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Wineville (Mira Loma) Chicken Coop Murders
In a chick coop at this location, Gordon Northcott, abused and murdered a number of boys he had kidnapped. It is believed that between 3 and 20 were taken here and murdered during the 1920s. This site and story became the subject of the 2008 Clint Eastwood film, CHANGELING, starring Angelina Jolie.
CHANGELING movie poster
Crime scene photo of farm
more crime photos of farm
Sanford Clark showing police where one of Winslow brothers were killed.
Front of chicken farm property in 1928. Stop sign at the time is the equivalent of the police tape used today
Northcott during trial. Scene arguing with the judge while ignoring some of the many attorneys we would fire.
Northcott booking photo
Home of chicken farm as of 2009
*Chicken farm has since been torn down, the home is up for sale. Do Not Trespass!
The events of this gruesome tale began in 1926, when Gordon Stewart Northcott took his nephew Sanford, with permission (though some sources claim Sanford was abducted), from Saskatchewan, Canada, to Gordon's home in Wineville, now Mira Loma, California (Riverside County, the city changed its name from Wineville to Mira Loma following the murders). Upon arriving at the home, Sanford was abused sexually and mistreated by his uncle. Two years later, Sanford's older sister, Jessie, came to Wineville concerned for Sanford's safety. That night Sanford related a series of events that took place at the farm the last two years alongside confessing to Jessie what had been done to Sanford. Jessie returned to Canada a week later (apparently she too was abused by Gordon), where she informed the American Consul, who relayed the information to the Los Angeles Police Department.
What happened next revealed what has been called the area's "dirty little secret" that scarred a community, a state and was splashed across national headlines, while causing a 'cleaning of the house' of the Los Angeles Police Department.
The police, acting upon the tip from the American Consul via Jessie, checked out the ranch. Sanford related that many Mexican boys would arrive to the farm with Gordon with intention to work on the farm, only Sanford noticed they soon disappeared. Sanford also related that two brothers, the Winslow brothers, had been taken to the farm, raped, imprisoned and later killed by Gordon. Soon. Walter Collins was taken, and he, too, was sexually abused and later killed (spoiler: his body was never found). Gordon would proceeded to destroy the bodies by placing them in quicklime and burying them. It was the discovery that Walter Collins was at the farm that turned the police force upside down.
For the past many years, the police department of Los Angeles had been under investigation for many corruption charges. With Los Angeles and the Riverside County areas booming economically and population-wise, it became evident that most of the police had fallen under the spell of bribes, working with mobs and so on to take in the wealth coming from the area. Wineville, called so for the grapes it grew, was growing due to its agriculture. Already suffering under embarrassment, the police force wanted a quick conclusion to any high profile case to save face. One such opportunity came when on March 10, 1928, Walter Collins went missing. His mother, whom had given him money to go to the cinema reported him missing (his father was in Folsom prison for robbery). However, finding Walter was not working out and police chief James Davis was pushed to hurry and find the boy.
During the next few months, it was reported a dead body of a boy was in the back of a car at a gas station, but the car was able to lose the cars following it. The man who first saw the body was given a picture of Walter and said they were the same. Yet with the mystery car gone, nothing further happened. Soon the body of a headless Hispanic boy was found near Wineville and it was reported that Nelson and Lewis Winslow were missing and that their parents had received odd letters talking about running away to be famous. No connection was made by the police.
In August of the same year, a boy was found alone in Illinois. He originally stated he was Arthur Hutchins, but then changed his story saying he was Walter Collins, he had been taken by his father and lied about his name to protect his dad. Hutchins's photo was show to Christie Collins, Walter's mom, who said that was not Walter. The boy was taken to California anyways and a public press conference was held with the police reuniting 'mother and son' claiming victory in the disappearance of the boy. However, Mrs. Collins persisted that this was not her son. Embarrassed, police captain J.J. Jones, claimed that Mrs. Collins did not want her son for she would have had to take care of him and was making up insane stories to get rid of him. Jones swiftly ordered Collins into a psychiatric ward in Los Angeles County General Hospital on a "Code 12″ which allowed police to get rid of troublemakers by throwing them into psychiatric hospitals. She would suffer from harsh treatment for a few months; the while the police force and the psych ward (in cahoots) kept her situation covered up.
On September 15, 1928, after police showed up following the call from the American Consul in Canada, Sanford told investigators that his uncle kidnapped him and had physically and sexually abused him. He also said Northcott had forced him to watch the abuse and murders of Walter Collins, Nelson and Lewis Winslow, and other boys. Sometimes he even made him participate in these acts. Northcott abducted boys to rape them and when he got bored, he would lead them into the incubator room to see hatching chicks and kill them with an ax. To destroy the evidence, Northcott covered their bodies in quicklime.
Sanford also said Northcott had killed a Latino boy in La Puente, the one found headless. They both killed Walter Collins because he had seen Northcott help another man kill his mining partner. Sanford told the police that they could find graves near the chicken coop for the Winslow brothers and Walter Collins. Two graves were found but the full bodies were not there, only pieces of bone. Axes found among other farm equipment had human hair and blood on them. Several bones were scattered across the ranch, which pathologists later determined to be from male children. Inside the house, a book checked out to one of the Winslow boys was found. Also more letters to their parents were written. A child's whistle and several Boy Scout badges were found. Nothing that could be directly attributed to Walter Collins was found.
Northcott's father, Cyrus George Northcott, told police two days later that his son had admitted the murders to him. But by that time, Northcott and his mother, Louise, had left town. The Los Angeles Police Department initially continued to insist that Christine Collins had her son. They only discontinued this belief when a handwriting expert came in to analyze their writing styles. The expert concluded that this boy's handwriting was definitely not a match to the samples collected from previous years. The strange "R's" the boy used was commonly taught in Illinois but not found in California.
The boy eventually told the truth. He admitted several other aliases as well. He said he had decided to try to pass off as Walter Collins when someone had mentioned he looked like the missing boy. Arthur Hutchins, 12 years-old, has assumed Collins' identity in an attempt to go to Hollywood to meet his cowboy hero, Tom Mix. His stepmother picked him up in Los Angeles and took him back to their Illinois home. He didn't appear to have any remorse for his actions. Shortly after Arthur Hutchins went home, Christine Collins was released from the institution. However, the police and the psych ward waited 10 days to release her. By this time, Gordon Northcott was with family in Canada.
Rev. Gustav Briegleb was a Presbyterian minister and pioneer radio evangelist. He was the pastor of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Jefferson Boulevard at Third Avenue, Los Angeles, California. He took up many important causes in the City of Los Angeles in the 1920s and 1930s, most notably the poor handling of the Walter Collins kidnapping case in 1928. He fought to have Christine Collins released from a mental hospital after she was committed there as retaliation for disagreeing with the LAPD's version of events.
On September 20, 1928, Northcott was arrested in British Columbia. They arrested his mother, Sarah Louise Northcott, in Alberta. In December, the police took Northcott back to his ranch in an attempt to get more information. While there, he verbally confessed to five murders, including the Winslow brothers, Walter Collins, and a Mexican boy named Alvin Gothea. However later that day, Northcott only admitted one homicide in a written confession and that was the murder on Alvin Gothea.
Also in December, Northcott's mother confessed to the murder of Walter Collins. She said she delivered the final blow to the boy and then buried him in a hole near the chicken coop. Sanford Clark said his grandmother had told them that if they each hit the boy then they will be equally guilty if caught. Sarah Louise Northcott was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Walter Collins.
Northcott's trial began in January 1929. Northcott fired several defense attorneys and proceeded to defend himself. He admitted to abusing young boys because he loved them. He even had his mother testify for him. She claimed she was actually his grandmother because her husband had raped her daughter Winnefred and Northcott was Winnefred's son. Northcott also claimed to have an incestuous relationship with Sarah Louise and that his father had molested him. Northcott's defense was rather odd and it was obvious that he was no lawyer. Along with the strange defense, Sarah Louise didn't prove to be a very credible witness since the only continuous statement she made was that she would do anything for Gordon.
On February 8, 1929, an all-male jury convicted Northcott for the first-degree murders of the Winslow brothers and an anonymous victim. Judge George R. Freeman sentenced him to death. Although he was convicted and sentenced to death, the families of his victims didn't have closure due to the inability to find intact bodies. Northcott was hanged on October 2, 1930. Shortly after his execution, the Wineville Chicken Coop murders were finally put to rest after the citizens decided to change the town's name. They changed it to Mira Loma, which means "view from the hill" in Spanish. This name change helped the town to disassociate from the horrific acts on that poultry farm.
Christie Collins went on to the sue the police department, specifically Capt. Jones. She was awarded $10,800 (approximately $154,078 in 2014 dollars), which Jones never paid.The last newspaper account of Christine Collins is from 1941, when she attempted to collect a $15,562 judgment against Captain Jones (who was by then retired) in the Superior Court. Though Jones stayed on the force for a short time afterwards, he became the face of an embarrassed and despised police force. Chief Davis retired and many other officers were kicked off the force once the reformation of the Los Angeles Police Department commenced.
The murders, Christie Collins, and the actions of the corrupt police force were subjects for Clint Eastwood's 2008 film Changeling, starring Angelina Jolie (Collins. Nominated for Best Actress), Jeffery Donovan (Capt. Jones), John Malkovich (Rev. Breigleb), Colm Feore (Chief Davis), Geoff Pierson (Atony. Sammy Hahn) and Jason Butler Harner (Gordon Northcott). The film brought back to the spotlight the murders, which has since been the subject of many article, websites and books.
There is a theory that Walter was never really killed, but escaped. And having escaped, the theories go, he was too ashamed for whatever reasons to return home. It is believed by some he is either still alive or died recently of advanced age. The most common conclusion for most is that Walter was indeed murdered but his body was too destroyed to be discovered to this day or hidden out there waiting to be found.
When the film was made, there was a couple living in the home (the farm had since then been dismantled). Upon hearing what took place, they left the home and nearby area. The house is currently for sale and abandoned. It has also been reported that the home is haunted.
Do Not Trespass.
Flacco, Anthony; Jerry Clark (November 2009). The Road Out of Hell: Sanford Clark and the True Story of the Wineville Murders. Union Square Press. Paul, James Jeffrey (September 2008). Nothing is Strange with You: The Life and Crimes of Gordon Stewart Northcott. Xlibris. Rasmussen, Cecilia (October 1998). L. A. Unconventional: The Men & Women Who Did L. A. Their Way. Los Angeles Times.
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Celtic Connections and King Tut's shows cancelled: Restrictions caused by Covid Omicron variant lead to slew of postponed gigs
The annual Celtic Connections festival, which was due to take in place in Glasgow from January 20th – February 6th, looks set to be hit by cancellations of much of its 2022 programme.
The rise of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of Covid – which saw many high profile shows before Christmas including sets by Amy MacDonald and Deacon Blue, as well as Edinburgh's New Year celebrations – has also seen King Tut's New Year's Revolution series among smaller shows to also be affected.
As ever, a wide-ranging selection of acts had been lined up, including Amadou & Mariam, Astrid, Bernard Butler, Bob Mould, Capercaillie, Dumb Instrument, Efterklang, Field Music, Kathryn Joseph, Lloyd Cole, Mull Historical Society, Stina Marie Claire, Norman Blake, Roddy Woomble, Teddy Thompson, and The Twilight Sad, but many of these have already been cancelled.
The latest restrictions limit audience numbers for indoor events to just 200 for all-seater shows and 100 for standing events, which, along with one-metre distancing, means that shows ranging from larger arena events to smaller intimate club gigs are impossible to stage.
Celtic Connections' 18-day programme should have seen more than 1,000 musicians take part in the 29th edition of the event, but instead, the organisers said that they were encouraging all artists impacted to apply to the Creative Scotland COVID-19 Cancellation Fund for Creative Freelancers to help with financial support.
However, it is unclear how badly the festival will be affected, as the audience restrictions are to remain in place until 17 January 17th – three days before the opening concert – at which point they will be reassessed. In 2021 the live lineup was decimated, but the online version sold more than 27,000 tickets to music fans in more than 60 countries, viewing 10.5 million minutes of musical entertainment over its 19-day programme.
Similarly, King Tut's has suspended the first part of New Year's Revolution – which should have featured shows by Bemz, Dancing on Tables, and Club Beirut – and instead given the festival a start date of January 19th, meaning that Kardo, Joshua Grant, and Hamish Hawk will still take place – at time of writing.
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Amidst muted competition, BT has won the right to roll out faster broadband to Wales, with the deal expected to seal £425 million of funding for the telecoms behemoth and cement its strangehold on the Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) project, worth a reported £530 million in total.
Fujitsu, BT's sole long-term BDUK rival - withdrew from the Wales segment of the funding race at the beginning of the year. This made the British firm's acquisition of the most profitable part of the project to spread high-speed Internet across the UK essentially a matter of signing on the dotted line.
Of the £425 million total investment in Wales' infrastructure, £220 million will be injected directly by BT, with the scheme set to go ahead subject to approval by the European Commission, which is lined up to contribute around £90 million via the European Development Fund.
Yet somewhat unsurprisingly, the EC has registered concerns over the apparent absence of a competitive process involved in the bidding process. BT's acquisition of contracts in densely populated regions has largely gone unnoticed, but now it is winning the rights to projects in more remote areas where local providers may also exist, Brussels' curiosity has been aroused.
Smaller suppliers, such as Hyperoptic, have claimed that the process involved too much red tape and that more modestly-sized firms were left at a disadvantage as a result.
But broadband minister Ed Vaizey has been at pains to point out that such complaints were limited and that correct procedures were adhered to throughout.
"We have a legal obligation to ensure the procurement is undertaken in the right way...people will awlays complain about the beaurocracy."
"[I have not] had a queue of local authorities coming through mny door and telling me it [the bidding process] was complex," he added.
Earlier this week, Japanese tech giant Fujitsu pulled out of its attempt to nab the Yorkshire-based bit of BDUK, individually worth £70 million.
That decision also went to BT, which, despite its enviable position, now faces an uphill battle trying to provision a minimum 2mbps connection to all areas by 2015 in line with the government's ambitions - and in spite of potential EC interference.


