersecurity companies and experts to work in Indiana.
"Israeli businesses today are global leaders in cybersecurity, an industry growing in one of the world's top entrepreneurial hotspots," said Victor Smith, Indiana Secretary of Commerce. "While Israelis are developing new and advanced strategies for addressing constantly evolving threats, Hoosiers are also leading top cybersecurity initiatives that are deployed at some of the top businesses around the world. By bringing everyone together in one room, Hoosier and Israeli cybersecurity leaders built relationships and shared ideas, which will help the industry grow and add more jobs here at home."
The visit was part of Indiana's continued efforts to strengthen its relationship with Israel, following last year's Indiana-Israel Business Exchange, which focused on security and defense. Governor Pence led a jobs and economic development mission to Israel in 2014, where he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as leaders of several Israeli companies. A delegation of Hoosiers led by Indiana Secretary of Commerce Victor Smith also participated in an economic development mission to Israel earlier this year, with state leaders attending CyberTech 2016, the world's second largest cybersecurity conference.
Trade between Israel and Indiana has experienced strong growth in recent years. Export of Indiana-built goods to Israel has more than doubled in the last decade, reaching $73.1 million just last year. Today more than 70 Hoosier companies do business in Israel, most recently with Israel-based auto supplier Omen Casting Group announcing in January that it is locating its first North American production facility in Richmond, Indiana.
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350-year-old surprises scientists
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Portrait from Winstrup's theological work "Pendectæ Sacrorum seu Commentarii in historiam domini n. Jesu Christi" of 1666.
Winstrup's coffin in the crypt at Lund Cathedral. Wikimedia Commons


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