After great progress during the past decade, we are witnessing a new philosophy that could be disastrous
The ambitious multi-state effort to restore the health of the Chesapeake Bay has been one of the great local success stories of the past decade. Armed with the latest environmental knowledge, a strong sense of purpose and a generous commitment of resources, the push to clean up our beloved bay provided tangible results.
All of which are now in danger of being erased.
During last year’s presidential campaign, Donald Trump made no secret of his disdain for the Environmental Protection Agency and the legislation it promotes. The EPA is “a disgrace,” he told voters and, if elected, he planned to reduce it to “little tidbits.” The goal, he said, was to rescind regulations put in place under President Barack Obama that aimed at improving public health and the environment but which many conservatives believed were needless burdens on everyone from family farmers to big corporations.
Since his election, President Trump has made good on this promise. Last week he moved to roll back the Clean Power Plan instituted under his predecessor in 2014.
This is just his latest step to turn back the clock on environmental progress. During the summer, the White House released a statement claiming to have withdrawn or reconsidered more than 800 regulatory actions proposed or implemented under President Obama, describing it as “historic action to eliminate wasteful and costly regulations that have stood in the way of hard-working Americans.”
What will this mean for our bay?
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science released a study last week showing that the total volume amount of oxygen-deprived “dead zones” in the bay had increased by 10 percent over last year. These dead zones can be lethal to blue crabs, striped bass and other marine life that plays a vital role in the ecosystem and in our region’s economy.
The increase in dead zones was not necessarily attributable to anything the president did, but rather, to heavy rains in the northern part of the watershed that swept nitrogen (mostly from farm fertilizers) into the bay. But it is a reminder of how fragile the bay’s health can be, and a portent of what could happen more frequently if we continue to eliminate regulations regarding farm runoff.
In an ironic sign of the times, the Environmental Protection Agency is now vocally advocating “cleaning the regulatory slate” of laws that were designed to, you know, protect the environment. Scott Pruitt, whom President Trump put in charge of the agency, had previously (as Oklahoma’s attorney general) signed on to an amicus brief aiming to block federal funds for Chesapeake Bay clean-up efforts.
The latest effort, the rollback of the Clean Power Plan, is aimed at revitalizing a coal industry that has become something of an anachronism in the 21st century. With Americans more conscious than ever about health and the environment, there has been a widespread commitment to exploring renewable energy sources that are safer and more efficient than a heavy reliance on coal.
That emphasis, however, runs counter to a philosophy held by many conservatives that dismisses environmental concerns as “liberal tree-hugging” that hampers a free economy by putting burdensome regulations on industry.
None of that changes the fact that we are literally seeing the effects of our changing climate — in Virginia, as much as anywhere in the U.S. The U.S. Geological Survey shows a 14.5-inch rise in the relative sea level in Hampton Roads since 1930, the highest relative rise on the East Coast. Tangier Island is slowly disappearing and could become uninhabitable while some of its current adult residents are still alive.
And then there is our bay.
In 2010, Virginia and six other states came together to develop plans to restore water quality. The EPA provides grants and oversees computer models and other tests. The results have been remarkable. The bay is healthier than it has been in years. The clean-up process created jobs, and the improved water conditions preserved more jobs for those who work on the bay.
This is what is at stake if our government continues to treat environmental legislation as a nuisance.
How bad could it get? initial reports noted that President Trump’s budget proposal called for a 93 percent reduction in annual funding for the Chesapeake Bay cleanup. When the White House actually released “America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again,” those reports were proven to be inaccurate. He proposed eliminating all funding of bay cleanup, part of $427 million in proposed cuts to regional EPA programs that he deemed “wasteful.”
All across the country there are natural wonders that need protection and restoration. In our region, the centerpiece is our glorious Chesapeake Bay. At least for now.
But if we continue to remove environmental safeguards, the progress of the past decade will disappear like Tangier Island into the sea.


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Angiogenesis, formation of new blood vessels from pre-existing vessels, is an important process for development and pathological conditions such as ischemic diseases and cancer. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and the receptor VEGFR2 play important role in developmental and pathological angiogenesis. Polarized distribution of VEGFR2 facing the VEGF-secreting tissue is essential for effective angiogenesis. However, the molecular mechanisms by which VEGFR2 distributes in a polarized manner in endothelial cells are not well known. The proposed studies based on our extensive supporting data will address the central role of the kinesin-3 family protein KIF13B, a microtubules plus end motor, in regulating the polarized transport of VEGFR2 to the endothelial cell surface, specifically to the leading edge of migrating cells and filopodia of sprouting tip cells. We will test the hypotheses that (i) phosphorylation on KIF13B by protein kinase D (PKD) is an obligatory cue for the polarized transport of VEGFR2 by KIF13B; (ii) polarized localization of integrin ?1 is a landmark defining the final destination of VEGFR2 trafficking by KIF13B and a node for the interaction among integrin ?1, KIF13B and VEGFR2; (iii) interfering with KIF13B function or expression inhibits angiogenesis in vivo (iii) specific inhibition of VEGFR2 trafficking by peptides inhibitors derived from the KIF13B-VEGFR2 interface is a potential novel therapeutic strategy for angiogenesis- related diseases. These studies will systematically address the following Specific Aims: (1) investigate mechanisms of KIF13B-mediated VEGFR2-trafficking to endothelial cell surface required for angiogenesis; (2) determine the inhibitory actions of KIF13B-mediated VEGFR2 trafficking on angiogenesis disease models in vivo. We will exploit state of the art technologies including live cell imaging, expression of mutant constructs, gene transfer, and murine models of angiogenesis to accomplish the aims.
The focus of the work is on angiogenesis, in which the studies will establish the relevance of VEGFR2 trafficking by KIF13B, a molecular motor, in the pathophysiology of tumor angiogenesis. The work will design and test potential therapeutic peptide that by inhibiting KIF13B function prevents VEGFR2 trafficking and angiogenesis. Our studies will test the effectiveness of these novel peptides in vascular diseases associated with angiogenesis.
|Yamada, Kaori H; Kang, Hojin; Malik, Asrar B (2017) Antiangiogenic Therapeutic Potential of Peptides Derived from the Molecular Motor KIF13B that Transports VEGFR2 to Plasmalemma in Endothelial Cells. Am J Pathol 187:214-224|

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House approves overhaul of e-mail for Cyber-Congress
- By Christopher J. Dorobek
- Nov 27, 1995
E-mail for House offices will be totally overhauled under House
Speaker Newt Gingrich's "Cyber-Congress" plan, giving members a common directory
and on-line collaboration.
Integral to the plans is the purchase of new PCs for all 435 House members' offices.
The House Oversight Committee earlier this month unanimously approved the House systems
upgrade proposal, which it dubbed the Office 2000 Project.
The first phase will create an "Internet-like network aimed at upgrading the way
the House of Representatives conducts its business," said Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers
(R-Mich.), who has spearheaded the Cyber-Congress effort.
The new system would standardize the nine e-mail systems now used by House members.
"What we're hoping to have is a common directory for our e-mail system, which is
probably the largest application on the Hill," said Ken Miller, director of House
"We do have Housewide e-mail, but no directory," Ehlers said. The systems are
capable of simple mail correspondence and are cumbersome, so they are seldom used, he
said. Ehlers said he uses e-mail with his staff but not with other members, because it is
"This will be a messaging system rather then just e-mail," Ehlers said. It
will allow a number of people to interactively work on a document, he added.
In an description to the House Oversight Committee, Cyber-Congress project manager Judy
Boonstra wrote that the new system "will provide the medium through which offices can
easily exchange not only messages with attached and/or embedded documents, but also fax
messages, telephone messages, scheduling information, task assignments, news bulletins,
administrative forms, and even conferencing and discussion information,"
Miller put it more simply: "What we're doing is moving to a network-centric
None of the individual House offices will have to pay for the equipment. Instead,
funding is included as part of the fiscal 1996 Legislative Branch appropriations bill,
which President Clinton has signed into law.
Ehlers said the new system actually will be less expensive than the legacy systems.
House offices will be able to choose among a Pentium machine, an Apple Macintosh, or an
IBM PowerPC, officials said.
The House Chief Administrative Office will use contracts it has with Intelligent
Solutions in Falls Church, Va., and Telos Corp. in Herdon, Va., to supply products for the
Office 2000 Project.
But While the Cyber-Congress plan is intended to increase House efficiency, Ehlers
acknowledged that some members will not join their counterparts on the congressional
"If they don't want to deal with it, they don't have to," Ehlers said.
The plan fits proposals made by Gingrich (R-Ga.) when he first became speaker. He said
he would like the House to make greater use of computer technology to set agendas and to
enable the leadership to keep tabs on the House pulse on major issues.
While Gingrich set the framework for the Cyber-Congress, much of the specifics have
been left to others. Ehlers, chairman of the House Computer and Information Services
Working Group, has been the most vocal backer of the plan.
Besides the PC network, the bill also includes a one-time, $1.5 million allocation for
the National Digital Library project at the Library of Congress. Through that project, the
library has been converting many of its famous collections to digital CD-ROM.
In technology, the House lags behind the usually conservative Senate, which also has
upgrade plans under way. But House plans come just as the Senate is reviewing its sytems
top-to-bottom and developing a new strategic plan, Senate officials said.
"We're engaged in a major look at technology in the Senate and the development of
a strategic plan for where we go now," said Paul D. Steel, director of information
systems and technology for the Senate. "It's an attempt to look at where we've been
and where we want to go."
Steel's staff is looking at upcoming technology and trying to forecast Senate IT
operations over the next five to 10 years, Steel said.
The Senate Rules Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on the issue next month with
additional hearings early next year, Senate officials said.


