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A Suffolk Superior Court jury on Thursday found Arias guilty of murder and unlawful possession of a firearm in connection with the unprovoked shooting that claimed Sierra’s life on Sept. 3,Armani Exchange Women's Smart pradahandbag Watch online. 2011, the DA said. Under Massachusetts law, he faces a mandatory life term, according to the press release.

Arias’ co-defendant, Antonio Saez, 18, pleaded guilty in May to a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm and was sentenced to 22 months in a house of correction followed by four years of probation, the DA said. Although Saez was a juvenile at the time of Sierra’s murder, Conley’s office indicted him as a youthful offender, making his name and the proceedings against him open to the public, and exposing him to the same penalties as an adult, according to the press release.

During the two-week trial, Assistant District Attorney Amy Galatis of the DA’s Homicide Unit presented evidence and testimony to prove that Arias shot Sierra as part of a long-running gang rivalry between Arias’ group, which was associated with Mission Hill, and another group affiliated with the Villa Victoria housing development in the South End,Stainless inhomedisplay let you make a statement with the flick of your wrist. the DA said. Sierra was not involved with either group or their feud.

“It was a cold-blooded act,” Conley said. “It was planned and premeditated and it claimed a promising young man’s life for absolutely no reason at all.”

On the day of Sierra’s murder,Stainless inhomedisplay let you make a statement with the flick of your wrist. evidence showed, Arias was on a one-day pass from the custody of the Department of Youth Services,f you're going to slap a case on something as slim and refined as your casesforiphone5, during which time he was supposed to be at Fenway Park watching a Red Sox game, the DA said. Instead, witness testimony and cell phone records showed, he left the ballpark two hours prior to the murder and went with Saez to the area of Villa Victoria, according to the press release.

Witnesses testified that Arias approached several young men and asked if they were “from the Villa.” The last person he approached was Sierra, who answered in the affirmative, the DA said. Arias pulled out a gun and fired multiple shots at Sierra, who staggered into a barbershop where he collapsed, the DA said. He died of his injuries at Boston Medical Center.

There were ellipses used in lieu of commas. Ellipses as question-mark replacements. In some instances, it was ellipses instead of a single period at the end of a statement, or 10 dots spanning two lines on my phone’s screen. What a mess!

And yet at no point in reading the mom text or any of the others did I find myself confused as to what the message senders were attempting to communicate. So I decided to run a little experiment. One night I sent a bunch of potentially confusing, ellipsis-infused text messages to those I interact with regularly and waited to see what happened.

My wife was the first test subject. This was the message I sent her: “Clicker…any idea.” Alas, she knows me too well.Although manageddedicated carriers are generally quite thin, She knows that I refer to the television remote as “the clicker,” and she knows that I am never quite sure where it is. In retrospect, there was no chance she’d be tripped up by that text. Her response: “Side of the peach chair.” (We have a peach chair?)

Next I sent an even vaguer text to my mom: “All Star Game………….” Who knows what I meant by that one. I didn’t, certainly. Sure, the All-Star game was on TV at the time, but beyond that, what was I getting at? Mom wasn’t fazed in the least: “I’m falling asleep…Really tired. Cutch struck out.” Four or five additional texts to assorted friends and family members resulted in similarly uneventful back-and-forth communications.

At no point did anyone reply with, “What the hell are you talking about?” or “Could you please give me a bit more information here?” And of course none of those folks mentioned anything about the ellipses. It would appear that when we are communicating with friends and others possessing the requisite context to understand our ellipsified ramblings, message recipients tend to make do just fine.

But that doesn’t mean using seven sets of ellipses to ask your roommate where he put the takeout menus is Pareto optimal. And it does nothing to explain why we all seem to be using these repeating dots so often.
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Proceedings in the John Hereford trial began today in Wyoming’s Ninth District Court in Lander. Hereford, 24,Find great deals for cellphonecase in Light Bulbs. is charged with Second Degree Murder, Kidnapping, and two counts of First Degree Sexual Assault. The charges stem from the Sept. 11, 2012, murder of Travis Armajo and the subsequent rape of a woman will identify as BB.

Events began this morning with the selection of 12 jurors, which concluded at about 12:30 p.Resurrection Egg Paint Yourmanaged01 Childrens Craft Painting Sunday School in Collectibles,m. Before the trial began, Hereford’s attorney Bob Horn asked the judge to not allow the prosecution to show crime scene or autopsy photos of Armajo because it could be prejudicial against his client. He also asked the judge to keep the prosecution from using terms like “death shot” “head shot” because of their inflammatory nature. He also asked that the prosecution not be allowed to call Hereford “the shooter.”

Judge Norman E. Young agreed the prosecution shouldn’t try to impassion the jury by using such words, at least not during the chief case. His ruling does not extend to closing arguments. Young ruled against Horn and said the photos are necessary for the prosecution to argue its case.

Fremont County and Prosecuting Attorney Michael Bennett has taken the lead on the trial.f you're going to slap a case on something as slim and refined as your casesforiphone5, In his opening arguments, he laid out for the jury what they should expect the evidence to show: that Hereford bragged about a new gun, that Hereford and friends drank and played games on the evening of Sept. 10, 2012, that Hereford killed Armajo with the same gun from earlier in the evening and that he then forced BB into sexual contact at gunpoint.

Beginning his own arguments, Horn called the state’s case “Garbage In, Garbage Out.” “These charges are exaggerated,” he said.

Horn argued that the evidence will not show that Armajo was killed “maliciously and purposely” as the state is required by law to prove. That at most the evidence supports manslaughter.A compact powermonitor1 for load profiling, He said there will be no evidence of ill will between Hereford and Armajo. He also said there is no evidence to support the kidnapping charge and that the two elements regarding the two separate sexual assault charges are really the same event.

Horn also pointed out what will be established as the timeline of events that he said will prove Armajo was alive when BB was allegedly raped, despite her saying that Hereford admitted to the death during her assault.

He also pointed out a sequence of events lined out in the Fremont County Coroner’s report that he called “simply outrageous garbage.” Horn said there is no evidence to prove that what Coroner Ed McAuslan wrote was true. According to the account by Horn, the report states Hereford became upset when he saw his girlfriend, Michelle Harris, giving Armajo oral sex.

The first witness called to the stand was BB, the alleged rape victim. Through a tearful and emotional testimony, she described the event surrounding the assault.

After work on Sept. 10,offers premium form fitting samsungcasess in a wide assortment of styles and colors. she had planned to have a quiet night at home with her fiance, Travis Armajo. However, she said he changed plans on her and wanted to hang out with his cousin, Hereford.

She said Hereford was already intoxicated when he drove the four of them, including Harris, to the Loaf N Jug store to buy alcohol. BB said after Hereford returned to the vehicle in the gas station parking lot he brandished a black pistol and said, “I’m going to waste a few shells on somebody.”

Back at the home, she said he showed off the gun a couple more times and Armajo was “uneasy” about it. But eventually drinking continued and the four played dominos. At one point, BB said Harris asked her to leave. She went home for a while, but Hereford arrived and said Armajo wanted her back. So she returned but was asked to leave again. She said this time Armajo walked her part way home.

Eventually she was able to escape his grasp, and she hid in the neighborhood, BB said. ”I thought I was going to die,” she said. She made contact with law enforcement when she saw the lights at Hereford’s home.

For the defense, BB briefly described Armajo’s voice. She acknowledge that she and him shared a cell phone and that he had it that evening. Horn said phone records reveal a call from that phone to Hereford at 1:06 a.m., after BB said Hereford had already begun his assault on her.

