speak."

Howard Krongard, 67, was known as "Cookie" while a student at City College and later at Princeton. An international lawyer, he was appointed, with no previous government experience, as the State Department's top investigator in 2005. His brother served from 1998 until 2004 as counsel and executive director of the CIA under George Tenet, the previous director. In the 1950s, he was a championship lacrosse player at City College and Princeton.

Howard Krongard returned from a break in the hearing yesterday, saying he had contacted his brother, who confirmed his relationship with Blackwater. He said he would immediately recuse himself from all Blackwater investigations.

Reached yesterday evening at his home in Lutherville, the elder Krongard, 71, confirmed that he attended his first meeting of the Blackwater board of advisers Mondaynight and Tuesday. He denied any conflict of interest between his position on the board and his brother's service as State Department inspector general. "Why would there be a conflict?" he said. "My brother operates independently of me, as I do of him.

"Maybe there is an appearance of a conflict of interest," he said.

The House committee opened an investigation of Krongard's tenure at the State Department this fall, including allegations that he blocked Justice Department investigations into waste and fraud in connection with the construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, and that he refused to work with the department on a probe of Blackwater for alleged arms smuggling, according to a report issued yesterday by the committee's majority staff.

"Billions of dollars are at stake" in this


overwhelming majority were paid for by Medicaid benefits.

"A multitude of Russian diplomats and their spouses ran a scam on the health care system designed to help Americans in need," Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said at a news conference.

The defendants allegedly obtained letters from officials at the Russian U.N. Mission as well as from the Russian Federation in New York and the Russian Federation in the USA to prove their false incomes, according to the complaint.

"Being a diplomat does not give you the right to commit health care fraud," George Venizelos, assistant director in charge of the New York FBI office, said at a news conference.

"Some Russian officials based in New York allowed their employees to defraud the American taxpayer and takeadvantage of a health care program not designed for them," he added. "Each diplomat listed in the complaint submitted an employer verification form from the Russian government misstating their income in an effort to qualify for benefits."

While the defendants were claiming false incomes, they also spent thousands of dollars on luxury items and vacations, the complaint said. They chartered helicopters, rented limousines and purchased jewelry from Tiffany & Co., Bharara said.

He added, "The scam exploited the weakness in the Medicaid system and the charges exposed shameful and systemic corruption among the Russian diplomats in New York."

Authorities said 11 of the 49 defendants still reside in New York but have not been arrested because they have diplomatic immunity. Diplomats cannot be arrested unless immunity is waived from the dissenting


country, Bharara said.

The most high-profile figure in the case is Andrey Demin, the current counselor at the Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations. The complaint said he allegedly received $22,200 in Medicaid benefits from 2006 to 2008.

CNN's calls to Demin seeking comment were not returned. The Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations declined to comment.

According to Bharara, employers are responsible for the diplomat's health care payments.

The defendants have been charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, conspiracy to steal government funds and making false statements relating to health care matters, according to the criminal complaint.

"Diplomacy should be about extending hands, not picking pockets in the host country," Bharara said.National rotavirus vaccination programme implementation and gastroenteritis presentations: the paediatric emergency medicine perspective.
Throughout the developed world, the introduction of rotavirus vaccination has led to reductions in the incidence and severity of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in young children and consequently to reductions in paediatric emergency department (PED) attendances with AGE. Rotavirus vaccination was added to the Irish National Immunisation Schedule in November 2016. To assess the impact of vaccine introduction on citywide PED attendances and hospital admissions with all-cause AGE during rotavirus season. In an observational study, a retrospective search was performed of electronic records in three independent PEDs in Dublin. Weekly presentations and admissions with AGE in the first 30 weeks (gastroenteritis season) of the years 2012-2018 were counted and stratified by age. Median weekly presentations in 2017-2018,


other parts of the body is brown, sometimes streaked or speckled with a little red or orange (2). Male bog turtles differ in appearance from females by their longer, thicker tails and their concave plastron, while females have a wider and more domed shell (2).

The bog turtle occurs only in the United States, where it has a discontinuous distribution in twelve eastern states (5). A northern population occurs from western Massachusetts, Connecticut, and eastern New York southward through eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey to northern Delaware and Maryland, while a southern population is found from southwestern Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and South Carolina to northern Georgia (2) (5). Isolated populations have also been reported from western Pennsylvania and in northwestern New York (5).

As its name suggests, the bogparts comprise the vegetarian part of its diet (2).

Mating takes place from March until June, and begins with a male searching out a female, identifying her sex by using sight and smell. Whilst circling the female, the male probes her tail and cloacal area with his nose, and may bite at her head and neck. The female may move away, resulting in a chase, with the male biting at her legs and head to stop her. Finally, the male will mount the female, accompanied by more bites to the head and neck, and mating lasts for 5 to 20 minutes (2).

The bog turtle lays eggs in June and July (2), usually in the late afternoon or early evening (5). The single clutch of one to six white eggs


• Fargo marked a welcome return to the stark landscapes and endless highways that characterized Blood Simple and Raising Arizona, with the arid scrub of the southwest replaced by flat, polar vistas. (The movie was filmed during the second-warmest Minnesota winter then on record, requiring some outdoor shoots to be moved north for adequate snow cover.) Though Hudsucker had been the Coens’ “biggest” movie by far, it was also their most enclosed. Despite its much smaller budget of around $7 million, Fargo in many ways feels like a larger film, one that eschewed the soundstage for a wider world.

• The city of Fargo itself appears only in the opening sequence of the movie, in which Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) enlists the services of two seamy hoods (SteveI just read the Argus and apparently, Gary Payton would like to come to the Warriors. "Agent indicates playing for Warriors is an option unsigned point guard could consider for this season."

Oakland native Gary Payton, unsigned for 2007-08 after playing last season with the Miami Heat, will make a decision about his future within the next week, his agent said Friday. And one option he might consider would be to try to play an 18th and final NBA season with the hometown Golden State Warriors.

Aaron Goodwin said Payton is training to stay in shape, but he has not settled on which direction to take his career.

"He's deciding if he's going to take another crack at playing one more season, or maybe go to Seattle and work in some


sort of management position, or go into TV color commentary," Goodwin said.

Payton, who turned 39 this summer, was not available for comment.

Goodwin said there have been no talks yet with potential teams, including the Warriors.

"He definitely has thoughts of going backfrom Sports 1

and giving it one more shot in Miami," Goodwin said. "If that didn't work, he'd like to play for a West Coast team, the Warriors being one of them. It'd be great to retire in Oakland."

The Warriors currently have no roster room, with the maximum 15 players signed to guaranteed contracts headed into training camp next month.

Payton, a nine-time NBA All-Star point guard and one of the league's greatest defensive players during his prime, grew up in Oakland and starred at Skyline High.

Payton played the pasttwo seasons with the Heat, winning his first NBA championship in 2006. But his playing time dwindled

last season, when he averaged just 5.3 points and 3.0 assists, both career-low numbers. "He just doesn't feel like he went out the way he'd like to," Goodwin said.

Chris Mullin, the Warriors' executive vice president for basketball operations, would not address the possibility that Payton could wind up back in Oakland, but said through a team spokesman, "I've always been a big admirer of Gary Payton. He's certainly been one of the premier point guards in the NBA for many years and in my mind is a sure-fire Hall of Famer."

If Payton opts against playing again, he likely will explore either returning to the Seattle SuperSonics in some sort of management role


or doing TV work.

Payton played the first 121/2 seasons of his career in Seattle and is the franchise's career scoring leader. "He could help out younger players and he'd be great for the community," Goodwin suggested.

Known for his "trash-talking" on the floor, Payton has TV experience as a regular guest on FSN's "Best Damn Sports Show Period."

Payton finished last season as the No.26 all-time scorer in NBA history with 21,813 points. Only Oscar Robertson has scored more points among point guards.

Nicknamed "The Glove," Payton is No.3 all-time in career steals (2,445) and No.6 in assists (8,966) and is the only player in NBA history with at least 20,000 points, 8,000 assists and 2,000 steals.

Would you want to see Payton on the Warriors? I would because he brings apose a threat to the country's economic security during the next recession.

In light of the big spending and easier tax burden, the Congressional Budget Office – Capitol Hill's nonpartisan financial scorekeeper – in April projected that debt could equal GDP within a decade if Congress extends the tax cuts, a level not seen since World War II.

Legislators passed a package of corporate and individual tax cuts in December, a two-year budget deal in February and a massive spending bill in March that boosted government expenditures on both domestic and military programs.

Economic growth should jump above 3 percent in 2018 thanks to the stimuli, the CBO said, but the acceleration will likely prove brief, and debt held by the public will soar to $28.7 trillion by the end of


songs before the end of the year.

Nationaal Songfestival 2011
The final was held on 30 January 2011. 3JS performed all five songs where the public (50%) and a professional jury (50%) selected the final song they would take to Germany. The jury that voted included René Froger (part of De Toppers, the Dutch representatives in 2009), Eric van Tijn, Daniël Dekker, Annemieke Schollaardt and Hind Laroussi (Dutch representative in 2008).

At Eurovision
Netherlands competed in the first half of the second semi-final of the contest, on 12 May.  They failed to qualify and ended last in the second semi-final, marking the worst placing since the introduction of the semi-finals and the first last place since 1968.

