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Coding is all the rage these days. Top toys are all about programming robots and learning code through board games. While these are awesome, they usually get only a few months of use before finding a dusty corner to waste a way in. Instead of toys that won’t get used, why not have your child build and program their computer?! Kano’s Touch Computer Kit gives you everything you need to build a portable, Linux-based computer packed with coding games and activities and entirely internet ready!
Else, you can go ahead and pick a 4K touchscreen portable monitor from a famous brand like “Desklab” which manufactures a whole new range of sleek, designed 1080p touchscreen monitors that offer brilliant 4K colors, an ultra-responsive touch screen, immersive sound with built-in audio speakers and a ‘gaming ready’ console. Such lightweight travel monitors are easy to carry anywhere you go.
Build and Code Your Own Computer with Kano’s Touch Computer Kit
The kids started coding in school back in second grade. When I was in the second grade, computers were glorified typewriters. I do not knock typewriters ( I oddly love them), but that’s a drastic difference from coding! It’s crazy to see the technological differences from when I was in second grade. Seriously, I had a top-of-the-line computer room filled with these:
But good humor aside, I am so happy that the kids have shown considerable interest in coding. Being able to code will benefit them throughout life. When Kano reached out with the opportunity for Bean to build his tablet, I was more than happy to try it out!
(Disclaimer: We received this Kano Computer Kit free in exchange for our honest review. All opinions are my own)
Building our Kano Computer Touch Kit
You can imagine his excitement about getting this! We spent quality time together building his Kano Computer Touch Kit. As you can see, she loved the whole “make your own tablet” aspect! Check out how easy it was for us to build!
Building it was a ton of fun, and now Bean is having a blast using it! There are a ton of games and apps to use. With more than 100 creative challenges, there are endless hours of learning.
Kano Apps on the Computer Touch Kit
My personal favorite was the “Make Art” app. There, it teaches you to draw through coding. Each lesson builds on the last until you learn to do it alone.
Another excellent app that is included is called “Make Music.” As you probably already figured out, you use code to make music. Sonic Pi powers it. His favorite is the “Hack Minecraft” app. Nothing like being able to build his name in the Minecraft world…lol.
Kano Parental Controls
Of course, all the “have-to-have apps” are available too. There is Youtube, Whatsapp, Google Drive, and all that good stuff. With access to items like that geared toward kids, Kano Computer Touch Kit has a parental control option.
Under the settings, go to advance and select the parental control option. Different levels of control are available so you can select the right one for your child.
Extra Features of the Kano Computer Touch Kit
One thing I was impressed with right away was the 3 USB ports. One is immediately tied up with a sound sensor, leaving 2 for use. The Kano Computer Touch Kit also has a wireless keyboard, a touch screen, and a built-in case/stand.
Kano Computer Touch Kit Review
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Hip-hop’s enfant terrible (which is saying a lot when you think about it) Kanye West launched a new, very minimalist photo blog yesterday.
And of course he had to give his arm-candy Amber Rose some shine. With this photo.
Look familiar? Of course it does to you islandistas. It is a (weak) re-creation of islandista Grace Jones’ iconic photo on the cover of her Island Life album, shot by her lover/collaborator Jean-Paul Goude.
Of course, as we have mentioned, this is not the first time Amber and her handlers have tried to re-create (I would have to say re-create rather than pay homage because there is no reference to Grace in any of the editorial for either of her attempts) iconic Grace Jones images.
And we have seen plenty comments thus far in the blogosphere about how hot the pic is and even some saying it is better than the original – that Amber Rose’s pose is more “feminine”and “sexy” than Grace Jones.
We’re just saying…
But what do you say? When does imitation cross the line from being the sincerest form of flattery to being a rip-off?
Our take on it?
Grace was the best to ever do it. *Kanye shrug*


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Omer Khayyam was a philosopher, poet, mathematician, and astronomer who lived in the Middle East in the 11th century. He produced unique ideas to understand the universe and also wrote rubāī (quatrain poetry) to enrich them. The room has been decorated with Khayyam’s pictures and books. The bathroom features a rare stone arch design and has a direct view of the fairy chimney right in front of it. The bedroom is a cave and connects to the living room via a tunnel, which has an interesting detail—Khayyam’s Love Fountain, which is completely original. A splendid view of Cappadocia tempts you in the bathroom, the living room, and the private garden.
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SERVICES AND ROOM FEATURES
- Pillow menu
- Separate shower
- L’Occitane natural amenities
- Private garden
- Tea- & coffee-making facilities
- Nespresso coffee machine
- Air conditioning
- HD TV
- Room safe (fits a laptop)
- Iron and ironing board (on request)
- Room Service
- Turn Down Service
- Private Wellness And Massage In The Room
- High-speed wireless (free)
Why For You?
The room has its own garden from which you can enjoy a spectacular view of Cappadocia.
VIEW FROM THE JACUZZI
Not only your room, your bathroom also has a breathtaking view! Why not enjoy your view of Cappadocia right from your Jacuzzi?
Apart from being a large room, the suite also offers high ceilings and broad windows opening onto the view.
The room possesses a romanticism in its spirit, and is full of fine details and touches that will forever be remembered as part of your honeymoon.
The room has been decorated with rare and priceless antiques. Every corner of the room hides little touches that will surprise you. Are you ready for a perfect museum experience in Cappadocia?
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
The size of the room and the availability of an extra bed make this room ideal for families with children.
The room boasts a view that is simply magnificent! Pigeon Valley, White Valley, Red Valley, and Göreme all lie beneath you, with the splendid Mt. Erciyes stretching away in the distance.

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which was yesterday announced by the government has to be one of the most foolish yet. It is a measure designed to relieve the pressure on accommodation for some people seeking refugee status in Australia.
The idea is that people who already have approval to take in an overseas student for the "homestay" programme will volunteer to take in refugees instead.
In theory the idea sounds good. You take in a needy refugee rather than a student. In reality the idea is close to ridiculous. Students come because they want to learn the language. They want to study. Their home lives are, generally speaking, relatively stable. They usually come from well-off families. While some of their customs, dietary requirements and so on are different they are also sufficiently similar for adjustments to be made. They will, on the whole, be accommodating. It is why they are here. Most know it is a temporary experience.
Refugees do not come from such backgrounds. The levels of adjustment they, and those who try to help them, must make are enormous. They will not necessarily be accommodating. They will expect to be accommodated. They will often want to cling to some of their familiar things. Their routines, their food and the dietary rules surrounding it, their prayer times (and a quiet place to do this), their language and their ways of doing things. Some will have serious emotional issues. They may want to seek out people who come from the same parts of the world as themselves.
I know people who have taken in "homestay" students. It takes a lot of adjustments on both sides. There is a Mongolian student across the road. She lived with the family for four years several years ago. She is highly intelligent. She is now back here doing here doctorate on scholarship. They invited her to stay with them again. They regard her as being as much a member of the family as is possible if you come in from the outside.
We have talked at length about the problems she first faced and how much she had to learn. She has repeatedly said how fortunate she has been and how many other students have had not quite such happy experiences.. Nobody, she says, is to blame. It is just that there are sometimes huge barriers to cross and not all students have her resilience.
The government is planning to implement this programme with virtually no preparation for anyone. People will be "paid" to have strangers in their house - that, it seems, is sufficient preparation. Nobody appears to have given any thought to the potential for conflict, the legal responsibilities or whether this is actually safe.
There does not appear to be an adequate support network in place, or indeed any support network at all.
None of that matters to the government. It has the support of the Greens - indeed it was probably designed by them.
The alternative of housing in the community with high level culturally appropriate support services is more than the government is willing to pay - and more than the community is prepared to pay.
The idea however is still dangerous and foolish. It is cheap and simplistic. I doubt that any of those proposing it will actually participate in it - and that is perhaps the most telling thing of all.

