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Bullying has always been a problem for children at school, yet they could always return to their home and remain free from criticism and hurt. However, with the evolution of technology and the Internet, children are susceptible to cyberbullying- which is everywhere. Cyberbullying is any type of bullying that occurs through technology. It can be done by using various devices and outlets such as cell phones, iPads, Twitter, Ask.fm, Facebook, etc.
In February 2013, 10,000 teens were surveyed regarding the occurrence and effects of cyberbullying. Of the respondents, 67 percent were from the UK, 17 percent from the USA, 12 percent from Australia, and 4 percent from other countries. The results from the survey portrayed that 70 percent of young people are (or have been) victims at least once. If your child has an account on Facebook, Ask.fm, or Twitter, they are most vulnerable to bullying.
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Boy, am I wiped out. Like you or the people you know, I have been sick for nigh on to 3 weeks now. That, and the general pace has taken a bit of a toll on yours truly. In order to reclaim some ground, I will be in Minneapolis this weekend eating a meal at Quang Deli. Sea bass pho, egg rolls and a lime-aid are on the menu if anyone cares to join me.
School is totally bitchin. We are really into the good stuff now and each day just evaporates. Our domain, if there is one, is the electric guitar. Much of the work we're doing applies to all guitars, and a good deal of it is specific to the electric guitar. I can perform a pretty decent fret job now. Nearly of sell-able quality and it's only my second effort. It looks like this.
The mock up guitar neck in the foreground is our dojo. Wax on, wax off. We put the frets in, perfect them, we take the frets outs. It's pretty intricate. Each of us made one of these things from just a couple of boards. We will keep making simulated parts and fixing sabotaged guitars until we know how to make and fix the whole. And then we will do just that. When I am finished, I will finally take off the rad eye protection kindly provided by Keith Swart and MCD Supply. Holla! And then I will play my guitar.
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WRC Two-time World Champion Ogier heads quality Mexican rally field
RALLY GUANAJUATO CORONA 2015, March 5-8, 2015
2015 FIA World Rally Championship, round 3
For immediate release
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
TWO-TIME WORLD CHAMPION OGIER HEADS QUALITY FIELD
INTO RALLY GUANAJUATO CORONA START ON THURSDAY
· Volkswagen, Hyundai, Ford and Citroën go head-to-head in Mexico
· WRC2 leader Stéphane Lefebvre set for Mexican baptism of fire
LEÓN (Mexico): The French duo of Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia head an impressive 33-car field into this weekend’s 12th Rally Guanajuato Corona, round three of the FIA World Rally Championship.
The Volkswagen Polo R WRC driver has won the last two events in Mexico and will take the start, outside the Alhóndiga de Granaditas in the historic city of Guanajuato from 19.00hrs on Thursday evening, with a lead of 23 points in the Drivers’ Championship after his recent wins in Monte Carlo and Sweden.
Volkswagen has dominated the WRC since switching its attention to the sport from a successful foray into cross-country rallying and Ogier, Finland’s Jari-Matti Latvala and Norwegian Andreas Mikkelsen start as strong favourites to complete a Mexican hat-trick of wins for the German team. The trio secured a clean sweep of the podium places in Monte Carlo in January and claimed first and third overall in Sweden.
“As the fourth-placed man in the World Championship, I have the ideal starting position for day one in Mexico,” enthused Latvala. “My goal is to close the gap on Thierry Neuville, Andreas and Sébastien as much as possible.”
Hyundai Motorsport secured its first podium finish in León last year, but the performance of the i20 WRC has come on leaps and bounds in recent months and Thierry Neuville very nearly secured victory in Sweden, before missing out on the final stage to Ogier.
Engine modifications to make the i20 WRC’s engines more responsive at altitude should benefit Neuville, Hayden Paddon and Dani Sordo and the German-based Hyundai Shell World Rally Team will be hopeful of at least a podium finish when the Mexican event draws to a close in León on Sunday afternoon.
Kris Meeke and Mads Østberg need a podium finish to kick-start the season for the Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team. The French operation trails in fourth place in the Manufacturers’ points standings after two rounds and both the Ulsterman and the Norwegian will need to turn pace and impressive stage times into finishes and points on the board over the demanding gravel special stages that make the rally in Mexico such a challenge.
“It’s good to be back in León and leave the Norwegian winter behind,” said Mads. “I love the local culture, the welcome and the atmosphere you get around the rally. I held the overall lead for part of the rally last year. But it’s difficult to get the balance perfectly right. The secret is to be even more focused than usual, because the slightest error can prove very costly.”
Welshman Elfyn Evans and Estonian Ott Tanak hold sixth and seventh in the Drivers’ standings arriving in Mexico. Their performances have lifted the M-Sport World Rally Team into third place in the Manufacturers’ points behind Volkswagen and Hyundai.
“I’ve got some good memories from Mexico,” said Evans. “Last year was a bit of a surprise for us (fourth overall). It’s a tricky event and a lot of people had problems, which we were able to capitalise on. It’s important to keep out of trouble.”
Czech driver Martin Prokop, the Italian Lorenzo Bertelli, Poland’s Robert Kubica and the leading Mexican driver Benito Guerra round off the World Rally Car entrants in a quartet of Ford Fiesta RSs.
Rally Guanajuato Corona has attracted an impressive entry in the WRC2 category. Frenchman Stéphane Lefebvre and Finland’s Jari Ketomaa have taken a win apiece on the first two rallies of the season and have 25 points. Ireland’s Craig Breen and Norwegian Eyvind Brynildsen are tied for third on 18 points apiece, but only Lefebvre and Ketomaa have opted to enter the rally in Mexico.
Alongside the experienced Belgian navigator Stéphane Prevot, Lefebvre will be making his first appearance in Mexico at the wheel of a Citroën DS3 R5. “This will be a big learning experience for me. Apart from Wales Rally GB, which is a different event, this will be my first gravel rally in a four-wheel drive car,” said Lefebvre. “I’m going to try and improve on each leg. The aim is to put in the miles and acquire experience. It will certainly be a test of endurance. I have to learn the stages and I need to pick up some championship points.”
Hoping to close in on the Frenchman’s WRC2 lead will be Qatar’s defending champion Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah. This is the first WRC2 event in Al-Attiyah’s 2015 programme and he has an impressive record on dusty and hot gravel rallies around the world. The Qatari’s French navigator Matthieu Baumel is taking part in Mexico for the first time.
Fellow Qatari Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari won the WRC2 category in Mexico two years ago and teams up with new British co-driver Marshall Clarke on this occasion. Ukrainian Yuriy Protasov set some impressive times earlier this season and will also be one to watch over the Mexican gravel stages.
Italy’s Max Rendina and Gianluca Linari, Greek driver Jourdan Serderidis, Peruvian Nicolas Fuchs, Ukraine’s Valeriy Gorban and the Russian driver Radik Shaymiev round off the WRC2 entry.
The remainder of the field is made up of Mexican drivers, the Peruvian Jorge Enrique Martinez and Romania’s Simone Tempestini. Ricardo Trivino leads the local Group N contingent in his Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X and faces competition from the likes of Pancho Name, Jorge Gonzalez and Gustavo Adolfo Sanchez.
Tomorrow (Thursday), the morning’s timetable is dominated by a shakedown stage for Priority 1, 2 and 3 drivers before the official FIA pre-event press conference takes centre stage in the media centre at the Poliforum Expo Centre from 13.30hrs.
Rally officials will also celebrate International Women’s Day 2015, in conjunction with FIA Women in Motorsport, at a photo call and gathering at the main podium and fan zone in the service park at 15.30hrs.
