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Hello and thank you for checking us out!
The concept and ideas behind Ms. Mong began long before its birth in Franklin Street. Co-owners Alex Kim and Isaac Park had been in the Mongolian barbecue business many years separately before they had met. In fact, some may say that they were rivals. Then one fateful day the two actually befriended one another and found they shared much more in common than similar style restaurants. On top of realizing that the other wasn't such a bad guy, they also discovered that they both had the same vision for the evolution of traditional Mongolian BBQ. Years later, fate intervened again and the opportunity for the two to catalyze this ambition presented itself. They went for it. With a combined 25 years of experience, insight, and bravado in their holsters, the two friends teamed up together to bring you Ms. Mong!
Ms. Mong is not your typical Mongolian BBQ eatery. Ms. Mong aims to be everything you love about traditional Mongolian stir-fry and dares to take it a couple steps further. We would even be so bold as to say that we can no longer be classified as Mongolian BBQ but more of a carefully thought out infusion of different regional flavors across the Earth. Ms. Mong is a fine tuned, compact, and contemporary take on the traditional Mongolian BBQ institution. Some of what we would like to bring to your palette is better quality vegetables through organic and locally grown produce as well as better quality proteins. Those with dietary restrictions may be pleased to see our carefully thought out vegan and gluten free menu options. Of course, we will serve our own unique rendition of the classic piled high Mongolian plate, where the guest can choose their own ingredients and sauces. Our diners will also have the pleasure of choosing from the same selection of produce and protein and get it all stuffed inside a huge and scrumptious burrito. Ms. Mong's unique fusion burrito is packed with flavor profiles you never thought could coexist so harmoniously. While working at our previous Mongolian restaurants we frequently found ourselves playing with our food. Through much trial and error,we had discovered that we could make extremely tasty Banh Mi sandwiches with the ingredients found in our own kitchens. Thus, the Mong Mi was brought onto us. We will boast 7 different Mong Mi's to choose from: The Cali, which dons fresh avocado, egg, Mong sauced pork, and more; a vegan Mong Mi that hosts a slew of both fresh and stir fried vegetables and tofu; and a crispy pork belly Mong Mi that is made with locally grown pork, our secret aioli, and a made-in-house medley of crisp pickled veggies. Plus, other Mong Mi choices that we hope will bring you satisfaction and a smile. BBQ, BANHMI and BURRITOS! We are very excited to bring you our full menu as soon as we figure out how to use the internet.
Both Ms. Mong and us will try to push the boundaries of Asian eateries not only with forward thinking food but also forward thinking standards. Sustainability will be a core value of our goals as a business in the community. Recyclable and biodegradable plate-ware will only be the start to our eco-friendly mission of going green. We will put as much locally grown and organic products in our selection as we can. We refuse to let people with any dietary limitations go hungry while still making the food tasty and healthy. Like many of you, we are just beginning our journey and our goal is to not only impact taste buds but our beautiful Chapel hill community and precious Earth.
We hope you will welcome Ms. Mong with an open heart.


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From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:
"People participating in marches in the United States and around the world walked in support of female empowerment and denounced President Donald Trump’s views on immigration, abortion, LGBT rights and women’s rights on the anniversary of his inauguration.
In Cambridge, several thousand people participated in Saturday’s Cambridge/Boston Women’s March 2018. Many carried anti-Trump signs and wore pink knit hats symbolic of the movement.
Among the speakers at the rally in Cambridge was Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey, who called Trump an “embarrassment” and a “president who demeans and insults women.”
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"The federal government shutdown only partially curbs operations. But the longer the shutdown continues, the more likely its impact will be felt.
U.S. troops will stay at their posts and mail will get delivered, but almost half of the 2 million civilian federal workers will be barred from doing their jobs if the shutdown extends into Monday.
How key parts of the federal government would be affected by a shutdown:
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A shutdown plan posted on the Treasury Department’s website shows that nearly 44 percent of the IRS’ 80,565 employees will be exempt from being furloughed during a shutdown. That would mean nearly 45,500 IRS employees will be sent home just as the agency is preparing for the start of the tax filing season and ingesting the sweeping changes made by the new GOP tax law."Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)

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MoU signed for establishing first unit of defence category industry in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: MoU for establishing the first manufacturing unit of a Defense Category Industry in Chhattisgarh was signed on Monday in presence of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. This industrial unit will manufacture bullet-proof jackets and helmets for Government of India's armed forces, infantry, BSF, CRPF and State Government's armed forces.
In a humble ceremony held at CM House, the MoU was signed between Chhattisgarh Government's Industry Department and M / s ATMASTCO Ltd, Durg for establishing the industrial unit for defence equipment. Industry Minister Kawasi Lakhma was also present on the occasion. This industrial unit for defence equipments will come up at Birebhant village of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.
Capital investment worth nearly Rs 87.50 crore will be done by the company. This industrial unit will generate employment for around 150 people. In the first phase, the industrial unit will manufacture one lakh bulletproof jackets and one lakh helmets. Chief Minister Baghel congratulated the officials of M / s ATMASTCO Ltd and Industry Department for establishment of this unit.
The MoU was signed by Principal Secretary Manoj Kumar Pingua on behalf of Industry Department and by MD of M / s ATMASTCO Ltd, S Swaminathan. Principal Secretary Pingua said that Defense category has been enlisted as the top-priority category in the new industrial policy of Chhattisgarh Government. MD of M/s ATMASTCO Ltd S Swaminathan informed that this unit will start production by November month.
M / s ATMASTCO Ltd, Durg signed contract for Defence Technology under license and agreement with Government of India on 25 March 2019. Under this contract, permission for establishing this unit for production of Bulletproof Jackets and Helmets was issued on May 5, 2020. Subsequent to the issuance of license by Government of India for establishing this industrial unit, State
Government signed MoU on Monday.


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Amala Paul, a well-known actress from Tollywood, always remains in the headlines due to her pictures and talk. Her beauty is well-praised in the South industry. She is once again making headlines. Actress Amala Paul is in her hometown Kerala and is on break from the time of lockdown. As always, she keeps entertaining her fans by posting her beautiful pictures and inspiring quotes on social media. In the latest picture, she is in local costumes and is wearing the same clothes while wearing a shirt with two men.
According to media reports, the picture has received mixed reactions as some have commented on Amala's authentic local style, others have stated that she has not followed the social distinction as the three are close together.
Amala's next release will be a female-centric action-adventure film 'Adho Andha Paravai Pola', after which she also has 'Cadaver', 'Oudujivitham' and 'Lust Stories'.

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by Stacy McAnulty
Illustrated by Joanne Lew Vriethoff
Published Sept. 2016
Running Press Kids
Review copy provided by publisher
Every girl is unique, talented, and lovable. . . . Every girl is BEAUTIFUL.
Much more than how one looks on the outside, true beauty is found in conquering challenges, showing kindness, and spreading contagious laughter. Beautiful girls are empowered and smart and strong!
BEAUTIFUL breaks barriers by showing girls free to be themselves: splashing in mud, conducting science experiments, and reading books under a flashlight with friends. This book will encourage all girls to embrace who they are and realize their endless potential.
Every little girl needs this book!
With simple text following the pattern of "Beautiful girls _____" this book shows what girls are and what they can be. The words and illustrations work in wonderful juxtaposition. For example on a page with the text, "Beautiful girls move gracefully." the illustrations show a girl playing football and two girls in wheelchairs playing basketball. "Beautiful girls smell like flowers." shows messy girls planting and digging in the dirt.
The illustrations are fabulous. The characters represent many cultures with different shapes and sizes. Girls are sure to see someone that looks like them in Beautiful.
This books sends the message that girls are beautiful just the way they are. This is a message young girls cannot hear enough in my opinion.
I would highly recommend Beautiful for ages 3-8.
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On XM MT5, Bitcoin(BTCUSD)’s minimum trading volume is 0.1 lot and the maximum trading volume is 10 lots.
1 lot equals to 1 Bitcoin.
The maximum trading volume for BTCUSD per client is 20 lots.
If you wish to trade more than 20 lots, please send your request by email to your account manager.
This limit will be reviewed on a daily basis and updated according to the value of bitcoin.

