(Media release) A jury in federal district court has returned a guilty verdict against MARK HOWELL SPARKS, 40, of Felton, Georgia on charges of witness tampering, obstruction of justice and possession of a motor vehicle with an altered vehicle identification number (VIN).
"The defendant was a police officer who encouraged a witness to withhold information about criminal activity from law enforcement authorities," said United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates. "He also obstructed a criminal investigation by tipping off targets of the investigation that the witness was wearing a recording device. The defendant was trying to protect friends who he knew were involved in criminal activity. But the citizens of Polk County employed the defendant as a police officer to protect them from the criminals, not for him to protect the criminals from the police. The defendant now faces time in federal prison for tampering with a witness and obstructing justice."
According to United States Attorney Yates, the charges and other information presented in court, in June and July 2008, SPARKS was the supervisor of the detective squad at the Polk County Police Department when an investigation into chop shop activity in Polk County was opened by the FBI and the Polk County Police Department. SPARKS was directly involved in the investigation. SPARKS was personally acquainted with several of the potential targets of the investigation. Early on in the investigation SPARKS tipped off an individual that a search warrant was going to be executed at his residence and that detectives were looking for vehicles with altered vehicle identification numbers that the individual had sold to others. SPARKS later convinced the same individual to talk to FBI agents and Polk County detectives about the primary target of the investigation being involved in chop shop activity, but at the same time the individual was to withhold information he knew about SPARKS' friends who were also operating chop shops. SPARKS did so in an effort to derail the investigation against his friends. Based upon Sparks' encouragement, the individual told the FBI and Polk County detectives about chop shop activity committed by one specific target, but intentionally withheld information about other targets.
The individual agreed to wear a recording device in an effort to gather evidence against the one target about whom he provided information. Later SPARKS obstructed the investigation by telling other targets of the investigation that the individual was recording conversations and that they should not talk to him. When the individual learned that SPARKS was telling others that the individual was cooperating and wearing a recording device, the individual told FBI agents and Polk County detectives the truth about SPARKS' efforts to obstruct the investigation.
Also evidence was presented that established that during the time that SPARKS was a police officer he knowingly drove a stolen Chevrolet pick up truck that had an altered VIN plate. When SPARKS was arrested on October 6, 2009, he confessed to driving the pick up truck knowing that it was stolen and knowing that it had an altered VIN. SPARKS resigned from the Polk County Police Department in October, 2009.
The jury acquitted SPARKS on charges that he maintained a chop shop and possessed motor vehicle parts with obliterated or removed VINs.
SPARKS was indicted on these charges on March 23, 2010.
SPARKS could receive a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 on each of the witness tampering and possession of a motor vehicle with an altered VIN charges and a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison and a $250,000 on the obstruction of justice charge. Sentencing is scheduled for Friday October 1, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. before United States District Judge Harold L. Murphy. In determining the actual sentence, the Court will consider the United States Sentencing Guidelines, which are not binding but provide appropriate sentencing ranges for most offenders.
This case was investigated by Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, police officers with the Polk County Police Department and law enforcement officers with the Northwest Georgia Criminal Enterprise Task Force.
Assistant United States Attorney William L. McKinnon, Jr. is prosecuting the case.
For further information please contact Sally Q. Yates, United States Attorney, or F. Gentry Shelnutt, Criminal Chief, through Linda Isaac at (404) 581-6056. The Internet address for the HomePage for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia is www.justice.gov/usao/gan.
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Changing Course: Repurposing Golf Landscapes for Wildlife Habitat and Recreation
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More than 1,400 golf facilities in the United States have closed permanently since 2001, part of a natural supply correction, as well as a reflection of the fluctuating interest in the game. Through their design, golf courses inherently preserve a singular form of open, green space. In their most dynamic form, they are culturally integral landscapes with vibrant ecosystems that provide wildlife habitat. They represent some of the largest ‘undeveloped’ spaces in United States’ cities. Each golf course closing represents a single patch of many that, with sound design, could be woven together through a common purpose, like a landscape quilt. Through a site-specific analysis, the resulting design proposal for Wakefield Wildlife Reservation is a new type of landscape for the city of Westminster, MD, serving as an example for future projects. It will provide valuable habitat and dynamic recreational space, while expressing site and regional history.


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A Michigan woman has been charged with murdering her twin newborn sons — a crime that occurred 17 years ago — thanks to modern DNA testing, authorities said Saturday.
Antoinette Briley, 41, was arrested in Oak Lawn, Ill., on Friday, and charged with two counts of first-degree murder, Cook County police said.
Until now, authorities had no clue who had killed the babies. Their bodies were discovered on June 6, 2003, by a waste management worker who was emptying trash bins into the front lift bucket of her garbage truck in Stickney Township, Ill.
An autopsy revealed the boys were born alive and had died from asphyxiation.
Investigators managed to identify Briley, of Holland, Mich., as the boys’ birth mother through DNA evidence collected at the scene and the latest developments in genetic testing.
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Russian airline Aeroflot on Sunday violated a ban on aircraft from the country using Canadian airspace, regulator Transport Canada said, on the same day the restriction was imposed in response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
"We are aware that Aeroflot Flight 111 violated the prohibition put in place earlier today on Russian flights using Canadian airspace," Transport Canada said in a tweet late on Sunday.
Flight 111 travels from Miami, Florida to Moscow and took off at 15:12 ET, according to FlightRadar24.
There are no direct flights between Russia and Canada, but several Russian flights a day have until now passed through Canadian airspace to other countries, a spokesperson for Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said.
Transport Canada said it will launch a review into the conduct of Aeroflot and Canada's air-traffic control service provider Nav Canada following the violation.
"We will not hesitate to take appropriate enforcement action and other measures to prevent future violations", the Canadian regulator said.
Aeroflot and Nav Canada did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.
Minister Alghabra announced at 0900 ET on Sunday that Canada would close its airspace to Russian aircraft operators following similar measures from other countries.
"We will hold Russia accountable for its unprovoked attacks against Ukraine," transport minister Alghabra wrote in a Twitter post.
Britain has banned Aeroflot from entering British airspace. Poland and the Czech Republic also said they were banning Russian airlines from their airspace, while airlines including IAG-owned British Airways and Virgin Atlantic began routing flights around Russian airspace.
Canada has imposed severe sanctions on Russia, targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in tandem with the United States.
Canada was also part of a Western alliance that blocked "selected" Russian banks from the SWIFT payments
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Roughly $2 trillion worth of assets are now held in exchange-traded funds worldwide.
Costs are low, because the funds typically track a benchmark index and turnover of stocks in their baskets of holdings is not great.
But the most fundamental difference with mutual funds-which still dominate the field with $13 trillion in assets-is that shares of these funds trade like shares of stock. On exchanges. At any time of day, as long as the market is open.
But, like shares of stock, that has meant paying commissions on trades. Until recently.
