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February 25, 2013
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After huge delays and cost overruns, the Airbus A400M is finally nearing first delivery to the French air force, a milestone that will also mark the beginning of a series of upgrades spanning five years.
Airbus Military “firmly committed” to handing over the first A400M before the Paris air show, toward the end of May or early June. “With the level of readiness technically and industrially, we can do it,” program chief Cedric Gautier says. Airbus Military expects to obtain European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for the aircraft in the next few days, saying, “all documents have been released; certification is imminent.”
France will still receive its initial aircraft more than three years later than originally planned but with a series of capability upgrades slated for later. The first aircraft will only have initial operating clearance, essentially allowing its use as a freighter with no significant additional military functionality.
Airbus Military has also signed an initial in-service support contract spanning the first 18 months of operations for the French aircraft with Occar, the intergovernmental organization that negotiates A400M contracts on behalf of France, Germany, the U.K., Turkey, Spain, Belgium and Luxembourg.
With the program entering a new phase, spare parts and maintenance support are becoming more urgent issues to resolve, but senior industry officials say it is already apparent that negotiations will be tough. The A400M was originally based on a commercial business model that placed all the program risk with the manufacturer. Given the program's high number of change requests and subsequent delays, that was later altered somewhat in protracted and highly controversial talks.
Particularly on the engine side, program returns are mostly achieved through profit margins in the aftermarket business. Senior industry officials say A400M customers consider maintenance and spare-parts prices too high, but the industry side is reluctant to give up too much margin.
The cost overruns mean the program will not make a profit with only its 174 firm orders, so there is a strong incentive to earn as much as possible from parts and repairs. Initial rounds of talks on this point were held early in the development phase, but few concrete agreements have been reached. Other countries are likely to make adaptations to the French approach, one executive says.


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How are raw chicken offerings cooked?
Bake: Preheat oven to 375 ° F. Spread frozen offerings on a baking sheet and bake for 25-30 minutes. Skillet: Heat vegetable oil (1/8 ″) in skillet until hot. Fry in hot oil over medium heat for 10-12 minutes, flip after 5-6 minutes.
How long does it take to bake raw chicken in the oven?
How to bake chicken breast Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Discard the chicken breast with olive oil, herbs, and spices (per recipe below). Gently grease a bowl or skillet to prevent the chicken breast from sticking. Bake chicken breast for 22-26 minutes or until it reaches 165 ° F. Let rest before cutting or throwing away.
At what temperature should chicken fillets be cooked?
Bake at 400 ° F on the lower rack for 10-12 minutes or until chicken is done (internal temperature 165 ° F). Remove from oven and serve immediately or place chicken fillets on a cooling rack until ready to serve.
How long does it take to bake the chicken at 375?
Preheat oven to 375. Put the chicken breast in a bowl and sprinkle with olive oil, season with salt and pepper or other spices or marinades. (If you are marinating, we recommend that you do so at least 24 hours before cooking.) Bake 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
How long do raw chicken offerings keep in the microwave?
Cook the chicken tenders Arrange in a circle on a microwaveable plate. Avoid stacking the pieces as they will not cook evenly. Cover the chicken without touching it and cook in the sea for one or two minutes.
How long do frozen raw chicken offerings cook?
Preheat oven to 375 ° F. 2. Bake frozen fillets for 30 to 35 minutes or until the internal temperature of the instant read thermometer reaches 170 ° F.
How long does it take to bake 350 chickens?
Chicken breast at 177 ° C for 25 to 30 minutes. Use a meat thermometer to check if the internal temperature is 74 ° C.
Can I cook chicken with 425?
Bake the chicken breast at 220 ° C (425 ° F) for about 20 to 25 minutes. Of course, it depends on the thickness of the breasts, so thicker breasts will last a bit longer and thinner breasts will last a little less. So the best way to know when your chicken is done is to use a meat thermometer.
How do I cook chicken breast without drying it out?
Instructions Flatten the chicken breast. Season the chicken breast. Heat the skillet. Cook the chicken breast over medium heat for 1 minute without stirring. Flip the chicken breast. Lower the heat. Cover the pan and cook for 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and let it rest for another 10 minutes.
How long does it take to cook chicken at 425?
Because chicken breast is lean meat, it can be easily cooked and dried. You want to cook the chicken breast at 425 degrees for 18 minutes. Cooking chicken breasts over high heat for a shorter period of time will keep them moist and flavorful.
Should I bake chicken covered or uncovered?
You don’t have to worry about covering the chicken because it is baking, because it is good to bake it open and once the chicken is in the oven, hands free until you need to check the temperature. This allows you to whip up an appetizer, side dish, or dessert without cooking if you’re feeling ambitious.
How long does boneless chicken breast bake at 325?
Bake at 325F, uncovered, for about 60 minutes until internal temperature reaches 165F. To make sure the chicken tops are well browned and not dry, soak the chicken breasts in juices for 30-40 minutes after baking. Remove from the oven, let it rest for 5 minutes and serve the perfectly baked chicken breast.
Is it better to bake the chicken at 350 or 400?
There are two ways to bake chicken: Bake at 350 ° F – This is the traditional method of frying a 4-ounce boneless chicken breast at 350 ° F (177 ° C) for 20-30 minutes, according to the USDA. Bake at 400 ° F: Baking for a shorter time at a higher temperature is a great way to get juicier chicken!
How long does it take to bake 400 thin chicken breasts?
At 400F, thinly sliced boneless chicken breasts shouldn’t last longer than 15-20 minutes.
How do I know when my baby will be ready?
Penetrate the meat to see if the juice is red or clear. If you cut the cooked chicken and wipe off the juice, the chicken is fully cooked. If the juices are red or pink, your chicken may need to be cooked a bit longer.

