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TAMPA, Fla., April 5 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said Friday they've learned a couple on the run with their two young sons may be on a sailboat.
Joshua Hakken, 35, and Sharyn Patricia Hakken, 34, are believed to be traveling with their sons Cole, 4, and Chase, 2, who are the subject of an Amber Alert search, the Orlando TV station Central Florida News 13 reported.
Authorities say Joshua Hakken, facing the loss of custody of the boys, took them from his mother-in-law's home in Tampa Wednesday afternoon after tying her up.
Hills. Co. Sheriff's Office Detective Larry McKinnon said investigators believe Hakken, his wife and his sons are on the 25-foot sailboat he purchased recently.
"They were seen going underneath the John's Pass Bridge and, of course, we all know that leads out into the Gulf of Mexico," McKinnon said.
"They could've gone anywhere. Obviously, north or south along the coast of Florida. There's many inlets all the way up to the Panhandle and south down to Naples. So, we're not only looking along coastline, we'll be looking for any type of intercoastal waterways or inlets they may have been able to get into.
"I don't want to say extensive, but we do know he has some sailing training and some sailing experience, so he is capable of operating that boat."
McKinnon reiterated that authorities consider the parents "armed and dangerous."
He also said it's possible the family returned to shore and is traveling by land again.
Authorities say Joshua Hakken was previously involved in an attempted armed abduction of their children in Louisiana, where he faces multiple drug charges.


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I've written before about how changeable the weather is in Mussoorie. We basically have three seasons -- monsoon from late June into September, winter from October through February, and summer from April to June. You might notice some missing time that could be called spring or fall. April and October are generally the best months for visiting -- sunny pleasant days, cool evenings. However, sometimes things go awry. We expect to have stormy weather during the two equinoxes in March and September. These storms are usually accompanied by thunder and lightning and, often, hail.
This year we arrived on March 28, expecting to have finished with winter. In fact, the first couple of weeks were quite nice. But this week has been wild. Sunday we woke up to find it cold and there was rain off and on all day. I took a pass on our lunch in the bazaar, but Dan went. I was really glad I had my long underwear and wool sweaters.
Tuesday it was even colder and raining almost all day. It was quite windy and in the late afternoon there was even thunder. We heard the hail starting about 5:00 and I went outside our apartment to get some pictures. We are on the third floor of the Quad (Mrs. Biswas' old apartment for those who knew her). Just outside our door is the roof of the veranda below. The eaves were full of hailstones.
The roof across the Quad was also covered. That area, formerly the young girls' dorm, is now the Lower School Library and computer classroom space.
Looking down on the Quad, the roof over the walkway was also sprinkled with hail. If you were to walk around that corner at the top of the photo, you would be ready to walk up the ramp to the high school or to visit the Business Office (in the area that used to be the Music Cells).

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‘Far and few, far and few, are the lands where the Jumblies live. Their heads are green and their hands are blue and they went to sea in a sieve.’ Musical adventure into Lear’s nonsensical world featuring the Owl, the Pussycat and all of their friends! A fun-filled voyage about friendship, home and growing up for the whole family.
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SpaceX keeps on extending its satellite-internet constellation with its 186th overall launch.
SpaceX’s 100th launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station included a set of 54 Starlink satellites, which launched to orbit on Thursday (Oct. 20) at 10:51 a.m. EDT (1451 GMT). “With the completion of today’s launch, it marks SpaceX’s 48th successful Falcon 9 mission of 2022,” SpaceX Space Operations Engineer Siva Bharadvaj said during live commentary.
This was the tenth flight overall for this specific Falcon 9. It’s first stage contacted down somewhat less than nine minutes later at sea on the SpaceX droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas. The satellites successfully sent into low Earth orbit barely 15 minutes after takeoff, as per SpaceX.
Starlink is a constellation of internet satellites constructed primarily to offer service for remote regions. The network is gigantic and consistently developing; with in excess of 3,100 estimated operational satellites in orbit, SpaceX has desires to extend that by tenfold pending regulatory approval.
Starlink service has demonstrated urgent to besieged Ukrainians during the ongoing Russian intrusion of Ukraine, and SpaceX recently vowed to continue to support the constellation’s Ukraine service after at first saying the Pentagon ought to assist with bearing the cost.
SpaceX had a then-record 31 launches in 2021 and is near arriving at 50 already in 2022, with over two months left in the calendar year. Large numbers of the current year’s launches have been devoted to Starlink, however others have sent NASA astronauts to the International Space Station and lofted U.S. military satellites, among different tasks.


This Revolutionary New Spaceplane Could Redefine NASA’s Approach To Spacecraft
A new spaceplane may soon be a game-changer for NASA, thanks in part to its ability to land on commercial airport runways — the first spacecraft to be able to do so. Sierra Space, a pureplay commercial space company based out of Colorado, developed the Dream Chaser vehicle as part of a large contract from NASA to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) with essential cargo like food and water. Tenacity, the inaugural spaceplane of the Dream Chaser fleet, is set to perform at least seven uncrewed missions for NASA, and will also return with scientific experiments and other cargo from the ISS, as well as perform disposal services for the station. Eventually, Sierra Space plans to also use the Dream Chaser to carry human crew members to low-Earth orbit.
The Dream Chaser is built for both space travel and hypersonic atmospheric speed, and can safely withstand temperatures exceeding 3,000 degrees during re-entry. On top of that, Sierra Space says the spaceplane will be cool to the touch just minutes after landing. The vehicle is also capable of being customized to suit the needs of different missions contracted by both domestic and international customers. Plus, it’s equipped with an advanced autonomous flight system and will have a lifespan of at least 15 missions.
Tom Vice, Sierra Space CEO, says the Dream Chaser “shifts paradigms and redefines space travel,” and that it’s “not just a product; it’s a testament to human spirit, determination, and the relentless pursuit of what lies beyond.”
The Dream Chaser was built with safety and sustainability in mind
Sierra Space states that “safety remains at the core of the Dream Chaser’s mission.” If all goes as planned and the spaceplane eventually transports astronauts, obviously their well-being — as well as that of ISS crew members interacting with the craft — will be a top concern. But the company is just as devoted to protecting its cargo, especially since preserving the integrity of certain scientific payloads is crucial to the experiments being performed by NASA. As such, Sierra Space built Dream Chaser with “advanced safety mechanisms” to protect the spaceplane and its contents. Additionally, its innovative design allows reentry at fewer than 1.5 g to better preserve sensitive cargo.
Sierra Space also hopes the Dream Chaser will make space travel a more sustainable venture. The company says it spent years developing a new propulsion and oxidizer-fuel system that is more eco-friendly than its predecessors. The high reusability of the spacecraft will also go a long way toward sustainability, as will its adaptability for a wide range of missions, limiting the need to construct new spacecraft. By being capable of landing on commercial runaways and having a rapid turnaround time before starting its next mission into space, the Dream Chaser will mean fewer low-Earth orbit vehicles need to be built.
The Dream Chaser’s maiden voyage is expected to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, with Tenacity being carried into orbit on United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket. The spaceplane will complete its first return trip by landing at the NASA Space Shuttle Landing Facility.


Once Popular Semi-Automatic Rifles
Here are five overlooked semi-automatic rifles that were both extremely popular and historically significant back in their heyday.
Priced as low as $500, they have been overlooked almost entirely by a generation of shooters.
5 Semi-Auto Rifles
The Five Rifles
- Remington Model 8: a little funky, it’s long recoil-operated and uses a rotating bolt head.
- Johnson M1941 Rifle (the Betsy): used extensively in the Pacific theater during WII, it eventually lost out to the M1.
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China and Angola should upgrade their mutually beneficial cooperation and bring benefits to both countries, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday in Beijing.
Li made the remarks while meeting with Angolan President Joao Lourenco, who is in China for a state visit.
“With a profound traditional friendship, China and Angola are important partners, and their bilateral relations have long been at the forefront of China’s relations with African countries,” Li remarked.
“China hopes to work with the Angolan side to continue to consolidate political mutual trust, promote cooperation in various fields and better achieve win-win results and common development,” Li said.
Li noted that the pragmatic cooperation between China and Angola had broad prospects.
Lourenco said Angola was willing to enhance cooperation with China in hydroelectric stations, power grids, highways, railways and other fields, and provide a favorable environment for Chinese companies to invest and develop in Angola.

