of murdering Sarah Spiers, Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon, who all disappeared from the Claremont entertainment strip in 1996 and 1997.

He is also accused of attacks on two other women in 1988 and 1995, and has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him.

Mr Edwards is due to face a nine-month judge-alone trial starting in July.

Mr Edwards, a former Little Athletics volunteer, was arrested at his home in late 2016. ( Facebook: KLAC )

Prosecutors are expected to argue at today's hearing that what is called "propensity evidence" should be included as part of the case against him.

Propensity evidence is that which is not directly related to the alleged crimes, but might show past conduct relevant to the case.

Suppression bid withdrawn

Defence lawyers are opposing the application by prosecutors.

Thedefence team had flagged it would be seeking to suppress publication of all, or parts of, the hearing, but that application was withdrawn last week.

Sarah Spiers, Ciara Glennon and Jane Rimmer vanished from Claremont in 1996 and 1997. ( ABC News )

The directions hearing, which is scheduled to run for two or three days, is also expected to deal with Mr Edwards's application for two of the charges against him to be dealt with at a separate trial.

Mr Edwards is expected to be brought into court from Hakea Prison for the hearing.

That would be a contrast to most of his other court appearances, where he has appeared via video link from Hakea, where he has been held since his arrest three day before Christmas in 2016.

Prosecutors flag 'stories


of interest'

It was revealed at a hearing in December last year that prosecutors wanted to lead evidence about "stories of interest" they argued were either "downloaded or authored" by Mr Edwards as part of their case against him.

The material was allegedly found when police analysed various electronic devices seized from Mr Edwards after his arrest at his Kewdale home.

Forensic police removed items from Mr Edwards's Kewdale home after arresting him. ( ABC News: Robert Koenig-Luck )

State prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo SC said at the time that "one or two of the stories" had already been disclosed to the defence.

But she said there were another "four or five" that were "of some interest" to prosecutors that would be provided at a later date.

Mr Edwards's lawyer, Paul Yovich SC, foreshadowed atthe time they would object to the admissibility of the material, saying in particular the defence wanted to know "the dates within which this material is said to have been created or accessed".

The December hearing was told DNA and fibre evidence would also form a key part of the case against Mr Edwards.

Three deaths within 15 months

It has been more than 22 years since 18-year-old Ms Spiers vanished in the early hours of the morning on January 27, 1996, after a night out in Claremont.

She has never been found.

Five months later, Ms Rimmer, 23, disappeared from the same area. Her body was found almost a month later at Wellard, south of Perth.

Ciara Glennon then vanished in March 1997, also after a night out in Claremont.

Her body was found


about two weeks later in bushland at Eglington, north of Perth.

Mr Edwards is also accused of attacking a woman in her own home in 1988 and of abducting and raping a 17-year-old girl in February 1995, less than a year before Ms Spiers disappeared.Pakistani state of Punjab (where most of the men are originally from) is called a "hotbed" of Sunni extremism. Considering the dismal performance of religious political parties in Pakistan, and the weakness of the religious right there, this characterization is completely false. Police and media have described the lifestyle of men (for example, sharing apartments without furniture), and some visas problems, as grounds for suspicion that the men are involved in "terrorism".

On August 28, activists rallied outside the offices of Citizenship and Immigration in Toronto, to denounce the continued detention of these men, the climate of fear and hatred promoted by these police actions.


The modern cable network has evolved a long way from its humble beginnings. In 1948, the first community antenna system delivered television signals over twin-lead strung from house to house. In 1950, a coax system was built in which the coax cable was strung on utility poles. These systems were intended to solve reception problems caused by weak signals (rural areas) or by ghosting from multiple reflected signals (urban areas). In the seventies, communications satellites breathed new life into the cable industry by providing access to programming not otherwise available in the cable operator's service area.
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So, the whole world seems to have dismissed North Korea's Friday declaration of war on South Korea.

Even reporters based in Seoul — which is around 120 miles from Pyongyang — seem pretty blase.

CNBC's Chery Kang, who is based in Seoul, was asked via satellite by a CNBC World colleague how South Korea and its markets were responding.

"Working in a newsroom in Seoul, South Korea, it certainly does not feel like I'm living in a country that is in a state of war," responded Kang very casually.

Business Insider has spoken to other South Koreans who share this very sentiment.

Kang continued to say that South Korea does "take threats seriously, even though they come nearly everyday."

Indeed, according to Korea's Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's President Park has pledged a "strongresponse" to North Korea's "provocation."

South Korea's stock market opened a few hours ago and they are down only modestly. Losses have largely been attributed to disappointing trade numbers.

"Unacceptable"

Late Friday evening, North Korea said in a statement that it had entered war with South Korea.

"Situations on the Korean Peninsula, which are neither in peace or at war, have come to an end," said North Korea in a statement. The also said that U.S. stealth bomber flights over South Korea were an "unacceptable" provocation, and that this was a "final warning" to the U.S.

However, U.S. officials quickly responded and said this was just an extension of North Korea's "long history of bellicose rhetoric and threats."

While any threat of war certainly is scary, North Korea has certainly solidified its position as


Deloitte found significant shortcomings in the security of the ContactPoint database when it evaluated the system back in 2008. But only a summary of its report was ever published prior to May's general election despite repeated calls by the then opposition to publish the security audit in full. Attempts by the Tories and children's charities to use Freedom of Information Act requests to force the publication of the report were also rebuffed.

Now, following a change of government, the Information Commissioner has ordered the publication of the main (partially redacted) findings of Deloitte's study, which reveals that management consultants were concerned about issues including inconsistent security standards at local councils with access to the database and the insecure disposal of computers used to access the system. Auditors were concernedmight be working with a potential vulnerable child. Contact details on an estimated 52,000 at-risk children would have been shielded.

Security experts quizzed by The Reg warned that the sheer volume of data held on the database and the wide number of professionals authorised to access it made data breaches almost inevitable. Ministers gave the go-ahead for the national roll-out of the system last November.

ContactPoint was due to cost £224m to establish, with a further £44m in annual running costs. Before the election both main opposition parties pledged to scrap the system but since then the Coalition Government has delayed its closure amid speculation, denied by the government, that the system may continue in a scaled-down form.

A Department for Education spokesman told the Daily Telegraph: "One of the first


Human Rights Council called by Bangladesh, which is struggling to accommodate Rohingya who have fled.

He described “concordant reports of acts of appalling barbarity committed against the Rohingya, including deliberately burning people to death inside their homes, murders of children and adults; indiscriminate shooting of fleeing civilians; widespread rapes of women and girls, and the burning and destruction of houses, schools, markets and mosques”.

“Can anyone – can anyone – rule out that elements of genocide may be present?” he told the 47-member state forum.

The United Nations defines genocide as acts intended to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group in whole or in part. A UN convention requires all countries to act to halt genocide and to punish those responsible.

Shahriar Alam, Bangladesh’s junior foreign affairs minister, told thePro-Russian self-defence forces have entered the Ukrainian navy's Black Sea headquarters in Sevastopol and raised the Russian flag above the building less that 24 hours after Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of Crimea in a searing speech to political elites in Moscow.

In an hour-long speech in the Kremlin on Wednesday – likely to go down as one of the defining moments of his long rule over Russia – Putin said western politicians "call something white today and black tomorrow" and aired a long list of foreign policy grievances going back to 2000, saying "we were cheated again and again, with decisions being taken behind our back".

Crimean authorities have said that all Ukrainian military installations on the peninsula, including several bases, are now illegal and the soldiers must leave.


Many have done so, but some remain.

Ukrainian and Russian troops had agreed a ceasefire until Friday, and the circumstances of the shootout on Tuesday remain murky

Russia's foreign ministry later denounced the decision of the president of the European council to cancel a visit to Moscow as a refusal to "hear the truth". Herman Van Rompuy had been due to meet Russian officials on Wednesday. Russia's foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that Van Rompuy "was not allowed" to come to Russia "by his own people". The statement said Moscow had promptly reacted to his request to visit Russia but it was cancelled at the last moment by the European side.

