Warner Bros.' sister division, New Line. The project is looking to go before cameras in January or February of next year with a likely release in 2019, according to sources.

Peter Safran, who worked with Sandberg on the Annabelle sequel and is also producing Aquaman, is in negotiations to board Shazam! as producer.

It is unclear whether Dwayne Johnson, who has long been attached to play Shazam! villain Black Adam, will be involved with the project. But he is attached as star and producer of the Black Adam spinoff being developed concurrently to Shazam!

Warners is feeling revived in its DCU with the stunning success of Wonder Woman, and earlier this week slotted two DC movies on the release calendar for 2020. It has several films queueing up on the runway,but at this stage, Shazam! will take off first. Flash was delayed by a lack of a director, while a sequel to Wonder Woman is only in the early treatment writing stage. Joss Whedon is overseeing postproduction and reshoots on Justice League and won't be ready to tackle a Batgirl film until after the former is out the door. A sequel to Suicide Squad, which is closing in on a helmer, is eyeing a mid-2018 start.

New Line is high on Sandberg, who it proudly sees as a homegrown talent. The Swede was making horror shorts in his apartment using his iPhone when one of them caught the eye of the studio, which then adapted it into the 2016 surprise hit Lights Out, which he directed. That led to


the company putting him on the Annabelle sequel, which screened to a standing-room-only crowd as part of the fan-tastic festivities at San Diego Comic-Con. New Line has also been holding sold-out preview screenings around the country.

To go from iPhone filmmaker to a full-blown DC movie director in a scant three or four years is itself a Shazam!-like transformation.

Patrick Shanley wrote:The studio exec confirmed the news that Johnson's Black Adam will not appear in the upcoming film.Dwayne Johnson will not appear in the upcoming superhero film Shazam!, according to DC chief creative officer Geoff Johns.

"We haven't announced any casting yet," Johns told Yahoo Movies. "But Dwayne isn't going to be in this movie. He's still doing Black Adam, but he won't be in Shazam!"

News of Shazam!, which follows ayoung boy who transforms into Earth's mightiest mortal, being the next DC film in line to shoot was reported Thursday by The Hollywood Reporter. The film is yet to cast its leads, but Johnson has been attached to the role of Shazam's main antagonist, Black Adam, since 2008.

Due to Johnson's meteoric rise to one of the most bankable actors in Hollywood, however, a stand-alone Black Adam film was announced to showcase the star, with Johnson leading and producing.

The plan at the moment seems to be making concurrent films, both Shazam! and Black Adam, with the intention of the two characters sharing the screen together further down the line.


international law, cannot have lower standards in facilities in another country without huge repercussions--so when the safety standards are the same in the countries in which they operate, multinationals and the workers benefit.

In 1994, OSHA promulgated a standard that changed the face of electrical safety for utilities. The OSHA 1910.269 standard "apparel clause" brought clothing to the forefront in PPE for electric arc. The arc hazard had been recognized since the 1980s, and clothing's role had been recognized, but the solution was not so apparent. Duke Energy, DuPont, and several utilities, including LG&E Energy (now a subsidiary of e-ON), began researching the electric arc hazard and commonly worn clothing, with the conclusion that flame-resistant clothing made a huge difference in worker survivability in electric arc. The chart onclothing are being developed at an increasing rate. Some of these innovations are being developed in the United States, others from all around the world. Additionally, ideas of protective engineering are crossing borders on a larger scale all the time. Recently, I visited countries that have benefited from U.S. innovations; they also are benefiting the U.S. market with pricing and innovations. They are Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Germany.

Australian Innovation
Australia has been slow in adopting the flame-resistant clothing standards common in the United States.
I spent a week educating and being educated in Australia in May of this year. One of the top researchers in the field of electric arc, Dr. David Sweeting, is a resident of Australia. He completed a Ph.D. in electric arc several years ago


and is one of the few holding such credentials. Sweeting had not done clothing testing on electric arc but has a better handle on arc assessment than many in the United States. Our time together convinced us we should work together, and he is now a member of the IEEE 1584 committee and the Electric Power Research Institute's Arc Flash Research Committee.

Australians had seen the United States' work on hazard assessment, and Sweeting raised an issue with the physics of the U.S. model. His groundbreaking work helped clarify our understanding of arc flash assessment (still in its infancy), and our extensive work in arc flash clothing and PPE helped him in developing protection strategies.
Australia and New Zealand are creators of some of the first arc flash PPE thatalso sheds molten aluminum. These materials are now also made in the United States also, but the original innovations came from outside this country. Innovation and globalization flow both ways.

Canada Models 70E, Best Standards Guide New Zealand and South Africa
Canada is one of the first countries to have adopted a standard similar to NFPA 70E. Most of the arc flash research, whether on clothing or on hazard assessment, has come from a Canadian company, Kinectrics. Our company does all of its testing at Kinectrics.

Peru and Brazil adopted standards similar to OSHA’s 1910.269 a few years back, but Canada formed CSA Z462, becoming the first and only country to adopt an NFPA 70E-type standard in agreement with NFPA in the United States.

New Zealand is taking the best of the


current standards and allowing a little more freedom while arc flash assessment is maturing. The same is true of South Africa, where Zarheer Jooma's South African Standard Board committee members are adapting the best of the U.S. and EN standards for their country. Zarheer is an electrical engineer with Arcelormittal, a steel manufacturer in South Africa, and he has a passionate commitment to globalization of safety standards.

Noting that the United States has developed most of the arc flash-rated materials, he said, "It would be in the best interest of [South Africa] if we are able to accommodate good working garments from all over the world."
Clothing companies in Africa, such as A.J. Charnauld Company, which is one of the largest manufacturers of flame-resistant wool in the world, are committedto developing, exporting, and importing the best technologies to protect their people. Standardization plays a unique role in this process. "With the fall of apartheid, our country has experienced tremendous growth," Andrew Chamauld said. "The middle class is growing, and all our people are working to make South Africa greater. The commitment to growing business and jobs makes safety standards even more critical. Growing countries can benefit the more mature economies. As our economies transition, safety becomes even more important."

Germany
Dr. Holger Schau of the Technical University of Ilmenau in Germany is the convener of the International Electrical Committee's arc flash committee, which has just finalized the new IEC standard for arc flash clothing. This standard is basically the same as ASTM F1506 but allows an alternative arc flash


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USS Constellation about to pass under the Brooklyn Bridge, 12 July 1962, as she leaves Brooklyn, New York, bound for her new homeport, San Diego, California. Note Connie's tilted mast, and the city of New York in the background.
— NavSource Onlinehim when I stepped into the cabin, "The head huncho is outside." We were out there to investigate him and the resort after all.

"Does he have fangs and a cape?" Langly replied snidely from behind a box.

"Just finish unpacking the equipment," Frohike ordered as he picked up a small electronic devise before going out to meet Nigel.

I watched from the side window for a moment before I recognised him. He looked so much like the male from my dream. But that'd be impossible. Just as I thought it, he glanced up at where I was, like he heard me identify him. He could have been just looking at the cabin, but it felt like he was centring in on me.
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The rest of the evening had Jimmy and I


would be to leave this, one bottle of pills or a quick slice. The dark thoughts completely filled my head as I fell into sleep, into again into another dream. It was like the dream from the van. Only this started earlier....
I stormed out of the cabin and into the woods. Cold tears were falling down my face. It was dark and cold, just dim stars in the black night sky. This time I was being called. My name was being whispered in my ears only with no one around. I was running to the same clearing as before, through the patches of trees and along a beaten path. This time he wasn't waiting for me, but appeared behind me.
"Anderea. Let me make you happy," It was Nigel'shot breath in my ear and on my neck, "I want you around Anderea. I want YOU."
He sent shivers through my body. I could feel his presence as his hands caressed the side of my body and side of my neck.
"Living is easier at night," he went from one ear to the next, "Let me take you away from the pain. Let me take you away to the middle of the night."

Waking up I could barely remember where I was, or that I was alone. It was the most intense, erotic dream experience. It was so vivid it was spooky. I left the room, intending to share the bizarre dream with Langly. Mostly because it creeped me out, and because I always share things with him and wanted


him to tell me it was alright. And I was afraid of how tempting his offer was. But when I walked into the living room area, he was curled up in a blanket.

"You should really invest in a real coat," Byers told the chattering bundle, "You wouldn't get chills like this." He handed him a cup of hot coffee.

"Or if we weren't on some stupid no where assignment in the middle of no where I wouldn't get sick," Langly's glare must have been as cold as he felt, since it made me shutter.
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Since the morning had continued much in the same way the rest of the case was going, me being the problem, I thought it best to blend into the background as much as possible. The restAnd I can't really blame her for running off like that but it scared me. We were in the middle of a strange forest and she doesn't seem like the outdoorsy type. So I ran out after her, it was almost right away, but there was no sight of her. Not even a footprint or the sound of her running. It was a really creepy 'cause it was so quiet.

"I can't see her outside," I told the guys, "She might get lost out there," I was staring Langly down. Anderea's a sweet girl and he had no right to say things like that to her. And of course I was worried about her.

"Let's break up to go look for her," Byers was already pulling on his coat.

"If anything


wasn't ignoring me, he really didn't hear me. I know he'd never been out here before, I mean look at the guy, he's not the outdoorsy type at all. But he was walking like he knew where he was going. So I followed him.
We walked deeper and deeper into the woods. I could hear Byers and Frohike calling her name out, but Langly was quiet and driven.

Even without wilderness smarts, he managed to lead us to a small cluster of trees. This is where he snapped back, "Byers! Frohike! She's over here! Anderea's over here!" He called out.
I couldn't see her, it was really dark, "Where man? Are you sure?" I shone the flashlight around the area.
"She's in there," he was franticly looking for a break in thetrees.
I shone the light into the trees and I saw her. She was laying in the middle of the trees. It was really freaky, there didn't seem to be a break in the trees, but there she was right in the middle of them. Even freakier was that she didn't seem to be moving.