Vanguard Group, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Charles Schwab and Fidelity Investments all now offer commission-free purchases of shares in exchange-traded funds.
But Fidelity, perhaps surprisingly, raised eyebrows in March when it said it would charge a redemption fee on exchange-traded funds it was marketing from BlackRock's iShares product line.
In certain cases, investors would pay a $7.95 fee if they sold their shares in an ETF within 30 days. Investment advisors would pay that fee if they sold shares off within 60 days.
That affects what Lipper head of research services Tom Roseen calls an ETF's "tradeability.'' In effect, it means there's a cost incurred in getting rid of shares that's not there in acquiring them.
The short-term trading fee nets out to a total commission of under $10 for buying and selling shares, Fidelity notes. That is significantly lower than what competitors charge.
Both TD Ameritrade and E*TRADE, for instance, have similar charges, when shares in their commission-free ETF programs are not held for 30 days.
TD Ameritrade charges $19.99 to sell the shares. E*TRADE charges roughly the same amount.
Charging "$7.95 is not that big of a deal,'' contends Roseen. "If I really need to get out, $7.95 is not going to bother me."
Closed-end mutual funds, by comparison, he notes, often have very high management fees. That "front-end load" is capped at 8.5% by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. But even if it's 2% or 3%, that's costly by comparison, said Roseen. On a $10,000 investment, its $200 or $300. Far more than the $7.95 fee to get out of a commission-free ETF.
What the commission-free ETFs are trying to do, really, is compete with "no-load" mutual funds. So no part of a mainstream investor's investment is swallowed up front, at all.
And the fund can pull in more assets, notes Michael Rawson, ETF analyst for Morningstar, the fund research and rating firm.
The commission-free programs, he notes, are not aimed at the outfits that are most concerned about trading fees. High-frequency traders, for instance, already have worked out agreements that limit their fees to a few pennies-if that-a share, on the buying or selling of exchange-traded funds.
More specifically targeted by the short-term trading fees are likely to be individuals that have come to be called "active" traders. Those who "churn" shares in a fund. In the early days of online trading, they were called "day" traders.
Fund companies such as Fidelity or Vanguard are "not putting these programs out there for day traders,'' said Rawson. "They're putting these programs out there to collect assets.''
"We think having the 60-day short-term sell commission positions these ETF investments for a longer-term holding period,'' said Michael Durbin, president of Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services. ''If advisors wants to trade more frequently, they are only paying $7.95 for the sell, which nets out to $4 per 'round trip' trade.''
In the Fidelity case, that means the number of commission-free iShares ETFs got more than doubled, from 30 to 65. The average expense ratio? Roughly one-third of a cent against assets in the fund, each year. That 34 basis points a share average compares to an industry average of 61 bps.
Fidelity's chief rival in mutual fund marketing, Vanguard, also offers 65 commission-free ETFs, at this point. A couple of international bond funds are about to be added, according to public relations principal John Woerth, bringing the total to 67.
So far, Vanguard has avoided any holding period fees. Its customers can buy or sell its collection of commission-free ETFs, at any time, without a trading fee.
For its part, TD Ameritrade now offers commission-free acquisition of 101 ETFs, including shares in funds from iShares, Vanguard, State Street Global Advisors, Barclays Capital, Van Eck, Deutsche Bank, Pacific Investment Management Co., Powershares and Wisdom Tree. The list includes ETFs chosen by Morningstar, as an independent advisor.
In its case, the $19.99 charge for selling off shares within 30 days is essentially what a person would have paid when purchasing an ETF off the commission-free list, according to Christina Goethe, a communications specialist for the firm.
TD Ameritrade's commission-free ETF program is intended for long-term investing and the funds were selected with that premise in mind, she notes.
The avoidance of upfront commissions has a secondary purpose, besides just holding costs for an individual purchase of ETF shares down, note both Roseen and Rawson.
The approach makes ETFs attractive to long-term investors who are trying to build up holdings through the technique known as "dollar-cost averaging."
This generally involves a program of spending a fixed amount of a given fund's shares, say $2,500, at a regular interval, such as every quarter.
This means an individual investor gets more shares, when a fund's shares have a low price and low costs. And fewer shares when prices and costs are high.
Institutional investors, Rawson notes, are more interested in being able to get in and out of ETF shares, whenever they want to face the need.
Individual investors, by contrast, tend to be "buy and hold" investors.
Which commission-free funds tend to encourage. And for which a trading fee in the first 30 days is largely inconsequential, he and Roseen note.


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“After scanning across this listing while doing cursory research for something else, I instantly became obsessed with the idea of the zebra skin in the library. What, exactly, did it look like? How was it stored amongst his papers? Why had he owned it? What was it doing in the special collections of an academic library?” On looking through the archives of William Gaddis.
Everyone should read this extremely important interview with Matt Gallagher and Phil Klay, two talented writers who are also veterans of the Iraq war. Klay won the National Book Award in 2014 for his collection Redeployment–even Obama loved it. From drone strikes to PTSD to finding purpose after war, this interview covers a lot of bases. Phil Klay's Year in Reading from 2014 is a little dated but worth a look.
Out this week: Black Glass by Karen Joy Fowler; The Festival of Insignificance by Milan Kundera; The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler; The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George; The Truth and Other Lies by Sascha Arango; Tradition by Daniel Khalastchi; and Music for Wartime by Rebecca Makkai. For more on these and other new titles, check out our Great 2015 Book Preview.

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The music industry has changed enormously since the introduction of rap music. As a music lover, some love to listen to specific music whereas some love to stick to a specific genre. However, music producers would love to explore different types of music to entertain people. In most cases, people would love to listen to certain music which is not only new to the music industry but also to get a taste of a new genre.
Thus, rap music is now becoming one of the most popular among music lovers. Moreover, rap music is not only popular among the African people but also becoming hugely popular among other sections of society. Jay Z is a famous American rapper like many famous celebrities, music producer, businessman who is well known for his best-selling rap music and 21 time Grammy award winner. Moreover, he is also co-founder of the Roc-A-Fella record label.
Moreover, Jay Z has sold over 100 million albums and three of his albums have been acknowledged as the 500 greatest albums of all time. For example, ‘The Blueprint,’ ‘Reasonable Doubt,’ and ‘The Black Album’ are some of the best-selling albums which have created a buzz among the public.
Biography of Jay Z
|Name||Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter)|
|Date of Birth||4th December 1969|
|Age||52 years old|
|Net Worth||$700 million|
|Spouse||Beyonce (m. 2008)|
|Birth Place||New York City, USA|
|Career Professional philanthropist||Rapper, songwriter, businessman, producer|
|Kids||Blue Ivy Carter, Rumi Carter, Sir Carter|
|Height||1.88 m or 6’2”|
|Parents||Andes Reeves, Gloria Carter|
|Most-Liked||The Odyssey by Homer|
|Another name||The Carter Administration|
|Organization||Shawn Carter Foundation|
About Jay Z’s early life
Jay Z was born in a dangerous neighborhood in New York City, United States on 04.12.1969. His parents are Andes Reeves and Gloria Carter respectively. Additionally, he also has a brother named Eric Carter and two sisters named Andrea and Michelle Carter respectively. He belongs to the African-American community. As per reports, he is 1.87 m tall and weighs around 86 kg.
