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Above, former Vice President Mike Pence. (Photo source: Julia Nikhinson/The Hill)
DOJ seeks to speak with Pence as part of January 6 investigation
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking testimony from former Vice President Mike Pence for its investigation into Donald Trump's attempts to stay in power after losing the 2020 presidential election, reports HuffPost.
Sources familiar with the matter confirmed the DOJ's efforts to The New York Times, CNN, and ABC News on Wednesday, November 23. All reported that Pence, who has developed a fraught relationship with Trump after refusing to support his election fraud claims, is open to the request.
DOJ investigators reportedly contacted Pence before Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel―Jack Smith, who once led the public integrity section―to take over the probe last week. As of now, Pence has not been subpoenaed.
Although he is reportedly open to testifying before the DOJ, Pence has refused to participate in a similar investigation led by a House select committee, saying last week that Congress "has no right to my testimony."
But that doesn't mean that Trump is happy about it: Indeed, according to HuffPost, the former president may seek legal avenues to stop Pence from testifying by invoking executive privilege, which at the very least, could stall the DOJ's efforts to convene with him.
Pence could be a key witness in the investigations into the efforts by Trump and his allies to subvert democracy, including a plan to create a fake slate of pro-Trump electors in several states Biden won in 2020, because of his close communications with the ex-president in the days leading up to January 6, 2021, when an angry mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol with Trump's encouragement.
Pence detailed many of their exchanges in his recently released book, saying Trump summoned him to meet with attorney John Eastman, who then pressured Pence to block the electoral college certification process in Congress.
Wednesday's news comes the week after Pence shared that he's giving "prayerful consideration" to running for president in 2024―a race for which Trump already has announced his candidacy. Pence said there are "better choices" than Trump for president last week when asked if he'd be a good presidential candidate again.
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This entry was posted in Politics and tagged 2021, ABC News, AG Merrick Garland, CNN, DOJ, DOJ's Jan. 6, Former VP Mike Pence, HuffPost, Investigation, No subpoena yet, Pence may be willing, Special Counsel Jack smith, The New York Times on November 24, 2022 by Poll-Vaulter.
Above, the January 6 Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday. (Photo source: CNN)
January 6 Committee returns with another public hearing on Wednesday, September 28
"If he is the nominee, I won't be a Republican." That's how Wyoming GOP Representative Liz Cheney framed the danger of another Donald Trump presidency—vowing on Saturday, "I'm going to do everything I can to make sure he is not the nominee," should he run again," reports CNN.
Her pointed comments come ahead of what's likely to be the final public hearing from the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, before it releases its final report.
The 1 p.m. (EDT) start time on Wednesday is perhaps more calculated than meets the eye. Discussing the timing on CNN Sunday, Democratic Representative Zoe Lofgren noted, "In the past, Fox News does play our hearings if the hearing is in the daytime."
"So that's a factor in reaching an audience that is not watching CNN," the California Democrat added.
As Cheney's fate last month showed, the committee is up against the clock. Neither she nor Illinois Representative Adam Kinzinger—the only two Republicans on the panel—will be returning to Congress next year, when a possible House GOP majority could look much different
What will the committee present this week? Panel members are keeping this close to the chest.
"I think it'll be potentially more sweeping than some of the other hearings, but it too will be in a very thematic—it will tell the story about a key element of Donald Trump's plot to overturn the election," Democratic Representative Adam Schiff of California told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union" Sunday.
The chairman of the committee, Democratic Representative Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, said last week, "We have substantial footage of what occurred that we haven't used."
Thompson also said there was "significant witness testimony that we haven't used in other hearings," calling it "an opportunity" to get it in front of the American people.
And, while Cheney said on Saturday she believes former Vice President Mike Pence has an "obligation" to speak with the committee, Lofgren was pessimistic on Sunday that the committee would hear from either the former President or former vice president.
"The vice president had said publicly that he thought he might want to come in, and so we were very encouraged by that. But since that time, his people have walked it back," Lofgren said on CNN.
"And to be honest, given that select committees of this Congress—not just this select committee but all the select committees—exist only for the life of the Congress, if we were trying to get into a subpoena fight with either the former vice president or the former president, that litigation could not be concluded during the life of this Congress."
One person who may be showing up for an interview in the coming weeks, though? Ginni Thomas. The House committee has come to an agreement with the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, CNN first reported last week.
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This entry was posted in Politics and tagged 2021, Adam Kinzinger, Adam Schiff, Chairman Bennie Thompson, CNN, Former VP Mike Pence, Fox News, Ginni Thomas, January 6, Likely to be final public hearing from House select committee, Liz Cheney, State of the Union, Zoe Lofgrin on September 26, 2022 by Poll-Vaulter.
Above, U.S. Representatives Zoe Lofgren, at left, and Liz Cheney. (Photo source: Agence France-Presse)
Top January 6 committee members propose reforms to 1887 Electoral Count Act
Two senior members of the House's January 6 select committee have introduced a bipartisan bill to reform the counting of presidential electoral votes to prevent another riot at the Capitol over disputed results, reports ABC News.
The Presidential Election Reform Act—from Representatives Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming), and Zoe Lofgren (D-California)—targets some of the perceived nuances in 135-year-old Electoral Count Act that former President Donald Trump and his supporters attempted to exploit in order to overturn President Joe Biden's victory in 2020.
"Our proposal is intended to preserve the rule of law for all future presidential elections by ensuring that self-interested politicians cannot steal from the people the guarantee that our government derives its power from the consent of the governed," Cheney and Lofgren wrote in a joint Wall Street Journal column last week.
The full House could vote on the proposal as early as Wednesday.
The revisions would reaffirm the vice president's ceremonial role over the count, after then-Vice President Mike Pence was pressured by Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 presidential election results, according to the legislative text and summary of the proposal obtained by ABC News.
The bill would make it more difficult for lawmakers to raise objections to electors from each state, by requiring at least one-third of the members from each chamber to support an objection, rather than one House member and a single senator.
It also would clarify ambiguities in the Electoral College process by requiring governors to transmit state results to Congress and prohibiting election officials from refusing to certify their state's election results. In either case, the law would allow a presidential candidate to go to court to force compliance with the law.
The proposal would prevent state legislators from undoing the election results in their states—and require that elections be carried out under the state rules on the books on Election Day.
"The Constitution assigns an important duty to state legislatures, to determine the manner in which the states appoint their electors. But this shouldn't be misread to allow state legislators to change the election rules retroactively to alter the outcome," Cheney and Lofgren wrote in the Wall Street Journal.
In July, a bipartisan group of senators including Senators Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia), and Susan Collins (R-Maine), proposed their own reforms to the Electoral Count Act.
While their proposal also affirms the vice president's limited role in proceedings, it sets a different threshold requirement for electoral challenges, among other differences.
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This entry was posted in Politics and tagged 2020 election results, ABC News, Capitol attack, Electoral Count Act, Former VP Mike Pence, Make it more difficult for lawmakers to raise objections, Presidential Election Reform Act, Prohibit election officials from refusing to certify, Reaffirm VP's ceremonial role over the count, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming), Rep. Zoe Lofgrin (D-California, Require governors to transmit state result to Cogress, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia), Senator Susanh Collins (R-Maine, The Wall Street Journal on September 20, 2022 by Poll-Vaulter.
Above, Mark Meadows, then White House chief of staff, oversaw presidential records in the closing days of the Trump Administration. (Photo source: Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times)
Justice Department objects to releasing affidavit used to search Trump's home
On Monday, August 15, the Justice Department contested making public the affidavit used to justify the search of former President Donald Trump's home in Florida—saying its release would "compromise future investigative steps" and "likely chill" cooperation with witnesses, reports The New York Times.
In a 13-page pleading, filed in a federal court in southern Florida in response to requests by The New York Times and other news organizations to make public the evidence included in the document, prosecutors suggested that the department has undertaken a broad, intensive inquiry into Trump's handling of some of the most secret documents of the government after he left office.
The prosecutors acknowledged interviewing witnesses in connection with the investigation of. Trump's retention of the material. They also wrote that releasing the document could compromise the continuing investigation.
"Disclosure of the government's affidavit at this stage would also likely chill future cooperation by witnesses whose assistance may be sought as this investigation progresses," prosecutors wrote. They added that releasing the affidavit could harm "other high-profile investigations," as well.
One of the reasons proposed by the government for not releasing the affidavit was to protect the identities of witnesses against death threats. On Monday, prosecutors in Pennsylvania unsealed charges against a man accused of repeatedly threatening to kill F.B.I. agents in the days after Trump's property was searched.
The magistrate judge who signed the search warrant, Bruce E. Reinhart, ultimately will decide whether the affidavit should be released. It is unclear when he will rule on the news media's request.
According to the Times, "The legal—and political—aftershocks from the search were still reverberating a week after F.B.I. agents appeared at the resort while the president was at his club in Bedminster, New Jersey."
Trump—who has accused Attorney General Merrick Garland of conducting a politically motivated "witch hunt" and roughly rifling through his family's possessions—claimed on Monday that the government "stole my three Passports," in a post on Truth Social, the online platform he founded.
By late Monday, the Justice Department had contacted Trump's legal team to retrieve the three passports—two of them expired and the third an active diplomatic passport, according to one of the former president's lawyers, Evan Corcoran, and a spokesman for the department.
In a statement late Monday, the F.B.I. said that it "follows search and seizure procedures ordered by courts; then, returns items that do not need to be retained for law enforcement purposes."
Garland agreed last week to release the warrant used to search Trump's private club, but has resisted attempts to make public the underlying affidavit—a far more sensitive document that should contain, among other things, the reasons prosecutors believe there was probable cause that evidence of a crime could be found at Mar-a-Lago, Trump's estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
The investigation into the mishandling of government documents—while known for months—had not been considered to be as significant as the department's sprawling investigation into the attack on the Capitol, which has been moving closer to Trump and his top advisers.
Federal agents removed top secret documents when they searched Trump's residence last week as part of an investigation into possible violations of the Espionage Act and other laws, according to a search warrant made public on Friday.
At least one lawyer for Trump signed a written statement in June asserting that all material marked as classified and held in boxes in a storage area at Mar-a-Lago had been returned to the government, four people with knowledge of the document said.
Even as the former president counterattacked, new details emerged of how Trump and his inner circle flouted the norms, and possibly the laws, governing their handling of government records.
According to two people with knowledge of the situation, Trump and his Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, the man who oversaw presidential records in the chaotic closing days of the administration, failed to organize an effort to collect, box, and deliver materials to the National Archives — as prior presidents former Vice President Mike Pence, did.
Instead, they often focused on settling political grievances and personal grudges, they said.
In the weeks leading up to Trump's departure from the White House, officials discussed what to do about material that he had at various points taken up to the residence and that needed to be properly stored and returned.
By then, the staff secretary, Derek Lyons, known for trying to keep systems in place, had left the administration. Meadows said he would address such issues, according to a senior administration official.
As Mr. Trump sought to hold on to power, two of Pence's senior aides—Marc Short, his chief of staff, and Greg Jacob, his counsel—indexed and boxed all of his government papers, according to three former officials with knowledge of the work.
Jacob spent the bulk of his final few days in government preparing the final boxes, with the goal of ensuring that Mr. Pence left office without a single paper that did not belong to him, one of the officials said.
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Above, former Vice President Mike Pence. (Photo source: Leslie Boorhem-Stephenson for The Texas Tribune