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Egg Mayonnaise 3.30
Brie Parcels 4.50
Served with Red Onion Marmalade.
Southern Fried Mushrooms 4.50
Medium cups filled with Cream Cheese in Southern Fried Crumbs -
accompanied with Garlic Dip.
Fruit Eliza Jane 3.50
Pearls of Melon, Kiwi, Orange, Grapes and Seasonal Berries, napped
in Fruit Yoghurt Drizzled with Honey.
Seasoned Potato Wedges 3.50
Topped with Chedder Cheese and Lardons of Bacon served with Chilli Dip.
Mushrooms, Chicken Wings, Cod Dippers & Spicy Wedges, served with a
dip of your choice - Garlic, Sweet Chilli or BBQ.
suitable for 1 person 4.80
suitable for 2 persons 8.20
suitable for 4 persons 12.80
Fresh Soup of the Day 3.50
Choice of two served with Bread Roll & Butter.
Freshly Prepared using Fresh Salad Leaves and Homemade Dressings,
all Meats may be served either Hot or Cold.
Breast of Chicken 7.80
Roast Beef 7.80
Cheese & Fruit 7.00
Dine & Dash
Served 12pm - 6pm. Cooked to order. Please order by number.
Hot Filled Panini Rolls/Wraps 6.00
Chargrilled Peppers, Mushrooms, Onions, Courgettes and Smoked Applewood
Cheese in a Medium Spiced New Orleans Creole Sauce.
2 Hickory Chicken
Sliced Roast Chicken, Crispy Bacon, Roast Garlic, Chedder and Sweet Hickory
3 French Connection
Crisp Streaky Bacon, Brie, Cranberry Sauce, Spring Onions and sliced Tomato.
4 Joe’s Special
Sliced Roast Beef, Sauté Onions, Mushrooms and Creamy Pepper Sauce.
5 Sweet Chilli Chicken
Southern Fried Chicken Goujons with Spicy Sweet Chilli Sauce.
Choice of White or Granary Bread.
Fresh Sandwiches 3.75
Home Baked Ham / Salad / Bacon, Egg & Onion / Chicken, Stuffing and Cranberry
Sauce / Tuna, Red Onion & Sweetcorn / Cheese & Chutney. (additional filling 50p)
Open Prawn Sandwich 6.50
Wheaten Bread, Lettuce, Tomato, Coleslaw and Prawns in Marie-rose Sauce.
Plough Mans Platter 6.20
Wheaten Bread, Lettuce, Tomato, Mixed Pickle, Cheddar Slices & Coleslaw.
Additional fillings 50p each.
Fresh Tortilla Wraps (served cold) 4.75
Roast HamLettuce, Sliced Ham, Egg, Onions with Honey and Mustard Dressing.
Lettuce, Sliced Chicken, Tomato, Egg, Onion and Salad Cream.
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Crumbed Leg of Chicken 4.00
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The USS Tripoli was first laid down on June 15, 1964. It was an Iwo Jima class destroyer launched on July 31, 1965, and commissioned for service on August 6, 1966, with Captain Henry Suerstedt in command. The Tripoli was sponsored by the wife of General Clifton B. Cates, Commandant of the Marines.
The Tripoli launched from the East Coast and arrived at her West Coast station on November 22. After a short training period in San Diego, the Tripoli embarked with the HMH 463 (Heavy Marine Helicopter Squadron) on May 1, 1967, and was deployed for Pacific duty.
Action in Vietnam and the Persian Gulf
The Tripoli served three deployments in Vietnamese waters during the Vietnam War. She operated out of Subic Bay in the Philippines. In 1967, she participated in eight amphibious landings in the war zone. She served as the flagship of the Amphibious Ready Group for most of the year. She returned to San Diego on November 30 for repairs and training exercises.
In 1968, she was again deployed twice to Vietnam, where she participated in important missions that provided the Marines with support and logistics. The Tripoli was crucial to many operations, including Eager Yankee, Swift Play, Daring Endeavor, and Bold Mariner. After her return from Vietnam, the Tripoli was sent back to the Far East for two more deployments between 1974 and 1977.
After 1977, the Tripoli was stationed back in San Diego, where she began her new career as an AV-8 carrier. In 1978, the Pacific Fleet introduced the new AV-8 Harrier Helicopter. The Tripoli proved that she could manage this new, larger equipment and was the first ship to be equipped with a Harrier squadron.
On December 1, 1990, the Tripoli was sent to the Persian Gulf. Kuwait had been invaded, and the United States was responding. While in the Persian Gulf, the ship encountered a water mine and received severe hull damage; four members of the crew were injured. The ship received a Combat Action Ribbon for its actions in the Gulf. The next stop for the Tripoli was Mogadishu. Fighting had broken out in Somalia, and action was required. On December 3, 1992, the Tripoli disembarked troops on the Somali coast for Operation Restore Hope.
The Tripoli was decommissioned in 1995. However, the U.S. Army was given the ship as a loan and has been using it as a test station for ballistic missiles. Missiles are launched from the ship to test accuracy of interception devices. The Tripoli remains in Pearl Harbor performing these duties today.
Asbestos in Navy Ships
Although an essential component of the naval fleet, some auxiliary vessels also posed a lasting health risk to soldiers serving on them. Unfortunately, products containing asbestos were common, especially on older ships, because of the material’s high resistance to heat and fire. Despite its value as an insulator, asbestos fiber intake can lead to several serious health consequences, including mesothelioma, a devastating cancer without cure. Current and former military personnel who came into contact with these ships should seek immediate medical attention to detect possible health consequences associated with asbestos exposure.

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Chef Jerome Cogne has taken over running the kitchen at Linden Hall – the second time the Frenchman has worked at the golf and country club at Longhorsley in Northumberland.
The 43 year olds appointment as head chef is the latest step in a 25 year career that has seen Jerome work with the likes of Roland Durand at the 2 Michelin star Le Pre Catelan in Paris, the 3 star Maison Troisgros in Roanne, France, and also alongside Joel Antunes at the 1 star Les Saveurs in London.
Jerome’s previous association with Macdonald Linden Hall came to an end in 2011 when he left to take up the role of head chef at the acclaimed Bouchon Bistrot in Hexham.
He says of his return to Linden Hall: “As a boy in the Loire Valley, I was inspired by the care and skill with which my two grandmothers would bake and prepare tasty stews using home grown produce.
“So I am very excited to be returning to Macdonald Linden Hall and a hotel group that is equally passionate about the quality of its food offering. As head chef and working closely with a team that includes my sous chef ‘Rolly,’ I have a real opportunity to make my mark on great tasting menus.
“I aim to ensure our double AA rosette Dobson Restaurant and Linden Tree Pub become firm favourites and must visit dining destinations in the local area and further afield.”


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Syrian activists said security forces pursuing antigovernment protesters stormed several towns and villages across the country on August 29.
The largest operation appeared to be in Sarameen in the north, where five people were killed and more than 60 wounded according to the London-based Observatory for Human Rights, which was cited by the AP news agency.
One more person reportedly died during raids in Qara, a suburb of the capital, Damascus.
Meanwhile, reports said tanks and armored vehicles surrounded the central town of Rastan, which has been the site of intense protests against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
More than 2,200 people are reported to have been killed in Syria in a crackdown on antiregime protests that began in March.
U.S. and European leaders have demanded that Assad step down. And in one of the bluntest warnings yet, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, once a close Syrian ally, warned Assad his regime could face a fate similar to those of Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya.
compiled from agency reports

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Siobhan Thomas – Chapter Coordinator
Bio: Siobhan Thomas is a designer and writer who specialises in pervasive games, ARGs and ubiquitous computing. Her current development projects focus on animal computer interaction and producing games for children in hospices. She’s one of the IGDA London Chapter coordinators; runs the BA (Honours) Game Cultures course, a game design course at London South Bank University; and advises a number of game industry groups.
Dave Green – Chapter Coordinator
[Bio Coming Soon]
Andy Lemon – Chapter Coordinator
Bio: Andrew’s career has spanned sound design and music for the Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, Nintendo DS, Playstation/PS2/PS3, Mobile/Cellphone, iDevices, TV Game and PSP/Vita titles since 1996’ as well as audio for various short film, events and art installation projects around the world.
Stand out titles he’s worked on over the years include Aardman animation games titles on mobile including Angry Kid and Chicken Run, Disney Princesses’, Star X on Gameboy Advance, the award winning WKN Kickboxing on mobile, the award nominated Polyhedra on iPad and iPhone, the Commodore 64 DTV, Chu Chu Rocket for Sega on iPad and iPhone and Audio Direction for the Educational Games Network.
Andrew is currently working as a Senior Lecturer in Sound Design and Music at London South Bank University and continues to work as a game audio and music freelancer.