"Where is she? God help YOU, if she's hurt I'll.." Frohike and Byers came bounding over.
"If she is you won't have to hurt me, it'll kill me," Langly replied as he squeezed between two trees to get to her and the rest of us followed.

And I was right, she wasn't moving. And kinda looked a little blue, at least far paler than normal.

"Is she breathing?" I'm not really sure who asked, but Byers crouched down


to check by putting his fingers on the side of her neck.

"Her pulse is weak and she's ice cold," Byers told us as he removed his coat to cover her with it.

"Derea! Derea! Baby come on, wake up!" Langly dropped to his knees next to her, "Someone do something!" he plead when he felt how cold and still she was.

"I'll run back to the cabin and call," Byers began toward the cabin.

"I've got the cell," I announced proudly as I held it up to show them.

"Give it here," Frohike grabbed the phone and began to call Mulder and an ambulance. Langly and Byers both worked on warming Anderea, by rubbing her arms and legs until the Calvary arrived.

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Richard "Ringo" Langly
I remember saying those things to Anderea, but notwith her hands. She was seated on one side of a fairly large oak desk with Agents Reyes and Doggett on the other.

"I'm sure we have more than enough," Doggett replied getting a glare from Reyes. He still felt that all these quote-unquote cases were a waste of government time. Vampires, sure. He fought as hard as he could not to roll his eyes.

Anderea nodded. She wanted out of here badly. Never been comfortable in government buildings or employees for that matter. And the fact that the guys weren't allowed to wait for her in the hall disturbed her. Never had good luck with the government. But Mulder and Scully had both assured her that she would be fine.

"Thank you Miss Jupitor," Monica Reyes extended her hand, "Your


feelings are very important to understanding this case." She still didn't strike Anderea as an agent, much too touchy-feely. And her partner didn't seem to thrilled with all of her either.

"I can leave than?" she tried not too seem too anxious to leave as she shook the agent's hand in return.

Doggett nodded as he collected all the papers and such that were spread out over the table. The other agent rose with Anderea as she stood to leave.

She smiled and nodded before all but running out the office door into the cool hallway. She stood there for a moment looked up and down the long corridor. "Which way is it?" she thought to herself as she reached up to scratch the base of her neck. It felt likeSunday morning's shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando is now the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, killing 50 people and injuring another 53.

Donald Trump's response to the tragedy was initially to express sorrow at the incident, but he later attacked Hillary Clinton over her first general election ad, congratulated himself for warning the American public about Islamic extremism, and had an aide go on television and describe Mitt Romney as a "coward."

On Twitter, Trump initially posted a brief message about the "really bad shooting" that left "many people dead and wounded" at around 8 a.m. Sunday. About 90 minutes later, he followed it up with this tweet responding to Clinton's new ad:

Clinton made a false ad about me where I was imitating a reporter GROVELING after


phrase "radical Islamic terrorism" and noted the arrest made at the Los Angeles gay pride parade:

Is President Obama going to finally mention the words radical Islamic terrorism? If he doesn't he should immediately resign in disgrace! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 12, 2016

Reporting that Orlando killer shouted "Allah hu Akbar!" as he slaughtered clubgoers. 2nd man arrested in LA with rifles near Gay parade. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 12, 2016

Also on Sunday morning, as officials in Florida were announcing the high death toll in the Pulse nightclub attack, Trump aide Paul Manafort went on ABC's "This Week" and called 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney a "coward" for staying out of the 2016 race.

"You know, Romney wanted to run, chose not to. He's now attacking thisAffidavit of Paul Gregoire

April 25, 1997
I hereby affirm to the truth of the following based upon information and belief as appropriate:
1. My father, mother, three siblings and I moved to the Community (lso known as the Messianic communities of New England) in July of 1980 (I was 7 years old). I had been living there for two years with my father, Thomas Gregoire, left the Community. Soon afterwards he took his four children out of the community and was given full custody of us. We lived with him in South Burlington, Vermont for a short time, then in San Diego, California. I returned to he community in 1992 (at the age of 19), as two of my siblings (Charity and Michael Gregoire) had done a year earlier.
2. According


Édgar González (Mexican footballer)

Edgar González Franco (born 3 July 1980 in Toluca) is a former Mexican footballer who most recently played as a Striker for Potros UAEM.

Career
González made his debut with Club Toluca in the Apertura 2002 tournament against Necaxa. He made a total of 42 Primera appearances for Toluca before moving to Club América for the Apertura 2004. However, he only made two league appearances at America and he returned to Toluca for the Apertura 2006, making a further 36 appearances for them up to the end of the Clausura 2008.

After leaving Toluca he played for Club Tijuana (2008–09), C.F. La Piedad (2009–10), Estudiantes de Altamira (2010–11) and Club Universidad de Guadalajara, in the Liga de Ascenso.

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Category:Deportivo Tolucais this, it is not stated that Christ Jesus was born into the world to save sinners-though had it been thus stated it would have been perfectly true, for, in reference to His humanity, the Lord Jesus Christ was born into the world. But here His humanity merely not referred to, but more particularly by the statement that "He came into the world to save sinners,"His divinity is alluded to, His existence before He was seen on earth. Then He existed, for He is the Creator of the universe, the Upholder of the universe, and He existed from eternity, for He had no beginning of days. This is the particular point, that we have to lay to heart here-that He came into the world to save sinners.

And this


brings before us a deeply important truth, regarding which all believers in the Lord Jesus should be clearly, distinctly instructed. In the Messiah, in the Saviour of sinners, in Christ, was united both the human and the divine nature. He was really and truly a man, like ourselves, sin only excepted There was never found a single sin, as to action, nor as to word, nor as to thought, in our Lord Jesus Christ. He ate and drank, He slept, really and truly slept like ourselves, was altogether human like ourselves, sin only in every way most perfectly excepted. It was necessary that He should be really and truly human, in order that in our room and stead, by perfectly fulfilling the law, He might work out aof the kind! This is his sure and hearty conviction, that he was the greatest sinner, that he was the chief of sinners, for he could never forget that he had been so great a persecutor of the Church of God, that he had again and again and again beaten the believers in Christ, that he had cast them into prison, that he had worried them until at last they blasphemed the Name of Jesus-at least he had aimed at it, and would not let them go till he had done his utmost to make them do so-and then, lastly, whenever he possibly could, he had sought to see that they were put to death. Now, on account of all this, which he never could forget and which


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February 5, 2013 on Interviews, News

Interview with Margaret Bell (University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA), corresponding author of the article “Adolescent gain in positive valence of a socially relevant stimulus: engagement of the mesocorticolimbic reward circuitry“, first published online in EJN on November 22, 2012.

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Interview of Miriam Nokia (University of Jyväskylä, Finland) corresponding author of the article “Chemotherapy disrupts learning, neurogenesis and theta activity in the adult brain”, first published online in EJN on October 8, 2012. In this interview, Miriam Nokia explains the aim of this study and summarizes its findings.would draw closer to Russia) in which case US influence in Europe might actually grow. As for the EU, since Britain is not a member of the Eurozone, the disruption caused by its departure will be small.

The truth about Brexit which is never spoken but which everyone outside Britain knows is that Britain no longer matters very much.

Though Britain in terms of its international rankings remains a large economy, it is an uncompetitive and declining one, running large deficits with the rest of the world and desperately over-dependent on a bloated housing market and an often corrupt financial services industry to stay afloat.

The British military, which just 70 years ago bestrode the world, is now a shadow, looked upon with contempt by its US ally as it shows


itself incapable of even defending small villages against lightly armed insurgents in places like Afghanistan and Iraq. Certainly the British military today would be incapable of carrying out the kind of operation the Russian military is currently carrying out in Syria, or which Britain itself carried out 34 years ago during the 1982 war in the Falklands. Though the British parliament pompously debated a military intervention in Syria last autumn as if Britain’s military involvement there actually mattered, barely anything has been heard of it since. Apparently a couple of dozen bombs have been dropped to practically no effect.

In terms of world diplomacy, where as recently as the 1980s Margaret Thatcher cut a commanding figure, Britain’s complete marginalisation has recently become all too obvious.

When the Russians talk aboutUkraine – the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II – they don’t talk to the British; they talk to the US and the Germans and the French. When negotiations take place over the future of Syria it is the Russians and the US who talk to each other with the Chinese and the EU (meaning the Germans) quietly involved in the background. When Europe needs to speak to President Erdogan of Turkey it is Chancellor Merkel of Germany who calls him. When Prime Minister Modi of India returns to his country from the US it is President Putin of Russia not Prime Minister Cameron of Britain – India’s former colonial master – that he calls to discuss his visit. As for the burgeoning conflict between the


US and China in the South China Sea, the only role the British have in it is in a James Bond film made way back in 1997.

The extent of Britain’s weakness and irrelevance was brought home to the British in the most painful way during the recent visit to Britain of the Chinese President Xi Jinping. What the British imagined would be a triumph for their diplomacy turned into a humiliation, with the Chinese treating the visit as a sort of victory lap over their former imperial tormentor and the British Queen seething over Chinese “rudeness”.

It is impossible to think of a single important issue in world affairs where Britain’s view is any longer sought or where it seriously counts. Britain retains a certain cultural influence and itsat SPIEF in St. Petersburg. Moreover as a key member of the Eurozone Italy holds the bloc’s future – which is the foundation of German power – in its hands in a way that Britain, which is not a member of the Eurozone, emphatically does not.

The truth about the Brexit vote is that whatever way it goes, Britain today can create a storm in the headlines for a few days but can do little else. Should Britain vote for Brexit – which as of the time of writing seems unlikely – after a brief stir things will quickly settle back to normal and life around the world will go on much as before.

