World Cup winning Springbok Kobus Wiese is of the belief that South Africa lost the bid to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup due to the high crime rate and political unrest.
South Africa was left stunned on Wednesday after the country's bid to host the tournament was awarded to France, despite having been named as Rugby World Cup Limited's preferred host candidate.
Wiese, a member of the historic 1995 World Cup winning team says he did not expect France's name to be pulled out of the envelope.
"When World Rugby announced us as the preferred nation it was a done and dusted deal," Wiese said.
The 53-year old believes South Africa would have pulled off a successful event like the country has done several times in the past, but believes the crime statistics could have been could have been the Achilles heel.
"We've got the track record. We've had the Rugby World Cup and the Soccer World Cup and we've hosted the most successful events in history, financially," he said.
The issue of crime was also raised by French Rugby Federation boss Bernard Laporte after it was announced that South Africa were the preferred host candidate in October.
Laporte was extremely critical of the World Rugby report which scored France and South Africa equally on security.
Ireland also joined in in voicing concerns of public safety if the World Cup were to be held in South Africa.
"The political unrest in our country definitely counts against us," he said.
"The extremely high levels of crime and murders must count against us. It's one of the very big things that World Rugby looked at.
Wiese believes all this played a massive part in swaying some members of the World Rugby council into voting for France.


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The STATE In A Capitalist Nigeria
Ephraim Emenanjo Adinlofu July 2, 2009
"In a society riddled with colonial contradictions, the resolving of one contradiction creates new ones becausecolonial contradiction is better resolved more by elimination than by substitution." Late Prof. Mike Onwuejeogwu
If there is one country in the world where the thesis of Karl Marx on the STATE has been proved and concretely established in very crude, crooked and wicked ways, it is the Nigerian STATE. I am not writing about miniature Delta, Plateau, Abia, Osun, or Kano states, no. I am specifically talking about Nigeria as a holistic hubris of a STATE. In fact, in Africa generally Karl Marx thesis – combined with that of Vladimir Lenin – on the STATE has become an established scientific fact.
Liberal and pluralistic theories overwhelmingly see the STATE as a "mediator," mediating between divergent interest groups in a society. The purpose of which was to make sure that antagonistic interest groups, in their daily pursuits for primitve accumulations, do not hurt one another, heat up the body polity, and destabilise the other social institutions thereby setting the society on fire. The STATE therefore mediate between individuals, groups and corporate organizations in the interest of the generality of a people.
The STATE helps to check greed, control avarice, and excessive individualism. It also tries to curb crime and criminal tendencies in individuals and corporate organizations. Through the agencies of government, it enforces laws and conventions for the smooth running of society. These agencies are: the police, Customs and Immigration Services, Secret Services, the judiciary and the army. In the United kingdom and most European countries, this seemed to be what obtains. But to Karl Marx, the liberal theory is a functional mask, a façade, a calming and a softening counter revolutionary antithesis and a practical intellectual joke.
Concretely analysed, that theory is liable to deceive people and has in fact, deceived a lot of people. Its domain assumptions are pure caricatures of existing reality. The two paradigm views of Karl Marx on the STATE however, are surmised as follows: first, that the STATE " is an instrument of domination by exploiting classes that are defined by their positions within the process of social production". Second, that the STATE is "a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie; and as the form in which the individuals of a ruling class asserts their common interests."
In every material particular, Nigeria is a dubious good example of Marx and Lenin objective intellectual position. In my article "jos-riot-and-the-dead-mans-footsteps," I'd listed most of those historical affirmations that proved this thesis true. The criminal invasion of the Niger-Delta by the Nigerian STATE has further confirmed and affirmed this theoretical position. The invasion of that region is not the recorded first, neither is it going to be the last. The egalitarian Tiv land was invaded by the Tafawa Belawa's government in the early 60's; the Western region was virtually intimidated into submission by the same regime after the election of October 1965 and was about to be militarily invaded and subdued before Major Nzeogwu and co thwarted that plan; the Eastern region was besieged from 1967 to 1970 by genocidal Federal forces; Zaki Biam in Benue state and Odi, in Rivers State were not spared under OBJ and today, the Niger-Delta is under another military siege authorised by a democratically elected government.
Siege craft has therefore become part of the integrated policies of the Nigerian STATE. Any Nigerian in doubt about the criminality of the Nigerian STATE and its activities in the Niger-Delta should try and avail himself with the book: Where Vultures Feast: Shell, Human Rights And Oil {2003} authored by Ike Okonta and Oronto Douglas. These authors are from that region. The book is a sociological exposé: a complete compendium of indictment of both the Nigerian STATE and Shell Oil Company. Like THE MAN DIED, by Prof. Wole Soyinka, Nigerian youths should get a copy of this book and read. This book and Wole's, would broaden their horizon and understanding of the meaning of injustice, oppression, wickedness, evil and STATE violence. I have never stopped reading and re-reading THE MAN DIED. Even though I have the Holy Bible, Wole's is still like a social Bible to me. That is that!
The Nigerian STATE helps to spread crises. It does not help to curtail them. Most, if not all the religious riots and settler/indigene disturbances have been aided and escalated by the STATE. The total number of people killed in all these crises since independence due to the partial action and inaction of the STATE cannot be quantified. If a STATE cannot guarantee its citizens the basic necessities of life; cannot guarantee security to all its citizens no matter where they reside; cannot guarantee equity, social justice and free movement; cannot even conduct a free and fair election and is open to blatant preferential treatments to a particular region of the country since the 1914 amalgamation, then that STATE is a failing STATE.
Nigeria is inhibited in growth and development because of the contradictions inherent in its body political economy. And for these contradictions to be considerably reduced or vanquished, a unique social action need to be taking before these contradictions consume all of us – both the oppressed and the oppressors. Poverty is bad but wealth too is equally bad. The bottom line in third world economies ought to have been to live a life of moderation bearing defining heuristic social circumstances.
Too much wealth in the hands of a few and misery and indigence in the hands of the many breeds discontent. That is why wealth is bad. You cannot live in opulence surrounded by very poor and beggarly people and expect to live and sleep in peace. One eye must be kept open. Neither would peace reign in your heart. Your wealth is a practical contradiction. Your wealth transforms into nothing but your own burden, your own grave yard and your own anachronism. You have therefore used your wealth to invite death and a controlled kind of freedom: you are free but still in bondage. Bondage you created out of your own greed. Social scientists have since established that you cannot live in opulence in the midst of mass hunger, misery and indigence and expect to have peace and freedom. It is a dangerous contradiction that is unacceptable and should not be tolerated. It should be uprooted. Wealth in few hands in most third world countries is pure theft. It is an organised plunder with established patterns that have had and is still having devastating societal consequences. This has been going on in Nigeria since 1960.
