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25 years before #MeToo and sexual assault was not taken seriously
Police were not trained in sexual assault then and often dissuaded victms from pursuing cases
I have trained police, prosecutors and judges in both counties.
After Weinstein story broke, the hotline at the rape crisis center I worked at rang constantly. Many called about cases that happened years or decades earlier.

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The Land Clearance For Redevelopment Authority approved a tax abatement for a 104-unit apartment project at 18th and Holmes, but developer Steve Foutch says the level of abatement was too low to make his project work.
No vote was taken Wednesday by the Kansas City Council Planning, Zoning & Economic Development Committee on an ordinance to change development policy by limiting incentives. The committee will consider more than two hours’ worth of public testimony from Wednesday’s hearing and expects to take up the issue once again in a week.
A federal judge approved $18.9 million in attorneys fees Tuesday in class-action “hot fuel” cases filed against gas stations that did not account for the expansion of gasoline in warmer temperatures. The cases stemmed from reporting done in 2006 by The Kansas City Star.
Late trash pickups have led to a crescendo of complaints this summer, especially in south Kansas City. But surrounding suburbs, including Fairway and Lansing, also have been experiencing trash problems, which stem from a lack of drivers in the area.
The home improvement chain will start taking applications Aug. 31 for its new Belton store at 800 E. Markey. No opening date was released. It also is opening stores in Independence, the Northland and Olathe.
Colleen McCain Nelson, who was a summer intern at The Kansas City Star in 1995, will return this fall as vice president of the newspaper’s editorial board. She received a Pulitzer with two others for their editorials at The Dallas Morning News and currently covers Hillary Clinton’s campaign. The Star also is hiring Eric Nelson, her husband, to head its digital operations. For both, the move from jobs in Washington, D.C., marks a return to roots.
Tax incentives for development projects are a hot topic in Kansas City. A much-discussed ordinance that would limit the level of tax incentives for private projects will get a hearing before a council committee, months after its introduction. But don’t expect a quick vote.
Advances in technology and bag-handling procedures deserve credit for a decline in wayward luggage, including improvements over the years in the bar-coded tags and optical scanners that have long been in use for identifying and sorting checked luggage. But optical-scanning systems have their limits, and the airline industry has been slow to adopt methods used by other industries that need to track items through the shipping process.
RootMetrics said Verizon won all six of its testing categories outright. No ties. It also won 41 statewide tests outright. AT&T was a strong second and Sprint held off rival T-Mobile yet again in overall performance rankings. The results confirm and contradict other testing reports, giving carriers room to market their best showings.
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar criticized the sharp price hikes for EpiPens, the emergency drug injectors for severe allergic reactions, saying Wednesday that it's "outrageous" that manufacturer Mylan is making money off of those who have few alternatives.
Bridget Hughes shows her tiny Kansas City apartment where her family of six live. Rents across Kansas City have spiked in the past year with the highest increases occurring in what had been areas with the lowest average rents, meaning that low income renters are feeling the greatest distress. Video by: ALLISON LONG | firstname.lastname@example.org


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Chicken (boneless) cut into bite sized pieces – 300 grams.
Spring onion bulbs (white part) sliced - 3 nos
Spring onion greens chopped – 3 nos
Carrot cut into chunks – 2 nos
Bell pepper/Capsicum sliced – 1 no
Ginger crushed – 2 tsp
Garlic crushed – 1 tbsp
Red chilli flakes – ½ tsp
Tomato ketchup – 1 tbsp
Soy sauce – 1 tbsp
Chilli garlic sauce – ½ tsp
Black pepper powder – ½ tsp
Sugar – 1 tsp.
Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
Red Chilli powder – 1 tsp
Lime/Lemon juice – 2 tbsp
Salt – to taste
Oil – as required.
Marinate the chicken with turmeric powder, red chilli powder, salt and lime juice and keep aside for 15 mts.In a mixing bowl, mix tomato sauce, soy sauce, chilli garlic sauce, black pepper powder and sugar.
Heat oil in a pan. When oil is hot, add the chicken pieces and fry until golden brown on each side. Remove the chicken from the pan and keep aside. To the same pan, add crushed ginger, garlic and green chilli and sauté for few seconds.
Add spring onion white, capsicum, carrot and fry till the vegetables are tender.
Add red chilli flakes and mix well.
Now pour the sauce mix and cook on medium flame till the sauce thickens.
Add fried chicken pieces, mix well and cook further for few minutes.
Add spring onion greens, mix well and remove from the heat.
