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Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has declared a national state of emergency, dismissed the federal government and sacked all state governors.
Bashir made the announcement in a TV address to the nation, but later appointed members of the security forces as replacement governors.
Earlier, Sudan's National Security and Intelligence Services (NISS) said that Mr Bashir would be stepping down.
Bashir has been the focus of anti-government protests in recent weeks.
Protesters took to the streets after the announcement in the city of Omdurman, witnesses said, but were met with tear gas by police.
In the address, Bashir asked parliament to postpone constitutional amendments that would allow him to run for another term.
Bashir also said the demonstrations were an attempt to destabilise the country.
"I announce imposing a state of emergency across the country for one year," he said.
"I announce dissolving the government at the federal level and at the provincial levels."
Hours after the announcement, Bashir issued two presidential decrees appointing army and security officers to govern the country's 18 provinces.
He also announced that five members of the outgoing cabinet, including the foreign, defence and justice ministers, would keep their jobs.
The demonstrations started over cuts to bread and fuel subsidies in December but later morphed into anger at Bashir's 30-year rule.
More than 1,000 people are reported to have been detained since the protests began. Rights groups say more than 40 people have been killed in clashes with security forces.
Protest organisers have vowed to continue demonstrating until Bashir leaves his post, AFP news agency reported.
Bashir, 75, had initially struck a defiant tone after winning elections several times since coming to power in a coup in 1989.
Courtesy: BBC
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I am passionate about human culture — not for the sake political correctness, but for the sake of understanding the human condition. Selected by the Institute of International Education, I am a finalist for the 2013 Hilton HHonors Teacher Trek travel grant.
The winners will be selected by public vote and I would appreciate your support of my proposal: a case study of India to share with students and colleagues for a Human Geography course. Voters can vote once per day until 4/30 and some voters will win $250 Hilton Gift Cards. Please vote for Scott W here! www.tinyurl.com/VoteScottW
My proposal is published on the @HHTeacherTreks site at the link above, but I will repost it here.
My Proposal
What can a trek through India teach tomorrow's travelers about culture? Help launch a new course & broaden students' worldview via a case study of India!
This teacher wants to trek through India; to explore India's amazing places, to grasp a sense of its scale, to perceive its patterns of varied culture, its regional diversity, and understand its place in our intertwined global community. An adventure such as this would better enable me to share with my students— tomorrow's travelers and future citizens of the world— what the human condition is and how we each fit into the global community.
How might that happen? I have a unique opportunity, a chance to impact students across my district. Teachers at each of my district's three high schools will be teaching a Human Geography course for the first time in the 2013-14 school year. A Teacher Trek to India would enable me to produce and share a case study of India seen through the lens of Human Geography—a discipline that provides a detailed examination of culture in relation to place. My colleagues and their students from across our school district would benefit. This Teacher Trek would enable me to document and share observations and illustrations of concepts integral to the Human Geography course. Doing so would bear the intimacy of firsthand experience rather than the sterile nature of textbooks.
Where would I go and what would I do? New Delhi would serve as the main hub for an exploration of diverse northern India. A Hilton property such as Eros would provide a home base for a close examination of New Delhi's urban landscape, its people, and rich history. Sites to explore in and around New Delhi, such the Red Fort, the National Museum, the President's Estate, the Lotus Bahai Temple, Purana Qila Old Fort, and the India Gate, each provide alluring opportunities for cultural and historic explorations.
New Delhi is also centrally located to provide easy access to diverse neighboring regions. Daytreks or short overnight trips to neighboring states would broaden my view of India. A short train ride to Uttar Predesh would reveal Agra and one of the seven wonders of the modern world – the Taj Mahal. An equally short trip to the southwest of New Delhi would unveil the Rajasthan, "the Land of Kings" and Jaipur, famous for its Pink City and Jain temples. There I would ride an elephant to the Amber Fort, and survey its pastoral land. To New Delhi's Northeast are the foothills of the Himalayas that give birth to the mighty Ganges. There I would explore its regional distinctions, its rural agricultural lands, and the history of the people who rebelled from English colonization.
The opportunity to trek through northern India would have an enormous positive impact. This place-based study of the diverse landscape and people of northern India would broaden my world view. It would improve the educational experiences of students across my district, and enrich my professional experiences in a manner not otherwise possible.
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Pull back the curtain on some of the most famous boundary-pushing genre stories in Hollywood, and you'll find Gale Anne Hurd. She formed her own production company in 1982, back when even fewer women had powerful positions in Hollywood. Along with her then husband James Cameron, Hurd produced the first two Terminator films and, in 1986, delivered the second and most decorated installment in the Alien franchise. That film—which was nominated for seven Oscars (including best actress for Sigourney Weaver) and won two—went a long way toward legitimizing genre film. The woman who helped launch Sarah Connor and gave Ripley her fiercest moment has had an indelible role in shaping a genre-heavy and badass female-friendly film landscape.
After decades of producing films—including enduring pulpy classics like Tremors, The Abyss, and Armageddon—Hurd tried her hand at television. After one miss (2002's Adventure Inc.), she once again scored a genre home run with 2010's comic-book adaptation The Walking Dead. The horror hit has since become the most popular show on television. But even the woman with a Midas touch struggles from time to time—and in the six short years since The Walking Dead launched, the TV landscape has radically changed. Though her spin-off, Fear the Walking Dead, is a solid hit for AMC, Hurd saw a new show, Hunters, canceled earlier this year after it was swallowed up by the over-crowding of peak TV.
But Hurd—who has a habit of taking hits on the chin and moving forward—is already back in the game with another high-concept genre show. Falling Water—from Universal Cable Productions—gets a splashy debut Thursday night at 10/9c on USA Network, home of the recent genre hit Mr. Robot. The show tells a complicated, interlocking narrative about a group of individuals who are somehow connected by their dreams. A healthy portion of the plot takes place in a surreal and highly stylized dream world. Hurd spoke with Vanity Fair by phone from her L.A. office about what she hopes will be the next boundary-pushing show on television.
V.F. HWD: Like Mr. Robot before it, the pilot for Falling Water was launched with a non-traditional directing choice. How did you get Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (Intacto, 28 Weeks Later) on board?
Gale Anne Hurd: We reached out to Juan Carlos—such an incredible director— and he put together an amazing look book for the show, because obviously it is so visual. You can't really tell people what it's going to look like. We took it to USA Network and one of the executives there, Alex Sepiol, who was also an early advocate there for Mr. Robot, loved the project and we were off running.
The plot—involving these strangers from all walks of life thrown together by a mystical force—reminds me a bit of Lost. You have popular Lost director Jack Bender for episodes 2 and 3. What do you look for in a director for your projects?
They have to be good at everything. First of all, the shows that I work on—I like to think of as hour long films. So it's important for someone to be incredibly cinematic and not follow some sort of rote formula that you often see in terms of the way network shows are often shot. Secondly, it's essential that the directors be really good with the actors, and they're not just there to be moved around the set so they can get the pretty shots. These shows—and especially Falling Water—are so deeply rooted in character that each moment is loaded, and it's so important for the directors to be able to communicate with the actors and for the actors to respect what the directors bring to the table.


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Dutch football club Ajax midfielder Abdelhak Nouri collapsed during a pre-season friendly against Germany's Werder Bremen and was taken to hospital by helicopter.
The match, which was played on Saturday in Zillertal, Austria, was abandoned.
According to a statement by Ajax, the 20-year-old midfielder suffered from cardiac arrhythmias. "He is stable now, has heart rate and is kept to sleep," the Dutch soccer club was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency.
The incident happened in the second half of the game. Two ambulances entered the pitch, Nouri was treated for around half-an-hour and then taken to hospital by a helicopter.
Nouri played nine Dutch league games for Ajax last season and was part of the Ajax squad that reached the Europa League final last season. As one of the prospects of Dutch football, he is a regular in Dutch national youth squads.


