2019 Mercedes A-Class Saloon revealed
UK pricing and specs have been officially announced for the latest Mercedes-Benz A-class Saloon after making its debut at the Paris Motor Show last week. Pricing will start from £27,875 and will be available for both Diesel and Petrol. Orders are open now, with deliveries beginning in early 2019.
Here’s everything you need to know about the all-new A-class...
The A-class will be available in two different engines at launch: an A200 and A180D. The A200 model will be powered by a 1.4-litre turbo petrol engine that makes 161bph and 250nm of torque. The A180D, which was co-developed with Renault, will have a 1.4-litre diesel engine that produces 115bph and 260nm. Both models will also have a seven speed dual clutch transmission.
The A-class Saloon follows a similar design to the A-class Hatchback, especially from the front end. The most noticeable difference is from the rear, with Mercedes adding additional boot space, to accommodate the transport of more items. Specially catered to the Chinese market, the A-class will also have bold light clusters with a Y-shaped LED signature and vertical air vents.
As far as dimensions go, the A-class has an overall length of 179.1-inches, a width of 70.70-inches and a height of 56.9-inches. The wheel dimensions are 107.4-inches. On the basis of these figures, it’s definitely not the most largest of cars hence why adding more boot space will go down well with Mercedes-Benz supporters.
But don’t be thrown off by its petit size. Afterall, you know what they say: great things come in small packages!
The A-class will be the first vehicle to adopt Mercedes new MBUX infotainment system. It features touch screen capability, with a new touch pad to help the driver interact while driving. The A-class will use AI (artificial intelligence) infotainment systems to make the driving experience more engaging and fun. As a way of preventing drivers from getting distracted by the infotainment system on the road, Mercedes has included different controls on the steering wheel. In addition to AI and the touch screen display, MBUX allows for intelligent voice control. All you have to do is say the phrase “Hey Mercedes”, and 'viola', the system will comply with your command.
With your voice, you can control a range of features, including the sunglass roof, the temperature of the vehicle, heated seat functionality, the colour of the interior lighting and the interior dome lights. Voice activation undoubtedly makes the driving experience that much better for all drivers; it’s intuitive and very easy for consumers to use.
A range of Safety driver features are also available in the A-class, including adaptive cruise control, automatic emergency braking, lane keeping assist, pre collision monitoring, with the ability to automatically change and adapt its speed in certain weather conditions or for upcoming corners, intersections or roundabouts.
Though pricing for the A-class has now been confirmed, we are still yet to test it on the road. We will be doing a full review later this year, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for when its released.
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A pensioner found bludgeoned to death in her own home may have been hit at least 11 times, a murder trial has been told.
Forensic scientist Yvonne McLaren told the High Court in Glasgow that Jenny Methven may have been sitting on a chair in her kitchen while the attack was carried out.
Ms McLaren was giving evidence at the trial of William Kean, 46, who denies murdering Mrs Methven at her rural cottage in Perthshire in February.
She told prosecutor Alex Prentice QC that she had examined the crime scene and noted pools of blood on the kitchen carpet and blood spatter and runs of blood on one wall.
The jury was shown a video taken in the cottage which showed Mrs Methven's blood soaked body lying on the kitchen floor.
She was wearing trousers, a jersey and one shoe was missing. Her shoeless foot had blood spots on it.
Ms McLaren told the jury on Tuesday that Mrs Methven's head may have been covered by a towel while she was being assaulted.
Two blood soaked towels were found near her body.
Before the video was shown the jurors were told they may find it distressing.
The court heard that Kean's fingerprint was found on a wall telephone covered in Mrs Methven's blood. Police also found his DNA on a glass and on one of Mrs Methven's arms.
Advocate depute Alex Prentice asked Miss McLaren: "There may be a number of reasons why someone would cut the end off a trouser pocket," and she replied: "That may be."
He then said: "Would it also allow you to place an item in the pocket. For example if you wanted to conceal a hammer, is that a possibility," and she replied: "It may be."
Under cross-examination by defence QC Brian McConnachie Miss McLaren was asked: "If William Kean is the perpetrator he has left behind his fingerprint on a telephone, his DNA on a glass and his DNA on Mrs Methven's arm," and she replied: "Yes."
Mr McConnachiie added: "One of the things that has been suggested to you is that the removal of part of the trouser pocket is to secrete a hammer," and she replied: "Yes. It is a possibility."
The defence QC added: "The person who has gone to that trouble then effectively left their signature in the cottage," and she said: "Yes."
Mr McConnanchie said: "The premeditated plan seems to have run out at the point of wearing gloves," and she replied: "Yes."
He asked if Mrs Methven's attacker would have been covered in blood and she said that experiments they conducted had shown surprising little blood.
The QC then added: "The situation we have here is that the pathologists will suggest there are at least 11 separate blows. Logic would suggest that the more often you hit into wet blood the more chance you have of being covered in blood," and she said: "Yes."
Kean, from Blairgowrie, denies repeatedly cutting his finger tips and palms to prevent police taking usable samples after Mrs Methven was killed in Kildinny Farm Cottage, Forteviot, on February 20 this year.
Kean is also accused of stealing around £15,000 from her home on September 14, last year. It is also alleged that he attempted to defeat the ends of justice between February 20 and March 28 this year by pouring bleach onto a pair of bloodstained trousers, cutting a pocket from the trousers and then hiding them in the eaves of a garage in Blairgowrie, Perthshire.
Kean is also charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice between March 13 and 19 by failing to turn up at Perth Police headquarters to have his fingerprints taken for elimination purposes.
He has lodged a special defence blaming Mrs Methven's son and denies all the charges against him.
The trial before judge Lord Glennie continues.
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A Korean War veteran and his wife are getting a new bathroom today thanks to a program that was founded in the Fox Cities area.
Tundraland is helping Norman and Millie Bodway through the Baths for the Brave initiative.
Tundraland President Brian Gottlieb says they can’t use the current tub because it’s tough to get in and out of it.
He says Norman received the Bronze Star for helping his fellow Marines while they were under attack.
Tundraland expanded the Baths for the Brave program across the country. 10 home improvement companies are re-doing bathrooms today.

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The people in the district of Kendrapara are now facing the brunt of a steep rise in vegetable prices.
Tomato, which was previously sold at Rs 25 per kg, has now gone up to Rs 50 per kg. The price of pointed gourd has doubled to Rs 40 per kg. Pumpkin, which was sold at Rs 15 per kg before the lockdown, has gone up to Rs 30 per kg. The price of potato has also soared to Rs 40 per kg from Rs 25 per kg. Similarly, the prices of all other vegetables such as ladyfinger and beans have also increased.
The district receives over 10 truckloads of fruits and vegetables from Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, and other States every day. With transport coming to an abrupt halt due to the lockdown, the losses will be massive.