Moreover, his mother raised him single-handedly and he faced terrible poverty in his childhood. Furthermore, his neighborhood Mercy Projects in New York City had problems with drugs, and Jay Z was also facing similar problems while growing up. In addition, he was also involved in various crimes and faced serious drug-related charges.
Moreover, he graduated from Eli Whitney High School and Trenton Central High School, and later he dropped out of school to pursue music as a career. As per the media, he never went to college. Later, he wrote lyrics that gave hints of his rough childhood. Similarly, Jay Z had mentioned in an interview that he got shot three times and used to sell drugs. In addition, he was also accused of creating a noisy disturbance in the Times square club and had to deposit $50,000.
The real name of Jay Z is Shawn Corey Carter. Apart from that he also has various nicknames such as S-dot, Jazzy, Young Hov, Hova, Jigga, J-Hova, Jiggaman, Iceberg Slim, Lucky Lefty, Joe Camel, and Hov. Furthermore, he is also a philanthropist. He is already an established and well-searched name in the music industry as well as in Hollywood. Correspondingly, he is married to famous singer Beyonce.
How old is Jay Z
As he was born on 04.12.1969, Jay-Z’s age would be 52 years old.
Beyonce and Jay Z
Jay Z was in a relationship with Beyonce for 5 years and they got married in 2008. Moreover, the power couple of Hollywood, Beyonce and Jay Z have three kids together named Blue Ivy Carter, Rumi Carter, and Sir Carter. According to various media reports, they are considered the gem of the music industry.
Furthermore, he has also collaborated with Beyonce on albums like “Big Pimpin’,” “Izzo”, “The”03 Bonnie & Clyde”. Beyonce’s hit songs “Crazy in Love” and “That’s How You Like It” also feature Jay Z. According to Times Magazine, they were considered top 100 most influential people in 2007.
‘Reasonable Doubt’ was Jay-Z’s first album. Moreover, it was released in 1996 and became a successful album. Furthermore, he also released some of the best music through ‘Іn Му Lіfеtіmе, Vоl. 1’, ‘Тhе Dуnаѕtу: Rос Lа Fаmіlіа,’ ‘Тhе Вlасk Аlbum,’ ‘Кingdоm Соmе,’ ‘Тhе Вluе Рrіnt,’ ‘Маgnа Саrtа Ноlу Grаіl,’ аnd ‘Наrd Кnосk Lіfе.’ The album ‘Тhе Dуnаѕtу: Rос Lа Fаmіlіа’ became one of his soulful album than previous one. Moreover, his first album “Reasonable Doubt” was not a superhit but also earned critics’ praise.
Apart from that he also worked with Linkin Park, Kayne West on collaborative albums. Despite being a rapper, he also had acted in various movies like ‘Backstage,’ ‘Fade to Black,’ ‘Annie,’ ‘Streets Is Watching,’ ‘Paper Soldiers,’ ‘State Property,’ and ‘Made in America.’ Moreover, according to hip hop magazine “The Source”, his album “The Blueprint” received “five mic awards”.
In addition, Jay-Z is also very much active in philanthropic work and a supporter of various causes such as education rights, equality, and black rights. Though he is not active in politics, he is also a friend of Barack Obama. During the presidential election in 2016, he supported Hilary Clinton as she seems to be very active in addressing the problems of black people.
Apart from being a 21 grammy award winner, he has also received nominations over 64 times. Moreover, he was also very lucky as he found Jaz O as his mentor. In addition, not only did he become Jay-Z’s mentor but also helped him to release “The Originators”. Moreover, in 1996, Jay-Z’s debut song created a record by reaching number 23 on the Billboard 200 chart.
In addition, “Hard Knock Life” gave him recognition and the first Grammy award. Correspondingly, Jay Z idols Donny Hathaway and Marvin Gaye, and believe that they are the biggest influence in the music industry. This 51-year-old rapper is considered one of the best in rap music.
In 1999, the famous song named “Heartbreaker” which was the seventh song of the album “Rainbow” became one of the chart-toppers in the US. Correspondingly, Jay Z had collaborated with Mariah Carey on this song.In addition, it remained at the top for two weeks in Billboard’s top 100.
One of Jay-Z’s biggest hits would be “Vol. 2, Hard Knock Life”, released in 1998. Next year, his album “Vol. 3… “Life and Times of S. Carter” was another biggest hit that sold over 3 million copies.
Jay Z net worth
As per media reports, Jay-Z’s net worth is almost 700 million. Moreover, he owns an apartment that is worth around 8 million dollars. Furthermore, he also owns a Creek village which cost almost 10 million dollars. In addition, he also owns a huge variety of posh cars. Apart from that, he also owns a private jet that cost him 42 million dollars. However, according to some reports, the total net worth may touch 1.5 billion dollars.
Jay Z was sued along with his wife as they have used the voice of a Hungarian artist in one of their songs. Moreover, he was also used in various other songs like “Big Pimpin”. Furthermore, he also got sued because he had not paid the royalties to other artists.
In addition, the FBI also had to intervene when his album “Show Me What You Got” was leaked on the internet. Though he has some rivalry with Nas, Jay Z performed his song “Dead Presidents” with Nas’s “The World is Yours“.
Some facts about Jay Z
- Jay Z is the winner of 21 Grammy awards.
- He is also a businessman who owns a sports bar named 40/40
- He also owns a clothing line called Rocawear which has 700 million dollars.
- His mother raised him single-handedly.
- Jay Z also donated $1 million after the natural disaster Hurricane.
- He and Beyonce have an income of almost $162 million/ year.
- Instead of writing, he just creates and keeps lyrics in his brain.
- Jay Z used to sell drugs on the street.
- He also has a basketball team, the Brooklyn Nets.
- Jay Z and Busta Rhymes are the schools’ mate
- He takes Beyonce to pizza dates every Sunday.
- In 2021, he will receive “rock and roll hall of fame and museum” award
- He shocked the world when he announced his retirement from the music industry.
- In 2006, he ended his retirement with hit albums like “Kingdom Come”
- He also worked with Eminem in his album “The Blueprint”
- As per Forbes, Beyonce and Jay Z are considered Hollywo
- od’s top-earning couple.
- He is right now creating an album based on the life of a street hustler.
- He also has some hip-hop rivalry with Nas.
Some important information about Jay Z
- Jay Z has a huge influence on young rappers
- Jay Z is also involved with charitable work.
- He creates huge opportunities for the people through investment.
- Moreover, he is also involved with different work like educational rights, equal rights, etc.