At third hearing, January 6 committee focuses on Trump's efforts to pressure Pence
The third hearing by the House select committee investigating the January. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol focused in on a wide-ranging pressure campaign that then-President Donald Trump put on his own vice president, Mike Pence, to disrupt the transfer of power that day, reports The Wall Street Journal.
The hearing on Thursday, June 16, was led by Representative Pete Aguilar (D-California), according to committee aides; while John Wood, a senior investigator for the committee, was involved in questioning witnesses.
The committee in its second hearing on Monday reviewed evidence that Trump was told repeatedly by White House insiders, including his own attorney general, William Barr, that his claims that the 2020 election was riddled with fraud weren't true. Trump, who refused to acknowledge the lack of evidence of election fraud, continued to assert that the election had been stolen. The committee says those claims helped inspire the mob on January 6 to storm the Capitol.
During the second public hearing, former Attorney General William Barr said the voter fraud claims were "disturbing allegations." Witnesses testified on former President Donald Trump's efforts to cast doubt on the election, which the committee alleges triggered the attack on the Capitol.
Trump has denied wrongdoing related to the riot and called the committee's probe a sham.
On Thursday, the committee detailed how Trump, over the course of several weeks leading up to January 6, pushed Pence—who as vice president presided over the counting of Electoral College votes—to refuse to accept votes for Joe Biden from a handful of battleground states, throwing the election into chaos. The former president was following a playbook sketched out by lawyer John Eastman in a memo entitled "January 6 scenario."
The scheme detailed by Eastman was based in part on the existence of fake slates of electors from seven battleground states—including Pennsylvania, Arizona and Georgia—signed by Trump backers. The hearing outlined evidence from the committee's investigation into efforts to submit those slates, according to committee aides.
Under Eastman's plan, Pence would refuse to count ballots in states that had multiple slates of electors. That would leave Trump with a majority of votes, and "Pence then gavels President Trump as re-elected," according to the memo.
After expected objections from Democrats, Pence would send the matter to the House, where each state would have one vote. Since Republicans at the time controlled the delegations of 26 states, "President Trump is re-elected," Eastman wrote.
Another version of the plan involved sending the electoral votes back to state legislatures, which would determine which electoral slates to send to Congress. More than 100 Republican House members and several Republican senators challenged votes from states such as Pennsylvania—challenges the House and Senate ultimately rejected.
Pence consulted with several experts about Eastman's plan, including former U.S. Court of Appeals Judge J. Michael Luttig, who hagreed to appear at the committee's hearing Thursday.
In a letter distributed to members of Congress on January6, Pence wrote that, while some thought he could accept or reject electoral votes unilaterally, he didn't think he had the "authority to decide which electoral votes should be counted during the Joint Session of Congress."
In a speech to the pro-Trump crowd at the Ellipse near the White House on January. 6, Eastman said, "All we are demanding of Vice President Pence is this afternoon at 1:00 he let the legislators of the [states] look into this so we get to the bottom of it."
"All Vice President Pence has to do is send it back to the states to recertify and we become president," Trump said in his January 6 speech to the crowd, which followed Eastman's.
After Trump's speech, a large crowd started moving toward the Capitol. Trump later tweeted that Pence "didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution." Members of the mob that broke into the Capitol began chanting "hang Mike Pence"—and Trump was said to have privately agreed that they "might be right."
Indeed, Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming), vice chairwoman of the select committee, in her opening statement at the panel's first hearing said that Trump, aware of the chants, responded: "Maybe our supporters have the right idea."
At the Thursday hearing, the committee planned to feature video evidence showing the danger Mr. Pence faced on January 6, committee aides said.
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This entry was posted in Politics and tagged "Might be right", Appeals Judge J. Michael Luttig, Attorney General Bill Barr, Electoral College votes, Former President Donald Trump, Former VP Mike Pence, Hang Mike Pence, John Eastman, Plan to steal the election for Trump, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming), Rep. Pete Aguilar 9D-California, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Capitol attack on June 16, 2022 by Poll-Vaulter.
Above, the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. (Photo source: Teen Vogue)
How to watch the January 6 Committee hearings (and what to watch for)
After 11 months and more than 1,000 interviews, the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob is ready to share what it knows, reports The Washington Post.
It will do that in public hearings, some in prime time, throughout this month. The first will be held this week. Here's what to know about the hearings.
When are the hearings' dates and times? The first hearing is scheduled for Thursday, June 9, at 8 p.m. (EDT). The committee hasn't announced a formal schedule for the remainder of the hearings, but there could be as many as eight through June, with a final hearing in September—right before the November midterm elections.
How to watch the hearings: The committee usually live-streams its hearings, and most major TV news stations will be airing at least Thursday's inquiry in full: TheWrap reports that ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, and CNN plan to air the proceedings. Fox News is the only major news network to decide to continue with its regular, primetime coverage and talk about the hearings "as warranted." The Washington Post will have anchored coverage and analysis beginning Thursday night on www.washingtonpost.com.
What to watch for: The committee plans to detail itsr findings of what members say was a months-long Republican conspiracy to overthrow Joe Biden's legitimate election victory, led by President Donald Trump. Indeed, the committee even could accuse Trump of committing a crime by intentionally trying to stop Congress's certification of Biden's win on January 6, 2021. But Congress's power is limited; ultimately, the Justice Department would have to decide whether to prosecute.
Investigators have not gotten many close Trump allies or top Republican members of Congress to testify. Instead, members plan to call in staffers to some of the top players, such as aides to former vice president Mike Pence, or former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. And they plan to play videos of their previous interviews with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, report The Post's Jacqueline Alemany, Josh Dawsey and Amy Gardner.
Each hearing will have a theme. On Thursday, lawmakers are planning to introduce the public to what they've been up to for the past 11 months since
Democrats in Congress voted to set up the investigatory committee. Only two Republicans, Representatives Liz Cheney (Wyoming) and Adam Kinzinger (Illinois) sit on it, and there are no Trump allies on the committee. They will make an opening statement that offers an overview of the January 6 events.
The New York Times reports that on Thursday, a documentarian who interviewed the Proud Boys and a Capitol police officer who was injured in the attack will provide testimony as some of the panel's first public witnesses. This comes after the current and former leaders of the Proud Boys have been charged with seditious conspiracy, for allegedly planning the attack on the Capitol.
Other hearings could focus on what Trump did (or didn't do) on January 6; how he and his allies tried to dismantle the electoral process in the weeks after Election Day in order to keep him in power; how disinformation spreads; and policy recommendations to prevent such an attack from happening again.
This entry was posted in Politics and tagged Attack on the U.S. Capitol, Conspiracy to overthrow Joe Biden's victory, Former VP Mike Pence, Fox will not air the hearings, House January 6 Committee, HouseSelect Committee, Ivank Trump, Jared Kushyner, June 9, Justice Department, Led by former President Donald Trump, Prime time, Pro-Trump mob, Proud Boys, Seditiousconpiracy, The New York Time4s, The Washington Post, TheWrap, Thursday on June 7, 2022 by Poll-Vaulter.
Above, former Vice President Mike Pence. (Photo source: Grace Hollars/Indy Star)
Mike Pence to campaign for Georgia Governor Brian Kemp ahead of primary
Former Vice President Mike Pence will rally support for Georgia Governor Brian Kemp as the Republican incumbent seeks to fend off a May 24 primary challenge from Donald Trump-backed former Senator David Perdue.
CNN reports that the decision by Pence to campaign for one of Trump's top GOP targets marks yet another break with his former boss, after saying earlier this year that the former president was "wrong" in his belief that Pence could have overturned the results of the 2020 election.
Pence will rally with Kemp on Monday, May 16, a day before the Republican primary, which has turned into a proxy fight between the establishment and Trump wings of the GOP.
"Brian Kemp is one of the most successful conservative governors in America," Pence said in a statement released Friday. "Brian Kemp is my friend, a man dedicated to faith, family, and the people of Georgia. I am proud to offer my full support for four more years of Brian Kemp as governor of the great state of Georgia!"
Kemp said in a statement on Friday, May 13, that he and his family are "honored" to have Pence's support and touted his leadership as vice president. Marc Short, Pence's former chief of staff, is a senior adviser on Kemp's campaign.
Trump has repeatedly criticized Kemp for his role in certifying Georgia's 2020 election results and has claimed that Republicans would stay home in November if the governor is the party's nominee. Perdue has centered his campaign on lies about the 2020 election results in Georgia and has called Kemp a "weak" leader.
Despite the attacks from Trump and Perdue, Kemp has maintained a lead in the polls. And while there is frustration among many Republicans over Kemp certifying the 2020 election in Georgia for President Joe Biden; some voters who back Perdue have said that, even if he loses the primary, they would still back the incumbent governor in the fall.
Pence is not the only high-profile Republican bolstering support for Kemp. Governors Pete Ricketts of Nebraska and Doug Ducey of Arizona, as well as former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie—all of whom have clashed with Trump— will also campaign for Kemp ahead of the Georgia primary, a source familiar with the plans previously told CNN.
Ricketts and Ducey are co-chairs of the Republican Governors Association, which has poured money into the race to support Kemp, including a large TV ad buy in the state.
Pence, who in the past loyally aligned himself with Trump and his political movement, has increasingly taken on the former President in public—most notably on the 2020 election, but also in regard to other matters, such as Trump's praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
This entry was posted in Politics and tagged Former Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey, Former VP Mike Pence, Governor Doug Ducey of Arizona, Governor Pete Ricketts of Nebraska, Republican Governors Association, Republican primary, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump has endorsed Senator David Perdue, Will rally with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp who is a foe of Trump's on May 13, 2022 by Poll-Vaulter.
Above, Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming ). (Photo source: The Australian)
January 6 panel has enough evidence to refer Trump for criminal charges, Cheney says
The House panel investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol has enough evidence to refer former President Donald Trump for criminal charges, Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) said on April 10, reports NBC News.
"It's absolutely clear that what President Trump was doing — what a number of people around him were doing — that they knew it was unlawful. They did it anyway," Cheney, the vice chair of the House panel and one of two Republicans on the committee, said on CNN's "State of the Union" when host Jake Tapper asked her whether the panel had enough evidence to make a criminal referral for Trump. Cheney said the panel has not made a decision about moving forward with the referral.
The New York Times reported that the committee has concluded that it has enough evidence to make a criminal referral but that its leaders were divided over whether to do so.
"I think what we have seen is a massive and well-organized and well-planned effort that used multiple tools to try to overturn an election," Cheney said. The committee has "got a tremendous amount of testimony and documents that I think very, very clearly demonstrate the extent of the planning and the organization and the objective."
She added: "The objective was absolutely to try to stop the kind of electoral votes, to try to interfere with that official proceeding. And it's absolutely clear that they knew what they were doing was wrong."
She referred to a ruling in a civil suit involving the committee last month, in which a federal judge found that based on evidence, Trump most likely "attempted to obstruct the joint session of Congress" on the day of the attack, which would be a crime.
"The illegality of the plan was obvious," U.S. District Judge David Carter wrote of Trump and lawyer John Eastman's plan to have then-Vice President Mike Pence determine the results of the 2020 election. "Every American—and certainly the president of the United States—knows that in a democracy, leaders are elected, not installed. With a plan this 'BOLD,' President Trump knowingly tried to subvert this fundamental principle."
Trump, who has not been charged with a crime, has denied any wrongdoing.
In recent months, the panel has ramped up its investigation ahead of public hearings expected next month.
This entry was posted in Politics and tagged 20-21, CNN host Jake Tapper, CNN's State of the Union, Former President Trump, Former VP Mike Pence, Has enough evidence to refer the former POTUS for criminal charges, House panel investigating attack on U.S. Capitol on January 6, In democracy, leaders are elected, Massive and well-organized and well-planned effort to interfere with official proceeding, NBC News, not installed, Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming), The New York Times, Trump denies wrongdoing, Trump lawyer John Eastman, U.S. District Judge David Carter on April 11, 2022 by Poll-Vaulter.


