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The 49ers travel to face the St. Louis Rams in a game that marks the second half of their divisional schedule, and provides the 49ers with a chance to move a step closer to claiming the NFC West. The 49ers are 2 1/2 games ahead of the Seattle Seahawks with five games to go. A win over the Rams would improve the 49ers divisional record to 3-0-1, which gives them the edge if the Seahawks beat the 49ers later this year and somehow end up with a tie. All is well!
After a solid 3-2 start, the Rams went 0-4-1 in their next five games to drop out of the divisional race. A win over Arizona last week keeps their fledgling playoff hopes alive, but the 49ers-Rams matchup lacks a lot of appeal around the country. Unfortunately that means the broadcast will be fairly limited.
Our friends at the506.com provided their usual broadcast maps, and it is indeed a limited broadcast out side of California. The game will air in almost all of California except for one small portion near the Arizona border. The 49ers market includes parts of southern Oregon. The game will also air in the St. Louis market, which includes eastern Missouri and southwest Illinois. Finally, the game will air in central Arkansas, the Lubbock, TX market and the El Paso, TX market.
It's a pretty tough week for FOX as they have some less than stellar matchups. The No. 1 game is Vikings-Packers and 49ers-Rams has the No. 2 team of Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston and Tony Siragusa. I much prefer them over the No. 1 team, so that's a plus. The rest of the FOX morning games include Cardinals-Jets, Seahawks-Bears and Panthers-Chiefs, although I imagine there is still a chance Panthers-Chiefs gets postponed. We'll see.

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Chavakkad is a municipality in Thrissur District of Kerala state in India. Chavakkad is noted for its beach and fishing.  It lies on National Highway 17 is located about 75 km (47 mi) north of the city of Kochi, the commercial capital of Kerala and 25 km (16 mi) west of Thrissur, the cultural capital of Kerala.
The Chavakkad Province, which was under the control of the Punnathur Swarupam, was captured by the Dutch in 1717 and the Mysore force in 1776. In 1789, on the 26th of September, Chavakkad came to be under the British Malabar used to be a district in the Madras Province. It had then for its Province self rule certain Unions The history of the local self-government of chavakkad commences with the formation of the chavakkad union in 1918 under the Malabar District Board. In 1927, a new administrative machinery formed the Panchayat Board was introduced. In those day only the big landlords, who paid regular taxes had the right to candidature in the elections and the right to vote as well. The elections were not conducted on the basis of secret ballots then. Such a system was started only in 1953, six years after the attainment of independence, during the Panchayat elections. Prior to the Panchayat elections of 1963, the first ever such election after formation of the Kerala State in 1956, the Chavakkad Panchayat had to be re-partitioned in the course of which the Guruvayoor Province was separated from the Chavakkad Panchayat and certain other provinces like the southern Palayoor, Punna, Thiruvathra, Blangad and Manathala included. On October 1 st 1978, Chavakkad Panchayat was upgraded to the status of a Municipality.
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text: Eventually he would turn his designs into a worldly brand lighting up runways and selling off his clothes in no time. Kors by Michael Kors was launched in 2004 as a midway tier between his couture runway collections and Michael Kors line. Elegant sophistication with styhlish accentuations surround the men’s and women’s lines of the brand. An entire lifestyle set encompasses Kors from eveningwear to beachwear. From watches and jewelry to footwear and handbags, there are endless vogue options to complete your wardrobe.

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Alma Ramírez is a contemporary abstract artist from Mexico, currently living and working in Jacksonville, Florida. Her artistic process consists of layers of paint studying the harmony in colors, composition and light. Her inspiration comes mainly from nature; water being her favorite element of study. Light has a very important role in her studies of color. Alma's artwork has been exhibited in Mexico and throughout the US.
“I believe feelings can be transmitted through color and composition. There is so much poetry in color alone that I can't resist but try to combine and arrange tones and shapes in different ways, creating or recreating a story. It is impressing to me how much I can share with the world with my pieces, my love for nature, especially the ocean, my journey seeking peace in the waves, the air, the sounds and of course the colors that surround me.”


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A Shining Example
Recently, we had a solar eclipse that was covered widely in the news and social media. Some people even traveled long distances and even bought special glasses to see this phenomenon. For me, I thought traveling and buying glasses were unnecessary. So I just stood and looked at the sky during the time of the eclipse expecting to see the sky get darker. To my disappointment and from my location this did not happen. I had to think back to my casual reading I did on astronomy a couple years back and remembered that it takes multiple earths to fill up the Sun, 1.3 million to be exact. If it takes that many earths to fill the Sun, no wonder a moon that is smaller than the earth cannot dimish the light of the Sun. Someone once told me, "If your why is big enough, then your how will not matter." If your why is "your Sun," then whatever tries to block its light will fail.
Two Steps to Overcoming Fear-"Limiting Belief" and Motivation
So let's talk about fear and steps to overcome it. If you have an irrational fear like being obsessed with failure, rejection from others, or anything else that holds you back from success, you can focus on two main things. First, facing and letting go of the past. Second, what motivates you or what you care about the most.
The first step is facing and letting go of your past. Many of us have what I call "limiting belief systems" that govern and affect our behaviors at a subconscious level and this also includes our irrational fears. They could come from experiences in our past, negative words spoken to us, or our own personal failures to name a few. When we acknowledge, feel the experience, and let go of these limiting belief systems we can be free to experience life from a new and healthier point of view.
The second step is to ask yourself, "What are some reasons that would motivate me to face this fear of mine?" The "bigger your reasons," the easier the task will be to face these irrational fears of yours. Thinking back many times when I have looked over some of my past work supervisors' desks I've seen pictures of family members like a spouse or kids for example. This was their why...this was their Sun. The saying goes, "where your treasure is so is your heart."
So how has your past affected your behavior in relation to fear? So who or what do you care about that would motivate you to face your fears? Can you visualize them cheering you on as you overcome the fears that hold you back from living a successful life? Remember that if you why is big enough how will it not matter. So I encourage you to let go of your limiting beliefs that keep you afraid and find your present motivation.
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India referred to Quad for the first time ever officially in the third India-Australia-Japan-US ministerial meeting. It represents a hardening of stance by the global powers against China.
After the video conference of the third Quad ministerial meeting where the foreign ministers of India, Australia, Japan and the US underlined the commitment to a rules-based international border, India for the very first time officially referred to the grouping as the Quad. While Australia and the US have always referred to it as the Quad first envisaged in 2007 but revived from the cold in 2017 as a potential counterweight to China’s aggressive moves across the world, it signalled India’s renewed conviction in the grouping.
“Just concluded the Quad Foreign Ministerial Meeting with Australia, Japan and the US. Our positive agenda underlines our shared commitment to global good,” India’s external affairs minister Dr S Jaishankar tweeted after the meeting. “Exchanged perspectives on regional issues across the Indo-Pacific. Highlighted practical cooperation in different domains to give our agenda a concrete shape.”
Without mentioning China, the four leaders reaffirmed their stressed on the aspect of respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty, rule of law, transparency, freedom of navigation in the international seas and peaceful resolution of disputes. The reference to China in this is obvious. While Japan and India have long-standing territorial issues with the dragon, US has been involved in a protracted trade war with the country. Australia, which historically has had good relations with China--its largest trading partner, has also seen its relations sour dramatically last year in the post coronavirus period.
More than the content of the meeting itself, the timing was important. It happened less than five months after the last meeting in Tokyo in October 2020--the first meeting had happened in September 2019, and within the first month of the Biden administration taking charge in the US. It lays to rest any notion of the US significantly altering its aggressive strategy adopted by the Trump administration, which may have weakened the resolve of the Quad. The US has already directly warned China over its actions in Ladakh, Taiwan and South China Sea in the last 12 months.
- S. Jaishankar, Indian Minister of External Affairs
"It is very much in keeping with times, and we will find increasingly in a multipolar world, and a more fractured world I would say, these ad hoc combinations of countries who will work together," Jaishankar had said in October last year after the ministerial meeting. “The rise of China is the big geo-political event of our lifetimes. The underlying idea is a consistent India. Independent India will express itself very differently and that is today in an example like Quad. Quad is not the only example where four countries have found it useful to consult on issues which are in the common interests."
Beyond the ministerial meetings, there are other clear signs of the strengthening of Quad. In October, Australia joined India, US and Japan in the Malabar naval exercises in Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea of the Indian Ocean. The country had also participated in these exercises, which Beijing has repeatedly labelled as anti-China, back in 2007 but stayed away from it ever since under pressure from China. In the interim, Japan joined the exercises as a permanent partner in 2015. These exercises are a potent display of strength to China and Australia’s inclusion carried a strong message.
At the same time, India has gradually begun to distance itself from more seemingly “like-minded” groupings of emerging countries like BRICS, which also has China in their midst. In 2019, India was the only country that refused to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a free trade agreement (FTA) between the ASEAN’s 10 members and five of its six FTA partners China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. China, with whom India shares a debilitating trade deficit, was the main reason for it.
It has also taken a back seat at BRICS, focussing its attention instead on reinvigorating IBSA--a defunct grouping with South Africa and Brazil. Its presence in the Quad not only gives it a potent diplomatic tool against China but also as the only developing country in the group, another opportunity at strengthening relations with the bigger powers individually. It is like a seat at the high table.
For a country that likes to fluster others than getting flustered itself, the grouping of the four countries in the larger Asia pacific-region has always bothered Beijing. Its pressure tactic on Australia to prevent it from joining the Quad in the past is an example of it. Similarly, before the ministerial meeting of October 2020, China’s foreign ministry spokesperson had warned against forming exclusive cliques.
“China is a country that doesn’t get ruffled easily and even when it does, it doesnt like to show it to the world. But nothing quite rattles it like Quad,” says Harsh V Pant, director studies and head of strategic studies programme at Observer Research Foundation. “It will not like that the bond is only getting stronger.”
If anything, there were at least two clear outcomes of the third ministerial meeting--US reinforcing its position in the Quad and India steering away from its generic neutral position and making its presence felt in the group. The heat is being turned up on the dragon.

