for years. Essex County Council have been widely criticized for their lack of action. In 2009, the council initially earmarked £150,000 to go towards implementing a mini-roundabout at the Devil’s Head Crossroads. 18 months later, however, campaigners were told the money was no longer available.

Limited budget

While campaigners welcome the scheme as being better than nothing, the changes don’t quite match up to their expectations. Concerned residents have been pushing for a full roundabout to make the junction as safe as possible. Essex County Council have stated they have a budget of only £300,000 for the scheme, whereas a full roundabout would cost a prohibitive £15 million.

David Kendall — a Liberal Democrat Essex County Council for the Brentwood South ward — has been behind the campaign to improve roadthat everything is settled and that his dream may soon become reality. Real Madrid’s idea is to close the deal with Carlo this week and hold a presentation the next. In reality, Real Madrid has long since decided that Carlo is ideally suited to lead the new project and there has been no other option they have discussed more. There was Jupp Heynckes, but he announced yesterday that he will take a year off after winning the treble with Bayern.

The German was another manager who met the profile president Florentino Perez was looking for to begin his fourth term, but Heynckes has chosen to spend time with his family, especially his wife, who is ill.

Madrid doesn’t have much more time. Florentino was re-elected president by the Electoral Board


cases with a high risk of revictimization or retaliation.Establishing a clear protocol to ensure a smooth hand-off from the hospital to the community.Working with community partners to tailor a person-centered, trauma-informed response for the victim and their surrogates (friends, family, etc.)Providing wrap-around services to reduce the likelihood of revictimization and retaliation.

The brief case illustration below demonstrates what an average case might look like:"A gunshot victim is brought to Rochester General Hospital in a private vehicle. He undergoes an intake screening and consents to be a part of CERV. A prevention professional from Pathways to Peace then performs a risk assessment and forwards it to the project coordinator. Upon reviewing the risk assessment, the project coordinator convenes a survivor intervention team meeting with the community partners and develops anand disrupted the ability of prevention professionals to follow, identify, and track violence victims into the community.

In addition to the impact on the hospital, COVID-19 has impaired street outreach organizations in several ways. First, the project coordinator has been unable to convene in-person meetings in the community with partners from street outreach organizations in Rochester. Instead, all of the meetings have been held via video conferencing. Second, all of the community partners have faced unique challenges that have disrupted their ability to provide services to violence victims. One of the partner organizations has had to divert some of their time to other tasks, including handing out food at local emergency food pantries. Another community partner has been unable to engage participants due the lack of PPE. A third


in which the team had its first early successes.

The upside of the book is that it is very academic. It cites everything and the old maps and photographs prove the author spent hours at the Missouri Historical Society unearthing treasures.

The downside is that the book is academic. While I certainly understand the desire to rise above the sensationalist, opinionated late 19th-century journalism that serves as most of the book’s primary sources, a lot of the color that makes the early history of this team interesting isn’t in the book. The colorful and eccentric owner, Christian Frederick Wilhem von der Ahe, is presented as a German immigrant who bought a bar, noticed one day that his patrons all left in a rush for a few hours on Sunday, thenreturned to spend a leisurely rest of the day. After asking where everyone went and hearing about baseball, he invested in the team and made (and later lost) a fortune doing so.

That’s all fine and good, but it’s a one-dimensional picture of Chris Von der Ahe. Yes, he was an astute and successful self-made immigrant businessman–the embodiment of the American Dream if there ever was one. While some mention of his nouveau riche excesses is in the book, much of what made him so despised outside of St. Louis isn’t mentioned.

My personal favorite Von der Ahe story, the larger-than-life statue of himself erected outside of Sportsman’s Park to celebrate the successful 1885 season, gets no mention in the book. There is mention that Von der Ahe is buried


underneath a large statue of himself, but no mention of where the statue came from.

I did find it very interesting that Von der Ahe, convinced there was no money left to be made in St. Louis, plotted to win the 1887 World Series and then move his world championship team to New York where he could draw bigger crowds, more beer sales, and bigger profits. The team never won another World Series under his ownership, however, so Von der Ahe never put that plan into motion.

Unfortunately, the book ends abruptly with the American Association’s merger with the National League, with only a brief epilogue at the end talking about the slow fall of Von der Ahe and his loss of the franchise.

In the book’s defense, Von der Ahegets more treatment elsewhere while the American Association is little more than a footnote today, so I can see why the author chose to focus on the more neglected subject. It makes for better scholarship. Since this book is published by the University of Missouri Press and not Random House, I can see why the book was written the way it was.

If you want good history, particularly of what it was that made the American Association what it was–and this is fair, because the St. Louis club was the dominant team of that league and era–then this is a great book. If you’re looking for colorful stories about a guy who was like Ted Turner and George Steinbrenner and Charlie Finley and Bill Veeck all wrapped up into


it looked gloomy, but Boston did it.

Next up: The St. Louis Cardinals. A team with the best record in baseball, and a roster that looked like an All-Star team.

Game 1 was a slugfest. Such is to be expected from two teams with depleted pitching staffs. But Boston outslugged the National League All-Stars, er, Cardinals.

Game 2, the Red Sox pitched Curt Schilling, again. There was little doubt Schilling would win, at least not from me. No pitcher has ever been more determined to win a World Series game than Schilling was on that day.

One telling sign: Boston made 8 errors in those two games. The Cardinals normally eat up teams that play shoddy defense. The Cardinals didn’t.

Game 3 was the turning point. Pedro Martinez is a formidable but moodyas the New York Yankees or Seattle Mariners.

The reason is pretty simple. The season is 162 games long, and not everybody is Cal Ripken Jr. Play everybody every day, and your team will break down. Witness the Oakland Athletics of the early 1980s. Fiery manager Billy Martin came in, and in 1981, it looked like he’d succeeded in turning that young team into another dynasty. He had young, energetic players, and he played them hard. In fact, he played them too hard. Within a year, all of his talented young pitchers had sore arms and while most of them stayed in the majors for a few more years, none of them ever lived up to their initial promise. For that matter, outside of Rickey Henderson, none of the


opposing fielders 4,256 times. Fine. Let’s look at what constitutes a Hall of Famer.

Hall of Fame rules state that induction is dependent upon “the player’s record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributions to the team(s) on which the player played.

One at a time: Record. Rose has more hits than anybody else, partially by virtue of having more at-bats. But his statistics, while not as great as his fans remember, are better than some people who are in the Hall of Fame.

Ability. His playing ability is probably adequate. But Rose was a one-dimensional player. He wasn’t a particularly good fielder, he hit for very little power, and he was at best an average baserunner. Andre Dawson, Jim Rice, and Ryne Sandberg, three players on this year’s ballot whothe other categories.

Sportsmanship. In the 12th inning of the 1970 All Star Game, Pete Rose plowed over American League catcher Ray Fosse, dislocating his shoulder and destroying his career. It was a game that didn’t even count. Fosse, who had drawn comparisons to Johnny Bench, was never the same.

Character. See integrity.

Contributions. To Rose’s credit, he moved around a bit on the field to make room for other players. The Reds had a young power-hiting outfielder named George Foster sitting on the bench. Rose was playing the outfield. The Reds’ weakest position was third base. At the request of his manager, Rose learned how to play third base, which opened the door for Foster to get into the lineup, giving additional protection for Johnny Bench and Tony Perez. In


1980, Rose signed with the Philadelphia Phillies, who had a Hall of Famer named Mike Schmidt playing third, so Rose moved across the diamond to first. Philadelphia was a better team with Rose than without.

Late in his career, this changed. An aging Rose became a part-time player in Montreal. When Cincinnati traded for him and made him player-manager, Rose made himself a regular again, at the expense of playing time for younger players like Nick Esasky and Eddie Milner, and Hall of Famer Tony Perez. Esasky, who usually would have played first base, instead played left field, where he wasn’t as good defensively. Milner was a better defensive player, had good speed, and was at least as good at getting on base at that point as Rose. Thebright. Even dumber than Pete Rose.

After the series, Shoeless Joe, like six other players who took money from gamblers and like one player who knew what was going on but didn’t participate, was banned from baseball for life. Thus the owner of the third-highest lifetime batting average in history, and the youngest player ever to hit .400, was denied his otherwise certain entry into baseball’s Hall of Fame.

Joe Jackson has been dead for 52 years. Baseball still has never seen fit to put him into the Hall of Fame. Baseball has never seen fit to clear the name of Buck Weaver, the teammate who found out about the conspiracy but didn’t report it.

So reinstate Jackson and Weaver. For that matter, reinstate the other six guys as well. Let


stake. My first All-Star memory was the 1983 game. The American League hadn’t won a game in years. Then the California Angels’ Fred Lynn came up with the bases loaded, smacked one out of the park for the first-ever All-Star grand slam, and carried the AL to victory.

These days, the only purpose the All-Star Game serves is to give Baseball Commissionerwannabe Bud Selig another opportunity to make a fool of himself. Read more

I was pretty happy that the Royals were just a game under .500 a week ago. That’s good for them. After all, their closer, Roberto Hernandez, has been injured all year. Other players are nursing injuries as well. Even the team trainer, Nick Schwartz, is hobbling around on crutches.
That seems like a long time ago now.rather shy;
    His face, somewhat soiled,
      Unfamiliar with soap,
    Was thin, while there curled
      In his neck, like a rope,

    Certain locks which had grown,
      Unhindered by shears
    That he never had known,
      You would think, all his years;
    His shirt was a sight,
      You may think, to behold,
    Through which shone the light
      Unblushingly bold.

    His trousers, in shreds,
      His legs dangled round,
    Long needing the threads


restless horse attending,
    But join in song triumphant, never ending and sweet.

    But on this day of this November, remember
    Tommies there are, with feet as cold and tender, remember,
      As his once were, who now on golden strand
      Meet rich and poor, of this and every land.
    These need your store, your love, your helping hand, remember!
                                              R.

ROBERT TRUESDALE’S LOGIC.