She could not recall any reason the two men would have been angry at each other, but she said she believed Hereford was not having a good time. Horn also said no bloody tissues were found in BB’s bathroom that would have been consistent with her cleaning herself up as she testified.
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Most products today have their own power supply that needs to be charged with electricity to keep your phone enabled to complete tasks. Your phone may deliver a shocking result when in use. There have been few cases lately of people being physically shocked by their iPhone.

In the latest Australian incident, a woman in her 20s, from the Sydney suburb of Chatswood, was taken by ambulance to the Royal North Shore Hospital after allegedly receiving a shock from her iPhone. Luckily, she received minor injuries and was in stable condition. It is not known whether the phone was plugged into the charger during the incident. A spokeswoman for the hospital stated paramedics had responded to a number of shocks from mobile phone chargers this year.

New South Wales Ambulance has attended to 232 emergency calls for iPhone electric shocks in the first six months of this year, Sydney’s Daily Telegraph reported. The spokeswoman said mobile phone users should keep an eye on their phone’s connection. “If the appliances are dusty, they should be given a vacuum clean,” she said, suggesting that dust could get into the terminals and cause a short circuit.

Inspector John Brotherhood of the ambulance service warned that a slight shock could cause serious health problems. “It takes only a small shock to interfere with your heart. Basically, if the jolt moves you, if it takes your breath away, or if it’s at all a cause for concern, you need to get it checked out.”

Earlier this month, air stewardess Ma Ailun was killed by an electric shock when she answered a call on her iPhone 5 while it was charging. News of the death of the 23-year-old was posted on the Internet by her sister, prompting criticism of Apple among the country’s millions of iPhone users. “I want to warn everyone else not to make phone calls when your mobile phone is recharging,” her sister wrote.

Miss Ma, who was due to marry in August, was said to have bought her iPhone 5 in December from an official store in her hometown in the Xinjiang province. Her brother told a Hong Kong newspaper the phone had been handed to Chinese authorities for examination.To Our Mens cheapdedicated Markets Online Outlet Store. Miss Ma’s brother, Yuelun,offers premium form fitting samsungcasess in a wide assortment of styles and colors. told Apple Daily that the family believes she died from an electric shock while answering a call. In addition, to the phone the accessories and charging units have been handed over to Chinese authorities.

Apple, immediately replied advising they had launched a “thorough investigation” adding, “We are deeply saddened to learn of this tragic incident and offer our condolences to the family. We will fully investigate and co-operate with authorities in this matter.”

This warning also comes after Chinese man Wu Jiantong reportedly fell into a coma after suffering an electric shock as he plugged in his iPhone 4 to charge. He collapsed at around 10p.m. on Monday after connecting his iPhone 4 to a charger at home in Beijing. He owned the phone for two years.

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An Apple spokesman said: “It was with great sadness we learned through press reports that a Beijing customer was injured while using a ‘knock off’ or counterfeit charger, and we are looking into this further. Our customer’s safety is very important to us, and we have carefully designed all Apple products to meet government safety standards. We recommend our customers only purchase Apple products from Apple or authorized Apple resellers.”

Make sure that your accessories are certified from Apple.Uline stocks a wide selection of dedicatedserver. If you purchase a universal or generic charger, there is now the higher risk, of electric physical shock. It might just be good practice to turn your iPhone off during charging, and avoid making a call while it is do so. In addition, unplug the unit first from the wall and then remove the charging USB before powering on the iPhone.
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The Mumbai crime branch has got hold of photos showing absconding bookie brothers Sanjay Chhabra alias Sanjay Jaipur and Sandeep Pawan Chhabra alias Pawan Jaipur receiving an award from former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje.

However, police said there is nothing to show Raje was aware of the bookies' activities.

Police said Sandeep Chhabra got the Rajeev Gandhi Global Excellence Award by a private foundation for growing his business very quickly.

The bookies own Motisons Jewellers, one of the biggest jewellery shops in Johri Bazaar, Jaipur, and are alleged to hold a benami stake in the Sri Lanka Premier League.

A crime branch team is likely to visit the bookies' house in Jaipur to investigate their financial transactions.

"There are also reports of surveys by the income-tax department on the brothers' firm. Both brothers used to fix players, pay them Rs 30-40 lakh each, take bets from all over the world, and earn in crores.

They were in touch with a lot of players and we will soon contact the external affairs ministry for deporting them from Dubai," said a source from the crime branch.

The bookies are said to have strong links with politicians, industrialists, cricketers and even Bollywood celebrities.

Police have already issued lookout notices and Red corner notices (RCN) against the bookies, who are believed to be holed up in Dubai.

Meanwhile, police got hold of CCTV footage from a few shopping malls that showed the Jaipur bookies shopping with Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf.

"The two bought garments, personal effects and other goods worth Rs 2 lakh for Rauf and all was purchased by paying cash," an officer said.

Organised by the SMD’s Department of Education and Interpretation, eight free educational, social and cultural workshops will be held at the Sharjah Archaeology Museum, Sharjah Classic Cars Museum, Sharjah Heritage Museum, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation and the Sharjah Aquarium.

Covering Islamic art, traditional crafts, archaeology, heritage, marine life and vintage cars, the workshops are a unique opportunity to learn more about Sharjah Museums’ extensive collections through gallery talks,energymanagement1 discussions and hands-on activities.

The programme line-up is segregated into mainly two segments: family amusement and adult programmes, with workshops for both segments designed to showcase Sharjah’s diverse history in an interactive and appealing manner.

As part of the middle of Sha’aban (Haq Al Laila) celebrations, children will be able to try on traditional jewellery, learn about clothes and fabrics worn by Emirati generations of the past.

For families interested in marine life, an event at the Sharjah Aquarium on June 15,professionally produces and export all types of glazed chinaporcelaintile at low price. at 10am, will give them a chance to get up close and personal with jellyfish and a chance to create a piece of artwork in the shape of the marine creature.

Meanwhile, Sharjah Art Museum is holding a family ‘Be a Guide’ workshop on June 22, also at 10am, during which a museum guide will reveal more details about this enjoyable cultural profession. Participants will get an opportunity to create their own museum tour based on artworks of their choice.

For families having members that are differently-abled, the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation is holding a ‘Decorate Your Vase’ workshop on June 29 at 10am. Attendees will learn about the evolution of Islamic art and create a vase of their own, inspired by the museum’s collection.

Designed to teach participants about the history of the industry, it will also offer the opportunity to create and decorate a piece of pottery. Day one includes a tour of the museum, including the most important pieces of ceramic art in various Islamic eras, followed by a discussion on design techniques.

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WHEN IT COMES to occasions that call for gift giving, the arrival of a new baby comes with an anxiety all its own. Unlike birthdays, anniversaries or the holidays, a baby shower or a first visit rolls around just once. The pressure can be intense—often exacerbated by the ritual public gift unwrapping. High-strung parents with high-end tastes can make matters even worse.

"It's like the birthday gift of all birthday gifts," said Joanna Della Valle, a former fashion editor and mother of two. Ms. Della Valle inspired her entrepreneur husband, Emanuele, to establish Elizabeth Street, an online network and iPad app with information for stylish moms on everything from where to buy birthday cakes to kid-friendly restaurants in Paris. "It's challenging because it's time-consuming," she said. "I'm always looking for new ideas."

"It's about getting something that will really make an impact," said Cindy Teasdale McGowan, founder of the St. Louis baby store and website Makaboo. "Not just the bottle cage that you put in the dishwasher. Nobody wants to give that." Ms. McGowan, a mother of two, has baby-gifting cred in spades. When she established Makaboo in 2010, she was already an aunt to 23 nieces and nephews.

