Remember Facebook's meme app 'LOL', which came to light last month? Well the social media conglomerate has shelved its plans for bringing the teen-focused app to the market and shifted focus to Messenger Kids instead, according to a new report.
Facebook has restructured its "youth team" of more than 100 employees for increasing focus and investment towards Messenger Kids, which is Facebook's messaging platform designed for children under 13. It was first unveiled by Facebook in 2017 with a focus on safe and children friendly. Some of the key aspects of the app are that it doesn't require the user to have a phone number and makes it mandatory to have all contacts approved by parents. Sadly, till now it hasn't been able to garner the kind of audience base Facebook must have been expecting from it.
"The youth team has restructured in order to match top business priorities, including increasing our investment in Messenger Kids," a Facebook spokesperson confirmed in a statement sent to Recode. Apparently the meme app didn't get the desired traction during the trial phase which according to a previous report had around 100 beta users. Another high school communities feature that allowed teens to find and connect with classmates has also been chucked.
Facebook's continuous attempts at attracting teens and a younger user base towards its platform have started coming across as desperate attempts at salvaging lost pride. It has showed a lot of commitment and investment towards bringing teenagers back to the platform, but we haven't really seen a lot of innovative products yet.


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'Dark Tower' Not Dead Yet?
According to Deadline , Ron Howard's ambitious version of Steven King's THE DARK TOWER book series might very well still have life in it.
The site says that Warner Brother's is "very close to a deal" that would give Howard the means to make the first feature film he planned in adapting the saga.
Screenwriter Akiva Goldsman's script would be used, and Goldsman would produce with Brian Grazer and Steven King. Warner Bros. has purchased Goldsman's existing script (done for Universal), and he is now doing a polish on the screenplay for the studio.
Javier Bardem was previously tentatively attached as the anti-hero lead Roland Deschain, last of the "Gunslingers" — in the Dark Tower world a kind of Western-themed Knight-Errant.
Bardem's continued participation is dependent on when the film, still to be directed by Ron Howard, is scheduled. This might be the beginning of 2013.
Right now, Javier Bardeem is playing the villian in SKYFALL , the new James Bond film, currently shooting in the UK.
The production's resurrection is a bit of a surprize to many, as Universal Studios backed off the plan to make three feature films and two TV mini-series out of the allegorical dark fantasy novels.
Apparently, HBO may pick up the project as a mini-series, if Warner Brothers Pictures ultimately greenlights the film.
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'Game of Thrones' Season 2—Trailer
Per HBO's Press Release:
"War is coming to GAME OF THRONES Season 2. As kings and queens, knights and renegades, liars and noblemen continue to vie for power; fans eager for a taste of the action and treachery that will unfold in Westeros will be able to get their fill with an all-new trailer.
HBO GO can be accessed at hbogo.com or via the HBO GO app – now available for download on Apple's iPad®, iPhone® and iPod touch® and numerous smart phones using Google's Android™ operating system as well as platforms such as Samsung Smart TV™ and Roku – and is free of charge to HBO subscribers through participating television providers. For those who haven't experienced this unforgettable fictional world, the entire first season of Game of Thrones can also be found on HBO GO.
Based on the popular book series "A Song of Ice and Fire," by George R.R. Martin, the Emmy® and Golden Globe® -winning fantasy series Games of Thrones chronicles an epic struggle for power set in a vast and violent fantasy kingdom. Among the returning members of the ensemble cast are Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Emmy® winner Peter Dinklage, Michelle Fairley, Lena Headey and Kit Harington. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss executive produce.
GAME OF THRONES' Season 2 premieres Sunday, April 1 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, exclusively on HBO."
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'Game of Thrones' – Pics
Entertainment Weekly is featuring photos from HBO's GAME OF THRONES, their adaptation of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy novel series.
It stars Mark Addy, Sean Bean, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Fairley. Aidan Gillen, Jack Gleeson, Iain Glen. Kit Harington, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Harry Lloyd, Richard Madden, Rory McCann, Sophie Turner,Maisie Williams, and others.
It's expected to air in Spring 2011.
See the link above for addtional pictures.
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HBO's 'Game of Thrones' – Trailer
Here's the latest trailer for HBO's GAME OF THRONES, based on the first novel in SF/Fantasy author George R.R. Martins's (BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, TV) fantasy epic book series A Song of Ice and Fire.
This teaser is entitled "Raven", for reasons that should be immediately apparent.
The cast of the sprawling adult- oriented sword and sorcery saga includes Mark Addy (THE TIME MACHINE, 2002), Alfie Allen, Sean Bean (THE LORD OF THE RINGS), Ciaran Bermingham, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter Dinklage(UNDERDOG), Roy Dotrice(BEAUTY & THE BEAST), Michelle Fairley, Jack Gleeson, Iain Glen, Kit Harington, Lena Headey (THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES), Rory McCann, and Jason Momoa (STARGATE ATLANTIS),
The pilot was directed by Thomas McCarthy ('2012') and is expected to air in spring of 2011.
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True Blood Season Three review: so far, so good
Early episodes offer engaging characters, memorable dialogue, and social commentary.
So far, the new season of TRUE BLOOD, loosely based on Charlaine Harris' novel Club Dead, has continued two trends of the Alan Ball's series: it maintains the high quality of the previous seasons, and it gets further away from Harris' original Sookie Stackhouse storyline.
For those new to TRUE BLOOD, a little background is in order. Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) – a telepathic waitress in Bon Ton, Louisiana – has fallen in love with Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), a vampire, who falls in love with her and saves her life. In the first season, we learned that vampires have revealed themselves and some have taken their place in society, subsisting on a blood substitute called Tru Blood rather than taking human lives as they have done for centuries. Not surprisingly, this exposes vampires to prejudice, including signs that declare, "God hates Fangs." Additionally, vampires are exploited because their blood is used as the drug "V," which gives humans extraordinary strength and healing power, creating a pricey, black market demand.
TRUE BLOOD's second season extended the metaphor further in a subplot wherein Sookie's brother Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten) was recruited to become a "soldier of the son," part of a religious group that intends to conduct a war on all vampirekind. The church kidnapped Godric, the maker of the local vampire sheriff Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgard), causing Eric to take quite an interest in Sookie and her telepathic powers. At the climax of Season Two, Bill proposes to Sookie at a French restaurant; as she returns to their table to accept his proposal, Bill is kidnapped by some strangers.
The first episode of Season Three picks up where previous season left off: Sookie reports Bill missing to the local deputy, who seems neither terribly interested nor concerned. Meanwhile, Jason is consumed with guilt for having shot a serial killer. Jason's new friend Deputy Andy Bellefleur (Chris Bauer), who has taken credit for the killing, advises him to act normal, telling the archetypical dumb jock, "Conscience off; dick on!"
Skarsgard's female fans are treated to an early nude sex scene when Sookie goes to report Bill missing and finds Eric has been having sex with a tied up, foreign-speaking wench for hours. When Sookie reacts skeptically, he asks her, "Bill's stamina not up to snuff?" Fans of the novels know that Sookie winds up marrying Eric, but as yet it is hard to say whether series creator Alan Ball will take the storyline in the same direction. Previously, Ball spared Tara's cousin LaFayette Reynolds (Nelsan Ellis), who died at the end of the first novel; the flambouyant LaFayette has remained one of the series most lively characters, though he is still under Eric's thumb, forced to sell "V" for the Louisiana vampire queen.
