WASHINGTON, D.C., April 14 – At the start of the Senate education committee's action on legislation to fix No Child Left Behind, Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said the bill reflects "remarkable consensus" about how to fix the problems with the law.
Today at 2:30, the committee began action on the bill. In what is called a "markup," committee members offer amendments to the bill, those amendments are discussed, debated, and voted on. Later this week, the committee will vote on the entire legislation, including those amendments that have been accepted. If the committee votes to approve the legislation, it will be sent to the Senate floor for debate by the full Senate.
We are meeting today to write legislation that will fix the problems with "No Child Left Behind," the federal law causing confusion and anxiety in our country's 100,000 public schools.
Working together the last few months, Senator Murray and I have found a consensus about the urgent need to fix these problems as well as a remarkable consensus about how to fix them.
That consensus is this: Continue the law's important measurements of academic progress of students but restore to states, school districts, classroom teachers and parents the responsibility for deciding what to do about improving student achievement. This change should produce fewer tests and more appropriate ways to measure student achievement. It is the most effective path to advance higher state standards, better teaching, and real accountability.
We have drafted a bill based upon this consensus which we will offer as a starting point for our deliberations.
The problems with No Child Left Behind have been created by a combination of presidential action and congressional inaction. In 2001, President Bush and Congress enacted "No Child Left Behind," requiring a total of 17 tests between reading, math and science during a child's elementary and secondary education. The results of these tests must be disaggregated and reported according to race, ethnicity, gender, disability and other measures so parents, teachers and the community could see which children are being left behind. The law also created federal standards for whether a school is succeeding or failing, what a state or school district must do about that failure, and whether a teacher was highly qualified to teach in a classroom.
If fixing No Child Left Behind were a standardized test, Congress would have earned a failing grade for each of the last seven years. "No Child Left Behind" expired in 2007 but Congress has been unable to agree on how to reauthorize it. As a result, the law's original requirements have stayed in place and gradually became unworkable. This has caused almost all of America's public schools to be classified as failing under the terms of the law. To avoid this bizarre result, President Obama's Education Secretary offered waivers from the terms of the law. But the Secretary required each of the 42 states currently operating under waivers to adopt certain academic standards, take prescribed steps to help failing schools, and to evaluate teachers in a defined way.
In each of the last two Congresses, this Committee produced bills to fix No Child Left Behind. Basically, these bills divided our committee along party lines. Even so, two Congresses ago, Sens. Enzi, Kirk and I voted with the Democratic majority to report a bill out of committee so that the full senate could act. In the last Congress, the committee majority passed a partisan bill without any Republican votes, but I committed to support Chairman Harkin in taking the bill to the floor if there would be an open amendment process. Unfortunately, these bills never reached the senate floor.
In January, Sen. Murray suggested that the two of us work together to try to bridge the partisan divide and to recommend to the full committee a solution. I accepted her suggestion and I want to thank her for it. We have listened carefully to our senate colleagues, to teachers, principals, governors, chief state school officers, students and parents and the business and civil rights communities—and to each other.
I especially want to thank our staffs—Evan Schatz, Sarah Bolton, and Amanda Beaumont on Sen. Murray's staff, and David Cleary, Peter Oppenheim, and Lindsay Fryer on my staff—for their hard work and the way that they worked, trying to strip aside the rhetoric and look for real solutions. I believe they, and we, have succeeded in that.
We found that no issue stirred as much controversy as testing. Our proposal maintains the reading, math and science tests and disaggregated reporting requirements established in 2001. The more we studied the problem, the issue seems not to be the 17 federal tests. A third grader, for example, is required to take only one test in math and one in reading during one year. Denver Public Schools superintendent Tom Boasberg testified before the committee that he'd like to keep math and reading tests to a total of 4 hours a year – that's about what they are right now in Denver, according to our calculations.
Instead, the problem is the federal government's accountability system for what to do about the results of these tests. This federal accountability system has greatly contributed to the exploding number of state and local tests.
Because of this, our proposal would end federal test-based accountability and restore state and local responsibility for creating systems holding schools and teachers accountable. State accountability systems must meet limited federal guidelines, including challenging academic standards for all students, but the federal government is prohibited from determining or approving state standards or even incentivizing states into adopting specific standards. In other words, whether a state adopts Common Core is entirely that state's decision. This transfer of responsibility is why we believe our proposal will result in fewer and more appropriate tests.
States will determine their lowest-performing schools and receive federal funds to assist those schools but the federal government will not mandate specific steps to fix those schools.
