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Victoria Secret Fashion Show 2013, The 2013 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show was held Wednesday in New York, and it was as glitter-injected and skin-baring as could be expected from a superstar lingerie show.
Highlights included Taylor Swift, Fall Out Boy and the highly anticipated $10-million Royal Fantasy Bra — plus a host of supermodels such as Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Doutzen Kroes and Candice Swanepoel legging it along the VS runway.
Below, five favorite, fab photos from the annual event.
There was no shortage of feathers, boots and bustiers at the fashion show, which was recorded Wednesday at New York’s Lexington Armory. The show is scheduled to air Dec. 10 on CBS.

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April 6, 2016. Dearborn Police respond to an ugly scene.
"The right back of that car is demolished," we hear on police dash cam recordings.
"Out of nowhere... someone hit the car! [my head is hurt bad]," a victim is heard telling someone off camera.
The driver of a Ford Fusion was heading eastbound on Michigan Ave. when police say he struck a Mercedes traveling in the far left lane.
The Fusion loses control, loses a front wheel after hitting the curb, but continues to drive on three wheels across a bank's front lawn, striking another car and driver.
"Some guy smashed right into my car!" a victim tells 911 dispatchers.
That was just part of the call that came into 911 from one of the frantic women hit by what officers would soon call a drunk driver.
An ambulance and more emergency units show up while the driver of the Fusion remains in his car.
Video of the car shows how damaged his front end was from the initial impact.
According to the written police report, officers say the driver appeared intoxicated, that his eyes were bloodshot, and he admitted to drinking.
"Did you have something to drink?" an officer asks. "I did," the man replies. But he can't even tell officers where he was coming from. And according to the report, when he exits the car he can't stand.
He is moved inside a waiting ambulance, where officers say he fails a field sobriety test, and refuses to submit to further tests and a blood draw without a court order.
So he's placed under arrest for Operating While Intoxicated. He is read his rights and taken away to the hospital complaining of a leg injury.
But before all of this takes place, officers learned a bombshell. After initial contact with the suspect, they somehow quickly learn who he is.
"That's the mayor's son!," one says off camera.
"That's the mayor's kid?," says another.
"Your dad is the mayor, huh?," says another.
He's Devon O'Reilly, the 30-year-old son of Dearborn Mayor John O'Reilly and a high level manager with the Detroit Regional Chamber.
Dash cam audio and officer recorded communications repeatedly cut off each time officers broach the subject of his relationship to the mayor.
We don't hear many of O'Reilly's responses to the officers questions. Nor does he ever appear on dash cam video, being removed from his vehicle, and performing and failing those initial sobriety tests.
Multiple units, all equipped with video and audio recording devices responded to this scene, but none of them put their cameras on the drunk driving suspect.
The 7 Investigators, through the Freedom of Information Act, requested all audio and video recordings from the Dearborn Police Department. We received hours of material.
But one thing appears to be missing, and it's a crucial piece missing: audio or video of the corporal who removed O'Reilly from his car, witnessed his unbalance and conducted those tests.
Audio only picks up when O'Reilly is being read his rights and is taken away, behind the closed doors of an ambulance.
"It's not totally uncommon, but it's very odd."
Missing audio and video and at the most critical times, that is.
Defense attorney Patrick Barone has been specializing in these types of cases for 25 years. We had him review the provided audio and video. He too questioned why O'Reilly is never seen on tape and rarely heard. Including the most incriminating interactions with officers.
"The fact that none of it was captured on videotape certainly causes one to have some suspicion. That there is some sort of special treatment here, or some reason the police didn't want this to be on videotape. They certainly had the ability to that and the option to do that," Barone said.
He continues, "They should have changed the position of one of those vehicles to capture everything on videotape."
Once at the hospital, where those judge ordered blood tests were taken, O'Reilly was issued a ticket, his driver's license confiscated, and he was released into the care of the hospital. No lockup and no embarrassing booking photo.
"That's very unusual, very unusual," says Barone.
He says a booking photo provides further photographic evidence of that night. Furthermore, he says, "By them not taking him back to the station and housing him--meaning putting him in a jail cell until the next morning, they put the public in danger."
O'Reilly aside, this case raises larger questions about police protocol when it comes to recording sensitive incidents.
Currently in the state of Michigan, there is no mandatory requirement that arrests be videotaped. It is also at the officer's discretion to turn on and off their on-person recording devices. Each department has different procedures.
"When we talk about what they should do and what they are required to do, those are two different things," adds Barone.
Some are lobbying the legislature to change that.
"Those laws are good to protect both the public as well as to protect the accused," he says.
It is often customary for field sobriety tests to be performed in front of a cruiser's camera to help the officer establish probable cause and back up the written report.
A lack of video evidence, such as in this case, could work to the offender's advantage.
While blood test results will ultimately prove guilt or innocence, "That doesn't mean its not part of the defense," Barone says.
"You would use that to establish perhaps there is no probable cause or they don't have enough evidence to establish beyond a reasonable doubt for a conviction."
In the O'Reilly case, the fact that nearly half a dozen officers on scene were somehow unable to provide a complete picture of such a high profile arrest, in which officers surely knew would lead to intense scrutiny, leaves the Dearborn Police Department wide open to not only questions of protocol, but accusations of fairness and accuracy in all their arrests and interactions with the public.
Through FOIA, we obtained Devon O'Reilly's blood tests from MSP. It was 0.224, nearly three times the legal limit and considered "super drunk" in Michigan.
We visited O'Reilly's home shortly after the incident. He was not home for comment. We reached out to the mayor of Dearborn to see if the family had a comment. We didn't get a reply. We reached out to the Dearborn police chief for comment shortly after this incident. He refused.
Update, Friday July 1:
Hours after our report, in response to follow up questions, the Chief Of Police tells Action News he is launching an internal review of the incident and arrest procedures, and will consult with experts, and will then issue a response to our story.

domain: law


You never—ever—want to let anyone take your gun away from you. Anyone trying to take your gun away may very well try to kill you with it, which is what I will assume if anyone ever tries to take my gun off me.
First, if someone is trying to take your gun, then it’s reasonable to assume they don’t or can’t legally have a gun themselves. Second, if someone goes for your gun, most likely the situation will meet all the elements needed for a justifiable use of deadly force. It doesn’t mean you have to use lethal means—that’s up to you—but a wise person who trains in self defense knows the eight fundamentals to consider before using force.
Frankly, retention is one of the biggest reasons I’m a fan of concealed carry. Open carry gives outsiders access to grab at your weapon, no matter how good your carry system. No one can grab your gun if they don’t know it’s there.
So, whether you’re a cop like me, and you have to open carry, or if you’re on the range, etc., here are some tactical options for weapon retention.
1. Keep your gun in the holster—fight and bite if you must
Press down on your gun and don’t let anyone get it out. Having a retention holster—level I, II, or III—makes it more difficult for someone to get. Also, depending upon the brand, make and material, the entire holster may break or someone could be able to pull off a round while the gun is still in the holster.
There are several techniques designed to fend off attackers. Some of them include, going to the ground and laying on your gun. Others involved racking the guy’s eyes with your claws or twisting your body away from the attacker. Whatever you do, don’t let the attacker grab your gun. In other words, bite a hole in his neck, gouge his eyes out with your fingernails or take a pounding, but whatever you do, don’t let go of your gun. If the gun does come out of the holster, control the muzzle and fight for your life.
2. Use an edged weapon as a defensive tool
Be sure to try to keep the gun in the holster because pulling a knife won’t work well if the attacker pulls your gun out first and shoots you with it. That’s one of the reasons I prefer having a support side edged weapon that I can manipulate with one hand, which I wrote about in “3 pistol retention must haves for survival.”
Knives and guns are two totally different lethal tool options. I like to carry both and they complement each other famously. If you can’t shoot ‘em, stab ‘em.
3. Remove the gun and use it on the attacker
Although taking the gun out of the holster is an option which is neither wrong nor right (remember, situation and terrain dictate tactics), removing the gun from the holster could further lead into a struggle with the gun. Additionally, if you’re not justified to shoot, can you fight holding a gun? Does your holster allow you to put your gun back quickly? Is that even a good idea?
Perhaps pointing the gun at your attacker would make him run away or fight harder. Either way, you need to be legally justified whether you’re going to pistol whip someone (which I don’t recommend) or shoot them, even though they may not be armed.
Alas, watch your back and keep your head on a swivel.
Safety warning: Jeffrey Denning is a long time self-defense professional and any training methods or information he describes in his articles are intended to be put into practice only by serious shooters with proper training. Please read, but do not attempt anything posted here without first seeking out proper training.
The Ruger M77 Hawkeye bolt-action rifle is a robust and budget-friendly hunting companion that will last you a lifetime. From deer and elk to smaller game, this reliable gun offers performance even in harsh conditions.


