dome raises the elevation of the area to around 38 feet, giving High Island the highest elevation of any point on the Gulf coast from Mobile, the metaphorical island has often served to protect its residents from the effects of hurricanes storm surge. The main route from Houston to High Island is to travel along Interstate 45 to Galveston, take the ferry to Port Bolivar, the High Island Independent School District serves the community. The Houston Audubon Society has 4 sanctuaries at High Island, Boy Scout Woods, Smith Oaks, Eubanks Woods, Boy Scout Woods is the headquarters, which is staffed by volunteers during peak spring migration season from mid-March to mid-May. Smith Oaks is the largest sanctuary and home to the Rookery, during this spring migration, the birdsdiscovered in 1890 when an oil well was drilled into Spindletop Hill near Beaumont TX

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East Central Texas forests
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The East Central Texas forests is a small temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion almost entirely within the state of Texas, United States. The northern forests perimeter is partially within the southeast Oklahoma border, East Central Texas forests are distinguished from the adjacent Texas blackland prairies and Western Gulf coastal grasslands by their greater tree density. On the other hand, they are open and have a greater concentration of hardwoods than the forests of the Piney Woods. The climate is hot and humid, the landscapes of this ecoregion are generally more level and gently rolling compared to the more dissected and irregular topography of much of Southern Post Oak Savanna. It


is underlain by mostly Eocene and Paleocene-age formations with some Cretaceous rocks to the north, the deciduous forest or woodland is composed mostly of post oak, blackjack oak, eastern redcedar, and black hickory. Prairie openings contained little bluestem and other grasses and forbs, the land cover currently has more improved pasture and less post oak woods and forest than the Southern Post Oak Savanna. Some coniferous trees occur, especially on the boundary with the Tertiary Uplands ecoregion. Loblolly pine has been planted in several areas, typical wildlife species include white-tailed deer, eastern wild turkey, northern bobwhite, eastern fox squirrel, and eastern gray squirrel. This ecoregion has more woods and forest than the adjacent prairie ecoregions, historically a post oak savanna, current land cover is a mix of postoak woods, improved pasture, and rangeland, with some invasive mesquite to the south. A thick understory of yaupon and eastern redcedar occurs in some parts, the ecoregion is underlain by Miocene, Oligocene, Eocene, and Paleocene sediments. Sand exposures within these Tertiary deposits have a distinctive sandyland flora, the endangered Houston Toad is associated with the deep sandy soils of this ecoregion This ecoregion is a narrow, 100-mile long region occurring primarily on the Eocene Cook Mountain Formation. Since the 1830s, settlement clustered along the Old San Antonio Road within this belt of prairie land. Currently, land cover is a mosaic of woodland, improved pasture, rangeland, the small, disjunct areas of this ecoregion have a blend of characteristics from the Texas blackland prairies and the East Central Texas forests.


The northern two outliers, north of the Sulphur River, occur on Cretaceous sediments, while south of the river, a mosaic of forest and prairie occurred historically in this and adjacent regions. Burning was important in maintaining grassy openings, and woody invasions have taken place in the absence of fire, the tallgrass prairies included little bluestem, big bluestem, yellow indiangrass, and tall dropseed. Current land cover is mostly pasture, with some cropland and this ecoregion is an outlier of relict loblolly pine-post oak upland forest occurring on some dissected hills. It is the westernmost tract of pine in the United States. The Lost Pines are about 100 miles west of the Texas pine belt of the South Central Plains and it includes only the wider floodplains of major streams,such as the Sulphur, Trinity, Brazos, and Colorado rivers

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Quercus stellata
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Quercus stellata is a North American species of oak in the white oak section. Quercus stellata is a slow growing oak that lives in dry soils, and is resistant to rot, fire. Interbreeding occurs among white oaks thus many hybrid species combinations occur, Quercus stellata is native to the eastern and central United States, and found in all the coastal states from Massachusetts to Texas, and as far inland as Nebraska. It is identifiable by the cross like shape formed by the leaf lobes. Quercus stellata is a small tree, typically 10–15 meters tall and trunk 30–60 cm in diameter. The leaves have a distinctive shape, with three perpendicular terminal lobes, shaped much like a Maltese Cross. They are


leathery, and tomentose beneath, the branching pattern of this tree often gives it a rugged appearance. The acorns are 1. 5–2 cm long, and are mature in their first summer, the specific epithet stellata is latin for star it is named this because the trichome hairs on the bottom of the leaves, are stellate or star shaped. There are several variants of Quercus stellata named by American botanist Charles Sprague Sargent and they are both in a section of Quercus called the white oaks. In the white oak section Quercus stellata is sister taxa with the Quercus alba, Quercus stellata is sold and distributed as white oak. One identifiable difference between the two trees is that Q. stellata is hairy on the underside of the leaf, Quercus stellatais found in southeastern America, in the coast states from Massachusetts, to Texas, and inland to Iowa. Normally found at the edge of a forest It typically grows in dry sandy areas, because of its ability to grow in dry sites, attractive crown, and strong horizontal branches it is used in urban forestry. It is resistant to decay so it is used for ties, siding, planks, construction timbers, stair risers and treads, flooring, pulp, veneer, particle boards, fuel. It is used for food for deer, turkey, squirrels, and other rodents. Quercus stellata has evolved to survive fires by having thicker bark, Quercus stellata is useful for fire surveys where the tree rings are used to get a fire history of an area. IPNI Kew Flora of North America


Plants. USDA

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Beaumont, Texas
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Beaumont is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Texas in the United States, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. Beaumont was founded as a town in 1835 by Northerners, the early European-American settlement had an economy based on the development of lumber, farming, and port industries. Rice became an important commodity crop in Texas, and is now cultivated in 23 counties, a big change occurred in 1901 with the Spindletop gusher, which demonstrated the potential of the huge oil field. With Spindletop, several companies developed in Beaumont, and some continue. The area rapidly developed as one of the major petro-chemical refining areas in the country, along with Port Arthur and Orange, Beaumont forms the Golden Triangle, a major industrial area onthe Texas Gulf Coast. Beaumont is home of Lamar University, a national Carnegie Doctoral Research university with 14,966 students, including undergraduates and post graduates. Over the years, several corporations have been based in this city, gSUs Edison Plaza headquarters is still the tallest building in Beaumont. In 1824 Noah and Nancy Tevis settled on the west bank of the Neches River, soon after that, a small community grew up around the farm, which was named Tevis Bluff or Neches River Settlement. They began planning a town to be out on this land. Their partnership, J. P. Pulsifer and Company, controlled the first 50 acres upon which the town was founded and this town was named Beaumont, after Jefferson Beaumont, the brother-in-law of Henry Millard. They added more property


for a total of 200 acres, Beaumont became a town on 16 December 1838. Beaumonts first mayor was Alexander Calder, from the towns founding in 1835, business activities included real estate, transportation, and retail sales. Later, other businesses were formed, especially in construction and operation, new building construction, lumber sales. The Port of Beaumont became a regional shipping center. Beaumont was a center for cattle raisers and farmers in its early years. With an active riverport by the 1880s, it became an important lumber and it exported rice as a commodity crop. The Beaumont Rice Mill, founded in 1892 by Joseph Eloi Broussard, was the first commercially successful rice mill in Texas, in addition, Broussard founded a company to operate an irrigation system to support rice culture. Thishelped stimulate the expansion of cultivation from 1500 acres in 1892 to 400,000 acres in 23 counties by his death in 1956

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Port Arthur, Texas
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Port Arthur is a city in Jefferson County within the Beaumont−Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area of the U. S. state of Texas. A small portion extends into Orange County and it is ninety-one miles east of Houston. The population was 53,818 at the 2010 census, early attempts at settlements in the area had all failed. However, in 1895 Arthur Stilwell founded Port Arthur, and the town quickly grew, Port Arthur was incorporated as a city in 1898 and soon developed into a seaport. It eventually became the center of a oil refinery network. The Rainbow Bridge across the Neches River connects Port Arthur to Bridge


City, Aurora was an early settlement attempt near the mouth of Taylor Bayou on Sabine Lake, about 14 miles long and 7 miles wide. It is an estuary formed by the confluence of the Neches. Through its tidal outlet 5 miles long, Sabine Pass, Sabine Lake drains some 50,000 square miles of Texas, the town was conceived in 1837, and in 1840 promoters led by Almanzon Huston were offering town lots for sale. Some were sold, but Hustons project failed to attract many settlers, the area next was known as Sparks, after John Sparks, who moved his family to the shores of Sabine Lake near the site of Aurora. The Eastern Texas Railroad, completed between Sabine Pass and Beaumont, Texas, passed four miles west of Sparks, however, theAmerican Civil War soon began, and rail lines were removed. In 1886, a hurricane hit the coast, causing the remaining residents to dismantle their homes. By 1895, Aurora had become a ghost town, Arthur Stilwell led the resettling of the area as part of his planned city of Port Arthur. Pleasure Island now separates the city from the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, the 18. 5-mile man-made island was created between 1899 and 1908 by the Corps of Engineers to support development of the port. Arthur Stilwell founded the Port Arthur Channel and Dock Company to manage the port facilities, the port officially opened with the arrival of the British steamer Saint Oswald in 1899. When oil was discovered in the region, Port Arthur developed for a time as the


center of the largest oil refinery network in the world, Port Arthur is located at 29°53′6″N 93°56′24″W east of Houston. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 143.8 square miles. The average relative humidity is 90% in the morning, and 72% in the afternoon, as of the 2000 census, there were 57,755 people,21,839 households, and 14,675 families residing in the city. The population density was 696.5 people per square mile, there were 24,713 housing units at an average density of 298.0 per square mile

