the suit says.

The third plaintiff says her adoptive father, a member of the church, sexually abused her older sister for three and a half years. She says the church warned her mother not to pursue a prosecution, then kicked the family out of the church and denied the children reduced tuition to school. The man was ultimately prosecuted and imprisoned, the lawsuit says.

The lawsuit, filed in Montgomery County, Md., includes claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence and conspiracy, among others. It says there are other victims, both male and female, who have raised allegations but are not yet identified as named plaintiffs.

"We view the case as an important step in holding SGM accountable for its misdeeds," said Burke, the lawyer who represents the three plaintiffs andThieves | January 19
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last week.

After a shock result when Fine Gael returned no female Senators the Taoiseach pledged that most if not all of the party’s nominees would be female.

Informed sources suggest Mr Varadkar is considering rising Meath East Cllr Sharon Tolan who secured a good vote in the Seanad election as did Cllr Aisling Dolan in Roscommon-Galway, where the party now has no TDs.

Also being mentioned is Seanad candidate and Cllr Mary Seery Kearney for Dublin South-Central, where the party also has no TDs.

Consideration is being given as well to the Taoiseach’s Dublin West running mate in the general election, Cllr Emer Currie.

Some sources suggest Mr Varadkar may consider former TD Noel Rock for Dublin North-West and that he may “give a seat to the North”, with mention made ofIan Marshall, former leader of the Ulster Farmers’ Union who lost his Seanad seat.

Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty has changed her mind about not staying in politics and is in a strong position for consideration as a nominee while Mr Varadkar may also consider nominee to the last Seanad Michelle Mulherrin who lost out on a Dáil seat in Mayo.

Covid-19 ‘heroes’

If civic society nominations are considered Covid-19 “heroes” are in the frame with some mentioning Dr Mary Favier, president of the Irish College of General Practitioners.

Attention has also focused on former Dublin Bay South TD Kate O’Connell whose omission from the party nominations for the Seanad election raised eyebrows. She fell foul of the party leadership and some see it as a test of whether Mr Varadkar


is willing to show political forgiveness to a high-profile and articulate politician seen as capable of winning back her Dáil seat.

Speculation on Fianna Fáil nominations has focused on high-profile former TD Timmy Dooley who lost his Clare Dáil seat in the general election and did not secure a return to the Oireachtas in the Seanad election.

Senior Fianna Fáil sources say it is wrong to personalise it to Mr Dooley but others suggest that while he was at the centre of the Dáil voting controversy, he has made a significant contribution to the party over the years and everyone “deserves redemption”.

Unlike Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil has three women Senators and while women will not be excluded from the nominations the appointees will not be exclusively female.

Former TD Declan BreathnachA Fascinating Design Project: St Mary’s Infant School in UK

Jessop and Cook Architects completed the design for a new foundation stage classroom with an additional teaching space for a Grade II listed Victorian property in a Gothic Revival style. The UK project also included the demolition of the existing canteen building. An exciting and engaging learning environment which would enhance the children’s school experience was the main objective behind the reconstruction.

According to the architects, “buff brickwork was used as the primary external surface material for the main build remaining sympathetic to the conservation area whilst creating a contemporary stand alone project. The three main elements of the project are spread linearly through the building and staggered to create three distinctive sections to the built form and thus creating


Calvert 22: Post-Soviet Visions: image and identity in the new Eastern Europe

London, United KingdomUntil 15 April 2018

Jedrzej Franek

Post-Soviet Visions: image and identity in the new Eastern Europe is a group show of photography exploring new visual representations of lifestyle and landscape in Eastern Europe. The exhibition gathers the work of a young generation of artists rising to prominence a quarter century after the end of Communism.

The photographers in Post-Soviet Visions come from Georgia, Germany, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Although the personal circumstances of the photographers born in Eastern Europe differ, they share a common past with either they, or their parents, growing up in countries that once existed under Communist rule. Today, they live within the globally connected modern world where borders of East and Westare erased by new technologies. But the physical traces of the past can be seen in work such as Jedrzej Franek’s dizzying shots of Polish tower blocks and Michal Korta’s striking black and white images of Brutalist buildings in Skopje, Macedonia.

Following the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991 and the end of its influence over its satellite states, the countries of the former Eastern Bloc have each forged their own paths. In artworks such as Hassan Kurbanbaev’s portraits of teenagers in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and David Meskhi’s photos of skater kids in Georgia, Post-Soviet Visionscaptures the new identities emerging across the region. Instead of old binaries of East vs West, socialist vs capitalist, their images capture a generation shaped by issues that are personal rather than the political; by questions


that." " Your father was right." "He was never right about anything." "From the day he walked in and found your aunt on the floor..." "I told you I never want that mentioned." "To the day he sat beside you in the courtroom, as I, the public prosecutor... demanded that the state take the life of a man... for the brutal murder of Mrs. Ivers." "My father said nothing." "I looked at him, but he said nothing." "Your father was a realistic man." "My father, may he rest in peace, was a greedy man." "The man they executed was a criminal." "If he hadn't hanged for that, he would have hanged for something else." "The man was a man." "Justice is justice." "That's the way it is." "I..."Estonia: Ex-army officer, father guilty of spying for Russia A court in Estonia has found a former Estonian military officer and his father guilty of committing treason by spying for Russia

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- A court in Estonia on Monday found a former Estonian military officer and his father guilty of treason for spying for Russia, Baltic media reported.

The Baltic News Service said the court in Tallinn ruled that 38-year-old Deniss Metsavas — a former major with the Estonian army — and his father, 65-year-old Pjotr Volin, sold classified information to Russia's military intelligence service, the GRU.

The news service says the court found that Metsavas passed information along for a decade and sentenced him to 15½ years in prison. Volin worked with the GRU for approximately half as long


and received a six-year prison term.

Metsavas, a fluent Russian-speaker, served with Estonia's armed forces for years in various positions including a mission with NATO troops in Afghanistan. He advanced to the rank of major in 2015 and was lately posted at the armed forces headquarters in Tallinn, the Estonian capital.

Estonian media say Volin served with the Soviet military from 1971 to 1979.

Estonia, a small Baltic nation of 1.3 million and current NATO member, borders Russia and was a former Soviet republic. It has had several high-profile spying cases since the country declared independence in 1991. Both Estonian and Russian citizens have been accused of providing sensitive information to Moscow.

Russia has remained highly interested in the domestic affairs of Estonia and its Baltic neighbors Latvia and Lithuania, particularly onsurreal sculptures of dinosaurs and extinct mammals, open spaces to enjoy, sports stadiums, woodlands and more perfect picnic spots than there are scotch eggs in the world.

4 Royal Museums, Greenwich

Offering hilltop views, superb riverside settings and a world heritage status, Greenwich is a great free day out that is packed with cultural attractions.

The National Maritime Museum is free, most of the Royal Observatory is free and you can gaze on the marvellously restored Cutty Sark without having to run the London Marathon or pay a bean.

5 Horniman Museum

Forest Hill may be as far as you dare venture without falling off the tourist map of London but snuggling here in the green hills is a free delight. The Horniman is eclecticism at its best – a jack of all


Indian and Bangladesh intelligence officials say that they have intercepted three long duration calls between Hafiz Tohar, military wing chief of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) on 23rd and 24th August that hold the key to why the militant group unleashed the pre-dawn offensive against Myanmar security forces.

Hafiz Tohar set up the Aqa Mul Mujahideen (AMM) and was trained in Pakistan by the dreaded Lashkar e Tayyaba (LET) after he was recruited by Abdul Qadoos Burmi, the chief of Harkat ul Jihad al Islami -Arakan (HUJI-A) from Kyauk Pyin Siek village of Maungdaw in 2014.

He merged his group into the ARSA after it was formed in the summer of 2016 and is widely believed to be behind the deadly attacks on Myanmar security forces from October 9-10 lastyear and on Aug 25 this year.

Following the training of a few initial recruits of the AMM in Pakistan, new cadres were recruited from among Rohingya youth in Rakhine State and refugee camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazaar.

They were then trained in camps set up on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, specially one at Naikhongcherri in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.

One "Major Salamat" of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, deputed for under cover operations with the LET,was responsible for these training during April-May 2016.

63 JMB activists from Bangladesh responsible for the suicide bombings in that country and 88 ARSA activists were trained in the Naikhongcherri base in April-May 2016, according to information revealed by two top JMB activists when interrogated by Bangladesh intelligence.

This base was recently raided by the Bangladesh army, and


six JMB rebels were captured. During interrogation, they confirmed information about this base and the joint JMB-ARSA training stint conducted by ISI that Bangladesh intelligence had garnered from top JMB leader Abul Kashem.

Kashem's information led to the raid on this hideout three months ago.

They found contact numbers of one "Brigadier Ashfaq' and of 'Major Salamat' of ISI and one ISIS recruiter in Iraq.

Bangladesh intelligence put these numbers on surveillance and also passed their numbers to Indian R&AW external intelligence agency which has superb Signals Intelligence capabilities with a regional reach.

Ashfaq is said to be the office in charge of ISI's eastern operations, and he had recently met BNP leader and former PM Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique in London.

Bangladesh media, quoting their intelligence sources, had reported thatARSA and their backers (ISIS and ISI) were determined to cause problems for the Aung San Suu Kyi government which had committed to set up an inter-ministerial committee to implement the recommendations made by Kofi Annan-led Rakhine Commission.

It is nor clear whether Bangladesh or India raised a red flag with Myanmar to warn them of an impending attack.

Perhaps the absence of an intelligence sharing mechanism did not enable the transfer.

" After ISIS's huge failures in the Middle East in the face of Russian and US-led Western military action, there is a clear attempt to create a new theatre of jihad where the narrative of torture and human rights violations reinforced by heavy handed Burmese action can unsettle the Sheikh Hasina regime and destabilise India's east," said a top


Indian intelligence official in Yangon before PM Modi's visit to review security arrangements.

