clashes were in the al-Bakr area.

image copyright Getty Images image caption Iraqi forces continue their assault on Mosul in an operation to take back control from IS militants

image copyright Stratfor.com/Airbus image caption Satellite images show IS barricades on key routes in Mosul and razed ground near the airport

image copyright Stratfor.com/Airbus image caption Closer-up image of the line of barricades

Satellite images of Mosul reveal how IS fighters constructed multiple barricades across key routes into the northern Iraqi city.

Concrete barricades and rubble can be seen blocking key streets, while buildings near Mosul airport were levelled for line-of-sight reasons.

Mosul fell to the jihadists in June 2014 and their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, chose a mosque in the city as a place to proclaim the establishment of a "caliphate".The women and the child were rescued by the Hawks from a flat on Nelson Mandela Drive on Monday.

JOHANNESBURG - A 27-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly forcing 10 women and a 14-year-old girl into prostitution in Bloemfontein.

The women and the child were rescued by the Hawks from a flat on Nelson Mandela Drive on Monday.

The Hawks said authorities found a journal containing a list of women and amounts of money they made per day.

Hawks spokesperson Lynda Steyn said: “Drugs and a list containing names of women, condoms and smoking drugs were confiscated. The females were taken to a place of safety where they will be cared for and given the necessary attention.”

The suspect will appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court on Tuesday.


California Highway Patrol spokesman Mario Lopez confirmed the deaths and said 38 people were taken to hospitals with injuries. He also said the bus driver reported having brake problems as it headed down the mountain on two-lane State Route 38, rear-ending a sedan then flipping over and hitting a pickup truck that was pulling a trailer.Scholar Chair, a million-dollar endowment in the Department of Zoology at the University of Florida, and the Arthur R. Marshall Foundation a non-profit West Palm Beach organization founded by Marshall’s nephew, John Marshall, with the help of Tim Keyser, in 1998. The Foundation has as its mission to preserve and restore the Florida Everglades, in part by educating young people and the public about Everglades ecology through comprehensive public outreach and environmental education programs.

Marshall's numerous writings and salient correspondence were donated to the University of Florida's Smather's Library by his widow...the late Kathlene Eppen Marshall. Additional archives are held at the ArtMarshall.org office in West Palm Beach, and have been made available to researchers.  Some of his major works have been placed in the Everglades digital library


>> Thursday, October 01, 2009

REASON FOR READING: I loved Hoyt's Prince series, and so was really excited about her coming out with a new one.

The ton loves nothing more than a good scandal, and they're giddy with the appearance of wealthy Samuel Hartley. Not only is he self-made, American, and in the habit of wearing moccasins, but he is also notorious for fleeing a battle in which several English gentlemen lost their lives. What the ton doesn't know, though, is that Samuel is in London because of this massacre. He believes his regiment was given up to the enemy and won't rest until he finds the traitor.

Lady Emaline Gordon is captivated with Samuel. Not only does he defy convention with his unusual dress, his sensual smile, and hisforthright manner, but he survived the battle that killed her beloved brother. Samuel suspects that the person responsible for her brother's death is Jasper Renshaw, Viscount Vale, a family friend since childhood - and Emeline's fiance. Despite Emeline's belief in Vale's innocence and her refusal to break off her betrothal, she and Samuel begin a passionate affair. But can their relationship survive the fallout from Samuel's investigation?

Samuel Hartley is said to be a coward. A Colonial, he joined the British Army during the French and Indian war, and was part of a regiment that was ambushed and massacred by Indians. Sam, however, is supposed to have saved himself by fleeing and abandoning his comrades. When he shows up in London he meets much disapproval and scandal, no matter


how rich he's become. It doesn't help that he delights in provoking the ton by being as rough and unpolished as possible (see the inappropriate wearing of moccasins described in the blurb above).

Sam isn't in England for fun, though, but because he's recently discovered evidence that the ambush of his former regiment was due to someone betraying them. Concluding that the culprit must be one of the few survivors, he's determined to talk to them and get to the bottom of things.

Lady Emeline Gordon's brother was in Sam's regiment and died in the massacre. She's a very proper lady and not too impressed by the strange and somewhat wild man who has rented the house next to hers, even if he was in the army with her brother.October and during much of November 2003.

The attacks are called the Ramadan Offensive because they were conducted during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The number of insurgent attacks increased during this period mainly because of the belief among the insurgent forces that fighting a foreign occupation force during Islam's holy month puts a believer especially close to God."

Christian Science Monitor

"BEIRUT, LEBANON

A wave of suicide-bomb attacks in Baghdad kills more than 30 people and wounds 200. The same day, Lebanese Hizbullah fighters bombard Israeli army positions along the border with the Golan Heights. The US urges Americans to take extra precautions or avoid travel to Saudi Arabia and Syria.

The connection between these incidents? The onset of the fasting month of Ramadan - the holiest period in the Islamic


calendar, and a time for Muslims to renew their commitment to God. For the vast majority, it is an opportunity to express their obligation to Islam's five pillars: faith, prayer, charity, fasting, and pilgrimage."

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"Definition: The Yom Kippur War, as it is known in Israel, or the Ramadan War, as it is known in the Arab world, broke out on Oct. 6, 1973, when Egypt's Third Army took Israeli defenses by surprise in the Sinai Peninsula while Syria attacked in the Golan Heights. Israel had captured the Sinai and the Golan in the 1967 Six-Day War. Momentum went the Arabs' way during the first week but rapidly swung in Israel's favor after that."

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"An estimated eleven Alshabab members died in the last 24 hours in Mogadishu in two separate incidencesslow march up that hill, and the pain and the scorn and the shame of the cross. And we're reminded that in that moment, he took on the sins of the world -- past, present and future -- and he extended to us that unfathomable gift of grace and salvation through his death and resurrection.

"In the words of the book Isaiah: "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."

"This magnificent grace, this expansive grace, this 'Amazing Grace' calls me to reflect. And it calls me to pray. It calls me to ask God for forgiveness for the times that I've not shown grace to others, those times that


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NORFOLK, VA. — Soft cries filled the auditorium as the chief of the watch three times called out for Master at Arms 2nd Class Mark Mayo, a call unanswered. The sobs were soon broken by the somber notes of Taps, as hundreds of sailors stood to honor their fallen shipmate, killed in a March 24 shooting on Naval Station Norfolk.

Mayo, 24, was fatally shot when he put himself between the petty officer of the watch and Jeffrey Savage, a civilian truck driver not authorized to be on the base. Many details of the encounter remain unclear, including Savage’s motivation for storming the destroyer Mahan’s quarterdeck and stripping the petty officer of the watch of her weapon around 11 p.m. on that Monday night.

Mayo was remembered as awas “proud to say I was Mark Mayo's friend.”

Many are calling for the awarding Mayo the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, the highest non-combat heroism award.

Mayo, a Hagerstown, Md., native, enlisted in the Navy in October 2007 and reported to Naval Station Norfolk in May 2011, according to Navy personnel records. He had been advanced to MA2 on June 16, 2012. He had previously served in at Rota, Spain, and Bahrain.

His awards include the Good Conduct Award, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and Navy and Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon.


About Us

I was not born in Alaska, but I got here as soon as I could after college.

My first job in 1979 was teaching 3rd grade in Emmonak, a village at the end of the Yukon River.

7 years later my daughter, Shamra, and I moved to Seward.

One summer, working in the Frontier Restaurant, for Jerry, I met his nephew, Mike.

Mike:

I was born in Florida, moved to California, then Utah, and then first experienced Alaska in 1979.

My first job in Alaska was in Seward delivering the Anchorage Daily News from my bicycle while working for my aunt Patty and uncle Jerry.

My second job in Alaska was working for the Stantons at the Seward Trading Company.

I graduated from Seward High School.

One summer, working in the Frontier Restaurant, for my UncleJerry, I met the most incredible woman, Marsha.

Who We Are

Our son, Daniel Paul, was one of the last children to be born in the Seward hospital 24 years ago. He currently is in medical school in Oregon. At least that is what he tells us. He sent me a t-shirt.

Marsha is retired after teaching 27 years in Alaska in communities such as Emmonak, Aniak, Seward, Seldovia, Nikiski and Kenai.

Marsha's daughter lives in Seattle. Marsha takes every opportunity to fly down and spend time with her grandson, Langston.

Mike is a middle school teacher. He has taught in Seward and Soldotna Middle School.

Mike thinks about school all the time and looks forward to August when the kids come back.

Both Marsha and Mike are enjoying meeting new people from all over


"I give them a move or two and I'm gone. My linebacker legs and my D-lineman body will help me."

Higgs already feels like he's made an impact. Running with the second and third units at defensive end, he's picked up some tackles; Thursday, he tracked down a runner from the backside of the play.

"It felt pretty good doing that," he said. "I was just chasing the ball and didn't have to worry about messing up because I was just going 100 percent. No thinking, just play."

The move's been good for Higgs' psyche too. A charismatic personality, he seemed almost downtrodden at times last season, when he was slowed by a wrist injury as well, and during the spring.

"I was telling myself that the other day," he said. "Ibloody war (Remember the Alamo?). The newly minted Republic of Texas experimented with running itself as its own country before going broke and voting to join the United States.