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The American Petroleum Institute (API) specifies standardized specifications, which define the properties of Oil Country Tubular Goods and classify them into ten grades. These properties are achieved through the chemical composition of the steel and subsequent heat treatment.


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All the latest news on what’s happening at Deafinitely Theatre, with exclusive information on what’s coming up.
Tyrannosaurus Drip at Latitude
29 April 2013
Deafinitely Theatre's popular children's production, Tyrannosaurus Drip, an adaptation of the book by Julia Donaldson and David Roberts will be shown at this year's Latitude Festival on Friday 19th July at 5pm and Saturday 20th July at 10am.
Tickets are now are now on sale for the festival via their website.
10th Anniversary Special
6 February 2013
Deafinitely Theatre's 10th Anniversary celebrations were featured on the BBC's See Hear programme. It features clips and interviews from the past ten years of the company.
Watch the episode online via the BBC's Website.


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|Residence||New York City
Columbia County, New York
|Alma mater||Duke University, 1981
Columbia School of Journalism
Columbia University Graduate School of Business
mergers and acquisitions banker
The Washington Post
JP Morgan Chase
|Known for||Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World
House of Cards
The Last Tycoons
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William D. Cohan, the author of three New York Times best-selling books about Wall Street, is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, and a former award-winning investigative newspaper reporter based in Raleigh, North Carolina. He worked on Wall Street for seventeen years. He spent six years at Lazard Frères in New York, then Merrill Lynch & Co., and later became a managing director at JP Morgan Chase. He also worked for two years at GE Capital. Cohan is a graduate of Duke University, Columbia University School of Journalism, and Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He is also a graduate of Phillips Academy, in Andover, Massachusetts.
Cohan is also a columnist for BloombergView, a contributing editor for ArtNews and writes regularly for The Atlantic, BloombergBusinessWeek, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine. He previously wrote for Fortune. He also makes regular TV appearances on BloombergTV, MSNBC, CNN, among others. He has appeared on The Daily Show, The Tavis Smiley Show and The Charlie Rose Show.
In 2007, he published The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co., about Lazard Frères. It won the 2007 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.
His book House of Cards, describing the last days of Bear Stearns & Co., was published in March 2009. The book has received excellent reviews and was described as a "masterfully reported account" by Tim Rutten in The Los Angeles Times. It remained on the New York Times Bestseller list for several months.
In an op-ed article in the New York Times, Cohan said in March 2009 that Bear Stearns CEO Alan Schwartz and Lehman CEO Dick Fuld had engaged in a "tsunami of excuses" when they were responsible for their firms' collapse. In another op-ed written with Sandy B. Lewis in June 2009 he said that the current economic crisis is not over yet, and that "many of the fixes that the Obama administration has proposed will do little to address them and may make them worse."
His 2011 book, Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World, examines the historical role and influence of Goldman Sachs. (He appeared on The Daily Show on 28 April 2011 to discuss the book.
His new book, The Price of Silence, about the true story of the Duke Lacrosse Scandal, will be published in 2014 by Scribner.
- The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co. New York: Doubleday. 2007. ISBN 0-385-51451-4.
- House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street. New York: Doubleday. 2009. ISBN 978-0385528269.
- Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World. New York: Doubleday. 2011. ISBN 978-0385523844.
- "William D Cohan: Articles & Columns - Bloomberg". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
- Cohan, William D. (September–October 2009). "Crisis Managers". Duke Magazine 95 (5) (Duke University Office of Alumni Affairs). Retrieved 2012-03-04.
- Rutten, Tim (March 6, 2009). "'House of Cards' by William D. Cohan". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 17, 2009.
- Rider, Tiffany (November 23, 2009). "Former banker examines US financial meltdown; Cohan says his mission is to get a response to questions left unanswered by Wall Street CEOs" (PDF). Daily 49er LIX (177) (www.daily49er.com). Retrieved 2012-03-04.
- Cohan, William D. (March 12, 2009). "A Tsunami of Excuses". The New York Times.
- Lewis, Sandy B.; Cohan, William D. (June 7, 2009). "The Economy Is Still at the Brink". The New York Times.
- "Long on chutzpah, short on friends; Goldman Sachs". The Economist [US]. 16 April 2011. p. 88(US). Retrieved 2012-03-04.
- Jon Stewart, ed. (2011-04-28). "William D. Cohan Interview". The Daily Show (Comedy Central). Retrieved 2011-09-26.
- Author discusses his book "The Last Tycoons" on The Leonard Lopate Show
- Author discusses his book "The Last Tycoons" on Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal
- Video (with audio-only available) conversation with Cohan about Wall Street excesses on Bloggingheads.tv
- CSULB Distinguished Speaker William D. Cohan Discusses "House of Cards" November 18, 2009 at CSULB
- Roberts, Russ (September 28, 2009). "Cohan on the Life and Death of Bear Stearns". EconTalk. Library of Economics and Liberty.

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We’re not sure if we can continue to call Samsung’s range of Galaxy-branded phones a family, but a rumoured latest addition has arrived; apparently called the Samsung Galaxy S+.
Not to be confused with the Galaxy SL, an LCD version of the Galaxy S, the phone looks to be a specification upgrade from the one year-old original.
It doesn’t divert from the Galaxy design spec; a thinnish black phone with a rounded edges, but there will now be a faster, impressive 1.4 GHz processor; which we’re very interested in comparing with Samsung’s flag-ship, dual-cored Galaxy S II- said to be coming in the next few months.
The Galaxy S Plus will have Samsung’s Super AMOLED display, measuring four inches, and a bigger battery to give more juice to the bigger processing guts.
According to Samsung Russia’s Livejournal blog, who revealed these details, the phone should be available by the end of April 2011 for around 23,990 rubles- around £525.
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Tokio Millennium Re opens U.S. branchReprints
Tokio Millennium Re A.G., a Zurich-based subsidiary of Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co. Ltd., on Wednesday said it will open a U.S. branch focusing primarily on noncatastrophe risks.
Tokio Millennium Re has established a management company for the U.S. branch operations, TMR Management Inc., in Stamford, Connecticut, the reinsurer said in a statement.
The New York State Department of Financial Services has issued a license to the U.S. branch, according to the statement.
“The U.S. branch aims to have our 'feet on the ground' to broaden access to our U.S. cedents and brokers and will position us well for the future growth in the U.S. reinsurance market,” Tatsuhiko Hoshina, CEO of Tokio Millennium Re, said in the statement.
Mr. Hoshina will lead the U.S. branch in Stamford while maintaining a presence in Bermuda as group CEO, according to the statement.

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When you’re away from home and eating out three meals a day, costs can run up quickly. If you don’t want to break the bank, here are a few tips to keep in mind. Don’t worry, eating at McDonald’s is not one of them.
Cook Your Own Meals
If your accommodation includes a kitchen or communal cooking area, take advantage of it. In fact, you might want to book an Airbnb or hostel with a kitchen for this reason. Prepare meals like pasta, sandwiches, or salads using local ingredients.
Local Markets and Grocery Stores
Speaking of local ingredients, embrace the local culture by visiting markets and grocery stores. Grab fresh produce, local snacks, and ingredients to create your meals. Not only does this save money, but it is also a chance to experience authentic flavors.
Street Food and Food Trucks
Street food is a budget-friendly way to sample local delicacies. It’s both delicious and an integral part of the culinary scene in many destinations you can have fun exploring.
Lunch Specials and Set Menus
Many restaurants offer lunch specials or set menus at discounted prices. Opt for the set menus or lunch deals at local eateries to enjoy similar meals at a fraction of the cost.

