of revelations that were received by Joseph Smith through the Urim and Thummim. D&C 130, which has numerous references, was received in 1843, well after the term was commonly used. Of greater interest are D&C Sections 10 and 17, which were received during the time that translation was in progress.

Doctrine and Covenants 10 was received in the summer of 1828. Upon reading verse 1, it initially appears that the term Urim and Thummim was used at the time that the revelation was received.

Now, behold, I say unto you, that because you delivered up those writings which you had power given unto you to translate by the means of the Urim and Thummim, into the hands of a wicked man, you have lost them.

However, the term Urim and Thummimrevelation was committed to paper was in 1829, this would establish that the term Urim and Thummim was associated with the Nephite interpreters during the period that translation was in progress. Unfortunately, the written version of this revelation cannot be dated earlier than 1834.

The Stone and the Hat

Prior to the appearance of the angel Moroni, Joseph possessed several stones that he used for the purpose of locating things, the most well known use being the location of lost objects or buried treasure. This was not as unusual of an activity at that time as it would appear to be from our modern perspective. In 1825 the Wayne Sentinel in Palmyra reported that buried treasure had been found “by the help of a mineral stone, (which becomes transparent when


bilk his employer, Josiah Stowell, out of some money. Mr. Stowell’s testimony clearly said this was not so and that he trusted Joseph Smith. ((“Highlights in the Prophet’s Life,” Ensign, June 1994, 24.))

Brant Gardner clarifies the role that Joseph and his stone played within the community of Palmyra:

Young Joseph Smith was a member of a specialized sub-community with ties to these very old and very respected practices, though by the early 1800s they were respected only by a marginalized segment of society. [Page 166]He exhibited a talent parallel to others in similar communities. Even in Palmyra he was not unique. In D. Michael Quinn’s words: “Until the Book of Mormon thrust young Smith into prominence, Palmyra’s most notable seer was Sally Chase, who used a greenish-colored stone. Williamhis stone in order to see the vision of the hill in which the plates were hidden after receiving Moroni’s instructions regarding their location. One such account supporting this idea was given by Henry Harris in 1833, in which he stated, “I had a conversation with [Joseph], and asked him where he found them [the plates] and how he come to know where they were. He said he had a revelation from God that told him they were hid in a certain hill and he looked in his stone and saw them in the place of deposit.” ((Henry Harris, statement in Howe, Mormonism Unvailed, 252.))

Joseph Knight also recounts that Joseph used the stone to identify his future wife Emma as being the person who should accompany him to


in bolstering the claim that Joseph received the Book of Mormon text through revelation. The absence of a curtain during the latter part of the translation, during which the entire text of the Book of Mormon that we now have was produced, substantially weakens the critical argument that Joseph dictated the Book of Mormon by plagiarizing a number of other works. Instead of having Joseph obscured by a curtain or blanket, which could have hidden any number of reference materials, Joseph sat in the open, dictating the text of the Book of Mormon to Oliver while looking at the interpreter placed in his hat. Now, instead of “Joseph the plagiarist,” those wishing to provide an alternate explanation of the translation must assert “Joseph the plagiarist who has atime the presence of the Lord was so great, that a screen was hung up between him and the Prophet; at other times the Prophet would sit in a different room, or up stairs, while the Lord was communicating to him the contents of the plates. He does not pretend that he ever saw the wonderful plates but once, although he and Smith were engaged for months in deciphering their contents. ((Howe, Mormonism Unvailed, 14.))

The claim that Harris said that he saw the plates “but once” is quite consistent with the stage of the translation process during which a curtain was employed. Harris only saw them once when he acted as one of the Three Witnesses. It is apparent that during the initial stage of the translation process


the sacred objects were required to be hidden from view of others. Charles [Page 170]Anthon, whose only knowledge of the process was relayed to him during a visit by Martin Harris, states,

This young man was placed behind a curtain, in the garret of a farm house, and, being thus concealed from view, put on the spectacles occasionally, or rather, looked through one of the glasses, decyphered the characters in the book, and, having committed some of them to paper, handed copies from behind the curtain, to those who stood on the outside. Not a word, however, was said about the plates having been decyphered “by the gift of God:” Every thing, in this way, was effected by the large pair of spectacles. ((“Charles Anthon to E. D. Howe,obvious inaccuracies.

[Joseph] Smith [Jr.], also said that he had been commanded to at once begin the translation of the work in the presence of three witnesses. In accordance with this command, Smith, Cowdery, and Whitmer proceeded to the latter’s home, accompanied by Smith’s [Page 172]wife, and bearing with them the precious plates and spectacles. The house of senior Whitmer was a primitive and poorly designed structure, but it was deemed the most secure for the carrying out the sacred trust on account of the threats that had been made against Smith by his mercenary neighbors. In order to give privacy to the proceeding a blanket, which served as a portiere was stretched across the family living room to shelter the translators and the plates from the eye of


any who might call at the house while the work was in progress. This, Mr. Whitmer says, was the only use made of the blanket, and it was not for the purpose of concealing the plates or the translator from the eyes of the amanuensis. In fact, Smith was at no time concealed from his collaborators, and the translation was performed in the presence of not only the persons mentioned, but of the entire Whitmer household and several of Smith’s relatives besides. ((“David Whitmer Interview with Chicago Tribune, 15 December 1885,” in Early Mormon Documents, 5:153. Also reprinted in the Deseret News, 6 January 1886.))

There are elements of this account that make it appear that the interviewer has mixed various aspects of the translation process. For example, itturn as they became tired, on the other. Those present and not actively engaged in the work seated themselves around the room and then the work began. After affixing the magical spectacles to his eyes, Smith would take the plates and translate the characters one at a time. ((“David Whitmer Interview with Chicago Tribune,” in Early Mormon Documents, 5:153–54. ))

In this instance, Whitmer seems to indicate the use of the Nephite interpreters in full view of others. Since Whitmer would not have been allowed to view the spectacles or the plates prior to being one of the Three Witnesses, this account does not correlate with other accounts, even those other accounts coming from Whitmer himself. It is possible that Whitmer described both aspects of the early translation using


the spectacles and blanket as well as the later situation in which Joseph placed the translation instrument into his hat and dictated in full view of others. The interviewer may not have distinguished the various elements present during different periods of translation, and may have simply conflated these different elements into the single story that was produced.

By the time that theChanges in North Carolina maternal health service use and outcomes among medicaid-enrolled pregnant women during state budget cuts.
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the top ranked Group cbtf cricket betting tips of Five team will play in one of the New Years Six games. ItThe 2015 USL season comes to a close in Rochester on Friday evening as the hometown Rhinos host Los Angeles Galaxy II in what is sure to be a fiercely contested Championship game.

It’s been a successful season for the league, which expanded by 10 teams to 24 clubs this year and will be expanding by a further five teams for the 2016 season. It also marked an increase in attendances for the fifth straight year and the league is still pursuing classification as a D2 league from the USSF. A goal which they hope to have achieved by 2017.

But more on all those things tomorrow, as we bring you a recap of USL President Jake Edwards’ “State of the League” media conference call.

The USL season ended for WFC2


a couple of weeks ago, as Vancouver Whitecaps’ new USL side failed to clinch a playoff place, missing out on the postseason by 12 points in the end and finishing second bottom of the Western Conference.

It was an inaugural season that saw successes, failures and initial teething problems, both on and off the pitch, but for me personally, I loved seeing the ‘Caps back in the USL and am already anticipating what next season may bring in terms of action, development and hopefully success.

WFC2 were one of the ten new expansion teams, as MLS clubs switched from often unsatisfactory or unproductive affiliations, to fully blown teams of their own. The ‘Caps were joined again in the USL by their Cascadian counterparts, Seattle Sounders 2 and Portland Timbers 2(or S2 and T2 as we’ll just refer to them from now on).

All very fitting considering the long history and rivalry between the clubs in the USL. It was in the old USL after all that the Cascadia Cup was born.

Matches between the ULS sides produced some of the bite you want from local derbies between these sides, whether that be at U16 level all the way up to MLS.

Portland finished three places and five points better off than Vancouver this season, with Seattle faring even better and clinching that sixth and final playoff place before bowing out in the first round.

All three teams gave valuable competitive minutes to their MLS fringe players, key developmental minutes for their homegrown products, and produced a couple of players who could


be turning out for the first team in years to come if their upward momentum continues. Victor Blasco being the standout WFC2 player from those without an existing MLS contract, and Brett Levis not too far behind.

Attendances were mixed for the three sides and towards the lower end in all of the USL. The impressive Sacramento Republic led the way with a regular season average of 11,323 fans. At the other end of the spectrum, FC Montreal drew an average of only 313, with Toronto II not far ahead of them with a 445 average. Roll on that Canadian league, eh.

Portland drew best from the Cascadian teams, averaging 3,122 from their 14 matches at Merlo Field, which is a wonderful venue for the side and invokes memories ofhaving headed home, although the heat in the Portland that weekend did make the late kick-off an absolute godsend.

WFC2’s other trip to Portland came on Sunday August 16th, with the ‘Caps MLS team being in Kansas City the day before. Vancouver’s two trips to take on S2 at Starfire came on Sunday March 29th, when the ‘Caps MLS side had been at home to Portland the day before, and on Saturday August 8th, which came at the same time as the ‘Caps hosted RSL at BC Place.