Meanwhile, Sookie's boss Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell) tracks down his actual family, the white trash Mickens. (In the books, Sam's father shot his mother when he discovered she was a shape-shifter; in the TV series Sam's real mother gave him up for adoption, but his adopted family rejected him once he started shapeshifting). Werewolves are a major element this season as the group that kidnapped Bill are revealed to be werewolves working under the command of the Vampire King of Mississippi (series newcomer Denis O'Hare). The king wants Bill to pledge fealty to him and reveal the Louisiana queen's secrets; otherwise. he will take Sookie and turn her over to Lorena (Mariana Kloveno), Bill's maker, who is still besotted with him (even though he greets her by throwing an oil lamp at her and setting her on fire). Unlike the recent THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, TRUE BLOOD features true wolves rather than oversized CGI replicas.
TRUE BLOOD's new season also introduces us to a new vampire, Franklin Mott (James Frain), who beds Tara and uses his hypnotic powers to milk her for information on Sookie and Bill. All at sea is Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll), the young female vampire Bill made, who has discovered to her dismay that her vampire healing powers continually restore her hymen; with Bill missing, she is lacking the guidance she needs to function as a vampire. A life-changing event has also occurred for Terry (Todd Lowe) and Arlene (Carrie Preston): Arlene discovers she's pregnant and tells a delighted Terry that he's the father. Additionally, when the body of a man Jessica killed is discovered, Bud Dearborne (William Sanderson) decides that he's had enough and quits his job as the town's sheriff.
As in previous seasons, the episodes so far this summer have juggled several story lines while offering up engaging characters, memorable dialogue, social commentary, atmospheric photography, and other delights. In these days of vampire oversaturation, TRUEBLOOD remains a very welcome addition to the genre and an example of what a high-quality vampire series can be, putting its competitors to shame. It is easy to see why TRUE BLOOD has, after a shaky start in the ratings, become the most watched HBO series since THE SOPRANOS.
TRUE BLOOD (Season Three, 2010). Created by Alan Ball. Cast: Anna Paquin, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Chris Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Carrie Preston, William Sanderson, Jim Parrack, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgard
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'True Blood' Season 3 – Trailer
Here's the Season Three trailer for HBO's TRUE BLOOD.
This season, the mundane 'real-world' vampire show will also feature big, well-groomed dogs, err… werewolves.
Premieres June 13th.
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Enapter Meets Green Hydrogen Strategies
How one green H2 firm could integrate at local to European levels
Hydrogen strategies are being rolled out at European, national, regional and district levels with growing speed and conviction, with the green molecule seen as an essential piece of the decarbonisation puzzle. The direction and ambition laid out by those in power is clear.
But it's not always so clear how this works from the bottom up, for those working on the nuts and bolts of green hydrogen implementation. How does a single green H2 company fit in?
To illustrate how this could look in practice, we've decided to share how our company slots into these multi-strata strategies in our quest to scale modular AEM electrolysers. And to understand how Enapter fits into the big picture, we must start at the smallest scale.
Starting with Saerbeck
As announced last year, the German municipality of Saerbeck is planned to be home to our first mass production site and R&D facility – the Enapter Campus.
The "Climate Community" of Saerbeck already produces twice the electricity it needs through its Bioenergiepark, and doubles this through rooftop solar and a nearby windpark.
As well as supplying us with fresh renewable energy for electrolyser mass production once the Campus is running in 2022, Saerbeck will also tackle hydrogen mobility: The municipality is expecting a hydrogen bus line and refuelling station between 2023 and 2025.
Initiatives like these are win-win situations, with pioneering communities gaining access to green mobility and electrolysers coming one step closer to grey hydrogen parity with every deployment.
Saerbeck plays a vital part in Enapter's expansion story, just as Enapter will be central to the development and implementation of green hydrogen projects in Saerbeck – and beyond.
But even if the municipality has a strong climate action strategy that includes concrete green hydrogen applications, it's only at the district level that broader hydrogen strategies emerge.
The Steinfurt Strategy
Saerbeck's hydrogen mobility ambitions are one part of the hydrogen mobility masterplan created by the wider district of Steinfurt, with which it became a finalist in the running to become North Rhine-Westphalia's Hydrogen Mobility Model Region.
Despite not winning, Steinfurt's drive for climate-friendly energy and mobility, as well as €350,000 of prize money, led it to launch its masterplan via the brand "HYMAT-Energie".
The HYMAT-Energie hydrogen mobility competence centre and network was launched late last year by Steinfurt and energieland2050 e.V. to implement the plan, with Enapter set to play a key role in both knowledge transfer and green hydrogen production.
Its masterplan foresees a full spectrum of hydrogen mobility infrastructure in place by 2030, ranging from green hydrogen production to distribution and multi-modal hydrogen mobility.
Among the 32 projects in the plan are a hydrogen-powered train connection by 2025, regional hydrogen pipelines and refuelling stations, and even more hydrogen bus lines – all driven by decentralised competence teams, including one in Saerbeck.
In addition to our electrolysers playing their part in enabling a number of these projects, Enapter, as part of the Saerbeck Competence Team, will help guide the network's focus on hydrogen research and development, production, storage, use and logistics.
Such district hydrogen strategies pool capabilities of municipalities, letting them implement hydrogen initiatives they wouldn't be capable of alone, and link the hydrogen district to the wider region – as hinted with the illustration's regional pipeline, canal and airport connections.
New Industry North Rhine-Westphalia
Successful implementation of the masterplan by HYMAT-Energie will be a significant contribution to the new hydrogen strategy roadmap unveiled by North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) in November last year.
The roadmap is built around the three pillars of Industry, Mobility, and Energy & Infrastructure – broken down, like Steinfurt's, into 2025 and 2030 horizons.
NRW sees its hydrogen demand growing to 104 TW Hours by 2050, and the state is eager to embrace green hydrogen to capitalise on the impending boom, decarbonise its industry, create new jobs and fill old ones lost in the transition from its fossil fuel incumbency.
In introducing the roadmap last year, Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart, the NRW State Minister for Economy, Innovation, Digitalisation and Energy pointed to our electrolysers as a current example of the kind of H2 technologies NRW needs to develop and produce to successfully work in the new world of hydrogen-based industry.
Digging further into the NRW hydrogen roadmap, it recognises AEM technology as a green hydrogen production method that's expected to lower electrolyser material and system costs. As the world's only commercial manufacturer of AEM technology, Enapter is exceptionally placed to realise the cost reduction potential of AEM and thus distributed green hydrogen.
If this can happen as we plan in NRW, a state reinventing itself for a new industrial age, we can make a solid contribution to development of a self-sustaining green H2 ecosystem.
The German Goals
For Germany, as with NRW, the benefits of a rapid move to green hydrogen are clear – it's an essential tool for decarbonisation, a tantalising economic opportunity, a boost to help recover from the impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic, and the chance to be a frontrunner.
As well as its existing programmes supporting H2 tech development, Germany's Hydrogen Strategy from 2020 was matched with a €9 billion package for market ramp-up of H2 tech. Its first step will be to speed up the rollout of hydrogen technology, establishing a strong and sustainable domestic market for the production and use of hydrogen in the federal republic.
When looking at Germany's goals for creating a self-sustaining hydrogen industry, it's clear to see where we could fit. The Federal Government plans to establish up to 5 GW of green hydrogen capacity by 2025, and will provide support for the establishment and operation of electrolysers to help drive this transition. A large chunk of this capacity could already come online via our Saerbeck Campus in 2022, which is expected to be capable of producing modular electrolysers with a total annual capacity of 280MW – more than 5% of the goal.
Investment in scaling up the production of modular tech like AEM electrolysers (not just building bigger stand-alone plants) is needed to build the production capacity to supply and create demand from the get-go: Distributed green H2 production enables myriad use cases that together can help build hydrogen ecosystems fitting German and European goals.
