Canadian Multiculturalism Day comes from Canadian Heritage's Canada 150 Fund.

by Tony ConnellyOriginally published: May 29, 2017Publisher: TheDrum.com Nike will see the return of its campaign for LGBTQ causes after announcing a new 'Be True' collection would launch on 1 June.The initiative started six years ago as a an employee-led grassroots program inspired by the benefits diversity can bring to communities and workplaces. It has since grown into an annual campaign centred around new rainbow themed collections which have helped raised around $2.5m in the US for LGBT causes.This year's line will include both footwear and apparel and will feature the rainbow as well as "other prominent symbols of Pride, including the colour pink and the triangle."

by Cameron GloverOriginally published: May 29, 2017Publisher: ThinkProgress.orgOn a recent trip to thetriumph over and a point from which you can find new heights, according to Jones.And Jones knows of what he speaks. Having suffered fractures to his legs, coccyx, lumbar and cervical vertebrae after a parachute malfunction during an airborne-assault training exercise, he enrolled in college, graduate school and then some.

by Rola Seifeddine/Originally published: may 27, 2017Publisher: KhaleeJTimes.com No other topic has been debated in such great detail as that of men versus women. Numerous books have been printed on the battle between the two genders, including John Gary's much trumpeted Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. However, one of the questions in the minds of many people is whether the fight for gender equality has been successfully accomplished or is still ongoing. There is no doubt


from marginalized communities to try social entrepreneurship as a career," said Michael Crawford Urban, a policy associate at the Mowat Centre and co-author of the report.

by Sara Margulis Originally published: May 25, 2017Publisher: Entrepreneur.com Times have changed since the era of majority-female homemakers and male breadwinners: Women today make up 60 percent of the workforce in the United States and are working their way up to top executive positions. That's progress, but there's less positive news when it comes to maternity and family leave: In fact, U.S. policy has yet to catch up to the rest of the world in these areas.Under current federal law, new mothers may legally take up to 12 weeks off with job protection, but only 13 percent of new mothers receive any compensationduring their leave. A 2015 UN report described the United States as one of only four countries in the world that do not offer paid maternity leave. And, within this country itself, only three states -- California, New Jersey and Rhode Island -- offer it.Even in those states, new mothers are eligible only for partial income replacement through their state's disability/family leave program, supported by payroll taxes. (California fathers are also eligible for paid family leave.) If a business employs staff in these states, its corporate benefits can be designed to supplement the gap in income. Employees of these businesses who live in other states? They're out of luck.

by Ellen McGirtOriginally published: May 25, 2017Publisher: Fortune.com I’m back from the Great Place to Work For All conference in


Chicago, where I was treated to a full day of conversation with passionate, inclusive professionals who left with a renewed commitment to their work. They were not there to play. More on that in a moment.Alan Murray, the president of Fortune and the chief content officer of Time Inc., was also on hand, and lead a series of fascinating interviews with leaders from four companies on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list: Cisco Chairman John Chambers, Genentech founder Herb Boyer and current CEO Bill Anderson, PwC U.S. chairman Tim Ryan, and AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson.

by Ariel Parrella-AureliOriginally published: Publisher: Workforce.com “Any millennials in the room?” asked Ann Marr to a group of diverse, young, attentive individuals. The vice president of global human resources at World Wideit’s one thing to compare men’s pay to that of women’s; it’s another to compare white British employees’ pay with the pay of other ethnic groups.

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by Andrea Park Originally published: May 25, 2017Publisher: CBSnews.com Alan Cumming wrapped "The Good Wife" in 2016, but the actor and activist is staying busy with TV and film projects, concerts and human rights activism work. The Scottish-born actor is known for his tireless work with organizations like GLAAD, the Hetrick-Martin Institute, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the Ali Forney Center, the Family Equality Council and more. Cumming will host the first-ever Village Voice Pride Awards in New York on June 21, which will recognize local and global heroes in the LGBTQ movement. He talked to CBS News about the event,


his concerns for the LGBT community during President Donald Trump's term and his new TV show, "Instinct."

Originally published: May 25, 2017Publisher: Lexology.com The national epidemic of opioid abuse and overdoses is almost a daily feature in news media. Meanwhile, recent figures indicate that prescriptions for painkillers continue to increase in Canada. It is in this context that the Canadian Human Rights Commission recently released a new guide: Impaired at Work: Guide to Accommodating Substance Dependence. As stated at the outset of the guide, its purpose is “to help federally-regulated employers address substance dependence in the workplace in a way that is in harmony with human rights legislation.”The definition of disability under the Canadian Human Rights Act includes “previous or existing dependence on alcohol or drugs.” It follows thatcan cultivate emotional and mental resilience.Many people will experience difficulty in their lives. Across Europe, one in four people have experienced at least one episode of psychological disorders in the past year.For the financial services industry in particular, the intense working culture is well-documented and the statistics are stark. Jobs in the sector are 44 per cent more likely to lead to stress-related illnesses than the average job, according to the City Mental Health Alliance.

Originally published: May 24, 2017Publisher: HeraldScotland.com WORKPLACES that are more diverse and inclusive have the potential to deliver an eye-watering boost to the economy, the first national conference on equal opportunities for people regardless of gender, age, ethnic background, disability or orientation has heard.Nearly 200 delegates at The Herald and GenAnalytics Diversity Conference heard


directors, meaning that 36 per cent of its board are from ethnic minorities, 29 per cent are female and they range in age from millennials to baby boomers.

Originally published: May 25, 2017Publisher: Newswire.caAs part of their ongoing efforts to promote professional mentorship with female executives, the Women's Executive Network (WXN) and American Express Canada have partnered to release "Mentorship Fundamentals," a practical new guide designed to help women start, structure and get the most from their mentorship relationships.Both organizations believe that mentorship opens up opportunities for professionals at any career stage, from high-powered executives to junior employees. The right mentorship strategy can help an aspiring executive plan a career move, get feedback on a project or expand their professional network."Mentorship can be your window to the professional potentialQualtrough, Anne Merklinger and Smith, women occupy three top positions of influence as Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, CEO of Own The Podium and president of the Canadian Olympic Committee, respectively. All three were athletes. Qualtrough competed as a visually impaired swimmer at two Paralympics and won three medals. Merklinger swam for the Canadian national team and curled in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Smith was an Olympic silver medalist in rowing before becoming a lawyer. All three worked their way through a male-dominated system to help shape sports and inclusiveness in this country.

by Colin Perkel Originally published: May 24, 2017Publisher: CBC.caTwo women who endured years of sexual harassment as RCMP employees expressed mixed emotions as a landmark class-action suit against the force edged Wednesday toward


from meeting with young people who are surprised by both the lack of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) on their campuses and workplaces — is that our institutions need to step it up. D&I is not a controversial subject to most young folks; it is assumed and expected. If organizations like Harvard Business School are going to remain leaders in their fields, they must commit to transforming their cultural norms and systems.

Originally published: May 25, 2017Publisher: LAtimes.com Tennis star Serena Williams has 39 Grand Slam titles, four Olympic medals, major endorsement deals and her own line of clothing and accessories. Now she is embarking on a new mission: to help tech companies diversify their workforces and solve one of the industry's most vexing problems.Williams, 35, will get her chanceIn many countries, the institution of marriage is losing its importance.

As Statista's Martin Armstrong points out, one indicator of this is demonstrated in the below infographic showing Eurostat data on the share of live births outside of marriage in EU countries.

You will find more infographics at Statista

France is at the top with a majority of babies born out of wedlock - 60 percent.

On the other end of the scale, Greece has the lowest rate, where nine out of ten children were born to parents that were already married.


L. Barton, assistant district attorney, argued the cause, and
Nola Foulston, district attorney, and
Phill Kline, attorney general, were with her on the brief for appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

GERNON, J.: Vernon D. Harris, III, appeals his conviction for first-degree felony murder,
claiming that his confession was involuntary, the prosecutor improperly commented on his
decision not to testify, the trial court allowed improper hearsay evidence, and the trial court
should have granted his motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence.

Police found Bennie Zeigler's body lying in the street at approximately 11:48 a.m. on
December 31, 2001. Zeigler had died from a gunshot wound to the head. Patricia Shelinbarger, a
neighborhood resident, witnessed the shooting and notified police.

Immediately prior to the shooting, two black men and a woman approached Shelinbarger's
houseand knocked on her door. Shelinbarger observed the people at the door through her
window. Shelinbarger was acquainted with the woman, Lana Jackson, so she sent her daughter to
answer the door. After the three people spoke with Shelinbarger's daughter for 3 or 4 minutes,
they left Shelinbarger's front door and returned to a car parked along the curb. A couple of
minutes later, a fight broke out between the two men in the street while Jackson watched from the
grass near the curb. Shelinbarger was concerned about her dog in the front yard, so she decided to
bring him in. As she was opening the door, she heard two gunshots and saw Jackson run around
to the driver's side of the car. One of the men pushed Jackson into the front seat before getting
into


the back seat, and the two sped away; the other man was left lying in the street.

Initially, Shelinbarger and her daughter identified the shooter as Terence Harvell, a man
they had met the night before at a party. However, the police interviewed Harvell and concluded
that he had a valid alibi for the time of the shooting.

