(except the first time in 1947) it returned quickly.

In 1964, the Football Association of Yugoslavia found Željezničar guilty for match fixing. Alongside Željezničar, NK Hajduk Split and NK Trešnjevka were found guilty and were ejected from the First Yugoslav League. Among others, Željezničar players Ivica Osim and Mišo Smajlović were banned from football for one year, and executives from Željezničar including then club president Nusret Mahić were banned from football for life. After a month it was decided that the clubs will stay in the league but points will be deducted, six from Željezničar and five from Hajduk and Trešnjevka each.[5]

The club first appeared in European competitions during the 1963–64 Mitropa Cup, however serious competitions had to wait until the early 1970s when the team finished the 1970–71Yugoslav First League season in second position, a result which allowed the club to play in the 1971–72 UEFA Cup where they made the quarter-finals on their very first appearance losing to Ferencvárosi in a penalty shootout.

Željezničar's biggest international result was recorded in the 1984–85 season when the team, led by manager Ivica Osim, reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup (renamed to UEFA Europa League since the 2009–10 season) where they were eliminated by Hungarian team Videoton, having finished the domestic championship in third place to qualify for the competition.[6] Željezničar appeared to have had the result at home, leading 2–0 (3–3 on aggregate) against the Hungarians that would send them into a final against Spanish club Real Madrid on the away goals rule; however, two minutes


from full-time Videoton scored a crucial goal, eliminating the home side 4–3 on aggregate. Edin Bahtić finished the competition as second-top scorer with 7 goals, one short of József Szabó.[7]

Prior to this success, the team played the quarter-final stage of the inaugural year of the UEFA Cup competition.

After the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the war broke out and football stopped. The game between Željezničar and FK Rad scheduled to be played on 5 April 1992 at Stadion Grbavica as part of Round 26 of the 1991–92 Yugoslav First League was abandoned 35 minutes (14:55 p.m. local time) before kick-off due to gunfire around the stadium, a result of the first attack on Sarajevo.[8][9] Ultimately, the club's final completed match in the Yugoslav Championship was a 6-1 defeaton 29 March 1992 in Belgrade against Partizan. Players like Mario Stanić, Rade Bogdanović, Gordan Vidović, Suvad Katana and many others had days earlier went abroad to escape the horror of war leaving it up to junior players to play out remaining rounds of the championships. However all of Zeljeznicar's matches in the 2nd half of the 1991–92 season were declared void due to rule, as the club could not play out remaining matches due to ensuing war. In 25 (out of possible 33) rounds completed, the club collected 6 wins, 4 draws and 15 losses, with a 22:42 goal difference.

The stadium was right on the front lines, and on 7 May 1992 the western side was destroyed along with SD Željezničar premises near by,[8] however Željezničar managed


to take part in the 1994–95 First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina championship playing its home matches in Grbavica. The fourth-place result was not as important as simply taking part.

The war ended in 1995 so a regular championship was formed contested only by Bosniak and Croatian clubs with Serbian clubs joining some years later.

During the 1998 championship, a play-off was held and the final match on 5 June saw two big city rivals playing for the trophy. FK Sarajevo played well, their shots were cleared from the goal-line twice. In the 89th minute, one ball was intercepted on the left side, and after a couple of passes it came to Željezničar forward Hadis Zubanović who scored a dramatic winner. That was the only goal of the game whichbrought his club its first championship title in independent Bosnia and Herzegovina. Among Željezničar club fans, this day, titled "Zubandan", is celebrated every year.

FK Željezničar are the only club that were able to defend their title in the Premier League, as champions in the 2000–01 and 2001–02 season under the command of Ivica Osim's son, Amar Osim. The club repeated this success again in the early 2010s. Under Amar's command, Željezničar also won the 2000–01 national cup, which completed the double, the first time any club in Bosnia and Herzegovina achieved that, securing also the 2001 Bosnian Super Cup. In 2001–02 they were runners-up in the cup, but were not able to defend their Bosnian Super Cup title (even though they won the league) as it was discontinued.


Amar was dismissed from the club in October 2003 after the club was runner-up in the 2002–03 season, won the 2002–03 national cup and reached the club's biggest European success since competing as part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina league, that is the 2002–03 Champions league third qualifying round which they lost against Newcastle United.[10] They continued their journey in the UEFA Cup, losing to Málaga due to a penalty they scored in the second leg. Željezničar finished as runners-up both seasons after Amar Osim's departure. After they secured qualification for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup through their league position, they failed to get a licence for European competition, missing out on substantial financial gain from UEFA. This led to many problems for the club, and over the nextfour seasons Željezničar struggled in the middle of the league.

As the best Bosnian club, the club played in European cups every year. The biggest result (for Bosnian club football as well since independence) came in 2002, when Željezničar reached the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, having eliminated Akraness and Lillestrøm in previous rounds to get there. Sir Bobby Robson's Newcastle United, captained by Alan Shearer, were too strong, winning 5–0 on aggregate when Sanel Jahić received a red card in the 69th minute of the reverse leg at St James' Park. The game was held at Koševo Stadium in front of 36,000 fans from all over Bosnia, and to this day is among the best attended games in Bosnian club football history, although short of


a match at the same stadium between the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team's 2–1 friendly win over Italy in November 1996, which was attended by 40,000. Newcastle United reached the second, group stage of the tournament.

The club as result of losing to Newcastle United entered UEFA Cup 2002–03 third qualifying round but lost to Málaga who were an eventual quarter-finalist.

With the return of Amar Osim in summer 2009, Željezničar once more claimed the title in the 2009–10 season, but failed to take the double as they lost in the final of the 2009–10 Bosnian cup to Borac on away goals, while remaining undefeated. In the following 2010–11 season, the club failed to defend their Premier League title, finishing third. However the club managed to win the nationalcup instead, their fourth, against Čelik. During the 2011–12 season, they brought back the league title to Grbavica, their seventh domestic league title, three rounds before the end of the season, breaking many records on the way (run of 35 games without loss; 12 straight league wins; 3 seasons in Bosnian Cup competition without loss).[11] Željezničar also won the 2011–12 Bosnian cup, claiming their second double in their history, both won under the coaching of Amar Osim.[12][13] As a result, Amar Osim became the most successful manager in terms of trophies won since the creation of the football club, with nine. The club is yet to lose a single Bosnian Cup match since the first round of the 2008–09 Bosnian Cup season, having won two Cup finals and


losing one on aggregate since the 2008–09 season.

During the 2010–11 season Željezničar won their fourth cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina. They have advanced to the final beating Široki Brijeg on 3–0 aggregate. In the final they clash with rival from former Yugoslav League Čelik. First game was played at Grbavica Stadium which finished 1–0 in favor of the home team. Second game was played at Bilino Polje Stadium which Željezničar won 3–0 and won 4–0 on aggregate. That concluded Željezničar's season in they automatically gives them to compete in Europa League. Željezničar celebrated their 90th birthday with a trophy.

In season 2011–12 Željezničar won their 6th title in the team's existence. They won the title with three rounds left in the competition. They repeated the successful campaign in cupcompetition also when they won the title with 1–0 on aggregate against Široki Brijeg. That was the first double for any club since unified Bosnia and Herzegovina football competitions started in 2002–03 season. In the 2012–13 season, Željezničar won their 7th title in the club's history, once again under the guidance of Amar Osim.

Between 2013 and 2018, Željezničar had a trophy drougth as it did not win any trophies in that period, even though they could have on multiple occasions as they finished 2nd on 3 occasions, every time just missing out on the title.

