prolific writer, Auden was also a noted playwright, librettist, editor, and essayist. Generally considered the greatest English poet of the twentieth century, his work has exerted a major influence on succeeding generations of poets on both sides of the Atlantic.

W. H. Auden served as a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 1954 to 1973, and divided most of the second half of his life between residences in New York City and Austria. He died in Vienna on September 29, 1973.

On the Frontier (1938)The Ascent of F.6 (Faber and Faber, 1936)The Dog Beneath the Skin: or, Where is Francis? (Faber and Faber, 1935)The Dance of Death (Faber and Faber, 1933)Paid On Both Sides (1928)

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W. H. Auden, 1907 - 1973

Lay your sleeping head, my love,
Human on my faithless.- Three Catholic dioceses have announced this week they will resume public celebration of Mass, subject to the requirements of public health orders and social distancing.

The Montana dioceses of Great Falls-Billings and Helena both announced the re-openings on Thursday, April 23, one day after the bishop of Lubbock, Texas told his priests to prepare to restore access to Communion for Catholics in the diocese.

The public celebration of Mass has been prohibited in dioceses across the United States for over a month as part of efforts to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The decisions come one week after Bishop Peter Baldacchino of Las Cruces, New Mexico, became the first bishop in the United States to lift the ban on public celebration of Mass in his diocese.

In a


shots. Pacquiao just caught Horn as he came forward wildly.

The Australian fired away at the champion, but Pacquiao landed a shot that rocked Horn in his final flurry.

Horn and Pacquiao ended the fight going toe to toe against the ropes.

Round 11

Pacquiao scored well to open the fight and Horn responded by forcing Pacquiao against the ropes and scoring to the body.

Horn wore a big shot to the chin, riding the punch well considering how clean the blow was. The Aussie continued to go forward, but the champion landed the more telling shots.

The referee stopped fight to have some loose tape cut from Horn’s gloves, giving him a nice breather.

A likely round for Pacquiao who now has the lead you would think.

Round 10

Horn showed he was still in thefight, landing a couple of punches before trapping Pacquiao against the ropes and hitting the body.

The power has gone from Horn’s punches as both fighters went toe-to-toe in the middle of the ring, fatigue evident in the pair of them.

Horn wasn’t as aggressive as he had been all fight.

Round nine

Horn started the ninth round well, taking the advantage early before Pacquiao unloaded with some devastating blows.

Pacquiao landed a right hand that rocked Horn. The Filipino hurt Horn again with a couple of big shots and the Australian wobbled.

The champion was all over Horn and it was all the local man could do to hang on until the bell.

Horn’s face was covered in blood. The Australian tried to tie up and keep Pacquiao away as he started unloading. The


Filipino seemed one shot away from stopping Horn, but the challenger made it to the end of the round, albeit only just.

“Show me something in this round or I’m stopping the fight,” the referee told Horn.

Round eight

The referee called a stoppage after a few seconds, noticing the tape had come loose from the glove of Horn.

Pacquiao landed one of his best blows of the fight but Horn wore it well. The Aussie went down to the canvas but it was ruled a push from Pacquiao.

The Australian seemed to tire as the round wound down, the early intensity taking its toll.

Pacquiao landed a good shot to the body that seemed to rock Horn momentarily. It was the best round of the fight for Pacquiao and one of the clearerrounds of the fight.

Round seven

This time Pacquiao landed the opening shots in his best start to a round.

The champion caught Horn coming forward with the jab. Again Horn tried to swarm Pacquiao, but it seemed he was happy to fight off the back foot and catch Horn on the approach.

The referee again called time for an accidental head clash in the final 30 seconds of the round. It opened up another cut on the challengers head, but the doctor declared the champion was OK to continue.

Horn responded to the stoppage by swarming Pacquiao and landing some flush shots. But the champion responded to the pressure with some good shots of his own.

Have to give it to Horn.

Round six

Again Horn bullied Pacquiao against the ropes, something he has managed


two right hands in succession in the midway point of the round and came to life in the final 30 seconds, catching Horn with a jab as he came forward to score on the challenger.

Pacquiao finished the round with a big shot, rocking Horn just before the bell.

The Filipino might have pinched it with his late flurry. Close round, close fight.

Round four

Horn opened the fourth with a lovely two punch combination on Pacquiao.

Pacquiao fell to the canvas soon after following a clinch, but it was rightly ruled a slip.

Horn again landed a nice two punch combination that landed flush on the chin of Pacquiao. But Pacquiao shook it off.

The Australian had some great moments and is certainly taking the fight to the champion after four rounds. Another closeround, but Pacquiao not doing enough — allowing himself to get outworked by Horn.

Round three

Horn didn’t let the cut put him off his game as he continued to pressure Pacquiao.

The Australian landed a solid left hook in the middle stages before Pacquiao responded with a neat right hand of his own.

Horn was warned for pushing Pacquiao in the clinch and Pacquiao landed the most telling moment of the round, landing a big shot flush on the chin of Horn that seemed to wobble the 29-year-old.

Round two

Pacquiao found his range in the second round, Horn unable to find the Filipino as freely as he did in the opening round.

Horn seemed to be getting the best of the physical stakes, using his bigger frame to bully Pacquiao in the clinch


and scoring well again to the body.

Pacquiao did land a couple of big shots that shook Horn up.

A close round, but Pacquiao may have taken it on the bell, landing some good shots to end the round.

Horn has a cut over his right eye, replays showed it was due to an accidental head clash.

Round one

Jeff Horn came out throwing the opening shots, scoring well.

The Australia showed no signs of nerves, flying out of the blocks. Horn trapped Pacquiao against the ropes and scored well to the body.

Horn then scored away on the ropes, trapping the Filipino and hitting the body again.

Pacquiao managed to land a punch on his own, seeing the mouthguard of Horn out, forcing a stop to the fight.

Horn takes the first round.

Danny Green was thrilledpay!”

Despite some drama with the hand wraps Jeff Horn is incredibly relaxed. Says he's glad it's so hot in centre ring #PacquaioHorn pic.twitter.com/QpRW8uEAP5 — Ben Damon (@ben_damon) July 2, 2017

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Fight card

Junior Bantamweight

Jerwin Ancajas (PHL) defeated Teiru Kinoshita (JPN) via TKO (R7)

Our first world title fight of the afternoon, as two southpaws with similar records went head to head with Jerwin Ancajas defending his IBF title.

The bout started slowly as both fighters looked to pace themselves across the 12 rounds. Ancajas began to take control of the fight at the start of the second, landing some big shots.

Kinoshita had a cut opened up over his left eye and the doctor was called in to check on him in the second round. The doctor was called in again to check


at the start of the third round.

Ancajas continued to target the cut and when the Japanese fighter tried to put his hands up higher to protect it, the Filipino landed freely at Kinoshita’s body.

Kinoshita began slipping further behind on the scorecards and tried to fight more aggressively to make amends. But that only played into the hands of the champion.

Ancajas sent Kinoshita to the canvas with a crushing body shot midway through the end of the seventh round. Kinoshita got to his feet but the fight was waived off anyway, the referee ruling his eye had closed over and the Japanese was taking on too much punishment as a result.

Ancajas retained his title by a seventh round TKO.

Featherweight

Michael Conlan (IRE) defeated Jarrett Owen (QLD) via TKO (R3)

Olympic starMichael Conlan is making a good fist of things in the professional ranks, claiming his third career win.

He didn’t have mentor Conor McGregor (a UFC legend) to accompany him to the ring this time in Brisbane, but he still left with a highlight.

Owen was willing early, but Conlan was able to pick off the Australian as he came forward.

Conlan got the great result from the bodywork he put in early and looked to have hurt Owen at the end of the second round, the bell saving the Brisbane fighter from any more punishment.

The Irish fighter continued the brutal assault on the body in the third round, and Conlan managed to force the stoppage soon after, the referee waiving off the fight under the weight of pressure.

Some in the


that only spurred the local fighter on further.

Toussaint rocked Mosley twice at the end of the second round, seemingly stealing the round away from the American. Mosley came out firing to start the fourth. But his work rate cost him in the end, the harder shots of Toussaint edging a number of close rounds as his opponent looked to tire under the hot Brisbane sun.

His corner tried to motivate him at the end of each round, but the American just could not respond under the pressure of the Australian. As the fight progressed Toussaint continued to land some big power shots. Mosley took the punishment well, but was unable to fire much back.

Mosley did manage to land a big blow which shook Toussaint in the seventh, as heOren Dorell

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North Korea on Thursday called new U.S. sanctions a "declaration of war," one day after the State Department for the first time named leader Kim Jong Un for human rights abuses.

The reaction was announced by the Korean Central News Agency, according to Reuters. It was at least the fourth time this year that the recluse nation, which has nuclear weapons, used such language after actions by the United States or South Korea.

The latest comment came after the State Department imposed sanctions Wednesday on Kim and 22 other North Korean officials and entities over human rights violations that include systematic torture, forced labor, extrajudicial killings and rape. The officials were also accused of tracking down and killing defectors who fled the country.

Many of the abuses were committed


in political prison camps, which hold 80,000 to 120,000 prisoners and family members, according to the State Department report. North Korea also maintains a system of forced labor and restricts freedom of expression, religion and movement, the State Department said.

The U.S. sanctions freeze assets and restrict companies and individuals with Kim and those named in the report.

U.S. puts N.K. leader Kim Jong Un on sanctions list for human rights abuses

In April, North Korea called U.S.-South Korean military drills "an open declaration of war." A similar phrase was used in late February, when the U.S. and South Korea were preparing for those drills. North Korea at that time warned it could reduce U.S. military installations in the Pacific to ashes, and said, "Let's turn Seoul and Washington into asea of fire."

