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Hello everyone! Today's post is a little haul with some things I picked the last weekend. The exiting thing is I've made pretty good deals, almost everything was on sale and this always make me happy! Let's take a look!

I got these two sweaters in the sales, both from Zara.

I picked this bath bomb from Lush called "Thank God it's Friday" cause I wanted something with a fresh scent. This is made with avocado, olive oil and lemon grass. It definitely has a very fresh and citrus smell but is lovely and pleasant.
I also bought this mini bottle of the famous Snow Fairy shower gel. This is limited edition from the Christmas collection  but they still have in stock with a 50% off so I needed to take a bottle. This size is perfect for travelling.

I had to stop at the L'Occitane store as they have the hand creams at 5 euros! I chose the one with Violets. Love the scent, sweet but not strong, subtle violet scent.

I've made some drugstore shopping as well. I picked this Lip liner since I needed one in a cherry red colour and I decided to give this Essence one a try. It is very creamy and the colour is really beautiful. It is the number 08 Red Blush. I also decided to try from Essence their Matt Lip Creams, called Stay Matt. This is the colour 02 Smooth Berry and is a creamy and extremely pigmented raspberry red.

I also bought this Catrice Eye Brow because I was really curious to try since I heard good reviews about this. I really like the brush that comes with. The colour is also great, ash light brown called Date with Ash-ton.

Essence Lip liner in 08 Red Blush

 Essence Stay Matt Lip Cream in 02 Smooth Berry

Last I visited the Kiko Make Up Milano store since they have some interesting products on sale like this serum witch caught my attention instantly. It is called Perfect Picture and is a limited edition serum that promise a skin immediately smooth and flawless delivering an intense energy boost for an instantly perfect photo finish. I can not wait to try this out. It was 4 euros only!
I also picked the brush number 208 for eyes from their new range of brushes. It is very soft and I think this would be perfect for concealer. I'm not a big fan of their brushes but this was 4 euros as well and I just couldn't leave it there!
Last I  bought this nails protective and ridge filler base coat as I needed a new base coat and I read good review about this.

That's all for this little haul.
Have a great day!

6 comments on "A LITTLE HAUL"
  1. Lovely haul! Those sweaters look cute, and I love Snow Fairy :) I thought it was way to candy sweet at first but it really grew on me over time!

    Kate Xx

    1. Thank you so much for your comment Kate! xx

  2. thanks for your sweet comment, darling =)
    you have a gorgeous blog!!

    1. Oh that's lovely! thanks for you comment too :) xx

  3. Nice haul! I love L'Occitane's hand crèmes!

    Ray | Obey Ray

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GSG Firefly 22 Rimfire Long Barrel Pistol – review

The closest thing to a tactical handgun that you can buy in the UK, pistol-shooters will say the 22 Rimfire GSG Firefly looks familiar. That’s because it’s almost identical to the Sig Sauer Mosquito. GSG used to make the Mosquito for SIG, which dropped it a few years ago, allowing GSG to resurrect the gun but change the name.

“Out the box it comes with one 10-shot magazine, it has a last round open and a working slide release,” says Edgar Brothers’ Andrew Isherwood, summing up the .22LR rimfire pistol’s key features. “It has an ambidextrous safety catch on both sides and a working decock lever.”

Mosquito reborn: Firefly is essentially the same gun

Edgar Brothers is GSG’s and rimfire rifles UK distributor.

The GSG Firefly is a long barrelled pistol (LBP), popular for tactical shooting. So how come you can own a pistol in the UK, where handguns were heavily restricted in 1997?  The LBP is the closest you can come to a handgun unless you have a Section 5 licence. It has a 30cm barrel with an extension on the grip to bring it up to the 60cm required by UK law.

GSG stands for German Sport Guns. Its Firefly model is different to the Mosquito. First of all, it is .22LR rimfire calibre. Next, it is built on a rugged polymer frame with black plastic hand grip panels. The single stack metal magazine holds 10 rounds, and it has a safety system that prevents the slide, hammer and trigger from being operated when the magazine is ejected.

The Firefly fully set up

A rail allows you to add tactical accessories like torches, lasers or other accessories. It comes with GSG firefly scope mount and has an adjustable rear sight that can be adapted to individual use, and blowback system for smooth operation.

The Sig Sauer Mosquito itself is modelled on the popular Sig Sauer 226, a full-sized, alloy-framed, double stack (15+1) capacity 9mm. The Mosquito is the same handgun but 10% smaller.

At just under 3lb, the Firefly is light for a tactical pistol. The slide is alloy and not steel, for example. It represents a great leap forward for many of the single-action Colt 1911 A1 derivatives. The GSG Firefly silencer is also available.

The GSG Firefly retails at £385.

Find out more at the Edgar Brothers website.

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The Fifty Shades of FDE SCAR 17

Some of you follow my Instagram Account @fiftyshadesofFDE so you know a lot about this. I started it last year after I got my SCAR 17s in Flat Dark Earth. It’s my public account where I post pictures and videos of my guns and gear. I also repost content that interest me.

With the EoTech and WarComp

My SCAR 17s has been my favorite rifle that I own and I’ve customized it to serve my needs. For me, it serves as a short to medium range battle rifle. I get a lot of questions about it so I’ll go over all of the after market accessories that make up my Fifty Shades of FDE SCAR 17s.
The easiest way for me to do this is to go from muzzle to buttstock.

I did make a YouTube video going over the accessories.
At the muzzle, I replaced the PWS FSC30 brake with a Surefire MB762 Muzzlebrake. Initially I had a Surefire WarComp 7.62 on but the felt recoil was something close to a 12 gauge slug. The WarComp works as advertised, it eliminates all flash and keeps the muzzle flat. It wasn’t for me and the Muzzlebrake is what I went with. Muzzlebrakes are great with eliminating recoil but they are simply obnoxious to shoot around bystanders, at the range or indoors. For that issue, I have a Surefire Warden, which attaches to the MB762 with ease. The Warden is not a suppressor but it gets real hot real fast. I asked Jr, over at Burn Proof Gear to make me a cover for the Warden.

He quickly sent me a prototype and a few months later, I received the final product. (I haven’t had a chance to range test it yet) but I can say that it is well built and solid fit. I will write a review as soon  as I take it out to the range. It is now called the Blast Shield Cover and you can order one here:
Next item is probably the most important in my opinion: the KDG MREX (MLOK) 6.5″ FDE rail extension. You can read my review on that here:
Attached to my MREX, I have a Steiner DBal-i2 with Green Laser (this is on loan from a friend and not mine) at the top rail. At the 3 o’clock rail I have a Surefire Mini Scout M300C with a SR07 constant/momentary switch attached to the top rail behind my folded front sight. On the bottom rail, I can attach/detach my Harris Bipod via ARMS throw lever mount. Also at the bottom, I have a Magpul MLOK Vertical Grip.

