insurgents have been carrying out near-daily attacks across the country, mainly targeting the government and security forces and causing staggering casualties.

Meanwhile, in the capital of northern Balkh province, shops and businesses were closed in a city-wide strike to protest the appointment of a new provincial police chief over the objections of a former governor and powerful warlord.

The incumbent provincial police chief, Gen. Akram Sammeh, said his replacement, Abdul Raqib Mubarez, landed at the airport in Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday but the police were blocking him from heading into the city to take up his post.

The development threatens to escalate into an all-out feud between Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Atta Mohammed Nur, a powerful warlord who holds sway over Balkh province where Mazar-e-Sharif is the provincial capital.

Later Thursday, thestandoff escalated into a firefight as Nur's militia surrounded the police headquarters in Mazar-e-Sharif, exchanging rocket fire with government forces, said the incumbent police chief Sammeh. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

Several years ago Afghanistan legalized militias loyal to the country's warlords, many of whom took up government positions after the overthrow of the Taliban. Initially, after the 2001 collapse of the Taliban, the United Nations ordered all militias disarmed but as the country's security deteriorated, many warlords both with the government and in opposition redeployed their militias.

Nur called for the city-wide shutdown and is demanding Ghani withdraw Mubarez's appointment and instead name Nur's choice for the post, as Ghani allegedly promised.


Tandberg Data, the leading data storage company that manufactures tape drives, tape automation and disk sub systems, today announced the opening of a sales and marketing office in Oxford as well as the appointment of Sharon Munday as marketing manager, EMEA and Carolyn Hinxman as UK channel sales manager. This is further evidence of Tandberg Datas growing momentum in the UK.

Sharon Munday has held various marketing positions during her successful career, including six years at VERITAS (now Symantec). In her role as head of corporate marketing, EMEA she was in charge of and established the VERITAS brand across the region and helped make Backup Exec the market leading backup product. Mundays primary role will be to assist and help build marketshare in the UK, France and Nordics throughAt least 12 people have been killed in Iran, according to local news media reports, as anti-government demonstrations continued across the country for a fourth night.

Thousands have engaged in protests since the first rallies against the high cost of living on December 28, marking the biggest show of dissent in Iran since huge rallies took place in 2009.

State TV reported on Monday that 10 people were killed in several cities on Sunday, and showed footage of damage allegedly caused by protesters.

The report did not provide further details about the deaths.

Local media reports said that of those who died, six were killed in Twiserkan, in Hamedan province, and three others in Shahin Shahr, in Esfahan province.

Another person was killed in Izeh, while two others died in Dorud, in western


Iran, late on Saturday.

On Monday evening, a small protest broke out in a central part of the Iranian capital, Tehran. Police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse crowds who were chanting anti-establishment slogans.

"This is better than staying silent," Milad, a young protester told Al Jazeera. His eyes were red from tear gas and he had brought masks to give to others demonstrating.

Nearby, Aslan, a 52-year-old man who was not among the protesters but was in the area, said those rallying "need a chance to show they are not happy".

"The government should let them protest," he told Al Jazeera.

Some 400 people have been arrested across Iran in the protests, state news agencies have reported.

Rouhani's first comments

On Sunday, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said people in the country havemomentum and spread to other cities, including Tehran.

Several videos posted on social media have shown protesters calling for the fall of Rouhani's government.

Angry at the high cost of living, some protesters have rallied against rising prices, unemployment and economic inequality. These demonstrators hoped that Iran's nuclear deal in 2015 with world powers, which led to the lifting of many international sanctions, would ease their financial struggles.

But life for many has not improved.

"The issue is elevated expectations, that's where the danger comes in," Mohammad Ali Shabani, an Iranian political analyst and scholar, told Al Jazeera.

Shabani said that inflation had been reduced in recent years, but unemployment and the cost of living had gone up.

"People have been expecting better lives, partly as a result of Rouhani's promises in connection with


Washington is "watching very closely for human rights violations".

"The people are finally getting wise as to how their money and wealth is being stolen and squandered on terrorism," he said on Twitter on December 31.

Big protests in Iran. The people are finally getting wise as to how their money and wealth is being stolen and squandered on terrorism. Looks like they will not take it any longer. The USA is watching very closely for human rights violations! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 31, 2017

Rouhani has since hit back at Trump, accusing him of having "forgotten that he has called the Iranian people 'terrorists' a few months ago", on Sunday.

Canada has also commented on the demonstrations, with the country's ministry of foreign affairs saying it was "closely monitoring"the protests, and calling "on the Iranian authorities to uphold and respect democratic and human rights".

"Canada is encouraged by the Iranian people who are exercising their basic right to protest peacefully," the ministry said in a short statement on December 31.

"Canada will continue to support the fundamental rights of Iranians, including the right to freedom of expression."

A spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry has condemned Canada's response as "interventionist", saying it violated the country's international commitments.

"[It is] devoid of any legal justifications," Bahram Qasemi said, according to Iran's official state news agency, IRNA.


Revealed: how prehistoric 'des res' gave Stone Age Brits a perfect diet

Stone Age Brits were past masters at choosing the perfect ‘des res’, according to new research carried out by archaeologists. Their investigations have revealed that, 300,000 years before the
emergence of anatomically modern humans, prehistoric Britons were
selecting their domestic real estate with tremendous care.

Nutritional
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according to the new research carried out by scholars at the University
of Southampton and Queen's University, Belfast.

A survey of 25
major British and north-west French sites dating from 500,000 to 200,000
years ago has revealed that early humans – members of the now
long-extinct species Homo heidelbergensis – predominantly chose to live
on islands in the flood plains of major rivers. They avoided forests
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Governor Herbert vetoes HB76

On Friday, Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert took action on bills recently passed by the 2013 Utah State Legislature. According to a press release from the Governor’s Office, he signed several bills into law and vetoed HB76S1, the Concealed Weapon Carry Amendments.

"The right to bear arms is a fundamental right which must be jealously protected," wrote the Governor in his letter to House Speaker Rebecca Lockhart and Senate President Wayne Niederhauser, where he stated his reasons for vetoing the bill. "HB 76S1 does not, however, impose a restriction on the right to bear arms. Rather, it removes an existing provision of Utah law that those who carry a concealed weapon obtain a permit. Utah’s permitting system has been in place for decades, and in itsSestini Continues to Win at ITA All-AmericanHorned Frog One Victory Shy of Reaching Main Draw.

Oct. 5, 2004

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.

Fabrizio Sestini from the TCU men's tennis team won his second match in the qualifying tournament of the Icy Hot/ITA All-American Championships Tuesday. Sestini, ranked 73rd this fall, picked up a 6-3, 6-3 triumph over Daniel Sebescen from California at the Champions Club in Chattanooga, Tenn., to advance. He needs one more victory to reach the main draw of the tournament, which begins Oct. 7. Sestini faces 89th-ranked Matic Omerzel of Georgia Wednesday at 9 a.m. CDT.

Sestini and Rafael Abreu are already in the main draw of doubles due to their No. 8 national ranking. They won the Baylor Intercollegiate earlier this fall and take a 4-0 record into the tournament.


Quarterbacks Drafted in the First Round Since 1994 ~ Part 2

Once again our good friend Okielou joins us with another breakdown of the quarterbacks drafted in the first round, you can read part one HERE.

Continuing with my Quarterback’s drafted in the First Round series, we pick up in the year…

2000

There were 12 QB’s Drafted in 2000. Only one was taken in the First round.

1. Chad Pennington: Marshall – Pennington was Drafted by the New York Jets 8th overall. Pennington played eight years for the Jets and three years for the Miami Dolphins. Out of his 11 seasons he played, he only played two full seasons 2006 and 2008 and that was with the Jets. In his last year with the Dolphins he played one game. Injury prone. Grade~ Bust.

2001

There were 11 QB’s Drafted in 2001. Again only 1 in the First round.

1. Michael Vick: Virginia Tech – was Drafted by the Atlanta Falcons 1st overall. Most know the story about Michael Vick. Outside his off field dealings that were unlawful, I won’t mention all of his off field activities–that is not what this story is about. Vick was an exciting player to watch, when he was on the field he could do some amazing things but he could never stay healthy. His style of play (running) often led to him getting injured and missing playing time. As always, no player is much good to a team sitting on the bench. He only played one full season out of the eleven he played. He was suspended


the 2007 and 2008 seasons. In 2009 he was picked up by the Philadelphia Eagles. He played for them until 2013.He is now with the New York Jets. Grade ~ Bust.

NOTE: Drew Brees: Purdue – was Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 2nd round, 32nd overall. There were only 31 teams in the NFL in 2001. The Houston Texans joined the League in 2002 as an expansion team. Do we need a Grade? ~ Elite

2002

There were 15 QB’s Drafted in 2002, 3 were taken in the First round.

