hostel as part of the Peace Village and I could have stayed the night here instead. The Peace Village was paid for by the Irish and British governments and the cornerstone was laid by our very own Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern in 2005.

Cobbled climb of the Kemmelberg. It is only about 10 km from Messines/Mesen to Kemmel but the route takes you up one of the most feared climbs in Belgium, the Kemmelberg. In places, the gradient on the Kemmelberg is 23% and the cobbled surface makes it even tougher to climb.

The Kemmelberg during World War 1. The Kemmelberg was the scene of fierce fighting in April 1918 when over 120,000 troops were killed in Flanders during the German Army’s Spring Offensive. After making peace with thenew Bolshevik regime in Russia, millions of German troops were transferred from the Eastern Front to Belgium. On the 9th of April 1918, these troops were amongst the huge German force that attacked the salient around Ypres hoping to push the Allied forces back to the North Sea. On 25 April 1918, German imperial forces started attacking the French troops on the Kemmelberg with artillery and poison gas. Thousands of French soldiers were slaughtered and the Allies were forced to withdraw. However, the German Spring Offensive ground to a halt near Amiens and during the summer, the German army was pushed back by Allied forces. In September 1918, the Kemmelberg was re-captured by Allied troops during the Fifth Battle of Ypres. Over 10,000 soldiers were killed on this


small hill in 1918 and at least half were French. There are 3 cemeteries on the Kemmelberg with French, German and Commonwealth graves. But most of the French troops are actually buried in a huge ossuary as most of them lie unidentified to this day.

The Kemmelberg during the Gent-Wevelgem cycle race. The Kemmelberg features every year in one of the main cycle races in Belgium, the Ghent – Wevelgem a week before the Tour of Flanders.. There are 3 roads up to the summit and the race always goes up the steepest route, via the Kemmelberg-West. The cobbled climb is normally tackled 3 times during the race and the final ascent is often critical as to the outcome of the race. The last 3 years the race hasthrough the charred and rutted landscape of northern France after World War 1. But the route of Paris Roubaix nowadays is mostly through parts of France that were well away from the frontline and places that saw little destruction during World War 1. That is not the case as regards the route of the Gent Wevelgem race in Flanders. This small part of Belgium was arguably the most fought over and bloodiest part of the whole Western front. But by routing their race along the plugstreets, up the Kemmelberg and through the Menin Gate, the organizers of the Gent Wevelgem cycle race have made a small but significant gesture to acknowledge the past and commemorate the millions killed in Flanders during World War 1.


hand and the TV on mute as his director, Guillermo Del Toro, and his co-stars came up onstage to accept the Oscar for Best Picture. Shannon, who usually lives in Brooklyn, isn’t opposed to the Oscars, necessarily—he attended last year, when he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Nocturnal Animals—but is currently in Chicago directing a production of Brett Neveu’s Traitor at A Red Orchid Theatre, a two-minute walk from the Old Town Ale House. The play closed on Sunday night. Shannon’s been a member of A Red Orchid since its inception in 1993, and remains dedicated to the ensemble that got him his start, coming back regularly to appear in and direct plays there.

He’s also growing out a rather luxurious ’stache, as careful inspection of thePITTSBURGH -- Ryan Braun, Jim Edmonds and the Milwaukee Brewers went totally batty.

The Brew Crew piled up 25 hits Thursday and trounced Pittsburgh 20-0, handing the Pirates the most lopsided loss in their 124-year history.

"It was fun and it was special," said Braun, who homered, doubled, singled and drove in five runs. "This game is really so much about failure, particularly as a hitter, that you rarely get a day where everyone is enjoying so much success at the same time."

"I've never been involved in a game like this and I likely never will be again. So, I enjoyed it and I'll savor it. It's one to remember," he said.

Milwaukee matched a club mark for margin of victory and set a record for its biggest shutout win.

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same as it was entering the game, 14.73.

"Lots of times, it felt like I was throwing batting practice to them," McCutchen said.

The Brewers also won by 20 in 1992 when they beat the Toronto Blue Jays 22-2. The Pirates' previous one-sided loss was by 18 runs, done twice.

Milwaukee swept the three-game series and outscored the Pirates 36-1. Pittsburgh has lost eight times this season, by at least six runs each time and 85-13 overall.

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- 1 bedroomCalcium phosphate is a typical component of teeth and bones. It has recently been shown that plants of the rock nettle family also use this very hard mineral in their "teeth" to defend themselves against their animal enemies. Botanists of Bonn University have now demonstrated that calcium phosphate is a lot more widespread in plants than previously suspected. Even thal cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) uses trichomes hardened with an incrustation of this biomineral to defend itself against enemies such as aphids. The results have now been published online first in the scientific journal Planta. The print version will be published in January.

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and Brassicales -- thal cress belongs to the latter.

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Enter Tom DeLonge, the former Blink 182 frontman-turned UFO impresario who is very much the central figure that brought To The Stars Academy to life even though his role in the quasi-research and entertainment corporation has been subdued publicly in the months leading up to the premiere of Unidentified. This has included the removal of some online videos featuring Tom talking about the strange journey that led to the establishment of the company and its impressive roster of advisors, as well as jump-starting its various highly-ambitious initiatives.

Yet one of the most fascinating, but seldom-discussed elements of this whole story is how To The Stars Academy Of Arts And Sciences came to be and who the mysterious people were that had a direct hand in making it a reality.Even by its principal founder's own bizarre, yet highly detailed account, which you will read in full in a moment, it sounds far more akin to the making of a tightly controlled government information and psychological operation than the result of a group of highly-qualified people who were interested in accessing new insights on the subject of UFOs.

Key players on the To The Stars Academy team—a group with curiously impressive resumes from the military industrial and intelligence complex's highest rungs and darkest corners—are virtually everywhere in the media right now. In what has been one of the most impressive media pushes I have seen in a long time, the group has gone all out in promoting their new show, Unidentified , on the History Channel. At the same


it:

"Tom DeLonge reached out to Skunk Works with interest in collaborating on a documentary focused on secret machines and advanced development projects. Multiple members of the Skunk Works team met with DeLonge to explore his vision for the documentary, as we would with any individual or organization interested in telling the story of Skunk Works and the technologies we’ve developed. We ultimately decided to not move forward with our participation in the documentary. During this exploration period, DeLonge attended a Skunk Works employee event."

This admission is remarkable as it heavily lends truth to the rest of Tom's remarkable story. After the meetings at the Skunk Works, Tom claims to have met with top officials at NASA, the Air Force, the U.S. intelligence apparatus, and the highest rungs ofto walk away from all of Tom's claims. But for the purposes of this piece, we won't get into those statements as the cold hard truth is that the very entity and group of advisors Tom said he was assembling under far-fetched circumstances years ago has indeed materialized to an equally fantastical degree. In fact, many of the people he didn't name directly in interviews dating back to 2015 have now been publicly disclosed or sit directly on his council, and they are impressive folks indeed. Like a punk rock King Arthur of the UFO community that is supported by a round table of extremely qualified people that have mountains of credibility and professional connections in their quivers, DeLonge, his team, and a group of fresh UFO-obsessed enthusiasts,


Academy, which supposedly includes building exotic propulsion systems and flying machines—a highly questionable proposition in itself—have nothing to do with the Skunk Works and the two entities are not partnered in any way. The only way for you to understand just how explosive Tom's To The Stars Academy origin story is, is to consume it whole yourself. A portion of one interview in particular, by someone I think is among of the best interviewers around, George Knapp, occurred in March of 2016 on Coast To Coast AM. At this critical time, Tom was in the process of building a multi-platform information and entertainment company that focuses on so-called paranormal issues and, in particular, the disclosure of the existence of UFOs—this would become To The Stars Academy Of ArtsHe goes, "Okay. Thank you for that," and then the meeting was done. [Author's note: As we mentioned in our lead-in, Tom's story about attending an employee event at what turned out to be Lockheed's Skunk Works and later meeting with officials from the elite aerospace engineering outfit about his projects does check out. At this time, we have no way to corroborate what exactly was discussed during these talks or what came out of them. We also know from the leaked Podesta emails that in 2016 Tom openly discussed in correspondence about being in direct contact with Rob Weiss, the head of the Skunk Works. Calendar invites for a virtual meeting from Podesta's emails include participants Tom DeLonge, Rob Weiss, and retired Air Force General William N.


McCasland. "The General" will prove to be a central figure in Tom's story later on. Originally, Tom kept the general's identity somewhat hidden, but that has since changed. He was even mentioned directly in the first episode of Unidentified. You can see his service record here. It is a remarkable mix of some of the most high-security positions in the United States Air Force, including commander of the vaunted Air Force Research Lab at Wright Patterson AFB. He is now the Director Of Technology at The Space Enterprise Consortium.]

USAF Maj. Gen. William N. McCasland.

