Although I had been led to believe that the Collection held positive primary documentation for the Lawn Jockey/Jocko statue as an UGRR signal, they apparently do not. ... this was my response to their prompt reply and help in clearing this issue up:
"Dear Aslaku Berhanu,
Thank you so much for your detailed response. It seems then that there is a short trail of late 20th century reference to this phenomenon of the lawn jockey myth. Earl Koger was the first person to publicize this story of "Jocko" the faithful black boy who froze to death holding George Washington's horse as Washington crossed the Delaware in 1776, and the statue that was derived from the boy's death. No where in 200 years of history had the story ever been recorded.Mt. Vernon's extensive records show no statue to a black boy, nor in Washington's extensive records, letters, journals, etc., nor of any of his staff (military or otherwise.) There is no record of a Thomas Graves in the Continental Army (and there are detailed records of black volunteers and fugitives who joined). The lawn jockey statue was never called "Jocko" until after the 1970s when Koger finally published his story. The statues, which began manufacture around late 1864 and 1865, were originally hitching posts in the form of an enslaved boy, in tattered clothes, sitting atop a bale of cotton with his hand outstretched with a ring to hitch a horse. They were sold primarily in the New Orleans market (then occupied by the Union). The statue evolved


over the next few years, so that by the 1870s, it had taken the form of a black groomsman The statue was known variously as the "Sambo Hitching Post", "Negro Boy Hitching Post", and "Nigger Hitching Post". "Lawn Jockey" doesn't appear until the 20th century.
But the "Jocko" story, I believe, is a separate phenomenon from the purported use of the groomsman statue as an UGRR signal. Since your collection does not have the primary documentation that I was led to believe you have, then I must conclude that the story originated with Wilbur Siebert in his 1951 volume "Mysteries of the Ohio's Underground Railroad," in which he claims that the Piatt's of West Liberty, Ohio, ran an UGRR station. Oddly, though he identifies the Piatt family of WestLiberty, Ohio, as pro-slavery in his research files used for his 1898 original Underground Railroad book, it appears that he ignores that research and claims, over fifty years later, that the Piatt's were UGRR agents, who used a lawn jockey statue as their safe house signal. His own research says this is not true, and the lawn jockey he describes and shows in his book could not have been manufactured until well after the Civil War, and possibly the 20th century. I cannot account for Siebert ignoring his own 1st person eye-witness testimony from the 1890s - which, by the way, identifies and credits numerous black UGRR operators in that region.
The Pennsylvania curriculum guide seems to merely repeat Koger's unsubtantiated work and Mr. Blockson's work, which relies on


5/2/2008, 12:31 pm (emphasis mine)
In "The Underground Railroad in Michigan", CE Mull dismisses as 'mythological stories' the idea that a quilt or a 'lawn jockey' was a signal of the underground railroad:

While documented accounts of self-emancipation from enslavement are truly compelling, the
  Underground Railroad is most often presented through fictionalized, mythological stories of escapes. Generalizations about tunnels and quilts engage our attention. Placing the focus on rare objects of popular interest obscures the verifiable history of people and events. It is easy to view the history of slavery in broad brushstrokes of recognizable patterns. But easy isn't honest. Among the hundreds of narratives and biographies cited in this book, not a single one includes any mention of a quilt or lawn jockey, referenced by recent writers asin Wisconsin since 2014. “She’s very in support of law enforcement as far as us being under attack as of the last year,” he said. “She basically said she felt we were under attack and she was in support of law enforcement, and just saying that alone is huge.”

So Bradley believes that unarmed black men shot by cops means the police are under attack. Got it.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, one of Bradley's big supporters was Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke. In November, Clarke, who is black, was asked about the disproportionate incarceration of black people.

"Let me tell you why. Blacks sell drugs and involve themselves in criminal behavior, instead of a more socially acceptable lifestyle — because they're uneducated, they're lazy and they're morally bankrupt. That's why," he said.

Three days


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“Eastern Libyan forces said they thwarted an attempted advance on some of Libya’s major oil ports on Wednesday, hitting a rival faction with air strikes and capturing some of its commanders.

The violence raised the prospect of a fresh struggle for control of the oil ports and for overall power between the many armed factions in anarchic Libya that have competed with each other in shifting alliances since a 2011 uprising.

It came a day after forces led by brigades from the western city of Misrata completed a seven-month battle to oust Islamic State militants from their erstwhile North African stronghold in Sirte, the hometown of late dictator Muammar Gaddafi and less than 200 km (125 miles) northwest of the oil ports.

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A previously healthy 16-year-old girl presented to our hospital emergency department with sudden onset of back pain and difficulty mobilising one week after returning from holiday with her twin sister to Crete. She was an avid gymnast who trained four times a week but denied any previous injuries. Clinical examination was unremarkable, and she was discharged home with a diagnosis of musculoskeletal pain. Over the next 24 hours, her pain worsened and progressed to her left buttock, radiating down the back of her leg, which prompted her family to consult a private adult neurologist. An MRI scan of her spine was performed and the neurologist diagnosed sciatica-piriformus syndrome, probably secondary to a gymnastic injury. The following day, however, she developed a high fever with rigors, but no


For the past five days, I’ve been glued to Twitch, unable to look away from the virtual car crash that is popular streamer Sodapoppin playing on a modded Grand Theft Auto V role-playing server.

Since the middle of last week, popular Twitch streamers have been flocking to a Grand Theft Auto V role-playing server called “No Pixel,” where people can play as a cop, a criminal, a doctor, a different criminal—you name it. Sodapoppin has been playing as a regular dude who works at a vineyard. Other popular streamers, including Summit1g, Lirik, TimTheTatMan, Forsen, Moonmoon, Andy Milonakis, and Greekgodx, all of whom have hundreds of thousands or millions of followers, have joined in.

These streams have put GTA V in league with Fortnite in terms of viewers and led toinstances of the word “crime.” Inevitably, all of his attempts to stick to the straight and narrow go horrifically wrong, in part because even as he tries to make peace with everyone, he accidentally snitches on them—something Sodapoppin did on accident at first, but swiftly incorporated into his act. On his first day in the game, he pissed off the police and got in trouble with multiple major gangs (all played by actual GTA role-players), but—miraculously—managed to collect $2,000, pay them off, and clear his name without ending up in prison.

The next day, he pissed off another gang and took a meeting with them in a parking lot to head off any major altercations at the pass. There, as they conversed, a torso in a Santa hat crawled


did not have Clinton privileges, but publicly argue that their client had never read and understood the statute under which they have been charged by the government.

They could actually start winning in federal court, but the rest of us will still never succeed arguing before the local JP that we actually did not read the stop or speed limit sign or never understood the nuances of the state's traffic regulations and thus never “willfully” violated the law.

Ron Sievert is a Professor at the Bush School of Government and Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas School of Law.

The views of Contributors are their own and are not the views of The Hillindividual health but also intimidating to public health and social security due to their uncertain toxicological profiles \[[@CR11]--[@CR13]\]. The NPS use has become a new global challenge because they are predominantly derivatives or analogues of existing controlled substances and remain mostly elusive from the UN Conventions.

In Taiwan, heroin and methamphetamine have been the predominant illicit drugs since 1990s. HIV infection by needle/solution sharing among heroin injecting users surged in the early 2000s but was contained within a decade after implementation of harm reduction measures \[[@CR11]\]. Methamphetamine, a schedule II substance listed in the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances, was originally a pharmaceutical that was legally manufactured but widely misused in Japan after World War II. Illegal use of methamphetamine then spread to Republic of Korea (a.k.a South Korea,


cannabinoids and cathinones.

In Korea, the top three illicit drugs were methamphetamine, cannabis and opiates in 2004 \[[@CR18]\]. Synthetic drugs such as MDMA, Yaba, and LSD were found in greater proportion in the seizure records. The misuse of common medicines, such as dextromethorphan, zipeprol, and carisoprodol, was also found among young people because of their easy availability. In recent years, seizures of NPS, such as the synthetic cannabinoids JWH-018 or the plant-based substance kratom, have been reported in Korea. Synthetic cannabinoids (JWH-018 and its analogues), first detected in 2008 \[[@CR19]\], have been identified as an emerging threat in Korea. Synthetic cannabinoids accounted for 71 % of total confiscated new drugs, followed by 18 % of phenethylamines, 7 % of piperazines and4% of tryptamines \[[@CR20]\]. Traditional drugs, including heroin and cocaine, are notCategory Archives: eplanks

For the first time in my teaching history, school was cancelled due to impending dangers – high fire risk due to strong winds. It was Monday afternoon, and my double virtual classroom session in elluminate, Ping, with Ajax and the cellist, Rohan from the Melbourne Symphony orchestra had just completed the session. Each week, we logon on quicker, have fewer technical issues etc. Students are becoming accustomed to the routine. Rohan was a particularly vibrant demonstrator with a great sense of humour. I started to hear noise, and realised a student was humming along with the compostition he was playing. The demonstration session was nearly finished when our principal walked in with a wad of yellow printed forms.

