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Renowned Hindu saint Mahant Nrityagopal Das, who is also the chairman of
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time for building the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, as both the Central and the
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Adityanath at the helm.

With the BJP scoring victories after victories in elections all over India, not just the party and the VHP, but even the Hindu ascetics and saints are now demanding that the government should build the Ram Temple in Ayodhya now.

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Darnell Wicker was pronounced dead around 2 a.m. from multiple shots to his torso, upper right extremity and lower extremities after police officers opened fire on him. The Jefferson County Coroner’s office in Louisville, KY admitted that they don’t know exactly how many times the 57-year-old man was shot.

Police officers Taylor Banks and Beau Gadegaard were responding to a domestic violence call when Wicker came outside holding a knife and a tree saw, according to WDRB.

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“He came outside — he came out the door and was holding a knife in his hand, he started kind of swinging it around a little bit and he kind of came at us and so we shot,” an officer explains on the video.

Two women who witnessed the event tell a different story,FoxNews.com's Travel Guide >>

The World's Tallest Roller Coaster: Kingda Ka, Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, N.J.

A double-whammy entry in the record books, Kingda Ka is not only the tallest roller coaster in the world; it's also the fastest in North America. At 45 stories, or 456 feet at its highest point, the ride is taller than London's famed Big Ben and only a few feet shorter than the Great Pyramid at Giza! Riders zoom from zero to 128 mph in just over three seconds on launch and then fly over camel humps (briefly experiencing weightlessness), dip, turn, and finally come to a rest in what can only be described as a breathless 59 seconds. Yes, that was your life flashing before your eyes. The Park: Six Flags Great


Adventure is comprised of three parks (though each charges separate entrance fees): the main park, a 350-acre animal park called Wild Safari, and the Hurricane Harbor Water Park. Bugs Bunny and other Looney Toons characters can be seen both in person and on the rides throughout Six Flags, and there are countless options for the younger set: spinning teacups, a carousel, and a 15-story Ferris wheel.

When to Go: The least-crowded times at Six Flags are weekdays during the summer and any of the regularly scheduled days during the shoulder season in April, May, June, and September. In late June, you can play in the park and do some good at the same time, as Great Adventure hosts the Walk in the Park fundraiser for the Children's Miracle Network.a.m., depending on the season), especially on midweek days like Tuesday and Wednesday. tickets $48.98 for adults, $42.60 for kids three to nine, disneyworld.com

The World's Oldest Operating Roller Coaster: Leap-the-Dips, in Lakemont Park, Altoona, Pa.

Leap-the-Dips is not just a ride; it's a piece of history. In fact, this wooden coaster was named a National Historic Landmark in 1996. Built in 1902, the coaster—with a top operating speed of just 10 mph and a peak of 41 feet—stood idle during the late 1980s and into the late 1990s, reopening to its original glory on Memorial Day, 1999. The Park: Situated on Lake Altoona, Lakemont Park opened in 1894 as a trolley park and ranks as the eighth oldest amusement park in the country. (For the record, Lake Compounce, in


ride), lakemontparkfun.com

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America's Largest Collection of Coasters (for now!): Cedar Point amusement park and resort, Sandusky, Ohio

For now, iconic Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, holds the record for the largest collection of roller coasters in the country, with 17—two wooden and 15 steel. From the fastest double-twisting impulse coaster (the Wicked Twister, with a top speed of 72 mph) to the first coaster in the world to top 200 feet (the Magnum XL-200, which opened in 1989), there's always an off-kilter view of the park and Lake Erie available from the high perches of the coasters. Note: Cedar Point loses its record this year, when Six Flags Magic Mountain reopens its 17th coaster (Road Runner Express) anddebuts its 18th roller coaster, Green Lantern: First Light, on Memorial Day. The 4-D coaster will feature a never-before-seen vertical zigzag pattern track, with eight riders sitting back-to-back in an independently rotating passenger vehicle. The Park: Cedar Point opened in 1870, with the first coaster debuting in 1892. Since then, the park has been considered the destination for coaster enthusiasts from across the globe, thanks to its great variety of thrill rides and gorgeous lakefront setting. There are also a number of stomach-churning alternatives to coasters, including the Power Tower, which drops at speeds faster than free fall.

When to Go: To avoid crowds, stick to weekdays in summer and spring, and nights and Sundays during the fall. If you don't mind massive crowds, head to Cedar Point during


the attendant closes the door, and then the floor drops out, plunging the rider down the long, curving tube. Oh, and it all starts 10 stories up. The stomach-lurching ride runs 400 feet over the course of five to seven seconds (exact time depends on the weight of the passengers—the heavier you are, the faster you fall) and includes a nearly vertical, coaster-style loop—the first of its kind in the States. The Park: Noah's Ark is the country's largest water park, covering 70 acres in Wisconsin Dells. The area is home to the largest number of water parks in the country, at nearly two dozen. Two huge wave pools and 49 water rides are just the start of the park's attractions, which also include four children's splash areas,a 4-D movie theater, a mini golf course, bumper boats, arcade games, and even a spooky haunted cavern.

When to Go: Each morning, the park opens in two waves, with the front half opening at 9 a.m. and the back half opening at 10 a.m. Those who brave the early crowd can be first into the back section of the park, staking out a spot at the wave pool for the day. Late May, when the park first opens, is probably the least-crowded time to go, as most of the local schools don't let out until the first week of June. tickets $32.99 for adults, $28.79 for seniors and children 47 inches and below (rates reflect tickets purchased online), noahsarkwaterpark.com

America's Longest Duration Roller Coaster: The Beast, King's Island, Mason,


Ohio

The Beast is a huge, well, beast of a coaster, covering a 35-acre, densely wooded area in the park, which lends a dark and eerie feel to the ride. The record-breaking running time—4 minutes, 10 seconds—is about a minute and a half longer than most of its counterparts, steel or wood. And, with a track length of about 1.4 miles (7,359 feet), the Beast also ranks as the longest wooden roller coaster in the world. Two huge vertical drops of 135 and 141 feet, dark tunnels, and speeds of up to 65 mph make this wooden coaster just about as scary as they come. The Park: In 2011, King's Island opens the world's largest animatronic dinosaur park, Dinosaurs Alive!, with more than 60 life-size beasts. The park alsoonline), visitkingsisland.com

The World's Longest Water Coaster: Wildebeest, Holiday World & Splashin' Safari, Santa Claus, Ind.

At a third of a mile long, the Wildebeest ranks as the world's longest water coaster. It all starts with a huge four-story drop, before plunging into six more drops and two tunnels, at top speeds of 25 mph. Seated with three of your closest friends in a toboggan-style boat, wearing just your suimsuit, that's pretty darn fast. The best part of all might be the uphill conveyor belt ride, meaning there's no leg-crushing climb to the top, like most other water rides in the country. The Park: A ticket grants admission to both Holiday World & Splashin' Safari, the attached theme park, which is divided into four holiday-themed lands (Christmas, Halloween, Fourth of


July, and Thanksgiving). Opened in 1946, Holiday World was the first themed amusement park in the world, and it features a handful of coasters and family-friendly rides like bumper cars, spinners, and a huge tree house to climb on. Splashin' Safari offers high-volume wave pools, tube rides, and, new in 2011, an entire splash area called Safari Sam's SplashLand that is devoted to the little ones.

When to Go: As with most parks in the Midwest, hitting the spring and autumn shoulder seasons is always the best bet for less-crowded conditions, as are weekday mornings, when the park opens at 9:30 a.m. (get in early, and you can be first in line to enter the Splashin' Safari, which opens at 10:30 a.m.). tickets $42.95 for adults, $32.95 for seniorsNEW YORK (Reuters) - An Indian model scarred in an acid attack challenged perceptions of beauty as she strutted down the runway at New York Fashion Week to promote a ban on the sale of corrosive substances used to maim thousands of women and children each year.

A smiling Reshma Quereshi, 19, opened the FTL Moda show on Thursday to applause in a long-sleeve, white gown with embroidered appliques by Indian designer Archana Kochhar during her first trip to the United States.

The buzz and glamour of the event was a world away from Allahbad, India, where she suffered severe facial burns and lost an eye two years ago after being attacked with sulfuric acid by her estranged brother-in-law and two men.

Quereshi never thought she would be going abroad, much


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the highlights: a documentary on the Denton folk rock band Midlake, co-directed by skateboarder turned actor Jason Lee (My Name Is Earl), called Midlake: Live in Denton, TX.

Thin Line will also feature eclectic music acts every night during the festival’s five-day run at various locations around Denton. On the film side, the opening-night attraction Midlake is perhaps the most anticipated screening at the festival.

It was shot at Dan’s Silverleaf, in Midlake’s hometown of Denton. The band still has a studio in town, and members own the bar Paschall. The band’s drummer, McKenzie Smith, will soon open a restaurant, 940’s, within walking distance of Paschall. These guys are true Dentonites.

