A study showing the number of children across Britain who are classed as living in poverty has highlighted a stark contrast across Northamptonshire.
The report by The Campaign to End Child Poverty showed South Northamptonshire had one of the lowest child poverty rates in the country at under five per cent.
But elsewhere in the county, the number of children living in poverty rose to 18 per cent in Northampton and Corby, 10 per cent in East Northamptonshire and nine per cent in Daventry.
The chairman of the campaign, Enver Solomon, said: “There are still far too many children whose parents are struggling to make a living and are having to go hungry and miss out on the essentials of a decent childhood that all young people should be entitled to.
“We’re calling on councils to prioritise low income families in the decisions they make about local welfare spending, including spending on the new council tax benefit, and on protecting families hit by the bedroom tax.
“This week we have written to local authority leaders with the most child poverty, asking them what they will do to tackle child poverty in their area.”
The Campaign to End Child Poverty is a coalition of more than 100 charities.
The group’s report said well over half of parents in poverty said they had cut back on food and over a quarter had skipped meals in the past year.
Almost 20 per cent of parents in poverty also said their children had to go without new shoes when they need them and a large number of children in poverty said they were missing out on things that many other children take for granted, such as going on school trips and having a warm coat in winter.
Only 20 per cent of parents in poverty said they had not had to borrow money to pay for essentials, such as food and clothes, in the past year.
The area of the country with the highest child poverty rate was Tower Hamlets in London, where 52 per cent of children were classed as living in poverty.


Brooklyn's most witty and daring detective risks everything to solve a dangerous triple-murder case.
After closing a case with the Brooklyn Police Department, Mary Handley is determined to become an official detective in her own right. And when Emily Worsham shows up at her new office - convinced her uncle, John Worsham, was murdered and desperate for answers - Mary's second assignment begins.
As she investigates the curious circumstances surrounding John's death, Mary soon finds herself entangled in a high-stakes family scandal, a series of interconnected murders, political corruption, untrustworthy sources, and an unexpected romance with a central member of New York's elite.
Featuring historic figures like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and the Vanderbilt family, Brooklyn on Fire takes Mary on a wild journey from New York City to North Carolina to uncover not only the truth of one man's death but to unravel the mystery in three murders - with links tied perilously close to her own personal world.
"Book clubs rejoice! A new mystery series has arrived on bookshelves and it's spectacular. Lovers of historical fiction and mystery, humor and social mores, will love Brooklyn on Fire. Detective Mary Handley is a total original. Deft, wise, and ambitious, Handley has a moral center and a longing heart. Her world can not confine her." (Adriana Trigiani, New York Times best-selling author of The Shoemaker's Wife)
"Levy's engaging second Mary Handley mystery...[a] charming historical." (Publishers Weekly)
"Levy does a fine job of mixing historical characters and situations with his feisty, liberated detective." (Kirkus Reviews)
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You hit on a big problem with the pumps. Since I had my pump implanted, it seems like all the doctors now expect the pump to take care of all my pain. When I tell them that it isn't working, or isn't working well, they tell me that it is probably working better than I realize and that I should just deal with whatever pain I am having. They are very reluctant to give me any oral meds to help with any breakthrough pain. When they do give me something, it is usually too weak to help. I don't think that many doctors are willing to agree that the pump doesn't work well for all people.
Like I said before, I wish I had stuck with oral meds and not had this thing put inside me.
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Nathalie Colloc'h holds both D.S. and Ph.D. degrees. She has been a French CNRS Researcher for more than 20 years. She is a specialist in protein crystallography and homology modeling. She participated in numerous homology modeling projects, using hydrophobic cluster analysis method, developed by Jean-Mornon (Paris, France), to analyze the sequence similarity. She determined the first crystallographic structure of urate oxidase and participated in the determination of this structure with various inhibitors. She also determined its structure at high pressure, this structure representing a high-energy conformer which occurs during the catalytic mechanism. During these last years, she has specialized in crystallography under gas pressure, in collaboration with Thierry Prangé (Paris, France). For ten years, she worked with Professor Jacques Abraini (Caen, France), where her main research project was to understand the structural effect of gas on proteins, to unravel their neuroprotective mechanisms. She determined the structures of various proteins under inert gas pressure (xenon, nitrous oxide, krypton, and argon) to understand the mechanism underlying the neuroprotection by inert gases. She also determined the structure of various oxidases or globins under oxygen, nitrogen, or carbon monoxide pressurization to determine the gas binding site and understand their mechanism. Since 2012, she has worked with Myriam Bernaudin (Caen, France) and focuses mainly on protein degradation by carbons ions.
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It started as a simple assignment for a photography class. Brian Johnson, a 29-year-old Iraq war vet, was pursuing a film degree after returning to the states. He had a cheap disposable camera while in Iraq -- which he used to shoot landscapes -- and a friend's video camera to film a keepsake video. Now Johnson wanted to turn his newly found passion into a career.
The assignment was to pick a photographer he admired and shoot a series of photos using that artist's style.
"I don’t really like photographing people," said Johnson, who looked to photographer Lori Nix for inspiration. She specializes in constructing and photographing dioramas. "I decided well, let me pull some of my son’s toys out and it kind of involved from there."
Johnson took his dinosaur subjects to the backyard of the Longwood, Florida, home where he lives with his wife and 3-year-old son. Johnson dug up the ground, constructing mounds and filling in a little pond with water. The theme was prehistoric armageddon -- the last days of the dinos.
"It was really enjoyable to be able to see the scene in my head and be able to recreate that," said Johnson.
In his favorite photo -- one that shows a T-Rex standing over his latest meal -- Johnson said he used chicken gizzards to make it more realistic.
"My wife wasn’t too happy about me using it on my kid's toys," Johnson said with a chuckle. He hopes to print the picture in a large format and hang it in his son's room.
From dinosaurs, Johnson moved on to soldiers. He uses firecrackers and smoke bombs to create the hazy scenes and converts his images to black and white, then adds a little grain in Photoshop.
He spent a lot of time staring at the famous photo of the Battle of Iwo Jima for his own miniature recreation. And while some people have criticized him for trivializing war by using toys, Johnson says that the toys are at the heart of his message for the soldier series: That "politicians use the military as toys."
All of Johnson's photos are shot using natural light in his backyard -- he just has to wait for the right time of day to capture the perfect lighting conditions. He also shoots all of the images on a Canon 7D using a 28-135mm lens.
If you're wondering what grade Johnson received on the original assignment, it was an A. He got an A in the class, too, and graduated in April of this year from Seminole State College.
Johnson's next project will be a documentary called "My Brother's Story." He spent four years in the Marines starting in 2002, with a tour in Iraq. He says the film will focus on his platoon and how everyone has adjusted to life after the military. He plans to combine interviews of the 27 platoon members with photos and videos they captured during their tour.