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Orange, Texas
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Orange is a city in Orange County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 18,595 and it is the county seat of Orange County, and is the easternmost city in Texas. Located onthe Sabine River at the border with Louisiana, Orange is 113 miles from Houston and is part of the Beaumont−Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area, founded in 1836, it is a deep-water port to the Gulf of Mexico. This community was originally called Green Bluff for a man named Reason Green, a short time later, in 1840, the town was renamed Madison in honor of President James Madison. To resolve the frequent post office confusion with another Texas community called Madisonville, the area experienced rapid growth in the late 19th century due to 17 sawmills within the city limits, making Orange the center of the Texas lumber industry. Oranges growth led to the arrival of immigrants in the late 19th century. In 1898, the County built a courthouse in


the city, the harbor leading into the Port of Orange was dredged in 1914 to accommodate large ships. Ship building during World War I contributed to the growth in population, the Great Depression, not surprisingly, affected the city negatively, and it was not until World War II that the local economy was boosted again. A U. S. Naval Station was installed and additional housing was provided for thousands of workers and servicemen. The population increased to just over 60,000 residents, after the war, the peace-time population decreased to about 25,000. At this time, the Navy Department announced it selected Orange as one of eight locations where it would store reserve vessels, the area of the shipyards provided a favorable location, as the Sabine River furnished an abundant supplyof fresh water to prevent saltwater corrosion. Also during this period the local chemical plants expanded which boosted the economy, the chemical industry continues today as a leading source of revenue to the area. The U. S. Naval Station was changed to a Reserve base in December 1975, the Port of Orange became the home to the USS Orleck, one of the few naval ships remaining that was built at the Orange shipyards during WWII. The city of Orange sustained a hit from Hurricane Rita in 2005. The city decreed that the ship be moved because, as it claimed, the Orleck was not allowed to return to the port due to politics so a new location was sought, including one in Arkansas and Lake Charles, Louisiana, for a


new home. On May 6,2009, the Lake Charles city council voted in favor of an ordinance authorizing the city to enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the USS ORLECK, on May 20,2010 the ship was moved to Lake Charles. The Grand Opening was on April 10,2011, Orange was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ike on September 13,2008. Damage was widespread and severe across Orange County, the 22-foot storm surge breached the citys levees, caused catastrophic flooding and obliterated everything in its path

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NASA
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower established NASA in 1958 with a distinctly civilian orientation encouraging peaceful applications in space science. The National Aeronautics and Space Act was passed on July 29,1958, disestablishing NASAs predecessor, the new agency became operational on October 1,1958. Since that time, most US spaceexploration efforts have led by NASA, including the Apollo Moon landing missions, the Skylab space station. Currently, NASA is supporting the International Space Station and is overseeing the development of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, the agency is also responsible for the Launch Services Program which provides oversight of launch operations and countdown management for unmanned NASA launches. NASA shares data with various national and international such as from the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite. Since 2011, NASA has been criticized for low cost efficiency, from 1946, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics had been experimenting with rocket planes such as the supersonic Bell X-1. In the early 1950s, there was challenge to launch a satellite for the International Geophysical Year. An effort for this was the American Project


Vanguard, after the Soviet launch of the worlds first artificial satellite on October 4,1957, the attention of the United States turned toward its own fledgling space efforts. This led to an agreement that a new federal agency based on NACA was needed to conduct all non-military activity in space. The Advanced Research Projects Agency was created in February 1958 to develop technology for military application. On July 29,1958, Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, a NASA seal was approved by President Eisenhower in 1959. Elements of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency and the United States Naval Research Laboratory were incorporated into NASA, earlier research efforts within the US Air Force and many of ARPAs early space programs were also transferred to NASA. In December 1958, NASAgained control of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA has conducted many manned and unmanned spaceflight programs throughout its history. Some missions include both manned and unmanned aspects, such as the Galileo probe, which was deployed by astronauts in Earth orbit before being sent unmanned to Jupiter, the experimental rocket-powered aircraft programs started by NACA were extended by NASA as support for manned spaceflight. This was followed by a space capsule program, and in turn by a two-man capsule program. This goal was met in 1969 by the Apollo program, however, reduction of the perceived threat and changing political priorities almost immediately caused the termination of most of these plans. NASA turned its attention to an Apollo-derived temporary space laboratory, to date, NASA has launched a total of 166


is the name of a heavily forested area in Southeast Texas, United States. Several attempts to provide boundaries have been made ranging from only a 10 to 15 mile section of Hardin County to an area encompassing over 29 counties, scientific studies have been performed also, but with varying results. Hal B. Parks and Victor L. Cory of the Texas Agriculture Experiment station conducted a survey of the Big Thicket region. Their study, based on geology, resulted in over 3,350,000 acres of Southeast Texas and covering 14 counties from Houston in the west to Orange in the east, claude McLeod, a botany professor at Sam Houston State University, performed a botanical based study. That study resulted in a region of over 2,000,000 acres. While no exact boundaries exist,the area much of Hardin, Liberty, Tyler, San Jacinto, and Polk Counties and is roughly bounded by the San Jacinto River, Neches River. To the north, it blends into the larger Piney Woods terrestrial ecoregion of which it is a part and it has historically been the most dense forest region in what is now Texas, though logging in the 19th and 20th centuries dramatically reduced the forest concentration. The Big Thicket has been described as one of the most biodiverse areas in the world outside of the tropics, the Big Thicket National Preserve was established in 1974 in an attempt to protect the many plant and animal species within. Senator Ralph Yarborough was its most powerful proponent in Congress and the bill was proposed by Charles Wilson


and Bob Eckhardt that established the 84, Big Thicket was also designated as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1981. As of September 30,2016, the preserve includes 112,501 acres and it consists of nine separate land units as well as six water corridors. Centered about Hardin County, Texas, the BITH extends into parts of surrounding Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Orange, Polk, the Preserves headquarters are located 8 miles north of Kountze, Texas and approximately 30 miles north of Beaumont via US 69/287. Ones fondness for the area is hard to explain and it has no commanding peak or awesome gorge, no topographical feature of distinction. – Big Thicket Legacy, University of Texas Press,1977, the terrain in the Big Thicket is flat or gently rolling. The area lies on thecoastal plain of Texas, and is crossed by numerous small streams. The extent of the region was much larger than today covering more than 2 million acres in east Texas. Timber harvesting in the 19th and 20th centuries dramatically reduced the extent of the dense woodlands, prior to the acquisition of a reservation in 1854, the Alabama-Coushattas resided in the Big Thicket. The Big Thickets geographical features are believed to have their origins with the Western Interior Seaway, over time, water smoothed out the land along what is now Texass coastline. Small towns are contained within the Big Thicket, most of these towns developed in the late 19th century in support of the lumber industry, as evidenced by names like Lumberton

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Woodville, Texas
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Woodville is a town in Tyler County,


Texas, United States. The town is intersected by three U. S. highways, U. S. Highway 69, U. S. Highway 190, the population was 2,586 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Tyler County, the town was named after George Tyler Wood, governor of Texas from 1847-1849. Woodville is located at 30°46′34″N 94°25′16″W, according to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.2 square miles, all of it land. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers, according to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Woodville has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated Cfa on climate maps. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,415 people,990 households, the population density was 766.2 people per square mile. There were 1,264every 100 females there were 77.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 73.4 males, the median income for a household in the town was $23,711, and the median income for a family was $31,000. Males had an income of $30,515 versus $21,125 for females. The per capita income for the town was $14,686, about 19. 7% of families and 23. 5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 38. 1% of those under age 18 and 13. 2% of those age 65 or over. Allan Shivers Library and Museum features collections related to former Governor of Texas Allan Shivers who was from the area, big Thicket National Preserve is to the south and west of town. James White, Republican member of


the Texas House of Representatives from District 19, the Woodville Independent School District serves families from the community of Woodville Texas. U. S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System, Woodville, Texas

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Kountze, Texas
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Kountze is a city in Hardin County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,123 at the 2010 census and it is the county seat of Hardin County. The city is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area, Kountze was originally established as a railroad town in 1881. The city was named for Herman and Augustus Kountze, financial backers of the Sabine, the seat of Hardin County, Kountze boasts an area of more than 89 percent forested lush green terrain. Local area produces over 3.5 million board feet of lumber annually, Kountze describes itself as The BigLight in The Big Thicket - a Thicket is that vast area of tangled, often impenetrable woods, streams and marshes. Now portions of this thicket are nationally protected as the Big Thicket National Preserve, the cradle of this countrys oil industry is found in the Big Thicket of east Texas. The thicket is a 50 miles circle of swampland about 30 miles north of Beaumont, in 1991 Kountze became the first American city with a Muslim mayor, an African-American named Charles Bilal. Kirby-Hill Historical Home This historical home was built in 1902 by James L. Kirby, brother of the timber baron. James daughter, Lucy Kirby Hill purchased the house from her father in 1907 and it is the first Hardin County home listed in the National Register of


Historic Places. The Big Thicket National Preserve was established by Congress in 1974 and this combination of virgin pine and cypress forest, hardwood forest, meadow and blackwater swamp is managed by the National Park Service. The Preserve was established to protect the remnant of its biological diversity. What is so extraordinary is not the rarity or abundance of its life forms, the City of Kountze is home to the worlds only known pair of married armadillos, Hoover and Star, married on June 10,1995. As of the 2010 census Kountze had a population of 2,123, as of the census of 2000, there were 2,115 people,747 households, and 537 families residing in the city. The population density was 532.7 people per square mile, there were 897 housing units at angrassland ecoregion of the southern United States and northeastern Mexico. It is known in Texas as Coastal Prairie and as the Tamaulipan pastizal in Mexico, specific areas include a number of barrier islands, and the resacas or natural levees of the Laguna Madre. The coast is vulnerable to storms that can seriously damage habitats. The region name. It is not an open, treeless prairie, instead. The southern third of the Texas stretch and all of the Tamaulipan portion contains shrubby areas of honey mesquite, huisache, lime prickly-ash, and Texas persimmon. This coast is rich in wildlife, and 700 species of birds, animals and reptiles have been counted here, mammals of the area include ocelot, Gulf Coast jaguarundi, southern yellow bat, Mexican spiny pocket mouse, bobcats, collared peccary and


eastern cottontails. Estuaries and other wetlands are better preserved than the prairie. List of ecoregions in Mexico List of ecoregions in the United States