In 1861, Texans voted to secede and join the Confederacy during the Civil War. When the war was over, the Supreme Court decided — in a case brought by none other than Texas — that states can't secede unilaterally and any attempt to do so will be "absolutely null."

Here's what modern-day secessionism looks like

As Texas's earlier history makes clear, a variant of the Texas secession movement has refused to die. It has ebbed and flowed in Texas for the 150 years since. The modern secession movement revved up again in the 1990s under a controversial leader, Richard Lance McLaren, who


took a more violent tack to get his point across — including kidnapping. He is currently serving a 99-year prison sentence related to that incident.

The Texas Nationalist Movement took over from there and has advocated a more political approach. They've attempted to get language advocating for secession on GOP primary ballots, and every four years, they've tried to prod a skeptical and reluctant Texas Republican Party into debating secession at its state convention.

So far, things seem to be going according to plan

At a 2009 rally, then-Texas Gov. Rick Perry hinted at secession (albeit tongue in cheek; he later made clear he doesn't support the idea). A subsequent 2009 Rasmussen poll found 1 in 3 Texans think their state has the right to secede, but if it were putto a vote, 75 percent of voters would decide to say with the United States.

Tidbits here and there since Perry's remark hint at a growing movement. After the 2012 presidential elections, the Texas Nationalist Movement reported its membership had gone up 400 percent and Web traffic up 900 percent. Bumper stickers and signs advocating for secession began popping up in the state.

A 2012 WhiteHouse.gov petition to secede earned more than 125,000 signatures and a response from the White House. (The response: No.) Last year, the group held speaking tours to try to promote their cause and get a non-binding resolution on the GOP primary ballot.

Today, the movement says it has advocates in most Texas counties and 200,000 members statewide (although those numbers are hard to verify and are


have firm control of both houses of the Texas legislature and all of the state's governing boards.)

Texas Republican leaders would much rather ignore this pesky secession movement. But in recent years they've been forced to deal with it.

This fall, the group tried to get 75,000 signatures to get a secession-related resolution on March's GOP primary ballot. It read: "If the federal government continues to disregard the constitution and the sovereignty of the State of Texas, the State of Texas should reassert its status as an independent nation."

In December, the state party took matters into its own hands and voted down the idea. The movement doesn't even have "Republican" in its name, one state party official said. Another said he was "sorry we are even having the conversation."

In return,the secessionists immediately laid the blame at the party's feet: They "are of the same mindset as the bureaucrats in Washington," the group said.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott probably didn't help quell the movement when he called for a convention of states this January. This is an idea that pops up among Republicans from time to time — Marco Rubio's a fan — to help states regain some of the control from the federal government.


as an arts-and-entertainment journalist for a local newspaper in Denver where I live, then as an author, journalist, and editor for national publications and publishers. I still love playing music—even loudly!—but writing is something I can see sustaining me for the rest of my life.

I won a Hugo in 2013 as part of the editorial team of the great science fiction/fantasy publication Clarkesworld Magazine, where I was lucky enough to be Nonfiction Editor at the time. The ceremony took place at that year’s World Science Fiction Convention, which was held in San Antonio, Texas, and the auditorium was huge. Everyone was dressed up. It seriously felt like I was at the Academy Awards or something. When Clarkesworld was announced as the winner in its category, the entire editorialyour biggest musical moment? Do you have any interesting stories?

Some of my bands in the ’90s got to open for some legendary bands of the time, including Rancid, At the Drive-In, Jimmy Eat World, Superchunk, Mineral, The Promise Ring, Built to Spill, and The Get Up Kids, just to name a few. But the most personally important show I ever played was opening for Jawbreaker in 1995 in an indoor skate park in Casper, Wyoming—basically, the middle of nowhere. Jawbreaker remain one of my favorite bands, and seeing them in such an intimate venue, just before they broke up, was a super emotional experience. And the guys in Jawbreaker were even gracious enough to refrain from telling us how much our band copied them!

Rancid, 1995. Photo: Guliver Photos/Getty


This impressive list of winners illustrates the range and uniqueness of audio drama in its ability to tell stories like no other medium, transporting listeners to the world of imagination. It’s evident the genre attracts high calibre talent and there’s a fantastic audio drama community right across the UK, producing world class content for the enjoyment of millions. I’m proud of the achievements of everyone nominated for these awards and I want to congratulate all of the winners.

have won the award for thedrama in the 2017The team won for Absent Friends , the first part of the Eighth Doctor series, releaed in October 2016.The awards, which have been running since 2012, celebrate the range, originality and quality of audio drama on air and online and recognise the creativityof actors, writers, producers, sound designers and others who work in the genre. Big Finish previously won the award in 2014 for another Eighth Doctor story Dark Eyes.The winners were announced this evening, at a special ceremony hosted byand Director of BBC Radio and Musicin the Radio Theatre at BBC Broadcasting House, London.actorwas presented with the Special Award for Services to Radio Drama by Amelia Bullmore, recognising his tremendous contribution to audio drama over his career. Memorable highlights span from playing Sam Gamgee inin the 1980s to his regular appearances now as the actor-turned-detective, with appearances also inby Anthony Minghella,with Helena Bonham Carter along with untiring support for the genre in general., BBC Director of Radio, said:


How much more fun would school have been had we known that, behind closed doors, teachers behaved like this? Greg Davies is as delinquent as the unruliest juvenile, the more so having been released from 13 unhappy years as a drama teacher. Now, he stars in E4's The Inbetweeners (as a teacher) and in the anarcho-puerile sketch troupe We Are Klang. He takes to the blackboard again for this solo Fringe debut, a biographical hour structured around the points in Davies's life – such as the one behind the show's title, Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog – when he finds himself living exclusively and gleefully in the moment.

The show I attend is unlikely to rank among them. Tonight, Davies must draw on all his pedagogic experience to silenceunruly Saturday-night drunks in his crowd. He does so capably: he exudes authority as a performer while still playing the fool, which is a neat trick. A 6'8" master of silly ceremonies, he leads us from his Shropshire schooldays, and a chalkboard inventory of his schoolmates' nicknames, to his time as a teacher, obliged to educate "the strangest group of human beings ever assembled in one place". His thumbnail sketches of these pupils – the girl with the 1940s voice; the boy obsessed with tunnels – are among the set's highlights.

The show has a big heart, and Davies is a fine comic craftsman, burlesquing his own ridiculousness for our entertainment. But, while less crude than in his Klang guise, he still often relies on smut for laughs. And


google search, and found:The Evangelical Lutheran Church or ELC was formed in 1917 as the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (NLCA). The NLCA was formed by merger of the Hauge Synod (est. 1876), the Norwegian Synod (est. 1853), and the United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (est. 1890). The Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, commonly called the Norwegian Synod, was founded in February 1853 in Iowa. ...The NLCA changed its name to become the Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELC) in 1946. In 1960, the ELC joined with other Lutheran churches to form the now-defunct American Lutheran Church. This coalescence of Lutheran churches continued into recent times, with the ALC joining others to form the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in 1988. American Lutheran Church logo The American Lutheran ChurchPopular Posts

Bosnian airports set for traffic boom

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Bosnia and Herzegovina's four commercial airports expect a record year with two of its most struggling, Mostar and Banja Luka, securing a handful of new services. Jointly, the four airports welcomed just over 1.5 million travellers last year, with figures set to reach close to two million in 2018.

During May, Croatia Airlines and Eurowings launched scheduled flights to Mostar, linking the city with Zagreb, Dusseldorf and Stuttgart with two weekly services each. Croatia's national carrier will maintain year-round flights to Mostar for at least three years, while Eurowings has been obliged to operate seasonal services for at least five years. Mostar Airport estimates for its passenger numbers to double in 2018. "This year is crucial for Mostar Airport. That is


why I would like to invite locals to use these new flights to Germany and Zagreb so the services can be sustained. The arrival of Eurowings and Croatia Airlines will improve the airport's connectivity and make other carriers take note", Mostar Airport's General Manager, Marin Raspudić, said. Furthermore, local authorities are planning to provide financial incentives in order for Turkish Airlines to launch flights from Istanbul to the city, while talks have also taken place with Air Serbia concerning potential operations from Belgrade. During the first four months of the year, Mostar Airport welcomed 2.176 travellers through its doors, down 60.7% on 2017.

Ryanair will enter the Bosnian market this October through Banja Luka by launching three new routes to the city. Europe's largest no frills airline plans topast few years, has already seen Wizz Air introduce a new service to the city in 2018. The low cost airline launched flights from Vienna in late April, while services to Baden Baden will commence in less than a month. Tuzla Airport also aims to attract new airline operators in 2018 in a bid to ease its reliance on Wizz, which accounts for almost all of its annual traffic. In a statement, the General Manager of Tuzla Airport, Rifet Karasalihović, said, "This year we will intensify talks with several airlines in order to offer additional destinations to our passengers, both in Europe and the Middle East. In 2018 and 2019 we want to generate economic growth in the Tuzla Canton". The airport previously noted, "The idea of bringing


another airline dates back from when an agreement was signed with Wizz Air instead of Ryanair. However, we have maintained contact with Ryanair and other carriers who were initially apprehensive of our statistics and analysis". Tuzla is targeting passenger growth of between 8% and 12% this year, however, the airport has so far seen its figures grow 33% to 172.289.

