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"KABUL, Afghanistan — A Pentagon report on the last six months in Afghanistan portrays an Afghan government with limited credibility among its people, a still active if not growing insurgency and an enormous reliance on American troops to train, outfit and finance the country's defense forces for the foreseeable future.Read the rest of the news article here: "U.S. report on Afghan War Finds Few Gains in 6 Months", The New York Times, April 29, 2010. Read a defense press release on the report here: "Report Notes Afghanistan Developments, Challenges", Department of Defense, April 28, 2010.
The report, released on Wednesday, is mandated by Congress every six months. It points to some improvements, including an increased optimism among Afghans about their government and the slowing of the insurgency in places where NATO troops have concentrated their efforts.
But an array of measures suggest that the situation is little better over all than it was six months ago despite enormous expenditures of effort, money and lives by the American and international forces."
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Friday, April 30, 2010
Pentagon Report finds few Gains in Afghanistan over Six Month Period
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Afghanistan Neighborhood Watch - Special Forces Initiative
A Special Forces ODA has set up an armed Afghan neighborhood watch to keep the Taliban out of a village in the Arghandab District of Afghanistan located just north of Kandahar. Unfortunately, not everyone agrees on the usefulness of the program. The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl Eikenberry, has blocked funding for the program saying that it diminishes the central role of the Afghan government (as though the Afghan government actually exercised any role in the rural areas of the country). Read more in "U.S. training Afghan villagers to fight the Taliban", by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, The Washington Post, April 28, 2010.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Special Forces and Unconventional Warfare
Military bloggers have been heating up the electronic airways in a recent online discussion involving the term unconventional warfare or UW. A recent article by Robert Haddick has prompted a discussion on whether the current special ops definition of UW is too narrowly defined. In response, COL David Maxwell of USASOC has posted an online blog post about the topic entitled "Why Does Special Forces Train and Educate for Unconventional Warfare?" (April 25, 2010) on the Small Wars Journal blog. Click here to learn more about Unconventional Warfare.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Do We Still Need Special Ops? Is Unconventional Warfare too narrowly Defined by the Special Operations Community?
A writer for Foreign Policy Magazine, Robert Haddick, has provided us with the questions above in the subject line. In his article, "Do We Still Need Special Ops?" (23 April 2010) he asks the question "What exactly is unconventional warfare?" and wonders if special operators have defined the unconventional warfare term too narrowly and therefore narrowed their mission set making special operations forces irrelevant.
The article is not the best to be found in Foreign Policy. It starts off discussing the UW definition but then veers off course talking about how the Army will be ill-prepared to fight a high-intensity war on the battlefield because its artillery and armor formations have been conducting COIN (or stability operations). In addition, the author ignores the fact that UW is one of many missions that Special Forces is charged with. The other missions are FID, CT, DA, SR as well as COIN.
But it is food for thought.
Click here for more information about the definition of Unconventional Warfare (UW).
The article is not the best to be found in Foreign Policy. It starts off discussing the UW definition but then veers off course talking about how the Army will be ill-prepared to fight a high-intensity war on the battlefield because its artillery and armor formations have been conducting COIN (or stability operations). In addition, the author ignores the fact that UW is one of many missions that Special Forces is charged with. The other missions are FID, CT, DA, SR as well as COIN.
But it is food for thought.
Click here for more information about the definition of Unconventional Warfare (UW).
Britain Deploys 'Culture Warriors' to Afghanistan: Defence Cultural Specialist Unit
Britain is deploying a new type of unit to Afghanistan. It is called the Defence Cultural Specialist Unit (DCSU) and it will be stationed in Helmand Province. This unit is similar to the U.S. Human Terrain System (HTS) teams that the U.S. Army has deployed to Afghanistan. The intent is to identify issues relating to culture, politics, economy, and other aspects of Afghan life and society in an attempt to make military operations more successful. Read more in "Britain's Culture Unit Deploys to Afghanistan", Danger Room, April 5, 2010. Click here to read more Afghanistan war news.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Karzai: Our Loyal and Dependable Ally In Afghanistan - Or Not
Karzai has been making the news lately with his anti-Western outbursts. It seems odd that 'The Mayor of Kabul' would bite the hand that feeds him. Perhaps this is an attempt at wooing some domestic public opinion and support. A recent article suggests just that - see "Learning to Love Crazy Karzai", Foreign Policy Magazine, April 9, 2010. Click here for more news articles on the fight in Afghanistan.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Taliban Defectors are Rejoining the Insurgency Due to Paltry Rewards and Broken Promises
"Almost a quarter of the low-ranking Taleban commanders lured out of the insurgency in southern Afghanistan have rejoined the fight because of broken government promises and paltry rewards, a scathing report on reintegration claims.Read the rest of the article in "Taleban defectors are rejoining insurgency", Times Online, April 22, 2010.
Nato plans to spend more than $1 billion (£648 million) over the next five years tempting Taleban foot soldiers to lay down their arms. But research by a Kabul-based thinktank warns that those efforts could make matters worse by swelling the ranks of the insurgency, exacerbating village level feuds and fuelling government corruption.
The report, titled Golden Surrender, by the independent Afghanistan Analysts Network, is highly critical of the British-backed Peace and Reconciliation Scheme (PTS), established in 2005, which it says has been left to flounder under bad leadership with neither the political nor the financial capital it required."
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Human Terrain System (HTS) in Afghanistan Used by Marines
The Marines are using the civilian anthropologists working with the Human Terrain System (HTS) to help stabilize areas of Afghanistan. The program is not without controversy as the following article indicates:
"U.S. forces in Afghanistan are using a controversial tool in their efforts to hold the ground recently captured from the Taliban. It is the work of civilian anthropologists and other social science researchers, who advise military commanders on how to win the hearts and minds of local people.Read the remainder of the article in "Marines Tap Social Sciences In Afghan War Effort", NPR, April 5, 2010. Click here to read more news about the war in Afghanistan.
The practice is highly debated among scientists at home, who say there are serious ethical problems with using social science techniques to further military objectives.
The project is called Human Terrain System, or HTS, and it is run by the Department of Defense. It uses researchers such as Kristin Post, who does analysis for U.S. Marine units in Marjah, a farming region in Helmand province that was seized from the Taliban in February."
Friday, April 23, 2010
McChrystal Thinks There Are Too Many Contractors in Afghanistan
General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of forces in Afghanistan, believes that the number of contractors working in that country is excessive. He has stated that the U.S. and others should rely more on the military and local employees. Read more in "NATO Commander: Too many contractors in Afghanistan", Federal Times, April 20, 2010.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Contractors Watching Contractors in Afghanistan
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recently released a report on the issue of contractors overseeing other contractors in contingency operations (Iraq and Afghanistan). The report is critical of the practice.
"Clearly, conflicts of interest could arise, as government decisions on contract and grant administration, which represent "the government's primary mechanism for assessing whether it is getting the expected products or services from contractors or whether grantees are performing in accordance with grant programs," might be "inappropriately influenced by, rather than independent from," a contractor's actions."Read more in "GAO: Contractors Overseeing Other Contractors in a Contingency Environment Problematic", OMB Watch, April 20, 2010.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
DynCorp and Its Bad Image in Afghanistan Police Training
DynCorp is being cast unfavorably in regards to its record of training up the Afghan National Police (ANP) in Afghanistan. Newsweek and other media have cast the firm's record in an unfavorable light. A DynCorp official recently wrote in to a blogger trying to set the facts right. Read more in "DynCorp Begs to Differ", The Huffington Post, April 21, 2010.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Kandahar, Afghanistan: Next Stage in the War
A lot is riding on the ability of the Afghan government and coalition forces to rid Kandahar of the Taliban. This will be the big battle in the news this summer. Read more in "The Kandahar gambit", LA Times, April 4, 2010.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Cyber Security Summit by Defense Daily (June 22, 2010)
The Cyber Security Summit will be held on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at the Washington Marriott at Metro Center in Washington, DC. The conference is presented by Defense Daily and sponsored by General Dynamics.
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
Medical Advances on the Afghanistan Battlefield
A recent article describes some of the medical advances that are saving lives in Afghanistan. Read "On Distant Battlefields, Survival Odds Rise Sharply", The Wall Street Journal, April 2, 2010.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Canada's Army in Afghanistan
Canada's army has developed into a battle-hardened entity in the last several years due to its Soldiers and NCOs being deployed on many rotations - mostly in the south of Afghanistan. The country will soon draw its forces down in Afghanistan and one big question is what will become of its very professional and experienced Army. Read more in "What next for Canada's tough new Army?", The Star, March 28, 2010.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Winning the Hearts and Minds - A Counterinsurgency Necessity
Have you ever wondered where the term "winning the hearts and minds" comes from? Many would say "the conflict in Afghanistan". Others of an older generation would say "from the Vietnam War". But to a few that have researched the term the answer would be more complex. Learn more about this tenet of counterinsurgency in "How 'hearts and minds' came to be", by Elizabeth Dickinson in Foreign Policy Magazine (Sept / Oct 2009).
Thursday, April 15, 2010
INIA Criminal Interdiction Conference - May 9-13, 2010 - San Antonio, Texas
The International Narcotic Interdiction Association (INIA) will hold its INIA Criminal Interdiction 2010 Conference on May 9-13, 2010 in San Antonio, Texas. Click here to view a listing of conferences relating to security, homeland defense, and law enforcement.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
What is an Embedded Training Team (ETT)?