This is why in most European democracies, the STATE in order to avoid social catharsis and pockets of bloody revolts, moderates judiciously between wealth and poverty. It stabilizes, using different techniques, to avoid a heat up of the whole system. Collective bargaining is doing well in the UK. It has stymied the critical mind set of British labour. The moderating role of the STATE effectively revolves around the Police and the judiciary. The two agencies, established by the bourgeoisie in its own interest, are so independent, efficient, and class protective that any attempts to hijack them for any other interest is futile.
But, that is not to say that the STATE in European countries is impartial. No, It only pretends to be. It is partial to the point that it favours the ruling class in a smoothening and soothing manner. However, that function, is often overlooked by a vast majority of the exploited working class and citizens as far as they have affordable houses and homes called council flats {social housing}; they can afford to buy and eat what they want; they can afford to go to schools and attend well equipped hospitals at little or no cost. Inflation is closely monitored. Employment is reasonably guaranteed. Ownership of any type of car is not a privilege but a right. Neither is it a luxury. Most basic needs of life are there for the taking. It is the ability of leaders to provide most of these that social scientists had to distinguish between "qualitative" transformation and "quantitative" growth.
Somebody could be growing without necessarily developing. The people of Agbor call such a person an "Onukwu" or an "Obolo", while the Igbos call such a person an "Onukwu", the Yorubas use the term Ode. That is the state of Nigeria. The country is just growing but not developing. Tai Solarin, of blessed memory, once described this contraption, which looks like a molue thus "… a huge elephant with the head of a salamander." The country is just growing like an "Obolo", an "Onukwu" and an "Ode". The point remains that because its birth through the 1914 amalgamation was literally, genetically faulty, the country came and was borne big to serve British markets and International capital. It however came out with an abnormal small 'head.'
It is the only country in the world that has abundant crude oil but is importing petrol from abroad. Its refineries have packed up. The agencies of the STATE like the police and the army are used to brutalised the people, to rig elections, and to impose unpopular governments. The Nigerian STATE does not serve the people, it is manipulated by a few to serve class interest and that class is the ruling class. They members are found in the South West, South East, Middle belt, Niger-Delta and the far North. What binds them together is the competitive looting of the national treasury. They quarrel {only} on the modus of sharing and, on who to give or hand over power to, as a trustee and a manipulable stooge. They could not even agree to hand over power to their one time member, Chief MKO Abiola, whom they saw to have committed "class suicide" for having the audacity to leave them to contest under the umbrella of a Progressive Party {SDP}. They could not stomach the impunity let alone trust in him to protect their interest. Thus he was not allowed to smell Aso Rock, the seat of STATE power.
The members of this class use the STATE to manipulate religion; to engrave and promote regional thinking in the minds of the people; to play one ethnic card against the other; to manipulate census figures and to enforce regional discrepancies. Through their ownership and control of the media, they project and protect a particular class interest and promote the 'beautiful' face of our own unique brand of capitalism. They also use their control of the Media to set the agenda for public discourse. Every aspect of an average Nigerian is controlled by this very mean social class. Like America, as seen nakedly through by C. Wright Mills, Nigeria is dominated by "powerful elite of unprecedented power and unaccountability".
Virtually all our leaders are Niger-Delta Crude Oil merchants. This they transact through STATE approved channels or through illegal bunkering. Our groundnut pyramids have disappeared, cocoa farmers are no where to be found and palm oil, palm kernels and rubber cultivation have gone into oblivion. Wheat and cotton, found mostly in the North, have since moved to planet Mars. Every member of the ruling cabal has one or two oil blocs in the Niger-Delta. Just a little lift of it, you are a millionaire in different currencies. That is why every govt policy is tailored towards the Niger-Delta, a region whose veins have been opened for easy appropriation and accumulation of promiscuous wealth. That is why there are no more cash crops cultivated for export. The Nigerian STATE has not deemed it fit to set up a separate Ministry for Cocoa, Cotton, groundnut, Wheat and palm oil cultivation, but it has moved with the speed of lightening to set up one for the Niger Delta! Where are our groundnut pyramids? Where are the Cocoa and Palm oil plantations? Where are they and what efforts are being made to put life into this moribund sector? What is the work of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, what are the govt policies on cash crops? You see why Nigeria is an Ode, an Onukwu and an Obolo?
It is estimated that 70% of Nigerians live in the rural area while the rest live in the city. The occupation of the most rural dwellers in Nigeria is farming. They are not mechanised farmers but peasants. They owe their allegiance to their farmland. They cultivate mostly to feed themselves and their household while surpluses, due to lack of storage facilities, are sold in village markets. The peasantry is a social class on its own. Its members are so poor that they are never in a position to question government agricultural policies. They are scattered like potatoes in a sack. This is why when government announces policies on import of fertilizers, the peasantry is neither consulted nor taken into confidence.
When these imports arrive which are meant for these peasants, they are hijacked by members of the ruling class, distributed and shared among themselves and their concubines, then sold at highly exorbitant prices and out of reach of the village peasants – the real farmers that needed them. The ruling class in Nigeria in its pursuit for filthy wealth are so ruthless that even poor rural farmers are not spared. Most peasants hear about fertilizer but have never seen one. When some of them complained about the seizure of their farm lands for the execution of bourgeois projects, they were massacred. The massacre of Bakolori peasant farmers in Sokoto state in 1980 was another typical example of legitimised STATE mendacious slaughter committed under the directive and the watchful eyes of then President Shehu Shagari. STATE spin was effectively used to cover that atrocity. Today, nobody, not even the Sokoto state government remembers anything about that massacre. Those killed were not human beings, no, they were human chickens – a class of low class-ness!
The Nigerian STATE has its best brains outside the shores of the country. They are in Europe and America making waves in their various field of endeavours: performing miraculous and critical operations in hospitals, doing well in engineering and Computer sciences and yet their country is backward in all scientific facets. This shows there is a lot that is intrinsically wrong with that contraption.
