business of surviving, than with whether the wealthiest women on earth get paid less than the wealthiest men, it existed in another universe entirely from the one inhabited by the vast majority of men.

Divorced from men’s reality

Imagine, if you will, a queen arrayed in an outfit that costs the average annual salary of the average working class schlub, an outfit she’ll wear only once because it would be gauche to wear it twice, pretending to speak for the experiences and struggles of the common woman. Ridiculous.

Now imagine this queen appealing to a group of people who are underrepresented in nearly every single metric of social wellbeing and success, from having a fixed address to being employed to finishing school, to pledge their efforts towards preventing girls from being1970's were de-registered in favour of biopesticides. Regardless, it is less likely now that the social consensus would exist for the widespread use of chemical insecticides when the spruce budworm population returns to epidemic proportions. New methods of controlling spruce budworm and other insect pests are needed.
Royama (1984) published a comprehensive analysis of the population dynamics of the spruce budworm focusing on the period 1945 to 1983 in New Brunswick (NB), Canada. One feature of this analysis is that he proposed a “fifth agent” referring to an unknown factor that was required to build models that best fit observed population changes. The central characteristic of this fifth agent was that it in some way changed the response of the insect populations to known factors such as weather, predation


Tiffany Chen in the kitchen, where bamboo cabinets, a concrete floor, Cambria quartz countertops and a white glass backsplash lend a streamlined look. Walker chose low-iron glass for the backsplash because it doesn't have a blue tint. (Christina House / For The Times)

Sunlight streams into the kitchen from several windows. Noah Walker loaded storage into the house, including under the countertop facing the family room. "There's not a lot of wasted space in this house," the designer said.

Sunlight streams into the kitchen from several windows. Noah Walker loaded storage into the house, including under the countertop facing the family room. "There's not a lot of wasted space in this house," the designer said. (Christina House / For The Times)

In the den adjacent to the dining area, the whitethe human's own internal reckoning and the human relations are told with lyrics.

Awards
2010 Digital Age Awards - Most Innovative Music / Sound Design winner song composed for Efes Pilsen.
The band also won the Billboard Special Jury Award in Roxy Music Days under the name "A due Carmen"

Discography

 Perili Sirk (2009)
 Diğer Masallar (2011)
 Levlâ'nın Hikayesi (2013)
 Mey (2016)

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Activists have criticised the jailing of a 15-year-old Indonesian girl who had an abortion after being raped by her brother.

A district court in the rural Jambi province sentenced the teenager to six months in prison. Her 18-year-old brother was sentenced to two years for sexual assault of a minor.

Easmus Napitupulu, programme director of the Institute for Criminal Justice Reform, said the court did not take into account the reason for the abortion.

"The court may decide that she is guilty of having an abortion, but if we see the background that encouraged her to do so, do we need to punish her?" he asked. "Yes, she violated the law, but she should not be held accountable."

Maidina Rahmawati, head of research at the same organisation, told CNN: “It is clearthat the judge involved didn't really examine this case…They don't look deeper into what things were really happening behind the case."

Zubaidah, director of the Embun Pagi Women School in Jambi, on the island of Sumatra, said the girl's sentence was unfair and violated child protection law

"It is an incest case that has to be seen more comprehensively than merely an abortion," said Zubaidah who uses one name.

Abortion is illegal in Indonesia but is allowed in cases of rape. However, it must take place within one and a half months of conception and must be performed by professionals.

The girl – who was raped eight times by her brother between September and May – had her abortion when she was six months pregnant.

Listyo Arif Budiman, court spokesman, said: "The judge


the attack began. He ran through traffic and jumped the central partition to tackle the attacker with several others. We ran away but looks like he disarmed him. Amazing bravery”

This man was walking behind us on the other side of London Bridge when the attack began. He ran through traffic and jumped the central partition to tackle the attacker with several others. We ran away but looks like he disarmed him. Amazing bravery @BBCNews #londonbridge pic.twitter.com/XdWRZyLwVN — George Robarts (@GeorgeRobarts) November 29, 2019

UPDATE: Concerns knifeman was wearing a bomb vest (unconfirmed).Bribery case: Cong core group may meet on Sunday for a possible decision on Bansal

Congress Core Group meeting at the end of Karnataka assembly polls on Sunday can make the party assess the damage on allowing Pawan Bansal to continue in the govt or to brazen out the issue, analysts say.'Bribe amount was interim payment for Singla'

Railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's continuance in the Union Cabinet hung in balance on Saturday night as Congress and the government received a fresh battering in the wake of the arrest of his nephew on the charge of accepting bribe to fix plum position in the Railway Board.

As demands for Bansal's removal and prosecution mounted, the Congress Core Group headed by Sonia Gandhi inconclusively met at the residence of Prime Minister Manmohan


Singh who called and talked to the minister earlier in the day.

Sources said Bansal did not offer to resign and in the Core Group meeting he explained his position claiming that he had no business links with his nephew nor did he get influenced by him in decision-making.

A meeting of the Core Group could take place on Sunday for a possible decision on the issue before Parliament resumes on Monday.

Senior party sources said that even at the Core Group meeting there was no offer by Bansal to resign. A decision on his contiuance or not may be taken at tomorrow's meeting of the Core Group, they said.

On his part, Bansal distanced himself from his nephew Vijay Singla, who was arrested by CBI on Friday night for allegedly acceptingRs 90 lakhs for fixing a better position for Railway Board member Mahesh Kumar.

In a statement, 64-year-old Bansal, who was made Railway minister in October last year, claimed he has always observed the highest standards of probity in public life and that nobody can influence his decisions. He also sought an expeditious CBI inquiry into the issue.

Interestingly, the AICC also appeared to back him with party generaly secretary Janardan Dwivedi brushing demands for Bansal's resignation saying it has become a "disease" for the Opposition to make such demands.

Notwithstanding the party general secretary's statement, the development involving Bansal has come as a shock and surprise in Congress circles as he had a clean and non-controversial image.

It has also come at a most troubled time when the UPA government has


been at the receiving end over the Coalgate issue in which law minister Ashwini Kumar's fate also hangs by a thread, depending on the Supreme Court proceedings next week.

Sunday's Congress Core Group meeting at the end of Karnataka assembly elections could make the party assess the damage on allowing Bansal to continue in the government or to brazen out the issue, analysts say.

Gunning for Bansal, BJP demanded his "sacking" and "prosecution". Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said Bansal is not only morally responsible but "criminally responsible" in the issue.

"It is a cash-and-carry government which has lost all moral authority to remain in power," he said.

Jaitley's party colleague Ravi Shankar Prasad said the latest corruption charges in the government further "reinforces" their demand for thePrime Minister's resignation.

"This government is no more a government of common man but a government of dealers, brokers and middlemen, where every government decision is up for sale and you must be prepared to offer the price.

"Congress has reduced the government to a bazaar where every decision is tradeable. This is very shocking and distressing state of affair," Prasad said.

Bansal was on Saturday evasive to a question whether he has offered to quit in the wake of the arrest of his nephew on a charge of accepting bribe for allegedly fixing appointments in the Railway Board.

"I have given my statement in the morning," was his repeated answers to the question when he was leaving for the Prime Minister's residence in the evening when a meeting of the Congress


Core Group was to take place.

On Friday night, his nephew Vijay Singla was arrested by CBI in Chandigarh on a charge of accepting Rs. 90 lakh as bribe for fixing top level appointments in Railway Board.

CBI Officers produced Vijay Singla, nephew of railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in an alleged bribery case At Patiala house court in New Delhi. HT/Sonu Mehta

Mahesh Kumar, who was appointed Member (Personnel) of the Board a couple of days ago was also arrested in Mumbai on Friday night for allegedly paying the bribe to the minister's nephew.

CBI Officers produced Vijay Singla, nephew of railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in an alleged bribery case At Patiala house court in New Delhi. HT/Sonu Mehta

Bansal met the Prime Minister at the latter's 7 Race Course Roadresidence on Saturday morning and apprised him of the issue, informed sources said.

Later, Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi defended Bansal, saying that he had clarified his position and "those demanding his resignation were affected by a disease".

Vijay Singla, Bansal's nephew, was on Saturday remanded in CBI custody for four days by a Delhi court in connection with a bribery case.

Besides Singla, three others Sandip Goyal, Dharmendra Kumar and Vivek Kumar were also remanded by Special CBI Judge Swarana Kanta Sharma till May 8 for custodial interrogation by the agency.

"Considering the nature of the crime, custodial interrogation is essential to not only find out the source of the bribe amount but also the actual beneficiaries and conspirators other than those named in the FIR.

All the four accused were arrested


agency said.

Regarding Manjunath, CBI told the court that he was the "main financier" and has been arrested in Bangalore.

During the hearing, CBI told the court that they need to arrest Samir Singhani and one Rahul to unearth the entire conspiracy and for that custodial interrogation of the accused was necessary.

The defence counsel, appearing for the four accused, opposed CBI's plea for custody saying their clients have already told the agency what they knew and there was nothing more which they could tell to the investigators.

The counsel, appearing for Singhla, told the court that Rs 90 lakhs, which CBI is claiming to have recovered from him, was given to him for some land deal and had nothing to do with the appointment of Mahesh Kumar.