In reverse, T2 came to Vancouver on June 21st and July 10th, the latter of which was a Friday and two days before the ‘Caps hosted Kansas City on MLS action. Incidentally, KC’s USL affiliate Oklahoma came to Vancouver on May 17th,


the day after the Sounders were here in MLS.

S2 came to Vancouver on April 26th and July 4th. That first game came on the same day that the Sounders travelled south to face the Timbers in MLS. Unsurprisingly, Thunderbird Stadium was not filled with travelling S2 supporters.

Of the four USL derbies between Seattle and Portland, only one of them took place the day after the teams met in MLS. That was at the end of June in Portland. Unfortunately, the MLS game was on the Sunday and the USL game on the Monday. TV and all that.

As we said, to get crowds up for the Cascadian teams, these derbies are a key way to do it. Plus get the fans that head along that may usually not andRicciardo vows to give it his all

Daniel Ricciardo is determined to make the most of his chance at Toro Rosso this season, insisting he won't treat it as "learning year"...

Daniel Ricciardo is determined to make the most of his chance at Toro Rosso this season, insisting he won't treat it as "learning year".

Although the Australian has 11 grands prix behind his name following a stint with HRT last year, he is still one of the more inexperienced drivers on the grid.

However, while most other youngsters would use their first full season in F1 to come to grips with the pace of the sport, Ricciardo plans to go all out.

"I'm not going to treat (2012) as a learning year," he told the Herald Sun.

"It could be my one and


Election 2013

She said the office has received and processed about 3,000 valid ballots out of the more than 15,000 that were mailed out.

Voter turnout in the past odd-year coordinated election in 2011 ended up at 7,826 ballots cast.

“They're coming in slowly and steadily now but not at the rate we're looking for,” Bonner said about the ballots.

It's now time for voters to be aware of some upcoming deadlines.

Bonner said 3 p.m. Friday is the latest county residents can drop off ballots at the remote locations in Yampa, Oak Creek, Hayden and Clark. After that, ballots need to be dropped off or mailed back to the Routt County Courthouse in downtown Steamboat Springs.

The elections office is encouraging voters who haven't completed ballots by Friday to drop them off, notsurgery performed about a month ago.

Palacio becomes an unrestricted free agent in July, but he continues to rehab regularly at the Jazz's practice facility and remains open to the notion of re-signing for a second season in Utah. Sat, Jun 10, 2006 09:50:00 PM

Depth Charts

The rookie is being held out of summer league due to a fractured ring finger, but he is expected to be fine in a couple weeks. Payne will find minutes tough to come by in OKC as long as Russell Westbrook is healthy, so it's safe to ignore him in standard leagues for now.

Kevin Durant (foot) will be in attendance at Team USA's minicamp this August.

He obviously won't be participating, but this is a clear sign that he plans on playing at the Rio


described his ambitious vision for Breitbart. He wanted to seize on the social media revolution to create a central digital destination for conservatives. His observation — entirely correct — was that the center-right media universe was fractured and underserved by the mainstream media. The Tea Party movement that swept unconventional Republicans into office in 2010 represented a turning point that upended the establishment, and Steve wanted to use Breitbart to tap into that movement.a congregational minister for nine years in churches in Massachusetts, Ohio, and Michigan.

In 1995 he worked with Jewish, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Evangelical, Unitarian Universalist, and New Thought leaders across America on environmental  issues that were being considered by Congress. He was Religious Organizer for the Washington D.C. based National Environmental Trust. From 1997 to 2000 he headed The Portland Sustainable Lifestyle Campaign, in Portland, Oregon, the first government-funded program designed to produce large-scale voluntary citizen behavior change along stewardship lines in the United States. In 2000 and 2001 he served as Campaign Manager of Global Action Plan's EcoTeam and Livable Neighborhood Programs in Rockland County, New York.

He became an itinerant "evolutionary evangelist" in 2002. Dowd and his wife Connie Barlow travel North America, teaching their "Gospel of


Evolution." They present their case for "the marriage of religion and science" at events sponsored by a diverse group of denominations, including  Christian, Unitarian Universalist, Unity Church, Free Thinkers,  Religious Science,  secular humanism and Religious Naturalists venues. Barlow is a writer/lecturer with 4 published works. Together they travel the continent by van as nomads, offering a view of evolutionary theology and relating their Great Story (Epic of Evolution) to both secular and religious audiences. Their message embraces both science and religion, combining her scientific humanism with his evolutionary theism, her soft-spoken manner with his zealous preaching style. They draw in Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, and Christians; theists and atheists; scientists and philosophers.

Philosophy and theology
Dowd is a former young earth creationist.  Dowd describes himself as havingcase are undisputed. Theresa and Harry Lamplugh operated a gun show promotion business in Pennsylvania and neighboring states. The business generated a cash flow from gate receipts and display table rentals that aroused the suspicions of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms ("BATF") and the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"). As a result of the facts uncovered by a joint BATF and IRS investigation, a federal search warrant was issued. It was executed at the Lamplughs' house on May 25, 1994. Numerous financial documents and firearms were seized during the search. The BATF and IRS subpoenaed the Lamplughs' bank records. They also contacted owners of the sites where the Lamplughs held gun shows in 1991 and 1992.

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On June 29, 1995, the grand jury for the United States District


Lamplugh could preserve her credibility for the second phase of the trial by avoiding having to testify regarding the tax charges.

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The trial began as scheduled. Although the defense attorneys had possession of the box of documents during the first two days of trial, they did not disclose them to the Government until the third day of trial. Thus, the Government was unaware of the existence of the box of documents during the presentation of its evidence on November 2 and 3, 1998. The Government presented the following evidence on November 2 and 3, 1998 to prove that the Lamplughs willfully failed to file tax returns in 1991 and 1992. The Lamplughs conducted twenty-eight gun shows in 1991 and twenty-nine in 1992. Figures from the subpoenaed bank records, andwith a box containing the Lamplughs' tax documents and financial records. Mr. Ellenbogen stated to the court that, while he had not "finished fully inventorying, let alone Xeroxing and making copies of [the] records" for the prosecutor, the defense intended to use the contents of the box to cross examine the revenue agent who was to be the Government's final witness. The court recessed the proceedings for the day so that the prosecution could examine the contents of the box. The trial resumed on November 5, 1998.

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After receiving the disclosed documents from Mr. Ellenbogen, the Government recalled Agent Bittenbender to the stand. He testified that an examination of the disclosed documents caused him to increase his estimate of the Lamplughs' gross income by approximately $10,000 for 1991 and


had not filed state tax returns for 1991 and 1992.

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In contrast to Mr. Lamplugh's prior statement to Agent Bittenbender that he didn't file tax returns in 1991 and 1992 because he did not receive any income during those years, the theory of the defense at trial was that the Lamplughs had filed federal income tax returns in 1991 and 1992 and the IRS misplaced or lost them.

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Mr. Lamplugh called Thomas Griffith to testify as a defense witness. Mr. Griffith was a distant cousin of Mr. Lamplugh and had been interviewed in 1995 by BATF agents regarding the Lamplughs' gun business. Mr. Griffith testified that he and his family attended two of the Lamplughs' gun shows and were not charged admission. On cross-examination he testified that during the gunshow he saw "somebody up front collecting money" from "patrons paying cash."

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Shelley Davis, also testified as a defense witness. She stated that she had worked as an IRS historian from 1988 to 1995 and had written a book about the IRS. Ms. Davis testified that, in the Spring of 1989 she researched the way tax returns were sent through the Center and interviewed its director and a number of its employees. After her visit in 1989, Ms. Davis did not return to the Center, although she remained in contact with a few of its employees. Ms. Davis testified regarding the Center's processing methods of tax returns. Her research included a study of the instances in the mid 1980's when the IRS lost tax returns. Ms. Davis testified that


she found that the Center encountered problems in processing tax returns in late 1984 and 1985 when it implemented an untested new computer software program. She further stated that after the problems in 1984 and 1985, "there was absolutely no change in any procedural handling of tax returns." Ms. Davis also testified that she did not discuss in her book whether the same problems still existed in 1991 and 1992.

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Mr. Sanders introduced a video taken by the BATF of the Lamplughs' property during the execution of the search warrant on May 24, 1994. The video depicted a box sitting on a shelf in the Lamplughs' garage. Scott Endy, the case agent for the BATF during the execution of the search warrant, testified that he did not look inPublished 4:00 am, Friday, April 11, 2003

The Rangers are like the A's in one respect -- they have an outfielder named Jermaine who wears No. 24 and is from Vacaville.

Jermaine Clark, who attended USF, was a sophomore at Wilbur C. Wood High School when the A's Jermaine Dye was there, both of them played the same three sports, and when Dye graduated, Clark took over the quarterback duties.

"We were compared all the time," Dye said.

"I kind of followed in his footsteps," Clark said. "It's weird we're both here, especially since we're from a town that's so small."