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I was sorta wary about going to this show, mainly because I haven’t spent a great deal of time with the six post-reunion GBV records, and I don’t feel any particular sentimentality for the “classic lineup” of the band. I simply disagree with that – to me, the version of the live band anchored by Doug Gillard through the early ’00s is the one I love and associate with many great memories. But that was silly: GBV shows are always fun, and Bob Pollard has so much charisma that it’s easy to get on board with an onslaught of songs you only sorta know. I was never tuned out for the many recent songs in this show, and the generous helping of music from the Bee Thousand/Alien Lanes era is always going to be welcome, even if I do wish Pollard would play more from the long middle period of the band’s history. I’m definitely a lot more sold on the new songs, particularly those on this year’s Motivational Jumpsuit and Cool Planet – I think the first few nu-GBV records were a little uninspired, but Pollard and Tobin Sprout are in a good creative zone at the moment.
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Marriage. Blackwood maintains that there was no preferred marriage pattern, only restrictions. Cross cousins as well as parallel cousins were forbidden to marry. Child betrothal was common, typically negotiated between the boy's father and the girl's mother. Marriage involved a series of Exchanges of food and other items between the two sets of relatives; a bride-price was paid in porpoise or flying-fox teeth currency. Polygyny was confined to men of higher rank. A man might inherit his brother's widow and a widower lay claim to his deceased wife's sister. Residence after marriage was uxorilocal; divorce was frequent and easy. Today, Polygyny and child betrothal have ceased, but bride-wealth is still paid in traditional valuables. Furthermore, marriages are contracted beyond the language, or even the ethnic group, since educated young people are more likely to seek out their peers in adopting European life-styles.
Domestic Unit. Traditionally, households consisted of a married couple and immature children. In polygynous Marriages, each wife had her own dwelling. Occasionally an aged parent of either sex might join an adult child's household. During their initiation period, adolescent boys lived in the men's house. The nuclear family household continues to be the norm today, while adolescent children may go away for secondary education.
Inheritance. Since much of a deceased person's property, such as pigs or productive trees, was traditionally consumed or destroyed during funeral observances, inheritance was not of great significance. Traditional valuables and rank were Inherited matrilineally. Today, cash-crop trees or money normally pass from parents of either sex to their children.
Socialization. An individual's kindred was the group of greatest influence in daily life, and fathers took an active part in caring for small children. Many events in a child's life, such as first appearance in public after birth or a first trip to the garden, were marked with ceremonies, especially if the child was of high rank. However, the most distinctive aspect of Socialization among the Tinputz and several other Austronesian groups in Bougainville was the initiation of boys, involving the wearing of the upe hat. This distinctive headgear was made from leaves of a fan palm, stretched over a bamboo frame to form a cylindrical, or melon, shape. Although the upe was light, it was clumsy and the wearer had to learn to keep it in position during daily activities. For several years, Beginning at age 8 or 9 until the upe was formally removed, the boy was never supposed to be seen by a woman without the hat. The removal ceremony involved cutting the boy's hair, which was quite long by that time. A girl, especially an eldest daughter or one of high rank, might be the subject of seclusion and celebration at menarche, but such observances were not carried out for all. Today, socialization for both sexes involves formal education, at least to the primary level and extending for a few to tertiary schooling.

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HUDSON - Pasco County authorities say a 16-year-old Hudson girl took her own life Sunday night. Friends of the Jessica Laney say bullying through social media played a major role.
An investigation into her suicide is underway.
Laney lived in Hudson, where friends say she attended Fivay High School and played soccer.
But when she was off the field, she spent time online, maintaining blogs on popular social network site Tumblr, and Ask.fm, a site where people could ask questions and make comments anonymously.
Valerie Canales, who calls Laney a friend, said people used the Ask.fm format to bully the victim.
If you take a look at Laney's Ask.fm page, Jessicamarieee1, some of the anonymous questions asked are innocent enough, talking about boys, and even comments praising her beauty.
But her page is also peppered with disparaging comments, calling her fat and a loser.
One visitor asked her, "Can you kill yourself already?" and another commented "nobody even cares about you".
While friends speculate that cruel treatment is what pushed 16-year-old Jessica Laney over the edge, an official from the Pasco County Sheriff's Office says neither Laney's parents nor Laney's boyfriend were aware of any bullying in her life.
"Our thoughts and prayers go to the Jessica Marie Laney's family as they deal with their loss… (Pasco County Sheriff's Office) is not aware of any formal complaint to the Pasco School District or PSO about her being bullied," said Doug Tobin, Public Information Officer for the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.
Canales wrote to ABC Action News, saying she wants to spread the word about what she thinks happened to her friend, and she wants the Ask.fm site shut down.
"…last night, my friend Jessica Laney took her life. She was constantly bullied and bullied. And she was pushed and pushed to the point where she couldn't handle it anymore. And if you could spread the word about the website ask.fm, & how it needs to be shut down, that would be amazing too. Ask.fm is a website where people can ask anonymous questions to anyone they want. And thats how Jessica was constantly put down and bullied. She was a beautiful girl & everyone loved her. Shes gonna be missed. We have to put an end to bullying. Please help…" she wrote on her Facebook page.
Officials say Laney hung herself. She was pronounced dead at 11:26 p.m. Sunday night.
A RIP Jessica Laney Facebook page was created in her honor Monday. http://www.facebook.com/pages/RIP-Jessica-Laney/295483590573080
Poster Tonia Tipton said Laney transferred from Hudson High to Fivay High due to bullying at school. Tipton wrote that the soccer team at Fivay wanted to honor her at a game planned for last night, but due to severe weather the game was rained out. She proposes that both schools Hudson High and Fivay High come together to honor Laney's memory.
The case is classified as a suicide, as the sheriff's office continues to investigate the events that led to her death.


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Welcome to the second week of the season. Everyone has now played so we have a rough idea of how these teams are. Penn State and Wisconsin slugged it out in cheese land. Iowa showed that it will be a force in the conference this year. Indiana under performed. Ohio State beat up on a good Minnesota team. Oh yeah, Nebraska picked on Fordham.
Other teams also played so here’s a little rundown of the top ten and why each team is where they are at. There was some movement, but not much. Enjoy and vent your frustrations in the comments.
1. Ohio State
Ohio State played a very good Minnesota team and proved they are still Ohio State. Are they vulnerable, yes. But they are coached by one of the top coaches in the nation. It’s good they got this game out of the way early to work on improving the rest of the season.
2. Penn State
Pulled off a win against the Big Ten West’s biggest bully. Question is, can Franklin and his team go an entire season doing this?
Beat the heck out of Indiana, in football. Still, this is one of the better Iowa teams that we have seen in some time.
Could have beat Penn State and I think they just might if they play again. I will not drop them too far because of the loss.
Not sure what to make of Michigan yet. As of now they sit here at #5.
Yeah, they lost, but they lost to a top 5 ranked Ohio State. They played well and kept the game fairly competitive. I would not be surprised if they crack the top five here later on in the season. Running back Ibrahim is out for the season which might add a loss or two to the schedule, but they have enough talent to overcome.
Ooooof, Iowa is good but the Hoosiers were supposed to be good too. I doubt they will let this hamper their season too much. Should bounce back well against FCS Idaho this week.
8. Michigan State
Mel Tucker might just be the perfect replacement in East Lansing. He’s got a ways to go but things look good so far.
Nice win, keep impressing me and you will move up.
Northwestern seems to always start the year out rough. This year is no exception. Look at the bright side, at least it was to a conference opponent.
Wooohoo, you beat Oregon State.
The Illini beat Nebraska at home and then turn around and lose to UTSA. I have no clue what to think of the bottom quarter of this list right now.
I’m sorry, it was Fordham.