If you're interested in seeing more of Johnson's work, you can check out his site: www.brianjohnsonphotos.com


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Title: Animal Tales: Monkey See, Monkey Zoo
Author: Erin Soderberg
May Contain Spoilers
This is a fun MG read, with a spunky protagonist and her goofy little sidekick. Willa lives in the Monkey Pit at the zoo. She loves her family and friends, and she also loves her trinkets. She climbs up to the ledge of the enclosure when humans drop little treasures, and she cherishes each new find. Her mother isn’t so enamored, and she thinks it’s dangerous for Willa to climb up on the ledge. She forbids her from ever doing it again! Of course, Willa just can’t resist, and when a young human, Carter, leaves his treasure outside the enclosure, Willa escapes so she can return his backpack.
I love books with animals, and this one did not disappoint. Willa is very clever, but sometimes she is a little too clever for her own good! She is intensely curious about what it’s like outside of the Monkey Pit, so when she has the opportunity to go exploring, she jumps at the chance. Literally. What she forgets to think about is how she is going to get back home! Ever intent on her mission, though, Willa puts that frightening thought out of her mind and instead tries to maneuver through the scary world of humans to find Carter.
The world outside of the zoo is more dangerous than Willa could have imagined, but she bravely continues on her journey. Along the way, she meets up with a scatterbrained chipmunk. I thought he was so cute! True to flighty chipmunk behavior, his awful jokes and frenzied antics occasionally drive Willa nuts, but since he’s the only friendly face she’s encountered, she learns to deal with him and his silly behavior. She probably shouldn’t have put so much faith in him, though. He is utterly clueless, and his sense of direction is worse than hers.
Animal Tales: Monkey See, Monkey Zoo is a fun read with likeable characters who cheerfully get into so much trouble! Reading along as they get out of it is very entertaining.
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When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.
Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when a long-time girl friend is murdered.
A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.
From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home. Now, the universe’s most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.
An elite group of American operatives, aided by a top-secret tactical command team, must transport an asset who holds life-threatening information to an extraction point 22 miles away through the hostile streets of an Asian city.
On the eve of D-Day during World War II, American paratroopers are caught behind enemy lines after their plane crashes on a mission to destroy a German Radio Tower in a small town outside of Normandy. After reaching their target, the paratroopers come to realize that besides fighting off Nazi soldiers, they also must fight against horrifying, bloody, and violent creatures that are a result of a secret Nazi experiment.
When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order’s unholy secret. Risking not only their lives but their faith and their very souls, they confront a malevolent force in the form of the same demonic nun that first terrorized audiences in “The Conjuring 2” as the abbey becomes a horrific battleground between the living and the damned.
Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cyber-criminals and corrupt government officials - both in Sweden and in the United States - whom are only known as The Spider Society.
After his 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a desperate father breaks into her laptop to look for clues to find her.
Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
Set in a post-apocalyptic world, young Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow “runners” for a shot at escape.
One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet.
An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.
A teenage boy begins to suspect that his wholesome, all-American dad is actually the serial killer terrorizing their small town.
Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York's annual Met Gala.
McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.
A couple try to repair their damaged union in an Italian vacation paradise. Then they discover the owner's intentions.
To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the others, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.
Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.
A true story of survival, as a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.


So you’ve just created your slick new website with Blockity – now it’s time to turn it into a money-maker! Many Blockity users are startups and so efficiency and maximizing both time and budget are paramount. Throwing piles of cash at traditional marketing channels like TV and print media is not a viable option, so we’re going to discuss how to break into Social Media as a small business, with maximum impact.
Social media for business must be strategic, otherwise you’ll waste countless hours of your precious time and have nothing to show for it. Worse, you could actually damage your online reputation. Begin by defining your audience and determining where your customer base hangs out. Are they Facebook people, or LinkedIn types? Both? Neither? Go to an important news/resource blog for your industry and note the activity on their social profiles. Search important keywords on each social platform and you’ll receive a wealth of information.
Slow and Steady
Maybe you find your audience on 8 different platforms; pick only 2 to start with and be consistent with your activity. You’ll look bad if you come on strong then and fizzle out after 1 month. Better to expand into other social platforms once you have a system in place that can handle it.
Social media can devour your entire day if you’re not careful, and while there are awesome tools to help you manage multiple platforms, schedule posts, and more, go with the free ones first. Don’t pay for any monthly subscriptions for that “one tool that’s going to do everything” until you have maxed out the usefulness of the free version and know that the paid subscription is worth it. In our experience there is no “one tool” yet.
Creating shareworthy content can be challenging but here is a down and dirty list of things you can do immediately:
- Share your blog posts, and share each again after some time has passed
- Search Google News and share top stories of interest to your audience; add your own comments to build your authority
- Images rule – share pics of the office pet, infographics, employees finishing an order – the options are endless and images will spread 10x greater than text-only posts
Get extra mileage out of your content - cross-post everything!
What do I post about??
Add this to the content list above: Re-post content from Influencers and reply to their posts.
These are trusted, authoritative people in your vertical that have a huge social audience and you’d like to have them as allies. Think how much traffic and new fans you might receive if an influencer mentioned your product or service occasionally! Don’t try for Bill Gates – pick realistic targets. Engage, but don’t stalk or shamelessly self-promote.
You don’t want to talk to an empty room so you need to find followers, and the right ones. Twitter makes it pretty easy to gain followers quickly; there is an etiquette that if someone follows you on Twitter you’re supposed to follow them back. Punch in your keywords, and follow everyone who shows up. The action is likely to be reciprocated. Google+ and Instagram are somewhat similar.
It doesn’t work this way on every platform however. Facebook has made it very difficult to gain fans without buying ads. LinkedIn has its own methods of building a base, as do Pinterest and Snapchat. But you may have a secret weapon: your email subscribers! Ask them to follow your social profiles and put that same message on your site and particularly on your blog page.
Like we discussed with using social media management tools, don’t advertise until you’ve maxed out what you can do for free – with one exception: Facebook. You’re likely going to have to run ads to build followers in the beginning but the good news is that it’s fairly cheap and the targeting on FB is excellent.
A Word on Advertising
You now have a game plan. Allot yourself 15 to 30 minutes a day to put it in action. If you stick with this outline and stay efficient with your efforts within 30 days you will have a serious social presence – without taking time away from running your core business!


Charles H. Noski
Dr. Helmut Panke
REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 18, 2003 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that its board of directors has decided to increase its size from eight to 10 members and is proposing two new members for election by shareholders at their annual meeting in November. The board has nominated unanimously BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG Chairman of the board of management, Dr. Helmut Panke, 57, and former AT & T Vice Chairman, Charles H. Noski, 51. The board has also nominated for re-election the eight directors that are currently serving.
Dr. Panke has been with BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG since 1982 in a variety of positions and, since May 2002, serves as chairman of the board of management.