Sens. Murray and Isakson will propose and I will support an amendment for competitive planning grants to help states expand quality early childhood education by addressing the fragmentation of current early childhood federal, state, local, public and private programs.
In conclusion, I have this request for members of the committee: please exercise restraint and help us get to a result.
If we senators were students in a classroom, none of us would expect to receive a passing grade for unfinished work. Seven years is long enough to consider how to fix No Child Left Behind. The members of this committee are thoroughly familiar with the issues. Twenty of our 22 members were on the committee during the last Congress when we considered and reported a bill. Sixteen of our members were here in the previous Congress. Over the last 6 years and 3 months we have had 27 hearings on elementary and secondary education.
Knowing this, Sen. Murray and I have exercised restraint. Neither of us insisted on putting into our base bill every proposal about which we feel strongly, although we will offer some of these as amendments when we reach the senate floor. We know that to get a result we have to achieve consensus, which means more than sixty votes. We also know that in conference we will need to agree with the House of Representatives, which is of one political party, and then with the President, who is of another.
During our committee discussions, any germane amendment will be in order to the bipartisan agreement Sen. Murray and I will offer. Any amendment related to K-12 education will be in order on the senate floor. Nevertheless, I would ask each member of this committee to exercise restraint in search of a result. If we can agree on most things, let's put aside the other things until another debate and another day.
"I ask that your committee remember that the American public school system was built on the belief that local communities cherish their children and have the right and responsibility, within sensible limits, to determine how they are schooled.
While the federal government has a very special role in ensuring that our students do not experience discrimination based on who they are or what their disability may be, Congress is not a National School Board.
In other words, our well-intended guidance from Washington is usually not as effective as a decision made in the home, classroom, and community by those closest to the children.
What we heard over and over again from Democrats as well as Republicans was that while continuing measurements of academic progress are important in holding schools and teachers accountable, we should respect the judgments of those closest to the children and leave to them most decisions about how to help 3.4 million teachers help 50 million children in 100,000 public schools improve student achievement.
Fifty years ago on Palm Sunday, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the first Elementary and Secondary Education Act. A good way to celebrate that anniversary is to fix the problems with the most recent version of the act so that all our children can have the best possible opportunity to learn what they need to know and be able to do so in an increasingly complex world.


This summer, we want to help you build a better world.
That's why we've dedicated our Summer Reading program to building, literally and figuratively.
Summer Reading begins Thursday, May 25, at all of MPL's branches. Sue Durante, the Bubble Lady, will build big and beautiful bubbles for the kids to enjoy at 7 p.m. that day at the Main Branch.
Then, we'll host Make-It Mondays at 1 p.m. each Monday in June and July at our Main Branch. Kids will build with a different material each week—everything from Lincoln logs and tinker toys to sand.
Also, children can earn a free prize by building this summer. If they complete 10 of 20 recommended activities before Summer Reading ends on July 30, they'll get a bonus gift from us. The activities include building a sand castle, snap circuit, a hopscotch court, a birdfeeder, fort, a house of cards, and more.
We're hosting an art contest for teens this summer, as well. They can submit any artwork with the theme "Build a Better World" by July 15. The art will be displayed at MPL's Main Branch and the winning artist will receive a prize. Applications for the contest will be available at May 25.
Families can learn how to build a better world—literally and figuratively—during summer reading at Mentor Public Library.
Finally, adults can get in on the fun too. They can learn how to paint during the Monet at the Marsh program at 7 p.m. on July 12 at the Headlands Community Center.
Also, authors Mindy McGinnis and Claire McMillan will visit us on June 20 and July 26, respectively, to discuss how they build better stories.
The more someone reads, the better chance they have of winning.
Kids who read or are read to up to 15 hours will also receive a Library Champion lawn sign and window cling.
For more information on our summer reading program, call us or check out our event calendar.
Teens can get creative with the Creation Station during Summer Reading at Mentor Public Library's Lake Branch.
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The former gymnastics national team coach received a disciplinary sanction for improper behavior
Urheilu reported in November about the inappropriate treatment experienced by former national team athletes. The gymnasts talked about constant weight loss and serious health problems.
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The gymnastics association has given a decision to the former head coach of the rhythmic gymnastics national team Laura Ahonen in a disciplinary case. Ahonen and another coach of the national team were suspected of acting improperly towards young, even underage, national team gymnasts for years.