Jackson told police that Harris shot Zeigler while trying to rob him during a drug sale.
Harris was arrested and, after being advised of his Miranda rights, agreed to talk to
Detective
Chisholm and his partner. Harris initially told police that he was not present during the shooting
incident but later told several different stories about what happened. Ultimately, Harris told
Detective Chisholm that he had gone with Jackson and another man named Eric Donaldson to
watch his friends' backsduring a drug deal. Harris claimed that Donaldson was the shooter.

Relying on Harris' confession, the State prosecuted Harris for one count of felony murder
on the theory that Zeigler was killed during the course of a drug sale. Harris defended himself by
trying to demonstrate that he could not have been at the scene of the crime. Harris had been living
at Mirror, Incorporated (Mirror), a correctional facility in northern Wichita that allowed residents
privileges for working or visiting family offsite. According to Mirror's sign-out log, Harris signed
out of the facility at 8 a.m. and again at 11:25 a.m. on December 31, 2001. Although the sign-out
log did not indicate that Harris signed back in between 8 a.m. and 11:25 a.m., a back-up log
maintained by Mirror's employees indicated that Harris returned at 9


at
approximately 12:30 p.m. He was placed in a 10 foot by 10 foot interview room, the handcuffs
were removed, and he was shackled to the floor. Although he was allowed to take bathroom
breaks as needed, Harris remained in an interview room until 7:14 p.m., when he was taken to the
county jail. During the nearly 7-hour period that Harris was at the police station, detectives only
interviewed him for about 2 and 1/2 hours. The remainder of the time, Harris was alone in the
interview room. The interview ended when Harris became agitated with the detectives and tore up
one of the detective's notes.

Harris complains that his interrogation was coercive because he was shackled throughout
the process and the interrogation lasted too long. Harris fails to cite any case law establishing that
a nearly 7-hourlaw enforcement officers until after Harris' trial. After making the
videotape for Harris, Donaldson was arrested and gave conflicting statements to Wichita police,
recanting his statements on Harris' videotape and claiming that Harris sent him a script from
prison.

In addition to the Donaldson videotape, Harris proffered evidence from Jackson's cellmate
who would testify that Jackson had admitted Harris was not involved in Zeigler's murder but
stated that she would lie to protect herself from a 20-year sentence. Harris met Jackson's cellmate
on or about the second day of his trial. The trial court denied Harris' motion for a new trial,
finding that Jackson's statements to her former cellmate were inadmissible hearsay and
Donaldson's videotaped statements lacked sufficient credibility.

An appellate court reviews the denial of a motion for a new trial based on newly
discovered evidence using an


carrier shall be barred unless it is filed with a court having jurisdiction of the amount in dispute within two years after the date such action accrues. A cause of action for a rate overcharge accrues on the date the overcharge is paid. A cause of action for a freight damage claim, damages resulting from a delay in transportation, or a shortage in a shipment accrues on the date of delivery or tender of delivery of the freight by the common carrier. A cause of action for a lost shipment accrues on the date the lost shipment was delivered to the common carrier.
Neb.Rev.Stat. Ann. § 25-226 (LexisNexis 2004). A state common law "cause of action for a freight damage claim . . . against a common carrier" necessarilyin both cases. With her on the brief for respondents Oneida Indian Nation of Wisconsin et al. were Richard Dauphinais, Francis Skenandore, Norman Dorsen, and Bertram Hirsch. Robert T. Coulter filed a brief for respondent Oneida of the Thames Band Council.
Edwin S. Kneedler argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae in support of the judgment below. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Lee, Assistant Attorney General Habicht, Deputy Solicitor General Claiborne, Jacques B. Gelin, and Arthur E. Gowran.[]
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American Land Title Association by William T. Finley, Jr.; and for the Association on American Indian Affairs, Inc., et al. by Arthur Lazarus, Jr., and Jerry C. Straus.
Richard K. Hughes filed a brief for the County


representing the fair rental value of that part of the land presently owned and occupied by the Counties of Oneida and Madison, for the period January 1, 1968, through December 31, 1969.
The United States District Court for the Northern District of New York initially dismissed the action on the ground that the complaint failed to state a claim arising under the laws of the United States. The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed. Oneida Indian Nation v. County of Oneida, 464 F. 2d 916 (1972). We then granted certiorari and reversed. Oneida Indian Nation v. County of Oneida, 414 U. S. 661 (1974) (Oneida I). We held unanimously that, at least for jurisdictional purposes, the Oneidas stated a claim for possession under federal law.Revolution. See B. Graymont, The Iroquois in the American Revolution (1972) (hereinafter Graymont). From time immemorial to shortly after the Revolution, the Oneidas inhabited what is now central New York State. Their aboriginal land was approximately six million acres, extending from the Pennsylvania border to the St. Lawrence River, from the shores of Lake Ontario to the western foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. See 434 F. Supp., at 533.
*231 Although most of the Iroquois sided with the British, the Oneidas actively supported the colonists in the Revolution. Ibid.; see also Graymont, supra. This assistance prevented the Iroquois from asserting a united effort against the colonists, and thus the Oneidas' support was of considerable aid. After the War, the United States recognized the importance of the Oneidas' role, and


in the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, 7 Stat. 15 (Oct. 22, 1784), the National Government promised that the Oneidas would be secure "in the possession of the lands on which they are settled." Within a short period of time, the United States twice reaffirmed this promise, in the Treaties of Fort Harmar, 7 Stat. 33 (Jan. 9, 1789), and of Canandaigua, 7 Stat. 44 (Nov. 11, 1794).[1]
During this period, the State of New York came under increasingly heavy pressure to open the Oneidas' land for settlement. Consequently, in 1788, the State entered into a "treaty" with the Indians, in which it purchased the vast majority of the Oneidas' land. The Oneidas retained a reservation of about 300,000 acres, an area that, the parties stipulated below, included the landinvolved in this suit.
In 1790, at the urging of President Washington and Secretary of War Knox, Congress passed the first Indian Trade and Intercourse Act, ch. 33, 1 Stat. 137. See 4 American State Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. 1, p. 53 (1832); F. Prucha, American Indian Policy in the Formative Years 43-44 (1962). The Act prohibited the conveyance of Indian land except *232 where such conveyances were entered pursuant to the treaty power of the United States.[2] In 1793, Congress passed a stronger, more detailed version of the Act, providing that "no purchase or grant of lands, or of any title or claim thereto, from any Indians or nation or tribe of Indians, within the bounds of the United States, shall be of any validity in law or


equity, unless the same be made by a treaty or convention entered into pursuant to the constitution . . . [and] in the presence, and with the approbation of the commissioner or commissioners of the United States" appointed to supervise such transactions. 1 Stat. 330, § 8. Unlike the 1790 version, the new statute included criminal penalties for violation of its terms. Ibid.
Despite Congress' clear policy that no person or entity should purchase Indian land without the acquiescence of the Federal Government, in 1795 the State of New York began negotiations to buy the remainder of the Oneidas' land. When this fact came to the attention of Secretary of War Pickering, he warned Governor Clinton, and later Governor Jay, that New York was required by the Nonintercourse Actdoctrine of laches to actions seeking to set aside conveyances made in violation of federal law. In Ewert v. Bluejacket, 259 U. S. 129 (1922), the Court stated that "the equitable doctrine of laches . . . cannot properly have application to give vitality to a void deed and to bar the rights of Indian wards in lands subject to statutory restrictions." Id., at 138. A close examination of the Ewert case, however, indicates that the Court applied the doctrine of laches, but rejected relief for the defendant in the circumstances of the case.
In 1909, Ewert, a federal Indian agent, obtained a conveyance of allotted lands from the heirs of an Indian in violation of a statutory prohibition against federal officers engaging in trade with Indians. In 1916,


U. S. 317 (1892). In that case, the Court applied the doctrine of laches to bar an action by the heirs of an Indian to establish a constructive trust over lands that had been conveyed by her in violation of a federal statutory restriction. The action to set aside the unlawful transfer was brought 28 years after the transaction, and in the intervening time, "[t]hat which was wild land thirty years ago is now intersected by streets, subdivided into blocks and lots, and largely occupied by persons who have bought upon the strength of Patrick's title, and have erected buildings of a permanent character upon their purchases." Id., at 334.
The Court recognized that the long passage of time, the change in the character of the property, the transferthe English language.[19] They have developed a sophisticated system of tribal government,[20] and at various times in the past 175 years, have petitioned the Government for the redress of grievances, or sent commissions to confer with their brethren.[21]
*269 In all the years after the 1795 conveyance  until the years leading up to this litigation  the Oneida made few efforts to raise this specific grievance against the State of New York and the landowners holding under the State's title.[22] Claims to lands in New York most often were only made in connection with generalized grievances concerning the Tribe's treatment at the hands of the United States Government.[23] Although the Oneida plainly knew or should have known that they had conveyed their lands to the State of New


JUSTICE, JUSTICE WHITE, and JUSTICE REHNQUIST join only Part V of this opinion.
[1]  The Treaty of Fort Harmar stated that the Oneidas and the Tuscaroras were "again secured and confirmed in the possession of their respective lands." 7 Stat. 34. The Treaty of Canandaigua of 1794 provided: "The United States acknowledge the lands reserved to the Oneida, Onondaga and Cayuga Nations, in their respective treaties with the state of New-York, and called their reservations, to be their property; and the United States will never claim the same, nor disturb them . . . in the free use and enjoyment thereof: but the said reservations shall remain theirs, until they choose to sell the same to the people of the United States, who have the right to purchase." The 1798 Treaty provided:

"[T]he said Indians do cede release and quit claim to the people of the State of New York forever all the lands within their reservation to the westward and southwestward of a line from the northeastern corner of lot No. 54 in the last purchase from them running northerly to a Button wood tree . . . standing on the bank of the Oneida lake." Treaty of June 1, 1798, reproduced in Ratified Indian Treaties 1722-1869, National Archives Microfilm Publications, Microcopy No. 668 (roll 2) (emphasis added).
The 1802 Treaty provided:
"All that certain tract of land beginning at the southwest corner of the land lying along the Gennesee Road, . . . and running thence along the last mentioned tract easterly to the southeast corner


U. S. 99 (1960), and Shoshone Tribe v. United States, 299 U. S. 476 (1937), do so implicitly.
[22]  "The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes."
[23]  The counties rely on the language in the Treaty providing that "complaint shall be made by . . . the Six Nations or any of them, to the President of the United States, or the Superintendant by him appointed . . . and such prudent measures shall then be pursued as shall be necessary to preserve our peace and friendship unbroken; until the legislature . . . of the United States shall make other equitable provision for the purpose." Art. VII, Treaty of Canandaigua,in that arrangement must be deemed to have been a relinquishment of tribal rights in lands outside the reservation and notoriously claimed by others." Id., at 358. See also Mitchel v. United States, 9 Pet. 711, 746 (1835) ("Indian possession or occupation was considered with reference to their habits and modes of life; their hunting-grounds were as much in their actual possession as the cleared fields of the whites; and their rights to its exclusive enjoyment in their own way, and for their own purposes were as much respected, until they abandoned them, made a cession to the government, or an authorized sale to individuals. In either case their right became extinct . . .") (emphasis added); Williams v. City of Chicago, 242 U. S. 434, 437 (1917)


protest." Record Doc. No. 37, p. 248. No specific action was taken to enforce this claim in a court of law until 1951 when the Oneida filed a petition against the United States before the Indian Claims Commission seeking judgment against the United States, as trustee, for the fair market value of the Oneida lands sold to the State of New York since the 18th century. See App. 43a.
[24]  Partial Conclusions of Law, App. 152a. There is also a serious question whether the Oneida did not abandon their claim to the aboriginal lands in New York when they accepted the Treaty of Buffalo Creek of 1838, which ceded most of the Tribe's lands in Wisconsin to the United States in exchange for a new reservation in thegeometry progressively varying from a convergent then divergent longitudinal section for speeds corresponding to a low Mach number to an approximately constant and then divergent longitudinal section for speeds corresponding to a high Mach number.
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Mississippi barge traffic snarled by floods, accidents

Commercial shipping traffic was moving again on the Mississippi River south of St. Louis after a pair of barge accidents that forced the U.S. Coast Guard to close the waterway over the weekend, but navigation remained severely impaired further north.

Flooding following torrential rains across the central United States forced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to close about a dozen locks on the Illinois River and the Mississippi River north of St. Louis late last week.

The U.S. Coast Guard will also close a section of the Illinois River near Peoria to all traffic later on Monday to protect levees, and was considering shipping restrictions in other areas as heavy currents made navigation treacherous.

The shipping headaches come just three months after near-record-lowwater threatened to close the Mississippi River along a busy stretch from St. Louis to its confluence with the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois.

"While the conditions are much different than they were this winter, the effects are quite the same. We're placing operational guidelines on the vessel industry and shutting parts of the river," said Coast Guard spokesman Colin Fogarty.

A 15-mile stretch of the Mississippi River near St. Louis was closed late Saturday after 114 barges primarily owned by American Commercial Lines (ACL) broke free from a fleeting area and 11 of them, all containing coal, sank.

All of the barges were secured and an aerial survey on Monday found that none of the sunken barges posed a risk to navigation. The Coast Guard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers


and ACL were coordinating plans to remove the sunken barges.

"Two of the barges were just barely outside the channel so we were able to allow navigation by them. There was also one barge that sunk in the middle of the channel, but it is currently under about 20 feet of water so it doesn't pose a threat," Fogarty said.

A queue of at least four upriver vessels and four downriver vessels towing 79 barges formed during the 36-hour closure and should be cleared quickly as the river was open to two-way traffic.

Another barge accident further south near Vicksburg, Mississippi, shuttered the river Sunday morning between mile markers 415 and 436 before one-way traffic was allowed to resume early on Monday.

Three grain barges and 27 coal barges had broken freeof a barge tow. One sank and at least one struck a railroad bridge, the Coast Guard said.

When the river reopened to southbound traffic, 12 vessels pushing about 120 barges were awaiting passage. A northbound queue of 16 vessels pushing about 230 barges would be cleared through the area once the southbound queue had passed, the Coast Guard said.

The Army Corps shuttered about a dozen locks on the Illinois and Mississippi rivers late last week and over the weekend due to high water, but most could reopen by the end of April or early May, according to the latest river crest forecasts from the National Weather Service.

Grain export prices climbed as the shipping disruptions, expected to persist to some degree for at least another week, severed the farm-to-port


supply pipeline for shippers at the Gulf of Mexico.

Some 60 percent of U.S. grain exports are shipped via the Mississippi River system from production areas in the Midwest to export terminals at the Gulf of Mexico. Various other commodities, including oil, coal and fertilizer are also shipped on the inland waterway system.

Spot corn prices at the Gulf rose to the highest in a month while soybean prices hit a three-month high as exporters scrambled for needed supplies.Integrated support for Aboriginal tertiary students in health-related courses: the Pika Wiya Learning Centre.
The barriers to Indigenous people entering tertiary education, succeeding, and gaining employment in the health professions are broad and systemic. While efforts have been made to address these barriers, the number of Indigenous health professionals remains extremely low across Australia. The Pika Wiya Learning Centre in South Australia provides a range of practical, social, cultural, and emotional supports for tertiary students to increase the number of Indigenous health professionals, especially registered nurses, in the region. This paper reports on the Centre's strengths that may represent best practice in student support, and the obstacles to further development.


Are school meals a viable and sustainable tool to improve the healthiness and sustainability of children´s diet and food consumption? A cross-national comparative perspective.
There is little agreement among governments, institutions, scientists and food activists as to how to best tackle the challenging issues of health and sustainability in the food sector. This essay discusses the potential of school meals as a platform to promote healthy and sustainable food behavior. School meal programs are of particular interest for improving public diet because they reach children at a population scale across socio-economic classes and for over a decade of their lives, and because food habits of children are more malleable than those of adults. Current research on the history and health implications of school meal programs is reviewed in aif we're going to be happy giving teams a head start it's always going to be more difficult."Gunn was speaking of Washington's first tally, which Gio Miglietti put home in the 16minute off the rebound after Jaret Townsend's initial attempt struck the post. The Cardinal has now been down within the first 20 minutes in three of its last four outings."Washington was better than us in the first half and was well-worthy of being up," Gunn added. "We got back into the game straightaway, but we just have not started sharp enough. It's something the players absolutely have to correct and will correct."For the third time in four games, the Cardinal battled back to even the score. Stanford came out of the locker room on the front foot


in the second half and broke through in the 48minute whencurled in his left-footed shot from the top of the box.Stanford's exuberance was short-lived, however, as redshirt senior captain and MAC Hermann Trophy candidatewent down following a challenge 12 seconds after the restart. He left the field under his own power, but would not return."The players stepped up [in his absence], but it's really disappointing for Tanner and for the team," Gunn said. "We'll just have to wait and see what the damage is."The Huskies nearly won it in the 97minute when a corner slipped through the box to Freddy Kleeman, but his shot from inside the six was tipped away by. In the 80Joey Parrish had a point-black attempt for UW with Thomas away from the faceConnect with IMDb

Lou Ferrigno is angry at his brother (and you won't like him when he's angry) but instead of turning green ... he's skipping right to threatening a lawsuit over his bro's exercise equipment business. Lou and his brother Andrew had a legal skirmish a few years back and eventually reached a settlement ... which Lou says limits Andrew to using the phrase "Andrew Ferrigno equipment." He also has to make it clear his biz has no affiliation with Lou's companies and websites.
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Once Upon a Time is getting the Avengers treatment courtesy of low-budget straight-to-video specialists The Asylum, who have released the poster and trailer for their latest offering Avengers Grimm. Check them out here…

When Rumpelstiltskin destroys the Magic Mirror and escapes to the modern world, the


four princesses of Once Upon a Time—Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Rapunzel—are sucked through the portal too. Well-trained and endowed with magical powers, they must fight Rumpelstiltskin and his army of thralls before he enslaves everyone on earth.

If you take a look at the top 100 all-time highest worldwide
grossing movies, fifteen of them are either Marvel or DC comic adaptations.
According to Box Office Mojo the third highest grossing film of all time is The
Avengers (2012) at over a billion and a half dollars. Comics, it would
seem, are major players in the world of entertainment.

Seventy-five years ago it was all very different. Comics were
for children and were disregarded as both an entertainment medium and as an art
form. Comics were disposable. Because of their ephemeral nature surviving early
copies nowerstwhile “Incredible Hulk” Lou Ferrigno, to whom he was a runner-up in one such competition.) In love with music, however, he wasn’t content just to flex his biceps,
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A firestorm of controversy surrounds comedian Bill Cosby after multiple allegations have surfaced claiming that he sexually assaulted numerous women, with alleged incidents dating as far back as 1969.