The lockdown has also affected farmers who bring vegetables to the town daily. Since vegetables are perishable commodities, the loss owing to the lockdown is huge.
In Bhawanipatna, the sudden and steep rise in the price of potato led to panic buying of the bulb. While on Monday, a 50 kg bag of potato was being sold for Rs 750, it went to Rs 810 on the day. By evening the price had gone up to Rs 1,100 for a 50 kg bag. The bulb is being sold for Rs 30 per kg.

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3/15/2013 - JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST -- The Joint Base Fire Emergency Service and the Department of Natural Resources personnel are scheduled to conduct a prescribed burn from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst today.
A prescribed burn is "the skillful application of fire under exacting conditions of weather and fuel in a predetermined area, for a specific purpose to achieve specific results."
For many years fire has been used as a tool to protect the lives and property of residents living near the forests of JB MDL. The professionals do this by setting fires under exacting conditions to reduce the underbrush, the "fuel" for a fire, in areas prone to fire. Using fire in this manner requires a high level of skill the professionals obtain through extensive, ongoing training.
The primary purpose of prescribed burning on JB MDL is to reduce the hazardous accumulations of forest fuels. This aids in wildfire prevention, fire intensity reduction and also provides a foundation for safer, more effective fire suppression and protection operations.
It has proven to be an effective and economical practice in protecting JB MDL forests and safeguarding community members. The principle reason for prescribed burning is wildfire hazard reduction, but there are numerous secondary benefits to prescribed burns. These benefits include:
· Wildlife habitat management
· Site preparation for reforestation projects
· Forest disease and pest control
· Nutrient recycling
· Grassland management
· Improved accessibility
· Enhanced appearances
The Joint Base Fire Emergency Services along with the Department of Natural Resources personnel will commence the prescribed burning plan starting in the next few weeks weather permitting. The burns will take place in various locations throughout the joint base with a total of approximately 2,500 acres being burned.


BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE
Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association (ZNWLVA) chairperson, Chris Mutsvangwa yesterday claimed the wife of one Cabinet minister recently confronted him, accusing him of working with expelled Zanu PF member Energy Mutodi to soil her husband’s reputation.
Mutsvanga said this while addressing war veterans outside the Harare Magistrates’ Court, where he had attended war veterans secretary-general Victor Matemadanda’s case, whose application for removal from remand was dismissed by magistrate, Josephine Sande.
Matemadanda is accused of undermining the authority of President Robert Mugabe.
Mutsvangwa said the woman approached him while attending the burial of Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Shuvai Mahofa and war veteran, George Rutanhire at the National Heroes Acre last month and accused him of using Mutodi to spread falsehoods.
“I told her off and don’t entertain pavement radio stories,” Mutsvangwa fumed.
Mutodi was recently arrested for allegedly peddling falsehoods after claiming Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi and Health minister David Parirenyatwa poisoned Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa at a Zanu PF interface rally in Gwanda recently.
Mutsvangwa said there were some Cabinet ministers masquerading as medical doctors.
“He calls himself a doctor, but he is not. I can challenge him to produce documents that prove he is a doctor. He is a doctor without documents.
I was also a doctor during the war, but I cannot call myself a doctor as he is doing,” he said.
Mutsvangwa alleged Zanu PF G40 faction members acquired doctorate degrees through mobile phones.
He said war veterans were offended by this week’s Zanu PF politburo decision to expel Mabel Chinomona as women’s league secretary for the commissariat.
The former War Veterans minister said Chinomona was at the forefront in the liberation struggle. The National Assembly Deputy Speaker was fired after she was allegedly recorded while denigrating First Lady Grace Mugabe.
Mutsvangwa also attacked Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo for clearing a demonstration in solidarity with Grace.
“How can a minister who is the chief law officer entertain Mandi Chimene and George Mlala, when he knows the High Court of Zimbabwe recognises us as the only legitimate war veterans association in the country? I know he is not so bright. We were together at Kutama School,” he alleged.
Mutsvangwa further claimed the history of the country was being distorted by the likes of Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo and Mugabe.
Mugabe recently claimed to have received Mutsvangwa in Mozambique during the war of liberation, but the war veterans leader says it was the other way round.
Mutsvangwa said when Mugabe arrived in Mozambique in 1975, he was the one who ordered Environment and Water minister Oppah Muchinguri to prepare food for him.


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Endless economic growth: engine of human ingenuity, key to prosperity and only defence against the severe ecological crises ahead. Or a mythical trap driving cities into a spiral of unsustainable unjust developments depleting human flourishing, wrecking the planet and impossible to perpetuate.
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Read more about the global debating society Turncoats here. Turncoats Oslo: More is More is organized by Oslo Architecture Triennale, the Nordic region's main architecture festival and a global arena for tackling architectural and urban challenges. Next year's triennale, OAT 2019, will challenge the supremacy of economic growth as the basis of contemporary societies and investigate alternatives.

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When Fox brought Kingsman: The Secret Service to Comic-con last year I had no idea what to expect. I knew it was a comic and… that’s it. That’s all I knew about it. And for better or for worse, that’s more than most people knew about it. Then the cast walked out, and the director, and suddenly the crowd was roaring with excitement. We all sat on the edge of our seats when the footage ran and it did not disappoint.
Fast forward about half a year later to February 2015 and we have one of the best action/spy films in a decade. Kingsman: The Secret Service has every spy aspect that you could ever ask for: awesome gadgets, tons of badass action, and a great villain. Additionally, it has laugh out loud humor. Not to mention Colin Firth in a suit, which for some reason, is attractive to every generation. It’s no wonder that production for its sequel is already in the works and filming is said to begin in March of 2016.
So far, we know Harry Hart (Colin Firth) will be returning even after his “death” in the first installment. Obviously there is no word on how that will happen, not that they would tell us, but it seems like they are still working that curveball out. Recently Mark Millar, the author of the comic spoke about the production:
“Because part of what made that movie work was Colin [Firth]. Colin’s fantastic! But you also want the integrity of the story, so if you are bringing him back it needs to make sense. That’s where it is at the moment. Bits of the story have been done. Matthew [Vaughn] and Jane [Goldman] are working on it at the moment. Bits have been done, some things need to be worked out, some decisions are still to be made. It’s all fairly amorphous, but all going well. We’re hoping to be shooting in Easter.”
Harry was my favorite in the film, though not by a long shot as everyone in the film was fantastic. And Director Mathew Vaughn is a master of comic book adaptations. From Kick-Ass to X-Men: First Class, and now Kingsman: The Secret Service, Vaughn has really set the bar high for what comic book movies should be. I am extremely excited for the sequel since Kingsman: The Secret Service was probably my favorite film of the year.
What do you guys think? Are you as excited as I am? Keep up with Grizzly Bomb for on-going news on the sequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service!