"That will divert Indian military attention from Kashmir and Bangladesh from its battle against JMB and other jihadis. This is a clear Pakistani ploy."

That would explain why India and Bangladesh, mindful of their own security threats, have not bought into the narrative of 'genocide' as some in the West and many in the Islamic World have.

"The ARSA is determined to thwart Daw Suu Kyi's good intentions to implement the Kofi Annan report. They want to brutalise the discourse in Rakhine and help re-militarise the area so that the narrative of torture and extra-judicial killings help them boost the level of jihad and find recruits," said a top Bangladesh intelligence official.

But both he and the Indian intelligenceshower from his players. “We will enjoy the free time we have here.”

The Spaniard, who won 14 out of 19 titles in four years at Barcelona, has added the Bundesliga crown to the European Super Cup and Club World Cup titles Bayern won earlier this season.

They have an unassailable 25-point lead over second-placed Borussia Dortmund, who were runners-up last term, with 21 points to play for in Guardiola’s first season in charge.

“First of all the praise belongs to the coach and the team,” Bayern sports director Matthias Sammer told reporters as Guardiola celebrated with his players on the pitch.

“After the success of last season we continued to be very focused and we managed to win the league even earlier than last year. We have a concentration and a


cross in the 14th.

Adrian Ramos pulled one back for the hosts with a well-taken penalty in the 66th minute to inject some life into the second half as Bayern took their foot off the gas.

But Frenchman Ribery, who had come on as a substitute, completed a dazzling move, after a silky run and pass from Goetze, when he chipped the ball over goalkeeper Thomas Kraft to wrap up the points and the title.

Bayern’s success was their 24th German league title because they continued…Q:

How is Saul's "בֶן־" (son) in 1 Samuel 20:31b to be understood?

Saul to Jonathan about David:

WLC: וְעַתָּ֗ה שְׁלַ֨ח וְקַ֤ח אֹתֹו֙ אֵלַ֔י כִּ֥י בֶן־מָ֖וֶת הֽוּא׃ ס
(ESV: Therefore send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.)

Is it standard and unremarkable for "בֶן־" to be used here, or is Saul going out of his way to emphasize David's youth/lowliness/something else?

A:

The Hebrew word ben when it stands alone in a sentence means "son", usually in the sense of parent and child, for example in Genesis 4:25 (NIV)

And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son

When ben is used in an adjectival construct, it does not mean "son" at all, it means

result of or derived from
subject to
being a member of a particular class

One interesting exception is Genesis


35:18 (NIV):

As she breathed her last—for she was dying—she named her son Ben-Oni

Where both usages are intended, "son", and "result of my pain" and this gives the verse its poignancy in the original. Note that the MT Hebrew actually says "she named him ben oni". The "her son" of the NIV is an interpolation.
Apart from this exception, in the general case for example, when a person is described as being ben hamesh meot shana as said of Noah in Genesis 5:32, it means that Noah was in a class of things that are 500 years old, that is Noah was 500 years old. It does not mean that "Noah was a son of 500 years". That type of translation makes no sense.
In I Samuel 30:31, ben is usedInishmacsaint Lace making - which first began 148 years ago - is one of a number of crafts being preserved for future generations by a Fermanagh patchwork group.

Queen Victoria and Queen Alexandra were known to have worn Inishmacsaint collars and now pieces of this fine lace along with items of Mountmellick lace, Bobbin lace, cross stitch, knitting and quilts will be displayed in Enniskillen Library during March.

The work has been produced by the talented members of 'Patchwork by the Shore,' an organisation under the umbrella of Church Hill and District Community Development Association.

In 1998, the Community of Church Hill and the surrounding district came together and the Association was formed under the guidance of the Rural Development Council.

It facilitated the formation of many sub-groups including a Young Farmers'


Club, a Farmers' Group, a Tourism Group, a Historical Association and a Women's Group.

The Women's group was facilitated by the Fermanagh Women's Network and by popular agreement the women decided they wanted a 'hands on' practical group. This resulted in a 'Walking Group' and a 'Patchwork Group' being established.

The two founder members of the Patchwork group, known as 'Patchwork by the Shore,' were Olga Rogers and Kathy Kerr, both living in the area and highly skilled in arts and crafts. The first project was a quilt which was mounted on a large wooden quilting frame and this enabled all the members to sit together around the frame and sew.

Funding was received from the Rural Community Network for a Millennium Project and a wall hanging - depicting photographs oflocal scenes and people from past and present - was created. This will be one of the many items the group will put on display in the foyer at Enniskillen Library during March.

In 2004, Church Hill Development Association established a Heritage Project and as part of this, the 'Patchwork by the Shore' endeavoured to revive the making of Inishmacsaint Lace which was indigenous to the local area in the last century. The Heritage Project also included the making of a donkey cart and turf wheel barrow, the formation of a photographic group and children's weaving group.

Inishmacsaint Lace making began in 1865, inspired by the then Rector of Inishmacsaint Parish, the Rev. George Tottenham to improve the income of local families in the wake of the famine. He invited


his two sisters-in-law who were lace makers to come to the Rectory at Benmore with a view to teaching the local women the art of lace making. It was a very fine lace based on Venetian gros point needle design. The finished product became very popular and known world-wide. This successful industry continued until the end of the First World War, when the market for lace collapsed. Through the Lace Makers' guild, the 'Patchwork Group' was fortunate to find a tutor, Carolyn Duncanson, who was willing to commence the revival of Inishmacsaint Lace. Eleven ladies mastered the skill under her tuition and produced some unique pieces. These pieces will also be on display in Enniskillen Library.

The group has gone from strength to strength with 20 members at present.Its ethos is clear, believing everyone has a talent and each can learn from each other.

The members have gained in confidence and gone on to produce many different items including Mountmellick lace, Bobbin lace, cross stitch, knitting and quilts, many of which will be displayed in the Library.

Recently, Helen Walsh, a member of the group who was trained under the late Carolyn Duncanson, is sharing her expertise and passing on these skills to a new group of women. This is proving very popular and the group hopes their efforts will preserve the continuation of Inishmacsaint Lace and other crafts for generations to come.

Meanwhile as part of the Creative Month celebrations in Enniskillen Library next month, the library will host a talk on Carrickmacross Lace by Theresa Kelly, on


The Rev. Ethan Acres isn't afraid to make a spectacle of himself through his work--in fact, it's his calling.

The Right Rev. Ethan Acres, as he calls himself, looks conspicuous in his powder-blue tuxedo jacket and white ruffled shirt. Standing outside the Patricia Faure Gallery in Santa Monica, where his artwork is on view, he speaks with a Southern accent that makes the president of the United States sound like a Yankee. "I've come to reweave the moral fabric of this sinful city," he announces.

Acres, 25, is a man with two callings--artist and preacher--that are inextricably intertwined. Schooled in contemporary art and recognized by some of today's leading critics, Acres makes work that is all about his faith. At the same time, his religious practices also often can beseen as works of art.

In his exhibition, titled "Lamb of God," paintings, sculpture and computer-enhanced photographic works combine unapologetic references to his Christian beliefs with a sophisticated acknowledgment of Pop and Conceptual art theories. For the run of the show, his mobile chapel, housed in a 1965 Shasta camper, is parked in front of the Bergamot Station gallery, and he will be holding a service at the gallery today at 11 a.m. "All faiths are invited," he says. Throughout the run, outfitted in a neoprene bodysuit with the word "Reverend" stitched on the back, Acres also will be performing baptismal ceremonies in an inflatable swimming pool.

Most of the show is about the Lamb of God theme--for example, there is a life-size mechanical re-creation of the lamb that runs


in a circle inside the gallery.

"In the Book of Revelations, Christ is represented as a recently slaughtered lamb with seven eyes and seven horns," Acres says, to explain the work's appearance.

Acres says that, in fact, art is just his "sideline"; religion is his primary calling. Although the show at Patricia Faure is his first solo exhibition in a commercial gallery and he has only been in three group shows, his work already has been praised in Art in America, Art Issues. and Artforum. One critic remarked: "No one knows what to make of him. Everyone wants to think he's being ironic."

Easing himself into a chair in the gallery's office, Acres responds: "I don't intend there to be any irony. But people are going to read irony into itregardless of where I stand on the issue, and that's fine."

He points to a computer-enhanced painting of paradise where, clad in crimson robes, he and his wife both sport clown heads. He cites First Corinthians 4:10: "Paul talks about becoming a fool for Christ's sake. Religious figures would humiliate themselves in public in order to draw a crowd so they could preach the Gospel. Early ministers would rub dung on their faces, which eventually led to the clown's use of face paint. You were showing your love of God by self-humiliation. I tend to make a spectacle of myself through my work. People think it's irony when, in fact, it's just funny."

Religion has been a major feature throughout Acres' unusual journey from his home in the small town


of Fort Payne in northeastern Alabama to his current life in Las Vegas, where he lives with his wife Lisa. When he was 4, his mother, Mary Acres, a church organist, married Albert Satcher, a Southern Baptist minister who, at the age of 13, had climbed an electrical pole on a dare and was severely jolted after grabbing a high-tension wire. Near death, Satcher believed he saw the face of God, and though he survived, both his arms were amputated at the elbows and his hair turned white.

As a result of the experience, Satcher became a circuit minister, giving sermons at as many as seven churches on a single Sunday, with his stepson and wife in tow. "Albert led me down the path, and at the age of10, I was preaching the night services," Acres says.

One Sunday, as the trio drove into the church parking lot, Satcher realized that his artificial arms had locked into place on the car's steering wheel. Acres had to reach under his stepfather's shirt and cut the leather straps, and Satcher ran into the church with Acres behind him, carrying the artificial arms. "The spectacle of his preaching without arms was incredible. Every person in the church went to the front and was saved," recalls Acres. "It was the most amazing religious experience, and for me, as a young boy, it was overpowering."

