Halstead of Beekman names among his heirs, Patience Smith (WB B, p 509).

PETER SMITH

1820  the
1820/1837 will of Peter Smith of
North East names his daughter Lada, wife of Joseph Thompson; his late son David Smith; sons James W. and Daniel Smith.His living sons were named his executors. (WB I, p. 392)

PHEBE/PHOEBE SMITHs

1822  The
1822/1823 will of John Tice Smith of
North East names daughters Polly,
Elizabeth Harris & Jane Shelden, wife of Allen Shelden;
sons James, Andrew & Nicholas
(the latter deceased); and the children of Nicholas
 Betsey, Mariah, Phebe, Jane, Anna & John.Also his grandson, John Smith, son of his son, John, also deceased, who now lives with
him.Son James was an executor of the will (WB F, p. 485).

1822  the
1822/1826 will of Moses Haight of Stanford names his brother-in-law, Wrightbrothers, Isaac and Philip Smith were two of the executors.Platt's father-in-law, Abraham Micler, was
another executor.The will was witnessed
by Gilbert Smith (WB B, p. 129).

PLATT SMITH

1798  the 1798/1799 will of Platt Smith of Amenia
names sons Uriah and Abraham.Platt's two brothers, Isaac and Philip Smith were two of the executors.Platt's father-in-law, Abraham Micler, was
another executor.The will was witnessed
by Gilbert Smith (WB B, p. 129).

1824  the
1824/1825 will of Ebenezer Badger of Poughkeepsie
names his daughter, Mary, the wife
of Platt Smith as one of his heirs
(WB G, p. 211).

POLLY SMITH

1822  The
1822/1823 will of John Tice Smith of
North East names daughters Polly,
Elizabeth Harris & Jane Shelden, wife of Allen Shelden;
sons James, Andrew & Nicholas
(the latter deceased); and the children of Nicholas  Betsey, Mariah, Phebe, Jane, Anna & John.Also his grandson,


of Pontius Woolley of Clinton
(WB D, p. 458).

1813  the
1813/1817 will of Abraham Smith of
Fishkill names "Abraham Smith,
of the City of New York, first son of my nephew Stephen Smith, late of the same place, now deceased; Stephen Smith, second son of my nephew Stephen Smith; Alada Smith, present wife of John De Myer of Kingston, Ulster
Co."(among others) as his heirs (WB E, p. 333).

1819  Stephen Smith was an executor of the
1819/1827 will of Quinby Cornell of Clinton
(WB H, p. 1).

1838  the
1838/1839 will of Elijah Pepper of Fishkill names daughter Maria, wife of Stephen B.
Smith, as one of his heirs; Stephen B. Smith named one of his
executors.(WB J, but no page listed)

1838  Stephen B. Smith of Fishkill was a
witness to the 1838 will of ThomasT. Wood of Fishkill (WB J, p. 206).

1828  the 1828
will of Richard B. Mosher of Stanford names daughters Judah Smith & Abigail
Smith as two of his heirs.A Susannah Smith was one of the witnesses
to the will (WB H, p. 121).

SYLVE SMITH

1797  a Sylve Smith was among the witnesses of
the 1797/1803 will of Jacob Hewenton of PaulingsTown
(WB B, p. 370).

THOMAS SMITH

1806  the 1806
will of David Marick of Carmel
names among his heirs "brother Isaac Marick's four children, one of whom
was Adah Smith, wife of Thomas Smith."John
Smith was one of the executors (WB C, p. 1).

1823  the
1823/1824 will of Nehemiah Oakley of Freedom names Mary Smith, wife of Thomas Smith as one of his heirs. Their
daughter Anna is another of his
heirs, and son-in-law Thomas Smith
was one of


brother-in-law, Wright Smith, as one of his executors.Haight's wife was Phebe, so Phebe was evidently Wright Smith's sister.(WB G, p. 457)

ZEBULON SMITH

1790  The 1790
will of Isaac GREEN of Washington
township names dau. Elizabeth, "wife of Zebulon Smith" as one of his heirs (WB A, p. 254).

This concludes the list of Smith entries in Minnie Cohen's
book of abstracts of Dutchess
County, NY
wills.I hope that it helps others in
their research of individuals with this most common surname.the report, which was designed to provide insight into the number and value of tax-exempt properties. Milwaukee hasn't filed a required biannual report since 2006.

"The general population does not understand the extent, number and scope of property tax exemptions," said Curt Witynski, assistant director of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities. "People are not aware of what the impact really is. I think they would be surprised."

Freedom Assembly - Parking lot chained off

A sign in front of Freedom Assembly encourages passers-by to "Come worship Sunday at 10 am." A cross hangs on the outside of the one-story building, near Timmerman airfield on the city's northwest side. At 10 a.m. on a Sunday in January, a chain stretched across the driveway, blocking the entrance into the parking lot. There was


still no sign of activity an hour later.

Lettering on the door invited people to Bible study on Wednesday nights at 7 p.m., but nobody was there when a reporter showed up.

The Journal Sentinel visited Freedom Assembly on two other Sundays at 10 a.m. and found two cars in the parking lot each time.

John Marshall, pastor of the church, said he owned the building for several years before "giving" it to the board of the church in July 2009.

"I used to have to pay taxes on that baby," Marshall said.

Marshall said his church is legitimate.

"We're no fly-by-night," he said, noting the neighborhood's population is transient, and he has a hard time getting a steady flow of people.

"We're taking baby steps," Marshall said. "I don't think I'm doing nothing wrong."

Paperworkfrom the assessor's office shows someone from the office questioned Marshall in November 2009, about four months after the building was transferred to the church.

"Spoke with John Marshall," a note in the file read. "He explained Freedom Assembly is owned by him."

Yet the exemption was granted in early 2010 by Milwaukee's Chief Assessor Peter Weissenfluh.

Weissenfluh said the property was on record as being owned by the church and that the note - made by an appraiser who has since retired - didn't raise a red flag.

The Freedom Assembly property had an assessed value of $160,000 in 2009. Marshall paid $4,149 in taxes on the property before receiving the exemption.

The state assessors' manual requires local assessors to inspect all properties seeking exemptions. But assessors have little incentive to do


doesn't wind up sitting vacant. Vacant properties are not eligible for tax exemptions.

Restoration Church - Meal seekers find door locked

A message in the front window of Restoration Church promises a meal program on Sundays at 10 a.m. The tiny church is built into a hillside beside a rundown apartment building in Walnut Hill in central Milwaukee.

On a drizzly Sunday morning in September, a man and woman walked for blocks along W. Lisbon Ave. When they reached the church, they pulled the door handle and found it locked.

It was 10:10 a.m.

Worship services and Sunday school hours are listed in the window and on the MySpace page of Joann Weed, the pastor of the church.

The Journal Sentinel visited the church on four other occasions from September to mid-January and foundno activity at the church during the scheduled hours for meals or services.

On one other Sunday, Weed, her two sons and a handful of other young adults - who arrived together in one van - were in the church. Weed was passing the collection plate, encouraging visitors to make an offering.

"We want every one to plant a seed every Sunday, even if it's a penny," she said.

In an interview, Weed said the main mission of the church is to feed people and help them connect with Jesus. She said the church feeds hot meals to 75 to 80 people every Sunday morning. While Restoration Church has an account with Feeding America, a national hunger-relief charity, and has collected roughly $2,500 worth of food in the past 15 months,


going to have a bright line," said Scott Shields of the state Department of Revenue's division of state and local finance. "Some might be clear and apparent. Others might be a social gathering at someone's house. The assessor needs to look at it.

"The onus is on the property owner to provide information as to why they should be exempt," he said.

Reavey, of the Milwaukee assessor's office, said she was not aware of any issues with Restoration Church, Freedom Assembly or Free Will. She called the newspaper's findings troubling and said her office would investigate.

In Milwaukee, about 5% of all the parcels have tax exempt status, ranging from small churches and theaters to major hospitals and universities. But the parcels carry a much larger value. If they were onThe 360-degree film was created by Manchester-based start-up Twine and using Samsung's Gear VR headset.

"It's ingenious. It's like you're really there, standing in front of them," Mr Mouque said of the experience.

"On behalf of all the people who were (serving) with me, thank you."

During the film, Mr Mouque also encountered other residents of the town - who thanked him for his part in the liberation - and saw local school children sing a nursery rhyme.

The video, along with a second showing the veteran's reaction to the experience, has been posted to YouTube.

Twine chief executive Stuart Logan said of the project: "Virtual reality is a technology with almost limitless potential, but we wanted to look beyond thrills and entertainment and use it to achieve something truly profound.


NBA extended its national TV package on June 27, 2007 worth eight-year $7.4 billion ($930 million/year) through the 2015–16 season, during which the league had its new resurgence leading by renewed Celtics–Lakers rivalry and LeBron James. On October 6, 2014, NBA announced a nine-year $24 billion ($2.7 billion/year) extension with ESPN, ABC and Turner Sports beginning with the 2016–17 season and running through the 2024–25 season - the second most expensive media rights in the world after NFL and on a par with Premier League in annual rights fee from 2016–17 to 2018–19 season.