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Estuary
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An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a zone between river environments and maritime environments. They are subject both to marine influences—such as tides, waves, and the influx of saline water—and to riverine influences—such as flows of fresh water and sediment. The inflows of sea water and fresh water provide high levels of nutrients both in the water column and in sediment, making estuaries among the most productive natural habitats in the world. Most existing estuaries formed during the Holocenerhythm of the tides. The sea water entering the estuary is diluted by the water flowing from rivers. The pattern of dilution varies between different estuaries and depends on the volume of water, the tidal range. Drowned river valleys are known as coastal plain estuaries. In places where the sea level is rising relative to the land, sea water progressively penetrates into river valleys and this is the most common type of estuary in temperate climates. Well-studied estuaries include the Severn Estuary in the United Kingdom and the Ems Dollard along the Dutch-German border, the width-to-depth ratio of these estuaries is typically large, appearing wedge-shaped in the inner part and broadening and deepening seaward. Water depths rarely exceed 30 m, examples of this type of estuary in the


U. S. are the Hudson River, Chesapeake Bay, and Delaware Bay along the Mid-Atlantic coast, and Galveston Bay and Tampa Bay along the Gulf Coast. They are relatively common in tropical and subtropical locations and these estuaries are semi-isolated from ocean waters by barrier beaches. Formation of barrier beaches partially encloses the estuary, with only narrow inlets allowing contact with the ocean waters, bar-built estuaries typically develop on gently sloping plains located along tectonically stable edges of continents and marginal sea coasts. They are extensive along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U. S. in areas with active coastal deposition of sediments, barrier beaches form in shallow water and are generally parallel to the shoreline, resulting in long, narrow estuaries

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San Jacinto River (Texas)
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The San Jacinto River runsfrom Lake Houston in Harris County, Texas, to Galveston Bay. In the past, it was home to the Karankawa and Akokisa tribes and it is named after Saint Hyacinth. The two forks of the San Jacinto River are known as the East and West Forks, the west fork of the San Jacinto River feeds Lake Conroe and flows south through Montgomery County to meet with the east fork in northeast Harris County to form Lake Houston. The east fork begins in San Jacinto County, north of the Sam Houston National Forest, tributaries of both forks begin within just a few miles of Lake Livingston, a reservoir on the Trinity River. The east fork flows south through Cleveland in Liberty County, Montgomery County, continuing southward, the river merges with


Buffalo Bayou before the mouth at Galveston Bay. The Battle of San Jacinto was fought near the rain-swollen Buffalo Bayou in what is now Harris County during the 1836 Texas Revolution, the decisive victory gave rise to the Republic of Texas. The site is now a historic park. The park is the site of the San Jacinto Monument, which is taller than the Washington Monument, in October 1994, flooding along the San Jacinto River led to the failure of eight petroleum products pipelines, and the undermining of a number of other pipelines. The escaping products were ignited, leading to smoke inhalation and/or burn injuries of 547 people, in 2008, the EPA added the San Jacinto River waste pits to the federal Superfund cleanup list. List of rivers ofTexas San Jacinto River from the Handbook of Texas Online

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Galveston, Texas
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Galveston is a coastal resort city on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U. S. state of Texas. The community of 209.3 square miles, with a population of 50,180 in 2015, is the county seat. It is within Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area, the Port of Galveston was established in 1825 by the Congress of Mexico following its independence from Spain. The city was the port for the Texas Navy during the Texas Revolution. During the 19th century, Galveston became a major U. S. commercial center and it was devastated by the 1900 Galveston Hurricane, whose effects included flooding and a storm surge. The natural disaster on the barrier island is still ranked as the deadliest in


United States history. Much of Galvestons economy is centered in the tourism, health care, shipping, the 84-acre University of Texas Medical Branch campus with an enrollment of more than 2,500 students is a major economic force of the city. Galveston Island was originally inhabited by members of the Karankawa and Akokisa tribes who called the island Auia, the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca and his crew were shipwrecked on the island or nearby in November 1528, calling it Isla de Malhado. They began their trek to a Spanish settlement in Mexico City. During his charting of the Gulf Coast in 1785, the Spanish explorer José de Evia named the island Villa Gálvez or Gálveztown in honor of Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez. The islands firstpermanent European settlements were constructed around 1816 by the pirate Louis-Michel Aury to support Mexicos rebellion against Spain, in 1817, Aury returned from an unsuccessful raid against Spain to find Galveston occupied by the pirate Jean Lafitte. Lafitte organized Galveston into a kingdom he called Campeche, anointing himself the islands head of government. Lafitte remained in Galveston until 1821, when the United States Navy forced him, in 1825 the Congress of Mexico established the Port of Galveston and in 1830 erected a customs house. Galveston served as the capital of the Republic of Texas when in 1836 the interim president David G. Burnet relocated his government there. In 1836, the French-Canadian Michel Branamour Menard and several associates purchased 4,605 acres of land for $50,000 to found the town


that would become the city of Galveston. As Anglo-Americans migrated to the city, they brought along or purchased enslaved African-Americans, some of whom worked domestically or on the waterfront, in 1839, the City of Galveston adopted a charter and was incorporated by the Congress of the Republic of Texas. The city was by then a port of entry and attracted many new residents in the 1840s and later among the flood of German immigrants to Texas. Together with ethnic Mexican residents, these tended to oppose slavery, support the Union during the Civil War

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Bolivar Peninsula
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Bolivar Peninsula is a census-designated place in Galveston County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,417 at the 2010 census, the communities of Port Bolivar, Crystal Beach, Caplen, Gilchrist, and High Island are located onBolivar Peninsula. The peninsula was named by 1816 for Simón Bolívar, a South American political leader, jean Laffite had associations with Bolivar Peninsula. James Long based his operations here since 1819 with the first establishment of Bolivar Peninsula, samuel D. Parr was responsible for starting the settlement in 1838 that would later become Port Bolivar. The Point Bolivar Lighthouse has an important history with the peninsula and it is located on the western end of the peninsula, directly across from Fort Travis Seashore Park. Fort Travis in Bolivar Peninsula, a facility from Fort Travis in Galveston, was built with construction started in 1898. The North Jetty, extending from Bolivar Peninsula, of the entrance to Galveston Bay started being constructed in 1874, from 1896 to 1968, the Gulf and


Interstate Railway connected Beaumont to Galveston Island with aid of train ferries. At one time the Bolivar Peninsula was called the breadbasket of Galveston, Crystal Beach was incorporated from 1971 until 1987, and it has been the most populated community of the Bolivar Peninsula. On April 23,1991, communities of Bolivar Peninsula received an enhanced 9-1-1 system which routes calls to proper dispatchers, the Bolivar Peninsula suffered heavy damage from Hurricane Ike that made landfall on the Texas coast on September 13,2008. The Bolivar Peninsula forms a narrow strip of land in Galveston County, Texas. Its narrowest point is a quarter of a mile and is near the community of Gilchrist. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of 48.1 square miles, of whichwe lose our grip. One by one we watch the cars pass us by.
Other people find Jesus Christ, learn to pray, find
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in their lives, acquire a testimony, and
move on, but we remain mute.

The prayers of others frequently
frighten us, they are so artistically and fervently expressed; they fairly
radiate joy and assurance. We become quite discouraged. Yet the one prayer
that Jesus Christ honored above all others was the wail of a thieving tax
collector: "God be merciful to me, a sinner." As Charles Spurgeon remarked
from his London pulpit, "This publican had the soundest theology of any man
in all England." He described himself as a sinner, and in the world of the
Spirit what is a sinner? He is nothing. The New Testament was written not
by men of spirit but by the


a
solution.

Recently I talked with a lady
whose hair had turned white at forty, who had stopped working and was fearful
that she was losing her mind. There were some superficial signs of neurosis,
but when she prayed with me her prayer was utterly lucid and rational, and
pointed in the direction she wanted to go  to wholeness. It did
not take much insight to conclude that she was spiritually sound. Within
a few weeks she had talked and prayed her way through her fear symptoms and
had gone back to work.

Many people object to verbalized
prayer because it makes them feel self-conscious, as if there were really
"nothing there" and they were talking to themselves like mutterers on the
street. The truth is that in prayer it is impossible to talk to oneself.
Frank Laubach tells of ahad called him. Thus was he rendered fit for the Lord's
summons.

Moses was probably the most
unpromising prospect for leadership that a people ever had, yet he goes down
in history as one of the greatest. He had an Egyptian name, a speech impediment,
a weak set of knees, an ugly disposition, a criminal record, and a price
on his head; he was despised by Hebrew and Egyptian alike. His life was bankrupt,
and because of that, God could use him.

I am fond of the story of David
in the cave of Adullam. It is a perfect illustration of what Jesus was talking
about. David was being hunted down like an animal by the king's troopers.
He was hiding in the meanest hole in a primitive and poverty-stricken land,
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matched the environment. "Everyone that was
in


distress, and everyone that was in debt, and everyone that was discontented,
gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them." (1 Samuel
22:2) They had nothing to lose, and were ready for anything  even
for God. That meant God could do something with them, and He did. He met
David with blessing upon blessing, even to the royal scepter. The dispirited
became the vehicle of the Holy Spirit.

There are other fascinating
illustrations of the Beatitude in Scripture. The widow of Zarephath welcomed
Elijah into her home when the household was on the verge of starvation. "I
have not a cake," she said, "but a handful of meal in a barrel, and little
oil in a cruse: and . . . I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and
dress it forme and my son, that we may eat it, and die" (1 Kings 17:12).
The prophet Elijah might have been discouraged by this lack of provender,
since the Lord had told him that the widow would "sustain" him. Instead,
Elijah found that it was the lack that set up conditions so that God
could act. He told her to prepare what she had, and the Lord would take care
of the rest  which He did. The cruse of oil became a cup running over,
a symbol of divine blessing. Centuries later Jesus Christ added a footnote
to this story. He pointed out that the woman of Zarephath was not even one
of "God's people," as the Israelites called themselves.

Mary, the mother of Jesus, seems
to have been a wisp of a Galilean peasant girl about whom


very little is
known. If she had noble character and distinguished ancestry, she did
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trade on it. She speaks of herself as the
"handmaiden of the Lord" of "low degree" and "low estate." Luther suggests
that if God had wanted human nobility and honor for His Son, He could have
chosen Caiaphas' daughter to bear Him. Instead, God found that Mary's qualities
 or lack of qualities  were eminently usable. Experts may differ
on how Mary might have scored in a modern intelligence or personality test,
but this is sure: in the test of spirit the Lord seeks out the low score,
and Mary qualified.