On the lower receiver, I have a Battery Control Device (BCD) by Parker Mountain Machine. It works exactly like a Magpul BAD lever, except it was designed ground up for the SCAR system. I replaced the stock charging handle to the GG&G angled charging handle. My safety selectors are AXTS/KDG Talon SCAR, given to me from Recoil Magazine for letting them borrow my SCAR for an article for that products’ debut. My pistol grip is a Magpul MOE grip modified by PMM. Standard AR pistol grips need modifications to fit correctly and PMM does that for you!
On top of my receiver, I currently run an Aimpoint PRO with a GG&G cantilever mount that holds a spare battery. I also have a Millett DMS-1 1-4X optic on standby in case I need magnification.
At the very end, I finally got a KDG SAS Stock. KDG takes Magpul ACR stocks and adds a metal adaptor to slide onto the SCAR. It is lighter and stronger than the good ole Ugg Boot but I’m keeping the Ugg Boot because the cheek riser does get higher than the SAS stock for when shooting magnified optics.

And finally the sling: I run a Blueforce Gear Vickers Sling with QD mounts in Multicam Arid.
There you have it! This is my current setup and I don’t plan on changing much in the future but you never know, I’m always open to new ideas and methods. This system is highly modular and it is always adaptable to fit whatever mission I need it to.

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  • May 3, 2016 at 7:19 pm

    I enjoy your blog and your YT channel. Great stuff.
    Two quick questions:

    1. Does the addition of the SF comp + Warden allow your 17 to meet the CA OAL requirement for a folded stock? My understanding is that you’re a CA resident like myself. It bugs me that the folder on my 17 is pinned/blocked due to the CA OAL req. My other thoughts were that maybe you were out of state when you took the last picture with the folded stock, or that you have an LEO exemption for the OAL req. I would love to have my folder operational but my only ideas to accomplish that were to either put on an extended muzzle device or weld a small 1.5-2″ piece of metal to the bottom of my KDG SAS stock hinge that brings the OAL to 30″+ when folded. I hate these hoops we jump through in CA.

    2. Do you use goggles with the DBAL? My understanding is that using IR illum. with an attached IR scope is illgal in CA. Or would that also fall in an LEO exemption for you?

    • May 3, 2016 at 7:25 pm

      Thanks for reading my blog! To answer your questions. 1. No, it does not meet the OAL requirement unfortunately. I only use it for photos. LEO’s aren’t exempt on that or the bullet button for personally owned firearms.
      2. I use the NVG that I’m borrowing from a friend along with the dbal. I’m not aware of the laws regarding NVGs and IR illuminators. That’s the first I’ve heard of that. Doesn’t surprise me in this state.

      • May 7, 2016 at 8:34 pm

        Thanks for the reply.

        That’s a bummer, and quite ridiculous IMO, that you’re not exempt from that BS as an LEO.

        And yup, CA has its own set of equally ridiculous NV/IR/IR Illum. laws – but like you, NOTHING surprises me in this state anymore. For reference, I found this little quick-guide cheat sheet on Calguns:

        Active IR scope with magnification = illegal [PC 468]
        Active IR scope with no magnification = legal
        Passive IR scope with magnification = legal
        Passive IR scope with magnification and an IR illuminator = illegal [PC 468]
        Passive IR scope with no magnifcation = legal
        Passive IR scope with no magnification and an IR illuminator = legal
        Active IR goggles with magnification = legal
        Active IR goggles with no magnification = legal
        Passive IR goggles with magnification = legal
        Passive IR goggles with magnification and an IR illuminator = legal
        Passive IR googles with no magnification = legal
        Passive IR goggles with no magnification and an IR illuminator = legal

        The PEQ/DBAL is considered an IR illuminator.”

        Thanks again, and keep up the awesome work.

        • May 7, 2016 at 8:49 pm

          Thanks for the quick cheat sheet on IR. That’s some ridiculous stuff lol. The only exemptions LEO’s have in CA are the ability to buy off roster pistols and possess and use standard “high” capacity magazines. That’s about it!

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I´m from Brasil! The word abraço is hug in Portuguese! I love South Africa! A big hugto you all!! So aa abraaiço to you all!!! A united country is not only stronger but happier!

a Jewish braai

A very short braai ag – One of the most useful South African words. Pronounced “ach” like in the German “achtung”, it can be used to buy you time when having to reply to a tricky question, as in: “Ag, I don’t know.” Or a sense of resignation: “Ag OK, I’ll have some more mieliepap then.” It can stand alone too as a signal of irritation

Anti-braai tendencies
When the weather is bad. However, this should not stop you from being counter-weatherlutionary and still have a braai!

Someone who makes an ass of him/herself at a braai

A dish made from aluminium or stanless steel, used for storing the meat in before and after it is braaied.  Some braai masters will use a glass bak, but there is some safety concern in this if the beers are flowing.

Australian slang for a braai. What you learn to call a braai when you immigrate there.

Although a brand name, it is a universal term in South Africa for fire lighters of any kind or brand.  A frequently asked question at many a braai: “where is the blitz?”

When you light the blitz intending to braai but instead just end up getting blitzed sonder a braai

Abbreviation for boerewors roll

Appropriate for a ‘bring and braai’ – you may bring your bok (babe), your dop (drinks) and tjop (meat of choice)

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A person that arrives for a braai without any meat but joins in the eating

Female performing supporting role during a braai. E.g. making salad, marinating meat, making braaibroodjies.

Something most men claim they are. Refers to the person in charge of the braai you attend

braai hard
90′s action movie about a really rough guy who braais a lot

a very long braai

When you enjoy the meat prepared by the braaier, use as a word of praise. “Wow, this steak is good, braailient!”

braai the beloved country
A call to action for all South Africans to braai on 24 September each year

Braai Met Wiele: A up-class mobile braai with wheels for mobility

(bok-dop-en-tjop) – appropriate for a ‘bring and braai’ – you may bring your bok (babe), your dop (drinks) and tjop (meat of choice)

A conference.  You and your friends coming together to discuss your strategy for National Braai Day

Braai freedom
The ability to braai when and where you like. Also known as “unmarried”

Braai hard
90’s Action movie about a really rough guy who braais a lot

Braai hijacker
The guy that you don’t really want to invite to your braai, because he claims to be a chef and manages to ji-jack the braai master goois a dop

 Toasted sandwiches made with cheese, tomato, onion and a dash of chutney. Slowly braaied in a closed grid on light coals until golden grown the outside and melted cheese on the inside.

braaied fruit
It’s like dried fruit, but its braaied

A counter revolutionary who is against braai day

The guy at the braai who steals your drink

Your braai companion if he is married to your sister

Serving a braaied meal to a person as an offer of peace and reconciliation

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An early morning braai, taking place before noon.   One of the few occasions where alcohol is perfectly acceptable before 12

Your chommie, china or brother – your braai friend

Gravy made from tomato, carrots, green peppers, onion, curry, oil and chilli.

