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Today Current Affairs: 16th April 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
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First Long Range Forecast (LRF) For 2022 : IMD
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) released its first Long Range Forecast (LRF) for 2022 which says that the country is likely to receive a normal monsoon for the fourth consecutive year.
- While forecasting a ‘normal’ southwest monsoon for this year, IMD also revised downwards the definition of what constitutes average rainfall.
- Every year, the IMD issues a two-stage forecast: the first one in April and the second one in the last week of May, which is a more detailed forecast and also illustrates how the monsoon will spread over the country.
Highlights of the Forecast:
- India will get Normal Monsoon:
- India would get 99% of the Long Period Average (LPA) rainfall — changed from 89 cm to 88 cm in 2018, and in the periodic update in 2022, again revised to 87 cm.
- A monsoon is considered “normal” when rainfall falls between 96% and 104% of the LPA.
- The IMD does not expect an El Nino but currently La Nina conditions are prevailing over the equatorial Pacific which will continue during the monsoon.
- El Nino is a phenomenon associated with a warming of the Central Pacific and drying up of the rains over northwest India, the coming monsoon.
- La Nina events represent periods of below-average sea surface temperatures across the east-central Equatorial Pacific.
- It is indicated by sea-surface temperature decreased by more than 0.9℉ for at least five successive three-month seasons.
“Normal” to “above Normal” Rainfall:
- Current indications suggest “normal” to “above normal” rainfall in the northern parts of peninsular India, central India and the Himalayan foothills.
- Many parts of northeast India and southern parts of South India are expected to see a subdued monsoon.
Long Period Average (LPA):
- According to the IMD, the “LPA of rainfall is the rainfall recorded over a particular region for a given interval (like month or season) averaged over a long period like 30 years, 50 years, etc”.
- The IMD predicts a “normal”, “below normal”, or “above normal” monsoon in relation to a benchmark “Long Period Average” (LPA).
- The IMD has in the past calculated the LPA at 88 cm for the 1961-2010 period, and at 89 cm for the 1951-2000.
- It calculated the LPA at 87 cm for the 1971-2020 period.
India Meteorological Department (IMD):
- IMD was established in 1875.
- It is an agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
- It is the principal agency responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology.
Neptune: Anti-Ship Cruise Missile
Ukraine claimed that it has damaged the Russian Black Sea Fleet Flagship ‘Moskva’ by Neptune Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles.
- The Neptune is a coastal anti-ship cruise missile that is capable of the destruction of naval vessels in a range of 300 km.
- The Missile system was inducted into the Ukrainian Defence Forces in March 2021 after being in development for six years.
- The cruise missile was developed in haste by the military as the Russian threat to the coastal areas of Ukraine was growing rapidly since the occupation of Crimea in 2014.
- The design of this missile is based on a Russian Kh-35 cruise missile which goes by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) name of AS-20 Kayak.
- The cruise missile attack was carried out using TB-2 drones as decoys along with other measures toward saturation of the cruiser’s Air Defence systems.
- Moskva is a guided missile cruiser of the Russian Navy named after the city of Moscow.
- A cruiser is a large surface warship built for high speed and great cruising radius, capable of not only defending its own fleet and coastlines but also threatening those of the enemy.
- The Moskva was originally commissioned as the Slava in 1983.
- It was recommissioned in 2000 as the Moskva with refurbished weapon systems and electronics.
- It has a displacement of 12,490 tons.
- It is the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy and carries a crew of around 500 personnel.
Palmking : Rare Butterfly Sighted In Tamil Nadu
The rare butterfly Palmking (Amathusia phidippus) was sighted for the first time in Tamil Nadu.
- It is the 321st species of butterfly found in Tamil Nadu among the 1,500 species in India.
- Palmking was first recorded in South India by British scientist H.S.Ferguson in 1891. More than a Century later, it was rediscovered in 2007.
- Palmking belongs to the Nymphalidae subfamily and feeds on palm, coconut and calamus varieties of plants.
- The butterfly is characterised by its brown colour and dark bands and is described as reclusive, mostly resting in the shade.
- It is not easy to spot a Palmking because its wood colour makes for easy camouflage and it rarely spreads its wings.
- This butterfly is widely distributed across parts of India, Myanmar, Indo China, Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand.
- It occurs in the Indonesian archipelago and the Philippines.
- In India, Palmking sightings were recorded in the forests of Arippa, Shendurney, Periyar Tiger Reserve in the south of Western Ghats.
Lynching a Federal Hate Crime : US
U.S. President Joe Biden has signed a bill into law to make lynching a federal hate crime, more than 100 years after such legislation was first proposed.
- The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act is named after the Black teenager whose killing in Mississippi in the summer of 1955 became a galvanising moment in the civil rights era.
- The new law makes it possible to prosecute a crime as a lynching when a conspiracy to commit a hate crime leads to death or serious bodily injury.
- The law lays out a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison and fines.
- In 2021 in Assam, a 23-year-old student leader was allegedly killed by a mob.
- In October 2021 a man was allegedly lynched, his limbs cut off and left to die at the Singhu Border, site of the farmers’ protest against the three farm laws.
- In August 2021, a bangle seller in Indore was reportedly beaten up by a mob for allegedly hiding his identity.
- The man survived and was sent to judicial custody.
- In May 2021, a 25-year-old Gurugram man was allegedly lynched when he went out to buy medicines.
- On December 18 2021, a man was lynched to death by the Sikh Sangat (Sikh devotees) in Shri Harmandir Sahib Gurudwara (Golden Temple) in Amritsar over an alleged attempt to disrespect the holiest book of Sikh religion, Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
- Any act or series of acts of violence or aiding, abetting (encouraging) such act/acts thereof, whether spontaneous or planned, by a mob on the grounds of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth, language, dietary practices, sexual orientation, political affiliation, ethnicity or any other related grounds.
- There is “no separate” definition for such incidents under the existing IPC. Lynching incidents can be dealt with under Section 300 and 302 of IPC.
- Section 302 provides that whoever commits murder shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life and shall also be liable to fine. Offence of murder is a cognisable, non- bailable and non-compoundable offence.
- There should be a “separate offence” for lynching and the trial courts must ordinarily award maximum sentence upon conviction of the accused person to set a stern example in cases of mob violence.
- The state governments will have to designate a senior police officer in each district for taking measures to prevent incidents of mob violence and lynching.
- The state governments need to identify districts, sub-divisions and villageswhere instances of lynching and mob violence have been reported in the recent past.
- The nodal officers shall bring to the notice of the DGP about any inter-district co-ordination issues for devising a strategy to tackle lynching and mob violence related issues.
- Every police officer shall ensure to disperse the mob that has a tendency to cause violence in the disguise of vigilantism or otherwise.
- Central and the state governments shall broadcast on radio, television and other media platforms about the serious consequences of mob lynching and mob violence.
- Despite the measures taken by the State Police, if it comes to the notice of the local police that an incident of lynching or mob violence has taken place, the jurisdictional police station shall immediately lodge an FIR.
- The State Governments shall prepare a lynching/mob violence victim compensation scheme in the light of the provisions of Section 357A of CrPC.
- If a police officer or an officer of the district administration fails to fulfill his duty, it will be considered an act of deliberate negligence.
What Are Flexible Fuel Vehicles (FFVs)?
The Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) has called for a faster launch of flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs) to achieve 20 per cent of ethanol blending.
- An FFV is a modified version of vehicles that could run both on gasoline and doped petrol with different levels of ethanol blends.
- FFVs will allow vehicles to use all the blends and also run on unblended fuel.
- FFVs have compatible engines to run on more than 84 percent ethanol blended petrol.
- FFVs are aimed at reducing the use of polluting fossil fuels and cutting down harmful emissions.
- Alternative fuel ethanol is Rs 60-62 per litre while petrol costs more than Rs 100 per litre in many parts of the country, so by using ethanol, Indians will save Rs 30-35 per litre.
- For India, FFVs will present a different advantage as they will allow vehicles to use different blends of ethanol mixed petrol available in different parts of the country.
- Also, these vehicles are a logical extension of the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme launched by the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in January 2003.
- Since India has surplus produce of corn, sugar and wheat, the mandatory blending of ethanol programme will help farmers in realising higher incomes.
- For the overall Indian economy, higher usage of ethanol as an automobile fuel will help save import costs as the country meets more than 80 per cent of its crude oil requirements through imports.
Sabka Vikas Mahaquiz Series:
MyGov under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is organising the Sabka Vikas Mahaquiz Series, which is part of an outreach effort to build awareness in citizens.
