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Shimon Peres vice Premier said during conference in Canada that an agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians is feasible. "First priority is progress in negotiations. If we are left with other option we will continue with a unilateral step, he said."
Chairman of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas can be a partner for peace, Peres added. Former US president Bill Clinton is also participating in the conference. (Ronny Sofer)


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A Very Inhuman New Year To You All!
So I feel I've been putting in the hours on my inhuman characters, what with the protagonists of Children of Time and this year's release of Spiderlight from Tor UK, as well as more human examples like the insect-kinden, or the shapeshifters of The Tiger and the Wolf. I first got into SF for the aliens. When I was a kid I would inch through the frames of the Cantina scene in Star Wars to admire all the critters (many of which were basically halloween masks, of course). I loved the alien bounty hunters in Empire and Cayman of the Lambda Zone in Battle Beyond the Stars (1). As can be seen from my obsession with bugs and the like, I have always identified with the outsider. When I became a writer, a kind of holy grail occurred to me: the ultimate outsider as protagonist – a point of view that was genuinely detached from the human, and yet which human readers (2) would relate to. I'm not sure it's possible – those are two opposing magnet poles we're talking about. I would flatter myself that I've come close with Children of Time. Certainly the reaction people have had to Portia and her kin was what I hoped for – the characters coming over as both sympathetic and inhuman at once. However they are bad examples. They are creatures of our earth, further humanised by simian meddling. The holy grail continues to elude.
Why bother trying to write from the point of view of something your audience may have a tough time relating to? Because it teaches us about ourselves (which is a good answer to pretty much any 'Why fantasy?' or 'Why SF?' kind of question. But also because exploring the other is a valid goal in itself. Especially now. We are perilously close to meeting the Other in real life – in a form we ourselves create. Serious non-SF people are debating what laws should bind artificial intelligences even now, and what rights they will have. I've been on and watched relevant panels at most conventions this year and the topic has shifted from "writing non-human characters" to "non-humans in real life". (At Fantasycon, I think it was, I had a serious moment of laconic nihilism. Someone asked "How do you think people will handle granting rights to AIs?" they asked. "Badly," was my reply. But on that subject, I'd argue that all that SF from RUR up has been based very solidly on human nature.
Before engaging the hyperdrive and shooting off into SF, let's talk about The Bridge. This is a Danish-Swedish police show which is exceptionally good, whilst also being rather grim and dour. One of the reasons it is so intensely engaging is the character of Saga Noren (portrayed by Sofia Helin). Saga is one of Sweden's top detectives. She is also on the autistic spectrum: she has great difficulty with social niceties, appropriate conversation and relationships with others, whilst having an incredible eye for detail backed by incomparable drive and determination. But Saga is not the "splinter skill" idiot savant we often see in those situations. She is s a complex character, at once an outsider and the absolute backbone of the Malmo PD. While she presents Saga as relatively affectless, Helin still puts over the character's deep emotional life. (3)
What struck me while watching the second series was that you could have set the show in the near future and made Saga an android, and a lot of the script would have worked as is (she is even called a "robot" in an argument with a colleague). Whether Saga's internalised emotional life would survive, though, is another matter. We often see artificial or inhuman life portrayed as being our intellectually equals (or superiors) in reasoning, but unable to cope with the intricacies of human emotions (Spock, anyone? Or any of those aliens who suddenly become sympathetic when they discover This Human Thing You Call Love). And this, of course, despite the likelihood that many of our emotions (biochemical reactions as they are) evolved before conscious rational thought. We see our rationality as an ideal and universal state that artificial and alien minds must inevitably converge on, while our emotional life is ours and ours alone, the thing that allows us to relate to each other and makes us human. And it is approaching that emotional life from their initial position of cold logic that redeems the alien or the mechanical, and grants them the Big Gold Star that is Being a Second Class Human.
Going through the literature, though, there have been some recent books that are all about the inner emotional life of the inhuman, and which take emotion as a key building block, rather than the final icing on the cake of awareness. I recently finished Adam Christopher's Made To Kill, which is a superb noir detective story set in an alternative 60s where a wave of robot labour has come and then, after protests, gone, leaving a single robot detective stranded above the tide mark. The first person narrator of Made To Kill is a curious individual to get to know. He is as mentally and emotionally robust as he physically, but he is limited by his memory. Every day he needs to return to the office where his officiating computer Ada, another fascinating AI character, needs to put in a new tape. Hence, like Latro from Wolfe's Soldier in the Mists, he knows only what he is told about his past. And he repeatedly realises that Ada is not necessarily telling him everything, just as he isn't telling us everything. The result is a narrative constantly bounded by the artificial limitations of its narrator, who has a serious disability and has philosophically learned to live with it.
The subject is also touched on in Sophia MacDougall's Space Hostages (which I've praised before). One of the most alien things about the major alien race introduced therein is its attitute towards its own emotional life – which parts it overtly celebrates, which parts are culturally hidden away – a very different treatment to the typical malevolent alien invader trope.
Gareth Powell is a writer who has shared the non-human character panels with me often enough that we practically have a double act going. His credentials come from the Ack-Ack Macaque books, which include both the titular uplifted monkey and another character who survives only as a kind of semi-AI recording of a human mind. Both characters are used to explore the key What-Am-I? question. In Hive Monkey, Ack-Ack spends the book wrestling with the problem of being singular – a fully aware freak of science like nothing else in his world. Meanwhile the AI construct Paul is aware that he was never designed to last forever. As with Christopher's Ray, there is a curious pathos to being inhuman in a human world, whether it comes from within (and despite his belligerent nature, Powell's monkey has some deeply melancholy thoughts on the subject (4)) or from without. I'm going to throw Gene Wolfe in as well, because his writing has a large number of artificial characters who are presented as fully sentient, and often morally superior to their human counterparts. At the risk of spoilers, Jonas and Doctor Talos in Book of the New Sun, the Chems in the Long Sun books and even the artificial soldiers of the short story 'The HORARS of War' are very sympathetic inhuman characters, and all used to turn a glass on what it is to be human.
And what about L. Frank Baum? I don't think he intended The Wizard of Oz as a key transhumanist text, but having perused it recently, it's absolutely a valid reading. The Scarecrow is a spontaneous artificial mind, and the Tin Man is basically a benevolent Cyberman decades before they lumbered their way into Doctor Who. They start off very much defined by their unliving natures – and generally in a positive way because it allows them to overcome obstacles their living comrades cannot. However they also start internally limited by their awareness of their nature. The Scarecrow comes up with most of the ideas, yet feels the lack of a brain; the Tin Man cares deeply, yet believes the lack of a heart lessens him. The wizard solves their problems by chicanery, but that's fine because – and yes, it is a trite saying, but here it's relevant – the qualities were always inside them. They were held back only by their own belief in their second class nature. (5)
And then we have the Imperial Radch series from Ann Leckie, which starts with the omni-award-winning Ancillary Justice and goes from strength to strength. I've written about Justice before, and the second book, Sword, is good, and Ancillary Mercy is exceptional. The entire series concerns the life of an AI, shoehorned into a single human body having previously been a huge warship and the hundreds of slaved soldiers that served aboard it. The protagonist of the series is a mind at once very alien and very human. She is used to splitting her attention between multiple locations and it's one of Leckie's gifts that this comes out clear as crystal and complements the internal life of the narrator at every turn. Far from being calculating war machines, the ships of the Imperial Radch are fiercely emotionally attached to their captains and crew, and indeed the great-heartedness of the Justice of Toren is a quality that seems inhuman not in its artificiality but in its intensity. The ship is able not just to think about all those under its protection, but to care deeply in a way that makes many of the hum characters seem shallow, self-involved and greedy. And of course it does, because how can they match the depth and breadth of experience and understanding that a ship can have? And from there, of course, we're heading on a course that might eventually bring us round to the godlike Minds of Iain M Banks' Culture novels and an entire different level of the inhuman…
(1) Anyone else remember that? Magnificent Seven in space, Roger Corman directing, cast included Robert Vaughn and George Peppard, as well as wossname from the Waltons. A surprisingly satisfying post SW SF film. One of Corman's last and, imho, best films.
(2) Curse my too, too human readership!
(3) I can't stress enough how good this series is. It is Grim As Hell, so you need to be up for a lot of unhappy endings, but my God it is a powerful piece of drama.
(4) Which he exorcises by punching and shooting people.
(5) As a bonus, the book I re-read was the beautiful new edition illustrated by Evan Dahm, which you can find here. Dahm is the artist behind the webcomics Rice Boy, Order of Tales and the currently ongoing Vattu, and a supremely gifted creator of fantastic worlds.