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Macrophage migration inhibition factor gene sequences are a strong risk factor for early onset of extensive alopecia areata
It is evident to a certain extent that cytokines (chemical
signals that cells make and use to communicate with other cells)
and certain enzymatic discrepancies play important roles in the
pathogenesis of Alopecia areata. When enzymes are involved it
is natural that there is involvement at the gene level in the
determination of onset and severity of the disease.
In the serum of individuals with inflammatory disorders like asthma,
rheumatoid arthritis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, atopic
dermatitis and Alopecia areata, there is an increase in the level
of MIF [macrophage migration inhibitory factor] in the body. This
inhibitory factor is the first reported cytokine that prevents
the migration of macrophages. In this case, the MIF cytokine is
produced mostly by immune system helper T-cells in response to
stimulation by antigens and the function of a macrophage is normally
to engulf (“eat”) invading microorganisms and dead
cells in the body by phagocytosis to get rid of them. However,
macrophages can also work to promote autoimmune diseases. They
can eat the damaged tissues, and then use the “digested” tissue
to stimulate more immune cells to attack fresh tissue. MIF stimulates
the immune system to make other cytokines such as Tumor necrosis
factor-alpha and Interleukin-1 to initiate inflammatory disorders
so a high level of MIF is probably not good in terms of stopping
autoimmune diseases developing.
There are reports from research into other diseases confirming
the association and alteration of tetra nucleotide CATT repeats
at the -794 nucleotide position in in vitro gene transcription
of the MIF gene. Similarly functional polymorphisms in the MIF
promoter region have also been identified as a single nucleotide
polymorphism in -173 nucleotide position. These defects in the
MIF gene may result in its increased expression in disease. It
is known that alopecic patients have increased MIF in the serum.
And hence a study of these two nucleotide positions at -794 and
-173 in the MIF gene was undertaken to see if the same gene defects
were present in people with alopecia areata.
The study of MIF in Alopecia areata-
113 Japanese patients [40 men and 73 women] with severe Alopecia
areata, but with no family history of the disease, and 194 [115
men and 79 women] healthy controls were selected. The alopecic
patients were divided into groups based on their age, onset and
the severity of the condition based on SALT score [Severity of
ALopecia Tool]. Those patients with 50% hair loss were grouped
in a category called S3 and more than 50% in another category
called S4. People with Alopecia totalis and Alopecia universalis
were referred to as group S5.
Blood samples from all the individuals were obtained and DNA
isolated. The MIF gene polymorphism was studied in all the patients.
The DNA was processed through various techniques to copy the MIF
gene sequence and make lots of copies. This makes it easier to
read the gene sequence. The gene sequence was separated using
electrophoresis and then the DNA was sequenced using (wait for
it) a gene sequencing machine. The DNA sequences are labeled using
4 differently colored fluorescent dyes which each bind to the
4 components of the DNA code – adenosine, cytosine, guanine,
and thymine. The sequence is then read by the machine. Gene sequence
reading machines are a fairly new development, but they have speeded
up genetic research immeasurably. For example – what previously
took 4 years to analyze about 100 gene sequences now takes less
than 6 months using gene sequencing machines. The results were
analyzed statistically to determine whether particular gene sequences
were present in people with alopecia areata.
The findings of this study include –
1. The particular gene sequence called MIF-173C was a risk factor
for early onset of Alopecia areata.
2. Higher risk and early onset of Alopecia areata was more probable
in individuals with GC and CC genotypes than GG genotypes.
3. The gene sequence -794 CATT had no role in any of the Alopecia
areata groups studied.
4. Increased frequency of C/7-CATT gene sequences in patient’s
early onset of Alopecia areata was observed as compared to the
cells with G/5-CATT gene sequences.
The MIF-173*C-CATT7 gene sequence has already been identified
in association with development of juvenile idiopathic arthritis
and gene sequence CATT -794 with rheumatoid arthritis. Since MIF
is secreted by T cells and macrophages in response to inflammatory
stimuli and as we already know, T cells have a key role to play
in Alopecia areata development, the levels of MIF in the serum
in alopecic patients may also be increased by T cell activation.
MIF has a homeostatic relation with Tumor necrosis factor-alpha
and damage of hair follicles is due to the presence of this and
other inflammatory cytokines. Considering all these processes
that work in the onset and development of Alopecia areata, it
is very clear that MIF may also have a considerable role to play
in the process. Extensive Alopecia areata may be due, at least
in part, to particular types of gene sequences for the MIF gene.
Macrophage migration inhibition factor gene sequences are a strong risk factor for early onset of extensive alopecia areata references
- Shimizu T, Hizawa N, Honda A, Zhao Y, Abe R, Watanabe H, Nishihira
J, Nishimura M, Shimizu H. Promoter
region polymorphism of macrophage migration inhibitory factor
is strong risk factor for young onset of extensive alopecia
areata. Genes Immun. 2005 Jun;6(4):285-9.

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- Media category
- Materials used
- Ripolin enamel on cardboard
- 76.2 x 65.5 cm board; 87.0 x 74.8 x 5.1 cm stretcher
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. corner, pencil "Nolan 1947".
Signed and dated l.l. corner verso on board, red crayon "4.4.47/ nolan".
- Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 2001
- Not on display
- Accession number
- © The Trustees of the Sidney Nolan Trust/DACS. Copyright Agency
- Artist information
Works in the collection
Nolan made several portraits of bushrangers and of an unmasked Ned Kelly. 'Colonial head' was painted as Nolan drew towards the end of his major Kelly series of 1946-47. The tie may derive from composite police photographs of the outlaw in which his head was collaged to the bodies of others, for identification purposes.
However, this painting may be as much about Nolan himself as any bushranger. It has a certain psychological intensity relating to the artist's personal situation at this time. The atmosphere at Heide, where he was living with his patrons John and Sunday Reed, had become emotionally claustrophobic and would end in his permanent departure for Sydney only three months later.
Shown in 6 exhibitions
Sidney Nolan: 1939 to 1979, Arts Centre New Metropole, Folkestone, May 1979–Jun 1979
Sidney Nolan (1989), Waddington Galleries, London, 01 Feb 1989–25 Feb 1989
Nolan's Nolans: a reputation reassessed, Agnew's, London, London, 11 Jun 1997–25 Jul 1997
Sidney Nolan: Important paintings from the Estate of the Artist (1998), Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Woollahra, 23 Jun 1998–18 Jul 1998
Sidney Nolan (2007-2008):
Australian modern masterpieces from the Art Gallery of New South Wales:
Referenced in 14 publications
Giles Auty, The Australian Weekend Review, 'Essential Nolan', pg. 13, Sydney, 28 Jun 1997-29 Jun 1997, 13. NOTE: Review of 'Nolan: a Reputation Reassessed' exhibition at Agnews.
Michael Feneley, Look, 'From the President', pg. 11, Sydney, Oct 2007, 11.
Bruce James, The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Pick of the crop for wily Capon: Gallery acquisitions analysis', pg. 16, Sydney, 12 Apr 2001, 16.
MacRae, Curtice & Co., Sidney Nolan: 1937 to 1979, Kent, 1979. not paginated; cat.no. 25; Medium: Oil on board
William Packer, Financial times (London), 'Dark, personal gods and icons', pg. 23, London, 21 Feb 1989, 23. NOTE: Review of Waddington Galleries exhibition.
Barry Pearce, Frances Lindsay, Lou Klepac and Edmund Capon AM, OBE, Sidney Nolan, Sydney, 2007, 28, 29 (colour illus.), 129 (colour illus.), 232. cat.no. 39
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sidney Nolan: Important paintings from the Estate of the Artist, Sydney, 1998, (colour illus.). cat.no.; titled 'Colonial Head'
Andrew Sayers, The Ned Kelly Paintings: Nolan at Heide 1946-47, Melbourne, 1997. NOTE: General information. Portraits of similiar approach.
Jill Skyes, Look, 'Doing justice to Nolan', pg. 8, Sydney, Mar 2005, 8.
Jill Sykes (Editor), Look, 'Important purchases: what the Society and Contempo bought for the Gallery in 2001', pg. 16-17, Melbourne, Dec 2001-Jan 2002, 16, 17 (colour illus.).
Nicholas Usherwood., Nolan's Nolans: a reputation reassessed, 'Introduction', London, 1997, 32 (colour illus.). not paginated; cat.no. 32; price £75,000
Waddington Galleries (Compilator), Sidney Nolan (1989), London, 1989, 4, 5 (colour illus.), 48. cat.no. 1
Bronwyn Watson, Look, 'Nolan boost', pg 18-19, Melbourne, Jun 2001, 18, 19 (colour illus.).
Art Gallery of New South Wales annual report 2001 [for the year ended 30 June, 2001], Sydney, 2001, 8, 24, 26.
Other works by Sidney Nolan
See all 140 works