The disciplinary committee of the gymnastics association imposed a disciplinary sanction on Ahonen. The committee did not announce the exact penalty. According to the association's rules, notices or warnings about sanctions are not public.
The punishment was imposed according to the seriousness of the offenses and the general disciplinary practice. The athletes' strict pace of weighing and monitoring their weight was considered inappropriate and inappropriate behavior.
On the other hand, the disciplinary committee stated that weight management is part of rhythmic gymnastics and thus a permitted training method, at least in elite sports.
The committee investigated the events of 2016–2021 and concluded that some of the alleged acts were outdated.
No disciplinary sanction was imposed on the national team coach, who was the second suspect.
Laura Ahonen, who has coached at the top level for ten years, states in the press release that she did her work without greed and with the best interests of the athletes in mind.
– I am happy that I can finally return to the normal routine in my coaching work after dealing with the matter that has been going on for over a year and continue my coaching work free from the burden caused by this matter.
Executive Director of the Gymnastics Association Maria Laakso considers it good that the disciplinary process has reached a decision, but does not comment on its content.
He states that every athlete must be guaranteed a safe operating environment in gymnastics.
– We have failed in that and I am really sorry for that. We have been making the cultural change for four years and we will continue it even more determinedly, so that inappropriate things do not happen in gymnastics in the future.
This is how events unfolded
The capital region's sports academy Urhea made a request to the Finnish Center for Sports Ethics to investigate Laura Ahonen's activities in the spring and winter of 2021, when it became concerned about the health and mental endurance of the national team gymnasts.
After the preliminary investigation, the Gymnastics Federation made a request for an investigation to Suek in June 2021. Suek submitted the report to the Gymnastics Federation in December 2021, after which the federation took the case to its disciplinary committee.
In Suek's survey, there were ten women who were minors when they started in the national team. Suek's investigation was limited to athletes who have been involved in national team activities after the 2016 Olympic Games. The national team did not make it to the Tokyo 2021 Olympics.
Ahonen and the team's second coach were moved aside from national team coaching at the end of January 2022.
According to the gymnasts interviewed by Urheilu, head coach Ahonen's coaching methods included humiliation, bullying and pressure to lose weight. The athletes said that the coaches' actions have caused them long-term and serious health problems, including eating disorders and depression.
The Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture asked the Gymnastics Federation for an official report on how safe the operating environment has been in the federation's elite sports activities and on what measures the federation has taken and plans to take. The gymnastics association gave its report to the ministry in December.
Director General of Youth and Sports Policy of the Ministry of Education and Culture Esko Beach told Urheilu at the time that OKM will process the Gymnastics Association's report in January and decide on possible further actions after that.
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FAA And JAA Certify Boeing 717-200 Upgraded Flight Computer
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Europe's Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) have certified the Boeing 717-200's first major upgrade to the airplane's flight control computer and flight management system.
Both regulatory agencies certified the changes on Oct. 20, 2000, after a rigorous 12-month follow-on program at the Boeing Long Beach Division. Initial certification of the short-range twinjet occurred in September 1999.
"The 717 has gained an outstanding reputation for offering one of the most advanced flight decks in the Boeing fleet," said Terry Beezhold, director of the 717 Forward Cabin Integration Team. "The upgrade we have certified will help make the aircraft even better, including boosting its dispatch reliability, which has recently exceeded the program goal."
All functions originally envisioned for the airplane's Flight Management and Autoflight systems now have been certified.
The updated Flight Management System (FMS) now includes Global Positioning System capability, fuel predictions, and vertical guidance. These features provide optimal fuel burn and automatic control to a vertical path. The vertical path is constructed using airplane performance data stored in the onboard computers. The FMS also calculates take-off Vspeeds - the airspeed at which airplanes rotate or lift off the ground - eliminating the need for the flight crew to review charts and manually enter the information.
A data link function has been added to enable digital flight planning communications between the airplane and ground air traffic control and airline operational control.
Autoflight System updates include a reactive windshear function to help flight crews detect and escape this potentially hazardous condition. A Category lllb autoland capability, allowing an airplane to land when visibility is extremely limited, is also available.
Chuck Finazzo, project leader of the follow-on certification, said the upgrade package also contains other improvements and customer requested changes based on customer inputs received during the first six months of revenue service.
AirTran Airways, the launch customer, began 717-passenger service in October 1999. Other current operators include Aerolineas Baleares, Impulse Airlines, Olympic Aviation, and Trans World Airlines.
