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Top 10 best junior featherweights of all-time
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The Ten Greatest Super Bantamweight Boxers in History
At the time of this division's creation in the 70's–people wondered what was the need for a pit stop between bantam and featherweight–a mere 8 pound spread. Junior featherweight seemed unnecessary–4 pounds away from the more glamor weight classes of 118 and 126. But 35+ years later, it is now an accepted division in the sport.
The great fighters in this weight class are numerous and the battles they waged unforgettable. Some great fighters who fought at 122 are not even on this list, having not stayed at 122 for very long. Others made their careers here. And some are in the middle. It's a bit of a tricky class to rate, constantly faced with the issue of what's more important–greatness or body of work. There's a little bit of both in this list. Enjoy!
1. Wilfredo Gomez (1974-1990)
When it comes to obvious choices for #1 fighters in divisions, there aren't many. As we work our way down in weight, there have only been 3 so far–Holyfield at cruiserweight, Robinson at welterweight, and Pep at featherweight. Gomez may be the most obvious choice of them all. There is simply no counter-argument. At 20, he was world champion, after knocking out Dong Kyun Yum, a fighter with 2 losses in 58 fights who had never been stopped.
After 5 defenses, Gomez faced preeminent Bantamweight Champion Carlos Zarate. The Hall of Fame puncher was 52-0. Gomez romped to a 5th-round knockout in a hallmark victory. The defenses kept piling up, usually against quality contenders. In 1981, Gomez had his first setback, coming up short in a try for Salvador Sanchez' featherweight belt. He went back to 122 and continued his reign of destruction, defeating "Kid" Meza and Lupe Pintor in a grand slugfest for the ages. He went on to win titles at 126 and 130, but junior featherweight is where he built his legend. 17 knockout wins in 17 title defenses? It doesn't get any more dominant than that.
2. Marco Antonio Barrera (1989-2011)
A teenage sensation at 115, a growing Barrera settled into 122 and forged a memorable run of thrilling fights and sensational victories. He knocked out hard-hitting ex-champ Eddie Cook, before snaring the WBO belt from Daniel Jimenez. After dusting off Frankie Toledo and Maui Diaz in quick order, he decisioned ultra-tough Agapito Sanchez. Then, Barrera engaged in one of the classics of this era in boxing, as he and Kennedy McKinney thrilled the Inglewood Forum audience. Barrera dramatically ended the bout with a 12th-round TKO. But after 2 more defenses and building a record of 43-0, Barrera puzzlingly lost two fights to Junior Jones.
Barrera would eventually reclaim his belt and rebuild his reputation. In his third defense, Marco Antonio engaged in a unification bout with fellow Mexican standout Erik Morales. It was another classic war and to many people's disgust–the split nod went to Morales. Many, including myself, remain steadfast that despite the closeness of the fight, Barrera clearly deserved to win. After 3 more fights at 122, he moved up and soon added Naseem Hamed and Morales' names to his resume.
Check out our entire collection of the all-time best fighters by weight class, as well as the breakdown of how these lists were made and what factors were included.
3. Erik Morales (1993-Present)
By the time he left 122 pounds in 2000, he was 36-0 and considered one of the best fighters in the world. A big junior featherweight, Morales was a special fighter at this weight. Despite a wispy frame, he was one of the more dogged warriors in the history of the prize ring. At 19, he defeated ex-champ Hector Acero Sanchez, setting up a title go against longtime king Daniel Zaragoza. It wasn't easy, but the young Morales stopped Zaragoza in 11 entertaining rounds to become WBC champion.
After 7 knockout defenses, including a wipeout of two-time Barrera-conqueror Junior Jones, Morales went the distance in a unanimous win over gutsy Wayne McCullough. Then came his classic war with Barrera and whoever you thought won the fight, there was no disputing Morales' grit or his standing as one of the more exciting fighters of his era.
4. Daniel Zaragoza (1980-1997)
After a short run as a bantamweight titleholder, Zaragoza moved up to 122 where he became a mainstay at the top for the next dozen years. After a loss to Hall of Famer Jeff Fenech, Zaragoza found his stride. He put together some nice wins, setting up a shot at the vacant WBC belt against comebacking Carlos Zarate–won by Zaragoza by 10th-round TKO. After a draw with tough Korean Seung-Hoon Lee, Zaragoza engaged in a thrilling trilogy with Paul Banks. Zaragoza would get the last word–winning the rubber match in 1991. Along the way, he defeated tough comp in Valerio Nati, Frankie Duarte, Chan-Young Park, and Kiyoshi Hitanaka.
Zaragoza lost the belt to unexceptional Thierry Jacob, then drew and lost by TKO (cuts) to Tracy Harris Patterson in 1993. In 1995, Zaragoza drew with Hector Acero Sanchez, but in the rematch later that year, he beat him to reclaim the WBC belt. Now pushing 40, Zaragoza experienced a career renaissance. He went to Japan for two defenses, knocking out tough Joichiro Tatsuyoshi and Tsuyoshi Harada. Then came a big win against undefeated Wayne McCullough. Zaragoza was at his cagey best in that fight–outthinking and outfighting the young Irishman. After beating Tatsuyoshi again in Japan, Zaragoza was gallant in passing the torch to Erik Morales.
5. Israel Vasquez (1995-2010)
The 4th Mexican in the top five went by the nickname "El Magnifico" and was one of the more exciting fighters in his generation. A 1997 first-round knockout in his formative years over future 122-pound standout Oscar Larios understated his prowess. But it would be a bit before Vazquez found his footing. A long winning streak would put him in line to take on Larios again in 2002. Larios would score a 12th-round TKO and Vazquez was left searching for answers. He would find them, knocking out Jose Luis Valbuena for the vacant IBF belt.
Vazquez, after a few defenses, decided to once again fight Larios for his WBC title. Israel evened the score with a big 3rd-round TKO. Vazquez would use that momentum to stop Jhonny Gonzalez is another hallmark win in 2006. Then came his epic 3-fight series with Rafael Marquez. Vazquez lost the first match, unable to continue after getting his nose smashed to bits. But his heroism was off-the-charts by twice turning the tables on Marquez in a pair of triumphant wins that cemented his legacy, but also sapped him on his vitality. It didn't matter. With 2 wins each over Larios and Marquez, including a win over Jhonny Gonzalez, he did plenty.
6. Wilfredo Vazquez (1981-2002)
The triple-division champion did his best work at 122, where he built an impressive resume. After an up-and-down title run at 118, Vazquez moved up and it didn't go well in the beginning, as Vazquez suffered a first-round knockout to Israel Contreras. He found his mojo and after rebuilding a bit, he got the best of former conqueror Raul Perez, stopping the 49-2-2 WBA champ in 3 rounds. He would hold the title from 1992-1995. He twice beat Thierry Jacob by knockout and traveled around the globe, beating the best of Europe and Asia. His best win came in his final defense–beating Hall of Famer Orlando Canizales, a long-reigning champion who hadn't lost in a decade.
7. Vuyani Bungu (1987-2005)
Bungu was considered a good fighter, but it was a shock when he lifted the IBF title from Kennedy McKinney–a fighter who had begun appearing on pound-for-pound lists. Proving it was no fluke, Bungu made 13 defenses, before leaving the division to campaign at featherweight. He was never dethroned. Among his defenses were wins over ex-champ Jesus Salud, a rematch win over McKinney, and a high-profile win over Danny Romero. The South African was a classy practitioner.
8. Kennedy McKinney (1989-2003)
The 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist beat a few toughies like Max Gomez and Jerome Coffee, before snagging the USBA title from ex-champ Paul Banke via dominating 6th-round TKO. That set up McKinney for a shot at ultra-classy Welcome Ncita's IBF belt. Ncita was 32-0, but could not stand up to McKinney, particularly his beautiful right cross, as he fell in 11. McKinney defended his belt against 26-0 Richard Duran, tough Rudy Zavala, and Jesus Salud. After a KO defense of Jose Rincones, McKinney repeated his win over the still-tough Ncita, this time by decision.
McKinney then dropped his belt to the man above him on this list–Vuyani Bungu. He stopped tough John Lowey, before losing a 12th-round TKO to Marco Antonio Barrera. It might seem odd to give McKinney credit for a loss, but if you have qualms with it, I suggest you go back and look at the fight. McKinney would lose a rematch to Bungu, but in his last shining moment, he won a slugfest over Junior Jones, who was fresh off two wins over Marco Antonio Barrera.
9. Toshiaki Nishioka (1994-Present)