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The market has ripped over the last few days, pushing higher into full bull territory . Tech has led the way, surpassing new highs with a strong late push yesterday. #NVDA topped 260 off news of the #RXRX investment and with them taking the lead on the #ARM deal.
Tech's strong resurgence this year could be open for a bit of a bubble burst with just a small pin prick. The real test will come in the upcoming Fed meeting. A hawkish stance with rate hikes could cause a strong reversal, as key support points still seem a bit fragile.
All in all, it is best to stay nimble when trading, as we look for quick entry exit points until a strong pullback comes into view.


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The UFC has announced the official fight card, including the main card and the lineup of preliminary bouts, for next month’s “UFC 78: Validation” event.
The pay-per-view event takes place Nov. 17 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
As was previously announced, Michael Bisping (14-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) will take on Rashad Evans (10-0-1 MMA, 5-0-1 UFC) in the night’s main event. It’ll be the first time two champions from “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series meet in a UFC fight. Bisping won season three as a light heavyweight; Evans won season two as a heavyweight. Both are now emerging light-heavyweight contenders.
UFC 78’s main event was originally slated to feature UFC lightweight champion Sean Sherk vs. B.J. Penn, but a failed UFC 73 drug test has Sherk sidelined and awaiting tomorrow’s hearing with the California State Athletic Commission. Then, the UFC targeted a headline bout between Evans and UFC veteran Tito Ortiz, but stalled contract negotiations between the UFC and Ortiz meant the fight had to be nixed, as well.
Ultimately, the UFC settled for Bisping vs. Evans.
Other notables scheduled for the main card including Karo Parisyan, Houston Alexander, New Jersey fighter Frankie Edgar, and David Terrell (in a long-awaited return).
The full card includes:
Michael Bisping vs. Rashad Evans
Houston Alexander vs. Thiago Silva
Ed Herman vs. David Terrell
Ryo Chonan vs. Karo Parisyan
Frankie Edgar vs. Spencer Fisher
Thiago Alves vs. Chris Lytle
Joe Lauzon vs. Jason Reinhardt
Marcus Aurelio vs. Luke Caudillo
Akihiro Gono vs. Tamdan McCrory

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Line of Duty spoilers follow for the season six finale.
Line of Duty finally revealed the identity of the fourth H in its season six finale, a revelation that divided fans just as much as (if not more than) the Game of Thrones finale. And to the surprise of some viewers, it wasn't the dodgy Chief Constable Philip Osborne.
But that hasn't stopped viewers from continuing to suspect Osborne, with actor Owen Teale, who played him, revealing that he is still regularly accused of being H.
Of course, if you've seen the BBC show's most recent episode you'll know that it was DSU Ian Buckells (Nigel Boyle) who was unveiled as the H that AC-12 had been searching for. But some fans haven't accepted this as the final answer to the mystery.
"I'm now defending myself in the shops, with people saying 'I know you're H'," Teale told Radio Times.
"And I go, 'No, no, no, no, wait a minute, we all know who H is now' and they go 'no, no, no, I don't believe that for a second, there's no way he would have had the power to do that. But your character was the original'.
"And they remember it, right from the beginning. He was the guy who actually messed Steve Arnott (Martin Compston), he messed with him, he bullied him and that's why he jumped into AC 12, he jumped out of firearms."
Teale also spoke about his admiration for the show's creator and writer Jed Mercurio, calling him "an auteur of television" and praising what he was able to do with the brief snippet of footage Teale filmed as Osborne speaking at a news conference for season six.
"The respect for Jed Mercurio to have got so much when I only filmed for like two days," the actor said. "He said, 'Look, I just need you for two days, standing on the steps and doing the public announcement that these guys do' and I said, 'Yeah sure'.
"So I didn't know the full story until much later on, how much he was getting the finger pointed at him. But I'm very happy to be part of it – it's a lovely problem to have people coming up to you in the street."
It is currently unclear whether we'll be getting any more episodes of the popular crime drama, so we'll all have to wait patiently once again for potential news on the show's future.
The BBC's Chief Content Officer Charlotte Moore said in a statement that she was "looking forward to having a conversation with the team about where we go next and what the future of the series might be", so watch this space...
Line of Duty series 1-6 are available on BBC iPlayer, and DVD and Blu-ray boxsets are also available to buy now.
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Chinese device maker Kimdecent has released yet another Android TV stick with a Rockchip RK3066 dual core processor and Android 4.1 software. It’s got a USB port at one end and an HDMI port at the other.
But in between you’ll find something unusual on the Kimdecent B12 — a 2MP webcam.
That means you can plug this little device into a TV or monitor and run Android apps — including apps that require a camera such as Skype.
Unfortunately, I’m not sure how well this layout will work on most TVs. While some televisions have HDMI ports on their side, which means you could plug in the stick and have the camera facing you while you’re on the couch, plenty of other TVs have HDMI ports tucked away behind the screen where the webcam would be of little to no use.
The Kimdecent B12 features Mali 400 graphics, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of storage, WiFi, Bluetooth, and a microSD card slot for extra storage space.
You can pick up the Kimdecent B12 at AliExpress for $68.
I want to see more sticks with next-gen processors this is yet another RK3066 stick where are the RK3188 & All-Winner A31 sticks? What is taking so long on these tablets require actual design but with sticks they can just stuff the PCBs into a case.
Starting to look like the perfect creepy “Spy device”. Now all it needs is an FM transmitter and we’re in business.
Since these things are getting so cheap, why aren’t TV manufacturers either including a docking area or including them with the damn TVs?
Because these devices have only just now started gaining some attention after hitting in July of 2012.
Give the segment a little more time to get some attention (and generate revenue) and I bet you’ll see it happen.
A HDMI extension table is the answer to how to make it work for most( if not all) TVs. Isn’t that simple?
Yeah, until you have to orient it correctly and make sure it stays in place.
It should come with a hunk of Velcro!
” tucked away behind the screen where the webcam would be of little to no use”
What’s in the box: 1 x HDMI Cable
Do you work for KimCrap? I had to buy a powered hdmi to vga converter in order to get my MK808 to display on my TV, although a powered hmdi splitter probably would have worked as well.
mic port, av out (presumably 3.5mm = rca), cam,standby button and BT?
I just bought my mk808b 2 weeks ago, the pace that these update is insane.
Up this to 2gb ram and have a 3.5 speaker/mic jack and it would be the cats ass.
someone should create some universal dock that can just plugged the hdmi dongle directly. so that it can be postioned accordingly.
Actually I have thought about making one.
My stick had mini hdmi female, So I was thinking of taking an adaptor and a project box to make a dock of sorts. Since I take mine to and from.
Considering that this is designed to plug into the rear of an HDTV I think the only thing you can expect to see on that camera without some special adapters is another addition of “The Dust Bunnies”.
Somehow I don’t mind craziness like this though. These things are kinda fun!.
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Quality and Potential Effects of the Pre-Trial Chamber (PTC)’s Assertions in the Decision on Appeal Against Provisional Detention of Kaing Guek Eav
By Stan Starygin
Conclusion (Assertions 1-7)
The series of assertions of the ECCC’s Pre-Trial Chamber in the case of Kaing Guek Iev discussed in this space for the last two weeks will affect multiple aspects of the upcoming trials and reverberate throughout the Cambodian judicial system.
In this decision the Chamber demonstrated that we are unlikely to see a break from the run-of-the-mill quality of decisions of ordinary Cambodian courts which, over years, has been lamented by many observers. Most important, perhaps, the decision has shown that “the international participation” in the ECCC will not make a requisite difference and is unlikely to result in fair trials of international standard which many who brought about the existence of this court were hoping would transpire. The biggest problem with this tribunal is that on the face of it the proceedings, thus far, have looked as if significant positive changes to the Cambodian judicial process have been made. This is a highly deceptive outlook a observer might have about the comings and goings of this court. PTC, for one, did institute a semblance of procedures of a standard far higher than those of the ordinary Cambodian courts by making its decisions public – at least the major ones – and requesting the participation of the general public which resulted in a slew of amicus curiae briefs submitted in the case of Kaing Guek Iev. There is, however, not obvious from this decision to what extent the PTC had perused the wealth of arguments of the briefs which amounted to some 130-140 pages, cumulatively. If the judges had taken into consideration any arguments made in these briefs, they did a remarkable job concealing this fact in the decision. The Chamber, in fact, refused to attempt to resolve some of the most deep-seated issues which for years prior to the establishment of this court had surrounded the detention of Kaing Guek Iev and which some of the largest international human rights organizations refused to discuss or advocate for as they deferred to the perceived sagaciousness of the tribunal’s judges. There had been a lot of speculation and forecasting about what legal acrobatics the PTC would have to employ to tackle such a formidable issue. In the end, instead of a display of Shaolin masters’ intricate fighting techniques we ended up being presented with a bar brawl in which the Chamber “duked it out”. The decision was hardly worth the wait. The decision disclosed another interesting -- but, perhaps, not surprising -- facet of this court – decisions of the court will be made fast with the judges spending very little time deliberating as the outcomes are pre-ordained (it is hard to imagine the judges even had the time to carefully examine the materials submitted by the prosecution, the defense and the public following the period of their submission and the Chamber’s writing of the decision). It would be interesting to find out whether the relevant tests of law were even discussed during the judicial deliberations of this matter or a decision to detain was merely made in a more empirical manner. If honest and technical deliberations were held, I would like to know how the international judges of the PTC Downing and Lahuis managed to relate the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL)’s decision in Taylor -- which to the best of my knowledge was never translated into Khmer -- to non-English speaking Cambodian judges, and how in the same manner they managed to communicate “the evidence” obtained from numerous other publications which – there is no doubt in my mind – are only available in the English language. For the several years of working with Cambodian judges, prosecutors and police officers I have never been able to figure out how to do this so comprehensively and in such an astonishingly short period of time. Judges Downing and Lahuis, apparently, know something I do not. Sarcasm aside, if none of these sources were communicated to the Cambodian judges of the PTC in a language they could understand, how could this “evidence” be entered into a decision which they signed? To what extent do the Cambodian judges of the PTC stand behind the reasoning of the Chamber in this decision? Everything in the text of the decision is pointing to this extent being anything but great. If this is so – and now that this scab has been opened up – what does this do to the ever-so-anticipated an outcome of the proceedings before the ECCC which is the training of the Cambodian judicial personnel (I, personally, do not believe this should be listed as one of the primary desired outcomes in a crime against humanity process). How can the Cambodian judicial personnel of the ECCC be trained, if they are not the ones writing – or participating in the writing of – the decisions or even being aware of the texts behind the footnotes?
As much as I would like to see this decision being mulled over in Cambodian society at large and in Cambodia’s legal community particularly, I do realize there are very few of those who have read the decision or will ever read it, and – let’s be honest – who care about how exactly it was constructed and how the judges had arrived at the decision to detain that they arrived at. To many of us who have been working on the various tribunal-related issues and generally on the legal and judicial reform in Cambodia, this is no surprise. With this said, I still believe that a very important opportunity was squandered by the handing down of this decision in this form and with this reasoning which was an opportunity to assert the rights of the accused, ascertain a large variety of controversies existing around Kaing Guek Iev’s detention and assuage the inference of the interests of the executive in matters which are constitutionally deemed as justiciable. Although PTC decisions are barred from formal review by the Internal Rules of the ECCC, informal review of this decision will doubtless be examined by international jurists and students of law across the world. In the words of one of the watchers of the process, “these judges will have to stand the test of their colleagues at other international criminal tribunals who will be reading this decision”.