Green Deal Green Hydrogen
The European Union is just as fervent in its support of green hydrogen scale-up as Germany, aiming to install at least 40 GW of renewable hydrogen electrolysers by 2030 and deploy green H2 tech at large scale to all hard-to-decarbonise sectors by 2050.
For this, the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance will build up a pipeline of clean hydrogen investments to be funded by the EU, in addition to creating the necessary policy frameworks. The EU foresees €180-470 bn of investment made by 2050 to get a renewable hydrogen market up and running and create large-scale production capacities.
One important accelerator will be IPCEIs – Important Projects of Common European Interest. Although the IPCEI Hydrogen won't directly support companies (creating unbalanced competition), it will invest in cross-border hydrogen ecosystems or value chains: H2 value chains like those emerging in Saerbeck, Steinfurt and NRW, which show strong potential for cross-border integration via Rhine harbours and with the BENELUX countries.
Support of such value chains wouldn't just help the EU reach electrolyser targets. If we continue to realise the cost reduction potential of AEM electrolysers, these will become a dominant H2 production tech and one unique to German and EU value creation. AEM is a European technology. And with B2B companies such as ours, each unit sold here adds further value with EU system integrators and helps the industry grow.
Nothing like the EU's H2 strategy exists on a global scale; however, it's conceivable that UN bodies or the UN Climate Talks could lead the way to one. Indeed, the Mission Innovation initiative born at COP21 in Paris has taken the first step with its Hydrogen Valley platform.
But despite the impact top-level ambition and strategy can have, green H2 has to be made a priority at all levels. And we believe that green hydrogen companies can contribute to this strategic growth by striving to add value at all stages.
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Remove rind and core from pineapple. Cube fruit. Sprinkle with sugar and add Brandy. Refrigerate 6 hours or overnight. Pour pineapple juice into a ring mold and freeze. Add wine to pineapple brandy mixture about 30 minutes before serving. Add Champagne and ice ring just before serving. Makes 20 (4oz) servings.


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June 4, 2006 at 2:20 am | In CA-26, David Dreier | Comments Off on Leaving for California Tomorrow
My flight is at 8 am. Darnit.
While I'm en route, read this: Congress hopefuls aided by party splits.
Dreier has been tested before. In 2004, he won re-election by the thinnest margin in his career and the smallest margin of any incumbent member of Congress in California.
"I am looking for a big victory Tuesday," Dreier said.
Walking precincts, Dreier said illegal immigration and border security top the list of concerns. He said the election is a chance to clarify his record.
"A lot of people have tried to distort my record," Dreier said. "My message is: Don't believe what anyone offers you in a statement, look at the record. In fact I just sent out a mailer \ saying essentially that."
As of May 17, Dreier had spent $645,800 in a race that pits him against Sardo and Melvin, both of whom say illegal immigration is their reason for running. Dreier had a balance of $2.98 million.
Sardo, 56, challenged Dreier in 2004, winning only 16 percent of the vote.
"Seems to be a lot of discontent in the district with Dreier," said Sardo, a decorated Vietnam War veteran and small- business owner in La Ca ada Flintridge. "People know that David Dreier has been asleep at the switch all these years" when it comes to immigration reform.
Milton, a 63-year-old political neophyte from Walnut, used an analogy to express his dissatisfaction with Dreier's record on illegal immigration.
"If you are having a party at your house and people are coming in through your front door and you don't want them to, shouldn't you close it?" Milton asked. "He has had 26 years to close the door."
Sardo had spent about $45,000 on his campaign as of May 17. That is a tenth of Dreier's total spending.
Milton had not raised enough money to trigger a campaign disclosure report.
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comprehension of capital penalty phase instructions. Law & Human Behavior, 35, 339-350.
This research examined the effects of several versions of capital penalty phase instructions on juror comprehension. Study One documented the impact of California's recently implemented "plain language" instruction. It showed that although the new instruction has clear advantages over the previous version, significant comprehension problems remain. Study Two evaluated several modified instructions designed to enhance comprehension. Participants heard either a standard patterned instruction or one of two alternatives—a psycholinguistically improved instruction, or a "pinpoint" instruction using case-related facts to illustrate key terms—in a simulated death penalty sentencing phase. Persons who heard modified instructions demonstrated higher levels of comprehension on virtually every measure as compared to those in the standard instruction condition.
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Well thanks .. I have to do a lot work on it though ..still in the development of few changs.. But I appreicate you comment..
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I particularly enjoy the second one, especially for the fact he looks insanely pissed and is about to deliver the biggest F-Bomb in human history!
Even if the neon lights in this town disappear, I'll always be here.
thanks I appreciate.. will it take time and efforts to create something new.. thanks everyone..
On 'THAT' side of the earth.
I like how you draw the body and stuffs..except for the Head its overlapping..
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I need more stuff to watch, help me!
Wow, the detail in the clothes is awesome! Great job.
Did you work on one for a couple of months or, all of them? Just wondering.
The clothes are always one of the most difficult things to do. Those drawings are fantastic.
Chaos makes life fun, but order is a safety net.
Well I started drawing him almost the end of last year.. and from their I started to change his looks.I made about 10 drawing or more to have the final look.Yes, just did them in a couple of months because I was stick in my head... I had to draw him out .. I would awake 2-3am just to draw .. because I have too.. Well thanks for your support and I'll be showing more soon..


"Nance, I think I'm dying," Steve said, as Nancy came in the shed.
Nancy paused in closing the door to give him a once over, quick and businesslike but still with an edge of concern. There was a leaf stuck in her messy ponytail, black blood on the hems of her jeans and dirt on the knees, and a shotgun held loosely in her right hand.
Satisfied with what she saw, she said, "You are not," and let the lock click quietly shut behind her.
"So I kind of don't have a job anymore," Tommy said. "Or a place to live. And did I mention all my stuff's gone missing?"
It'd been eighteen years since he'd left Trader's Luck, but the motions were still familiar, the baby a comforting weight as he settled it securely against his shoulder, head tucked into his neck. Out of habit he bounced a little, settling the kid.


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Bush-Democrat alliance on education law feared
Some conservatives on Capitol Hill are worried that President Bush will cut a deal with Democrats that would not only renew his education law, but also dramatically expand it, including perhaps more requirements for the high school level.
"I am concerned, and I think a lot of conservatives are," said Rep. Jeff Flake, Arizona Republican.
Mr. Bush is urging Congress this year to renew one of his biggest domestic accomplishments, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law of 2002, which aims to increase student achievement through more testing and by tracking results of schools and holding them accountable. Democrats, who now control the House and Senate, are demanding some changes to the law, most notably a significant boost in funding levels.
The option of adding high school reform to this year's "to-do" list hasn't been publicly discussed lately, but Mr. Bush included the makings of such a plan in his budget proposal last year. The NCLB law focuses on grade school and requires testing just once in reading and math from grades 10 to 12. His plan from last year would have expanded high school testing to all three years.
All these factors could add up to the perfect storm of more funding and more school requirements, some Republicans worry. Mr. Flake said he sees a scenario in which Mr. Bush gives Democrats the increased funding they want in exchange for including more requirements for high school.
"Conservatives don't fear the president will work with Democrats to expand No Child Left Behind, we expect it," said Rep. Mike Pence, Indiana Republican. "It's going to be more red tape and more resources."
"It's a legitimate concern," agreed Rep. Dan Lungren, California Republican.
