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Preposition after verb - Letter D
Prepositions after "devolve"
"devolve into" or "devolve to"?
In 32% of cases devolve into is used
I would rather not see this blog devolve into rupeenews vs.
It makes us feel good, but as described above can devolve into something that is ultimately harmful.
It always devolved into a situation where the voters were to blame for their avarice, and not Washington.
And it's that earnestness that gives the material another dimension and keeps it from devolving into kitsch.
The practice exploded in the second half of the century, and it continues today, having also devolved into variations of the now ubiquitous five-paragraph essay.
The founders of Novaltia looked around and realized that the world has devolved into a place that is no longer suitable for families, the bedrock of civilisation.
I don't mean to get on a high horse, it's just that I've seen some open-mindedness in your initial comments, but they invariably devolve into hardened polemics if cornered on an issue.
In 27% of cases devolve to is used
It seems devolved to an older, less imaginative style of writing.
Left libertarians need to disengage from the electoral process and devolve to local Occupy actions.
What powers should be devolved to provinces? I have always said the Indian model is the most appropriate.
I think my point was long before society devolved to that point, someone or something would pull us out of it.
Legal power to consent onshore electricity generating stations with a capacity of over 50 MWe is devolved to Scotland and Northern Ireland.
In turn operational daily management is devolved to the Town Architect, the Town Clerk and the Town Engineer who are assisted by the staff of the Council.
But if that does lead to us devolving to a less intelligent society, we'd end up losing the very things that made up that modern society in the first place.
This is perhaps because the state's policy constructs are centralised and monolithic, but the cultural sector is inherently diverse and devolved to communities.
This is that power devolved to the regions will have to be done in such a way that change and amendments will require the consent of both the centre and periphery.
Since 2006 much of immigrant selection has devolved to the provinces and territories and they all now administer their own Immigration departments and selection systems.
In 13% of cases devolve upon is used
If therefore Terah's brother Haran had died, the duty of becoming in effect the father of Iscah and Milcah would automatically devolve upon Terah.
As July ended Task Force 77 retired to Okinawa for logistics, and naval responsibility for air support of the perimeter devolved upon the escort carriers.
In 10% of cases devolve on is used
On the 25th, as Admiral Struble left the fleet, command of the Fast Carrier Task Force devolved on Rear Admiral Ewen, Commander Carrier Division 1.
In 3% of cases devolve apart is used
In broad brush terms, Devo Max is actually a very straightforward concept -- everything is devolved apart from defence and foreign affairs.
In 1% of cases devolve for is used
Chittaranjan De Silva to go into all these allegations and identify the responsibility that devolves for the same.
In 1% of cases devolve from is used
Later, Seoka met with Lonmin managers, who told him that the situation had devolved from a labour dispute to public disorder, and was therefore out of their hands.
In 1% of cases devolve under is used
IMO The Australian has devolved under the leadership of Chris Mitchell from the premier newspaper in Australia to little more than a regurgitater and source of propaganda.


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Posts Tagged 'UK jihad'
Innovation and Learning in British Jihad
Posted: May 17, 2015 in Book Chapters
Tags: counter-terrorism, learning and innovation, lone actor, terrorism, UK, UK jihad, UK terrorism
I have a chapter in this new Routledge book edited by Magnus Randstorp and Magnus Normark called Understanding Terrorism Innovation and Learning: Al-Qaeda and Beyond. My particular chapter focuses on 'Innovation and Learning in British Jihad' and draws on a lot of my research for my book. I am actually going to be presenting a version of the chapter at this forthcoming British Academy conference. I cannot simply post this here, though I am asking the publisher if they will let me. In the meantime, feel free to get in touch to hear more about it and I will try to help. This aside, I spoke to the Wall Street Journal and USA Today about the British government's new counter-terrorism policies, the Sunday Mail about ISIS and immigration from Libya into Europe, and its daily counterpart the Daily Mail about British jihadi girls in Syria.
Understanding Terrorism Innovation and Learning: Al Qaeda and Beyond
This book examines the role of terrorist innovation and learning in theory and practice, and in the context of three specific EU case-studies.
It is often said that terrorist groups are relatively conservative in character operating in a technological vacuum – relying almost exclusively on bombs and bullets. This observation masks increasing complexity and creativity and innovation within terrorist groups and one of the most distinguishing features of al-Qaeda's terrorist operations is its propensity for remarkable innovation. This book examines how and why terrorist groups innovate more generally and al-Qaeda-related terrorist plots in Europe more specifically. The starting point for this book was twofold. Firstly to examine the issue of innovation and learning more generically both in theory, within specific themes and within the context of al-Qaeda's influence on this process. Secondly, this book examines the evolution of specific al-Qaeda-related plots in three specific northern EU states – the United Kingdom, Denmark and Germany – where there has been a significant volume of planned, failed and executed terrorist plots. In particular, these case studies explore signs of innovation and learning.
Syria is about much more than Syria
Posted: August 11, 2012 in Oriental Morning Post
Tags: China, China and the world, foreign fighters, Germany, jihad, Syria, UK jihad
A new op-ed for the Chinese paper 东方早报 (Oriental Morning Post) that I write an occasional column for. This one looks a bit at events in Syria and the growing jihadi presence and what it means. Doesn't really focus on the Chinese lack of involvement there, but the idea is to try to explain something and its potential dangers to a Chinese audience. The published Chinese is above, with the English I submitted below.
叙利亚不仅仅是叙利亚
潘睿凡 发表于2012-08-10 04:12
叙利亚前总理里亚德·希贾卜出走转投反对派,让阿萨德政权又一次雪上加霜。
潘睿凡 英国伦敦国际激进主义化研究中心副研究员
叙利亚前总理里亚德·希贾卜出走转投反对派,让阿萨德政权又一次雪上加霜。由于国际社会对于这一危机依然采取了僵持态度,激进势力积聚力量,代理人暗战日益恶化。如果只是简单地让叙利亚战争顺势爆发,这将会带来诸多难以想象的负面影响。正如之前人们在"阿拉伯之春"运动中多次观察到的那样,乐观估计总是被现实击得粉碎。如果叙利亚因为派系之争而分崩离析,这会对中东乃至整个世界带来长期消极影响。
如今的事实是,我们正在看着叙利亚慢慢地变成一团纠缠不清的乱麻,被阿拉维少数派统治的逊尼多数派产生了强烈憎恨情绪,来自世界各地的激进组织极端分子人数在增加,逊尼派海湾国家和伊朗什叶派之间的代理人战争愈演愈烈。如果不对此加以控制影响,这样复杂的内战将会酿成全球恶果。
理解当今叙利亚混乱局势和其潜在危险的关键在于回溯到第二次海湾战争、伊朗战争和伊斯兰逊尼派与什叶派之间的长期纷争。逊尼派与什叶派是伊斯兰教派中主要的两支:从世界范围来看,逊尼派人数占多数,为全球穆斯林人口75%,什叶派占10%到20%。什叶派相信先知穆罕默德指派了自己的堂弟阿里为伊斯兰领袖。逊尼派则认为真正应该追随的是在先知逝世后获得领袖地位的穆罕默德岳父艾布·伯克尔。两派对于领袖的分裂看法自此成为全世界穆斯林信徒间最重要的派别之争。
伊拉克战争使得伊拉克变成了公开的什叶派国家,一个由什叶派占据主导的国家。萨达姆政权的倒台,意味着将国家领导权交给与伊朗关系亲密的什叶派。什叶派在伊拉克掌权也意味着什叶派(或者对于什叶派友好的领袖,比如阿萨德的阿拉维教派)如今掌控着中东的伊朗、伊拉克、叙利亚和黎巴嫩。
在"阿拉伯之春"中,这一动态在海湾国家愈发显现。在北非和埃及,权力从非宗教专制政权过渡到伊斯兰教徒手中;在海湾国家,什叶派愤怒地揭竿而起,对抗掌权的逊尼派。在沙特阿拉伯东部,什叶派开始抗议;在由逊尼派王室控制人数占国内多数的什叶派的巴林,反抗浪潮一波未平一波又起。也门也同样面临着各种危机,但目前看来,还未正面受到占据约40%人口的什叶派的公开起义威胁。
对逊尼派领导人来说,前景堪称相当险恶。约旦国王阿卜杜拉二世在提出"什叶派新月带"威胁的时候详尽地表达了他的担忧。我们在叙利亚战场上越来越多地看到,海湾地区(主要是沙特和卡塔尔)的资金和特种部队训练支持着逊尼派反对者与阿萨德政权斗争。伊朗也并没有闲着。除了利用它的代理人和全球情报服务来攻击以色列之外,伊朗也在继续为阿萨德政权提供支持。
除了这些之外,我们还能看到来自世界各地的激进组织分子越来越多地出现在叙利亚。过去这周,一位年轻的德国医学院学生在阿勒颇被杀,一对外国记者也在叙利亚被挟持为人质,据说挟持者分别来自车臣、巴基斯坦、沙特和英格兰。值得我们注意的是,在美国入侵伊拉克期间,大量曾经帮助战士进入伊拉克的激进组织经叙利亚而来。部分组织由此将注意力放回了本土,也有消息说伊拉克的"基地组织"正在重返叙利亚。与此同时,伊拉克"基地组织"也在发起一系列具有高度组织性的攻击,证明他们有能力继续在伊拉克造成更多伤亡和毁灭。这些激进组织是逊尼派,尽管外部支持者会尽其可能不直接为他们提供资金援助,但在这样复杂的内战中,要将他们与逊尼派自由叙利亚军分开,还是有相当难度。在这两派中间还有那些普通的叙利亚人,他们发现自己被卷入了一场日益残酷的内战之中,战争已经几乎延续了一年半,看不到任何停止的迹象。
这一切都已经发生,而世界却还在一旁争执着是否要制裁叙利亚。西方国家暗示他们将寻找某种途径来支援这个国家中可靠的代理人,这是一条危险道路,历史上不乏不良后果。如今是需要一个负责的领袖站出来解决问题的时候。
(李鸣燕 译)录入编辑:张珺
The defection of Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab to the rebel side is the latest in a growing number of losses that the Assad regime has suffered in the past few months. As the international community remains deadlocked in what to do about the ongoing crisis, radical forces gather strength and a proxy war being played out by others continues to get worse. Simply letting the war in Syria play itself naturally out is something with repercussions that will be hard to judge. As has been shown repeatedly before in the Arab Spring, optimistic expectations are often shattered by reality. Letting Syria tear itself apart in a sectarian struggle is something that will have longer-term repercussions across the Middle East and the world.