The Korean news agency used the phrase again in mid-February, when South Korea pulled out of the Kaesong industrial plant run jointly by the North and South to protest a North Korean missile launch.

North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear weapons test in January, and used a long-range ballistic missile to put a satellite into orbit in February. The two tests drew condemnation by the United Nations Security Council, which called on North Korea to suspend all nuclear and missile tests.


The Palenca Luxury Hotels Group is an enterprise that has not sprung up by chance

The Palenca Luxury Hotels Group is an enterprise that has not sprung up by chance,
but one that has developed over a period of time. Its history began with the Empire Palace Hotel in the elegant centre of Rome; continued with the Art Hotel in the historic street of artists, Via Margutta; and was then added to with Castello della Castelluccia, a Hotel which is perfect as a wedding venue, set in green surroundings at the
gates of Rome.

Finally there are the two Conference Centres Roma Eventi - Piazza di Spagna and Roma Eventi – Fontana di Trevi, which provide
the city with two magnificent locations for unforgettable top-notch events and
meetings, and the Grand Hotel Europa incockpit windows.

“There had only been some early-generation military fighter aircraft with armored main windshields and some rotary-wing aircraft with all armored windows,” he said.

Mark Twibell, PPG senior design engineer and A400M program manager, said that Airbus has a rigorous timetable that it is strictly following to meet its schedule for first deliveries in 2009. PPG expects the transparencies to be qualified in 2007.

Seven European NATO nations have chosen the A400M for their air forces, with a total of 180 aircraft ordered by Germany, France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Belgium and Luxembourg. South Africa has recently joined the A400M program and will receive eight aircraft. An additional 200 to 300 aircraft are expected to be ordered for export to other countries.

PPG is unveiling a sample mockup of the


Tree lighting & visit from Santa soon

Santa arrives in front of city hall for the 2010 lighting of the Christmas tree. The popular event draws hundreds, and offers music and refreshments (News-Ledger photo)

[adrotate group=”10″] FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER —

The annual West Sacramento Tree Lighting is on the schedule for 6-8:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30 in front of city hall, 1110 West Capitol Avenue.

Kids can get a picture with Santa at this popular event between 6:30-8 p.m. Entertainment will include the River City High School Choir, West Sacramento Community Singers and Russian Baptist Church Dawn Choir. The event is free, hosted by the City and the Chamber of Commerce. There will be refreshments. “Mooie’s After Party” will follow, across the street at the community center. For more information, visitis family friend Sgt. Tommy Wang who served two tours in Iraq.

West Sacramento did not hold a Veterans Day parade this year.

(photo courtesy of Gail Stone)

Ballots counted, Westin loses seat

BREAKING NEWS — NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — Nov 19, 2012 —

By Steve Marschke

News-Ledger Editor

The Yolo County Elections Department has made it through the final 3,000-or-so West Sacramento ballots cast in the November 6 election. The count left local results little changed from the early totals released last week.

As elections officials began counting these absentee and provisional ballots, school board member David Westin was 88 votes short of the winners’ circle last week. The additional ballots didn’t help him.

“The final count has David Westin 108 votes back,” said Tom Stanionis, chief of staff of the elections department.

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Guilty of hammer attack at park

NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — NOV 19, 2012 —

Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that on Friday, a Yolo County jury convicted 21-year old Christopher Lee Castillo of West Sacramento for his participation in a gang assault of two juvenile victims in the Memorial Park area of West Sacramento on March 19, 2010.

The two victims and their family had beenharassed by the gang members during the two months before the assault, said the D.A.’s office.

“When the two victims, who were brothers, went to confront members of the gang, they were ambushed by numerous gang members armed with weapons, and a pit bull,” according to the D.A.’s statement. “Defendant Castillo struck one of the victims in the head with a hammer, creating a deep gash. After the assault the gang members continued to threaten and harass the family causing the family to move twice. Since the incident nine other defendants had entered pleas to various charges.”

[adrotate group=”9″] The jury deliberated for less than four hours before returning guilty verdicts on all counts, including conspiracy, assault with a deadly weapon and criminal street gang activity. The defendant will be


In one of the biggest overhauls in its 102-year history, organisation makes attempt to modernise foundations of promise

God, Queen and country – the foundations of the Girl Guides were trumpeted from the very first days of the organisation's existence in 1910. But now, following a consultation with members, God and country are out – leaving just the Queen.

In one of the biggest overhauls undergone by guiding in the UK, girls will now instead promise to "be true to myself and develop my beliefs". They will also pledge "to serve my queen and community".

The modernising move is aimed at ensuring all girls, religious or not, feel welcome in the Guides.

A vow to love or serve God has been included in the Promise since the Guides began, with members originallyKnown along with wife Susanna as Nashville’s king and queen, Clark penned songs recorded by the likes of Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson

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This article is more than 4 years old

The “godfather” of Nashville songwriters, Guy Charles Clark, has died at the age of 74.

The celebrated country and folk musician died in Nashville on Tuesday from persistent health problems, according to a release on his Facebook page.

'Guy Clark's songs were like Peckinpah movies – that powerful' Read more

Clark was known for his songs’ lyrical inventiveness and soaring narrative, showcased in hits such as LA Freeway, about the failed expectations for life in the big city, and Desperados Waiting for a Train, which was inspired by life in his grandmother’s 13-room


rural Texas hotel.

His reputation as a songwriting legend was cemented by recordings of his songs by artists including Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris and George Strait.

Before settling in Nashville with his partner Susanna Clark in 1971, Clark had lived around his home state of Texas, performing music, repairing guitars and building lasting relationships with musicians such as Kay Oslin, Gary White and Townes Van Zandt.

He married Susanna in 1972 and remained in the country music hotbed until his death.

Newcomers to Nashville were advised to seek the couple out, as the collaborators were known as the Music City’s king and queen.

“For more than 40 years, the Clark home was a gathering place for songwriters, folk singers, artists and misfits; many who sat at the feet of the master songwriter inShe's ruled over the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarch since her 1953 coronation.

The queen and her family are frequently in the news — but there are some facts about Queen Elizabeth II that might fly under the radar.

Queen Elizabeth II has had quite a career.

Not only is she the longest-reigning British monarch in history — she's also the longest-reigning current monarch in the world, and the longest-serving current head of state. On Saturday, April 21, she turns 92 years old.

She's the first UK monarch to ever celebrate a sapphire jubilee, which marked her 65-year reign in 2017. CNN reported that, should the queen still be reigning on February 6, 2022, she will be the first British monarch to celebrate a platinum jubilee.

Her career was recently fictionalized in


the Netflix historical drama series "The Crown," and the royal family is often in the news. But that doesn't mean there aren't a few facts out there about the queen that you might not have heard before.

Here's a look at some surprising facts about Queen Elizabeth II:

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Elizabeth was a favorite of her grandfather, King George V.

In" Queen and Country: The Fifty-year Reign of Elizabeth II," biographer William Shawcross wrote that the monarch made for "a surprisingly playful figure" who loved to play games with his first female grandchild. British politician Winston Churchill also reportedly described her as "a character."

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The queen has at least two family nicknames — "Lilibet" and "cabbage."

Town and Country reported that the queen's husband Prince Philip also may affectionately refer to her as "cabbage" —possibly a twist on the popular French pet name "mon petit chou," which means both "my little cabbage" and "my little pastry puff."

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Elizabeth II reportedly made the first ever royal transatlantic telephone call in 1939.

For her 1953 coronation, the queen's coronation gown featured symbolic embroidery that reflected the Commonwealth at the time.

Biographer Robert Lacey wrote in " Monarch: The Life and Reign of Elizabeth II" that the dress featured the English rose, the Scottish thistle, the Irish shamrock, the Welsh leek, the Australian wattle, the Canadian maple leaf, the New Zealander silver fern, the South African protea, the Indian and Ceylonese lotus flowers, and the Pakistani jute.

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The queen was the victim of one of the worst royal security breaches in modern history.

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On the night of July


9, 1982, she awoke to discover Michael Fagan in her bedroom, the BBC reported. Fagan had reportedly managed to dodge guards and electronic alarms, according to UPI. A security alarm that the queen pressed didn't go off, as it wasn't properly set up. A footman who had been out walking the queen's corgis subsequently returned and subdued Fagan, according BBC.

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Queen Elizabeth is the first-ever head of state to open not one, but two Olympic Games in two different countries.

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She helped to kick off the 1976 Montreal Games, according to the Montreal Gazette. The queen also made a splashy appearance in the 2012 Summer Games, starring with James Bond actor Daniel Craig in an action-packed short film run during the opening games, Business Insider reported.

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The finances of Queen ElizabethBreezestar WindClan

Breezekit was born into WindClan, back during the Warriora series. His parents were Nightcloud and Crowfeater. He had one brother and one sister, Featherkit and Eaglekit; who died two days after birth. Breezekit was ignored by both of his parents and was forced to sleep alone in the Nursey. Breezekit became an apprentice known as Breezepaw. His mentor was Whitetail. After he was an apprentice, he started to train in the Dark Forest. His mentor there was Hawkfrost. When he was nine moons old, he and his father went on a journey to the mountains, along with the journeying cats. Moons later, he became a warrior known as Breezepelt. After that, he discovered that three ThunderClan warriors, Hollyleaf, Jayfeather, and Lionblaze, we're his half-litter mates. Breezepelt was


upset and ashamed to have ThunderCkan siblings. Seasons later, The Dark Forest fought with the clans. Breezepelt was with them and almost killed Ivypool, but was stopped by his father, Crowfeather. After the clans won, Breezepelt and five ther Dark Forest traiters were exiled from their clans.