Jesus in effect illustrates
the Beatitude in parable after parable: the beggars are called in and banqueted
after the guests fail to make their appearance; the young prodigal sinks
to the status of theswineherd and even of the swine. When he has nothing,
he remembers his father's house. The story of the rich young ruler makes
us see that it is not enough even to know the commandments and the catechism.
The young man turns away from Jesus sorrowfully, for without a broken spirit
he cannot follow.

The most remarkable thing about
Pentecost was not that the early apostles were all "of one accord" or that
they spoke in many languages. The most remarkable thing was their poverty
of spirit  they were empty, so they could be
filled.

The Apostle Paul drives home
the point in a hundred ways. He tells how the Savior of men "made himself
of no reputation" for our sakes. How those words cut across our pride! Think
of the infinite pains we take to erect our own reputations.


too clearly that there is an "infinite qualitative difference"
between signing the roll of a local church and entering into the Kingdom
of Heaven. Yet Jesus Christ exacts the same requirements in suburbia that
he does anywhere: poverty of spirit. The survey only highlights the Beatitude.
Christ died for those in the tracts as He died for those across the tracks.
All are leveled at the Cross and there is no difference. The only kind of
prestige that counts with God is that which is sealed by the blood of His
Son. The only social value He honors is our love for each other, which is
His love shining through.

Here then is our Lord's meaning:
the spiritually rich are the spiritually empty. "That which thou sowest is
not quickened, except it die" (1 Corinthians 15:36). But when Godthe league's seven years, Cobden was its chief spokesman and animating spirit. He was not afraid to take his challenge in person to the agricultural landlords or to confront the working class Chartists, led by Feargus O'Connor.

In 1841, Sir Robert Peel having defeated the Melbourne ministry in parliament, there was a general election, and Cobden was returned as the new member for Stockport. His opponents had confidently predicted that he would fail utterly in the House of Commons. He did not wait long after his admission into that assembly in bringing their predictions to the test. Parliament met on 19 August. On the 24th, during the debate on the Queen's Speech, Cobden delivered his first address. "It was remarked," reported Harriet Martineau in her History of the Peace,


was a powerful force for peace and defence against war. He knowingly exposed himself to the risk of ridicule and the reproach of utopianism. In 1849, he brought forward a proposal in parliament in favour of international arbitration, and, in 1851, a motion for mutual reduction of armaments. He was not successful in either case, nor did he expect to be. In pursuance of the same object, he identified himself with a series of peace congresses which from 1848 to 1851 were held successively in Brussels, Paris, Frankfurt, London, Manchester and Edinburgh.

In his opposition to the Opium Wars, Cobden argued that just as "in the slave trade we [the British] had surpassed in guilt the world, so in foreign wars we have the most aggressive, quarelsome, warlike andbut what is agreeable to the highest behests of Christianity – to buy in the cheapest market, and sell in the dearest." After the repeal of the Corn Laws, British manufacturing did see significant productivity rises, while British agriculture ultimately went into decline due to import competition. He perceived that the rest of the world should follow Britain's example: "if you abolish the corn-laws honestly, and adopt free trade in its simplicity, there will not be a tariff in Europe that will not be changed in less than five years" (January 1846). His cosmopolitanism which made him in later Imperialists' eyes a "Little Englander" – led him to deplore any survival of the colonial system. Cobden also saw the connection between peace and free trade. "Peace will come to earth


Living Organ Donation by Minors: An Analysis of the Regulations in European Union Member States.
Living organ donation (LD) is an increasingly established practice. Whereas in the United States and Canada LD by minors has occasionally been reported, LD by minors seems to be largely absent in the European Union (EU). It is currently unclear whether this is the result of a different legal approach. This study is the first to systematically analyze the regulations of EU member states, Norway, and Iceland toward LD by minors. Relevant regulations were identified by searching government websites, translated, compared, and sent for verification to national legal experts. We identified five countries where LD by minors is allowed. In two of these (Belgium and the United Kingdom), some minors may be deemed sufficientlyas embodied and broadly described, a method of fabricating a semiconductor device including the steps of forming a well of a first conductivity type and a well of a second conductivity type in a substrate, forming a field oxide layer and a gate oxide layer on the substrate, forming first and second position layers to contact the another on the field oxide layer and the gate oxide layer, and isolating the first and second polysilicon layers and forming first and second gates.
At least a portion of the first polysilicon layer is doped with impurities of a second conductivity type, and at least a portion of the second polysilicon layer is doped with impurities of a first conductivity type. The portion of the first polysilicon layer that is doped


with impurities of the second conductivity type corresponds to a first well having first conductivity type, and the portion of the second polysilicon layer that is doped with impurities of the first conductivity type corresponds to a second well having second conductivity type. The first and second polysilicon layers may be formed by depositing a formative layer on the field oxide layer and the gate oxide layer, doping a portion of the formative layer corresponding to the first well with impurities of second conductivity type, and doping a portion of the formative layer corresponding to the second well with impurities of first conductivity type. The formative layer includes at least one of an undoped polysilicon and an amorphous silicon. The method may also include the steps of formingNOT
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 2   the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, in the City of New
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the already great story, or will it just be deleted scenes that no one minded being cut from the film? Share your opinions in the comments below!

Full synopsis below:

During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive. Millions of miles away, NASA and a team of international scientists work tirelessly to bring “the Martian” home, while his crewmates concurrently plot a daring, if not impossible rescue mission. As these stories of incrediblebravery unfold, the world comes together to root for Watney’s safe return. Based on a best-selling novel, and helmed by master director Ridley Scott, THE MARTIAN features a star studded cast that includes Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Kate Mara, Michael Pena, Jeff Daniels, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Donald Glover.

Nick is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles, who belongs to the privileged few who enjoyed the ending to ‘Lost.’ For more of Nick’s thoughts and articles, follow him on Twitter.

Nicholas Graff

A Southern California native (which seems to be a rarity as everyone seems to migrate here from outside the state, and everyone else born here ends up leaving for less crowded spaces), but for Nick, he loves it here. Nick has been writing since he was a teenager, self-published


his first book trilogy, 'The Legacy of the Roras' back in 2011, and in 2014 published the inaugural issue of his first comic book, 'The Shadow of Aquaterra.' While not working on my own projects, he is working as a technical film editor at a major television network in their digital media division and recently began writing news and recap articles for ScienceFiction.com, a position which he has found extremely rewarding.If you live in the Neatherlands then, congratulations,
because in addition to decriminalized marijuana
and legal prostitution, you now have the Church
of the Flying Spaghetti Monster as an official,
state-recognized religion.
Also known as "pastafarianism ," the Church
of the Flying Spaghetti Monster -- or FSM
-- originated in 2005 as a sort of protest
religion. The Kansas State Board of Education
had decided to allow intelligent design into
the science curriculum, as an evolution alternative.
Then-25-year-old physics graduate Bobby
Henderson presented HIS religious vision for
inclusion as well.
To be clear, no one was suggesting pasta gods
and the ritual wearing of colanders was anything
other than abject goofery. It was all about
standing up for science education, and taking
a shot at the creationists. But here's the
thing: People KEPT having fun with pastafarianism
-- both passively, through the promotion of
FSM iconography, and aggressively.
Some of


Leveson Inquiry: Andy Coulson admits he held News Corp shares

David Cameron's former spin doctor Andy Coulson today dismissed rumours that he kept a potentially explosive diary of his time in the job

David Cameron's former spin doctor denied any “grand conspiracy” between the Government and Murdoch empire today as he gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry.

But Andy Coulson admitted that he failed to declare a £40,000 shareholding in News Corporation while he was in Downing Street.

He also disclosed that Mr Cameron did not directly challenge him
about his knowledge of phone hacking at the News of the World after July
2009, despite a stream of revelations indicating the problem went
deeper.

The details emerged as Mr Coulson spoke publicly for the first
time since being arrested on suspicion of phone hacking and corruption
last year.He has been released on police bail while the investigation
continues.

Mr Cameron faces fresh embarrassment tomorrow when ex-News
International chief executive Rebekah Brooks takes to the witness box.
She is expected to be grilled about her close relations with the premier
who reportedly texted to express sympathy when she was forced to quit.

Mr Coulson insisted it had been his decision to resign as News of
the World editor after royal reporter Clive Goodman was convicted of
phone hacking in January 2007.

He said that within two months George Osborne was courting him to
become the Tories' director of communications. They met for a drink at a
London hotel, according to his statement.

Mr Coulson said: "Having never considered a career in politics, I
was initially reluctant but became more intrigued as the conversation
went on.

"I believe David Cameron called me


to them that his background at News
International would not be a key to support.

The former journalist was asked about Mr Cameron's admission last July that politicians and the media had become "too close".

He said the premier had not expressed similar regret in private before that.

"I don't remember him doing so," he said.

Mr Cameron "frequently" expressed frustration about the amount of
time he needed to spend with figures from the media. But one exception
appears to have been Ms Brooks, whose husband Charlie was a contemporary
of Mr Cameron at Eton.

"She was his constituent. Charlie Brooks is a constituent of his,
so they lived relatively close to his constituency home but there was, I
think, a fairly long historic family connection," Mr Coulson said.

Questioned on whether he had seen any contacts he regarded astoo
close, Mr Coulson responded: "I look at it from the perspective of
whether or not there was improper conversations or a deal done, which I
think is all part of this sort of grand conspiracy that sort of sits
over this idea.

"I never saw a conversation, was party to a conversation that to my mind was inappropriate in that way."

In his written statement, Mr Coulson said he did not perceive any conflict of interest when he took the communications job.

He had sold all current shareholdings in News International by
May 2010. But he accepted there was a potential conflict over restricted
stock in News Corporation that he was granted as part of his severance
package.

That stock "vested" in August 2010 and is worth around £40,000,
although Mr Coulson stressed that he did not know the


executive Frederic Michel while working for
Mr Cameron.