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Children and Families Example: Discrimination is the act of being treated unjustly based on the different categories of people or things based on the grounds solely on their race, age, gender, religion. (Deloach, 2014)
Behavior Practice 2: Advocate for human rights and social and economic justice.
Children and Families Example: Everyone has the right to have basic human rights. Basic and adequate healthcare shouldn’t be a choice nor compromised. Each person should have the right to be taught in a safe and productive environment in order to receive basic education. People have the right to be free and not have privacy invaded. Having basic housing without being judged or discriminated against.
Competency 6: Engage in research-informed practice and practice-informed research.
Behavior Practice 1: Use practice experiences to inform scientific inquiry.
Children and Families Example: The service plan collectively made between the client and social worker should be checked and modified if necessary.
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Children and Families Example: Assessing and checking to see what services that an individual may be eligible for. Next seeking and reaching out to those partnering and outside agencies to get the client connected with these services. Advocating will be needed to assist the client along.
Behavior Practice 2: Collaborate with colleagues and clients for effective policy action.
Children and Families Example: Collectively have meetings with clients and the agencies to seek what rules of action works and what don’t work. Advocating for change is important for alternating certain policies.
Competency 9: Respond to contexts that shape practice
Behavior Practice 1: Continuously discover, appraise, and attend to changing locales, populations, scientific and technological developments, and emerging societal trends to provide relevant services.
Children and Families Example: Attending local and nationwide events and meeting on different policies, and having knowledge on

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For nearly a decade, the Berlin duo of Markus Detmer and Timo Reuber have been developing an improvisatory piece, built on loops and electronically generated sounds, which they perform in concert. The piece, called “Stadtlandfluss”, is never exactly the same. Its permutations of tone, concept and rhythm vary according to the venue, the audience, and countless random factors that have impact on the two principals’ creative state of mind. As a result, this album is not really the Stadtlandfluss but a Stadtlandfluss, one iteration among many.
The piece is divided into seven tracks somewhat arbitrarily. You will not know where one ends and the other begins, unless you are listening on a player that intersperses silence between cuts. There is, however, an arc of movement, a narrative almost, in a piece that progresses from near silence (I thought my speakers were broken the first time) to euphoric cacophony, from far-off machine sounds to distant transmissions of radio voices. It starts slowly, a patchwork of long hanging tones and the zing of metallic power tools. You will not hear any overtly human element until “Radio” about 13 minutes in, and even then, the voices are obscured by static and erratic swoops of strings. And yet, though, rare, human sounds make up an essential element of the story. The piece crests in its two central cuts, “Hamanamah” and especially “Telemann”, the first a shivering adrenaline rush of electronic anticipation, the second all clangorous bells and frictive, rhythmic bowed strings. These two cuts are exciting in some primal, limbic way, particularly when they crescendo in a wordless female voice. The energy ebbs, the calm returns in “Strom” and by closing “Mein Herz, Mein Haus”, the sound has died down to a subliminal duet between a woman’s whispers and synthetic tones. It is, overall, quite a journey, one that brings you back to equilibrium, but not quite the same as before.


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"Sometimes you have so much pain on the inside, you just need to let it out and cry"
These words were spoken yesterday by one of the 10 year old girls who watched as a neighbour and friend sat on the soccer field, sobbing. She knew it was way more than the slight mishap the 11 year old boy had encountered during the soccer game!
To hear these words coming from the mouth and heart of this little girl has really impacted me. She knows this emotion all to well. She has seen it in her friends lives, her families life, her own life.
Each day we have been here it seems new kids and teens are showing up. We continue to feed the kids. We are feeding them because they are so hungry. We have delivered food to families to let them know we see the need and that we care!
There is another hunger that exists here as well. The hunger to be loved and noticed. They are so hungry for someone to sit and talk with them, to play games, to hear their names spoken, to be loved!
The reality is so many of these kids never get to spend time with family. I hear these words often, "I miss talking to my dad." "I hope my dad spends time with me". "I am sad, because I haven't talked to my dad in a long time"
Physical pain is one thing, but emotional pain is so much deeper. That pain is what Lacey was talking about!
We must feed these kids! It is a huge need!
Please partner with us and donate so we can feed these amazing, and often pain filled children!
Matt 25: 44-45 “They, too, will ask, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or as a stranger or in need of clothes or sick or in prison and didn’t help you?’
“He will answer them, ‘I can guarantee this truth: Whatever you failed to do for one of my brothers or sisters, no matter how unimportant they seemed, you failed to do for me.’


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At a scientific board meeting back in December 2011, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was reported to have said: “Our neighbor Iran possesses missiles with a range of 2,000-2,500 kilometers, whereas the longest range of missiles that Turkey possesses are 150 kilometers. This is not acceptable. We have to increase the range of our missiles.”
Erdoğan reportedly went on to say during the closed-door session of the meeting organized by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey(TÜBİTAK) that Iran had been developing those long-range missiles on its own,independent from Europe, despite an international embargo imposed against it.Hence, the Iranian missiles were developed indigenously.“We [Turkey] can also develop such long-range missiles, and I want you [TÜBİTAK]to develop such missiles,” Erdoğan reportedly told board members during themeeting, which was attended by about 13 ministers, according to the Habertürk dailyon Dec. 29, 2011.These remarks by Erdoğan were confirmed by statements by officials at the time thatTÜBİTAK had been given the task of developing long-range missiles.Two years after that meeting, on Oct. 23, Prime Minister Erdoğan delivered, amongother things, a similar rhetoric that Turkey must become independent in the area ofdefense.Upon questions about NATO's ongoing warnings that if Turkey, a member of thealliance, signs a deal with China to jointly develop a long-range missile defensesystem -- whose range will be much shorter than 2,500 kilometers, this will not becompatible and interoperable with the alliance's systems, Erdoğan said: “The bestoffer [in terms of technology transfer] during the tender was made by China.Statements made by NATO or any other country on the issue [of the Turkish selectionof Chinese systems] are not determinant on the issue. Nobody has the right to controlour concept of independence.”Such nationalistic remarks coming from Erdoğan contradict his long-term policy ofopening up Turkish markets to foreign investors in the civilian field. But his reflectionof nationalistic instincts when it comes to the issue of the arms industry mostly stemsfrom a general public opinion that the US, Turkey's close ally and its main supplier ofarms before Turkey put into force in 2004 a policy of diversifying its partners in thedefense industry, has refused the transfer of sensitive technology to Turkey for the
arms that it has been selling, such as F-16 fighter jets. This public perception, however, has been problematic in the sense that it has barred Turks from questioning the reasons behind Turkey's foreign reliance on military technologies despite the fact that Turkish arms expenditures had been high for a long period of time before they were reduced to a more reasonable level. The Turkish public has never questioned the reasons behind Turkey buying arms instead of developing some critical military technologies domestically which would have had reduced its foreign reliance on military technologies. Instead, both the public and decision makers opted to criticize the US in particular for not supplying Turkey with critical military technologies that had been developed over a long period of time and were financed by US taxpayers. Erdoğan's government, in the meantime, has long been pursuing a policy of increasing resources allocated for research and development (R&D) projects in the defense sector to enable the local industry to be self-reliant in terms of critical military technologies. But the R&D funds are not sufficient nor are Turkey's defense policies compatible with the industry to catch up with world giants in this highly critical and sensitive defense industry business. As a solution, Ankara has forged close ties with countries like South Korea, from whom it can obtain military technologies to boost its defense industry base. As a matter of fact, as Erdoğan and other government ministers have stated several times before, the primary factor that played a role in the Turkish selection of Chinese Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CPMIEC) last month for the acquisition of a long range missile defense system basically stemmed from the offer of high technology transfer that the Chinese made to Ankara. China, in a clever maneuver, made, I guess, a generous technology transfer offer -- the details of which are not known -- to win over nationalistic Turkish hearts and minds in clinching the project. Turkey announced in late September that it would enter discussions with CPMIEC for the purchase of the HQ-9 long-range air and missile defense system worth nearly $3.5 billion. China had thus beaten the US and European firms in the competition. Turkey recently announced that it had started contract negotiations with China for the development of the missiles. If China fails to meet its pledges to transfer technology to Turkey for the production of the missiles, Ankara will begin negotiations with Eurosam, an Italian-French consortium, the runner-up in the tender. Yet, China is not expected to step back from its earlier technology commitments that
it made to Turkey to win the project. If the speculation that behind Turkey's selection of China for its long-range missile defense project lies Ankara's long-term ambition of obtaining the capability to develop missiles with a range of 2,000-2,500 kilometers through the Chinese technology that it hopes to obtain are true, it is a credible argument. At the end of the day, however, Turkey is taking the risk of ending up with a missile system that will not successfully be operational with that of NATO's air defense network. Turkey's gamble with China carries both political and financial risks as well as opportunities if it succeeds in developing missiles with a range of 2,500 kilometers in the long run.