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Increasing demand for ready to eat and healthy snacking items are acting as key growth drivers for Saudi Arabia biscuit market.
According to TechSci Research report, “Saudi Arabia Biscuit Market By Type (Crackers & Savoury Biscuits v/s Sweet Biscuits), By Packaging (Pouches/Packets, Boxes, Cans/Jars, Others),By Distribution Channel (Supermarkets/Hypermarkets, Convenience Stores, Specialist Retailers, Online, Others), By Region, Forecast & Opportunities, 2025”, the market is expected to witness a rapid growth during the forecast period on account of increasing consumption of both sweet and savory biscuits in the country and introduction of their healthier versions. The growing demand for ready to eat snacks due to increasing working population is also fostering the growth of Saudi Arabia biscuit market. Furthermore, growing health consciousness and rising consumer demand for healthier snacking options are pushing biscuit manufactures to come up with biscuit variants containing high nutritional values. This has also led to increased consumption of multigrain and digestive biscuits in the country.
Moreover, biscuits are also being used as a gifting option as companies are introducing them in attractive packaging and in different sizes. The outbreak of COVID-19 has further led to high demand for biscuits as they are having longer shelf life and are convenient to carry anywhere. In addition to this, growing population and changing lifestyle are some other key factors fueling the growth of Saudi Arabia biscuit market. The entry of international biscuit brands and thriving food & beverage sector is further anticipated to drive the growth of Saudi Arabia biscuit market in coming years. Also, increased number of biscuit manufacturing units and bakeries in the country are supporting the biscuit market growth.
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Saudi Arabia biscuit market can be segmented based on type, packaging, distribution channel, company, and region. Based on type, the market can be bifurcated into crackers & savory biscuits and sweet biscuits. Among them, crackers and savory biscuits are expected to undergo significant growth during the forecast period on account of increasing trend of consuming biscuits as snacks between meals.
Based on distribution channel, Saudi Arabia biscuit market can be categorized into supermarkets/hypermarkets, convenience stores, specialist retailers, online and others. Among them, the online segment is expected to undergo fastest CAGR during the forecast period owing to the associated low operational costs and capital requirement. Additionally, benefits of online shopping such as availability of wide range of options, doorstep delivery, competitive pricing, among others are further making the segment most desired distribution channel in the country.
Major players operating in the Saudi Arabia biscuit market are Mondelez AMEA, The Kellogg Company, Britannia Industries Limited, Food Manufacturers Co FMC (Ulker), Gandour, International Foodstuffs Co (IFFCO), National Biscuits Confectionery Co. Ltd., National food Company-Americana Cake, Deemah United Food Industries Corp.LTD.CO and Al Wefag Trading & Manufacturing (Haweek). Leading companies are involved in new product launches, partnerships, mergers & acquisitions as their key growth strategies to strengthen their position in Saudi Arabia biscuit market.
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“Saudi Arabia is evolving as a lucrative market for biscuit manufactures as people are ready to spend on convenient snacking items. The world’s top biscuit brands are there on the shelves of country’s supermarkets and are attracting potential consumers. Moreover, the sedentary lifestyle and influence of western culture is also booting the growth of Saudi Arabia biscuit market. In addition, rise in number of supermarkets, hypermarkets, convenience stores and departmental stores has augmented the growth of biscuit market in the country,” said Mr. Karan Chechi, Research Director with TechSci Research, a research based global management consulting firm.
“Saudi Arabia Biscuit Market By Type (Crackers & Savoury Biscuits v/s Sweet Biscuits), By Packaging (Pouches/Packets, Boxes, Cans/Jars, Others),By Distribution Channel (Supermarkets/Hypermarkets, Convenience Stores, Specialist Retailers, Online, Others), By Region, Forecast & Opportunities, 2025” has evaluated the future growth potential of biscuit market and provides statistics & information on market size, structure and future market growth. The report intends to provide cutting-edge market intelligence and help decision makers take sound investment decisions. Besides, the report also identifies and analyzes the emerging trends along with essential drivers, challenges, and opportunities in Saudi Arabia biscuit market.
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Elisha Qimron (born 5 February 1943) is an academic who studies ancient Hebrew. He took his Doctor of Philosophy in 1976 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with the dissertation The Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Currently, he is a professor in the Department of Hebrew Language at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in Israel. For several decades, he has been one of the team of international scholars working on the Dead Sea Scrolls, particularly on the texts found in Cave 4 at Qumran.
In 1979 Qimron was co-opted by John Strugnell, the editor-in-chief of the Dead Sea Scrolls publication team, to assist in completing long-overdue work on the Halakhic Letter (4QMMT) on which Strugnell had been working alone since 1959. The work on the fragments was eventually completed and published in 1994. Qimron was the first Israeli scholar on the team.
During the late 1970s and the early 1980s, many scholars felt frustrated at the delay in publishing the Dead Sea Scrolls. It was generally known that most of the texts had been translated but still had not been available to researchers. Some also complained about the proprietary attitude of some of Strugnell's team toward the scrolls that they were working on, which made access to them difficult, if not impossible, in some cases.
Hershel Shanks, of the Biblical Archaeology Society, decided that the reconstructions of the Dead Sea Scrolls should be made available to scholars. In 1992, he published the two-volume A Facsimile Edition of the Dead Sea Scrolls. It included, without permission, material on the Halakhic Letter (4QMMT) that Qimron had been working on for some 11 years. Qimron had even given the document its title.
Qimron decided to sue the Biblical Archaeology Society for breaching his copyright on the grounds that the research it had published was his intellectual property, as he had reconstructed about 40% of the published text. Such reconstruction is unique in the sense that if the original photographs had been given to 100 researchers, that number of different reconstructions would be made.
In 1993, Judge Dalia Dorner of the Israeli Supreme Court awarded Qimron the highest compensation allowed by law for aggravation in compensation against Shanks and others. A 2000 appeal in front of Judge Aharon Barak and colleagues upheld the verdict.
- Elisha Qimron, John Strugnell et al. (1994) Discoveries in the Judaean Desert Volume X. Qumran Cave 4: V: Miqsat Ma'ase Ha-Torah. Oxford University Press.
- Elisha Qimron. (1996). The Temple Scroll: A Critical Edition with Extensive Reconstructions. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
- Edited by Donald W. Parry and Elisha Qimron. (1999). Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah – STDJ 32. Brill Academic Publishers.
- Elisha Qimron. The Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Harvard Semitic Studies, Scholars Press, Atlanta.
- Edited by Donald W. Parry and Elisha Qimron. (1999). The Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaª). A New Edition Brill Academic Publishers.
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ICE All Star Cheerleading has a well known reputation in the sport of competitive cheerleading, having some of the best cheerleading teams in the nation. Black Ice, their Senior 5 team out of Ft. Wayne, Indiana is one of them. Black Ice recently debuted new GK cheer uniforms at the WSF Cheer Indy Showdown on December 8-9, 2012.
The Black Ice cheer top is GK’s special order Layered Swirl Sleeve Cheer Crop Top U157 in Navy DryTech, Gold Mystique, and White Mystique. Their cheer top features an asymmetric neckline with a layered swirl sleeve design and double binding straps across the left shoulder. Clear SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS are used to create the infamous ICE logo on the front of the cheer top and are also scattered about the swirl appliques on the sleeves. Their cheer shorts are GK’s Low Rise Round Edge Cheerleading Short U525L. Created in the same fabrics as the top, their low rise cheerleading shorts feature curved styling on the front and back of the hips with a narrow accent strip along front style lines.
The Black Ice cheer uniform is an awesome example of how GK special order cheer uniforms can be made uniquely yours! Once you select a style for your cheer top and bottoms, you choose any fabric and any color combination to design a cheerleading uniform for your own custom look. Add your team name or logo in your choice of jewels, sequinz, applique embroidery or imprinting. Click here to shop all of our Special Order Cheerleading Uniforms.
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How the Sydney Opera House hit the right note on digital
The Sydney Opera House is a global icon, known across the world and around Australia. A unique destination, it has to not only give to the community but to get the community to transact with it, said the Sydney Opera House's Victoria Doidge.
Doidge, director for marketing, communications and customer services, was speaking at ad:tech 2013 in Sydney, Australia. Built in 1973, the city's Opera House is not only a multi-venue performing arts venue, but is also a must-see tourist destination and an Australian landmark.
Doidge and her marketing department were tasked with a project of expanding the brand's reach and relevance, at the same time promoting its array of world-class events. They turned to digital marketing to achieve their goals.