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including rapidity and consistency of operation as well as cleanliness, etc. For example, a robotic manipulator usually is used for moving semiconductor wafers, coated with resist, from a wafer cassette to a substrate stage on which the substrates are exposed individually and for moving exposed substrates to cassette that holds exposed wafers. A robotic manipulator also is used for moving reticles from a reticle cassette to a reticle stage, on which the reticles are held individually for exposure, and for moving reticles, after use for exposure, back to the reticle cassette. In a CPB microlithography system, these conveying motions performed by the respective robotic manipulators include motions into and out of vacuum chambers, which involves motions into and out of load-lock chambers, gate valves between chambers, and theCPB optical system. The first robotic manipulator comprises at least one moving member that moves, during actuation of the manipulator, relative to the CPB optical system. The at least one moving member is substantially non-magnetic, as defined herein.
By way of example, the first robotic manipulator can be configured to convey a reticle to a reticle stage for exposure and from the reticle stage after exposure. As another example, the first robotic manipulator can be configured to convey a lithographic substrate to a substrate stage for exposure and from the substrate stage after exposure.
Typically, the first robotic manipulator comprises multiple moving members including a first arm member and an object-holding member pivotably attached to the first arm member. In this configuration the object-holding member is used for holding the


latter configuration the first robotic manipulator desirably is configured to move, when actuated, the object from the load-lock chamber to the load chamber, from the load chamber to the vacuum process chamber, from the vacuum process chamber to the load chamber, and from the load chamber to the load-lock chamber. Also, desirably, the first robotic manipulator is located inside the load chamber.
If the vacuum process chamber comprises an optical column containing an illumination-optical system and a reticle stage, the first robotic manipulator desirably is configured to move, when actuated, a reticle relative to the illumination-optical system. This movement is from the load-lock chamber to the load chamber, from the load chamber to the reticle stage, from the reticle stage to the load chamber, and from the load chamberto the substrate stage in the second vacuum process chamber, and from the substrate stage to the second load chamber. The second robotic manipulator comprises moving members that are substantially non-magnetic.
In this embodiment the respective moving members of the first and second robotic manipulators are made of a material such as any of the specific materials listed earlier above.
The CPB microlithography system further can comprise a first load-lock chamber connected to the first load chamber and a second load-lock chamber connected to the second load chamber. In this configuration the first robotic manipulator can be further configured to move, when actuated, the reticle from the first load-lock chamber to the first load chamber and from the first load chamber to the first load-lock chamber. The second robotic manipulator


can be further configured to move the substrate from the second load-lock chamber to the second load chamber and from the second load chamber to the second load-lock chamber. Desirably, the first robotic manipulator is located in the first load chamber, and the second robotic manipulator is located in the second load chamber.
This CPB microlithography system further can comprise a third robotic manipulator situated and configured to move, when actuated, the reticle from an external environment to inside the first load-lock chamber and from the first load-lock chamber to the external environment, and a fourth robotic manipulator situated and configured to move, when actuated, the substrate from the external environment to inside the second load-lock chamber and from the second load-lock chamber to the external environment. The thirdthe MDD network, 36.03% (1820/5050) of nodes had zero in-degree, indicating that there was no other member who replied to their messages in the MDD group. On the other hand, the in-degree could go as large as 541. For the out-degree, 50% of members had a value of either 1 or 2, whereas the largest was 991. We examined the node with the largest in-degree and the node with the largest out-degree. It turned out that it was the same node that had both the largest in-degree and the largest out-degree, indicating that this user was the most active member in the group from both perspectives. This member was also one of the administrators invited by the group initiator. This finding indicates that additional rewarding and ranking mechanisms


Explore South Africa's winelands

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Last year I caught the winemaking bug. I was invited out to spend time in the cellars of four of the leading producers in Elgin, South Africa's coolest-climate wine region, which is currently a bit of a hotspot. In particular, Elgin is turning out some very fine Chardonnay. The brief experience of being in these cellars meant that when Peter-Allan Finlayson (of Crystallum and Gabrielskloof) invited me to spend some time at his place during vintage, I immediately cleared some time in my diary, and booked flights.

I fell in love with South Africa and the wines a few years ago. The recent MasterChef UK final took me right back to a holiday I had there. They went(CNN) Dennis Tyler, the Democratic mayor of Muncie, Indiana, was indicted Monday on a charge of accepting a $5,000 bribe, according to the US Attorney's Office.

Tyler accepted the bribe in exchange for awarding contracts to a company from Gaston, Indiana, that performs demolition, excavation and construction projects for Muncie, according to the indictment. The mayor faces up to 10 years in federal prison if convicted.

"Tyler not only betrayed the trust of his community, but violated federal law, and all in an effort to serve his own personal interests," said Josh J. Minkler, acting US attorney for the Southern District of Indiana.

Authorities arrested Tyler, 76, at his home Monday morning, according to the FBI.

He is currently in FBI custody, according to Chris Bavender, spokeswoman with the FBI in Indianapolis.


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September 30, 2011

Francona: "It Was Time For Me To Move On"

John Henry, Tom Werner and Larry Lucchino on behalf of the Boston Red Sox:

We met with Terry Francona, Theo Epstein and Ben Cherington Friday morning to discuss the 2011 season, ways to improve the club in the future, and Tito's status. During the meeting, Tito, Theo and Ben agreed that the Red Sox would benefit from an improved clubhouse culture and higher standards in several areas. Tito said that after eight years here he was frustrated by his difficulty making an impact with the players, that a different voice was needed, and that it was time for him to move on. After taking time to reflect on Tito's sentiments, we agreed that it was best for the Redcomment, so I am going to turn it into a post on my seldom-used blog.

Thoughts about Tito's departure among other things. A lot of what I wrote about was exactly what Tito said - it seemed like he was not nearly as tight with the players over the past couple of years as he was back in the 2004-2007 years. You don't have to be chums but seeing eye-to-eye with players and being on the same page with everyone is crucial to the success of the organization.

If anything, this speaks to the makeup and the culture of the current players on the team. Losses of people like Pedro, Manny, Trot, Lowell, fuck, even Schilling - he is an asshole but from what I gathered he was a very


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A small island off the north-west coast of [[Hata | Hata.]]
Formerly an Iberian holding in the [[Pearl String Islands]], Tortage is now a free port under the …

A tributary of the great [[Hippolyta River]] in [[Mazteclopan]], the southern continent in [[The New World]]. Fairly underexplored due to the presence of hostile natives and dangerous local fauna, it still boasts a small population of hunters, …

A small trading post at the mouth of [[The Emerald River | The Emerald River]]. Little more than collection of shacks clustered around a dilapidated dock, it's most attractive feature is the small, cramped tavern. The stench of curing animal skins is …

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[[Montaigne]] take great pride in their colony nation of Hata, one of severalthe Brotherhood has no official headquarters, most of them sail out of [[ …

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One of the more defensible ports in [[Pearl String Islands | the Pearl String Islands.]] The city lies in the center of the great bay on the west coast of the island. The bay itself is flanked by two stone forts on …

Improbably located on the south eastern coast of Torrida, this thoroughly debauched port town is surely destined to be smote by not only hurricanes, but fire, earthquake and any other punishment an offended god can devise. Governors no longer reside in …

[[Iberia | Iberian]] for "The Thunder Twins", two large volcanoes that dominate the [[Sierra del Bruja | Sierra del Bruja]] mountains. Although never conquered by Western explorers,


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The largest [[Europa | Europan]] city on the [[Mazteclopan | Mazteclopan]] mainland, it was founded on the site where the [[Iberia | Iberian]] conqueror [[:fernando-quadrillo | Fernando Quadrillo]] burned his ships before beginning his assault on the [[ …

A small island off the south coast of [[Hata | Hata,]] about half a day's journey from [[Port-au-Hôpital | Port-au-Hôpital.]] Home to the sorcerer [[:presperino-of-vesuvio | Presperino of Vesuvio]] and his misshapen servant [[Calibos]].
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Founder, with [[:father-lazarus | Father Lazarus]] of the mission at [[San Miguel]].
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[[Montaigne | Montaignian]] governor of [[Hata | Hata.]] Once a brilliant military commander, age and infirmity gave rise to a number of tactical blunders and significant military losses. To save face, [[:brus-xiv | Brus XIV]] promoted the old boy into a …


Reconsidering the relationship between parenting and religiosity.
This study examined the relation between religiosity and parenting. 311 parents from the Flemish-speaking part of Belgium completed the Post-critical Belief Scale and reported on their style of parenting. Scores for religiosity (as measured by the Exclusion vs Inclusion of Transcendence dimension) were not significantly correlated with parenting styles. In contrast, the way in which religious contents are processed (as measured by the Literal vs Symbolic dimension) was significantly correlated with dimensions of parenting style.court erred by instructing the jury that any resignation by Wylie must have been in writing, by excluding certain testimony as falling within the attorney-client privilege, by failing to instruct the jury on two of its affirmative defenses, and by awarding Wylie prejudgment interest from the date of the breach to the date judgment was entered on the total amount of the verdict, while under the agreement in the event of a breach, Wylie was to receive his semi-monthly payments when they became due.   We reverse and remand for a new trial, while upholding some rulings of the trial court.

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Wylie began work for Marley in 1955.   In 1977 or 1978, after working at various positions in the company, Wylie was elected an executive vice


president by the board of directors.   Shortly thereafter Wylie executed an employment contract under which he was to be employed by Marley as its executive vice president for a term of ten years, ending in September 1988.

