the age of 32 but his legacy lives on. Look for role models in all fields of culture to be the Best of Both. | Source

Role Models.

A role model is someone that a person or community can look up to for inspiration and behavior modeling. When it comes to famous actors and actresses it seems there is an ample supply of wonderful role models. Male mixed Asian celebrities and Female Celebrities.

Bill of Rights for People of Mixed Heritage.

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The Kipfulbeck Hapa Project.

The Hapa Project.

Kip Fulbeck is an American artist, filmaker and author His mixed race-ethnic bakground is Cantonese, English, Irish, and Welsh. Fulbeck created the Hapa project, a multiracial identity project using a range of mediums, including a published book, traveling photographic exhibition, satellite communitypresentations, and online communities

Fulbeck began the project in 2001, traveling the country photographing over 1200 volunteer subjects who self-identified as hapa (defined for the project as mixed ethnic heritage with partial roots in Asian and/or pacific islander ancestry)

After being photographed, participants identified their ethnicites in their own words, then handwrote their response to the question “what are you?”

over 1200 volunteer participants were photographed at dozens of shoots throughout California and Hawaii, as well as Illinois, New York, and Wisconsin

the Hapa project was created to promote awareness and recognition of the millions of multiracial/multiethnic individuals of asian/pacific islander descent; to give voice to multiracial people and previously ignored ethnic groups; to dispel myths of exoticism, hybrid vigor and racial homogeneity; to foster positive identity formation and self-image in multiracial


Kabul rejects US apology for deaths

Afghan president says civilian casualties are unacceptable while roadside blast in country's east claims several lives.

07 Mar 2011 07:47 GMT

Many Afghans have been angered by the frequent civilian deaths caused by international forces [Reuters]

Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, has rejected a US apology for the deaths of Afghan children in a NATO air raid, saying that apologies for civilian deaths are "not sufficient".

According to a statement on Sunday, Karzai told US General David Petraeus, the overall commander of international troops in Afghanistan, that expressing regret was no longer enough.

In a meeting with Karzai, Petraeus apologised for the deaths last week of nine children in the eastern province of Kunar, saying the killings were a "great mistake" and there would be no repeat.

A statementfrom Karzai's office said: "President Karzai said [to Petraeus] that only regret is not sufficient and also mentioned that civilian casualties during military operations by coalition forces is the main reason for tension in relations between Afghanistan and United States.

"It is not acceptable for the Afghan people anymore. Regrets and condemnations of the incident cannot heal the wounds of the people."

Hours before Karzai's statement, hundreds of people chanting "Death to America" protested in the Afghan capitalagainst the recent spate of civilian deaths.

Protesters later burnt an effigy of Barack Obama, the US president.

Following the Kunar incident, Lieutenant General David Rodriguez, who directs day-to-day operations of international forces across Afghanistan, later issued a video statement of apology.

Civilian casualties caused by NATO-led forces in Afghanistan are a major source of friction


between Karzai and his Western backers.

Blast casualties

Karzai's statement was issued on a day 12 Afghans were killed and another five injured, according to an Afghan official, as a result of a roadside blast in Paktika, a province in the country's east, close to the border with Pakistan.

Two children were among the dead.

Sunday's blast hit a lorry carrying civilians, Mokhlis Afghan, a spokesman for Paktika's governor, said, adding that the vehicle was travelling between the towns of Turwa and Wazakhwa.

The Afghan interior ministry confirmed the attack but said that only 10 people were killed.

Paktika, where the blast occurred, borders Pakistan's tribal areas, which are used as safe havens by fighters opposing the US-led multinational force in Afghanistan.

Fighters regularly cross the rugged frontier to attack the international forces; the regionRemember cute little toddler, Bounkham Phonesavah, who was burned and put in a coma after a SWAT Drug Raid by police in Habersham County, Georgia? Here's a reminder if you don't recall the story:

A family says a SWAT team raided their home in the middle of the night and seriously injured a 19-month-old boy with a stun grenade. Alecia Phonesavanh told Channel 2’s Ryan Young her child is at the Grady Memorial Hospital burn unit and is in a medically induced coma. [...] "Everyone's sleeping. There's a loud bang and a bright light," Phonesavanh said. "The cops threw that grenade in the door without looking first, and it landed right in the playpen and exploded on his pillow right in his face."

Officers were executing a search warrant after


a confidential informant claimed he bough $50 in drugs from a 20-year-old who lived at the residence, where the boy’s family had been staying since their own house burned down.

Bounkham Phonesavah, affectionately known as "Baby Boo Boo," spent weeks in a burn unit after a SWAT team's flash grenade exploded near his face. The toddler was just 19-months-old and asleep in the early morning hours of May 28. SWAT officers threw the device into his home while executing a search warrant for a drug suspect. Habersham County officials are defending their decision not to pay, but the child's family isn't giving up. Habersham County’s attorney provided the following statement, saying: "The question before the board was whether it is legally permitted to pay these expenses. After consideration ofWell, apparently that sympathy for the family and their wrongfully wounded baby boy has its limits, at least as far as the Halbersham County officials are concerned. Though the family has no means to pay for the medical expenses of their child's stay at two separate hospitals, the county is holding firm and defending their decision not to "make things right" for this innocent child who suffered so grievously from the actions of their militarized police force which could have easily arrested the alleged drug dealer without the necessity of what amounts to a military attack on US citizens.Well, God forbid the county violate the law to pay for the life threatening injuries their SWAT team. Of course, at all times they must conduct themselves with all due


concern for their self-proclaimed legal obligations not to pay for the harm caused to an innocent child by their police department's decision to treat the arrest of a drug offender like a special forces operation in a war zone.

Oh, and by the way, the person for whom they obtained an arrest warrant justifying this absurd and tragic assault was not found at the home where Baby Boo Boo almost died as a result of the SWAT team's use of a stun grenade without anyb prior warning having been given.

The SWAT team did not find the person it was looking for in the home. An investigation is underway into the handling of the case. Meanwhile, Boo Boo and his family have moved back to Wisconsin. Supporters are planning aindia

Updated: Jul 28, 2019 08:11 IST

Building state-funded toilets is easier than getting people to use them, a sample survey tracking the government’s Swachch Bharat programme has revealed.

A key aim of the Swachch Bharat mission is to end the practice of open defecation in the country.

At least 43% of people in rural areas in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, accounting for two-fifths of India’s rural population, still defecated in the open in 2018 because of “cultural and other reasons”. However, the share of rural population openly defecating has greatly reduced from 70% in 2014. That’s among key findings of a team of demographers led by Dianne Coffey, a visiting researcher at the Indian Statistical Institute. The team has been monitoring the sanitation scheme’s progress since 2014.

This 43%


that the use of toilets had increased substantially among rural populations since the Swachch Bharat mission was launched by the Narendra Modi government.

In 2014, the team had undertaken a ‘baseline’ survey of rural sanitation behaviour in north India. The results reported in this latest study are from a survey undertaken in 2018 that revisited the same households as in the 2014 survey in the four states. “A number of prior studies have shown that ideas of ritual purity and pollution related to untouchability and the caste system cause many to fear the latrine pit filling up and needing emptying…(this) is a chief reason why open defecation remains so common in rural India, even despite latrine ownership,” said Sangita Vyas, one of the co-authors.

The toilet mission did not adequatelyThe present invention relates to multi-spindle machine tools of the kind comprising a plurality of tool-carrying spindle heads stored in at least one magazine, said spindle heads being exchangeable as desired for the purpose of performing a tool change, a selected spindle head in the magazine being substituted for the one currently secured to the spindle head carrier, this latter spindle head being released from the carrier and conveyed to its predetermined position in the magazine, whereas the other spindle head selected in each case is withdrawn from the magazine and secured to the spindle head carrier. Hereinafter, such a machine tool will be referred to as "of the kind described."
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Carter County authorities have discovered the body of a missing Johnson City woman. Carter County Sheriff Chris Mathes says a sonar trace was followed up near the Butler Bridge and Vonda Donaldson's body was found. An autopsy will be preformed by the Quillen College of medicine. The 28-year-old woman's boyfriend who is a recent parolee from the Tennessee Department of Corrections is considered by police as the only suspect in the case. 31-year-old Steven Odell Bennett is being held for parole violation and has not been formally charged with Donaldson's murder. Bennett is alleged to have told family member Sunday that he killed the woman and dumped her body off the Butler Bridge. (jb)that the attorney general stands by his testimony.

At a heated Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, Gonzales repeatedly testified that the issue at hand was not about the terrorist surveillance program, which allowed the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on suspects in the United States without receiving court approval.

Instead, Gonzales said, the emergency meetings on March 10, 2004, focused on an intelligence program that he would not describe.

Gonzales, who was then serving as counsel to Bush, testified that the White House Situation Room briefing sought to inform congressional leaders about the pending expiration of the unidentified program and Justice Department objections to renew it. Those objections were led by then-Deputy Attorney General Jim Comey, who questioned the program's legality.

"The dissent related to other intelligence activities," Gonzales testified at Tuesday's


Iraq, which I suspect is a problem we can have no role in improving, but at home, where the damage might still be salvageable.

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Friday, July 20, 2007

Thom Hartmann began his program on Thursday by reading from a new Executive Order which allows the government to seize the assets of anyone who interferes with its Iraq policies.

He then introduced old-line conservative Paul Craig Roberts -- a former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Reagan who has recently become known for his strong opposition to the Bush administration and the Iraq War -- by quoting the "strong words" which open Roberts' latest column: "Unless Congress immediately impeaches Bush and Cheney, a year from now the US could be a dictatorial police state at war with Iran."

That's atlast November. As America's first Muslim congressman, Keith Ellison has provoked outrage by apparently comparing President George W Bush's administration to that of Adolf Hitler's Nazi movement.

Ellison, a democrat, even hinted that the President of the United States might have been responsible for the September 11 attacks.

