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Jaguar and Land Rover both Appoint Global Beach Automotive
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London, 27 July 2004 – Two of Ford Motor Company's premium brands, Jaguar and Land Rover announced today that they will be launching all new Dealer Web Services (DWS) and National Used Car Locator Programs, which will enable their European dealers to manage their on-line presence more effectively using a suite of highly functional tools. The aim of each Program is to provide a seamless customer experience between the brands' national websites and their retailers.
Jaguar and Land Rover have both selected the automotive managed services provider, Global Beach Automotive, to deliver a truly integrated e-channel across their dealer networks for an initial three-year term. Initial deployment will commence with Belgium, Germany and Netherlands with other key markets to follow.
Global Beach has an eight-year automotive pedigree and has been providing on-line solutions within the dealer/OEM market on a pan-European basis since 1996. Jaguar and Land Rover chose Global Beach as their preferred partner because of its continued investment into smart technology to support the changing needs of the automotive sector. Moreover, this initiative leverages a shared technology platform that can be rapidly and cost-effectively deployed across all markets and has already demonstrated measurable value for brands including Ford of Europe and Aston Martin.
Christine Downton, Global CRM Manager for both Jaguar and Land Rover brands, commented: "Effective management of our on-line channel is critical to our business and the DWS program is a cornerstone of that strategy. This program is all about ensuring our franchised dealer partners benefit to the fullest extent from the demand that both brands generate."
She continued: "We were looking for a business partner with a strong track record in this space and one that could support both brands robustly in Europe, as well as providing a flexible offering that allowed our sales companies and dealers to select the balance of modules that was right for them."
David Cox, Operations Director of Global Beach Automotive observed: "Our appointment by Jaguar and Land Rover is based upon the real advantages that our e-channel offers for both manufacturers and dealers. As a crucial part of our service, we offer phased rollout, end-to-end deployment, training and after-sales support. Our tools are really easy-to-use and seamlessly integrated. We support all our software with comprehensive training and proactive support programs that will ensure that every dealer can realise the full value from our technology, regardless of their location or size. It is a pleasure to have been selected to support both Jaguar and Land Rover with our DWS program."
Clive Jackson, Founder & CEO of Global Beach Group said:" We are delighted to be working with Jaguar and Land Rover and in particular, the management within both of their National Sales Companies throughout Europe. We are absolutely committed to developing the 'best in class' European Dealer Web Service platform and to consistently delivering innovative and valued business solutions for our customers."
Jaguar and Land Rover
Dhume@ford.com
Louisa Williams
Global Beach Group
louisa.williams@globalbeach.com
From its beginning as a manufacturer of motorcycle sidecars, Jaguar cars has grown to become one of the world's premier manufacturers of prestigious automobiles. The Jaguar marque continues to stand for unparalleled heritage and a tradition of elegant style, luxurious comfort and refined performance. It has already established a strong on-line presence globally and the provision of a Dealer Website service is central to its customer contact strategy across Europe. For further information about Jaguar, please visit www.media.jaguar.com
About Land Rover
Land Rover aims to bring the Land Rover business close to the consumer and support and enhance the Land Rover brand globally via its on-line channel. The introduction of this Dealer Website service will bring specialist focus to the unique franchised dealer area of the Land Rover business and help establish the Land Rover Classic brand identity and product range at the forefront of consumer choice. For further information about Land Rover, please visit www.media.landrover.com
About Global Beach
Global Beach Automotive has developed specialist knowledge of the automotive sector by working with leading automotive companies such as Jaguar Cars, Aston Martin, Jaguar Racing and Ford of Europe over the past ten years.
The management team has gained an unparalleled depth of professional and consulting experience in dealer website provision over the past eight years and operates within 30 markets and 14 languages. Backed by a four-year £10m investment in its manufacturer agnostic KeycastTM technology platform, Global Beach Automotive is now uniquely positioned to provide end-to-end Dealer Web Services and Used Car Locators for the European automotive industry. Its mission is to become the premier European supplier of on-line automotive solutions.
The Global Beach Group has offices in London and Los Angeles. Other clients include Pearson Plc, The Prudential Group, Cosworth Racing and Hewlett-Packard. For further information about Global Beach please visit www.globalbeach.com
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Fine German beer, served by the third of a gallon.
It has been 10 months (roughly) since my last post to the blog. The end of last year, and the first 8 months of this year got unexpectedly hectic very fast, and I let things kinda slip in the process, this blog included. We had some big, big downs – bigger than we've had to deal with before – so the few moments of joy we squeezed in there were savored, and documenting them was an afterthought.
But last weekend, for the first time in a long time, things started to feel "normal" again.
We got to go camping for the first time this year. Usually we are out every other weekend, with our pop up tent and our air mattress, but this year we didn't go at all until Labor Day. It was fantastic to get out, wake up when you felt like it, out in the wilderness. Take lots of pictures and eat lots of doughnuts. Just, completely let the string unwind. And we did.
Of course I indulged in my usual delight of chicken tenders, but between the last post and now, I've gotten really into buffalo wings. Not necessarily "hot" wings, but just a good, mild buffalo sauce is now almost as normal as ranch in my chicken condiment choice. But we also enjoyed some traditional camping food like s'mores and hot dogs, however. It was a very light weekend for foodstuffs, and more about relaxing. Lots of reading, and photo taking, and spending time with the family.
And this past weekend, we cleaned house the most deeply we have since probably last year. I treated myself to a Bissell Spotbot (basically a robot for cleaning up cat puke) and it's greatly simplified the cat puke cleaning process, so kudos to Bissell for that.
Since last March, we've had to go to at least three (I may be losing count) funerals for people who we were super close to and who passed unexpectedly. And the amount of time and energy it takes to figure out how to operate as normally as you can, breaking through that constant fear that you're going to get another horrible phone call, is not something you can easily account for. Hopefully the past two weekends have been a sign of things to come. We shall see.
But beyond that I'm making it part of my schedule to write more, so I'm going to make it a goal to update here more often, at least twice a month. Hopefully more. And hopefully I'm back with more dumb crap to share, be it chicken tender reviews, or maybe I branch off into the wild world of grilled cheese. It's a great, big world out there, and there are plenty of gadgets to play with and food to eat.


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El marquesado de Montes Claros es un título nobiliario español creado por Carlos I de España el 23 de abril de 1530 a favor de Rodrigo de Mendoza y Luna, hijo de Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, III duque del Infantado  y de su esposa María Pimentel y Pacheco.

Marqueses de Montes Claros
 Rodrigo Hurtado de Mendoza y Luna (c. 1500-antes del 4 de febrero de 1551), Imarqués de Montes Claros. Nieto de María de Luna y Pimentel, propietaria de la heredad de Montesclaros, y de Íñigo López de Mendoza, I conde de Saldaña. Se casó con Francisca de Mendoza, hija de Íñigo López de Mendoza, señor de Colmenar, Cardoso de la Sierra y el Vado —señoríos heredados por su hija—, y de su esposa Constanza de Ayala.

 Juan de Mendoza y Luna (fallecido en 1570), IImarqués de Montes Claros.

 Juan Manuel de Mendoza y Luna (1570-1628), IIImarqués de Montes Claros, se casó con Ana Messía Manrique, hija de Rodrigo Messía-Carrillo y Manrique de Lara, II marqués de La Guardia y su esposa Isabel Hurtado de Mendoza y Mendoza.

 Isabel de Mendoza (1617-1629), IVmarquesa de Montes Claros, falleció sin descendencia y le sucedió su tía.

 Francisca de Mendoza y Manrique, Vmarquesa de Montes Claros, casada con Luis Antonio de Portocarrero (m. 1639), III conde de Palma del Río.

 Fernando Luis Portocarrero y Mendoza (1630-1649), VImarqués de Montesclaros, II;marqués de Almenara, IV conde de Palma del Río y VI de Castil de Vayuela. En 1648, cuando tenía 18 años, contrajo matrimonio con Antonia de Moscoso Osorio y Fernández de Córdoba, hija de Lope de Moscoso Mendoza, V marqués de Almazán y de Juana Fernández de Córdoba y Rojas, V marquesa de Poza.  Le sucedió su único hijo;

 Luis Antonio Tomás Portocarrero y Mendoza (Palma del Río, 7 de marzo de 1649-1723),  también llamado Luis Antonio Fernández Portocarrero Bocanegra, VIImarqués de Montesclaros, III marqués de Almenara, V conde de Palma del Río,, Grande de España en 1697, caballero de la Orden de Santiago. Heredó todos los títulos de la casa al quedar huérfano con cinco meses de edad. Se casó en 1667 con María Leonor de Moscoso Osorio, hija de Gaspar de Moscoso Mendoza, VI marqués de Almazán, y de Inés de Guzmán.  Le sucedió su hijo;

  Gaspar Tomás Fernández Portocarrero (Madrid, 8 de marzo de 1687-1730), VIII marqués de Montesclaros,V marqués de Almenara,   VI conde de Palma del Río,  IX marqués de Castil de Bayuela, hijo del III marqués de Almenara, se casó en 1726 con Ana Manuela Sinforosa Manrique de Guevara, XIII duquesa de Nájera, (1692-1730), XVI condesa de Valencia de Don Juan, VII condesa de La Revilla, XV condesa de Treviño, y XI marquesa de Cañete. Le sucedió su único hijo;

 Joaquín María Fernández Portocarrero Manrique de Guevara (m. 17 de marzo de 1731), IXmarqués de Montes Claros, VI marqués de Almenara, heredó los títulos de su padre pero al fallecer a los dos años de edad, los títulos pasaron a su tío paterno;

Agustín José Fernández de Portocarrero (Madrid 19 de marzo de 1689-27 de junio de 1748), X marqués de Montesclaros, VII marqués de Almenara, VIII conde de Palma del Río,Grande de España, deán de Toledo, hermano del VI conde, heredó los títulos a la muerte de su sobrino en 1731. Le sucedió su hermano;

Joaquín Fernández Portocarrero y Mendoza (Madrid 27 de mayo de 1681-Roma, 2 de junio de 1760), VIIImarqués de Almenara, IX conde de Palma del Río, XI marqués de Montesclaros, consagrado cardenal el 9 de septiembre de 1743.