Republicans are basing much of their fear on what happened in 2001, when Mr. Bush teamed up with Democrats such as Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts to win overwhelming approval in Congress. But conservatives — several of whom voted against the legislation as a federal intrusion into the classroom — said the good administration ideas, such as increased funding flexibility for states, were watered down by the time the measure reached the president's desk.
Rep. Steve King, Iowa Republican, said education policy seems to be an issue on which Mr. Bush thinks he can work with Democrats to accomplish his goals, especially in these last two years of his presidency.
"My rationale is that the president's agenda is not going to keep him from working with the Democrats at the expense of the Republicans," Mr. King said. "The president is concerned about his legacy."
So far, Mr. Bush has praised the NCLB law and urged Congress to renew it. He has agreed to work with Congress on some changes to it, but he hasn't indicated his position on the Democrats' funding demands. The high school reform issue didn't come up in a Monday meeting between Mr. Bush and top education lawmakers — Mr. Kennedy, the new chairman of the Senate education, panel; House education panel Chairman George Miller, California Democrat; and their Republican counterparts, Sen. Michael B. Enzi of Wyoming and Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon of California.
Mr. McKeon, who says it's too soon to fully expand the law in high schools, said: "I hope that it's not something they push for."
Mr. Kennedy supports working on high school reform as part of the NCLB renewal, a spokeswoman said. Mr. Miller doesn't want to simply overlay the NCLB framework onto the high school level, but he thinks high school reform is "critically important," a spokesman said.
White House spokesman Chad Colby said this week, "The administration still believes NCLB should be expanded in high schools as part of broader high school reform."
The administration will submit its 2008 budget request to Congress next month.
Mr. Lungren said conservatives should bend Mr. Bush's ear before he starts negotiating education policy with liberals such as Mr. Kennedy. But this negotiating "dance" will be a challenge, Mr. Lungren acknowledged, especially because many Republicans have spent their entire Capitol Hill careers as members of the majority party.
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Current and former diplomats, including 12 Georgetown alumnae, shared perspectives on women's roles in shaping communities around the globe ahead of International Women's Day, March 8.
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Miami, .- The firefighters continue fighting against the flames of a fire that was unleashed this Saturday in the county of Bay (northwest Florida) and has consumed more than 500 acres and forced the eviction of a score of homes, reported on Monday authorities.
Several crews of firefighters and operators with heavy machinery continue to fight the forest fire that began in an area of the Panhandle with many trees fallen due to the passage of Hurricane Michael in October 2018.
Hurricane Michael, which caused at least 42 deaths in Florida, left material losses close to 4,300 million dollars, according to official estimates based on insurance claims.
The fire poses a threat also to other 30 homes in the area, according to the Forest Service of Florida, and has required the use of 2 small planes and 9 bulldozers, picked up the local channel WVLT.
The strong winds that blew from the north on Sunday morning helped the rapid spread of the fire's focus.
The Florida Department of Health urged residents in areas near the fire site in Bay County to take precautions to avoid direct contact with the smoke.


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The City of Livonia contends the problem with the sewer line is on his property.
Livonia resident contemplates lawsuit over sewer issue The City of Livonia contends the problem with the sewer line is on his property. Check out this story on HometownLife.com: http://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/local/livonia/2015/06/05/livonia-resident-contemplates-lawsuit-sewer-issue/28543945/
Fred Wheeler outside his home on Edgewood. Crews were expected to fill this hole after rerouting a gas main to his home last week. Wheeler contends there's a problem with the city sewer line in front of his home, one that's cost him more than $100,000 to fix. The city says the problem lies on his property and the sewer main is functioning properly.(Photo: David Veselenak | Staff Writer)
It all started in April when water began backing up while Fred Wheeler was doing laundry at his home on Edgewood.
The longtime Livonia resident began trying to figure out what was causing the backup in his home. After doing some digging in the front yard, excavators found the sewage line in front of his house filled with pressure and detached from the main. That issue, Wheeler said, has caused a lot of headache and he wants the city to pay for the repairs.
"As soon as they uncover where I should be connected to it, they find I'm not connected to it anymore, which we're able to definitively prove because the sewer main sunk. But what we're also seeing is sewage gushing out of the hole where the connection used to be," he said. "So there's back pressure in the line."
The problem has led Wheeler to contemplate filing a lawsuit against the city.
The issue became a big enough problem, Wheeler said, that he requested to have the home connected at a different point to the city's sewer system, leaving just one other home on the line his home was connected to. That work took place in May, and Wheeler said he hasn't experienced any problems since.
But the cost for the repair and other issues have skyrocketed to more than $100,000, and Wheeler said he believes it's the city's responsibility to pay for the repairs, claiming it was the city's portion of the sewer line that caused the issues. He said a third-party civil engineering group examined the area and believes it is the city's sewer main that caused the problem.
"The city engineer and the sewer people say there's nothing wrong with the sewer line because sewage flows through it," he said. "Because the city was fighting me on this, during the final excavation, I had to pay to have a civil engineering company come out here and take measurements while it was going on. They have definitive proof that the sewer line in front of my house sank."
City response
City engineer Todd Zilincik said though the situation has been tough for Wheeler, the city believes the sewer it is responsible for is operating normally, and that the problems lie on his property and out of the city's control.
"It's an unfortunate situation for the homeowner," he said. "Bottom line is, our line is running satisfactorily."
He said because there's talk of possible litigation, he said he'd let the other details regarding the situation come out later if it does go before a judge."
"I'll let the facts shake out from the information that falls from here," Zilincik said.
Wheeler said he was unsure when a complaint would be filed in his case in court, but said he expects it would happen sometime this month.
Since the rerouting, other issues have come up, including the need to cut the gas line to access the sewer main. That left the home with a gas line running across the yard for a while, and a hole in front of his home.
While work took place last month on the sewer line, he and his wife could not wash dishes or run the shower, leaving them to go elsewhere for many of their water needs.
"That went on like that for a month," he said.
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'That first sight of the city curled around the river goes through me like the breath of something old and known and familiar. The city has been destroyed many times in the last thousand years, no less by development authorities than by conquerors. And yet it is so perfect an articulation of the culture that built it that the overlay of centuries has not muffled its voice.' Aatish Taseer revisits Varanasi.
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Common verbs associated with evaluation include: advise, appraise, compare, conclude, contrast, criticise, critiqus, defends, discriminate, evaluate, explain, interpret, judge, justify, recommend, reflect, relate, summarise, support.
When you argue, you need to present your points of view and deal with different points of view. You often need to present two or more points of view and discuss the positive and negative aspects of each case; you need to evaluate them. These other points of view will often come from your reading. On the basis of your evaluation, you can then choose one point of view and persuade your readers that you are correct. This means giving your opinions (positive and negative) on the work of others that you have read and learned.
Read the following examples how notice how the points of view are evaluated.
Eccleshall argues that libertarian Conservatism was alive and well in the work of Edmund Burke and in the 'Liberal Toryism' which reached its high point during the premiership of Sir Robert Peel. Yet, as recent work on political economy in the late eighteenth century has shown, it is difficult to establish Adam Smith, let alone Burke, as a 'free marketeer' in anything like the modern sense.
Cameron (2006) maintains that we could probably become far more healthy by the simple expedient of 'going back in time' in terms of some of our daily activity. We could use a bicycle, walk, or run rather than use a car, bus, or train. Of course, we could all do more domestic tasks by hand rather than using electrically operated gadgets. However, this approach has too many problems to be appealing. After the luxury of labour-saving devices it is just too tedious to go back to the old ways. Also, this is not the most efficient way to build up and maintain a reasonable level of physical fitness. We actually only need to plan three or four exercise sessions a week in order to become fit.
