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US plans to designate Yemen's Houthi movement as foreign terrorist group – Times of India
RIYADH/WASHINGTON: The United States plans to designate Yemen's Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization, secretary of state Mike Pompeo said, a move that diplomats and aid groups worry could threaten peace talks and complicate efforts to combat the world's largest humanitarian crisis.
The decision to blacklist the Iran-aligned group comes as the administration of President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take over from the Trump administration on Jan. 20.
A Houthi leader said in a Twitter post that the movement, which has been battling a Saudi-led coalition in Yemen since 2015, reserved the right to respond to any designation.
"The Department of State will notify Congress of my intent to designate Ansar Allah, sometimes referred to as the Houthis, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization," Pompeo said in a statement late on Sunday.
"I also intend to designate three of Ansar Allah's leaders, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, Abd al-Khaliq Badr al-Din al-Houthi, and Abdullah Yahya al Hakim, as Specially Designated Global Terrorists", he said.
The Trump administration has been piling on sanctions related to Iran in recent weeks, prompting some Biden allies and outside analysts to conclude that Trump aides are seeking to make it harder for the incoming administration to re-engage with Iran and rejoin an international nuclear agreement.
"The policy of the Trump administration and its behaviour is terrorist," the Houthi official Mohammed Ali al-Houthi tweeted. "We reserve the right to respond to any designation issued by the Trump administration or any administration."
In Tehran, when asked about the US move, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told a weekly news conference: "It is likely that the bankrupt US government might try to further tarnish the United States' image in its remaining days and poison the American heritage."
Aid groups and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had warned against a possible designation, saying Yemen was in imminent danger of the worst famine the world has seen for decades.
Pompeo said the United States planned to put in place measures to reduce the impact of the step on humanitarian activity and imports into Yemen, where 80% of the population needs help.
The foreign ministry of Yemen's Saudi-backed government, which the Houthis ousted from power in the capital, Sanaa, in late 2014, supported the designation and called for further "political and legal pressure" on the Houthis.
Saudi Arabia, which has been attacked by cross-border Houthi missiles and drones, has yet to comment.
UN officials are trying to revive peace talks to end the war as the country's suffering is also worsened by an economic and currency collapse and the Covid-19 pandemic.
Oxfam America's humanitarian policy lead Scott Paul, describing the US move as "counter-productive and dangerous", urged President-elect Joe Biden to revoke the designation immediately upon taking office.
The Norwegian Refugee Council called for "unambiguous safeguards and guarantees" to ensure sanctions did not prevent food, fuel and medicines from being delivered across a country "in the middle of a full-blown humanitarian catastrophe".
"We call on … Biden to act upon taking office to ensure Yemeni civilians can still receive life-saving aid," it said.
Pompeo said that with the implementation of these designations on Jan. 19, the U.S. Treasury Department would provide licences that would apply to some humanitarian activities conducted by non-governmental organizations in Yemen and to certain transactions related to critical commodities exports such as food and medicine.
The Treasury Department has previously issued such special licences to humanitarian groups for heavily sanctioned countries, but international relief officials have said such measures often failed to unblock aid flows as banks and insurance firms worry about running afoul of sanctions.
The designation has been the subject of weeks of fierce debate within the Trump administration. Internal disagreements over how to carve out exceptions for aid shipments held up a final decision on the blacklisting, multiple sources said.
The Houthi group is the de facto authority in northern Yemen and aid agencies have to work with it to deliver assistance. Aid workers and supplies also come in through Houthi-controlled Sanaa airport and Hodeidah port.
"This serves no interest at all," Ryan Crocker, a retired U.S. ambassador who served in the Middle East, said of the designation. "The Houthis are an integral part of Yemeni society…This is making a strategic enemy out of a local force that has been part of Yemen for generations."
The Houthis deny being puppets of Iran and say they are fighting a corrupt system.
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With: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Gina Gershon, Dominique Swain, Margaret Cho, Alessandro Nivola, Nick Cassavetes, Harve Presnell, Colm Feore
Written by: Mike Werb, Michael Colleary
Directed by: John Woo
Face/Off (1997)
Giving Them 'Face'
I saw Face/Off on June 30, 1997, the day China took overcontrol of Hong Kong from Great Britain. This impending changeover is whatcaused director John Woo and many other film artists to come to the US. I don't know what Hong Kong's future will be like, but watching Face/Off on thatday, I can only say how lucky we are to have a great director like JohnWoo living and working among us.
I had feared, after his mediocre American films Hard Target (1993) and Broken Arrow (1996), that Woo would never fit in to the rigid, greedy, product-oriented Hollywood system, and be able to make films like he did in Hong Kong. Films like The Killer (1989), Bullet in the Head (1990), and Hard-Boiled (1992) are so damn good that Hollywood would never allow their like to be made again. But, while watching Face/Off, I was reminded again and again of the great artist who made those great Hong Kong films. Woo has found a new home, and the audience wins.
Face/Off concerns a good guy, Sean Archer (John Travolta), and a bad guy, Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage). They've been after each other for years, and they know each other inside and out. This super-intense relationship harkens back to The Killer and Hard-Boiled. American films rarely hit this level of character conflict (usually a two-dimensional villain is good enough). Cage plants a biological bomb somewhere in the city limits, then goes into a coma. In order to find the location of the bomb, Travolta must take Cage's face, and go undercover in jail, hoping Cage's brother will spill the beans. Before Travolta can get out, Cage wakes up and takes Travolta's face. From this point on, when you see Travolta, it's really Cage, and when you see Cage, it's really Travolta. The two actors do an amazing job of capturing the other's quirks and personality traits. On top of that, Woo creates an atmosphere of heightened senses and drama, where the actors plumb the depths of their feelings, much more so than in any American action picture I've ever seen. Cage and Travolta are both unleashed, and their skills and emotions run wild.
If that were all, Face/Off would already be an extraordinary movie. But Woo shows us again and again why he is the best. The photography in the quiet scenes makes you gasp, and the action scenes make your guts clench up. If this material were handled by any other director (say, Jan de Bont, Simon West, or Joel Schumacher) it would be unconvincing and annoying. Woo perfectly, poetically, completely absorbs his material and shines it back out to us to take in with new eyes. There are so many small touches and single moments of excellence, that I would almost like to list them all here, but I would rather everyone see this movie for themselves.
Make no mistake--those who are looking for the next Orson Welles, John Ford, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, he is here, and his name is John Woo. Face/Off ranks among his finest work. It is one of 1997's best films. I want to see it nominated for a whole rack of Oscars, especially two Best Actors, and a Best Director. (Cage did not deserve his award for Leaving Las Vegas like he deserves an award here.)
Face/Off also stars Gina Gershon, Joan Allen, Dominique Swain, and Margaret Cho, who are all admirable in small roles.


259,1. The captors, however, to assure themselves of their reward from the queen, cut off the head from the slain Waltar, wrapped it in a cloth and brought it to the queen.
259,2. She was shocked at first at the sight of the head; but soon recovered and said to the captors:
259,3. "Your loyalty has been proven! You have destroyed my greatest enemy; the enemy of my love you have killed and have deserved your reward! Here are a hundred pounds of gold; take it as your well-deserved reward!
259,4. But take the head with you and bury it somewhere in the garden of the beauty goddesses; there he can gaze forever at those who were more to him than I!
259,5. If you have buried the head, then go to the seven women who still live here in a lower part of the palace and bring them here, together with the fourteen sub-wives!
259,6. What then has to be done, you will be told at the hour! Do your job well and the reward will not fail!"
259,7. Here, the captors took the head and did with it according to the commandment of the queen.
259,8. But the beauty goddesses who saw the burial of the head, were mightily terrified and said among themselves: "This is a bad omen for all of us! It will be better to quickly escape from this place, rather than following this head and be buried under in the ground!"
259,9. But some wished to speak to the general chief priest. He, though, was too busy with plans to make the king mistrustful towards Agla, and therefore was not available; for his anger towards the queen was too great. Thus the goddesses had to wait anxiously for the things to come.
259,10. Already the very next day the captors went and brought the seven women of Waltar together with the fourteen sub-wives, to the queen.
259,11. When they came before the queen, she asked them: "Are you not mourning Waltar who has been killed by my power?"
259,12. Here the women began cry and lament.
259,13. And the queen said: "Thus, your love for Waltar was great, because you mourn his certain death?! Behold, also my love was great for him; because out of love I had him killed, so that he should not be yours!