Split results
 In the Semi-final 2 Netherlands came 19th with 13 points: the publicWell " Galactic open star cluster.

Ellen DeGeneres Had an Incredibly Star-Studded Birthday Party
DeGeneres also recently had the honor of hosting Michelle Obama's first interview since leaving the White House previous year . KIM Kardashian and Kanye West partied with their BFFs Chrissy Teigen and John Legend at Ellen DeGeneres' 60th birthday bash.

USA consumer prices in surprise January rise
In fact, if the softening expected in 2H-FY19 does not materialise, the risk would be that of a rate hike somewhere down the line. Prices of new motor vehicles slipped last month and the costs of recreation, communication and alcohol were unchanged.

McGirt returns to Riviera for Genesis Open
It's the definition of an exciting risk-reward hole: anything from eagle to double bogey is in play here. Live coverage begins on Thursday from


Frederick Douglass, Fighter for Freedom is a 19-minute documentary on the life and times of Frederick Douglass. Historic photos and documdrama segments cover the live of this great orator, emancipator and statesman. The story is told by a young narrator.

Produced and Directed by William Greaves
Written by Lou Potter and William GreavesBill Belichick, Houston Texans head coach Bill O’Brien, and former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy seem to use more than most. In the last five seasons, Belichick has iced kickers six times and employed the strategy of calling his timeout before they get set up on three of those occasions, and twice he was successful. O’Brien has iced kickers five times, calling his timeout before the setup three times with success on two of them as well. McCarthy iced kickers six times, calling his timeout before the setup on four occasions, and again being successful two of those times.

Overall, former Cinncinati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis leads the way with icing kickers 12 times (3 successful), twice as much as the next coach. Former Indianapolis Colts


head coach Chuck Pagano has the best success rate of all coaches with more than two icings at 67 percent (4 out of 6). Pagano liked to employ the strategy of calling his timeout at the last second, which he did four times and was successful on two of those attempts. Just 15 of the 45 coaches that have attempted to ice a kicker in the past five years have a success rate of 50 percent or better. New New York Jets head coach Adam Gase has been 0 for 6 in his attempts to ice kickers.

In terms of kickers, being iced has a bigger effect on some than it does others. When I asked Carolina Panthers kicker Graham Gano to answer some questions on this topic, heduring his career, is an 80.0 percent career kicker and has converted on all five of his attempts when being iced. Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski, known for being one of the better kickers in the league, is also perfect at 4-for-4 when being iced. Current Tamp Bay Buccaneers and former Los Angeles Rams, Chicago Bears, and Kansas City Chiefs kicker Cairo Santos has the worst percentage among kickers with at least one make when iced at 40 percent (2 out of 5).

To Take a Practice Kick or Not to Take a Practice Kick

My hypothesis and reasoning to start this research was to find out if kickers who take a practice kick when being iced tend to miss their actual kick more often than not. In just casually watching


Baltimore Ravens superhuman kicker Justin Tucker is unaffected by this trend. He seems to go out of his way to take a practice kick when the ball is snapped and is 4 for 5 when taking a practice kick with his only miss coming from 65 yards. I guess it makes sense that the outlier, in this case, happens to be one of the best kickers of all time.

Icing in College Football

When comparing icing in the NFL to the college game, the overall numbers differ slightly. In looking at the 2018 season in which at least one FBS team was a part of the game, the overall field goal percentage was 71.5 percent. Even when looking at just the clutch situations (final 3:00 of the second/fourth quarter andAccording to Ben Goessling of the Minnesota Star Tribune, the San Francisco 49ers are making a "late push" to keep Joe Woods from joining the Browns' staff.

Earlier this week, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported that San Francisco 49ers defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator Joe Woods was "on track" to accept the Cleveland Browns' defensive coordinator position.

But even as their appearance in Super Bowl LIV approaches, it doesn't appear the 49ers will be willing to give up Woods without a fight.

According to Ben Goessling of The Minnesota Star Tribune, San Francisco is expected to make a "late push" to keep Woods from accepting the open Browns job. Woods worked alongside new Cleveland head coach Kevin Stefanski from 2006-2013 on the Minnesota Vikings before leaving for a one-season stint


with the Oakland Raiders and a four-year run with the Denver Broncos.

This past season, Woods worked under 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh, who the Browns interviewed for their head coaching position earlier this month. In 2019, San Francisco laid claim to the top passing defense in the NFL, surrendering just 173.8 yards per game and 5.3 yards per pass attempt.

While preventing Woods from taking Cleveland's defensive coordinator position would seem like a tough sell for the 49ers, Saleh's rise as a head coaching candidate could make Woods the front-runner to take over as San Francisco's defensive coordinator as soon as next year. The 49-year-old Woods served as the Broncos' defensive coordinator during the 2017 and 2018 seasons.

Asked about Woods at the Greater Cleveland Sports Awards on Wednesday, StefanskiMARQUETTE, Mich. –The Northern Michigan University hockey team is taking to the road for a second consecutive weekend as the team heads to Bemidji, Minnesota, for a two-game non-conference series against the Bemidji State Beavers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. The ‘Cats and Beavers will face-off at 7:37 (CT) on Friday, November 26, and at 7:07 (CT) on Saturday, November 27. The Wildcats have never travelled to Bemidji State as the Wildcats and Beavers have only played two games with that series being played in the Berry Events Center in Marquette, Michigan, back in 2009. The teams tied 3-3 in the first meeting and the ‘Cats lost 5-0 in the second meeting.

Entering the weekend the ‘Cats are tied for fifth place in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association


five assists and 10 points, while Florek has five, four, and nine, respectively.

The Wildcats have been scoring more goals in the third period than in either of the first two stanzas and are outscoring their opponents 14-11 in the third period. The ‘Cats have eight goals in each of the first two periods in the 2010-11 season. The ‘Cats have allowed 14 first period goals and 11 second period goals.

The ‘Cats continue to be out-shot by their opponents (440-351) and have scored 30 goals in comparison to the 37 scored by their opponents. Of those goals, power plays seem to be the difference maker. The ‘Cats have seven power play goals on the season while their opponents have 18. Empty net goals favor the ‘Cats as they haveugly little plush toys on commuter trains, a front for unlawful behavior. They’re looking for charity donations but are just as willing to beat up reluctant donors.

His status begins to rise when he fends off four guys in a no-rules fight. He becomes a tough enforcer: he shakes down little kids for their pocket change. Literally! He holds them upside-down by their feet until their money falls out of their pockets.

Eventually he hooks up with Anna in a paid encounter, and they become a couple. But her main goal is to get the hell out of there with an exit visa to Western Europe. And as he becomes more experienced his personality is transformed.Will the moral Sergey ever come back to the surface?

The Tribe is a fantastic movie.


Monday night sees Jeff Goldblum begin his three-week guest host tenure of Explorer, National Geographic’s long-running documentary series. On his first episode alone, Goldblum hosts an investigation into the “evaporated people” of Japan, a look at ocean scientists diving deep in Antarctica, a taste of the hottest chili peppers on Earth, and an energetic interview with fellow actor Sam Rockwell. That mix is about as eclectic as Goldblum’s current resume, which includes appearances in Thor: Ragnarok and Jurassic World 2 in addition to a developing Amazon Studios comedy series with Danny DeVito.

Goldblum will be hosting three episodes of Explorer this season. Ahead of the first one, which premieres Monday at 10 p.m. ET on National Geographic, the actor talked to EW about what interested him about the seriesThe day a massive asteroid hit our planet about 65 million years ago may have been the most chaotic day on Earth, and we’re not just talking about the mass extinction part. New research on the Chicxulub crater in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences outlines the aftermath of this asteroid impact, showing what it was really like to be there at the beginning of the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event, from the moment of impact until the Earth was plunged into chilling darkness.

The day this crater formed, the world changed forever.

In a study published on Monday, researchers reconstructed the series of events that followed the impact, which may have included a global cooling and darkening period, a tsunami, and wildfires.

The Chicxulub crater off the coast of


Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula has preserved the details of what led to the extinction of most life on Earth millions of years ago, and it is the only crater on Earth with a peak ring or a circular formation of elevated material surrounding the center of the crater.

The Chicxulub crater, on the Yucatan peninsula is believed to be the impact that killed the dinosaurs Pearson Prentice Hall

By analyzing cores from the peak ring of the impact crater, which were recovered when the site was drilled in 2016, a team from the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin were able to reconstruct the environmental and geological aftermath created by the impact.

Ever since it was discovered in the late 1970’s, the Chicxulub impact crater has providedthe 112-mile wide crater within seconds of impact. Within minutes, an overflow of a 40 meter thick layer of melt rock followed, formed from different fragments. Then came a flow of seawater into the crater that carried around 90 meters of different materials.

An opening in the rim of the crater caused a tsunami wave with the water flowing outwards and then back into the crater within 30 to 60 minutes after the impact took place, before the crater was completely flooded during the first day.

As if that wasn’t enough, the team of scientists also found evidence of charcoal in their samples, which suggests that the impact likely caused dry plants near the impact zone to catch fire, resulting in wildfires that spread as far as 620 to 930


really want to — this research is the next best thing, giving us a blow-by-blow breakdown of the day the world changed forever.