- The quiz aims to sensitise the participants about the various schemes and initiatives and how to avail the benefits.
- This quiz has been fittingly launched on the birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Dr Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar on 14th April 2022.
- Under this, the first quiz is the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
- Under the scheme, all National Food Security Act (NFSA) beneficiaries are entitled to 5 kgs of free food grain every month. This is over and above the highly subsidised food grains available to NFSA beneficiaries.
- The scheme has been successful in keeping extreme poverty low during the pandemic and has been praised in a working paper prepared by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Exemption Of Customs Duty On Cotton Import:
Government has exempted the import of cotton from customs duties from today to 30th of September this year.
- Ministry of Finance has issued a notification in this regard saying that the exemption on cotton import will come into effect from 14th April and remain in force till 30th of September, 2022.
- The exemption will benefit the textile chain-yarn, fabric, garments and made-ups and will also provide relief to consumers. Textile exports are also to be benefitted from this move.
- Previously, the import of cotton attracted a 5 percent basic customs duty and another 5 percent Agriculture Infrastructure Development Cess (AIDC).
UNDP Climate Action Grants:
USD 2.2 million in climate action funding has been announced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and partners of the Adaptation Innovation Marketplace (AIM) for 22 local innovators from 19 countries, that also includes India.
- The first round of funding of the Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator (AFCIA) window will be looking to improve local climate action and speed up the achievements of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement’s ambitions.
- The project will be enabling the local organizations and will be contributing to UNDP and its partners across the world for locally-driven adaptation action.
- Adaptation Innovation Marketplace will be providing technical support for all the new funding applications launched.
- In January 2021, AIM was launched by Achim Steiner, the UNDP Administrator at the Climate Adaptation Summit.
- It is a strategy platform that promotes localized scaled-up adaptation on non-governmental organizations, civil society, youth innovators, and women.
- AIM brings together knowledge, resources, and assistance with the aim of making the financing of local climate change more accessible.
- The partners of AIM such as the Least Developed Countries Universities Consortium on Climate Change, the International Centre for Climate Change and Development, the Climate-Knowledge Innovation Community, the Global Resilience Partnership, and the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) provide technical support to the Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator.
- The partners of AIM will be continuing to work together on South-South coordination and knowledge sharing for the 22 local partners that received monetary support in the AFCIA grant’s first round.
- The partners will be working on advanced aquaculture in India, reintroduction of historic climate-resilient construction techniques in the Sahel, increasing production of climate-resilient acai berries in Brazil, and establishment of “blue jobs” in Micronesia.
India Has Been Elected To The United Nations Economic And Social Council’s (ECOSOC) Four Major Bodies:
India has been elected to the United Nations Economic and Social Council’s (ECOSOC) four major bodies, including the Commission on Science and Technology for Development.
- To the Committee for Economic, Social and Cultural Right, Ambassador Preeti Saran has been re-elected.
- In 2018, she was first elected to the Asia Pacific seat on the UN’s Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.
- On 1st January 2019 her first four-year term began.
- The 4 bodies to which India has been elected
- The Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
- The Commission for Social Development
- The Committee on Non-Governmental Organisations
- The Commission on Science and Technology for Development
- The Commission for Social Development (CSocD), since the World Summit for Social Development that was held in Copenhagen, has become the United Nation’s key body in charge of the implementation and follow-up of the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme for Action. The CSocD’s purpose is to advise ECOSOC on various social policies along with pieces of advice on all social field-related matters that are not covered by the specialized inter-governmental agencies.
- Committee on Non-Governmental Organisations is ECOSOC’s standing committee and was established in 1946. The committee’s main tasks include considering petitions for consultative status and reclassification requests that are submitted by non-governmental organizations.
Human Rights Report On India 2021: US
The US State Department released a strong and critical report on human rights in India in 2021.
- The report is submitted each year to the US Congress which is retrospective and contains a country-wise discussion of the state of internationally recognised individual, civil, political and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements.
- In December 2021, data related to human rights violations in states was provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs in Rajya sabha.
Highlights of the Report:
- Indian law “prohibits arbitrary arrest and detention but both occurred during the year”, with police using “special security laws to postpone judicial reviews of arrests”.
- Pretrial detention was arbitrary and lengthy, sometimes exceeding the duration of the sentence given to those convicted.
- Citing media reports on journalists being targeted for surveillance through the Pegasus malware, the report flagged violations of privacy by government authorities, “including the use of technology to arbitrarily or unlawfully surveil or interfere with the privacy of individuals”.
- The report highlighted instances in which the government or actors considered close to the government allegedly pressured or harassed media outlets critical of the government, including through online trolling.
- It detailed the government’s order of February, 2021 directing Twitter to block accounts of journalists covering protests against the three (later repealed) farm laws.
- The report highlighted the cases of Amnesty International India, whose assets were frozen by the Enforcement Directorate, and the suspension of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) license of Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) for alleged violations.
- These are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status.
- These include the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and education, and many more.
- Nelson Mandela had stated ‘To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity’.
Modernisation Of Prisons Project:
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued guidelines to states and Union Territories asking them to Modernize Prisons under the Modernisation of Prisons Project.
- The Government of India has decided to provide financial assistance to States and UTs, through the Project for using modern-day security equipment in Prisons for:
- To facilitate the task of reformation and rehabilitation of prisoners through correctional administration programmes.
Duration: The duration of the project is for five years – 2021-26.
- The Central Government will provide Grant in aid to States and UTs for implementation of the project.
- Grants-in-aid are payments in the nature of assistance, donations or contributions made by one government to another government, body, institution or individual.
- MHA shall provide funds to States/UTs depending upon the number of prisons in a State/UT, number of prison inmates, jail staff, etc.
- The proposal of funding will be decided by the Steering Committee constituted for implementation of the modernization of prisons project.
- The project will cover all States and Union Territories and shall broadly cover the following prison types- Central Jails, District Jails, Sub-Jails, Women Jails, Open Jails, Special Jails etc.
- Objectives of the Scheme:
- Filling the existing gaps in security infrastructure of jails.
- Providing new security equipment to jails in line with modern day technologies.
- Strengthening the jail security system through security equipment like Door Frame/ Metal Detectors/ Security Poles, Baggage Scanners/ Frisking/ Search/ Jamming Solutions etc.
- Focus on correctional administration, which includes bringing attitudinal change in the mindset of prison officials handling inmates through extensive training and by introducing appropriate programs for inmates for their skill development and rehabilitation, including engagement of trained correctional experts, behavioural experts, psychologists, etc.


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6 Superfood For Weight Loss09 Jun 2022
Weight loss is essentially eating fewer calories than your body is using. So what you eat is more important than how much you eat because it determines whether you meet your nutritional needs without going over your calorie deficit for the day. That’s why it’s easy to lose weight when you eat certain food that are nutritional, low in calories, and also filling to help with food satiety. Here are 6 such superfood for your weight loss journey.
Eggs are a staple breakfast food for good reason. Regular consumption of an egg-based breakfast has been associated with increased weight loss over time. It’s in itself hard to overeat because it’s very high in protein. Protein increases your metabolism and burns more calories. This process is known as the thermic effect of food which is the energy the body requires to metabolise food. Protein food have the highest thermic effect among the different macronutrients. Try to avoid adding ingredients such as whole milk, sugar, and cheese which could make it a different meal altogether.
There are many different types of soup. To lose weight, have the majority of your soup made up of healthy vegetables and protein to keep it nutrient-packed. Soup is filling because it is made up of mostly water. It also takes time to eat soup. This is good considering it takes approximately 20 minutes from the time you start eating for your brain to send out signals of fullness. Overall, it can help decrease calorie intake while maintaining satiety.
It’s one of the leanest protein sources and the leanest part of a chicken. Although it has more calories than vegetables, almost all of the calories are coming from protein. And with high protein comes a higher thermic effect.
Keep in mind the fried and breaded chicken varieties are high in unhealthy fats, carbs, and calories. Try healthier preparations such as grilling, baking, or stir-frying the chicken. Certain chickens are also heavily processed, and processed meat is often associated with negative health effects. One way to check if chicken breast is processed is through the use-by-date. Fresh meat is not going to last weeks and weeks in your refrigerator as some processed meats can.
It’s a great dessert alternative to more sugary options such as ice cream and cake. Watermelon is made up of 92% water so it has a low calorie density as a relatively large portion of the watermelon has low calories. Such food have been shown to help with weight loss by promoting fullness and reducing appetite. It’s also filling due to its high water content.
