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Contrary to fast-spreading reports, veteran artist Stuart Immonen said he isn't exactly retiring from comics. However, he's apparently in no rush to line up any new projects following the release today of The Amazing Spider-Man #800.
Immonen's longtime collaborator, inker Wade von Grawbadger, commemorated the milestone issue this morning on Facebook with a post in which he wrote, "Stuart retired after finishing this issue. It's possible he may return for a small thing here or there but he was more than ready to move on to other challenges and opportunities."
But Immonen told Newsarama that his exclusive agreement with Marvel Comics ended "some time ago," and that he has no "immediate" plans for a comics project.
"If the right project with the right collaborators came along, I would of course consider it," he said. "For the moment however, Kathryn [Immonen, his collaborator and spouse] and I are enthusiastically devoting our time and energy to non-work matters."
Immonen has had an acclaimed and high-profile career that stretches back to 1988. At DC, Immonen is perhaps best known for his work 2004's Superman: Secret Identity with writer Kurt Busiek. At Marvel, Immonen succeeded original series artist Mark Bagley on Ultimate Spider-Man, and drew the 2011 crossover event Fear Itself. After a well-received run on the main Star Wars title with writer Jason Aaron, Immonen collaborated with writer Dan Slott on The Amazing Spider-Man, beginning with Issue 789.


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She told ABC in a statement: 'Someone who has lived 65 years of his life as the wrong gender has every right to live the last quarter of his life as his authentic self.

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The challenge to the nominating petitions filed by one candidate for the position of Common Pleas Court Judge in Mercer County has been withdrawn.
Challenges to nominating petitions submitted by two other candidates are expected to be reviewed by Commonwealth Court next week.
Court officials have confirmed that the challenge to the nominating petitions filed by Sharon attorney Joann Jofery was withdrawn by the Pittsburgh lawyer who had filed it. The attorney, James Walsh, represents two Mercer County residents who are also challenging petitions filed by Jim Ryan, from Sharpsville, and Daniel Wallace, from West Salem Township.
The other candidates hoping to appear on the May 21st primary ballot are Ryan Mergl and Victor Heutsche, both from Sharon.
No reason was given for the withdrawal of the Jofery challenge. It is believed that the challenges are the first for a judicial election in Mercer County.


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This article appeared in the December 2009 Listed @ ASX newsletter.
Academic study shows positive impact of ADR listing on domestic liquidity
ASX has regular access to independent research capability by leading Australian academics through its relationship with SIRCA and the study was conducted under these access arrangements.
Cross listing advocates argue that cross listing is advantageous for both the listed company and its investors. The study sought to assess whether the benefits to companies often advanced for cross listing, such as diversifying and broadening their investor base and enhancing liquidity, are attainable through assessing the impact of ADR programmes on ASX listed companies. Using trade data of the 122 active Australian issued ADRs, covering the period 1983-2008, the study specifically examined the change in liquidity in the home market after trading in the ADR commences.
The overall results suggested that listing an ADR improves the liquidity and hence the visibility of the company. Specifically the study found that:
- The reduction of proportional bid-ask spread for active ADR companies was more than double that of comparative control stocks.
- The increase in turnover for active ADR companies was more than double that of comparative control stocks.
The results suggest that traders (including market makers) in the US market source inventory from the Australian market to provide liquidity in the ADR market. Also the enhanced profile of the company in the US leads to greater market interest in the company resulting in increased trading in the Australian market by US investors.
A particularly interesting finding was that these results tended to be stronger for OTC stocks (over the counter stocks requiring a Level 1 ADR program) than for Exchange traded stocks (stocks traded on exchanges such as NASDAQ and NYSE requiring Level 2 and 3 ADR programs), contrary to the findings of prior studies undertaken in relation to ADRs issued by companies in emerging markets. A possible explanation is that for companies from a sophisticated market, like Australia, adherence to the additional US regulations and full SEC registration is not as highly regarded in the US as it is for companies from emerging markets.
Also relevant was that liquidity improved in the period around the date the ADR first traded in the US rather than the earlier listing date.
The full research paper can be viewed at http://www.sfe.com.au/content/sfe/trading/market_insights_issue_28_200909_september_2009.pdf
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Some of the comments left by the viewers…
were they joking or serious..this is too funny..i've watched it like 50 times cant get enough ..i l love scene 00:26- 00:29..scene 00;56- 00:59 is to hilarious i like the way he chases her,its like he's laughing at her,hahaha
funniest video i've ever seen!! my schoolmates put up a performance of it in school with the vid playing in the background XD
i cant stop listening to this song! i must be stopped! aahh! its so catchy though! i love this stupid video!
This has to be the funniest damn video on YouTube. I almost choked on my own spit I was laughing so hard!
Some fans went to a extent of converting the language and displaying subtitles for it and other with remix version and many came up with parody version . Lets see in future if his movies gets screened for mexican viewers ,like rajni movies screened for japan viewers
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North Charleston settles with Walter Scott family for $6.5 million
By Brenda Rindge, The Post and Courier
The family of Walter Scott will get a settlement of $6.5 million from the city of North Charleston, the largest such payout in the recent high-profile killings of black men by police officers.
With members of Scott’s family seated in the audience, City Council unanimously voted Thursday to approve the settlement, which City Attorney Brady Hair called “the largest settlement for this type of case in the state of South Carolina,” adding that he feels it’s in line with settlements on similar cases nationwide.
Scott, 50, a black man, was shot April 4 by white North Charleston police officer Michael Slager. Cellphone video captured by a passerby showed the officer shooting Scott in the back.
Although the killing sparked protests at City Hall, there was no violence as there has been in other cities where similar incidents have occurred, such as Ferguson, Mo., and Baltimore. City officials and family members credited the peaceful response of the public and the city’s swift action in arresting Slager with facilitating a settlement.
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“We are very proud that we were able to settle a case of this magnitude without a brick being thrown, without a fire being set and without a lawsuit being filed,” said Hair.
North Charleston officials said they have been talking with Scott family lawyers for several months.