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Time for agricultural industry to lead the way
National MP Shane Ardern drives his tractor ``Myrtle'' up the steps of Parliament in September 2003 to protest against the Government's gas emission tax. Photo: ODT archives
It seems a long time ago that National MP Shane Ardern rode ''Myrtle'', his elderly tractor, up the parliamentary steps in protest at the proposed ''fart tax''.
That was back in 2003 and there have been many iterations of carbon reduction schemes since then with agriculture sliding along relatively unscathed. One did feel that it was only a matter of time before the grace period was over. Climate change has not gone away, a raft of regulations are on their way, but they do look a little different from what we were expecting.
The biggest difference to the current scheme versus previous schemes is the split gas regime, where methane is treated separately due to its shorter lifespan in the atmosphere - the target is a 10% reduction in biological methane emissions by 2030, with a provisional reduction of 24% to 47% by 2050.
All other greenhouse gases - including carbon dioxide from power production and transport - have to be reduced to ''net zero'' by 2050.
The biggest surprise for farmers is that biological methane emissions cannot be offset by planting trees, leaving them a tool down for mitigation of livestock's most significant greenhouse gas (non-methane gases can be offset by tree planting). Such plantings may have financial value in the growing carbon market which should be factored into the equation for farmers. This is likely to be of relevance to farmers operating extensive hill country, but not those operating on expensive and more-intensive flat land.
Another implication will be pressure on the use of synthetic nitrogen (in the form of fertilisers), in order to reduce nitrous oxide production. Such nitrogen use is already under pressure, given water quality regulations, especially in the dairy industry.
Initially, the point of obligation for collecting emissions payments will be at the processor, meaning farmers don't have an ability to prove they have better than industry average emissions. This means they will be lumped with an industry tax, regardless of whether they are good or poor operators - certainly not inducive to practice change.
It is important to understand that the Government is aiming for a total carbon reduction for the country, not a reduction per unit of output. This means that improvements in efficiency will not have an overall impact on national carbon levels. The main way for farmers to achieve total carbon reductions will be by reducing stocking rates, unless scientists are able to come up with methane reducing technologies.
For farmers, increases in efficiency should still be on the agenda to maintain farming revenue with fewer livestock - this can be done with better quality feed at critical times, and by increasing fertility and survival rates.
Reducing livestock numbers sounds daunting to someone whose business is built around producing milk or meat products. Especially right now. when the dairy industry is under considerable financial pressure. But thinking about this with a 30-year window out to 2050, fundamental patterns of land-use change may be enough to reach these targets regardless of what farmers do individually.
Urban sprawl is predicted to continue, plant-based foods are increasingly demanded by consumers and horticulture is booming. Will market-led land-use change to fruit trees, cropping, forestry and housing lead to attrition of livestock by stealth?
Finally, I believe it is worth thinking about our food chain with an alternate lens. A colleague who attended the recent Rabobank Farm2Fork Summit, in Sydney, described to me such a lens: measuring our food and land-use by nutrient value rather than, or in addition to, carbon value. This then recognises the place high-density nutritious foods, such as venison, have in our diet compared with the ubiquitous high-fructose corn syrup, destroying Western diets.
Let's compare some products: cows' milk has a much higher carbon footprint than soy-milk, but it also has a much greater nutrient density index. At the other end of the spectrum, beer has a similar caloric index to cow and soy-milk but a nutrient density index of zero. Putting them all on a level playing field, what does the world need and what should we be producing?
New Zealand has to play its part in addressing climate change. In the same breath, we must not underestimate the value of high-density nutritious food in future diets and the value of livestock industries to our economy. In its current form, the new regulations are a crude tax on farmers - I think we can do better. We need to constructively respond as an industry - but I am afraid, whinging and riding tractors into parliament are acts of the past - the threats of climate change are too big to ignore. It's time for the agricultural industry to demonstrate sophisticated, pan-sector thinking to lead the way in creating value for our nation's future.
-Anna Campbell is managing director of AbacusBio Ltd, a Dunedin based agri-technology company.
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The Advertising Agencies Association of India announced that this year's AAAI Lifetime Achievement Award will be awarded to legendary ad man Ram Sehgal. This is the highest honour to be given to an individual in India for his/her outstanding contribution to the Advertising Industry.
