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Xander Bogaerts day-to-day with back discomfort after collision with Alex Verdugo, Red Sox's Alex Cora says
Updated: May. 21, 2022, 3:35 p.m. |
Published: May. 20, 2022, 11:18 p.m.
Boston Red Sox's Alex Verdugo, top, checks on Xander Bogaerts after they collided trying to field the double by Seattle Mariners' J.P. Crawford during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Friday, May 20, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)AP
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BOSTON -- Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts is day-to-day with lower back discomfort after colliding with Alex Verdugo in the eighth inning of Friday's game, manager Alex Cora said. Bogaerts was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the eighth.
"We'll see how he feels tomorrow and go from there," Cora said, adding that the pain is on Bogaerts' left side.
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In the eighth, Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford lifted a pop-up into shallow left field that both Bogaerts and Verdugo pursued. As Bogaerts reached to make the catch, he tripped over a sliding Verdugo and landed awkwardly on his left side. The ball popped loose and the play was ruled an error on Verdugo as Bogaerts remained on the ground in pain. He sprung to his feet as manager Alex Cora and trainers went out to visit him and remained in the game for the end of the half-inning, but was then lifted for pinch-hitter Franchy Cordero in the bottom of the frame. The Red Sox went on to win, 7-3.
The Red Sox then almost had a similar collision between Trevor Story and Franchy Cordero in right field later in the game. Cora said any types of those situations make him nervous.
"It's two guys trying to make a baseball play," Cora said. "We almost had it in right field, too. It's part of the game."
Verdugo, as the outfielder coming in on the ball, has priority over Bogaerts, who was going back. Asked if Verdugo should have called Bogaerts off, Cora said the noise at Fenway Park made things difficult.
"There's 35,000 people here so it's not that easy," Cora said. "Here, lately with the wind, it feels like it's playing different the last few years. Sam's going to hate me, but with the buildings and everything that's going on, it's a little different out there."
Bogaerts, who was 0-for-2 with a walk and a run in the win, has started 37 of Boston's first 39 games at shortstop. He last had a day off on April 28 in Toronto but pinch-hit in that game.
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Woman implying she's board member does ugly dance over student mask court order: 'Go bad b*tch, Go bad b*tch!'
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A woman who some have been calling a teacher online posted a TikTok video gleefully and profanely celebrating a judge issuing a temporary restraining order that gives school districts the ability to enforce mask mandates.
The unnamed woman asked someone off-camera, "So did you hear about the federal court ruling today in Iowa?" He responded, "No."
She then implied she was a board member and gloated, "We can do mask mandates now. Local control has been restored and the judge references two affidavits written by Iowa school board members in the federal court case that was filed from the ACLU, and guess who one of the board members is?"
The man asks, "Is it you?"
The woman then starts profanely singing, "Go bad b**ch, go bad b**ch, go bad b**ch!"
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(According to Iowa Association of School Boards, school employees earning more than $6,000 per fiscal year from the school district would have to resign the position before serving on a school board. The Iowa Legislature granted a temporary exception for bus drivers, substitute teachers and para educators in 2021.)
U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pratt issued the temporary restraining order on Monday following a lawsuit by a group of Iowa parents of students with disabilities. The lawsuit contends that Iowa Code section 280.31 violates the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act. The parents claim their children were being denied equal access to education without universal masking because they are at higher risk of contracting COVID.
Iowa joined seven other states in May and passed a law that bans school districts from creating mask mandates.
Gov. Kim Reynolds declared that the state of Iowa will appeal the temporary restraining order that green-lights school districts enforcing mask mandates.
"A federal judge unilaterally overturned a state law, ignored the decision by our elected legislature, and took away parents' ability to decide what's best for their child. We will appeal and exercise every legal option we have to uphold state law and defend the rights and liberties afforded to any American citizen protected by our constitution," Reynolds asserted.
The judge's ruling reportedly only applies to Iowa school districts. The law still prevents local governments, such as cities and counties, from issuing mask mandates.
The Des Moines school district immediately reinstated the mask mandate after the ruling.
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The U.S. Dept. of Education's Office of Civil Rights is investigating whether laws in Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Utah discriminate against students with disabilities according to NBC News.
"The Department has heard from parents from across the country — particularly parents of students with disabilities and with underlying medical conditions — about how state bans on universal indoor masking are putting their children at risk and preventing them from accessing in-person learning equally," Education Secretary Miguel Cardona remarked in a statement. "It's simply unacceptable that state leaders are putting politics over the health and education of the students they took an oath to serve."
Brian Symmes, who is the communications director for South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, called the investigation part of the Biden administration's overreaching attempt "to force a radical liberal agenda on states and people who disagree with them."
"Under South Carolina law, anybody who wants to wear a mask – in a school setting or elsewhere – is free to do so, but the governor isn't going to ignore a parent's fundamental right to make health decisions for their children," Symmes told NBC News.
All five states that are getting letters are headed by Republican governors. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds flat out accused the administration of trying to "pick a political fight."
"In Iowa, we will continue to support individual liberty over government mandates," she made clear in a statement.
'It would be insane for the Republicans to pick a fight over the debt limit', Marc Thiessen warns - January 27, 2023
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Canadian pastor repeatedly jailed for defying 'COVID tyranny' will face trial for the final time - January 27, 2023


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Skripal poisoning
Alleged operations by Russia's spy agency GRU in recent years
An overview of recent allegations against intelligence agency GRU after series of announcements by Western nations.
In a series of coordinated announcements, authorities in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Australia have accused the Russian military intelligence agency GRU of a huge array of cyberattacks around the world.
The stunning revelations included details about alleged Russian attempts to target everything from the global chemical weapons watchdog to anti-doping agencies and a probe into downed Malaysian Airlines Flight 17.
Russia rejected the allegations on Thursday, calling it a "diabolical cocktail" of someone with a "rich imagination".