Generations Timeline, Specs and Pictures
Volkswagen introduced the Fox lineup in 2003, primarily for South America, and developed it in Brazil, but in 2005 it launched it in Europe.
Back in 2005, Volkswagen didn’t have a cheap econobox for the European market to compete against the French and Italian cars from that segment. Then, the carmaker’s management came with the idea of introducing the Fox in the three-door version and competed against Renault Twingo, Peugeot 107, and Fiat Seicento.
The Fox featured big headlights and a three-slat grille with a front fascia that looked more appropriate on a compact-segment vehicle. Its bumper was also tall and sported a black lower area to create an illusion that it was smaller. Well, it wasn’t. On its sides, the Fox revealed a tall greenhouse and oversized door panels. At the back, the tailgate was almost vertical with just a slight tilted-forward rear windscreen.
But the Fox impressed with its spacious interior. Thanks to its tall cabin, the carmaker could install the seats higher. Thus, it provided more legroom for the rear passengers without compromising the headroom either. Its simple instrument panel resembled the one installed on the famous VW Beetle, with a large speedometer flanked by gauges and dials. The Fox was just an econobox with cranked windows on the base trim level, but the carmaker offered power windows, an AC unit, and a CD stereo on the higher trim levels. In addition, the rear windows featured a pop-out system to help to ventilate the cabin.
Under the hood, VW installed a choice of three engines, including a 1.4-liter turbo-diesel which was highly fuel-efficient.


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Investment firm Centum wants to sell over 20 per cent stake in Two Rivers Development Ltd and become a small shareholder as it tries to cut debt and shore up revenues.
Chief Executive James Mworia said they are looking at getting a strategic buyer who will dilute their stake to around 30 per cent to bring in money to retire the portfolio’s debt.
At the moment, Centum holds 58 per cent in Two Rivers Development Ltd while AVIC International holds 39 per cent, and ICDC owns 3 per cent but the business was loss making to the tune of Kes 1.9 billion in the year ended March 2021.
Centum reported Kes 606 million loss in the year ended March being an improvement from Kes 3.4 billion loss at the same stage in c2020.
“We want to bring in some equity investment and that of course will dilute us, we might be 30 to 35 per cent, we do not know. Someone said to me once I would rather be a tail on a lion than the head of a dog,” Mr Mworia said on NTV’s Business Redefined show.
Centum has been making the bulk of their money by offloading their portfolio businesses each year. This is the first year the company has not sold a portfolio in a while.
In 2019, Centum recorded a profit of Kes 7.38 billion attributed to the sale of 53.9 per cent stake in Almasi Beverages Limited and 27.6 per cent stake in Nairobi Bottlers Limited for Kes 19 billion.
Centum says the deal injected Kes 12.5 billion to the company’s income, an aspect that has not been repeated this year.
The company strategy has been based on buying companies on the cheap and improving their balance sheet to sell at a high but now says it has stopped aggressively acquiring companies due to the tough operating environment.
Mr Mworia says the market is swamped with offers but some of the companies are suffering from income shortfalls and too much debt which makes them unattractive.
Buyers are also not too sure when market conditions will improve to allow them to turn around struggling firms or even find a market for them once they do.
“We have looked at 200 deals but what we are asking is not how much can we make but how much can we lose. You do not want to buy a business and the first thing you do you start provisioning for impairment,” he said.
“We were some of the most aggressive companies some years ago but now we are conservative,” he said.

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Being a large company with more than 500 employees, KMF believes it has a big responsibility to look after its staff – and the community where they live and work.
For more than 25 years, the engineering business has been developing new ways to support Stoke-on-Trent and the surrounding areas through a number of initiatives.
The company’s contribution can range from financial support and sponsorship to taking part in events and organised challenges.
It has also successfully developed a network of businesses across North Staffordshire who actively support each other’s events through attendance and promotion.
KMF puts together a programme of charity events each year, including the annual Big Quiz, golf days, Motown nights and bonfire night - which raised more than £3,000 for the company’s nominated charities last year.
Staff are also encouraged to take part in events such as Christmas jumper days, toy appeals and charity balls, or pursue their own personal fund-raising challenges – with KMF providing financial support and resources if needed.
KMF’s charity co-ordinator Becky Jones said: “We are like a little family here at KMF. We all support each other in any way we can. If staff have a personal connection to a particular cause, we will all pull together to do what we can to help.”
Nadine Rowley, who is responsible for marketing and PR at KMF, added: “We are a large employer and we feel really strongly about looking after our employees, their families and their children.
“If we want to grow as a business, we have a responsibility to support our staff and the community where they live and work.”
KMF has now entered The Sentinel Business Awards, in the Business in the Community category, sponsored by Synectics Solutions.
Aside from fund-raising, charity events and sponsorship, KMF employees actively go into the community – outside of work time – to support local organisations with community projects.
KMF’s annual Apprentice Challenge tasks each apprentice to give up at least 50 hours of their own time to give back to the community. This can include anything from taking part in a Santa Dash or Soap Box Derby to hosting STEM events a local schools and rejuvenating the gardens at churches or retirement homes.
Over the last 12 months, apprentices exceeded their 50-hour challenge by dedicating a total of 2,548 hours.
At the same time, KMF apprentices play a major part in helping to promote the opportunities available to young people in engineering.
They support schools taking part in the firm’s annual Young Engineer of the Year (YEOTY) initiative, which launched in 2013, to encourage more young people to take part in STEM-related subjects.
Over the last four years, KMF’s YEOTY scheme has reached more than 19,000 students across 25 high schools – an investment of more than £600,000.
Nadine added: “KMF is committed to supporting its local community for many more years and we are always looking at new ways in which we can help. We have a number of objectives for 2018, including making fundraising easier for our employees by giving staff the choice to support with their time and skills rather than through donations of money.”


Adult bedbugs are 4mm-8mm, they have an oval body, reddish brown, they can become purple after feeding.
They have very small wings, antennae and compound eyes, their legs are clawed to allow them climb rough surfaces.
They lay 3 eggs a day and approximately 200 over their life span.
The eggs hatch into nymphs after 10 to 20 days.
Their habbit and breeding places can be on bedside furniture, door casings, under windowsills, pictures and posters, under peeling wallpaper, in floor boards and seams of curtains.
Growth rate depends on the temperature and food available, egg to adult is usually 9 to 18 weeks depending on the room temperature.


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Put simply, we pay taxes to fund the state. There are very different taxes such as income tax, value added tax, etc. The basic idea is that everyone pays part of the money they earn into a "community fund". This pot is used to finance things that benefit society, such as road improvements, social welfare or the construction of hospitals. It also supports public institutions such as schools and universities.
The decision as to what happens to the tax money is made by the politicians who are responsible for government spending. Citizens cannot decide what happens to their tax money. Many citizens are angry about the taxes because not everyone agrees with the politicians' decisions. But you can't choose whether to pay or not. It's a legal requirement. Anyone who simply does not pay their taxes – or pays too little – must expect criminal consequences.