“As our first director from outside the United States, Helmut will bring a valuable global perspective to our board,” said Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman and chief software architect. “His experience as chairman of one of Europe’s most successful companies will be invaluable.”
“The economic relations between the United States and Europe have always been of particular importance for our countries,” Panke said. “I am honored that I am given the opportunity to strengthen these ties by working with the board of directors of one of the leading high-tech companies of the world.”
Panke has served in various roles at BMW including member of the board of management for Finance from 1999 to 2002, and member of the board of management for Human Resources and Information Technology from 1996 to 1999. In his role as chairman and CEO of BMW (U.S.) Holding Corp. from 1993 to 1996 he was responsible for the company’s North American activities. Panke holds a master’s degree in physics and a doctorate from the University of Munich.
Joining AT & T in 1999, Noski served as senior executive vice president and chief financial officer and was named vice chairman of AT & T’s board of directors in 2002. Noski retired from AT & T following completion of its restructuring in November 2002.
“Chuck, as former CFO of a leading U.S. company, will bring strong financial expertise and reinforce our commitment to financial responsibility,” Gates said. “The board has asked him to serve on its audit committee, enhancing the measures we have taken during the past year to ensure even greater oversight of the company’s financial reporting.”
“I am excited about the opportunity to join the distinguished group of business professionals who compose the Microsoft board and to work with the executive and financial leadership of this world-class company,” Noski said. “I also look forward to offering insights about Microsoft’s product and service opportunities as the world of computing and telecommunications continues to converge.”
Before joining AT & T, Noski was president, chief operating officer, and a member of the board of directors of Hughes Electronics Corp., a publicly traded subsidiary of General Motors Corp. in the satellite and wireless communications business. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Financial Executives International, and is a past member of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council.
Other Microsoft directors include William H. Gates, chairman and chief software architect, Microsoft; Steven A. Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft; James I. Cash Jr. Ph.D., former James E. Robison professor, Harvard Business School; Raymond V. Gilmartin, chairman, president and chief executive officer, Merck & Co. Inc.; David Marquardt, general partner, August Capital; Ann McLaughlin Korologos, chairman emeritus, The Aspen Institute, and senior adviser, Benedetto and Gartland & Company Inc.; Wm. G. Reed Jr., former chairman, Simpson Investment Co.; and Jon Shirley, former president and chief operating officer, Microsoft. If all the nominated directors are elected by the shareholders, eight of the 10 board members will be independent, consistent with the requirement in the company’s governance guidelines that a majority must be independent.
The expansion of the board of directors is another in a series of steps taken to enhance strong corporate governance at Microsoft. Last year the board of directors documented and refined its governance practices by adopting formal corporate governance guidelines designed to ensure active, informed stewardship of the best interests of the corporation and align the interests of directors, management and Microsoft’s shareholders. The board established a governance and nominating committee and an antitrust compliance committee, and revised the charters of its other committees. The board also adopted revised standards of business conduct that apply to all Microsoft employees. The governance documents and standards of business conduct are available at http://www.microsoft.com/msft/corpinfo.mspx.
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As there was some good weather expected on Sunday, and Michael and I assumed most other attractions would be closed, we decided to head up Trsat Hill to see Trsat Castle. Sleeping in, we didn’t get going until noon, so we grabbed sandwiches on Korzo, the main shopping street in Rijeka, to eat on the way.
At the end of Korzo, is the Mrtvi Kanal, a branch of the Rječina, a river that flows into the Adriatic Sea. The water, like in the harbour, is amazingly clear. We had a great time walking along the waterfront, looking at the various moored boats and swimming fish.
On the other side of the canal, across a bridge, we found the Liberation Monument built in 1955 by Vinko Matković. Located on the former border between the Kingdoms of Italy and Yugoslavia, it was built in honor of the city’s Liberation Day on May 3, 1945. The site was also the former border that separated the town into two parts: the city of Rijeka and the city of Sušak; this monument therefore also honors the unification of Rijeka. The monument is around 30 metres high and features an obelisk shaped in the form of the letter “T” to honour Tito, the president of Yugoslavia from 1953-1980. On top of the obelisk are figures of fighters, personifying the power and success of the battle, in addition to the female figure of Victory, whose arms represent the greatness of freedom. On either side of the obelisk are engravings: those on the left are dedicated to the fallen soldiers who were the victims of Fascism, while those on the right show the recovery of the city with images of work, agriculture, and education in a time of freedom.
After taking in the Monument, we reached the base of Trsat hill and began our walk up. We took a roundabout route through residential neighbourhoods before coming across a stairway which cut straight up the hill. Known as the Stairs of Petar Kružić, they were named after the Croatian general who commenced its construction in 1531. As it leads straight to a monastery, in addition to Trsat Castle, there are Gothic and Baroque chapels along the way, which were built as vows of dignitaries.
At the top of the stairs was an abstract sculpture facing towards the port below. Titled “Marija”, it was dedicated to the mothers and wives of seamen. At its base, someone had recently left some flowers.
We arrived at the top of Trsat Hill just when the Easter services at the nearby church were ending and the many dressed up locals were heading to and around the castle for a nice lunch. I found it to be a nice atmosphere to experience as all I had seen of the city until then portrayed it as this grey and dreary dying town. It helped that it was a warm and sunny afternoon.
Dating back to the 13th century, Trsat Castle lies on a site that has been in use from Roman times due to its location on a steep hill overlooking the Rječina gorge on its left bank. In 1509, it was the site of the sole event linking Rijeka with Venice, and consequently with Italy, during the whole of its history from the 7th century on. During the Austro-Venetian War, Venetians captures the castle, which compelled a Croatian noble, Andrew Bot of Bajna, to recapture Trsat and expel the Venetians, returning the city to the Habsburgs. In the 17th century, the castle begin to fall into disuse and decay due to the receding threats from Venice and the Ottoman Empire – this decline was accelerated by an earthquake in 1750. During the Napoleonic wars, the castle was given to Field-Marshal Nugent, an Irishman then commanding the Austrian troops in the vicinity, for the purpose of conferring on him the rank of an Austrian noble. After being given the castle as his residence, he had it restored in the Neo-Gothic style. It remained in the Nugent family until the end of World War II, when the general’s great-granddaughter, a Countess, died. Today, the castle houses a restaurant and serves as a sort of park for locals.
After exploring the castle, we decided to grab some lunch at a hotel we had passed on our way up, followed by ice cream at a shop up the road. Finally sated, we took a quick look at the monastery across from the castle.
Known as Shrine of Our Lady of Trsat, it is the largest pilgrimage centre in Western Croatia. The foundation of the site, according to tradition, is related to the miraculous transport of the Nazareth Barn and its stay on Trsat, which lasted from 1291 to 1294. Pope John Paul II attended a pilgrimage procession here in 2003; two years later, a statue of him by Ante Jukica, known as the “Trsat Pilgrim”, was erected in front of the church.