As of this writing, Nishioka is still active and on a long run of wins in a streak that has lasted almost a decade. Nishioka has been a fixture on the scene for a long time, first challenging for a title at 118 in the year 2000. He came close, but could never unseat longtime bantamweight titleholder Veeraphol Sahaprom. In 2008, he won the WBC belt over 46-2-1 Napapol Sor Rungvisai. Two fights later, he went to Mexico to face longtime standout Jhonny Gonzalez, rising from the mat to finish Gonzalez in 3 rounds. Fighting quality opposition, he has since made 5 more dominant defenses, his last one coming against Rafael Marquez. The slashing southpaw is an exciting presence in the junior featherweight class.
10. Manny Pacquiao (1995-Present)
Is there a subconscious urge on my part to put Pacquiao on at least one list? With his resume spread out over so many divisions, Manny suffers in divisional rankings, but 122 might be where he has his best case. He never lost a fight at this weight and none of his bouts lasted the distance. He knocked out useful Reynante Jamili in his 122-pound debut and dusted off unbeaten Seung-Kon Chae in one round a few fights later. He then endured a tough challenge from unbeaten Nedal Hussein, before stopping him in the 10th round.
Two knockouts later, Pacquiao upset IBF champion Lehlo Ledwaba, 33-1-1, a champion with 6 title-fight wins who was well on his way to making this list. In his first defense, Pacquiao struggled against tough and dirty Agapito Sanchez in a 6th-round technical draw. Former bantamweight titleholder Jorge Julio, 44-3, was a resolute and fine campaigner who had never been stopped–until Pacquiao dispatched him in 2 rounds. Two more quickie knockout defenses later, Pacquiao moved up to featherweight.
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The Distorted Tradition of Natural Law
August 16, 2015 Terence	4 Comments
Thomas Aquinas and Natural Law are often trotted out by the rule-book Catholics alongside the half-dozen clobber texts as a supposed justification for denying respect and equality to sexual minorities. I have absolutely no expertise in Thomist theology, but was intrigued by this observation, in a longer article ("The Other Side of the Catholic Tradition"), at the Washington Post.
Thomas Aquinas, who followed a century after Hildegard, wrote commentaries on 10 works by the greatest scientist of his day, Aristotle, even though the pope had forbidden Christians to study Aristotle. So controversial was Aquinas in his day that the king of France had to call out his troops to surround the convent where Aquinas lived to protect him from Christians aroused by fundamentalist clergy. For Aquinas, "revelation comes in two books—the Bible and Nature" and "a mistake about nature results in a mistake about God." Aquinas insisted that one is always responsible to one's conscience, more than to any other authority (emphasis added).
There are clear echoes of this in the modern world, where so many religious reactionaries insist on ignoring the clear findings of science, inserting instead their own established prejudice. If we accept Aquinas' thesis that "a mistake about nature results in a mistake about God", the implications for Catholic sexual ethics are profound. The first of these would have to be a recognition that same-sex attraction is tu entirely natural and non-pathological dominant sexuality for a small but distinct minority of people, and a smaller part of the sexual make-up of many more. This much is familiar, as is the knowledge that many animals (possibly even all or most mammals, but also birds, reptiles and insects) also practice degrees of homosexual activity.
No species has been found in which homosexual behaviour has not been shown to exist, with the exception of species that never have sex at all, such as sea urchins and aphids. Moreover, a part of the animal kingdom is hermaphroditic, truly bisexual. For them, homosexuality is not an issue.
But even more important, and not nearly as well-known, are the findings from science that natural sexual activity, as observed in the animal kingdom, is not after all solely geared to procreation. This has been the traditional assumption, but thanks to empirical evidence, we now know better. In several animal species, an extraordinary range of non-procreative sexual activities occur.
In some animals, sexual intercourse begins as much as a year or two before physical maturity and the onset of fertility – and so with no prospect of procreation.
Some species practice anal intercourse. or conventional intercourse without ejaculation, or intercourse outside of the estrus period.
Many species engage in masturbation, alone, or with others of either sex. Where they lack hands they use alternative strategies.
Autoeroticism also occurs widely among animals, both male and female. A variety of creative techniques are used, including genital stimulation using the hand or front paw (primates, Lions), foot (Vampire Bats, primates), flipper (Walruses), or tail (Savanna Baboons), sometimes accompanied by stimulation of the nipples (Rhesus Macaques, Bonobos); auto-fellating or licking, sucking and/or nuzzling by a male of his own penis (Common Chimpanzees, Savanna Bonobos, Vervet Monkeys, Squirrel Monkeys, Thinhorn Sheep, Bharal, Aovdad, Dwarf Cavies); stimulation of the penis by flipping or rubbing it against the belly or in its own sheath (White-tailed and Mule Deer, Zebras and Takhi); spontaneous ejaculations (Mountain Sheep, Warthogs, Spotted Hyenas); and stimulation of the genitals using inanimate objects (found in several primates and cetaceans)
-Bagemihl, Biological Exuberance
Dolphins engage in non-procreative sex that has no human counterpart. They use their partners' blowholes as additional orifices available for penetration.
Some species practice oral sex – including oral self-pleasuring ("auto-fellatio")
Animals of several species are documented as engaging in both autofellatio and oral sex. Auto-fellatio or oral sex in animals is documented in goats, primates, hyaenas, fruits bats and sheep
Remarkably, some primates even make their own sex toys, fashioning dildos out of liana vines, and masturbation aids from suitable fruits.
Chimpanzees and penguins have been found to engage in forms of prostitution, exchanging sexual favours for food (chimps) or pebbles used in nest-building (penguins).
The implications for sexual theology are profound.
To forestall the standard reaction to this argument, I am not arguing here that because these sexual practices are found in nature, they are therefore acceptable. Animals also engage in incest, intercourse with juveniles, and necrophilia – none of which I recommend. What I am suggesting, is that we must remove the argument from nature in deciding on sexual morality. Much of the traditional Catholic theology on sex derives from Aquinas' concept of "natural law", which he in turn derived ultimately from his reading of Aristotle. We now know conclusively that whatever his value as a philosopher, Aristotle has no value whatsoever as a natural scientist. By Aquinas' own reasoning, to follow Aristotle's mistakes about nature is to make mistakes about God. To be really true to the spirit of Aquinas, we must therefore reject his own conclusions about nature in the light of the scientific evidence, and find alternative sources on which to base our sexual ethics.
What other sources are there? Traditionally, these have been the Bible and the early Church fathers to go on. Modern Biblical scholars are finding that many of the traditional interpretations of Scripture on sexual matters are flawed, while the ascetic elevation of celibacy as a Christian ideal, and the accompanying disapproval of all sexual acts, was based on a belief in the parousia – an imminent second coming of Christ.
If the traditional sources are now shown to be flawed, what else is there? The example of Aquinas in fact, helps us here, but pointing to his commitment to studying the best scientists of his day. We too can learn (and the Vatican agrees) from the best scientists of our day, not in the field of animal behaviour, but in the modern discipline of human sexuality and related fields. The findings by these scientists are that sexuality is a fundamental part of our human make-up, that diverse orientations are entirely natural, that a healthy and active sexual life can contribute directly to both physical and mental health, and that sexual expression serves many more purposes than simply procreation alone.
Probably the majority of Catholic theologians already accept this. It is time that the Vatican paid more than lip-service to its claim that we must take seriously the findings of natural and human sciences, and did so too.
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"Sacramental" Same-Sex Unions?
Natural Law, in SUPPORT of Committed Same -Sex Relationships
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Оскар Хайль (, 20 марта 1908, Лангвиден, Рейнланд-Пфальц — 15 мая 1994, Сан-Матео) — немецкий инженер-электрик и изобретатель. Он изучал физику, химию, математику и музыку в Геттингенском университете и получил докторскую степень в 1933 году за работы по молекулярной спектроскопии.