Abstract: Highly expanded Cretaceous–Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary section from the Chicxulub peak ring, recovered by International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)–International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) Expedition 364, provides an unprecedented window into the immediate aftermath of the impact. Site M0077 includes ∼130 m of impact melt rock and suevite deposited the first day of the Cenozoic covered by <1 m of micrite-rich carbonate deposited over subsequent weeks to years. We present an interpreted series of events based on analyses of these drill cores. Within minutes of the impact, centrally uplifted basement rock collapsed outward to form a peak ring capped in melt rock. Within tens of minutes,to effect change by being it — namely, running against the councilman. After sharing this news, he received some of his own: Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson) had lost her job. Kate (Chrissy Metz) was also in distress, but pushed through her fears and learned that she had a successful egg-retrieval procedure (and a trippy dream), for which Randall flew across the country. Meanwhile, Kevin (Justin Hartley) received rave reviews for Hill 400 and was stumped by Terry Gross when she asked about his dad’s war experience, planting the seeds for that fact-finding mission to Vietnam as flash-foreshadowed in the season 2 finale.

It’s time to break up with Stink-Eye Sharon, grab a banana pudding ice cream so we’re not empty-handed, and check in with two people have — what’s


the word? oh, yes — gravitas: This Is Us executive producers Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker to discuss “Katie Girls.”

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Jack and Rebecca have, of course, a great love story, yet one can’t help but have a tinge of sadness for her hearing more about her dreams. She told Alan that she did not want to stay in Pittsburgh, which she wound up doing, and she told his mother that she did not plan to be a traditional housewife, which she turned out to be in many ways. Later, she says that she did not regret her choices because of wonderful children and life with Jack, but when she finally had a chance to play trumpet instead of bass, if you will, and pursue that music career,Playing Rules Oversight Panel approves new designation in softball

Softball

Playing Rules Oversight Panel approves new designation in softball

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel in its July conference call approved a new designation in softball lineups that will be referred to as the "offense player," or OP.

The offense player designation will refer to any player who remains in her spot in the batting order but is replaced on defense by the designated player (DP).

For example, if the designated player enters the game to play first base, and the first baseman remains in her original spot in the batting order, the first baseman will be referred to as the offense player (OP). Previously there was no term to refer to this player once she transitioned to playing offense only.

The Softball Rules


Committee made the nomenclature change to clear up confusion about what the players should be called in the abovementioned scenario.

"OP gives a name to the player who the designated player has replaced on defense but who remains in the game as a hitter in the batting order," said Softball Committee Chair Vickie Van Kleeck, who is the coach at Ferrum. "It will eliminate the misconception that this person is a temporary designated player, and the resulting confusion, because she has no substitution rights of the DP."

For instance, the DP may go in and out of the game for any player at any defensive position at any time and any number of times without it counting as a substitution for anyone except the flex player. The flex player isinitially listed in the 10th spot on the lineup card and may play any defensive position and may only enter the game on offense in the DP's batting position.

The OP does not have these substitution rights.

Ejections

Panel members approved subdividing ejections into administrative and behavioral categories to provide a more accurate snapshot of all disqualifying events. The categories are being established to track the reasons behind the ejections.

If ejections are on the rise for administrative issues, such as excessive conferences or players entering the game in positions they are not entitled to, then the committee will address rule education or propose rule changes.

However, if ejections are on the rise for arguing or inappropriate language, then the committee will need to focus on sportsmanship and comportment strategies.

In addition, this separation


John Tavares and the Toronto Maple Leafs will be Stanley Cup champions, at least according to a recent computer simulation.

The 2018-19 season doesn't get going until Wednesday, but in the video game world, "NHL 19" predicts Toronto will end its 51-year title drought next spring.

The annual simulation by game publisher EA Sports has the Leafs defeating Erik Karlsson and the San Jose Sharks in the final.

"NHL 19" also pegs Tavares, who joined Toronto in free agency this summer after nine seasons with the New York Islanders, to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs.

Here's what you need to know about every Canadian NHL team:

After a busy off-season, CBC Sports' Rob Pizzo catches you up on the changes to Canada's 7 NHL teams.5:24

The simulation has Karlsson, who was recently traded by the Ottawa Senators to San Jose after months of uncertainty about his future, winning his third Norris Trophy as the league's top defenceman.

Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid is EA Sports's pick to win Hart Trophy as regular-season MVP and the Art Ross Trophy as scoring champion.


is http://www.villageofbroadlands.com

The Village Board now meets monthly, on the first Thursday, at 7 p.m. at Village Hall, 110 S. Lincoln St. All meetings are open and public input is welcome.

References

External links
 Village of Broadlands Official Web Site
 The New York Times, October 12, 1866
 The New York Times, August 26, 1866
 The New York Times, October 2, 1869

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Category:Populated places established in 1876WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and a former Manafort business associate, Rick Gates, were indicted Monday on felony charges of conspiracy against the United States, acting as an unregistered foreign agent, and several other financial counts involving tens of millions of dollars routed through offshore accounts.

The unsealing of the indictment came the same day that Special Counsel Robert Mueller announced that a former Trump campaign aide had pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents about the timing and detail of his attempts to line up meetings between Russian government officials and the Trump campaign.

The plea by George Papadopoulos marked the first criminal charges that cite interactions between Trump campaign associates and Russian intermediaries during the 2016 presidential campaign.

The charges brought Mueller’s sprawling investigation


White House declined to comment on the charges.

Manafort, 68, was fired as Trump’s campaign chairman in August 2016 after word surfaced that he had orchestrated a covert lobbying operation on behalf of pro-Russian interests in Ukraine. The indictments against Manafort and Gates were largely based on activities disclosed in August 2016 by The Associated Press, which reported that the pair had directly orchestrated a covert Washington lobbying operation on behalf of Ukraine’s ruling political party.

Citing internal emails, the AP noted that Gates personally directed the work of two prominent Washington lobbying firms. The indictment quotes from some of the same emails the AP had obtained.

The indictment accuses Manafort and Gates of orchestrating a nearly decade-long conspiracy to covertly work for Ukrainian interests and launder millions of dollars throughoffshore accounts. Specifically, the indictment accuses Manafort of using “his hidden overseas wealth to enjoy a lavish lifestyle in the United States, without paying taxes on that income.” That included using offshore accounts to purchase multimillion-dollar properties in the U.S., some of which the government is seeking to seize.

Mueller was appointed as special counsel in May to lead the Justice Department’s investigation into whether the Kremlin worked with associates of the Trump campaign to tip the 2016 presidential election.

The appointment came one week after the firing of James Comey, who as FBI director led the investigation, and also followed the recusal months earlier of Attorney General Jeff Sessions from the probe.

Mueller’s investigators have focused on Manafort for months. In July, they raided one of his homes in Virginia,


Albrecht Scholz (1940-2013): German dermatologist and historian of dermatology.
Albrecht Scholz (Figure 1) was born in Görlitz (now Zgorzelec, a city located at the Polish-German border, covering both sides of the River Nysa) on September 6, 1940, the youngest of three children. His father was a laryngologist, specializing in voice and hearing impairment. Scholz attended school in his hometown and in 1958 passed his Matura examination, after which he studied medicine at both Humboldt University in Berlin and the “Carl Gustav Carus” Medical Academy in Dresden. Following successful completion of the state examination in 1964 and an internship at the Reichenbach Hospital the following year, he was granted the right to practice medicine. His 1964 doctoral dissertation was titled, “Evaluation of Astrand's Steps in Elderly Patients.”Boutique Hotel Management Portfolio by broughtonHOTELS

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This Should Have Been Stopped

By Attorney David Engler

I have been an elected official for over 22 years. The past 11 have been with the Board of the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center. I was a Board Member who received a deranged business card from the killer who stalked Stacey Sutera. Please make no mistake about it: Stacey Sutera was a beautiful daughter, mother, granddaughter, teacher, friend and colleague. This was not some boyfriend-girlfriend relationship gone bad. This was a freak ego-maniac; obsessed old man who was bent on revenge once he learned the object of his obsession had rejected him. There was no relationship. It existed in his twisted mind. And then this criminal monster stole this tremendous young successful life from her family, friends and students.

IBarcelona, a sunny city on the Mediterranean sea, the capital of Catalonia, and the land of castellers and pà amb tomaca, is considered one of the top tech hubs in Europe as it’s holding more than 1300 startups, and generating almost 14000 jobs.

As a touristic destination, Barcelona is known for its beautiful architecture like Sagrada Familia, Casa Batlló, Ciutadella’s park and Palau de la Musica; for its delicious gastronomy and for its multicultural and open personality.

There are lots of ways to enjoy the city: you can go to the beach, have a hike on some green areas like Park Güell or just take a walk through the different neighborhoods in order to experience how the influence of History has affected the city.

At last, we have a date for


Arsenal are confident Jack Wilshere will be fit and available for the first leg of their Champions League knockout tie against Bayern Munich next week despite hobbling out of Saturday's win at Sunderland.

Wilshere collided with the home side's midfielder Alfred N'Diaye in the early stages of the second period and departed the Stadium of Light with a heavily bandaged thigh and a pronounced limp. The clash with N'Diaye exacerbated a thigh injury sustained in the first half on Wearside but the damage is apparently superficial.

The 21-year-old may well still be rested for Saturday's FA Cup fifth-round tie against Blackburn Rovers at the Emirates Stadium but should be fit to face Bayern at home next Tuesday.