In the period from October to December 2018, the club lost 5 league matches in a row, the worst in the club's history. That made manager Milomir Odović (in 2003–04 and 2015 made great


results with Željezničar) made him resign after the 4th consecutive loss.[15] Their 5th consecutive loss came on 2 December, against Široki Brijeg in the last game of the first part of the season. In that game, Adin Mulaosmanović and Ismet Štilić were caretaker managers.[16]

On 31 December 2018, Amar Osim (most successful manager in Željezničar's history) for a second time in his career came back to Željezničar and signed a 3 and a half year contract with the club.[17] In Osim's first game after returning to the club, Željezničar lost against FK Radnik Bijeljina, making that 6 losses in a row,[18] but in his second game against FK Mladost Doboj Kakanj, Željezničar beat Mladost and ended their 6-game loss run.[19]

Stadium Grbavica in 2006 (view north/years before the stadium renovation)

Theclub had no stadium upon its foundation as other clubs would not allow Željezničar to use the existing football grounds in Sarajevo. The club played their first matches at a military training pitch called Egzercir which wasn't actually a football ground, however, it was the best ground available and will always be remembered as the club's first pitch. Egzercir was located in a part of Sarajevo known as Čengić Vila. In 1932 a new ground was built in Pofalići (yet another part of Sarajevo), close to the railway station. It wasn't much better than the last one, but it was built by the club and because of that it had a special meaning.

After World War II, Željezničar played at the "6th April" Stadium in Marijin Dvor (there is


a building now on the sport, behind the technical sciences secondary school) until 18 June 1950. Authorities planned to build a street, so the club made another move to military stadium in Skenderija. Club staff was tired of all that moving and they decided to build its own stadium in Grbavica neighborhood which just started to be redeveloped and urbanized. Friends, supporters, members of the club and even military, all helped in construction. Stadium was officially opened on 13 September 1951. with the second league match between Željezničar and Šibenik. Željezničar won 4–1.

Ever since, Grbavica has been a place of joy and sorrow for the club and its supporters. Symbolically, the old railway line passed over the hill behind the stadium, and every time a train went byduring a match it would sound its whistle to salute the fans. The stadium had a south side and a small east side while a wooden grandstand with a roof was on the west side. The grandstand was relocated from the "6th April" Stadium on the same year when Željezničar moved. Because of the reconstruction, Željezničar moved again in 1968 to Koševo Stadium and even won the club's only Yugoslav title in 1972 playing there.

Grbavica was reopened yet again on 25 April 1976, and in 1986 a modern northern stand was added which is still in use. Unfortunately, war began in spring 1992 and Željezničar was forced, yet again, to play on Koševo Stadium until 1996 when it came back to Grbavica. During the 1990s war the stadium


suffered heavy structural damage. The stadium was located between the first front lines and endured heavy fighting. Bosnian Serbs' forces burned down the wooden grandstand under which all the club facilities were located consequently burning down most of the club's records and trophies in the process as well. It was not until 2 May 1996 that a football match would be played on Grbavica Stadium again. Symbolically, the first match after the war was the Sarajevo derby. The wooden grandstand that burned up during the war was never fully reconstructed and on its place, on the west side of the stadium, a much smaller wodden stand was built under which, yet again, all the club facilities are located. In 2016 the wooden stand was reconstructed and slightly expandedin a way that all the wood elements were replaced with anti-slip metal in order to meet the UEFA Stadium requirements.

Before the war capacity of the stadium was more than 20,000 unseated, but now it officially has 13,452 seated places with room for around 4,000 more patrons in standing areas.

Željezničar was formed as RŠD Željezničar (Radničko športsko društvo, eng. Workers' sports society). Željezničar means railwayman or railway worker. Later it was known as FK Željezničar (Fudbalski klub, eng. football club), and was a part of SD Željezničar (Sportsko društvo, eng. sports society) which includes the clubs in other sports (basketball, handball, volleyball, chess, bowling, etc.) with the same name. In 1993, initial acronym was changed to NK (Nogometni klub, eng. football club). In Bosnian, both fudbal and nogomet


are equally used as a word for football. The word fudbal is dominant in eastern and nogomet in western parts of the country. Since 2000, club's name is officially with initial FK again.

In the modern times, there is even a restaurant named after the club's name. Such example is the national dish Ćevapi restaurant at the heart of Sarajevo called Ćevabdžinica "Željo".

Blue is traditionally colour of railway workers in this part of Europe. Since the club was founded by the railway workers, blue was a logical choice. Standard navy blue colour was always on the club's crest, but it is a different story with kits. Sometimes they were light blue, sometimes regular blue, and sometimes navy blue as it is on the crest. Sometimes kits were blue andwhite vertical striped. For some games in 1999–00 season, kits were striped horizontally, and in 2002–03 season they were even dark grey, without any traces of blue. Away kit was always white.

On the left side of the kit, by the heart, stands a crest. Since the foundation of the club, standard elements of the crest were ball and wings, also a traditional railway symbol. These standard elements were changed in design several times in the past. Some other elements were added or excluded in some periods of history. For example, circle around the original crest was added in the 1990s. From 1945. to 1992. red five-pointed star stood in place of the ball, and words "Sarajevo", "1921" and others were moved form one part of the crest to


another many times. Current design dates back to 2000.

FK Željezničar main supporter group are called Manijaci (The Maniacs). There is also subgroups like Blue Tigers, Joint Union, Urban Corps, Stari Grad and Vendetta.[20]

In popular culture, Stole Anđelović (Stole iz Bora) – a passionate club supporter from Bor, is known decades (over 40 years) for traveling 450 km to attend most FK Željezničar Sarajevo home games, and was a long time supporter of Yugoslav national team as well as fan of Ivica Osim.[21][22]

Željezničar has a fierce rivalry with their city-rivals Sarajevo, which is known as the Sarajevo derby, the biggest derby in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is contested regularly since both teams are part of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Many Željezničar supporters say that "Željo is amatter of philosophy, and Sarajevo a matter of geography". Famous Sarajevo derby, known across the Southeast Europe, is generally considered as one of few with the best atmosphere. But there is one thing that separates it from similar ones in the region and rest of the world – fans of these clubs are enemies only for the time needed for game to be played. It is not rare that father and son, two brothers, or husband and wife, are on the opposite sides. They don't speak to each other that day. But when the game ends, provocations are something of a tradition, strangest bets are needed to be fulfilled. And everybody is waiting for the next one. Although, incidents between younger fans can be seen in recent years.

During


the 2017–18 League season, Željezničar beat Sarajevo in 3 out of 4 league matches, the most in one season and didn't even lose that season as there was also 1 draw.[24]

During the 2018–19 League season, Željezničar lost against Sarajevo in 2 out of 3 league matches, the most in one season and didn't even win that season as there was also 1 draw. Last match was played on April 6.th where Željezničar lost at home court Grbavica 0-3. It was biggest ever loss at home court in modern history of Sarajevo derby.[25]

Also another notable rivalry started to shape in recent years. Since the season 2008–09, the time when Borac started to be standard in the Premier League once again, a great rivalry started to develop between the twoteams. Starting from 2009–10 season the two teams mainly competed against each other for one of the title (the league title or national cup) and even the attendance almost got on pair with the Sarajevo derby. The rivalry also has a root in the fact that Sarajevo and Banja Luka are, by a good margin, the two biggest cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the first being also the capital of the whole country while the second takes the role as the de facto capital of Republika Srpska entity. Since independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina the teams met each other 22 times (6 of which are in national cup), although they played the first time against each other in 1947 Yugoslav Cup. In those 22 matches, Željezničar won 12


times, while Borac managed to win 7 times, with 3 matches ending in a draw. The goal difference is 31:19 in favor of Željezničar (Not including results from 2015–16 season).

Correct as of 2 October 2018.[44][45] The table shows the position of Željezničar, based on their UEFA coefficient club ranking, and four clubs, which are closest to Željezničar position (the two clubs with the higher coefficient and the two with the lower coefficient).Buy and sell Florida Georgia Line tickets and all other concert tickets on StubHub. Get your Florida Georgia Line concert tickets today. Sunshine Tours offers bus tours starting in Wytheville, VA. We have a ton of great tour packages, so go on a great affordable vacation and see the sights. Host the fun with a casino party. GoodFellas Gaming in Birmingham will walk you through the entire process.