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Photos: The Best from the 89th Academy Awards Red Carpet
It was movie's biggest night — and the end of awards season — with the handing out of Oscars at the 89th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26.
The stellar event, which took place live from the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, Calif, was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, making his first appearance as MC of the ceremony.
Among the stars presenting were Amy Adams, Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Warren Beatty, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Faye Dunaway, Chris Evans, Michael J. Fox, Ryan Gosling, Salma Hayek, Taraji P. Henson, Brie Larson, Dev Patel, Seth Rogen, Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone, Meryl Streep and Vince Vaughn.
In addition, Justin Timberlake, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Sting introduced the nominees for Best Original Song.
Singer and songwriter Sara Bareilles delivered a special "In Memoriam" performance of the great talents lost in the past year. Following Bareilles' "In Memoriam" performance, an extended photo gallery of more than 200 filmmakers, artists and executives were posted in the Oscar.com photos section.
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MK considers herself to be a storyteller first and foremost and when not watching movies, enjoys cooking, reading, and staying far past her bedtime.
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MPs and councillors have responded to the recent announcement of Sutton being chosen as the site for a new emergency healthcare facility.
The plans will see 'six major' services including, A&E, critical care and emergency surgery be combined and moved to a new site in Belmont.
The new care facility will arrive as part of a massive state investment of £500 million for improving Epsom and St Helier Hospitals.
See more: Sutton chosen for site of new emergency care facility
Under the proposals, around 85% of current services will stay put at Epsom and St Helier.
MPs across Sutton and Merton have expressed their views about the new changes, with many being left 'devastated' by the news.
Below are some of the reactions following the decision made on July 3.
Councillor and St Helier resident Jean Crossby, said: "I am devastated by the announcement today.
"I have lived on St Helier for 43 years, eight of my grandchildren and five of my great-grandchildren have been born at St Helier hospital along with many visits to A&E.
"It takes away key services from the most deprived part of our borough and puts the long term future of the hospital at risk."
Carshalton and Wallington MP, Elliot Colburn said: "This really is a momentous day for our area.
"These plans are incredible news for patients who will benefit from a new hospital in Sutton, as well as upgraded facilities in St Helier."
MP for Sutton and Cheam, Paul Scully posted on Twitter:
— Paul Scully MP #openforbusiness #StayAlert (@scullyp) July 3, 2020
Wimbledon MP, Stephen Hammond said: "Welcoming news that Improving Healthcare Together approved the £500m investment in our healthcare .
"After years of delay, let's get this done and give local people better NHS services."
Mitcham and Morden MP, Siobhain McDonagh also took to Twitter:
Green light to close the A&E, maternity unit, children's Services & 62% of beds. Doesn't have the same ring does it? #SaveStHelier https://t.co/RmaO9OvbJS— Siobhain McDonagh MP (@Siobhain_Mc) July 3, 2020
Merton Councillor, Stephen Alambritis said: "It is clear that the needs of Merton's residents have been pushed aside.
"The impact of the pandemic has not been adequately considered.
"They have failed to take account of the impact on deprived communities of the proposals.
"Taking A&E, children's inpatient beds and maternity services out of St Helier Hospital is a terrible decision."


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Breakfast or dessert? This dressed up, slightly savory yogurt parfait melds roasted figs, honey, orange juice, rosemary and a touch of salt and pepper. A great light dessert that you won't feel guilty about indulging in for breakfast.
- 8 fresh figs, sliced in half
- 1 t orange zest
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 t finely chopped fresh rosemary
- ½ cup orange juice
- Sea salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 4 6-oz containers basic honey yogurt
- 1Heat oven to 400 degrees. Wipe a baking dish with a smidgeon of olive oil. Lay figs cut-side up and side-by-side in an 8" x 12" baking pan. Figs should be almost touching without a lot of extra room in pan. Adjust the number of figs you use to the size of your pan.
- 2Whisk together honey and rosemary. Drizzle over cut figs. Sprinkle salt and cracked pepper over figs. Pour orange juice on top of figs. Bake for 25 minutes checking about half way. The figs should be tender with a reduced orange/honey reduction surrounding them. Do not let reduction burn. Remove from oven and cool.
- 3Remove figs from pan and place in a storage container until ready to use. Spoon orange/honey reduction over figs. Can keep in fridge for a week.
- 4In a parfait glass alternate a spoonful of yogurt with roasted figs and orange-honey reduction. If you want to be fancy, garnish with a sprig of rosemary.


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Thursday's full moon in Aquarius (August 15, 5:29 a.m. pacific), while powerful and change-bringing as fixed sign full moons usually are, will have a softer, more romantic side, thanks to a Sun/Venus conjunction.
This is good news for those in relationships that have compatibility and respect built into the foundation–even, and maybe especially if some of those basic values have eroded over time. If you have a strong base, it can be rebuilt now if you can resist taking the bait and going down old roads. Full moons, particularly those with strong Leo affiliations, often do bring out the drama.
If you're looking for love, this might not be a bad time to find sparks, and maybe where there's a spark, there's fire. Socialize now, as Aquarius and Leo are social signs. Mars is also in Leo, which can bring out suitors and propel them across the room to make a connection.
But this full moon is about much more than romantic love. Aquarius vs. Leo is all about the balance (or lack thereof) between your role in groups, teams, and organizations (Aquarius) and the needs of the self (Leo). It's about visionary ideas, leadership, and team-playing.
It's a good time to ask yourself "Where do I need to be more selfish" and "Where do I need to be less selfish".
And because full moons are about completion, it's a good time to take inventory and ask yourself which of your involvements would you like to conclude either at this time or soon.
It's also a good time to focus on elimination of habits, patterns, and beliefs that are no longer serving you. Letting go of people, places and things is more easily achieved in the two weeks following a full moon.
Another cool thing that happened recently: Jupiter went direct after 4 months of retro motion. This is good news for all areas in which forward motion is desired. Pay particular attention to those endeavors that have seemed stalled while the planet of luck and opportunity was retro.
And don't forget to keep working with the lessons that the eclipse cycle brought. Anyone who's paying attention has undoubtably learned some important things over the last few months. Now's the time to put them into practice if you haven't already. If you are in doubt, meditate on the question "What am I being called to do right now", and "what do I need to release first."
This full moon period will lead us to a lovely Virgo new moon on August 30, which will help us build the castles above the foundations we have built.
New Moon Circle – Moon in Virgo
And speaking of the upcoming new moon, I'm having a New Moon Circle on Friday, August 30!
We'll discuss planetary happenings for the month, and how to maximize your chances of success in all areas during this time. We'll also do a fabulous energy-enhancing manifestation circle and talk about upcoming lucky days and how to best use them, and how each of the signs can most successfully navigate the upcoming transits. We'll have refreshments and snacks. And my personal mission is that you will have a better month if you attend this fun, informative gathering!
When: Friday, August 30, 2019 at 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Where: My house in San Diego (Clairemont area) RSVP for address. Please rsvp as soon as you know you can attend!
Cost: $20 donation.
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Today is an extraordinary day because its 11.11.11! It seems to be a very special day and has lotsa meaning behind but well, I am too lazy to google them 1 by 1. All I knew is many couples picked tis day to get marry. I think Esther asked me whether will I do so? My answer is NO!
1. Not ready
2. No money
3. Not the right time
4. I don't want my anniversary is also many peeps' anniversary! XD
Anyway, to make this day memorable, I suggested at 11:11am, all of us went up to the rooftop to take pix! At least can have something to keep as a memory ma! :P
Although Jess said it's kinda boring but still she went! XD
This is the KL view from the Rooftop of G-Tower!
They pretended to be a married couple walking in to the hall!
Group pix at 11:11am with 11 people at 11.11.11 *oh yeah!*
Happy 111111 yo! :))
Love this pix!
Another 11 peeps group! :D
Everyone looks happy!
After these are all individual shots!
♥ this pix loads!
The babes
My dad & I
Antaras and I
He was trying to look cool but HAHA!
Another pix with my papa!
Me and Antaras again!
This time we look so gangsterish .. LOL
Another group shot - All chicks!
11 chicks !! :))
Individual pix for Elis
I edited this pix and I ♥ the effect *proud*
She looks very nice in this pix too
Individual pix of my lou dao!
The "yam dong" bar tender look!
This is his current FB profile pix
F4 from FSS
The dudes in the office
Honestly, not enough guys in the office
My sel-ca pix with Ling Ling ♥
Another one with Elaine
Pix of Valiant with Mandy!
The 2 Payroll hot chicks
Hara & Mandy
Stole this pix from William's FB
Our group shot in the lift
Another pix from him!
He was being so bad to take pix of the girls' ass when we were taking pix.. LOL!
It was a very tiring photoshooting session but it was damn fun! My colleagues are all crazy and I likey! :P
After work, I did something extraordinary also. Normally every Friday for sure I will go for Yoga but today different, I went to Aqua Aerobic class instead with Esther, Papa, Elis, William & Antaras!
It was damn fun and tiring too!!!
When the class ended, I really wanna pengsan cos it was really tiring! LOL! Thank God baby came to pick me up if not.. I also dunno how to drag my half dead body home!
We had steamboat for dinner. At 1st we wanted to go Ho Ho Steamboat, my fav steamboat at Sri Petaling but at the end, we changed our mind. We ended up at Sri Petaling Steamboat Restaurant, the one that Jess intro to us :)
Baby was very happy yesterday because he had TWO bottles of Large Heineken
Lastly a pix of me with super messy hair and super "chan" look after the whole day of activities!
I had fun on this special day. It is really memorable! :))
Hope you guys have a memorable day too!!


