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- Obama not worried about Ebola at upcoming African summit in D.C.
- Obama: ‘We tortured some folks’ after 9/11
- Obama administration asked whole D.C. Circuit to take on major Obamacare case
- Mark Levin: Topple GOP leadership or country will ‘unravel’
- Massachusetts to let police chief deny gun buys to those deemed unfit
- John Kerry condemns attack on Israeli soldiers, kidnapping
- U.S. starts to evacuate American Ebola patients from West Africa: Report
- Geraldo slammed as ‘dummy’ for backing Clinton’s bin Laden claim
- Israeli spokesman: No need to debate who broke the cease-fire
- 35 Palestinians killed; Israeli officer missing
AP PHOTOS: Tigers slugger Cabrera makes history
Question of the Day
KANSAS CITY, MO. (AP) - Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers became just the 15th player _ and the first in 45 years _ to win baseball’s Triple Crown, joining an elite list that includes Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams and Lou Gehrig.
Cabrera topped the American League with a .330 batting average, 44 home runs and 139 RBIs, becoming the first Triple Crown winner in the major leagues since Boston’s Carl Yastrzemski in 1967.
Here are some images from Cabrera’s historic night for the AL Central Division champions:
By Orrin G. Hatch
Procedural changes impede the chamber's traditional deliberative function
- House GOP resurrects border bill, predicts successful Friday vote
- Border agents cleared of civil rights complaints from illegal immigrant children
- Ben Carson takes major step toward presidential campaign
- U.N. condemns Israel, U.S. for not sharing Iron Dome with Hamas
- Obama military strategy too weak for future security, panel reports
- Porn-surfing feds blame boredom, lack of work for misbehavior
- Feds raid S.C. home to seize Land Rover in EPA emission-control crackdown
- CRUZ: A tale of two hospitals: One in Israel, one in Gaza
- Ted Nugent slams 'lying freaks' at liberal media: I'm 'doing God's work'
- ON THE RUN: Competition for Redskins backup running back is heating up
Top 10 U.S. military helicopters
Obama's biggest White House 'fails'
Celebrities turned politicians
Athletes turned actors

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Fewer than 40 new COVID-19 cases in Ottawa on Sunday, 2 new deaths
OTTAWA -- Ottawa Public Health says 36 more people in the city have tested positive for COVID-19 and two more residents have died.
This, as the province is reporting its lowest daily case count in nearly eight months.
Health officials reported 663 new infections across the province on Sunday, along with 1,222 newly resolved cases. Another 10 Ontarians have died due to COVID-19. Public Health Ontario reported 40 new cases in Ottawa on Sunday. Figures from OPH often differ from those provided by Public Health Ontario because the two health agencies pull data from their respective daily reports at different times of day.
The province also reported zero new cases across much of eastern Ontario on Sunday, with the Eastern Ontario Health Unit, Hastings Prince Edward Public Health, Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Public Health, and the Leeds, Grenville & Lanark Distric Health Units all showing no new cases Sunday. There were two new cases reported in the Renfrew County and District Health Unit on Sunday, according to Public Health Ontario.
Ottawa Public Health's COVID-19 dashboard now shows a total of 27,301 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the city since the start of the pandemic. With two additional deaths reported Sunday, a total of 579 residents of Ottawa have died due to COVID-19.
OPH's dashboard also shows zero active community outbreaks linked to workplaces, social events, sports & recreation, community organizations, multi-unit dwellings or religious institutions.
Across the river in Gatineau, Quebec health officials reported 12 new cases in the Outaouais region. There were zero new COVID-19 deaths reported across Quebec on Sunday.
OTTAWA'S KEY COVID-19 STATISTICS
The stay-at-home order ended at 12:01 a.m. on June 2. Ontario will announce when Ottawa and the rest of the province enter Step One of the Roadmap to Reopen plan.
Ottawa Public Health data:
- COVID-19 cases per 100,000 (May 29 to June 4): 29,6 (down from 31.9)
- Positivity rate in Ottawa (May 28 to June 3): 3.5 per cent
- Reproduction number (seven day average): 0.87
Reproduction values greater than 1 indicate the virus is spreading and each case infects more than one contact. If it is less than 1, it means spread is slowing.
COVID-19 VACCINES IN OTTAWA
Ottawa Public Health updates vaccine numbers on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
As of June 4:
- Ottawa residents with 1 dose (12+): 569,931
- Ottawa residents with 2 doses (12+): 60,381
- Total doses received in Ottawa: 604,790
As of Friday, 66 per cent Ottawa residents 18 and older had received at least one dose of the vaccine.
*Total doses received does not include AstraZeneca doses shipped to pharmacies and primary care clinics.
HOSPITALIZATIONS IN OTTAWA
Ottawa Public Health reported 24 people in Ottawa hospitals with COVID-19 related illnesses on Sunday, down from 25 people on Saturday.
There are four people in the intensive care unit.
Hospitalizations (and ICU admissions) by age category:
- 0-9: 0
- 10-19: 0
- 20-29: 0
- 30-39: 1
- 40-49: 4 (1 in ICU)
- 50-59: 6 (2 in ICU)
- 60-69: 6 (1 in ICU)
- 70-79: 4
- 80-89: 2
- 90+: 1
These data are based on figures from Ottawa Public Health's COVID-19 dashboard, which refer to residents of Ottawa and do not include patient transfers from other regions.
ACTIVE CASES OF COVID-19 IN OTTAWA
There are 523 active cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Sunday, down from 533 active cases on Saturday.
OPH reported that 44 more people recovered after testing positive for COVID-19. The total number of resolved cases of coronavirus in Ottawa is now 26,199.
The number of active cases is the number of total laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 minus the numbers of resolved cases and deaths. A case is considered resolved 14 days after known symptom onset or positive test result.
VARIANTS OF CONCERN
Ottawa Public Health data*:
- Total B.1.1.7 (UK/Alpha variant) cases: 5,523
- Total B.1.351 (South Africa/Beta variant) cases: 318 (-1)
- Total P.1 (Brazil/Gamma variant) cases: 29 (+3)
- Total B.1.617: 3
- Total B.1.617.2 (Delta variant): 4
- Other variant: 1
- Total variants of concern/mutation cases: 6,479
- Deaths linked to variants/mutations: 68 (+1)
*OPH notes that that VOC and mutation trends must be treated with caution due to the varying time required to complete VOC testing and/or genomic analysis following the initial positive test for SARS-CoV-2. Test results may be completed in batches and data corrections or updates can result in changes to case counts that may differ from past reports.
COVID-19 CASES IN OTTAWA BY AGE CATEGORY
- 0-9 years old: Eight new cases (2,240 total cases)
- 10-19 years-old: Five new cases (3,482 total cases)
- 20-29 years-old: 11 new cases (6,134 total cases)
- 30-39 years-old: Nine new cases (4,167 total cases)
- 40-49 years-old: Three new cases (3,591 total cases)
- 50-59 years-old: One case reassigned to another category (3,289 total cases)
- 60-69-years-old: Zero new cases (1,938 total cases)
- 70-79 years-old: Zero new cases (1,082 total cases)
- 80-89 years-old: One new case (856 total cases)
- 90+ years old: Zero new cases (519 total cases)
- Unknown: Zero new cases (3 cases total)
COVID-19 TESTING IN OTTAWA
The Ottawa COVID-19 Testing Taskforce reports 924 swabs were processed at assessment centres in Ottawa on June 3.
A total of 2,407 lab tests were performed in Ottawa on Thursday.
The average turnaround from the time the swab was taken at a testing site to the result was 16 hours.
The next update from the Ottawa COVID-19 Testing Taskforce will be released on Monday.
Public Health Ontario says 22,635 COVID-19 tests were completed across the province on Saturday.
CASES OF COVID-19 AROUND THE REGION
- Eastern Ontario Health Unit: Zero new cases
- Hastings Prince Edward Public Health: Zero new cases
- Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Public Health: Zero new cases
- Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit: Zero new cases
- Renfrew County and District Health Unit: Two new cases
- Outaouais (Gatineau and western Quebec): 12 new cases
Ottawa Public Health is reporting COVID-19 outbreaks at institutions in Ottawa, including long-term care homes, retirement homes, daycares, hospitals and schools.
There are zero active community outbreaks linked to workplaces, social events, sports & recreation, community organizations, multi-unit dwellings or religious institutions.
The schools and childcare spaces currently experiencing outbreaks are:
- Service A L'Enfrance Aladin St-Anne (May 13)
- Global Child Services Home Child Care (May 27)
- Dolphin Tale Child Care (May 30)
The long-term care homes, retirement homes, hospitals, and other spaces currently experiencing outbreaks are:
- Extendicare Starwood - 2 South (May 7)
- Villa Marconi - 3rd Floor (May 10)
- The Ottawa Hospital General Campus - Single Unit 5E (May 15)
- Group Home A-16961 (May 18)
- Centre D'Accueil Champlain - 2nd floor unit and 5th floor unit (May 19)
- Elisabeth Bruyere Residence - REB 5 Unit (May 21)
- Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (May 22)
- Garry J Armstrong long-term care home - 5th floor and 6th floor (May 24)
- The Ottawa Hospital Rehab Centre - Ward A (May 25)
- Maison Accueil Sagesse (May 25)
- Group Home A-17628 (May 29)
- The Ottawa Hospital General Campus - 5N (May 30)
- The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus - E5 (May 30)
As of April 7, two cases of COVID-19 in a resident or staff member of a long-term care home, retirement home with an with an epidemiological link, within a 14-day period, where at least one case could have reasonably acquired their infection in the facility is considered an outbreak in a long-term care home or retirement home. One laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 in a staff member or resident of other institutions such as shelters, group homes, is considered an outbreak. In childcare settings, two children or staff or household member cases of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 within a 14-day period where at least one case could have reasonably acquired their infection in the childcare establishment is considered an outbreak in a childcare establishment.