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Taking the Big Bang's Temperature
During my teens and twenties, the lead into a frequent summer joke punchline was as follows: "It sure was hot today." "How hot was it?" "It was so hot that . . ." While Earth's surface temperature is easy and straightforward to measure, it is very challenging indeed to measure the temperature of the universe, especially its past temperature.
Despite the challenges, astronomers are keenly interested in obtaining measurements of the universe's temperature throughout its history because those measurements deliver an enormous payoff, both scientifically and theologically. They provide the most definitive, direct, and unambiguous test of the biblically predicted big bang creation model.1
Present-Day Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Temperature
In 1964, Bell Labs astronomers Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson serendipitously made the first-ever measurement of the temperature of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR).2 They scooped Robert Dicke, James Peebles, P. G. Roll, and David Wilkinson at Princeton University who had just finished building a radiometer for the express purpose of detecting this radiation. Penzias and Wilson did not fully realize the significance of their discovery, so they contacted Dicke for an explanation of the excess background radiation they had detected. Dicke explained to them that they had discovered the long-sought radiation left over from the big bang creation event.3 Penzias and Wilson's discovery was the first direct evidence that the universe indeed arose from a big bang creation event, a discovery that won them a Nobel Prize in physics.
The temperature measurement published by Penzias and Wilson was 3.5 ± 1.0 K, that is, 3.5 ± 1.0oC above absolute zero. Since 1964, astronomers have measured the temperature left over from the big bang with increasing precision. The best current measurement is 2.72548 ± 0.00057 K.4
Past CMBR Temperatures
In the big bang cosmological creation model, the universe at the creation event is understood to be infinitesimally small in volume and nearly infinitely hot. As the universe expands from the cosmic creation event, it cools down in a highly predictable manner. According to the big bang model, the past temperature of the CMBR will be its present temperature multiplied by 1 + r, where r is the redshift at which the CMBR temperature is being measured. Redshift occurs when cosmic expansion stretches the light wavelengths emitted by an astronomical body. The greater the velocity of an astronomical body moving away from us as a result of the expansion of the universe, the more toward the red end of the spectrum that body's spectral lines will be shifted. The redshift of an astronomical body is directly related to its lookback time, that is, how far back in time astronomers are observing light emitted by the astronomical body.
In the spectra of the interstellar medium in galaxies and quasars lie certain spectral lines whose line strengths depend on the CMBR temperature. By measuring these strengths and determining the redshifts of the spectral lines, astronomers can determine how well their measurements fit the predicted past temperatures of a big bang universe. It is precisely these measurements that yield the most definitive and unambiguous test of the big bang creation model.
In the fourth edition of my book, The Creator and the Cosmos, I present a figure (reproduced here) that shows the predicted temperature cooling curve of the universe's CMBR overlayed by actual measurements astronomers have made of the CMBR's past temperatures. The figure shows a remarkably close fit between actual CMBR temperature measurements and past CMBR temperatures predicted by the big bang creation model.
Figure: Evidence of Temperature Cooling from the Big Bang Creation Event
The curve is the predicted cooling of the universe according to the big bang creation model with a cosmic age of 13.79 billion years and an average cosmic expansion rate at 68.65 kilometers/second/megaparsec. The dots and error bars are actual temperature measurements of the CMBR made at different distances or lookback times. Credit: Reasons to Believe
The measurement in the middle of the curve of the figure corresponding to 7 billion years ago is the most accurate temperature measurement in deep time.5 The error bar on this measurement is less than the thickness of the line showing the predicted cooling curve, and this measurement sits right on the predicted cooling curve. In the words of seven astronomers who published a detailed study of the cooling of the CMBR temperature, "No significant deviations from the redshift dependence of the CMB temperature predicted in the standard model have been found."6
CMBR Temperature Measures Near the Cosmic Creation Event
An examination of the figure shows that no CMBR temperature measurements are available for lookback times greater than 10.3 billion years. That is, there are no CMBR temperature measurements for the first 3.5 billion years of the universe's history.
Until recently, no telescope was powerful enough to measure the CMBR temperature in the interstellar medium of galaxies more distant than 10.3 billion light-years. Now, several telescopes possess that power, as evidenced by the following two studies.
In the November 2020 issue of Astronomy Letters, a team of five astronomers published their measurements of the CMBR temperatures in the interstellar medium of 15 different galaxies spanning the redshift range of 1.7 to 3.3.7 This redshift range corresponds to lookback times of 9.89–11.82 billion years or 1.97–3.90 billion years after the cosmic creation event. To determine the present temperature, for each galaxy, they used the formula TCMBR = T0(1 + z) where TCMBR is the temperature of the CMBR in the interstellar medium of the galaxy and T0 is the present-day CMBR temperature. They then averaged the 15 determined T0 values and compared that average with the best present-day measurement of 2.72548 ± 0.00057 K. The averaged T0 value based on the 15 galaxies was 2.719 ± 0.009 K. This independent measure of the CMBR temperature at the present epoch is in excellent agreement with the direct measurement of the present epoch CMBR temperature. This achievement stands as a powerful affirmation of the big bang creation model during an epoch of cosmic history that had not previously been investigated.
In the February 3, 2022, issue of Nature, a team of eight astronomers achieved a measurement of the CMBR temperature in the interstellar medium of a galaxy with a redshift of 6.34.8 This redshift corresponds to a lookback time of 12.90 billion years ago or just 0.89 billion years after the cosmic creation event. At this redshift, the CMBR temperature based on the big bang creation model is 20.005 K. The CMBR temperature measurement made on the galaxy at redshift 6.34 was 23.3 ± 6.9 K. Again, the measurement agrees with the value predicted by the big bang creation model.
An examination of the figure and the results from the studies published in 2020 and 2022 indicates that the measurements fit the predicted cooling curve from the big bang creation model to a degree that is consistently much better than one would expect from the published error bars. Therefore, it is likely that the error bars are too conservative.
The two studies were the first such studies that tested the big bang creation model at epochs corresponding to the formation of the earliest galaxies. Now, the James Webb Space Telescope that stands ready to begin serious astronomical observation is ideally suited to accurately measure CMBR temperatures in such galaxies. We can soon look forward to high-precision tests of the cooling of the CMBR temperature predicted by the big bang creation model.
Theological Implications
While even more definitive tests of the big bang creation model will be forthcoming, already the big bang creation model has exhaustively withstood and passed every conceivable test that could be marshaled against it. There is no longer any rational basis for doubting that the universe arose from a big bang creation event, just as dozens of different passages of the Bible predicted more than two millennia ago. There is only one rational explanation for how the Bible possesses such amazing predictive power. It must be inspired by the One who created the universe.
Hugh Ross with John Rea, "Big Bang—The Bible Taught It First!," Reasons to Believe (July 1, 2000); Hugh Ross, "Does the Bible Teach Big Bang Cosmology?," Today's New Reason to Believe (blog), Reasons to Believe, August 26, 2019.
Arno A. Penzias and Robert W. Wilson, "A Measurement of Excess Antenna Temperature at 4080 Mc/s," Astrophysical Journal 142 (July 1965): 419–421, doi:10.1086/148307.
Robert H. Dicke et al., "Cosmic Black-Body Radiation," Astrophysical Journal 142 (July 1965): 414–419, doi:10.1086/148306.
D. J. Fixsen, "The Temperature of the Cosmic Microwave Background," Astrophysical Journal 707, no. 2 (December 20, 2009): 916–920, doi:10.1088/0004-636X/707/2/916.
S. Muller et al., "A Precise and Accurate Determination of the Cosmic Microwave Background Temperature at z = 0.89," Astronomy & Astrophysics 551 (March 4, 2013): id. A109, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220613.
I. de Martino et al., "Measuring the Redshift Dependence of the Cosmic Microwave Background Monopole Temperature with Planck Data," Astrophysical Journal 757, no. 2 (September 12, 2012): id. 144, p. 1, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/757/2/144.
V. V. Klimenko et al., "Estimation of the Cosmic Microwave Background Temperature from Atomic CI and Molecular CO Lines in the Interstellar Medium of Early Galaxies," Astronomy Letters 46 (November 2020): 715–725, doi:10.1134/s1063773720110031.
Dominik A. Riechers et al., "Microwave Background Temperature at a Redshift of 6.34 from H2O Absorption," Nature 602 (February 3, 2022): 58–62, doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04294-5.
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In Every Situation Ask Yourself, Is This A Violation of Love?
I (Lynn) nearly wept as I listened to this woman share her story. She changed church association after more than 20 years because of this great error and unbiblical rendering of a verdict and punishment.
What grieves me and then makes me angry is, well, many things. The meeting's purpose, which was initiated by the PASTOR of women, was a lie. The accusations brought were made in secret by unknown accusers at the time, deemed accurate, and moved upon to punish without first speaking to the Bible study leader. What really grieves me is that even after this "so called meeting," there was no going back even after a reasonable explanation was given. This poor woman was told that her "perceived" error had reached the highest level of church leadership.
In honesty, if this is true? Where was the pastor to meet with this woman and find the truth? Where were the elders to sort out this mess? Because this not only impacted this poor woman, but her husband, and family, everyone who was part of her Bible study group, the church she left. It's impacted me and now thousands more are reading about this encounter.
Do you think the devil won this round?
The reality of this mess was there were three young woman who disagreed with this seasoned bible study leader about some area of doctrine. Instead of meeting with her to ask her to further explain her position, offer scripture, even talk it out and agree to disagree, all of this went down in secret conversations and back office meetings and phone calls. And the issue of doctrine in the end wasn't really an issue. The Bible study leader wasn't asked to leave the church. She was told that she could continue to lead but they would "supply" her content from this day forward. Was this a violation of love?
Okay, I'm sharing this very real scenario because it happens all the time in churches all over the nation. Really, I've seen it happen. It's happened in our SUM Community. Just recently a woman fired off a couple of harsh emails to tell me that I'm unequally yoked because I posted something about Mother Teresa.
We don't need to worry about attacks from the atheists when we have this going on within our own family. And don't think for a moment that we aren't being raised to be a family. We are. We retain our personalities and traits in heaven, thus, on earth we MUST learn forgiveness, restoration, trust and proper conflict resolution.
Thus, Jesus taught us about conflict resolution t in Matthew 18.
Did this woman's discipline experience meet this criteria? Where is the first mistake?
Now the BIG questions. Have you suggested sin or error against someone behind their back? Or through a slanted comment on social media? Perhaps a prayer request to others that mentions another believer with whom you have a conflict?
I will assume we all have acted outside of this passage of scripture. So, on Monday let's talk about what a healthy conflict resolution looks like and what happens if you try but can't resolve your issues, that is in the next verse.
So, in the comments, what do you think went wrong. What do you perceive was the first right step to manage this conflict by the words Jesus taught? See you there. Hope its lively conversation because we need to figure this out. And if you have walked this passage out in success in your life, share the story. We all need positive examples of how this passage is applied to real life. Thank you.
Love you my friends. We are going to learn this process and then teach it to many, many others and transform our churches, homes, our marriages. In Jesus name. Amen.