Stalingrad was the greatest single blow of the war. Deep shock, dismay, and depression were recorded everywhere. It was correctly viewed as the low point of wartime morale on the home front.
While agreeing with Jameson's (2003) suggestion that an increase in funding is reuired to maintain the quality of daily television, it is not enough simply to throw money at the problem.
Tuckman and Jensen (1977) developed a theory that groups can potentially pass therough five fairly clearl;y defined stages of development: forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning. However, a team that survives will go through these stages many times. As new members join, as others leave, as circumstances or the task change, new tensions arise that take the group back to an earlier stage. A new member implies that the team needs to revisit, however briefly, the forming and norming stages. This ensures the new member is brought psychologically into the team and understands how they are expected to behave. A change in task or a conflict over priorities can take a group back to the storming stage, from which it needs to work forward again. The process will be more like Figure 17.6 than the linear progression implied by the original theory.
Plus negative words: wrong, mistaken, false, erroneous, misplaced, inaccurate, incorrect, debateable, untrue, not the case.
Plus negative words: little, few, inadequate, lack, insufficient, hardly.
Plus positive words: correct, right, accurate.


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The IRONMAN Anti-Doping Program is operated in compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code, which represents the standard in the global fight against doping. Our rules, procedures and policies are developed to protect athlete rights and responsibilities, to deter and detect doping in a scientifically valid and legally defensible way and to define sanctions that ensure consistency and mutual recognition among other Anti-Doping Organizations, including your National Anti-Doping Agency and National Triathlon Federation.
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The document ensures production of valid test results and evidentiary data to achieve uniform and harmonized results and reporting from all accredited laboratories.
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Howes Percival acts for Braintree District Council on innovation park acquisition
Leading regional law firm, Howes Percival has acted for Braintree District Council (BDC) in relation to the new Horizon 120 business and innovation park.
The firm advised BDC on contract negotiations to acquire two separate parcels of the development site, near Great Notley from an adjoining landowner and developer, Countryside Properties. BDC envisages that the 65-acre development site, Horizon 120, will attract professional services firms, companies operating in research, digital and development sectors and, in advanced manufacturing.
Howes Percival development lawyer, Nicola Curle (supported by Tom Skinner) acted for BDC in negotiating the two acquisition contracts and other related complex negotiations connected to the development of the Horizon 120 project.
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"Horizon 120 is an exciting project which will bring a tremendous boost to the area. We were delighted to advise Braintree District Council on acquiring the two sites for the business park. This was a complex piece of work. We had to manage contract negotiations with two separate landowners, which needed to synchronise on planning and completion timeframes, and deliver in accordance with the Council's cabinet approvals. The acquisition of the main site also required complex negotiations around facilitating access and services to retained land for future development and overage provision to capture enhanced value.
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So many people shared this article that – up front – I want to say thank you for doing so. And I understand their reasons for doing so. We'll get back to that.
But first, the story: it seems that an automated underwater observatory has gone completely missing off the coast of Germany in the Baltic Sea:
Large Underwater Observatory Disappears Without a Trace, Baffling Scientists
The story is rather simple: the observatory was there one day, and wasn't the next:
A large monitoring station used to gather important scientific data in the Baltic Sea has mysteriously vanished.
The underwater observatory, which had been on the seafloor since December 2016, is managed by the GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel and the Helmholtz Center Geesthacht (HZG). On August 21 at 8:15 p.m. local time, transmissions from the €300,000 ($330,000) station came to a sudden halt. Divers were dispatched to the site, only to find—much to their astonishment—that the entire structure was gone, save for a shredded transmission cable, according to a GEOMAR statement.
The observatory was in a restricted area off the northern coast of Germany. Boats, including fishing vessels, are not allowed into the area, the BBC reported. That somebody, or a group of individuals, removed the observatory remains the most plausible explanation. Other factors, such as a massive storm, heavy currents, or even marine animals, were ruled out as potential causes owing to the weight of the instrument. Who or what removed the science station, and why, is a complete mystery. German police were alerted to the incident and are now investigating, according to GEOMAR.
"[At] first we thought of a transmission error," Hermann Bange, project coordinator for the Boknis Eck Observatory, said in the GEOMAR statement. This prompted a diving mission to the site, revealing the disappearance. "The devices were gone, the divers could not find them anymore," he said. "When the divers reached the bottom of the sea last week at the observatory's location, they found only the torn off land cable. It was completely shredded."
The missing observatory consists of two racks, one weighing 250 kilograms (550 pounds) and the other 100 kilograms (220 pounds) each. The racks include a frame holding the power supply (along with a heavy cable connecting the station to the coast) and a frame to hold the sensors. Both racks were "removed with great force from their position," according to the GEOMAR statement. (Emphasis added)
And that's it.
Now, in and of itself, the story is not all that unusual, and the explanation – "that somebody, or a group of individuals, removed the observatory" – is, as the article says, "the most plausible explanation." And taken by itself, I readily agree.
But here comes the high octane speculation: in case you haven't noticed, there's been an awful lot of "strange stuff" going on in (or over… or under) the world's oceans in the past few years: hurricanes that are making a beeline for Texas through the Gulf of Mexico that then do a nearly perfect ninety-degree turn to slam into New Orleans (Katrina); then we had the case of Malaysia Air flight 370 whose disappearance has more theories and little by way of evidence for any of them, the USS Donald Cook incident in the Black Sea, and then a similar episode with the same ship in the Baltic Sea, and the USS Fitzgerald and USS John McCain incidents, all of which I've blogged about previously on this website. More recently I reported on the strange "electrical malfunction" on the USS Harry Truman, and the equally strange refitting of US aircraft carriers. Add to this missing Russian submarines, and the context around this latest story takes on a rather more somber appearance. Given the weight of the two racks of equipment comprising the observatory, and the statement by the observatory's owner, GEOMAR, that they were "removed with great force from their position," one has to entertain the possibility that perhaps, just perhaps, this latest strange story might somehow be related to all the rest. It's almost as if all the world's oceans and seas are now a part of the Bermuda Triangle, buzzing with strangeness.
If indeed, as the article speculates, the observatory was removed by someone, the question is why? What possible use would anyone have for such equipment, much less the expense and risk of stealing it? Or conversely, did "they" simply want the observatory shut down? If so, why? And to walk right off the end of the speculation twig here: assuming that somehow all these events are related, then that would imply that "someone" is messing around both with American and Russian naval vessels, and now an underwater German observatory. And perhaps all this strangeness is somehow related to the alleged refitting of American aircraft carriers with electronic counter-measures equipment. In any case, viewed in this wider and admittedly very speculative context, this little story may not be so little, and may bear watching.
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Joseph P. Farrell has a doctorate in patristics from the University of Oxford, and pursues research in physics, alternative history and science, and "strange stuff". His book The Giza DeathStar, for which the Giza Community is named, was published in the spring of 2002, and was his first venture into "alternative history and science".
Posted on September 9, 2019 November 3, 2019 Categories UncategorizedTags Bermuda Triangle, Dr. Joseph P. Farrell, Ocean, Underwater Obsesrvatory, USS Donald Cook, USS Fitzgerald, WaterLeave a comment on The Incredible Disappearing Underwater Theory
Something very strange is going on with the USA's aircraft carriers, and today's blog is about that, and about two articles shared by K.M. and F.L.M., to whom many thanks! So first up, the article sent by F.L.M.:
Now, as F.L.M. pointed out, when one reads between the lines a bit and connects some dots, many if not most of the U.S. Navy's fleet carriers are not operationally deployed, but rather, undergoing some sort of refurbishment, refit, or training. In the case of the USS Harry Truman, this is due to "electrical malfunctions":
"USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) has experienced an electrical malfunction within the ship's electrical distribution system requiring analysis and repair. The ship is working closely with technicians from Norfolk Naval Shipyard to determine the cause and scope of the issue. The safety of the ship's crew and reactor plants are not affected," U.S. Fleet Forces Command spokesman Capt. Scott Miller told USNI News Friday night.