A STATE in which a region has produced the leadership of the country for more than 30 years and that same region is, comparatively, suffering from backwardness, perverse poverty, misery and hopelessness, shows that there is something amiss with the political economy of the whole 'mugu-ish' social arrangement called Nigeria. We cannot continue to develop along this bourgeois carefully chosen path.
Nigeria will qualitatively move forward but not until the regions that participated and perpetuated the massacre of a particular region from July 1966 to 1970 have gotten their deserved comeuppance. That genocide is history that cannot be wipe out just like that. Every dog has his day. Most Nigerians objective meaning and interpretation of "anything Nigerian", no matter how learned and well read they may pose, revolves around amalgamation, region, religion, and ethnicity. One needs to go closer to most of them and interact with them to have a fundamental grasp and feel of these 'positive' character trait. When you read their right ups, you have to go beyond their objective and good write ups, to unmask their real self. These write ups are façades.
Most of us have grown and developed to the level that we can deconstruct and unmask any façade. The Nigerian STATE helps to promote, sustain and maintain this façade, among others. What the STATE says through its media is not what it does. The country is a social taboo forcibly created in the interest of International capital, by a marauding, rampaging, ravaging, chameleonic colonialist that is well versed in intrigues and cunning. Nigeria is inhabited by about 500 coerced ethnic nationalities held together by a slippery cello tape, each ethnic stock with a seemingly hardened, entrenched, pigeon holed, negative stereotype coupled with deep seated hatred against one another and hypocritically masquerading as if all is well. The Nigerian STATE, as presently constituted, is not fit for any purpose. It should be progressively dismantled. The oppressed led by an uncompromising labour, should strive to seize that STATE, grab it, and smash it. I rest my case!
{1} "Becoming A Vice -Chancellor In A Nigerian University", article by the late Prof. Mike Onwuejeogwu published in Nigeria's Guardian of circa September 1985.
{2} The STATE In A Capitalist Society {2009} authored by Ralph Miliband, Merlin press publishers ltd.
{3} The Power Elite {1999} New edition, authored by C. Wrght Mills, OUP, USA.
{4} The Sociological Imagination {1999} New edition by C. Wright Mills, OUP, USA
{5} STATE And REVOLUTION {2009}, new edition authored by Vladimir Lenin, Penguin Classics.
{6} Sociology, Themes and Perspectives {2004}, Haralambos et al, 6th Revised Edition, Collins Educational publishers.
Ephraim Emenanjo Adinlofu
ephraimadinlofu@hotmail.co.uk
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To cap off my coverage of Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, here are all the sales that managed to survive past the weekend. Some items are exactly the same price as they were during the big sales event, while other items have increased slightly but are still a bargain. Whether you're just now waking up from your Thanksgiving food coma and are ready to shop, or you wished that you picked up a few more things, you're in luck because there are actually quite a few good deals that are still available.
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Heidi started singing from an early age, singing with a hairbrush in front of the mirror dreaming of performing, but now Heidi has fulfilled her dream and is able to perform no longer in front of a mirror but in front of large or small audiences.
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The title of the new album from Heidi McCaffrey, and it's a very appropriate title, because it invites the listener to listen to a selection of brand new original songs sung by this charismatic and melodic singer-songwriter (and actor!) In the last couple of years, since the release of her Lee Lynch written single "What Ever Happened To My Angel" has become a much respected artiste receiving extensive airplay in Ireland, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and country music radio stations all over Europe.
Prior to the release of her single, Heidi worked mostly in the UK, with occasional forays to faraway places like Singapore and South Africa, and of course, the Czech Republic where, incidentally, she has had a loyal following of concert goers since the early naughties!
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On the 9th of September 2011 Heidi McCaffrey played her first ever Irish concert to a full house audience in the Town Hall Theatre in Galway. As Heidi said in an interview with Jimmy Higgins on Galway Bay FM "I have played all over the world, but the reception I received here in Galway was the best I will ever receive." But she was wrong! Because on the 18th February 2012 she returned to Galway's Town Hall Theatre to an even more rapturous response from the delighted audience.
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The win moves the Falcons into the semifinals Thursday night at 8 p.m. against Warwick, a 64-62 winner over Lancaster Mennonite.
A 10-0 run to open the fourth quarter was the difference as the Cedar Crest boys basketball team edged the Lancaster Catholic Crusaders 56-44 in the Lancaster-Lebanon League quarterfinals at Catholic Wednesday night.
The win moves the Falcons into the semifinals Thursday night at 8 p.m. against Warwick, a 64-62 winner over Lancaster Mennonite. The game is the second of a twin bill at Conestoga Valley.
The victory also ended a deflating three-game losing streak at the end of the regular season that cost Cedar Crest the Section 1 title. It wasn't a work of art, but after what they went through last week it was more than welcome.
A sloppy first half and the Crusaders rebounding allowed the Crusaders to have two seven-point runs in the opening half and took a 23-22 lead.
Horn tallied three buckets in a row late in the second quarter and it seemed to fuel the Falcons.
Lancaster Catholic (14-9) went on a nice 8-4 run to open the third quarter, but the Falcons responded with help on the defensive end. Jaquan Andino had a couple of steals and a couple of tipped balls that enabled the Falcons to go on a 9-2 run to take a 35-33 lead after three quarters.
Four buckets by four different players and two free throws later, the Falcons led 45-33. Horn, Andino, Jason Eberhart, and Grant Allwein tallied buckets and Ileri Ayo-Faleye hit two free throws.
Dwayne Caine hit an and one but missed the free throw to end the Falcon run.
Two big buckets on dives by Burkhart and dishes from Horn kept the Falcons up in double digits.
Allwein hit a big three to counter a Ross Conway three from the Crusaders.
Cedar Crest improves to 18-5.
Lancaster Catholic (44)- David Kamwanga 2 3-6 7; Dwayne Caine 6 3-5 15; Ross Conway 2 0-0 5; Justin Baker 1 0-0 2; Devin Atkinson 0 4-4 4; Johnny Besecker 1 0-0 3; Calan Titus 0 0-0 0, Trey Walls 3 2-4 8; Kolbe Card 0 0-0 0; Totals: 15 12-19 44.
Three-point goals: CC-4 (Allwein 2, Dunlop, Andino); LC- 2 (Conway, Besecker).