He quietly told me that this was a vital


in law who is 89 years old has never seen such dust storms in her life. I had mulched my garden with newspaper and straw to keep the weeds down but that blew everywhere. See the movie clip of how it looked at home. By mid afternoon a fire had broken out 10 mins down the road, so our local fire tanker was called to fight the fire. Many trucks turned up and it was put out fairly quickly.

So….. today, a day of no school was to be a catch up day or so I thought. First I checked out twitter, which is blocked at school and read this tweet

ffoxworth@murcha Glad you’re getting rain! Our school was closed today because it was supposed to snow, but it neveraudio transmission. Jean talked about the penguins and her research with them. Lorraine and Jean had prepared a presentation of slides with some wonderful photos.

Reflecting back, the eplanks of a virtual school were in evidence by the following factors:-

students as experts (year 9 girls became the experts on sound checks, software management etc and worked with Lorraine in Boston)

teachers from Taiwan, Adelaide, Sth America, USA were in the classroom (global teachers)

several students were in their homes in the USA listening and particpating (global students)

Geoff the software developer from Perth was in there (virtual team involving all aspects of the linkup)

every class and student at Hawkesdale P12 College from 5 year olds through to 15 year olds – a broad age group whom Jean managed to keep captivated for


Crime fiction has come a long way. A 100 years ago, if a character in a crime novel had dark skin, a hooked nose, differently-shaped eyes, or even just an accent, it was a known signifier of villainy. These tropes were recognised and accepted by readers and writers alike.

It must have made writers' lives very easy. If you wanted to suggest that a female character was promiscuous, you gave her a French accent and described her as "purring". If you wanted to suggest that she was a spy, you gave her a Russian accent and described her as "slinking".

In that notorious early Tintin book, Tintin in the Congo, Hergé used blackness to signify everything from stupidity and villainy to laziness and cannibalism.

The real laziness, of course, lay withcomes to creating believable black villains. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it is our black writers who have been most successful in this regard.

In Red Ink, Angela Makholwa creates a truly chilling black serial killer and his even more evil associates. In the multiaward-winning Young Blood, Sifiso Mzobe's 17-year-old narrator Sipho falls in with a desperate set of township villains that eventually scare him back to the education he starts off despising.

More recently, Diale Tlholwe's Counting the Coffins (which has just been awarded the K Sello Duiker Memorial Literary Award for a novel written in English) features a private eye, Thabang Maje, wading through a cesspool of bad guys bent on defrauding investors of their savings.

Our white crime writers are also overcoming their natural squeamishness to create some memorable black villains.


members on our stand and to chat with them about their concerns and views. We also welcomed a wide range of people, including a small delegation from Australia, including the chief executive of the Victorian Trucking Association and the organiser of the International Truck Trailer and Equipment Show, which takes place in Melbourne. They were very impressed by everything they saw and heard: a real compliment from genuinely independent observers. It was a great three days and we really look forward to next year.

The price of fuel you are buying today is five pence per litre lower than it might have been due to the campaigning work of the RHA and its partners through FairFuel UK.

This saving is because of the cancellation of the ‘escalator’ of one pence,the postponement of an inflation rise of three pence and the reduction in duty level of one pence. It is a great victory for the industry.

It has to be said, though, that the price of fuel is still high and might go higher, and the rate of duty in the UK is still much higher than most of Europe, so this represents the winning of a battle – the war on fuel duty goes on.

One central feature of the FairFuel UK campaign was the number of MPs who signed up to support us (more than 140) and that was largely as a result of individuals contacting their MPs demanding action. The government clearly felt enormous pressure which led them to act. Having built this firm foundation of support


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to be delivered in 2021.

BC Ferries currently has two Island Class vessels are currently under construction and three Salish Class ships joined the fleet last year.

The five new ships will replace the Bowen Queen, Mayne Queen and Powell River Queen, which will allow for the redeployment of some assets around the fleet.

Replacing one older vessel with two new smaller vessels on the Nanaimo Harbour – Gabriola Island route and the Campbell River – Quadra Island route means increases in capacity and frequency. The passenger carrying capacity on these runs will more than double from 400 to 900 passengers per hour, while the vehicle carrying capacity will increase by approximately 60 to 94 vehicles per hour, BC Ferries said.Kepco takes lead to buy Toshiba UK nuclear unit NuGen

Toshiba had planned to build Westinghouse-designed AP1000 reactors, shown here under construction in China's Zhejiang Province, in the U.K.

SEOUL -- Korea Electric Power is entering one-on-one talks to acquire Toshiba's NuGen nuclear power business in the U.K., seeking a win for a South Korean team trying to expand its reactor-building business abroad.

The partially state-owned utility known as Kepco said Wednesday it had been awarded preferential negotiating rights on purchasing a stake in the wholly owned Toshiba unit, whose future has become uncertain in light of the Japanese conglomerate's dire financial troubles and the bankruptcy of its former U.S. nuclear subsidiary, Westinghouse Electric.

Kepco said it has several months to negotiate the deal, which it seeks to conclude as early as


the first half of 2018. Winning NuGen's Moorside project in northwestern England would mark only the second overseas contract for a Kepco-led nuclear power consortium, which is building a plant in the United Arab Emirates.

The South Korean utility said Toshiba chose it over China General Nuclear Power, or CGN. Kepco CEO Cho Hwan-eik had expressed an interest in NuGen back in March.

Toshiba acquired a majority stake in NuGen in 2014 from Spanish electric company Iberdrola and French energy group GDF Suez, now called Engie. The Japanese group had initially planned to supply Westinghouse-designed reactors for the British project as part of an effort to expand its nuclear business.

Unlike Germany and other nations moving away from nuclear power, the U.K. continues to pursue new capacity. NuGen's planned project formsand the Problem of Evil', International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 37, no. 1 (1995), 13–24; Stephen Maitzen, 'Divine Hiddenness and the Demographics of Theism', Religious Studies, 42 (2006), 177–191. 3 Michael Rea, 'Narrative, Liturgy, and the Hiddenness of God', in Metaphysics and God: Essays in Honor of Eleonore Stump, ed. Kevin Timpe (New York: Routledge, 2009), pp. 76–96. References to this work in the remainder of this paper will be made parenthetically in the text. 119REA'S RESPONSE TO DIVINE HIDDENNESS liturgy. Finally, in §6 I challenge Rea's claim that the availability of mediated experiences of God makes divine silence compatible with God's concern for the well-being of all people. §1. REA'S ARGUMENT FROM HIDDENNESS In order to offer a response to the problem of hiddenness, Rea begins


my two terrible pregnancies.

At the time we lived only 20 minutes from a fantastic pediatric hospital, a place I grew to think of as our second home. The staff? Over the top phenomenal from the janitor to the woman at the information desk to the nurses to the doctors. There were no bad experiences at Children’s of Columbus, Ohio. Saying a lot since it was the Big-C after all.

The staff of the pediatric oncology department came to us with a binder they created during the days leading up to diagnosis. I nearly cried. A gift to each family, the notebooks helped make life less scary for us parents. It was one of the first acts of kindness during one of the hardest a trial a parent could face.

Hey,Information and commentary about the struggle for democracy in the African kingdom of Swaziland

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

KING’S AIRPORT ‘NOT READY UNTIL 2016’

The Swazi Observer,
the newspaper owned by King Mswati III, is once again talking up the prospects
that the building of Sikhuphe International Airport might be completed soon so
it can open early next year.

The airport, dubbed King Mswati’s ‘vanity project’ by
critics, was due to open in 2010 but failed
to, and apologists for the project have been claiming it was ‘just about to
open’ ever since.

The latest is acting director of the Millennium Project
Management Unit (PMU) Patrick Mnisi who claimed, ‘The most part of the airport
has already been completed.’

The Observer
reported him saying the project would be handed over to the Swaziland Civil
Aviation Association (SWACAA) in March 2013. Then, it would take


speak to reporters on the matter.

This is the largest negotiated release so far of the nearly 300 girls whose abduction in 2014 highlighted the threat of Nigeria's homegrown extremists who are linked to Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Before Saturday's release, 195 of the girls had been captive. Now 113 girls remain unaccounted for.