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Believe it or not, I have never been camping growing up (my mother always hated not having a hot shower). But alas, summer has finally arrived and this year, I am determined to try it for the first time. I found this article from the New York Times called The Last Minute Guide to Summer Camping. Jane Margolies mentions some excellent campground choices all over the U.S. I hope you find this article as helpful as I do. Enjoy!
“Although it’s still early in the season, there are already signs that more Americans will be vacationing in campgrounds this summer. Bookings are up at many parks — in some cases by as much as 30 percent. And some campgrounds were filled on weekends even before Memorial Day, the traditional kickoff of the camping season.”
“Many in the camping community believe that the bad economy is causing this sudden interest in the great outdoors, with people who are worried about finances forgoing a stay at a fancy resort or a trip overseas in favor of a sojourn in the woods that can cost 10 bucks a night. Gas prices that are significantly lower than last summer’s (albeit rising) may also be affecting decisions to hit the road.”
“Although many experienced campers booked five and six months ago, when many national park campsites went on sale, the good news for latecomers is that there is still plenty of room at campgrounds that take reservations, particularly during midweek, when demand is lower.“


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Behavioral health populations consume 40% of all cigarettes sold in this country
Mental Health and Tobacco
Persons with mental illness and/or substance abuse disorder smoke 40% of all cigarettes produced, but they are only 40% as likely to quit as other smokers. More than 44% of adults with serious mental illness are smokers, compared with about 14% for society at large. Half of related deaths (240,000) are among people with mental illnesses. Persons with mental or substance use disorders die, on average, about 5 years prematurely than persons without these disorders. At the same time, this population experiences higher rates of disease, premature death, and reduced quality of life. Recognizing the importance of addressing this underserved population, SCLC is working with an array of partners to achieve norm change regarding smoking intervention for those with behavioral health issues, including mental illnesses and addictions.
Other Addictions and Tobacco
Addictions afflict approximately 9% of Americans (age 12 or older, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health), and tobacco use is rampant in this population, compounding health and wellness woes. An array of studies indicates that alcohol abusers smoke at rates between 34 and 80%; people with other drug addictions smoke at between 49 and 98% prevalence. Tobacco use is a major cause of premature death. Studies show that participation in smoking cessation efforts while engaged in addiction treatment has been associated with a 25% greater likelihood of long-term abstinence. In addition, cessation in conjunction with other mental health or addictions treatment does not negatively affect abstinence from other substances. The benefits of smoking cessation may extend to opiate addiction as well.
SCLC is working with a growing list of partners in the addictions field to begin changing norms regarding tobacco cessation.

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Kitchen Lighting Ideas: How to Brighten Up Your Cooking Space
Walking into a well-lit kitchen is like opening the door to Narnia, but instead of a fantasy world, you're greeted by the enchanting sight of gleaming countertops and a welcoming ambiance that says, "Yes, you too can be a master chef—or at least pretend to be one while you're here." Lighting plays a pivotal role in transforming your kitchen from a mere room for meal prep into a vibrant heart of the home. Here are some illuminating ideas to brighten up your cooking space, ensuring every chop, stir, and sauté is done in the best light.
Layer Your Lighting Like a Culinary Masterpiece
Just as a great dish balances flavors and textures, effective kitchen lighting combines different types to create a harmonious atmosphere. Start with ambient lighting, the base layer that provides overall illumination to your kitchen. Think of it as the stock of your lighting scheme—essential but needing enhancement. Next, introduce task lighting to illuminate work areas, ensuring you won't mistake your fingers for carrots while chopping. Finally, accent lighting adds the finishing touch, highlighting architectural features or prized kitchen gadgets, much like a sprinkle of fresh herbs on a completed dish.
Make a Statement with Pendant Lights
Pendant lights are the jewelry of the kitchen, offering both function and flair. Hanging above islands or dining areas, they can inject style and personality into the space. Whether you opt for sleek metals, industrial designs, or colorful glass, pendant lights provide focused illumination while serving as a visual centerpiece. Just remember, positioning is key—too high and they'll lose their intimacy, too low and you might bump your head while taste-testing your culinary creations.
Under-Cabinet Lighting: The Secret Ingredient
Under-cabinet lighting is like the secret spice blend that makes everything better. By casting light directly onto countertops, it eliminates shadows, making food preparation easier and safer. LED strips or puck lights can be installed under cabinets, offering a practical solution that also showcases your backsplash. Plus, they're the perfect way to subtly impress guests with your impeccable taste in both lighting and tilework.
Recessed Lighting: A Sleek and Subtle Approach
For those who prefer their kitchen lighting like their favorite chef's knife—functional yet elegant—recessed lighting is the way to go. These fixtures blend seamlessly into the ceiling, providing a clean, streamlined look that won't compete with your decor. Positioned strategically, recessed lights can illuminate the entire kitchen evenly, ensuring there are no dark corners where culinary mishaps can hide. Just be mindful of placement; too many recessed lights and your kitchen might start resembling an interrogation room rather than a cozy cooking haven.
Track Lighting: Versatility Meets Style
Track lighting, with its adjustable heads, offers a customizable solution that can adapt to any kitchen layout. Whether you need to spotlight your impressive espresso machine or illuminate a lengthy countertop, track lighting can be directed exactly where it's needed. It's like having a spotlight crew at your disposal, ready to highlight your kitchen's best features or your latest gastronomic creation. Plus, with a variety of styles available, track lighting can complement any kitchen design, from industrial chic to modern minimalist.
Smart Lighting: The Future of Kitchen Illumination
In the age of smart homes, why should your kitchen be stuck in the dark ages? Smart lighting systems allow you to control the ambiance of your kitchen with just a tap on your smartphone or a simple voice command. Dim the lights for a romantic dinner, or brighten them for meal prep without ever having to interrupt your cooking flow. You can even set schedules or adjust colors to match your mood or theme of your dinner party. Smart lighting not only adds convenience but also brings a touch of modernity to your kitchen, making it a true focal point of your home.
Wrapping It Up: Let There Be Light
Elevating your kitchen lighting is more than just a matter of aesthetics; it's about creating an environment where cooking becomes an experience, not just a task. By incorporating a mix of ambient, task, and accent lighting, and embracing options like pendant lights, under-cabinet lighting, and smart technology, you can transform your kitchen into a space that's as functional as it is inviting. So go ahead, light up your kitchen in style, and watch as it becomes not just a room, but a sanctuary for culinary creativity and joyous gatherings.


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- 1 tbsp. cooking oil
- 1 lb. fresh shrimp, deveined
- juice of 1 lemon
- salt to taste
- 1/2 tsp fresh garlic, finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp fresh ginger, crushed
- 1/2 tsp Chinese chili sauce
- 1/3 cup chopped fresh parsely
- 1. Pour half of the lemon juice on the shrimp.
- 2. Heat the oil in frying pan and add the shrimp to the pan.
- Stir for about a minute.
- 3. Add garlic and ginger, stir until the shrimp turns pink (no more than 4 minutes).
- 4. Add salt and the remaining lemon juice, chili sauce and parsely.
- Stir well and serve.


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Breaking! Federal Judge Opens Floodgates To Armed Gays
A California federal judge has issued an injunction stopping the military from enforcing its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which bans gays and lesbians from serving openly in uniform.
U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips ruled Tuesday that the policy "infringes the fundamental rights" of military service members and prospective service members, violates their due process rights and the rights to freedom of speech.
But what about our soldiers? They need closeted gays among them to keep their gaydars finely tuned. WE ARE WEAKENING OUR MILITARY, AND BUTCH JESUS ISN'T AMUSED. [WP]

