MAN STABS SELF TO DEATH IN FONTANA TARGET

A man stabbed himself to death inside a Target store in Fontana on Wednesday, officials said.

The man walked into the Target at 15272 Summit Ave. in the Falcon Ridge Town Center around 11 a.m., opened up a package in the kitchen section, took out a knife and stabbed himself in the torso, Fontana police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The store remained open for about two hours after the incident. Shoppers continued to walk in the front door past the ambulances and other emergency vehicles parked out front, many of them unaware of what had just happened.

"It's kind of scary, but it gives you the impression they don't want to lose making money," said Target shopper Brenda Murrell. "BecauseSummary: This research estimates the impact of macroeconomic fluctuations on import protection policies over 1988:Q1-2010:Q4 for five industrialized economies -- the United States, European Union, Australia, Canada and South Korea. There is evidence of a strong countercyclical trade policy response in the pre-Great Recession period of 1988:Q1-2008:Q3 during which increases in domestic unemployment rates, real appreciations in bilateral exchange rates, and declines in the GDP growth rates of bilateral trading partners led to substantial increases in new temporary trade barriers. It then applies this pre-Great Recession empirical model to realized macroeconomic data from 2008:Q4-2010:Q4 and find it predicts a surge of new import protection during the Great Recession -- e.g., for the US and EU, the model predicts new trade barriers would cover an additional 15 percentage points


more generic" could work as a brand customers would associate with the local electric utility, he said.

On Landor's to-do list: "create more public awareness of and accountability for the new service provider," PSEG, which takes over as the grid operator in 2014. The LIPA brand has ranked near the bottom of customer satisfaction and branding studies.

Trustees Thursday also approved plans to pursue up to 400 megawatts of new solar, wind, fuel cell and other renewable sources. Chairman Howard Steinberg said the authority was "hopeful" it could push renewables to 12 percent of LIPA's energy mix by 2020. Sources such as solar and wind energy currently make up around 3 percent.

Environmentalists at the meeting, disappointed that LIPA didn't select a 900-megawatt wind farm off the coast of Rhode IslandUnder increasing pressure in Syria and Iraq, as well as in Libya, Islamic State (IS) is activating and reorganizing its networks elsewhere, observably in Europe and Turkey, and, less conspicuously, in West Africa.

On October 30, 2016, IS confirmed via its Amaq news agency that it had recognized a militant faction led by Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, a former Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJWA) and al-Murabitun commander, releasing a video of al-Sahrawi and 40 of his fighters giving the pledge of allegiance, or baya, to IS leader Abubakr al-Baghdadi. Although this did not receive the same level of fanfare in IS circles as the pledge Boko Haram made in March 2015, IS ensured its followers were made aware of al-Sahrawi’s pledge. The mentions were brief, but


The foiled attack may have been planned by al-Sahrawi in an attempt to impress IS, although information on the cell is scarce and Morocco has not released any further details of the arrests.

On September 1, 2016, al-Sahrawi carried out his first attack, striking a Burkinabe customs post in Markoye, not far from the border with Mali and Niger, killing a customs officer and a civilian. He claimed that attack three days later (al-Akhbar, September 3, 2016). Al-Sahrawi then carried out his second attack and claimed it in the name of IS in Greater Sahara on October 12, in Intangom, northern Burkina Faso (al-Akhbar, October 14, 2016). In this attack, four Burkinabe soldiers and two civilians were killed. A third attack, also claimed it in the name of ISin the Greater Sahara, came on October 17 at the Koutoukalé prison in Niamey, where many jihadists are imprisoned. This attack, however, was repelled by the Nigerien security forces (rfi.fr, October 19, 2016).

Less than two weeks after this attack, IS confirmed al-Sahrawi’s pledge from 2015, promoting the video of al-Sahrawi and his fighters pledging allegiance to al-Baghdadi. This suggests the attacks gave IS the confidence that al-Sahrawi’s brigade could become a “legitimate” operational branch of IS, unlike several Algerian groups that broke from AQIM in 2014 and 2015 to join IS, but which were largely inactive and quickly destroyed by Algerian security forces.

Supporting this is the experience of Abu Musab al-Barnawi, the leader of IS in West Africa Province (formerly known as Boko Haram), whose faction operates further


in the Philippines in recent months, it has as yet avoided declaring a “province” in the region, for example.

Notably, neither al-Sahrawi — nor al-Barnawi in the case of West Africa Province — continued their momentum after IS recognized them. Al-Sahrawi is yet to claim another significant attack in the Burkina Faso-Niger-Mali axis since October 2016, and West Africa Province has slowed down the pace of attacks in Niger (and Nigeria) since mid-2016.

It could be that the al-Sahrawi and al-Barnawi carried out their string of attacks to impress IS enough to receive recognition simply in order to improve their own localized recruitment and legitimacy. On the other hand, it is possible that both al-Sahrawi and al-Barnawi exhausted their resources in these attacks before receiving recognition from IS and have
593 F.Supp. 1176 (1984)
Michael DRAKE and Terry McQuade
v.
Ronald PERRIN, Individually and as a Police Officer of the City of Phila., Richard Roe, Individually and as a Police Officer of the City of Phila., Morton B. Solomon, Individually and as Police Commissioner of the City of Phila., City of Philadelphia and David Brown, Individually and as a Police Officer of the City of Philadelphia.
Civ. A. No. 83-602.
United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.
September 20, 1984.
*1177 Hope Lefeber, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.
Thomas Sprague, Asst. City Sol., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Senior District Judge.
This is a petition seeking counsel fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. To understand the basis of my ruling which follows, an understanding of the underlying facts is necessary.
On the evening of April 23, 1982, the


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The Central Coast Oyster Festival is a celebration of all the Central Coast has to offer. The Festival features the delectable oysters of the Morro Bay Oyster Company and fresh local produce in the hands of the area’s best chefs, paired with award-winning local wine, beer, and spirits. In addition, the event includes a spirited oyster-shucking competition, live food demonstrations and an enticing “Aphrodisiac Lounge.”
Live Art, Entertainment & Education accompany this event in one of the most unique, beautiful, creative settings the Central Coast has ever seen. With art event installations from The Do LaB and SpinCycle the atmosphere created wowed the attendees and this year has such aas human beings are unconscious of the extraordinary amount of landmass that lies below our level of awareness.

On December 22, 1941, the Montebello of San Luis Obispo prepared itself for its voyage back to the western coast. The crew members loaded over 78,000 barrels of oil which was meant to be supplied to the war effort. Unfortunately, that ship never reached its destination. Not too long after it had set sail, Japanese invaders had successfully torpedoed the ship and its cargo would become forever lost at sea. Captain Ekstrom yelled orders to stand to by the lifeboats and abandon ship. Quickly many of the crewmembers did as they were told and hurried to escape. Luckily in the aftermath of it all, the captain was successful in saving everyone


in the 38-member crew. However, as the years passed the Montebello would come to elicit more problems than the local community would expect. Decades later in 1996 when the Montebello was rediscovered, scientists had rediscovered the ship along with its 78,000 barrels of crude oil. Although carefully intact, they figured out that if any of the barrels ever began to leak, it would cause a serious threat to the surrounding wildlife and San Luis Obispo community. California assemblyman Sam Blakeslee contacted the Unified Command led by the U.S. Coast Guard and California Department of Fish to conduct further testing to determine if there was a substantial oil threat. After a few years of research and experiments they finally concluded in 2012 that the ship would pose no harmlook forward to as the first six will be released as commemorative Blu-ray steelbooks for a limited time on November 10, with pre-orders beginning on August 7. Each film comes with beautiful new character packaging that include Darth Maul for The Phantom Menace, Yoda for Attack of the Clones, General Grievous forRevenge of the Sith, Darth Vader for A New Hope, an Imperial stormtrooper for TheEmpire Strikes Back, and Emperor Palpatine for Return of the Jedi. Star Wars: The Complete Saga will also be released in newly-repackaged artwork on October 13.