Биография
В Геттингенском университете Оскар Хайль встретился с Агнессой Арсеньевой (1901-1991), перспективным молодым русским ученым-физиком, которая также получила кандидатскую степень. Они поженились в Ленинграде в 1934 году.

Вместе они переехали в Великобританию, чтобы работать в Кавендишской лаборатории Кембриджского университета. Во время поездки в Италию они совместно написали пионерскую работу по генерации микроволн, которая была опубликована в Германии в Zeitschrift für Physik (журнал по физике) в 1935 году. Арсеньева впоследствии вернулась в СССР, чтобы дальше работать в Ленинградском физико-химическом институте со своим мужем. Однако затем он вернулся в Великобританию сам; Арсеньевой, что работала над этой темой, не разрешили покидать страну. Вернувшись в Великобританию, Оскар Хайль работал в компании Standard Telephones and Cables.

В начале Второй мировой войны он вернулся в Германию через Швейцарию. Во время войны работал на микроволновом генераторе для C. Lorenz AG в Берлин-Темпельхоф.

В 1947 Гейл был приглашен в США. После выполнения научной работы он основал собственную компанию под названием Heil Scientific Labs Inc в 1963 году в городе Белмонт, штат Калифорния. Арсеньева осталась в Советском Союзе, где умерла в 1991 году.

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Источники
 "Agnes Arsenjewa". Über den Einfluß des Röntgenlichtes auf die Absorptionsspektra der Alkalihalogenidphosphore, PhD thesis, 1929.
 "Oskar Heil". Auslöschung und Überführung von Resonanzserienspektren ins Bandenspektrum durch Gaszusatz, PhD thesis, 1932.
 "A. Arsenjewa-Heil and O. Heil". Eine neue Methode zur Erzeugung kurzer, ungedämpfter, elektromagnetischer Wellen großer Intensität // Zeitschrift fur Physik, Vol. 95, Nos. 11-12 (November 1935). — гг. 752-762.

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Manson Denied Parole for 15 Years
Posted on April 11, 2012 by cielodrive.com
For the first time in 30 years, Charles Manson is represented by an attorney at a parole hearing. Manson will not be eligible for parole until he is 92.
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Corcoran, Calif. – Charles Manson was denied parole today for the 12th time at a hearing in Corcoran State Prison. Manson, 77, refused to attend the hearing but sent an attorney to represent him. It was the first time Manson had an attorney represent him at a hearing since 1981.
At the 1981 hearing, state-appointed attorney Glen DeRonde argued from Manson's release from solitary confinement, not for his parole.
"Perhaps he would be more rational in this world if he had not been locked up for 12 years in the nut ward," said DeRonde.
Today Manson's state-appointed attorney DeJon R. Lewis argued that Charlie be moved to medical facility.
Manson, has now skipped three consecutive hearings, with his last appearance to one 15 years ago in 1997.
Manson was convicted and sentenced to death in 1971 for orchestrating the murder spree that claimed 9 lives, including the 8 1/2 months pregnant actress Sharon Tate.
The following year, the California supreme court outlawed the death penalty, claiming it unconstitutional. Charlie's sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, making him eligible for parole in 1978. He is currently serving 9 concurrent life terms.
The Board of Prison Terms unanimously denied Manson's parole for 15 years.
The next parole hearing for a Manson family member will be in mid June when Bruce Davis will go before the board for the 27th time. Unlike Manson, Davis has a good chance at getting paroled. At his last hearing in January of 2010 the Board of Prison Terms recommended Davis for parole. However, then governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rejected the recommendation saying, "I believe his release would pose an unreasonable risk of danger to society at this time."
Bruce Davis was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders of Gary Hinman and Donald "Shorty" Shea. In prison he became a born-again Christian and helped other imprisoned family members do the same.
What will stand in Davis' way if the Board of Prison Terms again recommends him for parole? According to an AP report in February, current California Governor Jerry Brown has allowed about 80 percent of decisions by the parole board to free convicted killers. Former Governor Schwarzenegger had allowed only 25 percent while former Governor Gray Davis allowed just 2 percent to walk free.
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scalesofjustice says:
It is unbelievable that Manson's court appointed attorney, Dejon Lewis of Ventura, Ca, felt Manson does not need incarceration. Wow! Did he not read the large file he held at the hearing on Manson. The Panel could not find nothing GOOD as he recently was found in 2011 with a manufactured weapon and in possession of a cell phone which is considered contaband. What would make even the most reasonable and conscientious attorney believe Manson did not need incarceration. In reading further, he never met Manson and with records in hand makes an opinion to the panel that he does not need to be incarcerated. What a lousy, lame and incompetent call for Dejon Lewis to suggest this. As one journalist stated Dejon Lewis does not even have a degree in mental health so how could an attorney suggest no incarceration but a mental health facility for a person who has done henious and atrocious crimes with no signs of remorse and who recently was caught with a weapon. Listen to the panel and they state Manson's own words that he is still a dangerous man. Dejon Lewis will be known for this horrible decision and thank God that the panel had NO PROBLEM seeing the truth and shows responsibility and a real concern for society.This is Manson's 12th attempt at freedom. Even Manson knows who he is and states he is dangerous so why did not attoreny Dejon Lewis know this. READ HIS FILE!
cielodrive.com says:
Well Charlie sure didn't give Mr. Lewis much to work with. That's for sure.
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The first thing you should do is consolidate to one firm. This does not mean consolidate all your accounts; it just means combining as many accounts as possible at the same firm. Doing so will make electronic access easier. It will also allow you to see the big picture. My wife and I, for instance, have all our investment accounts housed at a single firm, as well as a checking account. It works well, particularly with getting information online.
Once the consolidation is done, you�ll need to do some �heavy lifting� and estimate how much of your $850,000 is needed for coming college expenses versus how much you can consider long-term/retirement money. This isn�t a simple task because there is a big difference between the cost of the University of Texas and the cost of, say, Stanford or Harvard or Duke. The more of your existing long-term investments you can leave in place, the better.
The college fund should be kept in safe investments, even though they are likely to earn very little. The retirement money should be invested with an eye toward return and growth at an acceptable level of risk. For lots of people hoping to retire within 15 years, that would be a balanced fund, 60 percent equities/40 percent fixed-income. With assets in reserve for education, you might be a bit more aggressive than that.
When it comes to financial planning, talking about nominal dollars isn�t very useful because inflation makes past incomes look silly. Late in the 1960s, for instance, Fortune magazine published an article titled The Good Life Begins at $25,000 a Year. The article showed the percentage of such households that went on overseas vacations, bought good wines, had country club memberships and owned luxury cars. Today, a Texas couple with that income would be eligible for a small monthly benefit in food stamps.
So you need a metric, a framework and a unified plan for your future. Let me explain. Your $850,000 is about 12 years of what you spend from your income ($92,000 income less $23,000 savings). In fact, the multiple is somewhat larger since you don�t need to replace employment taxes when you retire, and you won�t be spending the money you now spend on the kids when you retire. So, relative to most people, you are well ahead of the game. In fact, if you were driving at Indianapolis, you�d be lapping the crowd. So if you want to take a year or two off, feel free, but it would have no impact on how your nest egg is invested.
You and your husband might have different investment styles, but you still need to be on the same page when it comes to your long-term planning as a couple. If he is as diligent a saver as you, for instance, your savings as a multiple of your spending as a couple (excluding costs of the children) might be still higher than 12 years of income. Together, you should be looking for combined assets of 20 to 25 years of your expected retirement spending, including taxes. This multiple can be adjusted downward if you factor in the value of Social Security benefits, even if you take them at age 62.
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Wednesday's Transfer Rumor Roundup: Ings to Liverpool, ter Stegen to Barca
Who's heading where, at least for today? Time for a proper transfer rumor roundup.
Liverpool is looking for striker depth after Daniel Sturridge's injury gave them a glimpse of life without the former Chelsea player, and the Reds may be looking to Burnley. Twenty-one year-old forward Danny Ings has 15 goals already this season including 11 in the Championship. He has appeared twice for England's U21 tea, scoring twice. Burnley may be forced to sell given Ings' high value and financial troubles.
Is losing Nani and Antonio Valencia too steep a price to keep Wesley Sneijder from Chelsea? The Express says that's what Manchester United is offering Galatasaray to bring the dynamic Dutchman to Old Trafford. Sneijder recently said, "I'm going nowhere, your going to keep seeing me in a red and yellow shirt," but perhaps only half of the statement could ring true for the attacking midfielder who has plied his trade in Holland, Spain, Italy and Turkey but not England's Premier League.
With Dimitar Berbatov reportedly wanting out of Craven Cottage and on the outs with many supporters, famous and ordinary, new Fulham boss Rene Meulensteen is said to be after Hungarian striker Balazs Dzsudzsak this January. Dzsudzsak has struggled to find his goal-scoring touch at Anzhi and Dynamo Moscow after a prolific career that saw him score 55 times in 156 appearances for PSV.
Atletico Madrid star goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has one big problem: in a sense, he's not really Atletico Madrid's star goalkeeper. He's property of Chelsea, but says he doesn't have interest in coming back from Spain if he isn't first choice over Petr Cech. It's a lofty claim, but the Belgian keeper has delivered on-field feats that earned him the La Liga goalkeeper of 2012-13.
Not exactly a transfer and definitely not a rumor, as Diego Calderon's injured season in Colorado is one he'd probably like to forget. The defender is headed back to the club that loaned him to MLS, LDU Quito, from Ecuador.
Could goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen (above) be moving from Germany to replace Victor Valdes at Barcelona? It's been widely-speculated, but ter Stegen says he'll announce his intentions in the coming days. A familiar name has thrown his hat in the ring if ter Stegen doesn't work out: Pepe Reina.