The lawfulness of a man's detention was referred to the High Court by way of case stated, after a complaint was made regarding the two-hour delay in a doctor arriving at the Garda station for the purposes of taking a sample of urine.
Finding that the doctor attending an emergency was a reasonable justification for the delay, Ms Justice Deirdre Murphy said that the man was in lawful detention at the time he was required to produce the specimen of urine.
In September 2015, Mr Antoin Brehon was pulled over by Garda Darren Conlon on suspicion of drink driving. Garda Conlon made a requirement under s. 9 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 for a preliminary breath specimen. The alcometer registered a reading of "fail" and Mr Brehon was arrested for drunk driving under s. 4(8) of the Road Traffic Act 2010.
At Westport Garda Station, Mr Brehon's details were entered into the custody record, he was handed a copy of his notice of rights, and informed that he had been arrested for drunk driving.
Garda Conlon contacted Westdoc to request the attendance of a doctor to process Mr Brehon for drink driving, however the doctor could not attend immediately due to an emergency call. Garda Conlon was told that the doctor would attend "as soon as possible".
In the meantime, Mr Brehon acknowledged receipt of his rights and was searched with his consent. He then remained seated in the public office until the doctor arrived.
When the doctor arrived at the Garda station, Mr Brehon gave a specimen of his urine pursuant to s. 12(1)(b) of the Road Traffic Act 2010. This specimen was taken precisely two hours after he had arrived at the Garda station.
Mr Brehon was immediately released without charge pending the results of the analysis of his specimen.
In October 2015, Garda Conlon received a s. 15 certificate from the Medical Bureau of Road Safety noting a concentration of alcohol in the urine of 155/100ml – more than twice the legal limit. Consequently, Mr Brehon was charged with the offence of drunken driving.
In April 2016, Mr Brehon came before District Judge Mary Devins in the District Court. Mr Brehon's solicitor challenged the lawfulness of Mr Brehon's detention in the Garda Station.
Garda Conlon was asked to justify the reasons for the delay in the doctor's arrival, and cross-examined as to why no interim contact was made with Westdoc for a period of an hour and 20 minutes given the knowledge that there might be a delay.
Mr Brehon's detention was unlawful by virtue of delay.
The prosecution were under a duty to act with reasonable expedition when dealing with an arrested person.
Where the reasonableness of the period is challenged, the prosecution must objectively justify the reasonableness of any delay to the criminal standard of proof.
The prosecution had failed to objectively justify the delay on the facts of the case, given the failure to act on the information received from Westdoc, and to avail of alternative options.
Where the prosecution knew or ought to have known a delay would arise, there was a duty to seek out alternatives. Alternatives were acknowledged to have been available, but were not pursued.
The DPP submitted that gardaí had done everything that they could have done to secure the attendance of the doctor. The DPP relied on David O'Neill v Judge McCartan and Director of Public Prosecutions  IEHC 83.
Not satisfied that the law on the matter was sufficiently clear, Judge Devins proposed a consultative case stated pursuant to the provisions of s. 52 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961.
The question before the Court: In the circumstances of this case, was the accused in lawful detention at the time he was required to produce a specimen of urine?
His detention was in compliance with the principle set out in Dunne v Clinton  IR 366, restated in the People v Walsh  IR 294 and in DPP v Finn  IR 372.
The process for taking the sample was commenced immediately following Mr Brehon being taken into custody in Westport Garda Station.
Mr Brehon was at no point detained for an ulterior, impermissible purpose such as further investigation of the offence (Dunne v Clinton).
The initiation of the process of obtaining a sample was not delayed for an unjustified period of 20 mins (DPP v Finn).
Ms Justice Murphy said the delay in the arrival of the doctor must be measured against the standard of reasonableness.
Ms Justice Murphy said that the complaints regarding the DPP's failure to justify the delay were "precisely the type of 'time and motion' scrutiny deprecated by Murray C.J. in DPP v Fox". The fact that the arresting Garda did not take all possible steps, did not render a lawful detention unlawful. Ms Justice Murphy said it would be "ludicrous" to require the State "to prove the fact, nature and place of the emergency which arose in this particular case". As such, she was satisfied that Garda Conlon was entitled to proceed on the basis of the information supplied to him by Westdoc.
To use "le mot du jour", Ms Justice Murphy said that there was a "backstop" of three hours in every detention for the purpose of taking a sample. This was not to say that an unauthorised detention could not occur within the three-hour period – for example if the arresting Garda had left the accused "cooling his heels for a half hour" before calling for the doctor and initiating the sample process, this might lead to the detention being found to be unlawful.
Ms Justice Murphy said that the doctor's explanation for his delay rendered "the period of time which seemed excessive reasonable", and therefore answered the question in the affirmative.