In addition to the collectible steelbook packaging, each Blu-ray disc features existing audio commentary with George Lucas and the film crew as well as audio commentary from archival interviews with the cast and crew.

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instructor in the Air Force Language School at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. His job was to teach basic English to foreign military officers in this country as guests of the U. S. Government. The charge against him was that, in the face of prior warnings that discussion of controversial subjects (i. e., religion, politics, race) during the class hours was contrary to Air Force policy, he made such forbidden statements on two separate occasions to his classes. One was to the effect that those who burn themselves to death as a protest against the Viet Nam War are the true heroes, and he wished he had the courage to do it himself. The other was that Jews are discriminated against in America, and that he had feltheld by an Appeals Examiner of the Dallas Regional Office. The position taken by appellant was that he had not made the two statements attributed to him and that he was, therefore, innocent of the charges against him. He represented, according to the Appeals Examiner, that he could not have made the statements because (1) his personal views on Viet Nam did not differ from those of the U. S. Government, (2) he had not experienced racial discrimination, and (3) the alleged statements were alien to any possible discussion of the lesson plan for the days in question.2

5
The record before the Appeals Examiner included affidavits from Air Force personnel, a report by a Civil Service Commission investigator, and oral testimony by appellant and other witnesses on his behalf.


The Appeals Examiner concluded that the evidence supported the charges against appellant and that he had in fact made the statements in question after having been warned to refrain from such conduct.

6
The Commission's Board of Appeals and Review sustained this finding as against a challenge that it was contrary to the weight of the evidence, and it went on to find that the Air Force had not been "arbitrary, capricious, or unreasonable, and that [appellant's discharge] was for such cause as will promote the efficiency of the service." The Commission adopted the decision of its Board of Appeals and Review and denied appellant's request for reopening and reconsideration.

II

7
We turn first to appellant's claims of procedural inadequacies in the Commission proceedings. The principal one of these is that afair hearing was denied appellant because the Air Force failed to produce certain witnesses pursuant to appellant's request. These witnesses were said to be under the Air Force's control and direction, and that the failure to produce them at the hearing was a conscious effort to impede appellant's presentation of his defense.

8
The witnesses in question were the foreign officers in the classes to which appellant allegedly made the offending statements. The record shows that on January 14, 1966, just after the Language School gave appellant preliminary written notice of its proposed dismissal action and of his opportunity to answer the charges upon which such dismissal would be based, appellant's retained counsel responded in a letter denying the charges and purporting to give notice that, if the Air Force


persisted in appellant's removal, appellant would require the personal presence of the foreign students at the Commission hearing and that he looked to the Air Force to assure that presence. After the final notice of dismissal was forthcoming a few days later, appellant's counsel wrote again, identifying some additional foreign students and stating the same expectation as to their presence. The concern of these letters, however, was that the students might finish their visits and depart before the hearing, and it appeared to be counsel's purpose that he be notified of such departure in time for him to arrange to take depositions at appellant's expense.

9
The Air Force, on February 7, 1966, wrote appellant's counsel that the foreign students were in the country on invitational travel orders. As such,they were said to be in effect "guests of the United States Government" and not under its military jurisdiction; accordingly, the Air Force was "in no position to take any action on your request" that the students be produced at the hearing. The letter went on as follows:

10
The students will be here until May and it is entirely discretionary with them as to whether they would make statements, appear as witnesses or take any part in the matter in question. You are at liberty, however, to communicate with them directly should you so desire. The appropriate method would be to address your communication to the Liaison Officer or Senior Officer of the respective national group. For the Iranian students the Liaison Officer is Captain Mehdi Mirhosseini, 118 Surfrider,


San Antonio, Texas; for the Greek students, the Senior Officer is Captain John Triantfillos, Greece - AF, CHR # 2, Lackland AFB Tex; and the Senior Officer for the Japanese students is Major Junkichi Imata, Japan - AF, CMR # 2, Lackland AFB Tex. They will in turn relay your request to the students in question and will, I am sure, advise you of what action you may expect from them.

11
Instead of approaching the students directly, however, appellant's counsel appeared to conclude that, with the appeal to the Commission filed, he would prefer to have the Commission do so. On March 4, 1966, he wrote the Appeals Examiner requesting that the Commission's investigator interview the students. The investigator was instructed to do so, and the result of hisefforts in this regard is described in the portion of his report set forth in the margin.3

12
At the hearing, appellant objected to the failure of the Air Force to have the students present as witnesses. The Appeals Examiner pointed out that appellant had been notified that the Commission had no subpoena power and that it was appellant's responsibility to arrange for the appearance of witnesses. He directed that the hearing proceed. Appellant himself testified as to conversations he had had with some of the students in which they stated that they did not remember his having made the remarks in question. On cross-examination, appellant said he had not asked any of the students for written statements "since he believed they would appear to testify on his behalf at


the time of the hearing, but that he had not personally asked the students to appear at the time of the Commission's hearing since he understood from his Attorney that he did not have access to these individuals." The Air Force representative at the hearing stated that the Air Force had not at any time interviewed the students on this subject, and had no information as to their recollections.

13
The Appeals Examiner saw no procedural error in all this. He found as a fact that the students were not Air Force employees; that the Air Force had offered appellant full access to them; that appellant had talked to some of the students but he had not asked them to give statements or testify; and that the Air Force hadnot interviewed the students itself. To the Commission's Board of Appeals and Review, appellant asserted that there had been a deliberate concealment of evidence obtained by the Air Force in interviews with the students. The Board concluded that the record supported the Examiner's findings of fact to the contrary; and that there was, on this record and taking due account of the peculiar status of the foreign officer students, no failure by the Air Force to produce witnesses within its control amounting to a deprivation of due process of law.

14
We cannot say that the Commission erred in this view of the matter. The Commission regulations in being at the time of the hearing provided that, the Commission being without subpoena power, each side would arrange for the appearance


was still doing the same thing despite the prior history of notice and warning.

III

20
In his judicial challenge to the propriety of his dismissal, appellant invokes substantive protections of the Constitution as well. He asserts that, even if it be assumed that he made the classroom statements attributed to him and under the circumstances alleged, he cannot be dismissed for that reason without infringement of his First Amendment right of free speech, and his Fifth Amendment right not to be subjected to a code of conduct which is unacceptably vague.

21
The latter contention is not one meriting detailed treatment in view of the concessions made by appellant at the administrative level. He did not there suggest that he was surprised by the view taken of his alleged conduct, or thatagainst a private citizen, although there is certainly no easy leap from this to the proposition that a public employee necessarily assumes monastic vows of silence when he looks to the taxpayer for his salary. The Government's interest as an employer is in heightening the level of the public services it renders by assuring the efficiency of its employees in the performance of their tasks; and efficiency comprehends the maintenance of discipline, the prevalence of harmony among co-workers, and the elimination of conduct which may reasonably be thought to have "impeded" the proper performance by a teacher of "his daily duties in the classroom." Conversely, the free speech interest of the teacher is to have his say on any and every thing about which he has feelings, provided


there is no significant likelihood of impairment of his efficiency.

24
What are the weights to be placed in the scale in the case at hand? Preliminarily we note that the public school teacher in Pickering was not fired for what he said in class, but for writing a letter to a newspaper critical of the policies espoused by the School Board and School Superintendent in the allocation of school funds as between different educational programs. The efficiency with which Pickering taught geography or algebra to the pupils immediately in front of him was not affected by his extracurricular expressions.

