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Oodnadatta to Alice Springs
The Central Australia Railway extended from Port Augusta, in South Australia, to Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory.
Work on the first section of this railway was commenced by the South Australian Railways (SAR) in 1878, and it was opened to Quorn in 1879. Under South Australian Railways the 3 ft. 6 in. gauge railway, known as the Great Northern Railway, was extended in stages and reached Oodnadatta in 1891.
The South Australian Government subsequently made offers to several syndicates to construct a line north from Oodnadatta to Pine Creek on the land grant system, however negotiations were unsuccessful and Oodnadatta remained the railhead.
This railway passed to Commonwealth ownership on 1 January 1911, but continued to be operated by the South Australian Railways until the Commonwealth Railways took over operations on 1 January 1926.
The Commonwealth Government also undertook the extension of the railway to Alice Springs, and this was completed in 1929.
In the years following World War II large tonnages of coal were railed from Leigh Creek and heavy demands were placed on the railway.
In many ways the original line was inadequate; sharp curves and heavy gradients limited train loads, whilst light track and bridges restricted speeds and axle loads.
Consequently a new railway, of 4 ft. 8½ in. gauge, was constructed to avoid the heavier graded terrain, and extended from Stirling North, via Telford (Leigh Creek) to Marree.
Completed in 1957, the new line enabled much larger quantities of coal to be carried.
The old 3 ft. 6 in. gauge line between Marree and Hawker was closed, but between Stirling North and Hawker it was retained and used to a limited extent for some years.
The track between Stirling North and Hawker was closed in 1972 and the section between Stirling North and Quorn handed over to the operations of the Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society.
The country traversed by the 3 ft. 6 in. section of the Central Australia Railway from Marree to Alice Springs was subject to periodic flooding, and rarely a year passed without washaways and traffic disruptions.
It was eventually decided that a railway constructed on higher terrain further west of the existing line would offer a route less subject to flood damage, and so a 4ft. 8½ in. gauge railway, between Tarcoola and Alice Springs was constructed causing the narrow gauge section of the original Central Australia Railway to be closed in 1981.
|15.12.1879||Section from Port Augusta to Quorn opened - 24 miles 46 chains (39 km) long|
|28.6.1880||Section from Quorn to Hawker opened - 40 miles 58 chains (65 km) long|
|17.5.1882||Section from Beltana to Farina opened - 54 miles 62 chains (88 km) long|
|7.2.1884||Section from Farina to Hergott Springs (Marree) opened - 32 miles 59 chains (52 km) long|
|1.2.1888||Section from Hergott Springs to Coward Springs opened - 80 miles 7 chains (128 km) long|
|1.6.1889||Section from Coward Springs to William Creek opened - 45 miles 17 chains (72 km) long|
|1.11.1889||Section from William Creek to Warrina opened - 67 miles 18 chains (108 km) long|
|7.1.1891||Section from Warrina to Oodnadatta opened - 54 miles 39 chains (87 km) long|
|1.1.1911||line from Port Augusta to Oodnadatta passed to Commonwealth Government ownership but continued to be operated by the South Australian Railways until 1926|
|1.1.1926||Commonwealth Railways took over operations of the line|
|23.12.1928||Section from Oodnadatta to Rumbalara opened - 170 miles 64 chains (274 km) long|
|2.8.1929||Section from Rumbalara to Alice Springs opened - 122 miles 14 chains (196 km) long|
|7.3.1957||Section from Beltana to Brachina closed|
|27.7.1957||Section from Leigh Creek to Marree closed|
|17.7.1958||Section from Brachina to Leigh Creek closed|
|1.6.1972||Section from Port Augusta to Hawker closed|
|1981||Section from Marree to Alice Springs closed|
This section contains information about the Central-Australia Railway narrow gauge Oodnadatta to Alice Springs railway.
Wire Creek (501 m) -- Todmorten (501 m)
Mount Ertiva (761 m) -- Mount Ertwa (761 m)
This location seems to have been rather confused about what it was actually named. It sometimes appears as "Mt Ertwa" and at others as "Mt. Ertiva". Given that "Mt. Ertwa" is the name of a mountain approx 40 miles south-west of Alice springs it is likely that the correct spelling of the location should be "Mt. Ertwa".
|1.11.1943||Mount Ertiva [WTT 1.11.1943]|
|29.8.1949||Mount Ertiva 761 m [WTT 29.8.1949]|
|6.1953||Mount Ertwa 761 m [SAR PTT 6.1953]|
|15.12.1954||Mount Ertwa [WTT 15.12.1954]|
Alice Springs (771 m 11c) -- Alice Springs 1335.00 km

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Are you an animal lover, but an allergy sufferer? Fear not, having allergies doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the companionship of a pet. In fact, there are several pets out there that you can welcome to the family without worrying about your allergies flaring up. Here are 7 perfect pets for people with allergies, so you, too, can experience the joy of owning a pet – without the sniffs and sneezes!
1. Sphynx Cats
When asked to think of hypoallergenic pets, most people immediately conjure up a mental image of this iconic animal: the Sphynx cat. This distinctive-looking cat breed appears to be completely naked, but that’s not the case. Sphynx cats aren’t entirely hairless, but rather have a very thin coat of fine hair that feels silky and almost like soft suede. Think peach fuzz!
Because of their lack of fur, they produce fewer allergens, which makes them a perfect pet for allergy-prone cat lovers. In addition to their allergy-safe status, Sphynx cats are one of the most affectionate cat breeds out there. What’s not to love?
2. Bichon Frise
Bichon Frises are small, fluffy dogs that have a hypoallergenic coat that doesn’t shed, which on top of making them a low-maintenance dog breed, makes them a perfect pet for people with allergies.
The Bichon Frise is a small dog breed that has a medium-length coat of silky fur with corkscrew curls. These adorable little canines are known for their affectionate personality, gentle nature, and cheerful and playful temperament, which makes them a great pet option for kids and families.
3. Guinea Pigs
Sometimes allergies are so severe that owning a cat or a dog is simply not possible, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have any other furry friend options. You might just need to think a little smaller. Enter the guinea pig!
Guinea pigs are one of the most popular pet options for several reasons, including their compatibility with those who have allergies. These adorable rodents are low-maintenance, sociable, have fun personalities, and are pretty easy to care for. Because they have short hair, they produce fewer allergens compared to other small animals, plus they generally don’t free roam, so the areas of your home that could be ‘contaminated’ with allergens are minimized.
4. Devon Rex Cats
This next pet is a unique and charming cat breed with a curly coat of soft short hair. Thanks to this curly coat, the Devon Rex sheds less dander than cats with fur and is known to cause fewer reactions in people with allergies.
Devon Rex cats basically look like Sphynx cats that are covered in a layer of short curly hair. They are also very active and playful and have amazing personalities that have been described as “a cross between a cat, a dog, and a monkey”. They really are wonderful cats.
5. Portuguese Water Dogs
By now, you may be thinking that allergy-safe pets equal small breeds, but this next pet is the perfect option for allergy sufferers who love bigger breeds. Please, welcome to the post, the Portuguese water dog! This breed is officially classed as medium-sized dogs as they generally measure in at around 17 – 23 inches depending on whether it’s male or female.
Portuguese water dogs are covered in hair that falls in tight compact curls, and they have no undercoat. Both factors mean they don’t shed, so the risk of their hair triggering your allergies is extremely minimal – although their grooming requirements are pretty intense! This beautiful dog is also known for its intelligence and loyalty and makes an especially great pet for people who enjoy outdoor activities.
Again, let’s step away from the cat vs. dog comparison and look further afield, or rather, further afloat. Fish can be a good option for people with allergies because they don’t have fur or produce any dander, both of which are common allergens. And don’t think that fish don’t make for good pets because they really do. In fact, there are some fish breeds that have huge personalities and – depending on the breed – are completely beginner friendly.
However, it’s important to note that some people can be allergic to fish. Though rare, fish allergies do exist. To make sure that you’re not one of these unlucky few, it’s recommended that you go visit an aquarium or spend some time around fish to see if you have an allergic reaction before taking the plunge. Fun fact for you: people are more at risk of being allergic to fish food than they are to fish.
And last but definitely not least, is the snake. Snakes don’t have any fur, feathers, or fluff, and they don’t produce any dander, which makes them a wonderful pet option for allergy sufferers. If the idea of owning a pet snake makes your skin crawl, take a deep breath and consider the following:
- Most snake breeds are super low maintenance, forget constant demands for attention and a long list of exercise requirements
- If space is an issue, a snake could be the solution, as they can happily thrive in their appropriately sized enclosure and don’t need any extra space to roam
- Snakes are calm and quiet and do not make any loud noises, which is perfect for people who like peaceful environments
- A snake is a friend for life – with the average corn snake living for 10 to 15 years, a snake is one of those animals that have long life spans
Similar to the above-mentioned pet option, though it’s not at all as common as a dog or cat allergy, snake allergies can exist. Some people may find that they’re allergic to the proteins found in a snake’s skin or its saliva, so it’s best to slither over to a reptile exhibit – with antihistamines at the ready!

