Noah was named Defensive Player of the Year. "This award is a team award," he said after accepting the trophy. The Bulls led the NBA in opponents scoring and finished second in opponents field-goal percentage. The defense should improve, but the offense remains a concern for the Bulls. Chicago was held to 39 points in the second half, where a pure scorer, which the Bulls dont have, could take over a game. Chicago also shot 42 percent from the field and 25 percent from long range. Washington will host Game 3 on Friday night. Wholesale Nike NFL JerseysDisocunt Football JerseysWhite NFL Jerseys CheapDiscount JerseysWholesale Jerseys 2020Wholesale NFL T-shirtsNFL Jerseys China ' ' 'A day after Dalila Yeend, a Troy mother of two detained by immigration officials this summer following her arrest for a traffic violation, petitioned for help to raise funds to fight her deportation, a stranger donated the full amount needed. The donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, gave Yeend $1,225 - the cost of filing her green card and work authorization applications. If she couldn't pay and file, it was more likely that an immigration judge would order her deported at her next date in immigration court on Nov. 19.

Yeend's tears of fear yesterday turned to relief today. Yeend, who previously worked at Dunkin' Donuts in Troy, hasn't had steady income since she was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after rolling through a stop sign


to raise an extra $250 so that she can renew her 11-year-old daughter's passport and get one for her 9-year-old son so that they can travel if she is deported.

In addition to not being able to work, Yeend can't drive and has been depending on rides from the community.

"The community in Troy has been very understanding and very generous. I have some complete strangers who reached out to help," she said. "The community itself has stepped up big time."

Yeend came with her mother to the U.S. 18 years ago on a New Zealand passport. As a 17 year old, she was a dependent on her mother's permanent resident application. Yeend's mother said a shady immigration lawyer misled the family and stole thousands of dollars from them.

After she turned18, Yeend had to make her own application to stay in the country. She settled in Troy, where she got married and had kids, of whom she has full custody after a domestic violence incident.

Yeend herself was arrested twice prior to the traffic stop, once for criminal mischief and once as part of a large Rensselaer County investigation into welfare fraud, according to public records. Yeend fought the charges, which were dropped.

According to her current attorney, she made a green card application, working with an attorney doing pro bono work out of Buffalo. In the middle of the process, that attorney decided to stop practicing in that court and Yeend was once again left adrift.

In 2015, ICE began Yeend's deportation proceedings and required her to check in regularly


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James Bruggers,The (Louisville) Courier-Journal

LOUISVILLE — A cave in Trimble County, Ky., that is holding up construction of a coal ash landfill may have been a hiding place for the Underground Railroad, a network that helped slaves move from the South to freedom in northern states in the 1800s.

"In the opinion of this investigator, the 'Wentworth Lime Cave' serves as a very real example of a 'holding' or way station to aid slave escapes along the Ohio River," concluded Alicestyne Turley, a historian and contractor hired by Louisville Gas & Electric Co. (LG&E) consultants to review markings found inside the cave.

The Army Corps of Engineers is reviewing the study and other information as part of a wetlands destruction permit required for the landfill. "We


officials will meet with state historical preservation officials and others Thursday to discuss a resolution, Hornback said.

He said that even if the corps agrees that the cave was part of the Underground Railroad, it could still allow construction to destroy the cave, but some form of documenting the cave could be required.

Because Kentucky shared a border with the free states of Indiana, Ohio and Illinois, a number of escape corridors passed through Kentucky, moving about 300 slaves to freedom through the state each year, according to corps officials.

Because Trimble County is so close to Madison, Ind., and its large community of abolitionists, it was one of the most used escape corridors, Turley wrote.

Inscriptions on the cave may have been written by slaves or others, providing evidence of theiron our couch the next morning.

In 1989, my radical Jewish single mom took me to live in Chile. It was the year the people voted to end the two-decade dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. He is the reason my Chilean father was exiled to the United States in the first place. I remember the day the vote came down like it was yesterday. Imagine me, pot-bellied and blonde, a Latina Little Miss Sunshine, dressed in an oversized t-shirt with my hair pulled into a half-side ponytail (forgive me it was the late 80s).

My tia Ingrid and cousin Mari-Inez pick us up in their car and we take to the streets. We drive from my grandparent’s quiet neighborhood, to the center of town. As we drive the low murmur grows


Tsunehisa "The Dune" Amago

Unlike the other feudal lords, Tsunehisa is a four-year-old child who found herself attending one of modern Japan's preschools. However, like some of the other feudal lords she also possessed an ambition appropriate of a lord of her age: gain dominion over the daycare's large sandbox and build a big sandcastle on it.St. Baldrick's Fundraiser at Greenwich High School

March 18, 2014

Greenwich High School's second annual St. Baldrick's fundraising event, which took place on St. Patrick's Day, was a success. Participants had their heads shaved (or locks cut) to raise awareness and money for the St. Baldrick's Foundation, an organization that raises funds for childhood cancer research. At midday, students had raised more than $30,000, eclipsing 2013's total of $25,000. See photos of the fun below.

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Catabolic and anabolic phases of osteodystrophy in aged rats.
The aims of this study were to investigate the incidence and characteristics of osteodystrophy that occurred in rats which were maintained until death without experimental intervention. We defined and characterized catabolic and anabolic phases of osteodystrophy, based on the morphology of the cortical bone. During the catabolic phase, large resorption cavities appeared within the cortical bone. During the anabolic phase, progressively increased amounts of new bone was formed, which partially or completely filled previous resorption cavities and also extended into the medullary space. Contrary to previous experimental studies of renal failure in rats, which documented suppression of bone formation, the present studies found that the majority of rats displayed evidence of an anabolic phase with extensive new bone formation. Thefinancial system is a dream of mine and FuzeX is making this dream into a reality,” he said.

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Archie vs. Predator is a comic book and intercompany crossover, written by Alex de Campi and drawn by Fernando Ruiz. It was originally published as a four-issue limited series in the United States by Dark Horse Comics and Archie Comics in 2015. The single issues were released between April and July, a hardcover collection went on sale in November 2015, and a paperback collection became available in August 2019.

Following in a long tradition of all-American teenager Archie Andrews meeting unusual celebrities and pop culture icons, this comic book shows him meeting the galaxy's deadliest hunter, the Predator. The idea was first suggested in the Archie office and then proposed to Dark Horse, who holds the license to comics featuring the Predator character owned by 20th Century


modern comic art is created using digital tools and scans to accelerate the creation process, the art team for Archie vs. Predator chose to use traditional methods and used FedEx to get the physical copy of each page to the person who would complete the next step in the process.

Archie Comics and Dark Horse Comics jointly announced Archie vs. Predator and its creative team at the 2014 New York Comic Con. Soon after, many media outlets carrying the news used a headline indicating the bizarre announcement was not a joke. Wright described it as his "most nutso project" and was continually surprised by the scale of positive reaction to it.

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I have always been involved with drawing, painting, and illustrations. I alos was raised in southern Louisiana where I became very familiar with the many characters that appear in my Froggy books. After much trial and error, along with the encouragement from a few friends and acquaintances I was able to create my first book, entitled "Froggy: The Beginning." It is a story about a little frog who was rescued and raised by a kind stranger after a violent flood swept her away from her mom and siblings. The setting is in an imaginary location in the Manchac, Louisiana area which I named the "Kooterville Swamp." Her story continues in the books that follow. Suitable for young children and adults who like to read to their children. Largemoment, Ardeth was content to believe him.

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The fire engines began to leave the Dale estate at dawn, followed by the black-and-white police cars that had arrived in their wake six hours earlier. Last in the procession were the ambulances, lights as still and dead as their charred cargo.

The house was a ruin, roof gone, stone walls standing but scorched and black with soot, the interior gutted. Once the fire had escaped the sterile confines of the laboratory, it had devoured the aging wood that had sheltered five generations of Dales.

From the back of the police car, Lisa Takara watched the remaining investigators begin to wrap the smouldering shell in yellow ribbons.

They had been kind so far, accepting her clumsy answers and blank passivity as evidence of shock.


2,000 Leafs a month in the United States. It sold 18,078 Leafs to U.S. drivers from January to October, not far behind the 18,782 Chevrolet Volts delivered in the same period and a big jump from the 9,819 sold in all of 2012.

Supplies of the Leaf at U.S. Nissan dealers are currently running at about 20 days. Normally the company likes to keep supplies at around 60 days.

"We are supply constrained... We will start producing more Leafs probably by the end of this year -- so December January time," he said.

Munoz was promoted to lead Nissan's North American business this month as part of a broad management shakeup at the company. He takes on his new role January 1.

Munoz' comments came the same day U.S. auto safety regulatorslaunched an investigation into electric car maker Tesla Motors' (TSLA) Model S sedan after three car fires in six weeks, including two in the United States.

Munoz said Tesla's recent troubles had not impacted sales of the Leaf.


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-Added family of Alys Harroway

-Joffrey Dogget is now new captain of Warrior's Sons after death of Damon the Devout

-Added Poxy Jeyne Poore, Septon Moon, Ragged Silas and Dennis the Lame to the game

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-King Maegor is now supported by some historical lords in 8043

-Added Androw Farman, second son of Lord Farman and lover of princess Rhaena

-Updated information about House Qoherys

-Added Ellyn Caron, lady of Nightsong

-Added trusting and kind traits to Aenys

-Added Alton Butterwell and his widowed sister with seven children

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and later beat her for violating a separate demand that she remain naked at all times while in the couple's home.