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Griffith University will bring its own form of colour and energy to the Riverfire weekend, as the curtain comes down on the 2016 Brisbane Festival.
A series of digital installations will celebrate the senses during the weekend and after.
‘HeartBreath’ will light up the walls of the Art Gallery and Webb Centre at South Bank on Saturday night, while imagined sounds from the world beneath the Brisbane River will be accessible through a free river listening app.
For those who may miss out on Saturday night, ‘HeartBreath’ will also be displayed on the Webb Centre wall on Monday and Tuesday night.
- FIND OUT MORE: Riverfire 2016
The installations, which are hosted by Griffith University Red Zone, showcase the work and research of Andi Spark at Griffith Film School and Leah Barclay at Queensland Conservatorium.
“‘HeartBreath’ aims to capture that sense of heart-pumping blood surging through the veins,” Associate Professor Spark said.
“It’s all about the many aspects of bodily fluidity and breath, like tears welling and falling; a catch of breath and an outpouring of energy, or the steady intake of air creating calmness.”
Associate Professor Spark explained that the ‘HeartBreath’ project has been developed through an exploratory methodology focusing on aspects of embodied emotion.
Dr Leah Barclay, research fellow at the Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre, is the creator of the river listening experience.
By downloading an app called Recho, people can turn their phone into a sonic compass to guide them along the riverside.
“New sounds will be added and adapted throughout Riverfire meaning every person will have a different listening experience,” Dr Barclay said.
“People will be able to trigger geo-located soundscapes throughout South Bank.
“These sounds are layered with underwater recordings and creative responses to the Brisbane River that connect to the soundscapes of river systems around the world.”
This installation is part of an interdisciplinary project exploring the art and science of listening to rivers and the creative possibilities of aquatic bioacoustics.
What’s on when
Webb Centre Grey Street Corner (QCA)
Date: Saturday24,Monday26,Tuesday 27 September – 6:00pm-10:00pm
Griffith University Art Gallery Wall(QCA)
Date: Saturday 24 September – 6:00pm-10:00pm
River Listening Augmented Reality Sound Installation
Date: Saturday 24 September – 6:00pm-10:00pm (launch)
Event: Explore the sounds beneath the surface of the Brisbane River throughout South Bank

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A screenshot from a France 24 TV report: Stacks of urns in Wuhan raise doubts about China’s official virus toll.
Bloomberg says (porous paywall) that “the U.S. intelligence community concluded in a classified report to the White House” that China has intentionally under-reported both total cases and deaths from COVID-19. This is according to three anonymous officials.
They did not reveal details but “the thrust, they said, is that China’s public reporting on cases and deaths is intentionally incomplete.” Two of them “said the report concludes that China’s numbers are fake.”
The report was apparently received by the White House last week, which is consistent with recent public statements from the Trump administration:
“The reality is that we could have been better off if China had been more forthcoming,” Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday on CNN. “What appears evident now is that long before the world learned in December that China was dealing with this, and maybe as much as a month earlier than that, that the outbreak was real in China…
Deborah Birx, the State Department immunologist advising the White House on its response to the outbreak, said Tuesday that China’s public reporting influenced assumptions elsewhere in the world about the nature of the virus.
“The medical community made — interpreted the Chinese data as: This was serious, but smaller than anyone expected,” she said at a news conference on Tuesday. “Because I think probably we were missing a significant amount of the data, now that what we see happened to Italy and see what happened to Spain.”
What does this mean? We hardly required intelligence services to know that China’s numbers are unreliable, but this news may herald a renewed effort by the U.S. government to hold China culpable.
Related, from the British tabloid Sunday Mail:
There is fury at the top of [the British] government about the Chinese Communist Party’s misinformation blitz around the virus, restrictions on vast amounts of protective medical equipment being exported, and animal rights abuses blamed by experts for the outbreak.
Finally, does China really have COVID-19 under control? Reports such as this from Sixth Tone suggest not:
Just as China was enthusiastically opening up for business after a weekslong shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities have asked the country’s tourist attractions and entertainment venues to close their doors again.


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Sharp was rumored to unveil a couple of bezelless smartphones on July 17, but that didn’t happen. Last week, a teaser image alleged to be of one of the upcoming phones surfaced, revealing a design inline with previous rumors.
Now, a new image has appeared. It comes courtesy of Foxconn’s VP, and shows several prototypes that are currently in testing.
Quite obviously, the design revealed by this new image is different, especially when it comes to bezels. So if that’s one of the upcoming Sharp phones, we may need to lower our bezelless hype.
We previously heard that the devices…