China's current approach to the Syrian crisis is to take shade under its famous rubric of 'non-interference.' In a particularly angry statement after the latest western instigated round of discussions to bring UN condemnation against the Assad regime, Long Zhou, a counselor in the Foreign Ministry, stated 'we are opposed to intervention in domestic affairs, imposition of regime change and support for military interference.' Furthermore, 'the countries with such acts and remarks should rethink what role they have played and who indeed has been the obstacle in resolving the Syrian crisis.'
Such strong words may illustrate Chinese anger at being repeatedly blamed for holding up any action on Syria, but they do not particularly offer a path forwards to try to resolve the current crisis. Nor do they take account of the reality already being played out on the ground. The reality is that we are slowly watching Syria become an ever more tangled mess of sectarian fighting between a Sunni majority who always resented being ruled by the minority Alawite community, the growing presence of jihadist extremists from around the world, and a growing proxy war between the Sunni Gulf states and Shia Iran. Just the sort of complicated civil war that ends up having global repercussions if it is allowed to fester indefinitely.
The key to understanding the current Syrian chaos and its potential danger going forwards goes right back to the second Gulf War and the invasion of Iraq and the long-standing Sunni-Shia divide in Islam. Sunni and Shia are the two main branches of Islam: Sunni are the global majority (around 75% of the global Muslim population – including China's Muslim minorities), while Shia are a minority (around 10-20%) who differentiate themselves from Sunni's believing that on his death the prophet Mohammed designated his cousin Ali as the leader of Islam. Sunni's in contrast believe Abu Bakr, Mohammed's father-in-law, was the correct follower who took the reins of power as the head of Islam after the prophet's death. This early split in leadership has been the foundation of most major divisions in the Muslim world since.
Whilst the invasion of Iraq was positive in that it deposed one of the world's cruelest dictators, it had the additional effect of turning Iraq into an openly Shia nation. A Shia majority country, it was always clear that the introduction of democracy to Iraq would turn the country's leadership over to a Shia leadership with a close affinity to Iran. And the introduction of a Shia regime in Iraq meant that Shia leaders (or Shia friendly leaders like the Alawite Assad's) now ruled a swathe of the Middle East from Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.
And as the Arab Spring gathered pace this dynamic was further exacerbated in the Gulf countries. While in North Africa and Egypt, power was passed from secular authoritarian regimes to political Islamists, in the Gulf countries, mostly angry and oppressed Shia minorities or in some cases, majorities, started to rise up against the deeply Sunni kings that ruled the kingdoms. In eastern Saudi Arabia, Shia protests started to take place, and in Bahrain, where a Shia majority is ruled by a Sunni king, repeated protests have taken place led mostly by Shia's. Yemen has faced all manner of chaos, but thus far it seems to have been saved much of an open uprising by its 40% or more Shia minority.
For Sunni leaders, this is a menacing prospect. Jordanian King Abdulla II enunciated these concerns when he spoke of the danger of a 'Shiite crescent' across the Middle East. And there has been pushback, something we are increasingly seeing on the ground in Syria where stories of Gulf (primarily Saudi and Qatari) funding and Special Forces training supporting the mostly Sunni rebels fighting the Assad regime. Iran has not been idle. In addition to using its proxies and intelligence services globally to attack Israeli targets (and apparently plotting to kill the Saudi Ambassador to Washington), it has continued to provide support for the Assad regime. The two sides are supporting different factions in the civil war.
Beyond these networks, we have also seen growing numbers of jihadists from around the world showing up in Syria. This past week a young German medical student was killed fighting in Aleppo, while a pair of foreign journalists who were held captive in Syria reported being held by a group of fanatics that included Chechens, Pakistanis, Saudis and Britons. It is worth remembering that many of the jihadist networks that were helping fighters get into Iraq during the peak of the American invasion flowed through Syria. Some of these networks have now started to turn their eyes back home, and there are stories of al Qaeda in Iraq forces re-directing into Syria. At the same time al Qaeda in Iraq is proving itself increasingly able to sow death and destruction in Iraq itself – launching a series of highly coordinated attacks in the past weeks. These jihadist networks are Sunni, and while it is likely that outside supporters are doing their best to not provide funding directly to them, it may be hard to separate such groups out from the Sunni Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the chaos of a civil war. Caught in the middle of the misery are average Syrians who now find themselves in the midst of an increasingly brutal civil war that has stretched on for almost a year and a half with no prospects of conclusion in sight.
All of this is already happening. And while it does, the world is sitting by arguing about condemnation of a regime that has proven itself willing to kill its own people. The west has now started to hint that it might try to find ways of providing support for approved proxies in the country, a dangerous path that has led to problems in the past, but equally, sitting on the side letting things play themselves out is only going to let the current scenario get worse and become more bitter. The world is watching as the Middle Eastern cauldron stirs itself up, and it is only a matter of time before it spills over the side. The time has come for some responsible leadership to step forwards and find a way through the current impasse. Simply letting things play themselves out may take a long time and in period tensions will be stoked that will take decades to play themselves out with uncertain outcomes for everyone.
Al Qaeda's Next Evolution? An Internet of Lone Wolves
Posted: March 12, 2012 in Book Chapters
Tags: AQAP, azzam.com, lone wolves, online, online terrorism, radicalization, shabaab, shabab, UK jihad
I have a chapter featured in this latest book Al Qaeda After Bin Laden published by the Al Mesbar Studies & Research Centre. My chapter focuses on the evolution of the Internet as a tool for al Qaeda and affiliated groups in the west, looking in turn at the cases of the Islamic Gateway and http://www.azzam.com (two portals run out of the UK established in the mid-1990s), then the networks around Younis Tsouli and the Blackburn Resistance, before focusing on al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and al Shabaab's use of the Internet. It ends looking at AQAP's push towards Lone Wolf terrorism.
Thus far the book has only been published in Arabic, and I have pasted below the summary they published in English. I have not gotten a copy in Arabic, but believe it is available online if you contact them. If instead you would like a copy of the English text, drop me a note and I can see about getting a version to you. There is discussion of maybe publishing an English version, but it has not come together yet as far as I know.
63 Al-Qaeda after Bin Laden
The sixty-third Monthly book aims to highlight and focus on al-Qaeda after bin Laden, and whether it will endure and remain in the arena, or disappear from sight by the disappearance of its founder, due to his death.
This issue is gaining more importance in the light of major events and developments that do not only include disorders in the Arab region since a year and more, but also the withdrawal of American troops out of Iraq, and the expected withdrawal of coalition forces from Afghanistan.
In this rare Arabic version, we offer multiple views of prominent researchers and experts.
In the preface written by Manuel Almeida, lecturer at the London School of Economics and Political Science, it was shown that it is not easy to answer if whether Al-Qaeda will remain on the scene and endure after the death of bin Laden as it requires exploring hidden facts and details concerning Bin Laden and his inspiration to Al-Qaeda organization which he intended to form in Afghanistan.
Almeida illustrates that the role of bin Laden in recent years have been important in terms of strategy, funding, recruitment and polarization, as he was the great symbol of the jihadist movement, and therefore it is important to tackle the consequences of his death as well as implications of his disappearance from the scene.