Details of Mr Michel's contacts with Jeremy Hunt's office over
the BSkyB bid led to the resignation of the Culture Secretary's special
adviser, Adam Smith.

"I met Fred Michel on a few occasions for coffee, including one
occasion possibly in No 10," Mr Coulson said. "The agenda was always
general and we did not, to the best of my recollection, ever discuss
News International's commercial agenda (including BSkyB)."

Mr Michel also helped to organise lunch for Mr Cameron with former Spanish PM Jose Maria Aznar, and may have attended the event.

Mr Coulson dismissed rumours that he had kept a potentially
explosive diary of his time in the job. And he sought to play down the
closeness of his personal relationship with Mr Murdoch.

He said he had "thoroughly enjoyed" working for theOslo Highlights Tour

A perfect day tour for discovering the Norwegian capitals best sights both on foot and by bus. The itinerary includes visits to the open-air Museum of Cultural History as well as the amazingly creative Vigeland Sculpture Park walk and time spent discovering the centuries of Nordic warriors heritage in the Viking Ship Museum.

During this program...

You will discover the Norwegian capitals best sights both on foot and by bus. The itinerary includes visits to the Norwegian open air museum as well as the amazingly creative Vigeland Sculpture Park walk and time spent discovering the centuries of Nordic warriors heritage in the Viking Ship Museum.

Our introduction to Oslo starts with an enjoyable guided drive around the city center highlights on a sightseeing tour by bus. Departing from the


harbor along the scenic seaside, you will get an overview of this old land of the Vikings complete with time for photo stops. We will see such historic sites as the Parliament, National Theatre, Royal Residence, City Hall and the new modern Opera House along the way. The celebrated Karl Johans Gate is also found a stone throw away on the main pedestrian street of the city, famously named after Norwegian king Karl III Johan. We will also reserve some free time or a coffee break with a spot of shopping before continuing with our afternoon activities.

Thereafter we will arrive at the impressive Vigeland Sculpture Park for a walk the imaginative world of Gustav Vigeland and more than 200 of his creations of human figures in bronze, ironand stone. Leaving the sculpture park and city center behind, we will now head towards one of Norway's oldest cultural landscapes with a rich history. The peninsula of Bygdøy also boasts beautiful parks and forests and some of Oslo's most delightful natural seaside.

Our first stop is at the Norwegian open air museum, where a priceless collection of artifacts are presented in a charming setting of more than 150 real-life buildings relocated to tell the story of Norwegian inhabitants over the last 500 years. Thereafter, our visit will introduce us to the fascinating stories and legends of the fearless Vikings and their life. Fully intact mythical Viking ships are on display dating back an incredible one-thousand years.

Once we have taken in the sights and charming views of Bygdøy peninsula,


Welcome back to LWOS NBA Draft Coverage, the column that brings you player profiles for the next crop of professional basketball players that are likely to be selected in the upcoming draft. Be sure to bookmark the site, follow us on Twitter, and spread the word for the site that will bring you analytical profiles and scouting reports. Check out our complete coverage of the 2017 NBA Draft. Last Word On Sports is your new headquarters for all things 2017 NBA Draft!

Josh Jackson – 6’8” Small Forward, University of Kansas, 20 Years Old

Josh Jackson is yet another ‘one-and-done’ player entering this years NBA draft, after an undeniably efficient and successful rookie year at the University of Kansas, where he was named ‘The Big 12 Freshman of the Year.’devotion to success on the less-colourful end of the floor.

While Jackson may not be the most skilled offensive player in the draft, he still shows the basic qualities – and more – of an effective NBA player. His best quality is his unselfishness. He understands than he is not ready to be a primary scoring option, and so readily distributes to more able teammates in that field, displaying high acumen and on court vision.

Weaknesses

Despite his obvious offensive potential, Jackson has some ways to go before he can really dominate that end of the court like he does on defence. His on-ball skills – dribbling, making his own shot, among others – are far less than any other draftee projected to go similarly high in the draft. At times,


he may make an extra pass not worth making or lose the ball in transition.

Moreover, although his shooting clips (listed above) seem impressive, they come from a small sample size of 3 point shooting, and poor free throw shooting. His normal field goal percentage remains high, but he is still a developing shooter with a shot form that needs altering.

Perhaps his main drawback, especially in comparison to other ‘top prospects,’ is his at-times overly fiery attitude. Only 3 players in his entire conference had more technical fouls than him throughout the season, and his off court drama may raise eyebrows in some NBA teams’ front offices. He was required to attend counseling sessions for various acts of misdemeanor through his year in college. Jackson is at a verytender stage where the next couple of seasons will define his general temperament and focus. It is up to whichever team that drafts him to channel his determination into the right things.

NBA Potential

It is only due to NBA rules that Jackson even spent a year at Kansas. He’s as good and better than many players already in the league, and will make instant impact. He is a high floor, high ceiling type player than most teams would be desperate to add. If all goes right for the high-energy small forward, he could develop into an all-star caliber player in the seasons to come. He must be developed more delicately than other players, potentially due to his personality, but can play big dividends in the future.

NBA Player Comparison

Unselfishness and


as a mother who was very supporting of his music. Ugly God rose to prominence on the platform from his dorm room during his freshman year in college. The same with Lil Yachty. So what exactly happens when you’re not only living at home with two more years of high school, but your parents aren’t necessarily supportive of the content of your music?

The most relevant and recent example is Earl Sweatshirt, who at 16 gained recognition and critical praise for his debut mixtape Earl in 2010. His mother, unwilling to support her son’s rap career, one especially steeped in the vulgarities Odd Future is famous for, sent him to boarding school in Samoa until he turned 18, where he was unable to produce music for a year andA retrospective study on scorpion sting in a pediatric age group in a hospital in Calcutta.
During 1985-1989, in Calcutta Medical College Hospitals, of 152 children of 1-6 year age group admitted with the history of scorpion sting 18 (11.8%) died. Maximum numbers of stings were inflicted in the fingers. Important clinical features recorded were circulatory failure, breathlessness, profuse sweating, vomiting, local oedema and convulsion. Incidences of scorpion stings were much more frequent in the summer and rainy seasons than in the winter season.


Strait. However, while the habitats of striped dolphin extend over the high seas well beyond the study area, bottlenose dolphin habitat is mainly confined to the coastal areas including Bonifacio Strait. This area is thus particularly critical as it is also frequently used by ships crossing between the western and eastern Mediterranean Sea.

Although there is overlap in the suitable habitat of the three species, each of them presents a different spatial pattern. In addition, the high heterogeneity in the species' habitat use poses challenges for planning measures aimed at reducing the overlap between cetacean presence and marine traffic. Indeed, selection of a shipping route that has the lowest risk for one species could increase the risk for other species. A careful weighing of priorities is needed when planningthe spatial use of the maritime realm, to adapt to specific local situations. In the study area, for example, priority could be given to developing mitigation measures for bottlenose dolphin as the typical habitat of this species almost entirely overlaps with the main traffic areas. Even if several studies have shown coexistence with shipping and bottlenose dolphins, as seen in Aberdeen harbour \[[@pone.0179686.ref047]\], and a low risk of collision as this species is fast moving, nevertheless, as showed by a previous study in the area \[[@pone.0179686.ref013]\], disturbance from marine traffic could generate other types of general problems for this species, such as changes in their behaviour and abundance, and displacement from the area of interaction.

The majority of the marine traffic recorded (73.3%) in this area comprised of sailing


Senior students' experience in primary nursing.
Unfortunately, not all students can function effectively and feel a sense of satisfaction on a primary nursing unit. Three of the 72 students found primary nursing too difficult and expressed a desire for team leading experiences. Nevertheless, in primary nursing, the majority of students begin to see nurses as colleagues, and, consequently, the hierarchy of status is lessened, and a greater openness envelopes the students. Being involved with primary nursing in the senior experience provides the student with increased awareness of the professional nurse by providing personalized patient care, and by providing opportunity to make decisions which are acted upon. Further, she realizes she can accept total responsibility for patient care, and her acceptance of responsibility and accountability affects the client, the physicianDavid Bozell, head of For America. “Some establishment guys, it’s not going to necessarily take a conservative movement upheaval to defeat them. You’re going to see a lot of folks stay home because of lack of results.”

Mr. Bannon left the White House this summer after the arrival of John F. Kelly as chief of staff. He returned to Breitbart.

He is also affiliated with Great America Political Action Committee, which in recent days has endorsed a Republican challenger to Sen. Jeff Flake, Arizona Republican. Mr. Flake announced Tuesday that he plans to retire rather than seek re-election — one week after Mr. Bannon endorsed his anticipated challenger, former state Sen. Kelli Ward.

Mr. Bannon also has endorsed an anti-establishment candidate in the Republican primary to take on Sen. Tammy Baldwin,


(White) Man killed by (black) suspect fleeing from officersA driver who fled from deputies and later crashed into a truck during the chase has been charged with vehicular homicide since the man he struck has now died, according to the Knox County Sheriff's Office. In addition, authorities charged Ralpheal Coffey, 26, with drugs: manufacture, delivery, sale, or possession of cocaine in amounts greater than .5 grams (or less than .5 grams where defendant carried deadly weapon or the offense resulted in death or bodily injury), simple possession, and driving while privilege suspended. During Wednesday's chase, Coffey crashed into a Ford F-150 driven by Kevin Bradley, 28 and his passenger Eric Kennedy, 26. The two were taken to UT Medical Center where Bradley was pronounced dead, the sheriff's officesaid in a release. Bradley's brother, Adam, says Bradley was about to get married. Family and friends were set to fly to Knoxville on Wednesday and then head Vegas for the bachelor party. Adam Bradley said he was in the airport with his father when authorities called them to say that Kevin Bradley had died. He said his whole family is in mourning. - (Black-on-white)

(Black) Jersey City pimp who forced 14-year-old runaway into sex with men gets 18 yearsJERSEY CITY -- The boss of a North Jersey prostitution ring was sentenced to 18 years in prison today for crimes including forcing a 14-year-old runaway into having sex with up to 10 men per day. Michael McLeod, 25, of Jersey City, was before Hudson County Superior Court Judge Mitzy


Galis-Menendez sentenced him to nearly two decades in prison. McLeod, was also given a $15,000 human trafficking fine. Galis-Menendez had a stern message for McLeod. "Selling a child for sex is never OK," she said during today's sentencings, which included three others charged in connection to the ring. David Powell Jr., 29, of Jersey City, and Demetrius James Hayward, 20, of Summerville, South Carolina, both pleaded guilty to second-degree conspiracy to facilitate human trafficking. Powell was sentenced to six years in prison today and Hayward was sentenced to five years. Tyree D. Jeter, 28, of Jersey City, was also sentenced to six years in prison with no chance of parole until after he serves three years. He was also fined $15,000.