Breezepelt and the other five clan cats found six rouges. Breezepelt came up with an idea of forming a new clan, WhisperClan. The other cats agreed, and he made himself leader, giving himself the name of Breezestar. Breezestar made harsh new rules and appointed Shredtail, Deathclaw and Redwillow as deputies, which he called "Captions". Breezestar found three loners and forced them to be slaves. Later, Breezestar discovered other clans; MistClan, BrableClan, and HollyClan, and led attacks on them. He and WhisperClan destroyedHollyClan competly and stole kits from the other two clans. After that, Breezestar forced an Elite Gaurd, Firehowl, to be mates with him. She later gave birth to his first litter of kits; Smokehowl and Songflight. After that, he forced another she-cat, Ivystripe. She gave birth to his kits; Whitekit, Moonkit, and Hazelkit. But an elite guard named Cloudshine, murdered the kits. After that, Breezestar killed her and said that only his mates were allowed to have kits or they would be killed and their kits will become slaves. He then became mates with Poppytail, and he had his kits; Foxgrowl, Echonight, and Gorsenight. Breezestar then became mates with a slave Swamfeather. She had his kits; Ruepaw, Shakepaw, Nightpaw, Silverpaw and Raggedpaw. Moons later, he became mates with


In August 1619, 20 enslaved Africans disembarked an English pirate ship off the coast of Virginia. Four hundred years later the legacies of slavery and racial caste remain the most defining features about U.S. society. From the widening wealth chasm to hyper criminalization and mass incarceration, descendants of enslaved Africans in the United States are, indeed, the lowest caste.

Racial disparities in sentencing and incarceration underscore the injustice of U.S. society. On Aug. 28, an Alabama judge granted clemency to an African American who had spent 36 years in prison on a life sentence without parole. His crime? Alvin Kennard robbed $50.75 from a bakery in 1983. Because he pleaded guilty in 1979 to three counts of burglary and larceny, Kennard was an easy target for Alabama’s Habitual FelonyOffender Act, which white legislators passed in 1979 as part of a national shift towards punitive sentencing.

Mass incarceration disproportionately affects African American men, who have a one-in-three chance of incarceration, compared to one-in-17 for white men, and one-in-six for Latino men. Annually, U.S. corrections cost taxpayers $265 billion.

In a racial caste society, injustice is the through line that connects the generations. Kennard’s adversity is reminiscent of a 1958 Alabama civil rights case that captivated the international community, compelling many around the world, including over 3,000 ordinary Canadians, to write letters demanding clemency from the governor.

Known as “death for a dollar ninety-five” case, the State of Alabama sentenced 55-year-old African American Jimmy Wilson to the electric chair in August 1958 for allegedly robbing Estelle Barker, an elderly white widow.

Wilson,


white woman.” Another white petitioner wrote, “The people in the U.S.A. are terrible narrow-minded about the negros [sic].”

The sententious tone in which many white Canadians expressed their outrage over U.S. racism points to a society undergoing a shift in racial attitudes while mostly blinded to its own brand of racism. Nevertheless, this show of Canadian self-assertion proved a major victory for the post-war global human rights struggle. When the governor of Alabama received a flurry of letters from Toronto on Sept. 13, 1958, he finally conceded to the national and international pressure and granted Jimmy Wilson clemency.

Jimmy Wilson, Alvin Kennard and legions of African American men and women have suffered and continue to suffer unfathomable racism in the United States.

After the U.S. Civil War, the euphoria of citizenshipbodies than meting out justice.

After 400 years of demanding justice and equality, the future for African descendants in the United States still looks grim. Will the United States ever ensure true justice and equality for descendants of enslaved Africans?


Lìtost (Czech) - Lítost means literally "compassion" but the Czech author Milan Kundera gave it an ironic twist in The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by defining it as "a state of torment created by the sight of one man's own misery". He went on: "A feeling as infinite as an open accordion - a synthesis of many others, grief, sympathy, remorse and indefinable longing - I do not see how anyone can understand the human condition without it."Senior writer John Oehser takes a look inside Day 9 of the Jaguars 2012 Training Camp

Blackmon, the No. 5 overall selection by the Jaguars in the 2012 NFL Draft, has agreed to terms, and is expected to sign his rookie contract later Monday or Tuesday. Details of the contract were not disclosed.

Blackmon, a wide receiver from Oklahoma State, spent organized team activities and minicamp with the team, but has missed the first nine days of training camp because he had not signed his contract. The team had wanted safeguards in the contract protecting it if Blackmon had further off-field issues.

He is the last first-round selection in the 2012 draft unsigned.

When Blackmon signs, it will mean all 90 players on the team’s active roster will be in camp. Running


Manley - Borden

The bride is the daughter of Nancy and Troy Manley of Miami. Grandmothers of the bride are Bennie Manley of Hereford and Dorothy Scherlen of Borger, both of whom attended the wedding.

Parents of the groom are Bonnie and Max Borden of Graford. Grandparents of the groom are Mr. and Mrs. Joe Francies of Graford and Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Borden of Shreveport, La.

Maid of honor was J.J. Hill of Canyon. Bridal attendant was Jackie Miller of Denver.

Best man was Michael Hund of Hereford. Groom's attendant was Jack Borden, brother of the groom.

Flower girl was Olivia Tyler of Miami. Ring bearer was Colten Hubbard of Graford, nephew of the groom. Ushers were Ryan Manley of Miami, brother of the bride, and Joshua Francies, cousin of the groom.

Thewedding reception was held at Country Home Weddings.

The bride is a graduate of Miami High School. She earned a bachelor of science degree in agriculture business and economics from West Texas A&M University in Canyon. She is pursuing her master's degree in business administration at WT.

The groom is a graduate of Hereford High School. He earned an associate's degree in aviation technology from Amarillo College. He is an aviation technician at Tradewind Turbines.

The couple planned a Caribbean honeymoon cruise. They reside in Amarillo.


As Hurricane Katrina surged towards New Orleans, people faced the unthinkable prospect of abandoning their homes and finding shelter. Worst affected were some of the city’s most vulnerable citizens, the poor and the elderly, parents with young children, people without cars, and people living in flood-prone areas. Among those who stayed back, many were old enough to remember Hurricane Camille, a category 5 storm that devastated the region in 1969. Many homes were spared from flooding then, so it stood to reason that they should hold up to Katrina, also a category 5 storm that was demoted to a category 3 by the time it hit land. Sadly, they were mistaken, as the category rating of the hurricane was not the best measure of the raw destructive powerBy MOHAMMED MOMOH More by this Author

The Boko Haram have killed more Nigerian soldiers, making a mockery of President Muhammadu Buhari's vow to crush the jihadists.

Reports indicate the troops suffered three fatalities following an attack on their base in northeast Borno State near Lake Chad late Tuesday.

The jihadists from Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) reportedly invaded the Cross-Kauwa military base driving in several trucks.

"We lost three soldiers in the fight," AFP quoted a military officer who asked not to be named.

"The soldiers fought the terrorists but were overpowered and had to withdraw from the base," he added.

Abandon the base

A Cross-Kauwa resident was quoted saying the Islamists had trucks fitted with anti-aircraft guns.

"The insurgents fought the soldiers for three hours and forced them to abandon the base," said


the resident who wanted to be identified only by his first name, Bukar, for fear of reprisals.

The loss comes barely seven days after the killing of dozens of soldiers by the Boko Haram, which prompted President Buhari to visit the war front on Wednesday.

The president ordered the military to eliminate all threats of Boko Haram and declared the war against terrorism as “a must win’’.

He gave the order while opening the 2018 Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference after visiting some of the wounded soldiers in hospitals in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

“It is a must win war. I want to encourage our troops not to be distracted by speculations but remain focused and committed to the task of eliminating Boko Haram from the surface of the earth.’’

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He assured the military that he would continue to address their manpower development and equipment supply needs, promising that their welfare and entitlements would also be improved.

The president commended the sacrifices of the military in safeguarding the peace, security and territorial integrity of the country.

President Buhari, who also addressed the Army at the Maimalari Barrack, headquarters of Operation Lafiya-Dole, said he shared in the agony of loss of gallant soldiers.

“I have come to pay homage to the gallant soldiers lost by the nation and to console the injured ones in recent terrorist attacks.

“I urge you to remain focused and win the war,’’ the President said.

He said: “As we approach the 2019 General Election, I want to urge all members of the Armed Forces to live up to their


Gravel roofs are very popular in many areas of the United States, being less expensive than other types of roofs while being quite durable. However, various weather conditions such as high winds and very heavy rains often displace much of the gravel if the gravel is not sealed in place.
This type of roof is generally constructed of one or more layers of tar paper being fixed in a covering relation to the roof sheathing, the paper is then heavily coated with a roofing tar and the gravel is spread thereatop. To prevent the displacement of the gravel, it is sealed. For many years, the sealing has been accomplished by spraying the gravel. This binds the surface of the gravel coat together and while there is some penetration, itof Conrad Phillips, star of the long-running television series ‘William Tell’, who played many roles in theatre, film and television over a span of more than 40 years.

As might be expected, the book gives us anecdotes about other actors and actresses – hilarious snippets which allow us to peek into the lives of other celebrities – but it is much, much more than that. Conrad’s life encompasses experiences far removed from the world of acting – a childhood of poverty, a youth in which he saw wartime action in the Royal Navy, a divorce in which he left behind all his hard-earned wealth in order to regain his freedom, and a fresh start which he embraced with such certainty that he married his new wife only 10 weeks


after they first met.