Ellison was addressing a gathering of atheists in his home state of Minnesota. Ellison compared the 9/11 atrocities to the destruction of the Reichstag, the German parliament, in 1933. Most people now believe this was planned by the Nazis to solidify their power base.

"It's almost like the Reichstag fire, kind of reminds me of that," Mr. Ellison said. "After the Reichstag was burned, they blamed the Communists for it, and it put the leader [Hitler] of that country in a position where


facts.

Sunday, July 08, 2007

Fred Thompson aided Nixon on Watergate

WASHINGTON - Fred Thompson gained an image as a tough-minded investigative counsel for the Senate Watergate committee. Yet President Nixon and his top aides viewed the fellow Republican as a willing, if not too bright, ally, according to White House tapes.

Thompson, now preparing a bid for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination, won fame in 1973 for asking a committee witness the bombshell question that revealed Nixon had installed hidden listening devices and taping equipment in the Oval Office.

Those tapes show Thompson played a behind-the-scenes role that was very different from his public image three decades ago. He comes across as a partisan willing to cooperate with the Nixon White House's effort to discredit the committee's star witness.

It was Thompson whotipped off the White House that the Senate committee knew about the tapes. They eventually cinched Nixon's downfall in the scandal resulting from the break-in at Democratic headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington and the subsequent White House cover-up.

Thompson, then 30, was appointed counsel by his political mentor, Tennessee Sen. Howard Baker, the top Republican on the Senate investigative committee. Thompson had been an assistant U.S. attorney in Nashville, Tenn., and had managed Baker's re-election campaign. Thompson later was a senator himself.

Nixon was disappointed with the selection of Thompson, whom he called "dumb as hell." The president did not think Thompson was skilled enough to interrogate unfriendly witnesses and would be outsmarted by the committee's Democratic counsel.

This assessment comes from audio tapes of White House conversations recently


reviewed by The Associated Press at the National Archives in College Park, Md., and transcripts of those discussions that are published in "Abuse of Power: The New Watergate Tapes," by historian Stanley Kutler.

...

Publicly, Baker and Thompson presented themselves as dedicated to uncovering the truth. But Baker had secret meetings and conversations with Nixon and his top aides, while Thompson worked cooperatively with the White House and accepted coaching from Nixon's lawyer, J. Fred Buzhardt, the tapes and transcripts show.

"We've got a pretty good rapport with Fred Thompson," Buzhardt told Nixon in an Oval Office meeting on June 6, 1973. The meeting included a discussion of former White House counsel John Dean's upcoming testimony before the committee.

Dean, the committee's star witness, had agreed to tell what he knew aboutDC at the time). I engaged counter-protesters with reasoned debate, and in my daily life presented an intelligent and well-reasoned case against the war to advocates of the war. While participating in one vigil, I was assaulted by a drunk war supporter, who questioned my nationality and saw my peaceful opposition to a grossly over-marketed war of choice as an affront to America itself.

I remember being consistently crestfallen at the miserable coverage that even the massive rallies garnered. The media grossly under-reported the numbers, relegated the story of over 500,000 people protesting in the nation's capital to newspaper back pages and broadcast side notes. When they finally did cover a protest, they invariably fixated on "Dirty F-ing Hippies," socialist/communist groups, anarchists, giant puppets, and profane picket signs. Every


has sexuality been so fluid (and never have gender norms been so completely disregarded) as in the career of super queer, super talented Merrill Beth Nisker, who pushes the envelope and offends sensibilities at every turn. Also, she fights zombies with Iggy Pop—double swoon.—Kate Wertheimer

“Michael” by Franz Ferdinand

With their sharp button-downs, clean cheeks, perfectly parted hair and Russian Constructivist artwork, Franz immediately stood out among the great unwashed masses of the aughties rock & roll revival. Lazily lumped in with the Hives and whatnot, the four Scots were far more concerned with the dance floor (rhymes here with "dance whore") than the garage. While his peers focused on sneers and riffs, Alex Kapranos zeroed in on sex. "Michael, you're the boy with the leather hips / Sticky hair,combo Cansei de Ser Sexy is a loving ode to that special relationship. Lead singer Lovefoxxx looks back on adolescent fantasies of "being busy with my job and my gay friends, laughing and drinking with my one-night stands" in the "big city." Anyone who's ever felt trapped in a small town (and eventually escaped) will definitely relate. —Ethan LaCroix

“Your Loving Arms” by Billie Ray Martin

Most gay dance anthems are packed with drama of both the lyrical and vocal variety. But in 1994, German singer Billie Ray Martin invaded clubland with this icy floor filler that's so calm she almost seems detached. Don't let that near-monotone fool you, though—Martin is a formidable vocalist, and when she finally cuts loose ("Burning inside, burning inside, yeah!"), it's a master class in


the art of delayed gratification.—Ethan LaCroix

“Viz” by Le Tigre

Before forming her dance-DJ-production project MEN, JD Samson stepped up to the mike as a member of this electro-rock trio. "Viz" (2004), about butch-lesbian visibility, offers an early glimpse of Samson's sly humor and her ability to make radical queer politics into dance-floor fodder. Bandmates Kathleen Hanna and Johanna Fateman join in on the final chorus for a joyous feminist sing-along.—Ethan LaCroix

“The Jean Genie” by David Bowie

The copper mullet, the lightning bolt across the face—in 1972, Bowie was at the peak of his androgynous alien phase, pushing Ziggy Stardust closer to the sun until he incinerated in a flash. A year before, in a Melody Maker interview, the glam rocker had declared himself gay. Though he later sloppily retracted theand unsubtle. Still, it's hard not to be moved by its message of self-acceptance, and no other song composed in recent decades sounds better blaring from a float in a Gay Pride parade—and that's all you can really ask from a great Pride anthem.—Ethan LaCroix

“Y.M.C.A.” by Village People

For any guy who's ever wanted to be (or sleep with) a cowboy, cop or leather-clad biker, the Village People reign supreme as gay-anthem chart toppers. Songs like "Macho Man," "Go West," "Cruisin'" and "In the Navy" are full of double entendres, and 1978's "Y.M.C.A."—which became one of the most popular singles of the 1970s—is no different. In fact, the Young Men's Christian Association was so appalled at the song's implications that it threatened to sue, until it noticed that membership


had significantly increased in the wake of the tune's success. Turns out any press is good press—eh, boys?—Kate Wertheimer

“Walk on the Wild Side” by Lou Reed

With this dry, wry, bass-driven paean to sexual outlaws from his 1972 album, Transformer, Reed cemented his street cred as the epitome of New York cool. The subjects of his seen-it-all narration are five colorful characters from the crowd that Andy Warhol had declared, by fiat, “superstars”: early trans icons Holly Woodlawn, Candy Darling and Jackie Curtis, plus a couple of very irregular Joes (Dallesandro and Campbell). The song became a top-20 hit (though the radio edit scrubbed out a reference to backroom blow jobs), and helped raise the voltage bar on what was considered shocking.—Adam Feldman

“I’m Coming Out” by Diana Ross

Yes, thissong is about that kind of "coming out." Chic's Nile Rodgers was inspired to write this funky 1980 gem for Diana Ross after seeing multiple drag queens dressed as the iconic singer at a gay disco in New York. For her part, Ross was in the process of extracting herself from her long relationship with Motown when "I'm Coming Out" arrived on the charts, giving the song additional significance for the music legend. Today, Ross still opens her shows with "I'm Coming Out," and the song remains a quintessential anthem of liberation—gay or otherwise.—Ethan LaCroix

“Vogue” by Madonna

"Look around: Everywhere you turn is heartache." That's not exactly a fluffy opening shot for a dance-pop song—and that's the point. Recorded at the height of America's AIDS crisis and inspired by


Omiodes odontosticta

Omiodes odontosticta is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was first described by George Hampson in 1898 and is found Australia in Northern Territory and Queensland.

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

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Audio/Mp3 Download: Sister Girl - Bisa Kdei

Bisa Kdei is out with his much awaited single titled “Sister Girl”. Off the “Konnect” album. Mp3/audio download is available here.

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Sister Girl is a song that talks about a man who just came to the city to taste all the fun in an urban way.

This includes hanging out with his mysterious lady who he calls Sister Girl, party with his peers and any other happy moment you can think of. In Sister Girl, Bisa Kdei once again portrays to us another authentic high life music that we can relate to. Enjoy song from below!

BLM frontline artist and multiple award winning highlife singer Bisa Kdei finally drops his much anticipated single dubbed Sister


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington rushed to condemn a group of Catholic students sporting MAGA hats at the March for Life whom the media accused of mocking and harassing a Native American man. But the story was fake news.

Video footage belies reports that the students from Covington Catholic High School “taunted” and “harassed” Nathan Phillips, who was present in Washington, DC, for the first Indigenous Peoples March on Friday.

Jesuit-run America magazine claimed that a small group of Native American drummers had been “surrounded by a much larger band of teenagers,” an allegation repeated by other media outlets.

In point of fact, however, video footage shows the Native Americans confronting the youths, and Mr. Phillips begins playing his drum just inches from the face of one of the boys,the statement said.

One student who was an eyewitness at the event reportedly wrote a letter to Local 12 News in Kentucky to tell his version of the encounter, which seems to concur with the extensive video footage.

The student writes that “we were approached by a group of adults led by Nathan Phillips, with Phillips beating his drum. They forced their way into the center of our group.”

Phillips “came to stand in front of one of my classmates who stood where he was, smiling and enjoying the experience. However, after multiple minutes of Mr. Phillips beating his drum directly in the face of my friend (mere centimeters from his nose), we became confused and wondered what was happening,” the letter states.

“It was not until later that we discovered they


Three-year-old girl slain crossing 82nd Ave.

82nd Ave. was shut down most of the afternoon on December 5 while authorities investigate the tragic accident that took the life of a child.