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Quantum Partners LP, a private investment vehicle managed by Soros Fund Management LLC, has invested in a separate account managed by Gross.
Janus Capital Group would break the bank if it pays Gross at the same level he was paid at Pimco last year, according to a Bloomberg report Friday.
The renowned bond investor -- who shocked the financial world when he jumped from giant Pimco to the much-smaller Janus Capital Group Inc. -- has proved to be a rainmaker for the Denver-based money manager.
Time Magazine put it best: "Here’s the weirdest economic commentary you’ll read today."
The Denver-based money manager (NYSE: JNS) has been much in the news lately after it stunned the investment world by hiring away "bond king" Bill Gross from much-larger Pimco.
Pacific Life Insurance Co. has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow it to substitute a Janus fund for a Pimco fund.
LRXD ranked No. 3 in Flight IV for Denver Business Journal's 2014 Fastest-growing Private Companies.
The purchase of VelocityShares LLC is expected to close in this quarter.
The legendary bond investor weaves dancing and bond investing into the same outlook, warning investors to be prepared for "leaner" years.
The assets under management in the Janus Unconstrained Bond Fund grew by more than 500 percent in September.
The Florida State Board of Administration has become one of the first large public pension funds to trim investments held by Pacific Investment Management Co., the world’s largest money manager.
Gross was asked what he will be able to do at Janus that he couldn't do at his own firm.
Bill Gross leaving behemoth investment firm Pimco to join Janus Capital Group immediately catapulted the Denver money manager into the national spotlight.
Before the days of massive multiplexes, there was the Janus Theater on Northwood Street in Greensboro. Triad Business Journal Design Editor Dale Edwards worked there and remembers that it had its share of character and characters.
CNBC reports that Allianz is grappling with "the fallout from the departure of high-flying bond guru Bill Gross."

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All that was just the beginning; it seems summer 2022 is poised to truly be Santana’s season. June 10, the rapper released a new single, “Booty,” that boasts a feature from buzzy rapper and former tourmate, Latto — as of publication, the song is tagged in over 342,000 Tiktoks and counting. Combine that with his millions of streams on Spotify and a 16-track project, Keep It Playa, on the horizon, it’s clear Santana is the moment — and the future of hip-hop.
Before all that, the Tallahassee, Florida-raised artist was living what some might consider an idyllic American lifestyle. “I think a lot of people expect rappers to always have a story of growing up in poverty,” Santana explains. “I didn’t. I grew up with a silver spoon. My dad was a celebrity bodyguard, my mom was always the general manager of her job. I grew up in a big two-story house on five acres of land. I didn’t have the rap story of having to share clothes with my brothers and sisters or the lights getting turned off.” He was a good student. He wanted for nothing… except maybe, a little excitement.
The glamorization of street life which permeated the music he enjoyed got the suburbanite interested in getting acquainted with it first-hand. “I wanted to experience the streets. I used to get in trouble for [sneaking off] to the projects — my mama was not having it,” Santana recalls. Those excursions connected him with a friend group of bon vivants who were regulars at teen parties in the area, where they could relish in the sounds of Florida artists like Trina, Khia, Trick Daddy, Iceberg, Piccolo, and Animal.
This time was crucial for Santana — it was with this squad that he was able to explore his personal style aesthetic, which combines both traditionally masculine and feminine sensibilities. “Girls were my main [style and beauty] inspiration growing up. My girl cousin, Deirdre, and I grew up like brother and sister.” Santana recalls a group he formed alongside her and three other girls, “Ken and the Dolls.” He, “Ken,” of course, was everyone’s stylist, hairdresser, and makeup artist. Nicki Minaj was the reference he used to create many of the group’s looks. “Deirdre was my personal Nicki. I would make her get the Chinese bang [ed note: those very blunt, straight-across bangs popular in the 2010s] with the black hair that had pink streaks,” he says. “She had to get her nails painted pink and black, too. She would wear six-inch Jeffrey Campbell heels.”
Florida Girl Glam
The impact Nicki and the Florida “Dolls” he spent so much time with had on his style is clear today: Santana’s look, as he describes it, is very much a product of his upbringing. “Florida girls are material girls,” he explains. “We are going to have the longest weave, the freshest lace — we get ratchet-classy. Might have on Chanel, but we’re going to have some little coochie cutters too.” The vibe, simply put, is “a little bit stripper, a little bit classy, a bit hoochie, and a bit bougie.” It’s succinct, it’s simple, it’s very obviously the recipe the rapper sticks to when he’s putting himself together.
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Country Christmas Pattern Packet - Patricia Rawlinson
This Christmas plaque is done in a warm country theme with its charming wreath.
This project is painted using DecoArt Chalky Paints and DecoArt Americana Acrylic Paints.
Painting patterns for Decorative Painting, Tole Painting and general crafting.
Adjust the size and surfaces to fit your personal style.
E-Pattern packet includes electronic version: pattern, pictures and detailed instructions written
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It looks like Jr Chiru is keeping his mom Meghana Raj up all night. In the wee hours of April 9, Meghana Raj took to Instagram stories to share a funny meme about her friends. The meme is so relatable and shows her bond with her group of friends. Meghana Raj's son, who is fondly called Jr Chiru and Simba, turned five months old on March 22. For the uninitiated, Meghana's husband Chiranjeevi Sarja died on June 7, 2020, after he suffered a massive cardiac arrest.
MEGHANA RAJ SHARES MEME ABOUT HER FRIENDS
At around 3 am on April 9, Meghana Raj took to Instagram stories to share a funny meme. Her friend Indushri S Rao initially shared a meme about their shopping shenanigans. Indu called her friends Vidyashri Rao and Meghana idiots.
Meghana found the meme relatable and shared it on her stories. She also agreed to Indushri's comment and wrote, "Absolutely (sic)," with a laughing emoji.
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The meme shows two women at a clothing store. One woman tries on a red dress and is confused about buying it. Another friend encourages her to buy the dress and says that it will look good on her. While saying so, she also thinks that the dress will suit her when she steals from her friend.
MEGHANA WANTS TO GET BACK TO ACTING
Meghana Raj met the media in November 2020 after the cradle ceremony of her son. While addressing the media, she said that she will definitely get back to acting, which is her passion.
She said, "Acting is my passion. It is in my blood. My husband would have never wanted me to quit something I love doing. I will continue to act in films as long as I am able to. In a while, I will surely get back to it."
Meghana Raj is expected to reveal the name of her son soon.