Competitors then transfer to Guanajuato for the ceremonial start at 19.00hrs, before the opening 1.01km Guanajuato street stage roars through the cobbled streets and tunnels of the historic city from 19.09hrs and is followed by a second super special stage of 4.6km at 20.29hrs.
Rally Guanajuato Corona 2015 – leading starters
1. Sébastien Ogier (FRA)/Julien Ingrassia (FRA) Volkswagen Polo R WRC
2. Jari-Matti Latvala (FIN)/Miikka Anttila (FIN) Volkswagen Polo R WRC
3. Kris Meeke (GBR)/Paul Nagle (IRL) Citroën DS3 WRC
4. Mads Østberg (NOR)/Jonas Andersson (SWE) Citroën DS3 WRC
5. Elfyn Evans (GBR)/Daniel Barritt (GBR) Ford Fiesta RS WRC
6. Ott Tanak (EST)/Raigo Molder (EST) Ford Fiesta RS WRC
7. Thierry Neuville (BEL)/Nicolas Gilsoul (BEL) Hyundai i20 WRC
8. Dani Sordo (ESP)/Marc Marti (ESP) Hyundai i20 WRC
9. Andreas Mikkelsen (NOR)/Ole Floene (NOR) Volkswagen Polo R WRC
20. Hayden Paddon (NZL)/John Kennard (NZL) Hyundai I20 WRC
21. Martin Prokop (CZE)/Jan Tománek (CZE) Ford Fiesta RS WRC
37. Lorenzo Bertelli (ITA)/Giovanni Bernacchini (ITA) Ford Fiesta RS WRC
23. Benito Guerra (MEX)/Borja Rozada (MEX) Ford Fiesta RS WRC
24. Robert Kubica (POL)/Maciej Szczepaniak (POL) Ford Fiesta RS WRC
2015 FIA World Rally Championship – positions after round 2
1. Sébestien Ogier (FRA) 53 pts
2. Thierry Neuville (BEL) 30 pts
3. Andreas Mikkelsen (NOR) 30 pts
4. Jari-Matti Latvala (FIN) 19 pts
5. Mads Østberg (NOR) 14 pts
6. Elfyn Evans (GBR) 14 pts
7. Ott Tanak (EST) 12 pts
8. Hayden Paddon (NZL) 10 pts
9. Kris Meeke (GBR) 10 pts
10. Dani Sordo (ESP) 8 pts, etc
1. Volkswagen Motorsport 68 pts
2. Hyundai Shell World Rally Team 55 pts
3. M-Sport World Rally Team 32 pts
4. Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team 20 pts
5. Volkswagen Motorsport II 15 pts
6. Jipocar Czech National Team 10 pts
7. F.W.R.T 1 pt
8. Hyundai Motorsport N 1 pt
For further media information:
Rally Guanajuato Corona 2015, Media Centre, Poliforum Expo Centre, León, Mexico, E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.org or email@example.com

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After the most questionable year ever, there's finally some good news! And I'm not just talking about how we're finally going to have the first female vice president. Though the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the 59th inauguration for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris is scheduled to take place on January 20, 2021. The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, which has been organizing inaugural ceremonies of the president-elect and the vice president-elect since 1901, announced that the historic event to officially swear Biden and Harris into the White House will still take place.
When is the Biden-Harris inauguration?
The outdoor event plans to take place on January 20 at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Since July, a Presidential Inaugural Committee has been organizing the event with the $1.5 million inaugural budget. The committee is led by CEO Tony Allen and is further filled out by co-chairs including Rep. James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., the House Majority Whip; Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer; and L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, to name a few.
What is the theme of the 2021 inauguration?
The PIC announced Jan. 11 that the event will be themed "America United." According to the committee, "At a time of unprecedented crisis and deep divisions, America United reflects the beginning of a new national journey that restores the soul of America, brings the country together, and creates a path to a brighter future."
In line with this theme, the multi-day schedule of inaugural events will include a National Day of Service encouraging Americans to engage in acts of community service on Jan. 18, as well as the installation of a massive public art display of nearly 200,000 American flags on the National Mall, titled the "Field of Flags." In another display of unity, Biden and Harris will be joined by the Obama, Bush, and Clinton families to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery after the new president and vice president are sworn in on Jan. 20.
What will happen at the inauguration?
It's pretty simple: Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be sworn in on the West Front of the Capitol, and then President-elect Joe Biden will follow suit. The presidential oath of office is traditionally administered by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, meaning that John Roberts will have the honor of presiding over his fourth inauguration. The vice-presidential oath of office, meanwhile, can be administered by a range of officials, from Supreme Court justices to senators to the outgoing VP. The last three vice-presidential oaths were administered by associate SCOTUS justices, and it seems likely that Harris will do the same, selecting a justice with similar views to her own to guide her through the oath.
After the swearing-in ceremony, the president-elect will deliver his Inaugural Address, which will be about what he plans to do in the next four years—namely, "[laying] out his vision to beat the virus, build back better, and bring the country together," according to his inaugural committee. Next, Biden and Harris will oversee the Pass in Review, a military parade that serves as a symbol of the American tradition of the peaceful transfer of power from one commander-in-chief to the next.
The ceremony will close with a parade that, this year, will be largely virtual due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The parade will begin with Biden and Harris being escorted by members of every branch of the military on the one-block ride from the Capitol to the White House.
Will Donald Trump be there?
Traditionally, Inauguration Day begins with the incoming POTUS and FLOTUS meeting with the outgoing first couple at the White House for coffee before piling into a limousine to travel to the ceremony together. This year, however, with Donald Trump continuing to claim that Biden "stole" the election from him (he didn't) and only committing to an "orderly transition" less than two weeks before the swearing-in, it came as no surprise when the current president announced on Jan. 8, in one of his final tweets before his Twitter account was permanently banned from the platform, that he would not attend Biden's swearing-in. He'll be only the fourth president to skip his successor's inauguration in U.S. history, per CNN.
Though Biden had previously expressed his desire for Trump to attend his inauguration, if only for the sake of unity, The New York Times reported that after Trump's announcement, Biden said, "It's a good thing, him not showing up." Zing!
Regardless, the only other living Republic president will show his support for Biden's presidency: A spokesperson for George W. Bush announced on Jan. 5 that he and former First Lady Laura Bush would attend the inauguration. Additionally, Vice President Mike Pence will reportedly be in attendance, with his RSVP confirmed shortly after a rift emerged within the Executive Branch over the events of the pro-Trump attempted coup at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Who will perform at the inauguration?
Usually, celebrities who have vocally shown their support for a candidate perform or find another way to participate in inauguration ceremonies, and this year is no different, despite the many other changes to the regularly scheduled inauguration programming. On the evening of Jan. 20, after the swearing-in ceremony and virtual parade, Tom Hanks will host a primetime TV special entitled "Celebrating America," the inaugural committee announced Jan. 13.
The 90-minute program will include performances by Demi Lovato, Justin Timberlake, Jon Bon Jovi, and Ant Clemons, plus remarks from both Biden and Harris. The rest of the program—which will be broadcast live at 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and MSNBC, and livestreamed on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon Prime, and more—will be filled out with celebrations of the Americans who have become heroes throughout the pandemic, including healthcare workers, teachers, and fundraising leaders.
How can I get tickets to attend?
Typically, hundreds of thousands of members of the public are able to attend the inauguration, but this year, due to the Biden-Harris administration's continued commitment to health and safety in the face of a deadly pandemic, tickets have been strictly limited and Americans have been urged to stay home. Members of Congress will reportedly be given only two tickets—enough for themselves and a plus-one—and those who do attend will be required to comply with strict safety protocols, per the Washington Post.
Your best bet—and the Biden administration's preferred way for you to participate—is to settle into your own couch to watch or stream the official event, virtual parade, and primetime special, all of which will be broadcast all over the major news networks and online. Check back later as it gets closer to the event for more information; we'll be continually updating this page.