The truth about the modern world is that it revolves around the relationships of four Great


the other a dipole coaxial antenna. In a monopole antenna probe, a single elongated microwave conductor is exposed at the end of the probe (sometimes surrounded by a dielectric sleeve) and the microwave energy radiates generally perpendicularly from the axis of the conductor. However, so-called monopole probes have been found to produce non-uniform and often unpredictable heating patterns and the heating pattern does not extend beyond the probe tip. As a result, more recent attention has been directed to so-called "dipole" antennas of a coaxial construction. These include constructions having an external reentrant coaxial "skirt" around the distal end of the outer conductor.
The typical coaxial probe includes a long, thin inner conductor extending along the axis of the probe, surrounded by a dielectric material, and an outer conductorSt. Joseph’s Convent

The Convent of Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition was founded by four French missionary nuns in 1844 after they were sent to Larnaka to help the sick and needy amidst outbreaks of typhus, cholera and dysentery. All four nuns fell victim to the illnesses themselves, passing away within two years, by which time the convent – with its beautiful Latin architectural style - was completed.

Today, the convent is maintained by a very small sisterhood and continues to function as a place of worship for the sisters - and once a week for the Maronite congregation. The sisters have a long history of philanthropic services, and were also an integral part of the education of young ladies in Larnaka from 1845 till the late 1980’s,


when the nuns ran a secondary school for girls. The convent's hosptial was also significant, with sister Sophie Gambon making the most impact, working around the clock to save thousands of lives until she died from exhaustion in 1894.

Sister Gambon was later canonized, and as a result of her dedication, the city of Larnaka dedicated the monument in front of the convent to her as a way of thanks for her tireless service to the community. The monument consists of a fountain and a pelican – symbolic as the pelican is a selfless bird; when it cannot find food for its chicks, it offers them its blood to drink, putting its own life at risk.at the time, I was going to work on the existing customer marketing team for dynamics, which was the sweet spot for me. I knew the dynamics business really well and I could come in and work with other partners on how to build their strategy around maximizing revenue and potential to their existing customer base.

And so I started there and spent a couple of years in that role. Then I was stretched by Dave Willis and the leadership team to take on a broader perspective and think about ERP all up and lead our ERP business in the US for a couple of years. And then, at the time, one of the big things Microsoft is focused on is grooming their employees to continue their journey and


In this episode I was delighted to spend time with Mariya Zorotovich, Worldwide Industry Lead for Azure Retail and Consumer … Continue reading "# 54 – Practical Digital Transformation in Retail and Consumer Goods"

Industry Experiences: Practical Digital Transformation in Retail and Consumer Goods, with Mariya Zorotovich. – In this series of the podcasts I sit down with industry leaders to explore the digital transformation disrupting almost every industry.

In this episode I was delighted to spend time with Mariya Zorotovich, Worldwide Industry Lead for Azure Retail and Consumer Goods at Microsoft. Mariya is a translator between the retail and consumer goods customer needs related to innovation and modernization of vertical capabilities and Microsoft’s technology agenda related to Azure cloud and AI technology. In this role, she articulates the benefitsCHICAGO -- A former Wisconsin football player who is the younger brother of a standout in Super Bowl XL surrendered to Chicago police on Saturday in connection with the deaths of two people who were found with gunshot wounds on a road in Janesville, Wisconsin.

Marcus Randle El, 33, turned himself in Saturday afternoon and was charged with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide, Janesville Lt. Charles Aagaard said at a news conference. Officers from the department were in Chicago during the surrender, he said.

A motorist found 30-year-old Seairaha Winchester and 27-year-old Brittany McAdory suffering from multiple gunshot wounds early Monday afternoon. They were taken to a hospital, where they were pronounced dead. Randle El was accused of taking their SUV, which was found in Justice, Illinois, about 30


miles northwest of Randle El's hometown of Homewood, Illinois.

Randle El's brother Antwaan Randle El was a star quarterback at Indiana and spent nine years in the NFL, including as a receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers, starring in their Super Bowl victory to cap the 2005 season. He is currently a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' coaching staff.

Aagaard said video from early that morning at the T.A. Express gas station showed the two victims leaving in the SUV. He said the investigation turned up evidence that Marcus Randle El was in the area at that time and had planned to meet them.

Illinois Department of Corrections records show Randle El was released from jail on parole in October 2018 after serving time for an incident in 2014 in whichhe abducted his daughter at gunpoint, WMTV of Madison, Wisconsin, reported.

Randle El played wide receiver for the Badgers from 2004 to 2007. In 2005, he was charged with battery involving a woman on campus and was arrested for battery again later that year after punching a teammate, the TV station reported. He was sentenced to 18 months of probation and ordered to complete counseling for anger management.


weapons makers have developed, lobbied for and now profit enormously from this new business model. In their book, Top Secret America, Dana Priest and William Arkin revealed how General Dynamics, founded and headed for most of its history by Barack Obama’s patrons, the Crown family of Chicago, has exploited this outsourcing surge to become the largest supplier of IT services to the US government.

Priest and Arkin described how Pentagon contractors like General Dynamics have evolved from simply manufacturing weapons to playing an integrated role in military operations, targeted killings and the new surveillance state. "The evolution of General Dynamics was based on one simple strategy,” they wrote: “Follow the money.”

Priest and Arkin revealed that the largest weapons makers have secured the lions’ share of the most lucrative newthese questions at the underlying policy level in an August 2018 article in In These Times titled, "A Bold Foreign Policy Platform for the New Wave of Left Lawmakers." Bennis wrote that,

"A progressive foreign policy must reject US military and economic domination and instead be grounded in global cooperation, human rights, respect for international law and privileging diplomacy over war."

Bennis proposed:

Serious diplomacy for peace and disarmament with Russia, China, North Korea and Iran;

Abolishing NATO as an obsolete and dangerous relic of the Cold War;

Ending the self-fulfilling cycle of violence and chaos unleashed by the US’s militarized "War on Terror";

Ending US military aid and unconditional diplomatic support for Israel;

Ending US military interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen;

Ending US threats and economic sanctions against Iran, North Korea and Venezuela;

Reversing


are to “defend US vital interests.” But, as the U.K.’s senior legal adviser told his government during the Suez crisis in 1956, “The plea of vital interests, which has been one of the main justifications for wars in the past, is indeed the very one which the (UN) Charter was intended to exclude as a basis for armed intervention in another country.”

One country trying to impose its will on countries and people all over the world by the threat and use of force is not the rule of law – it is imperialism. Progressive policymakers and politicians should insist that the United States must live by the binding rules of international law that previous generations of US leaders and statesmen have agreed to and by which we judgeprosper together.”

A legitimate Department of Defense should provide the United States with better foreign policy outcomes for no more than half the cost of our current budget-busting war machine. Every Member of Congress should therefore vote against final passage of the wasteful, corrupt and dangerous FY2020 military budget.

And as part of a progressive and legitimate reform of US foreign and defense policy, the next President of the United States, whoever he or she may be, must make it a national priority to cut US military spending by at least 50%.

Nicolas J S Davies is the author of Blood On Our hands: The American Invasion and Destruction of Iraq, and of the chapter on “Obama At War” in Grading the 44th President. He is a researcher for CODEPINK: Women


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In the span of only a few years, conversational systems have become commonplace. Every day, millions of people use natural-language interfaces such as Siri, Google Now, Cortana, Alexa, Facebook M and others via in-home devices, phones, or messaging channels such as Messenger, Slack, Skype, among others. At the same time, interest among the research community in conversational systems has blossomed; For supervised and reinforcement learning, conversational systems often serve as both a benchmark task and an inspiration for new ML methods at conferences which don't focus on speech and language per se, such as NIPS, ICML, IJCAI, and others. Research community challenge tasks are proliferating, including the sixth Dialog Systems Technology Challenge (DSTC6), the Amazon Alexa prize, and the Conversational Intelligence Challenge live competition at NIPS 2017. Nowbench trial, Landry acted in his own behalf, having waived his right to counsel.  The First Parish Court for the Parish of Jefferson found Landry guilty of DWI pursuant to La.Rev.Stat.Ann. Sec. 14:98 (West 1984).  As a first offender, Landry was sentenced to pay a fine of $300 and to serve six months in the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center.  The execution of incarceration was suspended, and Landry was placed on two years active probation subject to certain conditions.  The reckless driving charge was dismissed upon Landry being found guilty of DWI.

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On December 5, 1984, after having retained counsel, Landry argued before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals for the State of Louisiana that he was constitutionally entitled to a jury at the trial.


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Daunted by the prospect of running a marathon? The 3,000-mile Transamerica epic race that is the subject of this novel puts it very much in perspective. it is depression-era America and notorious huckster, Flanagan, plans the ultimate race, reeling in contestants with the promise of a glittering jackpot prize. At the starting line 2,000 audacious hopefuls line up from every walk of life and all ends of the globe, each with something to prove. As they run themselves ragged across America, they come up against numerous hazards, including the precipitous Rockies, shady mobsters and crooked officials. Their different stories, ambitions and dreams converge through a shared determination which will inspireStory highlights Dallas prepared for thousands displaced by Harvey, mayor says

Convention center in the city can accomodate 5,000 people

(CNN) Dallas opened a mega-shelter at its downtown convention center Tuesday, as the city gears up to help thousands left homeless by Tropical Storm Harvey.

Catastrophic flooding has left large swathes of Houston -- the country's fourth largest city -- underwater. Houston's George R. Brown Convention Center is packed beyond capacity. It sheltered more than 9,000 evacuees Monday night.

"This is going to be the start of what I believe is going to be a long process," Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said in a news conference outside the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center on Tuesday.

"Lives have been devastated in Houston. They're fellow Texans, and we're going to help them out," said Rawlings.

Dallas


Asia Flows Boost Rates for Large Tankers

NEW YORK/HOUSTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Robust Asian demand for West African crude is fueling a worldwide surge in shipping rates for the largest oil tankers that is being felt from Houston to Singapore.

Chartering rates for Suezmaxes and very large crude carriers (VLCCs) have recovered rapidly in recent weeks after plunging to their lowest in more than year this summer.

The spike in rates comes as Asian refiners return to the market after a seasonal turnaround period, and as several key streams of West African crude are finally loading for export after supplies were constrained because of pipeline disruptions in Nigeria.