NBA entered the cable territory in 1979 when USA Network signed a three-year $1.5 million deal and extended for two years until the 1983-84 season, ESPN also had a brief affair with NBA from 1982The woman was breastfeeding her seven-month-old child when the car was towed away.

Highlights Woman was breastfeeding her child in rear seat when car was towed

Flashed prescription saying she was unwell yet traffic cop did not stop

A probe has been ordered into incident by Mumbai traffic police

Car was towed by Traffic Police while the women with her 7 years old baby was sitting in the car.

(Her FB Live)

Yesterday at SV Rd, Malad.@MumbaiPolice plz look into the matter.@PreetiSMenon@aartic02@neo_pac@tarsemkpahi@Georgekurian4K@RidlrMUM@smart_mumbaikarpic.twitter.com/ZVPtSYYFdM — Muzzammil Hamidani (@MuzzammilAap) November 11, 2017

A car with a woman sitting in the rear seat was towed by the Mumbai traffic police on Saturday while she was breastfeeding her seven-month-old child. She pleaded the traffic policemen to stop and flashed her medical prescription from the window saying she was unwell but


the cop appeared unconcerned and continued speaking on the mobile phone. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the policeman has been suspended and termed the episode "unfortunate".The woman, who has been identified as Jyoti Male, said that the traffic policeman did not ask her to get down even once.“The policemen towing the car did not even once ask me to get down, even when I told them that I am breastfeeding my baby they still did not stop,” she told news agency ANI.A video of the incident, which took place in Malad West on Friday, has gone viral on social media."Absolutely insensitive and dangerous to tow the vehicle with lady and the child inside. The cop is suspended and orders have been given to sensitise traffic cops soShort History

by Julie Lugo Cerra

[Julie Lugo Cerra is Culver City’s Historian and a descendent of the original Spanish settlers]

Ballona Creek, originally, was a picturesque natural waterway fed by runoff. The creek collected the water from cienegas (swamps) and the rains. The banks of Ballona Creek were lined with trees, like sycamores, willows and tules, and even in my dad’s time, (1908-1987), he remembered the watercress growing at its edge.

The creek was a natural resource for the indigenous people. The Native Americans in this area made board boats, which they waterproofed with asphaltum from nearby La Brea Tar Pits. They used the waterway for transportation and to fish for their food. From accounts of these people, who were called the Gabrielinos, they used the tules along the creek to


came from Bayona, Spain, so they named it for their early heritage.

Eventually, Agustín Machado built an adobe house near the edge of Ballona Creek, on today’s Overland Avenue. That first adobe washed away in floodwaters. The Machados rebuilt further away from the waterway. Because the creek often changed its course, it separated some of the partitioned Machado property, which had originally been only on one side of the creek.

To the early settlers, the creek was a source of irrigation water as well. My grandfather, Mercurial Lugo, the son of Vicenta Machado de Lugo, (one of Agustín Machado’s children), farmed his 18 acre Lugo Ranch, generally where the Roll ‘n Rye stands today. He was also the “zanjero” (sanjero), or water overseer of Ballona. It was his job toensure that the local ranchers received their fair share of water for their crops. I learned some time ago from the City’s Engineering Department, (Sam Cerra), that on Cota Street, near the creek, old pipes for that purpose were occasionally unearthed.

When Harry Culver saw filmmaker Thomas Ince shooting one of his famous western movies “on location” on Ballona Creek, he enticed Ince to move his studio to Culver City. Ince normally used the Los Angeles River, but this film required a smaller waterway for his painted Indians in a canoe.

The creek was a source of frustration for the early city Trustees. On October 2, 1922, by Resolution Number 250, the governing body directed the City Attorney, to “take immediate legal steps to secure relief from the nuisance from


the intolerable condition caused by failure of the city of Los Angeles to abate the nuisance in Ballona Creek.” Jose de la Luz Machado, (Agustín Machado’s youngest son), lived on Overland Avenue between Jefferson and Farragut. His wife found it necessary to attend what we now call council meetings, and complain, rather pointedly, of the same raw sewage. In later days, concerns included chemicals.

Ballona Creek served the Gabrielinos for transportation and as a source of food. The Early Settlers used the creek to irrigate their crops. But La Ballona Creek’s meandering ways eventually enlisted the help of the Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps came in, straightened it, and made its course permanent by paving the sides of Ballona Creek in 1935. No more homes were lost.

As achild, Fred Machado swam in what he remembers as the clear waters of Ballona Creek. He can still picture the sides of it, lined with trees and tules, the creek water a home to ducks and small fish. This past month, he talked about their ranch house near Centinela and Jefferson, imparting that it was “built so high, you could walk under it.” This ranch was just outside what became Culver City, on a Machado portion of Rancho La Ballona. Fred Machado is a direct descendant of Ballona founder, Agustin Machado through the eldest son, Juan Bautista. Fred likened this accommodation for flooding and subsequent use of the rich silt deposits for farming, to the rich soil provided along the banks of the famed Nile River. He recalled


the flooding of the creek on New Year’s Day, 1934. That 1934 flood exceeded helpful silt deposits. It kept the family from tilling some of their ranch land ever again. It was impossible from then on, to grow castor beans, and according to Fred, the wild doves and rabbits never returned.

Fred’s father worked as a mechanic on the drag line equipment that dug out the soil, to straighten the creek. He was impressed by the crane with a 16 cubic yard bucket on a drag line which moved on pontoons at one and a half to two miles an hour. He liked to go to work with his father at night and watch the operation.

Sometime after the creek was stablilized at the bottom, it was lined with largerocks. The rocks were quarried on Catalina Island, and brought by barge to the creek. The concrete was applied after the rocks were in place. Today, the creek falls under the jurisdiction of the Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles Flood Control, Los Angeles County Public Works among other jurisdictions.

The creek has become the largest storm drain in the Santa Monica watershed. Today, it begins as a creek at Cochran Ave., south of Venice Blvd., and ends at the Pacific Ocean.


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Manchester United have made a £15m bid for Everton's Leighton Baines but the club have rejected the offer, with the chairman, Bill Kenwright, determined the full-back will not be sold.

The move marks the first time United have divided their interest in Baines and his team-mate Marouane Fellaini.

Previously the manager, David Moyes, has made joint offers for the left-back and midfielder, with the most recent of these a £36m valuation that was rejected.

While Baines may remain at Everton the Belgian FA tweeted that Fellaini did not train on Monday and would be joining up with the national team later. Although there was no explanation why, it may be that Fellaini and his representatives were tryinghad not performed. When discovered, he resigned from the firm and self-reported to the bar. The fraud involved at least $28,000, which the firm refunded to the overcharged clients.

Why did this happen? According to the board:

" Adams testified that his misconduct arose out of his desire to achieve, rather than being motivated by financial gain. Adams stated that he had been ambitious, arrogant, and overly driven and that he thought he had to be 'the number one guy.' He perceived the number of hours billed as the way to achieve. Adams recognized that his behavior was wrong and accepted sole responsibility for his misconduct. He testified that this type of behavior was limited to billing at Williams, Montgomery and did not extend into other aspects of his life

Adams


Arbianwala

Arbianwala is a small village in the vicinity of Bhawana, a city and tehsil of Chiniot District, Pakistan. It is located at 29°39'15N 71°31'40E with an altitude of 107 metres (354 feet).

This village is called Arbianwala because most of the population are from the Arbi tribe, a tribe of the southern Punjab. Other inhabitants of the village belong to Syed, Chuchkana, Naul, Chadhar, and Jappa tribes/ clans.

References

Category:Villages in Chiniot District
Category:Jhangvi-speaking areas
Category:Chiniot DistrictMy great-great-great-great-grandfather James Blanch (1754 – 1840) had four children with his first wife, Jane Barlow. The couple were married at St Anne’s, Soho on 5 September 1779, and in the following May their first child, James, was christened at the same church. However, it seems he didn’t survive. James’ and Jane’s first daughter Maria would be christened in 1781 and her sister Elizabeth two years later in 1783. Finally, another son named James was born towards the end of 1784 and baptised in early 1785.

Maria Blanch would marry John Rodbard of Little Stanmore in 1811. We know very little about what became of her sister Elizabeth, though someone of her name and sharing the same birth year died at Wilson Street, St Pancras in 1853 and was


as many as seven people. The record in the parish register is difficult to read, but the names definitely include James Blanch senior (presumably the groom’s father) and Mary Ann Blanch (his 19-year-old half-sister), and possibly Thomas Harrison (who would marry Mary Ann eleven years later).

Custom House, London, in about 1840

Research by Jan and Robin has uncovered some remarkable information about the twists and turns that James’ and Sarah’s lives would take in the following years. On 16 February 1814, just five months after his wedding, James Blanch appeared in the dock at the Old Bailey, indicted along with his colleague John Brennan ‘for feloniously stealing, on the 20th of January, ten yards of Russia duck, value 30s. the property of our Lord the King’, as well ason a second count ‘for like offence, stating it to be the property of George Hall,’ and two other counts ‘stating it to be the property of other persons.’ Russia(n) duck is a kind of cloth, apparently a fine white linen canvas. James Blanch and John Brennan were both Custom House Officers, stationed on board George Hall’s ship. His job might explain how James came to be living in Stepney, close to the London docks. We know, also, that his father James Blanch senior had the same occupation at the time of his death in 1840.