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In 1981 Kohlberg, Kravis & Roberts ("KKR"), a general partnership engaged in investment banking, made Marley a private company through a leveraged buyout that resulted in KKR's owning or representing a controlling shareholder interest in Marley's stock.   Shortly thereafter, KKR formed MC Acquisition Company, a privately held corporation, for the exclusive purpose of acquiring Marley's assets.   It was an objective of KKR to keep the present top management in place, and new or revised employment contracts were negotiated with "old" Marley's top management, including Wylie.

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Immediately afterthe closing, MC Acquisition was renamed "The Marley Company."   On April 28, 1981, MC Acquisition and Wylie entered into a new employment agreement which basically reiterated the terms of the old contract.   Wylie was to continue his employment in the capacity of Marley's executive vice president and carry out the responsibilities contained in Corporate Policy C-20, for a term ending December 31, 1988.   Furthermore, pursuant to his employment agreement Wylie was elected to Marley's board of directors.   Paragraph 3 of the April 28, 1981 employment agreement provided:

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During the term of this Agreement, the Employee [Wylie] shall hold the title of Executive Vice President and shall be assigned to and have the responsibilities set forth in Company's corporate policy C-20 as


an opportunity to cure any defects before it could declare the contract in breach.1  Id.   Paragraph 15 of the agreement stipulated that the agreement and the legal relations thereunder "shall be governed by the laws of the State of Kansas."

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A regularly scheduled meeting of Marley's Board of Directors on December 7, 1982, set the events in motion for this suit.   Attending this meeting were Wylie and Richard Powell, Robert McFadin, and Richard Signorelli, three directors representing the KKR interest and other directors representing Marley's management.   Powell was Chairman of the Board and a member of the executive committee.   McFadin was President and Chief Executive Officer of Marley.   Prior to the meeting Signorelli was a senior vice president.

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Atthe meeting McFadin nominated Signorelli to be a second executive vice president.   After the meeting Wylie met with Powell to discuss the situation.   Wylie believed that his job title had been diminished and that he was going to be seriously affected by Signorelli's promotion.   Powell arranged a meeting between McFadin and Wylie for the following morning.

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On the morning of December 8, 1982, Wylie met with McFadin and Powell in McFadin's office.   What was discussed at this meeting is sharply disputed.   Wylie stated that the promotion of Signorelli breached his employment agreement, that he was disturbed by the promotion, and that he was going to discuss his concerns with KKR representatives in San Franciso.   Wylie testified that


 Power later sought to withdraw the undated secret resignation but Berg back-dated the resignation and sent out word to the other directors of the resignation.   As stated in the reasoning quoted above, the federal district court in Dillon held that such a purported resignation was void because it was obtained by means of an illegal agreement and the statute required such a resignation to be unequivocal, in writing, and communicated to the corporation.  326 F.Supp. at 1224.   Accordingly the proxy information omitting Power's name was a violation of securities regulations.

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At one point the Dillon opinion pointed out that the legislative history of the proviso on written resignations indicated that the statute's purpose "was to prevent a corporate director who desired to resignFor the first few months he rode cautiously, but by July he was smashing it. On the last day of 1939 he had cycled 75,065 miles, or 120,805 kilometres, at an astonishing average of some 330 kilometres every day. Kurt "Tarzan" Searvogel is a distance riding veteran. Credit:Facebook/Kurt Searvogel In the many decades since then, Godwin's record has been described as "unbreakable". Who would want to spend a year of their lives trying to surpass that feat of human endurance? Well, two people, as it turns out. Since January, challengers Steven Abraham and Kurt Searvogel have been putting in heroic distances as they race the late, great Tommy - and each other. To make it more fun, it's a trans-Atlantic competition. Abraham, aged 40, a top UK Audax


rider who has taken leave from working in a warehouse in Milton Keynes, comes across as quietly spoken in videos and is described as someone who tends to underplay his achievements.

Across the pond in Florida, Kurt "Tarzan" Searvogel is a 51-year-old (!) distance cycling champion and business owner who is hilariously animated in videos shot by a support crew trailing him up and down the Sunshine State in a campervan. Steve Abraham has faced frigid conditions in Britain. Credit:Facebook/Steve Abraham Already there has been controversy from observers regarding the weather ("if it's not British, it's not fair"), the consumption of beer (it's allowed, thank goodness), and the choice of equipment (is there ever a bike race where technology isn't a talking point?). Of course, it would be impossibleto replicate Godwin's experience. He was riding in a time before Lycra on a four-speed bike, without any electronic navigational aids, counting his distances with a sealed odometer as he rattled along the rougher roads of yesteryear. Tucking in: Abraham fills the fuel tank. Credit:Facebook/Steve Abraham

An uphill battle With four months left of Godwin's 1939 ride, Britain had declared war on Germany, and he was soon riding through wartime blackouts. A strict vegetarian (take that, palaeos!), he was faced with wartime food rationing. Godwin had a Raleigh bike, and one fun fact is that his modern English counterpart, Abraham, is riding the same marque. It looks remarkably "normal" - disc brakes, a sturdy rack for supplies, aero bars, a trusty Brooks B17 saddle and mudguards to cope with


both stay healthy and motivated, and avoid any race-ending incidents? Will they both ride on to the end, even if one opens a significant margin on the other?

Just getting started And there's one more intriguing issue. Did Tommy Godwin have the world's longest lie-in on January 1, 1940? No. He rode on. He was determined to also set the record for the fastest completion of 100,000 miles, which he achieved on May 13 of that year. He then finally quit the bike and spent several weeks relearning how to walk, before reporting to the Royal Air Force and joining the war effort.

If Searvogel or Abraham are shy of that mark after a year, will they, too, plough on? Time, and social media, will tell. Handy links: All about it should be corrected to reflect that she was kidnapped and "held for ransom, reward or otherwise."

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According to the testimony of Cynthia Cheryl Blair, on January 7, 1991, at around midnight, Blair had just gotten into her car in a grocery store parking lot in Maryville, Tennessee, when she noticed a small, silver or silver-beige car pull up behind her.  The car looked like a Toyota or a Datsun.  Then, a man wearing a ski mask and wielding a gun forced his way into Blair's car.  At trial, Blair identified the man as Defendant Robert Davis.  While Davis drove the car, Blair thought she saw the silver car from the parking lot following them.  Davis instructed Blair to cover her face


with a towel so that she could not see his "buddy" or his "buddy's car."   He then stopped and picked up a man whom Blair identified at trial as Defendant Rodney Tipton.

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After driving some distance and taking Blair's money to buy gas, Davis stopped the car.  The two men pulled Blair from the car, undressed her, forced her to perform oral sex on both of them, and raped her.  Tipton also sodomized her.  They then allowed her to dress, and replaced the towel with the ski mask, placed backwards over her head so that she could not see.  They re-entered the car, placing Blair on Tipton's lap in the passenger seat.  Tipton went through Blair's purse, which contained $300.  Afterthey stopped to buy beer and liquor, the defendants removed Blair's clothes again, put her back on Tipton's lap, and Tipton raped her while Davis drove.

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Looking for a motel, Davis drove the car across the Tennessee border into North Carolina.  He stopped at a motel that Blair later identified as the Crossroads of Time Motel.  While Davis was out of the car arranging for a room, Blair lifted her mask over one eye and reached for a gun that was on the dashboard.  Tipton grabbed her arm and the mask fell off of her head.  She then saw Tipton's face from about one foot away, illuminated by a bright overhead light approximately 25 feet away.  Within a few seconds, Tipton managed to wrestle


the gun away from her and to pull the mask back over her head.  He threatened to kill her.

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Davis returned.  The men told her to get dressed, and then removed her mask, instructing her to cover her eyes.  She managed to see the outside of the motel while they pulled her into the motel room.  Inside, they replaced the mask.  Davis raped her again.  Then, Tipton shoved the gun to her vagina and threatened to "blow her away." Davis talked him into raping her again instead.  One of the men removed the ski mask in order to kiss her face.  She tried not to see the men's faces, but she did see part of the motel room clearly.  Afterthey got dressed, Davis blindfolded her with a pillowcase from the motel room, and they returned to the car.

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After driving for a while, they stopped and Davis raped her again.  Some time later, Tipton got out and left.  Davis continued driving.  Soon after, Davis lost control of the car, swerved off of the road and into a ditch.  Davis went to a nearby trailer to ask for help.  Willis Bivens came out of the trailer and tried, unsuccessfully, to pull the car out.  Then Bivens drove Davis and Blair to the Fort Louden Motel in Vonore, Tennessee.  Once they were inside a motel room, Davis fell asleep, and Blair crept out.  She went to the motel office and asked the


received the picture, he felt it resembled Tipton.  He presented Blair with an array of six photographs, from which she selected an eight year old photograph of Tipton.  Tipton was arrested shortly thereafter.

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Blair's testimony was plausible, consistent, and surprisingly detailed.  Many details in her testimony were corroborated by Joyce Atkins, Willis Bivens, Vonore Police Chief Harold Davis, Crossroads of Time Motel worker Ricky Hartsell, Detective Graves, Officer Merks, and gas station owner Ben Underwood.  The jury saw the composite picture;  apparently, they agreed that it looked like Tipton.