Superior launches new Bogie and Idler Wheel Reconditioning Program
Superior Tire & Rubber Corporation is proud to launch an industry-first bogie and idler wheel reconditioning program. Aimed at saving construction professionals valuable time and money, the program allows customers the oppportunity to send in their old or damaged bogie and idler wheels and have them factory-reconditioned to run like new.
In a unique process, Superior removes all of the existing failed rubber from the original steel hub and applies a proprietary, long lasting Xtreme® Polyurethane, renewing the wheel beyond OEM worklife standards.
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Officer Carey Mahoney and his cohorts have finally graduated from the Police Academy and are about to hit the streets on their first assignment. Question is, are they ready to do battle with a band of graffiti-tagging terrorists?
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He wrote books…listing mysterious disappearances and appearances, people vanishing under impossible conditions. He thought it was what he called teleportage—carrying to a distant place.
Incredible Invasion in Astounding Stories Nov. 100/1
If there could be teleportation, or teleportage, or whatever it is.
Pawley's Peepholes in Science-Fantasy Winter 5
There is no fantasy, as there is in the teleportage of science fiction.
Human Consciousness of God in the Book of Job xiv. 158
any evidence 1936
Murray Leinster, in Astounding
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Pakistan’s meals industry deficit shrank to $1.4 billion in the last fiscal year from $2.43bn a year ago. But a reversal of the trend is obviously in sight all over the current fiscal 12 months.In the first 5 months of 2018-19, the meals trade deficit stands at $954 million. If no main tasks are taken to spice up food exports and comprise imports, the full-year deficit may again finally end up on the subject of $2bn. Even exports of 0.5m tonnes of wheat and wheat products, as steered by the Ministry of National Food Security and Research, cannot beef up food export profits to a level to avert this risk.
In the previous, we’ve got observed the meals industry deficit rising even in the middle of document wheat and sugar exports.
Import volumes of pulses in July-November went up about 65computer, which presentations little attention is being paid to minor crops
A prolong within the acceptance of a few calls for of the millers for sugar exports, availability of a smaller surplus of non-basmati rice and a longer ban on deep-sea fishing all over this fiscal yr, which decreased fish hauling within the first quarter, have diluted the positive factors in meals exports.
Against this, meals imports totalled $2.47bn, down nine.28pc basically because of the imposition of higher price lists from $2.72bn within the year-ago duration, leaving an opening of $954m.
If sugar exports had begun previous, manufacturing of non-basmati rice types in Sindh had no longer been affected by water scarcity and the government had resolved an argument over the ban on deep-sea fishing on time, overall food exports can have been higher.
These components have in reality belittled some positive factors in food exports so far this fiscal yr, like higher basmati shipments and an build up in export earnings of fruit and veggies.
The major drawback with Pakistan’s food exports is that their expansion price is inconsistent. There are many causes for it, but one of them pertains to politics. In the absence of a relaxed political setting, agriculture and food business suffer a lot.
Take the example of sugar. Towards the end of the PML-N govt, the standard tiff between sugar cane growers and sugar mills bought a new measurement and endured even after the set up of the brand new PTI government.
A proactive judiciary additionally entered the scene — and for relatively right reasons. But the outcome is that the millers’ cussed attitude throughout Pakistan and too much politicising of the sugar turbines’ affairs in Sindh led to delayed cane crushing. Then the millers’ demand that they should be allowed to export sugar regardless of whether or not they had up to now defaulted on bank loans resulted in an impasse.
The PTI govt on the centre was no longer in a temper to simply accept it. But after all it needed to, and sugar exports started picking up pace rather overdue. As a end result, sugar export profits suffered.
Export earnings of non-basmati rice in 5 months of this fiscal year fell chiefly owing to fewer shipments. In most rice-growing areas of Sindh and in some spaces of Punjab, paddy cultivation suffered in the previous 12 months, lowering the exportable surplus. That Sindh continues to suffer from an acute water scarcity this yr too and rice growers say the output here can decline as much as 30 in keeping with cent imply that there’s little scope for enhancing non-basmati rice in coming months.
Seafood export volumes have declined in July-November principally because of a debatable ban on deep-sea fishing at the issue of seaworthiness of fishing trawlers.
Government officers say that the issue has been resolved and hope that seafood exports will pick up now. But no person can say if general seafood exports within the present year will surpass that of the last year.
Traditionally, we see a food industry deficit every year, because of unsustainable expansion in exports and emerging imports of food pieces, including palm and soybean oils, pulses, dry milk and tea — and a lot of completed meals merchandise starting from components milk and gear diet to dear manufacturers of espresso, honey, confectionary merchandise and whatnot.
At a time when the whole international trade deficit remains a big headache for foreign exchange–starved Pakistan, we will be able to hardly ever come up with the money for this sort of huge meals industry deficit. Clearly, there is a need to slash it. But that is not conceivable if the federal and provincial authorities and the non-public sector all in favour of agriculture and agro-based meals exports take a seat at the side of a single-point time table of boosting agricultural productivity and promoting meals exports.
On the import side, additional revision in non-essential meals items can be thought to be preserving in view that the tariff hikes made up to now have began making a dent in imports.
In addition, import substitution efforts must also be speeded up. Higher native output of oilseed crops has already started reducing its imports. The provincial governments of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had been running on olive plantation for a number of years. There is a want to expedite the ones projects along with continuing common oilseed plants. The manufacturing of dried milk can be boosted with a bit effort.
The cultivation of pulses at the fringes of primary crop farm fields will have to be promoted to meet increasing home wishes and save foreign currency echange. In the primary 5 months of this fiscal yr, import volumes of pulses have gone up through about 65computer, which displays how little consideration is being paid to minor crops generally and pulses in particular.
Pakistan and China will quickly finalise main points of a plan on how Chinese public- and private-sector corporations will lend a hand us enhance our agricultural output and meals exports underneath the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
Some different countries, together with the United States, Germany and Japan, are already working intently with our provincial governments and helping us enhance agricultural output. There is a need to integrate some of these efforts, take all stakeholders on board and release a big three-pronged technique, officers and other people associated with the food industry say.
Such a strategy must intention at making improvements to per-hectare yields of food crops and promoting import substitutions with better monetary and information funding, discouraging imports of completed food imports and inspiring extra high-end, value-added meals merchandise.


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Fans of the original Disney Beauty and the Beast film may feel sensitive about any changes the upcoming live-action movie will make. However, we think they'll be pleased with this one.
The 1991 animated movie featured a big number called 'Gaston' that was basically a humblebrag about, erm... his biting skills in wrestling matches, his plentiful hair and how he's "roughly the size of a barge" thanks to his high protein diet.
However, it left out a "trove" of lyrics originally penned by its co-writer, the late Howard Ashman, including some of Gaston's more racy lines.
But they will not be making that same mistake twice with the new movie, according to his friend and frequent collaborator Alan Menken.
"In many cases they were a little bit risqué — not risqué sexually, but risqué in terms of sensibility. We all felt ready to have these lyrics.
"When Bill [Condon, the director] found out about those lyrics, he said, 'Oh my god, can we please look at that, because it would be a wonderful way to add an extra freshness to the movie'.
"So, yes, you're going to hear some unheard Howard Ashman lyrics."
Luke Evans, who will play Gaston, said:"The guys at Disney reviewed all the transcripts and recordings and they've been able to go back through those hours and hours of recorded footage and listen to lyrics that were written and never used, which are actually gems.
"So, for the [audience members] who know the songs immensely well, which I think is most people, you will hear a few new lines which are really, really special."
Can. Not. Wait.
If the release date feels too far away, you can watch Luke battling it out with Hugh Jackman (and Taron Egerton) in a Gaston sing-off here.
Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson as Belle and Dan Stevens as the Beast, will hit cinemas on March 17, 2017.


A Spanish warship was less maneuverable than the English. Equipped with more canons, heavily ballasted to overcome the tendency to capsize because higher in the water, the Spanish crews were not able to bring their guns to best use against the English.
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Stone cannon balls from the stone age, the “Flintstones”? Modern guns rely on the same technology from China, 1250 A.D.


Bury St Edmunds Cycle King bike shop rebuilt after massive fire to open next month
A Bury St Edmunds bike shop rebuilt after a devastating fire three years ago is due to reopen next month.
Cycle King is set to reopen in its new premises, on Angel Hill, on Saturday, August 22 at 10am.
The bike shop was gutted by flames on September 29, 2017 with damage also caused to the neighbouring restaurant Francela and the One Bull pub.
Two men who started the fire were sentenced in court last July.
Planning permission was granted last year to rebuild the shop with four new flats.
Following the blaze, Cycle King opened a temporary store on Moreton Hall.
Darren Hunt, group retail managing director at Cycle King, said: "It is time to vacate our temporary home as we are delighted to announce we will be re-opening our Angel Hill store on Saturday, August 22 at 10am.
"The store and building look fantastic and we are so pleased we were able to make such an improvement for our customers and community from such a terrible event.
"We hope our customers like the new store that will have a much bigger selection of bikes, spares and accessories and a new workshop for maintenance and repairs.
"I would like to thank every customer who has supported us over the past three years - its been an incredible period for us and the team."
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Emily Ratajkowski just found a creative new way to wear a bikini. It involves rocking a long sleeve T-shirt, which might not seem like it would be all that revealing. However, the brunette beauty, who isn’t afraid to bare it all, made a slight alteration to the shirt that made her overall look even more NSFW than it already was. Her fans may have been distracted by all the skin that was on display, but her picture also included a nod to Planned Parenthood.
As reported by Popsugar, Emily Ratajkowski’s latest mirror selfie is a “scandalous” one. On Saturday, the 27-year-old model and actress took to Instagram to share a snapshot of a swimsuit with her 18 million followers. This is something that Emily does often, but it’s highly unlikely that her admirers will ever get bored of her bikini photos. She always puts a little extra effort into making each of her snapshots unique, and she’s a pro at finding the perfect pose to make what she’s wearing look the best that it possibly can, no matter how little she has to work with.
For her recent Instagram photo, she decided to slip on a pair of tiny string bikini bottoms. The white crochet swimsuit was mostly string, so it left little to the imagination. However, Emily Ratajkowski used a mirror to show off even more skin. In the image, the thong back of her barely-there bottoms is visible behind her.
There are a total of three Emilys visible in the mirror selfie, and they’re all rocking some major underboob. To give herself upside down cleavage, Emily Ratajkowski cut off most of the bottom portion of a white T-shirt. She then posed with one arm over her head.
The chopped-up top that the I Feel Pretty actress is wearing in her photo is a creation of the Public Service Announcement clothing brand. The back of the full shirt reads, “Saint Planned Parenthood, Tuesday, Nov. 8 2016, General Election.” According to HYPEBAE, it’s a parody of one of Kanye West’s Saint Pablo tour T-shirts. Proceeds from the sales of the Saint Planned Parenthood T-shirts went to the women’s healthcare organization.
During an interview with W Magazine, Emily Ratajkowski talked about why she supports Planned Parenthood.
“I think they’re one of the most hands-on women’s health organizations in the country,” she said. “I think women’s healthcare is a fundamental right that every woman in this country, and hopefully the world, eventually, should have access to.”
Emily didn’t mention her favorite charity in her recent Instagram post, but she did decide that her cropped Planned Parenthood T-shirt looked so nice that she photographed it twice. Her second snapshot was a little less revealing.
There’s no word on whether there was a spike in donations to Planned Parenthood after Emily Ratajkowski shared her bikini photos.