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"Parents probably spend nine months agonizing over the name, so they want to see it everywhere," said Ms. Della Valle, who likes to give monogrammed washcloth sets from Ralph Lauren and J.Crew's customizable cashmere blankets, which come in a rainbow of colors.

When Ferebee Taube, co-founder of the women's shopping website Feyt, gave birth to twins four years ago, she received story books personalized with her children's names by the company I See Me. Ms. Taube now regularly orders them for friends with new babies. "Just plug in the baby's name and birthday and it ships," she said.

As easy as placing an order may be, selecting a personalized gift still shows foresight and thought. "It means you didn't just pull something out of your gift drawer," said Ms. Teasdale McGowan. On the Makaboo website, she offers custom embroidery for items like onesies, blankets and even collapsible toy hampers.

When gifts are personalized, their lives often extend beyond a child's infancy. Lela Rose, a fashion designer and mother of two, purchases antique silver baby cups on Etsy and eBay, and asks a local jeweler to engrave them with her friends' babies' names and birth dates.As the only athletic energymonitor currently making shoes. "They have an old-world feel to them, and are something you will have forever,Hanging Teardrop Color Changing solarledlight2." said Ms. Rose.

Other parents of young children can be the best resource for gift ideas. They know firsthand what comes in handy and what soon gets classified as clutter headed for the Salvation Army. Only another parent could have given David Maupin, co-owner of the art gallery Lehmann Maupin, one of the most thoughtful gifts he received when his twins were born: an iPod preloaded with baby Mozart, lullabies and the gift-er's own children's favorite nursery rhymes. "I plugged it in immediately," said Mr. Maupin. "I don't think I've unplugged it since."

Similarly, Nadine Ferber, co-founder of the Manhattan nail salon Tenoverten, said other parents have helped build her children's library. "People will give me books and say, 'These are the three books that my son loves,' " said Ms. Ferber, who has a penchant for Miroslav Sasek's city-centric picture books, like "This is New York."

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"Since food and beverages are exempt from reporting, the picture becomes clouded," said Jack Gould, issues chairman for Common Cause. "Golf outings, luncheons, holiday gifts, birthday gifts, wedding presents, and tickets to events are difficult to track to specific senators."

Lobbyists are restricted to gifts of $50 per month per senator. Senators must report only gifts valued at more than $100. But principals — the special interests that hire the lobbyists — only report their total expenditures, which totaled more than $12 million.

He said if a principal gave a senator a gift valued at more than $100 and a senator forgot to report it, there is no way to cross check.

Gould said the University of Nebraska is the only entity that discloses more than required. For years, the school has reported which lawmakers take free tickets to sporting events — particularly highly coveted football tickets.

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The university does not disclose senators who pay for tickets with campaign dollars or with their own money.

Gould said that just because Nebraska lawmakers earn only $12,000 a year plus expenses, people should not assume that gifts and special privileges are an accepted form of compensation.

"Lobbyists and principals provide these things with the expectation that they will win favor and gain access," he said.Looking to Buy Full Automatic Tunnel Car washingmachine1 products or trade leads.

There are approximately 300 lobbyists registered with the clerk of the Legislature.

"Every individual and every organization should be encouraged to make their opinions heard," Gould said. "Professional lobbyists are excellent communicators and providers of information.

"It is gift giving, entertainment and campaign contributions that create ethical questions and public concern," he said. "Common Cause continues to encourage legislation that eliminates the questionable practices and limits the influence of big money."

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and physicians continue to document that some patients experience fuzzy thinking and memory loss while taking statins, a class of global top-selling cholesterol-lowering drugs.

A University of Arizona research team has made a novel discovery in brain cells being treated with statin drugs: unusual swellings within neurons, which the team has termed the "beads-on-a-string" effect.Wireless breitlingstore is a simple and and easy to use tool.Largest variety of crystalbeads accessories online.

The team is not entirely sure why the beads form, said UA neuroscientist Linda L. Restifo, who leads the investigation. However, the team believes that further investigation of the beads will help inform why some people experience cognitive declines while taking statins.

"What we think we've found is a laboratory demonstration of a problem in the neuron that is a more severe version for what is happening in some peoples' brains when they take statins," said Restifo, a UA professor of neuroscience, neurology and cellular and molecular medicine, and principal investigator on the project.

Restifo and her team's co-authored study and findings recently were published in Disease Models & Mechanisms, a peer-reviewed journal. Robert Kraft, a former research associate in the department of neuroscience, is lead author on the article.

Restifo and Kraft cite clinical reports noting that statin users often are told by physicians that cognitive disturbances experienced while taking statins were likely due to aging or other effects. However, the UA team's research offers additional evidence that the cause for such declines in cognition is likely due to a negative response to statins.Buy visually stunning and durable jewelryfindings from Larson Jewelers.

The team also has found that removing statins results in a disappearance of the beads-on-a-string, and also a restoration of normal growth. With research continuing, the UA team intends to investigate how genetics may be involved in the bead formation and, thus, could cause hypersensitivity to the drugs in people. Team members believe that genetic differences could involve neurons directly, or the statin interaction with the blood-brain barrier.

"This is a great first step on the road toward more personalized medication and therapy," said David M. Labiner, who heads the UA department of neurology. "If we can figure out a way to identify patients who will have certain side effects, we can improve therapeutic outcomes."

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The murders backstop a large investigation by Italian police revealing the trans-Atlantic reach of the Mafia in Canada, with mobsters shuttling from Toronto and Montreal to arrange global drug shipments and even continuing their underworld feud abroad as if borders did not exist.

“There’s four guys at an important Mafia murder in Sicily and three of them lived in Canada. That says a lot about the Mafia here, their mobility, their relationships internationally,” said an Ontario organized crime investigator.

Mr. Fernandez, 56, was born in Spain but grew up in Canada and became an important mob figure in Quebec and Ontario. His charred body was found in Sicily as police closed codenamed Operation Argo that saw 21 mobsters arrested on Wednesday.

Mr. Fernandez’s last day alive was April 9 when he and Fernando Pimentel, 36, an associate from Mississauga, Ont., who was visiting him in Sicily, left for a meeting to close a marijuana deal, authorities say.

He was meeting Pietro and Salvatore Scaduto, two brothers, in an isolated field outside Bagheria, near Palermo,The International Journal solargardenlight Sensing and Intelligent Systems. where Mr. Fernandez was told a large marijuana crop was being harvested, authorities alleged. Mr. Fernandez knew the brothers and trusted them; he was heard many times on police wiretaps extolling their friendship.

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Police wondered why Mr. Fernandez was suddenly no longer heard on the wiretaps. The surveillance teams that usually watched him stroll about town had no one to follow.

“He went silent,” said the officer. “We thought he may have started a journey for Canada.Take a look at our site for more steelring.”

But days later, one of the Scaduto brothers was caught trying to sell Mr. Fernandez’s Rolex watch for 3,000 euros, authorities said.

The watch was not something Mr. Fernandez would let go willingly.

“He loved that watch. Every day he wore this watch. Every day,” said the officer in Italy, who requested his name not be published. Italian police had heard him say it was the only piece not confiscated by police in Canada.

Investigators in Canada believe the watch was given to him by Vito Rizzuto, the Mafia boss from Montreal for whom Mr. Fernandez worked while in Canada.

Pietro Scaduto, 49, and Salvatore Scaduto, 51, were charged with murder. Pietro is a former Toronto resident.

Two months after Mr. Fernandez was released from prison in Canada in April 2004 and deported to Spain he arrived in Bagheria.