Replacement for wood

After the invention of the CADAC braai, someone felt it would be fitting to invent a sport game to accompany this braai, so they invented the game of cricket

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A way of describing very tender meat

What one says if they burn their fingers

A term to express a feeling of extreme surprise and astonishment. Example: If a piece of wors falls through the grid into the flames

Braaied chicken – chicken cut open on the chest from neck to tail, spread flat open on the braai grid

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At the end of the braai and the booze is finished, every one is flou kile (very tired)

Boring guy at the braai / a fire that is not hot enough to braai on / a joke that no one laughs at

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The man behind National Braai Day

Another way of referring to charcoal briquettes

Naas Botha Braai
When the person braaing drops everything

No woman, no braai
Proposed anthem for National Braai Day

Bacon wrapped skewer cooked on the braai as a starter

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The art of dabbing a ball of pap on the braai meat to smokkel a bit of flavour off the braai before the meat is done

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1. Positioning your fire pit:

Firepit safety starts with positioning it perfectly. It is essential to place your fire pit on level ground, especially when you are dealing with a loose standing, portable fire pit. Also, remember to put your fire pit at least two to three meters away from surrounding plants and buildings.

Don’t position your fire pit underneath a building overhang. It would be best if you also took extra precaution when you are lighting a fire underneath overhanging trees, which can easily catch on fire from flying wood-fire sparks. Also, consider placing your fire pit in an area where there are plenty of non-combustible materials like bricks or sand.

2. Fueling your flame:

We believe you should only use wood that has been seasoned for at least 5 to 6 months. Using construction materials like plywood and composite woods are a big no-no as it releases toxic fumes when lit. Certain softwoods are more prone to produce sparks and crackles, and we would advise using hardwoods like Blackwattle or Rooikrans instead.

NEVER USE LIGHTER FLUID TO LIGHT YOUR FIRE! We cannot emphasize the importance of this enough. Lighting a fire with any gasoline is extremely dangerous and can damage your property within a matter of seconds as well as cause third-degree burns.

3. Putting out wayward sparks:

Always have a bucket of sand close to your fire pit. Having a garden hose close by can also come in handy when dealing with wayward sparks, providing you have the correct hose setting set up. A “spray setting will clear the fire out, but a direct stream of water might end up causing more problems because it will likely spread the burning embers.

Keep some fire gloves close by; it will come in handy when you are dealing with hot parts of the fire pit.

4. Positioning chairs strategically:

Consider using heavy or built-in chairs, so that guests don’t become tempted to move their seats to close to the cosy fire. Light, plastic chairs are sometimes flimsy; therefore, you want to keep these types of seats as far away from your fire pit as possible

We want to end off by reminding you to extinguish your fire safely and adequately dispose of the ashes before heading inside for the evening.

Having a fire pit is lots of fun. However, it is not a toy, and when it’s mismanaged, it can cause serious implications. Therefore, we advise that you take our suggestions to heart when it comes to fire pit safety, or you might end up having a real predicament at hand.


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Christopher McQuarrie to Adapt British Miniseries 'Unforgiven'

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Recently producer Graham King has established a solid working relationship with A-list actress Angelina Jolie. Not only is his GK Films banner financing her new thriller The Tourist, but he's also producing the Bosnian War love story for her directorial debut. Now it looks like he's lining up yet another project for her as Deadline reports GK Films is developing a big-screen adaptation of the British miniseries Unforgiven with writer Christopher McQuarrie (Valkyrie) penning the script specifically for Jolie to star in. The story follows a woman as she rejoins society after serving a 15-year jail sentence for murdering two policemen.

Apparently the deaths happened when the policemen came to evict her family from their farmhouse. Upon her release from prision she faces the daunting task of rebuilding her life while continuing to be haunted by the ghosts of her past, as two sons from one of her victims plot their revenge. However, Jolie doesn't like to commit to a project until the script is done (honestly, we can't blame her), so it doesn't sound like this is a done deal even if the project is being fast-tracked. In addition, Jolie is a busy woman with quite the sizable potential project load on her slate. We'll be waiting to see which flicks actually stick with Jolie in the future.

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I think this sounds promising so I wonder what Jolie will choose to do next. She sure can handle quite the load.

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Native Americans of New England examined the history of Native American peoples in New England from before the onset of European colonization through the present day, showing how the past and the present were linked. A rigorous, interdisciplinary humanities program included primary source analysis, museum visits, and conversations with Native and non-Native guest presenters. Concepts such as culture, identity, citizenship, and sovereignty took on new meanings when we examined the struggles and achievements of indigenous peoples.

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FJP Advocaten since 1996. FJP Advocaten was formed in 1996 in Amsterdam in order to offer judicial and extra-judicial assistance to our clients. Originally located in Valeriusplein, our office later moved to its current address in Beethovenstraat, Amsterdam.

Personalized services and tailor made assistance. All our services are based on personal contact with our clients and are aimed at providing clear answers to their juridical questions. We are convinced that offering our clients simple, clear communication is key to helping them make informed choices on judicial problems. The process begins by discussing the issues at stake, defining and agreeing goals and from there, moving forward.

Italian and Dutch law. Our lawyers are qualified to practice in both Italian and Dutch law, advise and assist and undertake Court proceedings in both jurisdictions. This knowledge allows us, to advice our clients on the differences between the two legal systems, helping clients to avoid hidden dangers due to a lack of information: for example, in contractual matters where the choice of law could have far reaching consequences.

Introductory consultation. Should you require a short introductory consultation you are welcome to contact one of our lawyers on the telephone number mentioned here who will be happy to make an appointment.

Our fields of law

Thanks to more than twenty years of experience in legal matters we have accrued substantial expertise in the following areas of law:  commercial, family, employment, criminal and real estate. Our lawyers are also regularly involved in national and international credit recovery.