Sarajevo Airport has recorded strong growth so far this year by handling 256.119 passengers during the January - April period, representing an increase of 15.5% . The airport estimates welcoming over one million passengers in 2018, the first time it will reach the milestone in a single year. "Despite fierce competition, the airport is constantly working on attracting new airlines and is seeking to adapt to the individual andResistance frustrates Marines

Up to nine killed, dozens hurt in firefight to secure bridges in An Nasiriyah

War in Iraq

March 24, 2003|By NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE

AN NASIRIYAH, Iraq - What looked to be a benign ride into this city to quietly secure its major bridges turned into a firefight yesterday as Iraqi tanks, soldiers and secret police darted through the streets, turning their mortars, artillery cannons, rockets and rifles on advancing Marines.

The Americans managed to gain control of the bridges but not without significant casualties. Lt. Gen. John Abizaid of U.S. Central Command said up to nine Marines died and dozens were wounded before the Americans prevailed.

The tanks of Task Force Tarawa's light armor reconnaissance unit crept forward 100 yards at a time against pockets of Iraqi soldiers and


secret police, nicknamed the "black pajamas" for their attire. The battle continued throughout the afternoon. The Marine artillery unit, attempting to provide cover fire for the tanks, spent frustrated hours unable to shoot into the city for fear of hitting fellow Marines.

The artillery unit's forward observer approached the city with the infantry and reported back to the Marines at the unit's 18 cannons several miles south. His radio call name is Mustang, and he shouted grid coordinates all day at the top of his voice.

"Every time we move one klick [kilometer], tanks keep popping up," Mustang shouted over the radio to the command center.

The battle began shortly after dawn yesterday when the infantry unit, whose code name is Timber Wolf, approached the southern edge of the city. Severalmiles south, Col. Glenn Starnes, commanding officer of the artillery battalion, listened on a radio. Minutes before 7 a.m., he shouted, "Timber Wolf is taking fire."

But the cannons were caught off guard, scrambling into position in lines of six in the sand. Iraqi mortar fire sounded in the distance, and the colonel winced and cursed. Twenty-three minutes later, the first battery reported itself ready to fire, or, in the language of battle, "fully in the fight."

Radar detected the location of the mortar fire, and the cannons shot back, but with no Marines yet present in the city to observe, it was impossible to tell what was hit. Mortar, while difficult to fire accurately, can be a difficult weapon to counterattack, especially in a city, where the shooter can


we're not killing him."

Reports surfaced of a platoon-sized group of 30 or 40 black pajamas and smaller squads of soldiers apparently from the 11th Iraqi Infantry Division. The leadership of the division reportedly surrendered to Army units the day before, but Marines approaching the city found machine-gun nests in outlying dwellings, Starnes said.

They also found four American soldiers injured in a ditch and called in an evacuation team. The soldiers were part of a group of about 20 that made a wrong turn in the dark before dawn, intending to skirt the city, only to be ambushed, Starnes said.

There was a puzzle. The Iraqi mortar and artillery fire missed by such large distances that the Marines wondered about another motivation behind the rounds. "I'm afraid he's trying toresistance, leaving the Marines little clue of what was in store.

By afternoon, Timber Wolf, the infantry unit, had captured the bridges and advanced north of the city. The artillery batteries, finally granted permission to fire, lobbed rounds of powerful explosives at the black circles that had been on their laminated maps for hours.

"The bridge is considered secured," Boggs said when the second of the two was captured.

"It is," Starnes replied, "but I wouldn't want to drive on it."

Then the artillery battalion received notice that it would accept the injured and perhaps dead Marines from the fight in An Nasiriyah. Medical trucks and doctors hurried to the square of desert, past the ring of perimeter guards.

The fight did not let up. Cobra helicopters flew low, barely above the oversized


View of The Rocks - Old Sydney (Study for 'The Rocks')

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Livingston Hopkins

About

Livingston Hopkins was born at Bellefontaine, Ohio, USA. He studied drawing briefly in New York under August Will (1834-1910) and established himself as a cartoonist, engraver and illustrator using the nom de plume 'Hop' in a variety of journals, newspapers and books, including his own 'The comic history of the United States by Livingston Hopkins with seventy-five illustrations from sketches taken at a safe distance by the author' (1876). At the urging of W H Traill of 'The bulletin', he came to Sydney in 1883 as staff artist and stayed to become the best known and most prolific 'Bulletin' cartoonist of the time. He retained his American accent and identity however – according to Frederick D Kersherjnr.: '... Hopkins' pro-American bias always stood out clearly. He delighted in American allusions. He called his den the 'Wigwam'; his close friend Fullwood was known familiarly as 'Uncle Remus', and he in turn as 'an old Puritan'. Neither he nor his wife ever lost their American accents' ('Ohio History', vol. 63, pg. 132). Hopkins introduced etching to a number of artists in Sydney, including Julian Ashton, Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton, B E Minns and Henry Fullwod. This is a drawing for the etching of the same title, also in the Gallery's collection.

excerpt from Hendrik Kolenberg, Anne Ryan and Patricia James, '19th century Australian watercolours, drawings & pastels in the Gallery's collection', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2005


Leah Crane joins Marmot Marmot is pleased to announce that Leah Crane has become the newest member of its European athlete team with immediate effect. In addition to sponsorship, Leah will also be working closely with the Marmot sales team to offer retail product training, in-store support and attendance at events.

Leah has been climbing since she was five, and is most well known for her outdoor bouldering and results on the competition scene. She has turned her hand to traditional climbing, deep water soloing and ice, but sport climbing and bouldering are her favourite disciplines.

She is currently competing on the Bouldering World Cup circuit, with her first result being 7th; only one place off reaching the final.

In 2009 she claimed the crown of British Bouldering Champion, and thenwent on to travel Europe leading the life of a full time climber. She returned home and successfully defended her title in 2010, before her life in her words “took a grown up turn with a full time job and a mortgage”.

Hugh Harris, Marmot UK's Sales Director said: "It's fantastic to attract an accomplished athlete of Leah's calibre to be part of our Pro Team. As one of the UK's strongest female climbers she is already very well known and will be a great ambassador for our Brand. What makes her even more of an asset to Marmot is the excellent retail and apparel experience she has gained from working within the outdoor industry during the last 2 years. Marmot is continuing to grow its market share in


Claire Giordano

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Claire Giordano

Claire graduated from Skyline High School in Sammamish, WA, in June 2010. She is an award-winning artist, working in the visual arts, design, and photography. Claire was a member of the Link Crew, Junior Statesmen, and the Rowing Club. Claire volunteered for Children’s Hospital and founded the Eastside Teens for Children’s Guild. She was a summer camp counselor for medically fragile children and designed and created materials for a bereavement camp. Claire founded a book drive that has distributed over 6,000 books to underprivileged schools. She is a member of National Honor Society.

Dear High School Seniors,

It is hard for me to think that it was only a year ago that I sat where you are today. In the past year I have gone from the frenzied,Image Courtesy of Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society

Talk about a bird that has something to flap about.

A Canadian avian rescue organization says a Japanese racing pigeon made an unscheduled, trans-Pacific journey from the northern island of Hokkaido before landing in British Columbia's Vancouver Island last week.

The wayward bird was found on a Canadian air force base, exhausted and emaciated with a parasite but has since been nursed back to health by veterinarians at Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society.

MARS founder Maj Birch said the animal was so skinny it had lost most of its muscle mass.

"When they're flying around they become dehydrated and weakened," she said. "He may have landed on ships where there was no food, maybe rode on the ship until he felt like he could fly some more."

Owner


Hiroyasu Takasu tells ABC News the 1-year-old pigeon set off on his first race southeast of Sapporo May 10, along with 8,000 other birds. Only 20 percent of the fleet completed the 600- mile race, including the baby's mother, who took the top prize, Takasu said.

But the stout pigeon had bigger plans in mind, flying 5,000 miles across the Pacific.

Canadian rescuers spotted Takasu's phone number on a tag attached to the bird's leg, and contacted him.

"I was so relieved he was found alive," Takasu said, adding that he'd assumed the pigeon was dead. "[Birds] usually reach their limit in a week, with no food or water. This is a superior pigeon."

Despite that, Takasu declined an offer by Birch to return the creature by plane, saying he worried aboutthe toll additional travel would take on the bird's already weak health.

Birch said Canadian officials initially requested the bird be euthanized, because he didn't have the proper paperwork. When she explained the bird "had traveled on his own," they classified him as a "migratory bird," sparing him his life.

The Mid-Island Racing Club in Nanaimo offered to adopt him, and is now considering breeding the wayward bird in hopes of developing a new generation of long-distance racers.

Pigeons use the strength of Earth's magnetic field to navigate and have a unique ability to return to their homes, even after they are dropped off hundreds of miles away. But younger birds often tend to get lost, Birch said.

"We've had other racing pigeons from Japan [land here] before," Birch said. "This time,


John Fuller

John Fuller is a poet, novelist and critic. The first of his seven novels, Flying to Nowhere, won a Whitbread Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. A new collection, Gravel in my Shoe, is forthcoming from Chatto in 2015.Kanye's Yeezy brand, for which Connor has modeled three times, is releasing new range on 11 June, according to Adidas

to speak about their relationship but source close to Kanye's team claims Connor was only a freelance consultant

Kanye West today faces calls to cut ties with 'creative collaborator' Ian Connor as yet more women tell Daily Mail Online the stylist raped them.