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Jack Grealish and Phil Foden have been warned about their off-field behaviour by Pep Guardiola after the Manchester City forwards were dropped for Sunday’s trip to Newcastle. The England pair had impressed in the 7-0 demolition of Leeds United at the Etihad Stadium five days earlier.
But Grealish and Foden were both left on the substitutes’ bench for the 4-0 win at St James’ Park and Guardiola made it clear that his team selection had nothing to do with rotation. Grealish and Foden are understood to have gone out together after the Leeds game on Tuesday night but City were unhappy with the condition in which they reported the next day for a recovery session.
Guardiola was in Barcelona on Wednesday to attend Sergio Aguero’s retirement announcement and it is understood that the manager was left distinctly unimpressed when the news was relayed to him. And the City manager left Grealish and Foden in no doubt that he will not tolerate a repeat with his remarks after the Newcastle match.
Asked why he made changes for the game, Guardiola said: “It was not rotation, no. I decided on this team because they deserved to play today, these guys and not the other ones. At Christmas time I pay a lot of attention to behaviour on and off the pitch. And when off the pitch is not proper, they are not going to play.
“So we have to be focussed all the time because of distractions at Christmas time and everything that happens – you have to still be focussed.”
In a separate interview after the game, Guardiola reiterated his point about rotation having no bearing on his selection and the importance of players behaving properly.
“I didn’t rotate today,” he said. “If the players believe I rotated for that game they are mistaken. I decide the best team today for the way they play. We needed a different pace for the players and that’s why they play.
“I don’t know if we are going to play Leicester [on Boxing Day], unfortunately they have a lot of [Covid] cases, hopefully they are getting better. It depends what we see in the training sessions and it depends what we see on and off the pitch - how the players behave in this period - and I will take a decision.”
Grealish had scored only his third goal in City colours following his £100 million move from Aston Villa against Leeds, with Foden kick-starting the hammering with a goal in the eighth minute.

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In my effort to get caught up after being woefully behind on posts, here’s one from about a month ago. As it is that time of year, where stalks of brussels sprouts start appearing in stores, we have been enjoying them roasted. Roasted sprouts are wonderful, but they can get a little old, so after some internet digging, I found this wonderful recipe for dijon braised brussels sprouts. As a side note, if you have some time, check that blog out-the recipes look great and the pictures are wonderful.
For clarity (and to include alterations) the recipe will appear here as well.
~1 lb brussels sprouts
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp olive oil
Black pepper (or white)
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 cup chicken stock
2-3 shallots, thinly sliced
2 tbsp heavy cream
2+ tbsp smooth dijon mustard
1 tbsp country style dijon (or other mustard seed mustard)
2 tbsp chopped Italian parsley
Clean and half sprouts. Heat oils in wide skilled over medium heat, and place sprouts, cut side down in the pan. Season lightly with salt and pepper, and allow to brown (may take about 5 minutes-keep an eye on them). We failed a measuring the first time, so ended up with closer to 2 or 3 lbs of sprouts. If this happens to you, just work in batches. After sprouts have browned, add shallots. After another 30 seconds or so, deglaze with wine. Add stock, bring it all to a simmer. Reduce heat and lid, then simmer gently about 15-20 minutes. Sprouts should be tender, but not mushy. Remove lid, remove sprouts (to build the sauce). Add cream and whisk sauce together until thickened slightly. Whisk mustards in, tasting and adjusting seasoning as needed. Once the sauce is ready you can either pour the sauce over the sprouts in the serving bowl (formal) or just dump sprouts back in to pan to coat with sauce (informal). Either way, sprinkle parsley over the top and serve.
This is a great side dish to serve with pork or poultry. If you want to take this a different direction, you could use cognac instead of the wine. In the future, we’ll probably use half a stalk of sprouts for roasting, then keep the remainder on the stalk for later in the week, when we’ll do this.

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The application has been developed as part of the government's 'Digital India' programme, it added.
ITPO has for the first time introduced an online space booking system, the ministry said.
Besides, online sale of tickets has also been mainstreamed for all days of IITF. Earlier, the facility was available only for business days.
"The number of online ticket sales has increased from 2,896 to 15,574 till Monday," the statement said.
Noting that the recent demonetisation decision has given further fillip to Digital India initiatives, the Commerce Ministry said that in order to assist small scale enterprises, artisans and exhibitors, ITPO has tied up with the State bank of India, Axis Bank, Paytm and Free-Charge to enable cashless transactions.


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With the vibrant indie music scene in Australia and New Zealand constantly outshining much of the output from their British and American cousins, Little Indie picks our weekly bunch of some of the best new tracks on offer.
JOSIE MOON - AFTER HOURS
21-year-old Wellington, NZ singer/songwriter and producer follows her single 'Satellite' released last year, and upcoming five-track ‘Rose Tinted’ EP from which this new electronic pop cut is taken. Glorious opening, and Josie's compelling vocal eases its way over a subtle base and understated instrumentation for just over three minutes that look like becoming her breakout 197 seconds.
HANNAH CAMPBELL - RUN LIKE WOLVES
Hannah Campbell is another female singer-songwriter, this time from Melbourne. Although this indie folk-pop artist's style is much different, yet as equally listenable. Hannah follows last year's debut EP ‘For Your Love’ with this beautifully catchy single (released July 6) of powerful lyrics - about femininity, strength and empowerment, inspired by the book Women who Run with the Wolves, by Dr Clarissa Pinkola Estes - and Hannah's delightfully melodic voice.
KINDER - WHAT YOU'RE LIKE
Sydney-via-New South Wales-based sister DJ duo, Briony and Savannah Osei, make their debut here as artists. Blending soulful vocals with a sunny afrobeat groove and a glimmer of guitars that are perfectly geared for summer dancefloors. "Putting out this song is like a weight off my shoulders, letting my emotions all out. It's about bottling up how upset I was with a person, someone who became so significant for the wrong reasons.”
NITERUNNER - STAY TONIGHT
Credit: Georgia Hagemeijer
Following ‘Without You’ from earlier this year, this is the dreamy synth-pop new single from Brisbane/Byron Bay sibling trio, out now on Stoney Roads Records. Daniel (synth), Andrea (vocals) and Cale (drums) Suesskow combine in mesmeric style through perfectly attuned arpeggiated synths, reverbed beats, and Andrea’s ethereal vocals.
DEMI MITCHELL - FICTION FROM FACT
Released July 17, the songstress from Newcastle, New South Wales, returns after her earlier 'Medicine Woman' debut and 'Man Of My Mind’ single, bringing her Americana-esque voice, backed by a metronome rhythm and layered guitar hooks to this melancholic alt-country track, taken from her upcoming album ‘The Overflow’, out July 30. Using songwriting as a means of catharsis and self-growth, the song, she says, is "about breaking out of unhealthy relationships, shedding your skin and rediscovering yourself on the other side."
TORA - WOULDN'T BE THE SAME (feat Keelan Mak)
Released July 13, Byron Bay's alt-electronica outfit return with a new single - their first new material since last year’s ‘Take A Rest’ debut - featuring fellow Aussie Keelan Mak. The amount of plays the track has received through its online platforms - a lot, let's say - shows they are worth a punt as 'one to watch'. Sliding in somewhere between James Blake and Glass Animals, this track captures a slinky essence of R&B, with vocals by both vocalist Jo Loewenthal and Mak hypnotically drizzled over ricocheting rhythms.