The captain, Thomas Vermaelen, will be monitored after missing the trip to the north-eastwith an ankle injury but Laurent Koscielny should return from a calf complaint.

Arsenal have loaned their Brazilian full-back André Santos to Grêmio for the remainder of the season. The 29-year-old had featured 36 times for the club since joining in the summer of 2011 from Fenerbahce but has been an unconvincing deputy to Kieran Gibbs, with Arsène Wenger having moved for the Spain left-back Nacho Monreal on transfer deadline day to challenge the youngster for a first-team place.


one very important battlefield, did not begin in 2003 with the toppling of Saddam. It is rooted in a radical movement that arose in Egypt in the 1920s – the creation of the Muslim Brotherhood, whose "little red book" was the Koran, as interpreted by by Hassan al-Banna, Sayyid Qutb and eventually the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeni, the leader of the first revolutionary Islamic state.

The Islamic jihad against the West began in earnest in November, 1979 with the Islamic revolution in Iran, which climaxed with the taking of American hostages and a million fanatics in the streets of Teheran chanting “Death to America.” One of the takers of those hostages and leaders of those chants is the newly elected “president” of revolutionary Iran. (This week they were chanting "DeathIn practice this meant they were the mainstay in the West for the Soviet empire and its expansion into vulnerable nations on its periphery like Afghanistan.

The United States provided training and arms for the Muslim mujahideen in Afghanistan because its conscience was roused by the Soviet invaders whose scorched earth policies killed a million defenseless Afghan civilians before the resistance, with America’s help, was able to stop them.

In making its argument, the left also ignores the momentous historical fact that the victory of the mujahideen, made possible by America's gift of missiles, not only defeated the Red Army, but triggered the chain of events which led to the fall of the Marxist empire. In other words, U.S. support for the mujahideen eventually liberated a billion people whom the


the enemy, Zarqawi proclaimed in a fatwa last year, “as the bearer of the cross”) but all the attacks on us that preceded Iraq: Mogadishu, the World Trade Center 1993, the barracks in Saudi Arabia, the US embassies in Africa, the USS Cole, the World Trade Center 2001, and all the failed strikes, from those planned on the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels to the millennium plot designed to kill hundreds of thousands. The left’s argument about Iraq also contradicts itself, since the case before London was that the war in Iraq is a distraction from the war on terror. Obviously the London terrorists don’t think so.

The Islamic jihad is not a response to the war in Iraq; it is a religious war whose armies began forming in 1979in Iran and Afghanistan and the West Bank and Gaza. Because the jihad is not about Iraq, its agendas -- which the left that never bothers itself about -- will not be satisfied by an American withdrawal from Iraq or Afghanistan, or an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank. Instead it will be incited by them. Just as Arafat and the al-Aqsa murderers brigade were incited by the weakness shown by Clinton and Barak in offering concessions to people who want it all. When your enemy is determined to destroy you, an olive branch is seen as weakness, something we should have learned once at for all at Munich, but never have.

The radical Islamist jihad is at war with the democracies of the West in Europe and the


Middle East and America, and there is no way out of the war but to win it.

The bombings in London show the folly of well-meaning liberals who think that tolerance of an enemy that lives within one’s country will persuade the enemy to change his mind and will produce beneficent results. The Islamic community in London produced more than one Mosque of hate preaching war against Britain. The haters were tolerated. The tolerance led to disaster.

The war in Iraq is an excuse for radicalism, not its cause; just as the war in Vietnam was an excuse for American radicals to conduct a war against America they already had in their hearts to fight. The radicals' war not only continues but has morphed into a massive effort to supportof the indecent left that unlike Alan wants us to lose the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and Israel to the enemy force. Danaher and his wife who are leaders of Global Exchange and Code Pink and Iraq Occupation Watch, the campaign to dissuade American youngsters from serving in our country, are at work day and night to cripple our lines of homeland defense, from the protections afforded by the Patriot Act to the military forces who are keeping our enemies at bay in the field.

The discussion on Hannity & Colmes was about the violence of the anarcho-marxists who were raining rocks on the G8 meeting in Scotland which the terrorist bombs were designed to disrupt. In other words, they were conducting violence to parallel ends. The rocks


may be the mother of his child. In the course of the disturbance, Chapman allegedly had put his hands around the woman's neck. The two were separated, and at some point Chapman shot off a firearm several times in his garage and punched a car. I don't even know everything that is involved in this. There seems to be so much. Many police arrived at the scene, there was no evidence of physical violence, and the people (including witnesses) at the scene were uncooperative. Neither the police nor the victim of the alleged assault pressed charges. This happened back in October, before the trade talks with Boston. Apparently, the accusations showed up on their background check.

Sources: Red Sox backed away from Chapman trade talks in Nov due toHidden Gems

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Written by Laura Theis

"There'll be a short break in the middle, and a long break at the end, which will last for a week." At the start of an evening at the Catweazle Club in Oxford, UK, compère Matt Sage often uses these words. And for many of the people in the audience, the whole week really is a break between one Catweazle and the next. Laura Theis tells the story of how she arrived in Oxford from Munich and found a creative home.

everything's better on a thursday night

Photo: Catweazle (all rights reserved)

"A bland community centre room is transformed into a cosy salon": compère Matt Sage, who dreamt up the Catweazle Club more than 18 years ago.

Leaving your home country can be a scary experience. It certainly


was in my case when I left Munich for Oxford last year, arriving into the middle of a cold, miserable English February. For the first weeks I trudged through the town's venerable cobbled streets wallowing in homesickness, missing my friends and family; and I spent a lot of time writing melancholy piano songs to turn my gloom into music. When I searched for local venues to showcase these songs, I came upon a place called the Catweazle Club, a weekly Thursday night open mic named after the eponymous 70s fantasy TV series. Little did I know that I had found more that just a place to perform. I had found a new home.

The first song I ever performed at Catweazle had a chorus part that went "Will younot, will for some hours become part of the world's most extraordinary audience - this is another aspect of the Catweazle magic. No audience could be more eager to sing or clap along, to laugh at jokes, to reward with applause. Week after week, there is an invariable atmosphere of non-judgmental support in the room; and for many performers this makes it the right place to share a piece of music or writing for the very first time, to share a piece of themselves with virtual strangers.

The Catweazle audience is a real crucible of Oxford's population, of town and gown, where people of all nationalities, social and cultural backgrounds and age groups get together, which also makes it a birthplace of unlikely collaborations and friendships. And the performances


are just as varied: besides the classic open mic staple, the singer-songwriter-cum-guitar or piano (a well-loved but notoriously untuned specimen in this case), a typical Catweazle night might also feature magic shows, poetry, a capella singing, storytelling, stand-up comedy, rap, science talks, calls for help in campaigns and protests and even rare birds like striptease opera or a handbell trio.

And no matter where you come from, it is hard to feel like a stranger in a place where a girl from Eastern Europe sings a Spanish song, an American poet describes her vision of Berlin, and a young man from Galicia plays the bagpipe. Poems are often first read in their original Turkish, French or German before the English translation is offered. For a visiting friend of mine,this openness caused his spontaneous decision to perform an a capella version of the traditional Bavarian folk song Drunt in da greana Au instead of the English one he had intended, and it was greeted with gleeful applause.

Becoming a performer at Catweazle is very simple: everyone can just turn up on the night and sign up on a first-come first-served basis. Each performer gets about 5 minutes of stage time, although every now and then, longer sets are assigned for special occasions: some nights might end with an intimate album launch of a local band, a couple of songs from a touring musician passing through Oxford or even a film projection with a live soundtrack. But every night ends with a sense of having been part of something


unique and wonderful.

Laura Theis met Ditte Goard at Catweazle; here they perform a cover of Regina Spektor's Apres Moi, with a bit of audience participation...

The wizard behind the magic

If Catweazle is a magical creation, Matt Sage is the wizard responsible for dreaming it up and keeping it alive every single Thursday since 1994, the year he arrived in Oxford with nothing but a guitar and moved onto a house boat on the Oxford canal. When he didn't find the creative home he'd been hoping for, he put out flyers looking for willing co-conspirators, hoping to set up his own space in a "deranged fantasy that people of a like mind might come together for inspiration, the sharing of ideas and a real sense of community," as he describesit.

Photo: Catweazle (all rights reserved)

Laura Theis performing at Catweazle's new sister night, the Bluebird

His experiment started at the Victoria Arms, moved around different pubs of increasing sizes for several years until finally settling in the east of Oxford. Now, on busy nights, more than a hundred people squeeze into the space, huddle on the carpet and sofas. And despite the thousands of different performers Sage has seen in his time (Catweazle recently celebrated its 18th birthday!) he is anything but jaded: his compèring conveys the sense that for him too, every new Catweazle night is a special adventure.

