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How numbers and letters punish students
During our nine-week grading periods, I never put a number, percentage or letter grade on any activity or project that my students complete. I supply detailed narrative feedback, asking students to return to activities and demonstrate mastery, if necessary.
When our quarters end, my school requires a letter grade for a report card. Instead of arbitrarily supplying a grade, I invite my students to participate in this evaluation process and tell me what their grade should be. Most students are remarkably accurate with this process. Some, however, are so stuck in the world of numbers and letters, that they can't comprehend how to come up with a grade, without the aid of points and percentages.
A powerful lesson
In an attempt to demonstrate the problem with grades, I tried a new approach, and we revisited the the points world at the end of the third marking period. I gave my students a list of all activities and projects and arbitrarily applied a point value (years ago, I never understood how strange this practice is). I then asked my students to put a point value on their production for each activity.
As the process ensued, there were plenty of sighs and groans around the room. Some students looked for ways to circumvent the system, because the math didn't provide any wiggle room. Fifty percent on a major project, crushed their overall grade. It didn't matter that they may have gone above and beyond in other areas. Many hated the process and literally begged to be "let off the hook."
Of course, in the end, seeing how clearly the numbers and letters punish students, we left the points world, returning to the comforts of the Results Only Learning Environment, where punishment is abandoned in favor of real learning.
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Remi and Austin's Birthday Bash!
Please join us on Saturday April 2, 2011 from 10:00am to 12:00pm for an open house and birthday party. Remi Babcox is turning one and Austin Catini is turning two. We'll have pizza and cake for all. Kids are welcome. RSVP on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=200539353303409 Gifts will be donated to The Sibling House – http://www.siblinghouse.org/ .
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From the Coach's Desk...
I'd like to extend a warm Wittenberg University women's soccer welcome!
The student-athletes in the Tiger women's soccer program consistently work to succeed both in the classroom and on the field. I am so proud of the achievements of our team, and I'm looking forward to building on that success to take Wittenberg women's soccer to the next level. I am deeply grateful for the investments made in our program by our alumni and friends throughout the country.
By giving to the Wittenberg women's soccer program through the Tiger Club, you help to cover ever-increasing costs associated with uniforms, transportation, equipment, food and lodging. This ensures that we provide the best possible collegiate experience for our student-athletes year after year, and it ensures that our coaches have opportunities to take the Wittenberg name coast-to-coast.
Please consider making a contribution to the Wittenberg women's soccer program to provide the financial support needed to continue our success on the field, in the classroom and in our efforts to prepare these young women for life beyond Wittenberg.
We look forward to seeing you again on campus in the very near future!
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This bug occurs when Routing and Remote Services is enabled. Routing and Remote Services is almost unnnecessary and can be turned off unless you know that you are using it. To disable Routing and Remote Services: Click the Start button Click the Control Panel button Switch to "Classic View" if you are in "Category View" Click administrative Tools Click Computer Management Double-click Services and Applications Double-click Services Scroll down to Routing and Remote Services Double-click Routing and Remote Services Examine the "Startup Type" The options are "Automatic", "Manual", and "Disabled" Set the "Startup Type" to "Disabled" Examine the "Service status" Make sure that the service status is Stopped. If it is not Stopped, click the Stop button Click the OK button Now, try clearing the ARP cache again and it should complete with no error messages.
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A disease caused by the infestation of the parasitic schistosomes (Schistosoma spp.)
Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by the infestation of schistosomes. Schistosomes are digenetic trematode worms of the genus Schistosoma. They are also referred to as blood flukes. They are also called as such because they infest the the urinary or mesenteric blood vessels of their definitive hosts. Eggs shed by the female worms pass to the outside in the urine or faeces, but many also lodge in and obstruct the blood flow in the liver. Eosinophils seem to be particularly important in the killing of the invasive larval stage (schistosomulum). Evasion of the host's immune response by adult schistosomes seems to involve the acquisition of a coat of host cell surface material by the parasite.
Hundreds of millions of people are infected with schistosomiasis making it an overwhelming parasitic disease. According to World Health Organization, more than 61.6 million people were treated for schistosomiasis in 2014.1
- bilharzia
- bilharziasis
- bilharziosis
- snail fever
See also:
- schistosomulum
- Schistosoma
- Rice itch
- Egyptian haematuria
- Yangtze valley fever
- Worm burden
- Pipe stem cirrhosis
- Bilharzia
- Schistosomulum
- Schistosome granuloma
Related term(s):
- Schistosomiasis haematobia
- Schistosomiasis haematobium
- Schistosomiasis intercalatum
- Schistosomiasis mansoni
- Schistosomiasis mekongi
- Schistosomiasis japonica
1 "Schistosomiasis Fact Sheet". World Health Organization. Retrieved from [1].


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Smoking synthetic marijuana - dubbed Spice or K2 -- has been directly linked to acute kidney injury by University of Alabama at Birmingham doctors.
While heart problems and seizures have been linked before to synthetic marijuana, this is the first time it has been associated with acute kidney injury, said Dr. Gauray Jain, study co-author and assistant professor in the Division of Nephrology.
"If not treated in time, someone doing this could have permanent damage and end up on dialysis for the rest of their life," Jain said.
The UAB researchers detail four cases of previously healthy young northeast Alabama men whose kidney injury was linked to the man-made drug. The patients came to a hospital within weeks after ingesting the drug and showed symptoms of nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.
The case studies are reported online in the "Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology" and will appear in the March 2013 print edition of the journal.
Jain said there is too little information regarding the ingredients in synthetic marijuana to pinpoint exactly what is causing the kidney injury. Also, the ingredients may change from place to place, he said.
The herbal designer drug is laced with synthetic cannabinoids which is supposed to replicate the experience of consuming THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.
"None of us think it is the cannabinoids doing it (the damage) but rather some kind of a contaminant," Jain said.
Up until a state law banned it in 2011, the substance could be bought in Alabama convenience stores. The young men in the case studies reviewed by Jain and associates bought the synthetic marijuana on the underground market - two of them from the same dealer, Jain said.
Jain said the drug does not show up on routine drug tests and medical personnel should include the question about synthetic marijuana use when patients show signs of acute kidney injury.
Dr. Denyse Thornley-Brown, associate professor in the Division of Nephrology, is the paper's senior author.
For more on this, see UAB's Jennifer Lollar's account here.


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The Autonomous Combat League is back for 2016!
Given that I'm looking at 8000hp being the top hp level of any given part, and that plasma cannons only deal damage to the part they strike, any damage per shot of more than 8000 is essentially wasted. Dead is dead, there's no real bonus to making something more dead.I'll have to run the numbers, and see what an acceptable compromise (between 'horse pistols at 10 feet' and 'tanks armed with peashooters) looks like.