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Samsung spokeswoman Lauren Restuccia said the company is disappointed by the verdict, especially because one of the patents in the case has been recently deemed invalid by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Apple is contesting that finding.

Apple spokeswoman Kristin Huguet said it was grateful to the jury for imposing costs on Samsung, though she said the case has been more about protecting innovation than winning money.

Samsung manufactures phones that use the Android operating system, which is developed by Google. In addition to the fight over money, Apple is seeking a permanent injunction against several older Samsung phones. Koh had previously rejected such a sales ban, but earlier this week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ordered her to reconsider.

Nick Rodelli, a lawyerand adviser to institutional investors for CFRA Research in Maryland, said injunctions are much more important in these legal battles than monetary awards. Still, he said, the verdict shows that Apple's narrative was persuasive to a second jury drawn from Silicon Valley.

"A jury award on the high end of the range is a modestly positive signal for Apple," Rodelli said.

Colleen Allen, the jury forewoman, said Apple did not enjoy a home field advantage from having the trial so close to the iPhone maker's headquarters in Cupertino. Both companies are global players, she said, and while Apple engineers may be based in Northern California, its products are manufactured overseas.

The jurors based their decision on the evidence, said Allen, a 36-year old nurse.

"Samsung could've come up with a little more


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In Celebration of MHS Class of 1958

A Tribute and Celebration

We were the class of 1958, members of the Greatest Generation as well as children of the Greatest Generation. Born in 1940, we are also called members of the Traditional Generation.

Our childhood, post World War II, "was the best of times . . . it was the age of wisdom . . . it was the epoch of belief . . .it was the season of Light . . . it was the spring of hope . . . we had everything before us . . .we were all going direct to Heaven . . . ." (A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens.) At least, that's the way I felt about it. We were truly blessed.

- Ouida Tomlinson-

This blog is a place for 1958 graduates of Meridian, Mississippi, High School to stay in touch, post their news, items of interest and photographs.

CLASS OF 1958 MEMORIES (Click to read all posts relating to sports, honors, graduation and other memories of our class in 1957-58.)

Thursday, December 28, 2017

Charlotte Hunt, 77, passed away Thursday, December 28, 2017 at her residence. Visitation is 9 am Friday, December 29, 2017 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon. Services are at 11 am Friday at the funeral home with a 2:30 pm graveside in Pachuta Cemetery in Clarke County.

Mrs. Hunt was a graduate of Meridian High School class of 1958 and was an avid sports fan. She was very proud to have served in years past as secretary of the


Fire Chief for the City of Pearl.

Her sons stated that “She was the glue and olive branch that held a somewhat spread thin network of family and friends together. She held her family dear to her heart and was especially proud of her sons and granddaughters. She loved to watch her granddaughters swim in her pool with most of the fondest memories being centered around the pool and dinner table. Her sons would like to thank their wives for all the support and love. They have been outstanding examples of what a daughter-in-law should be and we know she is proud of you.”

Alex stated, “I am so thankful God gave me my brothers. They were so strong through all of this and I would have been lost withoutthem and my wife. In the end I know she is happy to be back home with the whole family there. She will be greatly missed but there is comfort knowing that she is dancing in heaven. I love my mother and will always miss her. She has done so much for my family and I.”

Monday, December 11, 2017

Graveside services for Mr. Thomas Pool, Jr. will be
held Thursday, December 14, 2017, at 12:30 p.m., at the Mississippi Veteran's
Memorial Cemetery. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home has been entrusted with
the arrangements.

After
graduating from Meridian High School, he joined the U.S. Air Force in 1956. He
was honorably discharged in 1992 from the Mississippi Air National Guard 186th
Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, and he retired from the United States Air Force
Reserves in 1999. He retired


in 1989 as Structural Captain at NAS Meridian Fire
Department after twenty-three and a half years of civil service. Along with
various other positions, he was employed as a fire fighter and mechanic for the
City of Meridian.

He is survived by his daughter, Shelby Slade
(Steven); grandchildren, John and Sarah Slade; sister, Sara "Peachie"
Saxon; and numerous nieces.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas W.
Pool, Sr. and Eunice Boykin Pool.

The family
requests memorials be made to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital and/or
First Baptist Church of Meridian.

Family and friends may sign the online guestbook at robertbarhamffh.com

Visitation will be held Thursday, December 14, 2017
from 10:00-11:45 a.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home.

Monday, December 4, 2017

Services for Mrs. Margie Robinson will be held on Tuesday, December 5th at Pine Grove Church in the Martin Communitynephews and a host of friends.She was preceded in death by her parents, Obie and Minnie Godwin.Pallbearers are Ronald Paul Robinson, Daniel Robinson, Cory Rigdon, Mason Bufkin, Joe Giles, Eli Alexander, Lynn Latham, and Benton Latham.Family and friends may sign the online memorial, leave a note for the family, or order flowers at jamesfwebb.com

O God our Father, Creator of all the living,

we entrust to Your gentle care

all those we love who have gone before us;

and have gone to their rest in the hope of rising again. . . .

Eternal rest, grant unto Margie Faye Godwin Robinson, O Lord,

and let perpetual light shine upon her.

May the souls of the faithful departedthrough the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.

Friday, November 24, 2017

Monday, November 6, 2017

A memorial service for Charles


Edward McCraney, age 77, of Dublin, will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, November 4, 2017, at First Christian Church. Rev. Billy Glosson will officiate. Mr. McCraney died Thursday, October 26, 2017.

Mr. McCraney was a 1958 graduate of Meridian High School, and a 1963 graduate of Mississippi State University with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He retired from Warner Robins Air Force Base.

Mr. McCraney was preceded in death by his parents, William Dewey McCraney and Sally Bray McCraney; brothers, Bill McCraney, Sam McCraney, and Jim “Sonny” McCraney; and sister, Cissy Germany.

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Stuart Milford Terrass, son of Milford Edwin and Jane Bullock Terrass, born
October 10, 1932, in Highland Park, Michigan, died October 11, 2017, at
Concordia at Sumner.

A graduate of the University of Akron with a BA inphilosophy, a BS in
mathematics and an MA in history; he was a member of Phi Delta Theta, Omicron
Delta Kappa, and a cheerleader. An ROTC graduate, he served as an Air Force
officer in Okinawa and later served for two years in the Ohio Air National
Guard as a training officer.

After completing his active service in 1957, he began his career as a
collegiate administrator at the University of Akron. He held many positions at
this institution including administrative faculty in the Student Services
Office, Assistant to the Registrar, Registrar, and Director of Institutional
Research. His fifty-year career also included positions at The College of
Wooster, North Carolina A & T State University, Lake Erie College and Mount
Union College.

Stuart served as an Ohio and a national NCES trainer; also as an active member
and presenter in AACRAO,


OACRAO and co-founder of OAIR. In 2003, he was
particularly proud of being honored for his work as a registrar by OACRAO with
the Garland Parker Award "for outstanding, distinguished service to
the profession at both state and national levels."

Stuart loved the outdoors and outdoor activities, especially biking, hiking,
swimming, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, and gardening. He was a talented
photographer, an avid reader, and lifelong bridge player. But most of all,
Stuart loved animals and thought of them more as friends than pets. He often
said, "I've never met an animal I didn't like." During retirement, he
trained for and became an Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist. He was a
volunteer at the Akron Zoo and at the Metro Parks Nature Realm, where he
presented programs to school children about appreciation and respect for nature
and its creatures.

A memorial servicewill be held at 11 a.m. MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, in the chapel of
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 1361 W. Market St. with the Rev. Mark Pruitt
officiating. A reception will be held immediately following the service at St.
Paul's. Private inurnment at Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery. In lieu of
flowers, memorials may be made to the Akron Rotary Camp for Children with
Special Needs. To share a memory, send a Condolence or Light a Candle, visit
the Tribute Wall
at www.billowfuneralhomes.com (Billow
FAIRLAWN Chapel).