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Twila Paris - Where He Leads Me - Inspirational Videos
Embed bobmarshall 1517 views 2013-03-13T17:09:12 es, it is a beautiful song by Twila Paris. It's special to me since it was sung at the memorial service of a Godly young woman at my church who was killed in a tragic bus crash on her very first mission trip to Africa. These words reflected her life, "where He leads me I will go". She did go as she was led, despite the risks. So, a pretty melancholy song for me to listen to. But I lean on Romans 8:28 to get me through the pain.
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This weekend, after a year and a half of waiting, I finally said goodbye to my Dad. He died in April 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic (not from covid, I might add) and it’s taken this long for us to able to gather the family and friends who would have wanted to celebrate his life with us, together in one place.
How does this fit in with cycling? You are well within your right to ask. I’ll try to explain.
Remember the World Championships? It wasn’t so long ago, yet as a result of the stress and anxiety I’ve been carrying, time has warped out of its usual shape and it feels more like months ago than just a couple of weeks. I laughed out loud at the notion of trying to write about that epic road race, grateful for my status as a freelance writer as I tried, without success, to recall the order of events as they unfolded in Flanders for a podcast. An unenviable task, to write comprehensively about a race that was contested so hard, and in such incredible circumstances, that any word count would be like a restraining order. I exercised my right to pass on that one, given that I had other things on my mind.
It flew in the face of everything that makes me who I am though, not to channel my emotions about a race through my fingers onto the screen. I started trying to summarise the key moments; to keep it brief; a series of snapshots of arguably the most memorable race of the season, perhaps of the century so far. I didn’t get beyond 100 words then, frustrated that I wasn’t telling the whole story. To write snatches of the middle without a beginning or an end felt incomplete. So, it remained unwritten.
Then came Paris-Roubaix weekend. The sheer weight of history, with the first women’s race, the hallowed deluge that fans had dreamed of producing the most horrific conditions in almost 20 years, and the titanic battles that ensued across the famous cobbles. I couldn’t watch either race live as I was travelling back to my birthplace, where the majority of my Dad’s family live, for the aforementioned gathering.
The week prior to the memorial, I agonised over writing a speech, and spent anxious nights awake wondering whether or not I would be able to deliver it. In the end it was a fitting tribute to him that we all got together to celebrate his life (and I read the speech, and it was fine). Torrential rain poured outside as the first guests drifted in, and throughout the celebration I shared my own memories and savoured the fond recollections of others; accounts from his friends and family that gave me a whole new insight into his life. I left feeling recharged, and as though I had some kind of closure. Yet there are so many memories, and fragments of his life, that remain untold.
In a Premier Inn next to a service station in Hemel Hempstead tears ran down my cheeks as I watched Lizzie Deignan become the first woman to win Paris-Roubaix, and marvelled at the extent to which I project my emotional state onto cycling, as the iconic photo of her in the famous showers at the Roubaix velodrome prompted further tears over the momentous nature of her achievement, and I shed the burden that I’d been carrying ever since my Dad passed. The two things completely unconnected, and yet strangely intertwined in the way that emotions can become, when you’re feeling vulnerable.
Sunday we travelled home, the weather brisk and breezy, the torrents of the previous day dried up, in the UK at least. I sat in the passenger seat of the car, juggling phones, chargers and headsets to try and follow along with the men’s race on the journey. Gasping at the conditions, evident despite the small screen as we hurtled back up the M1 to try and make it home in time to take in some of the racing live (it didn’t happen, and I endured a late night as I caught up on the action).
It was all too much to take in; the treacherous cobblestones, the dirt-caked faces of the battle-hardened warriors who somehow kept going through indescribable hardship. The inability to distinguish one from the next as the mud coated their kits, their faces, their helmets; blocking their vision and obliterating their identities. They became one mass of driving, grimacing, relentless misery. The euphoric screams of the eventual winner, Sonny Colbrelli, as he collapsed dramatically to the ground, a physical manifestation of the momentous nature of the victory. The last man to stagger across the line, Emils Liepins, his identity concealed behind inches of crusted mud.
I didn’t sleep that night, despite the weight that I thought I had shed. The race played over in my head, and the words from my speech echoed as I regretted all the things I hadn’t said. It was a long night.
Another day, another race I couldn’t begin to express in words. Impostor syndrome ate away at me. What sort of cycling writer can’t write about THAT? It had been such a long, long weekend. Both races were so incredibly nuanced, with so many intricacies, missed moments and conflicting narratives, how could I possibly hope to tell them, when I hadn’t even watched them properly, or been emotionally invested as I so often am with cycling?
It took a day or two and the clarity that a lack of sleep sometimes casts to realise that sometimes, a story is too big to be told in one go; like my imperfect memory and incomplete picture of my Dad’s life, supplemented on the day of his memorial by photographs, anecdotes, tales told by others who knew him in a different way to me. That everyone’s experience – whether it be of a race, a person, or a life, is equally valid, yet every one incomplete. That it’s OK to recount the parts that stand out in your memory and leave the rest, to rest. These stories are a patchwork, after all: neither a legendary one-day bike race nor a person’s entire life span can be adequately summarised by one individual, no matter their expertise. I can’t tell the story of the riders who crashed, those who surrendered everything for their team mates, and those who reached but did not quite attain their goals, no more than I can recollect every detail of my Dad’s life. Instead, stories will be pieced together based on the experiences, perceptions, perspectives and memories of the collective. Be it fans, journalists or the riders themselves. Or for my Dad, all his family and friends, gathering together, sharing their memories. Together, perhaps, these accounts can come somewhere close to recreating a sense of a life, or the life of a race such as this.
After my speech, My Dad’s best friend of around 40 years spoke too. He and my Dad shared many things I can never begin to comprehend. Like the riders in the peloton, on any given race day; some are team mates, working for one another. Some are thrown together as a result of the vagaries of chance, conditions or good legs, forced to become an awkward unit for an hour or two. They share something on the day of a race that we as fans, or even in an official capacity, as the media, can never be a party to. My Dad’s friend and I were both inextricably connected to him, and our memories can never map onto one another’s, due to time and perspective and lived experience. Yet by some strange coincidence, because of our shared love for the man, we ended up speaking on similar themes, his stories complementing mine in a way we didn’t discuss or plan beforehand. They shared one unified cause: a man loved by many, and known so well by us. The narrative of a race, then, can be told; imperfectly, severally, and these varying plotlines add up to a beautiful, fractured whole.
So here are the snapshots. The bits I remember. The bits that stood out. My imperfect memories of two weekends that I experienced in fragments, and that can never be repeated. They can stand alongside, correlate with and merge into the accounts from riders, journalists and fans who experienced the same race from myriad different angles, creating a bigger picture of the life of a race. Just as the stories collated at my Dad’s memorial were collected, and treasured, to tell part of the story of his life. And that it’s OK to hold onto just that, for now. It’s enough.
World Championships road races…
There are stories of the spine-tingling atmosphere as crowds gathered in the city of Leuven, singing and chanting like a football crowd, flags fluttering from windows and draped across the barriers. Multiple passes of the short, sharp climbs of the city circuit before the race headed into the more expansive Flandrian circuit, with its longer more unforgiving uphill slogs, characteristic of the spring classics, and wide open stretches where crosswinds threatened. The women experienced it all on the Saturday; the weather glorious, the peloton huddled together. Demi Vollering suffering multiple mechanical issues and running up the Flandrian cobbles with her bike like a cyclocrosser; the Dutch women controlling the race, making up for their mistakes in Tokyo. The hectic cornering of Kasia Niewiadoma on the Leuven circuit, and the incredible leadout of Elisa Longo Borghini to ensure yet another Italian winner, as Marianne Vos was beaten across the line by Elisa Balsamo, her shock and jubilation starkly contrasting with Vos’ distress at having lost. The continuation of Italy’s incredible year of sporting success, and the class of Vos, straightening Balsamo’s socks before she took to the podium to be crowned World Champion.
Next day, the action in the men’s race kicked off so early as to be almost unprecedented. The breakaway comprising representatives from the nations that were expected to battle all the way to the line, with the exception of Italy, who were forced to work in the bunch. Tim Declercq remonstrating with Remco Evenepoel, over riding too hard, or too soon; speculation abounded but we’d never know the truth, unless they chose to tell it. Pressure from repeated French attacks; Benoit Cosnefroy with Remco, and later, Valentin Madouas. The coming together and attacking again. The selfless sacrifice of the likes of Tim Declercq, Giacomo Nizzolo and Matteo Trentin. Many more, who threw themselves into the race in service of their leaders and then left once their part had been played. The Italians caught short, and then the British. Remco pulling as hard as he could and then bowing out in Leuven, waving to the fans who sang his name. The heroic individual efforts of Tom Pidcock, Neilson Powless, Dylan van Baarle and the grim determination of Wout van Aert and Yves Lampaert to try and regain contact with the leaders. Mathieu van der Poel the quietest we’ve ever seen him, riding in the wheels and hoping he had the legs. Julian Alaphilippe hitting form just at the right time, putting on the show we have come to expect from him, light-footed as he bounced on the pedals yet contorting his face in pain, shaking his head as if in disbelief at his own audacity; coming within 8 seconds of letting it all go. Then clawing it back again, his self-belief eclipsing the doubts of all the others.
The roar of the fans, thunderous clapping of the boards, the final stretch as the champion once again became champion.
The celebrations, dancing Frenchmen, Benoit Cosnefroy with the rainbow jersey in his teeth as the French relished the team success. The still ongoing fallout from the Wout/Remco debate. The memories…
The calm before the storm. The storm before the storm. The iconic photos of Marianne Vos in the showers. The women heading onto the battleground for the first time, yet their fans unable to witness the event because of the network’s reluctance to commit to showing the full race. The frustration and disappointment.
The reported crashes, taking out key contenders, Annemiek van Vleuten fracturing her pelvis. The very real and present danger presented by this crazy, foolhardy pursuit dressed up as sport. The warriors battling on. Lizzie Deignan striking out alone as the women hit the first cobbled sector with over 80km to go, and never being seen again. Her back wheel slipping around on the slick cobbles as the conditions deteriorated, safe to pick her own line as the women in the groups behind her clattered haphazardly to the ground like technicolour skittles. Marianne Vos attacking on the pave, the bitter defeat the previous weekend presumably driving her forward. Her incredible power and control, looking as though she were born on the cobbles. Elisa Longho Borghini doggedly pursuing her wheel.
Lizzie Deignan’s grimace as she neared the end of the race. Her gloveless hands raw on the handlebars. The smile that lit up the stadium as the bell rang in Roubaix velodrome. The first female winner of Paris-Roubaix, her name to be etched on a plaque and into history.
Sunday; chaos. The men rolling out in grim conditions. Slick roads and mists hanging low, the skies, when they were visible, slate grey and expressionless. The peloton lively, attacking on the kilometres they rode in anticipation of the pave to come. The crashes – too many to mention, some even before they hit the cobbled sectors. Peter Sagan, Groupama FDJ’s Stefan Kung crashing once, twice, then the third time, standing painted from head to toe in mud at the roadside, dejected.
The sectors approaching, then ticking down one by one, star ratings displaying the levels of endurance required, and signalling the dreaded names of legend: ‘Trouee d’Arenberg’; ‘Carrefour de l’Arbre’…
The image of Wout van Aert, stoic as he rode through the pain, face caked in mud and streaked with muddy tears, a visceral representation of the grim stoicism of the cobbled classic specialist. Complemented by the pure desolation on the face of Greg van Avermaet, his expression seeming to suggest ‘I’m too old for this shit.’
Vermeesch and Eekhoff leading into the Arenberg forest. Van Aert expertly steering around as Simon Clarke crashes out, only to see his greatest rival accelerate away from him across the most infamous cobbled sector in cycling. As if he would do it any other way. Luke Rowe and Mads Pedersen clattering onto the unforgiving pave. MVDP’s rain jacket flapping in the wind, then his knowing look as Wout reaches his wheel and the pair are reunited once more. He sits up and twists his back first one way, then the other, limbering up for the next phase of battle. Marvelling at how these two rivals draw the eye even as they are amongst many other strong contenders. Mathieu attacking again on the cobbles with 70km to go, because of course he does. Wout caught out of position and losing sight of him.
The breakaway riders prevailing at first, then succumbing one by one to disaster. Gianni Moscon the last man standing, and riding confidently, taking care of the cobbles with the assured dominance of a man on a Very Good Day. Yet the cycling gods see fit to punish him with first a puncture, then a crash as he teeters inelegantly across the cobbles on the too-hard tyres of his replacement bike.
The anticipation of what’s to come, the writing on the wall for Moscon as the chasing group of three bear down on him. MVDP doing what he does, riding hard, not smart, Colbrelli and Vermeesch on his wheel. Mathieu scooting too close to the bollards as he rides the edge of the second last cobbled sector; my knuckles in my mouth as I’m unable to watch.
And the eventual entry into the velodrome, the three last men standing locked together ready to battle to the line. All watching Mathieu, waiting for him to make the first move. He does, true to form, and just like at Flanders, he’s not strong enough to hold on for the win. Colbrelli powers over the line, his powder dry after a long day sitting in the wheels, and collapses to the ground, a dirt-gilded heap prostrate on the ground, paroxysms of joy and disbelief rocking through him.
It’s over. It’s finally over.