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Le Marche in Central Italy and its superb scenery is home to many well preserved fortified hill towns which include Roman ruins at nearby Urbisaglia and Falerone, renaissance architecture at Loreto and Osimo and ‘Liberty’ style art nouveaux villas at Porto San Giorgio and Civitanova Marche.
Le Marche is also the land of many ornate theatres including the grand ‘Sferisterio’ amphitheatre in Macerata, which holds 7,000 one of the main fixtures on Italy’s summer open-air opera. Le Marche also has some of central Italy’s finest architectural monuments. The following is a list of beautiful and important towns within a short
Macerata is well known across the opera world for its annual open-air opera festival in July and takes place in the 7,000-seater Sferisterio – a very impressive neo-classical arena that was built with private funds in the 1820′s. It was originally built as a soccer stadium rather than a Puccini aria.
The centre of Macerata is quite up market and was almost entirely built between the 16th and 19th centuries. The Renaissance two-tiered arcades of the Loggia dei Mercanti on central Piazza della Liberta’ is the town’s most striking piece of architecture.
The best of the the Macerata palaces line Corso Matteotti, the road that leaves the Piazza at the side of the Loggia, while Corso della Repubblica will take you to Piazza Vittorio Veneto and the town gallery and museum. Home to many Umbrian and Marchigiani artists – most important is Carlo Crivelli’s Madonna and Child. In the same building are the fine carriages in the Museo delle Carrozze and a museum dedicated to the Unification of Italy and wartime resistance.
Just north of the town, by the river at Villa Potenza, lies ancient Helvia Ricina, the remnants of the old Roman city can still be seen, including the large amphitheatre, which stands just by the junction with the SS571, as well as a stretch of stone-paved roadway.
Abbadia di Fiastra-(20mins)
The Cistercian monastery of Fiastra was founded in 1142, the building material was taken from the near Roman city ‘Urbs Salvia’ whose farmland stretched 30km to the coast in medieval times. Today the surrounding parkland is still cultivated by the monks and wines and other produce is on sale to the public, there are two very good well priced restaurants, and the medieval monastery, an archeological museum and beautiful nature reserve are open to the public.
Jesi (40 mins)
This thriving and elegant centre is one of the most interesting towns in central Le Marche, has a sophisticated old centre and lively cultural life that has earned it the nickname “Milano of the Marche”.
Jesi’s most striking feature greets you as you arrive – is an enormous stretch of massive 14thC fortified walls (above), built on Roman foundations, these are reinforced with buttresses and impregnable towers, and topped by houses. The main streets of the walled historic centre run along a narrow ridge and provide many temptations to the Le Marche visitor.
In Piazza Federico II in the north-eastern corner of the town where the Roman forum of Aesis once lay.In the Piazza stands the 18thC Duomo, a few steps down Via Pergolesi and you will be in Piazza Colocci and in front of Jesi’s most handsome building, Palazzo della Signoria (below). This Renaissance palace was built at the end of the 15thC by Francesco di Giorgio Martini, the Sienese genius best known for his military architecture. The large rampant lion above the entrance is the symbol of the power the city once held. Inside there is an impressive three-tiered courtyard with brick columns on the first level, marble on the second and wooden on the third.
Continue along Via Pergolesi to Piazza della Repubblica; Jesi’s largest square is dominated by the town’s 18thC theatre, Teatro Pergolesi, home to a prestigous autumn opera season.The main road Corso Matteotti runs straight along Roman foundations. On Via XV Settembre stands Jesi’s most stylish building, Palazzo Pianetti, the ornate interior is home to the civic art gallery (Pinacoteca Comunale) with a small collection of Lorenzo Lotto’s finest works – The Judgement of Santa Lucia, a Visitation, an Annunciation and a restless Deposition.
Only 5 minutes drive from Abbadia di Fiastra and is home to the impressive Roman site of Urbisaglia which provides tours of its frescoed forum, theatre and amphitheatre, the roman water cistern, medieval castle and museum with Roman artefacts from the area. There is also a good ristorante Le Logge for Lunch.
The striking hill town of Loreto lies just inland from the Adriatic Sea and is one of the world’s most important shrines to the Virgin Mary. The town is host to thousands of pilgrims who travel here from around the world.
The great dome of the Sanctuario della Santa Casa dominates the countryside for miles around; under the roof stands the rustic cottage from Nazareth that witnessed the Annunciation and the childhood of Jesus (see the tradition of the Holy House below).
Although the Holy House arrived, according to legend in 1294, but it was not until 1507 that the Church finally approved of Loreto as a place of pilgrimage, though work on the church had begun in 1468. The Sanctuary is a showcase of work by many of the most celebrated names of late Renaissance Italy and gives even the unbeliever good reason to come here..
The Museo-Pinacoteca inside preserves a fine group of late works by Lorenzo Lotto (the Venetian master retired and died in the monastery here in 1556) and an unusual collection of Renaissance ceramic pharmacist’s jars. Hidden away in a corner are also some 70 carved blocks of box-wood used until the 1940′s to stamp designs on pilgrims bodies which were then indelibly tattooed as permanent souvenirs of their pilgrimage to Loreto.
A fantastic town that towers over the surrounding countryside and is referred to as “Balcony of Le Marche” Climb up Corso Garibaldi to Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, was built on the site of the forum of Roman Cingulum and is still the heart of this lovely town. To one side stands a fine 16thC Renaissance town hall with a much earlier clock tower. Inside is the Museo Archeologico to see the collection call at the library (Biblioteca comunale) in Via Mazzini 1. The library also houses the town’s Pinacoteca, or art gallery, with another of the region’s serendipity collections of paintings by Lorenzo Lotto. Cingoli has its ownm sizeable lake with beaches and pleasureboats, below the dam is an adventure park with zip wires, tightropes and climbing walls.
Ascoli Piceno (1.5hrs)
The city of Ascoli Piceno is dominated by numerous medieval towers and the Piazza del Popolo which is tiled with travertine and undoubtedly one of the most elegant squares of Italy. An amazing array of gothic architecture, great riverside walks, shopping and art galleries, plus some wonderful bars to sample the local Piceni wines. Oh, make sure you do some people watching in the Art Nouveaux Bar Meletti in the main Piazza.
Caldarola (25 mins)
Caldarola dominated by well preserved Pallotta castle, where building started in the 9th Century and which was transformed in the 16th by the Pallotta family, who still own the castle and now open it to the public, there are also 3 other castles in the surrounding Marche countryside.
The panoramic university hill town of Camerino has a history that goes back to Neolithic times. It has remained unchanged since its Renaissance heyday, when the local Da Varanno family governed much of surrounding Le Marche. Imposing churches, palaces and art plus lovely gardens, museums, outdoor cafes and some great shops.