259,14. But I can see now that you suffer because of his loss; therefore I want to put an end to your suffering! Stripp all the women and tie them naked to the columns of this my royal hall!"
259,15. And the captors did so that once.
259,16. When the women together with the sub-women were tied naked to the columns, Agla herself took a sharp pointed dagger and walked to the tethered wives and spoke to one as to the other, probing their bodies in the region of the heart: "So there throbs the heart that loved my brother?"
259,17. Then she pushed the dagger into the heart of the bound woman and said: "This is your reward, you wretch!"
259,18. Thus Agla herself killed with her own hand the wives of her brother out of revenge.
259,19. And the king, although learning about it the next day already, did not dare to say to her: "Woman! What have you done?"; because he loved and feared Agla.


Google set to drive cars of the Future
Last updated: 9 Aug 2020 • 1 min read
Forget the human at the wheel, says Google. The search engine giant revealed that it has been test-driving cars sans drivers for months in the streets of California, a rumour which was doing its rounds.
Not a typical project from Google, these self-driving cars has been tested
On 140,000 miles (ca. 225,308 km) of California road, from Silicon Valley to Santa Monica. These automated Toyota Prius cars use cameras, radar sensors and lasers to scan the roads ahead and gather information on other cars. They also use detailed maps collected by manually driven vehicles.
All this data is then sent to Google's data centre, which processes it allowing the car to drive itself automatically. The project is the passion of Sebastian Thrun, the director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and creator of Google's Street View who has been working on building a self-piloted car since at least 2005.
Though these automated cars have successfully driven over 1000 miles (ca. 1,609 km) at a stretch, they are not left unmanned. One person sits in the driver's seat, ready to take control of the vehicle in case something goes wrong along with an engineer who analyses the car's software operations on the passenger seat.
Apart from the safety part which the computer driven vehicle can handle better than human drivers, its quick reaction time and 360-degree awareness would allow them to drive closer together on the main road than humans can, reducing traffic congestion.
There was only one accident reported, when the auto-pilot car was hit from behind while stopped at a light, an obvious human error. Google authorities said that they have briefed the police Dept. regarding their tests but still executing this technology in day-to-day life is a matter of feasibility as it contains law tribulations.
http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Will_Google_drive_cars_of_the_future-nid-72536-cid–sid-.html


Listen To "Here It Is" by Pinemarten
Raj Rudolph January 9, 2012
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by Jordan Meehan
Following shortly after the release of his debut album "If You Thought There Was Any Doubt," Pinemarten has given us a follow up 3 track EP, "Here It Is". This new EP is loaded with what makes Pinemarten so unique and great: swirling, romantic synths and driving beats that, when combined, fill the listener with a feeling of somewhat beautiful melancholy that you just can't get enough of.
What makes the title track in general so powerful is it's ability to do this without words. Using simply an array of sweeping synths, Pinemarten delivers a track that seamlessly evokes strong emotions and takes you by the hand on a journey of what seems to be melancholy romance. "Here It Is" definitely proves to be a wonderful follow up to the debut album. Listen below:
Here It Is by Pinemarten
Raj Rudolph
Founder/Editor-In-Chief
Raj Rudolph has been an electronic pop music obsessive ever since he heard Madonna's iconic debut album. When he couldn't stop playing "Music For The Masses" by Depeche Mode, he instantly knew that electronic and pop music would be his life-long passion. Raj is American born, but has lived in London since 2000. He created EQ Music Blog as a passion project from the ground up having interviewed some of the biggest names in pop like Gaga, Sia, Mika, Kelis, Robyn and every member of the Scissor Sisters. EQ Music is one of the UK's longest running influential pop blogs, regularly hosting showcase nights for emerging and established pop acts in the British capital. Raj is also a digital professional working for the likes of WarnerMedia, MTV, Google, Huffington Post, Vogue, GQ and WIRED.


Gateacre District
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Scousemouse
Gateacre Time Capsule
A time capsule placed above a doorway by two young boys in 1881 has been found during demolition work in Gateacre village.
The bundle of documents was discovered by a demolition team working at the site of the Gateacre Hall Hotel on Halewood Road. The time capsule had been hidden above the lintel of a door when the building was undergoing building work in the late 19th century.
Ermine tastes much the same as sackcloth when there's nothing left to eat.
I read this SM a few days ago, an excellent find and clues to out past.
garstonlad75
Garston, Liverpool
I saw it on the news last night. Thought it was brilliant.
The two kids who left it must have really had their heads screwed on, they filled it with so much information.
Gateacre and Woolton Villages
THE go-ahead to convert the closed-down flock and felt works in historic Gateacre village into new homes has won approval from Liverpool planning committee.
The decision angered local residents who had battled for months against the proposals.
The Grade Two-listed factory building, originally a brewery, dating back to the 1860s, will be refurbished using income from two new apartment blocks at the rear of the site in Gateacre Brow.
The committee approved the scheme for 22 new apartments after visiting the site to see for themselves the likely impact.
The felt and flock factory has been in the ownership of the Clegg family for three generations, but finally closed in the 1990s.
Local residents complained that the development would cause traffic chaos in narrow Sandfield Road, which will be used as an exit point for the new residents.
The scheme will mean the demolition of two empty buildings next to the landmark original brewery which fronts the street.
It would also see the main brewery building converted into flats and number 42, Gateacre Brow, once the site manager's house, refurbished, and held by the Clegg family.
Some protesters said the proposed three-storey apartment blocks would over-dominate the site and cause a loss of privacy.
Objections were lodged by Garston MP Maria Eagle, local councillors Barbara Mace and Barbara Collinge, the local neighbourhood committee, and Liverpool Save Our City Campaign group.
Concern was also raised by The Gateacre Society about the number of proposed residential units, 22 in total, that will be created on site.
The committee was told that the scheme to restore the former brewery would only be viable if the flats were built at the rear.
Edward Evans, of Dale Mews, said the scheme would pose a danger to life because of the extra traffic it would create.
He said: "There is so much opposition to this scheme and we just cannot believe they have given it the go-ahead. I was told there is no way we can appeal against the consent being given."
The scheme will enable residents to enter the new homes site through the traditional gateway to the works close to the Gateacre Brow junction. But they
will exit into Sandfield Park. The building's owner, Mike Friar, son-in-law of feltmaker Rex Clegg, has been unable to find a buyer for the site. The family drew up a compromise plan, that will secure the one-time brewery.
Committee chair Cllr Lady Doreen Jones recommended that the plans should be approved, with a scheme to ensure a friendly-neighbour approach by the builders.
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shytalk
Pocahontas.Arkansas. U.S.A.
When I was a kid, I lived at Coxhead Farm Gateacre, it stood about where they built the Cats Whisker pub.
My Saturday treat was a visit to the Woolton Pics. Deadwood D i c k was the hero, what a cliffhanger that was. There was a shop in the village that sold penny ly ices so that was my treat while walking home down Kings Drive.
This is a picture of the end of the farmhouse, it is the only one I have, I got it from John Williams the MERSEYMOUTH, hia aunt was the caretaker there in later years.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...alicesfarm.jpg
This is his website, well worth a read.http://www.liverpooltales.com/opinion.htm
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Kylie Jenner Admits to Using Lip Fillers
She's been questioned about her plump lips for quite some time.
ByMICHAEL ROTHMAN
Kylie Jenner is pictured in Los Angeles on March 25, 2015.
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— -- The debate and speculation is over -- Kylie Jenner has finally admitted to using fillers in her lips.
During a cameo for "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," Jenner, 17, speaks to the camera in a testimonial and was asked about her "beautiful lips."
"I have temporary lip fillers, it's just an insecurity of mine and it's what I wanted to do," she said.
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She continues, "I'm just not ready to talk to reporters about my lips yet because everyone always picks us apart."
She then gives the reporter a vague answer about using different colors.
In another clip, Kylie's sister Khloe Kardashian says, "Kylie decided to plump her lips and I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I think if you've done something though, it is right to cop up to it."
She advises her sister not to talk around it because she'll "look like a liar."
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Trial against alleged Somali pirate kingpin begins
The trial of an alleged Somali pirate kingpin has begun in the Belgian city of Bruges. Following his spectacular arrest, Mohamed Abdi Hassan was charged with hijacking a Belgian ship and leading a criminal organization.
Known as "Afweyne," or "Big Mouth," and allegedly the most influential leader of a Somali pirate network, Mohamed Abdi Hassan was missing from the benches behind the defense as the trial against him opened at the criminal court in Bruges, Belgium.