Jenni Stampley, 19, from Chicago, alleges she was attacked by the stylist during a visit to Toronto in April, while Taryn Williams, 23, from Redlands, California, alleges she was raped in October 2014.

Both waived their right to anonymity to speak to Daily Mail Online - and Stampley said that as he raped her, Connor told her: 'Shut the f*** up.'

He also texted her after Daily Mail Online interviewed


'victim': Jenni Stampley, 19, of Chicago is among two young women who have come forward to tell Daily Mail Online that Ian Connor used social media to befriend them - before, they say, raping her

At his side: Ian Connor with Kanye. The rapper has tweeted about 'having an idea to run past' the 23-year-old. Sources close to the rapper claim he is a former 'freelance consultant'. Connor posted a video from Kanye's studio on social media this week

Latest statement: Ian Connor tweeted this message on Thursday night in an apparent response to the series of rape allegations leveled against him by women in Daily Mail Online

Kanye West's spokesman was first asked for a statement on his links to Connor on Wednesday but his management company has declined todiscuss their relationship, both business and personal.

A source close to West's team said Connor had been a consultant 'on fashion brands' and paid to model at Yeezy shows, but was 'currently not an employee of Mr West, nor a consultant'.

However, the source declined to rule out West collaborating with him in the future.

Connor, meanwhile, has tweeted an apparent defense against the allegations, writing: 'I Should Never Be Punished In Lies.'

The latest rape allegations have significant similarities to the three women who have already told their stories.

Both Stampley and Williams say they were targeted on social media by Connor, conducted lengthy exchanges before meeting him, and that he then attacked them.

Williams, who lives with her mother Lori, in Redlands, California, first encountered Connor on social media, after he commented


me and see what kind of guy I am.'

'We spoke for a while just texting back and forth and he seemed like an OK guy - he never talked about anything sexual, he never asked me for photos and he didn't even comment on my appearance.'

The two continued to exchange messages, both on and offline, and in October 2014, Connor asked the Fashion Institute of Design and Marketing in Los Angeles student to come and spend time with him.

Thinking it would be fun because of their mutual interest in fashion, she agreed. He sent an Uber to her home in Whittier and Williams traveled to his [former] apartment in L.A's Northridge.

But, she claims, things began to go wrong shortly after she arrived. 'He said, 'Hi' and he wasit,' and he gave me a big jersey.

The two then sat together on the couch, where, says Williams, he began attempting to touch her – 'making me really uncomfortable' in the process.

She continued: 'Immediately after I put the pajamas on, he starts touching me and I said, 'Stop, you said this isn't what you wanted, why are you doing this?' and he just told me I was being weird.

Victim number three: 'Alyssa', 18, is a newly-graduated high school student who has told Daily Mail Online Connor raped her when she met him in Los Angeles as she looked at college options

Speaking out: Malika Anderson (left) and Khaditia Diallo (right) waived their right to anonymity to tell Daily Mail Online on Wednessday their accounts of being 'raped' by Ian


and you said this isn't what you wanted, why are you lying?'

'I just kept saying that 'Why did you lie to me?' and he told me, 'You're being weird stop being weird.'

'Then he just forced himself inside me and kept going. I kind of just was waiting until he was finished and I was crying and finally he was done and he fell asleep on the floor so I just made my way to the couch and tried to fall asleep.'

The next morning, Williams says Connor barely spoke to her but seemed surprised when she said she didn't want to spend the day with him.

'I was thinking, 'You just raped me I really want to go home',' she says.

Williams says she was initially reluctant to tell people whathappened to her for fear that she would be ridiculed.

'I thought people wouldn't believe me,' says Williams. 'I knew his fan base and it's young boys who idolize people who they don't really know.

Messages: These are some of the direct messages Ian Connor exchanged with Taryn Williams before the two met. Every other woman leveling rape allegations against him this week say he used social media to befriend them

Reaction: The message Connor sent this week to Jenni Stampley when he became aware that she was going to go public to accuse him of rape

How he reacted: This was part of Connor's social media response to Daily Mail Online's first disclosure of the allegations against him

'Especially after the whole Bill Cosby thing came out I was terrified because everybody


this person, we should not f**k with this person.'' In a profile on Vogue.com published in February, he was described as 'being something of a muse and certainly the Yeezy poster boy' who has made an 'indelible impression' on the rapper's style. More recently, Connor hinted at being handed the reins at West's Premium Pastelle fashion line – instagramming a photo of the brand's logo along with a caption that read 'Coming Soon'. Video of the rapper in the studio were also posted on Connor's Instagram feed on Tuesday – this time accompanied by a caption calling it 'the best 9-5 ever' - suggesting the 23-year-old filmed it. Daily Mail Online first approached Kanye West's management company for a statement on his links with Connor on Wednesday. Hisbut he didn't.

'So a week later, I texted him and I was like, I'm sorry – I didn't mean for it [the refusal] to come across like that.'

Connor replied with an invitation to Canada and this time Stampley, at a loose end on a Friday night, agreed to fly to Toronto – paid for by the stylist.

When she arrived, on April 1, she was met by his friends – 'they were all really nice to me' – and driven to the bar where Connor was spending his evening.

But when the group left to return to their hotel, Stampley says the Yeezy 'creative collaborator' became tactile en route, thrusting his fingers into her mouth and asking her to suck them.

Once at the hotel, she says she swiftly discovered that


and he only bought me a one way ticket so I had to wait until he bought the other ticket.'

On his return, she claims Connor insisted they had sex again. 'He came back and he was trying to have sex with me again,' she says.

'I told him I didn't really want to have sex, but he was like, "come on". I just did it because I just wanted to get home and I didn't think he was going to pay for me to go home if I didn't do anything so I did it. I just did it anyway.

'He was really aggressive, pulling my hair and he even recorded it.'

She added: 'He even FaceTimed somebody while it was going on. One of his friends FaceTimed him and hepicked up and was showing them.

'I said, you need to put that down but he was like, whatever. I just wanted to go home.'

Later, says Stampley, he brought another two girls to the room and suggested that they engage in group sex – which she declined to do.

On the catwalk: Connor (front row, left) was one of the models in Kanye West's Yeezy collection in February of this year in New York. He modeled in two other Yeezy shows and been paid for it.

Inner circle: Ian Connor (circled) is a stylist for Kylie Jenner (center) and has been a 'freelance consultant' to Kanye (second from left) and has met other members of the family as a result.

He then disappeared off to a bar, leaving her alone and desperate


is too general. Rather than a single entity, “the liberal arts” designates a far-flung constellation of activities and institutions. In order to assess the fate of the liberal arts, these dimensions have to be distinguished. Here are a few key elements of liberal arts, with some thoughts on challenges and prospects for each:

Liberal arts colleges. Liberal arts colleges are in big trouble. According to a 2012 article in the journal Liberal Education there were 212 liberal arts colleges (LACs) in the United States in 1990. Today, there are only 130.has been over two thousand people who have correctly learned the Qianfeng method. There were a number of notable people from the Republican days, including Wu Peifu (吴佩孚), Li Yuanhong (黎元洪), Zhang Zuolin (张作霖) – father and son – and many other celebrities from many different walks of life. This was possible due to the fact that the Daoist wisdom built-up over thousands of years, was carefully passed-on to anyone who requested training, but this wasn’t a haphazard affair. Correct Daoist training is not just the gathering of chronological historical facts, but involves the deep penetration of the essence of Daoist knowledge and practice. In the past, a Daoist master would only pass-on this knowledge to a chosen few, or perhaps only a single individual during each generation.


In recent years, there has been the expansion of Qianfeng Daoist practice outside of China, and into the international community. This has meant that the Qianfeng School has spread around the world. In certain Western countries there are a small number of Qianfeng practitioners who have attained considerable depth and attainment in this authentic Daoist lineage, and there are many others (behind the scenes) who practice in a more informal manner. Furthermore, such countries as the United States, Britain, France, Canada, Brazil and the Netherlands (as well as others), possess formal Qianfeng School disciplines. Zhang Qingsong (张庆松) in the US, is a Doctor of History, and has assisted myself – Zhao Ming Wang (赵明旺) – in the academic study of the history of Zhao Bichen, and the developmentof the Qianfeng School. This has included Professor Howard C. Nusbaum of the University of Chicago in the US, who has shown an interest in the wisdom of the Qianfeng lineage, as well as Professor Catherine Despeux in France (who has dedicated her life to Daoist practice). There are many Westerners who have expressed their friendliness toward the Qianfeng lineage, and who have all contributed in one-way or another, to its spread outside of China. In the UK, for instance, (there is the former Ch’an Buddhist monk) named ‘Shi Da Dao’ (释大道), whose lay name is Adrian Chan-Wyles. Through his (correct) understanding and practice of the authentic Qianfeng Earlier Divine-Sky methods of training the mind and body in Daoist health and longevity techniques, he has had numerous articles


Friday, March 2, 2012

Baby-led weaning

Eric comes in shortly after Maia and I have settled down for
Maia's bedtime feeding. She immediately squirms onto her back to grin up at
Eric and reach one stubby arm toward him. "Hi, baby. Now pay attention to
mama," he tells her. She turns toward me, and then immediately back to
him, so he says, "Okay, okay, I'm going," and leaves.