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CSR Limited
Investors always hear a different story to the Tax Office. CSR's investors have been hearing about four years of solid profit growth, low interest rates, and rising demand for building products; products such as Gyprock, Bradford, PGH and Hebel. But CSR, like rival building products group Fletcher Building, has enjoyed the upswing in Australia's building boom in recent years but managed to pay no tax. Tax losses have been key. The company has built a fortress for a tax loss shelter.
Its historic sugar division was sold to one of Asia's biggest multinationals, Wilmar, in 2010 and Wilmar International Holdings has notched up income of $5 billion over three years and also paid zero income tax.
CSR told us that tax was paid by the company's aluminium division. It is a major aluminium producer and indeed its Gove Aluminium Finance Limited is shown as having declared $1.5 billion in total income, $323 million in taxable income – a decent 5.6 per cent margin befitting the five year upswing in aluminium prices – and tax payable of $86.6 million for a tax rate of 26 per cent. Like Swiss Re, our #40 in the Tax Dodgers rankings, it appears the small part of the business may be paying tax but, sadly, not the bigger.
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We are counting down the Top 40 Tax Dodgers. There are now three years of tax transparency data published by the Tax Office and we have used this data to work out which large companies operating in Australia have paid the least tax, or no tax.
Notable players such as Google, eBay, Booking.com, Expedia are not near the top of the ATO list. That's because they don't (yet) recognise income earned here; instead, they book Australian revenue directly to their associates offshore. They will be ranked in due course.
For other large corporations, and in particular, multinationals, the main steps in avoiding tax are made by reducing their taxable as much as they can; usually by sending it offshore in interest on loans, "service" fees or other payments to foreign associates. So, we have set a threshold. We have included only those companies which managed to wipe out 99.5 per cent or more of their taxable income over three years.
Qantas, therefore, is not on this list. Although it made $46 billion total income over the ATO's three years, it was able to reduce this by 99.4 per cent to $264 million, just missing our cut-off.
Taxable does not mean taxed. It paid zero.
The airline had made large losses which were offset against profits. Many large corporations which have paid zero tax in ATO data, have legitimately made losses and have therefore built up "tax-loss shelter".
Many others however, such as ExxonMobil and EnergyAustralia, are on the list as they managed to eliminate all or most of their taxable income by "debt-loading" or other means of aggressive tax avoidance.
In response to the censorship scandal which has engulfed the ABC in recent days as the government sought to muzzle its corporate tax coverage, the Tax Office put out a useful statement on its transparency data.

In this, the first iteration of michaelwest.com.au corporate tax rankings, we are going purely on the Tax Office data. We will also publish a list of Australia's better corporate taxpayers, those companies who contribute most to the country in which they operate.
The Tax Office data is by no means perfect. But sometimes we can identify patterns. In many cases, there are multiple entities with the same ultimate offshore parent reporting. One entity may pay zero tax, another may pay at the statutory 30 per cent rate (even if on low taxable income). We endeavour to be fair in our reporting to recognise these issues.
The data also recognises trusts as well as companies. For trusts, it is the members (investors) rather than the trust who are ordinarily required to pay the tax. In many cases however it is fair to recognise trust structures for what they are, as tax is often the main reason these vehicles have been structured as trusts.
Companies are welcome to debate their rankings or to touch base to clarify or defend their tax practices. We will append or link these submissions.