Understanding the implications of the death of bin Laden and its reflections on Al-Qaeda as well as the continuous transformation process taking place in the organization, was discussed by a professor of Middle East Studies at the University (Science Po) in Paris, Jean-Pierre Filho.
He discussed the meaning of forced change in Al-Qaeda leadership, by tackling areas of agreement between bin Laden and al-Qaeda's new Prince Ayman al-Zawahiri. Jean-Pierre addressed aspects that differentiated bin Laden as well as his uniqueness, and how his absence will affect the future of the Organization, leading to make Al-Zawahiri's task very rugged, and complex.
Alia Brahimi, a researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science and the University of Oxford, shows the process of change that began before the death of bin Laden, explaining that it will influence the strategy and overall objectives of the organization.
She addresses traditional goals of the organization in order to understand whether AlQaeda succeed or failed on it. Also, she tackles change in al-Qaeda, specifically democratic power within the organization, and whether it is an indicator of power or a crisis plaguing the organization.
The professor at the International Centre for the Study of radicalization (ICSR) at the Kings College University in London, Raffaello Pantucci, addressed Al Qaeda's strategy with more depth in the evolving nature of jihadist movement.
Raffaello tackles the jihadist movement that found the internet an online tool that enabled it to play a role in the network of global jihad.
The Yemeni journalist, Nasser Al-Rubaiee, addressed the threat posed by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula as it related to the global concerns about the situation of chronic instability in Yemen.
Furthermore he discusses the implications of Awlaki death and explains that al-Qaeda is not the only beneficiary of the chronic instability in Yemen, it is also tribesmen and sympathizers with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, as well as the Yemeni government and the political opposition.
All these actors in the Yemeni political arena perceived the existence of Al-Qaeda to achieve their own agenda.
Although there are a number of armed groups in Punjab province, the Pakistani group, "Lashkar-e-Taiba", is one of the groups most powerful and dangerous of all.
Rashmi Singh, lecture at the Center for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, explains the reasons why this group is different from other armed groups in Pakistan.
She analyzed links that combine this group and al-Qaeda, and provides an overview of its emergence and its involvement in the context of Pakistan's war against India.
There is no doubt that the Somali Youth movement has close links with al Qaeda. The associate professor in international relations, and the President of International Relations Program at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Stig Jarle Hansen, shows that tackling this relationship is not easy, especially when looking at Somali movement's ideology and al Qaeda, as well as the daily aspects of interaction between them.
The long war on terror, which United States has engaged in, along with its allies against al-Qaeda by its organized central and local branches, sparks a long list of ethical, legal and strategic aspects.
Jorge Lasmar, an international lawyer and professor of international relations at the University of (PUC), in Menas (Brazil), outlined a set of practices included human rights and democratic values that took place in the war against terrorism.
The director of Middle East Center at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Fawaz Gerges, explores the possibilities behind the outbreak of Arab revolutions, in terms of its ability to put an end to terrorism, specifically the mania which the United States possesses regarding the threat posed by al Qaeda.
Gerges also deals in depth with Arab spring events and their ties with Al-Qaeda, and how it led to marginalize Al-Qaeda and other Jihadist leaders.
Omar Al-Bashir Al-Turabi read the book entitled, "The rise and fall of Al-Qaeda", by Fawaz Gerges, which was released after the death of bin Laden. Gerges finds out that when decision makers in the United States end the war against terrorism, thoughts will expand to more available alternatives.
Furthermore he calls for concerted efforts to reveal the forgery novel of terrorism and to put an end to the acquisition of Al-Qaeda in the imagination of Americans.
This book presented different visions and was praised by intellectuals who demanded it to be among the list read by world leaders and presidents.
This book came up as a result of the supervision, coordination and communication carried out by Manuel Almeida for a period of seven months, supported by the follow-up of our colleague, Omar Al-Bashir Al-Turabi. We thank and appreciate them for their efforts.
Posted: February 19, 2011 in Foreign Policy
Tags: Afghanistan, jaish e mohammed, kashmir, lashkar e toiba, Pakistan, UK, UK jihad
A new article for Foreign Policy magazine's AfPak channel, exploring the decline of the Kashmiri connection in British jihad. In my forthcoming manuscript this will be gone into in greater detail, but in a number of plots in the UK key individuals trained with Kashmiri groups but were in the end decided not to join the cause as they saw it as pointless and too Pakistani-government manipulated. A detail I didn't include in the article is that the UK exported its first suicide bomber to Kashmir in December 2000 – a young Brummie blew himself up at an Indian check point near Srinagar. In any case, thoughts or comments greatly appreciated as ever.
By RAFFAELLO PANTUCCI, FEBRUARY 17, 2011| Thursday, February 17, 10:51AM
Largely unremarked beyond in South Asia, last weekend marked the twenty-seventh anniversary of the death of Maqbool Butt. One of the first prominent leaders of the Kashmiri liberation struggle, Butt's execution almost three decades ago was expedited as a result of events on the other side of the globe in Birmingham, England when a group of Kashmiris kidnapped and executed an Indian diplomat. A set of connected events that while anomalous at the time presaged what used to be the one of the main motors of jihad in the U.K.
Claiming to be members of the Kashmir Liberation Army, the kidnappers snatched Ravindra Mhatre, then the deputy Indian High Commissioner in Birmingham, as he stepped off the bus on his way home with a birthday cake for his daughter. Bundling him into the back of a car, they took him to the Alum Rock part of the city where they held him for a day while demanding through thepress £1 million in cash and the liberation of Maqbool Butt. Quickly losing patience, the men waited about a day before taking Mhatre into the countryside outside the city and executing him outside a farm. The Indian government's response was swift and within less than a week they had expedited the hanging of Maqbool Butt, who had been sitting on Indian death row for almost eight years for the murder of a bank manager during a robbery.
The executions were a shock and the first public example for Britons of the depth of feeling and connection between the Kashmiri population in the U.K. and their relations on the other side of the globe. Political parties and religious leaders would use the U.K. as a base for fundraising and rallies, families would travel back and forth and send children and brides to join other family members, and militant factions would seek money and recruits to support the cause of Kashmiri liberation back in South Asia. Years later, this would provide the next generation of young men with both a network of contacts to go and join militant groups in Pakistan or Afghanistan, but also normalize the notion of going abroad to fight for a cause.
And in the years immediately after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the pipeline this created was at the heart of British terrorism problems. Operation Crevice in 2004 (the fertilizer bomb plotters), Operation Rhyme the same year (the cell led by long-term Lashkar-e-Taiba warrior and author Dhiren Barot), the July 7, 2005 attack on London's public transport system and Operation Overt (the 2006 attempt to bring down seven planes as they were in transit across the Atlantic) all owed something to this pipeline, with key individuals in all cases being initially drawn to the cause of jihad through the Kashmiri cause. The proximity of Kashmiri groups to their ideological brethren in al-Qaeda and interchange between them meant al-Qaeda was able to tap this network for a string of plots targeting the U.K.
But since this apex in the mid-2000s, the problem has now shrunk a bit. While security officials are clearly still alert to the potential problems engendered by the enduring Pakistani connection in the U.K., the threat has now evolved in a number of different directions.
One recent example of how this threat has evolved is the case currently on trial at Woolwich Crown Court in which Rajib Karim, a confessed member of Jamaat ul Mujahedeen Bangladesh, a Bangladeshi jihadist group attempting to establish a shariah state in that nation, is accused of plotting with Anwar al Awlaki, the American-Yemeni preacher linked to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, in Yemen to carry out attacks in the U.K. or U.S. It does not appear as though any of the strands in the plot lead back to Pakistan, and seems instead to have been an externally directed effort from Yemen linked up with Bangladeshi extremists in the U.K. This is merely the latest such plot from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in a string that includes Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on Christmas day 2009 and the parcel bombs from late last year — both of which also had London links.
Then over Christmas, police disrupted a cell of mostly Bangladeshi-Britons they accuse of plotting to carry out a series of attacks in the U.K., while in Stockholm an Iraqi-Swede radicalized in Luton blew himself up in a suicide attack attempting to target a shopping mall. And late last year, Roshonara Choudhry, a young woman who had attempted to kill British parliamentarian Steven Timms for his support of the Iraq war, became the latest in a growing list of lone wolf attackers who seemingly using only the internet radicalized and attempted to carry out an attack in the U.K.
In none of these plots has there been evidence of a Kashmiri connection. This does not mean that the Pakistan-U.K. connection has now been completely severed, however. In April 2009, British police disrupted what they think was a major plot emanating from Pakistan's tribal regions as part of a wave of attacks in New York, the U.K. and Oslo (admittedly all in varying degrees of preparation), and according to the confession of David Headley, a key plotter in the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks, in August 2009 he connected with a cell of Pakistanis from Kolti in Derby who were in contact with Ilyas Kashmiri, the former Lashkar warrior now thought to be close to al-Qaeda. And in the fall of 2010, European officials searched for a group of plotters supposedly coming from Pakistan's tribal regions allegedly seeking to attack targets in the U.K., France, and Germany.