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Figure 11-5. Automatic temperature-controlled vapor system.
When the car is shopped, the valve should be
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disassembled and checked for wear, particularly the main
a. General. The two essential factors of steamheat
valve and seat. The bleeder valve, pins, cams, and
maintenance are the prevention of train delays through
levers should be checked for wear upon reassembly; the
steam-heat failures and the provision of car comfort for
valve should be tested under high-pressure steam for
passengers. This type of maintenance must often be
leaks and proper functioning.
performed during short layover periods at terminals. A
maintenance program will include thorough inspection
c. Strainer (fig 11-4). The strainer, located
annually, preferably prior to the beginning of the heating
trainline crosses and tees, should be removed and
season. The principal sources of trouble are discussed
cleaned when a car is shopped. Normally, this is
b. End Train-Pipe Valves. The valve should be
d. Vapor Cutout and Drain Valve. The cutout and
operated from the platform to see that the linkage is in
drain valve located in each branch pipe should not require
operating condition and, also, from the weighted ball-type
maintenance if thoroughly overhauled when a car is
handle, to check the hold-open feature of the valve. In
shopped. If a constant steam leak exists at the drain port,
most cases, the valve stem will need repacking or the
it usually is indicative of a faulty back seat in the valve.
addition of a packing ring. The stem should have
This can be corrected by grinding the seat. This seat
sufficient packing so that subsequent packing nut
tightenings can be made by car inspectors as required.


The Enfolding Earth – our full and entire connection with Nature
Walking in a French cemetery, I was struck by the lack of anything remotely natural. Paths were heavily gravelled, tombs, gravestones and other monuments were made of stone or concrete. There was an implicit nod towards Nature reflected by ceramic flowers and carvings of a bird or ivy climbing up a cross, but this was definitely a place where Real Nature was not welcomed. Although this was a large cemetery surrounded by a high wall, I was alone for most of the time I was there and the place seemed very dead; no birds, no growing plants, no voices, no children.
Over the wall was a beautiful park, full of abundant life – birds singing, insects humming amongst flowers and trees, children playing, people enjoying the sun, Nature. Charles Cowling of the Good Funeral Guide elegantly puts things in perspective for me:
“ With the honourable exception of those cultures which cleave to ancient customs (some Jews, Muslims, Tibetan sky burialists), our corpse disposal practices define humankind’s disconnection from the Earth; they seem to assert that we are not of it. Call it fastidiousness, call it aloofness, call it squalid squeamishness, we do not behave in a way which acknowledges that we are in debt to it and have a duty to return to it in the most useful way we can. We’ll never save this beleaguered planet of ours until we get real and embrace our oneness.”
Humans are the only species that cremate their dead. Some cultures have been doing it for thousands of years and every culture seems to have it’s own practice, whether it be burial, cremation, sky burial (in Tibet, where remains are offered to carrion birds), mummification or disposal at sea. In the UK, it’s only since the 1950s that we have favoured cremation over burial. There are a few reasons why the trend has tipped that way, but in the last decade or so a new approach has been welcomed by those of us who want to see more environmentally benign funerals. ‘Natural’ burial (i.e. no enbalming or synthetic materials) is making a come-back and many landowners all over the country are opening burial sites, often within an established farming system. For instance, combining livestock with natural burial is a perfect combination. Animals can be allowed in for short periods to keep the grass down and as there are no headstones, hay can also be cut from the site. Other sites are part of tree planting schemes, thus eventually turning into woodland. Orchards or ‘sylvo pasture’ (combining tree crops with livestock) are another possibility.
Dirt (American word for soil) indicates that soil is dirty; likewise we talk of something dirty being ‘soiled’. However, I know that if I bury something in the soil, the life in the soil will immediately set to work to clean it away, transforming it magically into nutritious humus. Far from soil being dirty, it is a complex series of interlocking systems containing all the kingdoms of life which can metabolise or sequester greenhouse gases and a vital part of Gaia’s self regulating mechanism.
As a maker of woollen shrouds and ‘soft coffins’ (made from locally sourced wood and wool) my business on Dartmoor is reliant on the trend of returning to burial. In my ideal world I’d like everyone to consider natural burial as an option, even for those living within large cities. We are beginning to see the seed bombing (guerrilla gardening) movement growing food in small spaces within urban areas, and we know that humans need green things growing around them for their mental, as well as physical, health. There is no reason why new, natural cemeteries cannot be incorporated into town planning, places that embrace human life and Nature and allow us to bury our dead, should we so wish. You don’t have to look far in London to find huge natural cemeteries, visited by so many of us as a place to walk and commune with Nature, if not the dead.
The choice between burial and cremation is always personal and often people feel quite strongly about which way they would like to ‘go’. However, it’s worth considering the ‘sausage factory’ approach to UK cremation which takes place in anonymous, characterless buildings, usually in 20 minute slots, ending with a great blast of fossil fuels and a gasp of smoke. That’s all, and it’s over!
Compare this with the possibility of a slower approach in a beautiful natural place where you can take half a day or more to remember someone loved. And then the body is allowed gently, slowly to return to something rich, universal and nourishing for this abundant Earth. Then Satish Kumar’s mantra for the planet; “Soil, Soul and Society” will be truly reflected in the way we celebrate our dead.


The way people of Madhya Pradesh have given their mandate to the BJP in the Assembly election, it already suggests the mindset of the people.
The BJP registered a resounding victory in Madhya Pradesh Assembly election by winning 163 out of 230 assembly seats, while the Congress was reduced to 66 seats against 114, it had won in 2018.
“People of Madhya Pradesh have shown their mindset in the state assembly election. I would once again thank you for your enormous support, and I assure that I will return to you with development works,” he added.
Meanwhile, he said the BJP has set a target for 370 Lok Sabha seats in the coming general election. He gave a mantra for BJP workers on how to make it. He asked BJP workers to visit every booth and make an effort to aid 370 more voters, which will ensure to achieve the target.
Taking a jibe at Congress, Modi said the BJP will make a clean sweep by winning all 29 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh. “Madhya Pradesh has been a 'BIMARU' state, but the double-engine government of the BJP has uplifted it from that tag with developments in the past 10 years. The process of uplifting tribals was started when the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee led the BJP government. Tribals are not vote banks for the BJP,” he added.
During his visit to Jhabua, a tribal-dominated region in Madhya Pradesh, PM Modi transferred an amount of around Rs 90 crore into the accounts of beneficiaries under the various government schemes such as Aahar Anudan and Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana. Under the Aahar Anudan scheme, Rs 1000 was provided monthly to the women beneficiaries of particularly vulnerable tribal groups Baiga, Bharia and Sahariya of the state.
Under the public services delivery, Modi also expanded the cyber-tehsil scheme in all 55 districts of the state. The scheme is an initiative of the state government in which the transfer of land and mappings are made paperless, faceless and online.


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Manchester United endured an evening to forget on the banks of the Bosporus as they fell foul to an upset at the hands of Turkish champions Istanbul Basaksehir. The result undoes some of the hard work carried out in Europe in the past two weeks, after the impressive wins against Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig.
The hosts took the lead in bizarre fashion, as former West Ham, Newcastle and Chelsea man Demba Ba ghosted through on goal and finished past Dean Henderson.
United’s entire backline was pressing high up in the opposition half, leaving Ba with the freedom of Istanbul.
Edin Visca then smashed home a second as he raced onto a cross-field pass, making no mistake with a powerful drive.
United responded immediately as Anthony Martial headed home to pull one back before half-time but it wasn’t enough as the hosts got over the line, thanks to a last-gasp goal-line clearance.