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using System;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;

namespace FitAnalysis.Tests
{
    [TestClass]
    public class CircularBufferTests
    {
        const int BUFFER_SIZE = 10;

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestAddingElementsNoWrap()
        {
            var buffer = new CircularBuffer(BUFFER_SIZE);
            for (int i = 0; i < BUFFER_SIZE; i++)
            {
                buffer.Add(i);
            }

            for (int i = 0; i < BUFFER_SIZE; i++)
            {
                Assert.AreEqual(i, buffer.Elements[i]);
            }
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestAddingElementsSingleWrap()
        {
            var buffer = new CircularBuffer(BUFFER_SIZE);
            for (int i = 0; i < BUFFER_SIZE; i++)
            {
                buffer.Add(i);
            }

            buffer.Add(42);
            Assert.AreEqual(42, buffer.Elements[0]);
            Assert.AreEqual(1, buffer.Elements[1]);
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestReadNegativeOffsetNoWrap()
        {
            var buffer = new CircularBuffer(BUFFER_SIZE);
            for (int i = 0; i < BUFFER_SIZE; i++)
            {
                buffer.Add(i);
            }

            Assert.AreEqual(BUFFER_SIZE - 1, buffer.CurrentElement);
            Assert.AreEqual(BUFFER_SIZE - 2, buffer.ReadNegativeOffset(1));
            Assert.AreEqual(0, buffer.ReadNegativeOffset(BUFFER_SIZE - 1));
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void TestReadNegativeOffsetWrap()
        {
            var buffer = new CircularBuffer(BUFFER_SIZE);
            for (int i = 0; i < BUFFER_SIZE + 5; i++)
            {
                buffer.Add(i);
            }

            Assert.AreEqual(BUFFER_SIZE + 4, buffer.CurrentElement);
            Assert.AreEqual(BUFFER_SIZE, buffer.ReadNegativeOffset(4));
            Assert.AreEqual(BUFFER_SIZE - 1, buffer.ReadNegativeOffset(5));
            Assert.AreEqual(BUFFER_SIZE - 2, buffer.ReadNegativeOffset(6));
        }

        [TestMethod]
        [ExpectedException(typeof(ArgumentException))]
        public void TestReadNegativeOffsetException()
        {
            var buffer = new CircularBuffer(BUFFER_SIZE);
            for (int i = 0; i < BUFFER_SIZE; i++)
            {
                buffer.Add(i);
            }

            buffer.ReadNegativeOffset(BUFFER_SIZE);
        }
    }
}

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New York Giants surprise Eagles to keep playoff hopes alive
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New York Giants' Tae Crowder (48) celebrates his interception during the first half of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin)
New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones throws under pressure during the first half of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin)
New York Giants' Kenny Golladay, right, fails to make a catch in the end zone while being covered by Philadelphia Eagles' Darius Slay during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/John Munson)
New York Giants' Leonard Williams, right, reacts during the first half of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/John Munson)
Philadelphia Eagles' Steven Nelson, left, forces New York Giants' Saquon Barkley out of bounds during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin)
New York Giants' Xavier McKinney, right, trips up Philadelphia Eagles' Dallas Goedert (88) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin)
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, bottom, is tackled by New York Giants' Reggie Ragland during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/John Munson)
New York Giants' Evan Engram (88), right, makes a catch during the first half of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin)
New York Giants defenders tackle Philadelphia Eagles' Boston Scott, center, during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin)
TOM CANAVAN
November 29, 2021, 3:39 p.m. ·4 min read
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — A year ago, the New York Giants got off to a 1-7 start and remained in the playoff race all season because they played in the weakest division in the NFL — the NFC East.
Their postseason hopes ended in the finale when Washington (7-9) beat Philadelphia in a game in which the Eagles lifted starting quarterback Jalen Hurts in the fourth quarter trailing by three points. New York (6-10) finished a game behind in the division.
Things haven't changed much this season. Joe Judge and the Giants got off to another bad start (1-5) and they are now 4-7 after Sunday's 13-7 win over the Eagles.
Winning the NFC East will be tough. Dallas (7-4) is in first place with a three-game lead.
Hold on though, the NFC as a whole is weak this season. Six teams have winning records: Arizona, Green Bay, Tampa Bay, Dallas, the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco. The Niners at 6-5 are at the bottom rung of that group.
Then comes the NFC's seventh playoff berth, the last of the three wild cards. The Giants are a game out of the seventh spot along with almost everyone else in the conference except Detroit (0-10-1).
The Giants have six games left to make a run at their first playoff berth since 2016. It's a long shot, especially because the offense isn't doing much and the O-line is banged up and not playing well. Wide receivers Sterling Shepard, Kenny Golladay and Kadarius Toney have been in and out of the lineup with injuries, and running back Saquon Barkley is still finding his way coming off last year's ACL surgery.
For the Giants to make it to the playoffs, the defense would have to continue its run of keeping the team in games and taking away the ball from opponents. Not likely, but who knows?
The bottom line is New York, embarrassed the previous Monday by the Buccaneers, has a shot in the weaker conference.
"We needed it bad, obviously," safety Julian Love said. "But not just for a win in the column, but to just set a standard for who we are as a team. I think we've been preaching that we want to be a physical, tough, resilient team, and I think that showed today in a lot of ways."
For the fourth time in five games, Pat Graham's defense held an opponent to 20 or fewer points. New York has won three of the games, losing to Kansas City 20-17. In the other games, New York beat Carolina 25-3 and surprised Las Vegas 23-16. Tampa Bay beat the Giants 30-10 on Nov. 22.
WHAT NEEDS HELP
The O-line. While the line is down two starters and only allowed Daniel Jones to be sacked once Sunday, the running game is nonexistent. New York had 27 carries for 70 yards, a 2.6 yard average. Barkley had a 32-yard run. He finished with 40 yards on 13 carries, which means he had 8 yards total on the other 12 carries. It has to improve.
Aaron Robinson. The rookie cornerback stepped in after Adoree Jackson injured a quad and played very well. He had six tackles, two pass defenses, including one on Jalen Reagor late, and a quarterback hit. The third-round draft pick is making rapid progress after spending the first seven weeks of the season on injured reserve with a core muscle injury.
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Riley Dixon. The punter had a season-worst 39.6 yard average with a 35.2 net average. In a close game, it was not what the Giants needed.