A blogger writes about the history of the ETTs that are working with the Afghan army units in Afghanistan. See "What is an ETT?", Enduring the Freedom, March 16, 2010.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Detainee Policy in Afghanistan Changes for the Better
The length of time that U.S. forces can hold a detainee has lengthened from 4 days to 14 days. This is a change to the policy of only keeping a detainee for 4 days until he is released to Afghan forces. The 4 day policy has been in effect since 2005. Read more in "U.S. to end 96-hour rule for Afghan detainees", CNN.com, March 17, 2010.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Challenges of Battlefield Contracting
The Government Accounting Office (GAO) has briefed Congress (March 17th) that challenges remain in the world of battlefield contracting. The auditing arm of Congress (the GAO) said improvements can be made in the oversight of contractors. Read more in "Challenges Remain in Battlefield Contracting", DefenseNews, March 17, 2010.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
MV-22 Osprey: Marines Like the Aircraft Despite Maintenance Issues
The MV-22 Osprey is getting high marks from the Marines. The aircraft has been active in Iraq, Afghanistan and Haiti. Although - maintenance and the supply chain for repair parts have been an issue. The aircraft will carry 24 troops and can take off and land vertically - which gives it a rotary wing capability. Read more in "The Osprey: She is High Maintenance, but Marines Love Her Anyway", National Defense Magazine, April 2010.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
The Mullen Doctrine
Much has been made of a speech (or series of speeches) that Admiral Mullen has made concerning defense policy and foreign policy. It is shaping up as something called the 'Mullen Doctrine'. The doctrine is a set of criteria for fighting that the U.S. should adopt. It differs from the "Powell Doctrine" of years ago. While some think that the 'Mullen Doctrine' replaces the 'Powell Doctrine' - what is probably more true is that it augments the 'Powell Doctrine'. Both are equally applicable depending on the situation at hand. Read more about this in "The 'Mullen Doctrine' Takes Shape', The Washington Independent, March 16, 2010.
Friday, April 9, 2010
New York Tactical Training Conference and Expo
The New York Tactical Training Conference and Exhibition will be held on April 27-29, 2010 at the Turning Stone Resort in Verona, New York. The conference includes vendor displays, presentations on security and training, breakout training sessions, comedy night, and a screening of "The Third Jihad".
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Thursday, April 8, 2010
Afghanistan and the Propaganda War
It is apparent to many that the U.S. is not winning the "Information Operations" war in Afghanistan. If it were, the population would be behind the U.S. (and Afghan government) fight against the Taliban. We have had Information Operations (IO) specialists in our military since the early days of the current Afghan conflict. The military's IO bureaucracy just does not react fast enough and is not flexible enough to beat the Taliban propaganda machine. And despite increasing lip service to the IO fight our combat leaders at the unit level don't understand it and do not give it the support it needs. Read more on this topic in "To win the war in Afghanistan, the US military has to beat the Taliban at the propaganda game", The Christian Science Monitor, March 14, 2010. Read more news articles on the Afghanistan war.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Intelligence Services, Spies, Sex, and "The Honey Trap"
How can you not want to read an article about intelligence services, blackmail, espionage, and the "Honey Trap"? According to MI5 (British security service) the honey trap is still a favored method of entrapment (particularly by the Chinese intelligence services). Read "The History of the Honey Trap", Foreign Policy Magazine, March 12, 2010.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Difference Between A Shura and A Jirga
The difference between a Shura and a Jirga is sometimes a hazy concept to explain but fortunately someone has done the explanation for us. I have stumbled across an online posting that explains it fully (or at least to my satisfaction). Read "Tribal Engagement Tutorial: The Jirga and the Shura", by Major Jim Gant and MAC McCallister and posted on the Steven Pressfield Blog, March 11, 2010. You can learn more about Afghan jirgas and shuras here.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Canadian Forces Try "Key Village Approach" in areas outside Kandahar, Afghanistan
Canadian platoons have left the big base on Kandahar Air Field in Afghanistan and have moved into small villages. The change in tactics for some 2,800 Canadians is called the "Key Village Approach" and so far it seems to be working. The life style is austere and the job dangerous. Read more in "Last exit from Kandahar", The Globe and Mail, March 7, 2010. Click here to learn more about the fight for Kandahar.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
The Fight for Kandahar: Should start with Removal of Ahmed Wali Karzai
The fight for Kandahar is out of the starting blocks. Not only will be there fighitng in the streets of the city and in the outlying areas - but we will see the attempt to establish some governance in the region. Ahmed Wali Karzai, the half-brother of President Hamid Karzai, should be removed or marginalized if the upcoming Kandahar offensive is going to have any long-lasting success and impact. Many Afghans are turned away from supporting the government and instead support the Taliban because of the head of the Kandahar Provincial Council. Read more in "Kandahar", The New Yorker, April 2, 2010.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
RQ-11 RAVEN UAV Now Being Used by Iraqi Troops
The popular RAVEN UAV is now being used by Iraqi troops. The RQ-11 is a popular item used by U.S. Marines, Air Force, and Army units. Over 5,000 have been produced. The RAVEN is hand-launched, weighs less than 5 pounds, and has 80 minutes of flying time. Read more in "Iraq Embraces Raven", Strategy Page, March 13, 2010.
Taliban Campaign for Kandahar
The Institute for the Study of War has posted a document entitled "The Taliban's Campaign for Kandahar". Although the paper was posted on December 1, 2009 it is still relevant to the situation on the ground today. Kandahar will be in the news more than ever over the next several months as the coalition forces attempt to dislodge the Taliban from Kandahar and institute governance and security. Below is a partial view of the executive summary of the document.
"This paper describes the Taliban's multi-year campaign to exert control over Kandahar City. Kandahar is the center of gravity of the Quetta Shura Taliban's efforts in Afghanistan. The paper demonstrates why Coalition forces have hitherto inadequately responded to the Taliban in Kandahar, and explains why ISAF will most likely allocate additional forces to the districts around Kandahar City in 2010."Click here to read the paper:
Friday, April 2, 2010
US Special Operations Forces Need more ISR and Helo Support
Michael Vickers, a Pentagon official, has stated that US special operations forces need more close air support, helo support, and ISR platforms. Vickers is the Assistant U.S. Defense Secretary for SO/LIC. Read more in "U.S. SOF Need Armed ISR, More Helos", DefenseNews, March 8, 2010.
ITOTA Evolution Expo and Conference 2010
The International Tactical Officers Training Association (ITOTA) will hold its 2010 ITOTA Evolution Expo and Conference at the Westin Hotel in Chicago, Illinois on May 19-21, 2010.
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Thursday, April 1, 2010
Outsourcing Military Support to Civilian Firms Needs Regulation (or so says the Brookings Institution)
The Brookings Institution has posted an article online that explores the pros and cons of private military corporations and defense contractors providing support on the battlefield. It proposes that increased management, oversight and leadership is needed at the highest levels. Read more in "The Regulation of New Warfare", Brookings Institution, February 2010.
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Women on the Podium
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Women in Music
By Marie DuBois
For a long time, it looked like there was a little forward momentum regarding women on the podium of not only American Orchestras, but of other orchestras scattered across the world. But over the last few years, except for the sensationalized appointment of Marin Alsop as Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony, it seems like the trend has slowed. When one looks at Music Director searches across the country, no longer does one see the "token" women on the list. More and more, orchestras are moving back to the tried and true male role on the podium. In doing so, however, they cut themselves off from some of the superb things that are happening in the orchestras that are being lead by women across the country.
Take for example, Diane Wittry's work with the Allentown Symphony. When Diane Wittry was first appointed as Music Director of this regional orchestra, the orchestra was professional, yet lingering with an organization structure left over from its rise from the ranks of a community orchestra. To hear the orchestra now, one can not even imagine it is the same ensemble. The programming over the last few years has been sensational. This is what Ms. Wittry really brings to the podium, a deep understanding of how the orchestra functions in the community and the type of programming that is unique and fascinating to the audience. This, combined with her engaging personality and her impeccable baton technique, really makes her prime for a larger position. Her commitment to the community is shown clearly with her new book "Beyond the Baton" (nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award) which is printed by Oxford University Press (2007) and focuses on the role of the music director off the podium. This is a first for this type of book and it is making an impressive impact on the field.
There is also something about a woman's way of working with people that somehow makes the growth process of an orchestra seem easier. They seem to have an innate sense of how to work with their players so that even if people are released from the orchestra, they don't harbor the hard feelings and conflict that often come with confrontation with the male role model on the podium. Women, in general, just seem to be able to get along with people better and seem to be able to move them towards unified goals. JoAnn Falletta has done wonderful things with the Buffalo Philharmonic with really bringing the musicians together.
The musical sensitivity of a women on the podium is also something to admire. To see them linger over a tender phrase, or bring out the inner voices of a complex development section is truly admirable. Their ability to multi-task seems to transfer over to their ability to focus and separate multiple musical ideas.
Many women conduct regional orchestras across the United States. To name just a few, we have Catherine Comet, Marin Alsop, JoAnn Falletta, Diane Wittry, Xian Zhang, Sian Edwards, Joana Carneiro, Laura Jackson, Elizabeth Schulze, Sarah Ioannides, Sarah Hicks, Anne Manson, Mary Woodsmansee Green, Susan Haig, Karen Lynne Deal, and Karen Nixon-Lane. Internationally, some of the names to watch are: Simone Young, music director of the Hamburg State Opera; Emmanuelle Haim, with her ensemble Le Concert d'Astrée; and Susanna Mälkki, a conductor of the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, and the new music director of L'Ensemble Intercontemporain in Paris.
One can see that there are many qualified women already on the podium, more and more are waiting in the wings. At the conducting masterclasses offered around the country and in Europe, often 1/3 to 1/2 of the class is female. How many of these young women will actually be able to get conducting positions and become professional conductors remains to be seen, but hopefully the trend started in the late 1980's will continue, and women will eventually be equal with men, not only in the orchestra, but also on the podium.

