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Bundesliga matches live television rights can't have a single buyer, rules Germany's anti-trust office
Germany's federal anti-trust office has approved plans to stop any single buyer from winning all the live television rights for Bundesliga soccer matches for the four seasons starting in 2017.
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Murdoch and The Sun gets the Queen involved in the Brexit debate
Buckingham Palace said it had launched an official complaint with Britain's press watchdog on Wednesday over a newspaper report that Queen Elizabeth backs a British exit from the European Union, saying the monarch remains politically neutral.
Monday, February 22nd 2016 - 07:57 UTC
UK campaign for the EU in/out referendum takes off; London mayor Johnson challenges PM Cameron
British Prime Minister David Cameron will face MPs later as he presents his case for the UK remaining within a reformed European Union. The PM will outline details of last week's deal with EU leaders, which paved the way for him to call a referendum on EU membership on 23 June.
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Murdoch's Fox takes control of National Geographic Society for US$ 725m
The National Geographic Society sold its iconic yellow-bordered magazine and other media assets to Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox for $725 million, the companies announced Wednesday. National Geographic Society, which found the magazine in 1888, has chosen to sell the publication amid slumping circulation and advertising sales.
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Assange announces he plans to abandon the Ecuadorean embassy 'soon'
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has spent over two years inside Ecuador's London embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden, said on Monday he planned to leave the building "soon", but his spokesman said that could only happen if Britain let him.
Thursday, October 31st 2013 - 20:09 UTC
UK new regulating system for the press triggers bitter controversy
Britain approved a new system of regulating its press, a move newspapers said was draconian and threatened freedom of speech but which former victims of press excess described as long overdue.
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Argentina charters private UK plane for Cristina Fernandez next tour to avoid legal surprises
The Argentine government issued a statement in response to a recent piece published on the British tabloid "The Sun", and assured that President Cristina Fernández will fly in a private plane on her next tour to avoid a potential impounding of the official presidential plane by vulture funds.
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Law to regulate UK press: PM Cameron against; Clegg and Miliband in favour
Prime Minister David Cameron rejected the idea of a law to regulate the British press risking a split in his government after an inquiry advised legal backing for a watchdog to police the sometimes outrageous conduct of newspapers
Thursday, February 23rd 2012 - 04:30 UTC
Wife of former PM Blair began legal action over hacking of her private phone
The wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has begun legal action over the alleged interception of her private phone messages, her lawyer said on Wednesday, making her the latest public figure to be drawn into a hacking scandal that has shaken the country's media.
Murdoch's News of the World had over 800 phones hacked, says Police
More than 800 people have had their telephones illegally hacked by the now-defunct News of the World tabloid, British police investigating the alleged practice said on Saturday.


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Book review: Waiting for redemption in "The Hour of Sunlight"
Raymond Deane The Electronic Intifada 30 March 2011
The Hour of Sunlight by Sami Al Jundi, former supervisor of the Seeds of Peace Center in Jerusalem, comes festooned with accolades from the great and good. We are told that it demonstrates "the thinking and leadership qualities that are necessary to resolve the Arab Israeli conflict" (Peter Weinberger, United States Institute of Peace), that it's a "redemptive story" (Carolyn Forche of Georgetown University), and shows us "the path to a resolution of this seemingly endless conflict" (Roane Carey, co-editor of The Other Israel).
In her introduction, co-author Jen Marlowe — herself for a time a worker at the Peace Center — writes of Al Jundi's "unshakable belief that … [Israelis and Palestinians] would benefit from the presence of and relationship with the other" and his "ultimate dream … for his children, together with the children of his many Israeli friends, to be able to play together in the sunlight …" (xvi-xvii).
The first two-thirds of the book constitute a straight autobiography, detailing Al Jundi's birth in old Jerusalem in 1961, his experience of the June 1967 War (35), his adolescent gravitation towards armed militancy culminating in his arrest for bomb-making in 1980 (93), and his ten years in Israeli prisons during which he acquired organizing skills in various prisoner committees and read voraciously, being particularly impressed by Gandhi and his peaceful "tactics against the British occupation of India" (153).
After his release he encounters Seeds of Peace, founded by the Jewish-American journalist John Wallach in 1993, which organizes summer camps in Maine for Arab and Israeli teenagers (231-2). Al Jundi becomes the organization's coordinator in the Middle East, responsible among other things, in Marlowe's words, for "dispatching his brothers all over the country to bring Israeli and Palestinian youth to the Center to work together on art, drama and photography projects" (xvi).
Problematically, the Seeds of Peace Center for Coexistence is opened in French Hill, an illegal Jewish settlement in occupied East Jerusalem, here euphemistically described as a "mixed neighborhood …" (250). Equally problematically, the "Israeli Seeds" (as they are referred to throughout, calling to mind the "Pod People" in the classic science-fiction film The Invasion of the Body-Snatchers) graduate from the center to serve in the same army that is deployed to repress and brutalize Palestinians. "It was not our role to discourage military service," writes Al Jundi (295), although some principled Israeli Seeds become conscientious objectors. His own family warns him that Seeds of Peace are "using" him, and "serving a Zionist agenda" (243-4).
With the ascendancy of Israeli arch-hawk Ariel Sharon and the start of the second Palestinian intifada in September 2000, things deteriorate rapidly. Forbidden from participating in Palestinian demonstrations against Israeli brutality, he can only sit in his office feeling "self-disgust every time I picked up the phone to find out what was happening" (261). When Israeli police murder Aseel Asleh, a Palestinian Seed with Israeli citizenship, John Wallach refuses to issue a statement of condemnation, stating that "Seeds of Peace as an organization had to remain apolitical" (270).
Yet "the Israeli Ministry of Education prepared the kids as if they were entering a battle that they had to win … 'If they bring up Jerusalem,' certain delegation leaders coached them, 'don't ever give in. You can never give up Jerusalem!'" (290). Clearly the avoidance of "politics" is one-sided.
Describing himself as "a new sheriff in town," African-American Tim Wilson takes over as director. Citing the need to "run with the big dogs," he fires Jen Marlowe (308), decrees that "bringing Israelis and Palestinians together" is "out" and introduces "service learning" — "Israeli Seeds would do community service in Israel, Palestinian Seeds in the West Bank and Gaza" (312).
By now, many readers will feel vicarious frustration on Al Jundi's behalf, and wonder why he doesn't simply find more productive employment elsewhere, particularly since he is no political innocent. Al Jundi writes "Claiming that Seeds of Peace was nonpolitical did not hold up. Conflict and its resolution are inherently political. [South African Archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize Winner] Desmond Tutu … once said 'If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.'" He recalls the warning of his brother Riyyad: "Seeds of Peace is a Zionist organization," only to conclude "I shook those thoughts away … I knew what motivated us … It was … love for our kids, all our kids" (276).