The White House spokesman, Jay Carney, earlier foreshadowed a fresh round of sanctions against the Russian hierarchy."More is coming," he said amid criticism that existing steps taken by the US and EU are too weak.

Carney suggested that powerful oligarchs with ties to Putin would be targeted. "I think anyone who understands how the Russian system of governance works and who has influence in that system understands the kind of person that we're talking about here, and the fact that they have substantial assets, not just in Russia but abroad," he said.

In his speech to the Russian parliament, Putin ridiculed the idea that events in Crimea amounted to Russian aggression and said there had been no shots fired and no casualties during recent weeks. Yet hours after he spoke, a Ukrainian soldier was shot dead at an army base in the Crimean capital, Simferopol, the


first military fatality on the peninsula since the crisis began.

Ukrainian military sources said one junior officer had been killed and another injured by a sniper after an assault on the base by "unknown forces, fully equipped and their faces covered".

Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukraine's prime minister, accused Moscow of committing a war crime and said the conflict with Russia was "moving from a political to a military one". After the incident, Kiev issued a statement authorising its armed forces to use weapons to defend themselves.

Russia has also announced that the signatories of a 2011 Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) agreement had exhausted their quotas to inspect Russian military facilities and a planned inspection in the coming days would be the last.

"This is the last inspection held onthe territory of the Russian Federation in 2014 under the Vienna Document because all quotas for inspections on our territory by OSCE states have been exhausted," said Sergei Ryzhkov, head of the national nuclear risk reduction centre.

Ukrainian inspectors would carry out the last checks.

According to the OSCE site, the agreement stipulates that 90 inspections and 45 evaluation visits can be conducted on the territory of any participating state that has armed forces each year.

On Monday, the US and EU announced sanctions against several top Russian officials. Van Rompuy and José Manuel Barroso, head of the European commission, dismissed Putin's case for annexation and pledged a "unified European response" at the EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, following the EU's decision to impose travel bans and asset freezes on


21 Russian and Crimean figures.

In Britain, the foreign secretary, William Hague, announced the suspension of joint naval exercises with Russia and of export licences for military items to Moscow, saying Putin had chosen the "route of isolation".

The US vice-president, Joe Biden, speaking during a visit to Poland and the Baltic states aimed at assuring Russia's EU neighbours about US and Nato security guarantees, said Putin and Russia stood alone and "naked before the world" guilty of international aggression.

"Russia has offered a variety of arguments to justify what is nothing more than a land-grab," he said. Biden revealed that the US was considering deploying ground troops to the Baltic states on new military exercises as it seeks to reassure Nato allies in eastern Europe of its commitment to preventingfurther territorial aggression by Russia.

The death of a Ukrainian soldier was a reminder that there is potential for Russia's annexation to turn bloody. Russian soldiers have been active in Crimea in recent weeks, despite Kremlin claims to the contrary, and often act in consort with local informal militias. There were reports that a local militia member had also been shot dead in the clash and another injured.

The White House called for an emergency meeting of the G7 countries on Ukraine to be held on the fringes of a summit in The Hague devoted to nuclear security. Russia is also invited to the summit, raising the possibility of a first face-to-face confrontation between Putin and western leaders in the crisis.


the five blocks involved in this appeal — blocks as to which it was, in the event, to be ultimately established that each of the offers drawn was a product of Mr. King's penchant for not leaving too much to chance. With the advent, four and one-half years later, of a final decision within the Department disqualifying all such offers, appellant suggested that it was now in order to honor his pending lease applications as entitled to priority under the statute. He objected to the Secretary's determination that the blocks in question should be put up anew for offers, and filed suit in the District Court. His appeal is from the District Court's award of summary judgment to the Secretary.

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Appellant takes his stand upon this language in Sectionthat hearing, Pohl ordered that no outside entity, which would include the CIA, have the power to cut off the audio feed to the hearing. Pohl also ordered the court's convening authority, the senior military officer overseeing the trial, Navy Vice Adm. Bruce MacDonald (ret.), to testify to the court as well.

That's scheduled for later this month.


Image caption Ross England is standing for the Welsh Conservatives for the 2021 assembly election

A Conservative party Welsh Assembly candidate deliberately "sabotaged" a rape trial, according to a judge.

Ross England was giving evidence in a rape trial in April 2018 when he made claims about the victim's sexual history, which the complainant denies.

Eight months after the rape trial collapsed, in December 2018 Mr England was selected to stand for the 2021 Assembly elections.

He told BBC Wales he had given an "honest answer".

Mr England has worked for Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns in his constituency office.

The victim told BBC Wales that Mr England's Conservative selection "shows how little respect they have for me".

The defendant in the case, James Hackett, who was a friend of Mr England, went on to beconvicted of rape in a new trial.

During questioning Mr England made claims that he had had a casual sexual relationship with the complainant.

The judge in the case, Stephen John Hopkins QC, had earlier made clear that evidence of the sexual history of the victim was inadmissible.

He went on to say to Mr England: "Why did you say that? Are you completely stupid?"

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Ross England has worked for Alun Cairns in his constituency office

Mr England said that he thought the question was about his relationship with the woman. Replying, His Honour Judge Hopkins said it was not: "It was quite clear what the question was".

The judge then said: "You have managed singlehanded, and I have no doubt it was deliberate on your part, to sabotage


this trial".

Speaking to BBC Wales, the woman who was raped said: "It is completely shocking to me that Ross England would stand up in court and say these things given that they are untrue".

"He was asked if we worked together, and the answer to that is yes.

"Nobody asked him if we were in a sexual relationship or not. For him to just blurt that out proves to me that it was a formulated plan that he and whoever else conjured to try and derail the trial.

"I think it was an absolutely deliberate attempt to sabotage the trial."

'Get out of my court'

During the proceedings, His Honour Judge Hopkins went on to say to Mr England: "I shall be writing personal letters to people who are politically close to youand I hope they take appropriate action".

His final comment to Mr England was: "Get out of my court".

Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said he did not receive any correspondence relating to this case.

Image caption Ross England speaking at Welsh Conservative conference in 2016

Mr Cairns endorsed Mr England as the Assembly election candidate following his selection in December 2018, describing him as a "friend and colleague" who it would be "a pleasure to campaign with".

The victim in the trial, speaking anonymously, told BBC Wales: "For them to make him a candidate in their target seat for the Welsh Assembly proves to be how little respect they have for me, how little respect they have for the criminal justice system.

"In a way they are thanking him, they are rewarding him. The


Andrew Dykstra collects USL PRO goalkeeping honor

Andrew Dykstra collects USL PRO goalkeeping honor

Days after helping the Richmond Kickers seal the USL PRO regular season title, D.C. United loanee Andrew Dykstra collected an honor of his own.

The 27-year-old goalkeeper claimed the league's Goals-Against Average award with a GAA of 0.863, part of a standout season for the Woodbridge, Va., native. As a member of the USL PRO's stingiest defense, Dykstra led the league with ten shutouts in 22 appearances and posted 75 saves on the year.

Earlier this season, Dykstra was named Week 15 USL PRO Player of the Week for consecutive clean sheets against Orlando City SC and VSI Tampa Bay FC. He also earned a spot in the Week 9 USL PRO Team of the Week following aBalkan Socialist Federation, 1964 By 1Blomma Watch

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The basic premise is a more successful Bled Agreement.

The Bled Agreement is signed in 1947, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia join to create the Balkan Federation in late 1948 (Dimitrov sided with Tito in the Tito-Stalin split). Albania joins the federation in 1949. After supporting the communists in the Greek Civil War for several years, the Federation actively engages in the conflict on the communist side. Together with the NLF and the Greek Communists they manage to win the war and join both Greece and Macedonia to the Federation.

The Federation is communist but more West friendly than the Soviet faction (basically just a large Yugoslavia), so the West sees this state as a counterweight to the Soviet Union and


their satellites.