THEY“you have picked out a very slimsy
branch; it looks as though it was almost broked off; maybe it will
break while you are swinging on it—I most know it will—then you will
fall down in the snow and hurt yourself. I falled off of a limb once,
and it hurted.”

The bird paid not the slightest attention to this friendly warning, but
Lora continued to stand still, looking at the swaying bush, her face
full of earnest thought. She had already turned from the bird, and was
thinking about the verse sister Nannie had taught her that morning. It
was a long verse for a little girl, with some hard words in it; but
Lora had mastered them, and said them over in her mind, revolving,
meanwhile, the explanation which Nannie had made of them. “If a man
abide


down one familiar street, up another, and they halted
before a tiny white house set back among tall trees which staid green
even in winter.

“There is some mistake,” faltered Grandma Blakslee, more breathless
than ever. “I wasn’t to be brought here; I was to go to the asylum out
on the Corning Road, near two miles; I don’t know the folks that live
here; I didn’t know it was rented.”

The strange man chuckled. “I guess there’s no mistake,” he said, “and
you’ll like to make their acquaintance; anyhow, I must do my duty and
leave you here; I’m under orders.”

Trembling and bewildered, poor Grandma, because she did not know what
else to do, let herself be set down in front of the door, which the
man opened hospitably, saying as he did so, “Step right in; the(“_Mother Dunlap’s
Story._”)]

“Mother,” said little Cathie Dunlap, “father’s middle name is Kirke;
did he have anything to do with the nice boy who took care of you?”

“Why, yes,” said Mother Dunlap, laughing, “come to think of it, his
full name was William Kirke Dunlap.”

                                                 MYRA SPAFFORD.

HUNGER AND THIRST.

THERE is a story of a little boy who was very fond of angling, and who
one day told his grandfather that he had caught a fish as large as a
horse.

“Look here, Tom,” said the old man,


rabbit run through the fence, and they went up to watch
for it.

“Carlo shall have a ride,” said Bessie. So she took him in her arms and
got upon the sled at the top of the hill.

She gave it a little push, and away they went, whiz! down the long hill
so swiftly and smoothly. Oh! it was good fun.

Two more rides they took, then Charlie picked up the bag and said,
“Come, Bess.”

When they get home mamma will have a nice warm supper ready for them.

After that they will go out and ride down hill until dark.

                                  ill,
and would not live long.” This made her glad, for she was homesick for
her father’s grave. But her cousin, Romney Leigh, a boy somewhat older
than herself, took her to task for this. He said to her:

    “You’re wicked now. You wish to die,
    And leave the world a-dusk for others,
    With your naughty light blown out.”

Well, she did not die, but lived to be a sweet, proud, brave, foolish,
sorrowful, glad, happy woman! You think my words contradict one
another? No; they may belong to one life, and often do.

I do not mean that you will be interested in all her story—hers and
“Cousin Romney’s”—not yet awhile. Some day you will read it, study it,
I hope, for the beauty of the language,


little brother.

They rode home on the wood sled, drawn by two big oxen. Trudy said it
was just the “beautifulest time” she ever had in her life.

She whispered to papa that she thought God was very good to make so
many big trees full of candy just to please little girls and boys.

                                               MRS. C. M. LIVINGSTON.

[Illustration: The Little Queen]

THERE you have a fine Holland house, a palace rather. Come, let us go
in. Just think, you have a royal invitation. Well, here we are.  And heard Jehovah speak in words profound;
    When, suddenly, burst on the ravished ear
    A voice like music, or like trumpet clear,
    And words most wonderful did there proclaim:
    Tidings, glad tidings of the glorious Name!
    He bade us haste to Bethlehem away
    To find the Babe there born to us this day;
    And then, when Paradise I see complete,
    May it such strains to these glad ears repeat!
    Then as from cloud the pealing thunder breaks
    Till ’neath its voice the very mountain shakes,
    So burst in chorus the celestial choir,


a terrible roar of noise outside. Alexander Hamilton is buried in
Trinity churchyard.

                                               ROBERT PAXTON.

       *       *       *       *       *

[Illustration: THE OBELISK.]

I SUPPOSE everybody will write about Central Park; but I can’t help
it, I want to tell some things about it myself. I was there in June.
We went up to Fifty-ninth Street andhe crept up, gun in hand, and
tried to fire, but for some reason the gun did not go off.

“That put him out of humor, and he scolded the gun, and by that
frightened the birds so they flew away.

“Then he sent me to find them, and I could get no snuff of them,
hunt as hard as I could. Then he spoke to me as he never did before,
and throwing the gun upon his shoulder started for the house, never
noticing me by any word, whistle or sign.

“Well, I dropped my tail between my legs, and followed at a good
distance.

“He didn’t forget the cow, or the pig, or the pony, but took no notice
of me, and I don’t believe I could eat now if I had a chance.”

Poor fellow! come here


upon almost any instrument. He is a born musician. His
brother can’t play even upon a jew’s-harp, but he can make one. He can
make a watch. His fingers can do all sorts of wonderful things such as
Johnny’s cannot. Boys differ; girls differ. They can’t be made alike.
One has one gift, one another.

Titian was born an artist.

What do you suppose he is doing there, one hand upon the limb of that
tree?

“Going up for chestnuts.”

No; try again.

“Going to climb for a crow’s nest.”

Not he. See that bit of a branch in his right hand. He is looking at
it to see its shape, the form and color of the leaves, and all about
it. He will paint that whole tree in a little while—no, no; paint one
on canvas just like it. When heL.

       *       *       *       *       *

    GOOD temper, like a sunny day, sheds brightness over
    everything. It is the sweetener of toil and the soother
    of disquietude.

INASMUCH.

    “IF I had dwelt”—so mused a tender woman,
      All fine emotions stirred
    Through pondering o’er that Life, divine yet human,
      Told in the sacred Word—

    “If I had dwelt of old, a Jewish maiden,
      In some Judean street,


 E’en though it be a cross
      That raiseth me;
    Still all my song shall be,
    Nearer, my God, to thee,
      Nearer to thee!”

“That is as good as a recitation,” I said. “How very distinctly Angie
speaks her words.”

“Yes,” said the proud mother; “she prides herself on being heard. She
says she would never have any pleasure in singing Italian songs; that
she would want the words as well as the music to be uplifting. Angie
prefers sacred music, I think; her heart seems to echo the sentiment
of the words. What she is practicing now is to be sung to-morrow
morning, just before the sermon. Our pastor requested it. This is a new
arrangement, with solo and quartette,you just said I ought to be
going. It was quite a work of art to get this dress on, and I haven’t
the least desire to change it; I am not at all afraid of it.”

“But, my dear child, just consider how unsuitable it is. Those laces
at the neck and wrists are real, you know, and as fine as cobwebs;
you certainly could not dress more than that if you were going to a
reception.”

“O, mamma! how absurd. As though anybody would take notice of me, or
care whether my laces were real or not. They fit the dress, any way,
and as long as I don’t object to them I don’t see why anybody else
should.”

“My daughter, your mother objects to them. Moreover, the dress is lower
in the neck than you have been


Jackie, just as soon as
it is best for me to be cured. I think I am going to get quite well;
indeed, I may say I am almost sure of it, though the surgeon is not. I
believe the Lord Jesus has decided to let me be well and strong again,
so I can be a witness for him, as the lame man was, you remember. Why,
we didn’t finish the story, did we? And there is no time now. Here
come the people from church. You look that up, Jackie, in your Bible
sometime, and see what an unanswerable argument the man was.”

Jack the younger thought over the entire story later, while he was
eating his beef tea. Thought and thought, and by a way which was clear
to himself, came at last to thisbe tip-top fun. I’ll do it!”

                                               <DW29>.

[Illustration: JACK THOUGHT AND THOUGHT.]

[Illustration: MY PRETTY DEER.]

[Illustration: ONLY ONE LEFT.]

CLAUDE’S STORY.

CLAUDE TALMAN was ten years old. He lived in a marble house. Its floors
had costly carpets, and all the furniture was elegant. His clothes were
fine and rich; his food came from almost all parts of the world. How
soft was his bed. Tenderly was he watched over. He seemed to have more
than heart could wish—not his heart, however.

[Illustration: CARACTACA BEGS TO BE SENT HOME.]

One day as


well pocket the bundle and call it Fourth of July
luck.”

“And you will lose your chance in here if you don’t come this minute,”
said one of the boys, trying to keep a way open for him.

“Thank you,” said Davie, “but I think I ought to find the little girl,”
saying which he struck into the crowd, and began his search.

It was several hours afterwards that a boy who was very tired, and who,
if he had not been so disappointed, would have been hungry, came out
of the handsome book store and with slow steps started for his long
walk home. He had delivered the medicine for which he came in the first
place; he had the note for the doctor safe in his pocket; he had picked
up a little German girl, and after  dollar.

A PRETTY GIFT.

(_Something for Mamma._)

THE materials needed for this gift are a smooth thin board about two
feet long and six inches wide, some bright- plush, some pretty
cretonne, a dozen or more brass hooks of varying sizes, none of them
very large, a couple of “cock eyes” such as are used for hanging small
picture frames, and a yard or two of ribbon, color to match the plush,
or contrast nicely with it.

The smooth board is to be covered on one side with the plush, on the
other with the cretonne, the edges neatly sewed; then the hooks are to
be screwed in at regular intervals on the plush side, the ribbon drawn
through the rings or “cock eyes,” and tied in a bow ready for hanging,
and your work is done.

When it comes


some day you may become a great astronomer—like Tycho Brahe or
John Kepler.

                                                        L.

[Illustration: THE MOON’S PHASES.]

       *       *       *       *       *

    WHEN you’ve got a thing to say,
    Say it! Don’t take half a day.
  the
things which she meant to accomplish before her mother came, having by
this time decided that it was entirely probable that they must wait
for the evening train, heard the exclamations of dismay from the other
room, and rose up to see what was the trouble; but at that instant an
eager cry from Elsie: “There they come!” sounded on the ears of all.
Helen gathered up the screaming Joe under one arm, and calling to Mary
to look out for the ink on the carpet, ran out of one door, just as
Jessie scurried out of another, eager to dash upstairs and brush her
hair before her father saw her; for his last charge had been to her to
see to it that she did not appear before her mother in that plight.
Mary, burning with shame


this boy were the only one
she had to think about or care for her. If so she was to be pitied,
poor woman! for it soon became evident that the young man thought about
and cared for himself. His first exhibition was to fling his heavy
overcoat on his mother’s lap as he said: “Here, mamma, hold that, and
give me the tickets for the conductor.”