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Knockout City review – You're in the dodge house
"Oh no, it's going to be Rocket Arena all over again isn't it?"
That's the thought that crossed my mind when Knockout City slammed its way into my inbox, as I immediately thought I'd be playing a sequel to EA's ill-fated online game that had all the charm of a petrol station toilet once the launch week dust had settled. Knockout City, isn't that kind of game.
Instead, it's a video game that takes the 5 Ds of dodgeball to heart, and uses them to create not only a tense multiplayer experience but also a cerebral game that is satisfyingly punctuated by the heavy sound of a rubber orb finding your face.
On the surface, Knockout City sarts every round with a scramble to find the nearest ball and deliver it with maximum velocity towards the opposition, but the catch here is that any player with a quick trigger finger can intercept that lethal shot and send it straight back to sender. Per the rules of Knockout City, two thunks of the ball is all it takes to be eliminated, and you'll have to use both skill and cunning to rack up points in a round.
Faking a wind-up or changing the trajectory of a throw, or saying "stuff it" as you transform yourself into a ball that your teammate can pick up and fastball special at the competition are all viable options here, leading to some crazy contests of skill.
The genius of Knockout City's design lies in its cerebral approach to dodgeball, as you can power-up your throwing arm, delay the chucking of the ball, and fake out your opponent during a blisteringly-quick showdown at any given moment. There's a razor's edge between straight-forward gameplay and more devious tricks up your sleeve that can result in game of high stakes ping pong between skilled players, and Knockout City ably walks that tightrope of design with utmost confidence.
Knockout City builds on that foundation, by giving players an auto-targeting system that allows them to focus on other smaller yet crucial elements of the game, while also throwing in plenty of strategy around the design of its levels, different dodgeballs on offer, and various modes to try out. Rooftop rumble has a deadly corridor between two skyscrapers that has the potential to become a perfect chokepoint and Knockout Roundabout throws traffic into the mix for example.
Modes are more of a mixed bag, but they do create some interesting tweaks to the formula. Your vanilla option is a 3v3 best of two option, which serves as Knockout City's default and most intense mode, while Diamond Dash adds an extra wrinkle by asking you to pick up diamonds from expired foes, similar to how Destiny's Supremacy mode worked in the Crucible.
If you fancy a one on one duel to see who's the best at creating a neverending round of counters and counterattacks, there's a duel mode that you can try out. Or you can try one of the other modes which adds more special dodegballs to the map and results in more chaotic action. Personally, I was happy to stick with 3v3, which is where Knockout City's true strengths could shine.
The big question though, is do you have room for yet another live service title in your life? Knockout City contains many elements of this genre, from the now almost-mandatory battle pass system which you can unlock rewards through, cosmetics to purchase, and a rotating selection of challenges designed to keep you playing longer in return for some sweet loot.
These systems are never pushed on you in an obtrusive way, due in part to Knockout City costing $20 to get the full experience. While it was originally free to play from its launch on May 21 through to May 30, EA and Velan studios shook up the formula by instead announcing that players can try out the game gratis until they hit the Street Rank of level 25 on the Battle Pass, a very fair and chunky demo to get fans flocking to the arenas.
Knockout City is both easy to pick up and deviously simple in its design, hiding a layer of complexity behind more casual gameplay that fans will discover the more they become invested in it. There's some standard launch-month polishing left to be done still, but Knockout City lands more hits than misses with its high-stakes gameplay and cunning combat, resulting in a multiplayer experience that's both fun and intense at any given moment.
Knockout City is both easy to pick up and deviously simple in its design, hiding a layer of complexity behind more casual gameplay that fans will discover the more they become invested in it. There's some standard launch-month polishing left to be done still, but Knockout City lands more hits than misses with its high-stakes gameplay and cunning combat, resulting in a multiplayer experience that's both fun and intense at any given moment.
Knockout City was reviewed on PlayStation 4
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Facebook fined £50.5m for breaching order in Giphy takeover investigation
CMA says firm 'deliberately' refused to supply information showing it had complied with order to separate businesses
Facebook says it strongly disagrees with the Competition and Markets Authority ruling. Photograph: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/Rex/Shutterstock
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Facebook has been fined £50.5m for breaching an order imposed by the UK competition regulator during its investigation into the purchase of the gif creation website Giphy.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which launched an investigation into Facebook's $400m (£290m) takeover earlier this year, said the social networking company "deliberately" refused to supply information proving that it was complying with an initial enforcement order (IEO).
An IEO means a company must stop any further integration of a business that has been acquired and allow it to compete as it would have pre-merger, until the CMA completes its investigation.
Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand – report
"This should serve as a warning to any company that thinks it is above the law," said Joel Bamford, a director of mergers at the CMA. "We warned Facebook that its refusal to provide us with important information was a breach of the order but, even after losing its appeal in two separate courts, Facebook continued to disregard its legal obligations."
The CMA said it was the first time a company had "consciously refused" to supply information under an IEO and said it "considers that Facebook's failure to comply was deliberate".
The regulator said Facebook significantly limited the scope of the updates it was meant to provide proving it was complying with the order despite repeated warnings.
"The CMA has issued a fine for this major breach, which fundamentally undermined its ability to prevent, monitor and put right any issues," the regulator said.
The CMA launched its investigation after identifying a number of concerns about Facebook's takeover of Giphy, the largest supplier of animated gifs to social networks such as Snapchat, TikTok and Twitter, saying its provisional view was that the social media company would have to sell it off to resolve competition concerns.
Issues identified by the CMA include Facebook cutting off the supply of gifs to rivals, demanding more data from Giphy's customers to keep using the service, and the removal of a potential competitor from the £5.5bn UK digital display advertising market, where Facebook is the biggest player accounting for more than half the market.
The Facebook-Giphy deal is also being investigated in Australia and Austria, the latter of which fined Facebook €9.6m (£8.1m) in July for failing to notify the Austrian competition regulator of the acquisition.
Separately, the CMA has fined Facebook £500,000 for changing its chief compliance officer on two separate occasions without seeking consent.
Last year, Facebook was criticised by the Competition Appeal Tribunal and the court of appeal for employing "what might be regarded as a high-risk strategy" by not cooperating fully with the CMA and the IEO.
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"Initial enforcement orders are a key part of the UK's voluntary merger control regime," Bamford said. "Companies are not required to seek CMA approval before they complete an acquisition but, if they decide to go ahead with a merger, we can stop the companies from integrating further if we think consumers might be affected and an investigation is needed."
The largest fine previously issued by the CMA over a breach of an IEO was only £325,000. Facebook said it had made its "best effort" to comply with the IEO.
"We strongly disagree with the CMA's unfair decision to punish Facebook for a best effort compliance approach," said a spokesperson for the company. "We will review the CMA's decision and consider our options."