Again showing the links between the underworld of Canada and Italy, he chose the city because as many as 10 mafiosi there have ties to Canada, primarily with the Rizzuto crime family, the officer said.

Bulgarians Disillusioned Ahead of Vote

Mass protests in Bulgaria against austerity measures and energy costs forced out the government in February. Elections set for Sunday could lead to more political turmoil.

Recent public-opinion surveys indicate that the conservative party that led the previous administration and its main, left-leaning challenger are running neck-and-neck, complicating prospects for the formation of a governing coalition.

Unhappiness with low living standards and perceived corruption in the European Union's poorest member state boiled over this past winter, leading to nationwide demonstrations, initially over rising electricity prices.

In a sign of the desperate public mood, at least seven people have set themselves on fire—some explicitly saying they were acting to protest government policies and corruption. Six have died.

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The former conservative prime minister, Boyko Borisov, submitted his resignation Feb. 20 after marchers in Sofia clashed with riot police, saying he wanted to prevent violence from worsening.

Reacting to the outcry over power prices, Bulgaria's energy regulator cut them six weeks ago and the caretaker government has said they would remain capped for a year.

Mr. Borisov, a former bodyguard to Soviet-era dictator Todor Zhivkov, kept a tight rein on spending and navigated the global financial crisis without needing an international bailout.Brantano offers a wide range of chipcard in every style to fit every occasion.

During the campaign, Mr. Borisov has pledged to continue his drive for austerity in public finances, which he says is based on the German model. He has argued that taking painful steps now will make Bulgaria more competitive in the long run and help it to avoid the fate of Southern Europe.

But his support has been weakened by corruption allegations and a wiretapping scandal.

The rival Socialist party has said that it would work to reduce the tax burden on the poorest people in the country, where the average monthly income is roughly 400 ($520) a month. The party has also promised to raise wages and to improve tax collection to pay for it.

Plamen Oresharski, the Socialist candidate for prime minister, has also promised to reduce unemployment by ending policies of the previous government that he said squash aspiring businesses.

But both parties appear far from winning a majority in Parliament.

A poll released Thursday by the Sova Harris agency put both Mr. Borisov's centre-right party, the Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria, or GERB, at 20.9% and the Socialists at 20.4%,Rubiks energymanagement See if you can solve this famous. Another poll done by Center of Analysis and Marketing put GERB at 21.3% and the Socialists at 18.9%.

"It will be very difficult to form a coalition," predicted Antoaneta Tzoneva, chairwoman of the Institute for Public Environment Development, which advocates for fair elections and judicial reform.

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Ms. Tzoneva said she expected voter turnout to be low because people are losing hope that the country's prospects will improve and see little hope for change in any parties.

Amid concerns about the potential for election fraud, opposition parties have hired an Austrian company to count election results in parallel with official state agencies, an unprecedented move in post-Communist Bulgaria.

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It's a light woody smell coming from the timber clad homes which are facing the sun. The solar panels are also soaking it up and along with a boiler that runs on recycled wood pellets, these twenty one properties have all the energy they need.

Inside, the toilets use rainwater and there are vents which take in a room's heat and re-distribute it around the home.

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At one of the ground floor flats, Dot and Brian Wilson are out gardening. They're the couple on the complex with the green fingers and were chosen from five hundred applicants because of their environmental awareness.

"We've got some leeks, onions, cauliflower and we're going to get some peppers and peas too" Dot explains. I asked her what it feels like to be part of a grand experiment. She laughs with delight, "I've always wanted to live in an eco-friendly home and I never thought I'd be able to do it. But I can and I am!

"Everybody's got something different to offer. Those that can garden, do the gardening, and everybody else pitches in somewhere along the line".

Rio Adams is pitching in with the maintenance. She lives in one of the houses and is sweeping the paths (wood chippings are environmentally friendly but, apparently, they can cause a mess). Her two year old son Brody is over at the "bug hotel".

It's a damp timber structure with sticks, leaves and pipes to try and attract more insects. "The site used to be derelict" Rio explains. "There were no birds around and we're hoping that if there are more insects, it will encourage them back".

The sense of community is something that Northumbria University is keen to watch. Gill Davidson is one of the researchers, "We're trying to find out how this community grows.

Some people started off being very environmentally aware and were living that kind of lifestyle already, whereas others weren't and we're finding that people are getting into the lifestyle much more now. There are gardening groups and a community group is also being set up."

Some people's good habits seem to be rubbing off on others. If not, there's a gadget which can help them along the way. Each kitchen has an energy monitor.

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It costs between ￡77 and ￡115 per week to live here, but people who carry out repairs or run the boiler can get a reduction. The experiment itself is due to end in 2014 but residents say they plan to stay here for many years to come.

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For jewelers, flower shop owners and chocolate purveyors, the advent of Mother’s Day is an opportunity to showcase traditional gifts for mom. Downtown Middletown offers an array of items to pick up for that special day when we honor the special ladies in our lives.

A stroll down Main Street on a sunny afternoon had us stopping into shops owned by small business owners who are offering unique ideas for Sunday. Here’s a smattering of what we found.

Trendz A Boutique on Main Street owner Jerri Lorenson thinks like her customers, who, thanks to her keen sense of what women want, fall into a range of ages. The colorful dresses and tops she sells are one-of-a-kind and ageless — from the juicy orange airily knit sweater we fell in love with to a lovely faux jumper dress from artistic watercolor-like fabric.

Inexpensive gifts include the highly collectible gold and silver Bella Ryan Charm Bracelet, $14.99 each, must-have HypeWipes, which stick onto the back of your smart phone and expertly buff away fingerprints from the screen, $3.95.

Just back from the trade shows, Lorenson picked up some funky iPhone cases, charger plugs and cords ($39.95 to $49.95) decorated in sparkly leopard prints and purple with silver polka dots that she guarantees will be “the next big thing.”

And her jewelry: leather bracelets with strong magnet closures, Dee Mathura Design necklaces and earrings from semiprecious stones and Swarovski crystals ($140 to $250). Pick up a handmade Mother’s Day card and take advantage of free gift wrapping and your ready to thrill mom.

If mom (and you) are charity-minded, the Middletown High School Vocational Agriculture center is holding a plant sale Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with annuals,An homeelectricitymonitor is a great step towards home energy savings. perennials,we receive is inspected by our stainlesssteelearring team before it is sold. herbs, hanging planters, a kids' planting table for Mother's Day gifts, dog wash and bake sale.

New England Emporium in Main Street Market has wide range of gifts including Seed Bombs, throw and go; gourmet black and red popping corn, flavorings and old-fashioned poppers; and fat Mango Lassi handmade soaps.

Also in Main Street Market is Pamela Roose Specialty Hand Knits, where you can pick up a kntiting kit that has all mom needs to create a scarf, hat or other project.The only wireless portable vuittonhandbags showing both electricity generated and used. Pamela will guide you through everything she needs.

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Other gift ideas include the Wesleyan Potters Spring Sale, where you can pick up handmade fiber, jewelry, pottery and other art by local artisans, take mom to the ARTFARM Shakespeare Slam and Masked Bash on Saturday night at KidCity and help out a local theater troupe; the Middlesex Hospital Vocal Chords Concert Saturday; tickets to Middletown’s mayor’s ball on June 1, or take mom to the free MiddletownRemix: Hear More, See More event Saturday which includes a flash mom, live music, dancing, gallery walk, food, and more.

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The hooded gunman burst into Sam Kritsotakis's Eskae Jewellery Boutique on Military Rd, Mosman, shortly after 5pm on Monday. He walked directly up to Mr Kritsotakis, 35, and pointed the gun at his chest.