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NEW DELHI: A washerman, whose leg came under the wheels of a Blueline and had to be amputated last year, has been awarded a compensation of over Rs 16 lakh by a road mishap tribunal.
The 32-year-old victim, Raju Kanojia, told the court that the mishap took place a few meters away from his home at Dilshad Garden on August 9, 2010. He was walking back home in the evening when he fell down and his leg came under the wheels of the bus, Raju said. He was taken to a hospital where he underwent two surgeriesbut lost his leg. The bus was being driven by one Sushil Kumar.


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Selling Pound is risky as Brexit decision nears, Says Carmignac Gestion
10 February 2019 | 11:00 am
Sandra Crowl, member of the investment committee at Carmignac Gestion, discusses the outlook for gilts, the pound and U.K. stocks as the Brexit deadline nears.
12 Jul 2021
The UK says the EU figure of €47.5 billion was for its "own internal accounting" and does not reflect money owed back to Britain.
22 Jul 2021
The British government has urged the EU to rethink the part of the Brexit deal that governs trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. But the European Commission has refused such requests in the past.
25 Aug 2021
A lack of qualified drivers combined with tough visa regulations are slowing down the country's supply chains. Food retailers like McDonald's have been hit. The Christmas season could stretch things to the limit.
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Here are a few reasons to pick up a copy of The Guardian on Saturday. Find these stories and much more when you grab a copy of The Guardian on Saturday.
6 Oct 2021
The UK has given Brussels ten days to respond to its demands over customs checkpoints in the Irish Sea. The UK's Brexit minister has told the EU to rethink the terms of its trade accord.
18 Oct 2021
The measures could halve customs paperwork and checks on meat, dairy and other food products coming to Northern Ireland.
24 Oct 2021
Britain's Brexit Minister David Frost has reacted to proposed EU concessions to ease bottlenecks affecting the trade in goods to Northern Ireland from the UK mainland.
29 Oct 2021
Tensions over licensing rules for European Union fishing boats are rising as France has vowed to block access to its ports and the United Kingdom has threatened a "calibrated response.''
8 Dec 2021
The work of a photographer who places human architecture at the centre of his pictures, before pulling back to show its effect on the surrounding landscape, is currently on display here in Paris. Donovan Wylie began taking pictures as a child while growing up in Northern Ireland. His latest exhibition at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris focuses on lighthouses and how they define the borders created by Brexit. He joined us for Perspective to tell us more about where he gets his inspiration.
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A year after Britain's new trade pact with the EU was sealed, UK exports to the bloc have plunged. With unfinished business around fisheries, Northern Ireland and financial services, what's next for Brexit?
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Is the United Kingdom better off without Europe? Did the country make a risky choice by leaving the EU one year ago? Our reporters Jonathan Walsh and Clovis Casali crossed the Channel to understand the consequences of Brexit on the daily lives of citizens. From London to Belfast, via Boston – the town with the highest pro-Brexit vote in 2016 – they report on how the UK has changed.
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Large crowds turned out in the Democratic Republic of Congo's for mass with Pope Francis. The pontiff is on a six-day trip to the continent.
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Pope Francis strongly denounced the "economic colonialism" which "is unleashed" in Africa and in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on the first day of his visit to the country. "After political colonialism, an equally enslaving economic colonialism was unleashed.
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Nice dress. Wore it to our Wedding Rehearsal Dinner. Fit perfectly!
The dress was beautiful and I got many compliments on it. The material is a little thin so it was a tab bit see through but with wearing all white underneath the dress made it ok.
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I'm using LineageOS 14.1 and don't want nor need to root it. How can I remount
/system rw and edit
All answers in "How to edit 'etc/hosts' file?" expect a rooted phone.
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Unless I missed something, that is not possible. Without root access only the mechanism of flashing an update (via recovery or OTA) can modify
/system. To be accepted, such an update archive must be signed with the same key as the ROM – which is something only the developer of the ROM (here: the LOS team) can do.
There might be a way via a custom recovery which lets you edit all file systems directly (see e.g. twrp). But without knowing what device it is, it cannot be said if a matching recovery exists (you can check that in the Devices section of their website for official images, and search XDA for unofficial ones). Apart from that, it's either rooting the device or not editing any file within
It is possible to use a VPN profile* to affect hostname resolution. There are a number of apps now available on the Play Store that provide a convenient way to do this, such as Hosts Go. Note that, since this technique requires the use of a VPN profile, you won't be able to use an actual VPN in conjunction with this technique.