“We agreed … to try to resolve the case without a lawsuit,” Hair said. “We had lots of open, honest, cordial discussions with them. We didn’t agree on everything but it was a very unique way of handling the situation. We’ve never done it like this before. … but we felt that if we could come to a resolution without a lawsuit being filed, without depositions and without press coverage of every step both sides made, that it would be healthier for both the family and the city.”
Days after the Scott slaying, lawyers for the family said they planned to file suits against Slager, 33, for civil rights violation and wrongful death, but no suits were filed. During several meetings over the past few months, City Council has gone into closed session to receive advice from Hair on a potential lawsuit.
Slager was indicted on a murder charge in June, and in September Circuit Judge Clifton Newman denied bail, calling the evidence against Slager “persuasive.”
Anthony Scott, Walter Scott’s brother, said Thursday, “Though nothing can replace having Walter in our lives, the city of North Charleston’s historic actions ensure that he did not die in vain. This city sent a message loud and clear that this kind of reckless behavior exhibited by members of law enforcement will not and shall not be tolerated.”
The settlement also protects current or former city employees from being sued in the case.
“The Eric Garner case in New York and the Freddie Gray case in Baltimore really set the tone for the range of numbers that we thought was consistent with what was going on,” said Hair. “We think it is a really fair settlement and a good one. It’s a lot of money but we had to realistically face the fact that the potential for a very large verdict was there because of the video and because we have a police officer who is charged with murder.”
Asked how the parties arrived at a figure, Chris Stewart, a lawyer for the Scott family, said, “You have to be realistic. There is no way that this city could pay $50 million … You can go to your corner being unrealistic and just fight with the other side, and at the end of the day also harm the city and innocent people that had nothing to do with the situation.”
Mayor Keith Summey said it was important for the city to acknowledge the harm done to Scott and his family.
“(Nothing) negates the fact that (Slager) shot the guy in the back and we’re wrong,” said Summey. “From Day 1, we have said, ‘When you’re wrong, you’re wrong,’ and there was no doubt in our mind that it was going to cost us. Even though I think we handled it completely appropriately, it was still going to cost us.”
The settlement will allow the family and the city to move on, Hair said.
“We think that it is a good resolution and a fair one,” Hair said. “This would have been the thing that we dealt with the next several years and that’s not fair to our citizens, not fair to our Police Department and frankly, not fair to the family.”
“It’s time to move on, bottom line,” said Police Chief Eddie Driggers. “It’s time to move on and do what people pay us to do — to serve and protect. We have 343 sworn officers trying to do what’s right by the citizens they serve.”
Stewart said he could not address how the money will be divided among family members, “but his (four) children will be taken care of.”
In addition, a portion of the settlement money will be donated to the Red Cross to aid flood victims, Anthony Scott said.
Talks are ongoing with the state Insurance Reserve Fund, but as of now, about $1 million of the settlement will come from the Insurance Reserve Fund and the rest will come from the city’s fund balance, which currently is about $18 million. It will not affect the city’s bond rating, Summey said.
“This entire situation has been almost a blueprint of how these situations should be handled,” Stewart said of the settlement. “They came to the table willing to talk, willing to work things out. They didn’t just give away $6.5 million. We had to fight, argue, battle, got at each other for a while, but peaceful resolution is always better.”
Justin Bamberg, a state representative who is also a Scott-family lawyer, said, “From start to this point, to hopefully a criminal conviction of the officer, we have set a prototype, the standard, for how these types of situations can be handled and should be handled, in that when you keep faith, when you respect one another … things can work out.”
After the video was made public, Scott’s death became the focus of a nationwide discussion on police officers’ use of force against black men. The video showed Scott freeing himself from a struggle and running away as he was shot at eight times.
“The criminal process still has to run its course,” Hair said. “Getting this part of the matter behind everyone will help so that the criminal justice system can focus on that.”
Anthony Scott called the settlement a “bittersweet victory” and said the family will focus on the criminal trial.
“It is our hope that after a jury of his peers reviews the evidence, they’ll send an equally important message to law enforcement that there is no place for unnecessary violence against unarmed, fleeing individuals.”
Slager also is being sued by Julius Garnett Wilson, who has a history of drug arrests and a conviction for interfering with police, for allegedly shooting Wilson in the back with a Taser last year. The suit was filed in the wake of Scott’s shooting.
In July, New York City reached a $5.9 million settlement with the family of Garner to resolve a wrongful-death claim over his killing by the police on Staten Island a year earlier. The officer, Daniel Pantaleo, was not indicted in the case.
On July 17, 2014, two officers approached Garner, who was unarmed, and accused him of selling untaxed cigarettes. One of the officers used a chokehold to subdue Garner, and that hold, along with the compression of Garner’s chest by other officers who held him down, was cited when the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.
Last month, the city of Baltimore approved a $6.4 million settlement with the family of Freddie Gray, who suffered a fatal spinal injury when the 25-year-old was handcuffed and shackled, but not buckled in, inside a police van in April.
Six officers charged in the case have pleaded not guilty and will stand trial on charges ranging from assault to murder.
In a case of an officer-involved shooting that went to trial recently, a federal jury last year awarded $97.5 million to the family of former Cottageville Mayor Bert Reeves. Reeves was fatally shot by a town police officer and the sum was settled earlier this year by both sides at $10 million.

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31 May 2019
Three years after making history by being among the first women to be commissioned into the Indian Air Force fighter squadron, Flight Lieutenant Mohana Singh adds another achievement to her list of 'firsts.'
26 Feb 2019
Avenging the dastardly Pulwama attack, in which 40 CRPF soldiers were martyred, the Indian Air Force attacked terror camps flourishing in Pakistan on Tuesday.
20 Feb 2019
US defense giant Lockheed Martin, on Wednesday, unveiled the F-21 fighter jet that it claimed is especially designed for India and will be manufactured in India, under the 'Make in India' program.
