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A roundup of corruption-related news from Dow Jones and other sources. You can also receive a newsletter version of Corruption Currents here.
Corruption Currents Editor Nick Elliott has a private-equity angle on Frederic Bourke’s “see no evil” defense in his appeal. (WSJ Private Equity Beat)
The average bribe paid in Tajikistan is almost three times the size of an average person’s monthly salary. (OCCRP)
Tom Fox asks whether there’s room for law enforcement in a workplace investigation. The FCPAProfessor goes deep into the Bourke ruling. Mike Volkov questions whether sovereign wealth funds count as foreign officials, notes the World Bank’s anti-corruption initiatives and rounds out 2011. Thebriberyact.com wants to know whether all that talk on the Bribery Act ending facilitation payments is all just hype, and they got on the FCPA Americas blog. The Financial Task Force has a post on illicit financial flows and the World Bank.
More coverage of the Bourke conviction is here and here. More coverage of the Siemens executives’ case is here, here and here. (Compliance Building, Bloomberg, National Law Journal, KYC360, Just Anti-Corruption sub req).
New York City Councilman Larry Seabrook answers some questions about his corruption trial, which ended with the judge declaring a mistrial. (Capital New York)
Marina Grossi, the chief executive and chief operating officer of Finmeccanica SpA’s unit Selex Sistemi Integrati, resigned Wednesday. The unit has been accused of bribing the civil aviation authority and she is under investigation but has denied wrongdoing. Her husband, a chairman of Finmeccancica, himself resigned a few weeks ago. More here. (Dow Jones Newswires, Reuters)
Cinergy Telecommunications Inc. is set to go to trial next week as the next defendant in the Haiti Teleco foreign bribery case. (Just Anti-Corruption sub req)
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has a busy 2012 coming up, including the appeal of Mohamed bin Hammam. (Keir Radnedge)
Medtronic agreed to pay $23.5 million to resolve a case of alleged kickbacks to doctors to implant its pacemakers and defibrillators. The company didn’t admit wrongdoing. (NY Times)
Russia’s Vladimir Putin said he would consider a pardon for jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky — if he asked while Putin is president. (Dow Jones Newswires)
Members of a “specialist” money-laundering group washing money for a bank in a decade-old scandal have been sentenced to prison. (Daily Telegraph)
An investigative project tracked down Hosni Mubarak’s Romanian assets. (OCCRP)
The White House caved on a threat to veto a defense authorization bill that included a provision imposing sanctions on the Iranian central bank after the broader bill went through some minor changes during a House-Senate conference. The bill passed the House Wednesday night. More here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. (Mother Jones, Dow Jones Newswires, Salon, AP, CNN, American Civil Liberties Union, The Hill, AP, NY Times, AFP, National Journal)
The State Department issued its statement on Tuesday’s designations of Iranian officials.
A U.S. Senate committee approved legislation that would ban Congress from insider trading. (AP)
The Project on Government Oversight looks at the progress of the U.S. National Plan on Transparency. Separately they sat down with Lawrence Lessig, who wrote a new book on transparency. (POGO Blog, POGO Blog, NY Times)
During a Senate hearing on Russia, support grew for legislation imposing a travel blacklist on those the U.S. deems were involved in the death of Sergei Magnitsky. (AFP)
India’s government held an all-party meeting on the Lokpal anti-corruption bill, and the talks have descended to impasse. Anna Hazare has vowed to go on another hunger strike if it doesn’t pass this session, which ends Dec. 22. Hazare’s being told to focus on corruption and stay out of politics. (BBC, BBC, Hindustan Times)
Corruption in Indonesia is robbing kids of aid, watchdogs said. (Jakarta Post)
Olympus Corp. may rehire its ousted chief executive. (Reuters)
The war on corruption engaged in by Philippine President Benigno Aquino is sparking a debate that splits on effectiveness versus tactics. (AFP)
Does the Securities and Exchange Commission suffer from trialphobia? (ProPublica)
In the wake of a campaign-finance investigation, New York City Comptroller John Liu’s approval ratings plummeted. (NY Times)
Cuba targeted a military firm in a corruption probe, and a source told Reuters a director at the firm was arrested. It couldn’t be confirmed with Cuban authorities, however.
Corruption is still costing Greece billions, despite efforts to stamp it out. (AFP)
The speaker of Kyrgyzstan’s parliament resigned amid calls for his head from rival politicians investigating allegations of corruption. He had dismissed the charges as “muck-raking.” (Moscow Times)
The U.S. Justice Department said it recovered $5.6 billion in criminal and civil fraud investigations in fiscal 2011 without going into further detail. (Main Justice)


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Oilseed rape is a major arable crop in both Europe and North America. It is attacked by unique complexes of insect pests still largely controlled through the application of chemical insecticides. Crop management systems for the future must combine sustainability with environmental acceptability to satisfy both social and economic demands. Biocontrol-Based Integrated Management of Oilseed Rape Pests, in its 17 chapters each led by a world expert, reviews research progress towards developing integrated pest management systems for the crop that enhance conservation biocontrol. This approach is particularly timely because of the development in Europe of insecticide resistance in the pollen beetle, a major pest of the crop.
The past decade has seen considerable progress in our knowledge of the parasitoids and predators that contribute to biocontrol, of their distribution patterns, and their behavioural ecology, both within and without the crop. There is potential for natural enemy conservation through modification of within-field crop husbandry practices, as well as, on the landscape scale, through habitat manipulation to encourage vegetational diversity. Biocontrol-Based Integrated Management of Oilseed Rape Pests will prove invaluable as a text for researchers, university teachers, graduate scientists, extension workers and growers involved in integrated pest management.