The higher rates, which imply fewer imports into the United States, could support benchmark oil prices in coming weeks.

Increased demand from Asia forthis crude has tied up ships and barrels that might have otherwise moved to the United States. The higher prices are leaving brokers and traders scrambling to secure vessels, particularly for common routes from West Africa to the U.S. East Coast or Western Europe.

Chinese loadings of West African crude are set to average 1.1 million barrels per day in October, the highest since April.

The interest in Suezmaxes comes at a time when two key West African crudes, Nigeria’s Qua Iboe and Forcados, return to the global market after a months-long force majeure. Rebels hit a sub-sea pipeline operated by SPDC, an affiliate of Royal Dutch Shell, in February, forcing the company to stop exports of the Forcados stream of oil.

Exxon stopped exporting Qua Iboe in July after a


The number of New Jersey households struggling to make ends, but which do not qualify for federal poverty assistance, has reached 1.3 million and continues to rise, bucking the prevailing narrative of a state and national economy in recovery.

An estimated 41 percent of Garden State households are considered among the "working poor", meaning they struggle to afford basic necessities like food, healthcare, transportation and housing, according to a new study by the United Way.

The study, called ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed), seeks to identify the number of people who earn too much money to qualify for federal poverty assistance, but who otherwise struggle immensely to make ends meet.

It's a problem particularly notable in New Jersey, which, squeezed between New York and Philadelphia, is known for its hightaxes and generally crushing cost of living.

Stephanie Hoopes -- one of the founding authors of the study, which began 10 years ago in New Jersey -- said the rate of inflation in the past 10 years has been about 9 percent, but the cost of living for ALICE families has risen by nearly twice that.

"I think we feel that in our communities," Hoopes said. "There's a sense of frustration or even anger because people are being told that they're doing better but they aren't."

The latest iteration of the ALICE project, released Thursday, is the first time United Way has looked at the population nationally. Overall, New Jersey sits in the middle of the pack, slightly below the national estimate of 43 percent.

The data also shows a wide range


Noel Brady introduces a ‘Making of’ video featuring a ‘Gaza’ scene from his upcoming debut feature film Full Circle.

Full Circle by Noel Brady is in full swing as production continues. The film is being made over the course of several months and just last month the ‘Gaza’ sequence was shot. The ‘Making of’ link below chronicles how this sequence was created and shot, from concept model to final set-build and production of the scene.

Speaking to Film Ireland, Noel Brady says, “The film centres around one Malcolm Walker (Michael Bates), a war journalist and documentary filmmaker. In 2014 Malcolm was in Gaza making a documentary on the tunnels used by the Hamas. Some of these tunnels are over 100 years old and are very dangerous. During filming of thisElectrical connectors having a lever which is rotated to bring the plug assembly into position within a header find broad use in connector technology, particularly in automotive technology. The levers have gear teeth which mesh with complementary teeth on the header, in a rack and pinion fashion, to draw the plug assembly into electrical connection with the header.
One such plug assembly is shown in US Patent Publication Number 2009/0246992. The plug assembly includes a plug housing and a lever, where the lever includes gear teeth which cooperate with a tooth on a header in a rack and pinion fashion. The lever is locked to the plug housing when the lever is poised for the plug housing to be inserted into the header. A release member on the header


Benjamin Netanyahu signalled business as usual after hostilities erupted along the frontier with Lebanon.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel was prepared for any scenario after a cross-border clash with Lebanon's Hezbollah, but neither side seemed eager for another conflict.

Israel's military said anti-tank missiles from Lebanon targeted an army base and vehicles. It responded with fire into southern Lebanon, after a week of growing tension raised fears of a new war with long-time enemy Hezbollah.

The Iran-backed Hezbollah movement said its fighters destroyed an Israeli military vehicle, killing and wounding those inside. Israel said there were no casualties.

Netanyahu, whose re-election campaign ahead of a poll less than three weeks away could have been complicated by war in the north, signalled business as usual after the hostilities eruptedthe region at night. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) also said it had urged both sides to "exercise utmost restraint to prevent any further escalation."

The two sides fought a month-long war in 2006 after Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid.

Israel has been on alert for a confrontation with Hezbollah for the past week after two drones crashed in Beirut's southern suburbs, with one of them exploding. Security officials in the region have described the target as linked to precision-guided missile projects.

Any new war between Israel and Hezbollah would raise the risk of a wider conflict in the Middle East, where Iran has defied U.S. attempts to force it to renegotiate a 2015 nuclear deal it reached with world powers.

At the same time,


Israel is alarmed by Tehran's growing influence in the region through militia allies such as Hezbollah in countries such as Syria.

In Iraq, powerful Iranian-backed militias have blamed a series of recent blasts at their weapons depots on Israel and the United States.

Hezbollah said the operation on Sunday was carried out by a unit named after two of its fighters who were killed by an Israeli air strike inside Syria last week.

An Iranian security official was cited as saying the Hezbollah attack on Sunday was "a reciprocal measure".

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said on Saturday night that field commanders were ready to respond to last week's drone attack, which he blamed on Israel. But like Netanyahu, Nasrallah has not indicated Hezbollah was seeking full-scale war.

Amid the threats, Israel had movedextra forces into the border region, which was largely quiet since the 2006 war.

Without claiming responsibility for the Beirut drone attack, the Israeli military has published what it said were details about an extensive Iranian-sponsored campaign to provide Hezbollah with the means to produce precision-guided missiles.

Such missiles could potentially pose a counter-balance to Israel's overwhelming military force in any future war, with the capacity to home in on and knock out core infrastructure sites.

Nasrallah says Hezbollah has enough of the missiles, dismissing claims that it has factories to produce the weapons.


Are we nearing the end for dedicated portable systems in the U.S.?

Back in February, I thought the Vita would be the next best thing. It had a stellar launch lineup, barely sub-PS3 graphics, new ways to control games (front/rear touchpad,) and dual analog sticks. Fast-forward to October and I see the handheld struggling to find a place in a crowded mobile market and game launches that are extremely few and far between.

Something went wrong for Sony, very wrong. The Playstation Vita fails to attract the gamer that puts on a pair of Turtle Beaches’ and plays Call of Duty, or as I like to call it, the intended market. Even with the forthcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 for Vita, Sony/Activision decided to give the game toeven the haters. The truth is, the snide satirists like Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert rarely risk the lasting enmity of the lunatic fringe; this is our one TV host who is well and truly angry—a pugnacious debater with an acerbic wit that hits audiences as a healthy corrective to the claptrap of cable news. Like one of his heroes, George Carlin, Maher uses humor to scourge. He can be hilariously mean. On the night before we meet at the St. Regis, he performs his stand-up routine at the Beacon Theatre on Broadway. He abuses Republicans like Napoleon Dynamite on a tetherball.

Consider Maher on Ted Cruz: “the wit of Justin Bieber and the people skills of Scarface.”

On Sarah Palin: “perhaps the least qualified public servant since Caligula nominated


of development. DeAndre was one of the most impressive players during the scrimmage portion of the NBA combine, as he scored 18 points in 21 minutes of action on the first day. Saint Josephs made the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the second round where they fell to #1 seed Oregon, but by making the tournament Embry was able to show the country why he was the Atlantic 10 POY and that he has the skills to be an NBA caliber player.

Henry Ellenson: Marquette 6’11” 245 lbs. PF-C

Henry Ellenson attended Marquette as a McDonald’s All-American and a highly touted national prospect. He averaged 17 points and 9.7 rebounds per game, showcasing his offensive versatility as a big man who can handle the ball, solid court vision, and stepZimmerman passes the eye test when you watch him play. He is highly competitive and has a non-stop motor, which will only benefit him at the next level.

Ben Bentil: Providence 6’9 235 lbs. PF

If there was a collegiate award for most improved college player, Bentil would have to be in consideration for the award. His numbers skyrocketed across the board, improving to 21 ppg from only 6 as a freshman. He and Kris Dunn formed one of the top scoring duos in the country, and led Providence to the NCAA Tournament, where they advanced to the second round. Bentil is a skilled 4 man who can hit shots, run the floor, and post up. He puts the defense at a disadvantage with his ability to pick and pop,


first time?

KIRBY: I met Stan Lee when I first went to work for Marvel. He was a little boy. When Joe and I were doing Captain America. He was about 13 years old. He’s about five years younger than me.

GROTH: Did you keep in touch with him at all?

KIRBY: No, I thought Stan Lee was a bother.

GROTH: [Laughter.]

KIRBY: I did!

GROTH: What do you mean by “bother”?

KIRBY: You know he was the kind of kid that liked to fool around — open and close doors on you. Yeah. In fact, once I told Joe to throw him out of the room.

GROTH; Because he was a pest?

KIRBY: Yes, he was a pest. Stan Lee was a pest. He liked to irk people and it was one thing I couldn’t take.

GROTH:then it was cancelled for a little while, then Steve Ditko started it in an anthology book called Tales to Astonish. Can you talk a little bit about how you were involved in creating The Hulk?

KIRBY: The Hulk I created when I saw a woman lift a car. Her baby was caught under the running board of this car. The little child was playing in the gutter and he was crawling from the gutter onto the sidewalk under the running board of this car — he was playing in the gutter. His mother was horrified. She looked from the rear window of the car, and this woman in desperation lifted the rear end of the car. It suddenly came to me that in desperation we can all do


caught. He was playing under the running board in the gutter. His head was sticking out, and then he decided he wanted to get back on the sidewalk again. But being under the car frightened his mother. He was having difficulty crawling out from under the running board, so his mother looked like she was going to scream, and she looked very desperate. She didn’t scream, but she ran over to the car and, very determined, she lifted up the entire rear of that car. I’m not saying she was a slender woman, [laughter.] She was a short, firm, well-built woman — and the Hulk was there. I didn’t know what it was. It began to form.

ROZ KIRBY: You also said the Hulk reminded you of Frankenstein.