GEORGE HALL . I am master of the ship the Lord Harlington, from St. Petersburgh to London. I brought a general cargo, among other things Russia linen. My vessel laid in the London


Yes. On Tuesday the 18th, Luke Rochford was clearing the forecastle, I saw the two pieces of Russia duck in the shot locker; this bag was underneath the two pieces of Russia linen in the shot locker. About eleven o’clock in the forenoon I saw it again in the same place in the shot locker.

Q. What time was it you saw it first – A. A little after breakfast, and I saw it again between three and four in the afternoon in the same place. I saw part of it in the same place; part was gone; about half a piece apparently was gone.

Q.When was it you saw a half piece – A. On the 19th, the next day. I perceived a piece and a half was left,saw it – A. Directly after this conversation I went to the place where I had seen it, and found it was missing.

GEORGE NORTH . I am mate of the Lord Harlington. I was informed where the Russia duck was; I was directed by the Captain to watch who should take it away from that place; for the purpose of seeing that, I placed myself close to the bulk head, forward; I then commanded a view of the sleeping place of the two prisoners; they were in bed at the time I was stationed there. I saw Brennan get out bed. I saw one of the prisoners take the Russia duck from under the bed cabin; he placed it in the clew of his hammock. The other was


by at the time. Then Brennan got on his back; he was partly dressed. I cannot say which of them laid it on his back; they were both together. Blanch tied his breeches with rope yarn; the waistband would not meet.

Q. Then the Russia duck was in the waistband of his breeches – A. Yes. I then went on deck, and sent for a police officer; the officer came, and found the duck on his person.

Mr. Alley. Smuggling is done as secret as possible – A. Yes.

MR. CLARK. I am a Thames police constable. The captain came for me. I took this piece of Russia duck from Brennan’s back; it was fastened round his waistband with rope yarn. This is the half piece I took from his back;the other has not been found. When I found it upon Brennan he said it was the first thing he had done ever since he had been in the employ.

Q. to Captain Hall. Was that the Russia duck that was on board your vessel – A. Yes; it is ten yards.

Blanch’s Defence. This piece of Russia linen the two boys that run away from the ship, they said they bought it in Russia; they asked us to buy it; we gave them twelve shillings for it.

Brennan said nothing in his defence.

Brennan called five witnesses, who gave him a good character.

BLANCH, GUILTY , aged 29.

BRENNAN, GUILTY , aged 32.

Transported for Seven Years

The sentence might seem unduly harsh for a fairly petty theft, but in the 18th and early 19th


centuries plenty of people faced transportation, or worse, for lesser crimes. James Blanch and John Brennan were confined in the prison hulk, the ‘Retribution’, moored at Woolwich. The records state that Brennan was pardoned in 1818, but that James was transported to Australia on the ‘Mary Anne’ on 7 July 1815. He actually arrived in Sydney on another ship, the ‘Fanny’, on 18 January 1816.

Prison hulk

Having served his time, James gained his Ticket of Leave in February 1821 and opted to remain in Sydney. His wife Sarah sailed on the ‘Brixton’ and joined him there in 1822. Julian Holland, in an article in the Australian Metrologist which first alerted my fellow researcher Robin Blanch to our ancestor’s remarkable life-story, narrates the next stage of James’ career:

Blanch set upbegan to prosper. By this time Blanch was aided in his work by assigned convicts, and before 1822 was out he was seeking an apprentice. His address then was 71 George Street, and in time he also acquired the adjacent properties, nos. 69 and 70.

The range of his goods and services suggests that his skills as a mathematical instrument maker played a minor part in his business. While he could not have made a living at this alone, his skill was unique in the colony, and was on occasion valuable to the government. At the beginning of 1823 we find him being paid for the repair of compasses at the government dockyard and the following year he received 32 Spanish dollars and 50 cents for repairing mathematical instruments


in the Surveyor-General’s Department.

How James was able to engage in this highly skilled trade, and achieve such remarkable success, is a mystery, given his previous employment as a Custom House Officer. To date, no record of an apprenticeship has come to light. Meanwhile, James and Sarah had started a family in Sydney. In 1822 their first child Maria Jane was born, in the following year they had a son James, in 1824 another daughter Sarah, and in 1827 another son William, who died in infancy.

George Street, Sydney in the early 19th century

In 1826 the Blanch family was joined by James’ half-brother Joseph, aged 17, having arrived on the ‘London’. It seems likely that Joseph worked for his brother’s company. The 1828 muster or census finds James, 44, Sarah,37, Maria, 6, James junior 5, Sarah junior, 4, and Joseph, 19, all living together in George Street, Sydney.

Detail of Standard Yard made by James Blanch in Sydney in 1833 (private collection) (via The Australian Metrologist)

Julian Holland resumes the story of James Blanch’s remarkable career:

With the passing of the Bill for preventing the use of false and deficient Weights and Measures in August 1832, a more substantial piece of precision work came to Blanch. ‘It then became a question whether the old or New English Weights and Measures Should be declared the Standard in New South Wales [Governor Bourke informed Lord Goderich in the Colonial Office in London], which question was decided by its being found upon enquiry that no Authorised Set of weights and Measures of the


reports that the Colonial Architect considers the articles to be of as good quality as can be made in the Colony & the prices reasonable’.

Sets were distributed to police offices in various regional towns – Parramatta, Windsor, Bong-Bong, Goulburn, Bathurst, Maitland – as well as one to the police office in Sydney. In the end the production of the weights and measures, and their distribution to the various towns, amounted to £323.11.6, rather more than the sum allocated, but no one seems to have complained.

The late 1830s have been described as ‘a period of dazzling but false prosperity’. Blanch shared in this, acquiring farms at Kissing Point, Brisbane Water and Illawarra in addition to the George Street properties. Blanch died on 27 October 1841 intending the various propertiesto provide for his wife and three children. His widow, Sarah Blanch, believed the value of his estate did not exceed fourteen thousand pounds.

James Blanch was 56 when he died. For what it’s worth, he is rated at No. 182 in a list of the all-time richest Australians. Quite a contrast with his brother John, my great-great-great-grandfather, who worked as a shoe and boot-maker in Bethnal Green.

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Romantic comedies relax while lauding male love and depicting the young lady's dad as a simple defender who generally isn't on pleasant terms with the girl's future. The film investigates both these closures of affection with equivalent consideration. Discourses among Sanju and Vishwanath toss light on age hole, how the methodology of a companion


that as it may, it would seem that Prakash Raj had a great time among the pack. Strolling the tightrope among misrepresentation and nuance with his diversion, Prakash Raj once more shows why he's a standout amongst the most significant performers around. Keen exchanges and the nonappearance of acting guides him and the film as well. However, the 'to principle primary' among Ram and Prakash Raj may drive you up the wall for some time.

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As you probably already know, Ancoats General Store are more than partial to a pop up event and Tuesday night was (in my opinion) their best yet. Overdrawn have a monthly night at Deaf Institute to showcase their work and get all of you involved, and this was a pop-up version of just that.

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What forces move the tectonic plates of the Earth's surface? A team of geophysicists drawn primarily from two CNRS laboratories used a 3D simulation of our planet to answer this 50-year-old question.

The surface of the Earth—the lithosphere—is divided like a giant puzzle into rocky plates that move in relation to one another. This phenomenon, which is referred to as plate tectonics and is unique in our Solar System, ceaselessly changes the face of our planet: it is behind continental drift, the formation of mountain chains, volcanic activity, and earthquakes.

An enigma stretching back half a century

An important question remained unanswered since the late 1960s and the emergence of the theory of plate tectonics: what forces are responsible for the movement of these famous plates? Two different points of viewhave emerged in the scientific community in an attempt to solve this mystery. For some, the geological dance of plate tectonics is driven by SubductionFermerphenomenon in which an oceanic plate moves beneath another tectonic plate of lower density. zones, in which oceanic plates slip beneath nearby plates and sink into the underlying mantle. During this process, the weight of one falling plate would be enough to pull the rest of the plate, thereby setting it in motion.

Others believe it is caused by the movement of material in the lower mantle known as convection: the heat released by the depths of the Earth lifts the deepest rocks toward the surface, which cool and settle back down. This moving matter "rubs" against the lithospheric plates, thereby dragging them.

A supercomputer to


watched as structures with characteristics comparable to those on Earth emerged before their eyes, including mountainous areas measuring 10 km in height, underwater trenches 15 km in depth, the presence of subduction zones and ridge zones, as well as the appearance and disappearance of supercontinents. Even the average speed of displacement for the virtual plates (a few centimetres per year), and the simulated surface heat flow, were similar to values observed for our planet. In short, the scientists had created a digital twin for our Earth.

For the researchers, the key to this success was to consider tectonic plates and the mantle as one and the same system. "Previously we had a tendency to describe the movement of plates independently of mantle convection, and vice versa. Here we simulatedboth simultaneously, for plate tectonics is no more than the surface manifestation of convection, with subduction zones corresponding to large cold flows moving downward, in opposition to large hot flows moving upward. Surface plates began to move naturally, without our imposing any kind of velocity on them," Husson points out.