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import {
  Architect, BuildEvent, BuilderDescription,
  TargetSpecifier,
} from '@angular-devkit/architect';
import { JsonObject, experimental, schema, strings } from '@angular-devkit/core';
import { NodeJsSyncHost, createConsoleLogger } from '@angular-devkit/core/node';
import { of } from 'rxjs';
import { from } from 'rxjs';
import { concatMap, map, tap, toArray } from 'rxjs/operators';
import { WorkspaceLoader } from '../models/workspace-loader';
import { Command, Option } from './command';

export interface ProjectAndConfigurationOptions {
  project?: string;
  configuration?: string;
  prod: boolean;
}

export interface TargetOptions {
  target?: string;
}

export type ArchitectCommandOptions = ProjectAndConfigurationOptions & TargetOptions & JsonObject;

export abstract class ArchitectCommand extends Command<ArchitectCommandOptions> {

  private _host = new NodeJsSyncHost();
  private _architect: Architect;
  private _workspace: experimental.workspace.Workspace;
  private _logger = createConsoleLogger();
  // If this command supports running multiple targets.
  protected multiTarget = false;

  readonly Options: Option[] = [{
    name: 'configuration',
    description: 'The configuration',
    type: String,
    aliases: ['c'],
  }];

  readonly arguments = ['project'];

  target: string | undefined;

  public async initialize(options: ArchitectCommandOptions): Promise<void> {
    return this._loadWorkspaceAndArchitect().pipe(
      concatMap(() => {
        const targetSpec: TargetSpecifier = this._makeTargetSpecifier(options);

        if (this.target && !targetSpec.project) {
          const projects = this.getProjectNamesByTarget(this.target);

          if (projects.length === 1) {
            // If there is a single target, use it to parse overrides.
            targetSpec.project = projects[0];
          } else {
            // Multiple targets can have different, incompatible options.
            // We only lookup options for single targets.
            return of(null);
          }
        }

        if (!targetSpec.project || !targetSpec.target) {
          throw new Error('Cannot determine project or target for Architect command.');
        }

        const builderConfig = this._architect.getBuilderConfiguration(targetSpec);

        return this._architect.getBuilderDescription(builderConfig).pipe(
          tap<BuilderDescription>(builderDesc => { this.mapArchitectOptions(builderDesc.schema); }),
        );
      }),
    ).toPromise()
      .then(() => { });
  }

  public validate(options: ArchitectCommandOptions) {
    if (!options.project && this.target) {
      const projectNames = this.getProjectNamesByTarget(this.target);
      const { overrides } = this._makeTargetSpecifier(options);
      if (projectNames.length > 1 && Object.keys(overrides).length > 0) {
        throw new Error('Architect commands with multiple targets cannot specify overrides.'
          + `'${this.target}' would be run on the following projects: ${projectNames.join()}`);
      }
    }
    return true;
  }

  protected mapArchitectOptions(schema: any) {
    const properties = schema.properties;
    const keys = Object.keys(properties);
    keys
      .map(key => ({ ...properties[key], ...{ name: strings.dasherize(key) } }))
      .map(opt => {
        let type;
        const schematicType = opt.type;
        switch (opt.type) {
          case 'string':
            type = String;
            break;
          case 'boolean':
            type = Boolean;
            break;
          case 'integer':
          case 'number':
            type = Number;
            break;

          // Ignore arrays / objects.
          default:
            return null;
        }
        let aliases: string[] = [];
        if (opt.alias) {
          aliases = [...aliases, opt.alias];
        }
        if (opt.aliases) {
          aliases = [...aliases, ...opt.aliases];
        }

        const schematicDefault = opt.default;

        return {
          ...opt,
          aliases,
          type,
          schematicType,
          default: undefined, // do not carry over schematics defaults
          schematicDefault,
          hidden: opt.visible === false,
        };
      })
      .filter(x => x)
      .forEach(option => this.options.push(option));
  }

  protected prodOption: Option = {
    name: 'prod',
    description: 'Flag to set configuration to "prod".',
    type: Boolean,
  };

  protected configurationOption: Option = {
    name: 'configuration',
    description: 'Specify the configuration to use.',
    type: String,
    aliases: ['c'],
  };

  protected async runArchitectTarget(options: ArchitectCommandOptions): Promise<number> {
    const targetSpec = this._makeTargetSpecifier(options);

    const runSingleTarget = (targetSpec: TargetSpecifier) => this._architect.run(
      this._architect.getBuilderConfiguration(targetSpec),
      { logger: this._logger },
    ).pipe(
      map((buildEvent: BuildEvent) => buildEvent.success ? 0 : 1),
    );