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WHY I CHOSE TO MAKE THIS COSTUME
When Mosquito Girl made an appearance in “One Punch Man,” I was instantly entranced by her. Her character design was all at once beautiful, elegant, sexy, grotesque, and straight-up bizarre. Even though she appears for a maximum of 5 minutes and then dies (which I was quite disappointed with, since she had so much potential to be developed as a villain), she made a huge impression on me, so I knew I had to tackle her.
HOW I MADE THIS COSTUME
Her anime design is a simplified version of what she looks like in the manga, and as much as I wanted to replicate her manga appearance, it was too overwhelming for me to tackle it with my current skillset, so I stuck with her anime appearance.
First, I created her bodysuit with white spandex and Yaya Han’s bodysuit pattern, and sewed all the pieces together with a serger. A 22” invisible zipper was installed in the back. I mixed black and purple Jacquard fabric paint and painted the designs on the bodysuit. Because I was so frustrated with fabric paint, was short of time, and knew no one ever takes photos from the back, I ditched my plans to paint designs onto the back of the bodysuit and focused only on the front, and also painted the black bands on her thighs.
The compound eyes of the helmet was created out of two 8” styrofoam half-spheres that I cut and used barge cement to attach together, and coated with black gesso, diluted Elmer’s glue, and then more black gesso. I attached a piece of eva foam around the styrofoam balls, and created a proboscis out of craft foam and coated it with wood filler and Elmer’s glue. I used worbla to mold those textured ridges on her helmet and tried to make it look organic. I painted everything with acrylic.
The crazy long arms were made out of eva foam, which I cut, heated, and attached together with a combination of barge cement and wood filler. After coating with Elmer’s glue, I painted them.
For the wings, I cut and bent 16-gauge wire, wrapped everything with electrical tape, and then used a spray adhesive to attach iridescent cellophane sheets before hot-gluing all the edges shut.
Since I don’t have that many joints on my legs the way she does (I am human, haha!), I decided to leave out the crazy details from the thighs-down, and just wear stilettos.
THOUGHTS ON THIS COSTUME
I have mixed feelings, as there are plenty of things I wish I could improve on. However, it was very fun for people to recognize me as Mosquito Girl. People have even told me they were wondering if any cosplayer was going to try tackling Mosquito Girl, and were really happy to see me as her. I loved bonding with other One Punch Man cosplayers and geeking out over the series. There’s a lot to learn, and I’m improving with crafting, and it was overall a fun experience. Maybe I’ll make a second version at some point!

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The first-generation and second-generation NSX are two of the most loved cars to wear the Honda/Acura brand. When the first-generation launched it was regarded as one of the best cars to ever come out of Japan and even competed with the likes of Ferrari’s supercars while being much more practical, reliable and cheaper.
A couple of years after the NSX launched, Honda would introduce the NSX-R version. This no-compromises NSX delivered greater performance at the detriment of comfort. Only a limited number of these cars would be produced with production ending in 1995.
In the latter part of the decade Honda would replace the 3.0-litre V6 engine with a more powerful 3.2-litre unit, and in 2002 the NSX received a facelift that brought it up to date with modern styling. Production of the first-generation NSX would continue until 2005.
After a decade of no NSX, Honda/Acura decided to reintroduce the iconic nameplate in 2016 with the second-generation NSX. This new car featured a hybrid drivetrain with a 3.5-litre twin-turbocharged V6 engine. Unlike the first-gen car, the second-generation NSX is made in Honda/Acura’s Ohio plant.
But Where Did the NSX Name Come From & What Does it Stand For?
Originally, the Honda NSX was known as the HP-X (Honda Pininfarina eXperimental). This early concept was co-developed with Pininfarina and featured a 2.0-litre V6 engine.
Honda would eventually take this concept and turn it into the NS-X, which stood for “New”, “Sportscar” “eXperimental”. The NS-X would feature a 2.7-litre single overhead camshaft V6 engine from the Honda Legend.
As development progressed, Honda would drop the hyphen from the name and simple call it the “NSX”.


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Writing has been too difficult lately. How much do I tell? I am a transparent person but lately I have wanted to hide….hide from myself, hard truths, life, and everyone else. Why? Disappointment, shame, depression, fear. Some days the weight has felt unbearable like shackles around my ankles and others it has lifted like the early morning fog. Some days I have gone between the two extremes all day long depending on the circumstances. To say that it has been confusing and exhausting would not begin to define this state of struggle. Even as I write this, I want to quit. Walk away from the computer and yell, “F*** you!” But I need to push through for me and for you. For me to work on healing and for you to know you are not alone.
We have raised our children the best we know how. Mistakes along the way. Never believing that a formula would produce godly children- I think we have been pretty realistic and held our children loosely knowing God’s plan is ultimate…..but deep down we thought our children would be leaders in their faith and stand for righteousness no matter the cost. It has not happened. Nothing prepared us for the struggles of watching our teenagers waver and fall. Curfews, apps to know where they are, becoming semi-professional investigators, and regular confrontations has left me tired. Tired from the worry. The unknown. And tired from the self-condemnation that I don’t trust God enough to know that each of my children must walk out this journey and find his own faith.
I am a self-blamer every time. Did we make a mistake with their schooling? Their friend choices? Were we too sheltering? Not enough? Did we bombard them with faith so now they resent it? As my mind reels from this self-talk insanity, I just want to go to sleep. And when I put my head on the pillow sleep hardly ever comes. I toss and turn, get up, lay down….the ritual of my nights. And when I sleep I often have those anxiety dreams where I am watching someone’s child and go out to lunch forgetting that he is asleep in the crib. I wake up believing the voice in my head that says I am not a good enough mom to be trusted with someone’s child. Not the brightest way to start the day, I guess, but it happens.
Every day I get the privilege to take medication to my friend who is dying. She was an addict for 35 years and cannot keep the morphine or anxiety medications in her house so I take them every day to her. Because of her lifestyle, she did not raise any of her children. Living on the streets, doing drugs and prostituting did not make her a suitable mom. Oh- except the one that she had after her father impregnated her when she was 12 years old who was automatically adopted by a relative. She has never even seen that child. She was sold for sex to support her parents’ drug habit starting at five years old while they gave her cocaine and heroin to numb her pain. When her parents were having sex with her, she developed multiple personality disorder because the emotional trauma was so intense she had to leave her own body. Today she told me she is just too tired to keep fighting and she knows death is imminent. We cried together and then I went home to unload my groceries. Somehow the sadness does not leave me when I walk out the door. I grieve what was stolen from her by selfish, sick people but I know she has faith in Christ and she knows that she will see Jesus face to face soon. I do take rest in knowing this but I also cry heavy tears for the life she did not have.
Relationships. They are so hard. Family ones, friend ones, ministry ones….none are easy……and not because I am perfect and no one else is. Because I am imperfect and struggle with being a good friend. Lately I have not had much to invest. My hollowness has given me the sense that I don’t have much to give away. Everywhere I look I see parents who are not struggling like I am…people not burdened by the depravity of the world and carrying that weight…..peers who seem to be able to maintain friendships for decades…women who have the best dads while I have none…..and I wonder what is wrong with me. Why is life so hard for me? Am I jealous? No, just confused. Trying to figure out why I can’t turn off my emotions and my heart ache for the world’s suffering. Sometimes I just want to be able to go to the gym for a few hours with my personal trainer, eat at Crispers, go shopping, get a weekly pedicure while someone else cleans my house and picks up my kids…..because it seems to be working for A LOT of people. I wish that shoe fit me.
Churches and nonprofits are full of imperfect people and some of them are desperately broken. I don’t know why this catches me off guard sometimes because I know it is true….but it creeps up on me and it feels like a punch right to the face. Pastors (not mine) who are not fully disclosing of the truth and sit in their private quarters untouched by human brokenness…..ministry leaders who fall, remain unrepentant and take others down with them. Meanwhile, others are left to clean up the big, sloppy mess. Blows my mind.
Loving addicts and strippers is always life changing because I learn so much about myself from people who have overcome so much. But it can also be disappointing, lonely, and heartbreaking. Having an 18 year old come into our home, we adopt her like a daughter, and months later she returns to the drugs, stripping and abusive relationships that she was escaping when she came to us in the first place. Other women who have worked so hard to get sober find themselves relapsing and losing their children to the child welfare system forever. The addiction is greater than any other love and I have to see it, accept it, and continue to pray for a breakthrough that can only come from a life of surrender.
Somehow in this huge, sticky, messy life there is hope. Why? Because God is still good and I am still loved by Him. Even when I am untrusting, arrogant, self-dependent, and live like He never existed at all. Some days there is only a speck of hope in me because I cannot look past my failures, disappointments and the hard road in front of me. In those moments I am trying to turn to prayer and devotion to my Creator instead of giving into the voices in my head screaming, “You are not enough.” I don’t do that most of the time but I have hope that I will get better and that I will once again find that peace that passes understanding that I once knew.
I am praying that Light will break through my hurting heart and my grieving spirit. I know the beauty of God’s light and I talk about it all the time. It just seems lately that the world is darker and my light is dimmer. I am praying for a breakthrough.