A first group of 21 girls were released in October as Nigeria announced it had begun negotiations with the extremist group. At the time, the government denied making an exchange for Boko Haram suspects or paying ransom.

The 82 freed Chibok schoolgirls arrived in Nigeria's capital on Sunday to meet President Muhammadu Buhari as anxious families awaited an official list of names and looked forward to reuniting three years after the mass abduction. (OlamikanGbemiga/Associated Press)

The girls released in October have been reported to be in government care in Abuja for medical attention, trauma counselling and rehabilitation, according to the government. Human rights groups have criticized the decision to keep the girls in custody in Abuja, nearly 900 kilometres from Chibok.

The newly freed schoolgirls should be quickly released to their families and not be subjected to lengthy government detention, Amnesty International's Nigeria office said, adding that they don't deserve to be put through a "publicity stunt" and deserve privacy.

Two buses carrying the newly released Chibok girls turn under the bridge at the airport junction in Abuja Sunday. (Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters)

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which along with the Swiss government has mediated negotiations between Nigeria's government and Boko Haram, said


earnestly pursue the release of all our Chibok girls and other abducted citizens of Nigeria," the group said in a statement.

This undated image taken from video shows an alleged Boko Haram soldier standing in front of a group of girls said to be among abducted Chibok schoolgirls held since April 2014. (Site Institute via Associated Press) The 276 schoolgirls kidnapped from Chibok in 2014 are among thousands of people abducted by Boko Haram over the years.

The mass abduction brought the extremist group's rampage in northern Nigeria to world attention and began years of heartbreak for the families of the missing schoolgirls.

Some relatives did not live to see their daughters released. Many of the captive girls, most of them Christians, were forced to marry their captors and give birthto children in remote forest hideouts without knowing if they would see their parents again.

It is feared that other girls were strapped with explosives and sent on missions as suicide bombers.

While 82 schoolgirls held captive for three years by Boko Haram militants have been released as part of a prisoner exchange, more than 100 women are still missing. 2:02 A Nigerian military official with direct knowledge of the rescue operation said the freed girls were found near the town of Banki in Borno state near Cameroon.

Buhari late last year announced Boko Haram had been "crushed," but the group continues to carry out attacks in northern Nigeria and neighbouring countries. Its insurgency has killed more than 20,000 people and driven 2.6 million from their homes, with millions facing starvation.


below.

But so had one of the other fallen White Orcs, and thus a quarrel quickly ensued.

It did not last long, however, as Maliad overpowered him quickly

Several hours later Maliad entered the Mountain Town of Onkin, carrying the severed head of the White Orc he had slain.

Meanwhile a great snow storm had ensnared the small Town, and thus when Maliad suddenly appeared from the blinding snow, the town guards knees trembled, and they quickly sought out the town Marshal, who was a Drarven Paladin by the name of Hornic.

Without a fight, Maliad allowed himself to be captured, and placed into the small town jail.

That is where word came of the missing Rangers to the North in the Kind Yor Forrest.

It was also indicated by the tired messenger who hadThe Great Myth: World War I Was No Accident

This month marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War 1, formerly called the Great War.

Not surprisingly, this has brought all sorts of stories and op-eds discussing the disastrous events that killed some 16 million people and wounded an additional 21 million others.

To this day, most observers continue to claim that World War I was an inadvertent war: that is, that none of the countries involved particularly wanted war but war came nonetheless. Some claim it was the major armament programs and offensive military doctrines adopted by European countries in the run-up to the war that made WWI inevitable. Others claim it was the hypernationalistic populaces that caused the war. Still others blame the tight alliances that European


nations formed in the years prior to WWI, which created an environment in which the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by an anarchist could plunge the entire continent into a bloody war. And then there are those that blame the situation on the irreconcilable interests of a rising Germany and a declining Great Britain. Regardless of the particular explanation invoked, most seem to agree that the war was an accident.

More troubling, recent years have seen numerous individuals comparing early 20th century Europe to the Asia-Pacific today. Perhaps most memorably, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at the World Economic Forum earlier this year, made the analogy that the Sino-Japanese rivalry today bears remarkable resemblance to the English-German rivalry prior to WWI. In this case, Abe was trying to portray Chinesethe most powerful nation in the system, thereby becoming a major security threat. Dynamic differentials theory posits that these leaders are most likely to initiate war when they believe they have maximized their relative power– that is, when they believe their relative military power is peaking and delaying war will only allow the rising nation to grow relatively stronger.

Copeland tests the theory through a number of excellent case studies, the best one of which is WWI. In the first WWI chapter, Copeland pokes holes in all the other theories about the causes of WWI, as well as covers a number of crises in the Balkans and Africa in the years prior to the war. In the following chapter, he traces German decision-making–particularly German Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg– from


the July Crisis to the outbreak of WWI.

In this case study, Copeland makes a convincing case that it was the power transition between Germany and Russia–not Germany and Great Britain–that was the real cause of the war. Specifically, he shows that German leaders had long feared that Russia’s greater land mass, resources and population made it a long-term threat to Germany’s survival. This threat would be realized, German leaders assessed, once Russia completed its massive industrialization and military buildup that it began undertaking in the years before WWI began.

Germany thus began its own military buildup (particularly of the naval variety) in hopes of maximizing its power for a war German leaders increasingly saw is inevitable. Before this buildup reached its conclusion, Berlin successfully prevented four major crises inwas murdered, however, Copeland notes that Berlin drastically changed its position. It was at this time that German leaders led by the chancellor decided that war would be most favorable to Germany. Part of this was due to the circumstances of the moment: namely, Germany’s ability to paint Russia as the aggressor. This was necessary in order to ensure that the German people–particularly the Social Democratic Party–would back the war. Portraying Russia as the aggressor would also force Austria to join the war, and could make Great Britain less supportive of France and Russia, at least initially. That being said, Copeland vigorously disputes some historians views that German leaders believed that England would remain neutral in the war. While they certainly would have preferred such an outcome, they


realized this was wholly unlikely.

But the main reason German leaders preferred war in 1914 was their belief that German power was at its zenith. Berlin had managed to build up its military forces in the years before the war. More importantly, “German leaders believed that continental or world war had to be fought in 1914, since by 1917 as Russia completed its military reforms and strategic railways, Germany could no longer expect to take on” the combined Russian, French and British forces.

As a result, German leaders masterfully manipulated the aftermath of the July Crisis to ensure a European war in which Russian appeared to be the aggressor because it announced a mobilization of its forces. Thus, Copeland argues “that Germany actively sought war in July 1914 and thatNorth Pinellas Childrens Medical Center is healthcare, which located in Florida. They address is 12780 Race Track Road #305. On this page you can see full information about North Pinellas Childrens Medical Center in 12780 Race Track Road #305, Florida: customer reviews, opening times, drive directions, photos, contacts etc.

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With skills imparted during an aeromodelling summer samurai camp, the students designed and developed the SWAEROSAT-1.

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Hyderabad: Declaring once again that very little was beyond them, 15 students of the Telangana Social Welfare Residential Schools launched the SWAEROSAT-1 in the early hours of Friday.

The tiny payload was sent into the stratosphere with the help of a massive balloon from the premises of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Hyderabad, around 2.40 am. The balloon reached an altitude of 26 km and recorded data throughout the flight which lasted about four hours. The main objective of the mission was to study harmful radiations and also to measure the concentration of ozone at various altitudes and compare it to global standards.

The entire flight wastracked live with GPS from a control centre at TIFR and the payload was recovered at Gulbarga, Karnataka.

The 15-member team was mentored and trained by captain Anil Kumar and Sujay Sreedhar of Swaero-Sapiens Automation Solutions, Hyderabad. After the training, the students designed and developed the SWAEROSAT-1 and it was launched as a symbol of aspiration of millions of marginalized communities in the country. The joy of the students knew no bounds as their dream project of launching a near-space micro probe successfully into stratosphere became a reality.

All the students part of the launch hail from economically backward families with their parents working as daily wage labourers, masons, auto drivers, construction workers, vegetable vendors and roadside tea sellers.

“I never imagined in my dreams that I will get an opportunity


to design a near-space micro probe at a young age. I feel that this is once in a lifetime opportunity and I am fortunate to be a part of the social welfare educational institutions,” said an elated team member Prasanna Lakshmi, a class IX student at Telangana Social Welfare Residential School-Isnapur,

Another team member J Divya from Gowlidoddi College, who wants to become a space scientist, said she was thrilled to witness payload taking off majestically without any glitches.