Far from tiring of it, he has recently set up the Bluebird, a smaller scale sister night on Tuesdays - a measure to counteract the ever-growing Catweazle queue of performers hoping


10th Nov, 2016

Talk given at Birkbeck, University of London, on 22 September 2016 for the occasion of the publication of Walter Benjamin’s The Storyteller: Tales out of Loneliness, Edited and translated by Sam Dolbear, Esther Leslie, and Sebastian Truskolaski. Illustrated by Paul Klee, Verso, London 2016

Walter Benjamin’s The Storyteller: : Tales Out of Loneliness is an edition of 42 pieces of writing by Benjamin – mainly his fiction, his puzzles and stories, his jokes and sketches. There are a smattering of reviews by him too – in the main ones that had not been translated before. The translators gathered together the bits and pieces of Benjamin’s literary work, some of which had made its way into the collected works, some of which had never been translated and someterrible crash. The other scene was sad. A girl who looks like an enchanted princess plays a sad melody on a hurdy-gurdy. All of a sudden the hurdy-gurdy caves in. Twelve sugar-tiny doves fly out. But the princess sinks silently to the ground with her arms raised. And as I am writing this, another memory from those days comes back to me. A tall clown stands on the stage, bows, begins to dance. During the dance he shakes a little dwarf-clown from his sleeve. He is dressed in the same red-yellow floral costume as he is. And with every twelfth step of the waltz, he produces another. Until, finally, twelve identical dwarf- or baby clowns dance in a circle around him.’

A play, a dream, a moment experienced by


The Soul of a Butterfly by Muhammad Ali Reflections on Life's Journey

Former boxing legend Muhammad Ali, one of the best-known and best-loved celebrities and an international good-will ambassador, offers inspiration and hope as he describes the spiritual philosophy that sustains him.

"During my boxing career, you did not see the real Muhammad Ali. You just saw a little boxing. You saw only a part of me. After I retired from boxing my true work began. I have embarked on a journey of love."

So Muhammad Ali begins this spiritual memoir, his description of the values that have shaped and sustained him and that continue to guide his life. In The Soul of a Butterfly the great champion takes readers on a spiritual journey through the seasons of life, from childhoodto the present, and shares the beliefs that have served him well.

After fighting some of the fiercest bouts in boxing history against Joe Frazier and George Foreman, today Muhammad Ali faces his most powerful foe—outside the boxing ring. Like many people, he battles an illness that limits his physical abilities, but as he says, "I have gained more than I have lost....I have never had a more powerful voice than I have now." Ali reflects on his faith in God and the strength it gave him during his greatest challenge, when he lost the prime years of his boxing career because he would not compromise his beliefs. He describes how his study of true Islam has helped him accept the changes in his life and has brought him


to a greater awareness of life's true purpose. As a United Nations "Messenger of Peace," he has traveled widely, and he describes his 2002 mission to Afghanistan to heighten public awareness of that country's desperate situation, as well as his more recent meeting with the Dalai Lama.

Ali's reflections on topics ranging from moral courage to belief in God to respect for those who differ from us will inspire and enlighten all who read them. Written with the assistance of his daughter Hana, The Soul of a Butterfly is a compassionate and heartfelt book that will provide comfort for our troubled times.

Muhammad Ali is the former three-time world heavyweight boxing champion. He and his wife, Lonnie, have established the Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky, to preserve and share thelegacy and ideals of Muhammad Ali. Hana Ali is a writer. She lives in Michigan, near her father and stepmother.
Muhammad Ali is the former three-time world heavyweight boxing champion. He and his wife, Lonnie, have established the Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky, to preserve and share the legacy and ideals of Muhammad Ali. Hana Ali is a writer. She lives in Michigan, near her father and stepmother.


a vessel of 7909 gross tons, 4521 net tons, 468.5 feet in length, 69.6 feet in breadth, 29.5 feet in depth, and on August 19, 1959 was owned and operated by Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.
2. On the morning of August 19, 1959 the S.S. Mormacsaga, while proceeding northbound in the Delaware River, was under surveillance by the United States Coast Guard vessel CG-40451. The CG-40451 was following the Mormacsaga at approximately 200 yards astern. The weather was clear.
3. At about 7:25 a. m., August 19, 1959, refuse matter, consisting of three boxes, one wooden bushel basket top and garbage was discharged and deposited from the Mormacsaga into navigable waters of the Delaware River in the vicinity of Hope Creek Jetty.
4. At about 9:40 a. m., August 19, 1959, refusematter, consisting of two paper laundry wrappers, was discharged and deposited from the Mormacsaga into navigable waters of the Delaware River in the vicinity of Little Tinicum Island.
5. At about 11:00 a. m., August 19, 1959, refuse matter consisting of two cardboard boxes, was discharged and deposited from the Mormacsaga into navigable waters of the Delaware River in the vicinity of Benjamin Franklin Bridge.
6. Each of these three deposits of refuse from the Mormacsaga was witnessed by William H. Lawley who was on board the following vessel CG-40451.

CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
1. This Court has jurisdiction of the action and the respondent.
2. The respondent vessel was used in the commission of violations of § 13 of the Rivers and Harbors Act (33 U.S.C.A. § 407) when, on the morning of


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Hinds CC graduates nursing/allied health students

Joseph Stephen Donnell Jr. of Brandon, left, and Lindsey Lynn of Vicksburg received an Associate Degree in Nursing from Hinds Community College on July 30 in a summer ceremony at the Muse Center on the Rankin Campus.

Stephen Donnell, 47, of Brandon went from having his own trucking business to becoming a nurse. He graduated from Hinds Community College on July 30 with an Associate Degree in Nursing and has a job lined up at the Veteran’s Administration in Jackson.

“I always wanted to be a nurse. I finally stopped life to take time to go to school,” he said.

His wife and three kids “were all for it. They’re glad it’s over with but they were supportive.”

He was among 304 Hinds Community College graduates atbeen more important than it is today. It provides an opportunity for possibly the first job, the beginning of a career,” said Hinds President Dr. Clyde Muse. “For others, it may mean a new start for a better life, and for others the first step toward a baccalaureate degree. Education is real important today. In fact 80 percent of all the jobs that are going to be available in the future require at least a high school diploma and some degree of higher education, not necessarily a baccalaureate.”

The speaker for the nursing and allied health graduation ceremony at Hinds Community College on July 30 was Dr. Bryan Lantrip. Flanking him are, left, Christie Bokros, assistant dean for allied health programs, and, right, Dr. Libby Mahaffey, dean for nursing


care professionals should ask themselves, “What would you do if this patient were your Momma?”

“Remember that you are taking care of someone’s mother, father, brother, sister, son, daughter, spouse or whoever,” he said. “Remember that they are relying on you to provide them the best care, no matter who they are.”

Lantrip has been a staff radiologist with Lakeland Radiologists, PA since 2002 and has served as medical director of the sonography program at Hinds since 2012.

He earned a medical doctorate from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in May 1991 and holds graduate and undergraduate degrees from the university in biological sciences and pharmacy. His certifications are with the American Board of Diagnostic Radiology and the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Rankin County schools Superintendent Dr. Lynn Weathersby, presidentof the Hinds Community College Board of Trustees, spoke to academic, career and technical graduates at 2 p.m.

Weathersby, a Florence native, is a four-term superintendent of the Rankin County School District and member of the Hinds Community College Board of Trustees since 2000.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern Mississippi, a master’s from Mississippi College and a doctorate from Mississippi State University. Previously, he earned an associate’s degree from Hinds Community College.

New retiree Hinds Community College George Thrash of Raymond was the grand marshal and mace bearer for the July 30 graduation ceremonies at the Muse Center on the Rankin Campus.

George Thrash, retired district locksmith and coordinator of janitorial services, was the grand marshal and mace bearer.

As Mississippi’s largest community college, Hinds Community College is


such as those built by Avions Robin.  It was used extensively to manufacture the Jodel range of aircraft, which are popular throughout Europe, but no longer factory-built.  However, the wood's open grain, flexibility, and light weight make it a popular choice for amateur builders of Jodel aircraft to this day.

In the form known as okoumé marine-grade plywood, it is considered perhaps the finest construction plywood now available for boats, especially where lighter weight is needed. It is widely available manufactured and certified to British Standard 1088. Its users range from individual hobbyist kayak builders to some of the world's largest boat builders. Most often it is used in combination with epoxy and fiberglass, the combination giving a structure that can be stronger and lighter than plasticThe 18-year-old student from south Belfast, who gave his name only as ‘Ross’, told the News Letter he was not living in the Holylands area but was visiting fellow students there.

The News Letter put it to him that a 12-year-old boy in the area the night before was so scared by the scale and sounds of smashing doors and windows that he had to sleep in his granny’s bed.

Her four grandchildren were supposed to be in her house yesterday but were too scared to be in the area, she said.

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The News Letter detailed how she had suffered verbal


slake fan thirst in intervening years is expanding their offerings into another medium: live-action events. Marvel Universe Live! “Age of Heroes” is the latest release from Feld Entertainment and Marvel. In a similar mash-up style to Infinity War, “Age of Heroes” unites characters from The Avengers, Spider-Man, and Guardians of the Galaxy “to stop Loki in his quest to rule the universe.” Two women who make the show worth its salt are Caitlin Hutson, 21, who plays super-spy Black Widow, and Taylor Castriota, 28, who brings Guardians’ verdant alien badass Gamora to life.

More: 'Avengers: Infinity War': How 6 cosmos-shattering scenes affect Marvel future (spoilers!)

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Hutson, who is from Orlando, was a competitive dancer and did gymnastics growing up,males in SFPD promotions to the rank of sergeant, lieutenant and captain,” the officers’ attorney, M. Greg Mullanax, said in the lawsuit.