- Jay-Z stayed remarkably active in music
- He also developed a large portfolio of business ventures and investments in the clothing line and film production company.
- He founded a new label in 2008 and it become full-service entertainment.
As a famous music icon, Jay Z has a huge influence on young rappers. Moreover, rappers like Eminem openly admired his lyrics and music sense. In addition, he has pledged a huge amount of money after hurricane Katrina. Furthermore, he also created huge job opportunities for the people through his investment in various pubs, bars, clothing lines, etc.
Apart from that, Jay Z is also involved in various charitable works. As of now, he owns over 1 billion dollars worth of property and lives in a posh mansion. Finally, he is a music icon who rules the music industry and sells millions of copies of his album.
FAQ about Jay Z
His real name is Shawn Corey Carter
He was born on 4th December 1969
He was born in New York City, USA
He got married in 2018
His total net worth is 1 billion dollar
He is a rapper, music producer, writer, businessman
The name of his spouse is Beyonce
His favorite food is pasta.
He is 30 years old.
Beyonce married to married Jay Z.

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NASA hauled the space shuttle Atlantis to its seaside launch pad on Thursday, hopeful that a trio of storms churning over the Atlantic Ocean will steer clear of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The shuttle is being prepared for an early October launch to the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA’s final servicing call to the renowned observatory and the only remaining shuttle mission that is not part of the construction and outfitting of the International Space Station.
“I didn’t think we’d be rolling out,” said Angie Brewer, the NASA manager in charge of shuttle Atlantis.
Meteorologists predicted Tropical Storm Hanna would stay far enough from the central Florida coast so that it would not threaten NASA’s launch plans. Hurricane Ike, a huge Category 4 storm now tracking towards Florida, may not be as benign.
“We’ll just have to take it day by day,” Brewer said.
Atlantis remains targeted to launch on 8 October though two previous storms, Fay and Gustav, affected operations at several NASA centres. Managers will meet later this month to review launch preparations and set a firm date for Atlantis to start its 11-day house call to Hubble.
Spacewalking astronauts are expected to install a new camera and light-splitting spectrograph, repair two other science instruments and replace batteries as well as equipment needed to aim and hold the telescope on targets.
Hubble has been in orbit since 1990 and serviced by space shuttle crews four times. With the shuttle fleet due for retirement in two years, Atlantis’s mission will be NASA’s Hubble finale.
The mission was initially cancelled after the 2003 Columbia disaster, which killed seven astronauts. NASA decided to only fly the shuttle to the space station, which could serve as a temporary haven for crews if a shuttle sustained Columbia-like damage during launch and was unable to safely return to Earth.
But the decision to abandon Hubble was panned by Congress. After a management change at NASA, the mission was revived on the condition that a second shuttle be at the launch pad and ready to fly if the Hubble crew should need an alternative way home.
Weather permitting, shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to join Atlantis at the seaside shuttle launch complex on 19 September.
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I will follow my previous post.
My path to hunting and shooting in terms of inventory was gradual.
First firearms bought for my shooting was:
22lr pistol, 22lr rifle, 9x19 pistol.
For start, all was for purpose to learn shooting and training.
next (very soon) step was:
308 win, rifle, varmint type, and upland OU shotgun 12 GA
This was after i was confident I can hit the target with 22lr and was ready for hunting.
Rifle was used for training, and all round hunting, shotgun was used for small game and clay targets.
This covered a wide range of activities for some time. Big and small game hunting, birds, target shooting, clay pigeons, occasional competition, and training. (lets say, "quality trigger time")
next step was:
DA revolver, 357 mag, of course
and then there was a next step, then the next step, then the next step... etc so the inventory evolved, and was more specialized.
Coming back to original post, from OP, short and economical, one rifle approach to start hunting would be 308 win rifle, in my view.


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Far Left Slate: Please Reeducate Your Family on Hunter Biden “Conspiracy Theories” This Christmas (TGP Fact Checks Slate)
The official instructions from the corrupt media have arrived just in time for Christmas Day. Slate Magazine has ordered you to whitewash any valuable knowledge your family has of the Regime leader’s ne’er do well son Hunter Biden.
The liberal rag earlier this week released a long guide toward “rebutting” conservative relatives’ arguments about Hunter. The author, Molly Olmstead, acknowledges the Hunter situation presents “a new challenge” to standard liberal propaganda due to Hunter’s well-known “naughty” behavior:
“The Hunter Biden situation, though, presents a new challenge, simply because of the sheer breadth and complexity of the naughty behavior (Santa Claus reference!) that the president’s black-sheep son has been accused of being involved in (or has thoroughly been proven to be involved in).”
The reason for this is conservatives have been telling truth about Hunter Biden from Day One. DCWeekly has produced numerous articles detailing not only Hunter’s bizarre and corrupt behavior but also Joe’s successful attempts cash in on Hunter’s business dealings.
Nevertheless, Slate tries anyway. DCWeekly will provide counterpoints to Olmstead’s attempted gaslighting on the central facts regarding Hunter Biden.
Olmstead starts by arguing Joe Biden’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to fire its top prosecutor and withhold $1 billion in aid had nothing to do with Hunter Biden. Rather, Biden was just trying to clean up Ukrainian corruption and the prosecutor was part of the problem.
She makes these assertions even though we all know the prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, was investigating Biden’s son and the Ukrainian company he served on the board of Burisma.
All of this defies common sense. First, anyone who believes the then-vice president was not thinking about his son is a moron. You don’t think George W. Bush had his father in mind before he invaded Iraq? Saddam Hussein, after all, tried to kill Bush Sr.
Second, Rudy Giuliani’s notes show Shokin said he was told to back off the Burisma investigation due to Joe Biden’s interference. Biden even boasted about getting the prosecutor fired in a now infamous 2018 interview (scroll to the 52-minute mark).
“I said, I’m telling you, you’re not getting the billion dollars. I said, you’re not getting the billion. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours.”
“I looked at them and said: I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money. Well, son of a bitch. He got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time.”
Yep, nothing to see here. Move along.
Olmstead then turns her attention to the 100% factual New York Post story on Hunter’s laptop which Twitter colluded with the Biden campaign and the corrupt FBI to censor. The legacy media also played their role by flat-out lying about the laptop being Russian disinformation.
But Olmstead ignores these facts and claims Big Tech and the Corporate media acted out of good faith. Here’s her attempted obfuscation:
“At the time, many in the media worried that these emails had been hacked, stolen, or doctored, or weren’t real at all. Twitter responded by banning any links to the New York Post article, citing a policy against allowing the publication of hacked materials and private information.”
Spoken like someone who did not bother to read the Twitter files. Cannot afford to have the liberal narrative ruptured.
Olmstead further attempts to argue none of the Hunter Biden emails are so bad. First, she starts with the 2017 email about one of Hunter’s business partners writing the words “10 held by H for the big guy.” The 10 refers to percent.