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In addition, Tipton's girlfriend, Peggy Cooper, testified that, as of January 7, 1991, she and Tipton were living together in a trailer approximately five minutes from the grocery store parking lot where Blair was abducted. or semen--linking Tipton to the crime.  The only evidence that Tipton was one of the perpetrators was Blair's description of her assailant and her identification of Tipton based upon Blair's having seen him for only a few seconds during the struggle for the gun in the parking lot of the Crossroads of Time Motel.

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The defendants had already been tried and sentenced in Tennessee state court when trial was held in federal court on January 7-9, 1992.  The federal jury found both Defendants guilty on both counts.  The district court sentenced Davis to 262 months imprisonment on the kidnapping charge and 60 months on the firearm charge.  It sentenced Tipton to 188 months on the kidnapping charge and 60 months on the firearm charge.


A Municipal Court judge has accused two Montreal police officers of racial and gender profiling, and dismissed all charges against a Montreal woman who was pulled over in November 2017.

"This police intervention has all the appearances of a fishing expedition and of an arbitrary detention motivated by racial or sexual profiling, or both at once," Judge Randall Richmond wrote in his ruling Thursday.

In November 2017, Vanessa Anna Baptiste was driving her father's car to Notre Dame Island, heading there to pick him up from the casino, with her male friend riding in the passenger seat.

As she drove along Papineau Avenue, she crossed paths with a Montreal police vehicle on the corner of Ste-Catherine Street. She continued northbound, toward the entrance of the Jacques Cartier Bridge, and watched asthe police vehicle made a U-Turn and navigated around other cars, until it caught up with hers, court documents said.

According to the documents, the police then drove behind Baptiste's car and turned on their sirens about halfway across the bridge, signalling they were pulling her over.

As one of the officers approached her vehicle, Baptiste already had her license, registration and proof of insurance in hand, the court ruling states. Baptiste then told the two officers she did nothing wrong and accused them of pulling her over because of the colour of her skin.

At this point, the officers removed her from her car and handcuffed her behind her back, the ruling said, with Baptiste's documents and cell phone falling on the car seat in the process.

After looking at the


documents, the officers dealt her two fines: one for refusing to hand over documents and one for screaming.

The officers claimed they had pulled her over because they saw that the woman was driving a vehicle belonging to a man. They later claimed that one of her brake lights was also out.

The two officers said they could see a woman and a man inside the car and that they were able to look up the vehicle's license plate, but that it was too dark to see the colour of their skin.

Judge denounces choice of words

In their description of what happened that night, the officers repeatedly described Baptiste as "hysterical" and claimed she "screamed her head off."

"The word 'hysterical' is derogatory and suggests that a person is out of control,"high school). This to me was the story told the share cropper of the 19th century and the destitute workers of the 1920s. "You have to do back-breaking work so you can earn a fraction of what the MORE educated person makes." This, I'm sure was told to the person that had to quit school to support their family. And there are many stories I hear of where people never finished the 7th grade. Never finished high school. Then after the depression, teen-aged high schoolers, who never had to really work to support their families, were told to go to college. Life will be better for you with a college degree. This was to be the great salvation of the middle class. The GOP focuses on government employees


Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

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Jacqueline Kennedy's visit to India, 1962

Whole books have been written about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' style, and although it's sort of redundant to post a column about her unique aesthetic, today is her birthday...so we figured, why not give her one more small shout-out?

Like anyone who lived a long, full life, Jackie went through many phases and many different "style decades." Style-wise, she's usually remembered as a fashion symbol — Chanel suits, pillbox hats, and pearls will always be associated with her years as First Lady. Yet she also had a strong sense of herself as a preservationist, and her efforts to restore and conserve the White House have been well documented.

Her background prepared her to be a smart and savvy aesthete. Born into the wealthyBouvier family, she spent much of her childhood in an East Hampton mansion known as Lasata. As a girl, she rode horses on the grounds. She attended private schools in Maryland and Connecticut, and — after a stint at the Sorbonne — graduated from George Washington University with a degree in French literature. Out of college, her eye grew sharper working as the “Inquiring Camera Girl” for the Washington Times Herald.

In 1953, she married Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy. In 1960, JFK defeated Richard Nixon in a heated race and, in January of 1961, the new First Couple moved in to the White House. Just one month after moving in, Jackie announced the formation of a Fine Arts Committee that would focus on restoring the home. The next


month, the committee appointed Lorraine Pearce the first White House curator.

"It would be sacrilege to merely redecorate it—a word I hate," Jackie said in an interview with LIFE Magazine. "It must be restored, and that has nothing to do with decoration. That is a question of scholarship." She helped to found the White House Historical Association in 1961 and oversaw the publication of the first guide to the building, which remains in print today. She also appeared in a televised tour of the restored White House, for which she received an Emmy.

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum has many beautiful photos in the public domain from the Kennedys' White House years, and we pulled the slideshow above largely from those. That's why you see so muchof "Camelot" with a huge — and noticeable — absence of photos from Jackie's other eras. After JFK's assassination in November of 1963, Jackie guarded her family's privacy closely, and there are fewer public photos available from the post-Camelot years.

When she remarried to Aristotle Onassis in 1968, Jackie released a statement to the press explaining her wish for a private wedding: "We know you understand that even though people may be well known they still hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth — birth, marriage, death."

Although she could sometimes appear stiff and aloof, the constant tension between her private life and public persona makes her feel more human. It's visible in


the photographs from the White House years, with snapshots ranging from a coiffed Jackie posed in the stately blue and red rooms, to Hyannisport photos that show a mother in a shift dress with a child on her hip, leaning against the porch rail.

In her later years, Jackie retained her commitment to preservation (working for the conservation of Lafayette Square in Washington DC and Grand Central Terminal in New York), and she kept her status as a cultural symbol. She's inspired fine artists like Andy Warhol and Gerhard Richter, and she's a continual subject of biographies and documentaries.

At the White House, her influence is, of course, still felt. Her efforts contributed to the designation of the home as a national monument, the establishment of the White House HistoricalAssociation, and the continuation of the curatorial post. In the words of Letitia Baldrige, Jackie's Social Secretary during her time as First Lady, "She changed the White House from a plastic to a crystal bowl."


Conceived by Kent Nagano, the project was developed by the OSM in collaboration with Université de Montréal and the Commission scolaire de la Pointe-de-l’Île

Lamusique aux enfants, a music prekindergarten and kindergarten at École St-Rémi Annexe,of the Commission scolaire de la Pointe-de-l’Île (CSPI) in the borough of Montréal Nord.

Imaginedby Maestro Kent Nagano and developed by the OSM in collaboration with Université de Montréal and the CSPI, the project will introduce preschool children to music learning as a means of supporting their overall development.

All students at the École St-Rémi Annexe will receive a minimum of one lesson in rhythm and choral singing per week and will have the opportunity to participate in cultural activities putting them in contact with music and the musicians of the OSM.

Of these 161 children, awho enabled this idea to take shape.”

La musique aux enfants has also been made possible thanks to numerous other partners, whose support has allowed for retrofittingthe premises, the acquisition of musical instruments,and the recruitmentof educators.

The OSM extends special thanks to major donors Ms. Satoko Shibata and Mr. Richard Ingram, and to the Marcelle and Jean CoutuFoundation.

The OSM salutes the generosity of partnersLEMAYMICHAUD, BBA and Pomerleau for refurbishing the premises, Yamaha Canada Music and Twigg Music for the loan of instruments, and the evenko foundation,along with numerous other partners who have also contributed to making this project possible.

Operating as a distinctorganization from the OSM, La musique aux enfants was establishedto realize an ambitiousproject.

The project will be activefor the next three years in the form of a pilot.

Its mission is


to promote music education forchildren inQuebec and elsewhere,While contribut in to the advancement of knowledge in the domain of music education for the young.

Website: lamusiqueauxenfants.org

The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

Since its founding in 1934, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal has distinguished itself as a leader in the orchestral life of Canada and Quebec. A cultural ambassador of the highest order, the Orchestra has acquired an enviable reputation internationally through the quality of its many recordings and tours.

The OSM carries on that rich tradition under the leadership of its current music director, Kent Nagano, featuring innovative programming aimed at updating the orchestral repertoire and strengthening the Orchestra’s connection with the community.

Over the years the OSM has undertaken over 40 tours and roughly 30 national and international excursions. The Orchestra has1Wj

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The company was sold to department store operator Broadway-Hale in 1969 and began planning its national expansion outside of Texas. Through a series of deals, the retailer came under the ownership of the conglomerate Harcourt General, which also published textbooks and owned movie theaters.

In 1999, Harcourt General spun off Neiman Marcus stores and Bergdorf Goodman as a separate, publicly traded entity, the Neiman Marcus Group. In 2005, TPG Capital and Warburg Pincus bought the company for $5.1 billion in 2005, taking it private.