1. The major insect pests of oilseed rape in Europe and their management: an overview
2. Parasitoids of oilseed rape pests in Europe: key species for conservation biocontrol
3. Key parasitoids of the pests of oilseed rape in Europe: a guide to their identification
4. Ground beetles as predators of oilseed rape pests: incidence, spatio-temporal distributions and feeding
5. Pests and their enemies in spring oilseed rape in Europe and challenges to integrated pest management
6. Key pests and parasitoids of oilseed rape or canola in North America and the importance of parasitoids in integrated management
7. Crop location by oilseed rape pests and host location by their parasitoids
8. Spatio-temporal distributions of pests and their parasitoids on the oilseed rape crop
9. Biological rape pest control in spatio-temporally changing landscapes
10. Insect pests and spiders in oilseed rape and their response to site and landscape factors
11. Impact of soil tillage on parasitoids of oilseed rape pests
12. Chemical control of insect pests and insecticide resistance in oilseed rape
13. Impact of insecticides on parasitoids of oilseed rape pests
14. Oilseed rape, bees and integrated pest management
15. The Proplant Decision Support system: phenological models for major pests and their key parasitoids in Europe
16. Farming systems, integrated crop management and winter oilseed rape production
17. Integrating crop and landscape management into new crop protection strategies to enhance biological control of oilseed rape insect pests
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The date for this year’s national Small Business Saturday celebration has been announced – and it will be Saturday December 1!
There will be lots of ways for Burton’s small businesses to get involved, and as in previous years Burton Small Business will be in the thick of all the action!
We’re having meetings this month to finalise plans for events in Burton-on-Trent with our friends at Burton Chamber and the local councils. So watch this space!
One thing we are very keen on is ensuring that for the fourth year running we have a local business in the national #SmallBiz100.
One of the founders of Burton Small Business, Elaine Pritchard, explained: “It’s a fantastic achievement for a town the size of Burton to have had a local business in the national 100 for three consecutive years. My colleagues and I really want to make it four in a row. Some people might say Burton is punching above its weight, given that there are about five million small businesses in the UK, but I think it’s a good reflection of the quality, innovation and diversity of our local businesses.”
In 2015, Elaine’s Caittom Publishing business was chosen to be in the #SmallBiz100, and she was introduced to the then Chancellor, George Osborne and had the chance to talk to him about her business journey.
In 2016 it was the turn of local magician Jack Dent of J D Magic. who entertained at 10 Downing Street. Last year, Tilley Bancroft, of Red Door Studios, took a place in the 100. She is also a founder member of the Burton Small Business consortium.
Elaine said: “The Small Biz 100 is a fantastic way for small businesses to raise their profile and benefit from the publicity and opportunities that come with it. Each of the 100 gets their own special day in the spotlight in the 100 days leading up to Small Business Saturday. They are showcased across social media nationally and get other opportunities too.
Applications will open in June – and there’s no fee to apply. We’ll remind you nearer the time and give you tips for success from previous winners.
Last year, around £748 million was spent with small businesses on the big day itself. Just think how much could be done this year if everyone helps to spread the Small Business Saturday message? Let’s all help make Small Business Saturday 2018 the best yet. Don’t forget to follow Small Business Saturday on Facebook and Twitter!

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This award winning Galway Hotel boasts 70 elegantly designed guestrooms, including luxurious new Superior King Rooms, staff at the Menlo Park Hotel pride themselves on ensuring each guest has a truly exceptional stay.
Located in its own private grounds, this 4-star hotel offers spacious, elegant rooms with power showers, Free parking and free Wi-Fi and there is weekend live entertainment in the bar.
Stylishly furnished, each room at Menlo Park Hotel includes a spacious bathroom and a hairdryer. Guests can relax in the room with comfortable Divine Duvets, satellite TV, and a welcome tray with tea and coffee. Newspapers are also available on request.
The Bia Beo Restaurant serves an extensive wine list and hearty food made with fresh, locally sourced produce. Bar Beoga provides fresh coffees, as well as an extensive bar food menu and carvery lunch.
Galway Cathedral and the Town Hall can both be reached in a 15-minute walk from Menlo Park. Galway is famous for its frequent festivals throughout the year, and Galway Bay can be reached in 10 minutes by car.
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Are governors Bill Richardson and Janet Napolitano sincere in their declarations that New Mexico and Arizona are in an "emergency" because of illegal aliens? That's the question that is on everyone's mind.
My answer: WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?
Whether Richardson and Napolitano are motivated by a sincere desire to protect their embattled residents or whether the two governors, up for re-election in 2006, are driven by a devious Democratic Party ploy to fulfill their venal political ambition is of no concern.(Email Napolitano and Richardson.)
It does not matter.
The important thing is that Richardson and Napolitano have become firm critics of lax border control and that they identify federal non-enforcement of immigration law as the cause for the economic and social havoc in their states.
Consider that we now have the governors of New Mexico and Arizona loudly declaring that because of relentless illegal immigration, their states are now under siege. How much sweeter for us that Richardson,—constantly puffing himself up as the only "Hispanic" governor—and Napolitano have been up until now visible, vocal proponents of illegal immigration.
Both governors have large dossiers of ugly pro-illegal alien statements and actions. Here from dozens of examples are two:
"New Mexico is your home." "We will protect you." "You have rights here."
"Viva la raza."
But if you press me for an answer about Richardson/Napolitano's motivation, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. I think reality has forced their hand.
Richardson and Napolitano must see exactly what I as a resident of California's San Joaquin Valley see.
In the last decade, the Hispanic population in Lodi has increased 125%. A week ago, I walked a one-mile radius around the Lodi Adult School where I have worked for nearly twenty years. In the late 1980s, it was a solidly middle class neighborhood of mixed ethnicities. Now it is Hispanic enclave where English is rarely heard. And the neighborhood is made up of mostly poor people who rely, in varying degrees, on social services.
The governors, who are witness to the same trends in their states, have to come up with the money to underwrite alien populations like Lodi's. And finding the funds is a growing challenge.
To understand just how pressing the need is to immediately cut off illegal immigration, read the ominous Pew Hispanic Center report that found that nearly 50% of all Mexicans want to live in the U.S. With no end in sight, Richardson and Napolitano are compelled to act now rather than later. Why wait?