Besides Jackson, CB Darney Holmes (chest) and LB Trent Harris (ankle) were hurt Sunday. New York also is hoping Shepard (quad), Toney (quad), TE Kyle Rudolph (ankle) and TE Kaden Smith (knee) can return to the lineup soon. Shepard has missed the last three games.
264 — The Giants fired offensive coordinator Jason Garrett after being held to a season-lows of 215 yards and 10 points against Tampa Bay. Former Browns coach Freddie Kitchens took over the play calling Sunday and New York gained 264 yards and scored 13 points. It wasn't much of an improvement.
Things won't change until the running game gets going. New York has been held under 83 yards in six of the last eight games.
The Giants kick off a road trip when they travel to Miami to face the hot Dolphins, who have won four straight after a 1-7 start. After the game the Giants are heading to Arizona for a week to prepare for a game in Los Angeles against the Chargers the following Sunday.
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More Ophthalmologists Are Exclusively Focusing On Cataract Surgery
Edirin Oputu
Male doctor doing cataract surgery in operating room
Concentrating more on cataract surgery increases the chances of patients receiving fragmented care, according to study.
A growing number of ophthalmologists are focusing exclusively on providing cataract surgery, according to a new study in the Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, leaving open the possibility for "fragmented care," say researchers.
The population-based study in Ontario, Canada revealed that between 1994 and 2016, the number of ophthalmologists who only provided cataract surgery rose from 1 in 10 surgeons to 1 in 3.
Researchers looked at data recorded in the Ontario Health Insurance Plan across 2 decades to understand the extent to which ophthalmologists provided a diverse range of surgical services, as opposed to narrowly focused care. In particular, they examined which physicians only provided cataract surgery.
Between 1994 and 2016, the proportion of ophthalmologists who solely provided cataract surgery rose from 10.0% (95% confidence interval: 7.01%13.1%) to 34.9% (95% confidence interval: 29.0%40.8%; P <.0001). By contrast, the proportions of ophthalmologists providing various types of subspecialized surgical care and the proportion providing exclusively nonsurgical care were relatively stable.
Also, glaucoma and cornea surgeons devoted a significant share of their surgical work to cataract surgery. Glaucoma operations formed a declining proportion of overall surgical cases for glaucoma surgeons as the cataract surgery proportion rose (P <.0001).
Additionally, in analyses limited to recent graduates (physicians in their first 5 years of independent practice), researchers found an increase in the exclusive provision of cataract surgery.
Researchers point to several probable reasons for the increased dominance of cataract surgery. As the number of fellowship training positions has grown, access to ophthalmologists with fellowship training has as well, making it more likely non-cataract cases will be referred, the study says. Also, according to the study, non-cataract operations often have higher risks of complications and require more frequent follow-up.
This shift towards focusing only on cataract surgery increases the chances of fragmented care, with different aspects divided among multiple ophthalmologists. And this might make getting treatment more complicated for patients, especially for those in some geographic areas. However, evidence suggests that specialization and higher surgical volumes could also improve outcomes in some areas of care.
The trend towards specialization also shows the challenge of providing educational opportunities of enough breadth and depth for students to become competent in a wider range of procedures. The American Surgical Association blue ribbon committee report on surgical education concluded that medical surgical programs cannot expect to produce graduates with confidence in all areas of surgery.
Researchers believe the study may have important implications for policies regarding surgeon resources as well as residency and fellowship training program curricula and accreditation.
Campbell R, ten Hove M, Bell C, et al. Exclusive cataract surgical focus among ophthalmologists: a population-based analysis. Can J Ophthalmol. 2020;55(5):359-365. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2020.05.003.
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Famous Bears – Jeanie
Wild About Animals :: Bears of Many Colours
WMTravellers Tue Sep 02, 2014 6:36 pm
You may remember Jeanie from the BBC's 'Big Bear Week'… She was a resident black bear on the Whistler ski slopes, Canada. She had lived there for about 20 years.
In late August 2011 we visited Whistler, we had booked a guided bear viewing tour with Michael Allen, the guide that worked with the BBC.
We were privileged enough to see Jeanie up close and personal along with her cub on the tour and again the following day we spotted her from a gondola. She was a really lovely bear that had successfully raised many cubs and was happy to tolerate humans in her territory.
Jeanie was a popular bear with locals and tourists alike, she taught people how bears and humans could live side by side peacefully.
Sadly two months after our visit, on 20th October Jeanie was killed. She was classed as a problem bear, she had grown too keen a 'taste' for restaurant food. The town of Whistler has a no tolerance rule, where every bear, no matter how placid or famous, are killed if they enter a property.
Fortunately Jeanie's cub, Jeanette was 'rescued' and spent that winter at Critter Care Wildlife Society before she was released back into the wild near Elaho in June 2012.
You can read more about Jeanie on the get Bear Smart society's page here:
http://www.bearsmart.com/Jeanie
We didn't get any decent pictures of Jeanie, only a misty morning silhouette, but I did manage some shaky video of her (she was a good distance from us and I didn't have a tripod with us)… but it shows what a loving fun mum she was to her cub.
I know you're not planning on opening a restaurant, but I found this video featuring Jeanie really interesting! And yes, I cried at the end!
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whitestarling Fri Sep 05, 2014 12:50 am
What a really sad ending for Jeanie . I missed that series don't know why I don't miss many wildlife documentaries. It reminds me of Lilly, who was the subject of Dr Rogers research into Black Bears in America, I don't know if you heard about that or seen any of his work. He spent many years researching them, and managed to build that good a relationship with them he could put collars on them with out anethatising them. His research was controversial in that he got to know them by feeding them, and walking with them. The town was split about it with half welcoming the Bears, and feeding them, the other half against because of the Bears loosing their natural fear of humans, and concerns about visiting children. Gorden Buchanan did two documentaries on him, the first featuring Lilly, the second which was on not long ago on the BBC showed the problems of the research, and that Dr Rogers licences were withdrawn. The Story of Lilly, and her first born Cub are on here https://wildaboutanimals.forumotion.net/t86-lily-and-hope-the-black-bear-and-cub
WMTravellers Fri Sep 05, 2014 7:24 am
Hi WS, it is a very sad story
She was featured on Big Bear Week back in 2006, it was hosted by Saba & Jonathan from Big Cat Diaries. They along with Jeff Turner followed brown, black and polar bears for a week.
Jonathon did his recording in Katmai National Park (in the next bay to where I visited in 2008), Saba did her recording in Canada's Hudson Bay out of Churchill (been there too ) and Jeff did his recording of the black bears on the Whistler ski slopes.