While the Midwest continues in a deep freeze Thursday with Chicago seeing a record low of -21 degrees in the morning, we will enjoy another nice afternoon with highs in the low 50s under partly cloudy skies.
A weak storm system is passing through our southern Sierra on Thursday morning with a few snow showers around Mammoth Lakes and along U.S. 395 with slick roads possible.
Our weather pattern looks good through about Friday afternoon, then we have a winter storm on the way for the Sierra. Travel before Friday evening to beat the chain controls, with more than a foot of snow expected in the mountains.
Saturday will be blustery with rain switching over to light snow showers by the afternoon as a cold front blows in.
The final wave of the storm moves through the Truckee Meadows Sunday evening into Monday that could give us a slippery morning commute.
Enjoy our mild temperatures while they last, as colder air moves into the region by early next week with highs only in the 30s and low 40s by Monday and Tuesday.


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Consumer Protection Agency to monitor loan ads more closely
In two weeks from now, a new Consumer Protection Agency directive targeting misleading loan ads will come into effect: the content of ads for housing loans will be better monitored, and clearer warnings will be given.
In particular, the law will regulate the framework of credit agreements secured by mortgages or other similar collateral and which relate to immovable property intended for housing, as well as contracts for the purpose of acquiring immovable property.
According to the Consumer Protection Agency, the law will set out the rules as regards the information that should be given housing loans ads, the provision of pre-contractual information to the consumer through the Standard European Information Document, the calculation of the Annual Percentage of Interest for purposes of comparison of loans by various creditors, the provision of foreign currency loans, the right to early repayment of loans and the penalties imposed for infringement of provisions.
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Edge De-Rail Express 105-103
Windsor Express (7-9, 7-9) 24 22 22 35 103
St. John's Edge (9-5, 9-5) 27 22 28 28 105
Pts: Shaquille Keith - 23
Reb: Logan Stutz - 10
Ast: Maurice Jones - 4
Pts: Carl English - 20
Reb: Grandy Glaze - 8
Ast: Alex Johnson - 7
Pts off Turnovers
2nd Chance Pts
Pts in the Paint
Fastbreak Pts
Bench Pts
Carl English came up clutch in the final moments of the game as the St. John's Edge (9-5) defeated the Windsor Express (7-9) 105-103 Wednesday night at Mile One Centre. With the game tied at 100 in the dying moments of the fourth quarter English found open space to nail a 3-pt shot and followed that up with two successful free throws to push the Edge to the win.
St. John's Edge:
Carl English led the way for the Edge with 20 points, adding five rebounds and six assists. Desmond Lee and Charles Hinkle both made 16 points, combining for 13 rebounds and three assists. Jarryn Skeete went 4-for-5 from the three point line.
Windsor Express:
Shaquille Keith scored a game-high 23 points for the Express, with five rebounds and three assists. Logan Stutz added 21 points for Windsor accompanied by ten rebounds.
Inside the Numbers
St. John's scored 27 points off forced turnovers and scored 35 points off the bench. The Express went 19-for-22 (86 percent) from the free throw line and scored 56 points from inside the paint.
The St. John's Edge are back in action on Friday night as they welcome the Kitchener Waterloo Titans to Mile One Centre, tip-off is 7:00 NST. All games will be streamed live on www.sjedge.ca.
Edge Season Tickets, Five and Ten Game Packages and Single Tickets are now available and can be purchased in person at the Mile One Centre box office, by phone at 709-576-7657 or online at www.mileonecentre.com. Group rates are available and can be obtained by contacting Kenny O'Leary at Kenny@sjedge.ca.