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** ARGENTINA [non]. 7780, Sat Nov 16 at 2213, RAE in German, fair via
WRMI. On at least Mon Nov 11, Wolfgang Bueschel reported music instead
of German during this hour. WRMI skedgrid currently shows System F
*program* schedule with RAE German 7 days a week at 22-23 on 7780. And
also Mon-Sat at 1600-1700 on 7780, when I have yet to check it, but
should not be good for Europe in full-day path even tho aimed that
The WRMI *transmitter* schedule atop however, shows #1, 7780 at 22-23
M-F with musical APS Radio! Maybe so, but RAE German fills in only on
weekends with old weekday show(s)? A separate RAE schedule block on
the WRMI page claims German is only 2200-2300 M-F on 9395!
At same time, Sat Nov 16 at 2214 I survey some other WRMIs: 6060 SMTV,
9395 Oldies?, 9955 gospel huxter in English; 15770 TOMBS (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 10000, Nov 16 a 2230, Observatório Nacional with 19:30:10
timecheck, pip every dekasecond, etc. Poor but about equal level now
to WWV or WWVH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 328 kHz, Nov 17 at 0722, dash and YTL NDBeacon, 1000 watts
from Big Trout Lake, Ontario. Location and background info on this one
in my Oct 9 log, also in DXLD 19-41. 332 kHz, QT Thunder Bay mixing
with IC Wichita also logged both dates (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
** CHINA. 12190, Nov 16 at 2330, very poor Chinese vs CODAR, so then
hunt for some more CNR1 jammers: 11785 with big clash; and WOOBs at
2335: 11100 JBA, 10920 S4-S5, 10870 S5-S7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
** CUBA. 15684.5 and 15690.7, Nov 17 at 1452, squealy/squeaky
modulation peak spurblobs out of 15700 CRI English relay, also on plus
side, computed but not measured as 15709.3 and 15715.5. Something`s
always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non?]. 9890, Nov 16 at 2231, NHK Japanese at S9+20/30!
Latest HFCC, Aoki and EiBi all claim site is Yamata, direct from Japan
but aimed away from us at 235 degrees. As does NHK itself:
I continue to suspect it`s really a relay from east of here. Could
someone do a TDOA on this at 21-23? It`s by far the best signal on
band from E Asia, altho China radio war is S8-S9 on 9620v (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. 7460, Nov 16 at 2229, VOA closing in English, S7-S9,
from Washington DC, Yankee Doodle Dandy sign-off. It`s end of semihour
in Khmer via Tinang (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 5960, Nov 16 at 2343, no signal from VOT English to N
America, just JBA carrier 5960- from Xinjiang PBS --- so could not
have heard repeat of Letterbox circa 2315, as I wished to in last
report. Circa 0415 Nov 17, 6125 is on but very poor, unreadable.
Fortunately, Alan Holder, Isle of Wight has replied to my inquiry:
``Hi Glenn, I just read your log for November 16 on the Hard-Core-DX
site and saw your remarks about my letter being read out on Voice of
Turkey on that day. Maybe you heard the repeat on 5960 at 2315 and
managed to hear more of the programme, or did they come up with
'Deutsch' again?
I have been corresponding with TRT on and off since 1970. The current
presenter's name on "Letterbox" is Halibrahim Sarıkaya (no dot on the
'i' – it is pronounced Sarekaya.
He does a great job in reading out the letters and does not appear to
be using a script. He often tells the listeners about happenings in
his personal life, which makes for an interesting show. When I write
in, I always include some comments and suggestions for future
programmes with my reception report. It's too bad that so many
listeners who write to the station are just QSL hunters and also
request too many freebies which the station does not have, such as
smartphones for instance.
Towards the end of this show the presenter gave his opinion on
terrorists and mentioned the reason for Turkey's military involvement
in Syria. Turkey is anxious to return the 4 million or so refugees
back to Syria, into 'safe' areas which will remain under the
protection of Turkish forces.
A few weeks ago, the presenter was involved in a motorcycle accident,
in which he managed to break a few ribs and was covered in bruises.
He was trying out his new machine for the first time, travelling in
the countryside. A flock of sheep were crossing the road with the
farmer, so he waited for them to pass. Unfortunately, when he carried
on he came across a stray sheep, hit it at about 20 kmph and came off
his bike. The sheep was unharmed.
I am wondering what that interference is that you found later on
12032.5. Maybe it was something local. As you know, there are no other
broadcasts scheduled near 12035 at this time, which would be subjected
to jamming. Reception on 12035 is always excellent in the U.K., with a
powerful signal. [maybe Cuban stray --- gh]
So far TRT remains committed to short wave, but the transmitters at
Emirler are getting on for 30 years old now and what will happen when
the time comes for their replacement is anybody's guess. 73, Alan
Holder, Isle of Wight. U.K.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 6501-USB, Nov 16 at 2227, distorted USCG station --- have
they no shame? Anyham would not allow her SSB transmission to sound so
bad like this! As I tune in, e-mail addresses are being given but I
can`t copy; this seems unusual. Then North Atlantic tropical
depression info from National Hurricane Center, so the season is still
running in mid-November. EiBi shows frequency time-shared among
Chesapeake, Kodiak, Guam, Honolulu, not to mention Fuzhou, but very
likely this be Chesapeake VA, altho during a 2205-2315 gap between NMN
times. Maybe it make DST/ST one-hour shifts unaccounted for here? Oh2,
EiBi has not been updated since Oct 22 still in DST season. Oops, I
had bookmarked A-19 sked but there is now B-19 as of Nov 6 at
but still shows the same UT hours for NMN et al. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
** U S A. 13565-CW, Nov 17 at 1449, K6FRC beacon from California is
doing well today for a few watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2008 monitoring: not confirmed Saturday
November 16 at 2057 UT the approx. 2030 airing on WA0RCR, 1860-AM,
Wentzville MO --- nor did I expect to hear it, but checking for a
trace, I do get a JBA carrier in full daytime, vs high local line
noise level only in this part of spectrum. Those closer to St Louis,
especially north and east of there with even lower solar angles will
have a better chance as we transit the shortest days of the year.
Currently lacking any SWBC stations for WOR Saturday afternoons and
evenings, next chance is repeat on WA0RCR, 1860-AM. I start checking
at nominal 0417 UT Sunday, S9+20/30 of ham news; 0446 AMSAT is sending
SSTV images; 0507 recheck, now WOR is underway at yacht race item
about France, about 6 minutes into so started this week circa 0501;
our listeners there, please hang loose. Next:
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 9395? to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 6160v? to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9330.00, Nov 17 at 1941, WBCQ-6 500 kW super-station is
finally on again, not WLC Radio but ``Sweet Caroline`` so music test
at S9+20 and 2007 recheck, more classic rock peaking S9+30; so aimed
thisaway or thataway? First time heard here since afternoon of Oct 30,
and maybe first time heard anywhere (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
** U S A. As I reported to Brice Avery about his first `Encore`
broadcast via WWCR-1, 6115, early UT Sunday Nov 17:
``Brice, Perhaps you were monitoring live, but in case not, I must
report some discrepancies on WWCR: at 0129 another audio started
playing against your music -- an automatic commercial, or start
another program. Fortunately it was cut off in a minute.
Encore was abruptly cut off at 0158 during the play-out, for frequency
change announcement to 3215, and immediately off the 6115 air. So
you`d better make them no more than 58 minutes from now on. (Since you
never do an announcement at the very end perhaps you expect the final
music to be cut off, but I would not encourage that). Looks like Brady
has not been helpful enough.
In addition to the continuous squeal on this transmitter, which the
music overrides much of the time, except in quiet passages, and/or
depending on your speaker/playback audio response.
I did axually listen on 6115 thruout with its very strong signal, only
briefly checking the webcast, and confirmed lack of squeal there.
Glenn`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5085, UT Sun Nov 17 from 0100, I`m running WTWW on a
portable with inadequate whip antenna as I am really listening to WWCR
6115 for `Encore` classical music, q.v. So WTWW-2 is JBA at first but
just ham talk; by 0118 signal has surged to VG on same rig, why? But
still no `Theater Organ in the Ozarx`. Rather a ham ad by Ted, or make
that an infomercial, since he goes on and on and on. Still no trace of
TOITO this hour unlike last week`s rerun. `Amateur Radio Newsline`
ends at 0141, into rock music.
9475, Nov 17 at 1517 check, WTWW-1 is off despite schedule for Sunday
mornings; 5830 was on past 0600. All we can conclude is that it is
unreliable, unpredictable, irregular, irrelevant (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
** U S A. 3215, Sat Nov 16 at 2332, no signal yet from WWRB. Website
info is woefully outdated, one page saying it start at 6 pm EST daily
(2300 UT), another at 7:30 pm, no zone given. We know from monitoring
it`s *only* active on Saturday and Sunday evenings, whatever the exact
times into UT Mondays.
The program sked grid for ``Global 1``, then 5050,
still shows WORLD OF RADIO Thursdays at 11:30 pm --- wish it were, but
WWRB was the only SW station I had to drop due to unreliability, as of
Dec 19, 2014 as in the WOR schedule-change archive at
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5970, Nov 17 at 0404, dead air from WEWN Spanish (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 2038 UT November 17
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Though filmmaker Bryan Singer is decidedly busy putting the finishing touches on this summer's highly anticipated X-Men: Days of Future Past, it appears that he's carving some time out of his schedule to direct a high-profile TV pilot. Singer is now onboard to take the helm of the pilot for Battle Creek, an impending CBS series that hails from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, who actually first wrote the pilot for the network back in 2002 before they passed on the project. When Gilligan came off the wild success of sticking the landing of Breaking Bad, the network magically rediscovered the project (which they still owned) and put it back into active development with a straight-to-series order.
Hit the jump for more on Battle Creek, Singer's involvement, and how hands-on Gilligan will be with the new show.
The folks over at The Wrap report that Singer has signed on to direct the pilot for Battle Creek. The show revolves around two detectives who posses very different world views, but are teamed up to work alongside one another. "Together, they must answer the question: is cynicism, guile and deception enough to clean up the semi-mean streets of Battle Creek Michigan in the face of a lack of resources, or will naivete and trust get the job done?" In the wake of HBO's True Detective, this logline now has a certain air of familiarity.
Though Gilligan created and initially developed Battle Creek at CBS, it's House M.D. creator/executive producer David Shore who will be acting as the day-to-day showrunner on the series while Gilligan remains involved in an executive producer capacity. The prospect of Singer directing the pilot for Battle Creek actually makes a lot of sense, as the X-Men filmmaker also helmed the pilot for House and acted as an executive producer on that Fox series. CBS has already given Battle Creek a 13-episode order, so the show is nearly guaranteed to make it on the air.
Though Singer may be nearing the release date of Days of Future Past, he already has his next feature film project lined up: the DOFP sequel X-Men: Apocalypse. One assumes Battle Creek will act as a bit of a palate cleanser before he dives back into the X-Men universe, as Apocalypse is already slated for release on May 27, 2016.


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There are a few ways you can get a free diagnostic test done on your car or truck.
All vehicles from 1996 and newer have an OBDII port under the dashboard that with a scan tool can read engine codes.
Many vehicles also have built-in diagnostics for basic troubleshooting.
Here are the best options to get a free or low-cost diagnostic scan of your car or truck.
How to Get a Free Diagnostic Test for Your Car
- Auto Part Store
- Vehicles Built-in Diagnostics
- Use a Smartphone OBD II Dongle
Most auto parts stores will use a scan tool to read the codes from a vehicles engine for free.
Be sure to call around first but it is common for auto part stores to do free test as a way to bring in customers.
Auto Zone has been particular ready to do a scan at least in my area. Each store is likely different since they will be different employees.
Simply be sure to call the stores closest to your location before going.
Most all cars and trucks will have a built-in diagnostic procedure.
For example, most Dodge vehicles will display the error codes when the key is cycled on and off three times and left in the on position.
The code will display on the dashboard which can be looked up online.
Finding the code with the built-in diagnostics is often confusing but with a little practice can done.
Read here to see how to use a Dodge car or truck built-in diagnostics.
This way is not free but very cheap and a good budget way to scan for engine codes.
They pair with a smartphone, tablet , or laptop and display the codes as well as other features such as clearing codes.
Having your own scan tool is almost a must if you plan on doing any repairs yourself.
A low-cost Bluetooth OBD2 is the cheapest scan tool option available.
Standalone scan tool are also available but cost much more compared to Bluetooth units.
Example Bluetooth OBD2 Dongle on Amazon
Panlong Bluetooth OBD2 OBDII Car Diagnostic Scanner Check Engine Light for Android – Compatible with Torque Pro
Finding the problem with your vehicle doesn't require an expensive scan tool with a few options to get it done free or close to it.
If you have a few dollars to spend an OBD II Bluetooth dongle is a good option.
A vehicles built-in diagnostic is also good once you get used to how it works, every manufacture has a different built-in diagnostic function.
As long as the car is still running taking it to an auto part store and letting the employees scan it is also free.
Do you have any ideas for getting the codes on a car scanned for free? Let us know in the comments below.


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The next nail art item that I have for review from Born Pretty is the Hello Kitty plate! This is listed on the site as New Nail Art Lovely Hello Kitty Stamp Template DIY Kit.
I've been wanting a Hello Kitty stamping plate for a really long time. This particular one also happens to have a clover image – nice for Saint Patrick's Day! The other images are your standard flowers and stuff.
For review purposes I stamped all the images on paper to see how they worked. Pretty standard, no issues. I didn't find these any harder to work with than Bundle Monster plates or Konad. Ohhhhh yeah, two color stamp on the grapes!