Yes I know Lilly's story, I have mixed emotions about that one... I do not agree with feeding wild animals unless you can maintain that food source (like feeding garden birds)... the big problem with teaching these bears 'humans feed you and can be trusted' is during the hunting season we can't be trusted! Hunters use the same nuts to bait them to their hunting stands to shoot them. It's very sad. Study them yes, teach people not to fear them yes, but don't feed a bear and then get it to trust all humans. The project has attracted the wrong kind of attention and effectively put a price tag on their heads.
The hunting season started again on Monday... I was thinking about posting the links to the progress of the bears but it's way too depressing! Maybe I'll wait until the hunting season is over and then post about the lucky survivors.
whitestarling Fri Sep 05, 2014 11:04 pm
Thanks for the Video Liz, shame I missed that. Have'nt seen Saba for a while now, by coincidence Lai, and her husband are friends of Jonathan, and Angie, they have been on Safari with them a few times. I agree that Dr Rogers, and Lilly were really a victim of their own media success, so much so that in the last programme Buchanan made he spent the whole of the last season trying to protect Lilly against the hunters who had targeted her, and even put a bounty on her head, because of her fame. Thankfully he managed to keep her safe, and hopefully by now she will find pastures new. On the plus side we have learnt so much more about Black Bears, and he has raised the profile of them in peoples minds. It was amazing to follow Lillys life giving birth as a first time mum to hope, her abandonment of Hope when her hormones went wrong, and she started looking to mate. Then her return after so long, and were reunited followed by the birth of Faith, and Jason next, and Hope looking after them, before sadly being shot. I think a lot has been learned from Dr Rogers study, stuff that we may never have known, but for the cams in front of the dens showing her giving birth, and how they look after the cubs ect. At the end of the day though there does have to be a balance between studying wildlife, and interfering or affecting with the their natural way of life. Sadly nature is better than humans at balancing wildlife issues than humans.
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Axolotl: The Grinning Amphibian
James Moretti
While a water-bound animal might not seem like the most fun kind of pet, the aquatic axolotl has become wildly popular pet in recent years. While it may be confined to a tank, it has a big personality and is easy to love. A relatively low-maintenance critter, axolotls are generally considered suitable for beginner pet owners.
However, their desirability also has a lot to do with their charm: feathery gills, ever-smiling faces, and morphs that range from cotton candy pink to vibrant gold. These "walking fish" are the epitome of cool. (They were the inspiration behind the design of Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon, as well as Mudkip and Whooper from the popular Pokémon videogame series.)
Although they are called "walking fish," they are actually a type of salamander – albeit a very unique salamander. They have a condition called "neoteny" which causes them to retain larval features even as adults, hence why they have a tadpole-like dorsal fin and feathered gills. But that's not all that makes them special!
They are able to regenerate their limbs, organs, and even parts of their brain. Additionally, in comparison to mammals, they are extremely resistant to cancer, making them of great value to scientists working in the medical field. In fact, axolotls are bred so widely for labs "they are basically the white mice of amphibians."
While they may be thriving in captivity, their wild brothers and sisters are on the brink of extinction. Their only natural habitat is in the canals of Xochimilco, a district in Mexico City. There, the axolotl population has dropped from 6,000 axolotls per square kilometer in 1998, to 35 amphibians per square kilometer in 2017. The alarming rate of decline is due to both predators and pollution.
Despite its large captive numbers, the loss of the wild axolotl is still of grave concern because "after centuries of inbreeding, captive populations are vulnerable to disease. And the loss of genetic diversity in wild axolotls—owing to their diminishing population—means that scientists lose out on learning all they can about the animal's biology."
Because their biology may possess life-saving information for humans, the renewal of its wild population is an especially urgent priority. The axolotl is yet another example of how our lives are inextricably linked with the world around us – when one of us begins to fail, so does the other. Indeed, biologist Luis Zambrano, who is working to save the wild axolotl, said, "It's not about just rescuing the axolotl, it's about rescuing the whole system of Xochimilco."
According to Aztec legend, the first axolotl was actually a god who had changed form to evade being sacrificed. So, it seems survival has always been an uphill battle for the "water dog!" Luckily, Dr. Zambrano and his team are helping preserve this amazing and adorable animal.
Dr. Zambrano is promoting traditional methods of agriculture among the locals, with organic alternatives to pesticides and fertilizer – for example, ground up tilapia, which just happens to be the invasive fish preying on the axolotl. The cooperation of the local farmers has been, and will continue to be, an integral part of the rescue process.
Additionally, Zambrano has been creating small, tilapia-free axolotl sanctuaries by blocking off sections of certain canals. Zambrano's team is hoping to acquire around half of the Xochimilco canals, thereby increasing protected axolotl habitat.
The axolotl itself is a conservation paradox – plentiful in pet stores, yet marked as critically endangered. The key to its survival is public support and education. The next time you see one of these smiling salamanders in a local store, be sure to stop and admire it. After all, conservation truly begins with an appreciation for the wonders of the world around us.
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Kroschel, Whitney, "The Novel Axolotl: A Conservation Paradox," February 13, 2019, https://envirobites.org/2019/02/13/the-novel-axolotl-a-conservation-paradox/.
"Mythic Salamander Faces Crucial Test: Survival in the Wild," The New York Times, accessed June 25, 2021, https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/31/world/americas/struggle-of-axolotls-mexicos-mythical-salamander.html.
Schipani, Sam, "How to Save the Paradoxical Axolotl," Smithsonian Magazine, January 8, 2018, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/saving-paradoxical-axolotl-180967734/.
Vance, Erik, "Biology's Beloved Amphibian—the Axolotl—Is Racing toward Extinction," Scientific American, November 20, 2017, https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/biologys-beloved-amphibian-the-axolotl-is-racing-toward-extinction1/.
"What is an Axolotl and Why Are They Endangered?" Bluereef Aquarium, October 30, 2020, https://www.bluereefaquarium.co.uk/portsmouth/blog/education/what-is-an-axolotl-and-why-are-they-endangered/.
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This week's Illustration Friday theme (I haven't done this for ages) is 'layer'. This is something of an awkward layer; not feeling quite right in your own skin or giant pink coat. I've definitely felt like that at certain times in my life (although I am not a cat nor do I own a giant pink coat, thank goodness).