Greensboro police arrest (dreadlocked and mottled black) manin rape of 15-year-old girlGREENSBORO — Police charged a 52-year-old man on Friday with statutory rape of a 15-year-old girl. Randy Kelvin Burch, of 400 Boyd St., is accused of having sexual contact with the girl from August 2014 to August 2015, according to arrest warrants. Police arrested him about 2:20 p.m., warrants state. He remains in the Guilford County jail. His bail is $150,000.

(Black pimp) arrested in Super Bowl sex-trafficking bust found guilty; could face life in prison PHOENIX - A California man arrested in Mesa in 2015 has been found guilty of 17 counts of sex trafficking. He could face a minimum of 149.25 years in prison, and a potential maximum term of 235 years. Leon Jerome Daniels was found guilty on 17 counts related to


the trafficking of three females--two adults and one minor--for sex. The alleged crimes happened around the time of the 2015 Super Bowl in Phoenix. The charges included counts of child prostitution for causing the minor to engage in prostitution, receiving the earnings from a minor engaged in prostitution, transporting a minor with the intent that she engage in prostitution and sexual conduct with a minor. He was also charged with transporting the adult females for prostitution, compelling, inducing or encouraging them to engage in acts of prostitution, and receiving the earnings from their acts of prostitution.

(Black) Dallas ISD teacher arrested for improper relationship with student A Dallas ISD high school teacher is accused of having an improper relationship with a student. Darryl Johnson, 50, is a teacher andboys soccer assistant coach at Skyline High School. He was arrested Friday morning with the help of DISD Police. Police say the alleged victim was a former female student.

Black Sports: Black basketballer Shot, Dead After Breaking Into ApartmentBryce Dejean-Jones, (an Afro-American) guard for the New Orleans Pelicans, is dead after breaking into a Dallas apartment and getting shot, according to The Dallas Police Department. Dallas Police were called to the Camden Belmont apartment complex on the 2500 block of Bennett Avenue at 3:20 a.m. on May 28 regarding a shooting. (Apparently he thought he was breaking into the apartment of an ex-girlfriend - but wrong apartment.)
- (Black Sports)

(Black) Man who lied about 3 cops sexually assaulting him gets state prison timeSALEM — A man who lied, claiming police


officers of sexually assaulting him as a way to get out of a drug charge, is headed to state prison. Marcus L. Reddick, 29, of Penns Grove, was sentenced to four years on Friday by Superior Court Judge Benjamin Telsey on three counts of false swearing. In addition, he was a given six-year sentence for possession of cocaine. Reddick was arrested in January 2015. He was taken back to the Penns Grove Police Department where he was searched and cocaine was found on him. It was during that search, Reddick would later claim in complaints he filed in municipal court, that the officers involved in search him had sexually assaulted him. But an investigation found Reddick's claims were false. He was indicted on charges of false swearing andThane Maynard said the boy crawled through a barrier and into the exhibit’s moat around 4 p.m. Fire officials at the scene witnessed the gorilla "violently dragging and throwing the child," according to a release from Cincinnati Fire Department. The boy was conscious through the entire 10-minute ordeal. “The reason the tranquilizing was not chosen is that in an agitated situation, which the male was, it may take quite a while for a tranquilizer to take effect,” said Maynard.

Arrest Made in 2003 Modesto Cold Case of Lacy FergusonMODESTO -- An arrest was made in the 2003 Modesto cold case of Lacy Marie Ferguson, according to the Stanislaus County District Attorney's Office. Ferguson's mother, Boni Driskill, posted on her personal Facebook page Friday that the suspect, 44-year-old David Aguilar,


was booked into the Stanislaus County Jail for her daughter's death. Aguilar was held in a Mexican prison since 2014 on a warrant for the killing, according to a DA press release. After investigators obtained enough evidence, the warrant was issued and the suspect was arrested by Mexican authorities pending extradition, the release said. Ferguson, the mother of a then-3-year-old baby girl, was in the parking lot of a Quik Stop on Paradise Road Aug. 24, 2003 when a man driving a black 4-door sedan began shooting. Ferguson, an innocent bystander, was fatally shot in the drive-by shooting. Ferguson, her boyfriend John Ritchie, and another man were all struck by the bullets by the passing vehicle. Ferguson died from her injuries.

3 (Hispanic) Brothers Sentenced for Leading Violent DrugRing in Camden
Three brothers who led a violent Camden drug ring that authorities say had ties to Mexican drug cartels are now headed to prison. Authorities say Omar Urbina Sr., of Philadelphia, and his brothers, Edwin and Edward, both of Camden, controlled open-air drug markets in Camden for several years. They say the men sold hundreds of thousands of dollars a month in heroin and cocaine and relied on violence to protect their territory.

Arrests made in Missoula casino robbery, kidnapping Two men have been arrested, accused of robbing Deano's Casino early Friday morning, taking a Washington family hostage and firing at police. Thomas Earl Dempsey, 36, was booked into Missoula County Jail at 9:18 p.m. Friday, charged with robbery and aggravated kidnapping. Nick West, 38, was booked at


4:29 a.m. Saturday, charged with aggravated kidnapping. He was arrested near Mullan Road and North Reserve Street, also at a business. The pair are accused of taking a family hostage after robbing Deano's Casino early Friday morning.

Lesbian adoption ruling reversed by Alabama Supreme Court
One woman bore three children, and her partner adopted them — not in Alabama, but in Georgia. Alabama courts got involved when the couple broke up after roughly 16 years, and the birth mother tried preventing her former partner from having regular visits with the children.

Lodi man found guilty of terrorism in attacks on Jewish temples, rabbi's homeHACKENSACK — Anthony Graziano was found guilty Friday of terrorism in the firebombing of a rabbi's home and for a string of vandalism incidents at Jewish temples in2011 and 2012. Graziano, 24, of Lodi, was convicted of 18 charges in total, but was found not guilty of aggravated arson and attempted murder charges. He faces 30 years to life in prison on just the terrorism charge when he's sentenced in July. Graziano and another Lodi man, Aakash Dalal, who was a student at Rutgers University at the time, were charged with spray-painting anti-Semitic messages at temples in Maywood and Hackensack in December 2011. Authorities say the incidents escalated, first with a failed attempt to start a fire at Temple K'Hal Adith Jeshrun in Paramus in January 2012. Graziano also planned to firebomb the Jewish Community Center in Paramus less than a week later but fled when police passed by. Four days later, on Jan. 11,


2012, the Rutherford home of Rabbi Neil Schuman was firebombed while he, his wife, mother-in-law and five children were inside.

Dalal Name Meaning Indian (Panjab, Gujarat, and Bombay city): Hindu (Vania), Sikh, Jain, Parsi, and Muslim name, an occupational name for a broker, from Arabic dallal ‘auctioneer’. The Jats have a tribe called Dalal.

Russian spy busted in undercover sting gets light sentence
A Russian spy whose fellow ring members were caught on tape bemoaning their lack of success with New York women, was sentenced Wednesday to 2 1/2 years in prison. Evgeny Buryakov received the slap-on-the-wrist sentence after pleading guilty in March to spying for the Russian Federation in New York while working for Russian state-owned bank Vnesheconombank.

36-year-old (black) man charged in (White) Abilene woman’s homicideThe Taylor County District Attorney'sOffice on Friday charged a 36-year-old man with murder in the shooting death of a 27-year-old woman last week, the Abilene Police Department announced. Charles Newman remains in the Taylor County jail on other charges. His bond for the murder warrant was set at $500,000. Police arrested Newman on May 19 on suspicion he used the identity of Kendra Keppler, the dead woman, to obtain money from her bank account. He was charged with fraudulent possession of identifying information, a third-degree felony, for which bail was set at $10,000. He had also violated his parole. Police found Keppler's body in a residence in the 3900 block of Whittier Street on May 18. Her body was decomposing and appeared to have been there for several days. Newman's wife allegedly


his quiet Oakland neighborhood. The video shows Brian Bole, described by a friend as “peaceful, gentle and friendly,” encountering people minutes before the slaying, which occurred as he walked home around midnight on April 10 after a night out with friends, police said. The gunman opened fire on the usually quiet 3000 block of Richmond Avenue, and Bole, a former NASA contractor, died. With no identified suspects in the case, detectives continue to seek a motive, and investigators turned to the public for help Thursday. Oakland police officials and the FBI released grainy photos of three “persons of interest” and a “vehicle of interest,” a 2003 to 2007 silver Honda Accord, captured on security cameras at businesses along the route he walked. He said video showed Bole “cominginto contact” with several people as he walked from a Telegraph Avenue bar to the dimly-lit, tree-lined street where his body was found. - (Black-on-white)

Six years later, arrest made for shooting (by black) that left (White) woman paralyzedCOLUMBUS — Police arrested a man Thursday, almost six years to the day of a shooting that left an innocent young woman paralyzed. Drakkar D. Groce, 25, was arrested and charged with felonious assault. He appeared in court Friday morning. The shooting happened on May 27, 2010 near the intersection of Atcheson Street and Trivette Avenue. According to police, Alexandria Reese was in the area driving a friend home when she became lost. As she was turning around, she heard gunshots. Reese was struck in the neck by a stray bullet,


he wanted to be sentenced immediately so the judge sentenced him to life in prison. Holly, 27, was missing for weeks before his body was found along a highway south of Antlers on Sunday, July 19, 2015. Tulsa Police arrested Smith, 27, the next day. Holly had cerebral palsy and other health issues. He disappeared with his father's pickup when his parents took a short vacation in June of 2015. According to an arrest report, police believe Holly died on Sunday, June 21, 2015, after Smith and another suspect tied him up and put him in the back of the truck and drove around Tulsa for several hours in the heat. William Garrett, James Jones and Sidney Randall also face 1st-degree murder charges in the case. - (Black-on-white)

TwoEast Texas men suspected in Oklahoma murder - Aug. 19, 2015 Garrett, Randall, Vernon Lee-Mountel Smith and another man bound, gagged and placed Holly in the covered bed of his father's pickup after a deal to sell the truck for drugs went bad.