1. David Carr: Fresno State – Carr was Drafted by the Houston Texans 1st overall. Carr was drafted with all kind of promise. The only thing was that the Texans could not provide him with was a good team,and he wasn’t good enough to make them any better. To his credit he played 16 games in four out of the five years he was with the Texans, but only once he topped 3000 yards in passing. His TD to INT (65 to 71) ratio was pretty bad. He finished his career bouncing around three different teams as a backup–the Carolina Panthers and twice with the Giants. He finished his career with the San Francisco 49’ers. Grade ~ Bust

2. Joey Harrington: Oregon – Harrington was Drafted by the Detroit Lions 3rd overall. Harrington’s career never got off the ground. He was in part a product of the Matt Millen day’s as the then General Manager of the Detroit Lions. The Saints signed and dropped him so many


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The teaching of the Catholic Church about sex-education is
contained within its age-old tradition, teaching that it is mainly
the family's responsibility to provide education for the Virtue
of Chastity forming the whole person.

In this sense, secular sex-education, which emphasizes healthy
clinical sexual functioning of the child, is inside out, for it does
not take into account the spiritual development of the person.
A Catholic "sex-education" which seeks in some way to imitate Secular
sex-education - the two worlds are unlikely ever to converge on any of their authentic, fundamental positions - is moving away from the ancient Catholic tradition and the
moral guidance protections it has historically afforded the
individual, family and society.

In the Catholic vision, the family has the primary responsibility to form the child for
chastity,

Because the parents know


the child in a way only they can.

A teacher in a classroom with 10, 20 or 30 vigorous, boisterous
children, can never come to know the individual child with anything
approaching the familiarity of the parents.

Moreover, a teacher's limited interaction with a child for a single year of
its life, can never qualify her for the difficult task of
providing the primary spiritual formation of the child,

Which must proceed at stages.

The timing of some of these stages for an individual child, will be
out of sync with those of the hypothetical, "average"
child, some in advance and some behind.

No teacher, acting as a mere educational specialist, can supplant
the parents in exercising the intimate knowledge of the
child, complete with understanding about the child's maturity level, strengths and weaknesses, required to properly form him or herfor chastity. Children
cannot be "batch processed" through their spiritual
formation, turned out as certified spiritual educational successes
the way a factory stamps out interchangeable parts. Their formation
for chastity must be custom tailored by the parents, with the
assistance of the Church, the schools and, whenever possible,
society.

The schools only act as assistants, as auxiliaries to the parents'
role as the prime educators of their children, according to the principle known as subsidiarity.

To the extent that the Catholic schools take some leadership role
in regards to chastity formation (which contains sex-education), it
may be to reinforce the parents' role, perhaps monitoring
the child's chastity formation and encouraging the parents to
properly undertake it.

But group instruction in the schools, especially in the mechanics
of sexual intercourse, can never meet the primary criterion
of the sex-education component of Catholic chastity formation,

That the


imparting to the child of the intimate details of the
conjugal act of marriage,

Not offend the child's modesty, and

Not attract undue prurient interest in the information
itself.

The best use of that can be made, of the Catholic schools' unique
opportunity to influence parents and children for the better
towards chastity formation, is to help the parents acquire home
educational materials especially designed by competent, qualified
Catholic educators who appreciate the primacy of chastity in the
sex-education of children.

A teacher in a classroom … can never come to know the individual child with anything approaching the familiarity of the parents.…Her limited interaction with a child for a single year of its life, can never qualify her for the difficult task of providing the primary spiritual formation of the child.

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Departing Warriors back-rower Ryan Hoffman has confirmed he will play on next season, with the 33-year-old confident he will have his future sorted in the coming days.

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Hoffman has played the bulk of his career at the Storm, and Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy has left the door open for Hoffman to return to the minor premiers for a third stint, although it remains unclear if that's where he'll end up.

The 305-game veteran – who spent one season in the English Super League following the Storm's salary cap scandal – refused to rule out a move to the UK.

"I've got some options and I'll sort it out next week," Hoffman said following his side's 28-16 loss to the Westswhat I've always strived for as a rugby league player."

Having won grand finals at the Storm in 2007, 2009 and 2012, as well as the Challenge Cup final with Wigan in 2011, success hasn't been so easy to find across the ditch with the Warriors missing out on the playoffs every year Hoffman was there.

This season was hailed as their best chance to threaten for the title, but not even a star-studded spine could inspire them as the Warriors lost their final nine matches to finish the year in 13th place.

"It's a season of unfulfilled potential. I could argue that we've had three years of that," he said.

"I haven't finished off my Warriors career the way I wanted it do, but in saying that I certainly haven't regretted


How It Happened: Colts 39, Broncos 33

A pair of late turnovers ended the Broncos' hopes for a fourth quarter comeback against the Colts in Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS -- It almost seemed right. Just as he had done so many times before, quarterback Peyton Manning had the opportunity to engineer a game-winning drive at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Only this time, it would be for the opposing team. But on the first play of the pivotal fourth-quarter series, his team down just six points, Manning threw an interception after his arm was hit when he released the ball.

That allowed Indianapolis to pull out to a nine-point lead, and by the time Denver pulled back to within one possession, it was too late, as an onside kick attempt failed with 12 seconds remaining inthree of its timeouts.

A 47-yard Matt Prater field goal moved the Broncos back within six, but the ensuing onside kick with just 12 seconds left on the clock failed.

"Anytime you turn the ball over (three) times, especially on the road, it's going to be tough," Head Coach John Fox said.

Earlier in the game, Manning fumbled when his arm was hit, but the ball was recovered out of bounds in the end zone -- which meant it was a safety, but didn't count against the turnover margin.

"That one was, among others, a couple of plays where we gave them some points and some field position," Manning said. "Ultimately that was just too tough to overcome.”

The Broncos fell behind by as many as 19 points in the third quarter, but


theft by deception. He was properly advised of his rights and further advised that he might be sentenced to one to ten years in prison on each indictment. The defendant persisted in his plea and the court accepted it. The defendant then moved for probation.
On April 15, 1968, the defendant, appearing before the same judge, pleaded guilty to a fourth, similar charge. A hearing was then held in aggravation and mitigation on the four charges.
In mitigation the defendant asked the court to take into consideration his probation report which revealed the following: The defendant is 42 years old, married, with four children. He has been self-employed as a general contractor for 18 years. He has no prior felony convictions.
Defense counsel then painted a picture of a successful businessto the court as to the amount of restitution paid by the defendant," and that the defendant shall make monthly reports to his probation officer.
On April 10, 1969, the Probation Department wrote to the defendant advising him to appear in court on April 15, 1969, as per the conditions of his probation.
On April 15, 1969, the defendant did not appear and a bench warrant was issued for his arrest. Bail was set at $10,000. The warrant was served and on June 25, 1969, the defendant appeared in court and a hearing was held on his violation of probation. Mr. Pines of the Probation Department informed the court that no money had been paid.
At that time Mylander stated, "There's been $6000 that was paid from the proceeds of the


date on Monday, and I had one at eleven o'clock this morning in the Civic Center.
That's the reason why they had to pick me up, or I would have reported."
The hearing was continued until September 12, 1969, at which time Jack Moody of the probation department testified as follows: The defendant has made no restitution payments through the department. In June of 1968 the defendant reported to Officer Lavel that he had hurt himself and was in the hospital. In November 1968 he reported to Lavel that he was self-employed as a builder, earning $3500 which he would receive at the end of the week.
The defendant then testified in his own behalf. At the time he had agreed to make restitution he had 26 homes going, part ofthem the complainants'. The $30,000 home of one of the complaining witnesses is complete, but it will require a civil suit to get possession. The foundation is in for the Menno (one of the complainants) house and they had a mortgage commitment which they failed to sign. A creditor's bill has tied up 26 pieces of property, his trust and a bank account for eight months. He has not been able to make restitution for the 14 months he was on probation. He couldn't make bond and has been incarcerated since November 1968. (We cannot ascertain how long defendant was in jail but he was not in custody when he was "picked up" in June 1969 on the warrant issued on April 15, 1969.)
In January 1969 he had


14 lots in escrow. He had commitments for land mortgages and construction loans on those lots and would have received $96,000 profit on the entire project. The banks cancelled his mortgage when the creditor's bill "hit" him. He was in a financial dilemma, but he did complete a majority of the homes. He took on a partner.
He further stated that when he pleaded guilty he listed $150,000 with the State's Attorney as being due to home owners; that since then others "are sitting in the State's Attorney's office"; that a warrant had been issued on one complaint and that he was held to the Grand Jury and incarcerated in February or March. He also stated that he was in jail "[s]ince June 25th. Then I was in inthe construction of the many buildings because he was incarcerated and because of other court proceedings involving him and the properties. According to defendant he was not in custody immediately prior to June 25, 1969, since he testified that he was "picked up" after the warrant issued on April 15. At the time probation was granted defendant was released on individual recognizance bonds of $500 on each indictment and, therefore, no funds of defendant were tied up for bail. His other legal difficulties appear to have arisen after probation but there had been no indication to the court at the time probation was granted that defendant did not have sufficient funds to complete his jobs and thereafter make substantial restitution. His arrest on another similar complaint cannot be


Master of the modern horror film Wes Craven died on Sunday, his family announced. He was 76 and had battled brain cancer.