Employment law

Our assistance includes every possible matter concerning employment contracts: both for employer or employee.  We can help negotiate new contracts or terminate existing ones, assist in where there are changes in functions, illness, reintegration processes, redundancy and its consequences. If necessary, but only then, we can also protect our client’s rights in court or the Dutch Employment Service office (“UWV”).

Family law

Our lawyers have many years experience in matters of family and inheritance law and can help our clients in cases of divorce, alimony negotiations (to ex-spouses or children), visitation rights, custody, registered partnerships, child kidnapping,  wills and succession planning.

Our office is specialized in International family law: whenever two or more parties have different nationalities or live in different countries, the choice of applying Dutch or Italian law (or another law) can lead to very different outcomes. For example, the country where judicial relief is sought.

Our role is to inform our clients on the various implications relating to choice of law and to assist in choosing a court where we can maximize the result for our clients.  Our office can assist our clients in any judicial procedure brought before Italian and Dutch courts.

Credit recovery, enforcement and insolvency

For a business, unpaid invoices can have a significant impact. But what can be done if a debtor, despite receiving many reminders, does not demonstrate willingness to pay? Often the only solution is to undertake a judicial recovery of the amounts due.

Before incurring the costs of such an action it is better to be sure that the debtor is not insolvent or bankrupt and that he/she has assets which can be seized. If this is the case then the next step is to obtain an order of payment which can be enforced seizing the debtor’s assets. Our office can help its clients with all these steps, both in the Netherlands and in Italy, seeking the most economic and efficient solution.

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Companies look increasingly to trade cross-border. Our office, with its International knowledge and contacts, can help our clients  make the right judicial choices and to help their businesses thrive in the global market.

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Everyone has to deal with contracts, companies as well as consumers. Each time you order something, offer a service or a good, engage somebody, rent a car or a house or, in general, perform an activity, you will have to interact with suppliers, clients or third parties. If you are careful you will put everything on paper but, even if parties are in principle free to make any kind of agreement, some clauses could be against the law or simply useless for the goal you have in mind. Our office helps you to check that all you agree upon is valid and legal, even formally, but gives also advice on what could be changed or added to more effectively protect your rights and expectations.

Our services include the drafting or control of commercial contracts varying from agency, distribution, franchise and employment contracts to rental agreements or the purchase of real estates. We can also help in formalizing shareholders agreements or agreements among partners in all sorts of companies.

In case of International contracts we can advise on the choice of the applicable law and its consequences; in that way our clients can understand what will happen for matters which are not expressly regulated in the contract and thereby keep in consideration when the right moment arrives.

Our office offers mediation services in family matters, inheritance, employment and commercial disputes. In particular our mediators specialize in intercultural and international mediation. When parties have different national and/or cultural backgrounds the knowledge of different laws and customs is certainly useful, but understanding different cultures and the effect they can have on the solution or the matter at stake, is of great importance.

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We have expertise in assisting clients in any type of criminal problem, no matter how complicated. We assist our clients in each phase of a criminal procedure: from interrogation to pre-trial and trial, appearing before police magistrates or criminal courts, in cases involving minors, administrative or fiscal sanctions, traffic violations and penalties applied by public prosecutors. We can also help victims of crime to request damages from the perpetrators both during criminal proceedings as separately in civil lawsuits.

Our office specializes in International cases such as European arrest orders, extradition and requests to serve sentences in a country other than where the sentence was been issued.

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We can help our clients in all the legal aspect connected to the construction, maintenance, sale and purchase of real estate: from structuring and financing of construction projects to the simple rental or purchase of shops, houses and industrial estates. In particular our services include drafting and/or control of contractual documents such as purchase, loan and mortgage agreements or requests for permits and authorizations. In court we can help our clients with terminating rental agreements and other rent disputes, problems with co-owners or with administrative bodies.

We offer our services in Italian or Dutch law and can assist our clients in both countries in real estate sale and purchase due to vacation or emigration. Our lawyers can assist you in each step of the process: from the contacts and agreements with estate agents, to the drafting and negotiating of (preliminary) sale and purchase agreements, from the preparation of the documents needed for the notarial deed of transfer to the negotiation of loan and mortgage agreements with the bank. If, after the purchase, you need to make structural changes we can help you in formalizing the necessary agreements with contractors and other suppliers.

In each of these phases our lawyers will inform you on the applicable rules, differences with the system you are used to, formalities to be complied with and possible obstacles to be overcome. For any fiscal query we can put you in contact with accountants who speak your language.

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Roberto de Falco (1965) graduated in law in Italy (Milan) and obtained the Italian title of “avvocato” in 1994. Since 1992 he has been working in the Netherlands and in 2002 obtained the Dutch title of “advocaat”. Mr. de Falco is active mainly in the field of international commercial and contract law, family and inheritance law and assists Italian and foreign clients in the purchase or sale of real estates in Italy. He operates as mediator specialized in intercultural mediation. In 2015 he was appointed Honorary Consul of Italy in Amsterdam.

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Frederik M.N. Janssen (1962), graduated in law in the Netherlands (Amsterdam), worked for a number of years in Italy, providing legal services to the Italian-Dutch Chamber of Commerce in Milan. After his return in the Netherlands he worked in Dordrecht and then, from 1996, as partner at FJP Advocaten in Amsterdam. Mr. Janssen is specialized in employment, consumer, family and criminal law; he has many clients in the musical and artistic world. Since 2016 he has been acting as external counsel for a well-known legal insurance company for cases involving employment law.

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Flebogamma® DIF is a highly purified IVIG with trace amounts of immunoglobulin A (IgA) and sodium, making it suitable for patients with certain risk factors

  • Osmolality, sodium, sugar, and IgA content affect the clinical tolerability in your patients. Choose the right product based on your patients' needs:
    • Hyperosmolar solutions administered intravenously may cause fluid shifts leading to hemodynamic changes, thromboembolic incidents, or renal complications1
    • Low sodium preparations make it appropriate for patients with restricted sodium intake; higher incidences of adverse events and thromboembolic complications may be seen with increased salt concentrations2
    • Sugar content may be linked to adverse events, including renal failure or insufficiency; as many as 90% of IVIG-associated renal adverse events have been associated with products containing sucrose2
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Flebogamma® DIF is a highly purified IVIG with high functional integrity of the IgG molecule4

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  3. NIH consensus conference. Intravenous immunoglobulin. Prevention and treatment of disease. JAMA. 1990;264(24):3189-3193.
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  6. Siegel J. Immune globulins: therapeutic, pharmaceutical, cost, and administration considerations. Pharmacy Practice News. Special Edition, Educational Reviews. January 2014.
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As if the economy wasn’t bad enough. The emergence of the H1N1 influenza and its unfortunate naming could mean tough times are ahead for the pork industry in the U.S.