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Cabinets that can be used as media training for your children most likely sought by parents who will be given to children. Table designed in the form of a cabinet drawer with pictures of clothing, underwear and socks that can be opened like a drawer. Parents can get kids to store or retrieve items easily because it has been classified in accordance with the existing image in the closet. These cabinets are designed by Seattle's product designers Peter Bristol. The design of this cabinet there are several kinds of customized with your child's needs in the form of sex male and female. With a graphical front door will help children learn to find or get rid of their clothes.


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Ronaldo vs Messi
Who's the best player in the world? It's hard to say, so we'll have to find out in a fight the consists in kicking the ball in our rival's face. In Ronaldo vs Messi both players face each other in a very odd duel to see who draws the quickest to hit our rival in the face.


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Alec Baldwin — never one for cool, calm, rational discussion — has been known to go off the rails for any reason. A missed phone call or instructions to turn off his phone can send the "30 Rock" actor into a rage against any number of subjects, including:
This photographer
Aug. 27, 2013: Just days after he and yoga-instructor wife, Hilaria, welcomed a baby girl into the world, Baldwin allegedly accosted a photographer in the West Village. Freelance shutterbug Paul Adao was shooting video footage when the actor grabbed and pinned him against a car near The Grey Dog on University Place. A shaken Adao called cops.
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June 19, 2012: Baldwin called for the waterboarding of photographers.
July 13, 2013: Baldwin probably won't be retiring in Florida. He tweeted about the Sunshine State: "Florida is a parallel universe. A f–ked up one."
George Stark
June 27, 2013: After the Daily Mail reported that Baldwin's wife Hilaria was tweeting while at James Gandolfini's funeral, the bloviator attacked the newspaper writer with violent threats and homophobic slurs. "I'm gonna find you, George Stark, you toxic little queen, and I'm gonna f–k…you…up," Baldwin tweeted. "If (sic) put my foot up your f–king ass, George Stark, but I'm sure you'd dig it too much."
Shia LaBeouf's vocabulary
March 6, 2013: Page Six detailed the backstage drama between Baldwin and Shia LaBeouf, who briefly worked together in Broadway's "Orphans." LaBeouf posted an e-mail exchange with Baldwin. After the actor complained of fatigue, LaBeouf wrote, "I'm a hustler. I don't get tired. I'm 26, chief." Baldwin responded on Feb. 10, 2013: "Listen, boy. I'm not your [bleep]in' chief. You got that? Ha. Hahahahaha. Let's go."
New York Post reporters
Feb. 10, 2013: Baldwin allegedly uttered racial slurs at Post photographer Gary Miller outside the actor's home. The veteran Post shooter, also a retired NYPD detective, reported that Baldwin called him a "coon," "crackhead" and a "drug dealer." Baldwin also grabbed the arm of Post reporter Tara Palmeri, telling her, "I want you to choke to death."
Turning off your phone at takeoff
Dec. 6, 2011: The loudmouth was kicked off an American Airlines flight at LAX when he refused to turn off his smartphone. He then went off on a misogynistic rant against a flight attendant: "Last flight w American. Where retired Catholic school gym teachers from the 1950s find jobs as flight attendants."
Nov. 28, 2011: For reasons completely unknown, Baldwin mocked social media users who identify themselves as proud mothers. "I love how all these ppl write `mom' in their profile," he wrote.
Grieving families
Sept. 21, 2011: Baldwin, opposed to the execution of convicted cop killer Troy Davis in Georgia, shockingly took it out on loved ones of slain officer Mark McPhail. He tweeted: "Wonder if the McPhail family will seek death penalty for US leaders who killed thousands of US soldiers and countless innocent Iraqis."
'Queen' baristas
Sept. 7, 2011: Baldwin turned his rage on an Upper West Side Starbucks barista, who apparently didn't serve him with a smile.
"Starbucks on 93 and B'Way. Uptight Queen barista named JAY has an attitude problem," he tweeted. "Starbucks on 93 and B'Way. Uptight Queen barista named JAY has an attitude problem," the actor tweeted.
His 11-year-old daughter
April 11, 2007: In the gold standard of all Baldwin rants, the loudmouth went off on his daughter Ireland. He told the then 11-year-old in a voice mail: "You are a rude, thoughtless little pig. You don't have the brains or the decency as a human being. I don't give a damn that you're 12 years old, or 11 years old, or that you're a child, or that your mother is a thoughtless pain in the ass who doesn't care about what you do as far as I'm concerned."
Baldwin was mad that he and Ireland couldn't hook up on pre-arranged phone calls.
Horse-drawn cabs
May 28, 1992: Baldwin galloped into a homophobic rage during a City Hall hearing on horse-drawn carriages. A plainclothes police officer reportedly had to separate Baldwin from a horse cab operator. And as Baldwin walked away, he muttered "f—-t" and challenged the man, "Come on, come on out."


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In South East Queensland we are blessed with warm weather and warm water ideal for kayaking most of the year round. The sun can be a bit too hot for kayaking in the middle of a summer day, so early morning and later in the afternoon are better times during the summer.
Spring can be affected by strong winds which make Moreton Bay a bit choppy for kayaking, but that can also be a great time to kayak in our nearby rivers and wetlands. You can also kayak in the Newport canals or Deception Bay if you are looking for sheltered waters. If your looking for something a bit more open then the northern end of Bramble Bay between Clontarf and Woody Point is ideal.
Autumn is an excellent time for kayaking. The weather is mild, the wind is usally no more than a light breeze and it is an absolute pleasure to be out floating in a kayak on the ocean away from the bustle of the city.
Winter is also an excellent time for kayaking, just like the Autumn only a little cooler. Sunny winter days are the best, but if you want to head out on a cloudy day you might want to have a half wetsuit to stay warm. You won't need cold weather wetsuits kayaking on Moreton Bay unless you are particularly suseptible to the cold.


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The treatment area is targeted with the laser after shaving; each session lasts just a few minutes to more than an hour, depending on your needs. A specialized cooling pulse reduces discomfort during the treatment. Some patients may experience a mild sting or pinch during the treatment. No local anesthesia or pain medication is required. Return to real life immediately after your appointment; your specialist may request you use a skin formulated skin care product and use some sun screen .
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The number of sessions for optimal long-term benefits depends on the area which needs to be treated; it also depends on hair density and their growth stage, as hair develops in a cycle. Age, ethnicity, weight, hormones, medications and metabolism all play a part in the hair's location, thickness and resilience. The laser slows the growing capacity of follicles in the growth cycle. Since some hair follicles may enter the growth cycle after the treatment, multiple sessions may be required. Treatment results will vary from patient to patient depending on the skin and hair colours.
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It is recommended to shave the day before. It is not recommended that you wax or pluck hair prior to treatment. Although, having done so will not mean that you cannot have a laser hair removal treatment, best results are obtained if you do not wax/pluck. Once you treatment series has begun, we urge you to completely stop both waxing and plucking.
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Side effects such as blisters or scars are very rare. Short term effects may include redness and swelling around the hair follicle, which indicated that the hair follicle has responded to the treatment.
At Oo La La Cosmetic Clinic, Laser Hair Removal is delivered by our QLD certified Laser Technician. Our experienced technician uses medical grade lasers – The Duetto by Quanta Laser Systems to effectively remove unwanted hair.
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Task Force sets out first-ever national strategy to improve Canadian's financial literacy
Final report outlines concrete, practical and affordable action plan
Ottawa, February 9, 2011
Canada's Task Force on Financial Literacy today made public its report to the federal Minister of Finance, recommending urgent action on a national strategy to strengthen Canadians' financial literacy.
"Financial literacy is critical to the prosperity of Canadians and the nation," said Task Force Chair Donald A. Stewart. "Increasing the knowledge, skills and confidence of Canadians to make responsible financial decisions will help them meet their personal goals, enhance their quality of life and make Canada more competitive."
The Task Force's recommended plan of action reflects the views and priorities of Canadians. It is concrete, practical and affordable, and falls into five priority areas: shared responsibility, leadership and collaboration, lifelong learning, delivery and promotion and accountability. The 30 comprehensive recommendations are tailored to meet the diverse needs of Canadians by enhancing formal education, integrating with federal government programs, creating a single-source website, delivering clear communications and building awareness. Ongoing evaluation will ensure accountability.
"Achieving real progress will require concerted and cooperative efforts among all stakeholders: from individual Canadians to governments at all levels, from a small non-profit helping new Canadians flourish to financial services providers and businesses throughout the economy," said Task Force Vice-Chair L. Jacques Menard. "This plan builds on financial literacy work already underway by many groups and individuals."
The Task Force developed the strategy through frequent face-to-face deliberations and regular teleconferences. In addition to new in-depth Canadian research and a review of global best practices, Task Force members published a comprehensive consultation document and held a 12-week public consultation, travelling in small teams to every province and territory, ensuring that all views, values and experiences of Canadians were reflected in the recommendations. The Task Force met with over 170 individuals and organizations and received more than 300 submissions.
The final report can be found at http://www.financialliteracyincanada.com
In the 2009 budget, the federal Minister of Finance announced his intention to establish a national task force dedicated to the issue of financial literacy. The Task Force would provide advice and recommendations to the Minister of Finance on a national strategy to strengthen the financial literacy of Canadians. Appointed in June 2009, the Task Force on Financial Literacy is comprised of 13 members, drawn from the business and education sectors, community organizations and academia.


