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Congress in Kerala has once again come to a boiling point with the announcement of its candidate in the Aruvikkara by-election to be held on June 27. The by-poll is a result of the sudden demise of speaker G Karthikeyan on March this year. Dissent fumes within the party over picking of late Congress leader G Karthikeyan's son K S Sabarinathan as the candidate. The student's wing of the party KSU and Youth Congress has come out in the open against the decision of the party to field an inexperienced candidate. They alleged that KPCC's decision has once again showed how the party favours family politics.
The decision to field Sabari clearly indicates that the Congress is not ready to face the by-poll by brandishing their achievements but by projecting GK and to muster a win on the sympathy wave. Earlier, the state Congress leadership had tried to persuade Karthikeyan's widow M T Sulekha to contest, but she refused the offer citing emotional reasons. This gave way to a little confusion in the Congress in picking up an able candidate against CPM strongman and former minister, M Vijayakumar in the election.
The district leadership of the party wanted V M Sudheeran to contest if Sulekha refused the seat. However, the close door meeting of KPCC picked up Sabari instead of Sulekha. KPCC president V M Sudheeran officially announced the candidature of Sabari on Saturday and said that they picked him unanimously on merits. A Youth Congress leader told Tehelka that Sudheeran failed to explain on what merits Sabari has been handpicked other than being the son of G Karthikeyan. KSU state unit has given a dissent letter to KPCC president soon after the party decided on Sabari.
KPCC president rubbished the complaint, and in reply to KSU said that it is not a college election that is going to take place in Aruvikkara. Youth Congress leaders are also not in any mood to compromise on the decision. Youth Congress president Dean Kuriokose came against the decision and is unhappy with it. A Youth Congress leader on the condition of anonymity told Tehelka that the decision of the party betrayed youngsters and amounts to cheating. "If this is the situation, then there is no point in serving the party. This is a clear case of discrimination," he said.
With the candidature been finalized, Congress is trying hard to establish an image of a former KSU leader for Sabari. He himself said that he was an active KSU worker during the time he studied at College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram. He along with other KSU workers had established a unit of the student's wing inside the campus during 2003, which was once the bastion of SFI. However, the current leadership of the KSU says that they are aware of the fact.
The candidature of K S Sabarinathan is in contradiction to the principles G Karthikeyan had stood for in his forty-year long political career. G Karthikeyan was one among the young turks who fought against K Karunakaran's decision to rope in his son K Muraleedharan and daughter Padmaja as his political successors in the 1990's. GK revolted against this along with many senior leaders including the current Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala. They were known then as reformists and GK hailed as the leader of the reformist movement within the Congress.
Family politics is nothing new in Kerala. If it was Karunakaran who was criticized for his deliberate efforts to pitch his daughter Padmaja and K Muralidharan in the 1990's, many other leaders also have roped in their sons to the politics. Ministers like Anoop Jacob, son of Kerala Congress (J) leader T M Jacob; Shibu Baby John, son of RSP (B) leader Baby John; K P Mohanan, son of later Minister P R Kurup; Dr M K Muneer, son of late chief minister C H Mohammed Koya; P K Abdu Rabb, son of minister Avukkader Kutty; and MLA Ganesh Kumar, son of Kerala Congress (B) leader R Balakrishna Pillai; MP Jose K Mani, son of finance minister and Kerala Congress (M) leader K M Mani; A Sampath, son of CPM leader K Anirudhan are few from the long list of politicians of the state who have close family lineage.
The Congress that is riding on a wafer thin majority is reduced to 73 members in the 140-memebre Assembly after the death of G Karthikeyan . Moreover, the party has been rattled by the bar bribery scandal with two of its ministers, Finance Minister K M Mani and Excise minister K Babu, under the shadows. A Vigilance probe against Mani is on the final stages and a possible probe on K Babu is on the waiting. As Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said Aruvikkara by-election would be an assessment of political mandate on his government and he is well aware of that, only a win in Aruvikara can repair the already damaged image of his government that is already mired under innumerable corruption allegations. Congress is really hoping for a 'son rise' in Aruvikkara.