Conrad has known ups and downs like few others have in their life, and he recounts his own actions and feelings with a candour and modesty that make him at once both admirable and likeable. Humour lurks always behind the gritty realism with which hardships and heartache are described, and the upbeat ending justifies the unbroken thread of optimism.

Buy in confidence – full ‘No Quibble’ refund if not satisfied.

Over the years, Conrad has rubbed shoulders with some of the great names of the small and big screens including Frankie Howerd, Sid James, Spike Milligan, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Jennifer Jayne (his co-star from William Tell), Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Wendy Richards, Bill Franklyn, Wilfred Bramble, Donald Pleasence, Diana Fairfax and Frank Thornton to name but justU.S. President Donald Trump is striking a more unifying tone as he gets down to business on his second full day in the White House.

Speaking in the East Room of the White House during a swearing-in ceremony for 30 new "assistants to the president," Trump told his top advisers that they're in the White House not to "help ourselves" but to "devote ourselves to the national good."

"This is not about party, this is not about ideology. This is about country, our country. It's about serving the American people," he said.

Trump also held up the letter left to him by his predecessor, Barack Obama — a White House tradition. "It was really very nice of him to do that," Trump said. "We will cherish that." He said the contents


motorcade drove past on Saturday afternoon, with many screaming and chanting.

The Washington rally appeared to attract more people than attended Trump's inauguration on Friday, but there were no completely comparable numbers. Regional transportation officials tweeted on Sunday that 1,001,616 trips were taken on the rail system on Saturday. Metro spokesman Dan Stessel had said that on Friday, the day of Donald Trump's inauguration, just over 570,000 trips were taken on the rail system.

A combination of photos taken at the National Mall shows the crowds attending the inauguration ceremonies to swear in Donald Trump at 12:01pm, left, on Jan. 20, 2017, and former president Barack Obama on Jan. 20, 2009. (Reuters)

Even suggestions of weak enthusiasm for his inauguration clearly irked the new president.

Trump spent his first full day inoffice berating the media over their coverage of his inauguration, using a bridge-building visit to CIA headquarters to air grievances about "dishonest" journalists and wildly overstating the size of the crowd that gathered on the National Mall as he took the oath of office.

Trump said throngs "went all the way back to the Washington monument," despite photos and live video showing the crowd stopping well short of the landmark.

'These attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong,' says White House press secretary Sean Spicer 1:19

In talk show interviews Sunday, advisers defended Trump's anger at journalists for correctly reporting that his inauguration drew a smaller crowd than President Barack Obama's did eight years ago, saying the Trump administration was supplying "alternative facts."

"There's no way to


outside the White House on Sunday. Conway says Trump has no plans to release his tax returns. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press)

"He's not going to release his tax returns. We litigated this all through the election. People didn't care," Conway said on ABC's This Week.

Trump's Sunday plans were to include a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who told his Cabinet that the call would cover the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Syria, Iran and other issues and a reception for law enforcement officers and first responders who helped with his inauguration.

Sunday also was his 12th wedding anniversary.

Trump to meet with Trudeau, Pena Nieto

His chief of staff, Reince Priebus, said on Fox News Sunday that Trump would spend his first full week in office undoing some of his predecessor's agendaand planned to sign executive orders on immigration and trade.

Priebus did not provide specifics but during the campaign, Trump pledged to scuttle trade deals such as a pending Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement and overturn Obama's executive order deferring deportations for 700,000 people who were brought into the country illegally as minors.

Later in the week, he'll address congressional Republicans at their retreat in Philadelphia and meet with British Prime Minister Theresa May.

Trump also announced Sunday that he's set up meetings with the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.

"We're going to start some negotiations having to do with NAFTA," he said of his meeting with Mexico, along with immigration and security at the border. Trump has promised to build a wall along the length of


What happened in Jonesboro that day in 1998 awakened America to the terror of school shootings and left an indelible mark on the northeast Arkansas town that was yesterday trying to come to terms with the fact that one of the convicted murderers, Johnson, is due to walk free from prison. Golden is scheduled to be freed in 2007.

A now-closed legal loophole means the killers can only be held until their 21st birthdays, and with Johnson's birthday falling yesterday his expected release from a federal penitentiary in Memphis has re-opened old wounds in the town, with many residents questioning whether justice has been served in the case.

It has also drawn a sharp reaction from gun control campaigners, who criticised the fact that because Johnson was convicted as aminor his criminal record will be wiped clean and he will be allowed to buy a gun.

Whitney Irving, a student at Westside Middle School, was shot in the back but survived the attack. Although she has since graduated from high school, married and had a child, the attack remains a part of her everyday life.

"A lot of people are really scared to this very day and we have not forgotten anything," she told the Associated Press.

Mitchell Wright, whose wife Shannon was the teacher who was killed, said he has tried to explain Johnson's release to his son, who was two at the time of his mother's death.

"He's told me, 'I don't think it's right he gets to go home to his momma and I only get to see


my momma on videos'," Mr Wright said.

The Jonesboro shooting was the first major schoolyard assault in which teenagers attacked their classmates.

Less than a year later 13 died, along with two young gunmen, at Columbine High School, Colorado, while in March this year 10 people were killed when a student opened fire at a school on a native American reservation in northern Minnesota before turning the gun on himself.

Dale Haas, the sheriff at the time of the shootings and now a judge in the town, believes Johnson and his accomplice are getting off too lightly. "We forget what they had done," he told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. "They killed somebody with malice ... Would you really want them as your neighbours?"

Kenneth Heard, a reporter who covered the shooting and theAs for Conan, He Who Laughs Last...

O'Brien's Move to TBS Seen as Early Success for Viewers and Advertisers

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Conan O' Brien looks to be having the best laugh.

After all the hype and months of speculation over Mr. O' Brien's move from NBC to cable's TBS, the late-night "Conan" show is being viewed as an early success with both viewers and advertisers, and in fact, could change the dynamic of the late-night ad marketplace. "He's bringing in really young viewers. The median age is over 20 years younger" than that of people who tune in to rival shows on broadcast, said Amy Sotiridy, senior VP-director of national broadcast at Interpublic Group's Initiative.
Conan O' Brien

Mr. O' Brien's first show drew around 4.2 million viewers, nearly 3.3 million


option in front of them that could draw important ad dollars away from those places. In other words, the show's launch has them thinking about how to parcel out ad spending among various audiences -- a notion that would never have held sway when Johnny Carson sat on this timeslot's throne.

The successful launch "really changes the dynamic of the late-night day part in terms of what the priority programs are," said Jay Baum, executive VP-director of national buying at Deutsch Inc. Over the years, he added, late-night audiences on broadcast "have gotten older and the ratings have come down. Now you have all these high-profile programs on the cable landscape that are skewing younger."

Credit: Sources: Nielsen, Turner Entertainment Networks
Early viewership for "Conan" doesn't indicate the normal performance forfor the data that is there, it's looking good," said Elizabeth Herbst-Brady, president at Interpublic Group's Magna Global.

The host's new backer, Time Warner's Turner cable unit, sees early positives. "Premiere night and premiere week were sold out back in October, with very strong demand throughout fourth quarter and into first quarter," said Turner spokeswoman Jennifer Toner, via email. Advertisers who aligned themselves early with "Conan" included AT&T, which not only ran ads during the first week of the show, but sponsored a promotional "Conan" blimp that appeared during TBS's recent telecasts of post-season baseball. AT&T declined to comment on Mr. O' Brien's first-week performance.

Establishing Mr. O' Brien's value is crucial to Turner. The cable unit has been adding to its programming lineup, part of a broader effort to


give advertisers fare that attempts to mimic broadcast's reach at more attractive prices. Turner has added several dramas to its TNT network, snatching up cult-favorite cop show "Southland" after NBC dropped it last year, for instance, and launching programs such as "Rizzoli & Isles" and "Men of a Certain Age" to complement its long-running "The Closer." More importantly, Turner also formed a joint effort with CBS to show a good chunk of the NCAA men's basketball championships across its many cable outlets.

To work, "Conan" doesn't have to reach the most viewers -- just a good portion of the ones marketers want so badly. Mr. O' Brien's first week of programs reached an audience with a median age of 32, Turner said in a statement Friday. The first weekof "Conan" averaged around 1.5 million adults between the ages of 18 and 34, about 2.2 million adults between 18 and 49, and around 2.9 million viewers overall.

The host and the network clearly made outreach to marketers early in their launch efforts. Last week, News Corp.'s 20th Century Fox ran ads for its "Unstoppable" action movie that mentioned the host by name. General Motors is expected to use "Conan" to promote its Chevrolet Cruze the week of Nov. 15, with details likely to be announced during the show. Microsoft's Bing search engine and AT&T are expected to be featured with the program in the near future, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

In his first week, Mr. O' Brien made plenty of swipes at his diminished


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Steve Spurrier likes to talk about how God has smiled on the Gamecocks this season. Well, it is now time for South Carolina to stop relying on Divine intervention.

South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier looks on from the sidelines during the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game against South Carolina State, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier reacts to a called timeout early in the game against Florida Atlantic.

Steve Spurrier likes to talk about how God has smiled on the Gamecocks this season. Well, it is now time for South Carolina to stop relying on Divine intervention.