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|Case Number:||Criminal Case 24 of 2017|
|Parties:||Republic v Martin Nyongesa Wafula|
|Date Delivered:||29 Oct 2020|
|Court:||High Court at Bungoma|
|Judge(s):||Stephen Nyangau Riechi|
|Citation:||Republic v Martin Nyongesa Wafula  eKLR|
|Case Outcome:||Accused guilty as charged|
|Disclaimer:||The information contained in the above segment is not part of the judicial opinion delivered by the Court. The metadata has been prepared by Kenya Law as a guide in understanding the subject of the judicial opinion. Kenya Law makes no warranties as to the comprehensiveness or accuracy of the information|
REPUBLIC OF KENYA.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA
CRIMINAL CASE NO. 24 OF 2017
MARTIN NYONGESA WAFULA.........................................................ACCUSED
The accused MARTIN NYONGESA WAFULA is charged with the offence of Murder contrary to Section 203 as read with Section 204 of the Penal Code. The particulars of the offence being that; On the 24th July 2017 at Lunao village, Mitua Location in Bungoma North Sub-County within Bungoma County murdered JACOB YESULIE SHIKUKU
Pw1 Petronila Namukuru is the wife of Geoffrey who is the brother of the deceased Jacob Yesulie Shikuku. She sells changaa at her home. On 27.7.2017 she was in her house with Jacob the deceased at 9p.m. when 4 people came; Martin (the accused) Peter and 2 girls. When the accused and his party arrived, a quarrel ensured between the deceased and accused. The accused, Peter and the 2 girls left the house saying they were going to a funeral. The deceased then left the house after about 30 minutes. Shortly after she heard one Morine shouting that “don’t beat him.” she went out only to find the deceased walking towards the house saying Martin had finished him. She observed deceased and saw he was bleeding. They put him on a Motor cycle and took him to Hospital. On the way the Motor cycle ran out of fuel and deceased died at Musengi Trading Centre.
Pw2 Wycliffe Nyongesa Sabuni a step-brother of the deceased was at the house of Petronila (Pw1) drinking changaa. At 9.00p.m. Martin, Peter and 2 girls who appeared drunk came. There was a slight commotion and Martin, Peter and the 2 girls went out. The deceased also left. After a short while he heard Morine shouting that deceased had been injured. He went out with Patricia and Geoffrey and found deceased had been stabbed on the chest. He was taken to Hospital but died on the way. On being cross-examined by Kundu for the accused he testified that the quarrel was between deceased, Peter and Martin, He testified that it is Morine who told him that it is Martin (accused) who stabbed deceased.
Pw4 Shakilla Juma was in his house when he heard screams from outside. He ran there and saw the accused slap the deceased. The deceased picked a stick and hit the accused. He then saw Winnie who was with accused being hit by another girl. That girl removed a knife and aimed to stab Winnie. Accused disarmed the girl of the knife which he then used to stab deceased. Deceased started crying and people dispersed. Accused then ran away. He screamed and people came to the scene. They took deceased to hospital but died on the way. He stated that he was able to see the accused stab deceased using the light from the moonlight.
Pw5 Peter Juma Nalianya was with the deceased at the home where changaa was being sold. While there drinking, the accused came with 2 girls. Accused bought changaa for Kshs.200. They drunk. Accused then started to go away with the 2 girls but deceased held one of the girls as he did not want her to go. The girl fell from a motorbike. Accused and deceased started fighting. Deceased picked a stick and hit the accused. Accused then took a knife from Mary one of the girls he was with and stabbed deceased. The deceased was taken to Hospital but died on the way. On being cross-examined by Kundu for the accused, he testified that he was with the 2 girls, accused, and his sister and he saw accused stab the deceased.
Pw6 Miriam Nelima Wekesa testified that on 24.7.2017 she, was with accused, Mary and Caro at a campaign rally where they were given Kshs.1,000/=. They decided to go and get change in a homestead where changaa was being sold. They bought changaa and drunk. She left but as she was leaving, she heard the accused say “you are beating Peter.” She then saw accused remove a knife and stab the deceased. Geoffrey who was with them tied the deceased with a sweater to stop bleeding. They put the deceased on accuseds Motorcycle but the rider was not accused. They took him to Hospital but died on the way. On being cross-examined by Kundu, she testified that she was with accused, Mary and Caro. She confirmed that before the stabbing, the accused quarreled with the deceased. She was able to see clearly as there was moonlight.
The accused on being put on his defence gave Sworn evidence. He testified that on 23.7.2017 he had gone to his place of work where he removes river sand from the river. He later went to a construction site where he slept. On 24.7.2017 his wife called him to go home. He did not go. On 26.7.2017 she called again on 1.8.2017 he was arrested by Police officers who took him to Mukuyuni Police Station where he was informed of the present charges. He denied that on 24.7.2017 he was with Mary Jacob (deceased) or Wycliff, though he knew them.
Mr. Kundu for the accused filed written submission. He submitted that in this case the Prosecutor has to prove that the accused was at the scene of the murder, and that he is the one who stabbed deceased with result that he died from the injuries; finally the prosecution was to establish the existence of malice aforethought. Counsel submitted that while there is no dispute on the death of the deceased, several people were arrested as suspects including ones who testified as prosecution witnesses. He submitted that the prosecution witnesses did not place the accused at the scene of crime; no murder weapon was traced to the accused and consequently the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.
Pw3 Dr. Patrick Musita who performed a Post Mortem on the body of the deceased on external examination the deceased had abrasion injuries on lower leg, penetrating chest injury 4cm between the 7th and 8th rib extending to the diaphram with left lung injured. From the examination he formed opinion that cause of death was bleeding as a result of the penetrating injury to the Chest. He therefore established the fact and cause of death of the deceased.
The second ingredients of the offence of murder which the prosecution must prove, besides the unlawful act or omission is that it is the accused who committed the unlawful act or caused the injuries that lead to the death of deceased. The prosecution must lead evidence to positively identify the accused as the person who committed the offence. The accused in this case gave his defence in which he stated that he was not at the scene of the crime. He testified that at the time the offence was committed on 24.7.2017 he was at a construction site far from home. He therefore contends that he is not guilty as he could not be at two places at the same time.
In our Criminal Justice system the prosecution is under a duty to prove all the ingredients of the offence. The burden of proof of the guilt of the accused rests with the prosecution throughout the trial except where there are admission or the burden of proof is by law shifted to the accused. In Charles Anjare Mwamusi -Vs- Republic CRA No.226 of 2002 the court of Appeal states; Quoted with proved In Benard Odongo Okutu -Vs- Republic  eKLR.
109. On Issue 6, the appellant claims that his defence of alibi was not considered in his favour. On the Appellant’s defence of alibi, the appellant complained that his defence of alibi was not considered by the trial magistrate. In the case of Charles Anjare Mwamusi V. R CRA No. 226 of 2002 the Court of Appeal stated:
“An alibi raises a specific defence and an accused person who puts forward an alibi as an answer to the charge preferred against him does not in law thereby assume any burden of proving that answer and it is sufficient if an alibi introduces into the mind of a court a doubt that is not unreasonable Kiarie V. Republic (1984) KLR 739 at page 745 paragraph 25.”
110. I thus take cognizance of the principle that by setting up an alibi defence, the accused does not assume the burden of proving the alibi- see Ssentale vs. Uganda  EA 36-. The foregoing was restated in the case of Wang’ombe vs. Republic [1976-80] 1 KLR 1683 where it was stated “the prosecution always bears the burden of disproving the alibi and proving the appellant’s guilt.”
111. However, this defence should also be raised at the earliest opportune time as was held in the case of R VS SUKHA SINGH S/O WAZIR SINGH & OTHERS (1939) 6EACA 145 that:
“ if a person is accused of anything and his defence is an alibi, he should bring forward that alibi as soon as he can because, firstly, if he does not bring it forward until months afterwards, there’s naturally a doubt as to whether he has not been preparing it in the interval, and secondly, if he brings it forward at the earliest possible moment, it will give prosecution an opportunity of inquiring into that alibi and if they are satisfied as to its genuineness proceedings will be stopped.”
112. And in the case of Victor Mwendwa Mulinge vs Republic, the Court of Appeal rendered itself on the issue of alibi thus:-
“It is trite law that the burden of proving the falsity, if at all, of an accused’s defence of alibi lies on the prosecution; see Karanjavs Republic, this court held that in a proper case, a trial court may, in testing a defence of alibi and in weighing it with all the other evidence to see if the accused’s guilty is established beyond all reasonable doubt, take into account the fact that he had not put forward his defence of alibi at an early stage in the case so that it can be tested by those responsible for investigating and thereby prevent any suggestion that the defence was an afterthought”
Where an alibi defence has been raised by the accused, the prosecution can disapprove the same by leading evidence that places the accused at scene of crime. This can be done by eye witness evidence, electronic evidence for instance CCTV images, or mobile phone technology location, or by establishing the accused made mobile phone communication from that vicinity and therefore would not have been at the place he alleges he was, or by vehicle tracking technology.
In this case the Prosecution called Pw1 Petronila Namukuru (Pw1) who testified that accused, together with Peter and 2 girls came to her house where she was selling changaa on 24.7.2017. Accused started quarrelling with the deceased over one of the girls. Pw2 Wycliffe Nyongesa Sabuni testified that he was at the house of Pw1 and saw accused Peter and 2 girls come to the house. This is the same evidence given by Pw4 Shakilla Juma, Pw5 Peter Juma Pw6 Miriam Nelima Wekesa. Miriam (Pw6) testified that indeed they had been in the campaign where they were given Kshs.1000 and they went to look for change in the house of Pw1 Petronila who insisted they buy changaa first.
All these witnesses knew the accused well and their evidence that he was with them is in my view credible. The evidence of these witnesses place the accused at the scene where the offence occurred and therefore has displaced his alibi. The other ingredients that the prosecution must establish is whether it is accused who inflicted the injuries from which the deceased died. Pw4 Shakilla Juma testified that he heard screams and ran there. On arrival he saw the deceased pick a stone and hit the accused. The accused then took a knife from one the ladies called Winnie and went to where deceased was and stabbed him near the hip. Deceased started crying and then accused ran away. He was able to see the events using the light from the moonlight.
Pw6 Miriam Nelima testified that she heard screams and when she went there she saw the accused remove a knife and stab the deceased on the ribs. One Geoffrey who was with them tied the deceased with a sweater to stop bleeding. They put the deceased on accused’s motorcycle using another rider to take the deceased to Hospital but died on the way. She was able to see what was happening using the moonlight.
Pw5 Peter Juma who was with the accused and deceased testified that the accused and deceased started fighting over a girl who was with the accused and the deceased. The deceased picked a stick and hit the accused. The accused got a knife from one of the girls and stabbed the deceased on the abdomen. He was able to observe and see what happened with the help of the moonlight. All these witnesses were with both the accused and deceased on the material night. They testified that there was a fight between the accused and deceased. They were outside and were able to see what happened by use of moonlight. The witnesses Pw4 Pw5 and Pw6 saw the accused stab the deceased on the material night. There was sufficient moonlight to enable them see what happened. They were consistent and credible witnesses. I am satisfied that it is accused who stabbed the deceased inflicting the injuries from which he died.
Upon considering all the evidence I am satisfied that the prosecution has proved the offence of Murder against the accused. I find accused Martin Nyongesa Wafula guilty of the offence of Murder contrary to Section 203 as read with Section 204 of the Penal Code and convict him accordingly.
Dated at Bungoma this 29th day of October, 2020