This award is being bestowed on Ram Sehgal in recognition of his outstanding leadership and contribution to the advertising industry; in literally establishing Delhi as a premier centre for advertising in India – it was this foundation that later led JWT Delhi to become the largest office in India and among the largest in the world; in moulding 'Contract Advertising' into one of the finest agencies of the day in so much that it was fiercely independent and a worthy rival to its own parent HTA; in attracting and nurturing some of the finest talent to 'Contract Advertising' across disciplines; in leading Contract to be recognised as a powerhouse for strategy and creative; in leading AAAI and establishing one of the finest training programs in the industry ever; in setting the highest standards of professionalism that became the standard for generations that followed; and not in the least for his immeasurable contribution to social causes.
Members of the Selection Committee for this award included Sam Balsara, Srinivasan K Swamy, Ambi Parameswaran, Nakul Chopra, and Jaideep Gandhi.
The AAAI Lifetime Achievement Award is presented annually to an individual who has been a practitioner of advertising for twenty-five years and had been in the top management position; has been or continues to be an active participant in industry bodies and or made significant contributions in shaping the industry priorities which enabled the advertising industry to grow, prosper and become more professionalized; individual known for his integrity, ethical practice and leadership qualities; contributed to his Company/Companies growth by innovative thinking and taking them in newer directions; involved in projects of social consequence which is seen as a role model for the industry at large and had been an industry veteran.
This award was instituted in 1988 by AAAI and 25 persons have been bestowed with this award earlier.The AAAI Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Mr Ram Sehgal on 26th July 2018 in Mumbai.


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L.A. River Master Plan, rejected by local environmental groups, is approved by L.A. County
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By T.A. Hendrickson
At their board meeting on Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Supervisors approved the final Los Angeles River Master Plan, a document to guide the development of 51 miles of continuous open space along the river from Canoga Park to Long Beach, including key sites in Northeast Los Angeles.
The five-member Board of Supervisors approved the Master Plan unanimously despite the objections of several local environmental groups.
Stated goals of the Master Plan are to improve water quality and supply; restore natural habitats for plants and wildlife; protect riverside communities; provide equal access for all Angelenos to parks, trails, recreational facilities and cultural activities along the river route; and manage flood risk.
The opponents of the Master Plan say that the document is mainly about flood management and redesign through the use of more concrete, not restoration of the river ecosystem and protection of riverside communities.
The L.A. River Master Plan would connect all 51 miles of the L.A. River, from Canoga Park to Long Beach. | Source: L.A. River Master Plan
Opposition to the Master Plan was on full display on Tuesday morning, when eight environmental organizations held a press conference to announce their dissent. These groups, most of which served on the 41-member Steering Committee for the Master Plan, demanded that the County remove their names and logos from the Plan's community engagement and Steering Committee section. They said that the Plan falsely claims to have engaged them in robust community consultation and to reflect their feedback.
The dissenting groups include East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR), Heal the Bay, L.A. Neighborhood Land Trust, L.A. Waterkeeper, Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples, The Nature Conservancy of California, and Trust for Public Land.
The opponents of the Master Plan also sent a letter detailing their opposition to the County Department of Public Works and private entities involved in the L.A River restoration.
County Supervisor Hilda Solis, who represents Northeast Los Angeles, did not respond as of press time to a request from the Boulevard Sentinel for comment on the opposition to the Master Plan.
At the board meeting, Supervisor Hahn asked Mark Pestrella, director of the L.A. County Department of Public Works, about the opposition from environmental groups. Pestrella said that the opponents saw some aspects of the Master Plan as "emblematic of more concrete and less natural solutions." He defended the choices made in the Master Plan and said they had considerable support on the community level. He also said that environmental groups would continue to have opportunities to raise their voices and be heard as the Master Plan advances.
Marissa Christiansen, CEO of FoLAR, a leading river advocacy group headquartered in Cypress Park, wrote in response to questions from the Boulevard Sentinel that FoLAR is "disappointed and downright alarmed by the County's LA River Master Plan."
She said the Master Plan is "greenwashed," referring to the disingenuous tactic of claiming to be environmentally conscious but actually making no notable headway on sustainability issues. In the case of the Master Plan, Christiansen said it "ignores the realities of climate change, holistic watershed function and community needs."
She also said that the Master Plan did not undertake the necessary analysis to understand the feasibility of restoring the river in a more natural way without reliance on concrete, an approach she said is supported by experts, engineers and environmental advocates.
Tim Brick, managing director of the Arroyo Seco Foundation, echoed Christiansen's concern. Brick told the Boulevard Sentinel that the Master Plan takes a narrow view of the river as a flood channel rather than a complete ecosystem encompassing storms, water, fish, wildlife, sediment and the communities located along the river.