Spanish 3 and 4 students sang along with Edgar René at the Spanish Concert.
Spanish 3 and 4 students crowded into Millard West on Friday, November 2nd, excited to watch Edgar René perform. For Laura Kinney, the concert was a new experience, as she has not "been to many concerts," especially one where the entertainment was in a different language. Spanish teacher Mrs. Ehrke believes the concert is a great way to bring learning the language outside of the classroom, because it gives the students a "real world opportunity to use [the language]." By participating in this activity, Platteview World Language participants can expand their learning experience somewhere away from the desks.


Our Seed Fund supports high potential entrepreneurs developing technology solutions for the biggest challenges in K-12 education. We look for areas where the power of technology can improve our education system and its ability to maximize the learning potential of every child.
We borrow our approach from venture capital in that we develop investment theses informed by listening to educators, researching technology trends, studying student achievement data, and listening closely to the practitioners in our schools and organizations. Of course, the big difference between us and a venture capital firm is that we are optimizing for impact, not money.
In contrast to a fixed theory of change, we are continuously updating, modifying and revising our theses as we gain more visibility. Most of our investing is thesis-driven though we remain open to breakthrough ideas where the entrepreneur is educating us on the opportunity.
Below are a number of our investment theses (in no particular order) and how some of our investments line-up against them.
Tynker is a computational thinking curriculum for K-8, targeted at educators without a background in computer science.
CodeHS is a coding curriculum for High Schools, targeted at educators without a background in computer science.
YouCubed was founded by Stanford University professor Jo Boaler. Their mission is to harness the power of new technologies to transform mathematics education in the US and beyond by, helping teachers combat myths about failure and ability.
Mystery Science is an elementary science curriculum helping teachers to deliver inspiring and high-quality lessons even when they lack a science background.
CodeNow introduces under-represented high school students to computer programming through partnerships with leading technology companies and their software engineers.
MotionMath makes rigorous and fun math learning games.
The greatest unmet demand in our economy is for STEM-related jobs. Two million high-demand, high-skilled jobs go unfilled in the US because employers can't find enough qualified workers. It's also an equity issue: females, Blacks and Latino's are critically under-represented in some of the fastest growing and highest valued consumer technology companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter.
Approach: Our thesis is founded on two data points: a) About 50% of HS math and science classes are taught by a teacher with inadequate background; b) More than 60% of students who chose a STEM career did so because a teacher sparked their interest.
Given the importance of teachers to inspire and prepare our children for STEM fields, we seek education technology startups targeted at helping teachers. Specifically, we look for content companies to bolster teachers' STEM knowledge and support their efforts to deliver high-quality instruction even when they lack the requisite certification, background or skills (as often is the case with computer science).
School is becoming less relevant to children all over the world who now carry in their pockets access to the world's knowledge, not to mention addictive video games.
Nepris enables collaboration between educators and industry professionals to bring real world relevance to every classroom to engage students in STEM, to expose them to real job skills and to inspire them through role models.
Newsela publishes high-interest news articles daily at five levels of complexity. Newsela develops nonfiction fluency and critical-thinking skills necessary to master informational text.
TuvaLabs empowers students to think critically about data, ask meaningful questions, and communicate their observations and findings. TuvaLabs pushes students to use their knowledge, values and skills to become active members of their own communities and global citizens of the world.
ListenCurrent teaches students to Listen with the Power of Public Radio and makes it easy to bring authentic voices and compelling non-fiction stories to the classroom.
Over a million students per year dropout, failing to see the relevance of school to their future. Another 250,000 opt to attend school full-time online, without a live teacher. Virtual schools are the fastest-growing category of school choice with enrollment jumping 21% last year while enriching online providers like K12.com. Schools have struggled to define their relevance for decades but the problem has become more acute with smartphones and everywhere access. Children can find answers, code, connect to an online community, build, sell things, blog, review and learn online — all without schools. We are becoming increasingly connected and it's not just our laptops or smartphones. The Internet of Things (IoT) is coming. In just six years, Gartner estimates that 26 billion devices will be connected to the internet (e.g. your plant pots, watch, scale, and things we cannot yet conceive of).
Approach: Our thesis is that technology can help bring the real world into the classroom, making it more relevant. Children are naturally hungry for authentic problems to solve, real content to delve into and opportunities to create and contribute to our world. Not only can we help children better understand why the content and skills they are learning matter, but to also apply their learning to build something of value for themselves and community.
At a basic level, education is communication between parent, teacher and child, or in ed-school jargon, the Golden Triangle. It is critical to optimize for better communication because it has a significant impact on a child's school performance.
Class Dojo is a classroom tool that helps teachers improve behavior and involve the parent in that process.
FreshGrade is a next generation gradebook and communication platform that aligns parent, student and child in the learning process.
Schoolmint reduces the friction of school enrollment/admission by managing the process simply and securely.
Approach: Technology can reduce communication friction and enable more effective, frequent and purposeful communication between parent, teacher and child. Schools are just beginning to utilize basic communication tools that consumers have been using for years like text messaging, news feeds, translators, push email and social networks. We seek out startups leveraging consumerlike communication technologies to help parents, teachers and children better understand and support each other. This area, in particular, is undergoing major change. Currently, our focus is to dramatically improve parent engagement rates through tools that invite parents into the learning process and encourage a positive partnership between parent, teacher and child.
Approach: The demand for educator-focused specialized learning tools and content is strong. Because technology offers unique and easy ways to differentiate curriculum and instruction, our baseline approach across all investment areas is to find products that build these features from within – it should be the norm of all education technology products. (Stanford professor Jo Boaler calls differentiated learning tasks, "low-floor, high ceiling" – we look for products similarly designed.) Newsela, mentioned previously as a tool to promote relevance, is one of the best examples with a built-in lexile leveler to reach beginning and advanced readers alike.
We have narrowed our criteria to areas with: a) high need b) an over-representation of poor and minority children and c) opportunities to build a scalable and sustainable business. Given limited follow-on funding options, we invest in areas with Federal and State categorical funding available so the company can become cash-flow positive quickly. This space is primed for impact investors and Foundation mission-related investments (MRI's). Our investments are focused in two areas in particular: ELL and SPED.
Editor's Note: This article is a combination of two posts that ran on NewSchools Venture Fund's blog site here (part 1) and here (part 2). Also NewSchools Venture Fund is an investor in EdSurge.