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A bench of Justices B D Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva is proceeding towards a verdict on the constitutional soundness of the Act as it recently heard a group of women property owners on the issue.
The petitioners attacked the DRC Act pointing out that most of the provisions were redundant. The petitioners highlighted that two parts of the Act - relating to rates of hotels/lodging houses, and for the lease of vacant premises to the government in certain areas - are dead laws as there are no reported cases under these provisions in the Act.
Moreover, the petitioners argued that Sections 4, 6 and 9 of the Act relating to the control of rent have already been de rent have already been de clared unconstitutional by the HC in 2002 and the only part of the DRC Act that survives is the control of eviction. The petitioners alleged that tenants protected under the Act are determined by historical accident and not by need due to the peculiar nature of the legislation. "In fact, the poor are not getting any benefit out of the Act."
Advocate Shobha Aggarwal, the lead petitioner in the case, drew HC's attention on various amendments to the Act.She pointed out that the 1976 Amendment to the Act provided for limited inheritance of tenancy rights by legal heirs of tenants but the implementation of the Act has ensured unlimited succession rights to the tenants of both residential and commercial premises including big companies such as Life Insurance Corporation in perpetuity.
The petitioners further argued that even after the 1988 Amendment, the object of expediting disputes between landlords and tenants was not achieved and cited a chart showing that as of December 2014, 10.15% of all civil cases pending before the district courts in Delhi were as a result of the DRCA.


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A Change of Scenery
by Debra Parmley
Genre: Military Romance, Sci-fi rom/futuristic romance set in 2036
Belly dancer Cyree Heat is headed from Memphis to the Caribbean for a vacation after a horrible divorce. A Change of Scenery is just what she needs to forget her troubles. At the Atlanta shuttle station she is handed a letter, which says she cannot board the Zuilund Super Shuttle until she receives an injection of Sendot, a new drug that prevents a new deadly gastrointestinal illness. She stops in a shuttle lounge on her way to check in and gets locked inside the wrecked deserted room with no one to hear her calling and no cell phone service.
Navy SEAL Warren West finds Cyree locked in the lounge. Soon they are on the run from the agency because she missed her injection and shuttle and is now on the list. Is a change of scenery what she needs or is it Warren?
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I am an independent reviewer and it is my pleasure to read and review A Change of Scenery by Debra Parmley. I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
A Change of Scenery is a futuristic romance with hints of Sci-Fi, although it could very well be foretelling what our future might look like.
Cyree Heat and Warren West are well written main characters with Cyree showing more back-bone than one would initially imagine she could.
Ms. Parmley has shown how, when faced with a major adversity, one can reach deep enough to find the will to survive is stronger than the desire to just let things happen. It just so happens that a strong, handsome fellow shows up to help at the right moment.
I have no problem with HEA in the books I read, however, I would have liked more plot development. This story ended way too soon for my liking.
A Change of Scenery was a great little read but I would have enjoyed more back story on how we came to this point in history and a bit more to the ending that Cyree and Warren riding off into the sunset for her change of scenery.
Overall, a good read and I give if four steaming hot cups of Room With Books coffee.
©April 24, 2015
Debra Parmley is an author whose goal is to spread love, one story at a time. Happiest writing in more than one genre, her published works to date are in the genres of western historical romance, 1920's romance, contemporary romance, futuristic romance, paranormal romance and poetry. Debra enjoys writing, reading, coaching her writing students, medieval re-enactment events and world travel. Her work as a travel consultant gave her the opportunity to visit many countries and the theme of travel often appears in her work.
Her three favorite things are dark chocolate, visiting the beach and ocean, and hearing from her readers. Each letter, card and email is a treasured gift, like finding that perfect shell upon the beach.
Visit www.debraparmley.com for more about Debra and her work as well as her interviews with cover models in Cover Model Corner. Readers who sign up for her newsletters are eligible for her insider contests not available elsewhere.


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Even though I'm usually a straight line kind of girl, an angle always catches my attention just as it did on Brenda's (bbe) cool page in the gallery. I'm guessing it caught the attention of quite a few people, one of whom was Cassie who chose it to start the favorites thread this week. Great minds, you know! I love how Brenda manipulated the typography and tucked in the Erma Bombeck quotes around it. And then there's the terrific brushwork – I could go on and on. The Creative Team had a blast drawing inspiration from Brenda's page.
Carol (carollee), otherwise known as the Fitness Diva, scrapped about her newfound love of running and some of the milestones she's achieved. I love how the brushwork matches her shirt, and the glow behind the typography is just the right touch. You go, girl!
Credits: Jelly Alphabet No. 21, Artsy Paint No. 02, Watery Photo Masks No. 03, Frosted Winter Paper Pack, Edge Overlays No. 05, Splatters Brushes and Stamps No. 03, Striping Graphic Brushes and Stamps No. 01, Star Glows Brushes and Stamps No. 01, Star Glows Brushes and Stamps No. 02
Kelly (mugsbigsis) also made typography the focal point of her page about her son and his girlfriend moving to Denver. It was pure genius to use the map paper with the watery spots on the left, and the photo she chose symbolizes the theme of her page so well. I really like those metal accents, too!
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After seeing a number of family date posters on Pinterest, I wanted to do one for the significant dates in our family, and this lift provided the perfect opportunity. I angled the five dates and then added angled filmstrips down the side, containing colorful paper and our monograms.
Credits: Painted Book Paper Pack No. 01, Dictionary Page Overlays No. 01, Scribbled Overlays No. 01, Fine Lines Border Lines Brushes and Stamps No. 05 , Artsy Paint No. 03, Pattern Mix: Happy Boy Paper Pack, Pattern Mix: Happy Girl Paper Pack, Filmstrip Frames Brushes and Stamps No. 01, Alphabet Soup, Plastic Alphabet: Navy No. 01, Drop Shadow Styles No. 02, Messy Love Lines Brushes and Stamps, Lucia Kit, Sanded Chip, Alphabet No. 02: Lavender, Shades of Autumn Felt Alphabet Collection, Fiske Kit
One reason I like doing challenges so much is that they get me out of my scrapping box. Brenda's page was just the push I needed to do something atypical; I hope you'll take the challenge and show us how it inspired you. Post your page in the Saturday Scraplift Challenge Gallery.


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Dealing with Disappointment
I went to the Brighton Beach this past week, but what even is a beach in England? I couldn't see anything because there was so much fog. In fact, it looked really creepy (think I'm kidding, see for yourself below). It looked like a scene from A Series of Unfortunate Events or some scary movie. […]Read More