But none of these resulted in a plot emanating from Kashmiri-British network, and for almost three years now it has been tough to see a plot that draws as from this nexus in the same way as the plots of several years ago. Problematically for British counterterrorists, this has not apparently reduced the overall threat — just sent it scattering in a variety of different directions.
Raffaello Pantucci is an Associate Fellow at the International Center for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR).

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"I want to bring Story Concerts to more places" – Revo's interview on J-WAVE in 5 quotes.
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Yesterday, Revo was live on J-WAVE's Beat Planet, a radio show conducted by regular SH collaborator Sascha. This is Revo's first appearance in the media for about half a year, and also the first after the release of the 9th Story CD, Nein.
Below is a summary of the interview in 5 quotes.
"This is the first time we do a Story Concert outside Tokyo. I want to bring Story Concerts to more places, but it is difficult due to the amount of staff and preparation needed for each stage."
"Nein was a difficult album to make. Creating a story from scratch is easier than creating new songs from already existing stories. Also, unlike previous albums, Nein is not set in a specific time and space."
"[About Ori no Naka no Hakoniwa] I wanted to challenge myself with something new. Also, I wanted to keep surprising Laurants with unexpected turns, as it's always happened in Sound Horizon."
"So far we've put on Story Concerts where we add costumes and dancing to the music in order to tell a story. However, I'm interested in giving Sound Horizon a drammatic approach, where it isn't all about the music."
At the end of the interview, Sascha said he couldn't wait to see him at the Story Concert later in the evening. To that, Revo replied:
"Well, I am going back to Tokyo tonight as I'm busy with work, so please take care of Noël for me!"
Sound Horizon's new full-length album Nein (9th Story CD) went on sale last week in three different version (Regular, Limited and Deluxe). The album entered the Daily Album Charts at number 2 with 22,174 units sold on its first day, and debuted on the Weekly Charts at number 2 with a total of 46,518 units sold.
If you would like to order a copy of Nein, you can do so on CDJapan by following the links below:
9th Story CD "Nein"
Sound Horizon 10th Anniversary Series Part 3
Release: April 22nd, 2015
Price: 3,000 yen
CD 1 "9th Story CD"
CD "9th Story CD"
BONUS DVD
Ori no Naka no Hakoniwa MV
Price: 10,000 yen
Additional Maxi Single
"Marvelous mini-Dimension"
Sunawachi… Hikari wo mo nigasanu ankoku no ChouJuuryoku (Symphonic Band Style : Short ver.)
Sunawachi… Seikan Chou Tunnel (Rock Band Style : Long ver.)
Sunawachi… Kowakusei wo kurau ChouKoen (Metal Band Style : Medium ver.)
BONUS BLURAY
10th Anniversary Fan Club Event selected live footage (4 songs).
EXTRA ITEM
The "Sunglass-type information terminal" imitation item.
Previous post9 days for the 9th Story: What do we know about the new album? Next postThe book of "Sound Horizon and You" is coming very soon!


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Questlove Of The Roots Talks Mental Health, Touring With Red Hot Chili Peppers, Race, J Dilla + More On The Trap Set Podcast
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South African Singer Lloyiso Drops New Single "Let Me Love You Now" Via Universal Music Group South Africa/Republic Records
Westside Gunn Drops New Music Video "Peppas" Featuring Black Star Via Griselda Records / EMPIRE
Bust Rhymes Previews Upcoming "Live Life" Single From Spliff Star a/k/a Mr. Lewis Featuring Smoova Blast
DMC Drops "Me And My Microphone" Featuring Chuck D, Ice-T & DJ Jazzy Jeff (Prod. Bumpy Knuckles)
Trevor Noah hosts Black Theater Night for Broadway's "A Strange Loop"
Virginia Artist FNF Chop Shares Track & Video For "Danger" Via RCA Records
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I Quit the Priesthood – The New York Times
January 24, 2020 Fashion and Style
Len Schreiner couldn't help falling in love. So he wrote a letter to Pope John Paul II — and waited.
Interview by Danya Issawi
I grew up in a very Roman Catholic atmosphere in western Kansas and had always been drawn to the priesthood.
I joined the Capuchin religious order in 1976, and I was ordained in 1978 at age 28. Almost immediately, the underlying tension I had felt about intimate relationships really came to the fore. I struggled greatly.
I was in various flirtations with women, or little romantic relationships, but that's a normal part of life. The Roman Catholic priesthood, though, with its mandatory celibacy, discourages any close contact with women.
I would look at my brothers and sister and the families they raised, and I couldn't accept the notion that I was making a greater sacrifice than they were in their jobs and raising children.
I went on a leave of absence from the priesthood in 1989 and started dispensation two years later, which means I had to write up a paper to John Paul II in Rome to explain why I wasn't able to continue. I wrote that there were two things that prompted my leaving: that I wanted to be more involved in social justice and peace work, and that I felt I could not successfully live a celibate life.
I sought dispensation both for my own peace of my mind and for my family. I knew it would soften the blow for my parents — it was a heartbreak for them.
A lot of priests did not get dispensations. Their applications would be in a pile someplace for years. One priest said to me, "They haven't gotten back to me in 11 years."
In my case, by the grace of God, I received a letter and document in January of 1992 granting me "a dispensation from the obligations of priestly ordination, including celibacy, and from religious vows."
Then I was considered, in the eyes of the church, a lay person. I was free, and in June of that same year, I got married in a Catholic church in Seattle.
I knew my wife for seven years before we got married. I had met her when I was still a pastor of a church in Denver. She had been in a religious order of nuns, but had left three years prior to our meeting.
We became friends, and by the time I left the Roman Catholic priesthood in 1989 we were in a relationship. We weren't married until 1992, and part of that was just my slowness to mature. I had to work through a lot.
The transition was huge. I had gone to a high school seminary and a college seminary, where it's a celibate atmosphere and an all-male atmosphere, and both psychologically and on a sexual level, I was quite immature. The first 10 years of my relationship with my wife, Nancy, were about learning how to be in a romantic relationship, and it was a long learning curve.
By the grace of God we have been married now for 26 years. You have to learn how to be a "we" rather than a "me" — the celibate priesthood is kind of honing you to be individualistic, yet also an overly generous servant of the church.
When you leave, you have very little financially. I worked in lots of labor jobs. I was a furniture laborer. I worked day jobs for $5 an hour. I dug ditches. I unloaded trucks. During what I call the 14-year hiatus, I wanted to get back to ministry as a priest, but there wasn't an avenue to do that in the Roman Catholic church.
It wasn't until 2004 when I found the Ecumenical Catholic Communion that I could be a priest again.
We are one of the expressions of independent Catholicism, which are churches that follow the practices, the beliefs and the teachings of the Catholic church but are not under Rome, not under the pope. The pope is not our superior. I'm still functioning as a priest because I was accepted by the founding bishop of this Ecumenical Catholic Communion.
There's another way of being Catholic. There's another way of being to be complete. That's what all transitions are about. I've taken everything that I learned in my life as a Capuchin and as a Roman Catholic priest.
It's with me all the time, but I have gone beyond the limitations of that to a much more extensive consciousness.
Len Schreiner lives in Rowe, N.M., with his wife and is the author of the forthcoming book "A Soul's Journey Into Interspiritual Space." This interview has been edited.
Photo illustration by Tony Cenicola/The New York Times
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2015-16 TV Show Season Ratings (week six)
Published: November 3, 2015
Which TV shows are doing the best? The worst? Cancelled or renewed? Wondering how your favorite series are doing in the ratings? Here are the season average ratings of the 2015-16 network TV shows — through the end of week six (Sunday, November 1, 2015).
ABC shows (so far): 20/20, America's Funniest Home Videos, Black-ish, Blood & Oil, Castle, Dancing With The Stars, Dr. Ken, Fresh Off The Boat, The Goldbergs, Grey's Anatomy, How To Get Away With Murder, Last Man Standing, Marvel's Agents Of SHIELD, The Middle, Modern Family, The Muppets, Nashville, Once Upon A Time, Quantico, Scandal, Shark Tank, and Wicked City.
CBS shows this season (so far): 48 Hours, 60 Minutes, The Amazing Race, The Big Bang Theory, Blue Bloods, Code Black, Criminal Minds, CSI: Cyber, The Good Wife, Hawaii Five-0, Life In Pieces, Limitless, Madam Secretary, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, Scorpion, Supergirl, and Survivor.
CW shows this season (so far): Arrow, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Flash, iZombie, Jane the Virgin, The Originals, Reign, Supernatural, and The Vampire Diaries.
FOX shows this season (so far): Bob's Burgers, Bones, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Empire, Family Guy, Gotham, Grandfathered, The Grinder, The Last Man On Earth, Minority Report, Rosewood, Scream Queens, The Simpsons, and Sleepy Hollow.