Here's an overview of what Russia is being accused of:
2014: MH17 plane crash investigation
British authorities allege that a GRU operation conducted "malign activity" when it tried to collect information about the investigation into the 2014 downing of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over war-ravaged eastern Ukraine by targeting Malaysian government institutions, including the Attorney General's office and Malaysian police.
Dutch officials added that GRU agents had logged into Wi-Fi networks near a Malaysian hotel where investigators had gathered.
The reconstructed frame of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shown at the presentation of the final report into the crash of July 2014 [Michael Kooren/Reuters]
Most of the 298 people killed on board MH17 were Dutch citizens and investigators say they have strong evidence the Buk missile that downed the plane came from Russia, a charge Russia denies.
Dutch Minister of Defence Ank Bijleveld said: "We have been aware of the interest of Russian intelligence services in this investigation and have taken appropriate measures."
2016: US elections and the Olympics
According to US investigators, agents from the GRU's Unit 26165 broke into the Democratic National Committee's emails, wreaking havoc during the 2016 US presidential election.
Authorities also accuse the GRU of sustained efforts to breach the computer systems of global and national anti-doping agencies and sports governing bodies including the International Olympic Committee and football's FIFA.
Russian agents allegedly hacked into the website of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the highest court in world sports, during the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
The court had been looking at doping cases involving Russian athletes.
In September 2016, the medical data of 250 athletes was released following a hack. Evidence suggests that in the same month, GRU agents also logged into Wi-Fi networks near a Lausanne, Switzerland, hotel where a World Anti-Doping Agency conference was held.
One official from the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport had their laptop compromised by malware.
According to a US indictment on Thursday, the GRU targeted the hacking victims because they had publicly supported a ban on Russian athletes in international sports competitions and because they had condemned Russia's state-sponsored athlete doping programme.
2017: Ukraine infrastructure
The GRU is accused of a catastrophic attack in June 2017 on Ukraine using malicious software that briefly knocked out cash machines, gas stations, pharmacies and hospitals.
According to a secret White House assessment recently cited by Wired, the attack caused $10bn worth of damage worldwide.
2018: Skripal poisoning, hacking attempt at OPCW
British authorities say that in March, immediately after the nerve agent attack on ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, the GRU tried to hack into Foreign Office computer systems via a phishing attack.
Sergei and Yulia Skripal were poisoned with a nerve agent in the southern English city of Salisbury on March 4 [Rex Features]
In April, four GRU operatives allegedly flew from Moscow to the Netherlands and attempted to hack into and infect the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons' Wi-Fi network in what's known as a close access hack operation.
Four Russian citizens, who allegedly attempted to hack the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague [Dutch defence ministry]
Mobile phones and a camera were found in the possession of the four Russian men who allegedly attempted to hack the OPCW in The Hague [Dutch defence ministry]
Dutch authorities showed photos including one of a grey Citroen rental car with its boot full of hacking equipment.
The men were caught and expelled from the Netherlands.
In May, GRU hackers allegedly sent phishing emails impersonating Swiss federal authorities to target OPCW employees directly.
The chemical weapons watchdog had confirmed that Skripal was poisoned by the Soviet-produced nerve agent known as Novichok.
Britain says the attack was carried out by GRU officers and almost certainly approved "at a senior level of the Russian state".
Russian reaction
Moscow on Thursday rejected the accusations, saying they were unworthy and part of a disinformation campaign designed to damage Russian interests.
Maria Zakharova, a spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told a news briefing that the accusations were the product of someone with a "rich imagination".
"It's some kind of a diabolical perfume cocktail [of allegations]," TASS news agency quoted Zakharova as telling reporters.
"The vivid imagination of our colleagues from the UK has no boundaries indeed [...] it's undignified for the country, which pretends to play one of the leading roles in the world," she said.


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Abomination at the Holocaust Museum
We note with sorrow the shooting of an armed guard at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC.
The shooter is a demented, perhaps senile racist who, at 88, wanted to go out with a bang.
And he murdered guard Stephen T. Johns, who shot and wounded him before dying, and in so doing saved the lives of many children and others in the museum.
Mr. Johns, thank you for your service to your nation and the truth. You died as heroically as any man serving on the front line in Afghanistan or Iraq. God bless you and grant you rest and eternal memory.
And as for the shooter--
There is a saying in Hebrew: "Ymech schemo."
And may Christ forgive me for saying that.
A Jewish friend of mine emails me the following:
"Make up your mind. Either you're eternally cursing the man or you're not."
Let me explain what this is about.
A brilliant essay in First Things from 2003 cites a story from Simon Wiesenthal that goes like this:
In his classic Holocaust text, The Sunflower, Simon Wiesenthal recounts the following experience. As a concentration camp prisoner, the monotony of his work detail is suddenly broken when he is brought to the bedside of a dying Nazi. The German delineates the gruesome details of his career, describing how he participated in the murder and torture of hundreds of Jews. Exhibiting, or perhaps feigning, regret and remorse, he explains that he sought a Jew—any Jew—to whom to confess, and from whom to beseech forgiveness. Wiesenthal silently contemplates the wretched creature lying before him, and then, unable to comply but unable to condemn, walks out of the room. Tortured by his experience, wondering whether he did the right thing, Wiesenthal submitted this story as the subject of a symposium, including respondents of every religious stripe. An examination of the respective replies of Christians and Jews reveals a remarkable contrast. "When the first edition of The Sunflower was published," writes Dennis Prager, "I was intrigued by the fact that all the Jewish respondents thought Simon Wiesenthal was right in not forgiving the repentant Nazi mass murderer, and that the Christians thought he was wrong."
The essay goes on to state that among Orthodox Jews, when mention is made of an enemy of the Jewish people--whether it be Hitler, or Arafat, or our nameless gunman at the Holocaust Museum--one often hears an imprecation--"Ymech shemo"--after saying the person's name.