A lot of fish contain Omega 3 fatty acid which helps the feeling of fullness. Fish is one of the lowest-calorie protein foods when compared to other protein sources. It’s low in fat and rich in B vitamins which are important for turning the food you eat into energy. Fish contains B12, which has been shown to improve metabolism and reduce cravings.
The catch to losing weight? Choose the healthier cooking options such as baking, broiling, and grilling instead of frying. Opt for healthier fish such as salmon, herring, and sardines.
If you still want to indulge in low-calorie snacking, popcorn with no butter or oil added is a great option. Popcorn has a lot of fibre per calorie so it’s hard to overeat as fibre is great at filling you up. One study found that 15 calories of popcorn were as filling as 150 calories of potato chips. But popcorn can still be addictive so moderation is important here as it can still be fattening if eaten too much.
You can incorporate these food as part of a balanced diet. In general terms, a healthy diet consists of a healthy share of fruits and vegetables, grain, dairy, and protein. Healthy preparation is also important as food can be modified to become unhealthy. Weight management reduces critical illness risk but we cannot prevent the risk. For financial protection against up to 150 critical illness conditions, check out GoXtra Care.

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As Many As Be Perfect – Part Three
By Fred Pruitt
Jesus knew His commission. And He also knew the cost, and the reason for the cost. He also knew He was a man and as a man He knew He was weak. That is why the foundation “principle” by which He lived had always been, “the Father that dwells in Me, He does the works,” and, “The Son does nothing of Himself, but what the Father does, the Son does.”So He knew that, even though He would be in weakness, yet He could walk that road by the grace of the Father, as Paul wrote to the Corinthians: “For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God.” (2 Cor 13:4).
It was the fruit He was after. What fruit? We know – we are the fruit He was after!!!
In one place it says a town became angry at Jesus because He wouldn’t stop and spend time with them, because His face was set on Jerusalem. (Luke 9). He HAD to complete His mission. All the scriptures that spoke of Him would be fulfilled. He knew He could not engineer all that, only the Father could cause everything to come together at the right moment. He just knew He HAD to go to Jerusalem. He could not “rest” until His mission was completed. Though He had an inner serenity, I am sure He also had every emotion and thought imaginable regarding all these things, and once he alluded to the “pressure” on His shoulders, “But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!”(Luke 12:50).
To those who are not privy to it, it might seem like madness or obsession. But this is the life of the intercessor, we MUST do this thing, that may cost us dearly, to bring about the Father’s result. WE are the ones who are tapped on the shoulder. When we hear a voice that says, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.” (Isa 6:8). Foolish though it might have been to the flesh, we had no choice but to say it, “Here am I, send me.”
There was that saying a few years ago: “What would Jesus do?” THAT is what Jesus did!! Who’s up for that – horrible torture and crucifixion? But He was not just beaten and tortured in His body, dying a horrible death by crucifixion. Many men and women have endured the same physically. But Jesus of Nazareth was the only one who became Sin for us finally giving Himself over to death, trusting the Father’s Word to be true as He gave up the ghost and sank completely into the sleep of death, “For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.” (Ps 16:10.)
It was a Divine leap of faith for the Son of Man to take that leap, not only into physical death, but into spiritual death as well, to trust He could come back out of it. Once He “gave up the ghost,” any sense He might have had of His hand being on the wheel, was gone. Just like we must, all His marbles were bet on Another’s Promise, that only He (the Father) could fulfill. And the Father DID fulfill His Word! Jesus descended into the lowest regions where Sin/Satan reigned, and took captivity captive and by the power of Another was raised from the lowest depths to the highest heights, giving gifts unto men!
Certainly we do not repeat that one act, by Him alone, that secured for us our Life in Him, but nevertheless He has let the full manifestation of His Kingdom flow out through time, by means of us, in succeeding generations in an ever increasing way across the whole world. As Hebrews says all things are under Him and therefore all things are under us, but we do not yet see it all, but we see Jesus. And it is in that life, that we walk for others as Paul walked for his others, saying, in Col 1:24, “[I] now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church,” and we now say the same.
Paul actually “bragged on” his sufferings a time or two. But he didn’t just see them as events “happening” to him, even just for the sake of the gospel, but he saw further than that. God had given him a commission to fulfill that part of Christ’s own commission regarding being a Light to the Gentiles, the nations. “I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles.” (Isa 42:6). He saw his sufferings and daily dying as life-producing!
That was Paul’s commission – intercession – to and for all the nations of the earth. As Paul said in Acts 26, when speaking before King Agrippa, he was “not disobedient unto the heavenly vision.” To fulfill his commission it required everything of him. He told the Corinthians, “And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you.” (2 Cor 12:15). For Paul, it was all in. Not for his own sake, not for lauds and congratulations and pats on the back, not to be known as someone great himself, but that those who were his would know the Christ he knew. Everyone he had come across and had helped into the kingdom were precious to him, and he to them, though he complains it seems like they love him less. But their appreciation or lack of it did not deter him in any way. He was operating in a Divine Unction, a Divine “MUST,” which is not to be confused with the legalistic, condemnation-producing, “I ought to,” or, “I should.”
Just as Jesus, operating under the same Divine Unction, had to complete His work, so did Paul, and for those of us who see it, so do we. It may be a lifelong commission, filled with many shorter-termed mini-commissions. There really is no law or form for it, except what the Holy Spirit gives in the moment.
Before Jesus suffered the “Passion,” everything was in the theoretical, (according to one way to look at it), or in the “invisible,” (another way to look at it). At the last supper, He has yet to fully pay the cost to complete the intercession. So in a sense, especially in the apostles’ minds, but even it must have been for Jesus as well considering His struggle in the Garden, everything is still up in the air. Out in the unknown. Even the things He says to them in those marvelous chapters in John, culminating in 17, are only faith statements from where He stood at the moment. Even though He has done astounding things, including raising at least four people from the dead, their minds are still dull and still do not grasp who He is. Which is why they found it so hard to believe three days later when told He had risen.
Now let’s get back to Paul. Everything Paul has been praying, talking about, believing for, etc., has not been about himself. It has not been about his salvation or about his “rewards.” Paul’s whole thrust in these passages is about the life of Christ not for himself, but for others. Why else would he also seek to know the Lord’s sorrow and concern – “the fellowship of his sufferings,” or to be “made conformable unto his death”? These are not holy brownie points he is seeking. He truly DID know the fellowship of His sufferings, and he truly WAS MADE conformable to His death.
“If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
It is his commission Paul is speaking of here. That word “perfect” throws us off. Christianity has historically equated that word with behavior or mental attitudes, etc. But Paul cannot be falling back into everything he preached against, a microscopic introspective constant self-evaluation, somehow saying he hasn’t done enough, yet, to be secured a place in heaven! Or that his behavior still is not what it should be? Does consideration of that belong in this discussion of Christ in us, as us?
For what was Paul “apprehended of Christ Jesus?” To be “saved,” and one day “go to heaven?” That had not been Paul’s concern. He knew he would continue until his course was finished and had completed and gained his intercession. His intercession and poured out life, certainly was not about Paul “attaining” heaven. It was about bringing others into that same resurrection and heaven, who then do the same toward more others.
His “rewards” in heaven, though I’m sure he had some, were not his motivation. In the kingdom of God, no one “works” for rewards. They labor for love. “Proof” that Paul’s thrust is not “perfection” regarding his spirituality is in the very same chapter, a few verses down:
“ For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.” (Phil 3:17-21).
This is not a man in any way concerned about himself, because those issues for Paul had been settled years before. His only concerns are the furtherance of the gospel, and that he might complete his course. Every day, despite every obstacle, whether free or in chains, Paul lives Christ, all the while knowing, “to die is gain.”
Paul’s last thoughts on the matter in Philippians are these:
“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.”
Historically that passage has been preached over and over in good old fashioned rededication sermons, to keep on trying, keep on keeping on, keep on trying to act like Christ as best as we can (though we know we can never measure up), and to redouble our efforts at sanctification, spirituality, holiness, so that the Lord would bless us, etc.
But this is not about that at all. Paul had a commission from the Lord. There was no doubt in his mind about that. It took him over. He would consider it “perfect,” when it had reached the point of completion! Like Jesus on the Cross, he could then say, and only then by the Spirit, “It is finished. I have completed what I am here to do. All of ‘my’ part is done, and it is now completely in the hands of the Lord for the fruit, for the increase.”
The prize that he seeks in the “high calling,” is the only thing that is worth anything – living sons of God giving glory to the Father, “After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.” (Rev 5:9,10).