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text: The California Cotton Ginners and Growers Associations (CCGGA) participated in a meeting of agricultural organizations the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR) opposing the idea of a one mile buffer zone one pesticide and fumigation applications being pushed by pesticide activist groups including the United Farm Workers (UFW) and the Pesticide Action Network of North America (PANNA). The concept of a one mile buffer zone on all pesticide and fumigation applications has been raised in recent months by the activists in the CDPR Initiative to address “Pesticides Use Near Schools”. The UFW and PANNA have submitted several form letters and postcards. To combat that effort, CCGGA along with the Western Agricultural Processors Association, the Nisei Farmers League, California Fresh Fruit Association, California Citrus Mutual, California Agricultural Aircraft Association, and the Western Plant Health Association met with CDPR Director Brian Leahy to express our frustration with the effort and call for CDPR to continue to use sound science when making regulatory decisions on buffer zones. CCGGA President/CEO Roger Isom presented Director Leahy with over 500 agricultural industry letters from actual California farmers, processors and allied industry calling for CDPR to make policy decisions based on science. If you haven’t sent in a letter, we strongly encourage you to do so. The time is now for your voice to be heard!

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Is this correct? Can it be said that people only get abortions to fix the steamy night behind the bleachers? That is apparently the idea behind abortions, yet it is flawed. Abortions today are more commonplace than ever before, and why is this? Because instances of rape, incest, and deformities are on the rise, and saving the life of a mother and father is equally as important as saving the life of a child.
If the insights of how humanity is best preserved change, the regulations will certainly change as well—even regulations which seem clear and unchangeable, As an demonstration, we might succinctly reflect upon the history of abortion. 8 In the period following the Great Spiral, there was a seen worry that human life might be snuffed out absolutely. Our numbers were small and the situation of dwelling were rough. At that time a human fetus was advised a "life in being" and therefore abortion was [pg478] universally accused as killing" under the laws. But after some centuries of community development and normal conditions, the regulations against abortion were respected more in the break than in the observance.
Euthanasia, currently a very controversial topic of discussion throughout Australia. The question is “should euthanasia be legalised, and if so who is legible to be euthanised?” It is currently illegal in Australia to be euthanised, however 86% of the public agrees that euthanasia should be administered to people who are willing to if they are terminally ill, and a surprising 54% of practitioners agree also. Even though this is the case, why is it still illegal? What are the dangers of euthanasia if any, and where do we draw the line? Euthanasia is the practice of purposefully ending someone’s life in order to relieve their pain and/or suffering.
Legalized euthanasia raises the potential for a potentially dangerous situation. Doctors could find themselves better off financially if a seriously ill, or disables person, chooses to die rather than receive long term care. I think euthanasia goes against the natural law inclination to survive, and that we must do what we can for self-preservation. If we begin to deem certain situations and conditions unworthy of living, there may be no need to improve the quality of life or medical care. Why bother?
Horace once said, “To save a man’s life against his will is the same as killing him.” Many have associated this quote with euthanasia: a painless killing of an ill and suffering patient. Being a very controversial topic on the legalization of it, euthanasia is illegal in most countries and states. National Health Service (NHS) Choices states that, “euthanasia could be regarded as either voluntary manslaughter [...] or murder.” Although some disagree, euthanasia should be legal because regardless of the situation, death is a natural occurrence and the patient should have a choice of when to end their suffering. Generally, death is a sad and often feared thing, but for some suffering patients, it is a want. “Terminally ill means terminally ill.
However, others choose to argue voluntary euthanasia, should remain illegal because it goes against the Catholic and Christian religions. There is also belief, voluntary euthanasia defeats the goals of a doctor's job. Some are concerned about the patient's sanity at the time and argue the patient may not be fully competent and does not understand what choices they are making. Others stress, if voluntary euthanasia is legalized, involuntary euthanasia will soon to follow. Involuntary euthanasia ends a patients life without their consent.
Is there really dignity in taking your own life? Or are you choosing to give up. Terminal ill patients feel they may loose this battle “life” so instead of fighting they would rather waive the white flag and tap out. Which to a healthy person may not make sense because the patient may have to move to a state that assisted suicide is illegal and go though all the legal work to get the permission to
It would allow for organ donation which would help so many other people who may not survive without a transplant. Also, most people know that terminal illnesses can force patients to endure a great deal of pain, and the prices of health care to treat that pain can be enormous. Both of these things are corrigible by euthanization processes. Above all, the government should be able realize that death is a freedom they have no right to deny any human being under any circumstances. For these reasons, physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia should be legalized on a federal level because of the advantages they constitute: such as the salvaging of organs, lower healthcare costs, and cessation of pain.
Secondly, legalising euthanasi... ... middle of paper ... ...espect for the patients’ autonomy and ultimately makes dying with dignity a possible option. I am a proponent of legalising euthanasia globally as I believe it will help not in quantity but in the quality of life of the patients and his or her family members. Works Cited 1. Gallup Poll, Angelfire, Nightingale Alliance. (2013, December 11).
Euthanasia occurs when a doctor directly ends the life of a patient himself; assisted suicide occurs when the doctor simply provides the needed materials so a person can perform the action themselves. “Euthanasia is used to protect the interests and well being of citiz... ... middle of paper ... ...oth necessary and wanted. “Assuming 2.7% of Americans, like the Dutch, chose assisted suicide and assuming their life would be one month shorter, would save the United States six hundred twenty-seven million dollars “(lifeissues.net). In conclusion, euthanasia and assisted suicide should be legalized world wide. To end suffering, to keep one’s autonomy and their desire to perform daily actions, and to prevent the fear of burdening loved ones are among many reasons people resort to euthanasia or assisted suicide.