Plates that drive, but not always

The simulation allowed the team to show that for the last 500 million years at least, two thirds of the Earth's surface has been moving faster than the underlying mantle, with these roles being inversed in the remaining third. Put another way, "in the majority of cases the mantle resists plate movement, with the cause for this movement subsequently being located on the surface in the subduction zones that pull the entire plate. However


these plates closer to one another at considerable speeds of a few dozen centimetres per year. This subduction has since ceased, and according to the researchers' model it is deep convection flows that continue to move the Indian plates at much lower speeds (a few centimetres per year), figures that correspond to those currently being measured.

Their work has also shed light on another geological phenomenon, as the researchers are developing a new and even more realistic simulation with a view to providing an identical reconstruction of our planet's evolution over 200 million years. Complete with continents, plate edges, and speeds, it will serve as a digital clone of our Earth, one that can reveal our planet's intimate dynamics.Plan your travel now!

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New York state will fine the Niagara Falls Water Board $50,000 for discharging black and smelly water near the falls during a busy tourist weekend, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday.

The agency will be required to make changes at its aging wastewater plant and obtain state approval before any future discharges.

The July 29 discharge caused discolored water to empty into the Niagara River near the American side of the falls on a summer weekend critical to the local tourism industry. The foul-smelling discharge enveloped the dock for the popular Maid of the Mist tour boats.

"We have to make sure it never ever happens again," the Democratic governor said during a visit Thursday to Niagara Falls. He said the state determined the discharge was the result of "basic breaches ofprotocol" at the plant.

A message left with Water Board Executive Director Rolfe Porter was not immediately returned Thursday. Local water officials have blamed outdated equipment and miscommunication between employees for the incident. The board also has been cited for an unrelated discharge in August.

Cuomo dismissed claims the discharge was caused by technological issues, likening the plant to an old car that's in a crash.

"It's not the age of the car — you drove it into a tree," he said. "That's the problem. You drove the car into a tree. Let's discuss that first."


decision is sent to the providers of healthcare services and the person with dementia. The providers (e.g., home nursing and day care centres) act based on the decision of the purchaser.

Recruitment and inclusion criteria

This study was conducted within healthcare services in four medium-sized Norwegian municipalities, all comprising both urban and rural areas. Recruitment was conducted in two steps. First, municipalities were recruited. An invitation to participate was emailed to healthcare service leaders in 13 medium-sized municipalities in Eastern Norway, each with more than 30,000 citizens (to ensure a sufficient number of administrative decisions). We included the first four municipalities to respond positively. In the second step, leaders provided administrative decisions and recruited purchasers for focus group interviews.

Administrative decisions were included where they allocated home nursing services (home nursinggroup interviews to gain the purchasers’ descriptions of how they communicated about dementia in the charting conversations and what they emphasized when writing the administrative decisions. Subsequently, the first author analysed the 246 administrative decisions. Finally, the results of the two separate analyses were compared and assessed for similarities and differences.

Analysis of focus group interviews

The focus group interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim by the first author soon after each interview [30]. When the transcription was completed, the recordings were carefully listened to several times to ensure accuracy between the transcriptions and the audio recordings [30]. Confirmatory sounds, laughter and pauses in the talk were included in the transcriptions. This helped to ensure understanding among the second and third authors when reading parts of the transcriptions. The first


was conducted, and overlapping categories were grouped together [32]. For example, the category ‘wish to be honest’ was grouped into the category ‘open’. Last, a holistic analysis and interpretation of the categories was performed.

During the analysis, new points of view and a holistic perspective were sought by returning regularly to the original interviews, both listening to the tapes and reading the transcripts. The first author held primary responsibility for conducting the analysis. However, there was a high degree of cooperation between the three authors throughout all steps of the analysis. Meaningful units, codes, and categories were developed, reviewed, and discussed at regular research meetings to ensure a common understanding of the data and to obtain a consensus at each stage of analysis.

Analysis of administrative decisions

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Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) reveals the most peaceful countries in the world. Despite living in the most peaceful century in human history, the world has become less peaceful over the last decade.

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Heng Swee Keat, Singapore’s education minister and former central bank managing director, was named the nation’s next Finance minister after a landslide election victory in September by the ruling People’s Action Party and prime minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Lee has said that the new economic appointment is part of a broader cabinet reshuffling to prepare the groundwork for Singapore’s next generation of leadership. His party has been in power for 50 years, and Lee would like to embolden a new crop of government leaders to appeal to young voters. TheMASAI, an Eastern Equatorial African people of NegroHamitic stock, speaking a Nilotic language. The Hamitic element, which is not great, has probably been derived from the Galla. The Masai were probably isolated in the high mountains or plateaus which lie between the Nile and the Karamojo country. There they originally had their home, and there to-day the Latuka, who show affinities with them, still live. Famine or inter-tribal wars drove the Masai in the direction of Mount Elgon and Lake Rudolf. After a long settlement there they split into two groups, the Masai proper and the Wa-Kuafi or agricultural Masai, and this at no very remote date, as the two tribes speak practically the same language. The more powerful Masai were purely nomadic and pastoral, their wealth consisting


in enormous herds. The Wa-Kuafi, losing their cattle to their stronger kinsmen, split up again into the Burkeneji, the ' Gwas Ngishu, and the Nyarusi (Enjamusi) and settled as agriculturists. Meantime the Masai became masters of the greater part of inner East Africa from Ugogo and the Unyamwezi countries on the south and west to Mount Kenya and Galla-land on the north, and eastward to the hundred-mile strip of more or less settled Bantu country on the coast of the Indian Ocean. The Masai physical type is slender, but among the finest in Africa. A tall, well-made people, the men are often well over six feet, with slim wiry figures, chocolate-coloured, with eyes often slightly oblique like the Mongolians, but the nose especially being often almost Caucasian inand mutton fat, is made into pigtails, the largest of which hangs down the back, another over the forehead, and one on each side. The warriors smear their whole bodies with the clay and fat, mixed in equal proportion.

No tattooing or scarring is performed on the men, but Sir Harry Johnston noticed women with parallel lines burnt into the skin round the eyes. In both sexes the lobes of the ears are distended into great loops, through holes in which large disks of wood are thrust. Bead necklaces, bead and wood armlets are worn by men, and before marriage the Masai girl has thick iron wire wound round her legs so tightly as to check the calf development. The women wear dressed hides or calico; the old men


stacked and covered with hides. The fireplace is a circle of stones. The only furniture, besides cooking-pots, consists of long gourds used a milkcans, halfgourds as cups, and small three-legged stools cut out of a single block of wood and used by the elder men to sit on. The Masai are not hunters of big game except lions, but they eat the eland and kudu. The domestic animals are cattle, sheep, goats, donkeys and dogs. Only women and the married men smoke. The dead are ordinarily not buried, but the bodies are carried a short distance from the village and left on the ground to be devoured by hyenas, jackals and vultures. Important chiefs are buried, however, and a year later the eldest son or successor recovers theand when they part, and bargains are sealed in this way. Joseph Thomson writes, "being regarded as a wizard of the first water, the Masai flocked to me. and the more copiously I spat on them the greater was their delight." The Masai has no love for work, and practises no industries. The women attend to his personal needs; and trades such as smelting and forging are left to enslaved tribes such as the Dorobo (Wandorobo). These manufacture spears with long blades and butts and the peculiar swords or sime's like long slender leaves, very narrow towards the hilt and broad at the point. Most of the Masai live in the British East Africa Protectorate.

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Kim Jones, the British menswear designer who left Louis Vuitton in January, will become the artistic director at Dior Homme in April. He replaces Kris Van Assche, who had helmed the menswear arm of Dior since 2007.

Jones is a widely liked figure in fashion, with 345k Instagram followers and famous friends on speed dial including Kanye West and David Beckham, both regular guests at his show. His finale at Louis Vuitton took things to another level. He walked to applause, flanked by two of his best friends, Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss, wearing Louis Vuitton-monogrammed trench coats. Before the Dior Homme announcement, he was linked to top jobs at Versace and Burberry.

A model on the catwalk at Jones’ last Louis Vuitton show, autumn/winter 2018. Photograph: Pixelformula/Sipa/Rex/Shutterstock

In a statement,Jones said: “I am deeply honoured to join the house of Dior, a symbol of the ultimate elegance.” He also thanked Dior CEO Pietro Beccari for the opportunity, the man widely thought to be the mastermind behind the move. He worked with Jones at Louis Vuitton, and moved to Dior in February. Both brands are part of the LVMH luxury group. The CEO paid tribute to Jones in his own statement. “I admire his creative vision, which combines both his own inspirations of contemporary culture and his own reinterpretation of specific codes and heritage of a house,” said Beccari.

David, Victoria and Brooklyn Beckham front row at Jones’s final show for Louis Vuitton in January. Photograph: EPA

Jones’s tenure at Louis Vuitton was characterised by just that combination. The designer


managed to mix the wealthy traveller feel of the house that began as a luggage brand in 1854 with the cool streetwear references of his own history. As a young designer, he started his career in London in the 90s, working with sportswear brands including Umbro, peaking with a collaboration between Louis Vuitton and Supreme at the beginning of 2017. Something unthinkable the previous decade – in 2000 the streetwear label received a cease-and-desist letter from Vuitton for using their famous monogram on a skateboard – was made tangible by Jones. It was a big hit. Consumers queued up outside pop-up stores in July, with many of the pieces resold for 1.5 times their original price.