The current year is 1964 and there has just been an administrative reform to streamline the internal divisions of each Republic. Modelled on the French départements, special care was put into avoiding any regional nationalism when drawing the borders of each district. To solve the problem of where to place the capital for the Federation, a completely new city named Balkania (other names suggested were Balkanograd and Balkanopel, Balkania was chosen as it was neither Greek nor Slavic) was built in the Nišava valley on the Serbian side of the border with Bulgaria. Tito is serving as President of the Federation, and has been since the office's inception.

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Published : Jan 21, 2016Southern California pursuit ends with man exiting car – and busting a series of moves at gunpoint

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A California car chase ended in an arrest – but the suspect went down in style.

The California highway patrol on Tuesday chased a man around the Los Angeles area before finally bumping his car, causing it to spin out. The suspect came out with his hands up. But the pose was apparently just the opening move in a 10-second breakdance routine.

The incident was caught on camera by TV news helicopters, offering the suspect a national audience in what can only be called an extremely risky dance audition.

Illuminated by a spotlight, the man performed some well-executed moves, kicking his


dramatically, but still it was more of an art, than a science. Those medieval guys still had no idea about the atmospheric pressure, the main weather component nowadays. The modern meteorology started with physicists' discovery of thermodynamics and hydrodynamics. In 1873 Cleveland Abbe, an American meteorologist published his work, "The physical basis of long-range weather forecasting." He made the researchers ponder about mathematical methods of weather prediction. For the first time in history. Though, as it usually happens, people of his time laughed at the idea. No surprise. Imagine if I suggested you to think about the mathematical prediction of lifespan today. You'd die laughing right here. Though, there was a man who did not laugh. In 1904, Vilhelm Bjerknes, a Norwegian physicist and meteorologist wrote an articleto) deal with them. Though, there is a life hack. The thing is, the Earth is a sphere. And we still have Coriolis force. Whatever happens in one hemisphere barely will occur on the other side of the equator. I wonder how flat Earthers will explain that. So we can only calculate the weather for one hemisphere as if the other one does not exist. And it works. There are 15 such models in the world, mostly in large countries — UKMET in England, EUMETSAT in France, CMC in Canada, JMA in Japan, SLAV in Russia (what an ironic name). There are also regional models. They run in the specific areas and have no idea what happens in the big big world. Regional models work best for modeling


so do I. Both models use the same data to do the same thing — observe the Earth's atmosphere and predict the changes. ECMWF is considered better than American GFS, but don't rush to conclusions. The major point in their confrontation happened in 2012. The US coast was expecting the Sandy hurricane. American model predictions indicated it wouldn't reach the shore. Contrary to that, European model alarmed that it will hit in 4-7 days, so the immediate evacuation was needed. Imagine the struggle of the American meteorologists. On October 29, Sandy hit the eastern coast. It affected 24 states, from Florida to Maine, dealt severe damage to New Jersey and New York, reached Michigan and Wisconsin. Sandy caused $68.7 billion damage and took 233 lives. The American model2011 Kia Optima will be featured in a Super Bowl ad in February

According to the latest reports from Automotive News, it appears that Kia will tout the all-new 2011 Optima sedan in a Super Bowl ad in February. Kia will follow the same strategy used when it introduced the 2010 Kia Sorento crossover, which was also included in a Super Bowl ad.

According to Michael Sprague, vice president of marketing for Kia Motors America, it appears that the Korean manufacturer already completed the creative work for the campaign but no details were revealed yet. Kia will start cinema ads next month.

“We saw with the Sorento launch that it really helped build the awareness of the vehicle,” said Michael Sprague, vice president of marketing for Kia Motors America. Kia expects


with Alverson on the screenplay for his new film, Entertainment, which premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival. Entertainment stars Turkington as an itinerant lounge comedian called “Neil,” a close variation on “Neil Hamburger,” a character whom 47-year-old Turkington has been playing, first on record and then in live performances, for nearly a quarter of a century. When I interviewed Turkington for FILM COMMENT some weeks back, shortly before Entertainment closed this year’s New Directors / New Films, he described the origin of the first Neil Hamburger records as “conceptual recording projects.” And though I am not usually in the TV recap business, Decker similarly has a strong conceptual underpinning which makes it worth talking about in terms other than “What happens next?” In fact, it hastell of Decker sometime around the end of season four of On Cinema, when Estevez, as a special guest, refers to Tim as his “director,” and Tim mentions he has been shooting scenes for his opus “every weekend for the last six months.” (On Cinema uses Hollywood journeymen like Estevez and Jimmy McNichol in much the same way that Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! used public-access “stars” like David Liebe Hart—with affection and a puzzled awe.) The first Decker series aired in the summer of 2014, in the middle of season five of On Cinema. Imagined as the ultimate vanity project, Decker exists to provide Tim an opportunity to preen and strut as the badass of his adolescent dreams: Jack Decker wears all-black attire, sunglasses, and


in passing, was financed through a small business loan.)

Decker is an extension of the On Cinema world, and the same mounting tension, spats, and temporary truces circulate between one and the other. (Although he often boasts about his social life, it is not at all evident that Tim has any male friends other than Gregg who might appear on his shows.) The interconnected ecosystem achieved a new level of complexity on the concurrently airing runs of On Cinema Season Six and Decker: Port of Call: Hawaii, on which Gregg reprises his role as Kingston, and is credited for “Additional Dialogue Concepts.” On the penultimate episode of On Cinema, Gregg and Tim prepare to shoot the finale of Decker; Gregg hasn’t seen the script, which Tim announces that he’sBest of Sport

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US Marine Corps former minesweeper Mark Zambon, member of the team Race 2 Recovery, consisting of British and US soldiers who have suffered serious injuries in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan in recent years, stands next to a car in Lima on January 3, 2013, ahead of the 2013 Dakar Rally which this year will thunder through Peru, Argentina and Chile from January 5 to 20. AFP PHOTO / FRANCK FIFE

US Marine Corps former minesweeper Mark Zambon, member of the team Race 2 Recovery, consisting of British and US soldiers who have suffered serious injuries in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan in recent years, stands next to a car in Lima on January 3, 2013, ahead of the 2013


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Jockey Victor Espinoza stands with owner Ahmed Zayat holding the trophy after American Pharoah won the 48th William Hill Haskell Invitational along with and trainer Bob Baffert (L) at Monmouth Park on August 2, 2015 in Monmouth, New Jersey.

Jockey Victor Espinoza stands with owner Ahmed Zayat holding the trophy after American Pharoah won the 48th William Hill Haskell Invitational along with and trainer Bob Baffert (L) at Monmouth Park on August 2, 2015 in Monmouth, New Jersey.

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Critics especially took umbrage that Davis mentioned Black History Month as part of his gripe. A vote by teammates had resulted in a tie, and a rule required a coin flip that went to luger Erin Hamlin, a four-time Olympian with one bronze medal on her resume.

The rule is the rule. There wasn't much that could be done. And one could certainly argue that Davis, who skipped the opening ceremony, wasn't being gracious.

Davis should have been a no-brainer selection. He's the most decorated U.S. Olympian in South Korea, the first black athlete to win an individual gold medal at the Winter Games


with his 1,000-meter victory in 2006. Four years later, he became the first skater to defend his title in that event. He also won silver medals in the 1,500 both years.

Pointing out that this is Black History Month isn't irrelevant, as many critics claimed, some even calling Davis racist. It's pointing out the irony that during a month dedicated to celebrating black leaders, Davis' fellow athletes chose not to make him the first black U.S. flag bearer in the Winter Olympics.

Davis isn't a go-along, get-along type. He has a friction-filled history with U.S. media, fellow skaters and U.S. Speedskating.

But he should have been selected not only for his success on the ice but also for the grit it took -- and still does -- to endure being "theonly one" in a sport for decades. Imagine the spark of inspiration for young black boys and girls watching him carry the flag.