Amandola (60 mins)
This touring centre for the Sibillini national park has a wonderful gothic piazza, sit in one of Amandola’s bars there and watch the world go by, or try getting up and sampling the museum of rural history.
Tolentino is a vibrant medieval city home to the shrine of St Nicola, and some amazing architecture including an ancient roman bridge and a bizarre clock tower in the main square and the nearby 12th century Castello della Rancia. Wander round the museum of caricature and humour in art, or simply enjoy the shopping, cafes and trattorie.
Recanati is a sophisticated town and comune in the Province of Macerata, Marche region of Italy. Recanati was founded around 1150 AD from three pre-existing castles. In 1290 it proclaimed itself an independent republic and, in the 15th century, was famous for its international fair. In the March 1798 it was conquered by Napoleon Bonaparte.
It is the hometown of tenor Beniamino Gigli and poet Giacomo Leopardi, which is why the town is known to some as “the city of poetry”. It contains the Teatro Persiani named after the composer of operas in the first part of the 19th Century, Giuseppe Persiani, who was born in the town in 1799. The town commands an elevated position above rolling hills to the West and the adriatic coast to the West, in Summer a superb Opera season is hosted at the Villa Corrado Mels home to a number of important Lotto paintings.
Osimo (40 mins)
A few kilometres from Recanati stands Osimo with its honey coloured centro storico on the hill above the more modern town below. Most of its best buildings date from the 16th and 17th centuries but evidence of a more distant past sometimes show through. For this place was once the Roman town of Auximum. Take time to wander its inviting streets.
The entrance hall of the fine 17C Palazzo Comunale, or town hall, in main Piazza del Comune are a dozen headless statues from Roman times; they once stood in the town’s forum and were, according to tradition, decapitated during an early occupation of the place.
Also hunt out the sturdy blocks that remain of the Roman walls above Via Fonte Magna and notice that the street plan of the old town still retains its Roman layout. The 13C Duomo, with its amazing crypt, still retains its mosaic pavement from medieval times; the church, originally built in the 13th century in romanesque-gothic style.
The old romanesque church of San Francesco has been fully restored and is a sanctuary dedicated to San Giuseppe da Copertino (1603-1663) and an important centre of pilgrimage.
San Giuseppe is known as the patron saint of those undergoing exams and thanks also to his celebrated capacity for levitation, as a patron saint of pilots. His remains are kept in a crystal urn in the modern crypt.
In the heart of the old centre look out for Palazzo Gallo, a splendid palace from the 16th century with an epic fresco of the Judgement of Solomon (1609) by the Tuscan painter Pomarancio.
A few kilometres south-east of Osimo in the valley of the Musone river, stands the imposing Sanctuary of Campocavallo, a striking piece of early 20th century architecture in Lombard neo-gothic style. It guards a venerated image of the Virgin behind the main altar; in 1892 it was seen to weep by the faithful, a phenomenon reputedly repeated a number of times since then.
Founded around 550 AD after the Goths had destroyed the Roman Septembeda further down the hill, this enchanting town has a great mix of medieval and Renaissance buildings.
Its outstanding feature is its unusual elliptical main square, Piazza del Popolo, encircled by shady arcades (see above) and towered over by the castle and church on the hill.
Before taking your aperitivo here, search out the Pinacoteca in Via Salimbeni 39, to see Pinturicchio’s sumptious Madonna della Pace and earthy pictures by the local Salimbeni brothers. You can see more of their endearing work in the nearby romanesque church of San Lorenzo in Doliolo.
The town is home to a vibrant Saturday morning market and the San Severino blues Festival that stages Blues, acoustic and indie, rock gigs throughout San Severino and the neighbouring countryside in June / July each year.
Matellica & Frasassi (45 mins)
The centre for one of the Verdicchio wines from the Marche region, Matellica is a lovely and interesting town that is also home to the Armani fashion outlet, where you can buy this famous style icons clothing direct. Matellica is half n-route to Frasassi ; which has an incredible network of underground limestone caves that is the largest in Europe and a must see for any visitor. Tours every hour in most languages.
Agriturismo Fontechiara is located in Treia in the province of Macerata in the region of Le Marche in central Italy. We offer B&B or bed and breakfast holidays or for lovers of slow food there are half board or all inclusive holidays. A vacation at Fontechiara allows you to sample ecotourism, locally grown food, our own organic produce, home cooking and great Le Marche wines in a restored farmhouse with stylishly furnished rooms and excellent facilities including a swimming pool. We offer yoga retreats, horse riding holidays, fishing holidays, Italian lessons, olive oil holidays, we offer a dog sitting service and are ideally located for sports and outlet shopping. Le Marche has fantastic beaches, mountains, nature, history, art, activities and more. Please check out our reasonable prices or contact us for more information or to book.

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Imus most recently served as Chief of Staff and campaign manager for Assemblyman Tim Donnelly. Previously, he worked the majority of his career as a custom homebuilder. He is co-founder of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corp. of California.
Imus's campaign website listed the following issues:
- 2nd Amendment
- Excerpt: "“A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed”. The second amendment secures all other rights. It is the very reason that this country has never experienced a foreign invasion"
- Foreign Policy and National Security
- Excerpt: "The purpose of our foreign policy is to create a more secure, democratic, and prosperous world for the benefit of the American people and the international community. The stronger our economy and our national defense, the better position it puts us in to achieve these goals. "
- Illegal Immigration
- Excerpt: "After co-founding the Minuteman Civil Defense Corp – CA in 2005 and spending more than 2,500 hours on the California-Mexican border, I have experienced first hand the porous southern border and flow of illegal aliens and contraband that openly flows into this country unchecked. I have personally seen many not only that are coming from Mexico, but from other countries in the Middle East as well."
- Excerpt: "There are many obstacles that stand in between the unemployed and the employer, and everyone of them is created by government regulations. The government simply needs to get out of the way and business will return. The government has never been the solution and has only been the problem."
- The Economy
- Excerpt: "If we are ever going to make a positive move in the right direction and improve our economy, there are certain and specific moves that must be made. We must start by absolutely refusing to further raise the debt ceiling so politicians can no longer spend recklessly."