For example, he said, in the 2016 promotional exam for lieutenant, banding was used to promote all three black sergeants who applied, even though their scores were lower than those of 11 white candidates who were denied promotions. A similar procedure was used to promote four women, while passing over seven men with higher scores “so the Police Department could accomplish its gender-biased agenda,” the suit said.

The lead plaintiff, Lt. Ric Schiff, was denied a promotion to captain in favor of women and minority candidates with lower scores, the suit said. Schiff, 59, an officer since 1985, was the lead plaintiff in a 2003 lawsuit on behalf


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Your chosen dozen will arrive at your door in April/ May and September/ October to the address thatWhat happened in 1567?

Early in the morning of 10 February 1567, Kirk o’ Field house in Edinburgh was destroyed by an explosion. The partially clothed bodies of Lord Darnley, the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, and his servant were found in a nearby orchard, apparently strangled but unharmed by the explosion.

Suspicion immediately fell upon Mary and James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, one of her closest and most trusted noblemen. Although Bothwell was considered to be the lead conspirator, he was found not guilty at his trial in April, 1567. Mary married Bothwell the following month, just three months after Darnley’s murder.

Darnley’s death remains an unsolved historical mystery. Work through the available evidence and see if you can work out what happened.

Tasks

1. This section of the plan


the jealousy of Darnley. On 9 March 1566 Mary was having supper with David Rizzio when her husband burst in. Rizzio was dragged from the room and killed. Over 50 dagger wounds were counted on his body. Meanwhile Mary was held captive by her husband and forced to make him king in his own right. Mary had few people to turn to during this time except James Hepburn, the Earl of Bothwell. On 16 June Mary gave birth to a son: James. Mary and Darnley seemed to have made up. Their son´s birth was very important because not only was he heir to the Scottish throne, but he was also the heir to the English throne. Early the following year, Mary managed to persuade Darnley that she hadforgiven him for the murder of Rizzio. Darnley was sick and decided to stay at at Kirk o’ Field House in Edinburgh. On the night of 10 February, Mary left to attend a wedding party while Darnley stayed at home. At about two am, a massive explosion reduced Kirk o’ Field House to rubble. Darnley was killed, but not by the explosion. He was found half-naked – not in the rubble of the house, but in the garden outside the town walls. Something had frightened him so badly that he had escaped from the house before it exploded, but someone saw him fleeing, caught up with him, and strangled him. The list of suspects was long, because Darnley had many enemies. However, many people suspected that Mary and


her friend Earl Bothwell had arranged the murder. When Mary married Bothwell three months later it looked as though the suspicions were right. The Scots rose in rebellion. Mary was driven out to England and her infant son James was made king. Elizabeth I took her prisoner – and a prisoner she stayed for the next 19 years. Meanwhile, in 1568, a group of Scottish Earls ‘found’ a number of letters in a silver casket, supposedly written by Mary to Earl Bothwell. The letters seem to show that Mary was in love with Bothwell and was planning to murder her husband.

Teachers' notes

This lesson involves the pupils in detective work, using three crucial sources about the murder of Lord Darnley the husband of Mary Queen of Scots. Groups ofmade in 1568 to present before a commission set up at Westminster to investigate the case. It is poor copy, roughly translated from French and giving only excerpts from the original. Currently, historians believe the Casket Letters were fakes – a botch job of various letters, some perhaps written by Mary others fabricated.

Source 3 is SP 52/13/71, an extract from a letter written to Mary by Elizabeth I. The extract from a letter from Elizabeth I was written to Mary on 23 June 1567, shortly after her marriage to Lord Bothwell. The letter itself was heavily edited by William Cecil, however the tone of contempt and disgust is undoubtedly the Queens. She felt that Lord Bothwell was guilty of the death of Lord Darnley, and despite Mary having


held an inquest and exonerated him, she should have devoted more time to catching the killer(s) of her husband. Elizabeth was also unhappy about Mary’s marriage to a divorcee, and was concerned for the upbringing of Mary’s son, James, the heir to both the Scottish and English thrones.

Notable People

David Rizzio : Marys private secretary. He was murdered by Lord Darnley at the Palace of Holyrood on 9 March 1566 because it was felt he was getting too close to the Queen. It is worth noting that his name is also often spelled David Riccio.

William Cecil : An English statesman, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign.

Lord Bothwell : James Hepburn was the 4th Earl of Bothwell and the 3rd husband of Mary, Queenof Scots following the death of her husband, Lord Darnley, and Bothwells divorce from his wife, Lady Jean Gordon.

Earl of Moray: Moray was the illegitimate son of King James V of Scotland and Lady Margaret Erskine, daughter of John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine. He was Regent of Scotland from 1567 until his assassination in 1570. He was also Mary’s half brother.

External links

Kings and Queens of Scotland

A short biography of Mary, Queen of Scots.


Price's opening moves in this duel were poorly thought out. First he turned in front of the 109s and then when he had a chance to tail he turned in the wrong direction. Was he still dreaming about the bacon or had his rudder jammed.

The bombers droned on towards the target airfield, now coming under fire from the airfields Flak defenses. A swirling dogfight then occurred with the fighters. Adolf Halland shot down Cholmondeley but when doing so he was so concentrated on his target that he was jumped by Sir Price. Halland was wounded and his engine started leaking glycol. Deciding he was done for the day, he dived out of the fight without Sir Price being able to follow.

Brett Sinclair had trouble finding the target buttime. There can be few worse experiences than standing in disciplined lines for hours on end while being strafed and bombed.

Unhappily, whilst the RAF was flying hundreds of missions – in total 2,739 fighter sorties were flown over Dunkirk – their impact was little felt by the troops on the beaches. This was partly because of the altitude of the missions and partly because the RAF was attacking the German bombers before they reached the beaches.

The Luftwaffe had had it very easy fighting out-of-date and ineffective air forces, but Dunkirk came as a bit of a shock when the now came into contact with aggressive pilots in modern airplanes.

The Action

The BEF was retreating to Dunkirk and being evacuated from the beaches. No. 369 Squadron was tasked with putting


a standing patrol over Dunkirk to protect the retreating army and the troops on the beach. Flying Officer William ”Half Pint” Carruthers and Pilot Officer Sir Price took the first patrol in their Spitfire Mk Is.

Hermann Göring had promised the Führer that he would destroy the BEF encircled at Dunkirk, while the Panzer armies rested. The Luftwaffe pulled out all the stops, Oberleutnant Sepp Schlangenaugen and Leutnant Adolf Halland were in the vanguard in their Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3s.

Schlangenaugen spotted a BEF convoy just outside of Dunkirk and both 109s dived towards them. The Spitfires, high up, spotted the Germans down below.

The cannon and machine-guns of the 109s devastated the lorries before the Spitfires could come to their rescue. Half Pint and Sir Price then dived down towardsthe squadron’s bright orange Miles Magister trainer, escorted by two spitfires, and went to rescue White.

Leathart found White hiding in a ditch avoiding the German tanks, picked him up, and headed home at 6ft above the Channel.

The escorting Spitfires were in combats with Messerschmitt 109s resulting in three confirmed 109s killed for no Spitfire losses. Reporting on the battle, Al Deere (one of the Spitfire pilots), stated that the 109 climbed better than the Spitfire but the Spitfire could out-turn the 109.

Shortly afterwards, King George VI visited the Spitfire Wing at Hornchurch and presented Leathart with a DSO for pulling off the remarkable rescue. By which time Deere had 5 kills and the King presented him with his first DFC.

The Action

News reached the 369 Squadron officers' mess, that


the intellegence officer Squadron Leader Foxy Moron was stranded in France at an old French aerodrome which was unfortunately in the path of the German panzers.

Flying Officer William ”Half Pint” Carruthers jumped up, spilling most of his whisky, and declared “Foxy's a good chappie, I will go and get him in the Maggie”. Pilot Officers Cholmondeley Featherstonehaugh & Emmett Hollingberry immediately offered to fly escort in their Spitfire Mk Is. With the Miles M.14 Magister in the lead and the two Spits forming the ”Vic” they left for France.

Half Pint landed at the aerodrome while the Spits circled providing cover. Foxy was found sitting in the aerodrome bar, with a large glass of Pastis in his hand. Half Pint could only persuade him to leave his drink, bygrabbing two full bottles from the bar and promising a new drink in the Mess at home. Foxy picked up his two large hold-alls and followed Half Pint out to the Maggie.

They took off and headed towards the channel with the two Spits patrolling ahead.

Two Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3s (Oberleutnant Sepp Schlangenaugen and Leutnant Adolf Halland) were performing a sweep looking for targets of opportunity. They saw the Spitfires and headed directly towards the first flown by Featherstonehaugh. Hollingberry being too far behind to offer support.

The canon fire at close range was devastating and Featherstonehaugh's Spit was riddled with holes and he had to bale out to save himself as it hurtled towards the ground.

A swirling dogfight then occurred, with Half Pint in the unarmed Maggie trying to


avoid the 109s while creeping towards the coastline in is slow plane. Hollingberry tried hard to distract the Huns. Half Pint was lucky and managed to dodge most of the fire from the 109s.

As the Maggie crossed the coastline and headed out over the channel, the German pilots decided that the Spitfire was a more honourable target and turned their attention to Hollingberry.

The two 109s made quick work of the already damaged Spitfire and Hollingberry had no choice but to bale out as his engine gave up and the plane dived towards the ground.