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Was rightly furious at his defence for gifting Basaksehir a crazy opener. Wasn’t really at fault for any of the goals.
Put in some fine tackles as per usual but his crossing was underwhelming when it mattered.
Questibale for the second goal, letting the ball run across the box for Edin Visca to slam home.
Lucky not to have been shown red after dragging down Ba in the first half. Came off at half-time for Scott McTominay.
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Fine work to set up Anthony Martial at the end of the first half.
Some nice touches but didn’t do enough.
Failed to stake his claim for a starting role. Lacked quality on the ball, something you wouldn’t normally associate with the Dutchman.
Quiet evening by his standards. Came close with a free-kick which was saved and had several other efforts blocked.
Looks way past his best. Lost the ball for the second goal. Simply not up to scratch.
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Took his goal well, heading in Shaw’s cross. Otherwise reasonably quiet due to lack of service.
A strange night for the England international, who proved ineffective throughout. Tried too hard to make something happen.
Came on at half-time and played out wide as well as at the base of midfield.
Did not see the ball as his difficult start to life at United continues.
Gave United a new lease of life but it wasn’t enough.
Mopped up well and got United out of danger with a fine piece of defending.
Didn’t really get long enough to impact the game but always looks dangerous with his speed.
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A ground invasion of North Korea is “the only way” to locate and destroy with complete certainty Kim Jong-un’s nuclear weapons program, the Pentagon Joint Chiefs of Staff have said.
In a letter to the Pentagon, two House Democrats had asked about casualty assessments in a possible conflict with North Korea, and Rear Admiral Michael J Dumont of the Joint Staff responded on behalf of the Defence Department.
“We have not heard detailed analysis of expected US or allied force casualties, expected civilian casualties, what plans exist for the aftermath of a strike — including continuity of the South Korean Government.”
In his response, Mr Dumont noted that the United States’ military and intelligence agencies are evaluating North Korea’s ability to target heavily populated areas of South Korea with long-range artillery, rockets and ballistic missiles.
“A classified briefing would be the best place to discuss in detail the capability of the US and its allies,” Mr Dumont’s letter said.
“[And] to discuss capabilities to counter North Korea’s ability to respond with a nuclear weapon and eliminate North Korea’s nuclear weapons located in deeply buried, underground facilities.”
In his response, Mr Dumont highlighted that Seoul, the South Korean capital with a population of 25 million, was just 55 kilometres from the demilitarised zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas.
The amount of casualties would differ depending on the advance warning and the ability of US and South Korea forces to counter these attacks.
Mr Dumont also highlighted the possibility that chemical and biological weapons might be used by the North in case of a conflict.
In the US military the Joint Chiefs of Staff directly advise the President on military matters.
“A ground invasion of North Korea is “the only way” to locate and destroy with complete certainty Kim Jong-un’s nuclear weapons program”
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National Highway 8 (NH 8) is a 4-lane (6-lane between Delhi-Jaipur) National Highway in India. According to estimates, It is the busiest highway in the subcontinent, as it connects the national capital Delhi to the financial capital Mumbai, as well as important cities Gurgaon, Jaipur, Ajmer, Udaipur, Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Surat. The total length is 1428km. It has no. of new residential apartments.
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Miss Saigon was pure entertainment from the very start to the finish. A phenomenal and unforgettable performance from all of the cast and one that I will not forget. The show is unmissable.
The story showed the life and clear exploitation of women during the war and what was expected of them, but also the lengths a mother would go through to protect her child and it was inspiring to see.
I witnessed flawless acting by Sooha Kim as the lead female role, Kim, as well as Ashley Gilmour playing Chris, Red Concepcion playing the very entertaining and interactive role of the engineer, Gerald Santos as Thuy and Ryan O’Gorman as John, they worked together to create a wonderful evening with what was and a brilliant show.
The vocals and singing from all of the cast was very powerful and musically this was a glorious performance, with the ballad, The Movie In My Mind, the most moving as it portrayed how desperately the citizens of Saigon wanted to escape and live the American Dream (which was shown in one of the musical’s show-stopping scenes) as associated with freedom, thrill and, particularly, wealth.
I feel that the show showed the war as being the background and the story of love was more of the theme. I understand by what was shown in the show that the war did impact the lives of the characters greatly. However, I feel that the story of love between Kim and Chris, and Kim protecting her son regardless of what she had to do was much greater.
The set design was visually stunning and really set the scene for the Dreamland bar and Kim’s village while the helicopter evacuation scene was spectacular and really felt as if it was actually in the auditorium
I will definitely be attending this production again when it returns to Cardiff. Until January 6, 2018
Sanaz Safari is a member of the Cardiff West Community High School Stage and Screen group which is supported by Wales Critics Fund


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This chapter critically assesses the current and potential role of the UNFCCC and related documents, most importantly the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement, in addressing the combined challenges for the agricultural sector of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to the changing climate while increasing productivity. To date, agriculture has only played a marginal role in the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol, and there are not many signs that things will be drastically different under the Paris Agreement. These international instruments certainly do not provide a powerful stimulus to adopt and implement policies aimed at converting agricultural practices to become climate smart. Under the UNFCCC, there is little attention to reducing emissions from agriculture. Most attention focuses on adaptation to climate change in rural areas in developing countries, particularly through the various instruments that finance adaptation projects in developing countries. Yet even in that area progress is painfully slow. Much more concrete action is needed to facilitate the transfer of adaptation technologies and adaptation know-how as well as funds to finance adaptation measures in agriculture to developing countries. For the developed countries, the UNFCCC does not make much of a contribution to addressing climate change and food security issues. Because emissions from agriculture have been rising on a yearly basis since 1990 and because the increase in demand for agricultural products (both for food and for biofuels) will cause emissions to rise further, agriculture can no longer be ignored in the international negotiations. Key Words: climate smart agriculture, technology transfer, food security, adaptation, mitigation, developing countries
Climate change impacts on agriculture are diverse and potentially disastrous for global food security. This chapter analyzes the main issues law and policymakers at the international and the domestic level should focus on when developing a legal framework that is sufficiently equipped to deal with climate disasters affecting agriculture. Three stages are distinguished: disaster mitigation, in which focus should be on adoption and implementation of climate-smart practices and technologies; disaster response, mainly aimed at food supply; compensation and rebuilding, aimed at creating a more resilient agricultural sector that is better suited to deal with the next climate disaster.

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Red Dead Redemption 2: PC All-Set For A Lengthy Delay!
Cardinals' Adrian Peterson Out For Rest of Season
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds sells 1 million Xbox One copies in 3 days
Vivo Will Offer First Phone With In-Display Fingerprint Sensor
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Asus, HP Debut Snapdragon-Powered Windows Laptops
06 December 2017, 12:11 | Patty Hardy
At Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, the first Windows 10 laptop running on Snapdragon has been announced. Just that the NovaGo is running a mobile processor does not put the device into isolation. As with the outgoing Snapdragon 835, Samsung is the fabrication partner, and the 845 will be built on the company's 10nm process.
"It's not a matter of if, but when all PCs will become Always Connected PCs", said Myerson.
Equipping a laptop with mobile connectivity is not necessarily new - Intel has been doing it for years with their own modems (such as the XMM7260 and XMM7360), mostly in business end devices or Chromebooks.
Now that Microsoft and Qualcomm finally delivered Windows 10 on ARM, which they promised a year ago, we will be giving an insight view to the products that were launched in today's Qualcomm's event.
On the specs front, the Envy X2 is definitely the more premium-looking of the two models, and has a 12.3-inch 1920 x 1280 pixel display with up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
These devices are deigned to be always on like your phone and Asus says the NovaGo will offer more than 30 days of standby time.