An indirect benefit of Richardson/Napolitano's public catharsis might be to give courage to notorious Republican immigration wafflers Texas Governor Rick Perry and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. They too are up for re-election in 2006. Both did well among Latino voters in their last elections. Hence, both tiptoe around illegal immigration.
Perry and Schwarzenegger know the score. But they have said that they are not considering a "state of emergency" declaration at this time. Nevertheless, they have given abundant clues that such an announcement might not be far off. Conditions in Texas and California certainly warrant it.
"…I fully understand and can appreciate the frustration that many Texans and others across the nation have with illegal immigration, its potential impact on our national security and the unacceptable burden it is placing on taxpayers, and state and local criminal justice, education, and health care systems." [Gov. Perry Responds to Congresswoman Jackson Lee Concerning the Minuteman Project ]
And Schwarzenegger, in a story reported on San Diego's News 10, speaking about possibly declaring a state of emergency said:
"We're talking about that right now. If we see a need for that, we definitely will do the same thing. We all have talked about the importance of really securing the borders.
"It is not just the flow of illegal immigrants that are coming over here, but it is also the drug trafficking that is going on, the violence that is going on on the borders and the human trafficking. [Governor Considers Declaring Border Emergency]
Schwarzenegger ended his remarks by disingenuously and incorrectly claiming that there is no need to declare a state of emergency at the moment since "things are somewhat under control". However, his comments about drugs, violence and human trafficking echo those of Richardson and Napolitano.
Adding the voices of Republicans Perry and Schwarzenegger to those of Democrats Richardson and Napolitano is critical. Once prominent state leaders from both parties speak out, then any suggestion that illegal immigration is being used as a partisan or wedge issue dies.
Rush Limbaugh said that Richardson and Napolitano's move on illegal immigration was an effort "simply for show" by the Democrats to beat the immigration brain-dead Republicans to the punch. But what would Limbaugh and the like-minded Wall Street Journal say if Perry and Schwarzenegger declare emergencies?
Illegal immigration is a national issue worthy of the full attention of Republicans and Democrats alike. As Limbaugh said, noting that illegal immigration is the number one social issue in the nation,
"The American people are concerned about the fate and future of the country."
In the meantime, while Perry and Schwarzenegger ponder, I repeat that whether Richardson and Napolitano are the real deal or phony baloneys, the bottom line is all the same to us.
Their apparent conversion to our side is the greatest triumph for the immigration reform movement that I can remember.
Joe Guzzardi [email him], an instructor in English at the Lodi Adult School, has been writing a weekly newspaper column since 1988. This column is exclusive to VDARE.COM.

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Cheap energy = wealth, and expensive energy = poverty. That correlation is obvious, so the Obama administration has to pretend that it is not suppressing American energy development, even as it does everything in its power to make us poorer. The administration’s latest misleading claim is that leases for energy exploration on public lands increased by 20% in 2011. That is true, but what Obama fails to note is that the increase is measured against the historic collapse in leasing that has occurred during the Obama administration. The Institute for Energy Research sets the record straight. This chart shows each of the last five administrations stacks up with respect to BLM leases:
The real question, of course, is how much petroleum is being recovered from public lands. Because of three years of Obama anti-energy policies, energy development is down substantially:
Oil production on federal lands is down 13 percent in 2011: 97,721,813 barrels in 2011 versus 112,124,812 barrels in 2010.
This is what happens when we have an administration that thinks Americans consume too many resources, which is to say, live too well.


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NEW DELHI: After a Delhi court questioned the police over a wrongly-clubbed FIR based on multiple complaints of alleged rioting during the 2020 communal violence, the latter has decided to segregate and file separate charge sheets in the cases involved.
Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav asked the police why five incidents of alleged rioting, theft and arson which took place at three different blocks – C, D, and E of Delhi’s Bhajanpura area on different dates were clubbed in a single FIR and charge sheet.
“Whether these complaints of different dates could have been clubbed by the investigating agency in one FIR is a question which will be seen during the course of the trial,” the judge said.
In a status report submitted on September 10, the Bhajanpura SHO replied that complaints of rioting that took place in block D and E blocks will be investigated separately and separate charge sheets will be filed.
In the other two complaints at C block, the court has agreed to consider the charge sheet already submitted in the case.
In this case, two accused — Neeraj and Manish — were arrested based on the complaints filed by the shopkeepers who alleged that their shops were allegedly looted and vandalized by the riotous mob.
While framing the charges, the session’s judge revoked the arson charges against the accused, noting that the shopkeepers did not allege the commission of offence and that there is no CCTV footage.
“A fine-tooth-comb analysis of the complaints and statements reveals that none of them has identified the accused persons to be part of the riotous mob which had vandalized their shops,” said ASJ Yadav.
He noted that there were no allegations by the complaints regarding the commission of arson in their shops.
Stay on costs imposed on police extended
The Delhi High Court on Monday extended the stay on Rs 25,000 costs imposed on the police by a trial court which had called the investigation in a case related to north-east Delhi riots “callous and farcical”.
Justice Subramonium Prasad was informed by the Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, representing Delhi Police, that they have not received the reply of complainant Mohammad Nasir in the matter.
As advocate Jatin Bhatt, appearing for Nasir, said he has filed the reply on Monday, the court said it was not on record and granted him a week’s time to bring it on record.
The court listed the matter for further hearing on November 15 and said ‘interim orders to continue’.
The court refused to interfere with the trial court strictures against police investigation, saying it cannot expunge the remarks without a hearing.


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Much like Doom 2 was to Doom, how do you follow up the mega success that was Quake? The obvious answer was Quake II, but there’s a little more to it than that. Long-time id Software member John Romero had departed the company, along with many of the staff who had worked on the first game. As such, you could say that the team was given the opportunity to try something new. That opportunity resulted in Quake II being Aliens when compared to the original Alien: bigger, more fun, and just as memorable as the original after 25 years.