Paul’s life, since he began to travel with Barnabas on his first journey, has been about nothing but the saints of God, finding them, loving them, growing them up, and then finally, because he must, leaving them, knowing that after he leaves many wolves will attack the flock. Paul’s letters to the saints and the churches are filled with personal affection that is obviously genuine. A whole community grew up around Paul’s journeys, so that by the third one he is going to people who have been established for years and are growing up. He is eaten up by his zeal for God’s house, not a fleshly zeal such as he had in the days of his persecutions, but by a holy true zeal, that allowed him no rest, no respite, but the daily exercising of his mind and body to the glory of God and the Church of Jesus Christ.
And he finally comes to that in his last letter to Timothy. “For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.” (2 Tim 4:6-8).
Both Jesus and Paul had to endure physical death before they saw the full completion of their intercessions. They had to go to their deaths in the face of what looked like failure to many, or a sure sign of divine displeasure. Neither, in their earthly lives, saw the full results of their intercessions. It is the same with us.
Paul revealed the principle of intercession in his writings, just sharing his experiences and his revelations. He was the one who said he was “always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus.”
What can that mean? By realizing that the body of the Lord Jesus took into it everything in the world wrought in sorrow and grief, and He assumed all those sorrows and griefs within Himself, took them into Himself and embraced them. He literally assumed, took upon Himself, “the weight of the world.” The best way to understand it is like comparing it with a parent suffering with his children’s suffering. When those closest to us are affected in some serious negative way, we suffer ourselves in their sufferings. We take it with them. We feel what they feel. And it is especially tough when we cannot fix it, or solve their problems. We doubly feel their pain and suffer in their sufferings.
Spiritually, Paul is saying that in Christ, we are experiencing something of the weight of our world. We feel the futility some are in. We feel the pain others experience. Some of it we know about, but we all in general feel what the common feelings of humanity are. I believe when one suffers all suffer.
We feel this in Christ, not to suffer, but to know the resurrection unto life, that these deaths bring to others. We begin to have faith to say our “sufferings” are not punishment or merely injustice or merely from wrong choices, but that Christ in us, in these “sufferings,” which can be most anything, sanctifies these negatives, and instead of misery they produce the Word of Life. Paul said we always bear His dying in our body, that at the same time the “that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.” (2 Cor 4:10b).
Paul finishes his word on the principle of intercession in this passage:
“For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. So then death worketh in us, but life in you. We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.” (2 Cor 4:11-14)
That is the prize of the high calling.
And now that is the life of all of us. No matter our “stage,” no matter our knowledge or understanding, no matter our vocation or avocation, to live Christ is to have this same Life working in us, knowing we are not our own, but bought with a price, the Blood of the Lamb, and by His Blood and Body we become in some way the Passover Lamb for the ones the Spirit sends us.
And let us always remember that this is true about everything: “This is the LORD’S doing; it is marvelous in our eyes!”(Ps 118:23).

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All the news you need as the Buffalo Sabres go into their 2016 Development Camp.
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A Russian forward in the final pick for the Sabres in the 2016 Draft.
The Buffalo Sabres pick Austin Osmanski in 7th round, an East Aurora native.
With their sixth round selection, Buffalo added another forward in Brandon Hagel.
Back to back defensemen in the fifth round give the Sabres more depth along the blueline.
With the 129th pick in the NHL Draft, the Sabres take Swede defenseman Philip Nyberg.
The Sabres continue to add forwards to their pool as they pick up left winger Brett Murray.
With the 86th pick in the NHL Draft, the Sabres finally pick a defenseman, with Boston College's Casey Fitzgerald
With the 69th pick in the NHL Draft, the Sabres continue the forward bonanza with London Knights center Cliff Pu.
After trading up in the second round in the Dmitri Kulikov trade, the Sabres take Swedish forward Rasmus Asplund with pick number 33 in the second round.
Tim Murray waited until Day 2, but he finally made his annual draft day trade, bringing in a left handed defenseman in Kulikov.
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The Sabres video department has upped its game over the offseason - here's a look at Buffalo's first round pick from the 2016 NHL Draft, Alexander Nylander
Day two of the draft will be busy, with Rounds 2-7 happening at lightning speed. Keep up with it all and treat this as your open thread for the day.
What do you think of the first round so far?
The Sabres add another talented forward with the 8th pick as they draft Alex Nylander.
It's time for Round One of the Draft! Come watch, chat, and yell about it with us tonight.
With just a few hours to go until the draft, make one last prediction on who you think the Sabres will take.
Everything you need to know to watch tonight’s first round.
One of the top wingers in the draft, Nylander is a player that could be available when the Sabres pick at No. 8.
Another option for a high-impact lefty on the blueline is Mikhail Sergachev.
Before they add a talented young player in this weekend's draft, the Sabres picked up another talented young player from Nashville.
The annual rookie showcase will take place during the second week of July.
Could the Sabres trade up to grab Tkachuk with the fourth overall pick, or will he fall all the way to #8?
A big, skilled defenseman could be just what the doctor ordered for the Sabres at #8.
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Guinness World Records has created a new title - Highest score achieved on ‘Times Tables Rock Stars’ in one minute - and TTRS are looking for players to aim for this special accolade. All the children have to do is submit a video of them playing a Studio game with the highest score in the world by 23:59 on 4th June 2020.
Should I enter?
Over the years TTRS have seen some incredibly high scores in 1 minute games, like the astonishing 186 in the video on the web link provided below. That gives you an idea of how fierce the competition will be for this Guinness World Records title. With lots of practice can you become the number 1 in the world?
Social media vs Official Attempts
We'd love you to share your efforts on social media using #FastestRocker and copying in @TTRockStars and @GWR but all Official Attempts must be sent by email to email@example.com (see below for details).
Questions you may have:
Can it be any game mode?
No, it must be a Studio game.
Can a player submit more than one Official Attempt?
Yes, so long as each Official Attempt is to show us a higher score than the last time.
Will we get to see the winning video?
Yes, the video will be uploaded to the Times Tables Rock Stars YouTube channel with comments disabled and the winner's rock name and country in the description.
Will we hear back from you?
If the score is 150 or above then yes, we will confirm receipt of your Official Attempt.
Can it be on a tablet?
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What does the record holder win?
Well, hopefully a lifelong satisfaction at being a Guinness World Records title holder! Also an official certificate and a lot of recognition from us at TTRS. There may well be press who would be interested in running a story on the winner. Please be prepared to be interviewed by friendly journalists.
Can players make Official Attempts at any other time of year?
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Title: Aunt Jane's nieces
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Abstract: Three girls come together at the request of their Aunt Jane, who is dying and wants to decide which of the three is the best heir for her fortune.
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The acquisition of the building will be a significant expansion of sub-contract work for regional industries, with the intent to further secure the financial position of the agency for the future and to provide an integrated work setting for persons with disabilities.
As reported by Indiana Economic Digest, “JRDS Industries offers prevocational and work training opportunities at multiple Jay and Randolph county community industrial and business sites. It hopes to have ownership of the building sometime in November and be functioning in January. The industry will be able to provide more jobs for those with disabilities, and hopes to hire 60 non-disabled employees. Long-term goals for the new facility include operating three shifts with a workforce of 130.”


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Newly-released video from a US Navy destroyer shows the moment a spherical UFO plunges into the Pacific off the coast of San Diego, to the shock of watching crew members.
The object was filmed by a camera aboard the USS Omaha, with two unidentified crew members exclaiming: ‘Wow, it splashed,’ after the ball gradually flew into the sea, and disappeared underwater.
They filmed the object making a controlled flight above the water for an extended period of time before it finally entered the ocean. Investigative filmmaker Jeremy Corbell shared the footage on Friday with
The video comes from the same incident that the outlet documented in April, when images with frames from the video were made public. Last month, a Pentagon spokesperson confirmed one of them was recorded by US Navy personnel.
It was released the same day a US Navy pilot has also told of how he and his colleagues saw UFOs off the Virginia coast so regularly they grew used to the ultra-capable aircrafts’ presence.
Former Navy Lieutenant Ryan Graves – who refers to UFOs as unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) – called them a threat to national security in an interview with
Graves’ F/A-18 fighter squadron spotted the ‘maneuverable’ objects flying in restricted airspace near Virginia Beach almost every day from 2015 to 2017, he said.
‘I am worried, frankly. You know, if these were tactical jets from another country that were hanging out up there, it would be a massive issue,’ Graves told 60 Minutes.
‘But because it looks slightly different, we’re not willing to actually look at the problem in the face. We’re happy to just ignore the fact that these are out there, watching us every day.’
