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LOGANVILLE, Georgia (CNN) -- The crowd cheered as Morgan Lawless faced her first pitch of the fall baseball season. Morgan Lawless, who has cerebral palsy, plays baseball at Bay Creek Park near Atlanta, Georgia. The 14-year-old middle-school student clenched her teeth as she swung the bat into a single. Instead of running to first base, Lawless zoomed over in her motorized wheelchair. Lawless has cerebral palsy. She's among nearly 300 children who play in a special-needs baseball league at Bay Creek Park in the Atlanta, Georgia, suburb of Loganville. "It's actually fun because we get to be kids and we can play like regular people," Lawless said. What's different about this ballpark is that the field is made of a rubberized material that allows for easier movement in wheelchairs. "We started out on a dirt field," said league founder Cathy Smith. "But power wheelchairs and dirt don't mix." Smith helped raise some of the half-million dollars in private and county funding needed to build the field in 2004. She said she gets goosebumps whenever she watches the young players come across home plate. "The grin and smile on their faces just says it all." Coach Tom Estes joined the program eight years ago with his now-15-year-old son, Justin, who has cerebral palsy. Estes noted that some of the players, like his son, use a wheelchair, but others with autism, Down syndrome and multiple sclerosis are ambulatory. Health Minute: Watch more on special needs baseball » . During a game, the children are paired with young helpers from another local baseball league. No special skills are required to participate, Estes said. "If we have to help them hit, help them run, help them catch, we are simply here to let them play baseball." The coaches have taken extra precautions to make sure no one gets hurt. The players wear batting helmets, and a coach feeds large, softball-sized rubber balls into a pitching machine to control the direction. There are no umpires, and no one really keeps score. "We have a lot of tie ball games," Estes chuckled. The games are short, just two innings, but everyone gets to play. "It's not about competition as much as it is about the ability to just do what other kids do," said Mike Lawless, Morgan's father. He said his daughter looks forward to the games all week. So does Estes' son. "Until you get involved, you don't realize the closed life they live," Tom Estes said. Being part of the team gives the players a sense of independence and self control and gets them outside in the fresh air, he said. "They're out here doing the same thing as the other kids. They really don't do that on a normal basis." The weekly games also give the kids something to brag about in school on Monday morning, Estes said. "They hear everyone else talking about it...and my son can say, 'Yeah, I hit a home run yesterday, too. It was great.' " Justin Estes seemed to take all the attention in stride. And what does he think is the best part about playing baseball? Pointing past his wheelchair to the smooth surface of the field, he said simply, "No ruts."
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A mild earthquake gently shook parts of the Ottawa-Gatineau area Monday but federal officials said there were no reports of damage.
Earthquake Canada said the tremor began at 4:58 p.m. and was an estimated magnitude of 3.3. The quake could be felt in Orléans, Buckingham, Que., and Val-des-Monts, Que., which is about 40 kilometres northeast of Gatineau.
Gatineau fire said the quake was felt in the fire station and only lasted a few seconds, adding they had not received any reports of damage.
Residents were quick to share what they felt during the earthquake on social media.
“Felt a fairly strong earthquake, maybe a 2+, lasting about 25 seconds in Val-des-Monts,” said another user.
The Ottawa-Gatineau area experiences small earthquakes frequently because of its geographical location, which is in the Western Quebec seismic zone.
“Where the (Earth’s) crust is a little bit weaker is more susceptible to earthquakes,” explained seismologist Michal Kolaj.
This seismic zone is not directly on the border of a tectonic plate, like Western Canada, but it is still susceptible to frequent tremors, Kolaj said.
The Geological Survey rated Ottawa-Gatineau as one of the country’s urban areas most at risk of an earthquake. It’s ranked third, behind Vancouver and Montreal. If a major earthquake (more than 6.0) occurred, the event will be felt most acutely in Orléans, which sits atop a giant belt of Leda clay that would amplify its effects.
With files from Andrew Duffy
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Easily identify who has specific skills that can help employers streamline the organization's work assignments. Writing performance reviews can be made easier by reviewing training records and scores. Having data on a company's training initiatives can be a key part of a company's overall growth and success.
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Thomas Farr, 31, died from multiple injuries after he was hit by a car on the A22 Caterham bypass, at about 23:00 GMT on 26 March.
Police said his death may be linked to an "altercation" at a flat in Croydon Road, when another man was stabbed.
An inquest into Mr Farr's death has been opened and adjourned.
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Late word this afternoon that the initiative has been filed for funding the health care reform plan now awaiting state Senate approval, with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez as its official authors.
The initiative asks voters to approve a financing plan to pay for the $14 billion a year reform proposal, and includes [...]
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By . Associated Press . The Hawaii man who in the 1980s lost ownership of his Famous Amos cookie company is reinventing his brand yet again. Wally Amos debuted his latest push for a retail rebound this month at Ala Moana Center in Honolulu. The 76-year-old is now selling his cookies at candy store Boardwalk Treats under the name, The Cookie Kahuna. Mr Amos has reinvented himself more than a half-dozen times since losing ownership of the Famous Amos company, along with use of his moniker and image, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. Wally Amos poses with a hot batch of chocolate chip cookies at his store in Kalua, Hawaii, in 2007 . Mr Amos started the Famous Amos company in 1975 in Los Angeles. The company ran into financial trouble and Mr Amos eventually lost ownership. The brand is now owned by the Kellogg Co. One of the varieties of Wally Amos' new brand of cookies, which debuted this month . His latest venture comes after . launching other cookie businesses in Hawaii, including Uncle Noname, . Aunt Della's Cookies, Uncle Wally's Muffin Co. and Chip & Cookie, . which lost him nearly $1 million. He has lived in Hawaii since 1977. Mr Amos says his previous successes and failures taught him to never give up. 'Failure is not failure, but an opportunity to begin again more intelligently,' he told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, paraphrasing Henry Ford. 'I love that quote. On my worst day I never thought I should quit. You are guaranteed to fail if you quit. But if you find the tenacity to keep going, eventually you will succeed.' He said he plans to launch online sales in the coming weeks at TheCookieKahuna.com. 'I'm setting up to do some . real business, to make some real money and spend some time with the . people that have always helped me," he said. 'I don't have that money . yet, but it's right around the corner.' Mr Amos poses with his 'Famous' cookies at a Tallahassee, Florida, luncheon back in 1983 .
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Earning the trust of a stray cat can be a difficult but rewarding process. If you see a stray in your neighborhood that you feel compelled to take in, you must first learn to engage with him in a way that is non-threatening.
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Il caso del trapianto da sieropositiva. Il testo scritto dopo l'errore "Perdonatemi, anche se ci vuole grande fede". E uno di loro chiede di incontrarla La lettera della biologa ai tre pazienti "Vorrei aiutarvi, se ancora mi è concesso"
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this right was recognized by the egyptians the greeks and the hebrews from whom it was adopted into western tradition ren descartes fled to the netherlands voltaire to england and thomas hobbes to france because each state offered protection to persecuted foreigners the egyptians greeks and hebrews recognized a religious right of asylum protecting criminals or those accused of crime from legal action to some extent this principle was later adopted by the established christian church and various rules were developed that detailed how to qualify for protection and what degree of protection one would receive the council of orleans decided in 511 in the presence of clovis i that asylum could be granted to anyone who took refuge in a church or on church property or at the home of a bishop this protection was extended to murderers thieves and adulterers alike that everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution is enshrined in the united nations universal declaration of human rights of 1948 and supported by the 1951 convention relating to the status of refugees and the 1967 protocol relating to the status of refugees under these agreements a refugee is
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Downwind from the cotton candy, the caramel apples and the deep-fried Oreos, carnival worker Robert Weaver stepped into a mobile dentist's office on the state-fair midway
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By comparing and analyzing the variant texts of the story type——"fighting against the Hades" of the Bala Gencang stories in Fuxin area,this paper explores the reasons why hometown geomancy lengends appeared in the variant texts,and explains that the hometown-loving complex is just the reasons why the hometown geomancy legends compounded with the story type.This paper further analyzes the story telling rules that only the stories corresponding to the psychology of folklore could be disseminated,and the relationships of folklore with the formation of folk oral narrative and restricions of its spread.
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The Tagus river, the longest in the Iberian peninsula, is in danger of drying up completely as Spain once again finds itself in the grip of drought.
Miguel Ángel Sánchez, spokesman of the Platform in Defence of the Tagus, says “the river has collapsed through a combination of climate change, water transfer and the waste Madrid produces.”
The Tagus, known in Spanish as the Tajo and Portuguese as the Tejo, rises in Aragón in northern Spain, passes close to Madrid and forms part of the border with Portugal before flowing into the sea at Lisbon. En route, it is dammed no fewer than 51 times in Spain alone.
But its troubles begin at the headwaters in Aragón. In 1902 a plan was conceived to siphon off water from here and divert it to the Segura river to irrigate farms in the arid southeast in what is known as the Tajo-Segura transfer. Construction began in 1966 and water started flowing out of the dammed Tagus headwaters to the Segura in 1979.
However, the amount of available water was miscalculated and Spain’s cyclical droughts were not factored in. Today only 47% of the predicted water resources exist and levels in the two headwater dams are down to 11% capacity, too low to allow any transfers.
“All of these problems derive from designing a water transfer from the headwaters of a river, overestimating the available resources and joining two areas with similar climate cycles,” says Nuria Hernández-Mora, a founding member of the Foundation for a New Water Culture. “The transfer has served to create social and political conflict and turn the Tagus into one of the rivers in the worst ecological state in the peninsula.”
Siphoning off the headwaters is only permitted when the dams have sufficient water – previously this was just an option, not a guarantee of supply. However, the government recently passed a law that says that as soon as there is a surplus there is an obligation to transfer it, making it impossible to store water to cope with droughts.
The law flies in the face of the European water directive and when an EU delegation visited the Tagus and Ebro rivers last year it issued a highly critical report of Spain’s failure to conform with the directive.
The Tagus’s troubles don’t end with the transfer. Even after about 65% is siphoned to the Segura, it still has to supply Madrid’s 6 million inhabitants, whose inadequately treated waste water is dumped back into the river further downstream. The water from the Tagus is also used to cool nuclear reactors.
The Portuguese complain that Spain is siphoning off water and polluting the river, arguments Spain rejects. In January Lisbon filed a formal complaint with Brussels over Spain’s plans to build a nuclear waste treatment plant close to the river and the Portuguese border.
Facebook Twitter Pinterest A forest fire rages on hills across the Tagus river on 27 July, near Vila Velha de Rodao, central Portugal. Photograph: Armando Franca/AP
Spain’s water management has been driven by economics, not environmental considerations, says environmental lawyer María Soledad Gallego. “A river isn’t just a water resource, it has a cultural, social, historic and aesthetic value.”
In terms of water, Spain is living beyond its means. Agricultural demand in the Segura basin has been rising for decades, says Hernández-Mora, resulting in the over-exploitation of both ground and surface water. Water will always be a scarce resource in Spain, she says, and what needs to be controlled is demand.
While much is made of the transferred water being used to irrigate golf courses in arid Murcia, 85% of it is used to grow fruit and vegetables under plastic in that province and neighbouring Almería.
“We need to face reality and deal with the environmental implications,” says Gallego. “In the south-east agriculture is subsidised in the form of water transfers. They depend on there being a water surplus in other parts of the country and so they are always going to have problems. They need to live with the reality of what the Segura and Tajo basins can provide.”