25
The Air Force's case against appellant largely rests, however, upon the fact that he was supposed to be giving foreign officers a quick training in basic English, and that efficient utilizationof the short time involved was of critical importance. Furthermore, appellant was not teaching the foreign officers current events, political science, sociology, or international relations. This is plainly evident from the record's disclosure that the Lesson Plan appellant was supposed to follow at the times in question called for language instruction on the subjects "At the Dentist" and "How to Test a Used Car." Appellant's observations on Viet Nam and anti-semitism would appear to have, at best, minimal relevance to the immediate classroom objectives.

26
We would also be blinking reality if we did not recognize that a class of foreign military officers at an Air Force installation on invitational orders presents special problems affecting the national interest in harmonious international relations. We are certainly not equipped to second-guess the


he had resisted an overseas assignment — an assignment which was cancelled after appellant's Congressman had intervened on his behalf. Thus, appellant attacked the charges against him as fabrications masking the true reason for discharge, and not as improper grounds for discharge if true.

3
 Briefing instructions indicated the Investigator should obtain affidavits from ten former students of the Appellant. Five of these students were from Iran, four from Greece and one from Japan. Foreign students at the Air Force Language School, Lackland Air Force Base, are guests of the U.S. Government and are not under the military jurisdiction of the U.S. Air Force. Each national group is represented by a Liaison Officer or a Senior Officer. A meeting was held with the Liaison Officer from Iran and theQ:

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The rebels still hold eastern Libya, which has most of the country's oil reserves. Oil prices slid after the cease-fire announcement, plunging about $2.50 in the first 15 minutes of New York trading. They were down slightly for the week, settling at $101.07 per barrel on the New York Mercantile


Exchange.

Mustafa Gheriani, a spokesman for the rebels, said the opposition is considering calling Gadhafi's bluff by holding new protests in Tripoli and elsewhere in Gadhafi's western strongholds to see if his forces open fire.

"The idea is that when he cannot bomb civilians, the whole world will see that Libya does not want him," Gheriani said. "I believe his troops in Tripoli will leave him. We want to make our revolution a peaceful one again, just surround his compound and make him leave."

Gheriani and Khaled Sayh, another rebel spokesman, said shelling continued late Friday in Zintan, a western mountain town; Misrata and Ajdabiya, an eastern city that has been surrounded by government forces.

But even in advanced militaries, orders can take time to make it through the ranks, and itList of people from North Sumatra

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 Taufik Akbar, engineer and former astronaut candidate (Medan)

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 Cosmas Batubara, politician, chairman and the co-founder of KAMI (Simalungun Regency)

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 Burhanuddin Harahap, 9th Prime Minister of Indonesia (Medan)
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 Malam Sambat Kaban, forestry minister of Indonesia since 2001 (Binjai)
 Jan van Breda Kolff, (Medan)
 Rudy Kousbroek, Dutch  poet, translator, writer and first of all essayist (Pematangsiantar)
 D. Kumaraswamy, Hindu reformer and Tamil community leader


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The present invention also relates to an optical fiber cable management panel including a drawer assembly including a chassis and a drawer wherein the drawer is slidably mounted within the chassis. The drawer assembly defines a storage interior and a first cable access entry to permit optical fiber cable to enter into the storage interior. A slidable termination panel is positioned within the storage interior. This slidable panel slides vertically when the drawer is positioned out of the chassis. Slidable mounts mount the panel and include two slide mechanisms on opposite ends of thepanel. The preferred mounts include locks for retaining the panel in the closed, or down position. The preferred drawer assembly can be mounted to a rack with other drawers or other equipment. The preferred drawer assembly also includes a cable radius limiter which moves in a synchronized manner with the drawer to manage cables at the first cable access entry point.
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I recently visited my daughter at college out of state. Among the items she requested for me to bring was a throw pillow from her bed at home. My perception of the pillow was simply, a decorative addition to her bedding but when I handed it to her and she hugged it like a blankie, I realized it was something more. Does it represent a more socially acceptable item to hug at night? And more importantly, a reminder of home and her sacred space? With all the new challenges of starting college, she reached out to something tangible and familiar to make her very un-private dorm space, sacred.Born in Fukushima, Yumi’s works convey a sense of inner strength and sublime calmness. Visiting her home after the twin disasters of the 11 March 2011 earthquake and nuclear power plant incident that devastated her hometown, she found her garden overgrown with wild plants and flowers. While feeling despondent by the disasters, she felt the positive energy from the plants and became fascinated by the mysterious life force and bilateral character of nature.

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Kohli to not enforce the follow-on despite having a massive lead and it remains to be seen that how big the target will be for West Indies. IND 60/4

00:12 hrs IST Pujara Out Jason Holder strikes for West Indies as Cheteshwar Pujara is caught in the slips for 27. A good effort by Kemar Roach at second slip and India are 57/4

00:09 hrs IST Unwanted Record Virat Kohli departs for golden duck Last time he was dismissed on duck was against Australia in 2019. Last time he was dismissed on a golden duck in test was in 2018 against England at Oval

23:52 hrs IST Living dangerously Ajinkya Rahane has been living dangerously since he has come on to the middle. He has looked in trouble while facing KemarThat is umpire’s call on height and Mayank has to walk back. IND 9/1

21:42 hrs IST Ishant breaks Kapil Dev’s record Ishant Sharma on Sunday became the most successful Indian pace bowler outside Asia, surpassing Kapil Dev who held the record till now. He achieved the feat on the third day of the ongoing second Test between India and West Indies here at Sabina Park. Dev held the record with 155 wickets outside Asia and with the lone wicket, Sharma took his tally up to 156 wickets.

21:23 hrs IST India 2nd innings Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul come out to bat for India. Kemar Roach starts the attack for West Indies. India have a lead of 299 runs.

21:18 hrs IST GONE! Ravindra Jadeja gets the final blow as


Kemar Roach as West Indies are all out for 117, trailing by 299 runs. India will not enforce follow-on. Will come out to bat again in the 2nd innings.

21:12 hrs IST GONE! GOT HIM! Jahmar Hamilton edges a short one to Virat Kohli as soon as he returned to the attack. West Indies are nine wickets down 117/9.

21:10 hrs IST India search for wickets Kemar Roach has launched a late resistance for West Indies. India are being frustrated by West Indies tailenders now. Virat Kohli has used up a review, perhaps, in frustration.

20:50 hrs IST Time for some spin Kemar Roach has once again led a resistance for West Indies. India look to tackle him with some spin. Ravindra Jadeja comes into the attack.

20:30 hrs IST Shami recordshis 150th Test wicket Mohammed Shami has reached his 150th Test wicket. He becomes the 15th Indian bowler to take 150 wickets in Tests.

20:18 hrs IST OUT! Mohammed Shami gets the first breakthrough of the day. He surprises Rahkeem Cornwall with a short one and the batsman edged it straight to Ajinkya Rahane. WI 97/8

20:10 hrs IST Cornwall needs to be the wall Ishant Sharma perfectly played the roll of the wall for India in the first innings. For West Indies, Rahkeem Cornwall has to play the same role.

20:00 hrs IST Day 3 - HERE WE GO Rahkeem Cornwall and Jahmar Hamilton comes out to resume West Indies’ innings. Mohammed Shami starts the attack on Day 3. HERE WE GO!

19:45 hrs IST A word on Windies batting West


after pacer hits maiden Test half-century Legendary India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar heaped praise of Ishant Sharma after the latter slammed his maiden Test half-century during the second day of the second Test against West Indies at Sabina Park in Jamaica on Saturday. Not only Ishant went past the 50-run mark for the first time in 126 Test innings but he also stitched a century stand with middle-order batsman Hanuma Vihari to propel India’s score to 416 in the first essay. When he finally was dismissed, Ishant had scored 57 off 80 deliveries and his innings included seven boundaries as well.