NBC shows this season (so far): Blindspot, Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris, Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Dateline NBC, Grimm, Heroes Reborn, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Mysteries of Laura, The Player, Truth Be Told, Undateable, and The Voice.
Note: If you're not seeing the updated charts, please try reloading the page. You can also view them here and here.
The averages are based on the final national numbers (live plus same day viewing). The demos are typically reported with one decimal place but I've included two for more accurate ranking.
Keep in mind that the demo numbers are typically what's most important to advertisers. Therefore, that's how the networks measure success. Advertisers pay more for ad time on a show that has a higher demo rating. Because older viewers don't count? No, it's because younger viewers watch less traditional TV and are harder to reach.
What do you think? Are you surprised by any of the ratings? Which shows should be doing better?
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Saint Clare's Hospital is located at 25 Pocono Road, Denville NJ 07834.
Its Labor and Delivery unit has a total of 23 all-private suites to provide a comfortable environment for patients. The suites come equipped with a pull-out bed for guests, private bath, birthing tubs, rocking chair, refrigerator, TV and internet.
Mothers who deliver at Saint Clare's Hospital can request full time or part time support from the nursery staff to help with infant care and receive education about infant bathing. Saint Clare's Hospital has received Healthgrades' Five-Stars for Vaginal Delivery in 2017 and Five-Stars for C-Section Delivery for two years. In addition, Saint Clare's Hospital has a Level II Nursery for infants who need an intermediate level of medical care.
This specialized unit has 8 bassinets available for use. In regards to surgery, Saint Clare's Hospital has seven operating rooms and has received the Healthgrades' Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award from 2014 to 2016.


I had been in the lawn care business for 18 years serving the northwest suburbs of Detroit. Performing a task improperly, I developed carpal tunnel. My wife being so ever helpful, gave me a certificate for massage. The massage therapist eliminated my carpal tunnel during the very first visit; I knew at that point, there was something special about massage. The wife and I traded massage certificates back and forth until moving up north from the Detroit area.
I needed a job that was portable and could transfer to another location. My wife pointed out the massage program in the Kirtland catalog. I had a couple of years receiving massage under my belt before entering the program, so I knew what we were suppose to accomplish. I took the Intro to massage weekend class, passed and thoroughly enjoyed the hands on work with a variety of people.
My massage career started out in a chiropractor's office where I had a taste of medical massage and insurance billing. Next was a hair salon where I stayed for a little over 2 years. The salon was up for sale, so my next location was at a metaphysical gift shop. Great place for learning and a very relaxing atmosphere. Had no intention of leaving, but...my arm was twisted to set up a joint venture with a parent. The up side is I have two rooms dedicated to massage and business has grown every year.
I used to travel in my line of work for a local company and would find therapists in different locations to trade massage with. I had one session in Holland, Michigan that is now used as my goal for relaxation massages. It felt like my body was floating 2 feet above the table, pure relaxation. I have never experienced that again, however quite a few of my clients do experience a similar feeling of pure relaxation.
6/2018 Attempting to expand the business by adding another therapist to the practice. This new therapist has 8 years spa experience downstate and is available during most business hours. My other therapist is still restricted due to her work hours, only available about 6pm weekdays or after 2pm on Saturdays. Both are bookable online.
May 24, 2011 finds me back in the salon environment. I had formed an alliance with Roscommon's Fifth Street Salon. The goal was to develop a world class day spa and this alliance moved a little closer to reality. Sadly the salon was sold and the idea never left the starting gate. Slapping "Spa" on a regular hair salon has been done in Houghton Lake numerous times. Think Big and think Las Vegas as our vision to guide us in creating a must visit Spa destination.
Roscommon Salon chapter 2: ownership change on December 1st. Same personnel, new equipment and products. The tanner is gone and will not be replaced. Grand plans for a spa have dimmed once again and have finally been extinguished. Good experiment but the timing is not right with the new salon business.
New - old adventure: Time to move back into the nurturing environment of a metaphysical enterprise. Great owners and plenty of positive energy to share. Time to explore and learn more about the energy aspect of massage and bodywork. Maybe even explore a bit of Reiki. Was fun while that lasted.
The last few years has found the focus shift back to a more medical style massage. The number one complaint in my office is low back pain. Neck and shoulders come in second. The additional training in those areas allow me to provide a good deal of relief. Maybe the instructor was right? Massage just might be the best alternative care for low back pain. That needs to be shared with anyone seeking relief.
New chapter - Still helping with the family quilt business when possible/necessary. We ran out of room at the original location even to the point of losing one of my massage rooms to fabric. The solution was to acquire another building and open a second location. That building opened for business 8/7/2017. It took a lot of work on my part to ready the place to open. But, that's not all...my spouse decided to open her own business in our village.
So, we acquired a building in Roscommon. Wife's business and minimal input from me. (Right) Her business is a "flea market" only open on the weekends and since the building was already a retail business, that worked. Great idea, move my office into our building from the rented space across the street. The Village is clamoring for new business. Let's just say you need deep pockets to jump through the hoops, pay for engineered drawings, pray to the zoning gods and hope you land on their good side. So, yes I do have an office in Roscommon, however until the funds build up to paper the village coffers, I am working inside a tent inside the building. Different concept, easier to heat than 4,000sq.ft. and close to home. Remember, "Try it, You'll Like it."
There have been some requests to take a peek inside the massage room in Houghton Lake. You can see a few more pictures on Facebook, what you don't see is the electric lift, chest comfort cut-outs or the extra padding on the table.
My philosophy: You are in charge of your massage session. You determine what you want to accomplish and areas to be worked. To receive a good massage, you must actively participate. Notify the therapist about temperature or pressure, if something doesn't feel right, tender or feels good. Tell the therapist to quit working on an area if you feel it is being over done. You are teaching the therapist your tolerances and preferences.
Massage should be painless and enjoyable. There may be a little tenderness when a sore muscle is being worked, but there should be no "pain."
"Deep Tissue" what does that mean? That term has only been around for 50 years. I get a lot of requests for "deep tissue" after people hear it in a television program. My regular pressure is heavier than a lot of therapist's "deep tissue." You must provide constant feedback for the session to go smoothly. After the second "ouch" from someone that has requested "deep tissue," I back off the pressure and finish the session with a light touch. Besides...it is easier to convince a stubborn person to make them think it is their idea to conform to what you want to accomplish. When forcing someone stubborn to do something against their wishes, you will have a fight on your hands. Muscles act the same way. Tell the therapist what your goal is and forget about driving the bus.


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By Scott Hawley
In Voices
Theopolis Monk, Part I: Envisioning a Future of A.I. Public Service
As a young person, I was a devotee of the TV show Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, which was a science-fiction retelling of the Rip Van Winkle myth. When 20th-century Buck comes back to Earth after being accidentally frozen in space and cryogenically preserved (it's not really explained why he's not simply killed), he is arrested as a suspected spy and assigned a public defender/interrogator in the form of a disk-shaped computerized intelligence (known as a "Quad") named Dr. Theopolis.
Readers of the Gospel of Luke and the book of Acts will notice the similarity between the name "Theopolis" and the addressee of these New Testament books, "most excellent Theophilos." The Greek name "Theophilos" (Latinized to "Theophilus") means "friend of God," [1] whereas "Theopolis" means "city of God" [2].
The City of God is a famous work by Augustine and is widely regarded as "a cornerstone of Western thought" [3]. It describes, among other things, how the decline of Roman civilization was not due to the rise of Christianity, and it advances the notion of an enduring civilization based on Christian spiritual principles.
The intent of the writers of Buck Rogers in choosing the name "Theopolis" is unclear [4]. One wonders whether the writers had wanted to use "Theophilus" but were told "Theopolis" was easier to say or sounded better. Or perhaps the connection to City of God was deliberate; in the 25th century, Earth society has recovered from a cataclysmic "holocaust" and is principally centered in New Chicago. The new society is an "enlightened" one — even the Alexa-like home entertainment system in the apartment where Buck is placed under house arrest responds to the voice command "Enlighten me."
This is why the name "Theopolis" stuck out to me. The Enlightenment, with its emphasis on rationality over revelation, resulted in a decline in the amount of religious practice and the eroding of confidence in religious doctrine. Despite the fact that religious freedom is celebrated in Thomas Moore's Utopia [5], and some science fiction can take a sympathetic or at least tolerant view toward religion [6], sci-fi typically takes a disparaging view of "religious superstition," often envisioning a future society freed of religious sentiments [7]. Thus I found it remarkable that a name with religious connotations was used for a "positive" character, one who takes the form of a public servant.
The society that Buck arrives in is governed by an oligarchy of sentient AIs known as the Computer Council on which Dr. Theopolis, or "Theo," sits as a chief scientist. According to ComicVine, he was once a human scientist whose "mind was transferred into a computer prior to his death," [8] but in the actual script we are told by Dr. Elias Huer that Theo has been programmed by other Quads:
"These Quads are not programmed by man: They've been programmed by one another over the generations" [9].