Hubble Space Telescope: Changing Our View of the Universe
What Is the Hubble Space Telescope?
When the Hubble Space Telescope reached orbit in April 1990, NASA and the scientific community were filled with anticipation and high hopes, but even they could not have imagined the extent to which Hubble would increase our understanding of the cosmos.
Hubble's success did not come quickly or easily, however. It would be a long and bumpy ride, filled with setbacks and disappointments. Here's a look at the Hubble Space Telescope's history and future, as well as some of Hubble's most beautiful photographs and most important discoveries.
Delays and Disappointments Before Launch
NASA began seriously considering the idea of an orbiting telescope in the late 1960s. Unsuccessful efforts to fund the project continued throughout the 1970s, with the project being canceled entirely at one point.
To make the telescope a reality, the project was scaled back, and finally reinstated, albeit with a reduced budget. In addition, NASA entered into an agreement with the European Space Agency, making the telescope a collaborative effort between the two agencies.
To extend Hubble's working life, the telescope would be designed such that servicing and upgrades in space would be possible. The plan was to use the Space Shuttle, still under development at the time, to place the telescope into orbit and perform servicing missions. For better or worse, Hubble's destiny had been intrinsically tied to that of the Space Shuttle.
The launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, originally scheduled for 1983, was delayed for years by both technical problems and budgetary issues. The telescope was still on the ground when, in 1986, NASA grounded the entire Space Shuttle fleet following the Challenger disaster. The Shuttle—Hubble's only ride into space—would not fly for another three years.
Immediate Problems Upon Reaching Space
On April 24, 1990, the Hubble telescope finally made it into space, delivered by Space Shuttle Discovery. When scientists saw the first images returned by Hubble, however, they immediately realized that something was very wrong. The image quality was not at all what it should have been.
An investigation found that the telescope's main mirror had been ground to the wrong shape. After decades of political struggles, technical challenges, and delayed launches, NASA had put into orbit a large, expensive telescope that could not be focused. It was a tremendous disappointment to scientists around the world, and one of the lowest points in NASA's history.
Repairing the Hubble
In 1993 a Shuttle mission was sent to Hubble to initiate repairs. In a series of long, complex spacewalks over a period of five days, astronauts installed new components designed to compensate for the problem in the main mirror. In essence, they gave Hubble a pair of "eyeglasses."
The mission was a complete success on two levels. Hubble could finally achieve its full potential, and NASA's reputation had been rebuilt. The mission demonstrated NASA's capacity to perform large-scale repairs and construction tasks in outer space. Public confidence in NASA had been restored, and future projects, such as the construction of a space station, now seemed feasible.
Hubble would go on to photograph more than 30,000 celestial objects, creating more than 500,000 images. In addition to having immeasurable scientific value, these spectacular images have also captured and excited the imaginations of people around the world. Hubble was not only one of the greatest scientific successes of the 20th century, but it was also ultimately a huge public relations success for NASA, and for space science in general.
The images below are from Hubblesite.org, which has a large gallery containing thousands of images. These are just a few of the most beautiful.
Click on any image for a larger version.
Amazing Images and Enormous Scientific Breakthroughs
Hubble's main claim to fame, of course, has been its spectacular images. On earth, a telescope's effectiveness is diminished by factors such as weather, atmospheric turbulence, and airglow (a phenomenon in which the atmosphere itself emits a small amount of background light).
Hubble, unaffected by these conditions, can see further and with greater clarity than any earthbound telescope. Hubble can even "see" parts of the spectrum beyond the wavelengths of visible light, such as ultraviolet and near-infrared.
It is no hyperbole to state that Hubble has reshaped our conception of the very nature of the universe. Here are just a few of the ways it has done this:
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field is the result of pointing the telescope at a tiny, seemingly empty point in space for a series of exposures during 2003 and 2004. The image that was formed contains about 10,000 galaxies at various distances from earth.
It is the deepest look into the universe ever created, and scientists continue to study it, formulating new theories on the creation and evolution of galaxies, and their distribution throughout the universe.
The Hubble Ultra Deep in 3D
Seeing the Past
Looking out into space is also looking back in time. Objects outside of our solar system are so far away that it can take centuries, or even millennia, for light from those objects to reach earth. An image of an object 100 light-years away, for example, shows us not how that object looks now, but how it appeared 100 years ago.
Hubble has observed objects that are over 13 billion light-years from Earth, giving us a view of how the universe looked around 400 million years after the big bang. In cosmic terms, this is quite young, and it's much further into the past than had ever been seen before.
The Age of the Universe
Data from Hubble helped scientists accurately determine the rate at which the galaxy is expanding. This, in turn, helped establish the age of the universe as being between 13 to 14 billion years old. Solving this mystery, however, created an even larger one.
Scientists had expected the rate of expansion of the universe to either be constant or slowing down, but Hubble revealed that this expansion is actually speeding up. The cause for this is still unknown, but some scientists theorize that acceleration is being caused by an unknown form of energy that exists throughout the universe. This as-yet-undiscovered form of energy is referred to as dark energy.
Astronomers have observed that large celestial objects, such as stars, galaxies, and galactic clusters, often move through space in ways that can't be explained. These objects appear to be influenced by gravitational forces beyond those which should be present.
Because gravity is related to mass, some astronomers speculate that there may be more matter in the universe than what can be seen. This unseen form of matter, known as dark matter, could be the source of the unexplained gravitational forces. Dark matter has never been proven to exist, but Hubble has returned data that support the dark matter theory.
Cosmology 101: Dark Matter
Super-Massive Black Holes
Hubble helped prove that supermassive black holes, millions of times more massive than our sun, exist at the center of many galaxies. Hubble also discovered a direct relationship between the size of the black hole and the shape of the galaxy, helping scientists better understand how galaxies form and evolve.
Hubble has not only aided in the discovery of planets orbiting other stars, but it has also made chemical analysis of the atmospheres of some of these worlds possible. In addition, the first actual photograph of a planet orbiting another star was taken by Hubble. The planet, Fomalhaut b, is named after the star Fomalhaut, which it orbits.
Hubble has also photographed discs of dust and gas that are believed to be planets in the early stages of being formed. Many such discs have been found throughout the galaxy, suggesting that planet formation may be a common event.
Our Solar System
Not all of Hubble's discoveries are millions of light-years away. The Hubble telescope has advanced our understanding of our own celestial neighborhood. Astronomers can now track the paths of comets as they pass through the solar system, for example. In 1994 when the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet collided with Jupiter, Hubble returned spectacular images of the event.
Hubble was also responsible for the demotion of Pluto to non-planet status. Pluto is quite small relative to the planets in our solar system—smaller even than earth's moon—and Hubble has revealed that there are many objects the size of Pluto, or even larger, at the edge of our solar system. Rather than classify all of these newfound objects as planets, the International Astronomical Union changed the definition of a planet, and created a new category, "dwarf planet," for these smaller objects, including Pluto.
Who Was Edwin Hubble?
The Hubble Space Telescope was named after Edwin Hubble, possibly the most important astronomer of the 20th century. Hubble completely reshaped our understanding of the universe. He proved that there are other galaxies existing outside of our own Milky Way galaxy, and he showed that the universe is expanding, which helped support a new theory known as the Big Bang theory.
Edwin Hubble was selected by Time Magazine as one of the Top 100 People of the 20th Century.
Future of the Hubble Telescope
The Hubble Telescope has been serviced five times by Space Shuttle missions over the years. Aging parts have been replaced, and Hubble should continue to operate until at least 2014. At some point after that, a mission can hopefully be devised to retrieve Hubble and return it to earth or otherwise dispose of it. This will prevent Hubble from re-entering the atmosphere and breaking up, as NASA's Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) did in September, 2011.
The Hubble Space Telescope has truly revolutionized the field of astronomy. When its mission is over, new, more advanced space telescopes will take its place. The James Webb Space Telescope and the Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope (ATLAST) are now being designed and built.
Just as the Hubble telescope did, these new telescopes will undoubtedly alter our understanding of the universe in ways we cannot even imagine.
Build a Scale-Model Hubble Telescope
Make a scale model of the Hubble Space Telescope, like the one shown here, out of paper, using easy-to-find supplies.
Free instructions can be found at Hubblesite.org.
Sources and Further Reading/Viewing
- Hubble Space Telescope | NASA
- Christianson, Gale E. (1996). . University of Chicago Press. Edwin Hubble: Mariner of the Nebulae
- PBS Home Video. (2004). . PBS. Stephen Hawking's Universe
- DeNooyer, Rushmore. (2010). . PBS. NOVA: Hubble's Amazing Rescue
- Zimmerman, Robert. (2010). . Princeton University Press. The Universe in a Mirror: The Saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Visionaries Who Built It
- DeMarcos, David Alexander. (2007). . NASA. The Visible Universe: A Visual Journey Through Space and Back in Time


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Councillor for Orange City Council
I’ve lived in Orange since 2009 and I’m passionate about ensuring we have a sustainable, inclusive and vibrant future for our city and its surrounds. We need a Council that will work for the good of the whole community, plan for environmentally sustainable development to meet the region’s future needs, and ensure all residents have easy access to services, green space and community facilities.
Unlike Labor and the Coalition, we don’t have the pockets of big business. We have something far more powerful. You.


Experimental study on the use of the wake instability as a passive control in coaxial jet flows
2010 (English)In: Seventh IUTAM Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition, 2010, 361-366 p.Conference paper (Refereed)
The present paper verifies experimentally the theoretical result by Talamelli and Gavarini (Flow, Turbul. & Combust., 2006), who proposed that the wake behind the separation wall between the two streams of a coaxial jet creates the condition for an absolute instability. This absolute instability, by means of the induced vortex shedding, provides a continuous forcing mechanism for the control of the flow field. The potential of the found control mechanism as well as its robustness has been verified and its ability to enhance the turbulence intensity within the inner and outer shear layer has been demonstrated.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2010. 361-366 p.
Fluid Mechanics and Acoustics
IdentifiersURN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-83152DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3723-7_58ISI: 000277097200058ScopusID: 2-s2.0-78649865444ISBN: 978-90-481-3722-0OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-83152DiVA: diva2:498745
7th IUTAM Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition. Royal Inst Technol, Stockholm, SWEDEN. JUN 23-26, 2009
QC 201202132012-02-122012-02-122012-02-13Bibliographically approved


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I stumbled upon Frankie Magazine’s large format 2010 bookzine SPACES – WHERE CREATIVE PEOPLE LIVE, WORK AND PLAY at my local thrift shop. It was a real steal at $2.(RRP $24.95).
Inside was a cornucopia of delightful photographic images showing well, how creative people live, work and play. The bookzine is divided into 5 sections: The Home & Work Place, The Wall Space, The Studio Space, The Tea & Coffee Space, The Living Space. Each section showcases several individuals’ personal areas, with the owners of each space explaining why or how their space is the way it is.
Sadly, I have been unable to source SPACES online for anyone wanting to purchase it. There are several references to it on booksellers’ sites, however they all seem to indicate its unavailability. So, this is a rare book to have and cherish. If you see it, grab it.
I was drawn to this bookzine as I was curious to see how other artists from around the world live and work. My own “studio” at home is a shared space during the warmer months with baby Japanese Quail chicks. It is also the spare room, the store room, the general let’s-dump-it-there-til-we-can-figure-out-what-to-do-with-it room. My Canon Pixma MX870 and Epson Artisan 1430 printers reside there. So do boxes of books, linen, clothes, scrapbooking paper, canvasses and other substrates for my printing experiments, our sofabed for non-existent guests. My work area is the carpeted floor, where I simply spread out layers of butcher paper and lay my canvasses or wooden frames over. Luckily, my medium being digital and print, there’s no (not much anyway) painting paraphernalia involved, only bottles of acrylic medium which I use as an adhesive, spray cans of car gloss varnish and workable fixative, a brayer, scissors, a tube of black acrylic paint for painting over borders, some foam brushes and a couple of bristle brushes. Nothing to shout about, really. Certainly not worthy of showing off here :-).
This link takes you to a webpage showcasing several famous artists’ studios. Specifically that of Francis Bacon, Henry Moore, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Jackson Pollock and Paul Cezanne. This site shows the spaces of more contemporary artists (cheekily throwing in Francis Bacon and Henry Moore too, just to make sure the reader is awake and paying attention!).
Looking at an artist’s workspace or studio is like looking into someone’s refrigerator, or at their bookshelves – very revealing about the person’s tastes in food or books. Some day I hope to visit people’s homes that have magnificent book displays, and make a photo book out of the project, but that is another story.
Meanwhile, feast your eyes on some of these wonderful artist workspaces.
One thing I’ve learnt from looking through all these studio workspaces – they can be messy, they can be neat, they can be minimal or cluttered, big or small, modern or traditional…but they are all unique and most of all, comfortable to each individual artist. These days, as both my printers are either acting up or have run out of ink, I’m concentrating mainly on creating my artwork…and to me that means working primarily on my Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone. Which allows me to work literally everywhere and anywhere. For which I am eternally grateful.