No need to tether with a smartphone, and no need to deal with offline mode in documents as this always-connected Windows machine has a built-in eSIM, plus a battery that's capable of up to 22 hours of video playback.
The HP Envy x2 is more akin to a Microsoft Surface, with the ability to be used as a tablet, placed upright with a hinged stand on the back of the device, or connected to a keyboard mat. This is also the first notebook that runs full Windows 10 on the ARM CPU. The Snapdragon 835 SoC is complemented by up to 8 GB RAM and up to 256 GB UFS 2.0 storage.
The HP Envy x2 will be available from Spring 2018 with no word yet as to pricing, but it looks like a promising device. "OEMs around the world will now be able to combine the recently announced AMDRyzen mobile processors with Qualcomm Technologies' leading wireless solutions via their Snapdragon LTE modem family to achieve new levels of performance, connectivity and capability for ultrathin notebook PCs". Frost didn't mention a stylus, but the machine was pictured with such a pen attached to its case, so it probably supports Windows Ink.
Parents grateful school bus crash wasn't worse
The bus was on its morning pick-up route in Liberty County, five miles outside of Glennville, when it crashed around 7 a.m., Lt. The crash happened in Gum Branch, a tiny city of fewer than 300 people about 50 miles (80 kilometres) southwest of Savannah.
Google's first ever coding Doodle is as cute as it is fun
This week is also Computer Science Education Week , which also makes it the flawless time to look back on 50 years of kids coding. With Logo, children could program the movements of a turtle, giving them the opportunity to explore ideas in math and science.
World's Biggest Starbucks Opening In China
Starbucks furnishes the Shanghai Roastery with Chinese culture-rich decor, blended with the latest trend of augmented reality. The company is riding that wave and expanding aggressively in China, opening a new Starbucks store every 15 hours on average.
Time's Person of the Year Finalists
If he wins the coveted spot, President Donald Trump could possibly tweet about wining a second term as Time's Person of the Year . Kim Jong Un , 33, is the North Korean leader who's shaking Americans to their core with the renewed threat of nuclear war .
LaVar Ball Will Withdraw Suspended Son From UCLA
He has been openly critical of Lakers players as well as Lakers head coach Luke Walton and his staff, calling them "soft". LaVar Ball has pulled his son freshman guard LiAngelo Ball from UCLA's basketball team, according to ESPN's Jeff Goodman.
Airline Pilots Saw North Korean Missile's Re-Entry, Breakup
Cathay Pacific flight CX893 was making its way over Japan when Pyongyang fired the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile. After last week's launch , the rogue state boasted that the weapon was capable of hitting the U.S. mainland.


James identifies his goals for policing in his home community and the rest of Manitoulin to “gain as much knowledge as I can from the more experienced officers and leaders within the police service. I hope that officers my junior will be able to lean on me for help that has been passed down to me.” When asked If there was one thing that affects communities, he responded that it is “the issue of drugs. Drugs is hurting our people and holding us back.” James elaborates on the importance of building trust and that there are a lot of hard working people keeping our communities safe. He states “If we can gain the trust, we can get more current information regarding the drugs, limit the amount of drugs coming into the community, and provide assistance to the users who need that help to get off, and hopefully stay off of the drugs.”
James Panamick is from M’Chigeeng First Nation. He started out in Policing by becoming a member of the UCCM Anishnaabe Police Services Commission, where he sat from 2009-2011. James then began his Police career in January 2012, working for Niishnaabe Aski Police Service. In August 2015, James states “I began a new journey with the UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service, which polices my own community, along with five others. I was able to come home for good and Police in my home area!”
James and his spouse are both from the community of M’Chigeeng, and reside within the community with their two children. James and his family are all actively involved in the local sports scene, volunteering for the local minor hockey association, and creating teams for local sports tournaments such as baseball, and soccer.


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The North Carolina photographer who captured Beyoncé for British Vogue opens up about her whirlwind career
After nearly four decades on tour, Chapel Hill rock and acoustic band found themselves in NC making a new record.
At the North Carolina Museum of Art’s annual celebration in florals, guests and participants alike see the collection in a new way.by Hampton Williams Hoffer | photography by Workshop Media This month, the West Building at the North Carolina Museum…
This principal violinist at the North Carolina Symphony is a pandemic star on and off the stage
Roots duo and North Carolina natives Austin and Sarah McCombie open a new music venue on their farm in Siler City

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This is the official music video featuring “Yechadshehu” from Yoely Greenfeld’s new CD called ” HAMVORACH YISBORACH” which is due to be released by January 10 iy”h,
The song was composed by Tuli Weil and choir conducted by Yoely Horowitz.
The album is produced by Naftali Schnitzler, and it features all new songs, composed and arranged by Yitzy Waldner, Moshe Wertzberger, Lipa Schmeltzer, Pinny Ostreicher, Motty Illowitz, Dovid Kaufman, Pinky Weber, Naftali Weil, Naftali Schnitzler, Sruly Meyer, Moshe Laufer, Ruli Ezrachi and Yitzy Spinner.
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Seaweed, a term for marine algae, has been used by Alaskans as a source of food and materials for centuries. Recently, the farming of seaweed has gained attention for its commercial, food security, and climate change mitigation possibilities. Alaska presents an ideal location for the seaweed farming industry, as it has the longest coastline in the United States and more than five hundred species of seaweed. One such species is kelp, a common type of large, brown, seaweed. Some of the largest kelp beds in the world are found in Alaska. Different types of red, green, and black seaweed are also farmed and gathered in Alaska. Seaweed production does not require fertilizer, fresh water, or arable land. Alaska has cold, fertile waters, lively community waterfronts, and a skilled maritime workforce interested in pursuing mariculture (the cultivation of fish and marine life for food). As such, Alaska could be at the cutting edge of the growing seaweed farming industry in the United States.
Seaweed farming is expanding quickly and is expected to continue growing in the coming decades. In Alaska, there has been a marked increase in the number of applications for seaweed farming permits.
How can seaweed help Alaskans adapt to a changing climate?
While seaweed mariculture does not yet have the scale to play a global role in climate change mitigation, there may be potential to locally sequester carbon, depending on the farming practices implemented. Seaweed farming may prove effective in climate change mitigation and adaptation due to the number of benefits associated with farming it.

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driving down a road i've been down many times before (not metaphorically), i was on auto-pilot as my wheels used their memory to take the curves with ease as i adjusted the volume on the stereo. but this particular drive, this particular morning, on this familiar stretch of pavement, my head pivoted left and i felt my breath catch. there was no catastrophe or exotic animal or new store amidst these common brick homes. instead what caught my eye was the most beautiful, big garden.
in that instant, my eyes took in a scene of rows upon rows of glorious flowers in an array of colors. an elderly lady was tending this garden talking to what was surely her pride and joy. this was no simple boxed garden in a front yard, but rather a plot big enough for another house with petaled residents taking root, calling it home. how had i driven by here so many times and not seen this? i was overwhelmed by the natural beauty and purity of the scene and even more so by the sudden discovery.
this caused me to start thinking about how often we travel (ok, now this part is metaphorical) in our own lives on auto-pilot and miss those little moments that can stun us into happiness. many times we get so accustomed to our routine that we forget to look for what may be right in front of us. in our most comfortable relationships with friends, family, significant others, it is so easy to miss opportunities. there's a subtle beauty there if we allow ourselves to take a step back and appreciate what is flourishing and could truly bloom with a little attention. the new, the different, those are enticing and exciting roads, but i hope to never quit looking around the paths closer to home.
i'd like to promise myself to keep my focus adjusted so that the life, the people, the experiences closest to me are never taken for granted. let me always find in my husband what drew me to him in the first place. let me remember my roots and cherish the family i have and am creating. let me tend to my friendships with the care and attention each one deserves. let me hold the life i've chosen so close to my heart that sometimes it is hard to take the next breath without appreciating that which is giving it pressure.
i encourage you- look at your life right at this moment. pull the curtain closed on potential and possibility for just this instant and put the spotlight on what really is around you, what has been there all along. tend to it, love it for what it is or who it is, avoid taking it for granted. find the beauty in your very own ordinary. you may be surprised to find out you've had exactly what you haven't been looking for all along.