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The heads of some of the world’s biggest tech companies have appeared before Washington lawmakers to defend their firms against claims they abuse their power to quash competitors.
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos said the world “needs large” firms, while the heads of Facebook, Apple and Google argued their companies had spurred innovation.
The appearance comes as lawmakers consider tougher regulation and competition probes are under way.
Some critics want the firms broken up.
Democrats pressed the tech titans on competition issues, while Republicans were more concerned about how they managed information and whether they were marginalizing conservative views.
Congressman David Cicilline, the Democrat leading the congressional committee holding the hearing, said a year-long investigation by lawmakers had showed the online platforms had “wielded their power in destructive, harmful ways in order to expand”.
He said he was convinced the firms were monopolies and called for action.
“Some need to be broken up and all need to be properly regulated,” he said at the end of more than five hours of testimony.
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google, and Tim Cook of Apple insisted they had done nothing illegal and stressed the American roots and values of their firms.
What are the main concerns about the tech giants?
At the hearing, lawmakers accused Google of having stolen content created by smaller firms, like Yelp, in order to keep users on their own web pages.
Amazon’s treatment of sellers on its site, Facebook’s acquisition of competitors such as Instagram, and Apple’s App store also drew attention.
Mr Cicilline said Amazon had an inherent conflict of interest, since it both hosts sellers and competes against them by offering similar products. Such practice has also come under scrutiny from European regulators.
“Amazon’s dual role… is fundamentally anti-competitive and Congress must take action,” he said.
However, some Republicans signalled they were not prepared to split up the firms or significantly overhaul US competition laws, with one committee member saying “big is not inherently bad”.
Republican concerns focused on perceived political bias at the firms, which they accused of suppressing conservative views.
“I’ll just cut to the chase – big tech is out to get conservatives,” said Congressman Jim Jordan, a Republican from Ohio.
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As a half of the EP release, there might be a one-of-a type NFT art piece designed by NFT 3D animating graphic artist Kid Eight up for grabs. The piece shall be sold through an auction that may run for 3 days starting on April 20 and the winner will be getting a lot more than one NFT art merchandise. Along with a one-of-a-kind “musically impressed,” art auction piece designed by 3D NFT animation graphic artist Kid Eight, the NFT sale options three tiers at completely different value points to supply fans an array of inexpensive choices. The successful bid of the art auction may even receive flights and hotel lodging for a meet with Curren$y at a future event. They reached out about making a foray into the world of NFT, placing collectively a collection of music to companion with some digital art and to companion with a digital move to concert backstage in Houston tomorrow. It received greater after I actually started to look into how folks felt about some of the NFT purchases that they made.
What he wanted to do was to pen his lyrics that would be unheard on other platforms or in some other realm apart from the NFT realm. He didn’t wish to undergo a pc to search out B-sides, incomplete songwriting, or songs we didn’t feel like using. Instead of that, he went to the lab, creating original pieces explicitly meant for that purpose. Tier 2 features a 5-song selection from the EP, 4/20 Smoke Pass and Curren$y Lowrider NFT, while Tier three includes a 4/20 virtual smoke session with him and Jet Life. NFT represents a non-fungible token or digital file that includes every thing from music, art, and memorabilia for absolute newbies. People can purchase NFTs with cryptocurrencies or bank cards.
Purchase the complete seven-song EP which includes a 4/20 Smoke Pass, a Curren$y Lowrider NFT and rare Jet Life Chain NFT that’s solely reserved for purchasers of the full EP NFT. Purchase of the total 7-song EP, a 4/20 Smoke Pass, a Curren$y Lowrider NFT, and a uncommon Jet Life Chain NFT that’s solely reserved for purchases of the complete EP NFT. Check out the auction and stay tuned to this Forbes column for upcoming Curren$y projects and all things hashish.
“Jet Life is a brand that you could believe in,” Curren$y mentioned in a press launch. Following his sensational appearance in JAY-Z’s Hype Williams-directed MONOGRAM ad campaign, Curren$y is staging a hazy entrance into the emerging cryptocurrency area of non-fungible tokens together with his upcoming 4/20 release. A mere couple of months after the release of Land Air Sea, Curren$y liberated the fourth installment of his well-received Pilot Talk series, which contained 10 cuts and a single characteristic from Jay Electronica. It would be remiss to not additionally embrace Spitta’s NFT projectFinancial Districtin celebration of 4/20.
∙ The Stoned Immaculate, from 2012, hit No. eight on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on both the Top Rap Albums and Top R&B/Hop-Hop Albums charts. ∙ “Bottom of the Bottle,” a collaboration with August Alsina and Lil Wayne, was his first single to make Billboard’s Hot a hundred. ∙ Curren$y and Wiz Khalifa teamed up in 2019 for the collaborative hit album 2009, which featured appearances by Ty Dolla $ign and Problem. At a time when many celebrities, together with musicians, athletes, and influencers, are launching their NFTs, it’s no wonder why nft curren$y, launched by one of the famous hip hop artists, has reached the highlight recently. Hip-Hop star Curren$y is inviting followers who purchase his unique NFT Only EP, Financial District, to a one-of-a-kind digital smoke session with him backstage at his upcoming Houston concert on April 20th.
Curren$y is simply one of two artists handpicked by Jay-Z to be a part of the mogul’s Monogram cannabis campaign shot by famed director Hype Williams, an avid weed smoker who’s incorporating his now legal extracurricular activities into his forthcoming NFT drop. According to the famous American rapper, he hopes that the “Financial District” NFT album will end up being a marvellous audio artwork expertise through the facility of Non-Fungible Tokens, which listeners treasure. He also sees it as a “conversation thing” among all of the devoted followers. The rapper has also been in the news recently as considered one of two artistsJay-Z picked to be part of his Monogram cannabis campaign. A 4/20 Smoke Pass which provides the purchaser entry to take part within the virtual smoke session with Curren$y and Jet Life. But I really feel like that digital smoke session might be like… Like any of our other reveals, if I step out the green room and I’m like alright you, you, you, you, those three, baby alright y’all cool and simply allow them to in and kick it.
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EYELINER & LASH LINE ENHANCEMENT:
FAQ's, PRE-CARE, AND POST-CARE
· Arrive WITHOUT any eye makeup or eyelashes on
· Remove eyelash extensions one week prior to eyeliner procedure
· Discontinue Latisse and any other lash growth serum for a minimum of 2 weeks prior
· No lash tinting, lifting, perming or curling for a minimum of one week prior
· If you wear contacts, please do not wear them to your appointment and refrain from wearing them for a minimum of 24 hours after the procedure is finished.
· Do not work out 48 hours before the procedure.
· Avoid sun and tanning on your face 2 weeks prior to the procedure.
· Do not take Aspirin, Niacin, Vitamin E, or Advil/Ibuprofen 48 hours before the procedure.
· Please Note: You will be more sensitive during your menstrual cycle.
POST-CARE FOR EYES
· Do not wear contact lenses during the procedure or for 24 hrs after.
· Have sunglasses available. Eyes may be light sensitive or even dilated immediately after. The sunglasses are also handy for hiding puffy eyes.
· Take Tylenol as necessary for discomfort.
· Eyes may feel dry or irritated. Lubricating refresher drops may be used.
· Apply the ointment with clean fingers twice daily for 10 days after cleaning. No scrubbing or rubbing.
· Do not pick or pull off the sloughing pigment, let it fall off naturally! Itching is normal.
· You may apply a clean ice pack (which must be protected in ziplock) for 5-minute intervals if needed. Do not put ice directly on the area, as you could burn yourself.
· Refrain from wearing makeup on or around the eyes for a minimum of 10 days.
· Refrain from eyelash extensions for a minimum of 2 weeks post your eyeliner procedure.
· NO underwater swimming and bathing for 3 weeks to avoid bacterial infection.
· Avoid pool, sauna, steam rooms, steamy showers, and hot baths for 10 days, all these causes pores to open and can push the pigment out.
·Expect moderate swelling, usually one to three days following the eyeliner procedure. While healing, the eyeliner tattoo will look spotty. This is due to healing skin regeneration. Multiple sessions may be required to achieve the desired results.
REASONS YOU MIGHT NOT BE A GOOD CANDIDATE
.Upcoming vacation, weddings, and special occasions
· Pregnant or nursing
· Viral infections and/or diseases
· Skin irritations or psoriasis near the treated area (rashes, sunburn, acne, etc.)
· Sick (cold, flu, etc.)
· Had Botox in the past 2 weeks
· Used Accutane in the 6 months
If you have had any type of eye surgery, including cataract, Lasik, and/or blepharoplasty, you must consult your physician and get clearance. Most physicians require 3-9 months before you can have your eyeliner done. This is because there is slight pressure and stretching on and around the eye during the procedure
Protect your investment after you’ve healed!
· Exposure to the sun and tanning beds will cause premature fading and discoloration of the pigment.
· For further sun protection wear hats, sunglasses, and stay in the shade!