We nurse for a few minutes on that side, the right, but she gets restless, so
we switch to the left. After a couple of minutes, she starts squirming again.
She pushes herself up on her hands and knees. She sees the bottle from her last
afternoon feeding, still holding a couple of ounces, on the table beside us.
She reaches and grabs it. She twists around until she's sitting, thentopples
backward onto my right arm. She puts the bottle to her mouth and starts to
drink, snuggled happily against me.

I call for Eric. When he appears in the doorway, she smiles
and raises the bottle in her fist in a triumphant salute.


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That's very much not the case in 2017, where six of the current top 10 in DVOA have played top-10 schedules so far while the easiest schedules in the league so far belong to the No. 31 Indianapolis Colts and the No. 28 New York Jets.

2011 was the only season in DVOA history where no team managed to rate above 30% after Week 6. The top team that year was 5-1 San Francisco at only 25.8%. Four other seasons had a No. 1 team after Week 6 lower than the current Kansas City Chiefs. You may recognize some similarities between these seasons and the current one, particularly an "anyone can win, no clear favorite" atmosphere caused by major injuries:

In 2000, the top team after Week 6 was theof close games. The 2013 Buccaneers, 2007 Dolphins, and 1997 Colts each lost three of their first six games by a field goal or less. I wish I could give 49ers some optimism by explaining that every one of these teams improved the following year, but that's not quite the case. Some of the teams played better, some didn't, and then you have the crazy case of the 2011 Colts, whose record in close games completely reversed when Andrew Luck showed up in 2012.

The parity this season does not extend to our offensive ratings. Kansas City and New England have offensive DVOA similar to what the best offenses usually have at this point, and Indianapolis and Cleveland resemble the typical worst offenses. But the parity does extend to


ESTIMATED WINS uses a statistic known as "Forest Index" that emphasizes consistency as well as DVOA in the most important specific situations: red zone defense, first quarter offense, and performance in the second half when the score is close. It then projects a number of wins adjusted to a league-average schedule and a league-average rate of recovering fumbles. Teams that have had their bye week are projected as if they had played one game per week.

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Alexander Skopintsev, from the eastern region of Primorye near China's border, laid the three devices on his land after building them in his garage.

The 73-year-old had apparently been concerned about the frequent theft of potatoes from his farm.

He was arrested after an intruder set off one of the tripwire-style mines in August and was injured in the blast.

Skopintsev was convicted for the unlawful construction and storage of weapons and received a two-and-a-half year suspended sentence.

"Skopintsev testified that he had prepared the explosive devices to protect his garden against thieves," regional prosecutors said in a statement reported by RIA-Novosti news agency.


people, who sometimes seem “harassed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd”.

But the Spirithas also reminded us strongly at the Synod that young people are not simply the OBJECTS of our evangelisation and pastoral ministry; they are also the AGENTS of evangelisation to each other and, indeed, to the whole Church. With proper formation and accompaniment, our young people can be the missionary disciples who will bring thelight of faith to their peers and even to those who are far away from Church. As this Synod put it, they are PROTAGONISTS, called and gifted by the Spirit in their own right to be active participants in the new evangelisation.

As volunteers at home and abroad, they can be missionary disciples among the poor, agents of social action, advocates forof these people which follows the lines of the relevant section of the Catechism in the Catholic Church.

The role of youth in ecumenism and interreligious dialogue

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young people ought, in an intentional manner, to be given instruction in prayer, the meditative reading of Scripture, and the active participation in the sacraments.

A third theme follows directly upon this, for holiness, as Vatican II so clearly taught, shows up in the world; it manifests itself in a commitment to sanctify the secular arena. Young people especially ought to hear the summons to become great Catholic lawyers, great Catholic physicians, great Catholic journalists, great Catholic business leaders, etc. They should be encouraged to stand against corrupt and oppressive governments, to address the societal dysfunction that compels many to migrate from their native countries, to oppose ideological colonization, to find the paths of peace, to foster business practices that empower and lift up the poor. None of thisshould be seen as a burden, but as a call to spiritual adventure.

Fourthly, the issue of the liturgy found a good deal of resonance with our group. On the one hand, we acknowledge that for many young people, in various parts of the world, the liturgy can seem tedious and distant from life. In some cultural contexts, this has led the young to abandon the Catholic Church and to embrace the livelier worship offered in the Pentecostal churches. On the other hand, many younger Catholics witness to the extraordinary power of the liturgy to draw them into a sense of the transcendent. We strongly affirm those sections of the IL that reference Taize prayer, devotional practices, and music both classical and contemporary that brings people to God and


Multiple accidents in Middlesex County

Published 12:00 am, Monday, August 8, 2011

It was a deadly and dangerous day on the roads in Middlesex County on Monday afternoon, with at least five separate accidents - one fatal - reported in the area within three hours.

A Wallingford man was killed in a single-car crash on Route 9 in Essex around 2:40 p.m.

State police said Kurt Anderson, 41, was traveling north on Route 9 south of Exit 3 when he lost control of his pickup truck and struck a tree in the wooded highway median.

Anderson was pronounced dead at the scene due to blunt force trauma. State police Sgt. Sal Calvo said Anderson's wife was traveling a short distance behind Anderson with the couple's eight-year-old daughter in the car, and stopped andreport.

The accident happened in the same area where New Haven Register sports columnist Dave Solomon was killed in a single-car accident Saturday evening.

Another crash snarled traffic on the Arrigoni Bridge during rush hour, after a Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck slammed into the rear of a Nissan Rogue SUV.

Portland police Lt. Ron Milardo said both vehicles were traveling east near the center of the bridge at 4:28 p.m.

The driver of the Chevrolet told police he was looking at the construction work that has two lanes of the bridge closed, and when he looked forward again, the Nissan had stopped, Milardo said. The driver of the truck, Michael Strid, 29, of Portland, was unable to stop in time and struck the Nissan.

Middletown and Portland police, along with the Middletown fire


department, responded to the crash, as did Hunter's Ambulance. Traffic was stopped in both directions so emergency crews could get to the accident.

The driver of the Nissan, Wendy Latuch, 56, of Middle Haddam, reported pain in her neck and back, and was taken to Middlesex Hospital for treatment.

Rush hour traffic was backed up in both directions and along the southbound portion of Route 9. But because it was rush hour, Milardo said, wreckers were stationed on the bridge, and the trucks were able to quickly move the two damaged vehicles out of the way. Both sustained moderate to heavy damage, he said.

Strid was issued a written warning for following too closely.

Milardo estimated the bridge was closed for between 20-30 minutes. Once it was reopened, Milardo said it tookroughly the same amount of time for the traffic to get back to normal.

A motorcyclist escaped serious injuries in Cromwell when a car exiting from the post office on Main Street pulled in front of her just before 2:30 p.m., police said.

The female motorcyclist was traveling south on Main Street when the car pulled out in front of her, Capt. Edwin L. Kosinski Jr., said. Seeing the developing danger, the motorcyclist laid down her bike on the pavement, thereby avoiding a collision, Kosinski added.

The driver of the car pulled over to the side of the road and got out to check on the motorcyclist, Kosinski said.

Assured that she was alright, he then got back into his car and drove away, the captain said - even as police, fire


and ambulance units were all converging on the scene.

From other people who stopped to help the rider, police got a general description of the car as "perhaps an older model Cadillac," Kosinski said, adding that police are anxious to talk to the driver.

The motorcyclist declined medical attention and appeared to have suffered "only very minor scratches and bruises" in the incident, which remains under investigation, Kosinski said. Anyone with information about the accident is asked to call Cromwell Police at (860) 635-2256.

Yet another crash happened at the intersection of Ridge and Mill streets in Middletown at around the same time. South Fire District officials said there were "minor injuries" and rear-end damage to a Toyota Prius.On Wednesday, Gov. Spitzer resigned due to accusations he hired a prostitute named "Kristen" to travel to Washington, D.C. The woman has now been identified as Ashley Alexandra Dupre, an aspiring singer, whose music can now be heard online. Due to her newfound notoriety, Dupre?s song is being played on radio stations across the country and being downloaded 200,000 times. Dupre has also received offers to endorse products and pose nude in magazines.

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Many people know the O. Henry story, "The Gift of the Magi." But few know the story of O. Henry himself. Texas' Lyric Stage hopes to rectify that with a holiday presentation of the world premiere musical, A Christmas to Remember, running Dec. 2-16 at the Irving Arts Center.

Many people know the O. Henry story, "The Gift of the Magi." But few know the story of O. Henry himself. Texas' Lyric Stage hopes to rectify that with a holiday presentation of the world premiere musical, A Christmas to Remember, running Dec. 2-16 at the Irving Arts Center.

A North Carolinian who lived most of his life in and around Austin, Texas, Porter had a difficult time of it, marred by the death of his wife from consumption and aprison term for embezzeling funds from the First National Bank of Austin. Through these trials, he emerged as the writer, O. Henry, the best-loved American short story writer of his time. When he died an alcoholic in 1910, he left behind "A Retrieved Reformation," "The Ransom of Red Chief" and "The Caballero's Way," among 300 other tales.