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nunca he visto una tarjeta como esta el en friamiento es asolutamente bueno tiene un buen rendimiento y buenos graficos.
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By . Mark Prigg . Solar flares can cause widespread disruption on Earth, but scientists have struggled to understand how they are formed. Now, a team from from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have taken a huge step forward by recreated the phenomenon that leads to solar flares in a lab. They hope their work could lead to improved space weather forecasts. The US team amanged to recreate plasma loops (above) in a lab for the first time. The loops are precursors to the massive solar flares on the surface of the sun can cause electrical storms on earth. 'We're studying how these solar loops work, which contributes to the knowledge of space weather,' says Paul Bellan, professor of applied physics at Caltech, who compares the research to studying hurricanes. 'For example, you can't predict a hurricane unless you know more about the events that precede it, like high-pressure and low-pressure fronts. 'The same is true for solar flares.' The team hope their work could lead to improved warnings of solar storms. 'It takes some time for the plasma to get to Earth from the sun, so it's possible that with more research, we could have up to a two-day warning period for massive solar flares,' said Professor Bellan. The laboratory plasma loop studies were conducted by graduate student Eve Stenson together with Bellan and are reported in the August 13 issue of the journal Physical Review Letters. A strong M3.2 solar flare captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). NASA's Space Weather Services estimated that it traveled at over 630 miles per second, causing geomagnetic storms on earth . Inside a vacuum chamber, electromagnets create an arched magnetic field. Then, hydrogen and nitrogen gas is released at the two footpoints of the arch. Finally, . a high-voltage electrical current is applied at the footpoints to . ionize the gas and turn it into plasma, which travels at a minimum speed . of about six miles per second. They found that two magnetic forces . control the behavior of arching loops of plasma, which is hot, ionized . gas. 'One force expands the arch radius and so lengthens the loop while . the other continuously injects plasma from both ends into the loop,' Bellan said. 'This latter force injects just the right amount of . plasma to keep the density in the loop constant as it lengthens.' The duo says that in simpler terms, this process is like squeezing toothpaste into a tube from both ends, except that the toothpaste has little magnets in it, so there are magnetic forces acting internally. Stenson and Bellan studied plasma loops that they generated with a pulse-powered, magnetized plasma gun. 'All three steps—the magnetic field, and the gas, and the high voltage—happen in just a flash of light inside the chamber," says Stenson. 'We use high-speed cameras with optical filters to capture the behavior of the plasmas."By color-coding the inflowing plasma, the optical filters vividly demonstrated the flow from the two ends of the loop. According to Bellan, no one has ever used this technique before. On camera, red plasma flows into the loop from one footpoint while blue plasma simultaneously flows into the loop from the other end. The Sun unleasheing a solar flare, which could affect power grids on Earth, as seen by Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) 'For each experiment, you'll only see the light from the hydrogen side or the nitrogen side in the images," explains Stenson. 'But these experiments are very reproducible, so we can put separate images on top of each other to see both plasmas in one picture.' Next, Bellan's lab will test how two loops interact with each other. 'We want to see if they can merge and form one big loop,' says Bellan. 'Some people believe that this is how larger plasma loops on the sun are formed.'
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London - The European Medicines Agency said on Friday it has been asked by the European Commission to conduct a review of certain arthritis drugs after the worldwide withdrawal of Merck & Company's Vioxx medication.
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Because he is having his cake and eating it too....\n\nIf he is doing this to you, he has no respect for you, even if he says he loves you and can't live without you, and the longer you allow him to do it, the more advantage he will take of you.\n\nIs he really worth the trouble?
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Users of the Facebook mobile app better prepare for a new annoyance: nonstop noise.
Facebook announced several new changes to its app this week, undoubtedly the most invasive of which is the fact that sound will automatically play with videos when users scroll past them.
Although the app has been autoplaying videos in the News Feed for a while, they were previously silenced unless the user tapped the video to turn the sound on. Now, the sound and video will play by default, unless the user has their device set to silent.
This means Facebook users need to be a little more careful about casually using the app in quiet places, or things might get awkward.
But the autoplay of both video and sound can be turned off in the Facebook app. We've got the simple instructions below.
For iPhone, iPad users:
TO TURN OFF AUTOMATIC SOUND:
In the Facebook app, go into preferences (click the bottom-right button that looks like three horizontal lines) Scroll down and tap SETTINGS, then ACCOUNT SETTINGS, then SOUNDS Tap the green switch that's labeled VIDEOS IN NEWS FEED START WITH SOUND to turn it off
TO TURN OFF AUTOMATIC VIDEOS:
In the Facebook app, go into preferences (click the bottom-right button that looks like three horizontal lines) Scroll down and tap SETTINGS, then ACCOUNT SETTINGS, then VIDEOS AND PHOTOS Tap AUTOPLAY, then select NEVER AUTOPLAY VIDEOS
For Android users:
TO TURN OFF AUTOMATIC SOUND:
In the Facebook app, go into preferences (click the button that looks like three horizontal lines) Scroll down and tap APP SETTINGS Tap the switch that's labeled VIDEOS IN NEWS FEED START WITH SOUND to turn it off
TO TURN OFF AUTOMATIC VIDEOS:
In the Facebook app, go into preferences (click the button that looks like three horizontal lines) Scroll down and tap APP SETTINGS Tap AUTOPLAY, then select NEVER AUTOPLAY VIDEOS
If you don't see the option to disable automatic sound or video, you may need to update your version of the Facebook app.
Clint Davis covers entertainment and trending news topics for the Scripps National Desk. Follow him on Twitter @MrClintDavis.
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In the determination of micro-amounts of tin in foodstuff and biological samples by HG-AFS,4 different methods(including the dry-ashing,acid digestion with HNO3-HClO4 and with HNO3-H2SO4-HClO4 as well as acid digestion with HNO3+H2O2 assisted with microwave heating) of sample digestion were tested,and the last 2 methods were found to be more satisfactory.The values of recovery and RSD′s(n=6) found for the two methods were in the ranges of 98.2%-101.4%,97.4%-102.8% and 2.39%-3.85%,3.25%-3.82% respectively.But if sulfate ion was to be avoided,the digestion with HNO3-H2O2 assisted with micro wave heating should be used.For determination of tin,linear relationship was kept up to 20.0 μg·L-1 with correlation coefficient of 0.999 8.
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For the more general class of optical aberrations, see Astigmatism. Astigmatism is an optical defect in which vision is blurred due to the inability of the optics of the eye to focus a point object into a sharp focused image on the retina.This may be due to an irregular or toric curvature of the cornea or lens. The two types of astigmatism are regular and irregular.or the more general class of optical aberrations, see Astigmatism. Astigmatism is an optical defect in which vision is blurred due to the inability of the optics of the eye to focus a point object into a sharp focused image on the retina.
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['Choose the location. An annotated bibliography begins on a new page that follows the end of your research sections. ... ', 'Choose your sources. Research and record the information that pertains to your topic. ... ', 'Indent the second line.']
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James Drury, star of 'The Virginian,' has roots in Salem James Drury, star of 'The Virginian,' has roots in Salem The actor reminisces about his childhood and his role in the popular western TV series. Post to Facebook James Drury, star of 'The Virginian,' has roots in Salem The actor reminisces about his childhood and his role in the popular western TV series. Check out this story on statesmanjournal.com: http://stjr.nl/1hxoKJD CancelSend A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. 6 Activate your digital access. James Drury, star of 'The Virginian,' has roots in Salem Capi Lynn , Statesman Journal Published 5:00 a.m. PT April 26, 2014 | Updated 7:24 p.m. PT April 26, 2014 Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. James Drury, who grew up in Salem, was the star of the western TV series "The Virginian," which aired on NBC from 1962 to 1971. Courtesy of TheVirginian.net James Drury, who grew up in Salem, played the tough but charming ranch foreman in the 1960s TV western "The Virginian." Courtesy of TheVirginian.net Fullscreen Buy Photo This copy of an autographed photo of Salem native James Drury, who starred in the popular western TV series "The Virginian," was discovered in the Statesman Journal archives. Statesman Journal Archives Salem native James Drury starred in the popular western TV series "The Virginian" from 1962 to 1971. Courtesy of TheVirginian.net Fullscreen Buy Photo James Drury, who grew up in Salem, has more than 30 credits in television and movies, but he is best known for playing the lead role in "The Virginian." The western TV series aired on NBC from 1962 to 1971. Statesman Journal Archives Doug McClure (left) and James Drury were the only actors who had roles in The Virginian from the start of the nine-year western TV series to the end. Drury grew up in Salem. Courtesy of TheVirginian.net Fullscreen Buy Photo James Drury, the star of "The Virginian," is shown in this undated photo taken in Salem with his parents, Beatrice and James Drury Sr. Drury grew up in both Salem and New York, where his father was a professor. Statesman Journal Archives Fullscreen Buy Photo Salem native James Drury, who was the star of western TV series "The Virginian," in a rare photo without his trademark black hat. Statesman Journal Archives Salem native James Drury spent a lot of time in saddle as the star of "The Virginian," a popular western TV series that aired from 1962 to 1971. Courtesy of TheVirginian.net Salem native James Drury (right) was among the cast in "Love Me Tender," Elvis Presley's film debut. Drury has more than 30 credits in television and movies, but is best known for his starring role in "The Virginian." Courtesy of TheVirginian.net Salem native James Drury played the tough but charming ranch foreman in the popular TV series "The Virginian." Courtesy of TheVirginian.net Fullscreen Buy Photo James Drury, star of "The Virginian," in an undated photograph taken during a visit to Salem. He grew up in both Salem, where his mother's family had a ranch, and New York, where his father was a college professor. Statesman Journal Archives Fullscreen James Drury, who grew up in Salem, was the star of popular western TV series "The Virginian." His horse had a name in the show, Joe D., but he didn't. He was the nameless ranch foreman for the entire nine-year run of the show. Courtesy of TheVirginian.net Salem native James Drury, star of popular western TV series "The Virginian," still wears that trademark black hat. Courtesy of TheVirginian.net James Drury's love for horses began on his grandfather's ranch just south of Salem. Drury, who went to McKinley Elementary School and Leslie Junior High, went on to star in the popular western TV series "The Virginian." Courtesy of TheVirginian.net Like this topic? You may also like these photo galleries: Replay James Drury, who grew up in Salem, was the star of the western TV series "The Virginian," which aired on NBC from 1962 to 1971. (Photo: Courtesy of TheVirginian.net) He attended
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Surviving the holiday office party might seem tough. But with the right mindset, you will not only survive, but thrive at your holiday office party.
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the business has been operating for well over a century and a half csl had humble beginnings in canada east in 1845 operating river boats on the saint lawrence river in general commerce subsequent growth over the years was tied to expansion of the canal system on the upper st lawrence river the precursor to the saint lawrence seaway and to a new welland canal connecting to the upper great lakes the year of 1913 saw the merger of csl with northern navigation company circular definition the richelieu and ontario navigation company and the niagara navigation company which resulted in the acquisition of several passenger vessels including the vessels chicora carona chippewa and cayuga built 1864 1896 1893 and 1907 respectively with cayuga being the last of them to be in service by 1936 she was sold in 1954 and scrapped by 1961 csl had also acquired the new ships 1909 huronic 1901 and the ill fated noronic 1913 by 1924 csl purchased its first self unloaded bulk carrier collier and also owned a shipyard in collingwood ontario where csl and competitor lakers were being built csl also came into ownership of one of canada s largest shipyards davie shipbuilding
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Rochdale had won their last three matches in all competitions - including back-to-back 4-0 victories - but striker Nouble struck after the break before Jay Emmanuel-Thomas and Mark Byrne wrapped up the three points late on.