USNI News understands a similar announcement went out to lawmakers on Friday evening.
A source told USNI News that it is too early to understand what this electrical malfunction means for the upcoming deployment plans.
Miller said, "it is Navy policy to not disclose future operations."
In the email accompanying the article, F.L.M. speculated and connected some dots, which are well worth pondering:
At first glance several of our carriers are in maintenance cycles or being refueled and that is an 18-24 month procedure. I cant help but to think or speculate that there is more to this story than meets the eye. Especially after seeing The drive's article about the 7th Fleets new counter measures being installed at forward deployed naval bases in and of itself is very odd. Usually upgrades to defensive weapons happen in home ports not at forward bases unless it is an emergency situation. So I am curious as to the entire carrier force is in home ports including our forward deployed carrier USS Ronald Reagan in Japan. She too is in Osaka and her deployment ended abruptly. I may be reading into this but over the past two years we have NOT deployed our carrier forces as normal. Prior to those collisions we usually deployed one battle group in each ocean to show the flag. About the time of the USS Donald Cooke incident we began scaling down operations and our carriers were absent from the oceans of earth which is very strange. Then this below article which states the entire force is grounded. Me thinks there is something rotten in these words! I am wondering if the threat assessment is of such a grave threat that we have been keeping our most prized possessions in home waters close to land based aircraft support and a friendly tow home. This leads me to the next question… who is behind this threat and why? The usual suspects pop up, those to blame it all are those Rooskies, the Chicoms, Japan, Israel, Germans etc.…. or is it an off world threat? Something has the US Navy scared ****less! There has also been a sacking of flag officers from both the US Navy and Marine Corp including Mad Dog Mattis at Secdef…. Why again? One field commander killed himself as well… Something here is oddly strange. Over time a larger picture is emerging and still too early to tell what that picture is to be. There have been other strange naval oddities as well. The missing of the Argentine submarine which was found sunk almost a year later. The Norwegian frigate collisions. The fire on board the Russian submarine killing and injuring a large part of her crew. Missing sailors. I would like to also point out that missing flight 300 which happened over the ocean as well. Perhaps I may be all wet in these other incidents but they seem to be very strange indeed.
Viewed whole, F.L.M.'s speculation certainly seems worth entertaining. Something strange certainly appears to be going on. What may be going on might be what this article, shared by K.M., alleges: the carriers are being extensively refitted with special electromagnetic counter-measures suites:
Are US Aircraft Carriers secretly protected by electromagnetic "Tesla" shields?
Firstly, what's interesting to note is that this article confirms F.L.M.'s observations on the number of carriers that are operational, but pushes this back a couple of years, to 2017. This article, however, adds a reason for the recall and refit: the advent of Russian hyper-sonic missiles has changed the balance of power equation, and thus it became necessary to install special counter-measures to protect the missile magnets known as aircraft carriers. But as the article points out, this may be a rather special type of counter-measure, a kind of "shield" designed to scramble the electronics of inbound missiles, a "Tesla" shield, after a 2018 patent by the US Navy. Now, while I am ordinarily very skeptical of this particular source, it is true that such ideas have been around for some time, and it is true that they were proposed by Nikola Tesla in the 1930s, if not before. Equally true is that such force field methods have also been proposed for deflecting asteroids from impact trajectories with the Earth, a principle equally applicable to missiles. And in an era of hyper-sonic missiles, such measures would be a logical choice, and would explain the absence of carriers in operational readiness, and also explain the US Navy's continuing construction and deployment of the behemoths. The problem with both a deflection mode of operation for any such countermeasure is the vast amount of power that would be required for it to work. Perhaps this is behind the "electrical malfunctions" of the USS Harry Truman.
But this may be a case of "you tell me," as these explanations do not seem to explain the wider scenario of F.L.M. and the many dots it connects. If one grants that this wider scenario/speculation is true for the sake of argument, then the counter-measures might be being installed for deeper reasons ultimately very different from Russian hyper-sonic missile threats or their own sophisticated electronic warfare capabilities. So, you tell me, what's going on here?
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"Life is a journey, not a destination."
"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore."
– Andre Gide
I will attempt to junction a few sets of circumstances that are taking place in a streamlined fashion for brevity's sake, but given that I haven't done an update on this blog given other person projects, this will meander a bit, so please be prepared for that.
First and foremost, I appreciate those of you on FB who have been asking me about the Blog, because that's where this Blog is mostly shared in historically speaking. To clear that up, I have no intention of stopping this blog, nor my new one which deals with only writing and poetry with little sprinkles of life. The only reason I've put this on hold is because I have a lot going on between work, a few books I'm writing simultaneously, and many other things I haven't said anything about but will so in the future.
As far as the book Amor Vincit Omnia – Love Conquers All is concerned, I have received a proof copy and I am going to proof read it the next few days a few times given how important the book is to me. Once that's done, I'm undecided if I will order another proof copy, or just switch it from Private Access to Public Access for everyone given how sometimes Lulu has some serious glitches in formatting where certain lines align to the margins when they should be centered, and so on.
Moreover, one thing I plan on doing next year is begin my pursuit of publishing nonfiction research books into a variety of topics, and I have my first one narrowed down. I hope to publish perhaps 2 or 3 if possible, but I'm uncertain depending how much I do with poetry and anything else that might arise. That said I would love it if I can do one non-fiction book per quarter, but we will see. That might be admittedly biting of more than I can chew, but, I rather aim too high than sell myself short.
I also plan on publishing additional poetry books the rest of the year, but that will come in due time.
Years ago, when I envisioned me writing, I envisioned me jumping into nonfiction first, and poetry well after that, 5 or 10 years later in fact. Synchronistically enough, that didn't happen, and I'm very glad. The reason for this is because my writing has grown to the point that I now know I can handle the workload of writing a nonfiction book along with other things, where as in the past not only did I lack the confidence but I also believe my writing wasn't where I was comfortable with given the myriad books that I want to write.
This is one of the things that I appreciate about life, that sometimes it flips things upside down for you, and where you first thought it might be a negative circumstance, in fact, it instead works in your favor and you end up doing more because of it, and grow more there in.
I could go on about a few other things, but I'll cut it here given how much meandering I have carried out. I do miss blogging on this Blog, and I have no intention on stopping this because of my plans for it. That said, I appreciate all of you who I've told to hang on a bit, and I also appreciate the inputs on some of the things I've ran by you all for this blog and so on. Thank you all so much for that.
You all have a wonderful evening.
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Purdue Schedule Preview: Week 1 at Nebraska
Posted by Nolan | Jul 10, 2020 | Big Ten, Nebraska, Previews, Purdue | 0 |
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A new series is here. With Purdue football less than two months away, we'll be breaking down each of the Boilermakers' scheduled football contests for 2020.
That was originally set to be 12 games, but on Thursday, the Big Ten announced that teams would play a conference-only schedule. That leaves Purdue with nine football games this season.
Purdue is coming off back-to-back losing seasons under fourth-year head coach Jeff Brohm. The Boilermakers will look to bounce back from a 4-8 campaign in 2019.
