Henry Rollins: Nelson Mandela's Legacy (LA Weekly)
While Nelson Mandela is familiar to many, regrettably his name might not have the same relevance it once had. After all, his famous struggle is decades behind us and it all happened so far away in some place called South Africa.
Henry Rollins' 20 Favorite Punk Albums (LA Weekly)
For me, as a lean definition, I go by the classic UK 1977 graduating class, Pistols, Clash, etc., and go from there. Beyond that, there were a lot of great Punk Rock bands who never made full albums. The Machines, The Killjoys, Some Chicken, and countless others. So many great bands and great records in this genre and the surrounding/resulting genres. Best bet is just to get the music playing for as long as possible.
Ana Samwise's Sideswip: Something fishy about this review (New Zealand Herald)
Wagga Wagga resident Jeremy Sear was browsing DVDs at a JB Hi-Fi store when he spotted a review of Finding Nemo by a staff member. It read: "Like the movie Taken? Check this out! This dude's family is slaughtered by serial killers, leaving only his disabled son alive who then gets kidnapped! So the dude has to travel a great distance with a senile female in a quest to reclaim his son. Finding Nemo is a brutal story of love, family and friendship."
Samx3i: Being Grateful (Imgur)
A person who posts online as Samx3i wrote on 13 July 2013 about a good deed that he and his wife did for a woman and about the wonderful thank you that they received from her afterward: "My wife and I went out of our way to help a lady whose car wouldn't start. Tonight, we got a knock at our door." The woman brought them a cake with fruit and the words "Thank you" and "Chris & Wife" written on it and also a card from Hallmark. Samx3i posted photos of the cake and card on Imgur and wrote about the inside of the card, "Seriously the best part. She actually drew an adorable cartoon version of herself being grateful."
Plea For Pizza by L.A. Kid With Cancer Goes Viral (LA Taco)
Hazel, nicknamed "Hazelnut", was diagnosed with a High-Risk, Stage 3 Neuroblastoma on April 24, 2013 and is now receiving 18 months of treatment at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles. Earlier today, with the help of her family, she used tape to put up a sign in her window reading "Send Pizza" along with her room number. The sign was spotted by a Redditor who posted it to the site. Within an hour it made the front page where it was seen by millions and many, many pizzas were ordered.
"Raven Rescue (Crow)" (YouTube)
A wild raven perched himself on our fence and squawked for over an hour. I went to see what was up with him and saw that he had four porcupine quills stuck in him, three in the side of his face and one in his wing. This video shows my Mom taking out the ones in his face. Very bizarre he let us get that close and even more bizzare he let my Mom pull the quills out. He hung around for the day and was gone the next. Best of luck Wilfred (yeah, I named him) lol.
Ant Rally (YouTube)
"If any of nature's creatures can get organized, it's ants. In this video marking the World Wildlife Fund's 50th anniversary, leafcutter ants were given leaves that were already cut by a laser into protest signs! The ants, of course, march with their signs to protest the destruction of the rain forests. The ad was made by BBDO Düsseldorf for the WWF." - Neatorama
There are several different types of script, but just a handful of basic ones from which the entire Arabic language stems. For instance, the universal Arabic typeface on computers is technically called Naskh.
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Naskh (Arabic: also known as Naskhi or by its Turkish name Nesih) is a specific calligraphic style for writing in the Arabic alphabet, thought to be invented by the calligrapher Ibn Muqlah Shirazi. The root of this Arabic term nasakha means "to copy". It either refers to the fact that it replaced its predecessor, Kufic script, or that this style allows faster copying of texts. With small modifications, it is the style most commonly used for printing Arabic, Persian, Pashto and Sindhi languages.
Computers typically use Naskh or a Naskh-like script.
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Marian, preparing for another Cheese Steak Adventure, was first, and correct, with:
naskh
Charlie wrote:
I don't have it installed. A few months ago though, I toyed with the problem of extracting non-latin characters from web pages. I tried Hebrew from Haaretz, Chinese from China Daily, and for Arabic, I wound up with something like this from Al-Jazeera.