Neiman Marcus, which operates 79 stores, has a long-held reputation for coddling its wealthy shoppers with customer service that goes above and beyond the standard. In 1984, it established InCircle, the industry’s first customer loyalty program, which now has 144,000 members and generated 40 percent ofThe National are a musical group who have been together for 20 years, have released multiple critically acclaimed albums, all while retaining the same lineup for the entire time. The band consists of lead vocalist and primary lyricist, Matt Berninger, brothers Scott and Bryan Devendorf on bass and drums respectively, and brothers Aaron and Bryce Dessner, both multi-instrumentalists. While Bryce works in the post-modern instrumental genre, composing, arranging, and collaborating with a wide range of artists (Sufjan Stevens, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Ryuichi Sakamoto), Aaron is a studio owner and record producer (Sharon Van Etten, Local Natives, Lisa Hannigan, This is the Kit). Previously I never felt fully connected to their music, but had always respected their musicianship and increasingly adventurous arrangements and production, but their new release,


singer Matt Berninger shares lead vocals with a cast of strong female vocalists, including Gail Ann Dorsey, Mina Tindle, Lisa Hannigan, Kate Stables (This Is the Kit), and Sharon Van Etten. This was instigated by the film's storyline, and actor Alicia Vikander, who plays the lead. The album was clearly a close collaboration between Mills, The National, and many talented artists within the band’s circle of friends and family. I was able to discuss the making of I Am Easy to Find with several of the key people involved, and they shed an interesting light on the creative process involved. For understanding this project I would suggest you watch the film as an entry point, and then enjoy the music.

The Cast and Crew:

Bryce and Aaron Dessner: A pairof brothers in The National, they write a majority of the music and are both multi-instrumentalists.

Jonathan Low: An engineer who recorded most of the album at Aaron Dessner's Long Pond Studio. He also recorded the band's albums Sleep Well Beast and Trouble Will Find Me, as well as This is the Kit, Sharon Van Etten, Kate Hannigan, War On Drugs [Tape Op #102], the Bryce Dessner, Sufjan Stevens [#70], Nico Muhly, James McAlister collaboration Planetarium, and the Aaron Dessner/Justin Vernon collaboration Big Red Machine. Jonathan is originally from Philadelphia and worked at Miner Street Studios with Brian McTear [#92]. www.heyjonlow.com

Mike Mills: A film director, writer, graphic designer, and artist who co-produced this record. He has written and directed the films Thumbsucker, Beginners, and 20th Century Women (nominated for


an Academy Award for his screenplay). He has also done music videos and album covers for Air, Moby, Sonic Youth, and the Beastie Boys. <mikemillsmikemills.com>

Peter Katis: The engineer who mixed the album, he has worked with the band on seven other records and was inTape Op #31. He has recorded, produced, and mixed records by bands like Kurt Vile, Interpol, Jonsi, and Mercury Rev. www.tarquinrecords.com/studio/

Following are excerpts from all five interviews I conducted in response to specific questions, followed by additional interviews with Jonathan Low, Peter Katis, and Mike Mills.

The National and Mike Mills

Aaron you own a studio and produce other artists. Do you have to back away from the production role within the band, or do you end up the de facto producer? How do you balanceof metal. Now comfortably marketed to the 'burbs rather than the seedy, beer-soaked parts of town they once ruled, a VH-1 Behind the Music special about the band would probably seem more like an episode of the X-Files than a documentary. The band followed-up their breakthrough album with 1998's Dizzy Up the Girl, scoring the Goo Goo Dolls another round of chart hits with "Slide" and "Iris," a monster power ballad written for the City of Angels soundtrack. A result of the band's over-the-top success was that frontman Johnny Rzeznik ended up spending a great deal of time in Los Angeles; eventually moving there. In 2002, they released the rather glossy Gutterflower marking the first hiccup for the band. Rzeznik, who was having trouble adjusting to living in


Los Angeles and fame in general, found himself divorced, uninspired by his new surroundings and with relative commercial bomb on his hands. In July, 2004, the Goo Goo Dolls played a Fourth of July concert for their fans. The free concert was held in the band's hometown of Buffalo, New York, and captured the magic of the band perfectly -- even the unseasonable rain couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of the crowd that day. Fittingly, the Goos released Live in Buffalo shortly thereafter. The experience restored Rzeznik's spirits and once again, the singer found himself packing his belongings and moving across country. In the transition, the band's label released What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce, a somewhat wishy-washy compilation of remixes and early tracks. Once backin Buffalo, the beleagured singer's creative juices started flowing once again. He and bandmate Robbie Takac rekindled their songwriting partnership, which had fallen by the wayside after SuperstarCarWash was released. The result was 2006's return to form, Let Love In, an inspired effort produced by Glen Ballard.
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Goo Goo Dolls

Often compared to the Replacements and Cheap Trick, the Goo Goo Dolls' tattered, anthemic beginnings were documented on Metal Blade Records -- home to such other "alt rockers" as D.R.I., GWAR, and Fates Warning. Perennial headbangers, their noisy forays embraced the excesses of Sonic Youth and Oh My Gawd!-era Flaming Lips as much as they harnessed the raw punk energy of the Replacements. The 'Mats references don't really start to make sense until the fourth and fifth albums,


when their songwriting developed past three chords-and-some-noise songs to eventually include string sections and over-rehearsed dynamics (see Superstar Car Wash). Their sixth album, A Boy Named Goo, offered the megahit "Name," a song so sweetly infectious and clean it seemed to deny any previous knowledge of metal. Now comfortably marketed to the 'burbs rather than the seedy, beer-soaked parts of town they once ruled, a VH-1 Behind the Music special about the band would probably seem more like an episode of the X-Files than a documentary. The band followed-up their breakthrough album with 1998's Dizzy Up the Girl, scoring the Goo Goo Dolls another round of chart hits with "Slide" and "Iris," a monster power ballad written for the City of Angels soundtrack. A result of the band'sover-the-top success was that frontman Johnny Rzeznik ended up spending a great deal of time in Los Angeles; eventually moving there. In 2002, they released the rather glossy Gutterflower marking the first hiccup for the band. Rzeznik, who was having trouble adjusting to living in Los Angeles and fame in general, found himself divorced, uninspired by his new surroundings and with relative commercial bomb on his hands. In July, 2004, the Goo Goo Dolls played a Fourth of July concert for their fans. The free concert was held in the band's hometown of Buffalo, New York, and captured the magic of the band perfectly -- even the unseasonable rain couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of the crowd that day. Fittingly, the Goos released Live in Buffalo shortly thereafter. The


experience restored Rzeznik's spirits and once again, the singer found himself packing his belongings and moving across country. In the transition, the band's label released What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce, a somewhat wishy-washy compilation of remixes and early tracks. Once back in Buffalo, the beleagured singer's creative juices started flowing once again. He and bandmate Robbie Takac rekindled their songwriting partnership, which had fallen by the wayside after SuperstarCarWash was released. The result was 2006's return to form, Let Love In, an inspired effort produced by Glen Ballard.

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Often compared to the Replacements and Cheap Trick, the Goo Goo Dolls' tattered, anthemic beginnings were documented on Metal Blade Records -- home to such other "alt rockers" as D.R.I., GWAR, and Fates Warning.a documentary. The band followed-up their breakthrough album with 1998's Dizzy Up the Girl, scoring the Goo Goo Dolls another round of chart hits with "Slide" and "Iris," a monster power ballad written for the City of Angels soundtrack. A result of the band's over-the-top success was that frontman Johnny Rzeznik ended up spending a great deal of time in Los Angeles; eventually moving there. In 2002, they released the rather glossy Gutterflower marking the first hiccup for the band. Rzeznik, who was having trouble adjusting to living in Los Angeles and fame in general, found himself divorced, uninspired by his new surroundings and with relative commercial bomb on his hands. In July, 2004, the Goo Goo Dolls played a Fourth of July concert for their fans. The


free concert was held in the band's hometown of Buffalo, New York, and captured the magic of the band perfectly -- even the unseasonable rain couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of the crowd that day. Fittingly, the Goos released Live in Buffalo shortly thereafter. The experience restored Rzeznik's spirits and once again, the singer found himself packing his belongings and moving across country. In the transition, the band's label released What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce, a somewhat wishy-washy compilation of remixes and early tracks. Once back in Buffalo, the beleagured singer's creative juices started flowing once again. He and bandmate Robbie Takac rekindled their songwriting partnership, which had fallen by the wayside after SuperstarCarWash was released. The result was 2006's return to form, Let Loveto deny any previous knowledge of metal. Now comfortably marketed to the 'burbs rather than the seedy, beer-soaked parts of town they once ruled, a VH-1 Behind the Music special about the band would probably seem more like an episode of the X-Files than a documentary. The band followed-up their breakthrough album with 1998's Dizzy Up the Girl, scoring the Goo Goo Dolls another round of chart hits with "Slide" and "Iris," a monster power ballad written for the City of Angels soundtrack. A result of the band's over-the-top success was that frontman Johnny Rzeznik ended up spending a great deal of time in Los Angeles; eventually moving there. In 2002, they released the rather glossy Gutterflower marking the first hiccup for the band. Rzeznik, who was having


trouble adjusting to living in Los Angeles and fame in general, found himself divorced, uninspired by his new surroundings and with relative commercial bomb on his hands. In July, 2004, the Goo Goo Dolls played a Fourth of July concert for their fans. The free concert was held in the band's hometown of Buffalo, New York, and captured the magic of the band perfectly -- even the unseasonable rain couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of the crowd that day. Fittingly, the Goos released Live in Buffalo shortly thereafter. The experience restored Rzeznik's spirits and once again, the singer found himself packing his belongings and moving across country. In the transition, the band's label released What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce, a somewhat wishy-washy compilation of remixesand early tracks. Once back in Buffalo, the beleagured singer's creative juices started flowing once again. He and bandmate Robbie Takac rekindled their songwriting partnership, which had fallen by the wayside after SuperstarCarWash was released. The result was 2006's return to form, Let Love In, an inspired effort produced by Glen Ballard.
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A Bangladeshi journalist was arrested and another was on the run after being accused of publishing “false information” about voting irregularities in an election won by the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina. Hedayet Hossain Mollah, who works for the Dhaka Tribune newspaper, was detained late on Tuesday under a controversial digital security law that rights groups…

A Bangladeshi journalist was arrested and another was on the run after being accused of publishing “false information” about voting irregularities in an election won by the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina.