18:50 hrs IST Vihari dedicates maiden Test ton to late father Stating that it was an emotional moment for him, India batsman Hanuma Vihari dedicated his maiden Test hundredSanta Monica College

OCC held on to its title as the top transfer school in the county to California public universities. In addition, it has stayed at second in the state, behind Santa Monica College. The news comes from the California Postsecondary Education Commission, a state agency that ranked California’s 109 community colleges by how many students transferred to California State University and University of California schools. OCC sent 1,874 students to those schools in the 2007-08 school year, of which 529 were transfers to the UC system — also the highest number in the county.

COSTA MESA - Vanguard University men's basketball coach Stephen French has received commitments from three players who will join the Lions next season. Conrad Adamczak of Los Angeles, James Hartman of San Clemente and


Kyle Egkan of Anaheim Hills have signed letters of intent to play for Vanguard. Adamczak, a 6-foot-4 guard, played two seasons for Santa Monica College and will transfer in as a junior. Adamczak earned All-CIF and all-state recognition in high school when he helped lead Pacific Hills High to a state championship.

Former Newport Harbor High libero Sean Grubbs has committed to Pepperdine, where he will play volleyball in the upcoming season. Grubbs, who graduated from Newport Harbor in 2006, spent one year at Irvine Valley College, where he played in all 79 games and averaged 2.54 digs per game in the Lasers' championship season this year. Irvine Valley won the Pacific Coast Conference title and the state championship, in which Grubbs had a team-high 10 digs. He finishedwith a season-high 18 digs in IVC's five-game state tournament semifinal win over Pierce.

TODAY Basketball College women -- UC Irvine at Texas-El Paso, 6 p.m.; Vanguard vs. Union at Rotary Classic at Union University, Jackson, Tenn., 8 p.m. Cross country College women -- Vanguard at NAIA national championships at Tom Sawyer State Park in Louisville, KY, 10:30 a.m. Community college men and women -- Orange Coast College at state meet at Woodward Park in Fresno, 9 a.m. High school boys and girls -- CIF finals at Mt. San Antonio College.

Orange Coast College got somewhat of a monkey off its back when the Pirates defeated Golden West's women's volleyball team Saturday. Now the Pirates want to hold a championship plaque over their heads after they play at the Championship


Festival in Fresno, where eight teams will vie for the state title. Orange Coast, the defending state champion, will face Shasta at 3 p.m. on Friday at Fresno Pacific University. The championship match is on Sunday. The Pirates' women's soccer team is also trying to advance to the four-team state tournament, which is also at Fresno Pacific University.

COSTA MESA — Two weeks without practicing finally took a toll on Kevin Welch at the wrong time. Welch looked winded and the Orange Coast College men’s volleyball team lost his services. The Pacific Coast Conference Co-Player of the Year sat on the bench uneasy, bad back and all. His team had just won back-to-back games after dropping Game 1. The chances of Welch reentering soon, not the greatest as OrangeCoast Coach Travis Turner tried to save him. Santa Barbara City College appeared in control and on its way to forcing a decisive Game 5 in the Southern California Regional playoffs Tuesday.

The Orange Coast College football team will take on Mt. San Antonio in the U.S. Bank Beach Bowl on Saturday at 4 p.m. at Santa Monica College, the Commission on Athletics announced Sunday. The Pirates (7-3) dropped out of the state championship tournament picture with Saturday's 17-13 loss to rival Golden West, but with the Southern California region's No. 8 ranking, they still earned the bowl and will face the No. 7 Mounties (8-2). Mt. SAC finished the regular season as the American Division's co-champion with Palomar, but was denied a berth in the state championship tournament


by way of a 42-7 loss to the Comets on Nov. 4. Palomar (6-4)

The Coast Community College District chancellor will respond Wednesday to campus safety concerns that faculty voiced earlier this year. This spring, the academic senates at Orange Coast College and Golden West College passed resolutions hoping to spark a dialogue with the administration about security. OCC faculty members listed some specific worries they have such as doors opening outward or locking only from the outside and uncertainty about what to do in a lockdown situation.

A number of former Orange Coast College football players are firming up arrangements to continue their career at four-year schools, Pirates Coach Mike Taylor said. Chris Assily, a first-team All-Mission Conference National Division safety who was also named all-state by the CaliforniaCommunity College Football Coaches Assn., has committed to continue at San Jose State, Taylor said. Receiver Damola Adeniji (Oregon State), quarterback Kekoa Crowell (Montana Western) and defensive back Andrew Fuller (Portland State)

SANTA MONICA — First impressions held form in the case of the men's volleyball teams from Orange Coast College and Long Beach City. Long Beach City swept the season opener Feb. 7 and the Vikings prevailed Friday night, 30-24, 25-30, 30-24, 30-25, in the semifinals of the California Community College Commission on Athletics championships at Santa Monica College. The loss ended the Pirates' season at 17-4 and denied them what would have been the program's 11th trip to a state title match.

The Coast Community College District chancellor will respond Wednesday to campus safety concerns that faculty voiced


earlier this year. This spring, the academic senates at Orange Coast College and Golden West College passed resolutions hoping to spark a dialogue with the administration about security. OCC faculty members listed some specific worries they have such as doors opening outward or locking only from the outside and uncertainty about what to do in a lockdown situation.

COSTA MESA — The plan was to flip the lineup, not the script. But visiting Santa Monica College was clearly not willing to play the feeble victim against Orange Coast College in the quarterfinals of the California Community College Athletic Assn. men’s volleyball state championship Tuesday night. The Corsairs, who were swept by the Pirates on Feb. 24 at OCC, required much more convincing this time, though the Pirates advanced witha 32-30, 30-27, 30-20 triumph. OCC (17-2)

OCC held on to its title as the top transfer school in the county to California public universities. In addition, it has stayed at second in the state, behind Santa Monica College. The news comes from the California Postsecondary Education Commission, a state agency that ranked California’s 109 community colleges by how many students transferred to California State University and University of California schools. OCC sent 1,874 students to those schools in the 2007-08 school year, of which 529 were transfers to the UC system — also the highest number in the county.

COSTA MESA — Two weeks without practicing finally took a toll on Kevin Welch at the wrong time. Welch looked winded and the Orange Coast College men’s volleyball team lost


his services. The Pacific Coast Conference Co-Player of the Year sat on the bench uneasy, bad back and all. His team had just won back-to-back games after dropping Game 1. The chances of Welch reentering soon, not the greatest as Orange Coast Coach Travis Turner tried to save him. Santa Barbara City College appeared in control and on its way to forcing a decisive Game 5 in the Southern California Regional playoffs Tuesday.

While much of the Orange Coast College campus remains under construction, Pirates football players traded their hard hats for their more familiar helmets as they moved into their new locker room facility to prepare for the upcoming season. Pirates Coach Mike Taylor, entering his eighth season, hopes they will also make themselves at home on Nov.17, when the program will play host to a bowl game organized with the help of sponsorship dollars. OCC has been to bowl games the last two seasons, the program’s first back-to-back postseason appearances since 1992-93.

Former Newport Harbor High libero Sean Grubbs has committed to Pepperdine, where he will play volleyball in the upcoming season. Grubbs, who graduated from Newport Harbor in 2006, spent one year at Irvine Valley College, where he played in all 79 games and averaged 2.54 digs per game in the Lasers' championship season this year. Irvine Valley won the Pacific Coast Conference title and the state championship, in which Grubbs had a team-high 10 digs. He finished with a season-high 18 digs in IVC's five-game state tournament semifinal win over Pierce.

SANTA MONICA —


First impressions held form in the case of the men's volleyball teams from Orange Coast College and Long Beach City. Long Beach City swept the season opener Feb. 7 and the Vikings prevailed Friday night, 30-24, 25-30, 30-24, 30-25, in the semifinals of the California Community College Commission on Athletics championships at Santa Monica College. The loss ended the Pirates' season at 17-4 and denied them what would have been the program's 11th trip to a state title match.