The 77-year-old is known around the world for his role as the lovable father Heathcliff Huxtable on the long-running sitcom The Cosby Show, and for having a stand-up comedy career that spans five decades. However, beginning in 2004, various claims of sexual assault and date rape began being leveled against Cosby.

Cosby has never been charged in any criminal case regarding any of these accusations, and through attorneys has repeatedly denied that any of


the allegations are true. Cosby himself briefly addressed the claims, telling Florida Today, "I know people are tired of me not saying anything, but a guy doesn't have to answer to innuendos."

To bring clarity to a complex series of troubling accounts, this timeline
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There's nothing like a night in the great city of New Orleans to buoy a wrestling fan's spirits. Unfortunately, like most of you, I was at home, many hundreds of miles from the nation's home of all things jazz and jocular. Fortunately, WWE's King of Swing and dozens of other superstars were on hand at the regrettably named Smoothie King Center (especially unforgiveable in the city of Hurricane slushies) to make sweet, scripted in-ring music.

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The epic next chapter in the billion-dollar The Mummy franchise, The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power propels the enormously successful series to new heights with a cast of renowned veterans and icons from the mixed martial arts and professional wrestling worlds as well as the intrigue and pulse-pounding action than fans have come to embrace.

Lou Ferrigno takes on the Scorpion King in the fourth movie in the franchise starring Victor Webster as Mathayus aka Scorpion King. The original superhero who played the Hulk on television in the late 70s is talking about his fight scene for the Scorpion King with professional martial artists turned actors, and he's telling CineMovie who's a tougher Hulk, the Og green monster or Mark Ruffalo's Avengers Hulk.

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a disloyal rival race against time to find a treasure that possesses the power to rule the world in The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power, debuting on Digital HD on January 6, 2015 and on DVD and Blu-ray on January 20.&#160 The epic next chapter in the billion-dollar The Mummy franchise, The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power &#160propels the enormously successful series to new heights with a cast of renowned veterans and icons from the mixed martial arts and professional wrestling worlds as well as the intrigue and pulse-pounding action than fans have come to embrace.

We have an exclusive look at The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power featuring star Victor Webster. When the king of Norvania is assassinated, the evil heir to the throne frameswords, the plaintiff described her job responsibilities as "dispatcher, manager, bookkeeper and flunkie." After selling the company, she returned to work there in November, 1977 as a dispatcher. Although she had no fixed hours, she worked approximately five to eight hours five days per week. Throughout the course of Frasier's employment, her employer allowed her to lie down and move around on the job to ease her discomfort. Frasier ended her job as a dispatcher in September, 1978.
The plaintiff, in August, 1978, received a letter from the Bureau of Disability Insurance advising her that her disability period had expired in November, 1977 and that her January, 1978 check was the last one to which she had been entitled. Her disability benefits actually were cut off in January, 1979.
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State of North Carolina and regulations of the Food and Drug Administration (21 CFR 50 and 56) and the Department of Health and Human Services \[45 CFR 46 (the \"Common Rule\") and 45 CFR 164 (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPPAA\]. In addition, the IRBs conform, when applicable, to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines of the International Conference of Harmonization (ICH), to the extent these do not contradict DHHS and FDA regulations. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill holds a Federalwide Assurance, FWA 4801, approved by the federal Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP).

This study was approved by the following independent review boards and independent ethics committees: Ethikkommission beider Basel, Switzerland; the institutional review board of the University of North Carolina, School of Medicine,of conduct, and for that matter, the decency of a person."

The state intervened and suspended Barraza from his $140,000 a year job. He is free on a $10,000 bond.

"The four-count indictment against Barraza charges that he 'accepted bribes in the form of cash money and solicited sex and agreed to accept a bribe of engaging in sexual activity with women, including an individual why was, unbeknownst to the defendant, a Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent acting in an undercover capacity, in exchange for his influence and exercise of discretion in his capacity as an elected judge,'" the magazine noted in a Sunday morning update to the story.

"Barrazas illegal solicitations allegedly began immediately after he was elected in November 2008, two months before he took office, and continued


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The Canberra Liberals' spokeswoman for multicultural affairs Elizabeth Kikkert called alt-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos "very refreshing" in a since deleted Facebook comment. The incendiary British commentator visited Canberra on Tuesday as part of a whistlestop tour of Australia. The self-described "internet supervillain" attended a Q&A session at Parliament House at the invitation of Liberal Democrats senator David Leyonhjelm. On a public Facebook photo of Yiannopoulos at Parliament House, Mrs Kikkert wrote "He is pretty cool and very refreshing". Her comment was later removed. While in Australia, Yiannopoulos has taken aim at both Islam - saying Walkley Award-winning journalist and social commentator Waleed Aly was "dedicated to the destruction of Western civilisation" - and Aboriginal Australians - describing their art as "shit". In a video posted on hiswere seen moving around and shopping as usual. No signs were found on the walls of the kitchen market reminding people to ensure the distance.

A pharmacy owner, Rakibur Rahman, said they are trying to make customers aware about the social distancing but people are reluctant about following the guidelines.

Jamshed Hossain, a private service-holder, told that he had just come out of the house to roam around.

When reminded that it is very risky to roam around with no reason at all at this time, he answered that staying at home for a long time made him “bored” and so, he needed a break.Many people were also passing their time in lanes of their localities without avoiding the gatherings despite strict instructions from the government.

Doctors are repeatedly saying if the


Local endemism within the Western Ghats-sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot.
The apparent biotic affinities between the mainland and the island in the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot have been interpreted as the result of frequent migrations during recent periods of low sea level. We show, using molecular phylogenies of two invertebrate and four vertebrate groups, that biotic interchange between these areas has been much more limited than hitherto assumed. Despite several extended periods of land connection during the past 500,000 years, Sri Lanka has maintained a fauna that is largely distinct from that of the Indian mainland. Future conservation programs for the subcontinent should take into account such patterns of local endemism at the finest scale at which they may occur.do before
then, Enis said. Carroll can be involved in that process earlier, and that is
good for the district, he said.

Carroll
started his education career in 1992 as a junior high school football coach in
Slaton. Throughout his career, he’s served as a high school defensive
coordinator, head football coach and high school principal. Prior to coming to
Krum, he served five years as superintendent with the Meadow school district,
about 30 miles southwest of Lubbock.

Carroll
earned a bachelor’s degree in math with a minor in biology from Angelo State
University, a master’s degree in education from Lubbock Christian University,
and he completed his superintendent certification at Texas Tech University.

Since his
arrival in Krum, district officials said Carroll has been involved in
finalizing construction projects, participating in the organizational committee
for the Krum Education Foundation, reviewing curriculum and determining changes
that


The maniacs at East Coast Defender are no stranger to building lustworthy Land Rover Defenders. The Florida-based company has been restoring and restomodding old Landies for years now—in particular, carving out a nice niche for itself dropping LS3 smallblock V8s usually found under the hood of Chevy Corvettes into the off-roader's boxy nose. The company's latest project, however, takes things a bit further: Not only did East Coast Defender drop a Corvette engine into a Land Rover, the team also outfitted it with a manual gearbox.

The build is named 'Project Honey Badger,' presumably after the six-year-old Internet meme and not the compact suppressed firearm designed for American special forces. From the outside, only a true Land Rover buff would be able to distinguish this Honey Badger from anyAfter keeping a low profile for the last few years, Oakland-based dark metal act Mefitis recently published a three-song single in digital format as a precursor to their upcoming debut album.

Citing dark metal as “a culmination of the darkest elements of black, death, and doom metal, with a heavy emphasis on riffs,” musicians Pendath and Vatha present a subgenre of metal that amalgamates the techniques of these subgenres into a musical vocabulary kept organized and coherent by strict compositional discipline. The composite nature of the music makes a closer approximation of the band’s style elusive, but the casual listener can detect influences from early-1990s Nordic death and black metal from both Scandinavia and Finland.

Similitude of style takes a back seat to the grasp that Mefitis has of the


compositional and expressive possibilities opened up by bands such as At the Gates, Darkthrone, Sacramentum, and Adramelech/Demigod. With focus on the underground metal method of tailoring songs into consecutive series of meaningful events, each of the tracks translates into a journey where layers reveal themselves during repeated listens. The title track sets the stage with its propulsive rhythm and seamless expansion of core motifs, urging the listener to conquer decadent lands with an insurgent, militant spirit. “Battering the Oppidum” and “Banished to the Arid Wastes” expand upon this ideal, but summon a brooding mood that mirrors the desolate scenery envisioned in the cover artwork courtesy of Turkka G. Rantanen.

In stark contrast to the majority of contemporaries, Mefitis avoids the major pitfalls associated with debut releases. Rather than optingcopyright Meena Kumari-Sharma Image caption Meena had to move away from her children for treatment

When Meena was diagnosed, she was happy in her home in St Albans, Hertfordshire.

But she had to move to Leicester for treatment and leave her two five-year-olds behind with their dad. She video calls them as much as possible.

"Not even a year ago, everything was turned upside down," she says.

"In all honesty, I didn't even know that adults got leukaemia. I'm the first person in my entire family to have got cancer."

Faced with an uncertain future, Meena decided to devote her time to persuading as many people as possible to sign up to the stem cell register.

Supported by blood cancer charity DKMS, she began touring the country, urging people to join up.

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o'clock in
the morning as I drove home. I'd left Kinetta's place a half hour
before and still had an hour's drive ahead of me before I could
get some much needed rest.