Imus ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent California's 8th District. He and Paul Cook (R) advanced past the blanket primary on June 5, 2012, defeating John Pinkerton (D), Dennis Albertsen (R), George Craig (R), Jackie Conaway (D), Bill Jensen (R), Phil Liberatore (R), Ryan McEachron (R), Brad Mitzelfelt (R), Joseph Napolitano (R), Angela Valles (R) and Anthony Adams (Ind). They faced off in the November 6, 2012, general election and Cook won.
|U.S. House, California District 8 General Election, 2012|
|Source: California Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"|
|U.S. House, California District 8, 2012 - Gregg Imus Campaign Contributions|
|Total Raised by Election Winner||$590,514|
|Total Spent by Election Winner||$564,481|
|Top contributors to Gregg Imus's campaign committee|
|Freedom Law School||$2,600|
|Aspen Leasing Co||$2,500|
|Barstow Community College||$2,500|
|St. Bernatines Hospital||$2,500|
|Top 5 industries that contributed to campaign committee|
|Special Trade Contractors||$5,300|
- California's 8th Congressional District
- California's 8th Congressional District elections, 2012
- United States House of Representatives
- CNN, "California Districts Race - 2012 Election Center," accessed December 1, 2012
- Imus for Congress, "About Gregg Imus" accessed May 21, 2012 (dead link)
- Campaign website, Issues (dead link)
- California Secretary of State, "Official primary candidate list," accessed March 13, 2014
- California Secretary of State, "Unofficial election results," November 6, 2012 (dead link)
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This was my first layout of the circles on the white background.
Now, I did like it but I didn't love it so I decided to see how it would look with a triangle of green felt for the tree. I cut the felt with my rotary pinking cutter to make the edges wavy.
So much better. I appliquéd the circles to the felt (by machine). I used thread to match each circle as I didn't want the appliqué stitches to be too eye-catching.
I liked the way it looked on the back of the tree!
I sewed the felt tree in place and appliquéd the star and tree pot on to the white background then pinned it ready for quilting.
I quilted around the tree, pot and star and then sewed another couple of rows down one side of the tree but I didn't like them. I thought it was going to make the whole thing too busy looking so I ripped them out and just left the single row of quilting. I gave the hanging a good press to take out the marks of all those safety pins.
I noticed that the star was a bit squint before I appliquéd it on but decided to leave it like that. I like it!
I made some binding and sewed it on to the front by machine and on to the back by hand.
Lastly, I sewed a couple of rings on at each side at the top of the hanging.
And here it is in all its glory. I love it! I can't wait for December to get here so I can hang it on the wall!
Finished size: 25" high by 24" wide
Felt tree measures 16" across the bottom and the perpendicular height is 16"
Circles: 2 x 5" diameter, 4 x 3" diameter, 5 x 2" diameter, 6 x 1¼" diameter
Star measures approx 3" from one leg across to the other, height from point to "crotch" of star is approx 2¼".
Pot measures 3¾" along the top, 2½" along the bottom with a height of 3¼".
Background & backing fabrics: white curtain lining (Why pay £13.50/m for white quilting cotton when I can go down to the curtain fabric department and pay £3.50/m for white cotton curtain lining which has the same weight and feel of the dearer stuff?)
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By Mike Larkin and Ron
In 1958 Tom Carstens sold
a Lister-Chevrolet to Al Dean of Dean Van Lines for Bill Pollack to drive
in the first "L. A. Times Grand Prix" at Riverside. The car was a disappointment,
having brake troubles, high-speed front-end lift, and overheating problems.
The Lister was sold to
the Fike Plumbing racing team out of Phoenix Arizona. Wayne Weiler (a big
name in sprint car racing), Jim Conner and Don Hulette raced the car for
two years for Fike with little success. Hulette won the consolation race
at the 1960 "L.A. Times Grand Prix" at Riverside putting him in the big
main event for Sunday.
Early in the big race Hulette
tried going into turn two too hot and rolled the car into a ball, broke
his leg, and set the car on fire.
Don Hood, who was working
in Don Hulette's pit that day, offers his recollection of the accident:
"I was in the pits at Riverside when Don had his flaming wreck in the Fike
Plumbing Lister-Chevy. Don was looking to make a pass on someone but found
that visibility from the cockpit was difficult (I think that everyone that
drove a Lister complained of that!)
As he approached Turn 2
he tried craning his neck to see where the prospective passee was and missed
his braking point. This resulted in him sliding off but he thought he had
it saved. Unfortunately, the track maintenance folks had left a small pile
of dirt adjacent to the exit of the turn and this launched the car into
an end-for-end flip.
The car landed tail first
and ruptured the fuel tank and Don found himself sitting in a god-awful
ball of fire. Somehow he got out and the Los Angeles Times ran a photo
the next day of Don running from the inferno. Obviously he did not have
a broken leg. As I remember, all he got was some relatively minor burns."
After the race, Bob Sorrell
ended up with the wreck. Bob took the car back to his shop in Westchester,
where he and Jim Larkin shared space. Sorrell thought that with some modifications
to the frame, brakes and power, the car could still be a contender.
Two years earlier Sorrell
and Larkin created a fiberglass sports car body specifically designed to
fit a new car Larkin was building. The body was based on an earlier Sorrell
design; however, the new version was more contemporary.
Mike Larkin (Jimís younger
brother and apprentice laminator) layed-up three of the new bodies for
Sorrell. One went on Larkinís Special, one went to Andre
Gessner for his Chrysler Special, and the last went on the Sorrell/Larkin
Sorrell quickly put his
Special together making the planned modifications and then powering the
car with one of Jim Larkinís potent Chevys. The first time out was at a
Cal Club race held at Riverside Raceway in 1961. The car was driven by
Eric Hauser of Ol' Yellar #1 fame. Eric also tried to qualify the car for
the "L.A. Times Grand Prix" but the car still had all of its past characteristics.
Eric stated "that car was
terrible! It had plenty of power but no brakes, and if your hand twitched,
the car would spin!" Sorrell thought that Hauser was just a bit timid because
of his earlier crash in Ol' Yellar #1 in April of that year.
The next to try his hand
at the car was Jack Breskovitch. Jack had the same problems as Eric and
soon gave up the ride.
The demise of the car came
at a Cal Club race held at Riverside Raceway in March of 1962. This time
the car was to be driven by Bob Johnson (Iím not sure if this was the same
Bob Johnson that became a Shelby Cobra hero or a local guy).
During the first practice
session Bob lost control and went over the turn one fence. He wasnít hurt;
but the car caught fire and burned again. This time, however, the magnesium
wheels caught fire and could not be extinguished.
The track people had to
bring their skip loader to the crash site to cover the car with dirt in
order to put the fire out. At the end of the race a fitting symbol of a
cross was put over the dirt mound where the Sorrell/Larkin Special came
to its final rest.
It was the only ever car
to be buried at Riverside Raceway.
Itís ironic that the car
was destroyed at the very same place that Hauser had crashed Ol' Yellar
#1 approximately one year earlier. Some people get those stories confused.
Some think that Ol' Yellar #1 was buried at turn one at Riverside Raceway.
Sorry about that, it was
the Sorrell/Larkin Special.
May it rest in Peace.