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I am on the advisory board of GateHouse – an advanced specialty software solutions company that deals with mission critical operations ranging from industry to military, from optimizing and maximizing machinery to satellite communication.
I am thrilled to be on their board because I am all kicked up at the junction of business and technology, where Gatehouse plays. It’s at this intersection that the future lays. Future is exactly where I want to be.
And why am I so excited, you ask?
Did you watch that movie Terminator: The Rise of Machines? Our future isn’t going to be that dire but there are things about movies like those (among many others) when machines will come to life on their own. Computers will get smarter, apps will control things we do, and entire industries are set to change the way things are looking right now.
The reason all that can happen is because of “The Internet of Things”. You’d have heard is as such or maybe as machine to machine, or whatever. It’s not heresy. The Internet of Things is growing at a massive pace – from 2 billion connected objects in 2006 to a projected 200 billion objects by 2020.
To put that number into perspective, every human earth will be connected to an average of 26 smart objects.
The fact that this: machines will communicate. Computers will facilitate this communication. For businesses, The IoT promises increase in productivity, decrease in downtime, enhanced efficiency, smarter data, and a rise in revenue.
You’d be wrong if you thought that the IoT is something that we are all dreaming about, well into the future. The IoT is real. There are companies that are already making it happen.
- Phillips Hue connected bulb allows you to connect your bulbs to your smartphone. Implement geo-fencing and control your bulb from anywhere.
- The Audi Connect uses 4G/LTE WiFi hotspot to enable Google earth, voice alerts, real-time alerts, Google map directions, weather reports, and traffic updates.
- Appliances like Jawbone UP24 tracks and reports personalized body activity throughout the day, connected via Bluetooth.
- Other examples include street line parking that guides drivers to empty parking spots; a smart WiFi enabled switch called WeMo that allows you to control devices plugged into it using your smartphone.
The interesting thing is that you’ll see more IoT happening in industrial scene rather than at your home. All these smart objects or machines spew out data that other machines need to increase efficiency of production, among other things. By the year 2025, IoT could be worth at least $6.2 trillion (with the majority of intelligent devices found in health care ($2.5 trillion) and manufacturing ($2.3 trillion).
From smart dust to entire cities, the Internet of Things is set to take over our world. Starting with business/manufacturing (real-time analytics on supply chain, equipment, machinery) to healthcare (health monitoring, pharmaceutical breakthroughs) to retail (inventory tracking, smart purchasing, customer choice analytics, and big data) to transportation – everything is going to be covered.
All this, right now, is reality.
For Gatehouse IoT is real.
Tracking hundreds of thousands of transports across Europe. Bringing huge cost savings to transport companies, due to easier settlement of transport and minimization of empty transport. Consignees such as supermarket are also benefitting, e.g. by getting an alarm if a transport is delayed. This means that they can be ready for the delivery at the right time minimizing waiting time for both the supermarket staff and the truck driver.
Look at you, and the things that you own, right now. What’s connected already? What’s not? What do you think Internet of Things is going to be like? Tell me what you think.


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Chapter 1 CHAPTER 1
HINDU KUSH MOUNTAINS
MITCH Rapp raised a fist before crouching next to a jumble of boulders. The men behind him would do the same, melting into the darkness and scanning for threats.
Sometimes, though, those threats were hard to see.
To the north, the Hindu Kush mountain range was outlined against the stars. A few of its taller peaks were still holding on to snow that shone dully in the celestial light. They dominated everything in this region, providing mortal dangers to the local inhabitants as well as the means for their survival. Even the shallow canyon Rapp found himself in was the result of ancient glaciers that had made their way across the valley floor.
Water was scarce, but the fact that the ditch to his left was lined with low grass and scrub hinted at its presence just beneath the surface. Not enough to sustain anything that most people would recognize as civilization, but sufficient for a few hearty souls to eke out an isolated existence. And for all their faults, no one could say that the Afghans weren’t hearty souls.
A broad agricultural plot ahead suggested that they were closing in on their target and that’s what had prompted the stop. Confirming what he’d seen on the reconnaissance photos, it appeared to have gone fallow some time ago. A few stone barriers and terraces were all that was left of what was once probably not much former glory. Most likely a family poppy operation with a few goats thrown in. Afghanistan the way it had been before and now was again.
The war was finally over, and it had ended pretty much how Rapp had always expected. To some extent, America was a ceaseless victim of its own success. Over the course of a couple hundred years, it had gone from a British colonial backwater to the most powerful country of the modern era. It had developed the ultimate secret sauce and was happy to pass out the recipe to anyone interested. Who wouldn’t want that? When the US military rolled across your border, it wasn’t to subjugate your country, it was to deliver you from oppression, provide education and health care, and build infrastructure. To create a pothole-free path to peace, freedom, and prosperity.
With all those rainbows and unicorns, what could possibly go wrong?
Same answer as always. Everything.
The Americans had never managed to assemble an Afghan government that wasn’t a combination of the Three Stooges and Dr. Evil. That had created an environment in which the US military had to take over the administration of the country’s affairs, while Afghan officials focused on stealing everything that wasn’t nailed down. Ironically, what had kept Afghanistan on a reasonably even keel during the occupation wasn’t their confidence in their own government, but rather their confidence in the American one. Much like the Romans of the distant past, the US could be more or less counted on to live up to their agreements, pay people on time, and generally get shit done.
When that abruptly ended, the locals had a choice to make, and they’d chosen the Taliban. It was something Rapp had warned Washington about more times than he could count. While the Taliban were brutal and repressive, they were also predictable. And in this part of the world, predictability was about the best facsimile of stability anyone could hope for.
Back in the US, the mess of a war was inevitably followed by the mess of a pullout and then a mess of finger-pointing. Generals at politicians, politicians at the intelligence community, officers at generals, enlisted men at officers. The truth was that it was a failure at every level. One that the exhausted American people now preferred to pretend never happened.
All of which had combined to bring him to this place at this moment.
There were still a little over twenty Americans trapped in-country under various circumstances. Unfortunately, that wasn’t a story anyone wanted to tell. It didn’t fit into the former president’s image of godlike master of the universe, and the media didn’t see any profit in giving airtime to a subject that made Americans reach for the remote. Fortunately, with a new occupant in the Oval Office and Irene Kennedy back in control of the CIA, the clandestine services were finally able to start tackling the issue.
Or at least that was the theory.
After two minutes of motionlessness, Rapp hadn’t heard anything that couldn’t be attributed to the air filtering through the mountains. He motioned for his men to follow and continued along the degraded trail.
They’d already managed to get eight hostages out the easy way—with money. Taliban rule had plunged much of the country into poverty so abject that even the tough-as-nails Afghans were having a hard time hanging on. Famine was on the horizon and reports of people being forced to sell their children just to survive were becoming increasingly common.
It was a level of desperation that made even the most hardened jihadist forget about revenge in favor of finding the means to feed their families. With one exception, every kidnapper they’d contacted had been happy to just take the cash. And now Rapp had returned to Afghanistan to deal with that exception.
Based on the Agency’s network of informants, the two American nationals in question were being held in a village not far from there. Negotiations carried out by a local intermediary had gone nowhere, and after an offer of a million US dollars hadn’t even rated a response, Kennedy decided it was time to extract the hostages by a more direct method.
The question was, why didn’t this group want the money? Why were they looking to start a fight they were destined to lose? Based on the best intel available, they weren’t even Taliban. Just an extended family group consisting of maybe forty individuals living in the middle of nowhere. They had no dog in this race. Hell, there was no race anymore.
In the end, Rapp suspected it had less to do with the Afghans than it did the former US president and his CIA chief. Anthony Cook had only managed to stay in the White House for a short time, but he still cast a long shadow—particularly at the Agency. His authoritarian views had found a surprising number of sympathetic ears in the organization, as had his plan to turn it into an apparatus with no purpose other than to consolidate his power. Kennedy was still trying to sort out who could be trusted and who needed to be shown the door, but it was a difficult and sometimes painful task. People they’d known and worked with for years had been seduced by Cook’s vision and were still working to undermine her.
With that hurricane blowing in Langley, it wasn’t particularly far-fetched to think that a faction still loyal to the former administration was trying to lure Rapp into an ambush. He’d been Kennedy’s operational right hand for decades and losing him would be a significant blow to her. Maybe even a fatal one given the current political environment.
A village perched on an east-facing hillside emerged from the darkness and Rapp signaled his column to stop again. He dropped to his stomach, slithering to the edge of the creek and descending into it. A trickle of water at the bottom shone black as he passed silently over it and climbed the other bank. Propping his HK416 rifle over the edge, he used its thermal scope to examine the settlement in more detail.
The scree-covered slope leading to it was steep, climbing maybe two hundred yards before reaching the lowest of nine visible buildings. All were constructed of stone—simple rectangular structures with flat roofs and one or two wood-framed windows. None appeared to contain glass and there was no sign of life at all.
“Looks good for our original incursion plan,” he said into his throat mike. “No contacts and the layout’s as expected. Advise when you’re in position.”