“I haven’t tickets, dear,” she said; “I shall have to buy some.”

“O, well! all right, give me your pocket-book and let me buy them.”

“No, dear, there is a good deal of money in my pocket-book, and some
valuable papers.”

“What of that?” he said, in a tone loud enough for all the passengers
to hear; “I ain’t going to lose them; don’t I know how to take care of
things? Give               MYRA SPAFFORD.

THINGS WHICH SOME PEOPLE REGRET.

THE “Regret” which we give you this month comes from a very high
source. Almost every scholar of ancient languages will recognize the
name. It is a very pleasant thought that these great men out of their
busy lives have stopped to give us a glimpse of their past, in order
to help the young people of to-day, who will be the men and women
of to-morrow, to avoid the mistakes which they did not. We hope and
believe that the <DW29>s will receive great benefit from these glimpses
from the youth of great people.

    “I regret that I have not better acquired the art of
    pleasantly acknowledging the


Willie was in the kitchen,
seizing the large woolen mat from the floor as he ran, and in less time
than it takes me to tell it, he had wrapped the mat about his mother
and extinguished the flames! The kitchen furniture was burned, but
that was about all, and the dear mother was saved by her quick-witted
ten-year-old son, who had heard somewhere that woolen wrapped closely
about a burning object so as to exclude the air, will put out the fire.
It is not every boy of his age who knows that fact; and there are many
who, knowing it, would not have had presence of mind enough to have
applied their knowledge promptly. Willie did, and he has his mother.
Certainly I think he must be a happy boy, and I am sure she isin their inward parts, and
write it in their hearts, and will be their God and they shall be my
people.” As she read a curious light came into her eyes.

“It is very strange,” she said; “that is the verse that they are going
to talk about this afternoon at the covenant meeting.”

“What is a covenant meeting?” asked Elise eagerly.

“It is the young people’s quarterly meeting at the church where I am
attending. Every three months their Christian Endeavor Society have a
gathering which they call a covenant meeting. I don’t know much about
it; I have not been; but they talk together about such things; the
pastor comes and talks to them. They say the meetings are interesting.
What if we should walk in that direction, Elise, and go in a little
while? Mr. Westfield invited


on his side, and ready to sympathize with him for having such
a wicked little brother. The longer George talked the more of a martyr
he grew to considering himself; he racked his brain for illustrations
of Davie’s ill temper, and was in the midst of a very harrowing story
when Joe Winters appeared, breathless with running, and panted out:
“Is George Campbell here? I say, George Campbell, your folks want
you to come home just as fast as you can. Davie has tumbled from the
scaffolding of the big barn and killed himself! or—well, he ain’t dead;
but he lies there still; can’t stir nor speak, and they have sent for
two doctors, and everybody thinks he is going to die.”

Poor George Campbell! To have seen the look on his face when he heard
this dreadful pieceshook their heads gravely in answer to questions, and would
not give one ray of hope that he might by and by open his eyes and know
them. Truth to tell, they thought he was going to die, and that very
soon. But doctors are sometimes mistaken, and these were. Davie did not
die; he lay day after day moaning with pain, not knowing any of the
dear friends who bent over him; staring at George with wild, unnatural
eyes, as if he were some comical object, instead of the brother who
hovered about him, longing, oh! so eagerly for just one glance of
recognition.

There came a day when the doctors said it was possible—just barely
possible—that Davie might awaken from the long sleep into which he
had fallen, and know his friends. How still they kept the


some other wicked cause.

“Blessed are the peace makers, for”—

                                                        L.

JEAN.

COME now, the good ship _City of Paris_ sails in a few days, so let us
away over the ocean to France.

Here we are in Paris, the most beautiful, though not the best city in
the world, they say.

But after six days sightseeing we’ll hurry to another place, and here
we are in Domremy. Here we’ll roam over the hills and think. See that
cluster of trees? Weburied her face in the
blooms again and again, and seemed unable to get enough of their
sweetness.

They had spent the entire morning in the woods hunting for treasures,
she and her particular friend, Helen Beardsley. Helen attended another
Sunday-school, so they had carefully divided the flowers, for they were
to be used in decorating the church for the Easter service.

“You will smell all the sweetness out of those things, child,” said
Miss Agatha Foster, looking up from the bit of satin she was carefully
embroidering. Miss Agatha was Celia’s oldest sister.

[Illustration: HESTER THOUGHT ABOUT IT.]

“O, no, I won’t!” said Celia, laughing; “they have all the sweetness
of the woods in them. You can’t think how the woods smelled this
morning! It seemed just like heaven.”

Agatha and the middle sister, Lorene, looked at each other and laughed.

“What


Jr., Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Washington, D. C., amicus curiae for Chamber of Commerce.
Before EDWARDS, Chief Judge, MERRITT, Circuit Judge, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.
EDWARDS, Chief Judge.

1
This appeal represents a cry for help from steelworkers and townspeople in the City of Youngstown, Ohio who are distressed by the prospective impact upon their lives and their city of the closing of two large steel mills.  These two mills were built and have been operated by the United States Steel Corporation since the turn of the century.  The Ohio Works began producing in 1901; the McDonald Works in 1918.  The District Court which heard this cause of action found that as of the notice of closing, the two plants employed 3,500 employees.

2
The leading plaintiffs1 are two labororganizations, Locals 1330 and 1307 of the United Steel Workers of America.  This union has had a collective bargaining contract with the United States Steel Corporation for many years.  These local unions represent production and maintenance employees at the Ohio and McDonald Works, respectively.

3
In the background of this litigation is the obsolescence of the two plants concerned, occasioned both by the age of the facilities and machinery involved and by the changes in technology and marketing in steelmaking in the years intervening since the early nineteen hundreds.

4
For all of the years United States Steel has been operating in Youngstown, it has been a dominant factor in the lives of its thousands of employees and their families, and in the life of the city itself.  The


that industry, lives and destinies of the inhabitants of that community were based and planned on the basis of that institution: Steel.

6
In the face of this tragedy, the steel worker local unions, the Congressman from this district, and the Attorney General of Ohio have sued United States Steel Corporation, asking the federal courts to order the United States Steel Corporation to keep the two plants at issue in operation.  Alternatively, if they could not legally prevail on that issue, they have sought intervention of the courts by injunction to require the United States Steel Corporation to sell the two plants to the plaintiffs under an as yet tentative plan of purchase and operation by a community corporation and to restrain the piecemeal sale or dismantling of thethereof provides:

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No local working condition shall hereafter be established or agreed to which changes or modifies any of the provisions of this Agreement, except as it is approved in writing by an International Officer of the Union and the Personnel Services Executive of the Company.

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It is clear that the approvals called for in the just quoted paragraph never occurred.  It is somewhat less clear that the extraordinary developments relied on by plaintiffs are properly termed "local working conditions."

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The District Judge's rejection of any formal legal contract claims was clearly mandated by both state and federal contract law.  The lack of such features as a written document, authorization by the corporate Board of Directors and the Executive Boards of the steelworkers national and local bodies, a stated


absolutely necessary if our facilities are to continue to operate."

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"Mr. Ashton also released this statement to the press.  At 3 P.M. on September 1, 1977, Mr. Ashton convened the grievance committees of Locals 1330 and 1307 in the conference room of the Youngstown District headquarters on Salt Springs Road and read them the press release.

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"b. On or about September 14, 1977, Randall Walthius, an agent of Defendant, stated to the press that studies were under way

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"aimed at making the Youngstown facilities profitable and it is on the basis of the plants' profitability that they will continue to operate."

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"c. On or about January 3, 1978, Edgar Speer, then Chairman of the Board of United States Steel, was asked by a NEW YORK TIMES reporter whether at some pointthanks to every man and woman employed at McDonald Mills and the Ohio Works for your efforts and contributions to this success.  Ed Speer has always said that Youngstown Works has the best bunch of steelworkers in the business.  I couldn't say it any better myself.  . . ."

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"m. On April 26, 1979, William Kirwan, C. I. Richards, Jr., an agent of Defendant, and R. M. Greer, an agent of Defendant, wrote a letter to the WALL STREET JOURNAL which was printed shortly thereafter.  The letter stated:

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Regarding your report on United States Steel Corporation First Quarter, 1979 earnings, which appeared on Page 3 of the April 25th, 1979 edition, it is deeply concerning that the Wall Street Journal has resorted to reporting 'hearsay'


room.  DePietro and Mignogna relayed the message from management that if the mills could be kept profitable, they would stay open, and urged the men to work more efficiently.  The men told their union representatives about problems in the 12 mill which impeded their work.  In September 1979, DePietro and Mignogna met with Will McCorckle and George Benkey, agents of Defendant to discuss the status of the 12 mill.  Benkey reported that attitudes were better and production was up.

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"k. In October 1979, Robert Griffin, an agent of Defendant, convened the grievance committeeman of Plaintiff Local 1307 and told them that the 18 mill was going from two turns to one.  He asked if management could depart from the previous practice of rotating layoffsPump Tender Helper at the Bessemer in the Ohio Works was combined with a job in the blast furnace pumphouse; coal handlers in the 9 Boiler House at the Ohio Works were put into the millwright gang as helpers and thereafter handled coal on an 'as needed' basis; the second man on the Topper Turbine at the Ohio Works was combined with a job at the Boiler House; and the job of inspector of narrow-gauge locomotives in the Diesel Shop was abolished and performed thereafter on an 'as needed' basis by other workers.

