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A veteran of almost five decades in the film & television industry, Richard Hatch starred alongside Karl Malden on the final season of The Streets of San Francisco, and has appeared on such seminal series as Dynasty, Murder, She Wrote, The Love Boat, MagGyver, and many more. He’s probably best known for starring as Captain Apollo on the 1970s sci-fi series Battlestar Galactica, created by the late Glen A. Larson, as well as playing Tom Zarek on the show’s 2003 remake. Mr. Hatch joins me on Nostalgia Theater this week to talk about his nearly forty year association with the Battlestar brand, as well as his new project, the upcoming webseries Blade of Honor. You can catch the show via the embed below, or subscribe at iTunes, Stitcher Radio, TuneIn Radio, or Google Play. As always, send all questions or comments our way via MovieFilmPodcast@gmail.com, and don’t forget to hit “like” on our Facebook page
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BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru has legalized homosexuality, replacing its century-old criminal code with a new law that also criminalizes slavery and broadens the definition of rape to apply to married and unmarried couples.
In addition, the Crimes Act 2016 decriminalizes suicide, which became an issue after refugees deported from Australia to a controversial Nauru detention center committed or attempted suicide.
Nauru announced on Friday that the Crimes Act 2016 would replace the Nauruan Criminal Code of 1899. The government’s decision to decriminalize homosexuality and suicide – in compliance with obligations under international treaties – showed “progressive leadership,” it said.
Edmund Settle, policy advisor for the United Nations Development Programme in Bangkok, praised Nauru for setting “a positive example in the Pacific region”.
“The government of Nauru has demonstrated leadership in protecting sexual and gender minorities from violence and discrimination,” Settle said by email.
With a population of about 10,000 living on a 21-sq km (8 sq mile) island, around a third the size of Manhattan, Nauru has been in the media spotlight over its agreement with Australia to take in asylum seekers intercepted while trying to reach Australian shores.
The Nauru detention center houses about 500 asylum seekers and has been criticized by the United Nations and human rights groups for harsh conditions and reports of systemic child abuse. Many staying there have self-harmed.
Last month, an Iranian man pleaded guilty to the offense of attempted suicide and was given a 12-month suspended sentence.
An activist said that a Bangladeshi refugee on Nauru who died of heart failure earlier this month had committed suicide by overdosing on pills.
Besides removing suicide and homosexuality as crimes, the new law identifies the following offences and provisions:
* Mitigates the crime of murder when a mother kills her infant as a result of suffering post-natal stress.
* Maintains abortion as an offense when not carried out as part of a “lawful medical procedure.”
* Broadens the definition of rape to apply to married and non-married couples.
* Criminalizes forced labor, debt bondage or serfdom,including parents or guardians who allow a child to be placed under the control of another person or force a child to marry in exchange for material benefit.
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Despite a noted slowdown in shipment and sales, smartphones remain the fastest growing device market today and outnumber PCs even. However, smartphones have ceased to be mere communication devices and have even started venturing into uncharted and indirectly related territory, like virtual reality. In order to address the nascent but growing “synthetic” reality market, ARM Holdings has announced new chips, … Continue reading
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A 7-year-old boy has been missing since Saturday, when his parents left him in a bear-infested forest in northern Japan without food or water as punishment.
Yamato Tanooka had been throwing stones at cars and people during the family trip near Nanae in Hokkaido, AFP reported. On the way home, his parents stopped the car and told him to get out.
They drove about 550 yards, the news agency said, but when they returned, the boy was gone.
Some 130 police officers and school officials searched for the second grader on Monday, the Asahi Shimbun reported.
It’s not clear how long the parents looked for Yamato before contacting authorities. However, his parents initially told police the child had just gotten lost.
“I couldn’t bring myself to say it was to discipline him… and then ask the police to search for him,” said the boy’s father, 44-year-old Takayuki Tanooka, according to UPI. “I want to apologize to my son, also for causing trouble for so many people. I’m just filled with the feeling hoping that he comes back safely.”
The forests around Nanae are known for Ussuri brown bears, also called black grizzly bears.
“Not many people or cars pass by, and it gets totally dark as there are no lights,” Mitsuru Wakayama, a spokesman for the town of Nanae, told the Japan Times. “It’s not surprising to encounter bears anywhere in the area.”
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