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We all have wishes in our lives, there are a few people who have wishes of even their after-lives! Yeah, you read that right. There are a few things people wish to become after death and the companies around the world are just getting popular by doing these things.
Here, in this article, we are just about to share the list of things that people wish to become after they die. There are various choices that you can select from.
Be it a Frisbee to a diamond or even a teddy, there is nothing that you cannot turn into, as everything is possible in this mad crazzzzy world!
Check out some of the most amazing things that people can become after their death. All that one needs is just a teaspoon of the ashes of the dead person to get things working right.
Find out some more information on this unique trending discovery that we have come across...and we're sure you'll go bonkers!
Become A Frisbee
This is something out of the box that a person would even think of becoming after death. But, there has been only one man who had his last wish to become a Frisbee. His family thought it to be a joke, unless he made sure they knew what exactly he wanted to be!
Blaze In Glory
Brighten up the sky with your ashes and make people smile. This is a unique idea to party even after your death. There are various companies that use the dead person's ashes to make firework!
Love Office Even After Death!
Well, this is the perfect one for the people who loved their work until their last breath. The ashes are added in a special art work and a paper-weight is made out of it. What better way to stay at work even after death, right?
Shine Like A Diamond
Woah, now the saying "Diamonds are forever" has got a true identity. This is a perfect way to lock your beloved closer to your heart! There are various companies that make gemstones out of hair lock or ashes. The choice is yours!
Morbid Stuffed Animal!
You can now hug your close one even after his/her death. There are companies that make teddy bears which contain the ashes of the dead person. The ashes of your loved one are sealed inside a red heart that is placed in a teddy's chest all secured.


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Upon returning from Spain and before the Fall semester is over, you will be asked to define the specific thematic scope of your Master's thesis/project. Given the trans-disciplinary nature of our program students are given a broad field of action and strongly encouraged to frame their thesis/project in the a way that helps them maximize their educational or career goals after graduation.
All US based students are required to be in residence in Buffalo during the entire duration of the Spring semester of their second year in the program. Although you will work independently on your own research or project, you remain in close contact with your faculty advisors and participate in a Works in Progress Seminar with your classmates mid way through the last semester.


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My family and I have worked with The IDEA Foundation from its inception. Founded in memory of a family friend who had done volunteer work in Sierra Leone, the charity has a trust that covers administrative overhead costs, so every dollar donated goes right to work. Sierra Leone is rated by the UN as the poorest country on Earth, so a dollar goes a long way. I am extremely impressed by how much The IDEA Foundation and its partners have accomplished in a short time. Nursing students now have scholarships and a medical library, a free medical clinic is open, a student has come to the USA and been certified as Sierra Leone's only medical equipment repair technician, medical equipment has been sent, IDEA and Heifer Project have created 2,000 new family farms, schools are getting textbooks and libraries; the list goes on and on and there is so much more to do. It's so easy to give to IDEA using igive.com or isearchigive.com for your daily computer searches and shopping. Direct donations to IDEA can be designated for any of the several programs they support, and they will send honorarium or memorial cards for you. Newsletters keep you up to date on progress, new programs, student profiles and more. You truly know firsthand what your money is doing. The IDEA Foundation director and groups of self-paying volunteers travel to Sierra Leone to monitor progress on programs personally and develop new ones. We have been so impressed with this organization that we have gone from simple supporters to me serving on the unpaid Advisory Board and my husband planning a mission trip with IDEA next spring. The biggest reason I support The IDEA Foundation is because I know I am making a huge impact on quality of life for the poorest of the poor. If we are to save the world, we should start from the bottom up, where it matters most.
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Sen. Sally Fox, public advocate extraordinaire, has died after a two-year battle with lung cancer.
According to reports on Vt Digger, House Speaker Shap Smith made the announcement Friday to a shocked chamber of legislators, many of whom had been her colleagues during her seven terms in the House. She was in the middle of her second term in the Senate. According to the story in the Free Press (limited free access) Senate President Pro-tem John Campbell called her "courageous and passionate in fighting for people who couldn't fight for themselves."
I met Sally Fox a few times, and was inspired and impressed. Hers was clearly a public service life, dedicated to speaking up for those with less access to power. She was kind and smart and did terrific work. She will be missed by thousands of people, some of whom might not ever have known who she was or what she did to make their lives better.
Our hearts and thoughts go out to her husband and children and to all those who must find a way to carry on without her voice, her compassion, her presence to make justice real in this world.