Former Navy Lieutenant Ryan Graves, who regularly witnessed UFOs in restricted airspace, called them a threat to national security
He said pilots for the U.S. Navy saw UFOs off the coast of Virginia so frequently they got used to them despite them ‘watching us’ every day
Graves’ F/A-18 fighter squadron spotted the ‘maneuverable’ objects flying in restricted airspace near Virginia Beach almost every day from 2015 to 2017
A color image shows one of the unidentified aerial phenomena. Their technical capabilities far exceed that of any known aircraft, sparking fears for US national security
Pilots have speculated that they might be anything from a secret U.S. technology to an enemy spy plane, although Graves conceded they could also be ‘something else entirely’
Graves did not rule out the possibility they could be some sort of Russian or Chinese technology. One of the UFOs is pictured in a grab of footage from ABC’s 60 Minutes
The 60 Minutes report comes as the government is expected to release a report in June on UFO sightings after unclassified videos of them were leaked to The New York Times in 2017
He said that pilots who have witnessed what the government calls ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’ have speculated that they might be anything from a secret U.S. technology to an enemy spy plane.
Graves also conceded the aircraft could be something else entirely.
‘This is a difficult one to explain. You have rotation, you have high altitudes. You have propulsion, right? I don’t know. I don’t know what it is, frankly,’ Graves told 60 Minutes while viewing one of the unclassified videos.
‘I would say, you know, the highest probability is it’s a threat observation program.’
The outlet noted that Graves did not rule out the possibility they could be some sort of Russian or Chinese technology.
Luis Elizondo, a former official with the Defense Department, told 60 Minutes that the UAPs appear to have ‘far superior’ technology to anything the United States currently has in its known inventory.
‘Imagine a technology that can do 600 to 700 G-forces, that can fly 13,000 miles an hour, that, that can evade radar and can fly through air and water and possibly space,’ Elizondo said.
‘And oh, by the way, has no obvious signs of propulsion, no wings, no control surfaces and yet still can defy the natural effects of Earth’s gravity. That’s precisely what we’re seeing.’
The 60 Minutes report comes as the government is expected to release a report in June on UFO sightings after unclassified videos of them were leaked to
Sen. Marco Rubio called for the detailed analysis after he viewed classified briefings on UAP while he was the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee and asked the Director of National Intelligence for an unclassified report.
A map shows the area where these unidentified aerial phenomena have been seen off the coast of Virginia. They were regularly spotted in restricted airspace
F/A-18E Super Hornets like those which detected the unidentified aerial phenomena are pictured. The jets’ abilities fall far short of the UFOs seen by Graves and his fellow pilots
In the most recent documented encounter in July 2019, USS destroyers on patrol were suddenly swarmed by flashing, Tic Toc-shaped drones, which were able to travel long distance at high speeds
The photos were leaked from a Pentagon investigation of UFOs by the UAP Task Force, which has been gathering evidence for a comprehensive report for Congress that’s due in June. The USS Omaha observed this spherical shape moving towards the surface of the water
DailyMail.com has reached out to Tom Delonge’s To The Stars Academy, a company created to document and reveal occurrences of unidentified aerial phenomena, for more information and additional comment.
The New York Times has raised eyebrows over its frequent coverage of possible UFO sightings.
But respected former government officials have conceded that the sightings are credible, and that the UFOs’ origins remains unknown.
John Ratcliffe, the former director of national intelligence, told
‘When we talk about sightings, we are talking about objects that have been seen by Navy or Air Force pilots, or have been picked up by satellite imagery, that frankly engage in actions that are difficult to explain, movements that are hard to replicate, that we don’t have the technology for, or traveling at speeds that exceed the sound barrier without a sonic boom,’ he said.
John Ratcliffe appeared on Fox News on Friday to discuss the forthcoming report
In April, the Pentagon confirmed that a set of images and videos showing unidentified flying objects buzzing over Navy warships off the coast of California in 2019 ‘were taken’ by branch personnel.
The photos were leaked from a Pentagon investigation of UFOs by the UAP Task Force, which has been gathering evidence for a report for Congress that’s due in June, according to
The images, which were obtained by filmmaker Jeremy Corbell, show unidentified objects flying above four US destroyers, including the USS Kidd Navy destroyer, in 2019.
One of the images appears to be a pyramid-shaped object while others were thought to be drones or balloons; however, the Navy has listed them as unknowns.
In a statement, a Pentagon spokesperson told Mystery Wire: ‘I can confirm that the referenced photos and videos were taken by Navy personnel. The UAPTF has included these incidents in their ongoing examinations.’
The confirmation came a week after Admiral Michael Gilday, the chief of naval operations, admitted that he has no idea where the swarm of mysterious Tic Tac-shaped drones that menaced four US destroyers in July 2019 originated.
Gilday led an investigation into the incident in which a group of what some have called unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) chased the destroyers for up to 100 nautical miles off the coast of California.
Flight logs revealed as many as six mystery aircraft swarmed the warships close to a sensitive training area at the Channel Islands at speeds of up to 40mph and with a greater maneuverability than US military drones.
When asked directly if the Navy had confirmed the identity of the drones at a media event last Monday, Gilday responded: ‘No, we have not.’
The outlet obtained ship logbooks and internal emails from the Navy under the Freedom of Information Act, and eyewitness descriptions from the staff on board, to establish the UAVs had a far greater aeronautical capability than any previously known drones.
The sighting has eerie parallels to previous UFO encounters, in particular an infamous 2004 incident when six Super Hornet pilots made visual or instrument contact with a mystery aircraft in November 2004.
‘Tic Tac’ UFO: US Navy pilot made visual contact with the object on November 14, 2004
At least six Super Hornet pilots made visual or instrument contact with the UFO on November 14, 2004.
The encounters, which are documented in numerous interviews with first-hand witnesses, remain a mystery, and the object’s incredible speed and movements have led to speculation that it was extraterrestrial in origin.
The original FLIR video from the USS Nimitz encounters leaked online as early as 2007.
Witnesses say that clips of the video had been circulated widely on the Navy’s intranet – used to communicate between ships in the carrier group – and an unknown sailor in the group likely first leaked it.
The USS Nimitz, a US Navy aircraft carrier, was at the center of a bizarre UFO sighting saga in 2004.
The clip became one of the most-touted pieces of evidence in the UFO community when the Pentagon confirmed its authenticity in 2017.
In January, Chad Underwood, the former Navy aviator who shot the famous leaked video clip, broke his silence in an interview with New York Magazine.
He said the oblong, wingless ‘Tic Tac’ shaped object was spotted off the coast of Mexico over the Pacific.
He also revealed that for about two weeks, the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Princeton, part of Carrier Strike Group 11, had been tracking mysterious aircraft intermittently on an advanced AN/SPY-1B passive radar.
The radar contacts were so inexplicable that the system was even shut down and restarted to to check for bugs – but operators continued to track the unknown aircraft.
Then on November 14, Commander David Fravor says he was flying in an F/A-18F Super Hornet when he made visual contact with the object, which seemed to dive below the water, resurface, and speed out of sight when he tried to approach it.
As Fravor landed on the deck of the Nimitz, Underwood was just gearing up to take off on his own training run.
Fravor told Underwood about the bizarre encounter, and urged Underwood to keep his eyes open.
He recalls how he suddenly saw a blip on his radar before tracking it on his FLIR camera.
‘The thing that stood out to me the most was how erratic it was behaving,’ Underwood told the magazine.
‘And what I mean by ‘erratic’ is that its changes in altitude, air speed, and aspect were just unlike things that I’ve ever encountered before flying against other air targets.’
Underwood said the object wasn’t obeying the laws of physics and dropped from 50,000 feet altitude to 100 feet in seconds, which he says, ‘isn’t possible’. He added that he saw no signs of an engine heat plume or any sign of propulsion.
The pilot refuses to speculate as to whether the object is an alien spacecraft or not, however.
‘That’s not my job. But I saw something. And it was also seen, via eyeballs, by both my commanding officer, Dave Fravor, and the Marine Corps Hornet squadron commanding officer who was out there as well.’
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The United States stands with its closest ally the United Kingdom and shares its assessment “that Russia is responsible for the reckless nerve agent attack on a British citizen and his daughter,” the White House declared in a written statement. “And we support the UK’s decision to expel Russian diplomats as a just response.”