Clark, 26, also played high school baseball against A's reliever Michael Neu, who went to Napa's Vintage High. Wednesday night, Neu made his major- league debut and Clark was one of the


three batters he retired in a perfect ninth. Clark, who has yet to record his first big-league hit, pinch-hit for Carl Everett in that inning. "He had the high school scouting report on me," Neu said with a laugh.

Neu recalls Clark as a standout pitcher at Wood High School. "He was the best player in the league," Neu said. "He was definitely 'the guy.' "

Said Clark: "Neu was a short guy on a big, tall mound, because Vintage had a high hill. We had a lot of battles."

BRIEFLY: The A's had some talks with Greg Vaughn about playing for Triple-A Sacramento, which is also Vaughn's hometown, but the outfielder, released recently by Tampa Bay, signed a minor-league deal with Colorado. . . . Oakland opens a three-game seriesroles as guides or ‘neurosculptors’ of children. On her website is a quote that best describes her perspective on her work: “every interaction a child has, during the course of a day, influences the adult that child will become.”

Parents and educators at schools from New York to Hawaii, as well as such organizations as the National Association of School Psychologists, the National Association of Independent Schools, the Association of International Schools, the American Montessori Society and the International Baccalaureate Association, have heralded Dr. Deak’s ability to demystify complex issues of child development, learning, identify formation and brain research.

Dr. Deak has been an advisor to Outward Bound, a past chair of the National Committee for Girls and Women in Independent Schools, on the advisory board for the Center on


Research for Girls (Laurel School), for the Seattle Girls’ School, Bromley Brook School, the Red Oak School, Power Play and GOAL. She consults with organizations and schools across the United States. Most recently, she has worked internationally with schools, organizations, associations and parent groups in every continent (except Antarctica!) She has been awarded the Woman of Achievement Award by the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools, was given the first Female Educator of the Year Award by Orchard House School, and the Outstanding Partner for Girls Award from Clemson University. She has been named the Visiting Scholar in New Zealand, the Visiting Scholar for Montessori Children’s House and has been the Resident Scholar for the Gardner Carney Leadership Institute in Colorado Springs for the past five years.

The sleep researchNegro students in the district.  There are twenty-two public schools, twelve of which are predominantly white and ten of which are all-Negro schools.  Before January 1967 the schools were segregated.  In the 1967-68 school year 176 Negro students, two percent of the total Negro student population were enrolled in formerly all-white schools.

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In January 1967, the Attorney General filed a complaint under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000c-6(a) and (b).  After a hearing, the district court ordered the County Board of Education to submit a desegregation plan.  In February 1967, the Board adopted a plan.  In March 1967, this Court handed down its decision, sitting en banc, in Jefferson.  In August 1967, the United States sought entry of a


decree identical with the Jefferson decree.  The attorneys for both sides stipulated to the entry of the Jefferson decree except for the following three paragraphs:

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'II(g) Extra Copies of the Explanatory Letter and Choice Form.  Extra copies of the explanatory letter and choice form shall be freely available to parents, students, prospective students, and the general public at each school in the system and at the office of the Superintendent of Education during the times of the year when such schools are usually open.'  'II(j) Choices Not on Official Form.  The exercise of choice may also be made by the submission in like manner of any other writing which contains information sufficient to identify the student and indicates that he has made a choice ofCounty, the schools of that city are operated and maintained by the Jackson Municipal Separate School District

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 As modified, the paragraph now reads: 'II (g) Extra Copies of the Explanatory Letter and Choice Form.  Extra copies of the explanatory letter and choice form shall be freely available to parents, students, prospective students, and the general public at each school in the system and at the office of the Superintendent of Education during the times of the year when such schools are usually open.  The choice forms that are actually intended to be returned, however, may be filled out so as to show thereon the name of the student or prospective student and the name and address of the parents of such student or prospective student or


Hagerty said in an email from family said she “hopes to be back in the Herald soon” with occasional appearances in print.

For the past several years, Hagerty has written five columns per week in the newspaper: That Reminds Me, The Eatbeat, Dear Shirley and two versions of Happenings.

Her Eatbeat column, which began publishing in the early 1980s and will again be seen Wednesday, garnered international attention online, network television appearances and provided the basis of a book, Grand Forks: A History of American Dining in 100 Reviews.

Hagerty started at the Herald in 1961 as a full-time features reporter. In 2012, the same year her Olive Garden restaurant review gained Internet fame, the University of South Dakota honored her with the Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in the Media.

listenThe werewolf Anastasia, illegitimate daughter of Erszebet Bathory, is able to meet her notorious mother at last. She discovers a pack of werewolves living in the forests around Csejthe and joins their ranks, forgetting her human life and her daughter.

Katrine and the Danse Macabre are set to travel to Moscow in pursuit of a mysterious creature rumored to be terrorizing the area. The troupe receives a chilly reception from the local vampires, who are suspicious of their associate Nikoli Osomov. Katherine also meets a member of the shadowy Order of the Dragon, who casts doubts on the motives of her cousin Gabor.

Meanwhile, the blood drinker Klara van Dores has been sold into slavery as punishment for her crimes against the Danse Macabre. Never one to submit to the


shelves. At the time, which was the late 80's early 90's he did not take up as much real estate as he does now but it was clear he was important, it was also a name my parents read. I remember seeing the name and knowing that I wanted to be like this ' Stephen King' and made up my mind. At school, when teachers asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I said Stephen King.I studied Novel Writing at George Brown College where I was able to fine tune my craft, learning how to properly shape a novel and about specific genres like mystery and romance.1916: Unprecedented Slaughter

The war’s third year was consumed by two giant offensives, one German, one Allied.These titanic battles involved millions of men and raged for months, but resolved nothing.

Germany planned to draw the French into an enormous, grinding battle that would drain them of men and supplies.They launched this effort in February by attacking at Verdun.For the next ten months, the armies threw millions of men and countless tons of firepower at each other. Momentum swung back and forth as the seasons changed.In the end, the Germans called off the attack.They had inflicted 370,000 casualties while suffering nearly the same number themselves, all for a gain of about three miles.The French had held on; by the standards of the war, this was counted as a victory.

The Battle of


Somme was shorter, but even more violent and just as futile.The Somme was the first major action for the Britain’s new armies. On July 1, the first day of the battle, the attacking British suffered 57,000 casualties, with almost 20,000 deaths.Some units lost over 90% of their men in just minutes.As before, the attackers achieved initial success, but were unable to follow through to victory. Later in the battle, the British used tanks for the first time, but the new machines had little impact. The Allied attacks were finally halted in November by bad weather.In four and a half months they had advanced six miles, at a cost of over 600,000 casualties. German losses are uncertain, but they too were staggering: between 400-600,000 men.

The winter brought an endto a year of slaughter and futility.Yet without a clear winner, none of the combatants was ready to end to the war. Their horrific losses only stiffened their resolve to keep fighting.

Across the ocean, Americans followed the war in fascination and horror. Many sympathized with the Allies, but most were glad that the United States was far removed from the unspeakable state of affairs overseas.No one yet knew that events in early 1917 would force America to make a crucial decision.


MILAN (AP) — An Italian court has convicted a Moroccan-born man and his wife on charges of international terrorism in connection with an Islamic State plot to carry out attacks in Rome during the Holy Year in 2016.

A court in Milan on Tuesday convicted Abderrahim Moutaharrik, and his wife, Salma Bencharki, and sentenced them to six years and five years in jail, respectively.

Prosecutors say Moutaharrik, who had taken Italian citizenship, had received orders from Islamic State to carry out attacks in Italy, particularly in Rome, last year. Authorities characterized the plot as serious but not imminent at the time of their arrest last April.

The court also withdrew the parental rights of the couple, who had planned to travel to IS territory with their two small children.a thorough guided walking tour of Piazza dei Miracoli and its monuments.

Be dazzled by this marvelous square which is dominated by the wonderful Cathedral* where you can visit the indoor part, a model of the distinctive Pisan Romanesque architecture, the celebrated Leaning Tower, the round-shaped Baptistery surrounded by its suggestive columned arcades and its “Camposanto”, originally a cemetery, an extraordinary quadrangular cloister delimiting with its marble façade the Square to the North.

Be enthralled by the history and the leaning structure of the Tower. After the guided visit you will have some free time for memorable pictures, for exploring on your own the historical quarter where you can admire the Church of San Sisto, one of the oldest churches in Pisa, and Piazza dei Cavalieri, which was the political


April 21, 2013

NEW WASHINGTON - After scoring 23 runs in the first game of a doubleheader, it would be hard for any team to match that effort when it came back for the second game. Buckeye Central came close, though.

After scoring a 23-3 victory in Saturday's first game against Mansfield St. Peter's, the Buckettes followed up with a 22-5 triumph, upping their season mark to 6-7.

In the opener, Buckeye Central plated the 23 runs on just 10 hits. BC took advantage of 17 walks offered up by St. Peter's pitching. Maddie Boes had a pair of hits in the game, including a double, and drove in two runs in addition to scoring three. Kendra Schultz doubled and drove in a pair.

Also for the Buckettes, Maddie Fagan had threeRBIs and three runs and Makayla Stover had two RBIs and two runs.

Miranda Moon and Hailey Hildebrand each had two RBIs, Ashlynne Lane scored three times and Sierra Hanes, Christine Bibb and Morgan Wurm each scored a pair.