Lee and Midlake frontman Eric Pulido, who co-directed with Lee, discussed the challenges of turning a live show into aTwo men charged in Branson home invasion

Charges have been filed against two suspects in a Saturday evening home invasion robbery in Branson, a news release from the city said.

Mark Anthony Lamb, 28, and Anthony William Saucedo, 30, are each charged with armed criminal action, robbery, burglary and stealing in connection with the crime. Lamb and Saucedo are being held without bond in the Taney County Jail.

Anthony William Saucedo(Photo: Taney County Sheriff's Office)

Branson police responded Saturday evening to a report of a home invasion in the Cantwell subdivision near Missouri 76 and U.S. 65, the release said.

A husband and wife said two men had forced entry into their home Saturday night, robbing them of personal possessions, including jewelry, the release said; the men then ran from the home, leaving


Indian election: Bomb blasts kill 12 in Chhattisgarh Published duration 12 April 2014

image copyright AFP image caption Maoist rebels have waged a campaign of violence across several Indian states

Two bombs planted by suspected Maoist rebels have killed at least 12 people in the eastern Indian state of Chhattisgarh as voting continues in the general election.

The first blast hit a bus carrying election officials in Bijapur district, police said, killing seven.

The second attack - half an hour later - killed five police in an ambulance in the Bastar district.

India began five weeks of general election polling last Monday.

Officials said the bus in Bijapur district was blown up by a landmine as it travelled between Gudma and the town of Kutru. Four people were injured.

Several people were also injured inthe separate attack on the ambulance, which took place in the village of Kamanar, election officials said.

Maoist rebels have staged frequent attacks over several decades across a swathe of India in their campaign for the poor to have a greater share of India's natural resources.

Chhattisgarh has seen some of the worst violence. Polling began in part of the state on 10 April and continues with two further rounds in the coming weeks.

Elsewhere, voting resumed in the fourth stage of the general election on Saturday in four states - Goa, Assam, Tripura and Sikkim.

Sikkim, a tiny Himalayan state, also held local elections, including the contest for a seat in the regional assembly which is reserved for a Buddhist monk.

image copyright AFP image caption Sikkim in the Himalayas is one


of four states voting on Saturday

The first key day of polling saw millions of Indians vote on Thursday in 14 states.

The governing Congress party, led by Rahul Gandhi, is pitted against the main opposition BJP, led by the Hindu nationalist, Narendra Modi.

However, the anti-corruption Aam Aadmi (Common Man's) Party, with its stronghold in the capital, Delhi, is mounting a strong challenge.

More than 814 million Indians are eligible to vote in the polls, which opened on 7 April.

A party or a coalition needs a minimum of 272 seats in the 543-seat lower house of parliament to form a government.And the centerpiece of the Knicks' offer to the Clippers -- swingman Iman Shumpert -- suffered a sprained left knee Wednesday in New York's 98-91 win over New Orleans that could further impact talks. Yahoo! Sports reported the injury was a sprain to the MCL, citing league sources.

Yet sources close to the situation told ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard late Wednesday that the Knicks were still hopeful of re-engaging with the Clippers before the deadline to try to push the trade through.

Earlier Wednesday, sources say that the Knicks tried to appease the Clippers by agreeing to tweak the proposed deal.

With the Clippers reluctant to take back the contract of Raymond Felton along with Shumpert -- and also hesitant to part with promising youngster Reggie Bullock -- New York


Hamilton for months.

Yet that trade could hinge on Denver's ability to find a home for the disgruntled Andre Miller on deadline day. Washington, Minnesota and Sacramento have all been linked extensively with Miller, but no trade has materialized despite Denver's efforts to move him since early January.

Trading away Udrih, furthermore, doesn't address the Knicks' main trade objective. As ESPN.com reported Monday, New York has made it widely known that it badly wants to upgrade its options at point guard before the trade buzzer sounds.

After a fruitless months-long pursuit of Toronto's Kyle Lowry and a stalled bid for Atlanta's Jeff Teague, New York's focus shifted to Collison this week, sources said, when the Atlanta Hawks balked at taking back Felton's deal in a Teague trade.

Broussard reported that the KnicksIt has been assumed that Sjölander was a Lieutenant General, as that is the rank described as being given to brigade commanders within the SLDF during the Reunification War, but all of the brigade commanders mentioned in the Magistracy/Star League war detailed within Historical: Reunification War are simply described as "General" within the text.


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Palin conned Alaskans into thinking she could bluff three of the worlds largest oil & gas companies into building the most expensive private sector project in the history of the United States. [...] Three years later, AGIA is an unqualified failure. Even former supporters say the plan will fail and the state has wasted three years chasing a wild goose that many of us warned about when this bad trip began back in March of 2007.

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One criticism in particular has recurred intriguingly. Back in April 2018 an unnamed county representative at the meeting where the ECB’s plans were first announced described it to the Evening Standard as being “like something out of W1A”. This March a county executive told the Independent, on the subject of ongoing discussions about team names: “Honestly, it’s like


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Ex-president Obama declares Irma "Hurricane of Peace," urges not to jump to conclusions and succumb


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THE PRESIDENT: At the dawn of our Republic, a small, secret surveillance committee borne out of the “The Sons of Liberty” was established in Boston. And the group’s members included Paul Revere. At night, they would patrol the streets, reporting back any signs that the British were preparing raids against America’s early Patriots.

Throughout American history, intelligence has helped secure our country and our freedoms. In the Civil War, Union balloon reconnaissance tracked the size of Confederate armies by counting the number of campfires. In World War II, code-breakers gave us insights into Japanese war plans, and when Patton marched across Europe, intercepted communications helped save the lives of his troops. After the war, the rise of the Iron Curtain and nuclear weapons onlyincreased the need for sustained intelligence gathering. And so, in the early days of the Cold War, President Truman created the National Security Agency, or NSA, to give us insights into the Soviet bloc, and provide our leaders with information they needed to confront aggression and avert catastrophe.

Throughout this evolution, we benefited from both our Constitution and our traditions of limited government. U.S. intelligence agencies were anchored in a system of checks and balances -- with oversight from elected leaders, and protections for ordinary citizens. Meanwhile, totalitarian states like East Germany offered a cautionary tale of what could happen when vast, unchecked surveillance turned citizens into informers, and persecuted people for what they said in the privacy of their own homes.

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Officials in Norrköping arrange for bells of city hall to peal tune from Spielberg's Holocaust film to counter far-right message

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Neo-Nazis who gathered for a rally in the Swedish city of Norrköping have been greeted by the theme song from Schindler's List ringing from the bells of the city hall.

Local government spokesman Ulf Mossberg said city officials decided the tune from Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning Holocaust drama was an appropriate way to demonstrate the city's belief in "the equal value of all people".

He said the bells of the clock tower played the song before and after a political rally on Tuesday by the Party of the Swedes, a small extremist group that wants to stop immigrationand reserve Swedish citizenship for people with "western genetic and cultural heritage."

The party aims to win seats in local assemblies across Sweden in elections on 14 September.

Spielberg's 1993 film is based on the life of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories.


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Shipyard workers have been allowed into Stormont House to hand in a letter to the PM urging him to renationalise crisis-hit Harland and Wolff.

They said it was given to a senior Northern Ireland Office official and a commitment was made it would be given to one of Boris Johnson's aides.

Unions say the shipyard is at risk of closure after its parent company ran into severe financial problems.

On Wednesday morning, the PM held meetings with Stormont parties.

As meetings continued, Harland and Wolff workers gathered outside Stormont, along with protesters from other groups calling for action over the Irish language, Brexit and legacy.

Shipyard protesters joined with Irish language group An Dream Dearg for a bi-lingual demonstration.

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Harland and Wolff workersshe had spoken to the PM about the issues facing Harland and Wolff and Ballymena-based bus manufacturer Wrightbus.

"We will continue to work the prime minister and his team to try and find solutions on these areas," she said.

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The shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Tony Lloyd, said the crisis was the new PM's "first big test".

"We've heard from the government that they simply regard this as a commercial issue. It's not," he said.

"Harland and Wolff is not simply an icon of the past, though it is that.

"It is about the future of shipbuilding and ship repair for the whole of the UK and we know there's a future in this," he added.

Image caption An extract from the letter sent to the prime minsiter

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parent company Dolphin Drilling put Harland and Wolff up for sale late last year.

There were exclusive negotiations with a potential buyer but they cooled in the last two weeks.

It is understood administrators are now expected to arrive on Monday.

On Monday, workers said they had taken control of the site and established a rota to ensure their protest continues around the clock.

Image copyright Pacemaker Image caption A rally in support of the shipyard workers took place in east Belfast on Tuesday

The yard employs about 130 people, specialising in energy and marine engineering projects.

They said they would continue the protest until a solution is found.

What is Harland and Wolff?

Harland and Wolff is one of Northern Ireland's best-known businesses and its two huge cranes dominate the east Belfast skyline.

It was foundedin 1861 and at the height of production during World War Two employed about 35,000 people.

Its best known vessel is the Titanic, which was built at the yard between 1909 and 1911.