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This past February marks the two-year anniversary when Livingston County, Michigan, was hit by ransomware. The wealthiest county in the state had three years’ worth of tax information possibly at the mercy of cybercriminals.
As a local government, county CIO Rich C. Malewicz said they have been a target of ransomware, but in this instance they had backups at the ready. He said the most memorable ransomware attack was a result of a watering hole campaign using malvertizing to infect users visiting a local news website.
“This attack was very clever in that all you had to do to get infected was visit the website, you didn't even have to click on the page. Once the user went to the local news website, they were immediately redirected to a site hosting exploit code and the infamous page appeared demanding a ransom with instructions,” he said.
The attackers embedded malicious code in the iframe that redirected the users to the exploit landing page. The ransomware spread to several PCs and servers before it was contained.
“We were fortunate enough to have a working backup of the data and we recovered shortly after. If we didn't have a working backup this could have been a disaster,” Malewicz said.
Aside from the loss of personally identifiable information of the 188,000 citizens of the county, the government would have been looking at the labor cost to replicate the documents on top of the damage to its reputation. The county’s network is also shared with public safety entities as well as educational institutions.
“It's pretty clear that local government is a primary target of ransomware attacks, mainly because they have lagged so far behind the private sector in terms of cyber protection, many don’t have working backup solutions - if any at all, and they tend to pay the ransom,” he said.
Recent headlines show public safety agencies and local governments will pay the ransom, so they are targeted even more - attackers will migrate to the industry that tends to pay the ransom and to those that have an inadequate cybersecurity posture. Case in point the Tewksbury, Mass., police paid the ransom four or five days after they could not break the encryption and needed the attackers to send them the private key in order to access the data.
“Protecting an organization from ransomware or any type of malware is similar to an arms race, as the threat evolves so must your defenses!” Malewicz said.
The county turned to predictive analytics in hopes of halting the ransomware attacks. Livingston County uses Unitrends backup solution to provide Malewicz's team peace of mind that in the event our cyber defense fails.
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The Mitsubishi J2M Raiden (雷電, "Thunderbolt") was a single-engined land-based fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in World War II. The Allied reporting name was "Jack".
Design and development
The J2M was designed by Jiro Horikoshi, the creator of the A6M Zero, to meet the 14-Shi (14th year of the Showa reign, or 1939) official specification. It was to be a strictly local-defense interceptor, intended to counter the threat of high-altitude bomber raids, and thus relied on speed, climb performance, and armament at the expense of manoeuvrability. The J2M was a sleek, but stubby craft with its over-sized Mitsubishi Kasei engine buried behind a long cowling, cooled by an intake fan and connected to the propeller with an extension shaft.
Teething development problems stemming from the Kasei engine cooling system, and the main undercarriage members led to a slowdown in production. A continual set of modifications resulted in new variants being introduced with the ultimate high-altitude variant, the J2M4 Model 34 flying for the first time in August 1944. It had a 1,420 hp Kasei 23c engine equipped with a turbo supercharger (mounted in the side of the fuselage just behind the engine) that allowed the rated power to be maintained up to 9,100 m (29,900 ft) Two upward-aimed, oblique-firing (aimed at seventy degrees) 20 mm cannons, mounted in the German Schräge Musik style, were fitted behind the cockpit with the four wing cannons retained. Unresolved difficulties with the turbo supercharger caused the project to be terminated after only two experimental J2M4's were built.
The first few produced J2M2's were delivered to the development units in December 1942 but severe problems were encountered with the engines. Trials and improvements took almost a year and the first batch of the serial built J2M2 Model 11 was delivered to 381st Kōkūtai in December 1943. Parallel with the J2M2, production of the J2M3 Raiden Model 21 started. The first J2M3's appeared in October 1943 but deliveries to combat units started at the beginning of February 1944.
The Raiden made its combat debut in June 1944 during the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Several J2M's operated from Guam and Saipan and a small number of aircraft were deployed to the Philippines. Later, some J2Ms were based in Chosen airfields, Genzan (Wonsan), Ranan (Nanam), Funei (Nuren), Rashin (Najin) and Konan under Genzan Ku, for defence of these areas and fighting against Soviet Naval Aviation units.
Primarily designed to defend against the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, the lack of a turbocharger handicapped the aircraft at high altitude. However, its four-cannon armament supplied effective firepower and the use of dive and zoom tactics allowed it to score occasionally. Insufficient numbers and the American switch to night bombing in March 1945 limited its effectiveness.
Two captured J2M's, a J2M2 and a J2M3, were tested by the U.S. Technical Air Intelligence Center (TAIC), using 92 octane fuel plus methanol, with the J2M2 (Jack Model 11) achieving a speed of 655 km/h (407 mph) at 5,520 m (17,400 ft), and J2M3 (Jack Model 21) achieving a speed of 671 km/h (417 mph) at 4,980 m (16,600 ft).
- J2M1 Prototype: fitted with the 1,044 kW (1,400 hp) Mitsubishi MK4C Kasei 13 14-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, and armed with two 7.7 mm (.303 in) Type 97 machine guns in the upper fuselage and two wing-mounted 20 mm Type 99 Model II cannon. - Eight builds.
- J2M2 Model 11: Powered by 1,379 kW (1,850 hp) Mitsubishi MK4R-A Kasei 23a 14-cylinder radial engine, same armament as the J2M1.
- J2M3 Model 21: Armed with two wing-mounted 20 mm Type 99 Model II cannon and two wing-mounted 20 mm Type 99 Model I cannon.
- J2M3a Model 21A: Armed with four wing-mounted 20 mm Type 99 Model II cannon.
- Model 32: Prototype fitted with the 1,357 kW (1,820 hp) Mitsubishi MK4R-C Kasei 23c engine. Many armament configurations have been reported, e.g., fuselage-mounted oblique-firing 20 mm Type 99 Model I cannon designed to fire upward as it passed underneath a bomber, two wing-mounted 20 mm Type 99 Model II cannon, and two wing-mounted 20 mm Type 99 Model I cannon.
- J2M5 Model 33: High altitude variant powered by 1,357 kW (1,820 hp) Mitsubishi MK4U-A Kasei 26a engine with mechanically driven supercharger, giving increased speed at height at the expense of shorter range. Two 20 mm Type 99 cannon in fuselage, two 20 mm Type 99 Model II cannon in wings.
- J2M5a Model 33A: Armed with four wing-mounted 20 mm Type 99 Model II cannon. Wing cannon were harmonized in trajectory and ballistics with each 200 rpg.
- J2M6 Model 31: Chronologically earlier than J2M4 and J2M5 this version was based on J2M3. Had wider cockpit and improved bubble canopy later used in J2M3 built since July 1943.
- J2M6a Model 31A: Chronologically earlier than J2M4 and J2M5 this version was based on J2M3a.
Had wider cockpit and improved bubble canopy later used in J2M3a built since July 1943. One J2M6a was built.
- J2M7 Model 23A: J2M3 powered by Kasei 26a engine, none built.
- J2M7a Model 23A: J2M3a powered by Kasei 26a engine, none built.
- Francillon, Ph.D., René J. Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1970. ISBN 0-370-00033-1. (2nd edition 1979, ISBN 0-370-30251-6).
- Green, William. Air Enthusiast Magazine, Quarterly Volume 1, Number 2 Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1971.
- Green, William. Warplanes of the Second World War, Volume Three: Fighters. London: Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1973, First edition 1961. ISBN 0-356-01447-9.
- Pęczkoski, Robert, Mitsubishi J2M Raiden "Jack". Redburn: Mushroom Model Publications, 2004. ISBN-10: 83-916327-7-6 ISBN-13: 978-83-91632-77-2.
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A Ugandan citizen, Derrick Nsereko, has expressed intentions to sue the Central Bank for failing to oversee Crane Bank before selling it to DFCU Bank, this website understands.
In October last year the Governor Bank Of Uganda (BoU) Emmanuel Mutebile notified the nation that BoU had taken over the management of Crane Bank since it posed a systematic risk to the banking sector in the country because it was undercapitalised.
Crane Bank belonged to the affluent businessman Dr Sudhir Ruparelia.
In January, the Central Bank placed Crane Bank under receivership and subsequently transferred its assets and liabilities to DFCU Bank. It was now official Crane Bank had been sold.
In his letter through his legal officers Kashilingi, Rugaba and Associates, Nsereko states that, “Crane Bank’s incorporation in 1995 supervised and regulated the financial institution pursuant to the Central Bank’s statutory mandate as set out in Sections of the Financial Institutions Act 2004 and other enabling legislation.”
He added that BoU has since 1995 regularly given Crane Bank a clean financial bill of health and reassured the general public of CBL’s sound financial standing.
“It will be recalled that sometime in 2016, the Governor of the Central Bank stated that Crane Bank had a clean financial bill of health. It now transpires that this was notentirely true,” he said.
“These events clearly demonstrate that the Central Bank has either failed in exercising its statutory mandate in supervising the management and affairs of CBL or the officers of the Central Bank colluded with the management of CBL in doctoring reports of sound financial health of CBL.”
“As a result of the Central Bank’s failings, neglect of duty or intransigence, CBL was largely owned by one individual contrary to the provisions of the FIA, had several fraudulent remittances undetected by the Central Bank, did not remit colossal amounts of money to the National Social Security Fund thereby depriving workers of their retirement benefits inter alia,” Nsereko noted.
Bank of Uganda Communications Director Christine Alupo maintained the institution’s position of not commenting on a matter before court.
Bank of Uganda recently took Sudhir to the Commercial Court on allegations of causing fraud at the bank estimated at $92m.
Sudhir is yet to file a response to the accusations leveled against him but his lawyers have vowed to put up a strong defence.
In his petition sent to the Central Bank governor, Tumusiime Mutebile and also copied to the Director Bank Supervision Justine Bagyenda, Nsereko said he “intends, within three working days from the date hereof, to institute a suit against the central bank, seeking declaratory orders on failure to supervise CBL, collusion, corruption and fraud in the issuance of clean financial health bills in respect of CBL and other relief.”