Craven, the artist behind “Nightmare on Elm Street,” the “Scream” movie series and many other modern horror masterpieces, remade the genre in contemporary film.

Craven reinvented the youth horror genre in 1984 with the classic “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” a film he wrote and directed that starred a then-unknown Johnny Depp. He conceived and co-wrote “A Nightmare on Elm Street III: Dream Warriors” as well.

Also Read: Courteney Cox, David Arquette Join Stars Paying Tribute to Wes Craven

Then after an absence of three more sequels, he deconstructed the genre a decade after the original, writing and directing the audacious “Wes Craven‘s New Nightmare,” which was nominated as Bestwe inform you that Wes Craven passed away at 1PM on Sunday, August 30 after battling brain cancer. He was 76 years old. Craven was surrounded by love, in the presence of his family at his Los Angeles home. Craven is survived by his wife, producer and former Disney Studios VP Iya Labunka, older sister Carol Buhrow, son Jonathan Craven with wife Rachel Craven and their two sons Miles and Max; daughter Jessica Craven with husband Mike Wodkowski and their daughter Myra-Jean Wodkowski; and Wes’ stepdaughter Nina Tarnawksy. Craven was predeceased by his parents Paul Eugene Craven, a machinist who passed away when Wes was 5 years old, his mother Caroline, a bookkeeper; and his older brother Paul James Craven. One of the most prolific filmmakers of all


time, Craven was also a nature lover and committed bird conservationist, serving as a long-time member of the Audubon California Board of Directors. He was born in Cleveland, OH on August 2nd, 1939. Craven was a longtime summer resident of Martha’s Vineyard where he moved permanently 3 years ago before returning to Los Angeles for work and health reasons. In addition Craven continued to be active as a mentor and producer to newer filmmakers, and is an Executive Producer of the upcoming feature film “The Girl in the Photographs” which will premiere at the 2015 Toronto Film Festival.

Craven pushed the genre boundaries with the 2005 psychological thriller, “Red Eye,” starring Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy and Brian Cox. And in 2006 he deftly wrote and directed a romantic comedyTubular Products, was asked by the president of Oil West Supply, Inc., to sell pipe to Oil West on open account.  Before agreeing to the transaction, plaintiff asked Oil West for credit references.  Three references, including Oil West's bank, defendant First Bank and Trust Company, were given.

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of the game has sold over 513,000 copies as of November 2008. The Game Boy Advance version of the game has sold nearly 117,000 copies as of 2007.

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Prior to 1894, Roxton was administered as part of the Barford Hundred.
From 1894 until 1974 the village was in Bedford Rural District and since 1974 in Bedford Borough.

The village was in Bedford parliamentary constituency until 1997. Now in North East Bedfordshire, the elected member is Alistair Burt of the Conservative Party.

Village facilities
The Royal Oak public house  has been licenced since at least 1819.
A post office is in a courtyard to the rear.

Roxton CE Academy caters for up to 90 girls and boys aged from 3 to 11 years and is governed locally under the auspices of The Diocese of St Albans Multi-Academy Trust. The school buildings date from 1963.

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At the turn of the 20th century, Dr Edwin Seaborn was starting his surgical and academic career at Western University in Ontario. When war was declared in 1914, Seaborn prevailed upon the university's president to offer the Canadian government a fully staffed hospital for deployment overseas. Initially declined by the War Office in Ottawa, the university's offer was later accepted after mounting casualties stretched the capacity of the Canadian Army Medical Corps, and Seaborn was granted command of the new No. 10 Canadian Stationary Hospital. From 1916 to 1919, Seaborn's medical, surgical, and administrative practices transformed the humble No. 10 Stationary Hospital into a General Hospital that was indispensable to the war effort and


raised the standard for military medical practice. Upon the unit's return to London, Ontario, Seaborn's dedication was transferred to his extensive work as an author, historian, academic, and beloved physician. During the centennial of the First World War, this paper explores the impact of an academic medical unit by looking at the career of its Commanding Officer: a man who made an invaluable contribution to the Canadian war effort and set a precedent for exceptional medical care at home and at war.Trump’s Pox Americana

America’s foreign policy has changed more in the week since Donald Trump took office than it has at any time since the end of World War II. Given the changes that occurred in 1991 with the end of the Cold War and after the attacks on 9/11, that is saying something. But the changes ushered in by Trump — often without benefit of consultation with his cabinet departments, experts of any sort, or the legislative branch of government — cut to the core philosophies that have guided America in the modern era, as well as to the specifics of relations with an extraordinarily wide array of countries and regions.

The most profound of these changes is that after almost a century of American leadership on the world


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This can be clearly seen when we take each of the major foreign-policy actions one at a time.

First, there is the shift away from the foundational concepts that have guided American foreign policy since World War II. At the heart of American leadership since the defeat of Nazism, fascism, and the Japanese empire has been a beliefsubsequently defended and embraced the leadership of that anti-democratic regime — as well as given comfort to many others and to dubious or rogue leaders from Syria to the Philippines.

Foundational policies that both Democratic and Republican administrations have hewed to have also been cast aside or dramatically undercut. This is the first administration since the 1930s to actively embrace and even promote the interests of the government in the Kremlin. The “One China” policy that has been a pillar of U.S. foreign policy for almost half a century was cast aside during the transition (as was the important concept that the United States had “one president at a time”). The long-standing friendship America has had with its neighbor and one of its most important trading partners, Mexico, has


The World Ultimate Club Championship gold medalists, #2 Seattle BFG, are going to try to complete the double peak this season without two of the team’s brightest stars: Kieran Kelly and Rena Kawabata. Both players had asserted themselves as premier offensive weapons in the division this season and were heading into the postseason in the mix for Player of the Year or Offensive Player of the Year nods. Neither will complete the season with the Seattle squad.

Kawabata told Ultiworld that Kelly had informed the team that he was not going to finish the season with them shortly after the U.S. Open concluded. Kelly explained to Ultiworld that the team dynamic no longer felt like the right fit for him. He intends to take the rest of this clubseason off and focus on his job at Facebook.

The change left Kawabata, who lives with and is in a romantic relationship with Kelly, in an awkward position. As a first-year player on the team who operated in some of the team’s decision-making roles, according to Kawabata, she was brought in for a series of meetings addressing areas of tension, including Kelly’s departure, between her and the rest of the team’s leadership. In the weeks between the two Triple Crown Tour events, Kawabata continued to have differences of opinion with the team’s leadership. Both parties reached the conclusion early in the week leading up to the Pro Championships that she would also leave the team.

“I had some disagreements with the team’s leadership,” explained Kawabata. She also pointed to a


in the season may throw that status into doubt.

Without the pair of explosive cutters, BFG may have to retool their offense a bit. Kawabata led the team’s women in points1 at WUCC 2018, second on the team only to Kelly, who also led the team in assists and was second in goals at Club Worlds. They were the offense’s primary initiating cutters. In their stead, reliable cutters Lindsay Simon Fox and Leah Bar-On Simmons, as well young deep threat Aldous Root, may initiate the offense more frequently for the 2017 National semifinalists. It’s also possible they’ll turn to some of their D-Line stalwarts, like Alissa or Linnea Soo, to help add some offensive firepower. With things as close as ever at the top of the mixed division, stayingTaylor Swift made a fashionable arrival at the 2013 Grammy Awards in LA tonight. She dazzled in a white J. Mendel number that featured silver sequined straps. Taylor has a big night ahead of her, as she is up for some of the award show's biggest honors, including record of the year for "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and best country duo or group performance for her song "Safe & Sound" with The Civil Wars. Taylor is also slated to perform tonight, so even if she doesn't end up taking home any awards, she will still have a chance to take the stage and show off her stuff.


or completely reverse the course set after WWII. Several events across may occur in European countries in the next 9 months and these will probably result in more of the electorate slipping away from established elites.

Austria to repeat tense presidential vote

Austria was scheduled to re-run the second turn of its presidential election on October 2nd (it has now been delayed to until at least December due to ballot irregularities). The election pits pro-Europe Green party candidate Alexander Van der Bellen in a close race against the Eurosceptic anti-immigration Free Party of Austria’s (FPO) Norbert Hofer. May’s result, which saw the establishment’s Van der Bellen narrowly defeat right-winger Hofer, was annulled on July 1st by the Austrian Constitutional Court on account of substantial electoral irregularities. Recent polls suggest thatthe intervening period did nothing to clarify voter preference and the race remains tight.

Should he win, Hofer has stated that he would veto the TTIP between the EU and the USA and that he may join the Austrian chancellor at EU Council meetings. The latter could be disruptive given the opposing political affiliations of these Austrian representatives.

Italian PM’s constitutional gamble

In November, Italy will hold a referendum on a proposed constitutional reform. Following the January 2016 referendum announcement, Prime-Minister Matteo Renzi leveraged his personal popularity by staking his political career and the survival of his government on the vote. However, the No-camp has been gaining ground since the beginning of the campaign in April, matching the gains of the anti-establishment 5-star movement at municipal elections in June.