The defiant owner reacted instinctively and punched the man in the face, causing the shocked would-be thief to run from the store, clutching his weapon.

Mr Kritsotakis gave chase, tackled the man and, helped by another storeowner, held him on the ground with the gun pinned to his chest until police arrived.

The gun turned out to be a replica but the jeweller said the drama was all too real for him. He played down his heroics, saying all he thought of was protecting his business and family: "My first thoughts were about my wife and two young kids. Then there was a distinct moment where I thought 'I'm not going to stand for this crap', and punched him in the face. I didn't want my business to come to harm.The inhomedisplay allows utility customers to track their energy."

Mr Kritsotakis said the pair traded punches before the offender tried to flee: "I managed to grab hold of him and wrestle him to the ground. The hand holding the gun was pinned to his chest.

"Ziad from the Brunskills pharmacy pinned his legs while Carl and Rob from Carl's Shoe Repairs called police."

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A Southland woman has been reunited with her engagement ring more than a year after it turned up in a charity store donation bin.

Police appealed for help to find the owner of a collection of jewellery on Saturday, found in the pocket of a grey dress last April.

With the help of receipts and photographs, Liz McDonald was able to claim the jewellery, which included her engagement ring, a ring left to her by her mother when she died and her husband's wedding ring, on Monday.

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It was only when she went to wear the rings a few weeks later she noticed they were missing, she said.

"I knew I had left them in my wardrobe so I kept looking. It drove my husband batty, always taking clothes out. I was getting obsessive."

She also worried she had left them on the table, where her cat could move them, and she began checking her vacuum cleaner after vacuuming in case they had fallen on to the floor, she said.

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Reading the police plea in The Southland Times at work on Saturday morning, Mrs McDonald decided to pop in on her way home, vaguely recognising the grey dress, she said.

She was told other people had also inquired about the jewellery, so she brought receipts and photographs of some of the rings as proof she owned them.

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Senior Sergeant Dave Raynes said officers had fielded a few queries after the newspaper article ran on Saturday, all of which seemed to be genuine and not suspicious.

Onitsha artists return with Orakwue

ONE of the fruits of the 10th coronation anniversary of HRM, Obi of Onitsha, Nnemeka Achebe, is the regrouping of the popular Onitsha artists, who seized the opportunity of the commemoration to stage a return to exhibition turf one decade after their absence.

KNOWN in the Nigerian art circle as Onitsha Artists, the group is currently exhibiting paintings and sculptures under the title Orakwue {Let the Whole World Talk) at Alexis Galleries, (formerly Homestores), Victoria Island, Lagos. The show, featuring works of nine members and eight guest artists, is organized specifically as a tribute for the monarch, who is regarded as one of Africa’s consistent art collectors.

It was initially bid to hold in October, last year as part of the Obi’s 10th anniversary, before it was shifted to this period.

It is on record that the group, which consists of artists of Onitsha origin, at home and overseas, had its first major art exhibition Olokoto at the now rested Pendulum Gallery, Lekki, Lagos under the late art patron and gallery owner, Peter Areh in 2003. The current outing of the Onitsha Artists, Orakwue, appears to have facilitated the regrouping. They have promised a regular show thereafter.

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A member of the Onitsha Artists, Nwadiogbu had, during a preview session, stated that artists across West Africa region are indebted to Achebe. He described the royal father as a good art patron, who has a lot of respect for artists, hence the theme of the gathering ‘let the people speak for me’. The exhibiting artists, he emphasised, “are, through the exhibition speaking for the Obi” as part of the monarch’s 10th year anniversary on the throne of his ancestors.

The gratitude or solidarity exhibition is also an opportunity for some of the artists who are either unknown in Lagos or have been quiet in the art circle for a while. In works by familiar names such as Uwatse, Nwadiogbu, Arinze and Edozie, it’s either teasers of new things to come or reflection of the past.

For instance, Uwatse’s Windows of Souls (Acrylic on Canvas 2012) suggests a shift from her conservative rendition of colour. The work depicts a depth of cubic images with high red, yellow and purple, creating a depth that swims into the ‘windows’. For Edozie, it’s about experimentation of a new technique, though still trying to maintain a thin line between his past figural image and a likely new look of his work, as reflected in a two-lady piece Obiamaka and Onyeoma. If elongated figures, as the biggest Onitsha artist, late Ben Enwonwu stressed in his Negritude series should be taken by historians as one of the characteristics of artists from that part of the country, Nwadiogbu’s Dance for Peace offers a reason.

In ceramist, Arinze’s Happy Family, a depiction of cheerful moods, which Nigerians can hardly afford currently, comes in what could be both a functional and decorative sculpture of vase or pot-like.

For a big show like Orakwue showing in a relatively new gallery raised the question of adequate visibility commensurate with the theme and essence of the gathering.

Two years of Alexis Galleries’ presence on the growing Lagos art scene may be short, but it’s strong enough to have any big show, the coordinator of the exhibition, Edozie argued.

“With six highly successful shows within the two years of the gallery’s existence, we thought Alexis has the crowd strong enough to host this show”. And with a major support from big corporate group, Diamond Bank, courtesy of the Head, Corporate Communication, Akpo Daniyan and others such as Veuve Clicquot, arra, Chocolate Royal, Cool fm, Nigeria Info and Wazobia “the gallery is excited to host the show”, the proprietress of Alexis Galleries, Patty Chidiac enthused. She noted that the “diversity of Nigerian art is an attraction that makes the gallery keeps searching for rare exhibitions like Orakwue”. She however cautioned that “I am not a kind critic; not ready to have many shows, but few quality ones.”

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According to her, one of the aims of Alexis “is to stabilize the art market.”

From its first show, Alexis (then Homestores) actually demonstrated its focus: a young, up-and-coming Nyemike’s solo outing opened the gate for young and established artists.

And that Orakwue is coming a decade after Olokoto, perhaps suggests that the Onitsha Artists are a group of one show in 10 years artists. “Not at all”, Edozie insisted. “This will continue, we hope to take the show beyond Nigeria”. Orakwue, Nwadiogbu informed, was designed to take off in Onitsha, then move to Abuja and Lagos”.Browse our selection of menbelt and Mens Leather Belts.

Quite recluse from the mainstream art market are an army of artists old and young outside Lagos, and Onitsha is one of such places. How is Onitsha Artists reaching out to such less privileged artists? “We do reach out; after the Olokoto show in 2003, part of the proceeds was given to the creative community in Onitsha. We hope to do the same after Orakwue.”

Barca hail supersub Messi after victory

Barcelona assistant manager Jordi Roura hailed Lionel Messi’s desire after the World Player of the Year helped guide the Spanish giants past Paris Saint-Germain and into the semi-finals of the Champions League.

The Spanish league leaders were heading out of the competition as they trailed 1-0 on the night, and 3-2 on aggregate, when Messi was introduced as a second-half substitute having started on the bench to protect a hamstring injury.

And the Argentine made a decisive impact as he was involved in the move that led to Pedro’s equaliser which took the Catalans through on away goals.

“It was a pact that we had with him that if things weren’t going well, we would bring him on,” Roura told a press conference.

“He is so important and his presence on the field conditioned the game after we had conceded a goal and made an impact on the opponent.

“Once again he has shown his competitive spirit and desperation to always be there for the team and we have to take our hat off to him.”

Barca have now reached the last four of Europe’s premier club competition for a record sixth successive season, but this was far from their most fluid display.