An urgent plea for help in Arizona: Stop Criminalization of Our Communities
We write with an urgent plea for your assistance. This week, the Arizona legislature passed the most anti-immigrant legislation the United States has seen in a generation. We are calling on all who have fought for immigration reform to assist our brothers and sisters in Arizona to turn the tide on hatred, bigotry, and scapegoating that threatens our community. In 2006, we marched by the millions in cities across the country to block a hateful bill that would criminalize immigrants and their supporters. The bill currently before the Governor in Arizona would make the nightmare of Sensenbrenner a reality. Indeed, the bill’s stated intent is to terrorize immigrant families into leaving the state. We must do everything we can to prevent this from happening.
Arizona’s SB 1070 would force police officers to arrest and detain people based on a "reasonable suspicion" that they are undocumented. It’s not surprising that news of this bill has shocked the nation. There is no such thing as looking American or undocumented, and mandating police officers to racially profile sets this country back to a shameful time in its history where racial segregation was the law of the land. The state of Arizona has become home to experimental laws that use immigration as an excuse to criminalize communities of color. We have all seen the devastation caused by Joe Arpaio and others like him. The result of this struggle in Arizona will set the tone for the national debate. We must prevail. The bill is an assault on this nation’s values. Everyone, including the President himself, acknowledges that this is a nation of immigrants: Undocumented immigrants are Americans in Waiting.
We must wait no longer. Please take action by going to www.AltoArizona.com to sign a petition urging the bill’s veto. When you sign the list, you will send a message that the nation is unifying in its condemnation of Arizona’s dangerous legislation. You will continue to receive updates on where we will take things, should the bill be signed into law. Please forward this email to 5 people asking them to do the same. We have all fought hard to earn equality for our friends, colleagues, neighbors, and family who currently live and work in the U.S regardless of immigration status. The time is now for full legalization, not criminalization enacted by racist local demagogues. The time is now for the country to come together to urge the federal government to stop immigrant bashing.
Together We Will, Turn the Tide.
Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network.
National Day Labor Organizing Network (NDLON)
675 Parkview Street, Suite B, Los Angeles, CA 90057. – ph (213) 380-2783 fx (213) 380-2787 – email: email@example.com
- Arizona Senate Bill 1070 PDF
- NDLON’s Response to ICE Enforcement Operations, April 15, 2010 PDF
- NDLON responds to the passage of Arizona SB1070, Tuesday, April 13, 2010 PDF
- DHS Issues Report on Its Disgraced 287(g) Program, NDLON responds: "It Should Be ENDED not MENDED," Friday, April 2, 2010 PDF
- " MALDEF Questions Timing and Consequences of Federal Raids Today in Arizona," April 14, 2010, MALDEF News Release
- " Phoenix shuttle service raided by federal agents," April 15, 2010, The Arizona Republic
- " Lawmakers channel ‘Lord of the Flies’,"April 15, 2010, The Arizona Republic
- " Arizona’s immigration strategy: Make life tough," April 14, 2010, LA Times
- " Arizona Clears Strict Immigration Bill," Aprill 14, 2010, The Wall Street Journal
- " Arizona goes it alone with tough immigration laws," April 14, 2010, The Guardian UK
- " House OKs Sweeping Immigration Bill," April 13, 2010, MyFOXPhoenix.com
- " Arizona passes strict illegal immigration act," April 13, 2010, LA Times
¡Alto Arizona! is a response to Arizona Senate Bill 1070.
We are calling on Arizona governor Jan Brewer to veto SB 1070.
Arizona is on the verge of enacting the most anti-immigrant legislation the country has seen in a generation. This is a bill which apparently mandates racial profiling. SB 1070 is quite literally intended to terrorize immigrant families.
We are hopeful Governor Brewer will consult with her legal counsel, issue a veto, and spare Arizona the expense of defending an unconstitutional, unwise, and odious bill in federal courts. But we will not rely solely on hope. We urge all opponents of this bill to TAKE ACTION and call, fax, and/or send an email to AZ Governor Brewer to let her know that we do not stand by a bill that threatens to terrorize, criminalize and profile non-white residents of Arizona.
Please forward the information on to your friends, family, co-workers and networks to speak up against SB 1070.
- Use your online networks, like email, IM, Blogs, Facebook and Twitter to spread the word online.
- Write a letter to the editor of your local newspapers about your opinion of Immigration Reform and SB 1070.
- Take action online and offline. Become an active participant in the movement!
¡Alto Arizona — Call to Action!
"Alto Arizona!" is a targeted call to action that is asking opponents of AZ SB 1070 to contact Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) to ask her to veto this bill!
The passage of SB 1070 by the House of Representatives in Arizona will have chilling repercussions if signed into law by Governor Brewer. The bill dramatically expands police powers to stop, question and detain individuals for not having proper identification, a move that will instigate racial profiling and fear and driving a wedge between groups.
Sign the petition and send to Gov. Brewer, at: http://www.altoarizona.com/index.html