In order to help mitigate the situation, several agencies of the U.S. government have been asked to cease using the term “swine” flu.

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In a telephone briefing, the U.S. Department of Agriculture deputy secretary said the federal government, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other agencies will use 2009 H1N1 flu.

The World Health Organization, said the North American Meat Processors Association in a memo, will use influenza A H1N1.

The influenza has hit the U.S. pork industry and other meat industries hard, as major export markets, including China and Russia, suspend imports from the U.S.

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An agricultural economist at Purdue University in Indiana says it could take the U.S. pork industry weeks or longer to recover from these recent export restrictions.

In a release posted on the university’s site April 29, Chris Hurt points out that more countries are following China and Russia by limiting their imports. Also there are consumers worldwide who are linking the word swine to pork, even though this influenza strain didn’t come from swine.

It’s the public’s misunderstanding of the virus that the pork industry is feeling right now, explains Hurt. No new H1N1 cases have been reported in pigs and properly handled and cooked pork is safe to eat.

He went on to say: “The concerns are that ‘swine’ flu could reduce U.S. pork exports, that U.S. consumers could reduce pork consumption and, more broadly, that the flu could cause a slowing of world economic growth, which reduce demand for food products in general.”

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The energy sector continues to experience a gigantic consolidation wave, which is causing master limited partnerships (MLPs) to drop like flies. Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO) is behind the latest disappearing act in the space after it agreed to buy out its MLP Valero Energy Partners (NYSE: VLP). In doing so, it's abandoning a vehicle that has proven to be valuable in driving growth for its rivals, which could put it at a disadvantage.

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Valero Energy launched Valero Energy Partners in late 2013, joining its refining rivals in creating an income-producing vehicle that would steadily buy its parent's midstream assets. Since that time, Valero has regularly sold its logistics assets to its MLP, which gave it the cash to buy back more stock and fund expansion projects. Meanwhile, Valero Energy Partners used those acquisitions to fuel fast-paced distribution growth, boosting its payout by 159% since its formation.

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But instead of continuing to sell down its midstream assets to Valero Energy Partners, Valero Energy has decided to buy out its MLP. It's paying $42.25 per unit in cash, which is a 12.4% premium to the MLP's trading price over the last 30 days. Overall, it will pay $950 million to purchase the rest of the units of Valero Energy Partners that it doesn't already own, buying back full control over its logistics assets.

Never getting past step one

Aside from one small third-party acquisition, Valero Energy hasn't deviated from its strategy for growing Valero Energy Partners, which has consisted of dropping down a few of its logistics assets to that entity each year. That's in contrast with the notable strategy shifts taken by fellow refiners Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) and Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) with their MLPs in recent years.

Marathon's MLP, MPLX (NYSE:MPLX), made a rather stunning course change in 2015 when it acquired natural gas processing company MarkWest Energy in a $15.6 billion deal to create the fourth largest MLP at the time. That transaction significantly diversified MPLX's revenue stream while adding a new growth platform. In 2018, the MLP invested around $2 billion to grow that gathering and processing business, which has given it the resources to increase its distribution by 10%. Meanwhile, MPLX has recently taken the next step of its evolution by participating in the development of some long-haul oil and gas pipelines, which will give it more fuel to continue growing its payout in the coming years.

Phillips 66's MLP, Phillips 66 Partners (NYSE:PSXP), has also shifted gears in recent years toward funding more organic expansion projects, which carry higher returns on investment than drop-down acquisitions. The company has been taking on larger projects in the past year, including leading the development of the Gray Oak Pipeline, which will move oil from the Permian Basin to the Gulf Coast. It's also building a new unit at one of Phillips 66's refineries to increase the production of higher-octane blend components, constructing pipelines for natural gas liquids, and developing an oil export terminal with Marathon Petroleum. This shift has freed up Phillips 66 from having to invest in these midstream projects on its balance sheet, leaving it with more internally generated cash flow to buy back stock.

A failure to pivot could cost Valero in the long run

Valero Energy has opted to join a growing number of energy companies in giving up on their MLPs. That move, however, could put it at a competitive disadvantage to rival refiners like Phillips 66 and Marathon Petroleum, which have both shifted their strategy by using their MLPs as funding vehicles for organic growth projects. That has enabled both companies to further diversify into the midstream sector without investing that capital on their balance sheet. It's a move that should help those refiners produce steadier earnings going forward, which could give their stocks the fuel to outperform Valero's.

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UEFA has set the date for a new meeting with its 55 member football associations to discuss further developments across domestic and European competitions.

Football has been shutdown across much of the world as countries deal with the coronavirus pandemic sweeping across the globe and leaving death in its wake.

The Premier League is set to meet via video conference on Friday to continue to discuss what comes next across a wide aspects of the game, including how the current season can be concluded.

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"This meeting will follow an information session for the General Secretaries of UEFA’s 55 member associations on Tuesday 21 April.

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FOX Architects Positions Firm For Future Growth Through Strategic Management Advancements and New Advisory Board

Washington, DC (Sept. 24, 2019) – FOX Architects, an interdisciplinary architecture and interior design firm, announced strategic management advancements to better position the firm to deliver industry-leading design solutions to increasingly complex projects. The advancements include a new role for the firm’s founder Bob Fox, AIA, IIDA; the promotion of Derek Wood, AIA, to Managing Principal; the addition of an advisory board; and increased roles and responsibilities for principals Andy Yeh, Assoc. AIA; JP Spickler, FAIA; and Jim Allegro, AIA.

Fox will transition from Managing Principal to Chairman of the firm’s new advisory board and will remain as a principal focused on building the firm to design more complex, and fully integrated projects, while also helping to increase the value of its work for their clients. He will also be responsible for growing the firm’s capacity, reach, and leading the firm’s overall strategic plan.

“Our vision is to continue to provide meaningful and valuable projects for our clients and the community,” said Fox. “Today, projects are multifaceted and require specialty disciplines to execute. From sustainability and environmental impact, to technology, security, wellbeing, and financing, the complexity of today’s buildings necessitates a new strategy. Merging our talent in one office location was our first step toward delivering the best interdisciplinary expertise to our clients. The expansion of the principals into their new roles, myself included, now positions us to better leverage our unique talent and skills, build partnerships, meet our client’s needs, and grow our practice.”

Derek Wood will advance from his role as Principal to Managing Principal. Wood will oversee the day-to-day management of the firm, execute FOX Architects’ strategic plan, and ensure the long-term goals established by the principals and under the guidance of the firm’s new advisory board are met.