19 Oct 2018
A recent review of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) has revealed that jets manufactured by the state-run defense company cost more than the same jets produced abroad by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
12 Oct 2018
The Pentagon in the US yesterday grounded the global fleet of F-35 stealth fighter jets to conduct engine inspections, following its first-ever crash.
25 Jul 2018
As the political controversy around Rafale Deal is widening, a report claims that NDA government got a better price than the previous UPA rule.
18 Jul 2018
A MiG-21 fighter jet crashed in Mehra Palli village in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district today, killing an Indian Air Force pilot, officials said.
09 Jul 2018
The indigenously developed Tejas fighter jet, first approved way back in 1983, has missed yet another deadline for becoming fully combat-ready.
23 Jun 2018
On June 7, when the results of Indian Air Force (IAF) were declared, there was one name that stood out: Aanchal Gangwal.
03 Feb 2018
American Air Force General David L Goldfein on Saturday became the first foreign military chief to fly India's light combat aircraft Tejas.
17 Jan 2018
To review its operational functionality and combat prowess, India's first woman defense minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday flew in Sukhoi-30 MKI from the Jodhpur airbase in Rajasthan.
03 Jan 2018
A MiG-29 fighter aircraft of the Indian Navy burst into flames after veering off the runway at Goa airport during takeoff.
19 Dec 2017
The Indian Air Force's (IAF) six Ilyushin IL-78 aircraft are used to refuel fighter jets in mid-air.
17 Dec 2017
Two more women have been inducted into the Indian Air Force as fighter pilots, taking their total number to five.
12 Dec 2017
In recent months, there's been an increase in the Chinese navy's forays into the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
30 Nov 2017
Earlier today, the Indian Air Forces (IAF) first indigenous Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&CS), christened 'Netra', successfully completed its first air-to-air refueling.
24 Nov 2017
Recently, a modified Indian Air Force (IAF) Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet test-fired a supersonic BrahMos-A Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM).
22 Nov 2017
India has successfully test-fired the BrahMos-A supersonic Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) from a modified Indian Air Force (IAF) Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet.
22 Nov 2017
The French-made Dassault Mirage-2000 is undoubtedly one of Indian Air Force's (IAF) most versatile and deadliest aircraft.
15 Nov 2017
The Congress party has alleged that a "huge scam is brewing" in the deal to purchase 36 Dassault Rafale fighters for $8.7 billion.
11 Nov 2017
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has told the government that the indigenously-developed Light Combat Aircraft Tejas isn't enough to protect Indian skies.
09 Nov 2017
The Indian Air Force (IAF) possesses several multirole-combat aircraft.
04 Nov 2017
Recently, the Indian Air Force landed its Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules transport plane on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway.
24 Oct 2017
In a rare drill, at least 16 IAF aircraft are landing on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway today.
07 Oct 2017
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has started looking to buy 114 new single-engine fighter jets to increase its firepower even as it struggles with a depleting fleet.
03 Oct 2017
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is witnessing a serious cataract in its "eyes in the sky" arising from a severe shortage of airborne warning and control systems (AWACS).
02 Oct 2017
India is all set to have its first Rafale base in Ambala, Haryana.
18 Sep 2017
Russian defense major MiG said it's open to providing transfer of technology and joint development of its MiG-29K warplane to Indian companies for the Indian Navy (IN).
27 Aug 2017
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is pitching to purchase an additional 36 French-made Dassault Rafale fighter jets as a "follow-on" to the first 36 warplanes.
09 Aug 2017
Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jets will have significant advantages if they are required to operate against Chinese aircraft over Tibet in the event of hostilities.
23 Jul 2017
If reports are believed to be true, then Russia is keen on selling its new fighter jet MiG-35 to India. MiG Corporation's chief said talks were on to understand the country's requirements.
20 Jun 2017
Tata Advanced Systems Ltd and US aerospace major Lockheed Martin Corp. have signed a deal to manufacture the iconic F-16 fighter jets in India.
16 Jun 2017
Against the backdrop of Qatar's isolation in the Middle East, US has inked a $12 billion deal for supply of 36 F-15 fighter jets to Qatar.
13 Jun 2017
The Indian Air Force will be conducting limited trials of the US-built Lockheed Martin F-16 and Swedish Saab Gripen fighter jets.
01 Jun 2017
Indian Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba said four defense companies have expressed interest in providing it 57 multi-role combat fighter jets for its aircraft carrier.
26 May 2017
Four days after a Sukhoi-30 aircraft went missing near the Sino-Indian border, its wreckage was spotted close to its last known position near Tezpur.
25 May 2017
Two days ago, the Indian Air Force's Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft with 2 of its pilots went missing soon after taking off from Tezpur base, Assam.
24 May 2017
One day after India launched "punitive fire assaults" on Pakistani military outposts along the Line of Control, jets from Islamabad flew over Siachen, reported media.
23 May 2017
A Sukhoi 30 MKI figher aircraft of the Indian Air Force went missing near the Sino-Indian border. Sources said the jet lost contact with radar when it was 60km north of Tezpur in Assam.
20 May 2017
China has unveiled the Z-19E, an indigenously developed attack helicopter aimed at the growing arms export market.


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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti gave his second State of the City address last night at Cal State Northridge, where he laid out a his vision for a safer, cleaner, app-ier, more drought-resistant Los Angeles. Details are scarce for all these big plans (he only had an hour, after all), but here are his five biggest announcements, from LAX rides to street trash:
1. Uber and Lyft at LAX
Unofficial, app-based cabs are banned from picking up people at the airport because LAX thoroughly regulates even official taxi pick-ups, but that of course hasn't stopped drivers from doing it anyway. Who knows if the mayor will settle the big issues like insurance liability and fair labor practices, but he is at least going to give the people what they want (cheap, convenient rides).