Two (black) Suspects Charged In Attack On (White female) Blue Line RiderA man and woman have been charged with beating a woman and stealing her cellphone on a CTA Blue Line train last month on the West Side. Dwayne Mills, 25; and Chitonia Shorter, 18, both face one felony count of robbery for the April 28 hold-up, according to Chicago Police. About 10:15 a.m., a 19-year-old woman was sitting on a Blue Line train in the 3200 block of West Congress when Mills and Shorter walked


up to her, police said. Mills struck her in the face and bit her hand while stealing the woman’s cellphone, police said. She was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital for treatment. A plastic surgeon donated his services to help repair the facial injuries she received. - (Black-on-white)

Police release surveillance images of two cowardly savage criminal blacks that robbed White girl on commuter train - April 30, 2016
CHICAGO -- Chicago police released surveillance images of two suspects in the robbery and beating of a student on the CTA Blue Line Thursday morning. Jessica Hughes was on her way home when she was attacked while sitting in a rail car near the Blue Line stop at Harrison and Kedzie. She says a man sat in front of her in anearly empty train car and tried to take her cell phone. When she wouldn't relinquish it he hit her and even bit her hand, she said. Then, Hughes says, a woman who was with her attacker puncher her in the face before both fled to another rail car. - (Black-on-white)

Chainsaw-dismembered remains (of white female) found in acid-filled barrel - her black husband confessed to gruesome murderHOBE SOUND, Fla. -- Crime scene technicians unearthed partial remains believed to be a missing south Florida mother after her ex-husband, who is charged with her murder, led them to the place where he said he buried her in an acid-filled barrel in a shallow grave in the Hungryland Wildlife Management Area. The remains that are likely U.S. Air Force veteran Tricia Todd


were located 19 miles away from her Hobe Sound home and just outside investigators' original search area, a 15-mile perimeter near Todd's home. "(The grave) is nothing more than a simple hole maybe three feet deep. The body was in a container," said Martin County Sheriff William D. Snyder at a press conference at the preserve on Thursday evening. Snyder said the body was mutilated and appeared to have been dismembered with a chainsaw. Snyder described the container as filled with fluid that a Haz-mat team on the scene believed to be acid and said DNA testing will confirm whether the remains are, indeed, those of Tricia Todd. On Wednesday, the Martin County Sheriff's Office announced that Todd's former husband, Steven Williams, confessed to her murder. In exchangefor pleading no contest to second-degree murder and receiving a sentence of 35 years in a state prison, Williams agreed to lead them to the body, officials say. - (Black-on-white)

(Black) Man arrested after (his white female) 'roommate's body found in trunkTAMPA - Hillsborough County deputies said they arrested a 44-year-old Tampa man Wednesday after finding the body of his roommate in his trunk. Col. Donna Lusczynski said deputies were sent to a home on Thrasher Drive after the homeowner, who rents out rooms to Kydel Weldon, 44, and Tina Ryan, 45, found blood throughout the house. When deputies arrived, Weldon and Ryan were missing. They eventually tracked Weldon down at a day labor business on Columbus Drive. "As a deputy was talking to Weldon, she observed what appeared


to be blood on his hands. She also observed what appeared to be blood on his clothes and pants," Lusczynski said. Investigators said they also found a bloody knife. When they opened the trunk, the discovered Ryan's body. "The victim did suffer from blunt trauma to her head as well as multiple stab wounds to her upper body," Lusczynski said, adding it's unclear if Weldon was trying to get away. "He was parked there, sitting and talking, so I don't know that at that moment he was actively trying to get away, but it does appear as if he was trying to hide the crime." Detectives charged Kydel Weldon with second degree murder. - (Black-on-white)

Teen Boy Says He Was Kidnapped From Metro Station, Homo Sexually Assaulted - byblack LGBT-Queer faggotA D.C. man sexually assaulted a teenage boy he abducted from a Red Line Metro station earlier this week. The victim told police he was sexually assaulted in a bathroom at the Chevy Chase Pavilion. 25-year-old Dominick Simons began talking to the victim as the two walked into the Bethesda Metro station shortly before 3 p.m. Monday. Simons allegedly asked if he could borrow the victim's phone. The victim gave it to him, but Simons started walking away, the document said. When the victim protested, Simons told him he had a gun and threatened to shoot him. He then opened his jacket and brandished what appeared to be the butt of a handgun. Simons then ordered the victim onto the next southbound train. They took the


Red Line to Friendship Heights, where Simons then ordered the victim into the mall and told him to take him to a bathroom. Simons sexually assaulted the victim inside a stall in a third-floor bathroom at the mall. - (Black fags)

Black Sports: Football star, 16, arrested in South Fort Myers sex scandalFORT MYERS - A 16-year-old is under arrest in connection with the sex scandal at South Fort Myers High School that made national headlines. William Scott is charged with cruelty toward a child, allowing a child to engage in a sexual act and possession of obscene material. Scott's father reportedly died of AIDS and the son was seen as the family's best hope to escape poverty. The Lee County Sheriff's Office launched an investigation after a 15-year-oldgirl had sex with several students in the school's bathroom last week and was videotaped. Images and videos were shared across social media platforms. 16 students were disciplined, but Scott is the first one charged with a crime.

Smelley black suspect arrested as 2-year-old girl 'barely alive' Oak Park — A 2-year-old girl was clinging to life Thursday as police arrested the man they say shot her after an argument over Kool-Aid. Following a massive manhunt, Detroit Police captured Cleveland Smelley on Thursday in Oak Park. Smelley is arrested in connection to the shooting of 2-year-old McKenzie Oldham in the head Wednesday during an incident involving the girl's father on the city's east side. Smelley, a neighbor of the girl's father, allegedly “went up to the vehicle they were


sitting in and opened fire.” The girl was struck but her father was uninjured. Two other children also were in the vehicle at the time and escaped unscathed, police said.

UK: Tarot reader kept a killer in her shop until police arrived after he confessed to a murder when she dealt him the death cardA MURDERER confessed his crime to a tarot card reader who dealt him a "death" card before convincing him to tell all to police. Star Randel-Hanson told 56-year-old psychic Jayne Braiden he had stabbed his housemate to death after picking out "death", "justice" and "devil" tarot cards. But Miss Braiden had to wait an HOUR for cops to arrive after admitting they thought the 999 call was a hoax. The murder victim was Randel-Hanson's housemateDerick Marney, 70. Randel-Hanson had left his housemate's body on the kitchen floor for ten days. - (UK)

Devonte Gates, 21, identified as carjacking suspect shot and killed by policeST. LOUIS, MO - The suspect wanted for murdering a 21-year-old St. Charles County mother during a carjacking in downtown St. Louis was shot and killed by police. He has been identified as 21-year-old Devonte Gates, of Brooklyn, Illinois. Illinois State Police say Gates was shot and killed by law enforcement officers; two U.S. Marshals and a Caseyville police officer in Washington Park Thursday. Members of a Fugitive Task Force received word that he was in the area. Gates was also wanted in connection with a separate fatal shooting on 20th Street and Ridge Avenue in East St. Louis in


her child’s pool back to the store for money to buy crack cocaine. When she refused, he told her that she owed him money from taking down the pool previously. An argument began and the report says that Booze pushed Gilmore back into the house. Gilmore was hit several times in the face and ran away from Booze before hitting him in the face causing him to bleed. Booze allegedly went inside the house and returned with a kitchen knife threatening to “slice her up” and “cut her throat.” Gilmore tried to leave in her car and Booze began stabbing the pool, causing her to call 911, the report says. Booze was placed into custody and allegedly kicked the cage in the backside of the police car.

Police: NakedNegro woman arrested after dispute at Huddle HouseCAMDEN, SC - Camden police say a woman arguing with others at a Huddle House restaurant stripped naked when they tried to arrest her. According to police, Toni Lashell Bracey, 39, was at the Huddle House on Dekalb Street shortly after midnight after they were called for an unruly customer. When responding officers arrived, they say Bracey came outside to speak with the Patrolman. She told him about an argument she had with some customers that had been at the restaurant but left before the Officer arrived. When he advised her that there was nothing they could do at that point, Bracey reportedly became irate and curse at the Officer.... (more

Woman allegedly points gun at son over a chicken bone MAPLEWOOD,


sailors, and hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians were killed, sacrificed on the altar of Roosevelt’s doctrine of “unconditional surrender.” Franklin Roosevelt was the presidential criminal who had allowed Pearl Harbor to be attacked. He knew in advance that the attack was coming in December 1941. Obama’s next conciliatory visit should be in Dresden, Germany, the site of yet another genuine holocaust on par with Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Sheriff: Death of prominent (White female) Prattville resident ruled homicide, arrest madeAUTAUGA CO., AL - The death of a prominent Prattville resident on Tuesday has been ruled as a homicide and an arrest has been made in the case, according to Autauga County Sheriff Joe Sedinger. Sedinger said Carol Parker Nunnery's body was found on Tuesday by an Autauga County residenton the edge of a pond on County Road 3, located off Highway 14. Nunnery's vehicle was found in another location on Highway 14 in Prattville earlier Tuesday. On Wednesday, Sedinger said the case is now classified as a homicide, and that Willie Foster was arrested by U.S. Marshals in relation to the case. Sedinger says he believes Foster was doing some yard work for Nunnery, but a motive for the homicide still remains unclear. Nunnery was 72 and, at one time, operated a small nursery on Highway 31. She co-founded the Autauga Creek Improvement Committee five years ago with Skip Lobmiller, who is also serving as the family spokesman. "We had a lot of fun times. Carol was my motivation," Lobmiller said. "From day one she started


cleaning. She was a little older so she didn't get out in the water but served refreshments and baking was her specialty. She was a very strong Christian faith woman, always in good spirits, always active in the community regardless of the circumstances whether it be the Autauga County Heritage Association [and] volunteered at the museum during the week." - (Black-on-white)