It is time for Spurrier's offense to get out of


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SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdish provincial representatives in Kirkuk say they will start marathon negotiations with political groups and community leaders about the anticipated referendum on the future of the oil-rich city.Muhammad Kamal, a Kurdish party official in the ethnically diverse province said they hoped Kirkuk would actively take part in the public vote and decide to integrate with the Kurdistan Region.The Kurdish authorities have announced that the referendum on independence for the Kurdistan Region will most likely be held in November or before the end of this year.Kurdish President Masoud Barzani has said that the referendum will include almost all the so-called disputed territories, which include Khanaqin in the south, Shingal in the west and Kirkuk, along with many other areas.But while the referendum inthe Kurdistan Region will be about breaking away from Iraq, the vote in the disputed territories will also be about whether or not they want to stay with Kurdistan.“We hope the people of Kirkuk decide to stay with the Kurdistan region and break away from Iraq and this is why we start negotiating with other groups,” Kamal told Rudaw.Just slightly over 50 percent of the population in Kirkuk consists of Kurds, while Turkmen, Arabs and other groups make up the rest of the population, in a city which over the past century has been at the heart of virtually all negotiations between Baghdad and Erbil.Faridun Abdulqadir, a top Kurdish negotiator who took part in several Kurdish-Iraqi meetings in 1983 with the then Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein, says that


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COASTAL CLEANUP Presented by Rotary Club of New Port Richey & Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Many things have changed due to COVID-19, unfortunately litter is still a problem that has increased due to the improper disposal of personal protection equipment. However, there are still people that want to help protect the environment during the uncertainty of these times - which is why we are still having the Coastal Cleanup. The annual International Coastal Cleanup presented by the Rotary Club of New Port Richey will be held throughout Pasco County on Saturday, September 19, 2020 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

In previous years, there were large cleanups that were held throughout Pasco County. In 2019, there were 2,021 volunteers at 30 different locations. Some of these events will stillof love and loss. Anchored by the sweet connection established by Romain Duris (Colin) and Audrey Tatou (Chloe) as a couple in the throes of blossoming new romance, it jumps into the darkness with the revelation that Chloe is suffering from a serious illness – the otherwise outlandish water-lily-on-the-lung acting as a cushioning allegory for cancer.

Despite the bleakness of the scenario, Gondry throws every inch of creative flair at the project from start to finish, with its often retro-tech aesthetic making for one of the most visually spectacular films of the year. Not that it all works: a split-screen of summer sun and autumnal rain being an example of a quirk devolving into self-conscious craziness.

It’s so audaciously rich with trickery that the development of the characters falls into


In August 2008, Jim Miller was on his computer, checking race results. The USA cycling director of athletics calls himself a "chronic result watcher," and one of his many jobs is to spot rising stars, to identify and nourish young talent. It's not as simple a task as picking out future LeBron Jameses and Peyton Mannings. Greatness in team sports usually announces itself early and loudly, and is marked by bold headlines and breathless hyperbole. Unknown but promising cyclists, at least in the United States, don't inspire headlines at all; they don't often attract the attention of quasilegal agents or inspire major university scholarship wars. No one offers to buy them SUVs.

To find talent, if you're USA cycling director of athletics, you scroll through computer pages and youlook at race results. Miller noticed an interesting one. It was from the Green Mountain women's race, in Vermont. One of his USA cycling team members had won the elite/pro division, which wasn't extraordinary, but when Miller checked out the Women's Cat 3/4 race—the near-novice level—he saw that the winner's time was four minutes faster than the pro's.

There was a story circulating on cycling chat boards about that race. According to the tall tale—it had to be a tall tale, it was so ridiculous—the woman who'd posted that surprising result had been racing for all of a month, worked full-time on Wall Street and had done most of her training inside, watching television. And according to the rumors—and they had to be just rumors, because they were so


outlandish—the most absurd and delicious detail of that performance was that on the final, long climb the rider had left her race completely behind and ridden all the way up to the pack of elite and pro cylists, who'd started five minutes before. Some of the best women riders in the country, on their custom-made machines, had looked up to see a tiny, brown-haired investment banker on a cheap maroon bike, using her granny gear, pass them by. It was a wonderful fairy tale. It turned out to be true in every detail.

The account of that ride was certainly enough to stir the hearts of anyone who has ever toted up numbers on a spreadsheet or proofread a document late at night in an office while dreaming ofcrossing a finish line in triumph. But fairy tales, even the true ones, do not move Miller. He is a deeply, steadfastly empirical man. He has heard lots of stories about big hearts and inspirational attacks. Stories are nice, but when it comes to elite-level cycling, professional cycling, what matters is talent and work—hard, grueling long-term labor—and tactics and toughness. Those are the things that bring results, plural. Miller made a note to himself to check up on how the novice was doing in a few months.

In February 2009, Miller was checking results again and saw that the novice had won a stage in Arizona's four-day Valley of the Sun race. He did some more checking and found out that the win was her eighth in just eight


longer version is even more preposterous.

She is the fourth of five children. As a toddler in Acton, a suburb of Boston, she spoke too fast, and not too well. She had particular trouble pronouncing the sounds of R and S, and she struggled with language comprehension. For seven years, from kindergarten through the sixth grade, Harriet Stevens, a special-education teacher, took her lisping little girl to

After-school classes. For seven years, Evelyn recited, Liza Doolittle-like, "When the redbird flies in the sky" until she got it right.

Another child might have grown self-conscious or chastened. Evelyn decided she wanted to be president when she grew up. Either that or a reporter. She was elected president of her junior high school. She played soccer and ran track, and when she triedout for high-school tennis, the coach put her on the varsity team.

She also played varsity tennis at Dartmouth College, where she studied government and gender studies, and when she graduated, she took a job in New York City, at Lehman Brothers. She still spoke fast, but now, more clearly. She was 25 years old, living in New York City's Murray Hill neighborhood and working on Wall Street. She shared a summer rental in the Hamptons. She had a boyfriend, good pals from college and from Lehman Brothers, where she worked as an analyst and made, by most of the world's definition, stupid money. She worked fairly stupid hours, too. She would arrive at the office at 9 a.m., and stay till 10. Or 11. Or midnight. Or one


or two.

"I was mostly doing PowerPoint presentations," she says. "They'd say to me on Friday night, 'Evie [pronounced EHvee], we're having a pitch on Monday, and here's what we want it to look like.'"

Not that she complained. She liked the people she worked with. She liked learning a new skill set. She liked her bosses. She liked the money. She liked going out at night with friends, and, a couple times a week getting up at dawn and running up to and around Central Park, then back home. Ten or 12 miles a couple times a week wasn't a lot by her standards. She wished she could exercise more. She might have wished the hours weren't quite as long. She might have wished she had a little moretime to read before she fell asleep—she always read before she went to sleep—but she was young and she had a great job, was making a great living. It had taken her seven years to say a sentence about a flying bird correctly. What was there to complain about?

In the fall of 2007, her sister, Angela, who was then 40, called and told Evie to buy some clip-in bike pedals and bring them with her when she flew to California for Thanksgiving. When Evie arrived, Angela showed her little sister the bicycle she'd borrowed for her to ride (it was a green monster, a little too big for Evie, who is 5-foot-5 and then weighed about 126 pounds), and showed her how to clip her shoes into the


pedals. Evie struggled with that, but she was always game for new things, and once she got the hang of it, Angela and Angela's boyfriend and Evie took off. The first day they rode up and down Mount Tamalpais, 60 miles, and Evie kept up.

The day after riding up Mount Tam, the trio drove to a cyclocross race, where, as they warmed up, Evie struggled again with the shoes. Angela had to take off with her boyfriend to make her own start time, and she left her little sister. Evie managed to clip into her pedals, managed to make it to the starting line. She even managed to finish the race, despite crashing a few times.

Afterward, the sisters joked about the race, about the crashes, about Evie's difficultywith her pedals. No one made any jokes about the muddy beginnings of a glorious new career. That was too ludicrous to imagine, even as a joke.

But when she got back to New York City, Evie went shopping for a bicycle. Clerks asked her what she was looking for. Carbonfiber fork? DuraAce components? Mavic wheels?

They might as well have been speaking Mandarin. She liked riding. She liked going fast. She didn't know anything about bicycle technology, and didn't particularly care. She ended up with a maroon Cannondale, aluminum, with a triple chainring and a huge granny gear in back to help her up steep hills. It cost $1,000. She would ride a few times a week up the bike path next to the West Side Highway, early in


the morning, then she would do a few loops around Central Park. It was still winter, and it was cold, but she loved the feel of freedom, and the speed, and she loved pushing herself up the hills.

She told Angela how much fun she was having.

"But she was clueless," Angela says. "I'd say, you have to buy a pump. And you need this and that. I gave her a list of what she'd need to change a tire, and reviewed how to change one." Still, the first time Evie got a flat, she called her sister on her cell phone for instructions. Angela sent a package of bike clothing—shorts, jersey, vest, arm warmers—because she thought Evie shouldn't be riding in her ski jacket and running pants. Angela toldher sister to be sure to eat before—and sometimes during—her long rides. It took a few times bonking before Evie listened.

Other riders noticed her. They noticed her strength on hills and her speed. A guy on a fancy bike in Central Park asked if she wanted to ride with him, if she wanted to try riding with a pack. She did.

A few of the guys in the pack rode with her across the George Washington Bridge to New Jersey. During a stop on the ride, one of the guys with a watch told her to climb one of the big hills—about a mile and a half—as fast as she could. Fast, competitive men going all-out usually hit the top in just over six minutes.

The investment banker on the


$1,000 bike did it in less than six minutes.