Story and photos by David F. Ashton
Two girls, a three-year-old, being pushed in a stroller, and a five-year-old, walking with her 29-year-old mother, were crossing SE 82nd Ave. of Roses, heading east, across toward Boyer St. when the youngest girl was struck and killed on December 5.

On scene, Sgt. Walter Anderson, Oregon State Police told us, “The vehicle was traveling west on Boyer, making a left hand turn on 82nd Ave. It came into contact with the children. The three-year-old was deceased at the scene. The five-year-old was transported to the hospital with injuries. The mother was untouched.”

The strollerin which the 3-year-old was riding, and some of the family’s belongings remain behind the vehicle said to have struck the youngster.

Anderson said two nurses, in separate vehicles, stopped immediately after the accident. “They unsuccessfully attempted CPR on the 3-year-old. The 5-year old was taken to the hospital; a Spanish speaking trooper traveled with the girl and her mother.”

The Sergeant said it looked as if the five-year-old girl would recover; information later released said the girl was in serious condition.

Following up on the incident, we learned from OSP Sgt. Tom Worthy that Darrell Beffert, 54, of Clackamas, was the driver. “He stopped and cooperated with troopers and deputies.” According to witnesses, Worthy said, the mother and children were in the crosswalk and were crossing with the light. He


Monitoring of ceratopogonidae in southwest Germany.
Within the entomological monitoring program of the German federal ministry of food, agriculture, and user protection (BMELV), at 12 cattle farms in Rhineland-Palatinate and two in Saarland, ultraviolet lamp traps were used to monitor the distribution and seasonal appearance of potential vectors of the bluetongue virus, with special consideration of species of Culicoides. Using the traps during the first seven nights of each month from April 2007 to May 2008, 5,000-120,000 ceratopogonids were caught at different locations, in total about 500,000 and mainly females. Ninety-four percent belonged to the genus Culicoides, and of these, 90% were Culicoides obsoletus s.l., 6% were Culicoides pulicaris s.l., and 4% were other species of this genus. In all traps, the first ceratopogonids were caught in April 2007,world. In contrast to sea ice that is formed when sea water freezes on the surface of the ocean, ice shelves are created when glaciers flow from their land-borne origins to the sea. Upon reaching the sea, they maintain […]

There has been a distinct change in the air around McMurdo the past few weeks. While the cracks in my dry skin have been racing those in the sea ice of McMurdo Sound, the arrival of the Russian ice breaker, Vladimir Ignatyuk, advanced the break up of the sea ice in a way that I […]

While there are many unique aspects of the Antarctic environment, one of the most interesting that it shares with the northern pole is its preponderance of sunshine during the summer months. For the majority


SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah-based Mormon church will build a new temple in Colorado, one of three in North America, its president, Thomas S, Monson said today.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will build temples in Fort Collins, Meridian, Idaho and Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

This will be the second temple in Colorado; a temple in Denver was completed in 1986. As of October 2010, there were nearly 140,000 members in the state.

The new temples “will certainly be a blessing to our members in those areas,” said Monson, who shared the news to members on the first day of the faith’s semiannual general conference.

The 13.5 million-member church currently has 134 operating temples worldwide, most in the United States. Another 26 temples are either planned or under construction.

TemplesDeborah Grossman

Deborah Grossman is a San Francisco Bay Area food, drink and travel journalist who writes about people and places with a special emphasis on life at the table. Deborah finds the behind the scenes stories of food and beverage innovators with tempting perspectives on their culture and culinary heritage. She contributes to Berkeleyside, The Huffington Post, Wine Enthusiast, Drink Me magazine, JustSayGo.com, and The National Culinary Review, She blogs at iSanté magazine and is the Poet Laureate Emerita of Pleasanton, 2009-2011. Follow her @DeborahGrossman.


A toddler has been credited with saving his mother's life after he called emergency services following her sudden collapse last month.

According to reports, 2-year-old Riley Ward of Leicestershire, England, had the presence of mind to call the United Kingdom's emergency telephone number "999" in February when his mom lost consciousness in their home, telling operators: "Mummy's on the floor."

"All I remember is the room getting smaller and smaller and then I opened my eyes when I heard a police officer trying to kick my door down," Riley's mom, Dana Henry, told the Leicester Mercury. "I managed to get up and open the door but then collapsed again."

Henry was rushed to the hospital, where doctors reportedly discovered a large blood clot and dangerous bleeding of her ovary.

"When the surgeonwhile updating their format to reflect contemporary standards of recipe writing.

Some of these recipes come from friends and family of the authors; others have been culled from interviews conducted by the authors, prewar German-Jewish cookbooks, nineteenth-century American cookbooks, community cookbooks, memoirs, or historical and archival material. The introduction explains the basics of Jewish diet (kosher law). The historical chapter that follows sets the stage by describing Jewish social customs in Germany and then offering a look at life in the vibrant emigre community of Washington Heights in New York City in the 1940s and 1950s.

Vividly illustrated with more than fifty drawings by Megan Piontkowski and photographs by Sonya Gropman that show the cooking process as well as the delicious finished dishes, this cookbook will appeal to readers curious


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GABRIELLE ROSSMER GROPMAN is a visual artist and mediation professional, who was born in Germany in 1938 and emigrated to the United States in 1939. Her art has been exhibited throughout the United States as well as in Germany. A multimedia art installation about the history of her German-Jewish family was exhibited at the Villa Dessauer Municipal Museum in the town of her birth, Bamberg, Germany, in 1991 and again in 2013-14. SONYA GROPMAN, her daughter, is a painter, photographer, and writer whose work has been exhibited and published in the United States. She is involved in local sustainable agriculture in New York City. She and Gabrielle coauthor the websiteB

ack in 2014, PETA exposed extreme cruelty to sheep in Australia, and six shearers pleaded guilty. The wool industry called that case a “wake-up call” that had forever changed it. But just days before those claims of reform, another eyewitness was inside the sheds seeing exactly the same abuse as before. In December 2017, the wool industry again condemned such cruelty, and again, it vowed that it and the shearers would do better.

But nothing has changed.

In late 2017, another eyewitness went inside 16 shearing sheds in South Australia and Victoria, documenting the same sickening cruelty that PETA has exposed again and again.

Workers still struck petrified sheep in the face with sharp metal clippers. They still cut them up and stitched up their gaping wounds without any pain relief.


ATLANTA -- They traded body blows for all 60 minutes at the Georgia Dome, playing the most dramatic and entertaining championship game in Southeastern Conference history.

But only one could advance to the BCS national championship game. And once again, it will be Alabama, thanks to a 45-yard touchdown pass to Amari Cooper with 3:15 left and a clock that ran out on Georgia's last gasp in a 32-28 classic.

In a game that featured four lead changes in the second half alone, Alabama delivered the final shot with quarterback A.J. McCarron – who struggled all game – airing out a perfect pass that beat Georgia cornerback Damian Swann in one-on-one coverage. Now the Crimson Tide, ranked No. 2 in the BCS standings, will head to Miami on Jan. 7scooped up a blocked field goal and ran it back for a touchdown, giving them a 21-10 lead. But Alabama's championship-caliber response was immediate. With Eddie Lacy and T.J. Yeldon following the Tide's offensive line, Alabama went right down the field on consecutive possessions, taking a 25-21 lead (including a 2-point conversion) on the first play of the fourth quarter.

Though Alabama was helped by a controversial pass interference call on the first of those two touchdown drives, Yeldon and Lacy were running through huge holes on the way to the end zone. In the third quarter alone, they combined for 145 yards.

"We did a great job of running the ball in the second half," Alabama coach Nick Saban said. "And the reason we did it was we couldn't


midfield, brushing off the tackle attempt of senior safety Shawn Williams. Then McCarron, who led Alabama to a last-minute touchdown in a win at LSU, delivered a perfect throw just at the right time.

For a while, though this seemed like it would be the Bulldogs' day to break through.

Georgia stymied the Crimson Tide on its first five possessions, including an interception in the end zone by Sanders Commings that preserved a 7-0 lead late in the first half. The Georgia defense, which had been overwhelmed early in the season as it dealt with suspensions to three starters, finally seemed ready to carry the Bulldogs to the national championship game.

But Alabama responded with two quick strikes, tying the game on Eddie Lacy's 41-yard touchdown and getting a 22-yard fieldgoal from Jeremy Shelley on the last play of the half. In between, Georgia's Aaron Murray threw an interception with 1:15 remaining, missing a wide-open Chris Conley for what would have been a touchdown and instead under-throwing a pass that Alabama's HaHa Clinton-Dix picked off and ran back nearly to midfield.

It wasn't a vintage half by Alabama, which started the game relying too much on quarterback A.J. McCarron to throw the ball, but those two late possessions were enough to take a 10-7 lead into the locker room. And for Georgia, which seemed to dominate the line of scrimmage early in the game, it certainly felt like the momentum had turned. After playing with good rhythm on offense early, the Bulldogs got nothing out of their final three


league, and the personal success has never come at the same time as winning on the field. Through 49 NFL starts, Sanchez is a rather ordinary 28-21. It’s not bad, but it’s certainly not outstanding from a player who was a No. 6 pick in the 2009 NFL Draft and who came onto a team that nearly made the playoffs the year before. He’s had success, including consecutive AFC Championship Game appearances in his first two years in the league, but when he’s been asked to do more he’s come up short.

His numbers last year — when he was handed the keys to the offense — showed negligible improvement as the offense sputtered its way to missing the playoffs. Now in Sunday’s loss at Pittsburgh, it is evidentHer fine body was built for fucking as this sexy Japanese girl with auburn hair and a shaved pussy lies back on her bed as he feeds his cock into her tight pussy. Her incredible tits bounce and her nips get hard as she watches his shaft sliding in and out of her making her entire body twitch and tingle as she gets close to cumming.

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JUDY WOODRUFF:

This is peak season in the United States for Lyme disease, as people spend more time outdoors and can be at risk for tick bites.