Dutch election poised


to give Wilders a plurality of votes

On 15 March 2017 the Netherlands will hold its next parliamentary election. For the first time since its foundation, the anti-Islam and Eurosceptic Party of Freedom (PVV) of the polemic Geert Wilders is leading in the polls. Estimates from voter surveys have given the PVV a plurality of the vote since September 2015 in response to the refugee crisis. Despite his confidence, the rise of Wilders to the premiership remains undermined by the unwillingness of other parties to join him in a coalition. Nevertheless, his victory may complicate political alliances and destabilise the political process, while giving Mr Wilders a bigger podium from which to advocate a radical agenda that includes a Dutch exit from the EU.

Terrorism in France casts shadow overpresidential election

A month after the Dutch election, France will choose a new president in a two-round election on 23 April and 7 May 2017. Incumbent Socialist president Francois Hollande enjoys a record low 15% approval rating by the French electorate, making him very unlikely to gain the support in the first round necessary to be on the ballot in May.

Headlines have been captured by the rising popularity of Eurosceptic Front National leader Marine Le Pen whose support was not hurt by the sequence of attacks on Charlie Hebdo, the Bataclan theater and the Promenade des Anglais in Nice. On the right, Les Republicains could run either ex-president Nicholas Sarkozy or Alain Juppé, the mayor of Bordeaux and one-time Prime Minister of Jacques Chirac between 1995 and 1997. Both


City unveils new brand as part of global expansion plans

Posted by admin / 17.07.2017 / Latest News

Lord Willie Haughey, Founder and CEO of City, today (17 July) confirmed his ambition for significant international growth as he rebrands the company to City Facilities Management Holdings Ltd and announced a new European venture, City Facilities Management Europe.

Under a bold new identity that better reflects the company’s commercial offering and sector expertise, City is continuing its global expansion plans via both European acquisitions and significant contract wins in the USA.

Since starting in Glasgow in 1985, City has grown to employ over 12,000 employees and have a presence across the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. In 2016, total company turnover grew to £617m, a 33% increase of £154m from thesame period to 31 December 2015.

In March City completed the acquisitions of French operation, Lesprit (trading as AMF in France and MML in the UK). Under the new entity, City Facilities Management Europe will be headquartered in Paris, with the venture providing a strategic gateway for City to extend operations into new territories including Spain, Portugal and Romania.

In the United States, City’s partnerships are expected to increase company turnover, deliver double digit profit growth and extend the scale and service provision capability of its US operations that were established in 2016 via City Facilities Management (US), headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. As part of the strategic growth plans, City Facilities Management will continue to invest in data capture and analytic innovation which Lord Haughey sees as the heartbeat of


Summary:Eleven-year-old Toe Thompson is the designated punching bag for the bullies of the suburban community of Black Falls, where his and everyone else's parents work for Black Box Industries, makers of the do-it-all gadget that's sweeping the nation. But during a freak storm, a mysterious Rainbow Rock, which grants wishes to anyone who finds it, falls from the sky. Suddenly, the neighborhood that Toe already thinks is weird is about to get a lot weirder. As the Rainbow Rock ricochets around the town--from kid to kid and parent to parent--wishes-come-true quickly turn the neighborhood upside down in a wild rampage of everything from tiny aliens to giant boogers. Told through a series of shorts tha... Full Summary >>is evil. No one is all virtue or all malevolence, but sometimes love helps us rise above.

Warming Trend by Karin Kallmaker

Synopsis

Anidyr Bycall is frozen in her past, regretting words never spoken to the woman she loves and the one impulsive act that cost her all her dreams. Running from the courts of public and academic opinion in Fairbanks, she has landed in Key West. The nights are hot but she is colder than the glaciers she once explored.

Tending bar by night, she spends her days immersed in the research of her only remaining passion in life: the ice fields of Alaska. But trends may be improving when news from home hints that those she harmed may have moved on, and she can at least recover the papers and


to diminish, Nicky begins to get her life back on track until it is derailed once again by an unimaginable twist.

Changed forever, Nicky becomes a careless, womanizing nomad known as the Little Wild One, until she meets Annie. Thirteen years later, Nicky’s finally settled and happy. Fate intervenes and puts her directly back into the path of her first love, Sara, and the corresponding events send her into a tailspin. Now she must decide—who will be the person she ends up living with and loving forever?

The Long Past & Other Stories by Ginn Hale

Synopsis

1858 –Warring mages open up a vast inland sea that splits the United States in two. With the floodwaters come creatures from a long distant past. What seems like the End Times forges a newera of heroes and heroines who challenge tradition, law, and even death as they transform the old west into a new world.

In the heart of dinosaur country a laconic trapper and a veteran mage risk treason to undertake a secret mission.

A brilliant magician and her beautiful assistant light up stages with the latest automaton, but the secrets both of them are hiding test their trust in each other and pit them against one of the most powerful men in the world.

At the wild edge of the Inland Sea, amidst crocodiles and triceratops, an impoverished young man and a Pinkerton Detective must join forces to outmaneuver a corrupt judge and his gunmen.

This is a reading from the short story - The Hollow History of Professor Perfectus featured in The


Long Past & Other Stories

Threads Of The Heart by Jeannie Levig

Synopsis

No one travels this life alone.

Maggie Rae-McInnis is happy in her twelve-year relationship with Addison and renting out the rooms in their large home in the Hollywood Hills. Her one nagging fear is that her partner is not as happy as she is—and she is right. Addison is a hot mess. Though she loves Maggie, she feels something is missing. When she meets Victoria Fontaine, a confident, sexy, and manipulative younger woman, she is swept into something new, exciting, and a little dangerous.

Tess Rossini and Dusty Gardner, the couple’s closest friends and long-term tenants, face their own fears as they navigate the uncharted waters of love, and Eve Jacobs, newest arrival, finds herself on a path of self-discovery.

Thelove and friendship these women share make up the threads that weave together to form the unbreakable bonds that last a lifetime.

Unexpected by Jenny Frame

Synopsis

Self-made business owner Dale McGuire has always enjoyed two things in life: women and fast cars. Now in her mid-30s, she's restless and can't work out why. Then one day a 10-year-old boy turns up, claiming to be her son, and her simple ordered world turns upside down.

Rebecca Harper bears the emotional scars of her father's crimes, and now she has two rules: never let anyone get too close and never admit weakness. Thanks to an anonymous egg donor, infertility didn't stop her from having her son Jake. Now pregnant for a second time, she's horrified when Jake brings home the woman he believes


save him. Every day they spend together, the two women grow closer, but there's a snake in their midst that wants nothing more than to keep them apart.

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This is the first in an upcoming lesbian romance series called Paws in Peril. Each of the short, sweet books will deal with love between two women - and their love of the cute, furry creatures who need their help.

Never Enough by Robyn Nyx

Synopsis

When a killer sets her sights on her target, is there any stopping her?

Award-winning journalist Madison Ford is taking a well-deserved break from covering foreign wars. That break is cut short when she receives a mysterious package, full of incriminating information on a human trafficking ring. When she’s asked to do an interview with an actress and humanitarian,Along with the ramshackle, gothic style castle, she is plagued with a curse that will end her days sooner, rather than later. Providing her brother doesn't get to her first.

In the city, a world away from the estates of Magwood Hall and the Durrants, Emma Blewitt discovers a heritage that she did not know she had. Orphaned at a young age, she finds herself the beneficiary of a house, money, and the legacy of an aunt who leaves her everything and tells her nothing.

Through ghosts and spectres, murder and mayhem, even the curse of the ghost of Emily Tapper cannot diminish the attraction between Emma and Maggie. Their bond has the strength of ages behind them, but Emma must discover her own legacy before she and Maggie can


the request of Daiko Furukawa, Joshu decided to travel to the United States to teach students in the West, founding a Zen center in Los Angeles.

Joshu Sasaki regularly offered formal training sessions at both the Mount Baldy Zen Center and the Bodhi Manda Zen Center, occasionally offering sesshin at the Rinzai-Ji Zen Center in Los Angeles and Haku-un-ji Zen Center in Tempe, Arizona, as well as at numerous other centers on the American East Coast, and in Europe. Roshi's teaching schedule greatly depended on his health, however. In early February 2012 Joshu Roshi became ill with aspiration pneumonia and did not teach at MBZC (or any affiliate Zen Center) again. On November 10, at a dedication ceremony for the Zendo remodel, Joshu Roshi officially resigned as abbot ofThe Latest: Trump says Iran not living up to nuclear deal

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
(The Associated Press)

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
(The Associated Press)

President Donald Trump says Iran is not living up to the "spirit" of the nuclear agreement.

Trump says Iran is doing "a tremendous disservice" to the agreement brokered by the Obama administration.

The 2015 agreement by Iran and six other world powers ended some of the sanctions that had punished and isolated Iran for its nuclear


Asian migrants tested for virginity in UK in 1970s

VISA PROOF:：More than 80 women coming from India and Pakistan were subjected to virginity tests on arrival at London’s Heathrow airport, an Australian study shows

By Huma Qureshi / The Guardian, LONDON

Sat, May 14, 2011 - Page 6

It was 35 years ago, but my mother still remembers the day she arrived in the UK from Pakistan. My dad, like many men from the subcontinent, was already living and working here, a doctor in the National Health Service (NHS). Immigration rules meant my mom had been forced to wait a year before she was allowed to join him.