Wurm picked up the win as she and Fagan combined to throw a one-hitter.

In game two, St. Peter's cut down on the walks by only allowing eight, but the Buckettes were swinging hot bats. That was especially true for Schultz, who went 3 for 4 with a pair of doubles, five RBIs and two runs. Fagan went 2 for 3 with 3 RBIs and three runs, Bibb had a pair of base hits, RBIs and runs, Alexis Mills drove in three, Lane had two RBIs and two runs scored and Moon


(a dairy farm near Aberdeen.) I left school on my 13th birthday, 19th May 1870 and we went to a farm about 15 miles from Aberdeen, Upper Mains of Echt. The farms were all named there and commonly the farmer was named after them such as my father was called Mains in an offhand friendly way. Father spent a lot of money on that farm, improving it in one way or another. He put a new thrashing mill in the barn and built a new dam and fixed over the cattle barn so that it held a lot more cattle. He wintered forty or over and lots went to the London market and he built a new turnip shed, he piped water from a spring in the dooryardgood. The result was his buns were raw in the middle. They made good balls so I went and got some of our own and joined in. After a while some of us didn’t look quite respectable so we cleaned off some and went ashore to see the sights. After a while one of the boys says “When does the ship leave?” Nobody knew so there was a scramble back. She didn’t go till after dinner but then there was a man missing. The ships whistle had blown quite a while and his wife crying and youngsters with her on the deck before Jimmie Patterson came running down the street (to the amusement of us boys who had the bun battle in the morning) with a loaf under


shore to warn us and then there was something doing. The Captain had left the ship in charge of an officer and went to his cabin and the officer had went down below to spark his girl. It wasn’t long before the deck was crowded. Many asking what had happened. The air was thick with oaths from the Captain. I never heard the like of it. When we woke up next morning (the 15th) we were docked at St. John and boarded the train for Woodstock but before I go farther I would like to mention that Captain Brown held meetings all over Scotland before we left. John, My brother, and I drove 7 miles from Echt to Kintore to attend one of them. After Brown had donethe contractors doing it. It was done better and easier to clear. It came a wet spell and we had to leave a lot of piles not burned and sow the grass around them. Sometime after that came a dry hot and at that time came our first hard blow. They thought it would be a good time to burn fathers chopping on the other side of the road. It was a most stupid thing to do. John and I set fire to it on the further side from the road. We found the wind (though light) was blowing right across the road and onto John’s house and clearing where we all lived. My fathers house was near the road and a few yards from the corner of


his chopping so that brought it at the edge and at one corner of the line of fire. So quick did the fire spread that by the time John and I got to the opposite corner from fathers house the whole place was ablaze. We could hear them screaming at the house so John and I ran but I was sick that day and couldn’t get along very fast. It turned out to be a blessing for by the time I got up to fathers house everybody had fled to the woods (I found out later that Mother and George and Robert and Ellen and Lizzie were at the house and the other boys were at Mr. Farquars and safe).

Taking in the situation at a glance I triedto stop the fire, which was creeping in under the house, with fresh cow dung. I was working at this when to my astonishment I heard (as it turned out to be Ellen and Lizzie) screaming over at the house. How it happened was when John left me and ran up to the house he found it already on fire. He ran in and grabbed his father’s purse and gold watch and one of the boys and my mother took the other and ran to the woods and Ellen and Lizzie was expected to follow. They did follow until they came to the piles that couldn’t be burned before and which was all ablaze now. They got scared and ran back to the house and there I found


them half choked and dancing up and down with the surface fire flying up their legs. I took a hand of each and ran down the path to the spring. We got our water by the side of the road. I told them to get into the mud and take a drink of water at the spring. I got down too for I was nearly choked then we made for dear life out of it. I intended to take them down to Marrs but we met a hot fire coming up both sides of the road and the flames meeting in the middle so we came back to the end of the Trout Brook road and told them to stay there and I would go and see ifran and never said a word. He told me afterward he left Mother and Bob and George on top of a big flat rock and a spring of water at the foot of it. When he told her Ellen and Lizzie was safe she got up on the rock and danced and sang. You see she had thought they had been overcome and had been burned up among the burning piles. John tried to get back after they had reached the woods and found the girls had not got through. Father must have run to the woods a different way. Even the hens took to the woods but they all came back at night after the fire had dulled down. Near night some of us went to see


us that winter and a pair of moccasins. It took quite a few to go over us.

It was the Spring of 1875 that mother took sick. The doctor was there with her for quite a few days. Stayed with her in the house and would take a walk up and down the road now and then but it was no use. She died July 111th. I see on the gravestone she died the 15th but what makes me think it was the 11th is that John was to take his girl (Lettie Annon) and some of us on a visit to Glassville on Monday the day after mother died and that was Orangeman Day the 12th. The day mother died was the most unhappy day I ever had.It came so sudden. You see it was childbirth and when the doctor tried to reliever her she shook hands with father and died.

It was either that year or the next 1876 that the saw mill was built. It got burned a few years after and built again. No wonder fathers money went like smoke. He had about 25 acres cleared by folks from Canaan and Johnsville and two barn frames hewed and put up that fall and John’s house frame hewed and put up that fall and he was married on Hogmanay night. New Years Eve 1875.

We kept chopping and junking and limbing all for nothing. John left after ten years of it and went to West Sullivan, Maine. He died there August 24, 1891. He asked


finds the all the attention focused on him and his fellow reporters a bit strange because "we are not heroes. We are people who rummage around in the dark and sometimes find something."

The new film "Spotlight" looks at the Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal that broke in Boston in early 2002. The story is seen through the eyes of The Boston Globe's Spotlight team — the reporters who uncovered the widespread abuse and how the Boston Archdiocese transferred priests involved from parish to parish.

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LeBron James was anointed as a transcendent, generational star while he was still in high school. He’s been the best player in basketball for most of the 13 years he’s been in the league—a four-time MVP, a 12-time All-Star, and already the 11th-leading scorer in NBA history by the age of 31. He’s the most physically gifted player of all time, faster and more skilled than anyone with his size and strength. And yet on Sunday night, a few minutes after he led the Cleveland Cavaliers to their first-ever title, James said, “I don’t know why the man above give me the hardest road.” The now three-time NBA champ spoke the truth.

Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals felt like a rock fight staged inside an enormous pothole.Steph Curry, the unanimous MVP, shot 6 for 19 from the field and finished with more turnovers than assists. His fellow Splash Brother Klay Thompson shot 6 for 17 from the floor and 2–10 from 3-point range. LeBron himself shot just 9 for 24 and led both teams with five turnovers. After he scored six straight points to put the Cavs up 89–87 with 4:52 to go, James missed four shots in a row, each of which would’ve given Cleveland back the lead. On the other end, the Warriors missed their last nine shot attempts. The only player on either team who made a field goal in the last 4:39 was Kyrie Irving, whose 3-pointer with 53 seconds left turned out to be the game-winner in Cleveland’s 93–89


up a triple-double in Game 7. With a little less than two minutes on the clock, he chased down Andre Iguodala and made the block of the century to keep the game tied.

A couple of minutes later, he nearly destroyed space and time with a game-clinching dunk over Draymond Green. That would’ve been fitting, for the best player in the world to seal one of the most significant victories in NBA history with one of the greatest dunks ever.

But Green fouled him, hard, sending James to the line. He flicked his jammed right wrist and made one out of two free throws, giving the Cavs the two-possession lead they wouldn’t relinquish. This was less spectacular but somehow more appropriate. LeBron soared over everyone, got knocked out of therésumé unimpeachable.

LeBron led the first-ever comeback from 3–1 down in the NBA Finals. He beat the greatest regular-season team ever. He came back to his home state of Ohio and won a championship for the most star-crossed sports city in the United States. That block on Iguodala isn’t the block that kept the game tied before Steph Curry went off and won his second title in a row. It’s the Block. If he wasn’t before, LeBron James is now, rightfully, a basketball legend.

It’s been a hard road for LeBron James. It was a hard road to get nicknamed “the Chosen One” as a high school junior, then get criticized even as he exceeded every unrealistic expectation. It was a hard road to get drafted by his home-state team,


G2 Esports have won DreamHack Open Tours after defeating HellRaisers 2-0 in the final (16-6 on Cache and 16-14 on Cobblestone).

The French team came out with guns blazing on Cache and stormed to a 9-1 lead on the Terrorist side as HellRaisers struggled to keep up with the home team's pace.

With a triple kill from Martin "STYKO" Styk, HellRaisers got their second round of the game, and they followed it up with one more, cutting the gap to six rounds. But G2's economic control was simply crushing, and they put together another string of rounds to close out the half with a 12-3 lead.

Patrik "Zero" Žúdel then gave HellRaisers a lifeline as he picked up three quick kills during an A retake to give his team the pistolround. The following two rounds also went HellRaisers' way, but G2 regained control of the game once their economy was rebuilt, winning four rounds in a row to secure a straightforward 16-6 victory.

G2 win first title with the new lineup

HellRaisers got off to a flying start on Cobblestone and won the first seven rounds as they gave G2 very little room to operate. After calling a timeout, G2 finally took a round, following a B push, with Alexandre "bodyy" Pianaro single-handedly winning the next one with a quad kill.