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“Let’s code girls ’n’ boys!!!” @ the SNFCC
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REvive Greece has been selected as a Finalist for the 2018 EUSIC award!
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Proponents of a new elementary school in poor and academically underperforming McCormick County are hoping they have learned enough from the school of hard knocks to get voter approval for their project today.
The McCormick County school board initiated the $12.7 million referendum after a $10.4 million referendum in 2000 was shot down by a 215-vote margin.
This time, the school system is pitching the project as an elementary school that also would include seventh and eighth grades. A plan for additional athletic fields, a tennis court and a track has been dropped.
"The people defeated it because of the athletic facility," said Bill Edmondson, who heads McCormick County Citizens' Advisory Group for Quality Education, which has about 10 active members.
The retiree said there are other reasons to have concerns about the project. He said the school system hasn't been a good steward of McCormick Elementary School and McCormick Middle School, which would be replaced by the move.
"Their maintenance record is extremely poor," Mr. Edmondson said. "I believe they need a school, but it needs to be affordable, and it needs to be put out to the voters so they know what they're paying for."
Jackie Brown, a spokeswoman for the county schools, acknowledged that the history of school upkeep hasn't been the best. But she said the main neglect occurred decades in the past.
The middle school was built in the 1950s. The elementary school was built in the 1920s, with additions in the 1950s and 1980s.
She said the school superintendent, Lloyd Hunter, "has implemented a maintenance program to keep the schools up to date."
Mr. Edmondson also said the plan is flawed because the school would not be built in the city limits, closer to infrastructure such as the hospital and police department.
Ms. Brown said the campus-style facility, which would be located on property already purchased, would be at "the epicenter of our student population" and provide room for expansion not available at the existing schools.
To offset the cost of the new school, the owner of, for example, a $50,000 house would pay $74 more in taxes each year. The owner of a $150,000 house would pay $222 more in taxes.
Large numbers of McCormick County's 6,578 registered voters are expected to turn out, said Suffie Jennings, the county's elections director.
WHAT: McCormick County school referendum
WHEN: Polls are open today from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
WHERE: All county polling locations
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Επιμέλεια: Εύα Πετροπούλου Λιανού
Bio: Sharing English language and literature since 1973, Dr Lalit Mohan Sharma also served as Principal at government colleges like in Hamirpur and Dharmshala.
Besides being Director of HPU Regional Centre at Dharmshala, Dr Sharma has been member of NAAC’s Peer Teams. He has published poetry and novels in Hindi, and eight books of English poetry including one of translation from Zahid’s Urdu poems. Latest book is of Hindi Poetry, ‘पटल से प्रांगण तक’, Authors Press, New Delhi. “A Little Fire”, book of English Verse will soon be out.
Dr L. M. Sharma is actively associated with NGOs like State War Memorial, Retired Professors Forum, Janchetna, as President, Dayanand Education Society, Vice- President Harmony Day Care Centre.
Dr Sharma has been anthologised in books of poetry, stories and academic research including ‘21st Century Critical Thought : A Dialogue with Post-Modern Voices, Vol I, Earth Vision. Publications.
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In order to know what is in the guise
Of man, event and encounter, you got to
Surf the pattern, the posture and know
The why, the pause in time when you
Find the merry go round has you in trap.
At times you meet the man who invents
Each new day anecdotes which furnish
Fresh muscles to the telling of his life,
His image amplified though he is not
One of history but he stood by the road
Dug and laid by labour of history’s men.
Melodrama in his oration and roadshows
Devised an aura that packed such power
In his name and words as never before.
A man has too many grow within him,
Many a voice add timbre to his voice,
Words emerge from a long history and
Resonate in rhythms of his utterance.
Neither man, event nor encounter is
Just itself, but owes its being to more
Than the collective of the day can assume
To know on a day viewed as happening.
Many fall as victims in peripheral battles,
Or die unknown and unheard to history.
Then comes Gandhi, comes King Junior,
To finally fulfil Lincoln’s dream, bring
A century old revolt to final fruition.
Who Can Tell?
Wearing a red romper on a beachrock
You turned right to look at the horizon,
Sunshades perched high on the head,
Full face in half a profile, the arm fair,
Bare legs and feet bare in blue shoes.
Billowing surface of the sea is far off;
Shimmering waters turn away from
Sands barricading the sea shore.
Surfing on the sea, her mind conscious
Of the scenic spread of white in the sky,
Who can tell of what beckons her future?
What little dream she was dreaming?
As a centre of the universe, how shall
She connect with the peripheral,
And the central eminence of her world?
Let me admit a colon, a semi- colon,
Even a sign of interrogation stare or
Exclaim in shock, surprise, sheer joy,
But never terminate with a full stop
The flow of love between me and you.
Open paragraphs could turn into pages,
A manuscript of minds out to decipher
The raw passion of one for the other,
With not a longing to possess for then
There’s not a threat of being in denial.
Like a work of art, a bonding of love
Stands apart from the rest of the world,
An isolation acts like an exclusive aura,
Words may dilute, the love gaze steers
Clear of mental walls and windows.
Love knows of pause as one between
Inhaling and exhaling of human breath.

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KCCA FC have confirm the signing of Nigerian striker John Odumegwu
The forward was part of Rivers United side that played against KCCA FC in the CAF Confederation Cup two years ago.
Odumegwu becomes the second Nigerian to play for the Lugogo based side after Suleiman Akinyemi.
He joins Erisa Sekisambu, John Revita and Simon Sserunkuma as the other new recruits at the reigning Uganda Premier League champions.
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Just days before Easter, a common medical procedure has revealed what some people consider a spiritual image.
Jerry Poteet was having some trouble with his shoulder, so he got an MRI.
Take a close look: some see a face in the image.
When he took it to his church, there was disagreement over what it was. Women saw Jesus, but many men saw the devil. Jerry sides with the men, maybe because he says his shoulder feels like the devil.
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Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled a final rule Thursday on the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. EPA will now require energy producers and manufacturers, under the Clean Air Act, to seek permits if their operations exceed EPA-established emission standards.
"Coming just one day after Senate Democrats unveiled their latest national energy tax legislation, this action by the EPA is just the latest in a series of moves by this Administration and its allies on Capitol Hill that will increase energy prices and have a detrimental effect on our nation's economy," said Chairman Price. "The Administration has been rather clear that their actions are meant to provoke Congress into passing a job-killing national energy tax by threatening to otherwise go it alone through expanded EPA authority. This is not only a poor way to govern, but also a clear indication that rising gas prices, food prices, and home energy costs are burdens this Administration is willing to let the American people endure.
"Rather than stack more dead weight onto America's economy, Democrats should join Republicans in the pursuit of an all-you-can-create energy policy. Our strategy utilizes America's natural resources so we are less reliant on foreign providers. And it invests in a cleaner, renewable energy future that will have a positive impact on our environment and our future prosperity."