Hedayet Hossain Mollah, who works for the Dhaka Tribune newspaper, was detained late on Tuesday under a controversial digital security law that rights groups say gives authorities sweeping powers to stifle dissent.

Mollah was arrested in the southern Khulna region after he reported that indowntowns, and on developing downtown-like centers in suburban locations. But unlike most research and policy discussion on this topic, Barnes does not advocate focusing on housing density around transit centers as the first goal.

"The conclusion of this paper," Barnes writers, "is that the development and expansion of very large, high-density job centers is the best tool available for most cities to achieve substantial increases in transit use."

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. This is a tale of two cities and transit-oriented development.

"When the Leander transit-oriented development was designed in 2005, the city created an award-winning TOD Smart Code to help guide development in the area. But nearly five years later, nothing has been built in the TOD, and some wonder if the


Elvira For Sale

On Friday January 13th 2006, Elvira aka Cassandra Peterson, threw open the doors of her Hollywood home for an estate sale. Being the good tour guide that I am, and more importantly being my own boss, I took two groups of tourists to Elvira’s house to paw through her things.

The normally gated community was wide open as we pulled up to the house and went in. There were some wings she wore at one time. Tons of memorabilia was for sale, people were buying out entire rooms.

What I found most unusual, was that it seemed that she just got up that morning and left. Toothbrush still in the holder, there were still panty hose and socks in the drawers in the closet. Very odd I thought,country. He is part of the ancient tradition of the Black Panther, where his mind and body have been enhanced by the secret infusion of the heart-shaped herb, turning him into one of the foremost fighters in the world.

Detailed in his form-fitting suit and mysterious head covering, pose this Black Panther action figure in a battle-ready pose with his weapon accessory aimed at the enemy! Black Panther comes with a weapon accessory and a S.H.I.E.L.D. file with a secret code.

006 - Wolverine (X-Force costume)Wolverine has already lived three lifetimes, kept young and healthy by the healing factor that prevents him from being killed or badly injured. During that time, he has fought in a dozen wars, and learned more ways to fight than any person before him.

Detailed with


Overview: Help Buzz Lightyear defend Earths supply of batteries from the Evil Emperor Zurg by using laser guns to blast invaders. Two person, spinning vehicles slowly maneuver through glow in the dark rooms where guests hit as many targets as possible and rack up points which are displayed on a monitor inside your vehicle. This video game-like ride is addictive as you constantly try to beat your previous score!

Thrill Time: 4 minutes

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Be Aware of: Guests enter and exit vehicles from a moving walkway. The vehicles start to spin on their own at the beginning of the ride but can soon be controlled by the driver. There are bright, flashing lights at the end of the attraction.

Helpful Hints: Hold down your laser trigger throughout the entire ride andswing it back and forth to win as many points as possible. In the first room, shoot the back of the orange robots arm or the back of the buzz saw to get 100,000 points.

Parent/Guardian Switch option is available.

Disabled Access: Guests must transfer from a motorized scooter to an available wheelchair. Guests may remain in their wheelchair. Disneys handheld captioning devices interact with this attraction.

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Look For: Check out the batteries on the wall that are facing you when you enter the inside queue line. They are inscribed Made in Glendale California which is the real home of Walt Disney Imagineering which creates Disney attractions.

Hidden Mickey Hunt: In the inside queue line you will see two maps of planets. Look for the planet Pollost Prime, which looks similar to


to get into the country music recording industry in the 1970s and later the gospel music industry in the 1990s. Now, she concentrates her writing on soap opera spoilers specializing in General Hospital, aspires to write a series of family-friendly mysteries in the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries style, and the rest of her time is spent being grandma to her three grandchildren and cat mama to Mollie & Missie. She is married to her childhood sweetheart whom she rediscovered after 30 years apart.HMAS Newcastle (FFG 06)

The Australian Navy frigate, HMAS Newcastle (FFG 06) alongside C Berth, Fremantle Port, Western Australia on September 20, 2015.

HMAS Newcastle (FFG 06), named for the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, the largest provincial city in Australia, is an Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The last ship of the class to be constructed, Newcastle entered service in 1993.

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He piled into the back of a cab early Wednesday for the ride out to Heathrow Airport, accompanied by a reporter; his wife, First Lady Dianne Bentley; his chief of staff, David Perry; and a pair of security guards.

His voice was hoarse and his suit was rumpled. In the past two days alone, he met with 24 individual companies at the air show, conducted a dozen or


more interviews and delivered half as many speeches. In between, he fought the London gridlock, kept up with state issues back home and managed a couple of hours of sleep at night.

“I feel like a first-year resident, back in med school,” said Bentley, 69, who was a practicing dermatologist in Tuscaloosa before his election as governor in 2010. “If I sound tired, I am.”

It was a good kind of fatigue, he added. Bentley soared into Europe on the heels of arguably the biggest accomplishment in his 18-month tenure as governor: Airbus announced July 2 that it would construct a $600 million, 1,000-worker aircraft assembly plant in Mobile, giving the European company its first production site on U.S. soil and Bentley a signature win for his administration.

“It’s been aNobody could have predicted Slumdog Millionaire would win an Oscar for best picture. A dramatic feature about extreme poverty in India's slums? No way. Boyle's films are not your standard fare for studio films... Trainspotting has some "page killer" scenes which no Hollywood studio would have ever dared to film. However, because Slumdog won an Oscar and did so well at the box office, it is—by many earmarks, an independent picture with a big budget—thus, a commercial film. So how do you slice the pie to figure out what an indie film is and what isn't?

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February 24, 2004

Name:

Jocelyn

Age:

Six months old

Gender:

Female

Kind:

Chicken

Home:

Carlock, Illinois, USA

Jocelyn
is a very special little hen. Actually, she's a pullet until she
lays her first egg. I knew she was special from the moment she hatched.
I helped her out of the egg, and an hour later I put Mara, the mommy
hen, on the floor to eat and watched the babies while she was down.
Jocelyn kept peeping contentedly and trying to crawl up to me. When she
got older she would sit in my hand and just watch me. I had a very
special friend stop by my farm to see the chickens and she really liked
this baby chicken. She held her and petted her real gingerly. I named
her Jocelyn after that friend. Jocelyn is really sweet, loves to talk
and eat 'people food', and loves totag along with me in the shop. In
the picture she is sitting in her favorite spot - atop the drill press.
She just watches. Sometimes she startles easily though, so you have to
calm her down.

I bring her in at night and wrap her in an old towel and she peaks out
from under it and watches the TV. She likes Sci-Fi shows the best. When
she has to go bathroom, she gets anxious and starts talking a lot. I
take her outside and she goes. Yes, a house-trained chicken! And it came
naturally too.

Her lineage goes back almost 30 years on our farm. I have four other
hens and two roosters with the same color patterns. I call them the
"Melody Variety" because it all goes back to a very special hen named
Melody - she


An “international crackdown” on cryptocurrency scams was launched Monday by a group of securities regulators in Canada and the United States.

Dubbed “Operation Cryptosweep,” the effort was unveiled during a Monday event hosted by the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA). Its existence was first reported by the Washington Post and later detailed in releases from the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) as well as the Texas State Securities Board (TSSB).

Cryptosweep, according to statements, constitutes “nearly 70 inquiries and investigations and 35 pending or completed enforcement actions since the beginning of the month.” More investigations are said to be underway, though it’s unclear when any related enforcement actions will be unveiled.

The effort gathered steam in April when a task force comprised of NASAA members was convened “to1) Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an improvement in an automotive vehicle equipped with an air bag system, and especially to the discharge of a gas, which has been generated upon actuation of the air bag system, from a vehicle interior into the outside.
2) Description of the Related Art
As a cushioning system for providing additional safety beyond that provided by a seat belt system for holding safely an occupant or the like of an automotive vehicle, an air bag system has been put into practical use. With the air bag system, the body of an occupant, especially his head and chest, is supported by a balloon-like air bag in the event of a collision and the internal gas is then gradually discharged, whereby a cushioning stroke


is prolonged to reduce impact to the body.
Such an air bag system includes a module constructed of a center pad, a folded air bag, an inflator (gas generator) and the like. The module can be built into a steering wheel, for example. When triggered by an electric signal from a sensor which has detected a vehicular collision, the inflator is activated so that the air bag is instantaneously inflated by the resulting gas. After the air bag so inflated has supported as a cushioning member the head and chest of the occupant in the event of a collision, the gas is gradually released through a gas release hole formed in the air bag. As a result, impact to the occupant is reduced.
Such air bag systems include not onlyan air bag system for a driver's seat as described above but also an air bag system for a front passenger's seat or a rear passenger's seat. The air bag of the latter system has a greater volume than that of the former system. When all the air bag systems are actuated, the total volume of gas and smoke generated by inflators of the respective air bag systems becomes substantial.
Incidentally, gas and smoke produced from a detonator of each inflator to inflate its associated air bag contain components which give discomfort to passengers. Especially when the ventilation of an automotive vehicle is in a naturally-ventilated state (i.e., in a state not forcedly ventilated with the exterior air), an opening through which the vehicle interior is in communication with


to watch the parade of service personnel, bands, veterans and cadets go past.