*As of Android 4.0 (API Level 14) — https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/vpn
On non-rooted phone you cannot actually edit
hosts file but it's possible to use VPN apps like Virtual Hosts or Personal DNS Filter (both are open-source, I've no affiliation with either) which intercept DNS traffic and look up a custom
hosts file before making queries to configured upstream DNS server.
Or if bootloader is unlockable, editing
hosts file is possible through custom recovery.
For more alternatives see: How to always resolve a domain name to a fixed IP without rooting?
I've seen some comments saying TWRP isn't explained clearly. This way you will only need developer options enabled.
So first get the file in your computer
adb pull /system/etc/hosts hosts
Edit the pulled hosts and push it again to the phone into a folder you have write permissions
adb push hosts /sdcard
Reboot the phone into recovery mode (TWRP), then go to mount and check "system" (DON'T check the "Mount system partition read-only"), go back and advanced -> File manager. Now you have a file manager with the system partition writable. Rename /system/etc/hosts to something like hosts_old, then move you edited hosts file /sdcard/hosts to /system/etc .
You can use a proxy and use your computer's /etc/host file.
If someone goes for squidman, all you have to do is add the following line to the Template section of it's configuration:
#hosts file hosts_file /private/etc/hosts
Once squidman is running, everything you have to do is configure your mobile device to use a Manual proxy entry pointing to the IP address of the computer running squidman in the same network.
Then you are ready to go.
And if you're running squidman and wants to access localhost, remember to comment out the following line in squidman config:
#http_access deny to_localhost
Warning: this will work only if ADB can get root access, which isn't the case for most ROMs. It works in in LineageOS 14.1.
Developer optionsenabled in phone
adbinstalled in computer
Apply the following settings in
Android debugging-> on
Connect the phone to the computer. Grant permission in your phone if asked. In the computer, launch a terminal and run
$ adb root
Grant permission in your phone. Remount with
$ adb remount
Start a remote rooted shell
$ adb shell
In the adb shell, edit your hosts file
# nano /etc/hosts
When ready, disconnect


In this course, you will learn:
- Conditional probabilities and probability rules
- Continuous function expectation and variance, as well as their adjustment.
- Modeling of failure rates.
- Normal, lognormal, exponential, Weibull, binomial, and Poisson distributions are all examples of distributions.
- Reliability, mean time to failure, and availability are all important factors to consider.
- Data fitting and assessment of reliability
- Mixed multiple failure mechanisms and multimodal distributions
- Block diagrams of reliability.
- Monte Carlo simulation is a technique for simulating events.
- Interference due to load strength and probabilistic design
- Methods of first-order dependability.
- Accelerated testing and acceleration factors are two terms that are often used interchangeably.
- Time to failure modelling in mechanical and electrical systems for chosen failure mechanisms.
- Introduction and Overview
- Rules of Probability
- Probability Examples
- Conditional Probability
- Expectations and Variance Definition
- Expectation and Variance of Continuous Functions
- Normal Distribution PDF and CDF
- Load-Strength Interference Theory
- Load-Strength Interference Examples
- Material Degradation and Time to Failure Modeling
- Practice Problems for Test 1
- Lognormal Distribution, Reliability, Hazard Rate and MTTF
- Exponential Distribution and Examples of MTTF Estimation
- Weibull Distribution
- Multimodal Distributions and Mixed Multiple Failure Mechanisms
- Goodness of Fit
- Binomial and Poisson Distributions
- Practice Problems for Test 2
- Reliability Block Diagrams
- Monte Carlo Simulation
- Uncertainty in Geometry, Load and Strength
- Covariance and Correlation
- Covariance and Correlation Examples
- First Order Reliability Methods Introduction
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This cream chest of drawers was a really fun build. There were some fun details as well as a nice engineering challenge. My favorite detail is the steel outline around the bottom section of drawers. Next was the molding that surrounds the cabinet. It gives it a nice transitional feel.
The engineering challenge was that stone vase on top of it. It weighed somewhere around 150 lbs. We always build everything so that it outlives us...so we constructed a steel webbing inside of the piece that would support the span across the top and transfer the load from the center down to the legs. This will prevent the cabinet from bowing over time.
This custom chest of drawers was handmade in San Diego, California.
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The Barry Custom Sideboard is a subtle symphony of contrasts. It features a Carrara White Marble countertop over a black-stained cherry body. The inside of the cabinet is built with...