Aka everything is wrong and my car hates me.
Car: 2000 lexus es300, 3.0L 1mzfe and 4 speed auto trans.
developing thread on the chans (Will copy paste info as related to here)
WARNING: MASSIVE WALL OF TEXT INCOMING. I will try to keep it organized but there’s a lot of information and maybe my brain is a bit fried right now. I’ll try to clean it up later, until then please bear with me.
Since I got my car it’s always had a hiccup at idle. After a few thousand miles it got worse and I was blessed with the codes:
p1130 (AFR circuit range performance bank 1 sensor 1)
p1150 (AFR circuit range performance bank 2 sensor 1)
p1135 (heater circuit bank 1 etc etc)
p1155 (heater blahb blah other bank)
P0125 (from googling I found this was caused by the previous offending codes apparently.)
Towards the end of this (just the last week or so, I also got the 1133 and 1153 circuit response malfunction, which was kind of scary because it moves things from
>the AFR sensors are giving out of range responses
>the AFR sensors aren’t even talking back properly
I finally got the money to buy new OEM replacements and installed them last night. took it out for a drive and everything seemed ok, but it was still hiccuping a little (Not as bad it seemed though) and I wasn’t getting any codes, so I went to bed.
This morning I’ve got the codes shown in the title again. Both AFR sensors are brand new Denso units, and I’ve checked the AFR heater and EFI fuses (no idea how to check the relays nor where the AFR relay is for this car, doesn’t have one in the fuse box, if at all).
Tonight I’m going to try and trace the wires for the sensors (which will be really, really fun I’m sure) and continuity test them but I feel like that’s pointless as I’m getting the exact same codes for both banks which use different sets of wires, right?
Also have a MAF in the mail.
pulled the MAF for funzies to see what effect it’d have this time. car idled fine but I made the mistake of pulling it onto the road to see how it felt.
literally no power, I could floor it and got almost no revs. at this point I’m just doing random stuff and don’t know what the results mean but I thought it couldn’t hurt to share.
Also checked the fuses, all of them are fine, didn’t see an AFR relay marked.
I did find some other people with the same problem but none of them seemed to have gotten it fixed.
>it’s even the same colour as mine
Must be a grey issue!
Update 1: heater circuit codes are back as well
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Nova Scotia Health Authority’s online community engagement journey reveals vital insights into public involvement in the health sector.
The Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) is unearthing vital community insights across the province through their dedicated online engagement space Engage4Health. In the year of its launch, the site drew over 9,000 contacts of informed and engaged participants, complementing offline engagement with around 1,000 people in 42 face to face meetings.
Sustaining a growing, province-wide conversation
When the Nova Scotia Health Authority asked the province how they would like to be consulted in 2015 and 2018, support for online engagement grew by nearly 30%. Internal buy-in tells a similar story.“The more you use the online engagement platform, the more that it will be in demand because we can actually show people rather than tell them about it,” says Geoff Wilson, Director of Community Engagement and Health Board Support at the NSHA.
For an organization at the size and scope of the NSHA, having a flexible online engagement platform to have vital conversations with internal and external stakeholders remains an essential supplement to offline engagement. Online engagement continues to fill the gaps in bringing specific audiences and demographics into consultations. As Wilson continues, “I don’t think we as a public engagement team would ever say the online site replaces face to face engagement. But we’re coming to recognize for sure it only makes sense that for certain audiences in particular – certain demographics – the online thing as a consultation mechanism is an absolute essential.”
Continue to read more about Nova Scotia Health Authority ’s online engagement fosters community

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Inspired Mothers: Marie wants clean water
My name is Marie and I'm from Haiti. I live with my husband and our four children in a town called LÃ©ogÃ¢ne, which is about an hour's drive from the capital Port-au-Prince.
|Marie and her baby, Inspired Mother from LÃ©ogÃ¢ne|
Our lives changed completely when the earthquake struck in January. Our house was destroyed. We went to the countryside for shelter in an area where our families are from originally. Before the earthquake I had a good job at the Secretariat of State for Literacy. Now, I cook pies and sell them to make some small money and provide for our children. We all sleep in a tent that we built from sheets and sticks. Today, we are out in the open because the sun is hot like an oven. We just use the tent for sleeping.
It is very difficult to access a lot of services like health care, education and nutrition. But, clean drinking water is the most difficult to access. Most of the roads are impassable and many families set up shelter on the hillsides. About one in five families here have no clean water. UNICEF and other organisations have been distributing water buckets to homes and families in order to provide people with drinkable water in our region.
If you want to buy a Mother's Day present that really makes a difference, and help mothers like Marie to access clean drinking water for their families, you can buy a Family Water Kit from UNICEF's full range of Inspired Gifts. This kit contains buckets, collapsible water containers, soap and water purification tablets which can help families during an emergency situation.

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June 16, 2018 - June 17, 2018
Take a tour of Owen Valley Winery.
Tour the Vineyard and learn about growing the grapes that are used to make estate wines.
See the Production Facility and learn about how we make our wines.
Taste the wine each step of the way. Current vintages, and new vintages. Each wine has a story.
The wine glass is yours to keep.
Duration: About one hour.

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My Favorite sites and some Southern Friends, too!!
Here is a list of some great Southern sites and also some great Southern places to shop!!! My apologies, I am still working on this page and have not placed my return buttons as of yet, you will need to use your browsers back button. I will have the problem corrected real soon. Thanks for your understanding.Also, please click on the link above to visit The Southern Party of Georgia's website, a great organization.
Southern Rights and Heritage Groups
League of the South
Confederate Battle Flag (A great club for Southerners)
The Confederate Site of America
Great Southern Sites and Stories
The Confederate Infantry Private
Take the Federal Flag Down Campaign
The Civil War
Great Directories to other Southern Sites
Good Ole Boys and Dixie Belles


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England spectators were involved in yet another shameful incident, this time during the second Test match against India at the Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. Several allegedly drunk members from the crowd threw champagne bottle corks at Indian opening batsman KL Rahul while he was fielding near the boundary line.
It all happened during the 69th over of England’s first innings when suddenly there were visuals of several bottle corks lying near Rahul. Indian skipper Virat Kohli was quick to react to this while fielding at the slips position. He didn’t shy away from signalling KL to throw the corks back into the stands.
Here’s the full video of Virat’s message for KL Rahul
This wasn’t the only disgraceful incident reported from the hosts’ supporters during the ongoing England-India Test series. Earlier, some Indian fans were racially abused by the Englishmen in the opening match at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Several players like Kohli and Mohammed Shami were also targeted by the local crowd.
A 31-year-old British-Indian woman took to the popular social media platform, Reddit to share her horrible experience. She stated that the English fans kept saying “Go back to India” while chanting “Delta”, referring to the Indian variant of the COVID-19 disease.
Here are some top Twitter reactions
The Twitterati was quick to react to this shameful activity of the English supporters where they went on to slam their such behaviour, reported on multiple occasions.


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Okay, the title may be a bit over-dramatic. It isn’t like I never do strength work. In the summer I fit in at least a light weight workout whenever I can. Over the winter I usually also attend Les Mills Body Pump as often as possible. Don’t look down your nose and think those designer strength classes are easy or reserved for yoga-pant clad women either. Go do an hour of body pump and you’ll know it the next day. I don’t care who you are. All that aside, I have come to the conclusion that to enjoy an active lifestyle, I must be more proactive about strength training and flexibility. It was time to add more weight workouts.
So where does one look for weight lifting advice as an endurance athlete? I certainly did not want to join the self-proclaimed “meat heads” who do nothing but lift, train, and flex but wanted weight routines that will both help with my chronic, scoliosis-induced back problems and lend themselves well to becoming a better, faster, older triathlete. I decided to refer to the all-knowing one and logged in to Google. A few keystrokes later and I found myself reading a strength program for triathletes designed by Mark Allen. Hmmmm. That seemed like a good place to start. He knows a thing or two about triathlon.
As I read through, I knew some of the exercises but otherwise thank goodness for Youtube. Like most gym-goers, it is a little intimidating doing new stuff that you may or may not know how to do. Nobody wants to be standing on the gym floor staring at a bench or machine trying to figure out exactly where you are supposed to put your feet or hands.
Well-armed with workout notes I set out for the gym early one morning before work. My planned workout was about 50/50 machines and free weights. I sort of knew where everything was but I had established my last weight routine with a trainer at my old gym and hadn’t really spent time examining the different apparatus at the new gym other than the things I regularly used. I was mildly alarmed to find my chosen morning to be an especially busy day at they gym. Oh well, let’s get going.
I began with Power Leg Extensions, using trial and error to set the machine. I’d done these before. After a bit of testing I seemed to find a good starting weight and noted it on my paper. I really need to start wearing my glasses at the gym. It either says 70, or “don’t forget to get milk on the way home”.
I then moved on to leg curls and other apparatus using similar trial and error to find the right settings or weight. Finally it was time for the bench press. I’ve always found the bench press particularly intimidating. It seems to be one of the more macho of the weight apparatus. When testosterone-laden men get together, there is usually some discussion about how much can be bench pressed with everything discussed from 100 lbs. to the Queen Mary. I walked past the bench a few times pretending to be heading purposefully to the other side of the gym while looking sideways at the bench trying to figure out how much weight to put on to start. 300 lbs? 200? Will I get kicked out of the gym if I can’t bench press enough? Maybe just the bar. It looks heavy. I wonder if they have a lighter bar or maybe an unused broom stick? I then examined the available plates. I wracked my brain trying to remember how much weight I might have used on the bench press before and realized I’m not sure I ever actually had bench pressed before. I wonder if they knew that when I submitted my gym application? I picked up a 50 lb. plate and hefted it. Wow. Two of these and the bar would be pretty heavy.
Out of the corner of my eye I caught the motion of a blonde pony tail attached to a very fit (and attractive) young woman. She was a gym regular who does a pretty vigorous morning workout just like most of the other early birds. I suddenly had this image of her having to help me get the weighted bar off my chest and perhaps calling 9-1-1 due to cracked ribs and a collapsed lung. I decided nobody ever got pinned to the bench using too little weight, returned the 50 lb plates and put two 25s on the bar. Be smart, start light.
Ultimately, the bench press was completed without embarrassment and I learned I would be comfortable using a bit more weight in the future. Having figured out the bench press I completed my weight workout with confidence. While it felt good and will be one of several weight routines I mix in, I have to admit no matter how hard I work at it, weights just don’t give me the endorphine high that running, cycling, or swimming provide. Still, it is necessary for strong bones and muscles and I can certainly tell the next day that I had a great workout.
Now, about that flexibility. Onward to Yoga. Stay tuned.