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NASA presses ahead with Webb space telescope sunshield deployment
By William Harwood
January 4, 2022 / 8:06 AM / CBS News
NASA launches $10 billion space telescope
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Engineers activating the James Webb Space Telescope fine-tuned its electrical power system to better cope with the actual space environment and cooled down slightly warmer-than-expected motors before pressing ahead Monday with final deployment of the observatory's critical sunshade.
Bill Ochs, the NASA project manager, said tightening up the sunshade's five hair-thin layers, carefully pulling them taut with motor-driven cables running through multiple pulleys, likely would take three days to complete. But by Monday night, three of the five layers had been pulled into shape, with the final two awaiting tightening Tuesday.
The sunshade deployment has long been considered one of Webb's most challenging hurdles, but "I don't expect any drama," Ochs said.
The James Webb Space Telescope's five-layer sunshade, seen during testing at Northrop Grumman's Redondo Beach, California, processing facility. NASA
"I always tell folks, the best thing for operations is boring," he said. "And that's what we anticipate over the next three days. I think we'll all breathe a sigh of relief once we get to the final layer five tensioning. But I don't expect drama."
Webb, the most expensive science probe ever built, was launched with great fanfare atop a European Space Agency-provided Ariane 5 rocket on Christmas Day, bound for an orbit around the sun a million miles from Earth.
Designed to capture infrared light from the first stars and galaxies to form in the wake of the Big Bang, Webb is extraordinarily complex. But other than minor growing pains common to all new spacecraft, Ochs said the $10 billion observatory is moving through its initial activation almost exactly as planned.
"We are still in the getting-to-know-you phase with the telescope," he told reporters in a morning teleconference. "All satellites will always be a little bit different on orbit than they are on the ground, and it takes time to get to know that, understand their characteristics.
"That's a lot of what we've been doing over the last week, as well as still making excellent progress on the commissioning timeline."
The telescope's solar array was deployed as planned moments after reaching space, two trajectory correction thruster firings were carried out, a high-gain antenna was unlimbered and pointed at Earth and two pallets holding the sunshade membranes were rotated into position.
An extendable tower lifted Webb's primary mirror and instruments about four feet above the still-folded sunshade, providing clearance and additional isolation from the heat generated by the spacecraft's electronics. A "momentum flap" then was deployed to counteract slight forces imparted by the solar wind.
After protective covers were rolled back out of the way, two telescoping booms extended from the sunshade pallets on New Year's Eve, pulling out the Kapton membranes into their now-iconic kite-like shape.
"The tensioning of the layers is obviously the next big step that we go through," Ochs said. "When we complete tensioning of all five layers, we will have retired somewhere between 70 and 75 percent of those 344 single-point failures that were discussed prior to the mission."
He was referring to the number of non-redundant devices and mechanisms required for Webb's myriad deployments that have no backups if something goes wrong. All of them simply have to work.
An artist's impression of the Webb telescope with its sunshade and optical system fully deployed. NASA
The sunshade is required to block out the heat of the sun, cooling Webb's 21.3-foot-wide primary mirror and instruments to nearly 400 degrees below zero, cold enough to register faint infrared light from the first stars and galaxies to light up after the Big Bang.
To achieve the required ultra-low temperatures, each layer must be pulled taut by motor-driven cables running through multiple pulleys, a process that also lifts and separates the membranes to allow gaps for heat to dissipate.
That final tensioning was held up over the weekend to give engineers time off after a busy first week of deployment activity and then to assess the performance of Webb's five-panel solar array and its battery system.
As it turned out, factory presets governing the solar array's output needed adjustment to take into account the actual temperatures Webb is experiencing in space. At the same time, the telescope was re-oriented slightly to cool six motors needed to pull the sunshade layers taut.
"Everything is hunky-dory and doing well now," said Amy Lo, Webb systems engineer with prime contractor Northrop Grumman. "The observatory was never in danger, we were never power starved. ... The rebalancing of the array gives us quite a lot of margin (for) the expected increase in power that we will be needing as we proceed on."
As for the motors, Lo said they were never out of limits, just a bit warmer than optimum. Playing it safe, Webb was reoriented Sunday to improve cooling and "we've got a lot of margin now on our temperature."
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"Totally amazing": NASA completes Webb telescope deployments
William Harwood
Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time since 1984, first as Cape Canaveral bureau chief for United Press International and now as a consultant for CBS News. He covered 129 space shuttle missions, every interplanetary flight since Voyager 2's flyby of Neptune and scores of commercial and military launches. Based at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Harwood is a devoted amateur astronomer and co-author of "Comm Check: The Final Flight of Shuttle Columbia."
First published on January 3, 2022 / 3:42 PM


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With 5 branches and 80 employees, American River HealthPro Credit Union (ARHCU ) is the sixth largest credit union in Sacramento, California. It was the result of a merger in 1998 between American River Credit Union, originally founded to serve Aerojet employees, and HealthPro Federal Credit Union, which served the healthcare profession. Today ARHCU boasts 24,000 members and $250 million in assets.
Bob Steponovich knew firsthand the challenges of the Sacramento credit union market. Bob was the CEO/President of American River Credit Union. With over 26 credit unions in the same geographic area, maintaining growth and a solid employee base in this saturated market was difficult at best. He knew that in order to survive, he needed to differentiate his organization from the competition.
"Everyone on our team trusts the value of PI®. We really didn't have that before. And the difference is amazing.
At an executive luncheon, Patty Moore, CEO of HealthPro Federal Credit Union, caught Bob's interest as she addressed the same concerns Bob had about the Sacramento market. After the luncheon, Bob and Patty met several times to continue the dialogue and realized they shared more than the same business and market challenges; they shared the same vision. That combined vision ultimately led to the merger that created American River HealthPro Credit Union.
Expand the business by penetrating the healthcare market in the Greater Sacramento marketplace.
Offer their existing members "Lifetime Financial Success" through more diversified product and services.
Become the Preferred Employer in the Sacramento credit union marketplace.
Develop a strong brand for the newly formed credit union.
In order to accomplish their goals, Bob and Patty knew there were two key issues they needed to address. First, it was critical for the business to change from a transaction- based to sales-driven culture. This could only happen with the right people (i.e. proactive, service oriented employees) in member-facing positions. And second, the credit union was experiencing high turnover, especially with employees in their first 12 months of hire, and that needed to be rectified.
The success or failure of a merger frequently depends on how well the people issues are identified and addressed in advance. ARHCU chose the Predictive Index® (PI®), an assessment tool that reveals drives and motivations that influence workplace behavior, to help guide their decisions when combining their workforce. PI® offered the executive team insights into their own leadership styles as well as an understanding of the behavioral strengths of employees throughout the organization. With this knowledge, ARHCU could place people in positions where they could achieve a high level of success, and the credit union could build its competitive difference.
Bob had been trained in the use of PI® prior to the merger, and so Patty also attended a Predictive Index® Management Workshop to learn how to interpret PI® results and apply that knowledge. The next step was to develop job profiles (called PROs for "Performance Requirement Options") that identify the ideal behavioral traits for each of the key positions in the new credit union. Then every employee, including Bob and Patty, completed the Predictive Index® survey. Individual results were shared with each employee and compared with the PRO of their current positions. This was an objective way for the staff to see what their strengths were in relation to their position in their "new" organization and identify any gaps that might exist. New performance goals were also set for each position during the restructuring.
Many of the employees had been with their respective organizations for many years. The culture they knew rewarded them for balancing accounts, accuracy and attendance, not generating referrals and cross selling. In fact in the early stages of the merger, Bob and Patty saw several instances where employees who had thrived before the merger were now struggling. Patty explained, "There were several long-term, successful employees who were not meeting their performance goals. Naturally, this resulted in low morale and job dissatisfaction. But when these employees were shown their PI®'s in conjunction with their current jobs, we all understood the issue was poor job fit. Some employees excelled in an environment where there were defined processes to follow that required a high level of detail and little one-on–one communication with customers. Others were persuasive communicators with a strong desire to serve customers but were in repetitive, no face-to-face contact postions and they were out of their chairs socializing all over the credit union." In an effort to find the right positions to support the strengths of these employees, Patty compared their PI®'s to the PROs and the performance incentives and was able to retain these employees through moving two tellers to call center positions and a collector to a sales position. The job fit was perfect in all three cases. The employees were very receptive to the changes and flourished.
ARHCU felt the tremendous impact PI® was having in their organization. Position reviews as well as several job reassignments were contributing to improved productivity and morale throughout the organization. The decision was made to expand PI®'s role in the credit union. To do that, Bob and Patty decided to send all department heads to Predictive Index® training.
A core strength of the credit union is found in the managers' commitment to their "Communication Model." That Model starts with an executive team meeting every Friday in which initiatives throughout the credit union are discussed. Consolidated agenda items from those weekly meetings are then brought to monthly Leadership Team meetings which the executive team and all department managers attend. The purpose of the meetings is to share information at the various management levels that will impact functional areas within the credit union.
To set the tone of open communication and hone management skills, at the beginning of the Leadership Team meeting, the group conducts a mini PI® session based on a pre-assigned PI® topic. For the first 30 to 45 minutes, they share their "homework" which may include role playing, PI® read-backs, coaching and team building exercises, or discussions of the specific Predictive Index® factors. This allows the managers to continue to strengthen their PI® knowledge and apply it throughout their management responsibilities, from the quarterly one-on-one coaching sessions they conduct with their individual employees to working effectively on the leadership team to achieve the credit union's long term goals.
The final piece of the communication model is the monthly staff meeting that all employees attend. No significant change at the credit union occurs until AFTER the staff meeting, so all employees are aware of the planned change and the impact it may have on their customer interaction and job performance. This open communication has resulted in a culture where all employees feel respected and valued.
There are two formal processes ARHCU uses to measure the overall effectiveness of the credit union: the Balanced Scorecard and the Winning Culture Survey. Since using the Predictive Index®, the improvement in scores has been remarkable!
The Balanced Scorecard examines key areas within the organization including financial performance and membership. Results for last year include a 21.2% increase in deposits and a 6% increase in memberships, which according to Patty "far exceeds the average member growth in the credit union industry".
Patty went on to explain the importance of the Winning Culture Survey, "Our employees are our brand. It is important to survey the employees to measure the effectiveness and strength of the organization. The Winning Culture Survey is used to evaluate the internal performance of the organization and management team, and employee participation is completely voluntarily. In comparing the most recent survey to the one conducted a year prior, 95% of the employees completed the survey; this is the highest ever! Additionally, there was a significant increase in positive responses from the newest employees (those at ARHCU less than 2 years)." This is as a direct result of improved hiring and managing.
Credit Union Image/Branding (Trust, People and Excellence): 92%, an increase of 11%!
Turnover for the most recent six month survey period reflected an all time low of 12.4% from a high of 25% in previous survey periods!
The average number of years of employment increased to a high of 2.75 years, from 1.13 one year prior.