"We have decided not to appear because the prosecution has added 2,500 pages to the dossier and we were only notified of this two days ago," defense attorney Hans Rieder said. "But these new documents are very important because they challenge Mr. Hassan's alibi."
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Evil in Us
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1. Tell us about your film? Jason William Lee: Well it's your typical feel good romp about a group of friends who venture to a cabin in the woods where they are somehow transformed into ravenous cannibals thirsting for death and mayhem. Making it was one of the best experiences of my life and I […]Read More


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Women in Saudi Arabia's Shura Council, what next?
Posted on 19/10/2011 19/10/2011 by salama
By Samar Fatany
Global Arab Network – Saudi Arabia – The recent decision by Saudi King Abdullah to allow women to run and vote in municipal elections and become members of the Shura Council, a parliament that acts as an advisory council to the King but has no legislative powers, has huge implications for the status of women in Saudi Arabia and has provided them with hope for what they may accomplish with their new roles.
In his 26 September inaugural speech at the Shura Council, King Abdullah rejected the marginalisation of women in all sectors and encouraged their participation in political life. Citing examples of prominent women throughout Islamic history, his speech showed great determination to empower Saudi women and end attempts to undermine their role in the name of Islam. The King stressed the need to modernise society and attacked those who opposed the inclusion of women in decision-making processes.
King Abdullah's decision has followed several statements in which he publically supported the integration of women into the workforce and welcomed the contributions of women to the economic prosperity of the country.
Legalised discrimination against women in Saudi Arabia has continued over several decades due to the influence of religious hardliners who misinterpret Islamic concepts. Some decision makers have used distorted Islamic rulings to support their conservative ideas, for example that women should not participate in nation-building, should remain inside their homes and should not have any role in the country's future.
But the participation of women in the Shura and municipal councils will finally provide women with the opportunity to end the discrimination against them in the public and private sectors.
They will be able to exert pressure on the government through their lobbying within the Shura, and provide official recommendations addressing the challenges that have hindered their progress, such as the ban on women driving, the reluctance of the public to support women in leadership positions, the strict culture of segregation within society, the niqab (a face veil worn in addition to the headscarf) which can compromise the level of efficiency and professionalism of women's careers, and discriminatory policies at some workplaces.
Women in the Shura can also serve the interests of women currently in the workforce by pushing for adequate maternity leave, reasonable working hours, onsite nurseries and equal pay.
Women council members could also promote the advancement of women's status in society by the very fact that they will demonstrate that women can participate in and shape public life. Their newly recognised positions could promote a greater respect for women as they face the challenges of modern life.
Many Saudi women hope that women in the Shura will be able to challenge extreme religious rulings that are incompatible with Muslim women's realities in today's world. Among the issues that they could raise would be the need for a codified system to ensure a uniform application of Islamic laws. This would allow women to become familiar with their legal rights in Islam and not be at the mercy of the whims of family court judges, some of whom sanction domestic abuse or deliberately rule in favour of an abusive male guardian simply because he is a man.
As a first step, the women in the Shura will be expected to call for the elimination of laws governing legal guardianship, which give men rights over their wives, daughters, etc., and to address the injustices toward women in cases of unjust or disproportionate jail sentences, floggings, child marriages, domestic abuse, child custody or divorce.
The women in the Shura could also have a significant impact by advocating women's participation in governmental and managerial positions. Together with other parts of civil society, such as the chamber of commerce or human rights organisations, the female council members could also inform male politicians and managers about the realities of women who suffer from discrimination and encourage them to work for change.
The challenges facing women are still overwhelming. And it may take another generation – or even two – to achieve the shift in the role of women in Saudi society that many of us have long desired. However, the inclusion of women in the Shura Council is a significant first step towards a society where women can assume leadership positions in public life and achieve proper justice.
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* Samar Fatany is a chief broadcaster and journalist in the English service of Radio Jeddah and a social activist who has been involved in fighting extremism and enhancing the role of women and youth in Saudi society. She is also a columnist for Arab News and the author of three books. This article was written for the Common Ground News Service (CGNews).
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Toronto Ambitious Ontario full-day kindergarten plan met with skepticism from school boards
Ambitious Ontario full-day kindergarten plan met with skepticism from school boards
Librarian Lindsay Keith, left, helps teacher Stephanie Hammond, right, prepare her classroom at Fraser Mustard Early Learning Academy, which expects 685 students at the all-kindergarten school, in Toronto on Aug. 29, 2013.
Caroline Alphonso Education Reporter
EDUCATION REPORTER
Published August 30, 2013 Updated May 11, 2018
An ambitious commitment by the Ontario government to roll out full-day kindergarten across the province by next fall is being met with skepticism from school boards where student enrollment is growing.
However, the man charged with implementing the program says the government will not waver from its pledge to offer all-day kindergarten to every student by September, 2014.
"The commitment has been five years. I know it's a struggle for some boards to meet that, and so they'll have to find ways to accommodate while they're in the process of building," Jim Grieve, assistant deputy minister of the early learning division, told The Globe and Mail in an interview.
"Regardless of whether the construction is finished, the children will be in full-day kindergarten, and boards will make that accommodation. That's the expectation, and they know it."
Two school boards, Peel District School Board and Halton District School Board, say they cannot guarantee kindergarten classes will be ready for four- and five-year-olds under the strict timeline set out by the province.
School boards saved their most difficult projects for the last year of the rollout, and construction cost overruns and an unexpected jump in enrollment, despite the best projections, would easily set them back. Halton, for example, has seen kindergarten enrollment climb 70 per cent between 2008 and 2012, and it is not projected to slow down.
Already, the Peel Region District School Board has faced challenges with escalating construction costs and a shortage of government dollars, not to mention enrollment exceeding the number of classes funded by the Ministry of Education.
"It is worrying, because as a board that needs to be fiscally responsible, we're not going to rob from one program to pay for another program," said Shirley-Ann Teal, Peel's co-ordinating superintendent for instructional support services. "Will we be ready for Year 5? I hope so, but we can't guarantee that."
Mark Zonneveld, the superintendent responsible for implementing full-day kindergarten in Halton, said while the board anticipates being ready, "we can't make any guarantees because of factors outside our control related to the construction industry."
The full-day kindergarten program is being rolled out in phases. The government is spending more than $1.45-billion in capital costs to expand and retrofit schools, on top of millions in operating dollars. Early evidence from Ontario shows that students in the program are getting a leg up, especially in reading, vocabulary and phonetics. But it will be years before taxpayers know whether full-day kindergarten delivers on its promise of higher graduation rates and improved academic outcomes. Across the country, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island recently introduced all-day kindergarten programs. Quebec has had full-day kindergarten for years.
Since the Ontario government introduced it in the fall of 2010, full-day kindergarten has been popular with parents. Critics, however, characterize it as an expensive form of government-backed daycare. A recent Drummond Report recommended either cutting the program to save $1.5-billion a year, delaying the rollout until 2017 or reducing staff to make it more affordable.
The Liberal government has vowed to continue to fund the program. Still, Mr. Grieve said that the government is not putting any more money into capital or operating funds, and any cost overruns would have to be shouldered by school boards.
Among the 900 schools offering full-day kindergarten this fall is the Fraser Mustard Learning Academy in north Toronto – one of the largest all-day kindergarten schools in North America. The school will welcome about 685 students next week.
The school is next door to Thorncliffe Park Public School, which is bursting with more than 1,400 children in Grades 1 to 5. The area is a dense pocket of buildings that serves as a landing pad for many recent immigrants.
Principal Catherine Ure and school officials gave the media a tour of the school Thursday. Teachers were setting up their classrooms, despite last-minute construction. Of the first day of school, Ms. Ure said: "It's going to be pretty overwhelming for 700 [kindergarten students]. I don't think there will be too many kids crying. I think there will be anxious parents. But I have very good teachers who have done a lot of research and a lot of workshops around the early years and how to support young learners."
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Welcome to Yorkshire is redundant thanks to Channel 5 showcasing county – Yorkshire Post Letters
Arena sitting pretty as top acts set to rock new venue
BOSSES at the new Leeds Arena are on the verge of luring some of the world's top entertainment acts to the £60m venue.
Saturday, 14th July 2012, 7:00 am
John Knight, regional vice president of arena operator SMG Europe, yesterday said "advanced talks" were under way with concert promoters.
He also revealed that an announcement on the initial clutch of acts confirmed to play the 13,500-capacity venue was due in the very near future.