Regardless of how the intelligence got "in there," in the 25th century it is running on silicon (or perhaps some new substrate). People in this society felt that the AIs were more trustworthy and/or capable than purely human representatives. Dr. Elias continues:
"You see, the mistakes that we have made in areas, well, like our environment, have been entirely turned over to [the Quads]. And they've saved the Earth from certain doom" [10].
(It's almost as if humanity longed to be under the care of a benevolent superintelligence…)
These recollections on Buck Rogers can serve as a springboard for discussing potential positive future uses of AI, human consciousness, and envisioning a future "enlightened" society or "City of God." The key observation from Buck Rogers is that the AI entities on the Computer Council were more or less benevolent, and were acting as public servants; this is opposed to notions of SkyNet or superintelligences that leave humans behind in the dust. It represents an alternate narrative of the future from the dystopian visions which are prevalent in science fiction today [11]. Several sci-fi creators have recently expressed a desire to intentionally bring back a sense of optimism (e.g., [12-14]), that "we need more utopias" in sci-fi today, both because of the chilling effect of so much doom and gloom on the human spirit and because predicting the future is a difficult game [15]. The recollection of Buck Rogers from the early 1980s showcases some optimistic variety in the space of speculative fiction about AI.
We are already living in an era of AI public servants, as machine learning (ML) statistical models are increasingly applied in government, healthcare, and finance. Yet, concerns exist regarding their ability to form concepts (or "representations") and produce decisions in ways that are understandable by the humans whose lives are affected by the inferences of such systems. We'll discuss this in the next part of this series.
1. In what ways might the hope of a future utopia made possible by technology parallel a Christian hope of residence in the New Jerusalem?
2. Given our present technical challenges of securing systems for commerce and government (e.g., database hacks, vulnerabilities in electronic voting machines), what factors would contribute to public trust in government AI systems?
3. Would a demonstration that human cognition is computable have any impact on your Christian faith?
Sponsored by a grant given by Bridging the Two Cultures of Science and the Humanities II, a project run by Scholarship and Christianity in Oxford (SCIO), the UK subsidiary of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, with funding by Templeton Religion Trust and The Blankemeyer Foundation.
W R F Browning, ed., Theophilus, in The Oxford Dictionary of the Bible (Oxford University Press, 2004).
"Theopolis" is a proper name that showed some popularity in the 19th century, and is also sometimes attributed to individuals more commonly known by the name "Theophilus", e.g., John Milton uses the former in Of Prelatical Episcopacy (1641) to refer to the 23rd Pope of Alexandria.
Wikipedia contributors, The City of God, 2018, .
I have been unable to find any references regarding the creators' intent in choosing this name. 'Theo' was a new character for the 1979 TV series, and not part of the original Buck Rogers comic strip.
Sanford Kessler, "Religious Freedom in Thomas More's Utopia," The Review of Politics 64, no. 02 (March 2002): 207, .
Teresa Jusino, "Religion and Science Fiction: Asking the Right Questions," Tor.com, January 6, 2010, ; Jo Walton, "Religious Science Fiction," Tor.com, January 21, 2011, .
"Science Fiction — Mythology of the Future | Think Magazine," accessed June 5, 2018, .
Doctor Theopolis (Character) – Comic Vine, n.d., .
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century S01e01 Episode Script | SS, n.d., .
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century S01e01 Episode Script | SS.
Sarah Begley, "The Mysterious Case of the Missing Utopian Novels," Time, September 2017.
Tom Cassauwers, "Sci-Fi Doesn't Have to Be Depressing: Welcome to Solarpunk,"
Adam Epstein, "I Miss Optimism: The 'Family Guy' Creator Wants to Bring Back Hopeful Sci-Fi," Quartz, 2017.
Cory Doctorow, "In 'Walkaway,' A Blueprint For A New, Weird (But Better) World," NPR, April 2017.
Lauren J Young, How To Move Beyond The Tropes Of Dystopia, n.d., .
Scott Hawley
In Even The Most Unlikely Places, God Wins Again
It's Time to Dream Again
What's Next for the Church?
What Can AI Reveal About God?


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using System.Collections.Generic;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;

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{
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        {
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                name: "JoinTheDotsKey",
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Yoshi's New Island – Gamescom Preview
by Bradley McAvoy-James | September 3rd, 2013
Ladies and Gents, set your brains to "Awwwww" because Yoshi is back on your 3DS and he is cuter than ever before! If you have never played the adorable Yoshi's Island then I highly suggest you do, it is one of the best 2D platformers around and is the prequel to this newest Nintendo title.
Yoshi's New Island is just wonderful, it really is. From the pastel painting like ethics to its charming soundtrack it is just a joy to play. Gameplay wise Yoshi's New Island feels a lot like the original Yoshi's Island. Yoshi can still do all his old moves such as the ground pound, tongue lick and flutter jump which is great. It seems Nintendo have decided not to stray too far from the old Yoshi's Island formula which really worked and this is a really good thing.
One new addition is the giant egg. Yoshi can eat up a larger enemy turning it into a giant egg which can be thrown. If you throw this egg correctly, not only can it open more of the level up for you to explore but it can also reveal some more secrets and goodies for you to collect. This new mechanic adds a small amount or re-playability to this demo as you can throw the egg in a few different ways to unlock different paths.
The look is just so endearing, the pastel like characters and objects blend with the more crayon-esk backdrops and makes the whole game look like something a young child would draw in a colouring book. This adds so much to the games feel as you can't help but smile as you play Yoshi's New Island, it is infectious.
It's just so CUTE!
Combining this with a revamped soundtrack, which takes a few of the older songs and remix's them to create a more up to date musical score; you get a 3DS title that is just a joy to listen to. I am honestly still whistling one of the themes to this day, that's how catchy they are!
If I had to complain I would say that when hit, Baby Mario flies off Yoshi, this is usually what happens in this series of games, but, I could swear in this game he is sent further away. While playing there was some tense moments were I could just not reach Baby Mario with Yoshi because of just how far he had been knocked off the screen.
After being at Gamescom for a few days and playing all the hardcore shooters and graphically intense action games, words cannot describe how refreshing it was to play Yoshi's New Island. Sometimes after a long day of hectic gameplay and gritty narratives, you need to come back to a game like Yoshi's New Island; it is just good for the soul. If you own a 3DS you owe it to yourself to pick this title up and enjoy the magic.
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Turkish authorities arrest pregnant Turkish asylum-seeker pushed back by Greece
A four-months-pregnant woman was arrested on Friday in Turkey's Izmir province after being pushed back from Greece, where she had fled to seek asylum, the Bold Medya news website reported.
Sevda Ersoy tried to cross the Aegean Sea with her 6-year-old daughter but was pushed back by Greek coast guards and was arrested upon return. Accused of links to the Gülen movement, Ersoy had previously been sentenced to seven years, six months in prison.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been targeting followers of the Gülen movement, a faith-based group inspired by Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen, since the corruption investigations of December 17-25, 2013, which implicated then-prime minister Erdoğan, his family members and his inner circle.
Dismissing the investigations as a Gülenist coup and conspiracy against his government, Erdoğan designated the movement as a terrorist organization and began to target its members. He intensified the crackdown on the movement following a coup attempt on July 15, 2016 that he accused Gülen of masterminding. Gülen and the movement strongly deny involvement in the abortive putsch or any terrorist activity.
The Law on the Execution of Sentences and Security Measures stipulates that even if a pregnant woman is convicted, her sentence shall be postponed. According to the law, "execution of the prison sentence is delayed for women who are pregnant or have given birth within the last year and a half."
Despite the regulations several pregnant women have recently been arrested for links to the movement.
Ersoy was accused of working at a private dormitory linked to the movement and of using the ByLock smartphone application, which has been considered a secret tool of communication among supporters of the Gülen movement since a coup attempt on July 15, 2016, despite the lack of any evidence that ByLock messages were related to the abortive putsch.
After learning of her pregnancy, Ersoy decided to leave the country so she would not have to raise her children in prison.
Purge victims who wanted to flee the country to avoid the post-coup crackdown took dangerous journeys across the Evros River or the Aegean Sea. Some were arrested by Turkish security forces; some were pushed back to Turkey by Greek security; and others perished on their way to Greece.
The purge victims had to leave the country illegally because the government had revoked their passports.
According to a Eurostat report for 2008-2020, Turkish citizens are among the top asylum seekers in EU countries, ranking seventh in a list of countries whose citizens sought asylum in the EU in 2020
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"Don't get mixed up in any more murders, Aunt Jane. It isn't good for you."
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Miss Marple is the recipient of an unusual bequest. Mr. Rafiel, an old acquaintance, has left instructions for her to investigate a crime after his death. The only problem is he has failed to tell her who was involved, or where, or when the crime was committed…
Towards Zero Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie - Towards Zero
What is the connection between a failed suicide attempt, a wrongful accusation of theft against a schoolgirl, and the romantic life of a tennis player? To the casual observer, apparently nothing. When a houseparty gathers at Gull's Point, the seaside home of an elderly widow, earlier events come to a dramatic head.