Afterward, Satcher frequently re-created the spectacle, with Acres holding up the limbs. "That was the point when I started thinking that the spectacle of religion is an overpowering


phenomenon," Acres says.

Acres' great-grandfather and grandfather also were ministers, and his grandmother was a snake handler. He preached until he was close to 15, when his mother and Satcher divorced. Three years later, in 1990, he went to college and, as he puts it, "basically, I began to live a life of debauchery and sin in Texas."

At the University of Texas at Austin, Acres immersed himself in a life of drinking and dancing at bars. "It was a lifestyle I'd never had, sort of 'country comes to town,' " he explains.and demanded recognition as the bargaining agent for a unit of the production and maintenance employees. It is undisputed that at the time of its demand IAM had been designated as a bargaining representative, 12 of the 20 employees having signed authorization cards. The demand letter was admittedly received but was returned unopened by Richardson. On June 23, the date the first letter was returned, a second request was made, again by certified mail. This was likewise returned by the Post Office with the notation that the addressee had refused delivery. Thereafter the union sought a representation election. A consent election was held on July 27, which the union lost 10 to 6. Four ballots were challenged.
The NLRB set aside the election on the ground that the company's


The Second Coming of RG3

And the Lord said unto his flock in Washington, "Take this young man, this impossibly gifted quarterback, and watch him hoist your moribund franchise upon his shoulders and into the playoffs." And lo, it was good. Sweet Jesus, was it good. And then RG3's greedy head coach ran him into the ground and blew out his knee. But now the young quarterback has returned, and his followers are ready to rejoice again. But lo, they're terrified. Sweet Jesus, are they terrified. It's the blessing and the curse of Robert Griffin III, the joy that could turn to agony at any moment. People, can we get an amen?

Everyone was crying. RG3 himself got it started, lying there in his hospital bed, totally immobile. Then hisfiancée, Rebecca, and his mom welled up. Jackie never wanted her only son to play football in the first place, not really—what mother wants her son to play football?—but she relented when the 11-year-old pinkie-promised her he wouldn't get hurt. And now this. Finally, even the quarterback's military father, Robert Griffin Jr., the retired sergeant, the Iraq vet, "the guy who never cries," according to his son—not even RG2 could choke back the tears.

It was January 9, 2013, three days after Griffin's historic rookie season ended with a nasty twist of his right knee in a playoff loss to the Seattle Seahawks, and minutes after Griffin had woken up from surgery in Florida, opening his eyes to a real-life nightmare. His blown-out right knee was bandaged, but so


was his healthy left one. That meant Dr. Andrews—James Andrews, one of the most celebrated orthopedic surgeons in America, the same guy who rebuilt Adrian Peterson's miracle knee a year earlier—had needed to take a tendon graft from the left knee in order to repair the right.

Two shredded ligaments, the LCL and ACL. Major reconstructive surgery. Seven to nine months of rehab. Minimum.

A jumble of thoughts swirled and drifted into his foggy consciousness—flashbacks to the play that knocked him out, fears about whether he'd be ready for next season—and for once in his short and blessed life, Robert Griffin III just couldn't deal. He didn't feel like talking to the nurse, who hadn't noticed that he'd come to. "So instead of trying to cope with that at therehab—specifically, When can I start?—Griffin had an idea: "Hey, when's our first game?"

At home against Philly. The season's inaugural Monday-night game. At the time, though, Griffin figured it was on a Sunday. September 8. Eight months into the uncertain future. So he grabbed his phone and reset his passcode to four digits that would serve as a mantra and motivator during the grueling and tedious and painful months ahead: 9813.

···

It's a cool and drizzly late-spring day in exurban Virginia, and the flag at Redskins Park is flying at half-mast, a tribute to Deacon Jones, the great pass rusher who died a few days ago. Jones played his fourteenth and final season with the Redskins, and while he's considered one of the greatest defensive ends of all time, a


blur of speed and muscle who revolutionized the art of tormenting quarterbacks, his most lasting contribution is that he coined the word sack. He was, of course, exactly the kind of assassin who might someday end Griffin's career, in much the same gruesome and definitive way that Lawrence Taylor forced the retirement of the Redskins' last legitimate franchise QB, Joe Theismann, on Monday Night Football back in 1985.

Forgive me the fatalism. See, I've been an embarrassingly rabid Redskins fan for an embarrassingly long time, and for many of those years the Redskins were embarrassingly bad. Which is why last season was so, so glorious. It took just one game, that astonishing debut in the Griffin family's ancestral hometown of New Orleans, for everything—everything—to feel different. RG3 went 19-for-26that day, two TD passes, no picks, 320 yards in the air, another forty-two on the ground, and became the first rookie quarterback ever to win Offensive Player of the Week in his first game.

The future! There he is right now, unofficially practicing at practice. He's not medically cleared to fully participate, so he's throwing balls to a group of also-rehabbing receivers, including wideout Pierre Garçon and tight end Fred Davis, who dubbed RG3 "black Jesus" last season. After throwing, Griffin does some "explosive sprinting" along the sideline, the newest phase of his rehab. (Next step: planting that knee and cutting.) There's a performative vibe to practice today, and Griffin tosses some grins to the fans as he dashes past the viewing area, his braids whipping the air


home over the hated Cowboys, giving Washington its first NFC East title in thirteen years. RG3 finished the season with the highest passer rating (102.4) and touchdown-to-interception ratio (4:1) of any rookie in NFL history, besting Andrew Luck and Russell Wilson for Offensive Rookie of the Year. "It's better than a dream," he told me when I interviewed him during the season. And it was.

As the Redskins head to the showers after today's minicamp session, I catch up with long-suffering Redskins receiver Santana Moss. "He's just a good kid, for one, and a hell of a fucking athlete," he says. "There's a lot of guys [on the team] that have been doing this for years and been waiting for that kind of guy to be a part ofthis team. You can't do nothing but follow him." There's a fervor to the way Griffin's teammates talk about him, a level of intensity and conviction that belies the usual sports platitudes. Even Mike Shanahan, the hard-ass archetype of an NFL coach, can't help but do his version of clipped, tough-guy gushing when I sit down with him after practice: "What did he do last year? He had the best [rookie] year in the history of the game. Best rating ever. Handles the football extremely well. That's why he's had the attention that he's had."

And yet. The injuries. They started early. Game five against Atlanta. I was in the stands at FedEx Field for Griffin's first concussion, an easily avoidable sideline hit that knocked him out of the


game (and also seemed to vacuum every particle of oxygen out of the stadium). This was the thing about Griffin, his only real flaw. That supreme athletic confidence manifesting as a kind of athletic impunity. Back in seventh grade, when he vowed to his mom that he wouldn't get hurt, he told her the defense wouldn't even be able to catch him. And for a while, they couldn't. But now the Shanahans—Mike and his son Kyle, the offensive coordinator—were fully exploiting Griffin's speed, designing runs out of the zone-read offense, exposing RG3 to defenders that could not only catch him but cripple him.

He was chipping away at the boundaries of the position, yes, but as the season progressed and the Shanahans came under fire for running him sohim from machine to machine. He pauses occasionally to swig from his Gatorade, leaning into Rebecca, saying something, laughing, flashing that toothy, charismatic grin. Griffin often refers to himself as "a natural loner," but he's talking more about friendships, specifically a relative lack of close male ones. (When I asked him, at my 9-year-old son's request, to name his best friend on the team, it took him a good long think to come up with cornerback Richard Crawford.) Family is a different thing. Family, in fact, is everything. Born in Okinawa, Japan, to two military parents—Jacqueline was a sergeant, too—he had a nomadic childhood that makes him seem like he comes from nowhere and everywhere. In one especially peripatetic year, first grade, he attended three different schools: one


in Alabama, one in New Orleans, one in Texas. The stint that made the biggest impression, though, was the four months he spent living with relatives in New Orleans' Iberville projects while his mom and dad were away on an assignment in South Korea.

"To this day, I hate roaches. I mean I really hate roaches. So it was bad," he says. "I don't ever want to put anything bad out there about my family, and this isn't so bad, but I got a loose tooth once, and they tied a string around it, tied it to the door, and slammed the door. That's just how they did it. That's what they knew."

Things stabilized when his parents returned from Korea and the family eventually settled in Copperas Cove, asmall town in almost the exact geographical center of Texas. Robby was 7 then, his athletic gifts just beginning to reveal themselves. First basketball, then track—he nearly qualified for the 2008 Olympics as a hurdler—and finally football, bringing glory to the Copperas Cove Bulldawgs under the Friday-night lights. He chose Baylor in part because of its track program, and that's where he befriended Brittney Griner, the basketball star who made news in April when she casually confirmed to Sports Illustrated that she's gay. ("I was lost when they said, 'Brittney Griner came out today,' " Griffin tells me. "I know Brittney. I'm close to Brittney. Griner was never in. Everyone knew that.") Baylor is also where he met Rebecca Liddicoat, the petite brunette from Boulder, Colorado, who just


popped something—one of those Gatorade gel chews, maybe?—into his mouth after he finished a set of biceps curls.

It's this bio—a military brat with a white wife (they got married in July), a bright and ambitious 23-year-old black man who frequently mentions law school and post-football political aspirations but refuses to name his political orientation—that has fascinated so many people and confused not a few others. None more so, perhaps, than Rob Parker, a former commentator on ESPN's First Take. One day last December, after RG3 had given an interview in which he said, for about the millionth time, that he didn't want to be "defined" by his race, Parker shocked even his co-commentator, Stephen A. Smith (impressive!), when he said, "My question, which is just a straight honestquestion: Is he a brother, or is he a cornball brother?... He's black, he kind of does his thing, but he's not really down with the cause. He's not one of us." The comments leaped off the show and into the national conversation, sparking an ugly debate about RG3's "blackness." Parker was suspended and eventually let go.