More than 100 workers attended a rally in east Belfast on Tuesday in support of the shipyard workers.

The Unite union said workers decided to take the action ahead of the expected arrival of administrators.

Trade unions have been hoping that the yard could benefit from plans to build more Royal Navy ships in the UK.

But now there is a risk it will not survive for long enough to benefit.


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A new Chinese government website aimed at encouraging comrades to report corruption was brought to its knees yesterday by a stampede of eager citizens, Reuters reports.

No sooner had yfj.mos.gov.cn come online, than it was floored by sheer weight of numbers. The Beijing Youth Daily quoted an official as admitting the "number of visitors was too large".

By the time the site recovered later yesterday, it already boasted 12 pages of comments on its discussion board, some actually reporting corruption with others having a pop at the fact the initiative had been "done relatively crudely". The service responded by temporarily falling over again this morning.

China is keen to clamp down on rampant corruption, and the People's Daily reported that a meeting of the state's Politburo on Tuesday announced athe straight white male gaze.

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Logan is joined by fellow reality TV junkie Hunter to discuss his new obsession with Big Brother, some of his all time favorite Survivor moments, who he took in the Survivor fantasy draft, the biggest differences between Survivor and MTV’s the Challenge, who he sees potentially winning David vs Goliath, and the crazy blindside votes/injuries that have sent the first few people home this season.


for the operators of small-time charity frauds to the president of the United States.

In the suit, Underwood noted that Trump had already paid more than $330,000 in reimbursements and penalty taxes since 2016. New York state began probing the Trump Foundation in response toan investigation by The Washington Post.

But she asked the judge to go further, and require Trump to pay millions more. She said a 20-month state investigation found that Trump had repeatedly violated laws that set the ground rules for tax-exempt foundations — most importantly, that their money is meant to serve the public good, and not to provide private benefits to their founders.[ A department spokesman said there would be no direct public response to the interview. ]

After 13 years of war, waged by Islamic rebels against various leftist governments and the Soviet forces, Afghanistan is a country in tatters. The years of conflict have driven six million refugees into Pakistan and Iran, prompted the country's educated classes to migrate to Europe and America and fractured the country along its already fragile ethnic fissures.

With the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan in February 1989, virtually all Western nations abandoned their embassies here and ostracized Mr. Najibullah's regime. And then, with the final disintegration of the Soviet Union in December, Afghanistan's last source of economic assistance disappeared. Mr. Najibullah found himself alone in the world, and all but ignored.

In recent months


the United Nations peace plan has begun to show signs of life. Pakistan, the principal benefactor of the Afghan guerrillas and the main conduit of Western arms to them, cut off its assistance in late January and said it was supporting the United Nations plan. In doing so, Islamabad abandoned its insistence on installing a fundamentalist government in Kabul, seeking instead a government that could serve as a stable bridge to fruitful economic and political ties with the new Central Asian republics formed from the old Soviet Union. Many leaders in those republics are wary of Islamic fundamentalism.

Some of the fundamentalist guerrillas have condemned the peace efforts, declaring that only the imposition of an Islamic government will bring peace to the country. But others among the splintered guerrillamovement have agreed to participate in the peace efforts.

Mr. Najibullah spoke fervently today of his hopes for a dialogue with the United States, which at one time was shipping hundreds of millions of dollars of weapons to the fundamentalist guerrillas largely in the interest of countering Soviet dominance over the country. Repeatedly during the 40-minute interview, the President echoed a concern underlying the swing through Central Asia last month by Secretary of State James A. Baker 3d -- that Islamic fundamentalism poses a significant threat to stability in the region.

"You may think that the Central Asian Republics are significant for the United States of America," he said. "That's right. But I must say that the strategic and political significance of Afghanistan is much more than these republics. If


Afghanistan is lost and is turned into a center of fundamentalism, you will lose the Central Asian republics."

Mr. Najibullah, a burly man with a brush mustache, spoke in a wood-paneled conference room dominated by a huge map of the country and lighted by a chandelier made up of five glass globes. Dressed in a subdued blue suit and dark blue tie, the president, normally quite reserved in his discussions with journalists, gesticulated frequently, especially during his discussion of his hopes for a renewal of contacts with the United States. 'What Is the Obstacle?'OSU-Texas: Offensive Pressure Point

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Oklahoma State continues to make improvement running the ball and the Cowboys offensive line trio of Marcus Keyes, Brad Lundblade and Larry Williams will face another challenge in Texas' big, physical defensive line.

Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy has said since the beginning of the season that Oklahoma State is not going to give up on the run. He has stood by that word and against Pittsburgh the running attack with Rennie Childs' 102 rushing yards and 67-yard big play run showed that improvement was being made.

Even with the 35-24 loss on Saturday in Waco to the Baylor Bears in the Big 12 Conference opener the proof was there again, even more substantial. Freshman Justice Hill had two critical fumbles but Hill rushed for


122 yards and he did both inside and outside on a 38-yard run sprung by a hook block from right tackle Zach Crabtree. Childs and quarterback Mason Rudolph also had big runs during the contest.

Both Baylor and Texas primarily use a three-man front defensively, but there is a difference in the three-men up front as Texas uses 6-6, 254-pound Charles Omenihu at defensive end, 6-3, 317-pound Paul Boyette at defensive tackle and Poona Ford, a 5-11, 303-pound stout nose guard. The pressure point for the Cowboys will be the guard to guard portion of the offensive line with redshirt freshman Marcus Keyes at left guard, junior center Brad Lundblade, and right guard Larry Williams.

"They're very similar to what we've seen in the past," Gundy said of the Texasoffensive line. "A lot of their guys up front are strong and they have a lot of speed on the perimeter. They've been this way every year. In the years they've won a lot of games, even going back to when Coach (Mack) Brown was there. The personnel that they play with is very rarely undersized at any position. They're 300-pound guys that move well and that's the situation that we're facing this week."

Gundy expressed his evaluation that Williams and Keyes have helped the Oklahoma State offensive line since they moved into the starting lineup, Keyes over the fall camp and Williams right on the eve of the opener. He also said that duo has a long way to go. I think they both made strides in Waco


University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, relies heavily on a concept of civil religion first popularized by sociologist Robert Bellah. Bellah argued in an influential article published in 1967 that respect for the rule of law was so deeply embedded in American life and culture as to constitute a kind of civil religion. In support of that idea, Bellah pointed to passages in presidential addresses that advocate respect for law in almost religious terms. Semonche, however, argues in his book that while Bellah was right about the notion of respect for law as a kind of civil religion, he was wrong to give the president the primary role in explicating and advancing it. Rather, Semonche contends, the Supreme Court's members are the ones who have functioned as thehigh priests of America's civil religion. Semonche devotes most of his almost five-hundred-page study to exploring how he believes the Court has done this over its two-century existence.

Semonche is clearly onto something important in advancing his thesis. The U.S. Constitution, which brought the Supreme Court into being, clearly places it at the apex of the American legal system. If respect for the rule of law is the core commitment of the American civil creed, then the Court would logically play the most important role in advancing it.

The basic problem with Semonche's thesis is that it tends to read into the past a role that the Court has taken on in a major way only during the past sixty years or so. Until the late nineteenth century, the Supreme


Court was a largely invisible institution in American life. In the years after the Civil War, as the federal government gradually became more important to the daily life of the citizenry, the Court did gain the opportunity to play the role Semonche ascribes to it. At first, however, many of the Court's most far-reaching decisions tended to diminish respect for the rule of law among the people rather than strengthen it. From the late nineteenth century through the mid-1930's, the Court's most far-reaching rulings tended to be ones that struck down laws regulating minimum wages and maximum hours, and upheld ones that limited freedom of expression. In so doing, the Court was articulating a kind of civil religion, but it was one with which many Americans disagreed. Therewere of course dissenters, such as Oliver Wendell Holmes and Louis D. Brandeis, to name the two most famous of them. They played the priestly role that Semonche has in mind--but only in dissent.

With the advent of the New Deal Court first led by Harlan Fiske Stone in the 1940's, the Court began to play the role (and to enjoy the visibility and popular respect) that makes Semonche's thesis work. And, in fact, the most interesting and effective sections of his book deal with the period beginning in the early 1940's through the present. During those almost sixty years, the Court's nine justices have ever more self-consciously and publicly played the part of the high priests of America's civil religion. Even then, however, the Court has had to


an enlargement of the room to the south-east was accompanied by the addition of columns surmounted by arched vaults. It is from this period that the development of the mihrab begun. Decorated with Zirid-style motifs, the mihrab consists of a semicylindrical niche with a rib-shaped vault. It is decorated with Kufic inscriptions and floral moldings.
In the Hafsid era, expansion work continued with the construction of a square-based minaret and the addition of two naves in the north-western part. The completion of the mosque took place during the 18th century with the addition of a hallway along one of the exterior facades.
One of the peculiarities of the Great Mosque of Monastir consists in the absence of a dome surmounting the mihrab, which is rather rare in medieval Ifriqiyan architecture.