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Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has advised his Bauchi State counterpart Bala Muhammed to apologize to Nigerians for his recent comments supporting herders to bear arms.
Governor Ortom, who gave the advice today at a press conference held at Benue Peoples House in Makurdi, said the apology was needed as it would help console Nigerians, especially those who had lost loved ones because of the activities of criminal shepherds.
He also urged Governor Mohammed to take inspiration from the governors of Kano and Kaduna states, both of Fulani origin, who have expressed their dissatisfaction with the activities of terrorist shepherds in their respective states.
Ortom, who argued his call for the federal government to declare a state of security emergency, was patriotic and wondered why some Nigerians, including those in Benue, had given him a look.
Governor Ortom noted that his letter to President Muhammadu Buhari was to express genuine concern over the state of insecurity in the country, which needed the support of well-meaning Nigerians to overcome.
On the statement credited to Miyetti Allah in support of his governor Bala Mohammed, Ortom said it was on such issues that he had repeatedly called on the federal government to outlaw the socio-cultural organization as a terrorist group.
DAILY POST recalls that Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, on February 12, gave reasons why he thinks the shepherds should continue to carry the AK-47 across the country.
Mohammed had alleged that the government and society had failed to protect the shepherds in the forest, hence the need to protect themselves.
Shepherds’ crisis: you owe the Nigerians an apology – Ortom tells Bauchi Gov

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Local over-the-top advertising revenue is expected to be $857 million in 2019, up 43%, according to a new estimate from BIA Advisory Services.
“OTT offers a considerable opportunity for broadcasters to grow revenue,” said Tom Buono, founder and CEO of BIA Advisory Services. “As consumers shift their viewing habits, it’s an opportunity to extend the value of traditional over-the-air content. We’ve added OTT to our forecast to track this growing area and scope the revenue opportunity.”
BIA defines OTT advertising as locally targeted advertising included on streaming video that is delivered to TV sets via internet connections. BIA’s OTT ad forecast focuses on the local activation of OTT video impressions on Connected TVs. This ad inventory can be both competitive and complementary with local TV and cable inventory.
“The industry has reached a stage where there are several existing and emerging OTT players that have a high growth potential,” said Mark Fratnik, chief economist and senior VP at BIA. “By partnering with them, broadcasters can drive new revenue by delivering their valuable content and diverse audiences. I believe we’re at the tip of the opportunity and we’re working closely with OTT firms to analyze revenue opportunities.”
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Deceptively brave and confronting, 52 Tuesdays tells the story of a mother and daughter each facing transition. For the mother, it is his personal transition into transgender identity; a coming out that happens in the opening scenes and through which Jane becomes James. Against this backdrop, Billie (James’ daughter) wrestles with her own transition into adulthood, and into her own embodied sexuality. When James announces to his daughter that he needs space during this transition period, they each agree to spend time together every Tuesday. And so 52 Tuesdays documents these visits, filmed over the course of 52 Tuesdays in real life.
The production of this film was highly unconventional (apart from the Tuesday only filming, nearly all the actors in the film were complete amateurs, and scripts were only provided a week in advance as the story itself evolved through and with the lives of the cast and crew), and still, or perhaps in part because of, this low budget Australian film won the world cinema dramatic directing award at this year’s Sundance film festival, and the crystal bear for best film from the youth Jury at the Berlin film festival.
There are many themes to explore in the film. Certainly the self-documentation of the 52 weeks recorded by both James and Billie raises questions about the power to control narrative, the internal struggle to tell one’s own story. As Sandy George notes, ‘both mother and daughter use self-documentation as a kind of divining rod, as though their own images might point toward a more authentic way to be’.  But possibly the most provocative moment in the film is announced when Jasmine, one of Billie’s teenage lovers, a young woman who is living with a severely agoraphobic mother, confronts Billie with these words:
“There is nothing wrong with having a mother who wants to be someone”
This startling declaration brings into the focus the blurred lines of identity that are played out in the film. On one level this is about the relationship between parent and child; in the words of director Sophie Hyde ‘we were exploring the moment where you meet your parent as an adult and understand them as a real person. When’s the moment where you show your child all of who you are?’  But then, it is not simply parents we are talking about, the whole film centers on this idea of motherhood and what motherhood has and will mean for Billie, and even more intensely, what it has meant for James (who recounts the long painful decade he has put off coming out because of his anxiety around gendered motherhood). James remains Billie’s mother right until the end of the film; James’ transgender transition in no way threatens or questions this designation. The subtle reoccurrence of Billie addressing her ‘father’ as ‘Tom’ seems almost trope like in this regard. In this way, many of the problematic notions about motherhood become apparent.
The films questions around trans identity helps us to push the motherhood category, or rather, to see it in its normative form. That is, for bodies with wombs that have borne children, an alleged and drastic ontological shift is enacted, and a new normative way of being embodied is established. No longer women (which continues to be the norm for wombed childless bodies), these bodies, from all accounts, take on a new status as ‘mother’. To be a mother is to be caught up in this new quasi-subjectivity. I write this as a parent, one who almost always hesitates on this capital M word, this form that overwhelms me with its situated concreteness. Now, having endured the kind of discrimination and expectations placed on mothers, I find it hard to see a future in motherhood, or any sense in its usefulness as a term. And this is not only term; but category, occupation, designation, and ultimately a (my?) telos. In this framework – the mother as ontological point of reference – motherhood makes possible and only possible, the construction of socialised extras, such as ‘working mother’ or ‘mum I’d like to fuck’.
Ultimately, this fixed category of mother becomes a foundational lens in which we not only read the quasi-subject (who is mother) but through which other, childless subjects, may emerge in more fluid identities. That Billie’s story becomes the primary lens in 52 Tuesdays is hardly surprising, or to quote George once more ‘James’s life forms a kind of shadow to Billie’s, as mothers often become colourless, shapeless obstacles to their teenage daughters’. At one point in the movie, James describes how angry Billie’s father was at him, because it took him ‘so long to find out who he is’. It’s a harrowing moment, and reveals the mothers position as somewhat of a zero-sum game. And yet James continues to subvert his status of mother – not due to the supposedly obvious implications of transgender transition, but because of his trans-formation back into a person who wants to be someone. And if having a womb and or being a parent has a future – at least for those of us who feel marginalised and oppressed by the normative categories of gender, and this peculiar ‘mother’ status – then there is something profoundly liberating in James’ subversion, because in the end, don’t we all just want to be someone?
 Of course, mothers who have not birthed their children often share a very similar experience. Perhaps precisely this experince. I am using womb language here simply because the dynamics regarding gender transition are used to startling effect in this film.