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Mollie Kopp works with kids, adolescents, and young adults at Affiliates in Counseling. Mollie is an alumna of Northwestern University’s clinical mental health counseling program. Her clinical interests include mood and anxiety disorders in children and teens, as well as autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, and perfectionism. Mollie has clinical experience working with children and young adults ages 6-21 in both educational and community mental health settings.
Mollie uses a variety of therapeutic modalities, including psychodynamic, person-centered, and existential theories to work with clients struggling with
- Adjustment issues
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Under the supervision of Kendra Vargas, Mollie is an in-network provider for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois PPO.
I take a warm, relational, and strengths-based approach to foster a safe therapeutic
environment for my clients. As we strive to meet desired goals, I emphasize an open and collaborative relationship using creative interventions, reflection, and play. I believe meaningful change results from a renewed sense of self and the discovery of true strengths. I view this work as a privilege and I am honored to support my clients and their families throughout this process.

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One of HarrisonParrott and Polyarts’ rising young stars has been entered into Classic BRIT Awards’ new competition ‘The Sound of Classical’ poll. Jess Gillam, a recent signing, made music history as the first saxophonist to win the Woodwind Final of BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2016. She is already becoming recognised as an international ambassador for her instrument – expanding the audience’s understanding of the versatility and diverse musical range of the saxophone.
The Sound Of Classical poll promotes the best emerging artists and ones-to-watch in classical music. Aged 30 or under and tipped for a great future, the winner will be chosen by an expert panel and revealed at the ceremony in June.
“I’m so thrilled to be part of the Sound of Classical Poll,” says Jess, “The saxophone is such a versatile and expressive instrument and is not recognised as widely as other instruments in the classical world so it’s a real honour to be a part of such a fantastic event. To give a platform for young artists to show their talent to a wider audience is a great idea and I hope it inspires more young musicians.”