No, I had not fallen asleep behind the wheel.
There had been an unusual light - green, almost neon chartreuse,
that had appeared ahead in the sky.

This was moving and seemed to match my speed. I
remember staring up, straining for a better view whenever the
trees along the road parted enough. The rough jouncing when the
tires left the pavement snapped my attention back where it should
have been. It was too late to do anything about the large tree,
perhaps thirty feet ahead, that was rushing at fifty miles an
hour toward my van. One of the gynoids touching my forearm
brought me back to theOne appeared male and the other two female. They rose
from their stools as I approached.

"Vould you care to sit, Cynetta?"
Strange, he spoke halting English with a strong Northern European
accent. Sitting, would be far preferable to the pain in the back
of my legs. "I must to you apologize. Ve meant no harm to
creature of this sphere, still you have suffered mostly."

Trying to speak yielded the same results as my
initial attempts, nothing. I looked at what lay on the table
separating us. A very thick stack of photographs, the top one was
Kinetta fully decked out in ponygirl tack, including her latex
hood with ears, forelocks and a cream mane to the top of her
corset harness in back and full makeup. My sketch pads were
there, some seemed singed from fire. Next to these,


heard two
thumps on the back door of Kinetta's house. Glancing at the VCR,
it said nine, eleven. They both stared at each other.

"Who in the hell?" Kinetta picked up
the cordless phone and passed it to her sister. "You stay
here and dial nine-one-one if I scream. I'll see who it is,
Donna." Kinetta sounded braver than she felt. Heart pounding
and her stomach in her throat, she entered the kitchen.

Why hadn't Brutus, referring to her
rottweiller, barked? Kinetta paused to take a nine inch knife
from its rack. Not that it would have made any real defense if
she were seriously threatened. Gripping the handle of the knife
behind her back gave her a bit more courage to approach the door.

She turned on all the lights, flooding the yard
and peered through the curtains. Very strange? Brutuswas
kneeling near the porch, his tail wagging and his tongue licking
his fore paw? Brutus was a guard dog, he guarded well and there
was no stranger that could be within a hundred feet of Kinetta's
house that could make him act as he was, only someone he knew
very well could approach her house. Another pair of thumps
confirmed that, indeed, whoever, was still on the other side of
the door.

Shaking, Kinetta peered out and could see no
one. She still heard the light tinkling of the bells. Flexing her
fingers, debating if she should have the large knife in front,
she moved it there, then opened her door, slowly.

"Who's there?" No response. With the
door part way open, the tinkling of bells, quite regular, was
perfectly clear.

"Brutus! Attack!" Kinetta
slammed the door and locked it.

"You OK? Should I


call, Kinetta?"
Donna sounded urgent.

"Wait. Just stay there." She parted
the curtains to see the huge, hundred fifty pound dog, walk back
where he had been and get down. As before, his tail wagging
happily.

Brutus was faithful, no doubt in her mind. If
Kinetta was ever threatened, even felt it, her dog moved to
protect her. Damn him! She clearly felt threatened, but
the dog acted like - like he did only with her and only with one
other. Even when Donna visited, as she was that night, Brutus
barked up an angry storm, not even letting her out of her car
until Kinetta told him to heel.

Kinetta opened her door enough to stick her
head out and look. The shock of what she saw, back pressed to the
house, just two feet to the side of the door, causedher to drop
the knife on the porch. Brutus' actions and knowing he was there,
calmed her some.

"Brutus! Here." Her dog causally got
up and walked beside his mistress. Feeling him press her leg,
gave Kinetta the confidence to crouch and retrieve the knife.
Holding it before her, the tiny girl stepped out to face the
helpless ponygirl, shaking much more than she had been.

Dog pressed against her, Kinetta was more
confident. Though kinky to the core, Kinetta was extremely
intelligent. She quickly determined that the ponygirl was more
afraid than she was, absolutely terrified, no doubt in her mind.
She also determined the complete helplessness enforced by all the
bondage. Decision time.

Kinetta reached and grabbed the bell hanging
from Cynetta's nipple ring while hooking two fingers through her
breast ring. Having much smaller rings through her own nipples,
Kinetta knew exactly


the degree of control that she had with her
hand over the defenseless ponygirl.

"Come inside." Cynetta's body decided
that it was going to empty its bladder at that time. When Cynetta
squatted and spread her knees, the pent up tension released from
Kinetta like the flood on her porch, she started to laugh hard.

"All clear, " she shouted to Donna.
"Come here, you have to see this, Sis!

"Brutus, Guard!" Leading the ponygirl
by her breast rings, Kinetta brought her into the lighted
kitchen.

Letting go of the bell and breast ring, Kinetta
hooked one finger through the nose ring, knowing the degree of
control that too offered. With her eyes and free hand, Kinetta
began a careful examination of what she held.

"Oh, my God!" Donna's jaw dropped
when she saw what was standing in her sister's kitchen. "Who
is it andher left ear. "These all scream,
Bob!

"Cynetta is the name of my character in
his books!"

At the base of Cynetta's corset, above her tail
was a stiff case made from the same red, leather-like stuff as
her bridle and the coiled pair of reins clipped on her right hip.
Kinetta removed the reins and clipped these to the bit in
Cynetta's mouth then removed her finger from the nose ring.

"Better, Cynetta?" Not needing any
answer, she removed the pouch and walked with it to sit on the
couch

"Who or whatever, Donna, she's no threat,
not with what whoever did to her. So, sit and relax while I look
through this." Not paying the least attention to Cynetta at
the other end of the reins she had wrapped about her hand,
Kinetta opened the case and looked through its contents. Thumbing
through


the thick group of photographs, she pulled them out and
set the lot on Donna's lap. "If you don't recognize, those
are pictures of me, taken in the past few weeks. It is part of
what I do to pay my mortgage on this place." Kinetta
extracted the drawing pads. Before opening one, she got up and
removed Robert's book from the bookcase and set it on top of the
photos on Donna's lap. "Volume One." then resat to look
at the drawings on the pads.

Donna was upset, she knew her sister was a
kink, but not to the depth of what she was looking at in first
the book then in the recent pictures. She stopped at one.
Reaching out Donna grabbed the reins and tugged.

"Turn around!" Her fingers ran over
'Slave' tattooed, permanently, below the curve ofother, dry dog kibble.

"I'll figure out what I'm supposed to feed
you tomorrow. Open up and I'll see if I can get the bit out of
your mouth." Discovering the rod through Cynetta's tongue
and the ring, caused her to laugh. "Quite a fix you got
yourself into." Though she tried to get the disks off the
ends of the rod through Cynetta's cheeks, all her efforts were
totally unsuccessful, despite the two pair of large
Channel-Lok™ pliers she used. "I'll deal with that in
the morning." Cynetta was thankful when his former
girlfriend used the key to unlock the chain to her collar, but
frustrated when she left the cuffs still connected together
behind her back.

"Love your tail. Cute." She lifted it
then let it just fall back. Turning her attention to the bridle,
the reins were moved to the


ring on the front of the collar and
she removed it. "No, ponygirl crap or I'll fasten them to
the ring in your tongue." With that she motioned to Donna.
They left, turning out the lights after the door closed.

On the hard concrete floor, Cynetta knelt,
drank water from the bowl and managed to get down about a cup of
the dog food. After not eating for nearly two days, it actually
wasn't that bad.

Considerably more comfortable without her
forehooves chained to the collar and her bit and bridle removed,
sleep came rapidly to Cynetta, despite the concrete beneath her.
She was no longer concerned about some strangers finding her.
With Kinetta, even not knowing what might happen, the ponygirl
felt safe.

"Will you, please stop referring to
Cynetta as 'it' Donna? Clearly you can see she's
female!"

"All right, already! So whatcausing the whip to crack loudly.

"Up, ponygirl!" Not even
giving Cynetta a chance or the time, the lash raised a painful
welt on her naked cheek. "I said up!" The whip bit
again.

Tears in her eyes, Cynetta held still for her
bridle to be strapped about her head, then opened for her bit.
Kinetta did it just as it had been, complete with her tongue rod
through the plate on the bit. Reins now on the bit's arms,
Kinetta led her ponygirl to the barn, enjoying the music of her
bells, chains and hooves on the path.


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John Kasich

Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday signed legislation that moves Ohio's 2016 presidential primary from March 8 to March 15. The change will allow Ohio Republicans to award all the state's delegates to the national convention in Cleveland to one candidate.

(Skip Peterson, AP, File, 2015)

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday signed a bill that will delay Ohio's presidential primary a week in 2016 and ensures that Ohio Republicans will be able to award all their delegates for the national convention in Cleveland to a single candidate.

The legislation, which sets the primary for March 15, 2016, was passed by the Republican-dominated General Assembly in response to rules crafted by the national Republican Party following the 2012 election.

Those rules reserved February for primaries and caucuses from traditionallyearly states: Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.

Other states could start as soon as March 1, but could not hold winner-take-all contests before March 15.

Instead, delegates would be elected on a proportional basis, as they were in 2012 when Rick Santorum captured 21 of Ohio's 66 Republican delegates, even though Mitt Romney won the statewide primary vote.

Three states -- Florida, Illinois, and Missouri -- already have their primary elections scheduled for March 15.

A winner-take-all system in Ohio could be a boon for Kasich, who is widely expected to be a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.