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In his 'Viewpoint' article in the Courier, April 24, George Broadhead, chair of the Coventry and Warwickshire Humanists, accused 'faith schools' of 'discrimination' and 'cultural alienation'. But something tells me that Mr Broadhead and his friends don't really care about such things. They just hate Christianity, and their 'Fair Admissions Campaign' is merely an excuse to harass our wonderful Church of England and Roman Catholic schools.
Like their Marxist comrades, Humanists are a tiny, unrepresentative sect but they do possess a low cunning. They know that if they can prevent church schools from admitting the children of church-goers and from employing Christian teachers then the whole ethos of these schools will be destroyed. And that is exactly what they want.
In his article Mr Broadhead accused politicians of 'running away' from issues around 'faith schools'. What he means is that the politicians aren't doing what he wants and attacking church schools.
Unfortunately for him, that's because politicians know how immensely successful and popular these schools are.
I've got a better idea for Mr Broadhead and his Humanist friends – why don't they leave our politicians and our schools alone and form their own political party? That way they can promote their 'enlightened' message out in the open and so delight all those countless thousands who would love to vote for them. And if that doesn't work they can move to North Korea, where everyone is a Humanist.
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Insights from our Trainee: Benjamin Thomson
Why Tozers?
I wanted to stay in the South-West after finishing my Law Degree at the University of Exeter. I graduated with a First Class honours degree and interviewed with several South-West firms but found Tozers application process to be the most apt way of testing my potential; rather than being asked questions like "What two historical figures would you have dinner with?" I was asked to research a recent development in the law and present my results to a Partner and HR. A firm that allowed me to demonstrate my research and argumentative abilities in this way was one that I wanted to work for. They were also friendly and helpful in the interview, wanting me to do my best rather than trying to catch me out and this approach has continued in my first seat: everyone in the seat has been friendly, supportive and understands how difficult it is for a Trainee in their first job!
What have you found most interesting?
For me, learning that the work is for the client has been the most interesting part of training – that research tasks aren't just for my own knowledge or to pass an exam but to actually help someone. Although it sounds simple, I had spent four years reading textbooks and journals; analysing and evaluating the law for exams rather than understanding what a client wants, why they want it and what the easiest way of achieving their aims would be. The firm has inculcated this approach by allowing me to write to and phone clients as well as attending client meetings and of course encouraging me to act on my initiative and being as pro-active as possible.
Outside of work.
During my time at Tozers we have participated in multiple DASLS events and I have been on the team for two quizzes. We have also had a Great British Bake-Off competition at the office, as well as other charity fundraising events, including Tozers' participation in the Great West Run and a Tuck Shop at the firm. I also enjoyed the firm's Christmas party, held on the University of Exeter campus, and the Wealth Management team socials.
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All candidates who interested in SSC Job / SSC vacancy now informed that staff selection commission now published the official Notice - ADVERTISEMENT NO. ER-01/2014 for the recruitment of various posts. this advertisement was published on 18 January 2014 in employment news / rozgar samchar. Last date of Application form Submission is 17 February 2014. Mostly posts are advertised for Group B and Group C category of the posts. last date of application form submission is 17 February 2014. Important SSC Recruitment 2014 details as are follows
UPSC, SSC, UPPSC , Medical, Engineering Entrance Exam, Government Job Exam, Bank ,railway ,PSC job etc
Thursday, 23 January 2014
Cabinet Secretariat of India Recruitment for LDC Clerk and Assistant posts 2014
Cabinet Secretariat Government of India now published the Advertisement No. 06/2013 dates 14/02/2014 for the recruitment of Lower Division clerk LDC and Assistant posts . Exact vacancy details yet now available in official advertisement well when ever no of posts will be available we will inform you here. Both are Non gazetted categories. Important recruitment details of LDC / assistant Cabinet Secretariat as are follows
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MP Assistant,, Junior Engineer Recruitment by mpez.co.in MPPKVVCL AE JE 2014
MPPKVVCL now published the recruitment notification for the posts of assistant engineer AE and Junior Engineer JE posts on regular basis. Madhya Pradesh Poorv Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Company Limited, Jabalpur and Madhya MP Pashchim Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Company Indore are descendant Companies of erstwhile MPSEB that have been included to assume actions of allocation and retail deliver of electricity in the State of Madhya pradesh. Recruitment Details MPSEB AE JE as are follows
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Navodaya vidyalaya recruitment 2014 NVS TGT PGT Teacher Vacancy Notification 923 posts
Navodaya Vidyalaya one the leading and autonomous organization of ministry of HRD department of school education literacy government of India. NVS now published the notification for the recruitment of Posts Graduates Teacher PGT and trained Graduate Teachers TGT for various subjects. . Application forms are invited online through the official website of Navodaya NIC. There are total TGT posts are 423 and PGT posts are 514 including all categories.
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Certain risk factors can make someone more likely to develop bedsores. The main risk factor is limited mobility. Most people at risk rely on caretakers to maintain their health. Caretakers need to take special care with at-risk patients to prevent bedsores. To help avoid bedsores, caretakers should perform regular repositioning and head-to-toe skin assessments.
Cause #1: Pressure
Bedsores are commonly referred to by doctors as pressure sores or pressure ulcers. Prolonged pressure on one part of the body is the most common cause of bedsores. People with limited mobility may sit or lie in one position for long periods of time. In these cases, they may be positioned to put too much weight on one part of their body.
Anyone who spends a long time in one position is at risk of developing bedsores from pressure. Regular movement is important to prevent these sores. Even patients who are totally immobile for just a few hours are at risk of developing bedsores.
Circulation can be impeded with excessive pressure. When lying or sitting for too long, tissue is compressed between the bone and the surface of the bed, seat, or wheelchair. This causes blood flow to slow or stop, depriving the tissue of the necessary oxygen and nutrients carried in the blood.
Lack of circulation can cause skin to die within half a day. After that, the damage spreads to deeper layers of tissue. Pressure usually causes bedsores in areas that lack padding from muscle or fat.
Body parts at risk of developing bedsores from extended pressure include:
- Spine
- Tailbone
- Shoulder blades
- Hips
- Heels
- Elbows
- Toes
- Ankles
Cause #2: Shear
Shear describes the movement of two surfaces in opposite directions. On the body this could mean the skin moving in one direction and the underlying bone moving in another. This can happen when someone is being repositioned or moved from one location to another. Shearing can kink blood vessels, keeping tissue from receiving proper nutrients from the blood.
Patients who have limited mobility may need help moving from one location to another, such as from a wheelchair to a bed. The movement may help prevent bedsores from the pressure of sitting or lying down for too long. However, caretakers need to be careful when moving the patient because bedsores can also develop if skin is damaged by shear in the moving process.
Another way bedsores can develop from shear is if a patient has their head elevated in bed. The elevation may help avoid bedsores from pressure but could cause shearing. If the patient slides down on the bed, the tailbone will move down while the skin over it will stay in place. To avoid shear, elevation should be kept at 30 degrees or lower.
Cause #3: Friction
Friction occurs when skin rubs up against clothing or bedding. Residents at nursing homes are at a high risk of bedsores from friction because they are usually older. Skin can become more fragile with age, causing it to be more vulnerable to injury. Friction can harm blood vessels, inhibiting circulation.
Patients with limited mobility need to be repositioned regularly to avoid a bedsore developing from pressure. This repositioning needs to be done carefully to avoid sliding or rubbing. Even gentle readjustments can harm fragile skin.
Skin needs to be properly moisturized to stay healthy, however excess moisture can raise the risk of friction. To avoid friction from moisture, skin should be kept clean and dry. Talcum powder may be helpful to keep high friction points dry.
Sheepskin boots can help reduce friction on heels and elbow pads can be used to protect elbows. Crumbs, particles, or folds in sheets can all rub against skin. Caretakers should carefully maintain the areas that their patients stay in. Bedding and clothing may need to be changed frequently.
Bedsores Caused by Neglect
In a nursing home, it's important that caretakers are well educated about bedsores and treat residents accordingly. Bedsores are almost always preventable. Proper care, readjustments, assessments, nutrition, and hydration are all imperative to prevent and treat bedsores.
Position changes should be done as often as possible for anyone who has difficulty moving on their own. Nursing homes should identify which patients need readjustments and take care of their needs.
Skin assessments are also important for at-risk residents. Head-to-toe checks should be done at least once a day, preferably more. During these assessments, nursing home attendants should check for any signs that bedsores are developing. Attendants performing these checks should be educated about the warning signs of bedsores.
Nursing homes should monitor residents' skin for signs of bedsores, including:
- Reddish or discolored skin
- Lack of blanching (lightening of skin when pressure is put on it)
- Blisters
- Open wounds
- Skin that is unusually soft or firm
- Painful or irritated skin
Nursing homes are also responsible for feeding and hydrating their residents properly. One major risk factor for developing bedsores is improper nutrition or hydration. Fluids, vitamins, and minerals help bodies to maintain healthy skin. Healthy skin is less likely to become damaged and will protect the tissues below it from harm.
Dehydration and malnutrition are serious signs of neglect in a nursing home. Bedsores may be caused by these factors or a lack of attentiveness. Nursing homes should know the best practices for patients who lack mobility to avoid bedsores. In serious cases, nursing homes may be guilty of neglect or even nursing home abuse.
When nursing homes fail to take proper care of their residents they should be held responsible. Loved ones may need to take legal action. Do not hesitate to contact us for more information and to receive a free case evaluation.