Featherstonehaugh parachuted safely and was spotted by a BEF dispatch rider who gave him a lift to Calais where an RNR motor launch gave him a ride back across the channel. He was back homein time to enjoy a slap-up breakfast.

Hollingberry hit his head when he baled out and landed in a field full of Germans. He was captured. The Germans were in a hurry to reach the channel coast, and during a moments inattention, Hollingberry slipped away. He was helped by the French to reach Normandy from where he could cross the channel.

Half Pint got the Maggie safely home and unloaded Foxy and his two hold-alls. Leading Aircraftman Walker, a fitter, carried Foxy's bags to his room. Walker's curiosity got the better of him and he looked inside, the bags seemed to contain rolled up dokuments. Walker wondered if they were secret maps, but didn't have a chanced to snoop any more. Half Pint installed Foxy in the Mess with his


fictitious squadron that didn't exist during the Battle of Britain. We use the Wings of Glory WW2 rules, slightly modified to give faster play, together with our own set of campaign rules. We use the Wings of Glory planes from Ares where the right model is available, other manufactures are used to fill in the gaps.

The Background

In early September of 1939, two AAF squadrons flew Gloster Gladiators in France: The County of Durham 609 Squadron and the County of Surrey 615 Squadron. They reequipped with Hurricanes just in time for the German offensive.

On 18 May 1940, a Luftwaffe bombing raid destroyed many of the BEF's Gladiators and Hurricanes on the ground at Vitry-en-Artois, and airfield near the Pas-de-Calais.

It is possible that some of the British planes got offhis oil-leaking Messerschmitt had taken too much of a beating and dived out of combat. Sir Price remained circling above the wrecked and smoking airfield of Vitry-en-Artois in his slow and outdated but undamaged Gloster Gladiator.

Having greased his Dornier down in the field, Oberleutnant Hans von und zu Missendorff and his crew climbed out, shaken but otherwise unhurt. They were immediately captured by the local Gendarmerie and taken back to a nearby village. A few days later, a Panzer division heading for the coast rescued them from the French and returned them to their squadron.

Result

Draw - Germans bombed successfully but the British got one kill

Pilot Officer Cholmondeley Featherstonehaugh: 1 kill

Notes

There are no Dornier 17 bombers in the Wings of Glory range so we used metal models of Dornier


We use the Wings of Glory planes from Ares where the right model is available, other manufactures are used to fill in the gaps.

The Background

On 12 May, Sedan was captured. Situated on the east bank of the Meuse, it gave the Germans a base from which to capture the Meuse bridges. Once captured, the German divisions could then advance across the open and undefended French countryside beyond Sedan, and to the English Channel.

The French believed that the Germans would need to bring up artillery to support the crossing but were surprised when the Germans used the Luftwaffe as flying artillery. This, on top of their already low morale, caused the French to break.

Having captured the Meuse bridges, the Germans poured troops and panzers across the river. On 14May the British air forces, the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Armée de l'Air (French Air Force) tried to destroy the bridges, and stop German reinforcements reaching the west bank.

The Action

Two Blenheim Mk I bombers (Pilot Officer John ”Banger” Walls and Pilot Officer Brett Sinclair) each carrying a 1,000lb bombload took off from a French airfield escorted by two Hurricane Mk I fighters (Flying Officer William ”Half Pint” Carruthers and Pilot Officer Emmett Hollingberry) and headed towards the bridges accross the Meuse River.

The bridges were protected by ack-ack and there was a standing patrol of two Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3s (Oberleutnant Freiherr C.G.Sommarlath and Leutnant Adolf Halland). The ack-ack guns opened fire which in turn alerted the fighters which heading towards the incoming planes.

The inexperienced Sommarlath led the


found in the first game, so I won't repeat them here.

The Battle of Barrosa has always interested me, and I have a print of it hanging on my wall.

The first French eagle to be captured by the British was taken by the 87th Regiment of Foot from the French 8th Line at Barrosa.

The first British Army soldier to touch the eagle was a young Irish officer, Ensign Edward Keogh, although as his hand grasped it, he was immediately shot through the heart and killed. He was supported by Sergeant Patrick Masterson, who grabbed the eagle from the French ensign who carried it, reputedly with the cry "Bejabbers boys, I have the cuckoo".

Masterson was rewarded with a battlefield commission and the Prince Regent bestowed on the regiment the titleThe Prince of Wales’s Own.

The eagle was taken back to Great Britain and put on display in the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, from where several years later it was stolen: it's fate is unknown. The original staff is still held in the Regimental Museum.

The Setup:

View of the battlefield showing the French to the left and the Allies to the right.

The Action:

Knowing the importance of Barrosa hill, the battle started by the Allies pushing forward their Spanish line and supporting them with the British Foot Guards. To protect their right flank, they also occupied Barrosa village. In the actual battle, it wasn't a village but a look-out post.

Just like in the previous battle, the French pushed forward their artillery in order to get a good line of sight on Barrosa


hill. But this time they had learnt a lesson, and they supported the artillery with light infantry in the woods.

The French opened fire on the Spanish in Barrosa village, and they retreated with losses.

The British Foot Guards advanced and opened fire on the French causing casualties.

The French decided that just standing taking fire wasn't a good idea, so they performed a bayonet charge supported by artillery fire.

The bayonet charge was devastating; both the Spanish and the British Foot Guards lost heavily and the Spanish retreated expeditiously.

A second regiment of British Foot Guards arrived just in time to support the first and they both advanced on the French.

José de Lardizábal's Spanish infantry, opened a murderous fire on the French. One French unit was decimated, much to the surprise ofall parties.

At the same time, the British artillery opened up on the French light infantry in the woods causing them to retreat with light casualties. However they didn't retreat far, so the still protected the flank of the French artillery.

The French didn't want to just stand and take the volley fire from the Foot Guards, so they charged one Food Guard regiment with support from the artillery, while the supporting infantry opened fire on the other Food Guard regiment.

The charging French infantry was wiped out, but both Foot Guard regiments lost heavily.

General Dilkes rode up and rallied the Foot Guards and brought up another British regiment in support.

The Foot Guards opened a devastating fire causing the French to retire with losses.

The fight for Barrosa village continued. The Spanish


infantry took heavily losses from the French light infantry therein.

Meanwhile the Foot Guards on Barrosa hill continued with their withering fire on the French infantry.

The French light infantry in Barrosa village continued to skirmish and snipe at the Spanish causing them more casualties.

The Foot Guards charged...

...and the two regiments of French infantry in front of them just disintegrated. Meanwhile the French Grenadiers were approaching the hill in column of attack.

The two battalions of French Combined Grenadiers attacked the British infantry on the hill. The French were supported by a regiment of dragoons cantering up behind.

The French caused serious damage to the British regiments with only slight loss to themselves.

The battle for Barrosa hill continued, the British brought up some light cavalry to support the Guards and deter theFrench dragoons. However, General Dilkes was killed leading his men and the Foot Guards ceased to exist as a fighting force.

The French grenadiers overran the last remaining British infantry on the hill.

Realizing that they no longer had control of Barrosa hill, and that the French now threatened the coast road, General Graham ordered his troops to retire on Cádiz. The French in control of the field, claimed a victory.

In early 1811, the French were engaged in a no-win siege against the Allies in the port of Cádiz. The French under Marshal Victor were not strong enough to reduce the port without a French sea blockade. After Soult drew off 8,000 of Victor’s men for his invasion of Extremadura, the Allies saw an opportunity to raise the French siege


using their sea power to land 14,000 British, Spanish and Portuguese troops on the coast south of Cádiz. If Victor remained in his siege lines, he would be trapped between Cádiz and the relief force. If he chose to fight the relief force, it would give the Cádiz garrison the opportunity to sortie and destroy the siege lines.

Victor soon learned of the Allied approach. He hoped to ambush the Allied column as they advanced, but the Allies advanced in strength and Graham’s British division occupied Barrosa Ridge. Spanish General la Peña gave him a second opportunity, ordering the Spanish and British north now that communication had been established with Cádiz. A rearguard of several Spanish battalions remained on Barrosa Ridge.

Victor jumped at the opportunity and ordered Ruffin’s divisionof attacks to unhinge the French siege line – exactly what Victor feared would happen. General la Peña instead ordered a withdrawal back into Cádiz. Marshal Victor could not believe his good fortune and immediately re-established his siege lines. Other than confirming the valor of the soldiers on both sides, the battle had been a colossal waste of life.

The Setup:

View of the battlefield showing the Allies to the left and the French to the right.

The Action:

General Sir Thomas Graham decided to start the offensive on his right flank and take the important Barrosa ridge before it could be occupied by maréchal Victor's French troops..

Graham took the initiative and pushed forward José de Lardizábal's Spanish infantry to hold the town of Barrosa and at the same time brought up


the British 1st and 3rd Foot Guards in support of the Spaniards.

The French counterattacked the Spanish in the town...

...but instead of a bayonet charge, they opted to open fire instead. The combined fusillade caused the Spanish to retreat from the town with losses.

At the same time, the French pushed forward their artillery to cover the ridge. The British 2nd Hussars advanced, but the threat was hidden from the artillery by the woods.

The French pushed their light infantry into the vacated town. However brisk fire from the ridge caused the French line infantry to retire.

The British light cavalry then charged the French artillery in their flank. Was this ordered by the General or was it just another impetuous charge by a cavalry colonel.