It's fair to wonder whether Maame Biney or Erin Jackson would be competing in South Korea as the first two black female Olympians in short- and long-track speedskating if not for Davis' pioneering.

We should also wonder why it was met with such backlash when a black athlete spoke candidly about not being duly honored in the twilight of his career.

Part of it, many black athletes have said, is that they bear a heavier burden to portray themselves as humble and grateful, lest they not seem likable or relatable.

Davis will be remembered for ignoring these rules, just like he ignored barriers that have kept black athletes from


the ports 100 into a plurality of corresponding anode exhaust tubes 102 which direct the anode exhaust 96 to a radial anode exhaust flow passage 104. The anode exhaust 96 flows radially inward through the passage 104 to an annular flow passage 106 that passes downward through the anode recuperator 22 in heat exchange relation with the flow passage 82. The anode exhaust 96 is then directed from the annular passage 106 upward into a tubular passage 108 by a baffle/cover 110 which is preferably dome-shaped. The anode exhaust 96 flows upwards through the passage 108 before being directed into another annular passage 112 by a baffle/cover 114, which again is preferably dome-shaped. The annular passage 112 passes through the anode cooler 26 in heat exchange relation with324 is provided within the insulation sleeve 322 to define the passage 108 for the anode exhaust 96. Preferably, the exhaust tube 324 is joined to a conical-shaped flange 328 provided at a lower end of the cylindrical wall 320. With reference to FIG. 4D, another cylindrical wall or tube 330 surrounds the corrugated fin 312 to define the radial outer limit of the flow passage 82 and is connected to the inlet port 30 by a conical-shaped baffle 332. A manifold disk 334 is provided at the upper end of the wall 316 and includes a central opening 336 for receiving the cylindrical wall 320, and eight anode exhaust tube receiving holes 338 for sealingly receiving the ends of the anode exhaust tubes 102, with the plate


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* The Navy honorably discharged the petitioner in February 1976 for "unsuitability."    The petitioner twice sought relief from the Board for the Correction of Naval Records (Correction Board), which twice denied him relief.  Before denying his second application for relief, the Board referred the petitioner to a physical evaluation board, which found that at the time of his discharge the petitioner was suffering from a schizoid personality that had existed prior to his entry into the service.

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In June 1983, more than seven years after his discharge, the petitioner filed suit in the district court challenging his discharge as arbitrary, capricious, and contrary to applicable law and regulations.  He sought a mandatory injunction, a writ of mandamus, and a declaratory judgment.

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The district court heldMohan Bhagwat defies Kerala govt’s order and hoists Tiranga in the state

RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat who is currently on a two day visit to the state of Kerala was invited by a school run by RSS supporters to be the Chief Guest on the occasion of India’s 71st Independence Day. It was also stated that Bhagwat would be the one unfurling the National Flag at the event which was about to start at 9:00 AM.

The Karnaki Amman Higher Secondary school in the Palakkad district of Kerala is incidentally an aided school and the District Collector P Marykutty wasn’t very receptive of the idea of Bhagwat unfurling the flag. The Collector stated that it was not proper for a political leader to hoist the flag in a government aided


Texas Threatens Two School Districts With Closure

Since 1995 only four school districts in Texas have had their accreditation revoked by the Texas Education Agency, but last summer Premont district and North Forest district received letters from the state education commissioner stating that years of financial mismanagement and a poor academic record meant that they were to be shut down. In a change of normal policy, however, TEA has allowed the districts a one year reprieve to make significant financial and academic progress. If they don’t do enough and one ends up becoming the fifth district to be closed down in the last 17 years it will serve as a warning to a number of other district’s that may find themselves in the TEA firing line.

Of the state’s 1,024FALL RIVER — Two city men are being held without bail after a 57-year-old disabled man alleged they threatened to eat his dog while he was on a walk with his wife Wednesday afternoon, then beat him with his own cane in the entryway to his apartment, according to police.

Joshua Farias, 37, and Brian Souza Jr., 37, both of Fall River, were arraigned Thursday in District Court on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery on a disabled person and felony daytime breaking and entering, according to court documents.

On Wednesday at 2:18 p.m., police were dispatched to 354 Eastern Ave. for a report of a possible fight with weapons, according to a police report.

Police met a 57-year-old man who lives in an apartment


at that address. The man said he and his wife were walking their dog on Eastern Avenue when two men approached, the report states.

The men were “aggravated” with the victim because he was walking his dog on the sidewalk. According to the report, the victim told police that the men yelled, “Better move that dog, or I will kill it and eat it!”

Fearing the men, who police later identified as Farias and Souza, would hurt his dog, the victim and his wife tried to get back inside their apartment, the report states.

The couple managed to make it to the entryway, according to the report, but when the victim turned around he saw Farias and Souza standing on his front steps.

The victim told police that when he yelled atand back “from being punched, kicked and pushed to the ground,” according to his report.

Farias and Souza were stopped by Officer David Delvalle while on Eastern Avenue a short distance away. The men allegedly admitted they were involved in a verbal argument with the victim, but denied any sort of physical altercation, the report states.

Officer Morin noticed Farias’ hand was bleeding, and Souza was bleeding from the head. Both defendants told police the victim “struck him with a stick because he was pissed over the argument,” according to the report.

Morin arrested both defendants. A judge ordered Farias and Souza held without bail pending dangerousness hearings scheduled for Tuesday, April 30.


UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.                                                                    No. 96-4950

RODNEY GAITHER,
Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of South Carolina, at Rock Hill.
Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., District Judge.
(CR-96-15)

Submitted: October 21, 1997

Decided: November 17, 1997

Before MURNAGHAN and ERVIN, Circuit Judges, and
BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

_________________________________________________________________

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

_________________________________________________________________

COUNSEL

John A. O'Leary, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant. Marshall
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Zuo Zongtang (sometimes written as Zu? Z?ngtáng or Tso Tsung-t'ang) was one of the greatest military leaders of China’s long and storied history. He rose quickly through the ranks of the army, quelled rebellions, served with distinction in a civil war, founded a modern arsenal and dockyard, established new, efficient logistics systems within his armies, forced Russian forces from China, and went on to serve in several positions in the national government.

In the West, particularly the U.S. and Canada, we know him simply as General Tso, namesake of a Chinese takeout chicken dish.

Tso It Goes

Zuo was born in 1812 in Hsiangyin, Hunan, to a family of wealthy landowners.

His family’s money allowed him to pursue an extensive education; he was able to obtain a chu-jen ( “promoted scholar”), thesecond-highest academic degree awarded in the imperial civil service exams. He made three attempts to qualify for the highest degree, chin-shih (“ready for office”) and failed each time. He gave up hope for work in the imperial bureaucracy and returned to Hunan. There, he worked as a tutor for the family of a former governor general, got married, and pursued a variety of quiet interests. He farmed silkworms and tea, wrote a book on agriculture, read about the sciences, and studied politics. He referred to himself as “The Husbandman of the River Hsiang.”

In 1850, a civil war known as the Taiping Rebellion broke out between the forces of Hong Xiuquan and the governing Qing Dynasty. Xiuquan, a convert to Christianity who claimed to have received visions that revealed


him as the son of God and the younger brother of Jesus Christ, had established Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and taken control of a large swath of southern China. He attempted to replace the country’s indigenous religions with his own form of Christianity and enact social reforms in line with his ideology.

Two years into the war, Zuo was hired as an advisor by the staff of the governor of Hunan and given full control over the province’s military. The peaceful silkworm farmer turned out to be a gifted and ruthless soldier, and earned comparisons to his contemporary, Union general William Tecumseh Sherman.

Zuo drove the Taiping rebels out of Hunan and then the neighboring Guangxi province, followed them into coastal Zhejiang (after his victory there, he was appointed governor ofthe province and an Undersecretary of War) then south into Fujian and Guangdong, the seat of the rebellion. There, he dethroned the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom’s teenage monarch and crushed the rebellion.