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The Luther Conant School, located at 80 Taylor Road, was constructed in 1971. It is a one-story facility with a contemporary architectural design. The building's twenty classrooms are arranged in clusters of five that open to "pod" areas utilized for large and small group instruction. Conant also has a cafetorium, gymnasium, library/media center, computer lab, and five small rooms used for support services. Approximately 500 students are enrolled in kindergarten through grade six. There are three sections at each grade level, including one all day kindergarten program. Grade 1-6 classes range in size from 22-28.
Our primary assumptions are:
Every child can learn
Student learning is cumulative
Earlier skills are foundational and a requisite for later, more complex, higher-level skills and knowledge
Conant's educational focus is on promoting high standards and developing a strong academic program. Teachers explicitly teach topics and skills over a span of several grades. As the students continue to study the topics, they acquire concepts and skills at higher levels with increasingly more challenging literature, textbooks, and materials. Also, we offer many opportunities for students to participate in instructional activities that reflect and support the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks.
Our approach to teaching is based on current research and evidence of best practice. Instructional strategies and materials support our philosophy of engaging the whole child, and many subject areas are integrated into each thematic unit taught. We have designed child-centered classrooms that foster independent learning and address individual learning styles. Enter a classroom and you will see students engaged in the learning process, working cooperatively, communicating effectively, and thinking critically and creatively. This is particularly evident in our investigative approach to math and science. Both disciplines have an emphasis on problem solving, critical thinking, and the development of mathematical and scientific skills. Technology is used as a learning tool throughout the curriculum. It reinforces and enhances all aspects of attaining and applying knowledge. The utilization of computers, both in the classroom and computer lab, assists students in the development of skills and in obtaining valuable information that supports instructional goals. Learning centers provide opportunities for independent exploration and reinforcement of skills, while open carpeted areas allow a comfortable place to share and learn together. The classroom library is an integral part of each room and helps to make reading a part of everything we do. We believe that listening, speaking, reading, and writing should be developed simultaneously and integrated throughout the curriculum. To accomplish this, our language arts program is literature-based and is designed so that students are directly taught skills and strategies pertaining to oral language, reading, and writing. Language arts skills are integrated throughout all of the science and social studies units. This integration of curriculum helps our students become creative thinkers and make connections between key ideas. Learning is relevant and fun! Conant takes pride in its international population---approximately 25 languages and dialects are represented at the school. Our diverse population is educated in an inclusive setting; however, we have professional staff to support students for whom English is a second language.
Several support programs are available to children who need additional services. These programs include reading, counseling, English as a second language, primary and intermediate special needs, and speech and language. Art, music, and physical education programs are provided for students in kindergarten through grade 6. Instrumental music lessons and band are optional for the students in grades 5 and 6, while the entire fifth grade participates in chorus. Parents are actively involved in school activities through the Parent-Teacher-Organization (PTO) and as volunteers. Conant is fortunate to have an active PTO that works collaboratively with the staff to implement the school's vision and goals. In addition to multiple fund-raising events, the PTO sponsors many cultural arts programs and activities, including our Naturalist Program. Our on-site outdoor classroom, developed by our teachers, incorporates the same hands-on teaching philosophy developed for the classroom, and it integrates lessons and distinct concepts from our science curriculum at each grade level. Five parents, elected by Conant's parent community, are members of our School Council and work with the staff and principal to develop our yearly School Improvement Plan.
The entire Conant Community works continuously to maintain a safe and respectful environment. In our classrooms we reinforce these values through the Morning Meeting, an element of Responsive Classroom practice. All-School Meetings, planned and led by the Student Council, are focused on ideas related to developing positive character traits and to maintaining a safe and respectful environment. At these meetings students are acknowledged for having performed acts of kindness toward their peers and adults. Conant is a wonderful learning environment!