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Vikki Ann Dobson
April, 20, 1949 - May, 27, 2021 Vikki Ann Dobson passed away in Chandler Az. on May 24, 2021 She was born in Renton, Washington, she worked at a medical clinic, she loved to sew and gardening, tending to her flowers, she enjoyed painting and dancing. Vikki is survived by her Fiancee Dave Blessing, Edward W. Dobson father, and stepmother Jacqueline D. Dobson. Sisters: Laurie Freeman, Edie Dobson, Shelley Ferguson, brother: Stephen Dobson. Preceded in death: mother Beulah Jea
Gary Dean Hamrick
Nov., 23, 1945 - May 06, 2021 Gary Dean Hamrick 75, died on May 06 of 2021 in Casa Grande He was born in Salem, Or., he worked in Human resources. Surviving family: Pam Hamrick, sister, Joe Curtis, brother. No services.
Anita Gobea Soto
July, 26, 1932 - May, 11, 2021 Anita Gobea 88, passed away in Casa Grande. She was born in Mesa, Az. and married to Arnold for 54 years, she loved to dance and sing and play the drums for "Jeff Ragtime Band". Dancing was the most important thing to her, she used to watch John Wayne movies, and enjoyed spending time with family, especially her grandkids. Surviving family, her husband, Arnold Soto, children: William Tapia, Richard Otero, Ronnie Otero, Rosa Otero, sister: Vera
Arthur Garza Jr.
Oct. 26, 1967 - May, 08, 2021 Arthur "Art" Garza Jr. 53 passed away in Casa Grande. Born in Boise, Id. He did multiple jobs over the years including mechanical & carpenter. He enjoyed music and being with his family. He used to fish and take his children fishing, His grand-kids were everything to him. He is survived by his "friend" Rachel Melecio, his children: Richard Melecio (Ashley) Manuel Garza (Zelda), Deedra Garza, Teresa Garza (Jesus), of Casa Grande, April Ubalde
Laura Jean Burch
April 09, 1929 - May 01. 2021 Laura Jean Burch 92, from Eloy, AZ. passed away on May 01, 2021 Laura was born in Glendale, Ca., to Marion Gamble. She was in movies from age of 6 months to 4 years. She went to junior College & took dress design. She obtained her Associates degree. Everyone she met instantly loved her & her stories, She will be greatly missed. She is survived by her children: Sandy Reed, Helen Burch, & David Burch, 11 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren
Joan Piazza
Jan. 09, 1949 - May, 02, 2021 Joanne Piazza 72, a Casa Grande resident passed away on May 02 2021 Joanne was born in Brooklyn NY. and came to Arizona in 1970. Went to school at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill., graduated from ASU with a degree in finance, lived in Seattle for12 years, moved back to AZ. in 1997 and worked for Fender Guitar until retirement. She was an avid jewelry maker in retirement. She was kind, loving and generous, to all who knew her. She is survived
Ruthe Lynn Jowers
Sept. 9, 1957 -May, 02, 2021 Ruthe Lynne Jowers 63, passed away suddenly on May, 02, 2021 She was born in Albuquerque and moved to Kansas City, Mo. where she was raised. She got her teaching degree at University of New Mexico, She dropped everything to move to South Carolina to care for her parents before they passed away. She moved to Arizona 7 years ago so her daughter could take care of her. She loved gardening and being outdoors, she used to travel, she especially lo
Crystal Contreras
Nov. 19, 1986, -April, 27, 2021 Crystal Contreras, 34, of Casa Grande died on April 27, at Gilbert Mercy Medical Center. Ms. Contreras was born on Nov. 19, 1986, in Casa Grande. She was known for the parties that she threw for friends and was devoted to her nieces and nephews, whom she loved very much. She was very creative and always making something, including haunted houses for all. She liked to read and go to casinos. Her beloved dog, Chee-wan died recently. Survivors in
Daniel Laux
Sep. 08, 1940, - April, 26, 2021 Daniel J. "Dan" Laux, 80, of Casa Grande died at home on April 26, 2021 Mr. Laux was born on sept. 8, 1940, and was a son of Dorothy and Raymond Laux. He enjoyed traveling on his motorcycle with his wife, bonnie: a daughter and son, Robbie Hughes of Wisconsin and Rick Laux of Chandler: a brother, Jim Laux of Wisconsin: three grandchildren: and nine great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father. Private service. Memorial contribut


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Christina Ha, co-owner of the popular patisserie Macaron Parlour, and Emilie Legrand, one of the bakery's first pastry chefs, have collaborated with their feline friends and KittyKind to create Meow Parlour.
These two cat ladies will open the official cat club at 46 Hester St on Monday, Dec. 15. Around the corner is a new Meow Parlour Patisserie, where the baked goods will be prepared.
Free-roaming cats will be available for adoption in the Meow Parlour, and guests can enjoy delicious treats, Blue Bottle Coffee and Harney & Sons tea while playing with them.
Visits, not including pastries, cost $4 per half hour of cat time and $8 per hour. During these reserved times, guests can play with available cat toys, gently pet sleeping cats and purrhaps even adopt a furry friend. Only human guests are invited, other cats must stay at home.
While Purina sponsored a pop-up cat cafe -- serving cattuccinos-- last spring, Meow Parlour is New York's first permanant cat cafe.


Hey guys! I know you've been anxiously awaiting my recipe for meatballs since seeing my last post for Spaghetti. Well, here it is! These are really great and just get better the longer they simmer in the luscious tomato sauce.