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The Moroccan agency for sustainable energy (Masen) has issued a request for quotes (RfQ) for the Noor Midelt II solar project.
Developers have until September 16 to pre-qualify for the tender to develop and build the project.
The solar complex, to be built near Midelt in central Morocco through a public-private partnership, is expected to have a capacity of 230 MW and to include CSP as well as PV technology. The project is also expected to include energy storage.
Finance arrangements for the facility will be similar to those arranged for the Noor Midelt I project being constructed by an EDF-led consortium, with funding provided by the African Development Bank, French Development Agency, European Investment Bank, World Bank, Clean Technology Fund, German development bank KfW, the European Commission and private investors.
The plant, one of the projects planned by Masen as part of its Noor Solar Plan to develop at least 2 GW of generation capacity by next year, will sell the electricity it generates to the agency under a 25-year power purchase agreement.
Other Masen projects include the 170 MW Noor PV I project, the solar portion and fourth phase of the 580 MW Ouarzazate Solar Power Station, a CSP-PV solar complex in the Drâa-Tafilalet region of central Morocco. The solar plan also includes the 120 MW Noor Tafilalet plant, tendered in 2017; the 200 MW Noor Argana project, expected to be tendered this year; and the Noor Atlas projects, a 200 MW scheme to deploy seven PV plants in the south and east of the country.
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FORT MYERS, FL. -- Siomara Dally Matias, age 22, of Reading, Pennsylvania, was walking north on the southbound lane of Columbus Boulevard South, just south of Ebb Street East in Lee county at 10:10 p.m. Tuesday.
A 2007 Toyota Sienna van driven by Anivain Desprez, age 76, of Lehigh Acres, Florida was traveling north on Columbus Boulevard South.
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“Indeed it is estimated that 3.9 million farmers from developing countries have benefitted from these initiatives”
Every year businesses, governments and civil leaders from around the world gather in Davos, Switzerland for the world economic forum to look at key issues and trends and plan for the future. Throughout the 2015 proceedings, food and agriculture were a pivotal part of the discussions. Clearly demonstrating and acknowledging the importance of food and agriculture as we move towards the middle of the 21st Century. Things have progressed since the forum announced its new vision for agriculture back in 2009 and as a result major partnerships have emerged addressing specific food security and environmental sustainability issues around the world. Indeed it is estimated that 3.9 million farmers from developing countries have benefitted from these initiatives.
That is the big picture – now back to the UK. Agricultural technology was named as one of the ‘Eight Great Technologies’ by UK Government. In September 2013 Government departments came together to announce the Agricultural Technology Strategy and a Leadership Council was created to drive food security forward and to ensure that the excellence of the UK research base is recognised and utilised by the business community across the food chain; from farmers, equipment and chemical manufacturers and up through the supply chain to the consumer. In other words, to address issues and create a competitive Agrifood sector.
“Agricultural technology was named as one of the ‘Eight Great Technologies’ by UK Government”
In any sector, a major challenge has always been to ensure that the expertise and innovation generated from the research base is readily translated into innovative products and services. This is where innovate UK funding is important for proof of concept and developmental studies and also where financial providers must take innovation towards the stage where it can yield commercial benefit.
The agricultural technology organisation in UKTI, of which I am CEO is part of this picture with our team of industry experts, academics and civil servants we are charged with driving investment and trade in all sub-sectors of agricultural technologies focussing on those where the evidence base demonstrates that the UK has a clear research lead and helping to ensure that the academic excellence can lead to commercial benefit and a sustainable food supply. This is not an easy task and we work in partnership with many other groups and organisations that play a major role.
“We are delighted that NCUB has utilised its considerable experience and success in uniting higher education and industry to address the Food Economy”
One such organisation is NCUB. We are delighted that NCUB has utilised its considerable experience and success in uniting higher education and industry to address the Food Economy. NCUB will launch its Food Economy Task Force report on 9th March and many players across the food supply chain await its conclusions with great anticipation.
Since 2008 Janet had been a specialist advisor to UKTI currently leading the agri tech organisation which is responsible for delivery of inward investment into the UK and for developing trade from businesses in the sector.
Food Economy Task Force Reports:
- Full Report: Leading Food 4.0: Growing Business-University Collaboration for the UK’s Food Economy
- Summary Report: Leading Food 4.0: Growing Business-University Collaboration for the UK’s Food Economy
- Work Stream 1 Report: Research into Attitudes and Perceptions of Careers in the Agriculture and Food Sector
- Work Stream 2 Report: Science and Translation of Innovation in the Food Economy
- Work Stream 3 Report: Landscape Collaboration for Sustainable Land Use

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Genpact, a professional IT company that aims to deliver digital services, has recently partnered with Deloitte, prominent auditing, consulting, tax, and advisory firm. OneSource Virtual, a leading provider of business process services and automated solutions, launched GenOneTM, a finance-as-a-service (FaaS) solution that reincarnates finance operations, helping companies enhance their competitive prosperity. Genpact, Deloitte, and OneSource Virtual have teamed up to bring finance and accounting solutions for the betterment and smooth functionality of finance operations.
“Working with Genpact and Deloitte has allowed us to use our unique technology and expertise in Workday to accelerate an organization’s finance transformation,” said Trey Campbell, CEO, OneSource Virtual.
GenOne is the first FaaS solution to be built on Management system of Workday. It offers a flexible business plan and allows companies to scale and handle their operations of finance. The expertise of Workday and GenOne is strongly positioned to help CFOs and other finance associates to enhance agility, capital management, and financial planning to strategically align with their business goals, working with in-house business stakeholders.
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“As companies continue to pursue multiple financial transformation journeys, they’re feeling tremendous pressure to produce quick returns. GenOne allows CFOs to be quickly at the forefront of continuous digital innovation and run their finance operations with agility and flexibility,” said Katie Stein, chief strategy officer, and global business leader, Enterprise Services, Genpact.
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DESOTO COUNTY, Fla. — A 19-year-old DeSoto County woman was arrested in connection to a hit-and-run crash that killed an Arcadia man more than 3 months ago.
Savannah Davis was arrested Wednesday after investigators connected her to the deadly crash that killed 21-year-old Ryan McEwen on January 16.
Savannah was the second person arrested for the incident after the alleged driver, Casey Wendell Davis, 21, was taken into custody in February, according to the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office. An incident report shows Casey and Savannah are siblings.
The crash happened around 1:45 a.m. on State Road 70.
McEwen had stopped at a stop sign at NW Pine Level Street and turned right onto SR 70, crossing into the path of Davis’ car, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Davis rear-ended McEwen’s car, causing it to flip over and land on the south shoulder of the road.
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Davis’ car collided with a wooden fence and burst into flames before he allegedly ran away from the crash and was later found at his home. McEwen, who had been on his way to pick up his older brother, died on scene.
An investigation uncovered that Casey had, allegedly, called Savannah to pick him up while running from the crash scene. Records from T-Mobile put Savannah and Casey leaving the area at the time of the crash and investigators believe she did pick him up.
Investigators said Casey was on supervised release for felony battery when he was found with Savannah at a home on Floridian Circle following the crash.
Casey told deputies his car had been stolen and Savannah was with him the whole time at the home, an incident report shows. Investigators, however, noticed injuries to his face and later determined blood left behind in his crashed car matched the 21-year-old.
Deputies said Casey avoided his parole officer by claiming to have Covid-19 in an attempt to hide his injuries before he was arrested.
An arrest warrant was issued for Savannah on April 1 and she was not found until 19 days later after deputies released her image on social media.
Savannah is facing a charge of failure to stop or remain at a crash involving death.
Casey is facing charges for leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death and providing false information to law enforcement.
Both siblings were booked into the DeSoto County Jail.


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Updated: May 11, 2022
One year ago, The U.S. Women’s Rugby Foundation (USWRF) launched a three-year project to gather, digitize and archive the artifacts and stories of women’s rugby in the United States. In the past year we’ve collected, coded and digitized over 7,000 pages including:
Complete collection of In Support (first women’s rugby magazine)
Complete collection of In Touch
Rugby Magazines 1975-2001
Early organizing documents from Women’s Committee
Documents detailing the founding of the women’s club and collegiate nationals
Information about 418 women’s teams in 50 states
The goal of all this collecting is to create a permanent, publicly accessible archive in the Library of Congress’ collection of Social History and the Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Archives.
In addition, in the coming year we will be building an online museum, housed on the USWRF website, full of photos, correspondence, oral histories, and film clips. We’ll also construct customized, pop-up museums at events and other women’s rugby-related gatherings. The first one will be exhibited at the 2022 WRCRA Conference and will feature 2-D and 3-D artifacts. We will be looking for early jerseys, t-shirts, programs, posters, trophies, pins, and assorted memorabilia that show the color and vibrancy of the time. Please keep a lookout for our nagging emails and posts.
Sorting through your old memories has been interesting work. Not surprisingly, we have received documents in varied forms and while some are well-preserved, others reflect years of storage in garages and attics, leaving material tattered or faded. The fact is, these items are important and we don’t want to lose them but we feel as if we are in a race against time and mildew.
Creating a permanent archive
The history of women’s rugby is a wonderful glimpse into the social history of women in the U.S. during the last 50 years. The first 2 women’s teams in the U.S., Colorado State University and the University of Colorado, were formed in 1971 and played their first match in 1972. It’s worth noting that a few short months before that game, June 23, 1972, Congress enacted Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX was revolutionary at the time as it prohibited sex discrimination in any educational program or activity receiving any type of federal financial aid. Schools could no longer dismiss women's interest in sport - an educational program long reserved for men - and they had to create ‘equitable opportunities.’ While many schools refused to comply or offered women watered down versions of sport, women were not sitting and waiting for permission to play. It's not surprising that when free to play sport some women chose to play the sport with the toughest reputation: rugby. In some ways, it was a big middle finger to those who had long excluded women from equal opportunity. That revolutionary spirit can be seen in the growth of women's rugby throughout the 1970’s. While there were only 2 women’s clubs in 1972, there were 6 in 1973, 29 in 1974 and by 1975 there were 53 women’s clubs in the U.S., and the vast majority were college teams.
The 50 year trajectory of women’s rugby is deeply connected to the history of sport, women’s rights, women’s organizing, and LQBTQ+ history. It’s critical that we all chip in to collect and preserve documents, photographs, oral histories and memorabilia that accurately and broadly tell the history of women’s rugby in the United States and by extension, the history of women. At the very least, it’s important that we recognize and celebrate those pioneering women and men who laid the foundation for rugby to flourish in the U.S.
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What We Need
We really need your help. We are sending out a bat signal to the entire women’s rugby community to help preserve our history. We have a strong foundation of materials from the 1970’s and 1980’s and we are now focusing our energies on the 1990’s and 2000’s.
Specifically, we are looking for a range of artifacts to digitize and exhibit, such as:.
Documentation - tournament programs, newspaper articles, club/team notes and governance documents, letters and communication, old team films etc. (Names and contacts of early women administrators, team founders, coaches and referees)
Photographs - photographs with good resolution, negatives or digitized photographs.
Oral History - if teams have collected oral histories or video histories or have suggestions for someone we should record please contact us.
Unique rugby artifacts - materials (jerseys, trophies, quilts, etc.) please include an explanation of the artifact including names, dates, anything of personal meaning that gives depth to an experience
The USWRF History Project is dependent upon the generosity of the rugby community. All documents sent to us will be inventoried, coded, digitized and archived and returned to the owner in good condition. We seek to preserve and build a vivid and accurate account of the growth of girls and women’s rugby in the U.S. Please, take a look in your attic, basement, garage and revisit that bin of old programs, photos, newsletters, song books, newspaper articles, t-shirts, jerseys and trophies. For many of you, those are treasured, personal memories but they are also part of a larger historical story; an important story worth telling well.
Want to Help?
If you would like to be work with the project we are looking for the following:
Collections and Digitization Intern (2+ years experience, in process of library science or similar degree)
Collecting and recording oral histories (experience with video, audio recordings encouraged)
Help designing the Pop-Up Museum (experience in design work, museum studies preferred)
Grant writer (experience with grants for public library creation a plus)
Donations. Contact us about a named gift.
Thank you for helping us preserve our important history!