Purdue will waste no time getting into conference play. The first Big Ten contest comes in the opener as the Boilermakers will visit Lincoln to take on Nebraska on Sept. 5. David Bell's 9-yard run with 1:08 to go lifted Purdue to a thrilling 31-27 victory last year in West Lafayette.
Purdue vs. Nebraska History
The all-time series is tied 4-4 with Purdue currently on a 2-game win streak
Nebraska last beat Purdue in 2017, 25-24, in West Lafayette.
Purdue's 55-45 win 2015 was Darrell Hazell's only Big Ten win at home.
Purdue won the first match-up in 1958, 28-0.
Nebraska won the inaugural Big Ten match-up, 44-7.
Storylines Heading into this game
The return of Rondale Moore after he missed a majority of the 2019 season due to a hamstring injury.
Who will start at quarterback for Purdue?
Will Nebraska quarterback Adrian Martinez rebound after an up-and-down 2019 season?
Purdue defensive coordinator Bob Diaco takes on his former team.
In 2018, Scott Frost made a comment about Purdue being a "winnable game" and lost, 42-28. In 2019, Frost made a comment about wanting to play Indiana teams more and then lost to both Purdue and Indiana.
It's clear that Purdue used Frost's "winnable game" quote for motivation. Here, a player walks right by Frost making it clear his message was received. #Huskers pic.twitter.com/1oOKZoRXik
— Dan Corey (@DanCorey1011) September 30, 2018
Overview of 2019 Match-up
Nebraska dominated the early half of the 2019 match-up, getting two interceptions in the first quarter and early second. The Cornhuskers led 10-0 after a quarter. In the second quarter, a Corey Trice interception helped spark Purdue as it scored a pair of touchdowns to lead 14-10 by halftime.
In the third quarter, both teams traded field goals and after three, the score was 17-13. Nebraska's offense rebounded early in the fourth when Adrian Martinez scored a touchdown with 12:30 left in the game. Purdue soon responded with a King Doerue touchdown run and regained the lead, 24-20. Nebraska then quickly moved the ball down the field and scored a touchdown with 4:21 remaining. On Purdue's final drive, former walk-on quarterback Aidan O'Connell guided Purdue down the field after Jack Plummer broke his ankle. The drive ended with a David Bell end around for touchdown, giving Purdue the 31-27 victory.
The Nebraska Offense
In 2019, Nebraska finished 55th in total offense, 82nd in pass offense, and 30th in rush offense. At quarterback, Adrian Martinez struggled in 2019, but was electric in 2018 as a freshman. Regardless, Martinez finished with just under 2,000 yards passing, 10 touchdown passes and nine interceptions. He added 626 yards rushing with an additional seven touchdowns.
When Nebraska played Purdue, Martinez accounted for 247 yards passing, 58 rushing and two total touchdowns. In the offseason, Nebraska lost its safety net at quarterback when Noah Vedral transferred to Rutgers. However, Luke McCaffrey looks promising. Nebraska also returns starting running back Dedrick Mills, who had 745 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2019.
In the November match-up in 2019, Mills had six carries for 18 yards and a touchdown. In the offseason, Nebraska lost a big receiving threat when JD Spielman announced his transfer from the program. However, Nebraska returns promising wide receiver Wan'Dale Robinson, who was heavily recruited by Purdue out of high school.
In 2019, Robinson had 40 catches 453 yards and two touchdowns. Notably, he missed a few games due to a hamstring injury. Nebraska's offensive line is going to have to improve in 2020 after it gave up 28 sacks in 2019. This tied Nebraska for 86th nationally for sacks given up, allowing an average of more than two per game. When it came to red zone scoring, Nebraska was a dismal 115th in the nation with a percentage of .745.
The Nebraska Defense
In 2019, Nebraska finished 64th in total defense, 82nd in pass defense, and 94th in rush defense. Nebraska has two solid linebackers in Will Honas and Collin Miller. Honas is Nebraska's leading returning tackler with 73 tackles, five for a loss, and a sack. In 2019, Miller emerged as a playmaker for the Husker defense when he had 67 tackles, two forced fumbles and one sack.
On the defensive line, Nebraska lost key playmaker Khalil Davis to the NFL. Another new face will be Damion Daniels. Daniels is a physically-imposing defensive tackle at 6-foot-3 and 340 pounds. Nebraska will also introduce two new faces at defensive end with Deontra Thomas and Ben Stille.
Stille had three sacks in 2019 and Thomas had only 19 tackles but played a mostly reserve role. In the secondary, Nebraska's best returning player is Cam Taylor-Britt who had 49 tackles, three interceptions, four forced fumbles and two pass deflections. Nebraska also returns Dicaprio Bootle at corner and Deontai Williams in the secondary. A key departure was corner Lamar Jackson who graduated after the 2019 season.
When it came to sacks, Nebraska finished 57th in the nation with 27 sacks in the regular season, averaging about two per game. Nebraska finished in a tie for 34th when it came to turnovers; the 2019 Huskers finished with 21 takeaways on the season. In the red zone, Nebraska finished 122nd in the nation, giving up points on 40 of of its opponents' 44 red zone trips.
The Nebraska Special Teams
2019 Nebraska special teams was not a good year for the brand. Nebraska used six kickers in one year for reasons ranging from injury to poor performance. The best of that group of six was Matt Waldoch, who went 4-for-4 kicking field goals with a long of 41 yards. At punter, Nebraska added Will Przystup as a transfer. He looks to handle the punting duties.
When it came to returning kicks Nebraska was horrific, averaging only 18 yards a return and finishing 13th in the Big Ten. Losing Spielman especially hurts Nebraska in the punt return game as he was very good at this job. Spielman even returned a punt 76 yards for a score in 2019.
Game Prediction
This is a very important game for both squads after disappointing 2019 seasons respectively. Since it's a conference game in Week 1, it heightens the importance. Every team wants a strong start to conference play, especially when both teams are in the same division. Purdue under Brohm, has yet to win a season opener, going 0-3 during his tenure. Meanwhile, Frost has gone 1-1 in openers since he was hired at his alma mater in 2018.
Ultimately, this game will come down to the defensive side of the ball and who can get the most stops. Purdue has the better defensive line, skill positions and special teams. Nebraska has the better quarterback and linebackers. Both teams are quite similar at the offensive line and defensive secondary positions. Ultimately, Purdue finally starts things off on the right foot under Brohm in a high-scoring affair.
Prediction: Purdue 42, Nebraska 38
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Jonathan R. Cole
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Jonathan Cole
Jonathan R. Cole CC '64 PhD '69 is a professor in the Sociology Department and a former Provost.
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He received his BA in History before obtaining his PhD in Sociology with honors. From 1961 to 1964 he was on the varsity baseball team.
He served as Director of the Center for the Social Sciences from 1979 to 1987, Vice President for Arts and Sciences from 1987 to 1989, and Provost from 1987 to 2003.
He is officially John Mitchell Mason Professor of the University and Provost Emeritus of the University and Dean Emeritus of Faculties, and has an office in Jerome Greene Hall.
He has been implicated in various acts of skullduggery, including the firing of Jack Greenberg from the office of Dean of Columbia College, the attempted firing of Austin Quigley, and the failure to inform Lee C. Bollinger about John Reeves's expectation of receiving space on the new Northwest Science Building, etc. He was also involved with the spectacularly unsuccessful Fathom Knowledge Network.
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Nyker is a small town on Bornholm with a population of 700 (1 January 2022). It is located  by road northeast of Rønne.