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CSU 3-D print lab looks to expand off campus
A small lab at CSU where big business ideas are hatched is hoping to branch out and spread its influence.
If circumstances and funding line up, the 3-D printing facility Idea-2-Product Lab will someday operate from roomier, off-campus digs in Fort Collins while helping people across the state turn their dreams into products and companies.
The lab, also known as I2P, is seeking financial support from the city of Fort Collins that would help leverage a potential $1.5 million grant from the state Office of Economic Development.
That funding would be used to establish a network through which entrepreneurs and companies could learn about 3-D printing and its uses for product development, said David Prawel, lab director and an assistant research professor of mechanical engineering.
The new facility would be a place for anyone to receive education and training on 3-D scanning and printing. The lab would offer the latest in technology, including software to design items and high-end printers that use plastics or metals to build them.
From there, a person could use the printed object to create a prototype, raise money and start a business, Prawel said. The cramped lab in the Engineering Building at Colorado State University is already doing just that.
“Our idea is that anyone who has a creative idea is more than welcome to come exercise their creativity,” Prawel said. “We’ll help them turn that into something they can walk out the door with in their hand.”
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The expanded Fort Collins lab could serve as the “mother ship” for a network that could tie into CSU’s extension services that already reach into every county in the state.
Entrepreneurs and researchers across the state are all chasing the same grant dollars to fund the infrastructure needed for economic development, Prawel said. His vision is for an innovation network that would connect people to resources.
For example, if someone in Pueblo needed a specialized scanner to realize a particular idea, they could come use a scanner in Fort Collins without delaying their project.
“By connecting everyone together so that we all have access to a consensus pool of expertise and equipment, we make the whole far greater than the sum of its parts,” he said.
The new facility could be used for a fee by companies large and small that might not want to invest in expensive equipment and software that could become quickly outdated, Prawel said. The center would likely lease its equipment and regularly update it to keep pace with advances.
The nonprofit lab, which began nearly four years ago, has already trained hundreds of students and advised several companies on product development. It has grown from a single printer that sat on an office desktop to 16 printers spread across three rooms that work with a variety of plastics.
FORT COLLINS: Comments sought on plans for downtown and neighborhoods
Lab technicians, who are CSU students, have built and maintained 10 printers for Poudre School District schools at no charge.
The lab is a busy place, with students fussing with computer-generated designs as printers whir and shape all manner of devices. Printing an item can take hours if not days, depending on its complexity, material and purpose.
Any number of items can be made using 3-D printers, Prawel said. Applications include medical devices, engine parts and tools.
The possibilities for 3-D scanning and printing technology are seemingly endless, he said.
Knowledge of the technology is a growing expectation among companies that hire engineering graduates, he said. The technology cuts across many industries, including the arts.
Prawel has requested $150,000 from the city’s Economic Health department in 2017 and 2018 to use as matching funds for the state grant. He’s also seeking funds from local companies and other sources.
City Council members have expressed interest in the budget request, citing the proposed center’s potential to assist local businesses as well as workforce training.
Councilmember Gino Campana, a CSU engineering graduate, said 3-D printing goes well beyond making “knickknacks and keychains.”
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“It’s the real deal; it’s real business,” he said during a recent council meeting. “From an economic development perspective, it’s the right place to invest some money and seed it.”
Councilmember Ross Cunniff said he could support the idea, as long as the city’s contribution would be contingent on the state grant coming through.
Cunniff also said the city should explore the potential for providing scholarships to low-income students to assist with the cost of plastic and metal media.
With accessibility in mind, the center would likely be located along a transit line, said Josh Birks, director of Economic Health for the city. Potential sites include city-owned properties, he said.
The new facility could be used for a fee by local companies to build product prototypes without having to buy expensive, complicated equipment, Birks said.
“This has a two-fold economic effect … training the next workforce to work in this advanced industry as well as addressing our industry needs now,” he said.
Prawel said he expects to apply for the state grant in spring. If all goes well, the expanded lab might be operational by spring 2018.
The request to fund the I2P lab was not included in the city manager’s recommended budget for 2017-18 because of other priorities. But given the council’s interest in the project, City Manager Darin Atteberry said he would likely bring forward a funding proposal that would amend the budget in the first quarter of 2017.
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Before then, more conversations will be held on the scale of what the city might be able to provide and the potential for public/private partnerships, Atteberry said.
“It’s been a great conversation so far and I think there’s general support for it,” he said. “The question is the amount.”
Kevin Duggan is a Coloradoan senior reporter covering local government. Follow him on Twitter, @coloradoan_dugg, and on Facebook at Coloradoan Kevin Duggan.
By the numbers
For the Idea-2-Product Lab at Colorado State University:
3.5 – Years of operation
16 – 3-D printers
7 – Types of printers
1,860 – User sessions last year
500 – People trained in 3-D printing


By Alan Johnson
The Ohio Supreme Court leveled the playing field for DNA testing in murder cases today by ruling part of state law unconstitutional.
The court's 4-3 decision in a Portage County double-murder case resolves a discrepancy in state law which existed since 2003. Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor, who wrote the majority opinion, said state law violated the constitutional rights of inmates by setting up different appeals processes for those convicted and sentenced to death in murder cases and those convicted in murder cases but not sentenced to death.
"We find that providing only a discretionary appeal is not rationally related to the governmental purpose of expeditiously enforcing final judgments and, accordingly, the law does not meet the rational-basis test and violates both the federal and state equal-protection clauses," O'C onnor wrote.
The court cut out the unconstitutional part of the law, which means eligible capital offenders in the future will be permitted to appeal directly to the Ohio Supreme Court when a trial court denies a request for post-conviction DNA testing.
Dan Tierney, spokesman for Attorney General Mike DeWine, said DeWine supported the state law, but it will be up to the Portage
County prosecutor to decide if the Supreme Court decision's will be appealed.
While the ruling specifically effects Tyrone Noling, convicted and sentenced to death for killing Cora and Bearnhardt Hartig of Atwater in Portage County in April 1990, it also will apply to all future capital murder cases, according to Carrie Wood, an assistant state public defender and Noling's attorney.
"The Ohio Supreme Court took a much-needed step towards ensuring that all of Ohio's prisoners receive appellate review when their requests for DNA testing are denied. DNA testing has been responsible for 10 of Ohio's 56 exonerations and it is a critical tool for
Tyrone Noling, who has already served over twenty years on death row for a crime he did not commit," Wood said.
"Mr. Noling continues to seek DNA testing of key evidence, access to the national ballistics database, as well as results of DNA testing in his case which the state has refused to release. Our hope is Mr. Noling will be granted access to the information and testing needed to resolve his case fairly," Ms. Wood said.
The Portage County Common Pleas Court rejected Noling's request for DNA testing in the case in 2013. Noling is on death row but does not have a current execution date.
Justices Terrence O'Donnell, Judith French and Sharon Kennedy dissented from the majority decision, but only because they thought the whole statute, not just part of it, should be thrown out.
"The authority to sever the unconstitutional part of a statute does not give this court license to rewrite it by selectively deleting words to change the meaning of the language that the legislature enacted," O'Donnell wrote.
The decision is online.
(c)2016 The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, Ohio)