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So the contestants have designed the costumes this time. For the most part, they look better. I really like Julianne's snazzy red fringe — her boyfriend dresses her well 🙂 And I love Edyta's floor-length robe, although I'm sure it's going to come off at some point…
Tony and Melissa's Argentine Tango: That was really quite nice. There was a lot of basic dancing with a lot of intricate footwork, and a few flashy lifts thrown in here and there, but it wasn't about the lifts. And she had excellent leg lines on those lifts. And I like how Tony varied those lines — the first had a clean split, the second both legs in attitude. Very good choreography and very good dancing.
Lawrence and Edyta's Waltz: Aw, I love Journey's Open Arms!
That was really romantic; he was very elegant. He did have a little flub, he lost balance when he kneeled, but it didn't destroy his support of her and you hardly noticed. He was very graceful, as Len said, and as Carrie Ann said, there was a freedom of movement in him we haven't really seen before. I'm impressed! And so the outer coat did come off — as I predicted — but to reveal a beautiful gown, that covered her almost as much. Edyta looks good in clothes.
Derek and Lil Kim's Rumba: Hmm, for once someone talks about the difficulty of creating good choreography. Wow, that was excellent as well. The competition's really strong this week. Her dress was very pretty but its length made it difficult for me to see her hips and some of her lines. I could well see her lines in the bigger things — like the ronde en l'air and the kicks and the gorgeous arabesque when she was stretching away from him — that's damn hard! Well, I'm totally disagreeing with the judges. I thought that was one of her best dances. I thought it was understated in a good way. I liked that it was soft and romantic and subtle and not over the top and oozing with sex. I don't get the judges at all. I'm surprised at least Len didn't go for it…Well, they still gave her pretty good scores. Who knows what they're thinking.
Chuck and Julianne's Samba: That was so good — he's improved SO much! He really deserves that standing o. He looked like a real contender — those voltas were fab, I love the opening promenade runs (my favorite ballroom step), and the samba rolls were excellent (those are hard, harder than they probably look). Even the side-by-side walks in the middle — he looked so good the way he was moving his hips! The judges are speechless — I love it. I mean, he wasn't perfect — and I prefer the pelvis to be fully rotated instead of just the hips shifting straight back and forth — but you're never going to get that from a beginning amateur. It's way too hard. Costumes were excellent — his red flowing red silk shirt and flashy but not skin-tight red tux pants and her sweet red fringe. The contestants are really so much better at designing these costumes. They're all so much more classy. Not at all gauche and even vulgar like they sometimes (usually) are.
Ty and Chelsie's Waltz: Aw, that was sweet. And very polished. Love her long, pink gown. Really, the contestants are so much better at costume design. Those were basic steps, but they're still hard, and he executed them so well it was a pleasure to watch even without much flash. He had the rise and fall rhythm down, was very fluid, and had great posture and frame. A lot of them don't spend a lot of time dancing in the closed handhold and I think it says a lot about his partnering skills that Chelsie has him in that position at length. I was afraid he might be leaving tomorrow night, but now I'm not.
Mark and Shawn's Cha Cha: Okay, I don't know much of what Shawn did because I couldn't stop focusing on Mark. Why were his pants so short? I couldn't stop looking at his feet. Which were perfect. The only time I saw her was when the did the disco-y side-by-sides. Normally I'd be annoyed, but I'm actually glad he put them in because it gave me a chance to see her. The times I did try to focus on her, she looked perfect. I just wish he wasn't such a show off. Though he is really good. And cute…
Gilles and Cheryl's Viennese Waltz: Another beautiful dress — floor-length summery yellow with sweet criss-cross straps in back. The women are actually clothed — amazing. Very glamorous and very polished, and a lot of that footwork was really fast and intricate. So very good for him. But his arms looked a little too Latin-y in the side-by-side swayings, and his feet sickled inward. He needs to concentrate on keeping his feet pointed outward. But he was so dapper and that footwork so fancy, he still gets major kudos.
Group Sixties-style dance: choreographer Christian Perry was the Friday-night pre-party class teacher at DanceSport, my first studio, and it's always so funny to see him on this show. Hmm. Well, I think I liked the Mod-Squad costumes with the shiny high boots and short minidresses, and the background Kaleidoscope-squiggly picture designs better than the actual dancing. Lots of crazy lifts — I'm really kind of surprised no one's gotten hurt… not to jinx anything. I thought it was good, and cute, just underwhelming. What about you guys?
A couple of other things: did you guys see this? They're having a pro dancer competition to choose the next pro dancers on the show. Anna Demidova is in the running. She's Katusha Demidova's little sister and an excellent and very celebrated Standard dancer. She's been at the top of the Amateur comps for a while. I hope she makes it; I'd love to see her on this show!
Also, here's an interesting interview from the Wall Street Journal with a couple of Britain's Strictly Come Dancing pros, Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag.


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Last september I went to Paris and I had a blast exploring the museums there- and even walking around the city felt like being in a huge museum. It was awesome! I loved the cluny, the louvre, the marmottan, the orsay, the rodin museum... and all of the beautiful sculptures in the TUilleries amazed me.
I just booked my airfare to Italy for this september- if anyone has advice about must see museums & sites etc let me know! I'm flying in to Rome. Me and a grilfriend are staying with her sister who lives on the border between Tuscany and Umbria, that will be our home base and we'll explore from there.
We are from the UK, and have travelled all overEurope (holiday and business).

I agree with the previous comment.

There is far too much to see in one visit. You will never get bored!

My advice is to buy a reputable guide book and read it on the plane.

You will never get to see it all, as I said. But it will give you a good idea of where to eat at the right price (not tourist price), MUST SEE places (without spending all your time on a train) and various other essential info, such as cheap travel (you will save a fortune) and places to avoid.

My last peice of advice is: choose pubs and cafes close to universities. Students are always broke, but always have the best social life, at the cheapest prices around (and most speak English!), which helps!

Have a wonderful time and email me a postcard of your travels please (you will probably forget!)

We are in the UK, and are going on holiday to the Spanish Canary Islands in October for our anniversary.

Best of luck.

Send some pics!

Kevin&Chris

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PS: You won't need many clothes - save your luggage allowance for the wine. Remember, you cannot take any dairy products back with you.

Have a ball.

Time flys when you are in italy. It is not possable to see it all in one trip. I was there for a month last year and a month the year before. Pack lightly as you can purchase a lot of things from street vendors and flea markets.

If you like your coffee, pack some instant yourself and some coffee mate too as you will appreciate it. There american coffee takes like instant nescafe run through a blender with skim milk in it. They don't have cream in Italy. Also, if you are renting a car...gas stations or coffee shops or bakeries are the best choices and affordable places to eat. Eating at a restuarant in Italy is time consuming because they offer primpo piato, secondo terso etc.,, that means first course, second, third etc.