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Judge allows felony abuse-of-power case against Rick Perry to move forward
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A Texas judge has refused to dismiss a felony abuse-of-power case against former Gov. Rick Perry on constitutional grounds, ruling that criminal charges against the possible 2016 presidential candidate should stand.
District Judge Bert Richardson, who like Perry is a Republican, rejected calls from Perry's defense team to toss the case because its client was acting within his rights as chief executive of America's second-most populous state when he publicly threatened, then carried out, a 2013 veto of state funding for public corruption prosecutors.
Richardson wrote that, "Texas law clearly precludes a trial court from making a pretrial determination regarding the constitutionality of a state penal or criminal procedural statute as the statue applies to a particular defendant."
Perry was the longest-serving governor in Texas history. He chose not to seek re-election last year and left office Jan. 20. He is seriously considering a second run for president after his 2012 White House bid flamed out, however, and says he may announce a final decision as soon as May.
Perry has spent more than $1.1 million of his campaign funds on his defense — and Richard's ruling means it will likely continue for several more months at least.
Tony Buzbee, one of Perry's defense attorneys, said in a statement that the former governor "acted lawfully and properly exercised his power under the law" and that his continued prosecution "is an outrage and sets a dangerous precedent in our Democracy."
Perry was indicted in August on charges of abuse of official power and coercion of a public servant. He is accused of publicly threatening — then making good on — the veto of $7.5 million in state funding for a public corruption division within the office of Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg. That came after Lehmberg, a Democrat whose county includes Austin, rebuffed Perry's calls to resign following her drunken driving conviction.
Texans for Public Justice, a, Austin, left-leaning watchdog group, raised concerns that helped spark the criminal case. The group's executive director, Craig McDonald, released a statement saying, "The prosecutor and a grand jury have said there's compelling evidence against Perry. That evidence should be presented in court for all to see. The chances of that happening improved today."
In a 60-page motion in August, Perry's attorneys had said the law being used to prosecute him is unconstitutionally vague and decried "attempts to convert inescapably political disputes into criminal complaints."
Richardson did rule that one of the charges against Perry was vague, but he gave the state time to correct it.
A grand jury in Austin — a liberal enclave in otherwise largely conservative Texas — indicted Perry. If convicted, the former governor faces a maximum prison sentence of 109 years. Perry calls the matter a political witch hunt and says he would issue the veto again if given the chance.
Top national Republicans initially praised Perry and decried the criminal charges against him — but they've been less vocal lately.
An exception is fellow Texan and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, who's also mulling a presidential run. The tea party favorite said in a statement that Perry was a friend and a man of integrity and that Richard's ruling "profoundly undermines the rule of law."
The special prosecutor assigned to the case, San Antonio attorney Michael McCrum, has said from the start that the case is stronger than it may outwardly appear, and that it should be heard by a jury.
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Wisconsin lawmakers combat state's growing human-trafficking problem
March 9, 2014 Louis Weisberg	Leave a comment
Residents of Walworth County were shocked in January when a couple was arrested for allegedly holding a runaway 16-year-old Waukesha girl in a Janesville home and prostituting her to men they solicited on the Internet.
Sex trafficking is much more common in the state than it's perceived to be. While Wisconsinites tend to think human trafficking is a problem confined to developing nations and large urban areas, the statistics show otherwise.
More than 200 victims of trafficking have been identified across half of Wisconsin's counties, according to the Wisconsin Department of Justice. During a nationwide FBI-coordinated investigation of human trafficking last summer, 10 children were rescued in Wisconsin and 100 suspected traffickers were arrested in a single day — numbers that were among the highest of all the cities participating in the probe.
Experts say the one-day operation revealed only the tip of a crime that is mostly hidden.
Jan Miyasaki, director of Madison's Project Respect, said in her work with local women in the sex trade, she encounters between 50 and 75 cases a year involving force, fraud or coercion. Claudine O'Leary, a community educator who works with minors in the Milwaukee sex trade, said she's come into contact with more than 100 young people in the past year whom she believes fit the definition of human trafficking victims.
But despite the scope of the trafficking problem, Miyasaki and other advocates say the state lacks money for data collection, education, law enforcement training and victim services that could bring more cases to light and help to prevent them. Only 7 percent of Wisconsin justice system agencies received training on human trafficking from 2000 to 2007, according to an article that appeared in the Wisconsin Law Review.
In 2008, the state enacted a law to help prosecutors and law-enforcement officials identify traffickers and bring them to justice. But weaknesses in the law have limited its effectiveness.
Last month, in a rare display of bipartisanship, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in Madison threw their support behind a new, much stronger anti-trafficking law. Advocates for human trafficking victims believe the new law will make a difference.
With the assistance of Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen's office, GOP state Rep. Amy Loudenbeck authored AB620, which passed the Assembly on a bipartisan voice vote on Feb. 11. Loudenbeck, a member of the Assembly Committee on Public Health and Public Safety, says she sought input from law enforcement, victims advocacy groups and prosecutors to craft a law that makes it easier to obtain a conviction, strengthens penalties for traffickers and supports victims.
Sen. Jerry Petrowski, R– Marathon, authored a companion bill, SB492, which is expected to clear his chamber as soon as March 11.
"Human trafficking is a fast growing criminal industry across the globe and Wisconsin is no exception," Petrowski said. "While Wisconsin is moving in the right direction to eradicate human trafficking, there is still a lot of work to do. We must protect our most vulnerable citizens."
VICTIM'S FEAR
Loudenbeck said her eyes were opened to the problem when she read a report titled "Hidden in Plain Sight: Human Trafficking in the United States." The report showed the problem needs a wider response than just creating laws, she said.
"It's also about creating awareness," Loudenbeck explained. "If you're not trained to recognize what's happening, then you're not going to be able to have the appropriate response."
It's not just law enforcement officials who fail to recognize victims — it's the victims themselves. Although sex traffickers coerce their victims into prostitution via physical violence and other forms of intimidation, such as withholding drugs from addicts, the victims often regard themselves as criminals due to the illegal acts they're pressured to commit or their drug use.
In the past, victims have been reluctant to come for- ward because they've faced prosecution for crimes their abductors or controllers have compelled them to perform. Loudenbeck's new law, however, protects victims from prosecution, thus eliminating a major barrier preventing them from seeking help.
Trafficking victims are mostly vulnerable people such as immigrants, poor and abused women and teens, and young people addicted to drugs. Homeless teens with nowhere to live and no means of support are especially subject to exploitation. They're lured by offers of a place to stay, a meal, a relationship, a job or access to drugs.
Typical is the case of a 15-year-old Fitchburg runaway who was introduced to a man who offered to take her and her 10-month- old son on a trip to Atlanta. When they arrived, he took her to a hotel and ordered her to prostitute for him, according to Lt. Todd Stetzer of the Fitchburg Police Department. She refused, and the man allegedly traded her to another pimp, who advertised her for "adult services" on the site backpage.com, she later told police.
Detectives located her in Georgia by tracking her cellphone. They put up posters in the area where they detected her signal, and a clerk at the hotel where she was being held saw one and alerted police.
CONSENT OR COERCION?
One of the thorniest problems with Wisconsin's 2008 trafficking law was the requirement that victims had to prove they participated in prostitution or other crimes without their consent.
"You have a woman or man who is engaging in prostitution and you ask them if they are doing this consensually and they say, 'yes.' But the surrounding circumstances might be that she consented because he (the trafficker) threatened to beat her family up, not feed her or withhold drugs," said Assistant Attorney General Karie Cattanach, who handles sex trafficking cases and acts as a resource for other prosecutors. "So, you're telling a jury on one hand that not consenting is a factor, but on the other hand you've got the victim saying, 'Yes, I consented.'"
"If I say, 'Give me your wallet,' and you do, then a defense attorney can say that you consented to give up the wallet," added Assistant Attorney General Winn Collins, who works on the legislative side of the issue. He said the focus should be on the threat or force used to obtain the wallet rather than the fact you complied. Collins and Cattanach said the new law does exactly that by eliminating "non-consent" as an element of trafficking.
"The prosecutor still has to prove coercion, but (the new law) takes the focus away from the consent and puts the focus on the offender's conduct," Collins said. "The directions to the jury don't stress consent."
Another major change in the law is that it allows evidence of similar acts of trafficking and child sex crimes committed by the accused to be admissible in court.
The new law also allows for a unified process to incorporate the forfeiture of property in a trafficking case.
Other changes to the law will make it fairer for victims. For example, the new law will limit the ability to prosecute minors for prostitution. It will also allow victims of sex trafficking to have convictions for prostiution vacated or expunged.
Despite all the improvements in the state's trafficking law, people who provide services to victims say that more education of law-enforcement officers is critical to addressing the problem, as is increased funding for support services. As more cases are identified, the inadequate web of services currently helping victims is going to be stretched to the breaking point, according to service providers.
Meanwhile, service providers across the country are not waiting for — or counting on — more effective laws to help identify and rescue victims. They're utilizing every approach they can think of, and some of them are quite creative.
For instance, the Polaris Project, a group that combats modern-day slavery and human trafficking, puts its national helpline number on bars of soap and shampoo bottles in hotels hosting large events that are likely to attract prostitution.
The number is 888-373- 7888.
Editor's Note: This article includes information provided by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. You can find the center online at www.wisconsinwatch.org.
SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM
The scope of the human trafficking is vast and growing, thanks to the ease of Internet solicitation and transporting of victims. While a bag of cocaine can be sold just once, a body can be sold repeatedly for labor or sex, making human trafficking more profitable than the drug trade.
• It's estimated that at least 27 million people globally are living in slavery.
• Approximately 600,000 to 800,000 victims are trafficked across international borders every year.
• Annual profits from human trafficking total $32 billion, making it the second largest criminal enterprise after drug trafficking.
• The present rate of child trafficking is 10 times higher than it was during the trans-Atlantic slave trade of the 16th to 18th centuries.
• An estimated 1 million children are exploited by global commercial sex trade every year. Nationally, the average age of a new child prostitute is 13.
• Between 14,500 and 17,500 children and adults are trafficked into the United States every year.
• About 85 percent of sex trafficking cases involve women and girls, but males and transgendered people are also victims.
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Вопрос: как теперь это добро во вьюшке показать?
Если без ajax то контроллер отдает на вьюшку массив, который мы проходим в цикле и встраиваем в код. Как быть тут ? Есть ли возможность получить массив php или как грамотно встроить полученные данные в html?