A teenage girl was injured when a truck struck her leg Sunday night at P.E.I.'s Brackley Drive-in Theatre.

The truck was parked in the front row of the movie theatre. A group of teenagers had been lying in the area in front of the vehicle. Theatre staff member Jonathan Waddell says the male driver believed everyone had gotten up and walked away, when he pulled the vehicle forward.

Some people at the Brackley Drive-In watch from their cars, while others sit or lay on the grass. (CBC)

"He didn't see her. He saw the friends get up and he thought everyone got up from in front of the truck. He didn't think there was still someone half asleep in front of the truck," said Waddell.

"He was completely in shock. He waitedaround to make sure she was OK. He was the last one to leave because he wanted to make sure everything was taken care of before he left."

Waddell said as far as he knows the 15-year-old didn't have a broken leg, just welts and bruises. She was taken to the hospital by Island EMS, but Waddell hasn't heard back from the family since. The family is asking their daughter's name not be released.

RCMP officers spoke to the driver, who Waddell believes is a tourist. Waddell is not sure if any charges were laid.

The drive-in's owners are now exploring ways to stop vehicles in the front row from driving forward, such as putting in curb-like barriers.


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In the past the materials used to construct the actuator arm and the base plate were metal, such as aluminum and steel. In a swage connection, both the boss and


Health premiums to rise 27 percent in Michigan market

Oct. 25, 2017

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Premiums will rise an average of 27 percent for the hundreds of thousands of Michigan residents who buy their own health insurance.

Consumers eligible for income-based tax credits will be protected from the increasing premiums.

The state Department of Insurance and Financial Services published the rates Wednesday. Enrollment for 2018 begins in a week.

Eight Michigan insurers will participate in a federally facilitated marketplace formed under the U.S. health care law. In each county, there will be at least two insurers selling plans.

The state has said the premiums are higher than expected because President Donald Trump recently ended cost-sharing payments to insurers for providing lower-income people discounts on out-of-pocket costs.

About 80 percent of Michigan customers on theAfter a man who weighed nearly 500 pounds died in a home in Silver Spring, several teams of Montgomery County first responders—including police, rescue and hazmat crews—were required to remove his body, WUSA 9 reported.

The man was in his fifties and died Wednesday of natural causes, according to WUSA 9, which reported when his roommate found him on Saturday, crews had to cut a hole in the roof, then lower a pulley so they could hoist the body up on a stretcher.

Responding to heavier patients requires more personnel, emergency officials say. An extra set of hands is needed for every 50 pounds above 350, according to The Washington Post.

Three technical rescue teams were required in Saturday's recovery, WUSA 9 reported.

In addition to extra personnel, special equipment is required.


Fire departments around the country have been stocking up on wider stretchers and larger ambulances to handle bariatric, or obese, patients.

Transporting patients who are overweight can injure first responders if they are not supported and equipped adequately, according to the Journal of Emergency Nursing.

Measures like removing walls and doors may be necessary to get larger patients out, police told The Baltimore Sun. In Silver Spring, a hole was reportedly drilled in the roof so the man could be hoisted up to the main level from the basement.

The home where he lived in the 12900 block of Autumn Drive was owned by the Oxford House, a program for people in recovery from alcoholism and addiction, according to WUSA 9, which reported his death was attributed to natural causes "dueat 68 degrees and all of the eggs will hatch as female turtles. Set the temperature slightly warmer at 73 to 75 degrees and the baby turtles will end up as male. At the middle temperatures you get both male and female turtles.

Move the freshly laid snapping turtle eggs into the incubator within a few hours of been laid. Mark the tops with a soft pencil to make sure you don't turn the eggs as this kills the developing embryos. Carry the eggs tucked inside a small box filled with soil, making sure not to jostle them.

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Fans haven't seen a new chapter in the A Nightmare on Elm Street series for the better part of a decade, though a curious bit of franchise lore has been uncovered on eBay. As highlighted by Bloody Disgusting, one user recently sold a copy of franchise star John Saxon's treatment for an unmade prequel film that explored the origins of Freddy Krueger, which included a connection to Charles Manson.

Saxon played Donald Thompson, the father of protagonist Nancy, in the original 1984 film and in 1987's A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. In the year of that film's release, Saxon crafted a treatment for How the Nightmare on Elm Street All Began, which took place in 1969.

The treatment followed a similar narrative to what would ultimately beKrueger's origin story, with the character being determined as the one responsible for a series of child deaths in the small community, with the parents of many children taking justice into their own hands by attacking and killing the criminal. In Saxon's treatment, however, he explores the idea that Krueger was innocent of these crimes and that Charles Manson was the mastermind of the string of murders.

The reveal that Krueger wasn't guilty would have drastically changed the direction of the franchise, as he potentially would have been considered the hero of the series, seeking revenge on the children of those who killed him for their mistakes. This idea was briefly explored in the 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, though the events of that film ultimately


Angie’s BIO

Angie was born with a spirit for adventure. She is happiest being outdoors, whether it’s hiking in the hills with friends, biking with family along coastal roads or walking through the surf at sunset.

A native of Kings Norton, a village outside of Birmingham, England, Angie was professionally trained as a nanny (a la Princess Di) before immigrating to the US where she took a position caring for the children of Tawny and Chuck Finley, the former all-star pitcher of the Los Angeles Angels.

For another family, Angie was a nanny to the beautiful Savana, who remains a lifelong friend. Once Savana was grown, Angie changed professions, becoming a Registered Nurse joining the medical staff of Hoag Hospital.

Along with founding the Rescue Heart Foundation, she makes annual trips tothird world countries as part of a medical team, as well as assisting with health care professionals and veterans when disaster strikes, locally and globally. Volunteering her time as med-nurse at “Camp-del-Corazon,” for heart transplant kids and children with heart disease, on Catalina Island is something she looks forward too. "Seeing the transition and impact heart camp has on these kids is incredible!" She continues to collect and donate shoes for kids in Haiti (over 44,000 pairs) and sews blankets and patient gowns for babies and children chronically and critically ill recovering from heart surgery. In 2010, Angie biked from San Francisco to LA to raise funds and heart awareness for Rescue Heart and The American Heart Association.

Angie lives in Orange County with her husband Chris, a Medic


HAGERSTOWN, MD - The BlueClaws scored four times in the eighth inning, taking the lead on a Carlos Duran RBI single, and then held off a Hagerstown rally in topping the Suns 6-5 on Monday night at Municipal Stadium.

The BlueClaws four-run eighth inning started with a one-out single by Josh Tobias. With two outs, Damek Tomscha homered, his third of the year, to bring Lakewood within 4-3. Deivi Grullon doubled and Jan Hernandez entered as a pinch runner. Brendon Hayden doubled him in to tie the game, and Carlos Duran singled home Hayden to give the BlueClaws their first lead of the game.

All four runs in the eighth were charged to Mick Van Vossen, who fell to 1-2.

In the bottom of the ninth, Zach Morris allowed an RBIrelief, earned his first win as a BlueClaw.

Hagerstown opened the scoring with two runs in the third inning on a two-run home run by Telmito Agustin, his fourth home run of the season. He drove in Ian Sagdal, who had tripled to start the inning.

The BlueClaws got a run back in the fourth on an RBI single by Wilson Garcia but left runners at second and third to end the inning.

Then in the bottom of the fourth, Matthew Page's SAC fly made it 4-1 Suns. They added another run in the fifth when a throwing error on Emmanuel Marrero allowed Edwin Lora, who had doubled, to score from second when the BlueClaws threw behind him after a big turn around the bag, and threw it away, making it


This fall, two important meetings moved the Pacific Northwest and the nation closer to the eventuality of Small Modular Reactors on the grid, and to building those SMRs in new manufacturing facilities. One meeting took place in Washington state and the other in Washington D.C. The NuScale Power SMR, born of Oregon State University, was featured at both meetings.

Energy Northwest is part of the SMR initiative: The first commercial NuScale reactors are scheduled to be installed in Idaho with the power going to the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (based in Salt Lake City), and Energy Northwest acting as the first operator. Hopefully, this will be the first of many SMRs to be installed throughout the country.

Now to the meetings…

The White House Summit on Nuclear Energy: Nov. 6,Report from last year (issued in December) some of the members of the Task Force toured NuScale Power in November 2014.

The Washington State Task Force is an on-going effort, and far more focused than the Washington D.C. Summit Meeting, which seems to have been a one-time event. The DC meeting was a very nice one-time event, because of the support shown for SMRs, but without the virtues of a task force.

In the document above, you can see that the Washington State Task Force reviews many aspects of developing SMRs, both technical aspects and the possible benefits of new manufacturing in Washington state.

The Washington D.C. meeting did not include any written presentations, viewgraphs or visual aids. In contrast, the Washington State Task force has an abundance of information in


Why the NFL needs Peyton Manning even more than the Broncos do.

On Sunday afternoon, Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning—an incredible, historically great football player—will take to his mile-high field to chase away demons, with a chorus of angels behind him. Having bounced back from a 2012 season that ended in too-familiar heartbreak, Manning now finds himself on the precipice of an unprecedented fifth Most Valuable Player award (no one else has more than three), and two wins away from an elusive second Super Bowl victory. Regardless of what happens this weekend, some day in the not-too-distant future Manning will retire with nearly every significant passing mark in the NFL record book, and many more insignificant ones.