PSG controlled the vast majority of the first period and had chances to kill the game off when leading and Roura accepted Barca need to improve before the semi-final first-leg in two weeks’ time.

“Once again the team has shown its courage. To reach six straight semi-finals is something of great merit.

“Obviously there are things we can improve on, but first we have to enjoy reaching the semi-finals.

“We will take a couple of days to rest and recuperate physically and then approach the semis with everything we have to try and win.”

PSG boss Carlo Ancelotti meanwhile also praised his players for their impressive diplay.

“We did everything we could to win. We played a great game and we were close,” he said.

“It was a marvellous night, but it would have been fantastic to get to the semi-finals. We did well and didn’t give up at any point.”

However, Ancelotti believes by taking Barca so close over the two legs they have proved they will be a force to be reckoned with in the next few years.

“This game will be useful for us for the next seasons. We lacked a little bit of experience and some of our players were discovering the competition for the first time.

“Only time will allow us to gain the experience to get to the semi-finals and this will be the objective for next year.


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In Paris, Paris Saint-Germain were hailed in the French press on Thursday for their valiant effort against Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-final.

After last week’s first leg ended 2-2, PSG travelled to the Catalan giant’s Camp Nou on Wednesday night with a semi-final berth there for the taking.

When Javier Pastore gave the French outsiders the lead after half time, an upset was on the cards, until Barca summoned Lionel Messi from the bench and Pedro fired home 19 minutes from time to level the tie 3-3 and put the Spaniards through on away goals.technical terms and laserengraver and disadvantages of laser engraving.

“Promising,” was how French sports daily L’Equipe summed up the performance of big-spending PSG,Read Breil Milano Flowing Polished lasermarker. who miss out on the last four despite the considerable feat of not losing to the might of Messi and company.

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“PSG achieved something at the Camp Nou but don’t qualify for the Champions League semi-finals on a night when they were stronger than their hosts — incredibly disappointing!” the paper stated.

“They flirted with paradise,” L’Equipe noted, referring to the time between Pastore’s goal and Pedro’s equaliser when PSG were leading the tie 3-2.

“For over quarter of an hour PSG were qualified for the Champions League semi-finals. But Messi came on and hope disappeared.
“Aside from a couple of missed chances the club doesn’t have much to regret.Visible difference between the hermesbirkin and Hermès Kelly handbag., they leave the Champions League with honour and pride at having shaken one of the big favourites of the competition.”

PSG coach Carlo Ancelotti praised his players for what he termed “a very good game” and suggested they had left a favourable mark on the competition.

“For me, this is my first full year at PSG and I’m happy with what my team has done in the Champions League,” he said.

The guest speaker described Romanticism

KOLADE Oshinowo’s celebration of the virtue of womanhood, through his unique portraiture themes was acclaimed recently at the 2013 edition of Yusuf Grillo Pavilion Visual Art Fiesta.

In the lecture, The Master of Romantic Expressionism, delivered by Prof. Jerry Buhari of Department of Fine Arts, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Kaduna State during the yearly gathering in Ikorodu, Lagos, Oshinowo’s aesthetic rendition and depiction of ladies got intellectual interrogation and scholastic treatment from the guest speaker.

Oshinowo is the fifth artist in the series of yearly art fiesta organized by Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi-led pavilion. Established in honour of artist and renowned art teacher, Yusuf Grillo, in 2009, the pavilion had celebrated masters such as Dr.Learn how to make beautiful organza headbandssuppliers. Bruce Onobrakpeya, Demas Nwoko and Uche Okeke in that order. And as the Pavilion appeared to have concluded the list of pioneer art students of ABU, Oshinowo’s choice might have opened what could be described as a focus on another set of artists from the same school.Armani Exchange Women's Smart bobblehead Watch online.

Arguably, Oshinowo is a strong contender for Nigeria’s most prolific painter contest, should there be such a prize. Aside churning out paintings, almost endlessly, Oshinowo’s rendition of portraiture, which is neither of classicism nor impressionism, yet keeps the artist’s signature so strong for four decades must have informed Buhari’s choice of the theme for the 2013 Grillo Pavilion lecture.

However, Buhari, in his humility, did not arrogate to himself a sole authority on his subject. He disclosed to the large audience that the lecture, largely, consists of distillations from the interview Oshinowo granted him, as part of his research on the artist.

The guest speaker described Romanticism, in its subjective context, as a process of art making that “seeks to make strong social commentary,” focusing issues of emotional texture “that are found in everyday life and give them personal interpretation”.

After an overview of his thought on the subject, Buhari supported his assertion that Oshinowo is a Master of Romanticism Expressionism by noting that “Romanticism seeks to make strong social commentary” such as an artist’s independent interpretation of everyday life of a people. He described Oshinowo’s art as a mastery of uncommon romanticism. “Oshinowo demonstrates unusual mastery, by the way he combines aesthetic exploration with social commentary”. Buhari added that the artist has “structures” of paintings that “are carefully given organic rhythm through the manipulation of drawing, colour and composition”. Oshinowo, he stressed, fuses “the transcendental with tangible reality”.

Dissecting an artist of Oshinowo’s status within the context of Romanticism or any other movement to boost academic study may require quite a volume, perhaps more intensive research. However, the artist’s rendition of female figures in an era infested by disturbing imagery via the social media appears like a challenge in sustaining the resilience of the artist’s style.

Oshinowo’s theme, particularly of women theme is very conservative; against the tide of today’s pop culture of indecent female body exposure, the effect of which is gaining some popularity among some visual artists. In fact, Oshinowo should consider himself fortunate that he already established his signature ahead of a generation that sees female figure as an inducement for sexuality.

If the classicists of post-Renaissance were merely inspired by imagination to render nudity on canvas and in sculptural images, a section of the current generation of artists appears to have every reason to populate contemporary space with indecent female figures. Reasons: the environment induces or inspires the artist, perhaps, interpreting academic theory that an artist is guided by what obtains within the artist’s environment.

For Oshinowo, perhaps his personal interpretation is on the opposite direction; against the tide as his ‘women’ promote virtues of womanhood. Buhari noted this much as he put male artists on the spot on how they interpret female figures. “In Oshinowo’s female figures, we read the glorification of the women. Her figure symbolizes elegance, beauty, motherhood, dignity, home maker, and more”

Shortly after Buhari’s lecture, a visit to the Grillo Pavilion building where some of Oshinowo’s works were on display for the exhibition segment confirms the artist’s aesthetic commitment in promoting the virtue of womanhood. Such virtues exude in works such as At the Party, Togetherness, Aso Ebi II and Lady With Red Beads. The works, indeed, promote elegance, beauty within modesty frame lines. The works, more importantly offers an opportunity for those who missed the artist’s last solo show Silhouette at Nike Gallery, last year. Most of the portraiture pieces such as Aso Ebi II, Togertherness and others represent Oshinowo’s new period of highlighted painting on fabric, which he coined ‘recover and reuse (R and R) – waste fabrics from tailoring and textile shops used as part of the artist’s mixed media.

Earlier, Oshinowo told the audience “I am overwhelmed being celebrated today”. On his style of painting and freedom of expression imbibed from training, he noted that the pioneer artists of ABU art school otherwise known as the ‘Zaria Rebels’ “clear the roads for us, laid the foundation for us to just walk through”.specific line of men's cyclingsunglasses to help you get the most out of your cycling training and competition. He disclosed how he was compelled to excel “when I saw the works the pioneer Zarians left behind in the school”.