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Acid rain is an important consequence of pollutants generated by modern industrial societies and is known to cause damage to ecological systems, construction materials and cultural artifacts. The assessment of the damage caused to paint films has included laboratory, exposure chamber, and exterior weathering experiments. This study uses visual assessment of paints applied directly to southern yellow pine and exposed at 30° south to either natural acid rain or deionized water spray sites in North Carolina and Ohio to determine damage by acid rain. An acrylic latex paint with a pigment volume concentration (PVC) of 52 and a volume solids (VS) of 35% was formulated with calcium carbonate or sodium potassium alumino-silicate extenders. This high PVC paint formulation is one known to stress the binding capacity of the latex and thus produce early grain cracking failures over bare wood. Major effects observed include severe yellowing and increased mildewing of the carbonate containing paints exposed to acid rain. While acid rain can damage exterior paints, much of the damage can be minimized by careful selection of the polymers and pigments used in the formulation. © 1994.
Hook, J. W., Jacox, P. J., & Spence, J. W. (1994). Acid rain effects on the exterior durability of architectural coatings on wood. Progress in Organic Coatings, 24(1–4), 175–188. https://doi.org/10.1016/0033-0655(94)85013-5

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By Shikin Louis
KUCHING, Sept 29: Hundreds of colorful lanterns illuminated the Malaysia-China Friendship Park or ‘Taman Sahabat’ here in conjunction with Mid-Autumn Festival tonight.
At the venue, some 600 lanterns were given away for free to the members of the public present since 6.30pm.
The celebration also included lion dance performances and a parade circling the park.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Mooncake Festival or Lantern Festival, is a traditional festival celebrated in Chinese culture. Tonight’s celebration was also joined by those of various races and religions.
The same night not only saw children getting excited holding their respective lanterns but also the elderly who were awed by lanterns with modern designs.
This was made possible thanks to the joint effort of Kuching South City Council (MBKS), Persatuan Persahabatan Zong Ho Kuching and Chinese Martial Art Association who had organised the public gathering.
MBKS mayor Dato Wee Hong said the Mid-Autumn Festival is the second biggest festival celebrated by the Chinese after Chinese New Year.
“Other than having moon cakes, I think this festival is more of a family reunion where people come together so that is why we have decided to give out free lanterns and some moon cakes to carry the real meaning of the Moon Cake Festival,” he told reporters at the event.
He also mentioned that MBKS had organised various activities to celebrate this year’s festival with the needy such as the Salvation Army Children’s Home in Samarahan last night (Sept 28) and Sarawak Hun Nam Siang Tng (elderly’s home) this morning (Sept 29).
Also present were Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China, Xing Weiping and Chinese Martial Art Association patron Kapitan Tan Kun Gee.
Watch the video of the celebration here. — DayakDaily

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A Dozen Rare Pearl Jam Songs Coming To Streaming Services
Originally exclusive to Pearl Jam fan club the Ten Club, a dozen rare holiday singles from the band are making their way to streaming services. The announcement coincided with the major announcement of Pearl Jam’s 2020 tour dates.
The band issued these rare recordings as part of a series of 7- and 10-inch vinyl singles from 1991 to 2017 (missing only a year in 1994). Pearl Jam are kicking off the release with 2004’s Stevie Wonder cover, “Someday at Christmas.” Listen to it below
As originally reported by Rolling Stone, the band is rolling out the songs one at a time as part of 2019’s “12 Days of Pearl Jam” campaign. It’s unknown in what order the singles will be released.
Of course, Pearl Jam themselves broke the news this week via their website and various social media outlets that “12 Days of Pearl Jam” is “back this holiday season and we’re celebrating with a holiday single each day! Released in 2004, stream ‘Someday at Christmas’ now.”
On its site, the band explained that “twelve of Pearl Jam’s holiday singles will be made available for the first time streaming on all [digital service providers] and will be compiled as a special holiday playlist.”
Pearl Jam’s Ten Club holiday releases started with 1991 single “Let Me Sleep (Christmas Time)” with live cut “Ramblings.” The series wrapped up with 2017’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction version of “Alive” backed with Chuck Berry cover “Around and Around” from the ceremony’s rehearsal.
The most recognizable of the group’s holidays singles is 1998’s Wayne Cochran cover “Last Kiss.” Its popularity prompted a charity compilation inclusion and subsequent commercial release that made it Pearl Jam’s highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100.


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The crucial aim of Physics is to categorize elementary laws and demonstrate how these may be concerned to forecast and explain a natural phenomenon. In fact, most of the exhilarating technological developments in engineering are based on the laws discovered in physics. The physics laboratory is equipped with latest instruments which an undergraduate student requires. The laboratories are partitioned in two spacious rooms. One of the rooms is meant for experiments based on general physics while the other is a dark room meant for experiments in optics. The main experimental setup available in the area of general physics consists of determination of energy band gap in semi conductors, calibration of voltmeter and ammeter, determination of specific resistance by Carey foster bridge, Charging & discharging, The dark room experiments consist of Spectrometer, Biquartz Polarimeter, Ballistic Galvanometer, Newton’s ring assembly and Fresnel Biprism experiment and optical fiber.
The popular view of chemistry is one with test-tubes, strange smells, and evil looking mixtures in the laboratory. Chemistry is the science of change. It looks at all the different kind of substances and how they interact with each other. It is going on all around us, all the time, as well as in the scientific laboratory and in the chemical industry. In Sobhasaria Group of Institutions, we have well equipped and fully furnished Chemistry lab with full fledged facilities to provide our students with complete knowledge they need as per RTU/AICTE norms. We have well qualified, experienced faculty and trained lab technicians to guide students the best they need for their complete growth and development.
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Recently I hosted my board and staff at the Lodge for a 3 day retreat. It was the perfect setting. Comfortable, secluded and in a beautiful setting. The kitchen was perfectly set up for large scale meal prep. Dottie and her team took care of us from start to end and we look forward to another stay soon.
We had a wonderful experience. We had plenty of room for our entire family to stay. The barn and pool are wonderful. If you are looking for a large facility where everyone can stay under one roof and enjoy time away, look no further. This place is perfect! Dottie is very easy to work with and extremely helpful.
I recently organized a 21-person tech retreat for web developers and designers, and the Lodge at Oak Creek Ranch was the perfect venue…We spent our days in group discussions and evenings relaxing around a campfire in a fire pit. We also had morning yoga classes and enjoyed a sunset hayride to a scenic viewpoint, with sightings of plenty of wildlife throughout the weekend…This was by far the best experience I’ve had with a rental property, and I would highly recommend the Lodge at Oak Creek Ranch to others!
The Nelsons have something incredibly special there. The term that comes to mind in describing it is “magical”. It is an excellent venue for enhancing the corporate strategic planning process. In my personal experience, I believe that Oak Creek Ranch is truly an exceptional venue for retreats, not just by local standards but by statewide standards.
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Hospitality Industry Management Program
University of San Francisco
Our teacher group of 12 has been taking a getaway retreat for the lasts 14 years together. We used to make the long drive to Tahoe because we had found the perfect house. But Oak Creek Ranch is all that it was and more. We love the remoteness, the pool, the space, the darling European dining area and we will be back next year!!