Post from Mary Anthony McLemore Weaver about her husband Stu: "We celebrated Stu's 85 birthday. He passed away the next day. We only had a year and one month together, but they were happy years of togetherness. I am so thankful that he was in my life even though it was for


only a short time."

O God our Father, Creator of all the living,

we entrust to Your gentle care

all those we love who have gone before us;

and have gone to their rest in the hope of rising again. . . .

Eternal rest, grant unto Stu Terrass, O Lord,

and let perpetual light shine upon him.

May the souls of the faithful departedthrough the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Theo Tootle, 81, of Jasper, GA, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on August 6, 2017.

Theo was the 2nd son to Harold and Lillie Tootle, born August 30, 1935 in Evans County, Georgia. He was one of eight children raised in Tattnall County. Theo’s siblings included his four living brothers, Jimmy, Carroll, Ray, and Marcus. Theo alsohad 3 sisters who preceded him in death, Janice, Betty, and Sue.

Theo graduated from Reidsville High School in 1953. He attended Georgia State University and achieved both under and post-graduate degrees in Business Administration.

Theo married Coty Huggins on June 9, 1962, and they just celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary. They were blessed with four children, Leigh Anne, Craig, Tom, and Julie. A loving family was raised, centered on faith, family, and fun. Theo loved playing sports, including tennis with Coty and all his children as they grew up. Golf was also a passion, as well as fishing with anyone, especially grandchildren.

Theo had a 40-year career with the AT&T family, starting with Western Electric and ending with BellSouth as Director of Procurement.

In retirement Theo continued his love of golf


careall those we love who have gone before us;and have gone to their rest in the hope of rising again.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Wanzie L. Strickland, known to all as Bill Strickland passed peacefully Sunday July, 23, 2017 at the age of 80. Bill was a Veteran of the United States Army and a true Patriot.

Bill Strickland was born October 2,1936 in Neshoba County Mississippi. He loved basketball as a young man and played on several teams which included High School, Military, and on the practice team for the Boston Celtics. Additionally, he had a passion and love for coaching Little League Baseball teams. Bill and his wife Maxine founded Sunbelt Fastenersbe in Meridian Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Giles, 77, passed away on June, 29, 2017 at Meridian Community Living. She love to paint, write poetry, work puzzles, talking with friends and family, and fishing. In her earlier years she enjoyed bowling and held the MS Womens State Record for several years.She is survived by her husband, Otis Weir; Daughter, Belinda Miner (Mike); Son, Bryan Giles (Rebecca); Grandchildren, Whitney Hutsenpiller, Bryan "Jay" Giles Jr., and Kade Giles; and also by numerous nieces and nephews.She was preceded in death by her Husband, David Webster Giles; Mother, Myrtle Bragg; and a sister, Janis Bragg Cheatham.Family and friends may sign the online memorial, leave a personal note for the family, or order flowers at jamesfwebb.com

(Source - The Meridian Star)

O God our Father, Creator


the love she had for her
family. Survivors include her son, Jim King and wife, Tracy; daughter, Jeri Walker and
husband, Randy; grandchildren, Brandi Stevens and husband, Devy, Dillon Walker
and wife, Jennifer, Drake Walker, Kasey King and Katie King;
great-grandchildren, Randi Lyn Stevens and Dani Blair Stevens; sisters, Juanita
Price, Joan Toler and Tommie Jean Kilgore; sister-in-law, Frances Blackmon and
husband, Harold; and brother-in-law, Kenneth King and wife, Carolyn.She is preceded in death by her parents, William and Effie Smith; husband,
Jimmie King; brothers, Truman and William "Sonny" Smith; and sisters,
Odessa Lindsey and Helen Blair.Visitation will be held Friday, March 10, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at Stephens
Funeral Home. Guests are welcome to sign the online guestbook atwww.stephensfunerals.com.

O God our Father, Creator of all the living,

we entrust to Your gentle care

all those we love who havegone before us;

and have gone to their rest in the hope of rising again. . . .

Eternal rest, grant unto Peggy Joyce Smith King, O Lord,

and let perpetual light shine upon her.

May the souls of the faithful departedthrough the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.

Friday, February 3, 2017

Graveside services for Sandra Hodge Jones will be held Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Ms. Jones, age 76, died Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at Rush Foundation Hospital in Meridian, MS from complications of diabetes. Sandra was employed as a medical records technician by Rush Hospital for many years. She was a graduate of Meridian High School and a graduate of Meridian Community College.


Sandra attended Arrowood Baptist Church and State Boulevard Baptist Church. Sandra was a very gracious lady. She was a wonderful decorator and she loved to cook for her family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, John "Bo" Hodge and Janice Hodge and her son, William "Alan" Jones. She is survived by her son, Jonathan Jones of Bentonville, Arkansas and her grandsons, Chance Jones and Trace Jones. She is survived by a brother, Max Hodge, and his family of Toomsuba, MS; a sister, Judy Hodge Eccles and her husband, David Eccles, and their family of Gulf Breeze, FL. and Dallas, TX.; a sister, Pamela Hodge Stevens and her husband, Roy Stevens, and their family of Quitman, MS. The families include numerous nieces and nephews whowere 97.1% and 73.1%, respectively. The majority of defects were closed primarily, with the exception of head and neck defects. Long-term outcomes were good for chest, abdomen, and upper extremity defects, but were problematic for head and neck, breast, and lower extremity defects. There were no recurrences at the site of flap harvest in either the study population or in reviewed studies. For patients with DT, surgical extirpation should not come at the expense of functional preservation, as overall survival is excellent. However, specific defects, including those of the lower extremity, breast, and head and neck, will benefit from improved techniques for resection and reconstruction.


on the eye tracking device throughout the experiment. The eye tracker was calibrated to control for the participant's gaze position and headphones were adjusted.

The experiment started with an instruction appearing on the screen, informing the participant that the experiment would start and to sit quietly, keep their eyes in the direction of a fixation cross that would appear in the middle of the screen, and neither move nor speak. The experiment started with the grey fixation cross appearing on a black screen. This cross remained on the screen throughout the experiment.

Subsequent to phase 1, the experimenter took the participant's hand and placed it in the water bucket. After three minutes, the experimenter removed the hand, dried it with a towel and placed it on the table again. TheSensoMotoric Instruments GmbH, Teltow, Germany). The images were automatically saved to the hard disk of the eye tracking computer.

Image analysis was conducted manually by measuring the distance between upper and lower eyelid on the mid pupil position in the picture at startle probe onset and in the picture with the maximum eye closure. Lid distance was measured in pixels with a digital ruler (Pixel Ruler 4.0, Mioplanet, Rimouski, Canada). Maximal eye closure was expressed as the percentage of eye lid closure at the point of maximal closure in relation to baseline lid distance at the beginning of the trial. Responses were averaged across participants for each phase.

In addition to being the baseline for blink quantification, initial lid distance (aperture) is reported as a measure of muscle tone of


Trailfinders before landing an audition with the Arrows.

Sears-Duru parlayed that into an opportunity with Seattle, where he helped eliminate the Arrows from the playoffs, won an MLR title and sharpened his game before returning to the national team.

“We get better by playing more games, and playing against better players,” said Sears-Duru, who has made 46 national team appearances. “You have to step your game up every single day, with all the great players you get to be around.”

Canada opens the Pacific Nations Cup on Saturday against the U.S. in Colorado before travelling to Fiji to play both Fiji and Tonga.

The team will play a series of exhibitions in August and then head to Japan for the World Cup, which runs from late September to early November, and presents#KHive is further building on this backing.

The #KHive is showing up for Kamala because they see her as the best option to beat Trump

Based on supporters I spoke with, the #KHive is so committed to Harris for a wide range of reasons: They see her as a fighter who can take on Trump, a progressive with ambitious policies, and a woman of color who can make history.