KIRBY: Thebetween appellant and his family versus some of their neighbors over water rights and the Fort Bridger Sewer and Water Board in Uinta County, appellant developed a dislike for Vincent Vehar, an Evanston lawyer who represented appellant's adversaries in those disputes. These disputes had reached violent proportions. Appellant first tried, in 1976, to hire for $600, Harold James Taylor to kill Vehar as he was leaving his office, but Taylor backed out.
Appellant then turned to his friends Jeff Green and Mike Hickey for ideas on how to get rid of Vehar. Hickey was a young alcoholic whom the appellant knew had murdered a fifteen-year-old girl, Kelly Wyckhuyse. The appellant had long discussions with Green on how to get rid of Vehar.
During this planning period, appellant engaged Green to


drive to Arizona to plant a bomb in the automobile of one Mariscal by way of a persuasive measure to force payment *49 of money allegedly owed by Mariscal to appellant. Green, while enroute to Arizona, was caught speeding in Utah. When arrested on April 4, 1977, he was driving appellant's Lincoln Continental Mark IV and the bomb was discovered. Appellant and Hickey drove to Utah where they bailed Green out of jail. Since Green was hot, appellant no longer discussed with him plans to kill Vehar.
Thereafter appellant promised Hickey $2,000 plus expenses and help in covering up Hickey's murder of a young girl by the name of Wyckhuyse, to kill Vehar. After much scheming on the method, it was decided that the best way was to tossa bomb through the basement window of the Vehar residence in Evanston.
Appellant received notice in early August 1977, that his deposition in the sewer board's lawsuit would be taken on August 9, 1977. On August 6, appellant ordered Hickey to blow up the Vehar home that night; Hickey did. Vehar, his wife and one son were killed by the explosion  another son was seriously injured.
Hickey and a Jamey Hysell, previous to the Vehar bombing, had plotted together to kill the Wyckhuyse girl because she had implicated Hysell on a marijuana charge. Hickey was to pick her up and then Hysell was to meet them in an isolated spot and together they would kill her. After Hickey picked her up and drove to the appointed place, he told


her their plan. However, Hysell did not show up, and Hickey, having revealed their intentions, went ahead and killed her by hitting her on the head with a rock. He cut out her privates as proof of her death to show Hysell and buried the rest of her body.
After the Vehar bombing, Hickey went to California. While Hickey was gone, Hysell was picked up by police for questioning about some larcenies. Hysell, by way of distraction from his own crimes, informed on Hickey by disclosing the Wyckhuyse murder and took authorities to the grave site, previously pointed out to him by Hickey. The body was recovered. After questioning, Hickey was charged with the girl's murder.
In order to rescue Hickey and avoid the conviction of the Vehar murders, appellant,Jeff Green and Hickey concocted stories which pointed to Hysell. Charges of the Wyckhuyse murder against Hickey were dropped and Hysell was charged. During Hysell's trial, Jeff Green broke down. He implicated appellant and Hickey in the Vehar bombing, confessed that his testimony incriminating Hysell was not the truth and that Hickey had murdered the Wyckhuyse girl. Green's testimony led to dismissal of the charges against Hysell and extensive media publicity. Appellant promised Green's sister that he would get Jeff for that.
In March 1979, appellant and Hickey were tried in the United States District Court on federal charges relating to transportation and possession of explosives arising out of Green's aborted attempt to place a bomb in Mariscal's car. As an unindicted conspirator, Jeff Green testified as to appellant's


raised and paid to hired killers, through a series of transactions, some $15,000. He arranged by phone the procurement of a photo of Jeff Green cut from a high school year book to identify Green for his murderers whose identities to this date, if known, have not been revealed. Some of the calls made on May 16, 17, 19, and 20 by appellant were to inquire about *50 Green's whereabouts. On the May 20th call, he was advised that Green was dead, his mutilated body having been found on that day. On May 21, $15,000 showed up in the account of one of the witnesses, Kristi King. The next day a "Joe" inquired of her whether $20,000 had showed up in her account. She refused to have anythingto do with it and protested to appellant. At appellant's request, she sent the money to appellant's brother, Scott Hopkinson.
Hickey testified in the first trial of appellant as to appellant's participation with him in the Vehar murders. In exchange for Hickey's testimony relating to the Vehar murders, a plea bargain was entered into whereby Hickey was granted complete immunity from prosecution pertaining to the Vehar murders and a plea of second degree murder was accepted for the murder of the Wyckhuyse girl. He was sentenced to a term of 20-21 years on the State of Wyoming charge for killing Wyckhuyse, to run concurrently with a sentence of 20 years Hickey had received on a federal charge. As set out in Hopkinson v. State, supra, there are many more


find them more than supported by the evidence.
Preliminary to a short review of the evidence, we first must dispose of any question about Enmund v. Florida, ___ U.S. ___, 102 S.Ct. 3368, 73 L.Ed.2d 1140 (1982). In that case, the United States Supreme Court held that under the circumstances there, the imposition of the death penalty was inconsistent with the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. In that case the aider and abettor to a felony (robbery) did not himself kill, attempt to kill or intend that a killing take place or that lethal force be employed in the commission of a robbery. He was a lookout and driver of the getaway car several hundred yards from where the crime was committed and where the killing was done by accomplices.
Theevidence that the murder of Jeff Green was for the purpose of avoiding or preventing a lawful arrest. The testimony of Green in the aborted Mariscal bombing case was recounted. In that episode Green was *59 a key witness who provided evidence of some of the circumstances connecting the appellant with the dynamite used in the bombing of the Vehar home. The bomb he was carrying when arrested in Utah had appellant's fingerprints on it and Green had testified about it and disclosed to investigators where the bomb had come from. He had knowledge of appellant's arrangement with Hickey whereby the latter would toss a bomb into the Vehar home and thus was able to and did materially assist in untangling what was a long-time mystery as to


the murderer or murderers of the Vehars. He may have even been the one holding the key to unlock the indispensable missing parts. There was evidence of threats made by appellant on the life of Green. The telephone activity by appellant to acquire a picture of Green, along with keeping track of Green's activities, was in evidence, all of which took place shortly before Green's scheduled appearance before a grand jury investigating the Vehar murders. The climax was, of course, the murder of Green and the condition of his body evidencing a methodical manner in which it was accomplished, designed to elicit information of what Green knew, what he would testify about to the grand jury, and culminating in a gunshot wound into his head thereby silencing hima heating tool. One of Green's eyes was burned out, there was an ugly burn behind one of Green's ears, explained by the pathologist to be an especially sensitive area. There were cuts on the throat and chest. There were bruises on his body consistent with having been caused by kicking with a boot or by striking with a baseball bat or hammer. There were abrasions on Green's body probably caused by his being bound by ropes and resulting from an agonizing struggle during the torture.
This evidence explained this to have been consciousless or pitiless far beyond the normal murder, Hopkinson v. State, supra, which crime, of course by its nature, is possessed of some of the elements of being heinous, atrocious and cruel. But this one was


County and the district judge. This agreement was read into the record for the benefit of the jury at the penalty hearing now before us. The record also discloses that as a result of the plea bargain, five crimes were solved and convictions obtained: the Wyckhuyse homicide, the three Vehar homicides, and the conspiracy between Mark Hopkinson and Mike Hickey to murder William Roitz, a member of the sewer board.
The appellant accuses the district judge of improper behavior for participating in the plea bargain which was struck, citing what appears to be from the Approved Draft, 1968, ABA's Minimum Standards for the Administration of Criminal Justice, Standards Relating to Pleas of Guilty, § "3.3(a) The trial judge should not participate in plea discussions." Counsel have apparently not acquaintedthe trailer park for sewer service, which appellant was constructing; another a divorce case; and finally an appeal to the Wyoming Supreme Court in a civil ditch case which was settled. Phillips was actually, in the latter, representing appellant's parents. Two families, the Sweats and Roitzes, complained to him as a county prosecutor about a fight they had with appellant and which they wanted him to prosecute. Appellant approached him about the same fight seeking to have the Sweat and Roitz families prosecuted. The sheriff was asked to investigate with the result that all prosecution was declined for what appeared to be an unmeritorious feud between families.
Later, the sewer board sued appellant for fees for the sewer hookup and appellant approached Phillips and requested that he represent him


that body. The same grand jury upon the basis of evidence presented by Phillips as prosecutor returned an indictment against Mike Hickey for the murder of Kelly Wyckhuyse. Appellant approached Phillips several times thereafter demanding that he dismiss the indictment against Hickey. During one of those occasions, appellant stepped toward Mr. Phillips' desk where he had a picture of his wife and family, handled the photograph, and indicated that it would be terrible if anything were to happen; it was a nice looking family; it would be terrible if anything happened to his wife, or his family, or with respect to his new home which was being built. Phillips became concerned.[16]
In his testimony, Phillips admitted that the threat had some influence on his later decision to drop theemphatic that he believed appellant had done those things and that was why he was afraid. Phillips as prosecutor was present and observed Green make these statements.
Phillips testified from the trial transcript and his recollection that during the course of the Hysell trial Jeff Green implicated the appellant and Mike Hickey in the Vehar bombing. Jeff Green's testimony at the Hysell trial was that appellant had orchestrated Hickey's testimony and Green's testimony. Appellant even testified in the Hysell trial that Hysell had approached him to buy drugs and in order to establish his trustworthiness had told him that he had killed Kelly Wyckhuyse.
On cross-examination, Phillips testified that on one occasion he had filed a complaint against Green for bribery. Green had offered to fix up his basement if