“Bob and our principals have done a great job guiding the evolution and growth of the firm,” said Wood. “We’ve established FOX Architects as a firm that provides tailored environments at a variety of scales and typologies. The work that we do is very complex and sophisticated — it takes high-performing teams working together to provide provocative and innovative design solutions to the many challenges our clients ask us to solve. We believe that our interdisciplinary approach is more holistic, bringing more integrity and consistency to the designs we produce. We look forward to continuing to build upon our strengths to bring cutting-edge design to our clients.”

The firm’s new advisory board will include approximately eight industry leaders, each bringing specific expertise in business growth valuation, diversity, law, marketing, venture capital, and former clients. The addition of an advisory board to the firm’s structure will expand expertise, project opportunities, improve operational performance, refine the reputation, and more effectively achieve the firm’s strategic goals.

“In my new role as Chairman, I’ll have more bandwidth to engage deeply with the industry relationships and connections I’ve cultivated over the last 30 years,” added Fox. “We have already begun to fill our advisory board with professionals from our community who can provide us with valuable knowledge on trends, resources, opportunities, and sound direction as we identify and explore new business opportunities.”

Established 16 years ago, FOX Architects embarked on its growth strategy in 2017 by first combining its two offices into its current studio office, which the firm designed, located at 1240 22nd Street, NW in Washington, DC. Establishing one space has provided an opportunity in which all principals, architects, and designers can collaborate to deliver the best interior and exterior environments for the firm’s clients. This award-winning space has improved the exchange of ideas and attracted top talent necessary to design such projects.

In 2018, the firm announced the appointment of its first Chief Operating Officer, Lisa Revitte, to oversee the operational functions and harness the energy and talent of the firm.

Principals Andy Yeh, Assoc. AIA; JP Spickler, FAIA; and Jim Allegro, AIA will assume new roles and responsibilities that are vital to support the firm’s continued growth strategy.

Yeh will serve as the Studio Operations Principal and will lead the day-to-day studio operations across all service lines, such as interiors, architecture, graphics, workplace and landlord strategies, among others. His role is vital to achieving a successful interdisciplinary project approach that allows FOX Architects to efficiently develop complex, integrated projects.

Spickler’s role as Design Principal will also include a broader reach, overseeing not only the architecture studio’s design direction but expanding that vision across all disciplines, including interiors and integrated projects.

As Interiors Principal, Allegro will build on his years of expertise designing high-performing, fully integrated interiors and workplace projects, with a focus shifted to larger-scale projects. He will also lead the charge in a new client satisfaction and research initiative across all disciplines.

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Virginia's Supreme Court rules city of Charlottesville can remove Confederate statues

A view of the statue of Robert E Lee and a sign that reads "Honk to Support Justice for George Floyd & Armaud Arbery. Black Lives! They Matter Here" are seen at the "Reclaim the Park" Gathering at Emancipation Park on August 12, 2020 in Charlotte

Virginia's highest court ruled Thursday that the city of Charlottesville can take down two statues of Confederate generals, including one of Robert E. Lee that became the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in 2017.

The state Supreme Court overturned a Circuit Court decision in favor of a group of residents who sued to block the city from taking down the Lee statue and a nearby monument to fellow Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. Charlottesville’s city council voted to remove both.

White supremacist and neo-Nazi organizers of the August 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville said they went to the city to defend the statue of Lee. They clashed with counterprotesters before a man plowed his car into a crowd of people, killing a woman.

The Jackson statue was erected in Jackson Park in 1921 and the Lee statue was erected in Lee Park in 1924. In 1918, the city had accepted a resident's offer to donate land for parks for both statutes.

RELATED: A look at the history of the Confederate flag

City officials praised the ruling in a statement Thursday and said they plan to redesign the park spaces where the statues are located "in a way that promotes healing and that tells a more complete history of Charlottesville."

Charlottesville Mayor Nikuyah Walker thanked the community "for their steadfastness and perseverance over the past five years. For all of us, who were on the right side of history, Bravo!"

In Thursday's decision, State Supreme Court Justice Bernard Goodwyn said both statues were erected long before a 1997 state law that barred local governments from removing them.

He wrote that the law should not be applied retroactively; those seeking to keep the statues in place had argued the legislature's obvious intent was to do just that.

The 1997 law "did not provide the authority for the City to erect the Statues, and it does not prohibit the City from disturbing or interfering with them," Goodwyn wrote.

The state Supreme Court also ruled that the circuit court erred in ordering the city to pay $365,000 in plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees and costs.

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S. Braxton Puryear, one of the attorneys for the residents who sued, said he hadn't read the ruling yet and couldn't immediately comment on it. Frederick W. Payne, a Charlottesville lawyer who was listed as the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit, also declined comment Thursday.

The Virginia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc., and The Monument Fund, Inc., also were plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed against the city in March 2017.

University of Virginia law Richard Schragger, who specializes in the intersection of constitutional law and local government law, said he took the position early in the litigation that the law didn’t apply to the Charlottesville statues. He expects Thursday’s decision to be the final word in the long-running case since he doesn’t see any grounds for a challenge under federal law.

"It has just taken a very long time for this to be resolved," Schragger said. "I think the circuit court took probably too long to make its rulings."

The 1997 law that barred local governments from removing Confederate statues was repealed in 2020, after Democrats gained control of the General Assembly in the 2019 elections. Since then, local governments across the state have removed statues that stood for a century or more.

In Richmond, city officials removed numerous statues on the city’s famed Monument Avenue after they became a focal point of racial justice protests last summer. But a statue of Lee has not yet been removed; a lawsuit is now in front of the state Supreme Court to determine whether the statue, which sits on state property and is subject to an 1890 deed that purports to restrict its removal, can be taken down.

RELATED: Lawmaker explains bill to eliminate Confederate holidays from Florida's calendar

The 2020 law does impose some requirements on local governments seeking to remove a statue, like holding a public hearing and offering the statue to a museum or historical society for possible relocation. In Thursday’s ruling, the judges indicate in a footnote that they are making their ruling based on the old law.

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring said he determined nearly four years ago that the law purporting to block removal of Confederate statues did not apply retroactively and "was not the blanket prohibition that its proponents had made it out to be." Thursday's ruling "confirmed that we were right," Herring added in a statement.

"I have worked hard to help remove poisonous Confederate propaganda from our publicly-owned spaces, because I believe it glorifies a false history and sends a dangerous and divisive message about who and what we value," he said.