2. Enforce hotel taxes on Airbnbs to fund affordable housing
As the Los Angeles housing crisis continues, the mayor hopes to more thoroughly levy the hotel tax on Airbnb rentals (short-term rentals are subject to taxes already and some Airbnbers do pay), and the receipts would go into an affordable housing trust fund—the mayor has big plans for building more housing. Airbnb still seems cagey on this one ("[W]e're continuing to have productive conversations with officials in Los Angeles," per the LA Times), but cities including San Francisco and Malibu have recently struck tax deals with the tech company. No word in the speech, however, of better regulating Airbnbs, which have made things extra difficult in the regular LA rental market.
3. Data sharing between the city and navigation app Waze
The city and Waze will begin sharing data, giving the former solid info on traffic patterns and the latter realtime updates on street closures and city construction projects.
4. LA will meet half of the statewide goal for drought-resistant plants on its own
Governor Jerry Brown wants 50 million square feet of water-hungry turf replaced with drought-resistant landscaping. Los Angeles is poised to meet half of that goal—25 million square feet!—all on its own by the end of the year.
5. 5,000 New Trashcans!
An easily-forgotten issue, but one that will make an enormous difference in the pedestrian experience across the city. LA just doesn't have enough trash cans, and that means litter on the street. LA's 5,000 new cans, to be installed over the next four years, will go a long way toward keeping the streets clean. —Ian Grant
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Boro Park – Reb Yaakov Shlomo Biegeleisen, who together with his brother owned the eponymous sefarim store that delighted generations of Boro Park residents, was niftar on Wednesday morning. He was 92.
The owner, along with his brother, of Biegeleisen Books on 16th Avenue and 44th Street, Reb Yaakov Shlomo knew every sefer and all details about them.
He was a devoted chassid of the Belzer rebbe. When his son, Shimmy, was killed in the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11, he spent his last few moments talking to the rebbe.
Biegeleisen is a Boro Park icon, it’s cluttered windows a treat to the neighborhood’s talmidei chachamim who would pass by to peruse the latest prints. It was founded on the Lower East Side by the Biegeleisen brothers father, Reb Yisroel Yakar, and transferred to Boro Park a half century ago.
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The organisers of this year’s Falmouth Classics plan to further enhance the event by offering free berthing for visiting competitors and sticking with the three day format, but currently have just over half the money needed to cover costs.
Although the Falmouth Classics Association has managed to secure sponsorship to cover the free berthing, it is still looking to raise around £7,000 of the £15,000 required to stage the regatta.
To this end, chairman Henry Roberts approached Falmouth Town Council, requesting a grant of £1,500 which would be put towards the cost of promoting the event. A similar request last year resulted in a grant of £1,700 being awarded and councillors last week approved the latest request after hearing from Mr Roberts.
He said: “Falmouth Classics had been a single day event for many years, tucked onto the front of Falmouth Week, and was getting less and less competitors taking part.
“One of the reasons was that people would not come from up-country and from the continent for just one day’s racing so we turned it into a three day event last year. The enthusiasm that was generated from that made us feel we had made the right decision.
“The event is being expanded to enable it to compete with major classic events in France, Devon and the Solent. Included in this is the offer of free berthing for visiting competitors.
“The berthing is paid by a sponsor, but the costs of promoting it is not. To reach the widest target audience requires professional press releases and publications – the grant is required to further this end.”
Councillors were told this year’s regatta will again be held over the same weekend as the Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival and it is expected that around 1,000 people will take part.
In supporting the grant application, Councillor Diana Merrett said: “I have to admire what you did last year – the town was absolutely booming. The amount of people that were in town was brilliant.”
The Falmouth Classics regatta, which will include a parade of sail, is to be held from June 13 to 15 and the Sea Shanty Festival runs from June 14 to 16.


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Almost a year and a half after a Minneapolis SWAT team fatally shot 22-year-old Amir Locke during a no-knock raid in a downtown apartment, a new law will go into effect making it more difficult for courts to sign off on the controversial practice.
Nationwide attempts to curtail the use of no-knock warrants began after the 2020 killing of Breonna Taylor during a botched raid in Louisville, Kentucky, but gained steam in Minnesota after Locke’s death. Protesters filled the entrance to Minneapolis City Hall in the days after his killing, and state lawmakers brought a measure limiting the practice back to committee a year later, where it ultimately passed the Legislature and was signed into law.
Despite stricter criteria for law enforcement to get a no-knock warrant, the new restrictions are not a total ban, leaving the door open for use in exigent circumstances like hostage situations. Some believe had the new restrictions been in place during the ill-fated Minneapolis raid, Locke would still be alive. Others remain unsure.
Amir Locke’s killing
In February last year, Locke was asleep on the couch in his cousin’s apartment in downtown Minneapolis when a Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) SWAT team executed a no-knock search warrant as part of a St. Paul murder investigation by entering the apartment using a key.
Startled, Locke rose from the couch and grabbed a gun he was licensed to carry before Officer Mark Hanneman shot and killed Locke just seconds after the officers entered the apartment. Body camera footage released later showed officers wearing protective gear and shouting commands like “Hands!” and “Police search warrant!”
In the application for the warrant, executed in the investigation of St. Paul man Otis Elder’s murder, officers specifically asked to do the search without knocking and outside of the hours of 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. They cited a history of violence by the suspects and wanted to ensure officer safety due to the use of a gun in the homicide that they said could pierce body armor.
Attorney General Keith Ellison and then-Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman declined to press charges against Hanneman, stating bodycam footage showed Locke’s gun was pointed at Hanneman and that it was unclear whether the officer violated the state’s use of deadly force laws.
The new law
At the end of the legislative session in May, lawmakers passed a robust public safety budget package that also featured dozens of policy provisions, including a new measure that imposes new restrictions on no-knock search warrants.
As of July 1, courts can’t issue or approve no-knock search warrants unless law enforcement demonstrate in their application that the search cannot be conducted while no one is home, and that the people inside are threatening death or harm to either the officers or to other people inside the residence.
Officers must also loudly announce themselves as they enter the premises.
Rick Petry, a professor at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law, said it’s difficult to definitively say whether the restrictions in the new statute would have prevented the raid that ended in Locke’s killing.