 Joaquín de Silva y Moncada (fallecido en 1758), XIImarqués de Montes Claros, VIIIduque de Híjar.

 Pedro Pablo Alcántara de Silva Fernández de Hijar y Abarca de Bolea (25 de noviembre de 1741-Madrid, 23 de febrero de 1808), XIII marqués de Montesclaros, X marqués de Almenara,  IX duque de Híjar, IX duque de Lécera, IX duque de Aliaga, VIII conde de Vallfogona, X conde de Palma del Río, etc., único hijo de Joaquín Diego de Silva Fernández de Híjar y Portocarrero Funes de Villalpando y María Engracia Abarca de Bolea y Pons de Mendoza. tercer nieto de Agustina de Portocarrero, hermana del IV conde de Palma del Río y II marqués de Almenara. Se casó el 16 de julio de 1761 con Rafaela de Palafox Rebolledo y Croy d'Havré. Le sucedió su hijo:

 Agustín Pedro de Silva Fernández de Híjar y Palafox (Madrid, 14 de abril de 1773-12 de diciembre de 1817), XIVmarqués de Montes Claros, XI marqués de Almenara y Xduque de Híjar.  Contrajo matrimonio con María Fernanda Teresa Francisca Josefa Fitz-James Stuart y Stolberg-Gedern.

 José Rafael Fadrique de Silva Fernández de Hijar (Madrid, 29 de marzo de 1776-16 de septiembre de 1863), XVmarqués de Montes Claros,  XIII marqués de Almenara, XII duque de Híjar, XIII duque de Lécera, XIII duque de Aliaga, XIII conde de Palma del Río, etc. Contrajo matrimonio el 19 de agosto de 1801 con Juana Nepomuceno Fernández de Córdoba (1785-1808), hija de José María Fernández de Córdoba y Sarmiento Sotomayor, VII conde de Salvatierra, IX marqués de Baides, etc. y de María Antonia Fernández de Villarroel. Nacieron tres hijos de este matrimonio; Cayetano, Andrés Avelino (1807-1885), y María Antonia, que falleció con once meses.

 María de la Encarnación Díez de Ulzurrun y Alonso (1868-Andéraz, 22 de noviembre de 1950), XVImarquesa de Montes Claros, II condesa de Casa Angulo, III marquesa de Santa Rosa, marquesa de Ulzurrun (título pontificio),  contrajo matrimonio con Juan Pablo Ruiz de Gámiz y Zulueta. Le sucedió su hijo en el condado de Casa de Angulo y su nieto en el marquesado de Montes Claros.

 Julián Ruiz de Gámiz y Zulueta (m. Madrid, 23 de marzo de 1984), XVIImarqués de Montes Claros, hijo de Juan Pablo Ruiz de Gámiz y Díez de Ulzurrun, III conde de Casa de Angulo y de su esposa María del Rosario Zulueta y Urquizu III, condesa de Torre Antigua de Orúe. Se casó con María del Carmen Arrabal y le sucedió su hijo.

 Julián Ruiz de Gámiz y Arrabal (nacido en 1954), XVIIImarqués de Montes Claros. Casado con María Eugenia Dahl de Sobrino, padres de María Eugenia, Julián María, Iñigo María, Javier María y Jorge María.

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Oklahoma health advocates warn against vaping
by Josh Dulaney
Published: Mon, September 16, 2019 5:00 AM
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Vaping-related deaths have been reported across the nation. While none have yet been recorded in Oklahoma, health advocates are urging the public to stop using e-cigarettes and similar devices.
"We've been educating about the harms of vapor use for probably five years now," said Julie Bisbee, executive director of the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Trust. "We've seen those efforts really eroded by the predatory marketing of these products on social media. It is really troubling to see folks coming to this product thinking that it's harmless."
By Tuesday last week, in what some health officials have called an outbreak, six people had died from lung disease related to vaping or using e-cigarettes, and there were more than 450 possible cases of severe lung injury in 33 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Kansas health officials confirmed the first death in the state was a resident over 50 years old who also had a history of underlying health issues and was hospitalized with symptoms that progressed rapidly.
"If you or a loved one is vaping, please stop," said Lee Norman, Kansas Health Officer and Secretary for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. "The recent deaths across our country, combined with hundreds of reported lung injury cases, continue to intensify. I'm extremely alarmed for the health and safety of Kansans who are using vaping products and urge them to stop until we can determine the cause of vaping-related lung injuries and death."
An investigation into the deaths has not identified any specific substance or e-cigarette product that is linked to all cases. Still, many patients reported using e-cigarette products with liquids that contain cannabinoid products, such as tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC.
By Thursday, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported seven of eight severe respiratory cases involved vaping with THC, a chemical found in marijuana.
In California, a person who died in Los Angeles County was reportedly older than 55 and had other chronic health conditions. At one point, a dozen people in the county were hospitalized for vaping-related injuries. Nearly all of them reported THC use through vaping.
Article: School districts ramp up efforts against student vaping
Last week, New Mexico health officials reported 12 cases of severe lung disease associated with vaping, saying all but one included the use of THC products. All of the cases required hospitalization.
Vaping is the act of inhaling vapor through an e-cigarette or similar device often containing nicotine. The devices deliver an aerosol to the user by heating a liquid that usually contains nicotine, flavorings and other chemicals. They can also deliver marijuana or other substances.
Use of e-cigarettes has grown in popularity in recent years as many smokers have seen it as a healthier alternative to smoking cigarettes. CDC officials say adult smokers who are attempting to quit should use evidence-based treatments, including counseling and FDA-approved medications.
The CDC, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, state and local health departments are investigating the multi-state deaths and severe pulmonary disease associated with vaping products, which include devices, liquids, refill pods and cartridges.
Patients have reported symptoms such as coughing, shortness of breath, chest pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, fever and weight loss. Some said their symptoms developed over a few days, while others reported that their symptoms developed over several weeks.
In Oklahoma, state epidemiologist Laurence Burnsed said as of Friday there had been no confirmed deaths or related cases.
"We are aware of the investigation and are involved with other states on the response," he said. "We are asking physicians and healthcare providers to notify us of any patients who have a history of using e-cigarette products 90 days prior to the onset of symptoms."
Popular among teens
A 2018 Monitoring the Future survey of eighth, 10th and 12th graders in schools nationwide found a dramatic increase in teen use of vaping devices.
More than 37% of high school seniors reported "any vaping" in the past 12 months, compared to 27.8% in 2017, according to the survey, which was funded by a government grant to the University of Michigan.
More than 1 in 10 eighth graders said they vaped nicotine in the previous year, and use was up significantly in nearly all vaping measures among eighth, 10th and 12th graders.
Bisbee, of TSET, the Oklahoma grant-making trust that primarily devotes funding to preventing cancer and cardiovascular disease, said vapor products are the most commonly used nicotine products among teenagers.
"That's troubling because we've worked hard as a state to reduce tobacco use," she said. "It's been cut in half since TSET began. There was no sign this was a niche product or that this was going to go away. What we know is that when kids start, we see an increased likelihood in going to cigarettes. Flavors attract kids and nicotine keeps them."
TSET has produced anti-vaping commercials and other materials aimed at preventing kids from using the products, as well as teaching parents how to address the issue.
Along with similar groups, TSET may get help from the White House.
President Donald Trump said last week his administration will propose banning e-cigarette flavors.
"We have a problem in our country," Trump said. "It's a new problem. It's a problem nobody really thought about too much a few years ago, and it's called 'vaping' — especially vaping as it pertains to innocent children. And they're coming home and they're saying, 'Mom, I want to vape.' And the parents don't know too much about it. And nobody knows too much about it, but they do know it's causing a lot of problems. And we're going to have to do something about it."
According to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, the FDA will develop guidelines to remove all e-cigarette flavors from the market, except tobacco.
"I think the president's call to ban flavors is necessary," Bisbee said.
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Josh Dulaney joined The Oklahoman in November 2016. Dulaney is a California Newspaper Publishers Association award winner for his writing. In both 2018 and 2019 he earned newspaper writer of the year honors from the Great Plains Journalism Awards. Read more ›
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Is President Putin's Russia the new Weimar Republic - a transitional entity that must succumb to authoritarianism through economic failure and humiliation over loss of great power status? This thesis was advocated on these pages earlier this week by Harvard historian Niall Ferguson, who cited Mr. Putin's meddling in the Ukrainian election, his support for separatist movements in Georgia and Moldova, his control of the three largest Russian television channels, and his effective destruction of the energy giant Yukos, the company that most closely matched up to Western standards of accountability and transparency.
There are many reasons to be concerned by the direction of Mr. Putin's Russia. That said, the current boss of the Kremlin is no Gustav Stresemann - the conservative nationalist leader of post-Wilhelmine Germany who did much to extricate the Republic from its post-Versailles straitjacket - let alone an Adolf Hitler. Mr. Putin's definition of the interests of his country seems rather slender by comparison: reconsolidation of influence in the former Soviet Union proper and reconstitution of that zone as a usable economic space for unreformed post-communist "enterprises."
Once this is achieved, few are suggesting that Comrade Putin would inevitably move onto the next target such as Poland or Slovakia, impelled by an ideology of Slavic racial supremacy. If nothing else, he is too keen on good relations with America and the nations of the European Union for that. Even if he fails in his attempt to pull Ukraine back into the Russian orbit, as appears likely following the victory of the reformist Viktor Yuschenko, the result within Muscovite political circles is not likely to be the emergence of some hyper chauvinistic imperator. On the contrary, it may well be a far more moderate figure who has imbibed the lesson of Mr. Putin's clumsy and ill-judged interference in the internal affairs of her largest westerly neighbor.
The analogy between the descent to malignant caesarism of the Nazi era from the highly imperfect Weimar-like polity works best if one believes that the Russia of the Yeltsin era was a genuine democracy. Actually, though, in most oblasts of the federation, there was a plunge into anarcho-despotism under the aegis of organized crime. Mr Putin initially brought greater stability, but was unable to see his reforms through a recalcitrant bureaucracy. Essentially, he then made his peace with the most corrupt elements and now seems not to worry if they impoverish their own regions just so long as they are loyal to the existing system.
Confronted with an unmanageable set of circumstances, he has reverted to a sort of default position from the Soviet epoch: define national security as a zero-sum game, in which any gain for Russia's neighbors must perforce be at her own expense. As James Sherr of the Conflict Studies Research Center at Sandhurst has observed, this communist mental equipment means that he is ill-suited to understand the "Orange Revolution" in Ukraine. He and his associates regard politics as basically a matter of relations between elites who create networks of understanding rather than treating civil society as an independent entity.
Understanding Mr. Putin does not mean condoning him. The current administration seems to have done the reverse: condoned without understanding. This is similar to its approach to President Musharraf of Pakistan. What can be said for the administration is that it views all of this complex thicket of motivations and actions through the single prism of the war on terrorism. And that's not a bad prisom through which to view Russia. It reminds us of Churchill's famous line about how if Hitler invaded Hell he would find it in himself to make in the Commons a positive reference to the Devil, which is about as far as it was prudent to go.