Now, in the Redskins weight room, I notice RG3 giving me a look as he mouths the lyrics to the song he's just cued up, like he wants to make sure I notice. I'm labeled a thug because I come from the gutter / Robert made it out now he a cornball brother—what? / That was such a stupid argument / Now Rob Parker working at the supermarket, ha!!! It's called "Changed


or that I'm happy he lost his job. But I was very unhappy with the things he said. I mean, why did he say that?"

···

So is RG3 "All In for Week 1," as he claims in an Adidas ad? It's the question that has devoured the entire off-season. Or at least the part of the off-season not devoured by the fusillade of questions Shanahan faced after the Seattle loss. The ones about whether the Redskins head coach should have overruled his bullheaded but clearly hobbled rookie QB and taken him out. The borderline-hostile questions about whether he, the 61-year-old man in charge, should have made the long-view decision that would have prevented the injury that now threatens the future of the franchise.

Griffin is thoroughly and understandably sick ofout there that would rather run the football than throw the football and I'll show you a loser."

···

RG3 and his mom have a long-running tradition. Every week during football season, normally on Thursday or Friday, he sits down in front of her and she braids his hair. "In the military, it was very important that you kept your appearance neat and tidy," says Jackie. "You don't want him to be all messed up. You want him to look nice and neat and putting his best foot forward."

There's nothing superstitious or ritualistic about it, it's just a "bonding time" for mother and son to sit quietly and catch up. They talk about life, and they talk about football. About playing smart and playing safe. They talk about being grateful


young people ready to take action for positive change. UNICEF is also distributing soap and hygiene kits among local communities.

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52我爱haose01在线观看"I wash my hands so germs don't get on them," says Dareen, 6, taking part in a handwashing demonstration at a primary school in Jordan. "Germs can make people sick or even kill them.”

Only 33 per cent of public schools in Jordan have access to basic sanitation facilities. Since the emergence of the pandemic, UNICEF and partners have scaled up hygiene awareness and the distribution of soap, particularly in vulnerable communities, to equip children and their parents with the means to protect themselves.

Restrictions on movement in refugee camps have also increased the demand for water beyond existing capacity. UNICEF has mobilized partners to expand water trucking in northern andThe present invention relates generally to gas turbine engines, and, more specifically, to turbine blade damping.
A gas turbine engine includes a turbine rotor or disk in which a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart turbine blades are supported around the perimeter. Each blade includes a hollow airfoil over which combustion gases flow during operation, with a platform being disposed at the root of the airfoil to define an inner boundary for the combustion gases. Extending radially below the platform is an integral shank and a corresponding dovetail therebelow. The dovetail may be configured as an axial-entry or a circumferential-entry dovetail, with the former being mounted in a complementary dovetail slot extending axially through the perimeter of the rotor disk.
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to play in the second. Robert Bartuzzo set up the play, skating the puck deep into the Devils zone and feeding Thompson with a drop pass.

The Pens extended their lead early in the third on a power play that began at the end of the second. With Tim Sestito in the penalty box for interference, Ryan Craig jammed the puck in after Albany goaltender Keith Kinkaid thought he had it covered.

Nick Peterson added an empty-net goal with 1:55 to play.

Mike Hoeffel and Matt Taormina scored 5½ minutes apart in the second period for Albany.

Hoeffel received Joe Whitney’s drop pass and rifled a shot past goalie Brad Thiessen, who returned Thursday after a long stint with Pittsburgh. Three of Hoeffel’s five goals have come against Wilkes-Barre.

Taormina tied the gameFilipino World War II veterans and surviving family members are being urged to register so they can receive long-overdue recognition of their service.

At a news conference at AARP Hawai‘i, retired Maj. Gen. Tony Taguba, the chairman of the Filipino Veterans Recognition and Education Project, said Filipino, Filipino-American, and American veterans and surviving family members who served in the Pacific during World War II should go to FilVetRep.org and fill out an application with supporting documentation so the organization can verify their service.

Taguba said the group believes there were about 10,000 surviving Filipino World War II veterans and many more surviving family members, who qualify for the medal. But it’s hard to get a more exact count, because many have not registered.

The organization has seen an increase in registrations


since it was announced that the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honor that Congress can present to individual or group, will be awarded to the Filipino veterans of World War II at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 25th. The Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, will formally present the Congressional Gold Medal to the veterans.They are the last ethnic group of World War II service members to be recognized with the medal.

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The veterans and their family members will receive a bronze replica of the medal and a parchment copy of Public Law 114-0265, the law sponsored by Hawai‘i U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono and U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, that authorized the medal for the veterans.

FilVetRep is also raising money to pay for the bronze replica medalsTag Archives: texas revolution

If you are planning to see Texas! The Exhibition at the Houston Museum of Natural Science you are in for a real treat. One of my favorite pieces of Texas memorabilia is stationed right in the middle of this all inclusive Texas! exhibit.

The Battle of Gonzales has been called the “Lexington” of the Texas Revolution. The battle took place on October 2, 1835. Tension had been high between the Mexican government under the leadership of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and the U.S. citizens living in Mexican Texas. It was because of this tension that the Mexican forces showed up near Gonzales with a request.

You see, the Mexican government had loaned a small cannon to the people of Gonzales to help ward off Indian attacks


natural fit. The city of Gonzales said, “come and take it,” so we went and took it. Now everyone should come and see it!

As we prepare for the opening of our new exhibitionTexas! Making History Since 1519, we are dedicated to helping you learn more about the great Lone Star State. So today, Amanda Norris and Pat Dietrich, youth educators at the museum, write to you about David Crockett. Just in case you missed it, check out last week’s post on Stephen F. Austin.

This Alamo defender was born in Tennessee on August 17, 1786. Crockett spent the early part of his life in several small towns in Tennessee, helping his father at the family owned tavern. At the age of 20, he married Polly Finley and later movedwith his family to a farm near the border of Alabama.

In September of 1813, Crockett joined the local militia to avenge an Indian attack in nearby Alabama. He reenlisted in 1814. When he returned from service in Pensacola in 1815, is wife became ill and passed away. He remarried a few months later and traveled to Alabama to look for land for his family. However, he returned to Tennessee and decided to live there. He became a Justice of the Peace, but then resigned to become a town commissioner.

Tennessee Legislator

During the next 13 years, Crockett served terms in the Tennessee legislature, returned to private practice, served two terms in the United State House of Representatives, but was defeated in 1835. By this time he was nationally known as


General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna had arrived at San Antonio on February 20, ready to seize the Alamo.

With no reinforcements arriving, the thirteen day siege of the Alamo ended on March 6, 1836. In less than two hours, David Crockett, Jim Bowie, William B. Travis and between 185 and 255 other defenders lost their lives. “Remember the Alamo” and “Remember Goliad” became the battle cry at the successful Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, when Sam Houston’s army defeated Santa Anna in a savage 18-minute battle.

“The Fall of the Alamo” by Robert Jenkins Onderdonk

Silver Screen Adaptations

Davy Crockett’s life has been depicted in Hollywood for decades, a topic ripe for the silver screen. There have been several movies about the famous Alamo battle in two ofthese, the character of Davy Crockett has been played by the likes of John Wayne and Billy Bob Thornton. In the famous 1955 Walt Disney series Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier, the title character of Davy Crockett was played by Fess Parker.

Davy Crockett’s efforts to free Texas from Mexico have made him a Texas Legend admired by historians and school children alike!

Learn even more about Texas in our new exhibition, opening to the public on March 6, 2011. Get a sneak peak at the exhibition during our Texas VIP Nite, March 2 from 6 to 8 p.m. And stay tuned to the blog as we highlight other important people and events throughout the run of the show.


could kill.

A Dublin-based pregnancy counselling centre has been secretly recorded advising that abortions cause breast cancer and can turn women into child abusers.

A counsellor at the clinic, which is unregulated under Irish law, was filmed giving advice to an undercover Times reporter that was described as dangerous, outrageous and inaccurate by the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
Undercover footage shows techniques to pressure women out of having an abortion

The Women’s Centre on Berkeley Street in Dublin 7 advertises itself as an impartial source of advice for women who want to travel to the UK to access an abortion but has direct links to a Catholic anti-abortion group. It claims to have clinics in Cork, Galway, Sligo, London and Bristol.states the incident occurred after Reesman arrived at the property in a white Saturn coupe and approached the victim.

The victim, who was seated on a lawn mower, stopped mowing grass when he saw Reesman approaching him with the rifle.

According to the criminal complaint, Reesman allegedly pointed the .22 caliber rifle at the victim’s face and stated that he was “tired of him.”

The victim grabbed the rifle and forced the barrel away from his face. At this point, the rifle discharged and struck a travel trailer behind the victim.

A scuffle ensued and the victim eventually gained control of the rifle, pinning it underneath himself. Reesman then allegedly jumped on top of the victim and used his knee and/or elbow to pin him to the ground by his neck. The


Old Gunn Church

In 1859, a new church for the Prince Frederick Parish was begun. However, work on the church came to a complete halt later in 1860 when the head architect, Mr. Gunn, slipped on the high, incredibly steep roof and fell, screaming, to his death. The unfinished church, its massive bell tower rising above the tree tops, was temporarily abandoned. Many believe that Mr. Gunn, the architect who tumbled to his death while building the church, still haunts the grounds. Gunn's spirit is said to be so prevalent in and around the tower that the belfry and church ruins have come to be known as the Old Gunn Church. Georgetonians have told of seeing lights moving in the totally inaccessible upper portion of the tower during theSeoul (AFP) - A South Korean soldier was sentenced to 45 years in military prison on Thursday for beating a conscript to death in a highly publicised case of barrack-room bullying.