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Fans of HBO's Entourage that aired from 2004 to 2011 will recall that actor Vincent Chase (played by Adrian Grenier) starred as Aquaman in the series as part of the show's fictitious plot, which even featured promo material and appearances by James Cameron who was the movie's "director."
As the real Aquaman movie is now getting released this week, HBO took to social media to have a little fun and posted the following video mashing up the Jason Momoa Aquaman with footage from Entourage.
Aquaman gets released this Thursday with advance screenings, and it already has a current worldwide box office of over $266 million thanks to China. It's expected to open around $65-70 million in the U.S., but Aquaman's test will come in the ensuing days and following weeks as it competes with Mary Poppins Returns and Bumblebee for the Christmas and holiday draw.
Word-of-mouth for Aquaman has also been really good, and its Rotten Tomatoes score currently sits at 69%.
From Warner Bros. Pictures and director James Wan comes an action-packed adventure that spans the vast, visually breathtaking underwater world of the seven seas, Aquaman, starring Jason Momoa in the title role. The film reveals the origin story of half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime—one that will not only force him to face who he really is, but to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be... a king.
The film also stars Amber Heard as Mera, a fierce warrior and Aquaman’s ally throughout his journey; Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe as Vulko, council to the Atlantean throne; Patrick Wilson as Orm/Ocean Master, the present King of Atlantis; Dolph Lundgren as Nereus, King of the Atlantean tribe Xebel; Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as the vengeful Black Manta; and Oscar winner Nicole Kidman as Arthur’s mom, Atlanna; as well as Ludi Lin as Captain Murk, Atlantean Commando; and Temuera Morrison as Arthur’s dad, Tom Curry.


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Lerumo is a DOPE Houston based Pop/EDM singer, songwriter, and producer who started writing music in 2011. We connected with Lerumo to find out what his goals are in the music game, whether he considers himself an artist or producer first, which artists/producers have been influential to his work and much more.
How did you get your start in music?
I always liked it but I used to mess around singing in class when I was 13 and my friends suggested that I should try to make something out of it. They saw how big my hunger was and it stuck. Here I am.
Would you consider yourself an artist first or producer first?
I am an artist first, and producer third. I write more than produce so that would come second. I mainly target writing mainstream pop and RnB records. It'd be a dream to be behind tons of stuff on the charts even if I'm not the star singing on the record. That's something I'm setting out to achieve.
If you had to describe your music in three words, what words would you choose?
I would choose fun, new, and free. I like to just create freely and not get too deep with it. It's about the fun to me. It's all about the love.
Tell us about the visual of your track "Autumn". Who directed it and who produced the instrumental?
Autumn was directed by an upcoming celebrity videographer by the name Matt Arnold. He owns "M9Visuals" and does amazing work. I knew him through associates and had to get him on board. My buddy from Florida by the name "J-Rum" produced the instrumental. He's very good at making EDM production and when I heard the beat, I knew it was it.
Who are some of the artists/producers who have influenced your work?
Some of the artists and producers that influenced this record specifically were Taio Cruz, Cobra Starship, Outasight, Zedd, Calvin Harris and Krewella but many more influence my current material.
What are the goals for your career in the music game?
My goals are to build my brand to enormous height, own different companies, and get my sound out to as many people possible. I want to be a part of change.
Tell us about the music scene in Portland; are locals supportive of the music coming out of the city?
The music scene is very diverse in Portland. It's huge for rock music. Locals are pretty supporting for what I've seen. I wasn't there long though. I just moved to Houston and things are popping. I love it here and can't wait to see what I achieve. I'm in a great place.


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BY Foods (BFY), founded in 2013, specializes in frozen pastries. It develops and introduces food-related products, identifying needs and providing solutions. It is based in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
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Operating profit declined 41% to Rs 253.9 crore. Margin stood at 1.8% vs 3.2%. Cost of materials consumed rose 1.5% to Rs 12,222.2 crore. But it is 3.65% lower than the Rs 11,775.5 crore worth of materials consumed in the previous quarter. Revenue from edible oil business fell 2% to Rs 11,221 crore, while that from the food and FMCG business grew 53% to Rs 1,015 crore. Industry essentials revenue rose 33% to Rs 1,914 crore. Edible oil volumes fell 1%, while food and FMCG business volumes grew 41% and industry essentials volume grew 22%. Overall, volumes grew 9% to 1.32 million metric tonnes. The second quarter experienced dual market shocks of high prices followed by a steep decline in prices, the company said in a statement. "Edible oil volumes remained flat due to slow uptick in semi-urban and rural demand. Price correction in edible oils also led to de-stocking at distributor level." The company, however, expects Q3 to see better demand. Shares of Adani Wilmar Ltd. fell 1.65% after the results were announced as against a flat benchmark Nifty 50. ADVERTISEMENT
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Mehriban Aliyeva and Leyla Aliyeva unveil Architectural and Museum Reserve in Bulgaria
Yesterday Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria) hosted the opening ceremony of the Trapezitsa Architectural and Museum Reserve, which restoration was made possible thanks to the support of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation. The opening was attended by the First Lady of Azerbaijan, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva, the Vice-President of the Foundation Leyla Aliyeva, the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and the mayor of Veliko Tarnovo, Daniel Panov.
Mayor of Veliko Tarnovo said that the restoration of the Trapezitsa reserve was a long-standing dream of the Bulgarian people and its implementation became possible only thanks to the Heydar Aliyev Foundation. He expressed his deep gratitude to the President Ilham Aliyev and the President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva.
Mehriban Aliyeva addressed the ceremony. "I am very pleased that the Heydar Aliyev Foundation has contributed to the restoration of the museum reserve. 'Trapezitsa' is a national treasure for all Bulgarian people, but at the same time it is a common European cultural heritage. So I want to say again that our Foundation is very proud of our contribution to the restoration of the world historical and cultural heritage," Mehriban Aliyeva stressed.
President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation spoke of such a feature characteristic of Azerbaijan as multiculturalism. "Dear friends, our country - Azerbaijan - is located between Europe and Asia, at the crossroads of civilizations. For thousands of years people of different nationalities, different religions have peacefully lived in our country. Today we are proud of the atmosphere of tolerance and mutual respect in our country. Being a Muslim country, we honor our traditions, our faith and our culture, but at the same time we respect all the cultural diversity of the world," she said.
"In today's world, where we unfortunately see xenophobia, radicalism, terrorism, I believe humanitarian relations, intercultural communication, trying to help is a very important weapon in the fight against all these negative phenomena. I am very pleased that one of our projects was implemented in a friendly to us country - Bulgaria. Azerbaijan and Bulgaria enjoy very strong ties based on mutual respect and mutual interests. I am confident that our current project will also contribute to the strengthening of the Azerbaijani-Bulgarian bilateral relations," the First Lady of Azerbaijan said.
She also thanked everyone involved in the project.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, in turn, expressed his gratitude to the President Ilham Aliyev, the President of Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva and the Vice-President of the Foundation Leyla Aliyeva, for the restoration of the monument. He called calling the opening of the Trapezitsa reserve a strong bridge of friendship between the two countries.