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
Even the great Poirot harbours a deep and abiding fear of the dentist, so it is with trepidation that he arrives at the celebrated Dr Morley's surgery for an examination. Yet even Poirot couldn't have guessed that only hours later he would be examining the dentist, dead in his surgery – an apparent suicide. Why would a successful dentist choose to kill himself on such a busy day? Poirot turns to the other patients for answers – but only finds other, darker questions. 'A swift course of unflagging suspense leads to complete surprise.' New York Times
Sleeping Murder Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie - Sleeping Murder
Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home, odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts to modernise the house, she only succeeded in dredging up its past. Worse, she felt an irrational sense of terror every time she climbed the stairs. In fear, Gwenda turns to Jane Marple to exorcise her ghosts. Between them, they are faced with having to solve a "perfect" crime committed many years before. "A puzzle that is tortuous, surprising and finally satisfying." _Sunday Express_
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Roger Ackroyd was a man who knew too much. He knew the woman he loved had poisoned her first husband. He knew someone was blackmailing her – and now he knew she had taken her own life with a drug overdose. The one thing he didn't know was the identity of the mystery blackmailer… But the evening post brought Roger this last scrap of information. But before he'd finished reading the letter, Roger was dead – stabbed through the neck where he sat in his study… 'A classic – the book has worthily earned its fame.' Irish Independent
Cards on the Table Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie - Cards on the Table
A facsimile first edition hardback of the Poirot book, introducing Ariadne Oliver in Christie's exemplary 'murder in a locked room' scenario. Mr Shaitana was famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he was a man of whom everybody was a little afraid. So, when he boasted to Poirot that he considered murder an art form, the detective had some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana's private collection. Indeed, what began as an absorbing evening of bridge was to turn into a more dangerous game altogether!
The Body in the Library Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie - The Body in the Library
It's seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing evening dress and heavy make-up, which is now smeared across her cheeks. But who is she? How did she get there? And what is the connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry? The respectable Bantrys invite Jane Marple to solve the mystery... before tongues start to wag.
The Mystery of the Blue Train Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie - The Mystery of the Blue Train
The daughter of an American millionaire dies on a train en route for Nice... When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again -- for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is more, her precious rubies are missing. The prime suspect is Ruth's estranged husband, Derek. Yet Poirot is not convinced, so he stages an eerie re-enactment of the journey, complete with the murderer on board!
Hercule Poirot's Christmas Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot's Christmas
It is Christmas Eve. The Lee family reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture, followed by a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed. But when Hercule Poirot offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning, but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man...
The Listerdale Mystery Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie - The Listerdale Mystery
After Mr St Vincent's death, his family are plunged into poverty. Living in reduced circumstances their lives change when they find an elegant town house with staff, for a suspiciously cheap rent. Why would Lord Listerdale rent his home out for such a low price and why are the staff so accommodating?
Murder on the Orient Express Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express
Travelling on the Orient Express, Poirot is approached by a desperate American named Ratchett. Afraid that someone plans to kill him, Ratchett asks Poirot for help. Sadly the very next day Ratchett's worst fears become reality, when he is found dead in his cabin, a victim of multiple stab wounds. With nothing but a scrap of paper to go on, Poirot must piece together Ratchett's identity before he can establish which of his fellow passengers murdered him.
Elephants Can Remember Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie - Elephants Can Remember
Hercule Poirot stood on the cliff-top. Once, many years earlier, there had been a tragic accident. This was followed by the grisly discovery of two more bodies – a husband and wife – shot dead. But who had killed whom? Was it a suicide pact? A crime of passion? Or cold-blooded murder? Poirot delves back into the past and discovers that 'old sins leave long shadows'. 'Splendid… she tells us all we want to know and nothing that is irrelevant.' The Times
The Labours of Hercules Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie - The Labours of Hercules
A dinner guest compares the labours of Poirot to those of his mythological counterpart, Hercules, the Greek hero. The great detective is not amused. Poirot has already decided to retire, but first he will take on twelve monumental cases in the contemporary world that correspond to the twelve labours of Hercules, as a suitable farewell. In the final short story, Hercule Poirot once again meets the love of his life, Countess Rossakoff.
Third Girl Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie - Third Girl
Three single girls share a London flat. The first works as a secretary; the second is an artist; the third, who comes to Poirot for help, disappears believing she is a murderer. There are rumours of revolvers, flick-knives and blood stains. But, without hard evidence, it will take all Poirot's tenacity to establish whether the third girl is guilty, innocent or insane.
Miss Marple's Final Cases Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie - Miss Marple's Final Cases
Despite the title, the stories collected here recount cases from the middle of Miss Marple's career. They are: "Sanctuary"; "Strange Jest"; "Tape-Measure Murder"; "The Case of the Caretaker"; "The Case of the Perfect Maid"; "Miss Marple Tells a Story"; "The Dressmaker's Doll"; "In a Glass Darkly"; "Greenshaw's Folly".
Problem at Pollensa Bay Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie - Problem at Pollensa Bay
All great crime writers have their favourite creations. Similarly, every great sleuth has their own preferred method of deduction. Take the charming Parker Pyne, who relies upon an intuitive knowledge of human nature to solve the Problem at Pollensa Bay. Or Mr Satterthwaite, who seeks inspiration through his collaboration with the enigmatic Mr Quin in The Harlequin Tea Set mystery. Then, of course, there's Poirot, whose measured analysis of motive and opportunity is tested to the full in Yellow Iris, when he receives an anonymous call about a matter of life and death… 'The acknowledged queen of detective fiction.' Observer
Mrs. McGinty's Dead Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie - Mrs. McGinty's Dead
Mrs McGinty dies from a brutal blow to the back of her head. Suspicion immediately falls on her shifty lodger, James Bentley, whose clothes reveal traces of the victim's blood and hair. Yet something is amiss: Bentley just doesn't look like a murderer. Poirot believes he can save the man from the gallows - what he doesn't realise is that his own life is now in great danger...
Murder in Mesopotamia Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie - Murder in Mesopotamia
It was clear to Amy Leatheran that something sinister was going on at the Hassanieh dig; something associated with the presence of 'Lovely Louise', wife of celebrated archaeologist Dr Leidner. In a few days' time Hercule Poirot was due to drop in at the excavation site. But with Louise suffering from terrifying hallucinations, and tension within the group becoming almost unbearable, Poirot might just be too late… 'Smooth, highly original and completely absorbing.' New York Times
After the Funeral Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie - After the Funeral
When Cora is savagely murdered, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother funeral takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say, "It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't it...But he was murdered, wasn't he?" In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel what happened next ...
A Murder is Announced Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie - A Murder is Announced
The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which read: "A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6:30 p.m." Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, a crowd begins to gather at Little Paddocks at the ppointed time when, without warning, the lights go out ...
The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie - The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Invalided home from the First World War, Lieutenant Hastings finds himself in a convalescent home very much to his disliking. Thankfully his old friend John Cavendish invites him to spend the rest of his sick leave at his family home. The beautiful Styles Court is home to John's step mother Mrs Inglethorpe, and her new husband Alfred. Despite the tranquil surroundings Hastings begins to realise that all is not right. When Mrs Inglethorpe is found poisoned a murder investigation begins, and who better to investigate than war refugee Hercule Poirot, a retired Belgian detective.
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Maybe we are a bit unfair against the FC programmers.
I can`t remember when I had the last crash of FC4 or FC3, I am not even sure if there ever was one (but those i made myself with modding). With all the Bethesda games (and I really love them) I felt myself blessed if I did not have a crash in one day. I always have Quicksave on the KP0 key, because the games crash so often. And not only in the modded stance also totally unmodded, stability isn´t something "typical" for Bethesda.
So in that regard its totally relaxing playing FC games, because you KNOW that it will not crash.
Using the same system and engine again, what`s wrong with that. If you know something works, why change it (HELLO THERE MICROSOFT!!!) if it has potential enough to be upgraded.
There is also the fact that we look too much into the innards of the game. Maybe for someone programming them, with a real frontend, it looks totally different, and last but not least, why change a functioning file structure if it works? And we would not be here and discuss this, if FC4 had had a new engine and structure. Modding FC4 is only possible because JR could use his FC3 modding knowledge, and the tools form FC3.
There might even be a third A52, or better second ACE in the game. At least there are 2 FCBs, and I found an ACE OF SPADES.
What I should have done was taken a cut items archetype file and copied all of the ace stuff into it and used that. I also would need to a free ID number. That one is using 181 (shpscataSubCategory1="181"). Not sure if the game accepts that.
A LOT to take into consideration... it can be done, but it's not easy.