So what I did was, the non-fiction book that we've been working on right next to the Sekret Machines novel in parallel has, it's a thesis of the UFO phenomenon. So I took the prologuehe goes, "And somewhere in those years," and he looked me in the eye, he goes, "We found a life form. And everything that we did and every decision that we made with that life form was because of the consciousness at that time." And I said, "Sir, when taking it into account things that this life form has done, for example, turning our nuclear weapons on and readying them for launch." And then he interrupts me, puts a finger in my face and says, "There are heroes in Russia, heroes. And under grave risk to himself and to his country, they did not fire back." And at that moment, I realized it had already started, this new game I was in of working with people in like


the institution in which he served for nearly two decades. He claims administrative hurdles made it impossible to convey critical info about UFOs to top rungs of Pentagon leadership and beyond, so he decided to pursue the topic outside of the Pentagon. His story does sound somewhat questionable and how he ended up with To The Stars Academy seems almost too convenient, so it is worth seeking further clarification. Some in the press are already aggressively challenging the veracity of his background, but as of now, Elizondo is more or less the face of To The Stars Academy's most public efforts regarding UFO disclosure and he seems very knowledgeable on ATTIP's past efforts.]

History Channel Luis Elizondo.

GK: We mentioned at the beginning about John Podesta. Now, you've interviewed Podesta.the rapid militarization of space, and even active camouflage on advanced aircraft are just some of the things that will be present overhead in the not too distant future, if they are not already. In addition, the U.S. military and its contractor partners could have made major breakthroughs in exotic propulsion technologies within the deeply classified realm that would all but require a good cover story, at least for the time being. Just as during the height of the Cold War, being able to easily discount sightings of exotic flying machines and aerospace capabilities can be quite advantageous, and especially in an age when everyone has a high definition video camera in their pocket. Sadly, we are also now living in a time when great power competition is


The eight remaining justices on the Supreme Court and two retired justices who are still alive offered heartfelt responses to the loss of their colleague, Antonin Scalia. Scalia died Saturday of apparent natural causes at a resort in West Texas. Here are what his colleagues had to say:

Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.:

On behalf of the Court and retired Justices, I am saddened to report that our colleague Justice Antonin Scalia has passed away. He was an extraordinary individual and jurist, admired and treasured by his colleagues. His passing is a great loss to the Court and the country he so loyally served. We extend our deepest condolences to his wife Maureen and his family.

Justice Anthony Kennedy:

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In years to come any historyof the Supreme Court will, and must, recount the wisdom, scholarship, and technical brilliance that Justice Scalia brought to the Court. His insistence on demanding standards shaped the work of the Court in its private discussions, its oral arguments, and its written opinions.

Yet these historic achievements are all the more impressive and compelling because the foundations of Justice Scalia's jurisprudence, the driving force in all his work, and his powerful personality were shaped by an unyielding commitment to the Constitution of the United States and to the highest ethical and moral standards.

In the fullness of time Justice Scalia's beautiful family will be sustained by the force and dynamism of his intellect and personality, attributes that were so decent and so powerful; but now they mourn. We give them


slipped from the reader's grasp.

Justice Scalia once described as the peak of his days on the bench an evening at the Opera Ball when he joined two Washington National Opera tenors at the piano for a medley of songs. He called it the famous Three Tenors performance. He was, indeed, a magnificent performer. It was my great good fortune to have known him as working colleague and treasured friend.

Justice Stephen G. Breyer:

Nino Scalia was a legal titan. He used his great energy, fine mind, and stylistic genius to further the rule of law as he saw it. He was man of integrity and wit. His interests were wide ranging as was his knowledge about law, this Nation and its Constitution. He loved his family. He also loved ideas,music, and the out of doors. He shared with us, his colleagues, his enthusiasms, his humor, his mental agility, his seriousness of purpose. We benefitted greatly. His contribution to the law was a major one. Our hearts go out to Maureen and his family. We have lost a fine colleague and a very good friend. We shall miss him hugely.

Justice Samuel Alito:

Martha-Ann and I are deeply saddened by the terrible news. Nino was a remarkable person, and I feel very honored to have known him and to have had him as a colleague. He was a towering figure who will be remembered as one of the most important figures in the history of the Supreme Court and a scholar who deeply influenced our legal culture. His intellect, learning,


wit, and memorable writing will be sorely missed, and Martha-Ann and I will deeply miss him as a friend. We will keep Nino, Maureen, and their family in our prayers.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor:

My colleague Nino Scalia was devoted to his family, friends, our Court, and our country. He left an indelible mark on our history. I will miss him and the dimming of his special light is a great loss for me. My thoughts are with Maureen, his children, and his grandchildren.

Justice Elena Kagan:

Nino Scalia will go down in history as one of the most transformational Supreme Court Justices of our nation. His views on interpreting texts have changed the way all of us think and talk about the law. I admired Nino for his brilliance and erudition, hisdedication and energy, and his peerless writing. And I treasured Nino's friendship: I will always remember, and greatly miss, his warmth, charm, and generosity. Maureen and the whole Scalia family are in my thoughts and prayers.

Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor:

I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my dear friend and colleague, Justice Antonin Scalia. Nino was a tireless public servant who left an indelible mark on the Court and on our jurisprudence. His gifts of wisdom, wit, and wordsmithing were unparalleled, and he will be sorely missed.

Retired Justice John Paul Stevens:

Nino Scalia was a good friend, a brilliant man with an incomparable sense of humor, and as articulate as any Justice who ever served on the Court. He has had a major impact on the


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The University community got a realistic look at what can happen when people text while behind the wheel of an automobile as AT&T brought its driving simulator to campus Sept. 4.

North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, Chancellor Philip L. Dubois and AT&T executives, students and others experienced firsthand the dangers of texting behind the wheel. The driving simulator – a video game that included a chair, steering wheel, pedals and a monitor – was set up in the busy rotunda of the Student Union.

Drivers got a taste of a 3-D driving simulation that involved a city of about eight blocks and realistic texts that appear on a smart phone accompanying the chair. This re-creates the eyes-of-the-road and hands-off-the-wheel experience of texting while driving.

At a news conference, Dubois saidThe Turkish Embassy in New Zealand engaged in a campaign of intelligence gathering and profiling of critics and their organizations including a child care center, documents obtained by Nordic Monitor have revealed.

According to an official document, Auckland-based nonprofit organization Pearl of the Islands Foundation Inc. (PIF) was profiled by the Turkish Embassy in Wellington and reported on to the Turkish Foreign Ministry. The document was later sent to the police department to build a case against critics of the Erdoğan regime.

The information collected by the embassy was used in a criminal indictment on dubious charges of terrorism against opponents, who have faced an unprecedented crackdown in recent years by the authoritarian government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The Gulen movement, a civic group that is highly critical of


cultural festival and offered Turkish language classes.

The Turkish Embassy document listed PIF’s interfaith community iftar dinner — held in May 2016 at Parliament House in Wellington and attended by members of Parliament, government officials, community leaders and scholars – as if it were a criminal activity and reported the event to headquarters.

In another shocking note, the embassy also surveilled the Little Pearls child care center with branches located in the Owairaka, Mt Roskill and Mt Albert/Puketapapa districts. The center was established in 2014 to provide care and educational services for children aged 3 months to 5 years. The report identified the teachers at the child care center and reported them back to Turkey as well.

Turkish Embassy officials were also concerned by the visit of Deakin University Professor GregBarton, who was invited by PIF to deliver lectures on extremism, radicalism and a refugee crisis in September 2016. Barton, one of Australia’s leading scholars on terrorism and countering violent extremism, addressed several events as keynote speaker including gatherings held in Parliament and at Victoria University.

The collection of data, amounting to refugee spying or unlawful intelligence gathering by embassy and consulate officials, was done after requests from the Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Department of the Turkish National Police (Kaçakçılık ve Organize Suçlarla Mücadele Daire Başkanlığı, or KOM). According to Turkish law, KOM has no jurisdiction abroad and is not authorized to conduct espionage overseas. The information notes sent by the embassy were later incorporated into a report by KOM on Jan. 30, 2017 and were used in the


criminal prosecution of government critics on terrorism charges.

The report that included Foreign Ministry intelligence documents was used in several indictments in what was seen as a blatant abuse of the criminal justice system by the Turkish government as part of its crackdown on critics, opponents and dissidents who have nothing to with terrorism at all. Some of the accused were jailed for months and even years in some cases without a formal charge, indictment or trial. It also shows how the unlawful information gathering by the Turkish Embassy in New Zealand was incorporated in the mass persecution of critics back in Turkey.

For example, the profiling data collected on the New Zealand organization by the Turkish Embassy was used as evidence in a case concerning Kaynak Holding, a majorconglomerate and the largest publisher in Turkey that was unlawfully seized by the Erdoğan government on fabricated charges of terrorism in November 2015. Kaynak, a group that operated 22 major companies under its umbrella, is owned and operated by businesspeople who are seen as affiliated with the Gülen movement.

A donation made to PIF by Kaynak Holding in 2014 that was declared by the company in its filings was considered to be criminal evidence by the Erdoğan government. Nordic Monitor has learned that PIF approached Kaynak as a corporate donor when it was trying to the launch child care centers. Company records listed a one-time funds transfer to PIF as a donation, with nothing illegal about it as it was recorded on the company accounting sheet as part of


foreign language study were destroyed by authorities after the takeover.

Among those investigated in this case was Ekrem Dumanlı, former editor-in-chief of Zaman, Turkey’s largest national newspaper that was unlawfully seized by the government in March 2016 as part of a crackdown on the critical media. Dumanlı has been forced to live in exile along with 150 other journalists who had to flee to avoid wrongful imprisonment.