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Real Madrid name a youthful XI for today's early kick-off against Levante, with full debuts in La Liga for Theo Hernandez and Marcos Llorente.
Their inclusions come after an injury to Luka Modric over the international break, plus the existing absences of Raphael Varane and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Elsewhere, Kiko Casilla replaces Keylor Navas between the sticks as Los Blancos appear to line up in a 4-4-2 formation, which should also see Marco Asensio partner Karim Benzema in attack.
Levante, meanwhile, have marked their return to the Primera with a draw and a win after two matches – the same as Madrid.
Follow the game as it happens with Football Espana's liveblog from 11:45 BST/12:45 CET!
Real Madrid: Casilla; Carvajal, Nacho, Ramos, Marcelo; Vazquez, Llorente, Kroos, Theo; Benzema, Asensio
Subs: Luca, Vallejo, Bale, Casemiro, Isco, Kovacic, Ceballos
Levante: Raul Fernandez; Ivan, Postigo, Chema, Tono; Campana, Lerma; Ivi, Rober, Jason; Alegria
Subs: Oier, Samuel, Bardhi, Pedro Lopez, Lukic, Boateng, Luna
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Born: 1788 AD
Died: 1864 AD
Died: 1864 AD
Nationality: American
Categories: Philanthropist
Categories: Philanthropist
1788 – Joshua Bates was an American financier, born at Weymouth, Massachusetts.
1828 – Became associated with the great house of Baring Brothers & Co. of London.
1853 – He was umpire of the commission convened to arbitrate the claims of American citizens.
1852 – Founded the Boston Library by giving $50,000 for that purpose, with the provision that the interest of the money should be expended for books of permanent value, and that the city should make adequate provision for at least 100 readers.
– He afterward gave 30,000 volumes to the institution.
The main hall of which is named "Bates Hall" in his honor.


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Hitchcock uses montage to add vitality and rhythm to the scene by accelerating the music and showing the people dancing in the room. I actually like this scene because once again it shows the classic Hitchcock style. You can definitely see the influence of German Expressionist films in this scene. It is clear two different things are going on, which shows us the personality of the characters. I think the music kind of helps shows us that. In the beginning, it's very upbeat and playful as you see everyone dancing and carrying on. Nobody has a care in the world. To separate that, he cuts to the other room where her husband is sitting and looking at them through the mirror. The music changes, almost softening up a bit, to show you the different vibes of that apartment. He creates shots that are very subjective and put us into the psychological mind of a main character.The music changes and signifies what he's feeling which is jealousy. He increases that by speeding up the music again and showing images of his wife kissing the fighter.
This scene is completely different from the scenes we've seen in "The Pleasure Garden" and "The Lodger." First, there is no sound. You are immediately forced to use your other senses to gain sense of what's going on the scene. You become alert of what's going on and you have to pay attention, which grabs the audience's attention. I think the dolly POV shots were brillant, putting you into the scene as always. You become part of the scene. You become a character trying to figure out what's going on. You feel like you are being interrogated and Hitchcock does just that. It creates fear and you can feel that tension as the dolly moves in particular directions. What also created more tension to the scene is that Hitchcock uses less dialogue cards. In The Pleasure Garden and The Lodger it was used a lot to tell you the story. In Downhill, you were forced to figure out the scene on your own. While watching, I personally was looking at body language, facial expressions, etc figure what was actually going on. I think that's a sign of what we are use to in Hitchcock's known films. From what I can remember from the other films, there is a theme of suspense and stripping character development. What I guess I mean is that he shows characters in a vulnerable state. Of course, he had to throw a woman in the mix of his films. I think this scene shows the evolving mastermind we're all familiar with.
This opening scene of The Lodger is a different space from what we saw in The Pleasure Garden. He does once again starts the scene with a close up of blonde woman screaming. The music is much intense giving us a very dark and brooding atmosphere. Completely opposite of The Pleasure Garden which was playful and innocent. I think the opening scene of The Lodger is much closer to the Hitchcock films we are familiar with. The way " To-Night Golden Curls" is displayed across the screen reminds me of the title sequence of " Pycsho" where is just jumping out at you, giving you nothing but suspense and anxiety. He uses a lot of close up shots of the actors, so you can see their facial expressions. It sort of putting you exactly in the film and making you apart of it. He also plays with the colors of the scenes. He uses this soft blue and then in certain scenes a sapia like color. That's something I've noticed personally about this films that he uses a lot of color to help tell his stories.
Yes. I definitely see some of Hitchcock's touches in the beginning sequence. First off, he has a strong "obsession" to women, particularly blonde women. That's something that flows through his movies (Grace Kelly especially and Tippi Hendren). He uses a spiral staircase giving that effect we see in Veritgo. The leering of the gentleman the dancer like James Stewart in Rear Window that represents the spectator intruding on someone's space. All these examples does have me agree with Strauss, Yacowar and Spoto assessments on this scene. I don't think their were any limitations on the scene since it was a silent film. Hitchcock completes uses his other senses to tell the story without any words, which makes it more interesting. More interesting, in a sense where he uses the music and his surroundings to help tell this story. Body movement and facial expressions definitely helps a lot. By this one clip, I wanted to see more because he perfectly captures our attention in a different type of sense.
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"Out of the Past" is such a great movie because of the particular realistic shots. Even though most of the scene is shot in the daylight it does contributes to the noir perfectly. First off Mitchum's voice over the shot automatically set the noir tone. It foreshadows the film, which gives the spectator the notion that this film is not going to have a happy ending. The daylight shot also gives it that documentary noir style which directors as we have learned were influenced by the German Expression movement. That scene adds depth and realness to the plot of the film. What I also love about this scene is that it also manipulates the light and dark especially when Kathie walks into the cafe. Kathie's face is very visible until she walks into the cafe. The cinematography was amazing in this scene. It was such a beautiful shadow cast over her body and face. It also foreshadows her part as the femme fatale in this film, which contributes a lot to the film noir style. The attraction between Kathie and Jeff is visible (especially with Jeff's voice over giving you that notion that he was quite smitten with her). Mitchum has the strange but beautiful stance and he coyly flirts with her. You can tell she feels it to but tries to down play the attraction.
The opening scene is definitely different from the typical film noir. The agricultural shots gave the scene the realism, which you can tell was influenced by German Expression style. It reminded me of the travel reels snippets, which sort of undermines the darker undertones of film noir. The voice over does set up the fate of what the spectator will see. This realism documentary shot does show that directors were beginning to explore other magnitudes of film noir.
This sequence from "The Killers" is by far one of the most richest scenes in film noir. I have never seen this movie, but I loved the way it transitions in form. You can definitely see the influence of the German Expression film style. I definitely think of Lang's "M" with the close-up shots which mainly this scene was shot. The beginning of this scene is filmed in true noir style. You have the sketchy men in bulky coats and fedoras delivering their lines in a straightforward kind of way. But what makes it more realistic is the softness of the camera giving the spectator that view realistic view as if they were right inside the diner. Once Henry runs to tell the Swede about the men, the shot frame becomes something different, which was a nice transition. The director uses the shadows/darkness to make that transition. I absolutely loved the Lang style of silhouettes in the dialgoue with Henry and the Swede. There is nothing, but complete darkness. The Swede's face is completely shadowed in darkness as Henry talks to him. I actually like the dark and light comparison between the characters through the aesthetics of this scene. It's definitely a play on their characters and visual decision of the director.
Gilda is definitely a femme fatale. She is gorgeous, charming and knows how to use her personality to get what she wants. Her dancing wasn't quite as good, but its her charm that captures the audience. Music and film noir is quite the strange mix, but in reality works well together. The musical sequence gives the femme fatale the chance to shine and show her true colors. In this case, Gilda's character is presented that chance to do just that. Gilda playfully takes her glove off and lets her hair down. Her behavior was if she unleashed herself to the world. She is unhinged and out of control. The femme fatale is not really given that chance to do this. They are usually reserved and stone-faced. With Gilda it's quite the opposite of that. The song choice is like a charm on the audience and us as a spectator. "Blame it on Mame" is definitely a coy way of showing who Gilda really is. There is one line from the beginning "up to all her tricks" which basically lays it all out. I think music definitely contributes a lot to film noir. It can be used as a device to foreshadow a lot of things.
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heytherelaur replied to speedracer5's topic in The EssentialsI totally agree. This movie is so amazing. I think is one of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's best film to date. There is such beautiful essence of this movie through the brutal relationship between their characters. I definitely love the outside shots of this movie. It definitely gives it a realness and depth.
"Mildred Pierce" is probably one the most interesting film in the film noir. It's quite unqiue because not only is it a film noir, but a melodrama as well. I think it's the only film from 1945 in the film noir genre that embody that. The first conversation between Veda and Mildred are at a distance, where Mildred is looking at Veda horizontally. The frame of their bodies definitely signifies whose in control. It is almost the roles are reversal: Mildred is the child and Veda is the parent. You can definitely see from their body language that there is truly no respect between the characters. In the second frame where Mildred is still at a distance, but circles around Veda as she still sitting on the couch. Mildred is carefully circles around her. Once Veda admits she is not pregnant, we definitely see the roles reversed. Mildred is in front of Veda, but not too close. At this point, Mildred finally comes to realization of who Veda truly is. Even with the scene at the staircase, Mildred is confident to get in front of Veda. The roles change again once Veda slaps Mildred and she is taken aback by it. I don't this scene is heavyly film noir influnenced. There is some shots of Mildred where her face is slightly shadow and the music definitely sets the tone to it.
The beginning scene of "Ministry of Fear" gives a different tone than "M". Lang uses the children playing to give this playful, but chilling tone. The in depth focus slowly build the tension and had us wondering what was going to happen next. In "Ministry of Fear" Lang decided to focus on the clock as it slowly moved back, but also build up tension, but in a different way. It was more of anxious tone as we did not know what was going to happen next. Lang did a great job to have the Milland sitting in the dark, barely seeing his face as he watches the clock moving back and forth slowly. His anxiey became our anxiety. I know I felt tense watching that clock as well. The shadows and somber music set the film noir atmosphere. In "M" he slowly build the atmosphere as in "Ministry" he sort of thrusts us into the scene where you know that Milland is waiting to get out of the aslyum. I have never seen this film and I can't wait to watch it.
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Marlowe is definitely agreesive which he its right perfectly in the film noir genre. He is a perfect example of the hard boiled dectective movies. He speaks his mind and he goes straight to the point which makes him a new kind of detective. In that following scene, he is agreesive, but he does it a very coy way. This type of detective does plays very well in the film noir genre for the simple fact they want answers. They want it quickly and will do anything to solve this case. I think "Murder, My Sweet" is one of the best detective films in this genre. It does contribute to the genre with him trying to figure out who this girl is and why is she is in his office.
I absolutely love this movie. The introduction of Waldo is amazing! The screen shots of his apartment while he is talking gives the spectator an insight of Waldo as a character. You see lavish and intricate items that gives examples of his personality. We get that notion right away that Waldo is not just an ordinary person. It gives the spectator something to look forward to. I think Waldo's speech along contributes to the noir film style. It's dreary and you can hear it in his voice his reflecting upon what has happen.
The use of the POV in the beginning scene was very successful. POV shots puts the spectator right at the scene of the action. The tension was definitely there because you feel as if you are the character and you're only motive at that moment is to escape as quickly and not to get caught by the police. I feel the dialogue also helped create more tension to the scene because you hear his thoughts and what he is feeling at the moment. I loved the dialogue between him and the driver. The tension builds up because you don't know what can happen. His is asking so many questions and you can see Bogart's nervousness as he looks back to see if any police are his tail. It defintiely does play an important contribution to the film noir style with its cinematography and how it hides his face.