The following year, he was appointed Viceroy and Governor-General of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces and Commissioner of the Naval Industries. In this capacity, he created the Goochow Arsenal, China's first modern arsenal, shipyard and naval academy. Appointments to the offices of Viceroy and Governor-General of Shaanxi and Gansu provinces and Imperial Commissioner of the Army in Shaanxi would follow.

Zuo returned to the battlefield to suppress the Nien Rebellion in northern China, then marched west to defeat the Dungan Revolt. Later, he quashed an uprising of foreign Muslims led by Muhammad Yaqub Bek and negotiated an end to the


Russian occupation of the western border city of Ili. Supposedly, he managed all these victories while also suffering through recurring bouts of malaria and dysentery.

For his service to the Empire, Zuo appointed a Grand Secretary and later a Marquessate. For his final promotion, he was appointed to the Grand Council, the cabinet of the Qing Empire. Zuo quickly tired of imperial politics and requested to be relieved of his position. He did return once more to the military when the Sino-French War broke out—he was commissioned as Commander-in-Chief and Imperial Commissioner of the Army and Inspector General. He oversaw coastal defense through the war and died shortly after a truce was reached, in 1885.

Which Came First: the Chicken or the General?

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Zuo’s life as athe general was known as a picky eater and the dish is atypical of Hunan cuisine. Zuo was more of a pork guy than a chicken guy, anyway. When he was sent to the Muslim-majority Xinjang province on a military expedition, his pork intake was curtailed. Upon his return, a feast was served in celebration and he supposedly told his hosts that, while he wasn’t entertained with the musicians and dancers, the meal more than made up for the long, pork-less expedition.

There are several different histories of how the dish was invented, and why it bears the general's name. These stories all start with the Chinese diaspora. One thing we have to keep in mind when talking about General Tso and his chicken is that the Taiping Rebellion


was the greatest upheaval of 19th-century China (as well as the bloodiest civil war in history). It caused massive population displacements and shifts across the southern and eastern parts of the country. Hundreds of thousands of people fled to other regions of China or left entirely. Many came to the United States, and one origin story goes that these immigrants, to honor the sword skills of the imperial hero from the homeland, chopped up their chicken the way that Tso might have sliced and diced his enemies. The dish’s flavors are explained as the hot, spicy tastes of Zuo’s Hunanese cuisine colliding with the sweet tastes preferred by the primarily Cantonese immigrants.

Or Maybe Chef Peng Chang-kuei Was Responsible

Another creation story, one of the most widely spread, gives creditto Chef Peng Chang-kuei (a.k.a. Peng Jia). Peng, like Zuo, was born in Hunan in 1919. He trained under a chef who worked for a provincial government official. Through this apprenticeship and connections to government gourmand, Peng found himself in charge of Nationalist government banquets by the end of World War II. When civil war broke out and Mao Zedong’s Soviet-backed Communist forces took control of the country in 1949, Peng fled with the Nationalists to Taiwan.

In Taiwan, Peng continued to cater official functions, and he invented many new dishes. According to Peng, at some point in the mid-1950s, he created an especially hot dish with typically Hunanese flavors and named it in honor of the second-most-famous military man from his home province. Why didn’t he name if


for the first-most-famous? Because that was Mao Zedong, the man who’d caused his exile.

In the 1970s, Peng came to America and opened up a restaurant in New York. It was popular enough, but Hunanese food was pretty unknown in the United States. It didn’t really catch on until one fan began talking the place up. Peng had set up shop near the United Nations building and, one day, Henry Kissinger stopped by for a meal. He loved it, visiting Peng’s every time he was in New York and singing the chef’s praises in Washington and around the world. Peng’s American customers still didn’t take to the heat and spice of Hunanese food, though, so Peng invented new dishes and adapted old ones to better suit American tastes.

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The last time we saw Okudah was against Clemson in the Fiesta Bowl where he shined in all facets against one of the best offenses (and receiver groups for that matter) in the country.

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Here, he displays his physicality and nose for the football up against standout sophomore Justyn Ross. And, in the clip below, he demonstrates his elite tackling ability in the open field.

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Okudah consistently made huge plays, like this one to prevent a first down, all season for the Buckeyes and would be an immediate contributor for Matt Patricia’stight end and make a play on the football. TEs are used sparingly in the college game but are so important in the NFL, which makes Simmons even more valuable. He’s the perfect matchup for speedy tight ends and running backs out of the backfield.

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When deployed as a pass rusher on the occasional blitz, he has great speed for a linebacker to get around tackles and get to the QB (eight sacks in 2019). He really is the complete package, and in the right hands (Patricia?), he has a limitless ceiling.

In basically every scenario, the Lions end up with one of these two players and begin to transform their defense. From there they can use the rest of their acquired picks and picks of their own to


Snoop Lion, formerly known as Snoop Dogg, to release reggae album

Snoop Dog has changed his named to Snoop Lion after embracing reggae during a trip to Jamaica earlier this year.

The artist, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, said at a news conference Monday in New York that he was "born again" during his Jamaica trip in February and connected with Bob Marley's spirit.

"I feel like I've always been Rastafarian," Snoop said of the spiritual Jamaican movement.

He said he's tired of hip-hop and wants to make music that his "kids and grandparents can listen to."

"As a 40-year-old man ... I've got to give them something," he said. "That's what you do when you're wise."

The former gangster rapper, best known for hits like "Gin and Juice" and "Drop It LikeIt's Hot," is releasing a reggae album called "Reincarnated" in the fall. He played five songs for a small crowd, including one called "No Guns Allowed." It features his daughter and includes the lyrics, "No guns allowed in here tonight, we're going to have a free for all, no fights."

Snoop didn't explain why he was switching from "Dogg" to "Lion," but it's likely a reference to the Lion of Judah, a religious symbol popular in Rastafarian and Ethiopian culture.

Snoop's album will be followed with a documentary of the same name, both produced by Vice Records. It will debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.


London New Year's Parade: Thousands take part Published duration 1 January 2017

image copyright PA image caption An inflatable caricature of the Lord Mayor of London was part of the parade

More than 8,500 performers from 20 different countries have taken part in London's New Year's Day Parade.

The parade, from Green Park to Parliament Square, was broadcast on 600 TV stations across the world.

About 50,000 spectators were expected to watch the free event which had a film theme this year.

Among those taking part were three terminally ill young people from a hospice who were followed by two ambulances on the parade.

The event, which is in its 31st year, was originally created by Bob Bone and his wife Geri after they had wanted to take their children out on New Year'sDay and found most museums, theatres, cinemas, restaurants and shops were closed.

image copyright BBC Sport image caption Young people from the St Christopher's Hospice helped decorate its Lion King-themed float

Dan Kirkby, communications director for the event, said it was a very "cosmopolitan event".

"We've got 17 London boroughs taking part plus 8,500 performers, about 4,000 of which have come in from the States as they've got a wonderful, magical marching band culture there and they've embraced this event fully," he said.

He said the event was estimated to bring in about £50m to £100m to the city, "giving Londoners a lovely lift".

St Christopher's Hospice in Sydenham, south London, was the only hospice to design floats and take part in the event.

The three young people from the hospice rode on a


Lion King-themed float, which also included nurses, healthcare assistants and volunteers.

image copyright PA image caption Dancers from the Pakistani delegation were among those who took part in the parade

image copyright AP image caption Members of the Varsity All American Cheerleaders showed off their acrobatics in Trafalgar Square

Marcello Camus, community artist at the hospice, said: "Participating in this parade is amazing because for some of them it could be one of the last big things that they do in their life.

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He added two of the young people said they felt like they were "part of a larger community, that they were represented, that they were being seen and thatorganizations. Index begins on page 180.

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Henry will have a work permit hearing on Monday and if his application is successful, he will sign with the Hammers.

The Brampton, Ontario native has appeared with the Canadian national soccer team 14 times since making his senior debut in 2012.

Henry has twice had training spells at West Ham in the past year.

The 21-year-old spent parts of five seasons with Toronto FC since making a very brief debut in 2010.