The other riders told her about an upcoming racing clinic put on by the Century Road Club Association (CRCA), an event where rank amateurs and enthusiasts like Evie could learn some of the craft of competitive cycling. Afterward, there would be a mock race. It wasn't like she was going to quit her job in finance and become a professional bicycle racer—she just wanted to try something new. She'd always been an optimist, welcomed new challenges. To be a government and gender studies major working on Wall Street, one needs to be an optimist. To lisp and attend speech-therapy classes every day of grade school, and to dream of becoming president of your country, an eye for silver linings isrequired.

She finished sixth out of about 30 riders. "I thought, this was awesome," she remembers. "I want to bike race. The adrenaline rush. The competition." A week later, she entered a real race, Union Vale, in upstate New York. It finished on a big climb. It might as well have been designed for her. It was her first cycling victory, and she wanted more.

In July she won a time trial in the Giro del Cielo and finished first in a road race called the NCC Tour of the Hilltowns. Then came the Green Mountain Stage Race, the day Evie and her granny gear passed the pros. She had changed jobs, going to an investment fund called Gleacher Mezzanine, and was now living in Greenwich Village. The hours were


still long, and the money was still good. She still had her nights out with friends. But she also had this new obsession, and something had to give.

"A lot of my friends said, 'Oh, what happened to you?,'" Stevens remembers. That's because she would return from work every night at eight or nine, turn on the television set, mount her training bicycle in her living room and proceed to ride. Eventually, dinners and drinks were out, along with a lot of other social activities. Matthew Koschara, a former professional racer turned coach who lived in New York City, met Stevens and rode with her, and had given her specific workouts—speed and distance and intervals. "Her longer weeks," Koschara says, "she would have been approaching [riding] 20 hours. Sometimesin the morning, sometimes in the evening. It was basically ride, work, go to bed, or work, ride, go to bed. There's no way I would bring up, 'Hey, did you see that movie?' Because I would have known there's no way she would have seen that movie."

She finished in 13th place, as a category 3/4 rider, in the Lou Maltese Memorial race in New York City. In February 2009, she flew to Arizona to take part in the four-stage Valley of the Sun Race. In the individual time trial, she flatted and finished dead last, 61st. The next day she won the road race, and the day after that, she finished second in the criterium. That happened to be one of the days that chronic results watcher


Jim Miller was checking the Internet. That's when he sent her the email, asking what her story was.

In March, she finished second in the Grant's Tomb Criterium. The next month she won the Tour of the Battenkill and then won the Tour de Ephrata. In May she won the Cadence Tour de Parc and the Jiminy Peak Road Race and the Bear Mountain Spring Classic.

"She'd send me text messages," Angela says. "And they would always be, 'I won, I won, I won.' After a while, it was like, 'How many more races are you going to win?'"

Quite a few more, as it turns out. In May 2009 she won the Hartford Downtown Criterium. She was an elite rider now, Cat 1, and right before the Fourth of Julyweekend, she told her bosses at Gleacher Mezzanine that she was leaving finance. Unlike most of the associates, who leave for business school, usually the University of Chicago or Wharton, Stevens was going to try to become a professional athlete.

Over the Fourth of July, riding for Team Lip Smackers, Evie won the Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, beating pros Jeannie Longo and Tina Pic. She followed that up a few weeks later by winning the Cascade Cycling Classic stage race, in Oregon.

By the time she had completed her unlikely 15th place finish in the World Championships in Switzerland, she had given up her New York City apartment, was planning to move to the San Francisco Bay area, and had accepted a 2010 professional contract with HTCColumbia, considered the best women's


in her first year, it's left a lot of people speechless."

Last August, the Wall Street Journal ran a story on Stevens that outlined her elite physiology. The headline was "Cycling's One-in-a-Million Story." USA Cycling's Miller, the empiricist, demurs. "Every two years in America we have a girl who comes up to her level," he says. "You have someone like Mara Abbot, like Kristin Armstrong, like Amber Neben. She's not a freak of nature. She's good. She's a good climber, she has a big engine. What strikes me about Evie is she's intelligent, and she's smart. She can watch things happen, and replicate them. Now it's a lot of hard work and effort. To go from being a good rider to a great rider, that's up to her."

When shemeets me for coffee on Manhattan's Upper West Side, on a bright, chilly Indian summer morning, she wears black leggings and a yellow Columbia racing jersey and flip-flops. She is lean, at 120 pounds six pounds lighter than her finance days, and obviously fit. She looks like a lot of other young women from the neighborhood, the attractive and lean
executives and financiers and yoginis and Pilates addicts and moisturized gym rats, but much less harried, much more relaxed. Happier. Part of that has to do with her predisposition toward sunniness. Part has to do with her new life. ("I came back from a ride," she told a reporter in late summer, describing her new life, "ate, surfed the Web, wrote e-mails, read books, hung out. It's really nice,


actually."

She is staying at a friend's place in the neighborhood. She has been living as a houseguest since May 2009, moving from neighborhood to neighborhood, with occasional stops at her parents' house in Dennis, Massachusetts. Recently she e-mailed her friends, asking if anyone knew of a cheap rental in Marin County, California, or someone looking for a roommate. That's where she intends to move, because it will be easier to train, and to be near her sister, Angela, who had her first daughter in September.

She says she has a lot to learn. And while she's happy if a story about a woman cyclist will get people interested in the sport—especially little girls—she is relentlessly humble. Other racers are far more accomplished than she is, she says. She haslots to learn from them, she says. She needs to prove herself, she says. She just wants to be a good cyclist, to do what her coach tells her to do, to be a good team member, to help the people she's supposed to help. She'll wait her turn, she says. She just wants to be worthy.

While Stevens is chipper and disinclined to offend and seems to positively exude an aw-shucks girl-next-door humility and charm, she is, as everyone who knows her attests, very smart and focused. The elite riders laughed and encouraged her when she was a Category 3/4 racer passing them on a hill (before they collected themselves and dropped her—"Make sure to include that, that they passed me"). But she knows that, now that she's


very traumatizing." (She laughs when she says this, but she's serious about not talking to helmetless riders.)

She knows very little about pop culture because she doesn't watch television. (During the winter when she worked in finance and rode indoors, however, she would watch television while training, and was as well versed in celebrity scandal as anyone.) She doesn't have to wear heels now, or suits. She can wear whatever she wants and is happy about that. She never loved fashion. She says something funny about young, wealthy women in New York City spending lots of money on shoes, then she spends approximately 15 minutes insisting that the quote be stricken, or changed, or softened. She explains that she doesn't want to offend anyone who owns expensive shoes, orwho gets a kick out of shoe shopping, but that she also doesn't want to offend women who don't wear expensive shoes, and yeah, one of the other pros she met at a publicity event the other day suggested she take some media training. After 20 minutes, she settles on this statement: "I have never owned a pair of Jimmy Choos."

She adores her new Scott bicycle, and it is beautiful and sleek, but her enthusiasm is at least partly influenced by the fact that Scott is one of the sponsors of her team. In truth, Stevens is probably one of the most technology-clueless professional cyclists in the world. "A lot of people riding are really into their equipment," she says. "I'm more into winning and going fast." When


ask Stevens about those world championships in Switzerland, that incredible result. She says it was one of the great experiences of her life. "That was a pinch-myself kind of moment. I've had a lot of pinch-myself kinds of moments in the last year."

Her job was to set pace, to stretch out the field, to make sure the other riders were expending huge amounts of energy climbing the massive hills, so that the USA's star, Kristin Armstrong (who ended up crashing but finished in fourth place), would be in position to win the championship. The sport's feel-good story led the greatest riders in the world up hill after hill. Barely a year from owning a pair of cycling shoes, Stevens managed to maneuver through the pack, to avoid crashing,High On Meth, Man Punches, Chases Woman With Pitchfork In South OKC

Monday, September 15th 2014, 1:05 pm

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An Oklahoma City man is facing charges for domestic assault and destruction of property after a drug-fueled incident on the south side of the metro early Sunday morning.

Officers were first called out to the scene at a home in southwest Oklahoma City around 12:30 a.m. The caller told police that the suspect had left the home walking east toward S. May Ave.

The officers arrived and searched the area when they located the suspect, identified as 40-year-old Shaun Walsh, in the 2800 block of SW Grand Blvd.

Police continued to the scene where they located the victim and a witness standing in the driveway of the home where the alleged incident occurred.


The officers noticed that the victim had redness and swelling on the right side of her face.

The woman told police that she and Walsh had had an intimate relationship in the past, but had been separated for the last year. She said the two remained friends, however, and would see each other from time to time.

At approximately 11:30 p.m. she told police that Walsh had called her and asked if she could pick him up. He said there was trouble at the house he was staying at and he needed to leave. The woman told the officers she and her friend went to get Walsh and then drove back to her home.

It was at the victim's home where the two got into an argument over a methamphetamine pipethat Walsh had in his possession. The woman told police that she pressed Walsh on the issue of the pipe and about his drug use. That's when she said he became enraged and started punching her in the face three times.

According to the victim, Walsh said, “F*** you, b****. You get what you deserve,” as he punched her. After he stopped punching, the victim told police Walsh went into another room of the home and grabbed a three-prong pitchfork. She said he began chasing her around the house before she could make it out the front door.

Once outside Walsh demanded the victim give him the keys to her car. She refused, and that's when she said Walsh used the pitchfork to break the passenger side window to her


car. He then dropped the pitchfork and left the scene on foot.

The victim's friend corroborated her story and Walsh was placed under arrest. While in the back of the squad car Walsh informed the officers that he was under the influence of meth. He also told police that before he was arrested he swallowed a baggie containing .2 grams of the drug, and was about to “feel the full effects.”