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Anthony Award nominations peeked their head out the other day. It is a good mix of old guard and fresh young faces. Especially happy to see the awards limited to five this year. I know in the past other awards have been given, but I like the look of the Big Five. Classy.
Award will be given at the 2012 Bouchercon in Cleveland Ohio. Congratulations to all of the nominees.
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Nata a Brisbane, nel Queensland, in Australia, è metà per metà australiana e per l'altra metà gallese. Ha frequentato la Kenmore State High School ma è stata espulsa. Prima di lavorare nel porno, ha lavorato nei mercati finanziari e nel trading a termine a Sydney. Poi si è trasferita a Londra e ha lavorato in una società di intermediazione di borsa petrolifera internazionale.

Carriera
Mayhem ha iniziato la sua carriera nell'industria dell'intrattenimento per adulti come ballerina allo Spearmint Rhino di Tottenham Court Road. Nel dicembre 2000, Mayhem si è trasferita negli Stati Uniti per iniziare a recitare in film pornografici. La sua prima scena è stata con Lee Stone in Real Sex Magazine 38. Nel 2002, ha vinto il premio XRCO per Starlet of the Year e il FOXE Award per Vixen of the Year.

Al di fuori dei film pornografici, Mayhem era anche cantante/chitarrista in una band metal tutta al femminile, "Sweet Avenge".

Nel 2008, è apparsa in un piccolo ruolo nel film Sex and the City, in cui viene vista attraverso una finestra mentre fa sesso con Dante, il vicino di Samantha.

Mayhem ha scritto un'autobiografia intitolata Absolute Mayhem: Confessions of a Aussie Porn Star, che è stata distribuita da Random House Australia nel 2009 in patria Australia dalla Skyhorse Publishing nel Nord America l'anno successivo. Una traduzione francese è stata pubblicata nel 2011 da Camion Noir.

Nell'agosto 2010, ha annunciato che si era ritirata dalla recitazione pornografica, dopo oltre 400 film, e che era fidanzata con un veterinario di Sydney.