Hunter and his uncle Jim Biden were forming a partnership with a major Chinese firm called Chinese energy. Tony Bobulinski, a partner to the business deal, claimed the H was for Hunter and the “big guy” was his father Joe Biden.
Nevertheless, Olmstead claims there is no evidence Joe was involved. Yet she never bothers to find out who the “big guy” is if not Joe Biden. Lazy journalism at best.
Furthermore, documents obtained by Kentucky Republican James Comer and reported on by Jim Hoft prove Hunter and Joe Biden were working to sell U.S. natural gas and drilling assets to China. Two whistleblowers will also testify under oath that Joe and his son committed these treasonous acts.
The second email is one written in April 2015 where a Burisma representative thanked Hunter “for the opportunity to meet your father” at a dinner the previous day. Seems damning, no? Yet Olmstead says:
“We don’t know for sure that the Burisma exec actually did attend the dinner, which took place at Cafe Milano in D.C. and was attended by about a dozen people. (He wasn’t on the guest list.) Nor do we know how long Joe Biden was there. (At least one person has said the vice president only stopped by briefly to visit with a leader in the Greek Orthodox Church.)”
So you admit Biden was there, Mary? And what motivation would the Burisma representative have to lie in the email? Bet you cannot answer that question. Also, you fail to mention Joe met with Hunter’s business partners at least 16 times (h/t Jim Hoft).
The final email is another one from 2017. Hunter Biden called the manager of an office building to have keys made for the “Biden Foundation” and “Hudson West” (CEFC). He also requested keys for his father and Jill Biden in addition to an “emissary” of CEFC.
The Biden Foundation, of course denied the story, and the property manager claimed Hunter never bothered picking up the keys. Olmstead as expected takes this all at face value.
We cannot discount the possibility Hunter was on crack when he made the call and had no clue what he was doing. The more realistic explanation is Joe Biden found out and told his son to stop before they got in trouble for selling to China.
Liberals love to ruin everything with politics and Christmas is no exception. They will even lie about incontrovertible facts regarding a president’s problem child.
Hopefully politics will not come up at your Christmas dinner. But if this occurs, you have the truth on your side in order to fight back.
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A trio of hackers in China have been arrested by police for stealing as much as 600 million yuan (approx. USD$87 million) in cryptocurrencies.
Authorities in the Shaanxi province capital of Xi’an first received a report from a Mr. Zhang on 30 March that his computer had been hacked, and cryptocurrencies with a market value running to as high as 100 million yuan had been stolen.
The scope of the theft drew the attention of the Shaanxi province authorities, as well as prompted Xi’an’s public security bureau to establish a specialist team to investigate the case.
According to a report from state-run media Xi’an authorities eventually identified a suspect following three months of investigation – a Mr. Zhou, who was subsequently discovered to be working closet with two other hackers – a Mr. Cui in Beijing and a Mr. Zhang in the Jilin province capital of Changchun.
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(BW) Systems Management Software Pioneers Launch Spiceworks; New Company Formed to Simplify IT Management for Small Businesses; Recruiting Begins for Free 'Spice IT Up' Software Alpha Evaluation Program
Published 12:35 pm, Monday, May 15, 2006
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2006--Spiceworks(TM) Inc. today announced its official company debut. Formed to address the unique technical and budget challenges faced by smaller organizations, Spiceworks aims to dramatically simplify the day-to-day tasks needed to manage and run a small IT operation with a revolutionary IT management solution. In addition to its company debut, Spiceworks also announced the launch of an alpha program, dubbed "Spice IT Up," for individuals interested in helping to fine-tune the soon-to-be launched Spiceworks software. Ideal candidates are individuals charged with overseeing IT environments for smaller organizations.
The team from Spiceworks conducted extensive research of the small business market -- companies with 20-250 computers -- and discovered that most IT managers and administrators are dissatisfied with the disparate set of complex and expensive management solutions available on the market today. The research also found that most are confused by the vast array of information and best practices they receive from different sources -- including colleagues, experts and from the Internet -- making the sharing and coordination of best practices difficult. IT managers also felt they were left out of the loop with regards to product changes and enhancements made by their software vendors.
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|Cider vinegar||1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)|
|Brown sugar||2⁄3 Cup (10.67 tbs)|
|Chopped green pepper||1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)|
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% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2 g2.9%
Saturated Fat 0.32 g1.6%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 1017.3 mg42.4%
Total Carbohydrates 567 g189%
Dietary Fiber 24.4 g97.7%
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Dak Prescott is getting a ton of hype heading into his second year in the NFL. The Cowboys’ quarterback had a stellar 2016 season, winning the Pepsi Rookie of the Year award, and many people “in the know” among NFL circles are expecting some big things from him in 2017 and beyond.
You can add one anonymous NFC Scout to the list of those who think Prescott is the real deal. This scout was talking to Mike Freeman of Bleacher Report, and apparently, he feels so confident in Prescott’s abilities heading into 2017 that he sees him outplaying some of the game’s best quarterbacks.
That list includes Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers and defending Super Bowl champion and certain Hall of Famer Tom Brady.
Here’s what was said, per Freeman’s 10-point stance column:
From an NFC scout: “This will be a tight MVP race. I think Prescott wins a close one.”
Freeman went on to say that the scout’s prediction seems a bit crazy, but he has hit on “a lot of these MVP races before.”
From what it looks like if scouting football players ends up not working for this anonymous scout, becoming a sports writer or a television pundit may be in the cards. Not only did he predict that Prescott will win the NFL’s MVP award in 2017, but he even threw down his predicted top five for the award.
His MVP rankings:
1. Prescott: “I can see him getting literally twice as good as he was last season. [He] still has that great offensive line.”
2. Aaron Rodgers: “Will probably win it. I know. Or [Tom] Brady. Prescott just impresses me.”
3. Tom Brady: “Insane to put him third, but I think voters will just get tired of him winning and want to give it to someone else.”
4. Matt Ryan: “Always puts up big numbers.”
5. Russell Wilson: “Big-time sleeper candidate.”
Freeman went on to say that he would add Tampa Bay quarterback Jameis Winston to the mix, who could be nearing top ten status if he gets his turnovers down, but the big story here is Prescott.
Offseason hype is a normal thing. We need something to get us through the long, hot days of the summer, after all.
Hype is normal, but Prescott is receiving some major hype. People are talking about him like he’s a future Hall of Famer, and considering the season he just had for Dallas — it makes sense why people are so high on him. From Rookie of the Year to MVP isn’t a jump that’s out of this world. It’s actually something that Prescott could accomplish.
Rodgers, Brady and even Ryan may have something to say about that, though, and that’s something that has to be considered.
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Protesters staged a “die-in” outside Dominic Cummings’ house over the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Holding signs and wearing face masks, about 20 campaigners lay on the street outside the north London home of the prime minister’s controversial adviser on Thursday evening.