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“The death of a 13-year-child was noted but the exact causes and circumstances could not be determined in a formal way. Another child died due to hyperthermia and another stopped breath for other crisis,” the statement said.
The minister of population Onitian Realy confirmed that she evacuated 42 children from the rural commune of Tsimananada to the nearby bigger town of Ambovombe.
“Four of them suffered from acute malnutrition and sent to the regional center of Doctors Without Borders, after consultation and support,” the minister said.
“Approximately 172,000 students in Androy region are currently affected by hunger, causing a negative impact on their school performance,” the minister added.
“Malnutrition is a factor that seriously undermines the health of the population, victim of drought,” the minister said on Sunday after visiting at least three times the most vulnerable areas in southern Madagascar.
The minister said “a two-day-consultation to fight against recurring problems in the south will be held on Feb.19 and Feb. 20 in Ambovombe district to develop an intervention strategy and sustainable solutions for the drought and hunger, as well as to ensure the development of the region.”
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Will Ima, Naseebo and Young Stiners evoke the magic of sound in the PSL 6 anthem?
The sixth edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) is about to start and as much as the fans are waiting for the matches, the fans are also eager for the title song of PSL 6.
Last year, PSL’s anthem ‘Tiar Ho’ was sung by young singers Asim Azhar, Ali Azmat, Arif Lohar and Haroon Rashid, but the anthem was criticized.
Singer Asim Azhar also apologized to his cricket fans on social media after he was heavily criticized and trolled on the PSL 5 anthem.
Later, on the enthusiastic request of the fans, Pakistani rock star Ali Zafar also sang the song ‘Mela Loot Liya’ for the PSL, which was well received.
It is now being claimed by various websites that the PSL 6 anthem will be sung by Pakistani singer Aima Baig, singer Naseebo Lal and well-known rapper Young Stinger.
However, no statement has been made by singers Aima Baig, Naseebo Lal and Young Stiners in this regard.
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It’s been a week and a half again, but without many bank scare headlines thank goodness. Instead, we have lots of headlines of politicians and business leaders attacking the banking industry.
It all starts in Davos, with Chinese premier Wen Jiabao blaming America’s “unsustainable model of development characterised by prolonged low savings and high consumption”, and "an excessive expansion of financial institutions in blind pursuit of profit.”
Difficult to argue with that one, and Gong Xi Fa Cai to you Mr. Wen.
“A balance between savings and consumption, between financial innovation and regulation and between (the) financial sector and the real economy."
Sounds good in theory but, if it was that easy, then we would never have been in this position would we?
Mind you, at least his speech had some good digestible content, unlike Vladimir Putin’s.
Putin also blamed America for this mess, but said a few things that jarred with the audience and investors. For example, a sentence such as:
“The entire economic growth system, where one regional centre prints money without respite and consumes material wealth, while another regional centre manufactures inexpensive goods and saves money printed by other governments, has suffered a major setback.”
This is a thinly veiled attack on America and China which has some element of truth. However, he then went on to say things like:
“Excessive intervention in economic activity and blind faith in the state's omnipotence is another possible mistake”; and
“We all know that provoking military and political instability, regional and other conflicts is a helpful means of distracting the public from growing social and economic problems. Such attempts cannot be ruled out, unfortunately.”
Not the best way to make friends and influence people, but then making friends is not on Putin’s agenda as demonstrated by the Q&A after his session where Michael Dell asked how Dell could help develop Russia’s technological capabilities.
“You know, the trick is that we don’t need help,” Putin said. “We’re not handicapped.”
Nothing like brushing off Dell's sales pitch is there?
Even with these foibles though, it is clear that the world’s leadership wants to tackle the economic crisis we all face during the week at Davos ... except that half of the world’s leadership aren’t there.
President Lula of Brazil didn’t go, nor did much of South America’s leadership and, as we know, America’s new President didn’t show. He’s far too busy Barack-ing the bankers over their bonuses.
Apparently, Wall Street has shelled out over $20 billion in bonuses to top traders for 2008, roughly the same levels as 2004. All this at a time when “these institutions were teetering on collapse. That is the height of irresponsibility. It is shameful,” Mr. Obama stated.
Difficult to argue with that point either. There’s a time for profits and bonuses, and a time for losses and cutbacks.
“Part of what we’re going to need is for the folks on Wall Street who are asking for help to show some restraint, and show some discipline, and show some sense of responsibility," President Obama said.
"We’re going to be having conversations as this process moves forward directly with these folks on Wall Street.”
I bet you are, Mr. Obama.
So it’s all very serious and sombre at Davos and around the rest of the world.