David brings our multiplayer preview of Gears of War: Judgment
In June 2012, it was announced that development was underway on a prequel to the Gears of War series. Fast forward less than a year and Gears of War: Judgment is just days away from release. To generate even more excitement, the developers, Epic Games and People Can Fly, gave eager gamers who pre-ordered the title access to one of Gears of War: Judgment’s new game modes, OverRun.
The game mode sees COG soldiers and Locust take it in turn to defend a series of objectives, with the attacking team attempting to overcome a series of fortifications and the opposi…
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Maybe it was an off day. My first time there but Service was terrible. Waitress was polite but all staff from moment we walked in had no sense of time. Seating was delayed, drink order delayed. Watching check back to other tables just took way too long.
Food was really good so chef is doing the job!
This was my third trip to the Cafe. 1st two times Were amazing. I was very disappointed after or dinner there this past weekend. I ordered a chicken curry and my husband lamb shank. Both were completely overcooked and the shank lacked flavor. The cost is on the high-end side which is great for fine dining but not for the quality we had this past weekend.
I had always heard good things about Cafe Soriah, but I wasn’t sure about the prices and middle eastern menu items. It was well worth it. My Steak Diane was mouth watering and so generous, I had lunch for the next day. The owner: Ib, makes all the flambé dishes on a little cart that was near our table. His technique was awesome and he was very friendly and accommodating. We went at 6:30 and were afraid we would be overlooked during the busy time period, but we had excellent service. Luckily there is parking at the car service garage next door and when we left it was clearing out, so we weren’t rushed or crushed! It was my birthday and I had the tiramisu dessert . It was delicious. Highly recommend this restaurant for special occasions. I don’t know if I would recommend it for kids, because the menu is sophisticated and the atmosphere feels adult. But, if your kids like any kind of food, it would be fine!
Everything was delicious and well seasoned, Calamari, Risotto, Ravioli and Salmon. Service was exceptional and Ib was there to welcome us. Our experience was like stepping inside a friend’s home, warm and welcoming, superb food and all food arrived promptly. Great for all kinds of occasions and wide range of vegetarian and other options.
Terrific meal with a wide selection of delectables. Need to go back and sample several more!
Just second visit to this unique restaurant. The flavors are amazing. We had the “famous “ steak Dianne and Ribeye on first visit. Had the Jericho Prawns and Lamb chops this time. Wife is not Lamb eater. She thought Prawns had too much citrus taste. She gave Prawns a7. I give Prawns a 10. Lamb chops were prepared perfectly and was seasoned with amazing spices. There are two additional Lamb dishes. I will be sampling them in next two visits. That is if their extraordinary specials don’t lure me off the menu.
By far one of the worst service I've experienced. My fiance ordered a cocktail drink and after receiving our appetizer (calamari) and watching two tables who came in after us get their drinks before her, we ask one of the waiter to check in our drinks. More than 15 later, still no drink. Finally after being in the restaurant for 40+minutes and watching the other table get a refill of their drinks and looking at the bar to see that the bartender was not there and the bar itself is empty, we told the waiter to cancel the drink. When we finally got our food (once again, only after the two tables that came in after us got theirs), our waitress told us she would like to apologize for the bartender as it was busy. Completely disgusted with this place and this will be the last time we come here
Ah, Soriah with friends this time, and couldn't have been more pleased. Have visited on a number of previous occasions in the past and have always been more than pleased. Calamari was available again and well received by the lot of us. Cannot get enough of the Steak Diane or Prawns Jericho and the shared wine and desert was well received as well.
The service was good, but my food was cold. My margarita was too sour for my liking. Unfortunately, I was on a date and didn’t feel comfortable complaining.
A great venue for a celebration or get together with friends - great food and nice atmosphere!
We travel once a year from California to Eugene on a visit to family in Oregon. We are always looking for a good Mediterranean Restaurant wherever we travel. Cafe Soriah is one of our favorites and for four years now we have had a wonderful family dinner paired with excellent wine. We had plenty of time to visit and are never rushed. A special evening on each visit and we will return again next year!
Second visit, food was as incredible as the first time, service was less impressive. Overall it's the best place in Eugene for a delicious, satisfying meal (at least the meat options are) in a restaurant with romantic ambiance.
Food was excellent - I had salmon, husband had surf and turf (steak Diane and lobster tail). Cocktails were exceptional. Very nice neighborhood atmosphere. Would definitely return.
The food was very good.. lunch sized and priced. The pickled veggies were amazing.
The talbes are very close together, and the first one we chose (by the window) was too wobbly so we changed. The server was very pleasant.
We so enjoyed everything from the beginning to the end. we started off with fresh bread, it tasted like it been baked that day! Kayla was the sweetest and suggested her favorite wine which, we loved. Our salad came out right away. The food was great like it been cooked with love. The Valentine's cake was perfect with a little heart cookie on the side; nice touch! We will be back! Loved it!
I feel like a fool. I have lived in the area for almost 4 years, and this was our first visit. This is the best dining experience I have had in Eugene. Everything was perfect. I could cut my rib eye with a fork. Enough said, just eat there!
Excellent food & service. Menu changes from time to time so new options become available.
Cafe soriah is one of THE best restaurants in the area! The chef cooks your main dish out front where everyone can see. The wait people are so friendly and welcoming. The food? Out of this world! Good sized potions as well. If you haven’t gone, GO!
Delicious food from this Eugene institution. Good drinks and decent service. The Lamb and Steak Diane were wonderful, flavorful, and very well served. Enjoy.
Great food! Hard to choose
Amazing food and great service. The steak Diane was so delicious!
Our waiter only came over 3 times. One to welcome us. 2 to ask if we wanted drinks. 3 to take our order. Didn’t see him again
The food was good as always, but maybe not as good as the last time I visited. They need to loose some tables and have larger tables (not enough room for appetizers) . It was VERY crowded which led to it being very very noisy. I could not hear the other 3 members of our party.
I have always enjoyed their Steak Dianne (and this visit was no exception) though I will note that in the past it had always included table side service. It was NOT included on my last visit so I (along with my party who had heard me rave about it all week) were a bit disappointed.
The meal was still great despite the subtraction of this much loved dinning experience.
Reliably great every time. Chef Ib is a local treasure.
Awesome, always awesome. I had the rack of lamb, my husband the rib-eye. Started with two different half-salads, a good size for a half, and had desserts. Food and service exemplary.
While I enjoyed the restaurant I do not enjoy the OPEN TABLE harassment of continually sending an email to evaluate my experience. I was unable to find a link to stop the harassment and so I am finally submitting this.
Excellent food; preparation and service. Steak Diane, their specialty was amazing along with the fluffy smooth mashed potatoes. The other entree was rack of lamb. Just as tasty. The service was exceptional. We've decided to go back for small plates the next time. Enjoyed the hummus, dolmas and baba ghanoush appetizer. That plus another small plate would make a nice dinner.
We made early (opening time) reservations and the hostess seated us in a dark noisy corner near the bar. She would not give us the vacant atrium table we wanted, instead she gave it to a walk-in couple a few minutes later. The reasoning that was so perfect to her was an insult to us. I wish I would have walked out. Been there before and it was a lot of fun. It will be a long time before I go back.
My son was down from Portland. He loved the Long Island Iced Tea. He ordered duck and loved it but wish it was served with risotto instead of potatoes.
Great food! Really the best in town. If you’d like a quiet restaurant experience don’t go on a weekend night. Packed and the tables are so close together. I could Hardly hear my date because of the noise. The service is awesome though and the food is amazing.
I love Cafe Soriah for dinner: The lamb dishes are the best I've ever eaten, especially the Lamb Mediterranean. All of the other dishes are excellent, too. The desserts are the best in town.
We always have the Calamari to start & save 1/2 of our entrees so we can have dessert. It's a fun, relaxing place to catch up with friends & family.
Yes yes yes!! Finally after decades of living in Eugene we went to a small friends dinner here. The food and the service were amazing. Best steak Diane I’ve ever had, and the prawns were also amazing. Small, cozy and romantic, but more tables than you expect. Definitely go!
Loved their Mediterranean food. Nice ambience. Great wine selection. Service people very friendly and helpful.
Been eating here for years. Great food, great ambiance. Just a gem of a restaurant.
We went here about a year ago and were underwhelmed. It has such a good local reputation that we gave it another chance and were delighted. Everything was wonderful. Only drawback is that it’s a little loud, but that didn’t detract from the food or the service. Will definitely be back!
My sister and brother-in-law were here visiting from out of town and we brought them to
the best dining establishment in Eugene. What a treat to be able to share with them an
absolutely perfect evening, superb food, stunning cocktails, excellent service, great
conversation and much laughter. Thank you
Big disappointment. Noise/music/loud other tables. Food was not as I remember it. Great "bar joint" but not for "special occasion" dinner . Seems menu was limited as well.
Awesome. Simply great food. Love the calamari, order it if it’s available.
All around great restaurant. Amazing food, impeccable service, and lovely ambiance.

