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“God has given life and only God can take it away,” Fiona remarks in an early case of the story, but then soon she herself is wrestling with that same thought. By insisting on a blood transfusion, she may indeed be saving a physical life but spiritually destroying a young man’s faith, who will in turn be shunned by his family and community.
Fionn Whitehead in The Children Act. Photo by Nick Wall. Courtesy of A24 & DIRECTV.
Fiona, who has grown apart from her longtime husband Jack (Stanley Tucci) and considering separation, is silently fixated on the moral code of the young believer while he in turn admires a worldview that seems to care more about his well-being than his parents’. The interaction and affect they have on each other’s choices impact each of their lives. Whose worldview will ultimately win?
Thompson commands attention as the judge, showing strong determination without unnecessary drama throughout the story. When her emotional dam begins to break and her true concern for Adam is revealed, however, viewers feel every tear that escapes her otherwise steeled resolve. Whitehead capably portrays a curious, weak, and questioning young man, seeking validation and affection.
The Children Act, directed by Richard Eyre, is a well-crafted film featuring masterful performances by Thompson and Whitehead. Tucci, who is always a welcome addition to film such as this, is mostly there for support.
Attack on Titan has finished its TV run, and with no second anime announced, many of you are likely already jonesing for your colossus-killing fix. But don't worry. Not only is there the manga to read, but also no less than seven official games are either out or on the way.
This, the first official Attack on Titan game, is a free-to-play microtransaction-based card game. In it, you make a character, collect cards, build your team of popular characters, and, of course, fight titans. You can play it for free with Mobage or GREE (scan the IR code on the game's homepage).
This is an updated browser-based version of the mobile game Attack on Titan: The Wings of Counterattack. It finished up its beta test back in August and is expected to be released sometime before the end of the year.
This is the first of four visual novels included as part of the first-run Blu-rays of the anime in Japan. Found on the anime's third disc, this game is a spinoff following naturally-skilled giant killer (and fan favorite) Mikasa.
The second of four visual novels, A Choice with No Regrets is a story about Erwin and Levi's respective pasts. A preview version of the game can be found on the first-run copies of the third Blu-ray alongside Lost in the Cruel World, but the full visual novel will only appear on the sixth Blu-ray.
The third visual novel is a side story about Annie, one of the series' most important and mysterious characters. Like A Choice with No Regrets, it will be available on the sixth Blu-ray disc in Japan.
The final—and yet to be titled—visual novel is a side story following Eren and Levi. Like A Choice with No Regrets and Wall Sina, Goodbye, it will appear on the sixth Japanese Blu-ray this December.
While all the other games on this list have been mobile games, browser games, or visual novels, this is the first official Attack on Titan game that allows you to take control and swing through the cities, chopping the necks out of titans. But don't take my word for it; check out the awesome new gameplay trailer.
Are all the official games still not enough? Then be sure to try out the excellent fan-made Titan Hunter or boot up Second Life and check out its Attack on Titan-inspired town.
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David Brown set a modern-day conference record with a 100-yard touchdown return of an intercepted pass, and Cris Carter caught 7 passes for 118 yards as Ohio State (5-2, 3-0) remained in a tie for first place in the Big Ten tonight with a 39-11 trouncing of Purdue.
A freshman tailback, Jim Bryant, had 129 yards on 24 carries as Ohio State accumulated 544 yards.
Brown's record return, which topped the 99-yard mark set in 1978 by Dan Bass of Michigan State against Wisconsin, came after Purdue had driven to the Ohio State 5 in the third quarter, trailing by 22-3. Brown was never touched after intercepting a Doug Downing pass 4 yards deep in the end zone. Purdue's regular starting quarterback, Jeff George, missed the game because of muscle spasms.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Chip Lohmiller made four field goals, including a 21-yarder with 2 seconds to play, and Darrell Thompson rushed 30 times for 191 yards as Minnesota rallied in the Big Ten game. Lohmiller, who missed most of the last two games with a groin injury, also hit field goals of 55, 45 and 27 yards for Minnesota (4-2, 3-0).