Each year, at least 30,000 cases are reported, and researchers believe those estimates are low. Given its debilitating effects on some people, and after years of research, it begs the question: Why is there still no vaccine people can get to prevent Lyme disease?

Miles O'Brien has been exploring that for his weekly reports on the Leading Edge of science and technology.Prof. Matthew Paterson

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Matthew is Professor of International Politics at the University of Manchester. His research approaches climate change through a set of political economy lenses. He has worked variously on the UNFCCC, transnational climate change governance, carbon markets the insurance industry, on the political economy of decarbonisation, and the cultural politics of low-carbon transitions. His current research project explores the contested politics of how shifts to a low carbon society produce novel forms of subjectivity and challenge established ones, and he is currently planning a new project on using Social Network Analysis to understand patterns of global climate governance.

He has recently acted as a Lead Author by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, working on the chapter on international cooperation for the 5th assessment report. He is a


Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS) is a population-based, nationally representative, cross-sectional study \[[@B30]\]. The sample was drawn with a two-stage clustered and stratified sampling procedure. In the first stage, 167 sample points (initially 150 and later 17 additional points) representative for German communities were selected and stratified by federal state and community size. In the second stage, for every age, almost the same number of participants was randomly selected from the population registries. From May 2003 to May 2006, a total of 17,641 children and adolescents aged 0 to 17 years, participated in KiGGS. The overall response rate was 66.6%. The survey was approved by the Federal Office for Data Protection and by the ethics committee of Charitè University Medicine. Each parent andEditor: Wei Ouyang

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Millets are an important source of food for humans and feed and fodder for animals in the arid and semi-arid tropical regions of Asia and Africa. Considering cultivated area and production, finger millet, pearl millet, foxtail millet and proso millet are the most important millets. Pearl millet accounts for \> 50% of the global millet production. In Asia, it is mainly grown in South and East Asia and in Africa, mainly in the Sahel. Pearl millet occupies \> 95% of the total millet area in Africa (16.8 million ha). The West and Central African region has the largest area under millets and the six major pearl millet producing countries in Africa are Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso and Senegal. Average productivity in the region is 880 kg ha^− 1^ with


the most suitable baseline cultivars for Indian locations. Depending upon location and season, ICMH 356 takes 75 to 82 days to reach maturity, whereas Sharda takes 78 to 86 days to maturity. In the All India Coordinated Pearl Millet Improvement Project (AICPMIP) trials, these cultivars were used as national checks in the multi-location trials in India. ICMH 356 was used as a check in the north-western states (Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat) and at some locations in the southern states (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu). Sharda was used as check in the central and southern states (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu) of India. To determine GCs of these baseline cultivars, the Advanced Hybrid Trials data (1995--2012) of AICPMIP were used ([@bb0005]). The selected locations for ICMH 356PHOTOS: On a Chinese mountain, an aging anti-poaching hero ponders the future

In China’s environmental circles, Yu Jiahua is hailed as a grassroots anti-poaching hero. As he ages, he and his supporters wonder who will continue his work. The fifth story in Mongabay’s 5-part series on changing approaches to forestry in China by Wang Yan.
by Wang Yan on 16 June 2016

On a late afternoon in April, 65-year-old Yu Jiahua finished his chores, shouldered a bamboo basket filled with bottles of water and feed, and started up a forest trail to seek his family’s missing pig. Within twenty minutes’ hiking, he noticed turned-over soil under the trailside bushes and some broken vegetation scattered on the narrow dirt trail winding up Jiuding Mountain in China’s Sichuan province.

Yu Jiahua sets out into


back home.”

Living in the mountain forest for his whole life, Yu, an ethnic Qiang farmer with hunched back, silver hair, and wrinkled face, has close ties with the flora and fauna of Jiuding Mountain. His skill in identifying species is comparable to that of a professional biologist. Yu said that since he was in his thirties, he has been able to tell from a footprint the species and body size of the animal that made it, as well as number of animals passing through.

When he described previous encounters with wildlife his eyes lit up with delight and enthusiasm.

From hunter to preserver

Yu lives in Chashan village, located 1,900 meters (6,235 feet) up the north slope of Jiuding Mountain, a 4,969-meter (16,302-foot) peak in the Longmen Mountain Range in Sichuan’spounds) of food and equipment, hiking up to 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) a day to altitudes as high as 4,000 meters (13,123 feet).

After his younger brother died in a traffic accident in 2000, Yu set about persuading other family members, and then Chashan residents, to join the mission.

In 2004, with help from Liu Zhigao, the director of Maoxian County’s poverty alleviation office at the time, Yu registered and set up an NGO called Jiudingshan Friend of Wildlife Association. Over the following decade, news of Yu and his fellow members’ patrolling initiative spread widely within China’s wildlife conservation circles.

Yu received public attention, frequently attended seminars, and won a number of awards and titles on both local and national levels. The overnight fame also brought him and the association financial


in some visible improvements in the forest. Yu estimates, based in part on monitoring by camera trap, that the number of takins has revived to over 20, Chinese gorals to around 1,500, alpine musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster) to 150, and Chinese forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii) to 140. The enchanting Chinese monal (Lophophorus lhuysii), an iridescent pheasant, revived from dozens to hundreds. The Jiuding Mountain patrol team has grown, too, to 30 members aged 19 to 65, with most members over 40.

Since 2013, the Maoxian County Forestry Bureau has given the association an annual subsidy up to 40,000 yuan ($6,250). Today, patrol team members can earn 150 yuan ($23.50) per day of patrolling. Additionally, with support from various sources, including individuals and philanthropists, the patrol team received freeROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS (What If) STORY

Just like THE EWOK ADVENTURE and EWOKS: THE BATTLE FOR ENDOR, ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY is a stand alone film that takes place in the STAR WARS universe only without Ewoks. The film is about Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) being recruited by the Rebellion to locate her father who was taken from her when she was a child to work on weaponizing the Death Star. Eventually this quest leads her and some new allies on the path to steal the plans for the Death Star and get them to the Rebellion. The story is serviced by a forgettable music score, some breath-taking visuals and horrible horrible fan service. If you like STAR WARS for it's explosions, lazers and spaceships


a point to show her beat up a bunch of storm troopers but that doesn't make her a strong character. She is just an action figure. Jyn has no good moments. She gives a couple of speeches that come across as out of step with her character. Jyn is a non-character in her own story. She has not earned the right to be the biggest character on the movie poster. She never really seems to be a part of the Rebellion even though she has experienced personal loss at the hands of the Empire. You would think she would have been in the Rebellion from day one. I'm not even sure what she was doing before being rescued/captured by the Rebellion and setting her on the mission toproof on behalf of the state shows that in April, 1962, appellant was living in a tenant house on the farm of Paul Stokes in Neshoba County. Appellant had made a crop on the farm the year before, but did not contract to make a crop for the year 1962. He was working for Stokes and others when needed. The house in which appellant lived was about three-fourths of a mile from the home of Stokes. On Sunday, April 15, 1962, Stokes went to the house where appellant lived to see appellant about doing some work for his father-in-law the next day. When he reached the house he knocked on the floor of the front porch, and appellant's wife came to the door. Stokes asked where appellant was,


and upon being informed that he was in the house, Stokes asked her to tell him to come out. At about that time, appellant came out the door with a 22-caliber rifle in his hand, and said to Stokes, according to the testimony of Stokes, "I am going to kill you." Stokes ran around to the rear of the house, and appellant followed him, and shot him between the shoulders. Stokes was knocked to the ground, and appellant threw his rifle down and ran over and jumped on Stokes, and started hitting him. Stokes managed to get up, and appellant picked up the rifle and went back into the house. Stokes started home, and when he was about half way there, appellant came up behind him and shothim *646 two other times. One shot hit Stokes in the right hip and the other in the upper part of the leg. These shots knocked Stokes to the ground, and appellant came up to him and drew the rifle on him, and told him, "Let's go." Appellant then made Stokes go back to his house with him. On their way to the house, a car driven by Walter Steele drove up. Appellant pointed the gun at Steele, and waved him back. Steele backed his car to the main road and left. Stokes told appellant that he had to have a doctor, and appellant agreed to go to Stokes' home. They started to Stokes' house, and on their way, they met a car in which Ross Ford and


Chet Ford were riding. Appellant waved his rifle at them and told them to go on by. After they reached Stokes' home, they went into the back yard, and Burnice Cook and Adam Stewart drove up into the driveway. Appellant halted them, and after about fifteen to twenty minutes, Cook and Stewart prevailed upon appellant to let Stokes go to the hospital. During all this time, appellant had the rifle drawn on Stokes. Cook then drove Stokes to the hospital, and appellant went back to his home. Appellant informed Cook and Stewart that he would surrender to the sheriff when he came. Mr. E.G. Barnett, the Sheriff of Neshoba County, received a call about the trouble and went to investigate. He found appellant at his home, and appellantinformed him that he had messed up and was ready to go. The rifle was leaning on the door of the porch, and the sheriff picked it up. He then put appellant into his car, and carried him to jail. The sheriff then went back to the home of appellant to make a further investigation. In back of the house he saw a place that looked like some scrambling had taken place. He also saw some spots of blood and found an empty rifle cartridge. He went through the house, but saw no evidence of any disorder therein. He did find some rifle cartridges lying on the bed. He found no evidence of any blood or struggle inside of the house.
*647 Appellant remained in jail from April 15