It literally means "Let his name be erased."
There is an interesting contrast here to a common trope in fiction: in the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, and echoed in the Harry Potter books, the name of the hideously powerful force of evil in both stories is not spoken by any but the most fearless. In Lovecraft, the dark gods Cthulhu and Hastur are both referred to as "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named"; so is Voldemort in the Potter series The nameless one must remain nameless for fear that in hearing his name he (or his minions) shall be summoned and harm the speaker.
This is not what is meant by the Hebrew phrase in question.
It is a curse, an active assault on the soul: it expresses a wish and a prayer for the utter annihalation of the evil individual referred to--that he be erased: Not merely from human memory, but from eternal memory. I.e., let his soul disappear, let him never have existed.
It is, I submit, as dark a curse as can be spoken--assuming that curses, like magic spells, cause the execution of the act wished for.
Of course, the curse is, from a Christian point of view, empty: for only God, the maker of the soul, can destroy the soul (the so-called 'Second Death' of the Book of Revelations, when the soul, cast in the 'lake of fire,' is consumed). In fact, it may be impossible to destroy the soul.
On the other hand, the Old Testament is filled with numerous (rather nasty) passages where some of the various ancient Hebrews, such as Deborah, Samuel, Esther, and Samson, wish for and rejoice in the utter destruction of their enemies: Sissera the general, the sons of Haman the butcher, the king of the Amalekites, or the Philistines.
This is the morality of the Old Testament. But Christ teaches: "Love your enemies, and pray for your persecutors. When a man asks for your cloak, offer your shirt as well. When a man strikes you on the right cheek, turn and offer him your left also."
And, at Matthew 5:24-25, we are told that, before we make "an offering at the temple," we are to go first and reconcile ourselves with our brother, lest the offering be rejected.
But then it is obvious that a faithful Jew does not and should not adopt the Christian teaching's attitude of unlimited forgiveness toward the persecutor (if he did, he'd be a Christian, right?).
So. What then are we to make of Wiesenthal's lack of forgiveness?
I respectfully offer that he did no wrong.
The SS man who confessed his sins of anti-Semitism to "a Jew--any Jew", may well have saved his own soul in doing so. I cannot be sure, but what I think occurred was this: the man saw that he was about to make his ultimate 'sacrifice before the Temple' -- i.e., he was dying and about to see God -- and he needed to unburden himself of his vile atrocities and other sins and to ask forgiveness.
Whether Wiesenthal forgave him is in itself irrelevant from the point of view of the SS man. Wiesenthal, the man, simply provided an audience--and, perhaps, it WAS an opportunity for forgiveness to the man--simply by standing there and listening.*
But. Wiesenthal, in fact, did not forgive the man. Nor need he have. It would take a truly heroic, perhaps even superhuman, individual in Wiesenthal's situation to actually forgive. And I don't blame him in the least for not doing so.
But I aver that whether Wiesenthal did forgive him or not was irrelevant. Only God, in the end, could judge that SS man's soul--and erase it if, in His judgement, the man deserves it.
But if one were to wish in God's hearing, as one writer did, in reaction to the story:
Let the SS man die unshriven.
Let him go to hell.
Sooner the fly to God than he.
...one would likely hear God's reproof:
That's MY call!
So. When I wish that Mr. James Wenneker von Brunn should cease to exist for killing a total stranger at the Holocaust Museum out of naked race hatred, I suppose I should add that I don't mean it.
But I can certainly understand and sympathize with those who do.
P.S. There's a line from Stephen King's death-row novel The Green Mile that may be relevant here. There is a scene in that book where a dead murderer, having just been executed, lies on a guerney; one of the prison guards, himself an evil man, starts to curse the corpse.
"That's enough," says the lead character, silencing him. "He's square with the house."
* The essay first included the following line here: "...(the fact that he had been ordered there at gunpoint is beside the point)."
But is it? The SS man gave a command to another guard, who caused Wiesenthal to come, willy-nilly, and listen to him. Wiesenthal was, in a way, a "forced confessor". So does that matter one way or another? Had he called a prisoner-priest at gunpoint to shrive him instead, would that shrivenness had any effectiveness? Maybe it does. Maybe it doesn't. I don't really know.
I can only guess, however, that if that SS man was forgiven, God still made him "pay the debt to the last penny", or, in Catholic terms, sent him to purgatory for a VERY long and terrible stay.
Andrew Breitbart hollars Jacceuse! at the leftist press for trying to make a conservative out of the Holocaust museum shooter.
Nice try, fellas. van Whazisname was about as conservative as, oh, the guy who shot the basic trainee grads in Arkansas.
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Janhvi Kapoor, the woman who won the hearts of millions with the Bollywood movie Dhadak, is now all set to make her mark in Kollywood. Janhvi is now going to feature opposite Dhruv Vikram in the upcoming movie, Varmaa. The movie is a remake of the Telugu movie Arjun Reddy, which was a huge hit with the Telugu audience.
Though Varmaa was made much earlier featuring Dhruv Vikram and Megha Chowdary in the lead roles, the makers decided to shoot the whole project again. They stated, the true essence of Arjun Reddy was not replicated in the Megha and Dhruv starrer and hence the decision of reshooting it was taken. Bala, who directed the initial version of Varmaa, stated, he changed more than 60 percent of the movie, which is probably why it did not meet the expectations of the makers.
Now, Megha Chowdary will play the role of Jia Sharma (the actress) in the movie, while Janhvi is going to feature in the role of Shalini Pandey. Sources say, Gautham Menen is going to direct this upcoming project which is now slated for a grand release in the month of June 2019.


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Anyone setting up a MediaWiki wiki, wanting to use templates, has to export/import them from another wiki (e.g. Wikipedia) or re-write and maintain some similar ones. This can create a confusing mess. It would be very useful to have a simpler way to install an up-to-date package of standard templates.