This faith in the force of his own motivation, even while conceding the dubious nature of the Seeds of Peace enterprise, comes across as both quixotic and — it must be said — almost egotistical. Ignominiously, Al Jundi is at last ousted from his office by armed Israeli security guards. Nothing could be darker than his conclusion: "Ten years in prison had not damaged me as deeply as Seeds of Peace had" (328).
This leaves the reader to wonder, when is the eponymous "hour of sunlight"? Where, in this chronicle of failure and humiliation, is the "redemptive story" showing us "the path to a resolution" of the conflict? Did those who made these comments even read the book to the end?
Al Jundi's "ultimate dream" for Palestinian and Israeli children "to play together in the sunlight" cannot be served by an organization like Seeds of Peace that, in reality, helps to perpetuate injustice by fostering the illusion that peace and reconciliation can be achieved without ending political oppression. Typical of its role was its meeting in Tel Aviv and Ramallah with American singer Macy Gray last February, when it served to whitewash Gray's decision to spurn the cultural boycott called for by Palestinian civil society and cultural organizations by performing in Israel.
Perhaps, however, something has grown from these Seeds: the International Solidarity Movement, founded by former Seeds Huwaida Arraf and Adam Shapiro, which brings together Israelis, Palestinians and internationals "committed to resisting the Israeli occupation … using nonviolent, direct-action methods and principles" (International Solidarity Movement). Asked whether he wanted to work with them, Al Jundi replied "I did. I was proud of what they were doing. But to go in the direction they were heading would mean leaving Seeds of Peace" (275).
The Hour of Sunlight gives readers all the reasons why this good, idealistic human being should have taken precisely that step, and leaves them in the dark as to why he didn't.
Raymond Deane is a composer and political activist.
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Cheer and Loathing in Animation: Episode XXIX - Lord of Overstock
Every Friday Chris Robinson unleashes improvised and hastily scribbled cheer or loathing on the animation community to be digested, swallowed or... expelled. Today: Out-of Competition (Panorama) screenings. Do we need them?
By Chris Robinson | Friday, June 9, 2017 at 6:00am
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There's too many animation films and not enough screening spaces. It's always been this way, but it's worse now given the astonishing increase in animation short film production (which is actually better cause it means more people are making animation short films).
Thankfully (well…for the most part) there are also more animation festivals to ease the pressure by accommodating all these different tastes and visions. Still... Festivals still can't show everything. There's no time, space or budget to do that.
Now…long ago…someone somewhere devised a compromise: the out-of-competition screening (otherwise known as Panorama or Showcase). Since each festival has its own tastes, Panorama is a nice compromise, a showcase of interesting voices and visions that didn't make it to the main competition but are still deemed worthy of being screened. While Panorama filmmakers don't get the same perks of competition (i.e. no hotel. no awards), you do reach a similar audience.
That said… there are some animators who dislike being selected for Panorama. It's almost more insulting than being rejected completely. I kinda get it and over the years I've even considered ditching Panorama screenings. But what do you replace it with? While it's important that festivals have historical screenings, showcasing new works should always be the priority. And look... festivals can't just up and add more competition screenings. It's just not that easy. There's scheduling, finances, and jury sanity to consider.
This year, Annecy is trying something new. They've replaced out-of-competition screenings with a new Special Perspectives competition. These films still only get the Panorama perks (i.e. pass, but no hotel) and don't compete against the Short Animation competition, but they are considered for another award given by a separate (youth) jury.
Annecy's idea is interesting so good on them for trying out something new... but doesn't it potentially water everything down more when we start handing out more awards? I mean, art is not democratic, so why should selection be? You can't please everyone and nor should you even try to. Besides… doesn't that start taking on that unbearable parental vibe that follows kids and sports today: 'Hey, let's not keep score, let's all hug and play fair. There are no winners or losers today!' Well, yeah, sorry… there are winners and losers today, tomorrow and always. But.. they're not eternal (well, unless we're talking about the Toronto Maple Leafs). It's fleeting. You win some, you lose some and move on. Don't we all benefit from a little competition? Does it not help us to learn and grow?
But… hell...I don't have any firm answers. What about you folks? What do you think of out-of-competition screenings and all this stuff. Are you just content to be screened (or viewed) or do you want the awards?
A well-known figure in the world of independent animation, writer, author & curator Chris Robinson is the Artistic Director of the Ottawa International Animation Festival.
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Amherst College is one of the nation's premier liberal arts centers for learning, providing a variety of studies to students from 54 countries. And like any progressive institution, it's only looking to get better with its planned New Science Center that will offer the ultimate innovative learning atmosphere with the finest state-of-the-art technology.
Construction proceeds on the four-story, 260,000-square-foot multidisciplinary facility designed by the Boston architectural firm, Payette. Upon its expected summer 2018 completion, it will help place Amherst College among the most prestigious undergraduate institutions in research and teaching of the sciences.
It will also mark another great achievement for Barr & Barr, a construction manager that has long distinguished itself in academia, its resume including extensive work at all eight Ivy League campuses as well as at many other private and public schools of high stature.
Aquadro and Matthew Jacobs, project manager of Barr & Barr, spoke with US Builders Review in late April, with the year-old project nearing halfway completion.
It's likely that project is still on track. Generating 3D models via Building Information Modeling (BIM) gives Barr & Barr near perfect compliance with deadlines and cost estimates, Aquadro said, adding that such expertise here is indispensable, as the New Science Center leaves little or no wiggle room for on-time, on-budget results.
"This schedule is aggressive," Aquadro and Jacobs said, explaining that when Barr & Barr manages construction projects at state colleges, the company may have a tight time frame, but the school may take the entire next semester to ready the new building.
Not in this case, however. Amherst College is counting upon Barr & Barr to hand over a finished facility by July 30, 2018, mere weeks before it's put in use for the start of the academic year. The team will work closely with the college's design and construction team to coordinate the move-in schedules of all the departments when the spring 2018 academic year ends and the space becomes available. Barr & Barr will also work with Amherst's Building Department to ensure all life-safety requirements are met.
"We're working closely with the subcontractors to ensure it is done right the first time because there's no time for going back," Jacobs says.
On the bucolic campus, there didn't seem to be many concerns this spring about the project's progress. Dorms that once stood on the site had long since been demolished, the cast-in-place structure was erected and the steel roof framing started March 27 per the schedule date generated almost two years ago.
In order to meet this milestone, the Operative Advisory Board, subconsultants and the subcontractor base worked through the dead of winter. BIM coordination, shop drawing submittal and review, change management and a team willingness to make changes "on-the-fly" were key to this success. A relatively mild, snowless winter didn't hurt either.