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PHOTO: The gate of the T-4 airbase in Homs Province in central Syria
LATEST: Photo — The Clue to a British Fighter with Islamic State
Regime supporters celebrated a victory earlier this week with the recapture of a major gas field in central Syria, but a larger battle continues with the Islamic State.
The jihadists, who control much of north and east Syria, are seeking to expand their hold of territory in Homs Province. They claimed the al-Shaer gas field for the second time last week, only to be pushed out or to withdraw to positions in the area.
Meanwhile, the Islamic State is gathering forces near the T-4 (Tiyas) airfield (see map), west of Palmyra near the road to Homs, which is the primary line of communication between Homs and Deir Ez Zor Province in the east. Seizure of the base would support a number of objectives: 1) cutting off regime support for its forces who are still in the east and fighting the Islamic State in some areas; 2) adding to pressure on local cities such as Palmyra and possibly city; 3) building the capability to move towards the East Ghouta area near Damascus, from where they were evicted by insurgents earlier this year.
The Islamic State reportedly control high ground to the northwest of T-4 and the gas fields. Having retaken al-Sha'er — under the command of the celebrated Colonel Suhail Hassan, "The Tiger" — the regime may send reinforcements in anticipation of a battle for the airbase.
NDF forces under Col. Suhayl Hasan are probably in the area, and might be in the vicinity of the Sha'ir complex, but the only open source information on this is all from SANA, in other words, there is no open source information at this time.
A pro-opposition channel reporting on fighting near T-4 last week:
Pro-regime video of the T-4 airbase:
Photo: The Clue to a British Fighter with Islamic State
A photo from Kurdish militia pointing to the presence of a British fighter with the Islamic State in the battle for Kobane in northern Syria — at the bottom of the image is a National Insurance identity card, and above that are a Lloyd's Bank card and a provisional driving license:
Video: Insurgents Control Sheikh Maskin in Daraa Province in South
A pro-opposition channel reports on insurgents re-establishing control of the key town of Sheikh Maskin in Daraa Province in southern Syria:
Regime forces had tried to recapture the town, which lies on the main highway from Damascus to Daraa city and the Jordanian border, but were repelled after several days of heavy fighting.
Most of the insurgent units in the battle were reportedly from the Free Syrian Army, some supplied from international centers in Jordan and Turkey.
See Syria Daily, Nov 6: Insurgents Claim Control of Key Town in Daraa Province in South
Insurgents at a former regime checkpoint in Sheikh Maskin:


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Don't get me wrong, I'm a big Ron Paul fan, but all those glitters might not be the gold standard. More crap we eat – Crackers. 'Hot Coffee' the doc you've got to see! Also some Remi original music to round out the end. Sorry this one is really late. This Episode took over 40 hours to export each time and i kept noticing errors – damn computers are different every single time i turn one on! BS!!!
Tags: american politics, federal reserve, fiat cur, fractional reserve, monetary policy, monetary system, monetary theory, politics, ron paul, Ron Paul (Physician)


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Crude-oil futures advanced 2.3% Friday, settling at their highest in more than 30 months as the dollar sank and investors worried about deadly Middle East protests and an oilfield fire in Libya.
Even more eye-popping were gains in Brent crude futures, which rallied 4% and settled past $126 a barrel. Gasoline futures traded at their highest since July 2008.
The dollar was sharply weaker as political wrangling in Congress gave no signs of resolving a budget impasse, and a U.S. government shutdown loomed.
Friday's moves for oil and other commodities was mostly about the weaker dollar, said Kyle Cooper, managing director of IAF Advisors in Houston.
"There's still a lot of money that wants to come to commodities in general" and plenty of people who judge that current oil prices still would not "significantly impact" demand, he said.
Cooper said he believes the higher prices have already dented oil demand, but has no desire to stand in the way of the market.
"Even I, I don't want to sell this. There's too much momentum," he said. "It's very difficult to be short."
Investors were also bullish on oil on fading hopes for a quick resolution of the Libyan conflict, which was mired in a stalemate, and additional unrest in Syria and Yemen.
Light crude for May delivery CLK11 rose $2.49, or 2.3%, to settle at $112.79 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the best settlement for oil since September 2008. Crude rose 4.5% this week.
May Brent crude (BU11K), Europe's benchmark, gained $3.98, or 3.2%, to $126.65 a barrel on ICE Futures in London. That was Brent's highest settlement since late July 2008.
Oil prices gathered steam as President Barack Obama's deadline on a budget resolution came and went without an agreement on a funding plan for the federal government's current fiscal year.
Both houses of Congress remained in session Friday afternoon, hours before a partial shutdown would begin.
Meanwhile, a fire at an oilfield in Libya added to concerns about supplies. Col. Moammar Gadhafi's government blamed the fire at the Sarirl field on a NATO airstrike. NATO denied it had launched attacks in the area and blamed forces loyal to Gadhafi for the fire.
After the fire, the trickle of Libyan oil that could be exported ran dry. Most of Libya's crude oil was exported to Europe.
In Syria, at least 10 people were reported dead after security forces in the southern city of Deera opened fire to disperse protesters. Protests also rocked other towns. The Syrian government blamed the violence on masked gunmen, who they said fired at the police and at protesters.
And in Yemen, pro- and anti-government protesters again took to the streets.
In Washington, lawmakers continued to negotiate toward a budget agreement, but fears of a U.S. shutdown pressured the dollar. Government operations are funded only through midnight Friday.
The dollar index
Gasoline for May delivery RBK11 rose 7 cents, or 2.3%, to $3.26 a gallon.
That was gasoline's highest close since mid July 2008.
"Middle East tensions driving further crude-oil gains from these elevated levels will make us incrementally more nervous about energy demand, the economy and inflation," analysts at Houston energy-research firm Tudor Pickering Holt said.
Gasoline gained 3.5% on the week.
May heating oil HOK11 rose 11 cents, or 3.6%, to $3.32 a gallon, the highest since early August, 2008. Heating oil extended its winning streak to a seventh day, the longest winning run since an eight-day gain in November.
Heating oil soared 5.9% from last Friday, and it posted its third consecutive weekly gain.
Natural-gas futures was the commodity outlier on Friday, posting a loss. May natural gas NGK11 retreated 2 cents, or 0.4%, to $4.04 per million British thermal units.
Natural-gas futures declined 7.4% this week and have closed lower for six consecutive sessions.
"The seasonal warming trend means that demand will be declining between now and mid May, when cooling demand begins to kick in," said Tim Evans, an analyst with Citigroup's Citi Futures Perspective in a note to clients. "There's no rush to buy."