The story for Quake II is separate from the previous game’s story. In Quake II, Earth is in a battle against an alien race known as the Strogg. You are a Marine named Bitterman taking part in a mission known as “Operation Alien Overlord”. The mission is to prevent a Strogg invasion of Earth by launching a pre-emptive attack against their home planet, Stroggos. Previous attempts to send Marines to the planet resulted in them being captured or killed as soon as they reached the planned landing zone. Fortunately, you survive the entry to Stroggos due to another Marine’s personal capsule collided with yours, causing you to crash outside of the landing zone. Exiting your capsule, you head into the Strogg city, blaster in hand.
Looking back, Quake‘s development was a bit of a mess. Having to salvage the idea of a dark fantasy RPG and turning it into a first-person shooter led to frictions within id, and resulting in Romero’s departure. Quake II had sort of followed in its footsteps, having started out as something else, but eventually having the “Quake” name attached to it. Aside form that, the development was far smoother. That was just the start of one of the differences between Quake II and its predecessor.
With Quake II, gone was the hub world and episodic nature of the levels, and in their place was a much more mission-driven story and less linear level structure. No longer were you searching for keys to open doors to progress. You had objectives like destroying the Strogg security grid, realigning satellite dishes, and so on. And while it’s not comparable to something as engrossing as other video game stories of the day (it’s still a first-person shooter, after all), you did have something that was far better than than what the original game offered. The Gothic horror and Lovecraftian overtones of the original have been left behind for a more sci-fi action horror epic, and really, that’s still very much okay. The Strogg are a concoction of biomechanical monstrosities that harvest human soldiers to add to their own ranks, which is just as chilling as any cosmic horror.
Alongside their formidable appearance, it was the smaller touches added to the Strogg that gave Quake II much more appeal. Along with providing each enemy type with different AI tendencies and patterns, you also had some Strogg be able to duck under your shots or run and hide to regroup, requiring you to have some strategy while making your way through levels. They also had idling animations that provided more personality. Overall, you also had far more variety in enemy types than in Quake II, which displayed the fusion of flesh and machine in rather gruesome details. For example, the Parasite would attach a “tongue” to you and start draining your energy, and wouldn’t let go until you killed it. Or the Berserker that always seemed to be positioned behind doors to surprise you, yelling “Trespasser!” before running after you relentlessly to attempt to stab and hammer you to death.
To add even more of an aesthetic touch to the Strogg, you now had damage states depending on the amount of damage you had dealt, resulting in them looking progressively more bloodied. You also had enemies that would have a “last ditch” death animation, such as a Guard firing off a few rounds at you before collapsing. You could solve that easily by turning enemies into bloody chunks before they got the chance, which was satisfying for the hell you were put though.
Obviously, much of these enhancements found in the engine were thanks to John Carmack, who once again proved himself a genius in the programming department. The Quake II engine not only had the ability to push more polygons, but also render far more colours than its grimly dark predecessor. Though to be fair, years before Gears of War hit the scene, Quake II provided ample shades of brown throughout its palette, which looking back now, looks washed out. Still, we were in awe, and fancy new things like coloured lighting helped to spice things up. And much like what PlayStation fans experienced with 3d games, Quake II had its own graphical “warbling” effect, which was something of an endearing feature for the engine.
It was a foregone conclusion that with the additions to the engine, Quake II‘s gameplay would also see a boost. You still had the fast-paced action of the original, but it was combined with the previously-mentioned AI enhancements, as well as some hefty new hardware for you to combat the Strogg. You still had beefy holdovers like the Shotgun, Super Shotgun, Grenade and Rocket Launcher, but you also now had things like the Chaingun (hello, Doom!), the Hyperblaster that could be considered the laser version of the Chaingun, and what was considered the first appearance in a 3d shooter (and a fan favourite), the Rail Gun . What made the Rail Gun so beloved (aside from dealing so much damage) was the fact that it could penetrate multiple enemies, requiring you to line up multiple Strogg in a line before letting it rip. It also made multiplayer a lot of fun for that fact. The aiming and firing rate took a bit of time to get used to, but once you nailed it, you had what many consider the best weapon in the game.
And seeing as we already had a Chaingun, why not have a BFG? The BFG 10k is pretty much the ultimate weapon as its predecessor was in Doom, but like the BFG 9000, you had to be aware of the slow reload times and brief moment of vulnerability after firing it in order for you to not be put down yourself. Oh, and Quake II‘s final boss in Makron? He also sports a BFG, only his version has no charge up time, and can fire multiple blasts within seconds of each shot.
Wrapping it all up was the game’s soundtrack, which did not have Trent Reznor handling things. That’s quite alright, since Sonic Mayhem were more than up for the task at hand. Rather than the original’s ambient industrial sound that evoked feelings of dread, Quake II‘s soundtrack is just straight up metal, giving you a similar psyched-up feeling that you got with Doom‘s soundtrack, perfectly matching up with the gameplay.
And it’d be against the law if Quake II‘s multiplayer wasn’t mentioned. Similar to the original game, you had Deathmatch, but also a cooperative version of the single-player game, a one-on-one match, and a Capture-The-Flag mode. id Software released specifically-designed multiplayer maps after Quake II‘s release, which only enhanced the fun. You also now had the ability to customize your character’s look with various models and colour schemes, providing more variety.
Quake II saw ports to the Nintendo 64 and PlayStation, with both having their own unique characteristics to meet each console’s capabilities. The console versions also had split-screen multiplayer, which still evokes nostalgia for many. And to further prove the game’s longevity, Quake II also saw an RTX-optimized version released back in 2019 that showed off Nvidia’s new raytracing technology. True, it seemed like an anachronistic approach to showing off new technology, but it gave a younger generation the ability to play Quake II, so what’s to complain about?