until in August, when he was carried to the Neshoba County Hospital. He had at that time what is described as a spell or seizure, and it was thought that he had spinal meningitis; however, it developed that he did not have this trouble. Later, on an order of the circuit judge, he was sent to Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield for a mental examination. He was admitted to the hospital at Whitfield on August 21, 1962, and on August 24, 1962, he was operated on for a hemorrhage of one of the blood vessels in his brain. On October 10, 1962, it was determined by the doctors at the hospital that appellant was insane. Appellant remained in the hospital, and his condition gradually improved until he wasdischarged from the hospital in November 1963 as being cured and sane. He was returned to the Neshoba County jail where he remained until he was tried.
At the September 1962 Term of the Circuit Court of Neshoba County, appellant was indicted; he was in the mental institution at that time. At the February 1963 Term of the court, appellant was still in the hospital, and the case was continued. At the September 1963 Term of the court, an order was entered on the motion of the district attorney to carry the case against appellant to the files.
After appellant was returned to the jail in Neshoba County, he employed counsel to represent him. This was done several weeks prior to the February 1964 Term of the court at which


he was tried. On Thursday of the first week of the February 1964 Term of the court, a motion was sustained to revive the case and restore it to the active criminal docket. On the same date appellant was arraigned and entered a plea of not guilty. The arraignment was in open court, and appellant's counsel was with him at the time he was arraigned. The court fixed the amount of bail bond, and the case was set for trial on Wednesday of the following week.
*648 (Hn 1) On the day set for trial, counsel for appellant filed a motion to quash the proceedings and also a motion for continuance. The basis for the motion to quash be tried on the indictment that had been retired to themotion for a continuance unless there had been a substantial compliance with this statute. In this case it was the duty of the appellant to show in his motion the whereabouts of his wife. If she was in the county, and if the sheriff had failed to serve her, he should have asked for an alias subpoena, and made diligent effort to secure her presence. The facts he expected to prove by her should have been clearly set out so that the trial judge would have an opportunity to ascertain whether they were material. He should have shown that she was not absent by the consent or procurement of appellant. After the motion was overruled the duty was upon the appellant to persist in his efforts to get


discretion when he overruled appellant's motion for a continuance.
Appellant testified in his own behalf, and said that in December 1962 which was some four months prior to the date of the shooting, that he had had trouble with his head and had blackout spells. After one of these blackout spells, he went to Matty Hersee Hospital in Meridian, where he remained about fifteen or sixteen days. He said that after his release from the hospital his condition became worse and that Stokes had started going with his wife. He also said that about three weeks before the shooting he had a conversation with Stokes, and at that time, Stokes threatened to kill him. He tried to get his wife to move away, but according to his testimony, sherefused to do so. He testified that on April 15, 1962, he came into the back door of his home and found Stokes on top of his wife on the floor of the bedroom. He said that they were on the floor between the two beds that were in the room. He first said that he had a gun with him and that he shot Stokes. He later said that he did not remember anything after he opened the back door, and that he did not remember anything else until he was in jail. On cross-examination he said that he remembered shooting Stokes, and that the reason he shot him was that Stokes had threatened his life, and that he was afraid of him. He later denied that


he shot Stokes. He did not remember going to the hospital in Neshoba County or to the hospital at Whitfield. *651 He said that after he could remember, he realized that they had operated on his head.
Dr. David L. Davidson testified as a witness on behalf of appellant. Dr. Davidson is a psychiatrist and has been on the staff at the Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield for more than ten years prior to the trial. He testified that appellant was admitted to the hospital at Whitfield on August 21, and was operated on for a hemorrhage of a blood vessel in his brain on August 24. His first examination of appellant was on September 10, 1962, and he continued to see him after that time. On October 11,1962, it was determined by the staff at the hospital that the appellant was insane. Appellant stayed in the hospital until November 1963 during which time his condition gradually improved, and he was discharged as being sane. Dr. Davidson further testified as to the effect of the bleeding of a blood vessel, and it was his opinion that if appellant had suffered a blackout spell prior to the shooting, it could have easily brought about a confused state of mind, and that any stress or strain could make his condition worse, to the extent that he would not know right from wrong. He was unable to express any opinion as to appellant's mental condition on April 15, 1962, the date of the shooting, but he said from the


history of his illness that he had received, that it was his opinion that if appellant had started having headaches at the age of twelve years, that this could have been the beginning of his mental trouble. It was his opinion that this condition would have grown gradually worse and that his sanity would come and go.
Several other witnesses testified in behalf of appellant, including his father, mother and neighbors. They testified relative to his mental condition and as to his reputation in the community for peace and violence. The gist of their testimony was that the appellant had a good reputation for peace and violence, and in their opinion, at the time of the shooting on April 15, 1962, *652 that appellant did not know right fromwrong. One of the witnesses said that appellant was just crazy, but none saw him on the day of the shooting. His mother and father did see him on the day before the shooting, and they said that he was not acting right, and in their opinion, he did not know right from wrong at that time.
Dr. Pete H. Rhymes also testified on behalf of appellant. He first saw him on August 4, 1962, at the Neshoba County jail. Appellant was unconscious at that time, having had what was described to the doctor as an epileptic fit or a seizure. Dr. Rhymes had him admitted to the Neshoba County Hospital where appellant remained in a partial coma until he was transferred to the Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield.


He said appellant was never completely rational during this period, and it was his opinion that if what he was told was correct, that appellant's trouble first started in November or December prior to the time he saw him in August. He was unable to give any opinion as to appellant's mental condition on April 15, 1962.
Several witnesses testified on behalf of the state as to appellant's mental condition on April 15, 1962. All of those who saw him on that date said that, in their opinion, he was rational and sane. Mrs. H.V.M. Herring who was the jailer where he was incarcerated saw him daily from the time he was put in jail until August 4, and she said that during this time he appeared to benight for their third straight win in the Freeway Faceoff.

Andersen and the Pacific Division leaders barely held off the Kings, who had a 38-20 shots advantage. An apparent tying goal by Anze Kopitar was waved off with 6:23 left because of incidental contact with Andersen, prompting Kings fans to litter the ice.

The Ducks still showed remarkable resilience in another bruising chapter of this rivalry. Tim Jackman scored an early goal for the Ducks, who won back-to-back games at Colorado and Los Angeles after a four-game skid knocked them from their longtime perch atop the overall NHL standings.

Anaheim leads San Jose by two points in the division standings, and the Kings are well back in third place.

''It's going to be tough for the Kings to catch us now,'' Anaheim


coach Bruce Boudreau said. ''We're up 15 points on them with 14 games to play. They were playing so well. We didn't think they were going to lose another game all year. It was important for us to come in here and show we could measure up to them.''

Los Angeles had won each of Anaheim's last five visits to Staples Center since November 2011. The late-game controversy added to the lively rivalry in the Southern California clubs' first meeting since their outdoor game at Dodger Stadium on Jan. 25.

Kopitar's shot through traffic hit Andersen's crossbar and apparently rattled in, but the officials immediately waved off any goal, later announcing Andersen had been hit.

''The puck was in, but there was some contact,'' Andersen said. ''I couldn't really stop thetheir last meeting at Honda Center, two days before Jonas Hiller's shutout in Chavez Ravine.

Maroon put the Ducks back ahead on the game's next shot just 1:09 later. Sprawling Kings defenseman Jake Muzzin deflected the puck past Jones for Maroon's first goal since Jan. 30.

The Kings scratched captain Dustin Brown, who played sparingly against Toronto on Thursday after Sutter said Brown's entire line looked tired. The U.S. Olympian missed practice Friday with what Sutter said was an illness.

Anaheim scratched U.S. Olympic defenseman Cam Fowler, who incurred a lower-body injury Friday in Calgary. The Ducks also played without 43-year-old forward Teemu Selanne, who has sat out the back end of several back-to-back sets this season.

NOTES: New Anaheim D Stephane Robidas took the pregame warmup, but didn't make his Ducks


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Kenya Cancer Association (KENCANSA) is a nonprofit organization established in Kenya in 1995 after recognition that Cancer was emerging as a leading cause of death in the country. We are a people-centric organization taking the lead in cancer elimination through awareness and support. Kenya Cancer Association (KENCANSA) has remained true in fulfilling its purpose effectively in the areas of education, county engagement, service delivery, research and advocacy.
Kenya Cancer Association is a current international grantee of the American Cancer Society, receiving financial support to strengthen its organizational capacities in governance, financial management, operations and administration, program management, financial sustainability, and other domains of organizational development. Kenya Cancer Association is also a current licensed partner with the American Cancer Society’s global relay for Life program. While American Cancerthe set of Sir Laurence Olivier’s film, “The Prince and the Showgirl,” a 1956 comedy that co-starred Monroe, then at the height of her fame. He was 23, Clark (Eddie Redmayne) narrates, and “I wanted to be a part of their world.”

Clark ingratiates himself with Olivier, played with a flint-edged gleam by Kenneth Branagh. Olivier turns on the charm, puts on his most gracious face and fumes, fumes, fumes as his new co-star upstages him and keeps one and all waiting, on the set, while she works through her moods and is consoled by her enabling acting coach, Paula Strasberg (the wonderful Zoe Wanamaker). Clark is willing to endure Olivier barking “Boy!” at him just for the chance to be near Monroe.

Next thing he knows, he becomes the


WIGGINS — If you have ever been to a Wiggins football game, you have seen Dalton Risner.

Risner is a towering figure, currently he measures in a 6'5" and weighs is at 305 lbs. The big lineman is already a big leader as well. On the field and even on the sidelines after being injured, Risner led his line and his team. Those leadership abilities are one of the many things that sets Risner apart.

All his hard work and leadership ability has paid off as Risner was selected to play in the All-American high school football game in Orlando, Fla. sponsored by Offense-Defense.

Risner — a self-described small town kid hailing from Wiggins, population 906, where he was homecoming king — was not just invited to play at the game.Even more impressively, he was asked to be the captain.

After the game, Rivals.com voted Risner as one of the top 10 performers in the game. He was the only lineman on the list. Risner will also be playing for Team USA on Feb. 7, in Arlington, Texas, in another All-American high school bowl game.

"It was exactly what I needed to prove how a small town kid can set his goals for the sky and with hard work and passion, how anything is possible," said Dalton of his experience.