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4.3: Overview of Editing
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Editing is a technical process and includes proofreading to fix typos and grammatical errors. You can (and should) edit your own work in addition to relying on a peer review or trip to the writing center. This means going back over what you've written and finding ways to improve it. Most writers frequently switch between drafting new sentences and paragraphs and editing ones they've already written.
As previously mentioned, revision concerns large sections of text, while editing concerns individual sentences. Below is a list of potential errors to consider while editing.
- Fragments
- Run-on sentences
- Dangling or misplaced modifiers
- Adjective and adverb use
- Verb usage and tense
- Subject/verb agreement
- Pronoun/antecedent agreement
- Sentence balance
- Comma use
- Spelling
- Word choice (connotation vs. denotation)
- Format/presentation
Sentence Structure
Use active verbs.
Be-verbs (is, am, are, was, were, be, has/have been) indicate condition and often require an extra sentence or clause to be sound. Active verbs allow you to compose sharply without numbing the rhythm of your writing. Read your writing with an objective eye and think:
"How can I make every sentence and paragraph straightforward and simple?" Below are examples in italics of wordy and confusing verbiage. Below the italics are the same sentences that have been simplified.
The sharp rise in fuel prices is a serious challenge to trucking firms. It makes it hard for them to provide timely service to customers and to meet payroll expenses.
Sharply rising fuel prices challenge trucking firms by causing delays in customer service and payroll.
Primary causes of the rise in fuel prices are an issue of confusion for many citizens. They don't know how to fight the rise because they don't know its cause.
Primary causes of rising fuel prices elude many citizens, making them unaware of how to fight the increase.
Name the people.
Directly state who or what group is acting in your sentences. Note the contrast in power and clarity among the sentences below.
Without people: A citywide ban on indoor smoking in Duluth originally caused a marked drop in bar patronage.
With people: When the Duluth City Council passed a citywide ban on indoor smoking, many people stopped going to bars.
Eliminate wordy phrases. Certain stock phrases are weak and wordy. They can make you sound stuffy or as though you're just trying to fill up space. Use the simple bolded words below instead of the empty and cumbersome language in italics.
Because, Since, Why: the reason for, for the reason that, owing/due to the fact that, in light of the fact that, considering the fact that, on the grounds that, this is why
When: on the occasion of, in a situation in which, under circumstances in which
About, Regarding: as regards, in reference to, with regard to, concerning the matter of, where ABC is concerned
Must, Should: it is crucial that, it is necessary that, there is a need/necessity for, it is important that, it cannot be avoided that
Can: is able to, has the opportunity to, has the capacity for, has the ability to
May, Might, Could: it is possible that, there is a chance that, it could happen that, the possibility exists for
Luckily, Internet users can find numerous websites about how to eliminate wordiness.
Use parallelism in sentences. Parallelism sounds difficult but is easy to write or edit. Parallelism uses the same pattern in words and structure to show equal importance or provide balance in sentences.
Incorrect: John likes reading, his studies, and talking.
Corrected: John likes reading, studying, and talking.
Incorrect: We were asked to calculate scores, record them, and putting them on the bulletin board.
Corrected: We were asked to calculate scores, record them, and post them on the bulletin board.
Incorrect: The science class had to dissect frogs or were experimenting with gases.
Corrected: The science class had to either dissect frogs or experiment with gases.
To check for parallelism, first circle or highlight every and or or to check for balance in the sentence.
List the phrases from your sentence on a separate piece of paper. Example: reading, his studies, and talking. Make corrections to your list to create balance: reading, studying, and talking.
Once you fix a few sentences, problems with parallelism become easier to recognize and to correct.
Editing Tips
"Bad spellers of the world, untie!" —Graffito
Editing is like going over your writing with a fine-toothed comb, scanning the surface and the depths for errors, misstatements, and a lack of clarity.
First, keep resources close. Gather your writing handbook, dictionary, thesaurus, handouts, and any other editing resources and keep them close. This way, you will not be tempted to guess at the correct way to do something. Instead, use your resources when you need them. Spelling errors can be avoided if you have a dictionary nearby. Don't rely on spell check. It will only correct the spelling, not the proper usage of a word. For example, the word they're is a contraction of the words "they are." Additionally, the word their means possession of something as used in the sentence, "We sat in their chairs." And finally, there is expresses an area or place as in the sentence, "We sat over there." A full distinction can be made in the following sentence: "They're over there working on their writing." Looking up these words in a dictionary will prevent unnecessary errors from occurring.
Second, know your errors. Keep a list of the errors you tend to make next to a corresponding list of corrections. No writer makes unique mistakes all the time; instead, our mistakes are habitual. Know what yours are by looking at your instructor's comments on past papers or by working with a writing tutor. That way, you can enhance your editing strategies by watching specifically for these types of errors. If there are grammar rules you find yourself looking up more frequently than others, write them down for future reference.
Third, break it down. Edit one thing at a time. Instead of reading your paper through from start to finish once or twice and trying to catch everything, try searching for one thing at a time. For example, you might go through your paper once to tighten up wordiness. Then, read through a second time, while looking for one type of error which you frequently make, such as comma splices. Then, try reading a third time looking for words that may have been misspelled when you ran a spell check. Read a fourth time for another characteristic error, such as subject-verb agreement.
Next, reduce visual clutter. Use two pieces of blank paper to cover up everything but one sentence at a time. This forces you to pay closer attention to the words because they are the only thing you see. Normally, our eyes move all over a text as we are reading; this trick will prevent that tendency.
Work backwards. Read from the end of your paper to the beginning, one sentence at a time. When we read in the conventional manner—top to bottom or left to right—we tend to read quickly and are constantly leaping ahead without really focusing on the words. We tend to see what isn't there, because we know what it is supposed to say. Reading backwards forces us to slow down, thereby allowing us to catch more errors within individual sentences.
Finally, cut unnecessary words. Inexperienced writers should be able to cut 20 percent (or more) of their prose. Look hard at each word, each phrase, and each sentence. Does each and every one help you achieve your purpose? Does each sentence in a paragraph relate to the main idea? If you are like most people, you will find unnecessary repetition rampant in your writing. Pruning the verbiage will result in leaner, tighter, and more forceful writing. Remember E.B. White's mantra: "Omit needless words. Omit needless words. Omit needless words."
When reviewing your work, it is also important to ensure that the tense you choose remains consistent. Tense refers to the relation of details in the past, present, and future. For example, one writer may tell a story about going to the mall in the present tense by saying, "I am walking around the mall and I see my third grade teacher." Another writer may choose to relate this story in the past tense by saying, "I was walking around the mall when I saw my third grade teacher." Although it is important to select the tense that best suits the particular context a writer is using, it is equally important to remain consistent with whatever tense is chosen. Inconsistency within tense is extremely confusing for readers. It is important to review your use of tense to ensure that your language is clear. For example, if you were to say "I was walking around the mall and I see my third grade teacher," your audience would be very confused, wondering if you were seeing your teacher in the present or last week. By keeping your tense consistent, your reader will always know when you experienced what you're writing about.
After going through the steps above and making changes as necessary, you should feel your paper is nearly complete. The content should be in place, and your text should make your case clearly and forcefully. If you feel this is the case, you are ready to closely analyze your text.
"Books aren't written; they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it." —Michael Crichton


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|Personal details
|Over 50 billion
|Many illegitimate children
| The Devil, Beelzebub, Fallen Angel, The Angel with the scabbed wing, Dark lord, Hades, Marilyn Manson, Diablos, you, me and everything else
The Devil is the ruler of Hell and punisher of all sinners. He is a being that Dainton seems to like copying symbols from. A long time ago this happy fellow use to be friends with some guy called God until he shared a different belief in which he was made to rule the underworld and ever since had a hatred of humanity and those in Heaven even if some humans support him [1]
Dirty Sanchez Edit
Satan had a special appearance in Dirty Sanchez the movie. After the Sanchez crew "died" doing their opening stunt they instantly end up in Hell. Satan, believing them to be "fucking monkeys" and being ever so kind to them, gives them a second chance to live by committing the Seven Deadly Sins, however if they fail he will devour their souls. Telling them they'll see him again Satan departs, farting as he leaves and making the boys laugh.
After pleasing Satan with their Deadly Sins world tour and believing the boys "really blazed a trail" , he allows them to have their lives back but also allows them to announce anything they want to get off their chest. Pritchard, revealing he actually has something to say admits that Pancho hasn't got any eyebrows right now which angers Pancho so much that "Hell" pretty much turns off and Pancho storms off from the set, it's unknown what Satan's reaction to this whole scene was.
Trivia Edit
- Satan is the only supernatural being to appear in Dirty Sanchez.