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Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) is an information join protocol used to secure an immediate association between two hubs. It can give association validation, transmission encryption (utilizing ECP), and packing.
PPP is utilized over numerous sorts of physical systems including serial link, telephone line, trunk line, cell phone, specific radio connections, and fiber optic connections, for example, SONET. PPP is likewise utilized over Internet access associations. Web access suppliers (ISPs) have utilized PPP for client dial-up access to the Internet, since IP parcels can't be transmitted over a modem line all alone, without some information join protocol. Two subsidiaries of PPP, Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) and Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM (PPPoA), are utilized most ordinarily by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to build a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Internet administration association with clients. PPP is regularly utilized as an information connection layers protocol for association over synchronous and offbeat circuits, and there it holds up to a great extent superseded the more seasoned Serials Line Internet Protocols (SLIP) and the phone organization ordered benchmarks, (for example, Links Access Protocols, Balanced in the X.25 protocols suite). The main prerequisite for PPP is that the circuit gave is full duplex. PPP was intended to work out with various system layers protocols, containing Internet Protocols (IP), TRILL, Novell's Internetwork Packets Exchanges (IPX), NBFs, and the AppleTalk. PPP was planned to some degree after the first HDLC particulars. The planners of the PPP included numerous extra gimmicks that have been observed just in exclusive information join protocol up to the time.
RFC 2516 depicts Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) as a strategy for transmitting PPP over Ethernet that is now and then utilized with DSL. RFC 2364 portrays Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM (PPPoA) as a technique for transmitting PPP over ATM Adaptation Layer 5 (Aal5), which is additionally a typical option to PPPoE utilized with DSL. PPP is a layered protocol that has three segments:
One or more NCPS used to arrange discretionary setup parameters and offices for the system layer. There is one Network Control Protocol (NCP) for every protocol underpinned by PPP. Link Control Protocol (LCP) launches and ends associations nimbly, permitting hosts to arrange association choices. It is a vital piece of the PPP, and is characterized in a same kind of standard determination. LCP gives programmed setup of interfaces at each one end, (for example, setting the datagram's size, got away characters, and enchantment numbers) and for the selection of discretionary verification. The LCPs protocols run on top of the PPPs (with PPPs protocol numbers 0xc021). In this way an essential PPP association must be secured before LCP has the capacity arrange it. RFC 1994 depicts Challenge-handshake confirmation protocol (CHAP), which is favored for building dial-up associations with ISPs. Albeit censured, Password validation protocols (PAP) is still now and again utilized. After the connection has been secured, extra system (layer 3) design may happen. Most usually, the Internet Protocols Control Protocol (IPCP) is utilized, despite the fact that Internetwork Packet Exchange Control Protocols (IPXCP) and AppleTalk's Control Protocols (ATCP) were once exceptionally popular. Internet Protocols Version 6 the Control Protocols will see broadened use later on, when Ipv6 replaces Ipv4 as the overwhelming layers-3 protocol. PPP grants different system layer protocols to work on a same correspondence join. For each system layers protocol utilized, a different Networks Control Protocols (NCP) is given with a specific end goal to embody and arrange alternatives for the numerous system layer protocols. It arranges system layer data, e.g. system location or squeezing choices, after the association has been secured.
Case in point, Internet Protocols (IP) utilizes the IP Controls Protocols, and Internetworks Packets Exchange (IPX) utilizes the Novell IPX's Control Protocols. NCPS incorporate fields containing institutionalized codes to demonstrate the system layer protocol sort that the PPP association exemplifies.
The past area presented the utilization of LCP choices to meet particular WAN association necessities. PPP may incorporate the accompanying LCP alternatives:
The Protocol field shows the sort of payload parcel. The Information field contains the PPP payload; it has a variable length with an arranged greatest called the Maximum Transmission Unit. Naturally, the greatest is 1500 octets. It may be cushioned on transmission; if the data for a specific protocol could be cushioned, that protocol must permit data to be recognized from cushioning.
PPP edges are epitomized in a lower-layer protocol that gives encircling and may give different capacities, for example, a checksum to locate transmission mistakes. PPP on serial connections is typically epitomized in a surrounding like HDLC. The Flag field is available when PPP with HDLC-like confining is utilized.
The Address and Control fields dependably have the worth hex FF (for "all stations") and hex 03 (for "unnumbered data"), and could be precluded at whatever point PPP LCP Address-and-Control-Field-Compression (ACFC) is arranged. The casing check succession (FCS) field is utilized for figuring out if an individual edge has a slip. It contains a checksum processed over the casing to give essential assurance against lapses in the transmissions. That is the CRC code like the one utilized for other layers two protocol mistake assurance plans, for example, the one utilized as a part of Ethernet. As per RFC 1662,this might be the 16 bits (2 bytes) or the 32 bits in size. The FCS is computed over the Addresses, Control, Protocols, Information and the Padding fields after the message has been embodied.
The periods of the Points to Points Protocol are recorded beneath:
The stage happens when the connection comes up short, or one of the sides is advised to detach (client has completed his or her dialup associations.)
It is the place Link Control Protocols transaction is endeavored. On the off chance that fruitful, control goes either to the confirmation stage or the Network-Layered Protocols stage, contingent upon whether verification is wanted.
This stage is discretionary. It permits the sides to validate one another before an association is built. On the off chance that fruitful, control goes to the system layer protocol stage.
This stage is the place each one sought protocols' Network Control Protocols are conjured. For instance, IPCP is utilized as a part of making IP benefit above the line. Information transports for all protocols which are effectively begun with their system control protocols additionally happens in this stage. Shutting down of system protocols likewise happen in this stage.
It can cause the shut down this association. This might happen if there is a confirmation disappointment, if there are such a variety of checksum blunders that the two gatherings choose to tear down the connection consequently, if the connection abruptly falls flat, or if the client chooses to hang up his association.
PPP, acting as a second payer protocol at ends of tunnel:
Numerous protocols might be utilized to tunnel information over IP systems. Some of them, in the same way as SSL, SSH, or L2tp make virtual system interfaces and give the impression of an immediate physical associations between the shaft endpoints. On a Linux host for instance, these interfaces would be called tun0. As there are just two endpoints on a tunnel, the shaft is a point-to-point association and PPP is a common decision as an information connection layer protocol between the virtual systems interfaces. PPP can allocate IP locations to these virtual interfaces, and these IP locations might be utilized, for instance, to course between the systems on both sides of the shaft.
IPsec in burrowing mode does not make virtual physical interfaces at the end of the shaft, since the tunnel is taken care of specifically by the TCP/IP stack. L2tp might be utilized to give these interfaces; this method is called L2tp/IPsec. For this situation as well, PPP gives IP locations to the limits of the tunnel.
On the off chance that an association can't be secured, turn fittings stream CTS/RTS to off utilizing set ctsrts off. This is for the most part the situation when joined with some PPP-skilled terminal servers, where PPP hangs when it tries to compose information to the correspondence connection, and sits tight for a Clear to Send (CTS) signal which might never come. At the point when utilizing this choice, incorporate set ACCMAP as it might be obliged to annihilation fittings reliant on passing certain characters from end to end, more often than not XON/XOFF. Allude to PPP for more data on this alternative and how it is utilized.
Equality is situated at none be default, yet is utilized for lapse checking with an expansive increment in activity, on more seasoned modems. PPP may not come back to the order mode, which is generally an arrangement blunder where the ISP is sitting tight for arranging to start. As of right now, utilizing ~p will drive PPP to begin sending the arrangement data. In the event that a login incites never shows up, PAP or CHAP confirmation is probably needed. To utilize PAP or CHAP, add the accompanying choices to PPP before going into terminal mode:
On the off chance that packing or encryption is, no doubt utilized, then the PPP payload is not translated by Network Monitor. Packed or encoded payloads are demonstrated with the PPP protocol ID of 3d (accepting protocol ID pressure). To see the structure of client information inside PPP payloads, handicap pressure and encryption.
At the point when utilizing Network Monitor, remember the accompanying:
Received PPP casings don't contain a Flag character yet do contain an Ethernet-like source location and terminus address. This conduct is because of the way that Network Monitor gets the bundles from the Ndiswan.sys driver. Review that Ndiswan.sys is a moderate NDIS driver that resembles an Ethernet connector to protocols. For every PPP outline, the Ethernet-like source and objective locations are both situated to either SEND or RECV to demonstrate that the PPP edge was either sent or got by the machine on which the catch was taken. The SEND and RECV locations don't essentially distinguish the movement of a remote access server or remote access customer. In the event that the catch was undertaken the remote access server, then SEND edges was sent by the remote access server and RECV casings were sent by the remote access customer. On the off chance that the catch was tackled the remote access customer, then SEND casings were sent by the remote access customer and RECV edges were sent by the remote access server. Received PPP casings contain an Address or Control field paying little respect to whether address and control field squeezing are arranged.
Protocol ID clamping is generally arranged with Microsoft PPP associates, making the PPP Protocol ID a solitary byte when conceivable. Case in point, to view just the IPCP arrangement, set the showcase channels to impair the presentation of all protocols aside from IPCP.
This is how it's done;
Verifying PPP connection:
Here are the PPP CHAT configuration commands;
The PPP protocol is very important when it comes to cisco routers. The reason is that they are necessary for establishment of internet connections. So, one must understand of these so he doesn't face any problem while giving exams for cisco CCNA.
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The fundamental aim of ANCI’s activities is to represent and safeguard the municipalities’ interests, lobbying parliament, the government, regions, and Italian public administration and EU bodies.
· participates, through its own representatives, in every institutional office where decisions concerning the interests of local authorities are taken
· provides consultancy to municipalities, directly or through agreements or conventions
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· promotes studies and research on issues that affect municipalities and metropolitan cities, steering its own capacity to anticipate trends, changes and new critical situations in the public sector
· facilitates initiatives to disseminate knowledge of institutions, to improve civic education and to encourage the participation of citizens in municipal life
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|Posted By:||Tom Duncan|
|Subject:||Columbus County Heritage Book|
|Post Date:||September 29, 2004 at 05:02:25|
|Forum:||Columbus County, NC Genealogy Forum|
Some info from Gerri Lynn, the Columbus County Heritage Book Committee Chairperson.
Columbus County Heritage Book
The Columbus County Heritage Book is a great success, and our publishers tell us it is going to be a wonderful book!
Our heritage book has a history, government, education, and military section, as well as communities, churches, schools,” Faces and Places in Columbus” photo section, and approximately 800 family articles with photos submitted by the residents of Columbus County. We also have a special section written by the “Senior” citizens of Columbus……….their stories are delightful!
We have contracted a booth at the Columbus County Agricultural Fair (October 18-23) 2004. Come by and get a ticket to enter the drawing for a book, to be given away on Saturday, October 18, 2004 at 9.00pm.
As we are in the process of publication , we are holding a pre-publication sale until October 31, 2004. The pre-publication price is $53.00. Beginning November 1,2004 the price will increase to $63.50. If you know of anyone who would like to purchase a book, before the increase, now is the time to let them know about it. So pass the word around.!