Kasich won re-election to governor handily in 2014, capturing 86 of Ohio's 88 counties, including Democratic strongholds such as Cuyahoga, in a three-way race. A primary election contest would, of


President Donald Trump makes an announcement regarding the ‘First Step Act’, prison reform bill, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on November 14, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Photo : Mark Wilson ( Getty Images )

A broken clock is right twice a day, sometimes Kodak Black makes listenable music and sometimes, just sometimes, President Trump does something good.

On Wednesday surrounded by some of his most famous blacks including that one pastor with the conk, Trump announced that he was supporting a bipartisan prison reform bill that would give former inmates a second chance at life.

“We’re all better off when former inmates can receive and re-enter society as law-abiding, productive citizens,” the president said, HuffPost reports.

The tentatively named First Step Act was verballysupported by the president, who noted that the bill would “make our communities safer and give former inmates a second chance at life after they have served their time.”

The bill was championed by senior adviser, son-in-law and honey badger lookalike Jared Kushner and is expected to include “reasonable sentencing reforms while keeping dangerous and violent criminals off the street,” Trump said.

The bill, truly the first of its kind, will change longstanding “federal policies that disproportionately affected black inmates,” according to The New York Times.

HuffPost reports:

The First Step Act is designed to help federal inmates rehabilitate for life after prison by expanding their employment opportunities, incentivizing their participation in rehabilitation programs and other measures. The legislative package was based on a previous version that overwhelmingly passed in the House


of Representatives in May. Over the summer, a bipartisan group of senators added provisions that lowered the mandatory minimum sentence for drug-related offenses and reduced the “three strike” penalty from a life sentence to 25 years. The criminal justice reform bill has gained support from both liberal and conservative groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Fraternal Order of Police and the conservative billionaire Koch brothers. A lineup of celebrities and public figures also lobbied for the legislation, including Kim Kardashian West, who met with Trump several times at the White House to discuss prison reform.

As it stands, maybe Kim Kardashian West is good for something as she joined #Cut50, an organization co-founded by CNN’s Van Jones that focuses on criminal justice reform, to advocate for theCash boost for region's businesses

Business secretary Lord Mandelson yesterday unveiled a £5.5m package of EU cash to promote low carbon businesses in the East of England, declaring that the regions were crucial to the country's economic recovery.

Business secretary Lord Mandelson yesterday unveiled a £5.5m package of EU cash to promote low-carbon businesses in the East of England, declaring that the regions were crucial to the country's economic recovery.

At a launch event at the Department for Business Innovation and Skills in London, Lord Mandelson said all English regions would share in a £64.4m package of funds to deliver a recovery "driven by growth in the regions of our country in which the benefits of future prosperity are shared across all the regions of the country".

But shadow business secretary Ken


Clarke denounced the New Industry, New Jobs and Growth strategies as an election gimmick, claiming that unemployment in the region was up by 15pc since Labour took office in 1997.

In the East of England, businesses will be able to apply for the grants after the East of England Develop-ment Agency (Eeda) was allocated extra cash from the European Regional Develop-ment Fund by the Depart-ment for Business Innova-tion and Skills to fund research and development into innovative low-carbon products or processes.

Deborah Cadman, chief executive of Eeda, said the grants would bring the level of support for firms in the region to £50m. And Eeda was also keen to help translate research and development ideas into jobs in the region, particularly in areas such as the offshore industry, engineering, andThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.

ST.CHARLES, Mo. – A former teacher at Francis Howell North High School was charged Tuesday morning with reportedly having sexual relations with a female student.

According to police, Matthew Howard of St. Charles is facing three counts of having sexual contact with a student. Howard, 29, turned himself in at the St. Charles County Jail that afternoon.

Investigators said Howard was teaching at the high school last December when he had a sexual encounter with a 17-year-old student at a residence in the 1000 block of South 6th Street in St. Charles.

Court documents reveal the student told authorities that Howard had


been her homeroom teacher but was not one of her teachers when the alleged episode happened. The student also said in court documents that there was just one encounter.

St. Charles County Prosecutor Tim Lohmar said even though the student was of legal age at the time of the episode, the encounter is still illegal.

“What makes this a crime is the fact that she was a current student and he was a current teacher when this sexual encounter took place,” Lohmar said.

Lohmar said it came to light when the student told a friend who then told her mother. That parent then went to school administrators.

Chip Crow, a teacher at Francis Howell North, said he knew Howard but said he never noticed anything suspicious.

“It’s really unfortunate because education is aSummary, Oct. 22, 1014

Casey Arborway Project Completion Delayed

Press release, March 16, 2016

According to documents recently released by the Massachusetts Architectural Access Board (MAAB), completion of the Casey Arborway project has been delayed. MAAB is a state agency that enforces regulations to ensure public buildings are accessible to persons with disabilities. The documents state MassDOT told MAAB at its hearing November 2 that substantial completion of the Casey Arborway project—removal of the bridge at Forest Hills and construction of a six- to seven-lane surface roadway—is now scheduled for December 2016, three months later than the deadline the public was told since the start of the project in 2011. The public has not been informed of the new completion date and the project website has never included a full schedule


showing milestones and basic information, like the completion date.

For years, MassDOT officials claimed that project must be complete by September 30, 2016, the end of the the Accelerated Bridge Program, the state program funding most of the project. They repeatedly refused to address issues raised by the public because of the looming deadline. The three-month delay will extend the project beyond the funding deadline.

Additional Project Elements Behind Schedule

Other critical changes presented to MAAB include:

•Construction of the busway canopy and station wayfinding parts of the Casey Arborway project will not begin until Spring 2017 and won’t be completed until 2018.

•The design of the canopy was not complete (only 30% design) as of the November MAAB hearing. Bus riders will have to wait out in the open for another 18details is held as a constant. It seems clear the access improvements were not included in the project to ensure that the cost of the project that was seen by the public would appear to be lower than the estimated replacement bridge cost.

The Boston City Council issued an Official Resolution congratulating Bridging Forest Hills, the multi-neighborhood coalition of residents, businesses, commuters, cyclists and transit users who supported replacing the dilapidated Casey Overpass with a new, smaller bridge. MassDOT rejected a new bridge in favor of widening the surface road to six and seven lanes to accommodate the 25,000 vehicles that used the bridge daily in addition to existing local traffic.

The Official Resolution, signed in late December by then-President of the City Council Bill Linehan, extended its congratulations to


was made by the Patrick Administration to move forward with the current design based on engineering standards, traffic/construction/environmental science considerations, feasibility and public input. In fact, the public involvement and feedback received helped bring about the inclusion of the Shea Circle reconfiguration, the addition of a new MBTA headhouse for the Orange Line, and a comprehensive landscaping design into the final product.

The traffic study used was executed in conjunction with the Boston Redevelopment Authority and assumed the corridor is fully developed and sustainable for twenty years of projected growth. This study was subjected to two independent peer reviews and the determinations were supported. The at-grade option was advanced because it ranked the highest for all forms of mobility, livability, and long term maintenance costs.

Having reviewed the project and,local and regional traffic in this already busy transportation hub. MassDOT’s at-grade plan reverses that. It’s not only a bad idea, but also tragic, maybe criminal, lethal, and at minimum a gross disservice to tens of thousands of citizens impacted by this decision.

Another big crowd attended a MassDOT meeting at The English High School about the upcoming Route 203 Casey Overpass demolition.

The vast majority of the crowd opposed the plan, holding "Stop this Project" and "It's Just a Bridge; Let's Build it and Get Over it" signs and asked Gov. Baker to pause the project and take a second look at the lunacy of MassDOT's plans.

Despite trying to bore the crowd into leaving by spending more time on the science of noise than on the traffic impacts, residents


and business owners from Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, Roslindale, and Dorchester stated their dissatisfaction with MassDOT's bridge-elimination plan.

Over 300 people packed The English High auditorium to hear MassDOT and its contractor talk about the upcoming Casey Overpass demolition and the overall construction period activities. More than 200 protested the project that will permanently eliminate the Route 203 bridge over Forest Hills, holding signs reading "Forest Hills Needs a Bridge" and calling MassDOT's plans for a 6- to 7-lane highway wrong. Rep. Liz Malia called for the new Baker administration to review the project before it advances.

MassDOT failed to present a case for removing the bridge, describing the project purpose as "reconnecting" transit, pedestrians and bikes. The Department of Transportation couldn't come up with a single transportation reasonsolution, an at-grade scheme?

The authors ask Mayor Walsh and Governor Patrick to act. "...Mayor Walsh has the duty to demand that moratorium. He has the right — and the obligation — to have his own people evaluate the situation. He should not rely on the attitude of the previ- ous city administration, which acquiesced to MassDOT at the expense of access and the quality of life. Governor Patrick should join Mayor Walsh in calling for this moratorium and not leave this flawed MassDOT project as his legacy in Boston.

City Actively Promoted At-Grade Scheme While Claiming it Had no Position: E-mails bought through a $440 Public Records Request show that some members of the Menino administration called a hand-picked group of people to encourage them to attend the Sept.


the Governor’s online comment form to let him know.

Bridging Forest Hills is a group of local citizens who believe the MassDOT decision to not replace the Casey Overpass is wrong. The fundamental concept is that every traveling mode is served better with less surface street traffic on the smaller street network required with a new replacement bridge.