Thousands of people turned out for the event, including Mayor Joe Anderson,which saw the Red Arrows fly over the city and cannons fired by the Mersey.

Scott Merrit, 24, from Huyton, told the Liverpool Echo: "It was just a joke. I don't like her, full stop.

(Image: Liverpoolecho.co.uk)

"She's hated around here, as you just heard.

“Not one person along here wanted her here. Hence why she got in the car and was off as quick as she got out of the car.”

(Image: Liverpoolecho.co.uk)

The Prime Minister has been less than popular recently. Last week, she was booed and told to "resign" after visiting people affected by the Grenfell fire.

Meanwhile, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn received a rock star's welcome at Glastonburywhich these witnesses state that Adams expressed. Should the property be sold by the order of Mrs. Adams, the money received would be subject to the same trusts as the land, to wit, for the use of Mrs. Adams during her lifetime and her children after her death. It would not by such transmutation become the absolute property of Mrs. Adams.
Upon the evidence before us we have no doubt that the deed was executed, acknowledged, and recorded by the defendant with the intent to make provision for his wife and children; that he took the deed into his own possession with the understanding, and upon the belief on his part, that he had accomplished that purpose by acknowledging and procuring the record of the deed, by showing the


same to his wife, informing her of its contents, and placing the same in the house therein conveyed in a place equally accessible to her and to himself.
The defendant now seeks to repudiate what he then intended, and to overthrow what he then asserted and believed he had then accomplished.
It may be conceded, as a general rule, that delivery is essential, both in law and in equity, to the validity of a gift, whether of real or personal estate.[*] What constitutes a delivery is a subject of great difference of opinion, some cases holding that a parting with a deed, even for the purpose of recording, is in itself a delivery.[]
It may be conceded also to have been held many times that courts of equity will not enforcecompletion to the deed. It was not an intention simply to create a trust. He had done all that was needed. With his wife he signed and sealed the deed. With her he acknowledged it before the proper officers, and himself caused it to be recorded in the appropriate office. He retained it in his own possession, but where it was equally under her dominion. He declared openly and repeatedly to her, and to her brothers and sisters, that it was a completed provision for her, and that she was perfectly protected by it. He intended what he had done to be final and binding upon him. Using the name of his friend as trustee he made the placing the deed upon record and keeping the same under


says again:
"It will be seen that it is difficult to define with accuracy the law affecting this subject. The writer conceives that he is warranted in stating the following propositions to be the result of the several decisions: 1. Where the author of a trust is possessed of the legal interest in the property, a clear declaration of trust contained in or accompanying a deed or act which passes the legal estate will create a perfect executed trust, and will be established against its author and all subsequent volunteers claiming under him. 2. A clear declaration or direction by a party that the property shall be held in trust for the objects of his bounty, though unaccompanied by a deed or other act divesting himself of the legalestate, is an executed trust, and will be enforced against the party himself, or representatives, or next of kin after his death."
Upon the principles laid down by this author the plaintiff's case is made out.
It will be necessary to refer to a few only of the American authorities.
In Bunn v. Winthrop,[*] which was the case of a voluntary trust created in certain real estate in the city of New York, Chancellor Kent says:
"The instrument is good as a voluntary settlement, though retained by the grantor in his possession until his death. There was no act of his at the time or subsequent to the execution of the deed which denoted an intention contrary to the face of the deed. The cases of Clavering v. Clavering,[]*195 of Boughton v.


plaintiff or to her mother (the mother being one of the grantors). This is much stronger, and attended with more circumstances of a due delivery, than Shelton's Case[§] In that case a deed was sealed in the presence of the grantee and others, and was read, but not delivered, nor did the grantee take it, but it was left behind in the same place, and yet in the opinion of all the justices it was a good grant; for the parties came together for that purpose, and performed all that was requisite for perfecting it except an actual delivery; being left behind, and not countermanded, it was held to be a delivery in law. In the ancient authorities, and at a time when the execution of deeds wasobtaining information regarding WNV prevention ([@R4]). San Diego County Department of Environmental Health's education and outreach efforts include airing public service announcements in English and Spanish on television and radio and posting information on a website and social networking sites.

In 2006 we administered a survey to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAPs) regarding WNV among Hispanics in San Diego County. According to the US Census Bureau, the county is home to \>900,000 Hispanics, of whom ≈41% are foreign born ([@R5]). A multistage cluster sampling scheme was used to identify Hispanics \>18 years of age in 3 county regions (northern, central, and southern) and has been described elsewhere ([@R6]). Interviewers went door to door and, for each selected household, asked to speak to a Hispanic member of the household


PPB adoption may have 2 possible explanations. First, the observations may be appropriate given the low incidence of WNV in San Diego County and Mexico. At the time the survey was conducted, only 1 locally acquired case of WNV infection among humans had been reported in San Diego County; through 2006, WNV was rarely reported among humans in Mexico ([@R10]). Second, the low levels of awareness, concern, and PPB adoption may simply reflect the priority of WNV prevention compared with other basic necessities and health risks among the largely immigrant survey population.

Differences in awareness, concern, and practices among Hispanics by age, education, gender, language, years living in United States, and region of San Diego County indicate that varied educational tactics are needed to inform this population. Most educationalSouth African Airways pilot resigns over fake licence Published duration 1 March 2019

image copyright Getty Images image caption William Chandler flew with South African Airways for more than 20 years before his lack of credentials was exposed

A pilot has resigned from South African Airways (SAA) after flying for more than 20 years with a fake licence.

SAA said it discovered William Chandler's paperwork was forged after a "reportable incident" during a flight from South Africa to Germany.

The airline has filed criminal charges and is seeking "millions of rand" from Mr Chandler.

A safety officer at SAA has also been suspended for allegedly trying to cover up the forgery.

South African newspaper the Mail & Guardian (M&G) reported that Mr Chandler worked as a flight engineer at the state-owned SAA before getting


a job as a pilot in 1994.

He was a Senior First Officer, a role where he was a monitoring pilot but did not command any aircraft.

Sources told the M&G that he was, however, in control of a plane that "made some strange turns" after encountering turbulence over the Swiss Alps.

SAA said in a statement that, after investigating the incident, it found Mr Chandler had only a commercial pilot's licence. He later resigned.

Airlines require pilots to have an airline transport pilot licence (ATPL) for long-haul international flights.

For an ATPL, pilots must pass several technical and medical exams and complete 1,500 hours of flying time.

Licence-holders must "refresh" their credentials every year in a series of tests involving flight simulations and physical exams.

The certificates are awarded in South Africa by theGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.

PHOENIX — An Arizona city council voted Tuesday to demand the resignation of a Republican state lawmaker whose remarks on race and immigration have led to a growing backlash of criticism and the loss of his chairmanship on a key committee.

Tuesday's 6-1 vote by the Prescott City Council comes just days after the latest remarks by Rep. David Stringer were published by the Phoenix New Times. He had ignored calls for him to resign after similar comments this summer and was easily re-elected last month.

The council adopted a statement that called on Stringer to quickly step down so a replacement can be named before the legislative session begins in January because he can


views on immigration and race. He tells them that "diversity in our country is relatively new."

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He was then asked about immigrants from eastern Europe who assimilated well in the 20th century.

"They were all European," Stringer said. "So after their second or third generation, everybody looks the same. Everybody talks the same. That's not the case with African-American and other racial groups because they don't melt in. They don't blend in. They always look different."

Asked why that matters, Stringer said he didn't know. He went on to discuss inner cities, white flight and how Latino voters will never support Republicans who back tighter immigration controls.

Prescott Mayor Greg Mengarelli at Tuesday's meeting thatSpringer has "forgotten the moral compass of our great county" as outlined by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence's statement that "all men are created equal."

"By his own words Mr. Stringer has defined himself as someone who is out of step with our community," Mengarelli said at Tuesday's packed meeting. "He has mortally wounded himself and disqualified himself to the point that he will be ineffective representing our issues at the state Legislature."

All but one other council member agreed, echoing the mayor's comments.

Councilman Phil Goode voted no, saying he didn't condone the remarks but Stringer's fate is up to the voters who elected him.

"He is directly responsible to the voters, and they have the responsibility to recall him over this issue if they choose," Goode said. "They


re-elected him by a large margin with the understanding of his concerns about assimilation of immigrants that were widely published last June prior to his November election."

Stringer faced calls to resign in June from Republican Gov. Doug Ducey and the state Republican Party chairman after he said that minority immigration had made integrating schools impossible. He refused, saying that his comments were cherry-picked and that the immigration question "cries out for honest and open public discussion."

"Sixty percent of public school children in the state of Arizona today are minorities," he said in a video clip from a political event that sparked the June rebukes. "That complicates racial integration because there aren't enough white kids to go around."

After his latest remarks were made public, incoming Republican House Speaker RustyBowers booted him from a key committee chairmanship, saying his comments were "vile" and "unacceptable."

Goode said he knows Stringer "reasonably well" and doubts he will resign.