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Mole salamander
The mole salamanders (genus Ambystoma) are a group of advanced salamanders endemic to North America. The group has become famous due to the presence of the axolotl (A. mexicanum), widely used in research due to its paedomorphosis, and the tiger salamander (A. tigrinum, A. mavortium) which is the official amphibian of many states, and often sold as a pet.
Mole salamanders
Spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Ambystomatidae
Genus: Ambystoma
Tschudi, 1838
Terrestrial mole salamanders are identified by having wide, protruding eyes, prominent costal grooves, and thick arms. Most have vivid patterning on dark backgrounds, with marks ranging from deep blue spots to large yellow bars depending on the species. Terrestrial adults spend most of their lives underground in burrows, either of their own making or abandoned by other animals. Some northern species may hibernate in these burrows throughout the winter. They live alone and feed on any available invertebrate. Adults spend little time in the water, only returning to the ponds of their birth to breed.
All mole salamanders are oviparous and lay large eggs in clumps in the water. Their fully aquatic larvae are branchiate, with three pairs of external gills behind their heads and above their gill slits. Larvae have large caudal fins, which extend from the back of their heads to their tails and to their cloacae. Larvae grow limbs soon after hatching, with four toes on the fore arms, and five toes on the hind legs. Their eyes are wide-set and lack true eyelids.
The larvae of some species (especially those in the south, and tiger salamanders) can reach their adult size before undergoing metamorphosis. During metamorphosis, the gills of the larvae disappear, as do the fins. Their tails, skin, and limbs become thicker, and the eyes develop lids. Their lungs become fully developed, allowing for a fully terrestrial existence.
Tiger salamander complex
The presence of neotenic populations near those with large larvae has made it difficult to identify mole salamander species. The tiger salamander complex was previously considered a single species ranging from Canada to Mexico, falling under the name A. tigrinum. Despite differences in coloration and larvae, tiger salamanders were found throughout their unbroken range, which made it difficult to delineate subspecies, let alone elevate any populations to species status. In morphological terms, tiger salamanders are all very similar, with large heads, small eyes, and thick bodies. This is probably because tiger salamanders have the primitive morphology of mole salamanders. They are also the largest of the mole salamanders, and have very large larvae. All populations have similar lifestyles, and their lifecycles are identical. However, when one looks at tiger salamander populations distant from each other, different species within this complex become apparent. The ranges of these potential species overlap, and hybridization occurs, blurring the lines between species.
Several subspecies of A. tigrinum were named to deal with this problem. Recently, the barred tiger salamander (A. mavortium) was elevated to species status—covering the tiger salamander populations in the western and central United States. Several distinct subspecies still exist in A. mavortium, which may be elevated to species status at some point in the future. The California tiger salamander (A. californiense) has also been elevated out of A. tigrinum, and is actually very distantly related to all other mole salamander species. The Plateau tiger salamander (A. velasci) was elevated out of A. tigrinum through genetic analysis in 1997. All accounts referring to the axolotl (A. mexicanum) as a close relative of A. tigrinum are now considered wrong, as they are now separated by both geography and many species between. Instead, it is A. velasci, which shares the axolotl's habitat, and is probably closely related to it. The Plateau tiger salamander was probably the parent of most of the neotenic species, which raises the possibility that A. velasci is paraphyletic, and may be broken up into more species in the future.
Hybrid all-female populations
Unisexual (all-female) populations of ambystomatid salamanders are widely distributed across the Great Lakes region and northeastern North America. The females require sperm from a co-occurring, related species to fertilize their eggs and initiate development. Usually[1] the eggs then discard the sperm genome and develop asexually (i.e., gynogenesis, with premeiotic doubling); however, they may incorporate the genome from the sperm into the resulting offspring.[2] Sperm incorporation commonly[1] takes the form of genome addition (resulting in ploidy elevation in the offspring), or genome replacement, wherein one of the maternal genomes is discarded. This unique mode of reproduction has been termed kleptogenesis by Bogart and colleagues.[2] This is in contrast to hybridogenesis, where the maternal genomes are passed hemiclonally and the paternal genome is discarded every generation before the egg matures and reacquired from the sperm of another species.
The nuclear DNA of the unisexuals generally comprises genomes from up to five species:[3] the blue-spotted salamander (A. laterale), Jefferson salamander (A. jeffersonianum), small-mouthed salamander (A. texanum), streamside salamander (A. barbouri), and tiger salamander (A. tigrinum), denoted respectively as L, J, T, B, and Ti. This flexibility results in a large number of possible nuclear biotypes (genome combinations) in the unisexuals. For example, an LJJ individual would be a triploid with one A. laterale genome and two A. jeffersonianum genomes, while an LTJTi individual would be a tetraploid with genomes from four species. Because they have hybrid genomes, unisexual salamanders are a cryptic species with morphology similar to coexisting species. For example, LLJs look like blue-spotted salamanders and LJJs look like Jefferson salamanders. Silvery salamanders LJJ (A. platineum), Tremblay's salamanders LLJ (A. tremblayi), and Kelly's Island salamanders LTT and LTTi (A. nothagenes) were initially described as species. Species names were later dropped for all unisexual salamanders because of the complexity of their genomes. The offspring of a single mother may have different genome complements;[2] for example, a single egg mass may have both LLJJ and LJJ larvae.
Despite the complexity of the nuclear genome, all unisexuals form a monophyletic group based on their mitochondrial DNA. The maternal ancestor of the unisexual ambystomatids was most closely related to the streamside salamander, with the original hybridization likely occurring 2.4-3.9 million years ago,[2] making it the oldest known lineage of all-female vertebrates.[4] The hybridization was most probably with an A.laterale. All known unisexuals have at least one A. laterale genome[3] and this is thought to be essential for unisexuality. However, the A. laterale genome has been replaced several times, independently, in each of the lineages by matings with A.laterale.
Rhyacosiredon was previously considered a separate genus within the family Ambystomatidae. However, cladistic analysis of the mole salamanders found the existence of Rhyacosiredon makes Ambystoma paraphyletic, since the species are more closely related to some Ambystoma species than those species are to others in Ambystoma. The stream-type morphology of these salamanders (which includes larvae and neotenes with short gills and thicker gular folds) may have led to their misclassification as a different genus.
The genus name Ambystoma was given by Johann Jakob von Tschudi in 1839,[5] and is traditionally translated as "cup-mouth",. Tschudi did not provide a derivation for the name, and many thought that he intended the name Amblystoma, "blunt-mouth." Occasionally, old specimens and documents use the name Amblystoma. Writing in 1907, Leonhard Stejneger offered a derivation of Ambystoma based on the contraction of a Greek phrase meaning "to cram into the mouth,"[6][7] but others have not found this explanation convincing.[8] In the absence of clear evidence that Tschudi committed a lapsus, the name given in 1839 stands.
This genus contains 32 species, listed below, the newest being A. bishopi. Terrestrial species are labeled with a "T", neotenic species are labeled with an "N", and species with established populations of both are labeled with a "V".
Mountain stream salamander (A. altamirani) V
Blunt-headed salamander (A. amblycephalum) V
Anderson's salamander (A. andersoni) N
Ringed salamander (A. annulatum) T
Streamside salamander (A. barbouri) T
Reticulated flatwoods salamander (A. bishopi) T
Delicate-skinned salamander (A. bombypellum) T
California tiger salamander (A. californiense) T
Frosted flatwoods salamander (A. cingulatum) T
Lake Patzcuaro salamander (A. dumerilii) N
Yellow-peppered salamander (A. flavipiperatum) T
Northwestern salamander (A. gracile) T
Granular salamander (A. granulosum) T
Jefferson salamander (A. jeffersonianum) T
Blue-spotted salamander (A. laterale) T
Silvery salamander (A. platineum)
Tremblay's salamander (A. tremblayi)
Lake Lerma salamander (A. lermaense) V
Leora's salamander (A. leorae) T
Mabee's salamander (A. mabeei) T
Long-toed salamander (A. macrodactylum) T
Santa Cruz long-toed salamander (A. m. croceum) T
Spotted salamander (A. maculatum) T
Barred tiger salamander (A. mavortium) V
Axolotl (A. mexicanum) N
Marbled salamander (A. opacum) T
Puerto Hondo stream salamander (A. ordinarium) V
Michoacan stream salamander (A. rivulare) T
Tarahumara salamander (A. rosaceum) V
Durango salamander (A. silvense) V
Mole salamander (A. talpoideum) V
Taylor's salamander (A. taylori) N
Small-mouth salamander (A. texanum) T
Tiger salamander (A. tigrinum) V
Plateau tiger salamander (A. velasci) V
Oophila amblystomatis
Bi, Ke; James P Bogart; Jinzhong Fu (2008). "The prevalence of genome replacement in unisexual salamanders of the genus Ambystoma (Amphibia, Caudata) revealed by nuclear gene genealogy". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 8: 158. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-158. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 2413238. PMID 18498635.
Bogart, James P; Ke Bi; Jinzong Fu; Daniel W A Noble; John Niedzwiecki (February 2007). "Unisexual salamanders (genus Ambystoma) present a new reproductive mode for eukaryotes". Genome. 50 (2): 119–136. doi:10.1139/g06-152. ISSN 0831-2796. PMID 17546077.
Bogart, J P; J Bartoszek; D W A Noble; K Bi (2009-07-29). "Sex in unisexual salamanders: discovery of a new sperm donor with ancient affinities". Heredity. 103 (6): 483–493. doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.83. ISSN 0018-067X. PMID 19639004.
Bi, Ke; James P Bogart (2010). "Time and time again: unisexual salamanders (genus Ambystoma) are the oldest unisexual vertebrates". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10: 238. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-238. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 3020632. PMID 20682056.
Tschudi, Johann Jakob (1839). "Classification der Batrachier, mit Berucksichtigung der Fossilen Thiere dieser Abtheilung der Reptilien". Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchatel. 2 (4): 57, 92.
Stejneger, Leonhard (1907). "Herpetology of Japan and Adjacent Territory". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 58: 24.
Lyon, Jr., M. W. (30 June 1916). "Ambystoma not Amblystoma". Science. 43 (1122): 929–930. doi:10.1126/science.43.1122.929-a. JSTOR 1639383. PMID 17793100.
Scott, Charles P. G. (1 September 1916). "Amblystoma not Ambystoma". Science. 44 (1131): 309–311. doi:10.1126/science.44.1131.309-a. JSTOR 1642899. PMID 17840073.
http://amphibiaweb.org/lists/Ambystomatidae.shtml
Data related to Ambystomatidae at Wikispecies Media related to Ambystomatidae at Wikimedia Commons
Tree of Life: Ambystomatidae
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IUCN redlist of threatened Ambystomatidae
Caudate families by suborder
Subphylum Craniata
Class Amphibia
Cryptobranchoidea
Cryptobranchidae
Hynobiidae
Salamandroidea
Ambystomatidae
Amphiumidae
Plethodontidae
Rhyacotritonidae
Salamandridae
Sirenoidea
Sirenidae
Taxon identifiers
Wikidata: Q2513619
Wikispecies: Ambystoma
ADW: Ambystoma
EoL: 15817
EPPO: 1ABYSG
Fossilworks: 37378
IRMNG: 1260977
uBio: 25737


What do you do when you have a troop in the desert that misses winter? You send him snowballs! Of course, a soggy box of real snowballs (a.k.a. water) does not have a high fun factor. Plus neither the U.S. Postal Service nor the Dept. of Defense takes kindly to boxes leaking liquids.
However, I solved this shipping/climate challenge with Hostess® sno balls®. I figured it was a delicious way to give him a taste of winter. These treats became the main ingredient in my snow-themed care package for Brendon*.
Winter-themed care package with "snowballs" and more.
Bacon-flavored instant cocoa. Yes, they make this. I also included other flavors.
Cocoa toppers- little sugar snowmen with candy cane straws that you garnish your cocoa with. What warrior doesn't need this?
Snowman cookie- if you're a longtime reader, you know I don't bake. But if you need a deployment-friendly recipe, Wendy at The Monday Box has smiling cookie snowman stacks she says are easy but take some time to put together. Or search her blog with the words "military care package".
I am in touch with Brendon's wife Ashley and I asked her if she thought he'd like the decorations or if he'd think it was silly. She said, he'd love it. When I mentioned the sno balls she laughed because that's one of his favorites. Double-yay!
1. I don't know anyone in Alaska.
3. pure New York City snow just doesn't have the same ring to it.
According to the Farmer's Almanac, the weather forecast this winter is essentially: DOOM. Some areas of the country have already had a sampling of this. So, it may be hard to see at this chilly moment how someone could be wistful for the powdery nemesis of commuters and school principals everywhere.
But home is home. Whether it's palm trees, city streets, or Santa's neighborhood. And no amount of distance can keep the people, sounds, sights, and tastes of home far from our hearts. So I'm sending him a snow day filled with warmth and good wishes. Hopefully I sent enough sno balls that he can share. I wouldn't want a fight to break out.