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Tim Brown returned a kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown to begin the rout. Air Force (5-2), No. 11 in The Times computer ranking, failed to score after Chris Blasy made a 32-yard field goal late in the first quarter.
Notre Dame (2-4) got 1-yard touchdown runs from Steve Beuerlein, the quarterback; Pernell Taylor, the fullback, and Anthony Johnson, the tailback. The Irish, ending a four-game losing streak to Air Force, rushed for 237 yards. Air Force rushed for 186 yards after having averaged 232.
Notre Dame took a 17-3 lead on John Carney's 27-yard field goal with 1 second remaining in the first half, after Beuerlein's 48-yard pass play to Brown went to the 9-yard line.
After we echoed La Opinion's report about how the LAPD is seeing 30 percent fewer applications despite the area's high unemployment, the Los Angeles police union weighed in with some of the reasons why, in its opinion.
One of the more interesting points made by the Los Angeles Police Protective League is that starting salaries for incoming officers were cut 20 percent last year, from about $55,000, based on the LAPPL's take, to today's offering of $45,226.
This should be cause for inquiry and concern by the Chief, the Mayor and the City Council. After all, the quality of recruits accepted for Academy training is in direct proportion to the size of the candidate pool. The larger the pool, the higher the caliber of applicants chosen to join the finest police department in the world. With unemployment the highest it's been since the Great Depression and some 300 sworn positions open in the Department, one would think the candidate pool would be at record high levels.
... If this is an early warning sign, Los Angeles needs to heed the warning and take corrective action.
The union also blames bad press over the city's budget crisis and the increasing threat represented by the state's early release of inmates for discouraging wannabe cops from trying out for the LAPD.
Interestingly, some of the other larger departments in Southern California, including San Diego and Long Beach, have been unable to hire at all, representatives of the law organizations told the Weekly.
The Long Beach Police Department hasn't seen an academy class in nearly two years, so the number of applications is almost a moot issue.
You would think that, with other departments under hiring freezes, and the LAPD looking at 300 openings this month, that even more folks (not less) would be vying to wear the original blue uniform.
Christopher Hugh Beason, 45, Atlanta, Georgia; warrant for violation of probation, burglary of a dwelling, dealing in stolen property.
John E. Geus, 52, 300 block of Seventh Road, Vero Beach; out-of-state warrant, Georgia, parole violation.
Bethany Lynne Gibbs Verna, 38, 1400 block of 16th Street, Vero Beach; possession of buphrenorphine; possession of cocaine; introduction of contraband into a detention facility.
Chauncey Deonte' Bryant, 21, 4700 block of 35th Avenue, Vero Beach; warrant for violation of probation, burglary of a dwelling while armed, grand theft.
Michael David Didiano, 36, 8600 block of 104th Avenue, Vero Beach; warrant for uttering a forged instrument on Nov. 14.
Timothy Craig Brown, 30, 4200 block of 38th Drive, Vero Beach; warrant for violation of probation, second-degree murder.
Douglas Joe Hummel, 55, 1000 block of 36th Court, Vero Beach; warrant for DUI impairment - blood or breath alcohol level of .15 or more, two prior convictions within 10 years.
Nebraska ran out of ways to keep its winning streak going, and Texas A&M came away with its biggest victory in nearly 60 years at College Station, Tex., yesterday.
Sedrick Curry's interception with 59 seconds left stopped the Cornhuskers' final drive and gave the Aggies (unranked in the New York Times computer rankings, No. 18 in the Associated Press poll) a 28-21 upset that snapped Nebraska's 19-game winning streak -- the longest among major colleges.
This is the biggest win of my career, said Texas A&M Coach R.C. Slocum, who has been at the school for 10 years.
Nebraska (No. 2 in both the Times ranking and the A.P. poll), which has won or shared three of the last four national titles, lost for just the fourth time in its last 69 games and dropped its first game since a 37-27 loss to Texas in the Big 12 championship game in 1996. The loss ended a 40-game, regular-season conference winning streak for Nebraska, which last lost a league game at Iowa State on Nov. 14, 1992.