Many of her fans are former Hillary Clinton supporters who think she combines a compelling progressive platform with a practical sensibility they view as necessary to bringing these proposals to fruition. In several of her policy plans, including one to close the gender wage gap, for example, Harris acknowledges that her proposals are unlikely get through the Senate, and offers executive actions


Mirek Topolánek and Jan Fischer during the 2009 summits).

As of 2017, leaders from the following nations have been invited to the G20 summits: Azerbaijan, Benin, Brunei, Cambodia, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritania, Myanmar, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Senegal, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.

Permanent guest invitees

G20 Agenda

Financial focus
The initial G20 agenda, as conceived by US, Canadian and German policy makers, was very much focused on the sustainability of sovereign debt and global financial stability, in an inclusive format that would bring in the largest developing economies as equal partners. During a summit in November 2008, the leaders of the group pledged to contribute trillions to international finance organizations, including theAnimation depicts the process of assembling the mass-timber building from a set of factory-built components. Credit: Generate Architecture and Technologies

A new building about to take shape in Boston's Roxbury area could, its designers hope, herald a new way of building residential structures in cities.

Designed by architects from MIT and the design and construction firm Placetailor, the five-story building's structure will be made from cross-laminated timber (CLT), which eliminates most of the greenhouse-gas emissions associated with standard building materials. It will be assembled on site mostly from factory-built subunits, and it will be so energy-efficient that its net carbon emissions will be essentially zero.

Most attempts to quantify a building's greenhouse gas contributions focus on the building's operations, especially its heating and cooling systems. But the materials used in a


building's construction, especially steel and concrete, are also major sources of carbon emissions and need to be included in any realistic comparison of different types of construction.

Wood construction has tended to be limited to single-family houses or smaller apartment buildings with just a few units, narrowing the impact that it can have in urban areas. But recent developments—involving the production of large-scale wood components, known as mass timber; the use of techniques such as cross-laminated timber; and changes in U.S. building codes—now make it possible to extend wood's reach into much larger buildings, potentially up to 18 stories high.

Several recent buildings in Europe have been pushing these limits, and now a few larger wooden buildings are beginning to take shape in the U.S. as well. The new projectin Boston will be one of the largest such residential buildings in the U.S. to date, as well as one of the most innovative, thanks to its construction methods.

Described as a Passive House Demonstration Project, the Boston building will consist of 14 residential units of various sizes, along with a ground-floor co-working space for the community. The building was designed by Generate Architecture and Technologies, a startup company out of MIT and Harvard University, headed by John Klein, in partnership with Placetailor, a design, development, and construction company that has specialized in building net-zero-energy and carbon-neutral buildings for more than a decade in the Boston area.

View from the street side depicts the new five-story, 14-unit residential building, which will be one of the largest mass-timber residential buildings in


very good acoustic insulation for its occupants. In addition, the building is designed to have solar panels on its roof, which will help to offset the building's energy use.

Architect's rendering shows the new mass-timber residential building that will soon begin construction in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood. Credit: Generate Architecture and Technologies

The team won a wood innovation grant in 2018 from the U.S. Forest Service, to develop a mass-timber based system for midscale housing developments. The new Boston building will be the first demonstration project for the system they developed.

"It's really a system, not a one-off prototype," Klein says. With the on-site assembly of factory-built modules, which includes fully assembled bathrooms with the plumbing in place, he says the basic structure of the building can be completed in only aboutone week per floor.

"We're all aware of the need for an immediate transition to a zero-carbon economy, and the building sector is a prime target," says Andres Bernal SM '13, Placetailor's director of architecture. "As a company that has delivered only zero-carbon buildings for over a decade, we're very excited to be working with CLT/mass timber as an option for scaling up our approach and sharing the kit-of-parts and lessons learned with the rest of the Boston community."

Interior view shows the new building's first-floor community co-working space. Credit: Generate Architecture and Technologies

With U.S. building codes now allowing for mass timber buildings of up to 18 stories, Klein hopes that this building will mark the beginning of a new boom in wood-based or hybrid construction, which he says could


male, was with four friends on Gallatin Road in East Nashville, Tennessee, when they saw a table with a "lot of stuff" being set up across the street as a flea market by three homeless street persons: the defendant, Donald Middlebrooks (a 24-year-old white male); his wife, 17-year-old Tammy Middlebrooks; and their companion, 16-year-old Roger Brewington. The five boys ran across Gallatin Road and were looking at the flea market when Tammy Middlebrooks called out, "Hey, leave our stuff alone!" The boys started running. The defendant and Brewington chased them until they caught Majors. Brewington grabbed Majors in a "sleeper hold" around his neck and head. The defendant held his hand. When Majors said, "Hey man, you know me," Brewington responded, "Shut up, you nigger." Shannon Stewart andanother of the boys, Tony Watson, saw the two men drag Majors toward the table and observed the defendant strike him in the face, knocking him to the ground. Frightened, the boys took off running. Later that evening, they reported these events to the victim's mother, who called the police.
The next afternoon, Kerrick Majors' nude body was discovered lying face up in a dry creek bed under a foam mattress in a heavily wooded area behind a drugstore on Gallatin Road in the area *531 where the defendant and Brewington had caught Majors. A bloodstained T-shirt was tied around his neck. A red rope belt was tied around Majors' left wrist, and there was a two-inch laceration in his right wrist. Abrasions, swelling, and bruising were present on


the victim's head, his left eye, his nose, his lips, and inside his mouth. An "X" with a vertical line running through it had been cut into his chest. The forensic pathologist, Dr. Charles Harlan, testified that these incisions had been made while Majors was alive. There were two deep stab wounds in the center of the body. One of these penetrated the left lung and pulmonary artery and caused the victim to bleed to death over a period of ten to thirty minutes, during part of which Majors was conscious. Investigating officers noticed a smell of urine about the face, and there were bruises and skinned areas on the back. A wooden stick with blood stains on one end was found lying close to the victim's head.
Around1:10 a.m. on April 28, police investigators met Brewington at a doughnut shop several miles from the Gallatin Road area. Brewington directed the officers to the location of a knife with a brass knuckle handle, which was bloodstained. Dr. Harlan testified that this knife could have inflicted the deep stab wounds on the victim's body. Brewington also directed the police to a wooded area between Gallatin Road and Ellington Parkway in Nashville where, around 7:00 a.m. on April 28, Donald and Tammy Middlebrooks were apprehended at a small plywood shack. The defendant, who resisted the arresting officers, had a knife with him. He was arrested with the aid of police dogs, taken to the hospital for treatment of the dog bites, and later transported to police headquarters.
At 12:30


p.m. that day, the defendant gave a lengthy video-taped statement about his involvement in the death of Kerrick Majors. The defendant admitted participating in the beating and mistreatment of Majors, but described his role as minor and depicted Roger Brewington as the primary perpetrator of the offense. After Majors was caught, Middlebrooks said Brewington suggested they "have some fun," and the three of them took Majors back into the woods. His hands were tied. Brewington slapped him, beat him with the knife's brass knuckles, hit him with a stick, and urinated into his mouth. The defendant admitted striking Majors with his open hand and on the leg with a switch. Defendant said that his wife Tammy had slapped Majors and burned Majors' nose with a cigarette lighter asBrewington urged her on. Brewington hit Majors on his testicles, threatened to cut "it" open, stuck a stick up Majors' anus, hit him some more with the brass knuckles, wiped the victim's blood on himself, beat his mouth and tongue with a stick, dropped the knife on him, gagged him, and slashed his wrist. Finally, when the defendant asked Brewington to stop because the victim's crying and pleading were getting on his nerves, Brewington gave the victim "the kiss of death" on the forehead. Brewington then gave the defendant the knife and told him to stab Majors. When the defendant refused, Brewington stabbed Majors. The defendant then reluctantly stabbed the victim, according to him, "to prove to Roger that I guess I was cooler" and to put Majors