According to Wiggins head coach Mitch Risner one of Dalton's coaches, a former NFL coach, said that he expects to see Dalton in the NFL once his college days are done, stating that Risner's "work ethic, character and leadership we the


not an Academy U17. While he’s listed on the U17 Academy roster, he’s a DP and mostly plays for 03 Premier. He made several solid saves on the day. Credit to him for playing with confidence and showing well while not only playing up in age but in level. Well done, young man.

The interesting tactical twist was the deployment of Rafael Corral as a very deep holding mid in a role we used to call a stopper back in the day, sitting just in front of the center backs. Since Atlanta had two strikers that both checked back frequently, Nico Carrera and Tanner Tessmann would track tight to both and Corral would rotate back into the vacated center spot. It was very fluid and interesting, for me atRedzic.

Redzic plays wing in a false-wing style, cutting inside, dribbling at players, trying to shoot or combine/create with a pass. Edward Knight III, another DP player, came in for Redzic. Knight is a more traditional winger, direct with a burst and some pace. He pushes wide and high and tries to get behind the defense or split the gap.

The contrast from Redzic was remarkable and caught Atlanta off guard, think of Michael Barrios vs Pablo Aranguiz. United had trouble adjusting to Knight and he gave the right back fits. The first FCD goal came through Knight on the wing, his cross finding Andres Dicun at the top of the box for the goal.

FCD’s second goal came from an over the top, led pass by Kevin “Bunny” Bonilla. The


The goal against Atlanta United is the first goal they’ve allowed since September against Orlando City. This team, honestly.

Adrian Anguiano and Pranav DuBroff remain the ubiquitous center backs with my man Nolan Norris at left back. There’s so much talent in midfield and upfront you see a lot of rotations with this team. U14 Matthew Corcoran continues to play up with the 15s quite a bit as a holding mid, as he does in both these games.

Against North Carolina: Nighte Pickering had a brace (U15 leading scorer with 9), Kevin Kelley (new to FCD this year) added a goal, as did Tarik Scott (younger brother of U19 Henry-Scott).

Atlanta United was a goal-fest: Anthony Ramirez – usually more of a dribbler/facilitator – had a hat trick, Diego Hernandez, Scott,is simply inviting a sea attack from the meddling West. But if you look closer, you will see Kotlin Island comfortably situated in the middle of the Gulf of Finland. And Peter the Great took this a step further by building a string of forts from Kotlin Island to shore.

In total, there were 22 forts forming a line of defense from shore to shore.

Kotlin Island and the town on the island, Kronstadt, has a rich naval history and is now home to a major sea port.

Not all of the original forts remain, but there are regular excursions for those tourists who want to visit the remaining structures. Fort Alexander is perhaps the most well known and has a history that includes defense against naval attack, housing of a


research laboratory on plague and bacterial disease, and was even known as a rave hotspot at one time.:

The construction of these forts was no small task. As Russia Beyond states:

“The foundations of the fort were built during the winter, and used ingenious techniques. They built small wooden cabins right on top of the ice that covered the bay, and then filled them with heavy boulders. Under their own weight, these constructions sank to the bottom.”

Unfortunately, I had only one day in Kronstadt. I was busy filming a building that is for sale for Expat Flat. I came for that particular building, but left impressed with the potential for tourism for the island of Kotlin and the town of Kronstadt. More than six million tourists come to St. Petersburgmoney from fines and court costs, "it was important the judges be reminded of the issue and how collecting fines and costs should be managed."

Schweikert said judges have been supportive of the Supreme Court's education efforts. Milt Nuzum, the court's director of judicial services, agreed.

Bench cards, he said in an email, "do make a difference, simply because some of the laws and procedures are found in obscure places and it would take the judge a lot of research effort to find it."

A continuing problem

It's hard to tell how many Ohioans are being imprisoned today when they can't pay debts, as the practice is illegal, Brickner said.

But since the ACLU of Ohio's report came out last year, he said, his organization has received complaints about jailing debtors from half


of the state's 88 counties. The ACLU is still investigating the tips to see if they're valid.

Isolated cases of illegally jailed debtors are likely to continue to pop up in Ohio, Brickner said, especially in rural areas and in Ohio's 300 or so mayor's courts, which are operated by cities and towns largely outside the state's judicial system.

"It's hard to totally eradicate the problem," Brickner said.Hundreds of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists on board dozens of armored trucks with mounted machine guns have tried to breach Syrian army positions in a mass coordinated attack in the Idlib de-escalation zone, the Russian military said.

Two groups of al-Nusra militants numbering up to 200 fighters each attacked Syrian Arab Army (SAA) positions in the Abu al-Duhur and Abu Sharja communities in Idlib, the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria said.

Also on rt.com No more 'moderates'? Al Nusra terrorists unite ALL Idlib militants under single anti-Assad command

Jihadists sent a suicide bomber squad to breach SAA defenses in the Abu al-Duhur area, but an anti-tank missile eliminated the explosive-laden car just before the death-mobile could strike the front line of the government forces. Government forces scrambled to repel the charge, but


curve is fixedly connected to the holding means and the element which is guidable in its first position along the second control curve is connected to the closing means and, in its second position, clamps the annular element against the closing means.)
After the desired mounting depth has been set, the annular element which is fixed onto the closing means is released by the measure that the element which clamps the annular element to the closing means is moved into its first position. The holding element will then be rotated in the closing direction until the maximum mounting depth has been reached at which the element secured at the side of the holding means snaps into the snap-in means at the end of the first control curve. The annularmeans, i.e. by the originally set position corresponding to the mounting depth.
According to a preferred alternative to the above-described units the support means may comprise a means which can be engaged by at least one clip provided at the side of the generator wall. The unit can thereby be removed from and secured to the generator chamber wall very rapidly by opening or closing the clip provided at the side of the generator wall.
Preferably, the support means may comprise a means that is engagable by two clips provided at the side of the generator wall. A symmetrical distribution of the holding force over the unit is ensured by said measure.
According to an advantageous development of all of the previously described units the injection means may be provided on


never denied that the Kremlin interfered in the 2016 U.S. campaign and said “they are laughing their asses off in Moscow.”

In a rapid-fire series of tweets from his Palm Beach estate, the president unloaded over the Russia investigation, days after an indictment from special counsel Robert Mueller charged 13 Russians with a plot to interfere in the U.S. presidential election.

While the nearby town of Parkland, Florida, continues to mourn a school shooting that left 17 dead, Russia was clearly top of mind for the president. The administration has focused on the fact that the Russian effort began in 2014, before Trump announced his White House run, and Trump continued that argument Sunday.

He said the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, California Rep. Adam Schiff — calling him“Liddle’ Adam Schiff, the leakin’ monster of no control” — “is now blaming the Obama Administration for Russian meddling in the 2016 Election.”

Trump appeared to be referring to an interview Schiff did with NBC in which the lawmaker said the previous administration should have set up a “more forceful deterrent” against cyberattacks after the 2014 hack of Sony Pictures.

President Barack Obama in late 2016 defended his administration’s response to the Russian meddling, also saying he had confronted Russian President Vladimir Putin that September, telling him to “cut it out.”

Trump has not been seen in public since he arrived at his Florida club late Friday, after a visit to the community shattered by the shooting. That evening, he met with first responders, medical personnel and some victims. He skipped


the countries. An initial payment was delivered the same day Tehran agreed to release four American prisoners.

The Obama administration eventually acknowledged the cash was used as leverage until the Americans were allowed to leave Iran. Congressional Republicans decried the payment as ransom, which the Obama administration denied.

A record breaking donation of nearly $9 million to Girls Scouts of Southern Nevada

A record breaking donation of property valued at nearly $9 million was made to the Girls Scouts of Southern Nevada by the Charles and Phyllis M. Frias Charitable Trust. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal. @bizutesfaye

The crash was reported just before 4:10 a.m. at Washington and Eastern avenues.

Vegas Homeless Remembered

Las Vegas vigil remembers 179 homeless people who died over the past year in Clark County. (David Guzman/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A look insideTesla’s Nevada Gigafactory

Tesla's Gigafactory east of Reno produces the batteries that fuel the company's electric cars. Production has created more than 7,000 jobs, and the campus that includes one of the largest buildings in the world is expected to triple in size by the time it is completed. Tesla Vice President Chris Lister leads a tour of the facility. (Bill Dentzer/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Garnet Interchange Ribbon Cutting

The Nevada Department of Transportation celebrated the completion of the $63 million I-15-US 93 Garnet Interchange project. The project includes a modified diverging diamond interchange and a 5-mile widening of US 93.

State Foresters Hunt for Record Trees

Urban foresters from the Nevada Division of Forestry hunt for record setting trees.

The achievement district faced strong opposition from traditional schools back in its beginnings in 2016.


But with schools like Nevada Rise and Nevada Prep, it's slowly and steadily growing. Amelia Pak-Harvey/Las Vegas Review-Journal

This year’s "Shop with a Cop" event gave about 40 children the chance to shop at Target alongside a North Las Vegas Police officers. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @Bizutesfaye

Melvin Dummar dead at 74

Melvin Dummar has died at 74. Dummar was famous for claiming to have saved Howard Hughes in a Nevada desert in 1967. Dummar claimed to have been left $156 million in Hughes’ will. The will mysteriously appeared after Hughes’ death in 1976. It was dismissed as a fake two years later. Dummar never saw a dime of the billionaire's fortune. Dummar died Saturday in Nye County.