Posting it here for community review. We are looking right now for project ideas for Outreach Program for Women.
bzimport set Reference to bz56388.
I think it should be an option during installation. Probably opt-out.
Which templates? It would be great to have a list of standard templates somewhere, so we can adjust it in future versions.
Upgrading. Changing wiki pages isn't trivial on upgrade, and compatibility of course.
A possible solution might be to treat these templates like messages. Those which aren't modified localyy, can easily be upgraded and localized like messages. Those that are modified, keep their local value.
b. seems like a bad option. So would it hurt to have "message" functionality in Template namespace? At first glance, I don't think so. If there is a predefined template, it will be "magically" present. Otherwise, Template: will just behave as usual. The only problem might be naming collisions. But we'll find our way around this.
Having said that, though, I wonder what the implications from caching and things like rebuilding the localisation cache would be.
I filed this report under "Extensions requests" only because it was the most sensible location that came to mind. I'm not trying to propose any technical solution.
Maybe Rob Kam or someone wants to start a wiki page to list template candidates?
A template providing configurable frames for banners like e.g. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Mbox but without having to import a bunch of subtemplates.
I'm also linking this request to "Bug 50329 - We need a common repository for Scribunto modules and templates" since a good setup would consider both.
I'm not sure this bug is valid.
If functionality is really needed on many wikis, it should be put in core or into a MediaWiki extension. We can easily create parser functions, magic words, etc. The two use-cases mentioned ([[mw:Template:@]] and [[mw:Template:U]]) are not compelling: they're borderline hacks that should be killed, not spread. Poor man's e-mail obfuscation hinders site usability and the user experience with almost no benefit. The "U" template was created this year and has about ten transclusions: it's hardly a critical template. Perhaps there are better use-cases you can find that would make for a more compelling case for this bug.
Broadly, decentralization seems like a pretty bad idea. For images, we implemented InstantCommons, allowing one site to be a central repository of images, preventing needless and costly duplication. We did this in an abstract way, allowing sites to easily use Wikimedia Commons, but also set up or customize other central repositories to use. I don't see why we wouldn't do the same for global bits and pieces.
For what is worth: I have no opinion about any of the two approaches (prepackaging / crosswiki transclusion). I just copied a feature request by Rob Kam at Possible Projects that made sense to record here.
Should this project be still listed in that page? If not, please remove it. If it still makes sense, then it could be moved to the "Featured projects" section if it has community support and mentors.
This project still makes sense, but has yet to get community support and mentors.
I'm not sure what you want as far as community support, but I think if you talk to non-WMF users of MediaWiki, you'll find people like the idea.
As far as mentors, I could probably help -- but I need to know what that actually involves.
As for how to do this, doesn't someone just need to bundle an XML export of the templates they want, and then import them into the wiki?
same for global bits and pieces.
the templates they want, and then import them into the wiki?
> same for global bits and pieces.
For a less than guru Mediawiki non-WMF admin. When finding out that templates are an essential part of setting up a wiki. They have to figure out which wiki to use as a source and then which templates. When the XML gets imported into the destination wiki, they've also got red links to missing sub-templates, details that apply specifically to the source wiki, (e.g. the name and logo of that source wiki) and maybe other features like style sheets that still need fixing. Afterwards how do they keep the templates up to date with changes and bug fixes. Every time the install is upgraded the process needs repeating.
to be able suggest a possible right way this could be gone about.
With the move of templates over to LUA it would make sense to merge this into 50329.
to non-WMF users of MediaWiki, you'll find people like the idea.
It was with non-WMF users in mind that I made this suggestion.
From a MediaWiki project point of view, I'd rather close this proposal as WONTFIX and remove it from Possible Project, if only to mark the direction where we want to go: a centralized system similar to Commons for images. We don't have this solution yet, but any energies invested in this problem could be better put in the right direction.
See bug 50329 - We need a common repository for Scribunto modules and templates instead.


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For example: Goal: run everyday. Then they mark either checkbox for yes I did it for each day of the week, or a numberical option where they can then indicate how many minutes they want to run each day. Then the next option goes through the same series, but what they actually did in comparision to their goal, and our computation kicks out a percentage completed.
I have updated the saved value on the check box options. They need to have +1 after the name, for a math computation. Nothing is pulling into the pdf builder. Please help. I can send images if you want to look at what I am doing.
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7 Indicted in Alleged $35 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme
admin — July 23, 2010 — 3 Comments
Kenneth Steward, 44, South Holland, Illinois, was arrested on federal charges alleging that he and six co-defendants participated in a $35 million mortgage fraud scheme involving more than 120 residential properties located primarily on the city's south side. Steward who bought and sold homes and recruited others to act as residential purchasers, and his co-defendants allegedly caused various lenders and financial institutions to lose at least approximately $16 million on mortgage loans that were not repaid by the borrowers or fully recovered through subsequent foreclosure sales.
Steward who operated various businesses including a property renovation company called Jireh Development, South Holland, Illinois was charged with mail, wire and bank fraud in an 18-count indictment that was returned by a federal grand jury and unsealed following his arrest. Steward remains in federal custody pending a detention hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael Mason in U.S. District Court.
Six other defendants, including two licensed loan officers and an unlicensed loan officer and mortgage originator, were each charged with one or more counts of fraud in the same indictment. They are scheduled to be arraigned before Magistrate Mason.
The scheme allegedly ran between June 2004 and May 2008, said Patrick J. Fitzgerald, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, who announced the charges with Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Thomas P. Brady, Inspector-in-Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service in Chicago.
"For generations, home ownership has been one of the measures of the American Dream," Mr. Brady said. "Some individuals have turned to criminal activity to profit from these circumstances. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service, along with our law enforcement partners, is committed to aggressively pursuing those who seek to actively engage in mortgage fraud schemes at the expense of others."