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By Mark Galeotti
The Moscow Times | Jul. 15 2014
For 15 years, Said Amirov shrugged off periodic assassination attempts — even the one in 1993 that left him in a wheelchair, with a bullet lodged in his spine — to remain the master of Makhachkala, perhaps the most unruly city in Dagestan, now the most unruly republic in the Russian Federation.
Last week, following his arrest in 2013 for plotting to shoot down a rival's plane, Amirov was sentenced to 10 years in jail. That he was toppled from his position, and through a court rather than a Kalashnikov, says something about modern Russia.
Deputy premier of Dagestan since 1991, Amirov acquired a name as a ruthless political operator whose campaign against local gangs was characterized by many as just an attempt to supplant them with his own allies. In 1998, he was elected mayor of Makhachkala and held that position until his arrest and suspension from office in 2013.
Amirov appeared bulletproof in every sense of the word. He survived at least a dozen assassination attempts, some say 15, including rocket attacks on his offices in 1998. Just as importantly, he appeared politically unassailable. Despite continued allegations of brutality, corruption and crime links, he outlasted four Dagestani leaders and three Russian presidents.
No wonder that, as well as the nickname "Roosevelt" — because of his wheelchair — he was also known as "Said the Deathless," after Koschei, the immortal villain from Russian folklore.
When Moscow decided to move against him, it had to consider the strength of his local power base. This included not only his own private army of bodyguards but also considerable influence in the Dagestani police and, allegedly, a drug-trafficking gang known as the Kolkhozniki. As a result, his arrest was closer to a raid in hostile territory, spearheaded by Federal Security Service commandos brought in from outside the republic, backed with armored vehicles and helicopter gunships. Such was the concern about his sway over the local authorities that Amirov was immediately airlifted to Moscow, along with his nephew and nine other suspects.
If Moscow had been happy enough to let him build his fiefdom for 15 years, why did it turn against him? Part of the reason appears to have been that he fell afoul of the powerful Investigative Committee by his involvement in the 2011 murder of one of its regional heads, Arsen Gadzhibekov.
Although Amirov was to be convicted on the basis of a different case, his plot to use a surface-to-air missile to shoot down a plane carrying Sagid Murtazaliev, head of the Dagestan Pension Fund, started the process rolling.
But even the Investigative Committee cannot reach in and pluck someone like Amirov from his fortress-like home and deposit him in Moscow's Lefortovo prison without a political decision having been made by the Kremlin.
The very reasons that once seemed to make Amirov such an admirable local proxy — his skill at managing the complex ethnic and factional politics of Dagestan, his ruthlessness, his networks within both the underworld and the elite, his industrial-scale corruption, his acquisitive ambition for himself and his family — all became liabilities.
Although the insurgency in the North Caucasus speaks the language of jihad, in the main it is a product of endemic failures of governance. Corruption has not only hindered any attempts to bring meaningful economic progress to this impoverished region, it has also deepened the divide between the handful of haves and the have-not majority.
Given that Amirov had openly been preparing a bid to become the next governor of Dagestan, his arrest was a powerful symbol of a new bid to try to master the corruption and clientelism making the North Caucasus virtually ungovernable.
It was also significant how this case was carried through. Instead of a quiet but forcible retirement, as had been offered to past figures whom the Kremlin wanted gone, Amirov was arrested, tried and convicted. The overall picture is of a case taken through the legal system properly.
Amirov was sentenced to 10 years in a maximum security prison colony and was deprived of his state awards. These included some that, ironically enough, had been given to him by the Federal Security Service. This is unprecedented for one of the Kremlin's former local strongmen. It may even be a cautionary tale for other local kleptocrats.
Meanwhile, there are some very limited grounds for hope in Dagestan. In June, it was announced that it was third only to the Nizhny Novgorod and Sverdlovsk regions for implementing the 218 "May Orders" from the socio-economic program President Vladimir Putin outlined in his 2012 inaugural address. This may be so much eyewash, but there has certainly been some real progress on the ground. This year has seen industrial production up 24.1 percent, and as a result unemployment is slowly declining, although not quickly enough.
Some of the regional aid funds, typically devoured in orgies of embezzlement, are going to the projects they were meant to fund. Projects such as the reconstruction of the Makhachkala-Tbilisi road, which would help trade with neighboring Georgia, are at last under way. The delayed 100-megawatt Gotsatlinskaya hydroelectric power station, begun in 2007, is about to be commissioned. Dagestani billionaire Suleiman Kerimov has bought a majority stake in Makhachkala Airport and is expected to invest more than $86 million in it.
Mission accomplished, then? Hardly. Just as one can see signs of progress in the way Amirov was toppled, one can also see the limitations of the system in what has happened since then.
Dagestani leader Ramazan Abdulatipov initially tried to adopt a more conciliatory and reformist style. But as disappointment grew at the slow pace of change, he responded with a more authoritarian and divisive approach. Protests have been dispersed, triggering ethnic riots. Meanwhile, the insurgency remains active and violent. Even the news about Kerimov's investment has been greeted with caution, as it is likely less to reflect his confidence in regional air traffic and more an investment in buying favor in the Kremlin and influence in Dagestan.
The problem is that "fixing" the North Caucasus is not just about removing a few individuals but re-engineering structures of governance to create genuine legitimacy. Without political stability, guaranteed property rights and a serious and sustained campaign against predatory corruption and embezzlement, economic progress will continue to be driven either by subsidies from Moscow or investments like Kerimov's, intended more to buy influence than kickstart a moribund economy.
Abdulatipov quickly squandered the optimism generated by Amirov's arrest. Amirov's conviction creates another brief opportunity, but if the Kremlin lets this one also pass, it is hard to see any real hope for the North Caucasus.
Mark Galeotti is professor of global affairs at New York University.
Lawyers For Former Makhachkala Mayor Appeal Prison Term
RFE/RL Caucasus Report | July 19, 2014
Makhachkala ex-mayor Said Amirov at a court hearing in Rostov-na-Donu in April 24
The team of lawyers representing former Makhachkala Mayor Said Amirov, once one of the most powerful men in Daghestan, and his nephew, Yusup Dzhaparov, has appealed the prison terms handed down to the two men on July 9.
The North Caucasus District Military Court in Rostov-na-Donu found them guilty of plotting a terrorist act and sentenced them to 10 and 8 1/2 years in jail respectively. It took the three presiding judges 2 1/2 hours to pronounce the verdict which they took turns to read.
Amirov and Dzhaparov had both pleaded not guilty to the charge that they acquired a surface-to-air missile with a view to shooting down an aircraft in which Sagid Murtazaliyev, head of the Daghestan subsidiary of the Federal Pension Fund, would be travelling.
In his final address, Amirov dismissed the charge against him as utter rubbish, based on rumor, wholly unsubstantiated, and politically motivated. He stressed that he had no motive for wanting to kill Murtazaliyev.
Dzhaparov, for his part, claims he was beaten on the back of the head during the pre-trial investigation and subjected to electric shocks. He said he was warned that he would receive a life sentence if he refused to incriminate his uncle.
Procedural Violations
The half dozen defense lawyers pinpointed 108 separate procedural violations in the course of the pre-trial investigation and the two-month trial that began on April 24. They also highlighted contradictions in the indictment and in the testimony of witnesses for the prosecution. The judge dismissed those violations and discrepancies as insignificant.
The prosecution's case was based primarily on the testimony of one man, Magomed Abdulgalimov, a former assistant to the Khasavyurt city prosecutor. Abdulgalimov (aka Kolkhoznik) is also the key witness in a second case in which Amirov and Dzhaparov are suspected of commissioning the murder in December 2011 in Kaspiisk of investigator Arsen Gadzhibekov. It was in connection with that murder that the two were first arrested in June 2013.
Abdulgalimov was arrested in October 2012 on a charge of embezzlement. According to his lawyer, Sergei Kvasov, investigators only began questioning Abdulgalimov about his links with Amirov in late January-early February 2013. It was at that time that Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Ramazan Abdulatipov as Republic of Daghestan acting President in place of Magomedsalam Magomedov.
Abdulgalimov said in court in late April that he had been tortured during the pre-trial investigation.
Abdulgalimov testified that Dzhaparov, with whom he was on friendly terms, introduced him to 'Amirov, who asked him to procure a portable antiaircraft missile launcher, which Abdulgalimov says he eventually purchased for $150,000 from a Chechen acquaintance. Abdulgalimov says that in return for his help, Amirov promised him the post of Kaspiisk mayor. But instead of handing the weapon over to the two accused, Abdulgalimov said he buried it in Karabudakhkent Raion, just south of Makhachkala. Video footage of the missile being dug up is part of the prosecution's case.
The prosecution further claims that – that at a second meeting, which took place at the mayor's office in Makhachkala — Amirov asked Abdulgalimov to find someone trained to fire the missile, and disclosed that it was to be used to kill Murtazaliyev. At that juncture, according to the prosecution, Abdulgalimov got cold feet and warned Murtazaliyev of the preparations to kill him.
Amirov's lawyers, however, produced records in court of the mobile phone calls made by Dzhaparov, Amirov and Abdulgalimov on April 26, 2012, the day Abdulgalimov claims the second meeting took place. Those records show the three men could not have met as neither Abdulgalimov nor Dzhaparov was in Makhachkala that day. (Dzhaparov was in Kaspiisk.) Those two had, however, exchanged phone calls.
The defense lawyers also summoned as witnesses Tamara Kanayeva, who was in charge of Amirov's appointment calendar, and several persons who did meet with Amirov at his office on April 26. Kanayeva said Abdulgalimov did not have an appointment with Amirov on that day and could not have seen him without one.
Other visitors denied having seen him in the municipal offices that day. One of Amirov's close aides similarly denied ever having seen Abdulgalimov in the mayor's office.
Amirov pointed out that Abdulgalimov's description of the interior of the city hall was incorrect. He said his bodyguards were permanently stationed on the fifth floor of the building, not the fourth floor as Abdulgalimov had claimed.
As for the surface-to-air Strela-2 missile that Abdulgalimov says he transported in his armored Land Cruiser to the hiding place in Karabudakhkent, Amirov's lawyers say that two separate protocols describe the weapon as having a different size and shape. They claimed the weapon dug up was in fact an Igla missile measuring 164 x 10 cm, whereas the missile produced in court, which a Federal Security Service (FSB) specialist testified was in working order, was a Strela -2. They produced wooden mock-ups of both missiles in court, but the judge refused to allow an experiment to determine whether either would have fit into the trunk of the vehicle in question.
Equally problematic were the prosecution's efforts to demonstrate why Amirov should have wanted to kill Murtazaliyev. Murtazaliyev testified in court that Amirov had asked him to write off billions of rubles in unpaid contributions to the Pension Fund owed by companies Amirov controlled, but witnesses for the defense said no such debts to the Pension Fund existed.
Other witnesses for the prosecution suggested that Amirov regarded Murtazaliyev as a possible rival in the event of a direct election for the post of president of the republic. Amirov, who was first elected mayor in 1999, is a Dargin, the second largest of Daghestan's 14 titular ethnic groups. Murtazaliyev is an Avar (the largest ethnic group. Avars account for 29.4 percent of the total population of 2.9 million while Dargins account for 17 percent.). In the early 2000s, Murtazaliyev was a prominent member of the so-called Northern Alliance, a group of Avar politicians who sought to oust then President Magomedali Magomedov (a Dargin).
Half a dozen parliamentarians had appealed unsuccessfully in late 2009 to then Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to include Amirov's name in a shortlist of candidates to succeed then Republic of Daghestan President Mukhu Aliyev. An opinion poll conducted in the spring of 2013 suggested that Amirov would have defeated acting President Abdulatipov in an open presidential ballot.
Amirov, however, explicitly denied in court that he had ever considered Murtazaliyev (a former Olympic wrestling champion) as a political rival.
Polarized Public Opinion
The gaping holes in the prosecution's case against Amirov, and the fact that he was stripped on the day the verdict was announced of the various state honors he had been awarded in the course of his political career, lend credence to suspicions of a deliberate attempt to compromise and sideline him as a political figure, and possibly even bring about his untimely death in jail.
Amirov, 60, is wheelchair-bound as a result of injuries sustained in 1993 during one of a dozen attempts on his life; he also suffers from diabetes and hepatitis. One Daghestani commentator opined that, given the combined expertise of Amirov's defense lawyers, "the devil himself would have had no trouble getting off scot-free."
What is more, Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin announced on July 9 that the investigation into the involvement of Amirov and Dzhaparov in Gadzhibekov's murder is almost complete. Markin pinpointed as the imputed motive for that murder that Gadzhibekov was investigating crimes committed by Amirov's subordinates. The possibility remains, too, that on the basis of Murtzaliyev's testimony, a third criminal case may be brought against Amirov for withholding mandatory contributions to the Pension Fund.
Public opinion in Daghestan is polarized. Amirov's numerous supporters, not all of them his co-ethnics, remain convinced that he is the innocent victim of a show trial. Others, pointing to the numerous bids over the years to kill him and his nickname "Bloody Roosevelt," are inclined to believe that even if the charge of plotting to kill Murtazaliyev was indeed fabricated, Amirov nonetheless deserves to serve time for other crimes that have not come to light. Or, as blogger gumbetowsxy put it: "There is not enough water in the Caspian to wash clean his sins, and we know it."
— Liz Fuller