A number of former Orange Coast College football players are firming up arrangements to continue their career at four-year schools, Pirates Coach Mike Taylor said. Chris Assily, a first-team All-Mission Conference National Division safety who was also named all-state by the California Community College Football Coaches Assn., has committed tocontinue at San Jose State, Taylor said. Receiver Damola Adeniji (Oregon State), quarterback Kekoa Crowell (Montana Western) and defensive back Andrew Fuller (Portland State)

Orange Coast College got somewhat of a monkey off its back when the Pirates defeated Golden West's women's volleyball team Saturday. Now the Pirates want to hold a championship plaque over their heads after they play at the Championship Festival in Fresno, where eight teams will vie for the state title. Orange Coast, the defending state champion, will face Shasta at 3 p.m. on Friday at Fresno Pacific University. The championship match is on Sunday. The Pirates' women's soccer team is also trying to advance to the four-team state tournament, which is also at Fresno Pacific University.

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in the local health centres or as outreach nurses in the district health office. The remaining nine trainees were data collectors on the existing C‐MaMiE project. All of the C‐MaMiE data collectors had completed secondary school education; two were enrolled in part‐time nursing training and three in part‐time teacher training. Five of the participants had previous experience administering the Bayley Scales to 12‐month‐old infants in another project.

During the first 2 days of training, the trainees were given theoretical background to the scale, taught how to optimize the setting for administration and introduced to each of the Bayley items in turn. The participants also watched the Bayley Scales training video. From day 3 onwards, to complement the ongoing theoretical training, trainees practised administration of the Bayley items on 2‐ andwere discussed at length, and any misunderstandings were clarified.

At this stage, the project co‐ordinator was confident in the abilities of the trainees, and a formal evaluation of inter‐rater reliability was carried out. The trainees were grouped into five groups of three, each group combining nurses and C‐MaMiE data collectors. For each test, one person administered the full Bayley Scales, without interference from the observers, and all present rated the Bayley items independently and simultaneously. Each group member had an opportunity to administer the Bayley Scales on four occasions. The children were from a convenience sample of children aged between 2 and 3 years of age and living in rural sub‐districts around Butajira. The Bayley Scale assessment was carried out in the family home with the mother present.

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one to the right in the backer. Putting a tape to it, I found the group to be 18 inches high and 23 inches wide. Three shots had struck the chest and one the head. While this was impressive, the question was, is this type of performance repeatable?

To find out, I returned to the firing line and proceeded to fire three more groups. The second placed three rounds on the silhouette. Total group size for all five rounds measured 18 inches high by 25 inches wide. The third group put four rounds on the silhouette and kept all five in 17 inches high by 12 inches wide.

The last group placed three rounds on the silhouette and had a total group size of 11 inches high by 29 inchesThursday, 16 January 2014

Take a look at this wonderful Isabel Marant window scheme in their new store on Bruton Street, London. We love the mechanical aspects of this scheme teamed with circular shaped molecules, this has to be one of the best sale window schemes around. Over at Selfridges they are celebrating the power of the imagination, with time themed casts from the Butcher's Apron Radio Show, broadcasting live from the shop window!

Tuesday, 14 January 2014

This fabulous multi-media fashion exhibition has been busy travelling around the world but we managed to sneak a glimpse at the Brooklyn Museum in New York. It features approximately 140 haute couture and prêt-à-porter ensembles, from the designer’s earliest to his most recent collections, many of which are displayed on custom mannequins with


Jim Wallis' public petition to God and government

The drama of this past week was the intense budget negotiations between Democrats and Republicans over how much and what to cut from the proposed fiscal year 2011 federal budget. (Yes, the budget that the formerly Democratic-controlled Congress should have passed last year.) Just before midnight on Friday, on the verge of a government shutdown, both houses of Congress, along with the president, settled on $38 billion in spending reductions.

In the midst of all this, Jim Wallis, CEO at Sojourners and leader of the evangelical left, has tried to insert himself into this drama, doing it to further what he understands to be the Kingdom of God. Wallis has been on the media circuit arguing that "a budget is always aHe'll still pose for the picture, of course, he'll just slyly give you the finger while he smiles at the camera.

A reader writes in with a new Virgil story and, I have to say, I'm going Team Virgil on this one. Jim In Chicago met Virgil at the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo held this weekend and he tried to lowball Virgil on the price of a picture.

As I headed down to the expo, I received texts from numerous people alerting me to the fact that, as expected, the great Virgil/Vincent/Curly Bill had been reportedly seen patrolling the expo grounds, million dollar belt in hand. So, of course, it stands to reason that he'd have one of the first booths located just inside the festival's main entrance. As


per the legend, Virgil was of course sitting by himself at the table trying to chat up anyone careless enough to get too close. I approached, cautiously at first, and Virgil (clad in a classy "Joe Palooka" hoodie) immediately tried to sell me a WWE "spinneroo belt" as he dubbed it. "Come on, man. You NEED that" he implored. I politely declined but did inquire as to what it would cost me to procure a photo op with the legendary grappler. "Twenty bucks, man" Virgil asserted. I offered five. "Come on, man... ten bucks."

The men agreed on 10 bucks and posed for the picture you see above. Interestingly, that belt Jim has slung over his shoulder is not the real Million Dollar Belt, it's a replica. Virgil toldof advance taken by the tractor. The size and the diameter of the support wheel, carrying this known reversible semi-mounted plough, are limited by the height beneath the frame. As the number of plough bodies is conditioned by the maximum load supported by this wheel during transport, the size of the plough is limited. The frame has a recess at the level of the support wheel. The recess extends towards the soil which has already been ploughed. The recess allows the frame, and hence the plough bodies, to be brought closer to the support wheel.
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Detroit Pastor Resigns After Telling Congregation About Her Same-Sex Marriage

Bishop Allyson D. Nelson Abrams resigned from her position as pastor of Zion Progressive Baptist Church in Detroit, Mich., after revealing to her congregation that she was in a same-sex marriage.

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In an exclusive interview with NewsOne, Bishop Abrams said she married Bishop Emeritus Diana Williams of the Imani Temple of the African-American Catholic Congregation in Washington, D.C., in Iowa back in March, but choose to keep it private until she was ready to share it with the public.

Though rumors about the union began spreading around the church, forcing her to break the news sooner than she wanted.

”I could have been like so many people are and lied and said it’s notto me in tremendous ways,” Abrams said. “We have a lot in common. We have similar visions, missions and goals. We complement each other very well in how best to serve God.”

In a city full of churches and nationally-known pastors, Abrams distinguished herself among the elite well before her marriage announcement. Born and raised in Birmingham, Ala., Abrams was 38-years-old when she took over as pastor of Zion Progressive, making her one of the youngest pastors in the city at the time. She was elected to the Oak Park, Mich., school board in 2005 and is well-respected in the city’s faith community.

She holds Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from United Theological Seminary as well as a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Howard University.

Abrams told


Janice is the lead guitar player in The Electric Mayhem on The Muppet Show. She also portrays Nurse Janice in Veterinarian's Hospital, and appears in various other sketches, frequently as a chorus member. She is occasionally seen in the orchestra during the fifth season of the show. She has a very close relationship with the Electric Mayhem's bass player, Floyd Pepper (although, in the first season of The Muppet Show, she's involved with Zoot in the At the Dance sketch).