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"n. Action and forbearance as described, supra, was continuously induced by Defendant through social occasions sponsored by Youngstown District management.  In May 1979, newly elected officers of Plaintiff Locals and Youngstown District supervisors were convened


at the Mahoning County Country Club, 700 E. Liberty Street, Girard, Ohio, for an affair known as 'A Beer With The Boss.'  Mr. Kirwan addressed the group.  He described planned improvements in the Sinter Plant and the installation of a new coiler in the 18 mill.  He predicted a steel shortage in the mid-1980's and an opportunity at that time for the Youngstown District to make the capital investment needed for longterm viability.  In answer to a question from President Vasquez of Plaintiff Local 1330, Mr. Kirwan stated that the investment he had in mind was $250 million for electric furnaces and a continuous caster at the McDonald Works.  He also stated that the mills were presently profitable and that the men shouldkeep up their good work.  In September 1979, Burning Yard employees were invited to dinner at Sokol Center Restaurant, 850 E. Midlothian Avenue, Youngstown, Ohio, where Mr. Kirwan and Mr. Tkatch congratulated them and told them they had saved their jobs.

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"12. Also in detrimental reliance on Defendant's promise, individual Plaintiffs, or some of them, gave up opportunities to take other employment and committed themselves to major, long-term expenditures such as the purchase of homes.  By way of illustration:

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"a. LeRoy Benson, 455 Utah Avenue, McDonald, Ohio 44437, the first-named individual Plaintiff, had been in the mill ten years as of June 1979.  Since his pension became vested at that time he considered whether to seek other employment.  His foreman, Thomas Augustine, advised him not to


do so because he had a secure future with United States Steel.  Accordingly, Mr. Benson gave up the idea of seeking work elsewhere, bought a car in July 1979, and on October 28, 1979 bought a home.

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"b. Frank Georges, R.D. 2, Hillsville Road, Lowelville, Ohio 44436, another individual Plaintiff, bought a new home on November 27, 1979, and heard the news of Defendant's shutdown announcement on the car radio as he drove home from the bank.

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"c. Michael Meser, 810 New York Avenue, McDonald, Ohio 44437, another individual Plaintiff, spent considerable time deciding where to send his son Mickey to college.  After hearing David Roderick's statement on TV in June 1979, see Paragraph 10 p, supra, Mr. Meser decided on Hiram College where tuition was $2,000 ayear rather than Youngstown State University where Mickey could have gone tuition free.  On the strength of Mr. Roderick's assurance Mr. Meser also decided to buy a new car which he had not done since 1956.  On November 21, 1979, he took out a $4,000 loan from the employee credit union."

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Based on these allegations, appellant steelworkers make this fundamental assertion which is the heart of the contract claim:

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"13.  Defendant's promise, and the detrimental reliance thereon of Locals 1330, 1307, 3073, and 3072, and of their members gave rise to a contract between Defendant and Locals 1330, 1307, 3073, and 3072, and their members, that the Ohio and McDonald Works would be kept open if they became profitable."

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They also assert that "The Ohio and McDonald works


in the steel company.  Mr. Roesch testified that it was primarily the obsolescence of the plant facilities that made the plant unprofitable.

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The testimony of David Roderick, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of United States Steel, confirmed Mr. Roesch's opinion.  In answer to the question "And through the end of October, 1979, Youngstown (sic) the performance of that year was in the area of about the break even, was it not?"  Mr. Roderick replied ". . .  the actual number was about a $300 thousand loss, as of the end of October, cumulative for the year.  And further, as I recall, they had lost money three out of the four months preceding it."  Further, Mr. Roderick explained theleave that Mahoning Valley and the Youngstown area in a state of waste, that it cannot completely abandon its obligation to that community, because certain vested rights have arisen out of this long relationship and institution.

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Subsequently thereto, steelworkers' complaint was amended, realleging the first cause of action, paragraphs 1-49, claiming pendent jurisdiction over claims arising out of the laws of the State of Ohio and asserting as follows:

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52.  A property right has arisen from the long-established relation between the community of the 19th Congressional District and Plaintiffs, on the one hand, and Defendant on the other hand, which this Court can enforce.

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53. This right, in the nature of an easement, requires that Defendant:

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a.  Assist in the preservation of the institution of steel in that community;

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into its cost of withdrawing and closing the Ohio and McDonald Works the cost of rehabilitating the community and the workers;

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c. Be restrained from leaving the Mahoning Valley in a state of waste and from abandoning its obligation to that community.

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This court has examined these allegations with care and with great sympathy for the community interest reflected therein.  Our problem in dealing with plaintiffs' fourth cause of action is one of authority.  Neither in brief nor oral argument have plaintiffs pointed to any constitutional provision contained in either the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of the State of Ohio, nor any law enacted by the United States Congress or the Legislature of Ohio, nor any case decided by the courts of either of"Fix by law the maximum of charges for the storage of grain in warehouses at Chicago and other places in the State having not less than one hundred thousand inhabitants."  Justice Waite held that no federal constitutional principle was violated by the state legislative enactment.

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The case is undoubtedly important precedent establishing power on the part of state legislatures to regulate private property (particularly public utilities) in the public interest.  It cannot, however, properly be cited for holding that federal courts have such legislative power in their own hands.

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We recognize that plaintiffs rely upon one sentence: "So, too, in matters which do affect the public interest, and as to which legislative control may be exercised, if there are no statutory regulations upon the subject, the courts must


mill towns of New England, with their empty textile factory buildings, are monuments to the migration of textile manufacturers to the South, without hindrance from the Congress of the United States, from the legislatures of the states concerned, or, for that matter, from the courts of the land.

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In the view of this court, formulation of public policy on the great issues involved in plant closings and removals is clearly the responsibility of the legislatures of the states or of the Congress of the United States.5  Nebbia v. New York, 291 U.S. 502, 537-39, 54 S.Ct. 505, 516, 78 L.Ed. 940 (1934).

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We find no legal basis for judicial relief as to appellants' fourth cause of action.

IV. THE ANTITRUST CLAIM

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Finally, appellants contend that the United States Steel Corporation hasoperations to give notice to the Secretary of Labor, and to affected labor organizations, employees, and local governments; to require business concerns to provide assistance to employees who suffer an employment loss caused by changes of operations; to authorize the Secretary of Labor to provide assistance to such business concerns, and to such affected employees and local governments, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT PRIORITIES ACT OF 1979

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Mr. RIEGLE.  Mr. President, today I am introducing the National Employment Priorities Act of 1979, which addresses the growing problem of large-scale plant closings and relocations across the country.  This bill, which is also being introduced today in the House of Representatives by Representative William Ford from my home State of Michigan,


 Under the bill I am introducing today, business concerns would continue to make these basic economic decisions on their own, taking into account their impact on the workers and communities with so great a stake in the outcome of these decisions.

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The heart of the National Employment Priorities Act is a requirement that workers, local communities, and the Government receive prenotification of impending plant closings or relocations.  In addition, workers who lose their jobs as a result of these major employment disruptions would receive partial payments and continued benefits from their employer for a year, reduced by any unemployment compensation, trade adjustment assistance, or outside earnings they may receive.

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This bill would also help forestall employment disruptions.  Federal assistance for employee buyouts of plants targeted for shutdown,Priorities Administration.

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Sec. 33.  National Employment Priorities Administration.

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Establishes a National Employment Priorities Administration within the Department of Labor.

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Sec. 34.  National Employment Priorities Advisory Council.

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Establishes a National Employment Priorities Advisory Council of 15 government, labor, business, and public members.

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Sec. 35.  Amendments to Other Laws.

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Sec. 36.  Authorization of Appropriations.

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Authorizes such sums as may be necessary.

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 Other plaintiffs include two office and technical worker locals of the United Steel Workers, the Congressman from the district concerned, and the Attorney General of Ohio

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 Section 301 of the National Labor Relations Act provides:
Venue, amount, and citizenship
(a) Suits for violation of contracts between an employer and a labor organization representing employees in an industry affecting commerce as defined in this chapter, or between any such labor organizations, may be brought in


any district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the parties, without respect to the amount in controversy or without regard to the citizenship of the parties.
Responsibility for acts of agent; entity for purposes of suit; enforcement of money judgments
(b) Any labor organization which represents employees in an industry affecting commerce as defined in this chapter and any employer whose activities affect commerce as defined in this chapter shall be bound by the acts of its agents.  Any such labor organization may sue or be sued as an entity and in behalf of the employees whom it represents in the courts of the United States.  Any money judgment against a labor organization in a district court of the United States shall be enforceable only againstthe organization as an entity and against its assets, and shall not be enforceable against any individual member or his assets.
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(c) For the purposes of actions and proceedings by or against labor organizations in the district courts of the United States, district courts shall be deemed to have jurisdiction of a labor organization (1) in the district in which such organization maintains its principal office, or (2) in any district in which its duly authorized officers or agents are engaged in representing or acting for employee members.
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(d) The service of summons, subpoena, or other legal process of any court of the United States upon an officer or agent of a labor organization, in his capacity as such, shall constitute service upon the labor organization.
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In 2014, New Brunswick found out what happens when you merge a Progressive Conservative anglophone riding with a Liberal francophone riding: Liberal Bernard LeBlanc as MLA.

But the race in Memramcook-Tantramar this year may be harder to predict than 2014 — a language-based court challenge notwithstanding — considering the "wind in the sails" of Green Party candidate Megan Mitton, says Mount Allison University political science professor Geoff Martin.

"She has gotten very good crowds out on her events, she has raised a lot of money," he said.

Stretching from Murray Corner to Port Elgin and down to Sackville, Dorchester, and including parts of Dieppe, Memramcook-Tantramar encompasses demographics that cross language, socioeconomic status and political priorities.

There are rural areas, fishing villages and suburbs. LeBlanc, who is running for re-election, says that forinfluence in 1982 elected NDP Bob Hall, sending a New Democrat to the New Brunswick legislature for the first time.

Liberals versus Greens?

During the campaign for the Sept. 24 election, Green Party Leader David Coon visited the riding several times, once with Federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. On Friday, science broadcaster David Suzuki is scheduled to pay the riding a visit.

Coon called Memramcook-Tantramar a "significant" riding for the party, and it's one of a few he finds promising.