????? ????? ????? ??? ?? ????? ???????, ???? ?? ??????? ??????? ????????, ????? ?????? ????????? ??????? ??????? ??????, ?????? ????, ? ??? ????? ???? ???? ????????????
Alan J wrote:
Naskh
Sally said:
The universal Arabic typeface on computers is technically called Naskh.
It's a very 'pretty' script, and artistic..,
PS: Thanks JoeS, I just will have to come up there one nice day and see for myself. :)
My accountant has brought to my attention that B2BB has not spent so much as a nickel on my, "Great lakes" education. Upon review, it was just his time - spent of the venture. I really do appreciate it too. He is a Prince. :)
Hot as blazes here again today...
I am wilting...
Send cool, please...
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
It's called Boutros Advertisers Naskh.
Adam answered:
The universal Arabic typeface on computers is technically called Naskh.
Dale of Diamond Springs, Norcali replied:
The universal Arabic typeface on computers is technically called Naskh. Computers typically use Naskh or a Naskh-like script, for instance: ??? ???? ?????? ?????? (the bismillah). Good, as long as they don't abrogate as Salaman Rushdie did with "The Satanic Verses". Just more religious bullshit!!!
MAM wrote:
Naskh
BttbBob responded:
Sly, Boss... Very sly... The answer was within your "A Brief Guide to Arabic Scripts and Calligraphy" link... The Naskh Script... I knew it would be the moment, nay the very instant, I saw it there. It shouted out, "Look at me! Look at me!"... I did...
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... because of its popularity and unique opportunity. She is the training vessel for CG Academy Midshipmen, but has a regular crew. The Navy doesn't have such a vessel. A war prize taken from the Germans at the end of WWII (it was a training vessel, The 'Horst Wessel', for the German Navy (Kriegsmarine). She is a Barque, 295 ft long with a beam of 39 ft, and is the only commissioned steel hulled sailing vessel in the US military. Her normal crew is 75 and can berth 175 cadets and instructors. Summer cruises take her to Europe and South America. She was on my 'Dream Sheet' for a billet, but alas, it never happened. A dream denied...
USCGC Eagle (WIX-327) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Happy Birthday this day to:
(49) Another 80's heart throb... Fast times...
(88) First Jewish 'Miss America'... and later somewhat controversial.
(44) Detroit Lion and NFL Hall of Famer... one of the classiest guys in the game. On and off the field, during and after his football career. Owns a bank now, last I heard.
(45) Not my 'cup o' tea', but he's popular without a doubt...
Born this day:
Ginger Rogers (1911-1995) Danced with Fred and did it backwards...
Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990)
Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) First man to the South Pole. Much to Robert Scott's dismay...
And, Joe S replied:
Poem
A rhyme for Naskh, I thought very hard,
Finally gave up and played in the yard.
I'm not even sure how to pronounce it.
Might mess it up.
Not even gonna try.
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'NCIS', followed by a RERUN'NCIS: The 2nd One', then a RERUN'Person Of Interest'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Bill Maher, dock diving dogs, and Pokey LaFarge.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Jon Hamm and Georgia King.
NBC starts the night with a RERUN'Hollywood Game Night', followed by a FRESH'America's Got Talent'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Zachary Levi, Danica Patrick, and Talib Kweli featuring Nelly & Abby Dobson.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Bruce Willis, June Shannon, and Mayer Hawthorne.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 5/15/13) are Michael Fitzpatrick, Sarah Polley, and A Silent Film.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH'Extreme Weight Loss', followed by a RERUN'Body Of Proof'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 6/24/13) are Liev Schreiber, Amy Schumer, and Iron & Wine.
The CW offers a FRESH'Whose Line Is Anyway?', followed by another FRESH'Whose Line Is It Anyway?', then a FRESH'Perfect Score', followed by another FRESH'Perfect Score'.
Faux fills the night with LIVE'MLB All-Star Game', then pads the left coast with local crap.