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Q: Closed form of a sum of binomial coefficients? I have the following function:

$T_n(d)=\sum\limits_{k=\frac{n-d}{2}}^{\lceil \frac{n}{2} \rceil}{k\choose \frac{n-d}{2}}$
  ${n \choose 2k}$, where $n,d\in \mathbb{N}^0$, and $n,d$ have the same parity.

Looking at the sequences for various $d$, it seems that the formula is a polynomial of degree $d$ in $n$. This is speculation, but for example, where defined, it would appear that:
$T_{n}(1)=n$, $T_{n}(2)=\frac{1}{2}n^2$, $T_{n}(3)=\frac{1}{6}n^3-\frac{1}{6}n$, and $T_{n}(4)=\frac{1}{24}n^4-\frac{1}{6}n^2$
In fact, after further numerical testing, it seems that
$T_n(d)=\frac{n}{d!}\prod\limits_{j=1}^{d-1}(n-(2j-d))$
So my question is, is there a way to confirm the above results and show whether or not $T_n(d)$ is a polynomial of degree $d$ in $n$? If so, is there an intuitive reason why it is a polynomial with evenly spaced integer roots? The result seems rather elegant, if it's true.
EDIT: Simplifying the above expression, we have
$$T_n(d)=\frac{n}{d!}\prod\limits_{j=1}^{d-1}(n-(2j-d))=\frac{n}{d!}\frac{(n-1+(d-1))!!}{(n-1-(d-1))!!}=\frac{2^d n}{n+d}\cdot {\frac{n+d}{2} \choose d}$$
The third and fourth expressions in particular, seem like they would be very useful for a combinatorial proof. $n!!$ is the standard double factorial.

A: Here is a purely symbolic approach via the Snake Oil method. (See generatingfunctionology for more details). To make things simpler to read, note that $n=2m+d$ for some integer $m$ since $n$ and $d$ have the same parity. Hence the identity to be proven is equivalent to
$$T_n(d)=\sum\limits_{k}{k\choose m}{2m+d\choose 2k}=2^d \frac{2m+d}{2m+2d}{m+d\choose d} \tag{1}$$
The summation is over all integers $k$, with the understanding that ${n \choose k}=0$ unless $n\geq k\geq 0$.
To apply the Snake Oil method, we multiply the LHS by $x^d$ and sum over all $d$:
$$\sum_{d,k} {k\choose m}{2m+d\choose 2k}x^d=\sum_k \binom{k}{m}\left[\sum_d\binom{2m+d}{2k}x^d\right]\tag{2}$$
The inner sum may be evaluated by shifting $d\to d-2m+2k$ to obtain
$$\sum_d\binom{d+2k}{2k}x^{d+2k-2m}=\frac{x^{2k-2m}}{(1-x)^{2k}}$$
where we have recalled the negative binomial series $(1-x)^{-n-1}=\sum_k \binom{k+n}{n} x^k$. This leaves the outer sum, which we shift by $k\to k+m$ to obtain
\begin{align}
\sum_k \binom{k}{m} \frac{x^{2k-2m}}{(1-x)^{2k}}
  &=\sum_k \binom{k+m}{m} \frac{x^{2k}}{(1-x)^{2k+2m}} &(k\to k+2m) \\
  &=\frac{1}{(1-x)^{2m}}\sum_k \binom{k+m}{m}\left(\frac{x^2}{(1-x)^2}\right)^k \\
  &=\frac{1}{(1-x)^{2m}}\left[1-\frac{x^2}{(1-x)^2}\right]^{-m-1}&(\text{negative binomial series})\\
  &=\frac{1}{(1-x)^{2m}}\left(\frac{(1-x)^2}{1-2x}\right)^{m+1}\\
  &=\frac{1-x}{(1-2x)^{m+1}}
\end{align}
So we have obtained the sum over $d$ in closed form. But we can expand this in a second way, using once again the negative binomial series:
\begin{align}
\frac{1-x}{(1-2x)^{m+1}}
&=(1-x)\sum_d \binom{m+d}{d}(2x)^d\\
&=\sum_d \binom{m+d}{d}(2x)^d-\sum_d \binom{m+d}{d}2^d x^{d+1}\\
&=\sum_d \binom{m+d}{d}(2x)^d-\sum_d \binom{m+d-1}{d-1}2^{d-1} x^{d}&(\text{$d\to d-1$ on 2nd term})\\
&=\sum_d \left[\binom{m+d}{m}-\frac12\binom{m+d-1}{m}\right](2x)^d
\end{align}
The bracketed term simplifies upon factoring out the first binomial coefficient:
\begin{align}
  1-\frac12\binom{m+d-1}{m} \binom{m+d}{m}^{-1}
&=1-\frac12 \frac{(m+d-1)!}{m!(d-1)!}\cdot \frac{m!\,d!}{(m+d)!}\\
&=1-\frac12 \frac{d}{m+d}\\
&=\frac{2m+d}{2m+2d}
\end{align}
This yields the overall coefficient of $x^d$ as
$$2^d\frac{2m+d}{2m+2d}\binom{m+d}{m}$$
which by comparison with $(2)$ gives the desired identity.

A: There are two ways to prove your identity. The first way is to find some combinatorial interpretation of your sum, and show that it matches the more obvious combinatorial interpretation of your formula.
The other way, following your own suggestion, consists of three steps:

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*Show that the sum is a polynomial of degree $d$.

*Find $d$ distinct roots of the polynomial by plugging them on the sum and showing that it evaluates to zero. Since the roots are distinct, this determine the polynomial up to a constant multiple.

*Determine the constant by computing the sum at some valued of $n$ for which it doesn't vanish.

The first step is easy. First, notice that each $\binom{n}{n-2k} $ is a polynomial of degree $n-2k$ in $n$. Second, the associated factors can be written as $\binom{\ell+(n-d)/2}{\ell}$, where $\ell=k-(n-d)/2$, which is a polynomial of degree $\ell$ in $n$. The total degree of both factors is $n-2k+\ell=(n+d)/2-k\leq(n+d)/2-(n-d)/2=d$. This completes the first step.
The second step is complicated by the fact that we have to deal with negative binomial coefficients, though these can probably be avoided for the third step. I leave these two steps for you.

A: Another  useful  apparently   classic  technique  uses  basic  complex
variables.