Brick is particularly concerned that the plan does not include restoration of the Arroyo Seco and Tujunga Wash tributaries of the L.A. River. A plan for restoring the river that ignores the tributaries is akin to a plan for restoring health to a human body but ignoring circulation and other functions in the arms and legs, he said.
A central issue in the redevelopment of the L.A. River is "green gentrification," a dynamic in which public environmental investment in low-income communities raises property values, leading to the displacement of current residents.
The opponents to the Master Plan say a holistic approach to river redevelopment would bolster community resilience.
The county supervisors, for their part, want to try to establish a public land bank that would be able to purchase land in the affected communities on which to build affordable housing. On Tuesday, in addition to approving the Master Plan, the county supervisors also approved a motion calling on relevant agencies to report back in the months to come on how to establish a land bank pilot project with an initial $50 million.
The land bank idea was explained in a recent opinion essay in the L.A. Times by Jon Christensen and Sissy Trinh. Christensen, an adjunct assistant professor at UCLA's Luskin Center for Innovation and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA, has been involved in L.A. River redevelopment issues. Trinh is executive director of the Southeast Asian Community Alliance.
A new land bank along the lines outlined by Christensen and Trinh would create only 800 units of affordable housing out of an estimated 5,200 units that the Master Plan estimates will be needed to avoid displacement of residents in low-income riverside communities.
Christensen and Trinh argue that the county could try to tap federal COVID recovery aid and the state budget surplus to find additional funds for the land bank to keep fighting green gentrification beyond the initial effort.
The final L.A. Master Plan has been some six years in the making. At this point, there is agreement that the river is an environmental disaster and that displacement of residents of L.A. riverside communities would also be a disaster. But there is disagreement on how to address those disasters.
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"He off fan, so the road is in recovery started," Rushdie's agent Andrew Wylie told CNN. on Sunday. – It will be a long time – the injuries are severe. But his condition is deteriorating. in right direction."
"Despite the fact that his life-changing injuries are serious, his usual cocky and cocky feeling of humor remains safe and sound," the statement said.
Rushdie prepared for give lecture at the Chautauqua Institute on Friday when the man jumped on stage and stabbed him in several places, including the neck and abdomen.
Employees and guests ran onto the stage and held down suspect, identified as 24-year- old Hadi Matar, of Fairview, New Jersey, in front of a state trooper assigned to event took According to the New York State Police, he was taken into custody.
"It was very difficult to understand. like kind of bad prank and it didn't make any sense of reality"said Ralph Henry Reese, another speaker at event who injured minor head injury during attack. He was taken to the hospital by ambulance and then released with face care injury.
"And then when there was blood behind him, became realReese told CNN's Reliable Sources. on Sunday.
Among the author's injuries are three stab wounds on the right side of front of his neck, four stab wounds to the abdomen, stab wounds to the right eye and chest, and a laceration on his right hip, Chatoqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said Saturday during Matar's arraignment. Wylie previously told the New York Times, attack left Rushdie with damage to the liver and nerves.
Rushdie was airlifted to the hospital after attack and underwent surgery, police said. The author can complete up lost his right eye, Schmidt said.
"We are very grateful to all the viewers who jumped bravely defense and managed first help together with police and doctors who taken care of for him," the statement said, "and for outpouring of Love and support from all over world."
Sunday tweeted Padma Lakshmi, TV presenter and author former wife, said she was "relieved" that Rushdie was "surviving Friday nightmare."
"Alarmed and silent, I can finally exhale. Now I hope for fast healing," she said.
The suspect pleaded not guilty
Matar has pleaded not guilty to the charges. of second attempt murder and second attack with mean cause physical injury with a deadly weapon, his public quarterback, Nathaniel Barone, told CNN on Saturday.
The lawyer said Matar was "very cooperative" and communicated openly, but he did not discuss what was said during those conversations.
Matar was denied bail and sent to the Chatoqua County Jail. His next court appearance. Friday.
He faces up up to 32 years in case of conviction of both charges, Schmidt said.
FBI is working now with local and international authorities to investigate attack at the Chautauqua Institute what happened in front of audience when Rushdie was introduced.
Witness, Joyce Lussier, was sitting in in second scandal when she saw a man jump over the stage and lunge at Rushdie. She heard people screamed and cried, she told CNN and saw people from the public in a hurry up To the stage.