Officer-involved shooting in Nye County

The Nye County Sheriff's Office gives information about a shootingin Pahrump on Thursday night after a man began firing shots outside of his home. (Nye County Sheriff's Office)

Law Enforcement Active Shooter Training Exercise

Multiple Las Vegas Valley law enforcement agencies held an active shooter drill at the Department of Public Safety’s Parole and Probation office on December 6, 2018. Officials set up the training exercise to include multiple active shooters, a barricaded suspect and multiple casualties. (Katelyn Newberg/ Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Public memorial service for Jerry Herbst

Archiving effort hits milestone at Clark County Museum

The Clark County Museum catalogs the final item from the bulk of Route 91 Harvest festival artifacts. (John Przybys/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

The last of the more than 17,000 items left at the makeshift memorial near the Las Vegas sign after the Oct. 1 shootings have been catalogued


at the Clark County Museum in Las Vegas. The final item was a black-and-white bumper sticker bearing "#VEGASSTRONG. An additional 200 items currently on display at the museum will be catalogued when the exhibit comes down. (K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Dozier execution timeline

Scott Dozier was set to be executed July 11, 2018, at the Ely State Prison. Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez delayed the execution.

Grand Jury Indicts Constable for theft

A Clark County grand jury indicted Henderson Constable Earl Mitchell. A Las Vegas Review-Journal investigation prompted the criminal probe. The newspaper found Mitchell wrote himself thousands in checks, took out cash at ATMs and traveled on county funds. He faces four felony counts of theft and a county of public misconduct. Mitchell and his attorney could not be reached for comment.

93-year-oldWWII veteran arrested during visit to VA hospital

Dr. S. Jay Hazan, 93, a World War II veteran, talks about his arrest during his visit to VA hospital on Friday, Nov. 30. (Erik Verduzco Las Vegas Review-Journal @Erik_Verduzco_

Las Vegas Metropolitan briefs the media on the recent arrests made regarding the 18th street gang.

Man shot in Las Vegas traffic stop had knife, police say

Police said the man fatally shot by an officer during a traffic stop in downtown Las Vegas had a “homemade knife.” Demontry Floytra Boyd, 43, died Saturday at University Medical Center from multiple gunshot wounds after officer Paul Bruning, 48, shot him during a traffic stop. Bruning pulled Boyd over on suspicion of driving recklessly at 7:41 a.m. near Sunrise Avenue and 18th Street.

Catahoula dogs rescued from


Emily Lilly, founder and manager of the Boca Raton GreenMarket which runs October through May, attributes the market's decision to close for the summer to two factors: Northern visitors leaving town and the growing season in Florida.

"We get the regulars from the area, from the community at large and then the numbers swell when the snowbirds come because they're used to green markets up North," Lilly said.

Opening year-round is not an option for the market since it caters to Florida-grown produce and must run according to the growing season.

"Because the growing season is over in May, most people don't come get the fresh produce because it's not there," she said. "There's limited produce in the summertime."

Jerry Kugel, a manager of Plantation Farmer's Market which stays open all year,says that while the summer months are a bit slower, the market still supports itself with local visitors.

"That market we've had for about 5 years, so it's pretty strong year-round," he said.

While it will be closing at the end of June for the summer, it will be open year-round beginning in September when it re-opens.

Originally, it was unclear whether the market could support itself during the summer. According to Kugel, while 50 to 60 percent of the market's customers consist of visitors and Northerners, it has shown enough success to support the decision to keep it open year-round beginning in September.

"Results this year showed it could support itself because we get so many visitors, so next year it will be year round," Kugel said.

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VICE Television is making a documentary about Meghan Markle, and it features interviews with “palace insiders” who will attempt to shed light on the years leading up to her and Harry’s departure from the royal family.

Called “Meghan Markle: Escaping the Crown,” the documentary is slated to be the first release in a new series of independent documentaries called “Vice Versa.”

“This was never going to be the fairy tale,” one insider says in the trailer for the hour-long special, which you can watch above.

Also Read: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Drop 'Royal Highness' Titles, Hours After Bill Maher Urged Them to Ditch Royal Family

“Meghan Markle: Escaping the Crown” premieres March 10 at 9 p.m. ET on the VICE TV cable channel as well as vicetv.com and the VICE TVapp.

Here is the official description, per VICE:

“The hour-long special takes a deep dive into the rapid rise and unraveling of the Duchess of Sussex, investigating the role that the monarchy and British tabloid media have played in vilifying Britain’s first black princess. As the saga continues with Harry and Meghan’s loss of royal branding, the documentary confronts issues of race, prejudice, and obsession in a story that now threatens to upend one of the longest-running institutions in the world, featuring exclusive interviews with palace insiders and experts including William and Harry’s former butler, the American wives of the British aristocracy, and royal correspondents.” Also Read: Here's Why Meghan Markle Probably Won't Show Up on 'The Crown'

The “Vice Versa” docuseries aims to give a voice to “radical and unapologetic


The Michigan State University Board of Trustees has set a timeline to select a new university president by June 2019. The announcement follows months of strategic planning, including the board’s recent selection of Teresa Sullivan, University of Virginia President, to advise the presidential search process.

Trustees Dianne Byrum and Melanie Foster are leading the search.

“Finding the right president for Michigan State and completing the search in accord with this newly established timeline are critical steps for MSU and its future,” said Sullivan, retiring president of the University of Virginia and a MSU alumna. “I look forward to working with the Board of Trustees and stakeholders in the Spartan community as they seek to attract a great leader for the next chapter in the life of Michigan State University.”

As aThursday, March 8, 2018

The real change is happening quietly, inwardly, unreported and unnoticed...

Adversarial politics, as practised in Malaysia, is every bit as polluting as the worst kinds of industries. The toxicity, in this instance, is mainly psychic, and results in clouding up the real issues.

On the second day of 2012, Raja Petra Kamarudin let off a loud and extremely smelly fart in the face of Pakatan Rakyat by declaring Anwar Ibrahim "morally unfit" to become Malaysia's 7th prime minister. The fact that RPK chose to do so via the Umno-owned media, a few days ahead of the January 9th sodomy trial judgement reveals that his intent was to inflict maximum damage on Anwar.

What has transpired between these erstwhile political allies to sour their relationship is unknown to me


out of line. Fair enough, and those of us who admired RPK's guts and brilliant mind were happy to endorse MCLM's public outreach activities.

However, just before the Sarawak elections, RPK stunned the nation by agreeing to be interviewed in Australia by TV3. The gist of his revelations was that he had been misled and left in the lurch by a conspiracy to thwart Najib Razak's rise to power and replace him with Tengku Razaleigh as interim prime minister. The edited interview focused on RPK's declaration that he had no evidence of Rosmah Mansor's involvement with Altantuya's gruesome execution - and that he had accepted on good faith the testimony of one Colonel Azmi Zainal Abidin, a military intelligence officer. RPK added that the military intelligence report he hadbeen shown no longer existed.

The timing of RPK's TV3 interview created shockwaves amongst his fans and many turned against him, convinced that he had finally succumbed to temptation and reneged on his own principles. After a few months, the antagonism subsided but avid followers of Malaysia Today had grown a little wary of RPK's volatile temperament.

With his latest move, conspiring with the utterly despised Utusan Malaysia and New Straits Times to dismiss Anwar Ibrahim's candidacy as prime minister, RPK has lost even more admirers - perhaps permanently this time.

RPK, of course, is entitled to his views on what constitutes moral fitness for the nation's highest post. He says it's possible that Anwar Ibrahim may be bisexual; that he's "90% convinced" Anwar is the main actor in the sleazy


Breast cancer screening: recent trends in the use of mammography in Nebraska.
Although the efficacy of screening mammography has been surrounded in controversy of late, the evidence that it can reduce breast cancer mortality among women 50-74 years of age is extremely sound. In Nebraska, data from the state's Behavioral Risk Factor Survey show, that during the years 1988 to 1992, the percentage of women age 50 years and older who had ever had a mammogram rose from 50% to 65%, while the percentage of women of the same age who had had a mammogram within the past year rose from 24% to 34%. Nebraska BRFS data also show that the percentage of women 50 years of age and older who have had a mammogram within the past yearStates filed a Complaint for Extradition against Kyriakidou under 18 U.S.C. § 3184 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. The court issued an arrest warrant and, on June 30, 2005, Manta was provisionally arrested on the belief that she was Kyriakidou. She was released on bond one week later. On the day of the extradition hearing, March 15, 2006, the United States filed an Amended Complaint for Extradition incorporating the fourth charge listed in Greece's 2002 extradition request.
The magistrate judge granted in part and denied in part the government's request for extradition. The magistrate judge concluded that the person before the court, Christina Manta, was Crystalla Kyriakidou, the person Greece sought for extradition. The magistrate judge granted Greece's extradition request with respect


written by a Greek Public Prosecutor, which stated that it was based on "testimonies" from Kiskiras and three other witnesses and described Kyriakidou's interactions with Kiskiras. The Magistrates' Council of Athens issued a writ of arrest for Kyriakidou based on this investigation report.
With respect to charge four, the Amended Complaint for Extradition alleged that Kyriakidou "falsely represented to an investor her identity, that she was an expert in international stock exchange trading, that she had her own investment company, *1140 and that she was receiving annual returns of 50 to 100 percent on her investments," which caused an investor, Dimitra Loui, to give her $32,000. Kyriakidou did not invest or return Loui's money. In her probable cause analysis, the magistrate judge relied on a complaint submitted by Louicause determination. We address each of these arguments in turn.
A. Dual Criminality
Article I of the Treaty between the United States and Greece sets forth a "dual criminality" requirement. It provides that "surrender shall take place only upon such evidence of criminality, as according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial if the crime or offense had been there committed." Treaty of Extradition Between the United States of America and the Hellenic Republic, U.S.-Greece, May 6, 1931, 47 Stat. 2185 (emphasis added). In other words, an offense is not extraditable under the Treaty unless it is considered criminal under the laws of both Greece and the United States. See Caplan, 649 F.2d