The European mixture then picked up a round, their eighth of the game, but G2 did not let the pressure get to them and continued taking rounds. In the 13th round, Vladyslav "bondik" Nechyporchuk put HellRaisers in a winning position,


but Richard "shox" Papillon pulled off a massive 1v3 clutch to give G2 their fifth round of the game, which would be their last of the half.

Now playing on the Terrorist side, HellRaisers drew first blood with an A push, but they could not capitalise on that as G2 rallied back on a force buy. That win sparked a massive run from the French team, who eventually took the lead for the first time on this map.

HellRaisers still tried to get back into the game in the final rounds, but they were consistently shut down by Kenny "kennyS" Schrub, who powered his team to a 16-14 victory.

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Photographs shared on social media showed water running off the park's towering sandstone rock formations like waterfalls. The world-renowned site, which was visited by Prince William and Kate Middleton during their 2014 tour of the country, is a Unesco World Heritage site and is sacred to the area's Aboriginal people.

Between 8pm and 9pm on Sunday 61.4mm of rain was recorded in the area, which the Bureau of Meteorology said had not happened for 50 years and took the December rainfall total to an unprecedented 373.4mm.

Northern Territory police said flash flooding had damaged properties and


displaced some of the 400 people living in Kintore, which is located about 520km west of Alice Springs near the Northern Territory and Western Australia border.

“There's a significant number of houses that have been affected by flooding in some capacity,” Acting Superintendent Pauline Vicary told the ABC.

She said 20 to 25 homes were flooded, fences on other properties were damaged, and cars were submerged and 96 people were taken to an emergency evacuation point at the local school — 85 are still sheltering there but others found accommodation with family and friends.

“Thankfully no one's been injured,” Ms Vicary said.

“It is a remote area and it's quite tricky, all the roads are impassable from the NT side into Kintore at the moment, and the WA access is also significantlyfollows:

.@SpeakerPelosi following meeting with President Trump: "It's cold out here and the temperature wasn't much warmer in the Situation Room."@SenSchumer: "The president just got up and walked out." pic.twitter.com/0px8qTlva1 — CSPAN (@cspan) January 9, 2019

The latest failed meeting between Trump and the Democratic leadership comes as dozens of unions are set to hold a rally in Washington, D.C. on Thursday to highlight the deep financial pain the president's "senseless and manufactured" shutdown has caused for hundreds of thousands of workers and demand that the government be reopened immediately.

In addition to the economic impact Trump's shutdown has had on federal employees, a Public Citizen report published Wednesday detailed how the lapse in federal funding has also seriously endangered crucial consumer, health, and safety protections.

"It's a crisis alright," declared Public


Ex-water district manager agrees to pay fine over accepting gifts

Arthur J. Aguilar was the top staff member for the Commerce-based Central Basin Municipal Water District

The former general manager of a major Los Angeles-area water district has agreed to pay a $30,000 fine for violating state rules on accepting gifts from an engineering company while also attempting to steer more than $6 million in contracts to the firm, the state's Fair Political Practices Commission announced Monday.

The agency accused Arthur J. Aguilar, who was the top staff member for the Commerce-based Central Basin Municipal Water District, of failing to report some of the gifts and of accepting gifts exceeding the state's $250 limit. Aguilar was the district's general manager during a period when it was a frequent target of accusationsof political impropriety.

In a decision published online, state officials accused Aguilar of failing to disclose 31 gifts totaling $3,495.03 in value he received from January 2009 through October 2012 from Pacifica Services Inc. The gifts included attendance at company winter party events as well as golf, food and drinks with Pacifica Vice President Michael Sisson and President Ernest Camacho.

The FPPC alleged Aguilar also violated conflict-of-interest rules by using or attempting to use his position to influence eight decisions by the water district to award Pacifica millions of dollars in contracts. The FPPC said that under state rules, Aguilar's acceptance of the gifts meant he had a financial interest in the company.

In a phone interview, Aguilar acknowledged he failed to report some of the gifts by mistake but said


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Matthew Freeman is struggling to move on with his life, six years after being convicted of having sex with a high school girlfriend who was one year below the legal age of consent.

Freeman, who is required to register as a sex offender, is facing a new criminal charge that accuses him of illegally living within 1,000 feet of a school.

His latest trouble started as Freeman was shooting hoops in his Pittsfield Township driveway Aug. 3.

According to a police report, a state trooper pulled up to Freeman's house across the street from Ann Arbor's Carpenter Elementary School, where children were on the playground at 7:30 p.m.

Freeman told the trooper Pittsfield Township police told him “it shouldn’t be a problem” to live near the school. He hadcharge, he admitted to having sex with his 15-year-old girlfriend, who was two years younger. In Michigan, the legal age of consent is 16.

Freeman violated his probation by going near his girlfriend and stealing some video games from a store, records show. As a result, he was sentenced to 90 days in jail in January 2004. The two are no longer dating.

Freeman will remain on the registry until Aug. 17, 2028, according to the registry’s Web site. Had he successfully completed his probation, he could have petitioned the court to be removed from the registry after 10 years and also wouldn't have been subject to the school safety zone violation.

His mother, Yolanda Freeman, moved the family - Matthew and his five younger siblings - to the four-bedroom house


in close proximity to the school, he’s in violation.”

A high school relationship

Freeman met his ex-girlfriend when they were freshmen at Huron High School. He was 16, and she was 14. They were introduced by a mutual friend and immediately hit it off, talking for hours that night on the phone, he said.

Freeman was focused on basketball and was looking for a steady girlfriend, a 2003 Pittsfield police report shows. Their relationship became more serious after a month, and he got her name tattooed on his arm.

Matthew Freeman was accused of state sex offender registry violations after a resident saw him playing basketball outside. Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com

The two began having sex in March 2003 - about five months after they started dating. Her mother, Evelyn Scott, said sheShop Aisle6ix

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May Dove Canady is a 28-year-old woman, who suffered from a troubled childhood due to her lazy eye. She has very little social interactions, her only "true friend" being a glass-encased doll named Suzie made by her mother and given to May for her birthday with the adage "If you can't find a friend, make one." May works at a veterinary hospital, assisting with surgeries. Her optometrist fixes May's lazy eye, first with glasses, then with contact lens. May becomes friends with Adam, a local mechanic. She has a fixation on his hands, which she considers to be the most attractive part of him, and they start dating. May's lesbian colleague, Polly, begins to flirt with May. One day, May remarks that Polly has a beautiful neck. Theybecome friends, and Polly gives her pet cat Lupe.

May invites Adam to her apartment and he shows her a film that he made for his university titled Jack and Jill. The film reveals a story of two young lovers, who go on a picnic, and end up eating each other. May becomes aroused by the cannibalism in the film. During an intense make-out session, she bites Adam on the lip, and it bleeds. Disturbed by her suspicious behavior, Adam abruptly leaves. May shouts at Suzie and shoves her in the cupboard. She begins volunteering at a school for blind children. She gives in to Polly's wishes and starts a short affair. Adam stops calling her and May overhears him say that he is glad he could get rid


of her. Heartbroken, she visits Polly, and finds her with another girl named Ambrosia. When even Lupe refuses to come near her, May becomes enraged and kills Lupe. She becomes delusional, and believes that Suzie is talking to her.

May takes Suzie to school and tells the blind children that Suzie is her best friend. The children struggle to take the doll out of the glass case, and the case shatters. May and the children are cut by the broken glass. Scooping up the ruined doll, May returns home devastated. The following day, she meets a punk boy named Blank. He asks her if she wants to get some candy with him, and she accepts. May does not admire him very much, but likes the tattoo on his arm.At her house, Blank finds the cat's corpse, and calls May a freak. In retaliation, May stabs Blank in the head.

On Halloween night, May dresses in a homemade costume resembling Suzie, and goes to Polly's house. She slits Polly's throat. When Ambrosia arrives, May admires her legs, and stabs Ambrosia. Next, she kills Adam and his new girlfriend, Hoop. At home, she designs her "new friend", Amy (an anagram of her own name), a life-sized patchwork doll made from Blank's arms, Polly's neck, Adam's hands, Ambrosia's legs, and Hoop's ears. She uses Lupe's fur for the hair. The head and torso are stuffed fabric stitched together. May realizes that Amy has no eyes, and cannot "see" her, so she gouges out her lazy eye, fatally injuring herself. Crying


in pain and bleeding, she puts her eye on Amy's head and begs the doll to look at her. She collapses dead on the bed beside the doll, and caresses it. Her creation comes to life, and brushes her face affectionately with Adam's hands.

The film received favorable reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 69% of 64 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 6.2 out of 10.[3] On Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 58 based on 18 reviews. [4]

Critics praised the film for its unique feel while also complimenting its brutality through the eyes of someone who is so caught up intheir own fantasy of sorts. Bettis' performance was also praised. Roger Ebert granted the film four stars out of four, and called it "a horror film and something more and deeper, something disturbing and oddly moving" and characterized the denouement as "a final shot that would get laughs in another kind of film, but May earns the right to it, and it works, and we understand it".[5]Variety magazine critic David Rooney turned in a review that was more middle of the road, stating that the film was "More successful when the title character finally embarks on her bloody mission than in the dawdling buildup".[6]The New York Times critic Stephen Holden opined that "the performances are a cut or two above what you would find in the average slasher


Moldova.