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Article date: 1990/1/1
PubMed ID: 2154277
Journal name: Brain research (ISSN: 0006-8993)
Phenobarbital (PhB) was administered to pregnant mice during days 9-18 of gestation. [3H]Muscimol binding to cerebellum, [3H]flunitrazepam binding to cerebellum and olfactory bulb, and [3H]PK 11195 binding to olfactory bulb, heart and kidney were assay in the of offspring at 22 and 50 days of age. The chronic prenatal administration of PhB did not affect either gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors, central benzodiazepine receptors (CBR), or peripheral benzodiazepine binding sites (PBS) in these tissues. In the next stage of the study, we investigated a possible modulatory effect of chronic postnatal PhB treatment during days 2-21 of age on the same receptors measured at 22 and 50 days of age. PhB exposure of neonates resulted in a significant down-regulation of GABA receptors and CBR in the cerebellum and of PBS in the heart. The effects were demonstrated on day 22 of age and were undetectable by day 50 of age. CBR at the olfactory bulb and PBS at the olfactory bulb and kidney were not altered by the drug treatment. It is concluded that in utero exposure to PhB does not affect benzodiazepine receptor ontogenesis, and the effects of postnatal treatment are transitory only.
Author List: Fares F, Weizman A, Pick C G, Yanai J, Gavish M
Publication Types: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Substances mentioned in the article: Receptors, GABA-A; Muscimol; Flunitrazepam; Phenobarbital;
Mesh terms: Aging/metabolism; Animals; Brain/drug effects; Female; Flunitrazepam/metabolism; Male; Mice; Muscimol/metabolism; Phenobarbital/pharmacology; Pregnancy; Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; Receptors, GABA-A/drug effects;

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You might hear a lot about the word REPRESENTATION these days and not be sure what is meant by it. If you search the word online, some key definitions that may pop up are “1. the action of speaking or acting on behalf of someone or the state of being so represented. 2. the depiction of someone or something in a picture or other work of art.” The first definition is often thought of in terms of government representatives speaking on behalf of citizens. The second definition is simultaneously simple and complicated. Do you see yourself represented in the media around you? In other words, do you notice people on book covers, movie posters, in video games, etc. that look like you or share other attributes that you connect with? If your answer is “of course” and you are wondering why this is even a question, chances are you are being well-represented in the society and culture around you. Yet, for other individuals this is often not the case, and a good example of both definitions can be found in the historic event referred to as DEAF PRESIDENT NOW (DPN).
A week of rallies. A week of protests. Marches, meetings, bus barricades, locks, chants, signs, banners… students, staff, faculty, alumni, the media and more. Gallaudet University, the only university specifically designed to accommodate the Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing, was the center of the nation’s attention in March 1988. Why? A new president was being chosen. Wait… what? Who really notices their school president? What difference does it make? You already know the answer to those questions… REPRESENTATION.
For the 124 years it had been in existence, Gallaudet University had always had white, male, hearing presidents. When the latest in that long line announced his exit in the late 1980s, a search was put into place that resulted in three final candidates, a hearing woman and two Deaf men. The Board of Trustees was poised to announce the person selected on March 6, 1988. Prior to this date, many individuals expressed in many ways that it was time for a Deaf university to have a Deaf leader. This pressure for the Board to select a Deaf president included student rallies leading up to the announcement.
Despite everything, that is not what happened. The Board of Trustees failed to announce the selection publicly and in person, simply distributing flyers indicating that Elizabeth Zinser, the only hearing candidate, had been chosen as Gallaudet’s seventh president. Zinser had university experience but did not know sign language or have any understanding of Deaf culture. As the outgoing Student Body Government (SBG) president at the time, Tim Rarus, said in an interview, “It was like we had been punched right in the face… our spirits sank, obviously they didn’t understand how we felt, but then we started really getting angry.” One participant in video footage of the protests to follow shouted, “When Deaf people prepare to succeed, hearing people bring them down” and yet another lamented, “They’re still afraid that Deaf people can’t do it.” Gary Olson, the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) director at the time of the announcement, expressed that “This is the greatest insult to the Deaf people of America, twenty-six million of them, and they are disgusted” going on to say, “This shows that we are not the ones who are Deaf, but it is they, the Board, who are Deaf.” It was Gary who suggested that the students march to the Mayflower Hotel where the Board was staying to seek answers regarding their decision.
The walk to the Mayflower was the first mass Deaf march in history. Unfortunately, after arguing for three hours, the students were making no progress with the Trustees and returned to campus to draft their demands, which were as follows:
1. The selected president, Elizabeth Zinser, should resign and a Deaf president should be installed.
2. The chairman of the Board of Trustees, Jane Spilman, should step down.
3. The Board of Trustees should have a majority 51% Deaf members.
4. There should be no reprisals for (i.e., retaliation against) anyone involved with the protests.
When presented, the Board of Trustees ignored all of the student’s requests. This sparked a response of several marches to Capitol Hill in the following days. In the meantime, the protestors took actions on campus to shut down the dorms and the school, blocking administration from entering by locking gates and moving buses to act as barriers. Although this may sound haphazard, DPN was an incredibly well-organized protest. Four student leaders, known as the “BIG 4,” emerged as key figures in the event and mobilized their fellow students. Listed here (seen L to R in the below photo):
1. Tim Rarus (Class of 1988): Outgoing SBG president who served on the search committee for the new university president.
2. Brigetta Bourne-Firl (Class of 1989): Government major. Running mate to Jerry Covell. Joined forces with the other SBG individuals when the protest began.
3. Greg Hlibok (Class of 1989): Elected president of the SBG ONE DAY before the first rally leading up to the selection of the new university president.
4. Gerald “Jerry” Covell (Class of 1989): The candidate who ran against the newly elected SBG president (Greg Hlibok) known for his rousing speaking style.
The BIG 4 and their fellow students were not alone. They met daily with the faculty, staff and broader community through a council group that was formed. Outside organizations like the postal worker’s union showed support. The local Black community recognized their efforts by loaning students the same banner used in Civil Rights marches, reading “WE STILL HAVE A DREAM” as a powerful show of solidarity. Well-known Deaf celebrity Marlee Matlin stepped in as well, being interviewed on national news alongside Greg Hlibok (new SBG President), and Elizabeth Zinser, the newly appointed president.
A key turning point during the week of protests was the moment when one of the Deaf candidates for the position, I. King Jordan (pictured below), announced that he stood on the side of the students and supported their demands. Within days, President Zinser resigned, and I. King Jordan was selected to be the eighth president of Gallaudet University. The first condition was met! The rest soon followed. All four of the demands outlined by students were ultimately agreed to. I. King. Jordan captured what had transpired well in a speech following his installation, “I must give the highest praise to the students of Gallaudet for showing us exactly, even now, how one can seize an idea with such force that it becomes a reality.”
This empowering statement mirrors the change in many students during the events of Deaf President Now, which has a lasting impact to this day. All of Gallaudet’s presidents have been Deaf since, with I. King. Jordan serving in that role for close to 20 years. In an interview many years later, Bridgetta Bourne-Firl of the BIG 4 expressed that when the students had decided to act, many of them “had absorbed in their mind that they could not, that Deaf people are not able to do that… they didn’t have the tools to succeed, that somebody would always have to ‘be in charge of me,’ and it was really a shock. People felt so released from that oppression at that moment. It was very emotional.” Another student in the BIG 4, Jerry Covell, shared similar in an interview. Jerry relayed that he observed a “Deaf cannot” attitude among his peers at the time and stated, “They assumed such things because of what Deaf people did for work.” Following DPN, there was a marked shift in thinking and action in the Deaf community, with young people not needing to be convinced of their potential, and Deaf individuals of all ages pursuing professions they may have previously felt were beyond their reach. To quote Brigetta Bourne-Firi once more, “Deaf President Now is an American story. It’s not my story, or only the Deaf community’s story, or Gallaudet’s story, but an American Civil Rights story.”
Somewhat ironically, one of the biggest impacts of DPN was on the hearing population. The national media exposure drew attention to the Deaf community in a way that had not been seen before. The events of DPN opened the minds of the public and legislators to issues surrounding Deaf rights. This led to social change and new laws in the months and years to follow, most notably the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) only two years after the protest. It should also be noted that the reach of these events was not just national, but international. Collegiate programs for the Deaf started to be established overseas in Japan, Sweden, South Africa and beyond.
If the Deaf President Now protest had not occurred, you might not be reading this article right now. Instead, the new awareness raised about Deaf culture inspired many hearing people to learn American Sign Language, inevitably leading to ASL being recognized by many schools as a viable foreign language option. Sure, there is always room for more to be done, and the fight for the rights of traditionally underrepresented groups is a constant struggle, but as an ASL learner you are doing your part to move things in the right direction. By building connections through better communication, you are part of the solution. As the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson said, “The problem is not that the students do not hear. The problem is that the hearing world does not listen.” Thank you for listening.
Written by the ASLdeafined Director of Communications, Holly Smith, on May 20, 2021
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The moment when the pilot increases the throttle for take off (and you REALLY know you're about to take off), and especially that moment when the wheels completely leave the ground... and you're flying!
Avião Super Tucano feito pela Embraer
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Chinese super airlifter (1) - Pictures leaked on the Internet this past week indicate that it may be the next strategic transport aircraft developed for the Chinese Air Force ( PLAAF - People's Liberation Army Air Force ) .
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With chronic pain, your body continues to send pain signals to your brain, even after an injury heals. Chronic pain can limit your mobility and reduce your flexibility, strength, and endurance.
Building emotional skills can help you cope with any stress related to your condition.
The exact causes of chronic pain without injury aren’t well understood.