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In addition to the guitar, Janice has also played the tambourine with the Mayhem, and the trumpet or trombone with the orchestra. In personality, Janice is generally laid-back, noted for her Valley girl "Fer sure" and "Rully" dialogue and behavior (such as tanning herself in The Great MuppetCaper). Twice in the Muppet movies, when caught short during a loud and confusing group discussion, Janice has inadvertently revealed her attitudes towards nudity. In The Great Muppet Caper, she's interrupted while justifying a willingness to walk along the beach naked to her mother, while in The Muppets Take Manhattan, she claims that she doesn't pose naked, "even if it is artistic." Janice also has an affinity for baking, at least during the holidays: in A Muppet Family Christmas, she makes Christmas cookies that are eaten by Cookie Monster, while she brings cupcakes to the party in A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa. She lists Tina Turner and Joan Jett among her musical influences, and Weezer and OK Go as some of her favorite current bands.[1]

Janice was originally


performed by Fran Brill in The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence pilot in 1975, and in the first set of Muppet Meeting Films. Eren Ozker performed Janice in the first season of The Muppet Show. Richard Hunt took over the character in season two, and gave Janice her familiar Valley girl voice and attitude.

Michael Frith's original sketch of the character indicates that she was intended to be a male character, a takeoff on Mick Jagger's emaciated frame and prominent lips. Her name is probably a reference to Janis Joplin. However, in her final form as built by Bonnie Erickson, she bears very little resemblance to either Jagger or Joplin.

In an August 27, 2015 tweet, @ElectricMayhem revealed a never before known fact about Janice's family, "Janice truly is aof these would have been market towns serving the agricultural economy. Agriculture and mining accounted for a third of the workforce. And only about one in three Australians lived in a city of at least 100,000 people.These days, agriculture employs only 3 per cent of workers and contributes only 2 per cent of GDP. Our two biggest CBDs contribute at least four times that much.By the end of World War II, manufacturing had become Australia's dominant industry. At its height in 1960, the report reminds us, manufacturing employed more than a quarter of the workforce and accounted for almost 30 per cent of GDP.The rise of manufacturing shifted much of our economic activity - our prosperity - to the big cities, but mainly to the suburbs. Suburbs away


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The invention is further characterized by swivel connections between the belt andThe air was warm as soup, but Australian rissoles served with dollops of mash and onion gravy were on special yesterday at the Philly Sports Grill in Angeles City in the Philippines.

Or you could have an Aussie Burger with the works. It was, after all, AFL Grand Final and the men who come to this centre of sex tourism were out in force. More than sixty gathered to watch the game.

In most of the pubs in the red light district, AFL was screening live.

As Sting concluded his song and the teams ran through the banners, the crowd swelled. Some came on scooters, sitting proud, their t-shirts neatly tucked in to their board shorts and beer bellies resting on their thighs. Others were on foot, some with a much


Transportation Department has been successfully redirecting visitors to the Dalziel Garage at 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza and monthly parking permit holders to City Center West at 1250 Martin Luther King Jr. Way. When the Dalziel Garage routinely fills up, motorists are directed to City Center West.

“The cost of replacement parking on the site would cost the city millions of dollars even under the best scenario,” the report said.

It would cost the city about $4 million to replace part of the garage’s 355 parking spots with an office building.

While options for the Clay Street Garage are being considered, the city is developing a public land use policy that could alter its suggestion; the policy is scheduled to be discussed by the City Council in June.

The policy would guide allFILE PHOTO: General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra speaks at GM's press conference at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., January 16, 2018. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo

By Susan Taylor

TORONTO (Reuters) - General Motors Co Chief Executive Mary Barra will not come before Canadian legislators to answer questions about the automaker's future in the country, but lower-ranking executives will appear, a lawmaker said on Thursday.

GM said in November it would close its Oshawa, Ontario, assembly plant by year-end, part of a broad restructuring affecting four other plants in the United States, as it cuts costs and invests in electric and self-driving vehicles.

Last month, the Canadian Parliament's Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology approved Vice Chairman Brian Masse's request for Barra to "explain GM's future


and continued commitment to the Canadian automotive and manufacturing industry."

Barra's "complex schedule wouldn't allow her to be there in a reasonable period of time," said GM spokesman David Paterson. He added that two "subject matter experts" - GM Canada President Travis Hester and Vice President of North American Manufacturing Gerald Johnson - would likely appear before the committee in March.

Masse, a member of the opposition New Democrats, said it was frustrating that Barra would not attend because she is the "principal strategist" behind GM's restructuring and could explain why Oshawa did not merit investment.

"We need to understand the future jobs and commitment of General Motors because we need to better understand how we fit in their global operations," Masse said.

Canada's auto union, which represents 2,600 assembly line workersfive-year enhancement under section 667(a)(1) that this court in Vizcarra I

ordered imposed for his serious felony prior, plus the additional two years resulting from

the doubling under the Three Strikes law of the original two-year term imposed as to

count 3.

       C. Vizcarra's Contentions

       Vizcarra again appeals, raising two main contentions. First, he contends the

seven-year increase in his aggregate prison sentence─from 15 to 22 years─following his

first appeal is illegal as a matter of law, and he asserts his 22-year sentence must be

reduced to 15 years. Second, he contends the court abused its discretion in resentencing

him on remand "by failing to complete a full sentencing analysis and by relying on

improper sentencing considerations."

       For


Zermeno─who was

affiliated with a rival street gang─twice in the ribs with a knife, causing him to suffer a

collapsed lung. Zermeno was hospitalized for about two weeks. At the time of the

assault, Vizcarra was accompanied by Jeffrey Ruiz, whose Chicali gang moniker was

"Speedy" and who testified at trial that he saw Vizcarra stab Zermeno.

       While in custody, Vizcarra made three phone calls: one to his fellow Chicali gang

member, Fernando Flores, and the others to Chicali gang associates Carlos Angulo and

Walter Lopez. Specifically, in the first phone call, Vizcarra called Angulo. Vizcarra told

Angulo: "Ask for [Zermeno], man. Find him, man. Do that favor for me, man, and tell

him that when he goes to court to say, 'No.' You know what I mean?" Angulo replied,

"Yes."Unlike our media and politicians, Major-General Aviv Kochavi is paid to see reality without fear or favor, and to tell it like it is.

American conservatives have thought so at least since the Twin Towers bombing in 2001, and some, like Andy McCarthy, have known it since the Blind Sheikh tried to truck-bomb the World Trade Center in 1993.

In fact, historians may date the start of the Global Jihad to October 1979 -- to the Islamic Revolution in Iran, after Jimmy Carter betrayed our loyal ally the shah of Iran to the most cruel and oppressive reactionary ideology in the world. That was the first major explosion of Muslim imperialism in modern times. Iran is now moving toward nukes and missile production, with the quiet consent of Barack Hussein


to the world. There are always Churchills if you look for them, just as there are always Benedict Arnolds. By now we can spot them.

That is why the real action today is in the conservative blogosphere, which is growing rapidly around the world. The UK Daily Mail breaks more important stories about American politics than any mainstream "news" outfit in the United States. India's prime minister is a free-market economist, and the Times of India often sounds like a mainstream conservative newspaper. Canada is enjoying a swing to conservatism.

In fact if not in law, the Anglosphere is becoming real. That is crucial, because every war turns on the will to win, and building up the will to resist requires an open conversation in an open society.

The global jihadthe world's nations are now aggressors, appeasers, or truth-tellers.

American conservatives are feeling deeply discouraged by the last election, in which Obama's corrupt IRS played a treacherous, unconstitutional, illegal, and grossly immoral role.

This is the Chamberlain Appeasement moment of the jihad war. To a desperate Winston Churchill, Chamberlain's surrender to Hitler was the lowest point. Just two years later, in May of 1940, Churchill became the prime minister. The long years of self-deception finally gave way to the truth.

Peace is good; war is bad; defeat and surrender are the worst. Conservatives are truth-tellers, and seeing another chapter in the madness of the left makes us feel angry and discouraged. But history is full of these moments: sly aggressors, self-deceived "peace"-makers, back-stabbers, and truth tellers.