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Our Nation’s elementary and secondary education programs are falling behind the remainder of the world. And in light of the Supreme Courtroom’s unanimous resolution in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, which affirmed the right of every baby to have the prospect to meet challenging goals, my Division of Education will assist faculties and districts develop and implement formidable individualized education applications for all students with disabilities.
The International Partnership for Education helps close to 70 growing countries to ensure that every youngster receives a quality primary education, prioritizing the poorest, most vulnerable and people residing in countries affected by fragility and conflict.
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(UPDATED NOTE: I’ve turned this post into a Buzzfeed post, which I would be so unspeakably grateful if you would check out and share any way you can. You can also read a little bit more about it on my other post explaining why I did so!)
Happy Valentine’s Day, Dear Readers!
As you all probably know, I am perpetually single, and I haven’t had a date on Valentine’s in nearly a decade. But contrary to what you might expect after hearing that, I love Valentine’s Day. I really do; it makes me happy because it is a holiday dedicated to celebrating my favorite emotion–love. Last year, in fact, I wrote a whole blog post about just how much I love Valentine’s and why. You can check it out, it’s one of the most popular posts I have ever written for the blog (so you know it’s, like, totes good).
All this being said, I know that there are probably just as many of you who plainly loathe Valentine’s Day–and hey, I’m not going to pretend like that’s not completely understandable. I love chocolates and gifts as much as the next girl.
A few months ago, I began kicking around an idea in my mind. I had seen those hilarious someecards on Pinterest that divided the months up into months for single people, and I thought they were pretty darn funny.
Just trying to be funny (as I strive so hard to do), I started thinking up titles for all the months. And then, like a bolt of lightning, it hit me– why not make an actual calendar for single ladies?!
The more I thought about it, the more I loved the idea. But one thing I knew right from the beginning was that I would not be able to accomplish this feat on my own–my skills, such as they are, rest in writing, not photography or Photoshop or anything like that.
Enter my lifelong friend, Cindy Benton. Luckily for me, Cindy is extremely talented, crazy creative, and amazing with a camera–and she both had and knew how to use Photoshop. Together we cooked up ideas, ironed out details, and over two days in January, with the help of Cindy’s equally creative sister Erin, we shot The Single Lady’s Calendar.
Initially I planned to post this post on January 18th, the one year anniversary of the blog (YIPPIEEEEE!!!). But I was young, and naive, and I did not understand the rigors and treachery of trying to navigate Photoshop that Cindy would have to face down. It took much longer than I expected, but thankfully Cindy never threw up her hands and said she quit.
So we reassessed, and then I realized, when would be a more perfect time to post the calendar than Valentine’s Day?
After all, I wrote last year for all the people who loved Valentine’s Day. Why not create something for those who don’t feel quite so positively?
And so, in solidarity for all you single gals (and heck, even guys!) out there who consider February 14th to be Singles Awareness Day, I feel you. This one is for you.
The Single Lady’s Calendar
There you have it, my friends! I hope you have as much fun with this as we did making it– and to all of my wonderful Readers, single or not, I hope you have an absolutely lovely Valentine’s Day! :)
PS Again, I cannot stress enough how much help I had in doing this. It literally would have never happened without Cindy, and she deserves just as much (if not more) credit for this than I do. I cannot say thank you enough to her, because she made it possible!!
And of course, special thanks to our assistant Erin ;)


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|Good Looking Records|
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The label releases music which includes 'spacey' synthesizers driven with elements of jazz and soul, although some releases have a darker amen break style to them. The label became synonymous for its musical style and science fiction-influenced record covers, which were a trademark of the label. Following the label's mid 2000s hiatus, all 12" singles issued were housed in a plain grey card sleeve with the label's logo on the front cover.
Some of the label's Drum & Bass releases went under the banner of Looking Good Records. These featured nearly identical sleeves, the only difference being the yellow spine of the Good Looking releases and the royal blue design of the Looking Good records.
By 1990 the dance music genres of house and acid house had evolved into hardcore and breakbeat in the UK, with what was later referred to as "drum & bass" and "jungle" developing as offshoots. Initially mixing at raves, LTJ Bukem turned his hand to production, producing his first track "Demons Theme" in 1990. Bukem soon grew frustrated with the lack of control over his own recordings, so in 1991 he formed his own label Good Looking Records. Early Good Looking tracks like "Atlantis" and "Music" provided a soulful, melodic alternative to the prevailing hardcore tracks then in vogue.
By 1994, LTJ Bukem had formed his second label Looking Good Records and begun the formation of an artist collective including Peshay, Aquarius (aka Photek), Blu Mar Ten, Blame, Nookie & Tayla, — similarly inclined towards melodicism and epic expanses of sound. Bukem also launched the club night Speed at the Mars Bar in London, in order to promote Good Looking's approach to sound. With Bukem & Fabio playing breakbeat records and MC Conrad providing vocals, it soon became one of the most popular clubs in London.
In 1996 the release of Logical Progression signalled Good Looking's commitment to the drum & bass and jungle community providing shelter for a unique band of producers. The same year, Good Looking introduced the Earth series of compilations. The Earth series showcases a range of mid-tempo musical styles from hip-hop, lounge, cosmic funk, and future soul, jazz and house music. The most recent volume – Earth 7 featured a DVD with 5.1 DTS surround sound.
1998 saw the release of the first Progression Sessions mix CD. These live recordings capture the vibe of the Progression Sessions tours & residencies from around the world. Now in its 10th edition the Progression Sessions series documents the musical direction of Good Looking Records through the years and illustrates the live element brought to each event through the complementary pairing of LTJ Bukem's music and the vocals of MC Conrad.
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- "Nick Purser Design › Good Looking Records EPs". Nick Purser Design. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- "GOOD LOOKING RECORDS RELEASE BACK CATALOGUE". DJMag.com. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
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It seems that more and more I am hearing how relationships can have either a positive or a negative affect on one’s health. There are studies that indicate that the eating and exercising habits of one spouse can affect the eating and exercising habits of the other so that often both are either healthy or unhealthy. There are also studies that indicate that sharing in each other’s successes and achievements improves not only your relationship with your spouse but also his or her emotional and physical health.
In the February 2008 issue of Reader’s Digest, Dr. Dean Ornish speaks to men about how their reaction to stressful situations affects them as well as their wives. (While this is written from a man’s perspective, it applies equally to women.)
The mind is a mighty force. When you close your eyes and imagine something stressful, research shows your body reacts: Arteries constrict, blood pressure goes up, muscles tense, breathing rate increases. But if you think of something healing, healing tends to happen – physiologically. This may explain why compassion and forgiveness are so powerful, not only for the recipient but also for the giver.
Our emotions resonate with one another, for better or for worse. My anger may raise my wife’s blood pressure as well as mine. On the other hand, my loving feelings may lower it in both of us. Acting in ways that are loving, forgiving, compassionate, altruistic and nurturing can help free us from disease and premature death.
In short, we are hardwired to help each other. When we forget this fact, we often suffer needlessly.
When you start to react negatively to a situation, stop and think about how your negative reaction, even if it is brief, will impact not only your health but the health of those you love.
Yours for the celebration of marriage,
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“The Negro Race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men. The problem of education, then, among Negroes must first of all deal with the Talented Tenth.”
“The Talented Tenth” (1903)
Excerpted from: Schapiro, Fred, ed. The Yale Book of Quotations. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006.