Manning is the most beloved player in his sport. Last month Sports Illustratedoff than many of his contemporaries. In a sport that’s becoming synonymous with brain damage and physiological decay, Manning’s career arc presents an appealing alternative. In the golden years of his long career, the noodle-armed quarterback set league records for passing touchdowns and passing yards. He is The Intellect, a figure whose success is not so much a triumph of supreme athletic prowess, but of unmatched football acumen.

Manning’s status as the NFL’s white knight also allows the league to cloak itself in an aspirationalism that plays well with customers who wish the people destroying their minds and bodies on their television screens were a little more polite and well-behaved. The Mannings—father Archie, brother Eli, and Peyton himself—are now comfortably enshrined as America’s First Family of Football, an affluent,


Western diamondback rattlesnake

The western diamondback rattlesnake or Texas diamond-back (Crotalus atrox) is a venomous rattlesnake species found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. It is likely responsible for the majority of snakebite fatalities in northern Mexico and the greatest number of snakebites in the U.S. No subspecies are currently recognized.

It lives in elevations from below sea level up to . This species ranges throughout the southwestern United States (Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas) and northern half of Mexico. Currently, western diamondback rattlesnakes are not threatened or endangered.

Common names
Other common names for this species include western diamond-backed rattlesnake, adobe snake, Arizona diamond rattlesnake, coon tail, desert diamond-back, desert diamond rattlesnake, fierce rattlesnake, spitting rattlesnake, buzz tail, Texan rattlesnake, Texas diamond-back, and Texas rattler.

Description

Adults commonly grow toon its magical run. His presence also sparked South Korea to the semifinals in 2006.

Last season, Choo belted 16 home runs and added 67 RBIs while batting .283. He was also a finalist for the Gold Glove Award in right field, but was beaten out by former Red Sox outfielder Josh Reddick.

But Choo will use the rest of the offseason to relax and focus on baseball. If he does wind up in Boston, the decision could be a blessing in disguise for a club that was plagued by injuries in 2012.


The semi-finals and finals of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest is set to kick off in Tel Aviv on 14 May and will last until 18 May, when this year's winner will be selected.

A promotional video created by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) for its official Eurovision page has evoked amusement and belly laughs among some while sparking outrage from others after promising to give tourists in the country a "quick indoctrination" on what life there is really like.

The edgy song and dance routine in the video, featuring two tour guides meeting a pair of tourists from Europe at the airport, touches base on a plethora of stereotypes about Israel and its population, quipping that Israel is "much more than" a "land of war and occupation," mentioningplanned to open in 2014, and to the planned new post-Panamax container terminal at MOTBY.

History
The line is a remnant of the extensive freight rail infrastructure that once dominated much of the Hudson County, its right of way a combination of routes originally developed by different companies. The name is taken from the National Docks Railway which maintained yards and a storage depot at Black Tom, an island in the Upper New York Bay that was greatly expanded by land reclamation and connected to the north of Caven Point by a long causeway.
The line was built during an era of tremendous growth along the west shores of the bay and the North River (Hudson River), fueled by competing railroads wishing to gain access to the harbor to develop shipping


its terminal on the Morris Canal Basin over the Central Railroad's line and later obtained trackage rights on the National Docks Railway. To protect access to its terminal, the LVRR acquired a half-interest in the National Docks in 1890. In 1891, the LVRR consolidated its other holdings in northeastern New Jersey to form the Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway, and it began running a route on a bridge over Newark Bay in 1892.

In 1897, another consolidation took place with the merger of the National Docks Railway Company, New Jersey Junction Connecting Railway Company, the Kill von Kull Railway, and Bay Creek Railway, the latter two being short lines running south to Bayonne.  The merged company was known as the National Docks Railway.  Much of the company wasIs Special Counsel Robert Mueller trying to get back in the good graces of the Washington elite?

Fox News' Laura Ingraham says he is and criticized Mueller and former FBI Director James Comey for their actions against President Trump, reacting to Mueller's news conference Wednesday.

MUELLER NEWS CONFERENCE PUTS NEW IMPEACHMENT PRESSURE ON PELOSI

"The 'deep state' set candidate Trump up after it became obvious that he was going to win the nomination because they were terrified of even the remote prospect of an outsider becoming president of the United States," Ingraham said during her opening monologue on "The Ingraham Angle" Wednesday night.

Ingraham compared Mueller's news conference to Comey's 2016 news conference where he addressed the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails prior to the presidential election, irking Clinton's supporters.

"Exonerating Mrs. Clinton


Part 6: A Troubled Aftermath

Although the formal war with the British had ended, the new state of North Carolina faced many problems. Social and political chaos reigned where a new, well-organized government had yet to form. Bands of marauders, both Whigs and Tories, wreaked havoc, burning houses, murdering, and robbing indiscriminately. For more than a year, various groups of Loyalists continued the so-called Tory War, fighting violently in numerous neighborhood encounters. Under the inspiration of Loyalist leader David Fanning, who shortly before the end of the war had reorganized the Loyal militia, these men ranged across central North Carolina engaging in a program of violence and destruction. Several truces were arranged, but neither side fully supported them. It was only after Fanning married a local woman in April1782 and left the state that peace prevailed.

Through the rest of the 1780s, North Carolina remained a troubled aggregation of factions that had yet to achieve the unity and communal identity that would eventually characterize the state. The road to recovery was long and arduous. Economic conditions were extremely unstable, and commerce was practically nonexistent. Many of the state's businesses and important institutions, such as schools and newspapers, were in ruins. The Church of England and several other Protestant denominations struggled to assert the same moral influence as before. Political bitterness and distrust between social classes were rampant. All of these issues needed to be resolved before North Carolina would fully and successfully participate in the emerging national government.


Bucks campaign had a similarly dispiriting ending with four straight losses to the Raptors in the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. They sign-and-traded Malcolm Brogdon, one of their three best players last season, to the Pacers. His contract is worth $85 million over four years. Worryingly, they put all their eggs in the Khris Middleton basket, inking the forward to a five-year, $178 million deal. The 28-year old similarly struggled in the FIBA competition as team USA finished seventh.

His breakout season last year moved him from an intriguing young player with potential to a bona fide superstar. With superstar status comes increased expectations. The Bucks are expected to have the highest win total next season; most betting sites have them around 57 wins. If the Bucksregress from last season and fail to lead the East in the regular season, it could spell trouble for Giannis’ MVP chances.

Many of the other candidates for the Maurice Podoloff Trophy will suffer from cannibalization – their cohabitating stars will eat into their production. Warriors fans will be all too familiar with this phenomenon as Curry and Durant assembled spectacular seasons alongside each other but were negatively affected, in terms of MVP chances, by each other’s brilliance. This reduces the chances of LA’s star quartet – James, Leonard, Davis and George.

Harden will be unable to put up the gaudy box score stats that he has put up in the past few seasons alongside Westbrook. The two have posted the two highest single-season usage rates in NBA history. With


trying to find what eludes them – titles, happiness or respect – Curry has remained the one constant.

Amidst the chaos, Curry became the second-longest tenured player with one team in the NBA behind only Udonis Haslem, who re-upped with the Heat for another year.

The environment around him has drastically shifted with a whole new stadium and practice facility, only three returning players to start the season and a youthful squad on which he is the oldest.

The departure of Durant comes with a silver lining – the world gets to see Curry in full force. Curry’s accommodating nature compelled him to take a backseat and ease Durant into the lineup. Curry posted his worst shooting efficiency of the last five seasons in 2016-17, Durant’s first campaign with the Warriors.Crucifixion was an ancient method of execution practiced in the Roman Empire and neighboring Mediterranean cultures, such as the Persian Empire, where a person was nailed to a large wooden cross or stake and left to hang until dead. Contrary to popular belief, those crucified did not die through loss of blood but through asphyxiation as they could no longer hold themselves up to breathe.

The purpose of crucifixion was to provide a gruesome public way to execute criminals and dissenters so that the masses would be dissuaded from breaking the law. In the Roman Empire, crucifixions were usually carried out in public areas, especially near roads such as the Appian Way, where many would walk by to view the frightening power of the state.

The most famous crucifixion in


history is undoubtedly Jesus of Nazareth who was killed by the Romans for allegedly claiming to be the "King of the Jews," which ostensibly challenged the Roman Emperor's power and hegemony. Today, the most distinctive symbol of Roman Catholicism is the crucifix (an image of Christ crucified on a cross), while Protestant Christians usually prefer to use a cross without the figure (the "corpus" - Latin for "body") of Christ.

Etymology

The term "crucifixion" derives from the Late Latin crucifixionem (nominative crucifixio), noun of action from past-participle stem of crucifigere "to fasten to a cross." [1]

In Latin, a "crucifixion" applied to many different forms of painful execution, from impaling on a stake to affixing to a tree, to an upright pole (what some call a crux simplex) or to acombination of an upright (in Latin, stipes) and a crossbeam (in Latin, patibulum).[2]

Crucifixion was usually performed to provide a death that was particularly painful (hence the term excruciating, literally "out of crucifying"), gruesome (hence dissuading against the crimes punishable by it) and public, using whatever means were most expedient for that goal.