Forest Hills is a transportation node for every form of urban transportation. Eight arterial routes converge here: Washington Street from north and south, South Street from north and south, Hyde Park Avenue and Walk Hill Street from the South, The Arborway from the west, and Morton Street/Route 203 from the east. Walkers, bicycles, local traffic, regional traffic, city busses, school busses, taxicabs and trains are all funnelled through this area. It isthe traffic volumes on New Washington Street are kept relatively low, about one-third of what traffic volumes would be without a bridge. This is the central argument for building a new bridge—the quality of the pedestrian, auto, bike, and transit experience would be degraded with the addition of 24,000 vehicles per day, the additional lanes required to accommodate these regionally vehicles, the additional signals and travel time required for vehicles to maneuver a contorted and convoluted surface street pattern. A new, modern bridge would allow a simpler, reduced traffic surface street that would help reconnect the area divided by the 1950s Casey Overpass.

Benefits of a New Bridge

A new bridge . . .

would require fewer travel lanes for people to cross. The bridge prevents a mini-highway/traffic barrier for those


in the Majors after seven seasons as a SP, yet he is only 31? We all know he has not been quite the same after missing all of 2016 with an injury, but in the right spots he can be golden. As unlikely as it sounds, the A’s are hitting to a .253 wOBA and .192 BA at home vs righties, and the Mariners are hitting to a .278 wOBA vs righties at home. In his last three starts, Lynn has given up only five earned runs in 19 innings and looks like a prime two start pitcher for next week. Grab him quick if he is still out there. At least it will be easier to keep his wife Lauren warm in Texas than it was lastFantrax)@ SD TUE & Vs TEX SUN: Who? Yeah, that is what I said. Swanson is pitching fairly well this season for Seattle as the 25 year old righty is the prime beneficiary of the James Paxton trade. In his brief MLB career (2 games) he has a 3.38 ERA and .88 WHIP. After a mostly non descript minor league career, Swanson shot through the ranks from A ball to AAA ball in 2017/2018, going 15-5 with an ERA just over three and a K/9 of 10.3 for the Yankees farm teams. He certainly did not wow anyone in Spring Training this season but now finds himself in their rotation. However, sometimes spot starting is as much about the match-ups as it is about the quality of the


important for informing domestic and external resource mobilization. Documented information on financial commitments for new vaccines, particularly from government sources, is a useful input into country policy dialogue on sustainable financing and co-financing of new vaccines, as well as for policy decisions by donors such as Gavi the Vaccine Alliance.

Rwanda is a small landlocked country with a population of 10.6 million located in East Africa. The Government of Rwanda (GOR) has had many achievements in health sector reform including the introduction of a system of performance-based financing and community-health insurance that covers more than 90 percent of the population with minimal co-payment. Rwanda has been very successful in achieving mortality reduction. Between 2005 and 2010, its child mortality decreased from 152 to 76 per 1000 live births andPrevnar were provided at health facilities.

Since vaccines were donated by Merck or obtained at subsidized prices by GAVI, the financial costs for vaccines included government co-pays to Gavi for Prevnar and RotaTeq, as well as financial outlays for receiving and storing vaccines at the airport and syringes for Gardasil. The government co-pays for Prevnar^®^ or Rotateq^®^ of \$0.20 per dose were included as well as the cost of receiving and storing Gardasil^®^. Vaccine costs were not included as part of financial costs except for government co-pays to Gavi for Prevnar^®^ and RotaTeq^®^ since these commodities were donated; however, the government paid for receiving and storing the vaccines at the airport as well as to purchase syringes for Gardasil^®^. Service delivery financial costs (defined as per diem and travel


to girls and because vaccine delivery was primarily taking place in schools and school staff, in addition to health workers, required some training on the vaccine.

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introduction of HPV vaccine required creation of a new routine vaccine delivery service for a new target population. The target population of 9--13 year old children usually receives limited or no routine preventive or other health services so there is limited or no existing preventive health service delivery system in place on which HPV vaccine delivery can depend. Delivering HPV vaccine three times within 6 months at schools in Rwanda required additional social mobilization and IEC, transport and per diems as well as additional health personnel time. Examination of the programmatic and cost differences between routine infant vaccine delivery and episodic delivery via campaigns has also been analyzed and taken into consideration for development of the Gavi introduction grant for HPV vaccines.

After the introduction year, some synergies wereWe haven't heard much from Abby Joseph Cohen, once Goldman's chief strategist, since the bank became Wall Street's resident punching bag. So it was surprising to see her as the interview subject of Deborah Solomon in The New York Times magazine on...

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A Great Jedi War (GJW) is a club-wide vendetta comprised usually of several smaller events that tie together into an overall storyline. Clans battle against clans for awards decided by the Dark Council. In Brotherhood history, there have been eleven Great Jedi Wars thus far.

The First Brotherhood Civil War marked the first outbreak of hostilities between the clans and houses of the Brotherhood. Under the reign of Justinian Khyron, Chancellor Morgoth brought the clans into direct conflict in 14 ABY, for reasons that have been lost to time, although it is suspected that it was due to the Star Chamber's initial intrusion into clan affairs. Clan Satal Keto narrowly emerged the victor, and was awarded the Orthanc for their valor.

Also known


as Crystal Dreams, the Second Great Jedi War erupted in 15 ABY when a valuable crystal was stolen from the Brotherhood. Thinking of it was one of their own, the clans erupted into a civil war, during which time Lord Khyron returned and replaced Stryker as Dark Lord. Eventually, it was revealed that the theft was actually orchestrated by Auroran pirates, who were quickly eliminated. The war was won by the then Independent House Ektrosis.

When Thedek departed as Grand Master in 17 ABY, loyalty to the Dark Council and Star Chamber crumbled, and the clans broke out in the Third Brotherhood Civil War. When Archibald Zoraan assumed the throne, he allowed the infighting to continue long enough to weaken the clans so that they could not challenge hispower, at which point he and his Shadow Hand put an end to the fighting. Clan Taldryan emerged as the victor.

Following the breakdown of the Star Chamber under Zoraan, Grand Master Chi-Long sent the clans on a quest in search of the Skin of Fire in 17 ABY, an artifact he claimed had immense power, and hoped it would restore the Chamber's power. During Hunt for the Skin of Fire or The Quest, as it is sometimes called, the Imperial Remnant attempted to seize control of the Dark Brotherhood, but were disposed of when the Skin of Fire was retrieved, although Chi-Long failed to revive the Star Chamber.

When a large group of pirates and bounty hunter, thought possibly to be connected to the Auroran pirates who stole the


crystal, besieged many clan systems in 18 ABY, Shadow Hand Mairin Astoris brought the clans together and formed the Alliance of Seven. Together, the seven repelled the pirates, but in turn their growing power brought the attention of the Imperial Remnant, who attempted to court martial Mairin. She fled, an act that drove a wedge between the Seven and the Remnant that would continue until the Exodus.

The first Brotherhood-wide conflict followed the Exodus, the War of the Star Chamber occurred in 21 ABY when the Sith LordOkemi spread a plague throughout the Brotherhood that set brother against brother. The war actually goes back before the infection, however, to when the Brotherhood was solidifying its control of the Antei System. Conflicts against neighboring pirates, as well as construction onAntei, led to the awakening of Okemi, founder of the Star Chamber.

When his tomb was discovered, a Dark Jedi was sent to investigate, and thus began the spread of the infection. Sweeping through the Brotherhood, Okemi even managed to infect Jac Cotelin and Kem-Shu Maeda, who were its primary hosts. Eventually, those not infected led and attack on the infected, where Firefox destroyed Okemi's tomb, killing the infection at its source and restoring the Brotherhood back to its original state.

The Third Brotherhood Civil War occurred in 19 ABY when a clone of Grand Master Jac Cotelin, named Jaac Cotelin emerged and claimed control of the Brotherhood, already weakened due to collapsing internal relations. Clans chose sides as Red Jac battled against Blue Jac, red clans against blue clans.


Eventually, the true Jac managed to slay the clone, and order was restored, although the event greatly weakened the Brotherhood, as well as created rifts between the clans that survive today. It is unknown where the clone originated, although some speculate he came from Rogue Brotherhood members.

The Eighth Great Jedi War, also referred to as the Incursion, Fall of Antei or Battle of Antei, is a conflict that occurred over six days in 21 ABY between the naval forces of an unknown race of Force-devoid aliens and the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Immediately after the Second Darkness military exercise had concluded, the aliens attacked a Brotherhood fleet of combined Clan warships on the edge of the astronomical object known as the Shroud.

The initial assault was a crushing defeat forthe Brotherhood that splintered the fleet and forced the Clans to flee into the Shroud to fend for themselves. Following the bloodiest battle in the Dark Brotherhood's history, and the subsequent internecine struggle, the Dark Council was forced to abandon the Antei system with Grand MasterDarthSarin initiating the Braata Option and signaling a full retreat.

The Ninth Great Jedi War, or Unification, was a conflict that took place in 30 ABY on the planet Antei between the forces of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood and an unidentified fundamentalist Jedi sect under the Jedi MasterOmancor Crask. Initially the invasion was conceived to retake Antei from the aliens. But the Six Great Clans, united under Grand MasterSarin and the Armed Forces of the Iron Throne, quickly learned that the enemy had been


decimated by a biological weapon and Antei had been conquered and fortified by Crask and his army of droids.