Louis Vuitton x Supreme on the catwalk in 2017. Photograph: Swan Gallet/WWD/Rex/Shutterstock

Dior Hommewill be hoping that Jones can bring his cool factor to the brand. Van Assche’s reign has been successful but without fireworks. His aesthetic was sharp suiting with graphic details, and he worked with celebrities including Robert Pattinson, A$AP Rocky, Mr Robot’s Rami Malek and Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan.

Van Assche was promoted from the design studio to lead Dior Homme in 2007, with the departure of Hedi Slimane. It was Slimane – due to present his first collection for LVMH brand Celine this autumn – who first gave Dior Homme a jolt of stardust in the noughties, during his seven-year stint. His ultra-skinny rock’n’roll tailoring was favoured by rock stars of the era including Pete Doherty and Johnny Borrell. Van Assche built on this work with similar silhouettes


[Basic knowledge on concussion in the German Ice Hockey League (DEL)].
In professional ice hockey there is a high incidence of concussion. In order to implement preventative measures as well as to introduce a treatment concept it is necessary to analyse the basic knowledge about concussion of all participants and to identify aspects requiring additional educational measures. By means of an internet-based questionnaire comprising 18 questions, trainers and co-trainers, sport directors, team physicians and team captains of all teams in the German ice hockey league were interviewed about their knowledge and impressions with regard to general knowledge, game-stop, protection, and training as well as their opinions about changing the penalty system. The response rate amounted to 57.8 %. Not only team physicians but also players, trainers and sport directorsUN agency appeals for unhindered access as 29 children and newborns have died mainly from hypothermia over eight weeks.

At least 29 children and newborns are reported to have died in a teeming camp in northeastern Syria over the past eight weeks, mainly due to hypothermia, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.

The camp’s population increased significantly after about 23,000 people fleeing fighting in Deir Az Zor between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces alliance have arrived at al-Hol camp during the period, WHO said on Thursday.

“The situation in al-Hol camp is heartbreaking. Children are dying from hypothermia as their families flee to safety,” Elizabeth Hoff, WHO representative in Syria, said in a statement.

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Feds launch review of official-languages law 50 years after its introduction

OTTAWA — The federal government is launching a review of the Official Languages Act, saying it is time to modernize the decades-old law.

The 1969 law enshrined Canadians' right to receive federal services in English or French.

The last major reform of the law was in 1988 and there have been recent calls to update it again, including from a Senate committee that late last month said the act needs to be applied more effectively and consistently.

Oversight mechanisms need to be beefed up to ensure rights aren't trampled on, the report said, adding a veiled reference to a furor in Ontario that forced the government to backtrack on plans to abolish the independent office of its French-language services commissioner andshrink a francophone-affairs cabinet post.

The Liberals plan a series of meetings, the first taking place Tuesday in Moncton, N.B., and an online consultation that's to result in a final report in June.

Official Languages Minister Melanie Joly said in a statement that the government wants a modernized act to help minority-language communities "meet the new challenges they face" and ensure the law "can continue to meet the needs of Canadians."

The latest census figures from Statistics Canada show that in 2016, the country's bilingualism rate stood 17.9 per cent — an all-time high — mainly due to an increase in the number of people who can speak French.

Statistics Canada had to revise the bilingualism rate down by one-10th of a percentage point after it found a computer error in about


61,000 online census responses: French-speakers were recorded as having English as their mother tongue, leading the agency to report an increase in anglophones in Quebec.

The erroneously reported jump in English-language speakers caused emotional ripples in Quebec, with provincial politicians talking about legislative means to ensure the survival of the French language in the province.

The Canadian PressBiography

Matoran

Around 17,500 years ago, Lhikan was a simple craftsman who at one point was rescued from danger by a Toa of Fire named Dume.[MGttU, p. 4]

About 7,005 years ago, Lhikan became a Toa.[MGttU, p. 4] Dume is said to have played a role in Lhikan's transformation.[BEU, p. 28]

Toa

While still a novice, Lhikan guarded the Makoki Stone in the Toa Fortress. 7,000 years ago, the fortress was attacked by Frostelus. Lhikan was ordered by his team leader to retrieve the Makoki Stone and escape so as to tell the tale. As a novice Toa, he agreed, and became the lone survivor. However, Lhikan found that the Makoki Stone was already gone, stolen by Vezok. Following the crisis, he vowed he would never run from anything again.[BL4]

Kanohi Dragon

4,000 years ago,


Lhikan was summoned to Metru Nui with ten other Toa to fight off the Kanohi Dragon. After a month-long battle, they defeated the Kanohi Dragon and transported it to Xia, delivering it to Roodaka when they arrived. The eleven Toa then decided to stay in Metru Nui and protect the city, forming the Toa Mangai.[BL4]

After the Kanohi Dragon's defeat, the other Toa left on various missions, leaving only Lhikan and two other Toa on Metru Nui: Nidhiki and Tuyet.[MGttU, p. 4]

Tuyet's Betrayal

A statue of Lhikan that once stood in the Coliseum

Around 3,500 years ago, several Matoran were found dead with tablets reading 'Toa Tuyet'. Tuyet revealed that she had once been in possession of a powerful artifact called the Nui Stone, sought by the Dark Hunters, and suggestedthat the deaths were a countdown set by the Dark Hunters.

Several Dark Hunters attacked Lhikan and Nidhiki, and Lhikan defeated Triglax and Gladiator. After they defeated the Dark Hunters, another Matoran was found dead, proving that the Dark Hunters were not behind the killings. Lhikan then confronted Tuyet, and forced her to admit she had the Nui Stone. The two fought, and Nidhiki arrived to help defeat Tuyet, who was using the Nui Stone. Tuyet rose on a waterspout, which Lhikan froze and Nidhiki shattered. Tuyet lost her grip on the stone and fell, and Lhikan moved to catch her. Nidhiki tried to catch the stone, but Lhikan destroyed it with a blast of fire. They then imprisoned Tuyet in the Coliseum.

Tuyet later disappeared from her cell, secretly


taken away by Botar.[TMDoTT]

Around 3,000 years ago, the Dark Hunters declared war on Metru Nui, and Lhikan commanded an army of Toa to combat them.[BoaDH] At one point, Lhikan led a group of Toa against the Dark Hunter Tyrant and drove him into the Silver Sea.[DH] Near the end of the war, he defeated Vengeance in a duel, trapping him.[BEU]

During one of his evening patrols, Lhikan encountered Nidhiki, whom he had assigned to guard Turaga Dume. He berated his teammate for abandoning his post, and sent him out to patrol other parts of the city. The next day, he sent Nidhiki to meet supply boats, which were actually carrying Toa reinforcements. When Nidhiki left without all of the necessary details, Lhikan followed him, and discovered him meeting withbrother from the city.[BoaDH]

Lhikan served as one of the guardians of Metru Nui for hundreds of peaceful years after the war. He continued to protect the Matoran even as the other Toa Mangai left or were killed during missions.[MGttU, p. 5]

Teridax's Plan

1,001 years ago, Lhikan was left the lone protector of Metru Nui. Nidhiki, now a Dark Hunter, and his partner Krekka attempted to capture Lhikan, supposedly on Turaga Dume's orders. Knowing time was short, Lhikan began selecting six Matoran to become the new protectors of Metru Nui. The Matoran he originally chose (unknowingly influenced by Mata Nui)[BA10] were Nuhrii, Vhisola, Ahkmou, Tehutti, Ehrye, and Orkahm, and he recorded this decision in a journal.[BA8]MakutaTeridax, deceived by Mata Nui and the Order of Mata Nui into believing he was


defying destiny by picking the Matoran with the least unity,[BA10] planted the names of six others - Vakama, Nokama, Onewa, Whenua, Nuju, and Matau - in Lhikan's mind.[BA8]

Lhikan stole six valuable stones from the Great Temple to use as Toa Stones. He encountered Nidhiki and Krekka there, narrowly escaping on his Fire Greatswords. He then traveled throughout Metru Nui, giving the stones to the six Matoran. After he delivered his final Toa Stone to Vakama, he was accosted by the Dark Hunters, and Nidhiki forced him to surrender by threatening Vakama. Nidhiki then dropped Vakama into a forge, but Lhikan managed to save him with his Fire Greatswords, telling him to "save the heart of Metru Nui". He was then taken to the Prison of the Dark Huntersin the Canyon of Unending Whispers.[BA4] While in prison, he chose to become a Turaga, having fulfilled his destiny by creating the Toa Metru.[BEU, p. 78][MGttU, p. 5]

Turaga

Turaga Lhikan with his helmet

When three of the Toa Metru - Nuju, Whenua, and Onewa - were imprisoned in the Prison of the Dark Hunters, Lhikan approached them, wearing a helmet to disguise his identity, and began training the Toa to use their mask powers. Once Nuju had mastered his KanohiMatatu's Telekinesis power and used it to create a hole in the wall of their cell, the three Toa Metru and Lhikan made their escape.