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In May 2004, after just four months of talks, US and Bahraini trade negotiators concluded a free trade agreement between the two countries. The agreement was signed by US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick and Bahrain’s Minister of Finance and National Economy, Abdulla Hassan Saif, in September 2004.
Ratification and entry into force was to come after Bahrain assured Washington that it "no longer supports a boycott of Israeli goods".
The FTA came into force on 1 August 2006. Two years later, the government claimed that the best impacts of the FTA were boosting Bahrain’s image in the US and speeding up domestic policy changes at home, while critics pointed to the country’s rapidly deteriorating trade surplus with the US. The AFL-CIO has called on the US Administration to withdraw from the agreement over human rights concerns and the mass dismissals of many public sector workers.
last update: May 2012
As a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) citizen, it is extremely disappointing to note that the controversy surrounding Saudi Arabia’s objections to the Bahrain-US free trade agreement (FTA) is threatening the future of the GCC economic integration.
Saudi Finance Minister Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf said the Kingdom will be forced to take measures, including legal action, to protect its interests from being harmed by unilateral free trade agreements concluded by Gulf Cooperation Council states with other countries.
Saudi Arabia threatened yesterday to impose customs duties on foreign goods imported duty-free through Gulf Arab countries, intensifying a Saudi-Bahraini row over a trade agreement with the United States.
The US-Bahrain deal undermines the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) as a collective body.
Bahrain once again defended its free trade agreement with the United States.
A new website dedicated to the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Bahrain and the US is being created by the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Gulf Arab states angered by Bahrain’s decision to sign up to a free trade pact with the United States say it should back away from the deal and honour a regional agreement.
A Free Trade Agreement between Bahrain and the US was signed last month but will not come into effect until it has been ratified by the US Congress, now in recess for the presidential election.
An assessment by the US International Trade Commission of projected impacts of the US-Bahrein FTA on the US.
The signing of Bahrain-US free trade agreement (FTA) will offer numerous opportunities to the businessmen of Thailand to reach the huge US market by using Bahrain as a base in the region, the Minister of Commerce, Ali Saleh Al Saleh said yesterday, writes Mehmood Rafique.