At a court martial in Yongin City, south of Seoul, the defendant, a sergeant surnamed Lee, was convicted of instigating repeated beatings of a young private named Yoon.

"The accused committed a crime that amounts to outright murder," Yonhap news agency quoted the tribunal as saying.

Four other soldiers received jail terms of between 15 and 30 years and a sixth soldier was given a suspended prison sentence.

Private Yoon died on April 6 and investigators concluded death was caused by "crush syndrome" -- major trauma to the skeletal muscle -- and secondary shock from prolonged violence.

Prosecutors had sought the death


sentence against Lee who led the others in subjecting Yoon to regular bullying and assaults, including sessions of crude water-boarding.

He was also humiliated by being forced to lick the spit of other soldiers from the ground.

Barrack-room bullying has long tainted South Korea's military service, which is mandatory for all able-bodied men between the ages of 18 and 35.

Conscripts, most of them in their early twenties, account for the lion's share of the military's 690,000 active personnel.

Experts say the pressures facing young servicemen can be daunting when, after what is often quite a cosseted childhood and teenaged youth, they are suddenly plunged into a world of harsh military discipline, especially for those posted to the border with North Korea.

Bullying has been blamed for numerous suicides and incidents where conscriptshave turned their weapons on their comrades.

In June, a 22-year-old sergeant opened fire on members of his unit in the 22nd Infantry Division, killing five and wounding seven.

The sergeant, who was listed as a soldier requiring special observation, later told investigators he had been humiliated and constantly mocked.

Two army privates from the same division, also listed as mentally vulnerable, committed suicide later the same month.

The defence ministry in August said it would offer incentives and rewards for whistle-blowers who report any physical and verbal abuse in the barracks.

It also said it would toughen up penalties for those responsible and strengthen screening procedures to weave out draftees unfit for active or frontline duty.


percent in January 2012. And the national average commitment rate for a 30-year conventional, fixed-rate mortgage rose slightly to 3.41 percent in January from a record low 3.35 percent in December.

One of the most interesting revelations of the latest National Association of Realtors (NAR) Existing Home Sales Report is the shortage of housing inventory being reported throughout much of the country. At the same time, buyer demand is dramatically up over last year. Here are some key points:

Total housing inventory at the end of January fell 4.9 percent to 1.74 million existing homes available for sale, which represents a 4.2-month supply at the current sales pace.

This represents the lowest housing supply since April 2005 when it was also 4.2 months.

Listed inventory is 25.3 percent below a year agoApril 10, 2017, and the trailer was
not returned.

        Ms. Ida Reeves, the operations manager at Bob’s Janitorial Service, testified that a
trailer valued at $3,500 was taken on June 3, 2017, and that the trailer was later returned
with damage. She testified that the damage was in the amount of $39.

       Officer John Foren, an investigator with the Madison County Sheriff’s
Department, testified on behalf of the Defendant. Officer Foren investigated the cases
involving trailer thefts. He interviewed the Defendant, who admitted he was involved in
numerous thefts of trailers and informed him where some of the trailers and the zero-turn
lawn mower could be located.


to crack cocaine for the last twenty years. She
said that the Defendant has participated in multiple thirty-day treatment programs in the
past but believed that the Defendant needed a long-term treatment program in order to
overcome his addiction.

      Mr. Steve Robinson also testified for the Defendant. He is an employee at
Warrior’s Center, a faith-based, long-term rehabilitation center for men. Warrior’s
Center offers long-term, residential treatment programs. He said the Defendant had been
accepted into this program.

       The Defendant elected to testify at the sentencing hearing. He emphasized that he
had admitted his involvement in these thefts when he pled guilty, at the sentencing
hearing, and in his initial interviews with Investigators Foren and Herndon. He
acknowledged that he has similar pending theft charges inHaywood and Weakley
Counties. The Defendant testified that he has had a crack cocaine addiction for the last
twenty years. He was sober for almost seven years after serving a previous sentence that
ended in 2010. In 2016, during a theft that occurred at a convenience store, the
Defendant met his co-defendant, Mr. Thaddeus Ray. The Defendant pled guilty to the
theft that occurred at a convenience store in January 2017 and was on supervised
probation when he committed the thefts that are the bases for the present convictions.

       The Defendant stated that he committed the thefts to “fuel a drug habit.” After
taking the trailers, he tried to sell the trailers. In his time in custody, the Defendant
graduated from the Celebrate Recovery drug treatment program and obtained a


certificate
in a Bible course. He said he wanted to attend the long-term treatment at the Warrior
Center, and he read a letter apologizing to the victims.

      The trial court questioned the Defendant about his criminal history beginning in
1997 and whether he sought drug treatment at that point. The Defendant admitted that he
has had a problem with crack cocaine since 1989. The court asked the Defendant what
he had done in the last twenty years to confront his addiction. The Defendant stated that
he went to a short-term program and was involved in a nine-month treatment program
while previously incarcerated. The Defendant acknowledged that he “never took the
                    the film as seeming “very audacious,” adding: “Judging from the trailer, it contains a lot of critical scenes based in reality that were created with no fear of the censorship system.”

Little was previously known about Jia’s film, but the trailer hints at several storylines based on widely discussed -- but never filmed -- Chinese social ills and political scandals, such as a notorious case from Hubei province in 2009, when a pedicurist named Deng Yujiao stabbed and killed a local bureaucrat after he reportedly slapped her in the face with a wad of cash and tried to force himself on her (based on the trailer, Jia's wife and muse, Zhao Tao plays a woman placed in a similar predicament). Another scene features snippets of news footage from the


2011 high-speed train accident in China that killed 40 people and led to a major scandal over mismanagement of the country’s railway ministry – and yet another mentions Chinese laborers killing themselves in sweatshops, a likely reference to the wave of suicides that took place at the factories of Foxcon, the company known as the assembler of the Apple iPhone.

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Perhaps the most politically daring element of the whole trailer is a comment made at the end, when a character is heard saying: “The gods are to blame – if you have grievances, tell heaven about them!” While audiences will have to wait for the full film to put the dialog in context, as it stands here it could easily be interpreted asBrilliant Brazilian Silvestre de Sousa is set to be crowned champion Flat Jockey for the third time when the main season ends on Britain’s richest raceday, QIPCO Champions Day, at Ascot next week.

De Sousa, 37, will match Frankie Dettori and Ryan Moore as the only current active jockeys to have won the Stobart Flat Jockeys’ Championship three times.

Champion jockey-elect Silvestre de Sousa is reunited with one of this season's winners.

At the time of writing, he was on 144 winners from 738 rides with a strike rate of 20 per cent, and was 34 wins clear of Oisin Murphy in second place.

The Brazilian revealed he was proud to match the feat of Dettori and Moore, and that this title was particularly welcome after a sluggish start to the season.

He


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WISE & LYNN
v.
THE COLUMBIAN TURNPIKE COMPANY.
Supreme Court of United States.
March 9, 1812.
March 14, 1812.
Present ... . All the Judges.
Upon the return of the rule, it appearing that the sum awarded was only 45 dollars, the COURT, all the Judges being present, decided that they had no jurisdiction, although the sum claimed by Wise & Lynn, before the commissioners of the road, was more than 100 dollars.
Writ of error dismissed.
Mulvaney’s press conference in which the Trump administration aide had told reporters aid had been contingent on the opening of investigations, though Mulvaney later walked the remarks back.

Michael Purpura, counsel to the President, disagreed.

"In the House record before us, there was no evidence that the president told anyone to tell the Ukrainians that the aid was linked.”

He cited Sondland’s testimony and Sen. Ron Johnson’s statements that Trump had told them there was “no quid pro quo” and no connection between investigations and aid.

Former Republican senator calls for witnesses in Senate trial

Late Thursday evening, former Sen. John Warner, a Republican who represented Virginia from 1979 until 2009, issued a statement calling for witnesses in the Senate trial of President Donald Trump.

"As a lifelong Republican and a retired member of


part of the president's impeachment trial, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell huddled with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a key vote, for several minutes on the Senate floor during a break.

While the two were talking, Sen. Susan Collins, another key Republican vote, was approached by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, one of the Democrats who is thought to be considering Trump's acquittal. The two locked arms and Manchin escorted Collins to the back of the chamber, where the pair talked for several minutes then left together.

Manchin also greeted Sen. John Thune, the Republican whip attempting to unify the GOP in voting against witnesses, with a handshake that turned into a hug.

- Christal Hayes

Trump’s lawyer claims Trump didn't ask Ukrainian president to investigate the Bidens

Several Republican senators asked both President Donald Trump’sSRINAGAR: A youth was killed and another injured after security forces allegedly fired on protesters during clashes in Jammu and Kashmir 's Pulwama district on Monday.The forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in over a dozen villages in Pulwama in the morning, following information about the presence of militants in the area, a police official said.At the time of the operation, a group of youths started pelting stones at the forces in some places. Two persons were injured in firing by the forces during clashes in Gusoo village, the official said.The two were taken to a hospital, from where, one of them, Fayaz Ahmad Wani, was referred to the SMHS Hospital . Wani was, however, declared dead at the hospital, he said.Clashes between the protesters and security forces were


percent rise in first-half pretax profit on Thursday and the pub operator said it was putting contingency plans in place to protect against disruptions if Britain leaves the European Union without a deal.

Pub group Greene King has appointed advisers to sell off the Loch Fyne restaurant chain. The possible sale was first reported back in February, but it emerged today that advisers at PwC had been appointed to oversee the process. According to hospitality industry website MCA, PwC will handle a …the label looks like a stamp on a passport. Very dark purple in color with a pretty nose. I put purple flavors so dark fruits and black pepper. Unfortunately was a little cool in the bottle so the fruit wasnt showing really well. We have had t his in the past and it hasnt sold.