Have fun. I can't wait to go back and see more.
I agree. Time does fly when you're traveling especially in a place as beautiful as Italy or France.
It sounds like you are planning a very exciting trip!


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DETROIT – Toni Lydman was into his first interview as a member of the Ducks when Lubomir Visnovsky, sitting just a stall away, kept interrupting the veteran defenseman and teasing him.
"I'm testing him every day," Visnovsky said, smiling as he stretched out his index finger. "How many fingers am I holding up?"
Lydman responded by saying he's getting better as each day passes and then he couldn't resist at tossing a jab back at his mate on the blue line.
"It's good to be on the ice," he said. "Good to be with the team. And even Lubo."
The good-natured ribbing is welcomed by Lydman in light of his bout with double vision, an episode acute in nature that was scary and wouldn't be humorous for anyone.
Now exactly a month removed from when it occurred while he was eating lunch, Lydman talked about the episode for the first time and revealed the seriousness in which the matter was treated in the initial days afterward.
"I guess it was," he said. "Probably more because of what it could have been and what they were first looking for when it started. They searched for things like an aneurysm and a tumor. Those are the things they were looking for in the first CAT scan and the first MRI (exam). Obviously all the worst stuff you can imagine.
"You don't want to hear that when you go in there. Once those were ruled out, it was a little bit easier. As the test results kept coming back and the blood work was analyzed, they kept ruling out other stuff too. It has been mentally very helpful."
Lydman has been through a battery of tests to find the root cause of the double vision, which he said has yet to be fully pinned down. The closest thing to a possible cause is a severe migraine, which the veteran defender has dealt with in varying levels since he was a teen-ager.
But this was something that he's never experienced among the symptoms he's had with past migraines and he's still unsure at how he incurred the episode.
"I wish I knew," Lydman said. "All of a sudden, pretty much what happened was my left eye wasn't going where I wanted it to go. It was very scary at first. It got almost back to normal within 12 hours but … there still was quite a lot of that going on.
"At least my eyes were back aligned. I still had it when I looked down. But now it's clearing out. That's the good thing. So things are looking more positive than they were four weeks ago."
Following practice at Joe Louis Arena, Lydman said his double vision isn't completely cleared up but he is now hoping that it won't be long before he'll be fully cleared to participate in contact drills.
Of his current condition, the nine-year NHL veteran said he's "significantly better" than he was two or three weeks ago. "Remarkably better," he added.
Ducks coach Randy Carlyle has wanted to incorporate the new free-agent defenseman into the team so naturally he was happy when the defenseman said he wanted to be on the trip and get on the ice.
"He feels that he would like to skate with us in the non-contract drills," Carlyle said. "That's his decision. It's a step.
"He's skated before, for 15 or 20 minutes. What he did is when we got into stuff that was possible contract, he stepped out of it and then he'd do some shooting drills and some stuff at the end."
The Ducks have been careful not to put a timetable on when Lydman could see his first action since signing a three-year, $9-million deal in July. When that it will be is still up in the air but he's now one step closer.
"Just glad to get back to work," he said. "Whenever I'm ready to play, make sure I'm ready to play. It's got to start somewhere. And this is it, starting with the practice and get through the drills with the team."