Exterior envelope work began as soon as the top decks were poured out and shoring for the cast-in-place structure was able to be removed. Interior work began in earnest, although the mechanical subs installed as much as they could with the shores in place. With Barr & Barr's academic experience partnered with Payette's design expertise and vision, the team was taking advantage of every opportunity to get ahead of schedule.
Developed in conjunction with a new campus landscape, the New Science Center promotes a strong relationship with the site through the use of material and form. The program is organized into five building elements: two high-energy laboratory bars tucked into the hillside along the east edge of the site and three pavilions of low-intensity programs set in the landscape to the west, toward campus.
The lab wings and pavilions open to a glass-enclosed Commons promoting a community of science. The Commons, transparent and welcoming to the campus with a variety of study and social spaces, links the sciences to the larger campus community. The New Science Center exists below the umbrella of a singular roof form floating above the Commons. It is the symbolic unifying element that provides a quiet datum for the undulating Pelham Hills beyond.
Barr & Barr was founded in 1927 by Joseph R. Barr, who cut his construction teeth while surveying western geography for the railroads. Upon returning east, Barr was entrusted by none other than Nelson Rockefeller Sr. to build the Time Life Building and embellish Rockefeller Center.
Celebrating its 90th year as a construction manager, Barr & Barr has a diverse portfolio including academic, commercial, cultural, health care, life science and research, and parking structures in both the private and public sectors throughout New England, the mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions.
Amherst College's science heritage is just as extensive and impressive. A 1962 graduate, Gerald R. Fink's expertise in molecular biology earned him the National Academy of Sciences Award. Barry Bloom, Class of 1958, went on to be Harvard's Distinguished Service Professor of the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases. Douglas Lowry, an art major from the Class of 1964, developed the technology that underlies the three FDA-approved HPV vaccines.
And there's a much younger scholar from the Class of 2017, Isaiah L. Holloway Jr., who's distinguishing himself as an intern at Long Island's Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, one of just a few institutions that's played a pivotal role in the development of molecular genetics and molecular biology.
Amherst solicited extensive feedback from faculty and students in planning the New Science Center, and every detail of the building reflects the sense of purpose that emerged.
As a result, the teaching and research spaces have been designed to facilitate the interdisciplinary partnerships that are increasingly shaping discoveries in science. The biology, chemistry and physics departments will share synergies among research labs. Adjacent student write-up spaces create opportunities for students involved in different projects to engage with and learn from one another. The building also contains many highly intensive facilities, including an astronomy observation deck, a biology research and teaching greenhouse, a neuroscience animal facility, and several vibration and electromagnetically isolated research labs.
"Barr & Barr is passionate about building and we are excited to be part of this construction project at this prestigious college that will, for years to come, incorporate a student body of potential future leaders; students that may change the world," say Aquadro and Jacobs.


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The Effect of Child Abuse on Students Academic.
Theoretical Orientations towards Child Abuse as it affect Academic Performance.
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The terminology child – abuse is a compound word formed from child and abuse. From English definition, child means an infant, one that is very young, a son or a daughter, offspring; and abuse simply means an improper treatment or employment of angry or violent attack in word melted on any one. Psychologically, the term child used to present that developmental state of man encompassing the early stages of development ranging from Neonate (few months after birth), early children (1-2 years), pre-school ages (first to five years and middle childhood (Pre-adolescence).
In chronological term, childhood can be broken as a teenager. As commonly used by parent, a father or mother would refers to his or her offspring as a child irrespective of the age. Child in the present context is any one between the age of one to twenty years who is still largely dependent on a caretaker for duly survival and maintenance. It is such dependency that makes the child susceptible to treatment that may be termed maltreatment from whoever the child is dependent on.
The causes are hard to determine, child abuser come from all income level, geographic area, family settings, religious background, ethnic groups and residential environment. Some of the causes are discussed below.
There is one factor that seems related to child abuse. Although, a cause effect sequence has not be demonstrated. According to Kline, (2007) has reported a clear relationship between child abuse and neglect. This researcher found that of children judges to be abuse or neglected, 27% of them where subsequently enrolled in special education classes. When the question was asked why do these parents do it? It was found out that child abuse is a psychological problem. The authors of one study claim that as infants and children all of the (abusing) parents were deprived both of basic mother care about from the beginning of their lives (Spinetta and Rigle, 2002).
This statement could be interpreted to mean that all abused children will grow to become abusing adults; and that any one who has not been abused as a child will not abused his/ her own children, because violence is very likely to reject the violence. A child learns violence as a solution and an outcome when there is family conflict the intense emotion that accompanies the witnessing of violence by a child enhance the learning process. The violent lessons of family conflicts are likely to be forgotten.
According Leonard, J.R. (2004) wrote of an abused child growing up in violent family might not have learnt an alternative means for dealing with conflict violence. His or her reporting of behavior may not include such facilitative skills as negative reasoning, exchange of services or humor. Such a person may know of no other way to deal with a child than to use physical force. According to Fontana, (2008) suggests that parents who abuse their children have great difficult in developing trust, a difficulty that is linked to isolation of parent from family and other social groups.
Isolation has been used to explore violence towards children in number of studies. For example, Modern and Wrech Smith (2003) found that child abused has been found in family where there is no ongoing relationship outside the home. According to Gelles and Straus found higher audience of violent in a family that has live or in a neighborhood less than three years. Those who did not attend or belong to any organization in the community have a much higher rate of child abuse than those who belong to or attend at least an organization (Straus, 2009).
The child abuse problem is complicated by guilt on the part of both parent and children. Few children even in the pre – school years will appear to outside for help. Any parent, an abuse one may be deeply loved by the child. And it hardly need to be said that very few parent even among those who believe in physical punishment would consciously feel justified in doing their children serious harm. According to Younes, (2007) in his write up on "child – abuse and neglect incidence", wrote that physical abuse of children by their parent is a phenomenon of maladjustment that can be diagnosed and treated.
According to Anykam, (2004), a study of spouses who was involved in divorced action revealed a significant incidence of violent family behavior. The pattern of violence is cynical, children who have been abused or neglected group lack trust and are unable to form a close relationship with their spouse when they marry.They frequently lack a sense of positive self – esteem and competence. In other words, they exhibit the helplessness syndrome, such individuals often want children but when they become parent they have no knowledge of appropriate child – rearing practices or normal growth and development. As a result, they may punish a six month old child for crying when this is his only means of communicating his needs.