Mr Knight was speaking at the start of a new phase in the arena scheme, with the first seats being fitted into position at the Clay Pit Lane site.
"We are in advanced talks with promoters and agents who are adding Leeds to the touring schedules of some of the world's biggest artistes," he said.
Building work on the Leeds City Council-backed project is being carried out by BAM Construction. Its project construction manager, Gordon Alexander, said: "It will be an outstanding, high-quality building and one of the finest entertainment venues to be built in recent years."
Experts estimate the arena will create more than 450 jobs and generate around £25m a year for the Leeds economy.
The venue should be complete and capable of staging its first gigs by next June.


Changin' Times
I'm beating a dead horse. Nearly every one of my posts has me saying that times are changing. Fair warning, this post isn't going to be any different.
Back in 1927, Charles Lindbergh flew from New York to Paris, becoming the first person to complete a transatlantic flight. That's nothing says André Borschberg, Swiss businessman and founder of Solar Impulse.
Borschberg has set out on a fight around the world in his solar plane. This plane, with a jumbo jet's wingspan size and a top speed of only 50 miles per hour, set off for its global voyage this past week in Abu Dhabi.
The ultra-light plane seats only one. Borschberg and Solar Impulse co-founder Bertrand Piccard will both trade off during layovers.
Knock on wood, we will be watching the news of his completed journey on TV, instead of hearing it on the radio as we would've in Lindbergh's day.
Similarly to how media preferences (from radio to TV) changed from the 1920's to 1950's, there's a change happening right now.
During 2013, 36% of households used only streaming services instead of cable as their main source of viewing entertainment. That number is up to 40% this year and shows no sign of slowing in growth.
Needless to say (I'm gonna say it anyway), cable companies aren't happy because TV rating are falling.
What's more, HBO Now is only going to be available on Apple devices as of April. No longer would you need a cable package to watch HBO.
"And the first one now/ Will later be last/ For the times they are a changin'"


The Batmobile tackles tanks in this new Batman: Arkham Knight trailer
Jeff Spry
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Here's part two of the Ace Chemicals Infiltration gameplay trailer for next year's Batman: Arkham Knight that we first showed you last week, and this middle child of the teaser trilogy fires up the afterburners on intense action. One of the coolest additions to Rocksteady's latest Batman gaming incarnation is the ability to strap yourself into the cockpit of the armored Batmobile and drive around Gotham City doing maximum damage -- a fantasy many of us have indulged in over the years!
In this segment, Batman pilots the Batmobile into a brutal battle with a squad of enemy drone tanks using his mini-gun, light artillery and a deadly salvo of rockets. Enter the fray and remember to check back on Saturday for the final Ace Chemicals chapter.
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Batman: Arkham Knight is set to launch worldwide on June 2, 2015, on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Will you be ready to get behind the Batmobile's wheel?
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1.1.1 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
1.1.2 UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
1.1.3 UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
1.1.4 UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
1.1.5 UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
1.1.6 MONASH UNIVERSITY
1.1.7 THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
1.1.8 UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
1.1.9 UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY
1.1.10 UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE
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Australia is one of the most developed country in the world, in the continent of Australia and Oceania, Australia has 43 Universities (40 Australian, 2 international, and one private owned). Education is taken very seriously in Australia they have high rate of educated people. They also have Universities that are ranked amongst the best globally.
These are the top 10 Universities in Australia:
Australian National University was Established in 1946, it is a public higher education institution located in the small city of Canberra (population range of 250,000-499,999 inhabitants), Australian Capital Territory.
It was officially endorsed by the Department of Education and Training, Australia, Australian National University (ANU) is large having an enrollment range of: 20,000-24,999 students. Australian National University (ANU) is ranked 24th in the world in 2019 and claims one of the country's highest scores for research impact (citations per faculty member) and percentage of international student indicators. See ANU's degree levels and other areas of interest with this link http://www.anu.edu.au/.
The University of Melbourne was Established in 1853, it is a public higher education institution located in Melbourne (population range of 1,000,000-5,000,000 inhabitants), Victoria. It was officially endorsed by the Department of Education and Training, Australia, The University of Melbourne (UNIMELB) is very large having an enrollment range of over-45,000 students. The University of Melbourne achieved positions in the global top 20 for its reputation with both academics and employers. The university has a very diverse student body, with nearly 40 percent of its 50,270 students coming from outside Australia. See Melbourne's degree levels and other areas of interest with this link http://www.unimelb.edu.au/.
The University of Sydney was Established in 1850, it is a public higher education institution located in the city of Sydney (population range of 1,000,000-5,000,000 inhabitants), New South Wales. It was officially endorsed by the Department of Education and Training, Australia, The University of Sydney (USYD) is very large having an enrollment range of: over-45,000 students.
The University of Sydney (USYD) offers courses climbed eight places to rank 42nd in the world in 2019, and is the oldest of these top Australian universities , Sydney was Australia's highest-ranked entrant in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2018 at fourth in the world. See USYD's degree levels and other areas of interest with this link http://sydney.edu.au/
The University of New South Wales was Established in 1949, it is a public higher education institution located in Sydney (population range of 1,000,000-5,000,000 inhabitants), New South Wales. It was officially endorsed by the Department of Education and Training, Australia,
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is very large having an enrollment range of: over-45,000 students.
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is 45th in the World University Rankings in 2019, and is a founding member of the Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensive universities. See more on University of New South Wales with this link http://www.unsw.edu.au/.
The University of Queensland was Founded in 1909, it is a public higher education institution located in St Lucia (population range of 10,000-49,999 inhabitants), Queensland.
This institution has other campuses at Ipswich and Gatton. It was officially accredited by the Department of Education and Training, Australia, The University of Queensland (UQ) is ranked 48th in the world 2019 recent rankings. UQ is mainly based in state capital Brisbane and has been responsible for a number of recent research innovations, such as the cervical cancer vaccine.
It is very large having an enrollment range of: over-45,000 students. See more vital and interest information on The University of Queensland (UQ) with this link http://www.uq.edu.au/ .
Monash University was Founded in 1958, it is a public higher education institution located in Clayton (population range of 10,000-49,999 inhabitants), Victoria.
This institution has 5 campuses in Victoria and it is mainly based in Melbourne, and has two campuses overseas (in South Africa and Malaysia). It was officially endorsed by the Department of Education and Training, Australia, Monash University (Monash) is very large having an enrollment range of: over-45,000 students. See Monash University's degrees, levels and other areas of interest with this link http://www.monash.edu/ .
The University of Western Australia was Founded in 1911, it is a public higher education institution located in Perth (population range of 2,500-9,999 inhabitants), Western Australia. It was officially endorsed by the Department of Education and Training, Australia,
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is 91st in the world recent rankings in 2019, achieving the strongest score out of these top 10 Australian universities for its percentage of international faculty members it is large having an enrollment range of: 25,000-29,999 students. See more on The University of Western Australia with this link http://www.uwa.edu.au/.
UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
The University of Adelaide was Founded in 1874, it is a public higher education institution located in Adelaide (population range of 1,000,000-5,000,000 inhabitants), South Australia. It was officially endorsed by the Department of Education and Training, Australia,
The University of Adelaide (UofA) is recognized for its innovations in various areas of research by the Excellence in Research Australia (ERA), a national research evaluation framework conducted by the Australian Research Council (ARC). This institution is large having an enrollment range of: 25,000-29,999 students. See university of Adeliade's degrees, levels and other areas of interest with this link http://www.adelaide.edu.au/.
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY
University of Technology Sydney was Established in 1965, it is a non-profit public higher education institution located in Sydney (population range of 1,000,000-5,000,000 inhabitants), New South Wales.
It was officially recognized by the Department of Education and Training, Australia, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is one of the youngest top Australian University, it is very large having an enrollment range of: 40,000-44,999 students. See UTS's degrees, levels and other areas of interest with this link http://www.uts.edu.au/.
UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE
The University of Newcastle was Founded in 1965, it is a public higher education institution located in Callaghan (population range of 250,000-499,999 inhabitants), New South Wales.
This institution has other campuses in Ourimbah, Port Macquarie, Singapore and Sydney. It was officially accredited by the Department of Education and Training, Australia, The University of Newcastle (UoN) is very large having an enrollment range of: 20,000-30,000 students. See University of NewCastle's degrees, levels and other areas of interest with this link http://www.newcastle.edu.au/ .
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CFL Cancels 2020 Season
The CFL have announced the cancellation of the 2020 season. This follows a prolonged period of speculation.