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Male and female slaves were different–so different that there were different words to refer to them. Male slaves were köle, and female slaves were cariye (pronounced "jariyeh"). Cariye literally means "runner," one who runs to perform her master's bidding, but even now it's synonymous with "concubine."
So it's not surprising that when masters (and mistresses) renamed their new female slaves, they chose concubine-like names. Exotic, romantic Persian confections were popular: Gülizar, Servinaz, Mahidevran. Flower names: Yasemine (jasmine), Lalezar (field of tulips), acres upon acres of roses in names like Gülaçmaz, Gülendam, Gülruh, and Gülşah. Names celebrating the women's charm: Gülşen (laughing), Hürrem (cheerful), Dudu/Duti/Tuti ("parrot," denoting pleasant chatter). At a time when most freeborn women bore solid, respectable Muslim names like Ayşe, Fatma, and Emine, slave women's names marked them as frivolous–playthings rather than women of substance.
This was no reflection of reality. Concubines often had the same duties, and almost the same status, as wives, and it was common for a man to free his concubine and make her his legal wife. Polygamy was rare, so a freed slave might become a man's only wife, a position of great power and authority.
At the very height of wealth and privilege, in the sultan's palace, where the sultan could afford to have hundreds of women employed solely for his pleasure, concubines' role in the running of the empire was deadly serious. Each woman was allowed to bear only one son, and when the boy reached adolescence, he was given the governorship of a province and dispatched to rule under the guidance of his tutor and his mother. There he was expected to build up a power base, so that when his father died, he could compete in the mad and bloody rush to get to the capitol and claim the throne. His mother's influence was essential. She might be a Hungarian peasant taken as a child and raised to be a slave, but [unfinished]
Most slaves who entered Muslim households were renamed. Theoretically, they weren't renamed because they were slaves, but because they converted to Islam and, like all converts, took on a new Islamic name. However, most of them converted because they were slaves and didn't have a say in the matter; and once converted, male slaves were given names from the same name pool as freeborn Muslim men, but a significant proportion of women were given names that marked them unquestionably as slaves.
Afitab: Persian aftab, "sunlight"
Belagat: Eloquence
Benefşe: Violet
Beşaret: Ottoman Turkish, "beauty" or "the announcement of a joyful event"
Çeşmisiyah: Probably "black eyes," from Ottoman Turkish Çeşm "eye" + siyah "black"
Cihan Banu: Cihan "the world, the universe; earthly pleasures" + banu "lady, mistress, princess"
Devlet: Persian Dawlat, "wealth, authority" [link]
Dilaver: Persian, "brave, courageous"
Dilşad: Persian Dil Shâd, "happy heart" [link]
Dudu, Tuti: Parrot, a name denoting pleasant, friendly speech.
Felek-naz/Feleknaz: Possibly Ottoman Turkish felek, "the sphere of the heavens" + Persian naz "coquettishness" or "pride"
Gazal: Persian, "gazelle"
Gülaçmaz: Probably gül açmaz, "the rose that does not open" or "the impenetrable rose." A poetic term.
Gülahmer: Possibly "as red as a rose"
Gülendam: "Whose body is as beautiful as a rose"
Gülistan: Persian, "rose garden"
Gülizar: Persian gülzâra, "rose garden." Used in poetry as a metaphor for the day. [link]
Gülruh: Persian, "rose-cheeked" or "rosy-faced"
Gülşah: Persian Gul Shâh, "rose king" [link] or "imperial rose"
Gülşan: Persian golshan, "rose garden"
Gülşen: Laugh, smile upon
Gülsima: Persian, "flower-faced."
Handan: Persian khandan, "laughing, smiling"
Hemnişin: Turkish, "together"
Humayun: Blessed, auspicious
Hürrem: Persian khorram, "smiling, cheerful, merry, fresh, blooming."
Hurşid: Persian Khurshid, "shining sun"
Kamile: The feminine of kamil, "complete, perfect"
Laleruh: Persian lale "tulips" + Turkish rukh "cheeks, face"
Lalezar: Persian, "field of tulips"
Mahi: Possibly "moon"
Mahıdevran: Moon of fortune
Mehlika: Arabic Malika, "queen"
Meleksima: Also Malaksīmā. "Like an angel."
Mercan: Turkish, "coral"
Meserret: Ottoman Turkish, "joyful, rejoicing"
Mihman: Ottoman Turkish, "to receive guests"
Mihriban: Kindness
Mihrinaz: Possibly Arabic mihri "sun" + Persian naz "coquettishness" or "pride"
Muhti: Ottoman Turkish, "bashful"
Mülayim/Mülayime: "Good-tempered"
Münevver: Enlightened
Nazenin: Ottoman Turkish, "delicately beautiful, graceful" or "caressed, petted"
Nazyurur: Possibly naz "coquettish" + yurur "pride"
Nevbahar: The season of spring
Niyazi: Arabic, "beloved, desired"
Nur-saba/Nursaba: According to Quranic Names, "Noursaba is an Arabic-Persian name for girls that is made up of two Arabic words joined in the Persian fashion: Noor ('light') and Saba ('dawn breeze'). The figurative meaning of Saba is 'inspiration,' 'blessings,' thus the name means 'ray of inspiration,' 'a light that brings blessings.'"
Perviz: Possibly Persian parviz, "fortunate, happy"
Peymane: Possibly a term that means a measure of wine, or metaphorically, "the heart of a perfected devotee, filled with divine love." [link]
Reftar: Ottoman Turkish, "graceful way of walking"
Riyazi: Possibly Ottoman Turkish, "training and discipline"
Şakire: Arabic Shākira, "thankful."
Şehla: Possibly Ottoman Turkish shehla, "bluish or light grey eyes"
Selvar, Selver
Semenzar: Field of jessamine, a flower associated with whiteness and sweet fragrance
Semra: Possibly "a tree in fruit; fruitful," or "dark brown; swarthy"
Şemsi: Ottoman Turkish, "pertaining to the sun"
Server: This name has consistently stumped me. It may be a form of the Armenian name Sirvard, "love rose."
Servinaz: Possibly servi "cypress" + naz "coquetry" or "pride"
Şirin: Persian Shîrîn, "sweet." [link]
Yasemin: Jasmine. One of the most common slaves' names.
Zamane: Possibly the feminine of zaman, "thirsting, longing"
Names Shared with Freeborn Muslim Women
These are the names borne by both slaves and freeborn Muslim women in the records I analyzed. Review of other records suggests that there were no names that were specifically off limits to slave women, so, for example, the absence of slaves named Ismihan in this sample is just a reflection of the small sample size. If you're selecting a name for an SCA character, any of the names on the freeborn women's list are fair game.
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Non-Muslim Slaves' Names
Very few non-converted female slaves appear in the shar'ia court records–only two out of the entire batch, plus mention of the birth names of one or two converts. There were certainly more non-Muslim slaves in the Istanbul area, but they must have belonged mainly to Jews and Christians, who were forbidden to own Muslim slaves and who didn't appear frequently in the Muslim religious courts. Muslim families clearly had a powerful preference for converted slaves.
I give these names mainly for completeness. The names were recorded in Turkish style, [given name] bint [father's given name], regardless of the native form of the women's names.
Asparance: Asparance bt. Petro
Betnoz: This was possibly the original name of a slave renamed Şah Hûbân bt. Abdullah.
Bigidost: Bigidost bt. Seyyid Kemal
Olku: Olku bt. İko, the birth name of Mehlika bt. Abdullah.


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Telltale's Game of Thrones Episode 6 Taken Down on Xbox One
Telltale Games has become one of the most renowned game developers over the last few years for their unique, interactive story-based titles. Their partnership with HBO's Game of Thrones was only going to make the reach new heights.
Currently, the first season of the game is underway, and the last episode was released back in November. However, it seems that the final episode has now been temporarily taken down from the Xbox Live Store on Xbox One for some reason.
As reported by a poster on NeoGAF, players can download any of the episodes from 1 to 5, but episode 6 is nowhere to be found. The in-game menu simply states that episode 6 is 'coming soon,' despite its release two months ago. The episode is also not available on the Xbox Live Games Store.
It seems that Telltale Games is silently removed episode 6 from Xbox Live Store for technical reasons. The original poster on NeoGAF contacted customer support to inquire about the matter. They told them that the developer "found an issue" and pulled the episode as a result.
This problem seems to be strictly limited to the Xbox One version, as episode 6 of Game of Thrones is available on PS4 and PS3 for download.
Hopefully this problem is minor, and a quick fix is in the works. We'll keep you updated if any news on the matter comes.