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As the nation watches the epic stand off between a minister, a corporation and the prime minister’s office, the same drama is playing out here in B.C. between the minister of fisheries, a virus, a foreign industry, and wild salmon.

On February 4, Justice Cecily Strickland of the Federal Court of Canada ruled that the minister of fisheries’ refusal to screen farm salmon for the blood virus piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) is against the law in Canada. She reaffirmed a 2015 Federal Court ruling—that the minister of fisheries must test farm salmon for this virus, a ruling ignored by four ministers; Gail Shea, Hunter Tootoo, Dominic LeBlanc, and Jonathan Wilkinson.

Three days later, an “expert panel” appointed by DFO announced that PRV has minimal impact on


Using Opta data, we take a look at the best facts ahead of Barcelona's Champions League semi-final trip to Liverpool.

The second instalment of Liverpool's clash with Barcelona takes place on Tuesday, with the Spanish side on the verge of the Champions League final following a 3-0 victory at Camp Nou in the first leg.

Lionel Messi was the star of the show on that occasion, scoring twice - one a spectacular free kick - to add to Luis Suarez's opener against his former side.

Liverpool's task of turning the tie around is made all the harder by injuries. Jurgen Klopp confirmed on Monday that forward duo Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah will both miss the tie, while midfielder Naby Keita is ruled out after picking up an injury during thedefeat in Spain.

Either Ajax or Tottenham will be the opponents in the final, with the Dutch side holding a 1-0 first-leg lead. Ahead of the game at Anfield, we pick out the best Opta facts.

2 – Liverpool are looking to become the third team to overturn a three-goal first-leg deficit in a European Cup/Champions League semi-final, following on from Panathinaikos in 1970-71 and Barcelona in 1985-86.

3 – Only on three previous occasions has a team been eliminated from a Champions League knockout tie having won the first leg by three or more goals. The last occasion it happened involved Barcelona last season, who won 4-1 at home against Roma but then lost 3-0 in the return fixture of the quarter-final clash.

2 – Barcelona have already won twice on


English soil this season, having beaten Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 at Wembley in the group stage and then Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford at the quarter-final stage.

19 – Liverpool are unbeaten in 19 home matches in all competitions, recording 16 wins and three draws in that time. This is their second best run at Anfield under Klopp, trailing only a 25-game streak between January 2016 and January 2017.

2 – Barcelona have won both of their previous Champions League meetings at Anfield, recording a 3-1 victory in November 2001 and a 1-0 triumph in March 2007. They are the only away team to have won more than once at Liverpool in the competition.

5 – Barcelona have won just five of their last 18 away Champions League knockout ties (W5D4 L9) but four of those victories have come in England, with the other against Paris Saint-Germain in April 2015.

26 – Lionel Messi has scored a total of 26 Champions League goals against English teams, more than any other player in the history of the competition, including six this season.

367 – Liverpool have not conceded in the Champions League at Anfield in 367 minutes, a run stretching back to Kylian Mbappe’s goal in September. The Reds have not kept five successive clean sheets at home in a major European competition since October 1984.


A.J. Hammons NBA Draft Scouting Report and Video Breakdown

Few players over the years have been as enigmatic as Purdue big man A.J. Hammons.

With excellent 7-foot size, a strong frame, shot blocking instincts that made him a defensive force, touch around the basket, and a mid-range jump shot that always seemed to be on the verge of becoming realized, the soon to be 24-year old Hammons has been on the radar as a prospect ready to break out for quite some time.

Yet there always seemed to be something missing, something which prevented Hammons' impact from being quite as high as the sum of his parts. Whether it was his inconsistency on the defensive glass, his inability to turn that jump shot into a regular part of his offensive game,his irregular motor and lack of focus on and off the court, Hammons has never quite had the impact you expected him to.

Hammons took significant steps in that regard this season, as he was a more consistent, and well-rounded contributor for the Boilermakers in his final season at Purdue, helping head coach Matt Painter to a 26-win season, his best since the 2010-11 squad led by JaJuan Johnson and E'Twaun Moore. His season ended on somewhat of a disappointing note, though, with a first round NCAA Tournament loss to #12 seed Arkansas-Little Rock.

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Hammons' intrigue as a prospect begins with his proficiency as a shot blocker. Hammons averaged 4.1 blocks per 40 minutes, pace adjusted, the third best mark in our top-100 ranking.


Hammons uses his 7'3 wingspan, good mobility, excellent instincts, and a surprisingly quick second jump for a player of his size to alter shots at the rim, and was the key component in transforming Purdue into a top-20 defensive team.

Hammons' size and strength also allow him to be an effective post defender, as he's strong enough to hold his ground in the paint and uses his length to alter shots around the rim. He can still do a better job of denying position early, something he's mostly been able to overcome against the competition he's faced at the collegiate level, but which he'll have to do a better job of against some of the post-scoring talent he'll face in the NBA, which starts with showing a higher intensitylevel early in possessions.

Where Hammons has really improved has been on the defensive glass, as his 13.4 defensive rebounds per 40 minutes, pace adjusted, and 24.8% defensive rebounding rate are both easily career highs. Between Hammons and Caleb Swanigan, Purdue was one of the best defensive rebounding teams in the nation, and Hammons being more focused in this phase of the game helps his projection as a role player at the next level quite a bit.

Offensively, Hammons' bread and butter remains in the post, where over 60% of his offensive possessions come from, according to Synergy Sports Technology. Hammons shot 58.5% on shots out of post-up situations and averaged 1.217 points per possession according to Synergy, being one of the most efficient high-usage big men in the nation


did cut down on his turnovers some, as Synergy logged turnovers on just 12.7% of his post-up possessions, down pretty significantly from the 16.7% he averaged during his junior year. Still, averaging 3.4 turnovers per 40 minutes, pace adjusted, compared to just 1.8 assists, Hammons doesn't use the attention he receives in the post to create scoring opportunities for his teammates with any kind of regularity.

That jump shot, which we noted last year was showing potential, has become more realized into an actual weapon this season. Synergy logged 43 jump shots for Hammons beyond 17 feet, of which he shot 48.8% on, a pretty sizable improvement over the 16% on 25 field goal attempts he shot during his junior season. The sample size is very small, but thesecond, when Fleet was
throwing the ball home, and Tom would seize it and shoot it down to the
second cushion with all his old-time speed. Pod would then seize the
sphere and put it on an imaginary runner, and throw to Fleet again to
catch an imaginary runner at that bag.

"This seems like old times," said Fleet. "There are many outdoor games,
but after all there is only one."

"There are many, and yet there's only one. There's a riddle for
you--figure it out!" cried Pod.

After a while, breathing heavily from their exertions, for the morning
was warm, Pod, Bert and Fleet decided to stop. Then Chot took the ball
and threw for fifteen minutes to Tom, speeding them in as his arm grew
more limber, until the ball became but a mere flash in the atmosphere


six miles wide, and apparently wider
still in the distance.

"This is Crown Point on our left and Chimney Point on our right," said
Bert. "I came up here once in a small sail boat. I think this will be a
fine place to camp to-night."

The boys agreeing, they pitched their tents on the Crown Point side and
began to prepare the evening meal. While they were at work, they heard
voices nearby and looked up to see two strange-looking men approaching
along the shore of the lake. It was rapidly growing dusk, and the
features of the strangers could not be distinguished. They had
apparently not seen the boys, for they were discussing something in low
tones.

Then one of the men placed a finger to his lips and the talking ceased.
They were looking straight toward the camp,his vacation was nearly over,
and that he would be due in New York by the time the Comrades reached
their destination.

"I expect to see you all in New York again one of these days, and I hope
to be able to show you a good time," he said.

"Well, we certainly had an abundance of excitement on our last visit,"
said Tom. "What, with the burning hotel, and the chase of the smugglers,
and various and sundry smaller happenings, we were kept pretty much on
the move."

"Well, I'll try and see that you don't burn out next time, anyway,"
smiled Sam.

"Why, that fire was the means of winning for Fleet undying renown," said
Chot.

"Oh, pshaw! it did nothing of the kind," protested the fleshy lad.

"Well, you rescued Mr. Shelton's little child from the building, and we
got


Hounson would never forgive me if I
passed him by," said Pod.

"Naturally not," said Chot. "He's your benefactor. You owe him
everything."

"I know I do," said the little fellow earnestly. "If it hadn't been for
him I never would have been able to enter Winton."

"I wonder how our telephone is getting along?" ventured Fleet.

"Very well, no doubt," said Chot. "Our folks have been making good use
of it. There was nothing to do but have the batteries restored
occasionally."

"And we'll use it again, won't we?" cried Fleet, delighted at the
thought.

"Surely," said Tom. "I feel that we had a hard enough time getting it
up, with Chot shirking his duty to talk to Lucy Pendleton, that we ought
to get all the good we can out of it."

It was fast growing dark, but the boys sawwould have been perfectly happy.