On one hand, the officers executing the warrant were entering the home of someone who was believed to be a suspect in a murder case, and therefore presumed to be armed having used a firearm to kill someone already. But, Petry said, the second piece of the new restrictions dictating whether there was an imminent threat might have been in question.
“An imminent threat typically means it’s about to happen right now, and that means that you would have to demonstrate that there’s somebody in there right now that’s armed and if the officers knock, they’re going to start doing something to cause death or harm to someone,” he said. “Based on what’s been publicly released, I don’t know that they could have made that kind of showing.”
Not a total ban
The new restrictions raise the threshold for the types of situations for which courts can issue no-knock warrants, but the controversial tactic can still be carried out when law enforcement need it in exigent circumstances like hostage situations.
The typical process requires law enforcement to fill out an application accompanied by an affidavit that explains the facts and what they expect to accomplish with the warrant. A judge then reviews the affidavit and makes their determination.
Within that process there are spots for potential human error, Petry said. For example, the signing judge that typically reviews the applications is signing dozens of other things a day and is sometimes asked by law enforcement to expedite it further.
“They’re going to review this stuff, but it may be sort of a cursory review, rather than a more thoughtful and considered review,” he said. “It’s not like they get the search warrant, affidavit and application and then sit on it for a day or two and think about it. Oftentimes, especially with something like this, it’s exigent circumstances and the cops are trying to get in there fast.”
Though they were hoping lawmakers would ban the practice, Andre Locke said the new restrictions are a good start. He believes that under the new law, his son wouldn’t have died.
“The new no-knock restrictions that are in place now would have saved Amir’s life,” said Andre Locke, Amir’s father.
As they continue to mourn the loss of their son, Andre Locke said he and his family are advocating for a no-knock search warrant ban on the federal level and continue to fight for justice for Amir.
“My son tragically had to lose his life in order to reach this point, but everything has to start somewhere,” he said. “Amir’s legacy and his name will be attached to this new law that restricts no-knock warrants.”


is a day for us to unite in our efforts to improve the mental health of people around the world. As a club, we have had a theme of promoting mental wellbeing this year through our speakers, charities and communications – it is an issue dear to our hearts. This also supports the Soroptimists International Great Britain and Northern Ireland (SIGBI) Federation theme – our Federation President Sue Williams said
“At the beginning of the Soroptimist year, I asked you to ‘Think On It.’ I asked you to join with me to raise awareness of our own wellbeing. I asked that we talked about mental health and the importance of advocating for the good mental health for others by speaking out and raising awareness. By doing so, we are educating, enabling and empowering ourselves and others. And you did so in many, many ways! Thank you”.
We haven’t finished our work on this yet, but today gives us pause for thought.
The theme selected for this year’s Day is suicide prevention. We are encouraging you to prepare to take “40 seconds of action” on 10 October to help us: improve awareness of the significance of suicide as a global public health problem; improve knowledge of what can be done to prevent suicide; reduce the stigma associated with suicide; and let people who are struggling know that they are not alone. Put simply, this is an opportunity to show you care. Everyone can take part in whichever way makes most sense. Your activity may be private, for example, initiating a conversation with someone you are worried about or sharing a message of hope with someone who is struggling; or it may be public, for example posting a video message for local or national authorities about action you would like them to take on this issue. If you want more information about this, click on this link: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/mental-health/suicide/flyer-40seconds-web.pdf?sfvrsn=5ba643c_2
We are also delighted to be making a contribution to the Mental Health Conference organised by local mum’s charity Motherwell.
Kate Blakemore, CEO of Motherwell says
“Since doing the topic of “Let’s Talk More” on my radio show, it made me realise how important it is to talk about such issues, so I decided to bring everyone together and open the topic up.”
Our Club President, Helen Piddock-Jones is talking about the how women experience mental health issues, and why it is such an issue for us to tackle. She is also stressing the need for us to care for ourselves as well as look out for others
One of the issues we are supporting locally is to make Nantwich a dementia friendly town, recognising that dementia affects more women than men, and many carers are also women. Dementia is a devastating condition, robbing people of their personalities and abilities but we know that people with dementia can still lead a good life, and we are committed to supporting this. Watch out for more on this as we work with the group to Turn the Town Blue next May!


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Members of the Burnaby hazardous materials team had been undergoing training at Eileen Dailly pool in North Burnaby when the Douglas Road call came.
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Douglas Road was closed off to traffic while firefighters attended to the scene. ambulance paramedics were also on scene, although they were there mainly for precautionary reasons. Burnaby RCMP members were on scene as well, but they were mainly taking control of the traffic diversion.
Employees of Toyo Pumps were waiting outside the yellow police tape, but did not want to comment about what happened inside the building.
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A few weeks ago I wound up with some time between work (day job), soccer (ten year olds job), writing (early morning job) … well, the list could go on. Let's just say I was coming off a seven book contract and taking a few weeks off before deciding what to do next.
What should I do?
|Yes, we drove to another TOWN where I intended to adopt a midsize male puppy.|
If you look closely, especially at the second photo, you'll notice that the paws on this
female puppy do not indicate midsize.
Her name is Lucy. I'm pretty sure it's from the LEGO movie. She is soooooo not what I intended to let my son choose. She is sooooooo what we needed.
|She likes to be around people and is very patience with my ten-year-old who has never had a dog before.|
It's been a learning curve. My husband had one dog growing up. It was giving to him by a family member who didn't ask his parents permission first.
Me, I grew up with dogs. First with Chihuahuas and then with Shelties (my favorite breed) and after I moved away my parents raised pekinese. (Did I spell that correctly?"
When I was in college, I got a collie puppy. Here's the truth. I didn't give it the time it deserved. I was going to school full-time, working full-time, and I had a boyfriend. After two months, I gave the puppy to a good family. It was the right thing to do. But, I've always felt guilt. This is why I think it's been thirty years since I've had a dog.
To my amazement, I am the one over the moon about Lucy. Having a dog somehow completes us. Not sure why.
|According to Tyre the cat, having a dog does not complete us. Having an only cat should have been enough.|
Tyre is patiently waiting (on the bed where the puppy cannot reach him) for us to realize our error
and get rid of the dog.