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WALTHAM, Mass. — Brad Stevens isn’t fretting about things he can’t control.
Even as trade rumors swirled Thursday regarding Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo, Stevens said his preparation for Friday’s matchup with the Minnesota Timberwolves has not changed.
?It?s part of the NBA, but again, I don?t want to focus on things that aren?t there,” Stevens said before Thursday’s practice when asked about how he handles the yearly onslaught of trade speculation. “So at the end of the day, my focus is on today. We have a film session, followed by a practice, followed by a visit to a local hospital, and we have to have a great day as a group, and we have to have a great day as a team. It needs to be a productive day to move forward. My focus can?t be on anything else other than that.”
The Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers, Sacramento Kings and New York Knicks all have been named as potential suitors for Rondo, with the Mavs appearing to be the front-runners as of Thursday afternoon.
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Across the borders, the Republic of Rwanda celebrated its birthday marking 50 years of independence from the yoke of its French colonizers. World leaders attended the celebrations marking a journey of resilience. Reporter Willis Raburu attended the celebrations in Kigali which also offered lessons for other African countries.
“50 years is a short time in the life of a nation, but it is long enough to have made significant changes in the lives of our citizens,” said President Paul Kagame. He added, “But we will only succeed if we are brave and honest enough to accept responsibility for our actions and reject the convenient attitude of playing the victim and blaming others.”
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Why signing Jack Rodwell is a shrewd step by Sheffield United
The 28-year old defensive midfielder has been a free agent since leaving Championship outfit Blackburn in the summer. However, it wasn’t a move that the Blades rushed into, with the player impressing manager Chris Wilder while training with them since December.
Rodwell is a former England under-16 and under-18 captain, who rose through the ranks at Everton where he was a crucial player, featuring in over 109 games.
His excellent displays with the Toffees saw him receiving an immediate call up in 2012 to a star-studded Manchester City side that had won their first-ever Premier League title, just the year before.
However, he failed to make it into the starting line-up due to the presence of some established and top-quality players which saw him leave Etihad for Sunderland in 2014, after playing just 26 games in two seasons.
His miseries piled up once again as his career nosedived after the Wearside club dropped into the Championship and League One in the consecutive seasons.
After making 76 appearances for Sunderland, Rodwell fell out of favour in the final stages of his career there, often training with the under-23 side, making just two senior appearances in his final season.
Since departing Sunderland, he went on to make 22 appearances for Blackburn last season in the Championship but chose to opt-out of a contract extension, leaving the club for free last summer.
Back in October, Rodwell was linked with a move to Serie A club Roma, but the Italian side decided against it leaving him on the fringes, eventually leading to a move to Bramall Lane.
Meanwhile, Premier League newcomers, Sheffield United, have had a fruitful season so far as they sit eighth in the table, seven points short of a Champions League spot. By signing Rodwell, Wilder’s United are taking a risk, but it is a risk worth taking considering the club’s little financial outlay.
It is true that the Blades, unlike many other top English clubs, do not have the resources needed to make any major signings that will help them stay in the top-tier.
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Hence, Rodwell’s signing does not come as a big surprise for a side that has still managed to perform decently despite lack of star names in their squad. If Rodwell emulates anything near the form he once enjoyed at Everton, Wilder and Co. will have a real bargain in their hands.
Moreover, Rodwell, who is primarily a defensive midfielder, has the experience of playing as a centre-back, having played in that position for Blackburn last season.
Such versatility could be an invaluable asset for a side like Sheffield if they wish to stay in the Premier League for a longer duration.
There is no denying his talent but either due to reasons of his own or otherwise, Rodwell’s career has not panned out as many would have expected it to. Still, he is an experienced campaigner, having played for a variety of clubs.
Thus, by roping in Rodwell, Sheffield have made nothing to lose but everything to gain if he can revive the form from his glory days.


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Russia’s Anti-Monopoly Service said it’s not ready to withdraw its case against Telenor ASA, the Nordic company that increased its stake in VimpelCom Ltd.
Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman’s Altimo, which owns a 40.5 percent stake in VimpelCom, had complained to the Russian regulator, known as FAS, after Telenor bought 11.3 percent of the world’s sixth-biggest mobile phone provider from Weather Investments II in February, initiating the dispute.
Altimo boosted its stake in VimpelCom this week as it seeks to reach the same level of ownership as Telenor, which has 43 percent of the voting rights, Altimo Vice President Evgeny Dumalkin said by phone on Aug. 15. The transaction will put an end to the ownership dispute, Telenor said.
“As for the withdrawal of the claim, we believe it’s too early to talk about it,” Ekaterina Zubova, spokeswoman at FAS, said by e-mail from Moscow today. The FAS is “satisfied” with its talks with Telenor, as well as with its talks with Altimo, she wrote in the e-mail.


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This rendering shows the new casino and resort under construction at the site of the former Concord Hotel at Kiamesha Lake near Monticello in the Catskills. Initially named Montreign, the new project is rebranding itself as Resorts World Catskills.
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KIAMESHA LAKE, NY -- The last of the four new full-service casinos to open in Upstate New York has a new name: Resorts World Catskills.
The $1 billion project, under construction at the site of the former Concord Hotel in Kiamesha Lake near Monticello in Sullivan County, was initially pitched as Montreign Resort Casino. It is expected to open in early 2018.
The casino and hotel will be operated by Empire Resorts, which recently entered into a licensing agreement with Resorts World, a global casino and resort developer that is part of the Genting Group of Malaysia. Empire currently owns the Monticello Raceway, a harness track and racino in the area.
Changing the name brings the branding of this project in line with some of Resorts Worlds' other properties, including Resorts World Miami, Resorts World New York City, Resorts World Bimini (the Bahamas), Resorts World Sentosa (Singapore) and Resorts World Genting (Malaysia). The company currently has a another project under construction, called Resorts World Las Vegas.
The name change also recognizes the historic connection to the Catskills region, which was a well-known getaway and vacation destination in the late 20th century for New York City residents. Many of the resorts catered specifically to the Jewish population.
The Resorts World Casino project is located on the site of the Concord Hotel, which was the largest Catskill resorts from the 1950s to its closing in 1998.
"The name Resorts World Catskills melds the allure of the Catskills region with the prestige of the Resorts World family," Emanuel Pearlman, executive chairman of the board of directors of Empire, said in a statement. "This recognized worldwide gaming and hospitality brand will provide us greater power to market our resort casino, which is designed to meet five-star and five-diamond standards, and provide regional, national and international exposure for the Catskills region."
Resorts World Catskills is one of four non-Indian casinos approved to operate in Upstate New York in late 2015. The others are Tioga Downs in Nichols, which transformed from a "racino" to a full-service casino (slots, table games and poker) in December 2016; de Lago Resort and Casino near Waterloo, which opened Feb. 2; and Rivers Casino & Resort, which opened in Schenectady on Feb. 6.
In its proposal to the state gaming commission, Empire Resorts said its Monticello project would include "an 18-story casino, hotel and entertainment complex featuring an 86,300 square-foot casino with 61 table games, 2,150 slot machines, 391 hotel rooms and multiple dining and entertainment options, with several meeting spaces." There would also be an indoor waterpark, an "entertainment village" with dining and retail and a golf course.