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Jacques Cartier was born on December 23, 1491 and died on September 1, 1557. Jacques Cartier was Saint-Malo France.
Jacques Cartier Sailed Up the St. Lawrence River. When French navigator Jacques Cartier left France by boat in April 1534, the king ordered him to find gold, spices (which were valuable at that time), and a water passage from France to Asia.
Cartier was believed to have traveled to Brazil and Newfoundland.King Francis I commissioned Cartier to lead an expedition to the “northern lands. The purpose of the voyage was to find a northern passage to Asia.
Cartier’s three expeditions along the St. Lawrence River would later enable France to lay claims to the lands that would become Canada.
Although the Iroquois were nice and friendly, Cartier decided to take ten of them, including the village's leader and his two sons. He promised he would return them in a year. Four years passed until Cartier could go back, by then all the Natives except for one girl had died. From then on the Iroquois were being hostile and murdered 35 of Cartier's men.
Jacques Cartier did not find a northern passage to Asia, but he did find what is present day Canada. Cartier also traveled from Brazil to Newfoundland.
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Karna Motcham is the touching story of a tradition Indian form of art and its survival in a more modern time. For most readers of arolemodel.com this short film will be enjoyed for its depth of spirit and for the passion one feels in the portrayal of the art form. Most often, creativity is about playfulness, but Karna Motcham reminds us of the deeper and more spiritual side of creativity.
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The slightly twisted creation of Avalon Studios, Pencilface is a short film about a girl who finds a giant, creepy looking pencil that turns drawings into real life objects. The genius of this short film is that, unlike most films that disturb us through dark and sinister imagery, Pencilface manages to disturb through clever use of what would usually be positive imagery—a creative girl, a bright day and a yellow pencil. The result is that the viewer is left meditating on the nature of their own creativity.
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A bizarre but utterly enjoyable and hilarious short film that was nominated for the Oscar in 2007, Il Supplente concerns itself with the difficulty of trying to hold on to a sense of childhood and joy in the adult world and shows the highly creative communication and teaching styles of a substitute teacher.
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The Adventures of a Cardboard Box by Studio Canoe
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
"Appeals court hears case of 'enemy combatant'": The Associated Press has a report that begins, "Lawyers for a U.S. citizen who was detained nearly four years as an 'enemy combatant' asked an appeals court to reinstate a lawsuit against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other officials."
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"Will Obama admin take a stand in Shell human-rights case?" Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire has this report.
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"Kevin Ring, Author of Scalia Book, Gets 20 Months in Abramoff Scandal": Jess Bravin has this post at WSJ.com's "Washington Wire" blog.
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"Obama Health Care: Supreme Court May Decide In Mid-November Whether To Hear Cases." Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post has this report.
Posted at 04:12 PM by Howard Bashman
"St. Louis federal courthouse repair could cost $10 million": The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has this news update.
The newspaper's earlier coverage of the matter appeared in articles headlined "Eagleton courthouse gets a soaking" and "Fired contractor blamed for water leak at St. Louis federal courthouse."
"Justices could talk health care cases on Nov. 10": The Associated Press has this report.
Posted at 01:52 PM by Howard Bashman
"Crimes, Courts And Cures: Why the justice system does a bad job of separating defendants who deserve punishment from those who don't." Law professor Paul G. Cassell has this book review today in The Wall Street Journal.
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"Business Group Files Opposition To $3.4B Cobell Settlement": At "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times," Mike Scarcella has a post that begins, "A conservative think tank that advocates for free enterprise and limited government is challenging the $3.4 billion settlement in a Native American class action in Washington, saying the judge in the high-profile case should not have certified a class."
"Health cases set for Nov. 10": At "SCOTUSblog," Lyle Denniston has a post that begins, "The Supreme Court will take its first look at the challenges to the new federal health care law at its Conference on Thursday, November 10."
Posted at 12:58 PM by Howard Bashman
"Patriot Act Turns 10, With No Signs of Retirement": David Kravets has this post at Wired.com's "Threat Level" blog.
Posted at 10:09 AM by Howard Bashman
Access online the text of the prepared remarks of Seventh Circuit Judge Diane S. Sykes at the recent memorial service for Seventh Circuit Judge Terence T. Evans: Yesterday, in a post that you can access here, I noted that the Seventh Circuit had posted online a video of the memorial service.
Late yesterday, I received this PDF file containing the prepared text of the remarks that Judge Sykes delivered at the memorial service. Following law school, Sykes worked as a law clerk for Judge Evans. Later in her career, Sykes served as a Justice on the Supreme Court of Wisconsin and then became one of Judge Evans's colleagues on the Seventh Circuit.
"Bougainville residents can sue Rio Tinto company": Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, "South Pacific islanders can sue a multinational mining company in U.S. courts for alleged complicity in their government's slaughter of its people, a federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Tuesday, adding its voice to a legal controversy now before the Supreme Court."
And Ginny LaRoe of The Recorder reports that "Splintered Circuit OKs Alien Tort Case Against Rio Tinto."
"As It Turns 10, Patriot Act Remains Controversial": This audio segment appeared on today's broadcast of NPR's "Morning Edition."
And in today's edition of The Washington Post, Nicholas Merrill has an op-ed entitled "How the Patriot Act stripped me of my free-speech rights."
"Defenders want accused Cole bomber's jury told if acquittal equals freedom; In the war on terror detention system the Bush and Obama administrations built, a captive can be executed if he's convicted of a capital crime and kept forever if he's acquitted": Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.
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"The death penalty: valid yet targeted; No serious constitutional argument can be made against the death penalty; The endless campaigns to ban it cost taxpayers millions to defend." David B. Rivkin Jr. and Andrew Grossman have this op-ed today in The Los Angeles Times.
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"Defense details Komisarjevsky's troubled youth as death penalty phase begins": The New Haven Register contains this article today.
And today's edition of The Hartford Courant contains an article headlined "Komisarjevsky Defense: 'Doomed From Birth'; Attorney Says Secretive, God-Fearing Family Relied On Prayer To Treat Mentally Troubled Boy."
"Push for 'Personhood' Amendment Represents New Tack in Abortion Fight": This article appears today in The New York Times.
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A moment of reflection during the Rio Olympic buzz…
As an American former competitive athlete and a professional career coach, I think we can all learn a lot from watching the Olympics. I watch the athletes who dominate their events and achieve unimaginable performances to reach the gold… and focus on something else.
It is what my former university track coach, Bill Hodge, once referred to one day while I was frustrated with my inability to perform better than my much more talented team mates. “I’d rather have a team full of athletes who have heart like yours, than a team with only natural born talent”. Conditioned by an environment that valued results, medals and records, this was anything but a compliment to me as an 18-year old hoping to beat others in the 400-metre hurdles. 17 years later and watching the athletes in Rio, I realise that Coach Hodge had spoken words that would come to define my future successes in life.
From someone who once was excited how many medals the US would take home in my favourite races on the track, I now celebrate the journeys of the athletes that have drawn on their inner-strength to overcome and persevere; who have found a way to stay focused and determine in a chaotic environment; and who value the Olympics as experience that will help shape their future. I know now, as a professional career coach, that this is the journey that will help the Olympians draw on their inner-strength or “heart” to find success in life.
Because few of us will be awarded the gold for the records that we’ve broken and the competitors whom we’ve beaten, but like many of the athletes competing in Rio, its about finding our “heart” to competing in our marathon called life.