Lhikan, Nuju, Whenua, and Onewa were traveling through an area of the Archives when they ran into Vakama, Nokama, and Matau. Once the Toa Metru were reunited,


Vahki Transport, the Toa Metru and Lhikan escaped the crumbling city. As they reached the Great Barrier, Teridax caught up to them and a battle ensued over the Kanohi Vahi. During the battle, Lhikan threw himself in front of Teridax's Shadow Hand in order to save Vakama. Lhikan gave Vakama his Kanohi Hau and expressed his pride in the new Toa of Fire before he died.[BA4]

After dying, Lhikan was resurrected on the Red Star.[2] Here, he was given a replacement Hau.[1] However, the return mechanism of the Star had since malfunctioned, and Lhikan was trapped in the Star, along with other revived beings.[2]

Legacy

Shortly after Lhikan's death, Vakama christened the Toa Metru's Vahki Transport The Lhikan.[BA5] On their return voyage to Metru Nui, the Toa Metru built a secondship, this time christened The Lhikan II.[BA7]

When the Matoran were awakened on Mata Nui, Jaller's mask was found to be broken, and Vakama gave him Lhikan's mask as a replacement.[BA4] Lhikan's imprint had long since faded from the mask, but when Jaller was told of the history of his mask, he cherished it as a memento of Lhikan.[BL5, p. 71] Lhikan's mask was confiscated from Jaller by Karzahni upon entering his realm.[BL2] Tahu later recovered Lhikan's mask.[TNB, Ch. 7]

While the Toa Inika descended the 777 Stairs to claim the Mask of Life, an illusion of Lhikan interrupted them. The illusion told the Toa to stop seeking the mask and to turn back, but Jaller asked Lhikan whether or not he would continue down the stairs. Lhikan said he


would, but he also reminded the Toa Inika that they knew his fate. As Jaller approached the illusion, it disappeared.[BL5, p. 23-25]

Lhii

On Mata Nui, Vakama created stories of Lhii or Lhii the Surfer,[Lexicon] a fictional Matoran based on Lhikan. Lhii was the Turaga's way of remembering Lhikan without revealing the truth about Metru Nui to the Matoran. Lhii was said to wear entirely yellow armor and a Kanohi Pakari.[citation needed] According to the legends, Lhii was the greatest Lava Surfer in Ta-Koro, second only to Tahu himself. He was supposedly the leader of Jaller's clan of warriors within the village. (This was a reference to the fact that Jaller wore Lhikan's mask.) However, one day he perished in a terrible accident while surfing. He was fondly remembered byburn tiny symbols onto Toa stones, while many Toa of Fire have less precise control over their element.[B2:LoMN] When he became a Turaga, this power was greatly reduced.

Lhikan has great patience, demonstrated when he trained three novice Toa within the Prison of the Dark Hunters. His caution was remarked upon by Nidhiki. He is also a good tactician and leader, assigning several of his Toa to guard Turaga Dume during the Toa-Dark Hunter War instead of attacking the Dark Hunters directly.[BoaDH] Lhikan does not shy from danger, a trait stemming from his abandonment of the fortress he originally guarded.[BL4] He also dislikes speaking of this past.[MGttU, p. 4][RB]

Lhikan was also known for his protective and amiable attitude towards the Matoran of Metru Nui. When he was not protecting


Metru Nui from evil, he could be found settling disputes and listening to the problems of the Matoran. When Teridax impersonated Turaga Dume and the ruler became more reclusive, Lhikan began to manage the day-to-day affairs of the city.[BEU, p. 78]

Mask and Tools

As a Toa, Lhikan carried two Fire Greatswords, which could be joined together to form a hoverboard. He used this to fly high above Metru Nui on the lookout for trouble. His Great Kanohi Hau allowed him to protect himself from foreseen attacks, but not from ambush.

As a Turaga, he carried a smaller version of his Greatswords, which he used as a shield. He also carried a small ceremonial Firestaff that he used as a walking stick and as his Badge of Office. He wears theNoble Mask of Shielding, which protects him from attacks, but is not nearly as powerful as the Great version.

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8811 Toa Lhikan & Kikanalo

7216 Gold Good Guy

8811 Toa Lhikan & Kikanalo was released in 2004. Lhikan used forty-four of the set's 214 pieces, which included a special edition movie Hau in a gold color. He could optionally ride on the Kikanalo's back, although the two never appeared together in any media. Like in the movie, Lhikan carried Fire Greatswords that could combine into a hoverboard or large shield.

7216 Gold Good Guy was released as a promotional inclusion for Duracell batteries in 2006. The set was later canonized as a representation of Lhikan's Turaga form.[3]

Quotes

"Go with them? But I'm a Toa, Lhikan. I'm your brother in arms!""No. No, you're


he was beset with a vision in which Lhikan appeared as a Toa. In the vision, Lhikan told Vakama to heed the warnings of his visions, or else suffer the consequences of ignoring them.[C21]

While the Toa Inika were descending the 777 Stairs, they encountered an illusion of Toa Lhikan. He pondered how the Toa Inika turned out to be such strange looking Toa and warned them to go back. They responded by asking him if he would turn back if the weight of the world rested on his shoulders. He agreed he would not, but reminded them of what happened to him because he had not. The illusory Lhikan then disappeared.[BL5]presidential elections since then. That means if Jones wins he would be just the third senator from the opposing party to hold one of the 56 Senate seats in the 28 states that have voted the same way in each of the past seven presidential elections.

"The consistency between presidential and Senate results is much, much greater than it used to be," says Alan Abramowitz, a political scientist at Emory University.

Fueling the shift is a growing tendency among voters to see Senate -- and House -- elections less as a choice between individuals than as a quasi-parliamentary referendum on which party they believe should control the majority in Washington. As I've written before, in modern congressional elections, the color on the front of the jersey increasingly matters more than


the name on the back.

"I think we are seeing more straight ticket voting -- that voters are making their decision based on what they think about the parties and which party they want to be in control," says Abramowitz. "It's much less about the individuals. 'Who do I want to see represent my state or my district?' is much less important." That's the argument President Donald Trump has made in his support of Moore, who has been accused of pursuing teenagers when he was in his '30s and of sexual assault.

"We already know Democrat Doug Jones is a puppet of Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, and he will vote with the Washington liberals every single time," says Trump in a robocall recorded for Moore in the final daysof campaigning.

That parliamentary instinct isn't insuperable: Democrats Joe Donnelly and Claire McCaskill, for instance, won Senate seats in Indiana and Missouri in 2012 even as the states broke sharply for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, because the GOP picked deeply flawed Senate nominees. But in 2016, every state picked a senator from the same party that it preferred in the presidential race.

Today's Alabama Senate race might offer the most severe test of how far this parliamentary instinct extends. Alabama is one of the nation's most reliably Republican states. And yet Moore was a deeply polarizing candidate even before he was bombarded with the extensive allegations of pursuing very young, and even underage, girls while in his 30s. To many observers, a Moore victory would mark a new peak


in the extent to which Senate races now pivot on the party, not the person.

This hardening alignment between presidential and Senate results is solidifying two of the modern Senate's defining characteristics. One is increased polarization. In earlier decades, the Senate's bridge-builders and deal-makers often represented states that voted the other way in presidential races: Think of coastal Republicans such as Mark Hatfield and Bob Packwood from Oregon, or Southern Democrats such as Ernest Hollings of South Carolina and John Breaux of Louisiana. Given that their states usually voted the other way in presidential elections, such senators had an incentive to find bipartisan deals that tempered party conflict.

"In order to stay in office they had to appeal to voters who normally supported the opposing party in presidential races," notesEarlier in the 20th century, Republicans and Democrats each ran off 14-year streaks of unbroken control.

The difficulty of winning Senate seats in states that usually vote the other way for president has prevented either side from replicating such an extended advantage. In the seven presidential elections since 1992, 24 states have voted Democratic a majority of the time, and 26 states have mostly voted Republican. The inability of either side to consistently win seats across that divide has produced a Senate where the governing party usually holds only a narrow majority --which leaves it vulnerable to quickly losing control even from relatively small shifts in public opinion.

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The tight correlation now evident between presidential and Senate results represents a kind of back to the future pattern.

Early in the 20th century, during another highly partisan era, it was common for each party to dominate the Senate seats of the states that usually supported its presidential candidates. After the consecutive presidential Republican victories in 1900 and 1904, for instance, Republicans held 96% of the Senate seats in the states that had voted for both William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Likewise, after Franklin Roosevelt's first two victories, in 1932 and 1936, Democrats held 89% of the Senate seats in the states that backed him both times.

But through the middle of the 20th century that relationship loosened, as more voters routinely divided their loyalties between presidential candidatesof one party and Senate candidates of the other. The relationship unraveled the most from the late 1960s through the 1980s, as Republicans established an extended advantage in presidential contests but generally could not dislodge the tendency of voters to support Democrats for lower-ballot contests, especially in the South. The result was that Republicans controlled only about half the Senate seats in the states that voted twice for either Richard Nixon (in 1968 and 1972) or Ronald Reagan (1980 and 1984).