While obviously some of its mechanics with the AI and the graphics don’t hold up quite as well today, Quake II is still a blast to jump into after all these years. Practically everything about Quake II surpassed what fans experienced in the original Quake. And while the Gothic horror of the original game has been replaced with a more sci-fi action flavour, there’s still plenty for genre fans to gnaw on as they roam the corridors, keeping an eye out for the biomechanical horrors of the Strogg.


Preston North End 1-2 Arsenal: Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud strike for the visitors as they manage a comeback to avoid an FA Cup upset at Deepdale
- Callum Robinson struck in the seventh minute for the hosts as they looked to spring an upset at Deepdale
- Defender Gabriel went down with a head injury in the first-half and had to have a cut on his forehead treated
- Aaron Ramsey scored for Arsenal shortly after the restart to level the tie and give Arsenal a platform
- Olivier Giroud profited late on to strike home and put Arsenal through to the fourth round of the competition
Stand-in captain Olivier Giroud put the seal on a spirited Arsenal comeback last night as FA Cup specialist Arsene Wenger maintained his record of never having lost a third-round tie.
Championship side Preston had given their illustrious visitors a major scare by taking an early lead through Callum Robinson and they went close to adding a second on several occasions.
But Ramsey levelled in the opening minute of the second half by beating two defenders and rifling in an unstoppable shot from the edge of the box.
Preston took an early lead in their match against Premier League opposition Arsenal through a Callum Robinson goal
Robinson dashes off to celebrate excitedly after giving the Championship side a shock lead at Deepdale on Saturday evening
Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey levelled the tie a minute after half-time with a strike from the edge of the Preston area
Ramsey celebrates as Arsenal look to avoid an upset in the third round of the FA Cup against Preston North End
Olivier Giroud strikes in the 88th minute of the game against Preston to send Arsenal through to the fourth round of the Cup
The entire Arsenal team mob the France striker after his late winning goal against their Championship opponents
MATCH FACTS, PLAYER RATINGS AND MATCH ZONE
Preston (4-4-2): Maxwell 7; Vermijl 7, Clarke 7, Huntington 6.5, Cunningham 7; Gallagher 6.5 (Browne 60, 5.5), Pearson 8.5, Johnson 6.5 (Horgan 81), McGeady 6.5; Robinson 7, Hugill 8 (Makienok 75, 6)
Subs not used: Lindegaard, Doyle, Spurr, Pringle
Goal: Robinson 7
Booked: Hugill, Pearson, Cunningham
Arsenal (4-2-3-1): Ospina 5.5; Maitland-Niles 5 (Holding 90), Mustafi 5, Gabriel 6, Monreal 6; Xhaka 6, Ramsey 6.5; Oxlade-Chamberlain 6 (Welbeck 83), Perez 6 (Reine-Adelaide 90), Iwobi 6; Giroud 8
Subs not used: Martinez, Jenkinson, Dasilva, Willock
Goals: Ramsey 46, Giroud 89
Referee: R Madley 6
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Callum Robinson opened the scoring for Preston North End after superb flowing move. SEE MORE IN OUR FANTASTIC MATCH ZONE
Then, with Danny Welbeck on the field for his long-awaited comeback, Giroud — wearing the armband in Laurent Koscielny’s absence — struck for the fourth game in a row from close range as Preston wilted.
Wenger has won the FA Cup six times, and in two of the last three seasons, and even without a battery of injured players he was able to name a strong team against a club 11th in the second tier.
Contract rebels Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil were given the night off while Santi Cazorla, Koscielny, Francis Coquelin and others were on the treatment table. But Giroud was in alongside 2014 Cup final match winner Ramsey and 19-year-old rookie right back Ainsley Maitland-Niles. On the bench, there was the welcome sight of Welbeck who had not played all season because of knee ligament damage.
As for the underdogs, Simon Grayson’s side are a more modest collection than ‘Proud Preston’ who won the double in the 19th century and later boasted Tom Finney.Their most recognisable face last night was Republic of Ireland international Aiden McGeady.
A hint of fog hung over the famous old stadium giving it a mystical air ripe for a giantkilling. And after seven minutes, the atmosphere went up a notch when Callum Robinson exploited hesitation in Arsenal’s back four to drive low past understudy goalkeeper David Ospina.
The two teams are led out by the Preston North End mascot as they prepare for an FA Cup third round tie at Deepdale
Managers Arsene Wenger (left) of Arsenal and Preston North End's Simon Grayson (right) embrace ahead of the encounter
Preston got off to a perfect start in the third round tie after Robinson fired home for them in the seventh minute of the game
Robinson's early strike leaves the Preston supporters dreaming of a cup upset after a perfect start to the game
Arsenal's Olivier Giroud - the club's captain for the day - looks frustrated after chipping a shot wide of goal in the first-half
McGeady instigated the move with a lovely dragback and pass to Jordan Hugill. The Preston player could not keep it under control but Robinson anticipated the break of the ball better than anyone in the Gunners defence.
The 21-year-old turned down a contract at Aston Villa last summer to join Preston and the way he celebrated by kissing the camera indicated he was happy with his choice.
Giroud’s leadership came under the spotlight, but it is not his style to react to adversity by grabbing team-mates by the throat, as Tony Adams might have done.
Indeed, Preston continued to carry the greater threat, even if Arsenal saw a lot of the ball, and Robinson’s pace gave Maitland-Niles nightmares down the Arsenal right.
Midway through the half, Wenger was indebted to Shkodran Mustafi for blocking a Robinson header which would have made it 2-0. Preston went even closer on 25 minutes when Robinson, switching flanks, fired in a cross from the byline that Hugill somehow failed to convert on the slide. Arsenal’s jitters spread to Ospina, who made a hash of saving a Ben Pearson header before gathering at the second attempt.
David Ospina of Arsenal has to emerge from his goal to stop Preston's Paul Gallagher from hitting a second for the hosts
Wenger watches on amid a downpour at Deepdale as his side struggle to get to grips with their lower league opposition
A frustrated Gabriel reacts after he is left with a cut above his eye during a clash with a Preston player in the first-half
The Brazilian central defender required treatment from Arsenal's medical team at Deepdale before returning to the action
McGeady’s cross was then volleyed wide by Marnick Vermijl as the Gunners creaked.