MY recycles an old 'House', followed by another old 'House'.
A&E has 'Storage Wars', another 'Storage Wars', still another 'Storage Wars', yet another 'Storage Wars', followed by a FRESH'Storage Wars New York', then another FRESH'Storage Wars New York', followed by a FRESH'Shipping Wars', and another 'Shipping Wars'.
AMC offers the movie 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?', followed by the movie 'Smokey & The Bandit', then the movie 'Smokey & The Bandit II'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] MASTERCHEF UK: THE PROFESSIONALS - Season 4 - Episode 23NEW
[9:00AM] MASTERCHEF UK: THE PROFESSIONALS - Season 4 - Episode 24NEW
[10:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 5 - Schisms
[11:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 6 - True Q
[12:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 7 - Rascals
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 14 - Chiarella's
[2:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 4 - Ep 10 - Zeke's
[3:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 4 - Ep 8 - La Frite
[4:00PM] MASTERCHEF UK: THE PROFESSIONALS - Season 4 - Episode 23
[5:00PM] MASTERCHEF UK: THE PROFESSIONALS - Season 4 - Episode 24
[6:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 16 - Episode 2
[7:00PM] TOP GEAR TOP 40 - Episode 1
[8:00PM] TOP GEAR TOP 40 - Episode 2
[9:00PM] BANG GOES THE THEORY - Season 4 - Episode 4NEW
[9:40PM] BANG GOES THE THEORY - Season 4 - Episode 5NEW
[10:20PM] BANG GOES THE THEORY - Season 4 - Episode 6NEW
[11:00PM] TOP GEAR TOP 40 - Episode 2
[12:00AM] BANG GOES THE THEORY - Season 4 - Episode 4
[12:40AM] BANG GOES THE THEORY - Season 4 - Episode 5
[1:20AM] BANG GOES THE THEORY - Season 4 - Episode 6
[2:00AM] TOP GEAR TOP 40 - Episode 1
[3:00AM] TOP GEAR TOP 40 - Episode 2
[4:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 2 - Episode 9
[5:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 2 - Episode 10 (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Princesses: Lawn Guyland', 'Real Housewives Of NJ', followed by a FRESH'Interior Therapy With Jeff Lewis', then a FRESH'Property Envy', followed by another FRESH'Property Envy', then a FRESH'Watch What Happens Live'.
Comedy Central has last night's 'Colbert Report', last night's 'Jon Stewart', 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', still another 'Tosh.0', yet another 'Tosh.0', followed by a FRESH'Drunk History', then a FRESH'The Jeselnik Offensive'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart John Oliver is Helen Mirren.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is David Karp.
FX has '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'True Grit', then the movie 'True Grit', again.
History has 'Counting Cars', another 'Counting Cars', still another 'Counting Cars', yet another 'Counting Cars', followed by a FRESH'Counting Cars', then another FRESH'Counting Cars', 'American Restoration', and another 'American Restoration'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[6:15AM] Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)-The Much Funnier Second Episode
[7:30AM] Bad Boys
[10:15AM] Cassandra's Dream
[12:30PM] Suicide Kings
[2:45PM] Bad Boys
[5:30PM] Stop-Loss
[8:00PM] Jarhead
[10:30PM] Crank: High Voltage
[12:30AM] Jarhead
[3:00AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Andy Samberg Wears a Plaid Shirt and Glasses
[3:30AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Adam Scott Wears a Red Oxford Shirt & Jeans
[4:00AM] Crank: High Voltage (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] Rectify-Plato's Cave
[7:00AM] Night Shift
[8:45AM] Searching for Bobby Fischer
[10:45AM] Dreaming of Joseph Lees
[12:15PM] In the Loop
[2:15PM] Night Shift
[4:00PM] Searching for Bobby Fischer
[6:00PM] Inventing the Abbotts
[8:00PM] That Thing You Do!
[9:45PM] A Good Year
[11:45PM] Inside Deep Throat
[1:15AM] That Thing You Do!