Friday, January 25, 2008

Stacey from Major Brands Cellar Selection division brought in an interesting wine from Washington state. L'ecole is the name of the winery. One of the first boutique wineries from Washington in this market.

Perigee 2005 Walla Walla Perigee is the point at which the moon is closest to the earth. I thought that was strange but when you think about the importance the moon has in biodynamics I guess it makes sense.


that no one has ever heard of. Semillon is usually used in Bordeaux for white wine, esp in Sauternes. In the Amavi it was a bit minerally and a nice amount of viscousity but not a lot of upfront fruit to grab ahold of anyones attention.

Monteregio de Massa Marttima 2002 A village on the coast of tuscany where everything looks like a diane lane movie..90% Sangiovese and 10 Cabernet in the mix.. The nose is all Italian dirt or saddle leather. I wasnt getting much fruit from it and there was a little off flavors in the back of the throat. will try this one again.

Lazy Creek Syrah Mendocino 2005 I love the back label on this because it is so geeky. It tells everything about the wine,Hard (2009)
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Singles and EPs
 Tidy Girls EP (1999, Tidy Trax)
 Sundissential EP (1999, Tidy Trax)
 Unbelievable / Dance 2 The House (Don't Go)'' (2000, Tidy Trax)
 Lookin' Good (2000, Tidy Trax)
 Unbelievable (2000, Tidy Trax)
 What Can You Do 4 Me? (2003, Tidy Trax)
 Desire (2005, Gravity Trapp)
 Deadbeat (2005, Riot! Recordings)
 Can't Sleep (2007, Lashed Music)
 Always Faithful (2007, Lashed Music)
 Lashed Track (2008, Lashed Music)
 Zipp It! (2008, Lashed Music)
 Has It Come To This? (2009, Lashed Music)
 Nu Religion (2009, Kiddfectious)
 Disarray (2009, Lashed Music)
 Bondage & Whips (2009, Lashed Music)
 Dancefloor Orgy (2010, Lashed Music)
 Release Me (2010, Siren Trax)
 Bring on In / 12 Hours in Brixton (2010, Discover Dark)
 Lashed Theme (2010, Lashed Music)
 Election Day (2010,


and method for commensurating diverse phenomena. Mathematicians, physicists, linguists, anthropologists, psychologists and biologists, working in collaboration, made cybernetics a popular scientific reference during the 1950s and 1960s. Their research formed a particularly American response to the challenges of the post-World War II era, combining US Cold War defense funding with support from private foundations, academic centers and emerging industry.

While much of this history is well researched, our work challenges the common notion that cybernetics was merely a vogueish mid-century techno-science, which fell into obscurity by the1970s. Instead we seek to understand more precisely how systems analysis and practices of control and regulation persisted beyond that moment, transformed by new emphases on open (as opposed to closed) systems, and on disruption and innovation (rather than homeostasis). How does thesuch early works from the 1920s as the Symphonic Ode and Piano Variations."

As for details, Pollack elaborates in his biography of the composer about the similarity of Connotations to the Ode in its overall length, single-movement form, solemn tone and "hard-edged" orchestration. Butterworth points out that both works are structured as an arch composed of five sections. The first section, slow and chordal, gives way to a scherzo. The third section is slower, followed by another scherzo and a finale which restates passages taken from the opening. The rhythmic patterns in both pieces resemblance each other. This would have been no surprise, Butterworth writes, since Copland revised that score in 1955. Pollock states that another work that might have been fresh on the composer's mind was his Nonet


Israel continues to ignore international calls to halt its illegal settlement activities and demolishing Palestinian homes in the West Bank, says a UN envoy.

A recent report by the Quartet on the Middle East -- comprised of the UN, the US, Russia, and the European Union -- called on the Israeli regime to halt its illegal settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, saying the settlement expansion, the demolition of Palestinian homes, and the expropriation of land were “steadily eroding the viability” of a solution to their conflict.

"Its recommendations continue to be ignored, including by a surge in Israeli settlement-related announcements and continuing demolitions,” said Nickolay Mladenov, the UN coordinator for the so-called Middle East peace process, while addressing the UN Security Council on Monday.

Palestinian children climb on therubble of their homes after Israeli bulldozers destroyed them in the southern West Bank village of Umm al-Kheir, on August 24, 2016.

He stressed that since two months ago when the report was released, Tel Aviv has actually increased its settlement activities, including the advancement of over 1,000 more units in occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds and 735 units in the West Bank.

The UN envoy also noted that Israel has carried out a land survey on the outskirts of Bethlehem aimed at establishing new settlements.

A picture taken on July 29, 2016 shows a general view of Israeli construction cranes and excavators at the building site of new housing units in the Jewish settlement of Gilo in East Jerusalem al-Quds.

"All of these plans would essentially create new illegal settlements and I


The Republican chairman of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission says there is no voter fraud "epidemic" in the U.S.

Asked by the Center for Public Integrity if he thought the 2016 election was rigged, Matthew Masterson replied that the process was "extremely well administered."

"No. The process had integrity. It was extremely well administered. And in the end, the people's voice was heard and the process served voters well," Masterson said in an interview published on Thursday.

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He argued that while any voter fraud must cause concern, the practice is not "widespread."

"Any fraud at all is something to be concerned about. The reality — and this data and information comes from those who directly run elections — is that the state and local election officials, and specifically the secretaries of stateAntiquities scholar beheaded by IS in Palmyra, Syria

Khali al-Asaad was executed, his body displayed in a Palmyra public square.

Ancient Aramaic city of Palmyra in the Syrian desert. Photo by Linda Marie Caldwell/UPI

The Islamic State released images of the destruction of two tombs in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. The Syrian government confirmed the incidents. Photo courtesy Syria’s Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums

The Islamic State released images of the destruction of two tombs in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. The Syrian government confirmed the incidents. Photo courtesy Syria’s Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums

A tomb in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra is pictured prior to being destroyed by the Islamic State. The Syrian government confirmed the terror group detonated explosives at the site. Photo courtesy Syria’s Directorate-General


of Antiquities and Museums

The Lion of al-Lat in Palmyra, Syria, was destroyed by Islamic State militants, Syria's director of antiquities said. File photo by Mappo/Wikimedia
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The headless body of Khalid al-Asaad, 82, was hung on a column in a public square Tuesday in Palmyra, a town known for archeological ruins and artifacts dating to the Roman era of the third century A.D. and, since May, under control of the Islamic State.

Asaad had worked as Palmyra's Director General of the Palmyra Directorate of Antiquities and Museums for over 50 years, and was regarded as an internationally-respected authority on regional archeology and on Aramaic, the language of the area before Islam took hold in the seventh century A.D.

A sign, placed in front of Asaad's body, indicated IS accusations against him, includingloyalty to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, maintaining contact with senior government officials and management of Palmyra's "idols," the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. IS maintains a strict view of Islam, and its strategy includes systematic destruction of what it considers non-Islamic idolatry; it also sells antiquities to collectors to help finance its mission.

Asaad was held in captivity by IS for over a month, and was executed, Chris Doyle of the Council for Arab-British Understanding said, because he refused to divulge the location of various artifacts sought by IS.

"Just imagine that such a scholar who gave such memorable services to the place and to history would be beheaded ... and his corpse still hanging from one of the ancient columns in the center of a square in


in the districts of dakshina kannada, Udupi of karnataka, India. it is a regular ingredient in bangladeshi cuisine and is used in many rotis and desserts such as shondesh and bhapa phitha (steamed rice cakes).

Wine complements: Sake or japanese rice wine is made with brewed rice, Water and malt. this japanese wine complements the cuisine

Beverage complements: Japanese beverages include ume – an alcoholic beverage made with japanese plums and shochu – a distilled spirit made with sweet potatoes, Rice and sugar cane. typical japanese sweets are made with rice, Sugar and red azuki beans. yokan, Higashi and manju are served as desserts. chawanmushi is steamed egg custard.

Substitutes: Wheat flour, Quinoa flour

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Choosing: Plain flour refers to a relatively low-protein white wheat flour that has no particular attributes.the local means of subsistence. Changes in the morphology of Diaotonghuan phytoliths dating from 10,000-8,000 BP show that rice had by this time been domesticated.[14] Soon afterwards the two major varieties of indica and Japonica rice were being grown in Central China.[13] In the late 3rd millennium bc there is a rapid expansion of rice cultivation into mainland Southeast Asia and westwards across India and Pakistan.[13]

The earliest remains of cultivated rice in India have been found in the north and west and date from around 2000 BC. Perennial wild rices still grow in Assam and Nepal. It seems to have appeared around 1400 BC in southern India after its domestication in the northern plains[citation needed]. It then spread to all the fertile alluvial plains watered by rivers. Cultivation


seeds and ancient farm tools dating back about 9,000 years.

For the majority of its long history, rice was a staple only in Asia. Not until Arab travelers introduced rice into ancient Greece, and Alexander the Great brought it to India, did rice find its way to other corners of the world. Subsequently, the Moors brought rice to Spain in the 8th century during their conquests, while the Crusaders were responsible for bringing rice to France. Rice was introduced into South America in the 17th century by the Spanish during their colonization of this continent.

The majority of the world's rice is grown in Asia, where it plays an incredibly important role in their food culture. Thailand, Vietnam and China are the three largest exporters of rice.Britain will ramp up its aid to Syria over the coming two years, the Government is expected to announce on Wednesday, at an EU-UN organised summit in Brussels aimed at finding a way to end the conflict in the war-torn country.

The Government will commit to providing £450 million for Syria and the region in 2018, with £300 earmarked for 2019, bringing the total UK aid to the region to £2.71 billion. The announcement, set for Wednesday, consists of £250 million of new money spread across the two years.

Officials say the aid will be focused on keeping medical facilities in the region open, as well as training doctors and nurses – amid estimates that 478 health facilities have been attacked or destroyed and at around 830 health workers have


been killed in Syria since the conflict began in 2011.