The league had been trying to negotiate a loan from the federal government. Different figures were bandied about at different times. From talk of a $150 million loan rquest in May. In July the headline loan request figure had fallen substantially to $44 million.
All the way to the latest negotiations for a $30 million dollar loan for a shortened season. It was because of the refusal of the latter that ultimatley signalled the shuttering of the league for this season.
CFL Faces losses
The League faces losses through all of this. With no football in 2020, a source 'familiar with the situation' said the league will lose between $60 and $80 million this year, as reported by AFI Review.
Another requirement for an abbreviated season was the league and the CFL Players' Association to agree on an amended collective bargaining agreement. The CFL said it was close to a deal when it called off the season on Monday.
For some players they will have unwittingly played their last down in the CFL. Others may now opt to walk away. Whilst others may look to see where there is a market for their talents.
Trying to stay positive
CFL comissioner Randy Ambroise is walking a difficult tightrope right now. He has to be the face of this. Meanwhile boards of governors and owners will have their own agendas.
He has tried to portray some positives looking forward to 2021. Including stating that "the league and its teams are working together on a new initiative that will allow fans to show their pride in the CFL's storied history at the same time they pledge their support for the future, which will be unveiled in the coming days".
The CFL finds a way
The CFL may want to look at its business plan. A ticket driven league is difficult to sustain in the early 21st Century. Plus they need to improve their social connections in some areas.
But this is also an opportunity. The CFL now has a year to look at its own strengths and weaknesses and work out what is best.
Revenue sharing? Team or league shares? Putting all kinds of ideas on the table? Now is the time. Because now is not only a sad moment but also an opportunity. An opportunity to solidify the base of the 3 down game.
Big challenges are not new to the CFL
I believe the CFL has survival woven into its genes. This league has stared into the abyss more than once. And survived.
The past decade and a half has seen stadium improvements and a return to nine teams. That is something the league needs to aim to maintain.
In 1986 a 'Save our Stamps' campaign helped keep the Calgary Stampeders in business. In 1987 Saskatchewan ran a 'Save the Roughriders' telethon. Both teams are still here and integral to the CFL.
After losing susbstantial advertising revenue and a TV contract in the 90's, the league used the fabled 93-5 American expansion period to bounce back.
In 1996 the Ottawa Rough Riders folded. In 2005 the Ottawa Renegades wound up too. But the RedBlacks are back in town. And have been a success.
In 2003 the Toronto Argonauts and Hamilton Tiger-Cats played in what became known as the 'Bankruptcy Bowl' because neither team had an owner. Both are still here.
But through all of this the league has endured. The Grey Cup last wasn't presented in 1919. 101 years later it won't be again. That century of history won't be lost though. Because this league, its fans, the teams – they find a way.
So let's hope the league seizes this chance. To rebuild. To refresh. And to be ready to add to its own long and illustrious history.
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But now the scene is changed: peace crowns the sylvan shade.
The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boon
(Filson's Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke, Appendix, p61)
Daniel Boone's grave in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky.
Every American schoolchild knows the name of Daniel Boone. Not for me then to give you the story of his life: how this Pennsylvanian spent most of his life exploring the new West and blazing trails into it from the old colonies, including the Cumberland Gap which for many years would be the gate to American continental expansion, pushing ever westward. (The details of his story are beautifully and accurately told by Constance Skinner in Pioneers of the Old Southwest, chapters 5 and 11.)
True to himself then, late in life — finding his new home state "crowded", with fewer than two hundred thousand people spread over more than a hundred thousand square kilometers! — he emigrated to Missouri, to die there in 1820 at the age of 85; and so was buried there, on his new farm near Marthasville.
Yet Dan Boone had become identified with Kentucky. Much of his life had been spent there, exploring, fighting Indians during the Revolutionary War, surveying, farming, and publicizing it in one of the most successful pieces of literary boosterism in American history. It was only natural that he should be buried here, in the state capital of Kentucky; and so his remains were brought to Frankfort in 1845, along with those of his wife Rebecca who had died in 1813. Or at least, maybe they were: in the best Old World tradition, where his relics really lie is a matter of doubt and maybe deceit; the studious reader will find the confusing details in the websites linked below.
The four white marble high-relief panels, seen here clockwise starting with the front of the monument on the west side, seem to be more in the nature of generic vignettes than episodes of a specific story; this by way of confessing that if they do tell a story, I don't know what it is:
(No, you don't need to squint: each panel expands with a click.)
The color differences are an artifact of the lighting at the time I took these pictures; the south and west sides were in the sun, the north and east in the deep shade of approaching sunset. As it turns out though, the vigorously lit sides tell of conflict — the huntsman kills a deer, he fights an Indian — and those in shadow depict peaceful subjects: a conversation, and Rebecca Boone milking a cow.
The monument was erected in 1880, and these reliefs were carved around that time; but the carving has already had time to wear differently depending on its exposure: the contrast between the west panel, which fronts onto the windy cliff, and the much more sheltered east panel, is particularly noticeable in the details of the foliage.
Even more noticeable to some will be the famous coonskin cap, shown three times in these reliefs. Yet historians repeatedly set us on our guard: that cap was the trademark of Davy Crockett, not of Daniel Boone; but by 1880 the confusion had already set in.
Needless to say, if you have good information to fill in my gaps, I'd be happy to hear from you.
Thus we behold Kentucky, lately an howling wilderness, the habitation of savages and wild beasts, become a fruitful field; this region, so favourably distinguished by nature, now become the habitation of civilization.
(Filson, Appendix, p39)
The view from Daniel Boone's grave on the cliff,
onto the Kentucky River, the city of Frankfort,
and the barely visible gray dome of her capitol building,
and into the setting sun.
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Kyrgyzstan: Labor force: percent female
Labor force, percent female
For that indicator, we provide data for Kyrgyzstan from 1990 to 2021. The average value for Kyrgyzstan during that period was 42.92 percent with a minimum of 38.56 percent in 2020 and a maximum of 45.65 percent in 1995. The latest value from 2021 is 38.7 percent. For comparison, the world average in 2021 based on 180 countries is 41.25 percent. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
Definition: Female labor force as a percentage of the total show the extent to which women are active in the labor force. Labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.


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Algeria: Terrorists Trying to Bring Back the Bad Old Days
March 9, 2007: Terrorist violence was down slightly in February, with 18 dead and 15 wounded, compared to 21 dead and three wounded in January. The few remaining Islamic terrorists in northeastern Algeria, appear determined to go down fighting and killing. Since the GSPC announced its merger with al Qaeda last year, there has been an increase in bombings, and a decrease in the traditional massacre of civilians with knives and guns. Apparently, al Qaeda convinced the GSPC terrorists that they would anger fewer Algerians if they blew people up, rather than slitting their throats. A decade ago, the GSPC was killing up to a hundred people a day, but now, it takes up to six months to cause that much mayhem.
March 4, 2007: East of the capital, Islamic terrorists ambushed a police patrol, killing five police and destroying three vehicles. March 3, 2007: Islamic terrorists ambushed some foreign oil workers, and killed a Russian engineer. March 1, 2007: Islamic terrorists made ten attacks on security personnel east of the capital, but only two people were wounded, and the terrorists were driven away. Another clash with Islamic terrorists, 200 kilometers south of the capital, left three policemen dead.
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BRUINS ALUMNI REPORT: Playoff time in College Hockey
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Photo credit: Austin Daily Herald
ECHL: Keegan Asmundson (Bruins '10-11) made 30 saves on 32 shots in his third appearance as a member of the Indy Fuel, but was saddled with a loss as Toledo picked up a 2-1 win on Sunday. February 28th.
NCAA DI: Eamon McAdam (Bruins '10-11) was nominated for the Mike Richter award last week, which recognizes the NCAA's best goaltender. He made 26 saves in a 2-1 win over Wisconsin on Friday. McAdam has posted an 11-4-1 record in 16 starts with a 2.43 goals against average and a .928 save percentage, leading the Big-10 in both categories. C.J. Smith (Bruins '11-13) scored a goal in U-Mass Lowell's regular season finale, a 3-1 home win over Boston College on Friday, 2/27. Smith finishes the regular season leading the River Hawks in points with 33 (14 goals, 19 assists). They'll take on Boston University in the Hockey East Quarterfinals starting Friday. Johnny Simonson (Bruins '11-13) had a pair of assists in North Dakota's 4-1 win on Saturday, 2/28 at Nebraska-Omaha. They'll host Colorado College in the NCHC Quarterfinals, also starting Friday.