Minister for Welfare Koppula Eshwar congratulated students for their ‘remarkable scientific endeavour’ and for making the State proud. Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society Secretary Dr RS Praveen Kumar, who was present at the launch, said it was a rare feat in the history of TSWREIS.

“Perhaps for the first timeIn 1947 a Bedouin shepherd unearthed the first of nearly 900 texts that would come to be known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. They were found in a series of 11 caves near Qumran, Israel (shown here).

An archaeologist says he discovered nine tiny scrolls with biblical text from the Qumran caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were unearthed, according to news reports.

The newfound scrolls, which date back to about 2,000 years ago, were hidden inside three leather tefillin cases, also known as phylacteries, traditionally carried by observant Jewish men, Italian news agency Ansa Mediterranean reported. These cases were first pulled out of the caves in the 1950s, but their contents apparently were not examined until now.

Starting in the 1940s, the remains of more than 900 manuscripts were found


in 11 caves near the site of Qumran in the West Bank. This collection Hebrew Bible texts, which came to be known as the Dead Sea Scrolls, included copies of Genesis, Exodus, Isaiah, Kings and Deuteronomy.

"'It's not every day that you get the chance to discover new manuscripts," archaeologist Yonatan Adler told Ansa Mediterranean. "It's very exciting."

The nine new documents have not been fully examined yet and it's not yet clear what's written in the text. Adler announced his findings at an international conference on Qumran and the Dead Sea Region at Lugano, Switzerland.

Follow Megan Gannon on Twitter and Google+. Follow us @livescience, Facebook & Google+. Original article on Live Science.1984. The prevention of cholesteatoma is based upon our basic knowledge of the disease. It requires avoiding damage to or repair of the osteo-membranous anatomical barrier which separate the two compartments, outer and middle, of the ear. This aim can now be better achieved by the use of tympanic homografts and recent techniques for repair of the bony external auditory canal. Recurrences (13%) are due to the ability of progression of the cholesteatoma but also, and above all, the imperfect surgery. Whilst it was long believed that complete eradication of cholesteatoma was impossible without destruction of part of the architecture of the ear, it is now known to be possible, and even represents one of the best methods for the prevention of recurrences.


President Obama speaks about Chrysler's bankruptcy filing in Washington on Thursday, April 30. The US has bailed out several of the country's largest companies, including General Motors, Bank of America, and AIG.

The US government is undertaking a historic expansion of its role in American industry with interventions that are economically risky, even as it aims to cushion America from a deep recession.

Chrysler’s bankruptcy filing last week underscores the depth of the federal government’s involvement in some of the biggest names in American business, from General Motors to Citigroup.

Neither President Obama nor President Bush before him espoused any desire to run car companies or banks. But the federal role is rising all the same, based on the concern that the failure of vital companies could cause lasting damage toto pursue long-term fiscal controls, but with little certainty yet on how he will achieve the objective.

The government has long been intertwined with the private sector in various ways, from regulation of banks to providing postal and passenger-rail services. This isn’t the first time that major chunks of the banking sector have been rescued in a financial crisis. And it isn’t just President Franklin Roosevelt who used the might of the government to engineer economic results during hard times. Republican President Nixon tried wage and price controls to battle Vietnam-era inflation.

A high water mark for government involvement was World War II, when much of American industry was mobilized for military production.

When will the bailouts end?

Yet the current government role in the private sector is unusually large.

How large could


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Nature, one of the world's most prestigious academic journals, made an online apology to Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen on Monday, a few days after an article titled "Why great Olympic feats raise suspicions" on its website triggered a backlash. The controversial online article said Ye's performance at the London Olympics was "anomalous." It implied that her clean drug test did not rule out the possibility of doping.

Nature's apology came under an "Editor's note," saying it didn't single out Ye because of her nationality, but admitted that the combination of some errors in the article and the absence of a more detailed discussion of the statistics gave the impression that the journal was supporting accusations against Ye.

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LINCOLN SQUARE — Nearly a year after closing for a multimillion-dollar makeover, a dolled-up Davis Theater is set to reopen Thursday.

"She feels like she's got her sparkly earrings back on," said Faith Hurley, project manager for Analogous Co., a collaborative group of designers headed by Grant Stewart that was responsible for much of the theater's new look.

It was in June 2015 that Davis owner Tom Fencl announced plans to restore the nearly 100-year-old theater to its former art deco glory, along with the addition of an adjacent restaurant and bar dubbed Carbon Arc.

"Part of it was making a new space look old, and making an old space look new," Fencl said. "And making it homogenous, so it looks like theywere always together."

The project received a boost from the National Park Service, which recognized the Davis as a historic landmark. The designation meant the renovation was eligible for tax credits — with strings attached.

Fencl, Hurley and architect Ben Kennedy, of Kennedy Mann Architecture, frequently negotiated with the Park Service on design elements from fabrics to lighting, with an eye toward remaining as true as possible to the Davis' original era, while also acknowledging that the theatergoing experience has undergone radical change since 1918.

"It was a balancing act between city requirements, our vision, the National Park Service and [accessibility] requirements, which didn't exist 80 years ago," Fencl said.

Among the sticking points: The Park Service insisted that Kennedy's plan retain the sloped floor in the theater's 300-seat "grand auditorium," which


effectively killed any notion of modern stadium seating.

"It was a give-and-take" that led to several slowdowns and added months to the construction timeline, due to "the collective nature of so many things they wanted changed," Fencl said.

The old hand-lettered marquee is another mandated holdover, as is a small chandelier in the theater's lobby.

"It's less than a 'wow factor,'" said Hurley, but the chandelier is original, and the Park Service insisted it stay.

"It feels a little underwhelming for a lobby entrance, but we love it just the same," she said.

The overall "art deco industrial" aesthetic nods to the geometric patterns, metallics and textures of the early 20th century without slavishly reproducing them.

"Respect tradition enough to evolve it — it feels like we hit that right," Hurley said.

The grand openingduring hours the Davis would otherwise be dark.

Fencl's vision: "If you're having a sales team meeting, why not do it in a creative space?" for less money than Downtown — and have lunch catered by Carbon Arc.

"We'll be bringing people in from other parts of the city," he said. ""They'll get to know our neighborhood."

Hidden no more

Kennedy has a file folder on the Davis project that goes back five years. During that time, one of the most exciting moments came when members of the team poked their heads above the theater's drop ceiling and discovered the original vaulted ceiling was still largely intact, albeit in need of a good deal of TLC.

Long hidden behind drywall, the ornate plaster work was cleaned, painted and replaced where needed (Fencl estimates


less than 5 percent is reproduction).

It mattered little to the team that much of the plaster detail will be lost to patrons sitting in the dark (the rear seats in the front screening rooms offer the best close-up look).

"It's way too cool to cover back up," said Kennedy, who was at a loss to explain why it was walled over in the first place.

The type of craftsmanship on view at the Davis fell out of favor in the latter half of the 20th century, but is enjoying a resurgence, he said.

"These are things people appreciate now," Kennedy said. "So many structures 30 years ago weren't saved — a lot more people care now."

Parallel universe

The first thing longtime Davis theatergoers will notice when they enter the 135-seat screening rooms:Not only are the screens doubled in size, they're no longer angled.

"All seats are parallel to the screen," Kennedy said.

Another enhancement: Food can be brought into the theater from neighboring Carbon Arc, with trays designed to snap into the seats.

The rear walls have been pushed back 12 feet from their former position, and consultants were brought in to review the sight lines and acoustics, he said.

A hallway separates the two screening rooms, but the grand auditorium sits directly behind them. To prevent sound bleed, special materials were used behind the screens, and the drywall between the screening rooms and auditorium is nearly 1½ inches thick, according to Kennedy.

Last, but not least

On a typical design job, bathrooms are often an afterthought.

"They're always left to the end; the client's usually


out of money," Hurley said.

But with the Davis renovation, the restrooms were the one feature she knew she absolutely had to knock out of the park.

"In all the reviews, they were the only thing ripped apart. There was so much conversation around the bathrooms," Hurley said.

Finding space for the expanded restrooms — there are 10 stalls in the women's room and a mix of stalls and urinals in the men's room — was one of the renovation's biggest design conundrums, Kennedy said.

The pieces fell into place when Fencl proposed stadium seating for the Davis's front two theaters.

The elevated seating configuration created pockets underneath, and Kennedy had his solution.

"We turned air space into floor space," he said, with the bathrooms situated below the last three rows of screening roomseats.