The Erdoğan government brands all its critics as terrorists, and there are 235 journalists currently locked up in Turkish jails on terrorism charges, making Turkey the world’s leading jailer of journalists. Over 30 percent of all Turkish diplomats, 60 percent of all senior police chiefs, half of all military generals and some 30 percent of all judges and prosecutors in Turkey were alsodeclared terrorists overnight by the executive decisions of the Erdoğan government without any effective administrative investigation and certainly without any judicial proceedings.

In July 2017 German newspaper Die Zeit reported that Turkey had handed Germany a list of 68 companies and individuals suspected of links to terrorism due to alleged affiliation with the Gülen movement. It was also revealed that nearly 700 German firms including industry giants Daimler and BASF were being investigated for “financing terrorism” and lodged with Interpol by Turkey. After Germany reacted strongly against the witch-hunt and threatened economic sanctions, Turkey backed down and claimed that it was simply a miscommunication.

Nordic Monitor previously published a report disclosing how Turkish embassies and consular officials engaged in spying on government critics in 92 foreign countries as part of


profiling and espionage activities that at times amounted to a systematic and deliberate campaign of refugee spying. A document found in papers released by the Ankara 4th High Criminal Court on Jan. 16, 2019 in case No. 2016/238 indicated that the Turkish Foreign Ministry had compiled a long list of foreign entities that were owned and/or operated by people who are seen as close to the movement.

(First published on February 16, 2019)

RelatedPaul Merson tells Gabriel Agbonlahor to stay at home for his own safety

Gabriel Agbonlahor has played in three games this year

Paul Merson has urged Gabriel Agbonlahor not to go out in Birmingham for his own safety after he was suspended by Aston Villa this week.

The club's captain was photographed on the front page of The Sun newspaper partying and allegedly using a legal high on Saturday night, just hours after Villa's relegation from the Premier League was confirmed.

Agbonlahor has been suspended pending an internal investigation and former Villa player Merson says it would be dangerous for him to be seen in bars and clubs in the city over the next few months.

"In this day and age you've got to have a bit of respect," Merson told the Fantasy


Football Club Podcast.

"I'd be sitting down with him now and strongly advising him not to go out in Birmingham for a long time because it will be dangerous for him.

"Villa fans pay a lot of money and they are very passionate. I think he would be in danger, if I'm being honest.

"He is getting blamed left, right and centre, but it's not just Agbonlahor, it's the club as well. It's not just Agbonlahor who has sent them down for what he's been doing in the last couple of weeks; it's the club and all the decisions."

Aston Villa's Joleon Lescott was criticised for describing relegation as a "weight off your shoulders"

Villa defender Joleon Lescott also hit the headlines this weekend after he was quoted as saying relegation was "apush Vonta Leach after a disappointing 2009. Adam Ulatoski was a four-year starter at offensive tackle at Texas. While he isn't likely to start, he could be a valuable depth player.

Indianapolis Colts

Biggest Post-Draft Hole: Left Tackle

With Tony Ugoh looking like a bust and Charlie Johnson better suited to right tackle, the Colts could have addressed their need for a left tackle by selecting Indiana lineman Rodger Saffold with their first-round pick. They didn't. The Colts could have addressed their need for a left tackle with their second-round pick by selecting USC tackle Charles Brown, who was projected as the Colts' first-round pick in some mock drafts. They didn't. The Colts finally addressed one of the NFL's worst run-blocking lines (ranked 25th in Football Outsiders' Adjusted Line Yards) by


adding Tennessee guard Jacques McClendon in the fourth round. He was the first player drafted who wasn't invited to the Combine.

McClendon will help an interior offensive line that cut Ryan Lilja and saw neither second-round disappointment Mike Pollak nor undrafted free agent Kyle DeVan excel at guard, but the answer at left tackle remains either Ugoh or Johnson. Neither has ever been better than adequate at the position, so offensive line coach Pete Metzelaars has his work cut out for him this offseason.

Important Undrafted Free Agents

Jim Caldwell expressed disappointment with the return game in 2009. By our numbers, the kickoff returns were below average and punt returns were bad, an upgrade from the rank of terrible in both categories in 2008. The undersized Brandon James was a formidableamong Gerald Alexander, Sean Considine, Courtney Greene, and Anthony Smith. Alexander is an acceptable run defender, but none of the three is more than marginal in coverage. Darren Sharper would have filled the void at free safety nicely, and his decision to re-sign with the Saints means the Jaguars are again left rudderless in the secondary.

Important Undrafted Free Agents

The Jaguars continued their love affair with low-profile college football teams, bringing in Edinboro quarterback Trevor Harris. With Garrard and Luke McCown the only other quarterbacks on the roster, Harris has a chance to make the team as a developmental prospect. John Estes may also push 2009 undrafted free agent Cecil Newton for the role as backup and potential future successor to Brad Meester at center. Chris McGaha (Arizona State)


was among the more polished receivers available this year, and he could figure in the crowded and murky picture at wide receiver.

Tennessee Titans

Biggest Post-Draft Hole: Cornerback

ESPN.com's predraft coverage included this article on which rounds provided the most value per position. Among the lessons in the chart is that if you want a quality defensive back, you should draft one in the first two rounds. Don't tell the Titans brass this. Since taking Andre Woolfolk in the first round of the 2003 draft, the Titans have used just one of their 14 first- or second-round picks on a cornerback, selecting Adam Jones in the first round in 2005. Jones was a fine player on the field, but ultimately proved too disruptive in most every other environment.

The Titans were fortunateto have had great success with seventh-round pick Cortland Finnegan. Adding Nick Harper in free agency provided a band-aid for a couple seasons, but Harper's decline meant their lack of investment in cornerbacks cost them in 2009 and looks to do the same again in 2010. The Titans have more depth than they did this time last year with second-year players Ryan Mouton and Jason McCourty, veterans Rod Hood and Tye Hill, and fourth-round pick Alterraun Verner, but none is likely to be an average starter opposite Finnegan this year. That means more holes for Titans' opponents to exploit in the passing game this fall.

Important Undrafted Free Agents

The trade of LenDale White leaves Chris Johnson and Javon Ringer as the sole running backs on the roster. While the


Titans may add a veteran back near the start of training camp or after cut-down day, either LeGarrette Blount or Stafon Johnson has an excellent chance to make the roster as the No. 3 tailback. The Titans have lately been among the most difficult teams for an undrafted free agent to make, so the other important UFAs are the biggest names: center Kevin Matthews, son of Hall-of-Famer Bruce Matthews and cousin of Green Bay linebacker Clay Matthews, and guard Nick Howell, son of Jeff Fisher's college teammate (and former Falcon and Oiler) Pat Howell.

Granted, I'm sure that Reggie Nelson will not be on anyone's Top-10 list of NFL safties (especially considering that the Jags tried to pursue Darren Sharper). I am also aware that most back-ups could careall sorts of off-field embarrassments for a guy who can play. Jones' inability to get another NFL look (aside from, recently, Mike Brown/Father Flanagan) says more about his film than his rap sheet. On the field with Tennessee, Jones was a somewhat dynamic return guy and a highly suspect CB. Tennessee knew it had misjudged him in more ways than one.

FO stats disagree - they rated Jones as one of the best corners in the league in his second season (he did pretty well in the second half of his rookie season as well). It was his mediocre 2008 season with Dallas (after his year-long suspension) plus his continued troublemaking that kept him out of the NFL last year.

Jones was a bit of a gambler, but with the


exception of a couple poor games (to wit, NYJ and BUF), I thought he played CB exceptionally well in 2006. The combination of time off (during which he supposedly wasn't too devoted to staying in shape and working on his game), the continuous off-field incidents, and a reportedly corrosive locker-room personality can turn a coulda-been All-Pro into a guy who can't get a job. As a Titans fan, I'm sad and disappointed at how it turned out, but such is life.

Probably totally objective Michigan State fan here, but I wouldn't be surprised to see WR Blair White develop into an NFL slot receiver for the Colts. He rose from walk-on begging to remain on the team in 2007 to playing in the Spartans' bowl game that year andthen being the top receiver in 2008 and 2009.

I'm not sure about Swenson in the NFL. He's accurate and clutch on field goals, but he had problems kicking off as a senior in 2009. (he was a four-year starter, but only kicked off his senior year, after a guy with the opposite skill set named Todd Boleski graduated) Swenson had problems getting touchbacks, so I worry about that he doesn't have elite leg strength.

The Colts also signed MSU DE Trevor Anderson, who supposedly played hurt all of last year, so might have a little bit more potential than his 2009 play suggested.

A lot of Colts fans see White as a serious contender for the 5th WR spot. Obviously with Wayne, Clark, Gonzalez, Collie and Garçon all vying for


Marchand’s first full season with Boston in 2010-11, he played in 77 games, notching 21-20=41 totals and 51 penalty minutes. He finished the season tied for third in the league with five shorthanded goals and recorded the second highest plus/minus rating among NHL rookies with plus-25. At the end of the regular season, Marchand received Boston’s “7th Player Award,” an annual award presented to the Bruin who went above and beyond the call of duty and exceed the expectations of Bruins fans during the regular season, as voted by the fans.

The forward went on to rank second overall in postseason scoring – and first among rookies – with 11 goals in 25 games and added eight assists en route to the 2011 Stanley Cup championship. He also recordeda rookie-best plus-12 rating and scored two goals in the Cup-clinching victory over the Vancouver Canucks in Game 7.