NCAA DIII: Charlie Adams (Bruins '10-12) sits 2nd among all DIII players in points with 49 (21 goals, 28 assists), behind only Hamline teammate Brandon Zurn. Adrian College rolled to the NCHA Championship and into the NCAA Tournament after a pair of 4-2 wins over St. Scholastica followed by a 4-1 victory against St. Norbert. Brian Bachnak (Bruins '13-15) opened the postseason scoresheet for the Bulldogs 2:28 into the first game, with some help from a Cory Dunn (Bruins '13-15) assist. Trevor Boyd (Bruins '13-15) also scored two goals including the game winner in the same game. Bachnak scored the game-winner in game two, with Dunn picking up two more assists. Dunn would add one more helper in the championship game. Adrian will take on Wisconsin-Stevens Point in the NCAA Quarterfinals on Saturday, March 19th. Jeremy Finger (Bruins '10-12) and his UMass-Boston Beacons won the NEHC Championship with a 3-2 OT victory over Babson on Saturday. They'll take on Trinity in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday.
ACHA DI: Former Bruins Colton Kramer (Bruins '11-13), Kody Reuter (Bruins '11-14), Jake Arroyo (Bruins '12-15), and Tony Uglem (Bruins '14-15) all suited up for the Iowa State Cyclones in a 2-1 loss to Lindenwood in the ACHA DI National Championship on Tuesday night. Reuter scored the lone goal for the Cyclones. Uglem had a goal and four assists in the tournament to lead the team.
USHL: Jake Kielly (Bruins '14-15) registered a 26 save shutout as Tri City blanked Omaha 4-0 on Friday night. Kielly got Saturday off as a Bruins alumni-powered attack for Sioux City got two goals from Trey Dodd (Bruins '13-15) and the game winner from Josh Wilkins (Bruins '14-15) in a 4-3 triumph over the Storm.
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Hinks, John and Catherine Armstrong (editors).
BOOK TRADE CONNECTIONS FROM THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES.
Delivered at the Twenty-second Conference on the History of the British Book Trade Birmingham, July 2005
New Castle, Delaware and London, England: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2008. 6 x 9 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 281 pages. Delivered at the Twenty-second Conference on the History of the British Book Trade Birmingham, July 2005. First edition. This ninth volume of the Print Networks series contains twelve exciting chapters from scholars working on the connections between the parties involved in the production of print artifacts; from author to printer, publisher, bookseller..... READ MORE about BOOK TRADE CONNECTIONS FROM THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES
Hinks, John and Matthew Day (editors).
FROM COMPOSITORS TO COLLECTORS: ESSAYS ON BOOK-TRADE HISTORY.
New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2012. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 400 pages. The essays in this collection trace texts from their creation and printing through to their publication, dissemination, and collection. In doing so, they show how production processes change texts and how collectors subsequently appropriate them for their own ends. By examining the diverse activities of those involved in both textual creation and collection..... READ MORE about FROM COMPOSITORS TO COLLECTORS: ESSAYS ON BOOK-TRADE HISTORY
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Hinks, John and Victoria Gardner (editors).
THE BOOK TRADE IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND: PRACTICES, PERCEPTIONS, CONNECTIONS.
New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2014. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 256 pages. This twelfth volume in the Print Networks series comprises a range of papers from recent conferences on the early modern book trade. Collectively, they explore the practices and perceptions of print production, the circulation of texts and connections between book-trade personnel in Britain and Europe between the late fifteenth and early eighteenth centuries..... READ MORE about THE BOOK TRADE IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND: PRACTICES, PERCEPTIONS, CONNECTIONS
Hinks, John, Catherine Armstrong, and Matthew Day (editors).
PERIODICALS AND PUBLISHERS: THE NEWSPAPER AND JOURNAL TRADE, 1740-1914.
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2009. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 256 pages. This tenth volume of the Print Networks series contains eleven original contributions by scholars working on periodicals and newspapers in the British Isles, outside London. The essays focus on the period between 1740 and 1914, including some case studies of individual publishers and their experiences in the print market. This volume demonstrates the cultural and..... READ MORE about PERIODICALS AND PUBLISHERS: THE NEWSPAPER AND JOURNAL TRADE, 1740-1914
Isaac, Peter and Barry McKay (editors).
HUMAN FACE OF THE BOOK TRADE: PRINT CULTURE AND ITS CREATORS.
New Castle, Delaware and Folkestone, England: Oak Knoll Press and St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1999. small 8vo. Hardback printed covers. x, 228 pages. First edition. These thirteen scholarly essays on the history of the book trade are the third volume in the PRINT NETWORKS series of publications. The original papers were presented at the annual "Seminars on the British Book Trade." The essays covered include Paul Morgan's "Henry Cotton and W. H. Allnutt: Two Pioneer Book-Trade..... READ MORE about HUMAN FACE OF THE BOOK TRADE: PRINT CULTURE AND ITS CREATORS
THE MIGHTY ENGINE: THE PRINTING PRESS AND ITS IMPACT.
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Classic Film Review: The Breakfast Club
Phoebe Emily Barton
– October 14, 2017Posted in: Film, Reviews
Let me take you to 1980s America: the school corridors are heaving with baggy sweatshirt wearing kids who are running around in their Nike Jordan trainers, getting wedged in between door frames due to their abnormally wide shoulder pads. Girls' jeans are so high waisted they're basically wearing a jumpsuit, and humongous neon hoops hang from their ears, peaking through their wildly teased hair.
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I'll admit that all sounds rather outdated, but this does not mean everything from the 80s is past its sell-by date. The Breakfast Club is a classic film centring around five teenagers (Andrew, Bender, Claire, Allison, and Brian) whose lives intertwine during a Saturday detention at school. Although it was released in 1985, the film is just as relevant today as it was 30 years ago. Our five protagonists are all very different from each other, perfectly fitting into stereotypes that we're all familiar with from our high school days. They are a jock, a princess, a basket case, an athlete, and a brain.
In a world where people judge and criticise each other, we could all do with a little reminder once in a while that we are all in fact not so different to the person on our left, and the person on our right. The Breakfast Club is the perfect example of this. Five strangers enter that detention hardly knowing a thing about the other and yet are willing to judge them. They assume they know each other's stories – oh, how wrong they are.
As events unfold, our ferocious five form an alliance against their teacher (played by Paul Gleason). They work together to make sure they aren't caught when causing trouble, but also rely on one another to have some fun. In one particularly emotional scene, all five open up about their lives, revealing their deep dark secrets that no one outside that building knows. There is something beautiful about the way they let their guard down; it is such an intimate and raw scene that you as a viewer feel like an intruder. You are a part of their secret circle; you feel you must take their secrets to the grave.
In one hour and 30 minutes, director John Hughes creates a number of classic scenes that have gone down in cinematic history. The final scene of the film is perfection. I'm telling you now you'll find it hard not to shed a tear as Bender strides across that football field as Simple Minds 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' blasts. If you're after a classic feel-good film with a bit of everything in it, you've found it.
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Phoebe Barton, 21, a third year journalism student at UCLan. I'm originally from the Wirral and aspire to be a film journalist.


Location of the Basingstoke Canal
The Basingstoke Canal is located in the south of England, to the southwest of London. The navigable section runs from West Byfleet in Surrey to the east, following a course of 32 miles through Woking, Brookwood, Mytchett, Ash, Fleet and Crookham, then Odiham, finally ending up at Greywell in Hampshire to the west. Though the Canal originally continued to Basingstoke (a total distance of 37 miles), it has not been navigable beyond the tunnel at Greywell since the early 1900's, and access to the original destination was finally prevented by the Greywell tunnel collapse in 1932.
For a recently re-published pictorial guide to the whole of the Canal, see here.
The section from the west of the Greywell tunnel to Basingstoke is referred to as "The Last 5 miles". The original course of the Canal can be seen along much of this stretch, though in parts it has been erased from the landscape by the construction of the M3 and A30, some houses, and of course by the Festival Place and surrounding developments in Basingstoke which were built upon the original canal terminus.
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Ghana plans to mine Atewa Forest despite its ecological importance
By Zach Fitzner
The Atewa Forest in Ghana is considered by many to be a key biodiversity hotspot. Global Wildlife Conservation reports that the forest is habitat for at least 50 mammal species, 1,000 plant species and over 570 butterflies, representing 77% of Ghana's total butterfly species. The organization also reports that the Atewa is home to the headwaters of 3 major rivers, supplying water to 5 million people in Ghana.