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Posted by Channel 4 Television Corporation in Puzzle | July 19, 2011 | 10 Comments
Apk file size: 6.0 MB
Say hello to Linkem and farewell to your brain!
Linkem's addictive, challenging, and infinitely huge. Shoot, switch and connect those orange rings to make lines of four or more.
Multiple connections mean points. Clearing the board means even more. But avoid broken connections—and beware the white beads! Overload them and they snap. You'll need logic and skill you never knew you had.
Maybe a spare brain too, because that deathline's closer every second...
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Channel 4 Television Corporation part of our Puzzle and have average installs from 1000 to 5000. Last Update July 19, 2011. Google play rating is 66.0. Current verison is 1.0. Actual size 6.0 MB.
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A Google User
Great game that, like Tetris, makes you plan one or two moves ahead in order to stay alive. Works really well on my Galaxy S.
Alex Cooper
Unoriginal & doesn't function properly This game is basically like playing connect-4 against yourself with a couple of extra rules pulled from bubble shooter. Also, the screen doesn't render properly, so on my Nexus 5 the game is rendering for about a 2" screen instead of the full 5" available.
Daniel Bronakowski
Well a good app! People say that it crashes, but I haven't encountered that. Runs well on my Exhibit 4G and is fun to play.
A Google User
Addictive Great game and very addictive. Unfortunately crashed on level 11
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Simon Fletcher
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Sarah Palin Racial Remarks
According to ABC News, Sarah Palin recently made some controversial remarks about President Barack Obama claiming that he tried to "shuck and jive" around the Libya attack. I would say in this case she should not be talking, because her Republican candidate Mitt Romney is the biggest liar ever. Every speech he ever gave was just full of lies. I have no idea how that guy sleeps at night.
Now it is possible that she did not mean this whole "shuck and jive" as a racist remark. However, now that we are so close to the elections these race issues become even more sensitive and I think she could have chosen her words better.
I know many people use "shuck and jive" as a regular term in their every day language, even if those people are not African Americans. Honestly, there is no way to tell what Sarah Palin really meant when she said those things, however, I think we need to focus on the bigger issues at hand with this election and avoid being narrow minded.
No matter what Sarah Palin may say in defense of Mitt Romney, there is no way that she can "shuck and jive" away from the fact that he is a big liar and a candidate who is all wrong for America. When I go to work every day I hear how many people hate Mitt Romney. These people say that they would like to throw a brick at that man every time they see him on television. I hate to admit it, but I would love to do the same thing. This is not a race issue at all. I am white, but I am poor. Guess what? I am going to be voting for Barack Obama in the 2012 election. I may not have very much in common with most African American folks, however, I believe that most of us share a love for Barack Obama. He is not a perfect president, but he cares about the welfare of poor people like myself all over the country. Mitt Romney could not care less.
I am glad that Sarah Palin never got her chance to be the president of the United States. This woman clearly lives in her own world just like Mitt Romney. Her leadership would have been a complete disaster. She should just go back to her cave in Alaska and hide in a forest or something. There is no need to embarrass herself on national television. I guess her ego just won't let her quit. What a shame!
Source: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/10/palin-obama-did-shuck-and-jive-on-libya/
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Try to have some references that can be verified or at least identified.
Sarah Palin lied about what, and when did she do that, and in what context was it made, and why is it a lie.
President Obama has failed to meet his campaign promises he made in 2008. Even he admits them, but he blames Bush and the republicans.


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Malls Mire Community Woodland
Malls Mire is an area of mixed woodland and wetland habitat situated between Toryglen and Rutherglen. People from the surrounding communities have been working with Urban Roots to manage the woodland since 2009, improving its value for wildlife and working on the paths so that more people can get in and enjoy it. Malls Mire is currently the only Community Woodland in Glasgow
The history of Malls Mire
Most of the woodland was planted in 1993, with the trees planted very close together in rows. Ideally the trees would have been thinned out a bit after 15 years but this didn't happen at Malls Mire. The result is very dense woodland of tall and thin trees which are unstable and tend to blow down or snap whenever there is a strong wind.
Malls Mire is designated an L-SINC (Local Site Important for Nature Conservation) after the discovery of rare plants in the 1980s. Being near to the railway line, and the river Clyde, a lot of wildlife passes through the area. There are regular sightings of deer, foxes, kestrels and in July 2012 there was a sparrow hawk nesting in one of the conifer trees.
Looking ahead:
Urban Roots are constantly making improvements to Malls Mire. The plan is to make it a better place for wildlife and a better place for people! This will mean thinning out the trees to create more space for the best trees to spread out, removing some of the dangerous and damaged trees and improving the path network so that people can enjoy it more easily.
Get involved
The Malls Mire Conservation Group is now in its fourth year and still meeting weekly to carry out conservation work in the woodland and open ground habitats. Examples of some recent work we have done includes:
The group meet every Thursday morning at the Urban Roots Offices (Toryglen Community Base, G42 0LA) from 10.45 – 3.00 every Thursday. We always welcome new members and all you need to join in is a good pair of boots, water-proof clothing and a packed lunch.
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Tuesday, December 19, 2017 – 4:45pm
Joseph Doorley Municipal Building, 1st Floor Meeting Room 444 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903
Opening Session
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- Roll Call
- Approval of minutes from the November 14 2017 regular meeting – for action
- Adoption of the 2018 meeting calendar
- Director's Report
Land Development Project – Pubic Informational Meeting
1. Case no. 17-020MA – 37-47 Elmwood Avenue (Master Plan) – Owner and Applicant: Blessing Ekperi – The applicant is seeking master plan approval for construction of a two story commercial building in the C-2 zone and Transit Oriented Development (TOD) overlay that will provide retail space, offices and a banquet facility in the basement. Associated parking and landscaping will be provided. The applicant is requesting an approximately five foot dimensional adjustment from the TOD overlay's front yard setback for a portion of the building and an adjustment from the 60 percent build to percentage requirement.
The allowed maximum width of a building entrance is eight feet and the applicant is proposing entrances of approximately 14 feet, which requires a design waiver from the width of building entrances. The TOD overlay requires a minimum ground floor height of 14 feet. The applicant is requesting a waiver to provide 12 feet. A waiver from the 70 percent front façade transparency requirement is also requested. The applicant may request additional waivers at the meeting – for action (AP 30 Lots 267 and 570, West End)
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2. Case no. 17-051MI – 86 Lucille Street (Preliminary Plan) – Owner and Applicant: Deborah Pannone – The applicant is proposing to subdivide a lot measuring 10,000 SF into two lots of 5,000 SF – for action (AP 81 Lot 481, Elmhurst)