After dinner they sat on the verandah and watched it grow dark--not
without a feeling of dread, though, it must be admitted. All sorts of
things might happen in the lodge under cover of darkness. They knew not
what to be prepared for, but something seemed to tell them that above
all places, the basement was the one spot to keep their eyes on.

"Hoki," said Chot, suddenly, when the <DW61> had finished the kitchen work
and joined them on the verandah, "are there any guns about the place?"

"Oh, yes, sirs; as many as six, sirs. Would you have them delivered?"

"Where are they kept?"

"In my master's private chamber, if you please, sirs."

"Then lead the way to them, Hoki. Come, Tom! The rest of you stay here
till we return."

They followed the


on a little island
where a party was camping. They generously shared what they had with me
and gave me a place to sleep. I told them I was hunting you fellows, and
that you would probably be in one of the most secluded parts of the
river, so they directed me this way. I rowed in and out around the
islands all day until about an hour ago, when I caught sight of the roof
of this lodge. Well, I was two miles away, and it was growing dusk. I
wondered if I'd be able to keep a course for the place. Then your lights
came on and I steered my course by that.

"As I passed that island to the north of you, I heard men talking in low
tones, and thought once I'd stop andof action. It was a
certainty, they felt, that the smugglers would soon enter the lodge
again, believing the boys to be in ignorance of their secret. The tunnel
must be on the shore towards the other island, and while the boys did
not care to make a search for it in broad daylight, as the shore was in
plain view from the smugglers' retreat, they felt that they could pretty
nearly guess its location.

Truem, then was to watch the shore end of the passage every night until
the smugglers entered it, then find a means to close it behind them, so
their only mode of exit would be through the basement of the lodge. This
sounded like a big undertaking, but Truem volunteered for the task. He
was to be armed with a revolver and a good


We have every reason to
believe that this Mr. Lawrence is the leader of the band. Have there
been any unusual happenings since your arrival?"

"There has been nothing else," Chot replied, smiling. "As for the
smugglers, we have captured the entire band with the exception of Mr.
Lawrence, and we were getting ready to take him, too, believing at first
that this was his boat."

Of course, Lieutenant Winters wanted the details, and Chot related their
adventures from the moment they met Mr. Lawrence until the release of
Bert Creighton from the smugglers' lair the previous night.

"And you have these men safe in the cellar?" asked Lieutenant Winters, a
merry twinkle in his eyes.

"Yes, sir."

"Then I don't see much use of Uncle Sam keeping his officers in the St.
Lawrence. You have done your country a noble service,This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.

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CHICAGO -- Stephen Paddock, the gunman in the Las Vegas massacre, booked two rooms in the Blackstone Hotel overlooking Lollapalooza, according to TMZ.

The Blackstone Hotel is located at 636 S Michigan Ave, directly across the street from Chicago's Grant Park where the annual musical festival is held.

Paddock booked one room for August 1, 2017 -- two days before the festival started. He booked a second room for an August 3 arrival. Both rooms had a checkout date of August 6, when Lollapalooza ended.

Paddock requested a room with a view, but never showed up


Conservative Anglicans Rebel And Form New Church

Conservatives forces in the Anglican church rebelled and are determined to form a new Anglican church that will combat changes being made such as consecration of gays, lesbians, and women as priests in the church. They are upset with the Archbishop of Canterbury who they believe is supporting these attacks on what they consider to be the real Anglican religion. A Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, Foca, will be formed in the coming weeks in order to provide a base for those who seek the traditional trappings of the Anglican church. Archbishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria decried the “forces of militant secularism and pluralism” as the reason why people are turning away from the Anglican church.

There is much more conservatism among Anglican clergyIs Jon Snow the secret son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark, the third head of the Dragon, destined to sing the song of Ice and Fire, and rule Westeros and half the known world in a Pharaoh-like marriage with his aunt Daenerys Stormborn? George R R Martin, author of the A Song Of Ice And Fire book series, producer, consultant, script writer and advisor on the HBO TV series, A Game Of Thrones, based on the books, has a very firm policy of not letting slip the slightest hint of what may happen in future volumes or episodes. Indeed he threatens to kill another Stark if anyone even asks him what’s going to happen, a threat he repeated during his recent author tour of Australia. Accordingly there


70 was there to show their appreciation, and while a great many were the traditional SF & Fantasy geeks and fans, the kind one might encounter at conventions and comic-cons, there were also a great many regular folk, there to gain a closer insight, and perhaps a hint of what is to come in Martin’s extraordinary world.

With an audience of dedicated (and perhaps also desiccated) septuagenarian and octogenarian fans, for whom winter really is coming, the question often arises, only half in jest, is George R R Martin going to finish these books before I die? He began the books in the early 90s, the first was published in 1996, the next in 1998, the third in 2000, there was a five year wait for A Feast Foralso so they would be able to finish the series, just in case. After the death of fellow fantasy author, Robert Jordan (who was, coincidentally, the same age as George), in 2007, with his epic Wheel Of Time fantasy series as yet unfinished, it was announced that Brandon Sanderson would finish the work based on Jordan’s outlines and notes. Similarly, Todd McCaffrey has continued stories of the Dragonriders Of Pern, the classic fantasy series first penned by his mother Anne McCaffrey in 1968. In a revelation that you would perhaps rather not know, when asked who would be his Brian Sanderson, who would continue the work if he died, George’s reply was, “I don’t plan on dying, so if I do die you guys are all out of


Dan Marino fathers love child with fellow CBS Employee in 2005

Dan Marino, football legend and current CBS Sports analyst, reportedly fathered a love child with Donna Savattere, a former CBS Sports production assistant in 2004, to whom Marino paid millions to keep the affair a secret. Their daughter, Chloe, was born in 2005.

Marino met Savattere as a pregame analyst for CBS, where he has worked since 2003. Donna Savattere was 35 at the time of the affair, according to the Mail Online. The birth of their child came in 2005, just two months before Marino was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

After the birth, Donna Savattere swiftly moved to New York and spent much of her time in the Upper West Side and the Hamptons, where she becamefired. We don't have any information on arrests or weapons seized."

He said the two favelas had been under their control since 06:00 local time (08:00 GMT) and the streets - which had been shut a few hours before the operation began - would soon reopen.

The AFP news agency reported that a few residents watched from their windows as the troops advanced through the deserted streets of Rocinha.

Residents spoken to by the AFP said they supported the move, hoping it would bring better conditions and prospects as well as ridding the favela of criminals.

However, some women were seen crying as the troops moved in, suggesting not everyone supported the operation.

Police had openly announced their plan to move into Rocinha - which is officially home to some 70,000 people, although


is widely thought to have considerably more residents.

Some of the favela's residents left the area on Wednesday, as police began setting up checkpoints at entrances to the slum district, which is located close to tourist areas in Rio's south zone.

They scored an early success on Thursday when they arrested alleged drugs kingpin Antonio Francisco Bonfim Lopes - widely known as "Nem" - as he tried to escape Rocinha in the boot of a car.

The driver of the vehicle tried to claim diplomatic immunity, saying he was the honorary consul of the Democratic Republic of Congo, police said.

He then offered a bribe worth $570,000 (£358,000), they added, but officers refused and opened the boot to discover the hidden suspect.

Nem was one of Rio's most wanted suspects and his arrestwas described as a "historic moment" by the city's state security secretary Jose Mariano Beltrame.

The police operation to clear the favelas involves special forces, known as BOPE, moving in to take on the traffickers. Police then establish a permanent base in the favela with officers trained in community policing.

City officials also move in to provide services such as healthcare and electricity.

Pacification has been generally welcomed in favelas, where residents have seen a drop in crime.

But there have been complaints about the behaviour of some of the troops and police involved, with local people reporting excessive violence or abuse of authority.


A lost generation

With men falling prey to drugs, women and children bear the brunt of living in a toxic atmosphere of crime and violence fuelled by addiction.

She is barely 20: thin, pale, her eyes glazed and vacant with the habit accumulated through her short life, of suffering without hope or end. Her father succumbed to drugs when she was a small child. Her mother was forced to marry her husband’s younger brother. He too fell to drugs, and died a few years later. Her brother, just years older to her, emulated his father before he even became a teenager. Her mother married her off at 17, hoping she would build some kind of life for herself in her new home. But the girl soon discovered that her husband‘clean’ of drugs in the years that they grew. His wake-up call was when, a decade back, his young son — then around 10 — asked his father for money to buy a ‘gillasi’, a glass of country liquor sold openly in every street corner of Maqboolpura.

Masterji desperately wanted to protect his son. But he thought of all children in his son’s age being raised in Maqboolpura. His wife Amandeep and he, both government schoolteachers of modest means, agonised for a while. They then decided to move all their belongings into a single room of their small house, and convert all the other rooms into classrooms. They taught the children after school hours, when they returned from their government day jobs.

More than the academic engagement, children found welcome


a spin-out from Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania, that obtained $60,000 (£38,591) of money from a 2013 Kickstarter campaign. The insole is in the design phase, but the company is looking to launch it ‘as soon as possible’.