For his career, Marchand has played in 173 games with Boston, registering 49-48=97 totals and 158 penalty minutes with a plus-53 rating, as well as 12 goals and 9 assists in 32 playoff games. From 2008-10, he skated in 113 games with the American Hockey League’s Providence Bruins, recording 31-60=91 totals, 118 penalty minutes and a plus-27 rating. Marchand was drafted by Boston in the third round (71st overall) of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.


Julie Anne McGready

Julie Anne McGready has been an ACE Certified Personal Trainer since 1998. Since teaching good posture as an integral part of health has always been her passion, she was thrilled to become a Certified Posture Specialist through the National Posture Institute. She has raised three children with her husband while doing was she loves, helping people live better. Julie Anne specializes in identifying posture deviations, pain management through corrective exercise, and balance training.arrangements after the 1990 healthcare
reforms when the focus of service delivery changed
from the individual GP to the multidisciplinary
general practice organisation. Nurses and allied health
professionals became employed by NHS ‘community
trusts’ that also managed hospitals. They attached
their staff to general practices to form extended teams,
and developed shared vision and mission through
residential team-building workshops.17 An interorganisational
local organising team facilitated these
workshops and solved political problems.18 This led
to enhanced ability to integrate in the horizontal
dimension, providing an infrastructure of facilitation
and communication to support interdisciplinary
innovation.

Multiple variations to the basic model were made
in those years, to enable creative interaction between
activities in the vertical and horizontal planes.19 In
Liverpool, local multidisciplinary facilitation teams
helped primary care teams to use action learning and
participatory action research to improve quality within
geographic areas;20 working with the Healthy City
2000 project they brokered cross-city


similarly to that which has been observed in, for example, sepsis \[[@CR33]\], asthma \[[@CR34]\] or maternal mortality \[[@CR35]\]. The overall trend observed in this study confirms this assumption, with a median decline in pneumonia mortality of approximately 31% between 2001 and 2014. However, our study highlights considerable national differences in mortality rates, with a greater than twelve-fold difference in mortality between the countries with the highest and lowest mortality rates (2012 to 2014 data). Additionally, pneumonia mortality increased across the study period in countries such as the Poland and Lithuania (males only).

Overall, there was a gender discrepancy with rates of pneumonia mortality higher in males than in females. This gender difference was higher throughout the observation period, typically in Eastern European countries who joined the EU after 2004.New Middle School Offers Fresh Hope In S.F.’s Bayview

August 17, 2015Jill TuckerSan Francisco Chronicle

For decades, San Francisco education officials watched as students poured out of the Bayview neighborhood every morning, leaving behind the poorer, more neglected and more crime-ridden southeast side of the city in search of better teachers, better classrooms, better schools.

On Monday, not only were dozens of students staying put in the Bayview on the first day of school, but the flow was at least partially reversed, with some families opting to commute into the neighborhood to attend Willie L. Brown Jr. Middle School, the city’s first new school in 10 years. What had been something of a gamble appeared to be paying off.

Despite countless reform efforts and the infusion of millions of dollars to boost


After skipping the second half of his senior year at Council Rock North to jump-start his college career, McIlwain's goal is to be the starter for the squad's Sept. 1 opener at Vanderbilt. "We're all competing," he said Thursday. "I just want to keep getting better and be ready to help us win games."Beating one opponent 28 times in a row is, uh, tough to do. It says something about the history of both Florida and Kentucky that the Gators have done just that, but Florida fans shouldn't puff their chests out too far without admitting a streak like that takes some luck, too.

Still, though, the length of the streak is more ridiculous than remarkable. By the time Will Muschamp made his departure from UF, he'd burned most of the trust of his fan base. There was one thing Muschamp never did, however: Lose to Kentucky. (Or Tennessee. He didn't do that, either.)

Enter Jim McElwain who, in his third game as Florida's head coach, is asked to defend a winning streak that dates back to the first year of his coaching


examined last week, from the Mike Leach tree. He promised to bring a full-on spread offense to UK, and make the Wildcats a threat on offense to compliment Stoops' defensive knowledge. The decision seemed to show early payoffs as Kentucky went from being the 100th-ranked passing attack to the No. 65 passing attack in just one season, but Brown then bolted for Troy after being offered the Trojans' head coaching position. Rather than change philosophy, Stoops hired Shannon Dawson, previously the offensive coordinator under Dana Holgorsen at West Virginia, with the main sales pitch being that Dawson would finally be able to call the plays at UK. (Holgorsen called plays at WVU.)

But there are a few key differences between a Neal Brown spread attack and a Shannon Dawsonspread attack. One of those differences, something Kentucky has tried to implement right away, is in the run game. I'm sure Stoops enjoyed the offensive output he was getting from his passing attack with Brown as OC, but he was concerned with how moving to a spread would make his team less physical, and he saw that in the run game, which topped out at No. 79 nationally under Brown. With Dawson coming over, Stoops could keep the current spread system, but implement a style of it with more power running.

One way we've seen Kentucky do that so far is by lining up with running in mind. Most Air Raid attacks keep the field stretched pretty thin, but even early on we've seen Dawson call formation like the


one above to help Kentucky have success running the ball in situations where everyone knows they're handing it off. Examples of that would be the first play of a new drive or sometime on third and short; situations where most teams know they can stack the box.

By using formations like the pistol (above), Kentucky not only allows the quarterback to stay in rhythm out of the shotgun, but it gives the running back two extra interior blockers for him to follow, not the traditional extra blockers on the end of the offensive line.

This gives Kentucky the abiilty to attempt power running style in a few ways, but mainly, it gives them the luxury of keeping a guard at the point of attack as opposed to pulling guards asHerb, Bart and Lisa behave themselves. When he complained about not meeting Herb, Marge reassures Homer that they will see him. She only threatened Bart and Lisa to return home because it was the only way the two will behave during the drive.

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Armchair quarterback refers to a sports fan who thinks that he or she knows better than the players themselves and is always eager to shout advice, whether live at the game or, more commonly, sitting at home in a chair (hence "armchair"). Similarly, the phrase armchair general is used to refer to somebody who is not in the military but thinks that he or she knows better than the generals who plan military operations.  This term can be used in many of the


Mexicans in the United States face an uneasy future. Photo: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

The Mexican government announced a new plan on Wednesday intended to protect its citizens living in the United States when Donald Trump becomes president.

Mexican Secretary of Foreign Relations Claudia Ruiz posted a video to Twitter in which she spoke directly to Mexicans living in the United States. The plan and her message are meant for Mexicans living in the U.S. both legally and illegally. Mexicans are concerned about Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric on the campaign trail, the legislation he has promised to put into place, and the reported increase in racially motivated attacks.

“Countryman, these are moments of uncertainty,” she tells her fellow Mexicans in the video. “Be calm, do not fall for provocations, and don’t letthe entire Project and not specific for any particular building or phase of the Project and that the common areas and amenities will not be available on completion of the first phase of the Project or later phases. The common areas and amenities shall be available for the entire project and will be developed in a phase-wise manner, over a period of time.

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Transmission Films and Paramount Home Entertainment Australia, who work together on film acquisitions, have confirmed they will be backing what they describe as "the film that captured the imaginations of internet users globally." Talk about a step in the right direction.

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The following facts are largely undisputed by the parties.
Craig worked for The Mahoney Group as the branch manager
in Tucson and reported to Byrd who was the interim presi-
dent. Over the course of several months, Byrd made repeated
inappropriate comments to Craig about her legs and how she
should wear shorter skirts. Although Craig thought the com-
ments were obnoxious, she was not particularly offended. The
situation took a turn for the worse on August 8, 2003, when,
at Byrd’s invitation, Craig met him for drinks after work at an
On the Border restaurant. She had previously been to other
happy hours and lunches with Byrd


stuck
his tongue in her mouth.” The kiss ended when someone
walked into the restroom. Byrd exited and Craig remained in
the restroom for five minutes to compose herself, after which
she picked up her purse from the table and left the restaurant
alone while Byrd was paying the check. Byrd called Craig’s
phone later that night, but hung up when her husband
answered. Craig’s husband urged her to report the incident,
but she refused.

   Approximately one week after the happy-hour incident, the
tenacious Byrd called Craig from the golf course, told her she
was beautiful and asked her out for another drink, which she
declined. Undeterred, Byrd later called Craig from a hotel
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room in Wisconsin and upon his returnher, but said that if she
wanted him to leave her alone, he would do so. At some point
Byrd told Craig that he didn’t think he could work with her
anymore, but never explicitly conditioned her continued
employment or promotion on entering a sexual relationship
with him. On August 27, 2003, Craig finally reported Byrd’s
conduct to Dawn Zimbleman, one of the individuals (in addi-
tion to Byrd) listed on the company’s sexual harassment pol-
icy to whom complaints should be made. Reporting the claim
spurred the company to immediate action. Byrd was
instructed to stay away from Craig and to stop making sexual
comments to her, and Craig began reporting to John McEvoy,
another company executive. Additionally, the company
appointed a senior executive to investigate the complaint, but
replaced him with the Group’s outside corporate counsel,
Denis Fitzgibbons, when it was


type of behavior again, he would be termi-
nated; (3) Byrd attend sexual harassment sensitivity training;
and (4) all of the Group managers and supervisors receive
sexual harassment training in the near future.