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Mikalai Statkevich will no longer seek medical attention in prison, his wife Maryna Adamovich says.
The former presidential candidate has complained to prosecutors about what he describes as the prison administration’s efforts to use his health problems to step up pressure on him.
Excerpts from Mr Statkevich’s letters suggest that the administration accused him of violating prison rules over an August 3 incident where he felt unwell and had to lean against a wall inside his cell.
Mr Statkevich suffered from high blood pressure for several days and was repeatedly seen by prison doctors in early August.
In his letters, the politician suggests that prison officers were happy to see him suffer from hypertension and want the problem to be aggravated. “The constant use of information about health problems for aggravating these problems is a means of slow murder,” Mr Statkevich says.
Mikalai Statkevich is the last 2010 presidential candidate to be in prison.
For the years of Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s rule Mikalai Statkevich has been subjected to administrative penalty more than 30 times; before the 2001 and 2005 presidential elections criminal cases were initiated against him. The sentence given to Mr Statkevich in 2011 was one of the toughest: six years of imprisonment in a maximum security penal colony.
The reason might be explained by the fact that in his election speech Mikalai Statkevich addressed to the current president demanding “to give back all that you have stolen”. Statkevich stressed he would talk to Mr Lukashenka like the latter usually did.
The authorities are trying to embitter Statkevich’s life even in prison putting him to a disciplinary cell or making him share a ward with an AIDS sufferer. What hurts the most is that the political prisoner is restricted in his freedom to be contacted and visited by his family.
For example, once the politician was sent to a punitive confinement because the prison officers found two nose-wipers labelled as “hygiene products”, which was qualified as “gross violation”.
However, the former presidential candidate keeps mantaining his innocence and refuses to ask President Lukashenka for pardon.
In January, 2012 Statkevich was transferred from Shklou penal colony No 17 to a closed prison, where conditions of confinement are much more severe. Such verdict was attained in the session of court which took place in the colony. According to its administration, Statkevich “failed to mend his ways” and “are not seeking to be released on parole”.
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Lear, Perenchio Sell Embassy Properties : Coca-Cola Pays $485 Million for Movie and TV Holdings, Including Tandem Productions
Coca-Cola Co., which already owns Columbia Pictures Industries, said it signed definitive agreements Monday to buy a host of major television properties and a fledgling movie business privately owned by Norman Lear and A. Jerrold Perenchio for $485 million in cash and stock.
Although reports of Coca-Cola’s impending purchase of Lear and Perenchio’s Los Angeles-based Embassy Communications have circulated in the entertainment industry for several weeks, the deal turned out to be larger than expected because it includes Tandem Productions, a highly successful TV production company with a stable of Lear-produced hit series.
Embassy properties being purchased include such current TV network series as “The Facts of Life,” “Silver Spoons” and “Who’s the Boss,” as well as “227,” a new series ordered for the fall season, and “Kane & Abel,” a miniseries.
The deal also includes syndication rights to such past series as “The Jeffersons,” “One Day at a Time” and “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.”
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Tandem properties include current network series “Diff’rent Strokes” and rerun rights to “All in the Family,” “Sanford & Son,” “Maude” and “Good Times.”
Embassy’s Embassy Pictures unit is preparing to distribute shortly a theatrical film, “The Emerald Forest,” and is producing another film with Polygram from the stage hit “A Chorus Line.”
The deal, expected to close within 60 days, marks the breakup of a long business association between Lear and Perenchio.
Through a spokeswoman, Lear said: “It was the right people with the right offer at the right time in my life. I am eager to get back to the basics--to write and direct again--so I welcome the curtain going up on Act 3. Act 2 was terrific.”
Perenchio has been heading a separate group negotiating to buy a major movie theater chain from Loews Corp.
Francis T. Vincent Jr., president of Coca-Cola’s entertainment business sector, said in a telephone interview from his New York office that Lear and Perenchio will no longer be connected with Tandem and Columbia. However, he said that “we expect that the managements of those businesses will continue to run them.”
40% Cash, Rest Stock
But, in response to a question, he said Embassy Chairman Alan Horn will not remain. Horn, who has run the company and its predecessor, T.A.T. Communications, for Lear and Perenchio, could not be reached for comment Monday.
There has been some industry speculation that Horn might be slated to fill the presidency of Columbia’s movie division, Columbia Pictures, following the recent promotion of Guy McElwaine to chairman and chief executive.
The announcement said the $485-million deal is to be about 40% cash and the rest in Coca-Cola common stock. On the New York Stock Exchange, Coca-Cola shares closed Monday at $68.875, off 12.5 cents from Friday.
Specifically, the announcement said Tandem was being bought for stock and Embassy for cash. It said the stated price was “less debt,” which was not spelled out. However, it is believed to be less than $100 million.
Coca-Cola also said that, after “certain restructuring activities,” its net investment would be reduced to about $130 million. The company added in explanation that it anticipated selling a large portion of Embassy and Tandem receivables, or amounts due the companies.
It was less than two weeks ago that Coca-Cola disclosed plans to raise $750 million cash by selling some financial assets from its entertainment businesses so it could reinvest in higher return areas within Columbia Pictures and other units.
Coca-Cola’s announcement Monday said that no programming rights would be sold. It also said that it expects to sell all or a substantial part of Embassy’s home video operations after the transaction is completed.
“Embassy Television would continue to operate as a separate production company with particular emphasis in half-hour comedy series,” Coca-Cola said.
Vincent, asked about the origin of the deal, said: “Perenchio approached us and asked if we’d be interested in discussing the possible acquisition, and we said we would.” He said the first discussions took place in March but “it wasn’t a deal until today.”
In response to a question, Vincent said Coca-Cola would make a required filing under the Hart-Scott-Rodino law, notifying federal antitrust officials of the proposed merger.
Asked the main attraction in the deal for Coca-Cola, which entered the entertainment field with the January, 1982, purchase of Columbia, Vincent said:
“The properties are at the heart of the deal. We are buying a magnificent library of programming and attractive ongoing businesses.”
An executive at a rival studio did not express surprise at the price tag, saying he and other colleagues had expected a price ranging between $480 million and $500 million.
Embassy currently has more than 1,000 half-hour TV episodes licensed in syndication to stations throughout the country.
One source familiar with the acquisition said Coca-Cola is interested in continuing Embassy movie production as a joint venture with another company but has not held discussions yet with prospective partners. The source noted that Coca-Cola has a similar arrangement at Tri-Star Pictures, where it is one of three controlling shareholders, along with CBS and Time Inc.
The same source said Coca-Cola has not yet determined its final plans for Embassy’s home video business, which is believed to command about 5% to 6% of the burgeoning industry. Coca-Cola’s Columbia subsidiary operates its home video business in a joint venture with RCA under an agreement that bars either partner from owning more than 49% of any other home video company, the source said.
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Vincent noted that the Coca-Cola purchase did not include Embassy Film Associates, which earlier raised about $100 million in a limited partnership private placement for Embassy’s film production.
Perenchio and Lear reportedly paid just $25 million four years ago to acquire Avco Embassy Pictures, which was then put into Embassy Communications along with Lear-produced TV properties owned by T.A.T. Communications.
For Perenchio, at least, it was the fulfillment of a decade-old desire to own a motion picture studio, one former associate said at the time.
Embassy’s performance in the film business never equalled its success in television. The company was plagued by infrequent and often costly film production and failed to maintain its once-respected distribution system.
Perenchio “didn’t become a movie mogul,” one rival studio executive said Monday, but he noted that Embassy’s latest purchase price should silence the critics of the Perenchio-Lear partnership.
Former associates have often portrayed Perenchio as a far better deal maker than day-to-day operating executive. They recall his role in staging the 1971 “Fight of Champions” boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier and the 1973 “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.
In 1981, just prior to his purchase of Embassy, Perenchio sold his 49% interest in ON TV, a Los Angeles pay-television service, for $55 million, at the peak of the over-the-air pay-TV service. That business has since deteriorated badly with the onset of metropolitan cable-TV operations.
In June, 1983, according to their spokeswoman, Lear and Perenchio bought out a Tandem interest held by Bud Yorkin, who was Lear’s former partner.
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Corrie Ryan’s prison exit teased as he awaits sentencing over insurance scam
Ryan Connor, played by Ryan Prescott, is a fan favorite from Coronation Street.
Following a staged break-in at the Bistro, Michelle Connor’s son is prosecuted and told to appear in magistrates’ court in upcoming episodes.
Craig Tinker, a weatherfield police officer, (Colson Smith), affirms that the CCTV footage is strong evidence against him.
Debbie Webster (Sue Devaney), who refuses to participate, is told by Ryan that they should fabricate CCTV footage of a masked gunman compelling him to rob the café.
When Ryan tries to repair the Bistro camera by himself, Ronnie Bailey (Vinta Morgan) discovers him and advises him to accept his penalty.
Ryan is awaiting sentencing as the district judge accepts his guilty plea.
Recently, Debbie gave Ryan instructions to arrange a robbery so she could use the insurance claim.
Debbie was informed by Ryan that he intended to blow a fuse and take the money out of the safe.
Later, the Bistro was completely dark, and Debbie grudgingly assisted Ryan with his hazy idea.
Ryan tucked the money in his gym bag as people from the Bistro poured into the Rovers, but Jane Danson’s character Leanne Battersby appeared.
Ryan tried to hide, but Leanne turned on the lights as she did so.
Ryan emerged from hiding holding his bag of looted money and pretended to Leanne that he had just arrived.
In order to inform the patrons that Casino Night is back on, Leanne returned to the Rovers.
Debbie was reassured by Ryan that the money was hidden in his bedroom.
But when Leanne discovered all the money was gone, she was shocked, and Debbie told Ryan to call the police.
Will Ryan ultimately depart Weatherfield as a result of the insurance fraud?
Since 2007, Ryan has lived on Coronation Street.
Since being expelled from No. 6 by Alya Nazir for cheating on her with Daisy Midgeley, he has been residing in the Rovers.
Ryan has been struggling to make ends meet while juggling DJ gigs and working as a bartender. In a last-ditch effort to obtain money, Ryan decided to arrange the robbery.