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But since the 1990s, as Congress has grown more polarized and the ideological distance between the parties has widened, Senate results are again following the presidential


outcomes. After 1996, Democrats controlled two-thirds of the Senate seats in the states that voted both times for Bill Clinton. After 2004, Republicans controlled about three-fourths of the Senate seats in the states that voted both times for George W. Bush. And after 2012, Democrats held over four-fifths of the Senate sets in the states that twice backed Barack Obama.

Moreover, in a twist from earlier generations, since the 1990s the party out of the White House has established a dominant hold on the states that reliably vote against the president. After Clinton's two wins, Republicans held about four-fifths of the Senate seats in the states that voted against him both times -- as did Democrats after 2004 in the states that twice opposed Bush. After 2012, Republicans heldpast seven elections, Democrats now hold fully 40 of their 48 Senate seats.

Similarly, 13 states have voted Republican in each presidential election since 1992, and the GOP now holds all of their 26 seats except for Heidi Heitkamp in North Dakota. Republicans hold 18 of the 22 seats in the 11 states that have backed GOP presidential candidates either five or six times since 1992. In Florida and Virginia, the states that have voted Republican four times since 1992, Democrats hold three of the four seats, with the latter clearly trending blue since 2008.

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In all, the GOP holds 44 of the 52 Senate seats in the 26 states it has won in the majority of presidential elections since 1992.

The party could deepen that dominance in 2018: In the states that have voted Republican at least five times over that period, Democrats next year must defend Heitkamp in North Dakota, Donnelly in Indiana, Jon Tester in Montana, McCaskill in Missouri and Joe Manchin in West Virginia (not to mention five other seats in states that backed Trump last year). Meanwhile, Nevada's Dean Heller is the only Republican seeking re-election next year in a state that has voted Democratic in most presidential races since 1992.

As Abramowitz notes, the silver lining for Democrats in this scenario is that during midterm elections,Washington, DC — This Thursday, April 2, LGBTQ Victory Institute and 40 partner organizations will hold the second annual National Out to Win Day, which aims to inspire LGBTQ people to consider a run for office. Social justice and advocacy organizations, as well as high-profile politicians and celebrities, will promote the day on social media and encourage LGBTQ people to take the pledge to run at outtowin.org . A Facebook Live panel with U.S. Representative Sharice Davids, Maryland state Delegate Gabriel Acevero and Fairfax County School Board Member Karl Frisch, will also be held that day.

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National Out to Win Day was launched to address the severe underrepresentation of LGBTQ elected officials at every level of government. LGBTQ people hold just 0.17 percent of elected positions nationwide despite being 4.5 percent of the population. There are currently 854 openly LGBTQ elected officials in the United States and America must22,529 more out LGBTQ elected officials to achieve equitable representation and it will require a political moonshot to close that gap. It does not need to take generations or even decades, but it requires us all to make the asks or step up ourselves."

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—From a press releasefor a posterolateral curved extension of 10--12 cm. ii) Release and exposure: After the skin, subcutaneous tissue and fascia latae were cut, between the subcutaneous tissue and the fascia layer, the fascia around the sartorius was freed to a sufficient size. As the superficial circumflex iliac vessels are contained in this fascia, care should be taken not to damage it in during the surgery. Along the gap between the tensor fascia latae and sartorius muscles, from the outer lip of the iliac crest, the origin of the tensor fascia latae was peeled from the outer lip of the iliac crest. The vascular branching between the sartorius and tensor fascia latae muscles was ligated in order to reduce bleeding. After retracting the tensor fascia latae muscle and sartorius, the


deep rectus femoris was exposed. The origin of the rectus femoris and iliopsoas was then freed. From the anterior superior iliac spine, at the origin of the sartorius, the sartorius muscular fascia around the superficial circumflex iliac vessels was freed again. The reflected head of the rectus femoris, part of the hip joint capsule, was removed from the acetabulum and the hip joint capsule was exposed. iii) Decompression by fenestration: Following the opening of the joint capsule and protection of the articular cartilage, a bone trough measuring 2×1 cm was established in front of the junction of the femoral head and neck. Hardened or cystic lesions around the femoral head were removed using a spatula scraper or small chisel. When the subchondral femoral head had been cleaned, itwas rinsed with saline. iv) Dissociating and harvesting the bone flap: The superficial circumflex iliac vessels and surrounding fascia were isolated, a rectangular bone flap, measuring 3×2 cm, was cut from the origin of the sartorius at the anterior superior iliac spine along the iliac crest and trimmed. Blood circulation of the bone flap was observed while a section of iliac cancellous bone was harvested by rongeur to fill the space around the bone flap after the bone flap was implanted. A gelatin sponge was used for hemostasis. v) Bone flap and implantation: The iliac flap penetrated the iliopsoas and rectus femoris muscle to the bone trough in front of the junction between the femoral head and neck. The bone flap was trimmed again and implanted into the


but also offers a new source of revascularization and improves blood circulation of the necrotic femoral head. The treatments for ONFH involving a muscle pedicle flap that are currently used in China include: i) a greater trochanter bone graft of the gluteus medius branch of the lateral femoral circumflex vessel\'s ascending branch; ii) an upper-middle periosteal flap of the femur pedicled with the descending branch of the lateral femoral circumflex artery; iii) a lateral femoral circumflex artery transverse branch combined with greater trochanter bone graft of the gluteus medius branch; iv) a double iliac bone flap with iliac crest and anteroinferior iliac spine of the lateral femoral circumflex vessel\'s ascending branch; v) vascularized fibula graft with unilateral fibula; vi) vascularized pedicle with an osteoperiosteal flap of the deepavoided the fate of many of her colleagues who were fined, exiled or killed during the tide of anti-Semitism that swept through Soviet society after World War II."

"I assume the source of that mis-ID was the Hebrew international edition of Forbes that purported to rank the 165 richest Jews in the world."

Multiple other Jewish publications have also listed Rinat Akhmetov as Jewish. It may (or may not) have started with a 2009 JTA article pointing out "Three of Ukraine’s four billionaires are Jewish". Rinat Akhmetov was the 1 out of 4, but this may not have been obvious to people rapidly skimming the article.

'I think it's rather arbitrary to put Kazakhs (roughly 70% East Eurasian) in the "Asian" category while Uzbeks (roughly 40-50% East Eurasian) get called "Middle


it reopens it will give an honest assessment of the Holocaust and antisemitism, and not some distorted version.”In March, Prof. Peter Schäfer, the non-Jewish director of the Jewish Museum, hosted a diplomat from the Islamic Republic of Iran, sparking widespread criticism for mainstreaming the Iranian regime’s genocidal antisemitism.“With the invitation, the Jewish Museum gives the Iranian Embassy the opportunity to make its antisemitic anti-Zionism part of the public debate,” said Stop The Bomb spokeswoman Ulrike Becker at the time.Katharina Schmidt-Narischkin, a spokeswoman for the museum, did not immediately respond to a Post query regarding the new wave of criticism facing the museum. Schmidt-Narischkin told the Post on Sunday that the museum rejects BDS.Migration in the Pacific by John Connell
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"These people came from the other side of the border. They are militias and mercenaries," Mr Koffi Koffi said, confirming two civilians and "one or two" Ivorian soldiers were killed.

"We must go to the other side of the border to establish a security zone. We will clean up and secure the zone. This will be done, of course, with the agreement of the two countries."

Alassane Ouattara won a 2010 election but only came to power after months of violence that killed thousands after incumbent Laurent Gbagbo refused to concede.

New York-based Human Rights Watch warned earlier this week that Liberian mercenaries and Ivorian fighters who fought on behalf of Mr Gbagbo in the brief civil war last year were launching attacks on Ivory Coast from Liberia.

The rights campaigner saidthe combatants behind the raids, which have killed 40 people since last July, are receiving support from individuals in the region.

Liberia has denied accusations it is not doing enough to prevent the attacks.

After the incident on Friday, the UN Security Council "expressed their deep concern at the prevailing insecurity ... and continued cross-border movements of armed elements, including militias and mercenaries".

Sylvie van den Wildenberg, spokeswoman for the mission known by its acronym UNOCI, said on Saturday that the mission was reinforcing its force in the border area.

"We have several thousand troops in the west, and we are reorganising in light of this incident," she said.

"I can confirm that we are discussing with the authorities ways to increase security and protect civilians in the west. I cannot confirm any


and GM of its Media Division stopped by the VideoNuze booth for an interview. Bill sees some of the biggest trends happening in mobile, and cites his experience in India recently as an example of the huge growth in mobile. He also points to growth in video consumed over iOS devices of 200%-300% year-over-year. All of that is leading to massive complexity in supporting multiple devices while emphasizing quality. Bill discusses these challenges and how Akamai is addressing them. See video below (8 minutes, 21 seconds).

Even though I was very focused this week on the CES "takeaways" series, there was still plenty of news happening in the online and mobile video industries. So as in the past, I'm pleased to offer VideoNuze's end-of-week feature highlighting 5-6 interesting online/mobilethe fees it derives from delivery are small relative to its software and platform fees. Going forward, Brightcove will continue working with Limelight and other CDNs with whom it has relationships.

While most of my focus is on the U.S. market for online video, I recently had a chance to catch up with Simon Orme, GM, Content Services Group of BT Wholesale, who gave me a deep dive update on what's happening in the U.K. market. Simon's specific focus has been a 2-year long project for BT to roll out CDN services to broadband ISPs who lease BT's network. The project is now moving into trial.