At the bottom of the stairway was a mural by the Spanish artist Sebas Velasco. Entitled “Explorare Necesse Est”, the image is dedicated to the city’s industrial heritage and the workers who created it over the past decades/centuries. Created over four days in 2016, the project was initiated by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Rijeka.
After walking back to downtown Rijeka, we decided to walk around a little more, the adventures of which can be read in the previous blog post about Rijeka’s downtown and harbour.


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Charlotte isn't exactly a top destination for free agents these days, but at least one veteran has interest in signing with the Bobcats. Antawn Jamison spoke to Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer about the mutual interest between him and his hometown team, and his priorities as he explores his options in free agency. Here are a few highlights from the veteran forward:
On the possibility of playing close to his North Carolina home:
"Being around [my kids] is very important. I want to see them every day. And when I’m on the road, when I haven’t seen them for weeks, I hear, 'When are you coming home?'"
On his meeting with the Bobcats and his upcoming decision:
"We broke the ice. To say there’s interest on both sides is definite…. Now it’s up to me. Do I want to come home to be with my kids? Or should I pursue the best opportunity to win a ring?"
On whether he'd sign somewhere to chase a ring:
"The only thing left I haven’t accomplished is to be part of a championship team. But the realization is signing with Miami or L.A. or Boston doesn’t mean it’s a shoo-in [a title run] would happen…. Spending two or three seasons [on a title contender] increases the chances, but it’s not guaranteed."
On which way he might be leaning:
"Charlotte is so much in me. It’s where I started. Might not be bad if it ends here, too."


I have to hold that beautiful baby.
The pictures are all sooo adorable! Good Job Kim! Phil Katrina she really is soo beautiful!
I keep looking at these picture and I still can't believe you guys have a kid. She is gorgeous! Congrats.
AAAHHH! Fresh babies are the sweetest little things! What did they name her? Katrina looks amazing, didn't she just have a baby? Good for her. Great photos.
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Depending where you start counting, Liam Bailey‘s debut full-length album, Definitely Now, has been at least five years in the making. In 2011, the Nottingham-raised Brit was set to release a full-length on Polydor, produced by Salaam Remi (Nas, Amy Winehouse, Nelly Furtado). But his dissatisfaction with being molded into a pop product precipitated the album’s cancelation and a release from his contract. Bailey had previously put out two EPs on Amy Winehouse’s Lioness Records and a single on the Brooklyn label Truth & Soul, in addition to performing with folk-rock project The Accidental and the electronic music duo Chase & Status.
Definitely Now was finally released last week on Remi’s Sony imprint, Flying Buddha. Reviewed here by Mother Jones‘ Jon Young, it brings new energy to Bailey’s sound, adding crunchy rock-and-roll to his soul, folk, and reggae influences. I met with Liam at his current home, an apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to talk about the evolution of his music. The following is in his words.
When you’re playing around and you don’t know anything, you’re fearless because you don’t know the rules that are there to be broken. It’s frustrating when I learn—the joy goes out of it. Once I’ve learned it, I get a bit scared about bending the rules, whereas when I didn’t know a thing, I’d go, “Fucking hell, I did that? It sounded really good!”“I was proven right: I DO sound good on rock and roll.”
When I came to London, I knew how to play guitar, but I’d never played it live or anything like that. I’d been playing acoustic stuff and making it up as I went along. And because of that, things were very soulful and reggae-ish. When I started making records—I’d always been told in Nottingham: “You sound better over softer music, soul music”—I thought, maybe I’m just getting it wrong.
Anyway, I was proven right: I do sound good on rock and roll. It happened all very naturally. Before, when I was recording, I wouldn’t allow myself to do certain things because I felt there was an expectancy to do certain things. Instead of forcing myself to do what I truly wanted to do, I found it easier just to cut off and go with the flow.
This time, I’ve been very focused. When you’ve been released from a contract that you’ve worked since 16 to get, there’s three things you can do: Shit it, and go on back to Nottingham. Crack on and get on with it. Or just become a drug addict or an alcoholic. So I cracked on, albeit with a heavy lifestyle.
Once I went into recording, Salaam was like, “I like this heavy vibe, I like this; you’re angry aren’t you?” But even then, no one seemed to complain when I put the electric down and picked the acoustic back up to play the earlier styles of music.“To get on the radio in the UK, you have to follow a formula. It’s not rocket science.”
To get on the radio in the UK, you have to follow a formula. It’s not rocket science: Make sure the chorus is in by the 50th second. You bring in your G, your A, then bring in a minor chord for the emotive feeling. You’ve got your bridge coming in by 55th second; going around the cycle. Preferably be in your middle eight bars by 1:50. Don’t worry if the melody isn’t as strong as the lyric and vice-versa; actually don’t worry if the song’s not too strong, we can just chuck strings on it and do the dynamic Teen Spirit thing. And bang! Radio One will like it, you’re on the radio. And try to have a gimmick if you’ve got one. It’s that easy.
I was glad I got a pack full of lionesses at Turn First Management. We just walked into Polydor and said, “What are you doing?” And they decided I was better relieved of the contract. I only saw it as a blessing over this last year. I was like, “Fuck, I’ve had five years of doing what I love, getting myself into trouble, getting out of trouble, having laughs, and now I’ve got a record I truly am proud of. That was such a brilliant feeling.
Before, I couldn’t look some of my mates in the eye and play them some of the music. There were about four good songs on the canceled record. My mom liked a couple of them. I couldn’t have turned to her and said, “Mom, I’ve walked into Polydor and I’ve quit.” Because where we come from, you don’t do that. You just don’t do it.“There was one point where I could’ve gone on a warpath and really severed ties in the business in blind rage.”
There was always something, just in the knick of time, to kind of bring me back in to my music. Because there was one point where I could’ve gone on a warpath and really severed ties in the business in blind rage. And if I’d have done that, it’s very, very likely you wouldn’t be talking to me now.
I can be the very emotive, emotional town crier. I remember as soon as it was kosher to do so, ringing people and telling them exactly what I thought of them and not giving a fuck. Some people respected that about me, some people were offended, because they take what they do very seriously. I was always dogged by this thought of “poor me, I’ve had to make a compromise on the song. Poor me, I better ring my dad and tell him how down or upset I am because I’m struggling to to get a song out. I’ll just ring him up during his 14-hour shift on a Saturday night.” Come on, it’s music! Somebody said to me, “If your life’s in danger, it’s not worth it.”
Throughout the disappointment, I remember being kept busy with touring with Chase & Status, I remember good friends, writing with them, writing on my own as well—and I’d just do some of that really shamanic stuff late at night with my guitar. And you wake up in the morning and just cross your fingers for dear life it sounds good. I remember times it was particularly upsetting for me and the people around me, but it was all part of the process of exorcizing demons. My dad has always said that I learn the hard way. And I do tend to learn the hard way.