Suppose we seek to evaluate
$$\sum_{k\ge m} {k\choose m} {2m+d\choose 2k}
= \sum_{k\ge m} {k\choose m} {2m+d\choose 2m+d-2k}$$
where  the second  binomial coefficient  serves to  delimit  the upper
bound of the range of $k$ which is finite.
Start from
$${2m+d\choose 2m+d-2k}
= \frac{1}{2\pi i}
\int_{|z|=\epsilon} \frac{1}{z^{2m+d-2k+1}} (1+z)^{2m+d} \; dz.$$

This gives the following integral for the sum
$$\frac{1}{2\pi i}
\int_{|z|=\epsilon}
\sum_{k\ge m} {k\choose m}
\frac{1}{z^{2m+d-2k+1}} (1+z)^{2m+d} \; dz
\\ = \frac{1}{2\pi i}
\int_{|z|=\epsilon}  \frac{(1+z)^{2m+d}}{z^{2m+d+1}}
\sum_{k\ge m} {k\choose m} z^{2k} \; dz
\\ = \frac{1}{2\pi i}
\int_{|z|=\epsilon}  \frac{(1+z)^{2m+d}}{z^{2m+d+1}}
\sum_{k\ge 0} {k+m\choose m} z^{2k+2m} \; dz
\\ = \frac{1}{2\pi i}
\int_{|z|=\epsilon}  \frac{(1+z)^{2m+d}}{z^{d+1}}
\sum_{k\ge 0} {k+m\choose m} z^{2k} \; dz
\\ = \frac{1}{2\pi i}
\int_{|z|=\epsilon}  \frac{(1+z)^{2m+d}}{z^{d+1}}
\frac{1}{(1-z^2)^{m+1}} \; dz
\\ = \frac{1}{2\pi i}
\int_{|z|=\epsilon}  \frac{(1+z)^{m+d-1}}{z^{d+1}}
\frac{1}{(1-z)^{m+1}} \; dz.$$
Extracting coefficients we obtain
$$\sum_{q=0}^d {m+d-1\choose q} {d-q+m\choose m}.$$
Use another integral as in
$${d-q+m\choose m}
= \frac{1}{2\pi i}
\int_{|z|=\epsilon} \frac{1}{z^{m+1}} (1+z)^{d-q+m} \; dz.$$
to obtain
$$\frac{1}{2\pi i}
\int_{|z|=\epsilon}
\sum_{q=0}^d {m+d-1\choose q}
\frac{1}{z^{m+1}} (1+z)^{d-q+m} \; dz
\\ = \frac{1}{2\pi i}
\int_{|z|=\epsilon} \frac{(1+z)^{d+m}}{z^{m+1}}
\sum_{q=0}^d {m+d-1\choose q} (1+z)^{-q}\; dz.$$
The defining  integral is zero for $m+d-1 \ge q>d$  so we may extend  the sum to
$m+d-1$, getting
$$\frac{1}{2\pi i}
\int_{|z|=\epsilon} \frac{(1+z)^{d+m}}{z^{m+1}}
\sum_{q=0}^{m+d-1} {m+d-1\choose q} (1+z)^{-q}\; dz
\\ = \frac{1}{2\pi i}
\int_{|z|=\epsilon} \frac{(1+z)^{d+m}}{z^{m+1}}
\left(1+\frac{1}{1+z}\right)^{m+d-1} \; dz
\\ = \frac{1}{2\pi i}
\int_{|z|=\epsilon} \frac{(1+z)^{d+m}}{z^{m+1}}
\left(\frac{2+z}{1+z}\right)^{m+d-1} \; dz
\\ = \frac{1}{2\pi i}
\int_{|z|=\epsilon} \frac{1+z}{z^{m+1}}
(2+z)^{m+d-1} \; dz.$$
We may now extract coefficients to obtain
$$[z^m] (1+z) (2+z)^{m+d-1}
= [z^m] (2+z)^{m+d-1}
+ [z^{m-1} ] (2+z)^{m+d-1}
\\ = 2^{d-1} {m+d-1\choose m}
+ 2^d {m+d-1\choose m-1}.$$
This needs some re-writing to make it match the other answer.
We get
$$2^{d-1} {m+d-1\choose d-1}
+ 2^d {m+d-1\choose d}
\\ = 2^{d-1} \frac{d}{m+d} {m+d\choose d}
+ 2^d \frac{m}{m+d} {m+d\choose d}
\\ = 2^d {m+d\choose d}
\left(\frac{1}{2} \frac{d}{m+d} + \frac{m}{m+d} \right)
\\ = 2^d {m+d\choose d} \frac{2m+d}{2m+2d}.$$

Interesting  exercise. There  is  another  one like  it  at this MSE link.
Observe that  these computations were  done without intervention  by a
computer except to check arithmetic.

A trace as to when this method appeared on MSE and by whom starts at this
MSE link.

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Putin defiant on Ukraine crisis despite Trump summit talks threat
By Andrew Osborn and Anton Zverev
MOSCOW/KERCH, Crimea (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday shrugged off a threat from U.S. President Donald Trump to cancel a meeting with him due to Moscow's seizure of three Ukrainian navy ships, and accused Ukraine's president of orchestrating the crisis.
Russia seized the Ukrainian vessels and their crews on Sunday near Crimea, the Ukrainian region which Moscow annexed in 2014, over what it said was their illegal entry into Russian waters, which Ukraine denies.
The episode has raised fears in the West of a wider conflict between the two countries, and Trump said on Tuesday that he might cancel a planned meeting with Putin at the G20 summit in Argentina later this week as a response to "aggression".
Some of Ukraine's Western allies have also raised the possibility of imposing new sanctions on Russia over the episode, which could deliver a blow to the Russian economy.
But Putin, in his first public comments on the Black Sea incident, said that the Ukrainian vessels had clearly been in the wrong, dismissed the clash as a minor border issue, and accused Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko of having orchestrated the crisis in order to boost his dire ratings.
Putin said he also still hoped to meet Trump at the G20, while the Kremlin said the meeting was still being prepared and Washington had not informed Moscow it was off.
"It was, without doubt, a provocation," Putin told a financial forum in Moscow of the incident. "It was organized by the president ahead of the elections. The president is in fifth place ratings-wise and therefore had to do something. It was used as a pretext to introduce martial law."
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he was saddened by what he asserted was Washington's willingness to encourage Ukraine's "provocation".
Putin said the West was willing to forgive Ukrainian politicians because it bought into their anti-Russian narrative.
Kiev has introduced martial law in parts of the country, saying it fears a possible Russian invasion.
Speaking in northern Ukraine, Poroshenko, who has accused Moscow of naked military aggression, talked up his country's readiness to respond to any future Russian military action.
"It's important to keep our powder dry and be ready at any moment to push back the aggressor," said Poroshenko, adding that he had received offers from hundreds of Ukrainian war veterans who said they were ready to return and defend the country.
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (R) addresses servicemen as he visits the 169th training centre "Desna" of the Ukrainian Army ground forces in Chernihiv Region, Ukraine November 28, 2018. Mykola Lazarenko/Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
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The United States and the EU have both imposed sanctions on Russia over its conduct towards Ukraine since 2014, when Moscow seized and annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula after a pro-Russian leader was toppled in Kiev.
Moscow later backed pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine in a conflict in which more than 10,000 people have been killed. Major fighting ended with a 2015 ceasefire but deadly exchanges of fire are still frequent.
A Kremlin aide said on Wednesday that Putin had rebuffed an initiative from Poroshenko for the two men to speak by phone.
Vadim Astafyev, a spokesman for Russia's southern military district, was cited by Russian news agencies as saying that a new battalion of advanced S-400 surface-to-air missiles would be delivered to Crimea soon and become operational by year's end.
The deployment is likely to have been long-planned, but the timing of the announcement appeared designed to send a message to Ukraine and the West that Russia is serious about defending what it regards as its own territory and waters.
Crimea already hosts three battalions of the anti-aircraft missile systems which have a range of up to 400 km (250 miles) allowing Russia to control large swaths of the skies above the Black Sea. The new missile deployment to Crimea would allow Russia to increase its air defense coverage area.
Separately, a Reuters correspondent in Crimea on Wednesday observed a Russian navy minesweeper ship, the Vice-Admiral Zakharin, heading in the direction of the Sea of Azov.
The sea is home to major ports of both Russia and Ukraine and can be reached only through the Russian-controlled Kerch Strait near where Sunday's incident took place.
A court in Crimea's capital Simferopol on Wednesday ordered nine of the 24 captured Ukrainian sailors – including senior Ukrainian naval officers and at least one member of Ukraine's SBU intelligence agency – held for a period of two months. The same court ordered the other 15 sailors on Tuesday to be detained for two months pending a possible trial.
All of the sailors face jail terms of up to six years if found guilty of what Moscow says was a plot to illegally cross the Russian border by trying to pass through the strait without advance notice and ignoring calls to stop.
Ukraine says its ships did nothing wrong and have every right to use the strait without Russian permission.
(Additional reporting by Polina Nikolskaya, Daria Korsunksaya, Tom Balmforth, Polina Ivanova, Vladimir Soldatkin, Katya Golubkova, Gleb Stolyarov and Oksana Kobzeva in Moscow, Pavel Polityuk in Kiev and Stephanie Nebehay and Tom Miles in Geneva; Writing by Andrew Osborn; Editing by Christian Lowe and Peter Graff)
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Actor Cha Seung-won was sued by an anonymous man who claims to be the biological father of Cha's first child, No-ah, a former professional online gamer.
According to a local cable channel yesterday, the 44-year-old actor and his wife, surnamed Lee, were sued by an unidentified man who wants 100 million won ($97,087) from Cha for allegedly defaming his reputation by acting as if No-ah is his biological son.
According to the man, No-ah, 25, is his child and was born before Lee got married to Cha in 1989.
YG Entertainment, Cha's agency, released a statement regarding the lawsuit yesterday.
YG also asked for the media to refrain from writing any more gossip about Cha's family.
This is not the first time Cha has received media spotlight because of his stepson.
No-ah was charged with possession of marijuana in March last year and was booted from his team as a result.
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Rope of Choice: Amigo by Cactus Ropes
Biggest Win: It would have been at the USTRC Finals. I won $14,000 or $15,000. That was last year, mostly in the #13 Shootout.
Favorite Roping: It's got to be the World Series Finale in Vegas. It's family friendly and we get the run of Vegas. Cowboy Christmas is fun, all of the locals head up there. It's just a nice time for family as a whole.
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Best Horse You've Ever Owned: Squirt, he died about 10 years ago. I could head, heel and calf rope on him. He was above average. Of every horse in my career—he would be #1. I've got Dunny, who I bought from Paul Eaves, and he's in the same bracket. Just good to be around.
Family: My wife, Kimberly, and then my three children, Brooke, Trent and Kawo.
Competition Philosophy: Don't miss! I want to catch them all. On the heeling side, which is what I do most, I try not to be anxious, not to lose my position, and catching is everything.
Real Job: I'm a rancher, I run a cow-calf operation.
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Riyo Mori, née le  à Shizuoka, est un mannequin japonais, devenue Miss Univers 2007.