She stood in the immigration line at London Heathrow Airport, impatient to get through and finally join her husband. Then, right there in the airport,women, strip-searched them and then checked whether they had yet had sex.

So why were virginity tests happening at Heathrow airport, of all places, to young Asian women traveling on their own?

This week, a study by two legal academics in Australia, Marinella Marmo and Evan Smith, revealed that in the late 1970s, more than 80 south Asian women were ordered to have a virginity test. My mom was one of them.

At that time, immigration rules stipulated that an engaged woman coming to Britain to marry her fiance within three months did not need a visa, whereas a bride required a visa in order to join her husband. If immigration officers suspected a woman was married, but was pretending to be engaged to avoid the wait for a visa, she


reading game, and I'm all for giving the youngsters a go .....

Jimmy deserves a new contract. He never throws his toys out of the pram. Just gets on with it. Yes his passing isn't great but he's like dog with a bone never gives up a few of his teammates should take a leaf out of his book. Some people on here it's not a crime to praise one of our players.A lot is being said about the upcoming Saif Ali ...

Patna: Former minister Anand Mohan Singh of RJD died on Friday after he fainted on the stage while attending a function of Nonia Mahasangh at Rabindra Bhawan. Singh was sharing the dais with RJD chief Lalu Prasad and state minister for food and ...

Activists from Gujarat, including a former Gujarat Chief Minister, extended their support to Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand on Wednesday, alleging the recent CBI action against her was an "open misuse of power" by the Union Government. ...

Endorsing the demands of evictees of Mandala, Prof. Anand Kumar, national convener of Swaraj Abhiyan came in support of Awas Haq Satyagrah and promised to take forward the issue of Mandala across the country through their


Abhiyan. The delegation of ...

(From left) Fathima Mohammad of Presidency School, Bangalore East; Mahima Mehta of Prasiddhi School in Vasanthnagar; Harshith U. of Daffodils English School in Sanjaynagar, and Shruthi Sonti of Gopalan National School in Bengaluru. Excellent ...This K23 award will allow Dr. Watson to become an investigator proficient in genetic epidemiology and the design and conduct of interdisciplinary research on gene-environment interactions in sleep medicine. The training and research activities will focus on complex environmental and genetic influences on habitual sleep duration and the impact of sleep restriction on appetite-regulating hormones and insulin resistance. This application proposes an intensive, 5-year program of mentored research and formal training activities to enhance Dr. Watson's skills and experience in: 1) genetic epidemiology including twin research methods, 2) sleep deprivation research, and 3) training in the analysis of the frequently sampled intravenous glucose tolerance test and the physiology of appetite regulating hormones. The research component of this career development award targets habitual sleep restriction and its metabolic ramifications.


LONDON, England (CNN) -- All 18 people aboard a helicopter that crashed off the coast of Scotland have been recovered alive, a Royal Air Force officer told CNN.

A Super Puma helicopter, similar to the one in this file photo, went down about 120 miles east of Aberdeen.

The Super Puma ditched about 120 miles east of Aberdeen while approaching an offshore platform.

"Everyone has been recovered from the water," said James Lyon, assistant controller of the RAF's aeronautical rescue coordination center at RAF Kinloss, Scotland. "We don't know their condition, but we believe there are no major injuries."

Five helicopters were scrambled when the Super Puma helicopter ditched.

"Some were recovered by helicopter and some by boat from the platform," Lyon told CNN.

The RAF was providing helicopter assistance to the Aberdeen CoastGuard in the rescue.

Lyon said earlier that rescuers had been picking up emergency signal beacons from the lifejackets of the 18 people.

He did not know if the pilot transmitted a mayday before the aircraft ditched. View a map of the crash site »

"We believe it was quite close to the platform it was supposed to be landing on," he added.

The area is home to a number of offshore oil rigs. Lyon said he did not know which one the helicopter was heading to or where it was coming from.

The RAF received its first report of the crash at 6:43 p.m. (1:43 p.m. Eastern time).

Lyon said the Super Puma is regularly used to transport people to and from oil platforms in the North Sea and as far as he


his. In fact, they spent a great deal of time away from each other and maintained a nontraditional relationship (together but not exclusive). They felt secure remaining undefined as a couple, relying on their friendship through documented letters. The turning point for their relationship occurred when they married on June 18, 1912 in Gunsbach. At this point in their lives, they both decided to marry and go to Africa to fulfill their desire to care for others in need. She quit her job at the orphanage and studied higher level nursing to advance her knowledge before leaving. On Good Friday of 1913, she travelled with Albert to Lambaréné, Gabon, beginning her medical missionary adventure.

Education and professional development

Aged 6, Bresslau attended Queen Charlotte's School. In 1890, she transferredsocial work. Even so, exploring another field other than nursing left her "eager to fill in the gaps" of her nursing knowledge.

She changed her direction of study when she became a municipal inspector for orphans in 1905. She maintained the position from 1905 to 1909. This endeavor attributes largely to part of her own goal to improve the social sphere. However, her home's "Jewish atmosphere" widely influenced her as she was taught to "pay it forward." Including and prior to this job, all of her endeavors were based on her own emotions and goals without Albert's influence. In one of his letters, he notes "it is you who have won, happy to have found a task that will fill your life, and you’ve done it ahead of me",


Looking Back on Spring 2018

When I started blogging one of the first writing practices I took hold of was joining and linking up with author Emily P Freeman to allow for a moment of reflection at the end of the month or season.

Themes, patterns, small joys, surprises, struggles, graces and miracles are among the things I paused to pay attention to.

It's a way that makes me feel connected to the pulse and rhythms of my own life and to God's spirit moving in midst of the minutes, the days, the weeks, the months, and the seasons. After all we are in it together, co-authors, along with the body of Christ. I am always curious what will be written on the next page. It' s exciting to watch andand nieces were there to celebrate my Grandmother's 90th birthday.

We all took turns standing up to share something special.

When it was my Uncle Mike's turn to speak, he didn't stand, but stayed seated, a reflection of his humble, quiet, reserved personality; though often accompanied with wit and humor. Mike is the one who faithfully mows Grandma's yard year after year; his quiet acts of service are a blessing and his words that day encouraged us all.

He opened up to us by sharing something more personal than usual for him. He shared how for so long he used to worry specifically about his job and finances. He works in construction, building and remodeling homes, like my Grandpa did, and my husband does now, as well as owning a few


and in the same year they both became employed by the Medici. In 1611 they left the Medici court and in 1612 they moved to Mantua to serve the Gonzaga court. Ghivazzani was employed in Mantua starting in 1622 and likely until his death in 1632.

After Ghivazzani's death Caccini returned to Florence where she rejoined the Medici court starting in 1636. She remained in the court until her death sometime around 1638 to 1640. Her date of death is uncertain; there are court documents that have her name on it until 1660, but that is generally assumed to refer to her daughter.

Caccini and Ghivazzani usually were always employed by the same employer and their work led them to many locations across Italy. Caccini lived in this manner untilto study abroad in Year 3.
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and technical sides of your company! At home, he plays with his daughters and son, drives his wife crazy, or relaxes with the game on.

Jesse's background of 15+ years on the technical and sales sides of SaaS and IaaS helps him construct the perfect, custom cloud, colo, and disaster recovery environments for your business. Adding a business analyst and project management background means he will ensure that any solutions work for both the business and technical sides of your company! At home, he plays with his daughters and son, drives his wife crazy, or relaxes with the game on.US President Donald Trump has greeted Sikh Americans and Sikhs across the world on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti.

"Trump sends warm wishes to Sikh Americans and Sikhs around the world as they celebrate the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Devji, the founder and first guru of Sikhism," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement.

Trump is currently on a two-week tour of east Asia.

The Sikh community today exemplifies the fundamental values that all Americans share - peace, tolerance, compassion, and service, Sanders said.

"President Trump also recognises the many contributions Sikh Americans have made to our great nation for more than 100 years, including through military and public service," she said.


yes he does have enclosures , two 40 acres pens by his home for puppies and has 2 , 640 acre pens .. aswell as thousands of acres of land we ran in the wild snaring rabbit in front of his hounds. a...

Cookie's performance that day was not the norm you see at a trial Hence the topic most dominating , she was making 90 degree turns at full speed without missing a beat, it was in a pen 100 acre big swamp, it was a pounding race for about 6 hours , with few break downs. I hunt aswell , and when judgi...House Republican lawmakers are being encouraged by their party’s leadership to play up gruesome murders, rapes, and other crimes committed by undocumented immigrants in the United States. In a newsletter sent on Friday, House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., provided the caucus and staff with a messaging update that compiled immigrant crimes by date and congressional district. The newsletter is used by the GOP caucus to provide talking points and messaging guidance. The edition of the newsletter dealing with immigrant crimes, which was obtained by The Intercept, offered a messaging opportunity to leverage the government shutdown against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

“Speaker Pelosi made one thing clear during the government shutdown: she doesn’t care about the tragic consequences of illegal immigration on American families,” the newsletter


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Insight about law enforcement, government finances and the judicial system awaits at least three deserving college students this summer.
The city of Lancaster is looking for participants for its summer college internship program, which is now in its sixth year.
The program will run from May 31 to Aug. 8.
Shelia Thompson, the city’s human resources assistant, said at least three college students will be chosen.