Nyker has one of Bornholm's four round churches, Ny Kirke; the names of both church and village mean "new church". The artist Bente Hammer, who lives in the village, works with fabrics and designs dresses for clients such as Queen Margrethe and the actress Ghita Nørby. The village is home to Bornholms Frie Idrætsskole (Bornholm Free Sports School) which was founded in 2005 just after the closure of the municipal school. In 2010, there were 179 students from kindergarten through to Grade 9. The Nyker Brød bakery located on the main street delivers its products to the whole of Denmark.

The railroad
Nyker used to have a station on the Rønne-Allinge-Sandvig line (1913-1953) which is now a private house. The pavilion which used to serve Mæby Halt between Nyker and Klemensker has been restored and now stands in the sports area at the Free Sports School.

From Nyker Hovedgade, a 5 km long track, Nordre Jernbanesti, follows the old railroad to Gartnervangen in Rønne where the now demolished Rønne North station was once located.

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Dark Angel formed in 1983 in Downey, California, right around the time when the Bay Area thrash movement was beginning to take place. They played in local bars and clubs, acquiring a cult following in the metal underground. The band began recording and releasing several demos until late 1984, when they released their debut studio album We Have Arrived.
In 1986, Dark Angel released their second studio album, Darkness Descends, which is widely considered to be their seminal release. Around the same time, several other thrash metal bands such as Metallica also released seminal albums and started to gain more popularity.
Following the release, three more efforts would follow: Leave Scars in 1989, a live album, Live Scars in 1990, an apparent pun of their previous album, and what would eventually become the band's final album, Time Does Not Heal, in 1991. Time Does Not Heal shows increasingly progressive song structures (famously advertising its "246 riffs") and Hoglan's lyrics dealing with psychological issues and trauma.
In 1992, despite working on a fifth album, Dark Angel announced they were breaking up to pursue individual careers.
Dark Angel will reform for a limited number of appearances. The confirmed line-up for these rare and unique select shows features:
Gene Hoglan – Drums
Jim Durkin – Guitar
Ron Rinehart – Vocals
Eric Meyer – Guitar
Michael Gonzalez – Bass


Round Rock ISD has named Veronica Coss the new principal of Early College High School (ECHS).
Coss has served Round Rock ISD as the Assistant Principal for ECHS since August 2016 and previously served both United Middle School and Antonio Gonzalez Middle School in Round Rock and Laredo as an assistant principal. She also worked as a special education teacher and possesses over 21 years of experience in education, all of which have been at the secondary level.
She has a Bachelors and Masters degree in arts from Texas A&M International University and the University of Phoenix, respectively.
ECHS allows students the opportunity to earn both a high school diploma and associate's degree, at no cost. The campus is located at the Austin Community College Round Rock location, 4400 College Park Dr.
More information is available on the Early College High School website.


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Bosnia: Karadzic Arrest a Blow Against Impunity
EU Should Push Now for Detention of Mladic
UPDATE: On July 30, 2008, Radovan Karadzic was transferred to The Hague. His initial appearance before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), during which the judges will read him his indictment (which includes genocide and crimes against humanity) will take place on Thursday July 31st. Karadzic is the highest-level politician from the former Yugoslavia to appear before the tribunal since Slobodan Milosevic, the former Serbian president, who died in 2006 during his trial for genocide. Although Milosevic died before a verdict was rendered, his trial offers a number of important lessons for the court trying Karadzic, including with regards to the right to self representation and efficient management of complex criminal cases. These recommendations are outlined in Human Rights Watch's report, Weighing the Evidence: The Trial of Slobodan Milosevic.
The arrest of Radovan Karadzic, the former president of Republika Srpska, marks a major blow against impunity for the egregious crimes committed in the Balkans, Human Rights Watch said today. Karadzic is charged with genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, including the massacre of up to 8,000 Bosnian men and boys after the fall of Srebrenica in July 1995.
Despite the gravity of the alleged crimes, Karadzic was at liberty for 13 years after his initial indictment.
"Radovan Karadzic personified impunity for more than a decade, but his efforts to run the clock on justice have failed," said Richard Dicker, director of Human Rights Watch's International Justice Program. "This arrest offers hope to the victims of the horrific crimes that occurred there. We welcome this long-overdue arrest and look forward to his fair trial in The Hague."
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has twice indicted Karadzic on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. One indictment is for crimes committed in Srebrenica, where Bosnian Serb troops detained and executed thousands of men and boys. Eyewitnesses interviewed by Human Rights Watch at the time described horror as the victims were lined up in front of mass graves and shot.
"Today's arrest is a step toward redress for Bosnian victims and families who have suffered horribly," said Dicker.
Karadzic's arrest comes as European Union (EU) countries are preparing to ratify an association agreement with Belgrade. The EU has stressed that Belgrade must cooperate fully with the ICTY before the agreement can be ratified and that full cooperation includes arresting and surrendering the remaining fugitives to the tribunal.
Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb army commander, remains at large. Mladic has also been indicted twice, along with Karadzic, on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. He is currently in hiding. The previous Serbian government had claimed that it had no information about Mladic's presence in Serbia; however, ICTY prosecutors and independent Serbian media have alleged that Mladic was in Serbia under the protection of elements of the army outside the effective control of the civilian authorities. In addition, authorities in Belgrade acknowledged that Mladic received a Yugoslav army pension until 2002, and they have detained several people accused of helping hide Mladic.
Karadzic and Mladic were first indicted by the ICTY in July 1995 on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes alleged to have occurred in several cities across Bosnia. In a separate indictment in November 1995, the ICTY charged both Karadzic and Mladic with genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes based on the mass execution of civilians after the fall of Srebrenica.
"That Ratko Mladic is still at liberty is a major obstacle to full accountability for the genocide at Srebrenica," said Dicker. "The EU must insist that Serbia surrender him."
The ICTY delivered its first and only genocide conviction against General Radislav Krstic in August 2001, sentencing him to 46 years in prison. Krstic was second in command to Mladic of the Bosnian Serb troops at Srebrenica. Karadzic, as president of Republika Srpska, was Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. In April 2004, the ICTY Appeals Chamber, while reducing Krstic's sentence to 35 years, confirmed that genocide occurred in Srebrenica, upholding Kristic's conviction for aiding and abetting genocide.
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Jason Vargas will continue to be the Mets' fifth starter.
The 36-year-old left-hander has struggled this season and New York has reportedly been in contact with free agent Dallas Keuchel. But, general manager Brodie Van Wagenen told reporters Vargas will remain in the team's rotation.
"I don't think we operate in a world of temptation," Van Wagenen said, via MLB.com. "We want to try to go build the best team that we can. We like the guys that we have here. As people are fairly aware of, we'll always monitor opportunities to get better, but we like the guys that we have. Including Jason Vargas."
Vargas surrendered four runs and three walks while recording just one out in his start Saturday against the Braves. The Mets fell in that game, 11-7.
"We have confidence in him," Van Wagenen said. "We have confidence in this team. We're not going to be making drastic changes to our club after one bad inning of a start where he had a schedule that was derailed from the start of the season."
In total, Vargas holds a 14.21 ERA in three appearances so far in 2019. He has walked four and allowed 14 hits in 6 1/3 innings pitched.
New York manager Mickey Callaway said the team "has faith" in Vargas.
"We need to give Vargas every opportunity to go out there and succeed at this point," Callaway said. "He's done it in the past. He's struggled and then figured it out.
"We've got to get Vargas on a roll to be the best team (we can be). We've talked about this in the past, Vargas needs to pitch well. And we're going to try to get him every opportunity to do that."
Vargas signed a two-year, $16 million deal with the Mets in February 2018. He tallied a 7-9 record with a 5.77 ERA in his first season with the team.


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