Biographie
Mori est née le  à Shizuoka au (Japon), est une enfant unique. Elle commence à danser à l'âge de 4 ans.

Elle a étudié à l'École de ballet Quinte au Canada et est diplômée de la Centennial Secondary School de Belleville (Canada). Sa famille la soutient du Japon où elle revient à ses 12 ans. Mori parle couramment japonais et anglais.

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Elle intègre un théâtre de danse au Japon lorsqu'elle a 16 ans, et se fait alors remarquer par un photographe anglais qui lui propose de faire un shooting pour être modèle photos pour une agence de mannequins, ce que ses parents refusent.

Mori désirait s'essayer au monde de la mode mais trop réservée et plutôt garçon manqué, ses parents tiennent à la protéger.

Miss Japon puis Miss Univers
En 2007, Riyo Mori est élue Miss Japon en  avec le soutien de ses parents et décroche donc un ticket pour participer à l'élection de Miss Univers.

Le , elle est élue Miss Univers à Mexico. Ses dauphines sont Miss Brésil, Miss Venezuela, Miss Corée et Miss USA.

Elle est la deuxième Japonaise élue Miss Univers, après Akiko Kojima en 1959.

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AZ Kids events: The 3 best things to do with your kids this weekend, March 17 and 18
Fun things to do with kids this weekend: St. Patrick's Day workshop at the i.d.e.a. museum, Cave Creek Rodeo Days Parade and a dollhouse mini show.
AZ Kids events: The 3 best things to do with your kids this weekend, March 17 and 18 Fun things to do with kids this weekend: St. Patrick's Day workshop at the i.d.e.a. museum, Cave Creek Rodeo Days Parade and a dollhouse mini show. Check out this story on azcentral.com: http://azc.cc/2pnbh0f
The 2018 St. Patrick's Day Parade takes place on Saturday, March 18, in the streets of downtown Phoenix. Johanna Huckeba/azcentral
St. Patrick's Day Parade & Faire of Phoenix 2018
The 2018 St. Patrick's Day Faire takes place on Saturday, March 18, in the Margaret T. Hance Park in downtown Phoenix. Johanna Huckeba/azcentral
The 2018 St. Patrick's Day Parade takes place on Saturday, March 18, in the streets of downtown Phoenix.
Sonja Haller, The Republic | azcentral.com Published 11:21 a.m. MT March 16, 2018 | Updated 3:29 p.m. MT March 17, 2018
This weekend, parents can take their kids on Saturday to the i.d.e.a. Museum for a St. Patrick's Day workshop. They'll learn about Irish heritage and participate in arts and crafts.(Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Hey, parents! Looking for last-minute things to do with your restless little ones this weekend? No worries; here are three great kids activities in Arizona to keep them entertained.
For kids a full list of kids events this month, visit our March 2018 kids events list.
For kids events that are free, visit our Free March 2018 kids events list.
3/17: Messy Creations: Go Green!
Bring your luck o' green to this St. Patrick's Day workshop! Young leprechauns will experience Irish heritage with a story and music time along with crafts. Best for the wee little ones of ages 2-5.
Details: 10 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Saturday, March 17. i.d.e.a. Museum, 150 W.Pepper Place, Mesa. $6 members; $14 nonmembers (includes museum admission). 480-644-4129 or ideamuseum.org.
3/17: Cave Creek Rodeo Days Parade
3/17: Cave Creek Rodeo Days Parade | Cave Creek will be hosting a parade to kick off the annual Rodeo Days festivities. Event highlights include PRCA rodeo events, a parade, mutton busting, a golf tournament, two rodeo dances and more. | Details: 9-11 a.m. Saturday, March 17. Cave Creek, 37622 N. Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek. Free. cavecreekrodeo.com (Photo: Greg Westfall | Local)
Cave Creek is hosting a parade to kick off Rodeo Days. The event includes three rodeo performances, a golf tournament, two rodeo dances, some kids' sheep riding and more.
Details: 9-11 a.m. Saturday, March 17. Cave Creek, 37622 N. Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek. Free. cavecreekrodeo.com.
3/17-18: 40th Annual Dollhouse Miniature Show and Sale
This weekend, there's a free make-and-take workshop at the Dollhouse Miniature Show and Sale. (Photo: Small World Miniature Club)
Presented by the Small World Miniature Club, benefiting Children's First Academy. There will be a free children's make and take workshop as well.
Details: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, March 17 and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, March 18. Arizona State University, West, 4701 W. Thunderbird Road, Glendale. $5; $2 children under 12. 480-466-9691, phoenixminiatures.com/show.
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March 2018 kids events
3/1: World Music Family Workshop |The Phoenix Conservatory of Music invites kids to learn about music with Sankofa-Island Magic founder and artist, Keith Johnson. He will expose participants to the traditional music and folklore of West Africa.| Details: 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 1. Glendale Public Library,Velma Teague Branch, 7010 N. 58th Ave., Glendale. Free. 623-930-3437, glendaleaz.com/library. Getty Images/iStockphoto
3/3:McDowell Sonoran Conservancy: Junior Citizen Science Festival | Families are invited to look into the mysteries of the Sonoran Desert and the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. The Junior Citizen Science Festival features more than 15 hands-on, interactive learning stations that immerse kids and adults into the wonders of the natural world. Pre-register to earn a special certificate at www.jcsf2018.eventbrite.com. | Details:9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, March 3. McDowell Sonoran Preserve at the Lost Dog Wash Trailhead, 12601 N. 124th St., Scottsdale. Free. 480-998-7971, mcdowellsonoran.org. Mare Czinar
3/3: 2nd Annual STEM Festival | Join New World Learning Academy at the 2nd Annual STEM Festival.The event features balloon power cars, rocket launching, water conservation, galaxy bottles, robotics, computer coding and more. The free event also includes local vendors, food, live music, raffle prizes, tours of the new Chandler campus and a chance to meet Curt Eierdam and his dragster, the Invader. | Details: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, March 3. New World Learning Academy, 900 E. Pecos Road, Chandler. Free.480-248-6125 or nwlacademy.com. UA College of Medicine – Phoenix
3/3: Chandler Family Bird Walk | On the first Saturday of the month from November through April, Desert Rivers Audubon offers guided bird walks. The group provides Bird Bingo cards for kids and will loan out binoculars. The walks last about 45 minutes. | Details: 8 a.m. Saturday, March3. Veterans Oasis Park and Environmental Education Center, 4050 E. Chandler Heights Road, Chandler. Free. visitchandler.com. Getty Images | iStockphoto
3/3: Archaeology for kids | Kids have the chance to become junior archaeologists for the day at the Pueblo Grande Museum. Kids will learn how to discover artifacts at an excavation site and how to use the artifacts to learn more about the cultures they came from in this morning long activity. | Details: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 3. Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St. Phoenix. Registration for the event is required by March 2. $15. 602-495-0901, pueblogrande.com. Pueblo Grande Museum | Local
3/3: Ride-in Movies: 'Smurfs Lost Village'| You bring the blankets and Mesa supplies the popcorn. This free screening is being hosted by the City of Mesa Transportation Department's Bike & Pedestrian Program and SRP. | Details: 7-10 p.m. Saturday, March 3. Palo Verde Park, 3135 S. Dobson Road, Mesa. Free. 480-644-2352, mesaaz.gov/things-to-do/parks-recreation-commercial-facilities/parks/palo-verde-park. Sony pictures
3/3: Queen Creek Block Party| Head to Queen Creek for a community festival that features food trucks, live music, street vendors, a kids zone and family friendly competitions. | Details: Noon-6 p.m. Saturday, March 3. Town Center, 21802 S. Ellsworth Road, Queen Creek. Free. queencreek.org. Town of Queen Creek
3/3-4: Latin Jazz and Mariachi Festival | Tolleson will host its Latin Jazz & Mariachi Street Festival with a variety of performers, food trucks and craft vendors. A free kid's zone, where kids can learn to make a musical instrument, karaoke and a car show are part of the fun that continues into the evening. | Details: Noon-11 p.m. Saturday, March 3; noon-9 p.m. Sunday, March 4. At Paseo de Luces from 91st Avenue to 94th Avenue. Free. tollesonaz.org. Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano | Local
3/3-4: Phoenix Scottish Games | Check out the annual Scottish games and live entertainment that includes the Celtic bands, pipes and drums, highland dancers and athletic events. A kids area will entertain the wee lads and lassies. | Details: 9 a.m.- 7 p.m. Saturday, March 3, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, March 4. Steele Indian School Park,300 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix. $20 adults 13 and older, $15 seniors 60 and older and military with ID, $5 children ages 5-12, free for 4 and under. arizonascots.com. Michael Chow/The Repubic
3/9-11: Scottsdale Arts Festival | The event features jury-selected artists, continuous live music and entertainment on two stages, gourmet food trucks and vendors, creative activities for kids, free admission to Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) and more. | Details: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, March 9-Sunday, march 11.Scottsdale Civic Center Park, 3939 N. Drinkwater Blvd., Scottsdale. $10 one-day pass; $20 two-day pass. $6 for students. Free for children 12 and under. 480-499-8587 or scottsdaleartsfestival.org. Jeffrey Lowman/The Republic
3/9-11: 30th Annual Chandler Chamber Ostrich Festival | Kool & The Gang headlines the festival on Friday, March 9. The community event features live ostriches, ostrich-themed activities, a carnival midway, food, arts and crafts, a new pirate high-wire act and more. | Details: Friday, March 9-Sunday, march 11. Tumbleweed Park, 745 E Germann Road, Chandler. $15 adults. $8 children 5-12 and seniors. Free for children under 5. $5 car parking; $3 motorcycle parking. ostrichfestival.com. City of Chandler