    try {
      if (!targetSpec.project && this.target) {
        // This runs each target sequentially.
        // Running them in parallel would jumble the log messages.
        return await from(this.getProjectNamesByTarget(this.target)).pipe(
          concatMap(project => runSingleTarget({ ...targetSpec, project })),
          toArray(),
        ).toPromise().then(results => results.every(res => res === 0) ? 0 : 1);
      } else {
        return await runSingleTarget(targetSpec).toPromise();
      }
    } catch (e) {
      if (e instanceof schema.SchemaValidationException) {
        const newErrors: schema.SchemaValidatorError[] = [];
        e.errors.forEach(schemaError => {
          if (schemaError.keyword === 'additionalProperties') {
            const unknownProperty = schemaError.params.additionalProperty;
            if (unknownProperty in options) {
              const dashes = unknownProperty.length === 1 ? '-' : '--';
              this.logger.fatal(`Unknown option: '${dashes}${unknownProperty}'`);

              return 1;
            }
          }
          newErrors.push(schemaError);
        });

        if (newErrors.length > 0) {
          this.logger.error(new schema.SchemaValidationException(newErrors).message);
          return 1;
        }
      } else {
        throw e;
      }
    }
  }

  private getProjectNamesByTarget(targetName: string): string[] {
    const allProjectsForTargetName = this._workspace.listProjectNames().map(projectName =>
      this._architect.listProjectTargets(projectName).includes(targetName) ? projectName : null,
    ).filter(x => !!x);

    if (this.multiTarget) {
      // For multi target commands, we always list all projects that have the target.
      return allProjectsForTargetName;
    } else {
      // For single target commands, we try try the default project project first,
      // then the full list if it has a single project, then error out.
      const maybeDefaultProject = this._workspace.getDefaultProjectName();
      if (maybeDefaultProject && allProjectsForTargetName.includes(maybeDefaultProject)) {
        return [maybeDefaultProject];
      }

      if (allProjectsForTargetName.length === 1) {
        return allProjectsForTargetName;
      }

      throw new Error(`Could not determine a single project for the '${targetName}' target.`);
    }
  }

  private _loadWorkspaceAndArchitect() {
    const workspaceLoader = new WorkspaceLoader(this._host);

    return workspaceLoader.loadWorkspace(this.project.root).pipe(
      tap((workspace: experimental.workspace.Workspace) => this._workspace = workspace),
      concatMap((workspace: experimental.workspace.Workspace) => {
        return new Architect(workspace).loadArchitect();
      }),
      tap((architect: Architect) => this._architect = architect),
    );
  }

  private _makeTargetSpecifier(options: ArchitectCommandOptions): TargetSpecifier {
    let project, target, configuration, overrides;

    if (options.target) {
      [project, target, configuration] = options.target.split(':');

      overrides = { ...options };
      delete overrides.target;
    } else {
      project = options.project;
      target = this.target;
      configuration = options.configuration;
      if (!configuration && options.prod) {
        configuration = 'production';
      }

      overrides = { ...options };

      delete overrides.configuration;
      delete overrides.prod;
      delete overrides.project;
    }

    return {
      project,
      configuration,
      target,
      overrides,
    };
  }
}


英文摘要 Due to the rapid changes of economic situations over the past years, the subsequent elevation of living standards has made an impact on the lifestyle of the public, of which the increasing number of mobiles is a key phenomenon. In order to deal with parking problems, the city government has to shoulder additional financial and manpower burdens at the same time. Owing to the limitation of municipal human resources, however, the parking areas have suffered from excessive shortage of manpower, while the open-space curb parking areas require intensive labor supply, which leads to the contracting out, an approach that may well lessen the labor cost.
Since both the public and private sectors have to burden all the costs of bidding, labor, printing and time, it is of core importance to find a suitable method to implement and subsequently rank the management of a contracting out system, which quarantees the procurement efficiency of the government agency and the public's satisfaction toward the quality of service in public parking lots.
The study selects Taipei Public Pay Parking Lots as the subject of research, attempting to adopt the Balanced Score Card (BSC) viewpoint made by Kaplan & Norton in Harvard Business Review as a way to establish the indicators of performance evaluation on contractors operating public parking lots. During the course of research, we have designed "The Application of Balanced Score Card on Establishing Indicators of Performance Evaluation on Contractors Operating Public Parking Lots" questionnaires, delivered them to the public sector, contractors and citizens, and conducted a survey accordingly. We then use descriptive statistics and One-way ANOVA to produce analysis results.
The research results indicate that among the four perspectives of Balanced Score Card, the order of importance is "financial perspective", "customer perspective" and "internal flow perspective". In addition, analyzing the indicators by using the average number in the descriptive statistics, we discover that public sectors and business world pay less attention to "learning and growth perspective". The study suggests that public sectors build indicators for performance evaluation so as to ensure the citizens' rights of car parking, establish an inspection team to evaluate the business performace on a regular basis (or irregularly), devise conscientious contracts and build a management system to monitor contractors. As for the private sector, we recommend that contractors elaborate good circulation for car parking, increase the willingness of customers and the service quality in order to ensure the return rate of customers, and enhance their employees' professional skills by offering related training sessions. The results of the study provide Parking Management and Development Offcie, Taipei City and other government agencies with ways of performance evaluation in the future, in the hope that both the procurement efficiency of public sectors and the public's satisfaction toward the service quality of parking lots may be elevated. The study aims to provide future researchers who conduct researches on related topics with references and, best of all, to inspire researchers for more sophisticated ideas.
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Charlie Sayles, est un chanteur harmoniciste de blues américain, né à Woburn (Massachusetts), le .

Biographie

Discographie
 The Raw Harmonica Blues of Charlie Sayles, Dusty Road Records, New York, 1976
 Night Ain't Right, JSP CD 241, Londres, 1990
 I Got Something to Say, JSP CD 261, Londres, 1996
 Union Mission Blues, Washington, 1999

Liens externes

  Une page sur Charlie Sayles.

Chanteur américain du XXe siècle
Chanteur de blues
Harmoniciste américain
Harmoniciste de blues
Compositeur de blues
Naissance en janvier 1948
Naissance à Woburn (Massachusetts)

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Wednesday, March 20/The New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint (400 Esplanade Avenue): Friend Of the Cabildo will be screening the 2015 film Big Charity: Death of America's Oldest Hospital. Screened in the third-floor performance space of The New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint, the FOC Film Series highlights the best films and documentaries that showcase New Orleans and Louisiana. For this documentary, former employees of Charity Hospital will be on hand for the discussion following the 7:00 PM showing led by Dr. Vivian Norris. Tickets are on sale now for the film ($15 GA/$10 Members) for both the 5:30 PM and 7:00 PM showings. Tickets can be purchased by calling the FOC Office at (504) 523-3939 or by clicking here.
Thursday, March 21/Marigny Opera House (725 St Ferdinand Street): Book of Saints returns to the Marigny Opera House after its debut in 2017. Teresa Fellion's two-act ballet is an illumination of the lives of three beloved saints: Teresa of Avila, Sebastian Martyr and Francis of Assisi. The original score for orchestra and chorus by New Orleans-based composer Tucker Fuller merited a Gambit award. Accompanied live by the New Resonance Chamber Orchestra and Krewe de Voix Chamber Choir. The show on Thursday begins at 7:00 PM, tickets cost $32.00, and shows run until Sunday, March 24. For more details, you can check out their event page here.
Thursday, March 21/The Mexican Cultural Institute (900 Convention Center Boulevard): The Mexican Cultural Institute in collaboration with the New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation is presenting the exhibition "Calladita te ves mas bonita / Be pretty and shut up" by Carmen Mariscal and curated by Marcela Correa from March 21 to May 24, 2019. There will be an opening reception on Thursday, March 21 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
Friday, March 22/The Broad Theater (636 N. Broad): In the Arab-American neighborhood outside of Chicago where journalist and filmmaker Assia Boundaoui grew up, most of her neighbors think they have been under surveillance for over a decade. While investigating their experiences, Assia uncovers tens of thousands of pages of FBI documents that prove her hometown was the subject of one of the largest counter terrorism investigations ever conducted in the U.S. before 9/11, code-named Operation Vulgar Betrayal. With unprecedented access, the film The Feeling of Being Watched weaves the personal and the political as it follows the filmmakers examination of why her community including her own family fell under blanket government surveillance. This documentary, which begins at 9:15 PM, is part of the Patois Film Festival, which will be taking place from March 21-24. For a full rundown of films, you can check out their website here.
Saturday, March 23/Arise Academy (3819 St. Claude Avenue): Dance for Social Change is here and Dancing Grounds is having The Block Party to kick off their major #DanceforSocialChange festival events. You can join them for a celebration of young artists in the yard of DG partner school, Arise Academy, featuring 10+ youth performance groups, free dance classes, food, family-friendly activities, a bounce house, and tables highlighting local advocacy efforts. Then event is hosted by Con Sibley and there will be music by DJ Felice Gee. The Block Party begins at 11:00 AM and goes until 3:00 PM. For a full rundown of the events, you can check out their page here.