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David Douglas has never known as much fame in girls tennis as these two young ladies provided. Their success brought a State Championship in 1972, a second place trophy in 1973 and a third place trophy in 1974. After graduation, Delores played varsity tennis at the University of Washington. Polly graduated from Willamette University and also played tennis in college.


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For other uses, see Canto (disambiguation).
Detail of a 14th-century manuscript of TI AMO KAROL (Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso) that was divided into 100 cantos.
The canto (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkanto]) is a principal form of division in medieval and modern long poetry.[1] The word canto is derived from the Italian word for "song" or "singing", which comes from the Latin cantus, "song", from the infinitive verb canere, "to sing".[1][2] The use of the canto was described in the 1911 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica as "a convenient division when poetry was more usually sung by the minstrel to his own accompaniment than read".[1] There is no specific format, construction or style for a canto and it is not limited to any one type of poetry.
Some famous poems that employ the canto division are Dante's Divine Comedy (with 100 cantos[3]), Camões' Os Lusíadas (10 cantos), Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata (20 cantos), Byron's Don Juan (17 cantos, the last of which is unfinished) and Ezra Pound's The Cantos (116 cantos).
The typical length of a canto varies greatly from one poem to another. The average canto in the Divine Comedy is 142 lines long, while the average canto in Os Lusíadas is 882 lines long.
^ a b c Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Canto" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
^ "Canto", The Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
^ "The Divine Comedy: A Study Guide". cummingsstudyguides.net. Michael J. Cummings. 2003. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
Dutt, Romesh C. (2004). Ramayana. Kessinger Publishing. p. 208. ISBN 978-1-4191-4387-8.


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Adolfo Fernández Leal (Caborana, 20 d'abril de 1963) és un exfutbolista asturià, que ocupava la posició de migcampista.

Trajectòria
Va jugar 80 partits i marcar tres gols a primera divisió entre 1988 i 1991, el primer any a les files de l'Elx CF i la resta amb el CE Castelló.