One of the placards read: “Over 50,000 dead while you’re playing king of the castle.”
Mr Cummings, and his boss Mr Johnson, have faced questions over him travelling to Durham days after the lockdown was announced to stay at a house on his parents’ property after his wife displayed COVID-19 symptoms.
He also drove 30 minutes to beauty spot Barnard Castle, claiming he needed to test his eyesight after being ill to check if he could drive back to London.
Protester Sita Bilani said she was unable to attend her aunt’s funeral after she died with COVID-19 in April due to lockdown and social distancing measures.
“It’s insulting to hear Boris Johnson say we should ‘move on’,” she said.
“The lack of remorse, not just for Cummings’ disregard for the rules but for the thousands of preventable deaths is a disgrace.”
Campaigners said they all remained two metres from each other during the 30-minute protest.
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The protesters called on the government to sack Mr Cummings and implement a strategy to tackle the pandemic based on World Health Organisation recommendations.
And they demanded Public Health England publish the “full findings” of its review which found black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people are at significantly higher risk of dying from COVID-19.
The protesters said they intend to carry out more demonstrations on the issue.
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In a news conference two weeks ago about his trip to Durham, Mr Cummings said his London home has been a “target for harassment”.
He added: “I did not make my movements public at the time, because my London home was already a target.
“I did not believe I was obliged to make my parents’ home and my sister’s home a target for harassment as well.”
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“The question remains about how to bring boys and men along in this ambitious work. Male violence is not simply a behaviour that can be turned on or off, but rather an entire complex of norms, values and practices with deep connections to the social, political and economic order. For men and boys, abandoning violence implies a significant break with the broader patriarchal context, to the point of imperilling masculine identity altogether. As noted earlier, the compromise offered by the ‘real man’ approach to violence prevention is to call for only a partial cessation of violence. Male aggression is re-envisioned as a potentially emancipatory force that can be directed against perpetrators of violence against women. This risks transforming violence prevention efforts into a platform for performances of aggressive masculinity.”
This article works to unpack the dual nature of violence prevention rhetoric, strategies, and campaigns that utilize violent language and militaristic imagery, subverting but also enabling stereotypical tropes of masculinity. It is argued that this serves to actually perpetuate the underlying power inequities of a patriarchal culture. Author, Michael Salter questions whether seeking to end men’s violence against women–and other men–without addressing power structures leaves destructive aspects of masculinity in place further engraining violence as foundational to the hegemonic construction of manhood.
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5 CFR 9901.313 - Aggregate compensation limitations.
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Title 5: Administrative PersonnelCHAPTER XCIX: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND LABOR RELATIONS SYSTEMS (DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT) PART 9901: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NATIONAL SECURITY PERSONNEL SYSTEM (NSPS) Subpart C: Pay and Pay Administration : Overview of Pay System 9901.313 - Aggregate compensation limitations. (a) General. (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(3) of this section, no additional payment (premium pay, allowance, differential, bonus, award, or other similar cash payment) may be paid to an employee in a calendar year if, or to the extent that, when added to the adjusted salary paid to the employee for service performed as an employee in the Department or in another Federal agency, the payment would cause the total aggregate compensation to exceed the annual rate for Executive Level I as in effect on the last day of that calendar year. (2) In the case of physicians and dentists (in occupational series 0602 and 0680, respectively) payment to the employee may not cause aggregate compensation received in a calendar year to exceed the salary of the President of the United States as in effect on the last day of that calendar year. (3) Subject to ? 9901.105, the Secretary may provide for a higher aggregate compensation limitation equal to the annual rate payable to the Vice President under 3 U.S.C. 104 as in effect on the last day of the calendar year in the case of specified categories of employees for whom a waiver has been authorized under ? 9901.362(a)(2). (4) The limitation described in this paragraph (a) applies to the total amount of aggregate compensation actually received by an employee during the calendar year without regard to the period of service for which such compensation is earned. (b) Types of compensation. For the purpose of this section, aggregate compensation is the total of? (1) Adjusted salary received as an employee of the Department; (2) Premium pay under 5 U.S.C. chapter 55, subchapter V, and this subpart; (3) Incentive awards and performance-based cash awards under 5 U.S.C. 4501-4523 and this part; (4) Recruitment and relocation incentives under 5 U.S.C. 5753; (5) Retention incentives under 5 U.S.C. 5754; (6) Supervisory differentials under 5 U.S.C. 5755; (7) Post differentials under 5 U.S.C. 5925; (8) Danger pay allowances under 5 U.S.C. 5928; (9) Extended assignment incentives under 5 U.S.C. 5757; (10) Post differentials based on environmental conditions for employees stationed outside the continental United States or in Alaska under 5 U.S.C. 5941(a)(2); (11) Foreign language proficiency pay under 10 U.S.C. 1596 and 1596a; (12) Continuation of pay under 5 U.S.C. 8118; (13) Other similar payments authorized under title 5, United States Code, excluding? (i) Back pay due to an unjustified personnel action under 5 U.S.C. 5596 (but only if the back payments were originally payable in a previous calendar year); (ii) Overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (29 U.S.C. 201-219 and 5 CFR part 551); (iii) Severance pay under 5 U.S.C. 5595; (iv) Nonforeign area cost-of-living allowances under 5 U.S.C. 5941(a)(1); and (v) Lump-sum payments for accumulated and accrued annual leave on separation under 5 U.S.C. 5551 or 5552; and (14) Payments received from another agency during the calendar year, prior to employment with the Department, that are subject to 5 U.S.C. 5307. (c) Administration of aggregate limitation. (1) At the time a payment covered by paragraph (b) of this section (other than adjusted salary) is authorized for an employee, the employee may not receive any portion of such payment that, when added to the estimated aggregate compensation the employee is projected to receive, would cause the aggregate compensation actually received by the employee during the calendar year to exceed the limitation applicable to the employee under this section at the end of the calendar year. (2) Payments that are creditable for retirement purposes (e.g., law enforcement availability pay (LEAP) or standby premium pay) and that are paid to an employee at a regular fixed rate each pay period may not be deferred or discontinued for any period of time in order to make another payment that would otherwise cause an employee's pay to exceed any limitation described in or established by this section. (3) Except for physicians and dentists (in occupational series 0602 and 0680, respectively), if the estimated aggregate compensation to which an employee is entitled exceeds the applicable limitation under this section for the calendar year, the Department must defer all authorized payments (other than adjusted salary) at the time when otherwise continuing such payments would cause the aggregate compensation actually received by any employee during the calendar year to exceed the applicable limitation. Any portion of a payment deferred under this paragraph will become available for payment as provided in paragraph (d) of this section. For physicians and dentists (in occupational series 0602 and 0680, respectively), payments that exceed the limitation under paragraph (a)(2) of this section may not be made at any time. (4) If the Department makes an incorrect estimate of aggregate compensation at an earlier date in the calendar year, the sum of an employee's remaining payments of adjusted salary (which may not be deferred) may exceed the difference between the aggregate compensation the employee has actually received to date in that calendar year