Twenty-three Russian diplomats, whom the UK assessed were undeclared intelligence officials, have been told to leave the United Kingdom after British Prime Minister Theresa May concluded that the Russian government was behind the March 4 attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the southern English city of Salisbury. The two remain hospitalized, suffering effects from a military-grade nerve agent, of a type developed by Russia. A policeman who was first on the scene of the attack was also hospitalized, and dozens of civilians and first responders were exposed.
“This latest action by Russia fits into a pattern of behavior in which Russia disregards the international rules-based order, undermines the sovereignty and security of countries worldwide, and attempts to subvert and discredit Western democratic institutions and processes,” the White House declared.
In an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley called Russia’s use of a military-grade nerve agent in Great Britain an “atrocious crime.”
“The Russians complained recently that we criticize them too much,” said Ambassador Haley. “If the Russian government stopped using chemical weapons to assassinate its enemies; and if the Russian government stopped helping its Syrian ally to use chemical weapons to kill Syrian children; and if Russia cooperated with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons by turning over all information related to this nerve agent, we would stop talking about them.”
Ambassador Haley challenged Russia “to fully cooperate with the UK’s investigation and come clean about its own chemical weapons program.” She also called on the Security Council to take “immediate, concrete measures” to address this matter.
“This is a defining moment,” Ambassador Haley declared. “Time and again, Member States say they oppose the use of chemical weapons under any circumstance. Now one member stands accused of using chemical weapons on the sovereign soil of another member. The credibility of this Council will not survive, if we fail to hold Russia accountable.”


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The kind of armor you can equip is determined by which class you currently are, but you also have space for a set of each in your character equipment window.
There are three kinds of armor: Cloth Armor which is for Magic DMGers and Healers (excluding bards). It tends to have the weakest defence out of the three armor types.
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I was once cast in a stage play as a lesbian in a black bikini opposite a lesbian in a white bikini I was the baddie in the black bikini.
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For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important.
So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you.
The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
When I was much younger, I sometimes felt rejected by feminists because of an image that I sold because it paid the bills. Any fool could tell my hair is dyed.
I do still get the odd fan letter about The Good Life, clearly written by somebody aged 18, who says: Will you send a photograph? And I think: Maybe it's kinder not to. I'm deeply into my 50s now.
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So far, Leon Goretzka has categorically ruled out a premature farewell to FC Bayern in the summer. The 28-year-old wants to fight for his place in Munich. Under certain circumstances, the DFB star could change his mind in the coming weeks.
Bayern have played four friendlies in the pre-season so far, and Leon Goretzka had to settle for a bench seat four times. Tuchel’s message is very clear: Goretzka no longer plays a major role in the 49-year-old’s plans. Tuchel wants to start the new season with the midfield duo Joshua Kimmich and Konrad Laimer.
Goretzka is spoiled for choice: stay in Munich and fight for his place or leave the club early. The ex-Schalke player recently publicly emphasized that he “loves the club” and that saying goodbye is not an issue for him.
According to consistent media reports, neither Tuchel nor Bayern Goretzka have suggested a change so far. According to reports, the Munich head coach will hold one-on-one talks with all players after the Asian tour with a view to their role and perspectives in the new season.
Are Manchester serious about Leon Goretzka?
As “Sky” reporter Florian Plettenberg reports, Manchester United could soon be an interesting prospect for Goretzka. According to the transfer insider, the midfielder has been on the Red Devils list for a long time. Particularly interesting: As Plettenberg reports, the English record champions want to intensify their efforts to attract the German international.
While Goretzka has no intention of changing to date, Bayern would be willing to talk from a fee of 40-45 million euros, as “Sky” recently revealed. Tuchel makes no secret of the fact that he would like to reinvest the money in a “real six”.


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It did not start with Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter, but the decline of higher education in Idaho has reached its nadir on his watch.
Consider the abysmal record of Idaho’s Board of Education. For all the good it does in serving the best interests of educating Idaho’s youth, from kindergarten through college, it might as well not exist. The state’s founders actually wrote the board into the Constitution to serve as the Regents of the University of Idaho. That’s how important they thought the role was.
Unfortunately, no more.
As an independent body supposedly put in place to advocate for the best interests of education, the Board of Education has in recent years been nothing more than a lap-dog for Idaho’s governors, especially Otter, who have been eviscerating education budgets, K-12 and higher ed, for years. Ponder this fact: the recently proposed Idaho higher education budget takes state support for colleges and universities back to where it stood in 2000. At the same time, mom, dad and the kids face sky- rocketing tuition and fees.
Most importantly, there’s little scrutiny and absolutely no challenge by the state board for what the governor, the state superintendent or the Legislature wants, regardless of how harmful to education’s interests it might be.
Forty years ago, the kind of people then serving, Democrats and Republicans alike, would have resigned en masse if they had been blindsided like the present board was by Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna’s radical reform proposals not to mention the unfunded mandate they represent for local school districts.
Board members had not a clue. Nor were they consulted. And not a peep from them. I find that incredibly sad. I can recall strong pro-education Republican board members in the past, such as John Swartley of Boise, Ed Benoit of Twin Falls, Mal Deaton of Pocatello, Kenneth Thatcher of Rexburg and Janet Hay of Nampa.
On the Democratic side there were sensible, solid board members like A.L. “Butch” Alford Jr. of Lewiston, State Senator Mike Mitchell and Sandpoint’s J.P. “Doc” Munson. These folks took their role seriously; none were the kind of people a governor took for granted or expected to be a rubber stamp, as is the case today.
Democrats on the board of education? Yup. At one time governors like Republican Phil Batt and Democrat John Evans recognized the importance of a bi-partisan board and appointed members of each party. There’s not one Democrat on today’s board.
Instead, the Board was dominated just a couple years back by the likes of disgraced former Republican state chairman and Idaho Falls attorney Blake Hall, whose personal life read like a bad soap opera. Nonetheless, this partisan apparatchik engaged in blatant micro-management of the activities of Idaho’s university presidents down to dictating the tuition and fees each school could charge. (more…)


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A TEENAGER who lured a drunk woman into a car after claiming to be a taxi driver before raping her with an accomplice was jailed today.
Abel Muntean, 19, picked up the woman on the morning of New Year's Day and abducted and raped her before driving her to a house where his co-accused Raul Novac also raped her.
Romanian Novac, 34, was also jailed after he was convicted of the sex attack following a trial in which the pair had denied raping the woman who was intoxicated and incapable of giving consent.
A judge labelled their crimes "appalling" at the High Court in Edinburgh.
Lord Uist said: "In your case, Abel Muntean, you have been convicted by the jury of rape committed by yourself and being an accessory to the rape committed by the second accused."
"This kind of violence against women cannot be tolerated in any civilised society."
Lord Uist added: "Each of you should be in no doubt that in due course you will be sentenced to lengthy terms of imprisonment."
Muntean, who was 17 at the time, pretended to the woman at Hunter Street, Kirkcaldy, in Fife, on January 1 in 2017 that the car he had was a taxi and induced her to enter the vehicle.
He then took her in the car to the Esplanade at Kirkcaldy and took off her dress and sexually assaulted and raped her.
Muntean then drove her to a house in the town's Nelson Street where Novac also raped the woman.
This kind of violence against women cannot be tolerated in any civilised societyLord Uist, addressing rapist Abel Muntean
The 20-year-old woman - who had been reported as a missing person - told the court that she had gone out for New Year's Eve with others after drinking and was planning to go clubbing.
She said she was working earlier in the evening and consuming drink then, as well as drinking at a colleague's home, admitting she was drunk by the time they headed out.
She had more vodkas at a club before she was asked to leave - but bouncers refused to tell her friends or let her back in to let them know.
She said she did not have credit on her phone and could not get in touch with anyone, planning to get a taxi to take her to a relative's home.
The woman said: "I can remember walking down the street a wee bit. I remember I was really drunk."
"There was lots of taxis about. I thought one of them is bound to be able to take me.
"Then I saw someone getting into a car that looked like a taxi. I opened the door and asked him if he was a taxi and he could take me home and he said 'yes'."
She said the driver pulled out a bottle of Jack Daniel's and offered her a drink, which she took and then blacked out.
The woman said: "I can't remember anything after that."
She said her next memory was waking up naked in a bed in a strange house.
She said: "My body was in agony."
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Novac returned to Romania after he was freed on bail but was brought back to Scotland after he was later traced in Ireland.
Muntean, of Dornoch Place, Glenrothes, and Novac had denied the attacks but after they were found guilty sentence was deferred on them for the preparation of backgrounds reports and they were remanded in custody.
They were both placed on the sex offenders' register.