Also indicted were James Wilson, 62, Chicago, Illinois, who allegedly created false documents and sold them to clients to enable them and others to fraudulently obtain mortgage and automobile loans; Vanessa Mayes, 41, Chicago, Illinois an unlicensed loan officer; William Bart Rusk, 52, Woodridge, Illinois, a licensed loan officer; Stephen Iwerebon, 45, Oak Park, Illinois, who owned an unnamed real estate company that purchased, renovated and re-sold residences; Emmit Suddoth, 38, Chicago, Illinois, who also bought and sold homes and operated purported property management companies; and Lennell Willis, 47, Frankfort,Illinois, another licensed loan officer.
According to the indictment, the defendants provided false residential real estate loan applications and supporting documents to banks and lenders on behalf of prospective purchasers, knowing that these individuals, whom they had recruited, could not, or did not intend to, fully repay the loans. Steward and Suddoth and others referred and recruited individuals to buy homes by promising potential purchasers that they would not have to use any of their own money for down payments or deposits; they would be paid to act as purchasers and attend closings; in some instances, they would not have to make any payments on the mortgages obtained; and the homes were ready for occupancy or would be renovated.
The charges are part of a continuing effort to investigate and prosecute mortgage fraud in northern Illinois and nationwide under the umbrella of the inter-agency Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force, which was established to lead an aggressive, coordinated and proactive effort to investigate and prosecute financial crimes.
The indictment seeks forfeiture of $35 million. The government is being represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lisa Noller and Megan Church. Since 2008, more than 170 defendants have been charged in two dozen cases in Federal Court in Chicago and Rockford with engaging in various mortgage fraud schemes involving more than 1,000 properties and $275 million in potential losses, signifying the high priority that federal law enforcement officials give mortgage fraud in an effort to deter others from engaging in crimes relating to residential and commercial real estate. Just last month, local charges resulting from Operation Stolen Dreams involved a total of 17 defendants charged in seven separate mortgage fraud cases in Federal Court in Chicago.
The Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force includes representatives from a broad range of federal agencies, regulatory authorities, inspectors general, and state and local law enforcement who, working together, bring to bear a powerful array of criminal and civil enforcement resources. The task force is working to improve efforts across the federal executive branch, and with state and local partners, to investigate and prosecute significant financial crimes, ensure just and effective punishment for those who perpetrate financial crimes, combat discrimination in the lending and financial markets, and recover proceeds for victims of financial crimes. For more information on the task force, visit: www.StopFraud.gov.
Each count of bank fraud, or mail or wire fraud affecting a financial institution, carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine and restitution is mandatory.
The public is reminded that an indictment contains only charges and is not evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent and are entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Wm. A. McCann	July 28, 2010 at 4:58 pm
It seems like this type of fraud could not have happened without the complicity of one or more real estate appraisers; however none were named in this article??
josie	July 26, 2010 at 7:33 am
they since you are trying to stop mortgage fraud in illnois you better try indiana there are some serious kidnappers in the seymour indiana area who did come from the illnois area and go to the casionos beating up the poeple for there winnings in indiana money is not all this ku klux klan does of white men they do forge peoples name s to checks home loans get there car insurance in there names has it taqking out of ther bank accounts in centra bank scott county state bank madison bank louisville bank they rob brinks trucks from other states las vegas is one of them, running car thieving rings in clarksvill indiana is rick lintini and his gang and thats not all he runs faorging people name to asset checks many corporations in seymour are guilty of money laundering in `18 wheelers from state to state going into cnanada going into europe with bank robbery money robbing malls banks and its the same gang having it all done
joh	July 26, 2010 at 7:21 am
I know serious fraud is going in the banks in scottsburg indiana pamela name is being forged on many cds of 25 thousand 50 thousand and has because she wrote many movies and did many cartoons that were stolen by walt d to disney corporation with many people beating her up to keep making a living off her finding out that every time she leaves the state of indiana they stalk on a continuous basis forcing her back to this community and has to be embezzling money in her name forging her name in florida they were hid out living off of money they had attacked this child for and soon learned they set her up in minnasoto to have her murdered by others in that state after going there from indiana to minnosata state college to force her out of college now they have the gall to hold her prisoner in the same town aat the age of 47


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First up today, a few comments on the news regarding Donald Trump, Jr.'s meeting with a Russian attorney during the campaign last year and the federal election laws he may have violated in the bargain. But, with everyone else in the world covering that story today, fewer are covering the ongoing plans by the Senate GOP to try and repeal the health care for millions of Americans in exchange for tax cuts for the wealthy, possibly as early as next week, according to a top Senate Republican. And, if not next week, shortly thereafter, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has now cancelled much of the August recess in hopes of jamming both ObamaCare repeal and a major tax cut scheme through Congress before Summer ends.
Similarly, with all of the noise regarding the incompetence and/or corruption of Team Trump, it's important to keep an eye on their ongoing efforts at voter suppression via Trump's so-called "Election Integrity" Commission which has already resulted in voters around the nation removing themselves from registration roles for fear that Commission Vice-Chair and notorious "voter fraud" fraudster Kris Kobach will publicly release the personal information of registered voters, such as birthdate, social security number, military status, etc., as he recently promised in a letter to all 50 states seeking that data.
But, as Kobach has made a career out of pretending there is a massive voter fraud epidemic and threatening prosecution against voters for small and often inadvertent violations of the law, you'd think his Commission would follow the rule of law to the letter. That does not appear to be the case, however, as at least four different legal complaints, alleging violations of federal law, have already been filed against Kobach and the Commission over the past week, even as even more notorious GOP 'voter fraud' fraudsters are being quietly added to the Presidential panel.