[3:00AM] A Good Year
[5:00AM] Rectify-Plato's Cave (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has 'Fear Factor', followed by a FRESH'William Shatner's Weird Or What?', then another FRESH'William Shatner's Weird Or What?', followed by still another FRESH'William Shatner's Weird Or What?'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Howie Mandel and Mikal Cronin.
Barry Humphries alter ego Dame Edna Everage receives flowers from Florence Johnny, three, as she arrives at the London Palladium to launch the Barry Humphries Farewell Tour
Texas state Senator Wendy Davis has reaped nearly $1 million in political donations since she staged a nearly 11-hour filibuster that ultimately failed to stop the Texas legislature approving stringent new restrictions on abortion in the state, her office said on Monday.
Davis, 50, who is running for re-election to the state Senate in 2014 and has been called upon by some fellow Democrats to run for Texas governor, raised $933,000 in two weeks and now has more than $1 million in her campaign coffers, her campaign said.
With her filibuster last month, Davis drew national attention to the debate over a Texas bill that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, impose strict new health and safety standards on abortion clinics and limit use of the RU-486 drug to end pregnancies.
Texas campaign finance reports, due by midnight Monday for fundraising in the first six months of the year, show that Davis has a large following in Texas as well as outside the state. She received donations from 15,290 contributors, her campaign said.
The report shows Davis raised $580,000 from Texas contributors and the balance of $353,000 from out-of-state donors. The majority of the funds were raised in the period after she staged the filibuster.
Actress Alyssa Milano holds her son Milo before the Legends and Celebrities All-Star softball game at Citi Field in New York, July 14, 2013. The 2013 Major League Baseball's All-Star Game will be played at Citi Field on Tuesday.
Photo by Adam Hunger
The Syfy original movie "Sharknado" became a social media sensation this past week with its premiere on Thursday. And perhaps not surprisingly, it also considerably upped the online profiles of the network that aired it and the actors who starred in it
According to content marketing and insights company Kontera, consumption of content items - videos, social posts, etc - revolving around Syfy grew 220.49 percent from July 10, the day before the "Sharknado" premiere, and July 11, when the movie aired.
"Sharknado" star Tara Reid also fared well; consumption of content involving the "American Pie" star jumped 177.55 percent in the same period.
During its airing, "Sharknado" generated 387,000 social mentions - 97 percent of which were generated by Twitter, with the hashtags #sharknado and #syfy - besting competing shows "Big Brother" and "The Big Bang Theory." "Sharknado" also came within 2,500 tweets of the "The Rains of Castamere" episode - aka, the "Red Wedding" episode - of HBO's "Game of Thrones," which was a hot topic of online discussion when it aired in June.
At its peak, "Sharknado" generated almost 5,000 tweets a minute during its airing.
Welcome Jenny McCarthy as the next co-host to join "The View."
The actress and former Playboy playmate was named Monday to join the panel of the ABC weekday talk show. Barbara Walters, who created "The View" in 1997 and has since served as a co-host, made the widely expected announcement on the air.
McCarthy arrives at the start of the 17th season on Sept. 9.
She has previously made 17 appearances on "The View" and guest-hosted eight times.
Actor Hugh Jackman poses for photographs during a news conference to promote his new movie "The Wolverine" at a hotel in Seoul July 15, 2013.
Photo by Kim Hong-Ji
A fan on her way to a Dave Matthews concert pulled over to help a stranded bicyclist, who turned out to be none other than the singer himself.
Emily Kraus and her boyfriend pulled over Saturday to give a ride to a man whose bike had broken down, she told WHP-TV in Harrisburg. They realized it was Matthews, who didn't have a cellphone on him to call for help. They helped him stow his bicycle on their bike rack, and he got in their car for the rest of the ride.
"We didn't know how to make conversation with him, in fact, so we were talking about his tour and where he had come from," Kraus said. "He had just been in Cincinnati and he said, 'I'm taking a short break after this one because I have to drop my daughters off at camp.' ... He was just a very humble guy."