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ExxonMobil and Chevron Chemical Earnings Climb
2:06 PM MDT | August 20, 2007 | Chemical Week Editorial Staff
Tillerson: Chemical margins higher. The chemical units of ExxonMobil and Chevron each reported strong second-quarter earnings. ExxonMobil’s chemical earnings rose 20%, to about $1 billion, from the year-ago quarter on improved margins. ExxonMobil’s U.S. chemical earnings rose 7% to $204 million, while non-U.S. earnings climbed 24%, to $809 million. ExxonMobil posted overall net earnings of $10.2 billion, down 1% from the year-ago period. “Lower natural gas realizations were mostly offset by higher refining, marketing, and chemical...
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Some geeks use “driver cleaners” when updating their drivers — generally graphics drivers — to ensure the old driver was completely uninstalled and that no leftover files will conflict with the new driver. But is this necessary?
If you’ve ever used a driver cleaner, it was probably quite a few years ago. You shouldn’t need to run them anymore unless you encounter problems after upgrading drivers.
What is a Driver Cleaner?
Hardware drivers aren’t just self-contained pieces of software. When you install something like the NVIDIA or AMD graphics drivers, the installer leaves a variety of individual driver files all over your system.
When you uninstall the existing hardware driver, the uninstaller could fail to clean up properly and leave some of these files behind. For example, perhaps you were upgrading your NVIDIA or AMD graphics driver to the latest version. If the uninstaller failed to remove all the old driver files, you might end up with driver files from two different versions lying around. This could cause problems, as these driver files were never designed to work together. Conflicting driver files could result in crashes, slow-downs, and other glitches.
If you were worried about running into driver conflicts when upgrading, you could uninstall the driver using its standard uninstaller and then go through your system, uninstalling the hardware device and deleting the leftover driver files by hand. A driver cleaner automates this last part — after the driver is uninstalled, the driver cleaner will look for leftover files and delete them for you.
In The Past…
In the past, driver cleaners were much more popular utilities. There was a time when NVIDIA and ATI (now AMD) instructed their users to uninstall their existing graphics drivers before installing the new drivers.
Users uninstalled their existing graphics drivers, rebooted their Windows computers into low-resolution VGA mode, and often ran a driver cleaner to make sure the old drivers were completely removed. They then installed the new graphics drivers and rebooted Windows once again.
Drivers didn’t intelligently handle the update process — users had to run the uninstaller manually and users who never ran driver cleaners occasionally ran into problems when NVIDIA or ATI’s uninstaller failed to remove the previous driver files completely.
Today Is Different
We live in a different world today — the process is much more automated. NVIDIA and AMD’s graphics drivers automatically check for updates. When an update is available, they’ll download the graphics drivers and update them for you right on the spot. The installer automatically uninstalls the old drivers and installs the new one without even requiring a Windows reboot. The worst you’ll see is a momentary black screen while the graphics drivers are switched over.
This update-without-rebooting process is made possible by the Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) graphics driver architecture, which was introduced in Windows Vista.
Is It Necessary?
First of all, driver cleaners were generally only necessary for graphics drivers. Other drivers could encounter the same problems when updating, but Windows users generally just had trouble with their graphics drivers. You probably shouldn’t bother updating most of your hardware drivers anyway, but you should update your graphics drivers if you want the best PC gaming performance you can get.
Driver cleaners were only necessary because users ran into problems when installing new versions of graphics drivers. Many users fell into the habit of running a driver cleaner each time they upgraded their drivers — after uninstalling the previous version and before installing the new one — just to ensure that, after they upgraded, they wouldn’t run into any problems.
Users who didn’t do this and did run into problems had to uninstall their drivers, run the cleaner to wipe out all traces of drivers, and reinstall the drivers.
So, is running a driver cleaner necessary? Only if you’ve updated your graphics and experienced crashes or other problems. If you’re like most users, you generally upgrade your drivers when prompted and don’t notice any problems — or you may not update your graphics drivers at all, which is fine if you never play games on your PC.
Driver cleaners aren’t for you unless you run into an actual problem after updating a driver. There’s no point in running a driver cleaner just in case — if you’re still in the habit of uninstalling drivers and running a driver cleaner each time you update them, stop using the driver cleaner and save yourself some time.
Using a Driver Cleaner
If you do want to use a driver cleaner, you could download and use something like Guru3D’s Driver Sweeper. But don’t say we didn’t warn you — you probably don’t need it. There’s a reason this program hasn’t been updated in years and doesn’t even officially support the final version of Windows 7. Given the lack of updates, we’d recommend against even running this outdated program in the first place.
One thing’s for sure — you don’t need to spend money to download a driver cleaner. It won’t fix typical PC problems or make your computer run faster, whatever scammy websites may say.
In summary, driver cleaners are largely a relic of the past. They were occasionally necessary in the past, but we’re now at a point where you shouldn’t have to run them.
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The Deputy Texas Attorney General who won Friday night's surprise ruling declaring the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional says he made a common sense argument, and he is confident that the decision will be upheld on appeal, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports.
In an interview with 1200 WOAI news, Darren McCarty said he wasn't surprised by U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor's ruling declaring Obamacare to be in violation of the constitution.
"When Obamacare was upheld in the original decision, Chief Justice Roberts said Congress could not use its power under the Commerce Clause to make people buy insurance," he said. "But Chief Justice Roberts then joined the liberal wing of the court and decided that a 'savings construction' that relied on the penalty that underlied the Individual Mandate was a tax."
He said that allowed Roberts to argue that Obamacare was within the taxing authority given to Congress by the Constitution, and as such, is legal.
He said that was the single prop that upheld Obamacare, and that prop was removed by Congress last December, when the tax penalty for not buying health insurance was removed as part of the 2017 tax cut.
"Importantly, what it didn't do is eliminate the individual mandate, and it didn't eliminate any other provisions of the Affordable Care Act."
Next step is the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is known as one of the most conservative courts in the country.
"I feel good that we have a very very good Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and I think our arguments are the right ones."
McCarty rejects claims by Democrats that filing the Obamacare lawsuit in the court of Judge O'Connor, who has a demonstrated history of opposition to Obama Administration mandates...it was Judge O'Connor who rejected the Obama Education Department's guidance to public schools to open restrooms and locker rooms to transgender students, was a case of 'judge shopping.'
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From the national anthem to banknotes and coins, stamps and passports, many aspects of everyday life in the United Kingdom will change with Charles III’s accession to the throne. For example, the new monarch’s face will begin to appear on coins and banknotes of the UK and other countries around the world, replacing the profile of Queen Elizabeth II. Your image also appears on other currencies used in the Eastern Caribbean, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Elizabeth II’s face will also appear on the stamps, while the letters EIIR for Elizabeth II Regina will appear on all mailboxes, which are to be replaced. The police helmet badge will also change.
The famous British national anthem becomes “God Save the King”, a masculine version of the lyrics. The names of “His Majesty’s Government”, Treasury and Customs will change from “His Majesty’s” to “His Majesty’s”.
Letters and celebrities Queen Elizabeth II of England died yesterday at the age of 96. actress Helen Mirren, who played Elizabeth in the 2006 biopic “The Queen,” was “proud to be Elizabethan.” “With or without a crown, we mourn a woman who was the epitome of aristocracy,” said the English translator.