   In late September 2003, Craig was told that the investiga-
tion was complete, and she began reporting to Byrd again.
Craig claims that Byrd retaliated against her “by ignoring her,
failing to respond to her emails, providing budget information
to her late, and by corresponding with the corporate office
instead of her” about situations she would normally handle.
The company did conduct sexual harassment training for the
executives, but Craig alleges that during one sexual harass-
ment training session, the Company’s chairman came in and
made an inappropriate joke.

   Craig claims that due to the ineffective response of The
Mahoney Group and Byrd’s repeatedAfter spending 15 years in prison, a 40-year-old New Jersey man returned to the scene of his crime and apparently tried to recreate the initial experience.

Christopher Miller was 25 when he robbed a Toms River shoe store in 1999. Reports indicate he tied up the staff and made off with all the cash he could find.

Upon being apprehended and convicted, he was confined to South Woods State Prison until his release just days ago. Unbelievably, police say his first act as a free man was hopping on a bus in Atlantic City and heading directly to Toms River.

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Miller reportedly entered the same Stride Rite shoe store and attempted to force its two employees into a back room. According to the staff members’ testimony, they


assets in any community, but they are especially relevant for the rising number of medical centers committed to the PCMH.

In addition to increasing access to healthful products, medical center farmers markets can contribute to the PCMH by providing services to help alter dietary and lifestyle choices, including health screenings, cooking demonstrations, physician "prescriptions" to purchase healthy produce, and information on lifestyle-change programs. Furthermore, medical center--based markets can furnish a sustainable supply of interprofessional staff to provide such services --- including medical center volunteer staff, student interns, and health professionals interested in continuing education opportunities. Because such markets typically operate at least 6 months per year (and could operate year-round in milder climates and indoors), they can contribute to building long-term links with health care providers to promote comprehensivewe launched a weekly farmers market open seasonally on Thursdays from May through October on 10,000 square feet of farmland surrounding the PSHMC campus. The vision for the market was to combine agricultural, medical, and community resources to contribute to the long-term health of the region by providing more comprehensive care and services for patients and families. The market provides 25 vendors offering locally produced fruits and vegetables ([@R5]), organic dairy products ([@R2]), free-range meats ([@R1]), whole-grain baked goods ([@R1]), and assorted specialty items ([@R16]). It is registered with the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and accepts food stamps. In its 2 seasons, the market has averaged approximately 350 customers per week and 7,500 customers per season, with 68% of customers being medical center employees, 22% being


growing issues of cardiovascular disease, stroke, and women's health and nutrition through the market, the customer base for which is approximately 70% women under age 40. Also, a children's hospital on campus offered the opportunity to address childhood obesity.

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Working from the shared belief that a medical center's mission is not only to treat illness reactively but also to proactively promote health for patients, employees, and the community --- a concept consistent with the PCMH model implemented at PSHMC in 2008 --- the nursing community outreach team worked with the market director (D.R.G.) to forge strategic partnerships between the market and health professionals in areas such as medicine, public health, and nutrition. A permanent "preventive health" booth within the market was established for addressing community health needs.

To capitalizeeducation during a 6-month market season. Medical center volunteers have directly engaged an average of 636 customers each season in conversations about topics such as stroke risk awareness, nutrition, and activity promotion. This weekly programming --- available in English or Spanish --- has enabled professionals from approximately 40 medical center departments to interact with the public and share expertise.

The market's preventive health programming has also created an opportunity for these professionals to mentor medical and nursing students and model clinical skills in an informal setting. Having students and health professionals interacting as practice teams with the common goal of community education has the potential to improve interprofessional relationships and support teamwork and care coordination. Students get real-world practice with patients and hone clinical skills under the supervision of


funded in part by National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant R00 HL088017 awarded to Dr Rovniak and by the National Center for Research Resources and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH, through grant UL1RR033184 and KL2RR033180 awarded to Dr Kraschnewski. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute or the NIH. The Association of Faculty & Friends in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and the Dauphin County Medical Society Alliance provided start-up funds for the farmers market and its programming and have generously offered grant support in subsequent seasons.

The opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,Image copyright Science Photo Library Image caption The personal child health record - or red book - is given to parents at a child's birth

The "red book", containing a child's medical records, is to be made available to parents online as part of government plans to improve NHS care for mothers and new babies.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has also promised more specialist neonatal staff and intensive care cots for newborns.

The measures are designed to make maternity care safer while cutting stillbirths and infant deaths.

England still lags behind many European countries on baby deaths.

In 2017, 1,857 babies died during their first month of life, out of a total of more than 640,000 delivered in England.

Figures show that the number of stillbirths have declined steadily since 2010, but ministers say


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Andrew Ripper is a very talented Zambian rapper, singer-song writer of Congolese descent and currently based in Norway.

To reintroduce himself to the Zambian Music Airwaves, the rising recording artiste and performer has collaborated with T-Sean and TBwoy on a song called Chérie which is set to drop this Friday, 8th September.

Check out the DjLo directed video snippet posted on his Facebook page below.Connie Morella, 85, in the lobby of American University's School of International Service Building where she teaches part-time. (Kim Hairston / Baltimore Sun) (Kim Hairston / Baltimore Sun)

Decades ago, Maryland women rose from city councils and school boards, often through the General Assembly, and into congressional offices. That pipeline was among the strongest in the country. By 2005, women accounted for more than a third of Maryland’s legislature, the highest proportion in the nation.

Then it started to slide.

Policymakers and party leaders worry that the prospect of an all-male delegation could change the issues addressed, and that it could take a long time before Maryland could reach the gender parity milestone again.

“We need more women in politics,” says Chuck Conner, executive director of the Maryland Democratic Party.

Two Republican women


for Congress is overwhelmingly male.

Including Baltimore City, only three of Maryland’s 10 jurisdictions with executives are led by women — the normal training ground for candidates for Congress or governor.

On county councils and county commissions across the state, women make up less than 15 percent of the elected leaders.

Fink says there is just one woman under 40 on a county council in the entire state — Councilwoman Jessica Fitzwater in Frederick. Many men who eventually run for higher office are holding these seats in their 20s and 30s.

The possibility of an all-male congressional delegation, women of both parties and political experts say, could mark a shift in focus and a change in how lawmakers approach problems.

When Mikulski and Morella served together, for instance, the Congressional Caucus for Women’sStudents' perceptions of the Script Concordance Test and its impact on their learning behavior: a mixed methods study.
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exists simply to host this event, an entire world carries on in and around it. On weekend nights, bars and sidewalks teem with ebullient undergrads, dangerously underdressed for their ambling from one party to the next. The fleeting world of the festival and the ongoing life of the town commingle and collide in fascinating ways; one undergrad stopped a group of us in the street at 1:30 am explicitly to recommend the charming 1972 pop-rock doodle “Magnet” by the band NRBQ. True/False is an idyll, but it's just one of many ecosystems carrying on in Columbia on this particular weekend.

That the festival prompts this sort of pothead reflection is apropos. It exists to burst bubbles and warp perspectives, and it's mostly free of that strain of galvanizing popthat's at once raw, exalted, and singular.

Even the most character-based films at True/False were shaped by geography, and no film simultaneously elucidated and scrambled notions about class, gender, and the political history of a country as effectively as Khalik Allah's Black Mother. Allah last appeared at the festival in 2015, when his debut feature, Field Niggas, announced him as a sui generis talent. Filmed entirely at a single Harlem intersection, the documentary employed a radical formal gambit, melding photographs and videos of children, K2 addicts, police officers, and other community members with an asychronized soundtrack drawn from interviews Allah recorded with his subjects before or after shooting them. Though few people have seen Field Niggas, Allah's distinctive close-ups and stream-of-conscience editing style will feel familiar to viewers of


Beyoncé's Lemonade film, on which Allah served as a director.

Black Mother finds Allah doubling down on his established aesthetic to bold, hypnotic ends. The film is organized into “trimesters,” chapter headings marked by the growing stomach of a naked woman, and it drifts between digital, Super 8, and Bolex footage as Allah tours the home country of his mother, beginning with a remarkably cogent examination of Jamaican political and religious history through the voices of those the director encounters on the street and sprawling into more existential terrain, chiefly the feedback loop between humans and the environment. Allah is attracted to loud, confident voices, and the ways in which they hold forth about poverty, sex work, spirituality, and food is crucial to Black Mother's ability to conjure whatfeels like the proud, angry beating heart of a nation.

The separation of sound and image in the film is both seductive and occasionally jarring, a wavelength on which Allah is extremely comfortable: What you're hearing and seeing rarely sync, but they sometimes rhyme, as when he shows a mattress on cinderblocks as a woman expresses the extent of her hunger and poverty. There's great sadness (and some rampant sexism) in the director's interviews, but it's not sufficient to say that Allah is offering a voice and a platform to unseen and unheard voices; he's capturing people as they want to be heard, and presenting their faces and bodies in a similarly elevated manner. The filmmaker's zeal to capture the essence of his subjects lends an air of radical


lucidity to Black Mother's many proclamations, by the expressions of defiance or mad conspiracy theories. The film's exquisite sound design allows diffuse and divergent sentiments to elapse in a seamless flow guided by an elusive dream logic, often gorgeously overlaid with native music and songs of praise and prayer. As with Field Niggas, the logic of Allah's juxtapositions isn't quite legible, but it's intensely rhythmic and polyphonic, and Black Mother benefits from a more rigorous structural conceit.