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Volume 10, Number 3—March 2004
1998 Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Epidemic in Taiwan
To the Editor: The rapid spreading of dengue viruses has led to increasing incidence rates of dengue fever (DF), dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), and dengue shock syndrome (DSS) worldwide in the past 20 years. The global pandemic of DF and DHF in 1998 was associated with the largest DF epidemics many tropical or subtropical countries had ever experienced (1,2). Here we report the unique epidemiologic characteristics of DF and DHF caused by dengue virus type 3 (DEN-3) in Taiwan, where dengue is not endemic.
The recent epidemics of dengue in Taiwan started when dengue virus type 2 (DEN-2) was first introduced into the southern off-islet of Hsiao-Liu-Chiu in 1981 after an absence of 38 years since World War II. Tainan City in southern Taiwan had not had a dengue epidemic since l942–1943 until three dengue outbreaks occurred there in the last decade. The first outbreak of DEN-1 in 1994 and the second of DEN-2 in 1997 involved few confirmed cases. The third epidemic of dengue, which was attributed to DEN-3, began in October 1998 and continued into January 1999.
From August 1, 1998, to January 31, 1999, physicians in all the hospitals and clinics in Tainan City were required to report any suspected dengue cases who met the criteria of fever (>38oC) and two or more of the following symptoms and signs: headache, retroorbital pain, myalgia, arthralgia, rash, and hemorrhagic manifestations. Patients who met the criteria were invited to participate in the study; informed consent was given by the patients, and plasma or serum samples were collected for laboratory confirmation. When a physician reported a suspected dengue case, a minimum of 100 blood samples would be collected from the patient's neighbors by the Tainan City Health Bureau staff. The blood specimens were transported to the laboratory at the National Institute of Preventive Medicine for confirmation. A confirmed dengue case was required to be positive by either reverse transcription–polymerase reaction (3), or demonstrate seroconversion by dengue-specific immunoglobulin (Ig) M and seronegativity for Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV)-specific IgM by IgM-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (IgM-ELISA) (4). Dengue viruses were isolated in C6/36 cell cultures and identified to serotype with monoclonal antibodies (5). The clinical diagnosis of DHF was based on the World Health Organization's (WHO) criteria that were revised in 1997. Those confirmed dengue cases were classified as primary, secondary, or indeterminate infections, depending on the ratio of dengue-specific IgM/IgG as measured by the capture IgM and IgG ELISA (6).
Of 225 case-patients with suspected dengue, 142 patients, of which 74 (52.5%) were female and 68 (48.2%) were male (62.7%), had their cases confirmed by laboratory diagnosis during the study period. Their ages ranged from 7 to 79 years (mean: 39 years). Of the 23 DHF case-patients meeting the WHO's case definition, 17 were male. The ages of the DHF case-patients ranged from 13 to 73 years, with a mean age of 42 years.
The epidemic began in October and peaked in November. In the Central District, where the earliest and majority of DHF cases occurred (52.2%), the DHF/DF ratio increased with time, from 11% during the first interval, to 20% and 30% during the second and third intervals, respectively. Although this increase was not statistically significant by Fisher's exact test because of the small sample size, similar results were reported in Cuba's DHF epidemic in both 1981 and 1997 (7). Many RNA viruses, such as influenza, increase in virulence through transmission; possible virulence mechanisms of dengue viruses are now under investigation. In other words, the duration of epidemic has to be as short as possible to avoid the emergence of DHF cases in that region.
In our study, 88 dengue cases (62%) were classified as primary infections, 32 (22.5%) as secondary infections, and 22 (15.5%) as undetermined because of the lack of paired acute- and convalescent-phase samples. DHF cases showed no significant association with secondary infections (odds ratio = 1.92 [95% CI 0.64 to 5.76], p = 0.19). Because the last documented transmission of dengue viruses in Taiwan occurred during the island-wide dengue epidemic in 1943, both DF and DHF cases were stratified into two birth cohort groups. Of DF case-patients born after 1943, 94% (83/88) had primary infection, and 11 (92%) of 12 DHF case-patients had primary infection. By contrast, 84% (27/32) of all the dengue case-patients born before and during 1943 had secondary infection, and 7 (78%) of 9 DHF case-patients had secondary infections. After the cohorts were stratified by age, DHF cases were not associated with secondary infection (Mantel-Haenszel) weighted odds ratio: 0.84 [95% CI: 0.11 to 5.62]) (p = 0.6). Therefore, age was not a confounding factor or effect modifier for DHF case-patients in Tainan's 1998 epidemic. DHF cases were mostly associated with primary infection in Tainan, where no large-scale epidemic of dengue had been reported from 1944 to 1997.
Our observation of DHF in adult case-patients was different from that in dengue hyperendemic Asian countries where 80% of DHF case-patients are children (8). Dengue virus type 3 was the only serotype isolated during the epidemic in Tainan in 1998. However, this situation was similar to that in Tonga in 1974, where a dengue virus was also newly introduced (9), and to recent epidemics in south and central America (10). More adults may have been affected because fewer dengue epidemics, and therefore fewer exposures to dengue viruses during childhood, had occurred; subsequently, the immune status in adults had changed. Presumably, previous observations of severe dengue in children in Southeast Asia were the result of immunity to infection in the older population, rather than a particular susceptibility to DHF among children. Our results were not influenced by the age structure of DF and DHF case-patients in cases of indeterminate infection or in cases of sub-clinical infection in children (0.4%, unpub. data). The dengue virus with epidemic potential replicated to higher viremia titer and was associated with disease severity without consideration of immune status (11). The investigation on molecular evolution of DEN-3 virus during the 1998 epidemic in Taiwan, currently in progress, will elucidate the possible role of virus variation in the pathogenesis of DHF.
Day-Yu Chao*, Ting-Hsiang Lin†, Kao-Pin Hwang‡, Jyh-Hsiung Huang†, Ching-Chuan Liu§, and Chwan-Chuen King*
Author affiliations: *National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; †Department of Health, Taipei, Taiwan; ‡Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan; §National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Chwan-Chuen King, Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, 1 Jen-Ai Road Section 1, Taipei, Taiwan (100), Republic of China; fax: 8862-2351-1955
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Chao, D., Lin, T., Hwang, K., Huang, J., Liu, C., & King, C. (2004). 1998 Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Epidemic in Taiwan. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10(3), 552-554. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1003.020518.