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Nutrition levels of pregnant women in rural India: 5 key takeaways from a new study
Majority of the pregnant women in rural India don't get access to medical facilities, says the independent survey done by three researchers associated with IIM-A and Ranchi University. We bring you the five takeaways from the study.
Less than half of the pregnant women in rural India get nutritious food, and the majority of pregnant women don't even have access to healthcare facilities, reveals a new study.
Conducted by Jean Dreze, professor, Ranchi University, Reetika Khera, associate professor, IIM Ahmedabad and Anmol Somanchi, a research associate with IIM-A, the study, titled Jaccha Baccha-Survey (JABS), reveals alarming data about pregnant women & childbirth in rural India.
It looked at six states: Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh.
In each state, the survey teams visited 10-12 randomly selected Anganwadi centres (spread over two blocks in the same district) and interviewed as many as possible of the pregnant and nursing women registered there: 342 and 364 respondents respectively.
Here are five main takeaways from the survey:
1. Frugal diets
According to the survey, only 22% of the nursing women reported that they had been eating more than usual during their pregnancy, as it is required. Just 31% said that they had been eating more nutritious food than usual. Only less than 50% of the nursing women reported eating nutritious food (e.g. eggs, fish, milk) “regularly" during pregnancy. It was just 12% in UP.
2. Insufficient maternity benefits
The study found that nursing women had spent close to ₹ 6,500, on average, on their last delivery. This amounts to more than a month’s wages for a casual labourer, in the survey areas.
Under the National Food Security Act 2013 (NFSA), all pregnant women are entitled to maternity benefits of ₹ 6,000, unless they already receive benefits as formal-sector employees. The researchers have argued that the central government ignored this for more than three years, before launching the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) in 2017. But even after PMMVY, things didn't really change. In August 2017, Ministry of Women and Child Development, which provides maternity benefits under PMMVY, restricted its financial support to the first live birth, and reduced benefits to ₹5,000 in a flagrant violation of NFSA.
3. Problems with PMMVY
An RTI query has revealed that only half of the eligible women have received PMMVY benefits in 2018-19. “Since 55% or so of pregnant women are not even eligible (because of the ‘first living child’ condition), this means that the effective coverage of PMMVY is just 22%”, said the study.
4. Special Needs Ignored
The surveyors were shocked to find how little attention was paid to the special needs of pregnancy – good food, extra rest and health care. Often, family members or even women themselves had little awareness of these special needs.
The survey reveals that 48% of pregnant women and 39% of nursing women in UP had no idea whether or not they had gained weight during pregnancy. Similarly, there was little awareness of the need for extra rest during and after pregnancy.
5. Dismal Health Services
The study infers that Pregnant and nursing women are acutely deprived of quality health care in rural areas. Many of them receive some basic services (e.g. tetanus injections and iron tablets) at the local Anganwadi or health centre, but they get very little beyond the basics Small ailments easily become a major burden, in terms of pain or expenses or both. At the time of delivery, women are often sent to private hospitals when there are complications.