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More About the Author
Karen Truesdell Riehl's writing achievements are remarkable, given the award-winning author's lifelong battle with dyslexia. She was unable to read until the age of ten. Her published works now include a memoir, Love and Madness: My Private Years with George C. Scott, telling of her 30-year hidden liaison with the international film star, six novels, eight plays and a radio comedy series, The Quibbles, available from ArtAge Publications at http://www.seniortheatre.com/product/the-quibbles-radio-shows/. Her children's play, Alice in Cyberland, was an award winner in the National Southwest Writers Contest.
Karen's nonfiction novel, Helga, was selected best nonfiction book (military and politics) by the 2015 San Diego Book Awards. When the author met Helga in 1977, she was an elementary school librarian, a 1948 German immigrant. Asked about her experience during the war, Helga quietly revealed she had been a "Jugend," a member of Hitler's child army,Ten-year-old Helga is forced to join the Hitler youth weekly meetings. Lies and treats are used to build her allegiance to the Fuhrer. As the war draws nearer to Berlin, Helga is sent away to a Youth Training Camp. Her slow disillusionment and harrowing escape home, is a coming-of-age story of a young girl's survival of Nazi mind control.
In the romance novel, Hello Again, a finalist in the 2015 San Diego Book Awards, Shannon Taggert falls in love with Nate, a graduate student teaching assistant. But there's another woman in Nate's life, Tally, the daughter of Walter, his mentor and benefactor. Before meeting Shannon, as Walter lay dying, Nate promised to marry his daughter.
The Ghosts of Fort Ord was inspired by living for a month near the abandoned military base.
After having lived for several years in Terre Haute, Karen was inspired to write a story about scandals in a fictional small town in Indiana, Freedom's Sins.
Saturday Night Dance Club, was inspired by a true story of four couples, from the 1900's to 1930's, touched by the Great War, organized crime, the Depression and the threat of another war, finding sanctuary in their weekly dance club.
Drawing from her personal experience, Karen wrote Bad Girl: A Play. The Safe Haven Home for Unwed Mothers provides shelter from a judgmental society, but reveals its hypocrisy as well. The young women from all levels of society, rich and poor, share only their shame.
My nonfiction novel, Helga: Growing Up in Hitler's Germany, is based on my interview of a former member of the Jugend, Hitler's child army.
My many overnight weekend getaways on the famous Queen Mary has me busily writing The Ghosts of the Queen Mary. I look forward to publishing it in the autumn 2014.
I love to hear from readers of my books. Email me, follow me on twitter, or friend me on Facebook.
I love to hear from readers of my books. Please email me or friend me on Facebook.
Here's an in-depth Q/A interview I recently published on Smashwords:
Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
My hometown is Seattle, Washington, the setting for Saturday Night Dance Club. You can read about my 7-months in New York, living with an actor who later became a film star, in my memoir, Love and Madness: My Private Years with George C. Scott. In Freedoms Sins I drew inspiration to write a novel about small town scandal from living in New England and Terre Haute, Indiana. I now live in Carlsbad, California, one of the settings for my latest two novels, Hello Again and The Ghosts of Fort Ord. Experiencing life in different regions of the country widens my understanding of the characters I create.
What's the story behind your latest book?
Hello Again, a romance novel, is currently available as a preorder from Smashwords, with a publication date scheduled for Valentine's Day, 2014. It's the story of Shannon, a young woman about to graduate from college, who falls in love with Nate, a graduate student teaching assistant. Shortly before graduation day Shannon discovers Nate is engaged to marry Tally, the daughter of a man who's been like a father to him after his own father died. Nate promises to break his engagement when he heads back home to see Tally. But fate and faint-heartedness get in the way of that promise. Shannon discovers she's pregnant. Nate marries Tally, and Shannon raises their son alone, telling him his father is dead. After twenty years of separation, fate steps in again to bring Shannon and Nate back together, this time carrying with them the baggage of lies and broken promises.
What are you working on next?
My next work is a play, a comedic drama titled, Bad Girl, based on the true story of my own experience in the Florence Crittenton Home. In this fictionalized account, it's 1958 and eight girls await the births of their babies in a home for unwed mothers. They find solace from their friendship and gallows humor. As they leave the home, they say goodbye to their special sisterhood, determined to face the future as stronger women. The 50's were an unforgiving, harsh time. The girls in the home suffered pain and indignities few can imagine today. This is a true story and one I hope many will read and see performed.
What inspires you to get out of bed each day?
My computer is waiting to catch up with my storytelling.
When you're not writing, how do you spend your time?
When I'm not writing, I'm thinking about my characters and the next chapter of the book I'm working on. Reading, taking walks, or enjoying a movie with my husband occupy me the rest of the time.
Do you remember the first story you ever wrote?
I don't remember the first one, although I do remember the thrill of it. I am a dyslexic, and reading and writing came hard and late. So when I began to put words on paper that made sense and were spelled correctly, it was a huge victory.
Who are your favorite authors?
Contemporary: Laura Hillenbrand, Ken Follett, David McCullough,
Classic: William Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, A.A. Milne, Mark Twain
What is your writing process?
I let my characters guide me. No plot outline... they tell me where they want to go.
How do you approach cover design?
I send a synopsis of my books to Ronnell D. Porter. He's a fine creative artist.
Which of your books is your favorite and why?
My favorite is Saturday Night Dance Club, the first book I wrote 12 years ago. In the bottom of an old trunk I discovered a box of early 1900's photographs and memorabilia that had belonged to my grandparents and other family members. From that box and the stories my parents told me, I was able to piece together their lives. I gained a lot of respect for them, realizing the hard times they encountered during the country's first world war, a flu pandemic, the Depression, the rise of organized crime during Prohibition, and the approach of another war, following Hitler's rise to power in the 1930's.
Describe your desk.
My desk is hard to describe because it's hard to find. I'm much more comfortable and productive sitting in a crowded corner with my computer, surrounded by piles of paper, a telephone, odds and ends, a very comfortable chair.
What is the greatest joy of writing for you?
All of it. I love to create. I love to write dialog. I love to wake up each morning with a story in my head waiting to be written.
What do your fans mean to you?
A book is meaningless without a reader, so we are nothing without our fans. My goal is to establish as many personal contacts with readers as possible. Only a few writers become rich and famous. My greatest satisfaction comes not from the money coming in, but from the feedback from readers who love my books. With every book I write, I envision the response of my readers to my plot and characters.
When did you first start writing?
I sat down to write my first book, a memoir of my hidden life with George C. Scott, shortly after we said goodbye for the last time. I knew little about writing at the time, and George was still alive, so I put away the manuscript for a few years. After he died I finished the book and was fortunate to find a publisher of a paperback version of Love and Madness. This was before eBooks were born. Ten years later I published it on Smashwords.