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TOM PHILPOTT: MILITARY UPDATE: Summer comes to Bosnia, but dangers remain
philpo — Jun 18th, 1996
L.T., that guy in the wagon just covered something with his coat. I think he's got a weapon under there."
The comment from a sharp-eyed soldier on mechanized patrol in northeastern Bosnia June 5 sends a jolt of excitement through the convoy of Bradley fighting vehicles.
Cpl. Joseph Mitchell, 28, commands the lead vehicle in a three-unit patrol. He watched closely as a Bosnian on an old tractor, with hay wagon in tow, left a narrow mountain road to allow the convoy to pass. Another man, in a para-military garb, sits on the wagon's edge, a coat at his feet.
Mitchell believes the second man tossed his coat over an assault weapon, which civilians can not have under terms of the Dayton peace accord. Mitchell's warning is directed to his platoon officer, 1st Lt. Brian C. Dudley, who is peering from a second Bradley not 50 yards away.
It is early afternoon and the convoy is deep into mountainous Serb-held territory, west of the riverside town of Zvornik, at least a dozen miles from a U.S. outpost, nicknamed Camp Alcatraz, where the patrol originated.
Six month's into this peace enforcement mission, the prospect of finding unauthorized weapons on patrol is down. Dudley, three years out of West Point, hasn't confiscated a weapon since taking command of the platoon in late spring.
His boss, Maj. Bryan Roberts, operations officer of the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry, explained the mission to me earlier that day in the command center at Camp Alicia, 15 miles east of Tuzla. "You aren't going to a weapons storage site today," Roberts said. "You're going down Route Montana and back up through Zvornik. These are all secondary roads back here that have previously been cleared [of mines]."
Secondary roads indeed. Early in the patrol the powerful tracked-vehicles seldom touched asphalt. Dudley, standing in the top hatch, map in hand, dodged wave after wave of tree limbs while barking directions to his crew. The lead Bradley disappeared so often in heavy vegetation I expressed concern into my tape recorder over whether the route truly has been swept for mines. My headset, however, was on. "Keep your concerns to yourself," Dudley said.
In encampments throughout Bosnia, summer heat has turned mud into fine dirt which can lay inches deep. But the countryside is strikingly beautiful. Valleys are green and lush. Every hilltop offers a deceptively picturesque view of white farm houses with red-tiled roofs, nestled among tall pines.
Yet up close, the same scenes show the grim toll of civil war. Every second village, it seems, has been destroyed and abandoned. Artillery shells punched gaping holes in walls and roofs. Cars were burned in garages. Children's shoes decay on front porches. The human exodus clearly was involuntary.
At one farm, a Bosnian Serb says the property he stands on has belonged to his family for generations. Behind him, however, are the headstones of a Muslim family cemetery. Children still smile and wave as U.S. convoys pass but some use the three-finger salute representing a Bosnian Serb victory. Many U.S. soldiers here believe the fighting will resume if and when NATO forces pull out.
For now, however, there's a job to do.
At Mitchell's warning, Dudley, 24, stops the convoy, calls to his interpreter and jumps down. His soldiers take up positions on the Bradley and the ground, M-16 rifles at the ready. The Bosnian in the wagon pretends not to understand, before reluctantly lifting his jacket to reveal an AK-47 assault rifle. Pulling the weapon towards him, he shakes his head at Dudley. Then has a change of heart.
Dudley removes the magazine, clears the chamber. Another soldier counts the 29 rounds. Dudley tags the weapon, but because the Bosnian declines to provide his name, he will never get it back. Mitchell, circling the tractor, finds a holstered handgun on the driver's hip. Dudley asks for that weapon too, but the excitable driver insists it is registered. "He says you can kill him but he don't want to give the pistol," the interpreter says.
Unsure of the latest policy regarding civilians with handguns, Dudley orders the lead Bradley to higher ground to communicate with base camp.
Then he turns to the tractor driver. "Tell him," Dudley says to the interpreter, "if my commander says I take it, I will take it."
Minutes later the answer is in: handguns can be worn if registered. The convoy moves on.
Crossing Checkpoint Charlie, the center of the zone of separation operated by U.S. forces, Dudley holds the AK-47 aloft for an instant in mock triumph. But the day's excitement soon passes. And the platoon, in the end, is only a day closer to going home.
TOM PHILPOTT: In Bosnia, peace comes from G.I.s
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -- Bosnians desperate to flee Sarajevo had their hopes crushed today when the army, reluctant to let any potential fighters leave, canceled convoys that were to evacuate more than 6,000 people. "I think this is the biggest manipulation of the people ... [Read More...]
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News > Features
Wonders of Kids Night Out
Mon., Dec. 26, 2005
Last year's First Night parade drew thousands to downtown Spokane. (File/ / The Spokesman-Review)
Shannon Amidon Correspondent
First Night admission buttons
Purchase buttons at Tomlinson Black Real Estate Offices, at Tidyman's Supermarkets or at Zip Trip Food Stores.
Cost: $12 before the event, $14 at the event
Children 10 and younger are free with a button wearing adult
Group discounts call 252-5027
On the Web: www.firstnightspokane.org
On New Year's Eve Inland Northwest kids have their own downtown party to attend: Kids Night Out. Beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday, Kids Night Out is part of the city-wide First Night festivities.
Event planners expect as many as 5,000 children to participate in this year's kid-friendly activities. If that sounds like a lot of preparation, it is. But Kids Night Out co-chair Dianne Fields, said that for her, "The biggest reward is watching the kids."
"From performing artists to the arts and crafts projects, we tried to make Kids Night Out as interactive as possible in every respect," said Jauna Kozee, First Night Performing Arts Chair. "We basically are trying to encourage imagination, education and diversity. And remember, if you're under the age of 10 you get in free."
Fields and Kids Night Out co-chair Mary Uptagrafft, both retired educators, are in their second year as Kids Night Out coordinators. And this year they've gone all out.
"With the exception of one thing – the mad hatter hats from last year that were so popular we had to bring them back – everything is new," said Fields. "We have five very distinct and different venues. Wonders of Diversity, Wonder of the Earth, of Sea, Sky and Percussion. In each of the venues, there will be items to create based on the themes."
Kids should expect to end the year with lots of crafts they've created under the watchful eyes of Kids Night Out volunteers. Some of the crafts were partially constructed over the course of the year by students at Middle Schools Sacagawea, Salk, Glover, Shaw, Gary; and Willard Elementary.
"It's great to see all the kids leaving with their little arms full at the end of the night," said Kozee.
Materials for all the masks, bookmarks, picture frames, drums, and kaleidoscopes will be provided by Kids Night Out and made available at the various creation stations.
"For example, at the Wonders of Diversity venue, the bookmarks are made by gluing kid heads and feet to the top and the bottom of ribbons," said Fields. "At the Wonders of the Sea stations, they will use rainbow colored pieces of cord and different kinds of sea animal charms for beads. At Earth the kids will use flowers, and bugs and lizards to decorate their crafts."
Organizers this year have provided goofy glasses in addition to the popular half masks of last year.
"In the diversity venue, they'll be doing African masks and Aztec masks," said Dianne. "And in the Sea (venue) the glasses look like swim goggles and they'll decorate them with fish and sailboats and octopuses."
Dick Frost, magician and puppet master, marks his fifth year anniversary with First Night this year.
"I've been with them since the beginning," he said. "I felt invigorated after my first First Night performance. I thought what a way to end the year. Then I thought wait a minute, what a way to start the year. I don't know if it was the freshness of the air or the snow or what, but I was hooked."
Frost performs with his puppet friends – Mr. Long Ears the top-hat wearing rabbit, Mikey the mouse that lives in a piece of cheese, Genie in a bottle, Blue Bear, and Ted E. Bear, whose middle name is Edward. But he says, "Clyde the dodo bird is the only puppet who can do a magic trick. He performs the Hindu rope trick."
In Frost's shows, "I try and get the kids to feel part of it. I want them to feel the magic so when they leave they can feel special – like they were in on something."
The Spokane Children's Theater is planning some improvisational games for this year's Kids Night Out. Maria Caprile, President of Spokane Children's Theater Board, said that last year, "The kids bought into the games right away and the adults played into it as well and enjoyed it."
The Spokane Children's Theater will also preview its upcoming production, The Little Mermaid: A Story of Aloha, with a few hula numbers.
Kids Night Out also features performances by Northwest Hula, the Rainbow Fiddle Kids, Christian Youth Theater, and funny song extraordinaire Eric Herman.
"We're trying to get kids excited about the arts," said Kozee. "The arts are the first to go when cutting school or community center budgets. We're trying to keep that channel alive through First Night."
Fields believes that it is working.
"One of the neatest things that happened last year was a little girl who goes to the same church that Mary and I do leapt into Mary's arms the day after the kids festival and said 'That's the best thing I've ever done in my whole life,' " Fields remembered. "Now that excitement is what I call worth it."
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The Premier League season kicked off once again last month, which can only mean one thing: match-day pints.
The price of a pint in the UK has risen by 13p in the past year to £3.60, a price that a recent YouGov survey found is 60p too expensive for the average Bfritish pub-goer.
But while premiums on pints differ from city to city, the mark-ups are almost always higher at events such as festivals and football matches.
Of course, this isn't always the case. Betting specialists OddsMonkey have collated data on the average cost of a beer in the UK's 20 Premier League stadiums, and compared their markups to the pints in their city centres to determine whether or not its worth leaving it till the last minute to go through the turnstiles.
From Watford to Wolverhampton, click through to see the worst-offending stadiums for marking up beer prices.


This video clip is a televised story of our 2006 mission trip to Peru, on Dallas's CBS local evening news, Channel 11.
During that mission trip, we brought water systems and flushable restrooms to three isolated villages in the Andes Mountains of Peru, South America. The villages had no running water, electricity, or any flushable restrooms. We gave the villages two of those three most basic needs in life.


Getränke zu den Mahlzeiten - mit Mineralwasser, Romagna-Weinen, Orangensaft, Coca Cola.
Sonnenliegen am Strand, schöne sonnige Tage.
The above-mentioned prices are intended as per person and per day (for a minimum of 3 days) for a double room accommodation with air conditioned and they include a full board treatment (overnight stay, buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner), VAT 10%, service, use of bathing huts. The meals which are not taken will not be deducted (they can eventually be replaced by a pa¬cked lunch). The room will be free before 10 a.m. on departing day.
Half Board € 5.00 reduction per day on the full board price.
Mineral water, local wine and soft drinks during meals + sun umbrella and chaise longue at the beach.
Hier finden Sie jeden Komfort für einen magischen Urlaub am Meer.