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Fred Armisen and the 8G Band
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Seth Meyers recently became the fourth person in history to have taken over NBC's Late Night and the show being only three days old, may still be a bit stiff that far, but its house band is definitely worth taking a closer look at.
Named after the studio 8G at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, NY, where the show is filmed, the band is led by one of the funniest people around, Fred Armisen, mostly known from his eleven excellent seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and also for creating the outstanding sketch comedy series Portlandia on IFC, together with Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein, which debuts its season 4 premier tonight. But besides being a hilarious comedian, Fred Armisen is also an excellent musician. From 1988 to their demise in 1996 he was the drummer of the post-hardcore punk band, Trenchmouth from Chicago.
Also during that period, Fred drummed for The Blue Man Group, until he joined SNL and got a lot closer to becoming a household name.
The rest of the 8G Band have not done that bad in the past as well. Eli Janney was in Girls Against Boys, Seth Jabour and Syd Butler are both in Les Savy Fav and Kimberly Thompson has played with Kanye West, Beyonce and more equally huge pop names.
Here's a couple of more examples of this band's past and what they're capable of…
So, for having planted that much enjoyable post-punk-ish element to a late night talk show house band and proving that one can be funny and artistic at the same time, as long as there's good taste involved, we salute Fred Armisen.


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Pedophiles-Need a Paradise? – See Jehovah's Witnesses
The article below highlights the second Canadian Jehovah's Witness Elder that has been convicted of molesting children. It is interesting to note that the JW Branch Office in Canada has made public statements that child abuse is not covered up. In 1988 a letter was written to all Elders in Canada stating that any hint of abuse must be reported.
Read the letter here,
Yet in the CBC program the "Fifth Estate" it was pointed out by a Branch Office member that answered the telephones, when abuse was reported to the Home Office, it routinely was not reported.
Read the following transcript of the program in which he remained unidentified,
MCKEOWN: He asked us not to show his face because of the possible impact on Jehovah's Witnesses in his family. But he spoke with us because of what he saw when he worked here, the church's Canadian headquarters.
They call it Bethel , the House of God; a sprawling 65 acre complex in Georgetown , Ontario , outside Toronto .
For three years, in the early 90s, he worked in its legal department. Typing, filing, answering the phone. Sometimes taking calls from elders reporting child abuse allegations.
So these are elders of the church who have learned of a possible case of sex abuse and their first phone call is to...
UNIDENTIFIED: To the legal department at Bethel .
MCKEOWN: Headquarters.
UNIDENTIFIED: That's correct.
MCKEOWN: They wouldn't call the local child welfare authorities, they wouldn't call the police?
UNIDENTIFIED: No. They are told in letters to the bodies of elders that before doing anything, contact the legal department at Bethel .
MCKEOWN: Though child protection laws do vary somewhat from province to province, everywhere in Canada , the law is clear. If there are reasonable grounds to suspect child abuse, everyone, including clergy, must report it to child welfare authorities.
But this man says it doesn't always work that way.
Are you aware of a case or cases where someone phoned in with an allegation of sex abuse and that person was told do not report it?
UNIDENTIFIED: Yes. There were several which I became aware of while I was in legal that people were told... elders were told do not report because you do not have a basis for it.
MCKEOWN: You were getting these calls. You were asking the questions. Did it ever occur to you to pick up the phone and call the child welfare authorities or the police?
UNIDENTIFIED: It really wouldn't enter the mind of anyone serving at Bethel to do that, because that would be going completely against God's organization. It would be an act of rebellion it would be an act of independent thought, all things which are discouraged by the Jehovah's Witnesses.
MCKEOWN: But back at church headquarters in Georgetown, Ontario, the Jehovah's Witnesses insist they always follow the letter of the law. In fact, as far as back in 1988, elders were instructed in writing to comply with reporting requirements.
As the reader can see the letter that was written to all "Body of Elders" in Canada was nothing more than a legal ploy to protect themselves from lawsuits. Yet on the other
hand, privately JW officials routinely thumbed their noses at authorities and advised elders not to report the sexual abuse of children within their organization. It is called "obstruction of justice" when a person or group impedes or prevent the prosecution of criminals. While Jehovah's Witnesses state publicly and in their articles that they obey "Caesar's law" as required by their doctrinal teachings, when it comes to the protection of a child they defer to protecting pedophiles. This is very good news to child molesters within the "Pedophile Paradise" created by Jehovah's Witnesses. Pedophiles can feel secure to know that if they are accused not only will the elders not testify against them or assist in the prosecution, but the victim can be threatened with "expulsion" as a form of blackmail to protect the pedophiles' right to access kids. This is clearly stated in the article below.
"In her ruling, Judge Linda Despots of the Criminal and Penal Chamber, notes that the victim had filed a complaint when she was 16 or 17 but she later withdrew the complaint "feeling herself to be under the pressure of the community and under the threat of being expelled" (from the Kingdom Hall)."
This week marks the second Elder in Canada that molested children over a long period of time with the matter not being reported. In the first newspaper article that reported Elder Martin, it was stated,
"The prosecutor criticized leaders of the congregation for being "completely uncooperative" with police during their investigation. Members of the girl's family have said they felt elders tried to sweep the matter under the carpet after they turned to them first before going to the police."
Read all the article related to this story here,
There is no doubt that more reports will follow as JW officials remain resolute in their determination of a twisted application of the Bible to protect pedophiles and allow children to be raped. Children are victimized as Jehovah's Witnesses proudly ignore the cries of their offspring while claiming their conduct proves they are the only true religion on earth.*
*See link, http://www.silentlambs.org/courtrulingnapa.htm
We can only ask that Jehovah's Witnesses and the public to see the insanity of these polices and demand the prosecution of Jehovah's Witness officials for obstructing justice. In addition, Jehovah's Witnesses should be required to change their policy making it mandatory to immediatly with no "Legal Department" intervention, report all allegations of abuse to proper authorities.
Read the article below.
Found guilty of sexual aggression
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Although long a brand that had some trepidation about its digital presence, Balenciaga seems to be opening up to the beautiful pastime that is Internet shopping. Its website recently got an overhaul that made shopping on it a much friendlier and more comprehensive experience, and yesterday, one of our lovely Twitter followers pointed out to us that the brand is now available on NeimanMarcus.com. Glory hallelujah!
Balenciaga bags have been sold via Neiman Marcus' site once in the past; a few years ago, the Dallas-based department store and its website were the exclusive purveyors of Balenciaga's limited edition designs celebrating the Motorcycle Bag's 10th anniversary. It seems as though the line has come to stay at NeimanMarcus.com, though, and although it's mostly basics right now, I bet that the offerings will expand if the venture is successful. Check out some of our favorites from the first assortment after the jump or shop the entire selection via NeimanMarcus.com. Squeal! Sorry, that just slipped out. I'm kind of excited about this, okay? (Psst…there are also a couple of shoes!)
Balenciaga Panier Basket Tote, $995 via Neiman Marcus
Balenciaga Giant Hip, $765 via Neiman Marcus
Balenciaga Giant Velo, $1895 via Neiman Marcus
Balenciaga Papier Tote, $1445 via Neiman Marcus
Balenciaga Giant City, $1895 via Neiman Marcus