Belatedly, Arsenal found some of their usual attacking flow but they too often over-played in front of goal. Ramsey wanted too many touches when well set and Giroud also hesitated. And they nearly paid the price when Paul Gallagher bravely lobbed Ospina as the goalkeeper rushed out to meet him. Mustafi saved Arsenal by racing back to clear off the line.
The Championship side thought they had scored a second goal through Robinson until referee Robert Madley signalled rightly for a foul by Paul Huntington on Ospina.
And Arsenal were left feeling even sorrier for themselves when Gabriel ended the half bloodied after being caught in the face by Hugill’s arm.
Perhaps Wenger broke with his normal reserve and tore into his players at the interval because their response was immediate.
Within 52 seconds, the Londoners were level. The previously anonymous Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain burst down the left with intent and, when his cross was only half-cleared, Alex Iwobi laid off the ball and Ramsey struck with unerring accuracy from 12 yards.
Ramsey fired past Preston goalkeeper Chris Maxwell a minute after the restart to level the tie in the FA Cup third round
The Welsh midfielder celebrates with his Arsenal team-mates after scoring the equalising goal during Saturday's game
The joy was clear on Ramsey's face after he made an important contribution to start the second-half at Deepdale
It was the Welshman’s first goal since scoring for his country against Russia at Euro 2016, since when he has suffered something of a slump in form.
Buoyed by the goal, Arsenal at last looked like a Premier League side playing lower-division opposition. Huntington almost scored an own goal but Chris Maxwell saved his misdirected header, while Granit Xhaka’s first touch let him down when the ball broke to him on the edge of the area.
Mustafi then hit a superb first-time shot from a corner which needed an outstanding reflex stop by Maxwell, who palmed the ball up before catching it.
Grayson sent on 6ft 7in loan striker Simon Makienok to try to stem the Arsenal tide, but it did not work. Giroud hooked a shot into the net on 77 minutes and look horrified to be flagged offside, but the assistant referee had got it right.
Arsenal then won it as Preston tired. Lucas Perez found Giroud with a clever backheel in the box and the Frenchman, who scored a contender for goal of the season with a scorpion kick against Crystal Palace, did not need to do anything so special this time as his deflected shot won the tie.
Wenger demonstrates his frustration with a series of decisions as his side look to push for victory against Preston
Referee Bobby Madley shows a yellow card to Preston's Greg Cunningham after a tackle from behind on Lucas Perez
Olivier Giroud reacts after a decision fails to go his way and he suffers a minor injury just outside the Preston penalty area
Shkodran Mustafi has a shot blocked by Preston North End midfielder Alan Browne as Arsenal push for a winner at Deepdale
Giroud had a strike rightfully ruled out for offside in the latter stages of the game as his side looked to emerge victorious
Danny Welbeck came on as a substitute towards the latter stages of the tie as he completed his comeback from injury
But it was Giroud - frustrated by the assistant referee's flag only minutes before - who struck for Arsenal in the dying stages
Arsenal's players celebrate as they overcome their Championship opponents and progress to the fourth round
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The new research should help refine stem cell engineering and transplanting methods prior to testing in clinical trials of Parkinson’s disease.
The researchers – including teams from Lund University and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm – report their work in two related studies published in the journal Cell Stem Cell.
In one study, the researchers take a closer look at the molecular pathways involved in the journey, from a stem cell to a dopamine neuron. In the other study, they discover some key features of dopamine cell development and what makes these cells different from other similar and neighboring neurons.
The findings should help fine-tune stem cell engineering to produce pure populations of high-quality dopamine neurons, they note.
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BMW & TVS Joinventure Sub 500cc
BMW give the first little power vehicle in the market. This produced in alliance with Indian firm TVS, will be launched in 2015, it is confirmed announcement.
According to Venu Srinivasan TVS Motor Company chairman “the joint venture’s first product would be launched in the second half of next year”.
It’s supposed to be a 300cc naked motorbike and is probable to go on sale in the UK badged by way of a BMW. It’s set to be the first in a range of sub-500cc models, built in India and sold in distinct BMW and TVS versions depending on the marketplaces they are going towards.
TVS present line-up contains mainly of scooters and 125 commuters but in February the firm unveiled a naked single-cylinder 250 concept called the Draken, allegedly making 38.5hp and 17ft.lb.
MR.Srinivasan said, “I know we have been silent on the TVS and BMW since we had the tie-up… [The first product] is going to be ready by the second half of next calendar year. All the work is under progress.”
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A secret to living a joyful and remarkable life is to live in the present as much as possible. If I’m out for coffee with a friend I’m one hundred percent there with interest in them and our conversation. Whenever I’m at work I put all of my best efforts into doing my jobs to the best of my ability. If I’m out at a concert or a movie I am all in for the festivities. I don’t look for tomorrow to be better than today because today is where I dwell.
But I look back on the past with all of its happiness and pain. The pain I’ve learned many lessons from. Some roads that were dead ends I don’t travel down anymore. The roads where I went the extra mile and found beautiful, happy moments I relive in my heart often. The good times in my lifetime have far outweighed the bad.
The future will be a whole lot of wonderful because today was wonderful. I always want the happiest day of my life to be today. If my eyes are full, bursting, with wonder then life will always be spectacular.
So I enjoy time travel to today, yesterdays, and all of my tomorrows. I’ll take some records for the journey. Then I’ll take my Polaroid camera. I won’t forget my backpack or my travel journal I’ve written in since 2008. I’ll keep telling stories, writing stories, reminiscing about stories with the greatest of friends and dreaming with eyes open.
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BEIJING (AP) -- The pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG has become the latest foreign drug maker to come under scrutiny for its practices in China.