Our job is only to tell


the wrist. The sunko pulse can be detected at three sites--upper, middle and lower, i.e., sunn, kann, and shaku sites, at the periphery. In contrast, an orally conveyed medical learning known as Ayurveda has long been known in India. As in the case of pulse diagnosis in Chinese medicine, in Ayurveda, the physician applies pressure with his second through fourth fingers on the skin over the radius artery in the patient's arm to take the pulse
A technique for regularly and quantitatively performing a pulse diagnosis is disclosed in JPA No.6-197873, in which a rubber glove in which a plurality of linear distortion gauges have been affixed to sites in contact with the second through fourth finger pads is placed on the hand, and the pulse wave is detectedwas put under surveillance and at 6:30 p.m. that evening, the vehicle in question drove near the area, stopped momentarily, then drove on. At 10:30 p.m., the vehicle again appeared, stopped briefly near the marijuana, and let defendant out before driving on. Defendant was arrested after being observed near the marijuana. A short time later, defendant's accomplice, Thomas Wilhelm, was arrested as he walked on the road toward the marijuana.
Wilhelm's car was discovered about ½ mile away and was towed and impounded. A subsequent warranted search of the vehicle resulted in the discovery of drugs, as well as evidence connecting Wilhelm and defendant to the marijuana-harvesting operation. Among the latter evidence were a large number of Polaroid brand pictures, including pictures that the two had apparently taken of


Shawn Chaulk looks over his collection of Gretzky game used sticks at his home in Fort McMurray, April 16, 2013. (CP/Jason Franson)

Shawn Chaulk sat in his car Tuesday watching chaos erupt around him. He was trapped in traffic, the fuel light was on and the forest fire burning out of control in Fort McMurray was descending upon him, his wife and three children.

“I could see it coming, and I sincerely thought we would all perish in the vehicle,” Mr. Chaulk said, and then he began to sob quietly.

All around him on Tuesday, people desperate to escape started jumping sidewalks with their cars, and then started driving straight down them. They drove on the wrong side of the road, too.

“It was like a scene out of a bad movie,”he said.

In the morning, everything was normal. He and his wife, Tanya, had got their kids, ages 4 to 12, off to school. At around 11, when he was done with a medical appointment, he noticed smoke in the air, but not enough to alarm him.

From there, he went to a business meeting, and when he emerged 45 minutes later, everything had changed.

“I looked at the sky and it was like Armageddon,” he said.

A general contractor, Mr. Chaulk moved to Fort McMurray from Newfoundland with his family 36 years ago, when his dad accepted a job at Syncrude. Life has been good, and over the years Mr. Chaulk has accumulated what could be the world’s largest collection of Wayne Gretzky memorabilia. Three years ago, he sold 23 items


at the Northern Lights Regional Health Centre until an appointment could be arranged in Edmonton for an angiogram.

From Fredericton, originally, Mr. Veness has worked in Fort McMurray since 2007. Just last week, he rented a house in the city’s Abasand neighbourhood, and was sharing it with his 25-year-old daughter and her baby.

On Monday, a requisition was sent to Alberta Health Services for his imaging test.

“Of course, then the world went crazy,” Mr. Veness, 63, said from his bed in the cardiac-care ward at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital in Edmonton.

Early in the day on Tuesday, as a forest fire was bearing down on Fort McMurray, a hospital administrator told him he might have to be moved. Late that afternoon, as the fire raced through parts of the citylike a locomotive, he was one of the 73 acute-care patients evacuated.

Mr. Veness had been following the situation on social media, but had no idea how grave it was until he was taken downstairs. As his wheelchair was pushed out the emergency-room doors, he was greeted by a cataclysmic vision.

A hillside was in flames a few hundred metres directly in front of him.

“You could hear the fire roaring, and there was a strong, smoky smell,” Mr. Veness said. “There was a coating of ash on the ground, like light snow that you brush aside when you walk through it.”

With sirens wailing, Mr. Veness was taken by ambulance through bumper-to-bumper traffic, first to the evacuation centre at MacDonald Island Park and then to a work camp in the north.


when her daughter’s daycare asked parents to retrieve their kids.

What normally takes less than an hour turned into a nearly two-hour drive. By then her husband, Jon, away on business in Calgary, was urging her to flee.

Reaching the home in Timberlea they purchased a year and a half ago, Ms. Tupper packed a few items for herself and milk and food for their 23-month-old daughter, Lillian. Then she headed to the evacuation centre at MacDonald Island, from which she was directed to go to a work camp, from which she was directed back to MacDonald Island.

The city was in a full-fledged panic, with fire shutting down the only access route to the south. A short time later, she learned the highway was reopened, and headed for Edmonton.

As shein Portland, Ore. It wasn’t until Tuesday, when she landed in Calgary for a connecting flight to Fort McMurray, that she knew something was wrong.

Turning on her phone, she found 16 frantic messages from people inquiring about her whereabouts. She owns a two-storey, five-bedroom house in Timberlea.

“There was no fire when I left,” said Ms. Picco, 34, a maintenance analyst for Shell Canada.

A short while later, her flight to Fort McMurray was cancelled and she was diverted to Edmonton, where she is staying with friends.

Nine years ago, she moved from Newfoundland to northern Alberta to accept a job in the oil sands. Her plan was to save money to go to university. She never left.

“I fell in love with the lifestyle,” Ms. Picco said.

She is not sure what


of Cards changed the landscape of storytelling and the way audiences consumed entertainment. From the very beginning, Kelly said that he knew the show was changing television. With Fincher at the helm, Kelly talked about how he would film scenes and knew they were on to something with this series that looked at the fractured and corrupt world of politics. While shooting the first season, Fincher invited Kelly to watch an episode in his office and he was floored.

Netflix

“I just came out and my mouth was agape,” remembered Kelly. “[Fincher] asked, ‘You like it?’ I said, ‘Holy sh*t!'” He called his manager and said that after watching one episode he knew that they were making something special.

Doug isn’t exactly the nicest guys on the show — the exacthas issued a travel advisory for Americans traveling anywhere in the world through the end of August. The government says the warnings were issued because of the increased threat from al-Qaeida in the Middle East and northern Africa.

Snowden Finds Home in Russia: The answer to the question, “where in the world will Edward Snowden go,” has been answered. Russia allowed former NSA contractor Snowden to leave the airport and granted the American asylum for up to one year.

Manning a Martyr? Bradley Manning, the Wikileaks source, was found guilty this week on 20 counts but found not guilty of espionage, the harshest charge he faced. The verdict could cool future whistleblowers from coming forward and might embolden the Obama administration in continuing to harshly prosecute those who leak government


miles of Pyongyang, which is about the limit of whatever plane Mr. Kim and his aides can scrounge from the hangar. This would eliminate cities in Europe and the United States, which is too bad. When Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev came to the United States and his hosts were considering possibilities of what Mr. Khrushchev might like to see — the Grand Canyon, rare paintings and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, a Gay Pride Parade in San Francisco — he said what he really wanted to see was Disneyland. Anyone who has visited Pyongyang can see how Mickey Mouse would make Mr. Kim feel at home, so Los Angeles certainly would be a possibility in the unlikely event the summit will happen in the landThere are a number of storylines that stand out ahead of the start of the new I-League season but perhaps the most poignant one is of Srinagar-based club Real Kashmir, who will be making their top division debut in the 2018-19 campaign and will become the first team from the state of Jammu and Kashmir to feature in the professional top flight in India.

Formed just four years ago, the side secured their promotion after a dramatic campaign in the second division, which concluded with a 3-2 win against Hindustan FC in May – thus rounding off a fairytale run for the team. Leading the team from the touchline was coach David Robertson, who enjoyed a stellar career with Scottish Premier League giants Rangers FC as a player, and


has previously coached sides in his native Scotland and the United States.