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Neither Electra America nor Pure disclosed the December proposal.
Electra persevered, however, and in April made a second conditional unsolicited proposal: It would be prepared to offer US$7.59 — a nickel more than it had talked about in late December.
Electra, presumably as part of a plan to make the matter public, disclosed its second proposal — which prompted a response from the target: Still inadequate.
Vision Capital Corp., which manages funds that own 7.26 per cent of the REIT, then entered the fray. Vision had a different view and urged fellow unit holders to voice their frustration to the company.
Vision's message was direct: The board can't simply say the proposal is inadequate, but needs to engage in discussions with Electra and try to negotiate a higher price.
By failing to engage with Electra, the company was "serving to entrench management and the Board by ignoring or putting off a compelling opportunity for unit-holders that would supplant them," Vision said in a release.
Other Vision unit holders responded. "I received about 30 calls," from a mix of institutional and retail investors, said Jeffrey Olin, chief executive at Vision Capital.
Vision issued a couple of warnings to the company: If, they said, the proposed price of US$7.59 was inadequate, then that price should set a level below which Pure Multi-Family should not issue equity; and, if things don't change, Vision, on behalf of the many shareholders it has heard from, would lead a proxy contest.
Vision liked what Electra was proposing. The offer was at a healthy premium (about 25 per cent above the recent market price) and it represented a premium to both the valuation published by the analysts and to the company's IFRS valuation (US$6.53) of its net asset value. And an all-cash sale would have meant the end of any alternative dilutive transaction.
And that may have been the real motivation for Vision to go public with its views: It didn't want the target spending time trying to round up an alternative transaction.
One such alternative transaction could have been a vending in of some privately held real estate assets, a move that would have been dilutive if the vendor had been paid in stock. And it may not have been shareholder friendly, given that such stock issuance may not have required a shareholder vote.
And an acquisition, if that was the plan, presumably would have required issuing shares (not cash) to the vendor. How come? Raising equity at a price below what Electra was prepared to offer would seem to be an obvious non-starter.
As for taking on additional bank or mortgage debt to make an acquisition, that seems unlikely given that the issuer touted its success in reducing its debt-to-gross book value ratio when it released in 2017 financial statements in March.


Lance Zaal is quite the entrepreneur.
He is already involved with iTourMobile, a company that creates wayfinding apps for various location, including the city of Williamsburg. The 2009 College of William and Mary graduate is branching out.
Now he's involved in an other venture that might be appealing to the military population of Hampton Roads. It's called FUBAR Cards. FUBAR is a military acronym that stands for — in its family-friendly version — "Fouled Up Beyond All Repair." Its a card game.
"It's similar to Cards Against Humanity, it uses the same rules. If you have Cards Against Humanity you can combine the decks," Zaal said.
Cards Against Humanity is a party game where players compete to fill in blanks in statements with risque or absurd words and phrases on the cards in their hand. The winner of each round is the player judged to have completed the sentence in the funniest or most apropos way.
Zaal said he's been developing the product with several collaborators around the country and they hope to bring it to market in May. Zaal, a former Marine himself, thinks the game will be very popular. There's even an expansion in the works.
"We'll have different decks, one for each service, so we'll have four," Zaal said.
He said there's a Kickstarter campaign for the game, which has already raised $70,000 and which times out Friday.
"We have more than 1,500 supporters and we've gotten exposure in The Military Times and Duffelblog," he said.
The Kickstarter campaign can be found at kickstarter.com/projects/2004984568/fubar-bringing-out-the-worst-in-americas-best; the company has a Facebook page and a website, fubarcards.com.
•Guernsey Tingle Architects announced that Amanda Kohn Running has passed her LEED Accredited Professional Building Design + Construction exam and is an accredited LEED professional. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. She will work closely with Andrew F. Cronan and Kristin Baum in the firm to coordinate sustainable design efforts as well as assist in educating the firm's clients. Running joined Guernsey Tingle Architects in 2011. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Design, and a Master of Architecture from North Dakota State University. While at Guernsey Tingle, she has been responsible for Bluegreen Resorts in Williamsburg and Gordonsville.
•Locally owned and operated Computer Concepts, LLC, is planning to add a third location to its retail footprint later this year. With its headquarters in New Town in James City County and a second location in Heritage Square in York County, the company is eyeing a storefront on the south side of Hampton Roads. While a lease has not yet been signed, the company has been in talks with the city of Chesapeake to solidify a location that is slated to open during the summer. Founded in James City County, the nearly 11-year-old company has remained a leading provider of technology products and services having been named Best Computer Repair company in Williamsburg every year since 2009 by the readers of the Virginia Gazette. Its newest location in York County has been awarded Best Computer Repair Company there since the category was created in the Daily Press in 2013.
•Two Richmond Road restaurants, one the scene of a fatal accidental shooing last month were closed and up for lease Tuesday. The Library Tavern and Astronomical Pancake and Waffle House both sported signs giving a phone number for anyone wanting to lease the buildings. The man who answered said his family owned the restaurants but was not interested in giving his name or talking to anyone who wasn't a potential tenant. Elias John Kokolis, 22, who was identified as the owner of Astronomical Pancakes and Waffle House accidentally shot himself to death in the restaurant's parking lot Jan. 25. City property records list the owner of the Library Tavern as Diros, Inc, with a business address of 5437 Richmond Road, the location of the other Astronomical Pancake House.


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These were the 10 most-read stories of 2016
Sean Rossman
Sometimes our most clicked stories of the year expose America's affinity for celebrity news. Style over substance, if you will. Kim Kardashian is a perennial top ten shoo-in. Miley Cyrus made the 2013 list twice.
But this year, one filled with bonkers headlines, you surprised us. Our most-clicked stories of 2016 are unimpeachably newsworthy. Well done.
Notable from our list is that it was not dominated by politics. Nay, our tweeter-in-chief Donald Trump only graced the list twice while Hillary Clinton laid a goose egg, along with her emails and the rest of the field of candidates.
Rather, tragedy was the top attention-getter this year. And unfortunately, we had plenty, from nightmarish amusement park deaths to a calculated terror attack.
Here's our list. There will not be a recount.