A deadly weapon, sometimes dangerous weapon, is a statutory definition listing certain items which can inflict mortal or great bodily harm. In addition, deadly weapon statutes often contain "catch all" provisions which describe abilities used to designate other implements as deadly weapons.
Examples of deadly weapons
A deadly weapon is usually defined as a firearm or any object designed, made, or adapted for the purposes of inflicting death or serious physical injury. In addition to all firearms, the term deadly weapon encompasses knives of a certain length (usually three inches or longer, depending on jurisdiction), and in many jurisdictions includes the switchblade, gravity knife, ballistic knife, stiletto, sword, dagger, blackjack, brass knuckles, nunchaku (fighting sticks), shuriken (throwing stars), among other weapons.
In some jurisdictions, a distinction is made between deadly weapons and destructive devices, such as explosives, incendiary or poison gas bombs, grenades, landmines, rockets, missiles, or similar devices, including the unassembled components from which such devices can be made.
In 19th century France, a closed fist was considered a deadly weapon and thus combatants would kick or strike each other with an open-palmed slap, possibly influencing the French martial art Savate.
In Wisconsin, statute §939.22(10) defines dangerous weapon:
"Dangerous weapon" means any firearm, whether loaded or unloaded; any device designed as a weapon and capable of producing death or great bodily harm; any electric weapon, as defined in s. 941.295 (4); or any other device or instrumentality which, in the manner it is used or intended to be used, is calculated or likely to produce death or great bodily harm.
Pennsylvania Crimes Code, Title 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301. Definitions.
"Deadly Weapon." Any firearm, whether loaded or unloaded, or any device designed as a weapon and capable of producing death or serious bodily injury, or any other device or instrumentality which, in the manner in which it is used or intended to be used, is calculated or likely to produce death or serious bodily injury. (effective June 6, 1973)
The use or possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a crime often constitutes a penalty enhancer. The deadly weapon penalty enhancer is premised on a belief that commission of the particular crime is inherently more dangerous.
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As a cooperative, Sun-Maid is made up of approximately 850 family farmers who grow raisin grapes within 100 miles (160 km) radius of the processing plant. Sun-Maid also sources dried fruit beyond this geographical area. In 2012, Sun-Maid celebrated its 100th anniversary as a grower cooperative.
Sun-Maid raisins are packaged in a red box featuring the iconic “Sun-Maid Girl” wearing a red sunbonnet and holding a tray of fresh grapes. Sun-Maid raisins are grown in the Central Valley of California, midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, a region known for its unique Mediterranean climate perfect for growing grapes and drying them to make raisins.
The grapes are picked at harvest time, usually late August to early September, and dried naturally in the sun, either by hand-picking them and laying them on paper trays or allowing them to dry-on-the-vine (DOV) for mechanical harvesting. After about 14 days, they are placed in bins and delivered to the Sun-Maid plant for processing, packaging and shipping to customers throughout the United States and in more than 60 countries around the world.
Sun-Maid produces more than 200,000,000 pounds (91,000,000 kg) of natural raisins annually. Nearly half of all Sun-Maid raisins are packed for consumer sales, whether in a box, a bag or a canister in varying sizes. The other half are sold as an ingredient to bakeries, cereal companies, as raisin paste and raisin concentrate. The Thompson Seedless grape is the most popular variety used to make raisins, although other grapes, such as Fiesta, Flame and Zante currants are also used.
In addition to raisins, Sun-Maid packs a full line of dried fruit, such as figs, dates, cranberries, apples, prunes, apricots and tropical fruits. Sun-Maid also packs yogurt-covered raisins, such as those dipped in dark chocolate, vanilla, orange cream, strawberry-Greek and cherry-chocolate flavored yogurt.
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In order to login to your cTrader account, you will need to provide “Login Credentials”(ID and Password) as you are provided by FXPro.
To type in the information and login, please open up the cTrader trading platform.
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To assess the impact of HIV coinfection on the risk of developing liver-related complications in HCV-infected patients with advanced fibrosis treated with direct-acting antivirals (DAA) after sustained virological response (SVR).
Prospective cohort study.
Patients from the GEHEP and HEPAVIR cohorts were selected if they fulfilled the following criteria: treatment against HCV with all oral DAA combination; SVR achievement, defined as undetectable plasma HCV RNA 12 weeks after the end of therapy; pretreatment liver stiffness equal to or higher than 9.5 kPa; liver stiffness measurement at the time of SVR.
The primary variable was the time until the development of a liver complication or requiring liver transplant.
: Seven hundred and seventeen patients were included and 507 (71%) were coinfected with HIV. After a median follow-up time of 21 (14–25) months, 15 (2.1%) patients developed a liver complication and/or underwent a liver transplant and 15 (2.0%) died. The probability of remaining free of hepatic complications or transplant at 1 and 2 was, respectively, 99 and 96% in HCV-monoinfected patients and 99 and 98% in coinfected patients (P = 0.648). In a multivariate analysis, in which nonliver-related death was considered as a competing event, HIV coinfection was not associated with the appearance of hepatic complications or requiring liver transplant [hazard ratio = 0.24; 95% CI (0.03–1.93), P = 0.181]. Having presented hepatic decompensation prior to SVR [hazard ratio = 29.06; 95% CI (3.91–216.16), P < 0.001] and the value of liver stiffness at the SVR time-point (hazard ratio = 1.12; 95% CI (1.07–1.18), P < 0.001] were associated with a higher probability of development of liver events.
HIV coinfection is not associated with a higher probability of developing liver complications in HCV-infected patients with advanced fibrosis, who achieved SVR with interferon-free regimens.
aUnit of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Seville
bUnit of Infectious Pathology, Hospital Universitario Alvaro Cunqueiro, Vigo
cUnit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario de Puerto Real, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cadiz
dUnit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, Instituto Maimonides de Investigación Biomedica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Universidad de Córdoba (UCO)
eUnit of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Jerez, Cadiz
fUnit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla
gSection of Infectious Medicine/Service of Internal Medicine, Hospital General Universitario Santa Lucía, Cartagena
hUnit of Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Hospital Virgen de la Victoria, Málaga
iUnit of Infectious Diseases Hospital Virgen de la Luz, Cuenca, Spain.
Correspondence to Dr Juan A. Pineda, Professor, Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Avenida de Bellavista s/n, 41014 Sevilla, Spain. Tel: +34 955015684; fax: +34 955015795; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.org
Received 30 October, 2018
Revised 30 November, 2018
Accepted 30 November, 2018

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Like, "I'm truly feeling guilty. What's wrong with me. I wasn't born a cold blooded murderer that is willing to kill anyone and love to scapegoat Isreaelis."
UN: Gaza could be 'uninhabitable' by 2020 if trends continue (AP)
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Odisha and poverty are almost synonymous. The greenery and beauty are the assets of the state. One of Odisha’s districts, Kandhamal, is infamous for its poverty and malnutrition. In Kandhamal’s Kadopida village, 35-year old Ranjulata is a hardworking woman who owns two acres of land. Despite this land, Ranjulata’s family used to struggle to acquire two meals a day due to low paddy production. They would produce only 300 to 400 pounds of paddy per acre because they were using traditional methods of paddy cultivation. These conventional approaches do not incorporate modern technologies.
Ranjulata remembers these days: “It was a hard time, when, my husband and I would toil hard, but would get hardly three quintal (~300 pounds) per acre which used to be sufficient for four to six months only and to meet our round the year food expenses we needed to work in others farms and places. We would work in our village as daily wage workers and sometimes migrate from our own house for the remaining four to six months. My children stopped going to school to help us in getting cash through labor. We were really helpless; life was very hard as if our destiny was to live in the web of poverty and vicious cycle of loans and debts.
We came across Pathways – a women’s collective in our village. They started working with us through SHGs (self-help groups) and women from poor and marginalized women and families came together. They told us about the benefits of groups, savings, opened our account in banks. We women started monthly saving and deposited some amount in banks. After some time when we discussed our problems of agriculture and less production with Pathways, they gave us various exposures and told us about new techniques of agriculture. We were excited to do all these in our limited land, though it was risky and it was really difficult to convince our elderly people, who were doing agriculture since generations with their own understanding and methods. To change the mindset and bring a change in agriculture patterns was really difficult, but after discussions the community agreed to change the methods with the hope to get more production.”
Pathways interventions have helped marginalized farmers raise paddy yields through the application of some basic technologies such as germination tests, line sowing, and summer ploughing. The interaction with Ranjulata revealed that the germination test of paddy has huge impact in the yield of paddy. Summer ploughing and line sowing has advanced the yield of about 30-40 percent in comparison to earlier yield.
Ranjulata explains the benefits and the changes she has experienced because of adopting these basic techniques of paddy cultivation. Compared to the previous food shortages that Ranjulata’s family experienced, today, “there is lot in our plate and we get nutritious food every day and due to this we are keeping ourselves healthy. SHG has become a boon, when we want a petty amount for our day-to-day needs, we take loans and pay in time; this is how we are not in the grab of local Sahukars who would suck our blood by imposing huge interest on meager amount. Now we are living a peaceful life”. Ranjulata said she has Rs 7000/- in her saving account and her face was glowing with pride. She is now able to send her son to school and to produce food for the entire year.
Ranjulata is just one example of the many women who prove that hard work and support can help improve the status of families and communities. Today, Ranjulata doesn’t have to worry so much about the day-to-day nutritional needs of her family. Instead, she can focus on her children’s education and overall health. She manages group activities in addition to her family responsibilities and has become a leader in her village through Pathways and a role model for other women.
Contributed by: Dr. Pradip Mohapatra