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JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, whose life spanned most of the nineteenth century—1801-90—was and remains a fascinating character. Much of his charm is found in his remarkable talent for friendship, and his great influence on both Protestants and Catholics arose from his ability to collect around him talented men who influenced his thinking, and vice versa. It’s a power he still wields through his writings, which bring his person to life in the mind of the reader. Muriel Spark, an eminent poet and novelist of a generation ago, said that he was more alive to her than many of her contemporaries and, in a felicitous phrase, that his “voice never fails to start up, radioactive from the page, however musty the physical book.” He is, in fact, considered the finest prose writer of the nineteenth century, so much so that a speaker cannot resist quoting abundantly. Consider this single sentence (!) from his Apologia:
To consider the world in its length and breadth, its various history, the many races of man, their starts, their fortunes, their mutual alienation, their conflicts; and then their ways, habits, governments, forms of worship; their enterprises, their aimless courses, their random achievements and acquirements, the impotent conclusion of long-standing facts, the tokens so faint and broken, of a superintending design, the blind evolution of what turn out to be great powers or truths, the progress of things, as if from unreasoning elements, not towards final causes, the greatness and littleness of man, his far-reaching aims, his short duration, the curtain hung over his futurity, the disappointments of life, the defeat of good, the success of evil, physical pain, mental anguish, the prevalence and intensity of sin, the pervading idolatries, the corruptions, the dreary hopeless irreligion, that condition of the whole race, so fearfully yet exactly described in the Apostle’s words, “having no hope and without God in the world,”—all this is a vision to dizzy and appal.
What was the source of Newman`s power over people and also, it must be admitted, his ability to excite antagonism among many of his contemporaries? For one thing, he was a man of absolute, uncompromising integrity; one cannot imagine him lying, equivocating or even dissembling. This integrity manifested itself in his total commitment to Jesus Christ and his Church—which for Newman during the first half of his long life meant Anglicanism. One has only to read the sermons he preached during the 1830s in the University church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Oxford, to witness his austere, one might say relentless presentation of the truths of the faith and the demands it makes on believers. Consider this statement from a sermon preached on 21 February 1836:
What have we ventured for Christ? What have we given to Him on a belief of His promise? . . . This is the question, What have we ventured? I really fear, when we come to examine, it will be found that there is nothing we resolve, nothing we do, nothing we do not do, nothing we avoid, nothing we choose, nothing we give up, nothing we pursue, which we should not resolve, and do, and not do, and avoid, and choose, and give up, and pursue, if Christ had not died, and heaven were not promised us.
These demanding sermons filled Saint Mary`s week after week with a congregation that, we are told, hung on his every word. But joined to this austere approach to the faith was a strong attachment to his friends. These were the qualities that made him the central figure of what we know as the Oxford Movement, which has been succinctly described as “ the famous effort of Newman¸ [John] Keble, [Edward] Pusey, and others, to renew the Anglican Church by reviving ‘high church’ or ‘Catholic’ doctrines and practices within it.”
A bit of history is required to comprehend what this means. The difficulty that faced Newman and his colleagues was the fact that Anglicanism was the state religion of Great Britain. Consequently, ultimate control of the church was in the hand of the King, that is to say, effectively in the hands of Parliament, a Parliament that by 1829 contained Catholics and eventually even dissenters and Jews, who could not but be antagonistic to the Anglican establishment. Was such to be the highest religious authority of the nation, to name bishops and adjudicate theological issues? Rejecting this arrangement as intolerable necessarily raises a further question: What then is the ultimate source of authority in matters of religion? Newman and his associates responded to the difficulty with an appeal to the early Church and also to a seventeenth-century tradition within Anglicanism that had fallen into obscurity, namely the conviction that the bishops had their position, not from Parliament, but directly from God through ordination. We have here, then, the doctrine of apostolic succession, viz., that in an unbroken chain of ordinations beginning with the Apostles and continuing across the centuries contemporary bishops can claim to be their successors and as such teach with apostolic authority. This power is clearly independent of and superior to any act of Parliament. To publicize their news and to attract support for them, Newman began in the autumn of 1833 the Tracts for the Times. Number one was a clarion call to action:
CHRIST has not left His Church without claim of its own upon the attention of men. . . . There are some who rest their divine mission on their own unsupported assertion; others, who rest it upon their popularity; others, on their success; and others, who rest it upon their temporal distinctions. This last case has, perhaps, been too much our own; I fear we have neglected the real ground on which our authority is built,—our APOSTOLICAL DESCENT.
We find here an attitude towards ordination that can be supported from the Anglican form of public worship as found in the Book of Common Prayer. For the fact is that the Anglicanism of the time had two conflicting traditions: on the one hand, the Prayer Book that was largely Catholic in origin and, on the other, the Thirty-nine Articles that are thoroughly Protestant. Consider, for instance, number 22, “Of Purgatory”:
The Romish Doctrine concerning Purgatory, Pardons, Worshipping and Adoration, as well of Images as of Reliques, and also invocation of Saints, is a fond thing vainly invented, and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but rather repugnant to the Word of God.
In Newman’s day, the emphasis had been so strongly placed on the Articles that Anglicans proudly identified themselves as Protestants. It was a shock, then, to be confronted with a small but growing group who claimed that Anglicanism was Catholic; not Roman Catholic but authentically Catholic nonetheless. Thus, the doctrine of the via media developed, which saw Anglicanism as a “middle way” between the mediaeval corruptions of the Romanists—or “papists” as we were derisively called—and the anti-sacramentalism of the Protestant Reformation. It was an appealing theory, however novel for the time, but, alas, nothing more than a theory. The basis of the position was, as I have noted, the doctrine of apostolic succession. Imagine Newman’s chagrin when he turned to the bishops for confirmation of his ideas, only to have it repudiated by those whose authority he viewed as God-given. It was as if Newman asked the bishops for an authoritative statement only to receive this response: “We have no such authority.”
A series of such events led Newman to abandon public life: the pulpit of Saint Mary’s, his college fellowship and his leading role in the Movement. As he found himself gradually moving away from Anglicanism, a stark alternative faced him: scepticism or Catholicism. For to lose one’s faith in one form of religion will not automatically bring him to embrace another. Furthermore, Newman was very much aware of the limitations of reason to the point that some have viewed him as having been more sceptical than religious. They based their interpretation on his frequently and trenchantly expressed conviction that reason was inadequate on its own to establish any position, religious or secular:
It is indeed a great question whether Atheism is not as philosophically consistent with the phenomena of the physical world, taken by themselves, as the doctrine of a creative and governing Power.
. . . man is not a reasoning animal; he is a seeing, feeling, contemplating, acting animal.
Quarry the granite rock with razors, or moor the vessel with a thread of silk; then may you hope with such keen and delicate instruments as human knowledge and human reason to contend against those giants, the passion and the pride of man.
It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
The relationship between faith and reason was a topic that engrossed Newman his life long, reaching a climax in 1870 when he published An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent. The book is a subtle examination of the motives and influences that can bring a man to recognize the truth of revelation. Conscience, of course, has a prominent place, but so also does Newman’s demonstration that an accumulation of probabilities can produce certainty. There is an autobiographical element to the book for when, in the 1840s, as he gradually abandoned the beloved via media, the question arose: Could he love equally any other church? Although his participation in the Oxford Movement had softened his aversion to Roman Catholicism, he was unable to overcome his distaste for its mediaeval, seemingly corrupt practices. Retiring to Littlemore, a quiet village outside Oxford, he pondered this matter during the years 1841-45. The result of this period of intense study was a book that, if he had published nothing else, would have gained him a place among the seminal figures in European thought: An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine. In it he catalogued the principles that govern the legitimate growth of doctrine and further illustrated them from the history of Catholicism. The effect was to bring him into the Church on 9 October 1845, which he described as being “like coming into port after a rough sea.” When he was asked to account for his conversion, he refused, for the study and prayer of years could not be condensed into a slogan. One statement, however, captures the man and his highly personal mode of thought:
. . . were the two Saints [Athanasius and Ambrose], who once sojourned in exile or on embassage at Treves, to come more northward still, and to travel until they reached another fair city [i.e., Oxford], seated among groves, green meadows, and calm streams, the holy brothers would turn from many a high aisle and solemn cloister which they found there, and ask the way to some small chapel, where mass was said, in the populous alley or the forlorn suburb?
In short, Newman wanted to be with them.
Newman has been credited with anticipating the Second Vatican Council, and rightly so. For, in his opening address to the assembled bishops, Pope John XXIII described his purpose in calling the Council in terms that are in direct continuity with Neman’s Essay. First, let us consider Newman’s account of the power of a great idea to continue intact as it encounters a series of challenges with the passage of time: “It changes with them in order to remain the same. In a higher world it is otherwise, but here below to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.” And now John XXIII:
It is necessary first of all that the Church should never depart from the sacred patrimony of truth received from the Fathers. But at the same time, she must ever look to the present, to the new conditions and new forms of life introduced into the modern world which have opened new avenues to the Catholic apostolate.
That is to say, “we change in order to remain the same.” Another instance of Newman’s importance for the Council—and so for us today—is an article he wrote that was notorious in its day, “On Consulting the Faithful in Matters of Doctrine.” In it, he honoured the role of all the baptized in the proclamation of authentic Catholic teaching: “. . . the sense of the faithful is not left out of the question by the Holy See among the preliminary acts of defining a doctrine.” This insight was also confirmed by the Council:
Christ is the great prophet . . .. Until the full manifestation of his glory, he fulfils this prophetic office, not only by the hierarchy, . . . but also by the laity. He accordingly both establishes them as witnesses and provides them with the appreciation of the faith (sensus fidei).
The traditional expression of this fact was enunciated by Vincent of Lérins in the fifth century: “What has been believed everywhere, always, and by all.” This is an admirable sentiment, but clearly impossible to implement, especially since the “always” includes the future as well as the past. The hierarchy, then, comes into play, for their role authoritatively to articulate this universal faith. In short, they are servants, not masters in the proclamation of the Gospel.
Received in 1845 and ordained in 1847, Newman retired in relative obscurity to the Birmingham Oratory that he had founded. The Catholic Church in England was ill-equipped to exploit his talents, and he had a series of frustrating projects that came to very little, particularly in Dublin, where he had been commissioned to found a Catholic university. Despite continual harassment from the Irish the bishops he devoted four years of his life to the task, and out of it came his brilliant series of lectures, The Idea of a University. A little later, he regained the attention and the esteem of the English public. In 1864 a popular Anglican minister, Charles Kingsley, wrote to the effect that Catholic priests were all liars, citing Newman as an instance. After an exchange of letters and pamphlets, Newman ended the controversy by publishing over a ten-week period his Apologia pro vita sua. (I may note that in Latin apologia means “defence,” not “apology.”) The English intelligentsia were enthralled by this brilliant and touching spiritual autobiography, a surprising event in that the book is limited in scope and presumes a sophisticated readership, one that can shudder with Newman when he wrote that “I saw my face in that mirror, and I was a Monophysite.” In the year before the Apologia, Newman’s spirits were at a low ebb, so low that he wrote in his journal, “O how forlorn and dreary has been my course since I have been a Catholic! here has been the contrast—as a Protestant, I felt my religion dreary, but not my life—but, as a Catholic, my life is dreary, not my religion.” Dreary or not, he became more and more honoured and venerated by Catholics as the champion of the Church and by Protestants as an eminent national figure. I may conclude by noting that, had he published nothing more than his Essay on Development, the Apologia and the Grammar of Assent, he would still be numbered among the most influential religious thinkers in the history of Western civilization.