I'm sure my next book will have a puppy, can't waste all this good research: potty training, buying the right bed, getting her to take the worm medicine, listening to my husband yell when there's a potty training fail, watching my son lay on the floor while the puppy jumps all over him.
Btw, Lucy is 1/4 German shepherd and 3/4 husky.
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Why Are Elites Out of Touch? They Think Anyone Who Disagrees with Them Is Crazy
The experts told us that Brexit will not happen. It cannot happen. The consequences will be too severe. The economic fallout too great to even imagine. Yet, the unthinkable became a reality: The people of Britain voted "Leave,” against the experts' advice. How could this be? Did they not hear the experts' warnings? What went wrong?
Baffled, the experts searched for an answer. And they found one: the people went mad. They became mad from their anger at globalization. Globalization promised them riches, instead it made some of them unemployed. Or they became mad because of fear—fear from immigration and foreign people. Whatever the reason they went mad, the experts are sure of one thing: the fault is not with them. They gave sound advice. Their arguments were relevant. The fault is with the populace, not the leaders.
A few examples are in order. First, an article published in Foreign Policy with the title: "It's Time for the Elites to Rise up Against the Ignorant Masses." The writer claims the world is divided not between right and left, but between the sane and the angry. And the latter are angry simple because they are ignorant. "If they have known better, they would have done better" goes the saying. The masses need education from the elites. Once educated, they will follow their leadership. The Economist's article "The Politics of Anger" express the same theme. It too views the people of Britain and Trump's supporters as angry, their anger causing them to vote against the liberal order. Lastly, an article was published in Foreign Affairs, titled "Brexit's false democracy." From the article (emphasis mine): “Brexit’s real lesson is that there is a consequential divide between cosmopolitans who view the future with hope and those who have been left behind and have seen their economic situations and ways of life deteriorate.” Again, the problem is not with the European Union, but with people getting hurt from globalization.
Not a single expert has questioned his own beliefs. Not a single word on the dysfunction of the EU, or why exactly cosmopolitanism should be embraced. And the Brexit is just one example where the experts put the blame on the general public. Another is Trump. With few exceptions, most of the establishment calls Trump a fascist, a racist and a danger to American democracy. But he won enough votes to handily secure a major party's nomination. And again, instead of questioning why their voice has become irrelevant, the elites blame the masses. This trend cannot go on.
Why? Because it is counterproductive. Everyone recognizes the gap between the elites and the public. But by claiming the public is ignorant, racist, or paranoiac, you only widen the gap. That should not be our reality. A nation is strongest when the elites and the populace share a common goal. When they become rivals, opportunistic leaders use the situation to gain power. If we wish to protect democracy, to stop the decline of Western power, we should find a way to restore the elites influence on people's hearts and minds.
How? By replacing the elite’s language. If you look back at the articles I cited, you'll see a common language. A language not of rational discussion, of pros and cons, but of psychology. A writer explains the public based on its emotional or intellectual qualities. "The public is angry,” or "the people are ignorant.” In other cases, such as when discussing Trump's supporters, the writer will usually use adjectives from psychology. "The Republican nominee is manipulative, his supporters xenophobic." You will rarely find a writer addressing the arguments against the elites plans and values. Why is that? Well, if the people are ignorant, they should be educated. If they are angry, they should be medicated. We do not need to address people's concern about immigrants, because their concern is xenophobic and—again—ignorant. The language of psychology opens no discussion. In the writer's mind he is a therapist, helping his opponent understand the hidden reasons for his arguments. Once the opponent recognize his problem, he can be treated, “educated.”
You might argue that often times the public is not led by rational discussion, but by an emotional one. It might be true. But you cannot change feelings, let alone have an open discussion when you and your opponent slur back and forth nasty adjectives. And the blame is on all of the elite, left and right. Every side has utilized demagogy to its ends, destroying the political discussion in the process. The only way to improve the situation, is by returning to a sound public discourse. No adjectives, no borrowed terms from psychology. Yes, it might not make waves in the social media as much as shouting from the top of your lungs. But it will force you to reconsider old thoughts and ideas, helping facilitate understanding between opposite camps. A second advantage lies in rebuilding the trust of the people in the establishment.


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10 Works of Fiction to Better Understand Brazil
A Country in Crisis, and Its Vital Literature
To explain reality is not a primary function of fiction. Fiction can, however, have that particular side effect. Last Thursday saw Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff dismissed by a vote in Brazil’s senate, marking the beginning of a long impeachment process. All of this is set against a wide-reaching corruption scandal that involves the full spectrum of Brazilian politics, including some of the country’s largest contractors (and chief campaign donors).
Not only might the following Brazilian books help give Americans a better understanding of Brazil as it undergoes a major institutional crisis, they might actually help Brazilian readers understand that the current crisis is neither incidental nor localized, but represents the emersion of old problems into the current moment.
As these books are yet to be translated, I’ll also recommend five titles available in English that cover, to a certain extent, similar themes.
Clara dos Anjos, by Lima Barreto (c. 1922, published in 1948)
This novel, at first meant to be a “black Germinal” (as the author phrased it, as early as in 1905, in one diary entry), is a welcome anomaly amid its context, specifically, post-abolitionist, early republican Brazil. Its protagonist, a young, mixed-raced woman who lives on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, is in all aspects a marginal character in her society. Young Clara, educated by her family in the fashion of the white petite-bourgeoisie, is seduced and abandoned by Cassi Jones, a white malandro—the carioca definition for a rogue.
Lima Barreto depicts Clara as a frail, amorphous character, thus making her representative not of her individual situation, but of the whole class of black women submitted to social and sexual abuse at the time. Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto (Rio de Janeiro, 1881), a black man himself, was a journalist, and his entire literary corpus springs from his sharp observation of city life and its characters. The condition of women abused by their partners is one of the themes he developed in his oeuvre, along with the social situations of black people and the mentally ill. His work is inhabited by people who were, to a certain extent, outcasts like himself.