Battering usually occurs as crisis when parent anger and frustration are multiplied; and the parents interpret the child behavior as being accusatory and rejecting. Children have been ill – treated by adults throughout history, but are very recently that concern about the issues has gathered momentum. In order to assess the significant of recent development, it is important to locate the special reaction to children's problem in a wider historical context from the beginning of the century to the 1970s' concern for children has focus primary on the promotion of society from children and the control of delinquent youth. The primary concern with children has been in terms of the prevention of crime and antisocial behavior.


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5 top stats from the ABA's report on the future of legal services
Richard Heinrich
General, Technology
In an effort to understand the rapidly-changing legal profession, the American Bar Association (ABA) established the 30-member Commission on the Future of Legal Services in 2014.
The Commission spent two years researching and documenting the challenges facing the profession and, in particular, whether traditional delivery models were up to the task of meeting the public's legal needs.
At the ABA annual meeting earlier this month in San Francisco, the Commission presented its 96-page Report on the Future of Legal Services in the United States. It's a fascinating report that I'm sure we'll write about in more detail in future weeks.
Right now, though, we wanted to highlight some of the extraordinary facts and statistics highlighted in the report. Here are the five that amazed us the most.
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#1 Fewer than a quarter of people facing civil justice issues obtain professional help
More often than not the public does not get professional legal assistance with legal problems.
The report cites research titled "Accessing Justice in the contemporary USA" that found that, of those facing a legal issue, only 22% would seek help from a professional advisor or representative. Most would attempt to handle the problem alone, or with the support of friends and family. Many would do nothing at all.
When these respondents were asked why they had not sought the assistance of a lawyer, many replied that they had not appreciated that their problems were legal in nature or that they had legal solutions. That so many legal problems go untouched by the legal profession, the report notes, shows great potential for lawyers to assist more people:
"Although the study did not delve into the severity of the legal problems people confront and left open the question of how many would benefit from formal assistance (including from a lawyer), the research does demonstrate what some experts refer to as a latent legal market—that is, a market for legal services that is currently untapped."
#2 Lawyers provide on average seventy hours of pro bono per year
For many years, the report's authors write, lawyers have sought to address the gap in access to justice for those unable to pay via pro bono initiatives. The vast majority of lawyers (80 percent) devote time to pro bono, with an average of 70 hours per year being donated by those who do so.
However, despite this professional commitment to volunteer work, the report notes that, without other changes, this effort will not be sufficient to meet the nation's growing legal needs:
"Even with the profession's deep commitment to pro bono and further innovations, pro bono work alone will not resolve the tremendous need for civil legal representation. Data shows that annually 'U.S. lawyers would have to increase their pro bono efforts … to over nine hundred hours each to provide some measure of assistance to all households with legal needs.'"
#3 93 percent of mid-size and large firms use some form of non-hourly billing
The report doesn't hold back in its conclusions that the current way of doing business in many law firms — solo, one-on-one lawyering, billed on an hourly basis — "constrains innovations that would provide greater access to, and enhance the delivery of, legal services."
The report does find, though, that the billable hour is being challenged to some extent by alternative fee arrangements. The authors write:
"In recent years, however, [business] consumers have become aware of and started to more regularly demand an alternative fee arrangement (AFA). These AFAs include fixed pricing for discreet services, flat fees, contingency fees, other fee arrangements tied to matter related outcomes, and hybrids of AFA and traditional hourly billing."
Alternative fee arrangements are much more likely in large and midsize firms than in smaller firms, however. Despite some notable efforts to the contrary, such as the SmartLaw Flat Fee Legal Service established by the Los Angeles County Bar Association, few small firms offering consumer legal services regularly offer flat fees.
#4 There were 400 legal startups launched in 2016
Entrepreneurs have begun to see opportunities to provide legal services more efficiently, and to support traditional law firms to do more with the resources they've got. These "other legal services" have expanded rapidly in recent years — in 2015/16, 400 legal startups appeared on AngelList (a directory of new companies), compared to just 15 in 2009.
Investors, too, see big opportunities for the legal services market to change. In 2012, legal service technology companies received $66 million in outside investments, but by the end of 2013 that figure was $458 million — and it's estimated to have been growing since.
#5 The annual revenue of the online legal services industry is projected to grow to $5.9 billion by 2019
The new providers entering the legal market are shaking things up. Some provide services directly to consumers, but most provide their services to lawyers and law firms. This latter group make legal work more efficient, streamline and automate many tasks, and enable lawyers to outsource time-consuming activities.
The report cites U.S. Census data that shows that, since 1998, law office employment has shrunk while the category "all other legal services" has grown eight and a half percent annually and 140 percent over the period.
In fact, the specific category of businesses referred to as "online legal services," which simply did not exist a decade ago, was worth $4.1 billion a year in 2014, and is estimated to grow rapidly to at least $5.9 billion a year by 2019.
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"Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken"
You love 'em, you hate 'em, you think they're a pleasure guiltier than O.J. Simpson ripping the tag off a mattress. Seven years after their debut, "Glory to the Brave", galvanized a power metal scene then at low ebb, it's still hard to separate HAMMERFALL from the hype and discourse surrounding their existence. Five albums into a career that was never supposed to be more than a jokey side-project anyway, and three years after previous studio album "Crimson Thunder", what can we expect from the Templar Knights?
More of the same, pretty much. Strip away all the mug-hoisting hail-and-kill hoopla, and you've got some decent, pedestrian power metal. I use the term in the 1980s sense — this is more SAXON than DRAGONFORCE (check out "Fury of the Wild" for a very Biff Byford vocal and a rockin', if disposable, midtempo riff). There does seem to be a slightly darker, more classy shift in the songwriting — nothing as relentlessly goofy as "Crimson Thunder" stinker "Hearts on Fire" ("burning, burning with desire") rears its head, although we do get the pomp-y AOR puzzler "Hammer of Justice", which sounds like it coulda been fished from ACCEPT's trash bin circa "Metal Heart". Obligatory ballad "Never, Ever" shows up at exactly the right moment — have a lighter ready — and 11-minute closer "Knights of the 21st Century" features a ludicrous guest vocal from VENOM troll-for-hire Cronos that will have the most stalwart defender of the faith on the floor laughing.
"Chapter V" is a little more interesting than "Crimson Thunder", but it's not too far removed from anything else the band has done to change anyone's mind. If you've enjoyed HAMMERFALL all along, you'll probably be satisfied, and these choruses will have you lustily shouting along at your favorite sweat-and-beer-drenched Euro festival this summer. If you think they're a bunch of pandering no-talents reaping an unjust reward for doing what PRIEST, ACCEPT, SAXON and RIOT did better years ago… well, nothing on "Chapter V" is gonna convert you.