Ukraine, with a population of 45 million, would be the biggest prize. It was ruled by Moscow for centuries until 1991 and Russia still sees it as an integral part of its sphere of influence.

But EU ministers and MEPs have expressed concern about human rights in Ukraine, urging improvements to its electoral and legal systems, as well as the release of Tymoshenko.

She was jailed for seven years in 2011 for exceeding her powers when she agreed a gas deal with Russia. She is an arch-rival of Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych, Moscow's favourite who narrowly beat her in the 2010 presidential election.

Western values

The EU has been pursuing closer economic and social ties with ex-Soviet states for many years, in a so-called "Eastern Partnership".

The plan is to sign a far-reachingweek MEPs accused Moscow of trying to intimidate East European states.

The EU Trade Commissioner, Karel De Gucht, described Russia's actions as "inappropriate and discriminatory".

The EU's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, also raised concerns with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov last month.

"This behaviour is not in line with the principles that Russia had subscribed to," says her spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic. "Each country has a right to freely define and conduct its relations with other states in accordance with international law."

On Monday a Russian foreign ministry spokesman, Alexander Lukashevich, played down the tensions, saying "the purpose of our actions is not to apply pressure on these countries, but to protect our own market".

He stressed that "despite problems, there are many areas of co-operation" with the EU.

Energy supplies are a key


part of the equation.

The Russian state gas monopoly Gazprom provides about a quarter of the EU's natural gas.

Moscow has pointedly reminded East European countries of their heavy reliance on Russian gas.

In Moldova last month, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin reportedly said "energy supplies are important in the run-up to winter - I hope you won't freeze".

'Not geopolitical game'

The EU Competition Commissioner, Joaquin Almunia, is considering taking formal action against Gazprom for alleged market-rigging.

"We suspect that Gazprom has been hindering the free flow of gas across member states… and imposed unfair prices on its customers," he said recently, after a lengthy European investigation.

Under European anti-trust laws, Gazprom could be fined a proportion of its profits worth several billion dollars.

"This is straight out of the classic Russian toolkit formedical association that represents more than 3,500 physicians, including retired and practising doctors, medical students and residents.

A news release Monday from Doctors Nova Scotia said the association's board of directors reviewed the details of the tentative master agreement and master clinical/academic funding plan contracts, and recommended they be presented to physicians for ratification.

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washed up on shore. No other hazardous materials were reported in the containers.

US Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City crews, Coast Guard Auxiliary aircraft crews and aircraft crews contracted by the shipping company have conducted multiple overflights, locating nine containers on the surface. At the time, only two of the nine sighted containers remain floating.

The US Coast Guard has declared the floating containers as hazards to navigation. The owners of Maersk Shanghai contracted a salvage company to place tracking devices and lights on the containers. The US Coast Guard continues to issue Safety Marine Information Broadcasts to inform boaters of the positions of the known containers.

Maersk has also developed a plan to use side-scan sonar to locate the submerged containers to determine their risk to safe navigation andSan Diego hepatitis outbreak continues to grow: 481 cases On Now Homeless entrenched in booming tent city along Santa Ana River On Now San Diego mayor agreed to homeless hub, then delayed, advocates say On Now Homeless outreach in San Diego On Now Video: Street Art: Portraits of San Diego's Homeless #8 On Now In poverty himself, 'Water Man Dave,' is the fearless saint of San Diego's homeless 5:41 On Now Video: Homeless living in cars find safe havens 2:21 On Now Street Art: Portraits of San Diego's Homeless #7 On Now Pitching a tent plan for San Diego's homeless On Now Homeless efforts get $80M boost for various services

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But an article on salon.com reported the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga owners are involved in political efforts to stop the use of contraception, as well as marriage for same-sex couples, through its donations to the National Christian Charitable Foundation, which funnels millions of dollars into organizations such as the Alliance Defending Freedom which has defended many state bans on same-sex marriage.

LGBT legal activists seek two major concerns with a ruling in favor of the employers in these cases. One is that it could open the door for employers to seek exemptions from providing coverage for other health benefits, such as coverage for the same-sex spouses or partners of employees, reproductive services for lesbian couples, testing and treatment for men at risk of HIVIn testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions repeatedly came under heavy criticism from Democratic members. At issue was his statement, delivered under oath during his confirmation hearings, that neither he nor anyone else on the Trump campaign had contact with Russia during the course of the 2016 election. It was subsequently revealed that Sessions had multiple meetings with the Russian ambassador and knew about other contacts between campaign staff and Russians.

Perhaps the most effective questioning came from Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). His strategy was simple: use Sessions’ own words to make his point.

Jeffries started by establishing that Sessions claimed he “didn’t recall” the answer to various questions dozens of times during his appearances before Congress as attorney general. Jeffries then summarized Sessions’


chief of police a strong African-American who aggressively worked to reform the office, establish community-based policing, and work to create a new level of discipline. Opposition grew and lawsuits were filed against him. A young police officer, who had been the Chief’s driver, testified in a deposition in a federal lawsuit against the Chief. He stated that the chief of police had ordered him to ‘‘bug’’ the patrol cars of other police officers and that he had a secret tape recording giving him this illegal order to commit a crime. The deposition was released quickly to the newspapers. The city council, police department, and the people were in an uproar. Under careful questioning by an experienced FBI agent, the young officer admitted that he had lied in thePlotting the Way Up

When he was training in mid-1965 as pilot for
Gemini V, Conrad learned of a plan to fly Gemini around the Moon in a
mission called LEO for Large Earth Orbit. The concept, in one form or another,
had recurred sporadically (only to be scotched) ever since Gemini's first year.
But LEO raised interest all the way from MSC to Congress. NASA's top leaders,
James Webb and Robert Seamans, did not agree, contending that Apollo did not
need a competitor. If Congress wanted to appropriate additional funds, Webb
said, it would be better to spend them on the program that was designed to go to
the Moon. Another idea that flourished briefly during 1965 was a possible
rendezvous with a Pegasus satellite that was first considered for Gemini
VI, then for Gemini VIII. When extravehicular


activity (EVA) was
canceled on Gemini V,VI, and VII, the planners realized
that experience would be too limited and risks too great to have an astronaut
approach a satellite in space. GPO decided in January 1966 that there would be
no rendezvous with a Pegasus.

Conrad was much taken with the notion of a Gemini trip around the Moon.5
Even after Webb dismissed the scheme, he still wanted to take Gemini as far as
it would go. When he was named as command pilot, he recalled, "it didn't look
like . . . [a high altitude] flight was ever going to get done on Gemini."
Conrad saw a heaven-sent opportunity to resurrect the idea when he calculated
that he could save some of the Agena's fuel to power a high ride.

He began a small crusade to convince NASAtrip to Washington to argue against
the threat. After Anders got friends at Goddard Space Flight Center to look into
the radiation belt hazards and to devise ways of avoiding them, the high apogee
excursion soon became part of Gemini XI.6

Another unique objective for XI, direct (first orbit) rendezvous, had been
suggested before Gemini flights began. Proposed by Richard R. Carley of GPO, the
idea had been put aside when interest had focused on a concentric, fourth-orbit
plan. Carley's proposal revived when the Apollo office insisted on a closer
simulation of lunar orbit rendezvous. With some signs of reluctance, GPO asked
McDonnell to study the maneuver. The first meeting to phrase plans and ground
rules for the study revealed some foot-dragging; its results included a curious
stipulation: "There should be no artificial restrictions in the plan to make


On 11 August, NASA announced that the flight would be launched on or
about 9 September, only two days after the target date set more than three
months earlier.21

The countdown-to-launch began on schedule on 9 September 1966, but it did not
finish that way. After the booster was fueled, the launch crew detected a
pinhole leak in the first stage oxidizer tank, which had to be fixed.
Technicians used a sodium silicate solution and an aluminum patch to plug the
leak; and Mission Director Schneider reset the launch for 10 September.

Trouble for the second scheduled send-off cropped up in a different area and
much later in the countdown. Conrad and Gordon had completed the required
rituals and headed toward pad 19 and their spacecraft when they heard that the
Atlas, only 1,800 meters away, was having aThe Knoxville Police Department made six arrests July 21 as part of a prostitution sting.

KPD conducted the sting in the Beaumont and Lonsdale communities in response to neighborhood complaints.

Six women were arrested: Yvette Smith for prostitution, possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to appear on a theft charge; Marthina Tylor for prostitution and possession of drug paraphernalia; Nyole Coffey and Lisa Graham for prostitution; Kimberly Robinson for prostitution and possession of drug paraphernalia; and Robin Walker for prostitution and failure to appear on an obstruction of highway.

Six men were also cited with misdemeanors for patronizing prostitution: Tharcisse Nkurunziza, Juan Escuan and Raymond Persaud, all of Knoxville; Edgar Estuardo of Maryville; Fredrick Kaserman of Lenoir City; and Barry Clark of Athens.