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Sadly, the Children’s Choir is temporarily discontinued due to the challenges with the pandemic. This status will be reevaluated in the new year. Thank you to those children who participated in the past.
Singers in grades 7-10 are invited to join the Idioma Family to sing for the 5:00pm Mass on alternate Sundays, beginning Sun, Sep 20. Social distancing is maintained with 6 feet between members in the choir loft and sanitary practices are maintained.
The music ministry at OLF provides music for 5 of the 6 weekend Masses. Cantors are needed to assist in leading the song during the Mass. During this time, cantors have been singing from the choir loft in order to maintain social distancing. Sanitary practices are also maintained.
If you would like to serve the Lord through music, please contact Mrs. Jean Lyons, Director of Sacred Music email@example.com or 732-642-6747 for further information.

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- The All American Rejects - I Wanna: I remember when I first heard TAAR for the first time I tried to download every single album/single that I could fine. I came across this one and loved it. One of my all time favourites to this day.
- David Guetta - It’s The Way You Love Me: Absolutely LOVE this song! Not a lyric person, I’m more of a listening harmony/melody instrumental kind of person.
- Jack Wall & Sam Hulick - Vigil: It’s one of the many soundtracks albums I have, and this one is from the first Mass Effect. I don’t particularly like it.
- Paris Hilton - Turn You On: LOL at the song’s title. I actually got a copy of Paris Hilton’s album recently (Secret exposed) when I heard her 2007 hit Stars Are Blind in a shop and it reminded me of how much I liked that song when it was released. Verdict? Her entire album is completely poor. I haven’t even heard Turn You On.
- Lil Wayne - Lift It Up: I actually haven’t heard this song before even though I have it on library. Took a listen and didn’t like it.
- Pitbull ft. Slim - Daddy’s Little Girl: Ah, I haven’t heard this song in ages. It’s quite decent, not excellent, and not poor either. I liked the majority of the songs found with this song in the album.
- Eliza Doolittle - Empty Hand: Not much of an Eliza Doolittle fan from day one. My girlfriend likes her I think, and I wouldn’t mind listening to it, but its certainly not something I’d pick to listen to.
- The Fray - We Build Then We Break: I LOVE THE FRAY!! I can say that with total confidence! There was only 1 or 2 songs that I disliked in their 2nd album, and this definitely wasn’t one of them. It’s either hate or love with The Fray.
- DJ Tiesto - Lethal Industry (NRG mix): The original was nice, but the majority of the mixes on NRG albums were slightly dull. Such as this one.
- The All American Rejects - Dirty Little Secret: Oh! This is luck. Considering there’s 5543 songs on iTunes. This was the 2nd TAAR song I had ever found. The first one was “It Ends Tonight”; that’s what got me into them in the first place. I love this song though.
- Diane Birch - Rewind: This is one of the songs that I obtained through the free “Single of the week” on iTunes. I give it a 2/5 for my taste.
- The Ting Tings - Impacilla Carpisung: I LOVE the Ting Tings, and their debut album. Where have they gone? But this was one of their worst songs ewww.
- Daft Punk - Flynn Lives: Again, a group I like (not love with enthusiasm), but a song I don’t like.
- Bruno Mars - The Other Side: I like Bruno Mars, but this song is just an average to me. He’s made much better songs for me.
- Drake - Houstatlantavegas: I remember when I listened to this I found it calming for a middle-of-the-night song because of the weird drum beat. But other than that, Drake’s not really my kinda thing.
- Aly & A.J. - Out of the Blue: One of my all times favourites and I loved this song!! About time another good song came on! Used to put this on repeat -1.
- Drake ft. Timbaland - Thank Me Now: Ok.. this is better than the previous Drake song.
- Drake ft. The Dream - Shut It Down: Ok.. shuffle is being annoying. Again, not my thing.
- P Diddy ft. Mika Lett - Special Feeling: Ah here’s an artist that I prefer over Drake anyday. This song’s alright I guess…
- Don Henley - I Will Not Go Quietly: A non-contemporary! This is from my mother’s album! I normally like his songs.. but this one’s an exception.
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- f(x) = |x|
- f(x) = (x - 2)^2 - 9
- f(x) = 2x^3 - 9x^2 + 12x - 5
- f(x) = 2^x
- f(x) = 1/x
What has my life become that I find this interesting?
I’m going to die when this comes up in my final exams in just under 30 days.
I’m not even exaggerating at the 50 psychology essays. There’s 10 topics/modules, and 5 essays for each. I was meant to do them in the course of 2 weeks… but uhh… yeeeeah…. and so was the 200 maths questions… you know.. I used that break for a break LOL, not for work! >.<
The situation led to Allen’s resignation from Microsoft, but he rejected an offer to buy him out for $5 a share. Microsoft’s share price is now $25, giving Allen an estimated fortune of around $13bn.
Such huge wealth has enabled Allen to buy various homes in France, London’s Holland Park and New York, but his main residence is outside of his home town of Seattle, where he has a massive art collection including works by Renoir and Monet.
Alongside a garage full of sports cars, Allen also has a hanger at Seattle airport holding a Boeing 757 and Challenger 601 jet, along with 15 flyable planes from World War II, including a Curtiss Tomahawk, a Messerschmitt 109 and a Spitfire.
His 414ft Octopus yacht has eight levels and requires a 60-strong crew to man it, costing £12 million a year to run. The vessel has two helicopters, a submarine and a recording studio where the Beastie Boys recorded their last album.” —
Aight so this guy was a co-founder for Microsoft. BUT DOES ANYONE REALLY NEED ALL OF THAT!?


Will There Be an Atomic Blonde 2?
It's Official: Charlize Theron Will Kick More Ass and Chug More Stoli in Atomic Blonde 2
In the mood for a celebratory swig of Stoli on ice? How about a quick fight to the death set to George Michael's "Father Figure"? I hope so, because there's no other way to appropriately react to the news that more Atomic Blonde is in the works.
During Charlize Theron's recent appearance at the San Francisco Film Festival, where the 42-year-old Tully actress was being honored with a special tribute, she confirmed rumors that a sequel to the 2017 action thriller is headed our way. "We're working on it," she told Indiewire's Anne Thompson, who led their conversation at San Francisco's Castro Theater on April 8. Theron also discussed how brutal filming Atomic Blonde's elaborate, violent action sequences was for her, which she prepared for with dance training.
"I have the muscle memory, but I hadn't done anything like that for many years," she said. "The strength level was starting from scratch. I do have the discipline, dance teaches you that. I don't like people telling me there's something that I can't do. I thrive in that environment."
Theron plays British spy Lorraine Broughton in the film, which hit theaters last Summer and sees her trying to solve a convoluted mystery in '80s-era Berlin alongside James McAvoy, Eddie Marsan, and John Goodman (emphasis on "convoluted" — you're not the only one who's still trying to unravel who double-crosses who). What the David Leitch-directed film lacks in clarity it makes up for in gritty, realistic action sequences that would make James Bond wince. Theron unquestionably shines as the tough-as-nails Lorraine, and ensures each punch she takes to the face (too many to count, honestly) seems believable.
As for what the sequel will be about, any specific details are still being kept under wraps. During Theron's latest appearance on Watch What Happens Live, all she'd let slip was that it's "in development." Perhaps we'll see Lorraine enter the '90s and start kicking ass in a different European city? I think we all deserve to see some espionage set to "Smells Like Teen Spirit."


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- Format: Hardcover
- ISBN: 978-0-7190-8723-3
- Pages: 352
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Price: £75.00
- Published Date: July 2016
- BIC Category: HISTORY / Europe / France, Humanities / History, History, History, France, European history
- Series: Studies in Modern French History
This book explores the commemorative afterlives of the Algerian War of Independence (1954-62), one of the world's most iconic wars of decolonisation. It focuses on the million French settlers - pieds-noirs - and the tens of thousands of harkis - the French army's native auxiliaries - who felt compelled to migrate to France when colonial rule ended.
Challenging the idea that Algeria was a 'forgotten' war that only returned to French public attention in the 1990s, this study reveals a dynamic picture of memory activism undertaken continuously since 1962 by grassroots communities connected to this conflict. Reconceptualising the ways in which the Algerian War has been debated, evaluated and commemorated in the subsequent five decades, From empire to exile makes an original contribution to important discussions surrounding the contentious issues of memory, migration and empire in contemporary France that will appeal to students and scholars of history and cultural studies.
'Eldridge's book provides an outstanding model to build on.'
Darcie Fontaine, University of South Florida, H-France Review Vol. 17 (March 2017), No. 53
'All in all, Eldridge has provided us with a fuller understanding of the evolution in the postcolonial terrain of memories and by extension, the terrain of identities constitutive of French society, which emerged in reaction to the Algerian War. From Empire toExile will no doubt remain indispensable reading for those interested in the role played by memory in decolonization.'
Professor Sung-Eun Choi, Bentley University, Reviews in History May 2017
'Well constructed and meticulously argued. Highly recommended.'
M. L. Scott, York College of PA, Choice, July 2017
Claire Eldridge is Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Leeds
Winner of the RHS Gladstone Prize
Part I: The Era of 'Absence', 1962-91
1. Creating a community
2. The sounds of silence
3. Creating an identity
4. Breaking the silence
Part II: The 'Return' of the War of Independence, 1991-2012
5. Hardening attitudes
6. Speaking out
Memory wars, 1999-2012
7. Friends and enemies
8. Champs de bataille