"I've been trying to support many of the candidates in the province," he said.

Green candidate Mitton, a Sackville town councillor, received 15 per cent of the vote last election. It was her first campaign, she said, and this time it's a "whole other level," because of the support that she's getting.

She


said the most frequent issue she's heard door to door is health care.

"One of the priorities to me and something that's close to my heart is health care," she said. "My dad was sick the last few years and I got to see how there are some pretty big gaps in our health-care system."

LeBlanc said he's made a good name for himself in the last 12 years that he's been in politics. He became a public servant after graduating from the University of Moncton and said he has been an active member of the legislature.

LeBlanc was the MLA for Memramcook before it was joined with Tantramar, and he won 45 per cent of the vote in 2014.

Bernard LeBlanc is the Liberal incumbent candidate for Memramcook-Tantramar. (Hadeel Ibrahim/CBC)

At theThe centre having a built-up area of 30,000 square feet has three courts for singles and one for doubles.

A Squash Centre, the first of its kind in the State and constructed as part of the 35th National Games to be held from January 31 to February 14, was inaugurated by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy here on Wednesday.

The centre having a built-up area of 30,000 square feet has three courts for singles and one for doubles, though competitions will be held only in singles at the games. Constructed at a cost of Rs.5 crore, the centre has a seating capacity of 500, besides other facilities required to host an event as big as the National Games. The Chief Minister said the centre was a model of the State’s quest


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The idea for Empire, Fox's midseason drama, came to Danny Strong when he was driving. "Empire was just some random idea I had," Strong told The Wire at Fox's upfront after party yesterday. "I was literally driving in my car and I thought, I wonder if you could do King Lear in a hip hop empire. I literally was like: King Lear. Hip hop Empire and then my next thought was, 'I should call Lee Daniels.'"

Though Strong's face is probably still best known as Gilmore Girls; Doyle or Buffy's Jonathan—in fact, at the party, his Buffy co-star David Boreanaz was posing for photo ops just a short ways away—Strong's most most recent accomplishments have come as writer. He wonare in the process of accreditation. Two research training facilities and one clinical research site have been upgraded and most laboratories were refurbished with basic equipment and information technology support systems.

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As Ebola patient is sent to America, disease may have jumped quarantine in Nigeria

The regional death toll for the Ebola outbreak that has been ravaging
parts of Africa since January 2014 has grown to 887, and news that one
of the doctors treating patients in Nigeria has also contracted the
disease is presenting a dire challenge to authorities.

Four medical workers, including one Nigerian doctor, who treated an Ebola victim, have come down with symptoms of the disease.

Highlights

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Nigerian health authorities have rushed to quarantine others who have been exposed, and a special plane carrying the second American to become infected, 59-year-old missionary Nancy Writebol, left Liberia to arrive in Atlanta on August 5.Please do your best to help those infected with this disease.

The infected Nigerian doctoris simple, hmm, but for the one thing." "Here is a child, huh, here in this room, guarded by his father and the Inspector Japp." "Now, the false alarm is raised, and the inspector and Waverly foolishly rush out, leaving the child undefended, yes?" "– HASTINGS:" "Yes." "– Bon." "Now, the kidnapper comes in and takes away the child?" "Where?" "What do you mean, "where"?" "Well, they cannot go out this way." "Waverly and the inspector have just gone, and there are still the policemen standing not 20 meters away." "This way, yes." "But to what end?" "The front of the house has a policeman outside the door." "The back door, likewise." "Now, that side of the house is where Rogers has been caught, and excitement reigns." "[


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A Border Patrol agent was arrested by Tucson police Tuesday for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman, and an investigation uncovered "multiple victims" over a seven-year period, authorities said.

Steven Charles Holmes, 33, was arrested Tuesday after a woman told police last week that she was sexually assaulted by the agent, a Tucson Police Department spokesman said.

The woman told police that she met Holmes while using an online dating app, and during their conversations he told her he was a Border Patrol agent. She told detectives that the two went out on a date, and Holmes allegedly assaulted her, Officer Ray Smith said.

During the investigation begun last Monday after the woman went to police, detectives uncovered "multiple victims with similar reports occurringeach year. While such locations as Chicago often receive top-billing when such sightings take place, this aerial activity is replicated across all the midwestern states of America.

We will start, though, with an incident perhaps on par with the alleged Roswell crash. Except this occurred in 1884, near the little-known town of Max just outside of Dundy County, Nebraska.

The 1884 Nebraska Crash

On the 6th June 1884, John W. Ellis, along with several hired hands (cowboys) were rounding up cattle on the open plains near Dundy County, Nebraska. It was coming to the end of the day, with the last of the light about to be swallowed by the oncoming night. Suddenly, an object, glowing brightly, flashed across the skies above them. With it came a “terrific whirring” sound. Each


June 1920. It was a little after 10 am when Clark Linch was at his father’s farm, around six miles out of Mount Pleasant.

According to Linch, he was fishing at the time when a strange egg-shaped object appeared out of nowhere from above and silently landed on the river bank. The object was around fifteen-feet away from him and simply remained motionless.

Linch would recall it was around fifteen minutes later when he began to think about walking over to the craft. Just as he did so, however, it burst into life. Although still completely silent, it quickly rose into the air, eventually disappearing out of sight. When Linch did walk over to the spot where the strange, oval object had landed, there was a clear impression left onits name, Diamond Island, another apparently cosmic encounter unfolded. Rumors had swirled for years of an apparently ghostly presence on the island. This particular evening a group of local residents, intrigued and intent and getting to the bottom of this mysterious apparition, sailed towards the island in their small rowing boat. The most persistent rumors were of a strange “ball of fire” that would appear at the foot of the island. Usually late at night, around midnight.

They brought their small vessel to a stop on the island shortly after setting off. After securing it at the coast, they set foot on Diamond Island and began to position themselves in various discreet locations on the shore. Then, they waited. Their wait, though, would not be a long one.

All of


of them were black. Except, that is, for three consecutive ones. To her amazement, in each of these illuminated windows was “a man”. Two of them were facing towards Ann, while the other was sideways on. They appeared to don “parka-like coveralls” and some type of headpiece. The two sides watched each other for about five minutes. Then Ann saw the occupants manipulate what looked to be levers. In response, the craft suddenly took on a deep red glow. Then, it vanished at a breakneck speed.

Several months later in the early hours of 25th August 1952 in Pittsburg, Kansas, came a similar encounter. KOAM Radio staff member, William Squyres witnessed a low-hovering object near a wooded area of Kansas, at around 5:30 am while driving from his hometo work. The more he looked at this hovering disc-like object, he could make out “windows” along the edge of it. They had a blue glow to them. However, they appeared somewhat shaded. Squyres could see “figures behind it”. After several moments, a “throbbing” sound was physically palpable in the air. Then, the strange craft rose quickly and vanished.

Circles Of “Solid Light”

Another strange incident occurred sometime in 1954 in Osceola, Iowa, a young boy, Michael Kelly, would tell of a strange memory of waking up in a field surrounded by “boy scouts”. He couldn’t recall why he was there, or how he had arrived there. He recognized the area, however, and realized he was near home. Michael noticed that the scouts had some kind of uniform on, although


and he was eventually admitted to Mary Sherman Hospital. By this time, rumors were circulating with alacrity. And reporters would loiter at the reception of the hospital, eager to speak with staff or family members about Gilham’s condition.

Perhaps strangely, the case would suddenly disappear from public view. As would Gilham himself. Nothing much is on record following the declaration on the 11th November that his condition had improved. And that he was to be released from hospital the following day. Where he went, or if he even left the facility, is strangely still open to debate.

Sightings Remain Consistent

Heading back to Nebraska, and in more contemporary times, UFO activity has always remained consistent. For example, on the evening that (then) Governor of California, Ronald Reagan was giving his acceptancespeech as the nominee for the Republican party for the 1980 US election, 17th July 1980 in North Platte, two unnamed witnesses saw “several rock-shaped objects” flying purposely across the sky. The two witnesses were at an ice-rink party when they happened to look upwards a little after 10 pm. After ten seconds or so they “vanished into a puffy white cloud”. Interestingly, the following year on 19th October 1981, in the same location, three objects were tracked by radar moving across the sky. Multi-colored discs were also reported by five separate witnesses.

In Sutherland on 15th November 1983, while approaching a group of youths who were obviously trying to stash away the beer they were drinking, a police officer, and the group themselves, witnessed a “dark metallic craft”


moving across the sky at an altitude of around 2,000 feet. The witnesses would report that the strange craft had what appeared to be rows of windows along the middle of it. As the group watched events unfold in awe, three circles suddenly “flashed a bright white light” and the mysterious object sped away into the night sky.

Even more recently on 22nd July 2000 in Ogallala, three friends witnessed a huge craft with equally large panels making up its exterior. These panels flashed both colors and shapes “unlike anything they had ever see”. On 29th June 2007, an anonymous truck driver would report three bright lights, in a triangular formation. They moved across the sky as he walked to his truck shortly before midnight. After several minutes iton 23 March 2017 by the government of India's Department of Telecom (DoT), calling upon all telecom operators to conduct an Aadhaar-based re-verification exercise of all existing pre-paid and post-paid mobile connections. It further directed that that exercise be concluded by 6 February 2018.

[T]he circular, by stating that the Supreme Court has directed the DoT to mandate Aadhaar as the exclusive method for re-verification, is misleading the public at large, intentionally or unintentionally.

As per the DoT such an exercise has been ordered to implement directions of the Supreme Court of India. The circular refers to an order passed by the Supreme Court on 6 February 2017, in a writ petition filed by the Lokniti Foundation which sought the establishment of a scheme to ensure verification of all the


directed the DoT to mandate Aadhaar as the exclusive method for re-verification, is misleading the public at large, intentionally or unintentionally.