The patron and founder of Grillo Pavilion, Chief Gbadamosi,Hermes kellywallet is amazingly made from soft genuine leather material， OFR gave an insight into his love for Oshinowo’s work. “I have in my collection of Oshinowo paintings of unforgettable landscapes. From village scenes to men and women toiling in the countryside, animals grazing in the fields to the quietude of hills and mountains all over Nigeria particularly the depiction of Zuma rock in the Abuja-Suleja axis of the heartland of modern Nigeria.

“But ever so fascinating are the creation of mixed-media canvases engendered by oil paintings on rags carefully selected and turned into a celebration of beauty, colour and fine strokes of divine creativity.”

Gbadamosi noted that Oshinowo, lately,Hermes Birkin Bags hermeskelly Bags Cheap Online Sale. has “metamorphosed” his skill “into the embroidering of the female forms in attires crafted from rags glued together in motifs of beauty and exquisite tenderness.” He christened the artist’s new technique “a new wave of Oshinowoism”.

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Public sector banks (PSBs) have put the brakes on extra credit limits to gems and jewellery (G&J) units as Export Credit Guarantee Corp of India Ltd (ECGC) has clamped restrictions on giving additional risk cover on this portfolio. Officials of some PSBs said some banks had put internal restrictions on granting additional limits to the G&J sector from the beginning of this month.

Consequently, foreign banks involved in diamond sector financing are set to gain a larger market share (incrementally) in India, said Anup Zaveri, convener, banking, insurance and taxation committee of the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC),Visible difference between the hermesbirkin and Hermès Kelly handbag. and partner of the jewellery company Polar Star.

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If the lack of adequate cover impacts the flow of funds from PSBs, units could tap foreign banks for credit limits, said a banking sector analyst.

State Bank of India is the largest domestic lender to the G&J sector with an exposure of about Rs 11,000 crore. Indian banks have already been cautious in lending to G&J units due to a sharp rise in defaults in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.

Without an adequate risk cover on the G&J loan portfolio, public sector banks will face limitations to take additional exposure.

ECGC said it had not stopped giving cover to the G&J industry. It has to operate within norms (for sector and single exporter limits) set out by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority.Find more quality yet inexpensive prescription sportsglasses. ECGC is in the process of reviewing internal guidelines,Surgical steelearring posts with titanium. said Rohit Pandya, its general manager.

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Luisa Leba, 38, a mother of four broke down in tears asking the court to forgive her because her children had not been attending school since the day she was taken to prison.

Leba pleaded guilty to one count of theft before Suva Magistrate Chaitanya Lakshman.

The court heard that in March this year, Leba who works as a housegirl dishonestly stole jewellery from Mohammed Khan in Raiwaqa. Mr Lakshman told her that he sent her to prison so that her children could suffer because of what she did.

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Under the 2008 Constitution the Maldives is a ’100 percent’ Muslim country, with a justice system based on a hybrid of common law and Islamic Sharia.

Although the country does not implement many of the ‘Hadd’ or penalties prescribed by Sharia law, including amputation and stoning, it does practice some selective punishments.

One such penalty is the implementation of flogging for a number of crimes including, but not limited to, fornication outside of wedlock.

In recent days, global media attention has been drawn to the case of a 15 year old-girl convicted of fornication and sentenced to flogging, despite her history of alleged sexual abuse dating back to 2009.

Minivan News has spoken with a number of locals about their experiences with flogging, and the societal impact it has had in the past.

Faheem*, a 47 year old former court official in a small island in the North of the Maldives,Take a look at our site for more iphoneheadset. shared his experiences in regard to related cases.

“In my 10 years serving as a court official during the 90′s, I have witnessed many people being subjected to public flogging. Although we are, in fact, a Muslim nation, most of these sentences were for cases of extra marital sex,” Faheem said.

“The majority of those who did get flogged were women. Although Islam specifically states that once a culprit has endured the ‘Hadd’ he or she is completely washed of their sins, society does not seem to see it in that way.

These women are tainted for life and forever looked down upon. There were a couple of men too, but the islanders did not react in the same way against the men. They seem to be more easily accepted back into society, their sins are generally forgiven or forgotten in time,” he explained.

“We usually used a paddle, and there were then,reliable personalizedbobbleheads media needs no storage maintenance and requires only occasional cleaning. like now, specific regulations which the flogger had to adhere to. But there is one particular case that has stayed in my mind, and although I was not directly involved in it, I have always remembered it with a pang of guilt,” he continued.

“The magistrate at the time, Ghazee Zubair, was involved with a woman from our island. Then one day he had to preside over a case against this woman, who had been brought in front of him for charges of extramarital, consensual sex with yet another man,” Faheem said.

“I remember islanders talking about whether he would be impartial in his judgement. He was, to a point. Yes, she was sentenced to flogging. But,Our personalized lacefront and dog tag necklaces for men, the appalling thing is that while all others got the paddle, she was given a hundred lashes with a cotton handkerchief,” Faheem said.

While the paddle is commonly used in the implementation of flogging, it has been replaced with less harsher tools in some cases.

Hussain Haleem, a former court official, said in the past there have been instances where objects such as peacock feathers have been imported for the sole purpose of flogging a woman belonging to the country’s elite, or a single lash with a string of 100 rosary beads, each bead counting as a separate lash. Haleem, however, added that there had been cases in the other extreme, where the flogger has used far more force than is required, causing serious physical harm to the person sentenced.

Court officials attempt to gather a crowd of onlookers when the sentence is being implemented, in a bid to increase the shame of the sentenced persons. People standing around the court building, or waiting to file documents or cases, are frequently asked to join the crowds.

Deep in the heart of Africa is cattle raising

Lamido Sanusi, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has written a stinging piece in which he warns Africa against its love affair with China. He says Nigeria, with a large domestic market of more than 160 million people, “spends huge resources importing consumer goods from China that should be produced locally. Nigeria buys textiles, leather goods,Enjoy the greatest selection ever of tungstenjewelry. tomato paste, starch, furniture, electronics building materials and plastic goods. The Chinese on the other hand buy Nigeria’s crude oil and have set up big mining and infrastructure operations. But with few exceptions they have done so using equipment and labour imported from home, without transferring skills to local communities. China takes our primary goods and sells us manufactured ones. This was the essence of colonialism.”

The classic South African example often quoted by economists is that we mine our gold and diamonds and platinum, and then export the lot without adding value. The Italians and French and others then make precious jewellery which we buy back from them at a premium. Many attempts have been made to fix this, but somehow we have failed to create a viable world-class jewellery manufacturing industry. We beat ourselves up about examples like this constantly.

The answer is probably simpler than we think. It is that it is not in our blood.Why do the Italians excel at making gold chains, and designing exceptional motor cars? Why do the French bake world famous bread and live off a still vibrant fashion industry? Why do the Germans excel at technology and the Dutch hydrologists become experts in water management, and so on around the world? It is because they have been doing it for centuries and have passed down the culture to each new generation. They have consistently built on their strengths and have allowed other countries to supply them with what they do not have.

There has never been a proper manufacturing culture in South Africa. We have tried a number of quick-fix solutions but they have not taken root. The motor car manufacturing we are now so proud of has been built on imported skills that have been transferred only partially. The crowning experience of our viticulture students is to go to Geisenheim in Germany or to France. In winemaking, as in many other sectors, the ultimate topping up of qualifications and experience has been to go to some other major country. To be fair there is a growing awareness of the benefits of local home-grown manufacturing and some of it shows potential. But are we building on our strengths and our best assets?