Another witness, Stephen Davis, who captured video of moments just after attacking Rushdie said he couldn't tell if the assailant had a knife in his hand.
"He lunged at Mr. Rushdie and started beating him with his hand, very fast," Davis said. "I was completely stunned and shocked."
Authorities do not disclose the specific type of weapon that was used in in attack.
The suspect had pass to event what is now facing questions over its security procedures
The suspect has arrived in Chautauqua at least a day before event and bought pass to event two days before, Schmidt said during Matar's arraignment.
Matar traveled to Chautauqua by bus and cash prepaid visa cards as well as false identification with him, Schmidt said, who called the stabbing "purposeful, pre-planned, unprovoked attack on Mr Rushdie.
There were no searches or metal detectors on the territory. event person who was a witness attack told CNN. Witness not identified because he expressed concern for their personal safety.
AT attack raised questions about the security arrangements at the host institution.
The management of the institution rejected the recommendations for basic security measures, including checking bags and metal detectors, for fear it would create a gap between speakers and the audience, according to two sources. who spoke with CNN on condition of anonymity, as they were not allowed to speak in public.
Institution president Michael Hill defended his organization's safety plans when asked during news conference on Friday more precautions in future events.
"We evaluate for each event what we consider to be an appropriate level of security, and that is one was definitely one which we thought was important, so we had a state cop and a sheriff there," Hill said. – We appreciate for each of in events in the Institution, what we consider the appropriate level of security is an ongoing process that we work in concert with local law enforcement on."
Matar — who authorities say it has no documentary evidence criminal history – has been described as a quiet person who mostly kept to himself. Exclusively spoke to CNN with State of Boxing fitness club owner Desmond Boyle, who said Matar entered gym in North Bergen, New Jersey in April.
"You know this look, this is the worst day of view of your life? He came in daily like it," Boyle told CNN. on Saturday.
While the investigation was ongoing, the police on Friday night seen in New Jersey home believed to be related to the suspect.
Rushdie had an award on his head
In the writings of Rushdie there is won him several literary awards, but this was his fourth novel"Satanic verses", which have attracted the most attention as some Muslims found the book must be blasphemous. The book that sparked the demonstrations was banned in several countries.
The late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who characterized the book as an insult to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad, issued a religious decree, or fatwa, calling for Rushdie death in 1989.
As a result, Rushdie began the decade under the British protection.
Generosity against However, Rushdie was never raised. in 1998 Iranian government sought distance himself from the fatwa, promising not to try to carry it out.
However, in In 2017, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was asked if the "fatwa" against Rushdie was still in effect", and he confirmed this by saying: "The decree was issued by Imam Khomeini."
AT event On Friday, Rushdie was supposed to talk about
Keely Westhoff of CNN, Andy Rose, Paul P. Murphy, Aya Elamrussi, Ray Sanchez, Christina Maksouris, Artemis Moshtagian, Sarah Smart, and Samantha Beach contributed to this report.
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Sam Reilly Books In Order
Publication Order of Sam Reilly Books
The Last Airship (2015) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Mahogany Ship (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Atlantis Stolen (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Rogue Wave (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Cassidy Project (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Nostradamus Equation (2017) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Third Temple (2017) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Aleutian Portal (2017) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Code to Extinction (2017) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Ironclad Covenant (2018) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Heisenberg Legacy (2018) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Omega Deep (2018) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Holy Grail (2018) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Phoenix Sanction (2018) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Habitat Zero (2018) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Hunt for Excalibur (2019) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Ghost Ship (2019) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Tomb of El Dorado (2019) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Labyrinth Key (2019) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Obsidian Chamber (2020) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Shangri-La (2020) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Alexander's Treasure (2020) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The name 'Sam Reilly' refers to a series of action adventure novels written by Christopher Cartwright. The books follow the exploits of a marine biologist with a hero complex.
+The Story
The Sam Reilly series begins with 'The Last Airship'. In 'The Last Airship', readers are told about a secret airship that left Nazi Germany in the late 1930s carrying rich Jewish families and their treasures.
The airship met disaster, never arriving at its destination. When a clue pointing to the missing airship is discovered, all the wrong people get wind of it and initiate a treasure hunt chockfull of violence and mayhem.
It is here that Sam Reilly comes into the picture, becoming the one person capable of bringing sanity to the situation.
Sam Reilly is a marine biologist. He spends his days exploring the depths of the earth's water bodies and making incredible discoveries. Sam is able to pursue the career of his choice because of his privileged upbringing.