The German-based company said in a statement Friday that it is cooperating with Chinese authorities in the investigation of a potential case of unfair competition after officials visited a Bayer branch office in late August. Bayer did not provide further details of the case or say where the branch office was.
A wave of investigations has rattled foreign drug manufacturers in China. Authorities are probing whether British-based GlaxoSmithKline PLC and French rival Sanofi SA paid doctors to encourage the use of their medications.
Chinese media reports also say U.S.-based Eli Lilly and Co. spent millions of dollars on payments to Chinese doctors to prescribe its insulin products.


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There is no doubting that school swimming is a complex and political subject, and its one that has come back to the forefront (again) in recent months and one that I’m delighted to say is being proactively discussed and practically reviewed by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Swimming.
However, make no mistake—improving school swimming is going to be challenge.
The reality is that there is no one solution that fits all to school swimming; for some schools there are so many logistical hurdles to get over, and this is why year-on-year we sadly keep seeing the headline statistics about children leaving primary school not being able to achieve all the national curriculum standards.
I think it’s important we are all honest as this is a serious problem—learning to swim is a life skill and for a lot of children, school might be the only place they will be given the opportunity.
But let’s take a step back. There are some involved in the sport that say the answer is more funding for schools, but from experience I don’t think this is necessarily the whole solution—not for most schools any way.
We need to be real and address the actual problem, and it’s that school swimming, despite being on the national curriculum is not inspected, so subjects which are graded will always be a school’s priority.
Yes, there are issues around pool access, transport and teacher training, which in my opinion can be resolved as funding is there via sport premium funding for example, but the crux is that swimming is not a priority for some schools because it takes too much time away from more ‘important’ lessons—lessons that a school will be inspected and judged upon.
There are primary schools that favour swimming and they should be applauded; for some it might be a case of providing one term of lessons per year for half an hour a week to provide the basics, but this requires top-ups or reliance on parents to take their children swimming and this is not always financially viable; and for others, swimming is just not a timetabling priority and they can easily apply feasible ‘reasons’ for not doing it which they will not be called to account for.
Until we tackle the real issue and make school swimming compulsory, and stop using the excuse that it’s all about the money, then we might just find a solution.
These are the views I shared with the All-Party Parliamentary Group when I was invited to attend in November. I think it’s important we are all honest as this is a serious problem—learning to swim is a life skill and for a lot of children, school might be the only place they will be given the opportunity. We can’t keep throwing good money after bad. Until we tackle the real issue and make school swimming compulsory, and stop using the excuse that it’s all about the money, then we might just find a solution.
With structure and accountability, and by working together as an industry with the new All-Party Parliamentary Group on Swimming, I believe we can start to make a positive difference.
What can we do in the meantime?
I recently read an inspiring case study about a primary school in Sunderland, who provide students from year 1–6 with a term of swimming lessons each year as part of the curriculum, but identified that the majority of their pupils do not have the opportunity to top-up these lessons outside of school time and wanted to do more. As a solution, the school who work with a local STA swim school applied their sport premium funding to enable free top-up swimming lessons for their students. Being practical, these are the type of forward-thinking solutions we need.
In addition, to help schools who want to develop their own school swimming programmes or utilise sport premium funding, STA provides a free downloadable schools resource pack—it provides guidance, resources and everything a school will need to manage a swimming programme.

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Mayhem at Temples, Mandaps: ‘Aide’ to Cumilla mayor involved
The man suspected of putting the Holy Quran at a puja mandap told officers that an aide to the Cumilla mayor was among the instigators of the communal attack in the district on October 13.
Iqbal Hossen, who faces charges of placing the Quran at the puja mandap, is currently being interrogated by police on a seven-day remand.
He named Moinuddin Ahmed Babu as the one who incited the crowds at Nanua Dighir Par, where the attack took place. Moinuddin is known among locals as the personal secretary to Cumilla City Corporation Mayor Monirul Haque Sakku, said an officer with knowledge of the information provided by the suspect.
The officer, requesting anonymity, told The Daily Star that Moinuddin fled the area after the attack.
Contacted, Mayor Sakku said, "I don't have a PS. But Babu often accompanies me. I asked the police to analyse video footage to find out his role in the mayhem. If he is found guilty, he must be punished."
The mayor is currently in Saudi Arabia where he is performing Hajj.
Requesting anonymity, one of the interrogators told The Daily Star that Iqbal was as stubborn as an extremist during the interrogation.
"He is cunning and knows how to evade questions," the interrogator added.
Meanwhile, the Criminal Investigation Department was asked to investigate a case filed under the Digital Security Act over hurting religious sentiment in Cumilla.
M Tanvir Ahmed, additional superintendent of police in Cumilla, told The Daily Star that a team of police accompanied by Iqbal found the mace that the latter threw away when he placed the Quran at the puja mandap.
It was found in a bush just a few hundred yards from the puja mandap.
Iqbal told officers that he first threw it in water. "But it was floating. So, he took it back and tossed it into a nearby bush."
BNP, JAMAAT LEADERS ARRESTED IN NOAKHALI
A local Jamaat and a Swechhasebok Dal leader are among the 11 people police arrested yesterday over the arson attacks and vandalism in Noakhali on October 15.
They were arrested in an overnight raid in Chatkhil and Senbag upazilas.
Cases will be filed against them under the Digital Security Act for uploading videos and making posts on social media that instigated the mayhem.
Shahidul Islam, superintendent of police in Noakhali, told a press briefing that Harunur Rashid, 48, a Jamaat leader and former chairman of Bijbagh Union Parishad; Md Raihan, 38, assistant organising secretary of Noakhali Jubo Dal; and Foisal Bari Chowdhury, 45, joint convener of BNP in Purbo Charmotua Union Parishad were arrested.
Abdur Rahman, general secretary of Noakhali BNP, said the police are politically motivated. "Police are raiding the homes of BNP leaders and activists every night. Those arrested were not involved in the mayhem. We will call a press briefing soon."
Police filed 26 cases over the mayhem across Noakhali and arrested 192 people.