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Justice by the Numbers
A statistical profile of criminal justice in the United States, vintage 2000
0: The number of guilty verdicts returned in the trial of four white New York City police officers charged in the shooting death of Amadou Diallo.
1.2: The percentage of federally licensed gun dealers responsible for the original sale of 57 percent of all firearms used in crimes, according to data from the ATF’s new gun-tracing system.
6: The number of times that Butte-Silver Bow, Mont., undersheriff Bob Butorovich failed the agency’s marksmanship qualification test, prompting his dismissal in September by interim sheriff John Walsh.
6: The number of models of autoloading pistols that failed to meet minimum federal performance standards required for a law enforcement sidearm. All failed the requirement of firing 600 rounds with no more than five malfunctions. Some models also failed the drop safety test, which requires the gun to be dropped from a height of four feet without firing, as well as other standards.
7: The percentage decrease in reported serious crime in 1999, according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports. Crime has declined for eight consecutive years, but criminologists warn that the relatively small dip in the murder rates of major cities is an indication that the days of record-setting reductions may be nearing an end.
7: The number of states that have on the books a package of “basic” gun-control laws, according to a survey by the Founder’s Collaborative for Gun Violence Prevention. The package includes registration of handguns and assault weapons; a minimum age for gun possession; owner licensing; a waiting period before purchase; a junk-gun ban, and a one-gun-a-month law.
7.5: Percentage increase in violent crime in the first half of 2000 in Los Angeles, including a 30-percent rise in murders. Police officials blame inter-gang conflicts for the increase.
9: The number of people shot, three fatally, by controversial Detroit Police Officer Eugene Brown during his six years on the job.
$10: The annual fee charged to the Rock Springs, Wyo., P.D., by a local car dealer for short-term use of some of the dealership’s vehicles in special operations such as surveillance. Chief Nick Kourbelas praised Whisler Chevrolet for providing a public service.
11: The percentage growth in the full-time ranks of federal law enforcement between 1996 and 1998, with sizable increases in the INS and Border Patrol making up the lion’s share of the overall growth.
20: Percentage of officers who feel their agencies would be overly harsh in handling incidents of officers accepting free meals, discounts or holiday gifts; covering up a DWI accident involving a fellow officer, and use of excessive force, according to a federally funded study of police integrity.
21: Percentage decrease in the level of violence against women from 1993 to 1998, according to a Justice Department study released in May.
22: Percentage vacancy rate in the ranks of the Sanger, Calif., P.D., which is losing officers to the better-paying Fresno police force.
24.2: Percentage of women in the sworn ranks of the Philadelphia P.D., the best proportion among U.S. law enforcement agencies, according to a study by the National Center for Women and Policing.
28: The number of years as police chief served by Pat Minetti, who stepped down as top cop in Hampton, Va., in January.
40: The percentage of incidents of use of force by white officers that also involved black suspects, according to a study of the Miami-Dade County, Fla., Police Department. The study, which examined the roles played by officer and suspect ethnicity in use-of-force episodes, also concluded that Miami-Dade officers, on average, used a level of force that was less than the degree of resistance shown by suspects.
41: Percentage of officers in a study of police fatigue by the Police Executive Research Forum who were found to have clinical sleep pathologies.
43: Percentage of inmates sent to Tennessee prisons in 1998 who were repeat offenders, according to a state audit released in April.
42: The number of variables having “a significant effect on the likelihood of closing a [homicide] case,” according to a federally funded study. Of these, 37 variables were said to be controllable by police.
79: Percentage increase in rape arrests by the Philadelphia P.D. in the first three months of 2000, after the department overhauled its widely criticized practice of classifying many rape reports as “unfounded.”
93: The percentage of Columbus, Ohio, police officers who logged four or fewer civil complaints from 1995 to 1999, according to police documents analyzed by The Columbus Dispatch. Twelve of the city’s 1,700 officers generated at least 10 complaints each, while more than 600 logged none
151: The number of federal, state and local law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in 2000, according to a preliminary tabulation by the National Law Enforcement Officers’ Memorial Fund. The total includes 51 shot to death; 67 killed in automobile accidents or struck by automobiles while outside their own vehicles. Eight officers were killed in motorcycle accidents; 7 in aircraft accidents; 6 succumbed to job-related illnesses; 3 drowned; 3 died in falls; 2 were stabbed; 1 died in a bicycle accident, and 1 in an accident involving a horse; 1 was beaten to death, and 1 died in a bomb-related incident. The 2000 tally is 11 percent higher than the death toll from a year earlier.
230: The number of deaths in Florida from 1997 to 1999 attributed to the use of Ecstasy, GHB and other so-called “teen party drugs,” according to state officials.
254: The number of guns auctioned off by the state in the first resale of confiscated firearms under a controversial new state law.
262: Baltimore’s homicide total for 2000, the first time in a decade the annual total fell below 300.
458: The number of wanted fugitives who have appeared on the FBI’s “Most Wanted” list, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in March.
2,736: The number of police agencies collecting and submitting comprehensive crime data under the National Incident-Based Reporting System, compared to 14,043 that still use the FBI’s Summary Uniform Crime Reporting approach.
$100,000: The death benefit for Iowa police officers and firefighters who die in the line of duty, under a bill signed into law in March.
$105,000: Projected top salary for Suffolk County, N.Y., patrol officers in 2003, after an arbitrator awarded police successive annual raises of 5.5 percent.
$240,000: Estimated amount of cash said to have disappeared from the Fresno, Calif., police evidence room, according to internal auditors.
$250,000: The prize money won by Omaha police Lieut. Eric Buske as a contestant on the TV game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”
$289,000: The amount of money Salt Lake City expects to save each year from its decision to drop the DARE anti-drug curriculum for fifth-graders.
$1.6 million: The cost of a computer system intended to track corruption complaints for the NYPD, which internal affairs investigators say now has to be overhauled because it doesn’t function properly. The system was two years late coming on line.
1,860,520: The number of inmates in local, state and federal prisons and jails as of mid-1999, according to a report released in April by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
3.5 million: Estimated number of Ecstasy pills confiscated by Customs inspectors nationwide in fiscal year 1999. More than one-third of that total was seized in New York City alone.
$4.85 million: Estimated value of gems and luxury watches stolen in six states by a jewel-theft ring masterminded by former Chicago chief of detectives William Hanhardt. Hanhardt, who was suspected of having ties to organized crime during his heyday with the Chicago P.D. in the 1950s, is believed to have gotten police officers to use department computers to furnish him with information needed for the thefts.
$6.3 million: The punitive and compensatory damages awarded in a civil lawsuit against the white supremacist group Aryan Nations, for negligence in hiring, training and supervising two security guards who assaulted a woman and her son outside the group’s Idaho compound two years ago. The damage award was said to be large enough to bankrupt the neo-Nazi organization.
$81 million: The damage award sought in a lawsuit filed against New York City and four NYPD officers by the family of police shooting victim Amadou Diallo.
$200 million: The projected cost of merging fingerprint data bases of the FBI and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, a project spurred by the inadvertent release in 1999 of a serial killer after the Border Patrol found no computer record to indicate that he was wanted by the FBI and local law enforcement.


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While it might not be for everyone, there’s a certain allure to sports like boxing and MMA. Getting into these sports is easier said than done, though, because they demand peak physical fitness and plenty of practice. Creating the perfect physique for a fighter boils down to following best practices when it comes to your diet and your workout routine. Here’s what you need to know.
These days, many people struggle with creating a nutritionally complete diet thanks to the widespread proliferation of fast food and junk food. However, even accounting for the problem of processed foods, any athlete needs a diet specially tailored to their higher than average activity and the extra demands that exertion places on the body. Primarily, your concerns will be carbohydrates, protein, hydration, and electrolytes.
Carbs are the body’s preferred energy source. Protein will do in a pinch, but getting plenty of carbs is a necessity for fighters and other athletes who need both in high quantities. Your body needs protein to repair and maintain your muscles, so it stands to reason that you’ll need that much more before a fight or a training session. Hydration is more or less just as important to everyone, but exercise causes the body to heat up, at which point sweat is produced for cooling purposes, and sweat contains vital water and electrolytes, so staying hydrated during activity is even more important than it is throughout the day. Electrolytes are an important part of keeping the body moving, and depleting them during physical activity is a real risk with real consequences.
Taking care of all of your dietary needs is important, but subsisting on food often requires accepting access baggage. Looking into Thrive side effects, for example, you can find dietary supplements that can help you get what you need without accepting more of what you could do without. Protein powder has become a staple for fitness diets, because it gives you the protein in dairy, but isolates it from the high fat content of dairy itself.