Ministers from dozens of countries across the world met with NGOs and donor countries on Tuesday in the EU capital on the first day of the so-called Brussels II summit.

Opening the international meeting at a joint press conference UN special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura insisted that a political solution had to be found to the civil war

“We're seeing in last few weeks, days, that military gains, territorial gains and military escalation do not bring a political solution, has not brought any change. On the contrary,” he said.

Speaking at the same joint press conference, Federica Mogherini, the EU’s foreign affairs chief, echoed Mr de Mistura’s comments, saying there was a need to “return to the political process underwreckage The wreckage of the Scientific Studies and Research Centre in the Barzeh district, north of Damascus, which was targeted by the US, UK and France air strikes. AFP/Getty Syria bombings: US, UK and French military air strikes wreckage A Syrian soldier films the damage of the Syrian Scientific Research Center surrounded by papers and rubble. AP Syria bombings: US, UK and French military air strikes wreckage Firefighrers extinguish smoke that rises from the damage. The Pentagon says none of the missiles filed by the U.S. and its allies was deflected by Syrian air defenses, rebutting claims by the Russian and Syrian governments. AP Syria bombings: US, UK and French military air strikes wreckage The wreckage of part of the Scientific Studies and Research Centre compound . AFP/Getty


Syria bombings: US, UK and French military air strikes wreckage Part of a building collapsing, surrounded by the wreckage. AFP/Getty Syria bombings: US, UK and French military air strikes wreckage Further damaged to the Scientific Studies and Research Centre compound. AFP/Getty Syria bombings: US, UK and French military air strikes wreckage Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the director of the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, also says there also is no indication that Russian air defense systems were employed early Saturday in Syria. AP Syria bombings: US, UK and French military air strikes wreckage A Syrian soldier sprays water on the wreckage. AFP/Getty Syria bombings: US, UK and French military air strikes wreckage Syrian state news agency SANA reported several missiles hit a research centre in Barzeh, north ofDamascus, "destroying a building that included scientific labs and a training centre". AFP/Getty Syria bombings: US, UK and French military air strikes wreckage A Syrian soldier films the damage. AP Syria bombings: US, UK and French military air strikes wreckage Damage to the Scientific Research Center building that was hit by the strikes. EPA Syria bombings: US, UK and French military air strikes wreckage The Scientific Studies and Research Centre was one of the targeted buildings by the US, UK and France. AFP/Getty Syria bombings: US, UK and French military air strikes wreckage Further damage to the centre. EPA

On Wednesday Ms Mordaunt will reiterate her warning, also naming Iran. Calling for an immediate ceasefire, she is expected to say that “Syria is now one of the most dangerous


Jabong launches international fashion brand Mexx in India

In the past, Jabong has exclusively launched international brands such as TOPSHOP, TOPMAN, Dorothy Perkins and Miss Selfridge.NEW DELHI: Online fashion retailer Jabong has announced a new partnership with international fashion retailer Mexx.

Mexx collection will be available on Jabong from Tuesday.

"We are very excited to launch Mexx exclusively in India and more than anything else we are thrilled that our brand ideologies are similar. With Mexx on board, we continue to broaden our international brand offering and have few other exciting names in the pipeline," Sanjeev Mohanty, CEO and managing director, Jabong, said in a statement.

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Space isn't empty, and near-Earth orbit is downright crowded. Every month, some junk burns up during re-entry as ever more is introduced into orbit. Poking around NASA's Orbital Debris Quarterly archives reveals the story of space junk from deliberate to accidental, and all of it hazardous.

Prior to June 1961, the entire population of artificial objects in near-Earth orbit was just over 50 objects, all spacecraft and rocket bodies. Then the Ablestar launch vehicle deployed its payload, the Transit 4A satellite, and exploded just over an hour later. The explosion created nearly 300 debris fragments, over two-thirds of which were still in orbit in 2002. After that, space just got messier.

Anti-satellite testing caused a whole lot of mess as the Soviet Union and the United States took turns provingthey could blow up their own satellites. Between 1968 and 1982, the former Soviet Union conducted 20 tests, creating somewhere over 700 catalogue debris fragments, 301 of which are still in orbit. In 1985, the United States tested its own system, producing a whiff of debris, none of which remains in orbit. Realizing that all these explosions were producing a terrific mess, by collective international agreement, no one conducted any more tests of anti-satellite systems that produced debris. This agreement held for 20 years.

Tracked space debris in 1963 and fifty years later in 2013. Image credit: NASA

That isn't saying the new techniques were perfect at minimizing the creation of space junk. The first collision between catalogued satellites was in 1991, although it took until 2005 to realize what


had happened. It was low speed and pretty sedate: a retired Russian navigation satellite, Cosmos 1934, was smacked by a small bit of debris from its sister-satellite Cosmos 926. The collision broke two chunks off of Cosmos 1934, while the fragment of Cosmos 926 broke up into pieces smaller than 1 centimeter and could no longer be tracked.

A few years later was a far more spectacular explosion. In June 1996, an abandoned upper stage rocket "broke up," the orbital debris euphemism for "suddenly exploded." The abrupt fragmentation of the rocket stage produced 700 pieces of distinct debris. The stage was the Pegasus Hydrazine Auxiliary Propulsion System (HAPS) from the STEP II mission that had launched 2 years previously. The event produced an order of magnitude more debris thanlater, with the breakup of Cosmos 2367 in November and an Indian PSLV fourth stage in December 2001. Each breakup produced over 300 fragments, with the Cosmos debris cloud triggering a risk evaluation for a then-upcoming Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station. The breakup of the Indian PSLV was somewhat puzzling, as it was a newer design and should have been fine if they had successfully completed a propellant depletion maneuver.

After that, things calmed back down for a while, which is nice because the Orbital Debris Quarterly went on hiatus. About the most exciting thing that happened was in November 2003. The Chandra Space Telescope was pinged by a suspected-meteorite small enough to cause minimal damage, but big enough to jostle its stability. It was between


observations and the telescope quickly corrected itself to make observations three hours later.

The STAR-48B solid rocket motor was worse for wear after re-entry, shedding 150 of 200 kilograms when the engine nozzle and part of the casing burned off. Image credit: NASA

The resumption of the Orbital Debris Quarterly in January 2004 started with another reminder as to threat space junk poses not just to spacecraft, but to unwary Earth-bound residents. In October 1993, a Delta II launch vehicle placed Navstar 35, a Global Positional Satellite, into a transfer orbit. On January 20, 2004, the third stage of that launch vehicle, PAM-D, re-entered the Earth's atmosphere, and landed in the extreme northeast of Argentina, much to the surprise of nearby humans. A week later, the second stage of anotherImage credit: NASA/NASA/NASA

2008 was a relatively quiet year in the aftermath of the Fengyun anti-satellite test, with a few minor breakups contributing new debris. In August, the International Space Station performed its first evasive maneuvers in five years, dodging out of the debris cloud from Cosmos 2421.

But the calm couldn't last. In February 2009, the operational American communications satellite Iridium 33 collided with the decommissioned Russian communications satellite Cosmos 2251.

Both satellites were in nearly-circular, high polar orbits, and slammed into each other at at nearly right angles. The crossed orbits meant a high relative velocity of 11 kilometers per second, making this the fourth accidental hypervelocity collision and the first hypervelocity collision between two spacecraft.

Debris from Fengyun-1 and Cosmos 2251 had spread into spheres by July 2012, although


a polar orbit was hindering the spread of Iridium 33 debris. Image credit: NASA

Due to its larger mass, Cosmos 2251 produced roughly twice as much debris as Iridium 33. Considered individually or together, the Cosmos 2251-Iridium 33 collision was one of the largest contributors of space junk into orbit. Within a year, the identified debris from the collision totalled more than 1,740 fragments. In a period of high solar activity, up to 50% the debris might have fallen to Earth within 5 years, but as the sun was in a period of low solar activity, less than 4% had fallen out of orbit a year later. The debris cloud threatened Space Shuttle mission STS-125 to service the Hubble Space Telescope.

Considered separately or together, the Iridium-Cosmos collision was oneof the largest producers of space junk, and continues to be the most recent event in the Top Ten list of ways we've filled our orbit with garbage.

During 2009 conjunction assessments led to eight collision avoidance maneuvers by NASA spacecraft, in addition to a collision avoidance maneuver of a French satellite operating in concert with NASA Earth observation satellites. Only two of the maneuvers involved close approaches by intact vehicles (one a spacecraft and one a rocket body). The other maneuvers were needed to avoid collisions with smaller debris, including twice with debris from the Chinese anti-satellite test of 2007 and once with debris from the collision of the Iridium 33 and the Cosmos 2251 satellites in February of 2009.

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Most debris is between 600 and 1,000 kilometers altitude. Image credit: NASA

But the report was just a sign of the times. With ever more spacecraft and space junk in orbit, what was once roomy was getting downright crowded. By 2010, NASA reported they instructed seven of their satellites to dodge collisions, France reported thirteen dances with catastrophe, and the European Space Agency claimed nine maneuvers to avoid collisions. The vulnerable International Space Station developed the habit of pulling out of the way of debris about once a year, any time the odds of collision rise greater than 1 in 10,000, before needing to increase the frequency of the dance to three steps per year in 2011 and 2012.

Malfunctionsand explosions kept on happening. In October 2012, yet another malfunctioning fully-fuelled Briz-M exploded produced a few hundred more fragments to the crowd. Collisions keep happening, too. In January 2013, a tiny 8-kilogram 17-centimeter diameter spherical satellite was pinged with something big enough to perturb its orbit yet small enough to not cause any real damage, while two heftier satellites received similar treatment in May. That July, a Delta 1 rocket scattered debris across Zimbabwe. The International Space Station got a brief respite from constantly dodging junk before needing to resume avoidance manoeuvring in March and April of this year.