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A disappointing earnings report or other bad news can send a stock tumbling without regard to the true potential of the company. Smart investors can often take advantage of stocks that are beaten down on bad news, buying low and waiting for the storm to pass.
Our Foolish contributors have identified three consumer stocks that have been unfairly punished by the market, and each case represents an opportunity for long-term investors. Here is why Disney (NYSE:DIS), Staples (NASDAQ:SPLS), and Michael Kors (NYSE:CPRI)don't deserve their depressed stock prices.
Andres Cardenal (Disney): Disney took a big hit after reporting earnings for the last quarter. While the stock has recovered somewhat since then, it's still trading 15% below its highs of the last year.
This doesn't sound like such a big move in the current market environment of rising volatility. However, it's important to keep in mind that Disney is a particularly big and stable company, so the recent decline is quite significant coming from a low-volatility name.
The business is doing quite well on a global basis. Total earnings per share increased by a vigorous 13% year-over-year last quarter. However, management announced "a modest decline" in ESPN subscribers, and this was a major reason for concern among investors.
As many customers are moving away from traditional cable TV toward online streaming, this is having a negative impact on ESPN. However, ESPN is by far the most popular brand in sports media, and big sport events are typically watched live. ESPN is clearly strong enough to adapt to emerging industry trends and continue thriving under the cord-cutting revolution.
Besides, Disney's other business segments are as strong as ever, and the company will be launching the new Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, in December. Considering the popularity of the Star Wars franchise and Disney's track record of success, this could be an explosive blockbuster for the company.
Long-term investors in Disney have no reason to worry. If anything, short-term weakness in the stock seems to be offering a buying opportunity.
Tim Green (Staples): When Staples first announced that it would merge with fellow office supply retailer Office Depot, the stock surged with the move widely seen as inevitable following the merger of Office Depot and Office Max in 2013. But over the past few months, regulatory agencies in both the U.S. and the EU have raised questions about the deal, and shares of Staples have collapsed as a result. The stock is now down over 30% from its 52-week high.
If the merger with Office Depot were to be rejected, I believe that Staples would be just fine in the long run. The key thing to understand is that the most important part of Staples isn't its retail stores but its commercial business. While Staples' stores face a slew of competition from big-box and online retailers, which has led to falling sales and profits in Staples' retail segment, the business of selling supplies to large companies remains strong.
During the most recently reported quarter, Staples grew sales in its North American Commercial segment by 2.6%, and the segment's operating margin rose 19 basis points year-over-year to 6.7%. The commercial business has become the most profitable part of the company, and it's growing despite the poor performance of the stores. While the market has punished Staples stock as the odds of a successful merger have declined, it seems like an overreaction to me.
Steve Symington (Michael Kors): Almost a year and half ago, I went out on a limb to suggest that Michael Kors might be on the cusp of a pullback. After all, I worried at the time that margins might be peaking, growth could slow eventually, and shares looked expensive to me trading around 30 times trailing 12 month earnings and 25 times forward estimates. Sure enough, Michael Kors stock has fallen over 50% since then, growth has slowed considerably, comps have turned negative on a year-over-year basis, and margins have contracted following discounting to move inventory amid intense industry competition.
That said, Michael Kors remains solidly profitable, ending last quarter with over $800 million in cash (around 10% of its market capitalization) with no debt, and the stock price arguably reflects these concerns trading around 10 times trailing 12 month earnings and 9.4 times next year's estimates. What's more, Michael Kors is still enjoying the glow of its most recent quarterly report two months ago, the day after which shares rallied 11% as investors saw early signs of an impending rebound.
In that report, Michael Kors easily beat expectations on both the top and bottom lines, thanks to broad-based strength (relatively speaking) in its accessories and footwear business. The company is also investing heavily in its outperforming e-commerce business, while at the same time putting resources into growing its budding international presence and expanding its influence with the largely untapped men's segment. On top of that, Michael Kors appears to agree its stock is cheap as it aggressively buys back shares, including $350 million repurchased last quarter. That left a little over $658 million remaining under its current repurchase authorization.
To be fair, Michael Kors still has plenty of work to do if it wants to win back the affections of investors and command a similar premium as before. In particular, I'd love to see improvement in comparable store sales, which Michael Kors currently expects to remain flat this fiscal year on a constant-currency basis. But given its precipitous decline so far in 2015, I think shares of Michael Kors have been unjustly punished.


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PA policeman acquitted of murdering Jew at Joseph's TombMilitary court rules PA security officer fired on car in which Israeli was killed, but no proof that the bullets he fired killed victim.
Suspected terror attack in Binyamin region. No injuriesAttempted ramming attack foiled in Binyamin region. The terrorist was neutralized.
'Picked up speed, veered to the right, crashed into policemen'Interior Minister Gilad Erdan says there is incontrovertible proof that Umm Al-Hiran ramming was a terror attack.
Indictment: 'He took 100 NIS on his way to terror attack.'Jerusalem Prosecutor submits indictment for terrorist who bought knife to perform terror attack at Damascus gate.
Sexual assault of Jewish woman recognized as terror attackStudent sexually assaulted by Arab youths finally recognized as terror victim.
Watch: Soldiers shoot knife-wielding terroristAfter repeated warnings, terrorist brandishing knife shot by security forces.
Germany arrests terror suspect linked to Austrian terror suspectGerman police arrest a man accused of having ties to a suspected Islamic extremist captured in Austria.
Body of Arab attacker to be returned to familyHigh Court orders to release body of Bedouin who killed policeman during evacuation of illegal buildings in Umm al-Hiran.
'Erez had a tremendous heart and was always giving'President Rivlin visits family of police officer killed in ramming attack last week; says nation looks up to victim as role model.
Austria arrests suspected terroristAustrian armed commandos arrest man suspected of planning a terrorist attack in Vienna.
'My husband was not killed. He was murdered. Period.'Wife of murdered police officer slams those who try to say attack was not terrorism, recounts how she learned of her husband's murder.
Bedouin education chief praises terror attack in college addressStudents furious as Bedouin speaker at Sapir College supports rioters who attacked police yesterday following murder of police officer.
'Joy mixed with sorrow'Synagogue dedicated in memory of slain officers at Border Police base.
Fired Army Radio broadcaster defends her wordsHen Elmaleh, fired for expressing sympathy with Negev terror attacker, explained her position and emphasized she does not support terror.
NGO Monitor: Irresponsible NGOs aggravate tensionsNGO monitor president says European-funded NGOs' irresponsible rhetoric leads to violence and disrespect for the law.
Aerial video proves: car rammed forcesFootage taken by police helicopter of operations on the ground shows Umm Al-Hiran vehicle attack.
Knesset Speaker halts vote on law expelling terrorists' familiesYuli Edelstein stops Yesh Atid party from holding vote on law to expel terrorists' families.