In a quiet first half Gillingham found the net in the 37th minute when Baily Cargill turned in Bradley Dack's free-kick, but his glancing header was ruled out for offside.
Justin Edinburgh's side could not be denied after the break as substitute Nouble's shot ricocheted into the net off Dale captain Callum Camps.
Cargill went close twice within a minute shortly after as Conrad Logan was at full stretch to tip his header round the post and from the resulting corner he had a second header cleared off the line by Steven Davies.
Matty Lund had a shot hooked off the line by Scott Wagstaff as Rochdale fought back but Gills put the game beyond doubt in the closing stages.
First, Emmanuel-Thomas latched onto substitute Byrne's through ball in the 89th minute before slotting under Conrad Logan, who was beaten again deep into injury-time when Byrne converted Rory Donnelly's brilliant cross.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Gillingham 3, Rochdale 0.
Second Half ends, Gillingham 3, Rochdale 0.
Mark Byrne (Gillingham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Steve Davies (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mark Byrne (Gillingham).
Corner, Gillingham. Conceded by Scott Tanser.
Rory Donnelly (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Callum Camps (Rochdale).
Goal! Gillingham 3, Rochdale 0. Mark Byrne (Gillingham) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rory Donnelly.
Paul Konchesky (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joe Thompson (Rochdale).
Goal! Gillingham 2, Rochdale 0. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Gillingham) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Gillingham. Rory Donnelly replaces Cody McDonald.
Frank Nouble (Gillingham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ian Henderson (Rochdale).
Foul by Frank Nouble (Gillingham).
Harrison McGahey (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Gillingham. Mark Byrne replaces Bradley Dack.
Attempt missed. Matthew Lund (Rochdale) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Matthew Lund (Rochdale) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Bradley Dack.
Attempt blocked. Joseph Rafferty (Rochdale) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Ian Henderson (Rochdale) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Gillingham).
Callum Camps (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Frank Nouble (Gillingham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Frank Nouble (Gillingham).
Callum Camps (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Rochdale. Sanmi Odelusi replaces Nathaniel Mendez-Laing.
Foul by Frank Nouble (Gillingham).
Joseph Rafferty (Rochdale) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Steve Davies (Rochdale) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Jake Hessenthaler (Gillingham).
Callum Camps (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Gillingham) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
Baily Cargill (Gillingham) hits the bar with a header from very close range.
Corner, Gillingham. Conceded by Conrad Logan.
Attempt saved. Baily Cargill (Gillingham) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Joseph Rafferty (Rochdale) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Gillingham. Conceded by Joseph Rafferty.
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And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up -John 3:14\n\nI don't know why sports fans use this particular verse, but I know that there was this crazy fan with rainbow hair that always came to sports events and held up bible verses and said that Jesus' coming is near. He then went physco and was sent to jail. Afterwards, fans just started to hold up those signs to follow him and it happened ever since.
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The Kentucky Derby is the first jewel in horse racing’s Triple Crown. A field of 19 horses will take to the track at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday evening for the 140th edition of the Run for the Roses. Joe Drape is there, as he is every year, for The New York Times. He discusses the field with Here & Now’s Sacha Pfeiffer. His picks are Wicked Strong, Intense Holiday and California Chrome.
New York Times: The Kentucky Derby Dartboard
Guest
Joe Drape, award-winning sportswriter for The New York Times. He tweets @joedrape.
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In a music industry struggling with the business of how to sell records, the live show has become an even more important part of a musician's bottom line. Concerts have become events. When bands like U2 hit the road, spectacle often accompanies them. On its latest stadium tour, U2 played under a massive 360 degree screen -- showing a live relay of what's on stage -- but also graphics and montages of news footage. Where there were once smoke machines and light shows, Hollywood-style special effects have become the stadium norm. But Icelandic singer Jonsi from the band Sigur Ros prefers a different setting. His orchestral, anthemic solo compositions are better suited to smaller theaters. But that doesn't mean he's cutting back on spectacle. His upcoming concert tour in the U.S. is more like a live movie. The stage looks like the inside of a burnt out warehouse. There are several broken glass windows and boxes. During his song "Sinking Friendships" -- about breakups and the passage of time -- it begins to rain against the glass -- like water running down your car windows. And then as the drums kick in, a wall of gushing water gradually rises from behind the stage until it reaches the ceiling. Read More "We're never happier really than when someone sees one of our shows and doesn't realize there's any video in it," says Leo Warner, one of the directors of London-based 59 Productions, a company that specializes in designing video for opera and theatre. "What we've been able to do with Jonsi is to kind of take a stage and take a set up and really make something come out of that that the audience isn't expecting -- creating an emerging world that happens in front of people's eyes," Warner says. Think of what they're doing as the opposite of a movie soundtrack. In Hollywood, a musician is usually brought in to compose for scenes that have already been shot. In this case, 59 Productions was presented the songs and asked to create a VISUAL soundtrack. The company's Mark Grimmer says it's kind of a cross between an art installation, a live gig and a film. Grimmer helped come up with animated sequences of wolves chasing deer across a forest; a fire that burns through the set; and a climactic, violent thunderstorm that appears to consume the band during the finale. But none of these scenes are happening on a screen. They're all projected onto the walls, the objects on stage, even the musicians. Leo Warner says the trick is to make what's happening NOT stand out. "We have a kind of general principle of trying to hide the technology or at least not let the technology take over -- whether that means projecting on a surface that's not a screen or a three dimensional object, which becomes animated in some way. It's very much a kind of ambition to be as subtle as we possibly can." Nine projectors are hidden around the theater. All of the images are programmed onto 3 servers. They have their own crew that tours with Jonsi. And Mark Grimmer says this, too, is different from the 18-wheelers that transport your typical arena set. "It has to be able to built in a matter of hours. It has to weigh a certain amount so it's not prohibitively expensive to ship. And all of that needs to be brought into mind from the very, very beginning," says Grimmer. But even before they consider logistics, Leo Warner says the team tries to figure out how to integrate pre-programmed technology with the art of live performance. "There is a risk with any technology in the theatre -- not just film and video -- there's a risk of it being kind of a replacement for dramatic content because you can do special effects and you can do dazzling moments, there's quite often a temptation to kind of stop the action and watch a bit of video," Warner cautions. The challenge for designers like 59 Productions is how to strike that balance -- and convince musicians that this new generation of video won't also kill the radio star. MELISSA BLOCK, host: We're going to come down out of the cloud for this next story, back to Earth to live music. Advances in technology are changing the concert experience, as NPR's Bilal Qureshi reports. BILAL QURESHI: When bands like U2 hit the road, spectacle often accompanies them. (Soundbite of song, "Vertigo") BONO (Lead singer, U2): Honey, I'm home. QURESHI: On its last stadium tour, U2 played under a massive 360-degree screen - showing a live relay but also graphics and montages of news footage. (Soundbite of song, "Vertigo") BONO: Uno, dos, tres, catorce. QURESHI: Where there were once smoke machines and light shows, Hollywood-style special effects have become the stadium norm. But Icelandic singer Jonsi from the band Sigur Ros prefers a different setting. (Soundbite of song, "Sinking Friendships") QURESHI: His orchestral, anthemic solo compositions are better suited to smaller theatres. But that doesn't mean he's cutting back on spectacle. His upcoming concert
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The controversy about "Nuestro Himno"-- the Spanish-language version of the "Star-Spangled Banner" -- won't go away. Today in The New York Times Kelefa Sanneh writes about the revised anthem in the historical context of protest songs. As a political reporter, I found the most interesting wrinkle in the story to be President Bush's decision to criticize the song, allying himself with the conservative talk show hosts who object to "Nuestro Himno." This is a politician who once made a mantra out of "family values do not stop at the Rio Grande River." He made immigration the symbol of his "compassionate conservatism" and the centerpiece of his outreach to Hispanic voters. So his comments on Friday were jarring. But the president is walking a fine line -- trying to push an immigration bill that includes a path to legalization for undocumented workers (amnesty to its opponents), while not losing the conservative base that is furious about illegal immigration. Which raises an interesting political question: politicians who try to reach out to a new voting group usually change the tone of their rhetoric before they change the substance of their polices. (Think: Bush #1's "kinder-and-gentler" break with Ronald Reagan or George W's "government-is-not-the-problem" break with Gingrich Republicans.) But here the president seems to be trying to do the opposite -- by softening the substance of policy (by pushing legalization) while making his rhetoric harsher. Can this work?
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WASHINGTON — President Trump’s administration is planning to impose tariffs on European steel and aluminum imports after failing to win concessions from the European Union, a move that could provoke retaliatory tariffs and inflame trans-Atlantic trade tensions.
The tariffs are likely to go into effect on the EU with an announcement by Friday’s deadline, according to two people familiar with the discussions. The administration’s plans could change if the two sides are able to reach a last-minute agreement, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
Trump announced in March the United States would slap a 25% tariff on imported steel, and a 10% tariff on imported aluminum, citing national security interests. But he granted an exemption to the EU and other U.S. allies; that reprieve expires Friday.
Europe has been bracing for the U.S. to place the restrictions even as top European officials have held last-ditch talks in Paris with American trade officials to try to avert the tariffs.
“Realistically, I do not think we can hope” to avoid either U.S. tariffs or quotas on steel and aluminum, said Cecilia Malmstrom, the European Union’s trade commissioner. Even if the U.S. were to agree to waive the tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, Malmstrom said, “I expect them nonetheless to want to impose some sort of cap on EU exports.”
European officials said they expected the U.S. to announce its final decision Thursday. The people familiar with the talks said Trump could make an announcement as early as Thursday.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross attended meetings at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris on Wednesday, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer joins discussions in Paris on Thursday.
The U.S. plan has raised the threat of retaliation from Europe and fears of a global trade war – a prospect that is already weighing on investor confidence and could hinder the global economic upturn.
If the U.S. moves forward with its tariffs, the EU has threatened to impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. orange juice, peanut butter and other goods in return. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire pledged that the European response would be “united and firm.”
Besides the U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs, the Trump administration is also investigating possible limits on foreign cars in the name of national security.
“Unilateral responses and threats over trade war will solve nothing of the serious imbalances in the world trade. Nothing,” French President Emmanuel Macron said in an impassioned speech at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris.
More: European Union tells President Trump to stop threatening it with tariffs and negotiate
Related: Trump calls for new tariffs on imported cars and trucks, escalating trade wars
In a clear reference to Trump, Macron added: “These solutions might bring symbolic satisfaction in the short term. … One can think about making voters happy by saying, ‘I have a victory, I’ll change the rules, you’ll see.’”
But Macron said those “who waged bilateral trade wars … saw an increase in prices and an increase in unemployment.”
Tariffs on steel imports to the U.S. can help local producers of the metal by making foreign products more expensive. But they can also increase costs more broadly for U.S. manufacturers who cannot source all their steel locally and need to import the raw material. That hurts the companies and can lead to more expensive consumer prices, economists say.
Ross criticized the EU for its tough negotiating position.
“There can be negotiations with or without tariffs in place. There are plenty of tariffs the EU has on us. It’s not that we can’t talk just because there’s tariffs,” he said. He noted that “China has not used that as an excuse not to negotiate.”