Phillips would drop some charges of burglary and receiving stolen property. On redirect, it was developed that this charge was later dropped, along with some others, as part of a written plea bargain agreement, Exh. 604, whereby Green agreed to testify in the Hysell trial and cooperate in the Vehar investigation. Green's testimony in the Hysell trial was read into evidence whereby he disclosed the details of Hickey's narrative to him of just how Hickey killed the Wyckhuyse girl and what he had done with the body. The appellant was present during these revelations. It was after these disclosures that appellant worked out all the details to shift the blame from Hickey to Hysell.
Green testified the reason appellant wanted Hysell charged was because Hysell had signed a statementbrought to bear on Phillips by appellant. However, the trial judge would not permit the evidence because it was his reasoning that it fell within the attorney-client privilege. This court was somewhat quizzical about the privilege going so far that a prosecutor must be the silent victim of threats against his family and property.
We are now satisfied that an attorney is not forever within the bondage of a former client. The occasion for the threat against Phillips was not made to him in a matter in which he was an attorney for the appellant. *67 It was made to him on an occasion when he was acting as an attorney for the State of Wyoming, and appellant was aware of that because he was seeking the dismissal of


prosecution for the same offense after conviction. And it protects against multiple punishments for the same offense."
Appellant asks that since the State could not reprosecute appellant for the Vehar deaths since he was found guilty of those first degree homicides, and the convictions were affirmed, what conceivable purpose is served by introducing all the evidence of those homicides in the retrial of the sentencing phase. It is appellant's position that it was only necessary to establish the fact of convictions through introduction into evidence of the judgment and sentence reflecting the convictions for the murder of the three members of the Vehar family, which was done, in order to establish the statutory aggravating circumstance that "[t]he defendant was previously convicted of another murder in the first degree *a single bundle which lends itself to a complete picture that lays bare the character, propensities, and individual circumstances of the appellant as an offender.
The appellant claims that the submission of aggravating circumstances found not to exist in the first trial amounts to double jeopardy. At the first trial, the jury found the following statutory aggravating circumstances not applicable:
"5. The murder was committed for the purpose of avoiding or preventing a lawful arrest or effecting an escape from custody.
"6. The murder was committed for pecuniary gain." 632 P.2d at 168.
In the second trial the jury found such circumstances to exist. The principal reason is probably because the jury was inadequately instructed in the first trial, but we need not guess any further or even at all.
In the first


itself was touched with a hot object, bled, and, had the victim lived, the damage would have been irreversible. The right eyelid showed severe burns but the hot iron did not touch the eyeball. There was also a series of confluent third degree burns over the bridge of the nose and along both sides of the nose, a most tender spot. The forehead had multiple burns, some of which went into the hair.
On the left side of Jeff Green's neck was a 1 1/2 centimeter bullet entry wound caused by a high-velocity, heavy caliber bullet which passed through muscles, hit a vertebra, deflected upward hitting another vertebra, severed the spinal cord, and exited on the right cheek in the tall part of the jawbone.
The doctor explained the painfulnessof burns, the most painful being those of the third degree which penetrate the skin into a layer of nerves which carry pain impulses to the brain. Such burns literally cook the flesh.
As nearly as he could, the pathologist counted approximately 140 burns on the body. There were five knife cuts, three on his neck over the adams apple and two near one of his nipples.
In addition to the bruise on Jeff Green's forehead, there was one 7 X 2 centimeter, located in the right armpit, compatible with a kick by a boot, being struck by a baseball bat, or any type of blackjack. There was also a 3 X 2 centimeter bruise over the left top of his wrist and hand were joined, probably caused by the


to determine the issues of fact in this case."
Three overseers are created to guarantee due process in a death penalty case. The legislature has detailed a considerable number of safeguarding procedures in accordance with the directions of the ultimate authority on the death penalty  the Supreme Court of the United States. The trial judge must follow those steps plus basic constitutional rights as interpreted by court decision and rules not outlined by the legislature. Then, this court is obligated to not only dispose of the issues raised by the appellant in accordance with guidelines of due process established by the Supreme Court of the United States and the legislature of the State of Wyoming in a death penalty case, but also make an independent review, as providedwhich a reasonable attorney's conduct would have avoided. * * *" 633 P.2d at 185.
We consider now those areas in which counsel suggests he may have been ineffective. With respect to point (1), insufficient time to prepare, the public defender was, by court order, appointed on March 15, 1982, though he had been notified of the assignment by telephone a week earlier. On March 18, 1982, counsel moved for at least a sixty-day extension to review the file and confer with the appellant. It was granted. (A number of pretrial motions had already been taken care of prior to the appointment of the public defender.) The trial was set for May 17, 1982. At the request of appellant's counsel, on April 9, 1982, the trial judge entered an


counsel which made his representation ineffective, it is not unusual that such differences arise. Attorneys are often faced with the dilemma of satisfying a client and proceeding based upon professional judgment, which interests may not be in harmony.
After the commencement of the appellant's case, an in-chambers conference was held. (R.Vol. XI, pp. 962-976) Appellant was present. It opened with defense counsel advising the trial judge that they were there because appellant had an objection to the witnesses being called and an objection to witnesses not being called. It was then explained by appellant's counsel that for tactical reasons it would open up much of the original guilt if witnesses desired by appellant were called which counsel considered disadvantageous because of the involvement of purchased perjured testimony. If thatwas done, then the State could come back in rebuttal and make an even more devastating case than already present. It was further considered that by calling the type of witnesses counsel recommended  character witnesses, including appellant's mother  the scales could be tipped against the death penalty in that appellant did have some good qualities. It was disclosed that appellant had been so informed, and that counsel in their professional capacity had made those decisions.
Appellant then explained, in a lengthy, disjointed discourse, that he wanted the "whole thing" opened up again, that somewhere in the testimony there would be mitigating circumstances. He wanted that so there would be someone backing up his story if he took the stand and begged for his life. (Appellant did not


 subpoenaed to appear  who had been Jeff Green's attorney, defense counsel, and the State prosecutor. Defense counsel opened the purpose of the meeting by stating he had with him a tape and a transcript of the recording which he related had been picked up from appellant's room in Salt Lake City by appellant's mother, had been turned over by her to appellant's brother, who gave it to appellant's attorneys in the first trial in this case. From there, it was delivered to appellant's counsel in this case and placed by him in safekeeping until this occasion. Defense counsel explained its contents to show Green's fear of Hysell, not appellant, and the negotiations Green wanted his attorneys to engage in with the county attorney over prosecutions pendingwith Green had taken place while he was in Cheyenne as a member of the State Legislature. He also observed that part of the conversation was missing, probably because one side of the tape ran out and had to be turned over. He knew nothing of any of the other conversations on the tape to which he was not a party.
After all various points of view were expressed by everyone at the chambers conference, the trial judge advised all present to work out their positions and advise him *81 the next morning at 8:30. Nothing further about the tape recording appears anywhere in the record. Ford Bussart was not called to testify. No other witness identified or laid any foundation for its introduction into evidence. Neither the tape


the subject, could be expected to have anxiety. One instance of a threatening phone call by an unknown person to the wife of a witness who had testified in the former trial was entered into the record, in chambers and outside the presence of the jury. She received two phone calls in the morning and no one responded when she answered. In the afternoon there was another call from a man who said, "Is your husband going to testify?" She responded, "Who is this?" The man's voice then told her, "You had better keep him home." She hung up the phone. The record was made to protect the witness. The call could not be tied to appellant. (R.Vol.XI, pp. 999-1000)
(4) In regard to counsel not having the benefitexamined prior to the second penalty phase. The reasons given are that:
"1. Judge Troughton, a witness in the first trial, is now a district court judge for the Third Judicial District, and thus the convening authority in Uinta County.
"2. The special prosecutors, had not been properly appointed so as to enable them to appear before the Uinta County Grand Jury.
"3. There never has been a proper showing that the grand jury was properly convened or whether and when its term expires."
We find nothing in the record to support the proposition that Judge Troughton convened the grand jury, though he may have. There are two district judges having jurisdiction in and serving Uinta County; either could have convened that body. Other than the bare allegations and innuendos of appellant,


school and was placed on probation  his first major conviction was in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire where, following trial upon a plea of not guilty, he was found guilty of possession of 286,984 grams of marijuana with intent to distribute and with conspiracy to smuggle that amount of marijuana from Mexico for which, on May 14, 1973, he received two concurrent five-year sentences, which were later modified. After serving some time in confinement, he was paroled. While on parole he was charged with and found guilty in the United States District Court for Wyoming of six criminal counts: interstate commerce of a destructive device; two counts of possession of a firearm after felony conviction; making a firearm; receiving, concealing andstoring explosives; conspiring, confederating, and agreeing to commit an offense against the United States. He was sentenced on March 16, 1979, to serve five ten-year concurrent sentences and one five-year concurrent sentence for such violations. He was then, of course, convicted of the four murders connected with this case.
"2. The murder was committed while the defendant was under the influence of extreme mental or emotional disturbance." The appellant put in no evidence on this matter, it was not argued as present, nor does the record disclose the presence of such circumstance.
"3. The victim was a participant in the defendant's conduct, or consented to the act." It is inconceivable that any man would consent to the torture inflicted on the victim, Jeff Green, nor would the victim participate in


his own murder, as here.
"4. The defendant was an accomplice in a murder committed by another person and his participation in the homicidal act was relatively minor." The role of appellant was major. He was mastermind, the manipulator, the arranger, and director of the torture-murder of Jeff Green. He arranged for the actual killers and their payment. Without him, the torture-murder of Jeff Green would never have come about. He had the motive to do so, in that Jeff Green was knowledgeable of the triple Vehar murder and appellant's involvement in the planning and directing of those homicides.
"5. The defendant acted under extreme duress or under the substantial domination of another person." The appellant was not under the domination of anyone but himself. He did it for hishad a homemade knife  a spoon sharpened down  at his throat and a piece of heavy gauge wire poking into his side. Appellant told the attacking prisoner, "You haven't got a chance of escaping out of here." The prisoner thereupon locked the guard in appellant's cell. Appellant, at the guard's direction, threw a towel over the camera watching the area in order to attract the attention of the shift commander. Ten or twelve guards showed up. Appellant told the other prisoner to give him the weapons, which he did. Appellant turned them over to the guard. It was the guard's opinion that appellant saved his life.
Apparently the jury could not see this as a mitigating circumstance which could possibly outweigh the several compelling aggravating circumstances. It