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Karel Prokes › Education and degrees
Karel Prokes
M.S. Solid State Physics: Magnetism, June 21, 1991, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, The Czech Republic
Oct. 1991-Oct. 1992 - PhD study at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics in the group of Prof. Dr V. Sechovský, Charles University, Prague, CZ
Aug. 1992- Feb. 1997 - PhD study at Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute in the group of Prof. Dr F.R. de Boer, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, sponsored by "Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM)" and the "Nederlandse organisatie voor Wettenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)"
Ph.D. in Solid State Physics, February 13, 1997, Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics, Physics and Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Feb. 1997- Apr. 1997 - postdoctoral fellow at University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
May. 1997- Oct. 1997 - research associate at Charles University, Prague, The Czech Republic
Oct. 1997 – Oct. 1998 - JSPS postdoctoral fellow at Faculty of Science (Today Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter) in the group of Prof. Dr T. Fujita (today Department of Quantum Matter, Low Temperature Physics), Hiroshima University, Japan, sponsored by the Japanese Society for Promotion of Physics
Nov. 1998 – present - postdoctoral fellow at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Berlin
Nov. 2001 - DrSc. degree (Doctor of Science) attained at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, The Czech Republic


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The Latin trailblazer has participated in a wide variety of scenes, from having her perky asscheeks spread apart and stretchy by a sizable cock to having her pussy filled to the brim with cream. She can also be seen engaging in ass to mouth scenes that have surely had viewers panting in their seats.
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In many cultures, societies, and religions, there is some myth or memory of a distant past when humankind lived in a primitive and simple state, but at the same time one of perfect happiness and fulfillment. In those days, the various myths tell us, there was an instinctive harmony between humanity and nature. People's needs were few and their desires limited. Both were easily satisfied by the abundance provided by nature. Accordingly, there were no motives whatsoever for war or oppression. Nor was there any need for hard and painful work. Humans were simple and pious, and felt themselves close to their God or gods. According to one anthropological theory, hunter-gatherers were the original affluent society.
These mythical or religious archetypes are inscribed in many cultures, and resurge with special vitality when people are in difficult and critical times. However, in utopias, the projection of the myth does not take place towards the remote past, but either towards the future or towards distant and fictional places, imagining that at some time in the future, at some point in space, or beyond death, there must exist the possibility of living happily.
These myths of the earliest stage of humankind have been referred to by various cultures, societies, and religions..
"Paradises" may not exist in the full meaning of the conceptual value, however.. they sure can exist in some degree of form on a sufficiently narrow conceptual space. But.. as all utopias.. these too can be a human construct.. your construct! If your fight for your dreams and hopes.. the chances are that you will most probably get your own tailored paradise .. your own Utopian Paradise!
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Amy V. Simmons stops by to talk with Chris about her latest piece for Blackcommentator: "The Audacity of History: River Deep, Mountain High, Valley Low," where she reflects on her dad's involvment in the Civil Rights Movement during the '60's.
During the 2nd part of our show we will discuss what the US Really wants from Syria. You many be shocked.


You will gain a working knowledge of fundamental OSHA standards, policies, and procedures. Review OSH Act and general duty, inspections, citations, and general duty clause penalties, walking/working surfaces, hazardous materials, material handling, and electrical and welding standards. You'll also review OSHA requirements for Lockout/Tagout, Right to Know, machine guarding, and more.


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We will create a tailored treatment plan based on your chin profile. At each treatment, you will be given multiple small injections under your chin. You may receive up to 6 treatment sessions, spaced at least 1 month apart. Many patients experience visible results in 2 to 4 KYBELLA® treatment sessions.
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Life is a journey and all of us are pilgrims. This series looks at the nature of the journey that all of us are on, and considers some of the tools that Christianity has to offer, which may help us navigate the seasons of life and find nourishment along the way.
The Way: Feast	- Isaiah 25
Wine is as old as civilisation. Almost every ancient culture and religion has rituals at the centre of which is wine. In this talk, Liam looks at how the biblical writers used the metaphor of wine to speak about the promise of new creation, and how practicing communion is a powerful way of immersing ourselves into God's story.
The Way: Ascent	- Psalm 24
David Stroud | Sun Feb 15 '15
In the ancient world mountains represented spiritual places: places where gods dwelt, and where people could get close to them. In this talk David looks at Psalm 24 and considers the invitation to ascend the hill of the Lord and draw close to God.
The Way: Darkness and Light	- Ephesians 5:1-20
Andy Tilsley | Sun Feb 1 '15
At points in our journey we cross borders and find ourselves in new settings, which require different ways of thinking, living and acting. In this talk Andy looks at the metaphors of darkness and light and considers how moving from one to the other sets the foundation for how we can live effective lives.
The Way: Struggle	- Genesis 32
Hannah Elwyn | Sun Jan 25 '15
Sometimes the spiritual journey is hard going: it's tiring, painful and feels like a struggle. In this talk, Hannah draws lessons from the story of Jacob's wrestling with the angel, and considers how we can persevere and receive blessing from God.
The Way: Desert	- Exodus 16
David Stroud | Tue Jan 20 '15
The desert: a place of quiet and solitude. In a city like London – fast paced, busy and loud – how can we find places of stillness, and what kind of habits can we develop to learn to draw strength and nourishment from God on a daily basis?
The Way: Exile	- 1 Peter 1-2
Andy Tilsley | Sun Jan 11 '15
What does it mean to be a stranger or alien in a foreign land? And what is our future hope? In the second talk of this series, Andy looks at the idea of 'exile' and considers how we can live effective lives here and now, whilst looking forward to another age to come.
The Way: The Way: Journey (John 14)
Liam Thatcher | Sun Jan 4 '15
Life is a journey and all of us are pilgrims. In the first talk from this new series, Liam considers the nature of the journey we're all on, and how Jesus' claim to be the way, the truth and the life provides the foundation for Christian spirituality.


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The Football League Forum
Managerial Merry-Go-Round Thread
By Smiley Culture, September 26, 2017 in The Football League Forum
Gillingham and Oldham Athletic have parted with Ady Pennock and John Sheridan.
With a full round of EFL fixtures tonight I'm sure others may be out of a job come the weekend.
Mansfield Town reject Gillingham's approach for Steve Evans.
Gateshead manager Neil Aspin joins the club he played for, Port Vale, as manager.
Would have been surprised if Steve Evans fancied swapping a promotion battle for a relegation battle in a higher division. He's all about reputation.
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Apparently paul scholes has been interviewed for the oldham job. He'll be shit I just know it
16 minutes ago, Gunnersauraus said:
I hope he isn't. He's going for a job with a club close to his heart and is willing to manage at a respectable level instead of doing punditry work expecting to one day be offered a top job based on reputatuon. Alan Shearer and Ryan Giggs take note.
A fantastic player who you appreciate more since his retirement. Speaks well and seems level headed. Id rather Richie Wellens get the job based on their recent improvements but I wouldn't begrudge them if they go down this route.
Apparently he has no interest in the job, it was in an advisory capacity only.
On 13/10/2017 at 8:21 AM, Smiley Culture said:
If that's the case then given Richie Wellens now has four wins in four games there's really no advice he needs to offer.
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While the security situation is currently calm, Guinea-Bissau has a history of political instability and periodic violence. A coup d'etat took place in 2012 and further civil or military unrest is possible.
New Zealanders in Guinea-Bissau are advised to closely follow local political developments by monitoring the media. We recommend maintaining a high level of personal security awareness at all times and avoiding all large public gatherings and demonstrations, as they have the potential to turn violent.
While violent crime towards foreigners is not common, foreigners may be the targets of opportunistic crime, such as pickpocketing or robbery. Walking alone or travelling after dark is not recommended and if travelling by road, car doors should be locked and windows up. Incidents of road banditry and car jacking pose a risk for travellers. We do not recommend using public transport. As foreigners are often targeted due to their perceived wealth, avoid wearing or displaying valuables, such as jewellery, cameras and mobile devices.
Although the capital city of Bissau was declared mine-free in 2006, unexploded landmines continue to present a hazard in many other parts of Guinea-Bissau.
Travellers are advised to drive on well-travelled roads only and not to venture off well-used paths, especially if travelling in rural areas in the interior of the country.
As there is no New Zealand diplomatic presence in Guinea-Bissau, the ability of the government to assist New Zealand citizens is severely limited. We offer advice to New Zealanders about contingency planning that travellers to Guinea-Bissau should consider.
Modern medical facilities are limited, so we advise New Zealanders travelling or living in Guinea-Bissau to have a comprehensive travel insurance policy in place that includes provision for medical evacuation by air.
Keep your passport or residence permit in a safe place and carry a photocopy for identification purposes.
New Zealanders in Guinea-Bissau are strongly advised to register their details with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.