But German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier insisted the Europeans were being “constructive” and were ready to negotiate special trade arrangements, notably for liquefied natural gas and industrial goods, including cars.
Macron also proposed to start negotiations between the U.S., the EU, China and Japan to reshape the World Trade Organization to better regulate trade. Discussions could then be expanded to include other countries to agree on changes by the end of the year.
Ross expressed concern that the Geneva-based World Trade Organization and other organizations are too rigid and slow to adapt to changes in global business.
“We would operate within (multilateral) frameworks if we were convinced that people would move quickly,” he said.
Ross and Lighthizer seemed like the odd men out at this week’s gathering at the OECD, an international economic agency that includes the U.S. as a prominent member.
The agency issued a report Wednesday saying “the threat of trade restrictions has begun to adversely affect confidence” and tariffs “would negatively influence investment and jobs.”
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The objective of this paper is to assess the findings of focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver as depicted by triphasic helical CT.Triphasic helical CT scans (arterial, portal vein, and delayed phase scans) in 12 patients with hepatic focal nodular hyperplasia were reviewed to assess the frequency of findings on each phase. The final diagnosis of focal nodular hyperplasia was proven by surgery or biopsy in eight cases and by additional imaging studies and clinical follow-up in four cases.Only two of the 12 patients had CT features that could be considered typical of focal nodular hyperplasia. The other patients had one or more findings considered to be atypical and more suggestive of a primary or metastatic hypervascular malignant hepatic neoplasm, such as an enhancing capsule, lack of a central scar, early draining veins, rapid washout of contrast material on the portal vein phase or persistent enhancement on the delayed phase, and interim growth.Although classic or typical triphasic helical CT manifest...
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From a new CD reissue, the Suisse Romande (swees roh-MAHND) Orchestra, conducted by Ernest Ansermet (air-ness ah(n)-sair-MAY), performs two of the Dances of the Swans from "Swan Lake" by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, recorded in 1959. (London 440 630-2)
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Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk wastes little time establishing that Gang-do (Lee Jeong-jin) won't be pleasant company. We discover the protagonist of Kim's gritty, moody drama Pieta grunting his way through intimate relations with his pillow, falling asleep, then waking up and wandering to a bathroom covered in entrails left over from last night's fish dinner, which he brushes away with his foot before going about his business. Kim films each moment unblinkingly, lingering as if daring viewers to look away, but it's just a prelude for the unpleasantness to come when Kim turns the focus to Gang-do's occupation. A low-level enforcer, he collects loan payments from the struggling employees of a failing urban industrial district — men whose work with heavy machinery allows him to arrange when necessary for limb-mangling, mobility-destroying accidents whose benefits he then collects as payment. Cherubic of cheek but ghoulish of pallor, Gang-do is anything but a nice guy, and in the film's early scenes, Lee plays him as a man without even a hint of a heart, hurting others but living in a place beyond caring about or maybe even understanding their pain. That starts to change, however slowly, with the arrival of a middle-aged woman (Jo Min-su) who announces herself as the mother who abandoned him as an infant. As if attempting to make up for lost time, she starts to clean his apartment, prepare his food, even help him with his job, wearing a beatific expression even as he tries to force her away. She won't be dismissed, however — not even after he makes her submit to grotesque humiliations, including sexual assault, in the attempt to make her disavow her claim to parenthood. Her potential for self-sacrifice seems to be as bottomless as his ability to heap abuse on her. Kim is no stranger to shocking images — his 2000 feature, The Isle, ensured that viewers would never look at fishhooks the same way — but the director has deeper concerns than revolting his audience. The 2003 film Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring offers a concise and elegant distillation of Buddhist principles. And as its title suggests, Pieta has Christian themes in mind. The film takes a long road to spirituality, though, with plenty of stops for violence and perversion along the way. Like Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant, this story is determined to put core Christian principles to the harshest tests imaginable. What does it mean for God's forgiveness to extend to everyone? Can a just God really forgive every sin Gang-do commits — sins that seem to get worse with each scene, and which go unpunished amid a grim temporal landscape of unchecked decay? Then Pieta, which won the Golden Lion at last year's Venice Film Festival, gets even more complicated. The woman's seemingly boundless compassion for Gang-do, however unearned, starts to rub off, inhibiting his ability to do his job as his capacity for sympathy starts to flower. He's changed by her kindness toward him, even if her seeming goodness is not what it first appears. Which raises another question relevant to modern Christianity: What does it mean to practice virtue in the service of a faith that can never be verified — one that might even be misplaced? Kim offers no easy answers, and never backs away from the toughness of the questions, in a film that's ugly in both its material and its presentation. Apart from a few shots of nature breaking through on the edges of the city, Pieta stays deep in the squalor of its setting, often using a handheld approach that makes escape feel impossible. It's tough but rewarding viewing, highlighted by Jo's enigmatic performance; she suggests there may be divine motivations behind her character's professed reasons for helping Gang-do, then never quite abandons that suggestion even after Pieta reveals the true source of what drives her. That's fitting for a film that, even amid the muck and blood, holds out the possibility of finding some hard-won hope. (Recommended)
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I gave away merchandise simply because i didn’t feel like ringing it up
I bought merch at employee discount and resold it
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Switching larger induction motors on the buses of a diesel electrical aggregate causes large voltage and frequency drops. Also, it can cause severe disturbances to any locally connected loads on the aggregate's buses. In this paper, a method of starting an induction motor, loaded on the aggregate, by simultaneously changing voltage and frequency is presented. Besides the mathematical model of the diesel electrical aggregate, a mathematical model of the induction motor is also given. Results obtained with simulation are compared with experimental results obtained from a laboratory model. With this method, the starting of larger induction motors can be realized without using special starters (soft start).
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There are a ton of programs out there. The most popular include Goldmine, Producer's Edge, Siebel, ACT!, and MortgageBOT. \n\nYou could even use a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and then set up tasks for yourself in Outlook.
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I have all the ingredients and so do most Washingtonians.
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Dr. Frank Fisher's ordeal lingers as a cautionary tale of what can happen to doctors who treat pain aggressively.
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Industrial Revolution The precise start and end of the Industrial Revolution is still debated among historians, as is the pace of economic and social changes.[11][12][13][14] Eric Hobsbawm held that the Industrial Revolution began in Britain in the 1780s and was not fully felt until the 1830s or 1840s,[11] while T. S. Ashton held that it occurred roughly between 1760 and 1830.[12] Rapid industrialization first began in Britain, starting with mechanized spinning in the 1780s,[15] with high rates of growth in steam power and iron production occurring after 1800. Mechanized textile production spread from Great Britain to continental Europe and the United States in the early 19th century, with important centres of textiles, iron and coal emerging in Belgium and the United States and later textiles in France.[1]
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Devilish remarks from Venezuela's president have U.S. politicians crying foul. Plus, Hollywood's Black elite turn out to honor Archbishop Desmond Tutu and to show solidarity with South Africa. Host Farai Chideya is joined by Mary Frances Berry, professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania; Joe Davidson, an editor at <em>The Washington Post;</em> and Glenn Loury, social sciences professor at Brown University.
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In this paper we study the evolution of ontology based data access (OBDA) specifications, and focus on the case in which the ontology and/or the data source schema change, which may require a modification to the mapping between them to preserve both consistency and knowledge. Our approach is based on the idea of repairing the mapping according to the usual principle of minimal change and on a recent, mapping-based notion of consistency of the specification. We define and analyze two notions of mapping repair under ontology and source schema update. We then present a set of results on the complexity of query answering in the above framework, when the ontology is expressed in DL-LiteR.
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I never start a conversation about it, but if it comes up, absolutely. The idea of keeping salary secret is foolish and just leads to wage suppression, so I'm 100% open to anyone who it's appropriate to discuss with.
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Mr Dinenage, who was on the board at Portsmouth during Mr Mandaric's ownership of the club from 1998 to 2006, said he was "delighted" at the result and branded the trial "a waste of time and money".
Mr Redknapp and Mr Mandaric were earlier cleared of tax evasion charges at Southwark Crown Court.
Mr Dinenage said: "I'm delighted for Harry.
"This case should never have been brought - it's yet another waste of time and money.
"Contrary to the image of him portrayed in the court, Harry Redknapp is an extremely astute businessman who would never have jeopardised his career and family over a relatively small amount of money.
"Good luck to him with Spurs - and England, we hope."
Portsmouth supporters have said the outcome of the trial was irrelevant as it highlighted the "amazing" amount of money that chief executives, managers and agents were earning from clubs.
In January, Portsmouth was served with a winding-up petition after failing to meet two tax payments of ??800,000 to HM Revenue and Customs.
The club announced it had also failed to pay players' wages and had its bank accounts frozen as a result of the petition.
Scott McLachlan, of the Pompey Supporters Trust, which has been fighting to save the club, said: "Personally I do not understand why the case was brought.
"To the layman, the evidence did not seem strong enough but the result is irrelevant - the case has highlighted how much money sloshes around football to the detriment of clubs.
"It's quite clear it's the chief executives, the managers, the agents who benefit from all this money.
"I don't think fans are concerned about the verdict.
"Harry Redknapp being paid ??3m in the Championship, we really did not know all of this was going on.
"It's an amazing situation.
"From a Portsmouth fan's point of view - the verdict - it's irrelevant, because the club is dying in a few days.
"It just highlights everything that is wrong in the game."
Portsmouth superfan John Westwood said: "Milan Mandaric, I feel, was a genuine man. He did a lot for the club. He was let down by Harry Redknapp when he went to Southampton.
"Mandaric was a good man, so in that respect I'm glad he's been cleared."
When asked what affect the trial had on the club, Mr Westwood said: "We've got to look at it from a positive point of view - at least the club hasn't been tarnished.
"With all the things that have gone on a Portsmouth Football Club, we are tarnished enough as it is."
"There's so much money swilling about. It's [just] frustrating that the man in the street who follows the game has got no money at all.
"We love the game, we love the club, we love our football. We are the ones putting the money in and giving it everything.
"I hope beyond hope that someone out there can buy the club."
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President Nasheed has said that a lot of foreign investors were interested in investing in the Maldives.