He invited them to dinner, took them backstage and got them front-row seats. Kraus said she woke up the next morning still amazed at what had happened.
Asiana Airlines said Sunday its reputation was damaged by a report on a San Francisco TV station that used bogus and racially offensive names for four pilots on its plane that crashed earlier this month and is considering legal action.
An anchor for KTVU-TV read the names on the air Friday and then apologized after a break. The report was accompanied by a graphic with the phony names listed alongside a photo of the burned out plane. Video of the report has spread widely across the Internet since it was broadcast.
An Asiana statement said it's mulling legal measures against both KTVU-TV and the NTSB because the report "badly damaged" the reputation of the airline and its pilots.
It didn't say what legal measures it was considering.
In this photo released Monday, July 15, 2013, actor Alfonso Ribeiro poses with a Klondike bar on the set of his 'Klondike Celebrity Challenge' shoot, a hilarious contest allowing fans to determine what he has to do for a Klondike bar on Tuesday July 7, 2013 in Los Angeles. For more information on the contest and challenge, visit www.Facebook.com/Klondike
Photo by Colin Young-Wolff
Well, there's that. The National Transportation Safety Board intern who confirmed four fake, (racist!) names as those of the pilots of Asiana flight 214 has been let go .
The intern prompted an apology from the NTSB on Friday after it turned out he or she confirmed the fake names in response to a media query from KTVU. The California TV station then went on-air with the "confirmed" names, which were, well, pretty obviously made up and offensive.
It's still not clear where the names came from, though the San Francisco Chronicle notes that they probably originated at the station - the (ex) NTSB intern, who shouldn't have been making statements on behalf of the agency anyway, reportedly confirmed the names in response to a question from a news outlet.
The Peking opera troupe performs at the 49th International Festival of Carthage at the Roman Theatre of Carthage in Tunis July 14, 2013.
Photo by Anis Mili
The recall of Rupert Murdoch (R-Evil Incarnate) to a committee of the British parliament over a secret tape of him dismissing the alleged illegal behaviour of his journalists is likely to cause personal embarrassment for the world's most famous media mogul but no criminal charges.
It could, however, further complicate his business dealings in Britain, where his firm has long wanted to take full control of the pay-TV group BSkyB and where it is still locked in negotiations with the government over regulation of the press.
The 82-year-old head of News Corp and 21st Century Fox has been recalled to appear before lawmakers in London - the scene two years ago of what he called his "most humble day" - to explain his recorded comments that British tabloid newspapers had for decades paid bribes to police for information. No date has yet been set for the committee hearing.
Murdoch also said in the tape, covertly recorded during his meeting with News Corp's Sun journalists in March, that he had been wrong to give so much help to the police as they probed a phone-hacking scandal that engulfed his British newspaper business, and that he would, at the right time, hit back.
The sound of Murdoch railing against the police and dismissing the payment of bribes as "next to nothing" stands in stark contrast to the image he had previously presented.
People watch a screening of Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho on a rooftop overlooking the financial district of London July 14, 2013.
Photo by Olivia Harris
A judge revoked Chris Brown's probation on Monday after reviewing the details of an alleged hit-and-run accident involving the singer and his behavior afterward. However, the singer was not ordered to jail.
Brown, who came to court with a group of family members, appeared downcast as he sat with his arms across his chest and his head down on the counsel table while his lawyer and a prosecutor went to the judge's chambers to discuss the case.
Brown's lawyer, Mark Geragos, suggested that perhaps the matter will be resolved informally without a major probation hearing. He said the hit-and-run case would be back in court in Van Nuys on July 23.
Deputy District Attorney Mary Murray did not ask for Brown to be jailed, and the judge allowed him to remain free on his own recognizance.
Yelena Tretiakova (L) and her niece Arina Tarasova, 4, walk down a street wearing dresses made out of candy wrappers in the village of Tigritskoye, some 500 km (311 miles) south of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, July 13, 2013. Kindergarten teacher Tretiakova makes dresses out of candy wrappers as a hobby.