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The Dunlin is among the most cosmopolitan and well studied of all the small sandpipers. It is a familiar species throughout the year, either in its striking breeding plumage of black belly and rufous back (hence its previous name, Red-backed Sandpiper) or during winter when it is gray and nondescript but occurs in flocks of thousands or tens of thousands.
As many as nine races of Dunlin breed in the Holarctic, three of them in North America, where this monogamous, territorial species breeds on subarctic and arctic coastal tundra from southwestern Alaska north and east to James Bay, Canada. During winter it occurs mostly on large estuaries along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the United States and northern Mexico; some Alaska birds spend the winter in coastal East Asia.
Clams, worms, insect larvae, and amphipods figure prominently in the diet of this species, reflecting its tie to coastal and intertidal areas throughout most of its annual cycle. In some areas such as the Central Valley of California and states bordering the Gulf of Mexico, substantial numbers of Dunlin move inland from the coast in midwinter.
The Pacific Coast population (C. a. pacifica), numbering about half a million birds, is substantially larger than the other two North American populations. Mortality in all populations appears to be greatest during winter, particularly from avian predators such as falcons. Despite the Dunlin's broad geographic range, populations of several races appear to have declined in recent decades, perhaps because of continued loss and degradation of wetland habitats.


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What To Do If I Need Help With My Science Homework
So you're sitting staring at you science homework like it is written in hieroglyphics and are confused on the difference between a proton, neutron, and an electron. What do you do? There are so simple ways that your can find the answer and become a genius at science.
What Should You Do First?
There are some simple ways that you can find out the answer to the question.
- Consult your textbook: Sounds pretty easy, huh? The fastest way to finding the answer is to read your textbook. That is why they gave it to you in the first place; it has all the answers.
- Use your note: Using the notes that you took in class can recall information that your forgot and taking notes is the easiest way for you to find the answer because most teachers teach what will be on the homework. That is why they give it to you so you can recall and learn what was taught.
- Ask for help: If after reading the text book and you still are unsure of the correct answer, ask for help. You can ask your parents, a teacher, or even a classmate to elaborate and explain it to you.
- Use the Internet: If you are too embarrassed to ask for help the Internet has made it easy to find the answers you are looking for an in some cases makes learning fun. Science has become pretty cool over the last few years and the invention of YouTube has give Science nerds an outlet for learn and teaching in a fun way.
- Ask an expert: This is a fun one that you can try, on Twitter, experts like Bill Nye the Science Guy and Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson do answer questions about science on there accounts. This could be a long shot but it would be pretty cool to have one of these guys help you with your science.
- Find a fun way to learn science: Finding a new and fun way to learn something helps you retain the information that you are learning and makes it easier to recall the facts at a later date.
You have the tools, which one are you going to use. I would just start at the top and work my way down. Science can be fun and using these suggestions could open up your eyes to the wonder world of science.


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Mike Jarvis' debut was mixed. On the court, the Owls did enough to win and like Jarvis says, the 1-0 next to FAU's name doesn't matter if it was by three points or 30.
Seeing Carlos Monroe on the bench in warmups is concerning considering this the third time Monroe has missed time because of an eligibility issue. FAU officials, including Jarvis, seem confident it is something that will be cleared up soon. Let's hope so for the program's sake, and for Jarvis' as he begins a very difficult task of trying to establish a tradition at FAU.
Seeing a half-filled arena for the season opener (and Jarvis' debut) is not a good sign. If people cannot show up on a Friday night to see the start of a new era under Jarvis then when will they show up? For the start of conference play that is still six weeks away?
I sat down with Monroe at the Oxley Center and I spoke to his father, Carlos Sr., on the phone for a story that ran in Friday's Post. Monroe appears to be a solid kid who had worked hard to overcome the academic issues that had risen early in his career. He has made his father proud. Carlos Sr. was very honest about the mistakes he's made when he was young but he has made up for those actions by making sure his son did not go down the same path.
Let's hope the issue that is clouding Monroe's senior season can be resolved so he can complete his career at FAU and be recognized as one of the program's best players.
Whatever games Monroe misses, the Owls will miss his rebounding as much as, if not more than, his scoring. Paul Graham can move into Monroe's role as the primary scorer and freshman Shavar Richardson had an impressive debut. Richardson will be a solid complimentary scorer. He looks for his shot on the perimeter and will take the ball to the hoop.
But the rebounding could be problematic for an undersized team until Monroe, the program's all-time rebounding leader, returns.


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This website introduces you to the personnel, services, proper security measures, policies and regulations that promote campus safety. You will find that the University Police Department provides many services that will assist you to safely complete a college education. Special safety tips and the directory of relevant telephone numbers are available to help guide you. Take advantage of the many programs and services that we offer to the GMU community, our programs promote safety and are available to provide assistance.


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Desi Kelly is a skilled maintenance technician and painter and a community leader. He graduated from Hillhouse High School and also earned a certificate in auto technology from the Technical Career Institute. Desi was appointed by the New Haven Board of Alderman to the original Jobs Pipeline Working Group in 2012, where he helped develop the plan for New Haven Works. He currently works in patient transport at Yale-New Haven Hospital.


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"2012 Hakodate Christmas Fantasy" Open until Christmas Day!
The "Hakodate Christmas Fantasy" can be found just ten minutes from Hakodate Station. The event is held every winter season in the Bay Area of Hakodate, where red brick warehouses line the streets.
Every day at 6:00 p.m. the main feature of the event, a large Christmas Tree, kicks off the night by lighting up with a fantastic show.
The whole area gets involved, everyone is encouraged to join in the countdown to the lighting, and at zero the tree lights up with a fireworks display and light show!
The whole opening, which also includes music, is a crucial part of the event, and one that every visitor should look forward to.
It may not be apparent from the photos above, but the Christmas tree has actually been set up over the water.
This real fir tree is delivered each year from Hakodate's sister city of Halifax, in Canada. The tree is truly gigantic, standing at 20 meters and a tree this size certainly takes a lot of lights, the decorations this year come out to 50,000 bulbs!
This year, on December 22nd, be sure to catch the "Sapporo Beer presents a Special Live Music Show." This show will feature several local artists, including Masayo Sudou (soprano), Nobuki Tsuchiga (Tenor), and many more. There will be Christmas songs, classical songs, and even a raffle! There will also be hot drinks available so be sure to come by and join in the fun!
【Sapporo Beer presents a Special Live Music Show (with music you can only hear here!)】
December 22nd (Saturday) from 6:00 pm, on the stage in front of the Christmas Tree.
In addition to the main event area, there is a Winter Illumination feature in the Motomachi district from December 1st through February 28th, 2013.
This event is held in conjunction with the "Hakodate Christmas Fantasy" making winter a truly special season in Hakodate.
【2012 Hakodate Christmas Fantasy】
Times: December 1st through the 25th. 4:30 to 5:45 and 6:00 to midnight. (Fridays, Saturdays, and from the 22nd to the 25th the event ends at 2:00 am.
Location: Group of Red Brick Warehouses by the sea, Suehiro-cho, Hakodate
TEL : 0138-27-3535 (Executive Committee)
(Hokkaido Likers Photo Writer - Fukko)
(All photographs provided by 函館国際観光コンベンション協会)


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I wish… oh boy, do I wish
I wish I could go back in time and change the past,
I know exactly to what moment I would rewind the clock.
I wish I could go back to that very first phone call,
I would simply hit "ignore" instead of picking it up.
I wish I could take back all the time that I wasted,
Damn, the phone calls, the travels, the fights weren't even worth it!!
I wish I knew then what I finally know now (no thanks to you)
"I can change" and "I changed" were all a part of a much bigger lie.
I wish that I never met you, that our paths never crossed.
Well, actually, no, it left me with a fabulous story to tell.
I wish I didn't want to believe in this "man of the church"
What do you actually say in your prayers, I wonder.
And now, you say this is all my fault, that I crossed the line.
Wait a minute! What did I do wrong? I don't understand.
I didn't ask to be in this! I was minding my own business!
M**F**ing coward can't even take the blame at the end of this sh*t!
Dear God, I know I can't go back in time to make this one change.
I am just glad that the truth is finally out and he is gone for good.
I thank you for this experience, another lesson learned in life.
Fortunately, it did come along with many great friends for me.
But still, boy, oh boy do I wish I could go back in time.
Yes, b*tch, I've been sooo over you a long time!
You should have stayed away instead of giving it a last try,
I remembered this: "All that glitters is not gold"
You made a mistake: you underestimated me,
You were wrong on my profile: you never really knew me after all…
Written by me.
To a super fantastic A**ole in the past.