HAMMERFALL fill the need for basic, lowest-common-denominator metal that pushes all the familiar buttons, and they show occasional flashes of songwriting prowess. But ultimately, it was only timing and luck that brought them into the first tier of metal to begin with, and at the end of the day, their agreeable, forgettable MANOWAR-lite shtick will be lumped in with C-listers like PEGAZUS, DREAM EVIL and SACRED STEEL (well, okay, they're not that bad). Buy WOLF's "Evil Star" instead – it's much more interesting.


Do you already have a brilliant idea for a product or service that solves a problem? Great! Check the category definitions and select one of the three specialty categories. If you're not sure, call or email Wendy Overton at 225-218-1100 or info@biztechchallenge.com and she or one of our other staff members will assist you.
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Exclusive: The 'Breaking Bad' Movie Will Be a Sequel Following Jesse After the Series Finale, Aaron Paul to Return
Posted on Wednesday, November 7th, 2018 by Jacob Hall
Over the course of five incredible seasons, Breaking Bad put its cast of characters through the wringer. But no one suffered quite like Aaron Paul's Jesse Pinkman, the meth-dealing loser who lost everything (and everyone) that mattered to him simply because he was unfortunate enough to enter the orbit of Walter White.
And his suffering isn't over yet. /Film has learned that the newly announced Breaking Bad movie will be a sequel set after the events of the series finale, following Jesse as he blazes a trail away from that horrifying finale.
Last night, we learned that series creator Vince Gilligan was writing and executive producing a Breaking Bad movie, although it is unknown if he will also direct. It was also suggested that this will be a television movie, as it is being make through Gilligan's deal with Sony TV, who produced the original show (which aired on AMC). There was even the briefest of brief loglines: the movie would "[track] the escape of a kidnapped man and his quest for freedom."
And yes, Breaking Bad fans, you put two and two together correctly: we have confirmed that the kidnapped man is Jesse Pinkman and the movie will follow his escape from Albuquerque following the bloody events of the series finale. Naturally, Aaron Paul is set to reprise the role, which won him three Emmy awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
Spoilers for Breaking Bad's final episode are strewn throughout the rest of this article like the bodies of Heisenberg's enemies.
In the final season of Breaking Bad, Jesse was abducted and held captive by a group of neo-Nazi scumbags, who forced him to cook Heisenberg's blue meth recipe while Walter White himself absconded to the wilderness to die lonely and rich. Chained in a dark room and tormented, Jesse made an unsuccessful escape attempt and was forced to watch as Andrea (the woman he had fallen for) was executed for his actions. It only ended when Walter – ego recharged by guilt, rage, and the desire to reclaim his dark legacy – arrived and science-murdered the Nazi crew with a remote control machine gun. After strangling his chief tormenter Todd and sparing Mr. White, Jesse drove into the night, overcome with manic joy and panic, all told through Aaron Paul's stunning and heartbreaking screams of rage and laughter.
Jesse had escaped, but he wasn't really free. His story was intentionally left wide open, a big question mark for a character who often made the wrong decision at every fork in the road. And now, it looks like Gilligan is going to bring some closure to the poor man. Maybe.
Shortly after the finale aired, Gilligan spitballed what could happen to Jesse next. Does this suggest what the movie could be about? We shall see:
My personal feeling is that he got away. But the most likely thing, as negative as this sounds, is that they're going to find this kid's fingerprints all over this lab and they're going to find him within a day or a week or a month. And he's still going to be on the hook for the murder of two federal agents. But yeah, even though that's the most likely outcome, the way I see it is that he got away and got to Alaska, changed his name, and had a new life. You want that for the kid. He deserves it.
This won't be the first time Gilligan has expanded the Breaking Bad universe. The prequel series Better Call Saul recently ended its fourth critically-acclaimed season, proving that there is still plenty of untapped potential in this world. A film sequel suggests Gilligan only wants to expand and deepen the Breaking Bad universe, which would sound like a terrible idea if Better Call Saul hadn't already proven that this can be done so well. And while Aaron Paul hasn't been wanting for work, he's yet to find a post-Breaking Bad role that has fit him quite as well as Jesse Pinkman. Giving him a chance to revisit this character once more feels right.
No title or release date has been set for the Breaking Bad movie just yet, but production is expected to begin in New Mexico soon.
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Graduate Studies at Berkeley's Logic Group
Unfortunately (and, to me, inexeplicably), the Group in Logic and the Methodology of Science got dropped from the specialty rankings for mathematical logic in the 204-06 edition of the Philosophical Gourmet Report. But if you are thinking of going to grad school for logic, take it from me: Berekely still belongs in Group 1, where it was last time. The logic faculty in the Mathematics Department is still one of the best (if not the best) in the world. And the faculty members from the Logic Group in Philosophy haven't changed much from the last iteration of the Gourmet Report either: Branden Fitelson was hired, and John MacFarlane got tenure. True, there are some areas where Berkeley is not as strong as other places (in proof theory, for instance–but Stanford is just across the Bay!). But you really can't do much better if you are interested in set theory, model theory, recursion theory, or the history of logic. And Berkeley's philosophy department isn't bad either, so your general philosophical education won't suffer.
When I started there, people were fond of pointing out that in the (then) four top-ranked philosophy departments, each one had a Berkeley graduate on the faculty, and they were all graduates of the Logic Group. That's not true anymore, but still at least a third of schools that are now ranked in the Gourmet Report for mathematical logic have Berkeley graduates on the faculty: Jeremy Avigad at CMU, John Burgess at Princeton, Ken Manders at Pittsburgh, Matt Foreman at UC Irvine (Kai Wehmeier spent a year at Berkeley), Greg Hjorth at UCLA, Peter Koellner at Harvard studied at Berkeley before moving to MIT, Vann McGee and Stephen Yablo at MIT.
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The way the write-up is phrased, they seem to suggest that the Logic Group isn't a philosophy department, and thus they won't rank it. I suppose I don't know enough about the UCI department with the name of "philosophy" to know why it was entirely excluded in favor of the LPS department there, rather than ranking both.There may be some merit to the suggestion, given that I seem to be the first student in the group since you and Johannes to be pursuing philosophy rather than math. But this may be in part due to the rankings excluding the group, given the influence they have, and the fact that the number of philosophy students in our group differs from that at UCI by only about one student per year.Are there any other examples you can think of of a department that is only marginally a philosophy department, and thus might not be properly included in the rankings?
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Both of UCI's departments (LPS and Philosophy) are ranked together in the PGR (just as Pitt's HPS and Philosophy departments are ranked together). UCI's departments run a joint program, though. There are always borderline cases where a judgment call has to be made; but in the case of the Logic Group I think it was the wrong call. It is quite clearly the case that you can choose to take almost as many courses and quals in philosophy as a philosophy student at Berkeley would (and students in L&M who have taken the philosophy route have always done so). The other program that was excluded in the specialty rankings was Amsterdam's logic program, and there it might well be that students don't have the option to (or are required not to) take many "general" philosophy courses.