Previously, a couple of attempts were made to harness power produced by walking in order to charge devices. In 2013, mechanical engineering students from Rice University in Houston, Texas, developed a prototype shoe with the ability to recharge phone. Their PediPower shoes were designed for the purpose of charging medical equipment in remote areas of the world – and featured a shoe-mounted generator in contrast with an insole. The prototypes generated an average of 400 milliwatts, which is sufficient to charge a battery through what looked like a metal heel, attached toNicky Romero & Friends Drop Miami 2017 Compilation Album

Wynn Nightlife Resident Nicky Romero has teamed up with some friends to bring listeners a few “pre” Miami Music Week jams. Romero, along with a slew of Protocol artists, collectively dropped a Miami 2017 compilation album with over 15 songs, perfectly tailored for clubs and the upcoming spring festivals.

Get into the mix on Spotify and get your tickets today to see Nicky Romero headline at Wynn Las Vegas (TICKETS).


Toronto FC announced Wednesday that the club has signed Canadian international forward Tosaint Ricketts.

“We are pleased to add another Canadian international with valuable experience for both club and country,” said Toronto FC General Manager Tim Bezbatchenko. “Tosaint has trained with the team and has fit in well within the group. We are pleased to get this deal finalized and have him available for selection this weekend.”

Ricketts, 28, was previously with Boluspor Kulübü of Turkey’s TFF First League. During the 2014-15 season, he made a combined 18 appearances and scored one goal. Ricketts began his professional career with Myllykosken Pallo −47 in 2009. He appeared in 51 matches scoring 14 goals in all competitions during his time with the Finnish club. Ricketts joined Romanian club Politehnica Timișoara in Novemberof 2010 where he appeared in 26 matches scoring seven goals in all competitions. Ricketts signed with Vålerenga Fotball of the Norwegian Tippeligaen in August 2012 where he remained before joining Sandnes Ulf in early 2013. He departed Sandnes Ulf in September 2013 and signed with Turkish First League club Bucaspor Kulübü. He appeared in 28 matches scoring nine goals in all competitions. Ricketts signed with Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Haifa on July 2014 and remained with the club for one season. Ricketts returned to Turkey and signed with Boluspor on August 2015.

Ricketts has earned 50 caps for the Canadian national team and has scored 12 goals. He made his debut for Canada on February 9, 2011 in a friendly match against Greece. He scored his first


goal for Canada during a 2–2 friendly match against Ecuador on June 1, 2011 at BMO Field. In addition, Ricketts has represented Canada at the 2011, 2013 and 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments.

TRANSACTION: Toronto FC signs forward Tosaint Ricketts on Wednesday, July 20, 2016Simulating deforestation and carbon loss in Amazonia: impacts in Brazil's Roraima state from reconstructing Highway BR-319 (Manaus-Porto Velho).
Reconstruction of Highway BR-319 (Manaus-Porto Velho) would allow for access from the "arc of deforestation" in the southern part of Brazil's Amazon region to vast blocks of forests in central and northern Amazonia. Building roads is known to be a major driver of deforestation, allowing entry of squatters, and other actors. Rather than deforestation along the highway route, here we consider the road's potential for stimulating deforestation in a separate location, approximately 550 km north of BR-319's endpoint in Manaus. Reconstructing BR-319 has great potential impact to start a new wave of migration to this remote region. The southern portion of the state of Roraima, the focus of our study, is


The BMW 2 Series Coupé, will continue as a rear-wheel-drive model in the future – and the firm will continue to offer a high-performance range-topping M2 version.

While the two-door Coupé, first launched in 2014, driven from the rear, the recently launched new 2 Series Gran Coupé has adopted a front-drive architecture. That four-door model is built on the same UKL platform as the new 1 Series, which has switched its driven wheels from front to rear. But 2 Series product manager Gernot Stuhl said there were no planes for the next-generation Coupé to make a similar switch.

Stuhl said the coupe, which was first launched in 2014 and facelifted in 2017 would "continue with a different architecture" in the next generation. He added that while market research had showna loud crack and Britta was instantly ejected from the Jade Palace.

She felt strange, like she was being pulled in two directions at once. It wasn’t like being teleported, and it wasn’t like she was moving to a save point.

Where was she going? It was taking a lot longer than usual. These things were meant to be instantaneous.

The whiteness around her faded and Britta found herself in a small room. It was very familiar. She was back in the Church of Roha in Quosada. She opened the door to check. It was definitely the old church. She had been here enough times to be able to recognise it.

Why was she here? This wasn’t her preferred spawn point.

If she’d been given the choice, she would have just logged out


of my reading list this summer.

Non-fiction

The Road to Character (Random House, April 2015) by David Brooks

Separating “résumé virtues” (our external successes) from “eulogy virtues” (our character and relationships), Brooks challenges us to invest more in the personal qualities that truly define us and less in our short-term advancement.

Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, May 2015) by Evan Osnos

From his vantage point as long-time Beijing correspondent for the New Yorker, Osnos provides incisive commentary on life in China through detailed portraits of well-known leaders, media figures, and dissidents, as well as everyday people. Dividing his book into three sections, Osnos focuses on modern China's search for wealth, freedom, and meaning.

The Wright Brothers (Simon & Schuster, May 2015) by Davidfor how both sides can get the most out of the relationship, including investing in one another's success and recognizing that talented employees may leave for other opportunities—and that this is no great insult.

Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money (Harper, May 2015) by Nathaniel Popper

Popper, a New York Times technology and business writer, tells the story of Bitcoin, a decentralized digital currency produced via mathematical formula with no central-bank oversight. Digital Gold describes how Bitcoin grew from a radical new idea on the outskirts of the web to a technology with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion.

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Ecco, May 2015) by Ashlee Vance

The first journalist to


obtain exclusive access to Musk, his family, and his friends, Vance provides an inside view of Musk's journey. He argues that Musk's incredible work ethic and deep desire to see his ideas proven right, partially influenced by his challenging upbringing in South Africa, have driven him to relentlessly pursue game-changing ideas.

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (Metropolitan Books, 2014) by Atul Gawande

Gawande, a surgeon and best-selling author, argues that end-of-life goals for patients and families are dignity and quality of life—and that much of current care runs counter to these goals. He explores different models of hospice care, ones that are more likely to offer comfort and meaning.

Humans Are Underrated: What High Achievers Know That Brilliant Machines Never Will (Portfolio, August 2015) by Geoff Colvin

Colvinresponds to growing concern about a “jobless future,” in which working people are replaced by machines, by arguing that technology is giving rise to a new economy where uniquely human skills—creativity, empathy, an ability to build relationships—are the most highly prized.

Thirteen Days in September: the Dramatic Story of the Struggle for Peace (Vintage, April 2015) by Lawrence Wright

Wright combines political analysis with research into the personal histories of Jimmy Carter, Menachem Begin of Israel, and Anwar Sadat of Egypt to tell the story of the 1978 Camp David Accords, which laid the foundation for the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty.

Fiction

The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Vintage, April 2015) by Richard Flanagan

Centering his story around the building of the “Death Railway” from Thailand to Burma by captured Allied soldiers in


World War II, Flanagan explores the depth of our capacity for both cruelty and compassion.

Go Set a Watchman (Harper, July 2015) by Harper Lee

Believed to have been lost, this book is Harper Lee's earliest known work, submitted to publishers before To Kill a Mockingbird. Rediscovered and published, it explores the events transforming 1950s America and their effects on life in Maycomb, Alabama.

All the Light We Cannot See (Scribner, 2014) by Anthony Doerr

A finalist for the National Book Award, this moving story depicts a German boy and a blind French girl whose lives become intertwined in World War II.

McKinsey colleagues have published a number of excellent books and reports this year. Three I want to highlight in particular are: No Ordinary Disruption: The Four Global Forces Breaking All theThe political importance of the Parcel B park: White voters

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Before he was a Meet the Press panelist and presidential strategist, Republican political consultant Mike Murphyhelped the Miami Heat win a referendum in 1996 over tax subsidies and public land for the AmericanAirlines Arena. And the guru said a key part of winning that fight was touting a waterfront park to white voters.

"White voters were most excited about a new family-friendly park on Miami's waterfront, including soccer fields and new arena, which would bring in concerts and other entertainment events," Murphy wrote in a 2004 essay for the Sports Business Journal. "Recasting the arena as a waterfront park and arena was to be key to our campaign."

The blunt retrospective offers a new backstory for the ongoing debate over Parcel


B, the five acres of county waterfront promised as a park in Heat campaign materials from nearly 20 years ago. The park never came. After the election, Miami-Dade gave the Heat permission to build retail there. That never happened. In 2003, the Heat gave up the spot but still rents it for valet parking and truck storage at what the county now says are discounted rates.

Through it all, park activists have demanded Miami-Dade deliver the promised park. Last year, County Commissioners endorsed building a Cuban Exile museum there, which the Heat opposes. Park activists, of course, are fighting the effort, too.