Two family bathrooms, where the old women's bathroom once stood, were added in part because of Fencl's personal experience as the father of three girls.

"I always had to figure out how to take my daughters into the bathroom," he explained.

CARBON ARC

Dinner and a movie

With the addition of Carbon Arc Bar & Board, the Davis becomes not just a movie house, but an entertainment center, Fencl said.

Intended to both complement the Davis and operate independently, Carbon Arc was designed to serve patrons with a wide range of needs — from moviegoers grabbing a drink before or after a flick to families enjoying a sit-down dinner.

The challenge for Kennedy was to take a string of chopped-up storefronts — once the home of La Bocca Della Verita restaurant and Ravenswood Used


Books — unify them into a single contiguous entity called Carbon Arc, and tie the restaurant to the theater.

He accomplished much of that by knocking down walls — after first consulting with structural engineers to make sure the apartments above were still fully supported.

In many ways, the team had greater creative freedom with the restaurant than the theater — a mural featuring characters like Shrek and Yoda didn't have to conform to 1920s standards — but the National Park Service still placed a number of restrictions on Carbon Arc's construction.

"We wanted to make a straight storefront, the National Park Services wanted recesses," consistent with the building's original appearance, Kennedy said.

The park service won, even thought that meant giving up some room for restaurant seating.

"We even have a recesstheir imperfection are truer to the Davis's original roots than manufactured signs would have been, Hurley said.

The carpet in the lobby features a larger pattern than the one in the theaters, as opposed to other way around, to give the theater's entrance the illusion of additional height and width. The smaller pattern "would read as busier and feel smaller" if used in the lobby, she said.

"People want to know you thought through every part of the experience," Hurley said.

Perhaps the most unique element can be found on the walls of Carbon Arc's bathrooms.

"The Davis is the Davis — it has its identity," Hurley said. "Carbon Arc is the new kid. It just felt like, 'How can we tell that story more?'"

Taking their cues from the restaurant's name, which


references a type of lamp that lit early film projectors, members of the design team began searching for carbon arc blueprints.

After coming across images in the public domain, the next step was to turn them into a pattern, which was made into custom wallpaper.

"This wallpaper is nowhere else in the world," Hurley said. "That shows the love we had."

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Minnie L. Scott, the fourth child of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Scott, was born at Bedford, 0., April 25, 1863. She was married to Herbert L. Aiken at Bed¬ ford on August 30,1882, Of this happy union four children were born, three of whom, together with her husband, survive her, Pearl . M., Nellie 0. and Mmota G.; Lawrence Albert having preceded her to the great beyond June 17,1891.
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~~^Mrs. Minnie L., wife of Conductor Aiken, of the Lakeside & Marblehead Railway, died at her home in Marble- heed, on Tuesday, June 1St. aged 34 years, of consumption. She leaves three little children. Funeral services were held Thursday at the house. The remains were taken to Bebford(Ohio), for interment. 6>-^~/W7

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Herbert L. Aiken, aged 34 years, 1 month and 6 days.
Minnie L. Scott, the fourth child of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Scott, was born at Bedford, 0., April 25, 1863. She was married to Herbert L. Aiken at Bed¬ ford on August 30,1882, Of this happy union four children were born, three of whom, together with her husband, survive her, Pearl . M., Nellie 0. and Mmota G.; Lawrence Albert having preceded her to the great beyond June 17,1891.
Mrs. Aiken was a woman of many rare qualities and her kind and loving- disposition won for her a large circle of friends. ',— )/- S W
Her funeral occured at the residence of her brother, D. C. Scott, Jr.,on Grace street, Bedford, O., Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Eev.Thos. Lees, of Cleve¬ land, conducting the services. The in¬ terment took place in Bedford ceme¬ tery, and her remains were followed to their last resting place by a large concourse of sorrowing and sympa¬ thizing friends and relatives.
~~^Mrs. Minnie L., wife of Conductor Aiken, of the Lakeside & Marblehead Railway, died at her home in Marble- heed, on Tuesday, June 1St. aged 34 years, of consumption. She leaves three little children. Funeral services were held Thursday at the house. The remains were taken to Bebford(Ohio), for interment. 6>-^~/W7


Egypt’s leader to declare crisis resolution has failed, says report

Despite international efforts, government looks poised to intensify crackdown on pro-Morsi Islamists

Supporters of Egypt's ousted president Mohammed Morsi chant slogans against members of the country's interim government in Cairo, Egypt, last week. (photo credit: AP/Hassan Ammar)

An Egyptian media outlet reported late Tuesday that the country’s interim president plans to announce that efforts to resolve his government’s ongoing crisis with the Muslim Brotherhood have failed.

Adly Mansour will deliver an address on Wednesday, according to state-owned Al-Ahram, in which he will discuss the failure of American, European and Arab envoys over the past three days to come up with a way to stop the ongoing mass protests by supporters of deposed president Mohammed Morsi.

Senior Egyptian political sources told Al-Ahram that Mansourand stop the violence” while moving forward with Egypt’s fast-track road map. The plans calls for amending the constitution and holding new elections by early next year “without discrimination or isolation.”

US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, who arrived Friday, also was meeting with Mansour and ElBaradei.

Early Monday, Burns visited Khairat el-Shater, a top Muslim Brotherhood leader who is held in a Cairo prison. He was accompanied by a European Union envoy and Gulf foreign ministers.

Morsi, Egypt’s first freely elected president who came to power nearly a year and a half after the ouster of his predecessor Hosni Mubarak in a 2011 uprising, has been held at a secret location since his ouster. Last week, he was visited by the EU’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and a


The Vibe's vast atrium is a nod to Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York. Photo: Jay Cronan

Both the design and execution of the $50 million, seven-storey, 191-room hotel were strong talking points when members of the Australian Property Institute conducted a site visit on Wednesday.

Warren Prince, an API associate, was impressed.

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Luke Saunder of the TFE Group, which has partnered with Canberra Airport in the development, said designers, Bates Smart architects, had referenced the iconic Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Guggenheim Museum in New York with the seven-storey-high atrium. The building's standout design feature, the atrium is pierced by large skylights and soars over the lobby, bar, restaurant and otherpublic areas.

"We wanted a social space for both the hotel and the [adjacent] Brindabella Business Park," he said.

The Vibe, which began taking bookings online well ahead of Monday's opening, has been in the pipeline for over a decade.

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arrest in September 2001, he was addicted to methamphetamine, using up to an “8
ball” (one-eighth of an ounce) a day. He also admitted that he suffered from manic
depressive bipolar disorder, had been institutionalized twice as a result, and received
Social Security for his mental disability. He also acknowledged that during 2000 and
2001, he was not taking the prescription medication that regulates his manic
depressive disorder. In addition, he admitted that he was angry with Gregory for
taking his truck, selling it, and not giving him the money.
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ammonia, a component used tomanufacture methamphetamine, with Gregory. In
exchange, Gregory taught him how to manufacturing methamphetamine. The
following year, Hawkinson testified, he traded methamphetamine to Gregory and
Justin for pseudoephedrine pills, another component used to manufacture
methamphetamine. Hawkinson said that in a typical transaction, he would deliver an
“8 ball” (an eighth of an ounce) of methamphetamine in exchange for one thousand
pills. He testified that the trade of a thousand pills for an 8 ball of methamphetamine
with Gregory occurred “approximately 10 times.” When asked how he knew it was
approximately ten times, Hawkinson replied, “Because I was there.” Hawkinson also
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2015 NBA Finals: L.A. Lakers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

Kobe and LeBron’s 3rd meeting in the NBA FInals was one for the ages.

The Lakers and Cavs start the NBA’s 2014–15 season as league favorites to meet in the Finals, rankings greatly boosted by two highly talented teams sporting a legendary rivalry in Kobe vs. LeBron. While other players on each team were also getting their fair share of the credit — Dwight, CP3, and Butler on the Lakers and Kyrie and Love on the Cavs — most of the fans’ cheers still went for Bryant and James.

The Lakers’ young scoring bench mob became known for helping rest Kobe and Chris Paul during long stretches, giving them the opportunity to rest as needed in already-won games (much like


the Spurs do). While the Warriors and Thunder had become Western Conference powerhouses like the Lakers, they both would tie up their regular season records against L.A. In the East the revamped Cavs needed just a few weeks to work out the kinks in their offense — initially having Kevin Love not mesh as well as they’d first hoped. Soon enough there were taking out most opponents with ease on LeBron and Kyrie Irving’s ‘Batman & Robin duo’ (supported by Love), winning games by an average of 7.4 points.