If I ever get to the point I where I’m locked off creatively like I was before, I’ll fuck it off and get a job. I don’t want one, but it’s fine. I’d rather do that then go through what I put myself through unnecessarily.
Certain times I was thinking, you know, this could be my only shot, my last shot. In a positive way, mind. I might not get another album. I’ve got to smash it. I can’t be going, “Oh, I wish I’d done that. I wanted to do that.” I wanted to get the acoustic in, the folksier side of what I love, and I wanted to get in fucking rock and roll!


The few that are still aboard my mini vessel are those that truly love + support me, and those of course that have no choice. If you're reading this, you know who you are... it is through your unwavering support, love, loyalty + trust in which I thankfully + gratefully rejoice. It is because of you that I am still here. I hold each of you so close, and so very, very dear.
I don't have everything figured out, nor are my broken pieces put all back together. And while I may never know or live in perfect harmony, I know that giving up is not an option. While contemplated many a time, I can admirably admit that I've chosen to RISE. Out of dire hopelessness I created The BRAND-AID, and dug as deep as I could to bring The MRS back to life. YES, both still need work, I have a huge list of things to complete; I'm aware of all the missing links, the glitches and everything in between. Once the site is polished and as perfectly non-perfect as it will be I'll send out that promised MEGA MRS LAUNCH announcement. I know that so many of you signed up to be the first to know when I went live, pardon my pause while I acquaint myself with the task of two, now as a woman of one.
Now that I've bared my vulnerable soul to all who are still reading, I want you to know that I did this for a very good reason. I needed to acknowledge and reconcile my disappearance publicly BUT more so for myself. While I truly LOATH spotlighting, the self-proclaimed mental wellness advocate in me was dedicated to NOT hiding my fragility by putting it away on a shelf. Instead, I chose to bare my struggle out loud in hopes that my own personal lifelong battle might strike a cord with another struggling soul out there. I'm NOT a mental wellness guru, there are days I can't put one foot in front of the other, these moments are crippling. I have moments where I BEG on hands and knees for mercy, I can only imagine how brutal it must be for the few that think of me let alone stay up at night with worry. For the select few that do, and you know who you are.... please just have faith in me and know that I will rise again like I alway do.
Lastly, to anyone STILL reading..... let me bring this full circle. When you are in the depths of the YOUR darkest deep + lonely... sit with it, let the tears flow. For it is through these brutal moments that you'll learn more about life than any existentialism college course could ever bestow. There lies such a deep importance of sitting with your stillness, with your agony + your pain. For the stronger we emerge from such heinous darkness, the wiser + better we are at doing life and helping others in similar situations. No one said it was easy, and even this "MRS" has lived a far less glittering life than what has been portrayed. The glam moments aside, I've lived a life of an unrelentingly punished person. Yet, always buoyant, I pull the safety cord and rise back to the top with my chin up. It's the fighter in me that refuses to succumb to my own failure and disappointment. But, after so many times, it catches up to you and the ability to pull that cord becomes more and more difficult. Through the madness of it all, I've learned the importance of stillness and sitting with defeat. It's in these horrifyingly dark times that my inner flame re-ignites and the hurt of my heart causes the spark in me to revive + reheat. I can't predict the future, and I refuse to live in the past. All I know is what is in front of me is a gift, struggles and all, it's everything I have.
Good vibes + positive energy welcome. I'm grateful for all of you who've remained enthusiastically here. Fret not, the glitter, light + stardust will continue. This post NEEDED to happen for SO sooooo many reasons, I'm proud of myself for being so open, honest + public with god knows who.... I needed to this more than I needed air + I thank you for reading this far through. HIGH manicured TENS all around. Let's meet up again on something non-sad, but rather fabby and profound.
I LOVE YOU ALL


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There’s more than one way to shoot a cat, as Will and Matt Burrard-Lucas proved when they went on safari to Tanzania. Instead of loading up on giant lenses to project their eyes artificially into the middle of the animal action, the brothers chose to get their cameras up close to the African wildlife. But how to do this without a Siegfried and Roy style disaster? The BeetleCam.
The brothers wanted to shoot close up with wide-angle lenses, but waiting for animals to approach hidden cameras is slow, boring and requires luck. So instead they built a tough, off-road remote control buggy to carry a camera and couple of flashes to help fill the shadows of the harsh African sun.
If you are loading up a remote control buggy with a DSLR, a heavy lens and a couple of strobes, you can’t just pick something up from Walmart. Instead, the boys built their own, and from the start it was designed to last:
We […] ordered the most powerful motors we could find and large off-road tires. BeetleCam had to be able to operate for long periods without being charged, so we stuffed the vehicle with the biggest batteries we could squeeze in.
Once built, the brothers figured out how to trigger the camera remotely using the same controller that drives the BeetleCam, and they loaded it up, covered it in protective camouflage gear to keep the dust out, and headed off to track down some big game.
The rig worked great. There were some surprises: Elephants, for instance, were “impossible to sneak up on” due to their super-sensitive hearing. Parking up in front and then waiting for the giants to walk by proved to be the solution.
Some things were less surprising. Lions attacked and mauled the BeetleCam, completely trashing the on-board Canon EOS 400D, although miraculously they managed to “retrieve an intact memory card from the mangled Canon 400D body”. They got the shot. Try that with film.
A quick MacGyvering later with string and wood and the BeetleCam was back in action, this time with the second (much more expensive) expensive body, an EOS 1D MkIII. The bigger camera managed to survive the rest of the trip.
The guys have gotten some fantastic shots, photos which would be impossible any other way, at least without putting themselves in the same lion-bait position as their poor 400D. And this project also points to the new ways we can take photos with digital, not least because you can destroy a camera without exposing the film inside, and that you’re not limited to just 36 shots.
In fact, a BeetleCam-Lite could make a great weekend project, using that cheap Walmart car we mentioned earlier and a cheap old compact rigged for remote-shooting. It might not survive the Veldt, but it would certainly be a lot of fun.Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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The adventures of a little family, dealing with the effects of CHD.
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Carla's procedure went well this morning. She had 110 ccs on her right lung, which is close to 4 oz. Much better than the 12 oz she had in May and the beginning of June. The doctors said that she handled the procedure very well and we will be seeing he soon. Please pray that her thoracic duct heals and no more pleural effusions!!!! Love, Jen


Very good hostel on a great location. Staff was friendly and very helpful. Wifi speed was ridiculously slow! But there's a computer for guests to use which Internet speed is a little bit faster.
Location is good. Also they have breakfast included. Bed wasn't the best, though.
Great hostel on a great location! Rooms are big and with enough space for everything and everyone.