He was sold to Cyprus club Apollon Limassol in 2014 but remained with Toronto FC on loan for the entire season.


Unrelenting, heavy rain in Potchefstroom has thrown Australia’s preparations for the three-Test series against South Africa into chaos, forcing the abandonment of a proposed warm-up game and the team to relocate to Johannesburg in search of training options.

Nine days before the opening Test of the series at Centurion (near Johannesburg), the Australians have been left to contemplate preparations without the prospect of a first-class fixture and with practice largely restricted to indoor facilities.

Rain has been a constant accompaniment since the squad assembled in Potchefstroom, two hours’ drive from Johannesburg, last week, but a non-stop downpour set in around 3am this morning (Monday) and had not relented when the team made its exodus more than 10 hours later.

Conditions at Senwes Park, where a four-day match against a South AfricanNew Social Safety Net in the Hunter

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An innovative safety net has been cast across the Hunter region, with the launch of the new Hunterlink Recovery Services piloting rehabilitation and counselling services for workers at no or low cost including housing and residential opportunities

The program is focussing on workers and their family members recovering from disabilities and other problems including substance abuse and addictions..

Hunterlink Recovery Services has been established with initial funding from the trade union movement, particularly the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and the Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union (CFMEU), and is now seeking support from the private sector and all levels of Government. It has also been strongly supported by the Newcastle Trades Hall.

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and they often limited suffrage to white males with property. The 1787 Constitution adopted the concept of national citizenship and granted Congress power over naturalization. Yet, this issue was not fully settled for three decades and even thereafter the possibility of state citizenship remained possible. Even during the colonial period and up to the War of 1812, state policies did not universally grant non-citizens the right to vote, though some did.
Aylsworth notes that “During the 19th century, the laws and constitutions of at least 22 states and territories granted aliens the right to vote. This tendency reached its greatest extent in 1875. Even before then it had begun to recede. In the following decades a steady decline set in. The last state constitutions to grant aliens who haddeclared their intention to become full citizens the full right of suffrage were those of the two Dakotas in 1889. The movement to withdraw the right began with Illinois in 1848. At the opening of the present century, only one-half of the original number, or eleven states, continued to grant this right.” The last handful were voided in 1901, 1902, 1908, 1914, 1918, 1921, 1924, and the last, Arkansas, in 1926.
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Construction activity in Switzerland is intense: Every day, the equivalent of eight soccer pitches is newly covered with buildings. The increasing concern about the phenomenon of urban sprawl has already had tangible political consequences in recent years: In 2012 the so called «Second Home Initiative» was accepted on the federal level, banning the construction of second homes in municipalities with a proportion of second homes exceeding 20%. In the same year the voters of the Canton of Zurich accepted the so called «Arable Land Initiative» aiming at the protection of arable land in the canton.


Special counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday filed a request for 150 blank subpoenas in the Eastern District of Virginia, where former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort lives.

The two-page filing reveals little, but says that that each subpoena recipient must appear in the Alexandria, Va., courthouse on July 25 to testify in the case.

Judge T.S. Ellis III has now moved the trial date twice, first from July 10 to July 24, and then from that date to July 25.

The 150 blank subpoenas amount to 75 total possible subpoenas — in each case, a subpoena is needed for the witness and another is needed for the defense. Court documents filed in April show that Mueller's team was pushing to subpoena 35 witnesses in the trial.

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20 Employee Benefits Cas. 1780, 45 Fed. R.Evid. Serv. 473UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Jack Curtis COMER, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 95-5884.
United States Court of Appeals,Sixth Circuit.
Argued March 26, 1996.Decided Aug. 23, 1996.

Thomas L. Parker, Asst. U.S. Attorney (argued and briefed), Memphis, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Kathryn M. Swisher (argued and briefed), Memphis, TN, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before:  KENNEDY and MOORE, Circuit Judges;  WELLS, District Judge.*
MOORE, Circuit Judge.

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Between September 1993 and March 1994, Appellant Jack Curtis Comer, who was employed by the U.S. Postal Service as a supervisor at the Memphis Bulk Mail Center ("MBMC"), repeatedly stole articles of mail from registered parcels that were mistakenly delivered to the MBMC rather than to the Memphis General Mail Facility.  Comer stole jewelry from several parcels, and in July 1994, he stole five


in a registered mail package she sent from a post office in Greenwood, Mississippi on December 31, 1993, which never reached its destination.  J.A. at 412-14.  The date of McShan's mailing and the receipt numbers of the registered mail packages (R642125995 and R642125996) correspond with the charge in Count One.  J.A. at 11, 483-84.  As to Count Three, Janice Lyles, who also worked at the MBMC, purchased a heart-shaped pendant from Comer.  J.A. at 378-79.  This item was identified by postal patron Vincent Miles of EZ Central Jewelry Processing as an article sent by registered mail on February 4, 1994 from Austin, Texas to William Boiko of EZ Pawn in Memphis, Tennessee, but never delivered.  J.A. at 198-200, 424-26.  Thethat "Mr. Comer clearly had access to it.  He was involved in a process of stealing these jewelry packs and he simply stole this."  Id. Thus, the district court based its decision to include amounts relating to the acquitted conduct on its perception that Comer had stolen more jewelry than the amount with which he was "caught red-handed":

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Most of us enjoy making gifts for loved ones, but a stitched memento is also a touching way to remember a family member who is no longer with us. That’s why family historian Philippa McCray decided to organise an epic international quilt project to honour the memory of those soldiers from the Commonwealth Forces who sadly lost their lives during the First World War. Those taking part in the project are stitching a square with the details of an ancestor who lost their life in this conflict, and the finished squares will then be combined and made up into a quilt.

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U.S. Presidential Election (2008)

In the long, bitter campaign fight between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, few states witnessed as much rancor as Nevada. The state's 2008 Democratic caucus, scheduled early in the race to boost its influence, yielded a federal lawsuit, a fight between labor unions, charges of voter intimidation and accusations of prejudice, among other bricks that were heaved between the battling candidates and their backers — including a livid President Clinton. Fittingly, the contest ended in a split decision, with Hillary Clinton winning the popular vote and Obama claiming the most nominating delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Against that contentious backdrop,...

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Congressman Beto O'Rourke speaks with a group of young Democrats who recently graduated from united High School as he visited the Gateway City, Monday, July 31, 2017, at the Palenque Grill restaurant on San Bernardo Avenue, to discuss his vision for our State and Nation as he continue with his campaign for U.S. Senator.

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U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, hit Palenque Grill on Monday night as part of his extensive campaign across Texas in his run for Senate.

Since Friday, O'Rourke, with his wife and young son, have been through San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Brownsville, McAllen, and a few of the smaller communities in between.

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in this campaign," O'Rourke said.

Former Webb County Judge Mercurio Martinez said he was one of the first people in Laredo to endorse O'Rourke.

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After O'Rourke's speech to the crowd at Palenque Grill, Martinez yelled out that in the Nixon-Kennedy presidential race, 90 percent of Laredoans cast their vote for Kennedy. He said there's no reason that can't happen again with O'Rourke, which was met with animated cheers and applause.

Laredo Development Foundation Executive Director Olivia Varela threw her support behind O'Rourke aswell, citing his understanding of the importance of the relationship between the U.S. and Mexico as trading partners.

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London Olympic silver medallist Erik Kynard has yet to have a High Jump workout outdoors this season because of wintery conditions in Manhattan, Kansas where he attends Kansas State.

That was not a disadvantage for Kynard in the warm temperatures and blue skies at the Mt San Antonio College Relays at Hilmer Lodge Stadium in the Los Angeles suburb of Walnut, California, on Saturday (20 April).

Kynard cleared a world-leading 2.34m in his second outdoor meeting to win a competition that featured four jumpers over 2.28m. Reigning World champion Jesse Williams and Canada’s Michael Mason tied for second at 2.31m, while US indoor champion Dusty Jonas was fourth at 2.28m.