Come the playoffs both Kobe and LeBron and their eyes on one final match-up. The Lakers first round matchup against the Dallas Mavericks was an easy task as L.A. swept them 4–0. Kobe was his usual amazing self, averaging 24.5roll past first round opponent Boston Celtics 4–0 before running into the Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference semi-finals. Chicago proved to be tougher than they expected, with Derrick Rose having a surprise resurgence after years of knee troubles and Joakim Noah handily outplaying Kevin Love inside. CHI would steal the first 2 games in the series, leaving many to question if LeBron was truly done for. But that doubt would only fuel LeBron’s fire and he answered back with winning the next 4 games to take the series.

The Conference Finals for the Lakers and Cavs would prove to be a strong challenge for each team. In the West Kobe’s squad had met up with Steph Curry and Klay Thompson’s Warriors — a multi-talented deep shooting team led


his team into the Finals, leading in points and assists.

LeBron and the Cavs, meanwhile, had an easier time with the less experienced Hawks, beating them by 15 and 21 points in Games 1 and 2 respectively. Atlanta’s Al Horford and guard Dennis Schroeder would rally hard in Game 3 for a 18 point lead going into halftime, only to see Kyrie Irving and LeBron James chip away until they netted out a 4 point win. Game 4 would be over nearly as soon as it began, with Kevin Love out-rebounding Horford inside and dishing out to teammates LeBron, Kyrie, and JR Smith for easy scores — leading to the Cavs winning 103–91 and heading into the Finals.

Kobe Bryant. LeBron James. Lakers vs. Cavs. The 3rd time these twoNBA Legends were due to face off in the Finals had finally arrived. Both men had been compared, debated, cheered, booed, raised up, and brought down. And although only a select few knew it at the time many fans had the feeling this would be the final time Bryant and James would go up against each other for the NBA Championship. 36 year old Kobe Bryant and 30 year old LeBron James had heard their names in the same conversation of ‘who’s Michael Jordan’s heir apparent’ since they each entered the league straight from high school — Kobe in 1996 and LeBron in 2003. But the time for these debates was over. Each had 1 Finals win and 1 Finals loss against the other. It was time to


and his endless inside jams gave the Cavs the victory. In Game 4 Cavs guard Kyrie Irving would take control with 37 points, 18 assists, and 9 rebounds — nearly missing out on a triple-double — as he was everywhere on the court, getting open looks for Kevin Love, LeBron, and JR Smith to make a combined 15 threes and send the Lakers back to L.A. tied 2–2.

But Kobe was not one to take a beatdown lightly. With Dwight back for Game 5, Phil Jackson decided to have Jimmy Butler give Kobe double team help on LeBron on defense and set more screens against James on the offense, making it easier for Kobe to play against his long-time rival. The tactic worked well, leading LeBron to go 4Washington (AFP) - The US military denied a report that strikes led by Washington had killed at least 52 civilians in northern Syria earlier this week, saying those killed were actually fighters.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor director Rami Abdel Rahman had told AFP that seven children were among the dead from US-led coalition strikes overnight Thursday into Friday on the village of Birmahle in Aleppo province.

He had warned the toll could rise as rescuers were battling to save 13 people trapped under rubble.

"US Central Command can confirm that Coalition forces conducted airstrikes in the vicinity of Birmahle, Syria, on April 30, destroying several ISIL fighting positions and striking more than 50 ISIL fighters," command spokesman Major Curt Kellogg said in a statement, using an acronym by which


and take all allegations of civilian casualties very seriously."

Abdel Rahman had indicated that the village is inhabited by civilians only with no IS presence.

Air strikes by the international coalition have supported Kurdish militias fighting IS in Aleppo province, most notably in the flashpoint border town of Kobane, which is near Birmahle.

Backed by the strikes, Kurdish fighters drove fighters out of Kobane in January. A 5.1-magnitude earthquake has rocked western France, felt as far as Bordeaux in the south and Normandy in the north.

The “moderate” quake prompted concern across the country, but no damage has been reported so far.

France’s national seismic service said the epicentre of the 5.1 magnitude earthquake on Friday morning was near the town of Bressuire, which is between Angers and La Rochelle in the west of the country.

It shook cities including Le Mans, Nantes, Rennes and Caen.

The quake is a relatively strong one for France, which generally experiences infrequent seismic activity of this scale and is home to numerous historic buildings not designed to withstand quakes.

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Dame This photograph taken on November 9, 2019, shows the choir screen at Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral in Paris. - Crowds of stunned Parisians and tourists -- some crying, others offering prayers -- watched on in horror in central Paris on April 15, 2019, as flames engulfed the Notre-Dame Cathedral. Gasps and cries of "Oh my god" erupted at 7:50 pm (1750 GMT) when the top portion of the church's spire came crashing down into an inferno that has spread to the entire roof. AFP/Getty Images The Architecture of the Notre Dame This photograph taken on November 9, 2019, shows a funerary monument to Archbishop Jean-Baptiste de Belloy at Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral in Paris. - Crowds of stunned Parisians and tourists -- some crying, others offering prayers-- watched on in horror in central Paris on April 15, 2019, as flames engulfed the Notre-Dame Cathedral. Gasps and cries of "Oh my god" erupted at 7:50 pm (1750 GMT) when the top portion of the church's spire came crashing down into an inferno that has spread to the entire roof. AFP/Getty Images The Architecture of the Notre Dame This photograph taken on November 9, 2019, shows the choir screen at Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral in Paris. - Crowds of stunned Parisians and tourists -- some crying, others offering prayers -- watched on in horror in central Paris on April 15, 2019, as flames engulfed the Notre-Dame Cathedral. Gasps and cries of "Oh my god" erupted at 7:50 pm (1750 GMT) when the top portion of the


church's spire came crashing down into an inferno that has spread to the entire roof. AFP/Getty Images The Architecture of the Notre Dame In this file photo taken on April 14, 2017 shows a priest wiping the Crown of Thorns, a relic of the passion of Christ- at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. - A colossal fire swept through the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019, causing a spire to collapse and threatening to destroy the entire masterpiece and its precious artworks. The fire, which began in the early evening, sent flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the Paris sky as stunned Parisians and tourists watched on in sheer horror. AFP/Getty Images The Architecture of the Notre Dame Notre Dame interiorNotre Dame Interior of Notre Dame, Paris, France Alamy Stock Photo The Architecture of the Notre Dame Interior view of Notre Dame Paris France. Image shot 08/2008. Exact date unknown Alamy Stock Photo The Architecture of the Notre Dame Interior of the Notre Dame Cathedral with many stained glass windows and a hanging chandelier in Paris France Alamy Stock Photo The Architecture of the Notre Dame Cathedral Notre-Dame, Interior, Rose Window, Strasbourg, Alsace, Bas-Rhin Department, France Alamy Stock Photo The Architecture of the Notre Dame Nave, Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, Paris, France, Europe Alamy The Architecture of the Notre Dame France. Paris. Cathedral of Notre- Dame. Inside. Alamy Stock Photo

“I felt the house shaking here in Montsoreau,” wrote Peter Symon on Twitter who was 70km (43 miles) away


from Bressuire. “It was the same sensation as the earthquake in Birmingham in the 1990s: like someone moving a wardrobe next door.”

It comes after a 4.9 magnitude quake struck the country in March this year, near Bordeaux, causing chimneys to fall from an empty apartment block.

The largest earthquake ever recorded in France was the 1909 Provence quake which had a magnitude of 6.2.New Delhi: In just over two weeks, the Ministry of External Affairs has done a U-turn on the controversial decision to issue passports with orange covers for Indian migrant workers – for whom an Emigration Check Required (ECR) stamp is mandatory before they are allowed to embark for a set of designated countries.

The initial announcement, made on January 12, was immediately criticised by opposition Congress and Left parties. The Kerala high court on Monday also issued a notice to the MEA on a PIL filed against the decision.

On January 29, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj chaired a meeting which took the decision to scrap the idea.

“The MEA has received several individual and collective representations requesting to reconsider these two decisions,” said a press release issued by the foreign


based on the recommendation of a three-member joint committee of the MEA and the women and child development ministry. The panel had been formed to deal with issues related to passports of children of single parents and adopted children.

The recommendation was that the printing of the last page of the passport booklet – which has details like the name of the father, mother or legal guardian, spouse and address – should be discontinued.

Having accepted this suggestion, the ministry was then faced with the prospect of how to mark ECR passport holders, since such details are only mentioned on the last page.