The forest itself is dominated by a ridge covering 258 square kilometers of land, ranging from 230 to 845 meters above sea level in elevation. The gradient of elevation increases the biodiversity of the place by fostering different habitats at different elevations and supporting a rare upland ecosystem.
GhanaWeb reports that earlier this month, groups of civil organizations and other citizens engaged in peaceful protests in Accra, the capital of Ghana. The demonstrations were to protest the government's plan to mine bauxite inside Atewa Forest. Signs protesters carried had slogans like, "Water Pollution Will Cost Ghana More" and "Save Water, Secure the Future". The bauxite mine plan includes investment money from the Chinese government, which protesters are planning to also petition if need be.
Atewa was made a designated forest reserve in 1926 but through a convoluted series of designations, protection has been increased but not yet reached the level of National Park activists are calling for. In 1994, Atewa became a 'Special Biological Protection Area', in 1995, a 'Hill Sanctuary'. In 1999, Atewa was declared one of Ghana's 30 Globally Significant Biodiversity Areas and it's also been recognized as an important bird area.
Despite these designations, Atewa is still plagued with unmanaged logging and hunting, small scale gold mining and the haunting threat of large scale mining development.
In a recent press release, Global Wildlife Conservation reported on developments that suggest the government of Ghana is preparing to allow bauxite mining within the Atewa forest despite outcry from environmentalists and concerned local citizens. Trees are already being cleared to create mining roads into the forest. President Nana Akufo-Addo for his part claims that new technology involved in the planned bauxite mine will not harm the environment. Business Insider reports that skeptical environmentalists have asked him to prove that claim, so far he has yet to persuade skeptics.
A Rocha Ghana is leading the fight to protect the Atewa forest with a tagline unusual for an environmental group, "Caring for God's Creation". The organization has released a special report on the biodiversity of Atewa, which also includes a history and geography of the region.
Atewa forest is part of the Upper Guinea forest ecoregion, an area of humid west African forests high in endemic species. The USGS reports that due to habitat loss, the Upper Guinea eco-region contains all of west Africa's lowland forests. Originally the Upper Guinea eco-region consisted of 680,000 square kilometers.
By 1920, there was only 216,000 square kilometers of dense healthy forest left in the ecoregion. By 1975, 84% of the original forest was destroyed. In recent years, destruction of the Upper Guinea eco-region forests has significantly slowed but it hasn't stopped. Within a unique eco-region, Atewa itself is special, being one of only two upland evergreen forests in Ghana.
During a 2006 survey by Conservation International, 8 new species of katydid were found. Katydids are ubiquitous in the tropics, similar to grasshoppers or crickets but with incredibly long antennae and sometimes adapted to look like a leaf. 6 species of non-human primates were found, 10 large mammals of conservation concern, 314 species of plant. This is just a sample of the rich biodiversity of Atewa as part of a larger eco-region and on a larger scale the world. Atewa is home to 20% of Ghana's threatened species.
The beauty of the Atewa Forest has gained famous supporters in Ghana as well. In 2017, musicians famous in Ghana releases the song 'Atewa 'till Eternity" in response to a visit to the forest. The work was promoted by Green Beat Performers, a collaboration between musicians and conservationists. The project also received collaboration from IUCN and of course, A Rocha. IUCN reports that even the process of creating the music video in Atewa helped garner support to conserve the special forest.
Unfortunately, the mining interests have strong influence in Ghana as well.
West Africa supplies approximately 11.5% of all the world's bauxite, according to a 2019 Research and Markets report. 30% of profits from bauxite mining in nearby Guinea is collected by the government for distribution among the people, according to Mining in Africa. Africa as a continent is set to expand its bauxite operations as well with a new aluminum manufacturing plant in South Africa with the capacity to manufacture 1.2 billion drink cans open in 2016. Often these developments are pointed to as signs of positive progress in Africa, a continent plagued with general widespread poverty.
In a report from 2007, International Rivers questions whether bauxite mining and the aluminum produced from it is really helping much of Africa. Aluminum is the world's second most used metal and the industry is made of very powerful companies. Often bauxite mining and aluminum production often gain great support from governments in Africa (and elsewhere) because of their political clout and perceived economic benefits. This support comes at a cost of large amounts of resources. Aluminum production uses more electricity than any other industry and is often the largest user of electricity in a country. That is a stark contrast to everyday Africans in 2007, when less than one out of every four residents of sub-Saharan Africa had access to electricity.
Between 1961 and 1965, the president of Ghana supported construction of a hydroelectric dam to support industry including aluminum production. In 2007, the dam supplied two-thirds of the electric power in Ghana, despite the fact that less than half of the population had access to electricity. The difference between industry and the quality of life for the average person can be quite striking in many parts of Africa. One thing is certain, when forests like Atewa are pillaged, the spoils only go to the rich while the poor suffer from the pollution.
By Zach Fitzner, Earth.com Contributing Writer
Image Credit: Jeremy Lindsell/Global Wildlife Conservation


Benson Brothers Working On An Earthbound Documentary
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After the success of Earthbound Saga, brothers Jeff and Robbie Benson, are back with a new production centered around the SNES cult classic game of Essayist Shigesato Itoi: Mother 2 better known as Earthbound in the west. This time, the goal is to produce a a documentary about the cult following the game gathered in the US, and about all the different fan communities that have surged in the west to pay tribute to this SNES game.
The documentary will be called Earthbound USA, the project was being carried in secret and details were scarce until now, but a recent tweet by Itoi has force the team to bring the work to light thanks to the big impact it created.
I just finished an interview with some American fans of Mother 2 that paid me a visit. Some of them were on elementary school when they played the game, but now they are married with children, but they're still in love with the game. I have been involved in many projects in my life, but this game, without a doubt, is something special"
Besides the interview with Itoi, the documentary will also include some testimonies and stories of users of the forum Starmen.net, the main platform dedicated to this trilogy of games by Nintendo. The brothers are expecting to release the project on 2015 and they will be launching a Kickstarter campaign very soon.
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This page contains general information about the song "Drift Away". For information on a particular performance of this song, click on a performance link in the table below.
Primary Artists:
Dobie Gray (1973)
Uncle Kracker (2002)
Genre: R&B
Familiarity: Medium-High
Std. Deviation: 21.0 (High)
Overall: 100.0%
with Voters Only: 100.0%
Repeat Trend: +27.50
Clark CoreyCorey Clark
Lewis Jon PeterJon Peter Lewis
38404 Top 24 Guys
Bice BoBo Bice
On a superficial level, Dobie Gray's 1973 hit offers something for everyone: a country-tinged R&B song by a soul singer in praise of rock and roll. But at its heart, "Drift Away" is a triumph of songwriting, a ballad which builds a layered progession of hooks leading to one of the catchiest and best-known choruses in pop history (even if millions of listeners mistakenly think the first line is "Gimme the Beach Boys...") Gray's superb vocals were just icing on the cake. Uncle Kracker's successful 2002 revival means that virtually every American Idol viewer, from 8 to 80, can sing along.
"Drift Away" provided Jon Peter Lewis with his highest-rated performance and made Bo Bice's Idol debut a 5-star one. Only Corey Clark fared relatively poorly with it; some reviewers complained that he was skirting the country-rock theme, but most simply believed he didn't sing it all that well.
What We Thought
Early on, "Drift Away" was one of the safest songs in the Idol catalog for a male singer. It offered Lewis a means of showing a serious side after his off-the-wall A Little Less Conversation, and allowed the long-haired Bice to make an outstanding, non-threatening first impression on America. After three performances, including a 5-star one, it might be time to retire it from the competition...unless, that is, you feel you can either out-sing Bice (good luck there) or put a different and clever spin on it. Keep in mind that the latter path comes with more than a little risk: if you butcher this enormously popular song, America will never forgive you.


PM consults predecessors on India visit
Sureis
Published: 12:27 pm Apr 05, 2018
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli issuing instructions to secretaries and chiefs of security agencies, in Kathmandu, on Sunday, March 18, 2018. Photo: THT
Kathmandu, April 4
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today held consultation with former prime ministers on his upcoming state visit to India slated for April 6 to 8.
During the meeting at his official residence in Baluwatar, PM Oli said the goodwill visit to India would focus on strengthening bilateral relations and discussions would be held keeping in mind national interest.