Musician and singer Elton John, who has a lavish home a stone’s throw from Windsor Castle, said he was “deeply saddened” by the Queen’s death. “He was an inspiring presence to be around and led the country through our biggest and darkest moments with grace, dignity and genuine warmth,” she wrote on Instagram. Elton John He was knighted by the Queen in 1998, months after singing a reworked version of “Candle in the Wind” at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales.
For your part Mick Jagger, the leader of the Rolling Stones, mourned the loss of someone who had been his whole life. “During my childhood, I remember watching their wedding highlights on television. I remember her as a beautiful young lady, the nation’s most loved grandmother too,” he said.
and ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, was knighted by Elizabeth in 1997 and performed at her Diamond Jubilee in 2012, paying tribute to her and her son Charles, who succeeded her to the throne. “God bless Queen Elizabeth II… Long live the King,” he tweeted.
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In a brief statement, Chinese President Xi Jinping sent on Friday His “sincere condolences to the Royal Family, the Government and the British people” following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. “On behalf of the Government and People of China, Xi Jinping expressed his deepest condolences”, the CCTV signal reported.
“His passing is a great loss to the British people. Xi Jinping emphasized that he is giving more importance Looking forward to working with King Charles III to promote the development of China-UK relations and promote healthy and stable bilateral relations.”, highlighting the text to be completed.
Elizabeth’s funeral will take place 10 days after her death. More precisely on September 18. Like the monarch’s coronation, it is expected to take place at Westminster Abbey, making it the first sovereign to be laid to rest there since 1760.
The event is attended by leaders from all over the world. Minutes after the event, Elizabeth II will be buried in St. George’s Chapel in the grounds of Windsor Castle. It contains the remains of her father, King George VI, her sister, Princess Margaret, and her late husband, Prince Philip.
Three days after his death -Sunday-, The Queen’s coffin will be taken to St Giles Cathedral in Scotland and will remain there for at least 24 hours so that Scottish residents and people from around the world can pay their respects.
The best symbolic moment of the Ascendant will be the coronation, because of the necessary preparation, That would not happen until Carlos III came to power. For example, Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne in February 1952, but was not crowned until 1953.
For the past 900 years, this ritual has been celebrated Westminster Abbey. William the Conqueror was the first monarch to be crowned there and Charles III would be number 40. It is an Anglican religious service conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
At the crowning moment of the ceremony, the archbishop will place the Crown of St. Edward, a solid gold piece dating from 1661, on Charles’ head. The Crown Jewels in the Tower of London And it is only used by the king at the time of coronation.
Unlike royal weddings, Coronation is a state event, and the government pays for it and ultimately decides the guest list. There will be music, readings and anointing rituals of the new king using orange oil, roses, cinnamon, musk and ambergris.
The new king will take his coronation oath before an expectant world. During this ceremony you will receive the orb and scepter as symbols of your new role and the Archbishop of Canterbury will place a solid gold crown on your head.
The ceremony begins An announcement of the death of the British King in the mouth of the President of the Privy Council -Current MP Benny Mordant-. The wording of the declaration may change, but traditionally it includes a series of prayers, promises, and praises.
Then this declaration Many senior officers will sign Like the Prime Minister, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Chancellor. When this happens in the category of historical events, the focus is on what could have been changed, added or updated to mark a new era.
After the brief meeting, the Promotion Council meets again the following day – Sunday. This new crowd didn’t start with one For example, the “oath” of the beginning of the reign in the style of other heads of state, as the President of the United States does.
But in keeping with a tradition dating back to the early 18th century, there is a declaration made by the new king in which he swears to protect the Church of Scotland. After the fanfare of the trumpeters, A public proclamation would declare Carlos the new king.
The former Prince of Wales became king automatically after the death of his mother, Elizabeth II. A Council of Accession is usually convened within 24 hours of a sovereign’s death – at St James’s Palace in London – for the proclamation.
In this case, since Elizabeth passed away on Thursday, There is not enough time to implement the plans For this Friday morning. Therefore, the appointment will be held next Saturday. As of now, it is not known when the ceremony will take place.
Historically, the entire Privy Council was called to the Council of Accession to oversee the formal proclamation of the new monarch. But the number of Privy Councillors, who are life members and mostly past and present politicians, now more than 700, has been restricted.
Only 200 people will be invited, and those eliminated will be asked to enter an annual ballot for the few remaining seats. The decision sparked controversy over lack of consultation and loss of key duty, the British outlet reported. Guardian.
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The surname Gish was first found in Norfolk where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1205 when Thomas Geg held estates.
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Six former Brookdale Senior Living communities in New York now are being operated under Post Acute Partners’ subsidiary Elderwood.
“We’re looking forward to working with our new staff, providing great service to the residents now in our care and to welcoming new residents to these great facilities,” Jeff Rubin, DMD, co-CEO of Elderwood and co-owner of Post Acute Partners, said in a statement issued Thursday, when Elderwood assumed operations.
Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. When asked for details on Friday, a Brookdale spokeswoman told McKnight’s Senior Living, “We are pleased with the transaction and will be sharing more in our quarterly earnings.”
Elderwood said it has extended offers of employment to more than 250 former Brookdale employees at the six locations.
Elderwood’s portfolio now includes 15 assisted living / adult home, 18 skilled nursing and two independent living communities in the Northeast, primarily in New York but also in Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.
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- The former Brookdale Colonie, a 94-unit assisted living community in Colonie, NY, is now Elderwood Village at Colonie.
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“Downloading will build over time, but this will be over a period of years,” reckons Glasgow.
Microsoft denies talks
Microsoft, however, continues to claim that no such negotiations are taking place, telling the Financial Times: "We have made no such announcement. Games are what are driving consumers to purchase game consoles and we remain focused on providing the largest library of blockbuster games available.”
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Glasgow also claims that Sony is currently in talks with Apple about offering Blu-ray drives for its computers.
“It’s all speculation right now, but as we know, Microsoft has always said it will do what it thinks best for consumers,” Paul Jackson, senior analyst at Forrester Research told TechRadar earlier today.
Sony expects Blu-ray players to drop down to $299 (£150) by the end of 2008, by which time we should also see a further price cut in the cost of Sony’s Blu-ray enabled PlayStation 3.
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LAPLACE, LA (WVUE) - Louisiana State Police have handed over their investigative file into a deadly amoeba found in the St. John the Baptist Parish water supply to the state attorney general's office.
"We will immediately begin to review this information to determine the appropriate course of action. We also appreciate the cooperation provided by the St. John Parish Administration who has supplied us with their internal findings as well," a spokesperson with the attorney general's office said on Thursday.
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Actor Victor Alfieri has obtained a restraining order against a man he claims assaulted him with a hairbrush.
The Angels & Demons star alleges 47-year-old Christopher Veech struck him in the face with the brush in December (13).
Alfieri has also accused Veech of harassing and threatening him for the past year-and-a-half, according to Tmz.com.
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Yesterday we gave a very broad overview of a solution we think Pope Francis and others ought to consider, the “Abraham Federation” as a way of defusing the situation in the Holy Land. Today we said we’d look at some of the specifics of the proposal, the “highlights,” as it were, so here goes. Again, be aware there might be some slight editing glitches, as the paper from which this is extracted has not been updated for a while, but the fundamentals are there:
|It's at least something to consider, Your Holiness.|
- First steps should start small, focusing on a relatively small territory over which no existing nation-state has yet declared its sovereignty, namely ancient Judea and Samaria and the Gaza strip. If the new nation succeeds, the beachhead, with its capital in the Old City of Jerusalem, will expand naturally. Neighboring countries in the region will seek to merge with the Abraham Federation and share the special benefits described below.