Kynard equalled the meet record set by Williams in 2011. Both Kynard and Williams, the 2005 and 2006 NCAA champion, trainat USC under Kansas State coach Cliff Rovelto.

Kynard’s victory in the High Jump was among seven individual World-leading performances in the 55th annual meet along with English Gardner of Oregon in the women’s 100m (11.00), Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria in the women’s 200m (22.31), Brenda Martinez in the women’s 1500m (4:04.86), Venezuelan Jose Pena in the Steeplechase (8:27.66) and Will Leer in the 5000m (13.21.55).

Okagbare also ran the anchor leg on a women’s 4x100m Relay with Mandy White, Carmelita Jeter and Lauryn Williams that ran a world-leader 41.79 – the fastest time in the world outside of a major championships since 2009. A quartet featuring Dawn Harper, Allyson Felix, Jeneba Tarmoh and Ginnie Crawford, all trained by Bobby Kersee, placed second in 42.96.

Kynard ahead of schedule

The 22-year-old Kynard


to 45.65. Nellum, a member of the 2012 US Olympic silver medallist 4x400m relay team, also won a 200m heat in a wind-aided 20.49 in his season opener. Puerto Rican Olympian Carol Rodriguez won the women’s 400m in 52.45.

Both the men’s and women’s 800m races went down to the wire. Duane Solomon held off Erik Sowinski, 1:46.03 to 1:46.05, in a matchup of the duo who both set American indoor 600m records earlier this season.

Laura Roesler of Oregon won the women’s 800m in 2:01.75 at the line over Lea Wallace (2:01.86) and Brit Marilyn Okoro (2:01.95).

Lewis runs windy 12.43m in 100m Hurdles

Yvette Lewis led five women under 13 seconds in the 100m Hurdles with her wind-aided mark of 12.43 (2.7m/s) to become the eighth fastest American under allEaton’s fiancé and Canadian heptathlete Brianne Theisen won a 100m Hurdles heat in a wind-aided 13.13 on Friday and placed fourth in the invitational Long Jump with 6.31m on Saturday.

Renovations planned at Hilmer Lodge Stadium

Plans are in the works to renovate Hilmer Lodge Stadium in the late autumn to make a bid for the 2020 US Olympic Trials according to Mt SAC Relays elite athlete coordinator Brian Yokoyama.

The entire west grandstand and press box on the hillside which it is built on will be removed. The track will be reconfigured with a wider turns and a 400m practice track will be constructed. The school has $42 million (USD) earmarked for the project.

As a result, the 2014 Mt SAC Relays may be cancelled or relocated while the facility is


on location in New York City, which is one reason why the married father of two signed on. Wright has been juggling those rehearsals with production on The Ides of March under the direction of his Syriana co-star George Clooney, who also plays the second lead (to Ryan Gosling). While advance press has suggested that Clooney’s character is based on Howard Dean—the film is a loose adaptation of the 2008 stage play Farragut North, which was loosely based on Dean’s 2004 Presidential campaign—Wright was reluctant to explore that assumption, preferring instead to discuss subjects a bit closer to home. The Atlantic Yards Project, for one.Two Southern states have received federal approval for their hemp production plans under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s interim final rule for the 2020 season, while a Midwestern state has chosen to extend its 2014 pilot program.

The USDA approved plans for South Carolina and West Virginia, bringing the total number of states approved under rules written based on the 2018 Farm Bill to 14 thus far.

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Snow Canyon duo Jonathan Morgan and Trevor Muse are the favorites, having won the region title. But watch out for DH’s Austin Hardy and Conner McArthur, who took Morgan-Muse to three sets in region.

It’s worth mentioning as well that Micah Alba, Region 9’s champ at first singles, will have revenge on his mind this weekend. Alba was eliminated in the semifinals at second singles last year by Ryan Kempin and in the finals in 2013. Alba is undefeated this season. He edged another state contender, Gabe Anderson of Desert Hills, for the region title.

Region is today and tomorrow at Dixie High School, with defending state champion Desert Hills the favorite on both the boys and girls side.

Chandler Swaney

Speedy hurdlers Caleb Whitney and Zak Fuchs, distance-runner Joshua Thatcher, javelinartist Austin Drew and high jumper/long jumper Chandler Swaney will lead the way for the Thunder boys, who were completely dominant in last year’s region meet, winning 11 of the 16 events. Swaney also is a top-notch sprinter.

Hurricane also has some hot contenders, including hurdler Ky Voorhees and Nephi Eschler.

It is mostly trials and prelims Wednesday (excepting the 1,600 and the 1,600 relay), with the rest of the finals on Thursday. The region meet starts at 4 p.m. both days.

Look for coverage, including photos, from St. George News today and tomorrow.

Since 2010, Desert Hills has been the top dog in girls golf in 3A and that doesn’t seem likely to change this year.

Katie Perkins

Led by Katie Perkins, the demure senior who has won two straight state titles and


three straight region titles, the Thunder are clearly the team to beat heading into the state tournament, which is May 13-14 at Bloomington Country Club here in St. George. Abby Morris, Tori Thomas and Bailee Carmack all played well for DH this week in preparation for the state tourney.

Laurie Dyer coaches the Thunder and has for the last three title runs.

State tournament schedule
Girls 3A State Golf at Bloomington CC
Friday and Saturday, May 13-14 at Liberty Park, 9 a.m.

BASEBALL

Saturday, the “pods” are finally here, with Pine View, Park City, Payson and Bear River playing hosts to the 16 teams that qualified for the 3A State Tournament. The first two rounds will be played at those four sites, with Pine View welcoming Stansbury, Juab and Union; Park City hosting Snow11 has been a bit of a bully in 3A softball. In fact, Region 11 teams have won eight straight state titles, dating back to 2007. Canyon View (2006) was the only team not named Stansbury, Tooele or Bear River to win a state title since 2000. That’s why Region 9 champ Snow Canyon is 16-4, but unranked by the Salt Lake media.

Nikenna Durante and the Warriors play at noon on Saturday, file photo from Dixie vs. Snow Canyon, St. George, Utah, Mar. 27, 2015 | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News

So the Warriors have something to prove. They host their pod and open with a pretty weak Morgan team (8-13), Saturday at noon. Unlike the baseball bracket, the softball winners do not play a second


season, but both games were close.

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Honours stripped: Who else has lost out?

Former RBS boss Fred Goodwin has been stripped of his knighthood in what the Cabinet Office has called an "exceptional case".

The Honours Forfeiture Committee considers cases where a recipient's actions "raise the question of whether they should be allowed to continue to be a holder of the honour".

Mr Goodwin has been criticised over his role in the bank's near-collapse in 2008.

But in the past, only those convicted of an offence, accused of criminal behaviour or struck off professional bodies are thought to have had honours taken away.

So who else has been cast out?

The former spy Anthony Blunt was stripped of his knighthood in 1979 for the treachery of supplying hundreds of secret documents to the Soviets while a wartime agent for MI5.

Bluntwas part of the infamous Cambridge spy ring, with Kim Philby, Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean, but was also the Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures.

English jockey Lester Piggott was stripped of an OBE after he was jailed in 1987 for tax fraud.

He had held the award since 1975. He won over 5,300 races and was champion jockey 11 times before retiring at the end of the 1985 season to become a racehorse trainer.

Almost 12 months ago a former head teacher who was made a dame for services to education had her honour revoked, two years after being found guilty of misconduct.

Jean Else, 59, was given the title in 2001 after transforming Manchester's Whalley Range High School.

She was banned from running a school in 2009 by the General Teaching


Council after a misconduct hearing.

Boxer's downfall

Former world boxing champion Naseem Hamed was stripped of his MBE after being jailed over a high-speed crash in his sports car, which left the person in the other car with fractures to every major bone in his body.

The crash happened in May 2005, and the honour was removed in 2007 - nine years after he received it.

Jack Lyons, one of the so-called Guinness Four who were convicted in 1990 of illegally boosting the price of shares four years earlier, was stripped of his knighthood.