At least one person was shot Wednesday morning outside a home near Primus Crossroads.
Lancaster County Sheriff’s deputies and Emergency Medical Services workers were called to a home in the 4300 block of Pleasant Road, just off Rocky River Road (S.C. 522), about 11:20 a.m.
According to chatter heard over a police scanner, the shooting may have involved two brothers and one of them was reportedly shotin the shoulder. The alleged shooter was still on the scene when deputies arrived, according to the scanner. It is not known if he was arrested.

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A severe thunderstorm whipped through Lancaster County early Tuesday morning causing close calls for at least two Lancaster County families and power outages and traffic havoc for hundreds more.
Weather officials say the storm, which passed through Lancaster County beginning about 2 a.m., was the first significant spring thunderstorm of the season and almost certainly not the last.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
Two council members for Indian Land? One less council member for Heath Springs or Kershaw? A council district stretching from one end of the county to the other?
These are all possible scenarios Lancaster County Council could consider as it dives into redistricting, a process that


happens every 10 years as council redraws its districts based on population counts from the U.S. Census.
With those population numbers finally in from Census 2010, council began the discussion at its March 29 meeting.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
Christian Anderson hopes she never again wakes up to see a stranger inside her home.
That’s what happened early Sunday morning about midnight when the 22-year-old Lancaster resident was jolted awake by the sound of her dog barking. At the time, she didn’t know her dog had been startled by a strange man wandering through the front door of her Elm Street home.

Reece Murphyrmurphy@thelancasternews.com
INDIAN LAND – Public officials and community members turned out Saturday to join Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire Department for the official opening of the department’s new and long-awaited fire station.
Nearly 300 peopleflop when juxtaposed against Raja's collections in 2008, where he literally gave all-India spectrum at throwaway prices.

As CPM's Nilotpal Basu told a TV programme: "A Raja gave out 122 licences for Rs 9,200 crore. Thus, the 22 licences which were out on auction this time have already fetched more than what they had got for all the 122 licences then."

Business Standard puts the auction story in perspective and points out that Delhi, Mumbai and Karnataka accounted for nearly half the total reserve price for national spectrum. These overpriced circles drew no bids whatsoever. The real failure of the auction is thus in these circles alone. Says the newspaper: "The three circles together constituted as much as 48 percent of the total base price of Rs 14,000 crore for


for the auction's weak earnings?

Trai's recommendations were vetted by the Telecom Commission, an empowered group of ministers, of which Kapil Sibal was a part, and also the Union cabinet. If, in Sibal's judgment and that of the cabinet, Rs 14,000 crore for 5 Mhz of all-India spectrum was too high (they had reduced it from Rs 18,000 crore to Rs 14,000 crore), what stopped them from offering Raja's price as the base price, and letting telcos bid for the balance on the basis of revenue share?

If anyone chickened out - especially after the Supreme Court accepted the government's argument that auctions need not be the only way of alienating scarce resources - it was the UPA government, including Sibal.

As for Sibal's other argument - that 2008 ought notrights when it canceled and then refused to issue licenses for four buildings the Kirchhoffs owned because they refused to consent to warrantless searches of the buildings.  Because the City canceled the licenses in 1988, the district court dismissed the Kirchhoffs' complaint as barred by Illinois' two-year statute of limitations.  The Kirchhoffs appeal.  Because the Kirchhoffs annually applied for licenses and the most recent denials were within two years of filing suit, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

I. Background

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The plaintiffs, Fred and Wanda Kirchhoff, currently own one apartment building in Aurora, Illinois.  Prior to August 26, 1993, they owned three other apartment buildings.  Because the Kirchhoffs rented to the public apartments in all four buildings, Aurora Ordinance No. 082-5117 and


its successor, No. 090-020, required them to obtain licenses for the buildings (which for simplicity's sake we will call rental licenses).  In order to obtain a rental license, landlords had to agree to permit inspectors employed by the City to inspect all areas of the apartment buildings, including apartments currently occupied by private tenants.

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While the Kirchhoffs originally agreed to this condition and obtained rental licenses for all of their buildings, beginning in 1988 they refused to allow the City's inspectors access to private apartments, believing that the City was using this ordinance to conduct warrantless searches.  The City responded by revoking the Kirchhoffs' rental licences.  Every year following the revocation, the Kirchhoffs applied for rental licenses.  Every year the City denied their applications becausethey refused to consent to the inspections.  That is all the City did, however, the Kirchhoffs continued to rent apartments to the public (although allegedly at a reduced rate because they were unlicensed) and the City did nothing to stop them.

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On June 12, 1994 the Kirchhoffs sued the City under § 1983.  They alleged that the City, in revoking their rental licenses and in refusing to issue them licenses in later years, violated their rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.  The City moved to dismiss, arguing that because it first revoked the licenses in 1988, the Kirchhoffs' claims were barred by Illinois' two-year statute of limitations.  The district court agreed with the City and dismissed the Kirchhoffs' action.


early 2000s.[10]

The TeX project was started by Donald E. Knuth in the late 70s at Stanford University.[11] In a first phase (1978-1985), development was heavily centred around Donald Knuth at Stanford University. This was when the core of the program was developed.[12]

In a second phase (mid-80s), core development was complemented by the development of TeX sub-routines, that is, sequences of TeX commands that eased access to TeX’s functionalities.[13] A number of packages were developed in a rather decentralized way, leading to many replications in the development of similar features. Several different distributions of TeX competed on the market, each maintained by different persons and distributed under different licenses: freeware, OS, proprietary.

The LaTeX package rapidly became the most widely adopted. In the third phase (late 80s, early 90s), prioritystandard to facilitate communication of typeset material in the scientific community. Developers wanted (La)TeX to keep a high market share in some domains – mathematical typesetting foremost among those. From the beginning, the development of TeX was user oriented and attracted active interest from users.

The user organizations’ dynamism was highest when (La)TeX was under the highest threat of losing market share to its alternatives (1990s). The TUGboat, official journal of the TeX community, collected users’ initiatives and outlined the problems they encountered. Several programmatic papers outlining goals and priorities for the development of TeX were published in the TUGboat and presented at TUG conferences.[19] This was when OS developers worked on interfaces, distributions and a rationalization of development so as to keep their user base. Development then had


their respective countries.[21]

Figure 2: TUG revenues and membership by year: 1982-2000

The inertia from having to keep on serving established users translated into tensions between TeX developers and a tendency for new developers to start their own projects, leading to a progressive fragmentation in the development effort. Fragmentation (forking) was due to initiatives by users whose needs were not accommodated by the (La)TeX development teams. While this forking weakened the position of TeX as a standard and diverted developers from the main strand of development, it also adapted TeX to the needs of a wider variety of users, thus contributing to the popularity of TeX. On the proprietary side, there was a switch from entrepreneurs borrowing from TeX to them developing software independently.

Lesson 3: Fragmentation: Faced with the resultingattractive to a broader audience and more competitive vs. proprietary alternatives. The resulting wider use of TeX, in turn, increased the benefit of network effects to existing developers and users.

Network effects motivated developers to consider users’ needs. However, those users were those in their own constituency – be it defined as the group of early developers, as early users of TeX, as academics or as specialized typesetters. This situation gave the opportunity for commercial software developers to offer typesetting software for other types of users.

Over time, as commercial software came to offer increasingly high typesetting standards, TeX lost a part of its user base. Compatibility with its standard thus became less valuable. Those OS developers who previously had to abide by the TeX standards for fear of losing


and are released only once one has made sure they work well within existing TeX distributions.

[21] The European Local User Groups were instrumental in making TeX more accessible to the users. A group of volunteers at Aston University in the UK established a central repository for TeX code from which it was possible to download the latest developments in the TeX system via the Net. This group inspired the development of a package classification system, the TeX Directory Structure, which served as the model for TeX distribution everywhere. The Aston initiative led to the creation of the CTAN archives in 1990. Another seminal initiative came from the Netherlands Local User Group which developed 4AllTeX in 1993. 4AllTeX was a TeX distribution on a CD that was intended forJefferson and the Problem of Debt (1995). He is a member of the editorial board of The Papers of Thomas Jefferson and a member of the advisory board of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello.

Copies of the U.S. Constitition can be picked up at The Diana Center througout the day.


Tension between the United States and North Korea escalated anew Thursday as Pyongyang conducted a fresh round of missile tests and the Trump administration announced the seizure of a North Korean ship accused of smuggling coal and heavy machinery in defiance of international sanctions.

National security sources said the two developments underscored the widening shadow hanging over the future of denuclearization talks with North Korea. The talks have been stalled since late February, when President Trump’s second high-stakes summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ended without a deal.