The solution found by the foreign office was to issue orange-coloured passport jackets to ECR passport holders, rather than the navy blue cover for regular passports.

This led toof the responsibility for home care services by municipalities was voluntary. The Swedish government gave county councils and municipalities a free hand to negotiate the organization of home care services \[[@r29]\]. The freedom to negotiate organizational forms locally was intended to result in variation among municipalities, based on local conditions, regarding the responsibility for home care services.

In other words, the reform consisted of a combination of two coordinating mechanisms, namely, central steering from the Swedish government, and incentives to create networks at the regional and local levels \[[@r29]\]. In terms of a common distinction between three ideal typical coordinating mechanisms---hierarchy, market and network \[[@r30]\]---the reform was implemented mainly through the use of hierarchy and, specifically regarding home care services, through the use of networks. The Swedish political system,


Thus, the degree of integration is higher in model 2: cooperation between county councils and municipalities regarding home care services is built into the formal organizational structure. Model 3 represents a still higher degree of structural integration of home care. Municipalities were responsible for and provided both home help and home care services.

The national organization of Swedish home care has a somewhat peculiar design. The distribution of the different organizational models for home care resulted in a sub-national rather than a national structure; county councils tended to form clusters of municipalities with the same kind of organization. In eight of the eleven county council areas where one single model of organization for home care was universally prevailing, municipalities had taken over the responsibility for home care services. ThisWork and Annika Tillander, Department of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University, who gave valuable advice and support in statistical matters. We are also grateful to Klas Borell, Department of Social Work, Mid Sweden University, for valuable comments on the manuscript. The study was funded by grants from Mid Sweden University, Department of Health Sciences and Uppsala University, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences and the Research and Development Unit for Elderly Care in North-West Stockholm County Council, Sweden. The study was also funded by grants from County of Jämtland Fund for Cancer Research and The Swedish Society of Nursing.

Henceforth, county councils and regions will both be called county councils.

289 municipalities at the time of data collection.

1992, the number of county councils were 25 (i.e. the two regions


Labour says pension move 'anything but fair'

Shadow work and pensions secretary Debbie Abrahams said the changes to pensions was "astonishing".

She was speaking after the government announced six million men and women will have to wait a year longer than they expected to get their state pension.

The rise in the pension age to 68 will now be phased in between 2037 and 2039, rather than from 2044 as was originally proposed.

Ms Abrahams referred to recent reports suggesting increases in life expectancy were beginning to stall, and mentioned long-standing health inequalities between different income groups and regions in retirement.in a blanket, I could not sleep. My head was filled with coffin flies, blowflies, maggots, and cheese skippers. The maggots were nothing new: I had thought of them often while dwelling on the delights of decomposition. Daffy had even read out to me at the breakfast table—"Knowing _your_ proclivities," she had said, smirking—that wonderful passage from _Love's Labour's Lost_ , where one of the characters says, "These summer-flies have blown me full of maggot ostentation."

It had caused Father to put aside his sausages, get up, and leave the room, but had given me a whole new appreciation of Shakespeare. Anyone who could write a line like that can't be too much of a stick-in-the-mud.

Dear Father. What a sad life he'd had. What a rotten hand Fate had


Harriet slighted—not even obliquely—but on the other, I could sympathize with Scarlett, who, like me, had probably been bundled up and shipped off to school without so much as a "Fare-thee-well-and-mind-the-flypaper."

We were a couple of tender souls tossed together into a cement mixer.

"Look," I said, taking a chance and hoping I wouldn't regret it later. "We're a team, you and I."

I thought, just for an instant, of my other so-called partner, Adam Sowerby, even though I had never actually agreed verbally to a partnership with him. Adam was too secretive and, let's face it, too old to be trusted fully. At

this very moment, he would be poking round some moldy, ivied ruin of an English castle pretending to be searching for seeds, yet all the while prying intochanging the subject. "Miss Moate produces Francesca's plate of lobster from under her tea cozy, the chairman breaks it up for her, and she tucks into a hearty meal. Is that it?"

"Pretty well," Fabian said. "I was busy dismembering my own lobster, mind you, and it was a chore. One hates to splatter one's neighbors with melted butter and intestinal juices. One tries to be ladylike."

"And Francesca?"

"Oh, she seemed to be getting on quite well, chatting up the girls, for a while, anyway. She was the center of attention in her Cinderella getup."

"What about the chairman? Was he in costume, too?"

Fabian snorted. "I should say not. He's above that sort of thing."

"What about the prizes?" I asked. "Didn't Francesca present one of them?"

"Yes," Fabian said. "I think so.


dreams of playing in the tournament. Enjoy these travelogues about this fascinating area of Thailand.

Wat Khao Takiap is a Buddhist temple complex on “Chopsticks Hill” (Khao Takiap) south of Hua Hin Town center. One of the most recognizable temples in Hua Hin, it straddles a 272-meter (890 feet) tall hill that juts out into the Gulf of Thailand and is visible from beaches to the north and south.

A shrine shaped like a blooming white lotus flower sits halfway up the hillside. Although the 80 or so steps to it are a quick workout, one can drive to a parking lot part way up Chopsticks Hill. The view from the shrine and the shrine itself are both picturesque.

The parking lot area is even more interesting with an eclectic mixbodily injury, and civil conspiracy.7 In their counterclaims, appellees sought

declaratory relief regarding their use of the “easement area” under the legal theories of easement by

express grant, implied easement, easement by prescription, and easement by estoppel. They also

sought injunctive relief and attorney’s fees. During the pendency of the suit, the district court

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          During the pendency of the suit, the Nickelses obtained a temporary injunction against
appellee David Mathews II. The district court ultimately denied the Nickelses’ claims for monetary
damages, and the Nickelses do not challenge the denial of these claims on appeal.


located in Travis County
               on Lake Travis, into tracts and lots and then marketed the lots and tracts to
               the public pursuant to a common scheme or plan of development for the
               subdivision known as Travis Peak Estates.

       2.      In connection with and in furtherance of the marketing and sale of the lots
               and tracts in Travis Peak Estates, surveyor James  Travis Peak Estates, including the portion of the road easement referred to
               herein as the Roadway Easement (which is the portion located on land owned
               by Plaintiffs Craig and Sheila Nickels), and the location and configuration of
               the Easement Area comprising approximately four acres located on Lake
               Travis, which was described on the P&W Map as follows: “EASEMENT


that the tracts would be and
      were sold with easement rights to use the Easement Area and the Easement
      Area was set aside and reserved for use by owners of property in Travis Peak
      Estates as a recreation and private park area.

8.    Most of the tracts and lots in Travis Peak Estates do not have frontage on
      Lake Travis, and reserving and setting aside the Easement Area, which is
      located on Lake Travis, for the use of owners of property in Travis Peak
      Estates as a recreation and private park area, was an important andand tracts to the Travis Peak Estates Property
      Owners and their predecessors in title grant an express easement appurtenant
      to use the Easement Area as a recreation and private park area.

13.   The deeds granting Travis Peak Estates lots and tracts to the Travis Peak
      Estates Property Owners include the grant of an express easement
      appurtenant to use the Roadway Easement to access the Easement Area.

14.   Plaintiffs Craig Nickels and Sheila Nickels acquired title to the Easement
      Area and the Roadway Easement (being that portion of the roadway easement
      located on the land that they


were purchasing) in December 1997 with actual
      and constructive knowledge and notice that the Easement Area and the 917
      Square Foot Tract were being used as a recreation and private park area by
      property owners in Travis Peak Estates and that the Roadway Easement was
      being used for ingress and egress to the Easement Area. The May 1963 and
      June 1965 deeds referenced above were in the chain of title of Plaintiffs Craig
      and Sheila Nickels.

15.   Continuously since 1962, the Travis Peak Estates Property Owners, their
      predecessors in interest, and theirthe said [purchaser], their
       heirs and assigns, and their tenants, by foot, with cart, wagons, carriages, automobiles
       and other vehicles, mules or livestock, as by them shall be necessary or convenient
       at all times and seasons forever, in, along, upon and out of said way, in common with
       the Grantor herein, its successors and assigns, and its and their tenants; to have and
       to hold all and singular the rights and privileges aforesaid, to them, the said
       [purchasers], their heirs and assigns, to their proper use and behoof, in common with


with a not so much healthier one: De-lish-us brand popcorn. At a buck a bag it's pricey, but oh so worth it!!