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Authors: Carlos Castán
One day the investigators will come, and they will know what I knew. They will know that Nadia was not innocent, nor did she really live in an apartment in which everything was white. They will perhaps find more cards, from other, previous, bunches of flowers, now rotten, decaying throughout the garbage dumps of the world. And in those words they will spot the clues to a game of love. One day the investigators will come, and they will know, just as I knew, that Nadia spent most nights with her husband in a house in Montecanal, from which she often escaped to redeem men, to caress brains trembling in fear. And they will know that I knew she was followed, night and day, by a few hired thugs who snapped her lovers’ legs in two or left their faces scarred. They will discover that one day, at Jacobo’s apartment, those thugs were met with resistance and that things got out of hand. No one expects, in the darkness of a hallway, in the middle of the night, to chance upon a madman defending himself brandishing an axe in both hands. They will search her little pampered wife’s pad, the hideout for her mischief, the matching cushions and blinds. They will read the reports written up by the mercenaries, to be read by her husband while sitting in his office—what the eye sees through the semi-transparent curtains, the obscene poses struck by a couple of silhouettes, out-of-focus snapshots taken with a telephoto lens from the balcony across the street, recordings of moans behind doors, shot through with static but not so much so that he cannot make out, if he pricks up his ears, the echoes of a passion he has long forgotten and that cannot be rekindled except with the threat of a blade and the hounding of blood shivering invisibly in the air from the very first moment.
The investigators will turn up one day, and they will know that her husband loved her. And that he masturbated as he looked over the reports, observing those black smudges copulating behind the net curtains, shadows of flesh devouring each other. And that for her he risked jail, ruin, his whole life, only so that she might see how far, to what lengths. He would hold out his madness as proof of love and would make it up to her later with flowers and jewels whenever he broke a new toy of hers—here is my superhuman love, here are my wild eyes, my hands dirtied for you. The investigators will come, and it will take little effort for them to understand the dark pleasure Nadia took, in spite of herself and of her moments of doubt and of rage, in that game that could on no account be named, in that gift of danger galore, of pure intensity offered up to her on a plate for her days of tedium.
The investigators will turn up one day, and they will reach into the drawer containing her panties and hold them up to their noses when no one is looking. They will sniff the sheets, they will read every paper, and even when all of the evidence is staring them in the face, they will not wish to hear that she was a bitch or that she deserved to die. They will take with them only the fact that she was still young, poor thing, and that she leaves behind a teenage son and an unfinished woolen scarf she had been knitting for him. They will clutch at that so as to follow me over land and sea and hunt me down with their hounds.
My children will now be making their way home from school, their backpacks slung over their shoulders, at this hour as I write frantically, hiding out in a room in the Hôtel du Nord, once again, having checked in this time under my dead friend’s name, a stone’s throw from the Montparnasse cemetery where Duras’s sorrow and the damp bones of a poet who died on a rain-sodden Thursday are reunited with the nothingness. It is not snowing today in Paris, nor are any cars burning on the outskirts of the city, and the Eiffel Tower stands as if rusting beneath a sky that is anything but picturesque.
I will never return to my apartment. A livid lady lies decomposing on my bed. I think of her greenish, splayed legs and of the maroon dress she was wearing. The investigators will find her there when the neighbors start to complain about the smell, or when one of the hired thugs, if indeed she was followed that last time, kicks the door down when she fails to show up. The investigators will turn up at my apartment, they will rifle through my things much as I have done these past months. They will look at the same things, they will see others. They won’t even know what it is they’re looking for among all those books, clippings, photos, and papers. They will throw everything to the floor, then trample it all underfoot. They will rummage around in the trash, in the medicine cabinet, touching everything with their clumsy paws.
One day the investigators will come, and perhaps one of them, at some point, will want to know the truth. Perhaps he will sit down in my battered leather wing chair to read the notes I wrote on Celan, the watercolor I commissioned from Jacobo of the poet from Czernowitz dropping into the Seine in the early morning, together with other prints from my collection of those who fell from the sky—Dorothy Hale, as seen by Frida Kahlo, her battered corpse on the asphalt next to Hampshire House, Evelyn McHale, fingering her necklace and yet immobile, dead atop the sunken roof of a limousine parked beneath the Empire State Building; he will perhaps discover my love for all those who took the plunge, those who leapt and those who fell—Hart Crane, Virginia Woolf, Primo Levi, so many others who took to the air on the darkest of nights, those who throw themselves into the sea, into the river, down the stairwell. He will be taken aback by so many photos of Auschwitz and bound women, of slaughterhouses for men and for cattle.
One day the investigators will come, and they will know that my life has been nothing. They will see that I have gone and that my things continue to float in the density of fear. It will dawn on them that many of the books remain unread. And that that raincoat-clad girl, her hair tied up, never came to browse my shelves. That no one came, and that that woman was not, therefore, as I had dreamt, the French girl who walked barefoot beneath the rain, holding her shoes in one hand. They will reach the conclusion that I sought to distance myself from it all without ever managing to find the doors to the empty cathedral inside which I was locked. They will learn that I screamed myself hoarse only to hear my own echo beneath the domes in reply. They will know that I gave in to the weariness, they will know that I did not know what to do with all my terror and also that I needed my friend’s death in order to be able to see myself for the first time. One day the investigators will come, and they will learn of this darkness, of how desire and blood, silk and knives get caught up in the furrows of my brain. And they will see that I wanted to love but did not know how to, and that I wept for that reason, and that I aimlessly wandered the evenings of my life, mile after mile, without finding a thing, for there was nothing in the streets or the books or among the trees that was not tainted by the fear being secreted by my brain. The investigators will turn up, and they will know that one night I paced up and down the Mirabeau Bridge, barefoot, beautiful, I think, without knowing what to do, without knowing if I might be found in a bend in the River Seine, bound for Le Havre, caught up in the reeds on the shore, or seated on a bed in a hotel room, with life in full flow, the TV on, my own tears, the bad light.
Cabo de Gata, August 2012
Carlos Castán is a Spanish writer born in Barcelona in 1960. He is considered one of the best short-story writers in Spain.
is his debut novel. He lives in Zaragoza.
Michael McDevitt was a runner-up on the inaugural Harvill Secker/Granta Young Translators’ Prize. He has translated work by Elvira Navarro, Agustín Fernández Mallo and Luisgé Martín, among others. His translations have been published by Two Lines Press, The White Review, Hispabooks and OpenRoad/Group Planeta. He lives in Madrid.
Contemporary Spanish fiction in English-language translation

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LEGENDARY ROCKERS QUEEN TO BE PRESENTED WITH THE GLOBAL ICON AWARD
AT THE “2011 MTV EMA”
THE 18TH ANNUAL AWARDS SHOW PREMIERES
SUNDAY, 6th NOVEMBER AT 9PM BST
LONDON / NEW YORK – 19 October 2011 – Queen, one of the most dynamic and influential rock bands of all time, will be honoured with the Global Icon Award at the “2011 MTV EMA”, MTV announced today. The legendary rock band will also take the stage for a special performance. This year marks the 40th anniversary of Queen’s formation in 1971; since then, these Rock and Roll Hall of Famers have garnered a long list of accomplishments and accolades, including career sales of more than 300 million albums, 16 No. 1 albums, 18 No. 1 singles and the UK’s top-selling album of all time (their Greatest Hits compilation has sold a staggering 5.7 million copies). Hosted by Selena Gomez, the “2011 MTV EMA” will premiere Sunday, 6th November at 9PM BST from Belfast, Northern Ireland, and is sponsored by Dell, Replay, Hyundai and Swatch. Local host city support is provided by Belfast City Council and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board.
“We are honoured to be designated a Global Icon. We will do our best to be worthy!” said Queen’s Brian May.
“Over the past four decades, Queen has made an indelible impact on the pop music landscape. They are passionately revered by generations of fans and musicians across the globe,” said Bruce Gillmer, Executive Vice President of Talent and Music Programming / Events for Viacom International Media Networks. “We are absolutely thrilled that they will be joining us at this year’s MTV EMA, and we look forward to a very special performance.”
Formed in 1971, Queen (Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon) signed their first recording contract with EMI in late 1972. In July 1973, Queen released their first single ‘Keep Yourself Alive’, followed closely by their debut album, Queen. 1974 saw the release of the band’s second album, Queen II, containing their first hit single ‘Seven Seas of Rhye’ which charted in the UK at number 10. This was followed by a second hit single (their first US hit), ‘Killer Queen’, taken from the Sheer Heart Attack album, followed later in the year by a major UK tour.
1975 saw the release of the epic single ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, taken from A Night at the Opera. At 5’ 55” it should have been too long for successful radio play, but even so it went to No. 1 in the UK chart and stayed there for an unprecedented nine consecutive weeks, becoming one of the greatest singles of all time. In 1977, Queen issued the single ‘We Are The Champions’ coupled with ‘We Will Rock You’. Both songs would soon become among the band’s most popular and best loved of their career – and long after. ‘The Champions/Rock You’ pairing is one of the most famous and most played in the world. The single was followed by the release of Queen’s sixth album, News of the World, from which they come, in October 1977. From then on, the band released album after album, and toured all over Europe, Japan, the U.S. and South America. At the end of 1981 the band teamed up with David Bowie for the single that was to become one of their biggest worldwide hits, and one of the most covered and sampled of all Queen songs, ‘Under Pressure’. 1984 saw the single ‘Radio Ga Ga’ from The Works become a worldwide hit, reaching No. 1 in 19 countries.
1986 saw the 12th album, A Kind Of Magic, effectively the soundtrack to the Russell Mulcahy film, ‘Highlander’. The album returned the band to No.1 on the charts in many territories. Queen toured Europe throughout the year, culminating with two legendary concerts at Wembley Stadium, and their biggest ever in the UK, an open air show at Knebworth Park, in August. Unbeknown at the time, this was to be Queen’s last ever concert with Freddie Mercury.
In 1991, Queen’s last true studio album with Freddie, Innuendo, was released in February. Both the title track single and the album entered the charts at No.1 on their first week of release in the UK. The last track released as a single, ‘The Show Must Go On’ came in November 1991, just weeks before Freddie Mercury would lose his struggle with HIV AIDS.
On 23rd November 1991 Freddie Mercury announced to the world that he had AIDS and the next day he died peacefully at his home. He remains the most high profile loss from the disease in the entertainment world and the news shocked fans throughout the world. As a tribute ‘Bohemian Rhapsody /These Are The Days Of Our Lives’ was released as a double A-sided single to raise funds for the Terence Higgins Trust. It entered the UK chart at No. 1, where it stayed for five weeks, raising over £1,000,000 for the charity, and Queen became the first band to have the same single top the UK charts twice. In December of that year Queen had 10 albums in the UK Top 100. In 1992 Freddie was awarded posthumously the BRIT’s “Outstanding Contribution to British Music” and ‘Days Of Our Lives’ won Best Single. In April, many of the world’s top stars joined Brian, Roger and John on stage at Wembley for an emotional tribute to Freddie.
In 1995 the unreleased tracks Queen had begun in 1991 with Freddie were completed by Brian, Roger and John and the long-awaited Made in Heaven was released worldwide, to huge acclaim and success. It was the last Queen album ever to feature Freddie, and it was the end of an era.
In May 2002 the hit musical We Will Rock You opened to sell-out audiences in London’s West End. The show has seen local productions staged throughout the world, including Spain, Australia, Germany, Russia, Italy, Japan, South Asia, Las Vegas, Canada and across Europe. To date more than 12 million people have seen the show.
In October 2002, Queen received their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, joining The Beatles as one of only a handful of non-US bands to receive this much coveted honor. In 2004 Queen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Walk of Fame, and was also voted by the UK public into the first UK Music Hall of Fame. From 2005 to 2008, Brian and Roger took Queen onto the touring circuit again, for the first time since 1986, joined by former Free/Bad Company singer, songwriter and musical Paul Rodgers, playing concerts across the UK, Europe, North and South America and Japan. For more information about Queen, please visit www.queenonline.com.
About the 2011 MTV EMA
The “2011 MTV EMA” will be hosted by multi-talented singer and actress Selena Gomez. Queen joins previously announced performers Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Coldplay, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jessie J, LMFAO, Snow Patrol and Jason Derulo, with Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, Jenni “JWOWW” Farley and Awkward star Ashley Rickards confirmed to present. More performers and presenters will be announced in the coming weeks. Viewers can vote for their favorite EMA artists by visiting www.mtvema.com. Lady Gaga leads the pack of EMA nominees with six nods, with Katy Perry and Bruno Mars following closely behind with four nominations. Adele, Justin Bieber and Thirty Seconds To Mars are each up for three awards. Other EMA nominees include Foo Fighters, Snoop Dogg, My Chemical Romance, Jennifer Lopez, LMFAO, Jessie J, Beyoncé, Coldplay, Eminem, Arcade Fire, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Far East Movement, Kanye West, Linkin Park, Wiz Khalifa and Kings of Leon. Richard Godfrey and Bruce Gillmer are Executive Producers for the “2011 MTV EMA.” For all MTV EMA news and announcements, check out EMA on Facebook and follow us @ EMA Twitter. For MTV EMA press materials, please visit press.mtvema.com.