Back in Davos however, there was one big explosion I noted. This one was over the euro, and whether it has a future. For some observers, there are real fears that the Eurozone is falling apart as the Greek, Italian, Irish, Spanish and Austrian bond markets all suffer stresses.
For example, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), told the German weekly Die Zeit that: "The euro zone needs more coordination on economic policy. Otherwise, differences between states will become too big and the stability of the currency zone is in danger."
I think he has a point, but this seriously irritated many in the Eurozone with Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank, stepping up to the mark stating that: "There is no risk that the euro will break apart.”
Mind you, the idea of a Eurozone breakup has been on the cards for over a year and it is a good debating point. Truth be told, it is likely that the odd country might leave the Eurozone at some point, but it won't be everyone nor the whole region breaking apart.
And the bankers position in all of this?
Well, many of them just avoided going to Davos at all, for obvious reasons.
John Thain, ousted head of global banking at Bank of America, Citigroup’s CEO Vikram Pandit and Barclays’ CEO John Varley are all giving it a miss this year. As are Goldman Sachs’ leaders, Morgan Stanley and more. Mind you, HSBC and JPMorgan are still giving it a good go and, even with their leadership missing, Barclays still threw a party … just a bit smaller than usual.
Mind you, most bankers probably wanted to avoid the beating they were going to get from not just the politico’s but also their customers with many industry leaders, such as Indra Nooyi Chief Executive of Pepsico, attacking Wall Street for infecting Main Street.
All in all, it looks like Davos has been the usual talkshop without any clear results as yet.
The three key messages appear to be let's all work together to solve this, avoid protectionism and we need to talk a lot more.
On the first point Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, used his opening speech to call for unity saying that bankers are “not only part of the problem. They are part of the solution.”
Too darned right. The guys who created this mess can get us out of it. That’s a critical point.
ore, as Mr. Schwab put it, "we need a well-functioning financial community, we should not forget. Otherwise, we don’t have a well-functioning economy.”
The second point relates to major concerns that banks and countries are going to raise barriers to trade and focus upon domestic priorities and concerns at the expense of others. In other words, the return of "protectionism", where trade barriers critically undermine global wealth and commerce. That's a real concern.
Finally, there is the question that some are asking: what does Davos actually achieve?
Apart from being a great, high profile, politics meets business networking event, does it actually deliver any solutions?
After all, no-one predicted subprime or liquidity crises at Davos, even though some of us were talking about systemic risks a few years ago.
If Davos does not deliver real insights and solutions then what is it good for ... apart from being a big networking conference for world leaders with no clear, tangible output?
And if its just a politics meets business annual jamboree, it's a shame there weren't so many free parties laid on by the banking guys then.
Maybe next year?
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This season’s menswear collections have been very strong walking down the runways and Martin Asbjørn was one of our favorite shows of this years CPHFW. If I were to describe
Lovechild 1979, with creative director Anne-Dorthe Larsen, works with an all-women design team that creates clothes of their own tastes. The Lovechild 1979 aesthetic is feminine yet grounded by masculine, tailored
Saks Potts does not work to serve short-lived trends, their design it’s supposed to work from season to season with unusual aesthetics, playful colors and interesting high-quality materials. All to challenge
Heliot Emil usually draws inspiration from thought-provoking themes and their SS18 collection is no exception. The streetwear brand Heliot Emil, named after the grandfather of the brothers behind the brand,
Ivan Grundahl’s aesthetic is one of dark Nordic minimalistic fashion, the brand combines layering and structure with a feeling of rough edges and unfinished pieces that are draped and deconstructed.
Anne Vest‘s collection Furry Spring is a summer collection inspired by summer feelings. But even though the main inspiration was summer, the collection came with a non-summery feeling; It included
Exotic > Modern > Classic By Malene Birger hosted a trip to São Paolo for their SS18 presentation. Well, not a real trip, but kind of. We stayed in Copenhagen
Giving back to others. An important and gentle thought, which was the theme of the Munthe SS18 show in Copenhagen. The designer, Naja Munthe, wanted to encourage people to donate, smile
Stone cold faces and training gear backstage at Halo SS18 during Copenhagen Fashion Week. The models at Halo SS18 were more than ready to go into battle (aka the catwalk).
Halo has created the perfect and optimal gear for when you are going into battle. Newline HALO presents the Boot Camp collection, designed for life behind enemy lines. The brand’s


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This book is Very important to me. In fact, I was the one to write this post. Michelle Mankin is an incredible writer and her Tempest series is all Gritty and Rock and Roll with a very important message behind it.