Achieving a basic level of fitness can be difficult these days, and that can make training to be an MMA contender seem like an impossibility. However, proper discipline, in addition to a well thought out workout routine, can help you achieve that lofty goal. After you’ve achieved a basic level of fitness, you can begin to give extra attention to the specific needs of a fighter. This starts with strength training of the arms and/or legs. Weight lifting is typically a great way to build up the necessary strength for grappling or throwing punches. On the other hand, squats are a reliable way of building leg strength. A good combination of the two is deadlifting, something that also strengthens the back, leading to the next major qualification for fighters, core strength. Crunches are another excellent means of building core strength, something you’ll need to take hits without getting taken down. Cardio is also important, not only in general, but especially for athletes, because cardio exercises increase the efficiency of the heart and lungs. Swimming is a great way to build up your cardio, and it also provides a full body workout.
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It’s important to note that muscle mass is not an all important quality for a fighter. Bodybuilding is largely cosmetic, and it can be actively detrimental to athletes of all kinds, because too much muscle mass can limit range of movement without adding much in the way of strength, in addition to other problems. Bodybuilding is the result of deliberately and strategically damaging muscles, however, so it can easily be avoided. Training to be a fighter is no easy feat. On the brightside, this is what makes professional fighting so compelling to audiences and competitors. Honing your body for combat will take discipline, and it will test your limits, but following these tips can ensure that you meet your goals.
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Location: Hillingdon Circuit, London
Event: 31 December 2011
Report: Snowdon Sports
Photos: Guy Swarbrick ()
Steve Golla re-took the lead in the Imperial Winter Series with victory in round six on New Year’s Eve at the Hillingdon circuit in London.
The Series looks set to be a two-horse race between Golla and London Dynamo rival Jamie Pine, who between them have won all but one of the six rounds so far. With Pine only crossing the line fifth on Saturday, Golla now leads by 50 points.
He took the win from Felt Colbournes’ Andy Betts, while former series winner Jeroen Walters (VC St Raphael) was third. And in fact he wasn’t the only former series winner present, with Jason Streather also riding round six.
In other categories, Karla Boddy made it a double win for High Wycombe with victory in the women’s race from Squadra Donne’s Tamina Oliver, while Sarah Brook (Mule Bar) took third in a race which had the largest field so far at 25 riders.
The final round of the three-race women’s series, Kimberley English (Welwyn Wheelers) has won overall from Emily Bagnall (WyndyMilla) while Keira McVitty (Kings Cliffe Flyers) was third.
Nick Baker (Zappi’s CC) secured his second consecutive win in the third cat race, while Aylesbury CC’s Stephen Morrell finished second to continue an impressive run of form which saw him win the fourth cat race on Christmas Eve and step up to the third cats.
Finally, Stourbridge Velo’s Karl Moseley won the fourth category race from Sydenham Wheelers’ Ben Wimpory, while VC Elan rider Neil McCann took third.
1 Steve Golla (High Wycombe CC)
2 Andy Betts (Felt Colbournes)
3 Jeroen Walters (VC St Raphael)
4 Pete Wager (Felt Colbournes)
5 Jamie Pine (London Dynamo)
6 Rory Townsend (Prestige VC)
7 Phil Holloway (Southend Wheelers)
8 Adam Brittain (High Wycombe CC)
9 Conal Yates (In Gear Quickvit)
10 Max Steadman (Palmer Park Velo)
Overall (after six rounds):
1 Steve Golla 920 pts
2 Jamie Pine 870
3 Pete Wager 680
4 Rory Townsend 640
1 Karla Boddy (High Wycombe CC)
2 Tamina Oliver (Squadra Donna)
3 Sarah Brook (Mule Bar)
1 Kimberley English (Welwyn Wheelers)
2 Emily Bagnall (WyndyMilla)
3 Keira McVitty (Kings Cliffe Flyers)
1 Nick Baker (Zappi’s CC)
2 Stephen Morrell (Aylesbury CC)
3 Dave McMullen (GWR Team)
4 Gareth Thomas (Kingston Wheelers)
5 Vaughan Luff (unattached)
6 Ian Donohue (Fareham Wheelers)
1 Karl Moseley (Stourbridge Velo)
2 Ben Wimpory (Sydenham Wheelers)
3 Neil McCann (VC Elan)
4 Simon Oxenham (VC10)
5 Mark Townsend (Neon-Digital.co.uk)
6 David Spragg (Kingston Wheelers)
British Cycling would like to thank the organising team, officials and everyone else who helped promote this event. Our sport could not exist without the hundreds of people, many of them unpaid volunteers, who put in many hours of hard work running events, activities and clubs.


Thanks to streaming services like YouTube and Spotify, Latin music has been gaining popularity across the U.S. According to data from YouTube, the top three songs of 2018 with the most views were all Spanish-language artists, with Ozuna at 10 billion views and J Balvin at 11 billion views. Latin music also saw a rise on Spotify, where it accounted for 9.4% of all music listened to, outpacing both country and EDM. According to Billboard, Latin music’s revenue grew 54% year over year in 2017.
The data that Latin music has overtaken country music in popularity, taken from a report from BuzzAngle, may come as a surprise to many listeners in the U.S., as country music albums are usually among the five most consumed albums in the U.S. This year, however, Latin music took its place.
The surge of Latin music into the U.S. mainstream was echoed in the release of the lineup for the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, one of the largest music festivals in the world. The festival touts what can be seen as an unprecedented roster of Latin artists, including J Balvin, Bad Bunny, Rosalía, Tucanes de Tijuana, Javiera Mena, Tomasa del Real, and Ocho Ojos.


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It seems like we have been eating at least 2-3 citrus-marinated/infused dishes a week. I love it, citrus season is the best the about winter.
I love a comforting meal as much as the next person, but I love the lightness and punch of flavor that citrus juice gives to meats, salads, drinks, and basically anything you can think of. It even brightens up the dark kitchen with it’s bright and beautiful bold colors.
The pork chops are so delicious and stove-top. I recommend the following steps to make this a full meal. First, preheat the oven for roasted veggies. Then, make the marinade, put pork in it, set aside for 15 minutes. Start the rice, put the veggies in the oven. And then cook the pork chops, everything should be ready at about the same time for a weeknight 30 minute meal.
I love brining chicken and pork, it helps keep the meat moist and imparts some really great flavor.
Ingredients: 1 cup of Orange Juice, freshly squeezed Zest of 1 Lemon 1/4 cup of Lemon Juice, freshly squeezed Zest of 1 Lime 1/4 cup of Lime Juice, freshly squeezed 1/4 cup of Honey 2 Garlic Cloves, crushed 1 Red Onion, small, sliced 4 Pork Chops, bone-in, 10 oz. each 3 tablespoons of Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Kosher Salt and Pepper 4 tablespoons of Unsalted Butter
First, whisk the citrus juice, zest, honey, and garlic,together. Place the onion on the bottom of a shallow trap, put the pork chops on top and pour the marinade over them. Let sit at room temperature for 15 minutes.
Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a cast-iron skillet over medium heat. Remove the pork chops from the marinade (do not discard) and season with salt and pepper Add the pork chops to the skillet and cook 2 minutes per side, transfer to a plate. Do this in batches if your skillet isn’t big enough.
Now, add the butter to the skillet, add the chops and the strained marinade, cook over medium heat, cooking and basting until the chops are cooked through, 6-8 minutes.
Serve immediately with more sauce spooned on top.
Happy Cooking, The Barbee Housewife
Source: Food & Wine Magazine, February 2015, Page 52


RT Video/DVD DB /z-wcorg/ DS http://worldcat.org ID 48898380 LA Closed-captioned. T1 The matrix The matrix revisited A1 Reeves, Keanu., Fishburne, Laurence,, Moss, Carrie-Anne,, Weaving, Hugo,, Pantoliano, Joe., Silver, Joel., Wachowski, Lana,, Wachowski, Andy,, Matthies, Eric., Oreck, Josh., Warner Bros., Warner Home Video (Firm), PB Warner Home Video PP Burbank, CA YR 2001 SN 079076587X 9780790765877 0790742616 9780790742618 0790757540 9780790757544 AB First work: In an anti-utopian future, the real world as we know it is nothing more than a computer construct created by an all-powerful artificial intelligence. A small group of humans has found a way out of the construct and are now fighting for the future of the human race (136 min.). Second work: From conception to finish, this documentary provides an in-depth exploration of the filmmaking process for "The matrix". Also included are brief previews of the upcoming sequels and "The matrix anime" (123 min.).