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When I was a little girl I lived in Pella, Iowa. Pella is a small town south of Des Moines, Iowa. The town’s unique Dutch theme and quaint town square makes a great place to visit. I recently took a trip to my past and experienced things that I thought I forgot. As a young girl, my parents would take me to the town square where I would get donut holes and cookies from a local bakery called Jaarsma Bakey. Granted I haven’t been to this bakery in about seventeen years, but I got out of my car and knew exactly where it was located. I walked into this Bakery and instantly was filled with an aroma of pastries. I came for the legendary “Dutch Letter” pastry. Instead, I walked out with a box of six. The day was beautiful, sunny and warm. It was the perfect day to visit somewhere that has meaning to me. The town’s square is later filled with an abundant amount of tulips for the Tulip Festival in the Spring time. If your ever on a road trip, and looking for something unique and exciting to go visit, take a trip to this small, but tasteful town of ethnicity and treats!
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at SAU chapter.

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- Naira Depreciates Against the Dollar on Parallel Market on Friday
Naira continues its downward slide against the US dollar on the parallel market on Friday, according to the Abokifx report.
The local currency declined by N3 from N447 per US dollar it traded on Thursday to N450 on Friday.
While, against the British Pound, the Nigerian Naira was exchanged at N545 a pound on Friday, down from N543 it was sold on Thursday.
This same trend continues against the European single currency as the Naira slid from N470 it traded on Thursday to N472 on Friday.
On the Investors & Exporters FX Window, the Naira which opened the day at N387.75 to a US dollar moderated to N386.50, largely due to the surge in volume traded to $112.89 million. That was the same rate it traded on Thursday.
However, the official rate of the Central Bank of Nigeria remains N361 to a US dollar.
Despite efforts to support and prop up the value of the Naira, the Nigerian currency remains weak amid growing economic uncertainties.
A recent report by Investors King revealed that the CBN has been moping up Naira in circulation to reduce demand for the US dollar and better manage the weak foreign reserves.
A banker, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the apex bank debited 26 banks a total sum of N459.7 billion on Thursday for failing to meet 27.5 percent Cash Reserve Ratio target.
According to him, the apex bank is hurting banks’ ability to purchase or demand for forex despite campaigns to stimulate and support businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
He said “You know the central bank also does what we call retail FX intervention, that is when they sell FX to corporates. Now, because they don’t want banks coming with huge demands, what they do is that a day before the FX sales, they debit the banks so that the naira you have available is small and you cannot put them under pressure because of your FX demands. That has really been the driver.”
Even with the apex bank devaluing the Naira to slow down capital outflow, foreign investors continue to demand for forex through various Nigerian banks to move their money out of the country. A move capable of hurting the nation’s foreign reserves and impede the apex bank’s ability to intervene in the foreign exchange market.
“We understand that the central bank had set up a special CRR team that is supposed to monitor banks’ CRR once a month. But now, the team monitors banks’ CRR on a weekly basis. This is why the central bank is effectively debiting banks on a weekly basis. Some weeks ago, they debited some banks about N1.4 trillion. That was one of many. Between that time and now, there have been more debits that have happened. But the debits that are huge/significant are what is troubling the banks. There was a N300 billion that happened about two weeks ago. and then yesterday that was this N459.7 billion that was also debited,” the banker added.
Foreign Sponsors Drives Infrastructure Projects In Nigeria – World Bank
Projects with foreign sponsors have played an important role in developing sizable infrastructure projects in Nigeria, the World Bank said on Thursday.
The World Bank said this in its report titled ‘Private participation in infrastructure 2020 annual report’.
It said sizable 2020 PPI investment commitments in Nigeria were mainly due to a big-ticket natural gas pipeline project.
The report said, “Nigeria has managed to report PPI investment commitments for five consecutive years since 2015. Sizable 2020 PPI investment commitments in Nigeria were mainly due to a big-ticket natural gas pipeline project.
“The $2.6bn pipelines will transport up to 3,500 million cubic feet of gas a day from various gas gathering projects in southern Nigeria.
“Projects with foreign sponsors, especially from China, have played an important role in developing sizable infrastructure projects in Nigeria.”
According to the report, there are four natural gas projects in some countries with $6.9bn in investment commitments in 2020.
It stated that one of them was the Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano pipeline, which was being developed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to transport natural gas from southern Nigeria to central Nigeria.
“The $2.8bn pipeline project represents phase one of the 1,300-kilometer Trans-Nigerian Gas Pipeline project, which is being developed as part of Nigeria’s Gas Master Plan to utilise the country’s surplus gas resources for power generation as well as for consumption by domestic customers,” it stated.
It said Mexico’s $4bn natural gas pipeline, storage, and corridor project was another one.
The report said it would be the largest natural gas storage facility in North America.
“The pipelines will provide a faster, more economical means of delivering natural gas to locations around the world,” it stated.
According to the report, investment commitments in 2020 stood at $45.7bn across 252 projects, marking a 52 percent decline from 2019 levels.
Private investment commitments had not fallen to these levels since 2004 when investment totaled $31.3bn, it stated.
Nevertheless, it added that despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, investments in the second half of the year increased by 15 percent from the first half of the year.
It stated that private investment commitments in 2020 fell in all regions except for Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East and North Africa.
According to the report, the impact of COVID-19 was most severe in East Asia and the Pacific, followed by Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe and Central Asia, and South Asia.
It stated, “Investment commitments in International Development Association countries in 2020 totaled $6.2bn across 30 projects in 16 countries.
“This compared to $8.4bn across 27 projects in 18 countries in 2019. It is notable that there were more projects in IDA countries despite the pandemic.”
Also, it added, 2020 investment commitments in IDA countries were 21 percent higher than the 2015-2019 average of $5.2bn.
16,000 Jobs Will Be Created After National Theatre’s Renovation – Sunday Ododo
The National Theatre will have the capacity to employ about 16,000 Nigerians at the completion of its ongoing renovation. This was revealed by Prof. Sunday Ododo, the General Manager of National Theatre.
He said the 44-year-old complex will provide over 16,000 jobs during and after its ongoing renovation, according to a report by NAN. Mr.Ododo said on Thursday that most of the jobs would come from the fields of music, movies, fashion, and information technology.
“Some of the jobs will be direct. Others will be indirect. The National Theatre will definitely be a hub for lots of activities,” he said.
Recall that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Government recently signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) for the renovation of the complex. Under the MOU, the CBN, through the Bankers Committee, will invest N21.894 billion to renovate the National Theatre, refurbish it and run it profitably.
CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele, at the signing of the MOU, said that revamping the complex would unlock a mass of creative talents of thousands of Nigerian youths in various fields. Information minister Lai Mohammed, who signed on behalf of the Federal Government, had also said that the Private-Public-Partnership arrangement would stimulate growth in various sectors of the economy.
Mr. Ododo, while assessing the progress of the project, said that work had begun with the contractors fully mobilised to the site. He said he was particularly excited at the prospects of many youths securing jobs at all stages of the renovation.
“The jobs will come directly and indirectly through the ongoing radical restoration, revamping and renovation of the edifice. When completed, the complex, which is 44 years old, will be a huge business centre. It will be the place to be. Food sellers and other petty businesses will not be left out. Those coming for events will be served.
“Administration after administrations have ensured the edifice stands. And I must salute our predecessors; I give them kudos. If not for their dedication and efforts, National Theatre would have collapsed long ago. It is capital intensive to maintain. So you can now imagine if a huge sum of 21.8 billion naira is being invested to restore the complex.
“If, for instance, we had maintenance support of a billion naira or even half a billion annually, we will not get to this point where so much is required to fix the edifice. That is why we are glad to inform Nigerians that with the new arrangement, there’s a component that says that once the work is finished, a company will be engaged to maintain the facility every day for the next five years.
“If its work is good, it will be re-engaged; if otherwise, another company will be brought on board. So, maintenance is part of the new arrangement so that we don’t go back to Egypt,” he explained.
He regretted that hospitality outfits had taken over the business of the centre. According to him, these outfits make huge profits that could have been taken by the National Theatre.
“When the National Theatre is up and running, some of these event centres will have to be more creative to be in business. Though we don’t want to send anybody out of business, our own prime target is international businesses because we have facilities that can host international events which many of these event centres don’t have.
“Also, we will be making available a media centre that can take care of multi-language interpretation and all that. We have a 5,000-capacity main bowl. That one can take any UN event, any World Bank event, and any international event. National Theatre will be the centre to beat,” he declared.
Once Again The National Grid Collapsed
Nigeria’s electricity transmission system, also known as the National grid, has suffered another system collapse, plunging Lagos, the country’s commercial capital, Kano and other major cities into a blackout.
The collapse, which occurred about 11.00 am on Tuesday, was confirmed by two of the country’s electricity distribution companies in separate messages to their customers.
“We regret to inform you that the power outage being experienced across our franchise – Kaduna, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states – is as a result of the collapse of the national grid,” Kaduna Electric said on Twitter.
Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc, in a text message to its customers, said: “Dear customer, there is a partial system collapse on the national grid. Our TCN partners are working to restore supply immediately. Please bear with us.”
The grid, which is being managed by the government-owned Transmission Company of Nigeria, has continued to suffer system collapse over the years amid a lack of spinning reserve that is meant to forestall such occurrences.
Spinning reserve is the generation capacity that is online but unloaded and that can respond within 10 minutes to compensate for generation or transmission outages.
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Comment: Economic growth will not come with higher taxes
The UK needs a far more radical Budget for growth than what has so far been leaked.
By Sally Thompson
George Osborne should be focusing on creating the ideal conditions for the private sector to expand and flourish. Popular measures such as credit easing for small businesses are often counterproductive (it could cause a replay of the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis) and do little to make businesses more confident about the future. Instead of tinkering around the edges or ploughing money into prestige spending projects like HS2, the chancellor must bring radical changes to our tax system to send out a clear message that the UK is a good place to do business in.
The first step should be to scrap the 50p tax rate. Merely reducing it to 45p is wet and ineffective. The 50p rate doesn't just affect the amount of revenue, but has a broader impact on the economy. It causes companies to expand overseas rather than in the UK and investments are delayed and cut back. This means less tax take but also fewer jobs. Reducing the top rate to 40p would send out a clear signal that Britain is open for business again rather than punishing success and would stop wealth creators leaving the country.
At the same time the threshold for the 40p tax rate should be increased to £60,000. The current threshold is far too low and when factoring in NI contributions leads to marginal rates of tax of 49%. This is far too much and by 2015 a quarter of taxpayers will be in this tax bracket. To help the squeezed middle the chancellor should raise the threshold by £6,000 each year for the next three years until the threshold reaches £60,000.
If we want growth we also need a Budget that helps the working poor, making conditions easier for them to find work and prosper through their efforts. It is wrong that people on minimum wage have to pay income tax and therefore we would like to see the personal allowance raised to £12,000 to take the country’s lowest earners out of tax altogether.
Our tax system also needs a serious shake up. The tax code needs to be rewritten and simplified. Rather than introducing a General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR) to tackle tax avoidance, the chancellor needs to rewrite the tax code with no tax deductions or loopholes. Simplifying our tax system would deliver significant savings – up to £80 billion – which would allow for a significant cut in the standard rate of income tax.
It's clear that economic growth will not come through high taxes. Rather than focusing on 'cracking down' on tax avoiders and soaking the rich, the chancellor needs to listen to the concerns of businesses and wealth creators. Now is not the time for more regulations, more subsidies, or more credit easing and public spending projects. Instead we need a Budget that gets to grip with the root causes stifling our economy and embraces an unleashing of the private sector through lower taxes, less regulation and a simpler and more transparent tax system.
Sally Thompson is Communications Director at the Adam Smith Institute, a leader free market think tank.
The opinions in politics.co.uk's Comment and Analysis section are those of the author and are no reflection of the views of the website or its owners.