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18 Mar 2021 8 Jan 2022 Sudha Ramnath
Samir threw his head back and laughed uproariously. His brown eyes danced with playfulness and his laughter echoed in the shabby, dingy room of the police station. He was sitting in front of the inspector, oozing confidence, his legs akimbo, his hands held loosely on the table.
His man bun, clean-shaven face, stylish and trendy clothes, augmented his dashing personality and his ruggedly handsome looks. He was of medium build and height.
"Inspector, do you seriously believe that I have something to do with Baskar's disappearance? Ha! Maybe you think I have killed him? Our very own Baskar the black sheep? Let me tell you something about him before I explain to you why I couldn't have killed him. Not that I haven't thought about it, mind you."
He bent his head backward, lidded his eyes, pursed his lips, and thought for a while before sitting straight to continue, "This Baskar is an egotist and a loner, but pretends he is very friendly and outgoing. He is an awful, lousy person, rotten to the core. Even that is pardonable, but he has this habit of corrupting good people and adding that dollop of poison into their minds and influencing them in a bad way."
He was silent for a while and then with a sigh, he continued "Sadhana, Saloni, and I are great friends. We have known each other since childhood. We all hang out together and have great fun. We think alike and have the same ideas of fun. We do not do drugs, do not smoke, drink moderately, and stay healthy and happy. Then this guy Baskar appeared suddenly and joined us. Initially, it was all good. We were happy that such a helpful guy like him had become a part of our small group."
After a small silence, when Samir continued, the tone of his voice had changed. The frivolity had been replaced by gravity. As if he was reliving some bad memories.
"Sadhana was his first target. She was a very vulnerable young girl. Coming from a broken home, she had low self-esteem, could easily be influenced, and would cry at the drop of a hat. He slowly worked on her, breaking her morale, filling her with hatred, and alienating her from Saloni and me. Sadhana was reduced to a miserable, self-loathing individual."
Samir took a hankie from his pocket, wiped his face, and sat back to continue.
"Saloni is a cool, level-headed person. Chic and classy, well turned out, she is a hit with all her friends. She also has a wise head on those elegant shoulders. I have myself wept on them a couple of times, when I was going through rough patches in life. But our Baskar found a way to undermine her sang-froid and disturb her composure. Constantly criticizing her, berating her, he broke her shell of equanimity and created mayhem. He called her poise idiocy, her contentment became foolishness and her sense of harmony was her weakness."
He paused to take a sip of the tea from the fragile paper cup placed in front of him, holding it carefully without spilling it or getting burnt by it. When he continued, his ebullient voice had tapered down to a self-effacing murmur.
"His next target, of course, was me. Whenever we were together he would call it man-to-man bonding time. I never realized till it was too late that it was also the time he slowly made me hate the girls. He brought out everything negative about them, all the while implying that we both as men had to fight them to keep together. Within a few months, we were all split up and hated each other. Whenever all four of us met, one of us would flare up and it would all end in a brawl with Sadhana bawling her heart out, Saloni becoming coldly angry, and me screaming at everyone. Baskar would be quietly triumphant, enjoying the mayhem from behind his hateful smile."
A couple of days later, Sadhana sat in the same chair. She constantly fussed with her dress, pinching at the sleeves of her top and pulling the T-shirt over her pants. Her fingers unconsciously touched her nose, pressed at her lips, or slid through her hair making it messier.
She was of average height and build. Her hair was slightly ruffled and she wore no make-up.
She wet her lips with her tongue and started "Inspector, Samir asked me to come and meet you. I have not seen Baskar for at least six months. So I don't know how I can help you. I have no idea where he is or what happened to him."
She was quiet for a minute. She sat looking at the fly-blown photo of Mahatma Gandhi with a dried garland, that hung on the wall behind the inspector. Then, reluctantly she brought her attention back and continued, "Baskar is a dreadful guy. He was very good at finding people's weaknesses and exploiting them. Did you know? Because of him, I lost a year at college. He would keep telling me I was not good enough and I did not have the intelligence to crack the exams. I became a mental wreck and did not even write the exams. At the same time, he had alienated me from my friends, Samir and Saloni. I was so alone and lonely and depressed."
Huge blobs of tears developed in the corners of her dark brown eyes and flowed out. She clumsily rummaged in her bag to produce a shabby hanky and used it to swab at her eyes.
"It was Saloni who realized what was happening. She talked to me and Samir and convinced us that we should get out of Baskar's clutches. At first, I did not agree. I wanted to wallow in self-pity and continue with my miserable life. I was so defeated and pathetic, I did not have the energy to get out of the wretched world he had created for me. But with a lot of help from the other two, I managed to shake off my gloom and come out of my fugue."
Still talking, Sadhana reached out for the teacup, placed on the table. The disposable cup disfigured and spilled some tea on the table and also scalded her fingers. She used the hanky to clean her hands and wipe the table and clumsily finished drinking the tea.
"Baskar did not let go so easily. He would force himself amongst us. But we did not encourage him. Even when he was in our midst, we ignored him and did not respond to his friendship. Then he tried talking to me alone and convincing me to let him be my friend. Even when I weakened and felt sorry for him, the others made sure he did not talk to me alone. One day he announced that he was very unhappy with the way we were ignoring him. So, he had decided to join a college in another city and he would be leaving soon. None of us cared. This happened almost six months back."
Sadhana leaned back in her chair as if all that talking had drained her out. She began looking out of the curtain-less window. There were some benches occupied by people waiting for the attention of the inspector. There was an old, sad-looking woman sitting patiently.
Sadhana continued "Inspector, will you let me know if you find him. I am so scared, he will come back and continue to make my life miserable. He had threatened me before he left, that he will not take it lying down. He would have his revenge on all three of us. I am the weak one. He would target me first. So please, please help me and call me if you find him." Her eyes once again filled up and she began sobbing.
Saloni did not look much different from Sadhana but her personality and her way of dressing were very different.
Her shoulder-length hair was neatly combed to a shine. Her coolers perched stylishly on her head. Her warm brown eyes twinkled with joy. Her light blue kurta and the multi-colored stole she had elegantly draped on her shoulders gave her a 'cool' look. She carried a tote bag in her arms. She oozed self-confidence and poise.
She deftly placed the bag on her side, sat on the same chair, gracefully crossing her legs, and looked up at the inspector with a smile."I guess our cry baby, Sadhana, and smart-aleck Samir have already spoken to you about Baskar and how he played havoc in our lives. Even though he only spent a couple of years with us he caused enough damage to last our lives."
She delicately flicked back the lock of hair that had slid onto her face. Then her hands came back to rest together primly on the table.
"Baskar was very secretive about himself. He never answered questions about where he was from or who his parents were." She thought keenly before continuing "I think in a private conversation with me, once, he had referred to himself as a child of 'necessity'. Other than that I have never heard him talking about himself."
She paused to thank the boy who offered her the customary cup of tea. She accepted the disposable cup carefully, took an appreciative sip, and placed it gingerly, on the table.
"After our massive showdown with him, he left in a huff. He was very angry with all three of us because we had wizened up about him and his attempts at alienating us. The other two refused to talk to him. But unknown to them, he did meet me once. He told me that he wanted to be away from us and that he had found himself a new college far away and was moving there. After that, for a long time, I met neither him nor the other two."
She picked the cup and slowly sipped on it. Once she finished, she got up from the chair, crushed the cup, and dropped it into the wastebasket.
Once she was back on her chair, she carefully fished out a dainty hankie out of her bag and dabbed at her lips.
"Inspector, Samir told me that Baskar has been reported missing from his hostel. No one knew anything about him as he had not made any friends at the new college. So where he was or what happened to him remains unknown. His contact address in the college records gave Sadhana's address. That's why you had called her to the police station. But our cry baby sent Samir ahead of her. All three of us indeed hated him enough to have killed him. But the truth is that we have never seen him after he left.
Doctor Vyjayanthi looked up from her notes.
"Hello, Inspector."
She closed her pen and put it into the tray. She leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes for a second as she collected her thoughts.
"When you called to ask me about Sadhana and her friends, I was worried about breaking the doctor-patient confidentiality. But as the case is a serious one, involving a missing person too, I discussed it with my superiors and then agreed to talk to you."
She paused for a minute and then went on "Sadhana has undergone a lot of childhood trauma. She had been living with her parents who were addicted to drugs and alcohol. As a kid, she had been abused in every possible way- emotionally, physically, mentally, and sexually. But when she was around eight years old, she was rescued by an NGO and put in an orphanage. But bad luck continued to dog her. Babushankar, a middle-aged man at the orphanage continued to abuse her. He was a control freak and a manipulator. He exploited her body to make money. That's when she attempted suicide and was brought to me. After a battery of psychological tests, I diagnosed her as psychotic and Schizophrenic. She responded to drugs and counseling and things went on well for a short time."
Vyjayanthi paused and took a deep breath.
"The orphanage sacked Babushankar and took good care of her. They helped her to continue with her studies. But school became huge stress for Sadhana because she had undergone too many traumas by then. To cope with the outside world of which she suddenly became a part, she developed a split personality or Dissociative Identity Disorder, to give it the medical term"
Vyjayanthi waited for a few seconds, letting the Inspector assimilate the information.
"She realized that she had a lot of difficulties in making friends. She did not know how to be charming or interesting. That's when the alter with the name 'Samir' emerged. He had all the qualities she longed to have. He was an open, outgoing, happy-go-lucky personality. Whenever she grew frustrated with her inability to deal with the outside world, she switched to being Samir."
Vyjayanthi took a sip of water from the clean sparkling glass of water that sat on her table and continued "Soon she began college and noticed the other young girls- fashionable, composed, chic and classy. Her deep desire to be like them and her inability to do so resulted in frustration. That's when this alter, Saloni emerged. She was the embodiment of everything Sadhana wanted to be- Classy, swanky, and trendy.
When she came for her sessions the other characters too sometimes made appearances. I am familiar with the alters."
Vyjayanthi closed her eyes for a moment as if what she was going to say needed some thought.
"Now, about the elusive Baskar!
In psychological parlance, an introject is an alter, who assimilates the bad qualities of an aggressor.
Babushankar, at the NGO, was supposed to be a friend and a guide. Someone Sadhana looked on as a savior. When he began abusing her, the kid was shocked and dismayed. It is at times like this that an introject is born, imbibing the same bad qualities as that of the aggressor. The victim believes that someone with the same qualities as the aggressor is needed to keep her safe."
She looked at the inspector to make sure he was following her.
"That's when Baskar with manipulative and scheming qualities was spawned. You can see the similarities in the names of Babu Shankar and Baskar too. Baskar was, in fact, the first alter. But he knew how to keep himself hidden. When he saw the friendship between the other three alters, he suddenly came out and tried manipulating them. But when they did not fall for his cunning ways, he decided to hijack the 'body' and went on to make an identity for himself, getting admission into a new college. The other three could not get possession of the 'body'. But when he realized that he could not provide identifications and other documents at the college, he was defeated and the other three took over the body and continued with their life."
"Meanwhile, when the college authorities found him missing from classes and his hostel, they gave a police complaint which led to all these inquiries."
Vyjayanthi said lightly, "Baskar is definitely not dead. He is hiding and biding his time. But I trust the other three. They will be able to keep him under control with my help. Inspector, I am very sorry you couldn't find a suspect, but then I guess, you don't really have a crime!"
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G. Venkatesh
30 Mar 2021 at 4:01 PMs Reply
outstanding is a small word for your story. salute to your thought process.
Prahlad Hegde
Your stories brilliantly take the readers on a rollercoaster ride which finally ends in an unknown or unimagined terrain. Baa Baa Black Sheep does the same. Loved the narrative as it unfolds itself through the characters.
Gripping and keeps up the suspense.
Yashvi Dhaddha
1 Apr 2021 at 11:06 PMs Reply
An apt choice of concept for the given prompt. Characters are very well portrayed. Only Samir needs a very slight refinement. And the pace could've been slower (at least I think so). But the plot was quite good and the ending was unexpected and we'll thought of.
Shashikala Gadepally
5 Apr 2021 at 1:38 PMs Reply
A detailed depiction of the characters, minute details of their mannerisms,, evoke a sense of suspense,. Did not expect the twist. Psychological thriller to the core. Gripping plot.
Sharda Mishra
7 Apr 2021 at 3:30 AMs Reply
A very ineriguinging story with twists. How mind plays tricks, you have explained it very aptly through your story.
At few places I couldn't agree with your thoughts, and you may be very well correct. So please help me understand to enhance my knowledge.
//I was so alone and lonely and depressed.
"I was lonely and depressed."
//She clumsily rummaged in her bag to produce a shabby hanky and used it to swab at her eyes
to get a shabby hanky(because she is getting for herself not for someone else), 'produce' is when you offer something to someone.
//because we had wizened up about
There is no etymological connection between 'wizened' and 'wise'
But by the context I guess, you want to say that they have become very wise. Wizened is used more in the context of age and wrinkles rather than smartness.
//dabbed at her lips
dabbed her lips
// few punctuation marks placed incorrectly, especially the use of 'hyphen'