M had a horrible night, probably the worst one on record second to her hemorrhage last Feb. She was inconsolable, pulling her hair, confused, had a temp of 103 and a very "junky" cough. This should've been her easiest surgery ever, but her recovery has been terrible. I suspect her anesthesiologist was either a sadist or pissed that she had to work late because M's throat is just trashed. Now it's impossible to know what's neuro and what's throat related. The neurosurg resident on call overnight didn't really want to walk her happy ass over to see her at midnight and just wanted to order some narcoticsOn July 10, the Principality of Monaco unveiled its first LGBT travel brochure solidifying its commitment to the community after joining the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association two years ago.

“We are thrilled to have a piece of collateral that speaks to this very active group of travelers who connect with the offerings the Principality is known for,” said Cindy Hoddeson, director North America of the Monaco Government Tourist Office. “In addition to its reputation of fairytale romance, luxurious hotels, epicurean delights, and full calendar of cultural activities, it is important to note that Monaco is a cosmopolitan nation with representation from 139 nationalities that help make the country culturally diverse and welcoming.”

The brochure boasts gay-friendly locations including four- and five-star hotels, Michelin Star–rated hotels, world-famous spas, and


spell followed two previous, temporary stints at Barnsley.

Kieran Trippier may follow Kevin Wimmer (pictured) to White Hart Lane

He never made a first team appearance for City but has played over 150 times for Burnley and scored four goals.

Trippier has also represented every England team from U18 to U21 level but is yet to be called up to the England senior team.

Spurs are keen to strengthen themselves defensively this summer and also have an interest in the Barcelona centre-back Marc Bartra.as described below. The paper cutting apparatus is provided to cut the paper in a paper passage between the paired forming rollers provided under the former of the folder and the paired nipping rollers provided just on the downstream side of the forming rollers. By a paper jam signal sent from the paper jam detector for detecting the occurrence of paper jam in a fan or a conveyor under the folding cylinder group, the paper cutting apparatus cuts the paper and blocks the paper passage to stop the advance of the succeeding paper. The succeeding paper does not enter the machine on the downstream side of the paired forming rollers, but is discharged from the former portion to the outside of the machine.
The technology disclosed in Japanese Patent


 He is the Vice Provost of Administrative Resolution at UCR. He is an elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association and an Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute .  He has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and is a co-inventor on 10 U.S. Patents.  He served a 3-year term on the Board of Directors of ASA in 2014-2016.

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A UPS driver was delivering packages in Clackamas, Oregon, on Monday when he heard what sounded like a woman screaming inside a residence.

The driver, Lee Purdy, paused on the street to listen. Sure enough, once again, he heard, "Help! Help!" He didn't know what was going on.

He called his wife and explained the unusual situation. He told her he wasn't sure the voice sounded real. But she called 911 just to be safe.

"It was clearly weighing on him, so she thought she'd better call," Brian Jensen, public information officer for the


Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, told CBS News.

When deputy Hayden Sanders arrived at the scene, he didn't find a woman in distress. Instead, he found Diego -- the family's pet parrot.

"The deputies were able to contact the owner and gain entrance into the residence," Jensen explained. "And that's what they found."

Sanders was happy to report the green and yellow bird was uninjured and in no need of police assistance.

"We're thankful. It's super funny. We were ribbing [Sanders] a little bit," Jensen said. "We're just glad that no one, including the bird, actually needed any help."

Believe it or not, this isn't even the strangest encounter Clackamas County sheriff's deputies have had in the past seven days.

Last week, deputy Lon Steinhauer was on his usual patrol route when he spotted athe writing process behind the new songs almost resembles an academic exercise: The members would sit in a room with writing pads, all looking at a random photo they'd pulled from the Internet, and had five minutes to write down whatever came to them.

"And then a bell would go off," Anastasio explains. "Each person would read to the other three what they had written. If there were certain lines that really resonated with the other three, we would put them on a fifth pad — until they were all intermingled and we couldn't remember who had written what."

Hear the full interview with NPR's Arun Rath at the audio link.


  ORDER

       This matter is before the Court on a petition for reinstatement to the practice of

law filed by Richard A. Pacia (petitioner). On March 24, 2009 the petitioner resigned

from the practice of law in this state. He had been an active member of the bar for thirty

years prior to that date, and had no prior disciplinary history. He was also a respected

member of the bar, and at the time he resigned he was serving as President of the Rhode

Island Bar Association, a position from which he also resigned.

       Article III, Rule 23 of the Supreme Court Rules of Disciplinary Procedure,

entitled “Resignation,” provides, in pertinent part:     “If a resigned member desires

reinstatement,the time of his resignation, the petitioner was the subject

of an investigation by Disciplinary Counsel. That investigation was not complete, but the

petitioner recognized that he faced possible formal disciplinary charges and public

opprobrium as a result of both his conduct and his position. He resigned to save both

himself and the bar from embarrassment.

       Disciplinary Counsel subsequently completed his investigation into allegations of

misconduct by the petitioner. That investigation revealed substantial discrepancies in the

petitioner’s client account, resulting in a shortfall of funds which he should have been

retaining for clients and third parties. However, that shortfall was not the result of

intentional misappropriation of funds on the part of the petitioner.          Rather, the

investigation revealed serious mismanagement and a


from the practice of law for more than five years, a period in excess

of any discipline that he may have received had formal charges been filed.

       The petitioner has never been charged with criminal conduct and, as previously

noted, has no prior disciplinary history. He was an active member of the bar association,

serving in many capacities, including service as an officer and organizing many

continuing legal education programs. We have received many letters of support from

members of the bar attesting to his integrity and competence as an attorney. We believe

that he can return to the practice of law as a productive member of the bar.

       Accordingly, the petition for reinstatement is hereby granted.     border between Northern Ireland and the UK.

They have insisted this would be unacceptable, with one senior official claiming it could prove "deeply destabilising" to the confidence and supply agreement with the Conservatives.

In a statement this afternoon, DUP Arlene Foster claimed the UK had voted to leave the EU as one nation adding, "we are leaving as one nation."

In fact, both Northern Ireland and Scotland voted to remain in the EU by margins of 55.8% and 62% respectively.

Mrs Foster went on to say that her party "will not countenance any arrangement that could lead to a new border being created in the Irish Sea."

"We are in constant contact on these issues with the Government and during our discussions, we reiterated that United Kingdom–Republic of Ireland arrangements may be necessary


as we exit the EU," she said.

"But there can be no arrangements agreed that compromise the integrity of the UK single market and place barriers, real or perceived, to the free movement of goods, services and capital between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom."

She said her party supports the continuance of the Common Travel Area allowing people to move freely between the North and the Republic.

Crisis talks

UK and EU officials are expected to work through the weekend in an attempt to hammer out an agreement that heads off the threat of any return to a hard border.

Reports from Brussels suggest five written commitments have been drafted for the UK to sign up to before negotiations are permitted can move to phase two.

The European Council PresidentSexual violence

Sexual violence is any sexual act or attempt to obtain a sexual act by violence or coercion, acts to traffic a person or acts directed against a person's sexuality, regardless of the relationship to the victim.  It occurs in times of peace and armed conflict situations, is widespread and is considered to be one of the most traumatic, pervasive, and most common human rights violations.

Sexual violence is a serious public health problem and has a profound short or long-term impact on physical and mental health, such as an increased risk of sexual and reproductive health problems, an increased risk of suicide or HIV infection. Murder occurring either during a sexual assault or as a result of an honor killing in response to a sexual assault is


occurs. There is considerable overlap between forms of sexual violence and intimate partner violence. There are factors increasing the risk of someone being coerced into sex, factors increasing the risk of an individual person forcing sex on another person, and factors within the social environment including peers and family influencing the likelihood of rape and the reaction to it.

Research suggests that the various factors have an additive effect, so that the more factors present, the greater the likelihood of sexual violence. In addition, a particular factor may vary in importance according to the life stage.

Risk factors

The following are individual risks factors:

 Alcohol and drug use
 Delinquency
 Empathic deficits
 General aggressiveness and acceptance of violence
 Early sexual initiation
 Coercive sexual fantasies
 Preference for impersonal sex and sexual-risk taking
Sexual violence in armed conflicts: questions and answers
 Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Sexual Violence in Conflict
 UN Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict Brochure
 Stop Rape Now. UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict
 Reporting and interpreting data on sexual violence from conflict-affected countries
 UN Action against sexual violence in conflict: Progress Report 2010-2011
 Addressing Conflict Related Sexual Violence: An analytical inventory of peacekeeping practice
 Global Solution to Sexual Violence in Conflict, Chatham House, 18 February 2013. Speech of the UN SRSG on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Haja Zainab Hawa Bangura.
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