Essilor International increased sales by 13.4 percent to €1,027.6 million in the first quarter of 2011, in line with market expectations, and confirmed its view that the global optical market is gaining momentum and could rise by 3-4 percent this year instead of 2-3 percent as previously forecast.
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Dr Mahathir (picture), who served as prime minister for 22 years during his time, pointed out that Umno has pandered to many of the public’s demands for greater civil freedom apart from staying true to its objectives of protecting the welfare of the “nation, race and religion”.
“What reforms you want them to accelerate? You asked them to remove the ISA (Internal Security Act), they took it off... you asked them to support all kinds of things which we never supported before and we have.
“At one time, you remember in this country we cannot have lion or dragon dances but now, we allow. And we give money to churches... so what more reforms you want?
“You tell us... I will convey to the prime minister and he will immediately do it,” he said.
He added that Barisan Nasional (BN) has also ensured inclusiveness, dispelling criticisms that Umno’s partners in the ruling coalition were subservient to the Malay party.
“We have first three parties ― MCA, MIC, Umno; then we accepted Sabah and Sarawak parties, and then after the May 13 tragedy, we accepted PPP, Gerakan and even PAS.
“So how much more inclusiveness do we want?” he asked.
But Dr Mahathir also noted that despite Umno’s efforts, the opposition would never admit that the government has done enough.
He said that even if BN retains Putrajaya in the coming polls, the opposition would likely insist that its performance was unsatisfactory.
Dr Mahathir declined to comment when asked if he felt that the time was now ripe for elections to be held, only saying that the decision was up to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to decide.
The Najib government embarked on a whirlwind of reforms over the past year of its administration, agreeing to relax restrictive laws and earning bouquets for slackening its leash on civil freedoms.
In the span of two Dewan Rakyat sittings and about six months earlier this year, the government had pushed through a record number of critical amendments to laws long described as draconian by civil society groups and those in the opposition camp.
Key among these was the repeal of the Internal Security Act (ISA), the 1960 anti-Communist insurgency law that critics have accused the government of misusing to threaten and quell opposition dissent.
A new legislation, the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act, was introduced in its place, removing the government’s power under the ISA to detain a person indefinitely without trial.
Last November, both Houses of Parliament approved the Peaceful Assembly Act 2011, a fresh law mooted by the government to permit public gatherings after the authorities arrested over 1,600 individuals and sprayed tear gas and chemical-laced water to disperse what had been a peaceful Bersih 2.0 rally for free and fair elections last July 9.
The government has also lifted the over four-decade-old ban on student participation in politics after approving amendments to the highly-criticised University and University Colleges Act 1971.
Adding to the growing list, Dewan Rakyat also agreed earlier this year to nominally loosen government control over media freedom by passing amendments to the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984.
Despite the Bill’s harried manner of approval and uproar from the opposition bench, the amendment effectively clips Putrajaya’s wings over the granting of publishing permits and scraps the annual permit renewal requirement earlier imposed on publications in the PPPA.
Other significant legislative reforms include earlier amendments to the Police Act, the repeal of the Banishment Act 1959 and Restricted Residence Act 1933, the lifting of three Emergency Declarations and the tabling of the Malaysia Volunteers Corps (RELA) Bill 2012 ― a new law that removes the organisation’s powers of arrest and firearms possession.


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Verizon Begins LTE User Trials In Five Cities
Ahead of 25-30 market launch later this year
Verizon has completed technical trials for LTE wireless broadband connectivity, and is now starting LTE user trials in five un-named cities
according to the company. The 5-12 Mbps downstream service will arrive in somewhere between 25-30 markets later this year. "Verizon Wireless is tapping select users in select cities for the friendly user trials, but is not disclosing details about these users," says the company. Again, actual pricing for the service hasn't been specified, but Verizon's made it more than clear to everyone
that they're interested in some form of usage-based billing and will likely be discarding the unlimited consumption model.


AT&T has leaked its estimation for when the T-Mobile merger will close in a recent filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Spotted by Electronista, the filing says that AT&T expects the merger to take place in the “first half” of 2012.
Several organizations, including the US Justice Department, have kept AT&T and T-Mobile battling with the courts since AT&T announced the acquisition back in March. If all goes according to plan, T-Mobile will be owned by AT&T before Spring of next year…
AT&T previously estimated to investors that it would close the deal by early 2012, but recent complications have pushed that estimate to a more general time frame.
T-Mobile is the only main US carrier left that doesn’t carry the iPhone, and the merger will assumedly give T-Mobile customers access to Apple’s smartphone line.
A $3 billion breakup fee must be payed if the deal falls through, so you can bet that AT&T will be doing everything it can to push this merger through the courts in the coming months.


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The County Louth outfit are sweating on their future, with the board recently putting the club up for sale as they risk going out of business.
To add to their woes, manager Sean McCaffrey also parted company with the club 24 hours earlier.
With all that hanging over the players, they could have been forgiven for having other things on their mind other than the visit of the Hoops.
However, they put it up to Stephen Kenny’s men and threatened to pull off one of the shocks of the season when taking the lead through Gary Shanahan on 19 minutes.
In the end, Rovers needed a second-half equaliser from substitute Daryl Kavanagh to rescue them from anightmare Friday the 13th.
Despite bossing the play from the off, it took the Tallaght men 40 minutes to register their first shot on target. Kavanagh’s 63rd-minute equaliser did spark a late push for a winner but for all of Rovers’ quality, it failed to overcome Dundalk’s youthful exuberance.
The result is another huge blow for Kenny’s men as it means they failed to overtake third place Drogheda and now lie 10 points behind league leaders Sligo Rovers.
For Dundalk, under the guise of caretaker boss Darius Kierans, it was a morale-boosting performance. Unfortunately for them it is off-the-field results that matter more at present but this sort of gutsy display will do no harm in revivinginterest in a club that has one of the greatest traditions in the League of Ireland.
Despite their financial woes, the Lilywhite players showed how much they were up for the game when midfielder John Mountney clattered into Stephen Rice inside the opening six minutes.
At that stage Rovers were dominating proceedings without really threatening but it still came as something of a surprise when Dundalk took the lead on 19 minutes.
A poor free into the box by Nathan Murphy wasn’t dealt with by the visitors’ defence and when the ball looped up in the air, it was headed back across goal by Marc Griffin, with the inrushing Shanahan beating Oscar Jansson to the ball to toe-poke into the net.
Despite that setback, Rovers struggled to create any notable chances until two minutes before the break, when a left-footed free-kick from Killian Brennan came crashing back off the butt of the upright.
Rovers’ breakthrough came courtesy of a route one approach. Brennan’s high ball into the box was headed clear only as far as Kavanagh who, just seven minutes after his introduction, fired a low drive into the corner.
The visitors pushed for the lead in the minutes after that. Kavanagh was denied an almost identical goal by a super save from Peter Cherrie seconds later before the Scottish keeper pulled off another stunning save to turn Brennan’s free-kick around the post on 70 minutes.
Dundalk, too, had their chances of retaking the lead. Firstly Stephen McDonnell blazed over and then Nathan Murphy’s cross was almost turned into his own net by Pat Sullivan.
DUNDALK: Cherrie; McLaughlin, Foran, Burns (Waters 66), Murphy; Shanahan, Mountney, Shields, McDonnell, Walsh; Griffin.
SHAMROCK ROVERS: Jansson; Sullivan, Sives, Oman, Powell; Dennehy, Brennan (Turner 84), Rice (O’Donnell 84), Finn, McCabe (Kavanagh 56); Twigg.
Referee: T Connolly (Dublin).