Officials said the North Korean cargo ship in question was seized in April 2018 by Indonesian authorities, but the announcement Thursday that the vessel is now in U.S. custody revealed a first-of-its-kind sanctions enforcement against Pyongyang by the Trump administration.

The Justicea far-reaching deal to end the North’s nuclear and missile programs. Mr. Trump said he had to walk away because Mr. Kim demanded sweeping sanctions relief in exchange for only a limited commitment to destroy part of his nuclear arsenal. Pyongyang later challenged that characterization.

Mr. Moon, who has played an essential role in facilitating dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang, said the Kim regime is publicly lashing out in the hope of forcing Washington to offer relief from economic sanctions. “It is protesting to the United States and South Korea,” the South Korean president said, according to reports by the Yonhap News Agency in Seoul.

Mr. Trump has insisted that North Korea commit to full denuclearization before any sanctions are lifted, but administration officials since Hanoi have also embraced a


known about this video when offering Bryant this lifetime deal, so add it all up and none of it makes any sense.

Whitt predicts Dallas will use the franchise tag on Dez Bryant on Monday, a deal that will pay him $13 million for one year guaranteed. The rest of us will be waiting for the smoking gun.

The third-year forward is out for the season after suffering a stress reaction in his foot, the second time in his brief career his season has been cut short by injuries. He missed the end of his rookie season to undergo back surgery, an ailment he played through during his college days and the Celtics were well aware of when they drafted him 21st overall in 2011.

But the injuries have become aCarbon monoxide is perhaps best known for the lethal effects it can have in homes with faulty appliances and poor ventilation. In the United States, the colorless, odorless gas kills about 430 people each year.

However, the importance of carbon monoxide (CO) extends well beyond the indoor environment. Indoors or outdoors, the gas can disrupt the transport of oxygen by the blood, leading to heart and health problems. CO also contributes to the formation of ground-level ozone, another air pollutant with unhealthy effects. And though carbon monoxide does not cause climate change directly, its presence affects the abundance of greenhouse gases such as methane and carbon dioxide.

Carbon monoxide forms whenever carbon-based fuels—including coal, oil, natural gas, and wood—are burned. As a result, many human activities and inventions emit carbon


enough to mix evenly throughout the atmosphere. As a result, MOPITT’s maps show significant geographic variability and seasonality. To view month by month maps of carbon monoxide, visit the carbon monoxide page in Earth Observatory’s global maps section.

In Africa, for example, agricultural burning shifts north and south of the equator with the seasons, leading to seasonal shifts in carbon monoxide. Fires are also the dominant source of carbon monoxide pollution in South America and Australia. In the United States, Europe, and eastern Asia, the highest carbon monoxide concentrations occur around urban areas and tend to be a result of vehicle and industrial emissions. However, wildfires burning over large areas in North America, Russia, and China also can be an important source.

Terra has been in orbit long enough tostandards and improved combustion efficiency for newer cars have lowered carbon monoxide in the atmosphere despite the fact that there are more vehicles on the road burning more fossil fuel.”

As illustrated by the maps, the news is also generally positive for the Southern Hemisphere, where deforestation and agricultural fires are the primary source of carbon monoxide. In South America, MOPITT observed a slight decrease in carbon monoxide; other satellites have observed decreases in the number of small fires and areas burned, suggesting a decrease in deforestation fires since 2005. Likewise, MOPITT has observed decreases in the amount of carbon monoxide over Africa. “There have been fewer fires in Africa, so that is a big part of the story there,” explained Worden. “However, growing cities might be increasing of


the amount of CO in some areas of equatorial Africa.”

The line graph shows the long-term trend as well as monthly variations in carbon monoxide concentrations. While the overall trend is downward, several peaks and valleys are visible. For instance, some researchers attribute the peak from around 2002 to 2003 to an unusually active fire season in the boreal forests of Russia. The dip in carbon monoxide emissions from 2007 to 2009 also matches a decline in global fire emissions. In addition, researchers have noted that this dip overlaps with a global financial crisis that started in late 2008 and caused global manufacturing output to decline.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen and Joshua Stevens, using data from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the University of10. The second electrode layer 124 is disposed on the insulating layer 122, and is configured to serve as a plurality of pixel electrodes of the liquid crystal panel 10. The second orientation layer 125 is disposed on the second electrode layer 124. Thereby, the second orientation layer 125 is adjacent to the liquid crystal layer 17 in the active area 18, and the second orientation layer 125 adheres to the sealant 15 in the non-active area 19.
In the liquid crystal panel 10, the sealant 15 and the first and second substrates 11, 12 cooperatively form the accommodating space for receiving the liquid crystal layer 17, with the sealant 15 directly contacting the first and second orientation layers 115 and 125. The material of the sealant 15 and


cheering like mad for a national treasure. Come on Hollywood, take pity on our Brexit-plagued island, and give us this win." Of course, that would mean beating out Glenn Close, currently favored by many to win for her role in "The Wife."

But just as soon as the Oscars come to a close, we will be jostled back to the world of American presidential politics. On Monday, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the latest candidate to declare his 2020 presidential bid, participates in a CNN town hall. And CNN political analyst believed Democrats could benefit from taking note as to what has made Sanders so appealing -- beginning with the mandate to "build a movement, not a campaign."

While Trump wished Sanders well as a fellow rival of Hillary Clinton'shas denied making such a suggestion.)

Paul Sracic, a professor at Youngstown State University, , a professor at Youngstown State University, was baffled by the admission that two top government officials could potentially "think for even a moment that invoking the 25th Amendment was a plausible way" to remove Trump -- especially since the process must be initiated by Vice President Mike Pence (who appears to remain a fierce Trump loyalist). And Trump himself weighed in on Twitter, accusing both McCabe and Rosenstein of treasonous activity.

The challenges to Trump's presidency could only get worse this week when Michael Cohen testifies publicly before Congress on Wednesday.

Josh Campbell While has said he isn't in the business of making predictions, he thinks Mueller will ultimately "not move against the President" and instead


is part of an American problem which has festered and bubbled since before 1776." In other words, Sutton clings to bigoted ideas that many of America's Founding Fathers did when they drafted the Constitution.

But Jones went one step further and said Sutton shouldn't be "written off as just a man using free speech." After all, his words are inciting violence against innocent Americans of color, and "how many black people have been free-speeched to death?"

Kyle Whitmire AL.com's shared Jones' fear and frustration, though perhaps for slightly more personal reasons. Whitmire once worked for Sutton, and this editorial has called into question everything he thought he knew about his former boss.

Sutton could have made significant contributions to "Alabama's Black Belt, long poisoned by poverty and racial oppression." But instead,variety of shapes and sizes, it's important to acknowledge that "there is still a long way to go" in countering the pernicious tropes about beauty that Lagerfeld helped to normalize.

Christine Quinn But fashion isn't the only industry plagued by misogyny. argued that the political sphere is just as bad. When she ran for New York mayor in 2013, she "made sure that everything from my hair to my clothes made me seem more 'likable,' approachable and classically feminine." The result? Voters thought she was inauthentic, and she lost. Six years later, and with a number of female politicians entering the presidential race, she warned that the "same destructive dynamics" are at play.

You couldn't stop sending Amazon stories. We couldn't stop reading them

CNN Opinion readers for their take: Was


the pullout an economic blow or a boon to the little guy? After Amazon withdrew its bid to put a new headquarters in New York, reactions were swift, furious and remarkably lacking in consensus. Last week, we askedfor their take: Was the pullout an economic blow or a boon to the little guy? Your answer came this week: all of the above -- and then some. "It's one of the cases where a small mob overrules the majority," one reader said. "I stand with the Democrats in stopping uncontrollable corporate growth," declared another. Thank you to the 500 readers who tried to provoke and persuade us!

A very personal take on vaccinations

Elsa Sjunneson-Henry she is living proof of what happens when people do not take childhood vaccination seriously. Hermother was exposed to German measles while she was pregnant, a result of herd immunity failure. And Sjunneson-Henry was born with From celebrities to politicians' wives to President Trump himself , it seems almost anyone is willing to question the science behind vaccines. But wrote she is living proof of what happens when people do not take childhood vaccination seriously. Her mother was exposed to German measles while she was pregnant, a result of herd immunity failure. And Sjunneson-Henry was born with Congenital Rubella Syndrome , which has resulted in cataracts, a heart defect, hearing loss and countless surgeries.

Though she is healthy today, Sjunneson-Henry is using her platform to advocate for childhood vaccination and against the false and dangerous claims that vaccines cause autism. As she wrote, she


German intelligence snooping on Interpol, newspapers

Date of publication: 24 04 2017, 20:18

The German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) has been revealed to have been spying on Interpol agencies in various countries, including Austria, France, Greece and the United States. This comes just two months after reports that BND has spied on media entities such as the New York Times and Reuters.

The story was broken by German weekly paper Der Spiegel, which claimed that the BND has been spying on both Interpol’s national offices as well as Europol, the law enforcement branch of the European Union.

BND, Europol, and Interpol all declined to comment on the accusation. “The federal government gives accounts concerning the intelligence affairs only to the parliament’s commissions,” a German government spokesperson told the state news agency.