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As the 57th presidential inauguration takes place today, an artifact from a much earlier inaugural celebration rests in a downtown Vancouver display case.
A wooden cane in the Clark County Historical Museum has a silver band with this inscription:
“Andrew Jackson, March 4, 1829.”
That was the day of President Andrew Jackson’s first inaugural address.
There are some intriguing questions about the cane’s path from Washington D.C. to Vancouver.
There aren’t many answers, said Susan Tissot, the museum’s executive director.
The cane arrived 50 years ago with a pretty thin biography. A card indicates that it was donated by Clyde W. Wood in 1963. It was also noted that Jack Martin had received the cane from Sen. Joe Blackburn.
“How? Where? Who was Jack Martin? But it’s like that with a lot of things” in the museum, Tissot said.
Blackburn was a U.S. senator from Kentucky for 18 years between 1885 and 1907. Mount Blackburn in Alaska, the fifth-highest peak in the U.S. at 16,390 feet, is named after him.
But that doesn’t help backtrack the cane. When it was donated in 1963, people weren’t always thinking about paperwork.
These days, “People are much more information-oriented,” Tissot said. “We try to document everything.”
The cane is part of “Above and Below the Fold,” an exhibit about newspapering; it’s in the “Politics” section.
As Tissot said, “There are a lot of things where we don’t have as much information as we would like.”
That includes Hudson’s Bay Company artifacts, particularly a hat from Fort Vancouver’s fur-trading era.
“According to rumor, it was one of few remaining Hudson’s Bay Company beaver hats,” Tissot said.
The Hudson’s Bay Company was comfortable enough with the hat’s pedigree to borrow it for a celebration in Canada.
Still, when you look at the card that accompanies the museum artifact, it’s pretty sketchy, Tissot lamented.
It says “hat.”
— Tom Vogt
Off Beat lets members of The Columbian news team step back from our newspaper beats to write the story behind the story, fill in the story or just tell a story.


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Ka Ka Ba Kut Teh
Where Klang is famous for Ba Kut Teh, Kepong also has its taste for Ba Kut Teh! This restaurant here served two types of Ba Kut Teh, with dry or soup. A lot of you may dine together with vegetable in osyter sauce, oil rice, fried dough sticks or button mushrooms. To get away from the oil, we just order a pot of chinese tea.
Location: Kepong main road
Operating Hours: Dinner & Supper
Specialties: Ba Kut Teh – RM9.00 per small pot onwards