Objects in high-Earth orbit as of 2009, with a distinct ring of geostationary satellites. Image credit: NASA/Earth Observatory

Space is seriously crowded, with every year adding more active spacecraft, more


farewell with his father leaves him frustrated.

On his first day at the Academy, Huard discovers that one of his instructors is Ali, a Midshipman 2nd Class (an upperclassman) is the same woman that his friends introduced him to. She and her fellow instructor, Whitaker, begin hazing Huard's class of plebes, and it is revealed that Huard in particular is behind academically. Their company commander, Midshipman Lieutenant Cole (Gibson), is revealed to have been an enlisted Marine prior to joining the Academy, and he announces his intent to run out any midshipman he deems unfit to be an officer. Huard's roommates include Nance (Shannon) (nicknamed Twins because he is too overweight to complete the obstacle course), Loo (Fan), and Estrada (Calderon), who is being singled out by Whitaker becauseU.S. President Donald Trump addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing as Vice President Mike Pence and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci listen at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2020.

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The US has abruptly lost 47% of its supply of hydroxychloroquine, the drug touted by the president as a potential treatment and preventive measure for COVID-19.

Much of the drug has been produced in India, which banned exporting it.

Despite the president's claims, there is little scientific evidence that the drug is effective for fighting the novel coronavirus. It's normally used to treat lupus, arthritis, and malaria.

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hydroxychloroquine, the drug President Donald Trump touts with little evidence as a drug to fight COVID-19.

Hydroxychloroquine is normally used to treat and ward off the symptoms for malaria, arthritis, and lupus. Much of it is developed in India, which on Saturday banned its export, according to Bloomberg News.

India provided about 47% of the US's supply, according to data from 2019 analyzed by Bloomberg News, and just a "handful" of the US suppliers of the drug are based outside of the country.

At a press conference on Saturday, President Trump said a request to India to release shipments of the drug that had already been ordered was under "serious consideration." The outright ban was announced by India's Directorate General of Foreign Trade on April 4, although the country had alreadylimited exports of the drug prior to the Saturday ban.

The president as recently as a Sunday press conference has said he believes the drug should be used against COVID-19. He's even implied he might take it himself as a preventative measure.

"It's a powerful drug on malaria, and there are scientific works on this. Some strong signs," Trump said Sunday, adding that the US had a stockpile of over 29 million hydroxychloroquine pills that could be used.

"What do you have to lose?" he has said repeatedly, despite the medication's potential side effects and its unproven effects on COVID-19 patients. Clinical trials are currently underway.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and member of the White House Coronavirus Tasks Force, has multiple


Second helping in Finland: the customer Taaleri has ordered six more turbines from the Nordex Group for its “Kivivaara-Peuravaara” wind farm. The asset management company founded in 2010 is adding a further six N131/3000 machines to its wind farm located in the north-east of the country.

The turbines from the Delta series are to be installed on 144 m tubular steel towers by the late summer of 2017 and are to be equipped with the anti-icing system (AIS). This configuration means that Taaleri can generate electricity extremely efficiently even in the difficult climatic conditions with low temperatures in this mountainous forest region. In addition to this, the customer has concluded a Premium full service agreement for 15 years – as for the first phase of the project, which totalstime too.

Dozier was a very good player last season, making up for a poor batting average with power (21 homers) and plate discipline (89 walks) to produce a .245/.345/.416 line that ranked well above average for second basemen. Toss in solid defense and Dozier ranked among the half-dozen best players at his position. Repeating that performance for the next four seasons would make this contract a bargain for the Twins.

Of course, that can basically be said of any long-term contract because they tend to be handed out to players coming off strong seasons and, in Dozier's case, a season that stands out from the rest of his career. Prior to last year Dozier hit just .240/.297/.384 in 231 games for the Twins and .232/.286/.337 in 48 games at


Triple-A. His numbers at Single-A and Double-A were much better, but even those were driven by high batting averages and featured minimal power.

Dozier is a much different hitter now than he was in the minors and because of that it's especially tough to project his future. Right now he looks like a building block-caliber player by combining power and patience at an up-the-middle defensive position. But going back just a couple years shows Dozier as a mediocre prospect who was in the minors until age 25 and that late arrival also meant he was under the Twins' control through age 31.

It's easy to see why Dozier jumped at this deal, but the Twins' motivation isn't as obvious. They could keep him around through 2018 then and they can25 when he takes over at second. And if Polanco – or someone else – turns out to be the Next Big Thing for the Twins middle infield, Dozier, locked into an affordable contract, is an easy trade.

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into compressive engagement with the facing surface of the cage. At that time, the nut's freedom to move laterally within the cage is reduced, but not eliminated, by the friction between it and the facing surface of the cage. The nut's freedom to move laterally and seat anywhere within the cage, even when axially compressed by the bolt against the cage, limits the fastener assembly's capacity to carry shear loads imparted by or to the bolt. Consequently, these loads are borne largely by the aperture formed in the panel, which is in contact with the bolt. A prolonged exposure of this type can enlarge the aperture to a point where the fastener assembly becomes incapable of transferring shear loads and can require time consuming and costly replacement orJack Eichel fed Nick Baptiste to open the scoring less than a minute in to the game, and the Sabres never looked back cruising to a 6-2 win over New Jersey Saturday night at First Niagara Center.

"A good starting point. There's improvement to be made, but happy with the result," Coach Randy Cunneyworth said after the win.

Eichel had just one assist in the game, but had several scoring chances stopped by the Devils netminders.

Baptiste finished with two goals.

Buffalo native Justin Bailey got in on the scoring action near the end of the opening period, firing one top shelf after a turnover to give the Sabres a 3-0 lead.

After New Jersey pulled within 5-1, the Sabres 2nd overall pick in 2014, Sam Reinhart found the back of the net


is in many ways much more tolerant than the United States.” Citing the Canadian researcher Michael Adams, head of Environics and author of “Fire and Ice ,” a 2003 best seller comparing the United States and Canada, she said, “He argued that although the Canadian and U.S. economies have become more integrated, socially we’ve become less alike. Canada has become more socially liberal and less religious than the United States.”

Ms. Campbell — who was prime minister for only four months in 1993, losing her position when the government was defeated in elections that year — can claim other political firsts: first female minister of justice and attorney general, first female minister of national defense and first woman elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.

Every step ofthe way, she had a hand in efforts to remove social and sexual discrimination. “You try to create a new normal, a new level of acceptance,” she said. But if there’s a single issue that absorbs Ms. Campbell, a consultant on the advancement of women and democracy, it is women’s rights — an area where Canada has a mixed record.

When it comes to gender equality, Canada has 76 women in the elected lower house of Parliament and ranks 40th in the world on the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s 2012 list . The United States has 73 female representatives and 17 female senators and ranks 78th in the world. The United States ranks a notch ahead of Canada — 17 and 18, respectively — in the 2011 World Economic Forum Global


Park drug den shut down

Newspaper: Hemsworth Express. Story: The remains of a den used by local youths to gather and take drugs. The den, on South Elmsall recreation ground, has been cut down, as police and the local council get tough on where people are starting to gather. Photo date: 11/08/15 Picture Ref: AB170a0815

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A drug den that was being used by a gang of teenagers in a park has been shut down by police.

People living near South Elmsall Recreation Ground, off Westfield Lane, said they were concerned about the groups of youths after they found bongs hidden in trees at the site.

And they also told the Express youths had been gathering at the site on an evening and staying there until the earlyhours of the morning playing loud music, causing trouble and leaving litter.

Insp Geoff Carter, of South East neighbourhood police team, said police, together with South Elmsall Town Council, have now cut down trees the youths were using as a den.

He also said he was concerned for the health of the teenagers after officers found drugs paraphernalia.

Insp Carter said: “This issue has been brought to our attention by people living close to the site.

“Bongs and drugs paraphernalia have been found up at the site and we are very concerned about safeguarding our young people.

“This kind of behaviour not only has a massive effect on people living close to the park but also has an effect on the youths’ health.”

Clare Baxter, South Elmsall town clerk, said youths had been meeting


STEAM rises during Farmington Founders Festival

More than a month has passed since the Greater Farmington Founders Festival, and one thing seems certain: People have differing opinions about how it went.

Organized by the Greater Farmington Area Chamber, the event brought music, food vendors, activities for kids and teens, and a little controversy to downtown Farmington. Events were also held at Shiawassee Park.

Chamber Director Mary Martin, who was hired last November, jumped into the planning process by meeting with committees in December. She said the STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Arts Math) theme reflected what’s happening in the community, such as the opening of the Farmington Public Schools STEAM Academy in the former Dunckel Middle School on 12 Mile Road.

The Hackbots drew attention on Farmington Road with their robotics display.

New activitieswas particularly vocal on social media with complaints about the closing of Farmington Road, which restricted access to his business.

Martin said the decision was made to carve out a space for kids who were “too old for bounce houses” and activities in Shiawassee Park. The State Street stage hosted shows from morning through late afternoon; some booths, several inflatables, and a climbing wall filled in the area south of State.

Activities for older children occupied Farmington Road during Founders Festival.

One perpetual complaint in recent years has centered around the “Crafters Marketplace,” formerly located on Farmington Road and moved this year to Riley Park and Market Place, the street on the park’s west side. Crafters and artists displayed their wares but seemed outnumbered by commercial vendors, like home improvement and


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Indeed, the campaign has even spread to countries where elections are not even held in 2012. See the German, Spanish, and Serbian translations of the basic information contained on this site.

Ireland had a special place in Crowley’s heart, however. He called himself an Irishman in The Book of Lies, wrote a poem for St. Patrick’s Day, and even penned an Irish Declaration of Independence. He also had some thoughts on an improvement to the flag of Ireland, which he expressed in a letter to the editor of the New York Times,