and the applicable limitation under this section. In this case, the employee will become indebted to the Department for any amount paid in excess of the aggregate limitation. To the extent that the excess amount is attributable to amounts that should have been deferred and would have been payable at the beginning of the next calendar year, the debt must be nullified on January 1 of the next calendar year. As part of the correction of the error, the excess amount will be deemed to have been paid on January 1 of the next calendar year (when the debt was extinguished) as if it were a deferred excess payment as described in paragraph (c)(3) of this section and must be considered part of the employee's aggregate compensation for the new calendar year. (d) Payment of excess amounts. (1) Except for physicians and dentists (in occupational series 0602 and 0680, respectively), any amount that is not paid to an employee because of the annual aggregate compensation limitation under this section must be paid in a lump-sum payment at the beginning of the following calendar year. Any amount paid the following calendar year will be taken into account for purposes of applying the limitations with respect to such calendar year. For physicians and dentists (in occupational series 0602 and 0680, respectively), payments that exceed the limitation under paragraph (a)(2) of this section may not be made at any time. (2) If a lump-sum payment causes an employee's estimated aggregate compensation to exceed the applicable limitation under this section, the Department must consider only the employee's adjusted salary and payments that are creditable for retirement purposes (e.g., LEAP or standby pay) in determining the extent to which the lump-sum payment may be paid and will defer all other payments, in order to pay as much of the excess amount as possible. Any payments deferred under this paragraph, including any portion of the excess amount that was not payable, will become payable at the beginning of the next calendar year. (3) If an employee moves to another Federal agency or to another position within the Department not covered by NSPS, and, at the time of the move, the employee has received payments in excess of the aggregate limitation under 5 U.S.C. 5307, the employee's indebtedness for the excess amount received will be deferred from the effective date of the transfer until the beginning of the next calendar year. Effective January 1 of the new calendar year, the debt will be nullified and the excess amount will be considered in applying that year's aggregate limitation. (4) If an employee transfers to another agency and, at the time of transfer, the employee has excess payments deferred to the next calendar year, the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5307 are applicable. (5) The following conditions permit payment of excess aggregate compensation without regard to the calendar year limitation: (i) If an employee dies, the excess amount is payable immediately as part of the settlement of accounts, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5582. (ii) If an employee separates from Federal service, the entire excess amount is payable following a 30-day break in service. If the individual is reemployed in the Department under NSPS in the same calendar year as separation, any previous payment of an excess amount will be considered part of that year's aggregate compensation for the purpose of applying the limitations described in this section for the remainder of the calendar year.


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— Taco Bell is plotting to expand its boozy experiment beyond San Francisco and Chicago. Bloomberg reports that the company is looking to penetrate more "urban markets" where customers may not have cars. Taco Bell is scoping out sites in Boston, New York, and Columbus, Ohio for the expansion. While not every new location will offer alcohol, the new pedestrian-friendly format does feature a walk-up window. The Chicago location will open later this year, serving Dos Equis, Fat Tire, red sangria, Don Julio tequila, and Ketel One vodka.
— Carlo's Bakery, the location of the TLC show Cake Boss is opening its first Connecticut location in the Casino of the Earth on September 12. The company's 11th bakery features a special dessert-only dining concept called the Sweet Room, which will offer a small menu of Italian-inspired desserts.
— Coca-Cola is pledging to be more transparent about its health and nutrition efforts. According to the Associated Press, the sugary soda company's CEO Muhtar Kent announced that Coke would publish "a list of health and well-being partnerships and research activities" funded by his company in the past five years, with updates added every six months. The company, which regularly works with fitness and nutrition experts to promote Coke as a health food, recently came under scrutiny for funding the Global Energy Balance Network, an organization that promotes the idea that media places too much blame fast food and sugary drinks for health issues. The information will be posted to the Coke's website "within the next few weeks."
— Is Starbucks the new neighborhood pub hangout? Charles Passy of MarketWatch thinks so. At select locations across the country, the coffee chain has been busy rolling out its Starbucks Evenings concept, which offers a nighttime menu of beer, wine, and appetizers. Passy thinks the concept could catch hold in an untapped market — people who hate Starbucks coffee — because it offers a place to surf the internet and work while casually drinking beer.
— Brook Johnson, who you can thank for Guy Fieri's Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives, is retiring from Scripps Networks Interactive, according to Deadline Hollywood. Johnson is resident of the Food Network and Cook Channel and was influential in expanding cooking competition programming including shows like Chopped and Cutthroat Kitchen.
— The Nebraska State Fair is launching a host of new novelty foods this year including the Willie Wonka Burger, a bizarre fusion of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, smoked cheddar, and bacon melted into a sandwich. Fried Spam on a stick, Bacon in a Blanket, the double bacon corn dog, and the jalapeno cheese corn dog will also make an appearance at this year's concessions, reports Kearney Hub.


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Kurt Elling: Passionworld
Just in time for Valentines, Grammy-winning jazz singer Kurt Elling brings music inspired by passion to the Star City. Featuring love songs from around the world sung in their original languages—including French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish—Elling’s newest project is one of his most expressive and emotive to date. "It's a thrill for me to explore… the way these different cultures feel heartbreak, or the quest for a new love, or the way they express the mending of the heart,” says Elling.
Whether he’s reinterpreting jazz and pop standards in a surprising new way or exploring the enigmatic boundary between poetry and jazz, Elling has remained one of jazz’s foremost vocalists in recent years. Every one of Elling’s ten albums have been nominated for or won a Grammy. He has won every DownBeat Critics Poll for the last thirteen years and has been named “Male Singer of the Year” by the Jazz Journalists Association eight times in that same span.
Elling’s rich baritone spans four octaves and features both astonishing technical mastery and emotional depth. The New York Times declares him “the standout male vocalist of our time." Elling served as the Artist-in-Residence for the Singapore and Monterey Jazz Festivals. He has consistently explored the boundaries between poetry, jazz, theatre, and modern dance with projects that include a multi-dimensional exploration of the life and work of Beat poet Allen Ginsberg and a song cycle based on Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.
"Since the mid-1990s, no singer in jazz has been as daring, dynamic or interesting as Kurt Elling…,” writes Matt Schudel of the Washington Post. “With his soaring vocal flights, his edgy lyrics and sense of being on a musical mission, he has come to embody the creative spirit in jazz."
For more information visit www.kurtelling.com
“In an era when bona fide jazz singers are in perilously short supply … Elling seems hellbent on rewriting the definition of what jazz singing is all about.” - Chicago Tribune
“arguably the greatest jazz singer of his generation” — Jazz Police
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Exit polls show election denialism has become mainstream among Republicans despite studies finding no widespread fraud in 2020
More than 60% of South Carolina Republican primary voters said they don’t believe Joe Biden was legitimately elected, according to exit polls, the latest data point that underscores how election denialism has become a mainstream belief in the Republican party.