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#7 Falcons Finish Regular Season 18-0 in GNAC Play
Albertus Magnus (24-1, 18-0 GNAC) 33 42 75
Anna Maria (14-11, 12-6 GNAC) 29 39 68
Pts: Julian Sanders - 19
Reb: Eian Davis - 11
Ast: Eian Davis - 6
Pts: Tyler Delorey - 34
Reb: Tyler Delorey - 6
Ast: Michael Gorman - 6
Photo by Ron Waite/Jahkima Cuencas
The #7 Albertus Magnus men's basketball team used a 75-68 win over Anna Maria College on Saturday afternoon to finish the 2014-15 regular season with a perfect 18-0 record in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) play.
The Falcons also improved to an impressive 24-1 on the year with the conference victory. They will now be the top seed in the upcoming GNAC Tournament, which is set to begin on Tuesday.
Led by 19 points from senior Julian Sanders (Trumbull, Conn.), the Falcons picked up their ninth all-time victory over the AMCats in program history.
Today's loss drops the AMCATs overall record to 14-11 and their league record to 12-6. Tyler Delorey led all scorers with 34 points on 12-of-17 shooting from the floor. He was also 2-of-2 from behind the arc and 8-of-8 from the charity stripe.
Eain Davis (Brooklyn, N.Y.) tallied his eighth double-double of the season with 17 points and 11 rebounds, while he added six assists. Lemar Larsen (Waterbury, Conn.) also had 17 points to go along with seven boards.
Victor Ljuljdjuraj (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) added 13 points and 10 rebounds for his 17th double-double of the season.
Anna Maria help an early eight-point lead in the first half before the Falcons tied the game at 20 with 8:53 left in the frame.
At the halftime break, the Falcons led 33-29 thanks to a 7-0 run by the Falcons late in the frame.
The second half saw many lead changes before the Falcons pushed out to an 11-point lead with 4:44 left on the clock. Anna Maria maintained the lead for a few minutes early in the second half before Sanders hit a jumper at the 14:44 mark of the frame. With 9:28 to go, Larsen hit a pair for free throws to give the Falcons the lead for good.
The Falcons finished the game shooting 39.1% from the floor but struggled behind the arc, hitting just 3-of-18 for a 16.7% showing. Anna Maria shot 43.1% from the field. Albertus out-rebounded the AMCATs 45-29 on the afternoon, and out-scored Anna Maria 42-24 in the paint.
Albertus is now 9-3 all-time against Anna Maria dating back to the 1992-93 season. The Falcons have won the last five-straight meetings with the AMCATS, while posting an 8-1 record since the 2011-12 season.
The Falcons will host the first round of the GNAC Tournament on Tuesday night in New Haven when they play Suffolk University. Tip is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.


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VH-1 UK is to become the latest music channel to ditch music in favour of a move into general entertainment.
Schedule data for the channel which was released last week confirms that the current diet of music from 6am to 3am daily, including special sing-along hours will be replaced with entertainment programmes previously shown on VH-1's sister channels, including MTV and 5Spike, such as Lip Sync Battle and My Super Sweet 16.
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