The hostel isn't bad and quite clean but it lack's a good atmosphere. To get there you gotta go up on a steep hill. Some of the staff were very nice, others not so nice. I'm not a fan of the way they make their beds - folding a single bigger sheet in half so that the same is your upper and lower sheet - I don't think that's very comfortable.
A nice hostel by the beach and also very close to one the best places to enjoy nightlife in miami. The only not so good things would be the fact that there's only one toilet for a room of 12 people and stuff wasn't always very nice. Still a great value for Money!!
It's only about 30 minutes to the South part of Central Park if you are lucky with the buses coming from the airport. It seemed to be in a safe quite area. Didn't have any troubles coming back to the hostel at 2 a.m. or so. Staff was nice.
Very well located. The staff is really nice and it had a very nice atmosphere.
Despite the location I see no reason for staying in that hostel. I forgot to ask the staff the 5 Eur key deposit back so they just kept it. There was no good atmosphere in there at all.


Kenyan runner, Moninda Marube has a very big mission; one that will take him 3,700 miles across the United States . . . on foot . . . running. His journey began on July 1st in Auburn, Maine and will conclude in November in Santa Barbara, California where he will compete in the Santa Barbara International Marathon. But, Moninda isn’t just running to run. He has a mission and it’s as big as his journey.
Moninda grew up in Kenya. A lack of steady money and political violence contributed to a difficult life as a youth. But, his talent for running allowed him a way out, and his journey landed him in the United States.
In the U.S., Moninda began training, but ran into financial difficulties. To help out, he began training with other Kenyan runners under a manager. It was with this manager that Moninda fell victim to human trafficking. The manager would keep winnings from the races the Kenyans ran, leaving little for living expenses. Moninda lived in a house infested with bedbugs with no air conditioning and very little food. Finally in 2012, Moninda met Dan Campbell, the technical director of the Santa Barbara International Marathon. He ran the Marathon and broke the course record. Campbell helped him get out of his situation and relocate to Auburn, Maine, where life is finally good.
Becoming involved with the Auburn, Maine Police Athletic/Activities League (PAL) and motivated to help others, he began The Moninda Movement to help bring awareness of human trafficking. The 4-month journey kicked off in Auburn, Maine and includes an approximately 30-mile run 6 days a week. Along the way, Moninda is speaking at PAL centers around the country to spread his message.
The Moninda Movement and its mission soon attracted the attention of sponsors – Therafirm and parent company, Knit-Rite, Inc. and Bedard Pharmacy and Medical Supplies.
Moninda’s mission was a perfect fit for Therafirm. The U.S. manufacturer produces true gradient compression socks and hosiery including a line of athletic compression socks and leg and arm sleeves. Gradient compression in athletic socks and sleeves feature compression that is greatest at the ankle and gradually decreases toward the top of the stocking to help increase energy for endurance, better performance and reduces muscle fatigue and recovery times. But, equally important, Therafirm, as well as parent company Knit-Rite, Inc., holds improving lives as its mission, not only in the products it makes, but also in the many causes it supports locally and beyond.
Bedard Pharmacy and Medical Supplies is a small, family-owned and operated business headquartered in Auburn, Maine. Providing the community with the best quality medical supplies and equipment available is how they strive to inspire and empower individuals to take life’s challenges as they come, and to live life on their terms.
The co-sponsorship includes a cargo van that Moninda’s crew will use on the journey, as well as Therafirm-branded compression socks and sleeves and Moninda’s athletic apparel. Custom decals on the van and screen printing on Moninda’s apparel will advertise The Moninda Movement’s message throughout his journey. In addition to the above support, Therafirm and Bedard will donate a significant portion of proceeds from the retail sales of CoreSport, CoreSpun and Therafirm’s new sports compression line, launching September 1, 2015, to the Moninda Movement. Sales through Bedard’s Auburn, Maine store and website, bedarddirect.com, between July 27, 2015 and March 31, 2016 will benefit Marube Moninda’s foundation.


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Microsoft has been generous of late to PC gamers. They have already announced all Xbox One exclusives will be coming to Windows 10 systems and Halo 5 Forge map editor will arrive this September.
The map editor allows players on PC to create new maps using the tool and upload it for Halo 5 Guardians players on the Xbox One console. It is the only exclusive that is yet to find its way to a Windows 10 computer. So far, Microsoft has been adamant and confirmed that it is only the map editor tool that is coming. The first person shooter that made the Xbox console so popular a decade is yet to be announced.
Halo 5 Forge will go live on September 8th. While Xbox One is a decent console, mods and map making is not something one could do on a console. For similar reasons, Fallout 4 and Skyrim developer Bethesda allows players on the console to download content from the PC mod making community. With the power of a mouse and keyboard, they have complete control over the 3D world that leads to amazing maps. Developers had to work a lot to make those mods compatible with the Playstation 4 architecture.
Microsoft may not face such issues as the Xbox One shares a lot of similarities with the Windows 10 PC. “With a mouse and keyboard, Halo 5 Forge becomes an extremely powerful map making tool. The input allows users for refined object placement, high resolution possibly 4K output, content browser and the ability to host custom matches with 16 players makes it a cool addition to the Halo 5 Guardians,” wrote Microsoft.
“Halo 5 Guardians will receive a whole new level of immersion made possible by Halo 5 Forge tools which is available on both Xbox One and PCs. Players can make maps they love on a computer with utmost precision and graphic fidelity before porting it to the console to play the game. The levels can readily be downloaded making it a cool way to enjoy the maps you created on your own.”
If you are a PC gamer, you can still enjoy playing custom matches with up to 16 players in the maps you created. It is good for the time being not only because Microsoft offers the multiplayer version for free but also it gives you a good preview of what Halo 5 Guardians would feel like.
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The Bank of England has called in one of the most respected figures in the legal world, Lord Grabiner, to investigate allegations that its some of its staff may have been involved in manipulating the £3tn-a-day foreign exchange markets for almost 10 years.
Parachuted in by News Corp to chair its standards committee in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal, the QC is thought to demand £3,000 an hour for his time although is likely to be working for the Bank for a lower rate.
Grabiner has been appointed by the Bank's oversight committee, which was created in 2012 to police the central bank and is composed entirely of non-executive directors of the Bank. The committee last week began a formal investigation into whether any bank staff knew about attempts to rig the foreign exchange markets.
Allegations about potential fixing of foreign exchange markets began to emerge last year. The Bank then began an initial inquiry into whether its own staff were aware of or condoned the potential manipulation of a "fix" which takes place at 4pm daily.
The Bank's governor, Mark Carney, told MPs this week that the scandal had the potential to be bigger than the one into rigging of Libor, which has resulted in big-name banks being fined billions of pounds on both sides of the Atlantic.
The focus is on the benchmark known as WM and which is used to set prices, through a "fix", on large number of currencies daily. The allegations are that rival traders shared information about their clients' positions which may have influenced the price of the fix and that the Bank of England may have known about this.