Sam is the son of James Reilly, a wealthy shipping mogul, and he is quite wealthy in his own right, more than capable of undertaking expensive journeys and spending his days living a world of adventure.
The Sam Reilly books tell Sam's story. Contrary to what some of his friends might assume, Sam's life as a marine biologist is anything but dull. Sam is constantly stumbling into trouble, the kind that has the capacity to change entire nations and even shake the foundations of the world.
If he isn't running after a priceless Spanish treasure, Sam Reilly is out there discovering the remnants of the mythical kingdom of Atlantis and the powers that saw to its destruction.
Sam lives for the thrill of discovery and adventure. More than just an ordinary treasure hunter out to garner quick wealthy, Sam wants to tread in places that have yet to experience modern civilization and find secrets most people can only dream of.
Sam's job is complicated by all those other entities that wish to make those discoveries before him; and unfortunately for Sam, his rivals are typically driven by nefarious motives.
It falls upon the shoulders of Sam Reilly to safeguard humanity's treasures from greedy hands. In some cases, Sam must save the entire world, a task the protagonist undertakes with a cool and collected head.
Some readers have described Sam Reilly as another variation of the James Bond persona, and for good reason. Sam is often represented as one of the more handsome men in his story.
He has a wealth of resources at his disposal, and there is no situation he has encountered for which he doesn't have all the skills and the knowledge necessary to emerge victoriously.
And as one might expect, women always find their way into Sam Reilly's bed. For some readers, Sam's competence takes the tension out of the series because you never get the sense that he is in any danger.
More importantly, there is never any doubt that the marine biologist will come out on top. On the other hand, it has been suggested that you need larger than life heroes with extraordinary abilities like Sam Reilly to make a series like this possible.
Franchises like James Bond and Indiana Jones were built on the premise of impossible heroes who overcome ridiculous odds to save the day. It might not be possible to entertain readers with a rollicking ride of an adventure in the absence of a larger than life hero like Sam.
The Sam Reilly books are very fast paced and heavy on the action. In some cases, it feels like there's an explosion going off every other chapter. Most of the stories Cartwright tells center on history.
Many an adventure begins with the author taking readers several decades, centuries, and even millennia into the past. There, Christopher Cartwright introduces a historical event with implications for the present.
Sam Reilly's involvement starts when the historical event in question piques his interest and, in his efforts to perform research he uncovers a clue which suggests that what he might have dismissed as myth could be based on facts.
A notable aspect of these books is the attention the author gives to the physical elements of Sam Reilly's work as a marine biologist. From scuba diving to piloting boats and flying planes, Cartwright injects such detail into the technical aspects of Sam's work that one cannot help but conclude that the author must have a passion for those activities.
+The Mahogany Ship
The Emily Rose encountered disaster on the South Coast of Australia in 1812. Those individuals fortunate enough to survive the experience journeyed to Sydney Cove, the only settlement within reach, an undertaking that saw these survivors walk nearly a thousand miles.
Pushing inland, the survivors encountered something unexpected: a ship so large it could not have been built by the British Navy. Interactions with the natives began to shed some light on the mystery.
The ship in question was old, possibly even millennia old. And the survivors of the Emily Rose would be the last recorded witnesses of this great discovery. Despite mentions of the Mahogany Ship in the survivors' journals, evidence of the ship was never found.
When an attempt to explore the mineral deposits of a deserted mountain in present-day uncovers a Spanish Gold Coin from 1518, talk of the fabled Mahogany Ship manifests once more; this is the sort of mystery that would consume Sam Reilly.
Unfortunately, Reilly is too busy fighting to keep the world's marine life from destruction. Neither Reilly nor his team of ocean investigators realize that their task might be entangled with the mystery of the Mahogany Ship.
+Rogue Wave
Four scientists are leading the charge to discover a new source of energy. If everything proceeds as planned, the world will have an endless supply of energy, one capable of replacing fossil fuels.
But not everyone wants this discovery to come to light, and the four leading scientists are offered billions of dollars to squash the research.
The scientists in question know that their discovery could be worth more than the billions that have been offered to them. But they also know that refusing the offer might mean forfeiting their lives.
And their conundrum isn't the only challenge Sam Reilly has to worry about. A weapon of immeasurable power has been unveiled and offered to the highest bidder. Reilly cannot allow the weapon to fall into the wrong hands.
But can he overcome the rigors of industrial espionage to safeguard the future of humanity?
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