If you NEED help, please REACH out to ANYONE you can. Be it a parent, friend, neighbor or ME!
you can also call
1 (800) 273-8255 – The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
No matter wy you think, there are people out there that LOVE YOU!!!!
All my love and sparkles and good juju
Warren “War” Jinkins is that guy.
The bad one.
Tempest’s ex front man, an arrogant rock god.
The only thing larger than his ego is his capacity for self-destruction.
His bad attitude has cost him. His woman. His best friend. His band. Everything.
Shaina Bentley is that girl.
The good one.
Hollywood’s pink candy-coated sweetheart.
The star of Pinky Swear, television’s top rated teen show.
She’s been practically perfect since that horrible day. But she’s starting to crack under the strain of being everything to everyone.
He’s a one man island. She’s a fragile captive soul.
Is love a current too dangerous to cross or will it be the bridge that brings them together?
*Author note: Each book in the Tempest series features a different band member and can stand alone.*
As I have been blessed to be part of the backstage pass holders of the Tempest concerts seeing this…
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The Stop Stansted Expansion group say that they are "relieved" that Stansted Airport has not been shortlisted as a potential site for expansion in today's Airports Commission interim report.
"We are obviously greatly relieved that Stansted is not on the shortlist.
The environmental consequences of even one extra runway would have been catastrophic and the fact is that there has never been a viable business case for any extra runways at Stansted.
The airport currently operates at less than half of its potential capacity.
We must now show solidarity with the communities around Heathrow and Gatwick and support their efforts in resisting the threat that they now face."
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A police dog who sustained serious injuries when he was stabbed by a fleeing suspect is retiring - a day after winning three trophies
An investigation has begun into what caused a helicopter to crash in the Welsh mountains
A dry day for most with sunny spells and it looks like it could be the warmest day of the year so far.

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Alabama looked like a world-beater in last night's 42-14 crushing of Notre Dame in the 2013 Discover BCS Championship Game. It's almost hard to believe that Texas A&M had actually beaten Alabama in the regular season, but the Aggies did, winning 29-24 last November.
How did the Aggies do it?
Well, two things went in their favor. Alabama head coach Nick Saban only had one week to prepare for the Aggies (as opposed to five weeks to prepare for Notre Dame) and Heisman-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel is very difficult to stop.
The only other team that might possibly have been able to compete with Alabama this year was Oregon. Like Texas A&M, the Ducks have an outstanding quarterback that can both run and pass well. Manziel passed for 253 yards and rushed for another 93 against Alabama and those numbers sound eerily similar to what Duck quarterback Marcus Mariota is capable of doing.
In fact, the two teams have a lot in common.
Both Oregon and Texas A&M strike fast in scoring. Oregon scored on the opening kickoff of the Fiesta Bowl when De'Anthony Thomas ran 94 yards for a touchdown.
Texas A&M, on its first possession, took less than three minutes to score a touchdown on Alabama.
The speed of both teams is something that Alabama has trouble with—Auburn beat Alabama 28-27 behind the speed of dual-threat quarterback Cam Newton in 2010. Mariota, like Manziel, can chew up huge yardage on quarterback draws (see 2:03 mark).
Oregon is a team built on speed and likes to jump out to an overwhelming lead early in the game—for the most part, it is not a second-half team. Against Kansas State in the Fiesta Bowl, Oregon was limited to only one touchdown and two field goals in the second half. The Ducks ended up winning 35-17, with 22 of their points coming in the first half.
The Ducks would probably give the Crimson Tide fits in the first half, but how would they have done in the second half? Saban is the master of huge adjustments and I can't see how Oregon's defense survives a slugfest against the big uglies from Alabama.
In our mythical matchup, Oregon would jump to an early lead and have Alabama reeling, but in the second half, Alabama would outmuscle the Ducks, just as Stanford's stout defense throttled Oregon's offense last November.
Stanford, a team very similar in style to Alabama, limited Oregon to only two touchdowns in two quarters—Stanford would eventually win 17-14 in overtime.
Like Stanford's game against Oregon, it looks like Alabama would have come out on top against Oregon as well, but the game would have been very close. Oregon would have slowed that Tide down to a little splash.
The Ducks would have forced the Tide to pick between defending the run or the pass on every down and try and catch the Tide out of position, much like Texas A&M did. Mariota's speed would have also kept the Tide's defense on its heels.
It would have been a fun game to watch.

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