The cavalry charge should have been abrilliant success, but the French saw them just in time and could react with some of their guns. The fight was long and drawn out, the French took casualties but the British cavalry took even heavier losses and were forced back.

The French were exchanging fire with the Allies in the vicinity of Barrosa town. While this was going on, Graham took the chance to push forward his Spanish infantry and British 1st Foot Guards to take all of Barrosa ridge.

At the same time, General Dilkes at the head of his infantry, charged the artillery that had just repulsed the 2nd Hussars.

Seeing the infantry approaching, the French artillery withdrew from their exposed position back into the line of battle.

Having returned to the relative safety of their original position, both


batteries then opened up on Dilkes' advancing infantry. Dilkes was killed and his troops decimated by the hail of cannon fire.

The 1st Foot Guards went on the attack from Barrosa ridge, causing the French casualties and they retreated.

However the French quickly rallied and brought up their grenadiers to support their counter-attack which inflicted casualties on both the 1st Foot Guards and the Spanish.

The British attack continued with the British 3rd Foot Guards joining the fray and the Spanish following on behind in support.

But not disheartened, the French counter-attacked with two units of grenadiers and one of line infantry performing a bayonet charge.

This bayonet charge resulted in a large number of casualties. The 3rd Foot Guards timed their volley perfectly, and decimated a unit of French grenadiers before theycould get into melee.

Meanwhile in the centre of the battlefield, three companies of the 95th Rifles came out from the woods hoping to distract the French attackers.

The 95th miscalculated the aggressiveness of the French grenadiers who immediately charged.

The grenadiers caused the 95th to retreat hastily with serious casualties. At the same time, the French line infantry, supported by artillery fire, assaulted the Spanish on Barrosa ridge and routed them.

The colonel of the 3rd Foot Guards saw his chance, the French column was so engrossed with the routing Spaniards that they had left their flank wide open; the 3rd charged straight into the French flank.

Having seen off the 95th, the French grenadiers returned, supported by their artillery, to deal with the Foot Guards.

The grenadiers, with luck and supported by


Little Willie Littlefield

1931 – 2013

We just learned of the death of blues singer/pianist LITTLE WILLIE LITTLEFIELD. He actually passed away on June 23 in the Netherlands. LITTLEFIELD was 81 and died of cancer. He was born on Sept. 16, 1931 in El Campo, TX and began playing guitar at an early age. By his teens, LITTLEFIELD had switched to piano and had already started developing his trademark boogie woogie piano-style of triplet playing. By 1948, he was making a name for himself and caught the attention of the Bihari Brothers of Modern Records. They brought him out to LA and in the early fall of 1949, LITTLEFIELD took the R&B charts by storm with “It’s Midnight (No Place To Go)” (Modern), reaching #3 on the national R&B Chart.European tours, LITTLEFIELD decided to settle in the Netherlands, where he married and spent the rest of his life. He was there for the development of post-war rhythm & blues and rock n’ roll and remained true to his artform. He continued to perform the boogie woogie piano style he helped to develop until the day he died.

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Little Willie Littlefield was my first cousin and I was sorry to hear of his death and would love to get a reply and I live in Austin,Texas which is about 140 miles from where He was born in EL Campo Texas.

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The violence of the impact as the 40-ton truck rammed the parked police car immediately killed one 23-year-old officer in the backseat. The 48-year-old driver of the police car sustained life-threatening injuries and her 22-year-old colleague in the passenger seat suffered severe injuries. Authorities say there was no way for the officers to have known what the driver would do as he approached.

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The question is whether the sides will be able to reach an agreement that satisfies everybody before the new league year begins.Meghan Scharer loses Division I pole vault title in tiebreaker

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Clay senior pole vaulter Meghan Scharer won a Division I district pole vault preliminaries at St. Francis DeSales High School by leaping 9-feet-4 in the finals, but lost to Whitmer senior Christina Schultz in a tie-breaker. Even though Baums Page (baumspage.com) listed Scharer first, she was not the district champion,

Schlultz won the event on jumps. They both cleared the same height but Meghan had an earlier miss which gave Schultz the title. Scharer did win the City League championship this year with a jump of 9-6 and was the district champion last year.

Scharer, who has committed to the University of Dayton for soccer, also qualified for the D-I regional at Amherst Steele.

But


it was the Clay boys track team that did the most scoring damage at the district meet, finishing fifth with 65½ points while the girls team finished 11th with 18 points.

Qualifying for the regional meet at Amherst Steele is the 4x800 relay team of junior Robert Hoffman, senior Patrick Roman, junior Adam Bess, and senior Taylor Durczynski after finishing third at the district meet in 8:08.79, exactly three seconds behind the champions from St. John’s Jesuit.

Hoffman, junior Eric Wood, and sophomores Jason Bucha and Ryan Laberdee qualified in the 4x400, finishing fourth at districts (3:25.64), just over four seconds behind the championship team from Bowsher.

Hoffman also qualified as an individual in the 800, finishing sixth at district (2:10.32).

Eagle hurdler Noah Buehrer, a junior, qualified in the 110 and300. Buehrer finished tied for third at districts in the 110 (15.1 seconds) and second in the 300 at 39.43, just over a second behind the champion, Central Catholic senior Garren Duhart (38.2).

Clay junior Eric Wood qualified in the 100 and sophomore Ryan Laberdee in the 200. Both finished fourth at district — Wood in 11.17 and Laberdee in 22.71 during the finals.

Clay senior Thomas Crawford qualified in the discus and shot put. Crawford was fourth in both events at district, tossing 149-8 in the discus and 45-4¾ in the shot.

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In singles, Clay freshman James DeMeo won the first set against Maumee senior John Russell 6-2, but Russell came back


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and Barbara Ann Burns, received when the Volkswagen in which they were riding was struck from the rear by a large Mack truck owned by Ewell Hodges, Inc. and operated by its employee. Peter Albert Vandekop. The Volkswagen belonged to Horace Smith, Inc., an automobile dealership, and the Usserys were trying it out as prospective purchasers. James T. Conaway, a salesman *333 employed by Horace Smith, Inc., was sitting beside Mrs. Ussery, who was driving, and Mr. Ussery and the children were in the back seat.
A pickup truck owned by Swann Furniture Company and driven by its employee, Leonard B. Thornton, was between the Volkswagen and the Mack truck as the three vehicles proceeded in a Westerly direction on Highway No. 64 prior to the accident.
Mrs. Ussery sloweddown gradually and turned to the right to enter the broad entrance leading to a motel, and Thornton likewise pulled to the right and entered the driveway of the motel. Vandekop, in the Mack truck, then collided with the Volkswagen.
The Ussery family brought this suit against Ewell Hodges, Inc., Vandekop, and Thornton. Ewell Hodges, Inc. and Vandekop filed a third-party complaint complaining of Thornton and Swann Furniture Company and also Conaway and Horace Smith, Inc.
The jury found that Vandekop was guilty of negligence in following too closely and in failing to properly apply his brakes, and that each of those grounds of negligence was a proximate cause of the accident. There was no finding of causative negligence on the part of Horace Smith, Inc., Conaway, Swann Furniture, Company,


feet away with no more than a "split second" left and with everything happening "in practically a flash." A signal could not have affected his actions or enabled him to prevent the accident in view of his testimony that he was going about forty miles per hour and that it would probably take 150 feet to stop the truck at that speed. (In his deposition, he had testified that it would take 250 feet, not including reaction of another 25 feet.) Since his own estimate of the distance of the Volkswagen when he first saw it was from 30 feet to, at the most, 60 feet, it is clear from his own testimony that no signal would have enabled him to stop or otherwise avoid the accident. Moreover,testified that he was conscious as soon as he became aware of the Volkswagen that it was slowing down and "in the process of preparing to make a right turn into the motel driveway", and when he first noticed it "it was turning to the right and slowing very rapidly, yes, sir." He testified that he could and would have brought his pickup truck to a complete stop if necessary and would have been able to avoid collision with any part of the Volkswagen but turned to the right only because he was afraid that the Mack truck would hit him. He testified that he was "aware of the movement of the Volkswagen automobile sufficiently" to appraise and acquaint himself "with the fact that she was obviously angling


give a turn signal was a proximate cause of collision, it is unnecessary to pass upon the other points of error asserted. Since the one ground of negligence proximately causing the accident found against Mrs. Ussery cannot stand, Mr. and Mrs. Ussery are entitled to recover from Ewell Hodges, Inc. and Vandekop for their own personal injuries. The medical expenses of the minors from the date of the accident until *337 the time of trial and of the minor, Marian Kay Ussery, from the time of trial until reaching the age of twenty-one (21) years are likewise recoverable.
Since the recovery for contribution against Horace Smith, Inc. and Conaway was based solely upon imputation of Mrs. Ussery's negligence to them, it cannot stand.
Therefore, the judgments below are affirmed informer state police sergeant.

District Judge David W. Mark arraigned Mr. McElroy and set bail at $250,000.

Mr. McElroy is the third current or former police officer to be arrested since February by the child predator unit.

Ex-Bridgeville Officer James W. Radermacher, 48, was charged last week with propositioning who he believed to be 13- and 14-year-old girls. In February, Trooper Douglas N. Sversko, 43, of Lewisburg, Union County, was arrested for sending an undercover agent he thought was a teenage girl a racy video of himself.

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