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SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall, in a tweet Thursday, said, renters who are behind on payments should reach out for help now.

The mayor's statement comes as the federal rent moratorium is set to expire this Saturday.

READ: Biden calls on Congress to extend eviction moratorium set to expire Saturday

Mayor Mendenhall urged people behind on their rent in Salt Lake City to call 211 to speak to a representative about options.

211 Utah has resources for renters across Utah, not just in Salt Lake City. For more information dial 211 from your phone or visit their website here.


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POLK S.O.: Men used stun gun to discipline children

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Four people were arrested in Polk County for using a stun gun to discipline as many as nine children in the home in a case that Sheriff Grady Judd called "torture" for the children.

Deputies said all four adults were living in the same Lakeland home and that the two males were dating the two females.

Deputies said they were called to the home in mid-July on suspicion of child abuse. The Department of Children and Families removed two children from the home after multiple bruises and two-prong burns, apparent stun gun injuries, were found on the children.

When the suspects were questioned, deputies said they lied about the injuries and what caused them, denied having the stun gun, and then lied and told investigators that the children found the stun gun and used it on each other.

Deputies arrested Eduardo Vazquez, 22, William Torres-Morales, 22, Elizabeth Tarvin, 33, and Veronica Sanchez, 32, Thursday on multiple charges including aggravated child abuse, failure to report child abuse, and negligent child abuse.

Investigators found through interviews that nine children, ages 7 through 13, were injured with a stun gun by Vazquez and Torres-Morales as a form of discipline. The children were also forced to do pushups and when a child was not able to do one, the child was zapped with the stun gun, deputies said. "One of the children said they weren't allowed to cry or say that it hurt, because to do that would cause more discipline," said Sheriff Judd.

One of the children told investigators he lost feeling in his legs and eventually ran to a neighbor's house to finally ask for help. Deputies said the children were injured with the stun gun at least 36 separate times over the course of about a month.

"A real man doesn't hurt a baby or a child. These aren't real men. These are cowards. These are deviants. These are people that need to go to prison for a very long time for torturing children," said Sheriff Judd.

Both women admitted they knew Vazquez and Torres-Morales were using stun guns to discipline the children but did nothing to stop it in fear of losing their relationships or losing the children.

"It was absolutely torture. It's torture of these children because they were stunning them over and over and over for no reason. No reason at all. Can you imagine that environment?" said Judd.


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Twins' Brian Dozier hits home run in only All-Star at-bat

Minnesota Twins second baseman Brian Dozier made the most of his one and only plate appearance at Tuesday night's MLB All-Star Game. Dozier hit a home run to centerfield off Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Mark Melancon to help the American League cruise to a 6-3 win.

Twins teammate Glen Perkins pitched the 9th inning for the second straight season.

Everything is going right for Dozier lately. Last week, he hit a pair of walk-off home runs, and despite losing out to Kansas City Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas in the All-Star final vote, he was added to the roster by American League manager Ned Yost.

Dozier is the first Twins player since Kirby Puckett in 1993 to hit a home run in the All-Star Game.


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Colombia Central Bank Raises Interest Rates in Surprise Move

BOGOTÁ--Colombia's central bank surprised financial markets Friday and increased interest rates after 12 months on hold, saying higher inflation and an improving economy means borrowing costs no longer need to be so low.

The bank's seven-member board said after its monthly meeting that it voted to lift its key interest rate 25 basis points to 3.5%. Economists widely expected the board to keep the rate steady at a near-record low of 3.25%, as low inflation and less-than-stellar growth rates forced the bank to keep monetary policy loose.

Many felt rate increases wouldn't be seen until around July or August.

In explaining its decision, which it noted wasn't unanimous, the bank said it no longer needs as expansive of a monetary policy as its had for the past year. As for critics who might say it has started raising rates too soon, when the economic recovery is still in its early stages, the bank said Friday's rate increase "will reduce the need for harsh adjustments in the future and will ensure macroeconomic stability."

"The macroeconomic outlook points to a continued increase in domestic demand at a good pace, and the economy will get near to its full productive capacity in 2014," bank President Jose Dario Uribe told reporters. Inflation, meanwhile, "has converged toward its target of 3%, " Mr. Uribe said.

Colombia's annual inflation last year was 1.9%, its lowest rate in decades, which is why the central bank maintained it was able to keep borrowing costs low throughout 2013 to try and spur economic growth. Economic activity fell below potential during the first two quarters of last year, to growth rates of around 4% on-year.

But economic activity began to rebound in the second half of last year, and full-year 2013 growth ended at 4.3%. The production of oil, Colombia's main export, remained strong at around one million barrels a day, and investment in public spending--mainly on much-need infrastructure projects--began to surge, helping to lift the economy.

Along with stronger growth late last year and so far in 2014, inflation is also picking up. Through March, annual consumer inflation was 2.5% compared with 2.3% at the end of February and 1.9% at the end of March 2013.

Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos said in an interview this week that the economy could grow at around 5% this year as investment spending remains robust. The bank's 2014 forecast is less optimistic, putting growth at around 4.3%, the same as last year.


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Angels drop Orioles, complete sweep

Peter Bourjos went 3-for-5 with a homer and 1, to complete a three-game sweep.

Howie Kendrick hit a solo homer for the Angels, who have won four in a row to move within four games of the Rangers in the AL West. Texas lost to the White Sox on Sunday.

LA plays two games against the White Sox before starting a key three-game series with the Rangers.

Williams (1-0) gave up one run on six hits in his first start since May 15, 2007 versus Atlanta as a member of the Nationals. The Honolulu native struck out six batters.

Matt Wieters hit a solo homer for Baltimore, which has lost five in a row.

Brian Matusz (1-6) got blasted to the tune of six runs -- five earned -- on eight hits over four innings.


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McIlroy tees off with heavily taped wrist at PGA

After being assured he could do no additional damage, Rory McIlroy teed off Friday in the second round of the PGA Championship with a heavily taped right wrist.

The U.S. Open champion was injured while taking an ill-advised swing in the opening round at Atlanta Athletic Club, striking his ball against a thick tree root.

McIlroy shot an even-par 70 in the opening round, then hustled off to get an MRI, which showed a strained tendon.

Cornell Driessen, a physical therapist on the European Tour, said the MRI showed not even a partial tear of the tendons and there was no danger of McIlroy injuring the wrist more seriously by continuing to play.

That was good enough for the 22-year-old from Northern Ireland.

He showed up on the range about a half hour before his morning tee time, cutting in half a typical warmup session. His hit shots for 15 minutes before heading to the putting green, followed by about two dozen media.