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Press Statement By: Dr. Daniel E. Cassell, Vision-Bearer and Political Leader of the People’s Liberation Party (PLP)
Press Statement By: Dr. Daniel E. Cassell, Vision-Bearer and Political Leader of the People’s Liberation Party (PLP) and Founder/CEO of Dr. Cassell’s Humanitarian Foundation, Over The Recent Gruesome Murdering Of eminent Liberians!
Fellow Liberians, I greet you with the most respect and wish you God’s endless blessings on the observance of “Thanksgiving Day”— indeed all thanks and praises belong to The God Almighty.
I have called this press conference especially on such a day of sober reflection, to categorically condemn the recent gruesome murdering of two of our compatriots who are Liberia’s Peace Ambassador Rev. William R.Tolbert III and Immigration Officer Madam Maude Elliott by barbaric and murderous elements who are yet to be identified by state security forces.
In the same respect, three weeks ago, we sadly woke up to the heartbroken news of the tragic murdering of Mr. John Tubman by bloody killers who are said to be on the run.
I extend condolences to the bereaved families and offer my fervent prayers that God will give them solace and daring strength during this period of devastation and painstaking grief.
The continuous gruesome and mysterious murdering of fellow citizens is becoming pervasive and spurring fear and trauma amongst the citizenry.
No Liberian or foreigner alike life must be taken, especially in such bloody fashion.
The prevalent savagery onslaught on fellow citizens by wild murderers who cannot be tracked down in real-time certainly suggests that the security forces of the state are extremely weak and suffice to say the government is incapable of providing security for its people.
Thus, I wish to emphasize that a government that is derelict and often defaults on its constitutional responsibility to ensure the safety and well-being of its people is certainly unfit to govern.
Fellow Liberians, a month ago, our country was saddled with the horrifying wave of ritualistic killings by evil-minded people with dreadful images and videos displayed on social media.
When the government was condemned for failing to protect the people from these bloodthirsty killers, the government summoned the audacity to deny the reports of ritualistic killings and contended that the news of a rising wave of mysterious killings was erroneous and propaganda crafted and heralded by the opposition community, to intentionally defame and cast a spell on the government image.
I wonder what the government will say regarding the gruesome killing of these citizens.
Consequently, with the scale of terror being afflicted on the Liberian people by murderers, it is apparently clear that the security of the citizenry is not a priority for the George Weah—led government, something I detest with much indignation and consternation.
Finally, as the Leader and Vision Bearer of the people’s Liberation Party, I hereby demand that a speedy investigation be launched in these chilling murders with a view of ensuring that the wicked perpetrators are tracked down and brought before the Court of law.
And may I caution the administration that instead of politicizing the brutal and mysterious deaths of citizens, it must take responsibility for defaulting on its constitutional responsibility to protect the citizenry and place them at the risk of being decimated by wicked elements who feed on human blood and flesh.
Again, I share in the grief of the bereaved families and send them my ardent prayers of consolation.
Happy Thanksgiving to all and may God bless our homeland, Liberia.


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Derek Culley and Anna Marie Quinn
Linda McCartney Centre, Prescot Street
26th September – 16th October 2008
This exhibition involves work by Derek Culley and Anna Marie Quinn, both
artists having a personal involvement with cancer treatment.
The ‘19Days’ refers to the duration of radiotherapy treatment
undergone by Derek Culley for prostate cancer, in which time he produced
a set of thirty-one paintings. The work was not entirely sequential –
some pieces were re-visited whilst he was working on later paintings.
He spoke of the anomaly of feeling "not too ill at all" yet
knowing that he has a life-threatening and "psychologically anguish-making"
condition. Anyone familiar with the work of this artist will recognize
the instinctive and spontaneous complexity of mark-making painted direct
but based on a bed-rock of what Culley calls doodling – "I
can’t concentrate on anything if I’m not doodling."
These meticulous - almost cloisonné - acts of faith are individually
and collectively exquisite, bringing a sense of the mediaeval in the choice
of jewel-like colour. Culley’s passion for the Celtic decorative
style and his fascination with Islamic script finds expression in many
of these miniatures so reminiscent of the joyful illumination in pre-Caxton
bibles. Only one work stands out as having sombre mood and only one is
in monochrome - the rest are brightly coloured and in some the artist
has introduced – for the first time - the use of spray paint to
give a sense of blurring and texture and depth.
The artist is fairly equable about his frequent confrontations with mortality;
his faith is unchallenged by any sense of the unfairness inherent in suffering:
"It’s the next challenge – you don’t moan about
it. I don’t even think I have the right to ask the question."
His work – based on the immediacy of in-the-moment expression combined
with unflagging faith - would resonate closely with a religious space:
at one end of the scale as stained glass windows; at the other as jewels
I respectfully predict that Derek Culley will soon introduce gold and
lapis lazuli into his palette.
"boobtubes’ refers to an item developed by Anna Marie Quinn
– the first in a range of self examination kits currently undergoing
the patenting process and endorsed by Cancer Research UK which the artist
hopes to have on the shelves by Christmas. She has produced a painting
and three installations – five if you include the boobtube display
and the breast images. Owing to her mother’s experience with cancer,
Anna Marie became involved with the Linda McCartney Centre as a voluntary
fundraiser and this exhibition has arisen from her interactions with staff
and patients receiving their treatment there.
Immediately obvious are the floral heads of newspaper - the print hardly
touched by the application of paint – atop ‘stems’ created
from medical stands the whole bunch corralled by plastic tubing and sterile
bags. This is Information Overload, the point being that a patient is
bombarded with information which, no matter how it is ‘coloured’
or disguised is quite simply too much, too cumbersome and unfailingly
Entrapment addresses the status of the patient who, on entering the institution,
feels infantilised and trapped. The metaphor of an infant’s running
shoes inside a birdcage is an effective portrayal of this conflicting
A similar sense of powerlessness is presented in Helping Hand –
a white porcelain hand attached to a jointed tube and resting on a much
molested medical book. I found this installation the most complex in terms
of the layers of ideas. The helping hand is that of the expert who accesses
the medical information on behalf of the patient, this intercession being
necessary because of the complexity and obscurity of the knowledge therein.
The patient is thus disempowered by their ignorance and their dependence
– the latter symbolised by the ‘umbilical cord’ attached
to the hand in this life-threatening situation. The book itself –
the body of knowledge called Living with Cancer – has been torn
to reveal contours and print of pages below and parts of pages have been
rolled up to obscure the print. It is imbued with heavy-handedness and
a sense of frantic searching and incomplete information. Worrying fragments
emerge: ‘faltered during the chemotherapy’ ‘more anxious
than ever about her infertility’ ‘lower half of the body’
‘the nodes can become so large’. So is this aspect of the
installation about the patient’s incomplete understanding of what
is happening – the tendency in all of us to read medical books in
a state of panic, noting only the grosser possibilities, rolling up gobbets
of information and scurrying off to read them out of context and with
insufficient background knowledge in the subject? It’s an effective
Angel is a painting dedicated to the ‘warmth, courage and kindness
of Margaret Shields’ – herself a cancer patient. Essentially
linear, it references body as landscape with contours, mystery and hidden
The boobtubes themselves, brightly packaged and promising to be ‘the
fun and exciting way to become breast-aware’ are displayed on stands
covered with white cloths - all rather reminiscent of the innocence of
first communion or bridal purity – intentionally one presumes. The
imprints of breasts are displayed on white backgrounds. The different
colour choices emphasise individuality but the imprints themselves are
so various that this is unnecessary. It’s very moving to look at
these maps of nourishment and vulnerability that also resemble planets.
Anna Marie Quinn aims to produce more explorations of emotion and as
a means to helping human beings confront and deal with their fears the
activity cannot be faulted. I do feel quite strongly that the presentation
could be reconsidered, though. The installations are poems and as such
risk being lost amongst the prosaic goings-on around them. Perhaps they
should be given a distinct area with lighting? The breast images could
go on a wall where they would echo Derek Culley’s sequence.
Unless, of course, Anna Marie wants to make the point about how easily
overlooked and misunderstood our poems of pain and confusion are.
Derek Culley was recently awarded a prestigious Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Grant (New York) 2006-2007.
Anna Marie Quinn is currently a finalist for the Innovation Award from
John Moores University.
Music was provided by Jimmy Rae, a Wirral-based singer songwriter whose
country, folk and blues inspired music has echoes of Lennon and McCartney.
Comment left by Don on 6th October, 2008 at 14:03
I fine ARTicle..Keep it up Culley!!