- To foster maximum growth opportunities for the citizens of the Abraham Federation, other countries in the Middle East, including Israel, and other major industrial nations such as the U.S., Japan and members of the European Community, would sign a multilateral agreement treating all the land in the Abraham Federation as a unique “global free market zone.” In contrast to most free trade zones often cesspools that attract sweatshop industries and exploited workers the Abraham Federation would in microcosm be a model for
- A global free trade system. Rather than merely providing special investment concessions and free access to goods imported into the zone, the global free market status would allow all goods and services exported from this unique zone to be sold within these cooperating countries with no duties, quotas, or other trade barriers. This feature alone, after security against terrorism is assured, would attract “leapfrog” technologies and accelerate new investment and job opportunities for the benefit of all producers, investors, worker-owners, suppliers and global customers. “Capital Homesteading” tax and credit incentives would add additional icing on the cake.
- A revolutionary advance over all existing nation-states would be formed. The new nation would reject collectivist and exclusionary concepts of nationalism and would carry the concept of sovereignty or “self-determination” down to the personal, family and community levels, an ideal implicit in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
- The Abraham Federation would aim at bringing a higher order of justice than any nation has ever offered its citizens. It would offer acceptable safeguards to Israeli demands for security and guarantee the right of all Jews and Palestinians to visit and settle in the “Holy Land.” It would offer Palestinians “self-determination” and a religiously pluralistic “democratic state” that would insure everyone complete freedom of religion. It would also offer Jewish and Christian settlers the opportunity to become citizens of the Abraham Federation. It would be neither a collectivist Zionist state nor a collectivist Palestinian state, but a new form of nation that members of all faiths could build together.
- Politically, the new nation’s constitution would guarantee a Jeffersonian form of democracy, open to all, with clearly defined and limited functions given to government and all political institutions. In addition to normal democratic checks and balances on the “minimalist” government of the nation, the major check on future concentrations of power would be outside of government, based on “Capital Homesteading” policies and institutions that would systematically spread economic power and free enterprise ownership broadly, right down to the individual level.
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- Widespread diffusion of property would become the ultimate constitutional safeguard for all human rights. Although the new nation would have no “official” state religion, by systematically spreading property and economic power among its citizens, it would insure that freedom of religion, of association, of the press and other protections of individual human rights vis-à-vis the government would be built upon a solid economic foundation.
- Thus, the new nation would be built on a foundation of personal (as opposed to collective) political sovereignty, and that foundation would in turn rest on personal economic sovereignty. It would be a nation whose sovereignty is built from the ground up, rather than from the top down. Individual, family, community and minority rights would thus be protected from the potential abuses of political majorities or traditional power elites. In this way, religious freedom and cultural pluralism would have stronger economic supports than other world trouble spots that breed organized terrorism.
- During the transition to full self-determination, the Abraham Federation would have diplomatic ties to Israel, Jordan and other Arab neighbors. Initially, a UN trusteeship or multinational administrative structure might be required to govern the area as a global “Peace Zone,” with a timetable and measurable benchmarks for handing over all governmental functions to democratically elected representatives of all citizens of the Abraham Federation Arabs, Jews, Christians, and non-believers.
- Until the threat of suicide terrorism can be overcome, and to allay legitimate Israeli fears for the security and freedom of Jewish settlers in the occupied territories, the Israeli military might have to be allowed temporarily to continue to patrol the Abraham Federation under UN observers. That Israeli presence could then be replaced, initially by a multinational UN security force and then by the Federation’s police, as the new political order creates stable conditions to remove Israeli security concerns.
- The initial thrust of the people of this newly emerging nation would be channeled more toward economic, than political, self-determination: It would strive to absorb the creative energies of Arabs, Jews, displaced Palestinians, Christians, and others moving to this new nation, and harness them into building a technologically advanced, dynamically growing and more just form of free enterprise economy than exists in all other nations.
- Free and open markets and respect for private property in the means of production would be basic pillars for further limiting the power of the state. Instead of redistributing existing property, the new role of the state would be to create a legal and policy environment to inspire and encourage the simultaneous creation of new property and new owners.
- Instead of continuing historic and legalistic disputes over something as finite as “holy land,” the primary focus would be on building upon the land the ever-expanding “technology frontier.”
- Start-up industries might include advanced energy projects and high technology, vertically integrated agribusinesses, and global processing and marketing enterprises that are broadly owned by workers and farmers.
As revolutionary as this new framework may appear to some, it is based on virtually universal moral principles. The process of change, however, is inescapably evolutionary and depends largely on conservative, case-tested methods and “tools.”
|A model for Costa Rica — or anywhere else.|
The “tools” and fundamental principles for building such a model “Capital Homesteading” nation already exist and have been tested. They work. (The Ministry of Planning of Costa Rica with U.S. development assistance designed a prototype “parallel legal system” structured along these lines. While not yet implemented, this model legislation could easily be adapted to any country.)
Because it is grounded on common and traditional principles of economic justice and social justice, orthodox Jews and moderate Muslims, as well as several PLO representatives, have reacted in an open-minded way to the Abraham Federation concept when it has been explained to them. Former Lebanese president Amin Gamayel told this author that it was consistent with the original vision for a religiously pluralistic Lebanon. A top advisor of King Abdullah II of Jordan also commented favorably on the concept.
The next step is to test whether the Abraham Federation framework might serve as a basis of a new dialogue between those with power to speak for all Israelis and those with power to speak for all Palestinians. The United States is in the position to be an effective catalyst for bringing this fresh vision to the peace table. This framework too may be inadequate and prove to be unworkable. But it certainly deserves to be more fully understood by all key decision-makers, especially spiritual leaders, concerned with peace in the Middle East.
Many nations are offering their “solutions” to end Israeli occupation of the West Bank. None of these initiatives seem to be satisfactory to both sides of the conflict. In that light, the Abraham Federation concept might well offer a more hopeful and workable framework for those directly affected to recapture the initiative, not merely for their own survival, but for leading all mankind to a more just and peaceful future.#30#


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BRUSSELS — The European Union plans to make it easier for its six most troubled economies to access some $4 billion in development funds by lowering the amount of money they have to contribute to projects.
Monday’s proposals would see the EU’s part of the financing of infrastructure and education projects rise to up to 95 per cent for Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Romania, Latvia and Hungary.
Traditionally, states have to cover between 15 per cent and 50 per cent of the costs, a requirement that has kept weak economies from using the designated funds.
All six countries affected by the proposals have had to seek emergency loans as markets worried about their economic stability.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso called the proposals “a kind of ‘Marshall Plan’ for economic recovery.”

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Posted on 06/17/2014 7:37:34 AM PDT by rktman
Sometimes, and more often than not, the real news gets buried in the heaps of masquerading propaganda captured in mainstream media front page headlines.
Unheralded anywhere but on the front page of the Chicago Tribune, the Communist Party USA returned last Friday to Chicago, the city of its cesspool birth.
More than 300 followers came to celebrate the partys 95th anniversary at the University of Illinois in Chicago for a convention which featured three days of speeches, panel discussions and workshops. One session was devoted to catching up with the online era.
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In Heaven the pizza is from Chicago and there are no politicians.
In Hell, the politicians are from Chicago and there is no pizza.
Clearly, from an operational standpoint the CPUSA never left Chicago. See for example, the biographies and family histories of a great many of O's closest agents.
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For a second there I thought Obama and Moochelle were taking another vacation, this time in their South Side digs.
I think they’re offering it up to house trespassing minors who speak spanish. Oh. Never mind. They’re not quite THAT charitable.
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Thanks for the ping. No doubt this is a celebration.
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