The film's first trimester is organized around Jamaican history, the second loosely considers contemporary society and the struggles of women, while the final act engages in a more holistic consideration of identity and the afterlife. Allah is fascinated by the notion of eternal recurrence, and a sense that what we take fromMEDIA BRIEFING ON SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS FOR AIDS SPECIAL SESSION

Briefing the media on security arrangements during the General Assembly special session on HIV/AIDS, today's guest at the noon briefing, Chief of Security and Safety Service of the United Nations, Michael McCann, said that the Organization would be "open for business" as usual until Monday, when some restrictions would come into force. On Saturday and Sunday, the complex would be open to the public.

Also responding to questions was the Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly, Sue Markham.

On the opening day of the special session, Monday, 25 June, special arrangements for media access would begin, Mr. McCann said. They would remain in effect until the closing of the event on Wednesday, 27 June. Most of the traffic and pedestrian


restrictions normally used during summit meetings and special sessions would not be instituted, however. First Avenue would not be closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic.

Entering the complex, correspondents should not encounter any additional restrictions, he continued, but inside some minor adjustments would come into force. The 46th Street gate (the Visitors' entrance) would be the primary access point for everyone, including the media. Resident correspondents without equipment would be able to enter the building at the 42nd Street entrance. Print media without equipment would have access to the second floor at the Security Council area. However, the area from the Delegates' entrance to the conference elevators would be off limits to the press, unless escorted by Department of Public Information (DPI) staff. Additional security officers would be onthat the correspondents had encountered during the Millennium Summit. The entrance would not be moved from the Visitors' gate. Arrangements for inspection of video cameras and other equipment were being made with the New York Police Department.

Responding to a question about media access to meetings with participation of various groups, Ms. Markham said that there was a difference, depending on where such a meeting would take place. In the first basement, "we are trying to be as unrestrictive as possible to all media," she said. As the hallways could be

crowded, however, it was necessary to be careful when "running through with lots of equipment”. Media with equipment needed to be escorted by DPI. Media representatives with valid passes would be able to attend open meetings in the basement.

Mr.


McCann added that the area in the first basement was unrestricted as far as media without equipment were concerned. The general rule was that before the beginning of the meeting, media representatives would be allowed on the floor. When the meeting started, the media would be asked to leave. Media representatives with equipment needed to be escorted.

Asked about video and audio feed, Ms. Markham said that the media centre would be situated in Conference Room 1, where audio and video feed would be available from the plenary, the roundtables, the press conferences and some other events.

Was there any possibility that some of the roundtables would be transmitted on the in-house television? a correspondent asked. Ms. Markham replied that the technical details were being worked out. At the moment,Allen served in the Banana Wars and the Border War in Latin America, and served as a drill instructor at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California where he trained marines such as Sergeant Marcus Marshall and Private Huey Jackson. Towards the end of the war, he himself was deployed to the European conflict and took part in the Hundred Days Offensive which ended the war in Europe and resulted in the collapse of the German Empire. Once many of the active units of the United States armed forces were disbanded following the end of the First World War, Allen was honorably discharged and retired.

After the war, Allen was recruited by the United States government to remain in Europe and act along many to report to


Washington, D.C. what was occuring in the Weimar Republic due to the many political parties rising there and the spread of communism, like in many other post-war European nations, such as the Fascists in Italy under Benito Mussolini.

He was one of the witnesses of the Beer Hall Putsch led by Adolf Hitler. He also served as a military consultant to President Paul von Hindenburg. Allen excelled at the position due to his military experience and command of the German language. Despite his intentions, Allen unknowingly contributed to the restructure of the armed forces that would later be utilized by the new Chancellor, Adolf Hitler. After the Enabling Act of 1933 effectively turned Germany in to a police state, Washington attempted to withdraw Allen, but Allen chose to remainas Hindenburg's aide, trying to persuade the aging president that Hitler needed to be stopped. Once this surfaced to Hitler, Allen was one of the many victims killed by Hitler's SA during the Knight of the Long Knives. He was shot multiple times in the dick by Gruppenfuhrer Maximilian Reisenweber.

After his death, the Marine Corps named their primary garbage dump in his honor, citing his courage in the face of adversity and ability to make a mean chicken sandwich. A statue of him was erected in Battle Creek, Michigan, where it stood for twenty years until it was torn down by Apaches.


which you pay for through taxes too. The other alternative is they turn homeless, and try and survive off the good will of the local citizens who support the charities and churches that provide free services to the homeless. There has been a major uptick here.

There is some county and state services for mental and general medical help. Oh by the way you pay for that too.

It would appear that this is another major pass the buck process with the final buck stopping at the local street corner.

Spend your early mornings with Barry for the latest local, state, and national news, weather, sports and lots of local community events. The Morning News also features financial reports, snow closures, and updates from area restaurants, interviews with exciting local personalities,‘Syria counterattack kills 20 ISIL terrorists in Deir Ezzor’

Syrian army forces have reportedly killed at least 20 ISIL Takfiri militants during a counterattack operation near an airbase in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor.

The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday that the terrorists, including 19 Syrians and one from Morocco, were killed after the ISIL terrorists “tried, starting late Saturday, to storm the airbase.”

The attack was the latest attempt by the Takfiri group to take control of the Deir Ezzor military airbase, which lies between the ISIL stronghold of Raqqa and the Iraqi border.

Syrian government troops have thwarted several offensives by ISIL Takfiri militants on the airbase. The extremist group controls some parts of Syria and Iraq.

Over the past months, Syrian soldiers have made numerous


gains in the battle against the foreign-sponsored militants, inflicting heavy losses on them in several areas.

Syria has been grappling with a deadly crisis since March 2011. The United Nations says more than 200,000 people have so far lost their lives in the violence.

The government of President Assad has vowed to push ahead with its efforts to root out terrorism in the Arab country and establish national reconciliation.1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a gastric band. More particularly, the invention relates to a gastric band with a latching assembly permitting selective locking and unlocking of the gastric band.
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Morbid obesity is a serious medical condition. In fact, morbid obesity has become highly pervasive in the United States, as well as other countries, and the trend appears to be heading in a negative direction. Complications associated with morbid obesity include hypertension, diabetes, coronary artery disease, stroke, congestive heart failure, multiple orthopedic problems and pulmonary insufficiency with markedly decreased life expectancy. With this in mind, and as those skilled in the art will certainly appreciate, the monetary and physical costs associated with morbid obesity are substantial. In fact, it is estimated


KATC is reporting that one is dead in a forklift accident at a Proctor & Gamble plant in Pineville. The investigation is still in its early stages, but a Proctor & Gamble spokesperson provided the following statement to KATC. "We are deeply saddened to confirm that a member of the P&G Product Supply Family passed away at our Alexandria manufacturing facility in a tragic accident during the early morning hours of May 24, 2018. The safety of our employees is a...

KATC is reporting that one is dead in a forklift accident at a Proctor & Gamble plant in Pineville. The investigation is still in its early stages, but a Proctor & Gamble spokesperson provided the following statement to KATC. "We are deeply saddened to confirm that a memberof the P&G Product Supply Family passed away at our Alexandria manufacturing facility in a tragic accident during the early morning hours of May 24, 2018. The safety of our employees is a...

Johnnie Hardman has been found guilty of first-degree murder, armed robbery with a firearm, and two counts of conspiracy to commit armed robbery for the July 2017 murder of Joshua Touchet. The verdict was reached by the jury after 43 minutes of deliberation. Theresa Schmidt was in the courtroom. To see all of her coverage of the trial, view her Twitter feed below. Tweets by KplcTschmidt

Johnnie Hardman has been found guilty of first-degree murder, armed robbery with a firearm, and two counts of conspiracy to commit armed robbery for the July 2017 murder of Joshua Touchet.


an adult an is in police care, Harrell said. Harrell said Lake Charles police and members of the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office searched for the suspect, but were unable to locate the person. Copyright 2018 KPLC. All rights reserved.

A large police presence was on Third Street, near La. 14, Thursday morning after receiving a call of a possible kidnapping, said Lt. Richard Harrell, with the Lake Charles Police Department. The person who was the target of the alleged kidnapping is an adult an is in police care, Harrell said. Harrell said Lake Charles police and members of the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office searched for the suspect, but were unable to locate the person. Copyright 2018 KPLC. All rights reserved.Focus On: Fare Collection

Mobile ticketing– demand is on the rise

BUSRide interviewed Darren Dickson, president of Genfare, about mobile ticketing. Genfare is a leading provider of fare collection solutions for transit agencies of all sizes. Dickson speaks about the prevalence of mobile ticketing, as well as its benefits and challenges. Finally, he discusses the main drivers behind mobile ticketing’s nationwide adoption and implementation.

How prevalent is mobile ticketing in North America today?