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Bank of Baroda Recruitment 2018 application form and BMSB notification for 400 vacancies of Probationary Officer (PO) issued at www.bankofbaroda.co.in site.
BOB PO Recruitment 2018: Recently, Bank of Baroda searching for young, talented, energetic and innovative minds candidates can apply online application for BMSB Selection Exercise 2017 on its official site which is www.bankofbaroda.com and for more information about eligibility criteria so please download official advertisement for Probationary Officer in Junior Management Grade / Scale-I as PDF file. Dear job hunters who have interested to apply online for PO jobs they can be imparted with the necessary knowledge and skill required to be good all-round bankers. Here we have described all necessary details like academic qualification, age perimeter, fees, selection procedure and lots more.
Bank of Baroda Recruitment 2018
|Name of Organization
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|SBI Recruitment 2018
|Clerk, JA, PO, SO etc.
|RBI Recruitment 2018
|PO, Manager, Clerk
|Bank of Maharashtra Recruitment 2018
|Clerk, Officer
|IDBI Bank Recruitment 2018
|IPPB Recruitment 2018
|Various Posts
|South Indian Bank Recruitment 2018
|Bandhan Bank Recruitment 2018
|Various Jobs
|Indian Bank Recruitment 2018
|Karnataka Bank Recruitment 2018
|Clerk, PO, SO etc.
|MP Cooperative Bank Recruitment 2018
|Clerk & Computer Operator
Lets us talk about India's biggest bank it called Bank of Baroda. It was founded in the year of July 20, 1908, and main headquartered in Vadodara in Gujarat state. BOB is a second largest bank in India, next to State Bank of India. Bank products like Credit Cards, Consumer Banking, Corporate Banking, Finance and Insurance, Investment Banking, Wealth Management etc. In this year BOB needs to talented candidates who have worked great and honest they can only apply before the due date accepting.
BOB Probationary Officer Vacancy 2018 Details
|Organization Name:
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BOB PO Eligibility Criteria 2018
Educational Qualification: Interested contenders can require minimum educational qualification for this posts its must be completed graduation with minimum 60% marks from recognized university or institute.
Age Limit: Age of eligible aspirants for this post has a minimum age of 20 years and maximum age should be 28 years while upper age relaxation will be an applicable category as per government policy.
Application Fees:
- SC/ST/PWD candidates: Rs. 100/-
- Other Category candidates: Rs. 600/-
BOB PO Important Dates to Remember:
- Starting Date for submission of applications: Update Soon
- Last date for receiving of applications: Update Soon
- BOB PO Exam Date (Tentative): Update Soon
How to Apply BOB Manipal PO Recruitment 2018
- Dear candidates can fill up an online registration only on www.bankofbaroda.co.in and no other mode of application will be accepted.
- Navigate to the main page, click the official notification for PO and open it.
- Read very carefully all terms and condition.
- Click on BOB PO Online Application Form 2017 and start to enter all mandatory details.
- Scan their photograph and signature as JPEG file.
- Verify entered information and then press Confirm button.
- Keep the necessary details/documents ready to make online payment of the requisite examination fee.
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- Take a printout by pressing CTRL+P for further process use.
Important Notes to Candidate:
Dear candidates are advised to bookmark this page and visit this article on a regular basis because Bank of Baroda releases any new vacancy, our team members provide full information about vacancy details, eligibility criteria, work experience, important dates and lots more.
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Press CTRL+D and bookmark this web page for grabbing fresh update about Bank of Baroda Recruitment 2018 along with exam date, call letter, answer keys and results. Dear applicants share your feedback or technical query through comment box. Our team members like to provide the appropriate answer as soon as possible.


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Happy Valentines Day to All of Our Clients and Suppliers!
Judging by your posts and tweets, you are all feeling the love in the air. Looks like you are a bunch of old romantics at heart.
We love reading all of your posts and tweets and it's a great way for us as suppliers to understand what matters the most to you. It is also refreshing to see how agents and suppliers have come together and are supporting each other, after what has been a few very difficult years.
We can feel how positive you all are and your enthusiasm is contagious. Social Media has had a really positive effect on the property industry and this human interaction can only help build confidence in vendors and buyers
Although it only seems five minutes since Christmas, we are already halfway through February and we've hardly had time to put our heads up above our PC's. Our team have been hard at it, building you top class websites and filling them with the best software and app's on the market.
We're proud to say, our lovely lads and lasses never cease to amaze us with their dedication and ability to take on new technologies such as RWD. A BIG Valentines Day, "We Love You" to all of them and not forgetting the sales and admin team who help turn that initial telephone or email conversation in to reality. We're only as strong as our weakest link and we are very happy to say, our chain is as strong as you could possibly get.
We would also like to take this opportunity to express our sympathy to all those who have been affected by this relentless bad weather. We sincerely hope the government lives up to it's promises and supports the people and businesses whose lives have been devastated. Let us all spread some of that Valentines love and help wherever we can.
Business wise, we will of course continue badgering you about FREE browser updates and tidying up your FB pages by installing search buttons. We also have lots of very exciting website in the build process at the moment and RWD is becoming a more frequently requested model. Much like mobile phones have evolved and pressing buttons seems so outdated, you will all be wondering why you didn't switch to RWD sooner. Call us for a chat and find out what all the fuss is about.
We hope you all have a great Valentines Day and continue selling properties like hotcakes and a big thank you for taking the time to read our latest update.


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McKee Park Apartments
2931 Chapel Valley Road
Fitchburg, WI 53711
Contact: Elle Smith, Assistant Leasing Manager
Phone: 608.273.9330
Email: email@example.com
McKee Park Apartments is an exceptional, well maintained income-based apartment community in Fitchburg for independent seniors age 62 and better. This affordable community has numerous amenities and conveniences including:
- Utilities included in rent (air conditioning / heat / electric / water & sewer)
- Computer lab with webcams and internet access
- Spacious community room for resident and family gatherings
- On-site beauty salon
- Professional snow removal and on-site maintenance
- Laundry room on each floor
- Raised garden beds
- Private parking
- Wonderful location –
- Across the street from McKee Farms Park which features musical performances and festivals during the summer
- Walking distance to a pharmacy and restaurants
- 5-minute drive to major grocery stores, US Post Office, more restaurants and additional shopping
- See a sample floor plan
At McKee Park Apartments, we work hard to do more than provide a safe place to live. We foster a sense of community through weekly and monthly opportunities to meet and relax together. Activities include:
- Morning coffee gatherings
- Bingo
- Monthly newsletter
- Birthday parties
- Community potlucks
- Movies
- Musical performances
- Trivia, Name that Tune, and more!
In addition to our amenities and community inspiring activities, McKee's property manager also functions as a Services Coordinator for such needs as:
- Pearl Vision Give Back program for those without vision coverage
- Transportation referrals
- Navigating insurance paperwork
- Internet assistance
- Healthcare coverage options
- Food pantry programs
McKee Park Apartments are Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) financed. We base our rent structure on income with qualified residents paying 30% of their adjusted gross income as rent, including utilities.
The property has 41 well designed, one-bedroom apartments for adults, ages 62 and older. Pets may be welcome on a case by case basis.
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To start your new life at McKee Park Apartments, please call 608.273.9330 today. We look forward to hearing from you!