As first reported by the Pioneer Press's Kevin Harter, O'Brien's complaint seeks $60 million in damages from Anderson, who has denied her abuse allegations.

A similarly bizarre "Contract of Wifely Expectations" surfaced in mid-February in connection with prosecution of Travis Frey, an Iowa man who was convicted last month of sex abuse and domestic assault. (6 pages)Scientists have warned that a bizarre fish that can walk out of water and survive on land for nearly six days could result in a "major disaster" for the wildlife.

The climbing perch fish, which is reportedly a native of Papua New Guinea, is a freshwater fish armed with lungs as well as gills and was first found in northern Australia.

The 10-inch walking fish is now being marked off as a possible threat to birds and larger fish.

They can flex out those gill plates on the side of the head, which means they can actually — with the sharp spines — leverage themselves across land. - Nathan Waltham, James Cook University

Researchers at the James Cook University in Queensland, Australia, believe it could spell a "major disaster" for the Australian


technique and delivers nothing but angst and irritation." Fangoria criticized the film for many of the same reasons, as it felt that the movie began on a strong note but became "inauthentic and irritating" after the film depicted "Almost everyone, online or not, responds to [the main character's troubles] with immediate hostility or disbelief."

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Category:Directorial debut filmsThe fight against Islamic terrorism will persist on the Fourth of July, but that does not mean U.S. service members deployed overseas will have to forego celebrating the birth of the United States on account of being in a war zone.

Amid the unrelenting threat in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan posed by the likes of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and the Taliban, the celebrations for U.S. troops there will not feature the large barbecues and fireworks scattered throughout the United States.

Nevertheless, American troops risking their lives to defend the United States and ensure their compatriots at home can freely celebrate Independence Day will get a taste of the holiday from a special meal served on Fourth of July.

“The Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) hosts multiple events on July Fourth


its partnered forces remain alert and intently focused on the destruction of ISIS.”

Thanks to the sacrifice of American troops, ISIS has suffered significant losses in its so-called caliphate of Iraq and Syria.

The U.S. military has also degraded the terrorist organization’s wing in Afghanistan.

However, ISIS is still very much alive and kicking, threatening not only the American service members taking them on overseas but also people in the United States.

U.S. troops in Afghanistan, home the largest concentration of terrorist organizations in the world, are also fighting a resilient Taliban, the most powerful jihadist group in the country.

American service members find themselves deployed across the world in defense of liberty and values that are particularly evident during the Fourth of July festivities in cities across the United States.

In foreign basesThere has been an increase in crime in the Oak Lawn area lately. Several have been attacked, buildings have been vandalized, someone was found dead. There is a responsibility for local business owners and the city to take measures to increase the safety of the Oak Lawn district of Dallas.

We need a "Lights, Cameras, Action" approach:

Lights: Increase the nighttime street and sidewalk illumination on Cedar Springs Road and adjacent areas to deter crime.

Cameras: Increase the number of cameras facing areas in which crime could occur.

Action: Take immediate actions to decrease crime in the area. Invest in private security and increase police patrols. Post signs stating that the area is under surveillance. Increase visibility of security on surrounding streets off the strip.

Make Oak Lawn a hard place to commit


singular kindness, who tried to shield me from his own darker nature during my formative years. Upon a time when both he and I were stripped of our guardians, he took it upon himself to set aside his dreams and predispositions, and did whatever it took, within his hard-earned and meagre means, to provide me with an education. Reducing himself to a human being with fewer and fewer needs, he became a bulwark that protected and sustained me in times of dearth, uncertainty, and emotional upheaval, and largely made me the man I am today.

This book was written in the days, weeks, and months following the sudden and unexpected death of my father. The poems venture into inconsolable symptoms of loss, grief, guilt, regret, memory, madness, absurd irreversibility,In his one-page proclamation, Dayton noted that Spam debuted on July 5, 1937. The Hormel-produced meat quickly became known for its affordability and versatility. Hormel, and Spam, are based in Austin, Minn.

Eight billion cans of Spam have been sold in more than 44 countries, and during World War II, allied troops were fed more than 100 million pounds of Spam.


1 Assault Group

1 Assault Group Royal Marines (1 AGRM) is the lead for amphibious warfare and Royal Navy board and search training. The group is tasked with training and developing core amphibious and surface assault skills and equipment.

The Group is responsible for 4 subordinate units which deliver the vast spectrum of training and operations required in delivering amphibious and surface assault capability of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.

11 Amphibious Trials and Training Squadron in Instow, North Devon deliver training that covers the area between the craft and the beachhead.

The Instow squadron also conducts the trials and testing of future crafts.

The Royal Navy School of Board and Search at HMS Raleigh in Torpoint trains both individuals and ship’s boarding teams to conduct the full range of boarding operationsthat is required by the Naval Service.

In addition, 1AGRM is also tasked with parenting the Assault Squadrons of the Royal Marines (ASRMs) and their Landing Craft detachments which are assigned to the amphibious assault ships.

These ASRMs provide the landing craft and therefore the fighting capability for the Royal Navy’s Amphibious Capital Ships, HMS Ocean and the Albion Class Landing Platform Docks.

On the 2nd August 2013, 1 AGRM and 10 Training Squadron moved into their new home at RM Tamar in Devonport, which was formally opened by Prince Harry.

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and rejected the appropriateness of the government's motion, we affirm the district court's decision.

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While incarcerated at Shawnee Correctional Center on charges of theft by deception, Kevin Russell purchased counterfeit cashier's checks from John Smith.  Russell then gave the counterfeit checks to Toni Penson to deposit.  The FBI caught Penson, who implicated Russell.  Russell, in turn, implicated Smith as the source of the counterfeit checks.  As part of his cooperation with the FBI's investigation of Smith, Russell allowed the FBI to tape phone conversations between himself and Smith, and convinced Smith to deliver some counterfeit cashier's checks to an undercover FBI agent.

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On January 18, 1994, Russell pleaded guilty to one charge of bank fraud under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1344.  Based on the offense andRussell's criminal history, the Sentencing Guidelines provided for a range of 70-87 months in prison.  On March 30, 1994, the district court sentenced Russell to 70 months in prison.  Although Russell had an extensive criminal history, the court sentenced at the low end of the range largely because of Russell's assistance to the FBI in investigating and apprehending Smith.

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The FBI arrested Smith sometime between Russell's guilty plea and sentencing hearing.  Smith did not plead guilty to bank fraud, however, until after Russell was sentenced.  On March 30, 1995, the government submitted a motion pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 35(b) requesting that the court reduce Russell's sentence by fifty percent.  Russell submitted a memorandum in support of the government's motion.  The court denied the motion,


lip of the corolla where pollinators come in contact with the flower, and diurnal changes in the size of the corolla pool closely paralleled the amount emitted by intact flowers throughout the day, as determined by headspace sampling. Pollination dramatically decreases both the pools of BA in the corolla and its emission from flowers. Similarly, nicotine, a broadly biocidal defense metabolite and an induced defense in vegetative and reproductive tissues, is also found in the headspace of flowers and is principally localized in the basal parts of the corolla below the attachment of the filaments and the nectar reward. Moreover, the dynamics of the corolla pools of BA and nicotine throughout the day are consistent with their roles in advertisement and defense, respectively. The corolla pools of nicotineDavid Tennant (DJ) plays the title role in Patrick Marber's Don Juan in Soho with Adrian Scarborough as Stan and Gawn Grainger as Louis. They are joined by Theo Barklem-Biggs (Pete), Mark Ebulué (Aloysius), Mark Extance (ensemble), David Jonsson (Col), Dominique Moore(Lottie), Emma Naomi (ensemble), Alice Orr-Ewing (Mattie and Ruby), Himesh Patel (Vagabond), Adrian Richards (ensemble), William Spray(ensemble), Danielle Vitalis (Elvira) and Eleanor Wyld (Dalia).

Check out brand new photos of the show below!

"Please don't be charmed, he's not a lovable rogue..." Loosely based on Molière's tragicomedy 'Don Juan', this modern update transports the action to contemporary London and follows the final adventures of its debauched protagonist - a cruel seducer who lives only for pleasure.

The production began previews at Wyndham's Theatre on 17 March 2017, with press night


Trump’s reputation as a dealmaker is a sham, walking away from Paris proves it

The arse of the deal: America, Trump voters and Trump himself all lose, bigly.

The man who wrote The Art of the Deal just put a knife into one of the best deals ever negotiated on behalf of this country. His decision Thursday to abandon the Paris climate agreement proves he is in reality one of the worst dealmakers in history.

On top of that, the U.S. emissions reduction pledge was the absolute bare minimum we could possibly put on the table and was much weaker than most other rich countries.

That’s why Trump’s claim Thursday he is willing to somehow “negotiate our way back into Paris … or to negotiate a new deal” was rejected just anyou are looking for.

But a few places we sampled and can recommend are:

Riva Grill – is a lakefront eatery that is a local favorite. It offers contemporary American food and there's plenty of parking.

Outpost Brewing Company – is a great apres ski location offering handcrafted brews.

Azul Latin Kitchen – located near the gondola this restaurant offers a delicious Mexican inspired menu.

Off the Hook Sushi – Another local favorite, this hot spot is located in the middle of town and will satisfy your seafood cravings.

See full recommendations on where to eat at Tahoe South Food Guide

Lake Tahoe is a year-round destination offering activities for families, couples and even bachelors and bachelorettes.