Grabiner will look at information dating back to 2005 when foreign exchange dealers from the major firms around the City first began to meet officials from the Bank three or four times a year.
Minutes of these meetings released by the Bank last week showed that they met in restaurants around the City and, it appears, began to raise the topic of possible manipulation of the foreign exchange markets in a meeting in July 2006.
But Paul Fisher, deputy governor of the Bank who appeared alongside Carney this week, said that his reading of those minutes "did not convey to me that markets were being rigged."
The Bank initiated a review of its own role in potential rigging of the markets after Bloomberg reported that the traders had told the central bank in 2012 they were exchanging information about their clients.
The outcome of the internal review was announced a week ago when the Bank of England revealed it had suspended a member of staff. That move came after the law firm Travers Smith had analysed more than 15,000 emails, 21,000 Bloomberg and Reuters chatroom records and more than 40 hours of telephone call recordings.
At the time the Bank said no found evidence of collusion with foreign exchange traders at banks around the City had been found but the oversight committee decided to launched a formal inquiry after the employee was suspended.
Grabiner, who acted for Liverpool Football Club in its victory over previous owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett, is now going to lead the inquiry with the assistance of Travers Smith.
Sir David Lees,who chairs the court of the Bank – akin to a board of directors – said the oversight committee which he also chairs had first been informed of the allegations in November.
"The oversight committee believes that it is essential that matters raised by the Bank's initial review should be thoroughly and independently examined and that the Bank's executive should act on any lessons learned," Lees said.
It is not clear what timescale Grabiner has been given and the Bank warned that while it would publish the report it may not do so until the Financial Conduct Authority has completed its investigations into the market.
Twenty people have been suspended or fired from big City firms as the investigation – also being conducted by US regulators – continues.
The FCA is also continuing to investigate the rigging of Libor after fining five firms - starting with Barclays in June 2012 - and is still thought to be looking at the activities of three others.
Carney said of allegations about the foreign exchange markets: "This is as serious as Libor, if not more so because this goes to the heart of integrity of markets".
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The crash which claimed the life of a teenage passenger
''could have been avoided'', police say as they continue
Joshua Duncan Anderson (19), of Taieri Beach, died at the
scene of a single-vehicle crash on Riverside Rd about 3am on
Senior Sergeant Phil McDouall, of Dunedin, said the
investigation by the Serious Crash Unit was expected to take
weeks to complete.
He confirmed, as part of that investigation, police were
investigating whether the 19-year-old driver had been
drinking, and the nature of his licence conditions.
None of the occupants - who were aged between late teens and
early 20s - was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.
Whether the vehicle was warranted/registered was also part of
the investigation, he said.
''It's a tragic crash which probably could have been avoided.
However, we need to wait for the full investigation to be
completed before we comment specifically on the


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Summary: SPLIT REDUCTIONS OF SIMPLE ABELIAN VARIETIES
JEFFREY D. ACHTER
ABSTRACT. Consider an absolutely simple abelian variety X over a number field K. We show that if
the absolute endomorphism ring of X is commutative and satisfies certain parity conditions, then Xp
is absolutely simple for almost all primes p. Conversely, if the absolute endomorphism ring of X is
noncommutative, then Xp is reducible for p in a set of positive density.
An absolutely simple abelian variety over a number field may or may not have absolutely sim-
ple reduction almost everywhere. On one hand, let K = Q(5), and let X be the Jacobian of the
hyperelliptic curve with affine model
= s(s - 1)(s - 1 -5)(s - 1 -5 -2
5 )(s - 1 -5 -2
considered as an abelian surface over K. Then X is absolutely simple [13, p.648] and has ordinary
reduction at a set of primes p of density one [12, Prop. 1.13]; at such primes Xp is absolutely simple.
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Colombo: Video footage captured from Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels showed their fighters forcing civilians to assist their war effort and depicted one insurgent in street clothes firing a heavy machine gun, the military said Thursday.
The government said the footage, posted on the Sri Lankan Defense Ministry Web site, proves that the rebels have been putting civilians in the line of fire and have shed their military uniforms so they would be mistaken for noncombatants themselves if killed.
A UN report last month said nearly 6,500 civilians had been killed in three months of fighting this year, and health officials in the war zone say many more have been killed since then. Diplomatic pressure has built on the government to temporarily halt its offensive to allow an estimated 50,000 civilians trapped in the war zone to flee.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa, speaking to foreign diplomats on Thursday, reiterated his opposition to a cease-fire.
The government says it is on the verge of defeating the rebels and such a pause would allow them to regroup.
It has denied the reports of heavy civilian casualties and accused the rebels of holding the civilians as human shields.
The video showed a man, apparently a Tamil Tiger fighter, wearing a white, buttoned shirt, firing a heavy machine gun mounted on an armored vehicle as others in street clothes helped him maneuver.
Narration provided by the government said the advancing troops captured the vehicle, killing all the combatants near the village of Mulliavaikkal and recovering the videotape that included footage of the body of a slain rebel.
The video also showed men in civilian clothing camouflaging the armored vehicle with tree branches and a line of people carrying hoes and walking behind a rebel fighter. The narrator said the civilians were being taken to dig trenches and erect earth fortifications against the advancing government forces.
Defense spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said the footage backed up the government assertions that the rebels were trying to discredit the government by making it appear as if many innocent civilians were being killed.
"This has been going on for a long time," he said.
The rebels could not be reached for immediate comment.
In recent months, government forces have ousted the rebels from their strongholds across the north and cornered them in a tiny sliver of land along the northeast coast.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon became the latest international leader to ask President Mahinda Rajapaksa to suspend the offensive to allow aid into the war zone.
Rajapaksa has brushed off calls for even a brief cease-fire.
In the phone call between the two leaders late Tuesday, Rajapaksa invited Ban to come to Sri Lanka and inspect the situation for himself.
UN spokeswoman Michele Montas told reporters in New York that no decision has been made on such a visit, but "the secretary-general feels that if it can save lives, he will definitely consider it."
Rajapaksa told diplomats that a cease-fire with the Tamil Tigers would be useless and vowed to fight on and destroy the group.
He said the rebels have used previous cease-fire periods to rearm and regroup and said the government "will not be deceived anymore."
"The LTTE only believe in the language of terror, which needs to be met by military force," he said.
Fighting, meanwhile, continued Thursday, with soldiers capturing an earthen fortification in the shrinking rebel enclave, the military said. Troops also found the bodies of three slain Tamil Tiger fighters, the military said.
It is not possible to independently verify the military's claims because reporters and independent observers are barred from the war zone.
The rebels have been fighting since 1983 for a separate state for minority Tamils, who have suffered decades of marginalization at the hands of governments controlled by the Sinhalese majority.


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Economic factors alone cannot explain the development of South Korea’s nuclear energy industry.