THERESA LEE, staff attorney at the ACLU's Voting Rights Project, one of the groups which have filed legal complaints against the Commission, joins us to explain their lawsuit [PDF] charging multiple violations of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), how this Presidential Commission on elections is wildly different from those created in the recent past, and what it is that Kobach and friends are really up to under the sham Commission's pretext of combating 'voter fraud'.
"One of the main purposes of the Act was public accountability, the idea that if the government is getting advice, it should not be biased advice, and the public should know what's going into it," Lee tells me, describing the extraordinary imbalance of the Trump-Pence-Kobach Commission and the secrecy under which it has so far been operating.
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"True the Vote" (TTV), the Orwellian-named Republican "voter fraud" front group with a long and sordid history of deception and fraud won't take 'no' for an answer. Release the hounds.
The group has filed a formal notice of appeal [PDF] of U.S. District Court Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos' recent refusal to permit TTV to intervene as a party defendant in the U.S. Justice Department's (DoJ) federal legal challenge to SB-14, the Texas polling place Photo ID statute.
Judge Ramos found that the interests of the organization --- which masquerades as an "election integrity" group in order to actually advocate for voter suppression --- were already adequately represented in the lawsuit by the state of Texas itself.
As they were filing their notice of appeal, the disgraced GOP "voter fraud" front man, Hans von Spakovsky --- who also just happens to serve on the "advisory board" for TTV --- challenged the court's rejection of the groups Motion to Intervene in an article published at the right-wing National Review. His work there, as usual, represents a masterful example of deception, dishonesty and well-remunerated cherry-picking. That is, apparently, what Hans von Spakovsky does for a living.


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Season 5 Formula E concept car dumps rear wing
Spark Racing Technology has teased concept of the SRT05e, having won the tender process to become chassis supplier for Season 5 of Formula E.
SRT05e will be the second generation Formula E chassis and will make its debut during pre-season testing ahead of Season 5 in 2018.
According the Spark, the concept is the product of four years of the Formula E championship which it claims that the car is "much more powerful".
Spark Racing Technology was appointed as the official car supplier for Formula E by the FIA in 2013 with its appointment renewed when it won the Season 5 tender process in 2016.
The new car appears to have adopted a more aero-efficient profile and most notably Spark has opted not to use a traditional rear wing. Instead the car has a very prominent diffuser in respect to width, height and length.
Spark added that the Season 5 car will weigh less than the current SRT01 in order to accommodate a heavier battery. The battery will be heavier as Season 5 will see Formula E complete the full race distance without the need to swap cars.
McLaren Applied Technologies won the tender process to exclusively supply the Formula E grid with batteries for Season 5.
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There's been a lot of buzz lately around street food and food trucks. As a matter of fact, it's been a big trend for the last few years in the food world. Almost 12 years ago when my husband and I honeymooned in Italy, street foods sold off of a truck or cart were everywhere in the larger cities like Rome, very much like the famous hot dog (or "dirty water" dog) carts and hot pretzel carts of New York City. In Italy, they offered panino calde, which basically translates to hot sandwiches, as well as the most aromatic, delicious roasted chestnuts; their smell literally permeated the air! And since chestnuts are grown in Italy, they were the freshest and plumpest I've ever had.
However, if you are gluten free like me, food trucks can definitely pose a challenge. So, what's a gluten free girl to do? Make my own street food, dang it! I made this Mexican Street Corn, which is naturally gluten free, to bring to a family get-together this past Memorial Day weekend and it was a hit. One bite into a sweet corn cob that's been slathered with the yummiest mixture of mayonnaise, sour cream and cotija cheese ever, and you'll be hooked. This corn recipe is sure to be a summer go-to all season long!
Step 1 In two large stock pots, cover the ears of corn with cold water and bring to a boil.
Step 2 Boil for 13 minutes. Drain corn and allow to cool.
Step 4 whisk until smooth and blended. Adjust seasoning if you like it with more heat or tangier from the lime juice.
Step 5 Before serving, place the ears of corn on a hot grill until nicely charred.
Step 6 While still warm, brush some of the mayonnaise mixture onto each ear of corn, covering all sides. I like to use a silicone basting-type brush.
Step 7 Next, sprinkle on additional chili powder and the cotija cheese. Finally, place the ears of corn onto a serving platter and squeeze more lime juice over the ears.
Step 8 If desired, serve any leftover mayo mixture and cotija cheese on the side, along with more lime wedges.


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So, something that's been bothering me is how many people rely solely on astral projection for experiencing the Theoi. I don't personally think it's wise to use only one method to contact the Gods, although a primarily preferred method (i.e. tarot cards) is natural.
The more core problem is that astral projection has been unsupported by science. The accuracy of what you see is debatable if the mundane isn't even viewable accurately. Experiments and individual cases have been disappointing on the ability to remote view via projection. It has been compared by scientists to imagination, or dreaming (I'd say daydreaming). Here's a more rhetoric and logic-based rebuttal.
I won't be the first person to say it's not recon as far as Hellenismos goes. But it might not be valid at all, and for people in Hellenic Polytheism, science often matters, as it does for me. So for those of you who prize astral work, I urge you not to rely on it and to instead cross-check what you learn with any experience, both with other methods and with historical context.
I see a lot of people reminding others of the importance of Arete, or the need to follow the Delphic Maxims. For those of you who do not know, they are the supposedly most important core values of Hellenic Polytheism, and there are varying numbers of them as people understandably customize which ones they believe most important. Some of them include Arete (striving towards one's best), Eusebeia (honoring the Gods), Sophia (the pursuit of knowledge), and Kharis (mutual relationship with the Gods of offerings and answers). I won't go into too much depth on those since many have written more adeptly on this issue.
The Delphic Maxims are sayings inscribed at the archaeological site of ancient Delphi. Their authorship is contested, although there are some mythical explanations. John Oposopaus in his Oracles of Apollo mused that they may have been part of an oracular system, and even suggests his own method of using the Maxims for divination.