A week after escaping with a 24-17 victory over Oklahoma State, the Huskers (5-1, 1-1 Big 12) were beaten at their own ground game by Texas A&M (5-1, 2-0). The Aggies ran for 259 yards, while Nebraska had just 141. Two Texas A&M runners topped 100 yards, Dante Hall with 113 and Ja'Mar Toombs with 110.
But even after building a 28-7 lead in the fourth quarter, Texas A&M needed Curry's interception to secure victory.
Eric Hickson ran for 137 yards, Martin Gramatica kicked three field goals and Kansas State (No. 4 Times, No. 5 A.P.) withstood a late Colorado rally to beat the Buffaloes (No. 8 Times, No. 14 A.P.). The Wildcats (5-0, 2-0 in Big 12) posted their 13th straight victory, equaling a school record.
Gramatica's third field goal, a 41-yarder early in the fourth quarter, gave Kansas State a 16-0 lead. But after a Wildcat fumble, Colorado quarterback Mike Moschetti, who had completed only 7 of 18 passes to that point, followed with three straight completions and found Marcus Stiggers in the right corner of the end zone for a 5-yard scoring pass with 5:42 left.
Kansas State punted and Colorado (5-1, 2-1) drove again, with Moschetti throwing 19-, 20- and 24-yard passes to Darrin Chiaverini. The drive stalled at the 3, and Jeremy Aldrich kicked a 20-yard field goal with 1:46 left.
With 37 seconds left, Colorado appeared to have forced another Kansas State punt, but the Buffaloes were whistled for an illegal-participation penalty and the Wildcats retained possession with a first down.
Joe Germaine threw for 307 yards and 3 touchdowns as No. 1 Ohio State (both the Times ranking and the A.P. poll) defeated Illinois.
Ohio State (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten) racked up 24 points and 326 yards in the first half as Germaine spread his passes among Dee Miller, David Boston, Reggie Germany and John Lumpkin -- with the latter three scoring touchdowns.
Germaine was 17 of 28 for the game, and Miller had 99 receiving yards and Boston 96.
The defense scored a touchdown, kept constant pressure on Illinois quarterback Kurt Kittner and his receivers, and limited Illinois (2-4, 1-2) to 57 yards rushing.
Minnesota made things tough for Penn State (No. 13 A.P.) again this year, just not tough enough. The Nittany Lions, who rallied for a one-point victory at home last season, broke open a close game in Minneapolis with Corey Jones's 65-yard touchdown catch in the third quarter of a sloppy victory.
Penn State had three lost fumbles, two on botched snaps by Kevin Thompson, two missed field goals by Travis Forney and a dropped touchdown pass by Bruce Branch, and lost its leading receiver, Joe Nastasi, with two wrist fractures.
But the Nittany Lions (4-1, 1-1 Big Ten) also got a career-best four field goals from Forney, an awesome performance from their defense and Jones's game-breaking catch after the Gophers (3-2, 0-2) closed to 16-10.
Receiver Travis McGriff took a lateral from Doug Johnson and threw a 49-yard touchdown pass to Travis Taylor for the clinching score in a Florida (No. 21 Times, No. 6 A.P.) home victory over L.S.U. (No. 10 Times, No. 11 A.P.).
The victory avenged L.S.U.'s 28-21 upset in this series last year and kept Florida (5-1, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) one game behind Tennessee in the S.E.C. East.
Mistake-prone L.S.U. (3-2, 1-2) suffered its second straight loss.
Ricky Williams moved into third place on the National Collegiate Athletic Association's career rushing list with 139 yards and 2 touchdowns and Major Applewhite threw touchdown passes of 97 and 56 yards as Texas (No. 23 Times) pounded Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
The Longhorns (4-2, 2-1 Big 12) gained 448 yards against the nation's sixth-best defense, while holding the Sooners (2-3, 0-2) to 197 yards. Oklahoma, which scored only on its first drive, hurt itself with 14 penalties for 105 yards, 3 lost fumbles and an interception.
Williams's first touchdown -- a 20-yarder set up by Quentin Jammer's first-quarter interception -- pushed Williams past Herschel Walker on the N.C.A.A. career rushing list. He finished the game at 5,380, behind only the Heisman Trophy winners Tony Dorsett (6,082) and Charles White (5,598).