Muprhy's essay highlights the key role the Parcel B vision played in creating the arena. "In late August, the arena project appeared to be domed," Murphy wrote. "WeSource: Xinhua| 2017-07-04 00:42:16|Editor: MJ

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Total CEO Patrick Pouyanne speaks at the deal signing ceremony in Teheran, Iran, on July 3, 2017. Iran and a consortium of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), France's Total signed a 4.8-billion dollar deal here on Monday to develop a major Iranian gas field in the Persian Gulf. (Xinhua/Ahamad Halabisaz)

PARIS, July 3 (Xinhua) -- French oil giant Total confirmed a major deal with Iran on Monday to develop phase 11 of the South Pars project in the Gulf, the first major energy deal between Iran and the West since Tehran signed an international nuclear deal in 2015.

Under the 20-year contract, the project will have a production capacity of 2 billion cubic feet per day or 400,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day,


and the produced gas is expected to supply the Iranian domestic market starting in 2021, Total said in a press release.

With an estimated cost of 2 billion U.S. dollars, the South Pars project's first phase "will consist of 30 wells and two wellhead platforms connected to existing onshore treatment facilities by two sub-sea pipelines."

The scheme's second phase will involve "the construction of offshore compression facilities, a first on the South Pars field," it added.

"This is a major agreement for Total, which officially marks our return to Iran to open a new page in the history of our partnership with the country. We are proud and honored to be the first international company to sign an IPC (Iranian Petroleum Contract) which offers an attractive commercial framework," said Patrick Pouyanne,chairman and chief executive officer of Total.

"This project is in line with the group's strategy to expand its presence in the Middle East and grow its gas portfolio by adding low cost, long plateau assets," he added.


A look at the North Korean military

March 27, 2013

With North Korea flexing its muscles lately, here is a look at their armed forces.

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This picture taken on December 14, 2012 from China's northeastern city of Dandong, looking across the border, shows a North Korean military officer (R) and a North Korea man (L) standing behind a pile of coal along the banks of the Yalu River in the northeast of the North Korean border town of Siniuju. China is North Korea's biggest trading partner by far, and most of the business passes through Dandong in northeastern China, where lorries piled high with tyres and sacks are processed at the customs post.

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This picture taken on December 14, 2012 from China's northeastern city of Dandong, looking across the border,shows a North Korean military officer (R) and a North Korea man (L) standing behind a pile of coal along the banks of the Yalu River in the northeast of the North Korean border town of Siniuju. China is North Korea's biggest trading partner by far, and most of the business passes through Dandong in northeastern China, where lorries piled high with tyres and sacks are processed at the customs post.


children will be required to have a “child safety alert system”.... Read the rest

Caltrans District 4 has scheduled the following lane and ramp closures for the Interstate 680 Mococo Overhead Bridge Rehabilitation Project:
On-Ramp Closures
The Marina Vista on-ramp to southbound I-680 will be closed:
Thursday night, March 26, from 6pm-6am
6pm Friday night, March 27 until 12pm Saturday, March 28
Lane/Shoulder Closures at the Marina Vista/Waterfront Road Interchange:
One northbound lane will be closed from 8pm Friday, March 27 to 5am Monday, March 30
The left shoulder of southbound I-680 will be closed from 8pm Friday, March 27 through 5am Monday, March 30
Upcoming Closure of Southbound I-680 Off-Ramp to Marina Vista/Waterfront Road
In late April 2015 Caltrans will close the southbound off-ramp from I-680 to Marina Vista/Waterfront Road.... Read the rest

In late January, the MetropolitanThe new Hookston Road section (old Elmira Drive) between Hookston Road and Clarie Drive will now be open to one lane of traffic in each direction.
3) Hookston Road between Old Elmira Drive and Buskirk Ave will be permanently closed to through traffic, this will allow for construction of the underground and storm basin facilities and a new mini-park in this area.... Read the rest

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In just about every major American metropolitan region, and especially here in the Bay Area, streets are congested – and contested – spaces. Increasingly cities are reallocating mixed-traffic lanes to accommodate bicycling, and while this makes it safer for the cyclists, it can affect the traffic flow by reducing the number of lanes available for motorists, transit, and goods movement. Encouraging more cycling


Curves are seductive. These smooth, organic lines and surfaces—like those of the human body—appeal to us in an instinctive, visceral way that straight lines or the perfect shapes of classical geometry never could. In this large-format book, lavishly illustrated in color throughout, Allan McRobie takes the reader on an alluring exploration of the beautiful curves that shape our world—from our bodies to Salvador Dalí’s paintings and the space-time fabric of the universe itself. The book focuses on seven curves—the fold, cusp, swallowtail, and butterfly, plus the hyperbolic, elliptical, and parabolic “umbilics”—and describes the surprising origins of their taxonomy in the catastrophe theory of mathematician René Thom. In an accessible discussion illustrated with many photographs of the human nude, McRobie introduces these curves and then describes their role inattempt at evoking multiple feelings towards curves. Allan McRobie deserves praise for sensually drawing parallels between the natural and constructed worlds."—Sudhirendar Sharma, Current Science

"Both immediate and analytical, beautiful and informative, The Seduction of Curves is a successful hybrid of art book, representation of descriptive geometry, and explanation of mathematical concepts . . . . a book that entertains and teaches, pleases and challenges in equal measure."—Hans J. Rindisbach, European Legacy

"Remarkable. . . . Successful . . . due to the erudition of the author plus the quality of the production both in the illustrations used and in the general elegance of the book itself. It would grace the grandest of coffee tables and provide the basis for interesting debates."—Phil Dyke, Leonardo Reviews

"This is what a book should be:


startling, bold, and beautiful, idiosyncratic and yet universal. Only Allan McRobie could have written it. But all of us can enjoy it. He shows us how to look at ourselves, our bodies, and our world in a new way. After just a few minutes you'll feel like you're seeing everything for the first time. Brilliantly conceived, poetically written, and utterly original, The Seduction of Curves is a sinuous delight."—Steven Strogatz, author of The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity

"McRobie, a mathematician with a deep knowledge of the visual arts and the human body's curves, has written a startlingly original book. The Seduction of Curves is a probing exploration of the parallels between nature and the constructed world—and the most striking illustrated mathematicssked would take care of the travel situation...

No its not. The Maple Leads, Canadians, and Senators are in the same time zone as the Lighting and Panthers.

Just like the Blue Jays are in the same time zone/division as the Rays, and the Expos were in the same time zone/division as the Marlins.

Time zones are irrelevant in this case. Look at the locations of each team in the proposed division. If you're going to use the eastern time zone, then at least put one division in the north and one in the south. Don't divide one division by another.

You've got a division where 5 of 7 teams are at the 47th parallel, and two at the 27th parallel. And sandwiched right in the middle of this division is another,


ingenuity. His farm, Sande says, offers varieties of oranges and tangerines unavailable anywhere else in the area.

Sande shows the team specific agriculture techniques he uses to maximize his yield.

HESE Students are shown around a smallholder farm.

Continuing with the tour, the team visits a mango grove, a crop which is particularly difficult to store and transport due to synchronized ripening and a short marketable lifespan. At the far end of the farm, a USAID-provided irrigation system drip feeds a plot of maize and several banana trees. Sande explains drastic seasonal changes in water supply cause many losses and challenges — flooding in the current rainy season causes soggy soil, visible to the team in a wilted field of spinach, and droughts cause soil to dry and crack.

A final roundof questioning from the Produce Solutions team reveals several of the issues local farmers face with pre- and post-harvest losses. Rotting, expensive pest management tools, and seasonal challenges are constantly problematic, and supply and demand can fluctuate dramatically. Sande explains that he prefers to do business with local women, who carry produce to market by hand, rather than deal with supermarkets, who sometimes take advantage of local farmers by charging them for goods that spoil at the store.

The team, having gained valuable information from this venture, now looks farther from Kisumu, where they feel the insights from more rural farmers may further illuminate issues in transporting perishable goods into the city center.


The sport of swimming has made pools an integral element of school sporting structures, recreational centers, and exercise gyms. Likewise, spending time in the water for exercise, relaxation, and play has made the pool extremely popular for the backyard or home. Recreational pool users play all manner of sports and games in the water and in addition to games like tag, many traditionally land based games are now played in a water environment. In particular, both volleyball and basketball have become popular sports to play while enjoying friendly company and the pool environment.
Unfortunately, sports poles, not a typical feature of a pool, are required to support the necessary equipment for both basketball and volleyball. Traditionally, sports pole mounting structures consisted of a pole permanently anchored in the groundneed of in-ground support. A popular example of a movable sport structure is the rolling basketball goals. Unfortunately, the rolling basketball goals are usually big and bulky and require significant ballast in the base structure to stabilize the sports pole. Their difficulty of movement and size has made the movable sport structure problematic for use in tight spaces or areas with little available room for ballast behind the sports pole, a typical scenario surrounding a pool.
Therefore, the pool environment presents a sports pole with some special problems. The traditionally anchored sports pole provides a safe sturdy pole but is unpleasant to the eye and difficult to maneuver around. The movable basketball goal provides the possibility of relocation during social events but the danger of a movable sports structure


rolling into the pool during use or relocation presents a special concern for swimmers. Furthermore, movable sport structures are useless around pools surrounded by limited space or uneven terrain.
In light of the forgoing, there is a need for a sports pole mounting structure for use around a pool that is economic, secure and removable.» ICDC: International Committee for Democracy in Cuba

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Václav Havel to the decease of Jeane J. Kirkpatrick. New York, 8 December 2006

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With a deep sorrow, I acknowledged the passing of Jeanne J. Kirkpatrick. It was a woman of firm attitudes to whom the world behind the Iron curtain was not indifferent and who had a great deal of merit in the collapse of communism in the Central and Eastern Europe. It was a woman who stood, till the end of her fruitful life, by all those who are fighting for freedom and human rights.