It is important to note that an interim order of the Supreme Court passed in the petitions challenging the Aadhaar scheme clearly directs that obtaining an Aadhaar card cannot be made mandatory. The government had then submitted in court that no personal information of Aadhaar card holders shall be shared by any authority. However, the DoT has done a volte face by actually requiring private telecom operators to directly obtain such personal information. In this background, the DoT has indulged in a colourable exercise to bypass the interim order of the Supreme Court by erroneously relying on another Supreme Court order by grossly misinterpreting it.

The trouble is thatLast updated on .From the section Championship

Ben Brereton has now scored six goals in the Championship for Nottingham Forest this season

Nottingham Forest scored two late goals to beat Ipswich and end their run of six matches without a victory.

Grant Ward opened the scoring for Ipswich, heading Myles Kenlock's cross beyond Costel Pantilimon.

But Ben Brereton equalised with an 89th-minute penalty for the hosts after he was bundled over in the box.

Joe Lolley then volleyed in Brereton's deep cross at the far post in the fifth minute of stoppage time to complete a dramatic turnaround.

It meant defeat for Ipswich in their first game under caretaker boss Bryan Klugg following Mick McCarthy's early resignation on Tuesday.

After going into the break 1-0 down against the run of play, Forest found themselves on


the second longest goal drought of their history having failed to score in six and a half matches.

But two goals in six minutes gave Forest their first win since beating Birmingham City on 3 March.

Ben Osborn had the hosts' best chance of the first half capitalising on Ward's loose pass before forcing a good save from Ipswich's keeper Bartosz Bialkowski.

Brereton also went close for Forest forcing Bialkowski to palm his long range effort behind for a corner after 25 minutes.

Ben Watson then headed inches wide of the post from the resulting set piece.

Ipswich started the second half brightly with Luke Hyam and Martyn Waghorn both going close, but will be left to rue a handful of missed chances as they failed to extend their lead.

Nottingham Forest boss AitorKaranka:

"The only good thing is that we won the game. I was disappointed for most of the game, about 85 minutes, but in football everything can change in one second.

"The main thing today is that we won the game, we have another three points and the important thing for me is that I felt the crowd celebrating this goal.

"It was an important goal and the celebrations were amazing and it means that we are together and I am pleased for them."

Ipswich Town care-taker manager Bryan Klugg told BBC Radio Suffolk:

"I couldn't criticise any of the players from the effort and the attitude they've shown since the events of Tuesday night.

"It was five seconds to go on our watches when they put the ball in the back of the


The other woman in Lisa’s life

The two couples — Vasant-Varsha and Ronnie-Lisa — in Badi Door Se Aaye Hain will be facing trouble in their relationships.

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The two couples — Vasant-Varsha and Ronnie-Lisa — in Badi Door Se Aaye Hain will be facing trouble in their relationships. Trouble strikes their paradise when Ronnie (Bhakhtyar Irani) gets in touch with his ex-girlfriend Nisha (Tapasya Naik) through a social networking site.
He gets hooked to chatting with her all day. This makes his wife, Lisa (Tannaz Irani) suspicious. She finds out about his secret rendezvous and confronts him, which is overheard by Vasant (Sumeet Raghavan) and Varsha (Rupali Bhosale).

Vasant irks his wife Varsha, when he unintentionally passes a remark, saying, 'Waah Ronnie ki toh nikal padi'.and other languages.

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Shaheer Sheikh in a new romantic show?

TV heartthrob, Shaheer Sheikh, who has been away from Indian television might soon return to the small screen with Sony Entertainment Television's new show. According to various reports in the media, the 'Mahabharat' actor, who has just wrapped up his film and TV work in Indonesia is in talks with Beyond Dreams for a new show. The show is reported to of a romantic genre. The actor was quoted saying in one of the reports that he has been offered couple of projects but he hasn't finalised any. Shaheer further stated that he will take a call, once he returns to India.

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come out of her simpleton image with a glamourous avatar on the TV show. Chandni was originally roped in as a new entry in the Life OK show for the role of Karan Roy’s girlfriend, but now Purvi will be playing the role. “I'm playing a very positive and a glamourous young character of Richa. She is today’s girl who is strong and very optimistic in life. It is completely different from what I have done in the past,” Purvi said in a statement. She will be playing the role of Richa, who is a location manager. She meets Karan Roy (Kunal Verma), who is Ayesha Sareen’s (Shraddha Arya) brother, at her workplace and they eventually fall in love as they start working together. The actress, who hastitled Gauri Ma to be directed by Sandeep Chowta and produced by us. The script of Soumik’s episode for 'Darr Sabko Lagta Hai' strangely reminded me of that film. So I immediately called up Sarikaji and she was onboard. The rest is history.”

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Mayank Gandhi set to play the bad guy again

Mayank Gandhi will be joining the cast of the TV series Sarojini as the main antagonist. The actor was last seen in Ek Veer Ki Ardaas – Veera, in which he also played the negative character of a cunning moneylender. In the new show, Mayank will be seen playing a psychotic man who torments his wife. Sources shed light on the actor’s latest role, saying, “Mayank’s character will get


Gurpreet Bedi, Abhishek Bajaj and Zaan Khan as the new cops. Sources inform that Miss India contestant Gurpreet Bedi, Abhishek Bajaj of Parvarrish fame and Zaan Khan who played the lead in Jhali Anjali will enter Shapath as the new cops.

When contacted, Abhishek confirmed the news and said, "Yes, I am in talks with the makers but nothing has been finalised yet."

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Ashish Sharma to quit 'Saath Nibhana Saathiya'

TV actor, Ashish Sharma, who plays the role of Kinjal's husband Dhavalji in Star Plus' popular show, Saath Nibhana Saathiya has reportedly quit the show. According to a portal, Ashish Sharma has already put in his papers and is serving the notice period. The report further stated that as the show isbuilt by my character. Hence the story brings together different people from diverse walks of life and how they interact and behave with one another,” the actor said.

'Jaane Kya Hoga Rama Re' will go on air on November 16.

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Shivansh Kotia to enter Zee TV's 'Qubool Hai': Child actor, Shivansh Kotia is all set to enter Zee Tv's Qubool Hai. He will be seen playing a role of a naughty kid who is full of life. He will be living with his father and his grandmother. When contacted, his mother confirmed the news by saying that he has already started shooting. However, she doesn't know much about his character.

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Rishina Kandhari quits


devdasi in the show, who is a disciplined dancer, my posture had to be graceful.”

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Ravi joins Rithvik to co-host a reality show: The second season of 'India’s Best Dramebaaz' will see actor Ravi Dubey, the male lead in Jamai Raja, join Rithvik Dhanjani as the co-host. The two, we hear, are great friends and are looking forward to working together. The inaugural season saw Ragini Khanna as the other host along with Rithvik. Both Ravi and Rithvik were unavailable for comments.

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Mrunal Thakur quits Kumkum Bhagya?

Mrunal Thakur, who shot to popularity as Bulbul in Balaji Telefilm's, 'Kumkum Bhagya' on Zee TV has reportedly quit the show. The beautiful actress, who portraysKumar will venture into the television space as one of the gang leaders in the upcoming season of the longest running reality show in the world, Renault MTV Roadies X4. Having been a part of Roadies in the past as a guest where he wrestled with the contestants, Sushil Kumar is excited at the prospect of interacting and engaging with the youth of the country on the brand new season of the show.

Known as the gentle giant of the wrestling world, this Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna recipient will be joining the original Roadie Rannvijay, actor Karan Kundra and the other new gang leader, Neha Dhupia for this season of the show. Sushil expects to be a strict disciplinarian on the show, but is also looking forward to have


three years as she was busy being a hands-on mother to her son Adamya. “I worked hard to get back into shape after delivery. I will take my son along with me to the shoot when both my husband (Tarun Khanna) and I are at work,” she signs off.

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Viraf Patel returns with Dhaval Gada's next: Viraf Patel is back to doing what he does best - entertaining his fans with his acting chops and good looks. After playing Mrityunjay Singh Shekhawat in 'Ek Boond Ishq' and hosting 'Hunnarbaaz!' Season 2 on DD National, Viraf will now be seen as the male lead in Dhaval Gada's 'Naamkaran'. The show will air on Star Plus. The makers have also approached actressBarkha Bisht for a pivotal track. "It's a unique concept and we are happy to have Viraf on board. Barkha gave a look test and we are hoping that she would be able to accommodate her dates since she is busy shooting Sankatmochan Mahabali Hanuman." While Viraf chose not to comment on the story, Barkha said that nothing is confirmed yet.

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Deepali Pansare quits her serial: Deepali Pansare, who is seen in 'Agent Raghav', has decided to quit the show. While the actress remained unavailable for comment, a source informs, “Her role was originally of a parallel lead, but it didn’t turn out as per the plan once the show went on air. She was miffed that things changed later


Aaye Hai'. Last seen in 'Arjun' as the male lead's wife, she will play film actress Toffee in the new show. This can easily be called a dress rehearsal for the actress as she will commence the shoot for her film soon.

Says she, "The shoot of my movie has been postponed and I had dates available to accommodate this show. The duration of the track isn't decided yet, but I am expecting it to last 15 days."

Talking about her character, she says, "In the show, I will be shown shooting at Sunshine Colony and Murlidhar Ojha (Deepak Pareek) will fall in love with me. There is a mystery behind my character, which will be revealed in the end."

Incidentally, Monika Khanna was roped in to play the part originally.However, due to some last minute changes, she was replaced by Sameksha.

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Khalida Turi replaces Simone Singh as Kaikeyi in a TV show: Actress Khalida Turi, who was last seen playing the role of Qutub Begum in the show Razia Sultan, has been chosen to play the role of Kaikeyi in Siya Ke Ram. According to sources, Simone Singh, opted out of the show because she was not ready to shoot away from her family, in Hyderabad. Khalida confirms the news and said, “I have watched Ramayan on TV. After playing a historical character, essaying the role of Kaikeyi will be a challenge.”

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Supriya Pathak returns to TV in a dramatic role:


cameo in popular TV show 'Mere Angne Mein'. According to a source from the set, the makers have approached Ronit for an important role in the show, but since the actor has already given out his dates and cannot be the part of the show for long, he decided to do a cameo. "They wanted him to be a part of the new family. Since he doesn't have dates and is very tight on his schedule, he agreed to do a cameo in the show," the source said. 'Mere Angne Mein' stars Kruttika Desai Khan, Ekta Kaul, Karam Rajpal and Varun Badola.