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Turkey Corruption Reports 2016
The report 'Public Perceptions' presents the results of two public perception surveys on corruption in Turkey in a comparative manner. The surveys were conducted by Infakto for TESEV first in 2014 (February-March) and in 2016 (February). What comes to the fore in the analysis of the results is that besides personal views and experiences, socio-political environment can affect how corruption is perceived. An assessment of perceptions on corruption can pave the way for a macro-level analysis of the social and political conditions where corruption occurs. Hence, perceptions on corruption emerge as an important instrument in searching for ways to diagnose and cure corruption.
Full text of the report 'Public Perceptions' (Adobe PDF, 3.07 MB, in English)
Full text of the report 'Public Perceptions' (Adobe PDF, 3.11 MB, in Turkish)
The report 'Assessment of Turkey's State-Owned Energy Enterprises' based on an extensive and meticulous research and interviews to trace corruption in the energy sector in Turkey. Principles of transparency, accountability, rule of law, and free competition are used as critical lenses to analyze state-owned enterprises, reform processes in the energy sector, public procurement, and management of significant energy projects. The report suggests that corrupt practices such as clientelism and favouritism systematically run through the sector. It explains in detail how private interests sneak into state-owned enterprises and public procurement, how opportunities are used to reiterate political influence, and how arbitrariness trumps merit at the various levels of the sector.
Full text of the report 'Assessment of Turkey's State-Owned Energy Enterprises' (Adobe PDF, 2.04 MB, in English)
Full text of the report 'Assessment of Turkey's State-Owned Energy Enterprises' (Adobe PDF, 2.06 MB, in Turkish)
The report 'Hidden Economy in Turkey' discusses hidden economy from various angles by analyzing the root causes, repercussions, and current situation of hidden economy in Turkey, offering ways to tackle it. It also draws attention to social embeddedness of the phenomena by shedding light onto the hidden economy - corruption nexus and other disadvantages. The authors note that due to hidden economy, the market and financial conditions lose reliability, social security and tax morale weaken undermining social welfare in general, and access to fair competition and concomitant rights are damaged. Furthermore, public revenue decreases, and rent seeking and corruption pressure proliferate when legal and financial monitoring lacks.
Full text of the report 'Hidden Economy in Turkey' (Adobe PDF, 1.93 MB, in English)
Full text of the report 'Hidden Economy in Turkey' (Adobe PDF, 1.96 MB, in Turkish)


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Norwich, CT. (May 24, 2018) - The Mount St. Mary's baseball team dropped the Northeast Conference (NEC) Tournament Opening game 21-6 against Bryant on Thursday afternoon. Myles Nicholson led the Mount offense going 3 for 4 with one run batted in on the day. CJ Kozorosky recorded two RBI off the bench for the Mountaineers while Thomas Savastio and Matthew Kephart tabbed the other two RBI for Mount St. Mary's in the loss.
The Bulldogs jumped out to grab the early 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Ryan Ward lined a RBI single to center field that plated James Ciliento for the first run of the game. The next three Bulldog runs were scored off of a RBI groundout from Chris Wright and a two RBI double from Nick Angelini.
Bryant added five runs off of four hits to take a 9-0 lead after three innings of play. Nick Angelini drove in his third RBI of the game when he hit a RBI single to left field that brought home Shane Kelly to start the scoring for the Bulldogs. Later in the inning, Malik Daly hit a RBI single and James Ciliento hit a two RBI triple to left center.
The Bulldogs tacked on four more runs in the bottom of the fifth to make it a 13-0 ballgame. Two RBI singles off the bats of Ryan Hart and James Ciliento began the scoring and Shane Kelly brought the other two runs home off of a two RBI single up the middle.
Freshman CJ Kozorosky got the Mount on the board with a two RBI single up the middle that plated Zack Costello and Thomas Savastio in the top of the sixth inning. The next batter, Myles Nicholson added to his good day with a RBI single through the left side that brought A.J. Narcise in to cross the plate for the Mount's third run of the game.
Ryan Hart's three run homerun down the left field line highlighted another five run inning for Bryant in the bottom of the sixth. The Bulldogs pushed two more runs on the board in the bottom of the seventh and one more in the bottom of the eighth.
The Mountaineers plated three more runs in the bottom of the ninth inning. After loading the bases, Thomas Savastio was hit by a pitch and Myles Nicholson walked home to score the first run of the inning. The last two runs were scored on a wild pitch and a RBI groundout from Matthew Kephart.
Trey McGough (4-7) received the loss for Mount St. Mary's and Steve Theetge (6-7) recorded the win for the Bulldogs. With the win, Bryant advances to 32-21-1 on the season with a NEC mark of 23-7 and with the loss, Mount St. Mary's moves to 21-32 on the year with a 15-14 NEC mark.
The Mount will play the loser of the second game today, #2 Wagner vs. #3 LIU Brooklyn, tomorrow, May 25 at 12 PM.


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I feel I must present the flip-side to the list I made last month of the most frustrating aspects of parenting because, in truth, the good stuff far outweighs the bad…it is just sometimes easier and funnier to write about the bad.
But, really, there are reasons that people choose to have children despite the biting and the pooping and all the rest. Here are the top ten in my book:
10. The first time the kid smiles at you. A real smile, one that you know isn't just because of gas or a muscle twitch. The first smile is magic.
9. The baby belly laugh. There is a reason that "baby laughing" will bring you a slew of results if you use it as a search term on Youtube. Babies laughing are the best: joyful, drooling, belly shaking.
8. The baby sleeping on your chest/your partner's chest. Sigh. Nothing is more cozy than a sleeping baby cuddled under your chin. You can smell their distinct baby smell and hear the soft little sighs. It is heaven. A close second is watching my husband with our sleeping child on his chest. Heart explodingly tender (see above photo).
7. Your kid starting to love things you love. Mr.Monkey and I are both word people. We love to write and we love to read. We've always read to the kid a lot but now he is starting to want to "read" on his own, which is fun to see. The other day he snuck up to our room so he could get under the covers and read on the big bed, which is one of my favorite things in the world to do.
6. Watching your kid learn is amazing. Kids are natural born scientist and it is really cool watching them experiment and try and try and try again until they figure out how to do something.
5. The first time they say "mama" or "papa".
4. The joyful reunion factor. Nobody has ever been more excited to see me than my kid is every time I come home. I suspect it is the human equivalent of having a puppy.
3. The playing on their own stage. I enjoy (mostly) playing with my kid but I am kind of loving the kid's newest phase in which he likes to play with his Thomas trains by himself. A mom can only stand so much Thomas before she is hoping for a massive train derailment, you know?
2. Kids are freaking funny. My son is suddenly very aware of his farts and has to point them out every time they happen ("My bottom makes a noise! Big noise! Like a trumpet!") and because I am still basically a 12-year-old I find this totally amusing.
1. The love. I know this is like the sappiest post ever but, seriously, I love this kid in a fierce and profound and ever-expanding way. It is like nothing else I know (and I am crazy in love with my husband, this is just different).


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This explorer's route to the Nef glacier begins with an hour and a half boat trip across the Bertrand and Plomo lakes.
You'll disembark at the entrance of the Soler Valley and walk a few meters to a pioneer-era farm where horses and gauchos will be waiting to ride through some of the most amazing landscapes of Patagonia, on the way to the Northern Patagonia Ice Fields. It's an intense six hour ride from the head of the valley to the Palomar Ranch, an old gaucho outpost situated in the middle of amazing solitude and nature. You'll ride through beautiful forests, wide open valley floors and grasslands, crossing rivers that originate in the ice. Trust in your guides and your horses; they've grown up in these wild lands and are used to the challenges of this trail. Follow their lead and allow yourself to get immersed in the imposing peaks of the mountains that surround you, and the edge of the forests where the acute observer is often rewarded with views of a soaring condor and even a timid huemul. At the end of the day you'll reach the Palomar Ranch, where you'll camp for the night, and enjoy a campfire dinner in a classic gaucho outpost, complete with "canogas", a traditional pioneer technique that involved hand hollowed logs that were been split lengthwise and overlaid to form a rustic roof.
The second day of your adventure begins with some good mates and an energizing breakfast, followed by a two hour hike through the Patagonian forests and the moraine leading up to the imposing Nef Glacier. The first section of the hike follows a gaucho trail within a mature lenga forest that surrounds you with silence broken only by songbirds, or if you are truly lucky, a huemul. Then, you'll enter a marshland and begin a 200 meter ascent up the moraine that will deposit you in front of a magical world of ice and water in a million shades of blue. It's the northern edge of the Nef Glacier, and after a brief walk further across the moraine, you'll reach the ice, where you will have the opportunity for a brief but unforgettable walk atop this giant 164 km2 glacier.
Ready to put things in perspective? In spite of the fact that the Nef glacier is a giant, it only represents 4% of the total mass of the Northern Patagonia Ice Fields, which are an incredible 4200 km2. And if that's not enough to impress you, consider this: the mass of the Southern Patagonia Ice Field totals four times that of its northern neighbor, 16,800 km²! Amazing, huh? Enjoy your time on the ice and a light lunch, before your return to the Palomar Camp for a hearty dinner and a good night's sleep. On day three you'll retrace your trail back to the Sierra family farm on the shores of Plomo Lake where you'll have the opportunity to rest and share a few mates before meeting the boat for the return journey to Puerto Bertrand.
Another option for getting to the Glacier is to cross the Nef Valley and access the ice from the southern frontal wall.
The experience is equally memorable, this time crossing the Valley that shares its name with the Glacier. Head to the Tres Marías Ranch to meet your guide, Don Aquilino Olivares, and prepare yourself for a different form of adventure because in this route, you cross the mighty Baker River rowing in a wooden boat. Once on the other side, you'll mount horses to ride to the high mountain lagoon where you can observe the frontal wall of the glacier and an amazing landscape where the eternal ices flow down from the mountains, high above.