"I can`t remember when I had the last crash of FC4 ..."
two night ago; the dreaded freeze followed by white screen, then black as the audio continuing to "run."
Other valid points to be sure in the overall aspect of this specific environment; but when you come from a programming background (of a different era and industry naturally - where standards were established because you most likely weren't going to be the same person looking at the code in the future) - you can't but react and wonder out loud about how this (these?) game(s) are coded.
Btw. when the audio continues, just wait, after max. a minute the game will continue, trust me.
Just wait out the blank screen... interesting indeed. Thanks.
While I have not personally had... ahhh no nope not going to say it. Not going to jinx it.
I have of course crashed the game with mods... or rather my attempts to mod LOL.
I would say though that while it's far more STABLE it's a LOT more glitchy. I think it's very aggressive on memory management unlike say Skyrim and that leads to Skyrim crashing more. On the other hand there's been many times far cry has caused an entity to stop moving or get stuck in a loop or just simply disappear all together.
Maybe I'm lucky but those sorts of things only happen in Bethesda games to me when I have lots of mods loaded.
I DO however give Ubi credit that you can run from one end of the world to the other in any of the Far Cry games and it's pretty seamless in terms of everything loading and running well. They have an amazing engine that really does a great job with a HUGE open world environment. Other than RPGs they were the first to do this in a really big and beautiful way.
In regards to using the same system and engine over I have no problem with that. My big complaint is they didn't change the CONTENT enough. They wanted the game to make sense to anyone that has played Far Cry 3 and I get that, but I feel they stayed too close to it by replicating the same weapons, animals, vehicles, etc. There's *enough* new content for it to be a new game - yes, but just enough. If they had just done a different set of weapons and tried not to replicate the same animals it would have felt a lot less of a carbon copy. There were a lot of really interesting ideas in the shop file that got tossed out - baboons, lions, pythons, and red pandas all sound really cool (and more importantly really DIFFERENT). I think in the kit files were other stuff too like tarantulas as well... They gave us new stuff I just wanted more of it and less of the same.
Besides the "incidents" mentioned by JR; I've been cataloging where to locate stuff within the game world as I've done for FC3 - and what's interesting is to pick up something automatically (say body armor) that wasn't placed correctly, and thus is not visible. Haven't come across a lot, but there are a few.


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When Anneke reminded me again today that I had forgotten to write a soundbyte this weekend, I immediately realised I wanted to write about the reason I had completely forgotten about writing it in the first place. But not before I have introduced this week's musical background. Sometimes I listen to different numbers for hours before I make my choice, but today the choice was quickly made: High Hopes by Pink Floyd, whose Pulse performance was already featured before in a Soundbyte and is well worth listening to in its entirety.
So why did I forget about the soundbyte in the first place?
That story starts on Saturday evening as I was preparing to visit Zandvoort the next day. As most of you know, one of my big hobbies is simracing, racing against others in a computer simulated race car and track. For about eleven years now, I have been part of a racing team called Simracing For Holland, a name we chose to honor "Racing For Holland", a team led by Jan Lammers that participated in the 24 hours of Le Mans for a couple of years. Needless to say, we also enjoy endurance racing a lot and over the years the team has had many different drivers participate in races and we're quite proud that we both try to win as many races as we can whilst still maintaining a very friendly and casual attitude. That is probably also why we still race together.
One of those team mates, Andras, had the ambition to participate in real races as well. After researching different options about a year ago he got his license, bought a car and started racing the Mazda MX-5, which has a very exciting competition in The Netherlands. All he had was his simracing experience. He did not know how to fix a car. In fact, his car was still mostly road-legal so he drives to and from the track in the same car he races. That also means that he can't crash it, or else he needs to go home by train. Others in the team help him out and everybody enjoys to see how, after a season, he is becoming really good, regularly finishing races in the top 10.
So, Sunday was going to be another race day. Beautiful weather at Zandvoort provided the ideal backdrop for no less than 2 "normal" races of 10 laps each and an "endurance" race that lasted 70 minutes and included a pitstop. For Andras this meant just standing still for the minimum required time as he neither has a pit crew to do anything to the car nor does he have a second driver that can take over.
But, back to Saturday evening, when I was actually preparing for a 3 day session with different people involved in Reiza Studios' current and new racing simulations. Renato, from Brazil, and Alex, from Manchester in the UK, were already in Amsterdam when I decided to invite them to come to Zandvoort. In the end, Renato decided to catch up on some work but Alex, who is the lead track modeller, definitely wanted to come to see the races and get a first-hand impression of the track.
So on Sunday morning I took a slight detour and picked up Alex from the hotel and drove to Zandvoort, where Andras was just finishing his qualification run and securing an 11th place on the grid. The racing was close as always, with Andras finishing in 8th, 16th and 6th place, and walked the track, taking lots of pictures and enjoying the beautiful day. At the end of the day I drove Alex to his hotel, came home and prepared a demo installation that Tran had kindly prepared earlier that day that we wanted to show to the guys the next morning.
On Monday, Renato, Alex and me started going over the plans for the projects we will be working on together. In the evening I decided we were going to need a game setup with all the development tools and a wheel to further demo and experiment with code on Tuesday. Of course when you're on such a tight deadline, small things go wrong, but about an hour after midnight I was finally done and everything was ready to be shipped to our offices the next day.
On Tuesday Dom, the sound expert from Croatia, Steven, the 3D rendering expert from Belgium and Niels, the physics expert from Groningen joined us. We had some very interesting discussions about modern graphics engines and how they are now rendering more based on the laws of physics instead of via doing "fake" materials. On the sound front, we discussed advanced sound effects and how the car and track themselves affect the way sounds bounce off surfaces. Finally we discussed lots of smaller and bigger physics improvements and dynamic track conditions. In the evening we ended up having dinner and a beer together. In general this was the first time most people in Reiza met face to face, and some of them had already been working together for 6 years now.
One thing I learned so far from these guys is that each and every one of them is indeed an expert in their field. Humble and knowledgable and above all extremely passionate about what they do and how they approach such a project. They all get together because it is fun to participate in such a project.
And that is why I totally forgot the soundbyte. The moral of the story being that you should always follow your passion, which I think fits nicely in the Luminis culture. So I wish everybody a great day, so long and thanks for the fish!


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Breadcrumb LinksHomeTrine University News2019Trine ASCE chapter welcomes Region 4 director
Trine ASCE chapter welcomes Region 4 director
Trine University's student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) welcomed Robert Cagle III, Region 4 director for ASCE, at its regular meeting Sept. 26.
Cagle is one of 15 members of the national organization's Board of Directors. Region 4 represents more than 13,000 ASCE members from Arkansas, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky.
Cagle presented Alex Duran, president of Trine's ASCE chapter, with the ASCE Student Leadership Award. Duran was one of only six students nationwide to receive the honor.
He also recognized Jennifer Sharkey, a 2007 civil engineering graduate from Trine who serves as Steuben County Highway Engineer and practitioner advisor for the Trine ASCE chapter, for being selected as an at-large governor for the Region 4 board.
In remarks to the student members in attendance, Cagle noted that only about 20 percent of student chapter members transition to associate members as working professionals.
"We've got to overcome that, because you are the society members that are going to take care of things down the road as some of us are growing older, grayer and more decrepit," he said.
He then outlined the advantages of ASCE membership. He noted that serving in ASCE leadership has offered him multiple opportunities, including being able to take an Engineer's Tour of the Hoover Dam.
"I saw bedrock of the river that it's founded on about three levels below the tour that the public gets to see when the public goes in there," he said. "Those are the kinds of exciting things we do. It's an exciting profession."
He said the organization also has allowed him to build a network of friends around the world, and to learn "skills that you can't get in your degree program because you just don't have time" through conferences and continuing education.
One such skill, he said, was public speaking. He recalled the first time he was called upon to speak at a public meeting.
"My heart was beating so hard that I had to hold my necktie down because it was flying," he said. "I was a typical engineer. I didn't like to speak to people. … I couldn't say a word. And I realized if I was going to be successful not only in my career, but in life in general, I had to get over some of that."
He also encouraged the students to find an area of the profession that they love.
"If you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life because it will always be a new challenge," he said. "It will be something that lifts you up; something that challenges you to make you a better person and a better engineer."
In closing, he commented, "I love civil engineering. I love the profession. I love the society. It was very good to me."
Photos: Top: Robert Cagle III, Region 4 director for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), speaks to the ASCE student chapter at Trine University on Sept. 26. At right: from left, TJ Murphy, civil engineering instructor and advisor for Trine University's student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); Alex Duran, president of Trine's ASCE chapter; Robert Cagle III, Region 4 director for ASCE; and Jennifer Sharkey, a 2007 civil engineering graduate from Trine who serves as Steuben County Highway Engineer and practitioner advisor for the Trine ASCE chapter. Duran was presented the ASCE Student Leadership Award during the Trine ASCE meeting on Sept. 26.


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