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By . Mark Duell . The notorious father jailed for killing his six children in a house fire has been given free false teeth on the NHS, it was claimed today. Mick Philpott, 57, who is serving life in prison for the manslaughter of six of his 17 children in Derby, has received the treatment at high-security jail HMP Wakefield in West Yorkshire. Like all prisoners, the killer - found guilty along with his wife Mairead of the manslaughter of their children Jade, John, Jack, Jesse, Jayden and Duwayne - receives free dental treatment on the NHS. Rotted away: Mick Philpott, pictured with his wife Mairead at a press conference in May 2012 following the fire at their home, has been given free false teeth on the NHS . Monster and his victims: Mick Philpott with the children he killed - from top left, John, nine, Duwayne, 13, Jack, seven, Jessie, six, Jayden, five, and Jade, ten - at their council home in Derby in 2012 . He has even written to Mrs Philpott, 33, to tell her how ‘handsome’ he feels with the new teeth - which would have cost most people outside jail hundreds of pounds, according to the Sunday Mirror. A prison source told journalist Phil Cardy: ‘[Mr] Philpott is over the moon with them, but taxpayers won’t be quite as pleased. Before he was jailed he was too tight to pay for his own dental treatment. ‘Even on his wedding day he went down the aisle with just a mouthful of gums. He lost his teeth because they all rotted away. But now he’s got a full set on the taxpayer.’ In March it was reported that Mrs Philpott, was sentenced to 17 years for manslaughter last year, was reportedly planning to divorce her husband while they were both still behind bars. It is thought Mrs Philpott - who hopes to be out of jail by her 40th birthday - has been exchanging romantic letters with Paul Mosely, 47, who was also jailed for 17 years for his part in the crime. Jail: Mick Philpott is serving life in prison at high-security HMP Wakefield in West Yorkshire (pictured inside) Blaze: Mr Philpott led his wife Mairead and Paul Mosely in a scheme to get a bigger council house by burning down his home in Derby (pictured) and framing ex-lover Lisa Willis for the crime . Mr Philpott led the trio in a scheme to get a bigger council house by burning down his home and framing ex-lover Lisa Willis for the crime. 'Even on his wedding day he went down the aisle with just a mouthful of gums. He lost his teeth because they all rotted away. But now he’s got a full set on the taxpayer' HMP Wakefield source . His intention was to rescue the sleeping children through an upstairs window but the fire claimed the lives of Duwayne, 13, Jade, 10, John, nine, Jack, eight, Jesse, six and Jayden, five. He was sentenced to life behind bars for the crime. The father of 17, who married Mrs Philpott in 2003, used his children to drag in an astonishing £60,000 a year in benefits. Mr Philpott, who had previously been jailed for stabbing his schoolgirl lover 27 times, wove a web of lies trying to get away with the crime. He even plotted to 'get rich quick' off generous donations from the local community meant to pay for the funerals of his children. Mrs Philpott is in jail at HMP Bronzefield in Ashford, Surrey. The Ministry of Justice referred media enquiries to NHS England. A request for comment has been left with the NHS England press office.
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A New York l'oro nero torna a correre e segna 43,78 dollari al barile. In salita anche il Brent a quota 40,94. In calo il paniere Opec. New York, 26 ago. (Adnkronos) - I prezzi dell'oro nero tornano a correre
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The moon's shadow, projected on Earth during a total solar eclipse, as seen from space. While the moon normally rises in the east and sets in the west, a total solar eclipse moves from west to east.
Paul Sutter is an astrophysicist at The Ohio State University and the chief scientist at COSI Science Center. Sutter leads science-themed tours around the world at AstroTouring.com.
Every day, the same routine. The sun rises in the east. Breakfast. Off to work. Work. Home from work. Dinner. The sun sets in the west. Repeat. It's a pattern familiar to everyone on Earth. For countless generations, we've relied on the regular cycles of the heavens to help demarcate our days.
But a total solar eclipse, like the big one coming to the continental United States on Aug. 21, will break the routine. In addition to the moon completely covering the face of the sun — which, let's admit, is already pretty spectacular — the event will move in an unfamiliar and possibly disquieting direction: from west to east. [Total Solar Eclipse 2017: When, Where and How to See It (Safely)]
The normal, daily rising and setting of celestial objects isn't due to their own movement, but rather the rotation of Earth. As our planet spins on its axis, the heavens appear to rise up from the east, arch their way across the sky, and settle into the west.
It's hard to blame our ancestors for assuming that Earth — which seemed very large and strong — was incapable of movement, with the ethereal denizens of the heavens gliding along their nested crystal spheres, giving humans our familiar, clockwork celestial movements.
After centuries of serious work, people realized that Earth does indeed spin, and the motion of the sun, moon and stars is only apparent. But when it comes to solar eclipses we're faced with a new incongruity: why does the path of a solar eclipse start in the west and end in the east?
The answer is simple, but it's not something we're accustomed to thinking about: the moon itself orbits Earth from west to east. In other words, if you could rocket up high above the North Pole, the moon would trace out a counterclockwise circle. But Earth rotates about 30 times for a single lunar orbit, so it's not something we normally notice. During a solar eclipse, the path of the moon's shadow must follow the motion of the moon itself — to the east.
The solar eclipse is a wonderful opportunity to experience astronomy at its most basic: understanding the intricate dance of heavenly objects.
Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook and Google+. Original article on Space.com.
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President Obama and Mitt Romney will meet Tuesday night for a town hall-style debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. In the latest poll, 18 percent of respondents said they still hadn't made up their mind who they were going to vote for.
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What a great testament to marriages that endured struggle yet remained committed. So often we read about people choosing divorce that it was refreshing to read stories of people choosing to stick it out even when divorce would be acceptable and even encouraged.
No marriage is without struggle. I wish someone had told me that before I got married. Although, to be honest, I think my mom tried to tell me but I was blinded by love. Well the blinders were pulled off soon enough, and the truth of marriage sank in. The book gives us hope that no matter what your marriage looks like right now, God has not forgotten. He alone can heal the deep wounds. He alone can minister to the brokenhearted, and yes, married people can have their hearts broken by their mates.
The only thing about this book that I did not like is the front cover. At first glance, it looks like a book by Gary Chapman, and author I have read and enjoyed before. Instead, he writes a forward and James Stuart Bell is the one responsible for putting the book together. A small issue that I will forgive as Gary Chapman is more well known.
To comply with new regulations introduced by the Federal Trade Commission, I must post that Bethany House has provided me with a complimentary copy of this book to review. I also must say that the opinions are all mine.
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I ordered this without realizing that they were counterfeits/copies of the real Griffin Survivor Case. I realized after the shipping was approaching 2 weeks that they were coming from China. I emailed the seller advising them that I know they are fakes and that is not what I was wanting to purchase especially since they advertise that it's a Griffin Survivor Case. They were quick in their response and issued a refund. If you are aware that this is a fake, and know that going in, then it may not be a bad purchase. But I wanted the real Griffin Survivor Case.
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It smells nicer than other products I have used and mixes just as well without clumping or leaving a residue. The scoop seems to be a little smaller than my previous brand, but the ratio of powder to water is still the same, so potentially you would get more bottles from this tub.
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Walkinshaw has just said that the two men who were with Markenmore were strangers. Chilford's response is:
You cannot be sure they were strangers. Markenmore might have known them from before, as he has business dealings with a wide range of people. You are assuming that Markenmore came to this area to meet his brother and sister. But it is equally probable that he came here to meet the two men.
I.e.: the usual assumption is that Markenmore came to visit his siblings and stopped at the Sceptre Inn as an afterthought. But perhaps it's the other way round: maybe the main reason that Markenmore was in the vicinity of the Sceptre Inn in the first place was for a meeting with the two men, and he visited his siblings just as a blind, or because by chance the chosen meeting place was near them.
Hope that clarifies the meaning a bit!
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For the most part, light machine guns have a higher rate of fire than rifles. For instance, the SAW fires the same 5.56 mm round as the M16, but has a higher rate of fire and, of course, the ability to fire liniked ammo from higher capacity drums. Add to this better controlability and, in this case, fully automatic fire. \nBeing able to fire the same cartridge does not mean a rifle is equal to a machine gun- they both have specific roles and the pros and cons associated with them.
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The brake drums or pads often need to be removed to access the emergency brake cable. During this time, the drums and pads should be inspected to see if they also need to be replaced. 1 Remove and replace parking brake cable. 2 Adjust parking brake. Test parking brake.
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Russia ``has been and will continue to'' oppose unilateral sanctions on Iran, including the European Union's decision to impose another oil embargo on Iran which is to take effect on July 1, Ryabkov told reporters.
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NEGATIVE EXPONENTS AND SCIENTIFIC NOTATION. When the exponent in the denominator is larger than the exponent of the numerator, applying the quotient rule will result in a negative exponent. For example,
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Singapore authorities said Friday they had launched a criminal investigation into China Aviation Oil over a 550 million dollar trading scandal that has raised fresh questions
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Kander and his partner, Fred Ebb, wrote the songs for a number of musicals, including <em>Chicago</em>, <em>Kiss of the Spider Woman </em>and <em>Cabaret.</em> His new double album is <em>John Kander: Hidden Treasures.</em>
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The Chinese Internet company Baidu has launched a search service to help Internet surfers navigate through the millions of Chinese bloggers and their sites. Baidu's is the first Chinese search service dedicated to blog searches, the official state news agency Xinhua said.
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Lionel Messi After a year at Barcelona's youth academy, La Masia, Messi was finally enrolled in the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) in February 2002. Now playing in all competitions, he befriended his teammates, among whom were Cesc Fàbregas and Gerard Piqué.[20] After completing his growth hormone treatment aged 14,[21] Messi became an integral part of the "Baby Dream Team", Barcelona's greatest-ever youth side. During his first full season (2002–03), he was top scorer with 36 goals in 30 games for the Cadetes A, who won an unprecedented treble of the league and both the Spanish and Catalan cups.[20][22] The Copa Catalunya final, a 4–1 victory over Espanyol, became known in club lore as the partido de la máscara, the final of the mask. A week after suffering a broken cheekbone during a league match, Messi was allowed to start the game on the condition that he wear a plastic protector; soon hindered by the mask, he took it off and scored two goals in 10 minutes before his substitution.[23] At the close of the season, he received an offer to join Arsenal, his first from a foreign club, but while Fàbregas and Piqué soon left for England, he chose to remain in Barcelona.[18][24][25]
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relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees synonyms cladograms phylogenetic trees phylogenies phylogenies have two components branching order showing group relationships and branch length showing amount of evolution phylogenetic trees of species and higher taxa are used to study the evolution of traits e g anatomical or molecular characteristics and the distribution of organisms biogeography systematics in other words is used to understand the evolutionary history of life on earth in the study of biological systematics researchers use the different branches to further understand the relationships between differing organisms these branches are used to determine the applications and uses for modern day systematics biological systematics classifies species by using three specific branches numerical systematics or biometry uses biological statistics to identify and classify animals biochemical systematics classifies and identifies animals based on the analysis of the material that makes up the living part of a cell such as the nucleus organelles and cytoplasm experimental systematics identifies and classifies animals based on the evolutionary units that comprise a species as well as their importance in evolution itself factors such as mutations genetic divergence and hybridization all are considered evolutionary units with the specific branches researchers are able to determine the applications and
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Sono nel ristorante messicano Zapata.
"I'm in / inside the Mexican restaurant Zapata.";
It's not wrong, but it focuses more on the fact that you're inside the restaurant than on the fact that you're at the restaurant having dinner;
It would be good to tell the listener where you're at if e.g. you lost each other and you're unable to regroup.
Sono nel Zapata.
"I'm in / inside the Zapata.";
This is definetly wrong.
Sono da Zapata.
Sono al Zapata.
"I'm at Zapata's."
"I'm at the Zapata (?)"
These are quite similar; the first one is the equivalent of the English "I'm at X's place" or "I'm at X's"; the second one requires the listener to know what Zapata is already, because "(?)" might be almost anything and is implied; in this case what is implied is "restaurant" ("Sono al (ristorante) Zapata").
Sono al ristorante messicano Zapata.
"I'm at the Mexican restaurant Zapata."
This is perfect to tell the listener where you're at in case Zapata is not a place which the speaker is familiar with.
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How should I plan a trip of few days to Goa?