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Historically, wheat is not bad for you. But since the 1980s, the new forms of wheat that have been genetically modified cause inflammation in our bodies, our guts to leak and trigger the increase in autoimmune diseases.
The vast majority of individuals who are sensitive to wheat do not exhibit any intestinal problems. Yet when they cut wheat out of their diets, they experience improvement: better mood, less PMS, clearer skin, less fatigue, clearer thinking. Those who struggle with autoimmune diseases or mental disorders often see improvement, migraines subside, eczema and psoriasis improve, joint pain decreases, and the list of improvements goes on and on.
Why is wheat bad for you?
Here's what Dr. Perlmutter, a neurologist, and Dr. Davis, a cardiologist say about wheat:
- Did you know whole wheat is full of sugar? Yes, eating two slices of whole wheat bread could spike your blood sugar as much as eating two tablespoons of pure sugar. Not good because it could put you on the path to diabetes.
- This chronic spike in blood sugar and insulin can increase visceral fat around your belly. This abdominal fat manufactures excess estrogen in both men and women and can lead to breast cancer in women, "man boobs" in men.
- You may know that skin is our largest organ and part of our immune system. But did you know that excessive amount of wheat can advance aging and cause wrinkles? Wheat has also been linked to skin inflammation and psoriasis.
- And it doesn't seem to matter what type of wheat. Organic, sprouted or stone ground, it's still wheat. Wheat in and of itself triggers high blood sugar, visceral fat and inflammation.
- Wheat and baldness are linked. It seems that eating wheat can fuel a certain type of baldness, alopecia areata. This is the non-heredity kind, a type of hair loss that occurs in patches, usually from the scalp. Dr. Davis says he has patients who quit eating wheat products and regrow hair in their bald spots where skin once had inflammation.
- Wheat is the only plant food that generates an acidic by-product, which can affect your body's PH level. You need to maintain a healthy PH level and non-acidic environment in your body so you don't pull calcium from your bones. Bones that have become calcium depleted are ripe for fractures and osteoporosis.
- And lastly, elimination of wheat from your diet can help with fewer mood swings, better moods, deeper sleep and better concentration.
Anti-Nutrients in Wheat
There are several anti-nutrients that are found in wheat. What are anti-nutrients? Anti-nutrients are any substance, synthetic or natural, which disrupts and interferes with proper nutrient absorption.
1. Lectins: Causes Leaky Gut
2. Gluten: Bestows you with numerous ailments
3. Phytates: Robs You of Vitamins and Minerals
So, what's the solution?
Wheat replacements
Amaranth: The most non-inflammatory grain in the world. Use it in breakfast cereals or rotis.
Quinoa: It the largest profile of amino acids needed to create protein that is required to build and maintain muscle. Use it to make rotis and pulaos.
Millets: An excellent replacement because they don't require pesticides to grow and therefore are naturally organic. Can be used to make poha, chapattis, dosas, and pulaos.
Wheat free attas: there are quite a few gluten free and wheat free attas from various brands which can be used to make chapattis or rotis.
Avoid fast-food restaurants and convenience foods in the grocery stores and start cooking from scratch again. You'll save money and your health. If you cannot avoid processed food then make sure you look at the ingredients and see whether they contain wheat.
But caution! If you decide to take yourself off wheat, be careful. Some folks experience withdrawal symptoms that include brain fog, irritability and extreme fatigue. So take it slowly and step by step. You can definitely cut down wheat if not eliminate it from your diet.
"Grain Brain" by David Perlmutter, MD
"Wheat Belly" by William Davis, MD


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JewelCAD Pro is the new generation of jewelry designing and modeling software that is more powerful and efficient than its predecessor, JewelCAD. JewelCAD Pro still maintains the simple user interface and similar way of working in JewelCAD so that current users can operate it without much difficulty.
JewelCAD Pro has a brilliant and unique way to handle Boolean operation and this provides outstanding speed and flexibility of design modification. A number of industry customized automation functions allow fast and easy setting of different patterns of prongs and stones on curved surface. Fine adjustment can also be done manually based on the auto setting to produce a more sophisticated design.
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FAQ: Does the geodatabase support user-maintained ROWID columns?
Does the geodatabase support user-maintained ROWID columns?
The geodatabase does not support ArcSDE's concept of a user-maintained ROWID column. ArcGIS requires the ROWID column (commonly known as the OBJECTID or OID field) to be maintained under the control of ArcSDE.
Presently, it is a requirement to allow the geodatabase to manage the OID field to ensure integrity and data consistency throughout the object model.
For additional information, see Exploring ArcObjects Vol. 2 - Geographic Data Management, Chapter 8: "Accessing the Geodatabase".
Future releases may provide the ability for users to define and manage the ROWID column.


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Most Americans only know of Antifa from its frightening appearance in the mainstream media: from the organized occupations of government buildings, to the violent destruction of private property, to the intimidation and harassment of elected officials. But it is more complex than meets the eye.
Because of its organizational structure and its use of political violence and intimidation to incite fear, Antifa is worthy of a designation as a domestic terrorist network.
Contrary to popular portrayal, Antifa (or the anti-fascist movement) is a conglomerate network of local and regional organizations united in similar principles of anti-racism, anti-capitalism, and anti-imperialism. While there is no hierarchical organization structure, there are national-level organizing entities which link the various decentralized Antifa groups. Of specific interest is the Torch Network, which actively provides monetary support and ideological solidarity to both official chapter organizations and unofficial supporters of the anarcho-communist cause. As they say, "An attack on one is an attack on all."
The benefits of this decentralization tactic are two-fold. Firstly, smaller, localized groups are easier to organize and sustain than larger groups with diverse, nationalized aspirations. Supported by collective action theory, the effort of organizing a broad-scale movement detracts from the group's ability to effect meaningful action. Antifa avoids this problem by relying upon grassroots protesters to pack a punch where it counts, only turning to the national network for more significant issues.
Secondly, ensuring the primacy of the localized organizations ultimately makes the identities of individual organizers and participants themselves more complicated to discover and scrutinize. A national hierarchy is more difficult to conceal than the leadership of various loosely-affiliated organizations with no formal membership system. This, in essence, makes Antifa more effective by drawing greater attention to the acts they collectively perpetrate rather than the perpetrators themselves.
[Watch this short documentary to learn more about Antifa network organization tactics.]
Although Antifa's success in its goal of changing American politics and culture is questionable, the organizing strategies of this grass roots movement have been effective in mobilizing supporters and drawing attention to their cause.
While some critics argue that classifying Antifa as a domestic terrorist network will give the federal government too much power to suppress all political organizing, Antifa's tactics rest squarely on public displays of power to intimidate and incite fear in the hopes of inspiring political and social change. This is the core characteristic of all terrorist activity.
There is a clear difference between the peaceful protests of the early Civil Rights Movement, which never intended to frighten the public into submission, and Antifa members celebrating in their destruction and cheering when their targets flee from harassment.
The stumbling blocks in classifying Antifa as a domestic terrorist network are numerous. From not having a standardized definition of terrorism in general, to questions of whether or not violence originating from an organization must be orchestrated from the top down to be classified as terrorism – Antifa does not fit with convention. On the whole, Antifa is a unique beast that we, the humble villagers it terrorizes, are unprepared to defeat.
Antifa's organizational strategy gives strength to the movement's legitimization of political violence in a way which is different from other episodes of domestic terror in U.S. history. Classifying Antifa-affiliated organizations as part of a domestic terror network may seem extreme, but taking a strong, nation-wide step in condemning fear-inciting political violence and intimidation tactics is necessary to avoid a much darker future.


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If Iowa education officials get their way, computer science could one day be required at all state high schools as part of an updated curriculum intended to prepare students for a growing career field.
The Iowa Department of Education plans to file a bill in the coming legislative session that would establish a task force to examine the issue. The group would make recommendations on requiring all high schools to offer a "high-quality computer science course" by the 2018-19 school year, Department Director Ryan Wise said.
The task force also would examine how to create a sequence of computer science curriculum for kindergarten through 12th grade, including a coding class in seventh and eighth grades, Wise said.
Read the full story at: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/tech/2015/12/21/could-computer-science-join-3-rs-iowa-schools/77444376/