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Animal-rights advocates Paula Demilly and Alisa Foxworthy demonstrate June 16 along with a crowd of about 800 at a rally outside the Manatee County administration building in downtown Bradenton, where the county board held a public hearing on the proposed 2011-12 budget. Animal-welfare advocates were concerned, based on prior comments by two commissioners, that funding might be cut for the county’s pet adoption programs. During the hearing, commissioners assured activists that would not happen. Islander Photo: Bonner Joy
Animal-rights advocates Paula Demilly and Alisa Foxworthy demonstrate June 16 along with a crowd of about 800 at a rally outside the Manatee County administration building in downtown Bradenton, where the county board held a public hearing on the proposed 2011-12 budget. Islander Photo: Bonner Joy
The long July 4 weekend will begin with a rowdy capture and conclude with a big bang.
Plans for the weekend include a siege at Bradenton Beach City Hall, a parade and three fireworks displays.
The Chiles Group will present the fireworks displays after sundown July 2 on the north end of Longboat Key near the Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant; on July 3 in Bradenton Beach near the BeachHouse Restaurant and on July 4 in Anna Maria near the Sandbar Restaurant. Each event features a public display and the restaurant hosting VIP receptions.
Owner Ed Chiles promised the events would be “bigger and better than ever.”
The Anna Maria Island Privateers krewe also has big plans for the weekend.
The nonprofit’s annual Independence Day Parade will begin about 10 a.m. July 4 at Coquina Beach and travel north through each Island city to Bayfront Park in Anna Maria.
Participation in the parade is free, but entries must be motorized.
From Bayfront Park, the Privateers will navigate their float back to the Anna Maria Island Beach Cafe at the Manatee Public Beach, where they will award scholarships to college-bound students and celebrate American patriotism and scholastic achievement with a barbecue.
The krewe will launch its holiday weekend at 4:30 p.m. July 1, laying siege to Bradenton Beach City Hall, 107 Gulf Drive N.
Privateer Tim “Hammer” Thompson gave city commissioners and Bradenton Beach Mayor Bob Bartelt fair warning during a commission meeting June 16.
Thompson, with a menacing growl, warned that Bartelt would be kidnapped and held for ransom. AMIP would be demanding cash, as well as a key to the city and a commission proclamation to gain Bartelt’s release.
The Florida Department of Transportation is advising motorists in Anna Maria to exercise caution when driving near the Pine Avenue-Bay Boulevard intersection, where construction crews are continuing work on an 800-foot-long boardwalk along the shore near the city pier.
The project, funded by a federal grant and supervised by the DOT, began in mid-May and the north portion of the boardwalk and the pier’s north parking lot are expected to be put into service in July. The entire project should be completed by early October, a DOT press release said.
Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce board members learned at their June 15 meeting that the chamber still had not been paid $40,000 owed by Manatee County for the chamber’s service as a tourist information center from November 2010 through May 2011.
But chamber president Mary Ann Brockman said a retroactive contract was on the county commission’s June 21 agenda. If passed, Brockman was hopeful the chamber would immediately get at least the estimated $8,000 owed for November and December.
The chamber has continued to act as a tourist information center for the county since Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau executive director Elliott Falcione told Brockman in January county attorneys wanted a contract to replace a verbal agreement with former BACVB director Larry White. The verbal agreement was in place since 2001, Brockman said.
It’s taken nearly five months to get a contract both sides agree upon, Brockman said.
During the past few months, with no monthly income from the county, Brockman cut back in some areas and occasionally borrowed against the chamber’s money market certificate to meet payroll and other expenses. The monthly BACVB funds cover postage, rent and miscellaneous costs associated with promoting county tourism.
“I’m extremely hopeful this will pass,” Brockman told the board.
In other business, chamber board members discussed the possibility that dues might be raised to meet rising expenses. That discussion was continued to the July 20 meeting.
The board learned that a planned November Caribbean cruise was canceled because the chamber did not receive the minimum required reservations to confirm passengers.
Larry Chatt reported some “bugs” in development of a new website, but expects the site to be running by July 1. The interactive website will give each chamber member a listing that can be changed and updated by the member.
Board member David Teitelbaum reported that ad sales for the new Island trolleys that begin operating in August are “going well.” Prior advertisers were given first choice on location and all have signed up to advertise.
About three-fourths of all the available ad space on the trolleys has been sold, he said.
The first of the county’s new trolleys will begin operating in August, with other trolleys to become operational in the ensuing months. Five trolleys will be in the fleet, although only three will operate at any one time on the Island. The remaining trolleys will be in maintenance. The Island trolley service will continue fare-free, Teitelbaum noted.
Brockman said the chamber is taking applications for its 2011 business awards. Anyone wishing to nominate a business for an award can go to the chamber’s website at www.annamariaislandchamber.org and download an application.
A date and location for the awards dinner has not been chosen, although Brockman said she is hoping to find a location for a Nov. 7 banquet.
The Manatee County Tourist Development Council June 20 rejected a request from the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce for $10,000 for the 2012 wedding festival.
Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau executive director Elliott Falcione said the time had come to halt advertising the festival separately and instead include advertising in the BACVB’s overall marketing campaign.
Chamber executive assistant Deb Wing said funds were requested to highlight the festival’s change to early May, when more rooms would be available to attendees.
The February 2011 wedding fest was a success, but the idea to get “heads in beds” was only partially successful as many attendees were unable to book rooms in February.
“I wanted to bring you better heads-in-beds figures,” Wing said of the $10,000 request, adding that the funds would be well spent for that purpose.
County Commissioner and TDC Chair Carol Whitmore, however, disagreed.
“I know it’s hard, but we have to stretch our advertising dollars,” she said.
She said the BACVB should promote the festival with a link on its website and that a joint marketing plan should be developed.
Falcione said he would work with Wing on a plan, and noted that the BACVB budget included $45,000 for AMI Chamber co-op advertising.
He said he and Wing would return to the TDC in August with a plan for consideration.
Falcione then presented the BACVB’s proposed $4.9 million budget for fiscal 2012-13, which passed unanimously without comment.
Whitmore said the county commission must approve the budget before it becomes final.
“Nothing is etched in stone,” she said.
The budget includes $500,000 in unspecified tourism related projects and debt service, $500,000 as a transfer to the Manatee County Civic Center and $159,000 to the tax collector.
A statement from the BACVB noted that the budget funds come from the 5 percent “bed tax” on all accommodations rented in Manatee County for less than six months. Of the 5 cents per $1 collected, 3 cents goes to destination marketing, 1 cent is for beach renourishment and 1 cent for promoting and advertising tourism.
From the first 3 cent collection, the BACVB allocates 10.5 percent to Bradenton for debt service on McKechnie Field, as the spring training home of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The BACVB proposed to spend $517,500 for online marketing with leading U.S. newspapers and tourism websites.
For television, radio and out-of-home marketing, the BACVB provided $319,000, while $53,565 would be spent advertising with the St. Petersburg Times.
Magazine advertising totaled $306,657, while community partnerships was $165,000. Included in community partnerships was $25,000 for the Island chamber to act as a tourist information center for the county, and $45,000 for co-op advertising with Island chamber members.
The international market was not forgotten, with $28,575 slated for travel shows and sales missions in Germany and London, $51,000 for Canadian marketing and $147,000 for advertising and marketing in Great Britain.
The BACVB’s draft production budget for 2012-13 was $878,500 and included $200,000 to an unidentified advertising agency, $100,000 to “Phase V – Fulfillment Services,” and the “Joe Pickett Sports Commission Fee/Events” was allocated $150,000 in the draft budget.
The city commission isn’t ready to bail on a resolution they adopted last fall creating a registration for boaters in the Bradenton Beach Mooring Field south of the Bridge Street pier.
But the commission may repeal the ordinance if they think the measure will sink in a review by a special master in a quasi-judicial hearing scheduled for July.
In October 2010, the commission adopted a resolution requiring boaters anchoring their vessels in the mooring field for extended periods to register with the city. Several years ago, Bradenton Beach, under a state statute, secured jurisdiction of the bay and Gulf waters extending 500 feet from shore.
Police Chief Sam Speciale said his department needed the registration requirement to know who was living on the boats and how to reach boaters in an emergency — a hurricane, a sinking vessel or a break-away boat.
A break-away boat can cost the city thousands of dollars, Speciale said, adding, “This gets to be a heck of an expense for us.”
The chief said the annual $15 fee attached to the registration was just an administration fee: “That’s 4 cents a day.”