3/9-11: Ahwatukee Chili Cook Off Festival | Cooks from around the country compete in red chili, green chili, salsa and home-style categories. Bands and bounce houses and rock walls for kids keep the action moving and fun for the entire family. The three-day event also includes an ongoing crafts market and carnival.| Details: 4-8 p.m, Friday, March 9, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, March 10, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., March 11. Ahwatukee Community Swim & Tennis Center, 4700 E. Warner Rd., Phoenix. Free. 480-893-3431 or ahwatukeehoa.com. Getty Images
3/10:18th Annual Ancient Technology Day: Prehistoric & Historic | Join Pueblo Grande Museum for a day of fun! Try your hand at tossing an atlatl (spear), discover the art and process of pottery making, basket weaving, loom spinning and flint knapping. Stay for some frybread for lunch. Free arts and crafts activities are available for the kids. | Details: Saturday, March 10. Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington St. Phoenix. 602-495-0901, pueblogrande.com. Pueblo Grande Museum
3/10: Free Day of Dance at Kaleidoscope Dance in Mesa | If you're interested in checking out a new dance school, Kaleidoscope will offer a chance to check out many styles of dance for all ages and dance levels Among the styles featured: Ballroom dancing, Latin dancing, jazz, ballet, swing, hip-hop, line dances, party dances and Tai Chi. | Details: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, March 10. Kaleidoscope Dance, 2848 S. Carriage Lane, Mesa. Free. 480-692-0332 or kaleidoscope-dance.com. Kaleidoscope Dance
3/10-11: Flutterfest | A new spring family festival is alighting in the garden. Hear tales about nature, make a treat for butterflies and other fluttery friends, visit the butterfly exhibit and dance like you have wings to live music. Learn about pollinators in the natural environment. Details: 9 a.m. Saturday, March 10 andSunday, March 11. Desert Botanical Garden, 1201 N. Galvin Parkway, Phoenix. Included in admission. $24.95; $12.95 children 3-17; free for children 3 and under. 480-941-1225, www.dbg.org. Desert Botanical Garden
3/10-11: Phoenix Art Museum Free Family Weekend | Enjoy free general admission along with a variety of activities such as scavenger hunts, live performances, storytime programs, tours and more. Each Discount Tire Free Family Weekend features an opportunity to learn about and make art with a local Valley artist. | Details: 10 a.m. Saturday, 12 p.m. Sunday, March 10-March 11.Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 N. Central Ave., Phoenix. Call for prices. 602-257-1222, phxart.org. Phoenix Art Museum
3/12-16: Mini Maker Camp | Campers will tinker, explore, build, play games and create art related to the Sonoran Safari exhibit. For ages 4-5. | Details: 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Monday, March 12-Friday, March 16. i.d.e.a. Museum, 150 W.Pepper Place, Mesa.Members $65, Nonmembers $80. Registration closes March 4. 480-644-4129. Mark Henle/The Republic
3/15: Free screening of 'Coco' | Watch the Pixar movie that made everyone cry and laugh at Desert Ridge Marketplace. | Details: 6- 8 p.m., Thursday, March 15. Desert Ridge Marketplace, 21001 N. Tatum Blvd., Phoenix. Free. shopdesertridge.com. Pixar, Pixar/AP
3/17: Messy Creations: Go Green! | Bring your luck o' green to this St. Patrick's Day workshop. Young leprechauns will experience Irish heritage with a story and music time along with crafts. For ages 2-5.| Details: 10 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Saturday, March 17. i.d.e.a. Museum, 150 W.Pepper Place, Mesa.$6 members; $14 nonmembers (includes museum admission). 480-644-4129. Getty Images
3/17: Cave Creek Rodeo Days Parade | Cave Creek will be hosting a parade to kick off the annual Rodeo Days festivities. Event highlights include PRCA rodeo events, a parade, mutton busting, a golf tournament, two rodeo dances and more. | Details: 9-11 a.m. Saturday, March 17. Cave Creek, 37622 N. Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek. Free. cavecreekrodeo.com Greg Westfall | Local
3/17-18: 40th Annual Dollhouse Miniature Show and Sale | Presented by the Small World Miniature Club, benefiting Children's First Academy. There will be a free children's make and take workshop as well. | Details: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, March 17 and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, March 18. Arizona State University, West, 4701 W. Thunderbird Road, Glendale. $5; $2 children under 12. 480-466-9691,phoenixminiatures.com/show. Small World Miniature Club
3/21-25: 61st Annual Pinal County Fair | The Pinal County Fair features tasty fair fare, vendors, a carnival, exhibits, entertainment, junior livestock, 4-H corner and more. Around 20,000 people make their way to Casa Grande for this annual family-friendly event each year. | Details: March 21-25. 4-10 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday; 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m.-midnight Saturday; 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday. Pinal Fairgrounds and Event Center, 512 S. Eleven Mile Corner Road, Casa Grande. $8 for ages 13 and up, $4 for ages 6-12, free for 5 and under. Carnival ride wristbands $20 until March 21; $30 at ticket booth after March 21. 520-723-7881, pinalfairgrounds.com. Pinal County Fair | Local
3/23-3/25: Tempe Festival of the Arts | As many as 350 artist booths will line Mill Avenue and surrounding streets representing 17 arts categories, including wood, photography, ceramics, wearable art and jewelry. There also will be live entertainment, street performers, food and beverage vendors. Kids Block is a new kids area that will include activities for kids and artwork made by their peers. | Details: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Friday-Sunday, March 23-25. Mill Avenue between Third Street and University Drive, Tempe. Free. tempefestivalofthearts.com. Tom Tingle/The Republic | Phoenix
3/24: Falcon Field Open House | This free family-friendly event includes aircraft flyovers, food and music, as well as Impala Bob's Classic Car Show. Children's activities, educational programs and exhibits will be part of the day's event. Canned food donations will benefit the United Food Bank. | Details: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, March 24. Falcon Field Airport, 4636 E. Fighter Aces Drive, Mesa. Free. 480-644-2450, falconfieldairport.com. Cheryl Evans/azcentral
3/24: Salsa Festival | Salsa chefs will showcase their skills in the competition, and attendees can enjoy food and spirits and entertainment by local entertainers. Salsa tasting and voting runs until 6:30 p.m. There will also be kids games and activities in the Little Pepper Zone. | Details: 2 p.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, March 24. Salsa tastings until 6 p.m. Copper Sky Regional Park, 44345 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Maricopa. Free, but there is a parking fee of $5, and $5 for ages 3 and older for playtime in Little Pepper Zone. Free shuttles are available from local elementary schools. maricopa-az.gov/web/salsa-festival. Getty Images
3/24: 20th Annual Spring Celebration | Buckeye's 20th Annual Spring Celebration includes an annual egg hunt, petting zoo, pony rides, egg decorating, face painting, train rides, monster mural and more. Mr. & Mrs. Bunny will also be available for Easter pictures. An Eggstra Special Easter Egg Hunt is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. for those with special needs, followed by Egg Hunts for various age groups. | Details: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, March 24. Sundance Park, 22865 Lower Buckeye Road, Buckeye. Free. buckeyeaz.gov. Getty Images
3/24-25: 14th annual Arizona Dragon Boat Festival | Cheer on your favorite colorfully decorated boats as they zip through the water at Tempe Town Lake. Teams will be on hand from across the U.S. and world, racing and honoring a 2,000-plus year tradition. The event also features live entertainment. | Details: 8 a.m. Saturday-Sunday, March 24-25. Tempe Town Lake Marina, North Shore, 550 E. Tempe Town Lake, Tempe. azdba.org. Jeffrey Lowman/The Republic
3:29: Free screening of 'Despicable Me 3:' | Catch a free screening of this movie at Desert Ridge Marketplace. Gru and his long lost twin brother Dru team up in this crime heist and you're invited to see how it all turns out during Movies in the Courtyard. | Details: 6-8 p.m., Thursday, March 29.Desert Ridge Marketplace, 21001 N. Tatum Blvd., Phoenix. Free. shopdesertridge.com. Illumination/Universal Pictures
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There's no better feeling than making good use out of things you already own—especially when it's so easy. With just the switch of a shoe or top, you can make your everyday staples feel like new, so keep reading for five new ways to style the classic pieces you have sitting in your closet.
Lighten up your go-to skinny jeans by wearing them with all-white separates.
On Jacey: Helmut Lang Exclusive to Intermix Linear Drape Leather Detail Blazer ($670) in White; J.Crew Stretch Perfect Shirt ($72) in White; Joe's Jeans skinny jeans; Ray Ban sunglasses, Clare Vivier Flat Clutch ($195) in Caramel; Tory Burch flats.
Dare to try something different and tie your white button-down shirt at your waist. Don't worry, a high-waisted midi skirt will keep the look demure and ladylike.
Give your standard cropped trousers a fresh look by wearing them with a flowy trench coat and sporty sneakers.
On Caroline: Club Monaco trench coat; Espirit pants; FWSS top; Chanel bag; Adidas Stan Smith Sneaker ($75) in Core White/Green.
Your go-to pencil skirt will feel totally refreshed once you try styling it with something sporty, like a numbered graphic tee.
Make a blazer look summer-ready by pairing it with super-casual sandals.
On Ann: Zara blazer; Everlane top; Acne Studios Skin 5 Jeans ($220) in Used Black; Anine Bing sunglasses; Mansur Gavriel Large Bucket Bag ($625) in Black; Birkenstock Arizona Flat Sandals ($90) in Black Leather.