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The temperature of some magma
exiting volcanoes is higher than the melting point of iron. It seems
reasonable that the magma would have cooled some on the way to the
surface and would therefore have been even hotter where it originated
from underground. I am thinking that the earth is really a bubble of
molten magma and metals or whatever, surrounding gases undergoing
fusion at extremely high temperature on the inside (of
course the bubble is surrounded by a solid crust formed by cooling of
the surface of the bubble). Change of pressure of the gases
inside the bubble as they undergo fusion to heavier elements (such as
carbon and oxygen) could cause seismic activity on the surface and
provide an explanation for the carbon dioxide emitted by volcanoes. The
bubble may be stratified with magma on the outside of more dense molten
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The earth is a bubble?
The temperature of some magma


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Universal Pictures had no comment on the apparent removal of two assault rifles from a publicity photo for the comedy "Kick-Ass 2," The Hollywood Reporter said.
The trade publication said Saturday it reached out to Universal after it appeared the photo had been altered to remove the images of the weapons, which were mounted on the wall of the set.
The newspaper said the rifles were clearly visible July 10 but clearly invisible Friday.
The Reporter said the debate over assault weapons in the United States spilled into the "Kick Ass 2" camp this summer when star Jim Carrey tweeted he was troubled by the violence in the film -- particularly after the December 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in which 20 students and six faculty and staff members were shot and killed.
"I did Kickass a month b4 Sandy Hook and now in all good conscience I cannot support that level of violence," he tweeted June 23.
The producers had responded that they respected Carrey's politics but gave no indication they planned any moves to soften the level of violence in "Kick-Ass 2," which is scheduled for release Aug. 16.


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At AU, we place a high priority on treating each other with decency and respect, and we have zero tolerance for any form of harassment, bullying, violence or discrimination.
No one should have to experience abusive and inappropriate behaviour. It is a terrible experience for the victim, and it can have far-reaching consequences.
The university must be a good place to study, work and play for all students and employees. We have a shared responsibility to create a positive and well-functioning academic environment and work environment.
We find it completely unacceptable that we get cases of abusive or inappropriate behaviour every year. Even though the number of cases is not high, we consider each case to be one to many. If you have experienced any abusive or inappropriate behaviour, you can get help. And AU encourages you to seek help and guidance.
You have several options. You can contact your student counsellor. You can seek guidance from the Student Council's Legal Aid service. You can also get help from the head of your department/school, the director of studies for your degree programme, and from other employees at your department/school. No matter who you turn to for help, you can be sure that it will be handled confidentially.


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At lunchtime today, the most prestigious prize in comedy announces its shortlist. Dominic Cavendish salutes the talent that it has unearthed in its 25 years, and scotches the rumours of its recent decline
The silliest thing I've seen all festival is the story, circulating in papers that should know better, that this year's contenders for the Perrier Award are a bunch of no-hopers. The judging panel, we've been told, has been in despair about drawing up a decent shortlist of five outstanding names, to be announced at lunchtime today, from which a winner will be chosen on Saturday night.
Surveying the 232 eligible acts so far has been a soul-destroying business, apparently, with hardly anyone displaying the "X factor" required to wipe the Simon Cowell-like scowls from the faces of 2005's gaggle of media pundits, television and radio bigwigs and specially chosen punters.
Even if those running the awards, which are supervised by theatre producer/owner Nica Burns, hadn't swiftly countered that this was all a massive exaggeration - and that some perfectly run-of-the-mill remarks, expressing the perennial view that for every corker of a show there are half a dozen stinkers, had been misrepresented - you'd still have to laugh.
For one thing, Perrier-bashing is an annual pastime; this year being the 25th anniversary of the main award, any opportunity will be seized on to imply that the whole shebang has lost its fizz. There are some, like the local Stand comedy club, who call for the award to be scrapped on the grounds that it damages comedians by effectively branding the non-winners failures - which is a bit like claiming that those who don't get the Nobel Peace Prize feel as though they stand accused of fomenting war. Then there are others who love to hark back to better days, even if that means denigrating the work of hundreds of up-and-coming comics.
Of course it's true that some years must be better than others, in so far as anything so intangible can be measured. Who doesn't look at the shortlist for 1991, which saw Jack Dee, Eddie Izzard, Lily Savage and Frank Skinner all jostling for the prize (Skinner bagged it) and not marvel at the constellation of stars-in-the-making contained therein?
Likewise, in terms of future household names, 1997 saw another bumper harvest, the League of Gentlemen scooping the award from under the noses of Al Murray ("the Pub Landlord"), Johnny Vegas and Graham Norton.
But, as Burns points out, it's very easy to be awed with the benefit of hindsight. When she took over running the award in 1984, swiftly expanding it to include a published shortlist of nominees and introducing a proper London transfer run, there was no great buzz about it, she recalls. And that was despite Cambridge Footlights - Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson et al - having won the first gong in 1981.
"People still didn't really have much clue who they were," she recalls. "It took them time to establish themselves." The Perrier helps to make stars, and the stars in turn help to make Perrier the most prestigious prize in comedy, but it's only over time that you realise what a reliable indicator of emerging talent the award is. Any overview, then, which seeks to weigh the latest crop of comedians against previous generations is by definition rushing to judgment.
None the less, I'd suggest that once the panel are past the worst of their po-faced deliberations (and speaking as a former Perrier judge, I can vouch for how solemn and grinding the early sessions can be, as the list gets painstakingly whittled down), they will come to realise just what a lot of gifted, smart-minded comics there are coming through the ranks at the moment.
In fact, I suspect they'll be hard-pushed to acknowledge the sheer number of discoveries this year. Alongside strong showings from reasonably established stand-ups like Chris Addison and fellow former nominee Phil Nichol, this year we've seen names like Tim Minchin, Laura Solon and Dan Tetsell materialise from nowhere to be talked about in breathlessly excited tones.
Minchin, a scarecrow-haired Australian who's a wizard at the keyboard, was hailed on these pages as the find of the festival, thanks to his memorably eccentric ditties on such subjects as blow-up sex dolls and the eco-perils of using plastic bags. But even his eye-catching eruption on to the scene has been eclipsed in the last few days by the extraordinary debut of Laura Solon, a 26-year-old from London who, when her comedy partner cut loose, decided to write a whole hour of solo material from scratch in three weeks.
Performed in the backroom of a pub, the show, which mysteriously retains the original title (Kopfraper's Syndrome), sees this photogenic blonde tackling a wide range of characters, from away-with-the-fairies Sloanes to tough-as-boots chavs, with immense versatility, confidence and charm. The writing is as fresh as a cowslip, as sharp as a kitchen-knife, and sometimes as coarse as a fishwife; I particularly liked Solon's turn as Karen, a Yorkshire lass who specialises in arranging ghastly celebrity-themed weddings, and who says of her native Rotherham with a very Noughties kind of vacuity: "You visit for the night-life but you live there for the glamour."
Dan Tetsell is another who's hit the ground running with athletic assurance. Taking as his subject the awkward fact that his grandfather was a decorated SS soldier, he manages to probe his own motivations with the same keen wit that he applies to his forebear's legacy as one of Hitler's stooges. Has he inherited Nazi DNA? - "I have a very short temper," he worries, deadpan. What would he do if fascists came to power? - "As someone who writes for Basil Brush, I belong to the least useful section of society."
One of many younger comics to deploy video projections with flair, he typifies a trend among his peers to use technology to tease and challenge the audience, rather than pander to short attention-spans; stand-up as a form seems to undergoing a new lease of life, playing a far more prominent part than sketch shows and character comedy in the festival mix, but this time round it's being bolstered by intelligent digital embellishments.
Who can predict this year's shortlist or victor? I think it would be criminal for the wonderfully lippy Mancunian Alan Carr not to be given his dues as the most naturally endearing - if campest - new stand-up on block; I shall long treasure his appalled likening of going on Big Brother to "being locked on a night-bus". Irishman Andrew Maxwell, who sums up the Edinburgh Fringe as "exams for clowns", leaves a warm afterglow in the memory too for arguing that, after centuries of misdemeanours, it's time for men to hand over the running of the world to women: "We've made a mess. You clean it up."
Satirical wagsters Andy Zaltzman and John Oliver have never been more on the ball, pretending that they've farmed out the writing of their jokes to a 10-year-old Indonesian boy - and pithily encapsulating Britain's collective amnesia regarding past foreign policy blunders with the coinage "history-ectomy".
Riding off into the wings on a customised washing-machine at the end of a show dedicated to "Happiness", Lucy Porter, who looks like the most obvious candidate to claim the Perrier crown for women for the first time since Jenny Éclair won in 1995, embodies the Dunkirk spirit of this year's Fringe. Amid a summer darkened by the shadow of terrorism, she and all of the above raised smiles to the lips, and laughs from the belly.
Whoever wins £7,500 and a leg-up to fame and fortune on Saturday deserves congratulations, but for once, let's also congratulate the prize that makes that midnight hour of glory possible.
- Perrier nominees shows, Aug 28, 29, Assembly Hall, Edinburgh (0131 226 2428); Best Newcomer Show Smirnoff Underbelly (0870 745 3083), Aug 28; 'The Perrier' London season, Oct 9, 16 and 23, venue to be confirmed (020 7494 5558)
Perrier Award past winners
1981 Cambridge Footlights (line-up included Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tony Slattery and Emma Thompson)
1982 Writers Inc
1983 Los Trios Ringbarkus
1984 The Brass Band
1985 Théâtre De Complicité
1986 Ben Keaton
1987 Brown Blues
1988 Jeremy Hardy
1989 Simon Fanshawe
1990 Sean Hughes
1991 Frank Skinner
1992 Steve Coogan in character with John Thomson
1993 Lee Evans
1994 Lano & Woodley
1995 Jenny Eclair
1996 Dylan Moran
1997 The League of Gentlemen
1998 Tommy Tiernan
1999 Al Murray: The Pub Landlord
2000 Rich Hall as Otis Lee Crenshaw
2001 Garth Marenghi's Netherhead
2002 Daniel Kitson
2003 Demetri Martin
2004 Jackson's Way
Still fizzing or gone flat?
Nica Burns, director of the Perrier Awards
I think that without the Perrier, people wouldn't be quite so relentless in their search for the big new thing.
For me, the point of the Edinburgh Fringe is that performers are given a chance they couldn't get anywhere else to be seen and have doors open for them, and the Perrier Award helps that to happen.
On the Fringe, you can go from being a complete unknown to the most talked-about show in town in the space of three weeks.
William Burdett-Coutts, director of the Assembly Rooms
We're the same age as the Perrier - 25 years old - and I salute them for their tenacity. For anything to survive for so long in this kind of environment is an achievement. What you have to do when you get to 25 years is think about where you are.
My only issue with the Perrier is that it is taken too seriously these days. There was a point when it was just part of the mix. But it has become so hyped up into being the apogee of the festival that that in itself has become a weakness.
It's great that the Perrier recognises new talent. What it doesn't do is respect the range of what goes on in comedy, or indeed the festival. It's not the only award here but, because of the hype, the rest are somewhat diminished. I worry that it has become too dominant.
If the Perrier didn't exist, comedy would get a lot less press coverage and that would create a huge disadvantage for comics. We know the award does a lot of good in drumming up trade for comics in general as well as for those short-listed. For the record, I think our 25th anniversary year is going to be seen as a very good year.
Christopher Richardson, outgoing artistic director of the Pleasance
I'm not a great apologist for the Perrier, because it doesn't necessarily choose the best comic. For instance, I loved Will Adamsdale of Jackson's Way, for instance, but I don't think he was a Perrier winner, and I don't think it was a good thing for comedy that he won last year.
But I think anyone who has done something quite so unpopular for so long deserves a toast, and if the Perrier wasn't there we'd have to invent it. The way Nica Burns runs it, it has glamour and glitz and it's a remarkably cheap investment for Perrier, who get a lot out of it. Despite most of us saying the prize isn't important, we're all there cheering on the night when we win.
As for the panel not finding this year's comedians funny - when has anyone on the panel ever made us laugh?
Tommy Sheppard, promoter of the Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh
As it stands, the Perrier is divisive and damaging. It sets one performer against another, and creates thousands of losers for every winner. It sours the festival's comedy programme and stifles innovation and originality as performers search for lowest common denominators to appease competition judges.
It's time for a major re-vamp. If Perrier genuinely wishes to support the development of live comedy in Britain, it should scrap the award and replace it with a programme of support for new artists. A much better approach would be to create a series of 10 annual bursaries to be awarded to new performers representing the diversity of contemporary live comedy. These should be set at a level - say £15,000 - that would allow new comics to give up the day job and turn professional.