The problems Lima Barreto addresses are still alive today and feed Brazilian society’s fears and fractures—especially the widely denied racism which is a part of why Lima Barreto’s oeuvre was largely overlooked. Misogyny is also a serious problem in Brazil and is apparent particularly in the way some political leaders and commentators refer to Dilma Rousseff, the first woman to be elected president in Brazil.
The book’s first chapter was excerpted in the magazine Mundo Literário in May 1922. Between 1923 and 1924, the novel was published in installments and only in 1948 as a book. The original manuscript is lost, and the editions we have depend on the feuilleton.
Clara dos Anjos is considered a minor work in Lima Barreto’s oeuvre, one in need of refinement. Although Lima Barreto began working on it early in his literary life, even before his first novel was published, the book that we read now is likely not his final rendition.
Lima Barreto did not live to see the modernist movement, whose principles were established in a manifesto presented during the Modern Art Week in February, 1922, by Oswald de Andrade, a poet and novelist from the white elite of Sao Paulo. Lima Barreto died later that year at the age of 41, his heart failing after many years of alcoholism.
In English, read The Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma, by Lima Barreto, trans. Mark Carlyon (Penguin Classics)
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O Quinze, by Rachel de Queiroz (1930)
While in São Paulo and Rio, the modernist group fought for the local assimilation of the European avant-garde; authors from the Northeast, later reunited under the label of “regionalists,” fought for the backlands of Brazil.
Rachel de Queiroz was 19 when she wrote O Quinze. The title translates to “The year of 1915,” when a severe drought in her native state, Ceará, forced intense internal migration. The novel has two parallel and interwoven plots. On one hand, there is the story of Conceição, a young teacher from a family of landowners near Quixadá. She lives in Fortaleza and sustains a flirt with a cousin, Vicente. While she has intellectual aspirations, Vicente chooses early in life to be a farmer, taking personal care of the family land and cattle.
Then we have the story of Chico Bento, a cattle caretaker who loses his job when his employer decides to let his herd die of starvation, considering that, without rain, their care is not worth the investment. He sells his meagre possessions and “removes” himself (the verb used in Brazil is retirar-se, derived from retirantes, “removers”) with his family—his wife, her sister, and five children, the youngest of which is Conceição and Vicente’s godchild. He is headed for Amazonia, where men were required to work in the latex industry, but the harsh journey will lead him to Fortaleza and, from there, after many misadventures, to São Paulo.
The action is narrated in brief chapters, in a language that is as raw as the environment in which it takes place, leaving no room for sentimentalism.
The theme of the drought has never left the Brazilian imagination, and still haunts the lives of those in the backlands. The persistence of the problem has forced generations out of their original states to other regions, especially to the Southeast and more particularly to Rio and São Paulo. The massive internal migration was never well-absorbed, and the immense contingent of people coming from the Northeast helped to inflate the urban centers, which are, to this day, marked by inequality.
This short, intense novel explores much: the frailty of the law (labor regulations were virtually non-existent in Brazil up to 1943), corruption, the failures of charity (in place of the necessary government investment), and racial prejudice.
Rachel de Queiroz was praised from the start of her career and made a living by writing for the press. In fact, the aspirations of her character Conceição were probably similar to her own. In the years that followed, she wrote more books and was the first woman to enter the Brazilian Academy of Letters, though she’s been somewhat forgotten. Although gender could have played a role in de Queiroz taking a backseat to other regionalists like José Lins do Rego and Graciliano Ramos (who, when reading, O Quinze, thought the book was written by a man, despite the name on the cover), her political leanings are more likely to blame for the diminished appraisal of her oeuvre. At first a communist, she later became an open supporter of the military coup that usurped João Goulart’s government in 1964, a movement that was never quite forgiven by an intellectual class almost entirely opposed to the dictatorial regime that followed, until 1985.
You can read, in English, Barren Lives, by Graciliano Ramos, trans. Ralph Edward Dimmick (University of Texas Press, 1971)
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Leão-de-Chácara, by João Antonio (1975)
When the military coup came, Brazil had already started to shift from a rural country to an urban one, in part due to the aforementioned problems (which the deposed government was beginning to address by, for example, sketching a plan for agrarian reform). The way in which the dictatorial regime decided to face them was rather different, propelling what was to be called the “Brazilian Miracle,” an economic bonanza fed by foreign capital invested in infrastructure areas, that contributed in no degree to lessen inequality.
While the whole country heard the government technocrats affirm that it was necessary “to wait for the dough to rise before the cake could be shared,” many people—African-Brazilians, migrants, the marginalized—who inhabited the urban centers and their outskirts, were forgotten.
Born in a peripheral region of São Paulo, João Antônio left his hometown and moved to Rio some years after the publication of his literary debut, Malagueta, Perus e Bacanaço (1963). There, he started writing more and collaborating with what he would call “imprensa nanica,” or, “dwarfed press”: the small newspapers and mags that flourished in the 1960s and 70s and resisted the regime and its censorship.
João Antônio chose to write about those living on the outskirts of society, like Lima Barreto, whose name he mentioned whenever possible and to whose memory he dedicated his books, proclaiming that the author’s talent was overlooked. Like Lima Barreto, he was also a journalist, and his fiction was based on his close contact to the real characters he met in the streets.
His second book, Leão-de-chácara—the title translates to “bouncer”— has four stories, three of which take place in Rio, and the last one, in São Paulo. It was a success, confirming João Antônio’s name as a “underworld interpreter.” He wrote with the language of the streets and from the point of view of those who walk invisible to us, yet side by side to us–for “what the streets know best is how to make people mingle,” as he writes in one of his stories, Três Cunhadas – Natal de 1960 (“Three sisters-in-law – Christmas, 1960”).