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Kritika Kamra in 'Yeh Kahan Aa Gaye Hum'?: Actress Kritika Kamra has been approached to star alongside heraired on &TV starting October 26.

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Mouli says no to playing grown-up Karn’s mother, quits TV show: TV show 'Suryaputra Karn' has been in the news for its casting as much as for its content. After Gautam Rode being roped in to play the grown-up Karn (Aditya Redij was almost finalised for the part), it is time for yet another development in casting. Actress Mouli Ganguly, who essays Karn’s mother, has decided to quit the show. Reason? She doesn’t want to play Gautam’s mother. She has so far played mother to the youngest Karn, aged eight and then an 18-year-old.
Says the actress, “Originally, the focus of the show was on the teenage Karn and the grown-up one was supposed to


Aamir Dalvi in 'Badii Devrani': Following our newsbreak on Aamir Dalvi being roped in as the mentally challenged new male lead in 'Badii Devrani', we have now been informed that actress Anjali Abrol will join him as his sister on the show. The actress, best remembered as Rani in 'Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat', will play Siddhi, a positive character that eventually takes a negative turn. Her identity of a divorcee will be revealed later in it. Anjali confirms, “My character is that of a caring and loving sister, who takes care of her mentally challenged brother.” As reported by us, 'Badii Devrani' is set to go in for a revamp, which will mark the exit of Mudit Nayar — the original male lead. Along with him, several otheractors from the original cast will bid adieu to the show. Only Reeti (Megha Chakraborty) and a few members of the Poddar family will be retained. Kamalika Guha Thakurta has also been roped in to play a pivotal role post the revamp.

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Gouri quits 'Mohi': Gouri Tonnk, has quit the TV show Mohi in which she plays a glamorous mother. According to a source, she was not happy with the way her role was shaping up. “The story has not developed the way it was promised, and multiple tracks, which were initially decided, never materialized. This left the actress unhappy and so she decided to quit,” the source said. Choosing not to elaborate on the reason behind the decision, Gouri


confirmed the news, “Yes, I have quit the show.”

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Mahadev’s Parvati turns daayan in 'Qubool Hai': Puja Banerjee, who shot to fame as Parvati in 'Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev', is set to turn negative with her latest fiction outing. After playing the Goddess, she will now essay the role of a daayan in the TV show 'Qubool Hai'. Her new character, Afreen, is diametrically opposite to how she has been seen till date on the small screen. She will be the main negative force and would be pitted against protagonist Surbhi Jyoti. While Puja remained unavailable, a source associated with the show reveals, “She will wear traditional clothes and sport a long braid typical of a daayan.”

In & Out: TV celebschallenging roles. After being seen as the villain in 'Shapath', the actor has been roped to play the new male lead in Badii Devrani. The show is going in for a revamp with the principal cast, which includes the exit of the original male lead Mudit Nayar and the Poddar family. Only the protagonist Reeti (Megha Chakraborthy) and a few actresses representing the Poddar family, have been retained. Aamir, the latest addition in the cast, will be seen as a mentally-challenged person; his character will be on the lines of the character played by Varun Badola in Koshish... Ek Aasha. This is not the first time, Aamir has taken up a challenging role. He played an autistic in Sanskaar Laxmi.

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Rehna' is back on TV. He will soon enter Rajan Shahi's show Tere Sheher Mein. After Dhruv Bhandari quitting the show owing to personal reasons, Kinshuk will play the paralled lead with Rafi Malik opposite Hiba Nawab in the show. Kinshuk who has been known to playing romantic roles, will have an interesting role to play in the show. A source said, "Dhruv quit the show because he felt there was not much creativity left in it. Kinshuk is a good-looking actor and will look good opposite Hiba Mathur who plays Amaya in the show."

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Payal Rohatgi to enter 2025 Jaane Kya Hoga Aage

Optimystix Entertainment's '2025 Jaane Kya Hoga Aage' aired on Sony Entertainment Television will soon witness a newentry. Sultry actress Payal Rohatgi last seen in 'Nach Baliye' will soon enter the show.

Sources inform that Payal will play the role of Sunil Barve's friend, Forum. The actress will mark her entry with a dance sequence and she will start shooting for the show today (September 30, 2015).

When contacted, Payal remained unavailable for comments.

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Ratan in 'Santoshi Maa': Ratan Rajput, who was last seen in the thriller show 'Fanaah', will now be seen in 'Santoshi Maa', where she will play the protagonist, a devotee of Mata Santoshi. We hear that the show is inspired by the 1975 cult-classic film 'Jai Santoshi Maa'. Ratan said, “The casting almost took place overnight. Besides, the story being that of a woman’s unwavering


faith in God, it will also highlight social issues.”

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Tony Singh plays the negative lead in Lajwanti:

Newcomer Tony Singh will play the negative lead role in a television series which will air on ZEE TV from October. The period drama, called Lajwanti, is set in the time of the India Pakistan partition and tells the story of Lajwanti, a girl living in Punjab with her family. Tony will play Sikka, the hapless man who is madly in love with Lajwanti and wants to marry her. But her heart is with another man. Sattu said, “Being in the show is awesome. I play a very performance-oriented character, an uneducated villager who is loud by nature. His love for the lead girl,wherein the male protagonist's character will have some shades of grey. Apparently, the change in Mantu's character didn't go down well with the actor, who chose to walk out of the show instead of playing a negative role.

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Kannada star Karthik Jayaram to play Raavan in Star Plus' new show: Following our report about Simone Singh and Karan Suchak playing Kaikeyi and Lakshman respectively, there's yet another update on the cast of Star Plus' ambitious project 'Siya Ke Ram'. Actor Karthik Jayaram, a popular actor from Karnataka, has been finalised to play the coveted role of Raavan. Yes, the guy with Ram's name in his surname will play the warrior king's arch-nemesis. Also known as J. Karthik and JK, he


has acted in several Kannada movies, namely Kempe Gowda, Just Love, Chandrika and will be seen as the male lead in Kuchikoo Kuchikoo. Jayaram has also featured in the TV show Ashwini Nakshtra, which aired on Colors Kannada. However despite repeated attempts, we couldn't reach the actor for a comment.

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Lavina Tandon in 'Tumhi Ho Bandhu': After wreaking havoc in Jodha's (Paridhi Sharma) life, actress Lavina Tandon, who played the scheming Ruqaiya Begum in 'Jodha Akbar', has returned to the fiction genre. She will be seen repeating her negative act in Zee TV's 'Tumhi Ho Bandhu Sakha Tumhi Ho'. Her character will be called Shaina. The actress says, "I play a con woman, who has been hired by Shreya (Sreejitacelebs onboard, quit or kicked out/

Sudesh Berry to enter Begusarai

Veteran actor Sudesh Berry, who entertained everyone as Loha Singh in 'Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya He Kijo' is soon expected to make an entry in &TV's 'Begusarai'.

According to media reports, the talented actor will be seen portraying a powerful role. His character will be called Manmohan Thakur and he will take control of the Thakur family. Sudesh is doing a cameo role.

Sudesh was last seen in 'Bandhan' on Zee TV.

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After Dhrishtadhyumna, Karan to play Lakshman now: Karan Suchak, who was last seen playing 'Dhrishtadhyumna' in Siddharth Kumar Tewary’s Mahabharat, has once again been roped in for another mythological show, 'Siya Ke Ram'. He will play Lakshman in the show. When


now be seen in Big Magic's 'Total Nadaniyaan'. The 'Nasha' actress will start shooting for the show 20th September.

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Nikhil Pandey in Life OK's 'Shapath': The charming Nikhil Pandey who is currently part of 'Mohi' recently shot for an episode of 'Shapath'. The actor will be seen playing an astronaut in the coming episode of the Life OK show. Shared a source, “The story will revolve around this astronaut who will be working with Space Research Organisation. He will fly off to the space but will lose all connection with his team and would be about to lose his life when suddenly a special light will come on to him as his saviour.” We spoke to Nikhil who shared, “Iparents will oppose the relationship. The poor guy will be torn between his love and his parents.”

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Ahsaas Channa in &TV's 'Gangaa': Young diva Ahsaas Channa will soon enter &TV’s 'Gangaa'. She will play the role of a young girl who will be seen playing Pulkit’s (Vedant Sawant) girlfriend. With the track focusing on Pulkit his personal life will add drama in the upcoming episodes. This will be a cameo; she will be seen for 10 to 15 episodes.

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Asha Negi and Anup Soni in new TV shows

TV actress Asha Negi of 'Pavitra Rishta' fame and 'Crime Patrol' host Anup Soni will soon be seen in two new shows. While Asha will


be seen playing the role of a narrator in Big Magic's 'Total Nadaniyaan', Anup will turn host for the channel's another show 'Hazir Jawab Birbal' as a special host.

The episodes will be aired on September 19th and 20th respectively.

Keep reading this space for more news.

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Vrushika Mehta bags the lead role in Satrangi Sasural

Channel V's 'Dil Dosti Dance' fame Vrushika Mehta is all set to make an entry in the TV show 'Satrangi Sasural'. Vrushika will be seen opposite Ravish Desai, who is playing the male lead Vihaan in the show. The show is also taking a five-year leap with a twist in the story. Earlier, there were rumours of Sana Sheikh to play the lead role in 'Satrangi Sasural'but later, we found out that Sana chose Tere 'Sheher Mein over' over 'Satrangi Sasural'.

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Ridhyma Tiwaare to enter Tu Mera Hero:

The latest entry lined up in the TV show 'Tu Mera Hero' is of actress Ridhyma Tiwaare (earlier Ridheema Tiwari). She will play Tuhinaa Vohra's daughter-in-law Dimple Kapadia. She has lived in Delhi for many years and keeps boasting about it all the time. Ridhyma will be seen in heavy make-up. She is street-smart and knows how to get her work done. While her husband is settled abroad, their daughter stays with her. The actress, who was last seen in Siddharth Kumar Tewary's 'Manmarziyan', confirmed that she is entering the show. Actress Simran Sharma will play Tuhinaa's daughter Sonam.