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Tensions Show as Tiananmen Museum Opens in HK
Posted by Josh Rudolph | May 1, 2014
After Hu Yaobang died a quarter-century ago last month, thousands of Peking University students marched to Tiananmen Square, where their assembly marked the launch of the 1989 Democracy Movement. As the spring of '89 continued, the movement gained pace, and martial law was declared on May 20th. The bloody June 4th crackdown that followed would be thrown down China's deep memory hole, where it has since remained.
Last Saturday, exactly 25 years after the People's Daily published a strong condemnation of those protesting throughout mainland China, the June 4 Memorial Museum opened in Hong Kong's Tsim Sha Tsui—a major tourist destination and likely stop for many of the nearly 40 million mainlanders who visit the semi-autonomous region each year. The museum is sponsored by the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, who hope the museum will educate young mainlanders, many of whom remain largely unaware of June 4th. The AFP reported last weekend from Tsim Sha Tsui, where tension between pro-Beijing protestors and museum supporters was on display:
[…] "The one thing I remember most vividly was that 25 years ago, right after the massacre, Beijing residents told us one thing – that we must tell the true story of what happened to the world," said Lee Cheuk-yan, chairman of the pro-democracy group which is funding the museum, on Saturday.
Mr Lee dedicated the museum to those who sacrificed their lives for democracy.
The opening was disrupted by more than a dozen pro-China placard-wielding protesters who shouted at organisers outside the building, calling them "traitors".
"They don't talk about the Nanjing Massacre and only talk about June 4," one shouted, referring to an incident in which China says more than 300,000 people were slaughtered by Japanese troops during World War II.
The demonstrators, who called themselves the 6.4 Truth group, said the Alliance presented a skewed account of the crackdown and that Chinese troops were also killed during the incident. [Source]
Members of the 6.4 Truth group aren't the only ones opposed to the museum. The South China Morning Post notes that neighboring property owners in in Tsim Sha Tsui's Foo Hoo Centre are seeking a court-ordered closure of the memorial:
Property owners of the Tsim Sha Tsui tower block where a new museum dedicated to the 1989 democracy movement on the mainland is up and running want the courts to bar the use of the unit as a memorial hall.
In a writ, they say the fifth storey of the Foo Hoo Centre, now occupied by the June 4 Museum, is among the floors that cannot be used for memorial or exhibition purposes under the building's deeds.
[…] Lawyers had advised that the operation of the museum complied with the model of a commercial building, [A]lliance vice-chairman Mak Hoi-wah said.
This week, the Incorporated Owners of Foo Hoo Centre filed the writ to the High Court.
[…] The alliance has said it believes the opposition is a sign of political suppression. [Source]
Coverage from Al Jazeera allows a glimpse in- and outside of the memorial museum on its opening day, and the accompanying report situates the conflict into the wider context of Hong Kong-mainland tension:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTOxAQidwbQ[/youtube]
"There is a lot of tension between those in Hong Kong and visitors from the mainland,"said Lee, who is also a legislative council member in Hong Kong's New West Territories. One recent spat, which made national headlines, involved a young, visiting Chinese boy urinating in public. "We cannot accept the behaviour of the tourists or the fact that they are changing the landscapes of our city," Lee said.
"People just don't understand each other," said Jieping Zhang, author of A Year in Wukan to be published this June, which documents that village's 2011 struggle for democracy against the Chinese government. "Both the people of Hong Kong and mainland China don't have complete information, due to the Chinese government's control, so they fight over unbelievably simple questions without the proper context."
This week, Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao denounced the pro-democratic Occupy Hong Kong Movement, telling reporters at Hong Kong'sTa Kung Pao, a newspaper affiliated with the Chinese government, the protests "would delay universal suffrage and wreck the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong".
One potential flashpoint in this relationship is the impact Beijing might exert in the election for Hong Kong's next chief executive in 2017. […] [Source]
Beijing has warned that Hong Kong's 2017 elections could lead to "disaster." In recent months, concerns about Beijing using its economic clout to exert influence over Hong Kong's relatively free press have been on the rise.
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Would you want to see a Back to the Future remake?
byPetey Oneto
Posted Feb. 29, 2020, 12:33 a.m.
Tom Holland said that somebody has talked to him about a Back to the Future remake, but he ultimately feels it's unnecessary to make considering the original is "one of the most perfect films" ever made.
Holland recently appeared on BBC Radio 1 and was talking about his new movie Onward and one of the movie's themes of being yourself and not fake. The interviewer brought up the viral deep fake of Holland and his Marvel co-star Robert Downey Jr. replacing Marty McFly and Doc Brown from Back to the Future. The interviewer asked Holland how quickly he would deny a Back to the Future remake if he was ever asked to do it.
"I'd be lying if I said there hadn't been conversations in the past about doing some sort of remake, but that film is the most perfect film — or one of the most perfect films, one that could never be made better," Holland told BBC Radio 1. "That said, if Downey and I could just shoot that one scene that they remade for fun — he could pay for it cause he's got loads of money — I would do it for my fee and we could remake that scene. I think we owe it to deep fake because they did such a good job."
The director of the original film, Robert Zemeckis, told The Telegraph in 2015 that he would have to be dead for them to remake the original film.
"That can't happen until both Bob [Gale, the trilogy's co-writer,] and I are dead. And then I'm sure they'll do it, unless there's a way our estates can stop it." He continued, "I mean, to me, that's outrageous. Especially since it's a good movie. It's like saying 'Let's remake Citizen Kane. Who are we going to get to play Kane?' What folly, what insanity is that? Why would anyone do that?"
Back to the Future recently placed on IGN's best summer blockbusters of all time and IGN's top 25 sci-fi movies.
Petey Oneto is a freelance writer for IGN who will buy a DeLorean and drive it 88 miles per hour through the Universal backlot if they go forward with a remake of Back to the Future. Go play the Telltale game!
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Located on the upper six levels of a brand new building in the heart of downtown, these lofts range from 695 to 1,583 square feet. With dozens of layouts, you can select the space and the city view that suits you best. The podium level features a landscaped deck with swimming pool and spa, a social room with gourmet kitchen, a screening room, and your own fitness center.
Your new neighborhood offers you the convenience of shopping, just downstairs from where you live. Maybe you are in the mood for a latte, a sandwich, or you're out of milk. Imagine your own Ralphs supermarket, Quiznos Sub, a Cold Stone Creamery, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, the UPS store, and more, right in your own building. Here you'll find Old World atmosphere, New World convenience, and downtown jazz. Imagine living in a brand new building in walking distance to LA Live and Staples Center. There's a pulse and energy to this vibrant urban area where twenty-four seven, any day of the year, there is always something to do. You'll find your days function better with the right combination of excitement and ease getting from where you work to where you live.
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So you have managed to secure or at least plan to get funding for your idea of a great new magazine. You've thought out the sections, trivia, and other information that will reside on the inside pages … Now you are ready to actually create, and then print & share your 'zine. Magazine printing and design is an expansive subject, and things will become a lot clearer for you after going through this article.
Of course, creating your magazine means designing it. You have surely given some thought as to whether you should embark on designing it yourself, or employ a professional graphic designer to do it for you. You have also thought about searching for quality freelancers who can really drive prices down while keeping the level of quality more than acceptable.
Do you have what it takes to design your magazine? If you don't, do you have any idea on how to evaluate other designers to make sure they are up to the task?
What follows is a list of the top qualities found in professional magazine printing and design. It will help you recognized the real deal.
If you want to design your own magazine, you have to ask yourself whether you have the necessary specialized knowledge and experience needed for this kind of graphic design. Under 'knowledge and experience,' we don't necessarily mean official education and a minimum of three years of work experience for a graphic design house.
What really matters is actual knowledge and experience. How did your previous projects fare regarding the design choices you made? Do you consider yourself an artist who knows where each element fits best? Do you know the distance between the eyes of the model and the upper edge of the picture? Can you handle all the tools and software available for artists? Do you understand the rules of aesthetics and typography? Do you know all the necessary keyboard shortcuts so that you don't scroll through menus looking for the right tool to use?
These are the questions you would have to ask yourself, as well as other graphic designers who want to work on your magazine. General versatility with graphic design is a must; don't shun it away in hopes that it will get better.
It's better to be safe than sorry – this adage will especially ring true when next to no one buys or opens your magazine, all due to poor design choices on your or your designer's part.
So we now know that general design experience and knowledge is a must. How about specific knowledge regarding magazine design? You can end up with a graphic designer who makes wonderful logos, only to see them struggle with magazine design.
It would be great if you or your designer have specific experience in this field. The thing is, nobody can guide you better than someone who has experience in the exact domain for which you are trying to create and sell products.
If you come from working on another magazine and are about to create your own, value and recall that experience. Try to figure out what worked and what can be improved. Of course, transfer that experience to the design choices that you feed to your designer.
This decade is all about flat design. Apple, Google, and Microsoft took on flat as their standard, along with numerous other app and website designers. In this age of digital informational overwhelm, a flat and clean design helps relax the otherwise overwhelmed viewer.
However, do you really need to make your entire magazine flat just so that you can follow the trend? Of course not! It actually depends on your magazine themes. Are you into yellow pages or gossip? A human model of interest at the forefront, with shiny and colorful letters all around will do the trick. Want to create a magazine about sports, leisure, or cars? Again, a larger-than-life picture of the most important human in the articles with more down-to-earth text is the norm.
Some things are classic, while some should be revamped. You have to go through all the classic designs in the domain of your interest, and then try to weave some modernity throughout. A nice contrast between general flatness and some old-school design can make your magazine stand out from the competition and be compelling enough for people to actually open and read it.
Of course, your designer should know this. After all, you don't pay them to do nothing.
Oh, and don't forget to follow the printing rules.
Unless you are into paparazzi and gossip magazines, keep the junk to a minimum. Junk includes misproportioned design elements and logos that pollute the visual field, gossip, tabloid talk, empty words and sentences that mean nothing and convey no information.
Keep it sober, keep it clean. Most people won't have the time to figure out all the awesome ideas that you've come up with to put on the cover. They usually just scan through until they come across something of particular interest. Use smart design elements to pinpoint the location of objects with special importance. But to do that, you have to avoid junk at all costs.
None of this matters if you are creating a tabloid. In such a case, you can ignore all the advice above.
Teach yourself how to distill everything in fewer, more concise words and shorter paragraphs. This allows for cleaner designs and gives the designer more flexibility.
Remember again, people's attention span has drastically shortened in this decade. This means more work for the writers and editors (and designers) if they want to keep the reader's attention affixed to the pages of their magazines. Getting the point across in fewer words helps with low attention spans in both ways. It makes the designer's job easier and helps the reader stay on track with even poor focus.
This doesn't imply that you should not write long articles. Just be warned that you will either have to break them up with wisely positioned graphical elements that rest your readers' tired eyes or face the inevitability of no exposure past the third sentence (except for people particularly interested in the subject).
Oh, so you have decided to create a magazine – how lovely. Why should we read it? Why should anyone take that piece of printed paper and spend their time reading it, instead of watching yet another YouTube video of cute babies laughing adorably?
You need character. You need recognizability. You have to be unique, really unique – a brand. Yes, we know this is hard to achieve. But nothing sells as much as being unique and offering something really fresh.
One of the best ways of achieving this is doing something crazy. We mean things like cutting the pages of your magazine by hand at a specific spot, thus giving the final copies a special look and feel. Or making your cover out of a collage that can really be felt under the fingers. Or you can just offer magazine bundles and special coupons to your readers, so that they can buy your next issue at a discount.
Your (and your designer's) brain can come up with crazy thoughts. Use them to become noticeable and distinctive, tone them down just enough to avoid frightened looks and raised eyebrows, but don't forget to keep your readers entertained at all times.
If you follow the advice in this text, you will go a long way toward improving your magazine printing and design choices and creating a killer zine that creates word of mouth.