proceeding, held in October 1995, the State introduced evidence supporting the above-described events and the following details:
According to the State's proof, fourteen-year-old Majors was small for his age.FN5 He was described as a good student who loved school. He was not a violent person, nor did he carry a weapon. Since his murder, his mother's health has deteriorated. She has been on medication and will not leave the house except for doctor appointments. She has had a nervous breakdown, suffers from panic attacks, and has not been able to sleep at night since the murder. Majors' older brother blames himself for Majors' death and now suffers from mood swings.
FN5 The autopsy indicated that Kerrick Majors was 4' 11" tall and weighed 112 pounds.
Shannon Stewart testified that he hadspoken with Middlebrooks the morning of the murder. Middlebrooks had told Stewart that he was a member of the KKK, that he "hated niggers," and that he punched a black man just for saying hello. Stewart also testified that he overheard Middlebrooks order Majors to "shut up nigger."
State v. Middlebrooks, 995 S.W.2d 550, 554-55 (Tenn.1999). In mitigation, Middlebrooks's attorneys put forth the following evidence:
Middlebrooks' cousins, James and Carol Sue Little, and his half-sister, Sharon Fuchs, testified about Middlebrooks' childhood. Middlebrooks grew up in Texas. His father died when he was four. His mother remarried and had another child, Ms. Fuchs, before she again divorced. Middlebrooks' mother either left the children at night with relatives or else would take them to bars with her.
According to the proof, Middlebrooks' mother


would often bring men to the house, and the children sometimes heard or saw their mother having sex. Ms. Fuchs testified that sometimes these men would molest her while her mother *533 watched. She further testified that she, Middlebrooks, and other children in the family were molested by different family members. For example, Middlebrooks was often left alone with a male relative who had sexually abused him, and Middlebrooks' mother would grab him between his legs and also watch him use the bathroom. According to Sharon Fuchs, the small town in which they grew up lacked counseling services or social service agencies where they could seek help for sexual abuse. According to her, no one in the family ever discussed or admitted the family's problems.
The proof further indicatedthat Middlebrooks was often angry and got into trouble. He was sent to a Methodist Home for Children in Waco for two years. Later, he was twice sent to prison. Between prison stays, Middlebrooks started to have seizures. On one occasion he climbed a water tower and threatened to commit suicide. He was hospitalized more than once at a mental institution.
A psychologist, Dr. Jeffrey L. Smalldon, performed neuropsychological and psychological evaluations of Middlebrooks. From these evaluations, interviews, testing, and prior education and medical records, Smalldon concluded that Middlebrooks has a severe borderline personality disorder. Middlebrooks exhibited several characteristics of the disorder including inconsistent behavior, instability of mood, a marked identity disturbance, impulsive and reckless behavior, poor anger control, and recurring suicidal or self-destructive acts. Smalldon testified that the


his own mother, his mother's boyfriends, and his mother's customersall with his mother's knowledge and permission." Pet'r Br. at 53-54. Furthermore, he alleges that the jury never learned that these traumatic childhood experiences resulted in PTSD, which, according to one expert, "impaired Mr. Middlebrooks from effectively conforming his behavior to the law at the time of the offense for which he has been sentenced to death." J.A. at 1545.
In fact, the jury heard much of this evidence from Middlebrooks's half-sister Sharon Fuchs and from Dr. Smalldon. They testified that Middlebrooks's mother sometimes took the kids to bars with her and sometimes left them there; that she brought men home for sex; that the children at times heard and saw her having sex; and that Fuchs was at timesdecide whether trial counsel's performance was deficient and rejected the claim based on lack of prejudice. Therefore, we review the performance prong of the claim de novo but the prejudice determination under AEDPA deference.
Middlebrooks's sentencing jury did hear some evidence that Brewington was the leader in the murder. This evidence came in through Middlebrooks's videotaped confession and Dr. Smalldon's testimony. In the confession, Middlebrooks described Brewington as the leader, recounting that Brewington dragged Majors into the woods, tied his hands and beat him with brass knuckles, tortured his genitals, repeatedly dropped a knife on him, and urinated in his mouth. Middlebrooks explained that Brewington challenged him to stab Majors and that after refusing initially, Middlebrooks did so only after Brewington first stabbed Majors. Middlebrooks claimed that he stabbed


the leader.
Even if Middlebrooks's counsel rendered deficient performance in failing to highlight the State's view of Brewington, however, we cannot say that that failure prejudiced Middlebrooks in the constitutional sense. The prosecution put on substantial evidence in support of a death sentence, emphasizing the evidence that Majors was tortured for hours before dying: bruises, lacerations, and burns covered his body; the perpetrators had urinated in his mouth; a knife had been dropped on him repeatedly; an "X" with a vertical line through it had been carved into Majors's chest while he was still alive; and the two stab wounds caused him to bleed to death while he was still conscious. Middlebrooks presented some evidence that Brewington was the leading figure in the murder (in addition to other mitigationcase was his testimony that once Brewington caught hold of Majors, Middlebrooks told Majors, "Shut up, nigger" and struck Majors in the face. These facts bore on Middlebrooks's role in the attack and his possible racist motive. On cross-examination, defense counsel brought out that Stewart had not told the police about the racial slur when he was first interviewed and, further, that Stewart had testified at Brewington's trial that Brewington was the one who struck Majors. Of course, Middlebrooks wanted to impeach Stewart in yet another way: he wanted to use the hospital records to question Stewart's reliability on psychiatric grounds. But as the Tennessee Supreme Court pointed out, "there is nothing in the trial record to demonstrate that defense counsel was prevented from asking Stewart about his


prosecution invoked the Bible, meanwhile in a deliberate (and overdone) response to a Biblical allusion by defense counsel.
The other two factors weigh in favor of upholding Middlebrooks's sentence. The prosecutor's comments were relatively isolated, appearing within the same three pages of the transcript. See United States v. Benson, 591 F.3d 491, 499-500 (6th Cir. 2010) (holding that improper comments were isolated when prosecutor made two references to co-defendants' guilty pleas during closing argument). More importantly, the overall weight of the evidence supporting the prosecution's case for death was substantial. In the state court's words:
The circumstances of the offense were shocking in their gruesomeness, brutality, and inhumanity. Medical evidence established the nature and severity of the injuries, bruises, cuts, abrasions, and wounds suffered by the victim. The victim wasbeaten and cut in the face, mouth, body, legs, and testicles. The evidence further indicated that an "X" had been carved into the victim's chest before his death from stab wounds. The victim was alive and conscious for much of the abuse inflicted upon him, and was conscious and alive for a period of time after being stabbed.
Middlebrooks by his own admission fully participated in the capture of Kerrick Majors and in the infliction of severe physical and mental pain to the victim by acts of unimaginable cruelty, despite the young victim's pleas for his life. Finally, after three to four hours of repeated sadistic acts, Middlebrooks stabbed the victim.
The evidence was overwhelming in support of the jury's findings that the State had proven this aggravating circumstance beyond


that of the CBR. In this section, we return to the radiation sources introduced in § 2 and discuss their roles as heating sources by scattering and by photoelectric heating by soft X-rays.

Heating
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The effect of recoil due to the finite mass of the atom was first discussed in resonance-line scattering by Field (1959b) (see also Adams 1971; Basko 1981). Contrary to the case of radiation scattered by free electrons (where a systematic shift in frequency due to recoil can produce large cumulative effects), in problems of resonance-line transfer a photon on the red side of the line has a heavy bias toward scattering back to the blue. This bias suppresses the additive effect of recoil: because of Doppler redistribution, a photon largely loses memory of its injection energy, andaway, because the man’s clothes were clean, his skin unblemished, his thin hair combed neatly back, and he was hugely, hugely fat—a rarity in the Commons.”

“Gregor took stock of the situation. The taverna was now mostly empty except for the moaning guards—and the large, fat man trying to hide behind a chair.”