Gionee Elife E7, successor to Elife E6 has been floated in India. Available in 16GB and 32GB variants, the 16GB rendition is worth Rs.26,999 while the 32GB version has a price tag of Rs.29,999 attached. The Elife E7 was introduced to the world in an event held in Shanghai last month. An obvious improvement over E6, Gionee’s latest offering also packs some interesting camera features.
The smartphone holds a 5.5-inch full HD IPS display (400ppi pixel density) with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. Equipped with two cameras, the primary snapper on the rear side is a 16MP camera (BSI sensor) with the ability to autofocus and is assisted by LED flash support. The camera on front is an 8MP shooter. The Gionee device packs a 2,500mAh battery that fuels it.
The 4G-enabled variant of the smartphone is powered by a 2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor while the 3G variant is driven by a 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 processor. Both processors have been coupled with Adreno 330 GPU. The RAM within will depend on the size of internal memory. While the 16GB Elife E7 will have 2GB of RAM the 32GB version will feature 3GB RAM. There’s Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) OS with Amigo 2.0 UI on top. Connectivity options include the usual Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v4, NFC and A-GPS.
As Gionee’s Elife E7 hit Indian shores the smartphone’s miniaturized version, the Elife E7 Mini has also been announced. Not much is known about its release in India though the price tag reads Rs.18,999.
Gionee Elife E7 Specifications-– 5.5-inch full HD (1920x1080p) IPS display (400ppi pixel density) – Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Processor 2.5/2.2 GHz – Internal Memory: 16GB/ 32GB – 3GB RAM for 32GB version and 2GB RAM for 16GB version – Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) OS with Amigo 2.0 UI – Primary Camera: 16MP BSI Sensor rear side – Secondary Camera: 8MP on front – 2,500 mAh battery – Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v4, NFC and A-GPS


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For Liverpool fans, the Fenway Sports Group (FSG) ownership era has been one of ups and downs. For years, fans have railed against what has been felt like a lack of ambition. While a large section of the support appreciate that the American ownership group essentially saved Liverpool from impending bankruptcy after Tom Hicks and George Gillette era, they have not always seen eye-to-eye.
Part of the accusation has long been that FSG has their hand in too many pockets. That they are unable to commit to major investment or risk with Liverpool because they are too tied-up in other investments. With their investment in more than five sports – including ownership of the Boston Red Sox – Fenway have recently made a new investment in the form of TGL.
TGL is a golf event that launches next year, and is run by Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods. Both golfers have been strict opponents of the Middle East backed takeover of the game of golf. As such, they look to set up an event that will be carried on Primetime TV that provides a younger audience with a more fast-paced style of golf. Many of the best players on the PGA Tour will be involved, too, but there has been a need for investment. Enter FSG.
FSG will be backing the franchise-style event, buying up one of the events that is going to be based in Boston. Fenway’s principle owner, John Henry, has backed the move. FSG chairman Tom Werner also spoke of his excitement about the deal, adding: “We are excited for this new journey as one of the six inaugural TGL teams in honor of a city whose love and passion for sports is unparalleled. Through this new, tech-focused version of the game, New England sports fans will soon have a team of world-class PGA Tour players to cheer for and redefine for this community what it means to play the game in the modern era.”
Will TSG investment impact Liverpool?
While it is unlikely that investing in this new opportunity would impact Liverpool negatively, there is hope that it might draw investment into FSG. With more and more interest in buying into the group, with the likes of LeBron James already involved, it has been no secret that Liverpool’s owners would like to bring in fresh capital to the club.
This is expected to happen in the near future. Investment groups are keen to make a purchase of a minority share of FSG. This would open up the chance for extra investment in the sports that allow for more financial injection from ownership groups – like football.
While it is unlikely that Liverpool will ever have the kind of state-backed income that rivals such as Manchester City have, investment into FSG could open up the doors for more ambitious summer signings. With this new investment in the game of golf, the hope from the Liverpool side of things will be that Fenway can find a new investment partner that helps them to grow the club even further in the near future.
Given the scale of the rebuild needed at the club, any kind of new investment would be much welcomed.