charge two, the 1999 extradition request alleged that Manta "falsely presented" to Kiskiras that she was in the real estate business, that she bought estates at auctions and resold them for profit in cooperation with certain Belgian and Swiss companies, and that she was "of a great financial welfare"; as a result, Manta convinced Kiskiras to give her millions of dollars which she kept and never invested. Manta's intent to defraud is supported by the Public Prosecutor's investigation report, which documented that when Kiskiras asked Manta to return some of his investment, she gave him checks that lacked sufficient funds. Kiskiras also learned that, contrary to Manta's representations, *1143 she had no involvement with the banks or real estate companies.
We can also infer an intent to defraud fromperson who committed fraud against her in Greece presented herself as Christina Manta using passport No. I. 837326 (issued in 1994), that Manta left Greece to live in San Diego, and that Loui later learned that Manta's real name was "Cristallo Kiriakidou." In Loui's affidavit, she stated that she examined passport No. N464835, which was issued to "Christina Manta" in 1999, and testified that she recognized the person in the picture as the person who deceived her.
The magistrate judge observed that the person in court appeared to be the same person that Loui had identified in the passport photo. The magistrate judge also noted other evidence, though not conclusive by itself, supporting that the person before the court was Kyriakidou. She considered that the Public Prosecutor in Greece


gathering evidence to support extradition any time after this two-month period, which could severely limit the government's ability to extradite individuals under the Treaty. We decline to read such a requirement into the Treaty, particularly in light of the rule that we are to construe extradition treaties liberally. United States ex rel. Sakaguchi v. Kaulukukui, 520 F.2d 726, 731 (9th Cir. 1975).
Second, the magistrate judge's consideration of Loui's photo identification also was not erroneous on the grounds that it was "impermissibly suggestive." Manta argues that Loui's identification is not reliable because it occurred eight years after Loui had allegedly seen Kyriakidou, Loui was shown only a single photograph, and the photograph was displayed as part of a passport with Manta's name and other identifying information. Our case lawtransfused with FXIII-concentrate and showed an adequate increase of FXIII ruling out FXIII deficiency to be induced by increased turnover. Despite this haemostatic management and antifibrinolytic treatment the patient had to undergo several revisions due to delayed, Hb relevant bleeding after cervical lymph nodes extirpation and resection of tonsil. Two chemotherapy cycles with paclitaxel and palliative radiotherapy of the neck area were performed, but the patient died unfortunately two months after diagnosis. It is a unique case showing the combination of a highly aggressive angiosarcoma and presence of inherited FXIII deficiency. It is also a rare example demonstrating the benefit of FXIII genotyping besides the expected acquired FXIII deficiency possibly due to neoplasm induced increased consumption by elevated crosslinking of fibrin fibers.


Students in Michigan take on art of building classic boats

CEDARVILLE – Curls of pale-brown wood shavings fall to the floor as Gus Bell pulls a plane across a piece of African mahogany. He checks its shape, peering at it closely. Then he lays the tapered piece of wood against the bow of a 26-foot, replica 1929 Hacker racing boat. He butts it up to the plank next to it. After some gentle tapping and a little careful pushing, he screws it into place. "It's a kind of tedious process to get these planks on here, to fit the curves," Bell admits. But when he's finished, the line where one plank ends and the next begins is almost invisible, and even without sanding it feels like a single pieceof wood. The fit is perfect.

Around him in the spacious, light-filled workshop of the Great Lakes Boat Building School, Bell's fellow students worked on other classic watercraft: A sailboat that's getting a coat of varnish; a 32-foot, six-oared boat commissioned by the U.S. Navy to serve the 18th century ship the U.S.S. Constitution in Boston Harbor.

For these students, too, the fit seems perfect: The school, in the eastern Upper Peninsula town of Cedarville, offers a two-year curriculum of classic boat building techniques, one of just a handful of programs in the U.S. and the only one in the Midwest.

"We start with a pile of wood and a bunch of young people, some of whom have never done woodworking. So it's all new material," said Patrick Mahon, executive director


of the school. "At the end of the year, we end up with some pretty nice stuff."

Bell, 25, came to Cedarville from Cincinnati. He was one of four second-year students at the school this past school year, which concluded June 5. There also were 11 first-year students. Mahon would like to see those numbers increase to the school's capacity of 25 students.

First-year students learn wood and wood composite boat-building techniques. Second-year students also learn about mechanical systems and yacht joinery, which includes techniques of finishing interiors.

With the back, garage-style doors of the 12,000-square-foot building open, you can see the waters of Lake Huron and the Les Cheneaux Islands, a series of small islands dotted with summer homes.

It was a group of residents with summer homes in the areawho came up with the idea for a boat-building school. The waterfront land the school sits on was donated along with a cottage; some scholarship student live there while attending classes.

"They wanted to start something here that would bring some year-round economy to the area," Mahon said. "It was their idea and their original funding that started the school."

Mahon, a boat-builder for 40 years, came from Washington state to lead the school, which just completed its eighth year.

Two years ago, the school was commissioned to build a whaling boat that would be on the deck of a larger whaling ship in Mystic Seaport, Conn., where a large wooden boat event takes place each year. This year's is June 26-28.

It was through that event that the school got the


are mostly OK.

"We let them make mistakes, as long as it's not going to be a catastrophe or jeopardize the boat," said Andy James, second-year instructor and a former Navy man.

Davant learned about the boat-building school on the Internet.

"I haven't even been on a boat before I came here," he said. "The whole idea for me about building boats was kind of romantic."

He finished his one year at the school earlier this month, and said he would look for a job in the U.S. or maybe Norway.

In a separate room, first-year student Angela Stober moved around inside a sailboat, its hull freshly painted a sleek black. She's from Cleveland, well-versed in Great Lakes maritime culture thanks to Lake Erie.

"Making things come together with hand tools seems almost likea lost thing, but it's being preserved here. As long as there is an admiration for the wood and things that are handcrafted, there's going to be a need for people like us."

– Danton Thon

"My dad is a furniture maker and I grew up on the lake, and boats are a lot of fun," she said as she wiped dust off of wood trim she intended to varnish.

She said she's most interested in finishing, like the painstaking varnish work she's preparing to do.

"I like all the little details," she said. "You can build a great and beautifully built boat, but if it doesn't look good ...," she said, shaking her head.

Danton Thon graduated from Holt High School in 2008 and just finished his first year. He said he


Springfield Falcons special teams looking . . . special

SPRINGFIELD - There's something special going on with the Springfield Falcons.

Their special teams have become dominant, at both ends of the ice.

They have become especially adept at killing penalties. With a strategy implemented by assistant coach David Bell, the Falcons have gotten progressively better at playing short-handed.

They have allowed 10 power-play goals in nine games, but only one in the last five.

"We struggled with the PK early in the season, but we've been getting better at it. It's a case of outworking the other team on their power play," Captain Tim Sestito said after the Falcons beat Lowell 4-1 at the MassMutual Center Friday night.

One of the goals was a short-handed effort by Liam Reddox after teammates Sestito and TheoWaltham, is the AHL's player of the month for October. He's a veteran of 447 AHL games, in which he has posted 451 points ... Philadelphia's Danny Syvret, a former Falcon, was among the player of the month nominees ... Chicago's Ondrej Pavelec earned goaltender of the month honors, then was promoted to the NHL Saturday by the Atlanta Thrashers ... Player of the week for Oct. 27-Nov. 2 is Hamilton's Marc Denis, a goaltender who has played in the NHL with Colorado, Columbus and Tampa Bay. Potulny was among the other nominees .¤.¤. Truitt took his team on a weekend overnight bus trip for a "team bonding" experience. "They went to parts unknown," said Falcons media relations director Damon Markiewicz. The Birds will be back in their


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Thursday, 22 August 2013

HISTORY OF MEXICAN-PUNJABIS

Amelia Singh Netervala points to her mother’s chicken curry enchiladas as the best metaphor for her childhood.

Born to a Punjabi Sikh father and Mexican mother, her family was full of cultural contradictions: She went to church on Sundays with her mother and three siblings while her father waited outside in the family car. She would have langar — the daily Sikh communal meal — just once a year, whenand so now they are dying off,” explained Karen Leonard, a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Irvine who wrote a book on California’s Punjabi-Mexican population. “So their numbers are diminishing.”

The first marriages between Punjabis and Mexican Americans occurred in the early 1900s, after waves of men from Punjab — a geographic region straddling the Indian-Pakistani border — immigrated to the United States by way of Canada.

Although their numbers were initially small, estimated in the few thousands, the Punjabis, who were mostly Sikh, quickly adapted to life in the farming communities of the United States, particularly in California’s Central and Imperial Valleys. Drawing on their extensive agricultural knowledge, the Punjabis planted troves of peach and prune orchards, which today produce 95 percent of the peaches and


60 percent the prunes that grow in Yuba-Sutter County, an fertile agricultural hub California’s Central Valley.

Despite their contributions to California’s farming industry, early Punjabi immigrants were heavily discriminated against both economically and socially, said Vinay Lal, a professor of history at UCLA.

The California Alien Land Act of 1913 prevented all “aliens ineligible for citizenship” in the state to own agricultural land. And although the act primarily targeted wealthy Japanese landowners in California, the Punjabis were not considered citizens and were victimized, Leonard said.

Strict immigrant laws also prevented Punjabis living in the United States from bringing wives from India, creating a distinct problem for the community.

“They would have gone to India to find brides and brought them back,” Lal said. “But when they passed the Asian Exclusion laws, it– the connection between Punjabis and Mexicans – and we are very proud of it.”

Kang, a physician and Sikh leader in Yuba City, considered one of the first Punjabi locales in America, said the passage of the Luce-Celler Bill of 1946 – which granted citizenship to people of Asian and Indian origin – permanently altered the Punjabi-Mexican Diaspora. The act allowed Punjabi landowners to bring wives back from India, thus negating the necessity to marrying outside their community.

And when Punjabi women began coming to the United States, the Punjabi-Mexican community confounded them, Leonard said.

“They even kicked out the Mexican women from the gurdwara, even though those Mexican women helped fund it,” Leonard said.

Today, the Punjabi community in California is one of the largest in the world, estimated at