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Briana Cowlishaw&Gavin Ahearn Quartet
Briana Cowlishaw - Vocals
Raphael Giller - drums
Gavin Ahearn - Piano
Joshua Ahearn - Bass
Gary Hoffman - Trumpet
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A voice with a warm and silky timbre, lyrics that ooze honesty and contemplation and melodies that weave beautiful threads, Briana Cowlishaw is a Sydney raised vocalist and composer who has accomplished a large amount in her tender 24 years of age. Inspiration ranging from Nancy Wilson, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Ellis Regina, Fiona Apple, Ahmad Jamal and James Taylor, Briana's approach to singing and composition is quite an intriguing one. Her unique creativity and ability as a performer, improviser and composer continues to cultivate new opportunities for the young vocalist and is paving a very exciting path for her career both in Australia and on an international front.
Briana graduated from the Australian Institute of Music (BMUS) in 2008 and was awarded an 'Artstart' grant by the Australia Council of the Arts in 2010 to establish her music career. She jumped on a plane to New York and recorded her debut album of original compositions 'When Fiction Comes to Life' with renowned New York musicians Aaron Goldberg, Reuben Rogers, Gregory Hutchinson, Ambrose Akinmusire and Mike Moreno. Released in Australia May 2011, the album recently received a nomination for 'Best Vocal Jazz Album' in the 2012 Australian Jazz Bell Awards.


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Richard, you and I have been here a bit with you being here a long time and a long time author of submitting stories and poetry. As such, I've read much of your work.
The one you wrote this month one flowed more as an educational piece and I enjoyed it. You pointed out very good points on how the mind works.
It reminds me of what a retired policeman friend of mine once told me, "Actual witness's to a crime are the worst witness's." He told me that after a crime is committed, and after doing interviews of the witness's, hardly any of the stories match. A red car, a gray car, a black man, a chinese man. Everybody seems to view the scene differently.
I'd say film does not lie but even that is now manipulated.


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እስክንድር ነጋ የ2014 የነጻነት ወርቅ ብዕር ተሸላሚ ሆነ
የዓለም የጋዜጦችና ዜና አታሚዎች ማኅበር (WAN-IFRA) የ2014 የነጻነት ወርቅ ብዕር ሽልማቱን ለኢትዮጵያዊው ጋዜጠኛና አሳታሚ እስክንድር ነጋ እንዲሰጥ መወሰኑን ባወጣው መግለጫ አስታውቆዋል:: ህወሃት/ኢህአዴግ "የጸረ ሽብር ሕግ" በማለት ባወጣው አዋጅ ሰበብ እስክንድር ነጋ 18 ዓመት እንዲታሰር የተበየነበት መሆኑን መግለጫው ጨምሮ ገልጾዋል::
መግለጫው እስክንድርን ጨምሮ ሰሎሞን ከበደ፣ ውብሸት ታዬ፣ ርዕዮት ዓለሙ እና ዩሱፍ ጌታቸው ከእስር እንዲፈቱ አሳስቦዋል:: ኢትዮጵያን በቅርቡ የጎበኙት የማኅበሩ ፕሬዚዳንት በአገሪቱ የሚገኙ ጋዜጠኞችና አታሚዎች በፍርሃት የጋዜጠኝነታቸውን ሞያ እንደሚያከናውኑ መታዘባቸውን አስታውቆዋል::
ሽልማቱ በሰኔ ወር በቶሪኖ ጣሊያን በሚደረገው የዓለም የጋዜጦች ኮንግረስ፣ የዓለም አርታኢዎች መድረክ እና የዓለም ማስታወቂያ ሥራ መድረክ ጣምራ ስብሰባ ላይ ይሰጣል::
2014 Golden Pen of Freedom awarded to jailed Ethiopian journalist
Eskinder Nega, an Ethiopian publisher, journalist and blogger who is serving an 18-year jail sentence under anti-terror legislation, has been awarded the 2014 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).
Mr Nega was arrested on September 14, 2011 after publishing an article criticising his government's use of the 2009 Anti-Terror Proclamation to jail and silence critics, including Ethiopian actor and activist Debebe Eshetu. He was sentenced on 23 January 2012 and denounced as belonging to a terrorist organisation.
In making the award, the WAN-IFRA Board sent a message to the Ethiopian government that misusing anti-terror legislation to jail journalists and those critical of his government is unwarranted and against international protocols, including the Vienna Declaration on Terrorism, Media and the Law.
"This award recognises the courage of Eskinder Nega to speak out despite the risks that saw him jailed under his country's draconian and overly broad anti-terror laws," said WAN-IFRA President Tomas Brunegård, speaking on behalf of the Board.
"We call on the Ethiopian government to release Eskinder Nega and all journalists convicted under the sedition provisions, including Solomon Kebede, Wubset Taye, Reyot Alemu, and Yusuf Getachew", said Mr Brunegård, who recently visited Ethiopia as part of an international mission that found that the country's publishers and journalists practice journalism in a climate of fear.
The Golden Pen of Freedom is an annual award made by WAN-IFRA since 1961 to recognise the outstanding action, in writing or deed, of an individual, a group or an institution in the cause of press freedom. More on the Golden Pen can be found at http://www.wan-ifra.org/node/31099
The award will be presented on 9 June during the opening ceremonies of the World Newspaper Congress, World Editors Forum and World Advertising Forum, the global summit meetings of the world's press, to be held in Torino, Italy.
In an opinion piece published in the New York Times, Mr Nega said of his imprisonment: "I've never conspired to overthrow the government; all I did was report on the Arab Spring and suggest that something similar might happen in Ethiopia if the authoritarian regime didn't reform… I also dared to question the government's ludicrous claim that jailed journalists were terrorists."
WAN-IFRA has been vocal in their opposition to Ethiopia's misuse of anti-terror legislation, writing to late Prime Minister H.E. Meles Zenawi in 2012 requesting the immediate release of Mr Nega and most recently demanding his release, along with four other imprisoned journalists, in a joint international press freedom mission to Ethiopia, conducted with the International Press Institute. The full report from the international press freedom mission can be found at http://www.wan-ifra.org/node/97172
Mr Nega opened his first newspaper, Ethiopis, in 1993, which was soon shut down by authorities due to its critical reporting. He then, along with his wife Serkalem Fasil, managed Serkalem Publishing House, responsible for newspapers such as Asqual, Satenaw and Menelik, all of which are currently banned in Ethiopia. He has also had his journalist's licence revoked since 2005, but continued to publish articles despite the ban.
Mr Nega is no stranger to being imprisoned due to his writings. He was detained at least seven times under Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. This included a 17-month jail sentence, along with his wife, on treason charges for their critical reporting on the Meles government's violent response to peaceful protests that followed the disputed 2005 elections.
WAN-IFRA, based in Paris, France, and Darmstadt, Germany, with subsidiaries in Singapore and India, is the global organisation of the world's newspapers and news publishers. It represents more than 18,000 publications, 15,000 online sites and over 3,000 companies in more than 120 countries. Its core mission is to defend and promote press freedom, quality journalism and editorial integrity and the development of prosperous businesses.
Inquiries to: Larry Kilman, Deputy CEO and Executive Director of Communications and Public Affairs, WAN-IFRA, 96 bis, rue Beaubourg, 75003 Paris France. Tel: +33 1 47 42 85 07. Fax: +33 1 42 78 92 33. Mobile: +33 6 10 28 97 36. E-mail: larry.kilman@wan-ifra.org
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Queen's at 175
Queen's Thinkers
A Brief History of Queen's
Transforming Healthcare
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THE SPIRAL FROM DERRY BOY TO DERRY GIRLS
Queen's is a remarkable incubator for writing talent.
The names alone would fill a book: Bernard McLaverty, Sinead Morrissey, Stewart Parker, Edna Longley, Glenn Patterson, Paul Muldoon, Medbh McGuckian, Ciaran Carson….the list goes on and on.
But at its heart is Seamus Heaney and the creative energy of the Seamus Heaney Centre, encouraging and inspiring new generations.
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Podcast presenter
Professor Glenn Patterson
An author, novelist, screenwriter and playwright, Professor Glenn Patterson is Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's, an international centre of creative and research excellence in the field of literature.
Featured in the Podcast
Seamus Heaney (1939-2013)
Queen's Graduate and Lecturer
Seamus Heaney was one of the 20th century's most influential and highly regarded poets, playwrights and translators. He was the author of over 20 volumes of poetry and criticism and edited several widely used anthologies. His first volume of work Death of a Naturalist (1966) is recognised as one of the principal contributors to poetry during his lifetime. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995.
The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's is a focal point for creativity in Ireland and is recognised as an international centre of creative and research excellence in the field of literature.
Professor Edna Longley
Queen's Professor
A key figure behind the creation of the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's, Professor Edna Longley is one of the most influential critics writing on modern Irish and British poetry. Her trailblazing views on gender, feminism and censorship have contributed to her lasting impact on the literary landscape of Northern Ireland.