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(CNN) -- The U.S. Olympic Committee said Friday that the uniforms for the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games will be made in the United States. The news came after it was revealed that American athletes at this year's games are going to be wearing clothing manufactured in China -- a fact that sparked outrage from some lawmakers and human rights activists. Ralph Lauren and the USOC were bombarded on Facebook and Twitter by critics who demanded the fashion design company manufacture new uniforms in the United States. From our readers: Forget uniforms, U.S. Olmypians should 'go naked' "With athletes having already arrived in London, and the apparel distribution process beginning this weekend, we are unfortunately not able to make a change for London," USOC CEO Scott Blackmun said in a statement. "We are absolutely committed, however, to working with our sponsors to ensure that the concerns voiced are addressed. To that end, Ralph Lauren has agreed to domestically manufacture Team USA's apparel for Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games," he said. "In the meantime, we ask for the American people's support. The members of Team USA have dedicated their entire lives to training for this one moment. They are some of the finest men and women this country has to offer and they are prepared to succeed both on and off the field of play in London. Our country should be proud of the individual athletes that will represent them in London and I'm hopeful that everyone will rally around Team USA," Blackmun said. Ralph Lauren similarly released a statement Friday, confirming it would manufacture uniforms domestically for the 2014 games. "For more than 45 years Ralph Lauren has built a brand that embodies the best of American quality and design rooted in the rich heritage of our country," it said, promising to "lead the conversation within our industry and our government addressing the issue of increasing manufacturing in the United States." Previously, the USOC had defended the uniforms. In a statement Thursday, USOC spokesman Patrick Sandusky said that "unlike most Olympic teams around the world, the U.S. Olympic Team is privately funded and we're grateful for the support of our sponsors." He described the criticism as nonsense in a tweet. In testimony before Congress last year, the American Apparel and Footwear Association said that 98% of all apparel and 99% of all footwear sold in the United States are manufactured abroad. According to the Labor Department, 10 years ago, there were more than 350,000 Americans employed by apparel manufacturers. Last month, that number was 147,300. Dara Torres, a former American Olympic swimmer who won 12 medals in a span of 20 years, said the uniforms looked great but would be even better if they were produced domestically. "Wearing the U.S. uniform, going out there to represent the United States, it would be nice if it was actually made in the United States," she said. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, told reporters Thursday that "the Olympic committee should be ashamed of themselves." "I think they should be embarrassed. I think they should take all the uniforms, put them in a big pile and burn them and start all over again," he said. Kenya athletics brand has ambitions to take on Nike . "If they have to wear nothing but a singlet that says USA on it, painted by hand, then that's what they should wear." Actress and human rights advocate Mia Farrow took to Twitter to call on the designer to explain its actions: "please will you tell us why the US Olympic uniforms are made in China? Why not made in the USA?" Farrow, known for her advocacy on behalf of children, also called on the designer to heed Reid's call. "Burn them & start all over. How bout it?" she tweeted. At least one current Olympic athlete also raised questions about the uniforms. "Our Ralph Lauren outfits for the Olympic opening ceremonies were made in China. So, um, thanks China," tweeted distance runner Nick Symmonds, who represents the best hope for the United States to medal in the men's 800-meters since the 1992 Games in Barcelona. The USOC is no stranger to controversy over its sponsorships, with questions being raised over why it opted last year to extend BP's sponsorship through the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010. It was also questioned as early as the 2002 during the Winter Games in Salt Lake City about why American athletes donned berets made by Roots, a Canadian company. Ralph Lauren has designed uniforms for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, and both times portions of the clothing were manufactured in China, according to previous CNN reports. The revelations about the 2012 uniforms, first reported Wednesday night by ABC News, come at a critical time as the United States grapples with a struggling economy that has hit the American textile industry hard. Muslim weightlifter's wish to dress modestly triggers debate . It also comes as House Democrats introduced a "Make It In America" jobs bill, which was first put forward in 2010 as a manufacturing jobs initiative. New York-based fashion designer Nanette Lepore, who boasts a "Made In America" collection, said she was disturbed by the news that the uniforms were made in China. "It's very disturbing because it completely could have been manufactured here in the United States in New York City or in any other city where there's factories that still exist," she told CNN. "And it's frustrating for us because it's a cause we've been fighting for, and we've been trying to raise awareness and trying to convince designers to move work back to our shores and stop off-shoring and start on-shoring. This would have been the perfect opportunity." But free market advocates, such as the Cato Institute, say none of this is surprising. Globalization means manufacturing companies will be drawn to countries where the costs are lowest, according to Daniel J. Ikenson of the Cato Institute. "When companies are able to outsource, they are able to produce most competitively. They're able to attend to their costs. And if they can do that, then they can deliver better quality, greater variety at lower prices for U.S. consumers," Ikenson said. The United States is not the only place where citizens have questioned the production of their Olympic uniforms. Headlines were made in Australia this year when it was revealed that Australian uniforms for the Olympics also were made in China. The Australian Olympic Committee responded to critics by saying it was not financially viable to make the outfits at home, according to local media reports. Some Canadian lawmakers became irate in 2008, when it was learned that Canadian uniforms for the Olympics in Beijing were made in China. American companies have made Olympic uniforms in the past, notably, Reebok, Levi's and Champion. From triumph to scandal: Olympians in the social media spotlight .
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One does not "simply" build on Mars! 1. Cost- The MSL program cost $2.5 billion. The cost of transporting everything to Mars to make Curiosity there would be astronomically higher because the payload would be be so much more. 2. Assembly- The precision it takes to assemble it would take forever over the data connection, not to mention there would have to be robots to do it. Also, Curiosity was created in a sterile environment. So now you also have to transport robots and materials for a sterile environment. 3. Self-Replicating- Requires raw materials and the ability to process and manufacture. Also, the technology doesn't exist yet! At least not in a state where this would be possible, and Mars wouldn't have all the raw materials anyways. There are so many reasons why but I just don't feel like typing them out! Nothing about this would be simple.
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If this disk is used via LVM only then there is no additional step necessary. You can spin the disk down with hdparm before disconnecting if you like (may prevent you from disconnecting the wrong one...).
hdparm -Y /dev/sdx
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A woman smiles.
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On May 4th, Sergio Mendes will release his new album, Bom Tempo, on Concord Records following his 2008 Encanto release.
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The Republic of the United Provinces lasted until a series of republican revolutions in 1783–1795 created the Batavian Republic. During this period, republican forces took several major cities of the Netherlands. After initially fleeing, the monarchist forces came back with British, Austrian, and Prussian troops and retook the Netherlands. The republican forces fled to France, but then successfully re-invaded alongside the army of the French republic. After the French Republic became the French Empire under Napoleon, the Batavian Republic was replaced by the Napoleonic Kingdom of Holland.
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(CNN) -- There are few philosophers whose very name provokes more violent responses than Karl Marx. His stern face, framed by a mass of gray hair, symbolizes for many Americans the costly battles of the 20th century: battles against communism, socialism, and authoritarianism fought in defense of democracy and free-market capitalism. As successive generations of Americans waged those fights, the philosophical disputes at the core of the conflicts embedded themselves into the American soul. So much so that when the "evil empire," whose seeds sprouted from Marx's doctrine, died as a result of the revolutions of 1989, the ideological battle did not. Though the Soviet Union is but a memory, and that other communist behemoth -- China -- has mutated into a capitalist autocracy, the specter of Marx himself remains as potent as ever in 21st century U.S. political discourse. Since 2008 especially, with the fall of financial markets and the rise of Barack Obama, the charge "Marxist" has been hurled like toxic sludge against politicians seen as ready to redistribute wealth (to the advantage of most Americans), expand social safety nets, or ensure that all children receive a good education. Critics say these steps are merely the first along a slippery slope that inevitably ends in outright state control. Amid these warnings, the communist horrors of the 20th century float like dark apparitions, reminding us of the bad old days. But I wonder how many of those who invoke the name of Marx in order to stifle political debate actually believe their own propaganda. Or are they conjuring up a convenient bogeyman at a time of great uncertainty. Do they raise Marx's image in order to deflect attention from slightly warmer bodies (Marx has been dead for 128 years)in positions of political or economic power who are actually more pernicious? I also wonder whether those who use Marx's name, and those who tremble at the thought of him, actually know much about the man. Are they reacting to Karl Marx or those things done in his name? I believe it is the latter. I also believe it is time to understand Marx so that we are no longer made to fear him. When I began working on a biography of Marx's family in 2003, I was well acquainted with his theories. I knew, as most do, the history of the governments formed to reflect the state he had supposedly envisioned. I knew of the atrocities committed by those said to be his followers. I had not, however, been properly introduced to the man himself. What I discovered was not what I expected. Karl Marx was a middle-class philosopher, economist, and journalist (whose main employer was a New York newspaper). He was also flawed in the extreme. He drank excessively, behaved shamefully in his home life, and worked obsessionally, though he produced little that earned him money or recognition during his lifetime. These flaws, however, made him more interesting because, despite being in a state of near constant personal crisis, he was able to accomplish what he set out to do -- he changed the world. Marx began his opposition activities as a youth in Prussia against an absolute monarch who could not see, or perhaps chose not to see, that society was changing. The industrial revolution was spreading eastward and Prussian businessmen were eager to expand with it. But the old system of government would not allow for such progress. The king would not allow the democratic reforms that were the handmaidens of the new industrial order. This was Marx's first battle, to expose the contradictions between the centuries-old monarchical system and the world as it existed in the first half of the 19th century. According to Marx, it was only natural that as the means of production changed -- in this case a move from an agricultural base to an industrial one -- society would be altered. And if, as he believed, a government's sole function was to serve the people, then government must also change. Marx saw this social evolution as inevitable. It only became revolution when the kings and their minions refused to reform. By the 1850s, the industrialists had gained political power after revolts across Europe in 1848 caused kings to view proto-capitalists as allies against radicalized lower classes. The wheels of industry were humming, as were the halls of finance, where a new breed of speculator was born, addicted to risk in his quest for ever greater profit. Marx quickly recognized that capitalism would institutionalize social and economic instability. The system's inherent hunger for new markets, new consumers, new and cheaper methods of production in order to increase the flow of capital would result in a destructive system of boom and bust. After each cataclysm, he predicted, the number of capitalists at the top of the pyramid would be smaller, while the base of disaffected workers grew. Gradually even the middle class would be included. Marx believed that industrial capitalism had also created a new system of repression and exploitation. Politically and socially men were no more equal under this new order than they had been under a monarchy. Rights belonged to those with money and property; those with only a strong back or skilled hands could not even vote. Financially, those filling the ranks of the industrial workforce were arguably worse off. There was evidence aplenty to support Marx's assessment. He lived in London, the richest city in the world. And yet as great as was its wealth, much greater was its poverty. In Marx's neighborhood, some people rented a space in a bed and called it comfort. Others paid for a few inches on a stairwell and called it home. Marx summed up the situation saying, "There must be something rotten in the very core of a social system which increases its wealth without diminishing its misery." This is the field where Marx's ideas grew. He famously spent year after year in the British Museum Reading Room, trying to understand this new system, predict its course, and, finally, offer an alternative. Throughout the 16 years before he produced his greatest literary work Das Kapital, Marx's family lived in near continual destitution. Their sole consolation was that they believed Marx's work was noble and important, and that their suffering was small compared with the majority of people who sacrificed their lives so someone else could live in luxury. Das Kapital and Marx's other political-economic writings were only one aspect of his work. He was also an organizer and educator. Through various small groups, he tried to teach workers, who had neither formal education nor viewed themselves as a political force. The courses included language, literature and history, but mostly politics and economics. Marx was convinced that the only way to successfully change society was to educate the population so that it could eventually lead itself. In 1864, the most important of his many organizational endeavors was born, the International Working Men's Association. Its goal was to connect workers and trade unions throughout Europe and America to protect their rights in the face of an increasingly powerful capitalist system, whose tentacles had spread beyond individual nations and were encircling the globe. Marx recognized the working man's greatest power was his number. Marx died in 1883, before his books gained a wide readership and before the workers he had been fighting for took their places in government as representatives of labor and socialist political parties. It had taken decades of struggle -- largely nonviolent -- for this to occur. But Marx knew the path to progress would be slow, and that ultimately the best way to re-balance society was through the ballot box. He also believed, however, that the working man had the right to revolt if those in power tried to deny him such political expression -- free speech, free assembly, freedom of the press -- and the vote. Marx's actual vision for a government of the future was vague, which no doubt is why it has produced so many variants. But he believed ultimately mankind would naturally evolve out of capitalism and socialism, and embrace a communist society in which government was no longer necessary at all. It is a utopian dream that has occurred nowhere -- least of all in the countries most associated with his name. Today, many people know Marx only through the crimes of the former communist countries. But Marx's ideas also helped give birth to mainstream political parties in Western Europe -- Britain's Labour Party, Spain's Socialist Party, France's Socialist Party, and Germany's Social Democratic Party. And yet, for some reason in America, these parties are generally not considered part of Marx's legacy. In the United States, we have been taught to fear Marx for so long that we have forgotten those parts of his philosophy that have become integral to our own lives -- from free education to the right to bear arms. In fact, the era in modern American history that was most "Marxist" was the 1950s, when union membership was high, personal wealth spread more equitably, and the gap between the rich and poor relatively slim. I came away from my Marx project believing that rather than demonizing Marx, it is better to understand him. If his name is used in political discourse, it should be done in the manner of other great thinkers: as a source of ideas. Whether or not we agree with him, there are lessons to be learned from Marx. To believe otherwise is to ignore a man and a period of history that are crucial to understanding our own. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Mary Gabriel.