Walsh was first taken to Southwest Medical Center to be medically cleared before he was transported to the Oklahoma County Jail, where he was booked without incident. A bond has not been set at this time.394 F.2d 619
UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Michael MILLER, Appellant,v.David N. MYERS, Superintendent.
No. 16171.
United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.
Submitted on Briefs April 19, 1968.
Decided May 6, 1968.

Michael Miller, pro se.
Richard A. Devlin, Asst. Dist. Atty., Norristown, Pa. (Henry T. Crocker, Asst. Dist. Atty., Milton O. Moss, Dist. Atty., Norristown, Pa. on the brief), for appellee.
Before BIGGS, McLAUGHLIN and FREEDMAN, Circuit Judges.
OPINION OF THE COURT
PER CURIAM.

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On November 3, 1961 the Relator Miller, having been found guilty by a jury of the crime of receiving stolen goods was sentenced to not less than two and not more than ten years imprisonment. Subsequently, on January 29, 1966 Miller was sentenced to serve from seven to twenty years on another indictment. The latter, the 1966 sentence, was ordered to commence


A few months ago, the state government had proposed the unthinkable: imposing a ban on the construction of apartments and high-rises.

The radical idea came as a result of an acute shortage of potable water in the city and a torrent of bad news from Chennai, which was going through an unprecedented water crisis.

Though the proposal remained just that, a proposal, several other factors seem to have done the government’s job.

Construction activities have slumped by over 50% in the last two to three years in the city, with the industry attributing it to demonetisation, GST and rigorous implementation of National Green Tribunal (NGT) rules.

Attesting to the steep fall in construction activities, the number of applications to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) seeking sanction of building plans for high-risesand apartment buildings has come down by over 50% in the last couple of years.

The BBMP, which is the sanctioning authority for building plans, has received just 30 applications for high-rise apartment construction until August 2019.

According to data accessed from the Additional Director of Town Planning (ADTP), BBMP, the number of existing applications seeking approval for building plans has come down by over 50% compared to the financial years prior to demonetisation, when the BBMP received applications for about 900 projects.

However, the same has reduced to around 450 plus now. But the slump has not affected the construction of individual houses or small-scale construction activities.

Similarly, the number of applications seeking occupancy certificate for completed projects has come down drastically, suggesting that several projects may have been shelved half-way


of pediatric dentistry and orthodontics.” Originally published in July of 1941, the article has gone on to be one of the most cited articles in dental literature. It also produced development tables and charts (see image) that were frequently used upon publication, and continue to be referenced in educational settings.

Summary: This 1953 article by Dr. Robert J. Nelsen, Carl E. Pelander and John W. Kumpula helped pave the way for using increased rotary speeds in tooth-cutting procedures. Dr. Nelsen and colleagues went on to create the prototype for the first commercially produced dental handpiece with the turbine placed in the head of the handpiece. Drs. J. Robert Eshleman and David C. Sarrett explain how high-speed air turbine handpieces improved dentistry for both dentists and patients, sparking a practiceDelayed sudden death in an infant following an accidental fall: a case report with review of the literature.
Several controversies exist regarding ultimately lethal head injuries in small children. Death from short falls, timing of head injury, lucid intervals, presence of diffuse axonal injury (DAI), and subdural hematoma (SDH) as marker of DAI are the most recent controversial topics of debate in this evolving field of study. In this area of debate, we present a case of delayed death from a witnessed fall backwards off a bed in a 9-month-old black male child who struck his head on a concrete floor and was independently witnessed as "healthy" postfall for 72 hours until he was discovered dead in bed. Grandmother, babysitter, and mother all independently corroborated under police investigation that


FINSBURY PARK MOSQUE: LINKS TO RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM!

June 19, 2017

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Finsbury Park Mosque, which has a history of links to terrorism worldwide, has tried in recent years to change its image to the outside world under new management.

The mosque, which is housed in a five-storey building next to Finsbury Park tube station in the London borough of Islington in north London, was opened in 1994 in a ceremony attended by Prince Charles.

The mosque became notorious when Abu Hamza al-Masri became the imam in 1997. Hamza, who had one eye and no hands and used hook devices, lied that the injuries were suffered when he fought for al-Qaeda against Russian forces in Afghanistan.

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He preached a strict interpretation of Islamic law and was outspoken about acts of terrorism.

Ina sermon he spoke about the need for Jihad: "Allah likes those who believe in Him who kill those who do not believe in Him. Allah likes that. So if you Muslims don't like that because you hate the blood, there is something wrong with you."

The mosque became a meeting point for militant Islam's most notorious figures. Zacarias Moussaoui, 9/11's alleged 20th hijacker, and shoe bomber Richard Reid, were among those to attend the mosque.

Hazam was suspended from Finsbury Park Mosque in April 2002 and sacked in February 2003 by the Charity Commission, a government body that regulates charities in England and Wales.

More than 100 officers from London Metropolitan Police raided and shut down the mosque in 2003 over the alleged bioterrorism plot to attack the London Underground


rail system.

Hamza continued to preach his particular Islamist rhetoric outside the mosque until he was arrested in 2004 by police on charges of acts of terrorism. The terrorism charges were dropped but Hamza was kept in jail as US authorities sought his extradition.

Hazam was then charged by UK authorities with 15 various offences, including encouraging the killing of non-Muslims, and intent to incite racial hatred. He was found guilty of 11 charges in February 2006 and jailed for seven years.

After a lengthy extradition battle, Hamza was found guilty in New York in May 2014 of conspiring in a deadly kidnapping of 16 Western tourists in Yemen in 1998, trying to set up an al-Qaeda training camp in Oregon and aiding al-Qaeda. Hamza, a former strip club bouncer, alsorevealed his injuries were received at an al-Qaeda training camp in Pakistan.

He was sentenced in January 2015, to life in prison without the possibility of parole. His hook devices have been replaced with a prosthetic spork.

The mosque was reclaimed in 2005 by the local Muslim community with the backing of the Muslim Association of Britain and a new management board was installed with the public told it would change from a hostile environment to a community centre for all.

However classified US documents released by Wikileaks in April 2011 said the mosque has served as a "haven" for Islamic extremists. According to the files, 35 men has passed through Finsbury Park Mosque before being sent to fight against allied forces in Afghanistan.

In 2014, HSBC bank closed the mosque's bank


account after a report by Reuters, who had to apologise and pay £10,000 in damages after legal action over the report by the mosque.

In 2015, the mosque was one of about 20 across the UK that took part in an open day organised by the MCB to promote better understanding of Islam following the Islamist-inspired terrorist attacks in Paris.

Despite the change in leadership and new focus on community relations, the mosque reported it had received a string of threatening emails and letters in the wake of the Paris attacks.

In December 2015, it was subjected to an attempted arson attack when a man holding a jerry can full of petrol, attempted to ignite it and threw it into the building.

Police treated it as attempted arson and an Islamophobic hateA February 15 meeting between Vatican officials and a visiting British diplomatic delegation ended in a joint statement emphasizing a shared commitment to promote and protect religious freedom.

Baroness Sayeeda Hussain Warsi led the British delegation, which was in Rome to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of full diplomatic relations between Great Britain and the Holy See. After meeting with Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Secretary of State, the British government was received in a private audience by Pope Benedict XVI.

The joint statement released after the meeting stressed “the urgent need for action to strengthen the universal commitment to religious freedom as a fundamental human right, and to its practical application with a view to promoting respect for all religions in all countries.” The statement went on to


list a number of shared interests: in the efforts to fight poverty and climate change, the push for global development, a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, support for the UN, peace in Syria, a restoration of order in Somalia, and more.

The statement also included a sentence reflecting the gentle insistence of the Vatican that the British government should be aware of dangers to religious freedom implicit in its own policies:

The Holy See emphasized the need to ensure that institutions connected with the Catholic Church can act in accordance with their own principles and convictions and stressed the necessity of safeguarding the family based on marriage, religious freedom and freedom of conscience.

England’s leading Catholic prelate, Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster, told Vatican Radio that the February 15 meeting had beenNew York photographer Mark Shaw began his career capturing the images of stars such Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn for Life magazine, but the back catalogue he left on his death in 1969 at the age of 47 is best known for the candid glimpse it offers into the home life of the Kennedys.

Now Shaw’s photographs of President John F Kennedy’s family, taken both at the White House and at their summer retreat at Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, are to go on show at the Proud Central gallery near the Strand in London. Chronicling the charismatic couple at the heart of a presidential court that became known as Camelot, Shaw’s historic shots were taken over the period in which Kennedy ascended from the role of senator to president. Among


the key photographs on show will be JFK’s favourite portrait of himself, as well as shots of Jackie playing with her children. One of the most striking images shows Jackie leaning out of the family sailing boat clutching Shaw’s camera.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Jackie, JFK and Caroline on the patio of the family’s Hyannis Port home in 1959. Photograph: © Mark Shaw / mptvimages.com

The photographer became a close friend of the family after he was commissioned to take a series of casual studies of Jacqueline during the presidential campaign of 1959.

Following Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, Shaw was so affected he distanced himself from photography. On Shaw’s death his photos were put in storage and unseen for more than 40 years until Shaw’s son and his wife founded The Marktasks such as avoiding obstacles and merging into moving traffic. The LR3 uses state-of-the-art hardware to view the environment and to track its own motion while driving on major roads or moving through cities. It is equipped with LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) range finders with vision sensors in order to view the environment, helping it avoid obstacles that might get in its way. In order to track its progress along the roads, the vehicle uses a combination of GPS (Global Positioning System) and INS (Inertial Navigation System). With this combination of technology, the vehicle can locate itself within half a meter anywhere in the world, giving it the ability to stay on road at all times. By grouping these technologies, the LR3 can navigate itself while avoiding


anything that might get in its way. The DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Urban Challenge is an annual competition where several autonomous vehicles, like this specialized LR3, compete against each other in several different rounds. After successfully completing the qualifying round in early August, Team MIT and the LR3 have been invited back to compete in the challenging semifinal round, which took place last October, with the goal of making it to the final competition at Victorville, California, the following month. During the competition, the vehicles will need to traverse through a 60-mile mock city course within six hours, and will be challenged with tasks while completing a stipulated route. Some of these tasks include executing simulated supply missions while merging into moving traffic, navigating traffic circles,negotiating busy intersections and avoiding various obstacles-all without a driver or via remote control.