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Scientists have unearthed the world's oldest known human fossils in Morocco dating back to about 300 thousand years, a finding which shows that our species evolved much earlier than previously thought.
Researchers, including those from National Institute for Archaeology and Heritage (INSAP)in Morocco uncovered fossil bones of Homo sapiens along with stone tools and animal bones at Jebel Irhoud, in Morocco which represent the oldest securely dated fossil evidence of human species.
"We used to think that there was a cradle of mankind 200 thousand years ago in east Africa, but our new data reveal that Homo sapiens spread across the entire African continent around 300 thousand years ago," said Jean-Jacques Hublin, palaeoanthropologist at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany.
"Long before the out-of-Africa dispersal of Homo sapiens, there was dispersal within Africa," he said.
The fossil remains from Jebel Irhoud comprise skulls, teeth, and long bones of at least five individuals, researchers said.
They were found in deposits containing animal bones showing evidence of having been hunted, with the most frequent species being gazelle. The stone tools associated with these fossils belong to the Middle Stone Age, they said.
Researchers used the thermoluminescence dating method on heated flints found in the same deposits.
These flints yielded an age of approximately 300 thousand years ago and, therefore, push back the origins of our species by one hundred thousand years, researchers said.
"Well dated sites of this age are exceptionally rare in Africa, but we were fortunate that so many of the Jebel Irhoud flint artifacts had been heated in the past," said Daniel Richter, geochronology expert Max Planck Institute in Leipzig.
The team was able to recalculate a direct age of the Jebel Irhoud 3 mandible found in the 1960s. This mandible had been previously dated to 160 thousand years ago by a special electron spin resonance dating method.
Using new measures of the radioactivity of the Jebel Irhoud sediments and as a result of methodological improvements in the method, the fossil's newly calculated age is in agreement with the thermoluminescence ages and much older than previously realised, researchers said.
The crania of modern humans living today are characterised by a combination of features that distinguish us from our fossil relatives and ancestors, a small and gracile face, and globular braincase, researchers said.
The fossils from Jebel Irhoud display a modern-looking face and teeth, and a large but more archaic-looking braincase, they said.
"Our findings suggest that modern human facial morphology was established early on in the history of our species, and that brain shape, and possibly brain function, evolved within the Homo sapiens lineage," said Philipp Gunz Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig.
"North Africa has long been neglected in the debates surrounding the origin of our species. The spectacular discoveries from Jebel Irhoud demonstrate the tight connections of the Maghreb with the rest of the African continent at the time of Homo sapiens' emergence," said Abdelouahed Ben-Ncer from INSAP.
The new findings from Jebel Irhoud elucidate the evolution of Homo sapiens, and show that our species evolved much earlier than previously thought, researchers said.
The study was published in the journal Nature
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I got to review the Cole Ryder sensafirm penis is presented by Topco from Eden Fantasys. WOW! I had no idea what I had ordered - it is a monster. Very well made, very true to life, and very freakin BIG!
Come on - somebody leave me a little snicker or something...
Cough...I will say I ordered a similar sort of thing once and it was too big and ended up in the landfill, poor thing ;)
lol....I could just imagine your face. I like Eden. They have so much of everything. Thanks for the comical review.
I love Eden Fantasys. Everyone there has been so helpful and I love their info regarding any of their products. So is Cole Ryder the name of a porn star or something?
Yeah Eden is the best.I read the measurements, but I guess I really didn't know what they meant!
Eden comes privacy packaged, so I didn't know what was in it to start with - my little boy had just walked out of the room - close call.
He probably would have said "Mommy? Why did your jaw just fall off and hit the floor?"
Jenine - yeah, good ol Cole. He's a porn star for sure & a freakin beast! Lol ~ and my Grandma read the review at Facebook. I called her about something unrelated and she said " Wow, I wasn't expecting that!"
I think my cheeks are still red :)
Thanks for the little review ! I won a $50 gift card the other day and haven't picked out what I want yet. Sometimes it is hard to tell for these things based on the measurements..I once ordered something and thought it would be small but it is huge !
Ooh - congrast Missy that will be fun for you to pick something. It can be tough trying to pick someething from their huge selection.
I had fun with this guy, even making a mistake. Cole Ryder has given me many laughs - he holds a special place in my heart :)


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Shane Croghan takes a look at David Kinsella's The Wall, the story of a young female poet in North Korea, which screened at Galway Film Fleadh 2016.
The Wall, director David Kinsella's highly inventive tale of a young North Korean poet, was publicly screened for the very first time at this year's Galway Film Fleadh. Drawing on his own experience growing up in a troubled Belfast, Kinsella has managed to offer the viewer an insight into an extremely secretive state, through a Northern Irish lens.
The film, fittingly, is a multicultural production, shot in North Korea and Belfast, with Norwegian animation and a script penned in Amsterdam by Klaas Bense. This diversity is apt considering the nature of the story, a globe-trotting comparison piece that serves to highlight the universal nature of human experience in spite of cultural and political differences.
The story behind the making of The Wall is fascinating in itself, with Kinsella originally setting out to shoot a documentary he found that all the footage he obtained was pure fiction owing to the behaviour of the North Korean government, who brought in extras and effectively forced the director to shoot propaganda. Not to be deterred, Kinsella changed his approach and set about gathering material that could later be altered with animation. This unique set of circumstances has led to an altogether original style of visual storytelling.
Although the North Korean narrative dominates much of the running time, The Wall opens and closes with scenes set in Belfast, contextualising the tale of the North Korean poet Yung-Hee and reaffirming the director's intention to compare the fear and paranoia found in these two troubled nations. In Belfast, three young Protestant boys play football beside a large wall. The Catholics are on the other side of the wall and the young men waste no time in making us aware of their disdain for those across the divide. These opening moments are extremely effective in setting the tone of the piece and there's even some comedy to be found in the performance of the young actors, one of whom is playing the role of Kinsella himself.
Soon, the boys stumble upon Yung-Hee, mysteriously sitting alone on a bench by the big wall. After some introduction, the loss of the football and a number of racially charged comments from the three lads, we find ourselves transported to North Korea as the poet relays her tale of crushed dreams, totalitarian control and a complete absence of free thought. A particularly neat visual touch is employed throughout the North Korean scenes to convey the extent of government control, with wires seen attached to citizens, suggesting that they are merely puppets on strings. The muted colour palette of the suitably dreary shooting locations finds a nice contrast in the colourful splashes of animation which feature prominently throughout the film, giving a visual representation of the often metaphorical language of Yung-Hee's story. Indeed, it is the beauty of Yung-Hee's words, exemplified in her poem, that ultimately frees her from the tyranny of a controlling state and drives home the point of her story for the young David, who is very convincingly portrayed by Corey McKinley.
The Wall scooped the award for Best Human Rights Feature at this year's Fleadh, and deservedly so. David Kinsella has managed to embrace the rather strange journey which led to the creation of this film and draw inspiration from any limitations he may have encountered. By utilising his own life experience, he has produced a moving piece that highlights the misguided thought process which permeates states driven by fear and paranoia.
The Wall screened on Thursday, 7th July 2016 as part of the Galway Film Fleadh


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Temperatures are soaring in the Great British Bake Off kitchen as the four remaining contestants face the semi-final - and HELLO! Online have compiled some recipes for you to rival them with at home.Of the original baker's dozen, just four female bakers remain in with a chance of being crowned Britain's Best Amateur Baker. The hopefuls are tasked with three French bakes on Tuesday night's episode.
The signature challenge will see them make three different types of savoury canapé – from choux to shortcrust to rough puff – in just two-and-a-half hours.
In the technical challenge, bakers will attempt the ambitious Charlotte Royal, a complex dome cake which will test techniques they have learnt throughout the series.
The final challenge sees them put their own spin on the iconic Parisian patisserie, Opera Cake.
Bake along at home with one of HELLO! Online's semi-final recipes.


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This week on "My Stories..Chapters and Challenges" Neurologist Dr. Barbour, whose specializes in treating patients with Multiple Sclerosis, discusses Jane's trail that became a landmark case for Americans with Disabilities. Jane Dovidio-Gagliardo Sherry Blackman https://soundcloud.com/…/ep-006-dr-peter-barbour-md-neurolo… Be inspired, and moved by people overcoming challenges snd creating new chapters.
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We are about halfway through the 14-month construction schedule for CU Boulder's new Center for Academic Success and Engagement (CASE), and things are shaping up beautifully. The delivery method is design/build, and we are working with general contractor G.H. Phipps, as well as local executive architects OZ Architecture.
The building will centralize undergraduate academic advising and student services, and function as a threshold to the broader university for visitors and prospective students. CASE will also house programs focused on promoting off-campus community engagement and outreach to diverse student populations. Situated in the heart of the historic campus, and built directly on top of an existing parking garage, our design for CASE integrates CU Boulder's "Tuscan Vernacular" style while taking advantage of opportunities to expand upon it.
Despite having to completely cover the garage footprint, we were able to carefully erode the volume in several critical areas, carving through the building mass to create a literal gateway to the rest of the campus. This space, which we've called the Portal, has the freedom to deviate from the architectural vernacular. Bora's design embraces that freedom by introducing significantly larger openings, bridges connecting east and west building masses, and a departure from the traditional rough sandstone texture.
The Portal will be clad in fiber cement panels that nod to precast elements on other buildings, while black metal paneling on the bridges will tie in to historic window detailing elsewhere on campus. Our goal in introducing these new materials was to hint at the internal activity, social and study spaces, and interior atrium features that are largely unique to CASE.
Nestled at the foot of the Flatiron rock formations, it's hard not to be a little jealous of the breathtaking landscape that encompasses students at CU Boulder. If these photos are whetting your appetite, you can always check in on the CASE site by visiting G.H. Phipps' livestream.