The Cook County Sheriff's Office is launching its latest initiative at the Farmers Market in Daley Plaza where they are selling pesticide-free produce and herbs grown at the Cook County Jail, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J.
Public Safety and Jails
Every year the Cook County Sheriff’s Police confiscate thousands of pounds of illegal fireworks throughout Cook County and Sheriff Dart is encouraging everyone to use caution and be safe during this 4th of July season.
Some of the biggest changes at the ME's office involve additional measures to promote employee health and safety.
As part of her administration’s continued effort to promote effective government and enhance public safety, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is announcing an in-depth review of how bonds are set, in order to provide equitable access to
Three years after the Cook County Sheriff’s Office took over full-time policing duties in Ford Heights, children from that community are getting the opportunity to learn more about the world around them and the officers who serve and protect them
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle issued the following statement supporting Sheriff Tom Dart’s recent public comments on the Cook County Jail system.
A two-hour documentary set to air Thursday, August 18th on the Oprah Winfrey Network details the unique approach the Cook County Sheriff’s Office uses when handling prostitution cases and the efforts made to help those women turn their lives aroun
Five months after the Cook County Sheriff’s Training Academy was certified as an eligible site for benefits under the G.I. Bill, nearly one-third of those cadets graduating today are U.S. military veterans, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J.
Almost a year after Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart initiated discussions about utilizing Cook County Jail inmates to clean animal cages at a city shelter, that program is set to begin on Monday morning.
For the first time since 2008, the Cook County Sheriff’s Police will welcomes a class of new officers – with a group entirely made up of existing employees promoted from other sworn ranks.


A team of international disarmament experts is due to arrive in Damascus to begin work on dismantling Syria's chemical weapons arsenal.
Syria says it will co-operate with the mission set up after a US-Russia deal endorsed by the UN Security Council.
It is the first time the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has been asked to destroy a country's chemical arms during a war.
Correspondents say the OPCW inspectors face a daunting task.
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WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – The siren rang loud and true Sunday evening at the Dawsonville Pool Room.
For the first time in his career, Chase Elliott found Victory Lane in the NASCAR Cup Series, and the iconic venue in the driver’s hometown of Dawsonville, Georgia, certainly marked the occasion.
The tradition was just one of many celebratory moments following the driver of the No. 9 SunEnergy1 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1’s thrilling win.
Elliott was in for a surprise first and foremost as soon as he got back to his motorhome.
And when he finally landed back in Georgia after the race, he stepped off the plane to a hero’s welcome.
“I don’t think I know this many people,” Elliott laughed when interviewed by the local FOX station. “Great to come home tonight and finally have one to enjoy. Your first one’s something you don’t forget.”


What are Cisco Call Manager Certificates?
The Cisco Unified Communications Manager uses both server and client certificates to secure and authenticate HTTP connections as well as other protocols. Server or own certificates are used to facilitate encrypted connections to the servers and authenticate the server to clients. Client or trust certificates provide authentication for users of the servers.
Certificates are assigned uses and a validity period on creation. This makes it critical to monitor the expiry of these certificates as communication will fail of incorrect or expired certificates are used.
How to monitor Cisco Call Manager Certificates?
ServicePilot makes it easy to monitor Cisco Call Manager Certificates requiring only SSH access to the server to run cert commands, allowing the ServicePilot Agent to download the certificates list.
A summary of the number of own and trust certificates that exist and are about to expire is available to produce alerts. Alternatively the complete list of certificates can be integrated to obtain all the certificate details and alert on individual certificate expiry.
How to install a cisco-call-manager-certificates resource?
- Use your ServicePilot OnPremise installation or a SaaS account.
- Add a new cisco-call-manager-certificates resource via the web interface (
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Details of the cisco-call-manager-certificates package are located in the
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ServicePilot enables you to deliver IT services faster and more securely with automated discovery and advanced monitoring features.
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This allows IT teams to quickly identify and diagnose issues that may be impacting application performance, and take corrective action before end-users are affected.


Osgood, William R (National Bureau of Standards)
The results of tests of round heat-treated chromium-molybdenum-steel tubing are presented. Tests were made on tubing under axial load, bending load, torsional load, combined bending and axial load, combined bending and torsional load, and combined axial, bending, and torsional load. Tensile and compressive tests were made to determine the properties of the material. Formulas are given for the evaluation of the maximum strength of this steel tubing under individual or combined loads. The solution of an example is included to show the procedure to be followed in designing a tubular cantilever member to carry combined loads.
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That's right, this is my turangawaewae having moved here nearly five years ago. It's miles away from Ahipara but it's still coastal, so I'm a happy girl.
Seems my colours were all around today. Loving that beautiful rust-coloured seaweed.
New Zealand is really green especially in winter. A botanical photo for tree huggers cause I know your out there lurking!
Old boatsheds way off in the distance. Worn out, tired looking and well used. Imagine owning one of these beauties. Such fun. BBQ's in the summer, a few drinks after a long hot day, the kids swimming and playing, fishing, sleeping with sound of the waves lapping metres away, crafty circles of creative souls. O my. Lucky buggers.
A darning stone for India.
Cool chick surfer. I tried surfing once. I got concussion when the board smacked me in the head. Some idiot thought it would be a good idea to learn on an ocean beach. I so wanted to look cool like this. O well.
Sky on the sand.
And then this happened.
Check out the guys fishing off the rocks by those boatsheds. I love fish. I'm hungry.
And some more big beautiful wintery sky above Mana Island. Mana by the way is the Maori word for 'strength'.
Gnarled roots on the beach.
See, my colours. Love that spiney looking weed.
Sunset behind Mana Island.
Some treasure. I found this bird on the beach. Tui beer bottle cap.
And it's a sign, surely it is, when the beach access and Aunt Daisy's are both located on a street named "Richard"!
So this helps because I live in a cold, overcast city for nearly two thirds of the year. I always start pondering moving to a warmer climate about every winter. But seeing it through my camera lens helps. It's just beautiful isn't it?
I hope your warm, inspired and creating beauty where you are too.