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Middlesbrough 2-2 Hull City: Woodgate's men pay price for Johnson red
Hull City came from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at struggling 10-man Middlesbrough in Sunday's early Championship clash at the Riverside Stadium.
Jonathan Woodgate's side were two goals ahead and in comfortable control after goals from Marcus Tavernier and Ashley Fletcher, but a red card for Marvin Johnson swung the match in Hull's favour.
Jarrod Bowen struck twice after the break to secure a point for the visitors, who are up to 14th in the table.
Tavernier struck with just seven minutes played before Fletcher finished a fine move involving strike-partner Britt Assombalonga, only for Johnson's reckless lunge on Eric Lichaj to leave Boro a man down before the interval.
Hull were much-improved in the second half and earned a point with two Bowen goals in the space of four minutes, and they could have snatched a win had they been more clinical in the closing stages.
Boro are now without a win in 10 Championship matches, but they do at least climb out of the relegation zone on goal difference.
Championship Review: Late winners boost West Brom & Leeds
West Brom and Leeds United benefited from late winners as they took full advantage of a defeat for Preston North End in the Championship.
Leaders West Brom defeated Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 at home on Saturday, while Marcelo Bielsa's men won by the same scoreline away to Luton Town.
Preston fell to a 1-0 defeat away to Derby County, meaning Leeds moved above them into second place, two points behind the Baggies, who have only suffered one defeat in 17 league games.
Blackburn Rovers, Brentford, Stoke City and Millwall were the other winners in Saturday's action.
BAGGIES AND LEEDS LAND LATE BLOWS
West Brom and Leeds looked like they were heading for draws that would have stalled their promotion bids before late interventions.
Charlie Austin netted a penalty with two minutes remaining for the Baggies after goalkeeper Keiren Westwood brought down Matheus Pereira in the box.
Steven Fletcher had previously scored from the spot at the other end to level the match after Hal Robson-Kanu's first-half opener, but Wednesday were left frustrated and saw Liam Palmer sent off in stoppage time.
The man. @chazaustin10 pic.twitter.com/W1TMQUBjCm
— West Bromwich Albion (@WBA) November 23, 2019
Leeds' winner came even later, Matty Pearson's last-minute own goal gifting them victory as Luton suffered a fifth consecutive defeat. Patrick Bamford and James Collins had exchanged strikes earlier in the second half.
PRESTON & SWANS SLIP UP
Preston fell to Derby, who have now won five consecutive home games.
Derby substitute Martyn Waghorn, only just on for the injured Mason Bennett, scored a close-range effort after 33 minutes which proved decisive.
Swansea also lost 1-0, their first defeat in four coming courtesy of an excellent free-kick from Millwall's Jed Wallace with 25 minutes left at the Liberty Stadium.
The full-time scores are in!
Some crucial late goals today!#EFL | #SkyBetChampionship pic.twitter.com/T5x6lVVmjl
— Sky Bet Championship (@SkyBetChamp) November 23, 2019
DIOUF CAPS STOKE COMEBACK AS DACK DENIES STRUBER
Only goal difference separates Stoke from fourth-bottom Luton after Mame Biram Diouf's strike in the third minute of added time earned a 2-1 win over Wigan Athletic.
Michael O'Neill's first home game in charge had appeared to be heading for a draw when Danny Batth levelled the contest following Sam Morsy's opener, but Diouf ensured the new Stoke boss secured a second victory from as many matches.
Bradley Dack scored twice, including the winner with four minutes left, as Blackburn earned a thrilling 3-2 triumph over bottom-of-the-table Barnsley, who were being managed by Gerhard Struber for the first time.
Elsewhere, Cardiff City came from two goals down to salvage a 2-2 draw at Charlton Athletic in Neil Harris' opening game in charge, while Bristol City and Nottingham Forest, who had Ryan Yates sent off, played out a goalless draw.
A late Marc Roberts equaliser, the defender's first goal since April 2018, gave Birmingham City a 1-1 draw at Huddersfield Town, while Brentford are two points off the play-off places after Ollie Watkins' 11th league goal of the season earned a 1-0 home win over Reading.
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Fulham 2-1 QPR: Kamara double sends Cottagers fourth
Aboubakar Kamara scored both goals as Fulham won 2-1 at home to west London rivals Queens Park Rangers to move up to fourth in the Championship table.
Scott Parker's side had to come from behind at Craven Cottage after Jordan Hugill scored from close range in just the third minute of Friday's derby clash.
Tim Ream almost scored an own goal to make it 2-0 to QPR, his attempted clearance coming back off the post, before Kamara headed in Denis Odoi's cross to equalise.
Kamara proved a more-than-capable deputy for Fulham's absent striker Aleksandar Mitrovic, the league's top scorer, by netting the winner in the 64th minute.
Bielsa backs Pochettino to land top job after 'brilliant' Tottenham work
Mauricio Pochettino will get the chance to take charge of one of the best teams in the world due to his efforts at Tottenham, Marcelo Bielsa says.
Spurs sacked Pochettino this week after just five wins in 17 matches in all competitions this season and replaced him with former Chelsea, Real Madrid and Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho.
The 47-year-old's departure came less than six months after he led Spurs to their first Champions League final, where they were beaten 2-0 by Liverpool.
Bielsa, who coached Pochettino as a young player at Newell's Old Boys and has been credited with influencing his post-playing career, says reaching that final showed just how well the Spurs side had been constructed even in a season in which no players were signed.
Bielsa now expects Pochettino to be given a chance by one of the world's top clubs.
"I'm going to talk, not about the relationship I have with Pochettino, but for what I have observed in English football," the Leeds United boss said on Thursday.
"The work Pochettino has done is brilliant. In the last year, he put Tottenham in a high level in the world. For any coach, it's a very important achievement. For Pochettino, I think it's even more important because the team that played in the Champions League last year was a team he built very carefully.
"The performance of this team was more linked by collective play rather than top players being bought for them. They didn't buy big players to achieve this. This reality makes Pochettino's work even more important.
"People who work professionally like that earn absolutely deserved credit. Maybe he couldn't enjoy this credit at Tottenham. But he will take this credit and big teams in the world will look to capitalise on it.
"For sure, he is a manager who will lead one of the best teams in the world. He made Tottenham one of the most important teams in the world.
"I have a lot of affection and respect for Mauricio. When something that is not good happens to him, I can't ignore it. If we look at the close effect of the situation, we can be sad. I feel sad.
"But in 15 days, he'll be at the top again, because when you see things from a distance, without looking at recent facts, then you can realise what you've really achieved.
"Now, he leaves a team that is attractive to Mourinho – that has a lot of value. The next team who take him will express again the respect Pochettino has created."
Pablo Hernandez signs Leeds United extension
Pablo Hernandez has signed a two-year contract extension with Championship promotion challengers Leeds United.
The winger is now tied to the Leeds until the end of the 2021-22 season.
Hernandez initially arrived at Elland Road on loan from Al-Arabi in August 2016 before signing permanently the following January.
Named Leeds' Player of the Year in each of his two full seasons as a permanent member of the squad, Hernandez scored 12 goals and laid on the same number of assists last term.
His outstanding campaign was not enough to prevent Leeds from suffering agony in the play-offs, though, as they missed out on promotion.
Hernandez has scored two league goals and assisted as many this term, with Leeds again challenging for a return to the Premier League. Marcelo Bielsa's men are third in the Championship, two points behind leaders West Brom.
Cardiff City appoint Harris as new manager
Cardiff City have appointed former Millwall boss Neil Harris as the club's new manager on a two-and-a-half-year contract following the departure of Neil Warnock.
Harris takes over with the Bluebirds 14th in the Championship after winning just one of their past six matches – a run that culminated in Warnock leaving the club by mutual consent.
During a four-year spell in charge of Millwall, Harris helped the club to promotion from League One via the play-offs in 2016-17, but he resigned on October 3 following a run of seven winless matches.
Cardiff said in a statement on Saturday: "Cardiff City FC can confirm the appointment of Neil Harris as the club's first-team manager.
"The 42-year-old has signed a deal at Cardiff City Stadium running until the summer of 2022.
"David Livermore joins Neil in the dugout as assistant manager, while James Rowberry and Andy Dibble continue in the back-room team as first-team coach and goalkeeping coach, respectively.
"Kevin Blackwell and Ronnie Jepson depart the Welsh capital with the club's sincere thanks and best wishes.
"Neil will oversee training at the Vale Resort on Monday ahead of his first City match away to Charlton Athletic on Saturday, November 23."
Sheffield Wednesday charged by EFL over Hillsborough stadium sale
Sheffield Wednesday have been charged by the EFL following alleged breaches of financial rules relating to the sale of their Hillsborough stadium.
The Championship club say they are "vigorously defending" the charges, which under EFL regulations could result in penalties including a points deduction or a fine if proven.
The EFL launched an investigation into Wednesday's 2017-18 financial submission under profitability and sustainability rules following the reported sale of Hillsborough to owner Dejphon Chansiri.
Wednesday's accounts showed income of £61.27million "from related parties", which resulted in the club posting a profit.
The league body said in a statement on Thursday: "The EFL has reviewed a large number of documents obtained from the club as part of this process and concluded there is sufficient evidence to justify issuing charges of misconduct.
"The charges are in respect of a number of allegations regarding the process of how and when the stadium was sold and the inclusion of the profits in the 2017/18 accounts."
Wednesday responded by saying: "Sheffield Wednesday note the statement issued today by the EFL and the charges contained within. These charges will be vigorously defended and the club will be making no further comment at this time."
Neil Warnock leaves Cardiff City post
Neil Warnock has left Cardiff City by mutual consent, the Championship club have confirmed.
The veteran manager previously said he would not continue beyond the end of his contract, which was due to expire at the end of the season.
However, Warnock is to leave his post with immediate effect with the Bluebirds – relegated from the Premier League last term – languishing 14th in the second tier.
"Today I am leaving my beloved Bluebirds after over three years of which have been some of the best days in my long football career," Warnock said via a Cardiff statement.
"I would like to thank Vincent Tan and Ken Choo for their support; Victoria my secretary who has had to look after me over the years; Kevin Blackwell and Ronnie Jepson, my ever-faithful sidekicks and friends; and all the backroom staff on both the coaching and the medical sides who have worked tirelessly to help us achieve the success we have had.
"A special mention also to all of my players, past and present, who have given me everything. Thank you, you're a great bunch."
Warnock was appointed by Cardiff in October 2016 and led the team in promotion to the Premier League in the 2017-18 campaign.
Cardiff City 0-1 Bristol City: Brownhill decisive as Robins edge Severnside derby to extend unbeaten run
Bristol City moved back into the Championship's play-off places thanks to a 1-0 Severnside derby win at Cardiff City on Sunday, with Josh Brownhill getting the winner to extend his side's unbeaten run to four.
It was by no means a stroll for the Robins, who were twice bailed out by the crossbar in a full-blooded encounter in Wales.
Junior Hoilett saw a swerving 25-yard drive come back off the woodwork late in the first half, before Leandro Bacuna was denied in similar circumstances just prior to the hour mark.
Bristol capitalised nine minutes later – Brownhill's own long-range effort dipping just under the bar to leave Neil Etheridge helpless - and that proved decisive despite Cardiff's late pressure.
Lee Johnson's men end the weekend in sixth, while Cardiff are seven points back in 14th.
Championship Review: West Brom remain top, wins for Preston and Leeds
West Brom maintained their two-point lead at the Championship summit with a slender 1-0 win over Hull City on Saturday.
Preston North End and Leeds United remain within touching distance of the Baggies after wins over Huddersfield Town and Blackburn Rovers respectively.