We enjoyed North Lake Tahoe's laid-back pace and quiet atmosphere, but families and younger single travelers will definitely love


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Princess, my old, old old cat, is coming to the end of her life. She's somewhere over 20, but we do not know how much over 20 she is, as she was living wild in the woods for at least a year before she decided to live in our house instead. Right now she's in the bathroom in the attic, beside the space heater, sleeping most of the time.This is her on my lap last night. (From WhoSay .)Because she is in the attic I went into the attic last night, and while I was there I looked in some tubs of papers. I found one marked Poems, and found myself flicking through sheafs of discolouring papers with poems or drawings orWojciech Szczesny has told Arsenal Player that Tottenham Hotspur "do not have enough quality" to finish in the top-four.

A late Gareth Bale goal gave Tottenham a 1-0 win over Southampton on Saturday and temporarily lifted them back into the Champions League places, but Arsenal and Chelsea won by the same scoreline in their respective games against Queens Park Rangers and Manchester United as Andre Villas-Boas' men dropped back to fifth.

Spurs travel to Chelsea on Wednesday as the pair play out their game in hand over the Gunners, and an away victory would take Arsenal's fate out of their own hands, but Szczesny feels his side have little to fear from their North London rivals.

"I was convinced that Tottenham had drawn 0-0 against Southampton," Szczesny told Arsenal Player. "I


Ratimai Jehangir Ghandy's Timeline

More than fifty years ago, a young elegant man stood up in the Lok Sabha and started speaking, better to say roaring. He was exposing out the first scam in the parliamentary democracy of India, though he belong to the Treasury bench. His father in law, the then Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru was hearing the thundering words. Nothing prevented Feroze Gandhi from exposing corruptions.

He started: “A mutiny in my mind has compelled me to raise this debate. When things of such magnitude, as I shall describe to you later, occur, silence became a crime…..”

It went on, when with several counter arguments with the then Finance Minister T.T. Krishnamachari, while the Lok Sabha heard it with pin drop silence. Indian democracy was first experiencingthis is another Goenka running banks,” Feroze once clarified”) were exposed by Feroze for using public money by running banks and insurance companies and transferring it to their own business.

When some alleged that Feroze was doing these all for Tata’s, as bother were parzis, next came against Tata. Feroze found Telco was making money from railways by supplying locomotive engines at an exorbitant rate. With evidence Feroze exposed Telco for charging more than double for an engine to railways, which lead to exit for Tata and formation of locomotive workshops in public sector.

While immersed in the political crusades and fight against the post-independence monopoly of corporates, he continued his association with journalism as a Managing Director of National Herald and also associated with the Indian Express editorial team.

As


a true socialist, Feroze was the mentor of most of the public sector undertakings in India, including the nationalization of LIC, Indian Oil. Born in a rich family, he went to jail at the age of 18. he can’t be a mute spectator, when freedom struggles were going outside the fortress of his bungalow. The young revolutionary was ‘nuisance’ to his aunt, who was the head of the medical services in Allahabad. She has to file apologies to British government, as and when the nephew was caught.

Fed up with the son’s activities, mother met Gandhiji and requested to advice feroze to concentrate on studies. Hearing the complaints, Gandhiji said : “Your son is a revolutionary. If I get seven persons like him, India would be free in sevendays”.

The author Shashi Bhushan made a good effort to bring out the political biography of a person who was son-in-law, husband, and father of three prime minister’s of India. The 230-page book dedicated to Rajiv Gandhi is mainly focusing on the political life of the real young turk of India. It had only few pages on the controversial personal and married life of Feroze Gandhi and it completely in a gazette nature.

Describing the jovial mood of the marriage ceremony, author end the chapter abruptly :
“Indiraji too was full of responsibility in the political field. She also had to take care of her father. Both of them were actively involved with their political responsibilities”. Author gives only few lines on the revolutionary love affair of Feroze and Indira and


have heard from an anonymous emailer that Todd Pettengill was recently spotted at WWE Headquarters and he could be hosting The Best of WWE In Your House. At the moment we cannot confirm this, however we hope to have more information in the coming weeks. The Best of WWE In Your House DVD and Blu-ray will be released in the United States on April 30, 2013. [Pre-order your copy now].

In some WWE Studios news, the cover art and special features have surfaced for the next WWE Studios release – The Marine 3: Homefront, staring The Miz. This one will be released in the United States on March 5, 2013 (and the following month in the UK). [Pre-order Now]

The Marine 3 features The Miz as Sgt. Jake Carter, who,Washington has become the first U.S. state to sue the agrochemical giant Monsanto over pervasive pollution from PCBs, the toxic industrial chemicals that have accumulated in plants, fish and people around ...

By Laila Bassam and Lisa Barrington ALEPPO, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian army pressed an offensive in Aleppo on Friday with ground fighting and air strikes in an operation to retake all of the city's besieged rebel-held east that would bring victory in the civil war closer for President Bashar al-Assad. "The advance is going according to plan and is sometimes faster than expected," a Syrian military source told Reuters, adding that the Syrian army and its allies had recaptured 32 of east Aleppo's 40 neighborhoods, about 85 percent of the area. There were no reports the


A bald eagle was euthanized Friday morning in California after it was illegally shot with a pellet gun and poisoned with lead, authorities said.

The male eagle was found with a fractured wing Jan. 31 in Petaluma, north of San Francisco, the Bay Area's Fox 2 KTVU-TV reported. The bird was then taken to a veterinary hospital, where an X-ray revealed that its ulna was fractured, according to the Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue.

BALD EAGLE IN MISSOURI FOUND CAUGHT IN FENCE MAY HAVE INGESTED POISON, OFFICIALS SAY

The eagle was also determined to have elevated lead levels that "severely and fundamentally compromised" the bird's heart. Lead exposure usually happens when raptors consume rodents or other animals with human-implemented lead shots in them. For this reason, lead shots are now illegal inNEW YORK -- The NHL canceled the rest of the preseason Thursday, just a day before negotiations were set to resume in an effort to end the lockout.

The league announced its second cancellation of preseason games in a two-sentence statement. NHL owners locked out players Sept. 16 when the collective bargaining agreement expired.

The NHL already had called off all the preseason games scheduled in September. The regular season is supposed to begin Oct. 11.

The two sides have scheduled talks on Friday in New York, although they are on secondary economic issues as opposed to the core of the dispute -- how to split more than $3 billion in annual revenue.


the exotic desert state of Rajasthan, including a trip to the mystical Jaisalmer, which is like something out of 1001 Arabian nights.23 day Essence of India – Udaipur

If you’ve never been to India before and want to see as much of the country in just one trip, our Incredible India tour is a perfect choice. From Chennai in the south to Delhi in North India, we take you to the best spots and give you the most amazing experiences in 24 days. The next departure is March 2018 and another in February 2019.

Nepal We have a couple of awesome trips in Nepal. Incredible Nepal is our original non-trekking Nepal itinerary where we visit villages and jungles, cross the Himalayas and discover the traditional heritage and culture of Kathmandublood doping by Rasmussen would be detected in anti-doping tests.

Rasmussen planned on receiving two blood bags simultaneously during the 2007 Tour de France, so during the 2007 Giro d'Italia, as an experiment, Rasmussen received two blood bags for the 12th stage and subsequent analysis by the Sysmex device showed that no abnormalities could be detected.

"I wanted to know what effect the two bags would have on my blood values," Rasmussen told nrc.nl.

Rasmussen completed the 2007 Giro in 48th place overall and during the 2007 Tour de France he took over the leader's yellow jersey after winning stage 8. The Dane would remain firmly in the overall lead through stage 16, which he also won, but that evening he would be forced out of the Tour and fired by


his team, not for failing a doping test but for revelations regarding his whereabouts in June, 2007. Rasmussen was seen training in Italy, but had filed paperwork with the UCI stating he was in Mexico.

Rasmussen received a two-year ban and returned to racing in 2009. This past January, the Dane confessed to doping throughout the majority of his career, from 1998 until 2010, including the 2007 Tour where he passed his anti-doping tests.

De Rooij and Leinders did not respond to questions from nrc.nl regarding the Sysmex device.2010, an undergraduate student working with Saturno, Max Chamberlain, stumbled onto the house as the team began to excavate at a Mayan city, Xultun, which, despite being known since 1915, had never been professionally excavated. Over the decades, looters had dug deep trenches to access buildings. One day at lunch, Chamberlain announced his intention to find paintings by crawling through the trenches.

Saturno scoffed. The buildings were too shallow — any paint on their walls would surely be long gone, erased by water, dirt, insects and encroaching tree roots.

But sure enough, Chamberlain stumbled onto a wall, open to a trench, showing two red lines.

A quick excavation revealed the back wall of the building — replete with a mural of a resplendent Mayan king, in bright blue, adorned with feathers


With only a few stops it' a quick and easy trip. This month's challenge was to use something from the new Seasonal Expressions Idea Book or inspired by the new products in the book. I LOVE the new Hopscotch paper pack! And there are some really great new hostess special stamp sets in the Idea Book and I used one of them on here (the background stamp and the quote are from the A Thing Well Done set. The globe is from a set in Annual Inspirations called Here We Go. A little twine, some Shimmer Trim and a few sequins. The embossed arrows are from one of our Embossing Folders.

Thanks for stopping by and now head on over to Donna's blog to see what she has createdbetween GO Transit and all nine specialized transit service providers in the Games area, including York Region Transit Mobility Plus.