By the way, it's Branden not Brendan Fitelson.
Sorry, Branden…fixed.


With just a few weeks away from release, the final songs for Rock Band 4's complete tracklist have been announced by developer Harmonix.
The final tracklist features 60 songs from a variety of artists, such as Cake, Dream Theater, The Cure, Aerosmith, Heaven's Basement, Elvis Presley, and more. The newest tracks to be announced for the upcoming rock music simulator include "Start a Band" by Brad Paisley ft. Keith Urban, "I Bet My Life" by Imagine Dragons, and "The One I Love" by R.E.M. Previously announced songs also include "Miracle Man" by Ozzy Osbourne, "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison, and "Halls of Valhalla" by Judas Priest.
Dream Theater – Metropolis – Part 1 – "The Miracle And The Sleeper"
Rock Band 4 was announced this past March and will be coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on Oct. 6. Harmonix has not announced a PC version of Rock Band 4, primarily due to piracy concerns, but with its director competitor Activision releasing Guitar Hero Live this year on PS4, Xbox One, Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, iOS, and Android, Harmonix might need to change its priorities and open up to the idea of releasing on more than two platforms. Of course, one reason Harmonix has for only releasing on PS4 and Xbox One is due to Rock Band 4's ability to allow players to use their old Rock Band instruments, as well as a pre-existing catalog of downloaded songs from previous Rock Band titles in Rock Band 4. So, if you invested your money into the Rock Band franchise over Guitar Hero last generation, you'll benefit from maintaining your allegiance to the former this generation, too.


There are about 1056 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Serbia. The country of the clinical trial is determined by the location of where the clinical research is being studied. Most studies are often held in multiple locations & countries.
A major factor in the respiratory health of cystic fibrosis (CF) subjects is acquisition of chronic Pseudomonas (Pa.) aeruginosa infections. The infection rate with P. aeruginosa increases with age and by age 18 years, 80% of CF subjects in the U.S. are infected. Liposomal amikacin for inhalation (LAI, Arikace™) is a sterile aqueous liposomal suspension consisting of amikacin sulfate encapsulated in liposomes. This formulation of amikacin maximizes the achievable dose and delivery to the lungs of infected subjects when delivered via a nebulizer. Because liposome particles are small enough to penetrate and diffuse through sputum into the bacterial biofilm, they deposit drug close to the bacterial colonies (Meers, et al., 2008) (Clancy, et al., 2013), thus improving the bioavailability of amikacin at the infection site. The clinically achievable doses of amikacin in the LAI formulation can effectively increase the half-life of the drug in the lungs, and decrease the potential for systemic toxicity. LAI offers several advantages over current therapies in treating CF subjects with chronic infection caused by Pa. aeruginosa.
Multi-center, international, prospective, open-label, single-arm, first-in-human clinical investigation. The Patients enrolled in this clinical investigation will undergo a scheduled surgery for the treatment of long bone defects up to 3 cm using GreenBone Implant. After the surgery, the Patients will be monitored at pre-scheduled visits up to 12 months. Adverse events, pain, quality of life and functional parameters, as well as X-ray and CT scan, will be evaluated at scheduled follow-up visits. An independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) will review the safety reports at regular intervals and Serious Adverse Events (SAE) as soon as reported, to protect Patients participating in the study. An adaptive interim analysis will be performed when the first 7 Patients will have completed the 6-month follow-up visit. The DSMB will review the results of the interim analysis with respect to the primary endpoint (safety), and provide one of the following recommendations to the Sponsor: a) to stop the study for unacceptable frequency and severity of adverse events or b) to continue the study up to 25 Patients recruited and to include at least 5 Patients with a longer bone defect (> 3 cm up to 6 cm).
Chronic low-back pain (CLBP) is a heterogeneous group of disorders, which according to the new classification of the International Association for Pain Research (IASP), is recognized as an independent entity and belongs to a mixed type of pain caused by central sensitization , which is present for more than 12 weeks. Studies have found that lumbar segmental instability (LSI) is one of the most significant cause of lumbar pain through the movement of each spinal segment where degenerative changes were observed in the discs. The aim of this study was to compare the program of lumbar stabilization exercises in the open and closed kinetic chain, in relation to the program of lumbar stabilization exercises and thoracic mobilization in a closed kinetic chain, to evaluate the clinical efficacy of both exercise programs and determine whether initial pain intensity values and disability levels affect the outcome of patients with chronic low back pain. The study was conducted as randomized, single-blind, controlled trial in 80 chronic low-back pain (CLBP) patients of both sexes (35 male, 45 female), average age (48.45 +/- 10.22 years, treated at the Rehabilitation Clinic "Dr. Miroslav Zotović" in Belgrade between June 2017 and March 2018. Respondents were divided into two groups of 40 patients by simple randomization. Participants were given laser therapy, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and an eight-week kinesiotherapy that included exercises to strengthen the deep lumbar spine stabilizers. Retesting was done after 4 and 8 weeks. Patients who performed lumbar stabilization and thoracic mobilization exercises program in a closed kinetic chain had better functional recovery and a significant reduction in pain intensity compared to respondents who performed a lumbar stabilization program in opened and closed kinetic chain.
This study will look at the change in body weight in people taking NNC0174-0833, liraglutide and "dummy" medicine, from the start to the end of the study. As well as taking the medicine, participants will have talks with study staff about healthy food choices, how to be more physically active and what participants can do to lose weight. Participants will either take NNC0174-0833, liraglutide or "dummy" medicine - which treatment participants get is decided by chance. Participants will need to take one injection once a week or once a day, depending on the treatment. The study medicine is injected with a thin needle in a skin fold in the stomach, thigh or upper arm. The study will last for about 8 months. Participants will have 12 clinic visits with the study doctor.
The study will evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of 450 milligrams (mg) of Rapastinel, compared to 10 mg of Vortixetine and placebo in participants with major depressive disorder (MDD).
This study is a Phase III,A two-part (double-blind placebo-controlled/open-label) multicenter study to evaluate safety, tolerability, and efficacy of inclisiran in subjects with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH).
In this randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover pilot trial, we evaluated the effects of 7-day H2 inhalation on exercise performance outcomes and serum hormonal and inflammation profiles in a cohort of young men and women.