“Tevanne, a huge dome that reminded her of a fat, swollen tick, sitting in the center of the Candiano campo.”

“Gregor stared at the painting—especially at the woman in the chair, and the fat infant. His gaze lingered on the baby. That is how she still thinks of me, he thought. Despite all my deeds and scars and accomplishments, I am still a fat, gurgling infant to her, bouncing in her lap.”

“She was not like Torino Morsini, head


The Crowd Counting Consortium, a project that compiles crowd estimates for political events in the United States, has not yet finalized its own tallies for the Tax March, but event organizers claim that over 25,000 people showed up in Washington, D.C. on Saturday.

If that estimate holds, it would exceed the estimated turnout of 15,000 people in Atlanta in 2009, the largest recorded crowd size for a single Tea Party Tax Day rally. But the Washington Tax March crowd estimate is far smaller than the number of people who attended the Women’s March in D.C., which drew an estimated 725,000 people, according to the Crowd Counting Consortium.

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year old daughter did her piano practise once she was dressed. 9 year old son wrote a birthday card for his school principal as he shares a birthday with her and it will be this Sunday. I wrapped a small gift. We also gathered lollies for 9 year old son to take to school and took one out for his oldest sister. We also had to gather school library books as they are due for stock take today.

I made lunches and the older two children chose their chips for their lunchbox. They have a little bag of chips on a Friday.

I gathered towels and loaded the washing machine.

The painter arrived and after chatting, I attended to organising school bags. It was lovely to see 2 year old daughtersitting with 9 year old son on the couch, and 6 year old daughter next to them. 4 year old daughter was on the other couch.

Kisses and farewells and the older two headed for the bus stop. Breakfast and coffee for me now.

The two little ones ate some toast, then we all headed out to hang out the washing and make peg patterns on the basket. A little play in the cubby house and then back inside. It is very hot already.

I put some washing away and finally put some moisture absorbing containers in the cupboards. It is also getting humid now.

The little ones then had cheese and crackers and I sorted through some more washing. 2 year old daughter then delighted in 9 year old son's cars


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G2 Esports recently announced their entrance into the Apex Legends Pro scene. The organisation has acquired a Finnish roster after months scouting potential talent since the game’s launch.

The organisation entered Apex Legends with a streamer team in February, recruiting Craig “onscreen” Shannon and Josh “phantomACE”. Mark “phantasy” Pinney then joined the stream-squad in March, along with a two-man team to compete temporarily in the WES 1K invitational. From then until now, the organisation has been silent on Apex Legends, although they have certainly found the right people to represent their brand.

G2 Esports has now acquired Sebastian “Mimu“ Vesala, Niko “ZeroNothing“ Suominen, and Aaro “rette“ Hälli. These three players have shared a close-knit experience so far in the Apex Legends professional scene. In June, the G2 Esports squad departedConquer Gaming, a Finnish esports organisation that competed in Proving Grounds, European cups, and a Finnish tournament. Their tenure at Conquer Gaming ended in June as the three played on yesbutno, with Mimu and ZeroNothing standing in for Team Reciprocity.

Mimu and ZeroNothing found success on the Team Reciprocity roster, where they stood in for X Games Minneapolis. They finished in second place, earning USD $24,000 and greatly raising their stock given the stand-in status.

rette has remained fairly quiet on the competitive front. He took first place in the Apex.Pro Europe tournament on yesbutno alongside Mimu and ZeroNothing in June, beating top tier teams like North and PENTA Sports and showing their potential to interested organisations.

This potential has done them wonders. G2 Esports is a world-class organisation and the


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WalkMe also plans to further invest in expanding its solution offering through additional technology acquisitions. WalkMe has made three acquisitions to date to support its vision – machine learning company DeepUI in June 2018, visual analytics company Jaco in April 2017, and native mobile AI company Abbi in January 2017.

“Digital transformation holdsIt's been a stellar week for those who deal in translated literature. In a post on their website published on Wednesday, the National Book Foundation has announced that they would be adding a fifth National Book Award for translated fiction and nonfiction works published in the United States. "We now have the opportunity to recognize exceptional books that are written anywhere in the world," said David Steinberger, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Book Foundation, in the press release. "And to encourage new voices and perspectives to become part of our national discourse."

The additional guidelines for the new award, which will open for submissions in March, mirror those of its other National Book Award peers, — the work needs to be either newly on the


market or as yet unreleased — with one clear distinction: both author and translator must be living at the time of submission, but neither needs to be a U.S. citizen. For every other honor that the National Book Foundation awards, authors must be legally "American." In an unprecedented move, the board, which unanimously voted to create a prize for Translated Work, has acknowledged both that English is not an exclusively "American" language, and that a person's citizenship is arbitrary in the face of artistic influence.

The addition of this award is symbolic of a greater shift in the American literary scene. "There has never been a better time to acknowledge that literatures originating elsewhere are as much a part of our 'national literature' as anything else," Michael Reynolds, editor-in-chiefof Europa Editions, tells Bustle. "Like the many foreign-born people living in this country who have contributed so much to the culture, foreign literature, brought to life here thanks to the work of devoted translators, editors, and publishers, takes nothing away from the culture, rather it enriches and diversifies it."

Europa, an independent press specializing in international literature and publisher of the beloved Elena Ferrante Neapolitan novels, has spent years advocating for the inclusion of translated works into America's literary mainstream, despite facing some pretty daunting statistics.

In 2007, a poll by Bowker found that only three percent of books published in the United States were books in translation, and between 85 and 90 percent of those came from either small non-profit or independent presses. That number inspired the creation


of both Three Percent, an international literature resource and database, and Open Letter Books, a non-profit literary translation press, both based out of the University of Rochester. Three Percent runs just one of four national prizes for translated works, the others being the PEN Translation Prize and the American Literary Translator Association's National Translation Award.

Chad Post, publisher for Open Letter Books, says he's seen the number of new fiction and poetry translated works nearly double in the 10 years since Three Percent's founding — "Readers seem less terrified of translated books," he tells Bustle — but he's still speaking of a growth of 360 titles to 660 titles, compared to over 50,000 new fiction titles hitting the shelves each year. Post credits the increase in part to aone another.

So, could a National Book Award for translated fiction and non-fiction works actually get Americans to read more works-in-translation? It's possible. A high-profile award can do wonders for book sales; in fact, after The Vegetarian by Korean novelist Han Kang won the Man Booker International Award for works-in-translation in 2016, sales of the book surged worldwide.

Rachael Small, a senior publicist for Europa who has worked as a literary translator herself, was thrilled with the National Book Foundation's announcement. The decision, she says, exemplifies "the ideas that it’s impossible to have a national conversation without including international voices, that a healthy national literary culture cannot be myopic and ignore the books that the rest of the world is reading."

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Men on stage. The Pierpaolo Petrelli and Elia Fongaro case.
During the past century the best business card for a man were social status and money. Today the real virtue is the personal look. After women and gay's emancipation, in the last thirty years the attention on male body has exponentially grown as never before, both in the media as in real life. Fashion and physique culture have built muscled and minds creating new generations obsessed with beauty. Men are appreciated and they must be perfect. “Striscia la Notizia”, a well-known satirical Italian TV programme, has changed its habit and it confirms this ongoing evolution. It had two women as soubrettes who danced on the desk in front of two showmen, but from 23th of September, after 26 editionsa hand to believe in the magic power of fashion.