A 45-minute outage on campus shut off the power to Sun Devil Stadium. Nothing seemed to cut the power to Notre Dame, though. The No. 22 Irish (4-1) shouldered Arizona State aside, using opportunistic defense and a powerful rushing attack to win their third straight.
Autry Denson scored twice on 1-yard runs for the Irish (4-1) and A'Jani Sanders returned one of three interceptions off Arizona State's Ryan Kealy 25 yards for another.
Jarious Jackson, who last week became the first Notre Dame quarterback to rush for 100 yards in a game since Tony Rice in 1989, only rarely ran option plays and was held to 7 yards. But he threw a 7-yard pass to Malcolm Johnson for the first points of the game and finished 7 of 13 for 69 yards.
Reuben Droughns ran for 217 yards and scored 4 touchdowns as Oregon (No. 14 Times, No. 15 A.P.) buried Washington State. Akili Smith, the nation's leading passer, was 15 of 22 for 280 yards and 3 touchdowns as visiting Oregon (5-0, 2-0 Pac-10) logged its best start since 1964. The Ducks, who have won seven straight, came in averaging 50 points per game, second best in the nation.
Washington State (3-3, 0-3) lost its third consecutive conference game and had an eight-game home winning streak broken.
Donovan McNabb threw four touchdown passes in the first half, two to Kevin Johnson, as Syracuse (No. 24 A.P.) rebounded from a costly loss and beat hapless Cincinnati.
Playing against the statistically worst defense in the nation -- visiting Cincinnati (0-5) was allowing 542 yards and 47 points per game -- the Orangemen (3-2) quickly put their 38-17 defeat at North Carolina State behind them, for at least a day, scoring on their first five possessions.
Jason Bostic scored on a blocked punt and fumble return and Joe Hamilton added three touchdowns as Georgia Tech used a 28-point second quarter to race past North Carolina State (3-2, 1-1, No. 23 A.P.). The Yellow Jackets scored 40 or more points for the fourth straight week.
Marcus Fields scored on a 3-yard run with 3:30 left and California (No. 25 Times) capitalized on two costly errors by Southern California to upset the Trojans (No. 12 Times, No. 19 A.P.). The Trojans (4-2, 2-1 Pac-10) led by 31-10 in the third quarter, but the Golden Bears (4-1, 2-0) scored 16 points in a five-minute span over the end of the third and start of the fourth.
Devin West ran for 252 yards and Corby Jones accounted for three scores despite a sore toe, leading Missouri (No. 15 Times, No. 21 A.P.) past Iowa State. The visiting Tigers (4-1, 2-0 Big 12) capitalized on a muffed punt and an interception for touchdowns and hurt Iowa State (2-4, 0-3) time and time again on Jones's option pitchouts to West, whose rushing total was the second-best in Missouri history.
Clint Stoerner made up for a poor first half with a 52-yard touchdown pass to Michael Williams early in the third quarter as visiting Arkansas (No. 12 Times, No. 20 A.P.) beat Memphis. The Razorbacks (5-0) led by 13-3 at the half even though Stoerner completed only 11 of 29 passes. His third straight completion of the second half was good for Williams' first career touchdown.
Todd Husak broke the STANFORD record by throwing for 450 yards (and 2 touchdowns) at home, but OREGON STATE won the game, 30-23. ... The backup Alvin Swoope rushed for a career-high 141 yards and 2 touchdowns -- all in the first half -- as visiting WEST VIRGINIA (11th Times, 16th A.P.) routed TEMPLE, now without a victory in six games, 37-7. ... Trent Gamble's interception set up Marques Brigham's third-quarter scoring run and WYOMING (4-1, No. 19 Times) beat S.M.U., 12-7. ... Cale Bonds, making just his second career start, ran for 167 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead AIR FORCE to a 49-7 home victory over NAVY. ... In Angola, Ind., Barron Chambers ran for 210 yards and 5 touchdowns as TRI-STATE defeated ST. FRANCIS, 71-21.