On the agency side, the demand for mobile ticketing is certainly on the rise and growing quickly. Mobile solutions are in every walk of life, and it’s a natural extension of an agency’s fare collection payment options to offer mobile ticketing for added convenience. As a fare collection provider, mobile ticketing is one of a full suite of payment


>> making news there. also sat down with cnn founder ted turner and richard branson, we had a discussion on clean energy. we'll be rolling out the interviews and "cnn newsroom" in the days to come. tomorrow my interview with richard branson where he enters the political fray. >> i think if the republican party could change so that you know they were fiscally astute but really cared about the individual they cared as much about the gay person living in america, as the single mother, a

inseattle, butthe quintessential new year's eve celebration takes place in times square, new york city, going to be a little breezy. so bundle up. temperatures in the 30s. you get down to some of the areas where the tall buildings are, youthrough marriage. >> the governor signed the voter approved referendum into law on wednesday. >>> breaking news. on the fiscal cliff negotiations, president obama, house speaker john boehner, met face to face at the white house today for the first time in more than three weeks. we do not have any details about today's conversations but reps on both sides say the lines of communication remain open. the two men last met on november 16th. also today, another republican senator announced his support for raising tax rates on wealthy americans. tennessee senator bob corker says if the gop agrees to the wealthy tax hike, republicans would be better positioned to negotiate for bigger spending cuts on social security and medicare. >> there is a growing group of folks


send you five glasses so you pick out a line, and you can try them on

aunt had to say, talking with cnnfromseattle. >>noah was extremely lively. he was really the light of the room. he had a huge heart. and he was so much fun. a little bit rambunctious, lots of spirit. he loved playing with all of his cousins. he loved his twin the most of all and always said that they were best friends. he just -- you know, those big blue eyes. he was a gorgeous, gorgeous boy. and he could really get what he wanted just by batting those long eyelashes and looking at you with those big blue eyes. you really couldn't say no to him. >> reporter: lives certainly taken too soon.and according to family members of noah, he loved his little sister, his twin sister, survives him, and family members say they still don't know how to explain to her how exactly he passed away. suzanne. >> i understand his twin sister was in another classroom, is that right, that they were not in the same class together because they separate twins. they don't actually allow them to be in the same class. >> reporter: that's right. she did survive the horrific shooting. and of course, that's somet

potential. san franciscoandseattle, wichita,oklahoma city, little rock, snow for you as well. here is the quadrant of concern for tomorrow, again. tornadoes, hail, how rare are tornadoes? they're very rare. in florida and georgia, the last time we had a christmas


town square. The Church of the Holy Saviour, a perfect (and larger!) replica of the Cathedral of Ani is on the southern side. The Cathedral of the Holy Mother of God, also known as the Our Lady of the Seven Wounds, borders the north. After the catastrophic 1988 earthquake, the church’s two minor domes fell, and are now displayed in front.

Kumayri historic district

Curious about how Gyumri used to look in days of past? Right next to the central part of the city, you can find the oldest parts of Gyumri. The Kumayri historic district was accepted as part of the World Monuments Fund in 2008 but has been around much, much longer. The district features the historic architecture and cobblestone streets of the 18th and 19th centuries --back when Gyumri was known as Alexandrapol!

Large Neoclassical buildings made of indigenous Armenian red and black tuff span the sprawling boulevards. With their charcoal-colored stones, elegant iron-made adornments, and enormous wooden doors, the buildings express an air of elderly wisdom. Stately archways curve around the doors and windows, and the houses themselves have patterns from the Armenian khachkar.

You feel transported to a completely different era walking in Kumayri. One of the horse-drawn carriages, imperial mustaches, and teeming fruit stalls on the streets. A place where you could hear the sound of schoolchildren playing in the town square overlapped with the gurgling of the fountains. In fact, the district is one of the only places in the entire country with authentic Armenian architecture!

SEE THE CITY

Central Park’s Ferris Wheel

Also known


monument of Mother Armenia. Roughly 8 km (5 miles) from the Turkish border, her erect figure stands tall, proud, and stoic. The statue’s cast in bronze and personifies the unwavering strength of the Armenian people. She’s depicted holding stalks of wheat in her arms, a symbol of the country’s devout Christianity. Yet, once you walk to the side facing Turkey, a vicious dragon suddenly appears!

Museum of National Architecture and Urban Life

Ready to learn about the illustrious history of this city? A place first settled in the 5th century B.C.? Then, without a doubt, make sure to visit Gyumri’s Museum of National Architecture and Urban Life. Up for a challenge? Consider calling it by the name of its first owners, the Dzitoghtsyan’s!

The celebrated mansion-turned-museum was built in 1872 byeducate Americans about the risks associated with guns. As a result of a 20-year misinformation campaign waged by the gun lobby, most Americans now believe that having a gun in the home makes it safer. Mountains of actual evidence says otherwise – which is exactly why the NRA has fought to prevent federal research on gun violence prevention. Americans need to know this so they can make informed decisions about whether to own guns.

Ban weapons of war for civilian use, including assault-style weapons, high capacity magazines, as well as bump stocks and untraceable guns. Period. No exceptions.

After election day, let’s hope that our leaders – inside and outside government – will consider a new approach to gun safety. But first,

As someone who was born in a country where


Saladin Ahmed is a fascinating cat. He’s best known as the Arab and Muslim American fantasy novelist who crafted Throne of the Crescent Moon which was nominated for the Hugo and won the Locus Award for best first novel. But his ethnicity also includes Polish and Irish, and his writing also includes short stories, articles, a stunning number of Tweets, and the new Marvel Comics series Black Bolt about the king of the Inhumans.

We met at the Science Fiction Research Association conference in Detroit in 2012, and he was as fun and down to earth in person as he is online. When I learned that he was writing for Marvel I just knew I had to find out what it was like for him as a novelist toseeds.

"They are heading to the East by the slightest of margins," committee chairman and Stanford athletic director Bernard Muir said. "There was a very close conversation between the No. 1 seed and the No. 2 seed, but the strength of schedule won out in Duke's case."

Duke was slated to play in Washington, D.C., in an East Region that includes Michigan, Marquette and Iowa State. Tennessee tops a South Region in Louisville, Kentucky, with North Carolina, Purdue and Nevada. Virginia led a Midwest Region in Kansas City, Missouri, that also includes Kentucky, Houston and Wisconsin. The West Region in Anaheim, California, had Michigan State, Kansas and Louisville with the Zags.

The initial rankings offered a preview of the committee's thoughts five weeks before Selection Sunday, on March 17. The NCAA


of like the Swimsuits you'd expect on the beaches there.

Your silky liver malfunction is more reasonable than you think. "Liver" in Romance languages comes from the Latin word for fig! (It's foie in French, fegato in Italian, higado in Spanish, etc.) The Romans loved a dish called iecur ficatum, which was liver (iecur) stuffed with figs. The abbreviation, ficatum, became the shorthand for "liver."

The Italian for "fig" is fico but is associated closely with "vulva" (fica). That's why the gesture called "fig hand" (mano fico) is both one of Europe's oldest obscene gestures (it has an important role in triggering a brawl in Romeo and Juliet) and a protective sign. (It's also the letter "T" in American Sign Language, somewhat unfortunately.)

@Martin - is this (Act I, Scene I)calque.

Ficken shares Indo-European affinity with a host of English words. Originally meaning "rub" in MHG, it was used in its current sense very early. English words like "fix" and "microfiche" (originally from the French for "nail") are among words that share an Indo-European root with ficken and its many derivatives.

I guess convergent evolution of words is not surprising, at least when certain topics are the subjects.

@fergus, as I told you off-blog, you have my full support in fighting the misuse of "averse" and "adverse." But, again, it goes back to my futile crusade to reintroduce "niggardly" as a legitimate, totally PC word.sheesh!

I had decided to do a Thurs. NYT because the LAT was so easy. Big mistake.

I know most of you here think it was a lark, but


state between the lead 53 and the lead connecting portion 52 is not desirable at the joined portion between the lead 53 and the lead connecting portion 52, with a result that the joining strength between the lead 53 and the lead connecting portion 52 becomes insufficient. That is to say, since the mechanical strength of the joined portion between the lead 53 and the lead connecting portion 52 is poor, there may occur a problem that the lead 53 be peeled only by a slight tensile force applied thereto.
Further, if the contact state between the lead 53 and the lead connecting portion 52 is insufficient, the electric resistance therebetween becomes large, whereby the inner resistance of the battery is increased. As a result, there may occur aRecreation

A 19-year-old is missing from his camp site at the lookout in Heaton State Forest, which borders the Watagans National Park in Australia. The man, whose name has not been released, is from from Tenambit near Maitland.
He was last seen carrying a roll of toilet paper.
While some searchers think he may have slipped and fallen, we wonder if there's not a more sinister explanation.
Toilet paper can humiliate and cause extreme pain. It's been alleged to be responsible for bullying and emotional distress.
If you go camping, protect yourself by using safe toilet paper.

When you're in the kitchen, it's natural to want healthy alternatives. For a long time, the popularity of butter was unchallenged for its special qualities.
It was wholesome and natural, just the kind of thing you'd want for


the feat. The Piper Cub pilot might aspire to a Learjet, the 5K runner might take on a marathon, and sheep shagger wait stop why would anybody do that?!
You take the first leap of faith, and want to experience the same thrill, so you take it to greater heights.
After you've once again reached that plateau, you take it to the extreme.
The Moscow based Sinner Team has been practicing extreme stunts since 2008. Despite the extreme nature of their sports, they play it safe. Here a group member makes sure the bungee doesn't tangle as a colleague takes a 250 foot leap from the tower.
It's immediately noticeable when the end of the bungee is reached and it starts to stretch.
But there's no need to worry, when the harness isfirmly attached to the body.
The Sinners prepare for their jumps by inserting four metal bars to which the harness will attach through skin piercings. The piercings are temporary, just for the occasion.
They jump and record their expressions as the harness tightens.
Then they land triumphantly. We wonder what they'll hang from when the thrill is over this time.