You can read, in English, The Hour of the Star, by Clarice Lispector, trans. Benjamin Moser (New Directions, 2011)
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Você Vai Voltar pra Mim, Bernardo Kucinski (2014)
Bernardo Kucinski (São Paulo, 1937) contains a personal story concerning Brazil’s dictatorship: his sister “was disappeared” by the regime. The tortuous verbal regency indicates that those people, the “desaparecidos,” went missing by the hand of the dictatorship and were, in most cases, never found.
From that experience, Kucinski, who had dedicated his professional life to—guess what?—journalism, wrote the powerful K (2011). The novel, whose title evokes Kafka’s maddening bureaucracy books, retraces the experience of his father’s search for Ana Rosa. The book was shortlisted for the most important Brazilian literary prizes.
Você Vai Voltar pra Mim (“you are coming back to me”) is like a gallery of characters whose lives were tainted by the dictatorship in different levels. In his short stories, Kucinski seems to have attained more control of his writing. Even if the facts retold in Você Vai Voltar pra Mim are closer to his experience, they seem more distant than the tragic story in K, in which sometimes one could notice the effort to “sound literary.”
This second book is a page-turner, and by the end you get a sense of what living under the dark grasp of the dictatorship was like. It depicts an experience not to be repeated nor forgotten. Its reading should be advised to those who, unsatisfied with Dilma Rousseff’s re-election, marched upon the streets asking for a military intervention against her government—a group that included youngsters born after 1985, when democracy was reestablished in Brazil.
You can read, in English, K, by Bernardo Kucinski, trans. Sue Branford (Latin American Bureau, 2015)
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Luxúria, by Fernando Bonassi (2015)
Fernando Bonassi (São Paulo, 1962) is the only writer in this list who hasn’t worked in journalism. He studied cinema and has a solid career as screenwriter, and is a writer of adult and children books. His adult novels mostly deal with the reality of the city. The restrained violence we all carry within us is considered a thematic mark of his narratives.
In Luxúria (“lust”), his first novel in a long while, Bonassi focuses on the life of a working class man and his family, a fictional model of many families that achieved social ascension through consumer goods. The maximalist symbol of this newly acquired power is the decision of the protagonist to construct a swimming pool in their rather modest house, a common dwelling in a planned neighborhood aimed at those who would benefit from the newly acquired culture of credit.
Churches occupy the space once destined to movie-theaters, the un-diagnosed depression of the wife, the nebulous world inside the mind of the undisciplined son, the rage the man carries inside him and to which he tries to give escape through sex—everything in this novel creates an atmosphere of anxiety associated with the lack of perspectives that haunts, in different ways, all of its characters.
This tense novel is a fine example of Bonassi’s skills and, at the same time, is possibly the first piece of fiction to critically depict the immediate consequences of the “lulismo,” a term derived from the eight-year period of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, which led to Dilma Rousseff’s first (and maybe only) five years at the presidency.
You can read, in English, There Were Many Horses, by Luiz Ruffato, trans. Anthony Doyle (AmazonCrossing, 2014)

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Shark fin soup: Should the delicacy be banned in Canada?
Shark fins are a common site in Chinatown stores in North America. In San Francisco, they sell for about $200 US a pound. (Paul Sakuma/Associated Press)
A battle between food ethics and traditional culture is brewing in Toronto with a proposed ban on shark fin soup.
Toronto city councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker is proposing a ban on the delicacy, which is a fixture at Chinese wedding banquets and other significant events.
Coun. Kristyn Wong-Tam says she used to eat the fins, but her family stopped consuming them 10 years ago after they learned shark fishing was unsustainable.
De Baeremaeker's proposal comes about one month after Brantford, Ont., became the first Canadian city to ban shark fin.
Marine conservation group Oceana estimates up to 73 million sharks are killed each year, primarily for their fins. As a result, some populations have plummeted by as much as 83 per cent, the group says.
Some members of the CBC Community say a citywide ban doesn't go far enough.
"Shark fins for shark fin soup, etc should be banned from coast to coast," wrote jdoe@08.
CBC Community member walkafish said a city's ban on shark fin soup could be easily thwarted by going to a neighbouring town.
"Proposed the ban of shark fin fish soup? No problem, folks will travel to Markham, Pickering, Mississauga etc. As Jdoe writes, a coast to coast ban is needed," said walkafish.
Only Honduras and a handful of small island nations have banned the possession and sale of shark fins outright. In the U.S., Hawaii, Washington, Oregon and Guam have passed similar bans on shark fins, and California is considering such a ban.
Should shark fin soup be banned in Canada? Or would banning it only spur a black market in shark fins? Let us know what you think.
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New evidence shows for the first time that giant kangaroos and the marsupial equivalent of rhinos and leopards still populated Tasmania when humans first arrived on the island 43,000 years ago.
Today none of the animals survive. Since the climate was not changing dramatically at the time, scientists have concluded that the creatures were driven into extinction by over-zealous hunting.
Australia's megafauna had by this period in history already disappeared, following the arrival of humans.
Experts have debated whether the mass extinction was due to natural effects, such as climate, or human activity.
The fact that Tasmania's large animals only vanished after the first humans travelled to the island provides strong support for the latter theory.
Previously it was thought the Tasmanian megafauna was already gone by the time humans crossed the land bridge which then temporarily joined the island with mainland Australia.
This would have cleared humans of any involvement in the animals' disappearance. But new fossil dating techniques have now shown that the creatures survived in Tasmania far longer than was previously thought.
Examination of the bones revealed that some animals were living in Tasmania as recently as 41,000 years ago, 2,000 years after the arrival of the first human settlers. The findings provide a clue to the fate of extinct large prehistoric animals not only in Tasmania and Australia, but around the world.
Professor Chris Turney, from the University of Exeter, who led the research, said: "Ever since Charles Darwin's discovery of giant ground sloth remains in South America, debate has ensued about the cause of early extinction of the world's megafauna. Now, 150 years on from the publication of Darwin's seminal work The Origin of Species, the argument for climate change being the cause of this mass extinction has been seriously undermined. It is sad to know that our ancestors played such a major role in the extinction of these species - and sadder still when we consider that this trend continues today."Reuse content

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