Photo by Ilya Naymushin
The producers of "Machete" are seeking vengeance against Texas, saying film commission officials unlawfully yanked the sequel's tax incentives when they decided - after the film wrapped production - that it cast the state in a bad light.
"Machete's" production company Chop Shop, Inc., filed the lawsuit in Texas late last week, asking the court to void the Texas Film Commission's decision. The potential amount of the credit wasn't disclosed, but Chop Shop says it spent more than $8 million in the state, which it wouldn't have done without the promise of a kickback (Texas offers up to 17.5% return on spending and max 29.25% on wages paid).
In a twist of irony, Gov. Rick Perry signed the Texas Film Incentive bill in 2009 at Troublemaker Studios, where founder and "Machete" producer Robert Rodriguez announced it would enable him to make movies - including "Machete" - in the state.
"Machete" was greenlit for the incentive months later, including script approval, and production got under way. But after a trailer hit on Cinco de Mayo 2010 - showing Machete targeting a state senator bent on deporting undocumented immigrants - anti-immigration activists inundated the film commission with angry correspondence, according to the lawsuit.
Film commission director Bob Hudgins resigned November 30, and the very next day, the deputy director pulled the plug on funding - and the lawsuit suggests Perry was directly involved in that decision.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) is seen through the glass of C-Explorer 5 submersible after a dive to see the remains of the naval frigate "Oleg", which sank in the 19th century, in the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea July 15, 2013.
Photo by Aleksey Nikolskyi
Greenpeace activists occupied a French nuclear power plant site before dawn Monday - a media stunt deeply embarrassing to the government, which is intent on demonstrating that France's reliance on nuclear power is safe.
Around 30 activists from the environmental group invaded state-owned nuclear power utility Electricite de France's Tricastin power plant complex in southern France. They projected a video on the side of one of the plant's buildings that said "Tricastin Nuclear Accident" and showed the image of a giant crack forming across the building's facade.
By mid-afternoon, all of the activists had been arrested and were being held in a nearby police station, Greenpeace France said on its web site.
France is among the most nuclear-dependent countries in the world, with reactors producing about 80 percent of its electricity.
In 2008, the Tricastin plant reported several incidents that angered anti-nuclear groups, including a leak of unenriched uranium into two nearby rivers and the release of radioactive particles from a pipe.
The Queen's Swan Marker David Barber (2L) and other Swan Uppers inspect swans and cygnets during the annual Swan Upping ceremony on the River Thames between Shepperton and Windsor in southern England July 15, 2013. Young cygnets are counted and swans and cygnets are assessed for signs of injury or disease during the ceremony. The five-day census of the swan population dates back to the twelfth century when the Crown claimed ownership of all mute swans. Today, the Crown retains the right to ownership of all unmarked mute swans in open water, but The Queen only exercises her ownership on certain stretches of the River Thames and its surrounding tributaries.
Photo by Luke MacGregor
A Chilean appeals court ruled against the world's largest gold mining company on Monday, favoring Chilean Indians who accuse Barrick Gold Corp. of contaminating their water downstream and creating more doubts about the future of the world's highest gold mine.
The judges in the northern city of Copiapo unanimously ruled that Barrick must keep all its environmental promises before moving forward with construction of the Pascua-Lama mine at the very top of Chile's mountainous border with Argentina. They also said Barrick must monitor the condition of three glaciers next to the mine project.
Chile's environmental watchdog agency already ordered construction stopped until Barrick builds systems to keep the mine from contaminating the watershed below, and Barrick executives have publicly committed the company to fulfilling the requirements of its environmental permit.
But Monday's ruling goes beyond that by demanding repairs to damage in the watershed below, by calling for increased monitoring of the impact on surrounding glaciers, and by opening up the project's environmental license for review. The judges found no evidence of contamination due to mine construction, but said the watershed could face "imminent danger" without more environmental protections.
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