Our first rapidway on Highway 7 East in Markham and Richmond Hill is ready for the Pan Am Games. While it wasn’t planned specifically for this event, the rapidway will make travelling to events at Markham Pan Am/Parapan Am Centre near Kennedy Road and Enterprise Boulevard much easier.

Major international events like this will often spur the creation of transit infrastructure. The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games led to the creation of the Canada Line, a light rail train in Vancouver that connected the city to the airport.

Vancouver Olympics organizers encouraged spectators and commuters to turn to transit during the Games, just as Pan Am/Parapan Am Games planners are doing now.

Transit


Gorges to hold 'First Day' Hike

Volunteers at Gorges State Park in Sapphire take a break to look at a waterfall after helping clear Bearwallow trail earlier this year. The park will host a 'First Day Hike' starting at 10 a.m. on New Year's Day.

Start off the new year on the right foot. All North Carolina state parks will hold "First Day" hikes to get residents outdoors early this year. Gorges State Park will host a hike starting at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Bearwallow Picnic Shelter.

Ranger Kevin Bischof will lead the 1.25-mile round-trip hike to Lower Bearwallow Falls and will discuss wildflowers and geology along the way. After he returns to the parking area, Bischof will lead another, easier, one-mile round-trip hike to the Gorges Overlook.

The entrance isThe Royal Navy has fired flares at a Spanish research vessel after it strayed into British Gibraltar territorial waters.

HMS Sabre gave the warning to Angeles Alvarino after attempts to contact it by radio failed.

The research vessel, which is investigating the geological risks to the seabed, left British waters after the flares were fired.

A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: “The Royal Navy challenges all unlawful maritime incursions into British Gibraltar territorial waters (BGTW). We back this up by making formal diplomatic protests to the Spanish government.”

Gibraltar’s chief minister, Fabian Picardo, said he had been in contact with the commander of British Forces, Cdre Mike Walliker.

He said: “I have discussed all the tactical decisions taken and am satisfied that they have been designed to demonstrate untrammelled sovereignty, jurisdiction and control


MANAMA, Bahrain (CNN) -- U.S. Navy snipers fatally shot three pirates holding an American cargo-ship captain hostage after seeing that one of the pirates "had an AK-47 leveled at the captain's back," a military official said Sunday.

The captain, who'd been held in a lifeboat in the Indian Ocean since Wednesday, was rescued uninjured, Navy Vice Adm. Bill Gortney told reporters.

Capt. Richard Phillips' ship, the Maersk Alabama, was stormed by pirates 350 miles off Somalia on Wednesday morning. He was "resting comfortably" on the USS Boxer after his rescue Sunday night, according to the Navy.

Phillips contacted his family and received a routine medical exam after his rescue at 7:19 p.m. (12:19 p.m. ET), the Navy Central Command said. Video from aboard the Boxer showed a smiling Phillips shaking handswith Navy personnel.

"The captain is in good health. He's showered up and in a clean set of clothes," Gortney said in a telephone news conference from Navy Central Command in Bahrain.

In Phillips' hometown of Underhill, Vermont, Maersk spokeswoman Alison McColl said Phillips' wife, Andrea, had spoken to her husband by phone after his rescue.

"She was laughing while she was on the phone with him," McColl told reporters. "She was saying his trademark sense of humor was still very much intact, and he's in great spirits. If you guys could have seen her light up when she talked to him, it was really remarkable." Watch spokeswoman read statement from Phillips' family »

U.S. forces moved to rescue Phillips after seeing him in imminent danger on the lifeboat, Gortney said. A


fourth pirate was negotiating Phillips' fate aboard the nearby USS Bainbridge.

"While working through the negotiations process tonight, the on-scene commander from the Bainbridge made the decision that the captain's life was in immediate danger, and the three pirates were killed," Gortney said. "The pirate who surrendered earlier today is being treated humanely; his counterparts who continued to fight paid with their lives."

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The on-scene commander gave the shooters approval to open fire after seeing that "one of the pirates had an AK-47 leveled at the captain's back," Gortney said.

Seas in the area were getting rough at the time of the rescue, Gortney said, and the Bainbridge was towing the lifeboat presumably to calmer waters with a towline about 82 feet long.

A senior defense official told CNN that eachpirate was shot in the head.

After the shooting, special operations personnel shimmied along the tow rope to ensure the pirates were dead and freed Phillips, the official said.

The official added that the pirates had become increasingly agitated over the past day, and negotiations were not going well.

The fourth pirate was aboard the Bainbridge most of the day and told military negotiators that he wasn't going back to the other pirates, according to a defense official with knowledge of the situation.

Federal prosecutors would be "reviewing the evidence and other issues" to determine whether that pirate would be prosecuted in the United States, Justice Department spokesman Dean Boyd said.

It's the first time in modern history that the United States has in custody a pirate who carried out an attack on


a U.S. citizen, said a senior U.S. official with knowledge of the situation. The source said figuring out what to do with the pirate is a sensitive issue.

Phillips' rescue came a day after he dove into the water in an attempt to escape his captors, Gortney said. The pirates "shot in the water at him" but eventually recaptured him, Gortney said.

Maersk Line Limited President and CEO John Reinhart called Phillips "a leader of men ... [and] a brave and courageous man."

He said he has spoken with Phillips and said the captain is "feeling quite good." Phillips and his family, through Reinhart, expressed gratitude to the U.S. Navy.

"I actually was more concerned for his family," said Adm. Rick Gurnon, head of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, where Phillips had trained."As a captain in sea, in a lifeboat, he was comfortable -- even if he was sharing it with Somali pirates." Watch Massachusetts Maritime Academy celebrate rescue »

Gurnon stressed that while Phillips was rescued, more than 200 mariners remain captives at sea.

"The pirates have a great business model that works for them: See ships, take ransom, make millions," he told reporters.

At the White House, President Obama issued a statement saying he is "very pleased that Capt. Phillips has been rescued and is safely on board the USS Boxer."

"His safety has been our principal concern, and I know this is a welcome relief to his family and his crew," Obama's statement said. "We remain resolved to halt the rise of piracy in this region."

Obama had given standing orders for


the military to take "decisive action" if Phillips was in "imminent danger," Gortney said.

Phillips offered himself as a hostage after the pirates stormed the U.S.-flagged Alabama Wednesday morning, according to Maersk.

Crew members have said that after the pirates stormed the ship, they overpowered one pirate and tied him up. The crew released the pirate Wednesday, hoping to exchange him for Phillips, but the pirates instead retreated to the lifeboat with Phillips, leaving the Alabama to its crew. View a timeline of the attack and its aftermath »

Maersk Alabama crew members, who guided the ship to port in Mombasa, Kenya, on Saturday, were "jubilant" when they received word of the rescue, a statement from the company said.

Gortney said the Alabama had reported being harassed by pirates the day beforethe best," Herrera told Radio Marca.

"Never before has a goalkeeper at Manchester United been voted as the best player by the team and the fans, he's managed it three years in a row.

"He's a phenomenon and has a great gift in his reflexes, I want him to continue as he can be a United legend if he wants to.

"His move to Madrid did not go through and he adapted very well to that situation, playing out of his skin. That says a lot about him."


Pensioner dies in Leeds house fire LATEST

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An elderly woman died in a ferocious blaze that destroyed the home where she cared for her sick brother.

The victim, who has not been formally identified but was named locally as Joyce Williams, lost her life as the fire ravaged the terraced property on Westbourne Place, in Beeston, Leeds, on Saturday night.

Neighbour Sarah Mellor, 36, said she had been friends with Ms Williams since moving to the street three years ago.

“She was like a grandma to me,” she said. “She was very quiet, but she was always really polite and really lovely and spent most of her time looking after her brother.

“I haven’t slept, I’m absolutely devastated.”

It is understood the house where the fire happened belongedto Ms Williams’s brother, Donald Kinghorn.

Miss Mellor said Mr Kinghorn had been taken to hospital shortly before the incident for treatment to long-term health problems. Ms Williams, who is thought to have been in her eighties, lived in her own house two doors away on the same street, but spent much of her time looking after Mr Kinghorn at his home.

Neighbours had heard a smoke alarm sounding and smelled smoke earlier in the evening, but assumed it was coming from another street.

Later on Miss Mellor said she felt her own windows getting hot, such was the intensity of the fire. But it was only after leaving her house following a party that one of Miss Mellor’s friends noticed smoke coming from Mr Kinghorn’s home.

Miss Mellor said: “My friend


who died that day, Republic of Korea Army Cpl. Jang M.K.

Another UNC soldier was wounded. Three North Korean soldiers died in the fight; five others were wounded. The defector, Vasily Matusak, lived.

Tuesday also marked the first time Ross has returned to the DMZ since his tour in the early ’80s, when he was a private. He brought his United Nations Command yearbook from his service in the DMZ and he and Shin Hyung-joo, a Korean Augmentee to the U.S. Army (KATUSA) who served with Ross, laughed at their old military portraits.

Ross also brought his snapshots from the day of the firefight. The two men used the faded photos to remember that day’s action. They pointed from pock-marked asphalt and benches in the snapshots to the two new welcomethe robust scientific consensus around climate change. (His academic training is in economics.)

In his closing remarks in Kampala last week, Harper called Kyoto a “mistake” that the world must never repeat. His handiwork blocking a strong statement from the Commonwealth will gravely undermine efforts to achieve consensus at the upcoming UN climate talks next month in Bali - setting the stage for further national embarrassment.