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LoveThatBass The Annual – Vol. 1
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The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) has welcomed the appointment of Anthony Albanese as Shadow Minister for Cities to enhance urban efficiency and deliver policies aimed at improving sustainability and liveability in Australian cities. Chief executive officer of the ARA Bryan Nye OAM said he was pleased to see the Federal Opposition remain committed to investment in Australia’s capital and regional cities, particularly on the matter of public transport. “This announcement demonstrates a commitment by Federal Labor to work with state governments and industry to improve our cities by making them more sustainable, productive and public transport focused,” said Mr Nye. “Increasing congestion and carbon emissions are putting too much pressure on the existing infrastructure in our cities, affecting the people living in them, which is why investment from all levels of government into public transport is paramount if Australians want to move freely and efficiently a


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Football continues to be at great risk of ending. From lessening fan support to losing Players and almost no International growth prospect, America's "Biggest" Sport may be seeing its days dwindling.
A ranking of the ten best players to ever put on a 49ers uniform.
After 26 seasons George Blanda had the longest NFL career. He was able to win games as a quarterback and as a kicker.
American football today is much different from what it was when I played in the 60s. In this hub I examine the differences of high school players in the early 60s from players today.
This article looks at why so many men love football. It also looks at the rules of football, and other important information to understanding football.
Reasons why I think that the title of greatest of all-time, and maybe even greatest in recent years may not be accurate when talking about Tom Brady.
Welcome to the hottest cheerleaders in the nfl. That's right, just for your pleasure, introducing the finest and hottest cheerleaders of the 2010 national football league.
Inspiration, Motivational and awe inspiring quotes that show how teamwork on the gridiron can bring winning results. Famous words from the best NFL players coaches and fans.
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional football team with amongst the most wins in the NFL since becoming a franchise, yet they have no Super Bowl victory to date. While I'm sure no unbiased football follower would disagree that their four Super Bowl losses in the 1970's were all fairly...
This is a cheat sheet of 8 of my best football plays from my 6-on-6 flag football playbook. These diagrams can be a handy reminder of how to line up your football formations and and which players are in each of the football postions.

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Foot and Mouth Disease
- Technical Factsheet
- Fast Facts Disease Summary
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- Additional Disease Specific Resources
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FAD PReP/NAHEMS Guidelines:
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FMD Prevention Practices
FMD Response Package
The Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Pocket Guide and Wall Chart provide practitioners, veterinary students and government personnel with easy to use resources illustrating the progression of FMD lesions in domestic and feral swine and cattle.
FMD Pocket Guide
FMD Progression of Lesions Wall Chart
Vesicular Disease Reference Chart:
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The links in this section will take you to a list of other diseases for that same category (e.g. diseases affecting that species, in a specific region, etc.).
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The alarm sounds and I roll over to reset it for thirty minutes later. I shift positions so I’m lying on my back with a pillow under my knees; feel cold and reach down to pull up the green afghan I’ve tossed aside during the night. When the alarm sounds again, I’ve reached a state of cozy and comatose; the last thing I want to do is get out of bed.
My stomach and head hurt and I’d give my right arm to not be Mom for a day. By this time Reece is calling for me and I drag myself to standing, if for no other reason, than to avoid his cries reaching such a crescendo that other needy people wake up.
And so it went last week: drudgery. I did the bare necessities but didn’t enjoy them and prayed for the moment I could return to the bed or the couch and a decent TV show.
That feeling–of wanting to disappear, fly off the radar, pull the covers back over my head and get back to life when I feel “up to the task”–it’s awfully close to the opposite of grace. Ironically, the root of it can also have me bounding out of bed, weighed down by a heavy to-do list instead of sleep, attacking the day so I can’t be accused of being lazy, and falling into bed without a moment’s respite in the sixteen hour day.
On the surface, living by a culture of works versus a culture of grace may look the same, but the foundations couldn’t be more opposite. The first keeps the focus on me and what I can do; the latter on Him and what He can do. One is religion, the other relationship.
Works look to my power; Grace points me to His.
Works pressure me to gear up; Grace reminds me to dial in.
Works label me “slave”; Grace names me “daughter.”
Works have me dig down deep;
Grace has me reach for Him…
Grace reaches for me.
Like a freshwater pool at the foot of a mountain, grace flows from above, originating from a source that could no more be pulled down by my might than I could pull down a waterfall. All I have to do is step into it.
I lift up my eyes to the mountains—where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1-2
This is the “Adventures in Grace” series. I’ll add links to the topics as I post them.
- Venture with Me?
- An Outrageous Day
- Gearing Up or Stepping In?
- Listen Well
- Cousin to Mercy?
- Crazy Lovin’
- Feel Your Way
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PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF LIQUIDS, 2019 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)
In the present work, the stability constants of copper(II) complexes with 1,10-phenanthroline (phen), its methyl derivatives [4-methyl-1,10-phenanthroline (4-mphen) and 4,7-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline (dmphen)] and L-tryptophan (trp) were investigated using potentiometric method in 0.1 mol.L-1 KCl aqueous ionic media at 298.15 K, 308.15 K and 318.15 K. 'BEST' software package was applied to the potentiometric data for the calculation of the protonation constants of the ligands and the stability constants of the copper(II) binary and ternary complexes. The concentration distributions of the various complex species formed in solution were also evaluated as a function of pH using the 'SPE' software package. The thermodynamic parameters, enthalpy change (Delta H degrees), entropy change (Delta S degrees) and Gibbs energy change (Delta G degrees) were determined from the stability constants using Gibbs and van't Hoff equations. The complexation of copper(II) with the ligands in this work is spontaneous, exothermic and favourable at lower temperatures.