Q:

Dystopian sci-fi book about a designer drug that takes the world by storm and gives people weird visions

I'm looking for the title of a science fiction slash dystopian book I saw in a bookstore in South Africa within the last three years (2010-2013). It was a new release at the time, and possibly the debut novel by its author.
The cover was pink and grey. The blurb described a situation very similar to that of Nine Inch Nails's Year Zero concept album: surveillance state, new designer drug taking the world by storm, people across the globe having weird, possibly religious visions (possibly including hearing the Voice of God).
I looked up the author at the time. There was very little info on him, but I did find his LinkedIn page,which stated that his previous writing work was predominantly in video games (not extremely popular ones though). Pretty sure the author was English, though I suppose he could be American. I think his first name is some variation on Christopher.
Here's the bulleted list:

It's at most the author's second novel.
It was first published after 2008.
The author had a fairly normal English name.
The author is most likely American, Canadian, or English.
The author has worked on some published video games.

A:

Could it be Nexus by Ramez Naam? Came out in 2012, the author's Amazon page shows that this is his first novel (though he has written nonfiction before) and that he has worked as a computer scientist (though not a game designer). The plot description here involves both a new kind of


The son of boxing legend Muhammad Ali was detained by immigration staff at a Florida airport, who repeatedly asked him "Are you Muslim?", a lawyer has said.

Chris Mancini told the Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky, that the incident happened as Muhammad Ali, 44, and his mother Khalilah Camacho-Ali, the second wife of the late Ali, were arriving at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on February 7 from Jamaica.

Mr Mancini says officials questioned Mr Ali for nearly two hours, repeatedly asking him, "Where did you get your name from?" and "Are you Muslim?"

The officials continued questioning Mr Ali after acknowledging that he was Muslim, Mr Mancini said.

Mr Ali was born in Philadelphia and holds a US passport.the lower right-hand corner of the card.

Another new safety feature is that, unlike credit cards or bank cards, the redesigned licences will make a "tin-like" sound when dropped on a hard surface.

In addition, the new cards feature:

three transparent windows, one of which will be in the shape of the province and contain a second, smaller photo of the cardholder. Two other clear windows will be in the shape of maple leaves.

a gradual "rainbow" transition of colour from one part of the card to the other.

"ghost" date of birth, where the security background is visible through the letters.

raised text on the driver's licence number, the date birth, expiry and signature.

"The new security measures in the Alberta driver's licences and identification cards will help ensure the safety and security of


Sawant, who is running for re-election for a council seat in District 3, still carries the support of 12 major unions, more than any other candidate in her race, including SEIU Healthcare 1199 NW, SEIU Local 6 and UNITE Here Local 8.

But the broad union backing she once enjoyed has fallen away some. In addition to the reversal of the labor council — the central labor coalition in King County — three chapters of the Teamsters, SEIU 775 and Ironworkers 86 all independently endorsed DeWolf, a member of the Seattle School Board. That's also a change from 2015, when all three groups endorsed Sawant.

DeWolf gained 74 percent of the labor council's support, easily surpassing the two-thirds necessary to win an endorsement.

"It was hers to lose," said Nicole Grant,executive treasurer-secretary of the labor council, following the Wednesday night meeting. "She had it all. She had perfect labor support in 2015. That her endorsement failed and that another candidate with great credentials was endorsed by the labor movement tonight shows that she hasn’t cared for this movement like it needed to be cared for."

In a Thursday morning statement, Sawant pushed back on DeWolf's endorsement. "It's unfortunate that, intentionally or not, a section of labor leaders have made a decision that will effectively further embolden Amazon and the Chamber of Commerce, rather than stand with the interests of working people," she said.

It’s hard to quantify what the endorsements may mean for the race. But even in the era of social media and direct appeals to voters, candidates still


EXCLUSIVE: Aubrey Plaza will star in the Netflix movie Hope, directed by New Zealand duo Jackie van Beek and Madeleine Sami.

Hope, whose plotline is under wraps, marks the second feature to be directed by van Beek and Sami following their female-driven comedy The Breaker Upperers, which they also co-wrote and starred in. That pic, which was produced by Taika Waititi’s company Piki Films, premiered on Netflix in February. The Breaker Upperers made its world premiere at SXSW in March 2018.

Writing Hope is comedy screenwriting duo Karen McCullah & Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith, who were behind such comedies as Legally Blonde, 10 Things I Hate About You, The House Bunny, The Ugly Truth and She’s the Man. They will serve as EPs with Adam Wagner. Smith and McCullah are writingsagittal sinus, following which we performed TFCA. TFCA confirmed the communication of venous malformations with extracranial venous malformations and superior sagittal sinus.

First, we performed sclerotherapy to treat venous malformations in the periorbital region. We selected a noninvasive procedure to avoid damaging the vital adjacent structures. Considering the patient's age, a radiologist performed ultrasonography-guided needling, and an anesthesiologist performed sclerotherapy using bleomycin under general anesthesia. Bleomycin is reportedly a safe drug in sclerotherapy, with short-term effects, a good degree of patient satisfaction, and no long-term side effects \[[@b10-acfs-2019-00521],[@b11-acfs-2019-00521]\]. There was a notable improvement in the lesion following sclerotherapy, and had significantly reduced in size on the follow-up imaging outcomes. We surgically removed the lesion on the scalp in a procedure performed by plastic surgeons and neurosurgeons. Some reports suggest


top, to Governor Andrew Cuomo. The governor can never claim that he never knew about the level of sex crimes or the level of criminal cover-ups occurring within his agencies because he and his top staff are directly involved and have been warned to stop the cover-ups for many years.

Who in their right mind would operate a system and culture of rampant sexual abuse and protect sexual predators, convicted sex offenders, pedophiles and rapists, instead of protecting extremely vulnerable women and children with disabilities? Why would Governor Cuomo also allow convicted sex offenders to be moved from prisons into group homes to live with people with developmental disabilities? The top person in control is Governor Andrew Cuomo and all the mental health agencies are directly under his authority.for image formation repeatedly.
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being transferred to the recording material P, at every predetermined number of prints.
However, even with such forced toner consumption by the solid image printing at every predetermined number of prints, the toner of inferior developing property may still not be transferred onto the photosensitive drum 10 but remain on the developing roller 10 in the developing step, so that the toner of inferior developing property cannot be sufficiently transferred to the photosensitive drum 10 thereby resulting in an increase of fogging in a latter part of the service life of the developing apparatus or a white-spots-image in a halftone patterned image.
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By Library and Archives Canada | Monday, 29 March 2004

Newfoundland, a separate British colony, was allowed to issue its own coinage beginning in 1865. The lowest denomination issued was the one cent, which was one inch in diameter and made of bronze. The design of this coin was the subject of some discussion between colonial and home office authorities. One suggestion for the reverse design was the Newfoundland dog; however, the final decision was in favour of a more traditional motif, a crown surrounded by a wreath. The wreath consists of oak leaves and the pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea, an insect-eating plant native to the island.

The use of the pitcher plant was analogous to Nova Scotia's use of the mayflower in the wreath on its


cent and half cent. The Royal Mint in London, which struck most colonial coinage, had experienced difficulties in obtaining perfect lettering on the Nova Scotia and New Brunswick cent and half-cent pieces produced from 1861 to 1864; the fine portions of the dies tended to clog, causing defective letters on the finished coins. This doubtless led to the use of the bolder block lettering in the legends on the Newfoundland cent. The Newfoundland large cent, with essentially the same reverse design, spanned the reigns of three monarchs and was finally replaced by a smaller-size cent in 1938. The coin illustrated is part of the Bank's National Currency Collection. Photography by J.A. Haxby and C. Bray, Bank of Canada.Second Clip From Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes Has Caesar Leading A Revolution

Last night an extended clip from Rise of the Planet of the Apes was released online and basically sold me on the film. While I had only been minimally interested by the trailers, the emotional element finally came out in the four minute scene and it finally gave audiences a look at the full range of feelings that can be expressed by Caesar, the entirely-CGI chimpanzee played by Andy Serkis. While it isn't explicitly stated what happens following the clip (in which Caesar viciously beats a man that was yelling at one of his owners), we can assume that the incident led to Caesar being taken away from his family. Obviously this didn't make


The appellant and McWhorter duly filed their answers to the petition.
The case came on for trial before the Honorable John Grimball, presiding judge, and a jury, at the 1968 October Term of the Court of Common Pleas for Pickens County. At appropriate stages of the trial, the appellant made timely motions for a nonsuit and a directed verdict in its favor and such were refused. The trial judge dismissed the appellant as a party to the action, holding that the mortgage of the Pickens Savings & Loan Association was a first lien upon the real estate of McWhorter and that any Mechanic's Lien of the respondent was subject and junior to said mortgage.
It appears that on February 2, 1967, the respondent and Hoyt McWhorter entered into a writtenIntroduction {#sec1_1}
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As the pace of advance in biomedical science continues to quicken, it is increasingly important for scientists to engage directly with the public, and indeed many funding bodies are beginning to require their funded researchers to participate in public engagement activities.