Lyons escaped jail because of ill health but was fined £3m. On appeal, one count of conspiracy was quashed and his fine was cut to £2.5m.

Joseph Jonas, the former Lord Mayor of Sheffield, was stripped of his knighthood in1918 after being convicted of a misdemeanour, relating to contacts with a German a year before World War I.

And Irish-born colonial officer Roger Casement forfeited his honour when he was convicted of treason for aiding those involved in Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising and executed.

The Queen annulled Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's honorary Knighthood in 2008.

Mr Mugabe was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1994.

But with mounting international condemnation over violence ahead of a presidential run-off election that year, and calls from MPs for the honour to be withdrawn, Britain took action.

Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaucescu and Italy's Fascist leader Benito Mussolini were also stripped of honorary knighthoods in the past.


the facts will suffice. Late in the evening of August 5, 1972, the deceased, Alvin Orcutt, outside the Ishi Pishi Club in Humboldt County, asked defendant to drive with him, in the former's pickup truck, so that deceased would not get in a wreck. *750 The next morning about 7 a.m. the truck was found off the road and down a steep embankment. Orcutt was found badly beaten and dead. The evidence indicated that defendant killed the deceased while robbing him. Defendant testified that an argument started between him and the deceased in the truck, a struggle ensued and defendant broke out of the truck, which started to roll down the embankment. However, deceased's injuries were shown to have been caused by repeated blows from a short bluntbrief merely says, "Had bail been set, Appellant's friends and family may have been able to pledge their homes and farms to secure his release," and had he been admitted to bail, "he cannot say now what he might have found." As said in People v. Enos, supra, at page 43, "In any event, defendant has not made any showing that the conduct of his trial was prejudiced by his incarceration."

3. Defendant's clothes.
(4a) Defendant claims that his pants, shirt and boots were seized in an illegal search of his Uncle Antone's trailer. There was conflict in Antone's testimony with that of the officers concerning the circumstances of the search of his trailer in which the officers found the clothing. The officers testified that although Antone told them they


the fourth thoracic vertebrae, multiple rib fractures with lung contusions, transverse basilar skull fracture and other conditions of the body. Based on a hypothetical question asked by the prosecution, using the doctor's findings, a photograph of the embankment over which the truck ran, the truck itself, a certain speed and a certain position of the body, the doctor opined that the victim's injuries were not caused by the accident, but by repeated blows from a short blunt instrument. The jury were taken to see the truck. Based on his analysis of the injuries and an examination of the pattern of the bloodstains, drips and runs, the doctor reenacted at the truck how the blows might have been dealt and how the victim reacted, causing the evidence in thecolleague Mario Sixtus, he learned that journalist Thomas Knuewer had pondered the same issues. They formed a group, invited more participants (I was among them) and started editing the manifesto – and it not only spread all over the internet, but into the mainstream media – which is rarely the case.

Most of the time when mainstream media take a stance on the future of journalism, they report, with some exceptions, the positions of the powerful, not of the innovators. The paid-content debate, for example, was mostly triggered on the pages and websites of major newspapers and largely suited their traditional opinion.

Of course all of the major media reported Rupert Murdoch's claims that the days of the free internet were over, whereas some believe they are still to come.


its gatekeeping function. All that remains is the journalistic quality through which journalism distinguishes itself from mere publication.

3. The internet is our society is the internet.

Web-based platforms like social networks, Wikipedia or YouTube have become a part of everyday life for the majority of people in the western world. They are as accessible as the telephone or television. If media companies want to continue to exist, they must understand the world of today's users and embrace their forms of communication. This includes basic forms of social communication: listening and responding, also known as dialogue.

4. The freedom of the internet is inviolable.

The internet's open architecture constitutes the basic IT law of a society which communicates digitally and, consequently, of journalism. It may not be modified for the sake ofever-changing, continual process; the forfeiture of print media's inalterability is a benefit. Those who want to survive in this new world of information need a new idealism, new journalistic ideas and a sense of pleasure in exploiting this new potential.

7. The net requires networking.

Links are connections. We know each other through links. Those who do not use them exclude themselves from social discourse. This also holds for the websites of traditional media companies.

8. Links reward, citations adorn.

Search engines and aggregators facilitate quality journalism: they boost the findability of outstanding content over a long-term basis and are thus an integral part of the new, networked public sphere. References through links and citations — especially including those made without any consent of or even remuneration of the originator—make the very


Officers saw the woman also had been bitten in the face, court records say.

Both victims were taken to Sanford Medical Center where Hagar told police he had picked up the couple in downtown Fargo and, as they approached their destination, Martinez passed out and the woman vomited in the cab.

Hagar explained to the couple that Doyle’s would charge them to clean up the vomit, and as he was waiting for his company to tell him what the bill would be, the woman attempted to wake up her husband.

That was when he became violent, punching her in the back of the head and dragging her out of the cab by her hair, the driver told police.

Hagar said he was on the phone with 911 dispatchers when Martinez turned onhim, punching the back of the head. Then, as his head sagged forward, disoriented, Martinez put his mouth around his entire nose, biting off the end of it, the cab driver told police.

Police also interviewed Martinez’s wife, who told officers that her husband had a history of assaulting and biting her and had been in trouble as a Marine for biting another Marine.


A Hidden Heidegger in Bernhard Schlink's the Reader?

Scherr, Arthur, The Midwest Quarterly

ALONG WITH THE distinctions of being chosen by Oprah's Book Club and made into a sexually explicit movie with an Academy Award-winning performance by Kate Winslet, Bernhard Schlink's novel Der Vorleser [The Reader] has received a great deal of attention from literary critics. Numerous writers interpret the novel as an apologia for Nazi Germany. They stress Schlink's callous dismissal of the sufferings of the Jews of Hitler's Europe, culminating in The Holocaust, as in scholarly critiques by Alison, Brockmann, and Donahue. Though not noted by those critics, it is highly likely that the protagonist's father, a philosophy professor dismissed by the German Ministry of Education for recommending the works of the famous seventeenth-century Dutch Jewish philosopher BaruchSpinoza, is a surrogate for the famous German Existentialist philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889-1976). Michael's father was perhaps a composite of Schlink's father and Heidegger, although William C. Donahue, all expert on The Reader, asserts that the best literary critics avoid assuming a literal identity between Schlink and Michael Berg, or between any authors of fiction as their protagonists' alter egos. This essay argues that, in melding the figures of Michael's fictional father, Sehlink's own father, the Rev. Doctor Edmund Schlink, and Heidegger, Bernhard Schlink imbues them with an undeserved aura of innocence, as Michael does to the character of Hanna (previous critics have amply demonstrated the latter). And, since The Reader as a work of historical fiction tends toward "Holocaust denial" or at least "Holocaust exoneration" for the


By creating "Michael's father," a "good" man who admired Spinoza and was mistreated by the Nazis, Bernhard Schlink perhaps justified in his own mind the passivity of his father, Heidegger, and the entire German people in the face of Nazi tyranny, World War II, and the Holocaust. And neither Oprah nor the millions of casual readers of The Reader were the wiser.

Akin to Heidegger's apathy on the Jews and the Holocaust, Michael's father's characteristic attitude toward his family's well-being and other matters apart from his daily task of being a philosophy professor is aloofness. We never learn how he felt about the Nazi regime and the Holocaust, except that he was fired from his job as a university lecturer for planning a lecture about the Jewish philosopher Spinoza,which he likely did because of his philosophical importance rather than because he wished to champion the Jews or publicly oppose Nazism. We are given no reason to suppose him a political activist. From the brief physical description Michael gives of his father, he appears similar to Heidegger, with "his graying hair, his face, carelessly shaven as always, the deep lines between his eyes and from his nostrils to the corners of his mouth" (141).

In The Beader, Michael's relationship with his father is conflicted. Michael finds him distant and preoccupied: a cold, Heidegger-like philosophy professor, who never has time for his wife and children. Michael respects his intelligence, dedication to his work, and sober judgment. …

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