History of crucifixion

Pre-Roman States

Punishment by crucifixion was widely employed in ancient times, when it was considered one of the most brutal and shameful modes of death.[3] It was used systematically used by the Persians in the sixth century B.C.E. :

The first recorded instances of crucifixion are found in Persia, where it was believed that since the earth was sacred, the burial of the body of a notorious criminal would desecrate the ground. The birds above and the


dogs below would dispose of the remains.[4] It was virtually never used in pre-Hellenic Greece.

Alexander the Great brought it to the eastern Mediterranean countries in the fourth century B.C.E. , and the Phoenicians introduced it to Rome in the third century B.C.E. He is reputed to have executed 2000 survivors from his siege of the Phoenician city of Tyre, as well as the doctor who unsuccessfully treated Alexander's friend Hephaestion. Some historians have also conjectured that Alexander crucified Callisthenes, his official historian and biographer, for objecting to Alexander's adoption of the Persian ceremony of royal adoration.

In Carthage, crucifixion was an established mode of execution, which could even be imposed on a general for suffering a major defeat.

Roman Empire

A Crucifix in rural Austria

According to some, the custom of crucifixionconsidered a most shameful and disgraceful way to die. Condemned Roman citizens were usually exempt from crucifixion (like feudal nobles from hanging, dying more honorably by decapitation) except for major crimes against the state, such as high treason.

Notorious mass crucifixions followed the Third Servile War (the slave rebellion under Spartacus), the Roman Civil War, and the destruction of Jerusalem. Josephus tells a story of the Romans crucifying people along the walls of Jerusalem. He also says that the Roman soldiers would amuse themselves by crucifying criminals in different positions. In Roman-style crucifixion, the condemned took days to die slowly from suffocation—caused by the condemned's blood-supply slowly draining away to a quantity insufficient to supply the required oxygen to vital organs. The dead body was left up for vultures


and other birds to consume.

Did you know? The goal of Roman crucifixion was not just death, but also dishonor

The goal of Roman crucifixion was not just to kill the criminal, but also to mutilate and dishonor the body of the condemned. In ancient tradition, an honorable death required burial; leaving a body on the cross, so as to mutilate it and prevent its burial, was a grave dishonor.

Crucifixion methods varied considerably with location and time period. If a crossbeam was used, the condemned man was forced to carry it on his shoulders, which would have been torn open by flagellation, to the place of execution.

The Roman historian Tacitus records that the city of Rome had a specific place for carrying out executions, situated outside the Esquiline Gate,[8] andhad a specific area reserved for the execution of slaves by crucifixion.[9] Upright posts would presumably be fixed permanently in that place, and the crossbeam, with the condemned man perhaps already nailed to it, would then be attached to the post.

The person executed may sometimes have been attached to the cross by ropes, but nails were, as indicated not only by the New Testament accounts of the crucifixion of Jesus, but also in a passage of Josephus, where he mentions that, at the Siege of Jerusalem (70 C.E. ), "the soldiers out of rage and hatred, nailed those they caught, one after one way, and another after another, to the crosses, by way of jest."[10]

Under ancient Roman penal practice, crucifixion was also a means of exhibiting the criminal’s


low social status. It was the most dishonorable death imaginable, originally reserved for slaves, hence still called "supplicium servile" by Seneca, later extended to provincial freedmen of obscure station ('humiles'). The citizen class of Roman society were almost never subject to capital punishments; instead, they were fined or exiled. Josephus mentions Jews of high rank who were crucified, but this was to point out that their status had been taken away from them. Control of one’s own body was vital in the ancient world. Capital punishment took away control over one’s own body, thereby implying a loss of status and honor. The Romans often broke the prisoner's legs to hasten death and usually forbade burial.

A cruel prelude was scourging, which would cause the condemned to lose a largeamount of blood, and approach a state of shock. The convict then usually had to carry the horizontal beam (patibulum in Latin) to the place of execution, but not necessarily the whole cross. Crucifixion was typically carried out by specialized teams, consisting of a commanding centurion and four soldiers. When it was done in an established place of execution, the vertical beam (stipes) could even be permanently embedded in the ground. The condemned was usually stripped naked - all the New Testament gospels, dated to around the same time as Josephus, describe soldiers gambling for the robes of Jesus. (Matthew 27:35, Mark 15:24, Luke 23:34, John 19:23-25)

The 'nails' were tapered iron spikes approximately 5 to 7 inch (13 to 18 cm) long, with a square shaft 3/8 inch


(1 cm) across. In some cases, the nails were gathered afterwards and used as healing amulets.[11]

Emperor Constantine, the first Emperor thought to receive a Christian baptism, abolished crucifixion in the Roman Empire at the end of his reign. Thus, crucifixion was used by the Romans until about 313 C.E. , when Christianity was legalized in the Roman Empire and soon became the official state religion.

Modern times

Crucifixion was used in Japan before and during the Tokugawa Shogunate. It was called Haritsuke in Japanese. The condemned—usually a sentenced criminal—was hoisted upon a T-shaped cross. Then, executioners finished him off with spear thrusts. The body was left to hang for a time before burial.

In 1597, it is recorded that 26 Christians were nailed to crosses at Nagasaki, Japan.[12] Among those executedwere Paul Miki and Pedro Bautista, a Spanish Franciscan who had worked about ten years in the Philippines. The executions marked the beginning of a long history of persecution of Christianity in Japan, which continued until the end of World War II.

Since at least the mid-1800s, a group of Catholic flagellants in New Mexico called Hermanos de Luz ('Brothers of Light') have annually conducted reenactments of Jesus Christ's crucifixion during Holy Week, where a penitent is tied—but not nailed—to a cross.

Some very devout Catholics are voluntarily, non-lethally crucified for a limited time on Good Friday, to imitate the suffering of Jesus Christ. A notable example is the Passion Play, a ceremonial re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus, that has been performed yearly in the town of Iztapalapa, on


looked upon today as an unlucky number), saying that the letter got its "evil significance" because of the "evil instrument" which had that shape, an instrument which tyrants hung men on.[15] Others described it as composed of an upright and a transverse beam, together with a small peg in the upright:

The very form of the cross, too, has five extremities, two in length, two in breadth, and one in the middle, on which [last] the person rests who is fixed by the nails.[16]

The oldest image of a crucifixion was found by archaeologists more than a century ago on the Palatine Hill in Rome:

It is a second-century graffiti scratched into a wall that was part of the imperial palace complex. It includes a caption - not by a Christian,but by someone taunting and deriding Christians and the crucifixions they underwent. It shows crude stick-figures of a boy reverencing his "God," who has the head of a jackass and is upon a cross with arms spread wide and with hands nailed to the crossbeam. Here we have a Roman sketch of a Roman crucifixion, and it is in the traditional cross shape.[15]

Location of the nails

In popular depictions of crucifixion (possibly derived from a literal reading of the Gospel of John's statement that Jesus' wounds were 'in the hands'),[17] the condemned is shown supported only by nails driven straight through the feet and the palms of the hands. This is possible only if the condemned was also tied to the cross by ropes, or if there was a


could range from a matter of hours to a number of days, depending on exact methods, the health of the crucified person and environmental circumstances.

Pierre Barbet holds that the typical cause of death was asphyxiation. He conjectured that when the whole body weight was supported by the stretched arms, the condemned would have severe difficulty inhaling, due to hyper-expansion of the lungs. The condemned would therefore have to draw himself up by his arms, or have his feet supported by tying or by a wood block. Indeed, Roman executioners could be asked to break the condemned's legs, after he had hung for some time, in order to hasten his death.[19] Once deprived of support and unable to lift himself, the condemned would die within a few minutes. Ifdeath did not come from asphyxiation, it could result from a number of other causes, including physical shock caused by the scourging that preceded the crucifixion, the nailing itself, dehydration, and exhaustion.

It was, however, possible to survive crucifixion, and there are records of people who did. The historian Josephus, a Judaean who defected to the Roman side during the Jewish uprising of 66 - 72 C.E. , describes finding two of his friends crucified. He begged for and was granted their reprieve; one died, the other recovered. Josephus gives no details of the method or duration of crucifixion before their reprieve.

Archaeological evidence

Despite the fact that the ancient Jewish historian Josephus, as well as other sources, refer to the crucifixion of thousands of people by the Romans, there is


only a single archaeological discovery of a crucified body dating back to the Roman Empire around the time of Jesus, which was discovered in Jerusalem. However, it is not surprising that there is only one such discovery, because a crucified body was usually left to decay on the cross and therefore would not be preserved. The only reason these archaeological remains were preserved was because family members gave this particular individual a customary burial.

The remains were found accidentally in an ossuary with the crucified man’s name on it, 'Yehohanan, the son of Hagakol'. The ossuary contained a heel with a nail driven through its side, indicating that the heels may have been nailed to the sides of the tree (one on the left side, one on the rightside, and not with both feet together in front). The nail had olive wood on it indicating that he was crucified on a cross made of olivewood or on an olive tree. Since olive trees are not very tall, this would suggest that the condemned was crucified at eye level. Additionally, the piece of olive wood was located between the heel and the head of the nail, presumably to keep the condemned from freeing his foot by sliding it over the nail. His legs were found broken. (This is consistent with accounts of the execution of two thieves in the Gospel of St. John 19:31.) It is thought that since in Roman times iron was expensive, the nails were removed from the dead body to cut the costs,