Foster "confesses" in Prattville murder
PRATTVILLE - Willie Foster confessed to authorities that he caused the death of Carol Parker Nunnery, Autauga County Courthouse records show. Nunnery’s body was found Tuesday afternoon off of County Road 3 near Autaugaville, said Sheriff Joe Sedinger. She was 72 and a Prattville resident. Her death has been ruled a homicide, said Police Chief Mark Thompson. Her car was found in Prattville offthat they did." Fountain said her 48-year-old brother, David Apple, is diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. She said the Yarbroughs moved Apple out of their Cartersville basement and into an apartment last year on Paige Street, barely looking after him. "There was a fire there, and they took him to a hotel, and they just left him there," Fountain said. Fountain said she picked her brother up and moved him back to Ringgold. She discovered discrepancies in his bank statements. "I saw that very large amounts of money were gone," Fountain said. Investigators said while Apple was in the Yarbrough's care, from May to August of 2015, the couple spent his money freely on a diamond ring, repairs to their Mercedes and new tires. "And to top it off,


The woman told the dispatcher she had heard the couple argue before, but this was the first time she saw any violence. "He's about to take her away in a car right now and he's yelling at her," the caller said. "He's like screaming at her and putting her in the car." Pender has been kicked off the FSU football team. He pleaded not guilty to the felony charges. His next court date is in June. - (Black-on-white) (Video at 1:28 victim WF) - (mudshark)

(Black LGBT-Queer) Man charged with homo-raping 11-year-old boy he was mentoringMEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis man is charged with rape of a child. A woman told police her 11-year-old son told her he had been having a sexual relationship with his 20-year-old mentor. Thereport states the victim suffers from mild mental retardation and post traumatic stress disorder. William Cook is in the Tulsa County Jail on complaints of first-degree rape, possession of drugs and possession of paraphernalia. Cook allegedly raped a man in a trailer in the 2000 block of East 1st Street around 4 a.m. Saturday, the arrest report states. He then made the man take a shower to remove any DNA evidence, police say. The man called police who took Cook into custody. They say they found a baggie containing methamphetamine in Cook's possession.

(Black) Man Previously Convicted Of Rape Convicted AgainA man convicted of raping a woman back in 2012 has been convicted of another attack that happened that same year and has more rape trials pending. Michael Richardson


is currently serving a 22-year sentence with no parole for the first conviction. He was identified through his DNA, which has linked him to several attacks in 2012. In each case, Richardson picked up the victim on Summer Avenue, raped them, and left them in a remote part of Shelby County.

Suspected serial rapist convicted in 1 of 3 rapes - Mar 28, 2014MEMPHIS, TN - - A man suspected of being a serial rapist has been convicted in the rape of a woman who nearly lost her finger during the attack. DNA tests linked him to the crime that happened in August 2012. He still faces two additional rape trials. Michael Richardson, 35, of Rossville, denied knowing his victim, but DNA from her rape kit identified him asthe attacker. The victim in the August 2012 rape said Richardson picked her up in the Jackson area and drove her to East Shelby County where he forced her to have sex with him. When she tried to fight him off, he bit her finger, causing a cut that required stitches to close. He robbed her of $27 and forced her out of the car before driving away. Richardson's DNA links him to two other rapes that happened in July and October of 2012. Both of these rapes happened in a similar fashion to the one in which he was just convicted. He faces 15 to 25 years in prison with no parole.

NYPD: Man Gropes Woman, Exposes Self To Her In Prospect ParkNEW YORK — Police are looking


grabbed her and forced her into a secluded area. There, he allegedly sexually assaulted her and then demanded money. Police said he emptied her wallet and then fled the scene in a newer model, red vehicle. The suspect is described as a black male, about 6-foot-1 and thin. He was wearing a dark green hoodie with a hood covering his face and dark pants.

Black Sports: Baylor cleans house after bombshell rape revelations - fired white coach for covering up Afro-american player rapesBaylor has fired football coach Art Briles, admitting he failed to responsibly address the disturbing torrent of allegations of sexual violence by his players. Baylor’s football program has faced mounting pressure over how the school in Waco, Texas, has handled reports of rape and assault by footballplayers. Briles reportedly ignored allegations of assaults by players, two of whom were later convicted of sexual assault. In addition, Ken Starr will be forced to step down as president of the university. Starr, who has been Baylor president since 2010, was the special prosecutor who investigated President Bill Clinton’s sexual relationship with White House intern Monica Lewisnky. But the university has been stung by the assault scandal that exploded in 2015 when former football player Sam Ukwuachu was convicted of sexually assaulting a former Baylor soccer player. That was followed by media reports that Baylor ignored repeated allegations of assault against former football player Tevon Elliott, who was convicted of sexual assault in 2014. Other reports of assault allegations followed and more than 200 Baylor students, faculty


and alumni staged a candlelight vigil in February.

Black Sports: Ex-NBA player Kermit Washington arrested, accused of charity fraudKANSAS CITY, Mo. – Former NBA player Kermit Washington is accused of using donations intended to help needy people in Africa for his own gain, including paying for vacations, jewelry and entertainment. U.S. Attorney Tammy Dickinson on Wednesday announced a federal indictment against Washington, who is best known for punching Houston Rockets player Rudy Tomjanovich during a game in 1977.

Man convicted of second-degree murder in dice game "gone bad"A young Brooklyn man was convicted of murder and assault on Wednesday for fatally shooting one person and wounding two others during a dice game in 2012. “This case is another reminder of the mayhem caused by senseless gun violence,” explained District AttorneyKen Thompson, describing how 24-year-old Lawrence Harris brazenly opened fire in the middle of a Brownsville street, blasting off ten rounds as bystanders ran for their lives. During the mayhem, bullets struck and killed 20-year-old Trendon Franklin, who was playing dice on the corner of Sutter Avenue and Union Street. Another victim was also grazed in the chest and finger, while a third person was shot in the back.

Rapper Troy Ave Arrested in Deadly Irving Plaza Shooting, Police Say
The arrest came shortly after the NYPD released surveillance video showing Troy, whose real name is Ronald Collins, 30, charging out of a back room and angrily squeezing off a shot inside Irving Plaza's VIP lounge at an unidentified person who was fleeing from the private second floor area. Troy


brought himself to New York University hospital after accidentally shooting himself in the leg while taking out his gun, sources said. Police said Troy's bodyguard, Ronald McPhatter, 33, was shot and killed. It is not clear if there was another shooting, but at least five shots can be heard on tapes not released to the media, sources said.

(Hispanic) Suspect in Northern California kidnapping (of a White girl) killed in shootout with police * teen still missingA man wanted on suspicion of abducting a 15-year-old Bay Area girl was killed Thursday in a shootout with sheriff's deputies in Santa Barbara County after a high-speed chase, authorities said. The suspect, 19-year-old Fernando Castro, was spotted driving a gold Saturn south on the 101 Freeway, according to Solano County Sheriff Thomasdown dark paths to realize that these things are probably still happening,” the former child actor, now 35, told the UK’s Sunday Times. “There are a lot of vipers in this industry.”

1Ki 14:24 - And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations...

Cowardly gold-tooth negro shot (White) female teen during armed purse-snatching - 'He was aiming to kill'HOUSTON -- It was May, Friday the 13, and one 16-year-old was feeling accomplished. She had just gotten her first paycheck at a Studio Movie Grill in northwest Harris County and walked straight to the ATM on her way home. "I felt like someone was following me, so I kind of went to the other side of the road," she said. She kept walking


until she heard a man yell at her from behind. "He said, 'Shut up and give me everything (expletive),'" she said. The teen spotted a driver in a car nearby and ran to him, screaming for help. But that driver wasn't there to help her. "I thought it was a regular person but it was his getaway driver. And he told him to hurry up and finish, like, what he was doing. He got the purse, got in the car, the car had moved up, and he shot me and drove off," she said. Someone in the apartment complex heard her screaming and called 9-1-1. Her dad was working as an emergency dispatcher at the time. "My wife called me crying, saying Amanda had been shot," he said.One of the ambulances in his fleet ended up taking his daughter to Memorial Hermann Hospital. "He was aiming to kill, and it almost hit my heart," the 16-year-old said. She has a broken collarbone and a broken rib. She should get better physically. Emotionally, though, she has more healing to do. "My anxiety is a lot worse. Also I cry during the day and I don't know why," she said. A sketch artist with the Harris County Sheriff's Office drew this picture of the suspect, based on the victim's denoscription. "On his teeth, at the bottom, every other tooth was gold and then the top three were gold," she said. If you recognize the suspect in the sketch, call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS. - (Black-on-white)

Conviction of (black)


17-year-old upheld in murder of (White) Brockton cabbieThe state supreme court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of Adilson Neves for the 2008 murder of Brockton taxi driver Edward Conley. Neves, who was one month shy of his 18th birthday when he killed Conley, was sentenced in 2011 to life in prison without parole. His lawyers appealed on the grounds that statements Neves made to police were involuntary and should have been suppressed at his trial. They also challenged the admission of grand jury testimony from a witness who claimed a loss of memory, the failure to strike the testimony of a witness who violated a sequestration order and the judge's failure to instruct the jury about a finding of involuntary manslaughter. Conley, a 56-year-old father of two, wasfatally shot in the back of the head during a robbing of his cab on Galen Street, a dead-end off Centre Street (Route 123), on Feb. 16, 2008. A jury took less than 90 minutes to convict Neves. - (Black-on-white)

Black savage attacks White man with machete at gas stationA black savage used a machete to attack a White man at a Dewey Avenue gas station on Saturday night. Greece police say Timothy Pearson, 55, of Rochester, is charged with second-degree assault, a felony, and second-degree menacing, a misdemeanor. The unidentified out-of-state victim and Pearson suffered cuts on their hands during the altercation, which took place around 11:30 p.m. "The suspect, Pearson, appeared to be trying to sell (stolen?) electronics to the victim in the parking lot as the