"No agreements will be signed during this visit. No activities will be carried out against national interest. Implementation of past agreements will be stressed," said PM Oli, who is paying a state visit to India at the invitation of Indian PM Narendra Modi. He added that his visit would play a crucial role in further strengthening Nepal-India bilateral relations.
The meeting was attended by former prime ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Madhav Kumar Nepal, Jhalanath Khanal, Sher Bahadur Deuba, Lokendra Bahadur Chand and former chairman of the Council of Ministers Khil Raj Regmi. Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali, members of Eminent Persons Group on Nepal-India Relations Bhesh Bahadur Thapa, Nilambar Acharya and Suryanath Upadhyay were also present.
The former prime ministers wished PM Oli a successful visit and suggested that the conventional mindset should be dropped while pursuing international relations in this globalised world.
Former PM Dahal said Nepal-India relations, which had faced some difficulties after promulgation of the new constitution of Nepal and the border blockade, were now improving. "We should convey to India that there is no problem in Nepal as the constitution was being enforced," he said.
Former PM Madhav Kumar Nepal suggested that Prime Minister Oli stand firm on his stance. "There should not be brotherly, but friendly Nepal-India relations," he said.
Former prime minister Deuba said PM Oli should focus on reducing the huge trade deficit between Nepal and India.
During his three-day India visit, Oli will hold delegation-level and personal-level talks with Indian PM Modi. He will also pay courtesy calls on Indian President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu, besides holding meetings with Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and other ministers and high-level officials. He is also scheduled to hold separate interactions with the Indian business community, Nepali community in New Delhi and the intellectual class.
Besides official engagements in New Delhi, PM Oli will also attend a programme at GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology at Pantnagar in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Addressing the Parliament yesterday, PM Oli had said the starting point of Nepal's foreign and neighbourhood policy was 'friendship', and his India visit was part of the government's endeavour to make neighbouring countries partners in Nepal's development drive.
"To realise our national goals of development and prosperity, we'll maintain harmonious, balanced and friendly relations with our neighbours based on mutual benefit, mutual respect, equality, non-interference, UN charters, principles of non-aligned movement and the five principles of peaceful coexistence," said PM Oli.
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Microsoft boosts Windows Azure security with multi-factor authentication
Microsoft has added an additional layer of security, called multi-factor authentication, to its Windows Azure public cloud platform
Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor
Published: 30 Sep 2013 13:25
Microsoft has added an additional layer of security, called multi-factor authentication, to its Windows Azure public cloud platform to provide increased access security and convenience for IT and users while accessing cloud applications.
The security tool provides Microsoft cloud users with secure access to on-premises and cloud applications from anywhere in the world. In addition to a user name and password, Windows Azure users will be able to authenticate via a mobile phone app, an automated voice call or a text message with a passcode, said Steven Martin, general manager of Windows Azure at Microsoft.
"Identity and access management is an anchor for security and top of mind for enterprise IT departments. It is key to extending anytime, anywhere access to employees, partners and customers," Martin wrote on Microsoft's official blog.
The multi-factor authentication feature can be configured by IT for cloud applications and "meets user demand for a simple sign-in experience", he added.
The cloud computing sector is forecast to grow at a pace of 36% every year, reaching revenues of $20bn (£12.7bn) by 2016. But a recent Gartner report revealed that users of cloud services – especially Software as a service (SaaS) – are finding security provisions inadequate.
Ambiguous terms around data confidentiality, data integrity and recovery after a data breach lead to dissatisfaction among cloud services users, Gartner analysts found. As a result, they called for more transparency and better risk management in cloud services.
Meanwhile, research by Ponemon Institute in March 2013 revealed that half of IT leaders are concerned about the security of cloud computing resources.
By deploying the authentication server on existing hardware or in a Windows Azure virtual machine, users will be able to synchronise with their Windows Server Active Directory for automated user setup and secure access to on-premises virtual private networks (VPNs) and web applications, according to Microsoft.
There are two billing options for Windows Azure multi-factor authentication – per user and per authentication. From 1 November 2013, it can be purchased for $2 per user per month for any number of authentications or $2 a month for 10 authentications.
Users can also set up multi-factor security for other Microsoft cloud services such as Office 365, and Dynamics CRM.
"Windows Azure multi-factor authentication is a managed service that makes it easy to securely manage user access to Windows Azure, Office 365, Intune, Dynamics CRM and any third-party cloud service that supports Windows Azure Active Directory," said Scott Guthrie, corporate vice-president for Windows Azure.
The security feature can be also used to control access to IT's custom applications that have been developed and hosted within the cloud platform.
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Myth and orality are ___________ in Africa: the former is ubiquitous in the African oral literary tradition, while the latter is almost always based on the former.
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Scientists have assumed that certain seabirds eat plastic debris because it looks to them like their natural prey, but a new study suggests that what ____________ them is an odor the birds associate with food.
Julius Caesar made a display of ____________cruel retribution against fellow Romans, but only if these Romans gave up their opposition to him.
The answer to which of the following questions would most help in evaluating the argument?
The passage suggests which of the following about "stone art"?
The author mentions "monumental architecture" primarily to
The passage implies the author's agreement with which of the following statements about changes in how childhood was viewed?
The author indicates that the shift in attitudes about childhood involved which of the following?
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Rep. Devin Nunes tells Fox & Friends that the Mueller report should be burned
Nunes: "We can just burn it up. I mean, it is a partisan document"
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From the March 24 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends Sunday:
ED HENRY (CO-HOST): So should investigating the investigators also now include what really happened with the [special counsel Robert] Mueller probe? If Democrats say, "We want to see all the documents," what kind of documents do you want to see then about how we got to this investigation in the first place?
REP. DEVIN NUNES (R-CA): Well that's a great question, and I don't really care what the Mueller report says. The Mueller special counsel should have never been appointed, and I say that and we can take any part of this investigation and we can show you how fraudulent it is, but I think the most important item that comes to mind is our congressional investigation was obstructed by the Department of Justice and the FBI. That is a crime. So that's one of the first things that they should look at and you can start with, among many things, the [former FBI acting director Andrew] McCabe text messages that just broke on Friday, that weren't given to the Congress, which are extremely critical, because it shows that they knew that one of their sources that they had submitted to the FISA Court was not credible, which is what we've been saying forever, and somehow, McCabe text messages escaped Congress. And you've seen that over and over again, things have been redacted. It's a lot like this whole thing looking for collusion, it was all a lie and a myth.
KATIE PAVLICH (CO-HOST): OK so congressman you talk about being obstructed by the Department of Justice, the FBI, and your investigation of the situation but what about President Trump's ability to declassify all of the documents that you are in pursuit of? He has the ability to do that, he has not done it. Do you think he still should?
NUNES: Absolutely. So the Mueller report -- a lot of people, "Oh what does it say?" We can just burn it up. I mean, it is a partisan document, so there's going to be a lot of calls for that and the Democrats say, "We've got to see the underlying information." What we really need to see is what was the FBI's involvement with Fusion GPS? Who were they, who did they know about? What -- and I'm sorry I don't want to gloss over this for the viewers but Fusion GPS was essentially the Hillary Clinton campaign. They were hired by the Clinton campaign, so we need to see all of that, we need the FISA fully disclosed. We need everyone that Mueller talked to, including his interactions with Jerome Corsi, who you just had on the show. Look, I can't imagine why they would bring Jerome Corsi in to interview with the special counsel. Jerome Corsi is just a long time kind of press guy. You know, I think you guys have known him for a long time. You know, he had every right to call Julian Assange or anybody else that he wants to. Now look, I don't agree with that, I wouldn't call Julian Assange. But press people do that all the time. That's part of our First Amendment rights.
PETE HEGSETH (CO-HOST): Congressman, so some have called for a second special counsel, someone to look into what was done to surveil this president, what processes were violated. How far should you and other Republicans go or other just Americans go to get to the truth of what happened here?
NUNES: You know, a second special counsel would have been great about a year and a half, two years ago. It would have been better to not have a need for a second special counsel because we wouldn't have had an investigation in the first place, but I do have faith in the new attorney general. I think he knows that it's critical for the American people to have confidence in the FBI and the Department of Justice. It's clear that this was not a widespread plague across the entire Department of Justice. It was a few really really bad apples, so I think that if they start to put out the critical information, who talked to who when, it'll be pretty simple to have an investigation run by just an independent-type of investigator, U.S. attorney or someone, and we're going to make a criminal referral, the Republicans on the House intelligence committee, that we've been waiting until this Mueller report comes out.
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