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Spurs pair named in 25-man squad after missing out in August
JONATHAN Woodgate and Ben Alnwick have both been included in Tottenham’s 25-man squad today, filling spaces left by the departures of David Bentley, Robbie Keane and Jamie O’Hara in January.
Bentley was loaned to Birmingham City midway through the month, while Jamie O’Hara has now joined Wolves for the second half of the season after recovering from a back injury.
Meanwhile, Keane has gone to West Ham – initially on loan, but with the move becoming permanent if the Hammers avoid relegation.
According to rules which came into force in the summer, Premier League clubs are required to register 25 players who are over the age of 21 the day after the transfer window closes.
Both Woodgate and fourth-choice goalkeeper Alnwick were omitted from that list on September 1, but they are now eligible to feature for Spurs in the second half of the campaign.
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Helpfully, both players are also ‘homegrown’, meaning that the Lilywhites have named nine homegrown players in their squad – one more than the minimum allowed.
“We’ve just about got a full squad,” said Harry Redknapp. “We found someone out there. He was the groundsman before. No, we’ve got the full 25 and everyone is fine so we have enough players. It’s not a problem.”
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Although Alnwick is now able for play for Spurs, his prospects of actually taking to the field have not greatly improved, given that he is still fourth in line behind Heurelho Gomes, Carlo Cudicini and Stipe Pletikosa.
The 24-year-old has made just three appearances under Redknapp, and last appeared in the 4-2 defeat at Burnley on the final day of last season.
Gareth Bale and Sandro have not been included in the 25-man list again, because they are aged 21 and therefore do not have to be officially named.
Tottenham named 16 ‘non homegrown players’ in their squad, two more than their last official roster following the January signings of Steven Pienaar and Bongani Khumalo.
Non homegrown (16): Assou-Ekotto, Bassong, Corluka, Cudicini, Gomes, Gallas, Hutton, Kaboul, Khumalo, Kranjcar, Modric, Palacios, Pavlyuchenko, Pienaar, Pletikosa, Van der Vaart.
Homegrown (9): Alnwick, Crouch, Dawson, Defoe, Huddlestone, Jenas, King, Lennon, Woodgate.
Aged 21 and under: Bale, Sandro


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EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Each season is a new season, and in each new season, teams must learn how to win. Especially how to win close games. In the case of the East Brunswick High School Bears, coming off a brutal one point buzzer beating loss to rival St. Joe's, the need to get over that hump became even more critical. After Friday night's 43-42 nail biting victory over North Brunswick in the first round of the Brunswick Classic Holiday Tournament, Head Coach Mark Motuesky's Bears may have accomplished what they needed to, and can now exhale and start to focus on playing the kind of basketball that is expected of them.
What made this even more impressive was that the Bears were able to win while playing the second half without their star guard Amir Bell. Bell was injured in the second quarter after hitting his head on the court and suffering from vision issues afterwards. In stepped Matt Ross, who scored 12 of his 15 points in the second half, and helped to steady a Bears team seemingly shaken by the loss of their star.
North Brunswick carried a 20-17 lead into the halftime locker room, and questions and concerns surely were beginning to appear as to whether the Bears had someone who could step up and take control. Ross steadied things, and after an even third quarter, the Bears finally regained the slim one point margin with just over a minute left to play. They then relied on a very tight defense that didn't allow North Brunswick to score in the final minute, as the defensive stand gave Motuesky his first victory as Bears Head Coach after many years as the assistant in East Brunswick.
The Bears now advance to meet South Brunswick in the Championship Game of the Brunswick Classic on Monday at 2:30 at East Brunswick High School.


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Fans of Lady Gaga will be excited to hear that the pop star has announced a two-year residency in Las Vegas and will be joining other big names such as Celine Dion, Britney Spears and Shania Twain who have recently taken up their own residencies.
Gaga said that she will begin the two-year engagement at the 5,300-seat Park Theater at the Park MGM in December next year, part of the transformation of the Monte Carlo hotel in to the new Park MGM resort.
In a statement Gaga said that it has been a life-long dream of hers to play in the home of Elvis, Tony Bennet, Frank Sinatra, the Rat Pack, Elton John and so on. She said that the honour of playing in Vegas is humbling and that she intends to create a “new show unlike anything Vegas has ever seen before.”
Over the last decade Gaga, in addition to gaining popularity for her songs, she has become known for stunts such as setting her piano on fire and wearing a raw meat dress. Last February she began the Super Bowl halftime show by singing “God Bless America” from the top of Houston’s NRG Stadium.
She had a health scare a few months ago and postponed the European leg of her world tour until early 2018 citing severe pain. In 2013 she was hospitalised for a hip injury and she also revealed that she suffers from the musculoskeletal disorder fibromyalgia.
A number of top musicians are drawn to Las Vegas residencies as they allow the performers to remain in one location and still draw in large crowds without the need to tour.


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Bright and stylish, this living room features sophisticated furnishings and decor. The white stone top coffee table displays a bowl of potpourri, books and a vase of flowers, adding fresh elegance to the design.
The freestanding bathtub's sleek, minimalistic design doesn't distract from the incredible beach view outside the black frame windows. A freestanding chrome faucet adds to the contemporary look of the tub.
Transitional Blue and Neutral Cottage Living Room With Floor-to-Ceiling Windows
Large, floor-to-ceiling windows flood this living room with natural light, illuminating the blue and neutral upholstered furniture with matching pillows. Wicker baskets and a sisal area rug add a cottage vibe, while a wooden coffee table and white globe chandelier add a modern touch. White subway tiles cover the fireplace.
Light and Bright Kitchen With Exposed Beam Vaulted Ceilings
This renovated kitchen features exposed beam vaulted ceilings paired with white cabinets and blue details, like the kitchen island. Two wood stools are positioned next to the island for casual dining, while a metallic pendant light and hardwood floors add finishing touches.
Pops of bright green throughout this living room recall a fresh, spring day. The chairs are antique, painted white and recovered with alligator print fabric. The coffee table was handmade and painted by a local artisan. Wall paint color: Sherwin-Williams Narce SW6154
Creamy White Bathroom With Trough-Like Vessel Sink
A trough-like vessel sink adds a subtle element of interest to this fresh bathroom, which features a color palette of creamy whites and soft neutrals. The marble tile backsplash lends a touch of sophistication to the space.
This boys' bedroom, designed with a safari theme, is perfect for the little explorer. And its simple black, white and yellow color theme can easily move in a different direction when the child gets older.
Pool-Inspired Transitional Blue and White Bathroom
Crisp blue and white Akdo tile fills this bathroom with a pool-inspired vibrancy. The large glass shower adds depth to this bathroom and the white and blue tile creates a space that feels clean and crisp.
Midcentury Modern Meets Country in Carefully Styled Sitting Area
Midcentury modern and country styles effortlessly blend in this lovely sitting area. White paneled walls and a rural painting create a country vibe, while carefully chosen furnishings play up a sleeker, trendier look.


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If you're teaching about the two sounds "oo" makes, this is great way for your students to apply what they're learning to their reading! It also works well with the Words Their Way curriculum.
This includes a story and a recording sheet. Students read the story and hunt for words that fit the spelling rule. You can change the name in the story to the name of a student in your class--they love reading about themselves!
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‘Ms. Marvel’ adds Mehwish Hayat to the cast amid reshoots
Ms. Marvel is getting a brand new cast member, prominent Pakistani actor Mehwish Hayat, amid reports that the Disney Plus limited series is poised to undergo reshoots.
It’s unclear whether the reshoots and additional casting are connected, but considering that the show was originally meant to be released last year and is now slated for release later this year, it seems pretty late in the game for new actors joining the project.
The report of Hayat’s induction into the project comes from The Express Tribune (via TheDirect), who noted the actor’s role is still unknown, according to their sources, and they’ve reached out to Hayat for comment and are currently awaiting her response.
The actor is known for her Pakistani film and television roles, such as 2016’s Actor in Law, 2017’s Punjab Jaungi, and 2019’s Chhalawa. She joins two other prominent Pakistani actors already confirmed for the project, including Fawad Khan and Nimra Bucha.
Fawad had reportedly kept his involvement in the project under wraps for months before publicly confirming he would be involved, so Hayat’s involvement may be the result of keeping her role low-key as well, rather than as the result of reshoots.
But with that being said, a report came out earlier this week that indicated reshoots would be underway soon for the series. This comes after the project was delayed, and its estimated release date for Disney Plus is now expected for some time after the summer.
Ms. Marvel, which is expected to tie in heavily with the 2023 film The Marvels, will debut Iman Vellani’s Kamala Khan, a teenager whose idol is Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers, AKA Captain Marvel. When Kamala later receives superpowers, she becomes a hero herself. The series represents the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first Pakistani Muslim superhero.