"He didn't last June when the governor and the chairman of the Arizona Republican Party asked for his resignation ... so he's not likely to do so now," Goode said.


Worship Services

Christ Church Cathedral has a rich and varied worship program that reflects the diversity of our congregation and our faith community.

Service Times

Holy Eucharist, Rite I, 8 a.m.

At 8 a.m., worshipers enjoy a quiet, meditative atmosphere with emphasis upon the poetry of the spoken word. The service follows the traditional Rite I liturgy found in The Book of Common Prayer.

Choral Eucharist, Rite II, 10 a.m.

The 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist includes music and follows the traditional Rite II liturgy with communion administered from the High Altar.

The 10 a.m. service includes a special Liturgy of the Word in adjacent Bofinger Chapel. A “storyteller” leads the lesson, accompanied by an adult “shepherd” who helps direct the group. This age-appropriate service is designed for children ages 3½ to 10; younger children arehalfway point of a scheduled 23,000 troop drawdown in 2012, which will leave only 68,000 U.S. troops remaining in the country by October.

In the run-up to NATO's exit from Afghanistan, Afghans are also more likely to say they experience stress and worry, according to 2012 data. More than one in three (36%) report feeling worry during a lot of the day prior to the interview, and 28% report feeling stress a lot of the previous day.

Despite more than a decade of international development efforts, Afghans' satisfaction with their standard of living has steadily deteriorated, which may partly explain their bleak outlook on their lives and their increasing worry. Average satisfaction with standard of living, at 29%, remained low and flat between 2011 and 2012 -- much lower than


Retired Irish Times rugby writer Edmund Van Esbeck has compiled all the results from the interprovincial championship from 1946 to 1999. He seems to be the only one who cared enough to bother.

In terms of profile, the interpros were barely above the level of the Railway Cup. The games, played in December and January, merited a 90-second highlights package on Sports Stadium. It didn't help matters that from the mid-80s through to the mid-90s, the competition was completely dominated by Ulster.

The allegation has long been that the southern media has never found northern success stories as charming as Leinster and Munster victories.

The Northern lads were more geed up for the interpros than were the Leinster and Munster guys. Connacht's hunger levels weren't deemed relevant.

According to Brendan Fanning inFrom There to Here, the Ulster branch held a deeply ambivalent attitude towards the All-Ireland League, in particular resenting the inclusion of the phrase 'All-Ireland' in the title.

At the turn of the 90s, Jimmy Davidson, the Ireland coach and the man who had begun Ulster's reign of dominance, argued that the club game was given too much prominence and that Ireland should seek to emphasise the provincial game as the launchpad to the national side. He got nowhere in this quest blaming Ireland's subsequent underachievement in the 90s on the IRFU's dim-witted obstinacy.

Van Esbeck's records demonstrate the extent of Connacht's inferiority. For decade after decade, they simply lost and lost and lost.

They amassed ten wins over Ulster (the bulk of them in the 50s and 60s), eight wins


over Leinster (half of which arrived in the 1990s) and only four wins over Munster across 54 years.

They went the whole of the 1970s without winning a game. They did manage one 6-6 draw with Munster in 1974-75. In the 80s, for no reason other than to make the province more competitive, the IRFU decreed that London-based players would represent Connacht.

This held until 1992-93 when the 'Exiles' participated in the competition themselves as a fifth outfit. In their four seasons competing, the Exiles enjoyed a 100% record against Connacht.

Noel Mannion - whose distinction as the only Connacht rugby player to feature in an Olympic opening ceremony may well stand forever - played for Connacht for years up until the arrival of professionalism in 1995.

At that time the clubwere very much a club side so they would have done a lot of training together themselves. But we were way down the pile, I mean we were just... at times, it was very frustrating, it was terrible. But then other times it was great fun. And the odd time, you got a win it was great.

Despite a brief but dramatic upswing in performance levels in the late 90s under Warren Gatland - which succeeded in attracting the notice of the people up in Dublin who swiftly hired Gatland once Brian Ashton upped and left - the relationship between rugby in the province and the provincial rugby team remained distant.

Gerry Casey, a stalwart of Castlebar Rugby Club, says there was little 'empathy' between junior rugby clubs in the


province and the professional Connacht setup. The two worlds were entirely cut off from one another.

There wouldn't have been much empathy between the junior clubs and the Connacht setup. Recently, under Eric Elwood, we would have players coming down to junior clubs to talk to teams down here and help out with skills. That would never have happened before. A lot of the lads were playing with London Irish and coming down from Dublin to play a match.

In Casey's telling, far from killing off Connacht rugby, the threat of disbandment was the making of rugby in the province. Because, in the hopes of staving off extinction, Connacht began to tap into this constituency. The junior clubs for their part, long indifferent to Connacht, rallied to the cause inthe face of threats from Dublin.

"When the IRFU tried to disband Connacht, the province needed to get the support of the junior clubs," says Casey.

The protestors convened at the Radisson Hotel, the organisers addressing the assembled from behind a table bearing the message 'CONNACHT FANS SAY I.R.F. OFF'.

This was simply another instance of the Connacht underdog getting screwed. The mood was encapsulated by 1980 All-Ireland winning hurling captain Joe Connolly who gave a highly emotive speech which roamed across almost every area of western grievance, citing emigration figures and the journalism of John Healy along the way.

"There was a meeting down in the Radisson (in Galway) where we resolved that this wasn't going to happen," remembers Casey. "There was a massive crowd and a protest march was fixed


for the following week."

Prior to the mobilisation, the IRFU were feeling serene about their decision to pull the plug. In their eyes, it made economic sense for Ireland to continue with three teams and that was that. They did not anticipate thousands of westerners descending on Lansdowne Road.

"More or less, we were told that they had decided to pull the plug. It wasn't a question that they may pull the plug. I was told it was imminent that they were going to announce it," says Casey.

As Charlie Haughey had told the nation in 1980, so Philip Browne told the rugby community in the early noughties. The IRFU must operate within its means. The union were staring at a deficit of €4 million by the season's end, 2002-03. Browneboth teams after international games was an 'anachronism' in this day and age.

On 23 January, 1,200 Connacht supporters - according to Garda estimate - landed in Dublin, gathered outside Searson's Pub in Baggot Street and walked to the IRFU offices at 62 Lansdowne Road.

Their number included a placard bearing Jerry Flannery and Mr. Connacht Rugby Eric Elwood. Former Connacht internationals Robbie McGrath and Noel Mannion were there. Outsiders showed up in solidarity. Former Leinster coach Jim Glennon - at that stage an FF TD for Dublin North - joined the marchers, as did the most famous Munster prop of the 70s and 80s Ginger McLoughlin. Ex-Leinster and Ireland outhalf Mick Quinn, a figure on the 1974 Five Nations winning team, was also spotted.

More political ballast was provided by


Mary O'Rourke - who demanded 'justice for our province' - and the recently elected leader of Fine Gael Enda Kenny.

When the protesters reached the gate of 62 Lansdowne Road, Philip Browne, in an adroit PR move - although that may be too cynical an interpretation - appeared at the door to meet them.

Danno Heaslip and Tommy Conlon, representing Galwegians and Buccaneers respectively, stepped forward with three mini-rugby players from Galwegians, and delivered their petition to a smiling Browne and treasurer John Lyons. They were invited in for tea but declined the offer.

Browne delivered an emollient statement which offered immediate hope to the campaigners.

The first thing it shows is the passion in Irish sport, which is such a fundamental part of our achievements on the pitch. Secondly, it showsthat there is genuine concern out there, and we've got to take that on board.

What's striking now about the Friends of Connacht Rugby agitation is how successful it was. Aloof technocrats usually hold out longer in the face of people power.

Six days later, the IRFU backed away from the proposal to disband Connacht. For the time being at least they were off the ledge.

Connacht continued to languish near the foot of the Celtic League table for the remainder of the decade, finishing dead last three years in a row between 2008 and 2010.

According to Casey, the continued on-field struggles notwithstanding, the FOCR campaign fostered a link between the clubs and the province which has been a source of strength in the past decade. Crowds have swelled, principally off


Ben’s Revolution: Benjamin Russell and the Battle of Bunker Hill

by Nathaniel Philbrick

History comes alive in this gripping account of a young boy caught up in the start of the Revolutionary War. Based on an episode in National Book Award–winning author Nathaniel Philbrick’s New York Times bestseller Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution, this engrossing story allows readers to experience history from a child’s perspective, and Wendell Minor’s stunning paintings will transport readers back to the early days of the Revolutionary War.

Benjamin Russell is in school on the morning of April 19th, 1775, when his teacher announces, “The war’s begun, and you may run!” Ben knew this day was coming; after all, tensions had been mounting between the colonists and the British troops ever since the BostonTea Party. And now they have finally reached the breaking point. Ben and his friends excitedly rush out of their classroom to bear witness, and follow the throngs of redcoats marching out of Boston toward Concord. Much to Ben’s surprise, Boston is sealed off later that day—leaving the boys stuck outside the city, in the middle of a war, with no way to reach their families. But Ben isn’t worried—he’s eager to help the Patriots! He soon becomes a clerk to the jovial Israel Putnam, a general in the provincial army. For months he watches the militia grow into an organized army, and when the Battle of Bunker Hill erupts, Ben is awed by the bravery of the Patriots, although saddened by the toll war takes. He later