The December gathering of 190 nations under the UN banner in Indonesia will negotiate what will replace Kyoto when the protocol expires in 2012. Harper seems to be working hard to ensure that business as usual will prevail.

The long legacy of ineffectual international response to this looming climate crisis seems destined to continue – due largely to the efforts of Canada’s 22nd prime minister.


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1. 080918 AA11 Check in

AA11: Boston Center, good morning, American11 with you passing through one niner zero for two three zero.

Boston Sector: American 11, Boston Center, roger, climb, maintain level two eight zero.

2. 081335 AA11 20 Right

Boston Sector: American 11 turn 20 degrees right.

AA11: Turning right, American 11.

3. 081352 AA 11 Lost Contact

Boston Sector: American 11, climb, maintain flight level three five zero.

Boston Sector: American 11, climb, maintain flight level three five zero.

Boston Sector: American 11, Boston.

Boston Sector: (Indistinct) Mike Lima how do you hear?

Mike Lima: Mike Lima has you loud and clear.

Boston Sector: American 11, Boston.

Boston Sector: American one one, the American on the frequency, how do you hear me?

Athens Sector: This is Athens.

Boston Sector: This is Boston, I turned American 20 left and I was going


a report of an ELT in the area. We’re gonna ah, guess we’ll ah, get some Coast Guard activity up there

Unknown: Well, we lost the track too

New York Center: Hey Boston, this is New York, ah what type of aircraft was the American?

Boston Center: Seven sixty seven

ACI Watch: This is the ACI watch. Say again if you lost, ah, track of the aircraft, over

Boston Center: Boston has lost track, on our frequency we had some threats that it was a hijack, (indistinct) the tapes

New York Center: New York confirms that we last track as well, and we were, ah, had report of ah ELT in the area that the track was in.

New York Center: Kennedy Tower reports, (indistinct) you serious? Kennedy Tower reports that there was a fireyou.

33. 083942 UA175 Vectored 30 Right for Traffic

New York Center: United 175, (indistinct) turn 30 degrees to the right, I want to keep you away from this traffic.

UA175: Thirty degrees to the right, United 175, heavy.

34. 084131 AA11 UA175 ZNY Reort of Suspicious Transmission Boston

UA175: New York, United 175, heavy.

New York Sector: United one seventy five, go ahead.

UA175: Ah, we figured we’d wait to go to your center, ah, we heard a suspicious transmission, ah, on our departure out of Boston, ah, with someone, ah, uh, sounded like someone keyed the mike and said, uh, everyone, uh, stay in your seats.

New York Sector: Oh, ok, I’ll pass that along over here. Hey Kingston on ninety three line.

Kingston Sector: Go ahead.

New York Sector: That United 175 just came on


my frequency, and he said that he heard a suspicious, uh, transmission when they were leaving Boston.

Kingston Sector: Oh yeah?

New York Sector: Everybody stay in their seats, that’s what they heard as a suspicious transmission. Now that USAIR five eight three code, the American he spotted him, was at twenty nine.

35. 084826 This is New York Center

New York Center: Ok, this is New York Center, ah, we’re watching the airplane, he is 15 west of Kennedy now, we had t— one or two confirmations that he was still at twenty nine, excuse me, one at twenty nine, one at thirty one, didn’t, couldn’t see him

New York Center: Ah, I also had conversation with American Airlines, and they’ve told us that they believe that, ah, one of their stewardesseswas stabbed and that there are people in the cockpit who have control of the aircraft, and that’s all the information they have, ah, right now.

36. 085146 UA175 ZNY Recycle Transponder

New York Center: United one seventy five, recycle your transponder and squawk code of one four seven zero.

New York Center: United 175, New York.

New York Center: United 175, do you read New York?

New York Center: Delta 1489, do you read New York?

D1489: Delta 1489, go ahead.

New York Center: Ok, just wanted to make sure you read New York, ah, United, United 175, do you read New York?

37. 085323 UA175 ZNY Report to Sup and Code 3321

Dial tone

Battaglia: Tim?

New York Controller (Unknown): Hello?

Battaglia: Do you, ah, see that United 175 anywhere? And do me a favor, you see that


to drop.

57. 085634 AA77 ZID Attempts to contact

Indianapolis Center: American 77, Indy.

AC579: Indianapolis Center, uh, good morning. Air Canada 579 with you. Three five zero for three nine zero.

Indianapolis Center: Air Canada 579, Indy Center, roger.

Indianapolis Center: American 77, Indy.

Indianapolis Center: American 77, American, Indy.

Indianapolis Center: American 77, American, Indy, radio check, how do you read?

Indianapolis Center: American, ah, 77, American, radio check, how do you read?

[Dial tone]

Unknown: This is, ah, Dacos.

Indianapolis Center: This is, ah, Henderson, American 77, I don’t know what happened to him. I’m trying to [background (indistinct)] plane took a turn to the south, and, and now I’m ah, I don’t know what altitude he’s at or what he’s doin’, (indistinct) headed towards Falmouth at thirty five.

Unknown: Ok, just let me know.

Indianapolis Center: Ok,I’ll try to get a hold of him. Thanks.

Indianapolis Center: American 1023 contact Indy Center on one two three point seven seven, good day.

AA1023: Twenty three seventy seven, American 1023, good day.

Indianapolis Center: USAIR 1751 descent and maintain flight level three five zero.

USAir1751: Ah, 1751, descend to three five zero.

Indianapolis Center: (Indistinct) four nine Quebec Sierra cleared direct Spartansburg.

49QS: Cleared direct Spartansburg, forty nine Quebec Sierra.

Indianapolis Center: American 77, Indy, radio check, how do you read?

423: Indy, were you calling (indistinct) four twenty three?

Indianapolis Center: (Indistinct) four twenty three, negative.

Indianapolis Center: American, ah, 77, Indy Center, how do you read?

Indianapolis Center: American 77, new radio check, how do you read?

Indianapolis Center: US Air 1751, contact Indy Center on one three four point two two, good day.

USAir1751: 1751, three


Left turn to two seven zero, Gofer zero six, ah, any chance we can circle around the Pentagon, sir, on our two seven zero turn.

Regan National Tower Controller: Gofer zero six, approved as requested.

Gofer 06: Gofer zero six.

Regan National Tower Controller: Gofer, ah, zero six, ok, they’re asking if you would go ahead and move away now towards the west, two seventy heading and, ah, two thousand for now.

Gofer 06: Roger, we’re climbing to three thousand sir and it looks like that aircraft has impacted the west side of the Pentagon.

Regan National Tower Controller: Alright. Thank you.

68. 092100 AA11 Scoggins Still Airborne3

Scoggins: Military, Boston Center, just had a report that American 11 is still in the air and its on its way towards heading towards Washington.

ID Tech: K.said the pilot on American one one was talking to him, having a rough time telling him what’s going on, there was threats in the cockpit being made. This was the initial, ah, hijack information that we got, American one one, it’s a seven sixty seven, from Boston to Los Angeles. Proposed route he was headed towards JFK at the time that they lost contact, but that was not the aircraft headed ah into the World Trade Center, that hit it.

Washington Center: Ok.

ID Tech: What Boston’s saying, he, the last known, and I’m not sure where we heard it, through the grapevine, people calling, is that American one one was headed toward Washington, and that’s the only thing.

Washington Center: Was headed toward where?

ID Tech: Washington.

Washington Center: Ok.

ID Tech:


So, your AOR, and I just wanted to give you a heads up.

Washington Center: Ok, now—

ID Tech: The last—

Washington Center: Ok. Go ahead.

ID Tech: The last lat long that we had, primary target only, was four zero three eight north, zero seven four zero three west on American one one.

Washington Center: Ok.

ID Tech: But again, remember nothing has been confirmed as far as which aircraft have hit the World Trade Center but the other one we have is information headed towards Washington.

Washington Center: Ok, now let me tell you this; I, we’ve been lookin’, we also lost American 77.

ID Tech: American 77.

Sr. ID Tech: Ok, American 77 lost.

ID Tech: Where was he proposed to head, sir?

Washington Center: Excuse me.

ID Tech: Where was he proposed to head?

Sr. ID Tech:you have him?

Cleveland Center Controller 2: No.

Cleveland Center: Thank You. United 93, Cleveland.

Cleveland Center Controller: United 1523 did you hear your company, ah, did you hear, ah, some interference on the frequency, ah, couple a minutes ago, screaming?

United1523: Yes I did seven ninety seven and, ah, we couldn’t tell what it was either.

Cleveland Center Controller: Ok. United 93, Cleveland, if you hear the center, ident.

AA1060: American 1060. Ditto on the other transmissions.

Cleveland Center Controller: American 1060, you heard that also?

AA1060: Yes sir, twice.

Cleveland Center Controller: Roger, we heard that also, thanks, just wanted to confirm it wasn’t some interference.

88. 0932 UA93 Bomb on Board

Ziad Jarrah: (Indistinct) please sit down and remain sitting. We have a bomb on board, so (indistinct).

Cleveland Center: Ah, calling Cleveland Center, you are unreadable,


Do GM crops equal better yields? UC researchers say no

North American crop production has fallen behind that of Western Europe, despite US farmers using genetically modified (GM) seed and more pesticide, University of Canterbury researchers have found.