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Polished and scrutinized to a fare-thee-well, Colorado-based appellate Judge Neil Gorsuch has political momentum as he enters his Supreme Court confirmation hearing starting Monday.
As one observer put it: “When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity and farce, and the Senate becomes incapable of either properly evaluating nominees or appropriately educating the public”.
The National Center for Lesbian Rights said Gorsuch has a “dangerously radical view of religious liberty that would undermine anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people and others”.
On Monday, a hearing will be held for President Trump’s nominee for Supreme Court.
And beware of senators, Republican or Democrat, trying to pin Gorsuch down on hot-button issues such as abortion or gun rights.
“It’s a fascinating process because clearly he has strengths in intellect and articulateness that make him an appealing candidate”, Mr. Blumenthal told The New York Times.
“Notwithstanding Gorsuch’s superb qualifications and principled approach to judging, Democrats and their liberal allies strain mightily to find plausible grounds to oppose his nomination”, Hatch said in a newspaper article on Friday.
Absent any last-minute plot twist, Gorsuch appears poised to fill the seat kept vacant by Senate Republicans during the final 10 months of the Obama administration. And, to the extent this might be telling, one gay male friend said Gorsuch “didn’t skip a beat” when he told Gorsuch he was gay.
It’s up to the committee’s Democrats to make sure Gorsuch does not get away with dodging questions in this fashion. So instead of approving or rejecting the nominee, the committee will usually report the nomination favorably, unfavorably or without recommendation.
But it is also a sign of Gorsuch’s profile and mainstream credibility.
McGarity argues that another switch could be coming, because environmental groups, many of whom would have supported greater power for the EPA in the past, might reconsider their position in the current political climate.
Gorsuch never mentioned to his best friend, Michael Trent, that he’d been added to the list of prospective justices Trump released last fall.
Accounts differ on whether it was a dare, goading or a gentle prod, but Gorsuch phones a woman he’d clicked with during a school dinner more than a year earlier – and she doesn’t remember him.
As a former 10th Circuit clerk for Chief Judge Tymkovich, I have had the good fortune of knowing Judge Gorsuch for a decade and counting him as friend.
“This case is a tale of two statutes”, the Affordable Care Act and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, wrote Gorsuch. The administrative agency at issue in both is the Board of Immigration Appeals, the primary function of which is just to decide the host of quasi-judicial immigration cases that must be adjudicated throughout the nation every year. Yet judges like Gorsuch believe in applying the law as it is written, not as they might wish it to be.
Cruz said, though, that one way or another, Gorsuch will be confirmed to the Supreme Court.
But some liberals and Democrats have warmed to Gorsuch, especially after he was reported to have criticized Trump over his regard for the judiciary.
Since his January 31 nomination by President Donald Trump, Gorsuch has maneuvered throughout Capitol Hill without any apparent missteps. “‘Documents provided by the Justice Department demonstrate you had a leading role in litigation and strategy over executive power and national security matters that have not yet been identified to the committee, ‘ Feinstein (D-Calif.) wrote to Gorsuch”. Then-judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg answered questions about some 30 already-decided Supreme Court cases when she was before the Judiciary Committee in 1993, but she had a long paper trail as a scholar, litigator and judge. It is time to confirm Neil Gorsuch.
The committee will then have a second round of questioning, which might be as long as 20 minutes per senator (or almost seven hours total). They have a 52-48 majority, but Senate Leader Mitch McConnell could employ “the nuclear option”, changing Senate rules to lower the vote threshold.


HRC responded to claims from anti-equality activists that they have submitted 8,500 signatures in an attempt to qualify for a ballot measure in Anchorage, Alaska, aimed at gutting protections for transgender residents and visitors in the city’s non-discrimination ordinance.
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HRC responded to claims from anti-equality activists that they have submitted 8,500 signatures in an attempt to qualify for a ballot measure in Anchorage, Alaska, aimed at gutting protections for transgender residents and visitors in the city’s non-discrimination ordinance. The city clerk must verify that at least 5,753 signatures are from registered Anchorage voters in order for the discriminatory initiative to be placed on the April 3, 2018, mayoral ballot.
“Anti-equality activists are hell-bent on reversing the progress made for LGBTQ equality in Anchorage and across the country,” said HRC Senior Regional Field Director Hope Wisneski. “This shameful ballot measure would damage Anchorage’s reputation, undermine civil rights, and enshrine discrimination against transgender people into law. HRC is committed to working closely with the Fair Anchorage coalition in fighting tooth and nail to stop this assault on fairness and equality and ensuring Anchorage remains a safe and welcoming place for everyone.”
The ballot measure aims to bar the Municipality of Anchorage from recognizing the existence of transgender people by defining sex for all municipal purposes as an “immutable biological condition” as determined at birth. It would also repeal the city’s existing protections ensuring that transgender people have equal access to facilities consistent with their gender identity in their workplace and public spaces.
As part of the Fair Anchorage coalition, HRC is working with the ACLU of Alaska, Alaskans Together for Equality, Freedom for All Americans, Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii, Christians for Equality, The Pride Foundation, and Identity Inc. in working to defeat the ballot measure.
Earlier this month, a similar attempt in the state of Washington was defeated, where, for the second year in a row, an anti-LGBTQ campaign to rollback non-discrimination protections for transgender people failed to turn in enough signatures to qualify for the ballot.


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[SCI-FI AMERICANA] Talking about a Blitzen Trapper record as a whole is not only a near impossibility; it's almost against the point. Ever since 2004's Field Rexx (and continued on last year's schizo-pop masterstroke Wild Mountain Nation), the Portland sextet has balanced equal doses of shiny indie-pop; rawkus, noisy guitar outbursts and zany synth-and-spurs space-country straight out of Westworld. So it was a bit surprising to hear "Furr," the advanced single and title track of the band's new record (its first for Seattle tastemaker Sub Pop), with its simple, guitar and harmonica-laced narrative. What happened to all that weirdness?
Turns out that judging a Blitzen Trapper record by its advanced single isn't such a wise idea—Furr is just as gloriously eclectic as Wild Mountain Nation, jumping styles and time signatures without hesitation—but it's also a mellower affair. Eschewing the wilder guitar freak-outs for a steady dose of midtempo pop, the first thing you notice about Furr is the piano, which replaces the buzzing keyboards that hummed through Wild Mountain Nation. The new record wades even further into Americana than WMN—from the Byrds-lite grandeur of "Sleepytime in the Western World" to the rollicking Elton John rave-up, "Saturday Nite." There's even a middle-of-the-album ballad, "Not Your Lover," though it's a sizable misstep that grounds the album's momentum to a near-halt.
Still, Furr is a very tight record, just one that finds Blitzen Trapper in transition: from self-release to big-deal indie label; from former glory to new inspirations. Blitzen Trapper could probably compose songs like the bouncing, kaleidoscopic "Gold For Bread" any day of the week—but it's more interesting when the group takes an understated, maudlin folk song and turns it into something weirder. "Furr" sounds like a classic bildungsroman by way of Dylan, until you realize it's about a boy turning into a wolf. It's not a perfect record, but Furr contains plenty of moments like this where the band's songwriting chops shine. Just don't expect anything too...normal.


Like your data and applications, the network aspects of your IT environment are one of the most critical foundational elements your business depends on in its day-to-day operations, and not infrequently one of the most challenging and requiring significant daily oversight. It’s also one of the areas that organizations struggle the most to do correctly.
With 20+ years of data center management experience under our belts, Navisite can help you by designing, managing and optimizing the myriad facets of your network ecosystem, so that it sufficiently supports your unique and growing operational needs, whether on-site, or cloud-based.
Our network architects will analyze your current environment, assess the areas of challenge you may have that can be improved on, and recommend the solutions needed to ensure you have a well-managed and fully-operational environment. Navisite can also help you optimize your network as your company grows.
Features of Navisite’s Managed Network:
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The Gates GT14 Underwater Imaging Light unites various practical features for the underwater videographer into a compact, travel-friendly package.
It provides up to 14,000 lumens of light, with a 90-degree beam angle. A big, glove-sized power ring switch rotates through seven different light power outputs, including a very low power mode for night diving. Fuel gage and light level indicators are mirrored to provide easy reading from either side.
A water-cooling contact behind the LED enables higher efficiencies for high light power outputs and longer burn times without overheating the LED. On full power, the light works for 30 minutes; on half-power, 75 minutes; and on low power, 10 hours. The battery pack can be charged in three hours.
The GT14 provides 5000K colour temperature, is depth-rated to 137m (450ft), a has a dry weight of 1.4kg top-side, and a negative weight of 538g underwater.


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The Changing Nature of Legal Education
Klint W. Alexander, Ph.D. J.D. University of Wyoming College of Law Laramie, Wyoming
In recent years, the law school experience has changed significantly in order to better prepare law students for the real world. Employers increasingly are looking for students who have mastered the traditional curriculum requirements, which consist of predominantly doctrinal courses, and who have hands-on experience practicing law while in law school. In fact, many young lawyers argue that legal education should focus more on experiential learning and employment while in law school, especially after the first year.
In the old days, the law school curriculum encompassed mostly doctrinal courses taught in a large classroom setting by a professor resembling Charles Kingsfield in “The Paper Chase.” The traditional model of teaching focused largely on core bar-related courses, the Socratic Method, and thick textbooks. The ultimate goal was to prepare students for the bar exam, and the first year curriculum was the most important set of courses to study towards this end.
As a result of the 2008 financial crisis and the decline in law applications since then, the focus of law schools has changed. In a buyer’s market, students prefer a legal educational experience that they can put on a C.V. and that enables them to practice law while in law school to impress future employers. Students are choosing law schools based on the availability of specific clinical opportunities and the robustness of these experiences. Law schools are catering to this demand by creating clinic programs and building new facilities to house these legal clinics. At many law schools, experiential learning is now the sine qua non of legal education. The American Bar Association has reinforced this trend too by issuing a requirement that all law students obtain a minimum of six credit hours in experiential learning courses in order to graduate.
Recognized by the National Jurist as a top law school for practical training, the University of Wyoming College of Law excels at providing its students...


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Remember how yesterday I told you about how my mom asked me to bake 90 cupcakes for her senior classes?
Well, see here the 60 I just baked. I still need to decorate them but I ran out of icing so that’ll happen a bit later.
Cupcakes have taken over my kitchen.
Invasion of cupcakes.