Each fall, the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame, based in the National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada, presents eight off-road enthusiasts with one of the highest honors in off-road motorsports: Membership in the Hall of Fame. This year's inductees, voted in by a committee of judges with distinguished backgrounds in the off-road motorsports industry, included legendary figures as the late Mickey Thompson, Baja racing legend Frank "Scoop" Vessels, and renowned photojournalist Sue Mead, pictured here at left. Besides having covered some of the most insanely hard-core 4x4 events on the planet for us-such as the Dakar Rally, Camel Trophy, and G4 Challenge-for nearly 20 years, Sue's been a part of the Four Wheeler family


since Day 1-her very first assignment in off-road journalism, in fact, was as a photographer for our Four Wheeler of the Year test back in 1988. She's come a long, long way since then, and we can't think of a more deserving honoree.

To check out the complete roster of 2007 inductees, and to find out how to visit the ORMHOF museum, log onto to www.ormhof.com.

2007 marks the 50th anniversary of Toyota in America and 40 years of the legendary SCORE Baja 1000. In 1973 Toyota won its first off-road race, the Baja 1000, in the Four Wheeler FJ-40 Land Cruiser. TLC commemorates these two anniversaries with the new SCORE BAJA 1000 Limited Edition ICON featuring a highly durable, clear velvet, powdercoated hand-brushed aluminum body with black crocodile powdercoatedAs part of the ICON BAJA buying experience, TLC will offer an optional driver training course at Wide Open Baja. The special SCORE BAJA 1000 Limited Edition ICON is expected to be priced at $145,000.

Eastern Lawmakers Move to Deny OHV Access to 24 Million Acres In Western StatesMembers of the House Natural Resources Committee met to consider legislation that would set aside an unprecedented 24 million acres of public lands in the Northern Rockies. This land would be designated as "wilderness" and by definition, motorized recreation would be strictly prohibited in these areas.This proposal has been reintroduced numerous times over the last 12 years. While the bill has bipartisan support, the sponsors of the measure and a vast majority of the co-sponsors are from eastern states. The breadth


about what a genius he is (what is his IQ anyway?) and focus on coaching — because he is laying turd after turd.

Just not a good time. The beginning of the end is upon us. Sorry to have to get real.

The Truth

A: The offense has been inconsistent in two areas — scoring in the second half on the road and in the red zone. In their five road losses, the Patriots have been outscored 83-24 in the second half. And once they get inside their opponents’ 20-yard line, they haven’t been able to finish off drives, including two occasions Sunday where they were inside the Miami 10 and came away with nothing on each occasion. As for the coaching job, I agree with you — Tony Sparano cameon the fact that Moss has a five-inch height advantage on Vontae Davis, who was in single coverage at the time. Give Davis for making a nice play on a bad ball by Brady and coming away with the interception.

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Pats teams, until Moss showed up, were always tough both mentally and physically. Moss is neither. He has more gifted skill than most, but no fight. Then you make him a captain, a leader? He takes plays off at the most crucial time. He rounded off the out in New Orleans. He missed that block on the Faulk screen yesterday. In the Super Bowl against the Giants, he failed to go after the ball at the end of the game because he had already given up. He is the


also get into the NFL Draft and where Mariota and Winston will go.

Mike Reiss calls the guys to talk about the offseason news for the Pats. He talks about the Pats/Jets tampoering fiasco, free agency, where he sees Ridley and Connolly ending up, if the Patriots would be interested in Reggie Wayne and more.

In the first hour of the show, Greg and Chris discuss the news coming out of the owners' meetings this week and rule changes. Belichick's blow-up over the league not wanting to spend on endzone cameras was well documented and the guys react. They also talk about the Jets ridiculous tampering charges, free agents still lingering out there, where Stevan Ridley will land and the RB position in New England. Dickerson and Price briefly discussthe adventures of Tom Brady before being joined by WEEI.com's Mike Petraglia to talk all things Pats in the offseason.

Flannery joins Mut to break down the Isaiah Thomas trade to Boston and what it means for the Celtics this season and in the future. Paul also chats with Mut about the other deals that happened at the NBA's trading deadline

Mut, Tomase, and Bradford kick things off talking about Shane Victorino taking offense to people reading into some comments he made about trading for Cole Hamels. They also discuss Blake Swihart and how soon he could be up if Christian Vazquez starts the season on the DL.

Joe Kelly joined the Hot Stove show where he talked about being ready for his next spring training start after a biceps ailment


forced him out of his last outing, he talks about his NCAA brackets and how teammate Wade Miley has a perfect bracket still.

Peter Chiarelli joined the Sunday Skate crew to talk about the Bruins playoff push heading into the final handful of games of the regular season. Chiarelli talked about avoiding some of the overly negative feedback he gets while realizing that the team does have real issues. He discusses what went down at the trade deadline and if he was happy with the outcome, Lucic having a down year and underperforming, the salary cap and if he considers it as big of an issue as it's been made out to be and what the future holds for the team.

It's a big hour #2 for the Sunday Skatethree slick videos shot and selectively edited by its own film crew, North Korean style. The third one actually had a triumphant soundtrack.

Trump’s brief public comments included marveling about himself – “The love, the respect for the office of the presidency—I wish you could have been in there to see it,” he said about his visit to Dayton. An amateur video captured him bragging to hospital staff about the size of his crowds.

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And before, during and after touchdowns, Trump sullied the presidential tradition of solemnly grieving after a tragedy by unleashing a torrent of sour tweets aimed at his critics, even in one case airing a bitter grievance about something that never happened.

Then, on the way home from El Paso, Trump tromped to the press cabin at the


Delhi is projected to become the most populous city in the world around 2028, according to new United Nations estimates released here today, which said India is expected to add the largest number of urban dwellers by 2050.

The 2018 Revision of World Urbanisation Prospects produced by the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and released here today said that 68 per cent of the world population is projected to live in urban areas by 2050.

Currently, 55 per cent of the world's population lives in urban areas.

The report notes that future increases in the size of the world's urban population are expected to be highly concentrated in just a few countries.

Together, India, China and Nigeria will account for 35 per cent ofthe projected growth of the world's urban population between 2018 and 2050. By 2050, it is projected that India will have added 416 million urban dwellers, China 255 million and Nigeria 189 million.

Tokyo is the world's largest city with an agglomeration of 37 million inhabitants, followed by New Delhi with 29 million, Shanghai with 26 million, and Mexico City and S o Paulo, each with around 22 million inhabitants. Cairo, Mumbai, Beijing and Dhaka all have close to 20 million inhabitants.

"By 2020, Tokyo's population is projected to begin to decline, while Delhi is projected to continue growing and to become the most populous city in the world around 2028," the report said.

By 2030, the world is projected to have 43 megacities with more than 10 million inhabitants, most


of them in developing regions. However, some of the fastest-growing urban agglomerations are cities with fewer than a million inhabitants, many of them located in Asia and Africa.

Projections show that urbanisation, the gradual shift in residence of the human population from rural to urban areas, combined with the overall growth of the world's population could add another 2.5 billion people to urban areas by 2050, with close to 90 per cent of this increase taking place in Asia and Africa, according to the new United Nations data set launched today.

The urban population of the world has grown rapidly from 751 million in 1950 to 4.2 billion in 2018. Asia, despite its relatively lower level of urbanization, is home to 54 per cent of the world's urban population, followedby Europe and Africa with 13 per cent each.

Today, the most urbanized regions include Northern America (with 82 per cent of its population living in urban areas in 2018), Latin America and the Caribbean (81 per cent), Europe (74 per cent) and Oceania (68 per cent). The level of urbanization in Asia is now approximating 50 per cent. In contrast, Africa remains mostly rural, with 43 per cent of its population living in urban areas.

Some cities have experienced population decline in recent years. Most of these are located in the low-fertility countries of Asia and Europe where overall population sizes are stagnant or declining.

"Economic contraction and natural disasters have also contributed to population losses in some cities," the report said.

Globally, fewer cities are projected to see their populations


decline from today until 2030, compared to what has occurred during the last two decades.

The rural population of the world has grown slowly since 1950 and is expected to reach its peak in a few years. The global rural population is now close to 3.4 billion and is expected to rise slightly and then decline to 3.1 billion by 2050. Africa and Asia are home to nearly 90 per cent of the world's rural population in 2018.

India has the largest rural population (893 million), followed by China (578 million).

The report added that understanding the key trends in urbanization likely to unfold over the coming years is crucial to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including efforts to forge a new framework of urban development.

As theworld continues to urbanize, sustainable development depends increasingly on the successful management of urban growth, especially in low-income and lower-middle-income countries where the pace of urbanization is projected to be the fastest.

"Many countries will face challenges in meeting the needs of their growing urban populations, including for housing, transportation, energy systems and other infrastructure, as well as for employment and basic services such as education and health care. Integrated policies to improve the lives of both urban and rural dwellers are needed, while strengthening the linkages between urban and rural areas, building on their existing economic, social and environmental ties," it said