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Formed 1863
First-class debut 1864
Admitted to Championship1890
County Championship 1893, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1905, 1908, 1912, 1919, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1946, 1949(Shared), 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 2001
Gillette/NatWest/C&G 1965, 1969, 2002
Benson & Hedges 1987
Sunday League 1983
Twenty20 Best - Quarter-finals 2006
No county has enjoyed as much Championship success as Yorkshire nor have any attracted more comment or controversy.
The game itself had been played in the Yorkshire since the mid 18th century, but the county club was only officially formed in 1863, even though a selection committee had been in place for two years. Also, the side had already engaged in their first Roses match (1849) and was loosely based at Sheffield.
For the next couple of decades Yorkshire's fixtures were irregular and performances similar. There were many talented individuals - Tom Emmett and Ted Peate to the fore - but results were disappointing, and by the 1880s murmurings of discontent were growing.
In 1883 Lord Hawke- ironically, given the county's almost fanatical refusal to allow anyone not both with the boundaries to play for them, not a Yorkshireman - took charge. While no great player himself, he forged a side so powerful that it dominated the game for almost eighty years. It took Hawke time to turn the tide, and in 1893 he broke the stranglehold held by Sheffield and, coincidently, in the same season Yorkshire won their first Championship. Hawke had forged a side built on ferocious loyalty and teamwork. In 1896 they won again, one of six titles and three runners-up slots in the next decade. George Hirst and Wilfred Rhodes led the way, and in 1906 Hirst scored 2386 runs and took 208 wickets.
A slight downturn before World War One was merely a blip, and between the wars the Championship was won 12 times and the county were never out of the top five. Between 1922 and 1925 they lost only six times in 122 matches and immediately before World War Two they won seven titles in nine seasons. It was not hard to see why. Rhodes continued until 1931, by which time he was 51, and he was joined by Emmott Robinson and Bill Bowes. In Hedley Verity they possessed a truly great spinner, and between 1930 and 1939 he took 1558 wickets. Herbert Sutcliffe and Percy Holmes forged a solid opening partnership (they set the world record opening stand of 555 against Essex in 1932) and Maurice Leyland provided mid-innings flair while len Hutton emerged shortly before the cessation.
Their success continued with another success when the Championship resumed in 1946, but a shared title in 1949 was to be their only other success until the 1960s. While Surrey dominated the 50s, Yorkshire finished second to them four times. But a membership used to success was not happy and neither was the dressing-room and stories of rows were common. Things reached a head when Johnny Wardle, a supremely talented spinner, was sacked in 1958 for newspaper comments criticising the club. Nevertheless, in 1960 the county appointed their first professional captain and with Fred Trueman and Brian Close leading the way, and Geoff Boycott churning out runs, the 1960s was a good decade.
Those troubles were forgotten in the 1960s as six titles came in eight years, and they even added a couple of Gillette Cup wins for good measure. But all was not well and the seeds of discontent were growing.
Promising talent did not come on; the county contrived to lose a number of their better players - including Ray Illingworth, John Hampshire and most controversially Close - and they failed to embrace a changing world where one-day cricket was usurping the three-day game. And, crucially, other counties drafted in top cricketers from abroad while Yorkshire steadfastly stuck to their Yorkshire-only policy.
Close's departure in 1970s triggered the first of seemingly innumerable members' revolts, and the captaincy of Boycott poured high-octane fuel on the fire. While he led by example, he utterly polarised opinion. The county won nothing and it often seemed that Boycott's role in the county mattered more than the team itself.
The 1980s were no better, although there was the solace of one B&H and one Sunday league win. In 1991 the county bowed to the inevitable and voted to allow players not born in the county to represent them, although it took another year for overseas players to be signed - Sachin Tendulkar was the first.
There was no dramatic turnaround in their fortunes, however, but in 2001 David Byas led the side to the Championship, and the C&G Trophy followed a year later. But again success came at a price, as the club reported record losses and inevitable cut-backs followed.
In 2005 the club bought Headingley, where they had been unhappy tenants for many years, a move which landed them with a heavy debts but meant that finally they could earn money from their home.
History to follow


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CBI makes first arrests in Assam violence cases
New Delhi: CBI today made the first arrests in Assam violence cases by taking into custody five youths in connection with alleged lynching of four Bodo youths in Kokrajhar area in July.
These five persons belonging to non-Bodo community were called for questioning yesterday and were taken into custody after they allegedly admitted their involvement in the crime, CBI sources said.
Making a significant head way in the case, the agency has also recovered two mobile phones which belonged to the lynched youths which helped them in identifying the accused persons, they said.
On 20th July, four former Bodo youths were killed allegedly by a mob in Kokrajhar triggering ethnic violence in Assam.
The sources said Mohammed Hashem Ali, Mohammed Adom Ali Sheikh, Mohammed Hashim Ali Rehman, Mohammed Qurban Ali Sheikh, Mohammed Imran Hussain were arrested after detailed questioning by agency sleuths.
They would soon be produced before the special court for custody.
"CBI had registered this case on 10.8.2012 relating to the alleged lynching of four Bodo youths by a mob in Police Station Kokrajhar(Assam)," CBI spokesperson said here today.
She said CBI had taken up investigation of seven cases including relating to recent incidents of ethnic violence in certain places of Assam on the request of the Government of Assam and further notification from Government of India.
"These cases were earlier registered by Assam Police," she said.


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Kae Konnect Bangalore – 5th April 2017
at Events - by Navin Honagudi
We concluded a wonderful event in Bangalore at Axilor Transit, Bangalore. We started with a fireside chat with Mr S.D. Shibulal (Co-founder of Infosys and Axilor Ventures). He talked about his journey throughout 33 years in Infosys and what it takes to build such a large company. Praveen Rajaretnam (Co-founder of Wooplr) also took a very insightful session on "How to make better ads". Here