The pillars and Maxims both contain great wisdom, don't get me wrong. If you're a beginner Hellenic Polytheist, they're definitely worth a look. But there is no reason to assume that most people in Ancient Greece followed either, and even less reason to obligate anyone to follow them now.
Delphi was for a long time controlled by different leagues — the Amphictyonic League (Athenians, i.e., people who weren't even from the Delphi area) and later the Delian-Attic League. This means that, like much of the writings we have left to our devices, the Delphic Maxims are very much a tool of politics and product of their specific historical and political atmosphere. It's a lot more obvious with some maxims than others, such as #95, Γυναικὸς ἄρχε — rule your wife. It seems a bit unnecessary to me to think of the Maxims or the so-called pillars outside of things to personally strive to.
Equally important is that by 'modernizing' the Maxims or whatever else, you remove the source from its context and in the process attempt to revise history, intentional or otherwise.
As for the pillars, it really depends on who you ask and which pillars they use, which I think should already say something about their necessity. That said, almost everyone I've spoken to, myself included, agree that Kharis and Katharmos (ritual cleansing) are essential. Take this how you will. Personally, because the pillars were a neo-pagan invention (as far as I can tell Timothy Jay Alexander came up with them), I don't care much for them, but they nonetheless contain wisdom. The Nomos Arkhaios does bother me, however, given that it is a Reconstructionist-oriented pillar in a set of recently, American-invented pillars.
It should be common sense that decency and self-improvement are not the responsibility of religion. As atheists often say, one does not need religion to be a decent person. I really do not see the necessity for finding pillars or making dogma like the Christian Church has. It is especially puzzling because the same people who disdain Christians also necessitate such traditional structure. Also, on that note, some Christians forego such specificity whatsoever regarding central dogma and focus on the main lessons of Jesus. I think there is something to be learned from that — structure is not necessarily helpful and is arguably more harmful in the context of religion.


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Looks like someone had a good supply of flat tails.
Have they extended beaver season? Or do you have a nuisance lic.
Nock and Feedman like this.
Is that new this year?
How is the fur? I have considered trying to catch enough to make a bed spread or comforter out of. I like a heavy blanket on the bed and always figured beaver fur would make a sweet one.
Do you eat them? I cooked beaver when I was about 18. In a crock pot with a bottle of BBQ sauce. I was not much of a cook then but it came out quite good! A lot like roast beef.


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This huge 1KG pure Silver Kookaburra coin issued from the Perth Mint depicts the native Kingfisher bird. The sheer size of the coin allows for impressive detail of the 2019 Kookaburra image on the reverse, and Queen Elizabeth II's 5th portrait on the obverse. The coin has a face value of $AUD30.
First issued by the Perth Mint in 1990, the Silver Kookaburra benefits from an annual design update of the native bird and relativelt low mintage. Both factors contribute to them trading higher and be more collectible than many silver bullion coins. The 1 kilo version is the daddy of the series, with the coin also being minted in 10oz, 2oz and 1oz versions. To celebrate 25 years of issuance, the 2015 coin featured the exact design of the original 1990 Kookaburra.
Australia's proud association with its unique and impressive fauna is celebrated in many areas of antipodean life, notably on its coins. The Kookaburra is a terrestrial tree kingfisher native to both Australia and Papa New Guinea. The relatively small bird has a distinctive chirp which is commonly used as stock rainforest soundeffects. In fact, its habitat is quite varied, between savanna, rain forest and even suburban trees. The carnivorous birds like to eat insects, small rodents and reptiles.
Certainly an impressive coin to add to your collection. Great aesthetically due to the detail of the Kookaburra, but also immensley satisfying to hold due to it's 1 kilo weight.
As an investment the large size reduxes the manufacturing cost per gram compared with a smaller 1 ounce coin. Usually investors are frced to purchase silver bars to achieve economies of scale, but this manages to provide cost savings while still being a coin. As a non-UK coin it isn't Capital Gains Tax (CGT) free for UK buyers, who may wish to consider UK coins such as the double sized 2oz Dragon Queens Beast, the limited issue Silver Lunar 1oz coin, or the best selling 1oz silver Britannia coin. Don't forget that everyone is permitted just over £11k annual gains before paying CGT, so foreign coin only become taxable if you own a large quantity and decide to sell at a profit all at once. Selling some each year or combining wiht UK coins, will indirectly ensure you still keep tax efficient.


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The mysterious death of crows has become a major cause of concern for residents of Gomia, where rotting carcasses of these birds have become a common sight.
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May 18, 2016 Alisha Trimbleapple, chanel, conde nast, Fashion in an age of technology, Karl Lagerfeld, ManusxMachina, Mary McFadden, Sondra Rapoport, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Leave a comment
In the statement issued by Conde Nast, the Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute Manus x Machina "exhibition showcases the traditionally opposing roles of hand and machine in the creation of haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear and explores the unification of the two through the evolution of technology." When entering within the cathedral setting, and considering the heavy-handed selection of couture wedding gowns in this exhibition, you almost feel as if there is a rushed marriage occurring between Apple and Conde Nast.
Exhibition entryway, House of Chanel (French, founded 1913) Karl Lagerfeld (French, born Hamburg, 1938) Wedding Ensemble Autumn/winter 2014-15, haute couture Courtesy of CHANEL Patrimoine Collection.
The stunner, pictured above, when observed in profile: an extra-long train balances the proportions of what can only be described as Rotund silhouette. Hushed whispers at the first viewing of this exhibition were wondering, was the bride expecting?
What I have to wonder is, how is there an entire wing of the museum dedicated to fashion and its history, yet in the United States we still cannot acknowledge that the works of these designers should be protected as their own highly valuable intellectual property?