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With the second leg of the Champions League coming up next week, a quick look at hos the three LaLiga oponentes fared in their domestic leagues.
Bayern Munich (face Real Madrid on Tuesday)
A grey week for Carlo Ancelotti's side was capped off with a poor 0-0 draw away to Bayer Leverkusen at the Bay Arena yesterday.
The Italian coach made five changes to his starting line-up against Leverkusen, who had Tin Jedvaj sent off for the last 30 minutes for a second booking.
Captain Philipp Lahm, Xabi Alonso, Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery, plus the injured Jerome Boateng were all left out of the starting line-up.
Bayern could not break down the hosts defence despite 72 possession and 21 shots on goal -- including having double saves off the line on two separate occasions.
Leicester City (face Atletico on Tuesday)
Crystal Palace fought back from two goals down to snatch a 2-2 home draw with Leicester City after Yohan Cabaye and Christian Benteke denied the Premier League champions in a pulsating clash on Saturday at Selhurst Park in South London.
Leicester seemed to be heading for a sixth league win in seven games under manager Craig Shakespeare when Jamie Vardy doubled the advantage with a brilliant goal in the 52nd minute.
Vardy said Leicester were disappointed ahead of their home Champions League quarter-final second leg against Atletico Madrid on Tuesday when they will bid to overturn a 1-0 deficit.
Juventus (face Barcelona on Wednesday)
Gonzalo Higuain's brace sent Juventus eight points clear in Serie A with a 2-0 win at struggling Pescara on Saturday, as Napoli capitalised on a Roma slip-up to boost their Champions League hopes.
The only blip for Massimiliano Allegri's men was seeing Argentina forward Paulo Dybala, who hit a double in the 3-0 Champions League quarter-final first leg win over Barcelona in midweek, limp off with an ankle injury four days before the second leg at the Camp Nou.


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CHICAGO, September 27, 2018 (Newswire.com) - iCombat, a tactical laser tag company geared towards adults, is hosting their 2nd annual Prison Purge Laser Tag event this October for those who want a Halloween scare where they can fight back.
Though the government won't confirm it, an army of inmates has escaped the maximum security prison and taken over Alcatraz in Schiller Park so iCOMBAT Chicago is recruiting citizen-soldier sweep teams to prowl through the cells and passageways of the darkened two-story prison to defeat the escaped prisoners and retake the facility.
"We need your help now to defeat the escaped prisoners and retake Alcatraz," said Rick Jensen, President of iCOMBAT. "With an army of unrelenting murderous inmates disrupting the intense laser tag action in our two-story prison facility, we can guarantee this Halloween experience will be somewhere between heart-pounding scary and laugh out loud fun."
The technology wizards at iCOMBAT have invented a new system that allows real-life actors in prison attire to "attack" two sweep teams of tactical laser tag players. If a prisoner emerges from the abandoned cells and passageways in the darkened prison and can get within five feet of a player, the player will be dead. The players can only stop the prisoner's advances temporarily by shooting them - but a few seconds later the prisoner will begin their attacks again. All of this action occurs during the usual tactical laser tag battles between two teams of players on a Hollywood style movie set of Alcatraz, a government prison facility.
"Last year, hundreds of citizen-soldiers joined the fight to end the prison purge at iCOMBAT Chicago," said Jensen. "Demand is always high but these special Halloween sessions are limited so I suggest you grab your spot now as reservations are open."
The special Prison Purge sessions at iCOMBAT Chicago will be featured on Friday and Saturday evenings from October 19th to October 27th, beginning after 5pm on Fridays and 3pm on Saturdays. The sessions will be 60 minutes long and cost $30. Reservations are encouraged and can be made at chicago.icombat.com, or by calling 855-454-4426. Due to the intense action, players must 13 years or older.
iCOMBAT's patented technology is so realistic that it is used for training by SWAT teams and Special Forces units around the world. The 16,000 square foot iCOMBAT Chicago facility contains a playing field modeled after an abandoned prison. It features guard towers, prison cells, and a broken down prison bus in a two-story facility with a 27, 000 watt sound system. Participants will hear helicopters hovering overhead during an action-packed session with multiple missions. Scores and live footage of the missions will also be shown in the lobby on large television screens.
iCOMBAT Chicago is located at 5050 N. River Road, Schiller Park, IL 60176 near the Rosemont Convention Center. More information about iCOMBAT can be found on their Facebook page at facebook.com/iCombatChicago or on their website Chicago.icombat.com.
Last year, more than 250,000 people joined in the fight using iCOMBAT's Apocalypse technology at dozens of facilities around the world.


The 2003 version of The Italian Job is less of a straightforward remake of the 1969 picture than it is a complete re-interpretation. Enough has changed that it's possible to see the two films not as the same story separated by three decades, but a distinct entities. Expectedly, there are plot similarities (the centerpiece heist contains many of the same elements, including the minis), but the chemistry and motivations of the thieves is different, and the playful, semi-comedic tone of the original has been replaced by something a little less lighthearted.
It's easy to do a heist movie wrong – the genre is littered with countless examples, some by prominent filmmakers. F. Gary Gray (director of the recently released A Man Apart) has discovered the right recipe – keep things moving, develop a nice rapport between the leads, toss in the occasional surprise, and top with a sprinkling of panache. The Italian Job isn't a masterpiece, but it gets the job done. There are some problems (in particular, the climactic car chase – the one featuring the minis – goes on a little too long), but, for the most part, I was entertained. There's a fair amount of suspense, and I was generally impressed by the thoroughness of the caper plots.
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The crash occurred shortly after 12:20 a.m. in the tunnel, which connects Oakland to Alameda, police Lt. Sean Lynch said.
Police had tried to pull over the suspect in a traffic stop but he fled, driving over a dirt lot and heading the wrong way into the Webster Street Tube, where he crashed head-on into two cars bound for Alameda, Lynch said.
The driver of the first car suffered "significant" injuries and was taken to a hospital. Lynch did not know the victim's condition this morning.
No other serious injuries were reported, he said.
The driver and a male passenger in his car tried to run away after the crash but were quickly apprehended, Lynch said.
Lynch said the suspects are refusing to cooperate with police. Their names have not been released.
The crash shut down the tunnel for hours. It was reopened at about 7:40 a.m. once the crash debris was cleared from the roadway, Lynch said.


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As Philadelphia descends into anarchy, SeeSaw learns about where the Vampires came from. But why is all this chaos taking place here and now? Find out in Killadelphia #21 from Image Comics.
Browsing: Jason Shawn Alexander
George Washington is the new immortal player on the field, but SeeSaw is an unexpected complication. Can the Sangster’s find him in time to save him? Find out in Killadelphia #20 from Image Comics!
The Sangsters have new allies in their fight against the vampires, but what if John Adams was not the origin of this struggle? Find out more in Killadelphia #19 from Image Comics!
Image Comics has announced a new story arc is beginning in Killadelphia #19 from writer Rodney Barnes and artist Jason Shawn Alexander.
Anansi hints that the Sangsters may have new allies in their fight. Who are they and where do they come from? Find out in Killadelphia #18 from Image Comics!
Who would have thought the zombie apocalypse could be so groovy? Take the jump for a sneak peek of Army of Darkness: 1979 #2 from Dynamite Entertainment.
Magical help and even godly powers can only help so much. Does Jimmy have what it takes to regain his own humanity? Find out in Killadelphia #17 from Image Comics!
Let’s get groovy as the ’70s (and maybe the world) comes to an end in Army of Darkness 1979 #1 from Dynamite Entertainment.
SeeSaw returns with some help against the vampires, but can he also save Jimmy from his vampirism? Find out in Killadelphia #16 from Image Comics.
It’s a vampire fight, and they are looking for Seesaw. He brought Adams back, but where is he and what is he doing now? Find out in Killadelphia #15 from Image Comics!
A new arc kicks off in this issue. Not only has John Adams returned, but another vampire takes the stage. Will this mark the end of Abigail’s plans for domination? Find out in Killadelphia #13 from Image Comics!
Philadelphia is in flames. But with the Sangsters fighting in the city, and Tevin making deals in the afterlife, can Abigail be stopped? Find out in Killadelphia #12 from Image Comics!
Philadelphia has gone dark and Jupiter is turning on Abigail. Will this put a stop to her plans? Find out in Killadellphia #11 from Image Comics!
As Abigail unleashes chaos in Philadelphia, just how far back does her planning really go? Find out in Killadelphia #10 from Image Comics!


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A dud was knitted. *sad face*
I’d found this free pattern, the Diamond Girl Knitted Top by Julie Farmer, on ravelry here and decided that it would be awesome to knit, especially in red. So I cast on and found out that my cast on wasn’t nearly stretchy enough. I kept on knitting though, but eventually removed the cast on edge while keeping the already knit rest. I figured this was like a provisional cast on right? So I could always go back and cast off the edge later. I think I also was off gauge, so it knit up a little big. This is the link to my ravelry page about it.
I changed some of the sizing on the front, by decreasing, there is no shaping in this originally and there was very little in my version. I decided to knit up the sleeves full length because I absolutely abhor elbow length sleeves. They are too short to be warm and too long to be short and comfortable. I would be continually trying to pull them down or push them up again.
Once I sewed it up, I finished the hems of sleeves and body. I decided the knit some extra short rows on the back to cover the butt a little more. I decided to leave the neck alone. So, while I liked the picture of the sample, I’m not a big fan of my own version. I feel that it’s overly large and unflattering. See the example above. Ps. The white that shines through are the letters on my shirt. Below, I’ve tried to show that it needs quite a lot removed in order to be a little more fitted.
I don’t think I necessarily want to wear it very often. So might just donate it to somewhere for someone to love more than I do. I don’t feel like frogging the whole thing as the yarn also isn’t something that’s terribly dear to me. I also don’t feel like trying to fix all the bits I don’t like, as that would mean frogging it completely. All in all, this one just isn’t a success. Luckily the next one I knit, is a success!