The storythe final decree of distribution and compel delivery of the property.
The final decree of distribution in the estate of Alice Manikowske, deceased, was entered in the county court on October 6, 1953. It decreed, in part, that certain property described therein was assigned to and vested in Maurice Manikowske. Other property was decreed to other distributees but they are not made parties to this proceeding. There has been no contest of the will after probate under Section 30-06-08, N.D.C.C., and no other jurisdictional challenge has been made. The executrix has not filed receipts from heirs and she has not been discharged.
On or about July 1, 1962, almost nine years after entry of the final decree of distribution, the appellant was appointed guardian of the estate of the said


Maurice Manikowske, an incompetent person. There was no guardian prior to this appointment. Shortly after the appointment of the appellant as guardian, he petitioned the county court to direct the executrix of the estate of Alice Manikowske deceased, to account for the period after the entry of the final decree of distribution and for an order to compel distribution of Maurice Manikowske's share of the estate to him as guardian and also to return to the county court two insurance policies described in the petition alleged to belong to the said Maurice Manikowske.
The county court issued a notice of hearing on the petition which was served and a hearing was held.
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At the various posts along the border with Pakistan, officials know when and why the firing started. Several that HT spoke with said the firing started soon after Pakistan lost the Asian games hockey final to India.

HT visited the Gakhrial post which has been under attack for the last two nights. BSF officials said they fired 60 to 70 mortars in the space of an hour while on Monday they had fired the same amount through the course of the entire night. "It feels like war," one BSF official said.

The escalation was also measured through mortars being fired in day light. Normally the border comes alive to the sound of shelling only at night but IG Sharma


said bombs landed in Samba at 8.30 am.

Officials are now wondering how this spiral will end as there are no signs of a let up and india is clear about not seeking a flag meeting.

At the various posts along the border, officials know when and why it started. Several that HT spoke with said the firing started soon after Pakistan lost the Asian games hockey final to India.

The shelling, some say, had a lot to do with Prime Minister Narendra Modis US visit where he was feted by President Barack Obama while Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif's call for a plebiscite in Kashmir met with a tepid response.

"The Pakistani army is trying to focus international attention on Kashmir and this time they're trying to say that not onlyor unique successes and challenges, meanwhile making the connections between content visible, as opposed to isolating and decontextualizing objectives throughout the learning process.

Most of all, it will enable us to make learning personal once again, in a way that’s sustainable, scalable, and most importantly, child-centered.

Paul is a National Board Certified Educator in Chicago. His writing has been featured in a number of prominent education publications, such as EdSurge, ASCD's "Educational Leadership", and the International Literacy Association's "Literacy Today." He has also been featured in the New Yorker. He currently teaches third grade and loves every moment of it.


NASA is opening a new anti-harassment campaign for employees weeks after a congressional committee asked U.S. science agencies to investigate their harassment policies.

Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot announced the new measures in a video message on YouTube yesterday (Feb. 1). Lightfoot's message comes after the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology requested that the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigate anti-harassment practices at science-based federal agencies.

On Jan. 18, the GAO issued a letter, signed by Chairman Lamar Smith and Ranking Member Eddie Johnson, asking several agencies (including NASA) to report how many cases of harassment there were at each agency, what anti-harassment policies exist and how grant recipients learn about anti-harassment policies, among other requests.

While Lightfoot did not specifically respond to the letter, he said in theall new civil servants to do anti-harassment training as a part of the process of joining NASA. Current employees will need to complete the training by the end of this year.

A partnership with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which will include the opportunity for NASA senior managers to learn about current developments in anti-harassment.

An anti-harassment forum.

Urging the heads of each NASA center and mission directorate to support the campaign. Lightfoot himself will also receive reports about what agency members are seeing.

In October, The New York Times published an article containing allegations that prominent Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein had committed sexual harassment and sexual assault. Following the report, victims of harassment worldwide united and shared their stories under the social media hashtag #MeToo.

Since then, many dozens of


high-profile figures in Hollywood, the media and other industries have been accused of harassment. One example was Academy Award winning-actor Kevin Spacey, who was first publicly accused of harassment by "Star Trek: Discovery" star Anthony Rapp.

The GAO letter also cited at least one scientist who has received NASA funding: former University of California, Berkeley astronomer Geoffrey Marcy, who resigned from his position following accusations of harassment in 2015. BuzzFeed reported that Marcy had almost $900,000 in active federal grants from NASA at the time.

Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook and Google+. Original article on Space.com.Advanced Photon Source

The Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory (in Argonne, Illinois, USA) is a national synchrotron-radiation light source research facility funded by the United States Department of Energy Office of Science. The facility "saw first light" on March 26, 1995. Argonne National Laboratory is managed by UChicago Argonne LLC, which is composed of the University of Chicago and Jacobs Engineering Group.

Using high-brilliance X-ray beams from the APS, members of the international synchrotron-radiation research community conduct forefront basic and applied research in the fields of materials science and biological science; physics and chemistry; environmental, geophysical and planetary science; and innovative X-ray instrumentation.  , APS held the distinction of being the facility at which 21 of the 30 known g-protein coupled receptor protein structures had been


Knicks Summer League: Who’ll Make the Team?

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Though most of the attention surrounding the New York Knicks has been on forward Carmelo Anthony, the Knicks are off to a good start in the Las Vegas NBA Summer League. The Knicks beat the Dallas Mavericks, 76-64, on Friday. On Saturday, the Knicks beat the Portland Trail Blazers, 71-69, thanks to some heroics from point guard Shane Larkin late in the game. Two games in, the Knicks are 2-0 and playing well. Since it’s only the Summer League, most aren’t focused on the wins and losses. Most people, including me, though I love seeing the Knicks win (even in the Summer League), are focused on who will and will not make the team. The Knicks have a very good Summer Leagueteam, but how many of the players will make the roster?

Cole Aldrich, Center

Cole Aldrich made the team last season. He didn’t see much action early in the regular season, but due to injuries, Aldrich received more playing time in the second half of the season. He finished last season strong. In a 109-98 Knicks win against the Brooklyn Nets on April 15th (second-to-last game), Aldrich scored 13 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in 26 minutes. In the final game of the season, a 95-92 win over the Toronto Raptors, Aldrich scored 13 points with 16 rebounds and 5 blocks in 40 minutes. He had a field goal percentage above 60 percent in both games. Cole was also impressive on Friday against the Mavericks. He showed encouraging signs on


both ends, as he blocked shots, rebounded the ball, and made smart plays and good passes in the post. Against the Mavericks, Aldrich scored 9 points, grabbed 15 rebounds, and blocked 3 shots in 31 minutes of play. The Knicks released Lamar Odom and re-signed Aldrich on Friday. Cole did not play against the Blazers on Sunday.

Will Cole Aldrich make the team? The answer is yes, as we got the answer to that question on Friday when the Knicks re-signed Aldrich.

Tim Hardaway Jr., Guard

The Knicks selected Tim Hardaway Jr. with the 24th overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft. It proved to be a great pick and one of the major steals of the entire draft, as Hardaway Jr. went on to have a terrific rookie campaign. Inlimited minutes, Hardaway Jr. exceeded expectations, provided scoring off the bench, and earned NBA All-Rookie First Team honors. In the first two Summer League games this season, Hardaway Jr. has been impressive once again and has shown his terrific ability to score and shoot. He is averaging 22..5 points in 25.5 minutes per game.

Will Tim Hardaway Jr. make the team? Of course. He’s young, has good size, great potential, and can shoot. Hardaway Jr. is only on the Summer League roster to improve his overall game and continue his development. He will definitely make the team.

Shane Larkin, Guard

Shane Larkin was acquired by the Knicks prior to the 2014 NBA Draft in a trade with the Mavericks. Larkin was sidelined with a broken foot last year at this time.


When he returned, he received inconsistent minutes. His play as a rookie was inconsistent, too. Now, Larkin is looking to show the Knicks that he can be a valuable rotation player. With only Pablo Prigioni and Jose Calderon ahead of him, Larkin will likely make the team. Larkin has played well so far in the Summer League, aside from missing a lot of open mid-range jump shots. He made the game-winning basket on Saturday against the Trail Blazers. His clutch play helped the Knicks complete the comeback victory. Larkin has averaged 8.5 points, 6 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 2.5 steals in 29 minutes per game.

Will Shane Larkin make the team? Yes, he will. He has lots of upside and potential. Combine that with the way he’s played inthe Summer League, and he’ll make the team.

Cleanthony Early, Forward

Cleanthony Early was an absolute steal by the New York Knicks at 34th overall. He had first round talent. Luckily, he was available early in the second round. Early was a great scorer and shooter in college at Wichita State. He has displayed that ability to shoot and score so far in the Summer League, as he has excelled, averaging 12 points in 28 minutes per game with a 42.1 field goal percentage. He isn’t the best defender, but is a good athlete with plenty of upside.

Will Cleanthony Early make the team? Yes, Early will make the team. He was a steal at 34th overall and has first round talent with lots of potential. Aside from missing a critical