Roman Historian Sondra Rapoport's response to viewing the exhibition was that it "brought to light the complete circle that is the relationship between fashion and history. Long has fashion been an essential piece of the power of imagery. Use of color, quality of materials, level of detail has long been an indicator of power and prestige."
Mary McFadden (American, born 1938) Dresses 1908-1987 "Marii" machine-pleated, hand-stitched with hand-embroidered panels of polychrome sequins.
Rapoport says of the above pictured Mary McFadden dresses, "I was particularly interested to see fashion embracing both the past and the future. I saw dresses designed to resemble 12th century court wear. Created using modern materials and methods, but keeping the traditional styling and therefore its connection to its history and its former significance."
House of CHANEL (French, founded 1913) Karl Lagerfeld (French, born Hamburg, 1938) Wedding Ensemble. Autumn/winter 2005-6, haute couture Courtesy of CHANEL Patrimonies Collection.
Powerful as the the clothing exhibited may be, who has the ultimate upper hand in the overarching relationship? Why does a would-be blushing bride have tears in her eyes? Apple's sponsorship statement says "Ultimately, it is the amount of care invested in the craftsmanship, whether machine-made or hand-made, that transforms ordinary materials into something extraordinary." That sounds nice; however, I would like to add that if technology continues to overpower creatives by disseminating the designers' work without any legal recourse, together we are witnessing in real life, how, what could have been a lasting marriage ends tragically.


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By Jennifer Grigg
Aug. 27, 2013, Port Severn, Ont. - I was awoken yesterday morning by the familiar high-low tones followed by the series of beeps from my pager, brutally ripping through the silence and my deep and peaceful slumber (which was actually a good thing, because it was after 6 and we had both slept through our alarms.)
Aug. 27, 2013, Port Severn, Ont. – I was awoken yesterday morning by the
familiar high-low tones followed by the series of beeps from my pager,
brutally ripping through the silence and my deep and peaceful slumber
(which was actually a good thing, because it was after 6 and we had both
slept through our alarms.)
It was a medical call for a 19-year-old who had fallen off a balcony and onto the rock path below.
On the way to the hall, I gave my significant other the exact exit to take off the highway, the road to turn on and the next turn to get to where the call was. (I assumed he would be driving the rescue truck, apparently.) Since he's relatively new to my department – and I mean that in the nicest way – and still trying to get the roads and cross streets down, this type of conversation typically happens on the way to the hall.
We pull up behind a black vehicle driving slowly, poking along as if it were Sunday, as a matter of fact. I commented that it looked like our district chief's personal vehicle; partner says he doesn't think so, and turns on the green light to let whoever it is know that we are trying to get to the fire hall.
No reaction from the vehicle in front of us initially, but then the driver seems to catch the flashing green reflecting in their rearview mirror and, instead of pulling over, the vehicle speeds up. It then turns where we need to turn, and then sure enough, it turns into the fire hall.
"Ha!" I exclaim, "I told you it was him." (Gotta' claim those small victories when we can!)
As we're all running into the hall, the district chief told us that he didn't have his pager with him and didn't know there was a call until he caught the reflection of the green light in his mirror, which his wife had turned up the last time she'd driven the vehicle, so he didn't see it initially.
We all grab our gear and a fourth firefighter joins us and off we go. The other firefighter and I were riding in the back of the rescue truck, partner and the district chief were in the front of the truck.
Once I buckled myself in and got my gloves on, I leaned forward to see where we were, and I realized we're going in the wrong direction. I waste no time in saying (politely, of course) "Where are you going? The call is off of Nicholson's Road, you missed the ramp to go north!" At the same time, thinking to myself, "We went over this on the way to the fire hall, what the heck was he thinking?"
Partner pulls over and the DC grabs the map book. After a quick consultation, it is agreed that we're going the wrong way.
It's not often that I am that sure of myself that I blurt out a . . . question to the people in the front of the truck, but for this location I was 100 per cent sure, because we had a firefighter whose family owned a cottage on the same road. So I knew I was right on this one.
Once we got going in the right direction (which really took no time at all), we arrived well before the ambulance and had the patient packaged and ready to go for the paramedics upon their arrival.
First chance I got, I said to my partner quietly, "What the heck? Why were you going the wrong way? We went over this on the way to the hall and I told you exactly where to go!?"
He just shrugged and said, "I was told to go right, so I did."
Sigh . . . the trials and tribulations of being on a hall with your significant other.
Jennifer Mabee is a volunteer with the Township of Georgian Bay Fire
Department in Ontario. She began her fire career with the Township of
Georgian Bay in 1997 and became the department's fire prevention officer
in 2000 and a captain in 2003. She was a fire inspector with the City
of Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services before taking time off to
focus on family, and is excited to be back at it. E-mail her at
jhook0312@yahoo.ca and follow her on Twitter at @jenmabee.


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Egypt's Sisi discusses digitalization of judicial system with young judges
Sisi with young judges, heads of courts and minister of justice - Press photo
CAIRO - 5 October 2020: In a meeting with representatives of "distinguished young judges," President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi expressed the state's keenness to develop the the judicial system, especially in terms of digitalization as a strategic approach for the government.
Sisi said on Saturday he also supports qualifying caders at the best levels to take the lead of this approach.
The young judges said they appreciated the renovation of Galaa Court Complex in Cairo according to the best standards of structural designs, given that it is a historical building and receives huge numbers of citizens every day.
They added that raising the efficiency and the digitalization of the judcial system would facilitate a judge's job as well as plaintiffs' affairs, especially in terms of family court cases.
The president also met with Minister of Justice Omar Marwan, and they discussed the digitalization of the Notary Office, whose documents will be released from the center of secured state documents in order to counter forgery. They agreed to expedite the process of issuing notarized documents and review the standardized content of all kinds of such documents to facilitate and expedite citizens' affairs.