Eighty-seven percent of those who don’t believe the US president was legitimately elected supported Donald Trump, according to a CNN exit poll of South Carolina primary voters. Just 12% supported Nikki Haley. Among those who believe Biden legitimately won in 2020, the results were nearly flipped 81% supported Haley, while 19% supported the former president.
Several studies, investigations and audits have found no widespread fraud that affected the outcome of the 2020 election.
The results are consistent with exit polls of the Republican primary electorate in other states. A total of 51% of New Hampshire primary voters said Biden was not legitimately elected, according to a CNN exit poll during the primary last month. In Iowa, two-thirds of Iowa caucus-goers said Biden’s election was not legitimate.Click Here
A national January poll from USA Today/Suffolk University found two-thirds of those supporting Trump didn’t believe Biden was legitimately elected.
The polling comes as Trump has not backed an inch away from the lie that he won in 2020. Even though several studies and investigations have debunked Trump’s baseless claims of fraud, he has continued to warn about the possibility of fraud, laying the possible groundwork to claim another stolen election in 2024. All of that rhetoric has helped somewhat normalize the falsehood that the 2020 election was stolen.
South Carolina exit polls also further illustrate Trump’s continued political appeal despite the mounting criminal charges he has wracked up. Sixty-one percent of primary voters said he was fit to serve as president, even if he was convicted of a crime. Ninety percent of those who said he was fit supported Trump.


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P-lo Chicken and Dumplings.
You can cook P-lo Chicken and Dumplings using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of P-lo Chicken and Dumplings
- It’s 1 of Whole cut up chicken.
- Prepare of Water.
- You need of Seasonings.
- You need 2 of chicken bouillon cubes.
- Prepare 2 cups of Bisquick.
- It’s 2/3 cup of Milk for Bisquick.
- Prepare 6 of eggs.
P-lo Chicken and Dumplings instructions
- Add chicken to pot and submerge with water until just covers chicken.
- Bring to boil and add seasonings (I use garlic, salt, pepper, complete seasoning)..And two chicken bouillon cubes.. Once at a boil bring to a steady simmer.
- Once completely cooked thru about 45 minutes later, remove chicken let cool and remove meat and set aside (I turn off the heat on pot while chicken cools).
- Mix dumplings according to back of package directions on bisquick… I also season flour before adding milk.
- Now cook dumplings in chicken broth according to back of box bisquick (I usually boil 10 minutes uncovered on med simmer, then covered on low simmer 10 minutes …-2 cups bisquick and 2/3 cup of milk).
- Once dumplings are done give broth a swirl to mix gently …now we're gonna bring temperature up to med high simmer and drop whole eggs in boiling broth.. (Make sure broth is boiling where drop egg at!… Wait for broth to bubble before you drop each egg will be in different spots .. Don't stir !!!!.
- Once have all eggs in drop temperature to a low simmer and cover 5 minutes… Then slowly add shredded chicken swirl pot each batch of chicken gently.
- Turn temperature to low cover 5 minutes then done! At this time I add little more salt and pepper and gently stir together.


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These High Schoolers Say It's Fun To Take Tests And Practice For Academic Tourney
Hundreds of high school students from all over North Texas gathered in Denton last weekend to practice for the state’s biggest academic competition. They took tests, wrote stories, and performed monologues—all in the hopes of becoming the best at their favorite school subject.
At 7 a.m. on a recent Saturday, the cafeteria at Ryan High School was packed. Four hundred students either checked the batteries in their calculators for math tests, reviewed the news for current events tests, or practiced their lines for poetry readings.
“There are always those certain few in your math classes that are just really good,” said Julia Chang, an 11th grader at Plano West High School. “It’s cool to see all those kids who are here today competing.”
Chung is on her school math team, and wants to go to the state UIL, or University Interscholastic League, competition in Austin. Like everyone else here.
Her Saturday morning involved taking three math tests. One test allowed calculators, one test had 80 problems to do in 10 minutes, and one test covered everything from geometry to calculus.
“The problems are definitely weird -- they’re not what you do in school,” she said.
Doing mathematics in a competition setting with hundreds of other students is exciting and nerve-wracking, she said.
“But you’re supposed to just have fun and enjoy it," she said.
Spelling Bees, Social Studies Tests, Poetry Readings
Texas’ system for getting high schoolers together for athletic and academic competitions is the largest in the world. The football championships are legendary, of course, but the academic meets around the state are also well-run and well-attended. Half a million Texas students compete in some academic event hosted by the UIL each year.
For this practice tournament, the first math test was in the band room. An enormous clock counted down from 10 minutes as hundreds of students furiously tried to compute as many of the 80 problems as they could.
When the test administrator finally called stop, the entire room let out a huge exhale.
“There’s definitely more preparing to do,” Chung admitted. “It is the first one, so you’re getting used to how much time you have and how it’s run.”
Was it fun?
“It was interesting,” she said.
No time to relax. The calculator test started five minutes later.
Bragging Rights Are Bigger Here
The winners of all these contests don’t just earn bragging rights. Students who place at district and go to regional get a letter jacket. A student could letter in social studies, debate, or journalism in high school.
An even greater incentive is that everyone who gets to the state meet in academics can apply for a UIL scholarship to any Texas college.
Odds of a statewide win may be long for these young Texans, but for many students the chance to meet like-minded peers from other high schools more than makes up for it.
The season starts next month with the first district meets.


Kenya had the highest number of infrastructure deals in East Africa last year on the back of mega real estate projects and the standard gauge railway, says a report by financial consultancy Deloitte. The Africa Construction Trends report 2015 says that there were some 61 reported infrastructure projects in the region worth Sh5.9 trillion ($57.5 billion), an amount nearly equivalent to the size of Kenya’s gross domestic product.
Kenya had 20 reported infrastructure deals, followed by Ethiopia which had 12 projects but Deloitte did not give a breakdown on the value of projects per country. The survey looked at reported infrastructure deals worth at least Sh5 billion ($50 million) that had broken ground by the start of June 2015. Deloitte’s report said the growth in shopping malls; commercial office development and the rail project are the biggest areas with the large construction works going on.
The development can be attributed to expansion in cities and a growing middle class, high yields in retail property rentals, technology innovation and sustainability with a drive toward green and open spaces, growth of ‘new urbanism’, increased foreign direct investment, and a shortage of quality property. Similar report had also found that retail space development in Nairobi has rapidly increased over the last few years driven by heavy consumer spending.
The Shop Africa 2016 report by Knight Frank found that Nairobi had the hottest retail property market outside South Africa. “Among the cities covered by this report, Nairobi stands out as a major focus for shopping centre development. It is ranked as the largest market by existing shopping centre floor space and it has the biggest development pipeline,” said the report.