The overall aim of this project is to establish potential benefits of a novel lifestyle (physical activity and dietary nitrate) and pharmacological (angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitor) interventions in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). HCM is the most common genetic cardiovascular disease with a broad spectrum of disease severity. Angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitor reduces death, hospitalisation, and may improve cardiac function and exercise tolerance in heart failure. Exercise training is associated with a significant increase in exercise tolerance, but appear to have limited effect on measures of cardiac morphology or function in patients with HCM. Dietary supplementation with inorganic nitrate (i.e. concentrated nitrate-rich beetroot juice) improves exercise capacity, vasodilatation and cardiac output reserves while reduces arterial wave reflections, which are linked to left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and remodelling. Using a five-centre, open label, three-arm, pilot design, the present study will evaluate the effect of lifestyle (physical activity and dietary supplementation with inorganic nitrate) and pharmacological (angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitor sacubitril / valsartan) interventions in patients with HCM. The Aim is to examine whether these interventions improve functional capacity, clinical phenotypic characteristics, and quality of life in patients with HCM.
The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of mavrilimumab (KPL-301) versus placebo, co-administered with a 26-week corticosteroid taper, for maintaining sustained remission for 26 weeks in subjects with new onset or relapsing/refractory giant cell arteritis (GCA).


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Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists sets goals for growth
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AWRS technicians perform cosmetic repairs on mounted rims.
NORCROSS, Ga. — Three years after being acquired by a venture capital firm, Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists L.L.C. (AWRS) is ramping up a U.S. growth strategy that includes expanding the target audience into the retail tire and auto repair sector and building a network of company-owned locations in larger metro areas to complement its franchised units.
To that end, AWRS recently hired a pair of auto aftermarket veterans, Jason Yarbrough and Mike Perkins, to handle franchise relations and business development, respectively.
The company, which claims to be the world's largest full-service alloy wheel repair and replacement firm, operates through roughly 100 franchisees in 46 U.S. states and 20 more internationally, including five in Canada.
Soundcore Capital Partners L.L.C., a New York-based private equity firm that invests in lower middle market businesses, acquired AWRS in November 2015. The firm called wheel repair one of the fastest-growing sub-sectors within the auto-reconditioning market, accounting for more than $750 million in annual revenues in the U.S. alone.
Soundcore moved quickly, acquiring eight franchises in key markets in the intervening nine months. Among them was the franchise in Baltimore, which was headed by Rob Wheeley, whom Soundcore then brought in-house and installed as CEO of AWRS, which has been in business since 2001.
The capital investment firm also at that time appointed a pair of auto aftermarket industry veterans — Ken Walker, a former CEO of Meineke Car Care Centers, Driven Brands Inc. and Parts Inc., and Bill Lasky, a senior executive with Stoneridge Inc., Accuride Corp. and Affinia Group Inc. — to its board of directors. Mr. Laskey assumed the board chairmanship.
Soundcore then secured $42.5 million in financing in March 2016 through Monroe Capital L.L.C. "to support the acquisition and future growth initiatives" of AWRS.
At about the same time, former American Tire Distributors Inc. CEO William Berry joined Soundcore as an operating partner, tasked with providing management and operating expertise to Soundcore's portfolio companies, with a focus on specialty distribution and business services.
Wheeley (left) and Perkins
Jarrett Turner, Soundcore managing partner, said of Mr. Berry: "Our ability to provide portfolio company CEOs with guidance from someone who has faced similar challenges on a larger scale is invaluable."
As for the recent additions to the management team, Mr. Yarbrough — a former Alloy Wheel Repair franchise owner in the Birmingham, Ala., area — will assume the role as franchise relations manager, and Mr. Perkins, who has worked with three tire companies, becomes director of business development.
In his new position, Mr. Yarbrough will be the bridge between AWRS corporate and franchisees with focused efforts on maintaining a transparent dialogue that nurtures a positive relationship.
Mr. Perkins joins AWRS with 33 years of experience in the tire industry, including his most recent position as vice president of sales for Sentury Tire North America L.L.C., the U.S. subsidiary of China's Qingdao Sentury Tire Co. Ltd. He also has experience with Hankook Tire America Corp., K&M Tire and Bridgestone Americas Inc.
As director of business development, he will be tasked with generating new local and national sales initiatives that will drive revenue for both AWRS and AWRS franchisees.
Among those initiatives will be increased marketing to the independent tire retail and auto repair/maintenance sectors, which represent a great deal of potential business for AWRS and its franchisees, Mr. Perkins told Tire Business.
For now, AWRS' primary revenue sources are new car dealers and body shops, with insurance claims accounting for a large percentage of business at the latter, he said.
Mr. Perkins stressed that AWRS can be a solid business partner of tire dealers because the franchisees are mobile, able to perform most services on-site and most are able to offer same-day service.
Overall, AWRS expects demand for its services to keep growing steadily considering the trend toward alloy wheels at nearly every vehicle maker selling in North America, Mr. Perkins said.
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AWRS has developed patented wheel-straightening techniques that work on both cast and forged wheels, along with proprietary refinishing techniques that are OSHA compliant, Mr. Perkins said. The AWRS mobile units can handle mounted wheels up to 24 inches in rim diameter and even larger if unmounted.
AWRS does not work on chrome wheels, Mr. Perkins said, owing to resurfacing issues.
In addition to the mobile units that perform wheel repair on-site at customer locations, there are 28 regional wheel remanufacturing plants, six of which are operated by AWRS. Prior to Soundcore's purchase of AWRS, all were operated by franchisees, but part of Soundcore's reason in acquiring key franchisees was to bring this business in-house to shore up the company's corporate revenue stream.
AWRS said its wheel remanufacturing service is the preferred solution for wheels with extensive damage, cracks/missing metal or have special finishes. The firm offers free pickup and delivery service and typically operates with a 24-hour turnaround.
The acquired franchises are in Atlanta; Baltimore; Indianapolis; Las Vegas; Westchester and Danbury, N.Y.; and Newtown, Conn.
For wheels damaged beyond repair, AWRS can offer a replacement OEM wheel through its network of wholesale partners.


"We don't feel as though we've received a proposal from them that really represents the value that I bring to this team and my market value, ... I think that in the last 2 1/2, 3 years that I've been here, I've brought a lot to this team."
"Once we get the running game going and the passing game going, we're going to be tough to stop."
"If a team is throwing the ball 52, 48 times a game and running it 12 times, if I were a defense, I'd be pinning my ears back,"
"I think it probably will and hopefully the offense gets in a groove running the ball,"
"My agent and the Eagles worked very hard to get this deal done, ... I'm glad to have an opportunity to continue my career in Philadelphia."
"It's another opportunity to touch the ball,"
"I don't mind doing it. I think I'm a very good offensive weapon, and I think that Dexter Wynn and Reno have been doing a pretty decent job. Hopefully they'll be able to stay back there and keep up the good work."