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The alarming STD problem in the US is brought about by a combination of factors, the primary one being that people are not knowledgeable about the disease - its causes and effects, modes of transfer, dangers and risks. This shows in the lifestyle of most Americans and their condescending attitude toward premarital sex, multiple sex partners, casual and unprotected sex. Such practices erode the moral fabric of American society and, on the health implications of STDs, deprive this country of a healthy and robust citizenry.
On the need to address the perceived lack of awareness of Americans on STD, it is agreed that media is a potent medium for that purpose. But the question is, does American media recognize the extent of the problem and the role it is being called upon to play
The media in modern times has served as the primary means people use to gain insight into the various issues that bedevil American society. Media feed people information about current issues ranging from politics, global affairs, economics, and public health and is the information mix with the most extensive reach. The influence of media in people's lives is so vast it can sway public perception and opinion towards one side (Stoughton, 1994). Thus media can promote awareness of important issues such as STDs just as easily as it can prompt awareness regarding violence.
This paper will discuss the role of one form of media, newspapers, in increasing public knowledge and awareness of STDs. News articles published in the nationally-circulated newspapers that tackle the issue of STDs will be analyzed to determine the ways in which the issue is presented and discussed. The primary objective is to determine how the print news media informs the public about sexually transmitted diseases.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released a statement on an audio clip making the rounds on social media between former governor of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose, who is in their custody, and Acting Chairman of the Commission, Ibrahim Magu.
In the clip, Magu purportedly said that nothing will happen if Fayose dies in custody. In the clip also, an individual purported to be the former governor is heard saying he’ll not write any other statement and is ready to remain in the custody of the anti-graft agency indefinitely.
“Interestingly, the audio tape did not disclose the place where the conversation occurred and the person that Magu was supposedly talking to,” the EFCC said.
The commission continued:
Members of the public are advised to disregard this disingenuous creation as it is the handiwork of mischief makers intent on distracting the Commission from the serious work of wrapping up the investigation into the corruption allegations against the former governor of Ekiti state.
The audio recording is fake as the comments did not emanate from the Chairman of the EFCC.
Purveyors of this fake news especially a former spokesperson of a leading political party are warned to desist.
This is coming after the commission released photos of properties allegedly belonging to the former governor.
“In the course of investigating corruption allegations against ex-governor Ayodele Fayose, especially the N1.3billion which he collected from the office of the National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki, the Commission unearthed evidence that he laundered the funds into the acquisition of properties in choice locations in Abuja and Lagos,” EFCC spokesperson Wilson Uwajaren said in a statement to Channels.
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Prices climb 4%, sales up 9% from month before
Toronto home prices eked out a third consecutive monthly gain in April as the market showed continued signs of rebounding amid tight supply conditions.
The average price of a home in the Greater Toronto Area rose four per cent month-over-month to $1.153 million in April, according to data from the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board. Still, prices remain below the $1.25 million average posted in April 2022. The number of homes exchanging hands also rose by about nine per cent to 7,531 month-over-month, but remained down just over five per cent from a year ago.
The aggressive pace of interest rate hikes has kept many would-be buyers on the sidelines, but market data for spring –— typically a busy time for home buying — so far reveals that some prospective buyers are getting back in the game at a time when supply is still low and fewer listings are hitting the market.
In an interview, TRREB chief market analyst Jason Mercer said a lot of those households that initially put their decision to purchase on hold have recalibrated and adjusted to current higher interest rates, either by pursuing different types of homes, different parts of the Greater Toronto Area or a combination of both, as they move back into the market.
“Certainly, as we move through the spring, I would expect to see demand increase and the number of sales increase. I’d also expect to see market conditions tighten (because) we really haven’t seen a lot of movement on the listing front,” Mercer said.
Buyers coming back to the market will be up against a relatively constrained supply of available homes, he said, likely leading to increased competition and further upward pressure on pricing.
Penelope Graham, director of content at mortgage site Ratehub.ca, said better mortgage rates may have explained some of the increased demand in April.
“The April numbers show buyers are getting used to the tougher borrowing environment, and some may have been spurred to make a move due to the slightly lower fixed rates offered over the last month,” Graham said.
Detached home sales were up significantly from March with 3,448 units sold for an average price of $1.403 million, but volumes remained down slightly from last year. Condominium sales were up only slightly month-over-month with 2,160 units sold, close to flat from last year.
In a press release, TRREB president Paul Baron said that the supply issue requires a policy response from all levels of government, one that many market watchers argue has been left unaddressed even as the federal government plans to welcome 1.4 million immigrants over a three-year period.
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Lauren Haw, chief executive of Toronto-based online real estate listings firm Zoocasa, told Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn last month that the federal government’s 2023 budget fell short of addressing the housing market supply gap. She added that despite the housing downturn that had Toronto posting double-digit declines from its pandemic highs, she anticipated in early April that more homebuyers would return to the market.
“I think (we will) see some investor sellers coming into market because they have to,” Haw said during an April 8 interview. “Those things — increasing supply combined with these decreasing mortgage rates — I think we’re going to see a lot of buyers come off the sidelines (get) that feeling of confidence in the market. So, I do predict a pretty busy spring market.”
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The only Democratic legislator in Texas who is not up for reelection in 2014 yet also has seven figures in his campaign bank account is Rodney Ellis. Will we hear any Ellis for Governor rumors before session is done?
You can see a copy of Sen. Ellis’ January report here. He has just over $2 million cash on hand, which isn’t exactly Greg Abbott territory but isn’t a bad place to start off, either. He has been in the Senate since winning a special election in 1990, but at least since I’ve been paying attention I can’t recall hearing any talk about him eyeing a run for something else. One opportunity he declined to take to move up was in 2004, when the DeLay re-redistricting effort transformed Chris Bell’s CD25 into the African-American majority CD09. Ellis was not up for election in 2004 but did not challenge the first-term Congressman Bell, who was ultimately defeated in the primary by now-Rep. Al Green, who had been a Justice of the Peace until then.
That may just mean he isn’t interested in a federal office. If so, 2014 is an opportunity for him since he would have had to give up his Senate seat to run in any of the three previous state election years. Personally, I have no idea if Sen. Ellis has even given this matter a moment’s thought, but hey, I can pass along out of the blue speculation as well as the next blogger, so there you go. As of now, Julian Castro has declared his non-candidacy for 2014, Sen. Wendy Davis is playing it coy, Henry Cisneros is almost certainly a figment of my imagination, and I have no idea if anyone has talked to Cecile Richards lately. May as well keep talking about possibilities till one of them becomes real. What do you think about this?


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Facebook doesn’t just connect friends – it also apparently makes divorce cases easier for many lawyers. According to the Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers:
81 percent of its members have used or faced evidence plucked from Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and other social networking sites, including YouTube and LinkedIn, over the last five years.
The article contains some interesting examples of participants saying one thing in court or to lawyers and then displaying something completely different in the online realm. It is a reminder that the online world is hardly private.