However, the new threat to the Brotherhood would emerge to be greater than even that of the aliens. Not only were Crask's Jedi and droids extremely well-trained and well-armed, but the old master himself was found to be far more powerful than any had imagined. So powerful, in fact, that before he was ultimately betrayed and defeated by his own lieutenant, Crask killed Sarin in a ranging duel that began above Antei on board the warship Exodus and ended on the surface of Antei amid the vessel's smoking ruin.

Though the united Dark Brotherhood achieved victory at Antei and had reclaimed its seat of power, tensions between Clans, the Dark Council,and the Grand Master continued to run high. The war of reclamation was an unpopular one and its aftermath set a challenging course for the rule of Darth Ashen.

The Tenth Great Jedi War took the form of the Invasion of New Tython. In 29 ABY, the Dark Council decreed that the Jedi house that had become an ally of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood, House Odan-Urr, no longer served a purpose and would be eradicated. To that end, fleets and armies descended upon the planet quickly, as if eager to recreate the Sith War of so many millennia ago. However, even as the forces of the Brotherhood descended against the Jedi, renegade Jedi Master Michael Halcyon called on allies to aid them - a full Mandalorian clan.

The arrival of


the Mandalorians turned what would have been a simple scouring of the Jedi into a general war. Despite this, however, the Brotherhood was able to kill or rout those allies of the Jedi that had shown themselves, and decimated the ranks of Odan-Urr, though at a cost of several of the Brotherhood's own prominent members. Despite the cost, the war was a crushing victory, eliminating the immediate threat posed by the Jedi.

The Eleventh Great Jedi War followed the extended battles with the One Sith that came to be known as the Dark Crusade and Fading Light. With only Korriban left to conquer, the Dark Brotherhood fractured into hostilities after Lord MarshalDamon Nix uncovered that Muz Ashen planned to recreate the Rite of Obscuration. Jac Cotelin led Taldryan againstthe Iron Throne, while Arconan forces defended Ashen as he performed the first rite, devastating Antei. Taldyran's forces managed to escape with help from the One Sith-aligned Darth Esoteric, who demanded that Taldryan join him. The Brotherhood erupted into civil war, with Plagueis joining under the promise of Esoteric's New Order and the other units declaring either for the Loyalists under Ashen or the Rebels under Cotelin.

The Twelfth Great Jedi War followed the Collective and the forces of the Brotherhood engaging over the planet of Nancora. The Collective, led by Rath Oligard , had been secretly planning against the Brotherhood for years, and took advantage of conflict between the Dark Council and the Clans to destroy the Suffering and galvanize a crusade against all Force users. On the


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Lecturer Carol Bacon, AIA is a registered architect in North Carolina. She holds an M.Arch. from UNC Charlotte and a B.S. in Arch. from Georgia Tech.

In her academic work, she has taught first year design studio and third year writing seminars starting in 2014. Her research has been published in ACSA proceedings and she is currently serving as a NAAB Visiting Team member from 2016-2020. Her academic service initiatives also include being a liason to the Integrated Path to Licensure Program (IPAL) and serving on the advisory committee for Central Piedmont Community College in the Architectural Technology department.

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Anton Volchenkov has agreed to terms with the KHL's Admiral Vladivostok.

Volchenkov had seven points in 46 contests with Nashville in 2014-15, but he went unsigned for the 2015-16 campaign. He has 19 goals and 133 points in 696 career NHL games. Thu, May 5, 2016 02:00:00 PM

Nashville Predators GM David Poile said that it's possible that the team will go in "another direction" and let Anton Volchenkov become a UFA.

Theoretically, the 33-year-old makes some sense in Nashville, as the team is heavy on offensive defensemen (while he's very much a defense-only type). That said, injuries and low mobility really limited his usefulness in 2014-15. He is a decent resource for "grit stats," however, as Volchenkov complimented his seven assists with 14


fantasy value behind the stacked Predators D-corps. Volchenkov, who was most notable for his shot-blocking prowess, has just 83 in 42 games this season with little else to beef up his stat line. Bartley at least has made good use of his 35 games, with 10 points, 26 PIMs, 49 blocks, and 69 hits.

"He's been back on the ice for a couple days, so he's another that's day-to-day," coach Peter Laviolette said. "Anytime you get guys back practicing on the ice means they're getting close." He has sat out seven straight games with a lower-body injury.

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Ryan Johansen scored a goal and an assist in Thursday's 4-3 loss to the Calgary Flames.

Johansen opened the scoring at the 13:45 mark of the first period and he helped set upYannick Weber's second-period tally. He finished the night with a plus-1 rating and three shots on goal in 22:40 of ice time. The 25-year-old has seven goals and 36 points in 53 games this season. Johansen has picked up three points in his last three games and eight points in his last eight contests.

"It felt a little weird at first to be back out there," Fisher said. "Everything comes back quick as far as drills and fitting in, all that stuff. But I've still got to keep skating and make sure I get in good, good shape. ... I actually feel better than I thought I would at this point." He made the decision to come out of retirement on Jan. 31. There's no timetable in place for


Fisher's return, but he has to sign a new contract by Feb. 26 to be eligible to play this season.

Jarnkrok got Nashville on the board 9:06 into the third period after the St. Louis Blues built a 3-0 lead. The Predators went on to win the game in overtime by a score of 4-3. Jarnkrok has four goals in his last seven outings.

Filip Forsberg tallied the game-winning goal against St. Louis Tuesday night on a penalty shot in overtime.

The Predators battled back from a 3-0 deficit in the third period and Forsberg completed the comeback in dramatic fashion. He finished the match with five shots in 17:07 of ice time. Forsberg has 17 goals and 39 points in 41 games this year.

Kevin Fiala scored his 18th goal ofthe season in a 3-2 shootout win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.

Following a brief two games without points, Fiala scored his 18th of the season on Saturday. The Predators also got a goal from Scotty Hartnell before winning the game in a shootout. The forward now has 18 goals and 36 points in 53 games this season.

Hartnell opened the scoring at the 4:28 mark of the first period. He finished the game with a plus-1 rating and three shots on goal in 11:31 of ice time. The 35-year-old has nine goals and nine assists in 45 games this season.

Arvidsson gave the Predators a 3-1 lead at the 4:50 mark of the third frame and that goal proved to be the game-winner. He's had a solid couple


of days, as he's found the back of the net three times in his last two outings. The 24-year-old is up to 21 goals and 40 points in 57 games this season. He should come close to hitting the 30-goal mark in 2017-18. Scott Hartnell and Kyle Turris also scored for the Preds in the victory.

Craig Smith scored the Nashville Predators' lone goal in a 3-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night.

Smith now has points in three straight games for the Preds after Saturday night's loss. The winger scored a goal, posted an even rating and four shots on goal in 15:43 of ice-time. Smith now has 17 goals and 33 points in 56 games this season.

Austin Watson scored twice in a 4-3 comeback overtimewin against the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night.

Watson registered his second two-goal game of the season Tuesday. The Preds were down three goals to none until the third period. Calle Jarnkrok kickstarted the comeback before Watson scored twice, including the game-tying goal. Filip Forsberg scored the overtime winner. Watson now has seven goals and nine points in 53 games this season.

Pontus Aberg will be a healthy scratch in Monday's game against the Ottawa Senators.

This will be the fourth time in five games that he'll watch from the press box. He has two goals and six assists in 37 games this season. Anthony Bitetto and Matt Irwin will also serve as scratches in this one.

P.K. Subban registered an assist in the Predators' 3-1 loss to Detroit on Saturday.

Subban


hit a couple season milestones as that was his 30th assist and 45th point of the campaign. This is the fifth straight season he's contributed at least 30 helpers and the fourth time in the span of five campaigns that he's recorded a minimum of 45 points. At this rate, he might also end up surpassing his career-high of 60 points.

Matt Irwin will be a healthy scratch in Tuesday's game against the Detroit Red Wings.

Irwin has two goals and six assists in 38 games this season. This will be the 10th time in 11 games that the Predators will make him a healthy scratch. Irwin shouldn't pop up on your fantasy radar. Pontus Aberg and Anthony Bitetto will also watch the game from the press box.

Alexei Emelin willThe results of the first presidential debate are in, and despite a lackluster performance from the incumbent moderator -- the NewsHour's Jim Lehrer -- PBS was clearly the winner.

Now, the makers of an online privacy app are looking to further capitalize on the increasing interest in the political campaigns with a pair of viral videos mocking everyone from Obama and Romney to Mark Zuckerberg, all in the name of taking personal responsibility for safeguarding individual privacy on social networks.

PrivateAccess, which makes the SetMyPrivacy app to streamline the adjustment of privacy settings on Facebook and other sites, produced both a Democrat- and Republican-friendly version of the cartoon-y viral video.

The company suggests Libertarians and Independents might also enjoy some of the outtakes featuring other celebrities like Judge Judy and Joan


Why I Still [Heart] Trade War, US Federal Shutdown

I've just come from an engaging talk by Martin Wolf at the LSE. In his take on one of Aesop's fables, China and other industries have been, in recent years, industrious "ants" busy saving up through thrift and industry. Meanwhile, the likes of the US and the UK have been loafing around, singing a happy tune. Making his own elaboration, he adds "locusts" or financial intermediaries we've come to know more than we would probably like in the aftermath of the subprime crisis who perform the task of intermediating between the "ant" and the "grasshoppers."

Depressingly, Martin Wolf lays out a global picture which is remarkably unchanged despite the aforementioned crisis (the podcast should be uploaded to the LSE Events site6 to 8
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