In


She has faced a similar situation in her earlier show 'Balika Vadhu' where she got into a tiff with the makers and was kicked out of the show. Since then, Pratyusha has not managed to get a lead role in any big show.

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Tired of playing mom at 25, Lovey Sasan quits 'Saathiya': Lovey Sasan, who plays Paridhi in 'Saath Nibhaana Saathiya', has quit the show, in which the 25-year-old was seen playing mother to three children. Apart from not wanting to play a mother at such a young age, another reason that prompted her decision was an offer from the reality show 'Bigg Boss'. However, the deal didn’t materialize and Lovey chose to hunt for a new show thancontinue playing a mother. A source close to the actress spills the beans, “She was introduced as a young girl wearing short dresses. However, in a span of one year, she graduated to becoming a wife and then a mother of three — one onscreen son older than her and the second one her age. She also wanted a break and spend time with family.” While Lovey confirmed that she has “quit the show”, she refused to comment on the reason behind the decision.

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Simone Singh to play Kaikeyi in her mythological debut: Actress Simone Singh, who has so far played the quintessential elite mother exuding oodles of glamour, has now turned her attention to the mythological genre. Nikhil and


her character, and will be from a small town. She will be over-pampered by her ruffian uncles. Though beautiful, the girl will be very innocent and raw in terms of her maturity level. Once in love with the girl, Agham will have a tough time with her uncles.” When contacted, Rose confirmed the news saying, “Yes, I am entering Itna Karo. It feels like I am back in the family, after playing the role of Sanaya in Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi.”

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Sumit Arora and Pawan Singh back in BIG Magic's comedy historical series: Talented actors, Sumit Arora and Pawan Singh, who essayed the role of Mona and Vasu in BIG Magic’s 'Akbar Birbal', will be soon back in theneighbour. The veteran actor plays the male lead Titu's (Priyansh Jora) father Govindnarayan Agarwal. Incidentally, they were interested in each other when they were young. However, destiny had other plans and the two went their separate ways. Informs a source associated with the show, "Tuhinaa's character is that of a bindaas and flirtatious lady. She is back in the Agarwal neighbourhood with her real and adopted daughters and a daughter-in-law. Her house is called 'apsaraon ka ghar' by those staying in the locality. The show is a light-hearted comedy and her character will heighten the fun quotient." Tuhinaa confirmed that she is part of the show, but refused to divulge any further details.

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Mohit out, Ashish in to play the


antagonist in Ekta Kapoor's show: Ekta Kapoor's ambitious love story featuring Karan Kundra and Saanvi Talwar as the lead couple, has already made way for its first replacement, surprisingly even before it has launched. Actor Mohit Abrol, who was finalised to play the antagonist Shaleen has been replaced and stepping into his shoes is actor Ashish Mehrotra. The role was that of Karan's brother and apparently, the channel felt that Mohit looked young for it. Says a source associated with the show, "Mohit has played Karan's student in their previous show Fanaah and he would have looked awkward as his brother in the new show. It was mutually decided to get another actor to play the part." Mohit, who has featured in shows like 'Balika Vadhu' and 'RaziaSultan', confirms, "Yes, the channel officials decided to release me from the project as they didn't deem me fit to play Karan's brother." Ashish, who was last seen in 'Manmarziyan', refused to comment on the news.

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Karan to be a guest on an international dance show: Karan Tacker, who was one of the participants in the previous season of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, is excited about visiting the set of the international dance show Strictly Come Dancing in the UK. The actor says that he can’t wait to catch the action live. He adds, “I feel so honoured to be called as a guest on the UK show. I will be visiting the set with my dance partner and choreographer Elena


Sana.

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Rukhsar to play a lawyer in 'Badii Devrani': Actress Rukhsar Rehman is set to enter Shashi-Sumeet Mittal's TV show 'Badii Devrani' to heighten the drama. She will play the role of a lawyer, who will help solve the problems the Poddar family is facing. Her character will be called Kalyani. Rukhsar was last seen in the same producer's Dream Girl. The actress confirms, "Yes, I will be making an entry in the show soon. Kalyani is very stylish. Since she is an NRI and spent her years in the U.S., her wardrobe is modern and classy. As she is a lawyer, she is very sharp. She handles tricky situations with aplomb."

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All Comments ()+^ BackThe NFL's Chicago Bears next month will cut kicker Cody Parkey, known for his infamous "double-doink" kicks in both the regular season and playoffs, reports said Friday.

The team intends to cut ties with Parkey once the NFL free agency period begins March 13, Reuters reported.

Parkey, 27, missed on a 43-yard, potentially game-winning attempt in the Bears' NFC wildcard playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles last month, Yahoo Sports reported. The kick became known as a "double-doink" because it hit both an upright and a crossbar of the goal post as time expired.

Replays later showed the ball had been partially blocked by an Eagles defender as well.

It was the sixth time during the season that a Parkey kick had hit the upright and then the crossbar, according to the


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The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) said President Maithripala Sirisena had given a positive response to its demands during the discussion its members had with the President yesterday afternoon.

During the discussion, the GMOA had put forward some issues including their strong opposition to the South Asian Institution of Technology and Medicine (SAITM), Economic and Technology Cooperative Agreement (ETCA) and some budget proposals.

Addressing a media briefing, GMOA Secretary Dr. Nalinda Herath said the President had given them an assurance that the final decision with regard to their demands would be taken after a discussion with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

“He responded positively to our proposals, but said in case some proposals were not be fulfilled in the budget, they would be done even after the budget,” Dr. Herath said.

Referringto the proposed Economic and Technology Cooperative Agreement (ETCA) with India next year, he said the President had assured that it would be signed only after discussions were held with professionals in the country.

He said that the president had assured that doors were always open for discussions.

Leader of the House University Education and Highways Minister Lakshman Kiriella told media yesterday that Sri Lankan government was against India’s plans to build a bridge between Rameshwaram of Southern India and Thalaimannar.

Commenting on Indian Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari’s Wednesday statement to the Lok Sabha that India was set to build a sea bridge and tunnel connecting Sri Lanka, the Minister said that Sri Lanka would not agree with the proposed project.

“We are against it because people of Sri


Lanka are opposed to it. We cannot let India build a sea bridge connecting Rameswaram with Thalaimannar,” the Minister told a group of journalists yesterday.

Indian Minister Gadkari on Wednesday in a suo motu statement in the Lok Sabha has said: “The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is ready to fully finance a bridge-building project connecting Rameshwaram to Sri Lanka. The project was also discussed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his counterpart during the latter’s recent visit.”

The India-Sri Lanka connectivity project cost is pegged at about 24,000 crore of Indian rupees.

The 2016 budget does not tally with the economic policy statement laid out by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe recently and the government needs to start putting the “right people in the right place along with the right system,” togenuinely implement reforms to put the country in order, internationally renowned economist Prof. Razeen Sally said.

“Sri Lanka’s high exposure to external debt has widened her current account and fiscal deficits, resulting in a weak currency that is vulnerable in a climate where international money is becoming more expensive, Prof Sally said at a forum organized by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce on Thursday under the theme “Global Economy and Sri Lanka – What Can We Expect in 2016?”

Sally, an Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore said the budget of the previous regime dealt poorly in terms of fiscal and monetary policies.

He said as the interest rates continue to rise in the US and other parts of the


a 7 percent plus economic growth in the next year, as the IMF and the Central Bank have predicted.

Battle against corruption

An international coalition led by Britain is now helping the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government stamp out corruption.

Deputy British High Commissioner Laura Davies said that the UK would work closely with the US, Australia and Switzerland to help the new administration. Davies is also accredited to the Maldives.

Davies said that the UK was in the process of enhancing Sri Lanka’s capability to handle international cases.

In accordance with an understanding with the government of Sri Lanka, the UK provides legal advice, training as well as English language training.

Davies said that the event was sponsored by a range of local and international organisations, including the British High Commission.

She asserted that the training providedby the British had enhanced investigators’ confidence as well as skills.

The official revealed that the UK had committed Rs. 15 million to support Sri Lanka’s anti-corruption project. The UK would continue to focus on capacity building and training for all the professional branches involved in anti-corruption work. Funding for anti-corruption project is in addition to 6.6 mn pounds sterling made available for military reforms and post-war resettlement of the displaced families etc.

The Deputy British High Commissioner recollected the circumstances under which the British stepped in to streamline the anti-corruption battle. Davies said that the UK was one of the first to offer what she called practical support when the new administration sought international assistance to recover massive amounts of money stashed overseas.

Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has publicly declared


that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his close relatives had siphoned off from Sri Lanka funds to the tune of 18 billion dollars. Former President Rajapaksa has repeatedly denied the accusation.

Davies explained that measures taken by the UK to enhance Sri Lanka’s capacity in line with overall objectives to tackle corruption. She said that Sri Lanka had secured the services of a senior investigator with the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and was the first country to receive such a benefit. The official revealed that the SFO had handed over a blueprint to strengthen the CIABOC as well as specialist police agencies, including Financial Crime Investigation Division (FCID). Davies revealed that the SFO had accommodated, for the first time, external participants, four Sri Lankan personnel in a specialistCustoms that 189 Prado jeeps are being released by Customs without charging due levies of duties on imported vehicles properly.

He noted that no misconduct or financial malpractice has taken place in this regard since all levies of duties on imported vehicles are charged prior to the release of these vehicles.

The Customs Director General was addressing a press conference at the Customs Head office yesterday.

He said 189 Toyota Prado TRJ 150W jeeps have been imported to the Hambantota Harbour on concessionary permits given to the public servants and tax payers.

According to the Director General, each vehicle has been valued at JPY 3,375,000 FOB. (Approximately Rs. 4 million). A sum of Rs 5.1 was determined as Customs levy on each vehicle under the Customs levy category 2 (110 percent)..

But, an