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Five Bangladeshi nationals have been sentenced to four years imprisonment in connection with a dacoity case by a fast track court in Muzaffarnagar.
Judge Rakesh Bhardwaj also imposed a fine of Rs 21,000 each on the accused after holding them guilty under sections 395 (dacoity) and 412 (dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of a dacoity) of the IPC last evening.
According to the government lawyer, armed robbers raided the house of one Kamil in Amba Vihar locality of Muzaffarnagar and looted cash, ornaments and other goods at gunpoint in June 2011.
During investigation, the accused, Kamrul, Munir, Alauddin, Aslem and Alemgir, were arrested and they have been in jail since their arrest.
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Christy Worcester from Always Me With You was gracious to share her adorable
Vintage Circus Party she styled for her son Owen's First Birthday Party.
This classic, sweet, nostalgic circus party is just adorable!
Look out for the custom painted circus animal face cutouts, gumball jars, classic cake,
sweet muslin goody bags, deck of cards banner, mouth watering beverage bar, pom pom and
fabric banner décor and so much more…!
Owen's party favors for his friends turned out so sweet.
A cotton baggie with a vintage circus playing card print, a few circus animal coloring sheets, colorful crayons and a lollipop.
The kids were thrilled as they pulled all the treasures out of the baggie.
It gives them a bag to keep things in, a coloring activity to do, a fun way to learn about colors, animals and letters and a sweet treat to enjoy.
Here is what Christy did with the DIY instructions…
~Favor bags with image~
-Buy cotton drawstring bags. She used these 4×6 muslin bags.
-Buy soft transfer paper for light color fabric. You can usually find this at your local craft store.
-Buy your desired image for the outside of the bag (she used a vintage deck of crazy 8 playing cards)
-Scan the cards in your computer and follow the directions on the transfer paper instructions (scan in, reverse image on computer, cut out, place on cotton bag, iron on, let cool, peel off, easy)
~Coloring Sheets~
-Find 6 themed coloring pictures or drawer your own.
-Add the name of each animal in an easy to read font
-Print out on card stock and cut to fit in bag
~Circus crayons~
-Buy mini candy molds. She got these cute circus animals.
-Buy crayons in desired colors
-Peel the label off the crayons
-Chop crayons into small pieces
-Place cupcake liners in a cupcake pan
-Put two crayons of the same color (or get creative and mix them up) into each cupcake liner
-Preheat oven at 350 degrees and bake crayons for a few minutes or until the crayon has almost completely melted
-Quickly poor hot crayon liquid into the candy mold (I only melted 6 cupcake liners of crayons at a time because they start hardening up fast)
-Let cool and your cute crayons will pop right out
~Thank you tags~
-Buy plain craft tags. They should have these at your local craft store.
-Buy two stamps: a cute thank you stamp and another stamp that goes with your theme. She got this stamp of a giraffe with a birthday hat. (she also used the giraffe stamp on the envelope of the invitation and on the thank you notes)
-Buy two colors of ink
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The foundation projects
The foundation is involved in many projects such as publishing books, organizing symposia , as well as restoration and preservation of Coptic manuscripts.
Current Projects
1-Supporting the establishement of the Coptic Culture Center at Amba Rewis.
2-Organizing the symposium of Nagada and Kous (February, 2008)
3-International society of Coptic studies (to be organized by the foundation in 2008).
Past Projects
1- His Holiness Pope Shenouda III asked St Mark Foundation to take the responsibility for restoration, indexing and documentation of 300 plus manuscripts that used to be in the churches of Abu-Seffin and Kasr-El-Rihan. The restoration and documentation is almost completed. The manuscripts are currently preserved in a special room at St Pshoy monastery and they will be moved to St Mark public library in the Coptic Culture Center upon its completion.
2- In 2001, St Mark Foundation and its member professor Elizabeth Pullman nominated to the World Monuments Watch organization both the White and Red monasteries to be recognized among the 100 most dangered sites in the world . The nomination was approved in 2001. This nomination has significant impact on receiving funds for the processes of excavations and restorations of both monasteries .
3- Support an application for grants to excavate and restore for both the Red and White monasteries.
4- St Mark Foundation is an active member in the consortium that was established in 2003. This consortium active in submitting grants to restore the Red and White monasteries. Several grants have already been received, which initiated and continue to fund the discovery process at both monasteries.


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Our group's success in the 4 year iTEC project culminated in the production of Edukata, a participatory design model for teachers, which helps teachers constructively address new ideas and challenges and design concrete learning activities for themselves and their peers. A few days ago, we received confirmation that the Finnish Board of Education has granted us 175,000€ for a 1,5 year rollout project (Future Classroom Network, FCN).
Our basic plan is to train all teachers in five Finnish schools to be Edukata facilitators. Simultaneously we'll create an online course (MOOC) to support Edukata training sessions. After this, teachers in these five schools will start facilitating Edukata workshops in schools within five school networks in Finland:
- Gesterby school will train schools in the Kuumakunta network
- Kasavuori school will train school in the Dreamschool network
- Oulu norm school will train schools in the teacher training school network
- SYK will train school in the private school network
- Siltamäki school will train schools in Helsinki
We'll post updates as work gets started and organized. But it's good to be able to focus (even part-time) on disseminating good project outcomes, and not just move on to new things, leaving old accomplishments to be.


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I answered an UNKNOWN call just now, knowing it was a political ask from some Democrat, just so they'd stop calling for a while.
"This is Jenica."
"blah blah blah Hillary Clinton blah blah blah blahtiddy blah blah. Would you be comfortable giving at that $250 level today, Ms. Rogers?"
"Not today, no. I'll be voting for Bernie Sanders in the primary, because his platform is more in line with my beliefs. But if he loses to Hillary, I'll vote for her in the general election. So why don't you get back to me then?"
"blah blah blah you know how important early money is to a campaign–"
"Which is why I'm giving my early money to Bernie Sanders."
"blah blah blah and it doesn't appear he's likely to win, ma'am."
"So why don't you call me back if it turns out you're right?"
"*sigh* Okay."
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The ONTrac at Peter Mac Victorian Adolescent & Young Adult Cancer Service
A cancer diagnosis during the adolescent and young years can be highly challenging for young people and their families. The ONTrac at Peter Mac Victorian Adolescent & Young Adult Cancer Service (incorporating the VIC/TAS Youth Cancer Service) provides a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals who work alongside cancer specialists at Peter Mac and beyond to ensure all aspects of a young person's health and wellbeing are given attention both during treatment and in the years beyond.
Clinical services for young people
Our clinical services for young people include:
- diagnosis and disease management
- palliative and survivorship care
- general adolescent health
- emotional and mental health concerns
- fertility and sexual health
- physical and nutritional wellbeing
- school and vocation support
- family-focused treatments.
Support groups, information and community referrals are also provided.
Delivering care in a youth-friendly, safe and supportive environment is a priority for our service. All team members are appropriately credentialled and experienced in working with young people and their families. Our care is delivered from our ambulatory Youth Cancer Centre, with specialist inpatient and same-day beds in the hospital.
Secondary consultation service
We also provide a secondary consultation service aimed at supporting healthcare professionals from across Victoria in their delivery of care to young people. Provided by senior clinicians, consultations can be held by phone, videoconference or meeting with the young person's primary treating team at the site of the young person's care.
The consultation service can assist with:
- diagnosis
- treatment and disease management of young people with cancer
- discussions regarding clinical approaches
- information regarding referral pathways for young people across Victoria
- professional support and guidance for treating teams
Professional development, education and training
The service offers a range of professional development, education and training opportunities for nursing, medical and allied health professionals to support the delivery of high-quality, youth-friendly cancer care to young people and their families. These include statewide forums and seminars, elearning modules, in-services and tailored programs including clinical placements.
Research and data collection program
Understanding and responding to the health outcomes of young people living with cancer underpins our research and data collection program. Collaborating with local and international colleagues, our areas of particular interest include:
- clinical trial development
- behavioural and health-related quality of life
- patient experience
- health service evaluation
Referral information
Healthcare professionals
ONTrac at Peter Mac provides a flexible range of clinical services, supports and resources for young people, their families and those involved in their care. We welcome referrals from GPs, cancer services, oncologists, haematologists, nursing and allied health staff for direct clinical involvement. A written referral is required.
Young people and their families
Young people and their families can contact the ONTrac at Peter Mac team directly on 03 8559 6880. A member of the team will talk to the young person about their particular needs and assist them as required.
Service times
8:30am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday
ONTrac at Peter Mac
Phone: 03 8559 6880
Email: [email protected]
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Überblume – Marienplatzfest, Stuttgart
The installation "Überblume" was a set of 20 artificial flowers, which served as shadow casters at daytime and as artificial suns at night. Their translucent blossom was sprayed with different colours, which revealed a variety of gradients depending on the perspective of the spectator. Because of their flexible straw they waved in the wind and softened the rigid atmosphere of the surrounding architecture. At night, 3 projectors illuminated the blossoms, highlighting the complex three dimensional structure of the mesh.