Driving into the Ranch evokes a physiological response that can only be described as overwhelming calm. The profoundly beautiful landscape is combined with the assurance that you have arrived at a place that will shield you from the demands and distractions of everyday life.”

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Why I got interested again in my forgotten hobby…
Written in September 2014
I visited my old friend Marcel Bergeron last Friday. I had to go to Sherbrooke and I stopped for a few hours to say hello.
Marcel is mostly responsible for all this procrastination on this blog.
This is one more reason. The last model airplane I built that I gave as a gift.
I just happened to take a look at it under the TV set with other model airplanes he has.
Lo and behold!
Missing antenna, loose left elevator, bent pitot tube on the tail. Of course this model was made before I knew how the Mosquito of his youth hero looked like when he was flying it with RAF 23 Squadron.
Eugene Gagnon 1921-1947
So the camouflage is all wrong as well as the decals. So what am I going to do my loyal readers?
You tell me.


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In the footsteps of Dudley Lee: prisoners to sue government
Several prisoners intend suing the Department of Correctional Services because they contracted tuberculosis (TB) in prison.
From 1999 to 2004, Dudley Lee spent over four years as an awaiting trial prisoner in Pollsmoor before he was acquitted.
He told GroundUp two years ago that he “begged, bullied, and bribed” his way through his stay. Like countless other inmates he contracted tuberculosis at some point during his incarceration. TB is rampant in South Africa’s vastly overcrowded, poorly ventilated, and medically understaffed prisons, and Lee’s case was used by TB researchers and activist organisations to highlight the problem.
After his release, Lee sued the government, claiming that Pollsmoor authorities had neglected to sufficiently guard him against the threat of TB. After nearly two years of litigation—stretching across the High Court, Supreme Court, and the Constitutional Court and draining more than R2m in costs to the state—he achieved a Constitutional Court victory on 11 December 2012.
He was given R270,000 in damages. Equally, it was a victory for activists campaigning to reduce TB in prisons.
Lee passed away from cancer in Cape Town’s Victoria Hospital on 21 May 2014. But other prisoners are now following his example.
Jonathan Cohen, Lee’s lawyer in his landmark case, says that his firm represents several current or former inmates planning to sue the state for damages inflicted during their time within the Western Cape prison system. The majority of these cases are TB-related, drawing from what Cohen claims is a “vast population of potential TB claimants with an unfortunately limited knowledge of their rights to legal recourse.”
While one of these actual claimants was imprisoned at the same time as Dudley Lee, a number of them cite more recent TB infection from incarceration in Western Cape prisons.
“We had a gentleman contacting us from a cellphone within Pollsmoor a few days ago,” Cohen said.
The inmate reported to Cohen that he had been coughing up blood for a few weeks, and had gone for a sputum test and tested positive for TB. He was apparently told that there was no medication available for TB and that he would have to wait until medication became available. They then sent him back to his overcrowded cell so he could (potentially infect) other inmates, the inmate said.
Cohen’s firm said that later attempts to follow-up with the inmate were unsuccessful. Still, claims such as this fuel concerns that recent developments in the fight against the prison TB epidemic have been “halfhearted, at best,” as Cohen puts it.
John Stephens, a researcher with the public interest law firm SECTION27 says, “The lay of the land now is that we’ve got significant traction on rolling out tuberculosis testing in prisons—some really good work by the Department of Health and NGOs.”
But, adds Stephens, “[this progress] is too little, too slow, and so far has dealt primarily with testing—only a part of the problem.”
He points to overcrowding and lack of ventilation as two critical areas that have shown little signs of any aggressive action being taken.
One Pollsmoor warder (who asked to remain anonymous) believes that the TB situation has actually deteriorated in the past year.
“A few guys have actually died that I know of,” he said, adding that offenders in communal cells had been complaining that very morning about not having received TB treatment for the past week and a half.
“There isn’t even paracetamol available right now,” he added.
But Nizaan Cassian of the Pollsmoor Hospital Pharmacy denied this claim, saying, “There’s no shortage of medication that I know of…we just fill the scripts.”
A possible explanation for the factual dispute is a staff shortage. On the day he spoke to GroundUp, the Pollsmoor warder was one of three warders in a section housing close to 375 inmates. This means that the responsibility of handing out pills has to be given, unofficially, to inmates.
“We give them lists with names of the inmates who need medication, but sometimes [these inmates] conveniently forget to hand them all out,” he said.
Similarly, the shortage of medical staff and access to medical services prevents active diagnosis of TB. “I’ll go with 24 sick inmates to the clinic, and the staff there will say, ‘No, come back tomorrow,’” he explained.
The DCS employs just eight doctors nationwide. According to the DCS’ Annual Performance Plan for 2012-2013, the vacancy rate for financed posts increased from 10.5% in 2008/2009 (with the rate for medical practitioners at 20% and nurses at 26%) to 15.3% in 2010/2011.
When asked whether employees are actively seeking to prevent the spread of TB, the warder laughed, “When we see an inmate coughing, we tell him, ‘It’s winter.’”
Legal claims continue to be resisted by the DCS at the official level. With regards to his clients, Cohen said, “It is unlikely that the state will settle, and more likely that we will need to litigate the cases.”
There is some question as to whether the causation established in Lee’s case will extend to other inmates irrespective of their socioeconomic standing. “Dudley didn’t come from an economically deprived environment,” explained Cohen. “He was quite wealthy and healthy, and didn’t bring with him a predisposition to tuberculosis. This was quite important to proving causation,” he said.
Cohen points to the case of Nasira James, who contracted TB in Pollsmoor three years ago and is currently trying to make a claim against the state. The state’s defense against James’ claim includes the suggestion that her claim is directed at the wrong party. “The state is saying that she shouldn’t be suing the prison authorities, but she should be suing the prisoners that infected her,” says Cohen, laughing at the absurdity of it. “They want to carry on fighting these cases as though Dudley Lee doesn’t exist. It’s causing unnecessary legal expenses to build.”
“In my experience dealing with DCS,” says Stephens, “they’ve been very, very difficult. With the exception of a few individuals, they are slow, obstructive, evasive, refuse to answer letters, and refuse to engage.”
The irony of this, in his view, is that, “The best way for the DCS to avoid liability is to tackle this thing head on,” he says. “All that the court demands is that they have a reasonable response to TB in prison. We can’t afford to have a department that denies the problem,” says Stephens.
The DCS has ignored the opportunity to comment for this article. This includes several emails and upwards of 25 phone calls to their spokesperson, Manelisi Wolela, who alternately ignored the calls or requested that GroundUp “call back later”. Two long-standing requests to visit Pollsmoor that have also gone unanswered.