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As part of Hawai'i Electric Light Company's investigation into the theft of payments at its Kīlauea Avenue drop box, the company requests that customers who dropped off payments between 2:30 and 10:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, 2018, call Customer Service at (808) 969-6999 to check their payment status.
Video surveillance shows a man prying the box open late Friday evening, Dec. 14.
The company is working with authorities to investigate the incident.
As a reminder, customers should not place cash payments in the drop box.
For other payment options, visit www.hawaiielectriclight.com. There are more than 20 Western Union Payment Centers across Hawai'i Island.
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GARDEN THEMES have been popular for many Zen Garden designs, but designer and illustrator Kevin Mears came up with a bit of a twist. Instead of making use of photographic floral detail, his notebook sketches lent themselves to a distinct cartoon like style.
Starting with the gardener himself (complete with a wheelbarrow), Mears's illustration grew into a lively, jolly garden of bright colors and isometric hedges.


TBILISI – On Monday, April 11, the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and CRRC-Georgia will brief media on the first part of the survey results regarding Public Attitudes in Georgia. The first presentation will mostly focus on foreign policy, economy and the country's direction.
The briefing will take place at Rooms Hotel at 10:30. Address: #14 Kostava street.
Survey results reflect data collected from February 23 to March 14, through 3,900 face-to-face interviews with a nationwide representative sample.
NDI's survey work is funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and carried out by the CRRC-Georgia.
Note: Only media is invited to attend this briefing.