At the other end of the table, Michael O'Neill inspired Stoke City to a 4-2 win over Barnsley in his first game since taking charge of the club – a result that lifts them above the Tykes at the foot of the table.
Elsewhere, Nottingham Forest edged out Derby County in the East Midlands derby, while there also wins for Fulham, Millwall, Reading and Brentford.
BAGGIES STAY TOP AFTER LIVERMORE STUNNER
Jake Livermore's second goal of the season was enough for West Brom to edge out Hull at the KCOM Stadium.
The 29-year-old midfielder finished off a short corner routine in spectacular style after 28 minutes, taking a touch to control the ball 20 yards from goal and unleashing a rocket of a right-footed shot into the bottom corner of the Tigers' net.
Hull started the second half brightly and Kevin Stewart missed crucial chances as Slaven Bilic's side found themselves exposed at the back.
But the visitors should have doubled their lead when Matheus Pereira – their outstanding creative player so far this season – sent a chip narrowly over the crossbar, but Bilic's table-toppers claimed all three points nonetheless.
BAMFORD ON TARGET AS WHITES WIN AGAIN
Leeds went into their clash against Blackburn unbeaten in four matches but striker Patrick Bamford was without a goal at Elland Road since April.
The former Middlesbrough striker ended his home drought after a foul on Luke Ayling earned a dominant Leeds side a penalty, Bamford coolly sending Christian Walton the wrong way as he stroked the ball home.
Bamford had a hand in the Whites' second, touching Kalvin Phillips' floated ball deftly into the path of Jack Harrison, who sent an angled shot in off the far post.
But slack marking allowed Derrick Williams to head Blackburn back into the game five minutes before half-time, the full-back rising to meet Stewart Downing's cross for his third goal of the season from 12 yards.
A combative Rovers side failed to break Marcelo Bielsa's men down, however, as they collected back-to-back Championship wins for the first time since August.
PRESTON TOO STRONG FOR RESURGENT TERRIERS
Huddersfield's recent revival came to a crashing halt at Deepdale as Preston registered a third consecutive league win with a 3-1 victory.
The Terriers were unbeaten in seven league games but never looked like clawing their way back into the game after Jayden Stockley had given the hosts a fourth-minute lead.
Alan Browne doubled that advantage shortly after the half-hour mark, while Paul Gallagher added a third with a penalty five minutes after the interval.
Juninho Bacuna pulled one back for the visitors 16 minutes from time, but it did little to take the gloss off another impressive win for Alex Neil's side.
O'NEILL MAKES INSTANT IMPACT AT STOKE
O'Neill made a superb start to life with struggling Stoke, guiding them to an emphatic win over Barnsley at Oakwell.
A Sam Clucas brace and goals from Joe Allen and Lee Gregory helped the Potters end a run of three consecutive defeats and start life after Nathan Jones in style.
Elsewhere, Lewis Grabban scored the only goal of the game as Forest edged out local rivals Derby, while Fulham registered a 1-0 win at Birmingham City.
Millwall overcame Charlton Athletic 2-1, Reading powered past Luton Town 3-0 and Brentford beat Wigan Athletic by the same scoreline.
In the day's other games, Middlesbrough drew 2-2 away at QPR and Swansea City scored deep into stoppage time to draw 2-2 with Sheffield Wednesday.
Euro Qualifiers
Michael O'Neill appointed Stoke boss but will see out Euro 2020 qualifying campaign
Michael O'Neill has been appointed as Stoke City's new manager but will temporarily continue in his previous role as Northern Ireland boss.
Stoke, a Premier League club 18 months ago, are bottom of the Championship with just eight points from 15 matches.
Nathan Jones was sacked last week, but the Potters' poor form continued with a 2-0 home defeat to West Brom under the caretaker charge of former player Rory Delap.
Stoke have now agreed a deal for O'Neill ahead of a clash with fellow strugglers Barnsley, yet he will take on a dual role initially.
The Irish Football Association confirmed O'Neill would oversee Northern Ireland's remaining two Euro 2020 qualifiers and any subsequent play-off matches.
Irish FA chief executive Patrick Nelson said: "We reluctantly agreed to allow Stoke to talk to Michael after they met the compensation requirements. Michael has now agreed terms with the Championship club.
"Naturally, we are extremely disappointed that Michael is leaving us.
"However, we are delighted all parties have agreed Michael will be in charge of the Northern Ireland team for the games against Netherlands and Germany and potential Euro 2020 play-off matches next March."
Northern Ireland are third in their qualification group, three points behind leaders Netherlands and second-placed Germany - their final two opponents.
O'Neill has signed a three-and-a-half year contract with Stoke.
Stoke City 0-2 West Brom: Baggies bounce back to Championship summit
West Brom returned to the top of the Championship with a comfortable 2-0 victory over struggling Stoke City on Monday.
Slaven Bilic's side had watched on over the weekend as Swansea City, Leeds United and then Preston North End all usurped them in the standings, leaving them in fourth at kick-off.
However, the Baggies are once again sitting pretty at the summit after brushing aside a Stoke team who had caretaker boss Rory Delap in charge for the first time.
Matt Phillips put the visitors ahead when he converted Grady Diangana's cross in the eighth minute and they rarely looked in danger of letting their advantage slip against opponents bereft of confidence.
Diangana was also heavily involved in West Brom's second, as he was fouled by Cameron Carter-Vickers inside the penalty area. Substitute Hal Robson-Kanu converted from the spot just six minutes after replacing Charlie Austin.
Defeat means Stoke - who fired Nathan Jones last Friday - remain stuck at the bottom, six points from safety.
Leeds United goalkeeper Casilla denies FA racial abuse charge
Leeds United goalkeeper Kiko Casilla has denied a Football Association (FA) charge of racial abuse towards a Charlton Athletic player.
The FA launched an investigation following an incident involving Charlton forward Jonathan Leko during the game between the two Championship clubs at The Valley on September 28.
Casilla has now been charged with a breach of FA Rule E3, with the governing body giving the Spaniard until November 12 to provide a response.
"It is alleged that, contrary to Rule E3(1), the Leeds United goalkeeper used abusive and/or insulting words towards a Charlton Athletic player during an EFL Championship fixture on 28 September 2019," a statement from the FA read.
"It is further alleged that the words constitute an "Aggravated Breach", which is defined in Rule E3(2), as they made reference to race and/or colour and/or ethnic origin."
Leeds followed the announcement by releasing a short statement of their own, confirming Casilla denies the allegation and will continue to be considered for selection while he awaits a personal hearing.
"Kiko strenuously denies the allegation and has proactively worked with the FA during their investigation to date," the Yorkshire club said.
"The next step of this process will be a personal hearing, in the meantime Kiko will remain available for selection."
Cardiff City threatened by FIFA with three-window ban over Sala transfer fee
Cardiff City have been threatened with a three-window transfer ban by FIFA if they fail to pay the first instalment of the fee owed to Nantes for the late Emiliano Sala.
The FIFA Players' Status Committee ruled in September that Cardiff must hand over a €6million (£5.3m) payment for club-record signing Sala, who, along with pilot David Ibbotson, died when their Piper Malibu aircraft crashed in January.
Sala had accepted a move but Cardiff claimed the agreement to pay Nantes £15m was not legally binding because conditions insisted upon by the selling club were not fulfilled.
Cardiff announced in a statement last month that they intend to appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but world football governing body FIFA has outlined its reasons and ordered the Welsh side to pay up.
FIFA confirmed in a 21-page document published on Monday that the threat of a ban, which would run through until the end of the 2020-21 campaign, will be lifted if Cardiff make the payment within 45 days.
Charlton Athletic 0-1 Preston North End: Gallagher penalty sends Neil's side top
Preston North End moved to the top of the Championship table as a Paul Gallagher penalty secured a 1-0 win away at Charlton Athletic on Sunday.
Substitute Gallagher - who had replaced the injured Daniel Johnson in the first half - converted from the spot in the 58th minute after team-mate Jayden Stockley had been hauled down by Jason Pearce.
Charlton goalkeeper Dillon Phillips kept the deficit down to one, denying both Stockley and Tom Barkhuizen in the closing stages before the visitors held on during nine additional minutes.
The result sees Preston - who released a statement on Saturday to end speculation linking manager Alex Neil with the vacancy at Stoke City - climb from fourth to first in the table, knocking Leeds United off the summit.
Neil confirmed his commitment to the club after the game, telling Preston's official website: "There is nothing to talk about really, I am Preston North End manager and I love being here and working with these players."
Struggling Stoke are searching for a new boss after Nathan Jones was sacked on Friday.
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Pilot killed in Navy training exercise
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Pilot killed in Navy training exercise was from Pleasant View
Saturday , November 01, 2014 - 8:37 AM -
PLEASANT VIEW — The family of Charles Rogers says he died doing what he loved most.
The 45-year-old Pleasant View resident was killed Wednesday in a Navy training exercise off the Southern California coast. The Federal Aviation Administration said the aircraft Rogers was flying was a Hawker Hunter MK 58 and nobody on the ground was injured during the crash.
News of the crash quickly went viral, with many national media outlets reporting on it.
Rogers' mother-in-law, Diane Little, told the Standard-Examiner Friday that Rogers was a retired, 21-year veteran of the Air Force who flew F-16s and also trained people how to fly them.
Military plane crash
Firefighters extinguish the remaining flames of a military airplane that crashed in a field near Naval Station Ventura County near Port Hueneme, Calif., killing the pilot Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. The plane crashed and disintegrated at around 5:15 p.m. (AP Photo/The Ventura County Star, Karen Quincy Loberg) LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS OUT
Little said Rogers was working with a company called Airborne Tactical Advantage Co., a civilian military contractor that performs mock aerial dogfights during training at Naval Base Ventura County as well as other military facilities.
"It was his dream job," Little said of Rogers, who was living in California while working for ATAC. "He always said once the rest of his family made the move (to California), life would be perfect."
Rogers recently retired from the Air Force, last stationed at Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks, Alaska. Although he was never stationed at Hill Air Force Base, Little said he had many friends who currently work there.
"He was a fabulous man who traveled all over the world over the last 20 years," Little said. "He held many responsibilities in a lot of places. He had friends everywhere."
Little said Rogers is a Texas native, but relocated to Pleasant View after retiring from the Air Force because his wife, Tonya Rogers, grew up in the area.
Rogers leaves behind five children, four sons and a daughter, who Little says "are just devastated."
"The family is dealing with it, but it's obviously very, very difficult," Little said. "He was very much a hands-on father. He loved his family and they did everything together."
"He will be dearly missed," said Tonya Rogers in an email sent to the Standard-Examiner.
Funeral services for Rogers will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the LDS meetinghouse on 2862 N. 400 East, North Ogden.
The FAA, Navy and the National Transportation Safety Board are still investigating the cause of the crash, a process that typically takes months to complete.
According to the Associated Press, another Hawker Hunter crashed into a farm field near the California Navy base in 2012, killing the pilot. In that instance, Thomas Bennett, 57, was piloting the privately owned jet. His plane had been contracted to play the enemy in training exercises.
In May 2011, three members aboard a Boeing 707 tanker loaded with jet fuel escaped with only minor injuries when their aircraft skidded off the runway while taking off from the base and exploded into flames.
That plane was carrying civilians and had a contract to provide fuel transport
Standard-Examiner reporter Ben Lockhart contributed to this report.
Contact reporter Mitch Shaw at 801-625-4233 or mishaw@standard.net. Follow him on Twitter at @mitchshaw23.
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Location: North Texas
RIP Shaggy