Burberry launches the new fragrance for men: Brit Rhythm.
The English brand has been supporting talented emerging bands and decided to give a quivering injection of energy to his followers with a fragrance that mixes the adrenaline of live concerts together with the Burberry style.
From September 3rd it is possibile to log in Burberry.com to have a sample of perfumed semipermanent tattoos that have the shape of the bottle. These users will partecipate to a digital contest to attend live concerts in unexpected places of London, New York and Singapore in October. The winners will have the opportunuty to join the journey and to receive an "All Access" pass for one of the three dates.
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late on Sunday. British Communities Secretary James Brokenshire has written to the Treasury saying his department was given
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has decided it cannot authorize new flood insurance policies, citing the partial shutdown of the federal government due to a budget impasse in Congress and potentially putting thousands of home sales in limbo. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which oversees a federal program that insures
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Celebrities urged President Donald Trump to resign as commander in chief following the news of the government shutdown. Stars including George Takei, Bette Midler, Kathy Griffin, Chris Evans and Mark Hamill called on Trump to step down after the conflict over the controversial border wall and its funding.
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Ken Judge (15 January 1958 – 15 January 2016) was an Australian rules footballer and coach.

Playing career
Recruited from Western Australian Football League club East Fremantle, Judge made an immediate impact for Hawthorn, playing in a premiership in his first season and winning the Hawks' Best First Year Player award. Judge also played in the Grand Finals of 1984 and 1985 but after struggling for selection in 1986, he moved to the Brisbane Bears, where he played without making much impact in 1987 and 1988.

Coaching career
In 1995 Judge was appointed as an assistant coach at , Carlton had the most successful premiership season to that time. On the strength of a recommendation from Carlton Coach David Parkin, who was also a former Hawthorn captain and premiership


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Saturday, March 21, 2009

Guest Shot: Solving crimes using fingerprints is an inexact science by Jason Felch

The following opinion was originally published in the Los Angeles Times on March 20, 2009.

Solving crimes using fingerprints is an inexact scienceAlthough it is accepted that prints are unique, courts continue to have questions about using them to make IDs.

By Jason Felch

March 20, 2009

When Thomas and Ann Farrow were found murdered in their paint shop, their heads crushed with a blunt object, the only clue was a bloody right thumbprint on the store's empty cash box.

The brazen murder shocked thepeople of Debtford, a sooty industrial suburb of London. They clamored for police to find the killer.

The year was 1905. Forensic science was in its infancy. Scotland Yard had only recently begun collecting carefully pressed fingerprints from criminals, stashing the cards in pigeonholes of a makeshift filing system.

But Scotland Yard Inspector Charles Collins believed that the bloody print could help him solve his crime. After learning that a man named Alfred Stratton had been seen near the crime scene, he collected the unemployed ruffian's thumbprint and compared it with the one left at the crime scene. A close inspection showed there were 11 minute features that the two prints shared.

The prosecutor at Stratton's trial told jurors the similarities left "not the shadow of a doubt" that the crime-scene


print belonged to Stratton.

But the defense had a surprising ally at their table: Henry Faulds, a Scottish doctor who two decades earlier was the first to propose using fingerprints to solve crimes.

Faulds believed that even if fingerprints were unique -- there was, after all, no scientific basis for the popular assumption -- the same was not necessarily true of "smudges," the blurry partial prints accidentally left behind at crime scenes in blood, sweat or grease.

A single bloody thumbprint, he felt, was not enough evidence to convict anyone of murder.

Stratton's trial would be the first test of the new science of fingerprinting, and it raised concerns that, more than a century later, still have not been addressed.

Today, fingerprints are once again on trial.

In 2007, a Maryland judge threw outno national standards for declaring a fingerprint "match." As a result, fingerprint identifications are largely subjective.

For ages, people have marveled at the immutable ridges, arches, loops and whorls embedded in every fingertip. Believing them unique, ancient Babylonians pressed their fingers into wet clay tablets to sign legal contracts.

But it was not until the 1880s that Faulds discovered their utility as a forensic tool. He had begun cataloging the curious impressions when someone stole alcohol from his laboratory, according to Colin Beavan, the author of a book about Faulds and the Stratton trial. Faulds used the fingerprints left on the glass vial to identify the culprit -- the first known use of latent prints to solve a crime.

But by the time of Stratton's trial in 1905, fingerprinting had moved


from the realm of scientists to that of police agencies.

Faulds was sitting silently at the defense table, Beavan wrote, stewing bitterly. The limitations of his technique were being ignored.

"The least smudginess in the printing of them might easily veil important divergences ... with appalling results," Faulds wrote in a book that year. Police were "apt to misunderstand or overstrain, in their natural eagerness to secure convictions."

His warnings were ignored. Jurors took just two hours to decide Stratton's fate, with the fingerprint as the only piece of evidence linking him to the crime. He and his brother were hanged 19 days later.

The concerns Faulds raised would go unanswered and largely ignored for decades as fingerprints became definitive proof of identity. What had started as a hypothesis for 19th centuryscientists became an article of faith for forensic scientists and the courts in the 20th century, says Michael Saks, the author of several articles on the social history of identification sciences.

When fingerprints were first used in an American court in a 1920 Chicago murder trial, a juror told reporters that "fingerprints and fingerprints alone convinced us." Ever since, experts have claimed their power to eliminate any doubt.

That air of certainty soon carried over to other emerging forms of forensic identification. Handwriting, shoe prints, tire tracks, bite marks -- all were asserted to be reliable identifiers, based largely on faith and police experience rather than any rigorous scientific study. Even the hard science of DNA evidence gained credibility in its early days by calling itself "genetic fingerprinting."

Even today, fingerprint


internal review that found two people had been wrongfully accused by fingerprint "matches."

If the National Academy report succeeds in forcing the courts to ponder questions first raised a century ago, Faulds, who went to his grave in 1930 still angry that the limits of "smudges" were being ignored, might finally rest in peace.

Jason Felch has written extensively about forensic evidence, especially DNA, for The Times. jason.felch@latimes.com

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The faction that was led by Moalim was founded by British terrorist Abdiqadir Mumin.

The group, who gets their capital from extorting citizens, has claimed responsibility for attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia, and in northern Puntland where they are grounded.

Analyst Caleb Weiss said, “It is unclear exactly how many claims made by the group are legitimate, as few are reported by local media or proven with visual evidence. Some assassination claims, however, are followed up with photo or video proof.”

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such as beluga or sperm whales, have teeth.

The Whale Family

Why They Matter

Whales are at the top of the food chain and have an important role in the overall health of the marine environment. Unfortunately their large size and mythical aura does not protect them; six out of the 13 great whale species are classified as endangered, even after decades of protection.

Threats

Population
few as 300 North Atlantic right whales remain; other species vary: 10,000-90,000

Extinction Risk
Endangered

EX

Extinct

No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died

EW

Extinct in the Wild

Known only to survive in cultivation, in captivity or as a naturalised population

CR

Critically Endangered

Facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the Wild

EN

Endangered

Facing a high risk of extinction in the Wild

VU

Vulnerable

Facing a high risk of extinction in the Wild

NT

Near Threatened

Likely to qualify for a threatenedcategory in the near future

LC

Least Concern

Does not qualify for Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, or Near Threatened

"Scientific" Whaling

Although the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling does contain a provision that allows killing of whales for scientific purposes, it was written more than 50 years ago, at a time when no alternatives existed. Now there are non-lethal techniques that provide the data required for management much more efficiently and accurately.

For decades, Japan has been conducting “scientific” whaling operations in the Southern Ocean—a critical feeding area for whales where commercial whaling is forbidden. In May 2010, the Australian government requested the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order Japan to cease its whaling practices in the Southern Ocean. In March 2014, the ICJ finally ruled that Japan must stop such


Gunman robs teen on North Side

YOUNGSTOWN — A Waynesburg (Pa.) University student said a gunman took his cellphone, earrings and watch early Sunday.

The 19-year-old victim told police he was going to a party on Ohio Avenue about 1:30 a.m. As he approached his friend’s car, which was at the curb in the 1600 block of Stewart Avenue, a man wearing a ski mask emerged and pointed an AK-47 at the man and his friend.

The two fled, but the victim tripped, and when he got up, the gunman pointed the weapon at him and told him to empty his pockets, a police report said.

The victim complied, and the robber then demanded his jewelry. The man surrendered that too and the robber then patted the victim down before running towardSpeaker bio for Bravo Pua:

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