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Big data for health and social care planning?
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Winning the UK regeneration game
There has been a resurgence of urban regeneration in the UK, in part thanks to unique partnerships between the councils and private sector developers. Sam Clayden reports on a Morgan Sindall sponsored panel event, chaired by The MJ, at this year’s MIPIM conference
Metro mayors fly the flag for the regions
The UK’s thriving regional economies and their new metro mayors dominated talk at this year’s MIPIM event. Michael Burton reports.
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Buying a bed mattress is often a nice addition to your bedroom which gives both better comfort and a more hygienic environment to spend the night in. There are those who perceive the bed mattress as something a little superfluous, ie something that is not really needed. This is far from true as the bed mattress’s advantages with rye outweigh the disadvantages painted up. As already mentioned, a bed mattress gives greater stability as well as better sleeping comfort which obviously plays an extremely important role in the longer term and in a wider perspective. The improvement in hygiene mainly has to do with the removable cover of the mattress, which can be washed separately. Thus, dead skin cells and sweat are removed which otherwise for years allowed to embalm your bedding.
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Our tips on good and affordable mattresses are further down in the article.
If, for example, you turn on and buy a frame bed, it is worth highlighting that the mattress cover of the bed is not removable and thus you cannot wash. It appears to be a more or less insignificant problem in the short term, but in the longer term it may have a significantly more negative effect on the freshness of the bedding. If you buy a bed mattress and use it directly on top of your bed, you have easily fixed your problem. For those who buy a latex bed mattress, it is actually possible to wash not only the cover but also the foam, but it is a complicated process and we therefore recommend that you do not do it too often.
When buying some bed models, a bed mattress is included in the price, but after all we recommend you as a consumer to be skeptical. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for the ‘bed mattresses-to-buy’ not to be of very high quality and therefore it may probably be relevant for you to buy a good external bed mattress regardless.
Latex, memory foam and polyurethane
There are different types of mattress cores where X is most common are memory foam, latex and polyurethane. The last is the foam we all know from carpets from gymnasiums around Sweden and thus a notorious “dead” foam with no real beneficial qualities on your night’s sleep. Therefore, we recommend that you consistently opt out of polyurethane and instead look for a bed mattress where the core consists of either latex or memory foam.
A latex bed mattress – a latex bed mattress – is an excellent choice and a product that treats your body in the best possible way. The core is elastic, which means that a latex bed mattress will form completely according to your body and in the places where your body drops as deep as possible, the mattress offers a back pressure – a resistance that works well for your body. These are just some of the benefits of a latex bed mattress.
A mattress with a core of memory foam has similar properties to those with latex solid, but is constructed differently. Anyone who sleeps on a mattress with memory foam will notice that it is completely formed after the body. More precisely, this means that the memory foam is formed according to your body heat, which means that you descend on the most critical pressure points on your body, such as your neck, lower back and shoulders.
Which one should I choose?
As we have already discussed, memory foam is a good choice for those who like to sink deep into a bed mattress and who also have a great need to specifically customize your sleeping space. In addition, the mattress is recommended for all those who easily freeze at night because it retains body heat but, as a result, of course is not recommended for those who instead want a cooler bed.
A latex bed mattress creates the conditions for a sleeping experience of the opposite kind as it instead of a conserved heat is a function where the temperature is regulated. Anyone who wants it warm at night also gets it with a latex bed mattress and the same goes for the one who prefers a cool bedroom instead. The temperature control obviously works in both directions.
In addition to having to decide whether you want a latex bed mattress or memory foam, there is also the thickness of the mattress to consider. As with so much else, it is not rules carved in stone that apply, but rather it is about guidelines with which your night’s sleep can be significantly improved. In general, and perhaps unsurprisingly, one can say that the heavier the body weight, the thicker the mattress, and thus of course the lighter the body weight, the thinner the mattress. You can also fund many good mattresses under $300 with all above mentioned features, you just have to do some online research.
The benefits of elasticity
When it comes to latex bed mattress, these have the advantage of making the mattress itself extremely easily adapted to individuals with large bodily differences. Usually, you need to buy very individualized products where one’s weight class is of the utmost importance to take into account, but just in case of latex bed mattress, a larger individualization is almost completely unnecessary.


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Most of the people I come across and work with these days are hard charging, type A, goal oriented people who are trying to squeeze the most out of every day. No matter what their role in life, from athletes, to parents and students, they are grinding it out to make the greatest impact in their jobs and lives. But what most of us don’t realize, or can just be a hard pill to swallow, is that as high performers, we are being asked to conquer the recovery process too so that we can keep doing what we do for longer, with greater success, more fulfillment, and better relationships with people that add much needed human connection in our lives. It’s all possible because when we honor our minds and bodies with the care they need, we are more productive, connected, and find more flow in our days than when we fill every moment with work.
Sometimes for high perfomers, recovery is the work, and we need to give ourselves the permission to do it.
I’ve been called Zen Mom, a graceful *ss kicker, and I wish I had a dollar for every time someone asked me how I stay so calm. What I know is that my calm used to be a veil and a management tool that luckily led me down the path of asking the big questions about how to make it real and heal from past traumas, instead of burying my feelings which leads to more discomfort and usually down a path to addiction that makes our lives more out of control. It was from this place of pain, striving, and discontentment that my intuition led me to a yoga mat, a practice I must have tried five times between the ages of 30-40 that I just couldn’t get to stick. I had all but figured it wasn’t for me and then at my lowest point I found the magic of breath to movement and it set off regeneration in me that led to me to dive deeper into the why of active recovery practices that enhance healing and high performing lifestyles. Yoga and breath work healed in big and small ways, like removing that tiny pebble in your shoe that you can walk with but is causing constant discomfort. I’ve heard it said that living with unresolved trauma is like holding a brick in one hand and trying to do all the heavy lifting yourself, credit to @intrinsicway for this beautiful analogy, because this was definitely true for me. But these realizations have helped me uncover knowledge and helped me create a beautiful healing community that weaves it’s way through my days, shows me a safe space to learn more about myself and help others do the same. These healing elements, both internal and external that are available to us, help us learn how to down regulate and befriend our nervous systems. And guess what? All of this “chilling” makes us happier, more efficient and productive than if we put our heads down and try to work straight through.
When grace becomes a part of high performance, we are far less likely to succumb to overwhelm, exhaustion, and burn out, and learn to reframe perfectionism when it rears its ugly head.
Intuitively, I have always known this, it’s what makes me rise early in the morning to get that slice of quiet before the noise starts trickling in. But learning the science behind recovery is what makes me feel healthier at 45 than I did in my 30’s. It motivates me to focus on my sleep, hydration, movement, and nutrition because of how these things relate to my creativity, and connection with others. When I was younger, I didn’t know how to be kind to myself and the answer to find calm evaded me as I keep trying to do more to please others and ended most days exhausted and yet knowing deep down I was missing something that couldn’t until I learned to balance my nervous system with rest and recovery.
As I press forward into the world of high performance, I continue to learn about the multifaceted ways recovery brings calm to our systems and connection to our relationships because we are in a state to sit comfortably in our own bodies and listen and offer insight, instead of being distracted by what is ahead or behind us. Just discovering the magic of presence is curative in itself.
My piqued interest in the recovery and self care process helped me find a new book called Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle. Did you know that positive social interaction is one of the easiest ways to signal to our brain that the world is a safe place. Pre-pandemic, when there were many situations that offered us interaction with others, I didn’t fully appreciate how much I got from my short conversations with the barista at Starbucks. These days, my visit there has turned into an almost daily habit, just because I find the little bits of connection so rewarding . If you find yourself moving a little closer to burnout and causal conversation isn’t delivering some relief for you, the next step is deep connection with someone you value or love. Did you know that, according to psychological researcher John Gottman, a six second kiss with your significant other will signal safety and help complete the stress response in your body? As will a 20 second hug when each person has their weight over their own center of gravity. At the height of a world experiencing a pandemic, it’s important for us to know how important we are to each others health, yes in keeping our distance when necessary, but also in our deepest forms of connection. From the benefits of daily movement, the power of a good deep breath, a solid sleep routine, music, belly laughter, and conversation and affection with the people we love, we have to remember that recovery takes discipline. It’s the greatest form of self love that will save us from ourselves and make us lifelong high achievers on any stage.


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Detention warrants were issued on Monday for 47 businessmen in Mersin province as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement by the Mersin Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, CNN Türk reported.
According to the report, 29 of the 47 businessmen were detained during police operations while 18 are still at large.
Listed as “evidence” against the businessmen was increasing their deposits in Bank Asya, which was personally targeted by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and later seized by the government in 2015; becoming members of Gülen movement associations, which were closed by the government following a failed coup attempt last year; and while travelling abroad using the same hotel as people linked with the Gülen movement.
President Erdoğan and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government launched an all-out war against the Gülen movement following a Dec.17-25, 2013 corruption investigation that included ministers and Erdoğan’s family. It turned into a witch-hunt following a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016.
Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said on July 18 that the government had seized 966 companies from people allegedly linked to the Gülen movement.
“In addition, 4,888 properties of those 966 companies were also seized and transferred to the Finance Ministry,” said Kurtulmuş.
Immediately after the putsch, the government along with President Erdoğan pinned the blame on the Gülen movement.
Fethullah Gülen, who inspired the movement, strongly denied having any role in the failed coup and called for an international investigation into it, but President Erdoğan — calling the coup attempt “a gift from God” — and the government initiated a widespread purge aimed at cleansing sympathizers of the movement from within state institutions, dehumanizing its popular figures and putting them in custody.
Turkey’s Justice Ministry announced on July 13 that 50,510 people have been arrested and 169,013 have been the subject of legal proceedings on coup charges since the failed coup.
Turkey suspended or dismissed more than 150,000 judges, teachers, police and civil servants after the coup attempt.