Thomas Wood, Robert Otto, and Tristan Volpe will discuss their recent articles in The Nonproliferation Review on positive inducements for nuclear proliferation, safety, and security.
The regime for managing dual-use nuclear technology has proved remarkably successful to date, but it is becoming increasingly stressed and the prospects for buttressing it are bleak.
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There is a serious risk that, within the next few years, Japan will produce more plutonium than it can use. The resulting buildup would set a damaging precedent, exacerbate regional tensions, and increase the likelihood of nuclear terrorism.
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Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour and Restaurants’ annual charity ice cream eating challenge is back. The 4th annual “Splendiferously Superiffic Summer Spectacular Ice Cream Eating Challenge” kicked off June 21 at all Farrell’s locations. Winners receive a year of free Farrell’s ice cream. Professionals could also win $300.
All proceeds go to CHOC Children’s and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Through Sunday, July 14, Farrell’s will be looking to qualify the fastest ice cream eaters to compete head-to-head at their championship event on July 21 in downtown Brea. Categories include men’s, women’s, kid’s, big and small (pairs of one adult and one child 9 and younger), 4-person teams and professionals.
Anyone can walk into any of the five Southern California Farrell’s locations during normal business hours to try and qualify by being one of the fastest to eat a qualifying sundae. All the categories, except the professionals, attempt to qualify by eating a 3-scoop ice cream sundae as fast as they can. Professionals qualify by eating a 6-scoop sundae called the Pig’s Trough. All sundaes have chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry ice cream, hot fudge, pineapple and strawberry toppings and are then covered with Farrell’s freshly made whipped cream.
The cost to attempt to qualify is $20 for all categories except the professionals, who must pay $40. Each entry receives a limited edition event T-shirt, a $5 coupon for a future visit to Farrell’s and the qualifying sundae.
Farrell’s will invite the top qualifiers out to the championship event July 21, where Farrell’s closes down Birch Street in Brea in front of the Farrell’s location. The championship event is an all-day family festival from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m., with lots of rides courtesy of Carnival Services, games, prizes, raffles, food, booths, music, and more.
Winners from each category will win a trophy and a year of free Farrell’s ice cream. First place in the professional category also wins $300, second place wins $200 and third place walks away with $100.
As an option until July 14, guests can donate to the event (minimum $20) and receive all the same qualifying goodies but ask to not be timed when eating their sundae, allowing them to enjoy their ice cream sundae at their own pace and still contribute to the two great charities.
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Planning a holiday party or to entertain guests over Thanksgiving but need to shed the junk cluttering the garage, basement, attic and so-called guest room first?
Fall’s a good time for a cleanup. The right plan can help you get it done quickly and cost-effectively, experts say.
Get an appraisal
Once you sign a hauler’s contract, your stuff isn’t yours anymore. Don’t send that Picasso to the incinerator. Take items or photos for appraisal before discarding them, said David Cordier, who holds free appraisal sessions every Wednesday at Cordier Auctions & Appraisals in Harrisburg.
If an appraiser offers to buy it on the spot, get a second opinion. Consider selling valuable items at consignment stores or auctions to be sure you are getting a fair share of the final sale price.
You can Google or look for items on eBay to find their market value, but be as detailed as possible. Enter names, insignia, markings and other details because “if you don’t know what it’s called, you’re not going to find it,” Cordier said.
Sort it out first
The first step in shedding junk is deciding what to keep and what to get rid of, said Leland Nelson, owner of Dirty Dog Hauling in Harrisburg. If you can separate keepers from discards, creating distinct areas for each, “that’ll help with the efficiency of the hauler,” he said. Haulers charge for labor, transportation, and dumping costs. The less time they spend on the job, the lower your cost.
While you’re cleaning out the basement, look around the garage and attic, too. The more you haul, the lower the price per item. Filling one quarter of a Dirty Dog truck might cost about $150, but a full truck could cost about $500.
Use the trash, save your cash
Remember: You pay a trash bill. Many municipalities allow residents to dispose of one bulk item with every pickup, said Ed Ward, municipal contract manager for York-based Penn Waste. Conceivably, that’s 52 items a year that could go out the door for no extra cost. “A couch can go with the regular trash,” said Ward.
Refrigerators need special treatment. Call ahead to the trash hauler, because they require separate procedures for freon removal.
Got an old computer or TV?
Starting next year, municipal trash haulers won’t pick up computers or televisions. A new state law regulates disposal of items with leaded screens. Commercial junk haulers can take them but might charge extra to take the devices to special disassemblers, said Thomas Imphong, director of the Cumberland County Recycling & Waste Authority.
Dauphin County accepts electronics and household appliances at its recycling center on 19th Street in Harrisburg. The service is free for county residents and requires a small charge for others. Cumberland County directs residents to programs operated by retailers such as Best Buy and Staples and nonprofits such as Goodwill.
Don’t ditch it, donate it
Donating is recycling. Your old stuff can support a good cause. Goodwill no longer provides free home pickup but partners with a junk hauler to take your stuff for a fee. Calling 1-800-SA-TRUCK schedules a Salvation Army pickup.
Team up to cut the cost
Everyone knows that bulk purchases save money. So, call your neighbors and have cleanup parties, said Andrew Sutherland, spokesperson for 1-800-GOT-JUNK. Schedule a hauler after a community yard sale and split the cost.
“We’ll just go down the block and split it by the number of houses,” Nelson said. “It saves everybody. It’s like a co-op.”
A reputable hauler should provide an estimate for comparison shopping. The hauler you choose should lock in the price quoted with a contract. Consider these factors for apples-to-apples comparisons:
- Is the hauler quoting one trip? That $150 quote compared to the other guy’s $250 is no bargain when you find that the hauler has a smaller truck and has to make multiple trips.
- Phone and Internet quotes are just estimates based on dumping fees and the amount of space your junk takes on the hauler’s truck. In-person estimates are more accurate.
- What comes with the service? Dirty Dog sweeps up the cleared space, so it’s ready to use. At 1-800-GOT-JUNK, employees are trained to be respectful, because junk hauling often comes during times of emotional upheaval, such as home foreclosures or estate executing.
- Will the junk be discarded responsibly? Penalties for dumping in state parks and forests, for instance, can range from $10 to $1,000. And yes, you can be held responsible for a hauler’s illegal act. Rangers prefer catching the culprit in the act, “but they’re not above going through the trash” to find identifying items like pill bottles or letters, said Terry Brady, press secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Junk hauling doesn’t have to be a dirty business. Here are some resources help you with your cleanup project:
- Finding services in your county: Find information on recycling household items, including electronics and appliances, at www.dauphincounty.org/waste-management-recycling for Dauphin County and www.ccpa.net/recycling for Cumberland County.
- Following the law: The state’s Covered Device Recycling Act changes the rules for discarding old televisions and computers. Visit the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, www.depweb.state.pa.us.