The main point of difference between the regions is the adoption of GM seed in North America and the use of non-GM seed in Europe, the researchers say.

The UC research team, led by Professor Jack Heinemann, compared data on agricultural productivity in North America and Western Europe from the last 50 years. The two regions were compared as they are similar in terms of the crops they grow, latitude and access to biotechnology, mechanisation and educated farmers.

“We found that the combination of non-GM seed and management practices used by Western Europe isFilm Review: Chappie

March 6, 2015Ben MK

Ay, robot...

Six years ago, writer/director Neill Blomkamp made a splash with his feature film debut, District 9, a tale about (literal) illegal aliens in a dystopian South Africa. The movie was a sleeper hit; and four years later, he followed it up with Elysium, a sci-fi actioner that focused on the strife between the haves and the have-nots in and above a futuristic Los Angeles. Now, Blomkamp and his go-to actor, Sharlto Copley, are back with yet another story set in a down-and-dirty near-future world. This time, however, the movie's central character isn't a man, but rather a sentient robot — and his name is Chappie.

Think of Chappie as District 9 meets RoboCop, with a whole lot of flavor from South African punk-rap


outfit Die Antwoord thrown in for good measure. The story begins in 2016 Johannesburg, where a highly-advanced robotic police force — the brainchild of Deon Williams (Dev Patel), an engineer at a weapons manufacturer called Tetravaal — has recently hit the streets. Known as scouts, these droid law enforcement officers run on a rudimentary A.I. operating system. But Deon is on the verge of an even bigger breakthrough: the world's first, truly artificial consciousness. He only needs a test subject.

As luck would have it, the ideal candidate emerges in the form of scout number 22, a droid so badly damaged in the line of duty that it's been designated for the scrap heap. But before he can imbue number 22 with self-awareness, Deon is kidnapped by Die Antwoord'sto replace once the juice has run out. And the other is Vincent Moore (Hugh Jackman), Deon's competition at Tetravaal, a former soldier who harbors nothing but bitter resentment for the company's golden child, because CEO Michelle Bradley (Sigourney Weaver) has cut funding for his own human-operated robot prototype — a hulking, heavily-armed mech enforcer he's termed "The Moose" — in favor of furthering the scout program.

Of course, it's not difficult to imagine the direction in which Chappie's story takes us next. From the moment the Moose first casts its menacing shadow on-screen, visions of a RoboCop versus ED-209 style showdown begin to dance like sugarplums in our heads. And Blomkamp — having already proven his prowess in crafting visceral action sequences with his first two movies —


is more than happy to oblige.

The film serves up some fantastically white-knuckle human-on-robot and robot-on-robot battles, but it also counterbalances them with scenes that win us over with their offbeat humor and tickle our cerebrums with their thought-provoking ideas. From the notion of a soul to its transference from one corporeal vessel to another — it's all fair game here. And though Blomkamp and co-writer Terri Tatchell don't delve into too much detail in their exploration of these philosophical discussions, they weave enough of it into the fabric of the film to ensure that Chappie won't be mistaken for just another vapid blockbuster.

The real highlight of the movie, though, is the character of Chappie himself. Voiced by Copley and made real through the magic of motion capture technologyand state-of-the-art computer animation, Chappie is a sight to behold — a rabbit-eared automaton who walks and talks with the awkward unevenness of a hyperactive seven-year-old riding the crest of a sugar high, who's also capable of inducing just as many "awws" as a two-month-old puppy.

But he's more than just a convincing special effect. Brought into being as a blank slate, Chappie is a product of his environment. He receives moral guidance from his maker, Deon, tips on how to be Jo'burg's "number one gangsta" from Ninja and Amerika, and unconditional love from his surrogate mother, Yolandi. Watching Chappie reconcile these different, oftentimes competing, influences and grow into his own person is to watch a performance as real as any other in the film. And isn't that, in


essence, the whole point of the movie in the first place?

The Bottom Line ▶Chappie may be the first movie of 2015 to tackle the subject of a self-aware machine, but it certainly won't be the last. With movies like Ex Machina and Avengers: Age of Ultron due out in the coming months, only time will tell which will be the year's most compelling treatise on the subject. In the meantime, writer/director Neill Blomkamp's third feature offers moviegoers plenty to keep their senses occupied. Action-packed, funny and thought-provoking, it truly is a blockbuster with brains. ◼Ben MkLike many young people living in the outrageously expensive San Francisco Bay Area, Sarah Patterson found her first city dwelling on Craigslist. Instead of a tiny apartment, however, her new home was located in a marina.

Patterson has lived in a sailboat for about a year now. She tells Business Insider the money she saved by not renting an apartment enabled her to launch a startup — a direct-to-consumer, organic skincare company called Salinity — and still do things like any other 24-year-old.

Take a look inside Patterson's life at sea.


Founded in 2005 as a response to the catastrophic Hurricane Katrina that devastated the Gulf Coast, Acupuncturists without Borders (AWB) is a grassroots organization that provides free acupuncture treatments to survivors and first responders of natural disasters. Because acupuncture is such an effective form of treatment for stress and anxiety related disorders, AWB partnered with organizations such as clinics, shelters, law enforcement agencies, and FEMA to help individuals to cope with the tasks of surviving and rebuilding.

The success of AWB was quickly evident, and in 2006, a new pilot program called the Military Stress Recovery Project (MSRP) was established to provide trauma treatment to active duty soldiers and veterans of our US military. This program, based in Albuquerque, NM opened its doors to provide free community-style treatments forPassengers injured in balloon crash released from hospital; FAA investigating

Monday

Jul 21, 2014 at 12:28 PMJul 22, 2014 at 10:13 PM

By Jan Gottesman MANAGING EDITOR

CLINTON — Five people injured in a hot air balloon accident Saturday, around 8 p.m., have been treated and released from area hospitals with varying degrees of burns, ranging from minor to serious, according Officer Edward Jeffrey, who has been working with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over the weekend.

Jeffrey began following the balloon when the police station started getting calls about a balloon flying low.

"I made visual contact with the operator, who waved to signal he was fine" right before the crash, Jeffrey said Monday. After the crash into electrical lines, Jeffrey said the operator indicated, after missing a possible landing site at the


schools, he intended to land in the lot at Brook and Greeley streets where the balloon ended up.

There were six passengers in the balloon — four members of one family, plus a grandmother and her grandson — along with the owner/operator Derald Young, of Damn Yankee Balloons, registered in Maine.

The balloon took off from 993 Main St., Shrewsbury. The balloon itself had a valid certification, according to the FAA, with the certificate issued on July 17.

The crash knocked power out for a large portion of town, including parts of High and Main streets, with some areas not getting power restored until the early morning hours Sunday.

The crash is under investigation, with the Clinton Police, FAA and National Transportation Safety Board coordinating, according to Jeffrey.

The only statement released bythe FAA as of Monday was a short statement: "A Colt Balloon was attempting to land in a residential area near Clinton, MA when it struck a power line and caught on fire on July 19 at 7:40 pm. Please contact local authorities for information on the passengers. The FAA will investigate. All information is preliminary and subject to change."

On Sunday, a company with a truck labeled Damn Yankee Balloons, of Dixfield, Maine, carted off the balloon basket.

Jeffrey said all the emergency workers on site — including police (starting with officers Brendon O'Malley and Jeffrey O'Toole, as well as Sgt. Michael Welch, who were the next officers on the scene), fire, Clinton Emergency Management Agency, mutual aid from Lancaster and Sterling and dispatcher Hannah Zola, as well as


Dallas. 1852. List of the specimens of hemipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum II:378, 385-386 >> Note: In key, synonymy (=Lygaeus in part, Cerbus in part, Nematopus in part, Physomerus Spinola, 1837, Spathophora in part.), catalogue of species. >> Meluchasole issue before this Court is whether the Board erred by
concluding that Claimant failed to establish an entitlement to WC benefits. After
review, we affirm.
            Claimant is 61 years old and began working for the City of
Philadelphia’s (Employer) Fire Department on February 22, 1977. At the time of
hire, he had a physical exam, and he had not treated for any form of cancer before
joining the Fire Department. In October 1979, Claimant was promoted to lieutenant.
Before his promotion, he had several physical exams. He did not treat for cancer
during his career with the Fire Department. He retired from the Fire Department on
January 16, 2009.
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his career, Claimant worked at a number of different fire stations,
including Ladder 32, Engine 29, Ladder 21, Engine 7, Engine 14, Engine 36, Ladder
2, Engine 71 and Engine 64. None of the stations had diesel fuel emission capture
systems. While conducting an equipment check at the beginning of every shift, the
engines were started and the pumps were checked. Each apparatus usually ran for 15
to 20 minutes. In order to fill up the air bottles for Employer’s cascade system, the
trucks would run for an hour to an hour and ten minutes. As both a firefighter and a
lieutenant, Claimant had to be on the apparatus floor while the trucks were running.
He could smell the diesel fuel emissions in the firehouse. He also saw residue or soot
on the walls, which had tobe cleaned once each week. Claimant consistently viewed
residue and soot on the walls throughout his career. He was exposed to diesel fuel
emissions at all of the fire stations at which he worked. Claimant fought his last fire
in December 2008, just before he retired in January 2009.
               Claimant was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in November 2010.
Thereafter, Claimant had three cancer surgeries. The first two surgeries were in
November 2010 and the last one was performed in September 2011. On December
14, 2012, Claimant filed the Claim Petition alleging that his thyroid cancer resulted
from direct exposure to International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Group I
carcinogens while working as a firefighter. Claimant sought payment of medical
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India election 2019: Has India's BJP government kept its promises? By Reality Check team

BBC News Published duration 23 May 2019 Related Topics Reality Check

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Following another convincing win at the polls, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he wants to continue his mission to transform the country.