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Unusual Wills: Gene Roddenberry, Creator of Star Trek, Goes to Infinity and Beyond!
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Before being known as the creator of Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry was known by many other titles. Over his years, he had been a policeman, a aeronautical engineer, a licensed pilot for Pan American, a member of the U.S. Army Air Corps and a published author. However, when he saw a television for the first time, he knew that was where his future would lie.
In 1966, Roddenberry began creating and producing Star Trek in Hollywood. While the first two pilots were rejected by the network for being "too cerebral," once on the air, the show created an instant loyal following that is still strong today. To date, Star Trek has grown into 7 television series and 10 movies with yet another one in production. It has become perhaps the most successful television endeavor of all time, still loved and followed by millions of "trekkies" even 46 years after its inception.
Roddenberry passed away 1991 and had a fairly unusual stipulation in his Will. The great fantasizer of all things "outer space" wished to "go where no man has gone before" by having a portion of his cremated ashes shipped into space. Mrs. Majel Barrett Roddenberry, Gene's wife, followed his wishes by having a capsule of his cremains launched into space in 1997 by Celestis, Inc, a company that specializes in "memorial spaceflights."
Arrangements were also made so that when Mrs. Roddenberry passed away in 2008, both of their cremated remains, along with digitized tributes from fans, would be launched even deeper into space. In fact, the rocket-launched spacecraft which carried the capsules was sent deep into space, never to return to earth.
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Adeboye meets el-Rufai, says only God can help Kaduna overcome insecurity
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Enoch Adeboye, has lamented the state of insecurity in Kaduna State, saying God will fight for Governor Nasir el-rufai to overcome the challenges of banditry and kidnapping in the state.
Adeboye spoke in Kaduna on Tuesday when he met with Governor el-Rufai, five days after he announced the release of eight members of the state RCCG kidnapped on March 27.
According to him, it is only God that can solve the problem of insecurity in the country, adding that the challenge is "far beyond the abilities of any human being".
The cleric said he would be praying for el-Rufai, adding that "when God begins to do what He alone can do, then the world will see it and they will glorify the name of God, and many people who might be criticising you now will probably see the other side of the story."
He added, "We know that you have a problem that only God can solve. The problem is far beyond the abilities of any human being. We have known each other for years.
"I know the kind of person you are. I know you are tender-hearted, I know how you definitely must be feeling, particularly when the kidnappings are going on. When they begin to kidnap school children, I know how you must be feeling."
Adeboye told the governor that "victory is around the corner", noting that Kaduna and Nigeria would overcome insecurity.
"We are praying for you and I believe God is going to answer the prayers. I am assuring you sir that the Almighty God is going to fight for you, He is going to fight for Kaduna state, He is going to fight for Nigeria," he said.
On his part, el-Rufai said Nigeria needed divine intervention to surmount its security problems, just as he urged Adeboye to keep interceding for Kaduna State.
He said, "We also seek your blessings and prayers, as a great man of God, to assist us with the challenges that we are facing here and the country at large.
"This country needs divine intervention more than at any time in its history. So, we are grateful for your prayers, we are grateful for your blessings, and we will continue to ask for more."
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Executive Director, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center (CISLAC), Auwal Ibrahim Musa Rafsanjani
The Executive Director, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center (CISLAC), Auwal Ibrahim Musa Rafsanjani, has announced that Nigeria ranked 150 out of 180 countries in the 2022 Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perception Index (CPI).
This according to Rafsanjani is four places lower than the 154th position in the country's 2021 CPI results.
Rafsanjani made the announcement on Tuesday at a press briefing held at CISLAC meeting hall, Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
He however added that in terms of points, the country has retrained 24 points it had in 2021.
He also noted that the data index used for the CPI is not collected by CISLAC/TI- Nigeria but by Independent and reputable organisations with sound research methodologies.
"While Nigeria moved four places up on the country ranking, it has maintained it's previous score of 24 which is it's lowest score on the CPI since 2012, which suggests a slowdown in the steady decline observed in the previous three CPI's, he said."
The CISLAC boss lamented the rate of corruption in the country and reserved some blames for the Judiciary.
"Nigeria as a country has reached a point where citizens should come out in their millions to protest against corruption, thus, with the expectations that this regime could address the issue of corruption, yet the world continues to face corruption with the help of high profile officials," he lamented.
Among other recommendations, CISCLAC called on the executive arm of government to stop granting pardon to corrupt politicians recklessly.
As a means to curb and tackle the incessant corruption in Nigeria, CISLAC also recommended as follows:
1. The presidency, INEC, political parties, security actors and other relevant bodies should ensure that the 2023 general election are free, fair and credible.
2. The relevant anti-graft agencies should ensure that high profile corruption cases are pursued to their logical conclusion for the benefit of Nigeria and her citizens.
3. Agencies given the mandate to recover assets under the proceeds of Crime (and Management) Act 2022 should ensures that they establish a database where information about assets in their custody is easily accessed by citizens in line with the Act and the proactive provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2011.
4. The Federal government should address the lingering issue of oil theft in the country.
5. The relevant agencies should investigate those behind the important of toxic fuel to Nigeria in 2022.
6. The National assembly should ensure transparency in the implementation of the constituency projects. The relevant agencies should ensure that those found guilty are brought to book.
7. With the election fast approaching, the judiciary should ensure more than ever to deliver justice.
The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) developed by theTransparency International (TI) in 1995 is an annual ranking of countries on the prevalence of corruption within each country, based upon surveys by experts and business executives. It's aims is to serve as a basis for critical reflection on tangible ways to strengthen the fight against corruption.
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Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said that no single government can solve Nigeria's problems.
Buhari, at a state- of- nation dialogue on security, economy and administration of justice in Abuja, stated that efforts of successive governments were required to see the country through its challenges
The President hoped that the event, which was organised by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), would contribute to Nigeria's development. Buhari, who was represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, reminded lawyers that they owed the nation some responsibilities.
His words: "This is the direction to go. I want to thank you for restoring the hope of Nigerians. I want to believe the bar would provide the necessary leadership. I hope in the course of the discussion, we would be able to bring out a playbook that would provide the guided processes for the incoming regime.
"I would say no one government in this country would be able to solve the problems of Nigeria. But as we build on the precedent set by successive governments, not discarding completely what has been put in place, we would in the course of our desire to build a Nigeria of our dreams, be able to pick one or two things, on which we can concentrate and move.
"As a government, the outcome of this dialogue can be transmitted to us so that whatever resolutions are reached, that would become part of the documents would prepare us as we transit and hand over to an incoming government."
Kebbi State Governo, Atiku Bagudu, who also attended the event, said one of the ways to tackle insecurity was to give priority to primary education in the country.
He said most of the causes of insecurity were a result of the breakdown of the social contract towards the people.
Bagudu, therefore, advocated more investment in primary education to turn the situation in the country around.
The governor pointed out that in developed countries, as much as $27,000 is spent on a child, while in Nigeria, a rich state like Lagos, spends far less.
He said: "They (children) have not been provided education. The challenges of inclusion are the most current. We need to include more people and so we have to mobilise more resources."
Bagudu praised the NBA for the theme of the dialogue, which according to him, is holding ahead of the general election.
Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), Amina Mohammed, condemned the attacks on facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
She also frowned at attacks on some candidates for the general election, as well as fake news and hate speeches focusing on religious and ethnic identities.
The UN chief said: "INEC has been making great strides in improving the transparency, accountability and credibility of Nigeria's electoral process. The increase in the number of registered voters from 84m to 93m is encouraging and suggests Nigerians are enthusiastic about the electoral process.
"However, we continue to witness attacks against the institution. Fake news, hate speech, based on religious and ethnic identities, violence against candidates as well as INEC facilities and staff since the political campaigns began."
Mohammed hoped that the elections would provide an opportunity for Nigerians to unite and shape the future of the nation.
She said as Africa's largest economy with a youthful population, Nigeria cannot afford to fail.
The UN chief said Nigeria must be steeped in economic, social and environmental principles and must be guided by Agenda 2030 and its 17 goals.
"The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an urgent to-do list, a blueprint for global and local action. We needed it to develop peace and prosperity and a thriving natural environment for current and future generations."
NBA President Yakubu Maikyau (SAN) said there was a need to continuously engage government at all levels on issues affecting the country and the citizenry.
He urged members of the Bench and Bar to always ensure that justice was served without fear of favour.
The New Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Solomon Arase, encouraged the deployment of technology to secure the country.
Arase, who added that government cannot solve security problems alone, said the establishment of reform panels over insecurity was a waste of time.
Angry youths protest in Kano, stone Buhari's helicopter
There was a protest in some parts of Kano on Monday by some angry youths during President Muhammadu Buhari's working visit to the state.
In an area, the youths were seen throwing stones at Buhari's helicopter.
They were however dispersed by security agents who fired shots in the air to scare them away.
The protesting youths were chanting "Ba mu so" (We don't want) as they set a bonfire of tyres along Hotoro Road where the President went to commission the Muhammadu Buhari Interchange.
The development came hours after Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano governor, made a U-turn over the president's visit to the state.
Ganduje had asked the president to postpone the visit over security concerns and difficulty in accessing the new naira notes.
There were also videos that went viral on Monday showing stones littering a road said to be the area where the president's convoy was expected to pass through.
In one of the videos, a voice in the background said the people were angry at the president and decided to attack him with stones.
Reacting to the incident in a statement, Debo Ologunagba, PDP spokesperson, described the alleged incident as treason and sacrilege.
"This organised attack on the person of the President is outrightly treasonable and a sacrilegious assault on our national sovereignty which must be condemned by all," the PDP said.
"Our Party is alarmed that this attack is part of APC Presidential Candidate's alleged plot to undermine the Presidency, cause confusion, trigger violence in the country, disrupt the conduct of the 2023 general elections and derail our democracy; having realised that he cannot win in a peaceful, free and fair electoral process.
"The PDP invites Nigerians to note how Governor Abdullahi Ganduje attempted to abridge President Buhari's movement and even tried to stop him from visiting Kano State. More disquieting is the fact that the APC Presidential Campaign sought to humiliate and harm President Buhari, while performing his official duties in Kano.
"It should be noted that the APC Presidential Candidate has been displaying open aversion and making inciting statements against President Buhari since Mr. President's declaration, in line with democratic best practice all over the world, that Nigerians should freely vote for any candidate and Party of their choice in the 2023 general elections.
"The apparent frustration of Asiwaju Tinubu to resort to encourage or condone violence is fueled by his entitlement mentality, that it is his turn to be President, despite his numerous ineligibility and disability baggage.
"Nigerians are reminded about Asiwaju Tinubu's infamous statement in London where he declared to his supporters that 'political power is not going to be served in a restaurant, it is not served a la carte. It is what we are doing; It is being determined; you do it at all cost; fight for it, grab it, snatch it and run with it'."
However, Bayo Onanuga, spokesperson for the APC presidential campaign council, dismissed the claim of the attack and criticised the PDP for reacting to something "imaginary".
"We were not surprised to read of the imaginary attack on the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria being peddled by the Peoples Democratic Party since the party has nothing tangible to tell Nigerians from its crumbling Presidential Campaign," Onanuga said.
He also said,"This invented attack on President Muhammadu Buhari must have happened only in the fertile imagination of PDP National Publicity Secretary, one Debo Ologunagba.
"Nigerians should disregard this fake news from a party that has lost touch with reality and suffering the agony of violating its own rules on power rotation.
"Just as it has been masterminding fake news against the APC presidential candidate and trying vainly to cause disharmony in the APC family, we believe the party may have planned to embarrass President Buhari in Kano and then put the blame on host Governor Ganduje and Tinubu.
"This is because PDP has of recent morphed from being a Buhari virulent critic to strangely becoming a Buhari spokesperson! The last time it issued a self-serving misinterpretation of Asíwájú's statement in Abeokuta as an attack on President Buhari.
"It should be quite obvious to Nigerians that the knowledge of impending defeat of PDP at the coming presidential poll has pushed the party and its candidate into frenzied hallucinatory mode of mindless, ridiculous, ludicrous litany of lies and fabrications against APC and its candidate.
"The PDP is a drowning party feverishly clawing at any straw of lies and lashing out in all delusional directions to keep afloat – but sink it will. We believe Nigerians are not taken in by the jejune antics."
Onanuga also asked security agencies to "arrest" Ologunagba over his comments regarding the alleged attack.


Cooler Master have been in the market since 1992 and have produced many CPU air coolers along with lots of other computer related products. The heatpipe tower design has been proven to provide a cost effective and high performing style of air cooler.
Today I'm testing a new cooler from the company, the new and improved Hyper 212 EVO. Positioned towards the budget end of the CPU cooling market, it will be interesting to see how the Hyper 212 EVO performs.


Loved you Unc, and will miss you so much. You are not suffering anymore.
Even though we lived miles apart we managed to have some yearly visits with my brother Bob and family and Uncle Leo and Cathy. Uncle Leo, definitely a special person, lots of fun, loving with his big hugs, generous and intelligent. He will be missed??
Our deepest condolences to his wonderful wife who has stood by his side through all the hard times.
Our heart felt condolences, Cathy!Leo was a good friend who had a big heart & willing to help anyone at any time. ( A good man)! He will be missed by many.
Dear Cathy and family, we're deeply saddened by the news of this wonderful man's passing. May the beautiful memories Leo left you with bring you solace. Keeping you in our thoughts. Love from Patricia and Mike and family.
Leo was my Fathers best friend in Trenton Ontario since they met while in public school at twelve years old. They had one of those friendships that teach us all how to be a friend. I remember standing in Leo & Cathy,s garage while Leo showed us his fishing boat & Leo was massaging my Dad,s neck, telling him everything would be all right, when my Mom died. They always supported each other. Leo helped my Dad build our family home. Much love to Cathy & Leo,s family at this time.


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Tim Stall
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Program for Inaugural day, February 8th 2012 at Padmashree Kalyana Mandapam.
5.Felicitions by Sri.M.D.Chandrashekaran,Chief Manager,Bank of India Calicut.
and Sri.K.N.Narendran,program Executive Akashwani Calicut.
8.11.00 to 1.00 pm music by devotees.


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