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Inside the building there is a small distillery where every year the Bettanini Virdia family distil the fine grappa ““Rugiada delle Alpi” (Alpine dew).
The distillery, located next to the cellars under the spacious vaulted ceilings of the basement of the owner’s house, uses an old still (dating back to the late eighteenth century) heated by an open wood-burning fire.
The distillation began in the early nineteenth century when times were hard and nothing was wasted. Marco Bettanini decided to buy and install the still to use the marc (“vinaccia”), the meagre residue from the making of wine.
Later, around 1930, Alessandro Bettanini named the grappa “Rugiarda delle Alpi” on the suggestion of the famous Italian poet Gabriele d’Annunzio, who, frequenting the area and appreciating the product, poetically united the place the grappa was produced “at the foot of the Alps” with its crystal-clear appearance that resembled dew-drops.
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As warned, Tinashe drops off a new project for the fans called “Nightride.”
Tinashe has been keeping fans on their toes this past year as they patiently wait for her often-delayed sophomore album Joyride. But to hold them over in the meantime, the R&B singer decided to treat fans to a new project today called NIGHTRIDE, which she says will serve as a prelude to Joyride, dropping this Spring.
"I see [Nightride and Joyride] as two things that are equally the same. I think you can be a combination of things, and that's what makes people human and complex. They are equally me. I don't like to be limited to one particular thing so I want to represent that duality and that sense of boundlessness in my art," Tinashe says in an upcoming interview with Rolling Stone.
Laced with 15 tracks in total, the follow up to last year’s Amethyst features the previously heard singles “Company” & “Party Favors,” which originally featured Young Thug on it. Available now on iTunes, fans can stream the project for free in its entirety (below) via Apple Music.
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Winnipeg figure-skating sensation Mary Rose Thacker dominated national and North American competitions in the 1930s and early '40s
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In the 1930s and ’40s, Mary Rose Thacker was Winnipeg’s “Ice Queen”, a figure skating phenomenon who stood atop national and North American podiums. As with many athletes of her generation, international glory was dashed due to the Second World War.
Mary Rose was born in April 1922, the youngest of three children of Lillian and George Thacker of Grosvenor Avenue. Her father was a grain company president.
The Thackers were a sporting family, active in summer and winter activities. When Mary Rose was three-years-old she was enrolled in one of her mother’s favourite sports, figure skating, at the Winnipeg Skating Club and soon began turning heads due to her natural abilities.
In 1929, the Winnipeg Winter Club was formed and created a skating club of its own. Mary Rose was a charter member and instantly became its star. Through the 1930s her solo performances were a main attraction at the club’s carnival, a gala event held at the Amphitheatre each March to celebrate the end of the skating season.
One month after the 1930 carnival, George Thacker died of a heart attack at 48, leaving Lillian to raise three children under the age of twelve. Thankfully, his estate had not been too badly ravaged by the stock market crash and he left enough to see that the children were looked after and that Lillian could attend full-time to Mary Rose’s budding career.
That career kicked into high gear in 1935 when, at the age of twelve, Mary Rose became the Winter Club’s senior ladies skating champion, a title she would hold for the next seven years. The following year in Toronto she placed second at the Canadian Junior Figure Skating Championships. In 1937, she returned east and took top honours.
The press lauded Mary Rose for her almost perfect technical program and coolness under pressure, which would be her trademarks throughout the rest of her career.
The young skater received competent coaching from the Winter Club’s professionals, but to compete on the international level she would need additional instruction, and that meant she and her mother would spend a great deal of time away from home.
From August to October 1937, Mary Rose and her mother went to London, England, to take lessons at the Westminster Ice Club, one of Europe’s premier figure skating clubs. Her instructor was Howard Nicholson who had coached Norway’s Sonja Henie, the ten-time world champion and three-time Olympic women’s gold medallist.
The following October it was off to the New York Skating Club. At the end of her stay, Mary Rose tested with the United States Figure Skating Association and received a gold medal, a rare achievement for someone so young.
The 1939 Canadian Figure Skating Championships were held in late January in Toronto. Despite being the second youngest entrant in a field of ten, Mary Rose gave near flawless performances over the two days of events to become the national women’s senior champion. A first for a Western Canadian skater.
Winnipeggers barely had time to digest the good news when the following weekend, also in Toronto, it was Mary Rose’s turn at the North American Figure Skating Championships. On Feb. 4, 1939, she edged out the favourite, two-time reigning American singles and pairs champion Joan Tozzer of Boston.
Mary Rose returned home the following week to a hero’s welcome.
At a banquet in her honour at the Winter Club the following night, which included the Mayor John Queen and Premier John Bracken as guests, club president George McIvor said that it was “… the happiest occasion in the club’s history. Not on account of the fact that two notable victories have been won by a member of our club, but because they were won by Mary Rose.”
Some of the hundreds of congratulatory telegrams received, including ones from Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Governor General John Buchan, were read aloud and the young champion was made an honorary life member of the club.
Despite the amount of attention in local papers, not a lot was revealed about the Thackers’ personal lives. The diminutive Mary Rose was very shy and a number of reporters noted questions posed to the young girl were answered with a bashful smile or three-word answer. Lillian Thacker did much of the talking and kept the answers all about skating.
A few nuggets of the girl’s personal life can be found in various columns by Lillian “Jimmy” Coo, a journalist who followed the local women’s sports scene for the Winnipeg Free Press.
By all accounts, Mary Rose was an excellent student, taught by tutors and at private school. She had an aptitude for languages and was able to speak very good French, German and Spanish by her early teens.
In the summer, when the Thackers did not need to be at the rink at 5 a.m. every morning to practice, Mary Rose enjoyed horseback riding and swimming. She was also a pianist, sometimes accompanying the Knox Church choir at recitals.
Mary Rose’s victories in early 1939 assured her a place on the Canadian Olympic team for the Winter Games scheduled for February 1940 at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. In June, the Thackers returned to London to work with coach Howard Nicholson.
Training came to an abrupt halt when war was declared and the Olympic games were cancelled. The Thackers returned to Canada in late September aboard the Duchess of York. While en route, their convoy encountered a German U-Boat and passengers watched as the enemy ship was destroyed.
Mary Rose spent much of the 1940 carnival season travelling around the country, skating at events in Toronto and Montreal before ending up in Ottawa for the summer to be coached by Czech skater Otto Gold, who worked out of the Minto Skating Club. Later that year, it was back to New York where her London coach, Nicholson, ended up during the war years.
In February 1941, Mary Rose again took the Canadian seniors women’s crown, edging out a young upstart named Barbara Ann Scott who was five years her junior. Scott also trained under Gold at the Minto Skating Club. The following week, it was on to Philadelphia where she repeated as North American women’s champion.
Mary Rose’s final title came at the end of January 1942, when the Winnipeg Winter Club was hosting the Canadian figure skating championships. She had spent the previous three months in Ottawa preparing and once again beat out Barbara Ann Scott.
After the victory, Mary Rose was asked about her future. She insisted that she had no plans to turn pro. As for future titles, she told reporters she was just taking her career “one year at a time.”
Coach Otto Gold, though, was very optimistic about the young skater’s career, saying, “Mary Rose is blessed with much natural talent but her greatest asset is her capacity for work. Her school figures are almost perfect, but her free skating can be improved still more.” He predicted many more championship wins on the horizon and noted Sonja Henie, whom he had coached at times, was able to turn her successful figure skating career into a lucrative Hollywood movie contract.
Despite the sunny outlook, world events in 1942 brought Mary Rose’s career to a halt.
Early that year it was announced that the 1944 Winter Olympic Games were cancelled. A few months later, the Canadian and North American senior championships were put on hold for the duration of the war.
Mary Rose was nineteen and at the peak of her career but found herself with nowhere to compete in the foreseeable future. In late 1942 she announced that she was retiring from competition.
After a brief professional career with a touring company, Mary Rose settled in Vancouver in 1945 and became a coach at the Vancouver Skating Club. In the early 1950s she married a school principal from Victoria and began her long association with the Victoria Skating Club.
In 1971, Free Press reporter Reyn Davis contacted Mary Rose to talk about her life and the international career that never happened.
Mary Rose reminisced fondly about her Winnipeg years and the celebratory homecomings she received after each championship win. As for not having the chance to compete internationally, she replied, “The reasons for a war seemed as silly then as they do today. Missing the Olympics didn’t bother me. The war did.”
Mary Rose Thacker-Temple died at Victoria in August 1983 at the age of 60. She was inducted posthumously into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame, Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame and Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame.
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