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On the Sunday after Christmas, a team from the Charleston Center for Photography visited the area’s tent cities to continue an annual tradition: offering their talents and time to those who otherwise couldn’t afford photography.
Residents of the makeshift communities were given the opportunity to have professional portraits taken, prints of which they can give to friends or family. The project was a continuation of an ongoing effort led by the center’s owner, Mahmood Fazal, to give a unique gift to those in need.
In previous years, a group from the center has participated in Help-Portrait, an international initiative occurring each December that involves photographers and stylists taking and delivering free photographs to the less fortunate. In 2014, volunteers from the Center for Photography donated their time at the North Charleston Dream Center, offering free family portraits for the holidays. This past December, with the growing presence of tent cities under Charleston’s roadways, Fazal knew it was time to focus on the individuals he says often go unnoticed, while reminding himself and his fellow photographers why they started taking pictures in the first place.
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police launched simultaneous raids on 44 companies in Istanbul on Tuesday and had warrants to detain 120 company executives as part of the investigation into last month's attempted military coup, state-run Anadolu agency reported.
It said the companies were accused of giving financial support to the movement of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is accused of orchestrating the July 15 putsch. He denies any involvement.
Police began searches in the Uskudar and Umraniye districts of Istanbul, including buildings belonging to an unnamed holding company, the agency said.
Since the coup, more than 35,000 people have been detained, of whom 17,000 have been placed under formal arrest, and tens of thousands more suspended in a purge ofTurkey's military, law-and-order, education and justice systems.
Erdogan accuses Gulen of harnessing an extensive network of schools, charities and businesses, built up in Turkey and abroad over decades, to infiltrate state institutions and build a "parallel structure" that aimed to take over the country.
He vowed this month to cut off the revenues of businesses linked to Gulen, describing them as "nests of terrorism" and promising no mercy in rooting them out.
Before the failed coup, in which more than 240 people were killed, the authorities had already seized Islamic lender Bank Asya, taken over or closed several media companies and detained businessmen on allegations of funding the cleric's movement.
As part of the coup investigation, police also searched offices at the main courthouse on the Asian side of Istanbul on Wednesday as they raided the complex with detention warrants for 83 judicial personnel, Anadolu reported.
A day earlier police detained at least 136 court staff in raids on three halls of justice, including Turkey's largest courthouse, on the European side of the city.
A former lawmaker from the ruling AK Party, Aydin Biyiklioglu, was also remanded in custody along with seven academics in the Black Sea city of Trazbon as part of the investigation, Anadolu said.
Imagine a major storm hits your neighborhood and the government offers to purchase homes with “a history of flood damage.” Your basement is completely flooded. Will you qualify for the buyout? What about your neighbors?
Relocating residents from areas vulnerable to flooding, known as “managed retreat,” is a potentially important approach for helping communities at risk of losing their homes to coastal erosion and natural disasters. But a closer look at the government’s past buyouts reveals a major weakness in the process: lack of transparency. Fortunately, past buyout programs also reveal strategies to address this challenge.
Based on analyses of academic studies and reports on managed retreat from floodplains in the United States, Stanford University research shows local government programs are often subjective about which homes qualify for buyouts and use vague language in their communications. Buyout programs must be cost-effective to qualify for funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) – but that approach may have unintended and disproportionate effects on low-income and minority populations. The research appears in Climatic Change Sept. 10.
Managed retreat through buyouts can help people escape disaster cycles, but it can also break up neighborhoods and perpetuate problems if it’s not done with social justice in mind.
Siders found that property acquisitions historically occurred in areas that experience recurrent flooding and rebuilding, or a where a major disaster triggers the need for new solutions. The programs are often funded by the federal government and administered by the state or local government.
Without cooperation on managed retreat, the United States will face difficulty adapting its existing infrastructure to climate change risks, the researchers said. The country experienced more than $300 billion in disaster damages in 2017, one of the most damaging years in terms of property, people, lives and well-being. Managed retreat may be “a key partner in adaptive actions that preserve vibrant lifestyles moving forward,” said Mach, a senior research scientist in the department of Earth System Science at Stanford Earth.