Some boaters grumbled about the registration requirement, and a challenge is pending a review by city-appointed special master Harold Youmans.
During a meeting June 16, commissioners, Mayor Bob Bartelt, city attorney Ricinda Perry and Speciale discussed whether to proceed with the special-master process or repeal the resolution. A decision was delayed until a meeting July 7.
The commission, going into last week’s meeting, was facing a recommendation from Perry to strike the resolution, which would eliminate the registration rule.
The proposal stated, “After considering public comment and having considered supporting documentation and testimony from the staff, the city commission of the city of Bradenton Beach has determined it be to in the best interest of the city to repeal Resolution 10-768.”
In a memo to commissioners, Perry said the purpose for the registration program was to address “a recurrent problem with the mooring of derelict vessels” in city waters. “Specifically, a number of vessels were abandoned and causing damage to public property, including the city pier.”
Since then, code enforcement officer Gail Garneau has worked to clear the anchorage field of derelict vessels. Perry, in the memo, stated, “The derelict vessel issue has been resolved.”
The attorney also noted, “This, coupled with the recent demands that sea turtle season has placed on the code enforcement department, has led to the need to reevaluate the means and needs of enforcement in city waters.”
Additionally, Perry told commissioners that while she believed the resolution was “defensible,” going before the special master was a gamble that could cost the city $2,500-$5,000.
“Boater rights are very well protected in this state,” she said.
Later, she added, “I can’t say you have 100 percent chance of prevailing.… But I feel this is quite defensible.”
The special master, citing case law, wants proof that the resolution was enacted to address public health and safety issues in the mooring field.
A body of public evidence exists to prove code violations in the mooring field, including problems over the last year with derelict and abandoned vessels, Perry said.
However, in regards to alleged evidence of criminal activity, which Youmans will want to see, the Bradenton Beach Police Department has intelligence notes of suspicions and allegations, but not public complaints or reports.
Documentation of criminal activity or alleged activity is “what the special master’s eye is looking for,” Perry said.
After a lengthy discussion, commissioners agreed that Perry should work with the police department to decide whether a summary or trends report based on the intelligence notes can be presented to the special master without jeopardizing police work.
Commissioner Gay Breuler said when the commission regroups July 7, elected officials still must decide whether they want to invest in the defense, regardless of the whether the case is winnable.
“Is it worth the cost?” she asked, noting that Speciale indicated the registration rule served its purpose and that the city had received a grant to pay for the towing of abandoned vessels.
The mayor, however, said the downside of losing the registration rule would be that new boaters could arrive and the city would have no way to identify them or reach them.
Meanwhile, Speciale said police continue to monitor the mooring field, including routine checks to verify that vessels are registered with the state and in compliance with Florida statutes.
In other business
In other business at the Bradenton Beach commission meeting June 16, commissioners:
• Approved paying a $5,562 invoice from M.T. Causley for building department services.
• Continued a public hearing on a proposed ordinance on a solid waste franchise agreement with Waste Pro of Florida to 7 p.m. July 7.
• Hired LTA Engineers to survey and prepare sketches of a sidewalk on the west side of Gulf Drive from Cortez Road north to the Gulf Drive Cafe. The cost would be $2,000.
• Approved a motion for Perry to continue as the city attorney through December 2012. The agreement includes a description of city attorney services and sets the fee at $170 per hour and a waiver that provides for Perry to continue to represent Island businessman Ed Chiles and his interests, including the BeachHouse Restaurant.
Commissioner Gay Breuler, noting she wasn’t questioning Perry’s integrity, sought a comfort level with the waiver. “It’s only perception,” Breuler said.
Perry said she welcomed the discussion of “an issue that comes up every year.” She pledged never to sue the city on Chiles behalf and said if ever commissioners became uncomfortable with her representation on a certain matter she would recuse herself.
• Approved an application from the Bridge Street Bistro, 111 Gulf Drive S., for the placement of 45 seats for outdoor dining. The permit allows for the temporary placement of the seating — 60 days beginning June 20.
• Heard from Anna Maria Island Privateer Tim “Hammer” Thompson of a planned siege at city hall at 4:30 p.m. Friday, July 1. The mayor will be kidnapped for ransom, Thompson warned.
Shawn Kaleta, owner of Beach to Bay Living in Holmes Beach, third from left, awaits the opening of a model home in his Coastal Cottages line of builder designs at 315 62nd St. in Holmes Beach. Kaleta said he and his staff are planning a grand opening and open house for the new model home with “light bites, refreshments and Island-style steel drum music” from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, June 24. Pictured are Beach-to-Bay associates, from left, Adam Batley and Karen Lima, Kaleta and partner Scott Eason. Islander Photo: Rick Catlin
Holmes Beach Commissioner Al Robinson had difficulty at the city’s June 14 public hearing understanding why the police pension board was proposing changes to the retirement plan when it appeared to him that no one would benefit from the proposals.
At the hearing, Robinson asked Holmes Beach Police Lt. Dale Stephenson, the department’s representative on the pension board, “Why are we here?” if there is no gain for anyone.
The pension plan change, called the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, or DROP, includes criteria for officers to take their retirement fund early, but continue working for another five years.
Stephenson said the DROP allows a police officer to drop out of the current pension plan, receive his retirement funds in a plan of his choosing and continue working for the city. An officer electing the DROP does not receive a lump sum in cash, but rather it is transferred into an investment account of the officer’s choosing. The city no longer would fund that officer’s pension.
That still didn’t sound like a benefit, Robinson said, and asked Stephenson how he personally would benefit from the DROP.
Stephenson said the benefit for him would be a few hundred dollars a month, but explaining how the DROP worked to benefit an individual officer is difficult because each officer’s pension plan differs.
City attorney Patricia Petruff told Robinson and commissioners, “It is confusing.”
Mayor Rich Bohnenberger summed it up best when he said that if an officer elects the plan, “We get his services for another five years at 29 percent less” than what the officer currently costs the city.
That’s because the city would no longer fund its share of the officer’s pension. This saves Holmes Beach that percent of salary the city currently pays into an officer’s retirement fund, the mayor said.
Stephenson said after the meeting he was just answering Robinson’s question on what he personally would gain if he elected to enter the program, and his answers were not an indication that he is entering the plan. The plan just gives each officer a choice and they must retire from the department five years after entering the DROP.
Commissioners eliminated the “sick bank” option for officers in the drop plan.
Commission Chair Sandy Haas-Martens said that once an officer enters the drop plan and is paid for unused sick days, he or she shouldn’t be able to go back to the sick bank and borrow sick days from an officer not in the drop plan.
Other commissioners agreed, and Petruff said she would rewrite the proposed pension ordinance to eliminate the sick-bank option.
The commission continued the public hearing to 7 p.m. July 12.
In other business, commissioners received an update from state Rep. Jim Boyd, R-Bradenton, on legislative activity.
A new law on vacation rentals requires that if a city did not already have a minimum-stay requirement for vacation rentals, it can’t proceed with such an ordinance. The Holmes Beach ordinance that requires a minimum seven-day stay in some zones is grandfathered, Boyd said.
The legislation prohibits Anna Maria and Bradenton Beach, where one-night home rentals are allowed, from passing an ordinance in the future that would increase the rental period.
Boyd also updated commissioners on beach renourishment funding. Beach renourishment funds are in the upcoming state budget, but not at the amount Florida beach communities requested.
“Everyone suffered in the budget, but nobody wanted their deal cut completely,” he said.
Boyd also told commissioners that Florida is the leading state for personal injury protection auto insurance fraud and, if fraud continues to climb at its present rate, PIP auto insurance rates also will rise.
Florida auto insurance companies were defrauded out of about $990 million in the state last year because of unscrupulous lawyers and chiropractors, Boyd said. However, his proposal to halt legislation that would place a $40 to $50 fraud tax on auto insurance policies was defeated in committee, he said.
Bradenton police arrested two men June 15 for allegedly robbing another man in the 4000 block of 42nd Street West.
Michael Wallen, 23, of Holmes Beach, and Tyler Schneerer, 21, of Bradenton, face charges of strong arm robbery. Wallen also faces unrelated charges for domestic battery, trespass and possession of burglary tools.
Police were called to 42nd Street West at about 12:15 a.m. June 15, where they found a man slumped against a utility pole. The man told police that he was riding in a vehicle with Wallen and Schneerer, when Schneerer stopped and one of the two men said, “Are you ready?”
The man said he fled the vehicle, but was chased by Wallen and Schneerer, who allegedly caught, punched, choked and robbed him of about $600 before fleeing.
Police apprehended Wallen and Schneerer separately. Wallen allegedly told authorities the incident was a soured drug deal.
Newsmanatee.org’s Mike Quinn contributed to this report.