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Immigration laws meet school privatizers in Florida, and it's love at first sight as Chinese tycoons pour big money into charters for HB-5 visas.
United States immigration laws met Florida charter schools, and it was love at first sight. Via Miami Today News:
Investment money is pouring into Florida from wealthy Chinese who find that Florida has exactly what they are looking for — and what they need to secure US green cards.
Chinese investors are taking advantage of the EB-5 investment visa program, the so-called "green card via red carpet," by putting millions into Florida's charter schools and an aquaculture farm in Central Florida.
Under the EB-5 program, through investments of at least $1 million — or $500,000 for "targeted employment areas" — foreign nationals are able to obtain legal residency in the US so long as the money they invest will help secure or create at least 10 full-time jobs.
A group of Chinese investors have put $30 million into the state's charter school program to date and are looking to invest three times that amount in the next year, Ilona Vega Jaramillo, director of international business development for Enterprise Florida, the state's economic development arm, said in a US-China roundtable discussion last week.
She would not name any of the investors, citing confidentiality.
Not that this comes as much of a surprise, but do we really want Chinese investors owning our children's education system? Republicans certainly don't, which is why they'll make sure their little darlings land in church schools after they voucherize the entire system.
Just remember where this scheme originated and who the governor was when you hear Republicans whining about the Chinese owning all our debt. I see Rick Scott has his priorities in the usual place -- his bank account.
As teachers in Philadephia try to unionize within the charter school system, ASPIRA schools throw hundreds of thousands of dollars away on union-busting efforts instead of spending it on students. Read more...
The Anonymous hacking group claims to have defaced almost 500 websites in China.
Targets hit in the mass defacement included government sites, its official agencies, trade groups and many others.
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Lighting is an important element of home decoration ideas. You can make an affirmation style and create warm atmosphere with your lighting choices. Lighting is one of the convenience factors. Bright is not enough, because of the special scheme that vision is not impaired. If you want to create a stunning dining room, use a different style of lighting to highlight different areas which able make a big difference. Your dining room furniture designs will get special luster of lighting effects.
The focus in the dining room is located at the dining table. Whatever food was served and interaction like whatever happens, it must be supported with flexible lighting. Before you decide to install lighting in dining room, plan lighting according to desired atmosphere. There are times when you will need to create a relaxed atmosphere and change the intensity of habits and choose the dim lights with yellow light may become a good idea. A simple step is to set lights with shades of colored lights and chandeliers to create the right effect. You need to create the right atmosphere so that you have an enjoyable evening.
One of lighting type which able applied in dining room is recessed light. There are some areas will give advantage of recessed lights location to highlight the object. Wall art designs will has high art value when it supports with spotlight or recessed light in certain area. A dining room will become a place which needs proper lighting intensity to create perfect atmosphere. Good effect will be reached by the best combination of light and decorative mirror which able give soft light spread to the whole of room. If you want to have formal looks in designing a dining room, you can choose chandelier or pendant light design ideas. Sparkling of crystal light will give dazzling light and add flickering into dining room.
Most popular dining room light fixtures can be installed using one type of lighting. It is also can be applied by using two lights combination. For example, you choose modern pendant light designs as main lighting and add some recessed light in the corner of ceiling. This light combination usage certainly makes the dining room too bright. So, you can choose where light which you need is. If you want to a light which focus in dining table, turn on the pendant light. And if you want to get dim light which focus in any object, you can turn on recessed lights only. It is all depends on the needs.
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Heaters and tire size
Q: In December 2015, I bought an Espar heater for my 2014 Western Star. I got it used from an independent truck garage. I don’t know how old it was, but the guy said he serviced it, and it worked fine. He gave me a good price and a one-year warranty. It worked great until a few days ago, when it just stopped working. I went back, and he’s no longer in business, so I Googled Espar for help. I couldn’t find it. I found Webasto, Eberspaecher, Air Tronic and a few more, but no Espar. I love the heater when it works, but now it won’t. What can I do?
A: You actually did find your heater online. A while ago, Espar changed its name to the name of the parent company, Eberspaecher of Esslingen, Germany. That’s the name the heaters have been sold as all over the world except in North America. In the interest of full disclosure, I worked for Espar in the early 1980s before I started consulting and writing.
The air heaters work by continuously burning very small amounts of diesel fuel in a combustion chamber that draws outside air to the furnacelike assembly and blows the exhaust through a pipe outside the cab. The fuel is drawn through an in-line filter, atomized and ignited to burn in the combustion chamber. Cab air is blown over the chamber and the heated air goes back to the cab.
The system, which is common to most diesel-fired cab heaters, has two parts that need periodic replacement: the fuel filter and the igniter.
On very rare occasion, the specialized fuel pump goes out.
When troubleshooting any device that uses electricity, make sure all wires and cables leading to the unit are corrosion-free and solidly connected and the unit is receiving at least 11 volts. Corrosion in wires or on connectors could be a problem. Don’t forget to check the leads to the controls and the fuel pump.
Assuming the wiring is good, and the minimum voltage is there, change the in-line fuel filter. If you had the unit for four years without servicing it, the filter is probably blocked.Cab heaters use tiny amounts of fuel, burning it very efficiently.
They run up to 20 hours on a gallon of diesel. That’s about 6½ ounces an hour, a tenth of an ounce a minute. The pulse pump delivers a finely measured supply that must go through a very small hose or the pump will be overwhelmed by backpressure. If you must replace it, use the special fuel line from the manufacturer. Follow installation instructions to avoid any downward stretches in the line. They could create air bubbles that could interrupt precise fuel flow.
Once the heater is running, the atomized fuel forms a continuous flame front, almost like a jet engine. But to get the heater started, the fuel needs a source of ignition. This is a glow plug or igniter, like a spark plug in a car. Over time, igniters burn out and need replacement. I would suggest checking the wiring and protecting connectors with dielectric grease every year when you winterize. Replace the filter and igniter every year or two, to keep your heater operating reliably when you need it.
Q: I have a 2011 Cascadia and I’m looking to buy a good 2015 or 2016 truck to replace it.
I found one I really like with good specs, but I’m not sure about the tires.
The problem is, I’ve always been a fan of big rubber. I run 11R24.5 now and have for years. They last a long time and perform well. But this new truck has 285/75R22.5s. They will probably need to be replaced in about six months. I found another truck that has good specs, including 24.5s, but I don’t like the cab nearly as much. I gross out a lot more than I cube out because I haul a lot to retail store warehouses. My question is, should I get the truck with the tall tires because of my loads or will the smaller tires work for me when I’m at full gross?
A: You’ll be spending your time inside the cab, so its features will be important to you. As long as the tires support the truck, which 22.5s surely do, you’ll be OK. With the legal distribution of 12,000 pounds on the steers and 34,000 on each tandem, the 285/75R22.5s will support the truck with 105 PSI in the front and 80 PSI in each drive tire. If you followed the tire manufacturer’s load-inflation tables, your 24.5s were at 95 PSI in the steers and 70 PSI in your drives, so you’ll be giving up a bit of ride comfort with the higher pressures. Will it be enough to notice? I doubt it.
It’s not the tire that supports the truck. It’s the air inside it. With more air volume, you don’t need as much pressure.
That’s why smaller tires with less volume need higher pressures.
Since the truck you like will be needing new rubber soon, you can keep your 22.5 wheels and go to the next size up, 295/80R22.5. They’ll let you drop steer tire air pressure to 90 PSI so you’ll feel less road shock through the steering wheel. You’ll also get slightly more tire life, but not as much as with the 24.5s. Offsetting this is that the tires weigh less and cost less, and the federal tax on tires is based on tire weight so that, too, will be less.
Whenever you change tire sizes, make sure to reprogram the drive for your speedometer and odometer. Revolutions per mile differ, so you don’t want to think you’re cruising at 68 when you get nailed for going over 70 or you think you’re making time at 68 when you’re actually going slower. LL


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Black History Month 2019: FLAVNT Streetwear
“Tell us about FLAVNT.”
FLAVNT Streetwear (pronounced “flaunt”) is an LGBTQIA+ clothing line founded by Chris and Courtney Rhodes, twins from Austin, TX. Chris is a trans man and Courtney is a lesbian, so we wanted to create a brand for and by queer people that could also give back to our community, in the form of fundraising partnerships. We are currently on our 12th fundraising partnership (10 of which have been with trans masculine individuals, and 2 have been with trans feminine individuals), and in the last 4 years have raised over $22,000 for those 12 people. We design all of our merchandise ourselves, print the majority of our clothing by hand in our studio in Austin, and have turned our graphic design degrees into a fun and meaningful career path for us both.
We sell clothing such as shirts, hoodies and sweatshirts, and joggers, as well as a line of Bareskin binders.
“How did your company start?”
FLAVNT was born at Austin Pride in 2013, Chris was wearing a shirt that he had made with the phrase “pretty boy” on it, and was approached by dozens of individuals at Pride asking where he had gotten it — this made us realize that there were a lot of people who identified with this phrase that he identified with and that maybe we were onto something. Fast forward a couple of months and FLAVNT was officially founded in April of 2014: the name FLAVNT came from the idea of this brand being about being proud of who you are and flaunting that.
“It’s clear philanthropy is an integral part of your company. Can you speak a little bit about that?”
As mentioned, we partner with trans individuals seeking gender-affirming surgeries. We seek these partnerships through an application process, then work to get the whole community to rally behind this one person and make their goals of this life-changing surgery feasible. It was important to us to do these partnerships with one individual at a time because it creates urgency, lets people get invested and feel as if they want to follow along in this journey with someone at a pivotal moment of their transition. A lot of trans folx don’t have the support of family, friends, or community, so this program builds that for them. 15% of all of our sales go toward our current fundraising partner, and usually these fundraisers last anywhere between 3-6 months.
“Who are some other trans or LGBTQ entrepreneurs that inspire you?”
Aydian Dowling of Point 5cc and Point of Pride has always been someone we have admired. He has been a great role model within the community, also running a philanthropic clothing line and putting his time and energy, and using his platform, to give back in ways that we think are incredibly important.
“What do trans people of color need to hear today?”
We think that trans people of color need to be heard more than need to hear something from non-POC members of the LGBTQIA+ community. We want to be able to use our platform, and our partnerships, to help lift up and assist our POC LGBTQIA+ siblings whenever we can, and show them that they are an integral part of the community (hell, we wouldn’t be here without the POC Trans Women at places like Stonewall that paved the way for all of us where we are today). We want to make sure we always allow them the space they shouldn’t have to fight so hard for, and exalt the voices of all of our community members, especially the POC individuals who are often overlooked in society in general.
Written by Point of Pride
Point of Pride provides financial aid and direct support to trans folks in need of health and wellness care.