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Edge (stilisierte Eigenschreibweise: EDGE) ist eine englischsprachige Computerspielezeitschrift. Sie wird vom britischen Verlag Future Publishing seit dem 19. August 1993 im vierwöchentlichen Rhythmus (13 Ausgaben pro Jahr) vorwiegend in Großbritannien veröffentlicht. Ein bekanntes Motto der EDGE lautet: "It's not for everyone" ("Sie ist nicht für jeden").

Konzept
EDGE berichtet über Computerspiele verschiedener Plattformen. Es werden sowohl Spiele für Konsolen (auch für tragbare Modelle, sogenannte Handhelds) als auch für PC behandelt. Ein markantes Detail des Magazins ist, dass unter den jeweiligen Artikeln nicht die Namen der Redakteure, sondern immer ein E, das EDGE-Logo, steht. Während in vielen anderen Spielemagazinen die einzelnen Redakteure und Autoren durch Porträts und Meinungskästen stark in den Vordergrund rücken, tauchen die Namen der EDGE-Mitarbeiter nur im Impressum auf. Die Artikel werden immer aus der "EDGE-Perspektive" geschildert ("EDGE asked…"). Außerhalb dieser Perspektive schreiben noch diverse Kolumnisten aus der Fachwelt.

Ein weiteres Prinzip ist die Bewertung von Spielen auf einer Skala von eins bis zehn, wobei die jeweiligen Wertungen als relativ streng bekannt sind. So wurde die Bestnote 10 bisher für folgende Spiele vergeben:

 Bayonetta (Xbox 360)
 Bayonetta 2 (Wii U)
 Bloodborne (PlayStation 4)
 Dreams (PlayStation 4)
 Gran Turismo (PlayStation)
 Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
 Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
 Half-Life 2 (PC)
 Halo: Kampf um die Zukunft (Xbox)
 Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
 Little Big Planet (PlayStation 3)
 Red Dead Redemption 2 (Xbox One, PlayStation 4)
 Rock Band 3 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii)
 Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)
 Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
 Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)
 Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo Switch)
 The Last of Us (PlayStation 3)
 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64)
 The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii)
 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Wii U, Nintendo Switch)
 The Orange Box (Xbox 360, PC)

Die Bewertung nach Punkten spielt in der Edge nur eine nachrangige Rolle und wird daher im Layout bewusst unauffällig gehalten: Die Wertung tritt nur in Form einer kleinen Ziffer am Ende des Textes auf.

Besonderer Wert wird dagegen auf das Design und Layout gelegt, das sich mit seiner auffallend zurückhaltenden und schlichten Art zum Teil stark von anderen Zeitschriften der Branche abhebt. Das jeweilige Cover nimmt hier einen großen Stellenwert ein und ist oftmals frei von großen Schlagzeilen. Bei der lokalisierten Ausgabe für Deutschland wurde dies anders gehandhabt. Dort fand man teils sehr viele Schriftelemente über dem Coverbild.

Bis auf wenige Ausnahmen werden in der Regel keine Datenträger wie CDs oder DVDs beigelegt.

Geschichte
Unter dem Namen Next Generation wurden auch Teile der EDGE in den USA verbreitet. Seit Ausgabe 155 (November 2005) erschien bis zum Juli 2007 auch eine deutsche Übersetzung, die von Computec Media veröffentlicht wurde. Die deutsche Übersetzung ließ an vielen Stellen den direkt aus dem Englischen übersetzten Text erkennen.

Im Januar 2007 wurde das zuvor monatlich erscheinende deutsche EDGE-Magazin auf eine zweimonatliche Erscheinungsweise umgestellt. Im Juli 2007 wurde das deutschsprachige Heft dann unvermittelt vom Computec-Verlag aus "strategischen Gründen" eingestellt. Abonnenten erhielten stattdessen automatisch die PlayZone, ein Magazin für Sony-Spielkonsolen des Verlages, konnten aber telefonisch kündigen.

Trivia
 Das Cover der Ausgabe 100 wurde von Shigeru Miyamoto gestaltet.
 In Ausgabe 124 wurden sämtliche Wertungen durch Fragezeichen ersetzt.
 Zum zehnjährigen Jubiläum erschien die Ausgabe 128 mit zehn verschiedenen Covers.
 Das Cover der Ausgabe 134 ist ein aufklappbarer Nintendo DS.
 Cover und Rückseite der Ausgabe 153 bilden flach ausgebreitet einen Ingame-Screenshot des Xbox-360-Spiels Project Gotham Racing 3.

Weblinks
 Offizielle Website – inkl. Forum und Test-Datenbank (englisch)
 Heftarchiv der deutschen Ausgabe – evil.to

Computerspielezeitschrift
Zeitschrift (Vereinigtes Königreich)
Ersterscheinung 1993
Englischsprachige Monatszeitschrift


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Foreign Minister Westerwelle congratulates Rafik Schami on "Against Oblivion - For Democracy" prize
Syrian-German writer Rafik Schami will receive today in Bremen the "Against Oblivion – For Democracy" prize for his services to democracy and human rights.
In this connection Foreign Minister Westerwelle today (30 October) issued the following statement:
"I congratulate Rafik Schami on this award. For years in his books and public pronouncements he has drawn attention to the brutal methods of the Syrian security services. When the current protests began in the land of his birth, he backed them from the first day.
The only way to end the ongoing crackdown – which undermines also the Arab League's mediation efforts – is to step up international pressure on the Syrian regime. This pressure should increasingly come from within the region. In the European Union and at the United Nations, too, however, we will continue to urge the need for clear messages to be sent.
We will spare no effort to ensure that all those in Syria who are striving by peaceful means for a life of freedom and dignity should have their voices heard."