"It's the last major of the year," McIlroy said Thursday evening. "I've got, what, six or seven months to the Masters. So I might as well try and play through the pain and get it over and done with."

He was injured at the third hole after driving into the trees left of the fairway. Instead of punching back into the fairway, he decided to take a shot at the green, planning to drop his club as soon as he made contact. He held on to it a split-second too long, jamming his wrist and sending pain all the way up to his shoulder.

McIlory held an ice compress against his wrist between shots Thursday, had it checked out by a physical therapist on the course, and played on with a hasty tape job.

On Friday, playing again in a group with two other major champions, Masters winner Charl Schwartzel and British Open winner Darren Clarke, McIlroy made a three-putt bogey at the opening hole.

But he got back to even par with a birdie at the par-5 12th, hacking out of the rough and rolling in a 20-foot putt from just off the green.

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Triumphant Bruins arrive home with Stanley Cup

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BOSTON (Reuters) - The triumphant Boston Bruins returned home on Thursday to cheers from jubilant fans after winning their first Stanley Cup in 39 years by beating the Vancouver Canucks in the decisive game of the NHL final.

The city will hold a Bruins victory parade on Saturday to celebrate a championship season that was capped by Wednesday's 4-0 Game Seven victory in Vancouver.

"It's awesome. It's an amazing feeling. We are so happy and thrilled. It's unbelievable. I'm so happy for the whole city and the whole organization," said Chara, who at six-foot-nine is the tallest player ever to play in the NHL.

Bruins fans, starved of a victory for decades, poured onto the streets around the stadium and in other downtown areas late on Wednesday after Boston clinched the cup.

The huge crowds were boisterous but mostly good-natured. Police reported seven arrests for trespassing and disorderly conduct -- in contrast to the rioting in downtown Vancouver after the Canucks' defeat.

"It feels great. It's a little surreal and I don't think it's totally set in yet," said a tired-looking Tim Thomas, the Boston goalie who became only the second U.S.-born player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

"It took everything we had to win that series. I'm sure it will sink in sometime."

The Bruins join a winning tradition in New England, where all four major professional sports teams have won championships in the past decade.

"That means a lot to a coach who hadn't won. Those guys are all champions, and I really wanted to join that group," Julien said.

(Additional reporting by Lauren Keiper; Editing by Frank Pingue)


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Algeria police cordon key protest site in show of force

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Algerian police on Friday threw up a tight cordon around a key protest site, arresting dozens of demonstrators in the biggest show of force in 14 weeks of mass demonstrations.

Protestors have rallied outside the Grand Post Office in Algiers every week since February, forcing veteran president Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down in early April after two decades in power.

They have continued to stage mass demonstrations each Friday, demanding sweeping reforms and the departure of regime figures including army chief Ahmed Gaid Salah and interim President Abdelkader Bensalah.

But ahead of this week's protest, security forces erected fences in a bid to prevent demonstrators from accessing the site.

Several hundred protesters gathered near the building, chanting: "Tired of the generals!" "Gaid Salah resign!"

However, they were kept at bay by a police cordon and a row of vehicles, and an AFP journalist saw a woman arrested nearby.

"Patrols criss-crossed the city and arrested anyone suspected of joining" protests, said Said Salhi, vice-president of the Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights, on Twitter.

"It seems they want to ban the rally."

Mehenna Abdeslam, a protester and a university teacher, told AFP he saw "the police systematically arrest anyone carrying a banner".

But he said that would not stop Algerians demonstrating.

Local news site TSA reported police in Algiers had made "massive arrests among the protesters".

It also noted a heavy presence of female police officers for the first time since the protests began.

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An activist with Algeria's Socialist Workers' Party wrote on Facebook that he was being held "with some 20 other citizens in a police van".

A presidential election originally due to take place in April is set for July 4, but protesters reject it, saying a vote will not be valid until new, independent institutions are set up to oversee voting.

As the deadline for candidates to register approaches, no major prospect has stepped forward.

While Bensalah and Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui have remained relatively quiet, Salah has given three speeches in as many days this week.

On Monday, he spoke out against the protesters' demands, saying calls for the departure of key members of the Bouteflika-era ruling circle were "unreasonable, even dangerous".

Preparations for the presidential poll should be accelerated to avoid "the trap of a constitutional void", he said, adding that the ballot would "stop those who are trying to prolong this crisis".

On Tuesday, he called on protesters to "unite" with the army to prevent "instigators" from hijacking the demonstrations, and on Wednesday he reassured the public he had "no political ambition".

Some observers have pointed to similarities with Egypt's general-turned-president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who was elected in 2014 despite vowing the army would stay out of politics after it ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi the previous year.

In Algeria, the army has played a central role since the country's independence in 1962, and was considered the real holder of power up until Bouteflika was first elected in 1999.


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France cancels 2020 Bastille Day parade over coronavirus

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France said Thursday it will not hold the Bastille Day military parade due to social distancing norms, replacing it with a ceremony to pay tribute to health workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

Rather than the traditional march of soldiers and display of military hardware down the Champs-Elysees on July 14, this year will see a much smaller ceremony at the Place de la Concorde, where the parade normally ends, the presidency said.

The annual parade to mark the July 14, 1789 storming of the Bastille fortress in Paris during the French Revolution, has been held on the Champs-Elysees since World War I.

It starts at the Arc de Triomphe, a monument to those who have fought for France, to the Place de la Concorde, where King Louix XVI was beheaded in 1793 in the revolution that overthrew France's monarchy.

This year, the square will host a military ceremony with some 2,000 participants and 2,500 guests, who will gather in strict respect of social distancing rules seeking to halt the spread of the virus that has killed more than 29,000 people in France to date.

It will include a highlight of the yearly show -- the flypast -- in honour of medical personnel and all others "mobilised against the virus," the Elysee presidential palace announced.

The event will likely not be open to the public, although this decision could be reevaluated if the health situation improves before then.

Every year, thousands of people, young and old, throng the Champs-Elysees to view the spectacle of military personnel, tanks and other weapons of war rolling down the avenue to army bands as French flags flutter everywhere.

Last year's parade, themed to celebrate European military cooperation, was marred by violent clashes between police and anti-government protesters.

A year earlier, two motorcyclists from the French national gendarmerie collided during the parade and fighter jets sprayed the colours of the nation's flag in the wrong order.

President Emmanuel Macron, in his first months in office, used the 2017 Bastille Day parade to wow his guest of honour, freshly-inaugurated US President Donald Trump.

Trump was so taken by the event that he ordered a similar military parade to be held in Washington for the July 4 celebrations.