a parking lot at Casper. They were choked, held down by force, and driven to the vicinity of a bridge crossing a deep canyon near what is known as Alcova Lake. Amy was thrown off the bridge landing with such force on a rock far below that the cervical spinal axis was driven through the skull into the brain. She was then washed into the stream and found in 30 feet of water the next day. Rebecca was raped by both defendants and then also thrown off the bridge. She, however, struck the side of the canyon which broke her fall, ended up in the water, and was able, in spite of a broken pelvis and hip, to pull herself part way up the canyon wall where shewas found the next day. The little girl was killed and an attempt made to kill the older girl to prevent detection of the defendants. Under the provisions of *90 the then-existing law, first degree murder committed in the course of a kidnapping and first degree murder to conceal identity, to conceal the fact of commission of a crime or to suppress evidence were considered "a course of conduct" justifying the death penalty. The jury recommended the death penalty. On appeal, the facts and circumstances of the murder were not contested  only the constitutionality of the death penalty. The torture-killing, in the case now before us, was at least as horrendous as the murder of Amy, terrible as that was.
Another first degree murder case, tried under the


same law as that under which the Kennedy case was prosecuted, was Cloman v. State, Wyo., 574 P.2d 410 (1978), in which the jury recommended the death penalty for first degree murder. The case report relates the details of the murder. The two defendants entered the home of the Witts. They complained of the bitter cold outside, their car had broken down, and they had walked several miles. They persuaded Mr. Witt to take them into Cheyenne, some twelve miles away. Mr. Witt picked a friend, Mr. Davis, to go along on the ill-fated journey. Their bodies were found after an extensive search. Each body bore as many as a dozen stab wounds, several of which in each body were testified to by the examining pathologist as sufficientlarge amount of cash. With that purpose in view, the perpetrator severely beat and partially disrobed the victim seeking to find where he kept his money. As was pointed out in the original opinion, the victim was `cut all to pieces' and gasoline was poured over him before he was shot. When the appellant returned from the killing, he had blood on his clothing, and there was blood in the yard where the victim had been beaten prior to being put in the back of a pickup truck and taken to the actual execution site. Thereafter, the victim's truck with his body in it was burned in order to hide the crime.
"The evidence supports a finding beyond a reasonable doubt of serious physical abuse prior to death. [Citation.]


forensic pathologist, Laramie, Wyoming, does a tremendous amount of work with the state crime lab on matters, a little bit out of the ordinary, a very qualified man. You will be impressed by him. He was called in to do the autopsy of Jeff Green and he will tell you, and it's his opinion, that Jeff Green was tortured for the purpose of getting information out of him. He can do that because of his having been involved in other torture murders, and because of his qualifications, and also because of the tracks. He will explain to you that in murder, murderers leave tracks on bodies just like elk leave tracks in the snow. He will testify that in his opinion Jeff Green was tied to a chairor hung up or strung out in some way, evidenced by the fact there's rope burns under both of his arms where actually the meat was torn in because of the pain and torture that man went through in order to get the information from him. He will testify that a knife was held to Jeff Green's throat in three separate places, and they made little slit marks in his throat in an attempt to intimidate him into giving them information. They then held the knife or sharp object to his heart and made another slice across his heart.
"He will then testify that they held his hands out, and with a blunt instrument or even a foot or bat, they smashed his left hand. And then they took


cigarettes and in one hand they burned 35 cigarette burns, in the other 37. And when that didn't work, they got a hot iron, perhaps a welding iron or some other hot iron or even a knife heated up, and they started burning up his arms. Deep apparent burns. Not apparent but for sure burns. When that wasn't enough they then started burning behind his ears, which he will explain is a very, very sensitive part of his body. Burnt the back end, the inside of his ears, and when that wasn't successful, started burning along the hairline of Jeff Green. And when that wasn't successful, they started then around his nose, and on his face and they burned T's in his face for traitor. They burned upalong his nose and across the top of his eyes and his eyelids. And finally in desperation, they burned the right eye out of the head of Jeff Green. Then they hit him with some type of blunt instrument here in the head and rendered him unconscious. For how long no one knows. They brought him to the interchange by Fort Bridger, walked him out into the sand and shot and killed him, so that would shut his mouth and so it would be a warning to all of the other people who were scheduled to testify in the grand jury proceeding investigating the Vehar murders that was supposed to start in two days.
"I respectfully submit on behalf of the State of Wyoming the evidence will prove not


reconstruct how torture is administered. In this particular instance, you recall his testimony that there were three different  actually, four different modes of torture utilized. The knife. They held it to his throat, three splices on his throat, the two splices over his heart. The cigarette which is painful but relatively minor pain compared to what else he was subjected to. And his hands and arms. Then, when that wasn't successful, a hot iron of some sort where they actually burned, burned his arms and then around his face until they literally burned one of the eyes out of his head. And Dr. Stahl's testimony is that that torture was administered for the purpose of obtaining information and for punishment. They don't do that to Mark HopkinsonHopkinson had to know what Jeff Green had told the investigators. And so, he had to have him tortured to get that information.
"Then, you know, he could have had him killed, dumped his body in the desert. No problem. But he had to make a statement with the tortured body of Jeff Green. He knew that grand jury was going to convene on May 21st, 1979. If Jeff Green was missing, it really didn't say enough for Mark Hopkinson. He had to make a statement to the people of that valley. He had to attempt to intimidate them further. He had to put them in fear. So, he had Jeff Green marched down behind the pullout just at the entrance of the Valley and had him shot in


relatively open sight in an area that was frequented so that his body would be discovered, so it was a statement to all other potential witnesses. Don't mess around with Mark Hopkinson.
"The problem is, the people of the Bridger Valley are decent, honorable people. The killing had to stop. They had enough. Even Mark Hopkinson's friends had had enough. Even Mike Hickey had enough. They came before the grand jury. And the statement with Jeff Green's body was too much for any of them to handle. And they came in and they told the truth. And Mark Hopkinson was indicted and Mark Hopkinson was then brought to trial here in Jackson, Wyoming. And Mark Hopkinson was convicted beyond a reasonable doubt.
"Now, these facts, as I've gone over themlaid a foundation for the capability of appellant to cause the horrible torture of Green which took place. The photographs of Green's body are expressive even beyond the words of the testimony of the pathologist who detailed for the jury the various brutal wounds inflicted before Green's being put to death.
"The testimony was that there were some 140 burns on the body of Green such as would be caused by cigarette burns and hot metal, thus connecting the welder which could be used as a heating tool. One of Green's eyes was burned out, there was an ugly burn behind one of Green's ears, explained by the pathologist to be an especially sensitive area. There were cuts on the throat and chest. There were bruises on his body


and the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court of the United States, to delay and perhaps somewhere along the line find a sympathetic ear. It is the familiar effort to frustrate final judicial decrees even after repeated careful judicial consideration.

The legislature of the state of Wyoming has made a good-faith effort to craft legislation which conforms to the holdings of the United States Supreme Court in its decisions in Proffitt and Gregg and other of its decisions dealing with the death penalty. We have taken every care to meticulously conform to Proffitt and Gregg and the other pertinent cases of that Court of last resort in death cases. We accept its decisions as the standard. We rely on them and shape our death penalty jurisprudence accordingly.sixty (60) days after certification by the sentencing court of the entire record, unless the time is extended for an additional period not to exceed thirty (30) days by the supreme court for good cause shown. Such review by the supreme court shall have priority over all other cases.
"(b) Within ten (10) days after receiving the transcript, the clerk of the trial court shall transmit the entire record and transcript to the supreme court of Wyoming together with a notice prepared by the clerk and a report prepared by the trial judge. The notice shall set forth the title and docket number of the case, the name of the defendant and the name and address of his attorney, a statement of the judgment, the offense and punishment prescribed.


1933, Ogden, Utah. EDUCATION: Graduate of Reno Senior High School, 1951. Attended the University of Nevada, 1952-54. Joined the U.S. Navy, 1954-58. Designated Naval Aviator, 1955. Attended the University of Kansas, 1958-60. Received a B.A. in History, 1960. Recalled in the Navy during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1961-62. University of Kansas Law School, 1962-65. Admitted to the Kansas Bar, February 10, 1965, by examination. Admitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, February 10, 1965. Admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals, April 6, 1967. Admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States, December 13, 1976. Admitted to practice in Wyoming, March 21, 1979. LEGAL EXPERIENCE: Legal Editor, Shepard's Citations, 1965. Private Practice in Wichita, Kansas, November, 1965 through March, 1967. Law Clerk toThe Honorable Frank G. Theis, March 1967 through September, 1969, for the U.S. Dist. Ct. of KS. Private Practice in Wichita, Kansas, 1969-71. Chief Deputy in the Office of the Attorney General for the State of Kansas, January, 1971 through April, 1971. Appointed Municipal Judge for Wichita, Kansas, April, 1971 through April, 1973. Private Practice during this period. Appointed as the Federal Public Defender for the District of Kansas, July, 1973 through December, 1981. Senior Staff, Office of the Wyoming Attorney General, September, 1978 through January, 1979. Appointed as the Wyoming State Public Defender, January of 1982 to present. WORK EXPERIENCE: Extensive work in criminal litigation, both trials and appeals in the District of Kansas; responsibilities included both administrative and trial work before the United States District Court


for the District of Kansas in Wichita, Topeka, and Kansas City, Kansas, and approximately 3500 cases were handled by this office. Appellate work for both the Kansas Supreme Court, and the Wyoming Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in approximately 85 to 100 cases. National Chairman of the Federal Public and Community Public Defenders, 1980-82. Committee member and lecturer in training Federal Public Defenders."
[24]  At a later in-chambers conference, R.Vol.XI, pp. 1009-1010, the trial judge commented:

"Mr. Hopkinson also said this morning that these were the two best lawyers he's ever had in this case, even after he quarreled with them about who to call as witnesses and who not to call. I find their judgment in that regard to be extremely wise.penalty phase of the State of Wyoming vs. Mark Allan [Allen] Hopkinson which requires the special and unique knowledge obtained by the firm of Spence, Moriarity and Schuster making it necessary for their continued employment.
"NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Uinta County, Wyoming, that:
"1. The law firm of Spence, Moriarity and Schuster is hereby appointed and employed to act as special prosecutors on behalf of Uinta County in the matter of the [S]tate of Wyoming vs. Mark Allan [Allen] Hopkinson.
"2. That Uinta County does hereby reaffirm the original appointment by District Court Judge C. Stuart Brown of the law firm of Spence, Moriarity and Schuster by and through one of its partners, Edward Moriarity, to act as special prosecutor in all matters


lawful arrest or effecting an escape from custody;
"(vi) The murder was committed for pecuniary gain;
"(vii) The murder was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel;
"(viii) The murder of a judicial officer, former judicial officer, district attorney, former district attorney or former county and prosecuting attorney, during or because of the exercise of his official duty. [1982 Cum. Supp.]
"(j) Mitigating circumstances shall be the following:
"(i) The defendant has no significant history of prior criminal activity;
"(ii) The murder was committed while the defendant was under the influence of extreme mental or emotional disturbance;
"(iii) The victim was a participant in the defendant's conduct or consented to the act;
"(iv) The defendant was an accomplice in a murder committed by another person and his participation in the homicidal act was relatively minor;
"(v) The defendant actedIllustration by Jamie Givens

One of the most iconic crags in the country, the Third Flatiron rises majestically just to the west of Boulder, Colorado. When it’s not closed by winter weather or to protect nesting falcons, the eight-pitch Standard East Face (5.4) is among the busiest multi-pitch routes in the world. In addition to its popularity, the Third is rich in history and has seen some madcap antics.

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1. In 1906, Floyd and Earl Millard completed the first ascent of the Standard East Face on the Third Flatiron, marking the earliest recorded rock climb in Colorado. The earliest known roped ascent took place in 1919. Another historic ascent on the Third transpired in 1949: the Northwest Passage on the west overhang, established by Bob


Riley, Dick Sherman, and Tom Hornbein (the American who, with Willi Unsoeld, did the first ascent of the West Ridge of Mount Everest in 1963). Although similar overhanging aid climbs had been done elsewhere in the U.S., the three-pitch Northwest Passage was the first in Colorado to be attempted with artificial aid and bolts. Northwest Passage was free climbed in 1972 at 5.10.

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2. In the early 1930s, Hull Cook and Ev Long, then working as summer guides on Longs Peak, conceived the idea to guide tourists up the Third Flatiron during Longs’ off-season. They installed the six prominent eyebolts on the East Face still in use today as belay anchors.

3. Since 1989, the Third Flatiron has been closedto climbers and hikers from February 1 to July 31 to protect cliff-nesting raptors during mating season. In recent years, peregrine and prairie falcons have competed fiercely for nesting grounds, and the peregrines, being the slightly larger species, usually win the turf war. However, in 2010, the two species nested successfully in harmony for the first time—each pair produced three chicks—with about 200 feet separating the nests.

4. From 2004 to 2005, according to the Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks visitation survey, approximately 211,000 people visited the Chautauqua and Bluebell trails leading to the Third, with about 10,500 there to climb (mostly on the Third and First flatirons).

5. In 1949, on a moonlit night, then–CU freshmen and Boulder climbers Dale Johnson and Bob Rolands climbed the Third Flatiron,


“U,” presumably to represent the University of Denver. Since then, the letters have been removed and repainted many times. In 1980, paint specifically blended to match the rock was applied to cover the letters, though they are still faintly visible from town.

6. Dale Johnson made Flatirons-related headlines again in 1953. After a trip to the local Goodwill, Johnson and Phil Robertson headed to the Third with “clamp-on roller skates.” They tied the skates to their climbing boots with nylon cord and roped up for the climb. The pair did not lock the wheels—rather, they relied on the rock’s broken face and large pockets to support the free-rolling wheels. At the final pitch, where the climb is too slabby and smooth for the skates, Johnson and Robertson were forcedto climb on their hands and knees.

7. In 2007, Bill Wright and Stefan Griebel skied part of the Third Flatiron, starting about 200 feet below the summit. After several major snowstorms in January, the pair hiked to the back of the Third carrying alpine skis, poles, boots, and climbing gear. They soloed the Southwest Chimney and rappelled from an eyebolt anchor to the top of the 1911 Gully. The climbers skied several hundred feet down the super-steep gully to the edge of a 200-foot cliff, rappelling once again to reach the ground. Then Wright and Griebel skied the trails back to the car.

8. The Third has seen many other unusual ascents, including being climbed with no hands, being “streaked” by shop owner Gary Neptune in the 1970s, and,


most popularly, climbed by full moon sans headlamp. Word to the wise: the hulking rock blocks any moonlight for the steep, rocky descent hike, and headlamps become desirable.

9. The Flatirons are a part of the Fountain Formation—a rock unit that stretches along the eastern margin of the modern-day Front Range. The formation was deposited in rivers and streams roughly 300 million years ago along the flanks of a mountain range that geologists refer to as the Ancestral Rockies. The Flatirons were tilted into their present position by the Laramide mountain-building episode approximately 70 million to 40 million years ago. In Boulder, the Fountain Formation (composed of shale, sandstone, and conglomerate) is unusually hard and resistant due to the presence of fine-grained feldspar cement called adularia. Along the steeperEpidemiology of acute rheumatic fever in a multiethnic, multiracial urban community: the Miami-Dade County experience.
During the mid-1980s, several US communities experienced outbreaks of acute rheumatic fever (ARF), often involving predominantly white, middle-class individuals living in suburban or rural settings. The medical records of all patients diagnosed with ARF in Miami-Dade County, Florida, between 1984 and 1988 were reviewed. Thirty-five cases met the revised Jones criteria and were considered definite; four additional cases were classified as probable. Carditis was present in 54%. Of the 39 patients, 32 (82%) were black. The annual incidence of ARF among black children aged 5-14 years was 12.25 per 100,000 compared to 0.71 for other (non-Hispanic white plus Hispanic) children (P less than .001). ARF was centered in the inner city, where the incidence


Colombia outrage over killing of young girl Published duration 8 December 2016

image copyright EPA image caption Three days of mourning were announced in seven-year-old Yuliana's home department of Cauca.

The funeral has been taking place in the Colombian capital, Bogota, of a seven-year-old girl from a poor family who was raped and killed on Sunday.

Yuliana Samboni's body - which showed signs of torture - was found in a luxury apartment in the city. It's believed she had been suffocated.

The suspect, who has been detained by the police, is from a wealthy family.

The killing has ignited public anger about child sex abuse as well as over the country's deep social divide.

President Juan Manuel Santos has condemned the killing.

Yuliana Samboni had been playing outside her family home in a working classneighbourhood of Bogota when she was snatched from the street by a man in a grey van.

Hours later, her body was found with signs of rape and torture in the apartment of a wealthy architect in the affluent Chapinero district.

The 38-year-old owner had disappeared after checking himself into a private clinic for a cocaine and alcohol overdose.

The suspect, Rafael Uribe Noguera, has been remanded in custody pending investigations.

He has pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated femicide, torture, abduction and rape.

image copyright EPA image caption A series of vigils were held in Bogota in the days after the killing.

A day after the killing , the first vigil began in a park in Bogota.

Hundreds of people gathered to light candles and social media in Colombia was taken over by


the movements #NiUnaMenos and #TodosSomosYuliana.

"I demand, as Colombians demand, the most prompt and severe justice that falls on the person responsible for this murder," said President Juan Manuel Santos at a meeting of young students,

Yuliana's body was buried in the isolated rural hamlet of El Bolivar, in the department of Cauca where her family is from.

Apart from the horrific nature of the crime, reporters said many Colombians were concerned that the suspect would use his family's connections and wealth to avoid criminal charges.

image copyright EPA image caption Protests calling for justice for the victim and her family took place outside the hospital treating the alleged murderer of Yuliana

The alleged perpetrator comes from a prosperous family of architects and lawyers, while Yuliana was from a poor indigenous family whichShooting Victim Carmen Schentrup Never Knew She Was a National Merit Finalist

The letter congratulating her for becoming a National Merit Scholarship Finalist would reach Carmen Schentrup’s home just one day after she was killed by a gunman at her school.

Schentrup, 16, was one of 17 victims that lost their lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last Wednesday. She was featured in Parkland Talk as a National Merit Scholar Semi-finalist last November and went on to become one of 15,000 students in the country to make finalist.

Carmen had just received good news last week that she was accepted into the University of Florida Honors program, however, her brother Robert said she also really wanted to attend the University of Washington because they had a good medical research program.


This was something she was inspired to do after her great-aunt suffered, and later died of ALS. Carmen said she wanted to help do something about it.

Carmen Schentrup’s senior photo.

Her family moved to Parkland from Hollywood FL where Carmen attended Westglades Middle School for two years before heading over to Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Carmen was an avid reader and loved a good story, routinely reading over 100 per year. Like most teenagers, she also enjoyed TV and movies, especially sci-fi, fantasy, and comedies. Carmen was artistic and loved music. She enjoyed drawing and visiting art museums. She played piano, violin, guitar, and sang in the church choir. Her parents said they will miss her filling their home with music.

When she was 12, she had major surgery that resultedin four metal rods sticking out of her leg for months. Her parents Bill and April said that she never once complained about it and never attempted to hide the scars. Not one to pass up a good joke, she would often come up with funny stories about her scars, like when she said she got them “running with the bulls”.

A couple of years ago Carmen dreamed of visiting Germany, so she spent a year teaching herself the language. Last summer, she planned the family vacation to Germany and played the role of translator and guide.

“She was compassionate, she was a hard-worker, and she strived for the best future possible,” said her brother Robert, a 2017 graduate of Marjory Stoneman Douglas who now attends the University of Central