For her merits, she was awarded a state decoration of my country, the First Class of the Tomas Garrigue Masaryk Order, in 1998.


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The NEOLINE transport solution will convey a strong identity, offeringsee in a travel agency. Yet, in the movie The Truman Show, this is exactly what Truman sees when he goes to buy a ticket to leave the quiet town where he lives – the place where his actions are constantly controlled, monitored and broadcast worldwide, 24 hours a day.

The intent of Christof, the director and the creator of the show, is to prevent Truman from abandoning the set, which he believes to be a town inhabited by sincere and joyful people. To do this, Christof is committed to creating a fear of the outside world within the unwitting protagonist, by describing it as full of danger.

Security only exists inside the group, everything outside is dangerous; a Manichean vision that strongly resembles life in a cult. Even there,


viable escape route from absolute cult ownership. The power of love and the importance of the child in her life could distract the mother from the cult.

A religious allegory that one could read into the movie we are using as a metaphor relates to the Garden of Eden, from which Adam (Truman), having eaten from the tree of knowledge, wants to leave. In every “heaven” (Seahaven), a snake inevitably appears . This is also the case in Truman’s ersatz paradise: the woman who reveals to him that he is on TV, before being removed from the set. His dream of finding her is also the dream which, at first, he doesn’t know he has, of finding the truth of the outside world. Similarly, the mother-child bond can becomemain contact with the CIA was through Dr. Christopher Green.

In a written response, Maccabee rebuts that most of his contacts with the CIA have been in the context of his work with the Navy, and are unrelated to his UFO research. He says that he did give CIA employees informal lectures at the request of Ron Pandolfi, but that the CIA has never attempted to influence his research. [A similar rebuttal was written by Aviary guy Dan Smith and Rosemary Ellen Guiley of Fate Magazine, and New Age Land Central, in later years, after similar accusations were made. ]

“I never contacted any companies. What I did was tell Jack Acuff, Director of NICAP at the time, that I would like to speak to experts in the field of


However, the U.S. compels the inexperienced officers to include many of the old guard in key positions in their new government. Soon, things are back to “normal” – the military government is repressing and killing poor civilian protesters. Many of the young military and civilian reformers, finding themselves powerless, resign in disgust.

Nicaragua – Anastasios Samoza II, the CIA-backed dictator, falls. The Marxist Sandinistas take over government, and they are initially popular because of their commitment to land and anti-poverty reform. Samoza had a murderous and hated personal army called the National Guard. Remnants of the Guard will become the Contras, who fight a CIA-backed guerilla war against the Sandinista government throughout the 1980s.

Barry Goldwater U.S. Senator, Retired Air Force Reserve Brigadier General, and pilot. “It is true thatHokitika to Fox Glacier:

You’ll experience a rugged coastline with deserted beaches, dense rainforest and glaciers under the backdrop of the Southern Alps on your journey from Hokitika to Fox Glacier. Heading south from Hokitika, the angle of many coastal trees gives an indication of the powerful prevailing westerly weather patterns.

Lake Mahinapua just 10km south of Hokitika is a scenic reserve offering a freshwater dip on a hot day or birdwatching opportunities.

Just past the lake at Ruatapu the road heads inland giving travellers some insight into the lifestyle of the coasters with small hamlets and townships such as the gold-mining town of Ross. Whataroa has local carvers operating out their studios as well as a small museum of Maori artefacts.

The kotuku or White Heron at home in Okarito Lagoon

The


turnoff to the coast and Okarito Lagoon and bird sanctuary is about 10km south of the township which is a strongly recommended detour. Further down the road to Franz Josef there is Lake Mapourika which has some excellent picnic spots and canoeing and kayaking available.

Glacier country – Franz Josef and Fox

The busy tourist town of Franz Josef in glacier country will be a change after the more relaxed West coast communities further north but the glaciers are a drawcard for good reason.

Fox Glacier, West Coast

A drive to the snout of the receding Franz Josef glacier is one option but the most popular way to experience the ice is by helicopter with a snow landing and guided walk. Franz also has a good range of cafes, restaurants and accommodationThe new film Grandma tells a story rare for American cinema: a lesbian of advanced years (Lily Tomlin), in mourning for her soul mate and on skittish footing with the much younger woman she's been seeing (Judy Greer), is suddenly thrust into an adventure involving her teenage granddaughter (Julia Garner) and an unwanted pregnancy.

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The new film Grandma tells a story rare for American cinema: a lesbian of advanced years (Lily Tomlin), in mourning for her soul mate and on skittish footing with the much younger woman she's been seeing (Judy Greer), is suddenly thrust into an adventure involving her teenage granddaughter (Julia Garner) and an unwanted pregnancy. The female-centric subject and cast are courtesy of a filmmaker who would perhaps not be one's


first guess for such material: Paul Weitz, whose directorial debut (with his brother, Chris) was the proud cultural touchstone American Pie.

Weitz has a pattern of upending the expectations brought by his early success, though, writing and helming a wide range of resonant and entertaining pictures. From the deservedly beloved About a Boy to lesser-known gems like the affecting rom-com/workplace dramedy In Good Company, sharp satire American Dreamz, sweet-tart comedy Admission, or the giddy series most recently bringing him to New York, Mozart in the Jungle, Weitz can be counted on to marry classic screwball intelligence with an enlightened contemporary sensibility.

I meet the 49-year-old writer-director in downtown Manhattan on an early summer morning armed with tidbits about his history; I've read that his mother was Imitation of Life actressa good relationship with that does my plays. But I was kind of reverse-engineered. Most people who become filmmakers, they maybe go to film school and they make an independent film, and then they hope to get enough dough to make a larger-budget film. I didn't go to film school; I had a really terrific mentor who was a film historian named Jeanine Basinger, but I was quite phobic about the process of making a film. I went to Hollywood with my brother to try to make some dough; we were script doctors and then got to write an interesting script of this movie Antz, which was an exploration of totalitarianism in the guise of a children's film. And then did American Pie and became a studio filmmaker.


and so transgressive in her thinking, that she ought to have a film in which to hit every note that I was perceiving in her. So I sat down to write -- and the grandma, it was Lily's voice, and it just kept on going from there. I didn't tell Lily I was doing it, because I was worried she would be ambivalent about it, at the least. I've done a couple of movies about mentorship but from the male perspective, and it finally had become clear to me how interesting it would be to me to do a movie about female mentorship. Also the idea that, in not only Lily's character and Julia's but Marcia Gay Harden's character, that one could check in with different eras ofconsciousness of women's history, and the idea that there's been an erasure of women's history in the minds of young people now. After Lily has a sort of relatively erudite insult-fest with Judy Greer, where they're calling each other "writer in residence" and "solipsist," Julia's character says, "My friends just call each other 'bitch,' 'ho' and 'slut'." And she says, "Do you think I'm one?" That is the cost of a generation's not having a consciousness of women's history. I think even if I didn't have a daughter I would be preoccupied with these things, but I do have a daughter, who's 11, and I want her to have a consciousness. She's a really tough -- she's really able to articulate and stand up for herself. In terms


going on and were always very close. I always loved him; he was always my best friend. He was actually going to join the State Department. He'd taken the test to join the State Department, but there was a one-year wait for a posting. And in that year we wrote a screenplay together and got paid, and he was like, "The heck with the State Department; this looks like more fun."Was that movie made?
No. It was called Legit and it was about a bunch of porno actors and a porno director trying to make an art film. [Laughs] I'm really happy that there was a point when we'd done three films together and I wanted to do another film which was going to be the same scope asThe Sanford police detective who questioned George Zimmerman the night he shot Trayvon Martin became the latest prosecution witness to appear to do more harm than good to the state's case, recalling a somber conversation that touched on Zimmerman's faith and the fear he said he felt when Martin told him "You're going to die tonight."

Detective Doris Singleton testified Monday that Zimmerman seemed somber and conflicted as she interviewed him after the February 2012 shooting. She said Zimmerman asked her about the crucifix around her neck and buried his head in his hands upon learning Martin had died.

"I had a silver cross on and he asked me if I was Catholic," Singleton said during testimony. "I said, 'No. I'm Christian. Why are you asking?'"

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