Deep in the heart of Africa is cattle raising. Herding cattle is how African boys learn the lessons of being responsible. Caring for livestock is the “family business” of tribes in much of Africa. Cattle are not only a major source of protein; cattle are entrenched in the cultures of Africa from slaughtering a cow for a wedding or a funeral, to using cows as payment for lobola. The Masai drink cow’s blood to make them strong and because they believe that it is good for you.

Cattle farming was for generations the passion of Afrikaner farmers, and still is a dream for many whose families worked farms before the big migrations into the cities.

But if it is so strongly entrenched in our psyche, why is Africa not the “cattle capital” of the world? Why do we not have a world-dominating beef export industry that provides beef in all its forms to countries everywhere on earth? We could be totally dominant in every sector of industry or business that relates to beef, using every bit of the animal, from the skins and the bones to the meat and the horns. We should be world-famous for our treatment of every disease found in cattle with “cattle-expert” veterinary specialists flying all over the world to dispense their skills.

The Danes were clever enough to brand “Danish bacon” and the New Zealanders have built a reputation for “New Zealand lamb”. The Gauchos of the Pampas in Argentina may be ahead of us with “Argentine beef”, but cattle were only imported to Argentina in the 16th century. African tribes were stealing each other’s cattle long before then.hogan interactive outlet italia online shop vendita wintert-shirts. Africa, where cattle are in the spirit of the people,A womenshoes wig is a wig that looks like the hair is growing out of your head. has a much bigger claim on cattle and could do a much bigger thing for “African beef”. Now that would be building on a strength.

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It should by now have become the central tenet of an entire business philosophy covering marketing, financial management, human resources, distribution and the rest of it. Where is the Stephen Covey of ubuntu or the Rich Dad Poor Dad Robert Kiyosaki who has made a fortune out of a much thinner philosophical baseline? Bookshops are bursting with self-help books and motivational speakers make their lives out of dispensing good life-skills advice. But ubuntu is nowhere. Why are our business schools mainly Harvard or Insead “wannabes”? Why don’t we also have African ubuntu institutes of leadership? Ubuntu could become something that is the envy of the world.

This method of spontaneous selection

Rich in secrecy and suspense -- and endowed with the potential to alter history -- the conclave process by which popes have been elected since the 13th century has obvious dramatic appeal.

So it's no surprise that conclaves have occasionally been portrayed on screen. Some depictions have involved real-life elections, others fictional ones -- and the accuracy of the details on display has varied greatly.

Ironically, one of the earliest film treatments of a conclave centers on an elector who attempts -- but fails -- to participate in the momentous event. This is Cardinal Glennon,Find detailed product information for earcap truck and other products. the imaginary archbishop of Boston played by John Huston in the 1963 movie "The Cardinal."

Director Otto Preminger's screen version of Henry Morton Robinson's novel shows the New England prelate suffering the horrors of seasickness as the progress of the ocean liner on which he's crossing the Atlantic is relentlessly checked by bad weather. By the time Huston's prince of the church finally makes it to Rome,New Style Jeans womenssandals on sale with fast delivery! a new pontiff has already been voted into office.

Cardinal Glennon is presumably a stand-in for Beantown's long-reigning shepherd, Cardinal William Henry O'Connell (1859-1944). If so, his disappointment in this instance has a strong basis in fact. Made the Hub's first cardinal by Pope Pius X in 1911, Cardinal O'Connell subsequently missed not one but two conclaves -- those of 1914 and 1922.

In the wake of the latter gathering, a frustrated Cardinal O'Connell successfully petitioned the newly elected Pope Pius XI to extend the period between the vacancy of the chair of Peter and the opening of the conclave to fill it.

Perhaps he need not have bothered: By the time of Pius XI's death in 1939, the advent of commercial aviation had reduced the travel time between the East Coast and the Eternal City to a matter of hours, not days. In any event, on that occasion, Cardinal O'Connell finally had the satisfaction of casting his vote.

The protagonist of 1968's "The Shoes of the Fisherman" -- director Michael Anderson's adaption of Morris L. West's novel -- not only takes part in a papal election; he reluctantly receives its laurels. Thus, shortly after being released from a Soviet work camp in Siberia, Ukrainian Cardinal Kiril Lakota (Anthony Quinn) becomes Pope Kiril I.

Described, in part, by television journalist George Faber (David Janssen),Browse and purchase the latest range of fashionsandals online. the assembly that elevates Cardinal Kiril is shown in considerable detail. Enduring customs -- the defacing of the previous pope's ring, for example -- as well as outmoded ones put in an appearance.

A minor instance from the latter category would be the now-abandoned practice of erecting a canopy over the chair of each elector. At precisely the moment that one of their colleagues accepted his election, and thus became pope, all the remaining cardinals would collapse their canopies by pulling on a cord, thereby symbolizing that they were no longer their former peer's equals.

Far more significantly, the manner of Pope Kiril's election would no longer be deemed legitimate. Facing a deadlock among more predictable candidates, the cardinals choose Quinn's character by unanimous acclimation.

This method of spontaneous selection, however, was eliminated by Blessed John Paul II's 1996 apostolic constitution "Universi Dominici Gregis." Under the current rules, only election by secret ballot is lawful.

Another fictional conclave opens the 2011 Italian film "Habemus Papam," which screened in the United States last year as "We Have a Pope." Director and co-writer Nanni Moretti blended realistic elements and some credible emotions into his fanciful tale of a freshly minted pontiff (Michel Piccoli) who quickly finds himself emotionally overwhelmed by his new responsibilities.

Especially believable -- if rather sobering -- is the early scene that allows viewers to overhear the thoughts of all the cardinals assembled the Sistine Chapel. To a man, each silently prays not to be chosen.

Despite its three-hour-plus running time, the made-for-television biography "Paul VI: The Pope in the Tempest" provides only a brief glimpse of the conclave that chose its subject. That may be because Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini (Fabrizio Gifuni), the archbishop of Milan,Enjoy the greatest selection ever of tungstenjewelry. entered the 1963 gathering an obvious favorite.

The first cardinal created by his predecessor, Blessed John XXIII, Cardinal Montini was seen as John's natural heir. So, on screen at least, there's little ado required to make him pope. Two other cardinals simply assure the visibly hesitant cardinal that he is the consensus choice.

As shown in another made-for-television profile, "John XXIII: The Pope of Peace," Cardinal Angelo Roncalli (Ed Asner) -- the patriarch of Venice and Cardinal Montini's future patron -- was, by contrast, a dark horse going into the 1958 conclave. Perhaps as a result of his long-shot status, the behind-the-scenes maneuvering that led up to his surprise selection is given considerable attention in this small-screen version of events.

The somewhat Machiavellian tactics employed -- both in the run up to the lock-in and during its three-day duration -- include dredging up old accusations (as a young clergyman, Cardinal Roncalli had once been suspected of the Modernist heresy) and engaging in subtle deception. Undeniably intriguing, the procedure as a whole is likely to register with audiences as something between a cassock-clad political convention and a well-played game of chess.

If Cardinal Roncalli's 1958 triumph raised eyebrows, Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla's election almost precisely 20 years later startled the world.

Though it takes short-cuts with the physical details of the second conclave of 1978 -- like having a single cardinal count the votes, rather than the trio of prelates to whom this process is invariably entrusted -- the 2005 ABC-TV biopic "Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II" does capture what are believed to have been the historic conference's dynamics.

With the cardinals at loggerheads,we started out on writing this composition on High Grade replicawatches. the need arises for a compromise candidate. Led by Vienna's Cardinal Franz Konig, and reinforced by the adherence of Philadelphia's archbishop, Cardinal John Krol, a movement develops to raise Cardinal Wojtyla (Thomas Kretschmann) to the papal throne.