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Neuron, Volume 52, Issue 1, 5 October 2006, Pages 139-153
Christopher A. Ross, Russell L. Margolis, Sarah A.J. Reading, Mikhail Pletnikov and Joseph T. Coyle
With its hallucinations, delusions, thought disorder, and cognitive deficits, schizophrenia affects the most basic human processes of perception, emotion, and judgment. Evidence increasingly suggests that schizophrenia is a subtle disorder of brain development and plasticity. Genetic studies are beginning to identify proteins of candidate genetic risk factors for schizophrenia, including dysbindin, neuregulin 1, DAOA, COMT, and DISC1, and neurobiological studies of the normal and variant forms of these genes are now well justified. We suggest that DISC1 may offer especially valuable insights. Mechanistic studies of the properties of these candidate genes and their protein products should clarify the molecular, cellular, and systems-level pathogenesis of schizophrenia. This can help redefine the schizophrenia phenotype and shed light on the relationship between schizophrenia and other major psychiatric disorders. Understanding these basic pathologic processes may yield novel targets for the development of more effective treatments.
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Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, Volume 27, Issue 4, 1 April 2006, Pages 226-233
Joseph A. Gogos and David J. Gerber
Schizophrenia is a devastating psychiatric disorder that affects ∼1% of the population worldwide. It is characterized by so-called ‘positive symptoms’ – including delusions and hallucinations – ‘negative symptoms’ – including blunted emotions and social isolation – and cognitive deficits – including impairments in attention and working memory. Studies of the inheritance of schizophrenia have revealed that it is a multifactorial disease that is characterized by multiple genetic susceptibility elements, each contributing a modest degree of risk. Linkage studies have identified several potential schizophrenia susceptibility loci, and in recent years major progress has been made in the identification of positional candidate susceptibility genes from these loci. A central goal of future research will be to use this genetic knowledge to generate specific animal models, characterize genetic interactions, investigate the disease pathophysiology and assist drug-discovery efforts.
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The American Journal of Human Genetics, Volume 85, Issue 6, 833-846, 25 November 2009
Helen M. Knight1, 2, 9, 10, Benjamin S. Pickard2, 9, 11, , , Alan Maclean1, 2, Mary P. Malloy1, 2, Dinesh C. Soares2, Allan F. McRae3, Alison Condie4, Angela White4, William Hawkins4, Kevin McGhee1, 2, Margaret van Beck1, Donald J. MacIntyre1, John M. Starr5, Ian J. Deary6, Peter M. Visscher3, David J. Porteous2, Ronald E. Cannon7, David St Clair8, Walter J. Muir1, 2, 12 and Douglas H.R. Blackwood1, 2
1 Division of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh EH10 5HF, UK
2 Medical Genetics, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Molecular Medicine Centre, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK
3 Queensland Institute of Medical Research, 300 Herston Road, Herston 4006, QLD, Australia
4 Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK
5 Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, Geriatric Medicine Unit, University of Edinburgh, Royal Victoria Hospital, Craigleith Road, Edinburgh EH4 2DN, UK
6 Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, 7 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK
7 Cancer Biology Group, National Center for Toxicogenomics, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
8 Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK
Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are leading causes of morbidity across all populations, with heritability estimates of ∼80% indicating a substantial genetic component. Population genetics and genome-wide association studies suggest an overlap of genetic risk factors between these illnesses but it is unclear how this genetic component is divided between common gene polymorphisms, rare genomic copy number variants, and rare gene sequence mutations. We report evidence that the lipid transporter gene ABCA13 is a susceptibility factor for both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. After the initial discovery of its disruption by a chromosome abnormality in a person with schizophrenia, we resequenced ABCA13 exons in 100 cases with schizophrenia and 100 controls. Multiple rare coding variants were identified including one nonsense and nine missense mutations and compound heterozygosity/homozygosity in six cases. Variants were genotyped in additional schizophrenia, bipolar, depression (n > 1600), and control (n > 950) cohorts and the frequency of all rare variants combined was greater than controls in schizophrenia (OR = 1.93, p = 0.0057) and bipolar disorder (OR = 2.71, p = 0.00007). The population attributable risk of these mutations was 2.2% for schizophrenia and 4.0% for bipolar disorder. In a study of 21 families of mutation carriers, we genotyped affected and unaffected relatives and found significant linkage (LOD = 4.3) of rare variants with a phenotype including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression. These data identify a candidate gene, highlight the genetic overlap between schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression, and suggest that rare coding variants may contribute significantly to risk of these disorders.


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The Jakarta Post
Looking northward from Mount Semeru in East Java. (Shutterstock/File)
Hiking trails on Mount Semeru in East Java will be closed starting Jan. 1.
The move aims to restore the ecosystem along the trails, which comprises a vast number of flora and fauna species.
Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park Agency public relations spokesperson Syarif Hidayat added that the high intensity rainfall expected in the coming months also contributed to the decision, as hiking the mountain was considered unsafe.
According to kompas.com, the park also seeks to conduct repair and maintenance of facilities along the hiking trails to increase convenience for hikers.
Syarif said the closure might be conducted for three months or more.
"It could be for a minimum of three months or more if there's other considerations. We'll have to see the progress in the field," he said. (kes)
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Australia Moves To Engage Crypto Firms In Creating Clear Cut Regulations
The Australia Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) wants to collaborate with crypto firms in the industry to create a regulated environment for them to thrive.
Australia Calls For Collaboration With Crypto Firms
The ASIC senior advisor of strategic intelligence Jonathan Hatch called for a collaboration between the crypto ecosystem and the regulator.
While speaking at the Australia Blockchain conference held recently, Hatch urged local blockchain and crypto firms to engage with the agency to help them foster innovation in the region.
Kevin Saunders, the CIO of Monochrome Asset Management, a panelist at the event, stated that while the blockchain sector could do more to understand the ASIC’s regulatory framework, the commission needs to provide greater clarity as to the industry’s compliance obligations.
Saunders talked about the ambiguity of existing regulations, defining them as too temporary for large institutions to engage with it.
Another stakeholder at the event National Blockchain Roadmap Lead Chloe White, commented on the challenges in the sector, saying that it was challenging for industry stakeholders to keep up with the current regulatory environment.
The CEO of digital financial agreements firm Lygon 1B, Justin Amos, added that regulators need to collaborate to support new technologies rather than seek to stifle emerging industries with heavy-handed regulation.
Australia Rooting For Crypto
The Australian government has been quite supportive of new technologies, including cryptocurrencies.
Last month Canberra supported blockchain projects by making two grants of up to $3 million available to blockchain teams targeting minerals certification and excise taxation solutions.
Applications are open up until April 29. Eligible individuals and bodies include any sole trader, partnership, publicly-funded research organization, or an entity incorporated in Australia that possesses an Australian Business Number are eligible to apply.
In November 2020, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced partnerships with the Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, financial services company Perpetual, and Ethereum software firm ConsenSys to explore the potential use of a central bank digital currency (CBDC).
Unlike some other central banks, the RBA wasn’t looking into launching a CBDC to reduce the usage of paper money at first as researchers decided that there’s no demand from customers. However, as time went on, plans changed.
Meanwhile, other central banks are increasingly taking steps and making efforts to launch a digital fiat replica. Research and pilot test efforts are underway at most national banks currently.


Chapman Middle School Employee Arrested On Sodomy Charge
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – A Chapman Middle School employee is facing sexual abuse charges.
Special Education staff member Mamon Edwards was arrested on January 31 and charged with sodomy second-degree.
Huntsville City Schools Spokesman Keith Ward confirmed to WHNT News 19 Edwards did work at Chapman Middle. Huntsville Police informed the school district about the charge and Edwards was removed from the campus.
WHNT News 19 is working to learn more about this breaking news. Stay with us on-air and online for the latest.


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Seeing this challenge I felt it was high time I finished a long forgotten model that has been sitting on my shelf for a few years. This was the event only Forgeworld Imperial Enforcer model with a couple of tweaks. I wanted to make him a Judge Dredd looking character and found an old Forgeworld Cadian tank commander head that fit the bill perfectly for a helmet. I also added a plasma pistol, because why not (possibly from same sprue).
I was really happy with how he turned out, though I have no clue what I’ll use him for! Maybe the underhive will provide something for him….
Thanks to Azazel for getting me to finally finish him!


Global Brigades recently announced the successful sustainable transition from El Jute! I had the chance to meet the people from El Jute, and I can tell you Global Brigades programs work. The community went from no public health projects, no water system, and no economic infrastructure to full public health projects in all the homes, a water system that provides CLEAN water to all the home and successful microbusinesses. The women of El Jute started a very thriving bakery, making more money each year, and employing men. Not only does this promote economic development, but also gender equality.
Pictures to come!