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ELEANOR HALL: The lawyer for an American man at the centre of a deportation wrangle between the US and Australia, has now hired an immigration barrister to assist on the case. The lawyer says the immigration department is ignoring his requests for the release of his client, Gabe Watson.
Mr Watson is being held in a Victorian detention centre, after serving his prison sentence for the manslaughter of his wife on the Great Barrier Reef.
In Brisbane, Debra Nowland reports.
DEBRA NOWLAND: Gabe Watson remains in legal limbo as the Federal Government still waits for a formal response from the US government. His lawyer, Adrian Braithwaite says it's a frustrating process.
ADRIAN BRAITHWAITE: Well, I'm not getting any advice from the immigration department. I sent correspondence on Thursday and have not yet received a response to that. I will chase that up today to see if I can get some communication dialogue occurring.
But in the interim I am not going to assume that based on my prior dealings with the department over the last couple of weeks and we'll be making contingency plans on the assumption that the Minister will refuse to grant a temporary visa in some shape or form in the immediate future.
DEBRA NOWLAND: What are those contingency plans that you are considering?
ADRIAN BRAITHWAITE: Pursuing an appeal on the basis that an application for a temporary visa is refused.
DEBRA NOWLAND: Mr Braithwaite says it's likely an appeal will be lodged shortly in the Administration Appeals Tribunal and he says prominent Brisbane immigration barrister Darryl Rangiah SC is being briefed on the case.
ADRIAN BRAITHWAITE: The irony of it of course is that if this is an extradition process, then there'd be a great deal more clarity and indeed a great deal more rights open to my client than what they are presently in circumstances where it is a deportation.
DEBRA NOWLAND: Adrian Braithwaite concedes Watson may be deported before any appeal is heard.
ADRIAN BRAITHWAITE: That will depend on the time frame for the US counterparts to provide the undertakings that the Australian Government is seeking so that the Australian Government can be satisfied that it is in compliance with its domestic and international responsibilities. Now if it so happens that assurances were received in the next couple of days for example, then that could certainly overtake any application for a visa.
DEBRA NOWLAND: Will you be notified in that particular scenario?
ADRIAN BRAITHWAITE: I'd like to hope so. It is well known to the department that I have a strong interest in the matter. I've sent, certainly sent them correspondence advising them that I act and setting out other very, in my view, important and cogent concerns that I have which have yet to be answered.
DEBRA NOWLAND: Prosecutors in Alabama want to retry Gabe Watson for murder, alleging the crime was plotted at home. They've assured the Queensland Government he would not face the death penalty if he was convicted.
But the Australian Government wants a formal response from the US government that Watson would not face capital punishment. Adrian Braithwaite says that could take many more weeks to finalise.
ADRIAN BRAITHWAITE: The only information I have ever received upon that query is that it could take weeks or it could months.
DEBRA NOWLAND: In the meantime, Gabe Watson's lawyers are pushing ahead with plans to try to have him released in Australia.
ELEANOR HALL: Debra Nowland reporting.
The full story...
Watson hires barrister to fight deportation
Debra Nowland reported this story on Monday, November 15, 2010 12:22:00
ELEANOR HALL: The lawyer for an American man at the centre of a deportation wrangle between the US and Australia, has now hired an immigration barrister to assist on the case. The lawyer says the immigration department is ignoring his requests for the release of his client, Gabe Watson.


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When will KEM sweepers stop conducting post-mortems?
No changes in sight, despite meeting in August to put an end to malpractice
Five months after mid-day revealed how mortuary attendants and cleaning staff of Parel's KEM Hospital conduct post-mortems, sources have confirmed that the hospital's dean Dr Avinash Supe, admitted to the flouting of norms and wanted to put an end to it. Though that admission came in August, little progress has been made on the front.
Also read: Dead wrong! Sweepers conduct autopsies at Mumbai's KEM hospital
A sweeper cuts open a body at KEM hospital in a file photo
This newspaper has accessed minutes of a meeting that was conducted between Dr Supe and hospital officials on August 24, where it was decided not to let unqualified workers and attendants conduct post-mortems.
Sources said the issue was raised after this newspaper brought to light that the safai kamgars, or cleaning staff, conducted post-mortems, though it wasn't a part of their assigned duties by the BMC.
The work of safai kamgars include helping doctors, stitching and washing bodies after post-mortem, and completing the handover process. Citing the High Court's judgment in a similar case two years ago, the forensic department was asked to stop forcing the kamgars from taking direct part in the post-mortem process.
Dr Supe has given it in writing that, "according to the SOPs given to the staff, safai kamgars are not supposed to conduct post-mortems. Yet, they have been asked to do the work." He added that the safai kamgars will be paid for all the work they have been doing up till then. and "release the amount as soon as possible."
An employee, working at KEM for more than a decade, said "Unlike other departments, we cannot go on strike to fulfill our demands. There is no question of keeping the post-mortem department shut as it will cripple the hospital's services. Either don't force us to do post-mortems, as that's not part of our job, or give us formal training and then the necessary remuneration."
Sources at the hospital disclosed that it's unlikely that the kamgars will be taken off the job any time soon as doctors in the forensic department, loath to conduct post-mortems, are opposed to the move.