AIFF Media spoke to the six-time Scottish Premier Division winner, where he talked about the upcoming season, his experience in India so far and his thoughts on the talents of the local Kashmiri players among other things. EXCERPTS:

After a fairytale season in the second division last time around, what are your expectations going into the team’s first season in the I-League?

A : It has been quite an incredible last few months for us at the club. We have no expectations laid down as such and just want to take one game at a time. We’d like to compete well in our games, make sure we go in there and hold our own and after 2-3 games, we’llSAN DIEGO—The question from a U.S. magistrate judge to a young woman from Mexico was simple: Are you a United States citizen? But the woman paused and a titter went up from the packed gallery of court officials and news reporters.

“Ms. Gil-Gonzalez, are you an American citizen?” Judge Jill Burkhardt repeated, and the court interpreter simultaneously translated into Spanish. Marcionila Gil-Gonzalez, 19, bit her lip and looked bewildered.

The problem, said her court-appointed attorney, Kathryn Thickstun, was that her client's Spanish is limited to what she picked up in school. Her native language is mixtec, an indigenous dialect native to Mexico. Gil-Gonzalez, her lawyer said, didn’t understand what she was being asked.

Gil-Gonzalez was one of 41 immigrants charged with entering the U.S. illegally, tried in a group as part


file to seats in what was the jury box. The defendants walked in with their heads down and hands clasped behind their backs.

Dressed in the same clothes they wore when Border Patrol arrested them a few days before, they put on headphones and listened to a translation already in progress.

It emerged in the course of three-and-a-half hours of court proceedings that the men and women were people field laborers, maquiladora workers, construction workers, an electrician, and a heavy machine operator. Their journey to the United States federal court in San Diego had begun in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras or El Salvador, and ended in their capture in the desert on a weekend of a 110-degree heat wave.

Most had no criminal record, though for some it was not the firstArchive By Author -

James "Bradley" Kilgore, 35, died Oct. 1 at Hardtner. Born Sept. 17, 1977, at Hutchinson, he was the son of William F. and Brenda L. (Davis) Kilgore. A lifetime Great Bend resident, he was a hand for Clark Well Service, Medicine Lodge.

Margaret J. Krug Shomber, 90, died Oct. 3 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend. She was born March 26, 1922, at Causey, N.M., the daughter of Thomas M. and Cora Mae (Clouse) Morrison. She married Gerald H. Krug on Nov. 3, 1950, at Cunningham. He died Dec. 25, 1978. She married Delbert L. Shomber on Feb. 25, 1989, at Great Bend. He died April 24, 1992. A Great Bend resident since 1945, coming from Wichita, she was a sales clerk for Sears and


pressed ever closer to the first Triple Crown in 45 years Tuesday night. Now, the question facing the Detroit Tigers star is whether to play in the regular-season finale against Kansas City.

LARNED - Wilhelm (Bill) H. Schwartzkopf, 101, died on Oct. 1. Born Oct. 19, 1910, he was son of Philip and Mary Georg Schwartzkopf. He was born north of Alexander and lived there until he was 8 years old. He attended school in Alexander and went to Fort Hays College where he obtained his degree in business education and agriculture. His teaching career included, Johnson and Bushton, but he spent most of his time in Larned, teaching typing, business, and organizing the distributive education program involving the Larned merchants. On June 10, 1937 he married Helen Spomer.She preceded him in ...

LORRAINE - Charlie "Choc" Perkins, 81, died Sept. 29 at his home. Born Sept. 4, 1931 in Ringling, Okla., he was the son of Hosey and Eddie (Underwood) Perkins. A resident of the Lorraine area since 1945, he was a retired lead man for Ref-Chem in Bushton and a farmer and horseman. On Oct. 15, 1953, he married Elda Janzen in Lorraine. She survives.

The Hoisington Wrestling team came as close as a team can come in not winning a team championship at the Central Kansas League tournament hosted by Hoisington this past Saturday. The team lost by just a mere 1/2 point to Smoky Valley High School. Making it even tougher on the Cardinals was that they had the fire power to have won


the tournament, if they had been able to be at full strength. Gone from the lineup was one of their main cogs in senior Chance Boor at 195 lbs. Chance a state placer last year has been a ...

Former Great Bend High School wrestler Zachary Schridde qualified for the National Junior College Athletic Association Wrestling Nationals in the 133-pound weight class. Schridde placed fourth for the Pratt Beavers on Feb. 14, at the West Central District Regionals hosted by Colby Community College. Eight colleges participated including colleges from Oklahoma and Arkansas. Pratt Community College Beavers qualified a total of seven of their nine wrestlers for the National Tournament on Feb. 27-28, held in Des Moines, Iowa. The Pratt Beavers are coached by Ken Kepley.

After rolling to a 4-0Fate of white doves unclear after being released by children standing alongside pontiff in front of crowd in St Peter's Square

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Two white doves that were released as a peace gesture by children standing alongside Pope Francis were attacked by other birds.

As tens of thousands of people watched in St Peter's Square on Sunday, a seagull and a large black crow swept down on the doves after they were set free from an open window of the Apostolic Palace.

A seagull attacks a dove in St Peter's Square. Photograph: Gregorio Borgia/AP

One dove lost some feathers as it broke free from the gull. But the crow pecked repeatedly at the other dove. It was not clear what


B.C. teachers' feud dates back decades

VANCOUVER - All summer long, there's been one overriding conversation amongst the hundred-plus employees at a Vancouver financial firm who have school-age children: British Columbia's acrimonious teachers' strike.

Project analyst Robert Ford, with Credential Financial, has a 12-year-old daughter and six-year-old son who won't be starting their school year this Tuesday, and he said the parents at his company all feel the same.

"Fed up," he said. "That's it. No matter what, they want it done. Parents have actually devolved in their opinions to (picking) neither side. Just get 'er done."

Fourteen weeks have passed since B.C.'s more than 40,000 unionized teachers walked off the job in a rotating and then full-scale strike last June, ejecting half-a-million children from classes about two weeks before summer break.

Justkey obstacles.

But today's bitter standoff is actually backloaded with more than four decades of labour strife in the province's education sector, said a historian who has documented 140 years of the B.C. school system.

Tom Fleming, who wrote the book "Worlds Apart" in 2011 and lead a Royal Commission on Education in 1987-1988, said there's been more than 50 strikes and three lockouts since April 1987.

"We've had this reputation of having very turbulent labour relations," said Fleming, a University of Victoria professor emeritus.

"There's a history of struggle and conflict that is now in the DNA of both sides. The teachers are innately distrustful of government and government is innately distrustful of teachers."

Fleming said the province's public schooling system was peaceful for a century up until 1972, run by a


an internationally top-performing school system, said Jerry Mussio, who spent much of 30 years in the education ministry as a senior bureaucrat.

"You've got these excellent teachers," said Mussio, who has since served as Canada's representative in the development of the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment. "I think that they've been poorly served by both government and by their union."

He said a positive outcome of the past three months of turmoil would be at long last recognition from both sides they must figure out a better way to manage their relationship.

"In terms of the larger picture, getting together and sorting this out so we don't have a repeat of this is crucial," he said. "Otherwise we are going to have a crumbling of the public school system, whichalso widely assumed (by me!) that the Jets were on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Then Buffalo came into the Meadowlands yesterday and received a curb-stomping so thorough that it rendered all of those seemingly concrete assumptions worthless in a matter of minutes.

The New York Knicks letting Jeremy Lin walk out the door—for nothing—was the dumbest decision in the history of professional sports.

But let's forget about that for a moment. The words "dumb" and "Knicks" are so interchangeable at this point that the notion of the franchise choosing an option with a $15 million downside (the excess luxury tax the team faced if it matched Houston's offer) over an option with a billion dollar downside (Lin's potential career marketing value if he kept up his level of