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With that description, especially if you write up the technique used for the paper and any conclusions drawn, you should be a coauthor. Anything else is ethically suspect in my mind. You should talk about authorship with the primary author, the lab director, or the PI about this now rather than waiting for the analysis to start or the paper to start coming together. There's no better way for resentment to start than to wait for the thing to be nearly done for you to start the conversation about authorship.
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(CNN) -- There's always something strange about bumping into an ex. Sometimes it can be satisfying -- perhaps they're looking a bit shabby, or have obviously fallen on hard times. Maybe they've shacked up with someone new who, frankly, isn't much of a looker. Other times the reverse is true -- it's that day you're late for work and haven't had time to shower, or maybe the time you've had a drink too many and end up saying something embarrassing. But most confusing of all is when, in spite of the knowledge of everything that went wrong in the past, that surge of mutual longing just wells right up again. Before you know it you're meeting for a drink and, well, you know the rest. The problem for Chelsea, as for any serial daters, is that their exes are simply everywhere. After rattling through 10 managers in 10 years, barely a month goes by without some awkward encounter to set the mind wondering what might have been. Of course we all know what happened this summer. Fresh from ending a relationship with Rafael Benitez that, while doomed from the start, seemed to be developing into something a little more substantial, Chelsea were confronted with the newly single big love of their lives. We've all seen it happen: two people who seemed so perfect together, but parted in haste, and suddenly they're both available. The outcome is inevitable, and so it was at Stamford Bridge. Jose Mourinho moved all his stuff back in, started re-arranging the furniture and publicly re-affirming his undying love for the blue part of west London. Now here we are, barely six weeks into the new season, and this time around it seems a little different. Mourinho is as suave as ever, of course; witty press conference quips and a debonair touchline demeanor go a long way to making everything in the garden look rosy. But there's something oddly listless about his team. To begin with, there's the question of the midfield. Juan Mata, the darling of fantasy football league managers everywhere, has been the lynchpin of so many good things about Chelsea since he signed; but from the moment Mourinho took charge the former Valencia maestro's place has looked in doubt. Meanwhile, fellow attacking midfielders Oscar and Eden Hazard, while outrageously gifted, seem to pose more questions than answers. How do they play together? Do they have the physical stature to impose themselves on more abrasive opponents? Add in the return of another attacking midfielder, the exciting Kevin de Bruyne, loaned out successfully to Werder Bremen last term, along with the addition of buccaneering wide man Andre Schürrle, and there is a wealth of riches in the middle of the park. Odd then that Mourinho chose to gazump one of Chelsea's most recent and perhaps bitter exes, Tottenham Hotspur boss Andre Villas Boas, and divert -- you guessed it -- yet another attacking midfielder, Willian, to Stamford Bridge. How to fit any combination of these together into a usable whole, not least in the mayhem of England's rough and ready Premier League, is quite a conundrum. Right now Mourinho's first choice midfield is anyone's guess. Then there's the front line. The football jury returned a verdict on Fernando Torres some time ago, and few would describe his time at Chelsea in anything more than tepid terms at best. The fact that Mourinho has kept him on may owe more to an absence of realistic suitors than a desire to be the one who finally made things work with the Spaniard, but keep him he has. Demba Ba has also struggled somewhat since joining from Newcastle, but while reports suggested he might have been off elsewhere, possibly to Arsenal, he has also stuck around. Blog: Are Manchester United still the team to beat? Romelo Lukaku, another fantasy league favorite after a prolific season at West Bromwich Albion, seemed like the kind of rough diamond, with more than a little of Didier Drogba about his physique, that Mourinho could make shine. But after an agonizing missed spot-kick at the end of 10-man Chelsea's spirited Super Cup final defeat against Bayern Munich, he will now be lining up in the blue shirt of Everton this season. With another former Chelsea man, Daniel Sturridge, setting Merseyside alight with his goals, it seems odd to let such potential go. Competitive Premier League . Then there was the pursuit of Wayne Rooney. Yes the Manchester United striker had frustrated former boss Alex Ferguson and needled his club's own fans more than once with his apparent desire to flee Old Trafford, and new manager David Moyes offered mixed messages about the forward's future. But there always seemed something slightly implausible about the idea of the Red Devils letting Rooney join one of their title rivals. And like Arsenal's myopic lust for Liverpool striker Luis Suarez, Chelsea's pursuit of Rooney seemed to become an obsession, while other possible targets such as Edinson Cavani and Falcao slipped through the Blues' net. Finally, veteran striker Samuel Eto'o put pen to paper. While it is fair to say the 32 year old was unlikely to have been at the top of Mourinho's summer shopping list, he brings formidable experience and undoubted talent to the front. Whether the flesh matches the mind and spirit will become clear in time, but this has not been the impact signing one would usually associate with a Chelsea summer. None of this may have mattered much a few years ago, when the strength of this squad would probably have been enough to see the team through to a top two berth. But the Premier League is quite a different place to the one Mourinho left. In fact it's fair to say it's a pretty different place to one of even a year ago. Yes, Alex Ferguson's departure may yet have a negative impact on United, who haven't exactly handed Moyes the keys to the vault; but while Manchester City also have major changes to absorb, they look fiercely competitive on paper. Elsewhere a resurgent Liverpool, a surprisingly effective Arsenal, and an intriguing Tottenham mean this year's race is a tough one to call. Chelsea are in the mix, of that there is no doubt; but after their worst start to a Premier League campaign since owner Roman Abramovich took over it is difficult to cast them as favorites. Ancelotti and Benitez . Perhaps the most interesting element in all of this is the performance of two other Chelsea exes. Carlo Ancelotti, fresh from a triumphant season in France in which Paris Saint-Germain cruised to the Ligue 1 title and very nearly sprung a shock against Barcelona in the Champions League, has taken the helm at Real Madrid with steely assurance. Three wins from four La Liga games and a crushing 6-1 Champions League victory over Galatasaray in Istanbul mark a team that looks well on track. Ancelotti's departure from Chelsea was perhaps the most difficult to comprehend of all of this most capricious of clubs' break-ups. Given his record he looks more than capable of delivering the success Real fans crave. Meanwhile, down in Italy's Campania region, Rafael Benitez's start at Napoli -- with a markedly changed team -- has been hugely impressive. The Azzurri appear to have gelled immediately, as a series of dynamic and passionate performances fired them to the top of Serie A with a 100% start. And that was before they dismantled a supremely talented Borussia Dortmund side in their first Champions League tie. Benitez -- the most unloved of former Chelsea partners -- looks to have found his perfect match in the shadow of Vesuvius. As a bewildered looking Chelsea side left the field on Wednesday after their shock 2-1 home Champions League defeat to Basel, it was hard not to wonder if -- in the heat of the moment -- they had fallen back into the arms of the wrong ex. That sensation was only compounded when the Portuguese accused his team of lacking "emotional maturity" in a post-match interview. He was quick to shoulder the blame for the defeat in later exchanges, but there was a sense of alarm bells quietly ringing, especially with the news that Abramovich had joined his manager in the home dressing room for the post-match post-mortem. After a fractious, draining and unfulfiling 2012-203 season with Real Madrid, which Mourinho himself admitted was the "worst of his career", was a rekindled romance with a past love, however heartfelt, simply chasing a passionate affair that had already run its course? Early days it may be, but it will be interesting to see whether chapter two of this great romance evolves into another bitter divorce or a case of happily ever after.
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Actually there is a purple gang. It's in Watts, California, a small city inside of Los Angeles, Cali. They are actually crips, but they represent purple only.
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Haye graphically described injuries he hoped to inflict on Bellew in the run-up to last month's stoppage defeat.
The former world heavyweight champion must appear before the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) on 12 April.
The BBBofC believes Bellew's behaviour improved after both fighters were warned days before the bout.
"Mr Haye was told to behave himself but the board have called him," the board's general secretary Robert Smith told BBC Sport.
"He will now be given the opportunity to come and explain his behaviour."
The BBBofC condemned the actions of both fighters during a fight week which included a boisterous news conference in Liverpool and a media event in London.
According to records on the BBBofC website, Haye, 36, made a donation and apologised for his behaviour to the Southern Area Council at a meeting three days before the bout.
Bellew, 34, was handed a four-month suspended suspension by the board in December as a result of his ringside behaviour when he called Haye out following victory over BJ Flores in October.
Further misdemeanours could have seen his licence withdrawn before the meeting with Haye.
After his 11th-round stoppage win, an emotional Bellew told reporters: "What we have done for boxing tonight is put it on a pedestal.
"Two men fought their hearts out. The board can't say nothing to me and if they do, I will go and get a licence somewhere else."
Haye said after the fight that he expected to be fined for his pre-fight comments.
The ex-WBA heavyweight champion has said he intends on returning to the ring after recovering from Achilles surgery.
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Structural Equation Modeling: A Second Course, edited by Hancock and Mueller, is an important resource for methodologists, applied researchers, and students of structural equation modeling (SEM) alike. This well-written edited volume provides coverage of a number of important issues and techniques not commonly treated in a didactic manner and specifically not covered in most introductory SEM textbooks. Indeed, the topics covered in this volume are topics for which instructors of SEM courses commonly refer students to supplemental journal article readings (Stapleton & Leite, 2005). This book is particularly valuable in that readers are provided with relevant literature reviews and as such do not have to wrestle with integrating concepts across journal articles with different notation. It is useful in its provision of concrete examples of how to implement each data analytic strategy using common SEM software. In cases where the procedure is not implemented in widely distributed software, chapter authors mak...
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Citigroup was cleared of insider trading charges on Thursday by an Australian court, which ruled the U.S. bank's "Chinese Walls" were not breached when it traded shares in a company it knew was a takeover target.