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Heavily armed police units broke down the doors of several houses suspected to be involved in a drug trafficking network affiliated with the Hells Angels biker gang early Wednesday.
Sûreté du Québec police officers raided some 25 homes and seized vehicles in the city of Sorel-Tracy, located an hour outside of Montreal.
Officers combed the homes in search of evidence linking the addresses to a suspected drug trafficking network.
The long-running investigation, which started in November 2020, involved 170 police units.
Sûreté du Québec spokesperson Valerie Beauchamp said police received tips from the public and a number of reported acts of violence in the area.
Police say they have reason to believe the Hells Angels have increased their foothold in the area and the surrounding regions, allegedly selling cocaine and methamphetamines.
“The series of searches, that are still ongoing, will help gather as much evidence as possible in this investigation to help demonstrate the implication of suspects In a criminal organization to the benefit of criminal bikers,” Beauchamp said.
Officials say a number of people of interest have been questioned but no arrests have been made.
Police say evidence gathered in Wednesday’s raid and during another last month will most likely lead to multiple arrests in the near future.

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DUBAI, 8 May — The UAE government yesterday started imposing a 2,000 dirham deposit or bond on sponsors of people who come to the country on a visit visa.
The rules governing this bond requirement, announced by the Ministry of Interior, however, are not clear as yet. It is not stipulated how the deposit is going to be handled or whether it will also cover people who come on transit visas, usually given to select nationalities at the airport, the Gulf News said in a report yesterday.
According to the Immigration and Residency Department at the Ministry of Interior in Abu Dhabi, the 2,000 dirham bond is being imposed to lessen the abuse of visit visas, especially by people who come for extended periods of time looking for jobs. The ministry supervises the immigration and naturalization departments in the seven emirates.
In theory, once the visitor leaves and proof is presented of his or her exit, the money can be refunded.
Sources from the naturalization and residency departments in Ajman, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi said they would impose the "visitor bond" following the ministry directive.
The visitor visa deposit must be deposited in a bank, and the person sponsoring a visitor must present a bank letter or slip bearing evidence of the amount deposited.
Sources from the Dubai Naturalization and Residency Department, however, said they have not received any official instructions about the bond yet.
An Interior Ministry source said visit visas are issued to everybody if their sponsors meet certain requirements, including salary limits. Visas are routinely issued to any nationality as long as they are not on a blacklist or have a previous criminal record.
The source explained that the sponsor would be required to pay the deposit 2,000 dirhams for each visa.
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The 20th century dumping of terrified British children in Australia and other Commonwealth countries was a callous policy which ruined so many lives.
To put 150,000 scared kids over 40 years on boats and planes, deported with a one-way ticket to a foreign land, would be unthinkable today.
Yet Britain continued shipping them out until as recently as 1967, consigning thousands of young people to physical and sexual abuse.
Alas the clock cannot be turned back, the harm undone, the pain wiped by an apology.
But the Prime Minister's right to say sorry today, officially acknowledging that a terrible wrong was committed.
Survivors, of what was the last century's equivalent of the forced transportations in the 18th and 19th centuries, have signalled they will welcome recognition of their suffering.
That alone is a compelling reason why Gordon Brown's statement matters and only the cynical would question the apology. Facing up to what was done in our country's name is part of the healing process.


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"Beauty is the word that shall be our first. Beauty is the last thing which the thinking intellect dares to approach, since only it dances as an uncontained splendour around the double constellation of the true and the good and their inseparable relation to one another. Beauty is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both imperceptibly and yet unmistakably has bid farewell to our new world, a world of interests, leaving it to its own avarice and sadness. No longer loved or fostered by religion, beauty is lifted from its face as a mask, and its absence exposes features on that face which threaten to become incomprehensible to man. […] We can be sure that whoever sneers at her name as if she were the ornament of a bourgeois past—whether he admits it or not—can no longer pray and soon will no longer be able to love. […] In a world without beauty—even if people cannot dispense with the word and constantly have it on the tip of their tongues in order to abuse it—in a world which is perhaps not wholly without beauty, but which can no longer see it or reckon with it: in such a world the good also loses its attractiveness, the self-evidence of why it must be carried out. […] In a world that no longer has enough confidence in itself to affirm the beautiful, the proofs of the truth have lost their cogency."
English translation taken from The Glory of the Lord, A Theological Aesthetics, I. Seeing the Form, Edinburgh 1982, pp. 18-19.


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I just made this "Keep Calm" poster for the Last of Us that I'm pretty happy with.
I made it into a t-shirt.
It comes from a rather nice scene in the game
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The NFL has been working to reduce collisions for a decade and kickoffs have been a primary focus. Ten years ago, kickoffs were returned 79 percent of the time and last year that number fell to a low of 36 percent.
The drop was encouraged by two rule changes. In 2011, the kickoff was moved to the 35 yard line and that increased a kickers ability to reach the end zone.
In 2016, touch backs were moved from the 20 to 25 yard line reducing the incentive to run the ball out of the end zone. Notice in the chart above that the change actually resulted in fewer kicks reaching the end zone. This rule change spawned a new kicking skill which was to add loft to the kick and land it as close to the 1 yard line as possible. This turns out to be a good tactic.
The 2011 rule change also impacted the decisions to return the kick. This is likely because kickers are able to get more air under the ball and still reach the end zone, or they can simply kick the ball even deeper than before.
The above chart shows that the returns when the ball is kicked into end zone declined to just 19 percent last season. Amazingly, that number was at 74 percent in 2010.
Should one in five kickoffs into the end zone be returned? Or should everyone be taking a knee? Clearly coaches are giving returners some freedom to choose, but just how wise is a return given the new rules?
The below chart plotting kick returns since the 2012 season reveals that on average, if a ball is kicked into the end zone, it is a bad idea to run the ball out. While the return distance increases as the kickoffs go farther (and encourage returners with contracts on their mind to run it out) the average starting field position decreases, and is ultimately before the 25 yard line. Even kickoffs to the 1 yard line result in a starting field position before the 25, indicating perfecting that strategy is a useful skill.
Applying expected point models to the potential change in field position suggests that if no end zone kickoffs were returned there would be 60 more points per year in the league, a 0.5 percent increase over 2018 numbers.
But that doesn’t mean there should be no returns from the end zone, because risks are worth taking at the right time. In general we think of risk taking as good when the expected outcome is bad and there is no further downside to the bad outcome. If a team is expected to lose, and all losses count the same, then they should take risks that increase their chance of winning, even if the result is a loss by a wider margin. It’s the same logic and math that encourages coaches to pull goalies late in hockey games.
Using a football example, if a team is a ten point underdog on the road, perhaps they should run out all of the end zone kickoffs. They might lose by twelve instead, but they are almost as likely to close the gap. Falling further behind has no loss of value, but potentially closing the gap does have tangible value. The opposite holds true when a team is favored. Unless a team has a distinct advantage in the kicking game, there is little incentive to take incremental risk if they already expect to win the game.
The NFL does not appear to approach kickoff returns with this line of thinking. Looking at end zone kickoff returns by the state of the game reveals very little change.
Steelers fans might be encouraged that the team runs out of the end zone less frequently than their peers, even if they too don’t factor game state into the equation.
Over the last three seasons 22 percent of kickoffs into the end zone are returned, and that rate does not change significantly when looking at the score of the game. The team expected to win should run it back less frequently, only when they are confident they can average starting field position past the 25 yard line. The team more likely to lose should increase their returns substantially to increase the chance of big plays that reduce the score differential.
The net effect of these changes would increase the number of kickoffs, but that would probably be a short lived change. The NFL would likely respond with another rule change to keep those collisions to a minimum. For now a team looking to optimize their ability to win should take a strong look at their kickoff return decisions.

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So with less than half a week to go, Hibs have failed to sell out their full allocation for the League Cup Final.
It’s a mere 500 tickets, but they should feel an acute sense of embarrassment after their former manager did all that whining and wailing a few weeks ago.
As the Celtic sites were quick to point out, they got far more tickets than their average attendance can possibly justify.
A club which can’t fill its own stadium most weeks shouldn’t be demanding 50-50 parity with us for a cup final, especially when it couldn’t sell out its modest allocation for the semi.
Imagine they’d have got the 50-50 split; our fans would have suffered and the game here in Scotland would have been embarrassed by empty seats.
Let’s not forget, either, the legion of media personalities who queued up to tell us that it was only right and fair to give them such a split. The egg all over their faces couldn’t be wiped off with a sandpaper rag. They saw a chance at an anti-Celtic story – as if we were behind the decision – and they couldn’t help themselves.
But we knew it would end like this. How many times have we seen it?
We’ve seen our club’s ticket allocation cut for away grounds in the last few years on the proviso that the home fans would take them, and we’ve TV footage of empty stands.
This is a frequent refrain every time these teams come to Hampden, and almost without fail – with the odd final being an exception – there are seats in every part of the ground with nobody in them.
And Celtic fans are invariably turning up outside, walking up and down outside the stadium, in the hope that they can get one.
I have lots of mates who are Hibs fans.
Know what the majority of them are doing for the game? (And I know this because I’ve asked them.)
They are watching it on the telly.
Fair play to them for admitting that; it certainly wasn’t because getting tickets would be hard.
I trust that this kind of nonsense won’t be repeated if we get to the final next year. The Scottish Cup usually does guarantee a 50-50 split so anyone who gets there to play us will have the chance to show us how many they can sell … probably before they give us 15,000 of them which they haven’t been able to shift.
It was ever thus.


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AbbVie’s Post-Humira Strategy Continues Taking Shape With Rinvoq Approval
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