So what has his government already achieved since it came into office in 2014?

BBC Reality Check has taken a look at how the BJP government has matched up to its promises over the past five years.

A manufacturing superpower?

The Modi government has looked to the manufacturing sector to drive economic growth and create jobs.

Under the Make in India project, it pledged to raise the share of manufacturing to 25% of GDP - the overall measure of goods and services - by 2025.

Asthe data shows, the contribution of the manufacturing sector has remained just above 15% in recent years, and experts doubt the target will be met.

However, the overall rate of economic growth (GDP) has remained strong, at around 6-7% per year, and the government has also highlighted more recent data showing signs of improving industrial growth.

image copyright Reuters image caption Priyanka Gandhi highlighted the economy and women's safety during the election campaign

A promise to create jobs

Mr Modi came to power in 2014 with a promise to create jobs for millions of Indians.

The government has delayed the publication of the latest official data on jobs, but a draft version of the report was leaked earlier this year indicating a significant rise in unemployment during the current government's tenure.

This has provoked


a heated debate over the true situation in the jobs market.

You can see our video on the issue here:

media caption As the election approaches, a controversy rages over unemployment figures in India

Keeping India secure

At the end of February this year, security became a major issue after an attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir, in which 40 soldiers were killed.

The government presented itself as the true guardian of the country's security, after launching retaliatory strikes in Pakistan.

But the opposition Congress hit back, saying the security situation in Kashmir was now worse under the BJP government than under its own rule before 2014.

The data shows that until the end of last year, the level of militant activity under the two governments had been broadly similar.

But it is also the case that infiltrationattempts into Indian-administered Kashmir have been rising since 2016.

Are women now safer in India?

The BJP government says it brought in tough laws to combat violence against women.

The data shows a rise in the reporting of rape to the authorities, particularly after the notorious Delhi gang rape of 2012

But the conviction rate for cases that go to the courts has not really improved in the last few years.

media caption BBC Reality Check: Has India become a safer place for women?

What's the situation in India's villages?

The BJP government under Mr Modi made a series of pledges on improving the lives of Indians in rural areas.

But there are few signs that the government is on track to meet its target.

The evidence that Reality Check found showed that schemes implemented both by


the BJP and previous Congress administrations have not been effectively implemented, and can create more problems in their wake.

Have plans to clean up India worked?

The BJP government also came up with a series of pledges under its Clean India campaign.

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Many households have switched to the cleaner fuel, so this was a considerable success.

But the longer-term success of the project has been tempered by the tapering off of subsidies on gas cylinder refills, and many households have reverted to using dirtier fuels.

As for toilets, the prime minister has said that 90% of Indians now have access to a toilet - up from 40% before he came into office in 2014.

While its true that many more household toilets have been constructed across the country, there is alsoAfter suffering extreme and damaging flooding from monsoon rains in July, 2019, floods once again rocked Bangladesh in November, after Tropical Cyclone Matmo (Bulbul) made landfall on November 9 near Sangar Island, West Bengal, India. Maximum sustained winds were about 74 mph (120 km/h) and rainfall of more than 200 mm (8.7 in) were reported in several places. An “extreme” storm surge also drove additional coastal flooding. According to Reliefweb, thousands of houses, most of which were made of muds and hatch, were completely destroyed, while the floodwater inundated farm fields, destroying winter crops and the almost-ripe rice crop. About 5,000 trees were reported destroyed in the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest.

On November 21, 2019, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer acquired a true-color image of heavy sediment


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The Celtman Xtreme Triathlon is an international competition of triathlon that takes place on a slightly greater distance than an Ironman (3.8 km swim in jellyfish infested Atlantic waters of 110C, 202 km hilly bike, 42 km of running up 2 munros ).It is held annually in June in Achnasheen Wester Ross in the foot of the Torridon Hills in Scotland . Ranked in the extreme category because it offers exceptional difficulties, it accepts different rules from other triathlon on distance Ironman and a reduced number of competitors. Created in 2012 , it is the second event created in the category ” Xtreme Triathlon ” (Xtri) with the Norseman in Norway established in 2003 and founder of the extreme triathlons.

All was calm and a bit surreal invery Scottish-humour, immediately dispelling the tension in the room as they reminded us to take time to look up and absorb the breath-taking views only the North West coast of Scotland could offer. The sense of community in Torridon was very warming, and gave the event a sense of purpose as the community centre hosting the briefing gets a healthy injection of cash from Celtman each year to keep the place running, meaning the community is directly benefitting by the event and the locals greet athletes with welcoming faces despite being returned with the typical athlete-zombie face.

This year was different for me to Norseman 2014, that year was all about getting to the finish line. This year I wanted to make the cut-off for the mountain. That was


on the running. The previous 10 months saw me backing off from swim volume to prioritise cycling time, running regular trail and hills, doing non-wetsuit open water swims to acclimatize and long bike rides. The exercise load started with a consistent 12 hours a week for the first 4 months and ramped up drastically after that when the long bikes started to go up to 6 hours in one session, and peaking with a 210k bike ride. The training was lonely and exhausting, so having Mike encourage and guide me was invaluable. Having friends who endured my boring bike chat, 9pm shut downs and lack of energy for much else then my bike was really remarkable. My lovely sister Rebecca, who always put a smile on my facejellyfish and focussed on being in the water the least amount of time as possible. The pack started to funnel in the first few hundred metres and I found myself in the middle of the first few fast ones and the second bunch. I just kept to my rhythm as I had a couple of people sitting on my feet. I took a wide veer from the island shore as I felt the water was moving better with the tide out there. This proved to be a good strategy in the end. Out the water there was a great atmosphere as we were greeted in with the first signs of daylight. Out the water in 49 minutes, and out T1 in 55- all was going to plan!

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finish line. The last 7km where on the road and flat. I had a decision to make, I would attempt to run this putting my body under stress again risking of collapsing before the finish, or I walk this and make it to the end having accomplished the mountain. Duggie and I enjoyed a fantastic 7k walk with the moonlit mountains towered on our sides. I heard the best Duggiepedia stories, catching up on the last 3 years since moving from Ireland and life in general. I spoke to my lovely sister too, hearing her voice was so fab as she made me laugh as she was describing dining on a boat on the river Danube. My family and friends had been tracking me all day and thefeeling was amazing. We crossed the line together: Scotland, Ireland and Malta. I was the 10th female to cross the line from the mountain finish, a further 10 woman completed the low course route, and 15 others took to the start-line but did not finish the event. The race organisers were all there to greet us at mid-night, really proving how Celtman Xtreme is run with heart and soul!

The next day was spent with my support attending the ceremony and going over the previous day events. It was a great feeling to hold the Maltese flag up at the end with Julie, Gregor and Duggie who made it possible on the day to achieve one of my dreams; with great support from Glasgow Triathlon Club and Limerick Triathlon


Club, my loving family- especially my sister Rebecca, as well as my fantastic friends Rachel Turner, Ronan, Alice, Alan, Lenny, Sinead, Janet, my sporting inspiration uncle Jo and his partner Maggie as well as many other; technical support from massage therapist Orla and bike mechanic extraordinaire Bob; and a brilliant coach, who really gifted me with the privilege of feeling like an athlete- without his support I would never have made the mountain top- go raibh maith agat Mike!

Figure 10 Coming into the finish 19 hours later

Figure 11 Duggie telling me a jellyfish jokes the day of the ceremony.

Figure 12 The best support crew ever! From left: Julie, Gregor, myself and Duggie with the Maltese flag at the finishing ceremony.

Figure 13: 149 athletes who completed the high andcars when they’re in town, the streets are going to be for pedestrians and bikes and people using active transportation."

Safety is a big reason he wants the Cycle Track to be completed sooner.

Charlotte has seen an increase in the number of cyclists and pedestrians killed in traffic accidents, with four cyclists and 27 pedestrians killed city-wide in 2017. The city again recorded four cyclist and 27 pedestrian deaths in 2018. It also saw 143 bicycle-involved crashes that year, the highest number since 2015. Lansdell says the Uptown Cycle Track will make the area safer for everyone by physically separating cars from cyclists, pedestrians, and people on e-scooters.

"People are dying on our roads because of inattentive drivers and speeding," Lansdell says. "The more opportunities we can do to advance


Cross ambulances and nurses.'

Footnotes

Works
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 Eclipse of October: How a Revolution that Proclaimed the Emancipation of All Who Toil was Negated into an Instrument of Tyranny. Chicago: Challenge Publishers, 1957.

Further reading

 Adam J. Hodges, "Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Portland Soviet and the Emergence of American Communism, 1918-1920," Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol. 98, no. 3 (Summer 2007), pp. 115–129. In JSTOR
 Socialist Party of Oregon, ""Workers and Soldiers Council Organized in Portland," Oregon Socialist Party Bulletin'' [Portland], vol. 8, no. 1 (Jan. 20, 1919), pg. 1.

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(who was only five years old at the time), would be a more high status daughter-in-law. Luckily for Catharine, Henry was in love with her and when his dad died, he married her straight away. Eleanor went on to marry King Manuel I of Portugal and then, after he died, King Francis I of France, so she didn’t do too badly.