Officers in Sadullapur, Gaibandha, arrested two more suspects early yesterday over the attacks on a fishing village in Pirganj.
The suspects, Abdullah Al Mamun, 23, and Omar Faruk, 24, used petrol to set fire to the houses of Hindu villagers, police said.
Biplob Kumar Sarkar, superintendent of police in Rangpur, said Mamun has been a Shibir activist since 2012 and Faruk was an Imam of a mosque near Pirganj Bus Stand.
A total of 66 individuals have been arrested in the four cases, he said.
In another development, a case was filed with Teknaf Police Station over the attack on a kitchen near a Buddist temple in Huyanok union of Teknaf.
Moholong Chakma, one of those injured in the attack, told The Daily Star that several girls of the Buddhist community were washing dishes at a tube-well on Sunday when some locals hurled indecent comments at them.
Some young men of the Buddhist community then went to the spot hearing the girls scream in fear, he said, adding that the young men engaged in an argument that led to a scuffle.
The young men who made the indecent comments later returned with many others and set the makeshift kitchen on fire, he added.
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HUNTINGTON BEACH – A man is suing the city, saying two police officers drew their weapons on him, forced him to the ground and choked him until he passed out.
Huntington Beach resident Kevin Anastasi wants at least $25,000 after he says he was the victim of police brutality on April 24, 2009 in the 20900 block of Monarch Lane, according to a lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior Court Monday.
City Attorney Jennifer McGrath declined to comment on the suit and Anastasi’s lawyer, Robin Fairbairn did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Anastasi says in the complaint he called police to report loose dogs in his neighborhood and he was outside his home holding a metal pole as protection against the dogs.
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He pleaded not guilty to the charges in May 2009 and the case was dismissed on Aug. 4, 2010, court records show. Anastasi has no criminal record in Orange County, according to court records.
Anastasi says in the lawsuit his neighbors were telling police they were “making a mistake but police ignored them… and treated them in a rude and disrespectful manner”.
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Chilcot... and what it reveals about who's still running the show.
If we weren’t all so desensitised to a political class working together this kind of thing would make us all revolt. But we are so it will probably just make you shrug.
At the same time as it was announced that the result of the 6 year long enquiry into the Iraq war, the Chilcot Report, still won’t be published before the election, it was also revealed that 5 years negotiation between those about to be outed as warmongering lizards has resulted in a deal which means that redacted versions of 29 of the communications between Blair and Bush will be published. This is an upgrade from the last announcement, which was that ‘the gist’ of the messages would be included. The fucking gist. Really.
What hasn’t been revealed is how many messages they sent. Was it 30? 100? 1000? … which makes the publication of 29 completely pointless and without context. It’s like building your case on a murder suspect’s questioning around the bits where he was returning some videotapes.
So TB is being protected. Still. But by who? Well this is the interesting bit…
In May 2013 Lord David Owen said: “Publication of the Bush extracts would not be blocked if Tony Blair had not objected, nor if that objection had not been supported by the present prime minister, David Cameron. Both men are hiding behind conventions that are totally inappropriate given the nature of the inquiry.”
Hang on, Cameron is protecting Blair? Wut? Why, Dave?
Owen continued “No 10 reveals that they are in constant contact on many issues with Tony Blair and Blair’s own people confirm this. Not for nothing does Cameron see himself still as the 'heir to Blair’. It is hard to escape the conclusion that No 10 hopes to… win the neutrality or possibly tacit support of Blair by the General Election.”
This isn’t Alex Jones or David Icke. This is David Owen, the former foreign secretary, intimately involved in Iraq, in the machinations of power, saying that Cameron will hide Blair’s war crimes if Blair does him a favour him in this election campaign. Heavy shit.
The only way he could do that would be by undermining Milliband. Surely Tony Blair wouldn… hang on… what’s this from The Economist, a few weeks ago, over 18 months after Owen made the claims?…. T.Blairculosis said that the election will unfold the way it does when a “traditional left-wing party competes with a traditional right-wing party, with the traditional result”.
Asked if he meant a conservative victory, he said ‘Yes’ and continued:
“I am still very much New Labour and Ed would not describe himself in that way, so there is obviously a difference there. I am convinced the Labour Party succeeds best when it is in the centre ground”. Asked what he would do differently he commented : “Not alienating large parts of business, for one thing.”
So, Cameron bails his illuminati mate out and gets his reptilian support in return. Democracy in action. They’re all in it together
TB later issued a correction, saying he supports Milliband, the unconvincing nature of which just sought to undermine him even more.
There’s enough in there to see that not only is this report contaminated but that the whole of our govt is a farce. All we’re given is an illusion of choice. A million people can march in London to protest against illegal invasions but the decisions have all been made years in advance in the background, at private dinners and in memos and calls that we'll never get to see or hear.
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Ah well, anyone who wants to stand for elected office should automatically be disbarred from doing so.
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The Leone Stars of Sierra Leone came from 4-0 down to surprisingly hold the Super Eagles of Nigeria to a 4-4 in Friday’s Group L 2021 AFCON qualifier in Benin City, Completesports.com reports.
The Eagles look to be cruising in the first half thanks to a brace from Alex Iwobi and goals from Samuel Chukwueze and Victor Osimhen before the visitors started the fightback.
Following the draw the Eagles still top the group on seven points while Sierra Leone have two points.
Meanwhile, Napoli forward Victor Osimhen ‘appears to have hurt his wrist’, as he was forced to leave the pitch during Nigeria’s 4-4 draw with Sierra Leone.
The Super Eagle’s official Twitter account announced the Partenopei striker ‘appears to have hurt his wrist’ in the African Cup of Nations qualifier.
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MITCHELL COUNTY — A Burnsville man is arrested and accused of breaking and entering and possessing a stolen automobile.
Ethan Lee Howard Parker, age 25, of 65 Mine Branch Road, Burnsville, NC was arrested on June 28, 2016 and charged with:
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