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Jon Levy
Four years ago in Beijing, a young midfielder with a contentious last name very nearly led an Olympic team to medal heights, only to have those dreams dashed by a bad piece of goalkeeping on a Holland set piece and the definition of an ill-timed red card by one Michael Orozco a game later. So, when we really look back, began the journey of perhaps the brightest young player the USMNT has offered in a decade– Michael Bradley, or MB 90 as we've called him around here since he flattened El Tri in Columbus in 2009.
The journey hasn't always been smooth sailing– but then again, what US player can say there's has been? Bradley has turned in high-volume goal years in score-happy Holland, had the unenviable task of being a midfield engine for a (then) middling Bundesliga side, seen failure in England on a mediocre team with an odd midfield depth chart, and then (finally) heeded the calls by analysts stateside to take his talents to Italy, where he was perhaps one of the finest midfielders in Serie A in his first year in the league. His year in the sun at Chievo was sandwiched between international duties that a) earned him his nickname; b) saw the US lose an international final where he was (in very costly fashion) forced to sit out due to a red card; c) a brilliant World Cup and d) the firing of his father and a six-month or so long quest to earn the new manager's trust. Heady stuff for a kid just shy of 25. And while we're at– Happy Birthday to MB 90, a day early.
Fortunately, Bradley has bounced back from every storm on his horizon– and now finds himself the first American field player with an actual chance to impact the fortunes of an Italian giant. A few weeks ago, MB90 completed his seemingly long awaited move to AS Roma. You know the rest: he immediately starts in a couple matches, scores on a brilliant strike at Fenway Park in the bigger of the two, and all is right in the world.
But let's temper expectations with a little bit of reality. What did we actually see on the pitch for Roma? And remember your American phenom history, please!! Just when the seas seem to calm, big storms seem to appear. What obstacles are lurking for the young field general in Rome?
Formation: The Zeman 4-3-3 that we've seen thus far isn't too drastically different than what's been described by a couple great bloggers and reporters ahead of Bradley's transfer. You've got one central defensive midfielder, and two more attacking mids in front of him. This is no Manchester City three-man midfield, where the likes of Yaya Toure, Gareth Barry, and Nigel De Jong all operate centrally, switching spots with each other situationally, and relying on the full backs to help provide width in attack and make overlapping runs with the wing forwards.
Instead, within the Zdenek Zeman AS Roma model, it's looking like the two more advanced midfielders are often tasked with getting out wide and running at defenders along the sidelines. They'll overlap the wide attackers, or more likely push them into the box so Osvaldo doesn't have to fight four defenders when service comes his way. What's this mean for Michael Bradley? It means he may only be suited to one position within Zeman's 4-3-3, the one we've seen him playing. And he's been playing it relatively well thus far, even if it's evident that he's rightly still in the feeling out process.
This leads us to the operational problem: "Capitan Futuro" Daniele De Rossi will claim the lone defensive midfielder position. And he should. Not only is De Rossi Roma through and through, but he represents the top end of Michael Bradley's potential. Anyone who follows our Twitter feed has seen our pronouncements that MB 90 is an American De Rossi (though perhaps a bit less ferocious defensively). It's okay to admit that he's better, even if he did make American hero Brian McBride bleed.
De Rossi and Bradley have so many of the same qualities, which is partly why Bradley was brought to the Stadio Olimpico. Passion, toughness, defensive responsibility, tough tackling, distribution (the area of MB 90's game initially over-valued by American analysts and now, after one year in Italy– undervalued!!), long shots, late runs into the box, opportunism on set pieces (both from over the ball and in the box). Sadly, it looks like Zeman is looking for more slick than grit in his other two midfielders.
No worries. This is still a better situation than Bradley ran into at Aston Villa. Roma has two guys for one spot, and Bradley seems to actually be one of those guys. There were two spots suited to Michael at Villa, and everyone from Fabian Delph to Robert Pirés was considered ahead of him. That negative Birmingham experience made Bradley stronger, and we saw it in how quickly he worked his way into a full time starter's role at Chievo Verona. I expect him to work hard enough in training that it makes it hard for Zeman not to have Michael on the field. So barring spot starts or a strong serving of Italian Cup matches for the future captain, what will a De Rossi/Bradley midfield look like?
Two Possibilities
Klinsmann's Preference:
This is the most likely solution. Zeman changes his system just slightly to allow Bradley into one of the more advanced midfield roles. The full back on that side of the field is tasked with getting forward more often, knowing that Bradley will slide out and back to cover for him even if the wide forward isn't trusted to do so. This allows MB90 to play within his game (not attempting stepovers along the sideline like the current attacking midfielders), and minimizes the loss in attacking width. Given MB90's role with Klinsmann's Yanks, I think Jurgen would love to see his best true midfielder in this spot at Roma.
The Totti Plan:
This one's a bit more far-fetched, but there's at least a little logic behind it. Zeman is asking Francesco Totti to play one of the wing forward roles in his 4-3-3. This role generally requires a good bit more running than you'd like an injury-prone 35 year old to be tasked with, and Totti turns 36 early in the season on my Dad's birthday, September 27th. I'm not asking Walter to run the flank all day either. It's easy to see Zeman's reasoning though. He wants to play a true center forward up top in Osvaldo, and needing skilled players at the wing positions, it's a way to get his most skilled player on the field. But Totti doesn't look comfortable out wide, and you wouldn't want to put a restrictor plate on a legend in his final years (my first and last NASCAR reference; I feel shame). Suppose Zeman wants to get the best out of Totti. Might he move one of his young slicksters out to wing forward, and replace his two advanced midfielders with the trequartista of all trequartistas, sitting behind Osvaldo right where he belongs? Within this Totti-centric formation, you bring Michael Bradley on to play alongside Daniele De Rossi; two true center midfielders exchanging defensive responsibilities and offensive runs as the situation dictates. Just like Bob Bradley used to envision Michael and Ricardo Clark doing– except in a world where Michael had a few more years of pedigree, and Ricardo was, like Wolverine, the best in the world at what he does. To be clear, Wolverine slices people up with adamantium claws and De Rossi plays central midfield.
Obviously the beauty of the game lies in there being so many more than just two formational possibilities for any one player or team, but these options would definitely allow MB90 to get on the field and be at his best while playing alongside legends for one of the best teams in Italy. The bottom line? Expect some growing pains. Expect Zeman to experiment, and sometimes his professor-like thought process and choices will benefit Michael, and other times they will not. And best of all? Expect Michael to demonstrate maturity and understanding through this process– which certainly isn't something we would have written about him even two years ago. And expect that patience to eventually pay off.
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Discussion in 'Current Events' started by Lue C Fur, Mar 14, 2010.
I can see why some companies leave to other countries...just look at Japan and America.
OTTAWA -- In a clear indication that Canada is starting to be considered a low-tax place to do business, Tim Hortons Inc. announced Monday plans to shift its base of operations from Delaware to Canada for tax purposes.
Further, analysts indicate this is also a sign of unease among corporations regarding the U.S. business environment, where taxes are likely heading upward to deal with trillion-dollar deficits and proposed health-care reforms; and the White House is looking to crack down on companies that invest abroad.
In Canada, the federal corporate tax rate is headed to 15% in 2012, and the federal Conservative government has called on the provinces to get to a 10% business levy by the same timeframe – for a combined 25% rate on corporate income. Alberta is already at 10%, British Columbia will be there in 2011, Ontario by 2013, and New Brunswick will go down further, to 8%, in 2012.
In the United States, the top corporate tax rate is in the mid-30% range. As a result, the U.S. now has about the highest combined corporate tax rate, second only to Japan among industrialized countries.
Finally, there is the current White House proposal to remove the incentives for U.S. companies to invest overseas, and curb the use of offshore jurisdictions by companies and investors.
"If the U.S. tightens up on the tax treatment on foreign income, many Canadian companies — as well as other foreign entities operating in the U.S. – might look to put headquarters and holding company functions in Canada since dividends from foreign affiliates are not taxed by Canada," said Jack Mintz, a public policy expert from the University of Calgary and a renowned tax expert.
Hey Klein...dont toot your horn to loud...your the 3rd highest just behind America. Look at your personal tax rate...ouch!!! Got to pay for that national health care.
Look at the hardcore socialist countries like France, Sweeden, Germany...they tax their people to death.
Those are rates from 2005, though. Since then we had personal income taxes cut, as well as the GST dropping by 2%.
It has all changed since then, and will continue to change until 2012.
Then new tax cuts will be announced, hopefully.
gee thats the same thing our socialist leader tells us.
Just with the exception, that we follow thru with the forecasted budget. Even in these tougher times, as of Jan 1st, 2010 corperate taxes have followed the 5 year budget, and has been reduced to now 17% (from 22.5% in 2007). And every year from then on, they followed the budget reduction.
Next year it's at 16% and by 2012 15%. The lowest corperate taxes in the G7.
Provincial taxes accross the country will be lowered to atleast 10%, for a total percentage of 25% Canada wide Corperate Taxes.
It's a move to get, (and keep), more manufacturing jobs here. We shall see if it works.
I can't see any leader in the US promising tax cuts. Not with that huge debt load. Where did you get that from Tie ? just wondering.
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They are typically annual, though B. multiradiata may be perennial. The leaves, which may range from being entire to deeply lobed, mostly occur in a basal cluster. From this arises several flower stems, up to 18 inches (50 cm) in height, usually carrying a single yellow radiate flower each, although B. pauciradiata may have 2-3 flowers on a stem.
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Baileya species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Schinia miniana (which feeds exclusively on the genus) and Schinia pallicincta (which feeds exclusively on B. pauciradiata).


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