In the UK, the concept of engaging the public with science was largely initiated by the publication of 'Science and Society' by the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology in 2000. This publication changed the science communication landscape from one in which the public were viewed as deficient in knowledge and understanding of science, to one in which scientists and members of the community were to be regarded as on equal terms in a dialogue and two-way exchange of knowledge and ideas. The support


for public engagement programmes, or science in society, in the UK continues to grow and be recognised, and has acted as a model for many other countries in Europe because of the involvement of such institutions as the British Science Association (*[www.britishscienceassociation.org](http://www.britishscienceassociation.org)*) which was founded in 1831 and is a charity which 'exists to advance the public understanding, accessibility and accountability of the sciences and engineering in the UK', and the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (*[www.publicengagement.ac.uk](http://www.publicengagement.ac.uk)*). Both these web sites contain extensive practical 'how to' resources and background and history to the development of science in society in the UK. Successful communication of science can take many forms, depending on situation and interest group, and detailed discussions of engagement activities and outcomes from academic, commercial anda sensational headline, and also gives members of the public access to scientists who, to all intents and purposes, they are commissioning to perform research on their behalf. Many scientists shy away from this sort of interaction, and public engagement in areas of scientific controversy can also be seen as threatening.

To address some of these issues, this case study describes a public engagement event initiated and presented by scientists from the EU-funded NeuroFAST project as part of the British Science Festival held in Aberdeen, Scotland, in September 2012. The members of this EU project have recently published a special issue titled 'Food Addiction: Fact or Fiction -- the NeuroFAST Project' in O[BESITY]{.smallcaps} F[ACTS]{.smallcaps}\[[@B3]\]. The event addressed the controversial and high profile area of 'food addiction', a topic that


for discussions and interactive workshops. Excellent resources and explanations of these engagement models can be found on the web sites of the British Science Association (*[www.britishscienceassociation.org](http://www.britishscienceassociation.org)/science-society/useful-links-and-further-reading*) and the National Co-Ordinating Centre (*[www.publicengagement.ac.uk](http://www.publicengagement.ac.uk)/*).

The British Science Festival is held every year in a different city in the UK. The Festival is organised by the British Science Association, and is one of Europe\'s largest celebrations of science, engineering and technology. Over 250 events, activities, exhibitions and trips take place during the week-long programme. In September 2012, the Festival was hosted by the University of Aberdeen, giving the Aberdeen partners in the NeuroFAST project an excellent opportunity to propose an event to discuss the food addiction theme. From the outset, the ambition of the Aberdeen partners was to host an interactive workshopproviding the opportunity for genuine dialogue, rather than a more formal lecture format. The 2-hour interactive workshop entitled 'Food Addiction: Fact or Fiction?' was accepted into the festival programme under the general heading of 'Talks and Debates', as a joint initiative between project partners from the University of Aberdeen Rowett Institute and the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. The event was described in the programme as follows: 'There are many complex factors which lead to people being overweight or obese, but the basic question is "why do some people eat too much?" Are they addicted to food? Join our international panel of psychiatrists and scientists to explore whether eating food can be so rewarding that it leads to a state of addiction similar to that seen with alcohol and


How can Greece credibly ask for help from the global community on the issue of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, when the politicians themselves maintain a neutral attitude on the virtually identical issue of the Jerusalem's Temple Mount?

The Greek media chose not to inform the Greek people on the attitude of their politicians towards the Jewish nation because it would expose their preference for Islam over Israel, and the Greek people might not see this choice in a positive light.

With the rate of admission of Muslims into Greece, by 2050 the Greeks will be a minority in their own country.

No one would be surprised if UNESCO, to institutionalize the Islamic presence in the international community, claims that Greeks have nothing to do with the Acropolis and the Parthenon, andfirst they must bring down the State of Israel. This resembles the suggestion in ancient Greece of the exiled Greek general, Demaratos, to the king of Persia, Xerxes: If you want Greece to fall, first you have to destroy the Spartans.

If Jerusalem falls into the hands of Islam, the rest of the world will presumably fall. UNESCO's decision is not only nonsensical from a historical perspective (Islam did not even exist at the time of ancient Jerusalem), basically it is also a strategic move against the cultural foundations of the West.

As the UN does not recognize the historical presence and continuity of the Jewish people in their land, the next people on the menu in UNESCO's food chain are most likely the Greeks and then the Italians. Turkish


however, virtually all members of the Greek establishment submissively closed their eyes to the UN's rapacious injustice against the Jewish people, because this time it was not against them: they chose to abstain during the UNESCO vote. The Greek government, Alexis Tsipras and Panos Kammenos with the cooperation of the opposition of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, chose not to honor the strategic relationship that they otherwise claim our country has developed with the State of Israel. They insulted not only the Jewish people and the friendly feelings Greeks have for our neighbors in the Mediterranean, but the entire heritage of the West, which is seriously threatened.

The Greek media and 99% of news websites chose not to inform the Greek people about the attitude of their politicians towards the Jewish nationhonor the Greek nation's history, its values and its constancy toward its friends and allies. It is a system which has no political mandate from the Greek people. The political system's domestic and foreign actions do not have the approval of the Greeks.

In the polls that are not rigged, the entire establishment enjoys the approval of less than 50% of the electorate. Greeks have to choose between a government coalition that refers ideologically and politically the repressive wing of the U.S. Democratic Party, and the opposition, which refers ideologically and politically to German Chancellor Merkel and her party, the Christian Democrats Union (CDU).

Sadly, there are no alternative choices for the Greek electorate. It is a rigged system with corrupt politicians, a dishonest media and a manipulated judiciary.

The Greek


political system is killing its own citizens. Greek politicians, by submitting to EU's economic "rescue" programs, have brought incredible poverty to the people; meanwhile, the country is being colonized and Islamized by illegal Muslim immigrants.

The "Persians" are here in the form of the OIC, the UN and a political system that seems weighted toward the politicians keeping their jobs instead of to the needs of their citizens. The Greek people and other Europeans people are looking for the political means to fight them back at the Thermopylae of the 21st century.you can count.
It was also amazingly versatile: Scott Summers built his reputation by
winning nine AMA National championships contested in the woods (four in Hare
Scrambles and five in Grand National Cross Country) on XR600s. Summers also
won three gold medals in the International Six Days Enduro-the Olympics of
motorcycling-racing against the best enduro racers from every nation on
their ground.

Through the years, the XR600R was campaigned in motocross and dirt- track
races as well, yet throughout its design evolution it never moved far from
its original concept. A single 40mm carb replaced the twin mixers, stainless
steel headpipes increased durability, an automatic decompression system made
starting the bike easy, 43mm CR-style cartridge fork and revalved shock
improved suspension response, while an optional Power-Up Kit increased power
by 25 percent through a larger piston and a few other changes.


The XR600R
also received a rear disc brake to complement the front disc it used from
the start.

Most significant, the XR600R provided a springboard for the incredible
XR650R introduced in 2000. Like the XR500R before it, the XR600R laid the
foundation for an evolutionary leap forward, and inspired innovations in the
XR650R, such as an aluminum chassis and liquid-cooled engine. In only its
first year, the XR650R posted overall wins in the Baja 1000, Baja 500 and
the grueling Nevada 2000.

The XR650R is an amazing machine, but no matter how many records the new
XR650R breaks, the XR600R's incredible 15-year off-road reign will never be
forgotten.UVic research engineer Alison Proctor kneels beside a Bluefin-12 AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle) that will be used in the Arctic this summer to help locate the lost ships from the Sir John Franklin expedition in 1845.

A great Canadian mystery could be solved next month, as the University of Victoria joins Parks Canada’s search for the lost ships of Sir John Franklin in the Northwest Passage.

In 1845, 129 men set sail on the HMS Terror and HMS Erebus to explore the Northwest Passage and find a safe route from Europe to the Orient. The Franklin expedition was meant to last three years but after just 18 months, the vessels disappeared.

On Aug. 9, a three-person engineering and operating team from UVic’s Ocean Technology Lab, along with their autonomous underwater vehicle,


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Vicente Fox, the man who ended Mexico's political dynasty and now will be the nation's president, admits he is two people. One is the rugged Marlboro man with cowboy boots, populist swagger and sharp tongue, a man of the people who Sunday proved himself a candidate capable of transforming a yearning for change in Mexico into a stunning election victory. The other is the deft political negotiator and former Coca-Cola sales executive, a quiet, educated man in a suit who knows the corridors of power and how to deal to get what he wants (this paragraph as published has been corrected in this text)

Vicente Fox, a charismatic rancher and political outsider, decisively dethroned Mexico's ruling political dynasty Sunday, besting rival Francisco"He will exchange gifts with Daley," said Cesar Romero, the press attache of the Consulate General of Mexico.

As part of a three-day Midwestern visit, Mexican President Vicente Fox will speak to students, parents and other community members at a Cicero school Thursday morning. Cicero Town President Ramiro Gonzalez confirmed Fox's planned visit to Unity Junior High at the Town Board meeting Tuesday. He estimated about 4,000 people will attend. "We're making more history here in Cicero," said Gonzalez, who was born in Mexico and has strong ties with his native country. "We're very honored that he picked Cicero to be the stage to address the United States and the residents of Mexico in the United States."

"Where are the clean hands?" Felipe Calderon shouted, cueing hundreds of supporters to