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RI Energy Mandates Will Continue to Harm State Economy, Perpetuates Cronyism
July 31, 2016 /in Energy, Recent Posts, Regulatory Environment/by RI Center for Freedom
RI Families Once Again Left Out of State Budget
RI Renewable Energy Mandates Create Poor Cost-Benefit Value. Families and businesses to lose again.
Local Wind Developer to Receive Unprecedented Crony Hand-out off Backs of Average Rhode Islander?
Providence, RI — Investing in state mandates for renewable energy, currently and potentially on the books in Rhode Island, will provide an extremely poor return for Ocean State taxpayers and ratepayers, and may only serve to perpetuate a culture of crony corporatism. This according to the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity, which today released a comprehensive report analyzing the cost-benefit of meeting such mandates in future years.
The report, Renewable Energy in Rhode Island, is based on detailed research by a national energy expert, Dr. Timothy J. Considine. Subtitled Big Cost, Little Difference, the report's major findings, if Rhode Island were to ramp up its renewable energy production to meet existing mandates, include:
Rhode Island has a relatively low carbon footprint, as 98% of its energy generation is based on natural gas production
Major investment will be required to achieve a minor abatement in that carbon footprint, if the state is to meet its existing (and potentially increased) renewable energy mandates. This poor cost-benefit ratio is well below EPA recommended standards
An artificial rise of 13-18% in electricity rates, leading six to eight hundred million dollars extracted from the private sector because of government mandated higher energy costs, are some the anticipated consequences of maintaining the state's dubious energy policies
Four to six thousand jobs could be lost overall as a result of these consequences, despite the few hundred 'green' jobs created, which will place further downward pressure on the state's already dismal 48th ranking on the national Jobs and Opportunity Index
The report also details a number of bills, whose fate is yet to be decided in this legislative session, that would advance or extend renewable energy mandates, potentially exacerbating the negative economic impacts cited in the report.
Additionally, of relevant concern to the ongoing controversy of legislative grants and cronyism in the state, is an Article 18 provision in the proposed 2017 budget, that would give millions of dollars in subsidies to an insider wind energy developer who has made significant campaign donations to state political leaders. The Providence Journal today published an article on this potential 'pay-to-play' scandal, which National Grid claims would make Rhode Island the only state in the nation to hand-out subsidies of this nature
"Our state's self-destructive energy policies represent an extraordinarily poor value for ratepayers, taxpayers and for our state's economy," commented Mike Stenhouse, CEO for the Center. "To make matters worse, like so many other big-government programs, insider developers are poised to profit off the backs of the average family and small business owner."
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FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. — Jordan Canzeri stopped short of saying he's 100-percent healthy, but he is absolutely ready to play.
And he's not alone.
The Iowa backfield is back. Canzeri, Daniels, Wadley, Weisman — they were all in the mix Monday at Day 3 of TaxSlayer Bowl prep in Fernandina Beach, Florida, and all four will be in play when Iowa faces Tennessee in Jacksonville on Friday.
"They'll all be available," said UI offensive coordinator Greg Davis. "We'll play those guys and rotate them in by situation. Hopefully somebody will get a hot hand."
Canzeri's hand wasn't alarmingly hot when Iowa last took the field on Nov. 28, but it was busy, and has recently shown signs of warming up.
Since returning from an injury that cost him games against Northwestern and Minnesota, Canzeri has 36 carries over Iowa's last three games, including a season-high 16 rushes for 55 yards against Nebraska.
Those 36 carries are the highest three-game stretch since games nine through 11 in 2013, a stretch that was launched by a 20-rush, 165-yard performance at Purdue, a day he looked like a healthy and happy Jordan Canzeri. He says he's close to feeling that burst again.
"It's great to see everyone running and back on the field with each other. It's awesome for the competition, and we're able to flow through and recognize that the people behind you can get the job done just as well as the people up front. It's good for the offense."
Junior running back Jordan Canzeri
"I wouldn't say completely, but it's good to get through those injuries and get in there," he said. "This time off has been good. Practice has helped me a lot and prepared me for this upcoming game."
The last time out he also nearly doubled his season total in receptions. He caught three passes against the Cornhuskers, including a five-yard touchdown on Iowa's final play of regulation. He has seven catches this season, and welcomes the opportunity to become Iowa's third-down back.
"I'm willing to help my team out in any way I can," he said. "If they put me in at those times I feel like I can get the job done."
Canzeri is the only Hawkeye this season to have 100 yards rushing and 100 yards receiving, so there are multiple ways the offense can put the ball in his hands. He also averaged 20 yards on seven kickoff returns, but doesn't predict a heavy workload in that area on Friday.
"Most likely not," he said, "but if I'm asked to I'm ready to help my team out in any way possible, but as of now, most likely not."
As of now he is listed on the two-deep behind starter Mark Weisman, who has also used the time off to nurse the nicks and nags acquired from the 12-game regular season.
"It's great to see everyone running and back on the field with each other," said Canzeri. "It's awesome for the competition, and we're able to flow through and recognize that the people behind you can get the job done just as well as the people up front. It's good for the offense."
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