"I've said it before: I don't think one man ruined this locker room. I can't sit here and say T.O. ruined this locker room, but it had an effect. I don't know how much he distracted us, but part of the issue with Terrell was [that] at some point we weren't always focusing on football. As a team in a competitive sport, you have to be able to do that."
"Me and my agent have told the Eagles' management that we're no longer interested in talking to them as far as the contract situation, ... We don't feel as though we've received a proposal from them that really represents the value that I bring to this team and my market value. I think that in the last 21/2, 3 years that I've been here, I've brought a lot to this team."
"Me and my agent have told the Eagles' management that we're no longer interested in talking to them as far as the contract situation, ... We don't feel as though we've received a proposal from them that really represents the value that I bring to this team and my market value. I think that in the last 2½, 3 years that I've been here, I've brought a lot to this team."
"Me and my agent have told the Eagles' management that we're no longer interested in talking to them as far as the contract situation, ... We don't feel as though we've received a proposal from them that really represents the value that I bring to this team and my market value. I think that in the last 2 ½, 3 years that I've been here, I've brought a lot to this team."
"Me and my agent have told the Eagles' management that we're no longer interested in talking to them as far as the contract situation."
"In previous years, we did find ways to win this game."
"I didn't put up yards against anyone but their defense, ... LaMont Jordan doesn't play defense. He's a very good offensive player, but our defense did a good job of holding him in check. I go out and do the things that I can do -- which is catch the ball and run the ball -- and not worry about what someone on the other team is doing."
"I'm glad the Eagles have recognized my talents and dedication to this team, ... Philadelphia is a great football city and a great place to play and we have had a winning tradition on this team that I want to continue to be a part of. The fans are very passionate and have been very supportive of me and this team."


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NORTH MIAMI, FLA. (WSVN) - The driver accused of killing three soccer players in North Miami has been charged with DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide.
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$6,000,000 verdict for elderly woman whose husband died in a fall at local hospital.
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Elderly Woman Steps in 'Hidden Hole' Inside A Parking Lot and Receives $410,000.00 Settlement
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$1.1 Million Dollars Settlement for Injured Stevedore Involved in Car Accident
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$2.25 Million Dollars Damages Awarded to Victim of Auto Accident
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Indonesia passes legislation outlawing sex outside marriage
Indonesia's parliament has approved a controversial new criminal code that bans both locals and foreigners from extramarital sex. Critics view the move as a 'disaster' for human rights, and a potential blow to the country's booming tourism sector.
Following years of parliamentary discussions and heated public debate, Indonesia has just passed a controversial new criminal code that critics say is a dramatic setback to freedoms in the world's third-largest democracy.
Under the draconian legislation, parents, children, or spouses will be able to report unmarried couples to the police if they suspect them of having sex outside wedlock.
If those reported are found guilty, they will face punishment of up to twelve months in prison.
'The aim is to protect the institution of marriage and Indonesian values,' said Albert Aries, a spokesperson for Indonesia's justice ministry, at the time of the announcement.
'While at the same time being able to protect the privacy of the community and also negate the rights of the public or other third parties to report this matter or 'playing judge' on behalf of morality.'
The move, which many deem a nod to moral policing, underscores the increasing conservatism of a country long hailed for its religious tolerance, with secularism enshrined in its constitution.
There are also fears that it could be used to target members of the LGBTQ+ community, given that public flogging already takes place in the region for a range of offences including homosexuality and adultery.
A previous draft was set to be passed in 2019 but the vote was postponed after thousands of protesters, mostly students, took to the streets demanding the government withdraw it.
'What we're witnessing is a significant blow to Indonesia's hard-won progress in protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms after the 1998 revolution,' says Amnesty International Indonesia director, Usman Hamid, who believes the expansions on existing laws will have a 'chilling effect' on free speech.
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Russia passes law banning 'LGBT propaganda' among adults
'We're going backwards. Repressive laws should have been abolished but the bill shows that the arguments of scholars abroad are true, that our democracy is indisputably in decline.'
Cohabitation between unmarried couples will also be made illegal in the Muslim-majority nation, as well as insulting the president, abortion except for rape victims, practicing black magic, spreading views counter to the state ideology, and staging protests without notification.
The criminal code will apply to both locals and foreigners. It will not, however, come into effect for three years to allow, for implementing regulations to be adequately drafted.
Approved unanimously by all political parties on Tuesday, the reforms have shocked not only activists – who consider it a 'disaster' for human rights – but also Indonesia's booming tourism sector, which relies on millions of visitors to its tropical islands annually.
In 2019, a record 1.23 million Australian tourists visited Bali, according to the Indonesia Institute, a Perth-based non-government organisation. Compare that to 2021 – when just 51 foreign tourists visited the island for the entire year because of the pandemic, Statistica's records show.
'This is totally counterproductive at a time when the economy is starting to recover from the impacts of COVID-19,' says Maulana Yusran, deputy chief of Indonesia's tourism industry board.
'We deeply regret the government have closed their eyes. We have already expressed our concern to the ministry of tourism about how harmful this law is.'
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Plantd is a burgeoning startup using grass fibres to create building materials instead of wood. Could this become a popular alternative in the future? The drive for constant economic growth comes at a cost to natural resources, particularly wood. The volume of wood used for lumber in a single year would circle the Earth's equator 880 times if stacked in a straight line, or stretch between the Earth and the...
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When political conflict erupts anywhere in the world, journalists and media teams pack their gear and bravely head out to report on it. The news is not something the public should take for granted, especially as the dangers have spiked over the last year. Journalism can be an extremely rewarding profession. It's one that enables the writer to stay up to date with world events while becoming an expert on a...
Utah has banned gender-affirming care for young trans people
The new bill will deny vital surgery to America's most vulnerable demographic. Spencer Cox, a Republican governor in Utah, has singlehandedly waged a war on America's trans youth. This week Cox signed a bill which bans young trans people from receiving gender-affirming healthcare. That would include transgender surgery of any kind, as well as the use of hormone treatment for minors. The bill comes shortly after the UK blocked the Scottish...
Suicide bomber kills 32 in mosque in Pakistan
At least 32 people have been killed, and almost 150 are injured after a suicide bomber struck a mosque in Pakistan. A Taliban suicide bomber detonated his vest while worshippers were just about to begin their afternoon prayers in northwest Pakistan, Peshawar. Worshippers included personnel of the police, army and bomb disposal squad, who are believed to have been the target of the attack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HexY90_9n8Y&ab_channel=TheTelegraph Peshawar police chief Muhammad Ijaz Khan told local...
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