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Inntopia is thrilled to announce today a new partnership with SMS marketing platform Mobiniti, an industry-leader in text messaging. This partnership will allow Inntopia Marketing Cloud users to generate custom lists from their database and instantly sync them to Mobiniti for targeted text messaging campaigns, just like they do with email lists and social media audiences..
“There is so much potential for resorts with SMS and that’s exactly why we chose to work with Mobiniti,” said Inntopia’s Director of Customer Insights, Kurt Kinscert. “Their platform isn’t just about sending messages, it’s about creating unique campaigns designed around the strengths of text messaging. These campaigns are perfectly suited to make the most of the lists marketers can generate in Inntopia Marketing Cloud.”
Mobiniti’s platform comes with an impressive list of ways to communicate via text message including:
· Traditional campaigns
· Mobile coupons
· Loyalty Programs
· Image messaging and file attachments
· Two-way communication inbox
Using this new integration, resorts are getting ready to launch everything from weather updates to downloadable mobile coupons this upcoming season using the clean, centralized data they have easy access to within their Inntopia Marketing Cloud account.
“This partnership combines Mobiniti’s deep experience and focus on SMS with Inntopia’s incredible track record with data cleansing and automation,” said Tanner Coleman, Mobiniti’s General Manager. “We couldn’t be more excited to be working together to help resorts and hotels take full advantage of text messaging as a marketing channel.”
After testing this new integration throughout the summer of 2020, this integration is now live for all interested Inntopia Marketing Cloud users interested in communicating with their guests automatically and efficiently via text message.
Inntopia connects the software systems that manage lodging, skiing, golf, and other functions into a platform that enables single transaction booking, fully automated marketing, and powerful business intelligence. Built to solve the complex challenges of destination resorts, Inntopia’s software and expert consulting are used to improve the bottom line of golf resorts and courses looking for better marketing ROI and ecommerce revenue.
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IO Interactive, which developed the successful Hitman game series, is working on a new James Bond video game. The company announced the project today and even provided a video teaser. And Project 007 (working title) looks pretty dang cool. Seriously, try to watch this announcement trailer without getting goosebumps when the 007 theme music kicks in.
The game is an origin story for James Bond, showing how he became 007. Players will step into his shoes to learn what it takes to become a 00 agent. According to IGN, the game is in active development for consoles and PC.
On the IO Interactive website, the company says it’s “currently recruiting elite talent from around the world to join the team that will build out this exciting and unique gaming title.” There’s a “join the team” link listed below. So if you’re an aspiring programmer, animator, or something else that fits the bill, head over to their site! You could very well have the chops to work on this exciting project.
Project @007 (working title) is a brand new James Bond video game with a wholly original story.— IO Interactive (@IOInteractive) November 19, 2020
Earn your 00 status in the very first James Bond origin story, to be developed and published by @IOInteractive.
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“It’s true that once in a while, the stars do align in our industry,” IO’s CEO Hakan Abrakin said in a press release. “Creating an original Bond game is a monumental undertaking and I truly believe that IO Interactive, working closely with our creative partners at EON and MGM, can deliver something extremely special for our players and communities. Our passionate team is excited to unleash their creativity into the iconic James Bond universe and craft the most ambitious game in the history of our studio.”
In addition to Project 007, IO also has Hitman 3 on the horizon. That game comes to gaming consoles on January 20, 2021. Unfortunately, we have to wait a bit longer for the next Bond movie. No Time to Die is scheduled for a theatrical release on April 10, 2021.
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October 10, 2014
On October 9, U.S. Parole Commission and Federal Bureau of Prisons [BOP] personnel had arranged for a parole hearing for Puerto Rican political prisoner Norberto González Claudio at FCI Coleman Low, Florida, where he is serving a 5 year sentence related to the Macheteros’ 1983 expropriation of more than $7 million from a Wells Fargo Depot in Hartford, Connecticut.
In April of 2014, the U.S. Parole Commission determined that Norberto would not be released on parole, and that he would have to serve the remainder of his sentence behind bars. The October hearing was scheduled to coincide with Norberto’s having served two-thirds of his 5 year sentence.
Norberto’s release date, according to the BOP, is January 15, 2015, after which he must serve 180 days on supervision. He must then serve the term of 3 years supervised release, which was part of his sentence.
Given that the Parole Commission was not likely to change its decision, and that even if it did, it was more advantageous not to proceed with the parole hearing, Norberto decided to waive the parole hearing. He will walk out of prison on January 15, 2015, to the waiting arms of his family and the people of Puerto Rico.
He sent this message to his people:
Compañeros and compañeras, I’m doing just fine and things are improving. We’ll see each other soon. My out date continues to be the same, January 15. My thoughts are always with you and my Puerto Rican working class. I love all of you. The struggle continues.
The Orlando Chapter of the NBHRN hosted political prisoner Norberto Gonzalez’s family who is incarcerated in Coleman, Florida. Coming from Puerto Rico with the surprise visit was an overwhelming delight for everyone.

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You might have thought that, given the way the return of Robbie Williams to Take That was tracked by Gordon, his departure would have created a bit more interest than a story buried half-way down the page.
It's not even Gordon who files the story, with Lucy Connolly instead picking up the tale:
X FACTOR judge Gary Barlow has revealed that Robbie Williams has once again left Take That.Every inching towards the regrouping was met with a massive story, and yet he slips out the back door quietly with barely a word?
Gary, 40, said the man band's recent reunion "ended perfectly" but they are back to being a four-piece.
And he insisted that some of their fans prefer the group WITHOUT 37-year-old Robbie.
Gordon, meanwhile, has got a photo of some women showing their shoulders and decided that it's a naked picture of the Saturdays:
THE snapper who took this picture of The Saturdays is a clever bloke if he kept the bottom half for himself.You realise, Gordon, you can have a photo taken of your bare shoulders without having to be completely naked, don't you?
Rochelle, Una Healy, Frankie Sandford, Mollie King and Vanessa White could always use it as their Christmas card to their fellas.
They won't have to worry about any other presents if they include the whole image.


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Maicer Izturis, Blue Jays infielder, retires after 11 MLB seasons
Hit .240 in 3 injury marred campaigns with Toronto
Toronto Blue Jays infielder MaicerIzturis is retiring after 11 major league seasons.
The 35-year-old, in Toronto's spring training camp with a minor league contract, announced his decision during a news conference Friday in Dunedin, Fla.
Hindered by injuries in recent years, Izturis had not appeared in a big-league game since April 2014. He had left knee surgery in 2014 and shoulder surgery last year.
I put my heart and my soul and my body into it this year to see how it was going to feel, but my body cannot handle it anymore.- Blue Jays INF Maicer Izturis on retiring after 11 MLB seasons
He re-signed with the Blue Jays in January, agreeing to a deal that would have given him a $900,000, one-year contract if added to the 40-man roster.
"I put my heart and my soul and my body into it this year to see how it was going to feel, but my body cannot handle it anymore," Izturis said through a translator. "So, I decided this is going to be my last time playing baseball."
A career .269 hitter, Izturis spent 11 seasons with the Montreal Expos, Los Angeles Angels and Blue Jays. In 2009, he hit .300 in 114 games with 65 runs batted in, helping the Angels win the American League West.
In parts of three injury marred seasons in Toronto, Izturis hit .240 (96-for-400) with five homers, 33 RBIs and two stolen bases.
'He did things right'
"I know one thing you can look back on is he was a winning player," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "He played the game the right way. He was on a lot of those successful teams in Anaheim, and he did things right."
Izturis said he plans to continue being a part of baseball, working to help kids with his half-brother and former big league shortstop, Casar, at his academy in his Venezuela.
For now, he hopes to spend more time with his family.
"I tried. I tried really hard," Izturis said. "Even this morning, I went to the cage and hit. I want to thank the organization for giving me the opportunity to play for the last three years. I really tried hard, but I couldn't do it anymore."


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Democratic Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass announced that she would request a record $1.3 billion in funding to address the city’s homeless crisis during her first State of the City address Monday, according to the Associated Press.
Bass said part of the funds would be used to buy hotels and motels that would then be converted into housing for the homeless while the city looks through its property inventory for locations that could be used as homeless shelters, according to the AP. The mayor added that part of the funding would be used to provide beds for the homeless population that struggles with substance abuse but did not say how many beds.
“After years of frustration, we can see a clearer path to a new Los Angeles,” Bass said during the address, according to the AP. “We have finally dispelled the myth that people do not want to come inside. They do,” she added.
. @MayorOfLA says her 1st budget as Mayor includes a $250-million-dollar investment to scale Inside Safe citywide. Bass notes her budget includes an unprecedented $1.3B investment to accelerate momentum on homelessness. @knxnews pic.twitter.com/tw46cIgOSl
— Margaret Carrero (@KNXmargaret) April 18, 2023
Bass added that Los Angeles has been promised 500 units of temporary housing from California Democratic governor Gavin Newsom and received $200 million from the Biden Administration for homeless programs, according to the AP. She also took the opportunity to tout that Inside Safe, her signature program addressing homelessness by sending people, already has over 1,000 enrollees.
Last year, while the homeless death rate jumped to five deaths per day, the city utilized only 6% of emergency housing vouchers to combat the homeless crisis, letting thousands go unused, according to the Los Angeles Times. At her December 2022 inauguration, Bass declared a homelessness state of emergency. (RELATED: Democratic L.A. Mayoral Candidate Karen Bass Says She No Longer Feels Safe After Burglary At Her Home)
Democratic city controller Kevin Mejia has recently raised other issues the city should invest in, such as poor infrastructure and high retiree pension costs, according to the AP. The crime rate for Los Angeles has also dramatically risen in recent years, including a 45% increase in homicides from 2019 to 2022, according to city statistics.
Bass and Mejia’s offices did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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