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Beauty from Ashes
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Long Beach is the second largest city in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, and the third largest in Southern California behind Los Angeles and San Diego. The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest container port in the United States and is among the world's largest shipping ports.
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BOSTON (AP) — This is where the Toronto Maple Leafs try to change the ending.
After beating the Bruins in back-to-back elimination games to force their first-round playoff series to the limit — just like they did in 2013 — the Maple Leafs are hoping to finish the job on Wednesday in Game 7 in Boston.
That’s something they couldn’t do five years ago, when they became the first team in NHL history to blow a three-goal, third-period deficit and lose a Stanley Cup playoff game.
“We’ve got some more work to do,” said goalie Frederik Andersen, who stopped 32 of 33 shots in Game 6 on Monday to help Toronto win 3-1 and prolong its season.
“It’s the same kind of pressure we’ve felt these last two games, where we’ve been facing elimination,” he said. “Game 7 should be the same. It’s something that you all dream of — those big moments — and you also want to perform.”
So do the Bruins, who have struggled to put away Toronto for the second consecutive time. In ’13, the Maple Leafs won two straight and then opened a 4-1 lead in the third period of Game 7, but Boston scored a pair of goals 31 seconds apart in the final 2 minutes of regulation before winning in overtime.
Patrice Bergeron, who scored the game-winner, is one of seven Bruins remaining from that team, compared with four players wearing Toronto jerseys.
“It’s nice to have those guys,” said Boston forward David Pastrnak, who had four goals and five assists in the first two games of the series this year but only two assists since. “They’ve been here a bunch, so they know what to expect. It’s good for our young guys to have them around.”
The winner of Wednesday night’s game will play Tampa Bay, which eliminated New Jersey in five games. The Lightning will host the first two games, regardless of which opponent advances.
“I don’t think there’s any panic at all in this group,” Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said.
Toronto feels the same way.
“We think we’re going to win,” Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock said. “We’ve thought that all along, and we’ve crawled our way back and now we have the opportunity of a lifetime. This is where you want to be.”
PRESSURE
Both teams paid their respects to the victims of the rental van attack in Toronto that killed 10 people and injured 15 more. There was a moment of silence before Monday night’s game, and Babcock opened his postgame remarks by sending support to those affected. Asked on Tuesday about the pressure his team faces heading into a winner-take-all game, Cassidy said he has tried to keep things in perspective.
“Listen, yesterday in Toronto, the first-responders, they were under pressure. That’s pressure to me, that’s real-life pressure,” he said. “This is a game that players dream about being in this situation, Game 7, playing road hockey in a small town in Canada or a big city in the United States or somewhere in between. That’s what it’s all about. … Now you’ve got to go out and embrace it.”
GAME 7 HISTORY
The Bruins are 13-12 in Game 7s, with a 12-8 record at home. Toronto is 12-10 and 5-9 on the road. Boston is 2-1 in Game 7s against Toronto, including 2013. Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara will be playing in his 12th career Game 7 — the most for any active player, and just one shy of the record held by Patrick Roy and Scott Stevens.
ROUND TWO
The Capitals and Penguins await the start of the second round, when they will play each other for the third straight postseason. Pittsburgh is 9-1 all-time in playoff series against Washington.
In the West, the pairings are Vegas against San Jose and Winnipeg against Nashville.
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Hailed as a Canadian Watergate, a kickback scandal has damaged the Liberal Party and threatens to bring down the government of Prime Minister Paul Martin. We have an update on the latest. Guest: Chris Hall, Parliamentary correspondent with CBC radio
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Drought stress is one of the major limitations to crop productivity. To develop crop plants with enhanced tolerance of drought stress, a basic understanding of physiology is essential. The objective of this study was to investigate the possible physiological basis of high yield of the wheat recombinant inbred lines (RILs). We thus compared photosynthetic capacity of flag leaves and tolerance to drought stress between the wheat RILs and their parents. Agronomic and physiological traits were measured on young flag leaves of full grown plants of both stressed and non-stressed treatments at an early (EGF) and late (LGF) grain-filling stage. The responses of net photosynthesis (A n ), stomatal conductance (g s ) and intercellular CO 2 concentration (C) in this study make clear that drought stress significantly decreases photosynthesis rate. Compared with C i , A n and g s was found to be more sensitive to the drought stress.
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One of the functions of the department of justice is to oversee investigations of police misconduct. The threshold for their involvement is "they are investigating misconduct."
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Usually, a federation is formed at two levels: the central government and the regions (states, provinces, territories), and little to nothing is said about second or third level administrative political entities. Brazil is an exception, because the 1988 Constitution included the municipalities as autonomous political entities making the federation tripartite, encompassing the Union, the States, and the municipalities. Each state is divided into municipalities (municípios) with their own legislative council (câmara de vereadores) and a mayor (prefeito), which are partly autonomous from both Federal and State Government. Each municipality has a "little constitution", called "organic law" (lei orgânica). Mexico is an intermediate case, in that municipalities are granted full-autonomy by the federal constitution and their existence as autonomous entities (municipio libre, "free municipality") is established by the federal government and cannot be revoked by the states' constitutions. Moreover, the federal constitution determines which powers and competencies belong exclusively to the municipalities and not to the constituent states. However, municipalities do not have an elected legislative assembly.
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In trauma, a low or narrow pulse pressure suggests significant blood loss (insufficient preload leading to reduced cardiac output). If the pulse pressure is extremely low, i.e. 25 mmHg or less, the cause may be low stroke volume, as in Congestive Heart Failure and/or cardiogenic shock.
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The trial of a Sutton woman charged with failing to look after 33 dogs, two cats and two parrots has been adjourned.
Margaret Greaves, aged 64, of Rookery Lane, was due to appear at Mansfield County Court this morning in relation to ten cases of contravening the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
However, the trial has now been adjourned until June 20.
It is alleged that on or before April 6, 2016, Greaves failed to ensure that 33 dogs, two cats and two American parrots for which she was responsible had enough fresh drinking water, or a suitable environment or meet their needs so they were able to survive.
Greaves denies all charges.
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Any replies from iOS devices will show up in the iMessage conversation thread, while replies from non-Apple devices will show up as separate text messages. Any SMS or MMS message will count as an ordinary text message and will not use data.
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This paper discusses the effects of an increase in the maximum allowable limestone content of general purpose (GP) cement from 7.5 up to 12%. The substitution of a higher content of clinker with limestone will allow for a lower embodied energy and emissions associated with the manufacture of GP cement. Fresh and hardened properties of normal-grade concrete (N20 and N32) prepared with GP cement containing limestone contents in the range of 5 to 12% were investigated. The compliance of test results were checked and confirmed against the requirements of cement and concrete specifications. In addition, the test results were statistically examined, and no significant change in concrete properties was observed due to the change in limestone content. It is recommended that the allowable limestone content of GP cement be increased from 7.5 to 12%, resulting in an estimated 6% reduction in CO₂ emissions associated with cement manufacture. © 2016, American Concrete.
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Jamie Cullum, musician and BBC Radio 2 host, is constantly searching for the freshest sounds in jazz music. A frequent guest on Weekend Edition, he recently visited the program to share new music from Matthew Halsall & the Gondwana Orchestra, Daymé Arocena and Sons of Kemet. The sounds range from Coltrane-influenced spiritual jazz to acoustic club music informed by the traditional sounds of Ethiopia and West Africa. Hear his chat with NPR's Scott Simon, and all of his latest jazz picks, at the audio link. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Our friend Jamie Cullum is not only a famous jazz artist, he's the host of a jazz show on BBC Radio 2, where he's always on the search for great new music. Jamie Cullum joins us now from London. Thanks for being back with us Jamie. JAMIE CULLUM: Hello. How are you doing? SIMON: I'm fine, thanks. And what have you got for us? CULLUM: Well, Scott, there's something about musicians that create their own universe - the people, musicians around them, and there's definitely a person who's done that. His name is Matthew Halsalls. He started a label called the Gondwana label, and this wonderful band surrounds him as well. And they connect with this type of jazz called spiritual jazz. And there's a song I want to play is one called "As I Walk." (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "AS I WALK") MATTHEW HALSALL AND THE GONDWANA ORCHESTRA: (Singing) As I walk along the mountains and trees, I can see a land of sanctuary. SIMON: Oh, that is its own world, isn't it? CULLUM: It really is. They really love the music that John Coltrane and Alice Coltrane were doing. They're very much inspired by that. It's known as spiritual jazz. I guess it was music that was trying to commune with a higher purpose, whatever you believe that to be. But also, it connected a lot with the music from the East as well, particularly kind of traditional kind of Japanese sounds and Chinese instruments and things like that. But the harp is very prevalent in this music. And I feel as though it's a type of jazz that is almost - is not focused on so much these days. But they're kind of bringing it back in these troubled crazy times. There's something about the meditative quality of this music that I think brings you back to earth, but also connects you with whatever you believe is above us. (SOUNDBITE OF MATTHEW HALSALL AND THE GONDWANA ORCHESTRA SONG, "AS I WALK") SIMON: Let me ask you about - I hope I pronounce this correctly - Sons of Kemet. CULLUM: That's absolutely right. You got it. SIMON: A song called claim "Play Mass." CULLUM: Yes. (SOUNDBITE OF SONS OF KEMET SONG, "PLAY MASS") CULLUM: This is a band that is able to create with these acoustic instruments the feeling of the maddest nightclub you've ever been to. I mean, literally, they blow the roof off anywhere they go. And they do that by referencing everything from current club music to traditional sounds of West Africa and Ethiopian music and also straight-up jazz as well. (SOUNDBITE OF SONS OF KEMET SONG, "PLAY MASS") CULLUM: There's something very playful about what they do. I think particularly in jazz, you know, there's always an air of seriousness about it. But there's a great playfulness that is potentially there as well. And they tap into the tribal side of all of us. There's a very ritualistic feeling about some of. It's very danceable at times, but it's also very free. And there's so many things at play, and it just creates this riot of sound with these brilliant acoustic instruments. And the tuba isn't heard enough, I think, as well. SIMON: Yes, not that way, certainly. CULLUM: No, definitely not. SIMON: It's college football season here in the U.S., you know, so we hear a lot of tubas, but not like that one. Let's put it that way. CULLUM: (Laughter) I see. Yes, of course, I completely forgot about that. But it's the best bass instrument there is, I think, especially played by - it's Theon Cross is the name of the tuba player in this band. And he really - he can play it like any great sound system can. (SOUNDBITE OF SONS OF KEMET SONG, "PLAY MASS") SIMON: I'm told we have time for one more song, and this is a young artist from Cuba who's impressed you. CULLUM: Yeah, she's someone who's really impressed me. She's got a very, very rich voice that really connects the sound of Cuba with the sound of American jazz, but also via London, which I'll explain that after you've heard a little bit of it. She's called Dayme Arocena, and the song is called "Don't Unplug My Body." (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "DON'T UNPLUG MY BODY") DAYME AROCENA: (Singing) Stay with me. I don't want to leave. You are my everything. Give us some more time. (Scatting) Give me, baby, some more time. Don't unplug my body. Baby, don't block my body. SIMON: What a wonderful voice she has. What can you tell us about Dayme Arocena? CULLUM: She's from Cuba and she's grown up with the sound of Cuba surrounding her. But also, I think she's taken a great interest in that more traditional kind of U.S. jazz sound as well. But she
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Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore (The Wizard Of Oz ... Oct 9, 2013 - 18 sec - Uploaded by TheManThatGetsAway"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. We must be over the rainbow". With Judy ...
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