Ex Vice-President Dick "Dick" Cheney started the trend.
While on a hunting trip, he shot 78 year old Harry Whittington, a Bush-Cheney campaign donor from Austin, Texas. #shootafriendintheface
Whittington had a heart attack after a piece of buckshot migrated to a heart muscle, but most of the other wounds were superficial. A grateful Whittington later appeared on television to apologize for the incident.

Medical drawing of injuries to Harry Whittington

"My family and I are deeply


sorry for all that Vice President Cheney and his family have had to go through this week," Whittington said.
But it was too late to prevent the new fad of shooting a friend in the face. #shootafriendintheface
Six year old Yang Yang was playing with his cousin in Neijiang, in southwest China's Sichuan Province, when thy came across a gun. Yang's cousin, also six years old, picked it up and shot him in the face.
The boys returned to their house about ten minutes later, according to their grandmother, who said, “They were crying, and Yang Yang's face had a huge hole, bleeding profusely.”
Doctors removed all 325 pellets from the blast.
Yang's father said that both boys were terrified at what had happened. Like Whittington, Yang is expected to survive, though therehas an extensive collection including a large number of Star Wars pieces. The seven year old from Ontario wanted to be Lego Boba Fett, and his father, Keith Sheppard, 41, tackled the job with enthusiasm.
Much of the suit, which took about 100 hours to build, was made from Sintra, a rigid, lightweight PVC. Insulation foam board was used to make the dome shape of the helmet, and the rocket tips and exhausts were constructed from Plastazote, a closed cell foam.
The graphics were cut from adhesive vinyl, applied over the paint, and then clear coated for durability.
The attention to detail, compared to the original Lego creation, is amazing. And like the Lego creation, the antenna and backpack are removable.
It's no surprise that the costume took first place at the


became stuck.
The fork was not visible but doctors were able to feel it from the outside and X-rays showed its position.
Doctors considered several retrieval options before deciding to pull the fork free using forceps and copious lubrication while the patient was under a general anesthetic.
The elderly patient was then sent home. It is not known whether he still has a complete set of dinnerware.

The Tonghe County Stadium in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang province had been undergoing renovation, and was behind schedule.
With time running out for finishing the 10,000 square foot stadium, and an impending inspection by provincial leaders and Communist Party officials, the project managers cut a few corners.
The oval track had already been finished, except for the surface marking. Figuring out how to lay out concentric ovals requiresthe world.
Gagan, who received his first pair of roller skates at the age of three, covered 230 feet in just 29 seconds.
What makes his accomplishment unique is that he skates close to the ground.
His face remains no more than five inches from the pavement.
That's how he performs his signature feat.
Gagan likes to skate under cars.
"I love skating," he said. "I have been doing it since I was three years old. My next goal is to skate underneath 100 cars. I also want to go to the Olympics."
His record 29 second run took him under 37 cars.
His amazing flexibility allows him to do the splits and slide right under the chassis.
Gagan trains rigorously to keep up his skills. He starts the day at 5:00 AM and spends a few


hours being coached before going off to school.
After school, he skates in the streets, spending a couple of hours on speed training and muscle flexibility before he goes into his limbo position.
Gagan has inspired some of his friends to take up limbo skating. His coach, Yatish Gowda, expressed great pride in his young student.reach the freedom and
affluence south of the border.

“Because
of drama(s), many North Koreans left North Korea these days,” she said told CBS
News earlier this year at her college campus in Seoul. North Koreans, she said,
are “curious about South Korea. They want to come here because what they learned
(from North Korea propaganda) and what they saw (on TV) is completely
different.”

After fleeing to China and then South Korea, Lee
made a harrowing journey back into her homeland to extract family members. As
her mother set eyes on the South Korean capital for the first time, she was
stunned by something that Seoul’s residents take for granted: traffic.

She had always assumed the car-clogged avenues in
the television dramas were fiction, arranged by collecting every car in the
country in order to shoot a scene.

Actors on a set


a peer review evaluation. The hearings officer further ruled that Richard did not preclude a provider from contesting a denial of benefits arising from a pre-1993 accident and determined that the date of the contested denial, rather than the date of the accident, was the relevant date for purposes of a provider's standing to seek administrative review.
On March 20, 1997, GEICO filed written exceptions to the hearing officer's recommended order. On March 28, the insurance commissioner held a hearing on GEICO's exceptions. On May 29, Dr. Hyman filed a request for attorney's fees and costs, arguing that the plain language of HRS § 431-10C-211(a)[5] authorized an award to a "person making a claim for no-fault benefits." GEICO opposed the request, reiterating its objections to Dr. Hyman's standing andfrequently washing our hands, boiling or treating water, about not eating street food that had not been reheated enough.”

In 1999 Cuba founded the Latin American Medical School (ELAM) and offered 10,000 scholarships to students “in countries where Cuban medical teams were assisting the local health systems…. The idea behind the ELAM is for graduates to eventually replace the Cuban doctors in their countries,” according to MEDICC, a non-profit which promotes Cuba’s public health program.

The ELAM currently has 19,550 students from 110 countries, making it one of the largest medical schools in the world. All students receive a full scholarship. The ELAM includes the US in its outreach, among youth aspiring to become doctors from the ranks of the “global south” within the north. More than 100 US students


1998. According to a presentation following the catastrophic earthquake in January, 2010 at a conference hosted by the University of California’s Washington Center, 6,000 Cuban medical staff have treated over three million Haitians. Some 400 Cuban doctors had served consistently in Haiti since 1998. Conference presenter Cuban Ambassador Jorge BolaÃ±os said: “In the first 72 hours after the quake, Cuban medical personnel were among the first responders. …The Cubans have treated many more patients than any other foreign medical team.”

In fact, the Cuban medical team in six months post-earthquake provided more than 341,000 patient consultations, 8,700 surgeries, 111,000 vaccinations, and many other forms of care to hundreds of thousands. In addition, according to Gail Reed, international director of MEDICC, approximately 550 Haitians have graduated from ELAM and nearly300 of Haiti’s doctors present in the country at the time of the earthquake were trained on full scholarships in Cuba, another side of Cuba’s medical internationalism.

Ten months after the devastating 2010 earthquake, Cuban doctors in Mirebalais, Central Plateau department first identified the arrival of cholera into Haiti. In the 13 months following the outbreak, the Cuban mission in Mirebalais had treated more than 76,000 cholera cases, with just 272 fatalities. Over the 6 years since the outbreak Cuban doctors across Haiti have treated an estimated 40% of the 1 million cases registered. The official death toll is now nearing 10,000, a figure rising quickly due to the uptick in cholera cases following the devastation of hurricane Matthew and the floods that followed.

The cause of the cholera epidemic


provided for medically underserved nations. The generous Cuban offer announced by Fidel Castro in 2005 to send a large brigade of Cuban health professionals to New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina had a short media shelf life. The Henry Reeves Brigade—the same brigade that just returned from Haiti on December 19th—was named after the Brooklyn-born internationalist who fought in the Cuban revolution. The brigade consisted of 1,500 Cuban health professionals trained in disaster medicine and infectious disease containment. Built on 40 years of medical aid experience, the volunteer team was outfitted with essential medicines and equipment. (The offer was rejected by the Bush administration).

It was the Henry Reeve brigade that was later deployed in Haiti following the earthquake and in October 2014, it was the largest medical team onthe ground in West Africa battling Ebola. Cuba sent 146 specially trained doctors and nurses to the impacted West African countries, the largest international contingent to risk their people in the deadly center of the epidemic. Cuba held a major international conference in October 2014 on preventing an Ebola outbreak in the Americas, attended by 32 countries including the U.S. Another extraordinary achievement was Cuba’s treatment of 21,874 radiation victims of the Chernobyl, Ukraine nuclear disaster in the 1990s.

While corporate media has ignored stories of Cuban medical internationalism championed by Fidel Castro, much of the world recognizes that Cuba´s achievement transcends geopolitics altogether. It demonstrates what can be achieved when a very high value is placed on human life, every human life. With Fidel now gone, will humanity


The Celebrate Freedom Rally and the betrayal of arts leaders in the United States

On December 27 of last year, the Associated Press ran a news story that was picked up by newspapers and websites around the country. It bore the headline: “Trump, in Washington, stays close to home”. The article detailed the near-total lack of engagement by President Donald Trump with the local Washington, D.C. social scene during his first year in office. The article compared Trump’s hermetic behavior to that of his predecessor, President Barack Obama, who throughout his eight years in office regularly left the White House residence to frequent local restaurants, schools, shops, performances, charity events, and sporting events. It’s a fairly good article by a veteran AP reporter. However, it contains one serious error.

Trump'scoup d'etat in the Kennedy Center

In the opening paragraph, the journalist states that President Trump “hasn’t taken in a performance at the Kennedy Center” during his first year in office. This is grossly incorrect.

On July 1 of last year, President Trump visited the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. to attend the Celebrate Freedom Concert. This concert featured performances from the First Baptist Church Dallas Choir & Orchestra. It was part of a larger event billed as the “Celebrate Freedom Rally” organized by Celebration Concert Tours International (a for-profit, Christian-themed, booking and management agency based in Tennessee) and the First Baptist Church of Dallas (led by Senior Pastor Dr. Robert Jeffress).

The Celebrate Freedom Rally taking place inside the Kennedy Center for the Performing