Lucky Escape: Eleanor of Austria

The next time Henry was in a position to choose a wife wasn’t until after Jane Seymour, his third wife, died after giving birth to his only son. By this time he was in his 40s, was starting to get quite large around the middle, and he had already beheaded one wife (Anne Boleyn) and set up his own church. Not quite a catcheh? Who would marry him now?

Well, several ladies were suggested. Relations with France and Spain were not favourable, since Henry had turned away from the Pope. So he looked to the northern Protestant countries. Perhaps the lovely young widow, Christina of Milan; the daughter of King Christian II of Denmark. She was staying with her aunt in the Netherlands and Henry’s painter, Hans Holbein, was sent to paint her picture. Henry was impressed, but Christina was not. She said she had heard:

“that her great-aunt [Catharine of Aragon] was poisoned, that the second was innocently put to death, and the third lost for lack of keeping her childbed.”

She respectfully declined the union; Henry went on to blunder into marriage with Anne of Cleves, who he disliked on first sight.


Christina went on to marry the Duke of Lorraine. Her son with the Duke was captured as hostage when the French invaded her lands. She visited England in 1557, after Henry was safely dead and gone.

A woman not afraid to speak her mind: Christina of Milan

Two more wives came and went. One of whom, Katherine Howard (like Anne Boleyn) had her head chopped off for cheating on him. By 1542, Henry was getting quite ill, with infected sores on his legs that gave him hallucinations and a very bad temper. However, he still had an eye for the ladies. Anne of Cleves thought she could have Henry back after little Katherine Howard was gone, however he quickly put her right. His eye had been caught by one AnneBasset, one of Katherine Howard’s ladies-in-waiting. He sent her a saddle as a gift in early 1542, something he’d done when pursuing Anne Boleyn many years before.

In the end, though, Anne Basset backed off. Henry had passed a new law which deemed that anyone who wanted to marry him, had to declare any pre-marital indiscretions so he could avoid another Katherine Howard. Anne Basset may have dabbled in a little affair a few years earlier, so effectively, couldn’t marry Henry. She went on to serve Henry’s daughter, Queen Mary I, where she met Walter Hungerford, who became her husband 1554. Unfortunately she died in 1557, perhaps in childbirth.

As there are no pictures of Anne Basset, here is a photo of Kim dressed up as the lady herself. Fabulous!

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The youngest prospect in our college basketball database last season – he turned 18 just a week before his first NCAA game—Javon McCrea nevertheless ranked as the most productive freshman in America thanks to his combination of brutally efficient scoring (#2 in FG%), offensive rebounding prowess and propensity for generating a large number of assists, steals and blocks on a per-minute basis.

McCrea is incredibly undersized at 6-6, but makes up for that with a NBA-ready frame, gigantic hands, an (alleged) 7-2 wingspan, and tremendous basketball instincts.

Not freakishly quick or explosive, McCrea is nevertheless a very fluid and mobile athlete, showing terrific coordination and aggressiveness. He's incredibly physical on the offensive glass, simply moving opponents around in the paint with his sheer girth, and pursuing loose balls relentlessly withoutstanding instincts. He often comes up with rebounds from very difficult angles, as all he seemingly needs to do is get a fingertip on the ball to corral it with his gigantic hands.

McCrea only played 21 minutes per-game last season, but used 29% of his team's possessions when he was on the court, which is a very high rate. He gets his offensive production in a variety of ways at the MAC conference level, showing good versatility already for an undersized big man.

He can back down similarly sized players in the paint with his wide frame and solid footwork, and finishes with both hands around the basket with pretty soft touch. When double-teamed, McCrea shows very good instincts as a passer, once again hinting at his unexpectedly good


feel for the game.

He's also capable of facing up on the perimeter, as he's a surprisingly good ball-handler who can drive either left or right and even change directions with the ball. He shows good footwork, a nice first step, and is extremely confident with the ball in his hands, which allows him to beat opposing big men fairly often and get to the free throw line at a solid rate.

On the negative side, McCrea's lack of experience and aggressiveness works against him at times, as he can be very turnover prone. He also doesn't possess any type of jump-shot at this stage, failing to convert a single jumper last season. He only made 51% of his free throws, indicating that he still has plenty of work tohis minutes and notoriety increases and whether he can round out the rest of his game to make himself more attractive as an NBA prospect. His lack of size will always be an issue, but we've recently seen players like Ike Diogu, Jason Maxiell and DeJuan Blair be able to overcome that through sheer production in the past.

After steadily improving his game his first three years at Old Dominion, Kent Bazemore has developed into a very solid college player with some interesting attributes from an NBA perspective. Despite boasting just a modest stat line with 12.3 points per game, Bazemore's athletic abilities and style of play could make him allow his game to translate well to the next level.

Standing 6'5 with a thin but wiry strong frame, Bazemore


has good length and great athleticism for a wing, possessing both nice speed and reactive leaping ability. Playing a style of play well suited to his strengths, Bazemore displays a high motor on the offensive end and frequently contributes on cuts, spot-up drives, and put-back attempts that allow him to take advantage of his explosiveness.

Offensively, Bazemore could best be described as a jack of all trades but master of none, showing flashes in virtually every area but not being a go-to scorer or excelling especially in any specific area. He does most of his damage in the lane in a variety of ways, being aggressive going to the rim and creating shot attempts around the basket.

In terms of attacking off the dribble, Bazemore's skill set lacks a certaindegree of polish, with him not having much in terms of advanced moves. He does most of his damage on variations of straight line drives, often starting with a half step on his man by virtue of ball movement in Old Dominion's offense, but he does show intrigue in a few areas here.

The most interesting aspect of the left-handed Bazemore's dribble-drive game is his equal ability taking the ball in both directions, being competent with both his left and right-handed dribbles. He also does a good job taking advantage of his quick first step and ability to elevate easily off the dribble, showing good ability to get past his man and rise for quality lay-up attempts. On the negative side, Bazemore's lack of polish can turn into a


as a role player, and his many off-ball skills could potentially translate well to the NBA, but really stepping up on the defensive end will likely be crucial to his stock. A solid season could definitely put him into second round discussions, but he should have chances to find his way into the league next year or down the road regardless, should he continue to develop his skill-level.

Few players in college basketball boosted their NBA prospects as significantly as Bradford Burgess did during last year's post season. Lightly recruited as a high school senior coming out of Benedictine High School in Virginia, Burgess opted to attend VCU, located only a few miles away from the school's gym.

Though Burgess was not an immediate star for the Rams, he sawsignificant playing time as a freshman and has improved steadily in each of his seasons with the standout mid-major program. With the departures of Joey Rodriguez and Jamie Skeen opening up opportunities for him on the offensive end and a summer experience at the Kevin Durant Skills Academy, Burgess will be looked upon to pick up the slack in his final year in Richmond. A remarkably efficient role-player at this juncture, Burgess already has a number of potentially valuable skills, but improvement in a few key areas could boost his perception among scouts considerably for the second straight season.

Standing 6'6 with a frame that he's clearly worked on since his freshman year, Burgess has good size for a wing at the NBA level. His long arms allow him


to play bigger and make an impact in the passing lanes on the defensive end. Burgess is not a high flier, nor does he has true blow-by quickness, but he's a decent athlete by NBA standards similar to Marquette standout Jimmy Butler who maximizes the athleticism he does have by showing an impressively relentless commitment to running the floor in transition and playing scrappy defense.

Burgess's offensive game is characterized first and foremost by his efficiency from the perimeter. According to Synergy Sports Technology, Burgess connected on an outstanding 45.4% of his catch and shoot attempts from the perimeter as a junior. His prolific shooting is thanks in large part to his extremely sound mechanics that seldom waiver in the slightest, even when he is well defended. At thisjuncture, Burgess already has the potential to stretch the floor at the NBA level and knock down the ever important corner three, and while he didn't shoot many deep three-pointers last season, he has the framework to become a threat from beyond the NBA line.

While Burgess is an excellent spot-up threat, he has plenty of room to grow as a shot creator and midrange scorer, as evidenced by his paltry 42% 2-point conversion rate. Burgess attempted just 17 pull-up jump shots last season, and though part of his limited sample from the midrange is due to his commitment to playing his role offensively and not forcing things, his ability to show that he can create his own shot and aggressiveness on the offensive end are worth keeping an


eye on. Burgess does not show off much in the way of advanced ball handling ability, though he does manage to get to the rim pretty consistently when he does put the ball on the deck. In the long-term he would benefit from being a threat to knock down one-dribble jump shots and make simple moves to create his own shot to use his ability to stretch the floor to his advantage.

Although Burgess doesn't create many shots at the rim for himself, he still managed to make an impact at the basket on the offensive end. Extremely energetic in transition and half court sets alike, Burgess's length and ability to fill lanes made him a common target of dump passes last season. Whether he was setting a screenwould be nice to see him add some muscle to his frame to improve his ability to matchup with the more talented, athletic wings he'd be asked to guard at the NBA level and leave his feet less frequently when closing out shooters

Though Burgess is not an elite player in any one category, his combination and size, shooting ability, and team-first gives him intriguing role-player potential. If he can improve his ability to score inside the arc, he could emerge as one of the more interesting mid-major wing prospects in the country. Considering the trajectory of his career, it would not be at all surprising to see him step up once again for Shaka Smart's Rams.

Despite being a 21 year old entering his senior year, Olek Czyz hasn't