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E-Business and E-Government
With the continued expansion of electronic business, we are witnessing a variety of digitally driven businesses that are transforming not only the economy, but also transforming the way customers purchase and live their life. The increase in competition has also led to the emergence and enhancement of seller opportunism in its digital avatar, thus making it mandatory for online markets as well as social media to redefine their business and boundaries of interaction. On the one hand there is an emergence of new business model and on the other there is this menace of fake that is challenging online firms and forcing them to redefine their businesses. Since technology is a double edge sword, it is worthwhile to look at both the aspects of technology enabled e-businesses. Digital technology has also enabled government to participate and invite citizens to participate online and increase their say in shaping and reshaping of public policies and methods of governance. This track invites researchers to submit their works in the challenging areas of e-business as well as e-government. The use of novel research methods that use data analytics is encourages.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Auctions and interactive pricing
Artificial intelligence, blockchain and robotics-induced business and government transformation
Big data analytics in e-business and e-government
Digital entrepreneurship in e-business and e-commerce and e-policy entrepreneurs in government
Digital infrastructure in e-business, e-commerce and e-government
E-business, and e-government in emerging economies
E-government policies and strategies
E-government, institutional and social transformations
FinTech (Financial Technology) in e-business
ICT enable co-production in the public and private sector
IOT (Internet of Things) in e-business and e-government
IT strategy and risks in managing e-business and e-government
Mobile commerce, mobile marketing and location-based services
New business models in e-business, mobile and service innovation
Online Radicalisation and misuse of social media
Policy, trading and social media platforms
Public sector ICT enable reforms (e-justice, e-procurement; e-petitioning, etc.)
Smart-cities and smart-government
Seller Opportunism in e-business and e-commerce
Social media, participation, reputation and social commerce
Social, economic, psychological, cultural, political, and legal analysis of e- business and e-government
Sustainable e-business practices and strategies
Track Co-Chairs:
1. Dr. Sumeet Gupta, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Management Raipur, India
2. Dr. Yang Xue, Associate Professor, Nanjing University, China
3. Dr. Ling Zhao, Associate Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
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After a few last-minute tweaks, I'm finally ready to release my new track. The plan is for this to be the first track of an EP that will be available for download from Bandcamp, but I'm sure that won't happen for several months, so I wanted to post the track here early to give everyone a chance to hear it. It's a downbeat, ambient techno-kinda thing I call "Texel":
mp3 | ogg | flac | 3 minutes 16 seconds
I talked a little about the production in an earlier post, but I have included some further details after the jump.
This is one of my shortest tracks, and that was a deliberate departure for me — in the past I feel like I've often stretched things out to get to a certain length, and let them get a bit too repetitive in the process, so I deliberately avoided that here. In hindsight, there's a lot going on in there, so perhaps it could've done with being a bit longer, but it definitely shouldn't be boring at the very least!
In terms of sounds, the pads and bass are from the Blofeld, but everything else is software — Calf Monosynth for the sixteenth-note bleeps in the background, Linuxsampler for the Rhodes, and Hydrogen for the drums. The Rhodes is the excellent jRhodes3 soundfont, which I converted to SFZ format using sfZed, and the kick and snare come from the Microhammer Gnomehammer collection of wintry sounds.
The vocal sounds were a bit of fun. I recorded myself singing a note in to my mic, chopped out a small section that had a nice, stable pitch, and then time-stretched that to produce a longer vocal sound that sounds a little strange and ethereal. Each of the little vocal flourishes was created from that by pitch-shifting it to create the different pitches, and then performing a bunch of micro-edits for the glitchy, stuttery bits.
Effects-wise, I've already discussed Loomer Cumulus — it's responsible for the messed-up drum break in the middle, and a few drum hits in the latter half of the track. I've also used the Decimator plugin a bit: the Cumulus drums, vocal sounds, and sixteenth-note bleeps all have automated Decimator plugins. The warbly, lo-fi delay on the Rhodes is courtesy of my Behringer VM1 analog delay pedal.


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Hi all! Sorry I disappeared for the last week, I've been going through some stuff and my heart wasn't in blogging at the time… I'm hoping it can provide some stress relief now so hopefully I'll be back at this again pretty regularly!
Since Top Ten Tuesday's are on hold until August I thought I'd come up with something of my own… so here a list of some of my favorite books I've read since joining the blogging universe!


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Jealousy: uncontrollable feeling typical of people who are afraid of seeing the object of their love stolen. Everybody knows that when we lose our head it is difficult to balance accounts with our rationality.
The collection "Don't be jealous" takes inspiration from famous and impulsive women: from the most libertine Marquise de Merteuil to the great explorer Alexandra Davis-Néel without forgetting the Far-West woman, Calamity Jane and many others. Free and self-confident creatures with a strong personality, they embody the ideal of a modern woman who lives her life with passion and a grain of unscrupulusness.


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About 75 people attended a Meet the Candidates Night at the popular Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center and sponsored by the Capitol Region Stonewall Democrats.
Also, in May-June Central Voice Print Edition now available, several candidates for local, regional, and statewide office provided their positions on the OP-ED Page.
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Speaking were:
Gubernatorial candidates or their representative – Jeff Silver for Congressman Joe Hoeffel; Gregory Walker for PA Sen. Anthony Williams; Alex Reber for Allegheny County administrator Don Onorato.
Lt. Governor candidates or their representative –candidate PA Rep. Scott Conklin; Phyllis Bennett for Doris Smith Ribner
US Senate candidates or their representative – Micah Mahjoubian for US Senator Arlen Specter; Frank Iannuzzi for Congressman Joe Sestak
US Congressional candidates or their representative – candidate Sheila Dow Ford; Eric Nagy for Congressman Tim Holden
PA General Assembly candidates or their representative – candidate Brooks Mountcastle; candidate Karl Singleton; Rep. Ron Buxton; candidate Phyllis Bennett, candidate Gene Stilp
Liz Wagenseller for Rep. Gene DePasquale; candidate Angela West; candidate Patrick O'Keefe
Democratic State Committee Seats – candidate Steve Dorko; candidate Peggy Grove; candidate Dan Miller; candidate Loretta Barbee Dare; candidate Diane Bowman; candidate Marilyn Levin


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SOUTH - ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERINGSubmit ResuméLink
- Design electronic components, software, products, or systems for commercial, industrial, medical, military, or scientific applications.
- Analyze operation needs and determine electrical system requirements, capacity, and cost to develop a system plan.
- Develop maintenance and testing procedures for electronic components and equipment.
- Evaluate systems and recommend design modifications or equipment repair.
- Inspect electronic equipment, instruments, and systems to make sure they meet safety standards and applicable regulations.
- Plan and develop applications and modifications for electronic properties used in parts and systems to improve technical performance.
- Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's/College Degree, Professional License (Passed Board/Bar/Professional License Exam) on Engineering (Electronic and Communication).
- Preferably Junior Executive specializing in Engineering - Electronics/Communication or equivalent.
- Required skill(s): Driving Skills.
- Licensed as a professional engineer.
- Experience in using or a desire to learn required software.
- Knowledge of applicable codes related to electronic engineering.
- Proficient in design and calculation software.
- Location: Cavite, CALABARZON.
- Full Time position(s) are available.
Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC), an investment holding company, engages in the tollways business activities in the Philippines. With proven track record in managing, constructing, and operating toll facilities and expressways. It constructed and operated some of the Philippines' major expressways such as the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX), and Manila Cavite Toll Expressway (CAVITEX) toll road facilities.
Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation is a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation. MPTC has lined up a number of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects and expansion projects in a bid to boost infrastructure and development programs and support the traffic decongestion initiatives of the Philippine government. Among the PPP Projects in the pipeline are the NLEX-SLEC Connector Road, the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAEX), and the C5 South Link, to link expressways in the North and the South.
A partner in nation-building, MPTC's infrastructure investment has expanded to the Visayas-Mindanao region with the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway and ASEAN, specifically in Vietnam and Thailand. Notably, we have a significant stake in three major infrastructure companies in the ASEAN Region: A 49.3% share in PT Nusantara Infrastructure of Indonesia; a 44.94% share in CII Bridges & Roads of Vietnam; and a 29.45% share in Don Muang Tollway Public Company Limited of Thailand.
Through these recent entries into the ASEAN, we have made available our highly developed experience and expertise in building tollroad infrastructure and managing tollways operations to our neighboring countries, along with our global standards in systems and our well-trained and dedicated executive talent.
Be part of our next move to progress and share the ambition of transforming lives through unparalleled road infrastructures with us.


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Blackburn's Turkish midfielder Tugay, has revealed he would be interested in a move to Premiership leaders Newcastle.
JUAN Pablo Angel could be heading for the Villa Park exit door, with Celta Vigo ready to offer £16m for the Colombian.
TOTTENHAM are on the verge of making a firm offer for Liverpool midfielder Jamie Redknapp.
FRENCH World Cup winner Emmanuel Petit has accused the Chelsea training pitch as "only fit for growing potatoes."
PARMA striker Savo Milosevic has turned down a move to Blackburn, saying he would prefer to stay in Italy, and fight for his place.
ARSENAL are ready to make a renewed offer for Oxford United starlet Jamie Brooks, after having a £1m offer for the striker turned down last month.
IPSWICH defender Titus Bramble is being linked with a £5m move to Charlton after turning down a new contract at Portman Road.
SPANISH giants Valencia will battle Lazio for £12m Spurs striker Sergei Rebrov.
EVERTON look set to beat neighbours Liverpool to the £2.5m signing of Crewe's teenage striking sensation Dean Ashton.
BRADFORD boss Jim Jeffries will decide tomorrow whether to quit the Valley Parade hot seat.
FULHAM could lose out on signing Tranmere's midfield star Jason Koumas, after the £4m-rated Welsh international revealed he doesn't want to play in the South.
FINNISH defender Hannu Tihinen is interested in a move to Rangers, despite his club Viking Stavanger agreeing to sell him to Bayer Leverkusen for £1.7m.
BOLTON are keeping tabs on Coventry striker Lee Hughes, who is struggling to find his best form since his £5m move from West Brom last summer.
WEST Ham are still interested in signing Newcastle defender Warren Barton who has been frozen out at St James' Park.


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