The U.K. video industry has robust satellite and cable competition, and more recently the BT Retail side has been rolling out its BT Vision


AEG Digital Media and acquiring webcasting expert Incited Media. Company executives told me late last week that when combined with AEG's venues and live production expertise, the company will be able to offer the most comprehensive event management and broadcasting services. Elsewhere, KIT Digital, the acquisitive digital media technology provider picked up two of its competitors, Nunet, a German company focused on mobile devices, and The FeedRoom, an early player in video publishing/management solutions which has recently been focused on the enterprise. KIT has made a slew of deals recently and it will be interesting to watch how they knit all the pieces together.

Product news around video delivery from VBrick, Limelight and Kaltura - Last but not least, there were 3 noteworthy product announcements yesterday. Enterprise video providerdeal as fitting with its "Application Enablement" strategy, supporting customers' needs in a "video-centric world." Limelight announced its LimelightREACH and LimelightADS services for mobile media delivery and monetization (both are based on Kiptronic, which it acquired recently). Last but not least, bellwether Akamai reported Q2 '09 earnings, that while up 5% vs. year ago, were down sequentially from Q1. Coupled with a cautious Q3 outlook, the company's stock dropped 20%.

IAC is making big moves into online video - IAC is making no bones about its interest in online video. Last week the company unveiled Notional, a spin-out of CollegeHumor.com, to be headed by that site's former editor-in-chief Ricky Van Veen. Then this week it announced another new video venture, with NBCU's former co-entertainment head Ben Silverman. IAC chief


Story of the Colossus rebuild is revealed in talk at Block H by chief engineer

Phil Hayes

Published:17:00Wednesday 22 November 2017

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The story of the computer at Bletchley Park which played a vital role in the fight against Hitler is the topic of a talk next month.

Re-imagining Colossus is the title of the talk to be given by Colossus Rebuild chief engineer Phil Hayes, who joined the team in 2000.

As The National Museum of Computing celebrates the tenth anniversary of the rebuild of Colossus tackling Hitler’s most secret wartime messages, Phil will describe how the reconstruction of Colossus came into being despite the secrecy that surrounded it.

The talk in the home of Colossus, Block H, recently hailed as one of England’s top 100 ‘irreplaceable places’, will be on Thursday,disease.
The appellant, Kenneth Monroe Ringgold, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Harford County (Dyer, J., presiding) of robbery with a deadly weapon and the use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence. Sentences were imposed, and it is from these judgments that this appeal was timely noted.
On May 14, 1974, Norman Joyner and Luther Scroggins robbed a pharmacist at gunpoint and were caught in flagrante delicto as they attempted to flee from the pharmacy premises. Guilty pleas were entered on their behalf and sentences were imposed. The appellant, who was tried separately, was allegedly the driver of the getaway car used in the commission of the crime.
At the appellant's trial, Police Officer Montville testified that he and his partner had


responded to an alarm and arrested Joyner and Scroggins as they ran out of the store. After making the arrests the officer was approached and given some information by Eleanor Brammer, a nurse at the Harford Memorial Hospital which was located immediately across from the drugstore. Mrs. Brammer testified that she told the officer that she had observed a black Volkswagen with three black males in it drive down an alley to the rear of the drugstore; that she saw two of the men get out and go into the drugstore. She walked toward the store and by the time she got there the police were holding in custody the two black males whom she had seen leave the car. She told the officers "there was a fellowstill in the black Volkswagen at the exit door of the Apothecary Shoppe." Armed with this information one of the officers went to the rear of the premises and observed a black Volkswagen which was unattended. The officer then saw the appellant get into the car and attempt to start it. The officer stopped the appellant, advised him that he was investigating an armed *288 robbery, and requested the appellant to accompany him to the police station, which he did. Later the appellant was charged as a participant in the crime.
Arlene Joyner, the appellant's mother-in-law, had been summoned as a witness for the State. At the end of the first day of trial, when the Court advised all witnesses in the courtroom that they would be required to


to say anything to hurt [appellant], I wouldn't do it." She stated that she would tell the truth but that she did not remember what she had talked about with the officer, nor did she remember what had occurred on the crucial date of May 14. She did not know whether the statement was true, nor could she remember giving or signing it. Given this information, the Court, exercising its discretion, called Mrs. Joyner as its own witness.
The jury was recalled and the Court explained to them that Mrs. Joyner was being called as the Court's witness because the State which had summoned her could not vouch for her veracity. The Court also explained that this action by the Court would permit both the State and defense tocross-examine the witness. Mrs. Joyner was then called to the stand, sworn and some preliminary questions were asked of her by the Court. The questioning was then turned over to the State's Attorney who was unsuccessful in eliciting from her what had occurred on the morning of May 14. She insisted that she could not remember what had happened that day. The State then showed her the *289 statement, and although she admitted the signature on it "looks like mine," she denied any memory of its contents or the facts recited in it. She was then requested to read the statement to herself, which she did, but claimed that this did not refresh her recollection and insisted that she could not vouch for the truth of the statement.


The State in an effort to refresh her memory then attempted to cross-examine the witness by reading the specific questions and answers contained in the statement, but defense counsel objected, and the Court sustained the objection on the ground that it would be too prejudicial to the defendant to permit a question by question denial of recollection by the witness. Throughout the State's cross-examination Mrs. Joyner contended that she did not remember signing the statement because she was upset; she would only admit that the signature on the statement looked like hers.
Officer Way was then called to the stand as a witness for the State. He testified that he had taken a statement from Mrs. Joyner in which he had asked her certain questions which she answered, andThe storied career of one of Hollywood’s most prolific attorneys came to a meek end in a Brooklyn federal courtroom today when Roger Rosen — whose past clients include Phil Spector and Al Pacino — agreed to give up his law practice to avoid an indictment.

The Los Angeles-based lawyer is charged with leaking information from snitches to members of the notorious drug crew run by James Rosemond during 2009 and 2010 – and agreed to abandon his vocation in exchange for a deferred prosecution.

Rosen, 68, tipped off members of Rosemond’s crew to statements made by another one of his clients, Henry Butler, who began snitching to the feds about the sprawling cocaine operation.

Rosemond – who is suspected of setting up the infamous 1994 Manhattan music studio hit on


Tupac Shakur – ordered his henchmen to harass Butler because of his cooperation with prosecutors.

The notorious rap honcho was eventually found guilty of drug trafficking raps and faces life in prison at an upcoming sentencing.

Rosen’s ethical misstep abruptly ended a legal career that spanned several decades and included the representation of some of tinseltown’s biggest names.

In addition to his high profile defense of Spector, Rosen has also represented Kim Basinger, Terrence Howard and O.J. Simpson in various legal matters.

Suffering from cancer, the fallen attorney said nothing as he left court today and dashed past photographers as he left the building accompanied by a lawyer.

Prosecutors agreed not to indict Rosen in exchange for his promise to leave his profession and to turn over $22,500 in legal fees.

Rosen asked theWhat We Know About The Suspect In GOP Baseball Practice Shooting

James Hodgkinson, seen in this undated photo, has been identified as the suspect in the shooting in Alexandria, Va., that injured six people, including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise.

St. Clair County Sheriff's Dept.

Originally published on June 15, 2017 12:47 pm

Updated at 4:45 p.m. ET

The FBI says the man who opened fire on a group of Republican members of Congress on Wednesday is 66-year-old James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Ill., who was shot by police and later died at a hospital.

The alleged shooter expressed fervent opposition to the Republican Party and called for higher taxes on the rich, in statements on social media and letters to a local newspaper. He apparently volunteered for the presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie


Sanders, according to the Vermont senator, who condemned the attack.

Early on Wednesday, witnesses say, a man armed with a rifle opened fire on a group of Republican members of Congress practicing for a baseball game in Alexandria, Va. Four victims were transferred to the hospital with gunshot injuries: Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., a congressional staffer, a lobbyist and a Capitol Police officer. Another congressman and a second police officer also suffered minor injuries.

The FBI says it is actively investigating Hodgkinson's "associates, whereabouts, social media impressions, and potential motivations."

Hodgkinson owned a home inspection business in Belleville, Ill., but dissolved the corporation early this year, according to public records.

Sanders said Wednesday that he had been informed that "the alleged shooter at the Republican baseball practice is someone who apparentlyvolunteered on my presidential campaign." The senator said he was "sickened by this despicable act" and condemned it "in the strongest possible terms."

Two now-inaccessible Facebook accounts under the name of James Hodgkinson and purporting to be located in Belleville, Ill., were full of posts supporting Sanders and opposing President Trump.

"Trump is a Traitor. Trump Has Destroyed Our Democracy. It's Time to Destroy Trump & Co.," one of the pages posted in March. That post linked to a petition calling for Trump's impeachment "and or legal removal."

The account called Sanders "a Candidate of a Lifetime" while expressing distrust of Hillary Clinton.

"Make America Great Again, Resign!" the other account posted in June, with a photo of Trump.

The Belleville News-Democrat, a newspaper in his hometown, said Hodgkinson was politically vocal in