10. Police identify killer of 'Voice' singer Christina Grimmie
The 22-year-old contestant on season six of "The Voice" was signing autographs after an Orlando concert when Kevin James Loibl approached her and opened fire, shooting Grimmie. The Orlando Police Department said Loibl, a 27-year-old from St. Petersburg, fatally shot himself after being tackled by Grimmie's brother. They also said Loibl traveled to Orlando specifically to kill Grimmie, who died hours later at a hospital.
9. USA TODAY's Editorial Board deems Trump 'unfit'
By unanimous consensus, the Editorial Board deemed the now-president elect, "unfit for the presidency" in a strongly worded September editorial. The board skewered the billionaire for his temperament and business dealings while calling him a "serial liar" who "traffics in hate" among other proclamations. The dis-endorsement, which wasn't an endorsement of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, broke a 34-year newspaper tradition of not taking sides in presidential races.
8. Boy dies on Kansas water slide billed as the world's tallest
Caleb Schwab died in August after going down the Verrückt, a colossal water slide billed as the world's tallest at Kansas City, Kansas' Schlitterbahn Water Park. Riders on the slide were supposed to be 54 inches tall and 14 years old. Schwab was 10. Last month, the newspaper reported the Verrückt will be destroyed after the investigation into Schwab's death is complete. The Star also reported Schwab was found at the bottom of the slide with a "fatal neck injury" as described by police.
7. Muslim couple removed from Delta flight: 'It was humiliating'
The Council on Islamic Relations went on the offensive after a Muslim couple from Ohio was booted from a Delta Air Lines flight in July. Nazia Ali and her husband Faisal were forced off the Paris to Cincinnati flight after a crew member said she was uncomfortable because Nazia was using a phone and wearing a head scarf and because Faisal was sweating. CAIR claimed the couple, who was returning from a European anniversary trip, was singled out. The group filed a religious profiling complaint against Delta with the U.S. Department of Transportation. Delta released a statement saying it condemns discrimination and that the company would give the couple a refund.
6. Brother confesses to killing Pakistani model over racy photos
Waseem Azeem told reporters in July he killed his famous sister, Pakistani internet celebrity Qandeel Baloch, because her social media posts brought dishonor to the family's name. Azeem admitted he drugged and strangled the 26-year-old, who rose to stardom for her racy social media posts, which were mild by American standards but offended the sensibilities of some in conservative Pakistan. Before her death, Baloch also posted selfies with prominent cleric Mufti Adbul Qavi during the holy month of Ramadan, an incident that caused the government to suspend Qavi.
5. French gymnast snaps leg on vault
Turn away if you're squeamish. Samir Ait Said's awkward vault landing at the 2016 Rio De Janeiro Olympic games resulted in one of the more gruesome sports injuries in history. Said broke his tibia and fibia upon landing, creating a snap that could be heard throughout the arena. Spectators, who let out an audible gasp, then watched as the lower half of Said's left shin dangled opposite the rest of his limb. The gymnast, who sat out the 2012 games with a leg injury, is expected to take part in the 2020 games in Tokyo.
4. Islamic State linked to Pulse nightclub shooting
President Obama called it, "an attack of terror and an attack of hate." Omar Mateen's early June rampage, in which he gunned down 50 people in the gay nightclub near downtown Orlando, was the deadliest mass shooting in United States history. His comments and perceived allegiance to the Islamic State extremist group were reported as well as reports he had anti-gay views. The FBI said before the 29-year-old committed the massacre, he made allusions to the Islamic State in communications with the agency. Authorities also said Mateen praised allegiance to the Islamic State before he was killed in a hail of gunfire.
3. Hundreds allege Donald Trump doesn't pay his bills
A Florida dishwasher. A New Jersey glass company. A Philadelphia cabinet builder. These are just a few of the people who have tangled with our president-elect in court over everything from unpaid bills to failure to pay overtime or minimum wage, a USA TODAY investigation found. The analysis, released in June as Trump powered toward the Republican nomination, found he has been involved in more than 3,500 lawsuits. Trump dismissed accusations of non-payment, saying he'll short contractors who do poor work or don't finish a job.
2. North Korea: U.S. crossed 'red line,' declared war
It seemed the United States finally pushed North Korea over the edge earlier this year, when the nation's top diplomat to America said the U.S. had crossed the "red line" by putting North Korea's leader on a list of sanctioned individuals. Kim Jong Un was added to the list along with 10 others connected with alleged human rights abuses. Han Song Ryol, the country's director-general of the U.S. affairs department, also said U.S. military exercises with South Korea had become more aggressive.
1. Alligator kills toddler at Disney
The unthinkable happened at the happiest place on Earth. An alligator snatched 2-year-old Nebraska boy Lane Graves as he played in a foot of water in a man-made lake near an Orlando Disney resort. His parents, Matt and Melissa Graves, tried to wrestle him from the reptile, but were unsuccessful. Witnesses said they saw the boy go underwater. The boy's intact body was found nearly a day later.
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This dish can be served as a starter. The longer it is kept for marination the chicken will be soft and juicy.So keep it as long as 5 to 6 hours for marination. It's a easy recipe and delicious in taste too. This dish is good to be served in parties.
Take a mixing bowl. Add the lime juice, garlic, fresh cream, red chilli powder and pepper powder. Whisk it well. Add the oil and whisk it once again. Apply the marination on the chicken drumsticks. Keep it aside to marinate for at least for 2 hours. Arrange the marinated chicken drumsticks on a foil baking sheet and apply the remaining marination on the chicken drumsticks. Roast it in a preheated oven for 20 to 30 minutes at 250 degree celsius, flip the chicken pieces in between and spray oil on the chicken pieces. After it is done then sprinkle with coriander leaves. Serve it hot.


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The Texas Board of Legal Specialization has recently released the names of its 2010 inductees receiving the designation as Board Certified attorneys in various practice areas. F+M Partner Don D. Ford III has achieved the distinction of becoming Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate. He was one of only three attorneys in Houston and one of only fourteen attorneys in the entire state of Texas to become Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate in 2010.
Board Certification requires an attorney to have been licensed more than 5 years, to have practiced in the specific area of law for a significant part of their career, and to have obtained at least 10 recommendations from attorneys and judges with whom the attorney has worked. The Certification also requires completion of a rigorous exam, similar to the Bar exam required of all attorneys in Texas. Unlike the Bar exam, however, the Board Certification exam is concentrated specifically in the attorney's practice area specialty and is designed to test a wide array of topics in the practice area to ensure that the attorney has substantial experience and knowledge of the practice area.
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