Regulations that have been referred to informally by sources wishing to remain anonymous as “gag orders” work to similar effect in restricting contact with Pollsmoor. According to the warder, he and his coworkers were made to a sign a “form of secrecy” several years ago, according to which any spread of information about the inner activity of Pollsmoor beyond its walls would be punishable by law. He agreed to speak to me believing that these forms were “null and void”. He said, “We weren’t workshopped on these forms or informed what they were about. We were just told to sign.”
Researchers must go through a similar protocol, signing a form that indemnifies the DCS against any legal claims, stipulates that all researchers submit to an internal DCS guide who will “identify issues which could cause embarrassment to the Department,” and states that “research findings or any other information…may not be published or made known …without the written permission of the Commissioner of Correctional Services.”
Even with such agreements, human rights advocates such as Nooshin Erfani-Ghadimi of the Wits Justice Project are continually denied access to correctional centres, and must routinely rely on letters from inmates requesting help in order to stay informed on their treatment.
Cohen, Erfani-Ghadimi, and Stephens all agree that assertion of prisoners’ rights by prisoners themselves—like the former inmates under Cohen’s legal representation—is crucial under such conditions. They emphasise the importance of prisoners being made aware of their rights to such claims, and hope that many more will begin to exercise these rights. In this sense, Dudley Lee’s legacy extends beyond TB and into the whole set of abuses prisoners regularly suffer within the country’s prisons.
An important correction was made to this article after publication as it initially implied incorrectly that the Wits Justice Project believed letters from inmates were heavily censored.
This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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A digital scholarship expert from Rice University will take over as GW’s top librarian, the University announced Monday.
Geneva Henry will steer the University’s library system, which includes Gelman, Eckles and Virginia Science and Technology libraries, after spending more than a decade at the Houston university, where she headed the university’s digital library collections for three years. She will assume the University librarian role July 1.
“When I read the university’s strategic plan, it told me that GW is a place on the move that really ‘gets it’ when it comes to information,” Henry said in a release. “The library is at the heart of where the university is trying to go with new knowledge and information, and has the potential to be a key strategic partner in helping the university realize that very bold strategic plan.”
Provost Steven Lerman cited Henry’s “knowledge of digital information systems” and her knowledge of “traditional library services” as key to her selection.
Henry will take the reins of the University’s library system as Gelman undergoes $16 million in renovations, and increases its digital focus. The library will increase the amount of study space and make room for archives dedicated to Winston Churchill, the former British prime minister by 2014.
The announcement comes two months after top librarians from the University of Virginia and Columbia University called Gelman Library a subpar research library, lacking staff and resources, according to a Faculty Senate report.
Henry beat out three other top contenders hailing from the universities of Miami, North Texas and Pennsylvania State University, who also visited in February and made presentations to library staff in town hall settings.
She said in a release that she will look to raise Gelman’s stature on campus by reaching out across the University.
“I want people to know I’m huge on collaboration. I’m really looking forward to building partnerships across campus,” she said. “Many people think a library is only a great place to study, but they may not realize there are some incredible services available.”


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SANFORD, MICHIGAN – The 80’s might be long gone, but remnants of the 80s’ remained, until this week in a small car dealership in Sanford. Fieros Forever is a shop that specialized in the 1980’s ultimate “chick” car, the Pontiac Fiero. Last night after flooding in Sandford Subsided, the building was destroyed and the neighborhood was littered with mid-80’s classic Pontiac Fieros. Today, Jim Roberts, a reporter for the Detroit News shared some after shots of the disaster.
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42.2 – More Organization
I’m all proud of myself tonight. I decided to tackle my KnitPicks
drawer chest. I collected all of the KP yarn that isn’t currently in use or intended for a holiday gift, grabbed a few empty cardboard boxes, and got to work organizing.
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Okay, so maybe the biggest party of the weekend wasn't the Super Bowl. Also, Sam Smith has a new rival for the title of "Most Popular British Male Singer Under The Age of 25."
Alas, there's no secret video footage of J Lawr singing "Happy Birthday" or breaking it down to "Best Song Ever." Still, the event didn't go entirely undocumented, with guests like Cara Delevingne, Kendall Jenner, Alexa Chung, Samantha Ronson, Rashida Jones, and Kelly Osbourne sharing snaps from the party. Photos were reportedly not allowed, though a photo booth was on offer.
Speaking of photos, all four of Styles' Sweet Lady Jane birthday cakes featured the pop star's mug. We know this because sneaky party guest Rita Ora flouted the no-photo rules and snapped a shot. Click through to see the saccharine goodness for yourself.
OPENER IMAGE: BEIMAGES/MATT BARON.

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Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Kellams
Kermit and Frances Boris Kellams of Laconia will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary by renewing their vows on Saturday, Oct. 23.
They were married Oct. 23, 1971, in New Albany.
They have a daughter, Kim Eckart of Laconia. They also have a grandchild and three great-grandchildren.

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President Obama stood on Louisiana's coast Sunday and called the BP oil spill a "massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster." Even under the best scenarios, that seems to be the outlook for a large part of the Gulf Coast.BP officials Monday reported some progress on efforts to try to control three leaks where oil is escaping into the ocean. They included successfully activating some of the mechanisms in the blowout preventer, the massive structure atop the well that failed to stop the April 20 blowout. The company said Monday that it was able to shut some of the hydraulic shears, known as angular rams, in the preventer, but even that did not reduce the flow.
The company and federal officials should spare no resource in stopping the disaster.
It's also important to learn what went wrong this time to make sure that does not happen again. Yet BP and Transocean, the firm that operated the Deepwater Horizon rig, are already facing questions about previous problems with another blowout preventer in 2000. Transocean acknowledged then that the preventer, installed in another rig, did "not work exactly right," according to The London Times.
As President Obama said, BP is responsible for the disaster and must be held accountable for paying the costs associated with it. The company's chief executive, Tony Hayward, conceded the firm is "absolutely responsible" and said it will pay for clean up and any "legitimate claims." But attorneys general of five coastal states, including Louisiana, are asking the company to specify what that means. They have a valid point, as fishers and other local residents whose livelihoods depend on the sea have already been affected.
BP also said it's making grants of $25 million to each state affected by the disaster, to start paying for local efforts to protect the coast and clean-up. But Gov. Bobby Jindal said Louisiana needs $107 million just to protect the coast east of the Mississippi River for 30 days. Protecting areas west of the river would cost $177 million, the governor said. BP needs to ensure that it makes enough resources available to effectively cover the costs of state and local governments in a timely manner, so there's no delay in clean-up and assistance efforts.
Echoing language then-President Bush used after Hurricane Katrina, President Obama on Sunday vowed that the federal government will "do whatever it takes, for as long as it takes" to stop the crisis. That's a promise residents in Louisiana and the rest of the Gulf are depending on.